Maes, Ed Brandhorst and Don Grove the editor noted, in addressing the question of where the over 10,000 1892 trappers were, that these were “shipped worldwide to foreign countries “ In the spring 2004 edition article on 1892 Winchester trapper carbines written by B.J. In the Winter 1992 edition of Winchester Collector, Ed Brandhorst wrote an article on special order winchester trappers where he wrote “We know that many were exported to South America….” How do we know? In Spring of 1986 (reprinted in Winter 2009), James Huntley wrote an article on 1892 Trappers for the Winchester Collector where in he writes – they were “very popular on the plantations of South America.” And in addressing the question of the scarcity of this model and where all the trappers are – “South America seems to be the best bet as many have been seen there.” Are/were there Winchester collectors in South America reporting this?
The earliest reference that I have in my meager library was in the 1971 First edition of Madis on pages 344 – “No records remain as to the destination of the guns shipped but it is known that large numbers of the baby carbines were shipped to South America.” And on page 387 – “Short carbines were sold to trappers in the north and for use on the rubber plantations in South America.” Where is Madis getting his information? There sure aren’t a lot of these for sale so they had to go somewhere or were all used up as utilitarian working guns. My question is when did the contention start and where is the evidence that a lot of these were exported to South America? I am not trying to criticize anybody here.
Corresponding with Michael Puzio about my new acquired 15-inch Trapper got me thinking about how we know what we know.
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