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September 22, 2011
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So who else likes Stevens Target rifles?
if not, which one is? Any ideas? If you Google this, several in the just over $100 range for 2 volumes, and then some for over $200 fir the set.
June 1, 2023
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I wouldn’t risk it.
If you look at their other items “for sale”, they list many rather expensive firearms for sale at less than 20% of current market value. To me that means the entire sight is probably not to be trusted. It’s easy to create a fraudulent website.
BRP
September 22, 2011
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Blue Ridge Parson said
I wouldn’t risk it.
If you look at their other items “for sale”, they list many rather expensive firearms for sale at less than 20% of current market value. To me that means the entire sight is probably not to be trusted. It’s easy to create a fraudulent website.
BRP
It seemed too cheap to be true. Is this one legitimate?
https://www.straightshooterbooks.com/stevens-target-rifles-1875-1915-volume-1
May 23, 2009
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Yeah. I wouldn’t trust that site at all.
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September 22, 2011
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Any recommendations as to where to purchase this aforementioned book?
June 1, 2023
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I have bought from these two book websites on many occasions, and was always entirely satisfied with their service.
https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=Stevens+Target+Rifles+1875+%96+1915&hs.x=0&hs.y=0
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November 7, 2015
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I first did business with Amazon when they focused on out-of-print books, they still have what I need now and then.
Mike
April 30, 2023
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Lots of good books on Ebay as well, don’t forget them.
September 22, 2011
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Jeremy P said
Lots of good books on Ebay as well, don’t forget them.
I already checked.
April 30, 2023
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mrcvs said
Jeremy P said
Lots of good books on Ebay as well, don’t forget them.
I already checked.
there’s also bigwords.com (they search several places) and halfpricebooks also has a web site of their own now too, although their stuff is also cross-listed in a lot of other search engines…
May 2, 2009
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I didn’t like the look of that web site and the cheap prices. They misspelled the word “address” in there contact info.
Also their address is bogus, there is no 776 Carolina Street in Buffalo, New York. Carolina street only goes up the 300’s
Bob
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March 31, 2009
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I have bought a lot of books from Randy.
https://rdgunbooks.com/shop/ols/products/stevens-target-rifles-2-volume-set-very-limited-new
July 8, 2012
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abebooks.com is a good source. I’ve bought several books from them and very happy.
January 20, 2023
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Abe is very legit. It is less a bookstore than a network of bookstores, which gives the small independents nationwide reach
I can also recommend Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon, which has a Website store. They buy libraries and I’ve bought a number of used O’Connor and Elmer Keith titles from them, both online and in the big store on Burnside in the Pearl district.
- Bill
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March 20, 2009
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mrcvs said
So who else likes Stevens Target rifles?
https://www.collectionoffirearms.com/products/stevens-target-rifles-1875-1915-two-book-set-by-tom-rowe-and-ralph-hemstalk/
if not, which one is? Any ideas? If you Google this, several in the just over $100 range for 2 volumes, and then some for over $200 fir the set.
I looked on Google Earth and there is no 776 Carolina Street, Buffalo, New York 14201. It will drop a pin on Carolina St. but when you look at the address numbers on the houses they only go up to 300. Looks fake to me!!
Michael
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March 20, 2009
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1873man said
I didn’t like the look of that web site and the cheap prices. They misspelled the word “address” in there contact info.
Also their address is bogus, there is no 776 Carolina Street in Buffalo, New York. Carolina street only goes up the 300’s
Bob
You and I think alike!! See my reply.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
June 1, 2023
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Ian,
If you are truly looking to buy the Stevens Target Rifle books, the two web links I provided in post #6 have the books in stock, and both sites are thoroughly reputable. Buy or don’t buy, but there they are.
BRP
April 15, 2005
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Zebulon said
Abe is very legit. It is less a bookstore than a network of bookstores, which gives the small independents nationwide reach
I can also recommend Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon, which has a Website store. They buy libraries and I’ve bought a number of used O’Connor and Elmer Keith titles from them, both online and in the big store on Burnside in the Pearl district.
Powell’s has been one of my favorites for more than 40-years. It was just a short drive from my grandparents’ home in Portland.
Bert
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September 22, 2011
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Blue Ridge Parson said
Ian,
If you are truly looking to buy the Stevens Target Rifle books, the two web links I provided in post #6 have the books in stock, and both sites are thoroughly reputable. Buy or don’t buy, but there they are.
BRP
Well, $32.50 on the site I posted seemed way too low to be real. Your two sites have the two volumes for $164.95 and $239.95. I’ll think about ordering the set.
$164.95 and $239.95 sounds like a lot of money, but dinner for two anywhere you sit down costs that now once you get a bottle of wine.
January 20, 2023
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Bert H. said
Zebulon said
Abe is very legit. It is less a bookstore than a network of bookstores, which gives the small independents nationwide reach
I can also recommend Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon, which has a Website store. They buy libraries and I’ve bought a number of used O’Connor and Elmer Keith titles from them, both online and in the big store on Burnside in the Pearl district.
Powell’s has been one of my favorites for more than 40-years. It was just a short drive from my grandparents’ home in Portland.
Bert
Then you probably grieve with me what’s happened to the City of Roses. I first went there on a case not long after Mount St. Helen’s eruption in 1980, and couldn’t get enough of the city. Later, my son moved there and my grandchildren were born there. I visited many times and Powell’s was always on my agenda.
The last time I was there, Pioneer Plaza had become dangerous. Even so, if I could, I’d have an apartment in Goose Hollow near the library.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
