[45Broomhandle]

NEED HELP. Recently acquired a Brownie Instruction Sheet, but there is no date on it. Price for the gun, printed on front is $5.75. That's the only clue. Another collector reports theirs has the price at $6.00 and no date. They opined that this did not necessarily make their sheet a more recent one. They explained that some gun makers LOWERED their prices at a later date due to improved, money saving, manufacturing techniques.

Regardless, if you happen to have an old gun catalog that's dated, and it has the price of a Mossberg Brownie listed, I'd certainly appreciate that info.

Below is a photo of the front of the folded instruction sheet I have. The other collector described a different type of information. Anyone got a clue? ---45Broomhandle

http://www.hunt101.com/img/467949.jpg

[hexidismal]

Sheesh, give us a hard one why don't you :rolleyes:
Seriously though, I don't have any catalogs dated back that far. But, these people seem to be selling one from 1932, which would be the last year the brownie was made. Perhaps you could cajole them into getting you a price from it.
http://www.cornellpubs.com/Templates/Mossberg%201932.htm

[45Broomhandle]

Thanks, hexidismal, for what SHOULD have been obvious to me. :o Believe it or not I just mailed money to Abby Cornell for a pamphlet on the Fialas I collect. We even email-discussed her reproducing some of my original Instruction Sheets etc.. For some reason it never dawned on me to check with her and her ABUNDANCE old gun catalogs for a price on the Brownies.

I'll check with her immediately, but I'd still like any info our THR readers might have. Thanks again. 45Broomhandle