AIRGUN PUBLICATIONS

Updated to 15 June 2007

(For General Airgun References, please click on our  Literature Review section.)

A very partial bibliography of the airgun papers by Robert D. Beeman. This webpage is under construction. Additional titles will be added as they are located in our files. The full text (only) of some of these titles are available on this website - see Index page. (Link creation is still in progress; some items are available by clicking on the link buttons above.) At this time, we are not listing the very large number of technical bulletins, owner's manuals, repair bulletins, etc. that Robert Beeman wrote as part of marketing so many different airguns and airgun related items. (Some of the literature items listed below are available for sale from a small cache that was recently located in our storage areas and from current production.)

Also see pen names for Robert Beeman: Robert Wolff, Baron Wolfgang von Windbüchse.

Beeman, Robert D.,
1977a. Air Gun Digest. 256 pp. DBI Books, Northfield, IL.

Beeman, Robert D.
1977b. Four Centuries of Airguns, pp. 14-26. The Basics of Airgun Collecting, pp. 218-235.  Chapters in Air Gun Digest, 1977:  (Later reprinted together as The Art of Airgun Collecting by Beeman Precision Arms in 1986, 23 pp. Available from DrAirgun@Beemans.net  as of 2007, for $4.95 plus $1.95 s/h).

Beeman, Robert D.
1978. Save That Old Air Gun. AirGun 1(1): 5 pages.

Beeman, Robert and David Wayland
1978a. The Piston Gun. AirGun 1(1): 3 pages.

Beeman, Robert and David Wayland
1978b. The Amazing Piston Gun. American Firearms Industry 6(4): 1 page

Beeman, Robert D.
1981. Benjamins, Manhood, & Civilization. Airgun Journal (2)1: 1-3

Beeman, Robert D.
1983a. For the Record, Rare Beeman Guns. Airgun Journal 4(1): 2-6.

Beeman, Robert D.
1983b. Was the Schimel AP-22 Ever Made? Airgun Journal 4(1):2.

Beeman, Robert D.
1984a. The Complex Technology of "Simple" Mainsprings. Airgun Journal 4(2):2-3.

Beeman, Robert D.
1984b. Rogues' Gallery of Antique BB Guns. Airgun Journal 4(2):1-6..

Beeman, Robert D.
1988. Pellet Profit Power? Alliance Voice, May 1988:12-15.

Beeman, Robert D.
1989. Home Defense Shotguns. Women & Guns, June 1989, 2 pages.

 Beeman, Robert D.
1991a. What is the value of airgun safeties? American Airgunner, July/Aug./Sept. 1991: 38-39.

Beeman, Robert D.
1991b. Loaded chamber indicators for airguns -and other such notions. American Airgunner, Oct./Nov./Dec. 1991:  8.

Beeman, Robert and M.J. Banosky, John W. Ford, Randy Pitney, Joel Sexton.
1991. Air Guns, A Guide to Air Pistols and Rifles. National Rifle Association, Washington, D.C.

Beeman, Robert D.
1995b. Biotechnical Cleaning of Airguns. American Airgunner, July/Sept 1995.

Beeman, Robert D.
1995c. The Odyssey of the Beeman R1. Chapter in the Beeman R1 Supermagnum Air Rifle, pp. 1-9. GAPP, Inc., Ellicott City, Maryland.

Beeman, Robert D.
1998. The straight story on the Beeman R5. Airgun Revue 3:61-62.

Beeman, Robert D.,
1999a. Airguns Through the Centuries. Pg. 2 in Beeman Precision Airgun Guide, edition 22. Beeman Precision Airguns, Huntington Beach, CA

Beeman, Robert D.
1999b. Silencers on Airguns? Airgun Revue 5: 43.

Beeman, Robert D.
2000. Proceeding On to the Lewis & Clark Airgun. Airgun Revue 6: 13-33. (Brief review of the Lukens airgun phase of the Beemans' search for the Lewis airgun.)

Beeman, Robert D.
 2001a. Proceeding On Further to the Lewis and Clark Airgun. Airgun Letter, May 2001:6-8.

Beeman, Robert D.
 2001b. How to Select An Airgun. In: Blue Book of Airguns, First Edition, pp. 12-15.

Beeman, Robert D.
 2001c. Rare Air - The Most Collectible Airguns of the 20th Century. In: Blue Book of Airguns, First Edition, pp. 30-53.

Beeman, Robert D.
 2001d. Collection Protection - Making Them Last More Than a Lifetime. In: Blue Book of Airguns, First Edition, pp. 54-65.

Beeman, Robert D.
 2002a.   Woher der Wind weht. VISIER - das internationale Waffen-Magazin. April 2002: 134-142. (Beautifully illustrated article, in German, on the Lukens airgun phase of Beemans' Lewis and Clark airgun study.) (Click on the highlighted title for more info.)

Beeman, Robert D.
2002b. "Proceeding On" to the Lewis and Clark Airgun. . In: Blue Book of Airguns, Second Edition, pp.50-77, 33 figures. (A research report of the Beemans'  study of the Lewis and Clark air rifle.)

Beeman, Robert D.
2002c. Reproducing the Lewis & Clark Airgun? In: Blue Book of Airguns, Second Edition, pg. 77.

Beeman, Robert D.
2002d. Review of Airgun Literature. In: Blue Book of Airguns, Second Edition, pp. 14-23.
2003. ditto, Third Edition.

Beeman, Robert D. and John Allen
2002. Blue Book of Airguns, Second Edition. 297 pp. Blue Book Publications, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Beeman, Robert D. and John Allen
2003. Blue Book of Airguns, Third Edition. 312  pp. Blue Book Publications, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Beeman, Robert D.
2004a: Did Meriwether Lewis Carry an Assault Rifle? In: 4th Edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp.49-64. (See Beeman, 2006).

Beeman, Robert D.
2004b. The Most Massive Airgun Auction Ever.. In Fourth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp. 29-32.

Beeman, Robert D. with Fred Liady
2004. A Key Factor in Airgun Collection. In Fourth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pg. 29..

Beeman, Robert D.
 2005a. New Evidence Points to the Lewis and Clark Air Rifle – an “Assault Rifle” of 1803. Addictive Airgunning. March/April 2005. Approx. 50 pages.  Subscription based web magazine.

Beeman, Robert D.
2005b. The Lewis and Clark Air Rifle - A Preliminary Note on New Evidence. in Fifth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp. 34-35.

Beeman, Robert D.
2005c. Beeman and the Adult Airgun Market of America. In Fifth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp. 21-28.

Beeman, Robert D.
2005d. A Shot of Humor. In Fifth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp. 29-30.

Beeman, Robert D.
2005e. What Is An Airgun? In Fifth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pg. 38.

Beeman, Robert D.
2005f. Airgun Literature- An Annotated Partial Reference List. In Fifth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp. 433-435.

Beeman, Robert D.
2006. Meriwether Lewis's WONDER WEAPON.. We Proceeded On. May 2006: 32(2): 29-34. Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Association.

Beeman, Robert D.
2007a. Air Power Diplomacy: Lewis’s Assault Rifle. Blue Book of Airguns, 6th Edition, pp. 16-22.

Beeman, Robert D.
2007b. Airgun Literature- An Annotated Partial Reference List. In Sixth edition of Blue Book of Airguns, pp. 459-462.

Beeman, Robert D.
2007c. The Lewis & Clark "Assault Rifle" - Is An Air Rifle Why The American Flag Flies Over The State of Washington. Washington Arms Collectors Gun News, pp. 16-17, 24-26.