I know we had a thread somewhere with fake ads. Now I'd like to see real ads
I'm sure we have collectors of vintage items here, I know I love Weatherby. So here's a sneak peek of some of the ads I have. Y'all have already seen the two bank ads. I use it as wall art, they are too nice not to share.
Let's make this a picture thread by showing us your vintage gun ads on your wall
I have several old Winchester ads that I haven't framed, but seeing yours nicely matted and framed might light a fire under me. I do have this old Rand McNally Kansas and Nebraska road map sponsored by Remington. It is covered with all of Remington's products of the time.
I also have a wholesale hardware catalog from 1912 that is full of old firearms. It is from the A.J. Harwi Hardware from Atchison, Kansas. 1911 Colts $37.95. It is near 2000 pages of period hardware.
... but seeing yours nicely matted and framed might light a fire under me.
I'm lazy so I really just buy plain frames from Amazon and have them shipped to me. Then, depending on the size of the ad and how it was cut I might have to alter the matting, sometimes more successful sometimes less.
It's really not too expensive and I love the vintage ads... great pictures, provocative text. But I also love the old artwork... you know when they really had people draw all that stuff to advertise in a magazine. It's great.
Wow
Thought I’d log in and we’d be on page two by now
Not really advertisements but
I keep all kinds of gun stuff on display
To me it is art at least the kind I’m interested in
Here’s a pic the op might like
An old set of 300 dies
Wow
Thought I’d log in and we’d be on page two by now
Not really advertisements but
I keep all kinds of gun stuff on display
To me it is art at least the kind I’m interested in
Here’s a pic the op might like
An old set of 300 dies
Yes, love it
I have my fair share on WBY items, adding more as I find them
Here's my favorite (all due prejudices considered).
Danielle Gudakunst, Managing Editor, The Police Chief, International Association of Chiefs of Police magazine, sent this ad to me. S&W had taken it out in the magazine in December 1950.
S&W sent .38 Chiefs Special serial number 29 to Chief Boyko on December 11, 1950. I'd love to know its whereabouts now.
It's a pdf so you must click on it to open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Wrangler of stray Chiefs
Bob
Last edited by two-bit cowboy; 11-01-2020 at 12:37 PM.
Here is a pretty neat ad for an offer I would love to take part in today. I showed this to my son and he could not believe this was a real advertisement. Imagine a bank handing out firearms as interest!!
This one is pretty neat and I just happen to own several Model 67's.
Here is a pretty neat ad for an offer I would love to take part in today. I showed this to my son and he could not believe this was a real advertisement. Imagine a bank handing out firearms as interest!!
I seem to remember a bank up in Bloomsburg, PA doing something like this. Some killjoy came up with a warning that the fair market value of the rifle would have to be reported to IRS as income for being "prepaid interest."
My no-nonsense favorite - advertising that the Kansas City Police Department was 100% equipped with .357 Magnums, and also highlighting the “New! K-22 Masterpiece”.....
This ad was on the back of the brochure for the KC Heart of America Indoor Pistol and Revolver Matches sponsored by the Kansas City Police Department on May 7-11-1940.....
I love it. I think Roy Weatherby was lightyears ahead of his time. He also had a very good taste.
The biggest thing I remember about Weatherby rifles was that they had superbly figured wood stocks. They were too expensive for me to buy back then, but I did like to window shop!
Larry
The biggest thing I remember about Weatherby rifles was that they had superbly figured wood stocks. They were too expensive for me to buy back then, but I did like to window shop!
Larry
Funny how all that came later. First came the ammo, then the action and then the complete rifle. Weatherby, as many struggles as he had, stayed the course, made it work and became a success while not depending on gov contracts like so many others. I would love to travel back in time, strolling through his store.
He used super fancy grade walnut (what's that, like AAA+?), birdseye maple, California mesquite, myrtlewood, tigertail maple and I'm sure many others.
There's a great interview in the book "Rare Breed" with Roy Weatherby and he sounds absolute real, very humble and even a bit vulnerable.
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