Bet you didn't know where it came from.
I have one of these old reels.
http://www.zebco.com/historicalzebco.html
Bet you didn't know where it came from.
I have one of these old reels.
http://www.zebco.com/historicalzebco.html
Best,
Mike
NRA Life Member
Remember Ira Hayes
From making electric time bombs to fishing reels ! Learned something new today, thanks for the post Mike...I enjoy historical stuff like this.
Gary
My first spinning reel was an Airex Spinster back in the 50's, made by the Lionel Model Train people, also had a second hand Shakespeare baitcaster , it was made by the Inglis washing machine people who also made Browning 9 MM pistols during the 2nd World War.
The link has changed: http://www.zebco.com/about-us/history/
My uncle's wife used to have one of these reels that was still marked "Zero Hour Bomb Co." He sold it when she got cancer and they needed the money.
I read an article many years back about the origins of the name..
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
I think my first reel as a kid was a 202 ZeeBee...
On every question of construction let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, June 12, 1823
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |