Category Archives: Gun Book Publisher

Chipotle Publishing

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started in 2017

  • E. Daniel Shea Editor-in-Chief
  •  two physical magazines
  • 1997 Small Arms Review magazine
  • Small Arms Defense Journal

Chipotle Publishing
631 N. Stephanie St. #282
Henderson, NV 89014

702.565.0746

chipotlepublishing.com

Cornell Publications

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Founded in 1994
Brighton, MI

World’s Largest Old Gun Catalog & Manual Reprinter

  • 1994 started Abby Books
    resellers of old books and publishers of antique weapon catalogs
  • started with reprint of the 1955 Bannerman Catalog
    – granted permission from the Bannerman family to reprint it
  • Abby and Rob Mouat
  • reprint over 6,000 old gun catalogs, books and manuals

Cornell Publications
P.O. Box 214
Brighton, MI 48116

810-225-3075

cornellpubs.com

Wolfe Publishing

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founded in 1966

  • 1966 Handloader Magazine
    – dedicated to reloading
  • 1969 Rifle Magazine
    – dedicated solely to rifles
  • Successful Hunter Magazine

Wolfe Publishing Company
2180 Gulfstream Ste. A
Prescott, AZ 86301

800 899-7810

riflemagazine.com

FMG Publications

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introduced in 1955

  • first national monthly newsstand firearms publication
  • 1955 GUNS Magazine
    – published 12 times per year
  • 1976 American Handgunner first magazine devoted entirely to handguns
    – published six times per year

GUNS Magazine
13741 Danielson Street Suite A
Poway, CA 92064

858-842-3943

gunsmagazine.com

Robert E. Peterson

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September 10, 1926 – March 23, 2007 (80)
California

  • Robert E. Peterson Publisher
  • Jan 1948 Hot Rod magazine started
  • Motor Trend
  • 1958 – Guns & Ammo Magazine
    – added a “Keep & Bear Arms” section
  • Ken Elliot
  • 1970s Petersen Motorama Cars of the Stars on Hollywood Boulevard
  • June 1994 Petersen Automotive Museum opened
  • 1996 sold his company for $450 million
  • 2000 the museum separated from the Natural History Museum
    – independent entity owned by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation
  • Oct 8, 2010 donated 400 gun collection to the NRA National Firearms Museum
    – Display opened in October