I The single-action is the logical type of revolver for the sports­ man and RUGER@ builds the strongest, smoothest and most reliable single-actions ever made. SINGLE· SIX® • BLACKHAWK® • SUPER BLACKHAWK® • BEARCAT® DEERSTALKER CARBINE. STANDARD MODEL AUTOMATIC. MARK I TARGET MODEL See this outstanding range of guns at your favorite arms dealer or write for descriptive literature. Made in America STURM~ RUGER & COMPANY~ INC. 50 LACEY PLACE, SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, U. S. A. To produce this special kind of shotgun is a gunmaker's 1 ~HALLENGE GREATEST ;;/ THE BROWNING SUPERPOSED is recognized the world over for its superb shooting qualities, sureness of function and lifetime service ... and disceming sportsmen appreciate as much the matchless precision and artistry with which it is crafted. To produce this special kind ofshotgun is a gunmaker's greatest challenge. 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Box 991, Montreal 9, P.Q GUNS • -DECEMBER 1961 3 DECEMBER. 1961 Vol. VII, No. 12-84 George E. von Rosen Publisher Arthur S. Arkush Ass't to the Publisher E. B. Mann Editor R. A. Steindler Managing Editor IN THIS ISS UE Wm. B. Edwards ..Technical Consultant Kent Bellah Handloading special . .. GUNS FOR SURVIVAL. , ., Russell Tinsley 16 Roslyn Wallis Editorial Ass't YOUR GUNS ARE BEING DESTROyED William B. Edwards 24 gun of the month ... Sydney Barker Art Director "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING?". .....Capt. George C. Nonte, Jr. 19 Lew Merrell Ass't Art Director shooting ... PRACTICE IN YOUR PARLOR Harold Gluck 20 Lee Salberg Advertising Director hunting .. Lou Weber Advertising Sales LEARN FROM YOUR MiSSES................. Byron Dalrymple 22 SIGHTING IN IS NO PROBLEM Bert Popowski 26 Sanford Herzog .. Production Manager workshop .. Kay Elliott .....Ass't Production Mgr. SALVAGE THAT DOUBLE George F. Gauthier 28 competition . .. Donald M. Partrick ... Circulation Mgr. OUR TARGETS ARE TOO EASy . .. Col. Jim Crossman 29 George Tsoris .... Promotion Manager departments ... THE EDITOR'S CORNER E. B. Monn 6 GUN RACK 8 Editorial Advisory Board CROSSFIRE 10 HAND LOADING BENCH .........................•........ Kent Bellah 12 Lt. Col. Lyman P. Davison , Military PU LL! . Dick Miller 32 Carola Mandel. AI Schuley Skeet SHOPPING WITH GUNS ". Roslyn Wallis 58 ARMS LIBRARY 59 Dick Miller Trap THE GUN MARKET 64 Harry Reeves Pistol Competition Jim Dee Junior Hunters Dee Woolem Fost Drow Bill Toney, Frank J. Schiro Police EDITORIAL OFFICES: E. B. Mann, R. A. Steindler, 8150 N. Centra' Park, Skokie. III., ORchard 5-5602­ W. B. Edwards, 843 Judson Ave., Evanston, III., Kent Bellah, St. Jo, Texas. THE COVER REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 60 East 42nd St., New York 17. N. Y., YUkon 6-9280. MIDWEST ADV. OFFICES. 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6967. Whot could words add to a picture .that speaks as eloquently as this one does of the excitement that lures us afield when wildfowl and upland birds are fly­ ing? Do you have a gun or gunning color picture with a punch like this? If so (and if it is bigger than 35 mm, which our en­ graver won't let us use), send it to us for consideration. Be sure it fits our cover design; it's not as simple as it may look. 4 GUNS DECEMBER 1961 RELOADING. EQUIPMENT Your best insurance for a successful· hunt! Of all the things that insure a successful hunt, nothing is more important than your ammuni· tion. When you want real accuracy and economy, too, smart shooters reload and recommend C-R Reloading Equipment. This precision line of reloading tools is engineered to give yon the ultimate in reloading pleasure, accuracy and performance. With C-R you can choose your own components and loads, get the type of accuracy and smashing power ONLYcustom loaded ammo can deliver. Shoot more, shoot better ••• reload with C-H! See your sporting goods dealer or gunsmith for FREE demonstration. C-H CASE TRIMMER insures per· C-H DIE COMPANY, DEPT. G-12 fect uniformity from 17 cal. thru 45 cal. P.O. Box 3284, Terminal Annex ONLY $13.50 Los Angeles 54, CalifornIa In Canada: 1310 W. 6th St., Vancouver 9, B.{:. C-H CHROME PLATE DIES are available in over 500 calibers. MAIL COUPON C-H DIE COMPANY, Dept. G-12 P.O. BOX 3284, Terminal Annex Los Angeles 54, Calif. Gentlemen: Please Tush me FREE booklet. NAME _ ADDRESS _ ctTY & STATE _ Name of my sporting goods dealer or gunsmith is:__ ---~--------------- THE EDITOR'S n o Report From Washington :a T IS FAIRLY well known by now that this magazine, and this writer, have little sympathy with legislation to restrict fire­ arms sale or ownership. I said exactly that when I received z Ithe invitation to be the only magazine editor to share the discussions in Washington, D. c., of "A Bill To Amend The III Federal Firearms Act." But having just returned from the sec­ ond of those discussions, I have nothing .but praise for the methods by which, this time, this action is being taken. :a Like most things in Washington, this is complicated. The Senate Judiciary Committee (Senator James O. Eastland, Mississippi, Chairman) has a Subcommittee to Investigate SENATOR DODD Juvenile Delinquincy (Senator Thomas J. Dodd, Connecticut, Connecticut Chairman). One of the staff investigations of that Subcom­ mittee is to weigh the importance of firearms in the problem of juvenile delinquency. Carl L. Perian is Staff Director of the Subcommittee, and the discussions with the firearms industry have been arranged and guided by Michael J. the fact that so many would come so far at their own ex­ Mcinerney, Staff Investigator. Gun-interested people are pense and, in spite of their many divergent interests, dis­ fortunate in that Mcinerney is himself a gun enthusiast and cuss these problems so frankly and with such fair-minded a "friend at court." good will. The discussion group' consisted of invited representatives Pistols by mail order are delivered by "common carrier," of major domestic gun manufacturers and distributors, major usually via express. Hence the wording of Section 2 (j) which gun importers and mail order houses, the National Rifle Asso­ is the heart of the proposed Amendment: ciation, the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, the State and "It shall be unlawful for any common carrier knowingly Treasury departments, the Post Office, outstanding law en­ to ship, transport or deliver, or cause to be shipped, trans­ forcement chiefs, and this reporter. ported or delivered, in interstate or foreign commerce, any No attempt was made by any person or group to inflate pistol or revolver to any person under eighteen years of the problem beyond its true importance. There was the age." (Provisions will be provided requiring the label mark­ clearly stated awareness that the firearm itself is not the ing of such shipments, to identify them as firearms for the criminal, that it is onry a factor (and a relatively minor one) information of the common carrier.) in the overall picture of juvenile delinquency. The Committee One other clause in the Amendment will sting many of us investigators themselves presented evidence of this in the in the pocketbook, but not unreasonably in my opinion; form of police records of guns confiscated over a given and it may help to prevent existing abuses of the present period: 176 guns, of which only 16 (or less than 10 per cent) law. This is in Secion 3 (a) (2), which places the fee for a involved persons under 21. Federal Firearms dealer license at $10.00. (The recipient of But even one gun in the hands of a teen-age, gang-fight­ such a license must be twenty-one or over, must not be under ing hoodlum is a bad thing; bad for society, bad for the indictment for or ever convicted of violation of the Federal officer who must arrest him, bad for the gun industry, bad Firearms Act or any violation of any law relating to narcotics for you and me .as shooters. or marihuana or any law punishable by imprisonment for a It is the opinion of the Subcommittee that the relatively term of more than one year. He must not be a fugitive from cheap mail-order pistols and revolvers are the ones most justice. If the licensee becomes a violator of any of the above often found in the possession of the juvenile gangsters. The after issuance of his license, that license can be revoked.) over-the-counter dealer has at least a visual contact with This, stripped of its necessary legal verbiage, is the pro­ his customer, and many dealers demand proofs of age and posed Amendment. Granted that many of you, and many character whenever a would-be buyer's appearance arouses of us who shared in the discussion, would prefer no gun I~g­ doubt or suspicion in the dealer's mind.