indy1919a4
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Guns from Wamo no less, these are not the best guns and real costly for 1956..
This is the same company Wham-o from childhood.
This is the same company Wham-o from childhood.
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Every day for this entire year I will post old school printed gun ads each day.
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I'm looking at some of my older guns I bought used, like a Smith model 17 (K-22). It makes me think somebody, sometime looked at one of these ads and bought this thing. Who would think several decades later I would own it. Wouldn't it be amazing to know the history of all your guns.
ApacheCoTodd
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I do that too.
Looking at old ads but particularly old *Gun Digests* and think about who the first owner of one of my guns was. Did he cut-out ads and torment shop owners until he scraped his dimes together for two years to buy it?
Todd.
Riomouse911
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My Grandfather swore by Peters shotgun shells for his 16 gauge shotguns and Winchester Silvertips for his rifles...
Stay safe.
Stay safe.
vintovka
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If you like these wonderful old ads may i suggest the book "deadly business" if you haven't read it already? Sort of a history of post WW2 surplus arms and somewhat intriguing and many of the big names and backgrounds are there. So old i knew some of them. I especially like how some importers controlled the market (or attempted to). A sequel would be nice now that the milsurp market seems entirely depleted. Here's just one link for reference:
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Business-Cummings-Interarms-Trade/dp/0393017664
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Business-Cummings-Interarms-Trade/dp/0393017664
doubleh
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I used to wear out a Herter's catalog every year leafing thru it and wishing. The absolutely best walnut gunstock blank I ever bought came from them. They advertised it as northern walnut and not that soft, inferior stuff from Missouri. That was probably a dig at Fajen but it was extremely good walnut and it was harder than the redder variety. My oldest grandson is the owner of that rifle today.
This deserves a new topic, but I always wondered which guns were most prevalent for sale during which years. For instance, I didn't get an opportunity to buy military surplus guns until the last 10 years or so. I got your run-of-the-mill Mosin, Swedish Mausers, a nice Vz.58, and Swiss K31. Were those also offered way back in the 70's? If not, which guns were?
I have an early one, made by Hackman, complete with an original sheath. Like new, never used. My sister won it in a raffle in late 70's and gave it to me. Approximately 7500 were ever manufactured. All I've ever seen have come with sheats, some had a whetstone in the sheath pocket and compass + other accessories in the handle.
They're rare and very collectible, depending vastly on the condition. I was offered $1000 for mine a few years ago but it's a part of my Hackman collection and not for sale.
redneck2
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I can’t believe how expensive the M1 Garand was in 1965. IIRC the ad said about $140. That was a LOT of money, probably three weeks pay for the average worker.
indy1919a4
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Lee Harvey Oswald was making 1.10 an hour in 1963. He was pretty much working on the bottom of the employment rung at that time. So an unskilled worker (40 hours a week) would have to devote every dime he made for over 3 weeks to pay for that rifle.. Thank goodness ammo was cheaper
indy1919a4
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One thing I love about these 1950s/60s gun and ammo ad artwork, is how they told a story. Without words & without the moving picture machine.
RIomouse911, I love this picture.. Look at this guy happily paddling back to home, he has a nice trophy mount for the wall & meat for the freezer. He had a nice well packed lunch in that basket. He sees his significant other on the pier ahead waving and he can hardly wait to show her why he had to have that new rifle and that (what she thought) expensive special Winchester ammo..
So not only will he be vindicated in her eyes for his excellent discriminating purchases. He is confident he will never be questioned again. He knows because of all that has happen an evening of adoration & loving awaits..
Damn I gots to get some Winchester ammo now...
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The couple that I have seen, along with the one I have, didn't have sheaths with them. The only one I saw with a sheath was one of the Brazilian made knives, which by the way was nowhere as well made or finished as the Hackman knives.
Ken Warner, who was responsible for the shape and grind of the blade and it's overall design, wrote in his book, "The Practical Book of Knives": "It was designed to be made by Hackman of Finland in stainless steel and the first batch were. Subsequently, the same design was fabricated in Brazil. The first thousands (Hackman knives),were awfully good knives; I have no experience with the second batch, but they are more lightly constructed, which still leaves them heavy. (The Garcia knife was very heavy and intended to be so. I don't believe a stronger bade of 1/4" stock was ever produced)."
The couple that I have seen, along with the one I have, didn't have sheaths with them. The only one I saw with a sheath was one of the Brazilian made knives, which by the way was nowhere as well made or finished as the Hackman knives.
Ken Warner, who was responsible for the shape and grind of the blade and it's overall design, wrote in his book, "The Practical Book of Knives": "It was designed to be made by Hackman of Finland in stainless steel and the first batch were. Subsequently, the same design was fabricated in Brazil. The first thousands (Hackman knives),were awfully good knives; I have no experience with the second batch, but they are more lightly constructed, which still leaves them heavy. (The Garcia knife was very heavy and intended to be so. I don't believe a stronger bade of 1/4" stock was ever produced)."
SwampWolf
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I can't find them but some of my very favorite ads were ran by Winchester/Western in the late fifties, depicting deer hunting camps/cabins with hunters eating breakfast, cleaning rifles or otherwise preoccupied when, in the background, a big whitetail buck comes into view. The illustrations shows hunters reaching, likely vainly, for their rifle and/or ammunition. I loved looking at them as a kid then and as an old man now.
indy1919a4
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There is always something to be said for the WW 2 advertisements from companies that were now making guns and weapons for the war effort. Even though they did not have products to sell or advertise to consumers, they still advertise to keep their name in the public eye.
Speedo66
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I certainly no expert on Glocks, but I've never seen or heard of compensated models.
I had a G17L(c).
Dang thing barely moved when fired. Someone at the range I frequented proposed a trade eons ago. My 17L(c) for his 17L.
Miss the compensated 17L but I don't regret it.
She was just a touch louder and flashier than standard.
I affectionately call 17L glocks, hand rifles.
Dang thing barely moved when fired. Someone at the range I frequented proposed a trade eons ago. My 17L(c) for his 17L.
Miss the compensated 17L but I don't regret it.
She was just a touch louder and flashier than standard.
I affectionately call 17L glocks, hand rifles.
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The carcano supposedly used by Oswald is discussed in the book i mentioned. The price was reportedly lowered due to some shady business deal that went down.
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Riomouse911
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I carry a G-34 every day at work... but I love my Gen 3 G-17L after I put an Apex trigger in it
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indy1919a4
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OK You got me... I just ordered a copy.
So let me ask is the book written as a fair and objective treatment of the parties at hand or is it one of those journalistic hit pieces where all they see is negative. ???? (Gee I should have asked before I bought it)
vintovka
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Nah its fairly objective and supports much of what originally occurred. Like the title implies its largely about Sam Cummings (Interarms) but covers most if not all the big names and alludes to others. Been sorting ammo all day and found several boxes with the Interarms logo and a Mauser stock with the remnants of their logo attachment.OK You got me... I just ordered a copy.
So let me ask is the book written as a fair and objective treatment of the parties at hand or is it one of those journalistic hit pieces where all they see is negative. ???? (Gee I should have asked before I bought it)
indy1919a4
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Interarms did some wonderful things. I do have a soft spot for the "gray Ghost" P38 and the fanciful stories of the U-Boat pens where they were found..
But you have to love how Interarms marked their import name on things in out of the way places in the early days. Thanks for the response...Me too’It puts a frown on my face because I was "around" in '65 and couldn't afford even one of them at the time, let alone a bunch of them.
I had a guy tell about an, easy to kill, bull moose that was up on dry ground but shot out of a canoe, come thrashing out through the cat tails and try to get into the canoe with the two of them. It still got him very excited some 20 years later just telling about it!
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Riomouse911
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From a similar vein...
Man, I’m glad the instructor who came up with this shooting stance and the cross draw pistol set up wasn’t one of mine!
Stay safe.
Man, I’m glad the instructor who came up with this shooting stance and the cross draw pistol set up wasn’t one of mine!
Stay safe.
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