The Gun Digest book of modern gun values
Subtitle: the shooter's guide to guns 1900 to present
By: edited by Phillip Peterson
Edition: 16th ed.
Publisher: Gun Digest Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Iola, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 711
ISBN-13: 9781440218316
Subjects: Firearms; Prices; Collectors and collecting; Armes à feu; Prix; Collectionneurs et collections
Other titles: Modern gun values; Gun digest.
Description: "Modern Gun Values" is a uniquely valuable guide to the world of modern firearms. (Modern firearms refers to those built from c. 1899 to present. Guns made before 1899 are considered antiques. The 1899 date roughly represents the end of the blackpowder era and the beginning of the smokeless powder era.) As prices of antique firearms have risen, putting them out of the reach of most collectors, attention has turned to more affordable guns of the 20th century, especially guns of the Baby Boom (c. 1945-1980). Unlike antiques, these guns are acquired for shooting rather than for putting behind glass in a collection. "Modern Gun Values" is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the widespread interest in these newer special-interest guns. In "Modern Gun Values," the reader will be not only be able to accurately identify shootable modern firearms, but assign up-to-the-minute values to them as well. With this information, the reader will be able to buy, sell, and trade modern firearms with confidence and without fear that he or she is paying too much or selling for too little. Features 8-p. color photo insert that illustrates various condition grades.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Inspection guide to used guns; title: Guide to evaluating firearms condition; title: Illustrated guide to condition; title: Firearms restoration; title: Better than book: factors that increase a gun's value; title: Gundex; title: Directory of handgun manufacturers; title: Handgun listings; title: Directory of rifle manufacturers; title: Rifle listings; title: Gary Reeder custom guns feature; title: Directory of shotgun manufacturers; title: Shotgun listings; title: Directory of commemorative years; title: Introduction to commemoratives & limited editions; title: Commemoratives listings; title: Firearms trade and proprietary names.