-=> Quoting Gus Gere to Alex Vasauskas on 11 May 98  21:25 <=-
 Re: Firearms 
 AV>  AV> My "always" gun is a S&W Model 640 .357 mag. in a fanny pack,  
 AV>  GG> Gee, another .357 fan. I had always thought the size of them 
 AV> The 640 is a 5 shot, 2" barrel revolver with a small grip. 
 AV> It is very conveniently concealable. 
 GG> Darn, I really need that book. Anyone know what the proper title of it
 GG> is?  It lists all firearms available, thick sucker. 
There are several such, actually. There are books designed to be used as 
collector/price guides, and several of the gun magazines publish annuals 
which include all current models.
If you just want new handgun models, Peterson's Handguns Annual or the 
Handgunning Annual or the American Handgunner Annual all have those, and 
many places would have those annuals during the spring of any given year.
There are also annuals that would include rifles and shotguns, like the 
Guns&Ammo annual out in the fall of each year.
There are many in the collector/price guide category, which might be 
found in the "Collecting" or "Sports" section of your local bookstore. 
One is simply Gun Digest, another is Modern Gun Values, and so forth. My 
reference is called the Standard Catalog of Firearms. Naturally, you'd 
want the most recent edition of whichever you get. (Gun Digest is not so 
much a catalog/price guide, but about half of the book would be devoted 
to current guns and prices. The others include both new and used guns.)
Yes, even your local Cole's should have several of those. If not, make a 
trip to Toronto to "The World's Biggest Book Store", or to somewhere in 
Buffalo. (Yes, I've spent several years in Canada, and I know the Cole's 
in Windsor had some of those books.)
What I'd love to see, which I haven't even here, is a book which included
performance data for all models.
Steve
... Real men use a Flintlock!
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