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While I continue to gather photos for every variation... (ugh), and do more research.. one of the guys on Facebook suggested something.

Would there be any interest in a reduced size/content pocket reference that would contain updated date charts, models made each year, info for each model and variations (but not pictures of each variation)? Small booklet that'd be easy to carry through a gun show?

I've got enough info on all the models to go to print, just need to make a trip or two to get more photos for the complete book.

Thoughts?

I had thought that is what you are doing. A pocket reference. ??

Pocket reference would be great.

It won't be a pocket reference, just a paperback reference. It was going to be a tad larger than Murray's in order for the pictures to be decent.

This would be smaller - 4 1/4" x 7 1/8". Not claiming the pictures will be great.. but you'd have the data with you. Anybody who's ever tried to carry a 6" x 9" Murray's through a gun show will know it doesn't fit in a pocket very well. This would be almost half the size of Murray's.

A solid idea!

May I reserve copies 99 & 199 ??

Copys #1895, #1899 and #99 will be available to all members for a reasonably inflated price.

Here's a thought. How about offering the members here the opportunity to buy the same number of your book as they have for David's book(s)? For example, I have #399 of his first book with the same number on order for the new book. It would be neat to have the same number for all three books.
To keep people honest you'd probably have to get David to send you a list of names and numbers for his books.

I hadn't really thought ahead to sending out numbered copies. I suppose I could do that, though I'd probably reserve the really popular numbers for the guys who have helped so much by getting information to me for the book.

I think there's a few guys who probably have been rolling their eyes up this last 2 years going.. "Oh cripes, another email/PM/text from Calhoun!".

i'd buy one.

How do you make a pocket book with large type for us old farts ????

I'll be selling numbered magnifying glasses as well with a very reasonable payment plan.

The font on these isn't bad. I've had to chop the number of words for each model, I didn't reduce the font.

I would take 3 and I don't need any special numbers........except in the fellow Nebraskan discount.......

I'd be in for one Rory!

Got to burn a couple vacation days this month, so got a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow. I'll get to work on it and see if I can't get the rest of the models reformatted for it. Then I'll start finding miscellaneous pictures to fill up the blank spots.

This may not be too long of a process.

I’d take one also!

Im in for one!!

Joe

I'll take one

Mike

murray's book 3-5 to 3-84 would be great for me

I'll take one also.

Murray did a hell of a job back when all research had to be done by hand... but it drives me bonkers now to look at a lot of those entries and to know how much more accurate info we've dug up here for all the models.