410 Hang Tag

[Brush Buster]

Here is the Tag Fellas ,If anyone owns this gun ,please contact me by PM and We will get it back with the gun ! Do you suppose the 64.50 was the price ? Russ

[OH Osthaus]

very cool,

reuniting the gun and tag would a nice thing to see.

there is the list for work order tags available, may be a list could be started for tags members have that they are willing to reunite.

survival of any tags at all is a wonder

thanks for posting it

[Bill Murphy]

About a 90% pattern at 30 yards. That should probably be full and full. Approximately 130 pellets in the load and 115 in the target.

[Brush Buster]

Bill ,Is this yours ???

[Researcher]

That is a 1927 vintage serial number. The list price of a VH-Grade in the January 1, 1927, catalogue was $64.50. The next earlier catalogue I have is April 21, 1923, and the list price of a VH-Grade was $69. The next later catalogue I have is January 1, 1929, and the list price of a VH-Grade was $68. What went on in those years that the price went down $4.50 and then back up $3.50?

[Bill Murphy]

No, unfortunately it is not my gun. The notation with the price probably is a reference to the Excise Tax which is probably included in the $64.50. An interesting notation on the Jon Weber tag is the pencil note about the number of shot in a load of different size of shot. That looks suspiciously like a factory notation.

[Researcher]

That $64.50 list retail price includes the excise tax. The letters are likely a store code for the lowest price they will actually sell the gun for and the clerk, who knows the code, would be working between those two prices with the customer.

[charlie cleveland]

i do hope this tag and gun find their way back together....this was a most interesting read fore me..i really enjoyed all the detail info on the card...boy what a squirl gun with them 3/8 ounce loads with 90 percent patterns...talk about having to hold on target like them old timers used to say shoots almost like a rifle...thanks for posting this russ..... charlie

[Brush Buster]

Charlie and All ,You are quite welcome , kind of neat to look at the History of these guns we all enjoy so much ! Russ

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

I am starting a thread of Hang Tags that people can search and also post with tags that they own. that way PGCA members have a chance of re-uniting tags to guns that they own or at least they can get a scan or copy of the tag.