Scan : Sport Manual attempt 3
Added 2020-08-31 22:55:56 +0000 UTCSo fun fact, Patreon doesn't like attachments bigger than 200MB. It seems to be loading up just fine now. Enjoy!
All right, for you patrons above the $5 level we will now be providing high resolution scans of these public domain documents once a month! Thanks to it now being 2020, we've moved up into the 1924 range and so that's where we've started with this Sport Manual.
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Comments
This is all based on nothing but my own speculation
Pat Houlihan
2020-09-16 15:18:02 +0000 UTCI noticed the same and it got my interest up as well. I can understand some higher grade shotguns going for more but even the workaday ones were being offered at a premium. As I understand the shotgun was really the gun that won the west in terms of being the settlers and normal civilians do all firearm of choice. Many times if you did not hunt you did not eat. Small game was more abundant than big game and therefore lots of rabbits, birds, and squirrels made it into lots of pots. After WWII fewer people relied on wild game for sustenance and small game hunting (which a shotgun is ideal for) fell by the wayside in favor of big game for many new recreational hunters.
Pat Houlihan
2020-09-16 15:17:37 +0000 UTCMy Savage 1899 kept looking over my shoulder and saying “Am in there? Did you see my picture? Oh oh look! See? I’m right there!”
Pat Houlihan
2020-09-15 03:39:27 +0000 UTCok these really ARE cool. And this takes me back to my very first experiences with guns. Reading Gun Digest and reading Catalogs !
Christopher Pettirsch
2020-09-08 03:59:36 +0000 UTCM1917 S&W :-)
Franz Anton Mesmer
2020-09-02 13:17:48 +0000 UTCI'm not really sure honestly. It doesn't last though, the shotgun market would spiral into bottom budget wars
C&Rsenal
2020-09-01 20:35:31 +0000 UTCThat is very cool!
Kevin R
2020-09-01 19:37:49 +0000 UTCMae Responding: These price differences are insane.
C&Rsenal
2020-09-01 19:25:23 +0000 UTCMan, a Luger with the trommelmagazin for about $270 in 2020 money sounds pretty good to me. Also it’s amazing how detailed all the illustrations are.
Chris Stochaj
2020-09-01 16:57:34 +0000 UTCAbsolutely awesome! I'm genuinely surprised at how expensive some of the higher end firearms were - I'm used to drooling over old ads for super cheap surplus weapons.
John S Wren
2020-09-01 16:11:20 +0000 UTCI noticed that the shotgun offerings were relatively expensive compared to the rifles and handguns. Was this due to a greater need for craftmanship during the construction of the gun itself, or to the ornamental work that isn't often seen on factory rifles and pistols? Or is it simply due to the fact that the end of WWI everyone's gotten pretty good at churning out rifles and pistols?
Christopher Dooley
2020-09-01 16:05:54 +0000 UTC... said the enabler
VintagePhone
2020-09-01 14:51:28 +0000 UTCLooking great!
Casca__Longinus
2020-09-01 08:23:20 +0000 UTCWonder if anybody has a time machine so it would be possible to stock up on 41 Swiss rimfire?
Sleepy's good boy
2020-09-01 07:19:11 +0000 UTCmy bad.
C&Rsenal
2020-09-01 04:13:22 +0000 UTCyes correct.
C&Rsenal
2020-09-01 04:13:11 +0000 UTCThank YOU for the support!
C&Rsenal
2020-09-01 04:13:03 +0000 UTCwow there is even an ad for Ballistol
Tim The Enchanter
2020-08-31 23:54:02 +0000 UTCwell, there goes my week that i was hoping to spend being productive and not staring at firearms
VintagePhone
2020-08-31 23:49:09 +0000 UTCi love that the C-96 ad says that its "an ideal weapon for hunting deer, bear, moose, mountain goat, and other game"
Tim The Enchanter
2020-08-31 23:36:52 +0000 UTCThank you, for just not this, but the work you invest in the production efforts. jrj
James Jackson
2020-08-31 23:35:07 +0000 UTCMae Responding: lol, it's available now, thanks for waiting!
C&Rsenal
2020-08-31 23:27:57 +0000 UTCMae Responding: Right? All sorted now.
C&Rsenal
2020-08-31 23:27:29 +0000 UTCMae Responding: All fixed!
C&Rsenal
2020-08-31 23:27:05 +0000 UTCThey defy description.
Minion
2020-08-31 23:17:36 +0000 UTCGot to love IT. jrj
James Jackson
2020-08-31 23:05:27 +0000 UTC“It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.” ― Albert Einstein
James Jackson
2020-08-31 23:05:10 +0000 UTC
