| Title |
Browning Arms Company Collection, Box 012, Folder 07 |
| Creator |
Birdsell, Wayne; Browning, Val A., 1895-1994; Rafter, John R.; FN (Firm : Belgium); Schroeder Freres; Zinn, Harry A.; United States. Bureau of Customs; Browning, John Val; Mattlet, Ernest; Briggs, William M.; Browning, Marriner Bigelow; Goddard, Grant F.; Kinkade, Byron; Senden, F. Raymond; United States. Embassy (Belgium); Union of Gunsmith Retailers of Belgium |
| Description |
Exchanges and documentation regarding customs and importation, with John R. Rafter as primary creator. Includes drafts of affidavits. |
| Subject |
Firearms industry and trade--United States; Firearms industry and trade--Utah; Browning Arms Company; Business enterprises--Utah--Ogden--History |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date Digital |
2026-06 |
| Date |
1951; 1952; 1953; 1954 |
| Medium |
correspondence; documents; financial records; legal records |
| Spatial Coverage |
Washington, D.C., United States; New York City, New York, United States; Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States; Herstal, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States; St. Louis, Missouri, United States; Liège, Wallonia, Belgium; Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Type |
Text |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 13000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. |
| Language |
eng; fra |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. For further information:  |
| Sponsorship/Funding |
Funding generously provided by the Val A. Browning Charitable Foundation. |
| Source |
Browning Arms Company Collection, MS492, Box 12, Folder 7, Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
194196 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| OCR Text |
Show Mr. Val A. Browning opinion, be chase price ence between gun which sell it August equivalent to not of each gun which (1) is in the being the United 1953 more than your company's purit imports, unless the differ- delivered appraised 21, duty-paid and States is (2) cost the of price greater, your at company's which you in percentage of its delivered duty-paid cost to your company, than the centage of delivered duty-paid cost which your company perand its add competitors in when selling in class or kind. St. In Louis imported merchandise of this connection, all imported regardless pe and as "merchand: shotgun whiclt think that SS be this same of to imported 1, 1.-¢., I T bynes, St. W outnumber Lou f imported of kind" misht as inclined to or kind" the same type as shotguns superposed do, that and your company's considered exceed shotguns in sales of collectively or quantity eh peossible being so the sales Soupe bi to Ss which is usually collectively, ge addition made that could would be an allowance, in calculating the "United value" of your company's imported gur additi on above referred to wh ich your com in the case sells or — the latter. which, or be. vorst That of class by company. regarded type same to your be any I of am the same shotguns, but the percentage addition above refer made by your compa and its re te would, in my o} always be a happen States ee usualiy the shotguns automatic whether. in origin, or imports; "merchandise may by collectively, class company . eects country the ur ti country, I ofits which sales of the gun which it fe it sells the pdemieust, quantity, The features of the Customs think, your company mayb in my letter to you of If you require please advise me. June Simplification Act in nterested were expkained 8th. more information Pincerely on this yours, —. subject, |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
wsu_ba |
| ID |
194209 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6mmbx9n/194209 |