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Many items that were imported in the 1950s and 60s have not been brought in since the 1986 lifting of the ban on imported military surplus. In these cases there is no accurate way to determine how many of a particular model were imported in the pre-GCA 1968 days. Detailed records of the old imports were not usually kept. Many of the companies of that era no longer exist. Likewise, there are some models and variations listed in this book that have never been imported to this country in quantity. I still needed to apply some sort of price information for these, even if I could find no actual examples of pricing during research for this edition. In such cases I have simply made an educated guess. This is based on personal experience with similar models and my assumptions of demand and scarcity of a given model. In some cases I may be wrong. A serious collector who has been searching for a particular variation to fill a void in his collection may very well be willing to spend much more than any price given in this book.