Who was the “Godfather of Milsurp”?

[alleycat]

Great article….quick and easy read too. Lots of interesting facts.

Who Was the Godfather of Milsurp? - The Armory Life

It’s entirely accurate and not at all presumptuous to say that the surplus arms industry is what it is today because of Francis Bannerman VI.

www.thearmorylife.com

 

[Rusty Shakleford]

I like reading interesting stuff like that it was a good article.

 

[Shey]

Bannerman, cool read

 

[imawoodsman]

GR8 read, thx for sharing!

 

[rumrunner55]

man what i wouldnt give to have gone there in the hayday

 

[artd]

I always say I was born 100 years too late. A Gatling gun via mail order? Hell Yes!

 

[Hayata]

I wonder if any of those catalogs still exist.

How fun would it be to see everything listed?

 

[Hayata]

Only 30 bucks...hmm.

BANNERMAN'S MILITARY CATALOGUE FOR 1925 by BANNERMAN: Poor Soft cover (1925) | G W Jackson

Soft cover - 1925 - Condition: Poor - Spine label shows book name and date and is quite legible. front cover and first 8 pages missing and starts with page 9 and ends with page 366. The last four leaves are detached and ragged. A number of corners are dog eared or worn away near the front and...

www.abebooks.com

 

[alleycat]

Only 30 bucks...hmm.

BANNERMAN'S MILITARY CATALOGUE FOR 1925 by BANNERMAN: Poor Soft cover (1925) | G W Jackson

Soft cover - 1925 - Condition: Poor - Spine label shows book name and date and is quite legible. front cover and first 8 pages missing and starts with page 9 and ends with page 366. The last four leaves are detached and ragged. A number of corners are dog eared or worn away near the front and...

www.abebooks.com

you gonna buy it? You want to go half? I would love to see it. I see one there’s in there from 1933 too


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[BigChicken]

Cool read!