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Edwin Pugsley info sought
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November 28, 2022 - 5:39 pm
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Opened for me.  Article written by David Albert on the Hyde Machine gun.  Winchester, Pugsley, was asked to quote pricing on the barrels.

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I’ve been doing a bit of research on Edwin Pugsley recently and learned that Pugsley DID work with Johnathan Edward Browning ( John Moses Browning’s lesser known brother) at Winchester just before he died on May 17, 1939. Interesting thing about Pugsley is that in addition to amassing an impressive collection of firearms that is now the basis of CFM’s collection he was apparently one of the company’s earliest historians. Another early Winchester historian appears to have been G R Watrous. 

As promised, Dan Shuey’s article was very enlightening.

 

 

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Pugsley wrote the epilogue found in Harold Williamson’s book, “Winchester – The Gun That Won The West.”

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steve004 said
Pugsley wrote the epilogue found in Harold Williamson’s book, “Winchester – The Gun That Won The West.”

  

Yes, he tried to pass that task off to an underling (he was supposed to be retired) but he finally gave up and wrote it. It’s rumored he wrote most of another chapter as well. In the correspondence dealing with the book he was accused of it and he never responded, at least his reply apparently wasn’t in the file. 

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clarence said
For some reason your link didn’t open for me. 

  

Works fine for me. Maybe you have a browser that has too strict permissions?

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TXGunNut said

steve004 said

Pugsley wrote the epilogue found in Harold Williamson’s book, “Winchester – The Gun That Won The West.”

  

Yes, he tried to pass that task off to an underling (he was supposed to be retired) but he finally gave up and wrote it. It’s rumored he wrote most of another chapter as well. In the correspondence dealing with the book he was accused of it and he never responded, at least his reply apparently wasn’t in the file. 

Mike

  

Very interesting background information.  Thanks Mike.

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