The Gun That Won the West

    (Winchester, 1956)
™ and ©1956 Winchester Western Division

This giveaway comic from 1956 promises “24 pages of exciting adventure, hunting, and shooting tips, and how to join the Winchester Rifle Patrol!” Not surprisingly, it was published by the Winchester company itself. It features the lore and legend of the Winchester rifle, used by rangers, lawmen, and whoever else on the frontier as a “peacekeeper” and general argument settler, plus tips on the safe use, cleaning and storage of your very own firearm. Perhaps most alarming to more urban readers is the directions it includes on the safe construction of indoor rifle ranges in “church basements, schoolhouses, firehouses, police stations…”
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