I've been buying catalogs and scanning them in for several years.. and took pictures of some at Fug's, and GeneB contributed the Spiegel catalog picture.. Figured why not put something together showing all the models from the catalog side of things?
Thanks Rory for all yer work. Very interesting and enjoyable short video. Academy Awards material for sure for 'Short Presentation' or some other like category. Better viewing than most or alot of the trash Hollywierd/HollyLib puts out anymore. I started collecting gun catalogs back in the early to early/mid 70's. Have several boxes of em, fun to go back and view em. The earliest I have is a Remington from around 1955 or so, 870 pumps were listed for around $55-60 if I recall. When Winchester closed their US plant/production, I grabbed around 10 or so at a local GS that was going to toss them of their last US catalog, thought maybe they might be worth something someday. Who knows, my grandkids/great grands/great great GK's might benefit from them someday.