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ENTER TO HIS & HERS KAHR PM9 9MM WIN! HOLSTERS, KNIVES & MORE! $4.95 OUTSIDE U.S. $7.95 MAY 2012 PERFECT PACKIN’ STAINLESSSTAINLESS TARGETTARGET IIII .38.38 SUPERSUPER SWISS SUPREME SIGARMS SIG551-A1 5.56MM CARACAL MODEL F 18-SHOT 9MM KEL-TEC RFB BULLPUP .308 FN SCAR CLONE! ISSCISSC MK22MK22 .22 LR WAR OF 1812 BICENTENNIAL US MARINE M1803 .54 The Kimber CDP. Carry Without Compromise. The new Ultra+ CDP II™ (left) with full-length grip and Ultra CDP II™ with short grip are chambered in .45 ACP. Both have 3-inch barrels that make them easy to conceal. CDP pistols feature night sights and The Pro CDP II™ .45 ACP has a The Custom CDP II™ .45 ACP is a a Carry Melt™ treatment for rounded 4-inch barrel and full-length grip. full-size 1911. Even with a 5-inch and blended edges. It weighs just 28 ounces. barrel, it weighs only 31 ounces. Absolute dependability combined with power and accuracy is everything in a carry pistol. Kimber® CDP (Custom Defense Package) models take that to the extreme, blending all the important carry DON’T JUST HUNT... features into a light weight, high-performance package. Built in the Kimber Custom Shop,™ each Ambush Firearms produces premiere AR-15 style hunting rifles, delivering has front strap checkering, match grade barrel, chamber and trigger, stainless steel slide and 6.8SPC takedown power in a package light enough for the most mobile hunter. All backed with lifetime warranties and responsive customer service. ambidextrous thumb safety. Seven models are offered, each an unequaled value. Chamberings Check out our website, or call for more information. include .45 ACP and 9mm. A carry pistol is the last place to compromise. Carry a Kimber CDP. ©2011 Kimber Mfg., Inc. All rights reserved. Kimber names, logos and other trademarks may not be used without permission. Names of other companies, products and services may be the property of THE CHOICE OF AMERICA’S BEST their respective owners. Kimber firearms are shipped with an instruction manual and California-approved cable lock. Copy of instruction manual available by request. kimberamerica.com 101 WARFIGHTER WAY | BLACK CREEK, GA 31308 | 1.855.AMBUSH2 | AMBUSHFIREARMS.com Kimber, One Lawton Street, Yonkers, NY 10705 (800) 880-2418 The Kimber CDP. Carry Without Compromise. The new Ultra+ CDP II™ (left) with full-length grip and Ultra CDP II™ with short grip are chambered in .45 ACP. Both have 3-inch barrels that make them easy to conceal. CDP pistols feature night sights and The Pro CDP II™ .45 ACP has a The Custom CDP II™ .45 ACP is a a Carry Melt™ treatment for rounded 4-inch barrel and full-length grip. full-size 1911. Even with a 5-inch and blended edges. It weighs just 28 ounces. barrel, it weighs only 31 ounces. Absolute dependability combined with power and accuracy is everything in a carry pistol. Kimber® CDP (Custom Defense Package) models take that to the extreme, blending all the important carry DON’T JUST HUNT... features into a light weight, high-performance package. Built in the Kimber Custom Shop,™ each Ambush Firearms produces premiere AR-15 style hunting rifles, delivering has front strap checkering, match grade barrel, chamber and trigger, stainless steel slide and 6.8SPC takedown power in a package light enough for the most mobile hunter. All backed with lifetime warranties and responsive customer service. ambidextrous thumb safety. Seven models are offered, each an unequaled value. Chamberings Check out our website, or call for more information. include .45 ACP and 9mm. A carry pistol is the last place to compromise. Carry a Kimber CDP. ©2011 Kimber Mfg., Inc. All rights reserved. Kimber names, logos and other trademarks may not be used without permission. Names of other companies, products and services may be the property of THE CHOICE OF AMERICA’S BEST their respective owners. Kimber firearms are shipped with an instruction manual and California-approved cable lock. 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That forklift platform is classed Production Manager Linda Peterson I was reading my January 2012 issue, as “Heavy Equipment” and requires Website Manager Lorinda Massey in specific the “Perfect Powders” article an extraction parachute to exit the Promotions Coordinator Elizabeth O’Neill CONTRIBUTING EDITORS by John Barsness in the Handloading aircraft (literally, a drag chute attached John Taffin, Holt Bodinson, Dave Anderson, column. In the included table in that to the platform yanks it out of the Clint Smith, Massad Ayoob, article, Mr. Barsness lists a .35 Whelen aircraft where the main parachutes Mike “Duke” Venturino load for 225-grain bullet of 65.0 grains deploy to lower it to the ground). FIELD EDITORS Varget with a pet load of 60.5 grains. Under no circumstances does anyone, Sam Fadala, David Codrea, John Morrison, Glen Zediker, John Sheehan, Jacob I have been loading .35 Whelen including the loadmasters, “push” Gottfredson, Mike Cumpston, John Barsness, for years, and Varget is my powder a load with an extraction parachute Dave Douglas of choice. The 65.0-grain load is attached to it out of the aircraft a dangerously overcharged load, because if that person becomes a full 10 grains over Hodgdon’s entangled with the load they will be recommended maximum charge for a pulled out of the aircraft with it, likely FMG PUBLICATIONS 225-grain bullet.