Well, since I already acknowledged that the post-1935 catalogs are inconsistent with Schwing, I don't find vehemence and irritability makes that info more compelling as evidence that Winchester design and production guys didn't consider and document 1936 and later guns as Skeet Grade. This mere inconsistency didn't and still doesn't persuade me that Schwing was wrong in saying the guns became a separate grade in 1936.
If Winchester production records show nothing changed, then why would he make such a specific assertion as this?
"Introduced earlier in the Tournament and Trap Grades as a sub-grade, 1936 was the first year for the Skeet Grade as a grade unto itself."
I'm not calling anyone out, just trying to reconcile the contradiction in a way I think reasonable. I see no reason to question tudurgs veracity in reporting info from his Cody letter -- no more than I'd call you out Bill to scan and show us a post-1935 Cody letter referencing "Skeet Gun".
Like I said, inconsistency isn't so hard for me to accept given all we know about how Winchester operated.
Jay
Last edited by Gunflint Charlie; 03/02/16 10:34 PM.
