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Guns Recognition Guide (Jane's Recognition Guide) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Collins-Janes; 4th Revised edition edition (3 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007183283
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007183289
  • Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 12.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 256,533 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Since the publication of the first edition in 1996, Jane's Guns Recognition has sold over 65,000 copies worldwide and this edition ensures it remains the international best-selling firearms handbook. This book does exactly what it says on the cover! This is the most comprehensive guide to identifying guns, for anyone who is likely to come into contact with any firearm that is in use today, covering modern service weapons to older guns still found today. With colour photography and detailed specifications from the world famous Jane's Information Group resources, you will be able to recognise any gun with confidence and accuracy. Jane's Gun Recognition Guide also features details of manufacturers as well as listing all the brand names and markings you may come across around the world. Contents Foreword Pistols Revolvers Submachine Guns Bold Action Rifles Automatic Rifles Machine Guns Shotguns Manufacturer's index Brand name index

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not good enough!, 1 Aug 2002
This review is from: Guns: Every Firearm in Use Today (Jane's Recognition Guides) (Paperback)
As a book which is advertised as being an essential guide for those who need to be able to recognise weapons, customs officers, police etc. It just doesn't cut it! At first it appears to be an excellent guide to recognition, not cluttered by too much detail of the tech specs of each weapon, however once you scratch the surface the errors start to appear. In the cover picture, should the cocking handle of the MP5k be on the right?
Pictures that are quite obviously not of the weapons claimed (FN CAL), weapons wrongly named (Barrett M90 labelled as M82a1), write ups that don't match the weapon (M16a2) and there are many more.
I counted nearly 50 mistakes in this book, and for a book by Ian Hogg this just isn't good enough.
Enough of the negatives now, this book does the job that it is intended for, and the section in the back about markings on weapons has helped me ID many obscure old/ rare revolvers and other weapons.
Hopefully the new 2002 edition of this book will have rectified these faults and will cut the mustard with those in the know!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not what I expected, 3 May 2002
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This review is from: Guns: Every Firearm in Use Today (Jane's Recognition Guides) (Paperback)
This is a very good book, but it didn’t have all the firearms I expected, e.g. Steyr Scout and Remington 700, which are along the lines of what type of firearm this book has. It would have also been nice to have seen more information on the firearms, but saying that there is a lot there! I would have given this book a lower score because of the errors and the fact it lies on the cover as it says “Every firearm in use today”, which it obviously doesn’t, as it doesn’t even include under levers and well known tactical rifles like the Rem’e 700 and Steyr Scout. BUT there aren’t many books like this around and give information on this level, be it a smaller ‘I know what this weapon is and a little it about it’ level and NOT a detailed ‘that’s how it works’ or ‘smeg me it takes a 20mm cannon’ level.

Defiantly a book to have if your interests sway in this direction, but be warned it doesn’t have all the weapons you probably would like to read about, but hay, there is still a good amount there, and what this doesn’t have is gained by what it has! But, yes another but, if you are looking for pics and detailed information there is just too much in here for the author to have written about! Don’t let that put you off it is still a good but, I am just trying to give you a heads up.

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars not much changed, 5 Aug 2002
By Howard (Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guns Recognition Handbook (Jane's Recognition Guides) (Paperback)
this book is much the same as the previous books only the size has changed it gives the basics but never mentions pro's/con's of weapons its users,diffrent models,too many pistols not many modern weapons the ex warsaw pact states weapons,new czech army rifle,hungarys AMD but has many obsolete pistols ww1 webleys, is very similar to the first two books
i was hoping for something new but did not get it,more new guns and less old that have been covered in every other book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good but some 'infractions'
This book is an excellent guide for those of you who are into the world of guns. Contrary to 'major tom' the mp-5 base model is included in the 2005 edition. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2007 by H. L. Krantz

3.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but not quite good enough.
First up I'm going to echo what everyone else has said about Jane's Guns - "every firearm in use today."

Eh? Read more
Published on 31 May 2007 by Major Tom

4.0 out of 5 stars Good guide for guns
This book is a comprehensive guide to firearms, and does seem to cover the majority of firearms in use today. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2002 by benjo3000@aol.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but..
Brilliant book of pictures.. and I guess that's the idea.

However, even though this is a recognition guide, it would have been useful to have other details such as muzzle... Read more

Published on 17 Nov 2001 by tesla_coil

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Gun guide on sale today
Janes have always been known for their superb recogniton gude. But this is the best. If you own a gun it will be in here. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2001

2.0 out of 5 stars Fair, but could do much better
The cover statement "every firearm in use today" is far-fetched to say the least. Any book that can say this and leave out shotguns plants doubts from the start. Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
First of all the description of the book on the front cover 'every firearm in use today' is a little far-fetched, I don't mean it hasn't got all the kalashnikov copies and... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2001 by ianwhite12000@yahoo.com

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the perfect no noncence fire arms guide
This guide is one that i will have to recomend to all those people who have any type of intrest in todays firearms. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2000

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