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The Secretary's Desk Last call to renew your annual membership! Hurry before December 31st - only $25.00 Our treasurer, Peggy Szoke reported that we had a very good attendance (over 2000) at our annual Christmas Pima County fairgrounds show! A wonderful lasagna Christmas dinner was prepared by Leanne and served to members and exhibitors. I received the news that two of our members passed away recently. Hannah Kimsey-Siegel, wife of John Siegel and a member of our club since 2000, passed away October 18th. We also lost long time member Tom E. Sears, husband of Sherri Sears. Tom has been a member since 1983 and passed away December 5th. Tom’s memorial service will be held in his shop, 7166 Kendall Lane, Sierra Vista, AZ 85650 - on Wednesday, Dec. 21st at 2 PM. On behalf of the Board of Directors, Tim Gene, Peggy, Roger, Bertha and myself - and our Show Directors, Walt Puczkowskij, Mark Stewart and Bill Rudich ~
Thank you for attending and exhibiting at our shows, and for your continued support in 2006! Club News The Arizona Arms Association welcomes the following new members to the club! Robert Armentrout - Tucson, AZ Rodrick Clise - Hatch, NM Frank Delaney - Buckeye, AZ Thomas Knight - Tucson, AZ And WELCOME BACK to the members who have re-joined. ? Our next general membership meeting will be held Saturday February 4, 2006 at Pima County Fairgrounds, Tucson. All members are invited to attend. ? Our next mailed newsletter will be January 2006. ? Call Walt for table reservations for our next Gun & Knife show to be held February 4 & 5th at Pima Co. Fairgrounds, Tucson.
2006 Annual Membership Renewal Time! Name Address City State Zip Membership No. Annual Renewal Fee $25.00 Late fee $5.00 (after December 31, 2005) Associate Renewal Fee $5.00 Email Address
Please send form information and dues to:
Arizona Arms Association Cindy Hale - Secretary P.O. Box 11057 Glendale, AZ 85318-1057 12/05
Cowboy Poetry A Christmas Thought Christmas is just
around the corner, tho' things is kinda slow. © 2001, S. J. Passamonte
FLINTLOCK
The northern Arabs acquired the Snaphaunce and Flintlock in the late 1600s and often designed their long guns with a sharply curving butt so that they could be tucked under an arm and fired single-handed from the back of a camel or horse. In the early 1700s the Brown Bess Flintlock made its appearance. It probably got its name from the acid-brown treatment of its barrel. I mention this so that any flintlock owners with those brown-treated guns (like mine!) will understand just how late in the game they appeared. By this time, the flintlock was accurate up to about 80 yards but nobody could aim at a man and kill him at 200 yards. A shooter of average experience could load and fire two to three rounds per minute. For more information on Flintlocks and Percussion Cap arms and enthusiasts, visit the Kentucky Long Rifle page at http://www.webpub.com/~jhagee/ky-lr.html.
Quote: "Moreover, "legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another life, the common good of the family or of the State".[44] Unfortunately it happens that the need to render the aggressor incapable of causing harm sometimes involves taking his life. In this case, the fatal outcome is attributable to the aggressor whose action brought it about, even though he may not be morally responsible because of a lack of the use of reason.[45]" —His Holiness Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, Section 55, Encyclical Letter on the Value and Inviolability of Human Life, March 25, 1995.
Reserve your tables now! The Arizona Arms Association is holding its next show at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson. Our annual February 4-5, 2006 gun and knife show coincides with the International Gem and Mineral Show and we always have a BIG crowd at this event. You need to reserve hotel rooms early! Call Walt for information and table reservations... 520 298-0422 |
Club History in the 1970s In the 1970s the Arizona Gun Collectors Association was alive and growing, having been organized in 1958 by a group of gun collectors. Monthly social meetings were held and by 1973 the club had 200 members-in-good-standing. Initial dues was $10.00, renewals were $6.00 and a life membership was $50.00. A newsletter was established for a brief time in December 1970 and discontinued shortly thereafter for lack of material. The one-page Newsletter was reinstated in April of 1975. In 1972 the Tucson Show was moved to the “new” Pima County Fairgrounds from downtown. Mesa Centennial hall was first used for an Arizona Gun Collectors Association show in 1978. The following members served as president of the Arizona Gun Collectors from 1958 - 1980: Bernie Halter Sam Leabo Joe Menhorn Larry Timmer Tom Williams Jack Hanny George Marshall Don Mott Joe Whalen Bill Wrons In 1981 Carrol Newby filed papers with the Arizona Corporation Commission to the change the name to the Arizona Arms Association, Inc. This information comes from A “Thumbnail History of the Arizona Arms Association, Inc.” Newsletter of May 1993 Vol. XIII No. 5. Oh Boy, It's a Daisy!
Now, when the boys visit, they head to the backyard to practice their marksmanship on a plywood bull’s-eye propped against the azalea bushes. Memories of three generations of his family’s backyard competitions, sweetened with laughter and praise, prompted Powers’ son to write to the Daisy company last July: “Once in a while, you have an experience with a product that is so positive you literally become a customer for life,” wrote David G. Powers, 48, of Altamonte Springs, Fla. (pop. 41,200). “You have become a fixture in a family’s legacy.” Letters sharing these family stories are cherished by Ray Hobbs, president of Daisy Outdoor Products, headquartered in Rogers, Ark. (pop. 38,829). “A lot of Daisys get passed down, grandfathers to fathers to sons,” says Hobbs, 49. “It’s a rite-of-passage.” Letters from farmers in the 1880s first revealed the popularity of the Daisy BB gun. Inventor Clarence Hamilton of Plymouth, Mich., introduced the metal and wire rifle, which could fire a lead ball using compressed air, to the Plymouth Iron Windmill Co. in 1886. Lewis Cass Hough, then the company’s general manager, fired the contraption and exclaimed, “Boy, that’s a daisy!” The name struck, and soon the company was offering the Daisy BB gun as a premium item to farmers who purchased a windmill. Before long the company was receiving letters from farmers who wanted to buy a BB gun, not a windmill. By 1890, 25 employees were producing 50,000 guns a year. In 1895, the company stopped building windmills, changed its name to Daisy Manufacturing Co. and began making air guns full time. Daisy hit the bull’s-eye again in 1938 by teaming with artist Fred Harman, creator of the popular Red Ryder comic strip. The company had long promoted its products with Western and circus stars, but the perfect partner was the fictional cowboy who always shot straight. In 1940, Daisy’s Red Ryders hit the market, and young boys across America set their sights on owning one. In 1958, Daisy, which had outgrown its Michigan factory and faced a tight labor market, relocated to Rogers, Ark. Today, Daisy’s Red Ryders, Buck and Grizzly model youth rifles, and higher-velocity PowerLine model air rifles and pistols are manufactured in an energy-efficient underground cavern in Neosho, Mo. (pop. 10,505). About 100 employees assemble the guns, which remain popular—and nostalgic—gifts during the holiday season thanks in part to the showing of the 1983 classic, A Christmas Story. In the movie, young Ralphie Parker longs for “an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.” In reality, the Red Ryder rifle Ralphie described in the film didn’t exist; the Buck Jones model had the sundial and compass in the stock. However, Daisy accommodated filmmakers by producing three custom-made models for the movie. “The movie was so successful that we had to reproduce that model,” says Joe Murfin, Daisy’s vice president of marketing. “This was a case of life imitating art.” And a case where Red Ryder remains a Christmas wish come true—for Daisy and the millions of buckaroos who yearn for a BB gun of their own. Article appeared in American Profile - http://www.americanprofile.com/ Visit www.daisy.com or call (800) 643-3458 for more information. Marti Attoun is a freelance writer in Joplin, Mo.
2005/2006 arizona GUN SHOWS Please be sure to confirm show with designated show director before traveling!
December 10-11 Arizona Arms Assoc. Pima County Fairgrounds - Tucson Show Director: Walt - 520 298-0422
December 17-18 Firing Pin Ent. Casa Grande - 602 275-1623
2006
January 7-8 Murphy’s Yuma - 208 324-9644
January 14-15 Crossroads of the West Tucson - 801 544-9125
January 28-29 Firing Pin Ent. Lake Havasu - 602 275-1623
February 4-5 Arizona Arms Assoc. Pima County Fairgrounds - Tucson Show Director: Walt - 520 298-0422
February 11-12 Pioneer Country Kingman - 928 692-0937
February 11-12 Roadrunner Glendale - 602 843-5303
February 18-19 Douglas Rifle & Pistol Douglas - 520 642-3761
February 18-19 Roadrunner Tucson - 602 843-5303
February 25-26 Crossroads of the West Tucson - 801 544-91250
February 25-26 Gun Trader Wickenburg - 928 684-2149
March 4-5 Gun Trader Kingman - 928 684-2149
March 4-5 Murphy’s Yuma - 208 324-9644
March 18-19 Camp Verde Show Verde valley - 928-567-0535
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We wish you and your loved ones ~
The Flintlock was developed in France
around 1612. A key contributor to this development was Marin le
Bourgeoys who was assigned to the Louvre gun shops by King Henri IV
of France. The Flintlock's manufacture slowly spread throughout
Europe, and by the second half of the century it became more popular
than the Wheel Lock and Snaphaunce. The main difference between the
Flintlock and Snaphaunce is that in the Flintlock the striking
surface and flashpan cover are all one piece, where in the
Snaphaunce they are separate mechanisms. This made the mechanism
even simpler, less expensive, and more reliable than its
predecessor. This simplicity allowed for more creative gun designs,
such as guns with multiple barrels and miniature pistols which could
be concealed easily inside a garment. By 1664 experiments with
rotating-block repeated fire guns were under way (like a revolver
which holds a number of shots in a rotating cylinder) but such
weapons were dangerous to operate and would have to wait for another
century an a half to be made a standard weapon. 
Pima County Gun & Knife Show
(Tucson)