Standard Catalog of Military Firearms

by Schwing, Ned

• ISBN13: 9780873495257
• ISBN10: 087349525X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc

Summary

Firearms enthusiasts embraced the first edition of this comprehensive illustrated catalog of every known military firearm available to the U.S. collector, including handguns, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, and machine guns. A companion volume to the Standard Catalog of® Firearms, this revised and expanded second edition comes complete with all the detailed information readers found useful and more.Listings beginning with the early cartridge models of the 1870s to the latest high-tech sniper rifles have been expanded to include more models, variations, historical information, and data, offering more detail for the military firearms collector, shooter, and history buff. Identification of specific firearms is easier with nearly 250 additional photographs. Plus, readers will enjoy snap shots, small personal articles from experts relating real-life experiences with exclusive models.- Revised to include every known military firearm available to the U.S. collector- More than 100 pages of expanded coverage- Special feature articles on focused aspects of collecting and shooting

Author Biography

Ned Schwing is a well-known authority and long-time author of the Standard Catalog of Firearms, the world's most complete illustrated price guide for antique and modern firearms. This companion volume greatly expands on the military firearms featured in that book, with photographs, detailed historical data and pricing for rare model variations not available in any other single reference source.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(5)
Photo Credits	5	(1)
Introduction	6	(1)
Grading System	6	(1)
Pricing	7	(1)
Additional Considerations	7	(1)
Auction House Credits	8	(1)
The Editor	8	(1)
Contributing Editors	8	(2)
Biographical Notes	10	(1)
Snap Shots	10	(2)
Class III Firearms	12	(2)
J. R. Moody
DIRECTORY
Argentina	14	(3)
Handguns	14	(1)
Submachine Guns	15	(1)
Rifles	15	(1)
Shotguns	16	(1)
Machine Guns	16	(1)
Australia	17	(3)
Handguns	17	(1)
Submachine Guns	17	(1)
Rifles	18	(1)
Machine Guns	19	(1)
Austria-Hungary Austria	20	(8)
Handguns	20	(2)
Submachine Guns	22	(1)
Rifles	23	(4)
Machine Guns	27	(1)
Belgium	28	(9)
Handguns	28	(2)
Submachine Guns	30	(1)
Rifles	31	(4)
Machine Guns	35	(2)
Brazil	37	(2)
Handguns	37	(1)
Submachine Guns	37	(1)
Rifles	37	(1)
Machine Guns	38	(1)
Canada	39	(5)
Handguns	39	(1)
Submachine Guns	40	(1)
Rifles	41	(2)
Machine Guns	43	(1)
China & People's Republic of China	44	(7)
Handguns	44	(1)
Chinese Mausers	44	(2)
Submachine Guns	46	(1)
Rifles	46	(3)
Machine Guns	49	(2)
Czechoslovakia	51	(9)
Handguns	51	(2)
Submachine Guns	53	(1)
Rifles	54	(2)
Machine Guns	56	(4)
Denmark	60	(5)
Handguns	60	(1)
Submachine Guns	61	(1)
Rifles	61	(2)
Machine Guns	63	(2)
Finland	65	(6)
Handguns	65	(1)
Submachine Guns	66	(1)
Rifles	66	(4)
Machine Guns	70	(1)
France	71	(16)
Handguns	71	(4)
Submachine Guns	75	(2)
Rifles	77	(5)
Machine Guns	82	(5)
Germany	87	(69)
Handguns	87	(38)
Submachine Guns	125	(5)
Rifles	130	(17)
Shotguns	147	(1)
Machine Guns	147	(9)
Great Britain	156	(25)
Handguns	156	(3)
Submachine Guns	159	(3)
Rifles	162	(15)
Machine Guns	177	(4)
Hungary	181	(4)
Handguns	181	(1)
Submachine Guns	182	(1)
Rifles	183	(1)
Machine Guns	184	(1)
Israel	185	(4)
Handguns	185	(1)
Submachine Guns	185	(1)
Rifles	186	(2)
Machine Guns	188	(1)
Italy	189	(15)
Handguns	189	(3)
Submachine Guns	192	(3)
Rifles	195	(5)
Shotguns	200	(1)
Machine Guns	200	(4)
Japan	204	(12)
Handguns	204	(2)
Submachine Guns	206	(1)
Rifles	206	(5)
Machine Guns	211	(5)
Mexico	216	(3)
Handguns	216	(1)
Submachine Guns	216	(1)
Rifles	216	(2)
Machine Guns	218	(1)
Netherlands	219	(2)
Handguns	219	(1)
Submachine Guns	219	(1)
Rifles	219	(1)
Machine Guns	220	(1)
Norway	221	(3)
Handguns	221	(1)
Submachine Guns	222	(1)
Rifles	222	(1)
Machine Guns	223	(1)
Poland	224	(5)
Handguns	224	(2)
Submachine Guns	226	(1)
Rifles	226	(1)
Machine Guns	227	(2)
Romania	229	(2)
Handguns	229	(1)
Submachine Guns	229	(1)
Rifles	229	(1)
Machine Guns	230	(1)
Russia	231	(22)
Handguns	231	(3)
Submachine Guns	234	(2)
Rifles	236	(10)
Machine Guns	246	(7)
Spain	253	(12)
Handguns	253	(6)
Submachine Guns	259	(1)
Rifles	260	(3)
Machine Guns	263	(2)
Sweden	265	(6)
Handguns	265	(1)
Submachine Guns	266	(1)
Rifles	267	(2)
Machine Guns	269	(2)
Switzerland	271	(13)
Handguns	271	(2)
Submachine Guns	273	(1)
Rifles	273	(8)
Machine Guns	281	(3)
Turkey & Ottoman Empire	284	(2)
Handguns	284	(1)
Submachine Guns	284	(1)
Rifles	284	(1)
Machine Guns	285	(1)
United States	286	(111)
Handguns	286	(35)
Submachine Guns	321	(6)
Rifles	327	(51)
Shotguns	378	(4)
Machine Guns	382	(15)
Yugoslavia-Serbia	397	(1)
Handguns	397	(1)
Submachine Guns	398	(1)
Rifles	398	(3)
Machine Guns	401