I was watching a show on how manufacturing and especially in the auto industry was affected by the great depression.
Then I got to thinking about how during world wars one & two the majority of materials labour & energy went into the war effort.
In those times the common man did not have much of a disposable income & yet we still see sporting guns manufactured & sold during those times.
Were there many sporting guns produced in those years or was production way down ?
Do year by serial number charts reflect a trend ?
I myself have two British doubles that were made during the wars, one in 1916 & another in 1942. Right in the mid years of the wars.
A lot of WW II military gear that I see is stamped 1942 so it must have been a big year geared for war manufacturing & yet some still made non essential sporting arms.
It was a time of metal scrounging & recycling for the war effort, yet in this time of privation & rationing people still made & bought double guns.
Are there some further insights into this that any of you can share ?
O.M
