LkWinnipesaukee
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Post up some pics of old gun ads here. I'd like to see them. 
Old Gun ads
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wuluf
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DoubleTapDrew
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This one will really bring tears to your eyes:
There's a bunch more at the link below. Progression through the years up to the 1986 amnesty.
There's a bunch more at the link below. Progression through the years up to the 1986 amnesty.
$20 machine gun anyone? Maybe a Tommy gun for $350 or a Ma Deuce for $650 :banghead:
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Manedwolf
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Way before BATFE decided that all Americans wanted to be criminal assasins...
IronSightRot671
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Back in the day's
Thank you all for making my day I almost spit out my egg nogg mind you.. I'll go too bed with tears on my pillow.. 
DT!
Thank you all for making my day
I almost spit out my egg nogg mind you.. I'll go too bed with tears on my pillow.. DT!
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Volunteer Enterprises Mark45
Semi-auto Rifle
Caliber .45ACP
Magazine Capacity of 5/15/30/90
1969 to aprox. 1976
The Mark 45 is quite interesting to shoot. Dry firing, the trigger pull is off the scale to the point that
you'll probably check to see that the crossbolt safety isn't engaged. Load the piece with a full magazine
and start firing and you'll see how well that trigger actually works. A 30 round magazine will empty out
in a flash and keep them all in a silhouette target at 50 yards. Aimed fire at a paper plate will get you
hit after hit at a hundred yards, although you can almost smoke a cigerette waiting for that big .45FMJ
bullet to get down range.
The Mark45 doesn't require a lot of maintenance. The tolerances in the stamped square steel receiver
and the slightly modified Thompson SMG magazines make for a very realiable firearm. The stamped
steel peep sight is adjustable for windage by a large screw and elevation by bending it up or down. The
fins are somewhat functional, but the muzzle brake is strictly ornamental. It's removeable by loosening
the two set screws, but looks very odd without it and you loose your front sight. This weapon was also
manufactured under the name Commando Arms Mark45.
The buttstock comes off easily
after removing the two large
phillips head mounting screws
from underneath and is still
fully functional and legal.
Shown here is the pistol version
with the buttstock absent. With
the short barrel adding the stock
would violate Federal law so the
back of the pistols receiver has
been modified accordingly.
http://hometown.aol.com/jtjersey/Mark45/Mark45.html
Semi-auto Rifle
Caliber .45ACP
Magazine Capacity of 5/15/30/90
1969 to aprox. 1976
The Mark 45 is quite interesting to shoot. Dry firing, the trigger pull is off the scale to the point that
you'll probably check to see that the crossbolt safety isn't engaged. Load the piece with a full magazine
and start firing and you'll see how well that trigger actually works. A 30 round magazine will empty out
in a flash and keep them all in a silhouette target at 50 yards. Aimed fire at a paper plate will get you
hit after hit at a hundred yards, although you can almost smoke a cigerette waiting for that big .45FMJ
bullet to get down range.
The Mark45 doesn't require a lot of maintenance. The tolerances in the stamped square steel receiver
and the slightly modified Thompson SMG magazines make for a very realiable firearm. The stamped
steel peep sight is adjustable for windage by a large screw and elevation by bending it up or down. The
fins are somewhat functional, but the muzzle brake is strictly ornamental. It's removeable by loosening
the two set screws, but looks very odd without it and you loose your front sight. This weapon was also
manufactured under the name Commando Arms Mark45.
The buttstock comes off easily
after removing the two large
phillips head mounting screws
from underneath and is still
fully functional and legal.
Shown here is the pistol version
with the buttstock absent. With
the short barrel adding the stock
would violate Federal law so the
back of the pistols receiver has
been modified accordingly.
http://hometown.aol.com/jtjersey/Mark45/Mark45.html
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Axman
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Another from 1959...
I like the artwork on many of the old ads and catalogs. They make great displays mounted in frames. Many pre-1970s ads in non-shooting publications featuring children plinking with their Remington .22 or the ladies after grouse with their latest side by sides remind us of the cultural battle - and as framed pictures make a good conversation starter for visitors.
I was skimming one of the household rags awhile back and noted one retail item featured as part of a short trendy article about cabin decor; IIRC a copy of some 1920s Field & Stream covers (could have been Sports Afield), surrunded by plaid (paper) in a simple wood frame at something like $120 each(!).
For those who are interested I suggest browsing the evilBay with keyword searches by magazine title or gunmaker. These are often better value for money than the single ads offered as single items for sale and one mag might have several pieces of interest, and interesting articles as well. Other items are old Stoeger catalogs (I have several from the early 1950s due to my interest in Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauers of that period).
While I am not about to cut up my Stoeger items, prolific on the evilBay now are good copies of first-half 20th century (and later) catalogs like Rigby, Westley Richards, Holland & Holland, Iver Johnson, Ferlach, Winchester etc. In fact, browsing one seller there does not appear to be a single maker or major retailer missing. Some of these are just c. $12 a piece + shipping (Examples only: I have not purchased from and do not have any connection to this seller) .....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rigby-Double-Rifles-1934-Catalog-London_W0QQitemZ250006532977
http://cgi.ebay.com/Whelan-Gun-Catalog-Browning-Parker-Colt-1939_W0QQitemZ7163511017
Happy hunting
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http://ssunitedstates.org
I was skimming one of the household rags awhile back and noted one retail item featured as part of a short trendy article about cabin decor; IIRC a copy of some 1920s Field & Stream covers (could have been Sports Afield), surrunded by plaid (paper) in a simple wood frame at something like $120 each(!).
For those who are interested I suggest browsing the evilBay with keyword searches by magazine title or gunmaker. These are often better value for money than the single ads offered as single items for sale and one mag might have several pieces of interest, and interesting articles as well. Other items are old Stoeger catalogs (I have several from the early 1950s due to my interest in Steyr Mannlicher-Schoenauers of that period).
While I am not about to cut up my Stoeger items, prolific on the evilBay now are good copies of first-half 20th century (and later) catalogs like Rigby, Westley Richards, Holland & Holland, Iver Johnson, Ferlach, Winchester etc. In fact, browsing one seller there does not appear to be a single maker or major retailer missing. Some of these are just c. $12 a piece + shipping (Examples only: I have not purchased from and do not have any connection to this seller) .....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rigby-Double-Rifles-1934-Catalog-London_W0QQitemZ250006532977
http://cgi.ebay.com/Whelan-Gun-Catalog-Browning-Parker-Colt-1939_W0QQitemZ7163511017
Happy hunting
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http://ussliberty.org
http://ssunitedstates.org
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