iy “ Re ne La i oux : You ask about the Winchester gun, one of which was Sent to you, but evidently was sent too late. This sun was a come bination of the Browning friction mechanism and the old Winchester automatic breech firing mechanism. It wes not well received by the trade and has, I understand, already been abandoned by Winchester, AG the same time I am informed that they have another wath Joie ge type which they intend to put on the market after the war. y@ @ have,’ as Arms “Company, you made in order arrangements Know and with to keep alive the to supply Remington automatic shot guns since our supply from F.N. was cut off. 1itered the gun which Remington was alread} y producing, somewhat, putting on a magazine cuteff like the F.N, sun and also experi-«+ mented until I was successful: in obtaining a dull finish on the top and rear of the receivers, which finish is actually less costiy than the wns ane i srowning process. This gun has been received quite well by our trade and has been profitable. In the present circum stances (and taughisely) i will confess: to you that it is not as sood & gun as the .N. in many respects, although the finish of the walnut stocks is much better. We ean obtein this sun also in «20 gauge as you know, which helps to compensate for the empty space left by the overunders There are (super-posed),. o7 “he c with automatic shot ¢ but do not care to write AS you WAGROUS know, him y - Wy we and interesting matters would lik £3 to have let Mr. aoe that he is rag SLlLis, MpaAnys» talk Russell quite co in to connection you and hayyp about, we in formerly are his new under Mr. charge in St. Louis One of our main worries procuring spare nartes with which to service ‘s > anxious we tO any extent be the next were ithe in t ae sold. You will rerember set supplies of these parts idea of metalic a the United States it development when the time how just desperately before the "end". shells has not progressed is my opinion thet that will comes that new rigor. prays can be made in shoteuns. t is along these lines that my mind he been working as far as the design of shoteuns is concerned. I ot not apprised any of the American manufacturers of this fact, however