The Klein's February ad lists a Carcano at 5 1/2 lbs.
Tell me. Do you think the fellow who assembled the container and the fellow who picked it up had access to a scale that could weigh such weights? Or is it more likely that the customer phoned the shipper and said he was shipping 100 rifles that weighed 7 1/2 lbs each?
The ad was wrong in those particulars (no Carcano weighs 5 1/2 lbs). Also wrong is the illustration. However, Klein's was receiving 40" Carcanos at a dollar over the TS price, and in turn selling the 40" Carcanos for $12.88, the price in the ad.
That would mean the crate weighed 113 lbs.
Order no. and price reflect a 40" Carcano. Do you think Klein's were shipping the illustrated rifle?
Or were they just lax in updating things? It was the Print Age; no faxes or web sites.
More than a tip of the hat.
If you read CE 2562, you will note that the shipper - Lifschutz Fast Freight - lists the shipping weight, on their invoice.
Don't shippers charge by the pound?
The graphic you posted - thanks - shows 36" rifle, $19.95, 5.5 lbs. 40" rifle, 7.5 lbs.
