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Cheap Rifles Dangerous 
By FRANK J. KAHRS 

No matter what form of shooting you indulge in, your arm must 
be safe and reliable 
EALERS in firearms and ammuni- 
tion and all those who handle either 
or both should take a keen interest in 
the question of whether the firearms 
they handle may safely be used by our 
people. During the past few years a 
flood of cheap and unsafe firearms has 
come to us from Europe. The material 
used in these guns is a very poor qual- 
ity, the workmanship bad. From many 
reports received we know that these 
guns are unsafe because in nearly every 
case it has been found that the accident 
reported was either due or partly due 
to the cheap and unsafe arm used. 
The customer looks to the dealer for 
guidance in the purchase of a safe and 
suitable fiream. He assumes that the 
dealer knows what he is talking about 
when he hands one of these cheap guns 
over the counter and says, “yes, this 
is a good gun. The same gun in this 
country would cost you five times as 
much; they are able to make them so 
cheap because everything over there is 
cheap.” Yes, everything over there is 
cheap if ‘you want something cheap, but 
in Europe they are not permitted to 
traffic in the guns that they ship to the 
United States; they would not stand 
for it. 
In Europe are made guns costing 
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Quality 
Tackle, Tools, Instruction Books, etc. 
Spend some pleasant and profitable time this winter 
making and repairing your own tackle, and it will sure 
add to the fun next time you go fishing to play them on 
your own make. 
tied to order. 
and other parts of Europe. For cen- 
Fly Tying, Rod and | turies they have made guns in Europe 
Lure-Making Ma-| 224 the finest examples of the gun- 
terials and Supplies | ™@ker’s art are still being produced in 
England. 
In Canada recently, after a careful 
investigation of an accident, the jury 
Send for complete free Catalog. Flies | offered the following warning in addi- 
J. A. WILLMARTH, ROOSEVELT, NEW YorK | tion to their verdict: “We recommend 
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It will identify you, 
most urgently that the attention of the 
proper authorities be brought to the 
unsafe class of rifles which sell at a 
figure little more than that of a toy 
and can be purchased apparently quite 
easily by boys unskilled in the use of 
firearms.” 
While it is true that our tariff regu- 
lations should be more rigid with re- 
spect to the importation of products 
from Continental Europe, we should 
not wait for revision of the tariff. Our 
dealers should immediately take upon 
themselves the full responsibility in 
this matter and refuse to handle any 
firearm that does not bear the name of 
a manufacturer of standard goods. 
Moreover, our own manufacturers are 
entitled to some measure of protection 
against this cheap and unsafe competi- 
tion. 
Canada is suffering from this same 
flood of shipments because the records 
show that last year more than fifteen 
thousand cheap German rifles of .22 
caliber found their way into Canada 
and were distributed at ridiculously 
low figures to the buying public. The 
workmanship was very poor. Numer- 
ous accidents have resulted and in one 
particular case resulted in the loss of 
a human life. 
Any American dealer who sells a 
cheap foreign gun must take upon him- 
self the full responsibility for so do- 
ing because that gun he sold is unsafe 
and a menace to a human life some- 
where. The most practical way for 
every dealer is not to handle these guns 
at all. 

