For Sale $$$ 4 Vintage Gun Digest Firearms Encylcopedia

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Want to see what your guns cost 50+ years ago? These are the books that will show you the prices. They also contain dozens upon dozens of articles by some of the most noted writers of the times. See my replies to this message for the Table of Contents for each volume. Each book is in good to excellent condition and haven't been off my book shelves for decades.

I will consider reasonable offers but no trades. Payment via PayPal (buyer doesn't need an acct; just a CC or checking acct.) or cash only. Must be picked up near 67th Ave. & Camelback in Glendale, AZ or shipped at buyer's expense. ($4 ea. or less for multiple)

$25 ea.

Gun Digest, 1965 19th Annual Edition, edited by John Amber. Paperback manual with 384 pages, published by The Gun Digest Company. Articles by Serven, Amber, Waters, Lachuk, Hagel, Swiggett, Bell and others.





Gun Digest: 1966-20th Anniversary Edition , edited by John Amber. Paperback 416 pg. with illustrations, 32 pg. in full color, photographs and feature stories throughout.



Gun Digest, 30th Anniversary 1976 Deluxe Edition, edited by John T. Amber. All-new technical articles by top firearms Authorities. The complete gun book, comprehensive and detailed, for all shooters-hunters, handgunners, riflemen and shotgunners, collectors, handloaders, and law enforcement officers. IIllustrated. 448 pages with index.



Gun Digest 32nd Anniversary 1978 Deluxe Edition, edited by John T. Amber. All new technical articles by top gun experts. New product evaluations. Field tests. Technical data. Latest specifications and prices on all available rifles, shotguns, handguns and accessories. 447 pg. with lots of illustrations.

 

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The Gun Digest – 1965

Table of Contents

Features
The Right to Bear Arms, B. F. Samuels 4
Duelling Pistols, James E. Servern 8
Ruger 10/22 Carbine, T. R. Rusfel 16
Contact Lenses, John Fix 18
The 41 S & W Magnum, Bob Wallack 19
Powder Scale Weight Test, John T. Amber 22
Metric Rifles & Cartridges, Frank C. Barnes 23
Model 70 Winchesters, Bob Hagel 32
U.S. Rifles & Shotguns, Pete Kuhlhoff 34
U.S. & Foreign Handguns, Mitch Westra 42
Foreign Rifles & Shotguns, John T. Amber 47
M14, Hail and Farewll, John Lachuk 53
Merwin & Hurlbert Guns, Mack Stirman 60
Canadian Vacation Shoot, W. J. Farquharson 65
16 – The All-Round Gauge, B. R. Hughes 70
“To Shoot . . . ?”, Wm. H. Allen, Jr. 72
Old Eyes & Pistol Shooting, Don Martin 73
Guide to American Museums, B. F. Samuels 77
The 257 Roberts, N. E. Nelson, Jr. 82
U.S. Bayonets, 1892-1958, Charles H. Yust, Jr. 84
Hunting A Big Mule, Arthur H. Carhart 87
Baggin' A Dragon, John Eaton 91
Chicopee Falls, Dewitt Sell 92
S&W Cartridge Pistols, James E. Serven 97
Crossbows, Bob M. Hyatt 107
Those Thundering Clerics, Edw. A. Dieckmann 111
Armorer of the Confederacy, F. W. Gleason 116
Flintlock Guns, Louis W. Steinwedel 122
Grizzly Bear, Bradford Angier 129
The Bretton Alloy Shotguns, Roger Barlow 133
18th Century Gun Cache, T. M. Hamilton 138
The Big Magnums, Robert Hutton 140
Colt or Smith & Wesson?, A. B. Kazan 147
Reloading the 44 Magnum, John Lachuk 153
Insights to Shooting Vision, N. H. Howard 160
Muscles For Moose! Clyde Ormound 163
Andrew Burgess, Gun Inventor, E. Burgess and L. T. Wakeling 166
Pellet Gun Makes History, First CO, Autoloader 176
45 Auto Pistol, Robert A. Burmeister 177
Shoot Your Guns, Hal Swiggett 181
Tuning the M70 Winchester, Bob Waller 184
410 Gauge Adaptor, Larry S. Sterett 186
Cold Weather Hunter, Joseph Rychetnik 187
The Public Shooting Ground, Ray Byron 191
Bolt Action 284, Bob Hagel 193
Lever Action Rifles, C. H. Helbig & P. B. Cain 195
Pronghorn Antelope, Bert Popowski 202
Townsend Whelen Award, $500 Story Contest 206
Safari Treasure Hunt, Winners Announced 206
Missile Age Shotgun, Jack Lawrence 207
Plinking Scopes, Bob Bell 210
Testfire! A Field Survey, Kenneth L. Waters 217
Lee Rifle Loader, Ken Warner 224
Exploded Drawings, James Triggs 225
Custom Guns, The Gunsmith's Art 284
Artistry in Metal, a gun engraving sampler 288
American Bulleted Cartridges, Kenneth L. Waters 302
Speer Loading Data, a bonus feature 353
Loading the Plastics, Jim Horton 369
Handloading Fundamentals, Bob Thomas 372
Big 50 Cartridges, Geo. C. Nonte, Jr. 373
Shot Wrappers & Patterns, Wallace Labisky 376
The Powley PMAX, Edw. M. Yard 381
Departments
U.S. Handguns 227
U.S. Rifles 238
U.S. Shotguns 250
Foreign Arms in America 261
Pellet Guns 276
Chokes & Brakes 282
Reloading Tools & Bullets 292
Ammunition Tables 311
Scopes & Mounts 318
Metallic Sights 325
Arms Library 329
Shooter's Showcase 338
Periodical Publications 341
Arms Associations 342
Glossary for Gunners 343
Directory of the Arms Trade 345
Index 352

 

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The Gun Digest – 1966

Table of Contents


Features
John Marlin, Bill Rogoski 4
U.S. Rifles & Shotguns, 1965-66, Pete Kuhlhoff 10
Testfire! A Field Survey, Ken Waters 21
Beautiful Brownings, Pete Kuhlhoff 29
U.S. Handguns 1965-66, the technical editors 34
Foreign Firearms, George C. Nonte, Jr. 42
Treasure Hunt Safari, John T. Amber 51
Hi-Standard Autos, Gil Hebard 55
On Target, Warren Sipe 58
Scopes & Mounts 1965-66, Bob Bell 59
2-Bullet NATO Cartridge, George C. Nonte, Jr. 62
Tell Me, Elmer . . ., Don Frost 64
The Elegant World of Elk, Bradford Angier 65
Automatico V.B., S. A. Balistique 69
The Remington Model 10, L. S. Sterett 72
Gunning the Game Preserves, Jack Lawrence 79
Pipe in Your Crows!, Don Shiner 83
Dan Lefever – Inventor, Wallace Labisky 86
The Best Knives Made, Ken Warner 94
Chronographs Today, Edward M. Yard 99
Shoulder Stocks for Pistols, B. W. Brian 103
The Wild Ones! A. B. Kazan 108
Put and Take Choke, Francis E. Sell 112
The Old Winchesters, James E. Serven 115
A Rugged Holster, James Tallon 123
The Luger Myth, R. A. Burmeister 126
Stone Age Guided Missiles, Edw. A. Dieckmann 129
Fusil Electrique, Roger Barlow 133
The Mysterious Morrone, B. R. Hughes 136
Why The Magnum?, Bob Hagel 139
One and Only Pistol, Henry M. Stebbins 143
Want to be a Gunsmith?, B. Fritz Samuels 147
Case Neck Variations 151
Carousel of Cartridges, John Maynard 153
The Little BB Gun, Larry Mueller 157
Power Drilling Pointers, Glen F. Stillwell 160
Are Any Wildcats Good?, Courtney Wills 161
Nat'l Shooting Sports Fdn., Ed Hoffschmidt 165
Low Cost Custom Doubles, Francis E. Sell 166
Shot – A History, James E. Serven 170
British Service Rifles, W. D. Bell 176
Colt Longarms, James M. Triggs 183
Smoothbores for Deer, C. J. Milling, M.D. 186
Firearms in 4-Color, 57 guns on display 193
Great Western Guns, 32 pages from the past 225
The 41 Magnum, Dean Grennell 257
Today's Shotgun Missiles, Larry S. Sterett 263
Ed Shilen – Riflesmith, John T. Amber 269
Ballistics Mumbo Jumbo, Eric Jamieson 272
Gun Boxes, Jan S. Paul 274
Belly Guns, Paul Weston 275
Forensic Ballistic Errors, Shelley Braverman 280
Exploded Drawings, James M. Triggs 284
Custom Guns and their makers 350
A Treasury of the gun engraver's art 354
American Bulleted Cartridges, Kenneth L. Waters 370
Departments
U.S. Handguns 288
U.S. Rifles 301
U.S. Shotguns 318
Foreign Arms in America 329
Pellet Guns 343
Chokes & Brakes 348
Reloadinig Tools & Components 358
Ammunition Tables 377
Scopes & Mounts 381
Metallic Sights 388
Arms Library 392
Shooter's Showcase 401
Periodical Publications 404
Arms Associations 405
Glossary for Gunners 406
Directory of the Arms Trade 408
Index 416

 

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The Gun Digest – 1975

Table of Contents

The Secret of the Old Master, Lucian Cary 4
Pope Rifle Barrels a facsimile catalog reprint 11
The Wild Sheep of North America, Jack O'Connor 23
Pellet Pistol Phizzles, Ladd Fanta 31
Charter Arms Bulldog – the 44 Special revived, George C. Nonte, Jr. 34
Shotgunning with Browning, Wallace Labisky 39
The Art of Turkey Hunting, James C. Gates 57
The Ruger 220 Swift – an instant success! Jim Horton 63
Japanese Autoloading Pistols, John L. Moss 69
Checkering with Power, Jim Carmichel 78
Wildcats and Wildcatters, Bob Hagel 81
New SIG-Sauer Pistols, J. B. Wood 86
The 1903 Springfield, Al Miller 92
Gun Engravers and Gunsmiths, Display of quality craftmanship 102
Deer Stoppers for the 16 Gauge, Wallace Labisky 114
Chuck Hunter, Don Lewis 123
Ducks Unlimited, Ted McCawley 128
Sporting Arms of the World, Larry S. Sterett and the editors 129
The Remington and Winchester Seminars, John T. Amber 129
Kenya, France and Italy, John T. Amber 154
Armi Famars, John T. Amber 161
Testfire Report, Larry S. Sterett 167
New Guns from the Old Cabinet, Raymond Caranta 171
Single Action Revolvers and the safety revolution, Donald M. Simmons, Jr. 176
Gun Proof in Germany, Lee Kennett 185
Art of the Engraver masters of metalwork 200
Smokeless Loads for Double Rifles, Ray Marriage, Dick Vogt, Bert Popowski 204
Handloading, John T. Amber 212
The Hunter – a man for all seasons, courtesy NSSF 219
High Country Chucking, Dan L. Flores 220
Pachmayr's Signature System, George C. Nonte, Jr. 226
Hunting on Indian Reservations, Bert Popowski 232
Torture Test! Gene West 238
Scopes and Mounts, Bob Bell 241
22 Hornet, Roy F. Dunlap 248
Notes on Knives, a display of knifemakers 253
Short Barrels for Grouse, Nick Sisley 256
The Handgun Scene, George C. Nonte and the editors 259
Shooting at 1000 Yards, Bob Bell 266
Custom Guns and their makers 276
The All-Round Rifle – pursuit of a myth? Cliff Dempster 282
Shooter's Showcase new products, 1974 288
American Bulleted Cartridges, Kenneth L. Waters 291
Why the Buffalo Disappeared, Dick Dietz 296
Early American Cartridges, Charles H. Yust, Jr. 297
Doing Good and Getting Credit For It, J. David Truby 302
Ammunition Tables 304
U.S. Handguns 308
U.S. Rifles 324
U.S. Shotguns 346
Imported Guns 362
Black Powder Guns 392
Pellet Guns 407
Chokes & Brakes 420
Metallic Sights 421
Scopes & Mounts 425
Arms Associations in America and Abroad 432
Periodical Publications 434
Directory of the Arms Trade 435
Index 448

 

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The Gun Digest – 1977

Table of Contents

Features
Sharpshooters in the Civil War by Dan Flores 6
Milady's Rifle by Dr. Sam Fadala 15
The Ferguson Rifle Mystery by Ed Dieckmann, Jr. 18
Sporting Arms of the World by Bob Steindler and the editors 23
Gun News From Winchester and Remington by Bob Steindler and the editors 27
NRA Meeting 1976 by Bob Steindler and the editors 31
Recessed Bolt Heads by Ellwood Eppa 32
International Gun Show by John T. Amber 52
French Cannon Collectors by Pierre Salf and Raymond Caranta 56
Famars Fusil Four by Roger Barlow 57
Acid Test by John Robinson 59
A Day with Drummong by Bob Bell 62
Hanky Panky in the Boondocks by Jack O'Connor 65
Power-Tool Gunsmithing by Wm. Schumaker 69
Ruger Rarities by Bill Bennington 73
Firearms in Frontier America – The Economic Impact. Part II – 1800 to 1900 by M. L. Brown 77
Ithaca's Mag 10 by Wallace Labisky 89
Pyrodex – Nitro for Black! By Roger Barlow 94
A Conversion Fairlure by John A. Mosher 96
Updating the 444 Marlin by Don Zutz 97
The Stockmaker's Cradle by Robert A. Burmeister 100
Center Shot To Win by Lucian Cary 102
Shotgun Patterns by Nick Sisley 109
U.S. Pocket Automatic Pistols by Donald M. Simmons, Jr. 116
Notes on Airguns by Ladd Fanta 127
Shooting in Scotland by R. J. Robel 133
John Wilkes – Gun and Rifle Maker by Jerry Evans 138
Heart Attack! The hunter's worst enemy by J. H. Mayer, M.D. 141
The Twenty Comes of Age by Francis E. Sell 144
Steyr SSG Sniper Rifle by Bob Hagel 150
Hunt Oklahoma! By Byron Dalrymple 155
Gun Proof in England by Lee Kennett 161
Handloading the 30-30 by Guy Lautard 173
Firearms Industry Super Shoot by Skip Gordon 177
A Pair of Autos by George C. Nonte, Jr. 181
Ol' Yellow Jacket Shoots Again by Hal Hartley 184
Squirrel Rifle – a plea for the 22 rimfire by Don Lewis 188
Modern Chronographs, A Comparative Study by Kenneth L. Walters 194
Elmer Keith – a legend the world over by Francis W. Goble 199
Handgun Report by George C. Nonte, Jr. 201
The Auto Mag Story. Part One by Kent Lomont 210
A Trio of Varminters by Larry S. Sterett 218
Testfire by Larry S. Sterett 220
The New Knifemakers by Sid Latham 223
Review for Reloaders by George C. Nonte, Jr. 231
The Tula Choke – and old fashioned loads by John M. Taylor 237
Scopes and Mounts by Bob Bell 242
Art of the Engraver masters of metalwork 248
Shooter's Showcase new products reviewed 254
Custom Guns and their makers 258
Ballistic Nomograph by Fred Palenschat 264
American Bulleted Cartridges by Kenneth L. Walters 267
Departments
Ammunition Tables 271
Handguns – U.S. and Imported 275
Rifles – U.S. and Imported 305
Shotguns – U.S. and Imported 339
Black Powder Guns 367
Air Guns 382
Chokes & Brakes 396
Metallic Sights 397
Scopes & Mounts 401
Periodical Publications 428
Shooting Publications 429
Arms Associations in America and Abroad 430
Directory of the Arms Trade 434

 

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The 1975 edition is an exceptional read

 

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