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Welcome
to
The American Society of
Arms Collectors
Recent additions.....
Added approximately sixty articles from the Bulletins 85 through 96. For the first time these important resources are being made widely available to the collecting community!
Added Member services page with:
-- meeting dates
-- method to submit change of address info
-- method to contact secretary for other reasons
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Who are we?
The American Society of Arms Collectors was founded in 1953 as a
permanent national organization for persons interested in the collection,
research, study, and preservation of arms, armor, and accessories
and accoutrements; to establish and promote standards and ethics
in research and dissemination of information pertaining to the history
of arms and armor; and to promote and further the preparation, publication
and distribution of scholarly literature pertaining to the development
and history of arms and armor.
Our activities include:
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Promoting friendship for those interested
in the collection of arms, armor, and their accessories.
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Opposing legislation injurious to the possession and collection
of arms, armor, and accessories by responsible collectors.
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Holding regular meetings:
(a) to conduct society
business;
(b) where members may assist each other in locating items for their
collections;
(c) where members may display pieces from their collections for the
education and pleasure of others; and
(d) have papers and presentations on appropriate
subjects.
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Promoting and upholding the highest standards of honesty among
arms collectors, and to expose and take vigorous action against any faking or
misrepresentation of arms.
NOTE: Membership is limited to
a maximum of 250 active members, and membership is by invitation only.
Here are some of the accomplishments of a few of our deceased
former members.
Robert Abels- an early and respected arms
dealer in New York City
Howard L. Blackmore- author on British firearms history
LTC William S. Brophy- Marlin Firearms historian and authority on U.S. military
rifles.
Val Forgett- founder of Navy Arms Co., and the force behind the creation
of replica black powder firearms
Claud E. Fuller- author on Civil War and
breech loading arms; donor of the Fuller Collection at Chickamauga National Park.
Herschel C. Logan- historian and author on cartridges, and firearms ignition
systems.
Harold L. Peterson- Head of National Park Service arms collections;
author on Arms and Armor in Colonial America, and American Swords
Robert M.
Reilly- author on U.S. military arms through the Civil War and also socket bayonets
William B. Ruger- founder of Sturm, Ruger & Co, and also an avid arms collector
Henry M. Stewart- Colt authority and donor of the superb collection at the Virginia
Military Institute
Nathan L. Swayze- author on the Colt 1851 Navy pistols
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American Society of Arms Collectors
Revised 1 September 2009
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