Oldtime gun advertisement

[Teresa Heilevang]

Just was poking around and found this.. Thought it was cool.

[Pathfinder]

Just was poking around and found this.. Thought it was cool.

M'ette - nothing there???

[twyacht]

The days when you could go to the corner Hardware store, get nails, a new pair of pliers, couple of 2x4's,, Shotgun and rifle ammo, bore cleaner, new skil saw blade, etc,..

OR go to the fancy big city dept. store like Montgomery Wards, or Sears, and get a rifle or shotgun.

Before being PC mattered more than "Keeping America Strong"

[PegLeg45]

The days when you could go to the corner Hardware store, get nails, a new pair of pliers, couple of 2x4's,, Shotgun and rifle ammo, bore cleaner, new skil saw blade, etc,..

OR go to the fancy big city dept. store like Montgomery Wards, or Sears, and get a rifle or shotgun.

Before being PC mattered more than "Keeping America Strong"

Or, like I used to do when I was around 14 or so. I'd ride a mile and a half to our little hole in the wall town to the only store and buy a loaf of bread and a box of Winchester Wildcat .22LR. No ID required because the store owner/operator knew me and my family.
My 17 year old couldn't buy white-out and high-lighters and ink pens (at Wal-Mart) for school yesterday because he was under 18.
Go figure.

[Pathfinder]

Or, like I used to do when I was around 14 or so. I'd ride a mile and a half to our little hole in the wall town to the only store and buy a loaf of bread and a box of Winchester Wildcat .22LR. No ID required because the store owner/operator knew me and my family.
My 17 year old couldn't buy white-out and high-lighters and ink pens (at Wal-Mart) for school yesterday beacause he was under 18.
Go figure.

Repression comes in many forms, including "it's to protect the children". And not always from the gummint.

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[leatherman92]

My shooting coach owns the local hardware store so I buy ammo from him(after a phone call to my dad)

[JohnJacobH]

Just was poking around and found this.. Thought it was cool.

Marshal'ette Halloway,

From the wayback machine, if you poke around see if you ever run across an advertisement from a rifle company where they offered to  sell you a rifle for free.

 It was a legitimate deal- somehow your money would buy a bond which would pay out the cost of the rifle over three years or something.

I remember seeing it in my  "yout" before credit became king and it intrigued me to know there were other financial options available to buy things.

The culture of the rifleman used to include an entire philosophy of self reliant, pay-as-you-go, deals-on-a-handshake worldview.

Long gone, I think.

[tombogan03884]

Marshal'ette Halloway,

From the wayback machine, if you poke around see if you ever run across an advertisement from a rifle company where they offered to  sell you a rifle for free.

 It was a legitimate deal- somehow your money would buy a bond which would pay out the cost of the rifle over three years or something.

I remember seeing it in my  "yout" before credit became king and it intrigued me to know there were other financial options available to buy things.

The culture of the rifleman used to include an entire philosophy of self reliant, pay-as-you-go, deals-on-a-handshake worldview.

Long gone, I think.

Bank of Boulder used to offer a Weatherby for a CD, they used to advertise in American Rifleman