I think Griffin and Howe is still a viable and respectable gun merchant. They even do passable gunsmithing. Yes Manhattan was a great place to mess with guns, even into the sixties and early seventies. I don't remember the year that Abercrombie and Fitch had their last liquidation sale, but I remember parking my '72 Suburban in a lot on Times Square when I attended the sale. So A&F actually made it into the seventies. My last trip to Manhattan that included visits to A&F, Griffin and Howe, and Continental Arms was about 1962. All three were going strong at that time. In the twenties, when my Dad was going out into the business world for the first time, his address was "Wall Street", don't remember the exact address. I think he was boarding with relatives who lived at that address.
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