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A Basic Reference Guide to Old Firearms (Serial Nos. etc.)
243 pages, about 8 1/2" x 11" glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print published with permission. Printed on high quality 24# 97 bright acid free paper. Not Illustrated.
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Contents - Index:
- Pages: 243
- .455Cartridgeheadstamps
- 1896/1930Models
- 1903ModelInclContractProd.
- A.H.Fox(Savagemade)SerialNumbers
- A.H.FoxSerialNumbers
- AllModelsThrough1909byYearsProduced
- American/British
- American/BritishDoubleGunTerms
- AmmunitionHeadstampCodes:
- AstraAutomatics,Mausertype
- Austrian
- Auto-ejectingRevolverSerialNumbers
- AutomaticPistols,YearsProducedbyManufacturer
- AutomaticPistolswithShoulderStocks
- BakerShotgunTypes
- BallardModels
- BallardModelsbyYearsProduced
- Belgian
- Belgian
- BelgianGunMakers,Modern
- BergmannSemiAutoPistols
- BoreSizesbyGauge:
- Boss&CoSerialNumbers
- Browning
- BrowningSerialNumbers
- CampoGiroAutomaticPistols
- CarbineQuantitiesPurchasedbyU.S.Government
- CartridgeIntroductionDates
- CartridgeRevolverBrandNamesandMakers
- CharlesDaly(postWWII)
- ChineseServicePistolSerialNumbers
- ChokeMarkings:
- Chronology
- Churchill,E.JSerialNumbers
- ColonialArmsMakers
- ColorCodes
- ColtSerialNumbers
- CombustibleCartridgemaking
- ConversionofBarrelandChamber
- CrescentFireArmsCoPartialListofTradeNames
- Czechoslovakianafter
- Dickson,John&SonSerialNumbers
- Dutch
- DWMHeadstampCodes
- EarlyModelsofMarlinRifles
- EarlyModelsofRifles
- EastGermany,1945andon
- English/GermanFirearmsTerms
- English/UnitedStates
- EnglishCommercial
- EnglishMilitary
- EthanAllen&SuccessorCompaniesNamesandYearsUsed
- EthanAllenPepperboxModels
- European
- FolsomBelgianImportTradeNames
- France
- GeneralOfficer'sModelAuto
- GermanMilitary
- Germany,1867to1945
- Griffin&HoweSerialNumbers
- Hall'sRifleProductionatHarper'sFerry
- HandgunGripMonograms
- Harrington&Richardson:
- HighStandardsYears&Nos.
- HolsterManufacturers(Military):
- HunterArms(L.CSmith)SerialNos1890-1950
- India
- IrishGunMarks
- Italian
- Italy
- IthacaGunCompany-Baker,Crass,Lewis,Manier,Magnum,Lefever,etcSerialNos.
- Ithacapre
- JapaneseRifleandPistolMarkings-pre1946
- JapaneseServiceRiflespre1946
- Justice&Colt(apoem)
- Kentucky-PennsylvanlaRifles:
- L.C.Smith/HunterArmsCo.
- LahtiPistolMakers
- Lancaster,CharlesSerialNos
- LeeNavyRiflesRecoveredfromUSSMaine
- LefeverShotgunGrades
- LengthsfromMetrictoInch
- LetterCodes
- LettersAfterCommercialTrademarks
- LondonGunmakers1850-1900
- Luger
- LugerMilitary&ManufacturersCodes:
- LugerPrototypes
- LugerVariations
- M-14RifleProduction
- Makers
- ManhattanFireArmsCoSerialNos.
- MarlinFirearmsCompany:
- Mauser:
- MilitaryCodes
- MilitaryContractLeeRifles
- Model1870&1871Quantities
- Model1899SerialNumbers
- Model24and241SerialNumbers
- Model39SerialNumberPrefixes
- Model51Pistols
- Model6SerialNumbers
- Model81SerialNumbers
- MontgomeryWard/SearsManufacturersCodes
- Mossberg:
- NambuIdentificationChart
- NavySingleShotPistols
- Non-CorroslvePrimedMilitaryAmmunition
- NumberCodes
- OrdnanceInspectors'Initials1795-1946
- ParkerBros-Shotguns-SerialNos,Modelsetc.
- PennsylvaniaMusketContractors
- Pistols,QuantitiesMade
- Pistols,serialnumbersModels
- PocketAutomaticrarity
- Post1933LetterCodes
- Post1945
- PrivateBrands&ManufacturersEquivalents
- ProofMarks:
- Purdey,JamesSerialNumbers
- QCodesonBackstraps
- Remington:
- Rlgby,John&CoSerialNumbers
- RoilingBlockManufacturers
- RollingBlockModelIdentification
- RossRifleChronology
- Russian
- S&WLadysmith
- S&WNewDepartureHammerless
- S&WSingleActionModels
- SavageArmsCompany:
- SavageTradeBrandsUsedpreWWII
- Sears/MontgomeryWardManufacturersCodes
- SerialNumbersofvariousMakersofLastGunsMadeBefore1899(Antiques)
- Sharps4BarrelPistols
- SharpsRifleCo(Various)
- SingleShotModels
- SlugRifleMakers
- Smith&Wesson1st&2ndModel22
- Spain
- Spanish
- SpanishPistolMakers1915-1940
- SpanishProofLetterCodes
- SpencerSlideActionShotguns
- SpringfieldRifles:
- StarAutomaticPistols
- StephenGrant&SonSerialNos.
- StevensArmsmarkings&YearsUsed
- StevensModelsc1907
- Swiss
- SwissHolsterManufacturersCodes
- SymbolsUsedonThem
- ThompsonSub-MachineGunSpecs
- TrapDoorRifles
- Typesof.455Pistols
- UnderhammerPercussionPistolMakers
- USSR(Russia)
- W.&CScottMonteCarloBSerialNos
- WaltherP-38ManufacturersCodes
- WaltherP-38Variations
- Webley&Scott.455AutoPistols
- WestGermany1951andon
- WestleyRichardsSerialNumbers
- WhitneyKennedyLeverActionRifles
- WhitworthMuzzleloadingrifles
- WinchesterPartsInterchangeability
- WinchesterSerialNumbers
- Woodward,James&SonsSerialNos.
- ZimmerstutzenCartridgeSizemarks