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Antique Firearms (pre-1898) from Selected Countries updated February 25, 2008 |
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List of General Reference Books: |
"The Peacemakers" - by R.L. Wilson - Random House "COLT: An American Legend" - by R.L. Wilson - Abbeville "The Book of Colt Firearms" - by R.L. Wilson - Blue Book Publications "History of Smith & Wesson" - by Roy G. Jinks - Beinfeld Publishing, Inc. "Frontier Pistols and Revolvers" - by Dominique Venner - Chartwell Books, Inc. "Complete Book of Firearms" - by Masini and Rotasso - Portland House "Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers" - A.E. Hartink - Knickerbocker Press "Encyclopedia of Rifles and Handguns" - Sean Connolly - Chartwell Books "Antique Firearms" by Frederick Wilkinson - Doubleday and Company, Inc. "The Great Guns" by - Harold L. Peterson and Robert Elman - Ridge Press "The Treasury of the Gun" - by Harold L. Peterson - Ridge Press "American Firearms Makers" - by A. Merwyn Carey - Thomas Y. Crowell Company "Early American Gunsmiths 1650-1850" - by Henry J. Kaufmann - Bramhall House "The Encyclopedia of Sporting Firearms" David E. Petzal - Facts On File "Pageant of the Gun" by Harold L. Peterson - Doubleday & Company, Inc. "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms" - by Ian V. Hogg - Chartwell Books "Confederate Revolvers" by William A. Gary - Taylor Publishing Company "Trapdoor Springfield" - by M.D. "Bud" Waite and & B.D. Ernst - The Gun Room Press "The Military Remington Rolling Block Rifle" by George Layman - Wolfe Publishing Company "Remington Tips" by E. Dixon Larson - Curley Printing Company "A Handbook on the Primary Identification of Revolvers and Semi-Automatic Pistols" by John T. Millard - Charles C. Thomas, Publisher "Civil War Guns" by William B. Edwards - The Stackpole Company "Carbines of the Civil War 1861-1865" by John D. McAulay - Pioneer Press "The NRA Book of Smallarms - Pistols and Revolvers" by H.B. Smith - Military Service Publishing Company "The NRA Book of Smallarms - Rifles" by H.B. Smith - Military Service Publishing Company "SECOND TO NONE: Great Sporting Firearms" by John Culler and Chuck Wechsler - Live-Oak Press, Inc. "The Illustrated Book of Guns and Rifles" by Frederick Wilkinson - Hamlyn Publishing Group "A Treatise on the British Military Martini - The Martini-Henry 1869-C1900" - by B.A. Temple and I.D. Skennerton - B.A. Temple, Publisher "Firearms Curiosa" by Lewis Winant - Bonanza Books "Small Arms of the World - An Encyclopedia of Global Weapons" - by Edward Clinton Ezell - Stackpole Books "Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms...and their values" by Norm Flayderman - DBI Books, Inc. "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 19th Century Firearms" by Major F. Myatt MC - Crescent Books "Military Handguns of France 1858-1958" by Eugene Medlin and Jean Huon - Excalibur Publications "Guns of the Empire - Firearms of the British Soldier 1837-1987" by George Markham - Arms and Armour Press "An Illustrated Guide to Rifles and Sub-Machine Guns" by Major Frederick Myatt M.C. Hamlyn - Salamander Books "The Collecting of Guns" edited by James E. Serven - Bonanza Books "Handbook of Military Rifle Marks 1870-1950" by Richard A. Hoffman and Noel P. Schott - Mapleleaf Militaria Publications "Guns and the Gunfighters" by the Editors of Guns and Ammo - Bonanza Books "Standard Catalog of Firearms" by Ned Schwing and Herbert Houze - Krause Publications "Official Guide to Gunmarks" by Robert H. Balderson - House of Collectibles "Antique Guns - The Collector's Guide" by John E. Traister - Stoeger Publishing Company "Cartridges of the World" by Frank C. Barnes - DBI Books, Inc. |
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Austria
Austrian M95 Carbine with Bayonet Austrian Steyr-Hahn 1911/M1912 Semi-Auto Pistol, Scarce Bavarian Contract Return to top of page. |
Belgium
Belgian Sea Service Flintlock Holster Pistol Belgian Pin-Fire "Army" Model 11mm Cartridge Revolver Belgian FN49 Semi-Auto Military Rifle, Venezuelan Contract Return to top of page. |
Czech
Czech 98 Mauser Short Rifle with Bayonet Return to top of page. |
Denmark
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Italy
Italian Mannlicher-Carcano Model 1891/38 Cavalry Carbine, 6.5mm Return to top of page. |
Japan
Japanese Type 30 "Arisaka" Bolt-action Carbine Japanese Type 38 Bolt-action Rifle, with Bayonet Japanese Type 99 Bolt-action Short Rifle Return to top of page. |
Mexico
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Russia/USSR
Russian Model 1891/10 Mosin-Nagant Infantry Rifle Russian Model 1891/30 Mosin-Nagant Infantry Rifle Russian Tokarev M1940 (aka SVT40), Semi-Auto Rifle Return to top of page. |
Spain
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Sweden
Swedish Mauser Model 1896 Bolt-action Rifle, with Knife Bayonet Return to top of page. |
Venezuela
Belgian FN49 Semi-Auto Military Rifle, Venezuelan Contract Return to top of page. |
Yugoslavia
Montenegro Revolver Return to top of page. |
Miscellaneous
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