world's finest combination for the world's finest rifles. Buy Redfield. Get performance. The real beauty of a Redfield Rifle Scope is in See your dealer or gunsmith or write for free its performance. Whether it is the craftsman 32-page full-color catalog. who makes it. or the shooter who uses it. per­ formance is the one thing that matters. At the moment of truth, Redfield can be depended upon. There is a Redfield Rifle Scope for every shooting purpose ... big game, varmint, target, bench rest or plinking. The outstanding feature of each is that invisible, built-in extra that imparts pride, confidence, dependability and satisfaction for the marksman - and as­ Redfield sures the ultimate in accuracy. Redfield 5800 EAST JEWELL AVE •DENVER. COLORADO 802 2 2 Scopes and Mounts are acknowledged the SIG HTING EQUIPMENT NOT SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968 gunmaking by Ithaca. We hot-forge it Some people might think from bar steel. Then stress-relieve it for extra strength, accuracy. the way we make this gun You'll never warp or rupture a Model 37 barrel. is downright dumb Our lockup between barrel and receiver is like a battleship gun's breechblock-close-tolerance threads, plus lugs. No loosening with age. If it's smart to make something as You get one-piece accuracy that keeps cheap as it can be made ·and still you on target shot after shot. have it work, then we aren't smart. You get Ithaca's exclusive bottom For example, we could stamp ejection, too. Empties, burned powder receivers out by the hundreds. and gas go straight down. Protects But tin and paint make for short gun you and your shooting partner. Ideal life. Ours is machined out of a for left-hand use. And our Raybar® 7112-pound block of high-grade steel . front sight that "lights" your way We mill, broach, and drill it down to a to the target. Soaks up light rays, solid 1Y2 pounds. It lasts the life of concentrates them right in the sight the gun. And that's more than so you get on target faster. a lifetime. You won't feel like you're toting All the major action parts are a cannon around after a couple of machined or forged from solid billets hours in the field with our Model 37. of steel. A lot of shotguns are fi lied The 12-ga. model weighs only 6112 lbs. with tinny stampings or castings of The 16 ga. is 6 lbs., and the 20-ga., these parts. You can hear them rattle 53,4 lbs. They're called Featherlight.® together when you pump the action. Handle a Model 37 at your nearby You hear a solid, fitted-steel chunk! lthacagun dealer. It does more than chunk! when you pump our Model 37. just work. It lasts. The barrel is produced on a giant Ithaca Gun Company, Inc. roto-forge introduced to American Ithaca, N. Y. 14850

.-:,. •itha,agun SEPTEMBER, 1969 TRICCER Vol. XV, No. 9-9 George E. von Rosen TALK Publisher

ATCHING UP with som e of the C past winners of our free gun con­ c 0 N T E N T S test, we are pleased to announce that Mr. Cort Meader of Connecticut is the winner of the H arper 's F erry flintlock FEATURES replica by Centennial Arms. Mr. John Takach of Erie, P a., is the winner of REBUTTAL! Modern design muzzle-loaders harm the sport .. .• .....• • ..•...... John Baird 18 a handsom e Walker .44 revolver by Replica Arms. Con g ratulations to ESTIMATING RANGE them. Easy method of determini ng range ...... •. . •. .. ..•...... Robert Singhaus 21 Be sure to watch future issues for EARLY SHOOTING ACCESSORIES more exciting free gun drawings. Part I, powder horns and flasks ...... •...... •. . •.... James E. Serven 22 ROLLING BLOCK CREEDMOOR • • • Numrich barrel makes it easy to do .. .. •..•.. • .. • .. •...... Mason Williams 26 The other day, I was shopping THE SHOTGUN SIGHT around in a sporting goods store, and Who needs it? You do! ...... • ...... Col. Charles Askins 29 happened to hear a customer ask for HUNTING FOR A TROPHY a box of .22 ammo. The clerk ask ed Defining a trophy and a record head ...... •..•...... Les Bowman 32 for his Firearms ID card, and the cus­ THE PARIS GUN tomer replied: "Wha t ? You mean I Range, 75 miles; target, Paris ...•..•..•...... •. .• ... Louis Goth 34 have to spend $5 for a card just to buy S&W SCHOFIELD REVOLVERS a box of .22's?" The clerk said that Story of the gun and the man ...... • .. •. .•...... E. Dixon Larson 37 this was so, whereupon the customer said: "The hell with it. Show m e a COLT POCKET AUTO PISTOLS Full color print for framing...... 40 tennis racquet." This took place in Illinois, where it is reported that less THE .45-70 TRAPDOOR than half of the estimated 2 million Interesting facts about mode ls, production dates...... • . . . 42 gun owners have applied for ID cards. FREE GUN DRAWING When this magazine hits the stands, Win a new Browning BAR auto rifle ...... • ...... 44 we will be in the midst of the vaca­ RADAR BULLET TRACER tion season. When you are out of town, New weapon against sniper fire ...... • .. • ..... George Tol es 48 why not stop in at a gun shop; if for no other reason than to just say h ello, and let the dealer know that not all DEPARTMENTS gun bugs have taken up tennis. Shooters Club of America ... .. 5 Pull I . . . . Dick Miller 45 • • • Crossfire 7 Questions & Answers 58 Speaking of ID cards, the r ebuttals Hand loading Bench . ... George C. Nonie 10 Gun Rack 64 to E.B. Mann's article in the June is­ Our Man In Washington . . . . Carl Wolff 12 Index of Advertisers ...... 75 sue are beginning to come in (along Point Blank ...... Col. Charles Askins 14 The Gun Market ...... 77 with som e very hot letters damning Jerom e Rakusan . Editor Maj . George C. Nonie . Military us for publishing the article) , and the Harold A. Murtz . Associate Editor Les Bowman Hunting one letter or article selected as a re­ E. B. Mann ...... Contributing Editor Don McEvoy Sales Manager sponsible, constructive argum ent will Col. Charles Askins .. Shooting Edito r Jon Kaufman . Promotion Manager be published in the October issue. Maj. George C. Nonie ...... Handloading Sydney Barker Art Director Di ck Miller ...... Trap Lew M errell ...... •.... Ass't Art Director And speaking of the October issue, Rob ert Mandel . Antique Arms Andrew Molchan ... Advertising Sales we will have a return of the police Wm . Schumaker ... Guri smithing Leonard Diamond .. Adve rtis ing Sa les articles by Col. Rex Applegate, a cou­ Shell ey Braverman Modern Arms M. Gross ...... Ass' t Circulation Mgr. ple of feature test r eports on new Col. Rex Applegate . .... Police Sally Loges ...... Subscription Mgr. guns, and articles for every gun in­ terest.

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Gun Control Whiz-Kids Miniatu.re Mistake! USE MERSHON You may not think that your gun is Just a note h ere to point out that 'suRE GRIP "@ SHELL PACKS Noisy loose shells in your pocket registered, but look closer at the law there is an inaccuracy in the April spook your ga me. Use these si- len t patented "O" ring type shell packs t o securely to r ecord the sale of ammunition. 1969 issue (Guns Magazine). The hold your cartridges. 3 sizes. each J1o lding a variety of sllell s. Mfg . or durable m olded rubber. fl exible to These Gun Control boys are pretty miniature rifle on page 41 on the left -65 F .F its a n y belt up to 11-s" wide. Red, brown , black colors. Only s;;.50. sure they've put one over on us this in the picture at the bottom is a r e­ time, by keeping a record of everyone plica of an 1874 French Gras, not a who buys ammunition. They think Mexican single shot Mauser. The bay­ that they can feed this into a com­ onet is also a Gras bayonet, correct ; ...... > ... •/; ... •/; ... •/~ puter and come out with some pretty for the 1874 Gras. ..,, , ..... ,,, ...... ,/,...... ,/;'9 'f accurate results as: Lt. JG John Guidinger How many guns there are. FPO, New York INEW "It'll/TE LINE"® RECOIL PADS What caliber they are. Newly en gineered p:ltented design progressively absorbs more recoil , no bot LO m ing out. Molded of oi l resistant Who owns them. And who is keep­ Du P ont Neoprene. Stays fl ex ible in coldest weatl1er. A model for every !.y pe gun. Insist on ~ "White Linc'' ing in practice. Valiant Views lifetime recoil pads. Dcluxr shown H.50 With all this information they figure As a collector and student of the FB they don't need gun r egistration to b e Radom 35 pistol for years, I would MERSHON CUSTOM• able to eventually confiscate our guns, like to comment on your article in the HANDGUN CASES just ahead of a Communist take-over April, 1969 issu e titled, "The Valiant J , 4 & 5 gun models attempt. Compact, li ght.. bC'autifu l. s urdy Vis". hand gun cases with racks for But we've got them fooled' First, 3. 1 and 5 guns. extra large I space for accessories a nd I am pleased that the author is im­ spotti n g scope. A\·ailablc we n ever buy ammo for our own wi th o r without back door ." pressed with the Radom P- 35. As to :Exterior fini shed in you r guns. The fellow on the other side of choice o r fi ve at.I ractive his comment r elative to the long firing colors and materials. town, buys for m e in small lots, just fully lined inside to pin and the surrendering trick, I be­ match. 3 gun m odel wi th - anywher e. In r eturn I buy for others out back door only $27.50. Op­ lieve it to be hearsay. Somehow I tiona l. adj ustable hand gun tray for I who have guns of different caliber h olding ANY hand gun solidly In p lace at small than mine. P erfectly legal and abso­ doubt that long firing pins were fur­ additional cost. ;'Guaranteed finest case made." lutely sensible. And when those nished in advance or that the officers whiz-kids feed all that wonderful data had time to fashion their own. I would attribute that, if true at all, to mis­ \\ 10 POI NT" GRIPS into their computer, it will churn and P referred by most Jaw enforce­ matched assembly. ment agenci es. these rubber chur n and finally write: God Bless n on-breakable grips will fit all modern Colts and S&\V revolv ­ America! As to VIS. Of course, there is no ers and pistols. Easily installed. Im prO\'CS shooting accuracy: Alfred W. Dobras letter "V" in the Polish alphabet. I pre\·C'nt.s gun from slippin g if hands arc moist or wet. Can be Stra tford, Conn. know of no explanation accepted by cut or sha ped to fit your hand. knowledgable Polish collectors. They Only S5. 75. Likes " 1l1i11.iat.11.re Gnns" Article vary from the Latin VIS, or "power " Delu xe Slip-On I have just read with great interest (Radom Hi- Power-as opposed to Browning Hi-Power) to the initials of RECOIL PADS in your current issue of Guns Maga­ Easily ~ li ps onto any sh o ):!' UH the designer. (The "I" is the same as o r ri fle . "Pr0g rcssi\' C action " zine for April, 1969 the article by absorbs shock. l\'Ifg . of "All "and", thus VIS). \V eat hc1"' type rubbe r . this Merrill Lindsay entitled "The Won­ qualit y pad assures you o f year s o r sl1ooting co mfo rt. A\·aJJablc derful World of Miniat ure Guns". I am not sure, but believe that in 3 sizrs. Only s-::. oo . Walther did experiment with the drop Sec ,·o ur 1\'Tci·s htrn Dcalc1 · Needless to say this was an unu­ 01.· wl'itc FQl( FH EE li terature sually good article and you are to be hammer safety before the P-35 came congratulated for publishing this along. along with the hard work that Mr. P articular exception must be taken ERSHON COMPANY Lindsay has put into this article. to the comment that the omission of 1230 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE Turner Kirkland the take- down latch makes field LOS ANGELES , CALIF. 90015 Dixie Gun Works, Inc. stripping difficult. Actually, it is an Dept. G-9 . Union City, Tenn. ingenious simplification. Instead of a GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 ' 7 hold-open latch, one needs only to use His description of the "instant col­ the hammer leavering device to lock lection" in describing the late issue the slide over a notch in the hammer. commemoratives is quite apt. But, I This notch is not present in earlier suppose there is no r eal choice now, models. and anything in the firearms line will Finally, I hate to subtract some of appreciate over the years. My only the scarcity value of my 50 Radoms gripe is that the entire matter of these but will furnish more accurate pro­ so-called collectors items being of­ duction figures. These are not accurate fered now is a forced one. In short, it to last digit but ar e to within hw1- is an exploitation of something of in­ dreds: tegrity belonging to an earlier and more genuine era. Also, the work­ 1939 Pre- war Polish Eagle- manship (or rather the lack of it) on 6000 manufactured the modern pieces is truly tragic. The 1937 Pre- war Polish Eagle- stamped parts of a partially J apanese­ 8000 made firearm w ith the name of a 1938 Pre- war Polish Eagle- legendar y h ero upon it somehow 16,000 misses the m ark w ith m e. The shor t­ 1939 Pre-war Polish Eagle- cuts n ecessar y to stay in the market 19,000 u sing a modicum of American labor All 1939s I have seen over now natur ally precludes the earlier 47337 hav e b een mis ­ handcrafting of r eal quality in finish. matched. I have # 49014 with Anyone can see the r eal stamp of a completely blank slide. quality on an original or earlier issue; Post 1939 vvith stock slot and one can only wonder how long this ta ke-dow n latch- 58,000 spate of commercialism will continue (Serial 0001 to E-8000) now. Probably until the profits disap­ P ost 1939 w ithout stock slot and pear, which m ay be quite some time. with t a k e -do w n l a t c h- or varmints- or tin cans- or firing I w ish to see all guns of r eputable 222,000 (E-8000 to Z-9999) m anufacturers sold to law - abiding line competition- or ... ? Post 1939 without take-down citizens, no m atter the vintage. So, I latch, brown plastic grips- Whatever your challenge in hand­ s uppose m y thoughts are academic, 100,000 but I still can't h elp comparing m y gunning. Super Ve! has the perform­ (A.001 to K.9999) ance ammunition to put your game earlier interest in historic arms with Post 1939 without t a k e - do w n tha t of today's space- age desire for down and bring you out the winner. latch , green parkerized fin­ fulfillment. Super Ve! is the hot new handgun ish and wood e n grooved R oy Traband ammo that has won numerous written gri ps-40,000 Okla. City, Okla. testimoni als from the experts. It (A.001 to D . 9999) seems that there just aren't any chal­ I also under stand, but have n ever lenges that Sper Vel can't handle. seen, that a few la te Radoms wer e Super Vel 's have downed challe nges produced without the hammer leaver ­ fro m crows and chucks in farmers ing device. These would be exception­ I r ead Donald Simmons' article on fields, to deer in Michigan , to sheep ally rare. comme!'norative guns (April) with in Tex as, to grizzly in Montana, and I am very pleased to see proper pleasure and in total agr eemen t. tribute to a fin e Polish and German However, since this fad seems to free have held the tightest groups in war - time pistol. Since very little a t­ a few more recd guns for bona-fide match competition. tention has been paid to it, my inten­ collectors, I'd like to suggest a couple Superior expansion and bullet per­ tion is to clarify some data. of commemor atives for the arms­ formance, ultra-high veloci- J. M. R evolinski m akers to unleash their slide-stick Houston, Texas boys on. How about a commemorative brass siege-piece in honor of the 516th an­ niversary-this spring!-of the fall of Constantinople ? They could call it the "Mohammed II Commemorative" in about one- m eter caliber. It'd sell for features that have around 25,000 piastres. made Super Ve! Then ther e's that long neglected ammun ition so coveted by million s Commemoratives Under Fire classic beauty, the Sears & Roebuck of hunters and handg un enthu siasts. Donald Simmons in his fine article Zulu shotgun. Imagine a handsome Down a chall enge today - Super Vel. "A Collector Views: Commemora tive cased presenta tion model with repli­ Guns" puts quite well these identical cas of the exquisite block-stamped thoughts I have h eld for years. It is lettering: "REG. U . S. PAT. OFF." unfortunate that the late- starting en ­ That'd dress up any m an's den! Then, Super Vel Cartridge Corp. thusiasts have to look for specimens m aybe those "collectors" who dig that P.O. Box 40 that are, in eff ect, off the m arket until sort of thing would turn loose som e of Shelbyville, Indiana 46176. someone dies. I remember when good their .45-70 trap- doors, rolling blocks examples of n early all American his­ and the like. Dare we hope? torical arms could be had for a mod­ Richard P. Miller est figure. No more. Royal Oa k, Mich. 8 GUNS SEPTE MBER 1969 That's right. Unless you're ready to floating design keeps it accurate. no jam-ups surprise you. cough up maybe $40 more, you can't The action's all Bofors steel, too. Our LSA's rear sight is special, too. buy a rifle with all the features of our No cheap stampings or castings. Every It's adjustable for both windage and new Ithaca LSA-55. part is machined from solid block steel elevation. It's removable and the Start with our barrel. We cut it from for strength. Then fitted to minute receiver has built-in mounting.bases genuine Bofors ordnance-quality steel. tolerances for a silky-smooth action for no-fuss scope mounting. Top­ It's precision cut-rifled and that stays smooth for the life of the mounted safety is right at your thumb hand lapped for dead accuracy. gun. There are even"special guide rails for instant action. And our recessed The alignment's perfect for iron to prevent frustrating bolt binding. bolt face keeps cartridge heads sights or scope. Drills out shots Select your pull with our adjustable safe Iy cove red. clean and true. And its single-stage trigger. It's cracker-crisp, See and handle the LSAs at your unchanging. A convenient detachable nearby lthacagun dealer's. Get box magazine accepts full or single something for your money. loads. It's a straight-line feed system- Ithaca Gun Company, Inc., Ithaca, New York 14850. If the rompetition made as good a rifle at as good a prire, you'd have a rhoire

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SELDOM CLEAN PRIMER special expander b all; reaming die I POCKETS unless the cases are to and neck reamer. This is all you need be used for something special or are to make perfectly s a t i sf a c tor y badly fouled. But, when it does be­ .250 / 3000 cases from cheap military come n ecessary, I like to get the job .30 - 06 brass, and it will work as well done as quickly and conveniently as with .270, 7mm Mauser, .308 (7.62 m m possible. Over the years, there have NATO) and other calibers. Forming been offered a number of brush- and die sets are priced as low as $11, scraper-type gadgets for the purpose, though the foregoing example is the but all I've tried were either slow, most expensive at $31. ineffective, or inconvenient to use. Over 60 different forming die sets Until talking to Ed Erdman of Drem el are already cataloged and offe red, and (maker of the Moto-Tool Hand more will be on the way. In the Grinder) a few days ago, I'd half­ meantime, the RCBS Special Order hea rtedly given up on the job. H e D epartment can make up dies for al­ suggested the No. 405 Drem el straight most any forming operation you can round bristle brush made for use in imagine. Unless the caliber to be pro­ the Moto-Tool. He sent a few along, duced is a standard item for which so we gave them a try. Though not proper specifications exist, orders particularly stiff- bristled, when spun must be accompanied by three sample at better than 22,000 rpm in the cases that have been fired in the Moto-Tool, they do a fine job of chamber in which the formed cases cleaning crud out of large- size primer w ill be used. pockets. Once worn down a bit, they While on this subject, it might be do as well in the small sizes. worthwhile to bring up a fairly simple One way of doing it is to hold a method by which you can make up half-dozen decapped cases in one just a few cases for som e of those hand, and then dip the spinning brush odd- ball chambers. For example, take briefly into each pocket in turn. P er­ the 7x64 mm Brenneke. By checking, haps a faster method. is to clamp the you 'll find that the .30 - 06 case is very Moto-Tool in its bench stand, switch close to the correct h ead diamete r­ it on, and then use both hands to feed close enough for safety-and is also cases against the brush by the most approximately the same length. Neck Th is durab le plastic ammo-pac k reta ils convenient route. You can do several and shoulder diameter are too great tor $1.00 bu t it's standa rd packaging hundred per hour this way. and body taper and shoulder location and yours FREE when you purchase Ame r­ • • • aren't quite right. A 7mm Mauser die ica's prem ium ammun ition SPEER-DWM . RCBS, Inc., in my opinion, has gone will squeeze the neck down to the If your dealer doesn't have th is new pack­ out of its way to take care of the right size; the shoulder to a bit less. It age ye t, you ca n get one by send ing us needs of the fellow wanting to form will also shove the '06 shoulder back, the end flap from a package of SPEER­ wildcat or hard-to- get cases from depending upon how deep the case is DWM ammunition and 25c (postage and readily-available brass. Genial Freel run into the die. Just run the .30 - 06 handling); we 'll rush you one by retu rn Huntington, honcho there, has made case into the 7mm die until the bolt ma il . . . • Fits all cal ibers 22/ 250 dozens of case- forming die sets for will barely close on it in the 7x64mm through 8mm. me, quite a few of them for use in chamber. Perceptible pressure should Send to AMMO-PACK, Bo x 896 working up my book, "Cartridge Con­ Lewiston, Ida ho 83501 be required on the bolt handle to fully versions" (Stackpole ) . Buzz Hunting­ chamber the case. This indicates the ton tells me they'll be providing even new shoulder is being crushed against better service of this sort in the fu­ the chamber shoulder, and this in­ ture. In fact, the 1969 RCBS Catalog sures proper h eadspace. At this stage, contains tw o pages of forming data the r eformed case will have the and lists special forming die sets made wrong shoulder angle and body taper, for specific jobs. For example, set No. but will ente r the chamber and is safe 40021 is one of the more extensive to fire. Fire forming with a moder­ and makes .250/ 3000 Savage Cases a te- to-light load will fil~ it out to fit from .30-06 brass. It consists of initial the chamber completely. T wo or three forming dies #1 and # 2; trim die; (Con tin ued 0 11 pa "e 13) 10 GU NS SEPTEMBER 1969 The K4. Still the world's most used, most proved scope. For a quarter century. Weaver's K Models have been Only K Models give you all he features, quality. and rugged constantly improved. dependability you want. See all eight. from 1.5x to 12x (four-powe Exclusive tnple weatherproofing assures outstanding all-weather K4 shown). Prices start at S29.50. performance. Precision lenses are designed. finished. and magnesium fluoride-coated by Weaver craftsmen. Micrometer adjustments are guaranteed accurate. Lightweight steel tubes are hand-polished WEAvEl(Jj$coPES. with custom blue finish. Write for FREE catalog : W. R. Weaver Company. Dept. 43, El Paso. Texas 79915. OUR MAN IN WA~HIN~JllN

By CARL WOLFF

The Sup:r:eme Court of the United States last as other states adopt similar laws. Other states, spring, by rejecting a petition for a constitutional and the federal government, are likely to pass review of the New Jersey gun law, has not ap­ licensing and registration statutes. There will be proved the law. Rejecting the petition as "not a tendency to delegate broad powers to local ad­ presenting a Constitutional question of conse­ ministrative officers; there will be a tendency to quence," only judged the point of law raised by provide only for summary procedures; there will the petitioner; that, under the law, the state of be a tendency to disqualify potential licensees on New Jersey had the r ight to issue regulations grounds encroaching on legitimate associational asking if an applicant for a firearms license be­ and other Fifth Amendment freedoms. Oth::-:r longed to any organization advocating the over­ governmental units and citizens are entitled to throw of the U. S. Government or that of the know what limits, in the interest of due proces3 state .. and the First Amendment, government must Walter Marvin, Jr., on August 26, 1966, made honor as it pursues its undoubtedly proper func­ application for a Firearms Purchase Identifica­ tion of controlling use and possession of firearms. tion Card, only to test the law. He refused to It would therefore be timely for this Court to is­ answer question No. 22, which asked if he had sue a Writ of Certiorari in this early case in or­ been a member of any organization which advo­ der to settle the important federal questions cates or approves the commission of acts of force which it presents." These were the words of the or violence, either to overthrow the Government petitioning lawyers and not of the Court. By r e­ of the United States or of the state of New jecting the petition this ·thinking was also re­ Jersey. jected. He wrote as follows: "I decline to answer this Three points of law were presented: (1) question because it seeks to penalize member­ whether the New Jersey Gun Control Law ship in organizations agamst which there has which requires an answer to question No. 22 , been no judicial finding of the commission of a violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment ; crime. Moreover, the vagueness and the impre­ (2) whether the New Jersey Gun Control La\\' cise language of the question exposes the appli­ is vague and overbroad in violation of the due cant to heavy penalties unfairly. Inasmuch as process clause of the Fourteenth Amendmen!: giving 'False Information' in response to any and (3) whether the New Jersey Gun Control question on the application, including question Law violates the due process clause of the Four­ 22 , is a high misdemeanor under ... (New Jer­ teenth Amendment because it provides no stand­ sey law.) I invoke the dictum of the U. S. Su­ ards or procedure for determining when an ap­ preme Court that the terms of a penal statute plication is to be granted or denied. creating a new offense must be sufficiently ex­ Still not settled is the question of how broad plicit to inform those who are subject under it are the powers given officials under the law. The what conduct will render them liable to those penalties." U. S. Supreme Court has only approved its be­ In petitioning the court, lawyers for Mr. Mar­ ing broad enough to require a man to say if he is vin concluded the case was important because, "anti-" the American way of life. If the Court had "In view of increasing public demands for effec­ agreed to review the case and found that the tive gun control laws which are being made State of New Jersey had overstepped its consti- across the country, the questions involved in this tutional powers, only question 22 of the ~ case will presumably arise with some frequency application would have been affected. ~

12 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 • • (Continued from page 10) Finest hunting companion ever ..• such fire-formed cases will then en­ able you to h ave forming dies m ade to do the job more simply and quickly. The sam e meth od can be applied It has to be a Buck wh enever you can com e up w ith ciny die or series of dies that will accept th e b asic case and shift the shoulder and change the n eck diam eter. It's too m uch tr oubl to m ak e many cases, but will do to tur n out a few. • • • F or over 25 years, I've loaded shot­ shells for assorted sixguns. They come in h andy for perforating varmints such as inhospitable Diamond-back True to the tradition of its heritage, a Buck Knife is a master­ ra ttlers and for potting small gam e for piece . .. the result of three generations of skilled craf.sman­ the skillet. And, of course, ther e are ship. A Buck Knife is hand-crafted and finely balanced ... ith times wh en you can use shot at a a blade of special high-carbon Buck steel that holds an edge break able target and casually over­ better than any other knife known. A rugged phenolic han­ look menti oning tha t fact. 'Tain't your d I e with metal and fiber trim completes a kn ife hat is fault if the n atives think you w er e guaranteed for a lifetime. See the complete sel ec- F using ball and applaud loudly. t1on of Buck Knives at your dealer today. Write for The average sixgun cartridge case free copy of " Knife Know-How" ; Buck Knives, simply won't hold eno1.igh sh ot for a 6588 Federal Boulevard, San Diego, really effective load. You can r ework ca1ifornia 92114. 3'-r rifle- caliber brass to m ak e cylinder­ length cases tha t will hold as much as l/2- ounce of shot in .44 and .45 caliber, b ut it's a h ell of a lot of work. And, BUCK KNIVES such cases ar e often difficult to ex­ tract after fir ing. I h ave several spe­ FAMOUS FOR HOLDING AN EDGE cial dies m ade for me by RCBS for this sort of work, but the Shotcaps now being sold by REMCO (1404 Whitesboro, U tica, New York, 13502) achieve the sam e lar ge shot capacity when loaded in standard cases by standard dies. Shotcaps are simply clear plastic cylinders into which have been sealed proper ch arges of # 9 shot. The con­ tainer exten ds beyond th e case mouth to give extra capacity, and is also form ed at its b ase to function as a gas seal, elimina ting the n eed for wads. When fired, the container separ ates from th e sh ot ch arge shortly after leaving the muzzle. Y ears ago, our major ammunition makers u sed pa­ per containers of the same sort for rifle and handgun shot loads being fully aware that standard cases didn't have enough capacity to be eff ective. Shotcaps ar e loaded quite simply. They are seated directly over the powder ch arge and crimped in the case just like a bullet. Only standard r eloading dies ar e r equired for the job, though th e seating stem must be back ed out to seat the cylindrical container to standard-loaded car­ tridge length. A moder a te crimp should be applied. Shotcaps ar e available in .38 (also suitable for .357 Mag.) , .44, and .45 calibers. In th e latter, a short version for the .45ACP is offered, containing only 150 grains of shot because of m agazine size limita tions. The .45 Colt GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 13 version h olds 270 grains of shot; the accessories that are now available for .44, 250 grains; the .38, 156 grains. use with it. The simple primer pocket When shooting a 4" Colt Python cleaner is of scraper type and s Us for .357 Magnum we obtained considera­ less than half a buck. The case trim­ bly better patterns than w ith m axi­ mer consists of a shell holder, lock mum charges of shot loaded directly stud, cutter, and guide p in. Th latter into the standard case. The plastic serves as a combination cutter stop container isolates the shot from the and 1 ngth gauge when the unit is as­ rifling in the barrel, preventing the sembled. When it contacts the inside massive deformation that occurs wh en of the case head, it prevents the cut­ naked shot is driven down the bore. It t r from removing any further metal. functions just as do the plastic shot Operation is purely by hand, of cups used in modern shotshells. This course, and output is, therefore, low. makes a lot more sense than forming The price for all 4 pieces is just $2.95. special cases or trying to work up ef­ After trimming, there is the L ee fective loads in short standard cases. Chamfering Tool to remove burr • • • from the case mouth. It co ts ju t under a buck and will work on nearly ~;·<·. all standard caliber cases. 111e · · -~ If you own a L ee Loader, you'll be in­ It's first-drink time, so I'm Pistol Bullets ter ested in looking at som e of the new h eading for the barn. you asked ustomake! POINT BLANK 9mm 11 5 gr. HP $3.90 per 100 By COL. CHARLES ASKINS

38 cal. 125 gr. HP .$3.90 per 100

38 cal. 158 gr. FP $4.00 per 100 A Canadian named J erry Kna pp, a expensive component in the cartridge. biology student at Williams Univer­ Winchester-Western has be n xp ri­ sity, Montr al, says that the d uck m enting with iron for the shot. Not 38 cal. 158 gr. HP hunters who shoot and miss are kill­ only becau e it will not sicken wild­ $4.00 per 100 ing more ducks than their more ex­ fowl but because of its ch eapness. pert brethern. Seems, according to You ma wonder why iron hot h as llmrrrr.!mrmi 44 cal. 240 gr. HP J erry, that the hot pellets fall into not been used long befor e thi . Some $4.95 per 100 the marsh a nd later ·fli ghtings come factors loom so large it has never along and gobble up the shot and b een seriously considered. While the presto they all develop cirrhosis of iron pellet will not give the mallard a Our high-velocity pistol bullet lin e is the liver. Or its equivalen t. stomach ache, it will not perform bal new to you but no t to us . Some time ago Knapp estimates that 4 °~ of the listically for sour apples. The iron we decided to respond to your requests ducks in the Mississippi flyway and pellet i not as heavy as the leaden to produce a pistol bullet line. But at 3% of all the waterfowl in Nor th one and too, it is too hard a nd un­ Hornady, there are many hours between Am erica die of lead poisoning. yielding. The modulus of r igidity of a new idea and production. We spent It has b en eriously suggested that 1 ad runs approximately a million months testing and developing our pistol a most wholesome substitute for lead pounds per squar e inch while that of bullets to insure th ey meet th e same exacting standards that make Hornady which is poisonous is a pellet of gold. iron is ten million psi. The modulus of rifl e bullets the finest in the world . These It seems that in tests run by the biol­ rigidity, let it be xplained, is the new jacketed, high-velocity pistol bullets ogists, they h ave found that an old ability of th e m etal to r esist deforma­ are designed and manufactured to elim­ greenhead can digest 17 - carat nuggets tion due to compression. That of iron inate leading, give maximum shocking minted to No 6 size without any dis ­ is altogether too high. power, penetratio n and expansion. Try a turbance to his gizzard whatever. D espite th ese apparent shor tcoming box. You ' ll get high quality performance J erry Knapp points out q uite sensibly the W -W outfit has o-i ven iron a for all your pisto l shooting- perform­ that there would probably be objec­ whirl. They like what they have ance that makes Horn ady bullets always tions on the part of the shotshell found. The tests are a sort of joint accurate, deadly and dependable. makers, the folks down at F t Knox study be tween the ammo company 78 Bullets for Handloading w ho keep our d windling supply, along and the Missi sippi Flyway Council. Send for list with the sports who buy the shotgun The latter is a game r estoration group <>:rzia.d.y fodder if a turn was m ade to this that is quite concerned over the losse BULLETS more digestible type of pellet. of web-feet due to scooping too many HHOR ADY MANUFACTURING COMPANY Even w hen the shot pellet isn't pellets off the bottom of pond and Dept. G, Grand Island, Nebr. 68801 Ff l 47-404 made of gold it is still the single most marshes. 14 GU NS SEPTEMBER 1969 Because iron is lighter than lead it is necessary to remove som e of the wadding and thus make up in num­ bers of pellets what is lacking in weight. This was done during the ' Winchester-Western tests. Because again, the iron is ligh ter, it sheds ve­ locity more rapidly than the leaden pellet and thus is limited in range. ts However up to 40 yards the experi­ menters were happy with the kill ef­ fect. * The biologists who did the shooting say, "From what we h ave seen iron pellets appear to be smprisingly ef­ 00 e fective. F lying mallards were shot each test day at widely varying * Loaded with custom shotgun features. ranges. The range of the shot was re­ More than you 've ever seen before. Galef's new Snipes and Hawks by corded and the duck was later fluoros­ Antonio Zoli plus new Companions and the New Monte Carlo Trap by coped. Kills with iron shot ranged up M.A.V.1. All built to Galef's exacting specifications by these well known to 40 yards. Ducks that were centered craftsmen of Northern Italy. iE the shot cloud wer e cleanly killed at all ranges. We noted few cripples or ragged kills. Many iron pellets passed completely through the big mallards vvith no deformation. Some birds were hit with as many as 9 pel­ lets and all completely penetrated the game." The shells used with the leaden p 1- lets were loaded with No 4 shot. The iron pellets wer larger , size # 2. This was necessary to get a comparable pellet weight in the two charges. Probably the most serious drawback was that the iron shot scored the gun­ bore and even w hen. the polyethylene wrapper was used about the load it A still marked the barrel. Tests h ave gone on for m any years to find some substitute for the costly B lead which goes into the sh otshell. DuPont, the powder m aker s, once ran a series of tests using ordinary soft c shot, chilled shot, silver-plated, cop­ per-plated and steel ball bearings. While th e copper plated shot (a leaden core with copper electroplated over the surfaces) patterned 75 o at 40 yards the steel ball bearings did very poorly. Only 39 % . Iron, had it been A. New Gale! Silver Snipe Over and Under Single Trigger. Chambered for 3" magnum shells and suitable for use with 2:Y.." loads. 12 and 20 gauge. Venti­ tested would have done a bit better lated rib. All barrel lengths and standard choke combinations. Special cross but not much. bolt locking system with low contour receiver. Hi -tensile nickel steel barrels with super chrome bores. Superb balance and point. $229.95. New Golden The tests indicated the rigidity of Snipe has same features but with selective automatic ejectors. $274.95. Both the different m etals h as a lot to do models are also available in 12 gauge trap and 12 and -20 gauge skeet. with p erformance. The poor showing B. New Gale! Silver Hawk Double Barrel, Double Trigger. Chambered for 3" magnum sh ells and suitable for use with 23/4" loads. 12 and 20 gauge. All barrel of the steel bearings shows th at in­ lengths and standard choke combinations. Improved Purdey type forend and creasing the h ardness and rigidity has modified box-lock Anson & Deeley system receiver. Indicator pins both sides a definite limit. The coated shot, both point out fired and unfired barrels. $179.95 C. New Gale! Monte Carlo 12 Gauge Trap. Single Barrel. This magnifi cent trap the copper-plated and sil ver- plated, gun was made to compete with others that sell for up to $400.00. And when you on the other hand indicates that the examine the features, you 'll see why. Monobloc receiver assembly, hand en­ rigidity of the en velope with its elas­ graved, vent rib, specially designed recoil pad. Hand checkered stock an d forend. Ivory bead sights. Perfect balance. Weight app. BY, lbs. $149.95 tic inner core of lead does improve D. New Galef Companion. The folding single barrel shotgun with tang safety. the patterning perform ance. Today 12 and 20 gauge chambered for 3" magnum and suitable for use with 23/4" one of the best performers of all shot shells. Also available in 16 and 28 gauge for 23/4"; 410 gauge for 3" and 2V2" shells. Available with or without ventilated rib. To retail from $49.95. pellets is one th at is coated with AVAILABLE AT BONAFIDE LICENSED GUN DEALER STORES ONLY. For free nickel. brochures, write Department 3-GM9 . • • • If success is any criterion, the re­ Galef SNIPES I HAWKS I MONTE CARLO TRAP I COMPANIONS markably effective AMTU (Army J . L. Gale! and Son, Inc., 85 Chambers Street, New York, New York i0007 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 15 Marksmanship Training Unit) at Ft the Olympic free rifle ch ampion, a Benning, Ga, is probably the most ef­ title first won in 1964 at Tokyo and ficient unit in the military today. successfully defended at the '68 CIVILIAN During its dozen years of existence Olympiad in Mexico. this platoon-size handful has garnered more topdrawer championships than MODEL the entire Army can claim since the • • • century began. There was once a time when a fel­ Created by the Continental Army low could catch up his fo wling piece, OF Command during March , 1956, the w histle up his potlicker , and hie him AMTU was created to further com­ away to the edges of the village and petitive marksmanship and provide there commence his gam e questing. WORLD team members to r epresent the United But th at was yesterday. These times States in international competition. It you must stack the musket in the a uto also h as the responsibility for assist­ FAMOUS and drive sixty miles through subur­ ing with the small arms firing school bia to get to the sh ooting grounds. at the National Matches, Camp P err y. This necessitates som e kind of a After the nationals every year m em­ CHEMICAL case for the ordnance. Most shooters b ers break down into a series of resolve this one pretty quickly by the team s and go all over the United purch ase of a soft plastic cover. These WEAPON States putting on shooting clinics. full length cases are okay for light This is an extremely valuable adjunct service only . If you expose them to to their main job of winning matches. the rigors of air travel, commercial What isn't generally known and a air that is, th e shooting iron is apt to facet of the unit wh ich to my notion is W orks arrive at the shooting grounds in n ed almost as important as the training like of 4th echelon overhaul. a efforts of the MTU m embers, are the cnn Before the current rash of airlines of efforts of a little team of armorers hijackings you could board any com­ h:-i ir who work in the shop at Benning. spray m ercial fli ght with the hunting arm These buckos tune up the rifles and over your shoulder if it was encased pistols, and shotguns as well, of th in some kind of gun case. Once in shooters. These tune up jobs are in the your seat the rifle could be shoved nature of major overhaul, with underneath and it rode fine. But n ot Used by lhousancls of poli ce departments, changes, innovations and improve­ anymore! Now the airline insists that sheriff' s off'i rco , government employees, ments added by the technicians. What you toss your four -hundred- dollar pri so n gu ards an d other law enforce ment they have done and what they h av agrnrics. Evrn·i)ock has hea rd about it on Weatherby in w ith the suitcases. If it radio and TV, rec1d about it in newsp:lpcrs learned has contributed m easurably gets on the bottom of the pile and and mag:izin es ... now YO U ran h[tve this to our successes in the Olympics and there is a quarter- ton of baggage on same protcclion fo r yo urself :ind you r loved the World Match es. ones. top, that's just tough. When it becam e obvious to the Air Truly Safe Personal Protection The answer to this one is an en­ Force that the thinking behind the Beware of Dangerous Imitations tirely new king of gun case. It is a formation of the AMTU was sound No r ed pepper , oleum capsicum such as h ardback. Lined with polyurethane, a issued by post offi ce for use on dogs that the flyboys got busy and put togeth er kind of synthetic sponge. The outer ca n cause bli ndness in humans. "PRO­ their own version. They called their shell is a h eavy duty high- impact sty­ TECTOR" co ntain s a highly r efin ed a nd unit the Air Force School of Marks­ r ene and will withstand all the abuse purified form of C:--.J (tear gas) that manship. This was fairly simple to or­ rend ers assailant helpless-yet eff ects the baggage smashers can deal out. If wear off co mpl etely in 15-30 minutes. ganize but wh at was not so easy was your gun gets on the bottom of the N OT an "eye in·itant" under Federal to r ecruit a coterie of gunsmiths who luggage pile you need have no wor­ H aza?"Clous S ubstances Labeling Act. could pour all the points into the ries. Maybe the best part of the story Easy to carry in pocket, purse, glove service rifle and pistol so that the cornpa1-t ment. Unique "ove1·cap" feature is that these n ew all-plastic cases are eliminates dangerous clogo·ing, acc iden­ owner could win. When the Army quite ligh t in weight. Once, on my tal firi ng. Streamlined aerosol di penser heard the Air Force had set up its w ay to Africa and a longish safari, I works like a can of ha ir spray. P ush of own marksmanship unit they sent an h ad made a special 4- gun all-alumi­ a button is all it take to r ender sev­ invitation to Lackland Air Force Base eral assaila nts hel pl ess instantly. Each num ch est. It survived innumerable unit suppli e 40-50 bursts or co ntinuous to send over their gunsmiths and trips to the D ark Continent after that. spray. N onfi ammable and non- tox ic. they'd teach them all they knew. This I have since abandoned it for the ALL CLAIMS SU BST. NTIATED BY was done and apparently the job was n ewer offering. It is simply too h eavy INDEPENDENT , GOVERNMENT a success for the Air Force h as been RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORA­ and when you are fl ying every one of TORIE . Complete sa tisfaction or your giving both the Army and the Ma ­ those pow1ds can be costly. money r efunded . rines a great deal of trouble ever While the n ew breed of gun case is K o t intended fo r sa le where pro hibi ted by la w. since. okay th r are some warnings about 1~.-;oU: -;E~T-M;:R"KE'TmG" c'OM"P..\Nv~ During the years it has been in ex­ them. Do not store a firearm in th I 216 South Hoyne Avenue I istence the AMTU has produced som e case for long periods. Once after an Chicago, Illinois 60612 I I real ringtailed roarers as shooting African hunt, I dropped off a brand Please send D I "P rotector" uni t for S3.Qj men. Probably none more outstanding new 7 mm m agnum in one of the new I D :i "P roteelor" units for S l 0.00 I I (Shipp i ng drnrgcs prepaid) I than the r emarkable SFC Bill Blank­ plastic boxes for subsequent shipment I ~ en d C'11 cC' k or :\1.0. \\'ith ord e r I enship. H e h as been the per ennial pis­ hom e by wa ter. It was stor cl in Nai­ I >.' :unc I tol champion of the country for r obi during the dry season, a time I A~~~ I countless times. Then there is Lt. Gary \Nhen temperatures went to 100 de­ C ity o-;1 :1lc Zip __ I Anderson who while no longer with grees during the clay and dropped into I_l 'J~.. C'.::b !.!!' e~ c~c ~o ~ · -=._n ~.~ ~ x- _ _ 1 the unit got his training there. H e is the sixties at night. When my rifle got 16 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 home it was badly rusted. The polyu­ through the barrel and not drain a rethane lining had soaked up moisture cupfull into the action! from the temperature variations and As for the cupro-nickel jacketing had thus pitted my r ifle. which would strip off the bullets Good leather makes excellent gun leaving lumpy deposits in the bore, cases. For almost any kind of a soiree this was doctored by a solution of short of the commercial plane junket stronger ammonia. Now stronger am­ it is splendid. The leather case should monia is the stuff they stick under the be full length and it 'vVants to be made nose of these poor mortals who elect of heaviest skirting stock . Skirting to fall over in a dead faint. A whiff or leath er comes right out of the very two from the uncorked bottle is guar­ middle of the bull hide. It is as h eavy anteed to fetch them around in jig as shoe soles. A rifle thus encased is time! The poor benighted rifleman properly protected. Sheepskin cases, who had to soak patch after patch in and those cases lined with wool or stronger ammonia to free his rifle of other padding, are pretty sorry. Most its cupro- nickel fouling really had all of them including the sh eepskin will his sinus opened up, I'll tell you! collect moisture. A good case n eeds no Today virtually all our bullets are lining. made of a jacketing which is a com­ A leath er case for the rifle should position of 90 % copper and 10% zinc. be full length and have a flap at the It is practically free of bore deposits. butt end to close it. It needs a car­ It is called gilding metal and besides rying handle and also a carry strap, leaving precious little residue in the an adjustable sling to pass over the barrel it tends to polish the bore and shoulder. after some firing the gun will shoot Some fellows collect guns but I col­ more accurately than when new. lect leather. Scabbards, cases, holsters Since those ancient days when the and belts. I can droll over a fetchingly reluctant sperm whale gave up its executed piece of leather carving, valuable oils for gun preservatives we getting all the pleasure from its have come a long way. Now we have beauty that I do from admiring one of super lubes which the petroleum peo­ Fajen's finer gunstocks. I own a hun­ ple like to call "fingerprint" oils. dred and fifty shooting irons and not These latest lubricants tend to less than that many pieces of leather. neutralize the acids left by human Every gun deserves its proper case. hands and also have some little ability FIRST heavy-duty press in • • • to pick up moisture left from the han­ the medium price range! dling. The only fault with them is that A compact ve rsion of the famous they tend to evaporate all too soon. RCBS "A-2" Press. RCBS Compound How much cleaning does the mod­ Even the best of them will show a Leverage System develops 200 % ern firearm need ·with its modern tendency to leave a gummy residue. more pressure fo r heavy-duty re­ loading and bu ll et making. Wi ll full amIT)o to keep it bright and shining? T his is especially true of animal and vegetable oils and to some extent length size as easily as other Pr ecious little, believe m e. These days presses neck size. Famous Block a surprisingly large number of scat­ mineral oils also have this fault. A "O" Frame e liminates springing terguns have aluminum receivers. It pecularity of mineral oils, most objec­ occurring in most presses. Handl es largest cartridges. Operates on is pretty difficult to get a rust job on tionable, is that some of th ese tend to "varnish" leaving a surface that is down stroke for greatest ease and this stuff. Many barrels, too, are now leverage. 7/a" -14 thread. Removable chromium plated inside. Chrome, like anything but slick working. Graphite shell ho lder heads snap directly aluminum, is immue to rusting. For­ is best on moving surfaces, as for ex­ into main ram for qu ick caliber changes. Main ram handles any eign shotguns are more apt to be ample, in the action and it is com­ pletely immune to extremes of heat operati on - needs no additional plated with the bluish - white metal shell ho lder ram. and cold. Of all the lubricants it is by than are the local product. More's the INCLUDES: Universal Primer Arm pity. a margin the best. wi th large and small primer plugs It used to b e we swabbed a shooting Graphite won't give a ny protection and sleeves; RCBS Pr imer Catcher; from the elements. It is sometimes one removab le shell holder head in iron from stem to stern and hurried ca liber of your choice; non-s lip found as an additive to gun grease out the cleaning rod and the patches handle grip. $ 250 the moment we came off the range. and then the user has a very nearly COMP LETE .... . •• .. That was in the time of mercuric pri­ ideal combination. He achieves the 5 mers and cupro-nickel bullets and necessary lubrication and has protec­ SPECIAL OFFER! SAVE $4.50 you had to be quick or else run the tion too. ROCK CHUCKER COMBO ! risk of damaging the bore. Those were In the Arctic the sportsman has it The above Press PLUS one set of the days ·when sperm oil was consid - made. The firearm functions best RCBS Precisioneered Rifle or Pistol Dies in your choice of any popular red the only preservative and without absolutely anything in lubri­ ca liber. Hoppe's No. 9 was in every rifle cabi­ cation or cleaner. Neither oils nor $ 50 REG. $66.00 Value. net. greases. Our troopers in Vietnam are 61 There were some weird remedies in the worst possible weather condi­ for the corrosive m ercuric priming tion so far as weapons · go. It rains ash that was left in the bore after during the monsoon season in the shooting. Boiling water would tame highlands of interior Vietnam some the action of the residue if it was 300 inches. Try keeping oil in the bore applied promptly. It was a neat trick to and grease on the outer surfaces ~ pour a gallon or so of the hot liquid in weather like that! ~ GUNS SEPTE MBER 1969 17 SHAME ON YOU MR. CARMICHEL The folJowing is .admittedly, a purist's reply to the idea of the modern design muzzle-loading rifles described in the April, Hl69 issue of GUNS Magazine "Modern Muzzle Loaders by Jim Carmichel." The author of this rebuttal is MR. JAMES D. BAIRD.

M ZZLE LOADER hoot Old Ri fl es, Wear Colorful home state, and in many cases, Lhe historic of a go od Garb," reads lh e l ad to the newspaper stor . The many of the other state a well. r porter' arn u ement had been tempered with intere t, as To love a muzzle loader, on e is more than a shoo ter ; he he mo,red throu o- h th e colorful group, gathering infonna­ is also a historian. He lives his hi tor , in his attempts to tion for hi n w paper. T he scene was Cody Park, in orth reproduce that history' gu11S , its cloth in g, and it tradi­ Platte, Tebraska, and as part of the annual Iebraskaland tion . If a muzzle loader enthu ia t may seem a bit eccen­ Days celebration, a two-da muzzle loadin o- rifle shoot had tric, at least he is not alone. Several times a year th e hill been arranged. hoo ters fr rn a dozen stales were on hand, borderin g the vall ey of Laugher y Creek, near Friend hi p, dressed in the bes t frontier fashi on, and equipped with in outhern Indiana, echo to the roar of black powder gun s, muzzle loading r ifl es of ever description. th e laughter and ong, the mu ic and dancing of th e ~ e en­ P erhaps once a yea r th e e hooters could take their rifles thusiasts as they attend the shoot held by the National to th e 11 ood after O' am e uch as deer or bear. The remain­ Muz:de Loading Rifle s ociation. Tents, tipi , ca mpers and der of th year they mu t co ntent thern selves with uch trailer throng th e large camping areas, and a com mer ial o- atherin O' a the e, where the can hoot th eir rifl e in row i fi lled with th e bo th of tho e d e a l e r ~ who supply competition for trophies and medal , and bask in th e fel­ the needs of th ese black powder hooter . low hip and crood will of like minded people. Doctor , law­ Ever form of rifle shoo Lin g, from offhand at twenty five yers, l rick la er , carpenters, teachers, railroaders; people yards with a flintlock squirrel rifl e, to three hundred ya rd from e er 1 alk of life, but each with a common denomi­ matche, between heavy I ench rifles is to be fo und. With a nator. The all have a profoun d love, and res pect, fo r the covered firinO' line nearl y a quarter of a m ile in length, rifles of ur fo rebearers. Virtually every one present co uld there i room for a great number of hoo ters in each rela y, quote chapter and ver e of lhe histories connected with his yet every bench is often fill ed. A pi tol range .i busy with 13 GUN S SEPTEMBER 1969 shooters, using cap and ball revolvers, sin gle shot Kentucky pistols, and every other form of muzzle loading hand gun to be imagined. It is her e that the emphasis is on accuracy, rather th an authenticity, and some ultra modern shaped pistols are to be seen along side of a fin e replica of a fod­ el 1805 Harper's Ferry. Acr oss the creek lies the Primitive range, where the em­ phasis is placed on authenticity. In these matches the par­ ti cipants pit their skills in shooting, knife and tomahawk throwin g, and other skills of th e early pioneers. The rapid growth of th ese Primitive Matches are a good indica tion of th e number of muzzle loading enthusiasts who feel the old ways are best. One match, call ed th e Hawken Shoot, requires the contes tant to fire three shots offhand. and two shot from a res t, at an eight in ch bull from a di stance of on e hundred and thirty yards. The rifle must be at least .4.S caliber, and be equipped with open sights. No practi ce shots, or potting with a scope is allowed. Even under these conditions, two inch groups are not unconunon. A trap range is ser ved with flood lights, so that the shooting can co ntinue after dark each night, in order to accomodate all of Lhe shooters who wish to enter the trap program. In addition, th e shotgunners have a scenic quail walk, where targets are th i'o wn in random direc tions, and from surprising positi ons. Beads, buckskins, percussion caps, flints, kni ves, guns, powd er, boo ks, stock blanks, rifle barrels and hardware; nearly ever need can be fill ed from the shelves of th ose deal ers on Commercial Row. Book dealers stock th eir shelves with books on bow to build a mu zzle loading rifl e, or ho\ to build a tipi, cook over an open fire, do bead work ; hooks on a 111 yriad of things related to this fa sci nat­ in g port of muzzle loading. Books on early history, Penn ylvania, Ohio·, Kentucky and Tennessee, the fur trade, St. Louis and Hawken rifles. Every book in print that offers a bit of information about th ose days when the mu zz le loading rifl e was supreme. Thousand upon thousands of muzzle loader fans scat­ tered acr os this great country, with their numbers con­ stantly incr easing, can often influence the legislatures of th eir respecti ve states. Witne s the number of states that have es ta blished special deer seasons in which only muzzle loading gun s can be used to take a deer. The primary r ea­ son for such a season i to make it possible for th e muzzle loading enthusia t to hunt deer in th e same manner em­ ployed by his forefathers, thereb y allowing this generation to reJj ve some of th ose precious m oments. H our and hours of practi ce are spent with the rifl e, and each day left before the opening of the sea on is marked ofl with anti­ cipation. Probably it is in evitable that in this day of comm er­ cialization and fa st bu ck id eology. some on e would attempt to make a mocker y of the muzzle loading traditions. In th e April, 1969, iss ue of GUNS, th ere appeared an article entitled "Modern Muzzle Loaders" by Jim Carmichel. 'D1e article de cribes rifles bein g made by a firm in Tennessee that are purported to be the answer to a growing need. In statin g th e case for such rifles, the author said, " Actually, in recent years, th ere has come about a rather urgent demand in ome areas for a muzzle loading rifl e which incorporates th e features of th e modern rifl e. In Tennessee, for example, as in some other states, there is a special deer hunt sponsored by the Tenn essee Game and Fish Com­ mission for muzzle loading rifles only. Many otherwise competent hunters have found that th ey simply cannot GU NS SEPTE MBER 1%9 19 handle the unwield y traditional style riA e under actual huntinrr conditions and complain of accidental di charges, lost game and inabil.ity to raise and aim the longer riA es. Other , even tho e acc u tomed to firin g the Kentucky riA e, have enco untered conditions in the rugged Tennessee mountains where th e dense uncl er rrro wth ac tually made it impossible to fire or even pass through. Other hunters ex­ pressed a reluctance to expo e their valu able and delicate antique riHes to th e rigors of deer hunting. Clearly what was needed was a li ght, short rirle which ' ould be tough enough to stand hard use, quick to aim and fire, and still m eet the specified reqzlirements of a trzw muz::, le loading rifle." (Italics mine) Who does he think he's kidding? The muzzle loading hunters wh worked, wrote letters, gathered support, and finally, and succe sfoll presented their case before the Fish and Came Commission of their respective states, in order to obtain a special season for muzzle loaders, co uld not have envisioned such a travest of th eir efforts. Those 11 ho wo uld complain of th e ur111·ieldi- 11 ess of long gun s could not kn ow anything of the heroic deeds of uch giant in histor a ~ Boone, Kenton, Findle Colter, Clyman, Bridger and a ho t of other . The fo und it possible to bunt in such co nditions. The not onl hunted und er such conditions, and did it successfully, but at the same tim e eluded Indian happil bent on lifting th eir scalps. In a clay wh en rr ame trail were th e onl roads, the e men carried th ese ame I ng gun s hunclr cl and even th ousands of mile from civilization , afoot and on horse· back, in can oe or pirogue. Any neces ary modifications to improve tbese riDes were made long before Tenn essee started producin rr hunter who no\ claim to need uch a mon ·tro ity a cl escri bed in Ir. Carmichel's article. The Hawken brothers of St. Louis modified the long P enns lvania rirle that were bein rr carried to the Rocky Mountains by the bea ver trapper . B 1825, th ey had developed a short, powerful rifle fully suitable fo r use far from any source of repair or suppl . The Hawken "Rocky Mountain Rifle" came to be kn own a th e ne- plu.s zdtra of all muzzle loadin rr rr un s fo r such use. But even as good as the Hawken was, th ere were till th ousand of ea tern made rifles, both flint and percu ion, used in the quest for wes tern beave r streams. The one firearms improvement that improved up on the Hawken riHe was th e introducti on oI fi xed cartridges that At the NML RA Walter Cline Range (above) participants were loaded from th e breech. Breechloaclin g firearms gave eat as of old as well as shoot according to tradit ion. th e hunter the abilil.) to fo·e and reload faster than ever before. Such an advantage wa o:f immense importance wh en th e target ' as often a horde of screeching savages bent on taking horse , for and scalps from the unlucky hunter. Du e to the use o:f copper for cartridge casings, the early breechloaders were limited in power and ran rre, so they did not completel eclipse t he muzzle loaders. For sus­ ta in ed fire at dos range, the bre ch loader er ed ad­ mirably, but for bi!!, tourr h game at long rano·e , th e heavy rn uz:d e loading rifle till reigned supreme. It 11 as not until th e mid 1870's that any breech loader was developed th at was ·apable of out performin g th e m uzzle loading rifl e in power or range. Shortl y th ereafter, the m uzzle loading rifle became obsolete-to remain in li mbo until re1rivecl b the ·muzzle loading frat rn.ity of th e last thirty years or so. The growin g popularity of thi sport is clu e to an intere tin th e history of such arms. more so than with an y " .. . fascina­ rtion of pouring a charge of powder clown the. barrel and ramming home a lead ball. " (Continlled on page 52) 20 GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1969 Photo at left shows sights (through right eye) place d in front of deer. When right eye is closed and left eye opened, rifle appears to jump to the right. ASIMPLE METHOD OF RANGE ESTIMATION

Based on an old military system, this could be the answer to a successful hunt By ROBERT SINGHAUS

HAVE YO EVER been tempted to h ow many fa ctors can cause you to closer than he really is wh en: 1. There wap yo ur rifle for a yo- yo after g of in e timating distance? is a bri o- ht light shining on him. 2. The mi sing that "ea y" hot a t the bicrges t That bi" buck l ill seem farther air i excepti na ll y clear, as iL is in buck of th e season? Io doubt most of away than he actually is if: l. T he col­ th e Western mountains or deser t . 3. us shoo t better on th e target rancre or of th e background i such th at he You are looking up or down hi ll. 4. than we do in the fi eld, and one rea- blend s with it. 2. He i standinff at th e Lo kin g aero s a fl at, bri ght u rf ace. on- aside from the natural excitement end of a long a enue, ·uch a a fire­ Do yo u till think ou're an xpert f finding game-i th at many hunters break cut th rou gh timber. 3. You are at estim atin g di stances? Y\Tell. ou ca n ju t can' t es ti mate di lances accurately. loo kin rr at him across roll ing ground. be, and it's easy. All yo u have Lo do i Oh sure, yo u probably think this ap­ 4. The li ght i poor. make a couple of rn easurernenl , apply plie to th e oth er cr uy, but do yo u kn ow On the other hand, he will appear a little ele- (Continued on ·page 71) GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 21 <:£ARLY 8HOOTIN c_ACCESSO

PART Powder Horns and Flasks

By JAMES E. SERVEN

NPOWDER is th e driving force of a firearm. It i also a G sensiti ve and explosive ornpound th at mu t be handled with extreme care. This le son was learned early by gunmaker and as much precaution was given to the methods of carrying gw1powder as ·in making the gun safe to explode it. Down the years powder horns, flasks and other container for carrying gunpowder have been produced in many sizes and shapes. They have been made of many different materi als and in a great variety of mccha11ical, structural or decorati ve de­ signs. The primary functions were to keep the powder dry, pro­ tect it from accidental explosion and make it easily available for prompt loading of th e rifle, shotgun or pistol in the fi eld. In th e early centuries of European gunrnaking, firearms were available only to persons of wealth and high rank. Their gun s were fini bed i11 very ornate style and th e powd er h m s were fashioned accordingly in elaborately carved staghorn or other materials. Not only do you find fi gures of men or animal and traditional scrolls but from Central Europe you will al o occa­ sionally find some carved or etched horns that portray humor­ ous or even sexy subj ects. Jacob De Gheyn pictured powder horns in his drawings as early as 1608 and through subsequent years variqus powder containing accessories have appeared regularly in illustrated 22 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 Facing page: Map horns are prized by collectors and tell much about the early history of our country.

Left: Many powder containers for early matchlocks and wheel-locks were masterpieces of carving art.

Below: St. George and the dragon are a part of the handsome carving on this early powder horn of ivory.

work devoted to th e field of historical firearms. appea·rs Lo have produced some of th e fin e t survivin g map H orn wa s one of tb e m o t pracLi ca l male rials rn wh ich ho rn s. P rimaril y etched by oldiers 11 .ith a jackknife a nd a Lo sl re po 11 der. It was a tough, carti laain ou malerial, needle on a ti ck (for fin e line ) , horns of th is nature have ea ily and cheap] obtained ; .it wa light. co uld be made provided major contributions to th e earl y hi stor y of our waterp roof and would fl oat. H orn wou ld melt before it count!') . As an illustralion, the 1777 map horn of SLephen wo uld burn and it gave off no pa rk. Moderately elastic Avery 1rns the first drawn map of Providence, Rhode Is­ and apable of landing hard u age, horn was resistant to la nd. C iel SLanley' horn re ordecl: "Sto n Point wa Laken deca y a nd w uld nol sli ver or shatter easil y. J ul · 16, 1779. I kn ow for I wa th e re." One horn, refl ect­ A ILh ough horn appears to have been th e predominant ing th e rising anirno ity toward E ngla nd .in the 1770 , wa material used abroad during th e early centuries of fire­ in c ribed : " I powder 1rith my broth er ball wi ll smile Lh e arms, b one, ivor y, metals, wood, rrlass. tortoi e shell a nd British one and all." Today a uthentic map and inscribed even ha rdened leath er were also employed a powder con­ horns of the ] 700s a nd early 1800 bring hi gh prices on La in ers. th e collector market. The intere t of American quite naturall y is greatest in T here have been some ver out and in g publi cations de­ Lh e horn and fl ask used b) our 0 11 n c untrymen. H ere voted to A merican powd er horn . One of Lli e fi rsl was pub­ the cow horn was the 1110 t practical powd er containe r for li heel in London by Freel W . Luca in 184.l and is Li Lled th e pioneer settlers. The taper ed J1ape fo rmed a n atural Appe11 diCllla.e Historicae or hreds of History Hw1g on a funnel for pouring and the graceful curve of th e horn con­ Hom . In 1900 Gilbert Thomp on publi shed an inlere Lin g formed to Lhe contour of the b cl fo r carryin " . m O'nograph wh ich he called Historical ill ilitary Powder­ It required no p articul ar kill Lo m ake a plain powder H orn s. horn a nd th ey are rela ti vely ea y to find in collecti ons Lo­ Stephen V. Grancsay, Curator of Arms and Armor at th e day. E tched and map horns, h owever. are a ver y different Metropoli tan Museum of Art in New Yo rk Ci ty, gave us story. T he French a nd Indian War of the 1755-1763 peri od in 194.5 American Engraved Powder H om s. Tli is large GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 23 James Dixon & Sons made these bag-type flasks for Colt's pocket and George Washington, raised pistol, Navy type pistols. Tops were marked with maker's name and Colt model. and entwined Dolphin pistol flasks. book is intelligentl y illustrated and the be noted that storage of gun powder, cular collar that slipped over the neck wo rk of a ver y well-informed and high­ usuall y in wooden casks, was also of the fla sk and was held in place b y ly res pected author. It has been aptly sometimes stored in extra large ox three small screws. It was closed at the stated that p owd er horns helped to horns. top by a circular disk soldered into shape history and the map horn also Metal powd er fla ks were among the place and into which was screwed a helped to r ecord it. m ost useful and decorative of firearms fi xed or a graduated charger tube. The As our nation progressed into th e accessories. Soft. easily form ed copper top was also fitted with a spring-activ­ 1800s, changes in the design and igni­ and brass lent th emselves to uniform ated thumb piece which controlled a tion of firearms took place. Keeping quantity produ cti on. An important im­ cutoff attached under the circular top pace with these changes, powder con­ provement over horns was an auto­ and at the base of the hole for the tainer also to ok on a new look. Cop­ matic cutoff and adju table charger charger tube. per and brass fla sks began to r eplace (spout) for the lop of the fla sk. Tumer ous improvements were made h orn, and ch;corative pressed-in designs The body of metal fl asks was almost and patents granted for fl ask tops. made them attractive to the eye as well always made in two parts, each side There came th e top which could be un­ as effi cient. They were light and gener­ pressed into design or plain, a th e case screwed from the neck band for easier ally smaller than the curved cow horns, might be. The insid e edges of the fillin g, the adjustable telescoping char­ although it must be said that they were halves were tinned and the body sweat­ ger, a plunger type charger, a trans­ not as res istant to hard usage. In pass­ ed togeth er, formin o· ti ght seams. ver e plunger and a pivoted swin ging ing from horns to metal fla sks it may In simples t form the top was a cir- spout. Fla ks made for Colt pistols had

Among the rarest flasks are those made for the Colt's Paterson pistols and rifles. From H. E. Green collection.

24 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 Right: Markings identify the four sporting and five military flasks.

fi ve chargin o- tubes at the top and a compartment to discharge fi ve balls at the bottom. T he fl ask fo1· Colt Paterson rifles had eight charging tube . F la k p rovid ed for cased pairs of English or European pistols were usual! mall and frequently had a compartment in the fiat base to hold extra flint or caps and ball s. The first of the metal fl ask were imported fr om En o- land and th at coun­ try onlinued to be a maj or uppli er after th e war were past histor y and normal trade relations had bee11 r - urned. Dixon , Hawksley and Syke were the leading English manufactur­ er ; th e Dixon ftrrn continu es in bu i­ ne s today. It 1 as not lon", however, before the (Continued on page 50)

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Variety of flasks made of meta l, camel skin and horn. GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 25 NE OF THE GREAT Amen can tradition i taroet went to work to raise money ancl provide rifles. Fortunate­ O shoo ting. As far as I know, tbis sport started with ~1 e ly, both Remington and th e Sharps Rifle Company tepped first coloni t wa y back around 1600. These early settler into the picture to furni h match rifle and prize money. shot crow with muzzle loaders and a single ball- try this The National Rifle Association agreed to handle the some day. From that time on, Americans always consid­ matches, and the arrangements ' ere made so that Septem­ ered themselves a Riflemen so that it is not surprising th at ber 26, 1874 was chosen a the elate for the challenge they rea ted violently when challenged by the Irish in matches th at were to be held on the then-new Creedmoor 1873. The Irish had soundly trounced the fin est mark men Range on Long Island. that England and Scotland co ul d put on the firing line. The Irish continued to u e th eir superbly built and liter­ This appeared to make th e Irish the top rifle shoo ters in ally hand crafted muzzle loading rifles created for them by the world and yet, as the surveyed th e situation, they de­ John Rigby of Dublin . The Americans finally obtained cided to challenge the Americans to a match ancl settle, th eir match Remington rifles based on the time te tecl Rem­ once ancl fo r all, Irish rifle upremacy. In those clay , ington Rollirio- Block action. Thi Remington CreedrnooI American riflemen were too bus creating a new nation to rifle used a fin e vernier rear peep sight, mounted on the bother to organ ize a fo rmal rifl e sh oo ting club. However, tang, and a barrel that was octagonal for the full length of in 1871, a small group of men formed the ational Rifle the fore-encl and then finished off with a slight tapered Association . The Irish took a full page acl -in a newspaper round contour to th e muzzle. These Remington Creedmoor ancl, acldres ing th e Riflemen of the United States, ch al­ rifles were breech loading arms usin g metallic cartriclo-es. len ged them to a match. With their usual disregard for th e To make a long story short, th e Americans edo-ed out the fin er fa cts of life, the Americans immediately commenced Irish by a pure fluke because one of the he t hots on the holding elimination matches to fin d out wh o should be on Irish team fired one shot on the wrong target at 900 ya rd the American team. Fortunately, there were enough shoot­ so that the final score wa 934 to 93 1 showing how close ers, versed in the way_s of the world, to realize that some that match was. one woul l have to put up th e prize money because rifle Anyway, th e American clicl whip the Irish and the shoo ting "a a big bu iness proposition and in addition to Creedmoor matches ancl rifles continued for many yea r . that ome firm wo uld have to prod uce rifles capable of The rifles sold widely among rifl emen and th popularity givin g match accuracy at all ranges up to one thousa nd of th e rollin o- block r ifl es wa so great that the last rifle yards. came off the Rern in ot on line around 1918. As the hooter banged away, more hard headed men The late 1oclel 1901 rolling block earned fame so uth of

CUf;f>MOOt tOJ.J.IN& SJ.OCK I

By MASON WILLIAMS

26 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 th e border and in many countries around the world in the none left on the market but Tumrich can furnish the stocks, popular military calibers. As time passed, these rifles fell the barrels, the sights and co untless numbers of minor into general di use until not too long ago, they sold for items to bring a shooting Creedmoor back onto the ran rres. th e magnifi cent sum of ten dollars. True, the fin e Creed­ The Creedmoor barrels are basically half round. half octa ­ m oor and the other target va riations continued to be ought gon with th e slab sided barrel secti on extending just be­ afle r by colle tors but it wa n ot until recently that dema nd yond the fore-end th en tapering off into a round barrel that just about' iped out th e available stock of reo- ular produc­ has ju t enough sheer beauty to jerk any sh oler's eye tion rolling block rifles. Toda most of them are in priva te around as he passes the rifle. The balance of the rifle 11 ith hands. this barrel is perfect ; no other word can describe it. Num­ Once again, as America looks back to it past, the de­ rich furnishes the barrel with a lot cut in it so that, if th e ma nd has grown for " hooting rifles" because coll ectors shooter wi she , open ights may be installed right on th e and men who appreciate fin e rifles wi ll seldom fire a good barrel. If n ot, then th e shooter can obtain a ba rr l slot pecimen and th ey are con tantly on th e look-out for any blank from N urnrich and drive it in to fi ll th e lot. alternative. The Model 1901 action is the one tha t I recommend for Nurnrich Arm had brourrht back the old Remington this conversion to .45-70. Tumrich makes the .Ll44 barrel Buffal o rolling block rifle b y means of conversion units available, but being a traditionalist I much prefer th e .45- and now N umrich .rms h as aone even further to place a 70 1 hich, even today, remain a cartridge to be reckoned m odern-day ve rsion of th e Creedmoor rifle in the hand of with. T he 1901 action was originall y designed Lo handle shooters. The Creedmoor with it tradition and beauty can th e pressures and powd er of th e high velocity mi litary once again be fired day after day and used for hunting. I cartridges and have th e strength to co pe with both th e .45- can personally vouch for th e eff ecti veness of the .45-70 70 and the .444 Marlin without diffi culty. The rear of th e cartridge in th e huntin o- fi elds in a single hot rifle. A for Nurnrich barrel have been machined to fit m ost rolli ng fun shooting, I kn ow of no oth er phase of the sh ooting block acti ons but due to m inor variati ons in design it m ay game that gives th e shooter quite as much pure sport as be neces ary for th e shooter to let a gunsmith do th e actual lobbing th e big .4.5-70 bullets clown the range. Velocities con ver ion work. This would , of cour e, include proof test­ are low and r coil is li ght. ing, headspacing and checking out the final completed rifl e. This Iurnrich Arms Creedmoor rifle originated in th The variations in tang dimensions can often confuse th e tool and d ie shop of N urnrich . rms, \Vet Hurley, ew n ovice when he attempt to fit a N umrich stock Lo hi s ac­ York. They cannot supply the actions because there are tion. Because of th ese variations, exce wood ha been left

Left: The a uthor shooting the Creedmoor from the prone position. Above: Be nch­ resting the .45 -70 prove d to b e easy and fun . Below: Closeup of the octagonal barrel, it's m arkings and t he Williams Foolproof sight mounte d on t he rece iver.

GUNS SEP TE MBER 1969 21 -•

Above: An original Remington Rolling Block Creedmoor Match Rifle.

on all inletling so that in some, buL not all cases, a correct fittin g of metal to wood will require removing small am ounts of wo od in th e culs in th e stock. Again , beca use of th e va riations, Numrich has not drilled stock crew holes which must precise] fit th e holes in the tangs. While none of this is a large or complicated j ob, th e novice would be wise to turn this work over to a gun smith. He has th e tools and know-how to do the work quickly and sati factoril y. I Lurn ed over my action . N urnrich barrel, fore-end and stock to Bob Reed, th e well kn own Shokan, New York gun­ smith and sma ll parts man. Bob did a beautiful job for me on th e rifle including the installation of a Williams Fool­ proof receiver sight pl us poli hing and b luing all th e metal. T he completed Creedmoor rifle wei ghs eleven pounds, has a 27" barrel and an over-all length of 4-1.'' . The over-all lenoth and resulting handling ·apabilities of these r olling block rifl es are often overlooked by Jn any hooters despite the fact that th e hang of th ese rifles is excellent. Beca use gun smithing prices var y consid erably th rough out the co un­ try I do I1ot want to give a specifi c cost for doing the above work ; rather I would prefer to slate th at a gun mith houl d be able to do this conversion work p lu s poli shing and blu­ in g for around . 25 to $40, depending, of co urse, up on the amount of work that he actually has to do on yo ur par­ ti cular rifl e. Many readers may wonder why I did not have a tang r ear sight installed on my Creedmoor. Frankl y, I had planned to have one p ut on t o r elain even further th e ori­ ginal appearance of the traditional Creedmoor rifle. but these sights have just about di appeared. Collectors have been buying up th ese old, long, do uble-rail vernier sight and I co uld not find one. Modern-day tang sighL are not constructed to be used on Lh e Reminglon Rolling Block tangs and o-enerally cannot be adjusted to bring th e peep di sc above the barrel level and if extension are used the res ultinrr sight is not strong enough to be practical. Be­ cause of this, Bob Reed and I ettled for a r eceiver si rrht­ the Williams Foolproof. (Continued on page 72)

Left: Ronald Clermont and his target fired from Creed­ moor position. Shot # l was low. Adjusted sights for # 2 and # 3 and put four shots into one tight, little group. This target was shot at the l 00 yard range. 28 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 J F YOUR shotgun hooting hasn't been up to par lately, it when aim is taken. A gun canted to th e left will shoot in may be in th e sights. Ordinarily we do n't consider the that direction ; one angled or leaned to th e right will throw liule bead on th e encl of the barrel very important, and that the shot charge out to that side. It is easy to can L an over­ is a mistake. It is a critical part of th e shootin g equation u11Cler shotgun , but a pair of sights co upled with a rib do a and despite it size has a big role to play. Shotguns are lot to stop this bad habit. said lo be pointed, and not aimed, but thi s is a generaliza­ The ordinary pump repea ter, autoloader, or plain old ti on an d is only partl true. I used to think that I did not single-barrel sin gle shot, have just one sight. I t is on th e pay mu ch attention to the front bead, but I knocked it off encl of the barrel and can be as far as 34 to 36 in ches from one time on a cluck hunt and immediately co mmenced to the eye. There is a lot of space between th e aimin g eye and miss. I found I could not co ntrol my elevation, swin g tbat bit of metal, and this big gap twi xt eye and sight has and lead was okay but that triflin g hunk of metal had to be humps and jumps in it. The joint between Lh e receiver out there on th e muzzle encl so that I did not overshoot. and th e barrel represents one bad gap, and the barrel is I t may be the same way with yo ur wing gunning if it usually roun ded and shiny on top and doesn't lend itself has been a little on the sub -par side. Maybe the sights you to a smooth easy aim. The double barrel side-by-side shot­ have on your favorite smoo th -bore aren't all they should gun affords a better aim because there is al ways some sort be. of a low rib between th e tubes and th e eye naturally travels The sight or sights-some gun s have t wo-do several clown this rib and finds the front sight. lhirv:rs for the shoo ter. On e of the most important is not to fost practi ced wingshots scarcely see the bead at all. show him where to lead but to provide good elevation so They aim with th e barrels and by the "hands-i n-lin e" th at he does not shoo t over his target nor under it. Anoth er principle. If you ask them if th ey have seen th e bead th ey fun ction is to keep him from cross-firin g; that is loo kin g will tell yo u they have not. at least they are not consc ious cl own th e rib or th e barrel with th e right eye but actu ally of it. Others contend th ey do not even see the barrels but aiming with the left. Sights can also dampen ca nt, the un­ point th e gun imply by lookin g intentl y at lh e winging conscious habit of twisti11g the gun to the left or th e right target and then fetch the gun in to a proper lead by the

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GUNS SEPTE MB ER 1969 29 New Redfield lx-4x Variable with special shotgun mounts for slug guns.

instinctive feel for it. This ma be, and certainly on lots of hot , e pecially on close rising game like bobwhite , th e gun i handled so fast there can be little time to seek out a small pipsqueak front bead and place it on the hurt­ ling mark. For all that if the bead isn't there you 'll find a lot of us in immediate trouble. All of whi ch indicates that we have seen the bead subconsciously. Bob Nichols, who a long time ago was firearms editor o.f "Field & Stream," had trouble with hi skeet shoo tin g. He wrapped a roll of white adhesive tape around his gun Bev-L-Block front sight. muzzle and this loomed up as big as a headlight. Bob aid it helped him to both a better lead and more accurate eleva ti on. From this beginning he fin ally perfec ted a front sight whi ch he choose to call a "Bev-L-Blok" sight. It was a squ are of metal about o/, G" in width, and into the angled back urface of Lhi s base, Nichols inset a big bead of ivo r y. This bead was 1/8 " or maybe a little bigger. \~T ith this Bradley-type front sight. arrangement he abandoned his " muzzle bandage" a he had clubbed hi s roll of adhesive tape. The big I ichol front ight is okay. It was adapted b y the P oly Choke Co. to th eir variable chokes and is available tod ay. Th e front sight on our modern shotguns is usually 1/s" in width and may be made of iron, bras , ivory or reel plasti c. If the gun has a rib on it there is usually a second bead about midway of th e barrel and thi is generally only Typical front sight beads. half the size of the front. That is, it will run about 1/, G"· This second sight has a lot of worth. It will help to keep from cross-firing, that is looking cl own the rib with the right eye but aiming with the left. The front sight i low and inco nspi cuous and wh ile it may be picked up by the aiming eye it isn't alwa ys to o obvious. There are a couple of front sights that are anything but inconspicuou ; these are th e Ithaca "Raybar" and th e Sim­ mon "Glow Worm." They are made o:f hi ghl y vis.ible translucent plastic, bright reel in color, and showing the shoo ter a bright spot about 1,1,_, " in diameter. Along wi th these, Trius, th e folks who make the handy 30 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 protable clay target traps. have what they call th e "Trim; Bi-Ocular" front sight. Thi sight sh ows a spot of light right in th e very middle of the bead. if th e gunner is look­ ing clown th e barrel with th e proper eye. (That is w ith the right orb if he is right handed.) H he is trying lo aim with the left eye he does not get th e spot li ght. It is the neatest thing yet to show up cross-firing. These are good sights. Much better than th e standard article. All will help th e hotgunner wheth er he is a m eti culous aimer or one of th e e slapbang arti t who swears l all that is holy that he never sees th e barrel . much less th e sight! Best acces ory to improve th e shooter's aim and swell his bag is a rib. This gizmo is in effect a breech-to-muzzle sight. Tt picks up th e marksman's eye and smoothly and effecti vely carries his gaze right on clown the barrel to th e muzzle encl. It smooth es away all th e gaps. humps a nd bumps from one encl of th e gun to the oth er a nd provides that con tinuity th e gunner needs to hit b etter. Along with this. it permits him to maintain a lot m ore consta nt eleva­ tion for all his shots. And it pu t th e clamper on cross­ Ramp-type front sight of a slug gun. fi.ring as well as canting. The rib needs two sights, good th ough it is. One of th ese at th e forward encl and an oth er midway of th e strip of metal. Ribs can be low. intermed iate. and high. They can l solid in type and a lso ven tilated. Some are quite narrow and oth ers are quite wide. Some are tippled, serrated or grooved. Others are smooth a nd shin y. The rib m ay co 111 - mence right at th e breech oI th e action. if it i on a double barreled shotgun; or if it is on a repea ter- either pump or auto- it wi ll be attached entirely to th e barrel. Becau c the rib stands above th e g un barrel it wi ll make th e gun choot low unless the fel1 0 11 I ho in ~ t a ll s it kn ow hi s bu ~ i ­ n eSS . The properly installed rib is low a t th e back wh ere it m akes juncture with th e receive r (this on repealer ) . is higher throughout the midd le portions. a nd again tapers clown in height at the muzzle. The appearance to th eye as th e gunner looks over th e rib is one of fl a tn e . H e is not aware of the low ends on th e device. This is as it sh ould be. and will provi le a gun that docs n ot sh oot 101 . Anothe r fault of so 111 e ribs is that th ey are b 1ilt loo l w at th e muzzle and such installation will account fo r a hi gh shooting gun. This is al111o st but not quite as bad as th e piece th at plops it shot charge belo1 th e mark. The acknowledged expert on th e in tall ati on of shotgun ribs is Ernie Simmons of i111mon Gun Specialties. This outfit speciali zes in th e ma nufacture and insta ll a ti on o{ The Trius Bi-Ocular front sight combined with a rib. rai eel ventilated ribs and under tand ver y 11~ e ll th e im­ portance of rib height. It i quite cr itical beli eve m e. Factory guns are offered more and more with ribs in· stalled at th e p lant. The e, yo u ma be sure, have ribs of such a height as to provide good. elevati on . The run-of-th e· mill rib i Y, o'' in width. Simmons ofiers th ern at :Y, n" , al o =y.,/' and a wide job of a full Y/'. Poly Choke, th e variable choke people, regularily install a well-m ade rib which is ·Y, <;'' . The splendid Remington i\loclel 1100 auto· loader, one of the best of th e kcet gun , has a factor y rib of o/, (i" with a pair of ight ; th e fro nt of ivor , 1/ -; " in width. The raised vent rib on th e new Savage loclel 4-10 over/ under is on ly 1/ 1." in width. Thi i a common width of i11an y Continental ribs. The Browning Company came along with something brand new when th ey developed what they ca ll th ei r " Broadway" rib. This baby has a full width .of %". The Ithaca Raybar sight of translucent plastic. You have to see it to believe (Continued on page 60) GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 31 0 TFITTERS, GUIDES, AND HUNTERS, all have a tendency to use th e phrase " trophy hunting," quite improperly. The outfitter and guid e who ad ertises or an­ swers inquiries from prospective hunters, with the state­ ment; " I specialize in troph y hunts," i misleading his prospec ts. And th e hunter who writes about a hunt and tell s you th at he is a " trophy hunter" is al o quite fre­ quently misleadin g you. Just wh at is a " troph y"? I think ther e should be a di - tinction made bet.ween a " troph y," taken by an average hunter and a Record Book Trophy. The one is any animal that th e hunter personall y feels is a troph y a nd th e oth er is of such excellence th at a record is kept of it. In tl1i s clay and age th ere are very few record book trophies taken in any one year. Record book tro phies, both here and abroad are becoming increasin gly hard Lo get. Since Boone and Crock­ ett have been keeping r ecords of our North American ga me, some species have produ ced under a 100 of record proportions and around 200 for some of the m ore plentiful spec.ies ; in records coverina quite a number of year . However. th e outfitter wh o ad vertises that he guarantee " troph y hunting." is frequ entl implying that he ca n pro­ du ce Record Book trophies. and the hunter who writes that he is a " trophy hunter" often leads an outfitter to think that thi s is his only interes t. I think this is th e wrong use of th e phrase, " troph y hunting." Any animal becomes a " trophy" to th e own er if he regards it as such. A hunter wh o goes quite a di stan ce and spends a considerable amount of money and time on a hunt doesn't usually do it just to take home some meat. He wants that " trophy." He wan ts to take pictures of it and have something to talk about wh en he gets back home. To him it is and rightfully should be a " trophy." Wyo ming, th e state that has about th e largest antelope kill per seaso n and iss ues between 24.,000 to 4.0.000 per­ mits, has only around ten head taken in one season that are eligible for th e record book- and some ) ea rs onl y one or t11 0. This certainly doesn' t prevent th e antelope hunters that get a nice head or even a small set of horns from tak­ ing home th eir troph y and having it mounted. P erhaps, fo r him it wi ll be th e bes t antelope trophy he ever gets. All good o ut~Lt e r s and guides try to _please their huntei· because thi s is th e bes t kind of advertisin g th ey can have. However, it is gettin g harder each year Lo find really big heads or an y type r ecord book animal- on this continent as well a in fo reign co untries. In Wyomin g, a non-resident now has to kill bulls and if he pa ses up a fo ur or fi ve pointer, wailing for a rea l big one, he m ay go born e empty handed, so he usually takes the smaller one. Becau e th ere are more hunters jn th e fi eld each year. m ore game is killed Though not a record, author considers this a trophy. and, as a consequence, the little ones just don't get a chance 32 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 to be big ones. It is quite common to sec a herd of 40 to 70 elk 11i tho uL a single ix point bull. Plenty of spikes and ma ll bull . th ough. Onl a Jong ago a 10 years, we al· wa)s expected to bring in three or m ore elk heads with a spread of 54, or m ore in he a nd ix or seven points to a side, during a ingle hunting eason. Today, an outfiLLer ·ons id ers him elf lucky to get such a head for just one hunter. Good gam e propagation and conser vation have kept the game h erds hi cr h in nmi1hers but th ey just don't li ve lon g enough to grow th ose ] ig set of antlers an ym ore. Onl y a n occasional head of antlered or horned game a nimal is now Laken Lh aL ' ill go in th e record book. P er onall y. I h ave never been inLer e_ted in record heads. lfy idea of a trophy head is a symm etrical, well balanced et of horns on a good clean-l ooking head. During th e years I h ave hunted th em. I have killed quite a few Bi g H orn rams, om e of them are quite large. But m y favorite .is one th at has a beautifull y matched et of horns thaL are n ot broomed off a t all and make a full curl, although they are not as ma sive or hea vy a several oth ers I have. The most beautiful ram head I have ever seen is one of a desert ram th a t I killed in lower Baj a, Ca li fo rnia, some years ago. This is also a symmetrical, unbroomed full curl. on a beautiful cape, a real trophy a far is I am concerned. l\Ia ny times it is th e Lim e. place, and condition under 11hi ch a hunter kills a head of game, that makes this one a best liked Lroph y. Or p erhaps it is the fir t one of a type. th at m akes it a trophy. Thi · is parLicula ril y true of game killed by young hunters. Sometimes it is th e shape r ath er th a n size, ometimes becau e it is a freak or non-typical head. My fa vo rite deer head m ount i a large mule deer, with antlers of a very wide pread and heavy in beam and Lin e th at go traight up. J have a n antelope " trophy" that ha a pread of 24 inches ( 11 hi ch di qualifies it for the record book) a nd a length of 17 inches. It has al11a ys been a great con e r a tion starter for the man years it has hung on the dining room wall, and is certainly my favorite a ntelope Lroph . One of th e largest elk head I ever sh ot has only fi ve points to a sid e but i t i perfec tl y ymm eLri cal and Lh e beams a re mas ive all th e 11a y to th e ends. 1 ith bases 111/.i. inches around. Actu a ll y, this _et of antlers could go in the r ecord book. Except for a freak set, I ha ve never seen a lwo p oint set. They cro from a spike to three points in th e third year. l\Ia ny 1ery old elk have onl y 4 or 5 points to a s id e as th e) tend to regre_s in antler gr o11·th as th ey g row older. Not all six p oint elk are large and this also applies to ones with seven or eight point Lo a side, Loo . In fact, quite frequent! ) th e_e antlers wiLh many points are mall in th e beam and some are just plain (Continued on page 62) This elk, while not the biggest, is very uniform and symmetrica GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 33 By LOUIS A. GOTH

THE GUN

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Chart showing the comparative distances and altitudes of various weapons. Note the comparatively short range of the 155 mm Howitzer used in WW II.

N IARCH 23, 1918, at 7 :15 in the morning, a ter­ era! vo n Moltke, the chi ef of stafT. and hi aides. Lh ere were O rible e ·pl o .ion occ urred on Lh e Quai de Sei ne in Lhe several reasons for taking th e chance. One, th e signing o f 11 eart of Parjs. It killed three people and left a smoldering a lrcaty with Russja in th e fall of 1917 released th ousa nds eighl foot h ole in th e slreet. Stunned ur ivors slared at of troops for use on th e wes tern fron t. mom en Lari I y givin g one another and puzzled at th e cause o f' th e b last. fost o[ German y a numerica l superiority. eco ncll y, 1rhile Ameri ca them, ho 11 ei-er , hardened Lo Lh e rigors of li ving in a cily had entered the war, her fo rce· were still green and prac­ th at had been at war for fo ur years, du ted th emselves off tically untrained. Thirdly, th e French army, 11 bi h had and went abo ut their busines . Fifteen mi nules later a ec­ borne the brunt oi the fiffhting, was near ex hauslion. There oncl exp losjon shook th e Rue Charles V a nd fifteen mjnules wa still a fo urth reaso n, a ecrel weapon design ed spec if­ after Lbat a third heaped rubble and dea th on the Boule­ ically to crack whatever was left of F rench m ora.le. JI tar­ vard de tra l ourg near Lh c crowded Gare de L'Est. get wa Paris, Lh e ver y oul of French resislance. Though With clock-like precision, Lh e explosion ech oed and re­ ori n- in a ll y th e main objecli ve of th e German s 11 ee p. the C it ~ echoed Lh rouo-hout th e city until late in Lh e afternoon. of Light had remai ned relative]) un sca th ed by th e " ar. It Ru mo rs and panic followed closely in their wake. fan y had become the symbol of th e Allied will to fi ght. Jf Paris dazed and nen •ous inhabilanls blamed sabotuers ' hile oth ­ could be brought under altack and its pop ul a ti on made to ers wondered if th e Germans had inve nted an airplane or panic, that pani c might 11 ell pread thro ugh Lh e Frenc h zeppelin Lh a l could fl y so high it could not be seen. Some, armie or o th e Germans thought. They un der-e tirnated coming closer to Lh e truth Lh an th ey realized, speculated Lh e Loughn ess of th e average Parisian and over-eslimaled about a p neum a ti c cannon hidden in the suburbs and l· Lh e eff ecti veness o:f their new weapon. lcn LI y lobbing ils shells b air pressure. Within two h ours of Lh e first explosion, Alli ed milita ry The train Lh at lc:ft Pari that nighl were crowded with ex perts knew the kind of weapon they 11·ere facin o- and refo crccs. It was th e lack of warning rather than the dam­ within four h ours th ey were taking co unter mea urcs. age clone thal ca used fra) eel nerves fin all to give way. Bomb squads carefully combed each crater for metal frag­ Paris had been bombed before both by zeppelins and air­ ments. 'Wh en these were pi eced togeth er, Lh ey were q u ickh planes, hut Lh e altacks h ad always bee n preceded by irens identified as coming from an artiller y hell ca in o-. Pa ri s and Lh e comforting clamor of anti-aircraft guns. This new was being bombarded b y a cann on of unbelie' able range ! weapon wa different. The.re wa no Lime to take shelter or T he Allied experts were a tounded, hut n ot panicked. Bv even to duck. It was a frightening ab11o st incomprehensible p loltin ff th e di spersion of the hils on a map, th ey 1rere ahle experience. to determine th e general direction from whi ch Lh e shell s T hree da ys earlier, on \/[arch 21 , the Germ an armies had were comin g. This indicated a firin g positi on t11 en.t mile· launched what was to be th eir last maj or off ensive of behind th e n eares t German li nes and nearly evenly miles ·world War One. lt was an all or nothing "amble. To Ge n- from Paris ! The heaviest naval gun s then kn own co uld lob GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 35 worst disaster of the entire bombardment. The French. of TH E course, ·could not realize the diffi culties the Germans \\;ere .. having with their super cannon. hd . 1c;5i PARIS Initially, there were three camouflaged gun s in the VI~ .,. . I ~°k .., Crepy forest which fired alternately. The coordi11 atecl ef­ forts of more than two hundred men were needed with ,·•: \'' · ·f';~ GUN l - ' . each one and this included mathematicians and astrono­ ~.~------'"'- :). .- mers. The barrels of two of th e gun s ·wore out after an their shell s approximately thirty miles. The Germans had average of si ·ty rou nd s and th e third mysteriously blew ei lher built a cannon of giga ntic proportions or they had up. It took fo ur cla ys to replace th e barrel on on e of the discovered some new principle or meth od of gunnery. gun s and by the encl of Lh at time the French were strik­ Actuall , they had done both. but for the moment, th e i11 g at th e sites both by air and artiller y forcing th e Ger­ Allies were more intere ted in stopping th e bombardment mans to move. They never again had more than one gun than in analyz in g its ca use. in action at a time. The installations took too long to The first step was to pin-poin l the exact location of the build and th e war moved too fas t. gun or gun . Here, the Allies were lu cky. A search of As the French had surmised, the Paris gun wa mon­ aerial photograph of the sector, taken earlier in th e strous; th e barrel alone was nearly 120 fee t long. Size, month, revealed railroad tracks leading into the Crepy however, was not th e secret o:f il range. The Germa ns forest, an ideal hiding place for artill er y. No w th ere was had ind eed discovered a :new principle of gunn ery. Ac­ a target and Alli ed airdromes near Pari were give n or­ cording to one story, its so urce unknown, th e Krupp mu­ ders to blanket bomb th e woo ds wh ere th e tracks di sap­ nitions firm at Essen, Germany made th e di covery b peared into it. eanwhi.le, th e shells co ntin ued to crash accident -hortl y before the war. Compan engineers, wh ile down on the city .at fifteen to twenty minute interva ls. testin g a new model of a Len inch naval gu n, fired it at Shortly after take-off, th e planes were back at th eir ba es. an unusuall high elevati on and los l th e projectile. They Smoke generators a nd anti-aircraft fire had fru strated the localed it only after an irate co nstable reported the un­ attack. The Germans were obviously well prepared to de­ wanted arrival of a shell in a village orchard many miles fend their ecret weapon. Something had to be done to beyo nd th e target area. When th e puzzled engineers fin al­ cou nter th e barrage and th ere wa on ly one dangerous ly found an explanation fo r what had happened, th ey possibility left. A 14 inch railroad gun co uld reach the termed it tratosphere shoo tin g. It was a new concept forest if it co uld be placed near th e front lines, b ut it based on diminishing air resistance. In other words, a would Lake time. There seemed to be no alternative. shell will travel much farther through th e stratosphere Under cover of darkness, th e tedious work of laying where air re islance i negligible th an it wi ll in the dense tracks and ]wilding an emplacement for Lh e gun bega n. blanket of the atmosphere clo e to th e ground. The barrage, which topped late in the afternoon of To make good u e of thi principle, the gun , of cour e, the fir t day, began again Lh e followi ng morning. As the would ha ve to be fantastically powerful. The Krupp engi­ second cla wore on, it becam e apparent to th e French neers, th eir imagi nati ons hea ted b. th e po sibilities, put thal th e German were either mishandlin cr lhe gun or else their th oughts on paper a nd submitted a design fo r a long it was wea ring out. Man y shell fell harmless! in open range gun to the arm hi o-h command in th e early cla ys field s in fronl and to eiLh er side of th e city. The third and of th e war. It was rejected . I o one, at that time, expected fourlh days co nfirmed th e suspicion th at the gun or gun s the war to become a stalemate. Those plan were dusted had come Lo th e end of Lh eir u eful life. Only a half doz­ ofl in 1917 and Krupp wa ordered Lo build a gun that en sh !ls hit th e city 011 each of those days, but one of could bombard Paris. th em truck an arch in th e roof of Lh e Church of St. Ger­ The munitions firm was in a quandar . There was nei­ vais during Good b·iday services. The roof coll ap eel ther time nor material to constru ct a new weapon en­ burying 88 worshi per in th e rubble; it would be th e tirely from scratch. They were (Continued on page 51}

36 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969

THE S&I

Lt. Colonel George W. Schofield, SCHOFIELD as he appeared for his commission from Major to Lt. Colonel. He was with the 6th Cavalry at the same time that Custer was with the 7th. REVOLVER

The more common S& W Schofield revolver in blued finish with second type catch.

The Sc ho fi eld had its beginning as a modified version of the weapon and acceptance became an obsession to the th e fir t S& \V American iss ued to the troops in 1871. Major now Lt. Colonel Schofield. George \V. Schofield recognized the weaknesses of the Many letters exist concerning the correspondence of Lt. "American Model" and proceeded to improve them as per Colonel Schofield and various branches of the government hi patent of June 20, 1871, No. 116225. His modifications and the Smith and Wesson Company. Letters beginning in vo lved a lock fa st for securing the barrel while firing, in June 1870 and continuing until December 1882, a C) linder stay for holding th e cylinder in position when the period of some 12 years. Apparently George Schofi eld , weapon is opened for loading or ejecting spent cartridge then a Major, became interested in the arm while visiting cases. and third. provisions for a simple and effective his brother , General John M. Schofi eld, President of the spring slop. The preceding is alm ost as stated by Major Small Arms Board. during a convention held in St. Loui s, Sc hofi eld in hi s original disclosure. After two years of in the Spring of 1870. In reviewin g old records and corre­ 1rniting, Major Schofield wrote a letter to the Springfield spondence, his brother's position may have been very help­ Arm orv stating further desirable modifications to his ful in promoting his proposed revision to the arm manu­ original patent; namely, improve the simplicity for revolv­ factured b y Smith and Wesson as the "American," for it in g th e cy linder and ejector system, cylinder stay, devi ce was well known that the milita ry was very partial to the for holding th e cylinder, arrangement of th e rear sight, Colt Sin gle Action Army Model. The first Schofields were an ejector that does not act on the cartridges until wide delivered and issued to the troops in 1875. Considering open so th at spent ones can be reloaded without the di s­ the number of other models that Smith and Wesson made advantage of recovering unfired cartridges, and easier such as the Russian Model No. 3, and even the American , the ejection with one hand or without using two hands and Schofield Models can be considered very scarce. The only ehangin g their respective positi on. In 1873, the New real obvious difference between the 1st and 2nd Model is the Model Scho fi eld was fi eld tested. Extensive tests were shape of the barrel latch integral rear sight. Of the total further made in February 1874. The final report sh owed production of the 1st and 2nd Model Schofields, 3,G:)S were th at th e Scho fi eld Model as proposed was suitable for of the 1st type, and 5,250 of the 2nd type. Precisely how military service and that a limited number be placed in many of each model tha t were not purchased by the mili­ th e ha nd . of the troops for further trial. Modifi cation of tary is unknown. Some records indicate that about' 35 of the 1st Models were left for civilian use, other conflicting Many "Old Timers" like to theorize that had Lt. Col. records indicate a few more. As for the 2nd Model, George Armstrong Custer been equipped with the Schofield reco rds are extreme! y conflicting as it is believed inven­ {in ve nted by an adversar y of his) which would have tories and orders mistakenly encompassed the American afforded him rapid unloading and reloading, the en d res ult and the big No. 3 Models, thus showing a few hundred and the final tabulation mi ght have been a little more even. 2nd Models available for civilian use. Some of the 2nd On the other side, as a matter of record, the 1877 i\ lay Models were routed to the local militia, and some declared issue of the "Army and Navy J ournal" states: a surplus, which may account for the greater number in "S & W Arms found favor at first in 1870-71 but fre­ civilian use. Of interest, is the request for a nickel plated, quent breakages, difficulties in taking it apart and as­ engraved model by Bvt. Lt. Col. George Washington Smith sembly, fear of accidental discharge, soon caused of Fort Clark, Texas, Chief of the Indian Scouts 9th rejection. The plan of this revolver undoubted ly the Cavalry, wh o wrote: best ever invented for mounted troops, but in reality " ]f you are not quite ready for orders from the the mechanical details a re not perfect or strong general public, I am sure it won't embarass you to enough. Give Smith and Wesson cred it for ori g in at­ send one little pistol to the fronti er of the Rio Grande, ing and bringing out the system or general plan in where if any place the Smith and Wessons are working shape and for skill and perfect workmanship wanted." in making the Schofield model revolve rs for the An ornate Schofi eld was sent ; Col. Smith later lost his life United States Government, but at th e same time let's in action against the Apaches near McEwers Ranch, New all give the full name to this arm when writing for Mexico. papers. A return of Ordnance made b y any offi cer of It should be noted that the Indians, who usually had the Army, responsible for these revolve rs, would be little interest in side arms, liked the S & W. Probably returned for correction were this part of the official because of the simplicity of unloadin g spent cartridges and name omitted." th e ea e of reloading. Average price for the 1st and 2nd The letter was signed by "Barrell Latch," but ev idence Models per lot of 100 was $13.50 each or $17 ..50 retail. has proven that it was reall y written by Major Schofi eld Of interest is the fact that much confusion is recorded himself ... almost insane over the values of his concepti on relating to the incidents where commands found that the in the Smith and Wesson Schofield Revolver. S&:W short .45 Cartridge would fit the Single Action; but Among the interesting variations are those in the surplus the long .45 Caliber Colt Single Action cartridge would Army Models cropped and sold in a 51/z" barrel length. not fit in the S&W Models. Statements of the military indi­ Sold to the American Express, Wells-Fargo and Company. cate dismay and mitigating circumstances had prevailed and miscellaneous municipalities as was the American sold wh en this was discovered, particularly in an Indian engage­ to the Nashville Police, etc. Such arms are easy di~­ ment. This precipitated the Army recalling all the S&W's tinguished as they are stamped on the ejector hou ini!·· and nothing but Colts becoming the onl y official issue. Sur­ right side. Caution-many spurious stampings have been plus Schofield models were in demand by the Internal observed. Revenue Officers who reported the co nven ience of the S&W Unfortunately, such a fin e arm was never really popu­ in reloading was superior to any other weapon utilized. lar or accepted. After all his (Continued 0 11 page (i ii)

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In ordering parts, please be sure to give • ..._. and eaDer of PJstol, 88 laproveaeau uve been made since first issue.

-:iver, $12.75 14 Hammer ROii, $ .OS 27 Retractor Spring Guide, $ .10 ,.._ el, 2.50 15 Hammer Roll Pin, .03 ! .. ue, 6.50 16 Trigger, 1.20 28 Automatic Grip Safety, 1.25 J:'ront Firing Pin, .18 17 Sear, .75 ' 29 Automatic Safety Pin, .()J ' 4a Rear Firing Pin, .15 18 Safety, .60 .38 5 Firing Pin Spring, OS 19 Sear and Safety Pin, .75 6 Rear Sight, .40 20 Sear, Safety and Tri SpriDJt, .08 7 Firing Pin Lock Pin, ..20 8 Shell Extractor, 9 Shell Extractor , ,,.· !\ .08 .15

In front of the handle is th above the handle is an·anged in the sear, a safoty device and the main sprClir!!!!: Upon the ba;·rci are transverse ribs, a serve to lock the barr::: I Ht rnly to the frame. tubular holder in which the cartridges a rted on by a spring pressing upwar trtridges; the side walls at the 1 t cartridge to prevent its

hined out, leaving the soli piece, and the slide is slipp -gas or powder come backwar The magazine, as will be n ie illustration, has holes drill indicators to designate the number o ca ridges in the mairazin~. The pistol is provided with a safety device which makes it impossible to release the hamm(lr unless the slide and barrel are· in their forward position and safely 'i:losed; this safety-device alto serves to control the firing and to prevent more than one shot from beinir fired for each pull of the trigger. It consists of a small vertical piece mounted in front of the sear in the receiver, the end of which slightly projects from the top of the receiver; in its raised position, when the bolt and alide are closed, it finds a corresponding recess in the bottom of the bolt. In this raised position, the safety-piece does not interfere with the operation of the triirger, but when the slide is moved rear­ ward the bottom of the bolt depresses the safety-piece which, in that position, prevents the move­ ments of the trigger from operating the sear, and thus. the hammer cannot be releaaed until the slide is again in its forward position, locked to the barrel.

THE FAMED "trapdoor" Springfield .45-70 was chosen by a board of officers to replace the Model 1870, using the .50 caliber cartridge. The new .45-70 was, ballistically, a great improvement over the old .50-70. The new Springfield, Model 1873 continued from that time as the standard service weapon until the adoption of the Krag in 1892, and actually overlapped the Krag in service for several years. There were four models of the "trapdoor" Spring­ field in the .45-70 caliber-the Model of 1873, the first issue, and succeeding issues of 1879, 1884, and 1889. Each of the four models have approximately the same dimensions-total length of 51.92", bar­ rel length of 32.375", stock length of 48.70", and a total weight of 81/z pounds. A description of the most distinctive and readily visible features char­ acterizing each model is taken from the United States government publication, "Description and Rules for the Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine, and Army Revolvers." Model 1873-breech-block . dated 1873; arched "Stepped" rear sight graduated from 1 to 4 on side; solid, one piece front sight; l-0ck plate dated 1873; ramrod similar to that used in 1870 Model Springfield. Model 1879-breech-block dated 1873; not arched in order to provide greater strength, March 1878; front sight has inserted blade held by rivet; "buckhorn" rear sight (of which there are four forms) ; ramrod head smaller and slotted, but not grooved, clean-out hole at end of ramrod groove Top to bottom: Rifle Models of 1873, 1879, 1884, 1889. under front end of guard plate, April 1879; lip placed under side of hammer head, January, 1880. Model 1884-breech-block dated 1884; "Buf­ Reproduced on the facin~ pa~e is this fington" rear sight; straight corrugated trigger, month's cover-without type-suitable for March, 1883. framin~. in reponse to the many requests Model 1889- ramrod baynot; breech-block dated for these prints. The cover photo of the Sprin~field .45-70 is from Dr. R. L. Moore, 1884; sling swivel riveted to trigger guard. Jr. of Philadelphia, Miss. Cadet models issued corresponded with the Model 1873, 1879, and 1884 and were identical except they were reduced in size. (Continued on page 71 ) All you do to enter 11 flll In the lnformotlon on Simply cllp coupon at left, attach It to a po1t­ coupon ot left and attach It to. a po1t-card-or card and mall It to GUNS Magaalne. You wlll Skokie Ill. 60076 1lmply write the Information reque1ted on a then be ellglble for the "Gun of the Month"­ regular po1t-card and return It to GUNS todayl the Browning Automatic. Thia fine firearm com­ DO NOT MAIL ANY INTRY IN AN INVELOPI. bine• many out1tandlng feoture1 for 1hootln1 Name ______Your name wlll be entered for the drawing to convenience. It ha1 lu1t the right weight and be held September 1 at. The winner of the Brown­ balance to make It a plea1ure to handle. la1y Address ______ing (1cop• and 1llng added for lllu1tratlon pur­ loading and operating are a hallmark of all po1H only), wlll be notified by moll, and an­ Browning flrearm1. Thia rift• 11 durable, 1afe and nounced In the November GUNS. To enter It 11 accurate. In 1hort, the choice of 1hootln1 1port1- not nece11ary to u1e coupon at left. A plaln men everywhere. The lucky winner wlll receive po1t-card wlll be occepted. a Grade II 10.06 caliber BAR rift• only • sky seeing only the sight. At this point, the left arm was still hanging at the side. I explained h ere that there is no r ear sight on a shot­ gun, as ther e is on a rifle, and that for all practical purposes, the human eye PULL! is the r ear sight on a shotgun, ther e­ fore it must be looking right cl own the shotgun barrel (it is am azing how By DICK MILLER often this basic fact is overlooked in shotgun instruction). I then asked the shooter to lower the barrel from the vertical to horizontal, and to grasp the gun by the forencl , while at the sam e time taking on e step forward with the OW MANY MEN, women, and that the m ember companies of left foot only. Basically, what is ac­ H children are perman ently lost to SAAMI could gain a bigger market complished h ere is that the shooter is the clay target sports for fear of re­ for their products, which were guns looking along the barrel at about the coil? All of us vvho are followers and ammunition. Obviously, if a man, point w here the gun will shoot, and of either trap or skeet know that r e­ woman, or child had a shooting ex­ the weight is forward rather than coil is no factor, and th at small n1.en, perience as a r esult of my efforts, and leaning backward. little girls and little boys, as well as that experience was neither pleasant B ecause many w omen and girls, or small women, sh oot hu ndred of shots nor comfortable, my time, and the sm all boys, were still leaning back­ per day with no ill effects from r ecoil. Bur au's m oney wer e wasted. Our ef­ ward at this stage, I would take the But, I am often shocked to h ear re­ forts were not design ed to dr ive peo­ h and-trap which I was h olding in marks from non- shooters who indi­ ple to fishing, boating, tennis, golf, or readiness for the n ext step, place it on cate that the one thing m ost likely to a host of oth er sports, in search of a the abdom en, and gently push the gun k eep th em away from the gun club is pleasan t outdoor experience. shoulder forward, to further insure that th ey think a shotgun will literally Upwards of fifteen thousand m en, that the sh ooter's weight was forward. knock them down if they muster wom en , and children who were intro­ Then, standing sligh tly behind the enough courage to pull the trigger. duced to clay target shooting via my shooter, I used th e hand-trap to flip a I'm afraid that far too many parents Sportsmen's Service Bureau efforts clay target out in the general path of and grandparents unknowingly foster taugh t me a lot about what it took to the gun barrel. B ear in mind that I this impres ion when they r eminisce see that they hit targets, and not find h ad two objectives in this situation about their experiences with a first the experience physically painful. For one, to make sure that the shooter h it shotgun in their youth. It is true that example, I soon learn ed that if you targets, and second, to make sure that om e of the old timers, with crook ed hand a shotgun to a sm all man , to a r ecoil did not forever drive the sub­ stocks and heavy loads were r eally woman , or to a teen - age boy or girl, ject to a less painful sport. puni hing to shoot, and that some of they will hold the gun loosely, and In r etrospect, I point out th at these the tales about b ing knock ed flat by will invariably lean backward from shooting clinics were sponsor ed by gun r ecoil wer Ii terally tru e. We the waist. You know, and I know, th at such di verse ag ncies as cl epartmen t know that this is no longer the case, if they ar e allowed to pull the trigger stor es, TV stations, newspapers, gun or need not be the case, but m any while in this position, the chances of clubs, sportsm en's clubs, school dis­ people who could swell th clay target their hitting a flying target are about tricts, etc., and wer e most often open ranks don't know this, ther fore th ey on a par with the chances for a n eigh ­ to boys and girls aged 12 to 18. avoid a g un club experien ce like they borhood kid building a rocket tha t I learned very quickly that wh en would a plague. I'm also afraid that w ill achieve lunar orbit. It also fol ­ you open a shooting instruction ses­ we lose more prospective shooters lows that because they are already off sion to 12-year old boys and girls, you than we think when their first shoot balance by virtue of leaning back ­ can get some mighty little kids! For is not a particularly pleasant one. ward from the waist, when the trigger r easons of g un and ammunition con ­ There ar e two things which should is pulled, the gun will knock them trol, I used only 12- gauge guns, and h appen if a first- time visitor to th e fur th er off balance, with ver y likely the reader might be apprehensive gun club i to return, or if a first time painful results. In order to overcome about what a 12- gau ge could do to a exposure to shotgun shooting is to this universal pr oblem, I . had to de­ slight twelve- year old. H ere is wh ere create a desire for more. One, the n ew velop a teaching device that worked I learned that if the teaching device is shooter must hit enough targets to quickly and easily . correctly used, you can even drop m ak e the gam e interesting. If too The teaching device was simply clown to an eight- year-old with good many targets are missed, the prosp c­ this: I asked the shooter to stand w ith r esults (one 8-year old I accepted ti ve shooter becomes a prospect for both feet parallel, and both arm s w ith som e m ental r eservation at a some form of outdoor recreation other hanging loosely at the sides. I th en clinic for children of outdoor writers than shooting. No one develops m uch placed the shotgun butt carefully on broke 9 out of ten targets, embarrass­ affection for a game in which they do th e right shoulder (all instructions ing some of the r est of the group). very poorly. Secondly, th e n ew are for right-hand shooters-for south­ I£ you still h ave r eservations con­ shooter mu t not find the experience paws, simply reverse) m akin g sure cerning whether any m an, woman, physically painful. Both th ese unde­ that the stock was placed on that por ­ boy, or girl can eff ectively and com­ sirable situations can h appen if cer­ tion of the shoulder which is made to fortably handle a twelve- gauge gun, tain basic precautions are not taken. accept a gun stock (not too low, not i£ the situation is handled correctly, One of my major r esponsibilities too high , nor out on the arm). I then let m e share with you one mor e of my with the old Sportsm en's Service Bu­ asked the shooter to put his (or h er) SAAMI experiences. r eau division of SAAMI was to gain hand in the trigger guard (not on the About 1960, I put on a shotgun m aximum converts to shooting, so trigger) and to point the gun at the trick- shooting clemonstra ti on. pa t- GUNS SEP TE MBER 1969 45 terned after the routines of the late and great H erb P arsons for a Boy Scout jambor e of about 800 persons. After the demonstration, I explained to the assembled scouts that what they had just seen was not all that great, that any one of them could du­ plicate most of the shots they had just seen, after a little instruction, and asked for a volunteer to demonstrate this assertion. I looked down to make ready for the volunteer, and almost had a heart seizure when I looked up and saw a terribly crippled scout making his unsure way towar d me. Because I could think of no ac­ ceptabl altern ative at the moment, I prepared myself for what I thought was a shattering of all my pronounce­ m ents in front of a large audience in the bargain. When the lad shed hi · teste crutches, h e was so unsteady on his feet that I was sure that the weight of the gun would topple him, not to This farrJous British BSA stops everything m ention what might happen when h e pulled th e trigger. I confess that when from antelope to big game ... has bagged I flipped the clay pigeon in front of his gun barrel, I dropped the h and­ its share of varmint, too. trap and cupped my arms to catch him as h e fell. H e didn't fall, and he blew the target into dust, to the tune of one of the mo t enthu iastic cheer from an audience I've ever h eard. I m entally congratulated m yself on a one-time success, then becam e aware that the youngster was looking at m e with one of the most pleading looks I Famous BSA Monarch Deluxe Hunting Rifle. Never before a value have ever s en, a king if he could try like this. On ly $149.95. Why is BSA one of the world's most technically again. I was tempted to leave w ell advanced bolt action rif les? Take the receiver alone. Machined in enough alone, but could not resist his England through 62 separate stages. Then there's the recessed bolt pleading look. H e smashed another face plus gas proof housing. Jessops chromoly steel barrel. Birming­ target as authoritatively as the fir t. ham Proof House tested with a proof charge which produces a pressure approximately 40% higher than is generated by factory If you will indulge in me a little ammunition. Receiver tapped and drilled for standard scope mounts. soul-baring, this moment, and the Calibers: 30/ 06 Springfield, 270 Winchester, 308 Winchester, 243 moment afterward wh n hi parents Winchester, 222 Remington, and ?mm Magnum. told me in tears that their son had tried so desp erat ly to do som ething normal boy could do, w ithout success until today, was and is one of the highest points in my life. Back to more mundane subjects. You may ask, why all this preoccupa­ tion with r ecoil and with hitting tar­ And for inexpensive plinking, New BSA Meteor Super Air Rifie. Only gets? It is simply b cause, as I stated $39.95. At last an air rifle with the looks and features of a high pow­ in the beginning, ·we who are shooter s ered sporting rifle . High muzzle velocities with ranges up to 40 yards have no idea how many converts we (.177 caliber) and 50 yards (.22 caliber). Action grooved for tip-off lose to th clay target sports (and scope mounts. Sporting rifle sights. Scandinavian beech stock. Ven­ hunting) simply b ecause we violate tilated recoil pad. Packed in permanent molded carton "kit" that in­ one or more of the simple precepts I cludes pellets, targets, target holder and lubricant. .177 or .22 caliber. have outlined, or, when we see them violated, do not attempt to rem edy the situation as best w can. AVAILABLE AT BONAFIDE LICENSED GUN DEALER STORES ONLY. And, there is some safety in num­ For free brochure, write Department 1-GM9. ber s. W e who are shooters need all the numbers we can muster to turn away the constant threats to our sport, from p eople who have no un­ derstanding of its pleasures and Galef/BSA virtues, and who may have had an unpleasant approach to Exclusive distributor: J. L. Gale! and Son, Inc., 85 Chambers Street, New York, N. Y.10007 shooting in time past. 46 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 BERETTA TRs: everything that trap guns should be ... except expensive.

You're look ing at a very si ngle-minded trap gun. WINDSOR GRADE ENGRAV­ Th ese" Beretta TR s ha ve only one purpose in life. And that's ING: rich, beautifully exec uted trapshoo ting. Their heavyweight, 32-inch vent rib barrel is scrol I engraving graces the re­ of chrome moly stee l, spec ially bo red with an extra-l ong ceivers of the Beretta trap gun s. fo rcing cone and choke that results in fewer damaged pel let s, fo r a tighter, denser pattern. And if that stock fee ls as if it were made for you, we're not surprised . A lot of work went into making it that way. MATTED VENT RIB is specially With a high, wide and handsome Monte Carlo, and a full tapered and hand-fitted. In ad­ beavertail, se mi-pear shaped forearm, these si ngle barrel dition to the matted top sur­ guns ha ve that "just ri ght" feel that means grea ter con­ face, the ramp has extra-fine hand knurling. HEAVYWEIGHT f idence eve ry time yo u step up to the I ine. 32-INCH BARREL gives you the When we in troduced the TR-1 last year at $160, it was balance you wa nt for smooth the greatest ba rgain in trap. swi nging and pointing. It still is. But th is year, Beretta introduces the TR-2. A little more mon ey, bu t just as big a bargain. The big differ­ ence in the TR -2 from the TR -1 is in its ventilated rib, BERETTA EASY-OPENING AC ­ wh ich is extended right to the face of the breec h, and in its TION makes a lot of sense, mod ified opening lever. Outside of that, it's the same especially in a trap gun. great gun. To open the ac tion, si mply Price? $1 75. Stil l a small price to pay for a winner. pull back on the lever.

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New technique can prove to N EXPERIMENTAL radar technique which A can detect and track a bull et has been de­ be a boon to law enforcement authorities veloped by tw o re earch engin eer at Corn ll Aeronautical Laboratory, Buffa lo. l.Y. faced with harassing sniper fire The engineers, Robert J. Wohlers and Ernest V. Ruda, ay that an experim ental radar de ice under developmen t at the laborator y since 1965 might he used to locale sniper during urban By GEORGE E. TOLES di turbance and to help protect VIP's from a a sins. Effecti ve control or con tainmen t of a s nip ~ r (or snipers) in a heavil y built-up area depend s principall y on speedy and accurate del rminati on RADAR FREQUEN CY of niper po ition . Once th e locati on of a R-F LEC ED REFLECTED niper ha been e tabli heel , co nventional method ENERGY OF ENERGY OF can be applied for suppre sion, with minimum BULL ET CL OS I NG - ~oo o fps ~ 600 ps ri k to both the law enforcement team and inno­ cent by tanders. " It must be emphasized , however," say th engineers, " th at uch locati on and reacti on must take place in an extremely Jiort time to l e truly efT ective and to off er minimum risk. The u ual FREQUE NCY as assination attempt m.in-ht in volve -onl a few Fig. l illustrates Doppler radar d etection. closely spaced shots, while th e sop hi ti ca Led sniper 48 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 (2) > ElEV ArlOll Mrn L[ ; 0 DEGREES Diagrams at right show the adaptation of the Dopple r rada r system a s a gun­ fi re d e te ctor. Th is new use of radar wi ll on ly d etect incoming p ro jectiles. ----.i,__r_· o_s ·~-:- ___ _

in an urban di turbance will probably try to - 5 avoid an all- out gu n fi ght. T o prevent detection, in all probabilily he will n ot try to fi re more than a few round from a given p o iti on, but will - 10

hange positions between firing . His goal, oi 65 0 ourse, is to avoid identifi a lion of hi position." AZI MUTH t.1rnLE From a technical viewpoint, th e problem is thus re olved into determinin o- a lechni 1ue capable ELEV;.T ION All GLE: 0 OEGRCES (3) of single- h t detection (i.e., to develop a sen or capable of pinpointi ng sniper position on the ba i of a single shot). +5 - A number of chemes can be p o tul ated to perform. this fun li on, ea h wilh it own capa­ bilitie and li m ilali ons. P a_s ive sensors, uch a ------1.Sx 10-S HZ infrared, ultra- iolet. and a ousti c. which appear to be atlracli ve, have seri ou d fi ciencies. e pecially in an urban environment. ~ - 5 The e deficiencie m ore than off set their 1nin­ cipal virtues of o m pac tn e ~ s and l i"'ht wei o- ht. - 10 As an example, say th e Co rn ell Lab engineer . con ider a simple, lightwei o- ht infrared detecto r.

For gunfire detecti on, it operate by associa tin g 65 o• ss • th e high-temperature emis ion of muzzle blast AZIMUTH ANGLE gases with 21Jn fi re. However, in a n m'. ban en vironment, there are ELE VH !O til All GLE: 0 OtGRE:ES (4) numerou sources of equal inten ity, including fires and hot buildino·s, a well as incandescent and Au ore cent lighting. sun glint, elc. Thus, th e •5 fa lse-alarm rate, or m islabeling of an innocent ':: emitter a a sour of gunfir , is intol rable. - NOSf. - 011 ~ 0 "Sli ghtl y mor sophi ti cated electronic cir­ ------1 . 5 x 10-s ~z cuitry re iuiring a closer match to muzzle-fla h ~ characleristi s b fore a detecti on i noted can be bui lt," ay Wohl r and Ruda. "The y Lem now ~ - 5 become more co mplicated and cl es not com­ pletely overcome th e fal e-alarm problem. For ~ xample, a irnp l fir ecracker or cherry bomb or - 10 photographer' fl a h bulb can yield an em i ion characteri ti c so clo e th at it may be impra ti cal 75 75• AZ IMU TH AN GLE to attempt lo difT r ntiale I etween it a nd a real muzzle Aash. More important, however. i the fact that even a detecti on of a bur t of infrared ~lEV.\llO H :. H G L~: 0 DEGREES (5) energy do s not help to di tin gui h between +10 friend ly and hostil e fir e." Acou li e dete tor sufTer from alm ost identi cal hortcomino-s, and a review of th e fundamental · 5 problem r veals Lhat bolh h ave defi ciencies ari in g from mea uremenl or dete tion of second­ ary eff cl. That i . ever y shot i accompan ied by - - - 1 x 10-s uz a Aash or a bla t. but not every fl a h or blast mu-t be as ocialed wilh a h o til e sh ot. A clo e exam in a ti on of the overall situation - 5 quickl y uncover a unique ol ervable. The one factor th at cannot be found in the surrounding environment, yeti always pre ent when a weapon eo• 0 eo • i fired- i hi o-h. (Continued on page 54) AZIMUTH ANGL E

GUNS SEPTEMB ER 1969 49 SHOOTING ACCESSORIES

(Continued from page 25)

American Flask and Cap Co. of ary 11, 1849, J anuary 28, 1850, Sep­ Waterbury, Conn., became a major tember 27, 1850. In the later flasks the American supplier along with flask­ shape of the carrying rings was makers M a t th e w m a n . Capewell, changed from triangular to round, and Adams, Ames, Dingee and Stimpson. some of the earlier flasks were con­ Robert Dingee of New York City verted from the triangular to the contracted w ith the United S tates round ring at the Watervliet Arsenal Army under date of F ebruary 20, upon order dated September 24, 1850, 1832. for 3450 flasks at $1.30 each , the issued to Col. R. L. Baker. flasks to hold nine ounces of powder. As to the early "bugle-U.S.­ The smallest graduation of the charger eagle" flasks (most often found on th ese fl asks threw 70 grains of marked with the Robert Dingee powder. The flasks were the "bugle­ name) , there were variations. Some U.S.-ea "le" pattern, and were issued had only the bugle. Some had the W rite fo r t h is new Universal catalog and with the Model 1832 H all percussion bugle and eagle, w ithout the U.S. see a ll that's new in carbines to the U.S. Dragoons. Further Some h ad the bugle and were r ifles, s hotgu ns a nd orders wer e placed by the United marked ' Public P roperty." rifl escopes. States Government as follows: J une The Model 1841 percussion rifle I TEFLON-S Coated Carbine 13, 1833, 500 fl asks w ith spring tops; (Mississippi or Yaeger type) was ac­ t TEFLON -S Coated Shotgun June 9, 1834, 250 flasks for issu e w ith compa nied by "a copper powder flask, Over & Under Shotguns * H all's rifle; J anuary 10, 1836, 200 size 7 by 4 by 2 inches, holding half a .30 Cal. Carbines * flasks to h old eight ounces of powder pound of coarse powder and provided * Automatic Shotguns and to b e equipped with adjustable w ith two carrying rings." This size Fixed & Zoom Scopes * ch arger throwing a charge of from 85 indicates it to be the 26- tar peace WII i t's Uni versal, it's th e best! to 100 "rains. flask manufactured by N. P. Ames N. P . Ames of Cabotsville and between 1837 and 1846 or later. Universal Springfield, Mass., w a s ma k in g FIREARMS CORPORATION "peace" flasks as early as 1837. The 3746 E. 10th Cou_r t, Hialeah, Florida 33013 Ames "peace" fla k was primarily the type with a circle of 26 stars, an eagle facing to the left, and the clasped hands. Other Government contracts for flasks with N. P. Ames are rec­ orded under date of September 9, 1844, October 11, 1845, and August 14, 1846. I have seen specim e ns of the Ames fl ask bearing dates from 1838 to 1846. Ames appears to have been th e earliest maker of the "U.S.N. and Anchor" Navy flasks. These flasks were of the one- pound powder capac­ ity and replaced the horns previously Widespread u se of m etal powder in use; they were ordered by the flasks in military service came to an Navy in 1842. Ames received a Gov­ end by the time we approached the ernment contract April 12, 1843, for a War between the States. Paper cart­ quantity of this "U.S.N. and Anchor" r idges, linen cartridges and some Navy flask, and George Stimpson re­ metallic cartridges gain d predomi­ Ou tdo o1smenl Spoilsmen! Mak e ceived a similar contract dated D e­ nance in warfare. H ow ver, the man­ you1 old boots bet1e1 than new. cember 18, 1844. There is also a record ufacture of metal powder flasks for V1bram , the su re gripping soles James Wh11take1 wore an d swo re of a contract made by the Govern­ sporting arms continued for a num­ by on his 1enowned Mt Eveiest ment w ith George Adams, August 18, ber of years after the war. In the ap­ cl im b, are now available for so le, 1845, for 1200 "U.S.N. and Anchor" proximate 1820-1890 period of their mid -sole and heel icplacement fl asks. (On all except 1ubber boot s.) An y manufacture thousands of metal pow­ shoe re pairman will put them on. The fi rm of J . H. Batty and Com­ der fl asks were sold to "Un stores for Just mak e a tracing of one of he pany of Springfield, Mass., then the huntsmen of the time and issued soles you 're replacing ... send entered the field and received num­ with muzzle-loading pistols, r ifles and it along with a check 0 1 money order. Money hack guarantee. erou s orders from the United States shotgu ns. In the course of manufac­ Government. Batty · and Company ture while copper and brass were pre­ Only $5 .00 postpaid . (Wri te for flee booklet.) made "peace" fl asks of the design dominant som e pewter flasks were containing 20 stars arranged in an made. These were cheap and not very VIBRAM SALES CO. oval with the eagle facing right. Con­ dura ble. A more substantial type was 733 School St .. North Brookfield. Ma ss. 01535 tracts for flasks with Batty appear the heavy leath er- covered. flask, us­ under dates of October 4, 1847, Febru- ually of English manufacture and is- 50 GU NS SEPTE MB ER 1969 sued for shotguns, matching the leath­ turned to the various brands of gun­ er shot pouches of the period. The powder best suited to the particular r ar er flask patterns are not easy to cartridges to be loaded. Here again fi nd today and they command a sub­ there is an interesting period for the stantial price. collector. The old powder cans offer a The Powder Flask Book by Ray wide variety of sizes, shapes and dec­ Riling is a monum ntal work on this oration; some are especially attractive s ubject, now r eprinted and available in color and design. at a moderate price. The many illus­ There are no bothersome laws or trations are excellent and the text is r estrictions on the collecting of empty more extensiv and precise than can powder containers; it is a fascinating be found anywhere else. fi eld with an unlimited range of div­ As the gun progressed from muz­ ersity, where an appreciation of his­ zle-loaders to breechloaders, carrying tory, art and ingenuity can find~ flasks became obsolete. Attention now full expression. L.m

MODERN EXPLOSIVES HIGH-LOW-'BOOM ! Solt cover manual in full color THE PARIS GUN covering approximately 230 pate nts, formulas, and laboratory pr e parations of e xplosiv es, pyrotechnics, gunpowders, and related compounds such as prim­ ( Continned jrom page 36) ers and tracers . Actual percentage formulas are give n along with applicable sa fety procedures. This is a capsule size vi ew of th e e ntire indu stry from th e standpoint of how chemicals arc mixed, pro ­

cessed , and convertcd 1 with outstanding information forced, instead, to modify the largest ing the wheel trucks, the whole car for the amateur or professional experimenter alike. Cove ring both high and low explosives such as cannon then available, a. 15 inch naval body could be lowered onto a plat­ nitroglycerin , TNT, military Pla stic ex plosive, blackpowders, ammonium nitrate, fulminate, ROX, r ifle. Its huge breech would hold 300 form like a r ailroad turntable. The nitrocellulose, and many more. Des ign of military pounds of propelling powder, but the turnta ble provided the m eans for devices are al so given to illustrate th e use of cas t­ ing explosives as you would see in the M - 16 rifle barrel was not nearly long enough. To traversing the gun left or right. Since grenade on page 5 or th e common sky rock et on achieve the desired range of 70 miles, it was designed to be fired only at an page 37 . Written in lay term s but not another well padded text book. N ever before has such the shell would have to reach an alti­ angle of 54 degr ees-the best eleva­ detail been given on a very complex subject for such a lo w price. A mu st for the military man, law tude of 28 miles above the earth and tion for getting the shell out of the enforcement officer or anyone who wishes t o fo ster that meant a muzzle velocity of 4,900 atmosph ere quickly-range had to be their interes ts into a very profitable caree r, since th ere are fewer than 500 propellant ch emists in this to 5,200 feet per second, a velocity al­ corrected by varying the powder country. Original copyright 1966, now in its 3rd printing. Numerous copies already sold around th e most double that of a standard rnili­ charge. The actual aiming was clone world! $5 .50 prepaid. tary rifle. A long barrel and a small by scientists in the cr ew. They had to DIRECTORY OF EXPLOSIVES , PYROTECHNICS, REFERENCES, AND APPLICATIONS. Anothe r out­ eight inch sh ell s ~ e m d to be the an­ calculate, among other things, the standing manual in polyethylene bound binder. This swer. The old 15 inch barrel was curvature and rotation of the earth. is the c,1 mpanion volume t o th e above book, but with a more detailed cove rag e given to commercial bored clean and a rifled tube 98.5 feet The difference between the fl at map applicat ions of all items used in blasting and de­ in length was inserted. Since this distance to Paris and the true curved molition. For example if yo u read about dynam ite as invented originalh, th e sepa rate variations of a projected 42 I et beyond the original distance averaged close to a mile. And patent are no w covered by brand names . Companies co vered are world wid e, and th eir products are gun, a reinfor cing band was shrunk once the shell left the atmosph ere, the illu strated in full detail . Approximately 100 com­ around it. The final section of 19.7 target tended to rotate away from it. panies are given in alphabetical order with all th eir products cove red under eac h name. Both commer­ feet was attached by threads and Add to this the fact that temperature cial and military e xplosives constitute the text's treatment with th e s..ame extensive coverag e of fire­ flanges at the firing site. The corn­ and humidity critically affect the wo rk s and pyrotechnic s. State by state jobbers and pleted barrel, being relatively thin for burning rate of gun pow der and it dealers of th ese companies are also given with com­ p lete add resses , phone numbers, and company re­ its length, tended to droop under its will be readily apparent that the gun's presentatives. A mu st for anyone interes ted in ex­ plosiv es or pyrotechnics. Outstanding formulas and own weigh t and a form of br idge sus­ ability to hit Paris at all was n o patents numbering about 200 are the newes t yet pension had to be added. mean feat. Obviously, with P aris well invented. Ex am pl es are Astolite, the DuPont plastic explosives, shap ed charge cutting cord, ammoniated The sh ell, too, presented problems. behind Allied lines, it was impossible and met allized slurries, handloaders powders, case­ B ecause the rifling in a barrel wears less ammunition experiments, l iquid land mines,. for the Germans to observe wh ere the electric fuzes, pourable explosives, shee t explosive, ou t very fast at high velocities, every­ shells landed. The only way they had black powders in all sizes, and new dynamites to highlight ju st a few. On th e commercial pyro­ thing possible had to be clone to re­ of learning what they h ad hit was by technic fi eld , this book is the ne we st coverage of duce friction. The driving bands of reading Swiss newspapers the follow - all manufacturers and government suppliers. Copy­ right 1967 and revised every year for ten years each shell had the r ifling grooves pre­ ing day. . from date of purchase . With over 300 million guns (estim at e) in th e US , of interes t to anyo ne who cut into them and, to insur e a tight P aris was sporadically under attack reload s or is interested in ammunition, but also to fit for accuracy, each shell was pro­ by the long ranged guns until August numerou s others havi ng acc ess to propellants or explosives Binding is suitable for a labo ra tory, pent­ gressively larg r than the one befor e 9, 1918, when the Germans were house or jungle. The new 1969 edition is now available for $7 .50 which includes po stage and re­ it. 1£ shell number one was 8.00 inches, forced into a general r etreat. All in vi sion s se nt every year. then number two might h ave been all, 367 shells h ad struck in or near GRENADES, HAND AND RIFLE. Th e newest avail­ able military manual with ov er 75 se parate illus­ 8.01 inches and so forth. The shells the city, killing and injuring 876 peo­ trations of US hand and rifle grenad es. Manual is were numbered and had to be fir d ple. P roperty damage was compara­ so ft bound manila stock cover, and abo ut 100 pages. Four se parate chapters contain the follow­ in their proper sequence. To mis­ tively light. The guns h ad never been ing : lnd entification, care, hand I ing, prese rvation, painting, marking, prese rvation , packing, and filing. takenly load hell number four in intended for clem.olition purposes and Fuz es for alt types a rc covered in detail. Grenade place of number three, would c rtain­ as terror weapons th ey had lost their types such as illuminating, smoke, ch emical, incen­ dia ry , pra c ti ce and training, etc, are illustrate.d . in ly cause chamber pressures to sky­ effectiveness after the first two days. ea ch clas s. Capabilities, casualty radius, training simulators, pr'oj ection adapters, and all grenad e rocket and that could be what hap­ H ad there been more ·of them and ac cesso ri es are given. A mu st for th e military col ­ pened to the Paris gun which my ­ soon er, the stor y might have been dif­ lector. manual collector, National Gu ard sman , police officer, desig ner, or anyone in Servi ce, ord er $4.00 steriously exploded . ferent. History must now catalogue postpaid . All manuals ar e approximately Standard T ext Book A special railroad car with eighteen them along with the V -2 rocket of the siz e and can be purchase d outsright or $1 .00 holds axles carried the gun into action and Second W oriel War as you r ord er 30 days. Phil Danisevich, 8917 Southfiel d Dri ve , Dept. G- 1, Oaklawn, 111. 60455. Illinois resi­ served as its firing cr adle. By r emov- too little, too late. dents pl eas e add 596 sales tax. GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 51 REBUTTAL: MUZZLE LOADERS

(Con1,in ued fr om. page 20)

Mr, Carmichel observed in his arti­ chinist can turn out su ch a device in c1e, " . .. th e purist m ay respond with a short time. outright r esentment to the idea of Another modern muzzle loading anyone attempting to improve on the r ifl e, Numrich 's Hopkins & Allen long, graceful, impeccably baroque "H eritage" model, an underh ammer lines of the K entucky rifl e." (Italics arm , is m entioned h er e only as a price Jet-Aer corporation. Paterson ••New Jersey 07524 u SA mine). Little does h e know how very comparison. Selling as it does for less excl. Canadian dost .• Canadian Ind. Ltd .• Montreal, Que .• right h e is! R esentm ent that borders than $100.00, the piece is light, ac­ on nausea at such a pot boiler as this, curate, and is a traditional type of a nd the promotional impetus it gives firearm, albeit of a very late ty pe. For THE to su ch rifles. Those who w ould buy those w ho wish to enter muzzle load­ U .S. n nd C a n ad i a n Pat . ·such a rifle; indeed those w ho wou ld ing for the first tim e, it will serve Compl e t e job as s hown for Pendleton M ost !JllnS $35 & $ 40 make such a rifle for sale, cannot have admirably as a fir t gun. Numrich Anti-recoil Gun Barrel any admiration or respect for the also sells a fullstock P ennsylvania The d e -kicker d e luxe that is precision traditional old rifles of the past. They style rifle that is completely tradi­ machine d into your rifle barrel, avoiding cannot know the joys and the frus­ tional, for about $175.00. unsightly hang-ons. Controlle d escape for highest kine tic braking, minimum blas t e f­ trations of learning to shoot the old W. L. Mowrey Gun Works, Inc. of f e ct and practically no iump. All but pre­ v e nts iet thrust {secondary recoil) . Guar­ guns, to care for them, and honor Olney, Texas, offers an Allen & Thur­ anteed workmanship. -folde r. De ale r dis­ them by knowing something of their ber replica for $149.00. This .50 cali­ counts. 12 b er, half stock ed hunting and target PENDLETON GUNSHOP ,:'~;-~~ .~-"~i . ~~~';:. history. Has his son ever b een found -- .. .. ------studiously perusing a volume of his­ arm is one of the very best modern 38/45 CONVERSION UNITS tory, just because h e is the proud new made muzzle loading r ifles, and is with ne w match grade barrels, complete .. $42.50 owner of a r ifle that just might have traditional in every r espect. Bill 7 & 83/a inch Match Grade 45 ACP barre ls ...... $45.70 seen service at K ing's Mountain? Mowery makes a H awken rifle kit 308 (7.62) M 1 Garand Barre ls, that is equally fi n in quality, and at Match Grade ...... $50.00 Fo r information write hose who would desir e such a rifle an attractive price. WHITNEY SALES INC. T as Mr. Carmichel describes can only Dixie Gun W or ks, Inc. , Union City, 6742-C Tampa Ave., Reseda, Calif Tennessee, offers a line of modern 91335 be r egarded in one light. With no love 0 for a muzzle loading firearm, and pre­ made, traditionally styled rifles in SOUNDS. OF THE WILD sumably finding the slug loaded shot­ several calibers, stock styles and price gun unsatisfactory, still they would ranges. Both flint and percussion PORTABLE BATTERY OPERATED WILD GAME CALLER leap at the opportunity to take ad­ models are available. vantage of an uncrowded deer season, The a dvertising pages of "Muzzle NOW while still fullfilling the letter of the Blasts" magazine, the monthly organ ONLY law. The rifle is a muzzle loader; of the N ational Muzzle Loading Rifle th erefore it is legal. That is all that Association, carries a dvertising from $2995 can be said in its defense. As a fire­ a number of gunsmiths who specialize pos t ­ paid arm , it is neither fish nor fowl. With in building complete muzzle loading with FR E'E none of the rapid fire char acteristics rifles or in supplying partially com­ TAP E of the breech loading gun, nor any of pleted rifles in kit form. With this (com pare with units costing up to 5160.00) the historical significance of tradition­ wealth of sources to choose from for LOOK AT THESE FEATURES al muzzle loaders, it is a sorry ex ­ a hunting rifle, th r e is no need, nor • Portable--under 3 lbs. ample of what some sportsmen will any excuse, for taking a valuable • 3 Month Warranty antique rifle into the woods on a deer • Continuous Pl ay turn to in an effort to hor n in on the • Ine xpens ive other fellow's game. hunt. • Battery Operated The article in question made much • Tapes Never Wear Out ado about these rifles selling for the ll of today's organized activities re­ • Tested & Pro ven modest cost of $150.00 and up, de­ A lating to muzzl loading have re­ 100 % SATISFACTION GUARAN TEED pending on stock style and equipment. s ulted from the common desire of the Sec be low for orde r information and deluxe accessories. I would like to point out that there is participants to p reserve and promote nothing modest about $150.00 for su ch a manly skill with th se old rifles, SOUNDS OF THE WILD 826 Hampton Rd . Dallas, Tex . 75208 a r ifle. Numrich Arms has long ad­ and in so doing, pres rve and protect S e nd m e the f ollowing itc lll s : vertised muzzle loading barrels of this the h eritage that is par t of these old D Cartri d ge M achi n e @ $ 2 9.95 guns. Any activity that is contrary to D De luxe Ca rrying c aso @ $6.95 length for well under t wenty five dol­ D L o n g-D istance S peaker @ $ 19.95 lars and stocks of this quality are those ideals is n ot in the best inter est O Addit i ona l T a p es @ 52.95 available from a number of suppliers of muzzle loading. T apes: for less than fifteen bucks. The firing Mr. Carmichel's modern muzzle O P r e dator ( dying J ackrabbit) O Crow Ca ll O Pre dator (dying Cotto ntail ) O T urke y Ca l l m echanism for these rifles has long loaders are legal in the eyes of the been known among muzzle loaders as law. I will give them that. As for their Nam e------the ch eapest, most easily constructed appearan ce, their ethics, their pur­

Address------percussion firing m ethod known. Such poses, or their suitability for muzzle a device is often found on home built loading enthusiasts, I would laugh, C i t y & Stn t c ------Zip ---- target pistols, that make no attempt were I not so sick to my. 0 F ull paymen t e nc losed - ship post -paid

O l/ 3 paym ent e nclosed for d e posit-ship C .O.D. at retaining authenticity. Any ma- stomach. 52 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 B&L offers big-game hunters a wide choice of scopes. Choose our Trophy scopes with windage and ele a ion adjustments on the scope. Or our Custom scopes with adjustments on the mount. Choose your power. Variable powe r models are 2 % to 5 and 2112 to 8. Fi xed powers are 2V2, 4 and 6. Choose you r reticle. Cross-hair, tapered post, dot or our patented Ta pe red Cross- Hai r retic le. Whatever your choice, you've got a great scope. A f in e optical instrument made by Bausch & Lomb, a wo rld leader in optics for 116 years. A fogproof scope with all optical factors-field of view, bright­ ness, definition , etc.- in precise balance. A fully tested, ru gged scope made to give you years of enjoy­ ment. Prices from $49.95. Free 1 For the newest ed ition of our 75-page illus­ trate d booklet "Facts About Telescopic Sights," write to Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y. 14602. BAUSCH & " LOMB~ FIRS T CH O ICE O F FINE SHOTS ~ GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 53 CENTENNIAL ARMS GORP. RADAR BULLET TRACER IMMEDIATE DELIVERY In Stock NOW (Continued from page 49 )

projectile velocity. ured in units of square m eters and Thus the sensor, to mm1mize or called radar cross section. By exam­ eliminate false alarms, must be sensi­ ining the radar cross section of the tive to velocity. More specifically, it bullets, the optimum. frequency band 15-Shot, Self-loading Acclaim ed by one of World's must be sensitive only to velocities in and polarization can be established. great gun experts, Geor ge the range of approximately 600 fps to Comparing Figur es 2 and 3, it can Nonte as " reliable - mild 4000 fps, the velocity range of most be seen that the nose-on radar cross recoil - no feeding problems, small-arms projectiles. section of the .50 - caliber bullet is accurate." While a number of different tech­ about two times larger at X- band than $10900 niques can be postulated for a velocity­ at K-band. From Figures 4 and 5 a lntroducto.ry Offe r with purchase of MAB sensitive sensor, perhaps the most similar relation is apparent for the and copy of this ad. FREE-100 rounds of 9 mm Ammo, and practical at the present is a radar .223-caliber bullet. For the .50-cali­ o Surplus Military Holster. technique based on the Doppler effect, ber data in Figure 3, it can be seen Send 25c (no st amp s) for full article on MAB & say the Cornell Laboratory engineers. that the radar cross section u sing our listings of Surplus Ammo & Gun s to Dept. G-1. Op en for retai l sa les on Saturdays only {most Satur­ Doppler radar theory and tech­ vertically polarized n rgy at K-band days) from 10 A.M . to 4 P.M. Atten tion Dea lers: Send for our confidentia l Whol esale Price Lists. nology are well known, and the com­ maintains at least half of its nose- on Pl ease acc ompan y order with payment an d po stage. ponents are readily available. It thus value for azimuth angles of about ± 22 Centennial Arms Corporation appears to offer the greatest hope for degrees. F. F. L. #36-2716 331B W. Devon Ave., Linc olnwood, Ill. 60645 immediate success. Doppler radar On the other h and, Figure 6 shows

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operates on the fundamental principle that the radar cross section of the .50- that the frequency of the radar signal caliber bullet using h orizontally po­ r eflected from a moving target differs larized energy at K-band falls below from the frequency of the illuminating half of the nose- on value at a bout signal by an amount proportional to ± 8 degr ees. A similar response will target velocity. be evident at X-band as well. From The effect is shown in Figure 1 and these figures it can be seen that ver­ illustrates the fundamental basis of tically polarized ener gy w ill be more the gunfire detector. By placing a filter reliable in detecting bull ts, esp ecially as shown by the crosshatching in the those that are not exactly directed figure, only those frequencies arising towards the detection sy tern. The from targets closing within the bounds data also indicate that a n ominal radar of bullet velocities of + 600 to + 4000 cross section of 10 - ~ quare m eters is feet per second are accepted. The re­ characteristic of both .223- and .50- turns from stationary targets (build­ caliber projectiles. Since most other ings, etc.) are rejected, as well as re­ projectiles of interest lie between ceding targets ( - 600 fps to -4000 fps) these two, this value can be considered such as r eturn fire from the enforce­ as representative. m ent team . In essence, the device will Finally, it can be concluded that only detect true threats, or projectiles the slightly illgher cross section value, that are approaching the r adar. the decreased path loss, and the To implement the concept, a number greater selection of available com­ of target characteristics and their re­ ponents at X-band will outweigh the lation to the system must be de­ advantage of compactness inherent in termined. The first, of course, is the a K-band system. . radar refl ectivity of the bullet meas- (Contimied on page 56 ) 54, GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 USE SUBSCRIPTION COU PO 0 PAGE 16 TO OBTAIN BONUS BOOK DISCOUNT!

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 55 (Continued from page 54) J ust as important as the radar cross­ section characteristics of th bullet is the return associated with the station­ ary background of buildings, vehicles, LEFT-HAND SHOOTERS. etc. Measured data have shown that At last. .. custom quality in true Left-hand Rifles .. . designed and built it has a maximum effective value of as such, not "adaptations". TEXAS MAGNUM and TEXAS MAVERICK about 300 square meters for the sys­ models in popular calibers. Strongest, safest, most accurate action tem. made. Write for descriptive li terature. (Also for Right-handers) However, implementation for a use­ ful system requires more information than just detection of a bullet in flight, UJJ~~IMMI~ !!~~ say the engineers. The system also P. 0. Box 704, Gainesville, Texas 76240 must determine and indicate the loca­ tion of the sniper, and this in turn infers a range tracking function. When answering ads, please Figure 7 shows how the Doppler mention Guns Magazine technique can be impl m nted with a range tracking feature. A stable CW (continu ous wave) source is u ed for both the transmitted signal and a reference signal for th e receiver. That Jllllll1'PM'll portion proceeding to the transmitter Ideal gift. Records kill for proud hunter. is gated, or transformed into a pulse Beautifull_y embossed. having the same carrier frequency as Caribou Elk Turkey Mule Dee r • Coug ar Dee r Coyote Brown Bear the source. The signal is th en ampli­ 'A r~~~llt.. Bear Skunk Griuly Bear fied in a traveling- wave tube and Moose Javalina Mountain Sheep Wolf Antelope Mountain Goa t emitted from the ant nna. ' ·ii. l GOLD $4._25 ea., Black T. Deer The other portion of the CW signal ~ 'W,, sterling $2.50 is fed into a sing! - sid band modu­ ea. in c. tax. lator, where an output ignal i de­ veloped with a center frequ ncy dis­ 1 R. J . COFFEY, ' placed from th e original source fre­ Dept. 2-507A - 1222 Main Ave." quency by 30 MHz. San Antonio, Texas 78212 Now a signal reflected from a sta­ tionary target sends back a frequency which is mixed with the original reference signal, forming a low- fre . quency signal which can be used to determine moving targets or station­ ary targets. A puls then ha been powder transmitted, been developed, and re­ lated to a time position corresponding to target range. After amplification, return pulses power are sorted into individual range chan­ nels. Since th e targ t is moving, it There's an Alcan smokeless powder must pass through one or more range for every type of load. They are the positions sampled by th syst m. If a shotshell powders developed solely pulse is in a given channel, a target for reloading. Alcan powders ign ite is in the range cell. Thus each channel quickly, burn clean and produce high, is a narrow- band amplifi r, with band­ width corresponding to th requi1·ed uniform velocity while maintaining Doppler acceptanc bandwidth. moderate breech pressures for con­ By detecting the out1mt of each sistent pattern percentage. No wonder channel, the position of the bullet can more a nd more reloaders rely on be recorded as it passes through each Al can s mokeless powders every day. range cell and thus a trajectory track Alcan matched components are un· is obtained. B y extrapolation back matched in the reloading component Ava il able in AL5, AL7, AL8. AL120 aLong this track, sniper position ectn be field. Primers, wads, shotshell tubes found. Only tracks of closing bullets will be recorded; receding bullets or and powders are mated to give maxi- ffi~IBffi0 stationary targets will be rejected by mum effectiveness in each reload. The ! '· an amount proportional to filter rejec­ next t ime you ' re in the market for re- tion. loading components, look for the The display depicted in Figure 7 is Alcan lions . . . the mark of quality. a conventional plan position indicator Alcan Company, Inc. (PPI ) where azimuth bearing angle is Seminary Road, Alton, Illinois 62002 given in degrees about the.radar sys­ tem. Note that five blips or detections 56 GU NS SEPTE MBER 1969 are indicated, with the farthest at projectiles. Calculations based on a bout a 45 degree bearing angle. these test results indicate that a mobile Assuming that each of the range gates sniper system capable of 1,000 foot is 100 feet in depth, the display would detection in an urban environment is indicate the sniper's position at about compatible with the power and space 500 and 600 fe et. available in a normal patrol car. Dep ending on the bullet velocity The Cornell engineers discussed a and the an tenna scan rate, it is possible more complete system for sniper de­ that a high - velocity bullet would be tection to illustrate several situa­ detected in every other range cell and ti ons other than the riot en vironment conversely, slower bullets from pistols where the basic systems or variations or shotguns could be scanned by the of it could be utilized. Radar detec­ a ntenna more than once in each range tion of a sniper's bullet and its ori­ gate. gin are onl y partial solutions to th e In the first case, the effect would problem facing the law enforcem ent be that the r an ge accuracy would be community, say Cornell engineers.

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The antenna is scan­ To accomplish the first of these n ing through 360 degrees in azimuth objectives, the azimuth and range many times a second and elevation r eadout of the Doppler system could coverage w ill include the nearby roof be used to a utomatically broadcast tops. commands, giving the bearing and A system similar to the one just r ange of the sniper with the r adar­ described h as been built by Cornell carrying vehicle as the coordinate Thi s is a n unreto uch ed photo of Po chmayr's new imported, exclusive decoys, manufactured o f tough, A eronautical Laboratory and has com­ r eference, in a tone- coded format to ligh tweight, a lmost indestructible, hand po inted pleted preliminary fi eld tests. In these law enforcement personnel via per­ plastic. Decoy s si t a t na tural height a nd size in wa ter and w ill ri ght th em se lves w hen ma k ing your tests, the gunner was hidden in heavy sonal radio receivers. spread. Natural live action in w in d. A vai la ble in Bl ue w;,,g or Green w;ng Teal (10) $32.50 Ma llard foliage located on rolling terrain. Re­ F or example, if detection of a and P; n1a; 1 (12) $39.50. Wate rproof bag ;ncluded s ults have been extremely encourag­ sniper was made at 45 degr ees clock­ w ith sets of ten or twe lve. Satisfaction a nd d ecoys guaranteed five years or your money refunded. ing, w ith detections obtained on 20- wise with respect to the vehicle center Send for your postpaid $4.50 sa mple. gauge shotgun slugs, No. 6 birdshot line and at a range of 500 feet, the fired from the same weapon, .22- cali­ code might be one long tone to signify ~'1nat;L GUN WORKS, INC. b er long rifle, and 7.62-mm NATO the first quadrant followed by 5 short 1220 SOUTH GRAND AVENU E, LO ~ AN GELES, CALIF. yoo1s DEP!· G· 9' GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 57 The First tone bursts to signify the range. A similar in m any r espects to the riot tone-coded format is envisioned here situation, since the r adar would to assure that the message can pre­ again be mounted on a vehicle and the empt any voice traffic on the fre­ assassin may be located anywhere quency and thus shorten the re­ from ten feet away to 1000 feet away. action time to permit the force to take "Unlike the riot situation, how­ defensive positions and to direct the ever, the V.I.P. will probably be the officers towards the sniper. Once only target and this condition sug­ priority has been established on the gests the u se of bulletproof panels channel, conventional voice control for physical protection. One possi­ of the force could be assumed by the bility is the use of counterbalanced operator of the radar unit to pro­ pneumatically actuated panels w hich vide more precision in directin g the can be raised to full h eight in 0.1 supporting personnel. second, w hich would give protec­ The second objective that might be tion from an assassin 300 feet away achieved by a complete detection and using a weapon that has an aver­ system is to provide evidence for age bullet velocity of 3000 feet per prosecution. This can be realized by second." means of a camera/ strobe light ar­ The second application, protecting rangement that would automatically a V.I.P. a t a lectern, would permit 5000 t urn to the detected azimuth of th e some simplication of the basic system. sniper's position and then photograph since, in a confined area such as an th e sniper. The camera would be pro-­ auditorium, the range function and FI REARMS grammed to make sequential photo­ scanning antenna are probably not graphs of several perspectives of t he r equired. In both of these applica-. sniper and thus provide positive tions, say the Cornell Lab engineers, BARGAINS identification of the suspect. th ere is a good possibility that the "There are two related applica­ V.I.P. can be protected by manipu­ Ar e you a gun tr ader? Gun collector? Or are tions of the same concepts," point out lating protective glass shields in time yo u ju st p lo in interested in gun s? If y ou Wohlers and Ruda. "The first and to deflect the fi rst shot of slower are, you'll profi t from reading th e ba rga in­ most logical is the u se of the sniper projectiles and certainly the second filled col umns of SHOTGUN NE WS, now detection system as part of a motor­ hot from any high velocity publi she d tw ice each month. It 's the lead­ cade for a V.I.P. 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.45 ACP Loads Please send me some r eloading in­ formation for the .45 auto cartridge. I Brigadier want to know i£ there are any possible 22 L.R. caliber. 6 inch (Not new. Still barrel. 10 round magazine. great.) 9mm Para­ safe loads that can give a 190 grain Adjustable rear sights w ith b ellum. 4 Y2 inch barrel. bullet a 1200 fps velocity from a six­ three blade front. Crossbolt 8 round magazine capacity. safety. External hamme r. Blue Fixed sights. Blue finish. inch barrel ? finish 2 piece wrap-around Crossbolt safety. Black Charles D. H aynes checkered stock. $87.00 . non-slip wrap-around stock. Slide stays open on last Elgin AFB, Florida shot. $117.50 AVAILABLE AT BONAFIDE LICENSED GUN DEALER STORES ONLY. For free brochure, write Dept. 2-GM9 The velocity you seek in .45 ACP can be closely approached in a revol­ J. L. Gale! and Son, Inc. 85 Chambers Street, New York, N.Y. 1·0007 ( Continued on page 69) Galef Sole U.S. Representative for Beretta Pistols. GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 59 SHOTGUN SIGHTS

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Hunters, Campers and F ish rmen it! The rib is lightly grooved its entire n ever did. You could look through will find many length to dampen sun glare, and h as the glass with both eyes open and the practica1 items in two sights. The rib was an instan t suc­ field was suffic ient so that you could our fully illus­ cess with trap shooters. It is found trated Fall Cata­ lead a target-but th e whole schem e, log. Shows hunt­ only on their over- under trap gun. so far as I was concerned, was low ing f o o t w e a r , Ordinarily the superposed model h as and cumbersome. clothing and other a r ib or o/, {;'', like most other shot­ My father, Major Charles Askins, speci lties of in­ terest to both men guns. The 20, 28, and .410 in the O/ U our ranking shotgun authority for a a nd women. Many has a rib only 1,4 " in width. Once great many years, one time attached items are of our own manufacture. Browning made solid raised ribs. These a simple peep sight to the top lever on are alright except if the gunner fires his favorite Ithaca doubl gun. The L. L. Bean, Inc. a lot of shots in a short time, as when peep was a big one, %", and the outer knocking out a hundred target at trap r im of the aperture wa quite thin, so 352 Ma in St., Freeport, Main e 04032 or skeet. Then the raised solid rib h e could not only look through the ]_/u 11 t i11g, F ishing ancl Cmnpin r; S p t~ c i al t. ics heats up badly and distorts the target peep but also ee around it quite because of the mirage whkh dances readily. H e claim d the device was FREE CATALOG along the top of the rib. The raised worthwhile. It r olved all his eleva­ ventilated job will not do this. The tion problems and help d him to hit h eat is dissipated and there is no dis­ better. I tried it and found I n ever "Quick-Draw" Holsters tortion. saw the aperture at all. I suppose I In the sights equation n othing is look d through it but if I did I was e CUSTOM MADE more important than the raised rib. not aware of it. It will h elp anybody. It does not mat­ The facts are that a shotgun is e THE BEST ter whether he is the rankest dub or h andled so speedily that we have to SINCE 1897 the slickest of experts, the rib is a depend on proper comb height to boost. It makes the aim easier , more govern our aim. If th comb ha a S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. accurate and more constant. And thi good dimension w '11 place the hot­ P. 0. BOX 9776 applies regardless of wh at kind of load on th e target and there will be El PA SO, TEXAS ZIP CODE 79988 shooting the gunner may be doing­ no problems of elevation. and r egardless of what kind of gam e. This is not to say th re isn't a le­ If your wing gunning has been on the gitim a te place in th hotgunning low side this past season give a lot of schem e for not only a scope sigh t but consideration to the installation of a also for a receiver iron sight. There raised ventilated rib on your favorite certainly is. But I don't think it's on a smoothbore. It is bound to h elp your bird shooting gun. The r ar sight has game. a proper place on the lug- throwing Good though the r ib is, a critical scattergun. The gun for deer and factor in its goodness is the fit or the other big gam e. stock to the shooter. For while the rib These days virtually all the big has two sights on it, neither i r eally a manufacturers provide p cial slug r ear sight. The comb h eight deter­ barrels for th ir more popular models. mines w here the shooter places his These tubes are usually shorter than is making this eye, and this aiming eye acts as the standard and ar e equipp d with an rear sight. If it is not in the sam e adjustable open notch r a r sight and IVER JOHNSON position every shot then the gun will a post front on a low ramp. ''SIDEWINDER'' vary its charge up and dov.rn. A high The regulation shotgun barrel for comb m eans a high shooting gun be­ w ildfowl or upla nds gam has its tiny cause the eye is h eld high er; a lower front bead. If the gun has a rib it may comb, in which the gunner looks down have two beads, as we have com ­ the rib just as tho he was shooting a mented. If you try to h unt deer and rifle, m eans a low-shooting piece. use slug loads with this combo you'll MODEL SO·A List: $44.25 Tax inc. What the shotgun r eally n eeded is miss a lot of gam e becaus the sight­ some kind of a rear sight. An aperture, ing arr angem ent, while okay for the maybe, like the micrometered peep shot pattern, is simply too sketchy for lt's a matter of fa mil y pride ... fin e sights found on our r ifles. More on the single ball. The gtm h as to have gunsmithing for 3 generati ons. Iver these peeps later. som e k ind of a rear sight. Johnson has used its Owl's Head emblem to identify fine revolve rs Bill Weaver, the celebrated scope If, however, you put on a peep sight, fo r t hose who apprecia te fi ne maker tried to r esolve that one thirty you then discover that the spindly Ht­ craftsmanship. years ago. H e developed a scope that tle bead in front is wh olly inadequate. You can see all the Owl's Head models was a lX. It had no m agnification, but It is too small and too low; hard to in our f older - writ e for it. it did have a walloping big field or see, and slow. What you need is the view. Bill put a coarse crosshair in special slug-tlu·owing barrel as of­ the scope and th en attached it to a fered by the m anufacturers these Model 12 pump gun. H e got so h e clays. It has a r amp in frol)t and atop could shoot the gun very well. But I this r amp a post sight. This is quick 60 GUNS SEPTE MB ER 1969 ...... ~ and easy to pick up. The open notch PROJECTIONLESS MOUNTING SYSTEM rear on these barrels is adequate for the shooter with 20/ 20 vision, but for The FIRST! better sighting, a receiver sight with its aperture close to t he marksman's The ONE ! eye is much better. The ONLY! , There are some excellent receiver p eep sights for shotguns. One of these 0COVEHED BY U .S. & F OREIGN PATENTS is the Williams 5D model. It is a sim­ Conetrol mounts a re one of a kind. No other ple sight, quite sturdy and easily make available t oday c l a ims to m a tch - let .a lone surpass - them in stream l ined sleekness. mounted. Another good one is the Oonetrol bases, alone! in co rporate windage ad~ Justment yet a re pro jectionless; Conetrol stream· Redfield R ecord model receiver sight. li ned rings, a lone. a re split so tha t t hey may It, like the Williams 5D, has a wallop­ be taken apa rt for insta ll a tion on any scope Don Nibbe link in Alber ta, Canada. yet are proJection less. ing big aperture and is easily aligned. It follows tha t f or sheer grace and beauty the Both can be brought to zero and Conetro l is without competition. To contend otherwise is to contend tha t the knobs, bulges, locked there, and by their use in­ a nd bumps comprising connection and adjust· crease the hit probabilities on a white­ AT 315 YARDS. ment s c rews o n competing m ount designs would be there even if the sc rews did not exist! tail b eyond 40 yards several times. " I dro pp ed this ram with a .300 Weatherby mag­ The question then is: Does the Conetrol system num . My Ran ge matic Distanc e Finder told me to w ork? The ultima te answer - Conetrol's lif e · An even b etter big gam e sighting elevate my shot 6 in ches . It was a perfect shot. " time guarantee aga inst f a ilure! Even recently combination on the repeating scatter­ Th e Ra nge matic measures dista nce and automa ti­ conducted tests w hi c h proved the Conetrol cap­ cally trans la tes it into pro per elevation for any able of Jocking a scope against movement on gun, however, is the low power ed t he most powerful magnums WITH A SIN GLE sho t. It 's 90 % plu s accura te at 1000 yards. SPL IT RING are really anticlimactic in t he face scope. The scope on a shotgun is Weatherproof, ru stpro of, 2-yea r warranty. Onl y of t he Conetrol guarantee. som ewhat like the scope on a rifle. It 10112" x P h" x 11/4" and 16 oun ces. Money back guarant ee. makes the gunner a better marksman, 0- 1 increases his potential to bag his gam e, Ranging Inc ., bridge style • ~( ·•-!l•ll~ squeezes all the accuracy inherent in Bo x 9106 , Dept. GM-2, Roche ster, N. Y. 14625 T C ustum bases ..&. gun and load out or both, and permits (List th e cartridge size you use) ...••..•.•••••••.••.••.••...... ••• the huntsman to look his h ead over Please se nd me: two-piece before firing. The scope c a n b e ••..••.. Model l Ran gematic (50·1000 yds.) $39.50 each style ••••.••• Model 2 Ran gema t ic (50·500 yds.) $34 .50 eac h mounted on the bird gun and used •...•... Model 3 Rangematic (20·250 yds.) $28.95 each with slugs and afterward easily re­ •.•.••.• free illustrated literature. But we at Conclrol 1h ink the shooter who lays down the extra loot it ta kes to com e by a qual­ moved for the bird shooting. ity mount has a right to expect m o re than just Name . ············································································- looks a nd something tha t works. Fact is, the While Weaver made a glass with no Conetrol is so far ahead of com petition in the Slreet ··············································································- desired-feature department we don't care if you magnification, a lX, he has since put ignore everything said up to now! What's left It City...... State ...... •...... Zip ••..•.••.••• over is eno ugh to s hame any other m o unt into some power in this scope. is now a hiding. Consider : • l.5X. This is an improvement, but it ~ Compensati.on f o r :A LL wea r for li fe. CA It Conetrol wmdagc-bndgc-mount exclusive!) did reduce the field somewhat. is ~ W indage adjustment in BOTH rings, per mit· now 56 feet at 100 yeards. The facts ting centering of sco pe over ri fl e receiver are any scope of a magnification up to even after extreme la teral correction. (A HEARING AIDS Co netro l windagc - bridge - m o unt exclusive! 23/4X works excellently on the shot­ - OU1ers permi moYement o( only one ring, 2L DEALER which m eans the scope is of( ccnt -•r a fter the gun. The r eceiver must b e tapped and 73 OFF PRICES sma llest adjustm nt.) drilled by a competent gunsmith and LARGEST SE LE CT IO of tiny, Lowest scope positioning of ANY top mount. ~ the mount should be a sturdy one. all·in·th e·ear, behind th e ear, .... P os.it.ive anchor age of s .OTH rings in 41 zero" eyeglass and poc ket med els. ,.. pos1t1on about tube while scope is detached The recoil of the 12 gauge with slugs FREE HO E TRIAL . o obl1· from base. (A Conctrol windage-briclge-mount ga ion. Money back gua ran · exclusive in vertical-s plit ring designs! ) is considerable, close to 30 lbs., and tee. No down pay en!. Ea sy ~ Most precise base adjustments ava ila ble in a for this r eason the scope should be of ter s. No salesm en or deal­ windage bridge mount. ers. Order direct and save 65%. Write fo r free ca la log. reliable make, and the mount as well. PRESTI GE, Dept. D-93, Box 10947 , Houslon, Tex. 77018. llrrrrrrr.. Maximum r ecoi l-absorbin g strength in BOT H r rings. CA Conetrol winclagc-bridgc-m o unt ex­ The scope should have either very c lusive! -Others ha,·c o ne ring handling m ost of the recoil, ra nnot realize the f ull coarse crosshairs or a post with taper potential or double-ring holding power. ) top and a single horizontal crosswire ~ Accurate return to zero. ( \\.ithin a minute of angle says the NHA and G UJ'\S l\lagazine!) to prevent canting. The gun should be .... Mar-proof adjustmen t a nd installation, pro· sighted in for 50 yards. At this range J' vided by modern. efficient socket cone screw&! (A Conetro l w indage-bridge-mounl exclusive! the slugs will group into 4-5 inch es. An end at last to "oo p~·· scratches and mangled scr ew slot s - blight o( Line sporters The scope is of little use on the the world O\"Cr.) double barrel gun, whether side-by­ ~ R ugged four- point a ttachment to factor y· side or over/ under. N eith er is the t a pped rifte receivers customary on BR ID GE ba ses as well as two.piece style. (A Conetrol aperture sight. This for the reason \Vin dage-bridge-mo unt exclusive! - All others use a three-screw se up as standard. Some that the doubles are adjusted to put boldly claim a f ranchise on r ugged ness when the shot charge from eith er barrel to the failure of a single 6-48 screw would put them out o( business. Try that hy pothetical a common center at 40 yards. & MISC. GUN PARTS lest on a Conetro l bridge rno unt ! ) The shotgun sight is a vital acces­ New, ha rd-to-find imported NOW •.. Choose from three co mplete Conetrol lines - Huntur, Gunnur, and sory on the scattergun whether it is a an d do mes tic magazi nes Custum. Complete mounting setups straight out bir d gun or is a specialized and gun parts. Ove r 250 s tart from only '13.85 with solid rings piece like the slugthrower. The sight illustrations of pi stol s an d and $17.85 wi h split r in gs - and this can contribute to a high percentage of gun parts. Send tod ay for for fin ely machined qua lity throughout! kills or it can account for a lot of (T ry your Jo bber o r dealer bef ore o r deri ng direct ) this valuabl e catalog. missing. Be sure your favorite smooth­ bore has those sights that will provide TRIPLE K MFG. CO.~~ CONE I RQL <]~~o;~Ts P. 0. Box 20312 Dep t. B. FREE C:O L. OR BROCHURE - Hwy. lll South. S eguin, Tuu 71155 all the h elp toward making ~ Sa n Diego, Calif. 92120 · ~ ...... your shooting top drawer. ~ GUNS SEP TE MBER 1969 61 HUNTING A TROPHY (Continued jrom. page 33)

scrawny A good five point elk , with hunted, allowing plenty of time for h eavy b eams and long points is a the hunt and looking over a great much b etter trophy than a seven or many head b efore killing one. Most eight point one with short tines and all hunters that h ave a number of a small b eam. record h eads to their credit are: B ack in the days wh en there were better than average shots; good hunt­ a great many more good six point elk ers; h ave traveled and hunted in a to choose from, I h ad a hunter who lot of different hunting areas; and came elk hunting for nine consecutive are in quite good physical condition. years. His first elk was a medium Stories in th e outdoor and sporting Loads size 6 point, with beautiful ivory m agazines also lead hunters to b e­ th em all ­ lieve that all you have to do is go light field loads, colored tips on the points, several to powerful magnums. inches in length. It was also a very hunting to collect a record trophy. So symmetrical set of antlers and h e h ad many of these deal only with the Precision 2-pcist the head mounted for his den. After biggest or m eanest or best animal co nstruction, ul ­ this hunt h e said h e intended to hunt killed on each hunting trip. No one tra -ease actio n, for a good eating type elk only, unless seems to want to w rite about the self-aligni n g h e should happen to find a real buster times they have come back empty c r imp sta rte r , that h e felt h e couldn't pass up. His handed, even if th ey did have one of easy ga uge con­ hunts each year became pleasure the nicest hunts they wer e ever on, version. trips for him, just to get away from as to weather, companions or gam e the city and his work, but each year sighted For that matter , I don't sup­ $89.50 up h e took home his elk. One day, in pose many r eader s want to read his ninth year of hunting elk, as we about this kind of hunt. Prospective were returning from a long pack trip h unters wan t to h ear about game Wri te for Texan catalog to a fishing camp and wer e on our killed and see pictures of it. However, of better pe rformance way to the elk hunting camp, we good outfitters feel that they have products , shot she ll if and metallic. h eard the deep beautiful bugle of a failed badly, in some way, the mature bull elk coming from across hunter that h as b ooked a hunt with the creek ahead of us. We rode out them, goes home feeling as though h e T EX A N RE L 0 A D ER S, I N C. into a small clearing and th ere h e was didn't have a good time, just because 8222 Chancellor Row I Dallas, Texas 75247 with his harem. The hunter acted h e didn't get a r ecord book animal. fast, sliding off his horse and taking They try mighty hard to see that his .270 Improved Winchester from every hunter-even if h e is only a the scabbard almost in one motion. mediocre shot, in poor physical con­ Get Your Deer for Surel One shot and the bull went down; an dition, and lacks tim e enough for a with an "ALASKAN" ·DEER CALL extremely large animal both in body good hunt-gets a chance at game. GUARANTEED -~~~\11 ~ a nd in antler size. Long and b eauti­ Two of the best and most expe­ EFFECTIVE ~ ~ OR MONEY BACK j? ~ fully proportioned, h eavy in the beam r ienced hunters I know are J ack So effective it's pa ten ted' Lures all ' ~1 .-~ and with a w ide spread and six ex­ O'Connor of "Outdoor Life" and va rieties for close shot. Li ke calls ... ,. ·u \ P 1 used in Alaska for ce nturies. Easy- 2t.1 oszj · cellent points to each side, it was one Warren P age of "Field and Stream." to· use. Inst ructions. Ask Dea ler or $2 00 . order by mail. Over 16 yrs. in U.S. · p.p., of the b est elk h eads I have ever seen. I know both have had a number of WESTER N CAL L & DEC OY • P. o. Box 425 • Portland, Ore. 97207 But, believe it or riot, after w e dry h auls on 30- day hunting trips and skinned and caped him out and got I have hunted w ith both of them him back to the ranch the hunter wh en they have gotten their game Lh e gave it away to a fellow hunter. His first day of a planned ten to fourteen very first elk was and still is his fa ­ day hunt. This is evidence that being GROUP GRIPPER vorite "trophy." good doesn't necessarily m ean you To This If a m an is dedicated to hunting can always collect a trophy. Some­ for the record book,. he must have times the long hunt proves to be a lot of time to spend on his hunts and d ud and the short one is productive. plan on covering a great deal of However, any experienced hunter will country. Although it is quite possible plan on enough time, depending on to luck into one or two record type areas and weath er conditions, to have You con ch ange your GI or Commercial .45 Auto or Super .38, ond your a bility to shoot animals, most of these are obtained a good chance at the game h e is after. it , to Match Pistol accuracy in minutes. No by planning your hunt for the best It is really the surest way to bring tools needed to insta ll " Group" Gripper " link c1n d spring guide in seconds. areas for the particu lar animal to be home a trophy. PRIC E ... Comple te w ith in structions $995 Postpaid O rder d irect from DAN DWYER Sportsme n's Equipme nt Co. 915 West Washington St. Quality at Lower Prices San Diego, Calif. 92 103 Precision reloading tools OR and dies - d istrib ute d by: G il He bard Guns Fa ll Sa les Co. Bo x One P.O . Box 833 Knoxville, Ill . 61448 Dealer Inquiries Invited Paradise, Calif. 95969 Dealer Inq uir ies In vited GUNS SEPTE MB ER 1969 Last year , a long tim e friend of ours drew a permit for a Big H orn sheep. For Handloading He had just r etired as an airline pilot a nd had plen ty of time to spend. We planned to tak e all the tim.e w e QUALITY w anted for this hunt because on two previous sheep hunts he had come out and too late for one, and the weather h ad stopped us on the second one. This GREEN one would b r ight as to weather and ECONOMY time. After a 5 a.m. breakfast, open­ ing day, we addled up and rode from Red Dot and Gree n Dot mea n high· our sheep camp, at about the 9,000 qu ality shotshells wi th all ma kes of loading mach ines. Use the recom­ DOT' - foot level, toward the sheep country, mended low charge weight and yo u're at the 11 000 to 13,000 foot level. We sure of the proper densi ty with any picketed the horses almost at the top fil ler wad s. For light and standa rd and then climbed the rest of the way load s, it's Red Dot. For medium loads, it's Green Dot. Al l detai ls, inclu ding SMOKELESS on foot. We topped out a t 12,300, be­ wa d comb ination s for practica lly every ca use I w anted to h unt from above, U. S. shot shell , are in Hercul es' not below, a ny gam e we might see. Smoke less Powd er Guid e. Ask yo ur SHOTGUN We located ix rams in good shooting dealer fo r a co py , or write: Explosi ves &Chemical Propul sion Dept. , Hercul es distance (300 yards) , at 8: 30 a.rn. and Incorporated, Wilm ington, Del.19899. with one well placed shot Breezy had POWDER his Big H orn. This hunt certainly ..J'&_ XS69-1 made up for th ose other two. Five year ago, anothe r· sheep hunt I was on h ad quite a different ending. HERCULES I was after a d sert r am, in B aja, Cali­ fornia. Th er e \.Vas only a ten day sea­ ~ · ! .1 111. ~ ~*~d!!'.l.":...ii HIMALAYAN WALNUT I ''>· :. ~ . '- ~~.:!J' ~-- son. I don't believe I have ever First time offered in th e U. S. A. "Gra y" vari­ ~ ~·/';. j';- ""' . ~ ' ... .._ .. ~ -""..-: ·-"'..#'- hunted h arder, and in poorer condi­ a tion of Juglans Regia found on ly in India. Stric tl y for those who desi re fine wood w ith '" GOLDEN AGE HMS CO ., INC. tions in m y life, but on the ninth conservative bea uty. A carvers a nd ch eckerer's ' ~I~ ..;lfu;;1fcloadl'!-I, /J/rjijilie~ am/ :JJ~oh day I h ad still seen nothing but delight. Wood b roch ure 25c "' ~ Box 82, WORTHINGTON, OHIO tracks. At 2 p.m. on the last day I Paulsen Gunstocks & Shooters Supply ~ · ! ,., ...-.. 43085 Chinook, Mont. 59523 finally got a shot and it wa 11 p.m. SEND $1.00 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG that night w hen I got into the r anch e­ ro. So this was one hunt when I needed every minute alloted. 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GU NS SEPTEMBER 1969 63 CAMOUFLAGE GUN RACI< Tl GER STRIPE Genuine "Tiger Stripe" fi e ld prov­ en with high -de­ gree of success in Weatherby Mark XXll Monte Carlo and comfortable cheek­ Viet Nam. · Fin est ri p-stop poplin The most handsom e of all the .22 piece, together with a Rosewood for­ made to stringent plinking rifles is the Weatherby Mark end tip and a similar piece at the pis­ U. S. gove rnment XXII. With commendable design abil­ tol grip and an ivory diamond inlay. Speci fi cations. The buttpla te is cover ed with a hard Gives co m• ity this latest Weatherby was made to p lete concea 1- look surprisingly like the highpow­ rubber p ad. The stock has a 13%n ment anywhere in ered Mark V rifle. Manufactured in length or pull and a comb that is too any bush or fol i­ Italy the XXII h as a 4X scope with low for the scope. It is okay for the age. Ava ilable in iron sights but hardly straight enough limited quantity integral mount which goes with it. thi s year. The scope is also design ated the Mk for the glass sight. There are swivels for a %" sling but the leather is not Jacket and Pants XXII, it is m ade in J apan. -Per Suit $12.95 The rifle is a .22 long rifle, with ei­ provided. D espite its weight of only 6 lb., 10 oz. See your dea l er­ ther a 5- shot or 10- shot detachable Fo r ca ta log write clip-type magazine. It is blowback op­ with scope this is a m an's rifle. The erated and has a novel cutoff lever so stock is m ade for the adult and the that it may be fired as an automatic gun h as a reach from pistol grip to or as a single shot. This featme makes trigger for the grown up. As a hunt­ it considerably safer when it the ing and plinking gun it is as good as hands of a tyro m arksman. The 24- the discriminating marksman will inch light sporting barrel has six ever find. lands and grooves, RH twist, one turn The Mark XXII scope with its inte­ vit HAWKS and FALCONS in sixteen inches. There is a graceful gral mount, fastens to th e grooved top ,~;~~.~~ -.. for Hunting front sight ramp and gold bead. The of the receiver with two Allen screws, / ,•.·•, • . l argest stock of Hawks and Falcons this p ermits a 2" latitude in position­ 1,\ ~~~-~~~ in the U ni ted States f o r hunti ng. rear sight is a series of leaf sights, the .~,.._>; · Books and instructions on Hawk and first for 50 yards, second 75 yards and ing the glass. The scope has a field at ~ · Falcon hunting. Send $1.00 now for 100 yards of 25 feet, the tube diameter ?i our list and complete information. third for 100. The handsome Weath­ ;__. HUNTING HAWKS. Box 30-207 erby stock h as a comb h eight for the is 'l's", the reticle is a fin e crosshair ._L__ --_...; ·Grove, Okla. 74344 - Tel 918 786-2201 iron sight line. w hich subtends only 1" at 100 yards. The r eceiver is clean, .g ood-looking R elative brightness is given at 50, and and streamlined. It manages to con- all adjustments ar e internal. These Ammo Special - 30-06 Ball Ammunition - Non are audible clicks and are graduated Corrosive Extremely late issue - 1962 Manufac­ 1 ture; $10 per 100 rds.; 543 per case of 720 rd s. to / 2 minutes of m ovement. J apanese made, the Mk XXII is a high quality optical piece. S e nd 2Sc (No s t amps) to D ept . G-1 or our l isting o f Sur­ plu s A mmo and Muz.z lc L oade r s . C oun t e r S a l C? S on S a tur­ Four hundred shots with a miscel­ days Onl y (m ost Saturd ays) from 11 A . M . t o 4 P . M. Atte nti o n Deale r s: Send for our confide ntial Wh o l esa le lany of ammunition, some of it high Price Lis t . vey the thought that it is the little speed, some r egular velocity, and IMPERIAL ARMS CORP. brother of the Mark V big bore. It is mixed as to Winch ester, H erter , CIL, 33 18 W. Devon Ave. Linco lnwood. Ill. 606-15 made of a light-weight alloy, is F ederal and R eminoton, aw the rifle FFL No. 36-636 1 grooved on top to accept the Mk XXII n ever miss a stutter. It was not scope, and contains a through bolt that cleaned. Both the 5-shot and the 10- is removed to take the barreled action shot magazines were used and the out of the stock. The breechblock is rifle was turned upside down, fired engine-turned, con ta ins the firing pin straight up and straight downward, on and a big husky extractor, the face is its side and without support at the countersunk to accept the rimmed buttstock. It handles both hot high cartridge. velocity and regular speed cartridges The most appealing part of th e without differ ence. Tried with .22 Weatherby is the stock. It manages to Shorts it would not eject. Ditto be every inch the typical Weatherby with .22 Long car tridges. PA OTEKTOR MO DEL LE ATHER SAN D BAG RIFLE RE STS furniture. It is quite pretty, with a se­ Shot off a b enchrest at 50 yards, ( t:- 2 set pictured ) wi t h the f amous RABBIT EAR rea r b ag h !lvi; se t . s tandards of p e dormancc unequal l e d by any lected grade of European walnut, with Winchester Super Speed hollow 1;i mll a~ ri fle r e s t s . At your d eale r or direct $10.50 se t postpaid. R ea r bag $7 .50. fro nt $ 4 .00. 2 o ttrn r r ear and S fro nt s t yle.& f or mec h a ni ca l r e s t s i n fre e broc hure. P a. some mouth-watering s kip -1 in e point, 10 groups of 10 sh ots . each had res. 6 ~0 tax. BASIL TULLER, GA LETO N , PA. 16922 checkering by Italian artisans, a a 10-shot average of 1.78" total

GUNS SEPTEM BER 1969 spread. This is not a target rifle and prized possession. I took it away from Super Speed is not a target load. This a smuggler on the Rio Grande one is good hunting rifle accuracy. The night a long time ago. He had no more trigger pull was rough, weighed 41/z use for it. Indeed he had no more use pounds, and cannot be adjusted which for anything mortal. D uring the pas­ tended to spread groups somewhat. sage of the years, and a great m any This is a very high quality rifle. It moves, the stock was badly broken at h as lots of good looks, h andles the pistol grip. I patched this stock smoothly and effectively, and is ex­ using Bisonite rifle bedding com­ tremely reliable as to operation. pound. It works just as well as a stock Col. Charles Askins. repair item as it does in bedding. I did not bother to take the stock out of the action. The break was so far back this was not n ecessar y. I Jet-Aer Corporation, Paterson; New Jersey 07524 us A carefully cleaned the break with car- 11c1. Canadian dist .• Canadian Ind. Ltd ., Montreal, Que. , Mark X M98 Action While attending the National Rifle Association Con ven ti on in Washing­ tcn, D .C., last Spring, we had an op­ portunity to rath er closely examine the n ew Mark X M98-type Mauser Action currently being sold by Inter­ arms at the rath er appealing price of $55. It follows the military M98 design almost preci ely, with the following exceptions: The receiver bridge is smooth, without the clip guide hump and slots; the bolt sleeve does not contain the large boss into which the military - style safety fits; instead a sliding safety is fitted at the right re­ bon tet and then permitted it to dry for 48 hours. After that using the ceiver tang and engages sear and measuring cup which is provided in trigger directly; the trigger guard/ the Bisonite kit, I mixed 7 parts of Rl-88B, the bedding compound to 1 part of Bisonite hardener. Now or di­ narily with any bedding compound you h ave to work fast or else the mix will commence to set up on you. This TOTAL doesn't happen with Bosonite. It takes PRICE a full 40 minutes to harden which $50 gives you plenty of time to work with DOWN magazine is fitted vvith a hinged floor it. $25 plate secured by a pivoted latch let The two broken parts of the stock MONTH into the front of the guard bow . The were liberally doused with the com­ trigger / sear a sembly is a single-stage pound. It was worked into the cracks version of the military style so fa­ and fissures of the break and then the 5 - 10 - 20 - 40 ACRES m iliar to most of us. stock was fitted back together again. FOR PEOPLE WHO When the two pieces were in place Generally peaking, all parts that LOVE THE LAND .••• would normally be exposed are nicely quite securely, I placed a wood clamp A PIECE OF WILDERNESS polished and blued. The bolt body and on the stock. I then used a spatula extractor are polished bright, but the provided in the kit to w ipe off the ex­ TO PRESERVE FOR bolt handle is blued. Functioning, as cess compound. I then set the gun YOUR OWN FOREVER near as could be determined from re­ away for 48 hours. When I examined In Northern Idaho, Northeastern Washing­ peated manipulation of th n ak ed ac­ it the weld was as strong ·as originally. ton , and Western Montana. In th e hea rt tion, was quite good. The action is I sanded down the edges of the break , of lakes and big game country. All cov· r emoving the excess Bisonite com­ e red with g rowing timber. Access, Titl e supplied, incidentally, with a rear ins urance with each tract. This is select guard screw bushing which serves an pound and after that gave the pistol­ ldnd with natura l beauty, recreational and excellent purpose, and should not be grip a series of treatm ents with Bi­ investment values. W e have tracts o f discarded a many do when stocking sonite stock wax. The gun is n ow as many types and sizes from which to good as ever and the br ak is scarcely choose, including beautiful Northwest W a­ any M98-type Mauser. Your dealer terfront properly on the Pend O reille, should be abl to obta in th new noticeable at all. Col. Charles Askins. Priest and Kettle Rivers; and property o n Mark X Action from Interarms with­ Pend Oreille Lake . Your inspection wel­ out difficulty. Maj. George C. Nonte co med. Write us for free list, maps a nd complete information. Write lo: Dept. RI

Ral[Jh Bone Knife A patch knife of some sort is essen­ tial for proper loading of any round­ Bisonite ball muzzle loader, be it pistol or rifle. An old Westley Richards 10 gauge When the ball is seated in the patch , ulur price . (l.:1d lcs: Gin~ cial problems that couldn't be m et by y our s ize in co1-rc spondin~ m en's size onl y.) $5.00 meets all these r quirements and does deposit on C.O .D . o rdc r· s . Y ou pay p ostal charges. W e leather. D ozens of times, various en­ p;iy p os l:1gc on prepa id orders. Our guarantee f or the job beautifully. In addition to the exchan g e or 1·cfund: r c tu1 ·n boo LS undamaged nnd trepeneurs have manufactured hol­ u n w o rn;;~ 6Boot eo. sters of plastic, m etal, wire, etc. None P. O. BOX 12368-G EL PASO, TE XAS 79912 of them ever quite made the grade in­ sofar as public acceptance was con­ cerned. It isn't th at other materials won't work-some are considerably TAKE A more durable than leather , and a good .~. SAFARI to ALASKA many are better where other factors N ow bo~kin g I 070 & l !J 71 hums for all Alas ka, bi ~ game. .\locl c111 hunting lodges. AinJl:Ul CS & Safa 1·i are concerned. Leather-good quality \\ag:ons for your r::i n -, portation. ELDON, BRANDT & SON leather-is closely associated with Maste r Guide & Outfitters personal sidearms. Even aficionados Route C. Box 150. P a lm er . A las ka T el: G lc1111a llc 11 822 - 32i6 who can't reason why won't often ac­ cept any other material in their scab­ blade being beveled on one side only bards. and stropped to a shaving edge, it h as L eather does h ave its disadvantages a recurved safety tip so there is no specially w here hard, day-by-day point exposed to cut something or service encountered in police work is somebody. The blade is 3" long, over­ concerned. The biggest of these is its all length is a hair over 7" with a requirement for continuous mainte­ Au thentic Re p lica s Rep r odu ced in substantial Rosewood handle drilled nance. It scuffs and mars easily, snags Actuol Size, De­ sign and Bal ance. for a carrying thong. and scrapes, and requires attention in So lid Ca st A lumi­ H e- man trouhi es Over the years, I've used every­ th e form of wax, polish, cleaning and num. Fi nis hed in for Oen. R11m11us Gunmeta l Black. Roo m. Cabin. Etc . thing from a safety razor blade to a general r efurbishing. This attention is ST ART COLLECTING NOW surgeon's scalpel for trimming required at least weekly if the holster Army .45 Auto - Lu ger - Colt Cobra patch es, but this is the best tool I've is in continuous service. The fellow Fast Draw .44 - Mauser Automatic -Jap Nambu who said a good holster will last a LYTLE NOVELTY COMPANY, Dept. G fo und to date. Ralph Bone is now ca­ P. O. B ox 1427 taloging this n ew patch knife at $12. If lifetime never carried th e same one Wh i ttie r , C alif. 90604 you 've a r eally fancy rifle that can't for very long. Using the sam e rig bear to have its patch trimmed with every clay, as a working patrolman an ordinary knife, then there is a sil­ w ill, in all kinds of weather, will ver- mounted, staghorn-handled ver­ make a limp sack out of it in a year. sion at $20. Consequently, when Don Hume told O th er Bone knives ar e made in a u he h ad new outfits m ade from lam­ wide variety of styles and sizes ran g­ inated leath er and Corfam, we were ing from sm all curved skinning blades m uch interested. To eliminate the up through con ventional general pur­ problems encountered in keeping the pose designs to big Bowies and seri­ outside of h olsters and belts looking ous fighting knives. I've examined good, D on has laminated a thin layer and used several samples and haven't of DuPont Corfarn over regular hol­ yet encountered one that wouldn't ster leather. The Corfam resists abra­ give me a pretty fair shave, even sion, scratch es, and snagging remark­ after being u sed to slice up several ably well. In addition, it retains its sh eets of paper. And it is a well gloss and color without any care other known fact that paper takes off the than wiping it clean occasionally. It is edge pronto if a blade isn't up to also water- resistant, greatly reducing snuff. My favorites thl.1 s far are the leather dam age from wetting that is Model L with 5" clipped point blade bound to occur now and then . In for hunting use and the Model B of sh ort, the Corfam laminate provides modified traditional "Arkansas Tooth­ an almost indestructible overcoat for pick" double- edge blade form. A cat- the leath er ; yet, it allows the major 66 GUNS SEP TE MBER 1969 advantages of leather to be retained for the basic construction. Hume is now producing laminated belts and holsters on a limited scale in police styles, and we have been work­ ing with a sample rig. Aesthetically, it i not as plea ing to some eyes as bare leather, but police officers we have hown it to are much impressed with the gleaming finish that seems to re- ist everything but deliberate at­ tempts to destroy it. The only practi­ 21 Realist ic ways cal objection we have come up with thus far is that the layer of Corfam to improve your shooting- accuracy. r esists blocking to a degree. While it can be blocked under heat and pres­ Realist Riflescopes - a dramatic combination of depend­ sure at the factory, you can't reblock th Corfam-coated leath er to fit your ability and value. 21 choices of models, powers and reticle particular gun more closely. The Cor­ combinations - with advanced design features and sighting fam resi ts deformation well enough innovations. that it prevents further r eshaping of the leather beneath. However, that Scopes that compensate for bullet drop ( 5 C:Rr:lPUTEA ™ shouldn't pr sent any real problem models) ... zoom lens variables and fi xed power models for average police use for holste rs for all shooting requirements. 1000/o American made ..• al l that are deliver d correctly fitted to the gun. Only a real handgun buff guaranteed for life. will find any need for alterations. And, just think of all the hours that Your Realist Riflescope dealer is where you' ll find it. won't have to be spent polishing, Look into it so on or write tor waxing, and boning! complete information. Maj. George C. Nonte

Precision Sighting products since 1900 P.O . Box 67, Menomonee Falls. Wisconsin 53051

W inchester Air ·Rifle Shooting th e n ew Winchester Model SIDE-BY-SIDE 333 air rifle has been an exhil rating experience! The accuracy of this rifle is a tlever ending source of joy to m e. It will plac all its .177 match pellets into the am hole at the regulation di tance of 10 meters (33 ft). The 8-oz trigger pull ideally suits the rifl to offhand practice which is precis ly what it is designed to do. Th 9112 pound of weight plus the high comb SHOTGUNS and cheekpiec , together with the ad­ justable rubber buttplate, makes the TO FULFILL EVERY SHOOTING NEED 333 quite comfortable and steady for the standing position. The Winch ter has an 18-inch bar ­ The AYA "SIDELOCK" (illu strated) r el, is the break- open type, that is the barrel is hing d at the rear and by the Th e only true " Sidelock" shotgun on th e U.S. market. Features si ngle selective trigger, r elease of a lever latch i swung selective automatic e jectors, ventilated rib, etc. All the desirable features you expect to downwar d to cock. The effort is negli­ find in a top-quality shotgun-$300.00. gible and serves to retract the oper at­ ing spring. Wh n the trigger i The AYA "YEOMAN" The AYA '9'9410'' pressed this spring is releas cl and Designed for the shooter who de­ drives forward carrying a pl unger Proportion ed for th e .4 10-3" shell with sires a fine double without frills­ w ith it which compresses th air and straight hand ch eckered Englis h style $ 125.00. drives th .177 cal p ellet down the stock and fl eld forend-$150.00. bore. At the opposite end of the driv­ Sold through dealers only• Write for folder or send 25¢ for new F.f. cotofog ing spring is another piston which moves backward at th e time the rifle L fired. Thi counteracts the vibration set up by the driving spring. Thus the rifle develops no recoil. This is ex­ ceedingly important in the high preci­ sion air gun. It must be utterly with- GUN S SEPTEM BER 19 69 67 out any vibratory n ode if it is to per­ fo rm as a target arm. The Model 333 is exceptionally quiet. The r ear sight is detachable. It fits onto a ramp and h as an allowable movement of 2 inches forward or !VOL. back. This sight is a finely m ade mi­ SILENCERS 1. USJ crom etered affair, movable for eleva­ Never before s~1ch a book, dc t nilin~ the history, de­ tion and deflection. Adjustments are ,·c1011mcnt. dc..,urn and use of flrc;:irm sllcn('crs from 1 ::m1iqucs 10 0S8 nnd CJA S u p c1'-8p;.· ''capons, anfl /s MOA which is about as fine as you silcnCC'r s now in u.-.c in \' let Nam. Even douhlc-bar­ rclcd and comhln;:Hio n ba;.·onct-silcncc!'s, oddhi(>S, h om<.•-made :tnd imnro,·i scd sil encers - plm; darn on can get. The front sight is a hooded J1ow to construC't a h:?l-f:ll s ilcnC"C r f o r I ndoor rangcc;, :i l l rcv<>alcd with o ver 200 dC!t.ailcd illus trations. $ 4 . aperture, 3.5 mm in diameter. There are bead and post inserts, as well, but AR-15 / M-16 RIFLES these have little application to the AR- 1 5 M - 1 6 R IFL E~ a brand new rcl N1sc, with com­ p lc w coverage o f c1vlli:in and late millrnrv clC\Clop- target marksman. trigger guard. Adjustments range ~1~~1 ~ Si,,r,t \~ S a6~~f~T '?~~1m 11 l~u ~~1·;~1~S~ 11 d1ook pull, a pistol grip for a man and a The barrel has a sleeve over it fo r c,·er-y A H· I;, owm.'1' or l\T- 16 u ser. Larf'"c format, fl \'C'r n hundrC'd iniges, hundreds o f dct.n. ilcd lllus­ grooved thunb hollow. The grip is which is added simply for weight and t r:lllonc;;. sa.ao. checkered on the sides and grooved balance. It is readily removable. This THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUNS clown its front surfaces. The forestock sleeve weighs 14 oz. It is b tter left in TH OMPSON SUBMACH INE C UNS tllc r icl1cst collection is a bulbous affair not meant to be place. of 11rncticnl nncl t cchnkul T ommv gun lnformntlon C'''C'I' <·ompilcCJ u nd('1' o n c cover! Over 200 profusely Illustrate-cl png('''>- E~·e1-ythlnr,' from u se to compl ete gripped. The rifle in the offhand is Air rifle match shooting has now overlwul ancl rC'hulldmg, only $4 . supported by the outstretched fingers gained national stature. It is recog­ and the thumb. The latter rests on the nized by the NRA and is fired at the SUBMACHINE GUNS SUBMACHIN E GUNS .45 1'13 nncl M 3 A1. The fnmous bottom side of the trigger guard. The biannual World Matche . For the fel irr cm:.<'guns of \\ \\' J f and K orea. covered in 1 50 pages trigger, as the 333 came to me from low who simply wants to keep his ~~ b~lill ~~7}1';t<'3 .

.30 CARBINES .Jo CARB IN ES 1\1 I.• M 1_\ 1. M2 and 1'.13. the st~mclnrd r('fcrencc work on the L'S .30 Carbine fnmily. Use. n o ll<·c nutrimnt ic conversion , to al l det

(Co 11 ti11 ned from page 59 ) ver, biit woiilcl be too hot for the aiito. desert that are .303 B ritish with the I've blown cases oiit t he f eecl ramp heacl stamp of "R em - UMC" and cut ci coiiple of times trying to work crimped in the standa rd British style. tip rectl hot loctcls for the auto. Try 8.0 Instead of regular bla nk powder , they grains of Hercules Unique powcler, con tain a fi ller that burns gr een or with bullets cast qiiite hcir cl cmcl sizecl reel. I found th se and some .30- 06 to nol more than .001" over groove cli ­ belted ball and bla nk ammo in an ameler of yoiir pcirticular barrel. abandoned gunnery r ange used by the Crimp the case mouth heavily on the Na vy during WWII. What w er e the biillet. T his loacl is n ot max-i?niini in a .303's intended for ? good S & W or Colt r evolver cham­ Grant Cunningham berecl for the .45 ACP cartricl ge cmcl Spring Valley, Calif can-if yoii're ca refii l ancl watch for When WWII br oke out, t he U .S . pressure signs-be increasecl to as Navy still possessed a number of .303 miich as 9.0 grain s. The 8.0 grain loacl British L ewis mcichinegims. These will produce approximately 1075 to were iised fo r light cmti- aircrcift 1100 fps.- G.N. trnining. This could well account for the .303 cases and cimmunition t hat y oii found in a w artime training area. Con vert A P-38? I do not know of any specific intent for any .303 cartridge to prodiice ci Not long ago I purchased a pr ewar colo1·ed flash. I suspect t hat t he dif­ ONLY MECHANICAL HEA RI NG PROTECTOR Walthe r P - 38 and find that it n eeds a A cclaimed by c h ampion shooter s and r ecom ­ ferent colored flames produced by m ended by Ea r S p cc1al 1s ts as t h e best protection n w barrel a the old one i ver y pit­ these cartridges is strictly coinciden­ against h armful noise. L ee Sonic EAR-VALVS let ted and the chamber worn and en ­ you h ea r everything normally while th ey e limi­ tal.-G.N. nate the harmful effects o f gun blast noise. A lar ged to the point that cases bulge p reci s io n engineer ed. patented m ech anica l h ea r. ing pro tector. N OT EA R PLU GS. Only $4.95 a pr. near the ba e u pon firing. The weapon woth m o ney back guarantee. ORDER TODAY o r is other wise fin e. With this b ack­ G11nsmitlii11g Schools w rite for FR EE M edic al Proof a nd litera t ure. ground information, I \.VOulcl like to I am now in Viet Nam but will r e­ SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY, Dept. G-9 1 13 20 B u r bank Bl v d .• N o. llollywood, Cal i f. 9 1 60 1 ask a f w questions. tur n hom e soon and would like to get F ir t, what p.roblems would I face into th e fie ld of gunsmithing. What in converting my P-38 to the .38 schools do you r ecommend? I have S uper caliber? Next, D o you consider had a course in Unit Armor er while it practical from the standpoints of in the Army and I am very interested cost a nd weapon dependa bility? Fi­ in weapons and weapon r epair. nally, where can I obta in a n ew barr el Sp 5 Ronald G. Tippen or parts necessar y for the conver sion ? APO San Francisco P rivate Theo. Rasmu ssen Gimsmithing S chools A re : L1 vennore, California Colorndo School of Trndes, 1545 Hoyt, Denver, Colo.- 80215; L assen W cilther P-38's (commercial ver­ sion), cire being m.aniifactiirecl in Ger­ Jimior College, 11100 Mciin St ., Su ­ many ctncl i.mportecl by Interarmco sanville, Calif.-96130; Oregon T ech­ Limited, 10 Prince S t., A lexanclrici. niccil In stitiite, Klamath Falls, Ore.- Virginia. A parts booklet is availab le 97601 ; Penn. Gimsmith S chool, 81 2 FAMOUS from them ancl many of t he currently Ohio River Blv d., Pittsburgh, Pa.- macle parts w ill interchange with the 15202; Trinidad S tate Jitnior College, CURRIER AND IVES military P-38 .s. They show only t he Trinidcid, Colo.- 81082 stanclarcl length barrel. I cloiibt t ha t I wish to be frank with yoii. Gim­ SHOOTING.PRINTS your iclea of converting it to ci .38 smithing is ci toiigh trade, any wciy you FOUR for $4. A limited ed ition of the rare look at it!' There are long, endless 1875 Cu rrie r and Ives humorous shoot­ Siiper ccirtriclge coulcl be worked out ing pri nts. Rep roduced in. f ull c~ lor o~ -cit lecist not from any prcictical hoiirs of ct ppliccition and lecirnin g, an d fine paper, ready fo r framing. 15 x 19 , y oii can never lecirn it all. T here will including bo rde r. Only $4.00 for a set of standpoint. Y ou w ill note the barrel four. Originals cost $50 or more each. has some quite elciborate milling in alwciys be gitns you can not repciir, These famous caricatures depict the yet customers fee l y oii shoulcl, and international rifl e matches held in 1875. the slide cmd locking arecis. T he Siiper Titles : Er in Go Brag h!, E Plur ibus .38 is ci good ::~/ ' longer, cmd while I Unum ', The Highland Fling!, The Queen's don't have a P-38 to make a positive Own' Order now. Supply is limited. Se nd check, it is doiibtfiil if the longer car­ cash, check or money order. tridge will fit into the magazine. Y oiir ------Remington Sportsmen' s Prints pt. J best decision woiild be to contact t he P. 0. Box 731 BARREL INLETTING RASP Bridgeport, Conn. 06601 importer and get the worn banel re­ T he rasp with n co:1rfic :rncl n nnc <.•ut. .Since I O:l7. "hen l designed nnd o ffered thi.., 1·:1-.p. it. h ns Ileen t11c Pl ease send ( ) sets of four Currier and Ives placed.-W.S . favo r ite or the pro fc ~..., im1al and amnt.cur :.runsmith .... . Sizes 1 ~ ... ~s" nnd :!1 " dlnm. :?" l ong·, l'r\C'c: a-; prints. I enclose $4.00 for each set. illustrntcd cuch 53.50. Set or 3 ras p s :rnd one h:mcl l c . . • .. $ 10.00 M ail 75 c f or n ew 6 4 -pagc N o. GG cat alog.

FRANK MITTERMEIER, INC .. !Est. 19361 Stree t or Box U.S .. 303 Blanks " Gunsmith Supply Headquarters" No·-----~---- I have fo und som e cartridges in the 35 77 E. Tremont Ave., New York 65 , N . Y. C ity ______State ___Zip ___ GUNS SEPTEMBE R 1969 69 1nay consider you incompetent if yoii ccm't. T he rnonetory rewards cire fo1· BO-MAR RIBS & SIGHTS .45 Cal. Accuracy Products the most pcirt meciger. C u s t o m M a d e P i s tol A cc C' s So ri cs of APACHE Semi-Auto P r ove n Qu al ily If you choose this 1·01ite, knowing Pa t e nted I.ow Profile Hlh \ V / Accur:iey Tuner J> o~1 tl vc AdJuswblc llm r c J fiill well the becm pot may not always -,;;"O,...... _ Posi Lioncr be fiill, I might siiggest one of the schools,-then a good machinist's trcide school, or tool and die mnker's Model 45 Cal. school. T his eqiiips yoii with a trcide that is in demand and will always be '' mecms of ernployment and making a LOW PRO FILE RI B S - for Colt. B rowni ng. living. T hen, take iip the gim work 01i Sm i th & W esson and H i-Sta ndard . BO- M A R DELUXE SIGH TS • 1 6 v a riou s m o d e l s. the side, and fee l yoiir way c1long. A Denier I nquiry W e lco m e Bo-Mai Tool & Mtg. Co., Dept. G, good sporting goods retail biisiness Carthogc, Texas 75633 works in nicely with gimsmithing, the former, being the bread and biltter Model 45 Cal. A II end of the biisiness,-cmd of coiirse SHOOTERS the repciirs and giin work cidd to it. Case Clea ne r, 6 oz. $2.00 ppd. Be a proud owner. Fires from a cl osed bolt. Clea n~ ;md h ri j.!"h lcns :J t o 5 thou­ I was in armament diiring WWII, s :1 nd l 1rnss ca 1·1ri1 IJ.!'C L·:1ht:! S. H c­ nlRemington Arms Publication, " HOW TO GE T OUT 225 W. Unive rsity Dr. This New Co., Illian. N.Y." and serial No. 732 O F DEBT AN D ENJOY YOUR INCOME," is Pu bl ished By A L£.ad ing Accoun tant. Price Tempe, Arizona 85281 The gun is in extremely good concli­ Now Only $2.9B plus 25c postage & handling. Complete Satisfaction Or Your Money Refunded tion and original throughout apart Immediately. Send $2.98 plus postage to: from a new trigger w hich, however, is identical to the original trigger. SUPPLEMENT ;;; 1 for Catalog I would very much appreciate it if 11JBfi , Bla~!!i! 'ili:ll # 6 lists 10 new muzzleload­ ing cannons (including Dahl­ you could inform me of the approxi­ grens), and other information. mate fabrication date and value of Supplement for stamped, ad. th is gw1. About 6 months ago I wrote We Guarantee Accuracy dressed envelope; Catalog ;¢6 w / supplement, to Remington Arms L td. and asked Want a barrel that is guaranteed to b e $1.00. them if they could supply the above BARNEY' S CANNONS, INC. 61650 OAK Rd . accurate, one that you won't be stuck with . South Bend, Ind. 46614 information but unfortunately they had no records w here they could if it won't shoot? We make barrels for all check the above. calibers from 17 to 4 7. W e cha mber fo r Build Your Own GUN CABINET Peik Larsen practically a ll carlridges. wildcat and stand­ Oslo, Norway ard. 2 to 3 weeks delivery. Send self ad­ It's EASY! With Gunberth@ Plans & Kits The Remington Doiible Derringer of dressed and stamped envelope fo r details. .A ll details 0t1 Plans, K its a nd l la rd warc fo r 35 ~l o d e l s arc .41 rim fire wliber was based on the lis ted in .\'E\V, 80 ]'J\CE ... Elliot patent of Dec. 12, 1865. Mo.nii­ Hoffman Rifle Barrel Co. "Hondbook''-Cotolog, Bucklin, Kans. •.. illus t r:.1 t ct1 in Co lo r! .Also fc1.ctiired rniich longer them any other con t a ins t ips 0 11 Ue:-. t d esign. R emington handgim, those rnacle iip to 67834 Send NOW? Only $2.00 ppd., 1·du nd:1hl c fi rH ~ 1 0. l onlc r. 1888 were stcrniped " E. Remington & (For ,\ ir .i\l:i. il. :i. dd 65c e xt ra ) Sons;" those rnade tip to 1910 were Coladonato Bros. Dept. G-99, Hazleton, Po. stamped Remington Arms Company. In 1935, prodiiction of the over/imder "Famous Knives of India"._ TYLER'S "T" GRIP- derringer was stopped-over 150,000 were made in this tirne period. Collec­ ~~t~T~~ I ~ H ~ l~P~~:C~ 1'!111111"...... ,.. ""'I a~ cas t /\ l um i n u rn G r • p AD APTOR . F o r COLT tors valiie riins from $50 in good con­ n n d S & W MODERN Rc v o l v,...rs. OUR/\BLE dition to $150 in very fine to new con­ A Rare Find PR/\CT I CA L- EASY TO I NSTALL. NOW I N dition.-R.M. SWORD CAN E-with white and black horn work, THREE ATTR/\CTIVE FIN I SH COLORS steel hand engrc1ved blade inside. ( Ove rall Po lished o r Bl ac k S3. 00; Gold $3. 25 D ur::ibl c 11!.J ll t wc i tiht c a s t a lu<11111u 111 ~ · ······· · · ...... llOO f o r Co lt, S & W a nd many n th c r m od · SWORD BATON- as of above description (24" c rn p i s t o l s , rifl es and s h o tguns. overall ) ...... S3.15 Note' Add $2 for single and S2.90 for pair for TYL ER'S TRIGGER SHO E pocking and postage. For other notional knives, POLIS H EO 52 .50 BLACK s2.so CO LO 52. 7 5 DIGITAL CHRONOGRAPH stille tos, gurk has, kukri, sabres and artware At Y ou r F :tvor i t c D ea l er o r Send ONl lers Name. M e asure v e loci ty with h i ghest nccu- gifts, a sk fo r our new cotalog. Send 40 ce nts s ,--. nd make, mode l a nd type o f g un. No C.0 .D .'s plea se. rn r ;icy. P rove n by e x perts i n l a b by check or stamps to cover airmai l postage. F ul l G uar a ntee - Pro •u pt Po s tpa i d • D eal e rs Inquire. t4'

m entar y arithmetic, and you'll know average deer in California, w h ere I how far away that n ext buck is. N o live, m easures five feet from head to guess work needed. tail when standing broadside. When T he first step is to accur ately meas­ I see a deer, all I have to do is raise ure the distances b etween your yes my rifle to a firing position, placing - or have your wife do it for you . If the front sight on the left edge of the you have binoculars you can use deer. Now, without moving the rifle, those. Adjust the glasses for your I close m y right eye and open the left eyes, then measure between the one. Immediately the rifle appears to centers of the eyepieces; write down jump to the right. (If I shot left this m easurement. h anded I would r everse the proced­ For the next step you'll n eed your ure.) L et's say, for purposes of illus­ rifl e and the help of a nother person. tration, that the rifle appears to jump Put your rifl e to your shoulder a nd five deer lengths, or 25 feet. your h ead dow n in a normal sighting­ To find the range, I just multiply firing position . Now have your helper 25 by m y magic number, 12. The r e­ measure the distance from your eye sult is 300. My target, then, is 300 to the front sight of the rifl e; write feet away, or 100 yards. No guessing TWO NEW EXCITING CATALOGUES EACH YE AR down this figure. Now divide the involved. Each 84 Pages, Illustra ted IS SU ED SEMI - ANNUALLY: largest number by the. smallest one. A variation of this system was used ONLY 52 .00 YR . • This is your magic number-the one by the British Army during World For sa le in each iss ue: ove r 1200 antique mu skets, rifl 1:1s, pi stol s, swords, as well as to r em ember. War I and also by ships in convoy. earl y mil itary enuip rn en l, wes tern and nautical The arm was extended with one gear from all ove r t.ll e world. For example: In my case, the dis­ 108 PAGE CATALOGUE OF ta nce between my eyes is 2.5 inches. finger held upright. A standard multi­ ARMS BOOKS Nothin g Li ke It Anywll ere! The distance from my eye to the front plier of 10 was used, based on the 600 titles avai lable: antiqu e/mod ern guns, sight of my Model 94 Winchester­ assumption that the distance from wea pon s, mil itary equip ment, ammo , gun smilh­ ing , shooti ng, spec ial llu nli11g book sec ti on . when held in a firing position- is 30.5 eye to extended finger was ten times Each reviewed, 25c or fre e to Antiqu es C ata ~ inches. Dividing the second m easure­ as great as the distance between the log ue Subsc ribers. N. FLAYDERMAN & CO., INC. ment by the first one gives me a eyes. Actual measurements, however, 4 Squ ash Hollow, New Milfo rd, Conn. fig ure of 12.2. For practical purposes make for greater accuracy, and it is I drop the fraction, and my personal faster for a hunter to use his rifle in­ magic number is 12. stead of an outstre tched arm. With this number and my Model 94 Sure, there w ill be plenty of time I can find the range to any object, when you won't be able to use a sys­ providing I know the size of the ob­ tem even as fast as this one, but prac­ ject. (If I change r ifl es, of course, I tising it whenever you are in the fi eld m ust use a new number.) Her e's how w ill help you to become a better off­ it works. hand judge of distances, and that ~ L et's suppose I'm hunting deer. The w ill mean more meat in the pot. ~

.45-70 TRAPDOOR ( Co 111inned from page 43)

The over- all length of the cadet mod­ was a carbine sight graduated differ­ els was seven inches shorte r than its ently from that of the rifle. Car bines standard counterpart; the barrel was manufactured after D ecember, 1890 shortened three inches and the stock had a front sight cover held by the GANDER MOUNTAIN, INC. fo ur inches. The bayonet for the cadet sight pin. P.O. Box 6, Dept. GM Wilmot, Wisconsin 53192 model was 16 %" long a nd was a spe­ One factor for the appearance of a Yes ... rush my NEW No. lOCatalog. cial issue item-not a shortened r ifle numbered of "mixed" models is that bayonet. there were so many modifications NAME: ______There were three carbine models 1nade between model changes. For ADDRESS•------co rr es pond ~n g with the rifle models of example, a straight, corrugated trig­ CITY ______1873, 1879, and 1884. The carbine bar­ ger r ath er than the curved plain one STATE ______ZIP _____ rel is 22" long and the stock is 30", was adopted in March, 1883. Another *U.5.A. only-Foreign request {ref. onl y) send $2 dimensions of other parts be ing the r eason is that so many weapons were Also send a FREE Catalog to my fr iend sa me as the r ifle. The carbine Model repaired in the field or ·at the a rsenal. NAME: ______of 1873 had a swivel attached to the Further , many part changes were ADDRESS, ______made at a s ubstantially later date band and did not h ave a t rap in the CITY ______butt for the cleaning rod a did later th a n the officially approved date. models. The 1879 had a "C" on the The 1883 Short Model was an effort STATE ______ZIP _____ left side of th e ight to indicate that it by th e Ordnance Department to de -

GUNS SEPTE MB ER 1969 7l sign a weapon which would be suit­ troops to help supplement the supply Freeland REGAL Fr eeland Oly. able for both mounted cavalry troops of food and were issued one per com­ BIPOD $23.75 and the foot soldiers. Fifty of these pany. Br iefly described they were Biped RSB -12 $26.75 Free land AA T Zoom were issued to troops at Fort Leaven ­ dated 1881, were 20 gauge, 45 %" over­ or Std. Tripod $20.75 worth, K ansas. all, and had a 241h" bar rel. (Mention scope, please) The Officer's Model 1875 had a 26" Very few match r ifles are now in Stondc1rd Benchrest Stand $23.50

_ a .. .. >.. De luxe Cuff c;::.. c "tJ 0 b ... All ANGLE & Hook $6.25 .. ;;;: ,, a; .. z " TRIPOD $20.75 c 0 c -~ "~ -c -..,, c ,,c .. Qi - 0 ...... -" .. :e ,, E - ~ cu c:.i Fore-End Stop, Spec ify gun; from ...•.... $ 5.75 - c;::" If~ -oc;:.. -~ ~ ".. ;;;: u u 5 b~ 00< ::E;;;: - a FREELAND Tube Rear Site...... •.... 46.50 > " " "'""" w"' cu FREELAND " AR " Shooting Mat . . . . 31.00 1873 5 1,942 2 1,942 " Foam Padded Shooting Glove ...... 5 .85 1874 22,397 10,873 5 35,224 " DEWAR Cartridge Block ...... • . . . . 3.35 1875 17,3931 7,211 499 10 60,327 " Mid-Century Cuff Comb ...... •. ... 10.00 1876 11 ,369' 2' 2,517 115 74,215 " Ol YMPIC Alum. Butt Plate ...... •.. . 15.50 1877 16 2,496 100 76,727 " Mr. Coiro" Pcdm Rest. STD ...... 21 .50 1878 20,620 2,000 1,050 65 100,397 FREELAND " 61 " Butt Plate Comb ...... 47.50 1879 18,359 500 37 119, 257 " SU PERIOR Front Sight ...... from 16.00 1880 9,830 14,884 500 144,471 " AF -55 Canvas Rifl e Cose ...... 22.00 1881 18,862' 501 1,014 2 164,848 " KNEELING ROLL . • • ...... 6.00 1882 27,898' 1,021 50 9 193,767 " OLYMPIC Pa lm Rest ...... •. . . 16.50 1883 34,706 228,473 lOX # 202 or # 209 Rifl e Coat ...... • .. . 26.00 1884 34,775 2,500 265,748 Saturn Range r Scope ...... •. .. 54.50 1885 39,814° 444 100 306,006 KLC Sling with Sewn Keeper 11/4" ...... , . 4.45 1886 34, 162' 6 ,ooo• 559 346,727 FREELAND Sling Keeper ...... •. .. 1.50 1887 34,8699 5,000' 0 1,000 387,596 GEHMANN DIOPTER ...... •...... 26.00 1888 34,121 H 5 ,00312 2,000'3 3 428,723 19" Kit Stool w / pockets 12.00 1889 36,523 5,000 470,246 Ma rk Time Pi s tol Tim er ...... • ...... 8.50 1890 22,266 2 ,500 7,480... 502,492 B&l Shooting g lasses ...... •.... 25 .00 1891 680 30,461 533,633 Lyman 310 Tool, g ive caliber ...... , • , . . . 16.50 1892 2,320 22, 121 588,074 .Standard Rifle or Pistol die set ...... 13.50 1893 5 ,000 4,760 567,834 Prices Subject to Change Witl1out Notice Totals 417,985 60,912 22,094 66,843 477 11 A LL GUNS-SIGHTS-CUN CASES-SCOPES-MOUNTS RE L OADING SUPPLIES Write F o r P amphle t. S end $ 1 f o r Gen e ral C ata l ogue 1- lncludes one rifle wit h " Metcalfe attachment" and 7 sporting rifles. FREELAND'S Scope Stands, Inc. 2- lncludes o ne " skeletonized rifle" and 1,008 rifles with " Metcalfe at. 3737 14th Ave., Rock Island, Ill. 61201 tachment" . 3- lncludes one with " Metcalfe attachment". 4- lncludes 151 " long range" rifles. 5- lncludes 52 rifJes " for Infantry and Cavalry" . LEARN GUN REPAIR 6 - lncludes 38,964 " rifles Model 1884" . at home q u ickly, correctly. 7- Model 1884. 10¢ brings boo k, full tacts. 8- 5 ,000 carbines Model 1884 and J ,000 carbines with 24" barrel. 9- Model J 884. APPROVED FOR VETER ANS. 10- Model J 884. MODERN GUN REPAIR SCHOOL J 1- lncludes 100 rifles Model 1884 " with positive cams" and one rifle 225-ZZ Ea st Fair mount Model 1884 " not rifled or chambered" . J 2- lncludes 3 carbines with 24" barrel. J 3- Model J 884. ...- J 4- Model 1 888. 8" GERMAN LOCKBLAOE SURVIVA L KNIFE 51. 98

l Bhdelock :Relfluo barrel and a checkered half- stock existence. These had a h eavy octagon tipped with silver, an 1873 type r ifle barrel 28 %" long with target sights. sight, a single set trigger, and a wood­ The stock was that of an altered and

0 1 1 1 1 en ramrod. Two later issues carried check ered rifle stock. ~1~~b~;1 ~y ~. : 1c. ~ ,~~~c?r~>°o~i~~~~~ ·~h ~ i ~;z~~c ~ 11 .;\?~ d~~.~ ;i 1 ~ 1~~~J~ IS O( finc!-it Solingen blCCI . Al ways !'harp , 1·c;:1dy f o(- llS~ i n the g r e a t o utdoor s . Ovc r a l I lcn:::lh 8". size clObC d 4 11 • 1 ~ un pistol grips and a buckhorn sight. The The accompanyin g char t of Model mcl:11 h and les. A prcds ion m ade G crmnn BPOrtslc s h ell d e­ grooves and hollow point. and a cast 7mm M-95 Chilean M a usc r s. Prc -\Var G crm:m mf~ .. fl ect~ • '_; hold o pe n. f eatur e , mah ogan y SLock . A q ual ity :l ll milled pnrt s . NRA Good $29.50 VG $34.50, prcc1s1o n-madc rifle v a lued w e ll a bov e t h e rw iee . weight of 535 grains. I have fired many X' lnt 539. 50. $39 . 50. rounds of Winchester factory am­ ~: ~; ~ 3~a~1~f1 'i c ,~~~... ~· t s~i~ciA ~~~~ u .~2i~ ~o~ :lr gct a ccu· ~~ ~: N ~ ~"' dn i / ~ 1 ~- ~:i5 ~ 11 B .~ 0'60: Ammumt1o n, Supe r G.5mm Swedish M-41 Sniper Rifle.s. refined v c 1·s io n Ne w . u.s .. 30 ca l. Ml T ype CA RBINES, m ade Lo gov' t munition but to me the enjoyment s pec 11\c:it1 o n s. 1J1 e only m od e l wi Lh parts inte rc h a n g e. lies in making up my own loads and ~fR ~ \ \~~~~h$~9~go '. '(i~l:i . s~ i6~03'"~l~li~1~fn h i-l)OWCI' SCOJ>C . :.1b le with G. T. 3-year fact o r y wnrr :un y . 589. 50, 7 .Sm m Swiss Mll R i fles , !'\HJ\ Good $18.00; c:irbin c ~INCHESTER MG7 Ce nte nnial. 30-3 0 C:l l. Cho i('(! o f mod el $23.00; VG. 55.00 ndd' J. nfl.e o r cm·hii.1e i n o rig ina l se:1l c <1 carto n. 5129.SO. using the old-time cast, sized a nd P ::11r co n .;;; ccut1ve sci·. n umber s 5295.00. 7mm F.N . A ssault R ifles, se mi-auto matic w i th com · lubricated lead bullets coming close ))C llS::tto r. NRA Good $79.50. VG. $ 10.00 add'l. to duplicating the original Creedmoor .303 L ee E nfie ld N o. 4, Britain's WW II 'V ictory RARE SIKH loadings. ~}°o~-i,~ ~ ~1za~01f "e~~tr~"~~.W/1zi,1 ~~s s~.'; o ~"~ pil~~ l'r~ ~~o ~6t SWORDS ~ ·~~i'.l~t~,~~ ~Oj".).S~~A GOOD $29. 50, V.G. $34.50, For those r eaders who are hand­ ONLY $19.50 EACH-PAIR . 303 LEE ENFIELD NO. 1 MKlll. J\not.h e r famous A dd 75¢ per swo-rd f o·r p r ep(li d d eltvcry • Hri Li s h Se rvice rifle . s til l in u se . Easy and f:lsL to G enuine anti q ue s w o l'd S o v er 100 y cn r s old. E::i ch loaders, let m e state that I have had hand-forg ed, w it.h s <·:ibll:n·d. Ori f~ i n aLc f r o m t.hc R oya l l ~ ~!:~ni·i. ~5.Lr~R~O-G~~t.D n~i"i. ~J_-50; b ayonet w/scalJ. t r oop s of tl1e l\l;1 h :1r:1 j ahs . A ra re c o llec l o r ' s item, two excellent loads that have given dc<·or ator an d eo n v er sation piece . (Do n o t co nfuse .22 LEE ENFIELD (S.M.L. E.). m.irest of the " S!\IELES". these r a re antique swords with recently made imila· A co l l ect o r ' s nnd t.:1 r g c t. sh oo ter's '·m u st ' ' ! 1<.1 cn1.k-nl in ti o n s .) me good accuracy. The first u sed the a1)J>e:u-a n ce to L ee E n fie ld N o . 1 l\IKTIT. Ii. st1001s in­ ex pe n s i ve .2 2 rim fire caru·idg-c. NRA GOOD $27 .50. Bayo n et s W ilh SC:lbbards FN $3.7 5 M-43 $2.25 f> S K 485 grain bullet (sized and lubr icated $ 3.50 11B NO $3.5 0 l\1 -95 $2 .25 M-93 $ 2 .25 . A Ml\10: 7mm, S mm, . 3 0 3 B1 i tis h t;H"g e t , $6.00 I Ad

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NAME Page No. Robe rt Abels, In c. 68 Alcan Compa ny 56 Apache Arms CompJ ny 70 Au stin Boot Company 66

Barn0y's Cannons, In c. 70 Bausch & Lom b. In c. 53 L. L. Bean ...... 60 Bianchi Leather Pr od ucts 13 Bill 's Mil ita ry St ores 50 E. C. Bishop & Son . 74 Bo Mar Tool & Mfg. Company 70 Eld on Brandt & Son . E6 Buck Knives ...... 13 D P Bushn ell & Co . In c. 75 Camouflage Mfg. Co .. . . 64 Carbide Di e & Mf e. Co. 68 C e ntennia l Arms Corp . 54 Century Arms, Inc. 73 R. J. Colley . . . . 56 Coladonato Brothers . . . . . 70 Colorado School of Trades 63 Con c trol Scope M-Ju n t s 61 Phil Daniscvich . 51 Dixie Gun Works ~ 4 Doon Stec !works 7o Reinhart Fa jen In c...... ••...... •.. •...... 57 Fall Sales Com Jan·1 . . .. n Federa l Firea rms Com"' a - y ...... , • .. . 59 Firearms lntc rna't io :i al Co;p . . 67 Flaydcrman & Companv .... 71 Fr ee land 's Sco pe St.: nds, Inc. 72 J. L. Calcf & Son Inc. 15. 45 , SQ Gander Mou ntain ...... 71 Garcia Soorting Arons Co . . a7 Golden Age Arms Co., Inc. 63 Harrington & Richards..'.>n, In c. 6 Hercules lncoroorated F3 Herters In c. · ...... f8 Hoffman Rifl e Barrel Co. 70 Hoosier M,,.chin e Products. Co. 72 Smooth. Fast Hornady Mf~. Co ...... 14 Magnetic Control Don Hume Leather Go ods 51 Hunting Hawks 64 Ring Switches Reticles Even Imperial Arms Co-p. 64 As You Hold Your Ithaca Cun Company . 3 & 9 Target In Sight Jana Internationa l 53 Jet-Aer Corp. 52, 56, 65, 69. 71 A. A. Johnson . . . rs Light too dim for crosshairs? SWITCH Iv er Johnson's Arms 60 Jonas Brothers 66 instantly to sharply defined post and stretch your hunting day into dawn George Lawre n:e Co...... , ...... 74 Lee Cu stom En g: necrin g, Inc. 74 or dusk when game's on the move Len Company ...... 72 and hunting's best! Walter H. Lo dewi ck .. . 68 Lyman Cun Si gh t Co: p. 73 In a single scope you choose the Lytle Nove lty Company 66 reticle that exactly suits time and Merchantec rs , Inc. 74 place. The COMMAND POST is an Mershon Company .. . 7 indispensable hunting aid .. . and Middl ewest Ma r'< e ting Co. 16 Frank Mitte rm e ier Ire. 61 it's standard equipment with every Modern Cun Ref'.la ir School 72 SCOPECHIEF 1V! Museum of 1-Ji sto·i::"I A-ms . 74 S. D. Myres Saddle Com;oa ny 60 But, test it yourself at your dealer's .. . and at the same time, compare National Rifl e Ass'ociation 78 Normount Armament Company (8 SCOPECHIEF IV's unusual clarity Oehl er Research 70 and brilliance . . . here are differ­ Batista-Olivieri 70 ences you can really see! . .. added to every feature you expect in an Pachmayr Cun Works, In c. 57 Paulsen Cunstock'i I 3 expert's riflescope. Pendleton Cun Shop ~2 Prestige 61 BUT THERE'S MORE ... Bushnell's BUILT-IN MOUNTS let you mount RCBS , Inc...... • ...... 17 Radiator Special ty Co...... •...... •. . • . . .. 59 your scope for SAFE eye relief, FAST Ran ger Arms Co. 56 sighting, and FULL sight picture! Ra ngin g, Inc. 61 There are no rings or bases to jar Realist, Inc ...... 67 Redfie ld Cun Si ght Co. . C::>vcr 2 loose . . . it's the toughest mount Reforest ation Inc. . . f5 you can buy. Remi ng ton Arms Company, In:. Cover 3. 69 SCOPECHIEF IV priced from $49.50. Shooters Special ti es .. . 58 Sho'oting Spo rts Unlimited 70 Variables: 3x-9x; 2.5x-8x; 1.5x-4.5x. Shotgun News ...... 58 Fixed Powers: 6x, 4x, 2.75x. All with Si gma En g in eeri ng Company 19 or without built-in mounts. Plus ... Sounds of the Wild .. .. . 52 Speer Inc...... 10 a brand new lx shotgun scope! Sportsme n's Equipment . . 62 Super Ve l Cartridge Corp. 8 WRITE TODAY FOR YOUR. NEW HUNTING SCOPE GUIDE. Texan Reloade rs . . . 62 Triple K Mfg. Company 61 Basi l Tulle r ...... 64 Turn- 0 - Carve Tool Co. 59 Melvin Tyl er . 70 Univ ersal Firea rms Corp...... •...... 50 & 57 @Bushnell Vibram Sal es Co. 50 R. J . Walters ... . 54 G 2 7 Bus h nell Bldg ., Pa sadena. CA9l 10 7 W. R. Weaver Co . .. . )I Western Ca ll & Decoy Co. 62 Offices in: Tokyo; Vancouver, B.C.; Whitney Sales Inc. . )2 Sydney, N.S.W.; and Dealers the World Over Winches t er Wes tern ...... Cov er 4 Wolf Sp ecia lty Company 62 GUNS SE PTEM BER 1969 75 SAVE s5.50 • FREE 1970 REDHOOK .....­ .• 2FREE ISSUES • Sl.50 SAUIN6S

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NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Confirming application and details will be sent 1039-J 1600 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 78 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1969 You're looking at aS-shot group maae with // ''Power-Lo~t''bullets.

We shot a string of eleven 100-ya rd, 5-shot to a perfec tl y formed core. fo r ma tch shooting or holl ow point for groups with 222 Rem. fac tory-l oad Reming­ Res ult: a perfectl y balanced, concentric hunti ng . ton-Peters "Power-Lokt " bull ets* and came bullet that spins true, doesn't wobble or yaw. Try a box of Rem­ up with an average Shot aft er shot aft er shot. There's nothing ington-Peters " Power­ sp r ea d o f on l y .35 more important to a precision shooter trying Lokt " cartridges or bul- in ch. fo r "one - hole" groups. lets. If you send us an H e r c 1s a t y p ica l You can get "Power-Lokt " bullets in either end flap from the box, group. Put a dime over fa ctory loads or as separate components. Car­ we'll send you a dime it, and all yo u sec is a tridges: 222 Rem., 222 Rem. M ag., 22-250 to cover those groups dime. Rem., 223 Rem., 6mm Rem., 243 W in. Bul­ yo u'll be getting. That's accuracy. lets: 50 grain and 55 grai n (.224 dia.) fo r For our new ca talog, write Remington T he unique "Powcr­ 22 cali bers; 80 grain (.243 dia.) fo r 6mm and Arms Company, Inc., Dept. X-9, Box 731, Lokt" process bonds a perfec tly fo rmed jacket 243 calibers. All avail able in either soli d point Bridgeport , Conn. 06601. ~mingtoa<§§JPP.ETERS® '222 Rem., 50-grain; fired from a Remington 40XB rifle. "Remington", "Peters" and "Power-Lokt" Reg . U.S. Pat. Off. When you buy a Winchester you get more than a Winchester.

Buy a model 1200 or 1400 shotgun between August 1 and December 31 and you'll re­ ceive a free $20 gift certificate. Here's how our shotgun promotion works: when you buy one of our 1200 or 1400 model shotguns, you'll get a $20 gift certificate from your dealer. Send it along with $15 and warranty card. Then we'll send you back a pair of Tasco 7 x 35 wide­ angle precision-made binoculars in rich, · black European styling with case. Or a Duxbak hunting jacket or insulated Mark 5 hunting boots by Weinbrenner. Each, by the way,. a $35 value for a mere $15. The choice is yours. We've gone out of our way to find just the right kind of hunting ac­ cessories to go with our shotguns. (That's a lot of looking when you want them up to snuff. ) So that's what our shotgun deal is all about. Just buy one between August 1 and December 31 and you'll get a lot more than you bargained

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