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| Authors: Jim Supica, Richard Nahas
Publisher: Gun Digest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.7
ISBN: 089689293X
Dewey Decimal Number: 683.43075
EAN: 9780896892934
ASIN: 089689293X
Publication Date: January 3, 2007
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 Standard catalog of Smith&Wesson 3rd ed. February 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Book is very well put together, good pics, detail, etc. Wish there was more serial#.
"Must have" book July 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has invaluable information for all gun enthusiasts, not only S & W collectors. Very well written and illustrated. A "must have" book.
Indispensible July 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is indispensible to the S&W collector. It is the S&W collector's Bible. The cost of this volume will be saved three times over if you are a collector of S&W handguns. It ranges from the very first S&W handgun, to last year's models, revolvers and semi-auto pistols.
It contains color photos, engineering and production changes, pricing guidelines based on national averages, instructions on how to grade guns, a glossary, and appendixes to help determine year of manufacture by the serial number. It even contains chapters on S&W peripheral collecting, such as boxes and such.
If you do not own this book, and you are trading S&W handguns, you are operating blindly.
Excellent reference and not a clone May 31, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson has proven to be a useful tool, offering better illustration of models and expanded listing of models and details over the more general guides. By comparison, the Standard Catalog provides 70 pages of Smith & Wesson listings, while the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson provides 432. The authors, Jim Supica and Richard Nahas are recognized as long standing experts in Smith and Wesson firearms, in both model identification and value.
The authors did an excellent job of identifying factors unique to S&W in value determination, including how S&W collectors might differ from others. Section One, as an example, covers S&W frame sizes and side plate screw counts, pinned and unpinned barrels and hand ejector models as they relate to model identification. Engraving is organized by artist, by time period and by source. NRA condition classifications are extended further into finish and factory refinish, modifications, serial number integrity and grips. I did not realize there was such a big market for S&W stocks. Not only are stocks addressed, but so are manuals and boxes.
The organization is good. Not appearing strictly in model number order or date of production, S&W revolvers are broken into groups such as "Tip Up", "Top Break", "Single Shot", "Early Hand Ejector", "Modern Hand Ejector", "Semi-Auto....". It really isn't so difficult for even a novice to navigate and there is a good solid model number index at the back of the book. Covered firearms are all S&W handguns through the S&W 460 and S&W 500 chambers, long guns, boxes, cases, and even AR 15 types of current production. Individual model entries are not sketchy. As an example, just one line listings of Model 10 specials and variations went on for two full pages. Model descriptions are very full, unique characteristics in product or packaging indicated, dates of production and production counts are present in each case. To some extend, branded general merchandise is also covered; knives, belt buckles, etc.
The book is an excellent value.
The Smith & Wesson Legend May 12, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
All the revolvers/automatics that made Smith & Wesson famous along with the boxes/accessories that made them "complete" are shown in excellent detail. Serial/model numbers are listed with amazing accuracy along with information about the engineering changes and reason for them. A "must have" for anyone interested in these legendary firearms.
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