Product Description

Leading reference for antique American firearms, with a multi-generational following.

Combines thorough historical arms details and authoritative pricing in one easy-to-use book.

The book simply known as Flayderman's is your go-to guide for accurate and updated collector pricing, and identifying and historic details of antique firearms. With meticulously researched data, descriptions of stampings and markings for 4,000+ antique American firearms manufactured between the colonial era and 1900, and more than 1,900 sharp photos - including a new 16-page color photo gallery, Flayderman's is truly the ultimate value guide to antique American firearms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29714 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 752 pages

Features

• Flaydermans
• Flaydermans Guide
• 9th Edition Guide to Antique Firearms
• Antique American Firearm Values.
• Flaydermans Guide to Antique American Firearms And their Values

About the Author
In the collectible firearms hobby, Norm Flayderman is synonymous with antique firearms. Flayderman has been active in buying, selling and trading antique arms for more than 50 years and has become widely recognized throughout the world as one of the top experts in the hobby. His previous editions of Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values have been favorably reviewed in The New York Times, The American Rifleman and The Gun Report.

Customer Reviews

Flayderman is Out of Date
Flayderman's has not revised gun values since 2001. They put a date on the reverse of the fly page of 2004, but it just a re-print of the one compiled in 2000 and printed in 2001. I hope others are not fooled like I was thinking they are getting an updated book. I feel I wasted my money. Gun values have changed too much in the last few years, and I find this book worthless.

Indispensable for Gun Collectors
As a collector of Civil War carbines, this is the most important book I own for my hobby. There is wonderful background information for novice and professional alike. The number and quality of entries is phenomenal. The information about each gun includes a bit of history, model descriptions, number manufactured, markings, variations; everything that is essential to the collector. Just a couple of nits -- the values quoted are usually low, and some variants of guns have a "scarce, worth premium" note. It would help to know what that premium is, even an approximation. All things considered, this book is a must have for every gun collector.

Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms
This book is indispensible for collectors and sellers. The text provides excellent information not found in other publications that cover such a wide variety of items. The only consistent deficiency I found is its pricing. Pricing does not match with publications printed annually that are dedicated more to current firearms value than the value of information provided by Flayderman's. As with anything, no one is always right or wrong. I recommend this book based on the historical research done by Mr. Flayderman.