Oh, now you've encouraged him... .

It is somewhat limited as it only represents the offerings of one retailer and what they were importing to the United States and at that late date, but still offers a nice window through which to see what was available (to the U.S. market) regarding the 'classic' or 'prewar' Mannlicher Schönauer at its apex.

I'm glad to share it with the community, and NE is the best place I have found to do so.

Someday I'll get back to flat scanning the entire 512 pages of the 1939 Stoeger catalog and sending the images to Nitrox for archive. Until then, I'll gladly scan any pages or images of the catalog to share here with members. Just ask.

Here are the index pages:

My apologies to Joel (Dorleac) if I'm 'horning in' on your thread, and thank you always for sharing photos of sublime Mannlicher Schönauers as well as your own impeccably crafted masterpieces.