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Every day for this entire year I will post old school printed gun ads each day.
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ApacheCoTodd
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Investment's about right. To have either of them new in the box now.... Hell, that scope's currently worth more than either rifle cost new.
Todd.
SwampWolf
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When I was growing up, those H&R single-shot shotguns were called "Toppers"; competing with the likes of Iver Johnson "Champions" and Winchester Model 37s.
Riomouse911
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One that sparked my interest in the DW revolvers long ago...
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indy1919a4
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Why book agents???
Elkins45
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And what are foot-pads?
ApacheCoTodd
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Mad dogs, foot pads & book agents.... I'll be damned if there isn't a Dropkick Murphy song in that!
Todd.
Todd.
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375supermag
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It's slang for a highwayman or robber who is on foot.
Mauser lover
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What is a book agent???
indy1919a4
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On the face of it I think someone at Forehand firearms, former Forehand & Wadsworth just had a thing against literary Agents
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doubleh
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Doing that to a dog in this state today would get you thrown in jail if anyone but you and the dog found out what you did. How times have changed.
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armedwalleye
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I'd suspect doing that to a salesman might get you thrown in jail as well.....
indy1919a4
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All the states or just the more Liberal ones???
indy1919a4
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My Kinda Santa... Love Christmas gun ads.
Riomouse911
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I wonder if the guns featured in this H&H advertisement are still fetching “medium grade” prices?
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indy1919a4
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Evens rifle, Held more ammo then a Winchester & cheaper then a Winchester. Looks like Winchester will soon not be able to compete..
Imagine Chuck Conners with one of these.. They would have to be rolling the credits by the time he emptied the magazine..
Imagine Chuck Conners with one of these.. They would have to be rolling the credits by the time he emptied the magazine..
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Miami_JBT
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I'm three days behind, so here are three ads.
Riomouse911
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I’ve never heard of Evans before...apparently another English arms maker of safari-caliber guns.
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ApacheCoTodd
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I love the commercial art of advertisement-drawing. How cool is it that some guy sat there duplicating the mangled projectiles in ink?
Todd.
Jim Watson
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The least expensive H&H in 1939 was $425. You could get a Greener for $245.
The most expensive US shotgun was the Remington Model 32, starting at $128.99.
Of course you can dress up anything, a Parker A1 Special was $942.
The most expensive US shotgun was the Remington Model 32, starting at $128.99.
Of course you can dress up anything, a Parker A1 Special was $942.
indy1919a4
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The Evans I was referring to was an American company. They did make a number of Evans repeating rifles and it was a cool design, but had a real weakness in the way you loaded it.
Merwin & Hulbert heavily invested in the Evans rifle and this investment help lead to Merwin & Hulbert going out of business.
I love that rifle you attached, any clue to the year??? Those are wonderful rounds.. Wonderful art work.. thanks..
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indy1919a4
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Wow RioMouse911 this is really neat.
the Evans repeater was made by Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company of Mechanic Falls Maine the 1870s by George & Warren R. Evans.
The Evans rifles from England was started in 1883 by William Evans..
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