From the Serial Publications
Collecting Smith & Wesson: special concerns and trick of the trade: Frame sizes of revolvers; Screws: 3, 4, or 5; Pinned and recessed; Generations of semi-autos; Type of finish; Refinished guns; Factory refinish; Rare barrel lengths; Other modifications and unusual configurations; Matching serial numbers; Stocks (Grips) / Jim King; Boxes and accessories / Dave Ballantyne and Dick Burg; Sights; Engraving; Evaluating condition
Identification and price guide: Origins
Smith, Wesson, and their lever action pistol / John Watts; Tip-up revolvers; Top-break revolvers; Single-shot pistols; Early hand ejectors (named model revolvers, 1896-1957); Modern hand ejectors (numbered model revolvers, 1957-present); Semi-automatics (Autoloading pistols); Long guns; Commemoratives and specials; Performance center guns; Air guns and projectile launchers (gas, flare, dart, line-throwing); Miscellaneous police and firearm-related items; Knives; Buckles / Pete Roberts; Catalogs and posters / Don Mundell; Ammunition; Gimcracks and geegaws
Appendices: S & W historic milestones; Serial number ranges by years; Year of introduction, early models
listing by caliber; Year of introduction, numbered models; Year of introduction, modern revolvers
listing by caliber; Identification characteristics; Illustrated glossary.