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BRITISH GUNMAKERS’ CATALOGUES
W.& C.
Scott & Son, 1873. A case bound catalogue
issued by William Read & Sons, Agents, Boston with 47 pages
of double shotguns, one double rifle and a Martini-action
sporting rifle. Illustrated with steel engravings.
Testimonials, a visit to the Scott factory, and "Selecting A
Gun." Copy for $20.
J.& W. Tolley,
Birmingham, ca 1900. An 8 1/2"xlI, 30-page
catalogue of the hammer and hammerless double rifles and
shotguns, the "Ubique" ball-and-shot gun, pistols and
revolvers, U. S. and British; rifle cartridges and
accessories, all in large illustrations. Cover is a
replacement, the original is missing. Copy for $20.
W. J. Jeffery
& Co., Ltd., 1928. An 8 1/2’’x 11" 80-page
catalogue, gray cover. This is the issue that introduced the
.500 Jeffery magazine rifle and cartridge (the 12.7x70
Schuler) together with the full line of double shotguns and
rifles, the ball-and-shot gun, imported German and U. S.
rifles, handguns, accessories and ammunition. Copy for $25.
Joseph Lang
& Son Ltd., 1923. 9 3/4" x 6" gray cover,
37 pages. Double shotguns and rifles with Lang’s single
trigger, ejector, and detachable side lock; the "Under and
Over", the new .470 bore rifle, and five pages of the
cartridges and projectiles from .600 to .280. $15.
Holland &
Holland Ltd., 1923. 9 3/4" x 7 3/8", 32 pages. The
hammerless double shotguns and rifles, nitro Paradox, magnum
Mauser magazine rifles, telescope and peep sights, try guns,
the shooting grounds, and Badminton shooting school. Light
tan cover with the medieval hunter and his dog on cover.
$15.
Cogswell &
Harrison Ltd., ca. 1910. An 8 % 11, 64-page
catalogue, light brown cover illustrated with photographs
and steel engravings. All hammerless shotguns and rifles,
bolt rifles, rook rifles, try guns, and the "Cosmos"
ball-and-shot gun, auto pistols and revolvers, all
illustrated in steel engravings near actual size. Copy for
$25.
Vickers
Armstrong Limited, 1929. An 8 ¼" x 10 ¼"issue, 24
pages, cord bound of double shotguns, magazine rifles,
Martini-action .300 Sherwood, and Martini-action .22 target
rifles. $15.
Bentley &
Playfair (Isaac Hollis & Bentley & Playfair
amalgamated 1911). A hard cover 7 x"x9 1/2" 46-page
catalogue of the double shotguns and rifles, a ball-and-shot
gun, a cape gun (16 bore and .450 Martini-Henry) and a
falling block single shot rifle on the Webley action, Rook
rifles, engraving patterns, all photo illustrated. Red cloth
cover. Copy for $20.
German and Austrian Gunmakers Trade Catalogs
This is a 252 page 11" x 8.5 " case bound book with a four color dust jacket, compiled by Hans E. Pfingsten and George A. Hoyem, containing five illustrated gunmakers trade catalogues dating from 1914 to 1935, three of them export issues in German, English, French and Spanish. They are: E. Schmidt & Habermann, Greifelt & Co., Freidrich W. Heim, Simson & Co., all of Suhl, Germany, and Johann Springer Erben, Vienna, Austria. Also included are the rifle case types from teh 1933 Gustav Genschow (GECO) and the 1886 (first issue) catalogue of the ammunition maker, Lorenz of Karlsruhe. The only Internationally usefull source for the collector and shooter of German/Austrian break open single shot and double rifles, the rifle/shotgun drilling and vierling (three and four barrel combinitation guns) with sectioned drawings of actions, lockups, safety systems, barrel selectors, sights, engraving patterns and the cartridges made for these guns. 
   
German and Austrian Gunmakers Trade Catalogs
can be ordered for $59.95
with $3.00 next day shipping in the U.S., $8.00 to other countries. Contact
either Armory Publications or Jaeger Press at 49131
Recuerdo
Lane, Morongo Valley, CA 92256, Telephone (760) 363-6018, FAX (760)
363-6886, email: jaegerpress1@hotmail.com
ISBN 0-939683-20-2
AMERICAN GUN MAKERS
Massachusetts Arms
Co.—Maynard Firearms, 1885, 5x7, 40 pp. Copy for
$17.
Remington Arms
Company, May 1896. 9 1/4"x 10
1/2", 36 pp. Copy for $17.
Remington Arms
Company, 1905. 6 7/8" x 8", 63 pp. red
cover. Copy for $22.
Savage
Rifles--Savage Arms Company, 1905. 8 5/8"x5 1/2",
56 pp. Copy for $22.
The
Marlin Firearms Company, 1905.
5 1/8"x 8", 131 pp. Copy for $27.
J. Stevens
Arms & Tool Co., Rifle Catalog, 1910. 8 1/2"x7/18",
47 pp. Copy for $22.
J. Stevens
Arms & Tool Co. Telescope Sights,
7"x5", 32 pp. Copy for $17.
Griffin & Howe,
ca 1930. 8 7/8"x5 15/16", 24 pp. Copy $15.It F.
Sedgley,
Inc., 1930s. Their Springfield spoilers and
sub-caliber barrel for .45 and .38 Colt auto pistol. Copy
$12.
The Syracuse
Gun Company’s Hammerless Guns, ea. 1908. 9"x7 5/8",
50 pp. Double-barrel shotguns, plain 00 grade to Grade D.
Cover missing and edges chipped but all pages present. Copy
for $22.
Ithaca Guns,
Ithaca Gun Company, 1906. 8 1/4"x7", 22 pp. Grades
7, the top of the line, to the New Model Field gun. Copy for
$15.
L. C. Smith Guns, The
Hunter Arms Co., 1906. 6"x7/3/4", 34 pp. All models
from A3 single trigger to 0 and 00 grades. Copy for $17.
The Fox Gun.
A. H. Fox Co. 9 1/2"x6 5/8", 28 pp. The
Sterlingworth to F grade. Copy for $15.
Parker Guns,
Parker Brothers, 1931. 9"x5 7/8", 32 pp. Blue/green
cover of geese flying. Coven the models from Al Special to
P. H. Copy for $22.
Stevens Shotguns,
1912, J. Stevens Arms & Tools Co., 7 5/8"x5 7/8",
50 pp. From the slide-action hammerless to the single-barrel
and double-barrel guns, hammer and hammerless. Copy for $22.
HENRY-WINCHESTER A four-color lithograph of
the Model 1866 Winchester rifle printed in 1870 for the
Royal Dutch Military Academy. Measures 15" x 19", three
views—action open, closed and sectioned--printed on natural
card stock paper, suitable for framing. $28 shipped in U.S.,
$30 to other countries, or an alternate choice to go free
with any book worth $60 or more.
CUSTOM RIFLE GAZETTE,
1995. The first and only issue produced of this
150-page photo-Illustrated, perfect bound study of the
modern custom rifle and production of the double rifle.
Remainder copies, $25 shipped anywhere, or a choice as a
free book with a $60 or more purchase.
Hibbard,
Spencer and Bartlett, Chicago, 1884. 90 pp., 8 1/2"
x 11". A catalogue of shotguns, rifles, revolvers,
ammunition and sporting goods, representing all U. S. makers
and English makers of the double-barrel shotgun. Leading
tools, accessories, gun parts, eases. Copy for $27.
SMITH & WESSON,
1883. A 17" x 22" single-sided broadsheet
illustrating seven revolver models including the No 3, or
Army revolver, with detachable stock, and the "NEW REPEATING
RIFLE" with the shoulder stock, tang sight, forearm and 16"
or 18" barrel. Also the reloading tool set Copy done on a
blueprint machine Is $13, shipped first class in a tube.One
side of a 17" x 21" broadsheet, no date but from 1880s.
Merwin, Hulbert & Co.-siz
rifles with interchangeable shot barrels, and seven junior
rifles from .22 BB to .44 Winchester; three Hopkins & Allen
automatic ejecting revolvers, four "X. L." double action
revolvers, with the revolvers shown actual size.
On
the other side, three large-frame Merwin & Hulbert
revolvers, two X. L. double action revolvers with folding
hammers, four single action revolvers—Ranger, Blue Jacket,
Dictator—for .22 Short to .32 Long rimfire, all shown actual
size, and 37 specimens of American Metallic cartridge Co.’s
ammunition illustrated actual size. Copies of both sides
done on a blueprint machine and shipped first class in a
tube, $20.
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