Gun Collector’s Logbook: Track Your Acquisitions, Repairs, and Sales

As a gun owner, it’s your responsibility to keep thorough records of your purchases and sales. This handsome logbook maintains those records in an organized, convenient place.

Whether you’re new to gun ownership or you’ve been collecting for years, it’s good practice to keep records of your purchases and sales. This conveniently compact logbook has a two-page, at-a-glance spread for each firearm--organized into sections of 20 each for rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Log pages include ample space for recording specific characteristics of each gun along with data that conforms to the standards set by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, including:

• Descriptions: make, model name, serial number, country of manufacture, caliber or gauge, capacity, grips or stock, barrel length, finish, sights, action, condition, other characteristics and accessories
• Acquisition and disposition: date purchased/from whom/cost, date sold/to whom/cost, whether it’s insured, and current or replacement value
• Additional space for maintenance records, a receipt, or a photo

Throughout the book are facts of interest, including a historical timeline of firearms, preferred firearms of Western gunslingers, and more. Also included are tips on valuation and safety.

These personal gun inventory pages are suitable for novice owners, collecting enthusiasts, and seasoned dealers. It’s a book no responsible gun owner should be without.

Publishing and supplying books to wholesalers, mail order companies, and retail stores for over 60 years, Chartwell Books publishes across a wide range of subjects, including history, craft, home reference, puzzles and games, music and music instruction, art instruction, transportation, and more.