Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns (Illustrated Directory)

While the book naturally doesn't include every single gun made in the 20th century, it still has a huge selection of guns. It's divided into sections, focused on pistols & revolvers, rifles & shotguns, Submachine Guns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns. It's not very in depth but it gives some basic information and very well made illustrations and/or photographs of the guns themselves.

This book is broken down into pistols and revolvers, rifles and shotguns, submachine guns, light maching guns, and heavy machine guns. There are wonderful descriptions of the firearms along with pictures for reference. The SKS I own, looks a lot nicer than the one they have in the picture here in the book. My SKS has a cleaning rod and sling. The one they have pictured in the book is missing these items. This book is one of... Read Full Review

This is great book considering its price. It is almost identical to the Jane's Gun Recognition Guide except it is cheaper and doesn't contain as many errors. It has any gun from the year 1900 to the present. I did have trouble finding the SA80. I thought it would have it considering there is a picture of one on the back. But still, this book is a great buy for people who are looking for a good book that contains lots of information... Read Full Review