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Old December 9, 2008, 07:38 PM   #1
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Need Dennis Alder's BP Values, latest edition

I would like to get Dennis Alder's latest edition of "Blue Book of Modern Black Powder Values" I think it is the 3rd or 4th edition?
I tried ordering one from Amazon but the dofus sent me the first one published in 2000!
Anybody know where I can get the "right" edition?
Blue Book didn't answer my emails.
Thanks pards!
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Old December 9, 2008, 07:51 PM   #2
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Current one is 5th Edition. You can get it here:
https://store.bluebookinc.com/Firearms/Default.aspx
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Old December 9, 2008, 10:55 PM   #3
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The one on Blue Book says it's by John Allen; The early one I have is by Dennis Adler. He doesn't do it any longer?
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Old December 9, 2008, 11:47 PM   #4
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Ya know I didnt even notice that. 3rd Edition (2003) was by John B. Allen with Photography & editorial by Dennis Adler. 4th Edition (2004) was by John B. Allen & Dennis Adler. 5th Edition (2007) is only by John B Allen. Guess Dennis Adler bowed out. The 5th edition doesnt have any of the articles/stories w/color pictures about BP arms like the previous editions did. Might be because Adler republished his 'Colt Blackpowder Reproductions and Replicas - A Collectors and Shooters Guide' as a coffee table book. Has the same errors misidentifications and editing flaws that the original 1998 soft cover edition did though.
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Old December 10, 2008, 01:37 PM   #5
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Better than nuttin I guess

Can't remember one of these books that I have read (must be dozens) that didn't have some errors or another.
The one I wonder about being an error is all the BP books I've read about the follow-on revolvers to the original Colts is that Signature Series cannot be lettered by Colt. I have three that are lettered by Colt.
Can't be I'm the only one in the BP community that has lettered Signature Series "Colts"?
Inquiring minds would love to know.
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Old December 10, 2008, 07:37 PM   #6
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You might have lucked out on the Letters for your Sig Series guns. While there may, in fact, be others; you're are to only one I know of.

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