Letterhead Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati,OH 1926

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Letterhead Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati,OH to Smith & Wesson 1926 Description: We offer for auction a vintage illustrated letterhead from The Peters Cartridge Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, manufacturers of Metallic and Shot Gun Ammunition. The 8-1/2 x 11 inch lettersheet is illustrated with an engraving of the company factory complex flanked on the left by a red raised embossed Peters trade mark and on the right side by a multicolored raised embossed membership crest of the Rice Leaders of the World Association. The letter, dated April 1,1926, is written to arms manufacturer Smith & Wesson Co., Springfield, Mass. The subject is a S&W 38 cal. revolver # 361404 with a bulged barrel. The revolver is the property of an Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff who believes that the barrel bulged for no good reason and that it should be repaired at no cost to him. The deputy further claims that he was using Peters ammunition. The writer, George W. Collins, proposes that the cost of repair be split 50 - 50 with S&W as it is his belief that the blame for the accident can not be fixed with any certainty. He feels that maintaining good customer relations particularly in this case of "an old time peace officer" is important for both S&W and Peters. The letter is in very good condition. There are S&W file stamps in blue, and some pencil notes which read more

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