Reviews for Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson

The average rating for Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-06-12 00:00:00 John Chavis 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 citicism. I am pleased to state that I made a small contribution to this edition as well. If you look on the list of aknowledgements you'll find me. Well you will find my avatar name "Checkman" from the Smith & Wesson forum. This speaks well for the writers. They aknowledge that the field is vast and that there is no way they and a couple researchers can possibly cover all th bases. S&W has been in business since the 1850's and is still going strong. That is alot 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.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-05-05 00:00:00 Amelio Torres I didn't need to read it all. It was a book excellent for reference and I'm glad to have read the parts I did. Very clear instructions for those do-it-yourselfers who really want to learn how to do things like blacksmithing and other back-to-the-land skills. I don't want to know how to make a flint-lock rifle so I didn't read it, but I'm sure if I'd needed it the instructions there would have been clear and useful.