Pulp Fiction, 1934 · page 143 of 148
Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 143: what you’re looking at
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# "Guns and Gunners" Article Page This is an informational article page from a pulp magazine, authored by Lieutenant Charles E. Chapel of the U.S. Marine Corps. The visible text discusses European gun-manufacturing centers, focusing on Austrian firearms production in cities like Innsbruck, Ferlach, Steyr, and Vienna, and names notable gunmakers including Johann Springer. The page also includes a reader Q&A section addressing shotgun compensators. An illustration at the top shows three armed figures in Western attire. The page functions as an educational feature with reader correspondence, typical of early-20th-century pulp magazine departments.
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GUNS ax» GUNNERS. By CHARLES E. CHAPEL Lieutenant, U. S. Marine Corps and addressed envelope. York, N. Y. HERE are four centers of the gun-making industry in Austria. Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, has the largest sporting-gun fac- tory, named for Johann Peterlongo. The Tyrol region, as most people remember, is a mountainous region where every male is an excellent marksman, and usually a gunsmith in addition. Ferlach, a village in the Carin- thian Mountains, has a number of small ‘cottage factories” where every kind of gun can be produced to order or duplicated from models. Joseph Just and Martin Ogris are the leading names there. Steyr is the home of the “‘Oesterr- Waffenfabriks-Ges,” which makes the Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles, The foremost authorities on ballistics and the principal firearms manu- facturers are codperating to make this department a success. glad to answer any letters regarding firearms if accompanied by a stamped Address your letters to Lieutenant Charles E. Chapel, care of Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine, 79 Seventh Avenue, New We shall be automatic pistols, and double-bar- reled shotguns. This company com- pares very favorably with the Mau- ser plant in Oberndorf, Germany. Vienna, the capital of Austria, is probably most famous for Johann Springer, who fills orders for great London gun dealers like W. W. Greener, Purdey & Sons, and West- ley Richards. Springer is famous for refusing to make a gun he doesn’t think practical for its intended pur- pose, no matter how much he is offered. Compensators on shotguns. F. E. Granam, Wellsville, Ohio: When you place a compensator on -your gun, you will need a high front sight; in turn, you must have 9 high.