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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. The cover names me as the editor, but I certainly can’t claim credit for total authorship. This book came to me as the completed third edition. I must give credit to the previous editor, who set the scope of this work.

I must also give thanks to the other contributors whose work appears within these covers for their insights about specialized fields of collecting. In most of these cases I have left their information intact. These individuals are the experts in their fields and they certainly know more than I do about their corner of the firearms collecting universe. Of course, much of the pricing has been changed to reflect recent trends. I have also retained many of the Snap Shots that are provided by noted firearms writers. These are interesting bits of history and individual impressions of some of the firearms found in this book.

Additional thanks to the auction houses, collectors and photographers that provided a majority of the pictures that are being re-printed in this edition.

And a final credit must be extended to my friend Dan Shideler, editor of the new editions of Standard Catalog of Firearms, Modern Gun Values, and several other books from Krause Publications. It was Dan who helped me get started in my writing “career” by suggesting I submit some columns for Gun List (now Gun Digest Magazine) when it added editorial content. A year later he informed me that a vacancy had arisen as editor of Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. Dan convinced the powers that be to give me a shot at this book. So here it is.

I hope you find it enjoyable, informative and helpful.

Phillip Peterson

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