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Finally got here - yesterday was a great day for me when I saw the book on my desk mid-day! I stayed up until 1:30 AM reading in bed until my wife threw a pillow at me and gave me 'the look' - I either needed to cut off the light, or I was risking my life.
My very initial impressions having read 30-40 pages - values, some models updated descriptions, etc...back and forth glimpses
LOVE:
* The format - similar to the 4th edition, very structured for historical chapters and each model - description, values, values premiums, variations, specific product codes - it all flows so naturally!
* Value comps over time in the 5th addition for 20-30 models - one can pick up more easily the areas that are doing well in terms of price appreciation and areas that are stagnant
* Value commentary - trends, observations in trends, always very helpful
* Size - 550 pages or so, the book did not feel like it got bigger, so it is manageable to carry around (gun shows, stores, etc...), right size for me - not the 2,000 page Gun Digest, but more than the skimpy HS and Colt 'catalogs' I have
* Quality and overall value - the books is of highest quality in terms of look, feel, pictures, paper, how it is bound and it is a great value - best $ spend on a gun book by far for me!
Have questions on:
* Some model values seemed off given what I have seen both locally and online - Model 41 values specifically seemed high (or perhaps I bought well 2-3 times recently)
What else I would like to see?
* Would have liked to have seen the value trends for the M29 and M27 (as the top dogs on the S&W food chain) and the model 39 as the daddy of the semi-autos
* More accurate designations for finish - Bright Blue vs. Blue (M29,27,19,52, 41 in some years I believe are Bright Blue, per old Shooter's Bibles)
* A Colt expert to take Jim's approach to the book and put together an alike book for Colt - I have 3 books on Colts and all three collectively do not have even 1/2 of the utility and usefulness of Jim's SCSW. I mean this in the most positive way I can, not to knock down any existing Colt books...
All in all, I had been waiting for 6 months, and so far the book is overdelivering - thank you, Jim for all of your work, your team who is helping and all the people who were involved in delivering this great product! Best gun book I have read, and the new addition continues to raise the bar!
Now, I will go back to reading more...
PS: I have had the 4th eddition for 5-6 years now, and find the 5th eddition to be adding additional value, would recommend to anyone.
My very initial impressions having read 30-40 pages - values, some models updated descriptions, etc...back and forth glimpses
LOVE:
* The format - similar to the 4th edition, very structured for historical chapters and each model - description, values, values premiums, variations, specific product codes - it all flows so naturally!
* Value comps over time in the 5th addition for 20-30 models - one can pick up more easily the areas that are doing well in terms of price appreciation and areas that are stagnant
* Value commentary - trends, observations in trends, always very helpful
* Size - 550 pages or so, the book did not feel like it got bigger, so it is manageable to carry around (gun shows, stores, etc...), right size for me - not the 2,000 page Gun Digest, but more than the skimpy HS and Colt 'catalogs' I have
* Quality and overall value - the books is of highest quality in terms of look, feel, pictures, paper, how it is bound and it is a great value - best $ spend on a gun book by far for me!
Have questions on:
* Some model values seemed off given what I have seen both locally and online - Model 41 values specifically seemed high (or perhaps I bought well 2-3 times recently)
What else I would like to see?
* Would have liked to have seen the value trends for the M29 and M27 (as the top dogs on the S&W food chain) and the model 39 as the daddy of the semi-autos
* More accurate designations for finish - Bright Blue vs. Blue (M29,27,19,52, 41 in some years I believe are Bright Blue, per old Shooter's Bibles)
* A Colt expert to take Jim's approach to the book and put together an alike book for Colt - I have 3 books on Colts and all three collectively do not have even 1/2 of the utility and usefulness of Jim's SCSW. I mean this in the most positive way I can, not to knock down any existing Colt books...
All in all, I had been waiting for 6 months, and so far the book is overdelivering - thank you, Jim for all of your work, your team who is helping and all the people who were involved in delivering this great product! Best gun book I have read, and the new addition continues to raise the bar!
Now, I will go back to reading more...
PS: I have had the 4th eddition for 5-6 years now, and find the 5th eddition to be adding additional value, would recommend to anyone.
...Ben
