1935 was a good year

[growr]

I am about 2/3rds through John Marshall's book and am struck with how many of our classic firearms were introduced in 1935.....the Hi power P35, The Winchester M70, the S&W Registered Magnum, and so on....

Wonder what made 1935 such a banner year?

Randy

 

[Skeet 028]

No money! When business is bad... Advertise! Make new stuff to to sell. New stuff made people want New... So give em what they want.

 

[Jack Flash]

I may have been a good year for the introduction of some iconic firearms, but that was the middle of the Great Depression.

For a guy like my Grandfather who had 3 kids, a wife, house payment, etc., and no steady employment, well, he was just hanging on by his fingernails.

 

[crazyphil]

Probably because that was the year I was born. Feb. 11th 1935
I'll save you the trouble of doing the math. I'm 88 now.

 

[McGivern]

Probably because that was the year I was born. Feb. 11th 1935
I'll save you the trouble of doing the math. I'm 88 now.

Same as crazyphil, I was born in 1935. Mine is June 20 so I'll be 88.

 

[DWalt]

And automobile styling began to look more modern around that time instead of everything looking like Model Ts.

 

[Onomea]

I like this statement, in a write up about the Winchester Model 71, summing up the firearms craftsmanship of mid 1930s:

...I would like to say that the mid-1930's were a wonderful time to produce a supreme rifle. The factory machining capacities were at an advanced state (relative to 20 years before), there was better steel technology, and there was a work force skilled in combining state-of-the-art machinery with semi-hand work. This is a little off point, but you can also see the same thing with classic cars. The 1930's were the brief moment of the truly brilliant "big" Packards, the Model 90 Cadillacs, the Phantom III Rolls-Royces, etc. Machinery & craftsmanship existed, really for a tragically brief time, in a marvelous equipoise...

Winchester 71 Info

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I was 4 YO then. Next June I will be 92, So far so good. And Yes, I remember The depression very well. 25% unemployment & no jobs. I pray we never have another one.