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I can join some local gun club and attend all of its meetings for years and years Shotguns for Big Game 52-PAGE \ and then, perhaps if I'm well liked by all the Your "How Good are Shotguns for Big CATALOG . members including the building janitor, I Game?" is very interesting for French shoot- would be considered fit to receive a pistol ers, because big game, mostly boars, is gen- scientific FACTS permit. If I had the time. All I have time ABOUT DOWN! erally hunted with smooth bores in France. for is a full day's work, college at night, a The slugs are not of the pattern of the Fed- Illustrates Down few hours of study, and six hours of sleep. garments for men, eral slugs described in GUNS magazine. I'll be darned if I'll spend the few hours of There are "cylindro ogival" slugs, type J R, leisure that I manage to squeeze out of this and "helice" slugs, type "Stedenbach," for $14.50 to $79.50. schedule in listening to same pompous club choked barrels, and the old round bullet is Sleeping bogs from secretary announcing the last minutes. used in cylinder bores. $14.95 to $89.56 The U. S. Government spent a great deal of .. . Down comforters From your article, it appears that groups and many useful time and money to teach me to shoot a pistol with all those slugs are pretty similar with outdoor items. 1effectively. In fact, it even went to great analagous cartridges. But it seems to me that READ WHAT lengths to provide me with the proper live a spherical slug 20 bore in a heavy one-bar- OTHERSSA. moving targets: mostly North Koreans. Now reled gun of cylinder bore, with a heavy load- ABOUT I hate like blazes to lose this hard earned tal- -1 DOWN. ing and a speed of 1400 feet per second, can wn Vest ent because of some silly and non-effective outshoot the "Federal" slug, though the gun laws. The morning papers prove every Lighter than feathers, wormer groups in your Browning and your repeater ' single day that there is no shortage of weap- than ten sweaters. Nylon for- 7 are very good. for smooth bores. tiffed outer fabric. Satin lined. ons among the underworld citizenry of the I am not of your belief on buckshot-the Elastic knit wool collar. Sizes 7 city. In fact, even the younger elements seem 9 balls is a very bad loading, which scatters 36 to 48 in Scarlet, Smoke, well heeled. No doubt, with little effort, I too widely, and is very dangerous for hounds Downy Deod Gross and Forest Green. could get my hands on one of these "hot and human beings. A boar of 150 pounds $14.50. Add 50c for shipping. rods," but since I enjoy the status of an caps can run with 10 or 15 buckshot in him for honest lawful citizen this method is and al- Scarlet fabric ^ hours, and die tomorrow. More boars are ways will be out. Frankly, I'm up against it. and fur. Deod injured and hounds killed with buckshot I sincerely hope that this letter will be pub- Gross, Smoke, Forest than with any other loading. For game such lished for it may help arouse the sleeping pen as whitetail deer, it appears to me that shot Green, Marsh Tan or hands of other weaponless pistol enthusiasts. Steel Gray with beaver pellets of 4 or 5 mm, or .177 caliber, can Perhaps if we make enough noise the sleeping kill them properly at 40 yards. I have seen finish fur. Specify hea 100% councilmen down at city hall may take an- this with Sika deer which are as big as Vir- size. $5.95 postpaid. -/ DOWN other look at our gun laws. ginia whitetail. Please keep the present high standard of It you test round bullet cartridges I would '3 ' ' ....T..yTI/ Rl your magazine. It's just wonderful. be very glad to know what groups you obtain. ^orn,#uiQ win "in, "w..s.. .. ,&U do Ray Zanon The round bullet is old-fashioned because not agree ours is far better quality nd far better value, return for full and New York City most barrels are choked, and it is heavy in prompt refund, including shipping costs 12 gauge for high velocity. But our grand- both ways. In Any Language: Excellent! fathers made very good shooting with this slug in long guns, and it is probably the best Ours are the original and genuine Down in- Your magazine: Ausgezeichnet!! ulated garments - made exclusively under pi ojectile in smooth bored barrels for speeds J. 5. Patents in our own factory. They are Certain articles naturally appeal to me bet- above 1200 feet per second. 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nCDT M CEATTLE A WASHINGTON than the price of the single copy. I've got Machecoul, France 1I GUNS is Published monthly by ~ublisher'sevelopmentCorp., Inc. at 8150 North Central Park Avenue, Skokie, Illinois. Second class mailing privilege* authorized at Skokie. Illinois. Subscription $5 yearly in the USA. San Sebastian, Spain. Carola Mandel won the woman's championship in live- pigeon shooting in the Grand Prix of San Sebastian. Killing 15 out of 15 birds, the Chicago scattergunner beat a field of leading European women shooters including the present world's champion Maria Villada. . . . Future generations may use the adjective "she's a Carola Mandelw and wonder who Annie Oakley ever was. -Stockholm, Sweden. The northland' s iron man of shooting, Torsten Ullman, scored wins in major European shoots. In Stockholm Ullman rang up 568 over the International pistol course, scoring 95-96-98-95-93-91. . . . In the Budapest shoot which followed, he out-shot everyone including the Russians, tallying 562. Soviet shooter Umarov was second with 551 and Dorin (USSR) came in third, 548. A new Russian shooter. Gyomin, shot 547. . . . Yasinski and Weinstein. sort of "triple threat menn of Russian shooting circles, did not appear at the Budapest shoot. . . . In the same match Nazanov of Russia shot 296-296 and Cerkazov fired 293-295. both in rapid. . . . Hungarian pistolman Gyonyoru pushed close behind with 290-290 rapid fire. . . . Ullman later shot a high of 562 at the Hel- sinki, Finland, shoot.

Oakland, Calif. A big turnout typical of these west coast matches showed up for the Oakland Pistol Club's recent match. A total of 204 entrants from all over the golden state took aim at the elusive ten rings over the six matches to post some top scores for the season. . . . Expert W. Markell shot in the "open" class to win the CF Camp Perry match and a gold medal firing 98-98-97 for 293. Pushing second in the open was W. Thomas who shot 99, a possible, and then dropped six points for 293 and a gold medal. K. Kolb dropped one point below the leaders for third and a gold medal in the open. . . . Top experts for one- two-three were C. Clayton, 290, J. Bellera, 287. and S. Reinhard, 285. Expert Reinhard also took high honors in the cap-and-ball shoot, master class, with 97. . . . Low man on the open totem pole was 0. Jarman with a 263, only a fair score, but he made it with the .45 in the center fire match which is good shooting.

Moscow, Russia. The Soviet equivalent of our Camp Perry finished in a blaze of glory and renown for many sports champions. Called "Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR," the event was closely watched by shooting observers inter- ested in the Australian Olympics. I. Isayev won the coveted scroll and title of Champion of the USSR and Spartakiad in shooting. . . . First place shooting on the International silhouette pistol course rapid fire was taken by Evgenii Cherkasov of Moscow, who violated all the precepts of relaxed shooting stance to fire a sensational record of 591 x 600. The young Muscovite, whose hair stands up as if he were shooting in a strong wind. wore the usual Russian leather jacket loosely belted,.and held his left hand in his patch pocket lie shooting. Cherkasov tips his body sharply to the Dear and strains his jaw against his right shoulder in firimg. He used a new Russian match automatic pistol with a free-pistol type of grip that nearly surrounds his shooting hand. The small-bore pi: 1 resembles a conventional1,ong-barreled automatic in slide and barrel design. There the resemblance stops. The fr&me-isinverted and the cases fall out of the "top" of the slide in firing with the barrel line about an inch below the line of forefinger. A truss extends upward from I ". frame and barrel muzzle to support a long sighting rod. which carries front -3- ramp sight and runs to the solid frame forward of the hand grip. The clip maga-.

.f ,>$* ,zine detaches from the top of the pistol and is built into the gun frame about two inches forward of the trigger guard. The trigger is adjustable to a feather touch. Cherkasov used this upside-down pistol in 25-meter shooting. . . In the gruelling 50-meter kneeling position, A. Plotko from Belorussia fired his heavy thumb-hole Russian-made Olympic rifle to score a nearly perfect 396 x 400. Plotkols iron sighted -22 was equipped with an aperture front sight and micrometer rear sight of Lyman type, with a rubber eye cup. Action was the standard Russian match -22 with heavy octagon receiver, affording great rigidity to the barrel and action assembly. . . . Using an identical double- trigger thumb-hole rifle, small bore sharpshooter Rafael Ananikian from Georgian SSR shot better than the world's record at 50 and 100 meters prone* scoring 596 600. Running deer events, seldom seen in the United States, were an * ". x . . . important feature of the recent Russian shoot styled along International v-, 4: lines. Over the course of 50 single shots at the running deer, first place y ., '' . , was won by Oleg Zakurenov,. 214 out of a possible 250. On both the 50 single ,-", -.i.I'* shot course and the 25 double shot course, first place and champion of the USSR and Spartakiad fell to the machine-gun-like ability of V. Romanenko from the Ukraine. . Romanenko and Zakurenov used custom-modified Ross straight-pull rifles with adjustable butt plates and micrometer sights for the rapid fire

, Camp Perry, Ohio. One of the nation's most coveted rifle titles fell to Sgt. James E. Hill of Portland, Indiana. Firing the M-1, Hill set a new record for the service rifle championship, 634 x 650. Looks like that Marine Corps green is replacing Army browns at Perry. . . Connecticut shoot- d in good results at the Nationals. During the small bore matches 28 ooters competed. Shooting as a sharpshooter, Priscilla Haig of Middle- ., took home 32 awards. . . . Don Dobras of Stratf ord, Conn., won a d and John Crowley won three or four place awards. a- Ã . ;- "6 : 5.p ., ^ =* . ""~9Coral Gables. Florida. Down at the southern side of the country nearly 30 pistoleers showed up for the August shoot at the Coral Gables Police Pistol club match. . l Guess the small line-up was due to some of the shooters being away at Perry. Still, some top shooting was done by such paper punchers as @ Cowan who scored 1666 grand total, plenty high in any book. . . Scores really revealed the difference in shootability between -22, CF and .45 - Cowan1s tallies were .22 - 570, CF - 555, -45 - 541. . . . First expert E. Prescott toon home a gold trophy but far behind Cowan1s 1666 with a 1628e . One rose showed up among the thorns, lady marksman (markswoman?) Joanne Sievers who shot well in the -22 and CF matches, for 530 .22 and a silver trophy, and 474 CF aggy and another silver trophy.

St. Louis. Missouri. The exclusive "2600 Clubw got a new member and the Big Six of pistoldom got fair warning of a new contender for their laurels when Lt. Dave Cartes turned in a fat round 2600 to top 115 registered shooters at the Greater St. Louis Revolver Club's 12th annual shoot at their range. The score set a new record for Lt. Cartes and also for the range* In the .22 Rapid Fire, Cartes fired a 200 X 24 possible, only one "x*below Sgt. Joe Benner's formidable Rapid Fire Service Record of 200 X 25. Cartes swept the sub-aggregates with 858 for the .45, 857 in the center-f ire, and 885 with the -22. . . proving that even high scores can't win when a good shooter gets hot, L. Lewis of Ft. Knox, Ky., had to be content with a gold in the Masters* Aggre- gate for his high 2563. Gil Hebard of Knoxville, Ill., was High Civilian and third in the match with 2559, one point over Sgt. PaulSpavor of the St. Louis Police. HighTeam aggregate went to the Ft. 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Pachmayr- NEW PISTOL CASE The favorite with handgun shooters. Widely used by service teams. Finest construction. Grained simulated leather in grey or maroon. Also simulated black or brown alligator. 4 Gun Model...... $29.50 (with back door...... $35.00) 5 Gun Model...... $35.00 (with back door...... $40.00) This model takes all spotting scopos up to and Including 0 & 1. Among the prized keepsakes in the study of my home at The Citadel are several rifles, shotguns and handguns. Among them is a Smith & Guaranteed Wesson .45 revolver. It is my favorite because it has been a faithful com- panion since the very beginning of my Army career. 45 At. When I went to France with the A.E.F. as a young captain of infantry in the spring of 1918, this revolver was given to me by a member of my Accu racitking family. I carried it throughout World War I. I wore it when I was wound- ed in the Vosges Mountains, and I remember being worried when I did not see it on the stretcher oh which I was evacuated to the rear by the French. However, I recovered it quickly. This revolver continued as a prized possession in the interval between Test-fired and sites ^- adjusted by expert wars. During World War I1 and again in Korea, I wore it much of the craftsmen. Micro-Sites time, though alternating occasionally with a smaller .38 automatic. It was and trigger pull addi- during" World War I1 that the Smith & Wesson acquired handsome new tional.The Service Teams grips made of tooled silver, with a cabalistic design representing my are makina- records with 45 Auto- initials. These grips were presented by a friend. matic accuracitized - In war and in neace. this Smith & Wesson has been with me. and I by US. THREE WEEK still use it often in marksmanship practice. I prefer this gun because I DELIVERY. $32 50 know and like it; it feels 'right' in my hand. Its only 'duty' now is peace- ful, but it remains my favorite weapon because know it is trustworthy. MV.nfVlMI.K UU11 VVUKnJ, Illl.. I 1 1110 S. Grand Ave., Los Anqrics, Calif. I J 0 B B I N G : SA K 0 barreled-actions, rifles (s~orterand Mann- DEALERS: Authorized Installation licher type), and Sako .222 actions. Lyman; Weaver; Unertl; Leupold; Pacific; BM; Redding; Redfleld; Pachmoyr; Williams; Marble; Echo; MI L LVALE, PA. SERVICE Buehler; Jaeger; Sierra; Hornady; Boyt; Tri-Pak; es North of Pittsburgh King; C&H; Wilson; RCBS; G&H; Mershon; ACE FEDERAL PRIMERS & AMMUNITION Products; Husqvorna action, Stith Scopes, Hop- ALCAN COMPONENTS pe's, Argus, McKinzie, Forster, Lin-Speed, Birch- wood and FERLACH GUNS. Norma and Thal- son. Sheridan, Hi-Score Smiley, Wilsonite, Koll- AS JOBBERS morgen, Judd, Douglas, Colt, Alcan, Acme, Polychoke, Schultz & Larsen, Speer components. COLT HANDGUNS: We carry a large supply of most models and can , Federal Primers & Cartridges. Nosier Bullets. - cover vour reauirements nramntlv. d FERLACH "OVER-UNDER: TURKEY Gut? ...... $330.00 ENFIELD PARTS-NEW z7 Enfield Stripped Receivers ...... $1 2.00 Enfield New 5 GI.Barrels ...... 15.00 Enfield Excellent 5 Gr. Barrels 12.00 MADE IN FERLACH AUSTRIA, ...... ENFIELD FLUSHED TRIGGER GUARDS blued engraved, beautifully checkered streamlined tang with blued screw ------à _---- s 3.50 perfectly balanced. 24" Boehler ENFIELD BOLTS. Complete. New ..--ÑÑ...S 6.50 12 gauge; lower barrel chambe ENFIELD ACTION WITH 5-groove v.g. barrel. Hornet, 222 Rem., 257 R, 270, 7 MM or 30-06. The ideal Turkey gun. A lifetime of imue -.ÑÑ-ÑÑ_--.--...... ___._..$34.00 ownership pleasure and good shooting, too! MADE BY FRANZ SODIA. DITTO-with milled ears as on Rem. 30, flushed trigger guard & box cut to 5 cart. --...... $40.00 ENFIELD ACTION ONLY. issue ..----..------S25.00 FERLACH. DITTO-with ears milled, flushed tr. guard ------.$32.00 OTHER ENFIELD PARTS: also available. '1 KRAG PARTS: Receivers. stripped. $4.00; Bolts, stripped ------$7.00 Trigger Guards, $3.00; Sear-Trigger nits ------I 50 "FOREVER YOURS" Model (shown above) tinentol unsmiths at Meaazine Sorinas. $1.50: Safes .ÑÑÑÑÑÑ has racy proportions and perfect balance for ~~~l~~h,Austria ... ENFIELDSPECIAL, 18 Piece-ALL NEW-$~.OOP%~?. Bolt with collar; bolt sleeve; ma azin? box; magazine $~1~~~~~if~~~~~$~~~o~~f~~~e~~~Fronz Sodio ...and Ferloch folder FREE. Fe!- spring; trigger guard with catch pin and spring; Entire action hand-engraved. 12 ttfiOAnother fine gun makers loch catalog, printed in fir pin and spnng; aafety safety block and screw' or 16 gauge. 26" or 28" M.F on the Continent. Vienna, 25C. "I ejector follower (milled); sear' spring and safety wring, ACTIONS PRECISION-CHAMBEF :D BARRELED ACTIONS F. N. ACTIONS IMPORTEDÑLIT WGT. vanadium steel barrels, blued with romp (220 Swift, .257-R .250-3000, .270, 7 mm or .30-06), $74.00 PREPAID. F. N. ACTIONS, Boehler 24" proof steel barrels, semi-octagon ribbed, matted. Sheared bead in ramp. Caliber .270, .308 Win. or 7 mm. 30-06, 22-250-220 Swift 26". 2S7R-250 Sav. $9500. 1 CALIBERS: IMPORTED SAKO BARRELLED-ACTIONS, .300 H&H A 220 Swift; 22-250; 257R; 270; 7MM; 308 Win.; and .375 H&H, blued, $89.95. SAKO ACTIONS on 26" 41/2# mod. heavy ACKLEY 30-06. Also 250 Sav., 300 Sav., 243 Win., 244 Rem. OR DOUGLAS chrome moly barrel, white, $84.00. .222 Cal. Latest F. N. Mouser Action - (or HVA Action, $10.00 additional) SAKO ACTION on imported medium heavy barrel, Best grade Ackley Chrome Moly Barrel, or Douglas Chrome Moly Ultra-Rifled Barrels blued, no sights. Ready for stocking. .222 Rem. with the smooth, hard, swedged rifling in most calibers, including 243 Win. and 244 Rem. caliber $90.00. Each unit precision chambered to mirror finish with pro er headspace. Each unit test-fired with sample fired case included for your inspection. Length and rifle twist as wanted-otherwise we will ship recommended len th and twist. .... Choice of sporter, Medium Heavy, or Heavy weight barrels. Barrels hove fine-ground finish. with bolt forged for low scope safety, Price $69.50 Spoiler weight. SVl lbs. $74.50 Medium Heavy Weight (oppr. .700 at muzzle) with 7 Ibs. Heavy weight $79.50. finely engraved trigger guard, floor plate ($7.50 additional for the Douglas Premium Grade Barrel). (S12.SO additional for NEW ENGRAVED FN ACTION Now available-F. N. Mag. Action on .300, 375. H&H Boehler semi-. ribbed 26" barrel, 'heard head fitted in ramp, S11k and receiver regularly $74.50, SPECIAL PRICE both No. 1 & No. 3 ...... $59.50 This Is your chance to an $15.00. 21/2 X 70. Prim $49.00 if:a&,ft\dfafLnf;gw;$2;y l&rf-h;ydfie;;~tin& inc$;inz un-matched. Same superb optic* and light gathering power BARRELS a> found in AJACK 4X. 6X and 71AX. BOEHLER BARRELS, proof steel, semi-octagon, ribbed, 6 X 42. Prim $64.00 First choice of those who want extra magnification for matted entire length. Mode by FRANZ SODIA of phwt,gz,aAyK azrtthvarpl;F ;:gtFipyag~,: it in this Ferlach Austria in .35 .270 7mm .30 Bmm and .375. 26" Highly accurate-in the white, $45.00. 4 X 90. Price $57.00 (Fitted to your action, with sheard bead, complete g'$J f~y$pag:y~$;"~&f:~io;;~3$*fiyd ytn;z rice $60.00) yards. ~otedfor if superior luminosity and light gathering qualities. THE ONLY 4x90 scope. SpriflglieId 7l/z X 50. Price $96.00 &ew 4-groove barrels...... $13.08 19 ft. field at 100 yards. Fully weather Proof steel tube, 26i^mm. Takes Redfield or Leupold top mount; Jaeger or FRANZ SODIA Boehler proof steel barrels 24" ariffin & ~oweside mount. Eye-relief 3W. Positive winda e, elevation and eye-relief adjustment. gradual taper. About 2112 Ibs.; highly accurate 1-10 Available in Medium x or fine x - All with Leather Dust Cap twist, caliber 25, .270, 7mm or .30 $30.00. FLAIGS FINEST STOCKS & BLANKS (Specialized & (Fitted to your action, headspaced and STOCK FITTING FINISHING) test fired, $10.00 more).

...... AMMUNITION ,45 cal. M. C. Govt. 1943-44 make ------$4.50 per 100 45 Auto Commercial M.C. Ammo.- .-----$6.00 per 100 .38 Spec. Corn. 158-ar. steel Jacket ------$6.00 per 100 8 MM Mauser (Imported. Germany)-175 gr. B.T.M.C. --.....-----$6.00 per 100

Case Lots of 1500 ÑÑÑ -----$75.00 .25-20 S.P. 88-Gr. ..Ñ-ÑÑÑÑ$6.00 per 100 30-06 Govt. issue-non corrosive-1952-MÑ$7.5 per 100 ore we turn & inlet your rifle bla 30-06 Govt. inue-M.C. 150 or.-1943-44 -35.50 per 100 Lots of 500 or more-10% less. Case of xxxx $25.00; super Burls up to $35.00. 1500 30-06 M.C. $70.00. FOB MILLVALE. OREGON MYRTLE BLANKS & STOCKS: Rifle blanks, STOCK SPECIAL: French elanks direct'rom ONCE FIRED CASES FaOsifed rifle blanks, $5.00 to $7.00. lnletted stocks for all rifles, $7.00 to 21/2" thickness. $12.00 to $35.00 for fancy .elect. $12.00. Some Seconds, All Grades, 50% off. Mannlicher size blanks from $15.00 to $40.00. Turned 1 Genuine Horn pistol arip caps with Engraved Screw, 1 &,.ore inletted sporter type for most action-barrels. $5.00

$3.50; nlain $3.00. Write for FREE New Catalog-List NO. 27 tion - ~6.00more.

KRIEGHOFF oriiiing. 22 FRANZ SODIA Drillings 270 Win. 2-12 go. sav. HA 2-12 ma. 25" 24" side safet highly engraved 7# , made-u, y~~~kjnf~~~~~kL~jy2f,-- I .420.00. ,can I MILLVALE, PA. FLAIG'S LODGE $460.00'. ------1I I modern cohbination wanted some 'price). 1 B^ h EVERY i Forty-six years ago Bill Hulet, at the age of 12, brought down his first bear I on the lower Olympic Peninsula of the State of Washington. Since then he slain from 40 to 70 bears a season- and more than 100 a year since 1953- for a total bag of some 3,000 bears, a record probably unmatched in this country. 00 0 rn John Thornie won the expert junior rifleman award at London, Canada, with an average of 95 out of 100. Up. Some shooters can affordseveral handguns, but mod until five months ago, he had fired noth- of us are limited to just om. If this is ymcase, the ing but an air rifle. John is 7 years old. best oze handgun for you is the Colt Woodsman. 000 Buying a Woodsman is an investment in more rn Michel Richard was arrested for leisure-time fun for the ole family! You'll find the compact, moderate weighpsport M&l, with its 454 shooting at a helicopter near Paris and inch barrel, easy to pack in your pocket, holster or damaging one of its rotor blades. Mon- duffle bag . . . just right to take along on hunting, hiking, fishing, trapping or camping trips. The Target sieur Richard's explanation for his act: Model - identical except for 6-inch barrel and front he wanted to keep the copter from dis- sight - is a little easier for the beginner to shoot turbing nesting pheasants. more accurately. Both models have good-sized, com- fortable grips that fit practically any hand; adjust- 00 0 able sights; and the clean, crisp trigger pull you need for truly accurate shooting. Since it's a Colt, the auto- rn Charged with violating the city's matic action is velvet smooth . . . and it's SAFE! firearms law by blasting away with his shotgun, Cordie Gethers of Newark, N. J., explained that his dog was so hard of hearing that was the only way he could summon him. 000 Questioned about possible negli- -%& NU COLT "JAM-FREE1' MGAZINE . . gence after a brush fire broke out in his vicinity, a hunter told Florida state . . . fastest, easiest loading maga- conservation officers the following story: "It really wasn't my fault. I was burning some trash, very carefully too, when this rabbit ran through the fire, caught fire and ran into the woods, setting them on fire." 000 rn Bob Gill of Conway, Ark., started and Automatic Pistols on a duck hunting trip and spotted a duck on his front lawn. He fired away FAMOUS IN THE PAST. FIRST IN THE FUTURE . . and got the duck but sprayed his house COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. with shot, breaking a window and 150 Huyshope Avenue, Hartford 1SrConnecticut peppering the wall so it required 7 A Distinguished Member of the painting. Undaunted, he went on with PENN-TEXAS CORPORATION Family of RwedeCompaniet his trip, fell into should-deep water and stayed wet and cold all afternoon -and got no more duck. "I should have stayed in bed," he declared mournfully. 14 Generations of Traders in Gunsammogunsammogunsammo! &,, Hunters Lodge L.C.M. KG;~ The 14 Generations of GUN TRADERS working to bring you America's Great. eat values are amazed and a trifle distressed at some of the Chrlaunas mes- sages that appear on these pages-such hypocritical expressions of love and friendship from purveyors of rejected merchandise and useless arms some- how do not seem to fit the friendly and lovable dealers selling these dogs! THE OW HUNTER will have none ef this! No maudlin sentimentality1 No fake wishes of goodwill and cheer for 1957-We can and will promise to maintain continuously our traditional policy of only offering endless acres of T.S. and B.S.-Tremendous Surprises and Big Specials for 'foil to walk over until the last split-second of recorded time. We know that we earn your patronage only through our endless T.S. and B.S.; moreover, we Intend tine with OW HUNTERS' T.S. and B.S. beloved friend-ins Ifind nowhere else save In the aged coffers of the OW HUNTER.

HERE'S WHERE YOU GET THE Now! The Old Hunter's Elas- BARGAINS YOU READ ABOUT ELSEWHERE- tic Credit Plan-payment in No phony lists of useless or rejected parts, no fake claims of under- selling no U-build-it kits of obsolete junk model guns worth less THE ULTIMATE-THE MOST POWERFUL full with every order assures when you finish than disassembled-just solid T.S. and B.S. (Tre- you a carry-free future! mendous Surprises and Big Specials) to last you forever at the cheap- RIFLE IN THE WORLD est prices ever offered. Only Remaining Stock in the World

THE SUPERBLY ACCURATE, 5-SHOT, BOLT-ACTION $66,363.63 of Surplus Going For a Powow R.B. MARK I ANTI-TANK RIFLE. T.S. (Tremendous Surprises) Charleston! Slightly used specimen!. Cal. .SS, 926-gr. bullet, 63" long; wt. only 33 I-. in FINEST AMMO 55,161,151 Items in Stock Assure Perpetual Availability!

B.S. ( Big Specials . Manufactured for the in RAREST MAGAZINES British, Canadian and U.S. Government*. German 20 rd. 7.92mm box magazine.. . .$1.25 Completely legal. Plenty of inexpensive mfety ammu. nition available. Made of the finest steels. Probably the US. Johnson LMC magazine...... 1.55 strongest bolt action ever produced. (A ram and unusual collectors* item suitable eith r for experimental pur. Schmeisser MP38/40 box magazine., .... 8.95 poxes or or extra-long-range snyplng). CAL. 45-70 GOVT., per 100 rds...... $6.00 Just received fabulous shipment of Incredibly tam Sten Mark I, II, Ill, IV, V Made In England by B.5.A. with round muzzle-brake original Govt. issue cartridges In factory boxes mellowed and monopod. Slightly uwd specimens. with gracious years of careful storage. A never-to-be- box magazines...... 4.95 remated Driceless o~~ortuniw.Issued too late to ¥av Thompson 50 rd. drum magazine...... 14.00 Luger 32 rd. drum magazine.. 9.95 Rare Model-Marked U.S. Govt. Properly -- - -. .- - - -- . - ...... Black Powder, per 100 rds...... $8.50 Ultra rare essential Luger dust cover for Famed 45-70.500 black powder ammo which could not be issued In time for the Civil War1 Why Pay a fortune spare Luger magazines...... ea. 1.50 From others for this ammo when the Old Hunter Elves you these bareainst CAL. 7MM MAUSER,per 100 rds...... $3.00 Plinher and reloader epecial buy of the year-Ma Ifleentl NEW CARGO JUST LANDED!! Brand-new, never-fired with manufactured ammo in *as la condition. unitary furi FAMED ORIGINAL 'WINCHESTER M67'S', special bipod and S-baffl*, Patch Bullet famous makes SFM. others you will be flat muzzle-brake. amazed. ~e&nslble tar thefailure of numberless South- ul. AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR .22 RIFLE! AMMUNITION: For R.B. Mark I .55 per box ol American~~~~~ ~ .-revolutl-i -~ .10. .57.45. ACISSORIES: sumrb kit of uncial accet. saries (no rlfk cotnplf without thw valuable items), ~AL.8MM MAUSER. ner 100 rds...... S5.00 contains breech cove, dlsmountlng tool, cleaning rod, magazine carrying cue and 7 extra B-shot mags., pel kit, complete ...... 59.50.

THE TWO RAREST RIFLES IN THE WORLD mu! pe mount bases for use with Parker-Hale CAPTURED RUSSIAN PTRD gapped mounts IThe OLD UNTER Is giving them away SUPER AT RIFLES virtually new condition for CAL. .SO, per 100 rd5...... $29.95 At last a supply of .50 caliber ammo for eunbu~~,etc. At lowest price ever offered. Issued in time for the ng all accessories: 5% lbs., CrossinP of the Rhino- ~~. in-~- 1045. -.--. Per case 140 rds...... $41.$3...... -. ....--.-. where it punched hotel in our Patton tanks as late as 1953 Its UV super blank 991-or. AP round will Pene- trate 1 " of 60 armor at 200 yds.ii4nly 80" WALTHER PISTOL MAGAZINES wt. 34% lbs. complete with bawd and muzzie.&% CARTRIDGE COLLECTORS! AMMO BUGS! PP or PPK .32 or .380 $4.75 Finger Rest Never offered before and never again a'ter our limited PP or PPK .22 LR 6.00 HOW! THE 4 RAREST CARTRID6ES IN THE WORLD available againÑpower Precision, Practicality and price- leasneaa for, tho bargain tab of $225.00. Ammo~alimited A never-to-be-repeated opportunity! and exclusive stock of these Incredibly rare cartridges permit* this unbelievable offering: (with rifles only): AP RARE OLD MODEL WALTHER round*. .$2.29; Super AP rounds S2.50. SPORTER PRESENTATION CASES $9.95 ea. POLISH M35 AT 7.92mm Ultra-Velocity AT RIFLE

coveredI'thiç t.i.ny.und-er. version of the standard U.S. cnl. ^ SO-rd. was Teclally made for the ground inventory the on1 two known specimens In the U.S. In Eng and during WW 11. world of this p;icele" rifle were In U.5. Oovt. official Never again available and only collections. Now a few privileged collectors will be able 15~. to obtain "THE LAST OF THE FIRST" since when thew 1 gone, tho era of the AT rifles will be gone forever. 75a for packing and shipping charges.- If you want history and a priceless wllector's item, as ! i well as Ur most unusual Mauxer ever made. these maa- nifkient S-shot rifles am for you ... until our amall ...... ¥too is gone forever they are only 5275 00. Length 70"- wat. 20 IW. cdmpiete with muzzle-brake, biped. DOES THE OLD HUNTER SWAP?-Sure he does ~ida322-gr. Bullet at 4100 FP5. AMMOÑth only and will trade anything here to help build his supply in the world of this mazi roundÑove 4100 famous collection of Colt percussions, Colts autos, FM wloclty A S25.00 collector'sitem available with Lugers, and semi-auto military rifles-write your the rilles, while fry Id, at only È2.75Ñbeautif wn- iOMPLET1 SIT OF ALL ABOVE "RAREST ROUNDS'' dillon...... 58.59 deal and the Old Hunter will take care of you1

The Old Hunter's True-Blue, Tin-plated, Lead- All Guns and Ammo mnt F 0 B Arlington 8 Va. Send 30 stamp for any letter biuirlng a reply. 'Send Wrapped, Radiation-Proof Guarantee! If you ain't ide stamp or coln for FREE Sur rlso Catalog. Ed. satisfied, return goods prepaid in 2 days after receipt HUNTERS LODGE GRN-15. Send 25c stamps or coln for amazing booklet of fabulous value8 and story of America's mnt timed -we'll repay your money back. P.O. Box 9229-G Arlington 9, Va. Arms Merchant. NEW SPRINGFIELD i. : rn 30-06 BARRELS : :WILL FIT ANY 30-06 SPRINGFIELD :

- -. -. 2 Model 1903A3 Springfield barrels rnanu- factured to rigid government specifications; :standard G.I. 24" Completely finished INTHIS ISSUE.. . a chambered and rifled, with front sight band 2- and s rter type~withoutspline cut. 0 DEALERS: Write for special Discounts on shooting l l . Springfield barrels only. 0 0 THE MOST POPULAR RIFLE OF ALL...... Larry F. Moore 16 : SUPER SPECIAL BUY WHY NO LEFT-HANDED GUNS...... Howard Reed 24 CHROME-LINID BARRELS .30-06 b 270 : SHOTGUNNING IS A FAMILY SPORT...... Carola and Col. Leon Mandel 27 5 CALIBERS. WIH ffi .98 6 FN actions. IS THE SINGLE ACTION THE PERFECT REVOLVER?...... Judge Don Martin 36 BRAND NEW. Threaded, chambered, blued, : :chrome-lined ready for fitting with mini- mum effort hilethe lost SPORTER Wt., m western :22" ONLY '$14.954& FITTED TO YOUR } ... ACTION $24.95. HOW GOOD WERE INDIANS AS SHOOTERS?...... Stanley Vestal 20 :ENFIELD PARTS - NEW:  En. Par- Dez  workshop ... :Extractors 51.50 $13.00 : SCHOOL FOR GUNSMITHS...... Howard Hunt Brisbane 31 Bolts with Collar 1.OO 10.00 :Handguards, roar .50 4.00 Ejectors I.OO 8.00 hunting :Strikers (Firing Plnç .50 4.00 ... Ma azine Box 1.00 10.00 HUNTING KING OF THE ORIENT ...... Col. Charles Askins 34 cocking Piece 1.00 10.00 Bolt Stop Spring .25 2.00 Floor Plate 1.OO 8.00 collectors : Trigger Guards 1.00 8.00 0 (One each of above 10 scarce parts $6.95) WORLD'S BIGGEST GUN COLLECTION...... George P. Sheffer 40  0 Enfield Trigger Guards complete1 straight- 0 0 ened (the hump taken out of the front) departments polished and blued with floor plate and 0 ... screws~whilethey lost $3.95. CROSSFIRE, letters to the editor. 4  ...... 0 SHOOTING NEWS ...... 5  0 HIGH STA 0 TRIGGER TALK ...... 7  MODELS iv MY FAVORITE GUN ...... Gen. Mark W. Clark 10  32 AUTO PISTOL 'c [ ' :Prewar quality but GUNS IN THE NEWS...... 12 beat of ail PREWAR PRICESI ' HANDLOADING BENCH ...... Kent Bellah 45 Perfect in and out-as new. 0 :Potridge sights, beautifully ARMS LIBRARY...... William B. Edwards 48 blued checkered grips posi- -' : GUN RACK...... H. Jay Erfurth 50 tive kfety. rif~ihgfor GmE t extreme accuracy. Also a few SHOPPING WITH GUNS...... 76 GRADE 2, (sll htly worn bore $28.95 perfect) @ $24.95. ~xtramagazines, new : PARTING SHOTS ...... 82 0 @ $1.50 with pun. New holsters with 0 aun, $3.95. 4lh' BBL onlv 0 l WHEN ORDERING endow si ned etaternante COVER am not an alien, 'have never been convicted of": l ;~;y;~~l ;i:i;nmi zyok~.,tnder indictment or a Combining two themes from this issue of GUNS is Larry Moore's left-handed Dunlap l match rifle. Moore used the precision Olympic weapon as a control" in running  JOBBERS FOR accuracy tests on cheap .22 rifles. In addition, the Dunlap action is one of a mere SIGHTS RELOADING TOOLS handful of southpaw rifles made by gunsmiths today, discussed in "Why No Left- LYMAN LYMAN - C-H DIES handed Guns" on Page 24. MARBLE RCBS PACIFIC :KING - :MICRO THALSON -WILSON MERIT REDOING SCALES AND WILLIAMS POWDER MEASURES

SCOPES ' MOUNTS BULLETS Q LYMAN BUEHLER HORNADY NORMAN-FORD PACHMAYR NORMA George E. von Rosen LEUPOLD GRIFFIN- PUBLISHER * PECAR HOWE KAHLES LEUPOLD Ben Burns E. B. Mann William B. Edwards EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR TECHNICAL EDITOR :~un Cases; Grips, powder, Holsten, hoppç' Col. Charles Askins Herbert 0. Brayer Cleaning Acceiiodc, Swhrels, Foctory In- SHOOTING EDITOR WESTERN EDITOR :rtallfn of POLY CHOKES, Cuth Compensa- .-- 0 Sydney Barker Ben Rosen Louis Satz ART DIRECTOR ART EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER @ HI-STANDARD IVER JOHNSON ... Marvin Ginn M. Magnusson Carlos Thut LLAMA ..ASTRA ...WALTHER ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER ADVERTISING PRODUCTION :BERETTA . . STAR-GREAT WESTERN a . LE CHASSEUR -: Jack Provol Ren Averill Eugene L. Pollock 5 RIFLES SHOTGUNS  MIDWEST REPRESENTATIVE WESTERN ADVERTISING MGR. EASTERN ADVERTISING MGR. IVER JOHNSON.. . MARLIN O/U. IVER ' .MARLIN. MANN- JOHNSON-BERETTA.: Editorial Advisory Board :LICHER-SCHOENAUER SAUER. FRANCHI. H. JAY ERFURTH CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER JAC WELLER :STEVR ...SAKO. ZEPHYR. m ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT 6 TERMS: Cash with order only-Plus parcel ~ost& insurance. a GUNS magazine is Published month! at 81.50 N. Central Park Avenue Skokie Illinois Second class F;;N~iv~;~rD;;~~:i7~u~tA~~~;~;~~uiA~~y~~~~~~;es~~~r~id%i%s;$~LiyA,SS F. STREBE GUN WORKS CONTRIBUTORS subm#tt#ngmanuscripts hotoar hs or Urawin s do w at their own risk Material cannot . be returned unless accompanrd by Çu,dc??n poStge. PAVME&T will be mills at rate; current at time 104.A Minllnno Pik-r Wn'h,nnlon 27, D C. of acceptance and will cover reproduction in any, or all of GUNS maguine's domestic or foreign editions. ADVERTISING RATES will be furnrhed Upon I'eqUeSt. Satisfaction Guaranteed

CALIBER, 7 MM rhe famous German Army Rifle W.W.I. and 11. An exception- ally accurate, hard-hitting rifle, precision built in world-famous GENUINE REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK RIFLES European factories. Ideal for deer, elk, bear, etc. A collectors' item. This is our last known supply. Easily converted to Sporter. Winfield now has the last known supply of these famous, much A truly great buy. Specifications: Overall 43%". barrel 23%". sought after weapons. Accurate and effective for big game or target their smooth dependable actions are used in many fine Weight 9 lbs. (approx.). Magazine 5 shot. Adjustable rear Leaf hand-imithed specials. Rifle, Caliber 7 mm (Wt.-9 Ibs.; Barrel Sight. Condition: Good to very good, '42 and earlier. .$39.95 -30"; Overall-45"; Grad. Rear Leaf Sight) Good, some stamped parts...... $34.95 good to fair cond.. .$16.95 Ammunition: 8mm (7.92mm) Military (target) Ammuddon . Ammo: German Military 7 mm rimless, 60 rds. in clips - $5.50 100 rds. $7.50. 20 rds. $1.50. 8mm (7.92mm) U.S. mfd. U.S. made 7 mm sporting (175 gr.) 20 rds.- $4.30 hunting ammunition .I70 gr. bullet...... 20 rds. $4.30 Bayonet with metal scabbard - $2.50.. free history of the Remington Rolling Block sent with rifle.

BRITISH LEE-ENFIELD REAL FLINTLOCK RIFLE NO. 4. MARK. 1. Current rifle of the British Army, Navy and Air Force. Caliber MUZZLE-LOADERS .303 British with 10 round magazine. Has an extra heavy barrel for perfect shooting balance and accuracy. An ideal hunting or In serviceable condition. Design circa 1799. Today is still the only target rifle in fine condition. weapon allowed the natives under certain colonial governments. Offers a lifetime of interestand prideful ownership to shooters and collectors. Supply very limited. Specs (approx.): Length overall - 68". Barrel - 5 1"; Wt.- 9 Ibs. Gooseneck mechanism. Painted stocks. Complete with ramrod,...... only $29.95

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By LARRY F. MOORE *

HE LOWLY .22 rim fire rifle in its against the precision-built match .22's? Tordinary cheap dress is a Cinderella While shooters generally expect a gun. Scoffed at by most shooters with high level of performance when the a few "possibles" to their credit, -22's rifle cost is high and low level when still prove year after year to be the price is low, this is not necessarily true "most popular belle of the ball." The in the case of the 22. This common .22 is the most-bought rifle in America assumption underrates some of the best and particularly this time of the year buys in .22 rifles. The facts are that when Christmas giving is in the air. the lower-priced .22's show generally The probability is that .22 production excellent design, good materials and exceeds all other calibers combined and adequate workmanship. From shoot- yet there are those who sneer at the ing tests made of 17 rifles, a cross- accuracy of- the store-bought .22 that section of the small bore field, I dis- sells for less than $50. covered that the cheaper .22's have a What are the facts about the corn- high level of accuracy. paritive merits of the cheap -22's as Of course, only highly-skilled shoot-

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Match quality score of 400-14X at 50 yards was made by author Larry Moore on standard smallbore target with light- weight M514 Remington firing Western Super.- Match dmmunitiog. Such accuracy is remarkable from $16.75 rifle. , . ,;r, . -" -2.w * \. "7. 3 .È ... ;>tk&. sea, ::b:5y , ,' .'¥ f m -.- 'A.

Savage Model 6 Deluxe tubular magazine repeater has ample accuracy for huting and plinking and can Aen score well in match target competition. Light in weight, it still scored 258 x 300 for second place in recent club match. 17 Remington M514 bolt action single shot is more difficult to hold, has er trigger-pull than an expensive match rifle but can shoot 400 scores.

VS.-/ Remington "Targetmaster" Model 510P bolt action single shot handles .22 Short, Long, and Long Rifle, Regular and "Hi-Speed" with tack-hole accuracy.

Winchester M69 is a smooth, fast-operating five-shot box magazine bolt action repeater equipped with an inexpensive receiver sight adjustable for elevation.

Winchester M67 shows good, simple design, few operating parts, excellent accuracy. Extra safety feature is cocking piece which must be manually retracted.

ers would be able to take full advantage of the accuracy range. Each rifle was fired four ten-shot groups with each potential in some of the cheaper .22's tested and then only brand of ammunition. An extreme spread measurenient when firing from the prone position or from a rest. Few in inches was taken of the two outside shot-holes in each men who buy a rifle over the counter ever realize its full group. accuracy because the sights are seldom adjusted properly. The difference between the best accuracy obtained with None of the sights on the rifles tested was adjusted prop- the match rifles and that from several of the lowest- erly as it came from the factory. Some sights were so far priced .22's was negligible. Only a highly-skilled shot off that the rifle grouped several feet from the aiming point could observe the difference in firing from the shoulder at 50 yards. without using a rest. Several of the cheaper rifles gave as All rifles gave adequate accuracy for hunting or plink- good accuracy with match ammunition as the match rifles ing. Even the rifle which gave the poorest average accu- gave with the regular brand. racy, the M6 Savage, took second place in a club champion-. For instance, I shot the M514 Remington, one of the ship in 1955 with 258 x 300 on an average windy day. cheapest and lightest .22's made, with a 20X Lyman Super The winning score, 260, was made with an H & R bolt Targetspot scope on it. From the prone position at 50 action. yards on the NRA tournament target, a score of 200- Seventeen rifles of various types, widely sold in the 14X was made. The rifle was later fired over the Dewar U.S. were inspected and tested for GUNS.All rifles were course. At 50 yards it scored 200Ñ10 and at 100 yards, mass-production models currently being made except the 200Ñ12X The 10-ring on the 50-yard small bore target custom-made Dunlap match rifle, the pre-war Walther is .89" diameter, and that on the 100-yard bull is 2". The Sportmodel single shot, and the discontinued M35A Moss- M514 Remington weighs only 4.6 pounds and was more berg. The rifles fall roughly into sporting and target difficult to hold steady than a heavier target rifle. The classes. The sporting models included single shots, re- trigger pull was heavy and it was more difficult to shoot peaters of various types, and self-loaders. The target rifles than an expensive match rifle. But it is capable of produc- include training and match types. ing 400-possible scores; and it sells for $16.75-less than Each rifle was inspected before firing to note design, the rear sight on the expensive target rifle. materials, and workmanship. Each rifle was then subjected Another cheap rifle, the M521T Remington, was fired to accuracy tests using Remington Match, Western Mark 111 over the Dewar course when a tricky wind was in effect. Super Match, and Western Xpert regular cartridges. Firing Factory sights, a Lyman 57 rear and a post front, were was from a machine rest, or from a bench rest by an expert used. The 50-yard score was 1%-9X and that at 100 rifleman, using telescopic sights on a 100-yard enclosed yards was 1%-7X. The M521T was surprisingly easy to Firing from prone position, Larry Moore uses tournament-type equipment as he puts light-weight low-priced Rerning- ton M514 through tests. "Fired .from shoulder," Moore says, "only top expert could tell difference from match rifle."

hold in spite of its light weight of 6.3 pounds. The ACCURACY TESTS ON .22 RIFLES trigger pull was also heavier than that desired for target Average extreme spread at 100 yards for four ten-shot groups for each lot of ammunition is given in inches. shooting, but the scores produced would be higher than Crnim

NEW DATA SHOWS PLAINS INDIANS,

WITH INFERIOR RIFLES AND LESS

AMMUNITION, WERE MORE DEADLY

IN COMBAT THAN WHITE SOLDIERS

By STANLEY VESTAL

HE CONTROVERSY has raged down through the years Tlike a prairie fir-ould the Indians shoot as well as the soldiers, and how many had repeaters and better ps than the soldiers? And like smoke from a prairie fire, mis- information and cloudy claims have obscured the facts. Legend and lore have made it appear that evey dog soldier west of the Mississippi had a repeater and a saddle bag full of cartridges. Today's western fan is instilled with the idea .that renegade whites were constantly running re- peaters to the Indians, although historians have been un- able to uncover any mass traffic in Winchesters between the New Haven factory and the Indians. However, old photos show Indian chiefs armed with Winchesters, and the sta- tistics of Ipdian fights of the last century seem to show that the Indian was a pretty good marksman. Usually the sol- diers suffered far more casualties than the red men. "The Indians were all armed with repeaters," is one claim made about the duster massacre. Of major interest then is the matter of how many Indians had repeaters and the answer is, not many. Numbers and time defeated Cus- ter. More than 1,000 fighting Indians were battling on the bluffs June 25-26 in 1876 when Yellow Hair went down. But the number of soldiers engaged was only 204. Only 16 Indians were killed, while the 204 were wiped out by superior numbers. Major Reno in the Big Horn bottoms had his hands full Proud Cheyenne warrior pictured in 1875 apparently wore June 25 with another 1,000 Sioux. About 150 soldiers little more than brass-frame Model '66 carbine in battle. stood off repeated attacks of nearly ten times that number Model 1866.44 carbine with brass tacks on stock signifying four cardinal points of compass was turned in by Sitting Bull at surrender of Indians to soldiers in 1881 in Dakotas. Winchester carbine, serial #124,375, was made in 1875.

Railroad gangs armed with single-shot Springfields from Union Pacific's arsenal freight car had to drop their tools and fight Indians on the plains. War parties were frequently repulsed because they lacked modern firearms. of Indians. Eight Indians were killed; 32 whites. Two Indians were known to be wounded, for seven soldiers shot. COMPARISON OF INDIAN, WHITE But it was not a massacre, and Reno's outfit survived the CASUALTIES assault. In the battle of the Rosebud on June 17, 1876, 1,000 Indians and 1,300 whites fought. With more even No. No. odds, the casualties were nearly even. Ten white men and Indians Whites Killed Wounded Name of Battle Engaged- - Enaaaed- - Ind. Wh. Ind. Wh. eleven redskins bit the dust. Five Indians were wounded; Pumpkin Buttes 56 70301 21 whites. August,-. 1865 The statistics go on, through battle after battle. Other Fetterman Massacre 2000 81 14 81 3 0 than the often astonishingly low number of casualties on December 21. 1866 Wagon Box Fight 1000 326660 either side, they reveal an important trait of the Sioux August 2, 1867 campaigns. The Indians, like Napoleon, fought as a rule Baker Fight 500 400 1 1 , 6 4 only when they had the advantage of numbers. They fought August 14, 1872 two to one or better. Figures of losses in 12 major engage- Reynolds Fight 200 400 1 4 1 6 ments of the Indian wars reveal that the Sioux killed about March 17, 1876 Battle of the Rosebud 1000 1300 11 10 5 21 five times as many white soldiers as they lost Indians killed, June 17, 1876 and wounded approximately four times as many whites as Reno in the Big Horn 1000 150 8 32 2 7 the Long Knives wounded Indians. They did this with Bottoms. June 25. 1876 hardly half enough guns to go around under the best con- Custer Fight on the Bluffs 1000 204 16 204 ? 0 June 25-26, 1876 ditions, and with no cannon at all. -- Reno Besieged on Bluffs 1000 381 2 18 1 45 How, then, did the notion arise that the Indians were all June 25-26, 1876 (plus) armed with Winchesters? What firearms did they have? Slim Buttes 1000 2000 10 3 2 14 How good was their marksmanship? How did they handle September 9, 1876 Otis and Sitting Bull 300 196 1 1 2 3 guns in battle, on the hunt, or in target practice if any? October 15-16, 1876 What sort of care did they give firearms, and could they Miles and Sittin Bull 800 398 0 0 0 0 reload used shells? October 21, 1876 ' ------In his report to the Secretary of War in 1876, Gen. Totals 10,356 5,249 69 383 28 102 George Crook is quoted as saying: "When the Sioux In- Jacob Dickert rifle with crossed tomahawk and arrow mark stamped on barrel was supplied to Indians in mid-1850's.

Crude workmanship of sporting rifle using salvaged Paterson Colt barrel and U.S. lock marks it as rare Indian-made gun.

Model 1807 Springfield fusil made by U.S. for trade with the Indians was intended to be used by the tribes for "hunting."

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Northwest gun marked "C. H. & S. Co., N. Y." with typical curled dragon sideplate was stock in trade for fur companies.

dian was armed with a bow and arrow he was more formi- in no way a match for his more intelligent enemy." dable, fighting as he does most of the time on horseback, Though Indians occasionally staged shooting matches, than when he got the old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifle. they did not waste their precious ammunition in target But when he came into possession of the breech-loader and practice. Fixed ammunition was so hard to get that the metallic cartridge, which allows him to load and fire from Indians all learned to save and reload and reprime empty Iiis horse with perfect ease, he became at once 10,000 cartridge shells. Hunting as they did almost daily, they times more formidable." had plenty of practice making their living. Gen. Crook added, "I have seen our friendly Indians, Indians took good care of what weapons they were able riding at full speed, shoot and kill a wolf, also on the run, to get, protecting them with fringed buckskin gun covers while it is a rare thing that our troops can hit an Indian and using oil rendered from the leg bone of a deer. on horseback, though the soldier may be on his feet at Factual reports from the days of the Plains Indian Wars the time." throw some light on the arms the Indians were using during Gen. Nelson A. Miles spoke of the Indian's proficiency their encounters with their enemies. At the treaty council with improved arms in these words: "The Indian's marks- at Fort Laramie in 1851, though the Sioux far out-num- manship is very accurate within the range to which he is bered the Snakes or Shoshones, they dared not attack their accustomed in killing game, say within 200 yards. But in old enemies. Famed westerner Jim Bridger supplied the the use of the long-range rifle, where he must take account answer when he declared: "The Sioux see how the Snakes of the elevated sights, the distance and the effect of the are armed. I got them guns for 'em, and they are good wind upon the flight of the bullet, he is inexperienced and ones." Every man of the Snakes had a good rifle, the best Apache chief Geronimo (extreme right) and son hold U.S. M1873 rifle and carbine, while two other braves of "Cherry Cows" (Chiricahua tribe) carry Winchesters, before their surrender to General George Crook in 1886. of them probably Hawken rifles. But it is noted that "not one in a 100 of the Sioux had a gun." But when the Prairie Sioux and Cheyenne 15 years later ambushed and destroyed Colonel W. J. Fetterman's command of 79 officers and men, and two civilians, only six of the dead soldiers showed gunshot wounds. Two of these men, whose wounds were in the temple and surround- ed by powder marks, were thought to have committed suicide. Possibly the other four may have been hit by bullets from arms captured on the battleground, or wound- ed by their own comrades in the crossfire. When the relief party from the fort mounted the hill overlooking the scene of the massacre, the Indians challenged them to come down and fight. But the soldiers "heard no firing" for the Prairie Sioux were still armed with clubs, bows and lances. That was in December of 1866. From then on the number of Indians possessing fire- arms steadily increased. In the fall of 1866 a law was passed "allowing any loyal citizen, or proper character, to trade with Indian tribes." Quantities of war surplus weap- ons reached the Western tribes. And in addition to arms they bought or took from enemies and stray white men, they received large handouts from government peace com- missions. As early as 1807 Springfield Armory built a lot of short flintlock smoothbore carbines or "fusils" for Indian trade. Some were delivered by the Indian Department to various tribes for hunting use. Short smoothbores were also ordered by the American Fur Company, the Northwest Company, and the Hudson's Bay Company to exchange with the In- dians for beaver and other valuable skins. These special muzzle-loading "northwest guns" have a distinctive "dragon pattern side plate on the left of the stock. When using a muzzle-loader on horseback, the Indian carried a mouthful of balls and a power horn. Pouring in the powder by guess, he spit a wet bullet into the muzzle Pawnee chief Blue Hawk, standing, wears soldiers' coat and thumped the butt against the palm of his hand to settle probably given to him by peace commission, while Coming- the ball. It took skill and alertness (Continued on page 74) Around-With-The-Herd holds muzzle-loading rifle musket. .> WHY NO

Southpaw shooter finds answer to clu Model 721 Remington. Neatly altered rifle has bolt handle on left side.

ONE IN EVERY 15 SHOOTERS IS SOUTHPAW,

Left-hand rifle altered by YET THERE ARE NO FACTORY-MADE Dale Guise (below) has RIFLES FOR LEFTIES WHO HAVE reech welded and primary racting is cam reversed. BECOME FORGOTTEN MEN OF RIFLE SHOOTING

Among slickest conversions is job done by Ervin Barber who restocks rifles (above) with selected fancy black walnut. LEFT-HANDED GUNS

Working iron-sighted regular rifle can be done left-handed but it is awkward for rapid fire.

By HOWARD R. REED

HE LEFT-HANDER, the poor old southpaw, is the for- day living. We have learned to adapt ourselves, instead Tgotten man in rifle shooting. Nobody loves him- of demanding equipment adapted for us. least of all, apparently, the gun manufacturers who might A second reason is that the need for left-handed guns be expected to show some interest in a potential market has come upon us gradually. When lever action single- of a million and a quarter gun users. shots and repeaters were practically universal, guns were That's right; there are approximately 1% million left- more or less ambidextrous. They could be worked easily handers actually shooting in the United States today. Of enough by left-handers even though ejected cases arcing the more than 18 million hunters in the nation, one in up past the shooter's eye or even into his face were a 15 is left-handed. This adds up to about 1,200,000 hunt- minor irritation. Even the bolt action rifle with iron ers and there are many additional southpaws among the sights could be reached across and operated by the left- target shooters and plinkers. Yet there is not a single hander, operated awkwardly it's true, but quite efficiently. factory-built left-handed rifle on the market. The big problem came with the advent of the scope- Why is the left-hander so sadly neglected? sighted bolt action rifle. For the reach-across left-handed Probably the first reason is that we left-handed people shooter, the scope stands directly in the path of his hand have lived all our lives in a right-handed world and have as he goes for the bolt handle. come to accept that handicap. We have become accus- Of course, every left-hander knows the answer to that tomed to making the best of right-handed tools, automo- complaint: "If the bolt action is awkward for you, why biles, writing methods, and all the implements of every- use a bolt action?" 25 c- True left-handed rifle is custom-built Mathieu which direction of case ejection as well as bolt changed to 1

Savage lever action is typical of rifles which can be used by lefties. Stock is for southpaw, but action is unchanged.

But there are reasons for the popularity of the bolt left-handed shooters may seem irrelevant, but there is a action rifle, and those reasons appeal to the left-handed connection. True, ammunition costs the right-hander just as well as to the right-handed shooter. Look at a typical as much as it does the southpaw. But let's agree that, at fine bolt action rifle. Notice first the graceful one-piece present prices, Mr. Average can't afford to shoot a center- stock. A rifle needs this type of stock to give it the rigid- fire rifle enough times each year to be a real marksman. ity necessary for consistent top accuracy. Rifles with two- At 20 to 25 cents a shot, the necessary practice becomes piece stocks do very well for hunting, but they do not prohibitive. The solution is to handload our own fodder, win bench rest matches. Too, the scope on the bolt action a solution which not only reduces the cost of shooting but is mounted center and low, where it is most efficient and gives better accuracy and makes our rifles more versatile. most easily used. The safety is on top, handy to your But the lever action and autoloading pump rifles which thumb, and very positive. The mechanism is simple and are so popular with left-handed shooters do not take rugged. Two massive lugs lock the action immediately kindly to handloading. The lever action rifles lock at the back of the cartridge. A large gas port and the root of rear of the breech-block. Under firing pressures, these the bolt handle give additional protection to the shooter. actions "stretch" slightly and thereby stretch the cartridge The firing pin has a short, fast fall. The trigger is ad- cases. These cases must be full-length resized for reload- justable in pull and travel and stays the way it is set. ing. This not only increases the labor of reloading; but This last item is of more importance than many shoot- the case brass becomes brittle from being- worked and ers realize. The value of a crisp trigger, free from creep, will crack at the head after a few reloadings. In theory, can hardly be overemphasized. A good way to prove the Remington pumps and autoloaders and the Winchester this to yourself is to shoot ten shots with a .30-06 that Model 88 lever actions, all of which lock at the head of has a crisp trigger, then follow with ten more from a the bolt, should work well with neck-sized cartridges, but rifle that has a long creep in the trigger. The results they don't. Chamber tolerances and lack of camming ac- will startle you. tion in these rifles permit case expansion that requires Dragging ammunition costs into an argument about full length resizing. This reload- (Continued on page 60)

Discontinued but far from "obsolete" single shot actions 5 such as Winchester Hi Wall are liked by lefty varminters. !

Little Mossberg .22 was ideal target gun built for a few years in mirror-image model for left-handed shooters. SHOTGUNNING IS A FAMILY SPORT

By CAROLA MANDEL and COL. LEON MANDEL

Waiting turn at Lincoln Park Gun Club traps is Colonel Leon Mandel whose Remington is sleeved to small gauge with Cutts Comp, and wife Carola Mandel who fires Sportsman '48 (left) with Batten recoil modulator. competitions, Camp Perry, is principally for families of consistent winners on the range. Last year Dolly scored shooters rather than shooting families. But the turnout at 93 X 100 at Vandalia to take the women's handicap trap- the big annual skeet shoot at Waterford, Michigan, or the shoot at the Grand American. Bill upheld America's honor Vandalia, Ohio, trap tournament attests to the growing in international shooting by winning the 1955 world cham- status of shotgunning as a family sport. Women and pionship live-bird shoot in Cairo. youngsters are there as participants rather than just spec- That seems to be the usual story in shotgunning. When tators. both husband and wife have a strong interest, they both Husband and wife, son and daughter can and do often turn out to be good shots-and the good marksmanship compete together or against one another. Every member extends to the youngsters, too. Take the case of Dr. R. G. of the family is equal on the skeet and trap field and there Lambert of San Diego, California. The doctor and his wife are many households in which shotgunning is a family Marie as well as nine-year-old son Bill all fired in competi- affair. Certainly this is true in our family where the two tion at Las Vegas, Nevada, last year. Bill was one of the of us find genuine enjoyment in our common liking for the youngest shooters at the meet and did quite well. Both he shotgun game. and his mother broke scores in the 90's for the first time. And it is true among so many other married couples that Shooting together in skeet and trap is in marked contra?! we meet in competition all over the country. We know doz- to so many men and women who are married but live mucli ens of couples who find the shotgunning game a real and of their lives apart. The family spirit in shotgunning is in important part of their marital happiness. some ways, it seems to us, a sign of a truly happy marriage. Among the first who come to mind are the Isetts of Not that a girl marries a man who likes guns with any Kenosha, Wisconsin-Bill and his pretty wife, Dolly. They thought of taking up shooting or trying to share his en- are a real shooting family in every sense of the term. They thusiasm; rather it is simply a matter of doing what comes have a farm but they love shooting so much that they also naturally, as the song in the Annie Oakley musical went. operate a gun club in Kenosha. Both are crack shots and Many of the leading ladies in high over-all shotgun scor-

High-scoring father-and-son duo A1 and Bobby Schuehle admire handsome medals awarded at the Third Fieldale Open skeet championships near Chicago. Typical shotgun event attracted many women shooters (right) as well as solos. 28 ing are so because they learned how to shoot from their husband. It was that way in our case. Suppose the colonel takes over here and explains just how it happened with us. Carola took up shooting primarily to keep me company. When we were married. she had no idea that she would be involved in the sport. until years after we were married, I her target shooting was literally confined to clay ducks at fairs. Shooting galleries were always her weakness and I recall that at the New York World's Fair she shot for 90 minutes straight at the clay birds. It was one of those things where if you hit the target, you got the next round free. And Carola just couldn't stop hitting the target. It was on an expedition to the Galapagos islands in 194J that I gave her a small gauge shotgun to shoot some birds for the Museum of Natural History. She then started shooting seriously after the war and always insisted that she took it up to please me. Frankly I was pleased. We feel that shotgunning is popular as a family sport because it has such high visual appeal. Firing a noisy, big- bore rifle or a kicking pistol at a target so small it can hardly be seen with the naked eve is one thineu that cuts down on the appeal of those forms of target shooting. But Petite Mrs. Mandel manages to back up the big 12's to win the bright blue and yellow "birds," the usually park-like consistently in scattergun competition all over the world.

Thrill of winning skeet trophies was doubled for H. B. Colonel and Carola Mandel who frequently shoot in Stowers by his wife's participation at Pinehurst Club, N. C. husband-and-wife team matches enjoy sport as a family. Young Tommy Forman who holds junior title won at Chicago Grand Championship has gone on crow hunts with his father, Edward W. Forman of Chicago, since he was six years old. Tommy has won many trophies and his 50- straight patch while enjoying the sport with his dad. Browning over-under is Tommy's favorite gun in the field.

shotgun fields with shady verandas LO the clubhouses, are calculated to make watching comfortable and to introduce the family to shotgunning pleasantly and in attractive sur- roundings. Frequently too, because the novice gunner is concentrating so completely in bringing the gun up and get- ting the target, the first round will end with an encourag- ingly high number of birds dusted into the blue. This brings a glimmer of hope to the heart of a beginner that he will eventually be able to master the challenge of the shot- gunning game. There are no special differences in guns and ammuni- tion for "family shooting." One type of gun will be pre- ferred by one shooter, and possibly another type by some other member of the family. And the fact of their differ- ence will add interest to their shooting together. Mass- produced pump and automatic shotguns do have an edge over some other guns in terms of economy, and they are not lacking in accuracy either. While first cost is often lower than the over-under or fine single trap gun, the matter of stock fit is highly important. A small shooter, particularly a boy or girl, has just as much need for a gunstock of proper length and with the right pitch and drop as does an experienced trophy collector. But to saw off the fine stock on a costly gun is unfortunate. By using one of the trap or skeet models of standard guns, and bolting on an inexpensive standard butt stock altered to fit the small shooter, money can be saved that might ~rofitablybe spent on ammu- (Continued on page 63) 30 ^CHISELS MAY SLIP, OOD MA+ FLOW-BUT ARN TO MAKE GUNS,

OM BUTT TO MUZZLE

ÈRAD TRADE SCHOOL

By HOWARD HUNT BRISBANE

VERY SHOOTER who picks up a screwdriver to adjust his sights is on the first step toward becoming a gun- smith. Sooner or later if he is a real aficionado of the fusils he gets out file and chisel and starts improving his guns. Some of those improvements are startling, signifi- cant successes. Others are miserable failures. For no mat- ter how much a man loves guns and enjoys hunting and shooting, that love isn't enough. A gunsmith must know more about guns than most auto mechanics know about cars. Who ever expected an auto mechanic to build an automobile from parts as part of his Class of embryo gunsmiths hear in- structor Kroeckel explain pressure- velocity table on 180 grain .30-06.

Close-tolerance lathe operation (left) is one of many skills required of bud- , %. ding gunsmiths by colorado school.

Detroit "graduation" exercises? Yet the gunsmith does before me was equivalent to that facing a pre-medical stu- that in school, and builds complete guns from butt to muz- dent in his freshman year. And the qualities a successful zle throughout the rest of his working life. gunsmith should have are a lot like those which make a

I wanted to be a gunsmith, and decided that the best way ugood doctor. to start was to go to school. There are not many schools The attributes that a beginning student should possess which have courses about guns, but at the Lassen Junior are : College in Shasta, California, the Pennsylvania Gunsmith 1. Patience. School in Pittsburgh, and the Colorado School of Trades 2. An intense interest in guns. in Denver, you can learn the craft. I chose the Denver 3. Fair manual ability. school, because of the mountains and the hunting. 4. A basic knowledge of the use of simple hand tools. At the time I entered the gunsmith school I had a truly 5. Patience. foolish notion that there was little I could learn about guns. A lack of any one of the above makes the row much After all, hadn't guns been my lifetime study and hobby? harder to hoe. A lack of any two leads to the suggestion But before a month had passed, I realized that the task that the would-be gunsmith should try some other field. Randy Atchison applies final grit- Drop measurement on fine custom- Instructor and student inspect a re- paper rubdown to well-grained stock. stocked Ithaca double gun is checked. blued barrel before final oil bath. I recall mv first night- at school with a mixture of amuse- ment, nostalgia, and frustration. From the registration desk I could look down the double row of benches where stu- dents were engrossed with the diversified jobs that com- prise the gunsmithing trade. Overhead hung gunstocks and fore-end wood in the last stages of completion. The faint odor of wood fillers and finishing oil competed with tlie acrid fumes of cutting oil on hot metal from the ma- chine shop in the rear of the building. The music in the air-some might call it cacophony-was of files and ham- mers on metal, rasps on wood, the click-clacking of actions. I mentally rubbed my hands together and thought, "Well, where's my first gun to work on?" But the thought was short-lived. An instructor and student were standing nearby. I caught a snatch of conversation: "When they close on a field gauge, boy, they're ready for the barrel vise and lathe!" Annoyed, I wondered what the hell is a field gauge? And what is supposed to close on it? Meanwhile, my instructor, Dick Kroeckel, handed me a blueprint. I studied it, a dovetail of male and female pieces that must be filed out of "What is one-eighth C.R.S., Dick?" Water-soaked rags protect locking lugs, and goggles "Cold-rolled steel," he answered. "And the pieces must protect workman's eyes, as student welds bolt handle. be a tight, finger-press fit as if they were madly in love with each other." - I didn't know it then, but I wasn't to touch a gun for Crowning pistol barrel requires steady hand and preci- quite a while. The dovetail was the first of a succession of sion work, prepares student for major lathe operation. metal practice projects that included filing sight dovetails in barrel blanks, making a sight-mounting clamp and ramp front sight, winding coil springs, and drilling and tapping. In addition to the metal-working experience provided by die practice projects, these jobs are a true test of the stu- den's store of patience. Gunsmithing and patience are as inseparable as baking powder and biscuits. Ever see a high-strung, fidgety gunsmith? It is doubtful that you will see many, if any. After the woodworking projects that followed (pistol- grip section, checkering, inlays, inletting barrel blanks), I arrived at the goal of all rookie students: actually work- ing on a gun. I was handed a Jap 7.7 mm clunker to be altered, stocked, and blued or in (Continued on page 72) HUNTING KING

Ngo Van Chi and helpers size up massive head of gaur killed by Colonel Askins. Chi Favorite gun of Chi is Win- holds Askins' Winchester M71/.450, shooting 400-grain bullet at 4110 Ibs. energy. c hester M70 .3 75 Magnum. THE ORIENT

Weight is one of the essential characteristics of Chi's rifles designed to stop danger- ous game. In same class with his .416 Rigby is .470 double weighing 11 pounds.

ORIENTAL SPORTSMAN, WHO GAVE UP HIS BUSINESS AND MOST OF HIS WIVES TO DEVOTE FULL TIME TO SHOOTING ASIA'S MOST DANGEROUS GAME KILLS MORE BIG TROPHIES, BY HEAD OR BY TON, THAN MOST HUNTERS EVER SEE

HAVE HAD the pleasure of hunting I in recent weeks with a man I nom- inate for hunting's world-wide hall of fame. His name is Ngo Van Chi, and he kills more game every year-count it by the head or by the long ton- than most self-alleged hunting experts see in a lifetime. I claim certain qualifications for picking big-time sportsmen, because I've known and hunted with some of the best. There's my pardner, George Parker, distinguished rifleman and pis- stantly for the(~ontinuedon page 68) h'THE SINGLE ACTION

By DON MARTIN

current boom in sixguns of old-time pattern has received big push from development of 357 and .44 Magnum calibers in Ruger heavy-frame Blackhawk which is fired by expert pistolman Pete Kuhlhoff with long range two-hand hold. Single-action-type smooth wood grips of Ruger allow heavy gun to kick freely across palm of hand, reducing shock of recoil.

HE COMEBACK of the Single Action in the past Tfive years, under old names and new, in cali- bers as old as the one-hoss shay and as new as man-made satellites, has revived all the old argu- ments (and started some new ones) about this much-loved, well-hated, and widely misunder- stood hip-~istol. The modem models (Ruger, Great Western, Colt, Pony Express) are all new except the pattern, but they are just as contro- versial as they were when Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson wore them in Tombstone and Dodge City. Newest of the new Single Actions is the Ruger Blackhawk .44 Magnum-a gun designed and calibered to carry handgun performance to the near-limit of one-hand weapons. Here is maxi- mum stopping power in a revolver that combines oldtime Single Action ruggedness with 1956 refinements. The Ruger Single Actions are directly descend- ed, in grip shape, position of trigger and general appearance, from the cap-and-ball guns Colt made for and during the Civil War. Ruger went back also to the oldtime smooth walnut grips, a move applauded by most Single Action addicts. For anything other than target shooting, checker- ing adds little or nothing to a walnut handgun grip. It adds less than nothing to the Single Action, since a small amount of grip slip is actu- ally one of the secrets of this gun's ability to absorb recoil. The grip rolls down in the hand, placing the thumb nearer the hammer, and the hand returns to its original position as the gun is cocked and pointed. Ruger improvements on the old Single Action

Powerful .44 Magnum in Ruger makes gun jump but is not ob- jectionable even for Viola Glass who is noted New York shooter. Simple take-down of single action revolver where cylinder drops out when pin is pulled has much to do with present de- mand for the type. Rugged strength important to frontiersman in a handgun is still needed in knockabout camping service.

are the adjustable rear sight at the rear of the heavy top and top accuracy. And you've always got the big loads in strap, and the ruggedly simple inner working parts which reserve for an emergency. require no flat springs. This action in a .22 Ruger Single Much has been said and written about the terrific recoil Six was snapped by an electrical contrivance ten times a of these Magnum cartridges. I had half a dozen local minute for six 24-hour davs. The operating" machine broke gunnies, one a 17-year-old girl, fire the .44 Magnum. All, down, but the sixgun was still in good condition. including the girl, laughed at the stories of wild recoil. The old-time Single Action had its firing pin on the One chap, shooting at a standard 50' pistol target, made hammer. The modern Ruger Single Actions have the firing two 9's and a 10 with his last three out of five shots. Con- " u - pin in the frame of the gun. The separate firing pin takes clusion? All the .44 Blackhawk needs to perform well or care of rim fire ammunition in the .22 caliber Single Six better is one gun man or gun woman behind it. If you can models much better and is an essential precaution against- handle a .45 Colt, you can handle the Magnums. punctured primers in the high-pressure .357 and .44 mag- The Blackhawk .44 Magnum weighs one ounce over two num guns. The old style does well enough with black and one-half pounds empty, two ounces under three pounds powder and low pressure smokeless loads. fully loaded. With target sights on a 6W barrel, giving The Blackhawk .44 Magnum is the power-king of the 81/2'' between sights, the Blackhawk .44 Magnum will R-uger line. This .44 Magnum cartridge, pushing a 240 stretch effective pistol ranges from here to ~onder,in the grain bullet at 1,570 feet per second to develop 1,314 foot liands of a practiced shooter. pounds of muzzle energy, is quite possibly the most power- Ruger Single Actions are not well adapted to "fanning" ful pistol cartridge that will ever be sold as a commercial because of their target-style sights. These sharp-cornered factory load. Heavier ones can be loaded, but the -44 bumps on top of the gun will cut a fanner's hand to pieces. Magnum is plenty of load for most shooters in any gun of But this is small loss, Hollywood heroes notwithstanding. reasonable weight, and it delivers all the punch any shooter Experienced gumfighters never used this style in combat, should demand from a handgun. unless possibly in barroom brawls where smoke and num- The power and the impact of the big, bull-busting ,357 ber of shots might be more important than hitting the target. and .44 Magnums are no dream. Half a dozen big range Slip-hammer shooting-thumbing the hammer back and Lulls were shot in local slaughter houses, forehead shots firing the shot by letting the hammer slip from under the with the .44 Magnum. The battered slugs were found deep thumb-can be done with Rugers, but not very success- in the necks of the animals. There is enough" nenetration1 fully unless the hammer is altered. Hammer alterations and smash in this load to account for any soft-skinned were needed on the oldtime Single Actions too, if this animal short of African buffalo. Yet either gun is a good method was to be used efficiently. The hammer spur should buy for the average" shooter who wants a defense weanon be smoothed to avoid wounding the shooters thumb, and or even a target pistol in the center-fire category. Either should be reshaped. will fire its own equivalent lighter loads (.38 Special in the A lot of bad things were said about the oldtime Single .357; .44 Special in the .44 Magnum) with slight recoil Action, but the man who says that it is an out-dated rem- Judge Don Martin finds two-handed hold while seated gives best accuracy with "Judge Colt," firing at jackrabbits. nant of a bygone day in gunmaking is just not looking at the whole handgun picture. The Single Action was not and is not a primitive revolver, any more than a double action revolver is a primitive automatic. The Single Action came first, and stayed-not only for sentimental reasons but be- cause it still is the best handgun made for certain uses. It has its faults; so does the double action, so does the auto- matic. But it has its virtues, too; virtues that neither of the other types can claim. For the uses for which it is in- tended, it comes as near as a gun can to being the per- fect revolver. Single Action Colt with wide hammer spur is favorite of If Single Action virtues had (Continued on page 66) quick draw artists who used slant holster for speed,

Colt Peacemaker was modified by western gunfighter for speed. Hammer spur was lowered to permit slip shooting by letting hammer slip from under thumb while cut guard allowed finger to hold trigger back, leaving hammer free to fall. 39

AUCTION OF 30,000-GUN

OKLAHOMA COLLECTION

MAY UPSET WORLD'S

ANTIQUE GUN MARKET

By GEORGE P. SHEFFER

HE LARGEST privately-owned gun T collection in the world may soon be sold. James M. Davis, owner of the Mason Hotel in Claremore, Oklahoma, which houses his fantastic collection of more than 30,000 guns, valued at between one and two million dollars. has finally bowed to the inevitable. Constantly increasing since the collec- tion was begun 62 years ago, Davis' collection must be disposed of almost immediately, because they are crowd- ing him out of his huge, rambling old frame hotel building. He has been try- ing to interest the city of Claremore in constructing a firearms museum, a three-story air-conditioned building ' a half-block long for the guns, but so far this is just talk. "If I don't get a building, I will sell the guns," Davis declares. This sale would be the greatest event of the century in gun collecting. It would level out the spiraling prices on semi-rare items. It would add a tre- mendous impetus to gun collecting by making available a stock of possibly 30,000 collector's firearms. In nearby Tulsa, the gun nuts know the meaning of the Davis collection to their market. "Guns are getting darn tough to find around here," one Tulsa man com- plained to me. "Everybody with an old gun to sell knows about Davis and they take a Sunday drive up there and some- times wind up by giving him the gun." Not many gun collectors in far parts of the country actually know Davis, yet the fame of his collection has spread through the lower levels where guns are to be found. He has gained a great

Gun display at Mason Hotel desk is only part of 30,000 item collection. share of the available guns through the years. Just how large a share Davis owns even he cannot answer. Yet there is no doubt about it being the world's big- gest collection. I had heard rumors of the Claremore guns for a few years, but scoffed at the idea of "world's biggest'' collection. Anybody who has knocked around in the gun game for a while gets tired of people putting him onto the "biggest" gun collection. It usually turns out to be two or three hundred guns at the most. Many collectors own over 500 guns, some as many as a thou- sand. And there are a few which top 5,000 and even 10,000. But Davis long ago passed the 25,000 mark and stopped counting. "I trade some," he explains, "and I just have no way to keep track of what I own. I estimate it would take a year to catalog all the guns and tag them properly for dis-

-.play. I'm the only person living now who knows the stories behind some of these guns but I'm just too busy to take on the job." When a Colorado rancher told me that Davis' collection was the "biggest thing of its kind" he had ever seen; when a Tulsa gun nut informed me that it would take at least three days to get just a glance at everything on display; and when an Oklahoma City arms deal-

Owner of fabulous Oklahoma collection is James Davis of Claremore, who has turned Mason Hotel into armory. He spends several hours daily cleaning guns.

Savage "figure-8" revolver is among rare pistols owned by Davis. Later model was used by U.S. Navy in Civil War. er spoke of the guns in awe, I knew it Rare German wheelock was time to head for Claremore. pistol dates from 1550. The Mason Hotel was easy to find. As I ~ushedopen the door my eyes grew accustomed to the change in light Turkish cavalry pistol from the bright sun outside, and sud- has coral decorations. denly I stopped still in dead amaze- ment. I had expected to see guns, but never so many as this! Guns, guns, British light cavalry guns-wired to panels, festooned on pistol is Revolutionary. the walls from cornice to floor, in bunches like grapes and baskets and bushels and bales. Every available Berber flint blunder- inch of wall was covered by racks and buss has European lock. rows of arms. Long guns were thrust through loops in tire chairs and long rows of these like Jacob's ladders were U.S. M1836 pistol was everywhere on the walls. made by I. N. Johnson. Over the arched brick doorway lead- ing into the coffee shop, above a pair of tremendous Longhorn steer horns, Unusual lock for fir- was a mounted white goat trophy head ing cannon dates 1800. warily placed between a Colt Maxim gun and a Marlin aircraft machine Army pistol of 1842 gun. I stumbled forward to the lobby was made by H. Aston. desk to pick up my room reservation, gawking at the thousands of guns like a country kid in the big city for the Palmetto Armory in first time. Behind the desk and cash- Carolina made 42 gun. ier's cage I saw panoplies of pistols arranged within easy reach. Davis has several bush- els of 'suicide specials.' I later learned that Davis kept some of his best guns on those panels at the Rare carbine has shoulder stock.

One of Davis' 400 Colts is popular Navy.

^i* Single row of pistols from myriad of panels which decorates Mason Hotel walls contains guns from many lands. Davis collects anything that shoots.

Blunderbusses from Balkans (top to bottom), Africa, France, Britain are some of Davis' thousands of long guns draped in tire chains on the walls. desk. But then, my first thought was, "A deadbeat trying to skip out of here without paying his bill could have a choice of being shot by any one of 89 automatic pistols including three Lug- ers, a fine Borchardt, a choice of Berg- manns, three Davis-Warner pistols, and a Maxim MG-08 machine gun." Above the letter boxes a panel held a stocked Colt Army .44, a stocked Springfield M1855 pistol-carbine, and Raphael, Starr, Allen & Wheellock, Lefaucheux and Colt pistols by the dozens. As I approached the desk, a tall, spare man with the lines of the frontier One of three Paterson Colts with folding triggers owned by Davis is scarce on his face rose to -greet me with a "baby" size in -28 caliber in a fancy case with mold, rod, 'cylinder and flask. pleasant smile. This was my first in- troduction to James M. Davis, owner (as I was now quite ready to believe) of the world's largest gun collection. And I had only seen a fraction of the whole. My room was on the second floor. It was one of the few rooms still rented, for the others are stuffed with guns. As the porter led the way upstairs, I idly noticed the muskets which lined the wall. With a shock I realized that the commonplace flintlock smoothbore I was glancing at bore the tantalizing script "Virginia Manufactury" mark on the lock. It was a rare prize for the martial arms or h~federatecollector Three of the fancier guns in Claremore collection are Frontier Colts with alike, yet Davis had not one but three full engraving, ivory and silver grips, and 357 Smith & Wesson magnum.

such muskets, all in original flintlock condition. The 300-foot long hall was gar- landed with more guns. Common, cheap .22 rifles of little distinction and small value were grouped with fine single shot match rifles, Schuetzen style and off-hand, Creedmoor patterns, and muzzle loaders, Hi-Walls, Ballards, Stevens 44's, and European types by distinguished makers. Spaced along the one hall were, at a guess, from 500 to 1,000 rifles, carbines and muskets. More filled the side halls. ., After getting settled in my room, 1 came downstairs again, to the dining room and the coffee shop. There Henry, Leman, Lancaster-made Kentuckys and other varieties of American sporting rifles paneled more wall area. Over 1500 "squirrel rifles" are in the Clare- more collection, many of them finely inlaid with silver and brass. As I sat there sipping my coffee, I glanced about at the other visitors. It was possible to tell the town people from the tourists. Natives ate their Oldrimer of Claremore reminisces with small fry about Gatling gun such as he dinners, paid and left. Tourists sat saw used in Spanish war and on the frontier in Indian wars of last century. there with (Continued on page 52) 44 By KENT BELLAH

HY LOAD your own? Comrner- pert. But economy isn't the real rea- w cia1 ammunition is exceptionally son handloaders are -getting - thicker good, so why make your own? Match than Sunday drivers. fodder from 'the factories wins cham- This loading game is pure, fascina- pionships, and hunting loads bring ting fun. Never since the invention of down deer season after season, so why the metallic cartridge has such superior handload? The answer is that the fac- equipment been available at prices the tories do make occasional errors in let- average guy can afford. ~ools,dies, ting defective rounds slip by the inspec- guns and components are so standard- tors. But fundamentally, the main rea- ized that assembly of precision ammo sons to handload are: you can hand- is a simplified, safe and sane hobby. Early scientists discovered that load better fodder for less money, and Life would be dull without the good a drop of hot lead falling in a shot tower formed a perfect have fun doing it. people who make our guns and ammu- ball. Seeing this natural Loading tool ads stress economy, nition. I love 'em like brothers. But phenomenon the first bullet which is very true. A total of 100 re- what do they contribute to the boom- manufacturers made ball-shaped loads cost as little as $1.50, compared ing do-it-yourself hobby? Nothing- bullets. Modern ballistics to $9.70 for .357 Magnum, or $21.50 absolutely nothing. They view with experts know that a bullet must for .30-06 loads made by Remington alarm the loads you point to with penetrate the air, not or Winchester. That means factory pride. They answer an inquiry on re- conform to it. Therefore, SIERRA fodder is so high that few of us can loading as if the writer were a nine- BULLETS are scientifically afford to shoot enough to be really ex- year-old (Continued on page 46) designed to shoot farther and give maximum accuracy because of their perfect SHAPE. A

Hard brass in .38 shells Too deep primer pocket causes break on firing. produces misfire.

Bent cartridge came fresh from factory package.

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BULLETS Primer holes off -center Soft brass is case head result in inaccuracy. makes extraction hard. 600 W. WHITTIER BLVD., WHITTIER, CAL HANDLOADING BENCH The perfect outdoors shirt CHAMOIS CLOTH (Continued from page 45) SHIRT about to blow off his head because he can't top quality tools were available, or 50 years looks and feels like put some powder, a primer, and a bullet in ago when mercuric primers ruined once- chamois leather. a shell safely. fired brass-but not today. In my book, the Warm, well-tailored and tough. Ideal for hunt- It is a strange attitude, because reloaders most important reason for reloading is the ing and fishing. San- superior accuracy and dependability of my forized and gets softer are the factories' best customers and have with each washing. Give ammunition. That doesn't mean factory fod- shirt size and color fewer accidents than occur in bathtubs. Fact when ordering. is, the hobby has spread, like wildfire, safely der isn't good and dependable. It is. But enjoyed by rich and poor. Every shooter it's simple and easy to assemble much bet-. G 0 K E y c 0. Ti:'' 2;s' worth the powder he burns is rolling his ter stuff quickly and at far less cost. Dept. G, St. Paul 1, Minn. $5m95postpaid The average quality of factory fodder is Send for Free GOKEY SPOI~TSI~~ANCatalan. own and enjoying it. With handloads you - - can make exactly the ammunition you need. so good we can use it as a yardstick to meas- ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥e~¥¥*~¥ ure the quality of our handloads. But once w e To make special cartridges for every in a while the ammunition makers let a de- e whim or use a shooter might want would :THE POLY-CHOKE CO., Inc. 0 fective cartridge get in a box. It is a well- cause ammo makers to add tens of thousands :1214 Tunxis St., Hartford 1, Connecticut known fact that some lot numbers are better   of numbers to their line. No dealer could than others, which also means some lots are Please send free "Wingshooter's Hand- e afford to carry complete stocks. Handload- book"; 0 free mailing carton for my gun inferior. Minor defects often go unnoticed. : ers brew the exact loads they want and the To miss a tin can or get an "8" on a bull barrel. o cost to change over for different loads is   might be your fault. A hangfire or missfire same...... nothing at all. For example, a hunter shot might be the gun. Or did the factory goof?   completely through three deer with little Some plinkers may not consider it very.im-  effect, using commercial .300 H & H Mag- Address...... portant, but a hunter who loses a fine trophy   num ammo. He bought the gun to have thinks it is pretty serious. If the cards are "plenty of power" for long shots. Power he :city...... * *ate...... 0 down and you are playing for keeps, a miss- 6 (PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY) 0 had, but the bullets were designed for deep fire could cost your life. 0 0 penetration on heavy game. Replacing the a m Like a rotten apple in a barrel, one bad bullets with thin-jacketed, fast-expanding cartridge can ruin an entire case. If all the types, he had a super bombshell that would defective cartridges I've found in the past zip 'way across canyons and drop a buck 20 years out of hundreds of thousands of in a heap. rounds were pictured, they would fill this Some writer once stated that handloads issue of GUNSfrom cover to cover. Defects were okay for practice, but factory fodder are the rare exception, but some of the junk AT YOUR should be used for serious hunting. Noth- I've photographed has been astonishing. A FAVORITE NEWSSTAND ing could be more ridiculous. That might good handloader would have discovered most 1 have been partly true 25 years ago before of the defects here shown. Some are com- ponent defects that the factory should have FORTHE MAN V\ -10 HAS EVERYTHING discovered. Fully two third of the price you pay for ammo is for testing and inspecting components and inspecting completed car- tridges. A typical goof is an off-center primer, apt to give erratic ignition, perhaps a hangfire or missfire. The inspector may have been out late the night before. Off-center flash holes were found in over il 200 cases in a single lot. How they passed COLT AUTOMATIC PISTOLS inspection is a wonder. Double flash-holes sometimes occur. They will certainly give over-ignition, which is mighty bad, producing bad pressures. The inspector may have been accustomed to see- ing double and thought this was normal. Another factory goof looks as if it had been made for shooting around corners. A doctor said it had Peyronnie's Disease, but it looks bent to me. The round wouldn't chamber. A terrible goof was in a .30-06 that gave a long hangfire and let a big Colorado deer get away. The primer was driven in the too-deep pocket, which cushioned the firing- pin blow. The ultimate goof happened in a .30 car- bine cartridge- without a flash hole. How many of these little jewels passed inspection I wouldn't know, but fortunately this one didn't tie up a gun in combat and cost a soldier his life. Many cases in a lot of 300 which I checked had soft heads. This goof the factory should have prevented through material control. When fired, the rifle bolt locked so tight it had to be driven open with a hammer. Ex- panded primer pockets poured gas into the magazine. Fortunately the fine FN Mauser As I said, factory fodder is good, mer- action was not wrecked. But it was danger- chandise. Before some wag inquires why the ously soft brass to say the least. bench rest boys don't use it, the answer is: NO FUMBLE Pistol cases sometimes have an overly- it can be handloaded better and cheaper. deep cannelure in brittle brass-a com- Future columns will show you how simple ~onndedgoof. Many cases in the lot of 300 and easy it is. 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Send caliber or trac- ins of ammunition. $1.98 PP. an important volume in many gun students' of reality, bring forth the western cowboy as or C.O.D. libraries. The book lacks illustrations but he was seen by others, and as he lived, in Holster and clip to- tht: text is there to read, carrying the story his own times. gether $4.50 PP. of the development of armies from the Amer- All gun fans have a soft spot for the DEALER INQUIRIES ica n Revolution through to a final chapter "western guns," the Winchester and the INVITED heiided "The Future of War." The au- Colt. Now Westermeier has made it possible DEPT. "H", the ir's conclusions may not be agreed on by for the gun fan to read genuine anecdotes of B & J LEATHER all,, but his facts are irrefutable. cowboys and guns, and to gain a greater A detailed listing of sources by footnotes appreciation of the importance which fire- GOODS CO. wb ich so often clutter up otherwise readable arms had in frontier days. The chapter on P. 0. BOX 990 pular volumes has been avoided in this "Law and Disorder" with its sub-section on BROWNSVILLE, one by a concise appendix covering basic "Six-Shooters" is alone worth the price of TEXAS reference materials by chapter. The author the book. But far more than bare facts on ikes no claim to "basic research.", vet. he frontier firearms. Westermeier's trailing of 1 has studied such earlv-dav ~ublishedworks the cowboy leads the reader on such diverse as Admiral John ~ahi~ren's"~he1ls& Shell paths as the "Primrose Trail" and "The Guns" (1856) and Congressman William Golden Rule." There is an authentic creak PECIAL Simmer's "An inquiry into the importance of saddle leather and bawling of heifers in of the militia," published in 1823. It is this almost documentary book on the old UBSCRIPTIO refreshing to read a book on military affairs west. by an author who seems -to know the differ- FFER ! ence between a musket and a rifle, as well SMALL ARMS OF THE WORLD as other more technical gun facts. By W. H. B. Smith (Military Service, $10) When the arms book reviewer is handed a tome of 768 pages, illustrated by so many photographs of firearms that he doesn't care l HOLLYWOOD FAST DRAW HOLSTER to spend time counting them, there is an al- most unavoidable tendency to show how Finest Fast Draw Holster Made I much the reviewer knows by casting stones Used by tap movie stars and studios. Esneciallv de--- at the book. Falling into this trap, I must signed for single action Colt. Ruger and Great. Western. say that this is not impossible with Smith's Made of finest leather available, opus magnus. Captions are transposed. Pho- . two thicknesses (lining and outside]. tos of non-existent guns appear, such as the 4 Designed and used bv .ARVO.-.. - picture of a keretta hmcarbine on page OJA-LA, Hollywood's top fast- 538 which has the clip magazine jammed draw artist and instructor . . . fea- tured in July GUNS MAGAZINE. into the ejection port instead of in its place I ' on top of the gun. But the person, whether Holster is metal lined and formed to fit the gum. Each gun belt es- reviewer or reader, who labors these few pecially hand made and customized deficiencies, is entirely overlooking the in- to your personal measurements. calculable merit of a great book. Send your exact waist and hip mea- Smith has led up to 'this work gradually, surements, gun make, calibre and barrel length. through several previous editions from the I $2 paperback which was widely sold during Plain Black Plain Black World War I1 to this tremendous basic refer-

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THE GUN DIGEST TREASURY Edited by John T. Amber (Gun Digest Co., $2.50) In the 11th year of publication, the Gun Digest has finally come of age-it is repeating itself. The repetition takes the form of the Gun Digest Treasury, a handsome com- panion volume to the current Gun Digest. The Treasury will especially appeal to those who missed getting the earlier Gun Digests, and did not wake up until too late. Nearly 60 articles in the Treasury make it not only the most interesting reading for its size around, but the selection of articles has added greatly to its lasting value. Baron Engelhardt's "Story of European Proof Marks" is assembled together in one handy form for immediate reference. "Win- chester's Forgotten Cartridges,"which John Amber found so popular that he had to re- print it from the 6th edition some years ago and sell for 25 cents, is also included. Good. sense articles such as that by Doc Stebbins, "Used Guns and How To Buy 'Em,"' and Phil Sharpe's "The Art of Hand- loading Ammunition," are mingled with es- says such as "Browning's First Rifle" and "Paterson and Walker Colts." Seven ar- ticles on shotgunning prove that the scat- terbore enthusiast is not slighted, and "The Secrets of Double Action Shooting" in the handgun section will prove of strong inter. est to practical pistolmen.

EXPLORING THE NORTHERN PLAINS Edited by Lloyd MacFarling (Caxton, $7.50) Few books today can boast the distin guished list of contributors which Lloyd MacFarling has assembled in "Exploring the Northern Plains." Captain William Clark co-leader of the Lewis & Clark expedition leads off by contributing the first chaptei concerning his trek to the Columbia, the firsi manifestation of our national destiny. His colleague Meriweather Lewis pens the sec ond chapter. Henry Marie Brackenridge famed Indian artist and frontier reportei George Catlin, Brevet Lieutenant John C Fremont, Francis Parkman, Captain Howard Stansbury are but a few of the major mer of their times whose works have been culled for pertinent passages which lead the readei west. The period of expansion from 1804 to the Custer Battle is detailed by eye-wit nesses who bring the immediacy of daib newspaper reporting to events long past Throughout for the gun fan, there art all-too-brief references to arms issued and used by the military convoys, such as Capt William Ludlow's noting that the Black Hills Expedition's "artillery was represented by three Gatlings and a 3-inch rifle." @ THE WORLD'S

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Big Game Rifle for Africa muzzle. This all makes for one terrific car- tridge. Here is our first commercially manu-. This graceful streamlined inchester's New .458 Magnum, will beauty still retains a factured cartridge that is in the class of the wonderful impression of W'make the British big guns look to their .500/%5, the 470 and the .475. It will do feather lightness even laurels. For those who have longed to own a after hours of carrying. everything that any of these will do and kick The chrome lined big-bore gun yet did not want to buy im- a hell of a lot less. barrel, the all weather ported fodder, and for those who wanted a stock treatment and When I got my .458 1took it, along with my the automatic cut- rifle of the elephant class but frowned on double .475 #2, out to the local range. off are exclusive double rifles, this is a welcome addition to Setting up shop at 100 yards I found that it Franchi features. the Winchester line. 88t hll lnlimatin was much more difficult to get off two well- Ilà !MI SPOrtit; The new load is built around the belted aimed shots with a double rifle of this caliber into dialer or .375 case, shortened to 2%" and expanded to that it was to get off not only two, but three .458. Bullets are 500 grain solids and .510 with the .458. The reason for this is the feel grain soft points. Velocity is 2125 feet per and recoil of the double gun. second with both weights and the striking Double gun recoil is straight back and up force is slightly over 5000 foot pounds at the and I mean right now. I have fired my .475 as much as ten times in one standing and all I can say is, it sure kicks. The gun is finely AUTOMATIC PISTOL BOOK built but the blat and roar from those Kynoch Four hundred illustrations with prices and data loads will give anyone a headache. Most red buckram bound. Valuable to collectors: dealers and swappers. Price $10.00 postpaid. American shooters don't like to shoot such a Discount to dealers on three or more. Limited double as much as ten times, because it will edition. Free circular. almost make you sick, punch-drunk. But you WESMORE BOOK CO. can shoot with the Model 70 .458. Perhaps it Box 866 Weehowken, New Jersey is the welcome, old familiar feeling that comes from gripping a stock like the regular ' ' ARMS Model 70, instead of that skinny forend found CORPORATION on double rifles. The weight is about the 45-1 8 Court Square same as my .475 double at 9.5 pounds, for the Winchester scales 9.7 unloaded with the sling. Recoil of the new cartridge is not at all un- pleasant to anyone experienced with the .375. I Granted, you know you are shooting some- THE thing a lot bigger. I found I could lose skin I off my elbows when shooting it from a bench, but it is by no means as punishing as the .475 double or an old 11.2 Schuler I had. I Modern engineering has gone into the car- I MUZZLE I I BRAKE : Tiny, but POTENTI Custom-fitted into your 1 barrel, like the chamber. Illustrated folder. PENDLETON GUNSHOP %I%?= &----¥¥------¥¥¥¥¥¥

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Box 2062 Fort Pierce, Fia. tridge. It develops all the power of the big load three more through the hinged magazine English cartridges with less recoil and equal floorplate. But the gun doesn't feed easily ballistics. The weight per round is less, which with this much pressure on the cartridges and all adds up to a better deal when you are three loaded into the magazine, and then clos- paying air freight to Kenya. ing the bolt, work much better. If you can't A good big bore shooter will have no trou- kill that elephant with three, you better let ble at all in getting as good results as I did him go anyway. Recoil pad is solid, not (2" groups or better) and the reloader will spongy. The front swivel lug is attached come up with even better ones, I am sure. directly to the barrel, which is a very good Price of $295 is partly accounted for by the idea as it allows the stock to recoil over the .458 being available only in Super Grade. left hand without any swivel base or sling While the price is higher than other M70's, it hitting your fingers. is much less than the plainest doubles. The Rear sight is a leaf moved along an in- price alone will attract far more people than clined ramp for elevation. The adjustment is the maker at first realized. The high cost of by a single turn knob in the sight. Once the a good European double has been prohibitive rifle's zero is found, the moveable leaf can be for many men who would have preferred to cramped tight by a fine-headed set screw. take their own big game rifles on safari. The The sight design is one that should be 1 "OSTER" SHOOTING ACCESSORIES I American hunter especially will be pleased studied by the hunter who plans to use this A complete line of all types of shooting edulpment. inoludlnft surplus shooting mats that retail at half with the big rifle because it fits him like the weapon on dangerous game. It should be set, the price of other nuts on the market. Mail orders bolt guns he is accustomed to. positively zeroed at one range, and locked Wed promptly. Write for free literature and w-iees. The .458 is a basic Model 70 with some im- into place. The sight setting after tightening Dealer Inqulrlei Invited Dee. S.È provements. Capacity is four rounds if you the screw should be checked on the range. Llanerch Gun Shop 23~~~$,i$~~2 drop one into the chamber, close the bolt, and Next best thing is to (Continued on page 81) I 1

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their heads strained back while food grew but the newspaper writers do not know that) cold and coffee muddy. I spotted two fel- and write about him in inaccurate articles. low gun collectors because they seemed to be "I've been collecting guns for 62 years,"' playing a game. Their lips were moving and the tall Oklahoman told me. He began col- I could see that both were mentally speaking lecting at the age of seven when a $1.50 the names of the various guns as they tried muzzle loading shotgun was given to him by to identify them by sight.- his father, John Davis of El Dorado, Arkan- The most complete, Later during the evening Davis found sas. Then when John Davis died, son Jim ie to show me around the hotel. He is accurate, up-to-date inherited his 12-gauge double gun. From likeable chap, but a bit hard to get to that time on he began to pick up guns avid- gun book of them all! ow in some respects. He shies away from ly. Living in Oklahoma and Arkansas where This is the one standard author- blicity, particularly by the usual news- Revolutionary guns were used by the coun- ity on American firearms, scopes, per writer who talks about "automatic try folk, and Civil War guns drifted into the sights, ammunition. ~olvers" (Davis has a couple, incidentally, area as war surplus, Davis rapidly built up 0 You'll find listed here every American rifle, hand gun and his collection. shotgun on today's market-over "When I got older, opportunities to pur- 250 in all - with manufacturer, model name and number, caliber chase guns came so fast that for a time I or gauge, length of barrel and was forced to set a limit," Davis told me. price. "I cut myself down to buying about $3,000 0 You eet a preview of future worth a month. I would sell or trade off models-guns that are now only taking shape on the designers' about a third of that." We went into a long boards. room on the first floor where dozens of 0 And SPECIAL: Larry Roller, saddles, many fine ones with gold and silver a gunsmith and hunter for 30 conchos and deeply carved leather fittings, years, now picks his 10 favorite models. were stacked. A big glass-topped display This book is required equipment case stood near the door. It was cluttered $5 for every hunter, match-shooter, with pistols. i::;: and collector. Get a copy 01 ~ ------p~ "Those are some of my gangster guns," 2:.. . Lorry Koller's Book of GUNS ! SAJFE WITH OUB GRIP COMPAS81 Ifs emf to 33 at your bookstore, or send $2.95 tall. replaces your grip cap, large enough for all Davis explained dryly. "Most of them didn't is, can't be lost, becomes part of your gun; no holes ad and your name drill. will not ruin 8tock. Finest oomD&ss. jeweled cost me anything. They were given to me and address to the publishers, iring, luminous. waterproof, shock ranistint with un- by my many friends who are police officers M HOUSE, Dept. B-4, iakable cap. At your dealer'# or nostmid, $2.05. son Ave., New York 22, tent pendiD& in this and other states." He pointed to ey back if not delighted, FRA-MAR COMPANY several modern handguns under the glass. 3 Jones Ave., Wilmlngton, Massachusetts "That .44 revolver was used by a bodyguard I of Frank and Jesse James," he said. "That .41 Colt revolver and those two automatics 7 belonged to Pretty Boy Floyd." Genuine Tooled Leather As we turned to leave the room, he re- t marked that he had some other guns used I by famous desperados of the old and not so HOLSTERS old west. "Picked up a .45 automatic that was used by Bonnie Parker," he continued, "and a sawed-off shotgun used by deputy ,-' sheriff Murray Bartlett to kill Amber Nix 8' and knock out Arthur Gooch near Okemah s< "Reg. U.S. Pot.Off. J in 1934. Gooch later was the first criminal hanged under the Lindbergh kidnaping law, STYLED FOR so that shotgun is pretty historical in a CITY AND way." Davis also had other guns in the case. ".44 Remington cap-and-ball #91518, SUBURBAN Henry Wallace, Pony Express rider," was \ WEAR scrawled on one tag, bringing an *added flavor of adventure into that musty, dust- shrouded storeroom. We looked into more glass cases, at hun- dreds of fine and rare pistols. Beside a IT" cabinet where a beautiful pair of Beattie We AL.ASKA'S new "Cold Breaker" vest is so beauti- percussion duellers caught my eye, I did a ful ly styled, so attractively tailored, that you'll double take of astonishment. In the bottom Holsters for all model gun:i. wa nt to wear it everywhere you go. By itself or of the cabinet were six magnificent Volcanic un~der a coat it's designed for warmth and action Made of best saddle leatheir, st^rdy, long-wearing Nylon and Rayon outer cover repeating pistols, enough to stir the pulses iter-repellent. New Down insulation. Free-float- of the most blase, advanced collector. But flower carved, at 2; satin underliner. 100% wool ribbing, from arm- $54!5 pit to waist, prevents bind. Three roomy pockets one of the pistols was something that the the low price of. . . wit h rain flaps.. .lifetime zipper.. .new longer back wise boys never have mentioned-a shoulder- len gth for added protection.. .smart styling.. .flaw- SPECIFY MAKE, levs tailoring. To order, send height, weight, chest stock equipped single-shot Volcanic pistol, measurement. Colors: Autumn Brown. Drv Grass. with the frame front rounded and blending CALIBER AND Forest Green and Hunter Red. other garments avsailable for men. women and children. into the barrel breech. There was no usual BARREL LENGTH Volcanic tube magazine. Davis saw my ques- r - Alaska Sleeping Bag Co. 1 I tioning look but he did not volunteer any information. Soon I was to learn that the I; USH further iniormot;on on the above ond FREE catalog on 1 s own for men, women lns~lotedGarments end ~h~ldren, 1 I rare and unusual is old hat with Davis. No FLINTROP I matter what the collector's specialty, he can often show the visitor as complete a collec- 4034 W. Notional Ava. EV. 3-261!6 I A tion in that specialty as anybody in the MILWAUKEE 15, WISCONSI N Ic .- field. During the evening an out-of-town Rem- cdee into the room. I couldn't stifle an ex- I ington enthusiast stopped by to chat and try clamation as Davis snapped on the light. Fine to trade Davis out of a gun or two. With fancy-grade lever-action rifles, Stevens, Mar- years of experience in gun swapping, Davis lin, Savages, and Winchesters lay piled like knows how to handle both kinds of collec- cord wood, criss-cross on the floor. On table tors. The Yankee carpetbagger type who tops across the room were dozens of hand- wants to come down and make a sharp deal guns. gets short shrift in Claremore. He usually I noticed one which seemed to be a com- STITH leaves poorer than he arrived, Davis having, mon Lefaucheux pinfire. Then I looked so to speak, "invented" horse trading. But again. It had an extra long barrel, was fully DOVETAIL MOUNT for the real collector who approaches him to engraved with fancy checkered handles, and talk guns and maybe do a little plain and had a tell-tale steel plate fitted into the fancy trading, Davis always has time. back of the grip to take a detachable butt- He took the Remington man up to one of stock. "Guess I've still got the stock for the rooms-a room which Davis had been that somewhere in this room," Davis mut- renting only a few months before. Now it tered in an abstract tone, as if he really was a gun room, so rapidly has his collection didn't much care. expanded. Carefully he pushed open the Then he turned to the Remington collec- door a crack. We had to slip around the tor. "Did you say you wanted to look at - ff UNTERS! SHOOTERS' Here it is

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C-H Die Co., P.O. Box 3284, Dept. G-12 I I Terminal Annex, Los Anqeles 54, California I I I 1 Name I 1 Address - .- -.- I I City _ State. -- 1 I The name of my sporting goods dealer or gunsmith is 1 -- I ------.---I some fine stuff, some cased Remington re- FOR INSTANT ACTION volvers, maybe? Then help yourself." He stretched out his hand to a shoulder high - stack of polished walnut and mahogany boxes, gleaming dully under their new dust. While the Remington man busied himself with looking, I glanced around the littered SCOPE MOUNT room, where rifles lined the walls like lum- her. the world's fastest detachable mount Davis collects anything shootable. Judging from the contents of one small room, he will buy anything offered to him. Brand new Remington Model 740 and 760 .30 caliber hunting rifles, fresh out of the box, and half- a-dozen still in the boxes, were ranged along one side of the area. Modern sporting Springfields, Japs, Mausers and Enfield- lined a stretch of wall. There were enough modern rifles to stock a big sporting goods store. Not one but an even dozen Mann- licher-Schonauers stood ready for deer sea- son. No two were exactly the same model or caliber. Boxes containing well-known modern brand names were everywhere. Care- lessly thrown on the floor in a corner pile were several shipping packages obviously containing heavy-frame Smith & Wessons. They had been shipped from the factory and had never heen opened, their labels still in- tact. November I. 1956 -- -- .- . instantly positions gunscope and just as quickly -lifts

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Davis was not inclined to swap for the Rifle cartridges ~ gun offered to him. "Why I've got a dozen of Pistol cartridges that type," he snapped. But as the Reming- ton collector said good-by and left, I could Revolver cartridges see the old man's eyes narrow as he calcu- Also swages bullets and re-forms lated whether he could buy the gun and add metallic cartridge cases it to his own. During the evening shift Davis worked at Have better-than-factory ammuni- the desk. He alternates with his employees, tion for as little as 30% of the sometimes working mornings, and other cost of store bought shells.. . and times late at night. That way he gets to with amazingly little work. Every meet the steady cuslomers who pass by and feature of the Lachmiller combina- stop for coffee, as well as many hotel guests. "Plenty of folks just stop in to ask ques- tion reloading tool is a result of tions about the guns," remarked Davis, "but requests from experienced reloaders. I get some strange ones in here sometimes. Strictly precision throughout, the "You see that rack of revolving rifles?" he Lachmiller operates simply and smoothly with on easy downward motion. went on. A screwdriver and one minute's time converts from shotshell dies to rifle or "Yes," I replied, "you mean those Colts pistol dies. You'll like the speedy, precise operation of the separate priming over to the left of the fireplace? Some pretty tool, and appreciate the built-in catcher for old primers, too. nice guns there." "Your durn right," he exclaimed, "and do you know one young fellow came in here LACHMILLER IS THE RELOADER'S BEST BUY and told me one of those wasn't a Colt. He Combination tool, Including shotshell loading and priming dim, one shell holder . . . . . $60.00 said that third one there, from the top, was Combination tool, including one nt rifle or pistol dies, two shell holders...... 48.50 made in Belgium or something." I looked and saw a revolving rifle with Navy-type lever Send for FREE folder describing additional and a square back trigger guard. The benefits for the Lachmiller reloader rounded pistol grip was carved in a grotesque mask. "I bet him $500 to $10 that my rifle was made by Colt, but he was a mighty slow in putting up. He sure didn't know his Colts," he chuckled. Davis has reason to be proud of his Colts, 6445-6 Son Fernando Rd. - Clendale 1, California He owns close to 400 different types of Sam / Colt's product. Two glass showcases stand against one wall. One time Davis was sur-

-. n-- out his check book. "He wanted to give me $75,000 for the contents of the two cases," 1 FACTORY INSTALLATION said Davis, "but I wasn't selling. Another time a man offered me $15,000 for my three Paterson Colts and two Walker revolvers." I took a look through the glass at these rare items. One of the Walkers had heen sawed off in the barrel, but who cares? It must uzell Scope Mount have given Davis a real kick to coolly turn "World's Fastest Detachable Scopemount" down such offers. I asked him point blank "Guaranteed Accuracy" how much the collection is worth. Hi-Too, Lo-Top Or Side Mount Location "That's not so easy to answer," he parried. "I guess the collection is worth just about 1 N S T A L L E D 0 N Y 0 U R G U N $22.95 Plus Handling Wà CM supply our eholca of KO~a8 w bandl* most all mkms of ~00~. what anybody would pay for it. I'vebeen Reblul of rifk and shotguns <&c*vt ¥~ldandouble biml sho~oa)$9.50, phlob uJ buying for a long time and it is no secret r*voivan"&.50. oth*-ricç on -It. that I have a lot of money in it. But whether KRUZELL GUNSMITHING WORKS it's one million or two million or just how Bay City, Michigan much, I don't know and nobody else does 301 Hotchkin St. Spdallsh In Sight, Scopà Mounting, Unmatched Quality bbhing . . . . either." @ s^ -4 MOST POPULAR RIFLE OF ALL (Continued from page 19)

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There was little evidence of hand fitting or finishing on the rifles tested. Most machined parts had burrs and the metal finish was generally rough. Some of the lower-priced models use chromium plating on the bolt, trigger, and trigger guard. This finish improves the rust- proof qualities of the part. Its greatest ad- vantage probably lies in its ability to catch the eye of the novice shot and thus promote the sale of the rifle. To one accustomed to handling guns of high quality, the finish is not appealing. Precision built in Spain The quality of the workmanship was most Incomparable in fit and finish 7 easily seen in the fit of bolt in receiver, dimensions and uniformity of bore, trigger 0 Unexcelled in strength and reliability pull, fit of stock to barrel and receiver, and stock finish. The bolt-receiver fit of most of the lower- Now you can know the pride of owning a fine priced rifles tested was good. However, in DOUBLE BARREL DAKIN-and at a realistic several rifles the fit was so poor that the bolt price! With a double gun you have instant choice of two chokes, two well aimed shots was difficult to operate and the accuracy without confusion or double effort; fast. easy performance may have been affected. loading; the complete safety of full visual in- The dimensions and uniformity of the spection when gun is open. With a DAKIN you bore varied greatly with the manufacturer have a superbly balanced double, precision and model. On the cheaper models, the made in every detail b world renowned Basque NEVER BEFORE barrels are pressed into the receiver and gunsmiths; unexce~~ei'for reloading speed, SUCH A GUN AT SUCH A PRICE1 "self-pointing" qualities, and sheer beauty. pinned in place. On the more expensive mod- Specially made for DAKIN by Gaspar Arizaga of Eibar, els the barrels are threaded to the receiver. Fully proofed bySpanish government for mod- Spain. 12 and 20 gauge. Demi-bloc barrels forged from Grooves varied from four in the M67 and ern loads, including new standard length Mag- single steel block with half lug integral, the two per- M69 Winchesters to 16 in the M100 Marlin. num. Registry-warranty certificate with each manently joined. Anson & Deeley type box lock, triple un; service and parts always available. COM- bolts, double triggers, automatic safety. Double radius Minimum groove diameter ranged from PARE DAKIN with any other double fun-even extractor (without automatic ejectors) will appeal to .2200" for the M510P Remington to .2245" those selling for three times the price. Com- the hand loader and to the duck shooter who dislikes for the M67 Winchester. The bores on both pare finish.. . balance.. . accuracy.. .safety.. . having shells ejected out of his blind to glitter in the Winchester M67 rifles tested had indenta- dependability.. .fit of metal to metal, metal sun. Matchless Pyrenees walnut stock and beavertail forend with fine hand checkering. Beautiful English ' tions in the bottoms at the location of the to wood. Note the beauty of design, the good scroll and rosette engraving. Complete specifications stock screw lugs. taste of the handsome engraving. You'll want for Model 100 and other DOUBLE BARREL DAKINS To achieve maximum accuracy, it is cus- to buy a DAKIN. will be found in the Dakin Catalog. tomary for a skilled workman to spend a considerable amount of time obtaining a Other DOUBLE BARREL DAKINS from $162.50 to $275.00 tight fit between receiver-barrel assembly SHOOTERS-WRITE TODAY FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOO I and stock. A minimum of hand-fitting is done on the factory models. However, the bedding Dealer inquiries invited on most of the rifles, and especially on h the low-priced Remington and Winchesters UNCOMPANY tested, was very good. 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WRITE FOR ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION ORINDA I, CALIFORNIA The Savage M6 autoloader also threw gas* and hot particles to the rear during firing. The rifle is a blow-back semi-automatic and ENJOY BETTER RELOkuinv operates while there is still some gas pres- sure in the chamber. Shooting glasses should be worn while using any self-loading weapon because of the bits of unburned or burning powder which escape to the rear when the case is ejected. Trigger pulls of all U.S. production mod- els tested leave much to be desired. Average pull on the cheaper rifles was from four pounds for the M750 H & R to six pounds for the M510P Remington. These are heavier than that desired for accurate shooting. Most of the triggers had considerable move- ment before and after the firing pin was re- leased. The target rifles had lighter, adjust- able trigger pulls. Yet on these there is much variation in pull from shot to shot, as on the cheaper models. The time required for the trigger to func- tion in the match rifles may be greater than %eck these features: that on the cheaper rifles. Lock time is * Hydraulic datnpener-quickly stops beam swing important when firing from positions such Non-tarnish satin chrome beam assembly as the standing and kneeling where the rifle tenth grain over and under indicator is not held steadily. From this study emerged several con- Hardened and honed chrome plated self-aligning bearings clusions about buying a .22 rifle. The lower- 325 grain capacity by tenths priced rifles give the greatest value per dollar Attractive brown wrinkle finish base with leveling screw .. e weights-beam clearly graduated of investment. They are capable of a high . level of accuracy when using a suitable brand rain accuracy guaranteed! Redding of ammunition. Because of variation in de- Powder Measure sign and workmanship among the different ' See these Redding Toots at your Dealer With targe, graduated, models, inspect carefully the general char- Folder on request. satin chrenw dial and acteristics and safety features on the rifle exclusive "Hex-Ring1'* before buying. PEDm thpra~;ticatty etiminfttw The magazine repeating feature is an ex- THE COMPANY SOX 524 ,-ORTIAND, NEW yORK powder ~ai*cuttins- pensive one. Because of this, the convenience &.I6 Oft ("omolein of reloading without additional effort when using a self-loading model, or by operating a lever when using a repeating model, is Hand-made In Liege, Belgium probably worth the additional cost only to the hunter or plinker who may need several I rapid shots at moving targets. The casual marksman who wants to be- RUDY E~Ã ...xuigww come a highly-skilled shot at the smallest U. S. trap tern says. .. cost would do well to buy a moderately- "DEAD 4CKS AT 100 YARDS" I priced training rifle. The extra $100, the Crt thos* high-flying 7 ft 11 pwnd Canadian hdin with Mr NEUMANN i0-ganga Magnum-finest shotgun of difference in price between this rifle and the it* type no& in tin world today! Specially dtiignd for expensive target model, he can invest in long-rang* ens shooting, (his gnat SMS* gun will gin ammunition. The expensive target rifle can you dun kills at twice the effective range of other und ImimJiaf deliwry MI 4 roodits. come later for competitive shooting!. @ Â FILLED WITH PRECISION MADE CLEANING IMPLEMENTS. - THE FINEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE SOLVENT, OIL AND OM, OBTAINABLE. EVERYTHING TO KEEP FIREARMS IN PERFECT CONDITION. It's NEW! r GUN CLEANING KIT! HEAVY GAUGE STEEL v KIT WITH LATCH

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ing problem tends to nullify the advantages later." Mossberg didn't make any money these rifles have in operating ease for the selling left-handed rifles in 1937; but, "on left-handed shooter. Only with tight-cham- the other hand," as we southpaws say, who FORYOUR HANDGUNS bered bolt action rifles and very strong made any money then, period? I'm lucky to Q BETTER ACCURACY single-shots like the Winchester Hi-Wall own one of these rifles and I wouldn't sell it can wesize the necks only and not have for five times the original cost. Q MORE KILLING POWER trouble. ' ...&! Shooters seem to follow a pattern in their Q NO BARREL LEADINQ with . ' -'*>'"r, So why haven't any of the manufacturers choice of rifles as they become more inter- produced left-handed bolt action rifles? The ested in the game, shoot more, and become PROT-X-BORE BULLETS combine a lead answer is, of course, that one of them did. more expert. The hunter who goes after bullet with a rinc bat, either when swaged Back in the tail end of the depression, Moss- game once or twice a year selects a rifle or cast. Provides greater accuracy and killing berg made at least five different models of that is light in weight and capable of many power. The zinc base keeps the barrel clean of corrosion or leading. SWAGED BULLETS, left-handed bolt action rifles in .22 caliber. shots, quickly. A little later, he notices that MOULDING EQUIPMENT AND SWAGING How would you southpaws like to buy a left- the good shooting is usually being done by DIES AVAILABLE. handed bolt action .22, factory built, with scope-sighted bolt-action rifles. If he is right- LOOK11 HAND GUN HUNTERS1 JUST a fine adjustable trigger, speed lock, excel- handed, he has only to go to the nearest LABORATORY TESTED. HARVEY 127 Gr. JUGULAR JACKETED S.P. 867 Magnum lent safety positioned right under your thumb, sporting-goods store and he can fix himself Velocity 1961 ips. Over 1000 fp Energy a very accurate 22" medium-heavy barrel, up to look like an expert. But the left- 114 Gr. JUGULAR JACKETED H.P. 2026 genuine walnut cheek-piece target stock with handed hunter has a more complex problem. fpa. Over 1000 fp. Energy. ALSO for 88 Special at lower velocities. READY FOR quick detachable swivels-all for less than Only one left-handed bolt-action, center IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. Loading tablet $20.00? You could have done just that in fire rifle is being manufactured in the world furnished. All bullets packed 100 to box. 1937, but you didn't bother to. Buyers were today. That is the Mathieu, which is a fine Write for free descriptive price tut. too few and Mossberg discontinued pro- but strictly custom rifle, costs $267.50, and duction. requires several weeks for delivery. Another LAKEVILLE ARMS, INC. When asked why they stopped making this choice in a beautiful custom job is an in- genious gear-train conversion on Mauser ac- 100 HOLLEY STREET 0 LAKEVILLE. CONM. wonderful rifle, Walter Pierson of Mossberg & Sons said, "We discontinued it simply be- tions by Roy Gradle of Santa Barbara. He cause the demand for it was not enough to does not convert customers' actions but will justify its manufacture. Apparently, left- build a custom left-handed rifle to your handed persons learn to shoot right-handed specifications at $65 more than the cost XXX even though they do practically every other of the same rifle in the right-handed form, making the total cost $275. He does beautiful Qualify thing left-handed. We went into the manu- facture of left-handed rifles on the basis of work and his product should be satisfactory Fur the number of left-handed golf clubs that in every way. Felt were sold. The same ratio of shooters does The most reasonably priced completely in not apply, as we found out several years satisfactory solution, to-thi left-handed holt Colors r $12.50 Postpaid Bright Red -Safety for those wanting MADE IN WEST GERMANY BY FINEST GERMAN CRAFTSMEN maximum protection. Game is color blind, Precision adjusted-stays where it's set. Rigid optical but hunters are not. Also in Woods stays zeroed. Moisture proof, dust proof. Brown and other colors. Nice enough to Simple parallax adjustment without wear anywhere-durable enough for a . .--.aimed by hunters hunter. Your name in gold free. andsportsmen everywhere Complete Descripiive Folder on Requeff reticules available at no extra cost. HUNTER HATS. Box 7261. R. Worth 11. Tex. UNITED STATES ARMS & MUNITIONS CO. 4X 39.75 Department G-2 P.O. Box 64592 Rancho Sta. Los Angeles 64, Calif.

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Colonial 2-2777 Left-handed shooters have been neglecting one very fine solution to their rifle problems: the single shot. Of all my rifles, the ones that I have the most affection for and that I would sell last are the single shots. At first glance this seems to be a purely emo- tional attitude, as the best bolt actions are inherently a trifle more accurate and do hold several shots in the magazine. In actual BAA. 222 Short Action Field Rifle, with the practice, though, I have found that I shoot WINDOW...... SUPPORT high comb, which has now completely proven better in the field with the single shots than ITH ALL ANGLE its ability in accuracy. Com- with any other type of rifle. It has been in- PE-HOLDING plete with Factory Sights ... $147.00 teresting to me to see that the old master, HEAD, Colonel Townsend Whelen, has the same comolete Parker-Hale Mounts for above feeling. He has always had a soft spot for gun ...... $1 5.00 the single-shots and especially the Winches- ter Hi-Wall. Stith Mounts for above gun FREELAND CAR-WINDOW $20.00 How can we analyze the reasons for our SUPPORT, only ...... $7.50 ...... attraction to this apparently antiquated rifle? I Perhaps because it is so simple and easy to use. The action was invented by the great John M. Browning, was first manufactured in 1885, and was on the market for 35 years. It was made in every imaginable rimmed B.S.A. 7MM and 257R Medium Action rifle with caliber from .22 short to .50-95 Winchester ' far continental stock, is a very fine rifle, complete Express. Four different styles of triggers FREELAND POPULAR BENCH were furnished: the plain sporting trigger, with factory sights. REST STAND, with Same the single set, the double set close together, 3 sand bags...... $20.00 mounts as above applicable.. $1 51.50 and the double Schuetzen type. The latter B.S.A. .22 Caliber Martini Target Rifle, either two types are on the rifles I own and are in the light or heavyweight rifle, and made for very fine. Even if they are not set, they are either right hand or left hand crisp and, when set, they are incredibly deli- shooters, with sights...... $1 51 cate. They adjust by an outside screw. .oo The single shot action is very short. This makes the barrel look much shorter than FREELAND 3-Point Electronic Bedder...... $15.00 it actually is. My .35-55 Hi-Wall has a 22" Freeland Sling Keeper $1.25 ...... Gun wiper SO barrel that looks so short that people wonder FREELAND ALL ANGLE TRIPOD, COLT OFFICER'S MODEL, MATCH...... $83.25 if it's legal. mention scope ...... $14.95 COLT OFFICIAL POLICE...... $61.60 There is quite a story behind my 38-55. FREELAND BIPOD .$17.50 .... SMITH AND WESSON HIGHWAY PATROLMAN $85.00 It is really an Apex .375 H&H Magnum bar- HIGH STANDARD 21 Cal Sport King...... $43.75 rel chambered to .38-55 and throated to RUGER SINGLE SIX, Light or Reg. Wt...... $63.25 take the 300 grain Magnum bullets seated PACHMAYR PISTOL KITS, 4 gun model...... $29.50 well out. Loaded with 33 grains of $4198 LYMAN ALL AMERICAN 4X Scope...... $49.50 powder and the 300 grain Silvertip bullet, UNERTL 20x54 Spotting Scope...... $64.00 it is about as potent a brush gun as any one would want, and very handy because of Complete outfitter to the shooter, reloader and hunter. length. It shoots the 310 grain Dr. Hudson FREELAND FREELAND Send $7.00 for Catalogue, which is refunded on order of cast bullet wonderfully well for target shoot- Swiss Type Regular ing. Palm Rest Palm Rest $3.50 or more. Prices subject to change $1 8.50 $12.50 Wholesale to established dealers My Schuetzen rifle is an original $3 Win- chester 30" target barrel in .32-40 caliber with a new stock and, fore-end by Bishop. In it I use the Dr. Hudson 185 grain bullet - with 11 grains of $2400 powder. It is won- derful fun to shoot and gives the best mod- AL FREELAND ern guns hot competition in off-hand shoot- 3737 Fourteenth Avenue Rock Island, Illinois ing. If you can find a good Hi-Wall action with a bushed firing pin you can have it Toppers amongst the thirty barreled to any rimmed caliber. The venerable .30-30 can be given new Samworth Books on Firearms life in the strong Hi-Wall action by using GUNSMITHING 150 grain spitzer bullets and loading up to by Roy Dunlap 2,400 per second. The .30-40 can also be 800 Pages 200 Illustrations Price $7.50 made to give very respectable ballistics by This is the best "one book" buy that Is available to gun- smiths. It is thorough in every respect, wvering all phases of seating the bullets well out and. stepping up amateur and professional gunsmithing. Including repairs- pressures to the 45,000 pounds-per-square stockingÑre-modelingÑacti alteration-action shortening- action lengthening-metal engraving and decoration-advanced inch level. Mostly, though, they are barreled checkering-com~letion of inletted and semi-ftniahed blanks- advanced design. Specializes in hunting swce mounting and to wild-cat calibers such as the .219 Don- outlines all modem practices. aldson Wasp, .219 Improved Zipper, or -25 CHECKERING AND CARVING OF GUNSTOCKS calibers on .30-40 brass. BY Monty Kennedy All of the large stock manufactures have 244 races. 300 illustrations of all tme; of Checkering and Caning. There are 75 full size Checkering Patterns shown in inletted blanks for the Hi-Wall action with detail with necessary individual instructions. Also 40 full size the right-handed cheek pieces. For the same

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tiois. Price $5.25. ~ . money you will get much more beautiful Send Stamp for catalog wood in these two-piece jobs than you would Thomas G. Samworth in a one-piece stock. Other single-shot actions liked by left- handers are suitable for rebarreling to mod- Unfortunately, the Steyr cannot be modi- em high intensity cartridges. Among the best fied easily to use a Springfield magazine, so Available Only are the Farquharson, the Hauck (which is the conversion is incomplete. Brand By Mail from being ma& in West Arlington, Vermont), A better bet for modification than the the discontinued Stevens #44%, the Sharps Norm Thompson Austrian or Hungarian Steyr rifles is the New (Not Sold in Stores) Borchardt, and the Remington Hepburn. All Swiss Model '95 short Mannlicher mountain of the older actions should be carefully I or cavalry carbine. The short action is suit- checked by a competent gunsmith and the able only for cartridges such as the 243 or firing pin re-bushed if necessary. Some Mar- other in-between-length rounds. It has an tini actions are not as good a choice be- advantage in that the shortness prevents the cause of their long, springy breech-block. bolt from cramping when it is worked left- One source of serviceable left-handed rifles handed with a new bolt handle attached. where economy is a first consideration is Both Steyr and Swiss Mannlichers are major Inspired by the shikari (shy-ka'-re)- the military straight-pull bolt action rifle. gunsmithing jobs to convert but so is any big game hunter and guide of India. Ross can left-hand repeating rifle. Distinctive and practical all-weather Both the and the Schmidt-Rubii clothing of finest quality for the be readily converted to left-handed use sim- The left-hander has no need to malign the American outdoorsman. Satisfaction ply by running a flat steel strap over the top Model 99 Savage, the Winchester 88, or the of the receiver and putting the handle on venerable lever action repeaters. They are all the left side. In the case of the Ross it is good rifles in their class. They are all fine best to choose the model that has two lugs values for the money and can all be made to on the bolt and not the interrupted thread. do a good job of shooting under the condi- It is much stronger and safer. tions for which they are adapted. But a mil- The Austrian Steyr Mannlichers have also lion shooters are left-handed, and ripe to attracted interest among left-hand shooters. give house room to accurate repeating rifles I know one man who has a Model 95 Ste-yi made specially for their use. The southpaw Norm Thompson with a BAR .30-06 barrel on it, and an En- who likes to shoot all year round, just as field bolt handle brazed to the left side of his right-handed friends do, wants the best the bolt sleeve. It is stocked in a war-sur- equipment possible. Right now there is not The hat you've always wanted to own. Au- plus Springfield stock and attracts consider- much to choose from among rifles for the thentic big game hunter styling . . . smart forgotten man of the shooting world. @ and dashing. 3%" brim protects from sun, able attention when he brings it to the range. dust, wind, rain. Resist01 self-conforming con- struction molds to your head for proper fit and head flattery. Genuine Premium Beaver $14.50 pmtpay Tan Fur Felt with 11A" SHOTGUNNING IS A FAMILY SPORT buckskin Band Give reg. hat six*. (Continued from page 33)

nition. Then, as the youngster grows bigger, afield or compete together~sometimesagainst the original longer stock can be put back and each other-in registered events. fitted to his new height and reach. Close family feeling combined with a certainly there are a few problems that sense of responsibility hdsafety unusual for arise. The wife who first goes out shooting young boys is found in two shooting families with her husband complains of the noise. A of Chicago. Safety and fun are the main little cotton in the ears can remedy this reasons why Tommy Foreman enjoys shooting problem very readily. Then, too, there is with his dad, Edward Foreman; and Bobby nothing quite as helpful in some marriages as Schuehle has earned top honors for a sub- not having husband and wife hear all the junior while shooting with his father, AL - Authentically tailored of the original Shikari remarks addressed by one to the other. Stop- Safety is one strong reason why both fathers cloth developed for use by Indian army ofi- ping the shotgun blast with cotton may dim- wanted their sons to leam how to shoot. cem. This specially woven long staple cotton inate trouble other than mere noise! fabric has a rich lustrous sheen, repels wind, "When I was little," Al told us, "I lulled is spot-resistant and completely washable. Another advantage to using ear stoppers the family cat. My father often went hunting Full-cut bi-swing back gives complete free- in shotgunning is that occasionally after a dom. Average size coat weighs only 22 oz. but he was of the 'old school* and didn't be- Natural Tan 1 $19.50 postpaid missed target or a lost bird in the field, a lieve in a boy learning to shoot when he was Sizesi 36-48 Give reg. suit size. few choice words are dropped by the shooter MATCHING TROUSERS...... $8.50 postpaid young. I always wanted to play with the guns Give waist and inseam length. who has just missed. Most of the time, these but was constantly told not to touch them. n heartfelt but impolite remarks are drowned But one day I picked up a gun, one of the out by the noise of the other shooters letting 'unloaded' kind, and pointed it playfully at off their guns; ear plugs take care of the my mother. The gun went off and killed the times when this doesn't happen. For the hus- ~istinctivestyling . . . dug the ultimate in cat which was sleeping curled up between her comfort and oroiection for outdoor adven- band with an expansive vocabulary, this may feet as she sat in her rocking chair, knit- ture. Vamp leather is SYL- be of very real help. FLEX tanned - permanently ting. waterproof soft and flexible. The "battle of the sexes" is a trite cliche, Walk in wet grass, mud or snow but in shotgunning it has the reality of "Well you can bet I got a licking for that. all da without getting your feet But as I grew up it didn't seem right to,me wet. top of this 9%'' boot is friendly rivalry. Women, boys, girls, and men scuff -proof, ruff - out premium can compete in what is truly a game, and in to have guns around and yet forbid my boy quality leather. Easy-on-and to off. Fully leather lined. Sprin which all may have a chance to win. Yet use them. I made up my mind that he steel arch. Non-slip Sque none wins at the expense of another. would have a little better attention in the rubber sole and heel. shooting game." Gunstock Brown Vamp While most women still shy away from Desert Tan Top walking the fields in pursuit of upland birds, A1 Schuehle has been shooting the shotgun or rising before the crack of dawn to shiver for 30 years, the last three very successfully in the duck blind, hunting together is an at skeet. Bobby has been shooting since he featuring the finest handmade leather jackets, shirts, boots, American tradition for father and son. And was nine. He is ten now. He can shoot as clothing and equipment for ac- where a common interest does tie them to- well as most men, good enough to wear the tive outdoorsmen. gether almost as equals and certainly -as 50-straight patch, and he is waiting for the friends, there are very few cases of juvenile award of his %-straight patch. delinquency. "He wins, yes, but I've tried to teach him The family spirit in shotgunning is brought to be a good loser as well," Al Schuehle ob- out most strongly when father and son go served philosophically. "Being a good win- Notches are Old-Fashioned ner and being liked by the 0the.r shootem hkdred or more timea in a row is work, and despite the fact that you won over them is absorbing the kick of a 12 gauge shotgun all R Record your Kill with tough, especially since Bobby often shoots day long takes a lot out of a man. When a better than men who have been at the traps 70-pound boy holds up the 12 gauger he for years. But being a good loser and still takes a real beating. But Bobby knows how ready for another try to do better is, I think, to stand and he uses a Model 58 Remington even more difficult." 12 gauge skeet gun that seems to have less Like m6st boys, Bobby had always wqted kick than some others. There is more to to learn how to shoot. Hie father's example exercise than getting muscle-bound. Skeet started him off. "They way I look at it, shooting lets Bobby 'blow off steam.' A small shooting is an American tradition," explains boy has a tremendous amount of nervous Schuehle, "and I'm glad Bobby has had the energy, but Bobby settles down at the traps. chance to learn. But more than that, teacbing Shooting helps him channel and control his The Ideal ~iftfor my boy to shoot is just good, common sense. energy. the Hunter in Your Family Some people say the way to stop shooting ''AS a result, Bobby never plays with guns Unsightly notches on your gunstack tell accidents is to outlaw guns. This is just at home. He knows what guns are, and that only part of the story. The hunter who is foolish, no matter who says it. I've found they aren't toys. He plays cowboys and In- really pmud of his skill uses salid gold or silver "STUDS" that show. the head and out, learning with Bobby, that there are no dians with the other kids whose fathers don't name of the actual game k~lled. "STUDS" such things as 'shooting accidents.' Those guns are beautifully embossed game heads that go shooting, but he knows that real are permanent, easy to use and enrich the 'accidents' are made up of careleamess and are used only on the range. And when he appearance of your gunstock. lack of knowledge of guns. I won't say that is at the range, I'm there too, supervising Ask far "STUDS" at your dealer. If he can't supply you, order direct and inclu!e accidents can't happen-they can. But 'ac- what he is doing, and how he does it." your dealers name and address. cidents' like mine when I shot our cat with Edward Foreman and his 13-year-old-skeet- an 'unloaded' gun wouldn't happen had I champ son, Tommy, often go shooting to- been properly taught. One of the very first gether. "Safety is the keynote of Tommy's things Bobby ever learned about guns was shooting experience," Ed Foreman told us how.to check them and see whether they are one day at the Lincoln Park traps. "He's loaded." at that 'gun crazy' age now, but ever since Safety is important to the Schuehles, but he was six he has been shown how to handle hoth &oot because it is fun. Because it is guns safely." fun, Bobby takes to it naturally. "If I told At that moment Tommy was up on the line. him he couldn't handle a gun until he was The wind was blowing briskly from the lake DEALERS WANTED - Cash in .on national advertisin that's creatlng 21, Bobby would get in trouble from his and the birds drifted in an unpredictable demand for "STU~S". Thousands curiosiQ sooner or later," A1 Schuehle said. manner, but Tommy had broken 17 straight sold last season. Write today far "Learning about guns and gun safety is, all and was still going strong. With the voice part of a boy's growing up. of a man who is proud of his son, Ed re- R. J. COFFEY "There is a curious thing about shooting for marked, "He qualified for his 'Shooting Star' 1I02 N. Main Avo. children. It doesn't look like a great deal patch by winning the junior division of the San Antonlo 2, Tex. of work, but raising a wen-pound shotgun a Chicago Grand Championship a couplq of

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There Legitimate Jobbers & Dealers Wanted are few thin@ that can check with all these points, but shotgnnning as the family sport 1 ACM E IN D U ST R IE S 625 west Lawrence, Applebn, wis. is certaidy hi& on the list. @ A Noturn1 for IS THE SINGLE ACTION THE PERFECT REVOLVER? Mds~eror rarget Work (Com'nued from page 39) Â )t been highly valued by a lot of people, the outweigh pinpoint accuracy when it comes to d Frontier pattern would not have swived sport and combat shooting. ,e "death sentence'' pronounced on it in One charge made against the Single Action a1 when Colt, its own maker, discontinued was that it was unreliable and subject to I manufacture-and certainly it would not breakdowns, that it was "the gunsmith's we been revived later, not only by Colt but friend." Oldtimers who toted it for years tell r other manufacturers. The current success a different story. And if it did go frequently [ COMBAT GRIPS.. , the fine Ruger line of Frontier-patterned to the gunsmith, small wonder. The "hawg- Preferred by ngle Actions in calibers from -22 up to the laig" of the frontier west was no pampered Experf Pisfolme~ ighty -44Magnum prove beyond any doubt lapdog; it was used to drive nails, stretch rmc&acmdfmlMmD~ e wide popularity of this type revolver. barbed wire, stir coffee, and (with a rock as The case against the Single Action was a hammer behind its pointed firing pin) to The COMBAT GRIP you ease of ha, ade by the target shooters who had the punch holes in tough leather. dling for combat and target shooting., !ld of gun writing pretty well cornered in A second charge made against the Single makes pointing your gun as natural t pointing your finger. Available for: e 30 years prior to about 194. These peo- Action was that it wasn't accurate. It didn't S&W K, Combat, Sq. Bvn Map, Magnu1 e were honest yithin their lights. 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But it gets to be a problem when the combat shoot- er steps up to -45 Colt, .357 Magnum, and -44 Magnum man-stoppers-and the Single Ac- tion design handles recoil better than any other handgun pattern. It rolls up and back, yes; but its line of remil is high, less jolting than with the dode action or automatic. Tbe Sigle Action has other virtues sing ularly its own. It "points'' more nearly where the shooter looks than any other handgun. Lu~wuAwe uux pLuuAeu W~W.U. AU~W wusu U~~ULUp1-a~ cartridge For that we can thank Sam Colt, whose ideas boxes me guaranteed not to wear out. Now available for virtually every about gun design were strictly utilitarian. center fire rifle, pi~hland 12 ga. shotgun. Available in transparent green or This characteristic of "pointing" naturally in whik the shooter's hand is much appreciated by A4 and .4S box is perfact as a Aloadiv block for 3046, etc., size c-. men who sometimes need a well-placed bul- Tho 12 ga. shotgun box is designed fo fit a trouser pocket with easo. It will let when sights are useless. make an ideal packet fishing tackla box as well as first aid kit. The Single Action has a heavy hammer State caliber and color when ordering. and a long hammer-throw which pops pnm- ers with certainty and uniformity. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED or your money refunded. $1.60 ea. ppd. The Single Action's trigger has nothing to Jobbers & dealers write for more informotion. do but trip the hammer. Consequently it can 204 CALADIUM, DEPT. A be and is positioned bettm for the average BRAD'S GUN SHOP LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS finger. 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Not so with the SLg1e Action. It 1 i "YELLOW LENSE SHOOTING GLASSES Help Me Get on the Target Quicker . . . Help Me Bag More Duck and Geeserr . . . Sidney Roseaberg, 1954 Notlonol Goose Coiling No. 100: Newest Champion and noted hunting guide, endorses wide vision. Light 3.50 weight goggles. Mltchell's Yellow Lens Glasses as on invaluable Non - corroding hunting aid. He sop: sweat bond. Gold filled. Plono ...... With.. . .. car-- - . NThere Is always keen wmpetitlon omow hunt- rected lenses ers to get ducks w geese inte thdr dmYS. n to your own My Mitchell Ydiw Shooting Glasses Wp me prescription: to sw them first so 1 can be the first to call. i om very proud of my Mitcheli glasses; if ducks or gwse am flying, 1 con sea them $20.00 quicker with your giossw." 8'Mitchell giasws also hel~nwgat on the tar- get quicker. i use them for Trap, Skeet, Pis- td, Mfle and Shotgun shooting. The difference is redly dramatic. 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The only way to develop that kind down and hit with a rock. of skill is practice; and there are right and This ability to keep on shooting with a wrong ways to practice. crippled gun may not sound important to the In the first place, begin quick-draw preo- Amer;cafs Finest Gun Valuosl sheltered shooter, but it can make a whale tice with an empty gun. Drop the hand on All great guns, perfectly balanced of a difference. Some years ago an Alaskan the gun with the thumb on the hammer, the ,and beautifully designed by mas- trapper was killed by wolves after his double trigger finger straight (paralleling the long ter gun engineers. action revolver busted a mainspring. With a axis of the gun), the second two fingers MODEL 60 - Slide Actlon Re- Single Action, he could still have fired tlie under the grip, and the little finger at the peati'ng Shotgun. 12 or 16 go. occasinnal shots needed to keep the wolves with Master Choke and Recoil Pad. base of the grip. Do not insert the trigger MODEL 65 -with plain barrel, at a respectful distance. finger in the trigger guard until the gun full or moditled choke, no pad. It all goes back to where we started. The muzzle is out of the holster. Do not let go target shooters and the Single Action men of the hammer until the gun starts up toward MODEL 235 are talking about two different conditions- Slide Actlon the target. Take it slow at first and do not like a desert Arab and a Burmese mahout permit yourself to vary from this procedure. arguing about camels and elephants as sad, Speed will come with practice. The more dle mounts. practice the more speed. Unfortunately, Single Actions must be When you think you have perfected the charged with two debits. The worst of these procedure, try it with a loaded gun. Slow i3 that, to be absolutely safe, they must be down again until you have full confidence in carried with an empty chamber under the your ability to get the gun pointed away hammer. That is the way they are carried by from yourself before you release the hammer all old Single Action gunnies. Double action or hit the trigger. Never put speed before revolvers have a trigger-actuated bar that absolute control. The split-second draw is moves up between the hammer and the frame dangerous unless practiced correctly and when the hammer is down and the trigger endlessly. released. This is a real safety feature and a There is a curious psychoIogica1 fact about score on the side of the double action. The men who carry and use pistols over long Single Action bas no such device. It does periods of time. In an emergency all their have a quarter-cock "carrying" notch. This s~~bconsciousgun sabe and skill comes to notch is safe if nothing happens. But if the their gun hand without conscious volition. gun falls out of the holster and the hammer A hydrophobia coyote jumped at Andy bumps a rock just so, or if something strikes Allen from a high ledge. 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HUNTING KING OF THE ORIENT (Continued from page 35) next six months. Then, too, there was my own Old Man, There is also Don Jaime Stuart Mitjans, Major Charles Askins. During the M years Count of Teba in Spain, many times winner we rubbed shoulders, he killed some kind of of the classic live-bird championship of the game every day. He knew more about shot- world, who kills an average of 6,000 par- gunning than any other writer of his time; tridges every year. He is one of the greatest and small wonder that he did, for the weapon wing shots the sport has ever known. More was seldom out of his hands. than once, I have seen him kill two chukar, Ngo Van Chi is an Oriental hunter who then accept a second gun and fold a third rates a place alongside the men I have men- bird before the 6rst one struck the ground. tioned. Chi hunts 52 weeks a year, every That's gunning! year-not for woodchuck, cottontail, or squir- re1 but for elephant, gaur, tiger, and buffalo. its folds there was nothing save whalebone abouts. Runners sometimes travel two days During a year, any year, this Vietnamese ¥wil and sinew-as I was to be made to realize and nights to reach his villa. At any time, kill more big game than most men ever point during the days that followed. Each day, for he can tell you precisely what area to enter a gun at in the course of a lifetime. ten, twelve, fourteen hours, my host set the to gun down elephant, gaur, or tiger. It is For instance-during the few weeks I have . pace, and if the march wore him down I a fantastic network, lethal as a spring gun, known Ngo Van Chi here in old French Indo saw no signs of it. His pace never slackened. and, I believe, wholly the property of Ngo China, he has upended three tuskers, seven Introductions aside, I waved Chi to my Van Chi. gaur, two banteng, nine sambar deer, four tent, poured a middlin*hefty libation of tonic What manner of coin he deals in to pay tiger-and just last evening he dropped in made famous by some of my Scottish fore- this legion of agents, I do not profess to from his hunting camp some 200 miles north bearers. He smilingly declined. He is a know. However, I do know that Chi wages of where I'm writing this and unrolled the teetotaler. No rum; no tobacco. But Mister a relentless, no-quarter war against the Moi's pelt of the first Asian bear I have seen. Chi does not entirely deny himself. He has Public Enemy No. 1, old "Ong Ba-mui," the two wives and 16 offspring, all under the tiger. With trap and gun, by bait, and from This man is not a professional hunter, not mirador atop hunting elephants, with traps a guide, does not shoot for meat or ivory. same roof. He once had 12 women, but re- duced the. harem to reserve more time for and rifles which he has placed in the hands He is a wealthy man, former owner of 17 of the hill people and tribesmen, as well as theaters from Hong Kong to Bangkok. He his shooting through the length of the Indo- China peninsula. by hunting them himself, Chi kills several sold the theaters to devote his time to the hundred of these big cats annually. chase. He shoots for sport only, for love of There probably is more game to be found His shooting of other species also adds the game. But in point of days afield, game in Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos, the As- measurably to the economy of the Moi. brought to bag, and an abiding enthusiasm aociated States of the Indo-Chinese penin- Aimed with nothing more lethal than a cross- for the hunt, Chi ranks with the great ones. sula, than in any other region of like size in bow and spear, the savage can scarcely cope Chi and I came together by prearrange- all the vastness that is Asia. But it cannot with the crusty old gaur who may range up ment in a remote Moi village. Night was he hunted like you shoo up antelope in Wy- to 3,000 pounds, nor with buffalo scaling only a pistol-shot above the giant Dao trees oming. The game migrates with the seasons, almost a ton, nor with banteng at half that when I found his camp and went sloshing into the lowlands during the dry period, back weight. But let Chi come into the country down the slope through the mud to meet Chi to the plateau during the monsoon The Moi, and, between his deadly .375 Model 70 and in the lee of a stilt-legged coo grass shack. the hill people who live on the central pla- his insatiable appetite for taking a trophy 'I glad you come," he said simply, ex- teau in mountains ranging up to 6,000 feet, every day, the Moi for kilometers around live tending his hand. "We make good hunt, I follow the game and know at all times where high off the hog. One day hunting with Chi, think." it can be found. I saw a sizeable band of Moi fall to on an Here was no inscrutable Dr. Fu Manchu. Chi has an intelligence organization among elephant carcass and, 24 hours later when The eyes behind the smile lighted with gen- the Moi that would do credit to the British we returned, the bones were stripped clean. uine pleasure. Slightly over average height, MI-5 at its best. In every village he has The meat that falls before Chi's deadly guns he has an unlined Oriental face, a face that agents. These in turn have scouts, trackers, is not wasted! utterly fails to reflect its half-century of use. and reconnaissance patrols. Over the years, Chi has gathered about The eyes are full of humor, intelligent and Let a band of tuskers commence a drift him a tight little crew of first-water trackers. penetrating. The slicker engulfed the slight from Dron Tho toward Tche Reou and Chi The "So Mot" No. 1 is Kim. Kim is his figure that evening when we met, but beneath will get almost daily briefing on its where- prize elephant spoorer. He knows better, says

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1 5 PORT S, I NC . 5501 Broadway Dept. lj Chi: what the elephant will do than does the lot of mileage remains in apple pie order. Ideal Christmas Gifts elephant. Kim is now 55, looks two decades ^This gun more often than not is in the hands younger, is much given to rice alcohol, filthy of Kim or Nam as a sort of safety factor. Chi native tobacco, and betel nut. tells me he also has a double express rifle, Hunting with Kim, you can never be sure a .416 Rigby made by Victor Sarasqueta of whether you will go 25 kilometers that day Eibar. He does not use the weapon because or barely get beyond gun-sound of camp. of lack of cartridges. Im~mve the The other week, with Kim in the lead, we appearance of Ammunition is a very critical problem in your Revolver were cutting sign for gaur. After a couple Indo China. Importation is impossible and or Automatic with a new of hours of steady climbing we had broken cartridges when found cost an average of into a beautiful meadow, chest high in the 70 cents each. inevitable coo grass. Two weeks ago I sat in Chi's house await- The Moi broke off a great handful of the ing dinner and he told me he had just Per Pair Pearl or grass that showed it had been cropped very COLT Stag Ivory dropped a huge tusker the day before. "I Bisley ...... $9.00 $17.00* recently by the bovines we sought. After a have five cartridge my .375. No more.. I track Single Action Army .... 7.00 16.00 brief moment's study he threw it down and, hull long time. I say myself, you can shoot New Service ...... 6.75 15.00 without a word to his master, ambled over Army Special ...... 6.75 9.00 only once. I do. I kill bull one shot. Have Official Police ...... 6.25 9.00 to the shade of a tree, knocked a few leeches four cartridge left." He was going hunting Police Positive N.M. .... 5.25 7.75 off his scarred hocks, and made ready for again the first of the week with a sum total Bankers or sleep. Detective Special .... 5.25 7.75 of four shells. Police Positive O.M. 4.50 Even Chi was momentarily taken aback. .... 6.50 Crowding the spoorers as do, have more Pocket Positive ...... 3.50 4.50 But after a talk with Kim, the situation was I I 22 Woodsman clarified. "Gaur here at daylight," Chi told than once glanced back to observe the im- old model ...... 6.25 15.00 me. "Kim say now in bamboo. No use hunt. passive Chi trudging effortlessly along, his .45 Auto. Government . . 6.25 15.00 arms folded serenely across his chest, ap- 28 Super .22 Ace ..... 6.25 15.00 We stay here. When sun cools, we hunt .32 or .380 Auto...... 4.50 7.50 again." And there we squatted for six full pearing for all the world like an old Man- 25 Pocket Auto...... 3.50 4.50 derin scholar strolling in his garden. It is a SMITH 6 WESSON hours, fighting leeches and batting mosquitos. Magnum Style Grips During the shank of the day we again took bit startling at first, recollecting as you must .357, 1905, 1908 .... 9.00 l7.OO* up the hunt and in a brace of hours Kim that this is an hombre up to his neck in an K.22, K.38, new model.. 9.00 17.00 put us within pistol distance of an old "soli- elephant shikar; but the longer you know Chief Special, H.E. Kit this remarkable Oriental, the less odd it Gun ...... 9.00 12.00 taire." That he escaped was no fault of Standard Style Grip the Moi. seems. Regulation Police ...... 8.00 11 SO Chi has many friends among the Ameri- .44, .45 Model 1917. 1908 6.00 9.00 When casting for sign, Chi will arbitrarily K.22, .38 So. Butt. designate the direction of advance and so canos here. None are held in higher esteem 1905 0.~:.... :. .... 5.50 8.00 order his trackers. But once the spoor is than his amigo Pope. A. L. Pope, grandson 1902 rd butt...... 5.00 7.00 struck and his bloodhounds get down to of old Harry Pope, the greatest barrel maker Chief Special, Kit Gun. . 4.25 5.25 32 H.E., .38 T.B...... 3.50 4.50 business, he meekly submits to the often we have ever known, is a real second-gener- .32 N.D., .38 N.D...... 3.50 4.50 brusquely whispered commands of his track- ation chip off the old block. A dead ringer REMINGTON Derringer. . .3.50 4.50 er. Kim. for the cinema hotrock, Burt Lancaster, Pope RUGER Single Six ...... 7.00 16.00 Nam, Chi's No. 2 tracker, is just as skilled is a plane jockey for General Claire Chen- *Not Available In Pearl. nault of Fying Tiger fame. During his spare k- TO inaura Dmmot deliverv we mrrv in atnok as Kim, to my notion, but does not rate as over 1000 ~enul"epeiriyivo; inditag Grip; weekends, Pope seldom fails to join Chi on GRIPS WILL FIT YOUR GUN as they were made high in the esteem of the master. Nam is and fitted for standard factory frames. more flexible, more intelligent, thinks faster a hunt, and the two account for an astound- Sold by Dealers, ~unskthsor Direct in a tight spot, and I'd rather have him with ing amount of game. SEND 25c FOR 48-PAGE CATALOG me than Kim. He is a first-rate marksman Pope flew in Korea for the U.S. Air Force FRANK MITTERMEIER and has yet to show the taint of fear. Kim, and when that fracas pinched out he signed 3577 E. Tremont Ave. New York 65, N. Y. I have not tested in the tight spots yet. While on with Chennault to fly with his CAT air- he may stand hitched, the old savage is some- line. During the days of Dien Bien Phu what more than a little loco. He has a habit when the French found themselves in as of talking constantly. If he can get someone sweet a cul-de-sac as a modem military force to listen he talks to them, if not he talks to has ever faced, CAT flew in the air drops. himself. Nothing quells his monologue for Pope was one of the pilots. more than short minutes. One of the first times I met Pope was at Finally there is Nhon, a squat little gorilla 330 one morning, so deep in the jungle that who is unsurpassed at tracking and taking J. Edgar Hoover and a pride of bloodhounds banteng. Nhon has a deeper sabe of the couldn't have found us. Pope, all six feet country along the game-rife Da-Dung than of him, was covered with mud, water, sweat, any other of Chi's ragged crew. He holds to and profanity. As I swung the lights of my a deep professional pride and takes it as a jeep onto the scene, Old Harry's grandson team victory when his hunter draws blood; was under a sizeable bamboo bridge, pry- is crestfallen and gloomy if he cannot fetch pole in hand, busily engaged in heaving a his man to gun range. And gun range, to jeep back onto the decking. A two-jeep con- Nhon, is something about the length of a voy en route to join my camp had skidded West Texan's throw-rope. the first vehicle partly off the bridge. Pope When spooring elephant, Chi is the very was outdoing all six Moi who were standing embodiment of the relaxed sportsman. He around watching the burly American0 heave rarely hunts alone. He throws Kim out on the quarter-ton back onto the bamboo span. ELTO COMPANY point and, ranging behind or on the flanks, Last year, Pope and Chi journeyed to the DEPT. 36-X, 18442 Grand River, Detroit 23, Mich. are Nam and Nhon. At his side he keeps his end of the line above Bon Don and there eun bearer. Behind-them mav come three or I -WONDERSIGH' - hired enough elephants to mount themselves four skinners and packers. Chi is a firm and their entire retinue. For the two weeks believer in the potency of the .375 Magnum that followed they seldom stepped off the and has a brace of these Winchesters. Re- pachyderms except to eat and sleep. They gardless of how warm the sign may grow he hunted an almost virgin game landthat lies never condescends to tote the rifle until the astraddle the Vietnamese-Cambodian frontier. last critical moments of the chase. Then he It was such a shikar as to draw a hearty will accept the rifle and close in for the kill. "Tot Lad-very good even from Chi, who He has in addition to the two Model 70's isn't given to bubbling over about any safari. an old Mauser 10.75 mm, which despite a Buffalo, gaur, bantcng, and wild boar fell to the guns of the pair, and in a single day Chi killed three tigers. Altogether the party bagged 54 deer. With five different species to chose from, ranging ^us. 10th ANNUAL ROUNDUP of from the hefty 700-pound sambar to the five- pound mouse deer, the bag on venison alone may well be a varied one. As for the tiger, let Chi tell it. Western Christmas Cards 'I went in mirador. Tiger come. I shoot. ff illustrated by Robert R. Lorenz 5 I send Kim get Moi carry tiger camp. I sit mirador once more. Here come tiger No. 2. He look at dead one. I shoot him. Kim hear, he think first tiger come live. When he bring Moi, have only six boy. No can carry two tiger. Must send village for six more boy. In afternoon very late come third tiger. I kill." Chi smiled broadly over the recollection of that banner day. Afield some three or four days of every No. 1034 No. 1035 No. 1036 week, Chi's continual adventuring in these A Western Santa Christmas Shoppin' The Christmas Train 8ft FUIIColor FUIIColor Full Color game lands produds its full share of tight I play and lusty action. Last year, hunting buffalo all alone, he struck the track of an old bull, a "solitaire." These "solitaire" are belligerent old studs who, having done with cow-chasing, elect to trod lonely trails. Chi PAY followed the sign and finally came abreast his game. He was shooting a double express that day and poured both barrels into the bull at POSTAGE 20 yards. No. 1037 Canada The buff charged. His gun empty, Chi Shepherds in the Field in U. S. & The Night Before ~hristmas dropped into the foot-and-one-half of water Full Color Full Color and grass, submerging himself. Nothing re- mained above the surface except one exceed- ingly short snorkel, the Chi nose. The wounded bull stomped and snorted, searching for his tormentor. Finally, after long moments, he commenced to move out. Chi. who had lifted his head when he deemed it safe. heard the sounds of the search abat- ing somewhat and calmly pried himself out of the muck, shook the water out of his old No. 1039 No. 1040 No. 1041 .416, charged it with fresh hulls and ham- Christmas in the West "And, lo, The Star.. ." Greetings mered two more slugs into the shoulder of Brown Embossed on White Gold Embossed on White Brown Embossed on White 8 the weaving target. That wound up that little adventure. In '53, Chi killed a tiger that was the grandpap of all the cats in Indo China. This critter as he lay on the ground had the re- DELIVERY markable length of 13 feet 2 inches. Chi was a shooting with an American at the time and gave him the pelt on the American's promise that, in return, upon his rotation to the U.S. MONEY BACK he would ship Chi the rifle he wanted above No. 1042 No. 1043 all others, the Weatherby .375'Magnum. This An Instinctive Stop candle of tho Lord was in 1953 and Chi is still awaiting the Copper Embossed on White GUARANTEE Silver Embossed on White arrival of the Weatherby. Capers such. as I this add much to the prestige of the Amer- ican sportsman abroad. ORDER TODAY FROM THIS WIDE SELECTION M. "I no like your sights. No good," Chi said 5 All new and different scenes for 1956. Cards cards and Without Your envelopes name imprinted abruptly one day as we waited to climb in a are heavy white stock, single folded to 5x,5%; dugout and ferry over the out-of-banks Da- inches. Complete with matching envelopes, 15 $ 2.00 $3.00 Dung. Top five scenes ore in beautiful full color. 25 3.00 "What's wrong with my sights?" I asked, Bottom five scenes are fancy embossed. 50 6.00 7.50 taken aback. The micrometered rear and Simple message inside in red: Have your 75 9.00 sourdough post front were about as hot a name imprinted to match. Sample message- 100 11.00 combination as you could find, in my opinion. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 125 13.00 Order by card number. Cards may be "In jungle, no good. Too slow. Here open assorted at no extra cost. Orders accepted 20.00 sight best. You got to be veeery queek. through December 15. Our 10th year of 300 30.00 35.00 Veeery queek. Light bad, game no wait. I selling western cards by mail. 500 50.00 55.00 use flat-top open sight, big bead. Bes' of all." NO C.O.D. PLEASE It was encouraging to hear someonean jf Send cash, check or money order to- 8 authority, if you will-praise the often con- BOX 308 demned open rear sight. And while I would Boumm, coLoR*Do not agree that my aperture wasn't just as ¥ He MY8. f 5 w . ft good, the Chi contention is borne out by the You are safe buying by mail-Satisfaction guaranteed. experience of British and other sportsmen in # Africa and Asia where the open rear is the long-odds choice. @ SCHOOL FOR GUNSMITHS (Continued from page 33)

the parlance of the trade, a complete conver- business seem to be taking care of the de- ~UIISGoes on your7 sion. The course of this conversion was punc- mand quite well. Ntwsstand the First of tuated .with blood (chisels slip, y'know) , Stockmaking (500 hours benchwork and Every Month - sweat, tears, curses, and numerous questions 10 hours classroom) comprises a vital seg- directed at the harried instructor. Finally it ment of learning. In any field of endeavor, Don't Miss an Issue was complete. The stock, though not exactly a thorough knowledge of the skeleton leads L a Linden masterpiece, sported an egg-shell to a more perfect understanding of the skin. finish with not a grain left unfilled. The Considerable know-how is required even to welded bolt handle was a trifle cockeyed, complete semi-inlets as offered by stockmak- lumpy in spots, and possibly might make Roy ing firms. When their advertisements advise, Dunlap shudder to look at it. But I was just "See your gunsmith," it is wise to take heed, as proud of it as a mother is of a newborn, not take chisel in hand. NEW J. Dew"THUMBSLIDE1' crosseyed baby. Even the owner thought it Before stocking either a shotgun or rifle in TANG SAFETIES FOR ALL NEW a gem. walnut, students are required first to do the CURVED RECEIVER REMIN6- As the course progresses and the student job in gumwood. A Mauser is usually the has a few classroom lectures, the value of a first rifle stocked, usingatandard Winchester TON SHOTGUNS & RIFLES prior general knowledge of guns comes into Mod. 780 Slide action rlflw. Mod. tw AUTO nu-, mod. 70 or Remington 721 stock dimensions, fol- 871 WIngmartw Shoteuns. Mod. 11/48 and new 11/48 its own. Although the curriculum is based lowed by a Springfield and an Enfield stocked Swrtsman auto Shotmuni. Now Rem. 22 MI. Madel 1172. Priws oomnlftel~Initallod at our olut 1s 118.75 which on the thought of starting out from scratch, to the customer's specifications. A Winches- lnoludw return -eortage. WRITE FOR FOLDER it does not stoop to the absurdity of saying, ter 12 or 97 is usually the first shotgun han- ,. "This is a trigger. This is a magazine, etc." dle made. Then follows the more difficult East Hampton Connecticut But a little study before entering school box and sidelock double stocks. A set of would preclude questions such as the follow- revolver or auto pistol grips, either Standard ing which the instructors answer daily: or custom, is also required. Thereafter, the "What does the 70 mean in .45-70?" "What student may specialize in making the stocks New Book for ~rontier0=I is mid-range trajectory?" "What is cast-off most likely to be used in the locality where "HOME GUNSMITHING in a stock?" he plans to work. the COLT SINGLE ACTION FRONTIER REVOLVER" The questions may seem ridiculous to After the accepted requisites of fit, bear- by Loren W. Smith some, but they are typical of those asked by ing points, and balance have been built into A do-it yourself instruction the average gun-store customer, and the stu- the stock, there remains that angle of stock- text, book on the operation repair, and rework of the dent must prepare himself to answer as many ing that depends purely on the maker's imag- Colt Frontier. The book con- tains ten chapter* dealing as possible. ination and taste. A curve here, a fillet there, with this well known aingle action revolver. While my general knowledge smoothed the a well-executed inlay, create a flawless finish Illustrated with Numwous Sketches and Photographs path in phases of the course pertaining to that spells the difference between a thing of LIST PRICE $5.00 POSTPAIO. Sold on a ntisfac- guns alone such as stockmaking, ballistics, beauty or a chunk of firewood. Metal work EL?~teX2ef12L'%d +2Eitie O$%sh'K" sJt% history and use of firearms, design and func- has the final judge of its excellence in the your check or money order (wrry: no c.0.D.'~) to: tion, I experienced a vacuity of the cranium micrometer or some other measuring device. GUNROOM PUBLISHING COMPANY when first grappling with the machine-shop But, in stockmaking, customer satisfaction is courses. Lathe, milling machine, oxy-acety- perhaps the only micrometer with which to lene welding, and blueprint reading were measure the dimensions of aesthetics. Beauty total strangers. I remember one instance in lies in the eyes of the beholder and the be- lathe lecture class when the instructor, Bud holder is paying the bill. Svenson, just finished explaining an elemen- Ballistics and handloading come in for 30 - ~irereaoy ...... rorgrng, lor row tary step in lathe operation. There was a hours of combined classroom instruction, Pollihed & Jewelled Preclslon slight pause, as if to give the students an with 12 hours time at the loading bench Indexed ...... 6.511 opportunity to ask questions. I racked my Spolal-Both tor ...... although most students put in more hours Custom Rifle Stocking and Rebumling brain for a question, any question at all- than this. Jackrabbit shooting can eat up a either sensible or otherwise-but couldn't lot of ammo. The handloading lecture con- come up with one. I didn't know enough tains as many don't's as do's. Correct loading about the subject to ask a auestion! It was procedure and numerous safety factors are akin to confronting an illiterate fresh from stressed and re-stressed. When John Q. Citi- the boondocks with the ins and outs of a zen starts pouring ~owderinto the brass and dictionary. slapping a slug on top of it, he's not for- In due time, a lathe ceased to be a deep tunate enough to have the many assembly mystery. Before a student gets to actual gun controls constantly at work in a factory to work, he must do his share of practice work keep the ammo safe and dependable. His on the cheaper cold-rolled steel. The opera- first inkling that he's thrown a double charge tion of the lathe must become as subcon- with some powders is, alas, a blinding flash. scious and effortless as Liberace pounding Coincidental with my attendance in hand- the grand, leaving the concious mind free to loading class was an unfortunate occurrence concentrate on the job at hand. that confirmed the saying, "one picture is Rebarreling, and set-backs to correct head- worth a thousand words." We filed into the space, are one of the major jobs for the gun- classroom one night, and noted with a shock smith's lathe. Mauser barrels, due to their that a visual training aid had been added to '^FP !oX.???5:~ IOSPEL simplicity in lack of extractor and case-head the curriculum. Lying on the instructor's recesses, are usually the latheman's first cut desk, like a mangled corpse, was what was in this category. Machine-gun barrels of .30 left of a Winchester Model 70. It, and the caliber are so inexpensive and efficient that remaining batch of handloads that had been SCHWARTZ CUSTOM GUNS they are used often in rebaneling, and stu- used that day, had been brought into school STOCKSÑploin fancy, target. - Idents get contouring experience turning these by a local citizen for study and analysis. The I REBARRELING-feotherweight to boll. oversize tubes to shoulder-arm weight. case head had ruptured and released the hot, Trade-in your factory gum on curtam gum. Action and barrel making are not included potent gasses rearward, splitting the receiver INTERNATIONAL TYPE "FRET RfflES in the course. These specialized fields require ring. The locking lugs and bolt were fused 209 lofoyem Ow-, Michigan an outlay of thousands of dollars for tools with molten brass. The forearm was shat- I 1 and equipment. Large firms already in the tered and bloodstained. A subsequent dig- *J*"', , . assembly of the ammunition revealed maxi- a suggested price list for gunsmith jobs, an< mum charges of 2400 powder in all but one discussion on a vital angle that has nothin1 of the cases; it contained a double charge. to do with metal or wood-extreme dip10 Pure poison! macy. Customers' inclinations to shoot thi Design & Function rightfully claims the bull for hours on end is an occupationa lion's share, 65 hours, of lecture subjects for hazard on a par with whirling lathe dogs ant AIR PISTOL a total of 345 hours. Over 60 current and flying metal fragments. This customer con obsolete models that the gunsmith is most versation is a condition practically peculia likely to receive in his shop are stripped and to the gun business alone, but a goodly pel explained by the design specialists, Glenn cent of the gunsmith's bread and oleo stem English and Kenneth Aiken. Mimeographed from this interest. If it weren't for it, th sheets are supplied showing stripping in- trade would consist of simple use and repaii structions, those left-hand screws, common like shoes or lawnmowers. malfunctions, calibers, weight, heat treatment Several years ago, I had a scope mountel of serial categories, and other important on my pet squirrel rifle. I learned that th data. The more simple, self-explanatory-on- gunsmith had fired it for group out of cur sight aims like single-barreled shotguns and osity because of the wax paper shims he' single-shot bolt-actions are not dealt with in found under the barrel. lecture, but should a student get stumped "I hear you've been shooting my rifle," while working on one of these at his bench, commented on my next visit to his shop. the instructor is available. The complexity "Yes," he answered, "and it did very well. of the various actions are reflected by the "Yep, I've owned five or six .22's and tha hours of shopwork listed in the curriculum: one shoots twice as 'hard' as any one of 'em, pumps and autoloaders, 200 hours each; bolt I earnestly replied. actions and doubles, 160 and 150 respective- Much to his credit, he didn't bat an eyf ly; lever actions, 150; revolvers, 100; and but I thought I detected a little bewildermen single shotguns, 30. in his expression. Telescope sights and bai and Curious, I checked up to see how many re1 shims somehow just didn't fit in with thi different types and models of guns are of- talk of "Kentucky chronography." ACCURACY! fered currently in the market. I quit count- "I noticed that," he said very seriouslj Looks like a real gun, precision built ing at 100. The number of current and "It is a right hard-shooting rifle." like a real gun. The MARKSMAN obsolete arms in use today, of all makes, is I could contain myself no longer and m Air Pistol is loaded with more fea- something to shake the imagination. To this grin melted into a chuckle. He saw that I' tures than any gun in its' price field! number, tack on the antiques. They all have been pulling his leg and joined in the mirti Standard .I77 caliber, the all metal the same basic principle of operation, but That man was a diplomat. He didn't fly o' construction gives the heft and feel so do automobiles. No one could rightfully the handle and argue with a cash-payin of a real automatic. The 32 pre- expect an auto mechanic to know all about customer. All of us budding gunsmiths woul cision engineered, precision built every make and model produced since the do well to follow his example. parts gives you more power, greater Model T, yet it is a common thing for a Just before deer season, the school annt accuracy, plus wider range for more customer to expect comparable knowledge ally conducts a "clinic" at Camp Georg practice fun at an amazing low cost. from a gunsmith. If the gunsmith has been West, near Denver. Hunters are invited t With the MARKSMAN you shoot all at his trade for around 80 of his 100 years, sight in their rifles. Students gain valuabl three-BB's, PELLETS, and DARTS- he might have most of the answers at his experience in customer relations, range pr< from one permanent barrel! Muzzle fingertips. cedure, and knowledge of the various type loads, it cocks similar to a .45 auto- A student may either work on his own of sights. Alternately, from morning to af matic. It's the air pistol preferred weapons or those of the customers. For a ernoon, half work the butts and half the lint by marksmen! small registration fee and by paying the cost Students on the line get a little bonus- of materials, customers may get just about picking up the hunters' brass. They assist i COMPLETE anything done at the school from a simple sight adjustment, make minor repairs, an cleaning job to a complete conversion. It is tender general information on weapons an KIT through these customer contacts that the stu- ballistics. INCLUDES dent gunsmith learns the do's and the don't's On the line where it counts, where powdf Generous supply of the trade in a business and public rela- is being burned, some shooters learn that of 00's. PELLETS. DARTS. Practice tions sense. 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HOW GOOD WERE INDIANS AS SHOOTERS? (Continued from page 23)

to fire the gun at the level before the bullet exorbitant, beyond the means of most Indians. ENFIELD MILITARY MODEL 1 rolled out of the bore by gravity. Two pounds of powder cost a well-tanned Smoothbores were supplied to many peace- head-and-tail robe, and few women could tan ful tribes under treaty obligations by the more than 20 robes in a season. Any kind of Great White Father. Special lots of Ken- gun was priced from five to eight robes or tucky-type rifles were ordered by the Indian more. Even an average breech-loader would Department. Henry Leman of Lancaster, Pa., have cost around 20 head-and-tail tanned Jacob Dickert, and others famous as "Ken- buffalo robes or several good horses. Car- ENFIELD 'SPORTER' RIFLE 1 tuckv rifle" makers received contracts to SUD- tridges were correspondingly high, and the supply anything but stable. For this reason Colt and Remington percussion revolvers were great favorites with the Indians. Each Cnfield "Military Model" the Red River half-breeds, who came from with "Sporter" Stock Sporting P.14 Model-.303 Bntlsh 01. --S29.50 Canada in 1870 bringing muzzle-loaders, pow- provided six shots without reloading. The Sportin P 17 Model-.30-06 Caliber ------S34.50 FREE: New Zippered Gun Case with carrying sling der, lead, dies, and percussion caps. My ammunition for these arms-lead, loose pow- with each "Sportar". friend, Chief White Bull, purchased two of der, and percussion caps-was the cheapest SWISS ARMY RIFLES '89 these guns, which he used for shooting deer form of ammunition, and the most easily ob- and antelope; he considered a bow best for tained on the frontier. And these obsolete running buffalo. arms were just as deadly on horseback-driven Indians bought guns from licensed traders, buffalo as those taking cartridges.. Chief from Indian agents, agency Indians, and White Bull told me that he had killed more squaw men. Even after they obtained breech- than 30 buffalo with loose ammunition used loaders and repeating rifles, they seldom used in a percussion revolver. these for killing buffalo. Old Sioux hunters In the 1870's a good repeating rifle cost were quite incredulous when I told them how around $25 in the east. On the frontier it white hide hunters in Kansas'would kill 20 would cost 10 or 15 dollars more to white to 100 buffalo at a single stand. One of men. Indians had to pay even more, and the them said, "Our buffalo were too wild for top price for buffalo robes was never more that. If such methods had worked, we would than $6 delivered in eastern markets. Only have used them!' They said they found the rich Indians could afford repeaters or buy INTERNATIONAL FIREARMS- bow and lance better than the musket and fixed ammunition, and rich Indians were no the saber in mounted combat. more numerous per capita than rich white Guns and ammunition were not easy to men are. There was no ordnance department get. In the west, the Indians could not manu- to supply warriors with arms or replace a 1 facture these, and the price of a gun was lost or broken weapon, and no gunsmiths. Every Indian had to arm himself at his own tinguish himself and count a coup, and know- FAMOUS GUNSMITH Soy~ expense. Many of them could not afford guns ing that this one-shot gun would be useless Bushnell Rifle(cop*Ãon th* of any kind, and the sorriest old weapons in close fighting, he left it in the tipi. In- bxt valu* 6n the markot were treasured as family heirlooms. Crudely stead he rode to attack Major Reno's detach- today. Optically and me- chanically I believe them repaired stocks and rifles without sights are ment carrying only his stone-headed war superior to any comparable common to find among Indian weapons. club. No doubt other Indians with similar scopes now available. Hunt- obsolete guns also preferred their traditional enwant light weight, large After the greatest effort, only about half field of view, and adiust- weapons. Sitting Bull's uncle, Four Horns, menti that stay put. SCOPE of Sitting Bull's warriors at the Little Big CHIEFS fill the bill. Horn were able to obtain firearms. Of these, did. He went into the fight with only a bow many had only old flintlocks, condemned and arrows. His cousin, Bad Soup, who some- times visited the forts and agencies and Author "Gunsmithing" muskets, muzzle-loaders, smooth bores. There 800 Paso Practical Guide was plenty of propaganda claiming that the brought guns out to the hostile camp, was himself armed with a repeater. Sitting Bull Indians were even better armed than the 4 X troops-a fantastic yarn. Ordnance reports and his relatives, however, were among the of guns turned in when the Indians surrend- best hunters and warriors, and therefore $4950 Write for FREE ered show a different set of facts. among the most prosperous of the Sioux. Certainly most Sioux families were not so BOOKLET. Talk Of 284 long guns turned in by Sioux and well armed. why SCOPECHIEF Cheyennes in 1877, some 160 were muzzle 'created by 791 ex- My friend, Don Rickey, of the Custer Bat- loaders. These included 94 percussion rifles pert riflemen) is for better1 tlefield National Monument Museum, has by H. E. Leman, six made by the famous SEE HEN IT LEADING DEALERS NWI studied the matter of Indian armament close- Hawken brothers in St. Louis, and an assort- ly. "On the Custer Battlefield," he says, "we ment of Kentuckys, old Springfield and Tower rifles and muskets, and one flintlock have found several types of empty cartridge case-f other than army issue. They are smoothbore, possibly of the "northwest gun" mostly .50 caliber (for the Sharps, like the pattern with dragon sideplate. While the balance were cartridge firearms, they were carhine we have that was used here by Spot- ted Wolf, a Cheyenne) and for other .SO arms generally inferior to the weapons of the sol- diers. Of the 124 breechloaders, but 39 were such as the 1866,1869 and 1870 models of the Springfield carbine and rifle, which were re- repeaters. These in six different calibers in- tired from army service by the introduction cluded four Henrys, 12 Winchesters, and 23 of the..45-70 Springfield in 1873-74. I have Spencers probably obtained in forays with U.S. cavalry, some of whom were equipped one .50 case that has been purposely altered with the Spencer repeating carbine. Of 123 at the primer pocket end, to enable a hostile to re-prime the cartridge with a common per- revolvers turned in, all but one were cap-and- ball. The condition of these weapons "would cussion cap-the usual method. It was orig- inally a civilian, Berdan-primed cartridge. be classed as 'unserviceable' at an arsenal," We also have found many .44 copper rim fire stated the ordnance report. cases that would have fit either the Henry Granted that they may have hidden some, rifle or the 1866 Winchester rifle or carbine. would men armed with repeating rifles have Other dug up items include: a .58 calibre retained the wretched old-fashioned guns that mould fo; the Minie type bullet used in the they did turn in? Those weapons were mostly Civil War muzzle loaders (dug up at the site so old-fashioned that they belonged in muse- of an Indian village, Little Bighorn valley). ums. The best of them were a sprinkling of two percussion revolvers, and an 1873 Win- Winchesters, Spencer carbines, old-fashioned chester .44-40 carbin-." Henry rifles, and Sharps dropping block breechloaders. Even the gun which a great In the Smithsonian Institution United chief, Sitting Bull, presented ti his "brother" States National Museum in Washington there A REAL Frank Grouard was a Hawken rifle4 years are two guns said to have been turned in by out of date. Sitting Bull after he rode into Fort Buford on July 19, 1881, to surrender. One of these CUSTOM BARREL! No doubt the Indians were better armed is a Model 1866 Winchester from the collec- in 1876 at the time of the Custer massacre than in 1866 when Fetterman's men were tion of Indian objects owned by the late attacked, but so were the whites. Arms and Major D. H. Brotherton, the officer to whom You'll find it at J.A.A. ammunition were still not easy to come by on Sitting Bull surrendered. Brotherton's own collection catalog identified it as the gun A barrel of the finest chrome- the frontier. Fixed ammunition was so hard moly steel smooth, clean- to get that many Indians learned to save and Sitting Bull surrendered to him. It has a - reload and reprime empty cartridge shells. brass frame, and the stock is decorated with rifling-outside finish ground Yet their arms remained of mediocre qual- brass tacks. -uniform wall thickness and ity, poor condition, and obsolete pattern. The other gun is a sawed-off smoothbore straight bore-each barrel is Other tribes had been for years just as eager flintlock with the lockplate imprint "Barnett, given individual attention by to get arms as the Sioux. The Crows and London. 1876." This was deposited in the skilled barrel makers working Rees had the same chance to get arms from Museum by Major James M. Bell in 1876; to the closest of manufactur- traders and needed them far more desper- he claimed that Sitting Bull turned it in at ing tolerances. ately, yet the government had to supply good an earlier surrender. arms to these Indians when they served as Perhaps these two guns tell the story as Such a barrel is TRULY a the white men's allies in plains warfare. well, or better, than statistics and guess-work CUSTOM BARREL The men of Sitting Bull's immediate fam- can do. That is, that Indian armament to ily were only passably well armed at the time the last varied between the most up-to-date We also CUSTOM FIT these Custer attacked his village on the Little Big- repeating rifles and the old smoothbore muz- barrels to your action combin- horn-June 25, 1876. Sitting Bull himself zle-loading weapons. But when the army ing the finest in barrels and had a revolver, caliber .45, and a '73 Model used Gatling guns and Hotchkiss cannon, as workmanship to give you top Winchester carbine, caliber .44, center fire, at Wounded Knee, the Indian wars came gun performance. with one band. His elder nephew, White swiftly to an end. The warriors could not Bull, who had given him these weapons, car- face artillery, and a good thing, too. Man ried two filled cartridge belts and a 17-shot to man, too often the Indians matched the JOHNSON AUTOMATICS ASSOC. Winchester, possibly a long-barreled Model whites' firepower superiority with brains, INCORPORATED 1866 musket. Yet Sitting Bull's younger cunning and straight shooting, and won. nephew, One Bull, had only a muzzle-loading With the few guns they had, the Indians HOPE VALLEY. RHODE ISLAND smoothbore musket. Being anxious to dis- could shoot well. tB RELOADERS! B & M OFFERS YOU A COMPLETE SERVICE

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