Browning Sporting Arms of Distinction, 1903 - 1992 (collector`s item)

Matt Eastman, Browning Sporting Arms of Distinction, 1903 - 1992.

Long Beach, California: Safari Press, 1998.

Quarto, dustwrapper, hardcover, 428 pages, numerous illustrations.

Fine condition.

Originally published at $50.

'If you ever wanted to know about Browning guns, this is your book. ... The history of John M. Browning, his family, and the company through 1992. ... The Browning inventions and designs for the military and for sporting purposes. ... The Browning connection with Winchester, Colt, Remington, Savage, Hi-Standard, and many others ... General information, engravers and engraving, special orders, serial numbers, date codes, years produced, salt wood, custom work from F.N., proofs and other markings, limited editions, and Browning accessories from 1903 to 1992.'

'Matt Eastman has been interested in firearms since he attended a summer camp in Pennsylvania in 1950. ... After college, Matt used Brownings to hunt big game worldwide and birds locally. ... Matt's interest in Brownings was further cultivated by dealing in fine guns in order to enhance the value of his collection. He began traveling to different states and exhibiting at gun shows as a dealer.  ... He presently is a partner in Broome's Firearms iin Fitzgerald, Georgia, and, with Harvey Broome, specializes in the acquisition and sales of fine Belgium Brownings.'

Firearms Collecting. Hunting.