The Illustrated Directory of Guns: A Collector's Guide to Over 1500 Military, Sporting and Antique Firearms

The Illustrated Directory of Guns is the most ambitious and lavishly illustrated history of guns for the collector and enthusiast.   It shows in clear, detailed photographs and text over 1500 guns with separate sections on Pistols, Revolvers, Rifles, Shotguns (military and sporting) Machine Guns, and Submachine guns. The book also features an introduction on each section, which gives a brief history of the development of that particular kind of firearm.