Sources
Maker publications and proof-house notices supply specifications and marks. Books and periodicals supply history. Auction records describe individual guns. Checks before buying also draw on general inspection practice.
| Title | Publisher | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 140 Years of Krieghoff | H. Krieghoff GmbH | 2026-02-27 | maker website |
| 20-bore ATA Arms SP Elegant Gold Game | ShootingUK | 2022-08-17 | magazine |
| 2026 SHOT Show Shotguns | Browning | 2026 | maker website |
| 500 Years in Business: Beretta’s Staying Power | American Rifleman; John Zent | 2026-10-03 | magazine |
| 800 Semi Auto Shotgun | Webley India | unknown | maker website |
| 812 Hybrid Shotgun | Webley & Scott | unknown | maker website |
| 900 B (Black) Series | Webley & Scott | unknown | maker website |
| A Brief History of Browning and the Legendary Miroku Factory | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| A Short History Of Perazzi / The Perazzi Pride | Shooting Sports USA | 2021-09-09 | magazine |
| A close look at the Perazzi MX8 – a blast from the past | Shooting Times / ShootingUK | 2018-08-01 | magazine |
| A tiny work of art | Peter Spode, published by Westley Richards | 2014-06-26 | maker website |
| AFTE Glossary, sixth edition, version 6.091922 | Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners | unknown | book |
| ANPAM: 2023 civilian arms industry data released in December 2024 | ANPAM / University of Urbino Carlo Bo research release | 2024 | maker website |
| ATA ASR manual: About ATA Arms | ATA Arms | unknown | manual |
| ATA Arms SP Silver: 2018 review | ShootingUK | 2018-01-15 | magazine |
| ATA Arms exhibition catalogue | ATA Arms via Tüyap | unknown | maker catalogue |
| ATA CY Walnut product page | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA NEO Walnut product page | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA SP Elegant Gold product page | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA SP PRO12 product page | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA SP Walnut product page | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA Venza Walnut product page | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA company profile: SAHA İstanbul | ATA Arms via SAHA İstanbul | unknown | maker website |
| ATA contact information | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA history: Turkish account | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| ATA history: Turkish timeline | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| AYA No. 1: maker specifications | Aguirre y Aranzabal | unknown | maker website |
| AYA No. 2: introduction, relationship to No. 1 and specifications | Aguirre y Aranzabal | unknown | maker website |
| AYA XXV: Churchill configuration and both lock types | Aguirre y Aranzabal | unknown | maker website |
| AYA announces Manor & Co. as UK importer and distributor | Rightgun.uk / Mark Eves | 2025-07-25 | magazine |
| AYA centenary catalogue: history and model specifications | Aguirre y Aranzabal | 2015 | maker catalogue |
| AYA head office and contact details | Aguirre y Aranzabal | unknown | maker website |
| AYA: The New Deal 1915–2025, part II | AYA-Aguirre y Aranzabal; shared by Alex Aranzábal | 2025 | maker website |
| AYA: craftsmanship, custom orders and parts supply | Aguirre y Aranzabal | unknown | maker website |
| About Fuller Global — group identity | Fuller Global | unknown | maker website |
| About Purdey | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| About Webley | Webley India | unknown | maker website |
| About the FN Browning Group | FN Browning Group | unknown | maker website |
| Admiring Weatherby Shotguns | American Hunter | 2010 | magazine |
| Akkar: SAHA İstanbul member profile | SAHA İstanbul; Akkar company profile | unknown | maker website |
| Akkar: Tuzla address and export markets | Akkar | unknown | maker website |
| Amberg Museum: industrial history | Stadtmuseum Amberg | unknown | magazine |
| American Rifleman Reviews the A5 Sweet 16 | Browning | 2017 | maker website |
| Antonio Zoli North America introduces Z-Sport Bilanx | Antonio Zoli North America via AmmoLand | 2011-01-05 | maker website |
| Armeria Eskola: current purpose and chronology | CIFP Armeria Eskola | unknown | maker website |
| Armes: Grand Curtius collections | Grand Curtius / Ville de Liège | unknown | maker website |
| Armi Perazzi contact address | Armi Perazzi | unknown | maker website |
| Armi Perazzi: Company and production departments | Armi Perazzi | unknown | maker website |
| Armi Perazzi: History | Armi Perazzi | unknown | maker website |
| Asociación Armera: Grulla member record | Asociación Armera | unknown | maker website |
| Asociación Armera: services and history | Asociación Armera | unknown | maker website |
| Audley House, Mayfair | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| Auto-5 Semi-Automatic Shotgun: dating guidance | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| BOE: Lanber and Comlanber insolvency classification section | Boletín Oficial del Estado | 2013-11-30 | maker website |
| BOE: Lanber and Comlanber insolvency concluded | Boletín Oficial del Estado | 2015-11-10 | maker website |
| BOPE: current and pre-2014 proof-mark plates | Banco Oficial de Pruebas de Eibar | unknown | proof house |
| BOPE: institutional history and dated proof marks | Banco Oficial de Pruebas de Eibar | unknown | proof house |
| BOPE: official letter and year table | Banco Oficial de Pruebas de Eibar | unknown | proof house |
| BORME: Lanber Armas extinction | Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil | 2015-11-12 | maker website |
| BORME: Lanber Armas liquidation order | Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil | 2013-07-19 | maker website |
| BORME: Lanber Armas liquidation, 2013 | Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil | 2013-07-19 | maker website |
| BORME: Lanber board re-elections | Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil | 2012-04-23 | maker website |
| BORME: Lanber capital increase | Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil | 2011-03-21 | maker website |
| BORME: Lanber voluntary insolvency | Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil | 2013-02-05 | maker website |
| Banc d’Épreuves des armes à feu de Liège: Tableau des lettres annales | Banc d’Épreuves des armes à feu de Liège (reproduced by Union Française des amateurs d’Armes) | unknown | proof house |
| Banc d’Épreuves: Qui sommes-nous | Banc d’Épreuves des Armes à Feu de Liège | unknown | proof house |
| Banc d’Épreuves: Épreuve des armes | Banc d’Épreuves des Armes à Feu de Liège | unknown | proof house |
| Banco Nazionale di Prova: institutional history | Banco Nazionale di Prova | unknown | proof house |
| Benelli 828 U use and maintenance manual | Benelli Armi | unknown | manual |
| Benelli M2 Field use and maintenance manual | Benelli Armi | unknown | manual |
| Benelli M2 Shotgun Review: The Ultimate Mid-Priced Semiauto | Outdoor Life | 2025-06-19 | magazine |
| Benelli Sustainability Report 2024 | Benelli Armi | 2024 | maker website |
| Benelli technologies and model names | Benelli Armi | unknown | maker website |
| Benelli: always a step ahead | Beretta Holding | unknown | maker website |
| Benelli’s history | Benelli Armi | unknown | maker website |
| Beretta 486 Parallelo — dated model name | all4shooters; Diego Mastroberardino | 2013-07-02 | magazine |
| Beretta 500 years: timeline carousel | Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon I 2024 brochure | Beretta / GMK | 2024 | maker catalogue |
| Beretta A303 instruction manual | Beretta; scan hosted by BerettaWeb | unknown | manual |
| Beretta A400 Xplor Unico | American Rifleman | 2009-10-30 | magazine |
| Beretta DT11 brochure | Beretta / GMK | unknown | maker catalogue |
| Beretta DT11: ten years on | Gunshot; New Zealand Clay Target Association | 2021-09 | magazine |
| Beretta Firearms Catalog 2024 | Beretta; PDF hosted by Beretta Czech distributor | 2024 | maker catalogue |
| Beretta Firearms Catalog 2024 — Silver Pigeon descriptions | Beretta; PDF hosted by Beretta Czech distributor | 2024 | maker catalogue |
| Beretta Holding expands its presence in the UK with the prestigious acquisition of Holland & Holland | Beretta Holding; release reproduced by Defence21 | 2021-02-01 | maker website |
| Beretta SL3 over-under at IWA 2018 | all4shooters | 2018-03-13 | magazine |
| Beretta U.S.A. Opens New Gallatin, Tennessee Facility | Beretta U.S.A.; release distributed by Harrington Communications through PRWeb | 2016-04-15 | maker website |
| Beretta USA Launches New A300 Ultima Semi-Auto Shotgun | Beretta USA; release carried by The Shooting Wire | 2021-06-25 | maker website |
| Beretta USA annual catalogue 2003 | Beretta USA; PDF hosted by BerettaWeb | 2003 | maker catalogue |
| Beretta USA catalogue 2004: National Proof House Year Stamp Markings | Beretta USA; PDF hosted by BerettaWeb | 2004 | maker catalogue |
| Beretta choke-tube guide — marks and compatibility | Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Beretta company history — D’Annunzio and the emblem | Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Beretta from 1526 to the present | Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Beschussamt Ulm Historie | Regierungspräsidium Tübingen | unknown | proof house |
| Beschussgesetz: consolidated German text | Bundesministerium der Justiz und Bundesamt für Justiz | 2002 | proof house |
| Beschussverordnung: consolidated German text | Bundesministerium der Justiz und Bundesamt für Justiz | 2006 | proof house |
| Beschussämter in Deutschland | German proof authorities, beschussamt.de | unknown | proof house |
| Birmingham Historic Environment supplementary planning document | Birmingham City Council | unknown | magazine |
| Birmingham Jewellery Quarter appraisal: the gun trade | Birmingham City Council | unknown | magazine |
| Birmingham Proof House: establishment and address | Birmingham Proof House | unknown | proof house |
| Birmingham Proof House: museum and pattern rooms | Birmingham Proof House | unknown | proof house |
| Blaser Car Sticker Argali | Blaser | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser F16 Game | Blaser | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser F16 Shotgun Review | American Rifleman | 2016-11-07 | magazine |
| Blaser F16 Sporting | Blaser | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser F16 instruction manual | Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH | unknown | manual |
| Blaser F3 instruction manual, German and English | Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH | unknown | manual |
| Blaser F3 model overview | Blaser | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser FBX | Blaser | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser Group Sustainability Report 2022/23 | Blaser Group GmbH | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser Group USA | Blaser Group | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser Group: Globally Successful, Regionally Rooted | Blaser Group GmbH | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser Shotgun F16 | Blaser | unknown | maker website |
| Blaser: The Evolution of German Hunting Rifles | American Rifleman; Bryce M. Towsley | 2010-10-27 | magazine |
| Blue Book serialization excerpt: AYA and Spanish date codes | Blue Book Publications; copy hosted by NRA Museums | unknown | book |
| Brands of Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | unknown | maker website |
| British Gunmakers Volume 2: Birmingham proof-date codes | Nigel Brown; Quiller Press; excerpt hosted by Hallowell & Co. | 2005 | book |
| British Proof Authority: cautionary advice to the gun trade | British Proof Authority; London and Birmingham Proof Houses | 2014-09-17 | proof house |
| British over & under guns | Vintage Guns | 2018-08-01 | magazine |
| Browning Citori 725 owner’s manual | Browning | 2021 | manual |
| Browning Corporate Standards September 2017 | Browning | 2017 | maker website |
| Browning Custom Shop brochure | Browning | unknown | maker catalogue |
| Browning Historic Timeline | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Browning Historic Timeline: group ownership | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Browning Magazine: Shooting catalogue | Browning | 2024 | maker catalogue |
| Browning Viana factory | Browning Viana | unknown | maker website |
| Browning: What is back-boring? | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| C.I.P. proof marks in force | Commission Internationale Permanente | unknown | proof house |
| C.I.P.: Belgian proof marks | C.I.P. / Belgium | 2001 | proof house |
| C.I.P.: current common marks and the Eibar house mark | Commission Internationale Permanente | unknown | proof house |
| C.I.P.: published list of contracting parties | C.I.P. | unknown | proof house |
| C.I.P.: rules for proof in the first importing member state | C.I.P. | unknown | proof house |
| Caesar Guerini Summit Impact gun test | ClayShootingUSA | unknown | magazine |
| Caesar Guerini USA: Magnus | Caesar Guerini USA | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini USA: Summit Sporting | Caesar Guerini USA | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini USA: frequently asked questions | Caesar Guerini USA | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini over-and-under use and maintenance manual | Caesar Guerini | unknown | manual |
| Caesar Guerini: History of the Brand | Caesar Guerini | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini: full Fabarm ownership and Invictus V | Caesar Guerini | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini: international expansion and US partnership | Caesar Guerini | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini: the beginning | Caesar Guerini | unknown | maker website |
| Caesar Guerini: the new factory in 2006 | Caesar Guerini | unknown | maker website |
| Cambio marchio anno di prova | Banco Nazionale di Prova | 2020 | proof house |
| Celal Yollu: ATA founder biography | ATA Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Charles Smith-Jones: AYA Matador history | Sporting Gun | 2019-10 | magazine |
| Citori 725 shotguns | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Citori History — An Overview | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Citori Over/Under Shotgun: dating guidance | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Citori Owner’s Manual | Browning | unknown | manual |
| Cody Firearms Records Office | Buffalo Bill Center of the West | unknown | maker website |
| Communiqué de presse: Beretta Holding and Chapuis Armes | Chapuis Armes | 2019-03-20 | maker website |
| Company Profile of Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | unknown | maker website |
| Conarmi: Italian proof marks and year codes | Consorzio Armaioli Italiani | unknown | magazine |
| Congressional tribute to William B. Ruger: founding and Newport plant | United States Congress | 2002 | magazine |
| Connecticut Arms the Union | Dean E. Nelson / Connecticut Explored; CTHumanities | 2020-01-11 | magazine |
| Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company: About Us | Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company | unknown | maker website |
| Contact information | Webley & Scott | unknown | maker website |
| Coverage of Parker factory records | Parker Gun Collectors Association | unknown | maker website |
| Dallas Gunroom | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| Digital History Certificate | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar 1346–1996: Elena Barrena on the founding and ironworks | Eusko Ikaskuntza | unknown | book |
| Eibar Arms Industry Museum: the AYA building | Museo de la Industria Armera, Eibar | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar arms museum: institutional history | Museo de la Industria Armera, Eibar | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar museum: Aurrera foundry and wartime destruction | Museo de la Industria Armera, Eibar | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar museum: arms dispute and diversification, 1920–1923 | Museo de la Industria Armera, Eibar | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar museum: industrial evolution | Museo de la Industria Armera, Eibar | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar museum: the workshop city | Museo de la Industria Armera, Eibar | unknown | maker website |
| Eibar: siglos XIV al XVI, chapter 7, arms and trade | Ego Ibarra / Ayuntamiento de Eibar | unknown | book |
| Entdecken Sie die Stadt der Waffenkunst | CCS – Congress Centrum Suhl – Touristik und Congress GmbH | 2024 | magazine |
| Environmental Statement | Holland & Holland | 2026-07-01 | maker website |
| FN Browning Group Activity Report 2024 | FN Browning Group | 2025 | maker website |
| FN Browning Group divisions and international operations | FN Browning Group | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm Elos 2 over-and-under owner's manual | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | manual |
| Fabarm Elos A2: Field and AL receivers | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm Elos N2 Sporting: official specification | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm history: December 2015 ownership | Fabarm | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm history: Professional division and sole shareholder | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm history: XLR5 and partnership with Caesar Guerini | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm history: name, Travagliato and barrel innovations | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm history: origins and early shotgun families | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm: current product families | Fabarm S.p.A. | unknown | maker website |
| Fabarm’s Fast-Forward | Shooting Sportsman; Phil Bourjaily | 2024-07 | magazine |
| Fall and Rise. Part 2 | Vintage Guns | 2022-04-01 | magazine |
| Farmer and Galton and the slave trade: thesis abstract | W. A. Richards / University of Birmingham | 1972 | magazine |
| Franchi USA: Franchi History | Franchi USA | unknown | maker website |
| Franchi evolves Affinity platform with new 2026 models | Franchi USA | 2026-02-05 | maker website |
| Franchi introduces Affinity 3 Sport-Trap | Franchi USA | 2024-01-25 | maker website |
| Franchi: Affinity becomes Affinity 3 | Franchi | unknown | maker website |
| Franchi: Who We Are | Franchi | unknown | maker website |
| Franchi: contacts and division identity | Benelli Armi S.p.A. Divisione Franchi | unknown | maker website |
| From the Browning B25 to the Browning 825: a century of genius | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Früher / jetzt: Beschußanstalt | Stadt Zella-Mehlis | 2024-05-24 | maker website |
| Gardone forges and the Museum of Arms: full chapter | Barbara Scala / University of Brescia; Stati Generali del Patrimonio Industriale | 2026 | book |
| Gardone: Venetian rule and the arms trade | Gardone Val Trompia municipal visitor website | unknown | maker website |
| Geschichte der Stadt Zella-Mehlis | Stadt Zella-Mehlis | unknown | magazine |
| Gran mondiale Perazzi 2015: new High Tech trials | Armi Perazzi | 2015 | maker website |
| Gun Manufacturing Around Japan | Japan Tourism Agency / Matsumoto City | unknown | magazine |
| Gun Tests: Lanber 2097 Sporting Lux | Gun Tests | 2008-09-24 | magazine |
| Gun proof at the London Proof House | Worshipful Company of Gunmakers | unknown | proof house |
| Gunmakers Trust: apprenticeship support | Worshipful Company of Gunmakers | unknown | proof house |
| Gunmakers’ Company: guild, districts and industrial history | Worshipful Company of Gunmakers | unknown | proof house |
| Guns in Early Modern Japan | Japan Tourism Agency / Matsumoto City | 2022 | magazine |
| Hallmarks & Heirlooms | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| Hallowell & Co. Illustrated Firearms Dictionary | Hallowell & Co. | unknown | book |
| Hardware: Yildiz SPZ ME Sporting HPS | American Hunter; Jeff Johnston | 2021-06-25 | magazine |
| Hatsan: company history and exports | Hatsan Arms Company | unknown | maker website |
| Hatsan: factory address | Hatsan Arms Company | unknown | maker website |
| High Speed, High Class: The History Of Weatherby | Gun Digest | 2023 | magazine |
| Histoire de l’industrie des armes à Liège | Grand Curtius / Ville de Liège | unknown | book |
| Historic Arms Resource Centre: British proof-date codes | Historic Arms Resource Centre | unknown | magazine |
| Historical Context: The Remington Arms Co., Ilion, New York | New York State Archives Partnership Trust; F. Daniel Larkin, SUNY Oneonta | unknown | magazine |
| History | Webley India | unknown | maker website |
| History of Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | unknown | maker website |
| History of the London Proof House | London Proof House | unknown | proof house |
| History of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers | Worshipful Company of Gunmakers | unknown | proof house |
| Holland & Holland Royal shotgun review | ShootingUK; Mike Yardley | 2009-09-29 | magazine |
| Holland & Holland homepage | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| Holland & Holland, The Royal Gunmaker: author’s synopsis | Donald Dallas | 2003 | book |
| Holland & Holland’s Aim for the Future | Sporting Classics Daily | 2026-07-02 | magazine |
| Home Office guide on firearms licensing law: Chapter 23 | Home Office | unknown | proof house |
| How old is my Miroku MK70 shotgun? | Shooting Times / ShootingUK | 2010-03-19 | magazine |
| Huğlu Av Tüfekleri Üretimi Saha Araştırması Raporu | Mevlana Kalkınma Ajansı (MEVKA); O. Fatih Yalçın | 2016 | magazine |
| Huğlu and Üzümlü vocational schools: production and training | Konya Provincial Directorate of National Education | 2021-03-15 | magazine |
| Huğlu: company history and exports | Huğlu Av Tüfekleri Kooperatifi | unknown | maker website |
| I cinquant’anni di Rizzini: L’alta tecnologia non basta | Armi e Tiro; Massimo Vallini | 2016-06 | magazine |
| IWA 2009: the new Fabarm Elos | Kalashnikov magazine | 2009-05 | magazine |
| Iconic brands | Beretta Holding | unknown | maker website |
| Igor Goñi Mendizábal: Eibar and the gunmaking industrial district | Investigaciones de Historia Económica | 2010 | magazine |
| Igor Goñi Mendizábal: transport, power and exports in the Eibar district | Investigaciones de Historia Económica | unknown | magazine |
| Il fucile della festa: Rizzini Anniversary | Armi Magazine; Simone Bertini | 2016 | magazine |
| Il piccolo calibro secondo Rizzini: BR550 Small Action | Armi Magazine; Simone Bertini | 2012 | magazine |
| Imperial Series | Webley & Scott | unknown | maker website |
| Industry, Environment, and Territorial Identity: The History of the Gardone Forges Inside the Weapons Museum | Barbara Scala; University of Brescia repository | 2026 | book |
| Inside Yildiz the Turkish gunmaker | ShootingUK | 2016-04-12 | magazine |
| Intro to the Parker Gun – 101 | Robin Lewis / Parker Gun Collectors Association | unknown | magazine |
| Introducing the Blaser FBX Competition Shotgun | Shotgun Life; Blaser press release | 2025-02-25 | magazine |
| Italian Consortium of Gunmakers: history | Consorzio Armaioli Italiani | unknown | maker website |
| Ithaca Gun Company: shotgun production and factory moves | Ithaca Gun Company | unknown | maker website |
| JSM: Aufgaben und Zielsetzung | Verband der Hersteller von Jagd-, Sportwaffen und Munition | unknown | magazine |
| John Dickson & Son: Edinburgh and Scottish gunmaking | John Dickson & Son | unknown | maker website |
| Kemen: contact and current trade | Armas Kemen | unknown | maker website |
| Kilworth Series | Webley & Scott | unknown | maker website |
| Konya defence and aerospace ecosystem: June 2025 survey | Mevlana Kalkınma Ajansı (MEVKA) | 2025 | magazine |
| Krieghoff Competition Shotgun Price List 2025 | Krieghoff International | 2025 | maker catalogue |
| Krieghoff Essencia Side-By-Side Sidelock Shotgun instruction manual | H. Krieghoff GmbH | unknown | manual |
| Krieghoff International FAQs | Krieghoff International | unknown | maker website |
| Krieghoff K-80 and K-20 instruction manual | H. Krieghoff GmbH | unknown | manual |
| Krieghoff Shotguns: Field & Competition, version 08/2023 | H. Krieghoff GmbH | 2023 | maker catalogue |
| Krieghoff Story: Welcome to the family | Krieghoff International | unknown | maker website |
| Krieghoff company history | H. Krieghoff GmbH | unknown | maker website |
| Kunitomo Gun Museum | Japan Tourism Agency / Nagahama Tourism Association | 2023 | magazine |
| Kōchi Prefecture: Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | Kōchi Prefecture | 2022-02-25 | magazine |
| L&O diventa Blaser group | Armi e Tiro | 2018-05-25 | magazine |
| LAB worker representatives' account of the AYA dispute | LAB | 2024-04-26 | magazine |
| La Manufacture d’Armes de l’Etat — Colonel Pierre Léonard | Centre Liégeois d’Histoire et d’Archéologie Militaires | 1986 | magazine |
| Lanber Armas: company-register index | Empresia | unknown | magazine |
| Lanber Grey Stone Light | American Hunter; Phil Bourjaily | 2009-12-15 | magazine |
| Lanber Sporter Mod.2097 Sporting Lux | Gun Mart | 2016-12-13 | magazine |
| Lanber Sporting De Luxe: British collaboration and factory | ShootingUK | 2007-06-28 | magazine |
| Local systems of production: firearms in Gardone Val Trompia | Riccardo Semeraro / University of Verona | 2017 | book |
| London Gunroom | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| London Proof House: services and shotgun marks | London Proof House | unknown | proof house |
| London gunmakers | Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford | unknown | magazine |
| Léon Mignon school history | CES Léon Mignon | unknown | maker website |
| MK38 Sporter Teague Grade 1 12M | Miroku / Browning International | unknown | maker website |
| Mapping Heritage Craft: gunsmithing and overseas markets | Creative & Cultural Skills | 2012 | magazine |
| Mechanisation in the Gun Trade | Vintage Guns | 2018-06-28 | magazine |
| Merkel company history | Merkel | unknown | maker website |
| Merkel: Suhl resources and manufacture | Merkel | unknown | maker website |
| Miroku Corporation annual securities report for the year ended 31 October 2025 | Miroku Corporation / EDINET | 2026-01-27 | maker website |
| Miroku Corporation third-quarter company presentation, September 2026 | Miroku Corporation | 2026-09-11 | maker website |
| Miroku Group companies | Miroku Corporation | unknown | maker website |
| Miroku Hunting & Shooting catalogue, archived under 2013 | Browning International | unknown | maker catalogue |
| Miroku MK over-and-under shotgun handbook | Miroku / Browning | unknown | manual |
| Miroku MK38 Sporter review | The Field | 2023-08-16 | magazine |
| Miroku Quality: common safety standards | Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | unknown | maker website |
| Miroku Quality: over-and-under manufacturing and final inspection | Miroku Firearms Mfg. Co. | unknown | maker website |
| Miroku annual securities report: markets, materials and training | Miroku Corporation / EDINET | 2026-01-27 | maker website |
| Nangoku Miroku factories | Miroku Corporation | unknown | maker website |
| Oberndorf Museum and Archive | Stadt Oberndorf am Neckar | unknown | magazine |
| Oil finish for gun stocks | Reto Buehler, Buehler Custom Sporting Arms | 2020-05-06 | maker website |
| Osaka Arsenal Loading Gate | Japan Tourism Agency | 2019 | magazine |
| Osaka Arsenal: establishment, growth and destruction | National Diet Library | 2008 | magazine |
| Our History | Beretta Holding | unknown | maker website |
| Our Story — Webley & Scott joins the Fuller Group | Fuller Global | unknown | maker website |
| Paolo Buffoli Appointed as New CEO of Armi Perazzi | Czechoslovak Group | 2025-04-02 | maker website |
| Parker AAHE 28-gauge brochure | Remington Arms Company | unknown | maker catalogue |
| Parker AHE order form | Remington Arms Company | 1987 | maker catalogue |
| Parker grades | Parker Gun Collectors Association | unknown | magazine |
| Parker research letters | Parker Gun Collectors Association | unknown | maker website |
| Perazzi Acquired by Czechoslovak Group | Czechoslovak Group | 2023-12-15 | maker website |
| Perazzi High Tech range and receiver logo | Armi Perazzi | unknown | maker website |
| Perazzi USA: importer and distributor | Armi Perazzi | unknown | maker website |
| Perazzi engraving names | Armi Perazzi | unknown | maker website |
| Perazzi general catalogue 2011–2012 | Armi Perazzi | 2011–2012 | maker catalogue |
| Phil Bourjaily: Lanber Grey Stone Light and Zaldibar | American Hunter | 2009-12-15 | magazine |
| Precious cargo: Beretta 687 Diamond Pigeon | Australian Shooter; PDF hosted by Beretta Australia | unknown | magazine |
| Press Release: The Relocation of the St James’s Gunroom and Retail Boutique | Holland & Holland | 2026-03-09 | maker website |
| Proof Marks: American factory proof | Blue Book of Gun Values, hosted by NRA Museums | unknown | book |
| Proof marks | NRA Museums | unknown | magazine |
| Punzone anno di Prova | Banco Nazionale di Prova | unknown | proof house |
| Punzoni di prova ufficiali: old and new Italian marks | Banco Nazionale di Prova | unknown | proof house |
| Purdey Sporter | Shooting UK | unknown | magazine |
| Purdey Timeline | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| Purdey shop: Our History | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| Purdey: Our Maisons | Richemont | unknown | maker website |
| Reading proof marks on guns, serial numbers and how to re-proof a gun | ShootingUK | 2022-11-30 | magazine |
| Remington 1816–2016 bicentennial history | NRA Publications / Remington | 2016 | magazine |
| Remington Arms Company history | Company Histories | unknown | book |
| Remington Autoloading Shotguns: The Epic | Jeff Johnston / American Rifleman | 2019-12-26 | magazine |
| Remington LaGrange production announcement | Powell Max Limited / GlobeNewswire | 2026-10-08 | maker website |
| Remington Model 1100 and 11-87 owner's manual — gas operation | Remington Arms Company; copy hosted by Rem870.com | unknown | manual |
| Remington Model 1100 museum record | NRA National Firearms Museum | unknown | magazine |
| Remington Model 332 Over-Under review | American Rifleman | 2003-08 | magazine |
| Remington Site C brownfield application | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation / applicant | 2026-01-12 | book |
| Remington announces LaGrange headquarters and manufacturing | Governor of Georgia / RemArms | 2021-11-08 | maker website |
| Richemont Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Purdey | Richemont | 2012 | maker website |
| Richemont Annual Report and Accounts 2014: Purdey | Richemont | 2014 | maker website |
| Richemont: Our History | Richemont | unknown | maker website |
| Rizzini BR110 named O/U Gun of the Year: US lineup release | Rizzini USA via Dealer Wire | 2017-08-03 | maker website |
| Rizzini BR550 cal. 12: revised engraving and gauges | Armi Magazine; Simone Bertini | 2014 | magazine |
| Rizzini USA: BR110 | Rizzini USA | unknown | maker website |
| Rizzini USA: BR550 | Rizzini USA | unknown | maker website |
| Rizzini USA: model categories and Italian origin | Rizzini USA | unknown | maker website |
| Rizzini: BR110 Sporter technical sheet | Rizzini | unknown | maker website |
| Rizzini: Game and Competition Guns, 50th anniversary catalogue | Rizzini | 2016 | maker catalogue |
| Rizzini: a family of shotguns | Rizzini s.r.l. | unknown | maker website |
| Roy E. Weatherby biography | Weatherby Foundation | unknown | maker website |
| Ruger Announces Redesigned Red Label Over-and-Under Shotgun | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 2013 | maker website |
| Ruger Announces the Return of an American Legend: The Ruger Red Label III | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 2025 | maker website |
| Ruger Annual Report 2025 | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 2025 | maker website |
| Ruger Red Label III Shotgun: Full Review | Guns & Ammo | 2026 | magazine |
| Ruger annual meeting 2015: Red Label retirement | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 2015 | maker website |
| Ruger fourth-quarter 2013 earnings call: Newport shotgun production | Sturm, Ruger & Company | 2014 | maker website |
| Ruger investor relations | Sturm, Ruger & Company | unknown | maker website |
| Ruger original 20-gauge Red Label serial history | Sturm, Ruger & Company | unknown | maker website |
| Ruger revived 12-gauge Red Label serial history | Sturm, Ruger & Company | unknown | maker website |
| Rules, Regulations and Scales of the Two Companies for the Proof of Small Arms 2006 | British Proof Authority; London and Birmingham Proof Houses | 2006 | proof house |
| Rules, regulations and scales for proof of small arms 2006 | Gunmakers’ Company and Guardians of the Birmingham Proof House | 2006 | proof house |
| SAAMI Glossary of Industry Terms | Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute | unknown | manual |
| SAAMI Z299.2 – 2015 (R2019): shotshell standard, current download | Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute | 2019 | proof house |
| SAAMI institutional history | Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute | unknown | maker website |
| SO10 EELL | Pietro Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Saimbeyli: TS870 conformity order for smoothbore hunting shotguns | Saimbeyli District Governorate | 2018-03-28 | magazine |
| Sarsılmaz at a glance: history and manufacturing | Sarsılmaz | unknown | maker website |
| Secondhand Miroku MK60 review | Shooting Times / ShootingUK | 2013-06-12 | magazine |
| Secondhand Winchester selection | Shooting UK | 2016 | magazine |
| Serial Numbering of Holland & Holland guns | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| Serialization / Date of Manufacture: Remington barrel codes | Blue Book of Gun Values, hosted by NRA Museums | unknown | book |
| Shooting Ground Gunroom | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| Shooting Sportsman: The Spanish Revival, publisher article record | Shooting Sportsman / Douglas Tate | 2024-11-04 | magazine |
| Shooting Times: AYA's British history and numbered models | Shooting Times / ShootingUK | 2022-10-31 | magazine |
| ShootingUK: Lanber Sporting De Luxe and the British importer | ShootingUK | 2007-06-28 | magazine |
| Sidelock Over-and-Under | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| Spain: portable firearms proof regulation, 19 February 1979 | Boletín Oficial del Estado / Ministerio de Defensa | 1979-02-19 | proof house |
| Springfield Armory: the Water Shops | National Park Service | unknown | maker website |
| Stoeger: Every day tough | Beretta Holding | unknown | maker website |
| Sturm, Ruger & Company: A History | American Rifleman | 2022 | magazine |
| Suhl municipal history: war and industry | Stadt Suhl | unknown | magazine |
| Suhl trifft: landscape and weapon history | CCS – Congress Centrum Suhl – Touristik und Congress GmbH | unknown | magazine |
| Suhl: Die Stadtgeschichte | Stadt Suhl | unknown | maker website |
| Superposed Over/Under Shotgun: dating guidance | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Superposed Owner’s Manual | Browning | unknown | manual |
| Surviving peace: the Italian gun-making district, 1945–1970 | Riccardo Semeraro and José Antonio Miranda / Business History | 2023 | magazine |
| Sustainability Report 2021 | Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Sustainability Report 2025 | Fabbrica d’Armi Pietro Beretta | unknown | maker website |
| Terry Wieland: The Best from Spain, republished as Spanish Shotguns | American Rifleman | 2003-09 | magazine |
| The Armory and the City | National Park Service | unknown | maker website |
| The Bespoke Process | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| The Complete History of Winchester Repeating Arms | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| The Federal Armories | National Park Service | unknown | maker website |
| The Fine art of the Gun Fit (Pt 1) | Westley Richards | unknown | maker website |
| The Franchi Affinity Shotgun | American Hunter; Jeff Johnston | 2012-02-24 | magazine |
| The History of FN | FN America | unknown | maker website |
| The Holland & Holland Noble presented at The Game Fair | ShootingUK | 2023-08-04 | magazine |
| The Holy Trinity of London gunmakers | ShootingUK | 2017-01-06 | magazine |
| The Lanber 97 EST Sporter | Australian Clay Target Shooting News | 1997-10 | magazine |
| The Model 700 Webley & Scott | GUNS Magazine | 1966-02 | magazine |
| The New Holland & Holland Edition by Overfinch | Holland & Holland and Overfinch | 2025-11-19 | maker website |
| The New Purdey Trigger Plate | Sporting Classics Daily | 2018-05-22 | magazine |
| The Noble Over & Under | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| The Parker Gun: Its History and Evolution | Louis C. Parker III / American Society of Arms Collectors | 2004 | magazine |
| The Purdey Sporter | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| The Purdey Trigger Plate | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| The Renegade Genius of the Blaser F3 | Shotgun Life; Irwin Greenstein | 2014-04-01 | magazine |
| The Royal Over & Under | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| The Royal Side by Side | Holland & Holland | unknown | maker website |
| The Ruger Red Label Shotgun: A Look Back | American Rifleman | 2016 | magazine |
| The SKB Story | SKB Shotguns | unknown | maker website |
| The Sidelock Hammer Ejector | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| The Sidelock Side-by-Side | James Purdey & Sons | unknown | maker website |
| The Story of Caesar Guerini | Clay Target Nation / NSSA–NSCA | 2023-03 | magazine |
| The Webley & Scott Archive | Arms Research | unknown | maker website |
| The Webley Story | Commonwealth Heritage Foundation | 1987 | book |
| The history of the Benelli Inertial System | Benelli Armi | 2022-06-30 | maker website |
| The inertial System: Civolani and the first pilot run | Benelli Armi | 2022-03-16 | maker website |
| The unparalleled heritage of the London Proof House | London Proof House | unknown | proof house |
| Town Gunsmith: George Suiter interview | Colonial Williamsburg | 2012-01-30 | magazine |
| UFA mission and Liège craftsmanship | Union des Fabricants et Artisans en Equipement de Chasse et de Tir Sportif | unknown | maker website |
| USPTO Official Gazette for Trademarks, June 14, 2011: FN mark | United States Patent and Trademark Office | 2011 | book |
| United States sporting-shotgun exports by country, 2023 | World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade | 2023 | magazine |
| VEB Ernst-Thälmann-Werk Suhl: archive finding aid | Landesarchiv Thüringen – Staatsarchiv Meiningen; Dr. Norbert Moczarski | unknown | magazine |
| Warlow — London proof-date example in mirrored book text | Taylor & Francis; book text mirrored by Dokumen | 2003 | book |
| Weatherby Bringing Back Orion Over/Unders in 2015 | American Hunter | 2015 | magazine |
| Weatherby Offers Enhanced Athena and Orion Over/Under Shotguns | Weatherby via Gun Tests | 2008 | maker website |
| Weatherby Orion I product page | Weatherby | unknown | maker website |
| Weatherby Orion SxS product page | Weatherby | unknown | maker website |
| Weatherby Orion over and under manual | Weatherby | unknown | manual |
| Weatherby SA-08 28 gauge upgrade marking notice | Weatherby | unknown | manual |
| Weatherby SORIX family page | Weatherby | unknown | maker website |
| Weatherby Welcomes Over 5,000 Visitors at Grand Opening | Weatherby via The Outdoor Wire | 2019 | maker website |
| Weatherby company origins statement | Weatherby | unknown | maker website |
| Weatherby owner’s manuals index | Weatherby | unknown | maker website |
| Weatherby relocates to Wyoming | Wyoming Business Council | 2018 | maker website |
| Weatherby’s Monumental Move | American Hunter | 2019 | magazine |
| Webley & Scott 1000 series 20-bore shotgun review | ShootingUK | 2008-01-17 | magazine |
| Webley & Scott 700 shotgun review | ShootingUK | 2008-09-10 | magazine |
| Webley & Scott Mk 1 Pistol | Australian War Memorial | unknown | magazine |
| Webley & Scott history | Webley & Scott | unknown | maker website |
| Webley Mk. VI Revolver | NRA Museums | unknown | magazine |
| Westley Richards: Birmingham, the Anson and Deeley action and modern craft | Westley Richards | 2021-01-26 | maker website |
| What is the difference between Grade I, III, IV, VI & VII? | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| When It Comes To Shotguns, Make Mine A Double | American Rifleman | 2023 | magazine |
| Where are Browning firearms manufactured? | Browning | unknown | maker website |
| Where are Winchester firearms manufactured? Archived maker FAQ | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Winchester Historical Timeline 1900–1949 | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Winchester Historical Timeline 1950–1999 | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Winchester Historical Timeline 2000–Present | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Winchester Legendary Innovation: Horse and Rider | Winchester | unknown | maker website |
| Winchester Model 101 Owner’s Manual | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | manual |
| Winchester Model 101 overview | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Winchester Repeating Arms Company: Tract K Shooting Range, HAER CT-28 | National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record; Library of Congress | unknown | book |
| Winchester historical firearm introductions | Winchester Repeating Arms | unknown | maker website |
| Yavuz Yollu: ATA history and export interview | Tabanca ve Tüfek | 2016-01-25 | magazine |
| Yildiz .410 side-by-side | ShootingUK | 2008-02-19 | magazine |
| Yildiz Pro Sporter Black | Gun Mart | 2019-11-28 | magazine |
| Yildiz Professional 20-bore semi-automatic review | ShootingUK | 2012-01-03 | magazine |
| Yildiz SPZ-M: piccolo e accattivante | Caccia Magazine; Simone Bertini | 2021-09-06 | magazine |
| Yildiz SPZM .410 shotgun review | ShootingUK | 2009-07-01 | magazine |
| Yildiz Sporter | ShootingUK | 2015-09-01 | magazine |
| Yildiz catalogue 2022, Italian edition | Paganini for Yildiz | 2022 | maker catalogue |
| Yildiz over-and-under: SPZME test | ShootingUK | 2006-08-22 | magazine |
| Yildiz: Burdur factory profile | Yildiz Shotgun; Adem Kuzu | unknown | maker website |
| Yildiz: manufacturing technologies and technical details | Yildiz Shotgun | unknown | maker website |
| Yıldız Shotgun Company | Defence Turkey | 2007-03-01 | magazine |
| Yıldız Shotgun Company | Defence Turkey; company profile | 2007-03-01 | magazine |
| Yıldız Shotgun: Burdur factory | Yıldız Silah; Adem Kuzu | unknown | maker website |
| Zoli Tech: action, trigger, balance and barrels | Zoli Antonio s.r.l. | unknown | maker website |
| Zoli Z-Sport MR: Becky McKenzie test and history | ShootingUK; Becky McKenzie | unknown | magazine |
| Zoli: Z-Sport | Zoli Antonio s.r.l. | unknown | maker website |
| Zoli: company history | Zoli Antonio s.r.l. | unknown | maker website |
| Zoli: current shotgun families and addresses | Zoli Antonio s.r.l. | unknown | maker website |
| İzmir | GeoNames | unknown | gazetteer |