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Post by daboone »

Just for fun take a look at this old gun rag PDF magazine: https://gunsmagazine.com/wp-content/upl ... /G0862.pdf

The advertisement the prices the articles just reminded me of my kind of "xxx" (won't let me type the p word) when I was a kid. Actually it's still my favorite kind of P word. ;)

If anyone know where I can download a PDF Herter's catalogI promise to be nice to nice to you and say nice things and upvote everything you post here and ...... :lol: :P

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Well, I was gonna to just glance over the link. But I wound up spending quite a while looking over the entire magazine. I remember a lot of the ads that I drooled over as a teenager. And the prices! Thanks Boone!!
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Yep, '62 was a bit before my shooting career started ('68), but I remember some of the same ads from later issues. I remember wearing out a Herter's catalog and really wanted a Herter's 401 Powermag SA. But I was starting a marriage and was trying to be responsible (didn't work)...
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Have not seen a Herter"s catalog since about 1972. I worked for the Forest Service during that time in the small community of John Day Oregon. Folks bought a lot of "stuff" through Herters in those days especially when living in out of the way places.
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Old Scribe wrote:Well, I was gonna to just glance over the link. But I wound up spending quite a while looking over the entire magazine. I remember a lot of the ads that I drooled over as a teenager. And the prices! Thanks Boone!!
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Yeah, me too. Those were the days. The world was ahead of me. Also, an interesting article on Afghanistan.
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Thanks for that link.

If only I could get a few of those Schmidt-Rubin M1911's for $13.95 ...... *sigh*
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Many thanks for sharing, miltery surplus enfield and springfield's for $20 - $30 back in August 1962, I was 7months old :D

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Pretty cool I love old gun magazines.
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Post by Uwe »

thanks for showing this old magazine, way cool,
i was born in May 1962 :)
well the prices look good but,
just think about how much the average pay check was in 1962,

still, a great magazine and for sure interesting to see,

thanks again :t
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