Books by David R. Chicoine

Smith & Wesson

Sixguns of the Old West

by David R. Chicoine

This book is the "bible" of the Model No. 3 Smith & Wesson ; every collector needs a copy!

There has never been a book like this before!

Smith & Wesson Sixguns of the Old West. . . covers all aspects of this popular, long-lived and often copied American revolver throughout it's forty-plus year history. From the beginnings of the Model Number Three .44 American revolver in 1869 to the last .44 Double Action top-break sold in 1913.

A massive, high quality work, hardcover, 480 pages with over 840 photographs and illustrations; and its all about the big Smith & Wesson Model No. 3 revolvers! This exciting new hard-cover book will form the cornerstone of your Smith & Wesson library.

Published by Andrew Mowbray Inc., Publishers

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HISTORY~ a comprehensive new study of Smith & Wesson and those magnificent top-break revolvers, going deeper into the origins of the people who built this famous Massachusetts company which has brought so many significant innovations into the firearms world.

• IDENTIFICATION; new, easy and quick methods of identification for all Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers.
• FACTORY MARKINGS shown in detail with their locations revealed.
• FAMOUS OWNERS of Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers, from the very good to the very bad.
• MILITARY; The Model 3 was used extensively as a military revolver and it has carved itself an important place in world history. Martial use of Model No. 3 Smith & Wesson revolvers, both U.S.and foriegn.
• USE and CARE of the Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers; how to load and unload, how to fire them and how to disassemble them for cleaning.
• WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU BUY A MODEL 3. Looking for originality and how to find it. How to spot trouble, before you become trouble's owner. Troubleshooting procedures for everyone, learn how to find out if a gun has mechanical problems from the foremost expert.
• GUNSMITHING the Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers from the foremost expert on the subject; covering all types of repair work both minor and major, includes a comprehensive troubleshooting system, there is nothing like this available anywhere else!
• PARTS; the componant parts of the Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers illustrated and for the first time anywhere; parts interchangeability charts! Sources. Dimensional drawings.
• SIGHTS used on the Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers.
• AMMUNITION developed for and used in Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers.
• RELOADING the Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolver cartridges, both black powder and smokeless, a comprehensive reloading guide.
• COPIES and replicas of the Top-Break Smith & Wesson revolvers; old and new, in-depth evaluations and how to repair common problems in the modern copies.
• FOREWORD by Jim Supica, noted S&W collector, historian and owner of Old Town Station.
• PHOTOGRAPHY, the book is "jam-packed" with excellent photographs and features a custom color cover by Floyd Oydegaard and original tintype photography by Will Dunniway.
• ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS, the pages of this new book are also filled with original drawings by David R. and David T. Chicoine., revealing external details as well as the intricate internal operation of the mechanisms of the S&W Model 3 revolvers and their component parts.