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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Book on Steven's Rifles Reply #15 - May 26^th, 2016 at 6:14pm	Print Post
	I do not but it sure does sound like it might be interesting based on the description. JLouis

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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Book on Steven's Rifles Reply #16 - May 26^th, 2016 at 6:20pm	Print Post
	Stevens put out several "practical" publications, the best known likely being [i]Guns and Gunning[i], edited by Daniel C. Beard of Boy Scouts fame. This book is likely another such. The come-on warns that it is an imperfect copy; and as "Printers" in the title is almost surely really "Pointers", I'd be afraid that that warning should not be taken lightly! I'd try hunting for an original copy through ABE Books or one of the other internet collectible book resources. Bill Lawrence


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Book on Steven's Rifles Reply #17 - May 26^th, 2016 at 7:08pm	Print Post
	JLouis wrote on May 26^th, 2016 at 6:14pm: I do not but it sure does sound like it might be interesting based on the description. JLouis Based on the incredibly stupid typo and ridiculous cover photo (was that fortress attacked or defended using Stevens rifles???), it looks more like a bad joke to me. Since at the bottom is printed "From Old Catalog," the implication is that the contents are reproduced from a Stevens catalog. (But not #51-54--I checked.) A work not mentioned is Cope's Stevens Pistols & Pocket Rifles, which begins with a reasonably good overview of who Stevens was and how he began his business. But of course it doesn't compare with Grant's books.


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2849 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Book on Steven's Rifles Reply #18 - May 26^th, 2016 at 8:39pm	Print Post
	I also have a signed copy of Strong's book. Bought it from him personally at the Belleville Illinois Gunshow in 1993. Nice gentleman as I recall. It is mostly reprints from old catalogs and other literature. First Stevens book I bought as I recall. It has the only printed material I have found on the Stevens Bisley Model. It was copied from an English sales brochure as I recall. While far from complete, it is all Stevens. Even shows the Stevens Automobile.


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