Every day for this entire year I will post old school printed gun ads each day.

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Speedo66 said:
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"Get Big Dick and be envied by every boy in town". Yeah, I can see that.

Those copy writers must have had some smirks on their faces....[/QUOTE]


You know slang words do change as time moves on..

There is a 1941 British War movie made during the war where a soldier in the trench says. "I could really use a Fag now" slang for cigarette.

In a more ancient slip of the pen the guy who found Jesus's coffin box (that was faked). Also found a stone tablet from the 1st Jewish temple in Jerusalem talking about raising money for repairs. But the word for raising money meant tearing down at the time of its writing and that was the key to looking for more errors and proving it was a fake.
 
indy1919a4 said:
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...
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Yes and repackage and sell tokarev ammo as broomhandle mauser ammo to name one.
hq said:
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.
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One of the officers in our Squadron had one of these. All us grunts admired it. Not sure it was recovered when they found him 40+ years after he when down in an f-111 in 1972.
 
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Riomouse911 said:
Man that Steyr looks Uzi-like, which one came first?

Stay safe..
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Definitely the Uzi in the mid '50s and before that, the CZ 25 to a more extreme degree.

I think the Steyr might share more with Mac10/11 architecture though. I don't think it has the earlier guns' noted telescoping bolts. Though it is delayed by a rotating barrel - it seems.

Todd.
 
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ApacheCoTodd said:
Definitely the Uzi in the mid '50s and before that, the CZ 25 to a more extreme degree.

I think the Steyr might share more with Mac10/11 architecture though. I don't think it has the earlier guns' noted telescoping bolts. Though it is delayed by a rotating barrel - it seems.

Todd.
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You’re right, the Ingram guns from the mid-60’s are also very similar. Clearly they all “payed tribute” to each other by coming up with similar concepts. :thumbup:

Stay safe.
 
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As I've mentioned before, when I was growing up my mom and dad owned a small, country grocery store/gas station, and they sold a few guns and ammunition through it. This is one of the catalogs they had on their front counter. When I wasn't pumping gas (no self-serve in those days) I was studying gun catalogs like this one instead of studying my school books like I should have.;)
 
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indy1919a4 said:
I am convinced, I want one...

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Trust me, the Tommygun was a heavy rather klutsy gun. Yea, ok, it's an ICON of American guns (due to gangster and WW2 movies) - - - but that doesn't mean it's the best thing since sliced bread.

A Tom Mix-like guy is responding to rustlers stealing his cattle with his Trusty Tommy Gun. Ok.... I'm willing to believe he could do real damage unto those nasty rustlers......
.....and probably a goodly number of the cattle as well.:what:

A nice old ad from the days America was a free country.


But the Tommygun was a commercial flop. Had it not been for WW2 it would only be an asterisk in the bottom margin of some book on Olde Gonnes.

Sorry....but, romantic notions don't change historical facts.
 
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