SEPTEM-BER 1959 5~c FINEST IN THE FIREARMS FIELD-

NEW QUIRKS FOR QUAIL TROPHIES: WHERE and HOW Europe's finest ... now reduced in price r

Extra reaching power of the Mercury Magnum gives killing patterns at extreme ranges. Regular loads can also be used. Beautifully balanced, handsomely engraved and checkered. 10-gauge, 1tlt $149.95. 12- and 20-gauge, $129.95. L1GHTW(lGHT Only 6 Ibs. 6 oz.... and a beautiful "heavy gun" performer. The Lightweight is responsive ... accurate ... fast handling even after hours of big game hunting. Calibers: .270, .30-06, .308, .243, 7mm. Now $139.95. See this and other Husqvarna rifles at your dealers. rEm PISTOLS The constantly increasing worldwide popularity Compact and trouble-free, with "fixed-barrel" and demand for the Husqvarna Lightweight has accuracy. Blue or chrome engraved finish in miniature or full pocket size. Finest Belgian' placed it in the enviable position of being the largest workmanship. .22 LR and .25 cal. Priced from $29.95 to $49.95 at your dealers. selling bolt-action high-powered lightweight rifle in the world. Husqvarna rifles have always required higher prices than those of competing guns because they are unquestionably the finest among bolt-action rifles. Due to the great worldwide increase in sales, the mm:mD Husqvarna factory has achieved greater economy in VARIABLE POWER SCOPES production without sacrifice of quality, resulting in new All purpose ... instant change to any power from n to 8. German precision low prices for all popular models. optics give clear view in adverse light. Internal windage and elevation adjustments, binocular focusing. Light in weight, dust and moisture proof. Finest scope ever offered at $69.95.

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New BROWNING 3 inch Magnum 12 gauge Automatic-S

The Browning Magnum provides that extra long range per• formance you so often need ... and combines this maximum fire power with ajast, sure, automatic action. 5-shot capacity, reducible to 3-shot when required. Shoots all 12 gauge 3 inch Magnum loads and, when lighter loads are adequate, gives equal pattern efficiency with 2% inch Magnum and High Velocity loads. 32 inch barrel for accurate distance shooting; a tight full choke for dense pattern at long yardage. Recoil pad and built-in recoil absorber afford comfortable shooting with the heaviest 3 inch loads.

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New BROWNING Lightweight 20 gauge Automatic-S

Now a Lightweight 20 gauge ... in response to the insistent demand of so many. And it possesses the same fine features and shooting qualities of the Browning Sweet 16 and Light• weight 12. Weighs only 614 pounds. 5-shot capacity, reducible to 3-shot when required. Shoots all 2% inch loads including 2% inch Magnums. 26 and 28 inch barrel lengths. Full, modified, improved cylinder and skeet chokes. And, as with all Brownings, made to give trouble jree service jor a lifetime.

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 3 By JEANNE CARMEN Starlet & Model WOLFF-engraved cap-and-ball re• volver is the most treasured item Ain my antique weapon collection. Like all original Wolff revolvers, the ham• mer is in the shape of a wolf's head. The revolver is an Army Colt .44, Model 1860. Although it is 14:14" long and weighs 2 lbs. 11 oz., I have found it to be a very accurate weapon and have been able to fire six rounds in four seconds. Instead of photograph• ing this revolver, which generally looks very much like a quarter million other 1860 Colts produced (though few are as nice as mine), I chose to illustrate my fine European snap· haunce flintlock pistol-probably an Italian pistol of about 1650. It pre· dates the later "true" flintlock and is just as accurate as any revolver being made today. At the Los Angeles Police range last May, I chalked up six out of seven bullseyes with the snaphaunce before several rather amazed rookie patrolmen.

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WITH By CAPT. JOHN E. PEGG, USAFE Chaumont, France, Rod & Gun Club Test your rifle before you go hunting! Sight in with preci• I CE being stationed in sion-made SIERRA bullets ... S Europe I have had the choice of successful hunters opportunity to add some in· for deadly accuracy, consistent teresting firearms to my collec• mushrooming and maximum tion. I have about twenty long killing power. guns, including two of the French "Charleville Model FREE ... 1763" muskets that were the patterns for our first Spring. Ask your Sierra field muskets and such as Dealer for Sight• were used by Americans in In Targets to help our Revolution. I have a you get ready for couple of Flobert breech load• hunting. ing "saloon" rifles, and an interesting poacher's gun. But' ASK YOUR DEALER FOR SIERRAS one which I currently rate as "fayorite" is the heavy dragoon pistol I hold in the photo. Proper identification of the gun was difficult. I obtained the gun for a small sum near my base at Troyes, for target or game ... France. Finally I discovered it to be one of the detonating-lock Augustin pistols, remember the name which were made for the German states and Austria about 1840 but were not ~<;IERRA. successful. Most were converted, as this one has been, to cap lock. The new breech plug is dated "1850." Instead of the special part to hold the Augustin detonator ~BULLETS tube in place, a curious safety to hold the hammer off the capped nipple has been fitted. To fire the gun, you fold the safety limb forward, against tension of a spring. 600 W. Whittier Blvd • Whittier. Calif

4 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 THE COVER Lives there a fast-draw sport TEADY CUIVS READERS will remem• with soul so dead, who never S ber a couple of years back when we to himself hath said, "I am the published Clyde Howell's narrative of how best, the fastest gun?" No less he became a skillful "trick" shooter. Howell, than six, to our knowledge, lay a farmer by profession, is an enthusiastic claim to the title. Dee Wool em gunner and Firearms Editor of a mid-western backs his claim with trophies newspaper. His principal problems in learn• as well as with authenticated on-the-timer-records. ing "fast and fancy" pistol handling were two: high cost of ammunition (for aerial SEPT., 1959 VOL. V, NO.9-57 targets) and a bullet in the leg from a mis• take in fast draw_ In view of the lauer, readers will understand Howell's great en• IN THIS ISSUE thusiasm for new developments in C02 "guns" and for the instructional materials now avail• rifle able to students of fast draw_ Howell tells FAST DRAW - NO BLOODSHED ...... Clyde G. Howell 14 you on page 14 how to achieve "Fast Draw• PISTOLS FOR PLAINSCLOTHESMEN...... '" ..Allan Skelton 28 No Bloodshed_" Shotgunners get their innings with a guns americana ... shortic, on page 21-a simple rig for easy THE SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE SAGA. .. Robert J. Kindley 18 trap practice at home_ Also for scauergun• KNOW YOUR LAWMAKERS: SPECIAL BULLETIN. 25 ners is "New Quirks For Quail," the lore of hunting the brown buzz-bombers in today's shotguns changed cover and conditions_ ONE-MAN PRACTICE SHARPENS SHOTGUN SKILL. Phillip D. Rush 21 Two off-beat items in this issue: for pistol• men, new notes on defense sidearms, plus piet ure sequence of a novel, surprise, coat• huntil'ilg ••• pocket draw_ Th is one may not be fast as WHEN HE CHARGES, YOU HIT - OR ELSE!. ".William M. Jenvey 22 NEW QUIRKS FOR QUAIL...... George McKenna 26 leather slapping, but it guarantees the ad• TROPHIES: WHERE AND HOW ... Bert Popowski 31 vanl age of slIrprise. Second off-beat is Bob Kindley's thoroughly researched article on Single Shot Rifles• home workshop ... their care and feeding. Recent publication GUN OF THE MONTH: THE UPSIDE·DOWN ENFIELD ... John P. Norton 34 by Morrow of the second of Jim Grant's de• tailed books on single shot riHes makes the collector . .. subject of more than minor interest in a TWO GUNS: COST PRICE, $14,000 Herman P. Dean 35 magazine. Kindley digs into the background of these once-top model in American fire• departments arms, still sought by knowing shooters for MY FAVORITE GUN...... 4 their precise accuracy today. TRIGGER TALK ...... 5 Hunters will relish this section of Bert GUN IN THE NEWS. . Elmer Keith 6 Popowski's informative survey of trophies ELMER KEITH SAYS...... 8 and where to get them, page 31. His facts CROSSFI R[ ...... 10 will save you money, if you wisely apply his PULL! , .. ,","...... 36 SHOPPING WITH GUNS R. N. Wallis 56 recommendations on where to hunt. Popow• HANDLOADING BENCH Kent Bellah 66 ski, resident of that God's Country of Wyo• THE GUN MARKET 72 ming, is a staff contributor of the N.R.A. Last but not least is Know Your Law• malcers. But this month we have substituted George E. von Rosen Art Arkush PUBLISHER E. B. Mann EDITORIAL DIRECTOR a statement of policy by a major police offi• EDITOR cers' association. Knowing your Lawmakers Sydney Barker William B. Edwards Elmer Keith is important, but you should also know your TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR Lew Merrell ART DIRECTOR ASS'T ART DIRECTOR Law Enforcers. The best laws can be cor• mpted by inadequate or inept enforcers, and Louis Satz Marvin Ginn Lou Weber K. Elliott L. R. Sokol CIRCULATION ADV. SALES MGR. ADVERTISI NG ADV. PROD. PRODUCTION even the worst laws can be modified by understanding administration by intelligent Editorial Advisory Board enforcers. You should save this page and COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GOERG ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT KENT BELLAH use it when talking with legislators and/or police officers. Mail it to your Congressman. Only you, through influencing your elected legislative representative, can make laws. If EDITORIAL OFFICES: E. B. Mann, W. B. Edwards, 8150 N. Central Park, Skokie, III., ORchard 5-5602. you find existing laws restricting firearms REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y., YUkon unrealisl ic or unfairly administered, you have 6-9280. MIDWEST, Lee Salberg, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6%7. CALI• FORNIA The Ren Averill Co., Ren 'Averill, 232 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif. MUrray 1-7123. only yourself to blame. Often, by so simple SOUTHE'RN, Hal Moore, 279 NE 79th St., Miami 38, Fla. FRanklin 1-3624. GU~:-; m

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 5 • Gallup, New Mexico. Indian Uprising? ... In Gallup an 88 Winchester, a hunting knife, and a Navajo rug were reported stolen from a residence, police said. • Cleveland, O. When***an armed thug and his companion walked into a food store at 2539 Woodland Ave. owner Sam Melluso, 56, was waiting for them. Melluso pointed his own gun at the two men and ordered them out. They turned and trotted off. A year ago Sam was robbed of $300 in his store. Since then he has kept his gun handy. • Radium, Colo. Henry***Hinton runs a ranch in these parts but spends most of his time making guns, especially heavy muzzle-loading rifles like those used by the early settlers. Mr. Hinton spends so much time on the old f1int-and-ball muskets that no one could afford to buy one, so he occasionally gives one to a friend. *** • Los Angeles, Calif. At a Hollywood party, Adolph, a Boxer dog, came dressed as Wyatt Earp, replete with frontier hat, tin badge · .• and a holstered pistol at his side. *** The action's fast! .Phoenix, Ariz. It turns out you can spend your time under water and still be no land· lubber with the rifle. The Arizona Rifle Association Officers Trophy was won by a ... you're faster with the new team from Submarine Flotilla 1, a Navy out· fit based in San Diego.· featherweight Savage 30! *** • Wells, Maine. It wasn't always healthy to Fast action? This featherweight pump is so beauti• be handy with a rifle. A fellow named George fully balanced it points and swings as if it were part Burroughs was executed for witchcraft here in 1692 because he could support a heavy of you. Fine gun performance from the dependable musket at arm's length by sticking a finger slide action - proved by years of rigorous testing in into its muzzle. the field. Ventilated rib and decorated receiver are *** standard on the Savage 30 (custom features that +Ardmore, Okla. Fifty years ago Buck Gar- ordinarily cost $30 extra) . 6 quick shots (with plug to rett Carter County sheriff, left a .45 revolver reduce to 3 shots) - 12 gauge only. Popular barrel with Polk Anderson, then a bank president. lengths and chokes. The weapon is still on display at the bank. It was last fired Nov. 11, 19l8-in celebra• Also be sure to see the Savage 30-AC with adjustable tion of the first World War Armistice. choke (see insert below) at your sporting arms dealer. Write for your tree catalog of ' +Fort Smith, Ark.***Pretty Helen Lommas- Savage, Stevens and Fox firearms. son is proof that you can be adept around the house and still know how to take care Savage Arms, Chicopee Falls 75, of yourself. The high-school teen-ager, whose Mass. All prices subject to change. skills include embroidery, cooking, and dress• Slightly higher in Canada. making, and who was recently selected as the nation's "Young Homemaker of 1956," $82.50 Model 30 illustrated. 30-AC $87.50. is also a crack shot. She is president of the (vent rib included) town's Girls Club Rifle Club.

+ New York City.***Robert Frielich, Man- MODEL hattan gun dealer, paid $5100 for a rifle cartridge-and it was an empty one at that. But no ordinary one ... it was hand made 84 years ago by the famed rifle maker, Oliver 30 Winchester. 6 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 Write to our factory, No. 25 Lacey Place, Southport, Conn., for descriptive literature on the entire line of RUGER firearms. SURE AS SHOOTIN' ;;»C SHOTS FOR 3 P RIC E OF 1 flJu THE

SUPER-JET A Report On the New Ruger Super Blackhawk COMPLETE RELOADING TOOL dJrWt dealM TODAY!

• NEW DESIGN SLiMLlNED.COMPACT GREATER LEVERAGE POSITIVE LOCKING PINS • LARGER HOPPERS • BRONZE BUSHINGS • CENTERING DEVICE FOR WAD SEATING • DEFINITE STOP SET FOR WAD SEATING • NEW SCORING TOOL FOR STAR CRIMPING NEW CASES HEAT TREATED HOUSINGS ACK IN 1926, '27, and '28, Harold Croft csted enough to bring them out: but without B and I, and later 1. D. O'Meara, had success. No.5 was made up and left plain several single action Colt .44 and .45 caliber purposely until I had thoroughly tested it. COMPARE guns made up embodying our ideas of what a That winter of 1927, I killed 42 great horned modern single action should be. R. F. Sedg• owls with that gun alone while running a TEST ..• ley, Neal Houchins, and O'Meara did the coyote line. It was so much superior to all THEN USE work. We flat·topped the frames, similar to other single actions I had used that I sent the old Bisley and S.A. Army flat-top target it back to Croft for engraving and ivory THE models, but we extended the frame farther stocks. I believe it is stilI the finest S.A. BEST to the rear and made the flat top much Colt in existence. thicker and heavier. The top of the hammer The late Chauncey Thomas and Ashley was cut off so it would go under the extended Haines and I corresponded a great deal at rear end of the frame. The front sight was the time on ways to improve the old S.A. fitted in a band encircling the barrel, and Colt. My friend, Gus Peret, went even we used some of the very first ramp-type further. He designed and had made up a front sights giving maximum sight radius. I swing-out cylinder, simultaneous-ejection sin• designed a new base pin catch similar to the gle action, which he stilI has. Our combined lever latch on the old Model 1874 Sharps efforts, however failed to impress the Colt rifle. company, even though I offered them the Croft designed his No.3 grip-a combina• loan of all my flat top guns as models, with tion of the Bisley back strap cut off and all their improvements. At the same time, I changed in angle to be more like the S.A. worked out the design of my .44 Special Army back strap but coming up higher on buJIet (Ideal 10 . 429431 in 250 grain), and the frame. This was used with a regular S.A. perfected heavy loads, first with 12 grains of Army trigger guard. I further changed and No. 80 powder and later with 2400 when improved the design in our No. 5 grip with that powder came on the market in the '30s. more flare at the extreme lower corner of During the Annual N.R.A. Convention in the back strap. Even then, we agreed that Jacksonville, Fla., in August, 1951, Bill WR IT E the best grip ever, especially for handling the Ruger made a trip to Idaho in his little TODAY recoil of very heavy loads, was the grip and Jaguar car, stopping at Salmon, Idaho, to see straps on the old 2nd model Colt Dragoon. me and Judge Don Martin. I had joined the /¥iee RELOADING HANDBOOK However, Dragoons were valuable property N.R.A. technical staff in January of 1950, even then, and we could not wreck one to and was away at the convention at the time, get the stocks and straps; so we did the best but Judge Martin obtained my keys, showed Please send FREE HANDBOOK we could with the Bisley and S.A. Army Bill Ruger all my flat-topped S.A. CoILs, and back strap and trigger guard. urged him, as I had been doing by letter, to Name The base pin was improved and a large• bring out a modern single action revolver. headed one made up that could be easily ot so long thereafter, Bill brought out his Address grasped with the fingers, ending the need famous Single Six. I criticized the flat-top for pliers to pull out the base pin. Croft frame, the forward position of the rear sight, City State designed a main spring similar in shape to and the lack of a proper loading gate and the Colt double action main spring, and the extractor button, and urged him to redesign culmination of our efforts was my No. 5 the gun and bring it out in a larger version LACHMILLER ENGINEERING CO. S.A. Colt. for the .44 Special with the improvements 6445 San Fernando Road, Glendale 1, California We tried to get the Colt company inter. (Continued on page 61) "SAY YOU SAW IT IN CUNS" 8 GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 Marlin Announces First Rifle Chambered For New .22 Magnum Rimfire!

Marlin Micro-Groove Model 57M Offers lOO-yard Varmint Shooting at Less Than 6¢ a Shot! Here's the first basically new .22 rifle in years• Only Marlin combines the smashing energy and chambered for the revolutionary new .22 Magnum flat trajectory of this varmint-busting low-cost load Rimfire cartridge, to give you power and speed with the bonus accuracy of Micro-Groove Rifling! never before available in a .22 rimfire load! Ask your dealer to show you this new Marlin Forless than 6¢ a shot, the Marlin Micro-Groove model (also available chambered for regular .22 57·M gives you these Magnum Rimfire advantages: cartridges)-with shortest stroke ofany lever-action 15 lightningjast shots with muzzle energy greater rifle. (Your trigger-hand never leaves the stock!) than a .38 S&W cartridge, and more energy and ve• Priced at just $49.95-under DOWN $500 locity at 100 yards than the .22 high velocity long Marlin Pay-Later Plan, only rifle cartridge develops at the muzzle! Prices subject fo cho.nge without notice• • .MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY! _ YOU SAVE $4.95 ON MARLIN MICRO·VUE SCOPE _11II when you buy it together with the new Marlin Micro-Groove I K-99 I Marlin Firearms Company, P. O. Box 995, N. Y. 17, N. y. I Model 57-M .22 Magnum! Instead of regular price of $14.95, you I pay only $10 for this quality 4-power scope in combination with Please send me the Marlin illustrated catalog, 24 page Target & I any Marlin .22 rifle! See this factory-matched accuracy-team at I Game Record Book, plus a Home and Field Rustopper Kit. I am your Marlin dealer's nowl I enclosing 25¢ to cover handling and mailing. I I I I NAME _ I ; ADDRESS _ I I Marlin I CITY ZONE__STATE _ I Micro-Groove Rifles I I GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1959 ------9 Researcher Offers Advice I am in approval of an armed populace. Your articles on riflemen in Civil Defense In my opinion one of the best weapons for which I have thoroughly enjoyed, have bee~ survival would be a Johnson semi-auto. an inspiration to me. It was a pleasure to Why? Because of the .30-06 fodder and learn that there are others who realize the independence from clips and packets and importance and need for "Home Guard" chargers that are necessary for the Carbine movements. and the M1. I've seen a few Johnson's in I have been doing part-time research in the hands of the Cuban rebels-'scope mount• Guerrilla Warfare at the Washington, D. c., ed too. Johnson takes a scope well, and with Central Library and also the Congressional its free barrel it should be one of the more Library. Like you, I feel that it is important accurate semi-autos. for the public to know as much about this Arne Eastman Jr. type of warfare as possible. I am interested New York 21, New York in passing on to you and any of your readers P.S. T like your mag anyway-even if you information regarding Guerrilla Warfare, don't print this. which I have acquired during my research. It's printed. And we'll print articles on William C. Ekeland military and collector guns too, as space and 300S Erie St. S.£., quality of material permit.-Editors Washington 20, D. C.

Mississippi Law Circassian Walnut Is Here I like your magazine fine. As a student of Your fine article on "Gunstoek Beauties on fire arms I find GU:"iS one of the most valu• Parade" in the January GU:-IS Magazine made able texts I can obtain. very excellent reading. Your treatment on About the statutes of Mississippi: First, wood selection and wood talk in general the Federal Government is doing and has quite authoritative indeed. been doing just what Mississippi is accused Please accept Flaig's sincere thanks for of except they want all fire arms cataloged mention of French blanks. May I here tact• by the dealer before sale. Second, I live in fully point out, however, the renowned Cir• Mississippi and I own any fire arms I want eassian wood you regretted as not heing and can afford. I ask no one and register available is available here at Flaig's. Its them with no one, as do all other gun own• source, however, is from Turkey and it is ers in this state. identical to the Russian variety in every reo The law referred to in "Crossfire" a few spect, including quality. months ago was put in force quite a few Our "ad" shows this regularly in GUNS and years ago when the high powered rifle put other publications. fear in the hearts of all; but now it has Flaig's Lodge been out voted by popular demand. Millvale, Pa. James H. Luper Crystal Springs, Miss. Why Don't More Clubs Do It? He Likes Us-Like Us Not Classes in Hunter Safety and Rifle :'IIarks• manship are being sponsored by the Over• Recently you have concentrated on articles land Park Optimist club and Mission Town• on hunting and sport shooting as opposed to ship Police Departmcnt, Kansas City, Mo. the military and collecting aspect of firearms. Classcs meet at 4 :30 p. m. cvcry Saturday; I don't like it. are conducted by expert instructors. It seems you've drifted away from the Guns are furnished for those who do not military. I have a few of your back issues own a gun, and free ammunition is furnished and they are literally crammed with info. for boys of high school age, by the Overland ow, instead of having a cover bedecked Park Optimist club. The meeting place is at with the latest and meanest for the soldier 7331 West 80th St.. Overland Park, Kansas, you have a cowpoke fooling 'with a lever near both Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas action. Shades of Argosy! City, Kansas. The Mossberg is a darn good weapon-if The project is promoted and sponsored for equipped with good sights. I installed a the purpose of insuring a greater degree of Lyman 57 MS on the receiver and a Lyman Safety in handling guns, and in an effort to 17 up front. Lyman makes a special ramp save lives on hll!lting trips. Too often the to adapt the single set-screw of the Mossberg accidental firing of guns has fatal results, to a standard dovetail. If one takes out the and such grief is the result from a lack of reticule in front and the small peep in the "know-how" in handling and firing a gun. back, it becomes a good sporting sight. With the reticule and small peep the sight combi• M. M. Neal nation bccomes one of target caliber. Kansas City, Mo.

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12 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 THE BIG NAME FOR BIG GAME IS WINCHESTER

URSUS AMERICANUS Ever since a Winchester first crossed the plains over the arm of a pioneer, men of spirit and action have looked to Winchester for the finest in fire· World's finest barrels arms. Today, almost a century after Symbol of shooting safety Boring, turning, straighten• the founding of Winchester, imagina• The small "WP" you see ing and riAing a barrel are stamped on Winchester big operations for highly skilled tion, unequaled know-how and superb game rifles is your assurance technicians. For proof of craftsmanship keep Winchester in the that the chrome-molybdenum Winchester's skill, consider hands of knowledgeable hunters and steel used has passed proof the fact that since the Model overload tests far exceeding 70 was introduced in 1936, it shooters. With the tremendously broad selection offered by Winchester, you the power of any ammunition has won the 1,000 yard you can buy. Every Winchester Wimbledon event at Camp can match game and gun exactly with must pass this proof test be• Perry more than all others fore it is released for sale. put together. The· same skill the complete assurance that your rifle goes into all Winchester is a carefully joined, precision instru• barrels. mcnt, not a cobbled· up, sporterized vcrsion of a military cast·off. For ex• ample, the Model 88, a clip-loading Icver action with the shortest stroke lever in the big game field, chambered for 243, 308, 358 calibers, is only $135.50* and is perfect for left· handed shooters. Left, is the world famous Model 70, available in ten calibers, including the hot new 338 Winchester craftsmen Winchester Magnum, and a variety Machined parts Dedicated craftsmen, to whom Winchester could turn out big pride of product is everything, of styles - .from $129.95*. Right, is game rifles faster if they sub• perform all of the many opera· the famous Model 94, stituted cheaper stamped parts tions necessary to make as w:':;:?.': popular for over half a for the carefully machined fine a firearm as a Winchester. century, price $79.95*. parts (even trigger guards) Their devotion to detail is now used. But the strength your assurance that a ~ It. All available on the and durability associated with Winchester is the finest fire• ~ N Winchester Time Pay. Winchester wouldn't be there. .1rms investment you can make. ment Plan.. Another reason why Each is built to last. Winchester is your best buy. :::Prif'CS subjcct to change without notice

You have a choice of Silvertip or Softpoint in both Winchester Super Speed and Western Super-X 'I/S!!?f brands. Both are designed for care• ful, controlled expansion that puts the final, conclusive sock of power SUPER deep in the vitals, right where ~ '~IN.CtlEST.ER. you want it. Sustained flat trajec• 308 Y'l' •' tory and optimum power make . ,. both Silvertip and Softpoint real ~ ." .... game-getting loads. The choice is up to you. You can't go wrong. All Winchester-Western .. i priming is rust-proof. non-fouling and non-corrosive WINCH£5T£R ~ TRADEMARK TRADEMARK

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 13 Four times National Fast Draw Champion, Dee Woolem cocks gun, knocks it back out of holster into firing position, without ever letting muzzle point at shooter's leg. Best time: .12 of a second. At right, Woolem demonstrates one of the fancy spins and twirls that make up his popular stage repertoire.

14 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 A FAST DRAW EXPERT MEETS THE CHAMPION. REPORTS ON THE STYLE

-AND THE GUN-THAT MAKES FAST DRAW THE SAfEST GUN SPORT

'M A GUNSLl GER. It's a word some of us dislike, I maybe because it has a reckless, slap-dash sound that we feel is beneath the dignity of a legitimate and hard-won manual skill-but if that's the word you want to use to describe a quick draw addict, I'm one. I've been one for more than 25 years; a product, not of TV "adult westerns" but of Zane Grey, William McLeod Raine, and the tales of the old time gunmen, fictional and factual. (Even then, there was feeling about words and their shades of meaning. "Gunmen," "gunfighter," meant different things to different people, and the wrong usage was resented.) My boyhood heroes were Lassiter, Buckey Duane, Hopalong Cassidy, and Wyatt Earp and his ilk-not the present pros of triggernometry like Hugh O'Brian, Clint Walker, Kelo Henderson, or even Arvo Ojala and Rodd Redwing and Joe Bodrie and Dee Woolem who have done so much to spark our present fast draw boom. I was more than just a reading worshipper; early on, I wanted to imitate my heroes. I started practicing quick draw long, long before it was a national pastime; and I came up the hard way, ex• pending thousands upon thousands of rounds of am• munition, making all the blunders common to the experimentation of a man who is "going it alone." I even made the worst blunder of all, the one that still happens and is giving quick draw a bad name unneces• sarily. I earned what the cynics are calling "the badge of the gunslinger," the right leg limp, by shooting my• . Border shift, spins, rolls, are colorful, self in the leg with a .45 caliber bullet. Actually, this is help develop manual dexterity and timing. the badge of the bad gunslinger. No man need wear it, or even risk it. I know better now; but things are much different for today's gunslingers than they were By CLYOE G. HOWEll when I earned my badge for bad gun manners. Now, there's no excuse for accidents. Twenty-five years ago there were no how-to articles, no books, no clubs, no instructors in the art of the fast draw. The only references were those in the book and

GllNS SEPTEMBER 1959 15 Safe for fast draw since gas blast alone will stop timer, new Crosman Single Action' Six in .22 Cal. is low priced but accurate.

magazine "westerns:" "He stood tense, bending forward a little. both arms bent, his hands hooked like a hawk's claws." Many of those stories were written by men who had never fired a gun, much less qualified as fast draw experts. Today's fast draw addicts can learn much faster, much New and old get together, compare gas easier, much cheaper than I did-and without acquiring operated Hahn "45" with original Colt's Navy. that Hopalong Cassidy limp. Today, you can learn fast draw under the tutelage (personal or printed) of experts• and real experts they are; men who have devoted both scientific study and rigorous practice to the development of this new-old art. You can begin with holsters perfected for quick draw, with refinements never even dreamed of when I started. You can watch and consult with gun wizards like Dee Woolem, four times National Fast Draw Pistol Shoot• ing Champion, and other professionals. You can read ar• ticles like this and others, published and to come in this magazine. You can study that handgunner's textbook, "Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting," by the late Ed McGivern. You can join fast draw clubs where the experience of other shooters will help you. And-with the new Hahn "45" gas operated.single action BB revolver, or with the even newer Crosman gas-operated .22 Single Action Six, you can practice for pennies instead of spending hard-earned dollars as I did. All this, with absolute safety thrown in. You don't even need to use pellets, because these guns "fire" even when empty, with force enough in the gas charge alone to stop a timer. .Shooting is fun, and for my money, fast draw is tops in shooting fun. But let's face it-fast draw, like most other human efforts in which speed is a prime factor, is danger• ous if done wrong. And live ball ammunition is wrong! Practicing fast draw with ball ammunition is as stupid as going into a wringer head first. It can cost yOll, and it can National Fast Draw Championship trophy won damage all shooting sports, penalize all shooters, by stirring by Woolem in '55 has since been defended up bad publicity and adverse legislation. Don't do it! You against over 200 "fast guns" in competition. can be just as fast, you can prove speed and accuracy by

16 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 Classic among demonstrations of gun speed is drop-draw-and-hit trick enacted (but without trickery) by Woolem in high-speed picture sequence by Detroit "News" photographer using a Fastex camera. Gun fires from lip of holster; blast of blank knocks cup left and downward.

topping timers or marking targets, with blanks or wax I was trying for speed beyond that which I could handle bullets or best and safest of all with the Hahn gas operated safely. Result: I cocked sooner than I intended, the gun revolver (with or without pellets) -and you can learn failed to clear leather, my thumb slipped, and the gun fired. faster because you can work without the fear handicap. When hammer-slapping came into vogue among the There are three objectives in quick draw shooting: recre• Hollywood gunmen, I branded it as doubly dangerous. This ation or fun shooting, proficiency as a tool in law enforce• involves slapping the hammer back to cock while the gun is ment, and a career as a quick draw instructor or exhibition still holstered, before even starting to lift it out of the shooter. Only a few can attain the blinding speed, the leather. With a low holster, it means that your entire draw prestidigitator's skill needed for instruction and exhibition -lifting the gun, pointing it, finding the trigger-must be work; most of us have jobs of our own to do. Quick draw done with the gun at full cock. I still say, this is asking for can be a priceless asset to a police officer, but-quick draw trouble. I still say it, though I know now what I didn't alone won't get him a job on any police force. It might realize at first-that the danger lies in the low gun position have in the 1880s, but not now. For every man interested and the necessity of lifting it out of the holster, not neces• in quick draw for these reasons, a thousand are fascinated sarily in the method of cocking. Again, more of this later. with it because it's fun-and fun it is. A few weeks ago, I got the enviable assignment of inter• I spent years working out a system of my own for a viewing Dee Woolem, four times National Fast Draw really fast yet safe draw. I experimented with many kinds champ since 1955, now the traveling representative for of belts and holsters, some that tipped the butt of the gun Crosman Arms Company, makers of the new Hahn "45" forward, some that held the gun vertical, a few that slanted gas operated single action BB revolver and the Crosman the barrel forward and the butt back. I tried dozens of gas operated .22 Single Action Six. I knew Dee was positions for gun height, from waist to knee. I cut holsters blindingly fast; he had to be, to win those four national and belts to weird shapes until I ran out of leather; then titles in open competition. I knew too that he was a ham• bought new ones and started over. I "tuned up" my single mer-slapper. Frankly, that last fact nearly scared me off of actions, first one way and then another. I learned a little the assignment. Fanatic as I am about safety, I had a chip here and a little there, and some of what I learned for sure on my shoulder about hammer-slapping and I was afraid was wrong, as I found out later; but what I did gain over Dee and I would arrive at nothing but disagreement. the years was a certain degree of manual dexterity that I did some research on Dee before I started, and what I helps with each experiment with a new method. learned was impressive. At the Erie County Sheriff's De• One thing I did stick to was a determination to play it partment range, Buffalo, ew York, with Dave Sheldon, safe, and my version of safety was-eock after the gun designer of a robot-type timer action as witness, Dee re• leaves the holster and slip-hammer the first shot so that the corded a draw·and-fire mark (including reaction time) of finger can be kept away from the trigger. I still believe in .37 of a second. He scored another .37 second shot at this method, in spite of things learned recently and which Frontier City, Oklahoma, against a Mythen timer. And for I'll discuss later. It's safe if you stick strictly to the rule as draw time only, not counting reaction time, Dee holds a written; and it's fast, as I proved. record of .12 of a second, set during Helldorado Days, Las Cocking with the draw was what got me the bullet wound Vegas, evada, in June, 1951, in national competition in my leg. I was using a lower holster than I use now, and before 10,000 witnesses. (Continned on page 40)

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 17 TH·ESINGLE~SHOT

Kindley holds Haenel-built German Schuetzen rifle of hammerless Aydt design. Sculptured cheekrest stock is typical of these 200-meter rifles. HE AMERICAN SINGLE SHOT RIFLE was once the finest firearm T made in this country. Today, the old timers still have their following among shooters who know. Yearly on the old range at Warsaw, Indiana, the enthusiasts of the American Single Shot Rifle Association gather to By ROBERT J. KINDLEY fire offhand and from rest for accuracy at the difficult "German Ring" tar· gets, 100 to 200 yards, scope sights. Mention Ballard, Stevens "Ideal", Sharps-Borchardt or Remington-Hepburn to this group of modern gun nuts and watch the ears perk up. Unfortunately, most younger shooters know little about these fine old rifles. But experienced shooters argue

18 GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 RIFLE SAGA

Ballard .32-40 iron sighted groups inside 9/lb"xI5/lb".

Single shot loading procedure starts with bullet being dropped into rifling. Slug is best unsized, just lubri• cated with soft, tacky mixture. Then kinked seater is used (right) to push bullet into start of rifling.

that, had the development continued after World War I, competition between the single shots and today's bench rest rifles would have been close indeed in the field of accuracy. American single shot rifles reached their peak in design and use during a bygone period when we were indeed a "nation of riflemen." Shooting was the national sport, as popular as baseball is today. Accuracy was the ideal; velocity or rapidity of fire of little consequence. The man with a single shot rifle liked to shoot all day, keeping ten shots inside a 21j2" circle, from rest, at 200 yards. This demand for accuracy produced some of the most famous shooters and rifle-makers our game has known. With bullet seated to avoid jumping to the The history of the single shot rifle is sprinkled with rifling, case loaded with FFg black powder names synonomous with accuracy. The old maestro Harry and card wad on top is then inserted. Pope, George Schoyen, A. O. Zischang, George Schalk, and A. W. Peterson were barrel-makers topped by none. A single shot rifle barreled by any of these craftsmen is a prized item among gun nuts today. Dr. Hudson and F. J. Rabbeth, both excellent shots, were renowned for America's most outstanding marksmen. Chris Westergaard, their excellent Gast bullet designs. E. A. Leopold experi• Arthur Hubalek, Col. Tewes, C. W. Rowland, and an old mented extensively with bullet lubricants, a very important German named Katzenellenbogen, were all famous offhand item for cast bullet accuracy. Dr. Franklin W. Mann, one champions. The ability of these men to hit the 25-ring of our most noted ballistics experts, was a single shot consistently at 200 yards is still remembered today. Re• advocate. member, the standard target had a 12" bull with a 25-ring Along with the single shot rifle were developed some of only 11/2" across. Each succeeding ring was 11/3" larger.

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 19 against anything German was responsible for its decline. The entire theme was German; so much so that German was the shooters' language. About the only native thing ..{ ... about this type of shooting was the rifle itself. The majority of Schuetzen men chose one of the fine single ... shots designed specifically for this type of shooting. A ... ,,*-, "'t. ¥> ... l National Schuetzenfest was held biennially and turned out , ' to be quite some affair. Any Schuetzenfest, whether a Sunday shoot or a National Tournament, was a real shindig. Most ranges were located so that Mom and the family could enjoy a picnic while the old man shot. Prizes were sensible. A good shot "'. could more than make expenses, often taking home enough for the next week's groceries. The 3-shot Honor Match, the 3-shot Center, and the lO-shot King Match were the most popular. The 3-shot Honor Match was limited to exactly 3 shots. The highest possible score in this match was 75, which called for three consecutive shots into the 1%" 25-ring. This was at 200 yards offhand. Top prize for this match was usually $100.00-the price of a rifle• and competition in any shoot was high. The 3-shot Center Match was shot on a nine inch dia• meter black cardboard. The cards were kept until the German Martini 8.15x46 gave slightly wider spread (left) end of the match, when they were all measured. The man but minimum vertical, compared to Ballard ,32-40 group. with a shot nearest dead center was the winner of the grand prize. Any shooter who placed all three of his shots on the 9" disc received three dollars. The lO-shot King Match was the highlight of any Schuetzenfest. The competition was rough and the winner was awarded the most coveted honor: he was named King of the Shoot-"Schuetzenkoenig." Rifles for the Schuetzen game had practically no re• strictions. Weight, caliber, and barrel length were matters of personal choice. The only rule was that a man be able to stand on his "hind laigs" and shoot it. Average weight of a Schuetzen rifle was about 15 pounds, although many tipped the scales at 20 pounds or more. Single or double set trio-gers were standard equipment, as was the deep. pronged "Swiss" but plate. Many riflemen used a palm rest, which allowed the shooter to rest his left elbow on his hip while shooting offhand. Sights on Schuetzen rifles were the best iron sights that were available. For many years the use of telescopic sights was not allowed. Receiver rear sights were made with For Schuetzen fun, take off-hand Swiss butt single shot rifle (Ballard) plus tools, bullets, powder. Shoot standing. vernier screw adjustments for elevation, which allowed a very fine adjustment. Front sights were of the globe type with a pin-head bead on a paper-thin blade (so that about all that was in the sight picture was the bead itself.) Thus the 24-ring was 3", the 23-ring 4%". All of the Some shooters used an aperture front. Front sights were above named shooters could score 220 or better on this often adjustable for windage; many had spirit levels to target, shooting ten shots offhand. prevent a shooter from canting his rifle. You can't talk about single shot rifles without men· tioning the "Schuetzen" game. This type of shooting was Most popular calibers were the .32-40 and the .38-55. one of the greatest single factors contributing to the de· Both were accurate but, due to lesser recoil, the .32-10 velopment of the single shot. About 1850 a group of was favored. Some of the matches called for 100 shots Swiss immigrants near St. Louis at Highland, Illinois, in a day, and recoil figured heavily in the final score. organized a sharp-shooter's society called the Helvetia Most modern shooters are familiar with a few of the Schuetzen Gesellshaft. One of the first shooting clubs in old single shot actions; the Winchester Hi·Wall in par• the country, it became one of the most renowned and ticular. This is probably due to the fact that many fine as The Highland Sharpshooter's Society is still in exist· varminters have been built around this particular single ence today. One of its greatest honors is that the first shot. But there were many makes of single shot rifles. National Offhand Tournament was held on its range. Fine match rifles included the Ballard, Stevens 44 and The Schuetzen game flourished. From 1850 until the 44V2, Sharps and Sharps-Borchardt, Maynard, Wurfflein, first War this typ~ of shooting became a national past the Frank Wesson rifles, Winchester Hi-Wall, the Reming. time. At the start of World War I, national sentiment ton rolling block, Remington. (Continued on page 42) 20 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 One-Man Practice Sharpens Shotgun Skill

By PHILLIP D. RUSH

Walking into line which is attached to trap catch, shooter can gain the effect of a "surprise" throw without needing to have a helper at the trap. Foot release set-up is variation: rope is tied to peg, tripped by shooter's foot.

YOU DON'T NEED A THROWER TO

PRACTICE FOR SKEET, TRAP, OR FIELD

GUNNING. A LENGTH OF ROPE DOES IT

INGLE-HANDED SHOTGUN PRACTICE is difficult. S Holding a trap in one hand and flinging the clay, then swinging up to bust it, is not a really satisfactory way of improving your shotgun shooting. The rifle shooter can operate his rig all by himself. When the season opens, his shooting eye is "in" and game falls or scores rise because of his ability to practice, if necessary, without helpers. But the shotgunner usually has to dig up some help to operate a trap, or must have some affiliation with a gun club, to With Marlin Model 90 at the ready, 5hotgunner can practice on clay pigeons. It isn't always easy to find a release birds with a slight motion of forend hand. friend whose time matches yours when you want to shoot a few rounds, and a gun club may be miles away, too far to reach in the short daylight afterwork hours. excellent. Targets and shells are the only other expense, and One solution is to become a do-it-yourself trapshooter, by quite a savings may be realized if you do your own re• operating your own trap with a thirty or forty foot line. A loading. trap will cost only about twenty-five dollars and will last a Now you are all set up to shoot without assistance from lifetime. The base should be mounted on a post, and the anyone, providing your shooting area isn't too far away. trap proper may be removed in seconds when not being The writer has found three basic methods for tripping the used. We won't even figure the cost of the rope; you can release catch on the trap. These might be termed "walk annex part of your wife's clothesline. The plastic type is into," "walk away from," and (Continued on page 66)

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 21 WHITE HUNTER SAYS AFRICA'S MOST

DANGEROUS BEAST IS-THE ONE

THAT COMES CLOSEST TO KILLING YOU! FACE ANY ONE OF THEM, AND

hen Be Charges,

22 GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1959 Magnificent African black-maned lion is first prize for sportsmen on safari, who find placid beast can spring to charge in 30' leaps in seconds. You Hit-Or Else!

By WILLIAM M. JENVEY

ANY YEARS AGO, old professional hunter T. Mur• The first incident happened down in the Yaida Valley in M ray Smith told me, "One learns something new on the days when only the bold ventured over the valley rim every safari; if not about game, then about people." He and faced the appalling, boulder strewn track. Few safaris was right. I have found that one can add an "est" to nearly got down without bursting at least a tyre, and none got every safari, too. Either about the safari itself, or about back up without trouble. Since then, a decent road has been the clients or the game, a safari will be remembered as the made, and bush clearing for tsetse fly -control has altered longest, the shortest, the best, the worst, the closest, the the valley's appearance; but in those days it was truly wild. hardest, the easiest-or something. These stories are about It was from a camp in this valley that Murray led his client "the closest" ... the close calls with death. up to a rhino as it fed along between clumps of thick bush. Every professional hunter has been asked what animal He worked his way carefully to one side and, when a clear he thinks is most dangerous: elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, shot presented itself, told the sportsman to shoot. On the or buffalo? With most, the title probably goes to the animal shot, the rhino took off, snorting loudly and bearing to the which came nearest to "getting" the hunter concerned. The right around a thick clump of bush which hid it from view. old pre-historic looking rhino comes well down on most Murray, then an agile 65 or so, dived around the other professionals' list. It has the weight and speed, but lacks in side of the bush, expecting to wham it as it went past. But brain power. But, and here is a point: given the right things didn't work out as planned. The rhino was diving circumstance he can be as deadly as any! The above men• around the bush too, real close, hugging the bush like tioned Capt. Murray Smith can testify to this, and did. Two Murray. was. They met head on. Murray had guessed incidents moved old jaru from low to high on Smith's list. wrong once, and he guessed wrong again as he frantically

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 23 dug his heels in. There was a grass covered pig-hole in front of him and over he went! A shot from his .416, fired somehow as he fell, did not stop the rhino's horn from ripping his thigh open. Before more damage was done, the client, who was up to the occasion, killed the hostile animal. Murray never attached much importance to this incident. After all, a pig-hole could be anywhere and rhinos are so clottish they may decide to run in any direction when hit. But the second time, the rhino was not even hit. In the thick bush country near Voi, on the track of a bull elephant, Murray, his client, gunbearers, and tracker passed up-wind of a cow rhino and her calf. First indica• tion of trouble was the sound of crashing brush, then the snorting of the cow as she came straight up wind. The native boys disappeared. Quickly, he positioned his client behind a handy tree, himself moving behind a small but thickly leafed bush. The sound was very close now and to Old faru moved to top of white hunter's "danger" list Murray it appeared that the rhinos would storm past along when rhino unpredictably drove through brush, instead of circling it, put battered hunter Murray in hospital. a game trail a few feet away. The calf did, but not the cow. She bored clean through Murray's bush! ... Next day, in hospital for his second stretch within a couple of months, Murray stated, "I'll shoot the next bloody rhino that just looks at me!" In the right (or wrong) circumstances, I think anyone of these dangerous animals can be just as dangerous as another. Because of its nature and speed, when wounded, the leopard is the one most likely to reach the hunter who is following up. One may get clawed badly, but is less likely to be killed, simply because of the average leopard's lack of weight. A lion is a different proposition. Although a bigger target, he has to be stopped when he charges, because, if his charge gets home, one clout from a paw is enough. It was a lion which gave me my biggest fright. When learning this business of professional hunting, one has to decide fairly early what type of heavy rifle to use, magazine or double. I decided after witnessing an incident Pre-dawn safari camp is idyllic. peaceful, but day may in which my mentor, Murray, figured. On that safari were hold high adventure or sudden death in tangle with game. two young Americans in their (Continued on page 52)

Plain Westley Richards (top) or engraved India Royal Holland & Holland differ in finish but both throw massive .470-.465 slugs to put down Afri• can heavy game with knockout one-two punches.

London's John Rigby, "riflemakers to H.M. the Queen," build light .275's for deer stalking and heavy double .470s (shown) for Africa.

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of America Officers Association National Police

Gerald S. Arenberg Secretary Executive States: in the United America Control Association of Firearms Police Officers the National President Position of J. Schira. that an The by Frank fence we feel . to sit on a character Without appearing and of good the legis• of voting age restriction a forces meet in American citizen without two opposing capitol to the right to purchase or a like item VERY YEAR and in our should have rifle, shotgun, E nation's states control I revolver. A record of our control. By handgun, pistol, government body. latures of firearms the right by a intended use. ponder the question who shall have without interference number. its be to determine we are asked the s'erial might mean the power rifles. In turn. of the purchased, from tl1e weapon handguns and a representative a test bullet as an aid in solving to purchase the matter as and perhaps department in the our position in throughout for the police to the firearm to state enforcement officers required be traced in the of law crimes that might of firearms of thousands We any place the purchase some cases United States. thought. future. But to ~ive cause in the the matter considerable official would We have given on the subject. hands of one read many views purchase of by volun• heard and to restrict the to abuse. has been written llave proposals are officers and of our nation The pro· Some of the to police The history on their own weapons. (such as revolvers) department. The who relied that of necessity handguns by the police teer militia so few in number cap• as licensed character of each soldiers are who are such persons check into the place fessional on trained volunteers threat involve a is intended to must depend today with the latter would a purchase and In they firearms. Even millions of making such and honest citizens. able of handling knowledge that person hands of good to one de• H·Bombs, the throughout the firearms in the a system exists of gigantic stored in homes from and states such however, that of all sizes are an aggressor many cities vary so much, state firearms well discourage back by another. The laws to another States might of fighting gree or when he travels United be the means hesitates shores. It would war or invasion. the citizen (in our in time of clubs and his firearm. of firearms civilian population of gun to' carry is the registration tile the upon thousands These proposal This gives vVe have thousands the United States. Another a voluntary program). to \vhom throughout strengthened cities this is and sporting groups years have some the weapons purchased in the last few youth of a record of men and women safety. to the police the right to teach gun to rob and were sold. would abolish their programs that uses a' gun they stronger laws their use every criminal armed citizens Advocates of all and limit America. For number of firearms at ten times that capturing these citizens to have hand such organizations .kill, we have the police in of On the other the right able to assist to police officers. advocate who are they are armed. the Rifle Association of the killers because hammer of as the ational arms" as a guarantee potential around the own• to "bear foolish to limit not tie red tape women from of the individual that it's plain as a Let's good men and in every Others say to policemen and restrict strong Constitution. of firearms of handgun must keep American use and purchase and accessibility ing firearms: We of tile "Minuteman" tl1e violent deaths to use for away the heritage we are to reduce wants a gun way and to take an aid to the enemy means If a man to is foolish and to criminals. a gun is not enough by such laws crime. firearms against having under• in our war against crime, a law through fighting daily a its use or availability deter him from world sources.

tell guns are a enforce. When do-gooders tho you that nat~~nace to law ment, show them by the of the fo,'s statement And i/ as.sociation men responsible enforcement. ' un legislation head in law st ant/'g rears its ugly present this "in evidence" olic your area, wit ahtement from -and ask any eh~p~.ne~t of the bill strays so far betef f Y e the aVowed o IS gUIld."

1959 GUNS • SEPTEMBER 25 By GEORGE McKENNA

UAIL HUNTERS are complaining that the Qbirds are gone. "It ain't like the old days," they tell. "The birds just ain't there. Either a disease has killed them off, or imported birds like the coturnix and those ground-running scaled ones have driven the native 'bob-whites' off." They're all wrong. The quail are still here; it's just that they have changed their habits and old hunting methods won't work any more. It used to be that quail hunting was a com· Moving into cover after Bob White are hunters who find paratively easy-going sport for open country. When altered farming methods have driven quail to the brush. I was a boy, we hunted with big boned dogs that

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26 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 worked well ahead of the guns, and almost all of the shots were made in the open. After a covey rise, the singles would go down close enough so we could mark where they landed and go right after them. All of this is changed now, and I think the change is because farming methods have become so dif• ferent. Quail like weed seeds. Extensive checks by game biologists have proved that ragweed seeds make up a major item in the quail's diet during the hunting season. Along with weeds to eat, they need good heavy cover in which they can hide from their enemies. Both the heavy cover and weeds used to be found on small farms where mules and human muscles provided the 'power for farm work. Thick hedge• Discontinued doubles plus AyA, Beretta, Franchi imports are rows were common, and crops were often left stand• most popular quail guns in Virginia and upper South today. ing after they ripened, giving birds both food and cover until the farmer could get around to his harvest. low, the average farm is much larger, the old combination of food and cover. These were the only places, fences and hedgerows have been ripped out, and with the exception of managed game preserves, where I found the farm field may reach a mile or more between quail plentiful. covers. Pastures are clipped close; tilled land is Hunting here is completely different from hunting in open cultivated by tractors; weeds are kept out; crops farmland. This land is rough, badly eroded, chopped with are harvested as soon as they are ripe by machines deep gulleys. Stumps are hidden under the honeysuckle vines, which leave nothing in the fields except stubble. and there are piles of brittle top wood from the cut trees and a Often large amounts of shattered grain are left, tight growth of brush and scrub trees and briars through which but no amount of grain can keep quail on the land dogs and hunters must fight. Leather faced brush pants are if there isn't enough cover. almost essential; and the wide-ranging dog that used to be so A few landowners who like to hunt, or who good out in the open fields won't help you here. Visibility is realize the value of birds in controlling insects, try cut to well under SO yards in most places, and to a matter of to remedy the situation by making plantings of only a few feet in many. 0 matter (Continued on page 37) cover crops along the edges of cultivated fields and in clearings. If they are left standing all winter, and if the cover is really adequate, these plantings can be a big help in keeping quail around. As yet, how• ever, they have been made on much too small a scale to have any great effect on the quail popula• tion. This means that the man who wants to hunt quail will simply have to forget about the farming country where he used to find birds, and go where they have gone. That's what I did last season. The first areas I hunted were the tracts of mature woodland near farming sections. I found a few quail here, but not enough. I think those quail were only there by chance, perhaps fleeing from fields that had just been stripped bare of cover, but not finding enough of food in the woods to make their new home. The only places I did find the birds in lar

FINDING BEST COMPROMISE BETWEEN POWER, DEPENDABILITY, AND

SIZE GOVERNS CHOICE OF PLAINCLOTHES GUN

By ALLAN SKELTON

Photos By H. A. Tuck

HE average police officer, arriving home after a day of Tpounding the pavement, is ready and eager to shuck off his heavy Sam Brown and service revolver. When he dons mufti for a trip to the supermarket, he ponders with some· thing less than relish the regulation which requires him to tote his artillery. His big revolver is a tough item to pack when the object is to keep it out of view. The long handle of the arm, perhaps made larger with hand-filling grips, is as conspicuous as rat sign in the sugar bowl, whether the iron is stuffed in the waistband, slung under the arm, or attached to the pants belt in a cutaway holster. And dropping the big persuader into the side pants pocket leaves the cop in danger of finding his trousers at half· Off-duty officer needs small-butt pocket revolver mast, to say nothing of the likelihood of ripping the pocket which packs punch. Skelton carries nickel Colt .38. out with the hammer spur, if a quick draw is attempted.

28 GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 Small town officers who are nut bound by departmental able attacks, are making many good cItIzens, men and rules to carry weapons at all times, still face the same women alike, consider the desirability of "carrying the problem, for different reasons. Recognized by one and all difference." Here again, a large holstered gun draws sus• as "the law," the law enforcement officer of a small town picion, even police interference. or community is frequently called to duty from church, There is nothing wrong, per se, with the concealed weap• the movies, or anywhere he may be found. Not knowing on; the wrong depends on the intent of the wearer. In what he will face on such a call, it is imperative that this some states and many municipalities, laws make it "wrong" officer be armed, and a bulky, eye.catching gunbelt is not to carry any concealed weapon; but weapons for self desirable. defense have been carried, concealed or otherwise, since And, let's face it, police in plain clothes are not the time immemorial. Since small firearms came into existence, only ones to whom ways to carry a gun concealed are of they have been so used. Stagecoach riders in England interest. The prevalence of hitch·hike murder and kid• and the Colonies looked with favor on large caliber, single napping, of gang muggings and unprovoked and unpredict. shot, flintlock pistols, often carried in pairs. The invention

Hideaway battery includes author's nickel Colt Detective Special .38 which won't rust in pocket. Steel Chief's (left). and Airweight (top). Bodyguard with cut guard and Herrett grips, and M & P 2" with Pachmayr adaptor, are good pocket guns.

GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 29 of the percussion cap meant more dependable ignition for the pocket gun (flintlocks were prone to twist in the pocket and spill the priming charge), and the famous Deringer pocket guns came into being. Those wanting more accu• racy than afforded by these stubby pocket cannons some• times carried a pair of percussion duellers, .40 to .50 caliber, inserted in the armholes of their waistcoat in much the same position as the later-developed shoulder holster. The Civil War found military men on both sides packing small caliber rimfire Smith & Wesson revolvers as "insur- . ance." Although lacking in power, this little spitfire was a sought after article, owing to its use of self-contained Old time belly gun for maximum effect in minimum pack• ammunition. ages is Frontier Colt .45 with barrel taken off frame. Every lover of firearms history is familiar with the still• popular .41 Remington over-under and its dwarf cartridges. Kept alive by tales of western derring-do, it is still packed by belly gunners and little old ladies with lace shirtwaists and steely eyes. It was, and is, woefully inadequate as a COAT POCKET DRAW serious defense weapon. During one period on the Arizona border I toted one as a second to my holstered .357 Mag• num-until a practice shot which stuck about 14 inch into a telephone pole, leaving the hollow base of the slug exposed for all to see, convinced me that the .41 short rim• fire was not a load on which to bet my blue chips. The range for this eye-opening shot was three feet. From Reconstruction days until the early 20th century, those wanting a small hideaway gun chose from the rimfire, and later centerfire, .22's, .32's, .38's, and .41's. These were produced in large quantities by Colt in their Cop and Thug and Cloverleaf models, by Smith and Wesson with their old tip-up and later break-top versions, by Hopkins and Allen with their finely made Merwin and Hulbert single Pocket pistol is actions, and by many other smaller companies. drawn from inside Until the coming of the .38 Special with its smokeless jacket in surprise powder loadings, no production model pocket gun using move. Coat is first 1 metallic cartridges was manufactured that could be relied pulled open by hand.•• on as a manstopper. The only possible exception to this would be the little-known Sheriff's Model Single Action Army Colt in .45, .44-40, and (Continued on page 45)

... And muzzle of revolver ... Which curls around .38 Left hand falls away as 2 grasped, and pulled out in• 3 in swift gesture substi• 4 right hand secures hold to waiting right palm ... tuting surprise for speed. to trigger the "snub" gun.

30 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 . Look at those~Laws! Half ton of British,; Columbia grizzly is tough trophy for light" sp~rter.

• • WHERE AND HOW PART II: SHEEP, BEAR, AND GOAT TROPHIES DON'T COME EASY.

WHERE THEY ARE, THE GOING IS ROUGH

By BERT POPOWSKI

HEREAS THE DEER HUNTERS trample each other for W shooting room, the sheep.goat.bear breeds of trophy hunters have the country pretty much to themselves. The raw ruggedness of the sport sees to that; it separates the men from the boys so rapidly that only a handful of the thousands that start out ever get to where the top trophies live. It isn't enough that the hunter of these species have a fine rifle, excellent optical accessories, and a willing.to.learn receptiveness; he must also have a good heart, good lungs, good legs and a willingness to use them-s~amina to endure some privation, and a certain mental stability that will not desert him under pressure. For this type of hunting may take a man into country so rugged that he must camp with only the barest necessities (sleeping bag, fire, and scant food), and in extreme cases he may have to do without even these. He may Few hunters ever see goat this close, have to inch his way along treacherous trails where a slip could and this one won't stay long. He's a tumble him hundreds of feet to his death. Or he may have to face a you.ellrn.it.if.you.get.it mountain trophy. bear that would like nothing better than to swing a left hook, with

GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1959 31 Record goat has only 12" horns, but the hunter who tops it will have to match a big billy's own climbing skill.

the hunter's head as the target. Under such circumstances, it is plain stupid for one or two hunters, strangers to the country, to try it on their own. Big sheep trophies, highly prized by hunters, are They must have a woods- and mountain-wise guide. A good found in high back-country "where weather i's born." one is worth his weight in gold. Without a proper guide, the mountain hunting of sheep, goats, and bear can be fraught with frustrations and assorted dangers. All three of these species require a good, sound rifle of proven caliber, one that can perform well up to maximum ranges. This is no sport for the testing of unproven and unfamiliar armament. Most of the shots will be well inside Neither size of track nor the 200-yard range, and some of the most critical ones may size of bear necessarily be at 50 to 100 yards. But your only chance for a fine indicates rank of trophy; trophy may be too far out for any but the finest, long• size of skull only counts. Best hunter can do is pick reaching rifle, so you should go well-heeled. biggest male bear in sight You sometimes get some odd shots in this kind of hunt• and hope skull measures up. ing. A sheep-hunting friend once killed a pair of fine rams on a ledge only 30 feet below the rock catwalk on which he was standing. At the opposite extreme, another friend and I took a portly billy goat at an estimated 425 yards, and at a 45-degree angle above us. When he went down, it took us an hour and a half to climb up to where he lay, within eight feet of a 90-foot sheer drop. All of these species can be mighty tough to find and even harder to kill. A keen-eyed sheep may be located in such a spot that it cannot be approached to any but extreme range. Goats, on a pound-for-pound basis, can be terrifically tough to bring down, even after the hunter has worked his way on feet, hands, and finger-tips to the cliffs and crags on which they live. And a grizzly, or an Alaskan Brownie, has a barrelful of courage and the physical equipment to make taking him a job of steady nerves and cool marks• manship. Taking all these things together, the hunter of sheep, goats, and bear needs a substantial supply of what is delicately referred to as "intestinal fortitude," plus gun skill. If he is short on either commodity, he'd better stick to other types of hunting.

32 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 Snow-filled high mountain canyons sometimes Big American lion may measure 9' tip to tip, are also found smooth hunter's way but may prove hazardous. in rugged country, are usually hunted on horseback with dogs.

Even the weather in such country can be a real hazard. I once spent a 20-below-zero night in the shelter of two Sheep, goat, and bear live in country where weather is spruce trees, three of us taking turns in one lone sleeping born. I've seen a placid and sun-smiling day turn into a bag spread on a cedar-bough bed to keep it off the ice-hard heavy wind-driven snowfall that was as blinding as a snow. We could have camped in far more comfort in a blanket. Concealed behind high and spiny ridges of rock, valley a half-mile away, but if we had we might have the Weatherman can, with little warning, turn into a spooked (or been spooked by!) a grizzly the guide had treacherous assassin. described as being "As big as a (Continued on page 48)

Black bear, including his cinnamon and brown color phases, is found in great number over wide areas. This 325 pound black was taken by Chet Kimble with .30-06.

GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 33 OF

Russians are not the only ones, nor the first, to try up• THE OLD • THE NEW • THE UNUSUAL side-down guns. Cut-out in stock permits removal of bolt.

UNIQUE UPSIDE·DOWN ENFIELD IS ONE

SOLUTION TO lEFT·HANDERS· BOLT ACTION PROBLEM

By JOHN P. NORTON

ERTAINLY one of the most unusual rear by running the rod through a hole C solutions to the problem of bolt that extends lengthwise through the stock. action rifles for left-handed shooters is The magazine has five shot capacity, this upside-down Enfield. In spite of its the barrel measures 21 Jh inches, and the appearance, the rifle handles rather well. rifle weighs SVz pounds. Loading is done from the top through The identity of the imaginative maker is a hinged floor plate. To prevent the cart• not known, but the rifle has account- ~ ridges from falling all the way through ed for many Idaho deer and elk. ~ when the bolt is open, a piece of steel was carefully fitted over the loading port from the receiver ring to the clip slots. The rear sight ears have been milled off to form a flat base for the trigger assem• bly. A hook shaped piece of steel fitted to the top of the cocking piece forms the sear. While smooth, the trigger pull is long and soft; but since the action of the trigger is clearly visible, it is possible to get a clean, crisp let-off by taking up the trigger until you can see that it is about to disengage, then aim and apply the last ounces of pressure. There is no safety. The front sight is adjustable for eleva• tion. It is three inches high in the lowest position, and four and one-half inches high when fully extended. The rear sight is adjustable for elevation and windage, and is mounted just to the rear of the magazine with wood screws. There is barely enough room in the cut out portion of the stock to remove the Holding left-handed gun right-handed, bolt. The rifle can be cleaned from the author vouches for rifle's efficiency.

34. GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 James guns at Huntington are New Model Remington .44 and 1853 Lefaucheux 12 mm. with added spring ejector.

By HERMAN P. DEAN

WHEN THE JAMES GANG ROBBED

HUNTINGTON. WEST VIRGINIA. BANK.

THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM

THESE TWO GUNS. NOW DISPLAYED IN HUNTINGTON GALLERIES

HEN THE JESSE JAMES gang rode through Hunt• is some doubt whether or not "the James boys" themselves W ington, West Virginia, at high noon on September actually participated in this particular hold-up. Some au• 6, 1875, they took with them $14,000 from the Bank of thorities contend that they sent their men into Huntington Huntington safe, and they left behind them three mementos and joined them later, after the robbery. of this daring robbery: three revolvers-one a Colt, an• One of the leaders of the outlaw gang was a man named other a Remington Civil War army-type percussion, and Webb, who carried the Remington percussion pistol now on the other a French Lefaucheux. The Colt is owned by a display at Huntington Galleries. Webb was later captured Charleston, West Virginia, collector. The Remington and by a Tennessee sheriff while having his horse shod in a the Lefaucheux are among the exhibits on display at blacksmith shop. This was shortly after the Huntington Huntington Galleries. The guns were dropped on the floor robbery, and $5,000.00 in currency was recovered from the of the bank vault at the time of the robbery, and were money belt he wore when arrested. Webb was brought back important items of the evidence which secured a conviction to Huntington, tried for his part in the robbery, and sen· for the members of the robbery band who were appre• tenced to twenty years in the West Virginia penitentiary. It hended. is recorded that he served his term as a model prisoner and History records that the Huntington robbery gang was afterwards took up religious work and became a minister of led by the James brothers, Jesse and Frank. However.- there the gospel in his declining years. (Continued on page 36)

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 35 Cole Younger, another westerner of bank robbing fame, is reputed to have been a member of the gang that robbed the Bank of Huntington, but he was never tried. John Hooe Russell was President of the Bank of Huntington at the time of the rob· bery and Robert T. Oney was Cashier. The robbers came into Huntington on horseback and tied their horses at the hitching rack in front of the bank. Mr. Ru sell was at lunch at the time, but Mr. Oney, the Cashier, was held up at gunpoint and required to produce a key that locked the bank's safe. The robbers were professional and they executed their job with dispatch and without fanfare, leaving the bank quickly to mount their horse. But in the excitement of making their getaway, they did drop the three guns mentioned in this report. MINI G OPERAnON helps support Championships have been won by shooters They rode toward Fourpole Creek and A the Amateur Trapshooting Association, competing from a wheel chair, or with an through WayRe County, West Virginia, in the governing organization of trapshooting in arm, leg, or eye missing. An oil millionaire, the direction of Louisa, Kentucky, on a route the United States. an interior decorator, and a metal plater which eventually led them into Southern The ATA rarely makes a profit from con• squared away for a shootoff in one event, Kentucky and Tennessee. John Hooe Russell, ducting the annual Grand American Tourna• which went to the metal plater. One major president of the bank, had left a very fine ment, but it does receive some income from title went to a truck driver who stopped his ivory-handled revolver on his desk when he an unusual mining process. No, ATA offi· rig long enough to pick up a fat bonus for left the bank for lunch. One of the robbers cials did not invest shooters' funds in mining his day's work. spied this and stole the revolver. It was reo stock, nor did some ATA member bequeath The Grand is homecoming for shooters covered when Webb was arrested. shares in a lead mine to his favorite organi• and their families from widely separated John R. Gibson was one of the several zation. But it can be said truthfully that the areas of the country, who see each other local persons who witnessed the robbery in ATA is in the lead mining business. only at the Grand, and look forward to the detail. He reported that the four men who Each year, after the Grand American Tour• meeting from year to year. entered the bank wore broadbrimmed hats nament is held, the soil in front of seven of For these and other reasons, it's clear that and linen dusters and were otherwise attired the thirty-six trap field is mined to recover no one can capture all the appeal of the in western style. This same quartet had been lead deposited there during the fabulous Grand in words. You owe yourself and your observed on the streets of Huntington for a shooting event. Over a five·year cycle, thirty. family a trip to the Grand. This year, the week, casing the bank. They de cribed them· five of the thirty·six traps are mined. The 60th, would be appropriate. And, who can selves as callIe buyers and horse traders. annual yield is from 25 to 30 tons of shot. say that you will not be the winner, after all Gibson reported that the most frightened man If this sounds like a major mining opera• the shooters have made their deposit in the on the cene of the robbery wa Jim Carter, tion, it is because 1,400.000 shotgun shells ATA's lead mine? Lead is supposed to be the bank's colored porter who walked into are fired during the Grand, and that's a lot a base metal, but it can be gold for you. the bank from the post office in the midst of shot! Could be that prices on the lead o 0 0 of the robbery. If so, Carter wa not alone. market might even fluctuate as a result of Tryouts for a skeet team to represent the The James brothers and Cole Younger and harvesting lead from the 60th annual Grand National Skeet Shooting Association and the their bank robbing gang threw fear into the American, held this year from August 21 United States in the Pan·American Games hearts of thousands along the we tern fron• through August 29 at the Vandalia, Ohio will be held Sunday and Monday following tier before their reign ended, and the Hunt• grounds, because the 60th Grand is expected the 1959 NSSA World Championship skeet ington robbery was only one of a great many to surpass all the records set in earlier tour• tournament at the Princess Anne Gun Club, similar episode allributed to them. naments. Lynnhaven, Virginia, Aug. 2-8. The Pan• During the Grand American Handicap event American skeet shooting championships will The Remington and Lefaucheaux guns in on Friday of 1958's shoot, 2,202 shooters he hosted by Chicago's Lincoln Park Gun the Huntington Galleries, and the Colt in fired 100 shots each between the hours of Club on Chicago's lake front, August 27 to Charle ton, are I he only tangible mementos eight A.M. and six P.M. It is expected that September 7. keet shooters will want to of the robbery, with the exception of a few 2,500 gunners will toe the mark in the 1959 arrange summer vacation tours to include silver dollars which pioneer citizens of ad· running of this, the oldest participation sport Virginia hospitality and a swing to the joining Wayne County, West Virginia, claim in the United States excepting tennis. A booming Windy City. were given out by the retreating gang. national tennis tournament was held in 1881, 000 The arms collection in Huntington Galler• which predates the Grand; but the tennis It's a big year for all the clay target gun• ies i reputed to be one of the best to be tournaments were suspended during some ners, what with the 60th Grand, the NSSA found in any museum in the country, and war years, and the Grand wasn't. No other World event for the first time in Virginia, has been the leading attraction of the Gal• sport equals the record of trap in holding and the Pan-American Garnes in the nation's leries. People have come from most of the 60 consecutive annual tournaments. heartland. The boom is on, literally and states and from several foreign countries to Thousands of words have been written and figuratively. view the display, which i designed primarily spoken in an attempt to portray the color, o 0 0 to illu trate fine art in arms manufacture the excitement, and the unpredictability of Production lines in Chicago will soon buzz and to portray the progre s of unusual fire· the Grand. Trapshooting is for the most part with talk of missed (or hit) right-angle arm evolution through different types of an individual sport. Age, sex, physical hand• target, slow and/or fast pulls, handicap mech:mism. The historic angle of the firearms icaps and financial status have no bearing yardages, or station eight troubles. Hilldale, collection is only incidental to its total pur• on the final results. Only twice in the sixty formerly Fieldale, is opening its fabulous pose; but in addition to the James gang years has a nationally known shooter won the shooting facilities to the industrial leagues. guns, there are numerous other firearms of richest event of the tournament, the Grand The Hilldale Club, on Illinois Route 72, historic significance: a rifle ewned by Daniel American Handicap Championship, which just north of Route 58, was purchased from Boone, another owned by Simon Kenton, a will be held this year on Friday, August 28. the former operator, Marshall Field & Co., Winchester owned by Johnson Hatfield and In all other years, some unknown shooter, and is open to the public for clay target used in the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, and "shooting over his head," won the event. and simulated game hunting from Wednesday an elaborately engraved double barrel shot• In 1958, Emerson Clark, the first Canadian through Sunday of each week. The National gun given to an American major by Herman to win the biggest event, fired a score of 99 Industrial Recreation Association in Chicago Goering just before this German warlord to win. His average for 1958, including the is carrying the word of Hilldale's invitation committed suicide in Nuremberg ~ pot-winning 99, was a modest 86. In 1957, to production line sportsmen via ~ prison following World War II. ~ his year's norm was an unexciting .8266. newsletter. ~

36 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 NEW QUIRKS FOR QUAIL both have pistol grip stocks which I also slimmed down to fit my hand and checkered. (Continued from page 27) Both of them fit me right and point naturally. how good the dog may be at finding birds, Both were faster handling than any other he will be just a hindrance if he goes on U.S. made guns I tried, but they were still point out of sight and you have to spend just a bit slower than the two old side-by-side most of the day finding him. doubles. The dog that worked best for us was a I made no attempt to time the shots with Brittany spaniel. This one was a natural-born a stop watch, but I did notice the range brush dog who actually preferred to squirm at which the first shot killed a bird. The through briar patches and brush heaps when 20 gauge with the 26 inch barrels consist• it would have been easier to go around them. ently dropped the first bird a few feet closer He worked slowly, checking every scent care• than any of the others. The 12 gauge Ithaca fully before he moved in on it. By staying dropped that first bird next closest, but with within sight all the time and working the its tighter chokes it also missed more birds, tightest of the covers thoroughly, he found and sometimes shot the ones it hit all to birds and gave us shots when the wide• pieces. The 16 gauge Remington was third, ranging dogs ,vere useless. and the 12 gauge Remington with the Com• Although the dog should be one that pensator was fourth, with both of these works slowly, the hunter has to keep. himself guns making more kills than the tight-bored ready to go into action fast once the dog has Ithaca and not shooting up the birds so pointed. The coveys held well for us last badly. year, but every covey wa in such tight This convinced me that, for this kind of cover that we had only an instant between shooting, guns must be very well balanced covey-rise and covey-gone. The only chance and feel exactly 'right' to the shooter. Since for a shot was on rise, during that one brief I am small in build and fairly light in second before the birds disappeared. weight, I need a short stocked, light gun. I noticed that if an opening through the A heavier man with long arms would prob• brush was handy, some of the birds always ably find himself handicapped with any gun took it. If there wasn't any opening, they soon as we came in sight, well out of range, that fits me. A light gun, however, is un• usually rose straight up to go over the but they were an indication that the rest questionably faster than a heavy one. The brush. They went over bushy young pine of the covey was somewhere nearby. If half Remington and Ithaca slide action guns fill trees too; but with the young hardwoods, an hour or more had passed from the time this bill about as well as any shotguns they had a tendency to duck neatly under the covey had been Rushed, the birds on currently being made in the U.S., with the lower branches, just skimming the the ground were likely to hold fairly well for the exception of the Winchester Model 21. ground as they twisted and swerved. Picking the dog. If it was only a few minutes from The Remington and Ithaca slide actions, out these possible routes before moving in the time covey had been flushed, they were and old side-by-side doubles made by to Rush helps in making the shots. Doing much more likely to be wild and take off Parker, L. C. Smith, Ithaca, LeFevre, and this, the hunter can be ready to swing his as soon as a dog hunted anywhere near them. similar makers now out of business, are gun muzzle for an opening. The same thing applied if one bird had the most popular guns among quail hunters The singles offered an even greater variety been shot at within a couple hundred feet. in the upper South today. Such imported of shots than did the coveys. At first, we With the singles, as with the coveys, it was doubles as those made by Beretta of Italy simply couldn't find any singles. We tried necessary to move in ready for instant action. and AyA of Spain, and the Browning light• hunting straight ahead in the direction the This means with both hands in shooting weight over-under, are also well adapted to birds had been Rying when they disappeared. position on the gun, and the gun muzzle up this use. The only auto-loader I tried that We tried hunting on angles and in wide to clear the brush. With a double, the thumb had a good 'feel' for me was the Browning circles, all without success. Finally, we should be on the safety, and the forefinger 20 gauge. This gun has plenty of killing tried quail calls. should be against the trigger guard, ready power for these short range shots on quail, The calls did not work well early in the to slide in to the trigger as the gun is and a 28 gauge would probably do equally day. But from about three o'clock in the brought up. With a slide action or auto• well in the hands of someone thoroughly afternoon on, the time when quail normally loading shotgun, the forefinger should be on familiar with it. begin to covey up for the night, they answer• the safety button, ready to press it off and Before the season started, I tried out half ed. The sound they answered was not the slide in to the trigger while the gun muzzle a dozen commercial loads in my three guns, familiar 'bob-bob-white' which sings all is swinging into line with the bird. But patterning them on brown wrapping paper. through the spring and early summer; it's keep that safety on until the very last instant! The Remington Target Loads with number a much different sound, one which can best In this tight cover, it is easy to fall. When 9 shot made the most even patterns in all be learned by following the directions that you fall, the gun can go off by accident. three guns. This is the load with the equiva• come with the calls. All of this shooting is so fast that, in my lent of 3 drams of powder and Ilh ounces The method we worked out for using a opinion, no gun can equal a well balanced of shot in the 12 gauge, and the equivalent can was simply to go to the spot where the side-by-side double with 26 inch barrels, of 2% drams of powder and an ounce of birds from a Rushed covey had disappeared, bored improved cylinder and modified choke, shot in the 16 gauge. Next in pattern per• then sit and wait ten or fifteen minutes to or even cylinder and improved cylinder. On formance, and best with number 8 shot, was give the birds time to quiet down again. a couple of the hunts I used a borrowed Le• the Winchester Ranger field load with the Then we hunted in a wide circle, using the Fevre 20 gauge, with 26 inch barrels bored same shot and powder charge for the 12 call at intervals of several minutes. When a improved cylinder and modified. It was by gauge. The Remington field load and num• quail answered the call, we took the dogs far the fastest handling gun I used all season. ber 8 shot ranked second with the 16. I did to the spot the answer came from and I also used an old Ithaca 12 gauge side-by• not have an opportunity to pattern any loads hunted in another wide circle around it. side double of my own, with 28 inch barrels for the 20. I simply borrowed the gun and We found that the birds usually Rew half a bored modified and full choke; a Remington used Remington field loads with number 9 mile or more from the spot where they had 870 16 gauge slide action with a 26 inch shot, getting excellent results_ been flushed. They generally landed in thick plain barrel bored improved cylinder; and The differences between various makes of cover, spread through an area of several a Remington 870 12 gauge with a Cutts shotgun shell that I tried was slight, much acres, with occasionally one or two singles Compensator on the ribbed barrel. (The total less than the differences between the pat• going out into open fields near the cut-over length with the spreader tube in place is terns thrown by various sizes of shot. I am land_ only 25% inches.) Both of these Remington positive that number 9 is perfectly adequate The singles often flushed wild, in contrast guns were new. Recoil pads had been install• for quail. They're easy birds to kill at these to the coveys which held well to the point. ed on both stocks after they were shortened short ranges, usually well under 20 yards. They might be found practically anywhere, to give a total length of pull of 13%, inches. The trick is to hit them. For that, the full, even in the tops of small trees. The birds that Both guns have beavertail forends which even patterns thrown by number 9's ~ landed in trees generally Rew off again as I slimmed down a bit and checkered, and worked best for me. ~

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6.5x55 (SWEDISH MAUSER) ••• $7.50 HCl'e it is! The finest 6,5x55 cal'tl'idR'e ever developed WORLD'S GREATEST PISTOLS! and manufactured by those ever·lovin' Swedes to, stan':l. al'ds unsurpassed anywhcl'c on earth, A real ~\\'cl'dle by any standard at a GIVEAWAY price for thl"!'tc fine Swcdish Mausers and NorweR'!an Krags, 1,68 G~', bullet and supel'b bl'ass cases assure JOyous reloadmjf with PI'~P' WORLD'S LOWEST PRICES! el' components for yeUI'S to come, A truly tetTlflc bal'gam! RARE ENFIELD NO, 4 MATCH RIFLES At An Unprecedented $24.95! :P5MM ITALIAN IN CLIPS ••• $7.50 Think of it! Match grade Royal Enfield No, 4s with all precise sniper MOST ARE NRA EXCELLENT. Finest quality !'c('ent d"te Issue ball ammo in ORIGlNAL features, but without scopes, and only $24.95! Never such a preciSion Only $14.95 up-why pay more elsewhere. 6 I'd CLIPS at the lowest price ever offered, Others sell rifle bargain before, and never again-Order Now while small supply the clips alone for morc than we sell the ammo loaded stili on hand, Cal .303, and in Good to Very Good condition throughout In them. 128-gor, ol'te:ln:rl issue ball round , .• the fir~t Add $4.00 for special selected specimen. Don't confuse Old Hunter On hand for immediate delivery-order from this ad! of the new 'short cartridgoes' and still among' the flnest. ::f~~~a~~: P:;eat~e mb~~t~! r~I~~ ~~~h b~:~:ie~e~~jy o~~~~~ e~~~h~Yfl::-~hs~ (Send permit if your state or city requires) customest of all military custom rifles. Yours today while supply lasts! 7.65MM (.30) BELGIAN MAUSER $7.50 The collectol's' and shooters' find of the year <'!t lowest WEBLEY & SCOTT CAL••455 price evel' olfel'ed! The rarest and most deSlI'able of conlempOI'J\l'Y Mauser rounds available at last! ,FormerlY The pistol bargain of the year sold up to $1 per round, so stock UP now willIe sUI?ply Webley & Scott ,455 Revolvers lasts at this amazin~ price. Contemp,orary productlonl in NRA good condition at the 184 GI', Boat·tailed Bullets. What.a·glve.aw8Y. Today! unbelievable price of $14,95. Some NRA Very Good $19.95. •30 CALIBER M1 CARBINE •••• $5.00 IlH~V~!- ~~~AJu~ InNo~N:el ~~~Siiu~r:r b~~~arl;e h:aVri;e~ee.3d3e~t~~~~ Standard of the British Army. Ye Old Hunter left no stone unturned to bring you this (,455 Webley anlffiunition only Klcamingo late date ammunition. Maflufactur:ed in the i~!i,~I5~EYe~~fii~!~ l~~e, ~m~zr~~l c~~d~tr~~Cju~;i~O~~b[;~l i~tT~ir.~<:X $7.50 per 100.) On hand now. ~hese mid 40's. it Iitel'ally Sl>arkles as you Itft Lh.e lid C!n I'eudy fol' instant use as an ideal light weight sportcr (7 lbs.). kit gun. shiny hrllSS cases. No fUl'ther need to InqUIre; lhlS IS on hand ready to be sped on its morry way today! 1'01) ~"'ade! big' !Jol'e plinker, 01' valuable collectOl's item, Specially developed in W\VII as i.l fcathcnveij:{ht hard hitting combat carbine for Bt'itish Jungle AI'my in Asia and Afl'ica, Tt'emendous condition! A true Sporter! SMITH & WESSON .30·06 U.S COMMERCIAL ••••• $7.50 M&P CAL••38 S&W ~l~n~a t;l~~~I~\~~d ~Sii~~h~~h"!~!)C~~OSUb~'bV'p i'}l~fl~ t~~l i~~I~: Here it is! Why pay rnore else• & fectly nawlessly !Wcsct'ved brass cases, 20 ':d, Com· where? The popular S W 1l1c"l'cial Ot'ig'inal boxes, Manufactured In roaring- 20's Military & Police Re\-olver at and joyous 30's to delight the, expensive 50's with onlY$24,95 in NRA v.g. Some theit" unllclievahle eConomy unci discolored hues: Now!!! NRA Excellent only $29.95. Choice of 4, 5 or 6" barrels.

Now, the world fanlous Smith & Wesson 1917 Army at a price all can afford, This hard• hitting Army stand-by in NRA Very Good condition only $24.95 (.455 Webley Ammo. $7.50 per 100.) Top value!

BRITAIN'S BEST! Hel' lat.est and finest Enfield Service rifte, the ~e~:vi~ :,~c~Wg:;;~~, bayonet only $1,00 when ordered with rifle - wOI'tIl twice the price! Excellent only $39.95! Order nOw, A prizeyalue! (.45 ACP Ammo. only $5.00 per 100.) 8MM FRENCH LEBEL RIFLE ••• $5.50 MILITARY MAUSER Rill'Cst of thc rill'C arc L!lesc true 81llm Lebel rounds, Nickel plated 198 gl', hoal-tailed bullet a$sw'es funtustic CAL. 9MM LUGER 10nK rangc accuracy in those 8mm French 1'if!(!S aud Ci.U'· MK V-ONLY $19.95! bines chaml)el'cd fOl' this cartl'idge. Onlcl' now for your Rare version of the famous life's requil'emC'nts us at this I)l'ice this ammo give-'lway RAREST OF ALL ENFIELDS are these hithel'w·unknown experimental just CANNOT last. Famous Fl'cnch Fil'st! A tl'easuI'c! No, 1, Mk V's, PrOduced in the early 30s, they combine flawless MauseJ' Pistol in good condi• ~~~u~~fl~'\11~v~~,a~:'~~~~~SI~1~lU~~ot()"~'P~~CI~~~~p'h~n;;n~~y El~ri~~~~~ ;:g\~ tion only $29.95. A few select ONLY while limited supply lasts, ouly $19.95, A shooter s dl'eam, with condition speciInens included 9MM LUGER (PARABELLUM) ••• $5.00 he ,'are ii' Il'a e I' :e'vcr s' Tl' ,I rift man' m t! in this shi )ment at onlv 34,95, $29.95! At lust! Yow' favol'ite pistol cartl'idgc at an ausolutcly Ullhl:i.u't1-of l)arj.{ain J>I'lce, Fine origlllal assoned iS8Ut: 10(l(.Is fr'om the world's IllOst famous faClOl'ies to slide SPECIAL! LIMITED SUPPLY! through those no-lol1J!cl'-expensive-to-shoot 9mrn LUJ?;'ers. DI'owning-s, Radoms, Mausers, or what·have·you_ NOW!!! CUSTOM ROYAL ENFIELD SPORTERS • i P No. 1 MK III CAL••303 .44·40 WINCHESTER ••••••• $5.00 FOR THE FIHST TIME-IN LIMITED QUANTITIES! Vel')' I'al'e original 2 I 7 Gr, Bluck Powdel' loads with !>I'ass Your choice of either the No, 1 MI\:. 11101' No, 4 Royal cases but unbaxed, Functions in all modet'n guns as well Enfield, beautifully sporterized by the world-faluous as those choice old Colts and Winchestcl's. Any round Cogswell and Harrison gunsmiths, (England's pre- _ that f,lUS to fil'e is u ll'easul'e of reloading components. Huge new shipment permits this unp,'ecedented barR'ain, ll1iere gunlual\:ers)-and only $34,95! Both nlodels have been carefully selected for both' condition and beauty. .lA~ptCOLT Each has been cut down and reshaped by professional ,45 .AUTOMATIC •• $5.00 g'unsmiths and COMPLETELY refinished and reblued. Unbelievable discovery of enOl'mOllS underground supply Both are genuine factory cUStOlU con\'ersions and not permits this astonishing bargain for all YOU .45 shooters. No. 4 CAL. .303 All U. S, rnanufuctul'ed. late date and in sealed boxes to be confused with makeshift "cut-downs" advertised of 50. Not to be confused with our .45 "~UIJin ammo", at fantastic prices elsewhere, Insist on a Cogswell & ~~iS s~~uC~I~~sfu~Kdli~~ ~~d ~arii~R'n~~ ~~~imi~~k! U¥OD~{~ , \'~' , I

UIPORTANT INFORlIIATION! SAJ~ES TERlIIS-PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: All guns and ammo shipped RREXPRESS (Shipping Charges Collect) from Alexandria. Virginia. Send check or M.a. DO NOT SEND CASH. Sorry, NO COD'S. "Money's Worth or Money Back" guarantee when goods are returned prepaid within two days after receipt. When in the East visit Ye Old Hunter's fantastic arms center, located in historic Alexandria. THE GUN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. World's Biggest Arms House• World's Lowest Prices. Order now. Sales Limited to Continental United States! R'S BARG'AINS u.S. ARMYMODEL 1917 RIFLES All NRA Very good or better! CAL. 30-06 s! FINEST and lATEST U.S. Army Bolt Action Rifle!

• • fresh from government cases • • AND ONLY $27.951 RED OF PAYIXG ALIUOST lIl40 FOR A U.S. ARIUY .30-011 RIFLE? SURPLUS M1917 .30-06 rifles-famed Springfield/Mauser "speedlock" was YE OLD HUNTER, so he went out and now brings you this action designed to cock on closing, complete with precision micrometer PACE AGE" SPECIAL and U.S. ARMY MODERN .30-06 RIFLE GIVE- receiver sight (where it belongs!). For you telescope enthusiasts, the ITAY :WITHOUT PRECEDENT! The latest and last model U.S. Army bolt and safe are already designed for scope clearance. This super- l~ actlOIl .30-06 rifle, and strongest U.S. Army bolt action EVER made strength action can be converted to take virtually ANY cartridges but mg to Its DIPROVED SPRINGFIELD SPEED TYPE OF ACTION So it already shoots the BEST OI<' 'EM ALL, the fantastic U.S..30-06, your pocketbook bask in the reflected glow of the astonishing available in every spot in the good 01' U.S.A.! (The most highly developed momy of THIS rifle bargain, and load-up NOW ... U.S. ARMY cartridge ever made!) Bargain U.S. made M.C. ammo only $7.50 per 100. (A few "like mint" selected specimens on hand tor you ultimate Model '17 seek€;rs at only $5.00 additional.)

FROM JULY 4 TO * .* LABOR DAY ONLY *STUPENDOUS ~ PRICE SAL'E* PANCHO VILLA SPECIALS! AMMO SALE BARGAINS GIVE·AWAYS GALORE CAL. 7MM REMINGT9N ROLLING BLOCKS 6.5MM ITALIAN IN CLIPS ••• $7.50 Ye Old Hunter-still recovering from. Supero appearinR' original 6.3mm Italian ball loads for all those imported riftes. Packed In original 6 rd. cUps last year's give-away sale and only ready to use In all those Italian 6.:i mm riftes and eaJ'o ONLY 92¢ per lb.!!! blnes. Cheapest price ever offered for these magntftcent saved from complete bankruptcy by a appearing' cartrldR'es. Components alone worth doubler fantastic horse-trade in the Shetland TOTAL PRICE $8.28! Islands has the gall to again hazard Yes here it is the original "gun crank condition" 7mm Remingtc.on. 7MM MAUSER. IWIN. CTG. CO.) $2.50 You' can almost see the finger prints which the former fanatical Gorgeous original Winchester 7mm commercial export foreclosure for the sake of his owners pressed into the wood as they realized the Jig was up. ammo in 20 rd. boxes each round guaranteed with cracked Nobody has Remingtons llke these! ! I All funs practlcafly complete. neck to enable tool-less bullet pullin and effortless friends. Having again received this salvage. Order this "Pullin Ammo" sensation today• ~~:~ol~~c:n:n~:'~~~l ~.~~~ ¥fOo~~~, b::l ~lt~e i:~tw;rSh~ty -1:0rh~; salvage and verdigris lunatics attention! Walt no longer! year's "Huntsman of Distinction" hayonets. These historical specimens. only $1.95 each. A Treasure. award, thus permanently retiring the FAMED .43 ORIGINAL REM. ROLLING BLOCKS U.S••30 1.30·40 CALIBER) KRAG •• $5.50 cup, awarded by the Octopus Arms Leave it to Ye Old Hunter to return triumphant with this greatest large rifle cartridge bargain in America, Associates (remember their tentacles today. Beautiful original Commercial U. S. Krag 220 RT, FP loads at far less than even reloadfn~ com- are everywhere) and also recently ~b~~~nl~ cg~t. s~~~rlYM~~~f~~~~~~ust~lewT~c~:~i:~. °F?t~~ crowned undisputed champ of the Wt. 9 Ibs. ONLY 62¢ per lb. "Gypsy Gladiators"; Ye Old Hunter TOTAL PRICE ONLY $5.58! You can't buy prime hamburger at this price. Condition of all spared no effort to share his joyous rifles is "Gun crank special", meaning that the outline is clearly .30.06 "PULLIN" AMMO ...... •.$3.50 visible through the rust and you can see light through the bore. So one. but no one. ever sold .30-06 Ammo at this in· good fortune with others, and give Little of that old elbow grease wUl clean this fantastic bargain to NRA cl'edible pl'ice. Even Ye Old Hunter was momentarily poor condition. Crackled with conquest In the hands of fanatical Latin stunned in trying to outdo himself. This rare unshootablc everyone a chance to save himself a hoards. It is truly a precedent shattering bargain at only $5.58. lot was specially reserved just for you I'eloaders. Inflate yOlll' pock<'tbook with this deflated price. A shocking value! fortune on these beautiful, exotic sale ~~~~~~: !~~~i.l~do:-gt~~~s a~?~:Or~~f~el~~I~ltAv~~w':,~IJ.~~cle·ba~o~~~ items-and even to purchase the only $1.00. when ordered with this rifle. Supply not inexhaustible. 9MM F.N. STEYR PiSTOL •....••.$5.00 ultimate value Model 1917 (above) C?RIGINAL U.S. KRAG "LONG TOM" RIFLES This amazing find makes possible this most shattering offer of the century. Fabrique National's superb smoke· with savings obtained here. TODAY!! . less powder ammo packed in original long boxes. NOW! SF , , .42 COLT BERDAN RIFLE $10.00 Amazing' but true! Ammo buyer and shooters' dream! CAL..30·40 ••• ONLY $13.95! Original .42 Colt Berdan cartridges in untouched 6 I'd, A unique special. The smoothest and most loved U.S. bolt action rifle packets from Tula arsenal. Paper patched 370 gr. bul· ever made at a price which now all can afford. Tried and true. and lets in like new condition at this unbelievable baI"R'aln. worn to prove it are these original U.S. Kra~ .30·40 "Long Toms" and fortunately without uppel' handguard. Also an occasional siR'ht or safe may be found missing, And in some cases a slight crack may .43 III MM.) It.EMINGTON •••• $6.00 be found in the stock, however, at $13.95 you are always ahead. Who else but Ye Old Hunter would have found this ORIGINAL MAUSER MODEL 71/84 "BIG 11" ~r~'::~~~?75 or~~~naloa~erg~~f:~n m~f:1e~ ~~~~srb inw?:~~in~: hunting round for those shootable .43 Reminltton * * rolling' blocks, Appears magnificent - shootabllity un· SALE ITEMS CONFINED gU3l'anteed. \Vorth twice this price for components alone! TO THIS BLOCK ONLY YES-UNBELIEVEABLE AS IT SEEIUS. T.S. !Top Seiling) MAGAZINE BUYS you must believe those raptured orbs of Schmeissel' MP 38/40 box magazine $8.95 yours. This Is the give-away of a life• United Defense OSS Special Box Magazine time. Imagine-you pay our ulready (OMM Luger) "., ... ,." :...... 1.00 Thompson 20 rd. box magazine 2.00 bargain price for one of these rifle or Thompson 30 rd. box magazine...... 3.00 ammunition specials, and for only $1.00 Thompson 50 rd, drum magazine ... ,..... •. 5.00 Johnson caliber .30·06 LMG magazine ... ,.. 1.50 more you receive a secoud rifle of the Model U. S. M3 ("Grease Gun") SubmachJne same type, or a second 100 rounds of Gun. 30·rd. magazine., " 2,50 BAR Magazine .',,,,,... .. 3.00 ammunition of the same caliber. Don't Boys Antitank Rifle Magazine ,, .....•. 2.50 delay on this special, special. Order 30 Cal. MI Carbine 20 round magazine, ... .• 1.00 German MG 13 Cal. 7.92 20 round magazine,. 1.50 today from this ad. Immediate delivery! . Exot.ic ,50 caliber machine gun canvas cover.. 1.50 ONLY $13.95 .42 CALIBER ~~;tl~:~ ~~~ta8:u~r ~I~g~~n~~e a~dg~~~ne~an~~~ REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK 19:: Without doubt the most desirable long rifle buy available in the U.S. covers. If postage is not Included in O!'der. merchan. dise must be shIpped by Railway Express collect. Add 7MM and 11 MM REMAINS $1.95 ~e~eO ro~ari~: Jl~~u,,;grlg~~eI:tstc~~~g~,obi:i7i ~1~diru~le~u1~e~ :~~~~~ postage and save. arms depot "somewhere west of the Urals." A collector and shooter Any item in these fabulous magazines for the low ~t~~W ~~~ig~~lpsiC~~~~~: t~~I'fi~~~~~r~~~?~~'I~~~~n~~?ri~~i~~ price listed plus only 25c (believe it or not) for the SECOND one. Take advantage of this special now! the day! The "Pride of Mother Russia," available to American gun bugs at long last without their firing a single shot! All with traces .of .ori~inal finish. A lovely shooter to treasure forever and only $13.95!

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"THE RIFLE YOU CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO BUY." Without doubt the mast shatter· la41 for new sensational discount lists. ing rifle opportunity ever to befall American shooters. An exclusive deal with England CANADIAN BUYERS: permits Ye Old Hunter to ofter these superb 10 shot bolt action Enfteld repeating rifle. Write direct to our Canadian Distributor. at far le.s than the price of even a .22 American sporter. They all take standard U.S. P. O. Box 628. Peterboro, Ontario. Add sporting .303 Ammo available everywhere. Most modele with S-gr. barrels! Never 200/0 to above prices when ordering. before .uch magni ..cent guns at luch bargain prices. Get the Qre••lt American Gun st. •Alexandria 2, Va. Bargain from Ye Old Hunter! You'll never again have such an unbelievable opportunity. FAST DRAW-NO BLOODSHED (Continued from page 17) We met, and after a few "feeler" jabs at to drag the "hawglaig" out of the leather. each other, settled ourselves in the saddles, But why, do you think, does Bill Jordan, pulled our hats tight, and got set to "ride 'er Border Patrol flash, carry his gun high? out" on the subject of fast draw. Partly, perhaps, but not entirely because he I guess I started it by some crack about wants to conceal it, because he works in hammer-slapping. Dee grinned and said, "I'm uniform as well as in plain clothes. Why did a hammer-slapper, and my draw is the safest Ed :\JcGivern teach the high carry? there is, bar none." The answer is simple enough, once it is I said, "Prove it." I was going to be darned pointed out to you. Dee points it out. He hard to convince, that much was certain. And says, "You shoot from hip level. You sure Dee knew it. can't hit much if you shoot from down He buckled on his rig and, after a few around your knee! So, from a low holster, semi-finished preliminary passes which, naturally, were too you must lift the gun and swing it up through fast for my eye to follow, he cut his move· an arc, to hip level. I carry my gun as near SPORTERSTOCK ments to slow motion so that I could watch as possible to where I'll shoot it. The gun every detail of his draw. Since then, I've seen has less distance to travel. If my hand is super-high-speed films of Dee's draw, and I anywhere near as fast as his, I'll beat the know that what he showed me is the way low-gun wearer." he really does it, even at top speed and under Dee's holster and contoured belt, both G~ pressure.... And I was forced finally to designed by him, are tops for correct gun acknowledge, as gracefully as ten years of carry. The holster is metal-lined, open top Finest American Black Walnut personal positiveness to the contrary would of course, western style, generally similar to 4t895 F.O.B. permit, that Dee's draw is terrifically fast but still distinct from the other metal-lined ., - Warsaw, Mo. (the fastest I have ever seen), and-that it or "stiffened" holsters now accepted as best is safe! for top draw speed. Dee "ties down," to pre- "How To Do It" finishing This is going to take a bit of explaining, vent even the slight but still possibly dis- instructions furnished free. and it starts with holster position. Dee and concerting holster movement that will (or I agreed on that, right from the beginning. can) occur even with the stiffest rigs. In- His gun is worn high, almost exactly as I dicative of the height of his carry, the tie- wear mine: high enough so that the up- down thong goes high up in his crotch. I'm AVAILABLE FOR: curving butt of the Single Action touches told that the Dee Woolem-type holster may be his arm midway between wrist and elbow or commercially available soon, economically British Enfield P·14 .303 Cal. a trifle higher. priced, through Crosman Arms; but now U. S. 1917 Enfield You think this is crazy? Well, the fact is, suffice it to say that it has certain refinements U. S. 1903 Springfield Hollywood and the western story writers to he has worked out for himself, not found in U. S. 1898 Krag the contrary notwithstanding, that the low- other holsters. They sure must suit Dee; U. S. 1903A3 Springfield U. S. Springfield MI· 22 Cal. slung holster is not the fastest. I suppose it his speed proves it. U. S. Springfield M2 -22 Cal. would kick up needless and endless argu· The how-to of drawing a gun from this F. N. Mauser ment if I said the old time gunfighters didn't position goes something like this: Assume a Mauser 1924 (Jugoslav) wear their guns down around their knees, natural stance with the feet about a foot Ma1Jser M93 (Spanish) either-though it can be proved that a lot apart, elbow slightly out from the side, Weatherby" Rocket" of 'em didn't; after all, the old timers didn't shoulder slightly forward. The thumb should Remington 30S have the holsters we have today, and maybe be approximately four inches below and Remington M720 they needed all the leverage they could get two inches forward of the hammer spur. Remington M721 Remington M722 (Many competitive fast draw rules require Winchester M54 this as a minimum). Cocking the gun is Winchester M70 New! accomplished by hitting the hammer with Winchester M43 the first joint of the thumb as the shoulder, Mauser M98 with large NIBS arm and hand are pulled sharply backward. receiver ring PORTA· Minimizing body or arm movement is of Magnum Mauser Swedish HusQvarna Mauser TRAP little consequence; it's the distance the HusQvarna "Crown Grade" gun has to travel that counts. Mauser M95 (Mexican) The thumb must strike the hammer with Mauser Karbine M98 with considerable force, not because any par• small receiver (G33/40) ticular force is required for cocking the Jap .31 gun, but to kno-ck the gun backwards out Jap 25 Russian7.62 of the holster into the hand. To be sure, the Sako .222 Cal. hammer must be fully cocked before the Sako·Magnum Mauser ONLY hand comes into actual contact with the J. C. Higgins M50 $2.2.~~. gun's grips. Like the old saying, "Don't go Marlin M322 FIRST LOW PRICE TRAP off half-cocked," a half-cocked gun won't go Marlin M455·Fn YOU CAN USE ALONE-ANYWHERE! Mounts on your spore wheel and tire fo~ true off, won't be of any value. And, no one should Italian Terni M38 rigidity. Lets you shoot anywhere-ony tlme• ever rely on the half-cock notch to catch a Carbine alone or with another shooter. Throws standard cloy targets, regulatio~ distance or.farther, .as hammer that has slipped from the full-cock singles or doubles. Adjustable tension permIts position. If the half-cock notch had not been speeds from slow ubird" to a "canvass-back burred off of myoId Colt by many slips Write for catalog which illustrates and details corryinll the moil!" Trap is released by shooter with sloght pressure of leg against lever. from full·cock, I might have escaped injury, Bishop's complete line of finished and semi·fin. Practice with traps during off-season will teach at least for a while longer. But I can't now, ished stocks for rifles and shotguns ••• it's free. proper lead and range of gun; will keep reac• tions fast and coordinated, guaranteeing less blame my accident on the gun, entirely, or Bishop products are available at leadtng gunsmiths misses or cripples and more harvested game on my pressing for speed, either. The basic, .. and sporting goods· stores. everywhere. Ask during the regular season. your dealer,if not available. ordet·direct. All steel welded construction; weighs only 12 underlying fault was-low carry. You can't Ibs. for easy portability. Comes complete with lift the gun from a low holster without, at mount, complete instructions and all taxes and postage paid. For immediate delivery send check least for a split second, slanting the muzzle E. C. BISH 0 P & SON, INC. or money order for only $22.50. Money refunded toward your leg or foot. This, as I myself Dept.-'. Warsaw, Missouri in 5 days if you are not completely satisfied. No dealers-mail order only-order now from argued, is okay so long as you don't cock For three generations ... makers of the world's IOept. GM), 1760 Wrightwood until the gun is clear and swinging forward. most famous gunstocks. NIBSI.INC Chi,ogo 14, Illinois But when you press for speed, you cock

40 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 sooner than you think - and that's when it happens. As for the boys who slap-cock in :I low holster, their whole draw is with a cocked gun and that is asking for trouble. Use tbe Spotting Scope The secret that makes Dee's draw safe is !his: He wears the gun high-and the blow 'hat cocks the hammer knocks the gun back, Champions Prefer •.. ')artly out of the holster and into his hand. (nocking the butt back tilts the muzzle for• -Nard. By the time the hammer is even well "tarted on its way back to full cock, the muzzle is pointing forward, away from the shooter and toward the target. This operation doesn't require as much Choice of champions for over 25 years, you'll see more force as you might think, particularly with BALscopes at championship matches than all other scopes Dee's carefully tuned guns. But the hammer combined ... and for good reasons. mu t be hit hard enough to cock it, and that Specially designed for target shooters, the BALscope gives is hard enough to tip the butt back and the the bit§, brilliant image you need. Also, with exclusive -nuzzle forward away from the leg, so that, Adjusta-Prism focusing, you can make more accurate cor• even if the hammer should accidentaly fall, rections, faster. There'~ no eyestrain to cause fatigue eve.n I he resulting shot will be in front of the after hours of steady use day after day on the line ... and, ,;hooter. From the moment the hammer is with positive seal against moisture and dust, the BALscope struck until the gun is fired, the muzzle is stays in competition anywhere ... in any weather. !I. ever at any time pointed at any portion of See for yourself how this choice of champions can help the body. improve your scores. 60 mm BALscope with choice of Since the muzzle is partially leveled toward 15 X, 20 X, 30 x, or 60 X interchangeable eyepieces, $115 the target from the moment the hammer is cocked, it requires but a very slight lifting or $12 down on Time Payment Plan. motion on the part of the hand, and a short FREE BOOK! Write for your copy of "The Tele• 'poke' forward to firing position. The trigger scope" (G-36). 48 pages of valuable information on tele• finger finds the trigger and fire the shot scopes and how you can get more pleasure from shooting as the gun moves forward. This is the secret with a BALscope. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester 2, of Dee's speed. It is a product of minimum New York. gun movement. Throughout our interview, Dee was using I he Hahn "45" Single Action gas operated BB Revolver. If this comes as a shock to your mature mental ego, as it did to mine when I saw him slip it into his holster, it's lime you up-dated your thinking. "Here," Dee said, as he flipped the Hahn in my direction. "is the only safe and sane Mlswer 10 fast draw shooting." Frankly, I was sur• orised. There isn't another single action Frontier model on the market that feels, handles, or points so precisely like the famous Colt "Peacemaker" as does the Hahn. _\nother astounding feature I had not i hought possible with such an economically priced handgun was its velvet action. Dee had given a personal touch to all his working ~ingle actions, but the Hahn is smooth aas is." Speaking of tune·ups, a few suggestions :lre now in order if you are to enjoy this form of shooting to its fullest extent, with the Hahn or any other gun. To minimize BAUSCH &- LOMB inj uries to the gun hand, grind and polish all sharp edges around the hammer, includ• SlNCEV'8S' ing the sights. To obtain consistent draws from the very beginning, the action of your gun should be smoothed to a kitten's purr. All SA's, including the Hahn, can be tuned u.s. (f. Canadian up t.o a light smoothness by a competent Pat. Pend. gunsmith. And finally, for the sake of your own ~cme health, for the protection of bystanders, and [or the good of the shooting sports generally, if you shoot a powder-powered gun, shoot The HIGHEST POINT in nothing but blanks or wax bullets. Better still, use a Hahn, at least until you get your SHOTSHELL LOADER EFFICIENCY master's degree. For all these reasons, and Outperforms All Others in Safety, Speed, Accuracy for the simple sake of good gun manners, don't shoot live ammunition. Model 59-$59.95 Treat fast draws as they should be treated Loads 150 shells per hour -as a hobby, a sport, a new form of fun Dealers wanted - Get the fads shooting. Only men in a law-enforcement job have any excuse for combining fast draw ACME INDUSTRIES, INC._ with live ammo-and then only when ~ they are finished performers. ~ 625 W. Lawrence Street Appleton, Wisconsin

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.22 L.R. SHORT LEE ENFIELD (S.M.L.E.) Th.e .Bisley Marksman Favorite. Only a small quantity or. y manufactured in the popular .22 caliber for ~~r~Fc1tu;:~'hb~~~h:~m~~~~i~~t~~~nht: :~~;'I:O';;e:~t;.I,; allowed natives under certain Colonial Governments rr~lb rt~\n~~ b~~th~~~~~~it.i3S:0:, fo°3nJ~~f~~}.efJ A Collector'!i item, an excellent shooter. Cannot be compared With other muzzle loaders currently offered. ~1~h th S':~e~iEof ~flmt~~t;lls~U[V~~F:oE~~c~~le~~~; Only $29.50. 2 for $50.00. $24.50. 2 for $45.00. 3 for $60.00. FAMOUS HANDGUNS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE ~imited quantity '!Iilitary issue target receiver sight Installed readily Without modification for .22 S.M.L.E. d~~b~e&v:ct?:~ibtHa:~~~y"sp5~~},bb~Ug~~~~ots:~~9~~ ~"e~ and Short Lee Enfield No. 1 Mark III only $4.50 ea. pendable. These revolvers were used for training-not .303. LAT."EST ISSUE SHORT LEE ENFIELD No. 4 for combat. The bluing, actions and barrels reflect the servIce rIfle. 10·shot, detachable magazine. nitro• care and polish of Officer Cadet training. $19.50. proofed. (V.G. to Excel.). $13.75. 2 for $25.00. 2 for $35.00. :30-06 U. S. ENFIELD (Your choice Winchester. Rem. .38 S&W Caliber Enfield Commando. 5" bbl. 6-shot Ing.ton, Eddystc:me mfg.). 6-shot. Strongest .30·06 double action (V.G. to Excel.) $17.50. 2 for $30.00. $~7~~0.ev:r fO~u $1~~OO':"~s ad~il ~:~e s::re~:t;w::~go ~~~~ .455 CALIBER WEBLEY. single & double action, 4" :~i~I;Io::."'ctl.re~~if.patg.) Excel.). (Free original military bbl. $14.50. 2 for $25.00. 6" bbl. $16.50; 2 for $30.00. Altered to shoot .45 ACP $2.00 additional. Original I~ng .knife blade bayonet only $1.75 when (V.G. to Excel.) ordered With rIfle (Bayonet ordered separately $3.75). FREE: Original Holster with each Handgun-Send .2;2 MOSS~ERG REPEATER MODEL 42M·B 8-shot Purchase Permit if Necessary. clip magazine, walnut cheek·piece Mannlicher stock 23" ~bl. Shoots all 22 ammo. Parker-Hale Sports Tar: ~r~~~ta~r~~isssi~n" I:~~d~~n~e Rrii~l~s df4~t~":slay~2t~;t~r~ld get Sight. (A $12.00 value alone). Tapped for scope. from Germans who in turn captured it in Russia in (V.G. to Excel.) Only $17.50; 2 for World War II. Each an exc~llent shooter and collector's $30.00. item. Only $12.50. 3 for $30.00. 5 for $45.00.

22 KINGMAN, ST. ALBANS, VERMONT

THE SINGLE SHOT RIFLE SAGA (Continued from page 20) Hepburn, and the Remington-Walker. Along powder and shot. Light loads of DuPont with these old timers is the modern Vermont• bulk shotgun smokeless works very well in even amateurs get made Hauck action and an imported one, most calibers. Numbers 4227, 4198 and 4759 the Heeren. can all be used with small charges. The Both of these modern actions are built most important thing to remember is that PERFECT RELOADS to take our present high-intensity cartridges. all of these old single shots were designed The Hauck is an excellently designed action to be used with low-pressure loads. If you're with the new using alloy, heat-treated steels. The modern looking for high velocity, stay away from Heeren action is manufactured by the Swiss them. Don't try any "souped-up" loads or, SUPER SPEEDER 400 firm of W. Glaser and is used there in fine more than likely, the rifle will come apart. Yes, even the small-fry can turn single shot hunting rifles. One of the most important items to make out shells that are every bit as good Added to these are the hundreds of fine any of these rifles shoot accurately is a good as those loaded by experts with the German Schuetzen rifles "liberated" by our bullet mold. Most of the Schuetzens had new M. E C. Super Speeder 400 GIs. These are strictly off·hand rifles, built the mold made for the rifle at the same It's bec:ause the 400 is designed to individual specifications for target work. time it was built. If the mold comes with and bUilt to be foolproof And it's The majority will be in the 8.15 x 46 mm. your single shot, you're lucky. If not, se· because the 400 boasts a perfect caliber, a short bottle·necked cartridge very lect a set of blocks from the Lyman·Ideal combination of the most·wanted list. In the .32 calibers, a slug weighing convenience features of any shot· similar to our .32-40. Cases for these present shell loader on the market. Here no problem. .32-40 brass is cut off to an 165 to 185 grains usually performs best. are just 3 of the many exclusive overall length of 1.81" and then fire-formed. With the .38s a 225 to 330 grain bullet is features that make this tool totally Any good .32 caliber lead bullet of 165 to a good choice. And in the big .45 calibers new and different. 185 grains usually works well with the I've found the 405 grain slug very good. 8.15. and 12.5 grains of 2400 powder or Several other factors seem to affect ac• FLIP·TYPE MEASURE • 13 grains of 4759 are both accurate loads. curacy more than specific bullet weight. Permits quick and easy All of the fine old single shots are fun Bullet diameter, number of grease grooves, chorging or changing of and bullet shape are important. Select a load to shoot. Take your pick; it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. The plain hunting mold that has plenty of grease grooves; one models or the finely crafted Schuetzens will that casts as close to groove diameter of the barrel as possible. The reason for this EIE·JECT COMBINA. both give excellent accuracy, if in good con· TION RESIZE.DEPRIME dition. Caliber, too, seems to be immaterial. is that bullets should be shot as cast and - One stroke depnmes. not sized, if possible. Sizing often shaves completely resIZes to The old Sharp's "big fifties" that helped original dimensions and exterminate the vast buffalo herds will shoot more lead off of one side of the bullet ejects all shells with surprisingly small groups you can take than the other, and a lop·sided bullet just ease. if the recoil. So will the little Stevens rifles won't group worth a darn. As to bullet shape, ------in .28·30 or .25-21. normally a blunt-nosed bullet will outshoot GUIDE·MATIC WAD ..".... One of the most accurate single shots a sharp-pointed one in any of these guns. fEED-filler wads ore ... "'. I have ever fired was a beautiful Peterson Cast bullets should be perfect. The most seated quickly and ac- ·...... m important part of any cast bullet is the curately. No domage to Ballard in .45-90. A favorite load was a either wad or shell ~ case full of FG black powder, with a card• base. Harry Pope called it the "steering board wad over the top. The ·bullet was a end". Any imperfection in the base, however And it's priced to make shotsnell 405-grain slug cast 50·to-l and seated into slight, will cause that slug to print outside loading really economlcal- the rifling about 1/16" ahead of the case. the group. Old time shooters could call their shots by examination of the base of lUst Shot from the bench, I've seen many a ten shot group that half a dollar would the bullets they were using. cover. A touch on those set-triggers would Another important item, as equally im• portant as perfect bullets, is the lubricant. They're available In any gauge and send that big slug spinning down range come completely assembled. tested to punch another hole in the ten ring. Didn't Modern lubricants are too hard: the best and ready-to-use make much difference either if a small gale lubricant for any of these old timers will was blowing. be soft and slightly tacky. The best I have MAYVILLE The beauty of these old timers is the ease ever concocted consists of a 50-50 mixture ENGINEERING CO INC with which they can be reloaded. Any of of pure beeswax and paraffine softened with • MAYVILLE • WISCONSIN them can be scooped full of FG black (Continued on page 44)

42 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 BIG GAME OR VARMINT ... open country, brush, mountain• USE ON ANY RIFLE-One scope is all you need for all your ous terrain ... hunt what you want, where you want, when hunting rifles ... changes from one to another in seconds, you want with the fabulous BALvar 8. Here's the only multi• locks in perfect zero every time, ready to shoot. purpose scope sight of its kind ••• the one scope you can use for all hunting. STURDY CONSTRUCTION-No delicate internal parts to jar loose; adjustments are made in the mount. Will not knock INSTANTANEOUS CHOICE OF POWER-Turn of ring pro• out of zero. Guaranteed permanently fog proof. vides exact power you need from 2YzX to 8X. No limiting click stops, BALvar 8 is continuously variable with no change ECONOMICAL-One investment at less cost than any com• in focus, eye distance or point of impact. bination of two hunting sights ... fills the need for several scopes. $99.50, or just 10% down on Time Payment Plan. NO CHANGE IN RETICLE SIZE WITH CHANGE OF POWER• Patented B&L Tapered Cross-Hair Reticle, Y3 minute at FREE! "FACTS ABOUT TELESCOPIC SIGHTS"-Be an expert center, appears sharp, fine at any power. on telescopic sights. Send for this most authoritative, 96-page manual containing valuable information about scopes and YOUR EYE IMMEDIATELY ON TARGET-"Wedge-shape" cross• hairs help you instantly center sight on target. scope shooting. Write to Bausch & Lomb Optical WIDE FIELD-40' at 100 yards at 2Yz X setting. An excellent Co., Rochester 2, N. Y. BAUSCH & LOMB field of view for scanning or tracking moving target ... "close in" with desired power and shoot with accuracy. ""'V'""

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 43 (Continned from page 42) Mark the rim so it is inserted into the Vaseline. This lubricant has given excellent chamber in the same position. The more results in all of my single shots. I mix just uniform each operation is from shot to shot, AS&M co. enough Vaseline so the mixture can be the closer will be the group. A case that rather easily dented with the thumb after has been fired in a good, smooth chamber cooling. Experiment with the proportions for forms a perfect seal once it has been fired, your individual rifle. Each weapon will be making resizing un-necessary. temperamental when it comes to lubricant. Reloading at the bench isn't as compli• The single shot target rifles were loaded in cated as it may sound. With a Lyman tong one of two ways. The fine Schuetzens were tool, all the necessary reloading operations often muzzle-loaded, through a false muzzle. can be performed. Fix up your bench or the This short removable piece of barrel was trunk of the car so that a powder measure pinned in place; bored, reamed, and rifled can be mounted, and your in business. at the same time as the barrel. In use, the A very good load for any of these single HOLSTER false muzzle was placed on the barrel. Then shots is about five to seven grains of DuPont a lubricated bullet was dropped into it bulk shotgun smokeless as a priming charge AND and the rest of the case filled with FG BUSCADERO and forced into the bore by a sharp push on a short rod. The false muzzle was then blackpowder. This is a very clean-shooting BELT removed, and the bullet forced the rest of low pressure load, and one that is about ADJUSTABLE FOR as accurate as I have found. To load at ALL WAIST SIZES the way down the barrel by a strong, steady push on a close fitting ramrod. The bullet the bench, I carry a supply of priming seated against a shell in the chamber. charges weighed out and placed in small DESIGNED FOR Loading from a false muzzle had quite plastic pill vials. These can be obtained from any corner drugstore for a few cents. • RUGER • COLT SCOUT a few advantages. The slug was lined up perfectly in the bore. All fouling from the Then all I have to do is dump one of the • RANGER • DOUBLE-NINE priming charges into the case and fill it and Guns of previous shot was wiped down; thus the • HAHN "45" Similar Design bullet had a perfectly clean bore to traverse. with FG from my measure. The bullet had already taken the rifling, so If DuPont shotgun bulk smokeless powder Top Crain Cowhide. Available in Black or there would be no jump across the throat is used for the entire charge, it should be Tan. Holster Lock Stitched for longer wear. to help upset the slug. sifted. This will remove the very fine grains The other method of loading used a bul• that cause trouble with target rifles. Get a let seater. This little gadget was sometimes couple of ten-cent store tea strainers, one Dealers Send For Free Literature:, l an empty case fitted with a close-fitting with about 18-20 mesh and the other with o Quick Draw Holsters 0 Sword Fish Harness I dowel which extended about 1/16" beyond a 26-28 mesh. Sift the entire can of powder o SnalJ On Holsters 0 Fishing Butt Rest I through the 18-20 strainer first, separating o Fishing Aprons C Duck Strap the mouth of thf'l case. With' the bullet I 0 Cartridge Box 0 Gun Cases 0 Rifle Sling I seater the bullet was forced up into the the coarse grains. Use these just as is. About rifling ahead of the chamber. 13 grains in my .32-40 is an excellent load. I ASC7M CO., 701 E. CACE AVE., I In these methods of loading, one cartridge Now sift the remainder of the can through Il LOS ANCELES 1, CALIF. _I case can be used, reloaded for each shot. the finer strainer, removing the very fine grains. The powder that did not pass makes excellent priming charges when used with te~ '~mt FG black. FUN Another piece of equipment to make your single shot perform the way it should, is a wad-cutter. Some rifles group best with a «dtIe YOUR GUNS! small amount of pressure on the powder charge, especially with black powder. A OVER A QUARTER-MILLION simple wad-cutter can be made from a piece SPORTSMEN INVITE YOU TO of tubing with a hole a few thousandths smaller than the diameter of your bullet. Sharpen one end so that it will cut a clean .lOIN -THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION for only $5.00 wad when tapped with a mallet. For wad A Year's Subscription to material, I find that plain ink blotting ~ '1J~ The AMERICAN RIFLEMAN Magazine paper works well. Some shooters prefer felt r, \ "'~Read. about rifles, p.istols, shotguns, hunting, target from an old hat. I usually seat the wad ~ , shootmg, gun ~ollectl~g, home gunsmithing, reloading very lightly on top of the powder charge, ~, and related subJects-m the world's finest gun magazine forcing it into place with a pencil eraser. \i , -every month! I also use wads when loading light loads of 2400 or Unique, to keep the charge back close to the primer flash. ,,~,,~~~~.:::.~"~ lI~ou'!1 get ~!~~~.~!~al!we~s~ro!~~ Fi~a~s~nformation :::::::.....::~;~::.:.. ~crvlce--gUn law bulletins-low cost gun insurance--marksmanship This then, is the story of single shot rifles ~:::'.~:;.:::"" Instruction-gun club information-right to buy government surplus among the finest that American O"unsmiths ,Q, "'!"'" ~. gun equipment---eJigibility for participation in a year-'round shooting Ie' program-plus many other benefits. have produced. 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44 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 PISTOLS FOR PLAINCLOTHESMEN (Continued from page 30) .38-40 calibers. This gun was normally sup• pletely concealed in a quickly accessihle po i• plied with a 3 inch or longer barrel, but a tion; (2) be capable of being drawn and few with 2 inch tubes are known to have fired rapidly, without danger of malfunc• been carried by the old time gunslingers. tion; and (3) possess sufficient stopping The double action Colt Lightning in .41 cal• power. It is a big order to comply with the iber could be rated fair in shocking power, last two requirements without losing out on but it, like the Sheriff's Model, was too the first. bulky for complete concealment. Taking t.he above qualities one at a time, Do'ntt be chained to office. desk,store counter,or fac• Of course. many of the standard big caliber we find ourselves confronted first with the tory machine. Prepare hoglegs were cu t down by their owners for problem of compactness and portability. Any llOll', in spare time. for outdoor man's tlr~tlm ;ob pocket use. and thi is still done with our pistol with a barrel over 3 inches in length in Forcsur & \X'jldli(c Cons(-nation. Gt't tbe more modern heavy caliber double actions; (2 inches is better) has liLLle or no advan• fdCls. Plan 10 live the life but the lumpy look of it in the wearer's tage over a longer weapon insofar as "hide· )'OU love. OPPORTUNITIES IN clothing suggests that nothing much was ability" goes. So let's limit our barrel to THRillS & ADVENTURE ~~. YOUR STATE? gained by butchering the gun. Pocket auto• 3 inches. Any excessive size in the grip is to Forestry & Wildlife men hunt \\7c show l'OU how to seck moun lain lions-parachute from . out job openings (003)'• matics won tremendous popularity in the be avoided, since that will produce hard·to• planes 10 help marooned animals Right Now - possibly in or save life of injured campers• l'our own state and Other first 40 years of this country. Hundreds of hide lumps in the clothing. The larger auto• prolect forests-arrest game vio- p• states CoaS[ to Coast. A~e lators. Adventure, public service, limitS 17 to 45. sometimes thousands of them were produced and sold matics are disqualified due to the bulky, good pay. older on pril'ate game in .25, .32, and .380 calibers. The market for blocky outline of their handles. And the big, SECURITY - RETIREMENT- farms and hunt clubs. these flat-carrying little equalizers was flood• .45 frame revolvers, while generally desir• lOW LIVING COSTS MANY START $3000 Consc'rvation car~~rs ar~ /JerW{ll/ell/. YEAR OR MORE ed with a myriad of foreign jobs, including able because of their power, are difficult to 1'\0 layoffs. 0 worry about your pa)'· rlll~ starting pay. wuh check. living COSIS arc low, lao-and a re,gular ad\'anccs (1$1#11. the Brownings. :\Iausers, Walthers, Ortgies, conceal because of their huge cylinders. All gm't>nmlellt pemio,,, assures good in· lisbed 'J"y l#Il' under Civil and other middle-European exports, and the this narrows the field to the Smith & Wesson come for life when you redre. Servic ,; .~":t '",_ HEALTHFUL OUTDOOR LIFE. Hard muscles, ',~,~ • cheaper Spanish, Italian, and Belgian prod· .38 frame and Colt .38 and .41 frame revolv• bronzed skin and vibrant ,good heahh are ...... ~ ..'~~~ IIct. But these little autos, while for the ers, the .25, .32, and .380 automatics and the ~xtr# rewards of outdoor li\'ing. Slecp under . l> ". : .. _ ~ t e tin~si Catc~ break,fa~t (Jam iq' streams. ~,,:,4fI. C!.;- _.~. most part well made and reliable, were as numerous foreign autos in this caliber clas• '{,l' #11 ookltkelZ""¥lo~, j VACATION JOBS FOR STUDENTS :~.,-.':...,:::-, lacking in power as their .32 and .38 counter• sification, and the new Smith 9 mm, which No l'XPl'T;l'IICeOT /Jrl'P#T#lioll nUdl't! • ~:'I for vac:nion jobs in Nat'1. Park~ ~. parts of the 1880's. comes in just under the wire as to bulk. _ ...,. . Forests_ America's vacation wondcr- .. ",,-*' land. Man)' acceptin,g Applicalion.. Jf you like handguns, the odds are that y

get one and live with it if you want to stay autoloaders. The small hammerless auto can I NAME AC£ _ healthy. But-what gun? be drawn fast, but have you ever thumb• I STREET _ Specifications for an efficient pocket gun fumbled for the tiny safety on one of these 1 I TOWN ZONE_STAT£,-----:-:,----__ are easy to outline but difficult to attain. critters with bullets whistling past your ears .... __Mt;,:be.::.As.:...oc~on~f~~tU.2.SC~oo~~::!.t~O~. _ The weapon must: (1) be easily and com- and adrenalin coursing through your veins?

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 45 The safety catch can be built up by welding lets out anything with a hammer spur pro• The final requirement outlined above, the into any desired shape to correct this flaw, truding from its rear, and is also a black one of power, is without doubt the most im• but there are other considerations, which mark against target sights. At least one snub· portant. An ever-increasing army of pistol• force us to drop our streamlined beauties nose .38 has been produced with high·riding men maintain that nothing less than the .44 back into the bureau with a sigh. click sights which no doubt increased its Magnum, .45 Colt, or .357 should be con• To eliminate malfunctioning as finally as accuracy, but made it next to impossible to sidered for defense use, and they are per' possible, we must do away with any possi• draw from a side pocket. Carried in the side fectly correct when a holster gun is referred bility of a gun-stopping jam. Lovers of the pants pocket (in my opinion, the best place to, but don't forget that we are seeking a automatics will howl, but I am one who just for a hideout in the summer when no coat compromise-the most muscle in the smallest can't forget that one faulty round of ammu• is worn), the hammer spur will invariably package. If you accept the limitations as nition can put the autoloader out of a fight. catch in the top of the pocket unless the herein stated, we have little choice other I know this doesn't happen often, but it does thumb is thrust down over it to shield it. If than a Smith & Wesson or Colt revolver, happen. If your preference for an automatic you wear larger than a 6% glove, trying this with fixed sights and a two-inch barrel, in is strong enough to offset this possibility, so will cause you to resemble the monkey with .41 Long Colt caliber or smaller in the Colt, be it; but I'm superstitious-I'll still stick to his fist in the jar. A friend once cut a Colt and .38 Special or smaller in the Smith. A the revolver. .357 Trooper to 2" and replaced the factory hard look at these calibers leaves something The gun that can be gotten into action ramp front sight. It shot nice for a snub, to be desired by a ballistics-wise shooter, so fastest from a pocket, waistband, or shoulder but he found it necessary to hang it on his fare as factory loads are concerned. holster is one with no projections on it to belt in a quick draw holster, taking it out The .41 isn't too bad; and the best fac· catch on the clothing or in the leather. This of the pocket class. tory .38 Special load, for my money, is the blunt 200 grain manstopper load. Properly handloaded, with heavy, flat-nosed slugs, both these cartridges give the gunman a chance 16 DEER and a BEAR of collecting his old age pension. Hollow point bullets, cast butter-soft, will generally stop somewhere in a mansized animal when fired at 900 feet a second, which is about with tops for the .38 Special. Energy and shock are expended right where they should be expended. Even solid semi-wadcutter bullets HORNADY are much superior to the pointed factory pills, which frequently slip right on through, expending little or no energy and leavin~ the 30 cal. ISO gr. target still on its feet. Cartridges must be charged with a healthy dose of hot pistol powder to get the velocity needed from short Spire Point barrels to expand hollow point bullets, so layoff the light plinking loads. Any revolver smaller than .38 Special had BULLETS best be used to kill tomato cans. And except for the .45 ACP, I do not consider any pres• ently manufactured commercial load for auto• ..... thought you might like to see a picture of the deer and bear that my hunt• matic pistols adequate for defense use. Hol• ing party has got in the last few years. Every head was shot with your 30 cal. low points can be handloaded for these guns, 150 gr. spire point using 55 grs. of 4350 in the 30-06. To our knowledge we have hut lead bullets dangerously increase jam• not lost one head that was hit. We have found the bullet to perform perfectly, ming if they are cast soft enou gh to expand from 25 to 350 yards, even when not placed where it should be. Two of the deer satisfactorily. were hit in the rear hams when going away, but neither moved over 15 yards." Get yourself a snubnosed Colt or Smith & From John E. Oestreich, Harrington, Wash. Wesson. If it has an exposed hammer spur, grind it off. The trigger guard is best left Hornady Spire Point Bullets are great favorites for long range shooting. intact unless you have extremely large fin• No other shape expands so dependably on game at long range, or gives this gers. Revolvers with grip adapters can easily deadly killing power and pinpoint accuracy. be twisted from your hand in a scuffle, so leave the adapters to the target shooters. Learn to handle your gun double action. Bullets in all popular ~ The Military and Police Smith & Wesson has calibers-22 to 45 ox-:n.ady the lightest, smoothest DA pull of them all, Send card for list ~ B'U'LLETS with the Colt guns running a close second and the five shot Chief's Special, Centennial, HORNAOY MFG. COMPANY· DEPT. (!l • P. O. Box 1074 • GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA and Bodyguard Smith & Wessons last. Double action trigger pulls can be lightened on the Smith M & P by grinding a dab of metal from the sides of the mainspring and re• MICRO moving a coil or two from the trigger return spring. Slightly bending the top half of the Colt mainspring into an inverted V will Shotshells Gnd sometimes help it, but either of these jobs Components should be attempted only if you know what you're doing. Better leave it to your gun• *Target and field loads smith. No one in these parts has been able *Micro wads-all gauges to do much to lighten the pulls of the coil spring five shot Smith & Wesson models. Re• *Priced with you in mind placing the springs with lighter ones has resulted in misfires, so local users have found GO MICRO ... it best to leave them as is. Shoot the difference! The new CCI primers should not be over· looked when handloading for your "stingy DIRCKS· BEATH Inc. gun" with its lightened hammer fall. These Micro Ammunition caps seem ultra sensitive to the bite of worked-over actions. Box 245, Visalia, Calif. 46 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 Don't overdo this alteration business. Cut off ·or remodel only what is necessary to give you a fast, smooth·working gun. Any further improvements should be in your ammunition Everything and, more important, your shooting. One the Name Implies! mutilation frequently touted by the hipshoot • Constructed especially for rug• artists is the removal of the front sight. ged outdoor use by hunters, Their theory is that most gunfights occur at trappers, fishermen, campers" spitting distances, so who needs sights? "plinkers" and for personal pro• Maybe so, but just suppose you get caught tection. Ideal for economical home·range practice. Flat, com• with the guy half a block away? 0 sights, pact design, anti-jerk squeeze• no bullseye. type trigger. Accurate barrel• The pocket gun described here is just that. Positive Safety. Shoots all 22 Cal. Rim·Fire Ammo., including high It can always be kept handy by simply drop· speeds. 5" alloy steel barrel with tax inc/. ping it into a pocket, no matter what kind positive tip-up type extractor to assure trouble• of clothes you happen to be wearing. If you free service. If your dealer can't supply, send for Purchase Certificate for direct sale. Posi· prefer, you may stuff it under the waist· tively guaranteed and if not satisfied return in band of your britches. A tight·filting elastic 10 days and money will be refunded. GUNS... imitated, but still belt will keep it in place. The Berns Martin SHERIDAN PRODUCTS, INC. shoulder holster, made in Calhoun City, Mis· "Finest In The Firearms Field" sissippi. is excellent under a coat, not quite 1234-13th Street, Dept. 469-J, Racine, WisconsinJ.-======so fast under a shirt. Do not buy a belt hoI· ster for your belly gun. You will be defeat· ing its purpose, and may as well wear a big RED HEAD label gun if sllch a rig is used. One Border Patrol cornpadre of mine in (/ssures f()U California just drops his "snubbie" butt first into the inside breast pocket of his coat, the butt forward and the barrel up. To draw, he HEAD-TO-FOOT reaches thumb and forefinger under his lapel, as if to get a pencil or wallet. and plucks Hunting CDmfDrtl the .38 out by its barrel, grabbing the butt with the other hand as it clears. This isn't as slow or awkward as it sounds. UBONE-DRY" by RED HEAD Whatever weapon you choose, load it Every ounce of quality. possible is heavy, master it, tuck it out of sight, and built into this classic hunting coat. leave it until you need it. Advertising in this It is based upon the BONE DRY case is like over·betting on aces back to principle of rubberized back, front back. .. And when you take that stroll yoke and upper sleeve lining. Seam• downtown at night, relax. You've less blood-proof game bag. Extra got a good partner. heavy weight Army Duck-$20.95.

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GUNS • SEPTEMBER 19S9 47 top inountain goat heads. The Chugach moun· tains, Rainy Pass, and Knik river areas of ~ ~U'JJ Shoo,;tter with a Alaska, and the Kluane Lake, Sifton range, and Champagne areas of Yukon territory are good bets. Though white shcep are far easier to spot than other mountain sheep, they're ~~~UC~one no easier to stalk. They seem to know that ~'(,I, til their coloration is a hazard and vary their '\. 'f'l behavior accordingly, often employing rifts ~~ ....:nd it's as light as a feather! .. of snow as camouflage. . Many widely experienced sheep hunters consider the Number One Stone sheep head The Cyclone gives you a complete selection of taken by 1. S. Chadwick in 1936 the very chokes from open to extra·full. These additional finest of all North American big-game tro• special features are also incorporated: inter· changeable ventilated and No-blast sleeves, the phies. Chadwick took his prize in the heights sleeve that muffles the muzzle blast - light overlooking the Muskwa river of British weight, approximately 3 ounces in 12 gauge • Columbia, which province has a virtual mo• satin-smooth finish - precision craftsmanship by nopoly of Stone sheep of top trophy classifi• experts, using special steel and aircraft-quality cation. Other good bets include the Cassiar aluminum - an unconditional guarantee on region, the heights above the Prophet and materials and workmanship - and custom-fitting, Peace rivers of British Columbia, with the threaded to your gun barrel. Pelly mountains of Yukon Territory also to be considered. The Cyclone will make your favorite "single" In the Bighorn class, anything over 40 a better gun for all kinds of game. You'll shoot inches in horn length around the curl is of better and have more fun. You can afford a trophy caliber. Martin Bovey's Number One Cyclone - you can't afford to hunt wirhout one! Bighorn, taken near Oyster creek of Alberta, measures 45 inches for each horn, but its Ventilated or No-Blast sleeve with Bead Sight in 12·16 or 20 gauge massiveness throughout the horn length placed it above a handful of other heads, plus $5.00 some of which actually exceed it in around• 9S installation the-curl length. Bovey's great head displaced $14• Extra sleeve $6.95 the famous James Simpson trophy, taken four years earlier, in 1920, despite the latter head's substantial superiority in sheer horn length. The Desert sheep-which is merely a ham. 9 mered down and drought-dried bighorn-with + horns over 35 inches makes a fine trophy; Get 5 of a kind with an ~ 37 to 40 inches make it magnificent, espe• cially if both horns are matched for length . and not badly "broomed" or splintered at the tips. Considering the scarcity of licenses for AJjllsfDIWATIC® these little bighorns, the true sportsman will never take anything that hasn't grown to trophy size. For the man who wants the finest - it's an Baja California and Sonora provinces of Adjustomatic! It can be used as a conventional Old Mexico, and the heights overlooking the choke at any of seven different settings from open Colorado river in Arizona and Nevada, hold most of the remaining Desert sheep and have to e1(tra·fuU. And, at five different positions, from yielded most of the record heads. After a open to modified choke, it will automatically lapse of a decade or more, when the species tighten the pattern for the second shot on a missed was afforded complete protection, a very few bird or a "double" No other choke gives this permits are now available annually. But choice of five combinations, or seven single patterns. Desert sheep are not plentiful, and probably never will be again. Hand·crafted from the finest materials, the On White sheep, the hunter can shoot for Adjustomatic's fool.proof design makes it simple the moon, both in length of trophy horns and to operate - easy to clean. A penny or a dime in wide-spread hunting areas. The top six is the only tool needed to dismantle it. The recorded heads are in the 44-inch class, Adjustomatic produces proper patterns at varying topped by Frank Cook's Number One trophy ranges, and even, regular game·getting patterns taken in the Chugach mountains of Alaska. with various loads. Light in weight, it's the most The Knik river, Wrangell mountains, and Brooks range in Alaska, and the Champagne versatile, most practical choke in the world. And and Kluane Lake areas of Yukon Territory it, too, is guaranteed! are also good producers, but not up to the Chugach country. The number of high-rank. In 12-16 or 20 gauge ing records taken during the last decade in• plus $5.00 dicates a substantial boom in hunting these custom fitted snow-white, golden-eyed mountain sheep. Installation Both White and Stone sheep have rather wide-flaring horns that may look longer than they actually are. Because of this flare, these two species do not normally broom their r------New! HARTFORD GUN CHOKE CO., INC. horns to remove tip growth so they can see 46 Hopmeadow Rd., Simsbury, Conn. better. The tips may be nearly perfect, but C..-De may lack matching lengths, due to a natural • III " Please rush the following, free! unevenness of growth. \~3""'-::'" ' 0 Booklets 0 Barrel carton 0 Installers name 1. S. Chadwick's Stone sheep record is, of NAME _ course, simply out of this world. It outranks STREET ...;._ any other Stone ever taken by an average horn length of five inches and by a dozen CITY OR TOWN ZONE__ SfATE _

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 49 scoring points. It averages 50% inches in sends them skidding in trophy competItIOn. ORIGINAL OBERNDORF horn length, yet anything a full six inches Any new record will probably come from Mauser Actions Model-KAR 98 (Large shorter per horn-if the beams had sufficient the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia and Ring). Never Before - Never Again• Alaska; some hoary old billy that has lived Once in a Lifetime Offer bulk-might land in the Number Two spot A bsolutely Brand New-All i\Hlled Parts• of all-time trophies for this species. Modern• amid the clouds for 15 years or more. A J-1a,'c nC\'cr been barreled. No where else in the world ("all these be bought today. lJa,"c day Stone hunters see only a microscopic somewhat easier area to hunt, climbing-wise, Original I>roof )Jarks. If You Are a Col• lector of Rare Items or An Amateur ... chance of equaling the mould-breaking Chad. is the Cassiar area of British Columbia. But An experienced Gunsmith who knows-This wick head. no goat hunter needs to expect that his high. OBEHXDORF Action is a must! ranking trophy will come easy. He'll have to OUR SUPPLY IS LIMITED In the sweat-drenched and wind-chilled Ollr Price is Comparable to sport of hunting mountain goats, the sky is earn it to get it. Less Famous Makes. For :l\fen \\"hoKnow and For $49.95 the literal limit. E. C. Hasse's record, taken Among bear trophies, the Alaska Brownie :.\Ien who like the very best. F.O.B. this price is low, for the Burbank in the Sabine mountains of British Columbia is tops in sheer bulk. He is also a critter of Yalue received. in 1949, is by no means secure. This trophy limited range. Thus his hunting is confined Also available with \Vorld·Farnous APEX Hifle Barrel in l'opular Calibres at $74.D5 was a male, with a horn length of 12 inches. to Kodiak Island and along the sundry bays ]<'.O.B. Burhank. Send Check or Moncy Order (1,6 down on C.O.D.). Any goat that breaks the present record will of the Aleutian peninsula. Actually the To: MACHINES LIMITED also be a billy. The best female ever taken• Kodiak, to give him the second of his com• 822-G, N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, Calif. with horns of exactly the same length• mon names, is the overgrown and close cousin THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK INLAYS ranked Number 30 among present records. of the grizzly tribe. are m)' business and I make .. the finest.. 8rUlIan, colon, The nannies grow horns of equal length, but For trophy purposes, the skulls of all bears beautiful designs. band euC ~ by precision machl_ry. BeDd they're always on the slender side, which - Alaskan Browns, grizzlies, blacks, or for latest lin. C. D. CAHOON • DEPT. 2, BOXFORD, MASS. polar-must be dried for 60 days after they're skinned out. The dry skulls must then be sub• mitted for official measuring. The dimen• sions of the hide have no official trophy value. 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Although two of the high.ranking HELLS heads came from Montana, since 1953 the top heads have come from uch widely sep· atq>half,,':>" the" "co·slI.' • arated points as Rainy Pass of Alaska, Slave Lake of Alberta, and Bella Coola of British Columbia. The pre ent record skull was taken by F. Nygaard in 1954 at Rivers Inlet of British Columbia. It ranks its nearest competitor by 3/16th of an inch. The black bear, including its cinnamon and brown phases, is found over an enormous range in the United tates and Canada. The Numbcr One champion was shot by Ed Strobel in Wi consin's Land 0' Lakes coun• try in 1953. Elwrctos americanlls ranges in every direction from there. In southern Alaska and adjacent British Columbia, he vies with the Browns and griz• zlies for spawning salmon in season, though carefully keeping out of the way of his lustier cousins. The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimilS, is the perpetual Arctic wanderer, touching the fringes of the frozen land areas when ice pack floes get him within swimming distance. But chiefly he lives adjacent to the arctic waters where blubber·fat seals provide him with the food needed in that climate. He is chiefly hunted by plane nowadays, though occasional specimens are taken when they approach Eskimo or white camps in the Arc• tic. He is second only to the Kodiak in both trophy skull and body size, easily surpassing the largest of the grizzlie. Many sportsmen consider the polar bear tops among all bear trophies. Hunting the sheep, goats, and bears of the Jorth American continent takes something special in the way of rifles and calibers. In cool and capable hands, such calibers as the .270 and the .30-06 are entirely adequate if the hunter is lucky enough to work into an advantageous position on his game. 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GUNS SEPTEMB ER t 959 51 WHEN HE CHARGES, YOU HIT-OR ELSE! (Continued from page 21) early twenties, both excellent shots. One had twice more, and, just before Simba dis- already shot his lion. We were beating a appeared into the long grass. he acknowl· Never be• fore has an donga for lion number two. edged a hit in the hindquarters with a achromatic lei e • scope sold lor any• .\Iurray was actually doing the beating, furious rumble. The boy had steadied him- where near this amazing low price! You get clearer walking through the long grass and brush, self enough to score with the second barrel, sharper pictures at all powers because of the super compound his .416 Rigby magazine rifle at the ready. but his performance was ,'ery unlike his Achro Lens. So color, no tuzz. Varl· able eyepiece adjustable In 22, 4:'). or 60 We young fellows moved with him along the usual slick shooting. That's how it is with power. Lower powers excellent for target shooting and wJde angle viewing. Higher powers donga edge, all keyed up, expecting Simba to lion; hc can unnerve even an expericnced tor long range and Astronomy. Guaranteed to spot .22 holes In the black at 200 yds. Guaranteed to bring show himself any second. I admired .\furray's shooter. We professionals learn not to be distant objects. people, planets, etc. 60 times closer. :5 bakelite sections. trimmed In gleaming brass-:') precision nerve. How would he fare if he came across surprised by it. lenses. A precision American made Instrument, uncon· dItionally guaranteed. Carrying case Included. Send only a lioness with cubs too young to get out of Now herc was a "situation:" a wounded $6.98. Cash. check or money order. "'e pay posta~e. Criterion Co., 313 Church St., Hartford, Conn., Dept. TSA·44 his way? lion in thick cover. We approached carefully That problem did not arise, but another and found the grass patch was not a "cry BASKETWEAVE CHECKERING one did. He flushed a fully maned old boy big one, so it was a sure thing the lion would IS OUR SPECIALTY which trotted off toward the next cover still be in it. Murray and the shooter posi- Fast Service at reasonable prices. Catalogue further down the donga. The young Ameri- tioned themselves on a slight rise about of cur patterns and prices 35c, refundable II. W' fif f I I ~I on first order. Special discount to NRA mem- can w 10 was to S loot was uSll1g a 111- teen paces rom t le spot w lere " urray bers. Substantial disc. to dealers. chester :Model 70 .300 Magnum. IJe emptied thought the lion would be. having directed SHAW'S CHECKERINC SERVICE the magazine at the lion, not touching it the other two of us to cover a possible escape =9=3::1=I=C=e=lI=i"=i=A=y=e=.===C=a=r=d=e="=C=ro=y=e=,=c=a=lif=·='.....:...:0:.:n:..:c:..:e:.:...:.A::...... :...:4.:.7.:0.....:.w..:a:.::s:.....:.h:.::a:.:n:..:c:.:le:..:J:.....:t:.::o::...... :h:..:i:..:m:..:.::...... :H..:.:e---=.:fi.:.re.:d: route further downstream. .\lbebe, a hcfty Mkamba gunbearer, picked up a heavy stone. The other gunbearers picked up stones and sticks ready for throwing. At Murray's noel, Mbebe heaved the stone. It did not go as far as Mbebe meant it to, but it must have whatever kind of big game you're hunting •.• landed squarely on the lion. At the deep growl, I saw .\lurray's and you'll see better and shoot more accurately the boy's rifles flash to their shoulders. There was a brief pause, then one report. The lion could not have used that donga before, with a or else he was so furious he had forgotten, because, as he heaved himself at his tor· mentors, his first bound landed him in a grass covered wash some three feet wide and one foot deep. This upset his charge momentarily. The boy's shot hit the lion beside its left eye, killing it instantly ..• Murray had a misfire. When I arrived at the spot from which they had fired, I saw the body of the lion MODEL K4 eight or nine paces away. Murray was 4 power scope emphatic that he could ha,'e stopped the Scope about $45.00-Mount $9.75 lion with his second round had the young ©1959 w. R. Weave,r Company fellow missed, but there and then I decided to get myself a double. The boys tried their darndest to get Murray to fire his ncxt round, "just to see, Captain, ,,,hether it would You may run across that "once-in-a-lifetime" shot have gonc off." Murray's reply will give you this fall, and if you do, you don't want to miss. some measure of the man: "Not on your With a Model K Weaver-Scope on your rifle, life," he said. "This ammunition is practi. cally impossiblc to get, and I',-e only eleven you'll see a magnified target, clear and sharp in marc rounds and have two more safaris to every detail. Your aim will be fast and easy with do beforc I can get any more!" just the crosshair to align on the target, and your The very next safari was a memorable one shooting will be more accurate, resulting in more for, shortly after it ended. there arrived at clean kills and less wounded game. 8 K Models, Nairobi airport for me a really beautiful from 1 to 10 power, from about $35.00 to about .465 Holland and Holland double. airfreight• $60.00. See your sporting goods dealer for a ~,~.lt ed out by the satisfied client with whom Munay and I had just been on safari. I'm demonstration and his actual prices. j1). Y sure it would embarrass him if I mentioned his name. __ _'_'_ fIxed reticules with ~ternal adjustments' -~ - ~ The rifle was a non-ejector. That was no ~ Model K crosshairs are No more aD-center reti- inconvenience, as I found that, with practice, ,...... ,,- -@•. always accurately cen- @• cules bke this when you it was as quick to re·load as any full ejector tered; only ti,e image use the Weaver Model K " moves when you turn the • with fixed reticule and -when both barrels had been fired. Having adiusting screws. internal adiustments. fired one only barrel and then trying for a AL'\VAYS LIKE THIS NEVER LIKE THIS quick re-Ioad is something ehe. With both 'Except Models KI and KV barrels fired, one breaks the rifle while the Please send FREE 32-page catalog in full color on barrcls are still pointing upwards and, as Weaver-Scopes and Mounts. the butt drops, out fall the empty cases. But on a single shot, the barrels have to point NAME downward when the rifle is opened, other· ADDRESS wise the unfired round too would fall out. The empty case has to be flicked out with a CITY ZONE STATE finger. It was a one-barrel shot that had a OEPT~'1iJ!43.RI!iI. little to do with my "closest." .. (Continued on page 54) 52 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 $ • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ".• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 53 (Continued from page 52) "Shoot to Live, or Live to Shoot, Many years later, after I had become a fully qualified professional hunter, I was r ou Can Depend on CC, Primers" conducting a safari for two Latin-American "Uniformity in shooting depends gentlemen, one of whom could not under• on the accuracy of reloading and stand or speak English. I'll call him Pedro. the primer used to set off the pow• The other, Amando, was a very steady fellow. der charge. As a Police Officer He was not excitable, listened to what he end as a Sportsman, I have used was told. and when he shot he knew where he end depend on CCI Primers," says was shooting. Pedro, well, Pedro was another John Doran, Spokane. Washington. story. And my not knowing Spanish did not ":..~h::·t'~ :..':1.""':;::: IUY QUALITY ... help, either. Pedro and I worked out some 1951 ...",11. of Wadll.... St.t. CIYIII...... 'Int Plac. IUY ACCURACY... sort of understanding by pulling faces at at Nott..... Phtol Motck', Ca.., 'erry. Ololtl. BUYC CI one another and gesticulating. But our com• "51 N.W 'h", C. munication was imperfect to say the least, 1951 N.W 'ol'.. C. 1956 N. 'ftellie S_ 1_ and the gesticulating sometimes gave a stalk 'ellc. c....t.. "SS N. 'aclllc Stat.....1..... away. This happened in the case of Pedro's 'oil.. C....." ... elephant. The elephant, a 1131 pounder, was crossing our front about twenty paces away. We had a thin bush in front of us. As it cleared the bush, I touched my shoulder and whispered, "Now, hit him there." But Pedro thought I Send for New 1959 meant for him to rest his rifle on my Brochure No. 4 shoulder. When I shook my head at him and or Ask Your Dulel' knocked his rifle off, the elephant saw us. Up went its head and, as it swung away, Pedro shot for the brain. He missed. It is a hard .. LEWISTOH cascad e cartridge .. Inc. IDA H 0 enough shot for a tyro to accomplish even when the elephant is standing still, hence my reason for the shoulder shot. As it went the bull received some body shots without much apparent effect, but it had to be followed, and it was late the next day before we caught up with and finished the wounded bull. I mention this incident only to show what my problems were with Pedro. After the elephant hunt, we moved camp to Tanganyika and the Yaida Valley. With us was a photographer and a young Ameri• can Walter Jones. Amando shot his lion the second day we were there. We had crept up to a zebra bait early that morning, to find two male lions and a lioness feeding. With his usual steadiness. Amando hit the ma® best lion in the shoulder with his .375 Mag• BULLETS num, dropping it instantly. The other lions bounded away. So now we must get a lion for Pedro. give you controlled Walt had seen another lion slip into a expans~on. wide, shallow donga about six miles on the opposite side of camp. Next morning, he took us there, pointed to the spot where the The engineering skill that goes into lion had disappeared, and cruised about in the design and construction of the hunting car looking for sign. We found NORMA bullets is unsurpassed. the old boy himself. He had already seen us and was circling back to his favourite The tough NORMA clad steel jack• hideaway in the donga. A good spot it was, eted bullet was constructed to re• too. The whole donga was full of long, dry sist, to an exacting degree, the grass, and three feet in from the edge he NORMA PRODUCTS• would be invisible. loaded ammunition, enormous centrifugal forces set up We drove on up the donga, keeping an unprimed cases and when the rotating bullet starts to eye out for a tree suitable for bait hanging; mushroom - thereby. assuring per• but then I realized the donga gave an precision bullets• fect controlled expansion regardless opportunity for a "beat." 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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 57 !_~~:==·.=·.:·.·.·.:·~;;==1 (Continued from page 54) other thing: there were few lions in this SPECIAL TRIPLE GUN OFFER towards us at an angle, was a strip of sand valley, Pedro had to have a lion, and we ALUMINUM 22 CAL. THUNDERBIRD some 25 yards long and averaging about six might never get a better opportunity. It 200 ONLY -- WHILE THEY LAST feet wide. The nearest end was 15 yards added up to a calculated risk ... O.K. then, •. Shoots 22 cal. long, Jenvey; can you drop him if you hold on him short and long rifle away. On either side was long grass. • Wrapped in Nox-rust 6 SHOT The chances were that the old boy would as Pedro fires and Pedro's bullet does not va por wra pper do the job? I felt I could. • 4 inch barrel know of this strip and, as the beaters moved • Regularly $29.95; NOW: $19.95 in on him, he would give ground, using the Motioning Pedro to keep still behind the strip when he came to it rather than keep bush, I moved back past him and the camera• pushing his way through the long grass. He man to a position where I could see Walt would not be able to see us until he stepped looking our way through binoculars. He out of the grass; and then, if Pedro was "on waved back when he saw my raised arm and, Brand new 1959 model the ball," Simba, looking as big as a house, as he turned to the boys to give final in• • .in Nickel Steel would only be, at the most, 35 yards away. structions, I moved back to position to crouch • Fires all popular .22 • short Ammo Could Pedro make sure of him with one beside Pedro. ;• Precision made throughout shot? I didn't know. Amando was the boy The lion did not keep us waiting long. He L..-....;r • About 5 inches in length •A regular $18.95 value;. yours for only $14.95 for a setup like this, but he already had his was not letting the beaters get close. They lion. What if Pedro wounded the lion? One were still 150 yards away when I saw the ITALiAN-ARMI-GALESI bound and it would be gone ... and I was grass tops moving not far from the end of 22 CAL. 8 SHOT AUTOMATIC the chap who would have to go into that the sand strip. I wanted to put Pedro in the • Simulated pearl handle grass and get him. Three feet from him and picture, so I nodded gently and pointed • Self ejecting clip • Adjustable firing spring I wouldn't be able to see him, but he could slowly at the shaking grass. He tried to stand • Approximately 4 in. long hear me coming easily enough. He would up. I hauled him down. "No more of that," • Regularly $29.95; NOW: $24.95 charge, and I'd need a field gun to stop him I thought, "until he can actually see the • Federal firearm License No. 36·1866 Shipped Express Collect at that distance. lion!" So I waited until the lion's mane Send cash, check Or money order to ... On the other hand, the strip of sand pin• showed above the grass. He was about five THE ARSENAL, 33 W. HARRISON ST. pointed the lion's course, I felt sure; and paces from the strip. Again, I pointed. CHICAGO 6, ILL., Dept. G we had an excellent shooting position. An- Again, Pedro tried to rise, but this time I N~BLE 7Re hIRe 0/ Yo/ue-Pocked 'AMERICA'S superbly designed sporting arms! FINEST GUN MODEL 70 - Pump Gun VALUES! Perfectly balanced, a fine lightweight .410 shotgun in popular slide action design. Safe, economical, excellent Lightweight choice for women or youngsters. Ideal for small game at Favorite! short range or small bore skeet events.

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58 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 had him. I pointed again, and he nodded the sand strip. It seemed very important to fiercely. The pulse in his neck was galloping. me to have that other barrel loaded. I might Knowing Simba would look down as he need it. And if I did need it, I'd need it stepped onto the sand strip, I moved my hand badly. from Pedr~'s shoulder to his armpit. The lion The rifle barrels had been swinging down obliged. He listened to the beaters for a few while these thoughts raced through my mind. seconds. then lowered his head as he stepped Pedro had already commenced reloading down. We stood up. The old boy thought after his second hot. As the empty case all his troubles were behind him. He took was flicked out of my right barrel, the lion three strides before he saw us; then his head gave a deep rumbling growl, and came. jerked up and his yellow eyes met ours. As At the rumble, my eyes jerked away from he froze, Pedro fired. the rifle to the lion, and the round hit the edge of the bore. Another jab, then another. The .470 slug kicked up sand a foot to the He was too close. I had to snap the .465 shut right of the lion. He growled, spun around, on one empty barrel, after all. If Pedro fail• and in two bounds reached the end of the ORDER BY MAl ed. my shot would have to be a perfect one. strip. "Too late!" I said; but of course Pedro Pedro fired ... and missed. It was going did not understand. I should have grabbed 1fIMldd-';iHe4t to be close. My shot had to be centre. Sub• his rifle. consciously, I hem'd sounds of the photog• SLEEPING BAGS The lion had two feet to go when Pedro's rapher's flight. Pedro fired his last round at second shot snicked one hind leg, high up. p~ ! Eddie BAUER sleeping bags .are rated the finest by expedition leaders, The hit was acknowledged with a furious guides, mountaineers, foresters, authorities rumble. 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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 59 ·ceo. 3~CI= 1.2:~! ~.!'i.s a distance of twelve feet, and missed again. ~'i:! II Centre! Centre! :\1y shot had to be centre. :IE ':18~ At a mid point under those gaping jaws, I .... fired, and I knew I had made no mistake. III c . ! & =c.. a.: III Then I got a fright, a real fright. This was >- III '" ::J: ~ the end, I thought. Someone was going to ....'" i"g=E t z get hurt. For my shot had no apparent c &" .. '11 C U o g,.., c ~ effect. Instead of folding up under the im• :c E'" ::. C pact of the heavy bullet, the lion reared and, ~ ~8~: ~ 0 with forelegs spread. claws distended. sil• 1~.! 8, houetted against the sky, he reached for us. .'1.\ c . "! ]afi; .;1: I dived desperately aside. I felt no claws rake " ~ ~ ~ \\ :: f" me, and I thought. "Safariland's first client 80 c 'lJ.2 \\ I" ~~.;; "'0 ~:.o - . kilJed! It must be on Pedro ~ ~ ~ .~] 8 ~ I felt a great urge as T dived to look, to see what was happening; bllt the pre• dominant thollght was RELOAD! And to do that at lightning speed. I had to look EDWARD H. BOHLIN what I was doing. The two rounds were in Original Designer of the in a flash and I was turning as the rifle "CUNSLtNCER" Hotsters closed. These Belts and Holsters have No Equal for Superfast Drawing Pedro was lying prost rate, his feet liter• ally three feet from the lion's mOllth. The Holsters are so constructed that the gun handle has ample clearance mouth was closing and opening convlllsingly from the helt and the cylinder spins as the animal lay in its death throes. Pedro freely in the holster while drawing. had fallen in his great haste to dodge. The Belts are shaped to make holsters dying effort of that magnificent Simba had "hang low," same as the ones with carried him 10 his filII height as he reached a long drop in the belt or long for liS; then he collapsed. shanked holsters. Made from heavy single thickness best quality saddle Pedro regained his feet with an effort, re• leather. They fit extremely well and loaded his .470, fired twice to put the poor do not interfere with walking or lion Ollt of its misery. At six feet, he missed sitting down, and above all have no both shots. I didn't blame him! His fOllrth equal for super-fast drawing. shot did the job. t;ingle h<'lt and hob;tcr with nickel• plated bUt.:kle and :::>nap-a\\'ay safety As :\111lTay said, one learns something new strap (shon"u ;tbfn"e) ... ". Tan *~U.7:,) on cvery trip. After that one. I did some Additional Charge (or" " .. Black 1.50 "'ith .22 Caliber Cartridg-e extra practice at flipping Ollt that one empty Loop~ add 2.00 shell and gctting the new load in-and I "'ith Stainles~ Stl'el Buckles _.add 3.2:> vowcd in the fllture to shoot between gaping If you \\"i~h the Holster jaws, not under them. Even so, the vallie of Lined add 2.50 practice till actions became automatic was shown, because, on having to close the rifle "BOHLIN'S SPECIAL" $18.75 on one round, my hand had unconsciously (shown below) Finest Quality NO'l'l

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The rear sight wa perched back at hunting footwear. length 7%" Barrel 42f3" the rear end of the heavy, f1at·top frame, clothing and 375 items where it belonged. of interest to both Height 5" Weight 2 Ibs. men and women. 130 This, in my opinion, was the best single items are of our own 14 cartridge capacity action, heavy caliber revolver ever prodnced, manufacture. For the Outdoorsman or Law Enforcement but I wa not satisfied; I wanted a .44 Special. In 1953, in Seplember, I visited COMPARE THESE FEATURES Remington and Smith & Wesson and urged Bean's Coastal Decoy FOR ALL-ROUND EFFECTIVENESS them to get together on Ihe production 0 f a .55% greater fire-power than any other powerful .44 Special. Both were afraid of center-fire pistol. the old triple·lock, even though I had used • 133% greater fire-power than any my heavy loads in one safely for many years; center-fire revolver. so I told them 1.0 make Ihe case one·tenth of • Precision hand·fitted and of finest steel an inch longer 0 it wOllld not chamber in for continuous dependability. existing guns. Mr. Hellstrom agreed that he • Excellent accuracy with full grip and could and would wrap a suitable gun around fine balance. any load Remington would bring out. Extra large cork decoy. Designed to decoy birds long distances. We have used these decoys alone and in con• • Eight safety features - Gun can be car• I had long sessions with Mr. C. G. Peler• nection with regular size and it has been proven that ried loaded safely. An accidental blow son, of Remington, at Camp Perry that year; they will attract birds which otherwise would have passed by. All of our Decoys are made of cork which on hammer cannot cause discharge. then visited Bill Ruger at his shop and also has less glare than other material. Have wooden keels Hammer easy to cock with thumb. at his home, urging him to bring out a larger to prevent drifting. Made in Black Duck. Mallard and Pintail. Size 19%' by 8%". P,ice $5.00 each. Set • Easy, fast disassembly without tools. framed .44 Special. Like Carl Hellstrom of of six $28.00 postpaid. • Penetration: Ten "Va inch boards at 15 S & W, he listened but promised nothing. feet. Finally, with the advent of the Remington Other Browning Models .44 Magnum cartridge and the very fine L. L. Bean, Inc., Dept. 116, Freeport, Maine Caliber Capacity Weight Wilh Case Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum revolver, Bill .25 7 9 v'o oz. '299'* set to work and had three of his .357 Black .380 7 20 oz. 44'0 Hawks filled with .44 Magnum barrels and 9 Cased Set of Three...... 148 ' cylinder. I saw and handled these gllns at *Also in ultra-light weight model • the N.R.A. Convention at Washington that 7% oz. with chrome finish, pearl grips, year, and told Bill Ruger then that the gold plated trigger - '42'0 frame was too small and the cylinder 100 short to accept my 250 grain bullet in proper ENGRAVED MODELS '75 to '200 reloads with the new cartridge, and was too Nickle plated, pearl grips, gold plated trigger. SAME PRICES U. S. OR CA ADA GERMAN WAR FLAG Prices subject to change without notice. See Your BROWNING DEALER SAVINGS For ca~alog, wri~e: Browning Arms Co., Dept 84, St. Louis 3, Mo. FINANCIALLY Browning of Canada, Dept. 84. Bqx ~91, Montreal 9, P.Q. INSURED

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 61 small in diameter to hold the heavy loads. Bill asked if I wanted one of the guns, and I told. him I did and would take the short 4%" job. I went down stai~s to get it; . but the Ruger boys had already packed it up; so Bill said he would ship it to me later. However. when he got back to the faclory, he decided to first fireproof it before 5hip. ping. It blcw up with his "blue pills." Thi convinced Ruger that I was right, and he redesigned the whole gun, making a larger and heavier frame and making the cylinder larger in diameter and longer. This was the Ruger .44 Magnum Black Hawk, which at GUN the time I considered the finest single action revolver yet produced. I did not like the small grip, or the un• protected Micro rear sight that had side movement if raised up out of its mortise for Olt DEVELOPMENT longer range: nor did I like the old S.A. OF MISSILE RESEARCH Colt-type hammer or the inadequate narrow OUTPERFORMS ANY GUN OIL ON THE MARKET trigger. Likewise. I urged a larger headed Iosy Aerosol Applicotion Reoches (once Died Ports $39.95 base pin that would not rotate, and a strong• • •• it CLEANS: removes rust, gunpowder residue, Blue Finish er base pin catch. In addition. I strongly other corrosive elements. with pocket grip urged that he make a new grip frame, pat· • •• it LUBRICATES: confoins lubriconfs not subied n terned exacLly after the old Colt 2nd model to oxidation. Prevents gum formation, insures . i us by \Ver lohnso • 0 0 Made exclusIvely O[;bers. superb shooting Dragoon, the Dragoon made after the Walker. perfect firing from -50 F. to 350 F. In 22, 32, a~d 38 ~alanced solidly made. This would be a proper grip for men with • •• it PRESERVES: "S·66" mirode compound leoves on invisible cooting which protects guns indeiinitely. qualities! .hne\h target grip •••• !t48.oa large hands and, with its square-backed Nickel ~1~lsh ~~h target grip •••• !t42.0a . - j Blue FinIsh WI. ket grip •••. !t45.95 trigger guard, a gun that would not rap the CONTAINS NO GUM- .~ Nickel Finish wIth poc ..:..:...:....;.•••••• shooter's 5econd finger on recoil. Ruger FORMING PETROLEUM ~ UNCONDIT/ONAlL Y( agreed with me, but building a new factory OIL ~ GUARANTEED 1 and keeping up with production of existing G·66 Brand, an amazing :~~ri~;";'f~h· a~d ~ models kept him and his stafT very busy, new ~he~ical c~mpound, uet uncondi~~o~~'I· ( c~nta,"s, I~gredlen~s de- Iguaranteed by Jet and it was in 1958 that he scnt me the first Signed to keep mlssl.les Aer Corp If . I pilot model of the new Super Black Hawk and rockets operating fully sotisf' not under extr,me conditions chase pricele~'j,tb- .44 Magnum. I had insisted on a 7%" barrel and at. tempe~atures ap- refunded in file 0 ~. f and steel straps, and the new gun came with proach,ng minus 273 __ below zero...... "" '1141 i H H' a fine alloy steel grip frame, square-back trigger guard, the old Dragoon grip, and JET-AER CORP. Patersan 4, N.J. © the Micro rear and ramp front sights. $24.95 The ramp proper was thicker than neces• 25 cal. blue sary, and the blade front sight was too high; we had to file it down to get proper elevation ~eau.tifUIlY designed by one of Europe's • eadlng mfrs. Govt. proof·fired. Available with the 1icro sight in its lowest position. In 25 .cal. and 22 cal. short long and Hammer and trigger were still standard. It long flfle, in blue, chrome ~nd chrome engraved. proved a very fine-shooting long range six• gun, the best single action any of us had seen or used. Last fall, Ervin Malnarich, FOR Springfield who runs the Selway Lodge, out of Profino, Enfield p-o-. Idaho, took it with him for his annual elk 98 Mauser FN Mauser guiding. He proceeded to kill his own elk, a Effective July first OF SPAIN SHOTGUNS Swedish Mauser PRIDE ! fine fat cow, at 70 yards with one shot On Mauser And Springfield Czech Mauser .,~, through the shoulders with the new Ruger. Speedlock kits $13.50 and all other 'IQ tnlc actions Then he trailed up and finished off three Enfield Speed lock (with identicat to more elk that his clients had wounded. new cocking piece) S15.00 ~todel 98 Mauser nd 20 gauge madels with .and Single Stage $12.50 12,16 a aticejectors. Prices In the meantime, I hounded Ruger for a Request descriptive folder. 'without autom 'Iable 10 gauge still further improved version. Design and $110.00. Also aval . from .th automatic ejector. production of his little Bear Cat, however, magnum WI . (Continued on page 64) Write for low JUIces.

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GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1959 63 (Continued from page 62) side-tracked the big gun project. I asked "Rifle collectors who demand precise, for a lower Bisley-type hammer with sharply detailed information will be delighted checkered spur, a wide, checkered or grooved to add this book to their collection."• trigger. I also asked for a Smith & Wcsson• St. Louis Post-Dispatch. type rear sight, or some improvement over the Micro on the original Black Hawk; also for a lower front ramp and highcr blade, as well as a gold inscrt in the top of thc ramp MORE type blade, shaped similar to the red insert on thc fine S & W .44 Magnum. Also, I Single-Shot requested a larger button on the extractor rod. The grip on this first pilot model proved RIFLES the best any of us had ever used, pcrfectly cushioning recoil and, as it turned up in the By 1A~IES J. GRANT hand, positioning the thumb just right to cock for a second shot. The big Dragoon grip absorbed recoil of the .44 Magnum the best of any gun yet tried. Jntri~'lIll1J:: lie,,' f:Jets about the Frank Now, in June 1959, I have just received \¥eBlSon and .i\lilton Farrow rifte:--, ,vith a COlllprehensiyc chart showing and have been testing the final pilot model the peculiaritie.s of all known ",Vesson of the new Super Black Hawk. (J still think rifles. The little-known career of gun• smith Cyrus B. Holden, plus those of it should be called the Ruger "Dragoon.") Borchardt, Farquharson, Alexander The new gun should be in production by Honry and others. Chapters on such great rif"lc.s as the Ballards, ~te\·ense.s, early fall, and it embodies about all the Hemingtons, vVinchesters, Peabody• improvements I have asked for. Bill has Martinis. Information on collecting, redesigned the flat-top frame so that the refinishing, and renlodeling. Micro sight is enclosed by solid frame steel 180 illlls1r;,tiolls include cutn,vay pho• togTaphs and drawing:; of the actions on each side and can now be elevated and used in single-shot !·ifles. Nineteen still be solidly supported on each side by full - page plates reproduee pages fronl tho Ernst Friedrich Buchel cat• the frame, thus eliminating any side move• aIog-. Patent drawings of design inl• ment when the sight is raised. The front ))f'O\'enlents, ramp is still too thick and the front sight 322 pages. A fascinating sequel to bladc about one sixteenth inch too low, Grant's definitive Sill~:;le-Shut Rifl~s. $ll.OO e:lt·h. as the gun shOOIS a good foot high at 60 yards; but this will be corrected. The ex• 'VILJ,IA1U JUORRO'V &: CO., INC. tractor button is still too small, but can ]).:",)t. 71 4~;) P;lrk ",\.'-"'''''11(" South also be improved. Ruger has improved the :\re ,,- York If;, X. Y. excellent square-backed-trigger-guard Dra• goon grip over the first pilot model by mak• ing it very slightly shorter and with less drop. This greatly improves its pointing ability and gives one the same angle of grip-to-frame that has made the Single Ac• ATTENTION tion famous over the years for perfect point• ing. The grip is slightly narrower from front You need not be on an African Safari or be to back of grip than the first pilot model, Gunsmiths, Collectors a member of the Olympic Team- to appreciate which is all to the good. In fact, this last that handloading makes the BIG difference pilot model grip is, to my notion, perfect in between success and failure. Whether every detail. Grips are of fine figured walnut Blueprints of Chambers varmint shooting, hunting deer. pheasant and just the right thickness. or Kodiac Bear - smart hunters RELOAD The hammer is the Bisley type, with a Rifle-Shotgun-Pistol-Revolver and recommend C-H Reloading EqUiPmen/J' wide, grooved spur. Its appearance could be Most popular calibers Only C-H makes a COMPLETE LINE of further improved by cutting it down deeper equipment for reloading rifle, pistol or between the thumb piece proper and rear $1 per caliber shotgun shells. end of frame. The trigger is a perfect con• $2 per three calibers ~ With C·H it is easier to reload than ever ' tour of the trigger finger, wide and well $5 per ten calibers before. C-H reloaded ammo is more accurate, grooved. The base pin is now fitted with a and it is so INEXPENSIVE. You can reload ~ larger, grooved head and a flange cut out 30-06 brass for as little as 3¢ a round as for barrel and extractor so it will not rotate. C. C. HAGELSTEIN compared to factory ammo retailing for 20¢ This permits a single cut for the cross P.O. Box 297 or a saving of 17¢ or more. C-H Reloading plunger lock that has held the base pin Equipment is easy to own. 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64 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 loads in both these pilot models. This base NEXT TO HIS RIFLE, THE HUNTER'S FRIEND! pin does not become tight or jammed and is BEST easily moved forward with fingers alone, as it should be. The new gun is fitted with a 7Vz" tapered barrel, and it balances and handles per• fectly. It is the perfcct single action for the h,mter, packer, guide, or cow puncher. The base pin can be moved forward enough to clear the cylinder for removal but not far cnough to leave the gun unless the extraclor rod assembly is also removed, and this will JJreyent loss of the base pin when the cylin• der is removed for cleaning. The rear sight blade proper projects above the top of base and the flanges on the flat-top frame about one sixty·fourth inch, giving a very clear sight picture, and the rear notch is wide enough to permit one to see a strip of light on each side of the front sight for perfect centering. Grip assembly is of steel instead of alumi• num alloy, and incorporates Ruger's fine coil main spring. The gun cocks much faster and easier than with the old high, narrow ham• mer, and even a short thumb can easily reach the Bisley-type hammer without shifting the grip as was necessary on the old Colt Single Action and the earlier Black Hawk guns for men with small hands. This gun is not de• signed for fanning, but would be very fast SOVEREIGN INSTRUMENTS COMPANY for properly trained men for quick draw. 8305 SOVEREIGN ROW • DALLAS 35, TEXAS Those peace officers who prefer the single -;::=::;JI:;=~ action will find this model, fitted with 4%" -;;:::n;;;;;-gian;-2;--:;:;e-:i;t::-;o:;;:;dl barrel, the finest combat single action in descriptive literature today) I Name' _ I existence: I I cut the rear sight blade down flush with Address I the top of its base, thus lowering elevation until I was able to center the big gun at 60 ~~3~~~~~~~~------J yards. It shot very good groups with my 250 grain hard cast bullet and 22 grains 2400, but did not group quite as well with factory loads. Then I turned it on rocks from 400 to 800 yards away, and verified my sighting for line. At the longer range, I had to hold Write for Illustrated Brochure with all all of the front sight, plus the ramp, up over information on Stocks and how to order! the rear sight blade to lob the big slugs on the target; but I would have had no trouble hitting anything the size of a cow or horse at that range, shooting with both hands and with a rest for both arms. The 7%" barrel gives higher velocity than • Law Enforcement any shorter length, and is a distinct aid in • Target Shooters game shooting. I would not, personally, want • Hunters a barrel over 7%" long on a sixgun. Trigger • Field Shooters pull is around 3% pounds and clean, the Stocks car v e d for all best I have seen on a Ruger Single Action. popular American guns, So, for anyone wanting a top-flight, single individually custom fit• action revolver for the world's most potent ted. revolver cartridge, for game, long range, or combat use, I can recommend the new Ruger Super Black Hawk 100%. I am happy to l1trrefts STOCKS have had a part in gctting such a fine IfIIII ~un into the shooters' hands. ~ Box 741 TWIN FALLS, IDAHO

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 6S ------~---, O.NE~MAN SHOTGUN .. PRACTICE FREE CATALOG' (Continued from page 21) "foot release." All firing is done from a OUT-DRAWS THEM ALL standing position. The line pa ses through a small pulley attached to the trap. For the first method, simply eCllre the free "RAPID *DEWATS end of the rope to any solid object on either FIRE" DEACTIVATED WAR TROPHIES side of the trap. Tie off about fOllr feet above Holsters WORLD'S BEST DEWAT BUY the grollnd after taking in all the slack when ':'FRENCH CHAUCHAT 8MM MACHINE RIFLE the trap is cocked. Natural rope sag will Sin~lc shot 01' full automatic-Used In two WOl'ld \VOlt'S!! by Fl'cllch & U, S, In \V \V I. and FI'cuch & place the rope center below the shooter's ilclj.{ians at St;lI"t of \\" \VII , At this pdce it should l>c • in evct'y riflc 01' ;automatic wcnpolls collccLlon, Com• waist. Load the trap and your gun, and "walk BUSCA· plete with CI'('scent 20 I'd, mnJ{" Blpod, slocks, and t~~~~ I~g~d' ~~c: ,~~o.ct.' ,~n,I:: :::::::::::::::~~3:gg into" some good practice shots. DERO Fni!' ,.""",'., , .. "_ .. 814.\);' Outfits ACCESSORY KIT: Consistin~ of 2 extra m01gs & 'sing the "walk away from" method, the carry:ng case, tool set, special aircraft sights. plus other extras. Kit with gun $3.75. Without gun line is tied around the waist or looped $9.95. A $15,00 Value. through the belt and tied. The shooter just ':'CERMAN MACHINE PISTOL 44 (MP441 7.92mm S. VCl'satile scmi- nnd (ull·auLOmatic wcnpon walks away from the trap at any angle, • of WWII - Dubhcd by Hitler. "STURMGEWElIR 44" Design tStonn Hifle, 1944). A classic example of the usc of from the front to the ide. An alternate and Copyright slampin"s in ;:II'ms manufacture. Complete with vcry I"al'e 30 rd. Illag-.•.•.•.• , •••••.•••••• ,., $49,95 faster means is to hold the line under the 1958, by -These i(.£>llls a1'e a\'ail:.\hle in fully :lclive ('omlitioll Dale Myres willi pl'oper U.S. TI'casUI')' authol'iz:nlon to the buyel'. forend of the gun. 'PARTS FOR When using the foot release, the shooter Box 7292-) Revolvers. Automatics & Rifles is nearer the trap and is stationary. The line DALE MYRES CO. EI Paso, Texas Llama, Ballester-Mol ina, Colt. Smith & Wesson is tied (a clove hitch is be t) to the base of ~~~~;~ ~~~ltt'GU~t~~~ld~au~g;:n\!~~~~~i i, R~~g. R~l~~"n~ hcher, Many others, a mall stake about ten feet from the trap. SEND SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE It is sprung with the shooter's forward foot. FOR PRICE LIST REQUEST PRICES ON SPECIFIC ITEMS The main disadvantage to any of these methods is that the shooter has to move SWEDISH 6.5 CARBINE K94 around a good deal for each shot. However, Trigger Assembly, complete "", .. ,. ,$2.75 Bolt. complete 7,95 it's a good way to practice difficult shots by Extractors .,,. __ .... 2.25 Firing pins , ..... ",. l,7S yourself and be spared the "Tough luck, Barrel and receiver ,,,., ••••• '., 6,25 Rear sight. complete .. ,...... •• ..•. 2.00 old man" remarks of your friends Floor plate and follower 2,SO when you mis a few. And don't we all?

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Special Ammo Offer: 7.921\11\1' ShOl·t for Gcr• man !\Ll'. 44 "STURMGEWElln 44". Ver'y By KENT BELLAH ",H'e .. , .•... ,.", ...•. $7.50 per 100 I'ds. LOOlSe & :lSSQI'tcd 7M1\1 ]o,'fOlusel' :alnlnO, some mis• H,·cs. nlOSL slioot-200 I"ds, (WiUl :l few ext!'a The .243 Winchester tl1l'owl) In) " ... , ....• " .. , .. "., ... , .. $7.50 Special Loose Ammo offc!!' ,30-06 $4.50 PCI' 100 . 30-40 KI':J~ $4.25 pel' 100, • Winchester's .243 cartridge is really a dilly. some of the many articles pralslllg the .243. s on cnse lots,) It was born without labor pains by simply It does perform like a circus pony, and ~~~~E:l ~~~~~~~ t3tt~~T, AuLn~eslsT~~~ci~~tIP~~p' necking down their .308 hull. It has most it seems you are hardly acceptable in higher age is included with order. everything you want in an all-around, gun society the e days unless you own one ALL COO SHIPPED EXPRESS COLLECT Dealer inquiries invited. medium-power round, with long range or more of the 6 mm's. accuracy for clean kills on everything from Factory fodder shoots well, generally in POTOMAC ARMS prairie pups to deer. Many fine factory rifles, 2 minutes of angle (2 moa) or less. Of P. O. Box 550, 329 S. Union St. both lever and bolt action, and many custom course, we Hull Fillers can assemble -our Alexandria 2, Virginia jobs, are chambered for it. nle you read own stuff and save over 70%. Accuracy ~------~ nothing but Braille, you must have read approaches .22 hot·shots, and it bucks wind PRECISION VERNIER CALIPERS .. ---., ~ Micro-Dial for Amateur 6' Professional Cunsmiths, Reloadcrs, Collectors Universal FOR INSIDE, OUTSIDE AND DEPTH - WITH BOTH METRIC AND INCH SCALES-HIGHLY ACCURATE Scope Mount METRIC: 1 mm. with vernier, 1/20 mm. INCH: .025" with vernier. 001". Overall length 8 in., with capacity of 5 1,4, in. AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR YOUR SHOP Precision made especially for Cunsmiths 6 work where close accurate measurements Allied Trades where both metric and inch must be taken & final inspections. Clear ATION.•• systems are used on the same firearm, ac.. Craduations. Prices including Wooden Box tion or frame, also handy in checking am• in Chrome Steel. $15.00 >i5~;~' munition sizes. Indispensable in all shop in Stainless Steel. $17.50 SEND fOR NEW COMPLETE CATALOG 14·Q MAIL 25c FOR BIC NEW 48 ON ALL BUEHLER EQUIPMENT. PACE ILLUSTRATED CATALOC No. 58 FRANK MITTERMEIER Gltnsrnith Supply H eadquaTters 3577 EAST TREMONT AVE. NEW YORK 65, N. Y. Established 1936 MAYN~,~o~ ~,~n~~HLER_

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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 67 (Continued jrom page 66) even better. The mill revs up plenty of whoosh for a flat trajectory. Recoil is about half Ihe 20 pounds or so of a .30·06, which makes it as easy to take as whipped cream on strawberry shortcake. That's a good sales pitch for a good GUAHANTEED cartridge, but I've heard better. A prominent SHOCK PROOF gun writer, and a fine fellow, calls it a 600 FOG·PROOF Special "high - impact" yard varmint number, and labe];; the corn· instruments test the petitive .244 Remington as a mere 300 yard FOR LIFE! shock resistance of Bear job! This lad wouldn't stretch the truth or Cub Scopes. All parts and the range, but a dirty little gremlin cut his ONLY Scope with Triple settings must withstand 2 yardstick to about 18 or 24 inches just before Anti-Fog Protection. lifetimes of simulated he-dVY recoil. he measured the maximum accurate range of a .243. Factory 80 grain pills start at a listed 3,500 fps. At 300 yards, they are still twist· ing at a respectable 2,410 fps. about equal to a Swift; and of course the bigger slug packs more punch. The 1,030 F.P. of energy is considerably better than the 780 F.P. of a (1) HERMETIC S~~ALING 2% X $49.50 .32-20 pill of the same weight at the muzzle, (2) NITROGEN FILLING REDFIELD 4X (shown I mention this old cartridge because gun above) $59.50 writers of yesteryear recommended it for (3) ASSEMBLY UNDER Junior 6X $79.50 deer. It bagged many, but wounded more, IDEAL CONDITIONS - Scope Mo.unts Ask YOUI~ dealer or g-un.. even under 50 yards. Let's call 300 yards where dust and humidity smith to ~how you Red... the max range for deer, if you can place a arc electronically elimi~ The Unbeatable Combina• tion Cor Accuracy and Rug• field's complete sight• slug in the right spot. Try a closer range natcd. Exclusive "Tuf- ge,drtess! The combination of ing" system - it's the for cleaner kills. CoatIt black fin ish Bear Cu'b Scopes and Junior QUALITY LINE of Mid·range trajectory at 300 yards is 4.7 cannot he $cralchcd Scope Mounts is the world·wide S<:opcs. Mounts and inches, compared to for a Swift. A choice of experienced bun.ters who 3.8 20 Sights. 01' discolored. demand ruggedness and accuracy.. Jun- mile cross wind moves the bullet 20.1", and ior Scope Mounts are guaranteed to witb~" the little Swift 35.9", so trajectory isn't the ~ s-~nnd the recoil of any rifle fired from the \ whole story. Neither is the "accuracy" of &ho.ulder. Available wit-h split or solid dna-s. \ your gun or load! At 400 yards a .2-13 drifts 1311 So. Clarkson St., Denver, Colo. along at 2,140 fps to deliver a 810 F.P. REDFIELD ,GUNSIGHT CO. punch, which is better than the 705 F.P. of a Celebrating 50 years - America's leadini filfr. of Scopes-Mounts-Sights Swift at only 300 yards. At 500 yards, the l £:O;:.,,,~·b""U",;;.;.:::".::.",~-"":" ..L.~",-,~ .."-.. ,,,,"~~-,-,- ..,,,,>:w"-".;:.:;:>;"~·,"U ... ~ ':"';..o-u~"~"U"~""~~'"":-":"~"-:<'Wo'> ...... »"..w;::::",.~,$»: boxes. 12 MM PIN FIRE-packed 25 to Master gunsmiths, best in the South, offer COMPLETE the box. ShOI'ls $2.50 pel' box. Longs $3.00 pel' box. offered rare arms and ammo for gunsmithing for shooters, attractive repair rates for 577/450 Manini-Hcnry (made by the shooter and collector. " dealers. Approved by all makers. Stoeger distributor; KYNOCH) . Browning, Colt etc. agency. Guns, reloading supplies. C Satisfaction guaranteed. We trade. " .,:" ' BOB HUNTER GUNSHOP, Woll SI. 01 7th, Cordele, Go.

Harvey Prot-X-Bore Zinc The eyepiece lens of your hunting scope is Base l'r Jugular Jacketed actually a large "PEEP SIGHT". You MUST SHOOTI Swaged Hand Cun Bullets Fastest, most accurate bullets. An popular calibers. center the cross hairs in it for pin point hits. NEW! S&W K-22 Conversion to Harvey .224 KAY-CHUK The New Dead Center Sighting Guide stops S~~~~~(§h~~Fr~~ol~e 'M~~1~:e~~~ldosV~~r 2J~~_{J?~ore guessing. Ends all PARALLAX error. Slips on zinc base bullets. JUGULAR jacketed Castin~ Kits. any scope with O.D. 1-3/16" to 1-3/4". Tax and SwaginR' Dies, for handgun bullets only. Post. Pd. $3.50, M. O. or check only. Money back Send 25e in coin or stamps for complete information. guarantee. Pat. Pend. CUSTOM LOADS LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. Lakeville, HOKE SIGHTS. Bloomville 2, Ohio Connecticut 68 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 Coyotes are generally cleanly killed or missed at 400 yards, with average shooters making more misses than hits. If you have a hot tube, a fine gla s with a really good mount on well mated iron and wood, and if you take enough practice, you'll connect often enough at 400 yards to make it interest• ing. As for the average guy plugging small varmints at 600 yards consistently under field conditions with a porter, I know a better joke about a traveling salesman and the farmer's daughter. A .243 fills the void b(ltween .22 and .25, being better than either for some work. Inherent accuracy is fully 500/0 bctter than a .257, perhaps 650/0, depending on the Lot DAKIN OVER & UNDER umbers of factory ammo. Racy O/U with unique features. Ideal for hand.loaders. Raised vent. rib. Box frame; All factory .243's I've fired shot well, and positive extractors. Monobloc construction. I've fired many. The fine F. . Mau ers Double crossbolt. 12, 20• .410 all $206.00. and Sako's are too well known to require Get the feel of a Dakin "double" at much mention. Colt rifles use the inter• your franchised Dakin dealer. Per• nationally famous Sako·Mauser actions that fect balance. Specifically designed for have a wonderful reputation around the American shooters. Special beaver• world. These action are my choice, not tail forends; select steel alloys; hand only for their fine quality, but the extra engraving and checkering; close"fit." margin of safety if a case has a defective $124.50 to $350. Write for catalogue head. Most of my tube, both custom and and name of nearest Dakin dealer. factory barrels, are on these actions. They DAKIN GUN COMPANY have saved me from serious injury, or worse, Dept. 106 on several occasions. All three Colt models 121 Second St.• San Francisco 5, Calif. handle beautifully. Sako's new "Fore ter," like Colt .243's, Custom made for yOU ••• has 12·groove rifling. Accuracy will be better a Western "FASTDRAW" if bullets leave the bore with less deforma· tion, as it is claimed they do. I don't dispute BUSCADERO the claim. It sounds logical, and both gu ns shoot well enough to back it up, and both makes handle well. I put a higher value on gun handling for hunting than on the ultimate in accuracy, which is needed in competition. Half the riflemen are mis ing the thrill of their life with awkward hand· Handmade f,'oJT_ superb saddle ling guns. Some shooters don't even attempt leather. Plain running shots. They could take a new lease basl~etweave 01' Plain $25 han d - carved Basketweave on life by taking some jackrabbits making floral design. Belt 3" wide through $30 a fast get·away, with a hunting gun. body, 5" at holster Handcarved loop. Leather• $35 Lever fans continue to discover the lined, fast dra \\" Savage 99 line. The neat new Savage 110 shooting tie-down Two holster straps. Choice o( rigs-add $10 bolt action is popular. The 110 MCL is 3 colors-natul"aJ, another Savage first in a left·hand model. WESTERN brown, black at no exh'u cost. Specify size, FAST DRAW (allow extra length if belt is to be worl1 Lads who fire from the left shoulder now below ",,-aist or on hip). color, right or lefl• OI'iJt'inally deslR'ned by Ray Howser, f:1Sl dl'aw expert, for cowboy movie handed. make and Inodel of gun, caliber, feel they are loved, and that someone cares. stal'S and stunt men who wanted a IlU balTel length. Free catalog. Custom stockers are whittling handles right ~~d J!~~IA~5~t;1~~j.llf:~t -l~f: I:ct:g~ same holster featured in Chapel's D. J. (Don) RUNGE and left for the right- and left·hand barreled "Gun Collector's Handbook of Val• Dept. G·g, Box 325. San Rafael. California ues·'. Qften copied. but never equaled. actions. Winchester's M·70 linc sells well, or fine .5addle leather, reinforced with metal and expertly stitched. Give waist. hlp measurement. caliber, make and generally shoots well after a bedding and barrel lenrth. SlnR"le holster and bclt$27.50. Southpaws add $1. Holster STANDARD DISCOUNTS tune·up. only 511.50. COD's require $10.00 ~~re~sitax?alifornla TO DEALERS WITH LETTERHEAD Some writers overstress hunting accuracy. residents add 40/0 • Hand Guns, Rifles and Shotguns You'll bag more game with a fast handling • Reloading Toois and Components rifle that gives larger groups than with a • Scopes, Mounts, Sights, Accessories clumsy gun that screws 'em down. Good, • F.N. & Sako Rifles, Actions & Bbls. • Archery, Fishing & Camping Equipment slim, trim tubes do shoot well, especially PRIMER POCKET CLEANER the first two or three shots from a cold Scrubs pockets quickly, clean & _ .1"111.' bright. For use in any motor or barrel; and these are the shots that count. OnlYSPhxt. hand·driven chuck. Or can be " 1•• ,. It' •' •.• Pa. Res. Add 31120/0 Sales Ta.."C manually operated. Fine steel Try 3·shot groups with your light sporter. DEALERS & wire brush. with metal sleeve. JOBBERS Only $1.00 Ppd. Specify whether 229-235 E. Third St. Heavy tubes are better for a long string of INQUIRIES for large or small primers. INVITED KUHARSKY BROS. LEWISTOWN, PA. shots on targets. Work up accurate load 2425 W. 12th St., Erie, Penna. for your light sporter and you'll sack up •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• more game than with a more accurate rifle • you can't handle so well. Don't believe me. • ",. • rMERSHON Try it. AMMUNITION • 6 mm's were old hat to wildcatters long REMINGTON $550 • before modern factory ammo replaced the 41 RIMFIRE SHORTS Per Box, 50 Rd •. • 30·06 Military Cartridges late i ••u. $7.50 • IMllff 6 mm Lee of the 1890's. Fred T. Huntington, Non Corrosive per 100 . .•.••••••• • .25·20 Repeating Rifle Cartridges • owner of R.C.B.S. Gun & Die' Shop, Oroville, Per 100 ...... ••..•• 8.00 • .303 Savage Rifle Cartridges • UNE Calif., designed his .243 Rock Chucker on Per 100 ...... •...••••••••• 10.00 • .45 Auto. Rim Cartridges • a .257 case for one of the superb wildcats of Per 100 ...... ••••••••••••• 8.00 • .348 Winchester • all time. Fred knows guns and handloading, Per 100.••.•••••••••••••••••• 18.00 • .22 Automatic Rifle Cartridges • as well as how to make quality dies. His Per 1,000•••••••••••••••••••• 20.00 • .45-70 Smokele•• Low Pressure • creation helped make 6 mm's popular, prob· Per 100.•••.••••••••••••••••• 10.00 • .351 Winchester Self-Loading Metal Patch • ably encouraged the Remchester people to Per IOO-Value 514.00 •••••••••• 8.00 • .35 Winchester Self-Loading • bring out their .244 and .243 versions. Hunt• Per IOO-Value $14.00 ••••••••••• 8.00 • .30 Remington Soft point • ington had a hand in working with several Per IOO_Value 517.00 •••••••••• 10.00 • .32 Long RF Cartridge. • wildcats and wildcatters that contributed Per 1.00 .•.••••••••••••••••••• 4.00 • .32 Short RP ·• much to modern firearms efficiency. If you ~er 100•••••••••••••••••••••• 4.00 • .25 Rim·Fire Sho,.b • send in three fired cases, Fred will make "~r tOO ••.••••••••••••••••••• 4.00 • 405 Winchester Soft Point, • cutom dies for your particular rifle, at the Per 100 ...... •...•.•..•••• 20.00 ·• 22 Savage High Power, • regular 13.50 price. He will also make Per 100 .... 12.50 • "'White Line"' Recoil Pads dies for your own wildcat. 32·40 Soft Point, 12.50 • 32 ~~~h~~t~~ . S:L·. 'So'ft P~i~t:······· • l;nique dc-sign offers gradual resistance to Cases stretch from Hi·V and a 20 degree Per 100 . 8.00 • l't:'coil, instead of "mushy" cushioning or 30·40 Kral] Silver Tip, • abntpt ·'bottoming." There is a n10del for shoulder. Max length is 2.045. Keep trimmed Per 100 . 17.50 • evel'Y purpose, whether rifle or shotgun. 32 R~~in?~~n. ~~f.t. ~~:n.t: . 12.00 • For quality, long life and unexcelled shoot• to this figure, or a bit less for safety and • 219 Zipper Winchester Soft Point, • ing comfort, insist on "\Vhite Line" Recoil accuracy. Forster is my pet trimmer. Besides Per 100. 12.50 • Pads. Deluxe (shown) $3.75 Ear Defenders MSA for the Shooter. Brand • precision trimming, it has accessories for New. Cov. Surplus Val. $3.00 postpaid. 1.00 • Bore Scopes, New Covt. Surplus; Postpaid. 75c • other precision work on cases and bullets. • r Deluxe Slip• Inspect case mouths after trimming and RUBBER • On Recoil before deburring. Discard any with non· RECOIL BOOTS • uniform walls or a split starting. Either • Absorber fault can cause flyers. Carefully inspect $ 3 DOZEN • Easily slips on to any 6ge each • shotgun or rifle. heads, webbs, bodies and necks before load· • "Progressive Action" ing. Discard any with visible defects. absorbs shoclc 'ViiI give years of service. The usual 1:10 twist stabilizes 75 to 105 Only $2.00 (Continued on page 73)

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Fast draw type holster with soft glove leather, white lining. WHITCO & SONS Belt and holster in black cowhide only. $8.95 PP. or COD plus shipping. Send waist size; caliber and model of gun when P. O. DRAWER 1712 ordering. Double gun set available at $13.95. BROWNSVILLE 18a, TEXAS

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BREECH OIL ~. In minutes you convert your Springfield 1903 into a ~ smooth oction, man· sized .22 repedter. • J & THONG SET, . For Springfield, Garand, Enfield & Krag, fits in Bock to 30.06? Simpiy slip out barrel liner and ~ - I. butt, nickeled brass, not plastic, as issued, excellent, . '... • .22 bolt. complete $1.00 ppd. .' . _. !-. Smooth oc1ion, the some that's won match ofter j match-year after year 0' the U.S. M·2 Springfield. NEW U. S. CARBINE BAYONETS ~ne·xp~~~siv:ll p~:e~~ceM~i~~ S~2i,~~e.::: ~~r 3?t~e~f "Short throw'~ bolt and ordnance steel bCirf,el insert, t:. Bayonet & In a few short weeks. tJtM..;..~!~·JJ?9L0-...~!!~J?.",2.~11~SlQ&~!~L!i~~,;.,.~.£Ji..3;',J~'-"","d'Jii" sheath -$4.50. EACH UNIT consists of precision ground .22 barrel insert, full size short action .22 bolt, new .22 Bayonet attach• cal. trigger guard and magazine. EXTRA magazines $1.75 each. ment for gun $1.75. 38 SPECIAL-.357 lIIAGXUlII-9 nun LUGER SPECIAL ALL 3 U. S. CARBINE BARREL BLAKIiS: Beautiful 6 groove, .357 for $5.35 ppd. groove dia., 1 turn in 16", fUll 26i1 long, .940 MAGAZINES o.d. Used for converting old 92 Winchestcrs into .357 magnum rifles (or .38 special). cus• ~ MAUSER OWNERS tom barrels for Colt, S&W, Lug-ers, etc. 87.75 FR EE Water (& dirt & ea., plus 50c pp., or 12" lengths $4.75 plus ~9!f SINGLE STAGE F.N. 25c pp. tobacco) proof rubber cap TRI.GGER AND SEAR given w/ea. magazine. 1'\\1 Eliminates an'noying two stage .45 TAPERED .... pull found in military models. (Now full 12") Reduce Inaccuracies with suo BARREL BLANKS perior pull-Fits all '98's. • 5 shot upacity-required by law for hunting. fits Usable for Buntline S. A.'s, muzzle loaders. New Swedish. 7MM '93, '95 etc.• Iflush with guard-streamlines appearance. Solid Service, 1917's, miniature cannon. custom re• ~ New, Famous F.N. make, spe· machi ned bottom-not "raw" appearing oversized volvcr bbls. Rifled. new, 85.35 plus SOc PP. cial low price S L 7 5 for set. fold overs that some are s.elling 5'2.45 .45 CALIBER • 15 shot, in original wrap. only $1.00 ea. or 2 for 51.75 • 30 shot, "banana" clips only 54.95 Dr 2 for $7.951 PISTOL BARRELS ANOTHER NUMRICH SUPER SPECIAL Brand new, straight lengths. 3/4 " x 8", for extra lon~ and/or fancy barrels. Supplied chambered for .45 HEAVY-LONG SUPER TARGET auto or unchambered. state which S3.95 ea.- .22 BARRELS REJllKGTON 500 SERIES .22 calI• or 2 for S6.50. ber magazines, 5 shot. New. Only $1.00 ea., 2 for $1.75. 3 for $2.25. .45 AUTO MAGAZINES NEW REMINGTON MATCH MASTER BARRELS. for use as barrel blanks or on Remington guns in the 500 series. made 1954 of new steel specs., 26" long. 13/16" diameter, all polished and bItted, NOW - SPECIAL PRICE! superior to any made pre· I chambered for .22 1. r., 6 groove rifting. Each barrel SPRING1'IELU 3 BLADE screw- ~~. viously. New. in orig. wrap· trued. te!'ited and serial numbered by Remin~on. The ~ pln~s;. $1.9S ea._2 for $3.50. drivers as issued. NOTE: When 2 :l.re ordered. ~tJ~$ g~v~e:;li:;5~o~·~~ ~:~~~eri~~~r~ouE~:nl ifnYr~e C}~t~~; New $1.00 1>1)(1. in~ • new weh carryin2 case -may we sugRest you pick up 1 or 2 of these at this eluded FREE. exceptional price b(!(ore they are gone? Hie-h sl.renl!th steel, suitable for center fire calibers. fine for target JIAUSER '98 pistol barrels. Originally made for the 513 TaI"g"et 1I11LJTARY BOLTS ri8es Special $4.95 plus SOt Post. (Ramp & front sight for abovc $1.25) Complete. Used. Good. Fits all '98 rifles. vVhile small stock lasts ...... $12.50 ppd. SPRINGFIELD Quickly installed 1903 STOCK OF STOCKS sight set. Stream• Shotgun stocks all 12 ga., all new, original lined front ramp with sight. n ear factol'Y n1ade. sight with both SAVAGE 111 720 and 745. plain finish, hard windage & elevation rubbe,· butt plate $5.95 bUilt In. Both til. nEJnJ"G'l'O~ (old model) autoloader, MdL 11 stalled by simply tightening Allen set Complete with catch, pin & spring, steel. not aluml. w Isafe in front of triggt"r guard $5.95 screw. Front .560 mum, speci.fy blue or pa.f'kerlzed__$6.20 complete. nEllllI~GTON 1I11H, 31 with butt plate $7.25 Ld.• nar .775 Ld. (Guard alone, 83.95, F. Plate aJone, $2.25, milled follower. 81.00. spring 50C) lTHACA 37 stocl{s. plain with swivel cut. S6.50 Plenty of wall thickness for reaming to all popu• Special. beautifully checkered $8.25 lar sizes. Blued. ready to install. O:"'LY 82.95 REJU:-IGTO:-i 1I1nJ~ 11 With push safe ..$6.50 for complete set! .22 TARGET RIFLE STOCKS CARBINE REAR SIGHTS RElIUNGTON 513 '1' ••.•..•.••••••••....$9.95 adjustable for windasre & ~~~ll~~~ESS'~~iR 75. ::::::::::::::::: ::::: g:~g elevation, fils all U. S. Car· GARAND RIFI~E GRENADE I~AUNCH· bines, slides into receiver ERS as issued. New, irnportant accessory E':iiiiiiIrJ,...-/.-J dovetail _ 2 minutes to In" addition to your collection. Only $3.95 ea. SPRINGFIELD A3 SI~H'+·S. a~il~l~~~~dlo S~I;~~e. Pfg; (Spirit level In.unching sight as issued l~IIACA 37 pump 11UIllllc assembly, cOinplete 1903A3 only new, issued $1.8S ppd. .. $2.65; special gas cylinder plug with \nth checl

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 71 THE GUN MARKET

Classified ads 20c per word per insertion including name and address. Pay• (on sale October I) is August 16. Print ad carefully and mail to GUNS Magazine, able in advance. Minimum ad 10 words. Clqsing date for November, 1959, issue 8150 North Central Park Blvd., Skokie, Illinois.

SMITH & WESSON. 22 Cal.. brand new. model 41. target ACENTS WANTED automatic. $110.00. Fully engravcd model. $285.00. Public MISCELLAN EOUS Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2. Pa. HTN A Spare-Time Greeting Card and Gift Shop at FINEST LUBRICATI:\"G Oil Money Can Buy! Once in a home. :-\how friends samples of OUf new 1!)59 Christmas S"VISS 7.5mm AMMUNITION. Military $12.00, Sporting Lifetime Purchase from Go\-ernment surplus. One quart Oil ami All O('('asion Grecting Cards and Gifts. Take their $17.00 per hundred. Randau Arms, 011 Pico Avenue. Fresno and One Pound Gre;.\se manufactured by Lehigh Chemiral orders and earn to 100% profit. ?\o experience necessary. 4, California. Products Company for Aircraft Instruments and Machine Costs nothing to try. \Vl'ite today for sles on aPI)rOval. Guns. Compares to $40.00 Retail value. Both for Only $3.00 Begal Greetings. Dept. 72, l'~crndale. l\lichigan. :\'£11 :H8 WINCHESTER NEW $00.50. 6:5 Steyr carbine. Prepaid. San }i'rancisco Gun Exchange, 15 Fourth Street, Feekcr 1.tAl" excellcnt $115.00. Jetf. Trader. Pocomoke BINOCULARS AND SCOPES Cit..... :\Taryland. San Francisco 3, California. GARAXD ..\II D SNIPER rifle barrcls, finest accuracy. Bl:\IO<' I 'LA It SPF.CIAr....IS'l·~. all makes repaired. li'ree 10,000 GUXS!! !-A:KTIQUES, Moderns, Swords, Armour GO\·t. made, tit any Garand without headspace reaming. estimates, all work guaranteed. New hinoculars, telescopes, -cvery description. Giant Catalog :1'1.00. Agramonte's, rea.dy to lise, only $9.75. Springfield .22 :\12 BOlt handles. riflcsl'opcS for sale. Authorized llausch & Lomb, Zeiss, Yonkers 2-1{. N. Y-:- $3.50, Heads, $1.90. Firing pins. $1.70. Postage extra. )Icllsoldt, Bushnell. HerLel-Heuss, Dr. Wohler, SWif~. LARGE ASSOUTMENT of new and used handguns. rifles Other parts. Garand., Carbine. MHl03 Springfield, 45170. Aleo dealer. Tele-OIlLies, 5514 Lawrence. Chicago 30, IIb• .303 Ross. List 15c. Valley Forge Arms Co., 2:!8 Crooked Ilois. and shotguns. Send ten cents for list. Centre Firearms Co. of ;..i. J .• Box 9:1, Hochelle Park, N. J. Lane. King of Prussia, l'a. BOOKS BULLETS, HELOADERS write for list prccision made CARRYALL CANVAS Roll with straps and handle, large size 54 x 22 inches. for travelers, campers, baseball players, HOOK~I':AHClJEHS! jacketed bullets. Hi-rrecision Company, Box G121, YOU Xame it - \\"e Find It! All Orange City, Iowa.. etc. Gov't Surplus, brand new, value $12.50-Spel'ial $2.2.-, whjecLs. Catalog 10c. Vanguard Booksellers, 5880-G each. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. HAKDGUNS-XE\V enlarged 1959 catalog 50e. Robert 2. Pa. li'rielich, 396 Broome St., ::'\'ew York 13. N. Y, DAl\"GJj;n. A HEAD for uninformed collectors! Arm your• HA:"D SIGHTI,KG Lerels. improved new model, many self wiLh the valuable informaLion in "Colt Firearms." 20mm NAVY CAN:\'ON Cartridges deactivated $1.00 post• uses, for laying drains. ditches, foundations, grading, con• 5-10 illustrations - dear, related text. Any bookstore. paid. Joe Puffert. 1808 Baltimore, Cincinnati 25, Ohio. touring, laying out of fences. piers, roads and gardens. Free hroehure: en-en Books, Santa, Ana. Calif. Fully guaranteed. $2.50 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, NF;W 1\'£-1 CAHBI.'\l)l;S $100. ~·r·I lUfles $125. Sloper, 11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia 2, Pa. COLLECTORS llimrock, Ariz. 30-06 SPRIKGFIELD OR Enfield Rifle Stock. as issued. FAll LOUS 36 PAGE li'ully Illustrated Catalog Every EKFIELDS. MAUSEHS. Snrillgfields, etc. Free list. brand new, $2.95 each. A3-03 Springfield rifle barrels. cal. :\Ionth. Hundreds antique guns, swords, military items. Freedland Arms Co.. 34 Park How, New York, N. Y. 30-06, brand new. Gov't. Surplus, 24-inch. completely All different in each issue. Order with confidence from finished. Value $25. Special $5.00 Postpaid. Public Sporl America's Finest Antique Service. Subscription just $1 NEW ),[-1 CAUBINES $100. Perfect Garands, $110. Shops, 11 S. 16th Street. Phila. 2. Pa. for 12 catalogs. Norm Flayderman (Gi\!) , 44 West Putnam Sloper, Rimrock, Arizona. Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut. AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTIOi\rS-Huge 11"x33" Famous CUNSMITHINC 1874 "Buft'alo Bill" and "\Vild Bill" Hickok 'Vild \\'est Ax'rIQUE F'rHEAR~{S large illustrated catalog with Show Theatrc Broadside $2.00 Postpaid. Set of 12 all dif• periodic supplement 50c. Jackson Arms. 6200 Hillcrest DRILL1XGS (THREE Barrelled Guns). rellned to Ameri• ferent old \Vells Fargo Heward Posters S2.00 Postpaid .1\ \·c .. Dallas 5. Texas, can calibel's. a specialty. \Ve can handle any practical re• Norm Flayderman Guns. Grcellwich. Conn. bore, reline, or barreling job. All work 100 % guaranteed. LUGEltR - j\tAUSERS - Automatic Pistols. Bu)'• Write for prires. Snapp's Gunshop. 214 !\. \Vashington. PEERLESS HANDCUFFS, $13.n5; li~ht\ ....eights. $16.-1::i. Rell - Trade Send For List. James K. Belford. 702 So. Royal Oak. "Michigan. Darbies, $9.95. Leg Irons. $12.95. Iron Claw. $!UJ3. Twi~l­ Anna St.. Stultgart, Ark. ers, Guide Chains. $1.50. Transport chains. I;"'etters. Leather GUN SCRE'VS, 6/48 or 8/40 assorted lengths 50c per & restraints. Collector's specialties. Thomas Ferrick. Box 12, "ANTIQUE MODER:V Arms, Accessories at 'Recession' dozen. Professional 2 flute Taps $1.20 Special hard steel ).,l cwburYl>ort. ~Iass. prices. Sample list. 25c. Ladd Arms, Catskill. N. Y." drills 45c. All postpaid. Scnd for Catalog l4GC on all Buchler mounts (including New l\Iicro-Dial), Low Safetys l<'AS'l' DUA\V .r;nthusiasts Improve your draws. time, and GUNS - SWORDS - Knives - Daggers - Flasks. Big list etc. 'Maynard Buchler Inc., Orinda. Calif. ~5e scores now with thc aid of :\rangal's Fas! Draw Tillie carbines. Very Brown St., Gloucester, New Jersey. Measures the distance you walk. \Vhi Ie They Last $5.95. good-$24.95. Excellent-$29.05. British Mk. 3 & 4 Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa. 303 Lee-Enfield rifles. Excellent-$19.95. U.S. 30-06 En• PHOTOCRAPHIC EQUIPMENT field rifles. Very good-$20.95. Excellent-$34.95. Per• HIF'LE SLINGS. leather, Army Surplus, ItA inch. Brand fect-$39.50. German Mod. D8 8mm :\fauser rifles. Very FREE! 72 PAGE photographic bargain catalog. Dept. new, $2.00 each. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, good-$37.50. ExceJIent-$42.50. Czech 'Mod. 98 8mm 18-A9 Central Camera Company, 230 So. \Vabash Ave., Philadelphia 2, Pa. Mauser rifles. Excellent-$49.50. EgYI>tian 8mm Mauser Chi.ea~o, Illinois. 10 shot semi-automatic rifles. F.1'\'. made. Very good• OVER 5000 RIFLES, Shotguns, Handguns. Modern, An• $69.50. Jap 7.7mm Arisaka rifles. Pre-\Var issue. Very SELL OR TRADE tique listed Monthly. Sample COpy 25c (Coins). Shotgun good-$18.00. Jap Type 44 6.5mm Arisaka carbincs with Xews. Columbus. Nebraska. folding bayonets. Very good-$SD.50. Excellent-$45.00. XEW REJ..IOADING tools & dies. will take used tools & Swedish 'Mod. 84 6.5mm Mauser earhines. Very good• dies in trade; James T. RoYds, 137 W. Nedro Ave., Phila. CUSTOM HOLSTERS and Kits, Sec Our '30 Catalog @ $32.50. Moneyback guarantee, Free list. Freedland Arms (20). Penna. .25e. Leathers by Reid, 2230 Comeg)"S ..:he., Scranton n. Co., 34 Park Row, New York 38, K. Y. Penna. 3 LB. PETRIFn~D Dinosaur tooth valued at $50. for exe. ~'ANTIQUE GUN Depot" OtTers: 45/70 Cartridge Belts 20 ~a. double shotgun. \"arren \". 'Vegner. P. O. Box 553, CANNON BARRELS 19 %. .. Long-Other Rizes-Rcnd 25c with large "U.S." solid-brass buckle ... $4.50; Rare ('entral City. Nehr. for information. ,1. P. Whitaker, 2-115 Bridge A\·e., Dil\'en• Civil \Var Union Knapsaeks ... $6,50; Ci\'U 'Var tulip• port, Iowa. head reproduction ramrods ... $2.75; Above postpaid. WANTED Also ... Springfield 45/70 Rifles; Civil War Muskets & OLD FAITHFUL VAR:\IEXT calls: Fine. coarse, or mcdium, hand made, $2.50 ea. pp.; dealers inquire. Ed. Carbines; Kcntuckies; 'Vinchesters; Loads More. Illustrated COLLECTOR WANTS-fine old Smith & Wesson, factory Glin Cata!oguc 25c. \Vestchester Trading, G-2478 Arthur engraved, rcvolvers; lerer action type pistols; 22 revolvers Ford, Mineral "Veils. Tex. Avenue, Bronx 58. New York. in hard rubber boxes; & any S&\V'8 equipped with "THE GUN Heport," monthly magazinc for gun eollceLors. shoulder stocks. \Vayne Kramer, P.O. Box 271, Great Bend. enthusiasts. Informati\"C. factual, interesing. $·1.00 )"Car. "SHOOTIXG A:\DIO Specials" ... priced per 100 rds.: Kansas. ·lj/iO Smokeless ... $8.00; .303 British ... $8.00; Box un;, Aledo, Illinois. 30/06 ... $7.50. Shipped Express. 500 rd. orders prepaid. :\IODEL 32 RE:\HNGTON O/U, 30 Inch barrels, plain, IJOLSTEHS, HIFLE Scabbards, qualit;r lelHher items for \Vestchester Trading. G-2478 Arthur A\'cnue, Bronx 58, no rib. full and full or full and modified, double triggers sportsmen, lowest prices. Stamp for folder. Tejano Leather, 'Kew York. prcferred. Johnny Johnsen, 1135 R Street, Lincoln, Ne· Dept. G, I=». O. Box 3332, 1':1 Paso. Texas. GEH~lA:\' ~IOD. 71/84 lJmm Mauser riflcs. New condi• braska. tion-$2·1.95. Select stock-$27.50. British Mk. 4 303 I"HEE CATALOG. Finest Lightweight. Outdoor Equip• Rnipe! rift,es with original sniper SCOI>CS. Very good _ OLD HANDCUFFS, legirons. thumbfasts. shackles wanted. ment. Unconditionall,r Guaranteed. Porta Co., Inc., F~xcellent Patterson Smith. 2FL. 269 Shepard Ave., East Orange. Canton 24, Mass. $·1'1.9:>. - $49.95. Frcc list. AI's Gunroom, ~ . .T. 1 Beekman Street. New York, N. Y. HWINEMAKING: BI';ER. Ale Brewing," Illu,;trated. $2.00. "WAi\'TED-AUTOMATIC Pistols. Hare, odd. unusual. "How to Smoke Meats, Fish," $1.35. Eaton Books, Box Want Jap, Spanish pocket !I'{odels. Give full particulars. 1242-N, Santa Rosa, California. Sidney Aberman. 1210 Beechwood, Pittsburgh 6, Penna." ELECTRIC PENCIL: Engraves all Metals. $2.00. Beyer COLT AKD Remington cap and ball revolvers. Describe :\If~. 10t511-Q Roringfield, Chicago 43. COLT Ij~R9NTIERS, Colt and Remington percussion re• fully and price. Irwin Kotek, 1370 Monterey, Redlands, l"ol\·crs. \V1I1. Lever actions plus many other Modern and Calif. CROSSBO\VS! HUNTIXG Bows! Factory·Direct-Prices I tG~i~)~ ~~t~~'it 'i~~eS~r:I~~ne~~~~P Jay Co.• Box 1355, \Vichita, Kansas. for list. Chet Fulmer MODEL 32 B.E:\II::\I"GTON shotgun. Give price and condi• ClJ.NS. GUNSMITHING, Bausch & Lomb scopes, acces• tion. C. \". Hornsb)', 14 Elm Ave., Newport News. Va. "ACCORDIONS SAVE 50%," Connell Music, 101 South :sones. Trades accepted, Send stamp for bargain gun list. Brown St.. Gloucester, :Kew .Jersey. ~Vineheste.r, COLLECTOR WANTS dewat Thompson Submachine Gun, S & 'V, many others, modern and collectors' model 1928 or AnAl, in excellent condition. Describe &, XAZI ]TE~IS bought So:. sold, ori~. onl~', 1 pieee or col• Items. 'Vlest, 234 Tulane. Oak Ridge, Tenn. price. John Fahe)', 15 Fairview PI., Buffalo. N. Y. leetion; I... ('nkel, 812 Anderson. Palisade. :\. J.

72 GUNS SEPTEMBER 19S9 (Continued from page 70) .THE GUNS THAT grain pills okay. Winchester's 80 grain gives fast blowup at moderate range, good ex• pansion at long range. Hunters report their WON THE WEST 100 grain gives insufficient expansion on deer at long range. Best bullets are made by Sierra, Speer and Hornady. All the hand• book loads I've tried gave good hunting accuracy. Varminters will work up individual loads for their particular gun. Stan Sprague, editor of "The U.S. Hand• gunner", worked up loads for Hodgdon's B-L Type C (ball) powder and Sierra's 75 grain H.P. Stan said, "41 grains worked well. 43 spread a group to 4 inche at 200 yards. 42 grains was better. When I put 9 shots in 2%" inches I left it right there. 45

Colt Wells Fargo· grains locked the action." This shows what .31 Cal. 1848 one grain variation can do. I alway recom• mend working up, and weighing all loads, for safety and accuracy. Colt Army .44 Cal. 1860 There is a wealth of loading information, and over 3,000 loads chronographed for muzzle and 200 yard velocity in the two IiUNS excellent handbooks at $2. each, by Speer ANTIOUE Products Co., Lewiston, Idaho. The 54 tested These are replicas of original rare COLT guns .243 loads are in the "Wildcat Rifle Loads", made of strong metal-look and feel like the REAL GUNS-with gun blnc finish. data being too late to include in "Speer Handloaders Manual". I recommend both 1847 Colt Walker-44 cal•.....•••.•..$6.95 books highly. I haven't fired Speer's 105 1873 Colt Peacemaker-45 cal. . .••.•. $5.95 1836 Colt Texas Paterson-40 cal•...... $6.95 grain R.N., but a friend says it's the best 1848 Colt Wells Farga-31 cal. $5.95 of all .243 brush bullets. He like 40 grains 1860 Colt Army-44 cal...... •...... $5.95 4350, a good powder for heavy slugs. ORDER WITHOUT RISK-COMPARE! 1851 Colt Navy-36 cal•...... $5.95 You'll agree ours is far better Quality and value, An 87 grain Homady is good for all· or return for full refund, including shipping costs. Truly novel gifts that are interesting conversation around use. 44 grains 4350 for 3,320 fps has PROVEN! BAUER Down products are the pieces. Each gun comes complete with a short choice of major expeditions and sportsmen. They .and enlightening history on its period. good blowup at moderate range, good ex• pansion at long range. 75 grain bullets are are the Original and Genuine-made exclusively Send cash, check or Money Order now1 in our own factory under U. S. Patents and sold accurate in most rifles with 40 to 41 grains .direct, only ... never through dealers. 4895 for around 3,500 fps. 100 grain slugs VALLEY GUN SHOP, Dept. G DEPT. M 7784 Foothill - Tujunga, Calif. start at around 3,000 fps with about 42 grains 4350, generally a good load. Always work up charges, and back up at any indica. HOLLYWOOD tion of high pressure. The Electric Dripper Manufacturer 10 YOU made by Shooters Accessory Supply, $6.50 RELOADING EQUIPMENT ';~:~,~ 'l'!;,~~g'~ul;rW~It ~~~uU~~~ at most stores, is a handy dandy gismo to ster Set has been the pride or "drip" powder on your scale pan and bring "'estern Cattlemen. All sizes, in Brown or h . hI' HOLLYWOOD 'SUPER TURRET' Black. All Calihers and waist $15 95 c arges to exact welg t. t s a bargain as RELOADING TOOL Ideal for ~i~~lSCY b~~kdGl~~l;:I~te~.~_m~:.?:~.·.... insurance against overcharges, and insures a custom reloader or gun Holster Dept., SURPLUS CENTER precision loads with speed. club. Bearing surfaces 520 N. Main St., Las Vegas, Nev. CCI primers are my choice. A gent claimed are hard·coated to an 80 Rockwell C hardness. Reloads Come one ... come all! Enter the '1 all rifle, pistol, revolver, shots hells and swages all metal and lead bullets. Beautiful custom finish. Greatest NATIONAL FAST DRAW CONTEST leverage. The strongest, most precision reloading tool manufactured today. At ReI/dorado ••• 1959 as shown $237.50 Tombstone, Arizona • October 16, 17, 18 Come to Tombstone-the town too tough to die-and turn back the pages of history. Now you can live the early rip-roal'in a ' days of the Old West. There'll be thrills and excitement galore and to top it all you can enter the National Fast Draw Contest. Prizes will be awarded to the "top four guns". First prize: Fast draw double rig with matched Colts; second prize: Buntline special; third and fourth prizes: Trophy buckles. Fill in the coupon below and find out how you can enter this thrilling contest. Make a date for October 16, 17 and 18 -head for HELLDORADO-the most unique show of its kind any\vhere! •...... • ~ • HELLDOIlADO, Inc. I ~ I 1.... onlbstone, Arizona I ~ • Please send me full details on how I can enter • ~ • the National Fast Draw Contest at Helldorado.• ~ I Name ...... •.....•.....•...... I:, • Address...••••.•.•.•.•.•.•.•...... ••...... •....• ~" .;~ • City. •••••••••••••.•...... State...... • ~ .r":'::•.....•'l"" ·U •••••••••••••••••••~~, GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 they gave high pressure in his gun. Our tests proved his other brand gave incomplete ignition, leaving some powder unburned. CCI primers merely gave perfect ignition to burn the charge completely. His pressure was in an excessive powder charge, not the primers. GET THEM WITHOUT COST Perfect ignition will consume all the powder. AS A REWARO - PLUS THE CHANCE They stop flinching - and IM• CCI primers give a minimum amount of TO "BE BOSS" OF YOUR OWN PROVE SCORING by automatically primer gas for a minimum velocity spread, $10,000 A YEAR SHOE BUSINESS! controlling harmful gunblast I think Winchester makes the second best Brand new plan ! You noise. Acclaimed by champion - shooters and recom• can earn marvelous mended by Ear Specialists as the best protection primer for .243 loads. Modern powders are against harmful noise. They are NOT Ear Plugs - you new shoes instead of hear normally without removing from ears. $3.95 apr. more difficult to ignite, which is why I paying for them...and with money back guarantee. Order TODAY or write for strongly advise working up loads for your develop an extra in• FREE Medical Proof and Literature. SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY particular rifle, for safety, as well as better come for life! Sell friends new Work, Dress, 1491 Vine St., Dept. K, los Angeles 28. California accuracy. Casual Shoes and Boots in spare time. Also earn Advance Commissions up to $5.00 a pair, Accuracy fans often get * moa, and plus big Bonus. Exclusive new line of "yellow sometimes smaller groups with a .243. You for safety" jackets, boots, etc., adds to your generally have to fiddle with the bedding income! No experience. Samples supplied. Write for newSelling Outfit-without obligation. on custom jobs or factory guns. Some light CHARLES CHESTER SHOE CO. . sporters shoot better with a shim of one . Dept. J-5975, Brockton, Mass. or two layers of target paper between the barrel and foreend. If accuracy doesn't Slickest trick for camp• prove, relieve foreend pressure. Photo oil ers, boaters, vacation• These superb revolvers made by Royal crown arsenals purchased directly from British Air Force Ordnance. colors will serve as spotting compound to ers! Think of conveni• As no expense was spared in outfitting R.A.F. pilots, these are ence of having BOTH the cream of British service handguns. 6·shot revolvers, double check bedding. and single action with broad hammer spur for easy single action Portable light and heat. shooting. 5" barrels, lanyard rings, ordnance tested and stamped I've seen many light sporters screw big Tilley's world-famous with British Cn~wn and Broad Arrow acceptance marks. These patterns down to tight groups with a bedding guns were almost never fired. Condition very good, mechanically Kerosene Heater will perfect. Ciyili~n equivalent value about $70. Fires standard touch-up. If a tight bedded tube doesn't U.S..38 S&W ammo. AMMO: 50 rds., $350. ORDER ON FREE convert instantly to a TRIAl! 10 day money back guar. Send check, cash or M.O. shoot well, try free floating. If that doesn't $5 deposit for C.O.D. Shipped F.O.B. los Angeles. In Calif. only powerful 2000 CP Lan• order through your gun dealer. Dea'iers inquire. work try glass bedding. If this is out of tern (thousands buy WEAPONS, INC. your line, spend a few bucks with a good for stand - by light 11029 Washington Blvd. Culver City liD, Calif. stocker. Squeezing the ultimate accuracy out alone!) then when eve• of a rifle is fun, and even a rich guy i~ nings get cool, convert ~ back to a Heater! Burns BUY GOVT. SURPLUS NOW can't buy it across the counter. hours for 5c; safe, si• DIRECT FROM U.S. GOVT. 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