Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms
and Their Values, 8th edition,
by Norm Flayderman

BOOK-FG Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values, 8th edition, by Norm Flayderman . . . $32.95
  

This large compendium includes chapters on collecting firearms, values and condition, restoration and fakes. A comprehensive list of manufacturers, models produced and variations. Softbound, 658 pages, black and white photos.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter I Collecting Firearms
• Chapter II Values and Condition
• Chapter III Restoration and Fakes; Where the Fine Line is Drawn
• Chapter IV The Arms Library
• Chapter V Major American Manufacturers
• A: Ethan Allen (Allen & Thurber, Allen & Wheelock, E.Allen & Co.)
• B: Colt Firearms
• C: Manhattan Firearms Company
• D: Marlin (Including Ballard and Marlin-Ballard)
• E: Remington Firearms
• Sharps Firearms
• Smith & Wesson
• Stevens Arms Company
• Frank Wesson (Including Wesson & Harrington and Harrington & Richardson)
• Whitney Arms Company
• Winchester Firearms (and Their Predecessor Arms)
• Chapter VI American Military Single Shot Pistols
• A: U.S. Issue/Primary Types
• B: Secondary Types
• Chapter VII American Percussion Pistols
• A: Revolvers
• B: Pepperboxes
• C: Single and Multi-Barrel Pistols
• D: Deringers (Henry Deringer and his Imitators)
• E: Underhammer Pistols
• F: Dueling, Target and Belt Pistols
• Chapter VIII American Metallic Cartridge Pistols
• A: Revolvers, Pepperboxes, Single and Muli-Barrel Pistols, Suicide Specials
• B: Semi-Automatic Pistols
• Chapter IX American Military Longarms
• A: U.S. Issue/Primary Types
• B: Secondary Types
• Chapter X Confederate Firearms
• A: Handguns
• B: Longarms
• Chapter XI Kentucky Rifles and Pistols
• A: Rifles
• B: Pistols
• Chapter XII Percussion Sporting and Target Rifles, Plains Rifles, Flintlock New England Rifles & Pistols
• Chapter XIII Lever Action and Other Repeating Rifles
• Chapter XIV Single Shot Breech-Loading Cartridge Rifles
• Chapter XV Revolving Rifles
• Chapter XVI American Colonial and Revolutionary War Firearms
• Chapter XVII American Shotguns and Fowling Pieces
• Chapter XVIII Miscellanea (Whaling Guns, Indian Guns, Alarm Guns, Blunderbusses, Spring and Air Guns, Harmonica and Needle Fire Guns, Yacht and other Salute Cannon)
• Indexes
• A: Major Manufacturers Index
• B: Alphabetical Index
• NRA Condition Standards for Antique Firearms

BOOK-FG Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values, 8th edition, by Norm Flayderman . . . $32.95