SPECIAL SHRINKWRAPPED BUNDLE! Whether you're a shooting buff, collector, historian, antique dealer or military aficionado, this pair of Illustrated Firearms Collector Guides will help you identify, research, and determine market pricing for civil war firearms as well as old gunsights and rifle scopes. Lavishly illustrated with more than 700 photos, Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms is a detailed identification and pricing guide to the bewildering variety of firearms used in the Civil War. In Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes, you'll find over 750 photos, along with market values, for collectible scopes and sights from the mid-1800s through 1985. No other reference work on the subject even comes close to Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes. Combined with Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms, it's an indispensable resource for collectors, historians, and re-enactors!

Written by a technical expert who has fired many of the guns featured, this book includes wide and varied assemblage of weapons from each of the world’s major manufacturing countries. The Illustrated Directory series provide readers with a fully illustrated, comprehensive reference book packed with timelines, historical facts, and images designed to inform and excite. At 512 pages packed with information and photographs, this book is a necessary addition to any enthusiast's library. Complete with full specification table with each entry including type, origin, caliber, and size, The Illustrated Directory of Guns is the most ambitious and lavishly illustrated history of guns for the collector and enthusiast. It shows in clear, detailed photographs and text over 1500 guns with separate sections on Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles, Shotguns (military and sporting), Machine Guns, and Submachine guns. A few featured include: Remington Smith & Wesson Winchester Glock Vickers Mauser Browning Colt Beretta And more Organized A-Z by country and gunmaker's name, the book clearly shows the different types of gun which the world has used to hunt, wage war, break and defend its laws, hone its sharpshooting skills, and fire purely for the fun of it. The book also features an introduction on each section, which gives a brief history of the development of that particular kind of firearm.

SPECIAL SHRINKWRAPPED BUNDLE! In this ultimate guide for military firearms collectors, you'll find everything you need to know to identify and acquire military firearms for fun and profit. The ultimate Mauser military rifle reference, Mauser Military Rifles of the World 4th Edition is packed with even more models, more four-color photos and more fascinating Mauser history. Representing more than 50 countries, 75 years of Mauser military rifle production is meticulously cataloged with descriptions, historical details, model specifications and markings, making for easy and accurate identification of the world's greatest bolt-actions. Whether you're into small-rings, 98k's, or any other Mauser rifle or carbine, you'll find it in Mauser Military Rifles of the World 4th Edition. Lavishly illustrated with more than 700 photos, Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms is a detailed identification and pricing guide to the bewildering variety of firearms used in the Civil War. From 1861 Springfields to Burnsides to Gallaghers and Henrys, Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms will tell you all about them and what they're worth. Written by the late, legendary Ian Hogg, Military Small Arms of the 20th Century is the definitive illustrated guide to a century of small caliber firearms, covering pistols, submachine guns, bolt-action rifles, automatic rifles, machine guns, anti-tank and all sorts of heavy iron.

Illustreret håndbog/vejledning i farver over mere end 2000 pistoler, revolvere, geværer, maskingeværer og maskinpistoler fra skydevåbens indførelse til det 21. århundrede. Der er anført specifikationer for de enkelte viste våben.

An Essential Compendium for Any Firearms or Old West Aficionado, richly and comprehensively illustrated. Written by one of the foremost firearms experts of the twentieth century, Charles Edward Chapel’s Guns of the Old West is an exhaustively researched document that not only boasts a significant collection of antique Western guns, but also categorizes the firearms into easy-to-reference sections. Starting with an introductory chapter on the origins of guns and their earliest uses on the frontier, Chapel covers everything from muskets to rifles, pistols to revolvers, and shotguns to martial arms. Three whole chapters are dedicated to the rise and fall of the famous Deringer pistol. And as much as Guns of the Old West is an encyclopedic reference manual, it also contains fascinating historical literature that frames the world in which these guns were used. Buffalo guns and hunters are covered, along with martial arms of the post-Civil War era. The gun collection of famous collector and hunter President Theodore Roosevelt is given its own chapter. Illustrated with nearly five hundred illustrations, as well as important artwork from the Western period from artists such as Frederic Remington, Guns of the Old West is an essential work for gun collectors and American history enthusiasts.

For generations, the one-stop guide to buying collectible firearms, with more than two million copies sold! This is the essential companion to the bestselling Shooter’s Bible. If you are seeking a comprehensive reference for collectible gun values, the Gun Trader’s Guide is the only book you need. For more than half a century, this guide has been the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. Updated annually, it remains the definitive source for making informed decisions on used firearms purchases. Included are extensive listings for handguns, shotguns, and rifles from some of the most popular manufacturers, including: Beretta Browning Colt Remington Savage Smith & Wesson Winchester And many more! This forty-first edition boasts dozens of new entries since last year’s edition and includes a complete index and a guide on how to properly and effectively use this book in order to find the market value for your collectible modern firearm. Determine the new prices for any firearm you want to sell or trade, whether its condition is in-box, excellent, or good. With new introductory materials that every gun collector and potential buyer should read, this book is the ultimate guide to purchasing classic or discontinued firearms. No matter what kind of modern firearm you own or collect, the Gun Trader’s Guide should remain close at hand.

GET IT RIGHT EVERY TIME WITH STANDARD CATALOG OF® FIREARMS For more than 30 years, Standard Catalog of Firearms has been the gun industry's No. 1 illustrated guide to gun values. This newest, fully updated volume offers more photos, more prices and more guns! This extensively revamped 2023, 33rd Edition is the most comprehensive to date, with hundreds of new entries from today's manufacturers of rifles, shotguns and handguns for virtually every gun made or sold since the early 1800s -- from a wide range of experts, editors and auction houses! Even if you have previous editions, this newest edition now features current values on antique models using the NRA's industry-standard antique pricing system. Make no mistake: Standard Catalog of Firearms is your must-have guide to commercial firearms, past and present. INSIDE YOU'LL FIND: More than 7,800 photos with extensive descriptions to aid in identification Updated values in up to six condition grades, for a total of more than 100,000 prices Bonus 16-page full-color section showcasing pocket protectors of the past! More than 1,200 makers and 18,000 models of firearms and their values New! Antique firearm pricing for pre-1899 guns using the NRA's rating system! Don't sell too low or buy too high! Whether you're a serious gun collector, a casual gun-show trader, a hunter or a recreational shooter, if you buy, sell or trade firearms, Standard Catalog of Firearms is your road map!

Written by one of the foremost firearms experts of the twentieth century, Charles Edward Chapel’s Guns of the Old West is an exhaustively researched document that not only boasts a significant collection of antique Western guns, but also categorizes the firearms into easy-to-reference sections. Starting with an introductory chapter on the origins of guns and their earliest uses on the frontier, Chapel covers everything from muskets to rifles, pistols to revolvers, and shotguns to martial arms. Three whole chapters are dedicated to the rise and fall of the famous Deringer pistol. And as much as Guns of the Old West is an encyclopedic reference manual, it’s also fascinating historical literature that frames the world in which these guns were used. Buffalo guns and hunters are covered, along with martial arms of the post–Civil War era. The gun collection of famous collector and hunter President Theodore Roosevelt is given its own chapter. Illustrated with nearly 500 illustrations, as well as important artwork from the Western period from artists such as Frederic Remington, Guns of the Old West is an essential work for gun collectors and American history enthusiasts.