Double Automatic John Val Val A. Your Memo August Browning Browning August 24, 12 1954 As mentioned before, we had one recoil tube break off at the point where the pin goes through it, and one of them was badly bent. I will send the broken tube back with Bruce. Your paragraph two would be just what I would like to do, but unfortunately it seems to be impossible. We have to schedule our advertising so far in advance that we were just able to cancel the big splurge which we expected to appear in all magazines early in November. We have to schedule this at least three months in advance, and it has now been cancelled. We cannot possibly announce before the first of the year. That is why I say "Go slow’, We will keep the guns in Belgium until we knowt— are right, and if we have to wait until March or April of next year to announce, it will be far better than to make an announcement with guartittes of guns on hand which need retouching. We have practically decided on a quantity of 50,000 old Automatics for year (minus carry-over) and 3,750 supers. We think we can sell all of 10,000 Double Automatics without effecting the old Automatic much. next the There is another factor concerning specifications for Double Automatics for next year. It is possible that we will want to order up to 9,000 more of the lightweight Double Automatics, and the way I see it now the light weight Double Automatic will be the only Double Automatic made for the future. In this respect I remind you about requested information on Lightweight steel barrels for this gun. My opinion is at bee ie that all steel receiver Double Automatic action guns in the future will be ordered in the Over Two Shot type. When we get these guns will depend on ne Sale Three shot type may eventually be the big production standard modelt Two of the Directors complained that the feed on the Double Automatics which they received was very sluggish. When the he first cartridge is inserted in their gun, they have to jolt the gun or push hi up on the carrier to make it feed. I had two similar guns in the 15 which were sent out here to me from St. Louis. Before taking them apart t a I decided to shoot hy a little Sluggish to see how they manual more they feed aperture shoot the more becomes. acted for On the ‘pecer sluggish feed the and tt hand feed my our of the surprise cleared up the Directors claim that the cartridge into the first