First of all, I recommend you go over to the Revolver Guy blog and read Darren S.’s article, “The RevolverGuy’s Reading List“.
I think this is a pretty swell list. And yes, there were a few on there that I was not previously familiar with.
Changing gears a bit…I’ve found out some interesting information about this old Smith and Wesson. I have not received the actual history letter yet, and I want to wait on that before I post. I’ll update when I do get the history letter, and I’m hoping that my saying “I have not received the actual history letter yet” will cause the history letter to show up before the weekend. Because the fundamental perversity of the universe tends towards a maximum, as we like to say around here.
Changing gears a bit again…Jacob at the Widener’s Shooting, Hunting & Gun Blog sent me a nice email about their recent blog post: “Armor Piercing Rounds: 308 Winchester?” I swear that I had already seen this post and that it was linked somewhere else (maybe McThag linked to it?) but AP ammo is something I’m interested in, the email from Widener’s was flattering, and I might want to take Jacob up on his offer (“If you ever need a caliber or two sent your way, let me know.”) one of these days.
There’s also a YouTube video with Chad Finchum, who’s a NASCAR driver. I don’t follow NASCAR as much as I did when I was younger, but I do sort of keep an eye on it. Haven’t watched the video yet, but I’ll embed it anyway.
Changing gears a bit again (I feel like I’m driving an 18-wheeler. On the downhill side. Of Wolf Creek Pass.)…I’m not sure if this actually qualifies as “lazy”, but I did want to get this in. The moderately lazy part is that it ties back to a book I’ve previously written about, so I can cover it in a shorter post.
The Book of the Springfield, E.C. Crossman. Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, Marines, Onslow County, NC, 1932. Riling 2121. Also in Biscotti.
I previously blogged my ratty, but signed, copy here, and said I wanted to get a better copy with jacket of the first edition (as well as a copy of the second edition).
Well, here’s my better copy with jacket of the first edition. Haven’t found a second edition yet. Yet. This has the “Marines, Onslow County, NC, 1932” imprint on the title page, but the rear cover shows “Plantersville, North Carolina”, and lists the Linden books (published in the 1940s). Either this is a later printing with a later jacket, that Smith doesn’t document, or somebody swapped dust jackets. The internal ad page is undated, but only lists books published before, or expected to be published in, 1932. Smith does document an edition with “Samworth” on the spine, but this one has “STP CO.” (characteristic of the 1932 printing). So I’m stumped. But the only thing I know is how much I don’t know.
I would call this “very good”. There are tiny (barely visible) nicks on the bottom and top right front, another (slighly more visible) nick on the lower left front, and a small section missing from the top of the spine. I think this has held up pretty well for a book that’s between 80 and 90 years old.
Next time: you had me at “corned moose hash”.