Quick Reference Guides

I mentioned the other day keeping a copy of Green Eyes, Black Rifles near my desk for handy reference, and so I figure I'll list out the other books I keep handy. Sometimes it's easier than opening another tab, and sometimes they contain info that's not really otherwise searchable or available online.

• Some edition of Cartridges of the World. (I'm currently using a fairly old 12th Edition, but the old stuff doesn't change much.)


• The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson.


• History of Smith & Wesson by Roy Jinks.


• Smith & Wesson Hand Guns, McHenry & Roper.


• Smith & Wesson 1857-1945: A handbook for collectors, Neal & Jinks.


• Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World.


• Collecting Classic Bolt Action Military Rifles.


• Military Bolt Action Rifles 1841-1918.


• Savage Automatic Pistols*, James Carr.


• Savage Pistols, Brower.


• Kuhnhausen's shop manuals for the S&W revolver and the Colt .45 Automatic.


• Factory armorer's manuals for the Glock and M&P.


• A Textbook of Automatic Pistols**, R.K. Wilson


• Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers, Hatcher

  *The Carr book is essential for anyone who wants to venture into collecting Savage pocket autos. It concisely breaks down the 1907, 1915, and 1917 into all their consecutive subtypes in chronological order by the different distinguishing features, and it's small enough to carry along to gun shows.

**R.K. Wilson's delightful textbook, as complete a guide to early autos as there is, is being reprinted in paperback!

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