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BETRAYAL! Thi· ,,·ord i much used toda ~ ' \\'hen speak• of legislation, The SHOOTERS CLUB OF A 'IERICA is ing of the way the rights of legit imate fir arm owners organizing an eq ual time program. Thi, plan operates on have been abu eel. t he theo ry that each shooting portsman must giYe the same amount of time each month \\·orking for the p 1·eser• A k a cross-section of shooting portsmen " ·ho they feel vation of hi right as he spend· in enjo ~ r ing h is spor ts. i · re ·ponsible for their cun ent prob lems, and chances are You can readily ee when you count target hooting, hunt• the a ns,,·ers ,,·ill be either "Industr y" or "Congress". But ing, hanclloaclin g, di. playing, reading and just plain talk• thi s is mer ely pa : ing t he buck ! ing with ~ r our shooting buclcli es, yo u are spending a great deal of time enjoying your guns. If yo u spend an equal The r eal guilty party is ... THE SHOOTIN G SPORTS• amount of time performing actions to protect your future MAN ! Out of 20 million firearm· owners (and this is an rights, you "·ill be helping yourself and your fellow admittedly conservative estimate) on ly 1 million cared sport men . .. plus future generations of Americans. enough about the legislation to tell their elected r epre• sentative how they felt about it. Surely mo t of the read• A nother proven method to successfully influence legisla• ers of thi report did send letters - but did yo u ·top at t ion is the ancient "chain-letter " with a new twist. You t hi s po in t or are yo u still active? start a letter - then ask each recipient to . encl one letter to each legisla tor from hi s di strict (one senator, hrn co n• There are several ways to magnify your influence on leg• gressmen) and then forwa rd the same request to fiye of islation. The fir t, a nd perhaps most eff ectiY e mean is to their friends. Wi th the pyramiding effect cam: cl by a join organization such a The SHOOTER CLUB OF cha in letter , ~ 1 ou can see the t remendous number of let• Al\IERI CA \\'hich are working for the pre er vation of ter· that can be generated on a ny topic in a short period yo ur constitut iona l right to keep and bear arms. An es• of time. Legislators can not r e ·ist public op inion! tabli shed organization carries con iclerable influence when proposing rea ·onable a lternat ive to ill-co n icl erecl legisla• These methods are not "an easy way out" of our current tion. To maintain and strengthen its po ition a a r espect• legislative problems. Both proposal r equire a lot of \\'Ork. ed national organization, the S.C.A. needs the upport of But the end resul t- an end to harassment of legitimate all present member 'to enli t more members, and r ecruit firearm owners - is worth a ny effort. If you en joy O\\·n• a lli s. Firearms owners \\'ho a re not members of the ing and u ing gun , you must be willing to work to change S ..A. a re urged to join today and affi liate themselve · present co nditions. Join the S.C.A. today! Do your part with t he organization most responsible in working to re• to protect your co nstitutional rights to keep and bear fire• peal useles · legislation and protecting the con ·titutional arms. Don't just sit a nd complain - take positiY e action r ight of firearms owners. today to be sure yo u will be able to continue e nj o ~ r in g your firea rms ! se the attached envelo1 e to enter ~- o ur To increase the po\\'er of ·hooting sportsmen in the fi eld membership in The SHOOTERS CLUB OF A:\IERICA ! SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO OWN AND USE FIREARMS! You Get All These Valuable Benefits With Your Membership WI • SPEC IAL SHOOTERS CLUB • NUMBERED MEMBERSHIP LEGISLATIVE NEWSLETTER CARD • NEW 1970 REDBOOK OF USED GUN • OFFICIAL DECAL VALUES- A $2. 50 VALUE ! • CLOTH EMBLEM • 20 % DISCOUNT ON SHOOTI NG. • INFORMATION LIBRARY HUNTING AND FIREARMS BOOKS SERVICE JOIN THE S.C.A. TODAY!
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GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 5 SHARP, NEW LOOK TO CUTTING QUALITY CROSSFIRE
There's never been Jf/ ater-W i11.ter-W 01ulerland Jf/ oes out they would be pulled by a team of condemmed cavalry horses. The key a hunting knife The other day I appeared before the to Indian warfare was mobility, which Gun Board in Macomb County, Mich• was why Custer used a packtrain in• like a Normark igan to get a permit to carry a gun stead of wagons. Much of the ground Presentation while on duty and in uniform. I was covered by Custer was unsuited for flatly denied the permit on the wheeled guns, and limbers. Intelli• Hunting Knife. grounds that "We don't issue permits gence reports given to Custer told for self protection", "We don't want him that there were no more than a • Ha11dcrafted carbon, any more lethal weapons on the thousand Indians in the field. molybdenum and streets'', "Protectio n of property is a Point # 2-Mr. Miller states that at chromium steel police job" and "Your type of work "Abu Klea" the "Fuzzy Wuzzy" broke blade. Rust and doesn't require the use of a firearm". corrosion resistant. through a British square, but were I'm a dispatcher and guard for a turned away by the guns to prevent a • Long-lasting burglar alarm company in Detroit. Custer style massacre. The truth is cutting edge yet At the very least we would be called that there was no great mounted In• resharpens easily. private policemen. We work Central dian charge that overran Custer, with •Guaranteed-not-to· Station watching alarm signals, serv• carbine and revolver blazing. The break ha ndle. ice alarms and make runs when an only time this happened was when alarm goes off which could be a B & E •Top grain, tanned Custer dispatched a company to cover leather sheath with (break and entry) each time. Most of what he thought was the arrival of his blade guard. the men in the company live in ammunition pack train. These men Wayne County and have been given •Perfect gift and only were charged and overrun, but the permits to carry firearms while on Indians suffered such heavy losses $9.95 (matching duty. fill et knife available). they never tried it again. The Ga• It appears Michigan's laws aren't tlings would have b een useless be• uniform. Also in this case it is easier cause of the rough and "gully" ridden to get such a permit in the urb3n terrain. Custer's only problem was rather than suburban areas. I defi• that he ran ot1t of ammunition. His nitely feel the Gun Board is wrong packtrain, which \vas supposed to and will fi ght them in court. form a junction with h im , failed to do Continue your fight against gun so. All Custer could have done was laws. It is quite clear once registration k eep the Indians' heads down. This comes in you will be denied the rights would have bought him a little time, to carry firearms when necessary. but not enough for the arrival of the Thomas B ooth reli ef force. The ground was not fl.at Roseville, Michigan and level like "Abu Klea'', the fire would h ave b een of no use to the troops. Point # 3- The guns which were offered to Custer w ere .50 calibe r 1Crister And The Gatling Cun (50-70) gravity fed, wheel driven I have just finished reading Richard weapons. They were prone to jam• P . Miller's story in the April issue of ming and fouling, the crews were in• "Guns", called "The British And The experienced infantrymen. The only Gatling Gun". I found it very good, ammo for the guns was carried in the except for one point. In it, h e refers to limbers, and this would have been ex• the fact that Lt. Col. George A. Cus• pended within minutes, r endering ter might have had a different fate if them useless. Write for 19 70 catalog o exclusive outdoor products 25¢ he had taken along a battery of Gat• Again I say Mr. Miller's story was ling guns which were offered him. I very good, but he succumbed to opin• Nor~mar~ think at this point Mr. Miller should ion rather than fact, something which CORPORATION have stuck to his title, The " British" is fatal to the accurate recording of 1710 East 78th Street And The gun. history. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55423 Point # 1-Custer wanted to take Nick DeMeo Also available in Canada the guns, but refused when he found Bronx, N. Y. 6 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 " You may be sure that here is one of the strongest rifle actions .. . The trigger pul l is single stage and good. It comes from the factory adjusted to 4 pounds. It is Read what the as clean as a church picnic. "
" What 's all this jazz about self-loaders not being experts say accurate 7' '
"Acc urate and reli able, this handsome rifle is wel l suited about for hunting deer and similar bi g game. "
" The fun ctioning of the rifle was superb, and I was the Browning surprised at its accuracy. Groups with some loads were down in the inch class." Automatic " I was most impressed with the smooth. li ght trigger pull, rarely found on a high-powered se lf-loader." Rifle " The rifle handled a variety of .30-06 loads with no malfunctions, and the recoil was outstandingly soft."
"Needless to say it worked quite well with no malfunctions or jams. The one really noticeable item was the apparent lack of recoi I. "
" As brought out in our tests on this rifle some months ago, the recoil is light. The magnum version is no ex ception. "
" It is very good looking and shows great care in production."
" Until you've tried a wrap-around checkering pattern, you can 't appreciate how difficult it is to do well, but both the forend and grip checkering are excellent- lines straight, no runovers and diamonds we ll pointed-up."
" The Browning proved to be highly non-fussy about its ammunition .. . Bullets of different shapes, seated to va rious lengths over al l, fed and chambered with buttery smoothness and utter reliability. "
" To test this rifle tor use under severe weather conditions - and bearing in mind that cold weather often messes up an autoloader-I stored the B.A.R. in my food freezer overnight . ... I immediately loaded three shells in the magaz ine , scraped the frost off the scope lens and fired a group. The gun . . . worked to perfection. It's a dependable rifle, no matter how cold it gets."
" We liked the man-sized proportions, the lack of trouble, th e incredibly light recoil and the sleek good looks of the latter-day BAR. It's an easy rifle to like."
These comments are from reports by leading gun authorities as published in major sporting arms magazines. We 're gratified to add that this rifle's fine performance has been further documented in letters from thousands of American sportsmen who now own a BAR. Rugged and handsome Grade I $174 .50 Deluxe engraved Grade II $1 8 9. 50 Magnum calibers $15 extra See your nearest Browning Dealer-U.S. or Canada Calibers: .243 . . 2 70 .. . 30-06, .308. 7mm R. Mag., .300W. Mag., .338 W. Mag.
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Browning Arms Company Dept. 216, P.O. Box 500, Morga n, Utah 84050. Copyright ' Browning Arms Company 1969 In Can ada - Browning Arms Company of Canada, Ltd. GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 7 HANDLOADING BENCH
By MAJ . GEO . C. NONTE
S TIME GOES BY, th er e seems to r eceived from Nils K vale of Norma. It A be more and more foreign, m etric is contain ed in a 12- page booklet ti• caliber rifles and combina tion guns in tled, "Norma L oading D ata," which this country. Or, per haps, it's j ust tha t should now be a vailable from your more of those old WWII trophies are Norma dealer. If he doesn't have it, getting dusted off for shooting. I n any h e should be able to get it for you event, we do con tin uously r eceive r e• soon. quests fo r source information from T wo handgu n, two shotsh ell, and people who n eed m etric- caliber am• six rifl e powders ar e cover ed. There i muntion and/ or handloading com po• some overla p. N2010 and N2020 shot• nents to shoot in such guns. The lads shcll powders are also utilized in ou t at Speer have helped a good bit h andgun loads. T he total listing com• with DWM item s, but th ere is another prises over 100 shotshell loads a nd good source of loaded am m unition, n early 200 for rifl e and handgun. uti• bullets, cases, and primers. P a ul J ae• lizing th e entire Norma line of pow • ger Inc., P .O. Box 67, J enkintown , P a., ders. R ifl e calibers cover ed r an"e 19046, advises that he distributes the from the .222 Remington up through entire line of RWS/ Dynamit Nobel the 7mm Remington Magnum ; and ammunition and components. The lat • the .375 H&H. Included a re virtually est list r eceived from J aeger shows 19 all of the reloada ble military surplus calibers of ammunition and unprimed calibers as well as all the more popu• cases, and bullets of various weights lar commercial cartridges. Handgun and types in calibers from 5.6mm to da ta covers all of the more popular 9.3mm. Added to that are six differ ent calibers except the .41 Magnum. It Berdan primers to fit m ost m etric also includes a few cartridges such as cases, including the old 9.3x72R. In the .25 a nd .32ACP w hich are ve ry addition to the listed i tern s, J aeger seldom reloaded. Data for them is not advises that any item still in produc• usually found in other r eferences. tion or on hand at RWS can be spe• Shotshell data r anges from 10 to .410 cial-order ed. gauge, covers both paper and plastic Ammunition is pack ed in 10 round shotshells, card a nd plastic ove r-pow• RCBS "JR" PRESS cartons and is just a wee mite costly der wads, and plastic and fi b re wad PAYS FOR ITSELF WITH THE SAVINGS - prices ranging from $3.80 per carton columns. Individua l loads a re given FRO M 14 BOXES OF .30 -06 RELOADS for the 8.15x46R to $6.90 for the for all popular m akes of cases and Here's th e perfec t set -up for newco mers 1o re loa din g and still the favor ite of ma ny 6.5x68mm. Unprimed cases are packed wads. No m agnum or 3" case loads old hand s .. . th e RCBS " JR " Press. Pre· 50 per carton, ranging from $8.00 for are listed. This new Norma publica• cisioneered to handl e all re loa din g, case 8.15x46R to $14.00 for 9.3x74R. Primer tion is a valua ble addition to any seri• fo rmin g, full length res izi ng, bu llet ma k· prices aren't bad at all-from $10.00 to ous handloade r's library and is essen• ing. Famous Bl ock " O" frame elimina tes sprin gin g fou nd in mos t presses. Co n• $14.00 per thousand. A list is available tial if he wants to use Norma powde1·s verts to up or dow n stro ke in minutes . upon r equest. to their best advantage. Includes Press; Primer Ca tch er; Remo v• abl e Hea d Type Shell Holder and Hea d; • • • Uni vers al Pr ime r Arm; plu s one se t • • • erter's Inc. has long been know n of rifle or pi stol di es -avail able 1n mos t $agso e've m entioned the several new H for extensive mail-orde r deal• popul ar ca libers. WNorma powders earlier in this ings in guns, a mmunition, a nd ha nd• Reg. $45 . column. At tha t time, we had sam• loading componen ts. The unfo rtu• ples of the powde rs, but no load• nate prnvisions of GCA '68 make it " JR " PRE SS less Reloa ding $J150 Di es. Spec ify ca liber. ing da ta. Of course, since then we've impossible to order and receive com• been able to whip some up empiri• ponents dir ect; so, we recently had a cally, but that's no s ubstitute for lab• long phone talk with My ron Ba rrie of ora tory- tested data developed under H erter's. He tells us tha t things have controlled conditions with the aid of progressed now to the point whe re pressure guns and all the other good• you may once again order directly ies available to Norma technicia ns a t from the company as in the past and Amotfors, Sweden. The da ta from that your order will then be processed those technicians is what we have just (Con tinued on 7Ja ge 10) 8 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 That's right. Unless you're ready to floating design keeps it accurate. no jam-ups surprise you. cough up maybe $40 more, you can't The adion's all Bofors steel, too. Our LSA's rear sight is special, too. buy a rifle with all the features of our No cheap stampings or castings. Every It's adjustable for both windage and new Ithaca LSA-55. part is machined from solid block steel elevation. It's removable and the Start with our barrel. We cut it from for strength. Then fitted to minute receiver has built-in mounting. bases genuine Bofors ordnance-quality steel. tolerances for a silky-smooth action for no-fuss scope mounting. Top• It's precision cut-rifled and that stays smooth for the life of the mounted safety is right at your thumb hand lapped for dead accuracy. gun. There are even'special guide rails for instant action. And our recessed The alignment's perfect for iron to prevent frustrating bolt binding. bolt face keeps cartridge heads sights or scope. Drills out shots Select your pull with our adjustable safely covered. clean and true. And its single-stage trigger. It's cracker-crisp, See and handle the LSAs at your unchanging. A convenient detachable nearby lthacagun dealer's. Get box magazine accepts full or single something for your money. loads. It's a straight-line feed system- Ithaca Gun Company, Inc., Ithaca, New York 14850 . . If the tompetitiOf! inade as good a nfle at as good a pnte, you'd · have a thoite ·
The new Ithaca LSA:55 is available ·in.the Deluxe model shown here, $199.95, and the Standard model, $159.95, Choose from .243W, .308W, 22-250 and 6mm Rem. calibers. Both have hand-checkered Monte Carlo stocks made from the finest walnut, sure-grip . palm swells and quick-detachable sling swivels. The Deluxe moael features a rollover cheekpiece and Rosewood-tipped fore-end. HANDLOADING BENCH EXPEDITION (Continued from page 8) QUALITY CLOTHING AND CAMPING GEAR have been selected in each state. Natu• "9mm," which could mean almost Whatever outdoor pleasures you pursue, rally, all the requil·ments of the Law anything. Now, add to that confusion you'll find the proper equipment in the must be met by both Herter's and the the fact that at least one fairly large big ALASKA · Sleeping Bag Co . mail ord er catalog. Comfort-engineered cloth• delivering dealer, and this means that lot of the surplus Swedish guns was ing for hunting, fishing, camping, loaf• you can't get overnight service. How• more or less properly converted to ing, skiing, boating, flying , backpacking, ever, it does make it possible for you .380 caliber. They are usually stamped exploring . to continue to order the handloading ".380," lightly and in small characters, 160 PAGES-MORE THAN 1,500 ITEMS items you need from the comfort and on either slide or barrel. But, in the convenience of your loading bench or years since those guns were sold, bar• ALASKA® SLEEPING BAO COMPANY favorite couch. Incidentally, if you rels and slides have been switched, Dept. M-K 701 N.W. Dawson Way don't have a copy of Herter's catalog, repaired, replaced, and reconverted to 8eeverton, Oregon 97005 1 it might be well worth your while to the point you simply can't be sure America's Largest Supplier of Outdoor Equipment write for one. Of particular interest is what diet to feed a particular gun. A the section on Semi-inletted and Fin• simple test will tell you what to use. ished Stocks for vidually any rifle or If the slide will close on a 9mm shotgun you can name. Browning Long cartridge, that's the one to use. If not, it needs .380's. If • • • you don't have a sample 9mm B.L. he 9mm Browning · Long Pistol round, a 9mm P arabellum will do as T cartridge (also called 9mm Swed• well. But, don't try to fire it. ish M/ 07; 9mm Long; 9mm Auto Pis• There's no point in paying a high tol) is still produced in Europe, but price for foreign 9mm B.L. ammuni• not widely available here. Remington tion. Except for length, the case is once produced it in the U. S., but no virtually identical with the .38 Colt longer. Prior to WWI, many pistols Super and .38ACP . Trim either to .80" were chambered for this cartridge. It length and it's ready to load. Use any was, at one time, the standard mili• 9mm (.355-357" diameter) bullet tary round of Belgium and Sweden weighing 90 to 120 grains seated to a and the firms FN, Astra, Le Fran• cartridge length not exceeding 1.10" caise, Star, and Webley all produced and you'll have a cartridge that will standard pistols chambered for it. In feed reliably through the mechanism. addition, several submachine guns Both jacketed and cast lead bullets used it. Oddly enough, though basi• work fine so long as they are not of BIG cally an auto pistol cartl"idge of exaggerated wadcutter or semi-wad• HEAVY DUTY semi-rimmed form like the .38ACP, cutter nose shape. Soft- and hollow• DOUBLE "C" some revolvers wel·c chambe red for it points of the Super Vel type work - notably the Weblcy-Fosberry "Au• equally well. In fact, any shape that PRESS tomatic Revolver." will feed through other 9mm autoload• Many 9mm Long guns will accept ers will work okay in this one. and fire the 9mm Parabellum (Luge r) , Bullseye and Unique are the main but this cal"tridge produces pressures powders we've used in this caliber. Con structed of Mall eable iron , base and handle. Precision broached for exact well above tolerances for which these There is no need for any other, since ali gnment. Threaded standard 'l'a· l4. guns were designed. In addition, the they will furnish all levels of per• Parabellum round headspaces on its formance that lie within the car• Complete with Universal shellhold er ram and Universal primer arm ...... $29.95 mouth, while the 9mm Long seats on tridge/ gun combination limitations. Write for T exa n c a t alog o f b etter perfo rm a nce its narrow rim. The Parabellum goes Original factory load ballistics (110 product s , m et a llic a nd sh o t sh e ll. too deeply into the chamber, creating gr. bullet, 1100 fps) can b.e closely ap• a condition of excess headspace. Tha t proached with the 116 gr. jacketed T EX A N RE L 0 A D E RS, I N C. leads to blown primers and ruptured Luger bullet and 5.0 gr. Unique, pro• 8222 Chancellor Row / Dallas, Texas 7524 7 cases- both conditions not calculated ducing 1040 fps. Any r ecommended lo prolong the life of the gun or the .380ACP loads and bullets may be mild tempel· of the shooter. The same used, though only those developing ···----·-···---·········-··=~~ _ UTRALIZES CORROSIVE ACID RESIDUE: results can be produced by firing the full power will produce reliable auto• •}fit' FROM PLASTIC SHOT SHELLS. : .380ACP in the same chamber. matic functioning. In addition to all 1rJ111r ~ P erhaps, it should be mentioned that, we offer the following data that more than a few dealers have which has worked well in at least sold the Browning M1908 and its three different Swedish and one Swedish M.07 countei·part in this cali• Browning/FN gun. All were assem• ber as .380 or 9mm Luger caliber. bled in altered W-W .38ACP cases These two are by far the most com• with .356 diameter bullets and stand• mon 9mrn Long guns encountered. ard small pistol primers. RCBS, Inc., Swedish guns produced by Husqvarna can supply dies, but these loads were are not usually marked as to caliber, assembled in .38 Super dies of the nor are some of the FN / Brownings same make; the seating die was short- except when stamped with a cryptic ( Continued on page 12) 10 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969
ened to crimp the shorter case. shoulder. Ther e are more lubricants Some of the r eformed .38ACP cases suitable for the job than you can used in my Swedish M / 07 pistol have count w ith your shoes off. Lately, been through at least a dozen reload- we've been using "Lubri-Size"
Bullet Powder Charge Velocity Remarks Lyman 358101 Unique 5.0 gr. 1G75 fps Moderate Rem. 95 gr . FJ Unique 5.0 gr. 1100 fps 105 gr. HJ Bullseye 3.8 gr. 1090 fps Warm SV 90 gr. JHP Bullseye 4.4 gr. not m easured Hot Norma 116 g r. HP 230P 3.7 gr. not mea ured Lyman 356402 Bullseye 3.0 gr. not m ea ui·ed Mild 95 gr. HJ Bullseye 3.5 gr. 1000 fps 92 gr . lead Unique 5.0 gr. 1050 fps Very Accurate
ings and are still in serviceable condi• (Marksmanship Equipm nt & Acces• tion. Both the Swedish and Belgian sories, 19 Summit St., N.Y., N.Y.) It manufactured guns are normally comes as a pinkish paste, packed in quite well made. Because of its rela• plastic squeeze-tubes. I find pastes tively large size, this gun is quite free much more convenient than liquids. of the malfunctions often encoun• With the latter, it is simply too easy te red in other designs. to get too much on the case. With a Lubrication of cases before r esizing paste, a deliberate effort is r equired. should n ever be overlooked; but, on A thin fi lm of Lubri-Size m akes full• the other h and, overdoing it will also length sizing and case forming smooth lead to trouble. A dry case will stick and easy. It works well wh en swaging in the die, causing no end of vitupera• bullets, too. It may be appli ed with tive comment. Too much slickum will the fingers or by rolling cases across a cause severe dents, even splits, when stamp pad into which the it becomes trapped near the case paste has been ·worked.
POINTBLANK By COL. CHARLES ASKINS
E SEE A NEW RIFLE cartridge 4110 fps. It was the fastest factory Wevery year and sometimes there load. It still is. While the .17 caliber is more than one. A common charac• has been driven as fast as 4500 fps. it ;;;;; teristic of these new loads is high ve• is still a wildcat. After World War 2 locity. If the factory cannot advertise the m agnum cartridge came to the a very hyper speed, there is sure to fore. One of the most popular mag• be a lack of interest in the new round. nums is the .30 caliber. The common The shooter has been spoon fed on the garden variety .30 is the old '06, it goodness of ultra velocities and he drives a 180- gr bullet at 2700 fps. The measures all the new offerings by this best the .30 magnums can do is 3150 yardstick. One of the selling points of fps-an increase of only 400 feet per the new .17 caliber is its speed. The second. This is an advantage but it boys who reload for this pipsqueak hit isn't anything sensational. 4,000 fps. without much trouble. How Ballistics people have constantly much interest do you think there searched for higher velocity. One of would be in the newcomer if it only the early members was a German attained 3,000 feet per second? arms designer named Gerlach. He hadl D espite the unending search for a rifle called the Halger. He claimed! greater and greater velocities these 5,000 fps with th is gun and a speciall going-hell- for- leather loads haven't cartridge. The casing was about the upped speeds as much as you might same size as our .50 cal machine gun presume. Take the .220 Swift. It was cartridge. This was fired in a ·tapered! announced in 1936 and had a speed of bore. The bullet when it emerged! 12 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 from the muzzle vvas about a .30 cali• projectile which is launch ed down this cartridge. This is an exceedingly pop• ber. The Army Or dna nce Dept invited un-rifled bore. The tube is 40 feet in ular caliber and it has a w ide circula• Gerlach and his rifle to visit Aber• length and together with the breech tion. It is not as powerful as the .30-06 deen Proving Ground and ther e, sure assembly weighs almost a ton. but for all that it is both an excellent enough, the gun and load did attain milita ry and hunting cartridge. Many 5,000 fps. speeds. But br eech pressures • • • a rmies have used both the 8 mm were in the n eighborhood of 80,000 World-wide what is the most popu• round and the Mauser rifle which psi! The bullet, as it passed up the lar rifle cartridge? Why beyond any goes hand in glove with the car tridge. smooth bor e of the ba rrel, had skirts shadow of doubt the .22 caliber is the The Spania rds gave us quite a lacing on it which wer e folded back as it No 1. Of that all of us will agr ee. But in Cuba with a Mauser rifl e and a 7 progressed through the tapered tube. in the centerfire category the choice mm cartridge. H ere, more lately, they During WW -II the W ehrmacht had ranges betw een the .30 and the 8 mm. h ave switched to the 8 mm caliber . an anti-tank r ifle which utilized the On this continent ther e isn't any The Scandinavians have also liked Gerlach pr inciple. It h ad a chamber doubt that over the past three-qua r• the Mauser but in a caliber som ewhat w hich accepted a 40 mm r ound. But ters of a century the thirty caliber h as peculia rly their own. T he 6. 5 mm. wh en the projectile got to the muzzle been the most popular. The swing to The Ruskies, like our selves, have of the tapered bore it m easured only the .30 commenced wh en the .30-30 clung to the .30 caliber. An old obso• 25 mm. It had velocities in the 4,000 came into being in the middle 1890s. It lete and not very potent cartridge. fps. r ange but was not accurate was followed by the .30-40 Krag and They have changed th e casing since enough to be a good tank rifle. The then cam e along the famous .30-06. In the end of WW-2 but not the b ullet. It projectile had skirts, just as did the Canada ther e was, besides the .30-30, is still thirty caliber. The Chinese, Halger, but th ese did not fold back the well known .303. This Br itish de• w ho have a hodgepodge of calibers, smoothly and effici ently . As a ma tter velopment was equally important to some 8 mm and oth rs ou r own .30, of fact, the skirting was irregular and the Aussies and is to this day. have now standardized on the R ussian upset the dyna mic balance of the If any other calibers seem to .30. r ound and accounted for its poor ac• threaten the prominent position of the The influence of our .30 caliber has curacy. thirty caliber in this country today it persuaded us to make the cartridges A special .30-06 round w as devel• m ay be such r ela ti vely new numbers more and more powerful. The .300 oped for conducting experiments in as the .270, the 7 mm magnum and the magnum is an example. gunshot wounds on laborator y ani• .243. We fought the Civil War w ith a .58 mals. This was done by the Army World-wide there is a question caliber. World War I w as shot out Medical Corps. The r ound was the about the popularity of the .30 caliber. with the .30. Now we are gunning the conven tional '06 casing but into it was It has a real rival in the 8 mm Mauser Viet Cong with a .22. The past shows loaded a steel sphere which weighed only 15.4 gra ins. This r ound ball was held in the casing by a wooden sabot which was split down the middle. The sabot once it was free of the muzzle fell away and the steel sphere was free to go on. Velocities a ttained wer e 4330 fps. There are a good many fa ctors that limit velocities. Among these are breech pressures; once pressures go above 55,000 psi. , there is danger of bursting th e gun. Brass sh ell casings won't stand pressures much above this limitation. Barr el life, likewise, X-15 becom es quite short and this has a Snu1 flttln1, open front decided bearing. The .220 Swift has a shoulder holster In 4 sizes. Fits bad r eputation for eating up barrels. most any revolver or auto with Some tubes ar e gon e after only 600 2 to 71/J In. barrel. Spring-clamp r ounds of factor y full ch arge. holds aun firmly, yet allows While th e .17 caliber can be driven quick forward draw. Attached to at Swift velocities, when these are waist belt while adjustable lifted to around 4500 fps., bullets elk hide harness and shoulder strap hold top portion of rig sometimes disintegrate. These simply secure, without chest strap. evaporate. Wha t h appens is that the Plain brown only. Just $17 .95. jacketing is so thin on the tiny pro• j ctile that it splits along the m arks of Ylstt I BIANCHI Dealer Today! th e lands and goes to pieces. ,.~~~ . FREE L111111r llanul Bullet velocities a good deal higher lllrt_.., wltll flCb, than 4500 feet have been realized. But t1r111...it1•••t111 these h ave been accomplish ed with a ...... ". gas gun , a smoothbored laboratory It •• lllllle llCltl11 device that fires h elium. With this llMCllll11t. type of gun speeds of up to 20 ,000 fps. have been gotten. The helium is com• pressed by piston force and wh en pressures r each optimum levels th e gas is r eleased behind an all-steel GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 13 that as the military reduces its cali• bers so goes the sporting cartridges. When we junked the .45-70 in the army the sporting fraternity also dropped the big bore and took up the thirty caliber. What the adoption of the .223 will produce in the hunting world remains to be seen. The intro• duction of this lilliput into the mili• tary is as yet too freshly accomplished to have any perceptible impact. But judging by history it will have its in• fluence. A relatively new cartridge is the .243 (6 mm) . It is considerably more powerful than the tiny .223 but it falls short of having the power of the older 30'06. For all that the wide acceptance and continuing popularity of the .243 might well be the forerun• ner of the demise of the older thirty caliber. • • • One time Capt. Ned Crossman, who was a ranking firearms authority, was asked by a guns-ammo m anufacturer "Why don't you write something about shotguns, Ned?" The guns writer who was pretty testy, said "There isn't anything new about scat• terguns." And certainly he had a point when you look at the gauges. Every year we see a new rifle car• tridge but when have we seen a new shotgun gauge? The .410 was the last gauge devel• oped and that was more than a half• century in the background. The possi• bilities of anything new coming along is pretty dismal. As a matter of fact there is som e speculation that some of the present gau ges might be junked! It used to be we had a lot more shot• Weaver variables set new g uns than we see these days. There was once a 2 gauge, and a 4 gauge, a 6 standards of accuracy, and an 8 gauge. We have managed to hang onto the 10 gauge but it is com• pletely obsolescent. Beyond the tre• versatility, dependability. mendously popular 12 gauge we once Now you can have all the wide-ranging versatility you'll had a 14, an 18, a 24 and a 32 gauge. ever need. plus the pinpoint accuracy and shot-after-shot Because of a duplication of perform• dependability you demand. ance, or a lack of need, as with the monster gauges, or because of a lack All in one years-ahead variable: A Weaver Model V. of power many have bitten the dust. Optics are precision ground and magnesium fluoride-coated . Of the gauges tha t are now actively Micrometer click adjustments give target scope accuracy with in existence the 12 is by far the most hunting scope strength. Triple weatherproofing includes popular. Of all the new guns sold 50 % exclusive 0-ring sealing for all-weather use. Hand-polished are 12s. There is another 25 % that goes steel tube is finished in traditional gun-blue. for the 20 gauge, and then among the others-the 16, 28 and .410-the re• Check all four Weaver variables. Prices start at S55. maining 25 % of sales is divided . The re is no manufacturer in this country cATALoGWEAvEi(JiscoPE~ of the 10 so it does not count. As a WRITE FOR FREE matter of fact there is precious little that can be accomplished with the 10 W.R. WEAVER COMPANY. DEPT. 43, El PASO, TEXAS 79915 gauge that cannot be done equally well with a 12 gauge m agnum. Choreticlesice ,of including five E9 EB @ E9 EB- The 12 has such a great deal of ver• sensational new satility it could very well serve as the Dual X. only shotgun. The manufacturers have Crosshair Dual X Post Range-Finder Dot and Crosshair devoted such a great deal of 'time and (Continued on page 52)
GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 Yfte RETURN OF
® LUGER I S TH E REG ISTERED T RADEMARK OF STOC:GCR ARMS,
You wouldn't know it was a caliber action around. It's a fixed rear sight, mounted on ered walnut-finish grips second generation Luger to twelve-shot automatic ... at look at it. Or grasp it. Or eleven in the clip and one in in alignment. heft it. But it is. the barrel. At thirty ounces, Take down? Stoeger has redesigned their the new Luger is within an As long as it takes you world-famous gun inside out ounce of its famous prede• remove one screw and push . . . developed new, com• cessor ... and it has ex• a plunger. The entire mech· puter-controlled machining actly the same balance and anism slides out for cleaning Stoeger Arms techniques. Vital tolerances feel. The feed, though, is an• and oiling and you can dealer .•. or write are held 100% closer. other innovation ... straight to us for an illustrated The gun frame is made from line for less fouling or car• brochure. Luger ... the first quality machined forg• tridge distortion. clean the gun Stoeger is about to ings. The swaged barrel is all Squeeze off make famous for the the new rear. The Luger is back, second wider trigger better than ever. Its trouble• except and you'll think free, improved mechanism the frame. It's a lightweight, was several years in the strong, space age alloy. developing and wouldn't The STLR-4 Luger handles in your have been possible without all standard and high velocity has that modern methods and mate• .22 long rifle cartridges and kind of pull and feel. The rials. See it ••• grasp it gives you the strongest .22 STLR -4 Luger also has a by the handsome check- Dept. G-11 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 15 NOW! Exciting New Books on Firearms ••• Targeted to Make Yo
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AND MOUNTS REVIEW- b y Bob Bell: AMER· Ken Waters tell s how !iome or those SEATING DEPTH vs CHAMBER wall · hangn ~ can brc:ome serrlccable by ICAN BULLETED CARTRIDGES--by K en handloading :1i·our own ammunition. some Waters: SHOOTER'S SHOWCASE 1919·1970 PRESSURE by Georuc c. .Yo11t e, Jr. 10 the point of sur11a ssing orig ina l bal• D e p,;irtments: U . S . HANDGUNS e U . S . RIFLES • U . S. At Ja st a co ntr on ~ r s y that has existed. J H ~ rhap s since the li. ~ tic ·s. SHOTGUNS e FOREIGN ARMS IN AMERICA • PELLET GUNS Then. too, modern oowdcr s t•an • CHOKES '- BRAKES e AMMUNITION TABLES e SCOPES adrcnt. or the metallic cartridge it sel f, shows signs or being h(• usrd to up-date some of the earlier '- MOUNTS • METALLIC SIGHTS e ARMS ASSOCIATIONS resoh·ed. Does se:tting a bullet dee1•er in the case autolllat i • s rnok e l c~s loads for bcltt'r pnfor mance. J.. ike a doctor, Waters •ARMS LIBRARY• SHOOTING PUBLICATIONS• GLOSSARY c·ally ca use a rise in chamber orc ss ure ~ J s this ntlid with gh·cs new life to !-J om e ohl·timers. FOR GUNNERS • DIRECTORY OF THE ARMS TRADE • all ('art ridges? All or the facts a rc not Jn, hnt we ham more New! Whe,.e- To·Buy-lt D irectory of Ove,. Five Thousand G u n lhan scra.tched the surface and here arc the tlr:-:t startling PERAZZl-THE FERRARI OF' Stores, Gun5mith1 s teps in a se ries or controlled laboratory tests. SHOTGUNS 1;y Derck l'artridoe HEAD HUNTING IN B.C. by Hr"'Itorct Anaicr You coultl wait u11 10 a couple or years or longer for a l'urtley r erhaos i:enf'rallr unknown to most, there is a nlSt Canadian madu lo sour rnca ~ 11r1• and SJ)eriflration. but a rully cuslom• J>r o,·ince hair al.:"ain as large as Texas where not just ganH', made l'trazzi can be hatl in a few wct ks! Is 1he new Italian liiJil=i\!nU,t.l}vs+U.%1 but record heads- moose, caribou. ~riz.z l y and hlack bear, s hotJ;:'un that i.:ood ~ That hand ...;ome, funclional. trouhle- rrcet e lk and mountain goats-still abound. Thi s Is British Co• ll ero's what a top com1>e1i tion da:rhird hunter think..: . NOW at your sports. book, dep't. store. news lumbia., and l~rad Angler tells you where and how to lind dealer, or postpaid from them. AIR ARMS l.Q. b.11 f ,11,ld f'u11t u, lli !'lorical hatkgrount1 lo ncwe !i l denlo1m1ents- here are GUN DIGEST ASSOCIATION Dept. B-321 TWO-FISTED HANDGUNNING c1u es1ions and answers to tc:i L your know ledge or this fa s t~ bv Co l. Charles Aski'1S growing snort. 4540 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. 60624 Askins ' ach"i co carr ies real wel j? hl - .. CnleJi:s you're a I OJl RUSH Book(s) checked below. I enclose pay· ~umllnJ;:'er, ii:rab ahold wit h t he other mitt, too!" ~1 o s t PROOF MARKS OF FRANCE people have clinlcully hittirw anything snialler than a harn hv f,ee h ~e,111e tt ment in full $ . If I am not wllh a handgun. but tr you want your score to zoom, h eed Ttle third inscallment in our new ly-r ev ised, up-to-the-minute I hcsc words rrorn an old expert. l/ fa l ory u/ /'roof .\larks. thoroughly pleased I can return book(s) within 30 days for ALL OF MY MONEY BACK. THE FAMED LUGER OF FACT THE STAG AT EVE • • 1;vJoh,.T. .4mbcr 1970 GUN DIGEST AND FANTASY by /lorry .\(. Co m/)bell W h
Nonte Mandel Han dloading An ique Arms Panel oF Experl~
Mauser 98 Shotgun not recommend this. Converting to feed would be difficult or im11ossible. I have a shotgun and would like to It would no doubt hold the Bee ccir• know if it has any collector's value. tridge,-biit there is the vroblem of There is no name of any k ind on the bore diameter again. A standard .22 gun. It has a 26" barrel and is 12 long rifle bore is .222". T he hotter gauge, full choke. It has a Mauser• center-fires are almost always .224". like action and magazine that holds Yott could loc1.d the H onwdy .222" dia. so you can two shells. The word "GERMANY" is J et bullet. But a.gain you would no printed on the top of the barrel and doubt have a single shot. I don't know on the side is "Nitro". It has a 1" which gunsmith would have a .218 metal disc in the stock and sling Bee recimer or would be interested in put them swivels. There are several proof trying such a conversion.- W.S. marks on th e barrel, action, and on the stock. together H erb Breeden Wheeling, W. Va. S1umish .455 Your description fits a poor exciise I recently came across a revolver for a gun beaten together in G ennany that resembles the Wesson F avorite, .44 Double Action. It is Spanish made just after World Weir I. and across the top of the barrel is Model 98 Mcmsers were re- barreled written "Manufactura Especial De with shotgun barrels cind converted Revolvers Garate Anitu a Y O'a-Eibar into bolt action shotguns; unfortu• (Espana). I've used .45 ACP with nately, in order to make room for the half- moon clips which worked well. Is greater body bulk of the shotshells, ammunition for this gun still avail• much of the locking str.ength of the able, and is it safe to shoot with fac• Mauser ciction had to be milled away, tory .45 ammo? thus weakening the action to the dan• W illiam Mosser ger point. Fremont, Ohio Few of these are encountered these days and I sup11ose that any Mauser collector would be attracted to one for Your Svanish R evolver wa.s a11par • his collec.tion--7Jossibly to the extent ently originally chambered for the MINI-GROUP of $30-40.00; but don't shoot itf-S.B. .455 Webley cartridge. T he Spcmish The Standard Velocity 22 Long arms industry centered around Eibar, Rifl e Ammunition from Omark• of which G arate Anitiia was once a CCI that performs with match prominent member, produced mcmy accuracy. Try a box th e next copies of Colt and Smith & Wesson time you're on the range and R e-dwmbering the .22 cal. see for yourself! revolver designs prior to the S panish S.M.L.E. Civil War. Your particular gun wa.s SEE YOUR LOCAL OMARK-CCI I have heard that the .22 cal. Mark DEALER FOR FREE BROCHURE undoubtedly ma.niifactiired before or write III S.M.L .E. could be re- chambered to WWI. Some siich gims were of good OMARK CCI, INC. th e .218 Bee. Is this possible? Could quality, but more often they were of Box 856, Lewi ston, Idaho 83501 the r ifle safely take the .225 Winch es• mediocre workmanship a.nd material. ter ? Such guns are not highly regarded S. Van Klett today. San Antonio, N. M. Inasmuch as you say you have fired Converting the Mark III SMLE to .45 ACP ammunition in clips in this .218 Bee or .225 W inchester would gun, it has been altered so that it is no probably be quite imvractical. T he longer possible to fire .455 cartridges Sporting Equipment Division latte1· caliber is a " hot" one for the in it. Consequently, you will hcwe to SMLE action, and I definitely would stick to the .45 ACP round. However, 18 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 you may also use the rimmed .45 M 400 is the one known in Spciin as Auto-rimmed cartridge which was the 9nim Largo. and known elsewhere originally introduced after WWI as a in the world as the 9nim B ergmann• substitute for the rimless ACP case Baycird. Most stich guns will also fire and 3-round clips.- G .N. safely cmd reliably the 9mm Steyr cartridge. In addition. the .38 ACP may be used, providing the b1'eech face recess is sufficiently large to ac • cept the slightly larger rim of the Colt Kuch enreut.er Rifle cartridge. T he Astrci M600 is cham• I have a fl intlock rifle made by Io. bered only for the 9mm Parabellum August Kuchenreuter , of Regenburg, (Luger) cartridge, which must not be Germany. Total length is about 51 used in the M400.- G.N. inches, weight is about 8 lbs., barrel length is 34 inches, r ifling is 7 grooves
English W alking Cane Gun j I h ave an old walking cane gun a nd the bore is about .63 cal. I have about 24 gauge in excellent shape. It shot this r ifle many tim es. Could you is a muzzle loader percussion type. On give me an idea what this r ifle would the very top of the gun is stamped bring on the Am erican market? Day's P atent. It has B ritish proof Sj. H . Brongersm a m arks and the handle is either hard Netherlands wood, bone or ivory. Any inform ation on it would be greatly appreciated. Tiny P owell Some of the finest fire a.rms were made by the Kuchenretiter Family, P oteau , Oklahoma and I would think that your flintlock hunting rifl e would command a fairly One of the better perciission cane gims was the Days manufactured BANANA good price on the American Market; cilthough American interest mainly model. Makers of many types of flint• falls into American made arms such as lock and percussion arms, one of Days the K entucky Rifl e and Colts, there is most interesting guns was the Trun• still great interest in the well made cheon or B ludgeon pistol carried by SPLIT and appealing arms of the great Euro• police officers and private guards . . . pean gun makers. Collectors value on using the same system that you have the American Market for your Flint• in your w alking gun. I would estimate lock Rifle made by Kuchenreuter v alue for your percussion cane gun if should be a minimum of $350.-R.M. in excellent condition to be approxi• Whether th e target is a ripe mately $100 to $125.-R.M. banana, coconut, tin can or regulation " bull 's eye" ... it's TIME OUT FOR FUN when yo u blaze away with Crosman's new Astrrt 4-00 Ammo "M-1 " carbin e BB air rifl e. Lik e .38 S pecial, M41 the fam ous military carbi ne, I would like to find out just wh at 1 have been given a box of .38 Spe• this rugged gun has th e lo oks the proper cartridge is fo r the Astra cial ammo and on th e box top is writ• and high-velocity action that spell GO! Intern a l magazine 400. Is it the 9mm Luger , 9mm Steyr ten "50 Cartridges, Ball, Caliber .38 or the 9mm Bergm ann-Bayard? loads up to 22 BBs ! M-1 clip Special M41, Remington Arms Co. stores 270 BBs ! Slide action R ichard W. Fuchs Inc.". On the side of the box is written provides easy cocking, fast Boston , Mass. "T hese cartridges are especially de• s hooting 1 Other fine gun signed and manufactured exclusively fe atures: heavy duty steel T he proper cartridge for the Astra (Continued on page 73) barrel, adjustable milita ry s ights for accuracy, ha rd wood stock! See th e "M-1 " carbine at yo ur Crosman We Guarantee Accuracy dealer today. In sist on LO-SWING Scope Mount Crosman Super BB s fo r Want a barrel that is guaranteed to be top s hooting perform ance. accurate. one that you won't be stuck with. if it won't shoot? We make barrels for all Crosman's M-1 Carbine BB calibers from 17 to 47 . We chamber for air rifle less than $20 practically all cartridges, wildcat and stand· Send for free booklet, "More Shooting Fun"; w rite Dept. G 119 ard. 2 to 3 weeks delivery. Send self ad· dressed and stamped envelope for details, UNEQUALEDiN HUNTING VERSALTILITY SEND FOR FREE LITERATURE Hoffman Rifle Barrel Co. ®cen~~~u~ Crosman Arms Co , Inc. Bucklin. Kans. Fairport, N Y 14450 PACHMAYR GUN WORKS, INC. Crosman A•ms (CanaCla ) LIU , Dunn~ le Ont. 1220 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE• LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90015 OEf'T. G- 11 67834 GUN S NOVEMBER 1969 19 mlTOR'.S NOTI At the t1.. IWs article goes to preu, It appears that the Walther TPH pistol wlll not be available to U. S. shooters. The new point 1y1tem for Imports, under the Gun Control Act of 1968, make• It almo1t lmpoulble to Import any 1mall .22 or .25 auto platol. If the law should be changed, lnterarm1 Ltd., aole Importer of Walther pl1tol1 would be the source for thl1 pl1tol. Price not avallable.
By JAN A. STEVENSON
rnaU self-loading auto pistol have been righ tfull y be the standard against which all other weapons of it S sneered at fo r ears. An opponent shot with th e full• Lype will be judged. j a keled .25 caliber was apt to become enraged, and th e T he initial des ignati on '·TPH" tands for "Taschenpis• pislol Lhem el es were mechani call y archaic, making them tole mit Hahn" (pocket pistol with hammer ) and the gun either dangerou to carry or im possibly slow to get into traces ils lineage from the Walther PP, designed by F ritz action. Eas concealment wa their so le and onl y virtue, Wallher and first introd uced in 1929. T he PPK. or detec• and Lh eir popularity, on the balance, was wholly un wa r• ti ve model, fo ll owed along in 1931. and these t11 0 first ranted. ~ l a s handguns a re by fa r th e most popular police sid e• The Carl Walther firm of lnm/Donau , German y, has, arms on the E uropean continent todav. The PPK. as well, with Lh e introduction of their all-new TPH model, put an has an avid foll ow in g among American cr iminal investi• abrupt about-face to this ituati on. So far ahead of the re t gators. and our custom holster makers are hard. pressed lo of Lh e pa ck is this " rninigun ," Lh at I predi ct it is fated fo r se w enou o- h sheath s to hang this item. instant and lasting popul arity, and will fo r years to come In the mid 1930's, \Va lther engin eers wed th e double 20 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 • • •
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Left and above: Design of the TPH sights allows the gun to be used for defense-type work quite easily. The white areas show-up rather well and sight radius is the same (about 4 inches) as on a small snub-nose revolver.
acti on trigger mechanism that Lh e firm had pioneered with new word. The PP and PPK attach a milled drawl ar Lo a the PP to a new locked-breech pistol chambered for the machined horseshoe sear, itself pi vo ted lo the frame on 9mm Parabellum round. This '-Heeres" or "A rm y" pistol either sid e. The sear engages a Colt-like hammer strut for evo lved into the P-38 of the Second War Wehrmacht and double action, and contact surfaces on the hammer itself the P-1 of the modern Bundeswehr. for single acti on fire. lt works just as does a Hartford-built \\Talther's reputation for way-ahead designing, so und en• revolver. No t so the TPH, which routs a stamped dra11bar gineering, and fin e craftsmanship is today well established, right inside the frame to engage a much simplified interior and the TPH will add to the luster- it's a gem. sear, thus saving a dozen or so machining cuts, but giving, In concept and appearance the new TPH is nea rly a scale so far as I co uld tell , equally as good a trigger pull. Acti on model of th e PPK, but an inside look tells a different story. parts on th e TPH are, for the mos t part, mounted in th e Walther designers went through the weapon from tang to frame from above and pinned laterall y into place. By this muzzle, re-engin eering it for ease of production. The most arrangement, as little machining as possible is done oh the startling chanae is in the action, where stampings are the frame. (Continued on next pa ge) GUNS • NOVEMBER 1969 21 The frame itself is forged aluminum alloy, incorporat• ing, like the PP but unlike th e PPK, th e arc of th e back. strap as a part of the frame forgi ng. The slide, obviously the most expensive part of the weapon, is machined from a tee! forging, just as is that of th e PPK.
WALTHER TPH• TECHNICAL DATA NAME: Taschenpistole mit Hahn• TPH TYPE: Pistol, semi-automatic, magazine fed OPERATION: Blowback, unlocked breech CALIBERS: .22 Long Rifle; .25 Auto CAP A CITY: 6 rounds TRIGGER: Double action first shot; reli~bility single action all succeeding shots Above: Accuracy and are easier SAFETIES: Thumblever on slide to come by with the frame mounted barrel. shields and blocks firing pin, drops hammer. Disconnector; safety notch on hammer; inertial firing pin. WEIGHT EMPTY: 10.9 oz. LENGTH 0.A.: 5.3" BBL. LENGTH: 2.8" HEIGHT: 3.5" WIDTH: .9" SIGHT RADIUS: 3.9" BLADE WIDTH: .091" with .067" white dot inset NOTCH WIDTH: .114" with 1/16" white line underneath CONSTRUCTION: Aluminum frame; checkered plastic grips; all other parts steel. MANUFACTURER: Carl Walther , ' Waffenfabrik, Ulm/Donau, West Germany PRICE: Not available /, Some changes on the TPH were necessar y because there / , simply wasn't room for th e lu x urio us gadgetry one ftnds on th e la rger m odels. The magazine release button had to be moved cl own to the heel of the .b utt because the re wasn't Above: TPH ejector is a simple stamping. space for it at the normal locati on on the left side of th e Rounded nubbin serves as a disconnecter. frame. The slide of the TPH doesn't hold open on th e last Below: TPH fits well into a woman's hand. shot because th e ela bor ate milled (Continued on page 56)
22 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 OUR MAN IN : • •.• - ~ I I 1.1. ~ WA~HIN~lllN -
By CARL WOLFF
FRUIT FRO M BAD SEEDS
Ba ck in July, we ha d {here in Washing• ha nd-picked, men who would use res tra int t on ) , for what it i s worth, three new in their disagreements with the commis• anti-gun d evelopment s . One, Sena tor s ion. Why would s uch men serve? In ma t• Dodd introduced s till a nother bill. Two, ters of g overnment, it is an unwritten Sen. Dodd s t a rted new hea rings . Three, l aw, you just don't tell the Pres ident t he Na tiona l Commi ssion on the Cau s e s of the United Sta tes to "get lost . " and Prevention of Violence released a The fruits of the s eeds pla nted ba ck r eport recommending the confis ca tion of in 1968 a re here: A t ask force report, priva tely-owned handguns. writ ten by t he s t a ff of the commiss ion, Lest there be a ny mi s unders t a nding concluded tha t "the vicious circle of about thes e development s , a look a t the American s a rming to protect thems elves broa d picture i s necessary. The na me of from other a rmed Americans mu s t be brok• t he ga me is politics . The idea was to put en." In other words , disa rm the l aw• t he man in t he White Hous e on the s pot. a biding citizens . The Commi ssion, commonly ca lled "The Here a re s ome of t he findings of t h e Ei s enhower Commi ssion," was s et up by report : Pres ident Johns on on June 10, 1968. It "We recommend federa l legis l a tion to was the hottes t yea r of "the long hot encoura ge the e s t a blis hment of s t a te li• s ummers ." The democra t s knew their pop• cens ing s ys tems for ha ndguns . The fed• ul a rity was sagging , a nd s omething had era l legis l a tion would introduce a fed• t o be done a bout a ll t he violence tha t era l s y s tem of handgun licens ing , a p• was being hung a round t heir politica l plica ble only to t h ose s t a tes which necks . Th e limits of t he Cons titution wh ich within a four-yea r period f a il to had a lrea dy been s tretched with l a ws enact a state l a w tha t (1 ) e s t a blis he s t hat didn't s eem to be working . a sta nda rd for determining a n individ• Wha t to do ? Na me a commi ssion to s tudy ua l's need for a handgun and for the li• t he s itua tion! So a commi ss ion was cens ing of an individua l who show s s uch named. It ha d to be s t a cked with right• a need a nd (2) prohibits a ll others from thinking people. People who would not posse ssing ha ndguns or buying handgun t ry to u s e t h e commi ssion as a s pring• ammunition. boa rd to gr a b politica l power from the "We propos e tha t t he s t a tes be per• old lea ders . People who agreed with the mitted to determine for t h em s elves what Johns on philos ophy. People who would constitutes 'need' to own a handgun. For carry on the old ideas , should more con• the federa l sys tem a pplica ble to s t a tes serva tive men mov e into key pos itions . which f a il to ena ct t heir own licens ing Such a commi ssion could not find tha t s ystems , we recommend tha t determina • mi s t a kes we re being made! tions of need be limited to police offi• The r e we r e men of a noth er politica l cers a nd s ecurity gua r ds , s ma ll bus i• philos ophy named, but t hey, too, were nes ses in high (Continued on pa ge 70 )
GUNS NOVEMB ER 1969 23 Tfle
BY MASON W'LLIAMS
IN1936 Remington sold th eir Ove r-U nd er shotg un for tion of th e Model 32 shotgun ; after evaluating costs a nd $99.50 in Sta udard Gr ade a nd it was kn o 11 n as th e th e potential market, it became obvious that it wo uld not Model 32-A. T his 12 gauge shotg un inco rporated ma ny be econom ica ll y feasible. As a result, the Model 32 dis• unusual design fea tures, includ in g a sliding breech lock appea red from th e Ameri can ma rket, but not before it had th a t moved back when the actio n was opened and moved set an enviable reco rd for handling, reliability and rug• forwa rel wh en th e action was closed to sli de over th e top gedness. of th e rear of th e barrels to securely lock th em into place. A t th e same time that th e Model 32 was making a name Ove r the years, this proved to be one of th e strongest over• for itself, th e German firm of Kriegh off 11 as producing a under designs ever manufactured and th e Remington Model hi gh power, semi-au tomati c riA e that sold for $500.00. a 32's became a legend in their time fo r shee r reli ability, fantastic price at that time. but th e Krieghoff firm speci• ruggedness and fast ha ndling. a lized in unusua l a nd high p ri ced firearms. This KrieghofI As fa r as I know, Reming ton never did resume produc- semi-automatic rifl e wo uld ha ndle th e .30-06 ca rtridge or 24 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 Above: Receiver of the standard grade showing simple scroll engraving. Right above: The San Remo grade engraving. Right: A cased Krieghoff with a full set of barrels for skeet and trap. Case comes in either leather ar vinyl covering.
an y oth er rimless cartridge. It utilized a gas operated mechani sm th at wa s guile unusual in th ose cb )s and was created, nol fo r th e militar y. but fo r th e sportsman. After the Second World War it took many years for Germ an industry to stage its comeback but wh en iL did rumors kept coming out of E urope concerning the Krieg• hoH over-un der shotgun , and th en suddenly, shooters realized th at wh at appeared to be th e old Model 32 Rem• ington was actuall y avail able in E urope in extremely ers in th e country, and he told me that he has a complete limited quanti ties. Sin ce tb at red letter year of 1961, more set of Krieghoff's in a ll gauges fo r all phases of shotgun and more Lop shotgun shooters have bought th e new shooting. Wh y? Because he can depend up on th e Krieg• Krieghoff shotgtrn . Today, it is a rare trap or skeet shoo t hoff. Keith Stegall, the well kn own custom stock maker, th at does not include al least a co up le of Krieghoff. chose the Krieghoff as his basic Lrap gun fo r professional P rofessional trap and skeet shooters cannot aH ord Lo shooting. Wh y? Consistent patterns plus reliability. use shotgun s th at do nol perform, and while personal likes It would appear that the inherentl y sound design features and dislikes play an imporlanl part in th e shooting game, tJrnt Remington built into th e ori ginal Model 32 more than it is important Lo note that the KrieghofI is rated as one Lhirty years ago have proven their worth making th e new of the top competition shotguns. Krieghoff a superb competition shotgun. This does not I talked to Bob Dietemeyer of Pacific Gun Sight Co., mean th at it is not an upland game or waterfowl shotgun. wh o is one of th e acti ve professional trap and skeet shoot- Not at all, but few hunters (Continued on page 58) GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 25 By CHARLES ASKINS
38 SPEC. & 357 MAG .
357443 357446 358156 35893 3589 1 358 101 3583 11 35875 358430 358495 358477 l.'.''.'' 1-- -=,--+--~=---1- ~ ,58 cc-- -+---,. 1 5=2 -+--....,1 = 55,-- -+- -.,..,1 2"" 5 -+- --., 1 = 48 ,...--1-~ 18 0---+- -.,- 1 =50 -+-- --, 2 = 00 =--·-t- --=- 2 00 - 148 158 A •
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Right: S/ Maj Joe Benner, an all time great of pistol match shooting, has always been a user of the .38.
THEMOST POPULAR center-fire hancfo:un is the .38 The re is a tend ency th e e clays to bad mouth th e .38 Special. Look in lo th e bureau drawers' of a hundred Special. claiming it does not have punch enough. Those home, and more often than not th e gun reposing th e re 11 ho low rate th e ca rtridge are a minority. th ough th ey are beneath all th e freshl y laundered shirt will be a .38. pretty vocal. These arc a handful of gun writers wh o push Clance at th e sidearm packed by th e police in any cit y thf' magnum cali bers. The .38 pl. i ~ not a magnum a nd from Los Angeles to Boston and yo u will see th e time-11 orn adrnitLed l)', on the score of power it falls behind the super Thirty-Eight Special. And on th e target ranges across this calibe rs. 011 the other hand, it is more accurate th an th ese b road land of ours this caliber m anages to hold its 01rn. heav il y loaded numbers: it ki ck less. the reby punishes th e The popularity of th e gun and load now stretch back to shooter a good deal less, and .it is infiniteh· more pleasant ] 902. a matter of two-thirds of a century. Ioth in g on th e lo shoot. It is looked on b a good many la 11· enforcement ho rizon today 11 ould appear lo effect th e enthusiasm for agencies as a helter choice for th e very fact that it do s the cartridge over th e next everal decades. not have a lot of unwanted power. The .38 pecial wa s designed by Smith & Wesson fo r th e De pite the criticism of the .38 Special on th e sco re of M&P model revolver and was shortl y taken up by Colt. It kn ockd own punch, it does kill very well on small game. I has been regularly chambered by I olh manufacturers ever have been shooting th e cartridge for 35 years and have s in ce. The .38 Special is an o ut ~ro 11 th of th e older .38 never had a ny complaint to make of its abilit y lo kn ock Long cartridge 11 hi ch was developed in 1875. It is co n• over ha11ks, buzzards, crow. jackrabbits and an occasional siderably m ore powerful, more accurate, and more reliable fox or coyote. I am not th e one to shoot deer, elk. hear than th e older round 11 hich is now thoroughl y obsolete. It and moose with the handgun- not anv handgun. Thi i is also a cons id e rably m ore desirable cartridge th an its proper game for a rifle and is not propeT target for a one• first co usin, th e .38 S& ,""i;T. This number is under-powered, hancl gun. lacking in accuracy and consistency. It was 11 humped up The s1reet thing about th e .38 Special is its manelous in 18 77 and has seen scant improvement since it fir st saw accuracy. There isn't any ccnterfi re cartridge that shoots th e li ght. The .38 Sp!., on the oth er hand. has been steadily heller and a great many of them do not perform nearl) as bellercd and this goodness continue to this clay. well. The Big Bertha devotees (Continued on page 6-1) GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 27 The Saga of SCHULTZ .·. LARSON and the 7x61 SHARPE HART
28 GUNS • NOVEMBER 1969 Above: The Schultz & Larsen rifle and some of the ammo used in tests. In foreground are case length gauges.
N ANY COMPARISON OF the safely factors of the heavier hunting bullets accurately, the Shultz and Larsen I bolt action rifle we are quite apt to select th e German rifle and th e 7x61 Sharpe and Hart carlridge was an im• Mauser, usually the Model 98. as th e bes t example for our mediate success. Custom gun smilhs had reamers ground com parison studies. The 98 Ma user action is th e best for them and began to produce excell ent custom built rifles kn own of any of lh e fore ign actions and has been imported for this cartridge. Many of th ese custom rifles had cham• and used by American shooters for over 60 years. It is a bers that deviated co nsiderably from the Shultz and Lar• natural for first place, ahhough. in my opinion. there are sen specificalions. In fact. in so me rifles it was impossibl e a number of diflerent bolt actions, made in England, Den• to load ·for them successfull y. in dies made to accurate mark, Sweden, Germany, A ustria, Spain and other foreign Sh ultz and Larsen specifi ca ti ons. co untries that are superior to lh e 98 Mauser but have Phil Sharpe wa s a bit over optimistic about what the never beco me as popular here in th e States. 7x61 co uld and would do as lo velocity. and hi s loadin g Several years ago a Danish-made rifle was imported to data figures produced hi gh and even dangerous pressures this counlry and widely publicized by th e late Phil Sharpe. in man y rifl es. These factors diminished the popularilv of This rifle was chambered for the lhen new 7x61 Sharpe th e Shultz and Larsen rifl e here in th e Slates and fo r a and Hart ca rtridge. Tt was lhen, and still is, th e only fac• number of years nothing much was heard about th e car• to ry-m ade rifle chambered for this cartridge on sal e in tridge or rifle. Norma Precision. of Lansing. New York, this co untry. The riAe wa s made b y Shultz and Larsen distri buted the rifle for a short time. but th e adve nt of lhe RiA c Company of Otternp, Denmark. The company is an 7MiVI Remington and its rapid success in th e magnum fi eld old one, founded in 1911, and has always been well kno1rn once again put th e Shullz and Larsen in th e shado 11 !'. for its very accurate competition rifles. Shultz and Larsen Ammunition for th e 7MNI was made b y Winchester. F ed• also produced arms for the Danish government. They eral and most foreign ammunition co mpanies, and near!) have always been rega rded as manufacturers of quality all large American as well as many foreign arms com• riA es ralher than quanlity, and Phil Sharpe wanted a ver y panies chambered a rifle for it. accurate factory rifle to handle his ne1 7x61 Sharpe and There are quite a number of th e 7x61 chambered rifles Hart cartridge and arranged wi lh Shultz and Larsen to here in th e States. Those who own them and ha1"e used Jlroduce th em. them a lot are quite well pleased with their performance. Sharpe's experimental ammunition was made up from These owners know th e correct loadings for th eir particu• belted H&H cases but hi s production ammunition, the lar rifl e, loads th at prod uce the best results with out exces• cases as well as the faclory loads was obtained from Norma sive pressures. The velocities obtained are about midway of S" eden. Made with a 1 in 10 twist, to handle the between those of the .280 (Continued 011 page SO) GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 29
A variety of gun oilers ranging from the "metal bottle" type to the better known buttstock oiler.
poWDER AND THE BALL are the LSOOs and 1600s there came an indis• a ver y good surv1vm g record of the components 1d1ich give the gun its pensable tool- the s panner. Without gun tools of the time. lethal power. A third factor is indis• the spanner-a key or crank with a The flintlock pe riod of cased pistols pensable, however , and that is the square aperture used to cock the piece belongs primarily to England and gun• ignition. With the cha nges in ignition with a winding motion- the piece was makers on the European Continent. systems and the different mechanisms useless. In the wheel lock mechanism English gunmakers wer e content Lo to m ake them function, various new a serrated wheel, activated by linkage put up their arms in rather plain parti• tools have had to be designed. and a mainspring, spun around against tioned cases. well-made but norma ll y For the earl y matchlocks of the 16th pyrites or flint when released to create nothing very fan cy. On the othe r h and, and 17th centuries only simple tools the sparks for ig nition. No spin, no Ge rman and French artisans had a were r equired such as a mould. fla sk, park. fl ai r for the elegant ; their pistol- and screw driver , pick to keep the barrel Many shapes and forms of the wheel accessories were ofte n put up in 11 hat vent clean and a loading r od. Th ~ lock spanner were produced, some of are called " flush-type" cases with the iir nition for matchlocks. a "slow them intricate in design. One of the pistols o r rifles and their accesso ries match" that must be kept burning most unusual types combined the span• neatly framed into individual recesses. while the gun was aimed a nd fired , ner with a small priming fla sk. An• With each firearm came the indis• was merely a piece of fib ered r ope other accessor y sometimes found with pensable powder flask and round ball soaked in saltpeter a nd cl riecl. When the wheel lock and matchlock arms bullet mo uld. While the English stu L: K this was li ghted and the glowing encl was a cluster o f small individual Lo copper or brass fla sks, the French prc ~ se cl into a pa n fill ed with fin e g un• 11 ooclen powder chargers strung to• often used thin p oli shed horn or tor• powder the fla sh which ensued was gether like a bunch of bananas. toise shell bound with silver o r brass. communicated lo the main cha ro-e in When firearm s progressed from the In addition, there would be found a the barrel through a small ven~ o p• wheel lock to the flintl ock pe ri od the loading rod. a cleaning r od with !'e - posite the pan. Sometimes a r od 11·ith accompanying accessories became more eral attachments, a scr ewdriver. a pick a U -s haped m etal head was used to varied. Accesso ri es fo r the earl y shoul• to keep the flash vent open and a hard- support the heavy barrel wh en shoot• der arms have had a way of cli sappea r• 1rnocl mallet for starting the ball in th e fog. ing and are scarce but, thanks to a muzzle. Corner compartments u ~ uall y \\'ith the wheel lock g uns of the better fate for cased pistols, we have held a key for the lol:k, extra nints, GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 31 A •/
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32 GUNS NOV EMBER 1969 A: Early w~.eel lock weapons used the winding key or era nk called a spanner. B: A variety of nipple wrenches and other small tools including loading block (center) and a spring vise above it. C: Barrel vent pick and flash pan brush for U.S. flintlock muskets and straight-line pistol copper. D: Interior and exterior views of Colt's copper furnished with guns made at Paterson, N.J . E: False muzzle and bullet starter used to improve accuracy in about 1840. Use of this method continued into the early l 900's on fine single shot breechloaders of that time.
balls and other small items. flintlock have an attached loading lever so he 111 uskets in U.S. service were accom• devised a corn bin ation to ol "hi ch panied by a neat brass wire linkage could be used to seat the ball by re• that held a brush for cleaning th e pan moving th e barrel and inserting th e [ (\ of the lock and a pick to Cl ean th e tip of the to ol in th e barrel-key slot. barrel vent. ' Vo ocl en tompions were In addition. th e tool could be used as sometimes u eel to plug the muzzle and a screwdriver ; the ba 11 knob on the keep out dirt and moisture 11 hen the handle un screwed to reveal a ni pple gun was not in use. wrench head and a vent pick. Here at In the early 1800s the percussion or Paterson also started a practi ce of A \/\ r ap and ball ignition sy tern gradually furnishing an extra cylinder, a capper began to replace the flintlock. By the that feel caps on the nipples much th e " ~ mid 1800s percussion arms l:acl same as one plucked iron or bra s reached great perfecti on, but with this rings on a merrv-go-rouncl. and a com• } \ i . perfection and radical change in the bination fla k that discharged po 11 cl er lock mechanism came th e need of more from one end and ball s from th e oth er. and different tools. In addition to all Ea rl v cap and ball revo lvers in Eng• th e implements menti oned for the flint• land. before I he attached loading rod \!!> l. lock it was now desirable to have a became wid elv empl oyed. a lso used a / I :~ nipple wrench, a main pring vi se, a separate loading tool. but it had a • I wad or patch cutter, a powder meas• sin gle functi on and was attached in ure. a small oil er. compartments or quite a different manner. fitted round boxes for percussion caps, Maker of American caplock pistols extra nipples and wads. Some gun such a th e Massachusetts A rm Co. cases mi ght contain tw o rifles or shot• and oth er often made their sin gle a nd gun s or even two pairs of pistols. \Vith multi- hot pistol s without an att ached D such sets there might be two differing loading lever, :rnd th ey provided a rod moulds along with a :fancy cl ipper for with a mushroom-shaped head Lo cat pouring the molten lead. the bullet over the powder in C) linder As has been mentioned in Part 2 of or barrel. th is series, some of these accessories Now al o came a great variety of were in themselves works of art. In nipple wrenches, mo t 0£ th em in com• one set of gold mounted pi stols 11-hich bination w.ith a screwdriver. The nip• I formerl y owned, th e bullet mould p le wrench and crewclriver deE igned and powder measure were beautifully for Colt's big " \Xfalker" pistols was inlaid with a gold vine pattern. It may curved in such a way that it could be be seen from the painstaking attention used al so as a sprirw cramp in remov• given such items that th eir importance ing the V-shaped main pring. A more was fully recognized. effi c ient mainspring cramp was de• From the pairs of cased sin gle shot signed, however, and this was made pistols of th e caplock period to the with a button-head screw that ti ght• caplock multi- shot or revolving cylin• ened sli d in g jaws as with a vise. der pistols we see some variation in For a time it became a somewh at the accessories. Samuel Colt' first popular fad to provide an attachable pistols made at Paterson, N. J. , d id not shoulder (Con.tin u.ed on page 54)
L E GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 3GUNS
can be a Collection
By E. DIXON LARSON
Many arms enlhusiasts are reluctant to ever become a coll ector because of the diffi culti es a nd overwhelming odds involved in obtaining com• plete co llections. In ord er to collect Colt- or Remingtons, consid erable knowledge of many models must be researched. F or example, th ere are 22 bas ic p ercussion Colt Models a nd 14 basic percussion Remington Models, variations exclud ed. Kno wl edge in m ost ca es is attained over th e year by reading and association with well.informed enthusiasts. Basicall y, over the years Co lts have maintained th eir status as the " Blue Chips" of th e antique arms fi eld. Many "would be" co llectors view th e prospect of start· ing a collection as a horrendous undertaking and become di sco uraged- in Top to bottom: The First Navy Model. some fi elds this co uld be true and expensive. 5econd Navy Model, cylinder scene, The Metropolitan percussion pistols, of which there were three basic larger trigger guard and left entry plunger screw. The Pocket Model with models, offer the enthu siast the opportunity to complete a basic co ll ection a fluted cylinder, lever retaining with Lhree pi eces. Average pieces a re usuall y priced within th e realm of the screw. Opposite page: Typical barrel modest in vestor. Values of th e Metropolitans have not escalated as rapidly markings of the Metros and the W. l. as th eir comparable Colt cousins. Therefo re, as interest is stimq]ated, and Ormsby designed, rolled-on scene. models become increasingly harder to obtain, prices too will rise. 34 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 lost season d coll e ·tor, recognize th e de ign and manu• Characteristic of hoth '.Vl oclel : no afety pin numl1 " fac ture of th e \Jetropoli lan a ~ being equal to that of the may appear rea dable and stamp d from either icl e. pin or oll. ome haYe even given th e model statu s in a olt dove tai l front sight. n otch or unnotchecl hammer. The coll ecti on because of th eir el o. e kinship in appearance. C) linder scene. a roll engra ing by Wl. L. Ormsb) . fa th I There arc ignif1 cant cl iJTerence betw een the Colt and and creator of olt C\ linder designs. i comrnern orali n nf i\ letropolitan . Enough to '' arrant th em as interesting. th e Ballle of \ e11 Orlean and surrender April ]362 :: , The Melropolil an Arms Company was co nceived three Lamped on lh e C) linder. Some auth orities feel th e scene weeks after th e Co lt fire in Harlford in ]864 and lasted is fic titi ous, others recogni ze it as a co mmemorative an about three \ ears. The 1fet:ropoli1an Arms Companv 11 as honoring a famous bat.tie, fi gurati vely accurate. It is rng• hurridl y organ ized lw th e s, ms broth ers. fo rmerl v asso• gesled th al th e reader co nsu It an y encyclopedia, percei\ e riated 11 ith th e f, rm of Blunt and Syms ( whom Sa m Colt th e detailed accou nt of th e Farragut command Naval battle had co ndu cted legal p roceed in gs against. as th e Massachu• fo r th e surrender o f New Orleans. and th en e tab li sh hi ~ setts A rm s Company. over mu ket production). The intent own judgment. o f th e Metropolitan Arms Companv. of co urse. 11 as to take The Metropolitan P ocket Pistols are almost exact co ies adva ntage of Sam Co lt's fire b1 prov iding a suitable a rm of the Co lt Pol ice Model of 1862 except th e loading lei er i as an exped ient, and this th ey did. Arms were distributed of a much simpler design and retain ed by a small screw at
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and sold through W. J. Syms and Brother, 300 Broad1rny, the front of the barrel lu g. This 11 as probably an allempt New York City. At first. cyli11d ers and barrels of th eir first to avoid an exact patent infringement. Producti on appears Navy Model and Pocket " P olice" model were unmarked. to have ori ginated with No. 1000 as a base serial number. As the market increased, apparently so did th eir courage, Models were produced in barrel lengths of 41//'. 51/:/'- and as Navy Models were characteri sti call y marked with 61//'. Models have been observed, unmarked up to se ri al " Metropolitan Arms Company, New York," and had rolled• No. 2134. Marked models with the customary "Metropoli• on cylinder scenes after serial No. 1800. Variati ons can tan A rms Company-New York," have been observed at become interesting as the coll ector progresses. T echnically, No. 1825, indica ting overlapping. Research indicates al• and for example, earl y produced models were unmarked, most 50 percent of th e production of some 3000 arms was pistols marked for distribution by H. E. Dimick- St. Loui s marked. Screws used in th ese models have a distincti vely and so marked will be fo und between llOO and to almost higher cro1rn than other manufacturers. It is recoznized 1800. The tw o basic Navy Models va ry as fo ll ows : that ev idence ex ists to conclu de that the Metropolitan T ype 1- Produced prior to serial No. 3000 has small Arms Company also produced a few round barrel Navy trigger guard plunger conn ecting screw for revolvers, but discussion was intentionally omitted as onl y the lever enters from the right side, slim two are known and therefore availability must be con• grips, bevelled at butt. sidered. T ype 2- Has a sli ghtl y larger trigger guard , connect• Although less than 10,000 arms 1rere produced by th e ing lever screw enters from left side, sli ghtl y Metropolitan A rms Company, they are available, challeng• thicker grips, larger loading cut-out, pro• ing, and should prove a worthwhile duced after No. 3000 to serials No. 7200. inves tm en t for any gun collector. · ria GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 35 HERE IS ONE shotgun on th e market today that excite literally T noliody. No gun writer pen reams oI purple phrases praising its balance, beauty, or handling characteristics. 1 o "expert" wa xes ecstatic in print over its grace or symmetry of line-in fa ct, this particular kind oi gun is all but totally ignored . . . . By everyone but American shooters! In spite of its comparative "ugly duckling" status in relation to th e exotic SPENCER REPEATING SHOT GUN. THE FLOCK GUN. SIX SHOTS IN THREE Dam.uotll Bureli , It.Illian Walnut PJ,etol Grip Stock , Cheek'lred, Rubber Butt. I'l&t.e, tnd Clloked. . . The l'D.ftCa&iae ii loe:;t.ed unrter fhe barTel, and holl'k ftu o ATtrid ~6'!i , whtle on'l may be plaoed in tha harret Tbe ehi:: •hot.a mar be tired without taking tbe kUl1 rrom the ~hooki e r. .D 12 ro.ug• Only mode; Ieng\~ or b•rrel 30 snd 32 inches ; weight, Bi lhs. Price, c • c ~ .•••• ,. ••. List, $60.00 Left: Winchester M-97. Above: First pump shotgun, the Spencer, circo 1882. 36 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 to the duck marsh, to pheasant- and Here in the west, where I make my pump- a full- choked model 37 Ithaca. grouse-infested fi elds frequented by home, the word "shotgun" is prac• Prior to that, I had popped a1rn y at the upland gunner. No shotgun is tically synonomous with " 12-gauge gamebircl s with a single-shot Winches• more popular on this continent. pump." In the duck marshes, on the ter- also in 12 gauge (in those clays, The 12-gauge pump is really a trib• prairie, or in the desert home of the 6-poun cl 12-bores firing full 11;'.i -ounce ute to American ingenuity and manu• chukar and sage grouse, you 'II find the high- velocity loads were not deemed facturing kn ow-how. These guns roll majority of Stetsoned hunters toting• un suitable for 87-pouncl freckle-faced off assembly lines by the thousands• that's right- 12-gauge pumps. In fact. boys. The by1rnrcl was : " If he's old with such mass production making an y stranger wh o shows up 1rith a side• enough fo r a shotgun, give him a shot• their low cost possible-and yet the by-side 20 or an imported over-and• gun- not a toy !" ) finished product is as thoroughly de• under is immediately branded an A !though I shot many pheasants pendable as the finest European double. "Easterner" or " another one o' them with the Winchester, I never reall y And it's sturdy ! These guns sometimes rich Californians. " learned to kill clucks with any regu• take abuse that no piece of fine ma• Admittedly, the twin-tubed guns are larity until I acquired the pump. I chinery should be sujected to- dirt and n ow beginning to catch on with hunt• think this was largely clue to my try• grit that would keep an expensive, ers throughout the U. S., and ever y in g too hard to connect with the single hand-fiitted double gun action from season sees a few more of these afield , shot- I was more r elaxed with the even closing; brine and rust ; metal• even in such " no-nonsense" states as pump, secure in the kn owledge th at I denting shocks from rattling around in Wyoming and Montana. But I strong• had tw o backup shell s in the magazine. the trunk of a car- and yet they keep ly suspect that in ten, or even twenty Consequently, I began dropping clucks on firing. years from now, scattergunning popu• with the firs t shot 1rith at least fai r In a way, the 12-gauge pump is a larity polls will still show the 12-bore regularity: lazy man's gun. I know of no other pump at the top of the heap. Since that time, I have bought, sold type of firearm that will keep on func• I kn ow that the first repeating shot• and traded a va riety of other shotgun s, tioning with less attention (even gun I was able to afford was a 12- (Continued on page 60J though neglect is never a good idea with any gun ) . I have seen examples that have never been treated to more than an occasional cursory pass of an oily rag through the bore that were in relatively good shape after decades of hard use. Of course, the ruggedness (Ind dur• ability I've just mentioned is inherent to practically all sl'ide-action guns, re• gardless of gauge. But for some rea• son, "12-gauge" and " pump" seem to go practically hand-in-hand. This is hardly surprising, in view of the fact that the 12 gauge is far and above the most popular shotgun gauge in the world today. But the strange part of it is, is that such highly touted "newcomers" to the shotshell lineup as the 3-inch 20 and the magnum 28 seem to be fin ding their best acceptance in the new fl ock of over-and-under and side-by-side doubles. And although manufacturers of the almost equally mundane autoloaders shout it to the world when they chamber a gun for the stretched- out 20, the 20-gauge pump guns of America acquired 3-inch chambers in what practically amounted to utter silence. Perhaps this is in tribute to the typical, no-n onsense buyer of the large majority of slide-acti ons being sold. Pumpgun purchasers have traditional• ly demanded top versatility and utility for their gun buying dollar, and there is ve ry little room for argument in the fa ct that the 12-gauge is far and away the most versatile and practical shot• gun boring currently available. CURRENT PUMP SHOTGUN MODELS 1. Beretta. Model SL-2 . 12 gauge; vent rib; 26", 28", or 30". From Garcia Sporting Arms Corp. Price. $185.00 2. Hig h Standard. Flite King . 12, 20, or .410 gauge. Eight models, including trap, skeet and slug . From $104.95 to $154.95 3. Harrington & Richardson. Model 440 in 12, 16, or 20 gauge; Model 442, Cus• tom Grade, in 12 or 20 gauge. From $104.95 to $139.95 4. Ithaca. Model 37. Eight models, includ• ing Deerslayer for slugs. 12, 16 or 20 gauge. Plain or vent rib. From $109.95 to $189.95 5. Mossberg. Model 500. 12, 16, 20, or .410 gauges. Eleven models, including slug gun and special 500th Anniversary Pigeon Grade, trap and skeet models. From $87.75 to $150.00 6. Noble. Models in 12, 16, 20, and .410 gauge. Feature Key-lock safety system. Plain or vent rib models. From $84.68 to $135.75 7. Remington. Model 870. All gauges, from 12 through 28 and .410. Field, trap or skeet models. From $109.95 to $259.95 8. Savage. Model 30. 12, 20 and .410 gauges. Vent rib on all. Left hand and trap model also available. From $104.50 to $112.50 9. Stevens. Model 77. 12, 16, 20 and .410 gauges. Plain barrel, with or w / o choke device. Solid frame. From $86.95 to $93.50 10. Winchester. Model 1200. 12, 16 or 20 gauge. Ten models, including slug, trap, or skeet. Options include Winchoke and Winchester recoil reduction system. From $109.95 to $209.95 I • >, . ' \ . he miniature Colt 1860 Army shown here was made, that he would not have even considered the project had it Talmost in its entirety, with a handy little giant of a not been for the Unimat. Let's take a look at this amazing tool, the Unimat precision lathe. Almost every part of little lathe, and you can decide for yourself if it deserves a this miniature was touched by a tool in the Unimat. place on your desk or workbench. The Colt miniature is exactly one·third scale, and every As a lathe, the Unimat has a distance between centers part is an exact duplicate of the original. Working in his of 7", surely not for rebarreling or reboring jobs, but just spare time, John Rakusan spent more than a year and a right for the many smaller turning jobs that come up when half completing the Colt and its accessories, and though working with guns. The swing (distance from center of there is quite a bit of hand work on the miniature, he says spindle to round tool ways) is 3", large enough to swing 42 the biggest revolver cylinder for polishing. From these dimensions, you can see that the Unimat is not a giant in size-it is only 14%'' long and 5" high-but it is a giant in the work it can do. II you are saying to yourself, "But I don't really need a lathe that much," how about a small drill press? In seconds, you can swing the entire motor and belt assembly to a vertical position, insert the 1,4" Jacobs drill chuck, and presto, a drill press. Yes, this lathe is also a drill press, but there is still more. How about a vertical milling machine? It's as simple as turning this lathe into a drill press. Would you believe a surface grinder-same easy conversion. Need a polishing wheel? Mount the motor/ belt assembly onto the tailstock, and you have the handiest little polisher you ever saw. As you can see this Unimat is versatile. But to accom• plish all of these many jobs you need two things; a power• ful motor and a wide range of speeds. The Unimat is powered by a 1/ 10 hp, llOv motor that takes a lot of pun• ishment, and the unique pulley arrangement gives you a choice of eleven spindle speeds from 900 up to 7200 rpm. The basic Unimat, priced at $139.50, includes the motor and pulley assembly, lathe bed, vertical column for con• verting to drill press, etc., the Jacobs chuck, face plate, lathe dog, two centers, a tool bit, and a wood storage chest. Options include a three or four jaw chuck, threading attachment, indexing head (you need this if you have any inclination toward duplicating the miniature Colt shown here). Also included with the Unimat is one of the most complete operating manuals you've ever seen; it may not turn you into a master machinist, but it does take you through all of the fundamentals of turning, milling, drill• ing and grinding procedures. If you are at all inclined toward do-it-yourself projects, I heartily recommend that you see your nearest Unimat dealer, or send $1.00 to American Edelstaal, Inc., Dept. G, 350 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10013, for their handbook called "Miniature Machining Techniques." Or, ~ a post card will get you a free catalog. ~ 43 NOTHING TO BUY, NO ENTRY FEE! Slmply dip and mall the coupan below and you wlll be ellglble for the "Oun of the Month"-th• Sharps Anna Grade I Single Shot Rlfle. Thia ..-luttonary new Sharps falllng blocli, 1lngle shot action rlfle, 11 one of the world's strongest and .-t aCICllrate rltlea. The receiver and all working parta al'9 made of the finest alloy atHla. Only the flnelt workmanship and moterlal1 go Into the• rlfle1 to lnau,. that the name "SHARPS" 11 held In the eame high •ltHtn a1 It wo1 by the Amerlcon plo-n of the Old Welt and the world champion target ahooten of many countrloa. '°' mo,. Information on the Sliarp1 Arma fine of flteanr11 writer Sliarp1 Arma Co./"41 tttfey Lane/ laff Lah City, Utah 8'J07. Sponsored by GUNS MAGAZINE and sharps arms company All you do to enter 11 flll In the Information on the coupon below and attach It to a poatcord-r llmply put the Information requested on a plaln poetcord and retum It to GUNS Magazine. DO NOT MAIL ANY INTRY IN AN l!NVl!LOP!. Your name wlll be entered for the drawing to be held November ht. The winner of the Sharps Arma Grade I wlll be notified by mall and announced In the Pebruary, J970 I-• of GUNS Magazine. To ent.r It 11 not n-•ry to u• the coupon below. A plaln paltcord conveying the Information ,.. quested wlll be a-pt9!1. CLIP COUPON GUNS Magazine 8150 N. Central Park I Skokie / Ill. / 60076 Name.______ Address------City. _____State ___ Zip ____ TEST REPORT was the companion piece of the ca valryman, the pache, the m ountain trapper and the buffal o runner. It broug l·1L civilization Lo vast area- of a virtuall y untrammeled land but iL al so brou o- ht destruction Lo o. lt was the chief arm o f th e buffalo hunter and contributed to the deci1nali o 11 of th e vast herds. Then it 1rns called th e " Buffalo Sharps . ., The Sharp -Brochardt was the la st of the line. and th e best. It was fir t introduced .in 1378 and continued to b (' By CHARLES ASKINS manufa 'tured until th e company c losed its doors in lUUI. An interesting fact i that the Model 1878 11 a- not Loo happil y received. lt was a da y o f simple thing· and THESHA RP -BORCHARDT rifl e. the Mode l 1878 it shooters 11-ere uspi c ious of the hammerl ess feature o f thi 11 as ca ll ed, was one of the 1 ery best single shot fire• last S harps. They 11anled to see the great upstanding ha111- a rm ever made in this country. lt wa- built by the S harps mer and to know 11h en it wa cocked. The S harp -Bo r• Ar111 s o. of Bridgeport, Conn .. and wa- the culmination cbardt gained most of its fame as a spl endid target and of · ome 30 ) ears of mo t ucc ssful design and manu fa c• bi g game rine after th e compan y had folded up ; it 11 as ture. Histo ri a ns like to ay the West was won with Lhe then Lliat it full 11 orth came to be r ea li zed. It is on· o f Colt and th e Winch este r but the facts are the Sharps rine, the strongest if not the strongest oJ all th e sing le shot '·Old Relial le." had an alm ighty bi g hand in the pacifica• action and it is so slu rd y it may Lo th is By DICK MILLER OW MUCH ARE GOOD competi• good scores in practice, but whose H tive clay target scores affected by scores take a sickening nosedive w hen m ental factors, and how much ar e you tell th em that this is for r eal. good scores affected by physical char• Now, if you accept th e pr emise that acteristics or eq uipment? Because I good shooting is m or men tal than am not avva r e of any definitive case physical, and if in addition you sus• study documenting in detail the rela• p ect that your own h ang- up is more tionship between m ental a nd physical m en tal than physical, wh at can you do factors and good scores, I am inclined about it? If there is one thing on to accept the oft- q uoted gun club which winn ing sh ooters agree, it is conversational assessm ent that good th at most trophies go to th e shooter •950. shooting is ninety percent m ental and w ho can successfully blot from his TOTAL ten per cent physical. m ind ever ything except hitting the PRICE The 90-10 formula may not have ONE n ext target. This m ay sound $50 much in the way of solid scien tific r e• com plex, b ut it's as simple as that. If DOWN search to s upport it, but it has much you wan t to hit th e target, don't think $25 in the way of empirical evidence to of anything else. MONTH lead one to believe tha t most good If you walk on the post thinkin g scores r esult from good mental disci• of your gun , the w eather, the back• pline. ground, your squad, the squad on the 5 • 10 - 20 - 40 ACRES If, for the purpose of reaching a n ext trap, th e crowd, the folks back For people who love the land-A tract conclusion, you lopp off both ends of home, what it cost you to enter, your of Recreation Land for YOUR Own ! physical equipment for shooting good cloth es, how you look, how you sound, In Nort hern Idaho, No.rth ea stern W a shing· t on , and Western Montana. In the heart scores, you have to r each the conclu• how you feel, what you did on the last o f lakes and big gcime country. Al l cov· sion that the great bulk of trap an d post, what you are going to do on the ered wi t h growing timber. Ac cess, Title sk eet shooters are average in eye• n ext post, your score, how m any tar • insurance w ith eac h t ract. Th is is select sight, r eaction time, etc. We can ac• gets you have shot, how many more ldnd with natura l beauty, recreatione1I and targets you ha ve to shoot, your yard• invest ment value s. We have tracts of cept that there are a few individuals many types a nd sizes from which to gifted with su perior eyesigh t plus age, or anyth ing else, you can con• choose, including beautiful Northwest Wa· above average r eaction time and re• gr atulate yourself if you break the t erfront property on t he Pend Oreille, fl exes. Good scores should come eas• next target. Yo"u w ere lucky, and Prie st and Kettle Riv ers ; and property on broke the target in the face of m ost Pend Oreille Lake. Your inspection wel· ier for them than for less gifted indi• corned. Write us for fr ee li st, maps and viduals. At the other end of.the sp ec• adverse conditions. If, on the other complete information. Write to: Dept. RK trum, ther e are shooters with obvious hand you accept in advan ce (w ithout problems of sigh t and coordina tion, thinking about it) that you are as many of whom shoot very well. This w ell equipped to break this ta rget as leaves the gr eatest number of w in• most of the r est of the people on the ning scores, or good scores, being fired fi eld, and if you will devote all of your in skeet and trap matches by shooters atten tion to the simple act of break• who must be very close in physical ing a m oving target, you should shoot P.O. Box 8146, Spokane, Wash. 99203 ability. good scores, and win your share of I am inclined to agree whole-heart• trophies. edly with the oft quoted r emark on Shooters I know have all m anner of the G rand American groun ds at Van • p ersonal gimmicks to h elp them zero dalia, to the effect that if th ere are in on the one matter at h and, break• three thousand shooters competing on ing the n ext ta rget. More than one a given day, at least two thousand of trapsh ooter stares fi xedly at a spot Don't miss th is fascinating those sh ooters are equal in physical on t he ground until it is his turn to fully illust rated Sa les Catalog No . 33. Fill in coupon {please prinll, shooting ability. Th e trophies go to shoot. T his keeps those shooters from mai l entire ad . th ose shooters who can m ost success• being distracted by any of the m yriad ROBERT ABELS Inc U- 157 E. 64 St. (at. Lex.) • • New Yo rk, N.Y. 10021 fully withstand th e intense m ental of movem ents or sights which can Sen d me your Cat alog No. 33 with bac kground s, illus• pressure of a tournam ent like the compete for your a ttention. Other trati ons of ol d guns, dagge rs, swords, armor. I enc lose $1 to cover hand ling an d postage. Grand. Another bit of evidence to shooters stare in space, some for the NA ME • ...... • ...... suppor t th e conclusion that shooting is r eason th at they feel that their eye much more m ental than physical is m uscles can grasp a moving target ADD RESS . .. .• ...... found in the number of people you more quickly from a point in space CITY ...... STA TE ...... ZI P .. .. .•. know, and I know, who sh oot very t han from a spot on the ground: This GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 formula m ay have some basis in fact, fact that you have done the thing well GEBRUDER MERKEL and if not, it works anyway. that you came to the club to do. Noth• SPORTING ARMS Incidentally, when r eading a dis• ing that I have said here should be Germany's Finest course of this type, it is not unex• construed as meaning that if you have S h o t ~uns , O ver / U n der. S itlc hy S ide. Co mhination not been shooting good scores because S ho tg u n O'•cr lliflc, Dou h lc Harrel Hill e s. Orill ings pected that the reader should know (Th r ee Barre l ). the qualifications of the writer to ex• your mind has been wandering all pound on the subject. over the spectrum when you take MODEL I am qualified to write on the sub• your place on the post, you can go :10:1E ject for two reasons. One, because I forth tomorrow, blot all else from DELUXE have missed targets for every reason your mind, and shoot better scores that has been listed, and many that instantly. are not listed. T wo, I have also won If you have been acutely aware of all that goes on around you while you s tan dar d motlt· ls. \'X' c major trophies by taking my own ad• (lffc r ,\ f c r kcls Cus tom vice, and concentrating on the matter are waiting for the next target, you Uuilt to you r s p ecifi• at hand (breaking the next target• are not going to be able to blot it all c a tions . nothing else). out in one session . You m ight begin Good trap a nd skeet shooters have by trying at first to blot out only the much in common with professional crowd. When progress is made here, athletes, such as baseball, basketball, begin on the squad, and continue until and football players. Neither can af• you r each the desired point of con• ford to develop a case of "rabbit ears". centration. As I m entioned earlier, . ..1 Shoot management can keep the nearly all shooters develop some sort S•·ncl s·1.oo for h r o c hurc wit h prices and 1ll'f:1ils . U t·a l t· r ~ irH1uirit•:'!!! in' i t c tl . furn i:.., h crrlific •I t•op~ · of crowd away from the shooting line, of gimmick to help them concentrate. F.F.L Oh.lri h ulors fo r Cf·IJ1·11d•;r .\l~ · rkcl S portin g but there is little management can do This is an individual matter, and what Arm~ . to mute some of the invariable crowd works for another shooter may not noises (and r emarks). If the crowd prove to be your cup of tea. J. of. Quiel & Son Co. has been bothering you, shut it from • • • 1301 Laurence Street Phone (205) 595-4491 your mind, by whatever mea ns that The New J ersey State Skeet Asso• BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35210 works for you. You can't listen to the ciation has completed the selection crowd and break targets at the same of the First Annual N.J . State All• time. As in the case of other athletes, Star Teams. The 1969 team selections the shooter can't afford to lose his are based on 1968 averages. temper (or his cool) because of an 12 Gau ge A ll Stars: Dominick Argen• adverse referee's decision. A shooter tina, Hawthorne; P eter Kroeger, West• Used injunglecombat,natureshades enables concealment in tiger coun· who hopes to shoot a good score can't ville; David Severe, Cranford; Wil• try. Made of gov't rip-stop poplin. 0 be thrown by ap argument from an• liam Stevvart, Williamstown; Warren ~~~ ~ ;;fl!~ti~! ;u (t"on~~ 2~~s~:;~ has size button-down flap pockets, Hone, F air Haven . large utility breast pocket. other shooter on the squad, or be• Pants are designed to allow easy movement al so having four (4) come embroiled in a controversy. 20 Gauge All Star s: Peter Kroeger, utility pockets; two C2l in back You are on the post to break one tar• Westville; Richard Gordon, Engle• and 1·1vo (2) on sides. S izes: S. M. l. XL (sp";fy). 1295 get at a time, and wha t happens to wood; J ohn Dalessio, P enns Grove; Add 'ii l.00 shp. chg. anyone or everyone else is not your Richard Hunter , HoHoKus; Paul Col• Ca mouf lage TIGER STRIPE BUSH HAT concern. You may feel deeply about lins, P emberton. it, and respond appropriately after the 28 Gauge A ll Stars: Paul Collins, event is over. P emberton; Peter Kroeger, Westville; At this point, some reader is sure Charles Boardman, Moores to w n ; to say that shooting is supposed to be Richard Gordon, Englewood; Law• fun, that he or she can't accept all rence Jacobs, Sicklerville. this single-minded concentration on 410 Gauge A ll Stars: Charles Board• shooting good scores or winning. man, Moorestown; Peter Kroeger, Facetiously, what is more fun than Westville; David Sever e, Cranford; winning? Shooting is indeed fun, and Richard Gordon, Englewood; ~ more fun than any other form of rec• Warren Harre, Fair Haven . ~ reaction I've tried. I also subscribe to the old saying that a thing worth doing at all is worth doing well. I get m ore fun out of doing something well EDWARDS RECOIL REDUCER ® M oney Back Guarantee When Installed A s Sh own And A djusted than I do from doing it poorly. In Any Sh ot gun O r Ri fle Including M ag nums Looking at it in another way, com• (300 Caliber and abo'e t a he::; t wo . one below tl1e o tl1 er.) Th·s Redu ce r is the Only Firearm Recoi l petitive trap and skeet shooting is a Reducer covered by Two Paten s granted lot of fun, before, during, and after by he U S Patent Of ice. Q ~ aUy. Facts, aod Reputation has the event. Much of the fun is in the ·ncreased for Four Seasons. Hones ty backed by Facts is and always fellowship with other shooters. The wi ll be the. Winner, and you can be a physical act of shooting an event takes W•nrer in the long run. only a fraction of the time spent at SAV E YOUR MONEY AN O SKIN. SEE YO UR DE ALER OR OR DER DIRECT BUY REGI STE RED PRO DUC T S COVER ED the gun club. So, why not for only BY THE LAW. Send Stock and Breach Only. Installed and ailed Back Same Day. that length of time that it takes to TOTAL PRIC E I STALLED· $25.00 Plus Shipping and Insurance cos t. INSTALL YOURSELF ALL PRI TS A D INSTRUCT IONS FURN ISHED concentrate on doing a job well, blot Standard-4" or 41/z " For Any Gun $18.00 all else from the mind and do that SLEE VED- ade to order for Brown ings with OVAL CAVITY, job to the best of your ability. Give Depth of Cavi ty at top, $22.00. INVENTED A D ANUFACTURED BY JESSE EDWARDS As I see it, the fun you normally 269 H erbert St reet • Alton, Illinois 62002 Days - 618 462-3257 or 462-2897 N ights have will then be accentuated by the GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 49 SCHULTZ & LARSEN immediat ly b came ,11tt-1 'S1ed nd · sked for one in 7M l\tl Pun1ngton cal• (Con tin ued jro111 paw 29) ib r . I r ec ived lhi r ifL ln"t year, b - fore the start of U1 ig tjarne hunting season and was a __ UJ cd I could k cp Remington and lhe 7MM R emington of lhe leading gun m agazines was ex• it for extend cl t sL. Magn um, if lhe same bullet is us d. tr emely critical of th e Shultz and These arc considerably less than Phil Larsen r ifl e, ascribing most of th e I had alway f lt hat th troubl s Sharpe originally claimed it would do. various case failures of the 7x 61 of the old 7x 61 car trid es wer du lo When the 7X61 first cam e out. I h ad Sharpe a nd H art cartridges to the fact poor chambe r to] r nc s or 1o soft a custom made r ifl e chamber ed for it that th e Shultz and L arsen rifl e is of br a s in th e early 7x61 cases. In se• and I still hav a half carton of th e r ear locking l ug design . that this per• lecting the 7MM R e in~ton _ agnum cases I got from P hil Sharpe to use in mitted spon gin ess and springing of th e chambering I had pl n y o differ ent it. I have had this rifle rechamber ed action, with r esulting case failure, m a kes of cases and ctol'y loads. as to a 7MM Rem ington. The original mostly in th e form of case h ead se• well as my own handloads, to t st the 7x61 case was too much trouble to parations. action with. I could giv it very com• u se. It ·w as even necessary to have a At this time, Remington had a new plete bench and field tests, as I special size shell holder to use it with m odel rifle ou t that featu red r ear planned on loaning it to competent some makes of presses. At this time l locking lugs. This was their lowest hunters during the season. didn't own a Shultz and L arsen rifle priced, center fire r ifle. It rapidly at• The first tests were for general but a number of our hunters who tained a great deal of popularity be• functioning and accuracy, u sing the owned them had no troubles of any cause of it's inherent accuracy, and I three m ak es of factory loa ds, Rem ing• kind with them . However, many of don't r ecall anyone accusing th e ton, Winch ester and F ederal, in bullet the custom jobs chambered fo r the Model 788 Remington of having a weights of 125 grains, 150 grain and 7x61 case did have problems. spongy action that can cause prob• 175 gra in. P erform ance was excellen t In the last few years or so I ha ve lems, although it too has rear locking r igh t from the start, although I had to read articles by owners and shooters lugs. get accustomed to the m ethod of load• of the 7x61 Sharpe and H art cartridge When F essler & Company asked if I ing this rifle. This seems to be the and the Shultz and Larsen rifle . A would car e to test one of their Shultz only featur e that is much differen t. couple of year s ago a new distributor and Larsen rifles, I automatically con• P roper loading proced ure, if you wish for the Shultz and Larsen rifle open ed nected the rifle · with the 7x61 car• to load both the ch am her and m aga• shop in Califo rnia. This is the R. C. tridge and wasn't too enthusiastic but zine, is to open th e bolt, drop a car• F essler & Company, 1634 Colorado Mr. F essler told m e I could have one tridge into the ejector port, close the Blvd., Los Angeles, 90041. An article in any of seven magnum calibers, in• bolt and put the safety on. Now fl ip that came out about this time in one cluding the .458 Winchester . I the rifle upside down , open the m aga• zine and drop three car tridges in and close the magazine cover. Alth ough it sounds ra ther complicated, it really isn't. I£ you wish you can load only the magazines as described. Before receiving the rifle I had or • New from dered a tight, or minimum clearance, full sizing die from R.C.B.S. I also needed this die for the Browning Auto Loader in 7MM Magnu m that I Beretta was testing. The B ~ ·own in g needs a die From the world's greatest maker of fine automatics like this to assur e proper bullet func• come 3 great new models that do us prouder than ever. tion and I knew th e Shultz and Lar• sen was also cut to very c1ose and ex• acting tolerances. I already had sev• eral ex cellent Wilson case length New Jaguar New Puma 22 L.R. caliber. 6 inch 32 auto caliber. 6 guages m ade by C. E. Wilson , Cash• barrel. 10 round magazine. inch barrel. 10 round mere, Washington . T hese are an in• Adjustable rear sights. magazine. Rear adjustable valuable aid in properly ch ecking External hammer. Thumb sights. Thumb safety. safety. Blue finish 2 piece External hammer. Blue finish. ch amber lengths a nd in setting load• wrap-around checkered stock, 2 piece wrap-around ing dies for any type cartridge but I $69.95 checkered stock. $69.95 consider them a defi nite necessity for ser ious loading of belted m agnum s. To begin my tests I selected a box each of the following makes and bul• let weights; F ederals- in 150 grain Brigadier and 175 grain; Winchesters- in 150 22 L.R. caliber. 6 inch (Not new. Still barrel. 10 round magazine. great.) 9mm Para• grain and 175 grain ; Remingtons- in Adjustable rear sights with bellum. 4Y2 inch barrel. 125 grain, 150 grain and 175 grain. three blade front. Crossbolt 8 round magazine capacity. F or r eloading I used 150 grain Win• safety. External hammer. Blue Fixed sights. Blue finish. finish 2 piece wrap-around Crossbolt safety. Black chester , 160 grain Curry and 160 checkered stock. $87.00 non-slip wrap-around stock. Sierra, and 175 grain Remington bul• Slide stays open on last .shot. $117 .50 lets. F or powder I used H ogdon's 4831 fo r all loads; with the exception of AVAILABLE AT BONAFIDE LICENSED GUN DEALER STORES ONLY. For free brochure, write Dept. .GMll 2 Norma 205 fo r special accuracy loads. J . L. Gale! and Son, Inc. 85 Chambers Street, New York, N.Y. 10007 All of the handloads I used wer e Galef Sole U.S. Representative for Beretta Pistols. high er than my norm al loads by i to 2 50 GUNS NOVEM BER 1969 grains of powder and created fairly After the fi rst firing of the factory side walls and relatively small m aga• s evere case scuffing. These gave me loads I trimmed each case to equal the zine cut- outs and ejection ports. I se• what I call a maximum overload. I length of the new Federal factory case riously doubt that there is any more used CCI 250 Magnum primers, and if that I had used in checking the head• stretch or sponginess in a rear locking a case showed loosening of the primer space, and which I now used as a lug action that would be found in a pocket, I then used F ederal 215 pri• master case to check case neck length rifle with front locking lugs. m ers, which are slightly oversize. This and headspace. It was never neces• The four rear lugs of the Shultz and permitted several more reloadings of sary to trim case necks, except on a Larsen have considerably more bear• the cases. Reloads varied from 6 to 16 few cases that we had reloaded 8 or ing area than a Mauser. The front of times for each case. All cases were more times for case life tests. the receiver is not cut out for rails full length re- sized afte r use. This new Shultz and Larsen r ifle , extractors or grooves for the lugs to Factory ammunition accuracy pro• Model M68DL-serial number 12753, work on. duced groups of 1 1/,i inch to 2 114 is an extremely good looking gun with As with most all top quality modern inches. Ejection was always ve1·y easy excellent balance. The 23 1/2 inch bolt actions, a cocking piece shroud is a nd smooth. Two of the cases used length barrel tapers to .555" at the used on the Shultz and Larsen. Al• we1·e r eloaded and fired quite a few muzzle. It is a 6 groove, 1 to 10 twist though I doubt that it is any better t imes, one 13 times and one 16 times, and the groove diameter slugged than our own steel, such as 4130 or befme the F ederal primers dropped in 283.9. It has an adjustable trigger with 4140, Shultz and Larsen uses Bofors place with only thumb pressure. In • a crisp b1·eak and a 50 ounce pull. The steel in their receivers and barrels. .eluding the 140 rounds of new ammu• stock shape is excellent. Because it This has the reputation of being on nition I started with, I reloaded all the does have a good shape, recoil is quite of the most uniform and stress free fired cases 3 times, plus some of them definitely diminished. Equipped with steels made and it's machining quali• c onsiderably more, to check case life. the Redfield 3x to 9x scope and Bush• ties are excellent. During these tests over 700 rounds nell mounts it weighs exactly 81/z My ra ther complete tests, plus those were fired through this rifle. All pounds. This is a rifl e that any good of the H. P. White Laboratories of Bel rounds were factory loads or hand• shooter would be glad to have. Air, Maryla nd, which were quite ex• loads in excess of factory velocity and Now about those rear locking lugs. tensive as to total strength at excess pressure. I have been making these This type of locking lug is not new , pressures, should pretty well disprove tests for the last 8 months. although very few contemporary rifles the statement that this rear locking At the beginning of the tests I have them. The Shultz a nd Larsen lug action produces case separation Double- W ing 20 ga. or 12 ga. $f2 995 Auto- Wing 12 ga. only Universal .30 Cal. s emi• popular carbin e . R e gular au t oma tic carbine -Amer • blued finis h e d or coated ica's b ig gest selling. most with Teflon-S . Wr ite fo r the Unive rsal cat alog on 11fl es . Universal shotgun s. pistol s and FIREARMS CORP. sc ope s. ba ses. 3746 Ea st 10th Court, Hialeah, Florida 33013 mount s an d ri ng s. GUNS NOVEMB ER 1969 51 POINT BLANK The pocket knife BO-MAR RIBS & SIGHTS (Continued from page 14) Accuracy Products made better than Cus t o m M a d e P ist ol A cc CS!> orics of P r ove n Quality it has to be. effort to the perfection of the loads for the gauge that now cartridges can The Puma Stock Knife is th e first pocket knife with all the quality be had that are loaded as light as a of a famous Puma hunting knife. Powerful soft 20 or can, at the other end of Pumaster special al loy stee l blades. Solid ni ckel stee l mountings an d Puma the spectrum, be had charged as medallion. Even the interior parts you don 't see are highly pol· heavily as the 10 gauge. It is a re• ished. $15 00 markably fl exible gun and cartridge. For the man who wants the LOW PROFILE RI BS. for Co lt. B rown i ng, bes t. The second most popular shotgun Smith & W esso n a n d Hi - St;i.n d a r d . BO · MAR DELUXE SIGHTS - 16 v ;:i r i o u s m o d e l s . and gauge is the 20. Like the 12 it has D ealer I nq uiry W e l c o m e Bo-Mor Tool & Mtg. Co., Dept. G, enjoyed a lot of improvement at the Carthage, Texas 75633 PUMA ~ hands of our manufacturers and At local dealers or write these days you can get 20 gauge car• Dept. GM·ll Gutmann Cutlery 8" GERMAN LOCKBLADE SURVIVAL KNIFE $1.98 Co. Inc., 3956 Broadway, New York, tridges that are loaded as lightly as N.Y. 10032. Free brochure avai lable. the 28 or get 'em as heavily charged as Blf'.delock Release a stiff 12. Likewise the various gun models have been made in weights " BLA C K i-: 1GER ' 1 opens w ilh fln<.;hing nteel a nd Jo<·k.., m1to• from 5% pounds to 7 pounds and maL1c:1lly Ill opened J>Of.,i t i o n . The r:izot· sll:trp 31 2" 1ll:1 dc is or fines t !-.o l in· ~(' n s t eel. J\ l wa~-r-; i-. hurp, ready f or ust.• i n while the 20 is essentially an uplands the :!Te:it o u Lfoct ion :~u:1r11nteccl. Send c heck or 1noney 01 der. blind with marvelous efficiency. N o C.O.D. - F r ee 1 970 K n ife C.t ta l og LEN COMPANY, Box KT 101 , Brooklyn, N.Y. 11214 The gauge that has a real jinx on it is the 16. I'd venture the day will TYLER'S "T" GRIP- dawn when no 16 gauge shotguns will be made. Right now many manufac• ~~tT, T~~' ~ H~ t~P~~: c ?i , ..~ .....~ ""'ll c n s t Al uminum Gr 1 fl ADAPTOR . F o r COLT turers offer only a single model in '1 nd S & W MODERN Rc v o lv(' r S. DURAB L E that gauge. The trouble with the 16 is PRACTICAL- EASY TO INSTALL. NOW IN the same affiiction that haunted the 14 THREE ATTRACTIVE FINI SH COLORS gauge and the 18 gauge. The 12 w ill Poli s h e d o r Black $3.00; Gold $3.25 TYLER 'S TRIGGER SHO E outperform it and there isn't anything D l1rabl c light w ei g ht c a s t <1 lum 1n11n1 for Co lt. S & W and m nny n th e r mod· the 16 will do that the 20 cannot like• c rn p i s t o l s , rifl e s and s h o tg u n s. w ise accomplish. PO LI S HED 52. 50 BLACK £2. 50 COLD S2.75 AT YOUR FAVORITE DEALER o r SEND DEALERS NAME. This brings us clown to the 28 gauge S e nd rna k c , mode l a nd typ e o f g u n . N o C .O. D .'s p lea se . F u ll Gua r a ntee - Prornpt P o s t p ::i1 d - D e al e r s I nquire. and the .410. The latter is thought to S END FOR LIST: " TRU - FIT CUN CRIPS " GENUIN E PEARL- ST AG- ROS E\IVOO D- P EAR LI TE-ST AGL I TE be some manner of beginner's gun. MELVIN TYLER MFG. AND DIST. Actually it is the most difficult shot• 1326 W. B ritton Rd., OkJ ::i h om a City, Okla. 73114 gun of them all. Only real honest-to• God experts should ever go afield with it. For the tyro shotgunner to at• SCOPE SCOOP'---. Once ag ;. in I am i n p ositio n to offer what I think tempt to learn the game with the tiny t.o b e t h e bes t p ri ees i n the cou n t ry tod;1~' o n t he h e.s t scop es. T h ese ~(·opcc; a1c all b r·ancl-n('W, fi r st• smoothbore is the kiss of death. The q u;d iL y . nnd ;111 nrc i n orh~inal f:ll"to ry h o Xl'S \\ ith Jet·Aer Corporation, Paterson, New Jersey 07524 us• rwi g' in; ll f;1c tor y i~t wr :in t <.~. L IMI TED S UPPLIES! only redeeming feature it has is the H c;ili .o;, t sc<•PCS . i n 111 ~ · pcr·sfm:il opinion. ;u·c the e1c1. Canadian dist .• Canadian Ind. Ltd .. Montreal , Que., fi nes t o f t h e fi n e . anll, b('i;:;idc their U'iua l J;U:ll":l ntc.._. . t hey . h;ivc l i fetime inio:urnn ec :ig;tin'>t cl;1ma~c o r lack of recoil. But as for hitting any• loss. l k <1 l i s ! i s the b and J U'>t.'. 1 1 Hc;lliM 3 O \ ·:n-i · : 1 1~1c c r·o ::-s hai r. (11 ' p ost :ind ('!"OS'> h:tir o r tri n lc thing and really learning wing shoot• JlO!'t :tnd c r o ss h n i r· , yo11r choke f nr just 545.95. Hcalist. 2 1 ".! X w i th "':irnc chokes as :.thovc 525 . 95. ing it is a virtual impossibility. The H c ;i list 4X w i ! h same choiec c; a s ;1 hovc 529 . 95 . n c n lis L 1 ' ".:i x4 112 Un 1~ h S0opc w i t.h s:unc choice s a s alJO V C $39.95. '.'\1ow, hcliC\'C i t. o r n o t . J al~o have first scattergun should be nothing :1 f e w () f t h e v c 1·:v · mu<-'h · "'Olll!h t -:1ftc1· Realist 4 - l'o wcr 01· the e< p 1 : tl l ~ r ponul;1r ( ;. J>owcr Auto B;1 ni.re smaller than a 20 bore. f o r j u s t $51.95. T also h n,·c <1 vet·y few of the 4 8 Bt.':1 1i i-: t V:11'i:1ld(' SC\\JWS f o r .22 H i fl0s. not :l! tl1c $ 10.05 y nu mi ).!' h1 cxpc<·t (I) P<1v. h ut, while t hey As for the 28 gauge, it is another l a s t . $9.95! IMMEDIATE SH IPMENT ! little stinker. It is kept alive by the Send 11 fam prd . .'?r l f-addrr.~Rf' d rn1·cl opc skeet marksmen who are required in f or l i11 t of Pimilar 1wroain!l. WALTER H. CRAIG any program to fire the 28. There isn't Post Office Box 927, S e l nia, Alaban1a 36701 anything it will do in the game fields that a 20 won't do better. These are our current crop of shot• EZZE BB GUN LOADER gun gauges. Only 6 in number and several of them of exceedingly ques• tionable merit. The possibilities of any new bore sizes coming along are indeed r emote. EASY TO USE• Ammo Special - 30-06 Ball Ammunition - Non Apply to m aga• Corros ive Extremely late issue - 1962 Manufac• zine, use up & down strokes ture. Retail - $10 per 100 rounds . .Wholesale - until gun i s loaded. CLEAR $43 per case of 720 round s. TA IN ER shows how many B B's remain. Sold to FFL Dea lers Only. Mail order s fil led promptly . M oney back guarantee & deal ers i nqui r ies welcom e. Counter S;ilcs on S aturdays Onl y (most Saturdays) from Many satisf ied customer s. Order yours today. 10 A. M. to 4 P . M . Order several Excel lent gift item. Now only IMPERIAL ARMS CORP. SI.OD pos tpaid. (No C.0.0 . ) 33 18 W. Devon Ave. Lincolnwood, Ill. 60645 M. G. BAUER CO. FFL No. 36. 63 6 1 Roule l. Box 115 GM, Bism arck, N. Dak. 58501 Arca Code 312-676-2900 52 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 . There are · Bausch & Lomb mounts for 128 rifles. There is only one Bausch & Lomb.< Rifle, ammo, scope and mount must all be in tune for accurate marksmanship. That's why Bausch & Lomb mounts are made with the same precision and attention to qual ity as B&L rifle scopes. Our ri gid-type mount is designed for our Trophy scopes with windage and elevation adjustments on the scope. Our adjustable mount comes in two models (one- piece and two-piece). It is designed for our Cu stom scopes with adjustments on the mount. These mounts are engineered and crafted to hol d the scope in zero under the toughest condition s. Not just recoil, that's kid stuff. But the rugged bangs, bumps, knocks, j olts that a scope can (and usually doe s) come up agains t. For example, the cla mp ring on our mounts can't tilt, twist or change position under any force short of total destruction. Don 't think you can't afford the best. B&L scope prices from $49.95. B&L mounts from $19.90. Freel For the newest edition of our 75-page, illus• trated manual, "Facts About Telescopic Si ghts," wri te to Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y. 14602. BAUF!~!t,§-o~gE~o'1! @ GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 53 EARLY SHOOTING ACCESSORIES means SWISS (Continued from page 33) I I SURE stock for a pistol, thus m aking it a H arry M. Pope, considered by many pistol- carbine. This practice started to be the top man in barrel-making, a broad but there was a U.S. pistol and often u sed a false- muzzle and bullet- P2 10-5 stock made at Springfi eld, known as tarter for his breech-loading match ISU TYPE the 1855 Model and Colt made som e rifles. H e claimed that greater accur• $249 9mm shoulder stock models a few years acy was obtained by loading the bul• later . The idea was theoretically a t• let down on the charged cartridge tractive but had little practical value, case from the muzzle rather than a nd this type of accessory went into seating it in the cartridge before it the discard. was placed in the breech. As the loading of a gun became When m e tallic cartrid ges came a more precise science, fixed powder along ther e were new problems for measures gave way to adjustable, cal• the accessory-makers to solve. H arry ibrated ty pes. Another m easuring Pope designed his own type of mould, accessory, for muzzle-loading hot• patterned after the Ideal single cav• guns, was an oval cylinder partitioned ity mould but with a sprue cutter at in the middle and with a hinged cover top and bottom. H e designed a spe• at each end. One compartment held cial bullet lubricating pump, loading the correct powder charge and the flask, re and de capper, palm rest a nd P2 10-6 other compartment held the correct adjustable sights. MATCH shot charge. Along this same line of Changing from the loose compon • $225 having the components for loading ents of powder , ball and primer to a 9mm easily a vailable, some hunters car• self-contained cartridge called for ried a ball loading block-a flat half• practical means of carrying the load• inch piece of wood about 2"x4" bored ed cartridges. A numb r of differ ent tmm THE WORLD'S FINEST AUTO PIS• to hold a half dozen or so patched leather cartridge pouches and looped ~ TOLS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN USA BY balls in snug fit; they could be easily belts were designed for th military GOLD RUSH GUN SHOP NO. 1 pressed out for rapid loading. services. A tubular cartridge carrier 2211 CLEMENT, SAN FRANCISCO 94121 Some accessories, of course, were shaped like a very thin h orse- collar ORDER THRU DEALER: PRICE LIST FREE carried forward through the various with a m etal cut-off at the bottom ignition systems and up into the era was used for early Ballard cartridges. of the metallic cartridge. One notable Spencer employed a leather- covered HOW TO GET OUT OF DEBT example of this was the false-muzzle box that h eld a number of loaded AND ENJOY YOUR INCOME ••• and bullet-starter patented by Alvan tubular magazines. In y ars past Clark of Boston about 1840. Edwin items of this kind might be fo und at Bills Piling Up? Creditors Pressing You? Wesson was given what was probably the old Bannerman, White or Godfrey Con'I Make Ends Meet? Afraid Of Bod Credit? This New Publication, " HOW TO GET OUT the first license to use the false• gun stores. OF DEBT AND ENJOY YOUR INCOME," is Published By A Le-ading Accountant. Price m uzzle system and his fine heavy I would assume that holsters, scab• Now Only S2 .9B p lus 25 ~ p os tage & handling. caplock m a tch rifle had that feature. bards, bayonets and sights might also Complete Satisfaction Or Your Money Refunded Immediate ly . Send $2.98 plus postage to: In principle, the false- muzzle and be classified as g un accessories but bullet-starter kept the conical bullets obviously their range is so great as li!i;ti , B!~-.!&i! ' il1:tl from tipping and seated them pre• to p ermit only th ir m ention h er e cisely ·within the rifling. T he false• rather than a detailed study. muzzle and starter were, of course, lt surprises some to learn that there removed from the muzzle when the are more shotguns owned by Ameri• gun was ready for firing. Bullet cans that rifles or pistols. The various swedges were another accessory implements for reloading shotgun Sweet 17! which found favor for caplock muz• shells and the gear used by the shot• zle-loaders and also for breech-load• gunner ar e exceedingly xtensive. from Hornady ers. The Bridgeport Gun Implement Co. Hornady's new 17 cal. 25 gr. hollow points are tiny - but LIGHTWEI GHT, COMP ACT devastating. Made with all the ~rn - CARTRIDG E LOADING TO OL famous Hornady design features ALL WOOD GRAIN PAK TOOL to shoot flatter, retain ve locity ~ma GUN CASES . _ _ U.S. Pat. No. 3,049,044 better, th is 17 caliber will pro• Pat. Canada 1964 vide a new experience in varmint FOR RIF LE shooting. Production • CARTRIDGES tests prove remark- • able accuracy at . ~ . 29.50 complete velocities up to · Comple tely portable. Load al 4100 fps. If you're home, on range or fi eld . Neck ready to try this , sizes and expands on stroke of hand le. Load s all rifle car• exciting new . .440 ,, 100 yard Unexce ll ed qua lity caliber, do 1t with grou p wit h Hornady and protection for your gun tridges from 458 l o 22 Horne t. the Hornady 17. 17 cal. (17 /22 3), Full length sizes pi st ol car• 23 gr. 3031/4100 fps combined with th e unique distinctive· tridges. ness of all wood gra in. Availab le in com• Pi sto l dies made in 3 die sets. WE sl 2-7345 lli•mtl orIJ.ady B-ullet;s plete range of sizes from 52" Ri fl e Case to Ask for fo lder. HORNADY MANUFACT URING CO. a 14'' Pistol Case. Se nd for free catalog. Dept. G, Grand Island, Nebr. 68801 W. H. ENGLISH IET·AER CORPORATION, Paterson. New Jers~ 07524 4411 S.W. lOOth GU NS NOVEMBER 1969 was prominent in this fi eld, offering nition rather expensive, sometimes Freeland RE GAL Fr ee land Oly. sets which consisted of a loader, hard to get, not always available in Bl PO D $23 .75 closer, crimper , cappe r, shell extrac• th e powder or bullet favored by the Biped RSB -12 S21>.75 Freeland AA T Zoom tor, adjustable powder a nd shot meas • shooter, a nd accessibility ham pered or Std. Tripod $20.75 ure and cleaning rod with swab, wip• somewhat by new restrictive laws, (Me ntion sco pe, please) er and scratch bush. All these pa r• the accessories for r eloading take on Standard Bench rest ticular items came in a variety of a n increasingly important aspect. Stand $23 .50 " SU PRE ME " styles individually. Such tools a nd Electric melting pots, bullet sizing BENC HR EST STAND some other things such as screwdriv• dies, lubricators, kake cutters, pow• $33.00 der scales, turret presses with their De l uxe Cuff ers, oile rs, creasers a nd cu tters, ALL ANGL E & Hook $6.25 chokes and muzzle brakes have con• mounted powder m easure and push• TR IPOD $20 .75 tinued to improve d uring the 1900s button primer feed all combine to Fore.'.:nd Stop, Specify gun; from ...... S 5 .7S until we have reached today's effici ent bring handloading to a modern sci• FREE LA ND Tube Rear Site ...... 41>.50 equipment. The tools fo r pistols and ence but one in which you do n ot FREELAND " AR " Shooting Mot ...... 31.00 rifles made comparative progress with h ave to be a scientist to enjoy. " foam Padded Shooting G love 5 .85 " DEWAR Cartridge Bloc k ...... • . 3.35 the shotgun implements. I hope this series devoted to gun " M id-Centur y Cuff Comb ...... 10.00 While powder horns and m etal accessories, concluded here, may h ave " OLYMPIC Alum. Butt Pl o te . . . • . . • . . 15.SO powde r fla sks are now a thing of the proved interesting a nd informative " Mr. Coiro" Palm Rest. STD ...... 21.50 past except for those who still like for newcomers to the firearms fi eld, FR EELAND " 61" Butt Pla te Comb ...... 47 .SO " SUPER IOR Fr ont Sight ...... from 11>.00· to shoot the old black powder m uz• and has perhaps stirred up some pleas• " AF -55 Can vas Rifl e Ca se ...... 22.00 zle- loaders, moulds and modern load• ant memories among those, like my- " KNEELING ROLL . • • • • • . . . • . . • . l> .00 ing equipment are now very much in self, who started burning ~ " OLYMPIC Pa lm Res t ...... • •.. . •. .. 11>.SO demand. With factory -loaded ammu- powder a long time ago. ~ 1DX f,1 202 or # 209 Rifle Coot . . . . 26.00 Saturn Ra ng er Scope 54 ..50 KL C Sling with Se w n Keeper J 1,4" 4.45' FREEL A ND Sling Keeper ...... • • • • . . . . • . 1.50> seo·oTERS GEHMANN DIOPTER .. •...... •••.•.• . 21> .00> 19" Kit St ool w / pockets . •. •• •• •• . •. •.. .. . 12.00, Case Cl eaner, 6 oz. S2.00 ppd. TREASURE Mo rk Time Pi sto l Timer ...... • • ...... C lea n :;; and b rit-:"htcns ;; t o 5 t h o u • 8.so· s and hr ; 4 ~ ... cn r·tr idg-e C ACTUAL SIZE. I Try This Hutson HARDGURRER Scope On For Size1 I Pu t yo ur favorite pi stol in position be nea th th e above scope 1. Steady sight pi cture - Low lX des ign for th e first time I (o r clip out the scope and place on yo ur gun) and you' ll have give s hand gunn ers a glass sight that wi ll hold steady. I I an actu al -size sam ple of th e amazingly sma ll, co mpact 2. Long eye reli ef -Permits ful l arm s- length hold, with I I Hutson HANDGUN NER . Len gth , S Y. in che s! exclusive computer-optimized 25-inch eye relief. I Two othe r unique features mak e th is new patented Hutson Sold direct from Factory on ly. Order no w for immediate ship- I, ..= o ~ ~ s t for p isto ~ o oter ..::______ment. Ful ly warranted, of co urse . I ~ To: The_Hut son _Corporat1o n D Send me the Hutson HANDGUN NER brochure. 1. 00 I j ~ :;'{ ?'1'29°n D Send me one HAN DGU NNER Sco pe , with ad jus table I P. o. Box 1127 mount, for (Make, model & caliber of gun) I . Arlington, Texa s 76010 1 I Enclosed is check or money orde r fo r $ 59.95. If not complete ly satisfied with I I !hrs sc ope, I may return it within 10 days in its origi nal co nd ition for full I ~~ - 1 I I Name 01v1s1 0N 1 I Address I I L~ v ______s ~ -----2£__ =.L. --~ 1~ ~~ 1 ~-----~~~~_J GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 55 WALTHER TPH PISTOL (Continued from page 22) ejector, which serves this purpose on curacy than a good barrel-trigger !VOL. the PP and PPK, h as been replaced pull and sights both play a major part. 1. USJ SILENCERS by a sm all stam ping w hich does noth• My test TPH h ad a nice single action, Nc\·c1· before foi uch a IJool>: . dct nillnir lhc h istory. dc• ,·cl •>Pmcnt. dcsil-:'n a n d use o f flrcarm s ilcn{· cr~ fro m ing but kick cases out the port. This, t hough with a bit too much over• ;_rnl1fJ lH.>s to O!--ti :ind C I A ~u pcr ·~P." \\C:lporn.. . anil silence r -. n o w i n u :,,c In Yic1 N"nm. Evt.'11 d oul1lc-b;.1r• rc lcd nnd comhinn t lon ba,·onct·l:.llcnccrs. odcllucs. h owever , it does ver y positively. travel. Double action was a bit gritty, hom1._• . nwclc :ind Improvised sil encer.-.. - plu~ dnt:i o n how to cnnst1 u rl ;1 I C~:tl sllcnecr fo r indoor r:ingC's , The chamber indicator pin was im• b ut r esistan ce was spr ead through the all r evealed with over 200 dcwilcd illui:.tz :i.tion s . $4. possible on a rimfire pistol, but would full length of the pull, as it should be. AR·lS / M-16 RIFLES have been of dubious use anyway The chronic fault of PPK's is to have AR- 1 5 M- 1 6 RIFLE S a brand n e w rclc:u; c. w ith com• since an experienced pistolman can the entire weight of pull crowded into pl C'lc coverag e o f c·lvilinn a n d J give a shotgun the terrific use that professional trap and skeet shooters subject th eir shotguns to. The year s from 1961 through 1967 wer e spent in preparation for the im• portation of the K rieghoff shotgu n into the United S tates by H al D uPont, of E ur opa Corp. so that Amer ican Alcan 220 MAX-FIRE® shotshell shooters can now pu rchase this p iece primers are superior because each from th ir local Kreighoff dealer. primer contains more priming mixture Writing to Europa, P . 0. Box 1367. than any other brand. This means max· Miami, Florida 33148, will bring you imum power from ignition to target. It th e name of your nearest dealer. Cur ren t prices n m as foll ows: also means uniform velocity and pres• Regular $595. 00 : San R emo $995.00 ; sure in every reload. Covered flash Monte Carlo $2650.00; Crown $2750.00; hole is a moisture barrier; specially Super Crown $2950.00 ; Super Crown designed cup flanges eliminate firing Matched set of F our B arrels $4250.00. As noted ab ove. a r egular grade pin drag; and primer cups are nickel Krieghoff costs $595.00. and if th plated. shooter w ishes an extra set of barr ls No wonder more reloaders load with the additional cost is $275.00. These sh otguns ar e made of Bohler Alcan matched components than any steel and have been fitted with a m e• other brand. When you buy reloading marnmm! j chanical trigger . I h ad a chance to components, look for the Alcan lions work with a nd fi re one of the current ••• the mark of quality. production regular grade K r ieghoffs in 12 gauge, and I found it to be a fast, easy-handling shotgun that put Alcan Company, Inc. the ch a rge right at the top of the front Seminary Road, Alton, Illinois 62002 bead. The barrels were 28", full and modified. H andling was ea y and clean and the straight stock handled SIDE-BY-SIDE recoil well. I would have lik ed to have been able to tak e it into the field for upland gam e. The fi t of wood to metal was good and the polish ing an d bluing wor k was tops. But this shotgun must not b e judaed by looks alone because U1e external appearance cannot justify a base sell• ing price of $595.00. Anyone interested in purchasing a K rieghoff should get SHOTGUNS their h a nds on one, feel its balance, examine the craftsmanship that croes into the "innards" and into each part. TO FULFILL EVERY SHOOTING NEED Look at the choke. It is not ju t drilled out. It is ground and poli shed and lapped to prod uce pr ecisely i he (illustrated) The AYA "SIDELOCK" correct ch oke for Urnt particular The only true " Sidelock" shotgun on the U.S. market. Features single selective trigger, barrel. A Kricgh off shotgun m ust be se lective automatic ejectors, ventilated rib, etc. All the desirable features you expect ta ha ndled and fi red a nd examined to be find in a lop-quality shotgun-$300.00. fully appreciated. Adel to the good looks, sound, hon est construction and The AYA ••410~~ the net r esult is a tough, r eliable ovcr • The AYA "YEOMAN" under that is wor th every cent of its Des igned for the shoote r wha de· Proportioned for th e .410-3" shell with cost-especially to the man who mu t sires a fine double without frills• straight hand ch eck ered English style have consistent and fl awless $125.00. stock and fl eld forend-$150.00. performa nce. Sold through dealers only• Write for folder or send 25¢ for new F.I. catafog OLD STOCK-AID A protective cleaner & restorer for that fine stock. leaves beautiful hard oil finish. Use it once & you will never be without. " TRY IT" " The Stockade" Dept. G 0 s1 .s4a t ·20 c P:O . Box 332 . h d l i n g & p ost;ige lisle, Ill. 60532 53 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 .\ I f. ij I j ' . .::::--\:1 ~ · iJ.i:.l .l, ·1 - \ 1; l1/ BERETTA AL-2: the autoloader that doesn't skimp on quality. The Beretta AL-2 is the most modern autoloading shot• BOLT REMOVAL takes just gun you can buy ... and the most old-fashioned. seconds with the new AL-2, for Example: the receiver. It's made of modern, high-grade faster, easier cleaning and alloy for lightness ... but it's made the way receivers used maintenance. to be made . .. from a solid forging, perfectly machined and beautifully finished, inside and out. Another examp le: the barrel. It's bored from modern, high-strength chrome-moly steel, but the ventilated rib is fitted in the on ly way that makes for perfection. The old• EXTRA SAFETY: Live shells can fashioned way. By hand. be removed safely, directly Everything you've ever wanted in an automatic is from the magazine, without wrapped up in the Beretta AL-2 ; light weight, perfect balance, working them through the ac• low recoil, quick, easy handling. And now the AL-2 comes in tion. FIRING PIN LOCK pre• both 12 and 20 gauge, and in barrel lengths from 26" to 30" vents accidental discharge by . . . including a brand-new 12 gauge Trap model, and 12 and camming the f iring pin back 20 gauge Skeet guns, for just ten dollars over the price of until the bolt is fully forward. a field model. The Beretta AL-2 offers a great deal that other autos don't. The ventilated rib is standard. The hand-checkered stock and forea rm are of European walnut, rubbed to a rich satin finish. The receiver is fully engraved. And it handles EUROPEAN WALNUT stock and all 23/,i " shells without adjustment. forearm with deluxe, high-gloss Naturally, the AL-2 autoloading shotgun isn't cheap: finish to bring out the natural $200. But the best never is. beauty of the grain. 1 SPORTING ARMS CORP. ID·•&a ·1 329 AL,.RED AVENUE • TEANECK , NEW JE.RSEY 07&••· GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 59 HOUSE ALL-AMERICAN SHOTGUN OF SWORDS ( Co ntinued from page 38) Catalogue of over 1000 swords. All are pictured. Priced from $29.00 to $150.00. Fine old blades - all are from side- by- side doubles and stack• In fact, the m ost fam ous pum pgun rated VG - and at bargain prices; barreled superposed guns to fast-fir• ever m ade-the trapshooter - a nd wa• circa 1700 to 1911 - French, Ger• ing autoloaders. In the process, I terfowler - r ever ed Winch ester model man, Russian , U.S., English, Spanish, have hung on to a few favorites• 12-is still availa ble-at a beginning Samurai, etc. Send $1.00 among these, a beautifully balanced price of $875.00! And the people at 20 gauge over - and-under, a long- re• R emington would be tickled silly to HOUSE OF SWORDS coil-operated 28-gauge auto, and a supply you w ith th eir prem ier grade 823 Walnut St. light- kicking gas- operated self- loader 870 a t the current price of $1250 (if Kansas City, Missouri chamber ed for 12- gauge m agnums. you like gold inlays, the same gun 64106 These are all r elatively specialized is just fifty bucks shy of two grand). (816) 842-9068 guns that are ideal for the r ight game Ithaca isn 't left at the starting gate, (816) CL4-8744 in the right situation. The twin- tubed either, when it comes to fancy pumps. 20, choked improved cylinder and Their justly popular Model 37 (with Join America's Fastest Growing hob• m odified, is the perfect ringneck stop • bottom ejecti on) can be had in by of collecting swords. p er early in the season when birds dolled - up versions running merrily ar e holding well and flushing close, on up to $4500.00. FREE CATALOG while the featherweight 28 sees lots of As I said earlier , pumpguns do action on sage grouse and chukar- I come in other gauges-.410, 28, 20 can carry this gun in rocky highland and 16, to be specific. But the 12 is "Quick-Draw" Holsters country mile after mile without r eally well ah ead of all these lesser gauges becoming tired. Of course, the 12 in pumpgun popularity . And it's safe e CUSTOM MADE magnum is a goose gun, pla in and to say tha t- in A merica, at least-the e THE BEST simple, and would be out of place slide- action pump is the m ost popular SINCE 1897 a nywher e but on a pas:; shooting line. gun on the m arket today. Ted Mc• But whenever I plan a "smorgas• Cawley, public r ela tions manager at bord" hunt that will include a variety R emington, says of their 870 (which S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. of game under a variety of conditions, has been in the R emington line for th ere is one gun that is always first twenty year s ) , "we have sold more off the rack. In fact, this same gun of these than any other single model usually rides along, for insurance, on we now produce." Ithaca's bread• all m y quests for feather ed quarry. a nd-butter gun has long been their A s you m ay have guessed, it's my Model 37 , and I'm sur e that Winches• "old standby" 12- gauge pump. ter w ould have been sad, indeed, to Whenever I fall into a slump, miss• h ave lost the income from all the ing more than my usual unimpressive Model 12's and 1200's it has sold. share of birds-feathered or clay• One final thing that certainly uncasing m y w ell-worn "trombone doesn't hurt th e pumpgun's domesti c 12" usually puts m e back on the im age- it is one gu n that is still being track. I suppose this is becau se I pr oduced (by m ost m anufacturers ) gr ew up with a 12 pump, ·and am so right h ere in the United States. It is completely familiar with its feel and a gun tha t lends itself w ell to assem • action that I concentrate less on the bly lines and mass production (as op• gun and more on my ta rget. Too, the p osed to the laborous handwork re• fact that I kn ow that next shell is quired in m aking a q uality double). going to be r eady to fire just as soon Therefo re, it rem ai ns a gun m ade by as I shuck the action gives m e added American s for Americans. confidence on two- bird flushes. (In Coincidentally, this mass- produced spite of the present near- perfect state Yank ee invention is r egarded as a of today's self loader , and the fact mere "machine" by traditional British GANDER MOUNTAIN, INC. that I can't r em ember how many a nd other Old World shooters, and is P.O. Box 6, Dept. GM hundred rounds it's been since an gen er ally not popular in th ese coun• Wilmot, Wi sconsin 53192 autoloader jammed on me, I still have tries. P erhaps this is one reason it is Yes . .. rush my NEW No. l OC otolo g. more confidence in the ha nd-operated so popular her e. It is a machine-a N A ME ·------~ pump.) very effi cient one. 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Even on li ghtweight Both rifles were quite impressive barrels, for calibers like the .17 and in finish and workmanship. The ac• the .22-250, this provides sufficient tion and barrel was blued with a high stock for mounting the scope. luster fin ish which indicated careful The stock is the classic American preparation of the metal before the without Monte Carlo. Because of the solution was applied. The operation low design of the Sharps action the of the falling breechblock was effort• comb of the stock attains proper less, as silky and smooth as a knife h eight withou t the necessity of a through hot butter. A real joy to op• Monte Carlo. There is a comfortable erate, believe me! checkered pistol grip. The finger lever The Canjar trigger on the .22-250 is of classic design, or it may be had broke at exactly 2 lb., 14 oz. The with a loop if desired. The wood is trigger on the .375 Magnum went 3 fancy American walnut in the stand• lbs., 1 oz. Both were perfect; no ard grade rifle. The stock can be had creep, no drag, no movement whatso• w ith any le ngth of pull. The butt is e ver, simply a quick-breaking let-off USE MERSHON covered w ith a solid rubber pad of that was utterly sweet. I aid not foe 'sURE GRIP "@ SHELL PACKS such a length and enough width so eithe1· rifle with the set trigger, being Noisy loose shell s in your pocket that the recoil is distributed over a quite content with the perfection of spook your g: amc. Use these si- lent pate nted " O ' ' ring type shell. packs to securely large portion of the shoulder. A ven• the single stage. I seriously doubt if h old your c art r id ~ c s. 3 sizes, each h olding a variety o f sl1clls. ).lfg. o f durable molded rubbe r. fl e xible t o tilated pad can be had on rifles of the the average shooter has any need for - 65 F. Fits any belt up t o l } 8" wide . Hect , brown, black c olors. Only $3.50. big calibers. The stock is fastened to this set trigger innovation. the receiver with a %" through bolt; The .22 - 250 weighed 7 lb., 2 oz. there are no tangs. The forearm with the scope and mount. The ~ight comes in the same good quality wal• heft was due to the extremely feath• nut, and it is offered in two lengths ery barrel. The .375 weighed 8 lb., 15 and two different styles. It attaches oz., with scope and mount. The .22- INEW "WlllTE LINE"® RECOIL PADS to the rifle by a separate hanger and 250 was a hard gun to hold q uietly may be adjusted so that the barrel :s because of its lack of weight out in Newly cn ;..: inccrcd pat ented cl csi i:m pro~ rc ss lvely abso rbs m ore recoil , no bot tomlng out. Mo lded of o il resistant com pletely free-floating, or any de• front. The .375, on the other hand, Du Por: t Neoprene. Stays fl exible in coldest weather. A mortcl for every !ypc ~ U J L Insist on ®"White Linc" sired amount of pressure can be ap• due to its semi-bullgun tube, held life time recoi l pads. Deluxe sh own :>. l. .JO . plied to the barrel. like a rock-especially offhand. Mike K eesee, who is Director of Both Mike and I fired the .22 - 250 MERSHON CUSTO~ ~ • Sales, for the Sharps Co., had two of with off-the- shelf factory loads, with HANDGUN CASES the Model 78 rifles with him v.rhen he the 55-gr pointed softpoint bullet at 3, 4 &. 5 gun models came to San Antonio. The first of 3760 fps MV. Because of the light I these r ifles was a .22-250 with 26 " barrel we shot for typical hunting ultra-lightweight barrel. The second groups; that is 3-shot groups. The was a .375 H&H Magnum with 28" first of these, fired by K eesee, went barrel in a semi-bullgun weight. Both into %". The second, fired by me, r rifles were equipped with the .Red• plopped into %". When we tried 5- I field 2X-7X variable scope with the shot groups these invariably opened 4-Plex reticle. Mounts were also .Red• up to something over a minute of an• field and each was attached to the gle. A second 3-shot group fired by rifle barrel ahead of the receiver ring. Mike went into %0" and this was the \\10 POINT" GRIPS Preferred by most law enforce• ment agencies. these rubber n on-breakable grips wi ll fit all m ode rn Colts and S&\V revolv• ers and pis to ls. Easily installed. I mproves s h ooting accuracy: prevC"nt s gun from slippin g lf . hands are moist or wet. Can be \ cut o r shaped to fit your hand. Only S5.75. Deluxe Slip-On RECOIL PADS EXCITING CATALOGUES Easily ~ li ps on to any sh ot gun EACH YEAR or rifle. "Pro).! rcssi\" C ac ti on " al·sor bs ~hoc k . Mfg . of " All Each 84 Pages, Illustrated W<· ather'" t ype rubbe r. this ISSUED SEMI -ANNUALLY: q ua li t y pad assu res yo u o f years ON l Y $2.00 YR . of ~h oo ti n g com fo rt . 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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90015 write for FREE M edica l Proof and literature. Each revi ewe d, 25c or fr ee to Antiqu es Cata. SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY, Dept. G-11 log ue Subsc r ibers. . Dept. G-11 11 3 20 B u r ba n k B l v d •• N o. H o l l ywo o d, Cal if. 91601 N. FLA YDERMAN & CO., INC. 4 Squas ll Ho llow, l\!ew Milford, Con n. '62' GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 best one we got. I shot a second group a nd it hit ~\o". We fir ed three shots World-famous Vibram@soles and then pe rmitted the ligh t barrel to with amazing traction and long, cool, th e breechbolt open. After a i t 1 rugged wear. cooling off period we'd fi re again, and accuracy was quite good. T he only NOW BY MAIL! thing was to avoid too many shots Ou tdoo rsmen ! Spo11 smen' Make yo ur old boots bett er than new fired too close together. Had I been V1b ram . the sure-g1ipp111 g soles making a choice I would certainly James Wh itt aker wo rn and swme have selected a much heavier barrel hy on his renowned Mt. Eve1est than this to compliment the excellent cl im b. are now av ailabl e IOI sole. nud -sole and heel 1eplaceme111 action. (On all exce pt 1ubber boots.) Any I fired the .375 for grou p. The heavy shoe 1epa11man w1 ll 1rnt them on. barrel made the rifle exceedingly Ju st make a tracing of one of 1h e so les yo u're replacing ... se nd steady off the bench. I shot a 5-round it along with a chec k or money string. These fell into H's". T his is ord e1. Money back guarant ee. good accuracy for a heavy kicking Only $5.00 postpaid. Yn c. rifle. T he low profile of the Sharps (Wr ite for free bookle t.) action with the attendant high comb of the stock places the barrel and its VIBRAM SALES CO. r ecoil in line with the shoulder. This 735 School St.. North Broo kfie ld. Mass. 01 53 5 dampens the t urning motion so un• pleasa ntly common on most of the TEXAS big kickers, and as a result the .375 IMPORTED MUZZLE-LOADERS NEW! PERCUSSION 519.SO . Flintlock $29.50. did not rise and wallop me in the A ll i . $ I .!i O P osw gc RANGER face as most of these guns do. Afte r ,, Kcnlu<·ky ligh Lwcigh t .• Govt. proof- Lt'<; l c fl f o r lo J:1 {' k powder .s h ool i llf..:'. re;Hl y t o fir\.' , the benchrest group was fired I stood ''M iliwry Type M u s k e t s 12 g:1. l'er{·tt"I· POWDER ,.. i o n. :J7" Harrel $ 4 9 . 50. FlinU ock. 50" COMMEMORATIVE up and tried the rifle offhand. It had H:H'l"C I 554 . 50· ·. FLASKS B e auti f ully c ng,.avcd c ontpanio n p i e ces a fin e hang a bout it and the weigh t to y1 1u r muzzle l oafl in)'.! ,::-uns. S n1a l l ~17.(' $ 7 . 50. M edium s ize $ 8 . 50. r .:wg-e $9. 50. SIX-SHOOTER and bala nce was such as to make it easy to hold steady. T wo shots RARE SIKH plopped into the 5" bull. SWORDS T he Sharps rifl e is an outstanding ONLY $19.50 EACH-PAIR $35 .00 A d d 75 ¢ 71 c·r sw o·rcl f or p r epaid d el focry. example of single- shot design. 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A v;1i l. for al l p(1pu lar S('Up es .. . $ 4 .00 p.; 1;· nte r Jens . .. $ 6 . 00 ea. Ord er direc t if your Military Miniature Reproductions dealer e:tn't s up1>ly. f nuned. D <:!llvery. \ Ve pay fWS taC'C. Dealer s 1nqu1re. S outhwest C u tle ry & M fg . C o . , I n c .. D e p t . G - 1 8 Box N-1143 Hollywood, Calif. 90028 1309 Ol ympi c Blvd., M onte b e l lo, C alif. 90640. GUNS NOV EMBER 1969 63 CENTENNIAL ARMS CORP. THE .38 SPECIAL NOW (Continued from page 27) may low rate the .38 on the score of m easurements at head and tail. When punch but they never offer any the squared-off nose of the bullet matches with the gun where accuracy strikes, it cuts a full size neatly round is the yardstick. The .38 Spl. out of a hole. It is by far the most precise of 15 -Shot, Self-loading Acclaimed by one of World's good gun will shoot quite as precisely all the .38 loadings and one reason great gu n experts, George as the best of the .22 Long Rifle match is because the bullet bears on the Nonie as "reliable - mild loads; or the .45 ACP with its target lands of the bore full length. This recoil - no feeding problems, match loadings. bullet is loaded into the casing full accurate." 1 I have watched groups from the length and this constricts the powder $10900 S&W Model 52 shooting the .38 wad• capacity in the over-size shell. This cutter pile into less than two inches also contributes to its good perform• at 50 yards, from the HEG machine a nce. The wadcutter is driven at low Sold thru FFL Dealers Only, rest and using selected match ammo velocities with consequent low breech Special Price to FFL dealers $78.00 of Remington loading. This is terrific pressures, and this also h elps to make it accurate. Primarily intended for Open for retail sa les on Saturdays only (most Satur• performance and is only occasionally days) from 10 A.M . to 4 P.M. bettered by some .22 Long Rifle target target shooting, the wadcutter is an Area Cod e 312-676-2900 ammo, and then only occasionally. excellent killer on such small critters Centennial Arms Corporation The best the .45 match 185-gr. semi• as rabbits, squirrels, hawks and re• F. F. L. 1:36-2716 3318 W. Devon Av e., Lincolnwood, Ill. 60645 wadcutter loading will do seldom lated small vermin_ The full flat nose equals this although it will come close. of the forward end of the slug delivers You will hear about one inch groups total energy, and because of the at 50 yards by that vocal minority I square ended profile it does not tend ~ m entioned before, and usually this is to glance aside or deviate from its path v '- ~ ~ with some stiff .44 magnum handload. when it strikes bone or muscle. TH E M ~S( Of OF HI ST ORI CA L ARMS You can put most of this down to It has often been asked why, since Senior; col\('(.;l011' for 20 )f'a r .. , offers shooting with a typewriter and not the wadcutter delivers all its wallop tlw !TI(''>l h.ud to lmd :md ck..,irahl e A~ TIQ E FIll EA IDI S over a sandbag. Only the other day due to the flat nose, a hefty service EDGED WEAPON S I read about a series of 1" groups at loading is not provided. The answer and 1d.1tl'd Jll'lll ..., Jwm the L.S. a nd ;di O\'(;J" the World 100 yards with the .44 Magnum. Now is that before the bullet could be fo r -.ah· in ll.., (·X(;i tirn.;. thick, 2 16 pa ge catalog-rcfcr• that was really something! Most fac• given high velocities pressures would uiu· hook. OH•r JOOO it em~. all photo-illmt1a terl. full) tory rifles won't group into one minute climb too steeply. It takes quite a d ~..,<.tilltd ;md p1ic<:d to sdl. Thi-. \'aluablc hook \\ill of angle at 100 yards much less a short nudge to push that full bearing slug be "''Ill to \OU inmwdiatdy \ 'i:l first d.1 -..., mai l upon barreled handgun, held in the ha nds into the barrel and if this was at• ')~. Y ou 1u .dpt 1 f don't \\;lllt to m i <..<; IL and fired off a bench. This is humbug tempted ahead of a heavy charge of nu: )ffS[UI OF HI STOHIC\L AR \I S I038A.:onRoad,Oep t. ~ M1am1 Beach, fla . 33139 and you may put it down as such. propellant it would run pressures out nc1iU'ticler'.)llklBc !u. The original loading for the .38 Spl. through the roof. The wadcutter, de• w as with a 158-gr. round nose bullet spite its riding the lands from end to and 3.6 grains of Bullseye powder. end, tends to skid across the bore The 158-gr bullet remains the stand• when it is driven into the barrel at ard to this day, though it is not an high pressure. This does a lot of harm especially accurate one. By the same to accuracy. The odd shaped bullet is token, it does not deliver much punch at its best as a low velocity high pre• because of the shape of the slug. In cision number. ;Jup1 i,·n1io n w o rl~ . Litc1·:1.turc 25 <" rcfuncla!J lc o n firs t ordc1·. 1907, Colt came along with its version The wadcutter 148-gr bullet, when TURN- 0 -CARVE TOOL CO . Dept . GS69. P .O . Box 4355 of the .38 Spl., and while the cartridge backed by 2.8 grains of Bullseye, is a San D iego, Calif. 92104. casing was identical, the bullet had a marvelously pleasant rapid fire propo• flat nose. It w eighed the same as the sition. Target rapid fire must be S&W projectile but that scow-like banged out to the tune of 5 shots in front end gave it a bit more thump. 10 seconds at 25 yards. Recoil is an The Since then such outfits as Lyman have important factor, hence the very light developed moulds which provide a charge of Bullseye, folding sports knife flat-nose bullet with a square shoul• The .38 Sp!. cartridge, when loaded with the extra der behind it and this gives the cart• w ith the regular 158-gr bullet, has an strong safety lock. ridge more wallop. overall length of 1.5 inches; the S&W The accuracy loading is the wad• and Colt cylinders are the same The Puma Plainsman length. When the wadcutter loading i s probably the safest folding cutter. This bullet weighs from 146 to knife you've ever used, because 150 grains and has precisely the same is put in this cylinder it is something each blade has its own ex tra strong locking device. Both ' ihe 411 blade and the saw are ' hand forged and hand finished from SUPPLEMENT # 1 for Catalag super-keen stainless cutting steel. Handle Is imported Jacaranda wood. Solid brass # 6 lists 10 new muzzleload• bolsters. Special pocket size suede sheath. ing cannons (including Dahl• As illustrated. $26.00. Without saw: $19.00, ..grens), and other information. Supplement for stamped, ad• PUMA~ dressed envelope; Catalog :1¢ 6 w/supplement, At local dealers or write Dept. GM-11 Gutmann $1.00, Cutlery Co . Inc., 3956 Broadway, New York, N.Y. BARNEY'S CANNONS, INC . 61650 OAK Rd. 10032. Free brochure available. South Bend, Ind, 46614 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 else again. Since the sharp shoulder ed bullet is completely settled within the Stoeger-Brenneke , /lllUUi casing, the overall length is that of _.., · FOR :\f.J +1 . 00 the shell itself. That is only 1.16 inch es. llAINDMA0£ a The bullet has to make a flat-footed SLUGS ORDER NOW-BY MAIL jump of almost a h alf-inch before it gets to the barrel br eech . If the cylin • RANGE RIDER der has chambers that do not quite Stovepipe tops and vamps line up, due to a worn cylinder hand, of soft glove lea ther. Easy into zipp er back, under• then the slug strikes off- cen ter. It shot hee l and pointed toe. gets a big fl at shaving taken off one Ful ly leath er lined. Wood pegged and brass nai led side, or at worst a flat corner. This ar o ~ es. Steel shan ks. 14" or 1 6 °' t ops badly hurts accuracy. 1 4 '' $32.50 What is n eeded for the .38 revolver it 120 1 - 8LAC K is a special cylinder just for shooting rt 1 202 - 8 ROWN ,tt l203-TAN Whe n o rde r ing plc:.1sc g ive S llOE SI ZE ;md \\'I DTll. the highly accurate wadcu tter load . <·alf of leg mcasu r·f'ment, ft)Ol u·::1e ing t:1kcn WI TllOUT w c 1g'ht on f ool. an problem , althou gh it would reduce Now HAWKS and FALCONS sighting radius by a half inch. your own PRICE $1.95 for Hunting for r ifle-like accuracy up to 100 y ards. When S&W engineers whumped u p Packed 10 to a box w ith complete load ing Largest stock of Hawks Reming on S po rtsmen' s Prints pt. J P. 0. Box 73 1 DIGITAL CHRONOGRAPH Bridgeport, Conn. 0660 1 Super Vel Cartridge Corp. Pl ease send ( ) sets of four Curr ier and Ives M easu r e! v eloci ty w i th h ighest ac c u • p ri nts. I enclose $4.00 fo r each set. P.O. Box 40 r a cy. P ro v e n by e x perts i n la b and fi e ld t est s. Free t es t d a ~a _and Shel!:>yville, Indiana 46176 r eports . $89.95 p l us 2 . 00 .s h1 pp1ng . Street or Box No. ______ City S tate _ __Z ip _ _ _ 63 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 bullet which is given 1060 fps velocity and 375 ft. lbs. of enerO"y; it is sharply pointed and with the Lubaloy metal The nose is in tended for penetration of body a rmor, a uto bodies, doors, etc. Most impr ssive of the commercial Protectors loadings is made up by the Super- Ve! Co. of Sh lbyville, Indiana. This out• fit specializes in hot loadings for police. Their .38 Spl. offerincr carries a 110-gr. jacketed hollow-point soft• po int bullet which is driven at 1370 fps and contributes the somevvhat impres• sive energy figur of 458 ft. lbs. This velocity- nergy figure is attained by the use of the comparatively light bullet. Too, by using this lighter slug the manufacturer manages to keep breech pre sures under acceptable limits. This is the best that the .38 will do. It is not in a cla s with its big broth er, the .357 Magnum. The .357 outper• forms the older cartridge by a consid• erable margin and if the shooter is looking for po"·er, and this is the sole criterion, then the m agnum is the logical choice. The .38, on the other hand, has a great deal to recommend it. More than anything else is the fin e accuracy of the .38 S pecial. Along with its high pt·ecision is a li ght recoil, which not only does not upset the shooter and induce flinching, but permits him to get in following shots with speed and accuracy. As a part of the li ght kick is the fact that the cartridge can be shot in extremely light guns. Short• barrelecl light frame nu mbers like the S&W Airweight Model wh ich, w ith its 2-inch barrel and 14 1/~ - oz weight, is still manag able. B e cause of its longevity and its popular acceptance over the many years of its existence there is a great deal of .38 Spec. re• loading dope available. It is the most widely handloaded of any of our cen• terfire cartridges. Most poli ce depart• ments, still users of the thi1-ty -eight, reload the cartridge so that their men can get their needed practice. Not a cartridge fo r bear, not even a round for deer, and sometimes found lack• ing when used on bandits, the old work horse thirty-eight is still a high- ly useable, versatile, accurate ~ and worthwhile number. ~ ~ ------ 'I I THE I I U.S. and C anadian P a t. Complete JOb a s ~ how n for GUNfTOTE. I I P endleton M os t guns SJS & 540 Inside is all foam. More than in exteri or. That's why they're called : Anti-recoil Gun Bari"el any other gun case. Soaks up jolts, " The Protectors". I The d e .. kickc r d e luxe that is p reci si on locks out dust and moisture. Styled See the full line of cindus Gun / Tote I mach ine d into your rifle barref, a v o iding like handsome luggage with heavy carrying cases for all types and sizes •I unsightly hang-ons. Controlle d escape for I highest k ine tic braking, m in imum blast e f • aluminum valance, rounded corners, of pistols, rifles and shotguns at I fect and p r actically no jump. All bul p re• tough scuff-resistant virgin vinyl any fine gun shop. I v e nh ie t thrust (se condary re coil). Guar• I anteed workmanship. Folde r. De ale r di1- I counh. CINCINNATI INDUSTRIES, INC. I 12 I PENDLETON GUNSHOP ,:'.!'~ .'. ~ . ~ ... ~i o ~ ~~::. CINCINNATI (LOCKLAND), OH IO 45215 • DIAL (51 3) 821-2865 • suggested Reta il; slightly higher in ihe west. GUN S NOVEMBER 1969 69 MODERN EXPLOSIVES WASHINGTON 'HIGH-LOW-BOOM! Soft cover manual in full color MORE HITS WITH <:overing approximately 230 paten ts, formulas, and laboratory preparations of explos ives, pyrotechnics, (Continued from. page 23) RIFLED SLUGS $69.95 RETAIL • 500 C:r. C•1padty • Self A l i i:,rn ing Bc:1rin ~s • Hnr1l Ahon i num A lloy He;•m s • Hvdr:wlic Dampers • A d · City______Stat e__Zip_ _ jus l c c.l Sens iti v i ty. Guaranteed fo r A c c uracy lo J / J 0 WALTER H. CRAIG Gr. or tJc tter BOX 927, SELMA, ALABAMA - 36701 WEBSTE R SC ALE MFG. COMP ANY Please send entire column or separate sheet P . O . = B ox 1 88, D ept _ G . S ebring, Fla. 33870 o f paper indicating books ordered! GUNS NOVEM BER 1969 same time. R egardl ess of any l aw passed, the conservatives of C ongress would like to chan ge other contrnver• sial Supreme Court decision s. W i th crime being what it is, changes in the Consti tution to deal with arr ested persons would be a natural. The liberals of C on gress, who do not want a convent ion called in the fi rst place, would surel y cou nter w i th their own proposals. H er e is where the right to k eep and bear arms i s likel y to b thrown right into lhe middle of the fight. Q&A (Continued from page 19) for military use. They are not suitable for civilian, l aw enforcement or other non-military purposes." What do I have? Remington would give m e no answer. C . A. McC artney M errick, N. Y. T he ammunition described in yom· letter is the standard M41 .38 Special caliber ammunition loaded for use in Sharp scope-buyers know that you don't need a lap-full of optical instruments to tell Colt and Smith & W esson double- ac • the best telescopic sight from the rest. You can tell at a glance. tion revolvers procured by all Here's what you do, as a convincer, lest you put down good money for a bad scope. branches of the United States Armed You take the scope of your choice right outside the sporting goods store. You sight Forces. The omewhat scary label is through it, checking out buildings at normal shooting ranges. used purely lo discourage pilferage. It Do they look sharp, through• is entirely safe for tise in any modern out the whole field of view? Or revolver in good condition charnbered do you have " tunn el vision" in for the standard .38 Special cartridge. the middle of your field of ll utilizes a 130-grain full-jacketed view. surrounded by a blurred biillet at approximately 11 00 fps, very image? Is the picture bright and closely approximating the perform• color-true? Or do you get rims ance of the 9mm Parabellum (L uger) of disturbing glare, flecks of cartridge widely used for military confusing ra inbow hues? purposes.-G.N. Now move your scope along the buildings. Do those lines balloon and curve, as they Ballistics Career sweep along the edge of your I am interested in a car eer as a bal• field? Or do they tell the listics expert. W hat ar e th e trai ning straight story? rest Shooters' Association requir em ents? If specialized sch ool s If you 've been looking competition last year. through a Lyman scope, you If you 've been looking exist for this job, can you pl ease tell will have come up with all through some other scope (Continued next page) the right answers. Answers ... well, we'll let you be the that add up to better see• judge. That's using the old ing, better shooting in the eye. field. To a special quality in You can order the Lyman scopes that we call Seeabil• scope of your choice at any ity. Super-bright, super sharp sporting goods store .. . or image from edge to edge. It write for the Lyman scope is the kind of quality that has catalog, enclosing 25¢ for swept the national Bench- handling charges. COMPLETE , $21 .00 S&K lnsta-Mount for M-1 Carbine The " N o Dri llin q o r T appi ng•· scope m o unt. ha ~ f o r militttr'Y r ifles. R ugged. lig htweig ht :rnd d c pcnd:il)Jc. Pl n<..-es S("Q!>C tow ov er bor e . Jn.s t.a ll In 3 minu t e ~. N o ~Lyman mail-ori:l er res t ri<'t 1on s. na~c o n l y . 5 10 . 00 plus t!'.".i e p StJ!. Comple1c w ith ' &K 1.000 s te el r ings. $2 1 .00 : with S&K 1,000 alloy rings, $ 17 .50 p l us :1 5 e p .!< tg. F'rec f o ld"r. • HinR'. t• I h;1-,c rnc <'· 1t1n lsm b y :i r·rrtn i..; crncnt. \\' Ith look to Lyman CONETHOI •. l'c nna. rc ~ id c nt <;; add 0l"'o S:ilcs Tax for the finest In scopes • metallic sights • chokes • bullet casting • reloading equipment S&K MFG. COMPANY • Box 247-G , Pittsfield, P1. 1&340 The Lyman Gun Sight Corp., Dept. GM-94, Middlefield, Conn. 06455 GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 73 me their names and locutions? What are the employment opportunities? Barry F. Ross Seattle, Washington In order to begin to answer your LOCKING question, one miist point out that 4-GUN there is a vast difference between the UPRIGHT Ballistics Expert of Television (the 0 R Police Department) and the Firearms NEWEST Expert of the Court Room. The Police technician is concerned mainly with Identification, and is actiwlly not Jet-Aer Corporation. Paterson. New Jersey 07524 us• e1ct. Canadian dist. Canadian Ind. ltd . Montreal, Que .. miich mo1·e concerned with guns them ct Finger Print Expert is concerned with fingers. Both are concerned with identification based on markings. The Firearms Expert, on the other hand-in addition to identification, is 5000 concerned with mechanisms, designs, defects and performances of va.rio1is typ.es of hand guns, rifles, shotguns 7Jowder actiwted tools and other de• FIREARMS v ices involving explosives. M1ich of A rrmnrka l)Je gun ra rk-lwilC' Non1c ...... •...... ••...... •..•.•.•• Address ...... • ...... • ...... postpaid with hand-tool ed cowhide s h e<1th. H :tnd for g ecl ::i n d i ndivi du:d ly <.>ngr:nr('(] $5. 95 he:ivy '< ICC/ hlach.' . 11 :11111 -m:tdc EAC I 1;: ~~ rip "ith genuine h {lrn ln-.ert"-. T hese kni vc~ :1rc impo r t ed 11~ · u ... nnd :1re m :1dc 1inc at :.1 1ln1e f :1r In t h e i\lc x icnn I nterio r , 1 21:!" o ver n ll. l'c1·fcct f o r hu 111 inf;' a n d campi ng>. You enn' L find thi s knife i n any t" ~)l l ec tio n O\lt• City & State ...... •...... s ide of a mu sC' um. Check , c:is li or money o rcler. K o c.o. u. pl ca ~c . Cn l ifornl:i rNddcnts add -1 <;'o !:-:tote t :1x. MERCHANTEERS, INC., DEPT . G-11 , 4S3S Huntington Dr. So., Los Angeles, C~lif. 90032 ,------· GUNS NOVEMBER 1969 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS NAME PAGE NAME PAGE .45 Cal. ROBERT ABELS, INC...... 48 LEN COMPANY ...... •.• •• •. .•.. . .. 52 ALASKA SLEEPING BAG CO...... 10 LYMAN GUN SIGHT CORP. . . 73 APACHE Semi-Auto ALCAN COMPANY ...... 58 LYTLE NOVELTY COMPANY ...... 70 ALEXANDER SALES CORP . . 70 & 75 MERCHANTEERS INC ...... 74 ALLEN ASSOC IA TES ...... 70 MERSHON COMPANY ...... 62 AMERICAN WALNUT MFRS . ASSOC. . .. 4 APACHE ARMS . . .. 75 MIDDLE WEST MARKETING CO. . . 71 AUSTIN •BOOT COMPANY ...... 65 MIDWEST CROSSBOW CO...... 74 FRANK MITTERMEIER ...... 75 BARNEY'S CANNONS, INC . . .. . 64 MILITARY MINIATURE REPRODUCTIONS 63 Model 45 Cal. M. G. BAUER COMPANY . . . 52 MODERN GUN REPAIR SCHOOL ...... f5 BAUSCH & LOMB, INC • . . . . 53 THE MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL ARMS 64 L. L. BEAN I NC...... 70 S. D. MYRES SADDLE COMPANY .... 60 BIANCHI LEATHER PRODUCTS ...... 13 BILL'S MILITARY STORES ...... 52 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION . 61 E. C. BISHOP & SON ...... 57 NORMARK CORPORATION 6 BO MAR TOOL & MFG. CO...... 52 NORMOUNT ARMAMENT CO. 56 ELDON BRANDT & SON ...... 75 OEHLER RESEARCH ...... 68 BROWNING ARMS COMPANY 7 B.. TISTA-OLIVIERI 54 BUCK KNIVES .. 57 OMARK CCI ...... •• . .• • •• . •. . •. .... 18 CARBIDE DIE & MFG. CO ...... 65 ORIENTAL ARTS CORP...... ' 5 CENTENNIAL ARMS CORP . . .. 64 TOM OWEN .. .. 71 CENTURY ARMS, INC...... 63 PACHMAYR GUN WORKS, INC . . 19 Model 45 Cal. A 11 CINCINNATI INDUSTRIES INC...... 69 PAK-TOOL ...... 54 R. J. COFFEY ...... •• . . ... 72 PAULSEN GUNSTOCKS ...... 75 COLADONATO BROTHERS ... 75 PENDLETON GUN SHOP . . . 69 COLT INDUSTRIES . INC...... CO '/C r 4 A. H. POPPER ...... 72 Be a proud owner. Fires from a closed bolt. WALTER H. CR .. IG . 52 & 72 J. L. QUICK & SON CO. . 49 CROSMAN ARMS CO ., INC . . . . 19 Re liable chamb e ring and firing . Easy trigger. RCBS , INC ...... 8 Back s ight ad justable. Activa tor knob o n left PHIL DANISEVICH ...... 70 RADIATOR SPECIALTY COMPANY .. 75 DIXIE GUN WORKS ...... 66 R.. NGER ARMS COMPANY . . . 57 o uts ide. Class ifi ed a~ a semi·outo r ifl e by U.S . FRANK DREW CO. . 72 REALIST, INC ...... 67 Treas. Dept. Push button safety. 30 rd . moga• EDWARDS RECOIL REDUCERS ..... •..•. .• . .... 49 REDFIELD GUNSIGHT CO. . ...• ...... Cover 2 REINHART FAJEN ... 56 REFORESTATION, INC. 48 z;n e where acce ptable. FALL SALES . 57 RELCO INDUSTRIES ...... 55 FEDERAL CAR TRI OGE CORP...... Cover 3 REMINGTON ARMS ., INC. . .. 68 See your favorite Dea ler, NOW! FIREARMS INTERNATIONAL CORP ...... 58 S & K MFG. COMPANY ...... 73 FLAYDERMAN & COMPANY, INC...... 62 S & R RESEARCH ...... 66 Dealer inquiry welcome. FREELAND'S SCOPE STANDS, INC. . 55 SAFARILAND LEATHER PRODUCTS 3 J. L. GALEF & SON , I NC . . ... 50 SELCO ...... 70 SA LESM EN INQUIR IES W ELC OME GANDER MOUNTAIN, INC ...... 60 SHOOTING SPORTS UNLIMITED ...... 55 GARCIA SPORTING ARMS CORP ...... 59 SHOTGUN NEWS ...... 74 GENERAL SPORTING GOODS ... 66 & 71 SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY 62 APACHE ARMS CO. THE GOLD RUSH GUN SHOP ... 54 SOllTHWEST CUTLERY & MFG. CO . . .. ~~ GOLDEN AGE ARMS CO., INC...... 57 SPEER . INC. . . 12 Suite 108 Dept. G GUN DIGEST CO ...... 16-1 7 SPnRTS INC...... _ ... 75 GUNS OF THE WEST .. 68 SPORT-LORE, INC. . 56 225 W. University Dr . GUTMANN CUTLERY CO ., . iNc'. 52 & 64 THE STOCKADE ...... 58 STOEGER ARMS ro~P . . 15 & ~ 5 Tempe, Arizona 85281 HERTERS INC...... 52 SUPER VEL CARTRIDGE CORP ...... 68 56 ~g~F~~~M:1~LE sARREL ·co:· .. . 19 TEXAS RANGERS HISTORICAL ARMS . . 63 J. B. HOLDEN CO ...... 71 TEX .. S RELOADERS . INC...... •..... 10 HO.,SIER MACHINE PRODUCTS .... 65 TRIPLE K MFG . COMP•NY ... 66 HORNADY MFG. CO...... 54 T~llJS PRODUCTS, INC. . .. . 66 HOUSE OF SWORDS ...... 60 TURN-0-CARVE TO OL COMPANY .. .. 64 ' Build Your Own DON HUME LE4THER GOODS . 52 MELVIN TYLER . .. 52 ~~ GUN CABINET HUNTING HAWKS .... UNIVERSAL FIREARMS CORP...... 51 HUTSON CORP. . 55 VI BRAM SALES CO ...... • . . 63 IMPERIAL ARMS ...... 52 It's EASY! With WEATHERBY, INC. . .. 11 & 63 Gunberth@ Plans & Kits INSTITUTE OF APPl.IED SCIENCE .. .. 75 W. R. WEAVER COMPANY ...... 14 ITHACA GUN COMPANY 9 WEBSTER SCALE MFG . CO...... 72 /\1 1 d e tails 0 11 Plans. K its and ll ardwarc fo r .) ,1 .\l t> dL'ls are JET-AER CORPORATION .... 10, 48, 52, 54, 56 & 74 WESTERN CALL & Dff"Y CO. . . . • . • • . . . 74 1 WOLF SPECIAL TY COMPANY ...... •...... 64 lbtcd in :\E\V. ?O 1 .\ CE. . A. A. JOHNSON ...... 65 "Hondbook''-Catolog, KAUFMAN SURPLUS & ARMS .... 49 YIELD HOUSE ...... •.. •.... 74 .. )l111~ t ra t e d in Color ! J\lsQ c o n t ain~ t ips nn l1c.;t d e.;;;i g-n. S end NOW! Only $2.00 ppd., rC'fundalJlc fi rs t ~ 1 0. U O onkr. ( Fo r A ir M ail. add (13c e x t ra) BUBINGA BETTER GRIP-BETTER SHOOTING Coladonato Bros. Dept. G-119, Hazleton, Pa. ';~ An exotic wood out of Africa. Very dense. WITH FAMOUS GRIPS Rich maroon color with darker graining. Sporter .22 CAL. DOUBLE and mannlicher blanks. Brochure 25c. We spe• cialize in fancy and exotic gun woods. DERRINGER Paulsen Gunstocks & Shooters Supply Chinook, Mont. 59523 ------' LEARN CRIMINAL TAKE A INVESTIGATION Prcpiue at home for an exciting job. good SAFARI to ALASKA pay, security! We teach you at ho111_e in N ow I J(lnkin~ 1n10 & 1n:-1 h u n t-, for a l l A la...: ka hi u: spare time. Learn F inger Print ing, F'i re· ~: o ne. :'il odl'in hu 11 1i n ~ loflQ"(· :-. ..\ i1 1 Jl an e~ & ~a 1a1 i a rms Ide nti fi cation, C rimina l Inve:stiga· \\Ol~n n .. !Or :-0111· trn ll .. IJO!l;il iO ll . tion, Police Photography . Low cost; easy terms. Ovcr SOO Bu r e am ~ of Iden t ifi cation ELDON BRANDT &. SON • S olid Metal-Made in lh•IY e mploy our graduates! Write for famous Master Guide & Outfitt ers "Uluc llook of Crime"-frce! State U).{C, Route c. Box 150. Pal mer. Al aska • Fircl:I T ear Gas Cartridges plr,. .. ~. CA <:nrr'-1'Vondenre & hnol Si nre 19 16). • Fires Powerful .22 Cal. 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