Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson

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I guess since I bought two of these (one was a gift for a friend), Amazon figured I should do two reviews. Not much I can add to the original review other than to reinforce that this is the definitive source when it comes to all things S&W. That is not to take anything away from Roy Jinks' excellent books on S&W's, as you should really have both of his books in your collection too, but Roy centers on earlier Smiths, where this book covers both old and new (as of press time), plus it contains pricing guidelines, and reports what some of the rarer books gathered at auctions. And also as I stated in the other review, it will make an excellent Christmas present for the S&W person in your life.

Purchased as a reference to all S&W hand guns, and did exactly what was expected of it.Would recommend to any S&W buff.Absolutely brilliant.

I suppose my rating gives away the surprise doesn't it? Well that's never stopped me before. This is a great reference book. It literally lists every single firearm model (as well as other products) manufactured and/or marketed by Smith & Wesson. Each model is described in detail, with all the possible variations listed. There are photographs (many in color) with each listing as well. As the title states this is the third edition. I also own the "2nd edition Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson" which is also a well done book, but the amount of additional data between the two editions is astounding.Mr. Supica and Mr. Nahas are not supermen. Over the years they have reached out to the S&W community requesting any additional information as well as helpful criticism. I am pleased to state that I made a small contribution to this edition as well. If you look on the list of acknowledgements you'll find me. Well you will find my avatar name "Checkman" from the Smith & Wesson forum. This speaks well for the writers. They acknowledge that the field is vast and that there is no way they and a couple researchers can possibly cover all the bases. S&W has been in business since the 1850's and is still going strong. That is a lot of firearms.If you are a budding S&W collector get a copy of this book. If you are long-term collector (and evidently been living under a rock if you aren't familiar with this catalog) get this book. If you're just a gunbuff and have a love of firearm trivia get this book. It isn't cheap, but it is money well spent.