Complete Circa 1945 Rifle Shooting "FUN KIT" from Remington Peters Arms
New York: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute. First Edition. Original wraps. 5X7 Inches. Very Good. Item #8756
Archive of 14 booklets and targets, including the "More Fun with your 22 Rifle" booklet. While it may seem unfamiliar to us today, the America of the 1940's and 1950's included gun-wielding children in every state. Children were introduced to guns and gun ownership at a very early age. Most schools, including those in New York City, had pistol and rifle shooting competitions and clubs in the 1950's. Up until 1969 most New York City High Schools had a shooting club; students competed in shooting competitions and the federal government paid for rifles and ammunition. The New York City schools quietly phased out their shooting programs during the 1970s. These early comic-style brochures were marketed for sale to gun retailers as well as manufacturing companies. They were distributed as part of a national, decades long campaign to entice children to gun ownership.
This archive contains the original contents of the "Rifle Shooting Instruction Kit" from Remington Peters:
More Fun with your 22 Rifle (A Handbook of Interesting Gun Games)
How to be an NRA Ranger
How to be a Crack Shot
The 10 Commandments of Safety
+ 10 original practice targets.
Price: $50.00