deerhunter said Also, didn’t realize Winchester offered the swivel hooks all the way into the 1960’s.
Don
That’s very surprising, if correct, considering the scarcity of them today. Despite the date on the parts sheet, I can’t help being a little skeptical that they were actually still available, because discontinued parts sometimes remained included in catalog illustrations.
clarence said
rogertherelic said
Pictures may help.
A fairly late sling. None of the many slings shown in JWA’s Model 69 book, covering the period 1935-1963 are marked.
Yes, fairly late. Winchester did not start using “circle” R for registered trademark after their name until after 1961. The slings marked as yours were manufactuured and sold from the late 60’s and into the 70’s. Other than that, the design remained relatively unchanged.
Best Regards
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JWA said
Yes, fairly late. Winchester did not start using “circle” R for registered trademark after their name until after 1961. The slings marked as yours were manufactuured and sold from the late 60’s and into the 70’s. Other than that, the design remained relatively unchanged.
Jeff, what do you think of the 1960 price list showing the fish-hook swivels? There it is in “black & white,” but I remain skeptical, because I have numerous original catalogs with “discontinued” hand-stamped over various products; obviously, it was cheaper to do that than delete those products from the catalog. But by 1960, who was there to do any hand-stamping?
JWA said
clarence said
rogertherelic said
Pictures may help.
A fairly late sling. None of the many slings shown in JWA’s Model 69 book, covering the period 1935-1963 are marked.
Yes, fairly late. Winchester did not start using “circle” R for registered trademark after their name until after 1961. The slings marked as yours were manufactuured and sold from the late 60’s and into the 70’s. Other than that, the design remained relatively unchanged.
Best Regards
I have a Winchester marked sling like this one. Bought new in the mid 1970s. Still in original package.
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