OHHHH, the variety we once had!!
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That's simply ... depressing. Plus, they weren't made in China. Plus, you could actually get other useful stuff, like powder and primers.
Most here don't even know how extensive the Herter's catalogues were. They were reasonably priced on everything they sold.
Their biggest issue is that everything you got from them had to be ordered by mail and delivered the same way. Usually a 4-6 week turnaround time.
As the "I want it now" mania took over, this eventually put them out of business.
To bad, I've often wondered if they would have become the WalMart of the firearms business.
I used to buy a lot of stuff from them for the plain simple reason that no one else had it and it was always of decent quality. Even including shipping and excise charges their prices were extremely competitive. More than one store in Canada complained about their low prices. Obviously, they could sell cheaper because they bought in quantity and sold in high volumes. One other big thing in their favor were the lax interstate laws concerning the transfer of firearms.
Their biggest issue is that everything you got from them had to be ordered by mail and delivered the same way. Usually a 4-6 week turnaround time.
As the "I want it now" mania took over, this eventually put them out of business.
To bad, I've often wondered if they would have become the WalMart of the firearms business.
I used to buy a lot of stuff from them for the plain simple reason that no one else had it and it was always of decent quality. Even including shipping and excise charges their prices were extremely competitive. More than one store in Canada complained about their low prices. Obviously, they could sell cheaper because they bought in quantity and sold in high volumes. One other big thing in their favor were the lax interstate laws concerning the transfer of firearms.
Yeah, it's a shame that Herters went the way of the DODO Bird...
If you go to the url www.herters.com, you are re-directed to Cabelas website and their "Herters" branded products...
I have an interesting book written by George Leonard Herter and his wife, Berthe:
The title is "How To Get Out Of The Rat Race And Live On $10 A Month"
I WISH...
If you go to the url www.herters.com, you are re-directed to Cabelas website and their "Herters" branded products...
I have an interesting book written by George Leonard Herter and his wife, Berthe:
The title is "How To Get Out Of The Rat Race And Live On $10 A Month"
I WISH...
Well, it goes along with what I have said so many times on these threads, the time period of about twenty years following WW2 was the glory years of shooting and hunting.
I'll bet there was seven or eight high end, glossy US monthly magazines that had a Shooting Editor. One such magazine was, "TRUE," which was a general type magazine, but had a shooting editor!
The big names in sporting magazines were Sport's Afield, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life and can't think of the fourth big one. Monthly circulation of these ran to the three million area.
Every town had shooting clubs, leading to provincial and national champions and on and on.
It was just unreal how much outdoor stuff they had. They had so much made for them, like Mauser rifles, with their name on them, in various grades. Their top of the line goods, like the best of their rifles and the best of their bullets, were second to none.
If one wanted, one could have gone on a month long un-guided hunting trip in the mountains and every single item you had, except food, but including all camping equipment and even clothes, could have been Herter's.
During their big years their sole store was in South Dakota, but in their later years they had a store in Chehalis Washington. In the 1970s we were in that store quite the odd time. I still have a box, showing I bought a hundred 270 calibre, 130 grain bullets for $3.40.
They had walnut rifles stocks, shaped and 90% inletted, in about three grades. At that time I was having a 243 built on a Mauser 98 action, so I wanted a stock for it. There was an elderly gentleman at the stock bins. I said to him, "You know a whale of a lot more about rifle stocks than I do, can you pick me out a good stock in you mid grade supply?" I told him it was OK if it was heavier, because it was for target shooting. He spent at least fifteen minutes going through every stock in the bin, but he ended up handing me a beautiful patterned walnut, perfect in every way!
If one wanted, one could have gone on a month long un-guided hunting trip in the mountains and every single item you had, except food, but including all camping equipment and even clothes, could have been Herter's.
During their big years their sole store was in South Dakota, but in their later years they had a store in Chehalis Washington. In the 1970s we were in that store quite the odd time. I still have a box, showing I bought a hundred 270 calibre, 130 grain bullets for $3.40.
They had walnut rifles stocks, shaped and 90% inletted, in about three grades. At that time I was having a 243 built on a Mauser 98 action, so I wanted a stock for it. There was an elderly gentleman at the stock bins. I said to him, "You know a whale of a lot more about rifle stocks than I do, can you pick me out a good stock in you mid grade supply?" I told him it was OK if it was heavier, because it was for target shooting. He spent at least fifteen minutes going through every stock in the bin, but he ended up handing me a beautiful patterned walnut, perfect in every way!
This is all neat and chit............but with that new fangdangled camera and booth et-all,
how 'bout sum fotos of them fancy pre drowned maps of B.C. fore'n they flooded owt the
top end?
Eye noze yewz gartzs'em.
B.C. before the big Hydro eye deers came along and drownd the province.
how 'bout sum fotos of them fancy pre drowned maps of B.C. fore'n they flooded owt the
top end?
Eye noze yewz gartzs'em.
B.C. before the big Hydro eye deers came along and drownd the province.
Bruce; I used to purchase quite a few components from Herters. Had one of their U9 rifles at one time as well.
I finally used up the last of their excellent 30 cal, 180 grain FBSP bullets about 4 years ago. I believe I originally bought 2000 of them.
I have one recovered from a moose I shot, and it is the most perfect mushroom you have ever laid eyes on, lol.
Those were the glory days for shooters and reloaders, for sure.
Regards, Dave.
I finally used up the last of their excellent 30 cal, 180 grain FBSP bullets about 4 years ago. I believe I originally bought 2000 of them.
I have one recovered from a moose I shot, and it is the most perfect mushroom you have ever laid eyes on, lol.
Those were the glory days for shooters and reloaders, for sure.
Regards, Dave.
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Bruce, you're making us younger guys cry. You can stop now, OK?
Ya really.
Sounds like a wonderful time to be alive.
