Val Browning Bigelow * m = Attached please 16 postwar rl gauge (Liege) Browning ~ 2 fina re 2 II be a be | our purchase forearma (No. ‘ order B a an No, aT FN-A-+P-13 39H). S Arte The rather desperate supply situation on forearms led us to inquire of Bishop whether he might supply us some, After rather lengthy negotiations regarding price, design, and quality, they have been making fairly satisfactory deliveries at the price of $3.85 each. This refers only to automatic forearms. We prefer to obtain forearms from the factory, however, whenever this is at all possible, Bishop could cut us off at any time if walnut supplies in this country should become critical or if they should happen to land a big war contract. forearms for spare It would be my judgment, therefore, that unless parts seriously inconvenience FN, we should continue our purposes, with orders the According to our records, we part No, 39 EB, on order with factory using Bishop only for emergency have 576 prewar 16 gauge forearms, the factory. We still need these, This is, however, an obsolete part, probably, as far as FN production is concerned. If the inconvenience in furnishing these parts is so great as to be impractical within your judgment, we shall upon hearing from you cancel our order with the factory and try to push Bishop into Val A. Regular making Browning Mail this prewar (Ogden) 16 gauge forearm.