Do you think anyone else is watching this thread?
Turns out that last Colt Cobra ad was a fake.
Is This a 1950s Women's Magazine Ad for a Handgun to Shoot 'Depraved Creeps'? | Snopes.com
Every day for this entire year I will post a old school printed gun advertisement.
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Do you think anyone else is watching this thread?
Turns out that last Colt Cobra ad was a fake.
Is This a 1950s Women's Magazine Ad for a Handgun to Shoot 'Depraved Creeps'? | Snopes.com
AJ
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There are a few others that pay attention to this thread.
The ad may have been fake, but it was funny.
I follow this thread. I remember a lot of these ads from the first time around.
Can anybody find one of the ads from a bank in Bloomsburg, PA giving away Weatherby rifles for opening a new account?
Can anybody find one of the ads from a bank in Bloomsburg, PA giving away Weatherby rifles for opening a new account?
The Bank of Boulder (Colorado) also had a program for Weatherby Mark V rifles for doing a CD deposit. It was so successful over the many years that it ran, that they became one of Weatherby's largest distributors.
Does Wischo still exist today? If not, who is the importer/distributor of S&W products in Europe?
AJ
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Wowser, the most activity this string has seen in a while! Let's keep it up!
AJ
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If you like the old ad's and can't afford to buy the real thing this book is great. I bought mine years ago, but they are out there. This is the used book seller that I use: Winchester Rarities by Tom Webster - AbeBooks
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I, for one, welcome our new ad-posting overlords.
Keep up the good work and thank you.
I don't think they exist now, at least not as an importer and firearms dealer.
WISCHO was the Trade Name of a German firearms distributor/dealer by the name of Wilsker & Co. Also, "Wischo Jagd- Und Sportwaffen Gmbh & CO, KG", existed since late 1940's. They were an importer and distributor, located in Erlangen Germany. The only contemporary reference I found a year ago said "Permanently Closed". Someone from Europe may know more (?)
The WISCHO stamp, along with German or Belgian proofhouse stamps is found on many S&W guns re-imported to the US. Their catalogs show up on ebay regularly.
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Target Gun UK ad
From Target Gun July 1986.
Published in the UK, back when folks there could actually own guns....
The store ad is especially interesting, as it lists prices in British Pounds. The exchange rate then was about 1 : 1.85 for the Pound to the USD. So, that Model 29 at £330 comes out to about $610 USD. That's 1986 currency!!
Near as I can tell, the Pennine Shooting Centre and Range is torn down, and a BMW dealer is the nearest business to the location.
From Target Gun July 1986.
Published in the UK, back when folks there could actually own guns....
The store ad is especially interesting, as it lists prices in British Pounds. The exchange rate then was about 1 : 1.85 for the Pound to the USD. So, that Model 29 at £330 comes out to about $610 USD. That's 1986 currency!!
Near as I can tell, the Pennine Shooting Centre and Range is torn down, and a BMW dealer is the nearest business to the location.
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My Dad worked for DuPont for about 40 yrs, back when they owned Remington. At one point, he was in senior management for the Sporting Goods division of General Products. Remington was a part of our lives!
I learned to shoot in the junior smallbore rifle program at the DuPont country club in Wilmington, DE. Of course, we all shot Remington .22s.....rifles and ammunition!
Years later, I had some nice part time jobs with Remington.
Great times and great memories!
Back in the day, if you wanted to own a pistol in the UK or most Commonwealth countries, you needed to be an active member in a certified gun club. That meant you'd likely be shooting one or more of the International pistol events.
So, firearms publications naturally catered to that market.
Here are three ads from TARGET GUN, a great publication from the UK. These ads are all from the 1980s.
There's the ubiquitous entry level target .22, Ruger's MKII.
There's the Walther OSP, the legendary pistol dedicated to the Rapid Fire event.
And, there's SAKO's steel masterpiece, the TRIACE. As the name suggests, it was a three way convertible pistol in .22 short, .22 LR, and .32 S&W wadcutter. Respectively, you'd be covered for Rapid Fire, Standard, and Centerfire, all with one gun. And, no small consideration all under one (difficult to acquire) pistol permit!
So, firearms publications naturally catered to that market.
Here are three ads from TARGET GUN, a great publication from the UK. These ads are all from the 1980s.
There's the ubiquitous entry level target .22, Ruger's MKII.
There's the Walther OSP, the legendary pistol dedicated to the Rapid Fire event.
And, there's SAKO's steel masterpiece, the TRIACE. As the name suggests, it was a three way convertible pistol in .22 short, .22 LR, and .32 S&W wadcutter. Respectively, you'd be covered for Rapid Fire, Standard, and Centerfire, all with one gun. And, no small consideration all under one (difficult to acquire) pistol permit!
