• AAWA's Journals (American Automatic Weapons Assoc. active during the 50's)
• Automatic Weapons of the World, Johnson, Melvin M. and Haven, Charles T.
• Cartridges of the World, 6th Edition.
• De Lisle's Commando Carbine, Skennerton, I.D.
• Gun Collectors Digest, 1st edition, Schroeder, Joseph J. - excellebnt article on collecting machine guns.
• Gun Digests, 3rd edition (1947), Page 15, 23 - Very nice article on the small arms of World War II including a large number of line drawings including the ammunition.
• Gun Digests, 4th Edition (1949) Page 94 - A repeat article of the drawings shown in the above edition.
• Gun Digests, 14th Edition (1960) Page 100 - Ideal Military Rifle - Compares a number of the weapons and operating systems then in use and compares them. Some unusual additions.
  Page 173 - Machine Gun Mix-up - A comparison and history of the military application of automatic weapons including some predictions for the future.
• Gun Digests, 16th Edition (1962) Page 114 - Submachine Guns Today - a very comprehensive article on the world’s submachine guns. Includes data and illustrations of some rare models.
• Gun Digests, 21st Edition (1967) Page 46 - The Thompson Submachine gun - A very complete article on the history and construction of the Thompson. Cover s all military models and includes a number of illustrations of accessories and exploded drawings. A must-have for the Thompson owner.
• Gun Digests, 40th Edition (1986) Page 6 - The M16A2 _ the history and characteristics of the M16A2 including test results of firings against other weapons and tests of the new ammunition.
  Page 26 - The Legendary French 75 - Good drawings and illustrations with text explaining the history and use of the French 75 in WWI.
• Gun Digests, 46th Edition (1992) Page 26 - Thompsons that never saw battle - The experimental Thompsons in weird calibers.
• Guns Illustrated 1982 Page 48 - U.S. Army Antitank guns - This article is for the BIG bore shooters. It covers US weapons used to combat tanks from 37mm up to self-propelled guns and includes some recoilless weapons and the early bazooka.
  Page 61 - UZI - Mostly just covers the carbine.
• Guns Illustrated 1983 Page 11 - Ameli 5.56 - A test report on shooting the, then new, Ameli light machine gun.
  Page 80 - MP5 - Covers the history and construction of the MP5 and some info on the MP5K and SD variations.
• Guns Illustrated 1984 Page 30 - The Schmeisser MP-40 - Covers the history and makeup of the weapon including shooting it and a very weird takedown that first involves unscrewing the barrel nut and removing the barrel.
• Guns of the Elite, Special Forces Firearms, 1940 to present. Markham, - A good general reference covering special operations and counter terrorist small arms including some shotguns, grenade launchers, and ammunition.
• Handbook on Weaponry, Rheinmetall - best weapons engineering book extant, translated from the German.
• International Armament, 2 volume set, Johnson, George B. and Lockhoven, Hans Bert - A very desirable set of books covering historical and modern military weapons up to the mid 1960’s. This set of books gives details on weapons unavailable in any other publications and covers revolvers, pistols, manually operated rifles, submachine guns, automatic carbines, self-loading rifles, light machine guns, and machine guns. 471 and 483 pages, hardcover.
• Janes Infantry Weapons
• Jane's Guns recognition guide - Good simple refernce and its in print!
• Jane's Security and CO-IN Equipment - That's COunter -INsurgency, I think this book is now titled something like Police and Security Equipment or something like that.
• Johnson & Haven’s Automatic Arms , Their history, development, and use. One of the most sought-after of the World War II era weapons books. This was the last and most complete book Johnson ever did on the world’s automatic weapons. Beginning with mechanical repeaters of the flintlock era, this book continues through World War I and into WWII. Pistols, submachine guns, rifles, and machine guns are all included including design notes, applications, and combat use of the weapons. First Edition, 344 pages, hardcover, with foldout pages
• Kalashnikov Arms, compiled by Alexei Nedelin; text by Yu.A. Natsvaladze and B.V. Paranin
• Machine Gun Buyers Guide and Owners Manual, Iannamico, Frank. See website.
• Military Rifle and Machine Gun Cartridges, Huon, Jean.
• Modern Military Bullpup Rifles, Dugleby, T. B.
• Modern Small Arms, Myatt, Frederick
• Personal Firepower, Volume 15 of the Illustrated History of the Vietnam War Ezell, Edward
• Pictoral History of the Sub-Machine Gun, Hobart, F.W.A.
• Project 64, James, Frank - the MP5 subgun story.
• (DIA ST-HB-07-163-74), Small Arms Identification and Operations guide - Free World.
  This is an operating manual for most of the NATO weapons of the mid-1970s including the Japanese Type 62 machine gun and the MG1/3. This was the first US manual to show where the bottle opener on the Galil is. 316 pages, paperbound.
• (DST-1110H-394-76), Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide - Eurasian Communist Countries, Defense Intelligence Agency.
• (DST-1110H-163-76), Small Arms Identification and Operations Guide - Free World, Defense Intelligence Agency.
• Silencer History and Performance, Sporting and Tactical Silencers Vol. I Paulson, Alan C. This has got to be about the best book ever written on suppressors (silencers). A must for anyone interested in design or history.
• SLR: Australia's FAL, Skennerton, I.D.
• Small Arms of the World, Ezell - exellent book.
• Small Arms Review Magazine, Moose Lake Publishing - Check out their Web site: SAR Magazine
• Soviet Small Arms and Ammunition, Bolotin, D. N. - The Soviet small arms book, and excellent companion to Chinn's Vol II
• Textbook of Small Arms 1929, - a real old classic.
• The AK47 Story, Ezell, Edward C. - Evolution of the Kalashnikov weapons. The most complete story available on the AK47.
• The Black Rifle, Stevens, R. Blake and Ezell, Edward C. - M16 retrospective
• The British Sten for SHOOTERS and COLLECTORS, Iannamico, Frank. See website.
• The encyclopedia of Infantry Weapons of World War II, Hogg, Ian
• The Owen Gun, Wardman, Wayne
• The German MP-40 Maschinepistole, Iannamico, Frank. See website.
• The Gun That Made The Twenties Roar, Helmer.
• The M-16 And It's Cartridge, Hughes
• The Machine Gun, Volumes I through V, Chinn, George M.
• The MG-42 Machinegun, Iannamico, Frank. See website.
• The Terrifying Three, Long, Duncan. - Uzi Mac Intratec.
• The Thompson Submachine Gun, Cox, Roger.
• The World's Submachine Guns, Vol. I, Thomas B Nelson/Lochoven.
• The World's Machine Pistols and Submachine Guns, Vol. IIA TB Nelson/Musgrave.
• The World's Fighting Shotguns, Vol IV, Swearengen, Thomas F.
• Thompson: the American Legend, Hill, Tracie L.
• Unintended Consequences, Ross, John - Although this is a purely fiction books, we have been asked by numerous people to include it, as it contains a lot of information on NFA law and history.
• US Rifle M14, Stevens, R. Blake - from John Garand to the M21.
• Weapons of the Third Reich, Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter

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