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FAMOUS IN THE PAST.. . FIRST IN THE FUTURE REVISION SERVICE By CLINTON P. ANDERSON FOR CURRENT U. S. Senator, D., New Mexico

YEAR n my library at home in New Mexico I 0 I have some good guns, and some good gun books. Books about the American west especially interest me, and when I go home during recesses of the Congress I always find time to do a little reading on guns and America. But more than this I enjoy hunt- ing. My ranch near Albuquerque is within easy reach of some of the Southwest's best big game hunting areas, and my favorite hunting gun is my Winchester Model 70 in .30-06 caliber, with Leupold 4X Pioneer BRAVERMAN scope in Leupold adjusto-mount bases. Un- fortunately, I don't have the opportunity to do enough hunting, not as much as I'd like, but I try to keep current with what's new in guns and hunting through the magazines. Also, I have a Colt Peacemaker Revolver that was the possession of a Texas sheriff who became a member of the Texas Rangers, and who willed the gun to one of my friends. this is the only-of-its-kind Gun Encyclopedia which, since 1951, has been serving those whose In the process, he told a little bit about its vocation or avocation includes Firearms . . . history and the number of men who had Collectors. Dealers, Gunsmiths, Libraries, Manu- been sent to their eternal resting place by Facturers, etc., throughout the world, are finding the gun. Naturally, it has a little more in- the Firearms Directory more and more valuable. terest for me than a less historical model. Police Laboratories from Scotland to Singapore use the Firearms Directory! Since its inception, The Firearms Directory has grown each year by means of additions and revisions, to the extent that it now weighs more than seven pounds! PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THOUSANDS OF ILLUSTRATIONS! 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Also, each patent in the Firearms field is extracted with illustrations and in- cluded in the annual supplement.. .And, of course, our world famous Isometric By JIM HARVEY Drawings - of which we now have sixty- seven - all to be included in the Firearms Versatile Firearms Inventor Directory! These range from the Collier Flintlock Revolver and Potterson Colt y favorite revolver is a .357 Magnum loaded with half-jacket, pure lead Harvey through the modern automatics -Truly a Jugular bullets that more than double the shocking power of factory fodder. wealth of material nowhere else available. AM Colt Super .38 Automatic is my favorite pistol for high velocity shock at long range, with my bullets. For varmint hunting with a handgun, I'll use the Harvey 224 Kay- EACH FID COMES TO YOU IN A SPECIALLY Chuk. For big game rifles, or dangerous game in cover, I'd choose one of the four DESIGNED, CUSTOM BUILT, TENGWALL BINDER! Harvey Maglaska Wildcats I developed for that very purpose. The .429 Maglaska Junior, Senior, Super Senior and .358 Maglaska are all good for quick, clean kills. Examine it % at your local Library, or order your own copy now . . . Energy runs from 4,000 foot pounds to 'way over the 5,000 foot pounds of some big English doubles, and velocity is higher. If an apology is necessary for favoring my PRICE - Including Revision Service for own developments, it's because they were designed to do a better job. In smaller bore Current Year rifles, I prefer a correctly loaded 7 mm to a 270 or .30-06. I've enjoyed owning most UNITED STATES:. $22.50 FOREIGN: $25.00 all rifle and handgun calibers since I started handloading the .38-55 rifle and 10 gauge shotgun when I was twelve. Of course, I'm a great believer in bullet accuracy and SHELLEY BRAVERMAN efficiency that has been increasing at a rapid rate in recent years. ATHENS 12, NEW YORK THE COVER ast May a man shot a bear. Lots of hunt- Lives there a hunter with soul so buns L ers shoot many bears each year, but we dead he never to himself hath think this one made news. For the hunter said, "Just once, I'd like to lay was Roy Rogers, "king of the cowboys," ,and sights on a big Brownie?" Roy FINEST IN THE FIREARMS FIELD the bear was one of the Alaskan brownies, Rogers did it -"the King of the unquestionably the king of North American Cowboys" vs. the King of the Bears, with the Roy Weatherby big game. Our cover story shows an interest- "Rifle of Tomorrow" in a starring ing side of one of America's most colorful role, of course. entertainment figures who is, in addition to his activity as a celluloid cowboy, a genuine AUGUST, 1958 VOL. IV, 8-44 ranchman and a skilled outdoorsman and hunter. For the man who perhaps cannot afford IN THIS ISSUE one gun for each type of game, Texan Bob Kindley makes out a good case for a rifle of 25 caliber. Both 2.57 Remington-Roberts huntina ... and the .250-3000 Savage rate high with him RO? ROGERS vs. THE KING OF BEARS...... Jnga Borg 12 as "one gun" choices. Knowing "whyn can NO TARGET FOR PIPSQUEAKS!...... Elrn~~Keith, 26 make you a better rifleman...... ¥,& . .. ,. :. . ..^;>.,'.. + . *,2- .:. 8., ..'l., Elmer Keith booms out with the story of shooting ... -, ..,. his rhino trophy. With a blam-blam from his GUNS FOR THE ONE-GUN BUDGET...... Bob Kindley 17 reliable Westley Richards double, Elmer WHY DON'T YOU TRY A BACKYARD SAFARI?...... Allyn H. Tedmon 20 drops one of Africa's "big five" which he .- ... , has waited many years to tackle. . The shotgunner has a double barreled bill- shotgun ...... , , < ,, .-.A ..... ing with "Patches for Pattern" and "The PATCHES FOR PATTERN ...... Calvin Dimm 23 Story of the Parker Gun." Turn'to Calvin Dimm's article first, on the use of cross collector ... patches to protect the shot charged Qimm's PARKER: HALLMARK OF EXCELLENCE...... Fred Copeland 30 trick has been proved as a practical altera- GUN OF THE MONTH: Hand-made Colt .45 Automatic. .R. E. O'Reilly 36 tion of factory-loaded shotshells, or could be applied when you roll your own. Then check defense ... on the Parker story-illustrated lavishly .22's FOR SURVIVAL...... Alfred J. Goerg 34 with those glowing photos from the old Parker catalogs. It's easy to see why these departments premier doubles still are in demand by trap ... MY FAVORITE GUN ...... shooters. TRIGGER TALK ...... We slipped one little story into this issue GUNS IN THE NEWS...... about .22 rifles. The article came in "cold," ELMER KEITH SAYS ...... and we read it over a couple of times, get- CROSSFIRE ...... 10 ting a little chillier each time. If you think ARMS LIBRARY ...... 55 of 22's only in terms of plinking and target SHOPPING WITH GUNS...... 56 shooting, this story may open up a thought channel. "Not pretty, but provocative," is one reader's evaluation. George E. von Rosen Art Arkush PUBLISHER E. B. Mann EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Next "month we pay homage to a remark- EDITOR able man, a foreigil inventor whose firearms .. . are of great importance in International .. William B. Edwards Elmer Keith prd M~L~~~~l-f *: * , - . shooting. He is Mikhail Margolin, whose Barker TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR ART < *. ART DIRECTOR upsidedowii pistol, the unconventional 33. rapid fire automatic the Russkies uncorked Louis Satz Marvin Ginn Jack McMahon L R. Pector at the Olympics, caused such a tempest in CIRCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTION '. the ISU cup of tea. This unique scoop, the full story of a leading Russian arms inventor Editorial Advisory Board COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GOERG is presented for the first time in a "western ROGER MARSH ROY 6. DUNLAP VAL FORGET1 KENT BELLAH world" firearms journal. The details and pitcures of Margolin's pistols will be of in- terest to every student of firearms design and to every American interested in the next Olympies. True, Margolin's talents have been used by his country for war. But it is in .his role REPRESENTATIVES- NEW YORK Eugene L. Pollock 40 East 40th St New York I6 N Y MUrrev today as a designer of ~eaceful22 target Hill 54760 MIDWEST Marvin'6inn 8150 N. ~ehtralPark ~ve.,"~kokie, Ill. b~c'hard54967. pistols that we present him. It is the way CALIFORNIA, The RGAverill Co.. ken Averill, 232 N. Lake St., Pasadena, Calif. Ryan 1-9291. we would like to present all stories of weapons, so that arms for war would become merely one curious part of history. But until the "millenium," the alternative is prepared- ness. We must know what "the other fellow" is doing. Margolin's designs give us an in- sight into his way of thinking and into the state of development of the Soviet small arms industry. EXCLUSIVE l 6.5 JAP ¥Ft Richardson, Alaska. Joan Marks won and the Junior Women's rifle championship here while holding the rifle stock under her arm. She wasn't trying to set a new fad. Joan is 7.7 JAP only 11 and the rifle was too long to fit her Loaded shoulder. * * * Ammunition ¥St John, Kans. Cindy Hobson, 9, daughter of a hunter, asked in school to name the - NORMA, the world's only manufacturer of year's four seasons, wrote down: "Duck, 6.5 and 7.7 Jap loaded ammunition, also supplies your favorite standard leer, quail, and pheasant." calibers. * * * Every cartridge is marked RE-signifying designed for reloading . . . Osnabrock. N. Dak. Hunter Ebba Nelson an added feature exclusive with NORMA. Perfectly formed bullets man- had his sights on a rabbit and was about to ufactured to highest standards with best obtainable powder, primers pull the trigger when there was a sudden swishing sound and the rabbit disappeared. and virgin brass cases, combine to make NORMA cartridges the out- An eagle had pounced down on it and, be- standing choice for shooters. fore Mr. Nelson could recover from his sur- arise and fire, his game was sky-high and aut of sight. ** 0 What's in a name? The Winchester Hotel s located in, of ***all places, Rifle, Colorado. @Kent County, Md. Some days you can't win for losing. Charles Ivens fired at a flying roose overhead and two came tumbling iown. He was promptly arrested by a game warden for exceeding* * the * day's limit. b Chicago, 111. Dr. Blaine Ramsay, 72, ipened the door to his consulting room ate at night to three visitors, two men ~nda woman. One of the three said, 'This is a stick-up," and pushed Dr. Xamsay back into a chair. They de- HI-STANDARD nanded money, ordered Dr. Ramsay to ake his hands out of his pockets and set busy. Dr. Ramsay did. He hauled i .38 caliber revolver out of his pocket ind started shooting. One of the men, in ex-convict, fell, badly wounded; the ither man and the woman fled. This is lot Dr. Ramsay's first experience in uch matters. In 1955, he killed another :x-convict who tried to hold him up in he Western Handgun takes on new meaning is office. Hold-up men should leave in the Double-Nine. For beneath its authen- h. Rarnsay alone, go to New York tic exterior is a superbly engineered modern rhere there's less chance of encounter- action already proof-tested for safety and per- ng an armed victim. formance in thousands of Hi-Standard Sentinels. * * * This provides a smoothness and accuracy unique Washington, D. C. A survey shows that the in revolvers of this type. ottontail rabbit is the most fired-upon game a this country. Next in order come squirrels, Faster than any other Western handgun because mail, ducks and geese, pheasants, doves. it fires nine shots double action, it has multiple, 9 shot, '22 long rifle single-stroke ejection for faster reloading, too. *** 1 Hollywood, Calif. Even though he's one short and long I f the most decorated heroes of World War $44.00 blued finish ym& d& Catalog I, Audie Murphy has to take shooting deluxe nickel $5,BSextn See w write fur 106. issons from a deputy sheriff. The law re- I uires that an actor using real guns in a iovie must take special instructions in their THE HIGH- STANDARD MANUFACTURING CORPORATION Hamden, Conn andling. 6 I "I've never had an shooting CCI" says... - I 1957 National Champion

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'I have never had a misfire with CCI primers. I have used them for three years because I had so many problems with other makes. In as I much as I have a small hand, I have the hammers on my .38 and .45 adjusted to give me a very light hammerfall, thus requiring a very sensitiv primer. Only CCI primers fire time after time without ever failing.

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Very good condition (fieautiful) .S59.00 paper on a pattern board or on some old sign- the wall full length. Such guns usually shoot U.S. THOMPSON MI-AI.43 CAI.. SUB MACHINE GUN. board or barn, to learn where it shoots for high, and guns with up pitch always shoot The latest model of the widely known Thompson nianufnctured for the U.S. Army. Complete with 20 elevation. This will save untold grief and very high. Pattern your gun and correct rd. box mas. Very food...... $7~.Oti ammunition when they turn to fast flying comb height or down pitch to bring the SWEDISH CAUL GUSTAP 9MM SUB MACHINE GUN M45. Current military weapon of several foreign center of your pattern to desired elevations, governments-with 36 rd. mag, and sling. New. targets or game. Until I know where a shot- excellent condition ...... ,875.00 gun shoots for elevation, I will not use it on and you will get more hits. DANISH MADSEN 9MM SUB MACHINE GUN 1046 (MACHINE PISTOL). Regartied as the utmost in con- game. struclion and desiffn. oldme stock. cleaning rod, New Hornady Vermin Bullets magazines, and mag. case. Shi ped in origina man Some guns have neutral rib pitch, but all ufacturer's box. New, excellent condition. . .$75.00 should have the rib pitched down some at J. W. Hornady of Grand Island, Neb., * These items are available in fully active condition the muzzle to compensate for the trajectory maker of fine 300 grain 375 magnum bullets with proper US. Treasury authorization to the buyer. - of the shot charge. Some have so much rib in both soft point and steel jacket solids, is THOMPSON 1926 6 Ml SMG PARTS now out with a new vermin bullet. These Stocks. complete with slide...... $9.95 1 pitch that the top of the rib lies low between Cutts Compensators ...... 2.75 the gun muzzles on double guns and right come in 50 and 55 grains, .22 caliber, and down flush on top of the muzzle of singles are made with a thin jacket for explosive No receivers. barrels or vert. pistol grips. effect when they strike. This makes them I DEWATS SHIPPED RREXPRESS COLLECT 1 with ribbed barrels. Such guns usually shoot high. For upland rising birds and for very effective on small pests, as well as INCOMPLETE RIFLE SALE I straight trap shooting, some rib pitch is safe in settled communities, so long as they necessary and desirable, and the gun should strike the ground. They simply explode on shoot with center of pattern about 8" high impact. They are very accurate as well in - at 35 to 40 yards. For skeet and general the .222 Hornady also makes the best 160 REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCKSÑ.5 CAL. grain rounduose soft point 6.5 bullet we IConverted from .58 Cai. V. S. Musket. Actions com- 1 shooting, some like patterns placed about 8" piete less firing pin. Most barrels will clean up. Less lit stock and possibly other minor parts. (Yes, some 1 high at 40 yards, while others want them have tested. Rust!). Can't lose with this item at this price. ¥A is ...... 4.95 to center right over the top of the rib. Shot- A few butt stocks are aiso avaihble 63 ...... 81.50 1 gun ribs are fixed and not much can be done Colt "Gold Cup" .45 Auto to change rib pitch, but the gunner should We have completed testing the Colt .45 pattern his gun and learn where it shoots. National Match Gold Cup model, and it is 30.40 KRAG BARRELED ACTIONS I With bolts, side plates, magazine box. etc. Paris alone If it shoots too low, then elevation can be one of the most accurate .45 autos we have 1' worth $18.00. 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Judge Mar- Elevations can also be changed by altering tin and I shot it at 20 yards, and I also the pitch of the stock. I have a fine best tested it at 50 yards. Five shots with good 1 1903 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE PARTS 1 quality Westley Richards 12 bore double hold at 50 yards placed three in one I Include postage on orders under $10.00. 1 with hand detachable locks, single trigger ragged hole, the other two cutting each 1903 A3 Barrels 4 or. New ...... $9.95 1 and ejectors. That gun shot so high I could other just above the three. This pistol will, Stocks. NewÑSemi.~isto grip...... 1.95 do but mediocre work with it, shooting over I believe, with any good full power match ~olts.NewÑSprin~ftel N s ...... 2.95 ^ most game. It has excessive rib pitch and ammunition, stay in the ten ring and usually 1 ~olts.New-A3-COiltraCt Èlf...... 1.95 1 fox of 4...... 3.95 was stocked very straight. I had Nate Bishop in the X ring of the standard pistol targets. 1 Front sight covers. New...... 25I of Albuquerque, New Mexico, restock it. The new arm has Micro fully-adjustable Nate fitted it with just as straight and just rear sights and a non-glare finish to top of as high a comb stock, but instead of zero slide. Balance of gun is really polished and Barrels, 4 flroove-Good Sedflely...... 3.95 1 rib pitch Nate gave the new stock almost perfectly blued. The hammer is short, nar- New. A3. 2 groove w/Front Site band ...... 2.95 3" of down pitch. That cured the trouble. row, and never bites the web of the hand in AND MANY. MANY MORE PARTS & INTEREST- Thus one can correct a gun's shooting if ING ITEMS FOR COLLECTORS. WRITE FOR LIST I recoil. Trigger pull is ~erfect,with anti- he will pattern it and give the subject a back-lash stop screw. The grip has the old SPECIAL AMMO OFFER little intelligent study. The more down pitch (Continu,ed on page 60) 7.92MM Short for German M.P. 44 "STURM- GEWEHR 44". 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armed, would have to turn to honest work for a living, thereby creating an increased unemployment problem. Bodrie Not Fast? Last but not least, New York has the worst crime record in the whole world, not Concerning your recent article on Joe merely in the United States, and you would . Bodrie, he is no doubt an expert shot but I not want the city fathers to relinquish such find little evidence of this from the claims a great honor, would you? made in the article. For example, to draw I have been in the "Casbah" of Algiers, with, faster than a person could clap his hands and in native quarters of other towns reputed would require only a draw speed of 5/12ths as bad, but I always felt safer in those sink- second (1/6 second for the actual clap, plus holes than I ever did just one block off of 1/4 second for the clapper's reaction time)- Broadway. So three cheers for the Sullivan this for the draw only, without aiming. To Law, protector of the criminal, and killer draw and hit the robot (distance not speci- of the innocent. fied) in second is not highly outstanding .45 Steve Matuch in my opinion, as any home-grown quick- Ambridge, Penna. draw artist can usually do a draw-and-hit in 1/2 second at say 10 feet, starting with the One Way to Get New Readers hand outstretched and a tin can resting on I just feel like taking the time to write the fingers 48 inches from the ground as a your magazine and mention how much I timing device. realize this timing method I enjoyed Elmer Keith's article, "Simba." does not include full reaction time, but the Personally I think Mr. Keith is in a class hand has four feet to travel to reach the by himself. This June issue was loaned to holster. Readers of should try this. GUNS two friends of mine, with the result that each When they can do it faster than a can can will send their $5.00 for subscription. Tell fall 27 inches, they have really accomplished Mr. Keith thanks and keep his experiences something. They should then try it at 20 feet. J. L. Waring coming. My family also looks forward to them each month. Your magazine is tops. Calgary, Canada SIERRAS! G. E. Murphy San Francisco, California Correspondents Wanted The hunter must After reading through a few back numbers Those Gun-Happy Arabs be smarter than the of your magazine GUNS I thought I would When I picked up my copy of GUNS for write and tell you how much it is enjoyed May, 1958, I was more than a little shocked hunted if he is going and appreciated not only by myself but by at the cover. to bring home meat for the chaps down at our local rifle range. We The man on the extreme left, intent on the the table or a trophy have no magazine of this calibre in England, mechanism of his new Soviet shootin' arn, which is unfortunate as there must be hun- will surely send his friend at the extreme for the wall. dreds of chaps over here interested in all right to Allah's Paradise if there's a round the aspects of shooting. in that gun of his. He himself is in con- Smart hunters know Could you, through your columns, put me siderable danger from the happy-go-lucky in touch with a young American "gun-crank" . their rifles because comrade in the middle foreground, who interested in all things shooting who would apparently has a bead on number one's wish- they sight-in regularly correspond with me? I have a hobby of bone; and the lens louse in the middle of with Sierras- collecting the labels from different cartridge the picture is likely to slice an ear off the bullets whose makers boxes; have any of your readers got far right lad if the left-hand comrade doesn't similar hobbies apart from our favorite rifle shoot him first. The only persons in the accuracy and shooting? whole shootin' match who seem to have any reliability are Derek R. Breese gun sense are the camel trooper in the back- Shirley, Croydon, ground and the man whose foot and leg unquestioned. Surrey, England appear lower right. They at least have their . guns pointed up in the air. I don't give the Defense (P) For the Sullivan Law doubly menaced lad just behind the second 1think your attack on the Sullivan Law, cautious citizen credit for much savvy, for in your June issue, is unjustified. You are if he had any sense he'd get out and away looking at it from the wrong angle. from the careless three in the middle fore- First of all, the authorities feel (and ground. rightly so) that the average citizen does not Altogether, the cover is a wonderful ob- ject lesson as to how not to handle firearms ASK FOR THEM AT YOUR LOCAL DEALER need a gun for his livelihood, but a criminal does. So they make it impossible for a in company. decent citizen to obtain a gun, but make it Joseph F. Morris easy for the criminal to have one. Makes Selah, Washington IERRA sense, doesn't it? It's a news photo, not a lesson in gun BULLETS Secondly, if crime was slightly dangerous safety. In fact, the most dangerous aspect s in New York, a lot of yellow punks and of the picture (and story) may be, not the hoods, who wouldn't take a chance if they way these lads handle their n w guns, but the fact&& the have the&-Edi~s.I 6 W. WHITTIER BLVD. WHITTIER. CALIF. thought their intended victim might be ,. . In my opinion your magazine is the leader in its field and is enjoyed in this section. However your article on "Pistol Pete" seems to be highly inaccurate and would tend to WORLD'S 1 stir up bad feeling about issues which should be forgotten. Your union veteran died in 1958 at 95 years of age. That would make him 2 years old when the war ended and by far the youngest member of the GAR. He was given a .4,5 with metallic ammunition when he was 10 (in 1873) which must have been about the first of its type to arrive in Okla. Keep up the good work with the magazine but leave the manufacture of history to the fiction writers. Olaf Otto, Jr. Savannah, Georgia Better read the story again. It was Pistol MAGNUM Pete's father, Frank Eaton ST., who was the Civil War veteran. Pistol Pete was 97 when he died, a few weeks ago. As to the .45 with rnetdlic ammunition- WITH we noted the date, decided it was possible. CHROME PLATED Whether probable or not is a matter of BORE opinion. Glenn Shirley (no fiction writer but a highly regarded researcher and historian) took Pistol Pete's word for it. What else could he do?-Editors. Verification Your article on the Sullivan Law in ths June, 1958, issue hits the problem right on the head. My own experience parallels Mr. Mann's in the acquisition of a pistol permit. After two years, I tired of the privilege of owning a pistol; I could not afford the time A graceful streamlined beauty, incom- off the job required yearly to renew my parably light in weight, the Franchi permit. Today, I just collect antique fire- Automatic is furnished with chrome lined arms, cap and ball, and flint. They tell me barrels, chrome plated breech block and that New York City is now endeavoring to carrier, rustless anodized receiver, all- create laws constricting this hobby also. weather stock finish, gold-plated trigger, Thanks to GUNS, a very wonderful maga- and an automatic cut-off; each is an ex- zine, these conditions are brought to light elusive feature of the Franchi line. Com- . and people are made aware of them. I've plete interchangeability ot parts. been a subscriber since your first issue and With hollow-matted or ventilated will be for ever more. ribs Samuel Weiner at slight extra cost. In three grades. Flushing 54, N.Y. May also be had in the fabulous 12 gauge MAGNUMchambered for the three-inch Here's A Place To Shoot - shell. STANDARD GRADE I NOW! 12 GA. MAGNUM The Tri-Boro Rod & Gun Club of Brook- At your local Sporting Goods lyn, N.Y., has openings for a limited number Dealer or write direct to with pad. of new members. The club shoots both .22 only $148-00 ! only W0 rifle and .22 to .38 special pistol at our own range, and we have arrangements for big ARMS bore rifle shooting at other" club and public STOEGE R CORPORATION I ranges. Interested shooters please communi- 45-18 Court Square Long Island City 1, N. Y. cate with: David Youner, 50 Lenox Road, I Brooklyn 26, N.Y., for further details. David Youner L F - 50 Lenox Rd. Brooklyn 26, N. Y. Ma Hunter Present A Keith Disciple A complete collection of U.S. machine guns May I take this opportunity to thank you for a fine and grand magazine. I especially M-3 GREASE GUNS like your fight for sensible gun laws. And as for men knowing their guns and what they will do, I do not think there is anyone equal to Elmer Keith. I agree with him 100 per cent about big bores and heavy bullets. Al- though small bores and light fast bullets only a few available. $80.00. 1 (3) 860.00.SO cal. M2 aircraft guns. New in original cases-few made by Colt. Will be shipped to early purchasers. have their place, it is not in stopping big (4) B.A.R. Swedish manufacture-All parts interchangeable with U.S. BAR. Excellent condition. $75.00. game, be they of the four or two legged Good condition $50.00. A few. miss me minor parts, $40.00. (5) Ma Hunter has just received another shipment of FLAKE GUNS all in excellent to new condition. Our ChoiceÑ$7.0 ppd. Nopermit necessary. Parachute flares 93.50 ea. . Star Shells variety. $2.50 ea. Coast Gua approv . . Ernest Roy Best (6) Send 25c for 2nd edition of hither-to unoffered rare arms and ammo for the shooter and collector. Dallas, North Carolina JUST ARRIVEDÑ7.9 mm Kurt%AMMO. $60.00 per thousand-$7.00 per hundred. (Continued on page 50) ROY ROGERS vs. THE KING

VETERAN HUNTER ROY ROGERS. JUST BACK

FROM AFRICAN SAFARI. GETS HIS BIGGEST

HUNTING THRILL-A BIG KODIAK BROWNIE

Sighting-in .300 Weatherby Magnum, Roy Rogers checked his gun from bench rest at guide Kris Helgason's range before go- ing out for bear. Marshy tundra (right) made heavy walking.

By INGA BORG F YOU THOUGHT you knew the man on our cover, it's only because you do Photos by LEE GREEN 1 know him-as does practically everybody else on this spinning globe we call the world. It's Roy Rogers~appearingin a role that may seem new for him to you, but a role in which he is thoroughly at home, for Roy is an experienced hunter. He bagged 29 fine trophies on a recent African safari, had hunted ex- tensively before that. But one major hunting challenge still remained un- answered: Rogers wanted a "big brownie9'-one of the great Alaskan bears popularly known under the misnomer of "Kodiak" because of the great numbers of them on Kodiak Island which lies south and east of the Alaskan peninsula, named for the first Russian colony in America which was founded there in 1784. The bear's habitat actually includes the entire peninsula plus a band extending halfway down the Canadian west coast, as well as Kodiak Island. The Alaskan brownie has been called "the world's biggest carnivore," but this too is technically a misnomer; the bear is omnivorous, eating grass and kelp as well as fish and flesh. But this dietary technicality hardly warrants a hunter to forsake caution; the beast is heavily armed and unpredictable. Ever since the days of Russian occupation, reports have come down out of the north- ,. . Successful hunt ended when both Ro s shot their bears. Rogers got good sized nine- . ' footer, stopped with one shot at about 200 yards by .300 Weatherby Magnum.

land of raging charges, mauling attacks, bloody death in on the hunt was Kris Helgason, outfitter, guide, and pro- the wake of these Pleistocene Age survivors. And they are prietor of one of the finest hunting camps on Kodiak big! Conservative estimates place the average weight of the Island. Lee Green, photographer, completed the visiting Alaskan brown at about 800 wounds: but trovhv. , animals party. have been weighed at twice that figure, and over. A big Spring hunting at Kodiak starts April 5th and lasts one, on his hind legs in fighting posture, may tower eleven through June. Rogers' return from Africa was so late that feet or more from heel to ear-tip. And few living things it left only two weeks to get their equipment together. Guns pack the power that lies in those huge, pelt-hidden muscles. were no problem; Roy owns a fine battery of hunting rifles, Roy's Alaskan trip was planned and set up by Roy including the .300 Weatherby Magnum which he had used Weatherbv of Weatherbv's Inc.. west coast manufacturers on his African safari: and of course Rov Weatherbv has of custom-made rifles which they advertise as "America's guns for every possible purpose. But the clothes needed for Finest Firearms-Tomorrow's Rifles Today." Their bbhost'* Alaska were not available in Southern California, and the From a high spot above the bear, Roy took his shot. Range was about 200 yards; Rogers fired when bear rose suddenly from brush.

Johnnie, a guide, and Rogers pause to exam- ine trail of bear. They spotted big animals from an airplane, then landed to stalk them.

Prone beside glacial stream, Ro ers takes a drink of icy water cowboy style. Day was unusualy? warm for May in Alaska.

Two-man huntwith one spotting, one shooting, proved to be best way to search out bears. party decided to wait and buy cold weather gear in Alaska. period. The fall season of two week periods starts Septem- The outer garments must be correct, they were warned, or ber 15th and lasts through- November 14th. During- this they would suffer. You have to be sure to get a parka that time the bear gets a new, short, but rich-looking coat to comes well down over the kidneys, for example, a vulner- cover him during the approaching winter. Hunting is a bit able point in this cold climate. There are other items im- easier in the fall, as the bears may be discovered feeding- portant to maintaining comfort in this kind of hunting, but along salmon streams and on the lake shores. more of this later. Right now it was important to make Roy and his party were scheduled for the two weeks plans, confirm reservations, and send the hunting fees to starting May 1st. They flew from Los Angeles to Seattle, Helgason. where they transferred to the splendid Pan American Clip-, Hunting on Kodiak Island is carefully controlled and per Fleet Ship with its vista dome. Upon arrival in Kodiak only a limited number of bears can be killed during a Island, they were met by an experienced bush pilot, a repre- season. The fee for each hunter is $1,000.00. This charge sentative of Kris Helgason, named Vince Daley. He ar- covers the plane trip from Kodiak Bay to Terror Bay and ranged for their hunting licenses at $50.00 each, and back, plus lodging, food, and boats for two weeks. Your helped select the other gear they needed. Temperatures were personal effects and transportation from home to Kodiak ranging about 30' or a little higher, so cold weather clothes and back is not included, nor are guns and ammunition. If were essential. Roy and Lee got long parkas, but Weatherby you should wish to bring a non-hunter, the fee is $350.00 felt he could manage with his short one. They bought warm per person. Husband and wife, both hunters, pay only mittens and also some Jon-e handwarmers-small pocket $1,500.00 for the hunt. To secure a reservation, one-third stoves that are mighty welcome to cold-stiffened fingers. deposit is required. Vince also explained that they would need hip length rub- The hunting periods run from April 5th to April 18th, ber boots, Shupac hunting boots, light weight rain coats, April 20th to May 3rd, May 5th to May 18th, and May 20 and Arctic "longjohn" underwear. They got all these items to June 2nd. In the spring, the big bear's fur is heavy, together and soon were flying in Daley's Grumman Goose glossy, and long because of his extended hibernating amphibian toward Terror Bay.

As launch chugged up inlet, Rogers scanned rock slopes for signs of bear which might be feeding. Weatherby dropped Hensoldts in favor of cup of Java on chill day. On the trail of supper, Rogers checks Clara Helgason's famous caribou stew before sitting down to dinner (below).

At base camp, the Helgason family was there to "meet them and show them to their cabins. Clara Helgason is a good housekeeper and an excellent cook, as they were soon to discover. Good barley soup, sour milk biscuits, and moose meat, topped off with apple pie and coffee, were followed by an hour or so of talk and then-bed. Morning starts at 3 A.M. here, and early to bed is the custom. The first chore the following morning was to sight-in the guns. Kris has a bench rest and target setup two or three hundred yards from the cabins, and here they all gathered to make sure the scopes had not been jarred off setting in shipment. They listened carefully, too, to Kris' (miet tips on bear and how to hunt them. A man doesn't want to make a mistake after coming this far, on a target that can make a mistake disastrous. Having proved the guns, the party rowed out to one of Kris Helgason's two fine power boats. Bears have been known to lurk within a few hun- dred yards of Kris' camp, but the mountain slopes along the shores of the sea and lakes and channels are the best prospects and,as the boat slid slowly up along the beautiful northern coast of the Pacific, the hunters got out their binoculars. The water was very still and everyone spoke in a whisper, if they spoke at all, for the Kodiak is so sensitive to sound that he can hear the snap of a twig several hundred yards away, and in this still land even the soft sounds of the water lapping on the boat travel up the cliffs surprising distances. They scanned the countryside for a tiny black spot or a hint of a movement in the thickets, and it soon became a contest to see who would spot game first: the guide with his experienced eye, or the hunter with his lenses glued in anticipation. Bears usually appear quite high up, rolling in the tundra grass or in the snow, or just below the snowline as they come down for food or water. They did not spot any bear the first day, and on the second day it was decided that they would fly over Terror Bay in a small Piper Super Cub equipped with floats. From the plane they could see whether or not 'the bears had moved down out of the high towering mountain terrain. Flying over jagged peaks, with the plane skimming the snowy slopes so low that passengers can easily spot the piepan-like bear tracks, is a nerve-wracking experi- ence in itself, but the hunters soon forgot allelse when they caught sight of a path of such tracks. They followed them to trail's end and there dis- covered several big- bears. One ROYestimated to be approximately 12 feet long. He reared in defiance when they roared over him twenty feet off the ground, and the hunters gained a healthy respect for this monster which defied an airplane. Eventually, bear were spotted all over the island. Cameraman Lee Green holds .300 WM on FN action, Imperial Mental notes were made of the most easily reach- scope, which Rogers used to make den rug out of big brownie. able location, and the plane (Continued on page 48) 16 ONE-GUN

By BOB KINDLEY CCORDING TO SOME of the experts, it's against the rules to use the same A rifle for both varmints and big game. It seems to be a sort of writer's law that you must have a different rifle for every target. This is fine, if you can afford it. However, a lot of ordinary "joes" who have to watch the shooting budget are limited to one centerfire rifle, and they are looking for one caliber that will do a satisfactory job on both woodchucks and deer. For shooters who are financially restricted to just one "all-around" rifle for everything from ground squirrels to medium big game, one of the good .25's will get the job done. If you don't intend to reload, a Savage 99 lever gun or a bolt action sporter chambered for the .250-3000 are excellent choices. The 87 grain factory loads for the .250 are murder on varmints, while the 100 grain loadings are potent medicine for anything up to and including mule deer. The long popularity of this caliber proves its usefulness.

Case for virtues of .25s is made by Kindley who shows lineup of his favorites: .250-

3000 in 99 Savage and FN spoder; Remington 722 and Model 70 in .257 Roberts. +: , ' 'b. Plenty potent for medium game such as this handsome white-tail buck is ,250-3000. Caliber is popular in the Savage M99 rifle.

For the reloader, a good sporter chambered for the .257 Roberts is a better bet, especially if his once-a-year deer hunt takes him into territory where he might run into some- thing larger than deer. With a .257 and handloads, he can handle anything he is apt to encounter in the States, always providing, of course, that he can place his shots. The -257's 1 in 10 twist handles 117, 120, and 125 grain bullets effi- ciently, and when these are handloaded to 2850-2900 feet per second they qualify as big game loads! The -25's have an interesting history. Before the advent of the .22 Hornet, the .25-20 was the most popular varmint cartridge. And for a very good reason. During this period, any rifle shooting 2" groups at 100 yards was considered really "hot." Many run-of-the-mill 25-20's shot much bet- ter than that. The little cartridge in a good Model '92 Winchester or a 23-D Savage can be depended upon to hit varmints up to 150 yards regularly. The only .25-20 I owned was a long-barrelled Model '92 Winchester. Handloads in this lever gun, using a bead front and Lyman peep rear, were surprisingly accurate. The Ideal 85 grain gascheck bullet backed by 10 grains , , of #4759 shot into 2" groups consistently. The same bul- *,Roberts .257 attains high accuracy in odd 70, sitting. V,, let, hollow-pointed, killed jackrabbits very efficiently. The little cartridge just didn't have enough "poop" to break up slugs on ground contact, and for that reason wasn't very satisfactory in settled areas; but it was fun to shoot and an accurate game-getter. For a long time, the .25-35 and the -25 Remington rim- less were favorite light deer cartridges. Rifles chambered for both cartridges were light, handy, easily carried, and Good for varmints but obsolescent are (L) .25-20 and .25-35. Rimless .25 Reming- ton is less common now, came in old M I41 Gamemaster. Two silvertips are .250- 3000 and .257 Roberts. Right: .25-06 Neidner, .25-06 Hicks, .257 Weatherby.

ground as varmint calibers in favor of the host of hot- shot .22's. And the .270,7 mm and .30 calibers have pushed the .2Ss aside as big game rifles. Rifles are no longer chambered for the .25-20. The .25 Remington rimless was discontinued some years ago. Marlin's .25-30 is a dead turkey, and Winchester no longer chambers their Model 70 for the excellent .250-3000. True, the center-fire .22's have distinct advantages over the -25's as varmint rifles. Most have less recoil. The light, thin-jacketed .22 slugs break up upon hitting the ground, thus eliminating the ricochet problem. And practically all of the hot-shot .22's are cheaper to reload, due to their smaller case capacity. For big game, the larger calibers are a much better choice. The .270, 7 mm, or any of the 30 calibers throwing a heavier bullet hit a much harder wal- lop, punch a bigger hole through heavy game, and leave an easy-to-follow blood trail. Three .250-3000 loads grouped I '/2" x However, for the man who must make one rifle serve 2" at 100 yards without sight change. both purposes, a good, accurate .25 has many advantages over either the .22's or the larger calibers. As the varmint- deer combination, for the rifleman who sharpens his eye on' (in spite of what you may have heard), many a .25-35 Mod- chucks and crows during the summer months in anticina- el '94 carbine will shoot with eye-opening accuracy. A tion of that big ~ovemberhunt, the .25's are hard to beat. buddyof mine regularly shoots a beat-up .25-35 carbine They have a sharper, louder report and more recoil tha with a 4X Weaver in the local offhand turkey shoots. His the -22's. None, however, have more than a mild kick, i fodder? Factory ammo right off the shelf. And it is seldom eluding the souped-up wildcats. The little .250-300 that he fails to tak6 home poultry. This same .25-35 has dropped five shots into many a palm-sized group at 200 yards, which is good shooting forany game But most of the .25's have sort of slipped aq+ u! +ab~e+s~addeq3 s! (dwn+s jo +qb!~ pue Aolaq +ods a+!q~)uezt oxwqo+ Ips

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T WAS A TENSE MOMENT as Willard Chappel lined ''N0w.f'' Chappel's whisper was hardly a breath of sound I his Redfield-mounted 330 Weaver on the spot at which beside me. "Now, if he'll just hold still for a second-!" we expected our quarry to appear. Crouching beside him, The crack of the gun was starthgly loud in the stillness my own scope in careful alignment, I could see the and? in my glass the raider vanished. But there was a varmint-bits of him, gleaming like yellow metal between dark blur on the white back-drop against which we had the verticals of jungle-like growth that shielded him. This trapped him, and I knew that the 100 grain 6 mm Sierra was a big one! Big and ugly, with heavy jaws and curving slug9 traveling on the "shock wave" of 43 grains of 4831 claws that, through the glass, looked powerful enough powder, had accomplished its purpose. No living thing to crush a man's bones. could take a wound like that, and live. We'd find him, in Deliberately, it stretched its long legs and lurched the deep grass below the backstop. forward. It stopped, and for just a moment 1 thought it had Eagerly, we scrambled up and ran forward. "A gravid seen. us. But then it moved againy following the exact female," Chappel said, as we scanned the remains. "Glad course we had predicted. It seemed heavy and awkward; I got her before she started chawin' on my grapes! And but we knew that it could move with frustrating sudden- the sex don't matter; there's no season on 'em, no regula- ness. One careless move on our part now could spoil tionsÂand no limit. Fact is, the more of 'em you shoot, the the shot which we had set up so carefully. better folks like you. Colorado folks just naturally hate grasshoppers. So do I-except as targets. They do make monotonous, I assure you. real tricky targets for a man with a rifle; small enough at Of all the many rifle and revolver addicts I have known, 75 yards to make you hold carefuly and real tricky. You've no other was as crazy over rifle and revolver shooting as got to bide your time and then shoot when you got 'em my friend Willard Chappel. Last spring, I spent four where you want 'em; they can sure jump sudden." days with him at "The Ranch" east of Pueblo, celebrating surirised? You mean you've never hunted grasshoppers his 80th year. The first three days, a dust storm kept us with a rifle? You ought to try it. Here's a game target you cooped up in the house and not a shot was fired. Chappel can stalk and shoot in your own back yard (if you're isn't used to three days with no shooting, and he was luckv enough" to have that kind of a back yard),. .. or on restless as a range stallion in a high corral. But on the any hillside. You can use any rifle you happen to have, fourth day the storm blew itself outy the sun shown agaiu, or the rifle you like besty or the rifle with which you need and Chappel said, "Let's get going!" There was no question practice. Or, if you're real sharp with a pistol, you can of getting ready; guns and ammunition had been waiting use a handgun. Here's fun-shooting that adds hunting since the time of my arrival. factors to mere plinking; and there are no bag limits. Now it happens that Chappel got his start as a shooter Yes, hunting grasshoppers is a lot of fun. Their number when ammunition was cheap. Two boxes of -22 Long Rifle is infinite and-the season is open, spring, summer, and fall, cost 25 cents; -30-30 cartridges cost about 60 cents per everywhere. I admit that you do not need a -243 or a -250 box; a -30-30 Winchester carbine sold for about $12, and to kill them-a Daisy Red Ryder carbine will do it-but the first Savage -303 rifle I ever bought cost just $18. This hitting them at 75 yards with a lightweight sporter? as was 50 years ago. In those good old days, we could shoot Willard B. Chappel, the Dean of Colorado's Fun Shooters to our heart's content with a "high power rifle" for about does it, is nice shooting. The number of clean, one-shot what it costs you now to shoot a -22 rim fire. As a result, kills you'll get at that distance won't make the sport we shot a lot, at all kinds of (Continued on page 37) YOU CAN KILL MORE DUCKS WITH

By CALVIN DIMM

ROM MY COTTAGE overlooking Upper Chesa- F peake Bay, I watchedyyear after year, the activities in from six to ten duck blinds facing decoy spreads. With ducks flying thick and hunters volleying at singles? doubles? and flocks, the results I saw were disappointing to say the least. Andy seeing the cripples in all stages of disability afterwardy I didn't confine myself to saying the least-I made many a nasty crack about the inept gunnery of waterfowlers. So I tried a bit of waterfowling myself, and 1 apologize. I had had 40 years of trap and upland game s~attergunning~where anything from the -410 to the 12 gauge will bust the clays or kill the small upland bird targets. I know now that waterfowl-big birdsy flying high and fasty with down armor that prevents deep shot penetration-are a different kettle 0' fish entirely. Knowing that the gunnem I watched were using the best guns and ammo obtainabley I blamed the misses and the cripples on bad shooting. To some extent? I was right; but I'm convinced now that part of the trouble? even a major part7 was in the ammuni- tion. This is the story of my own weeks of studyy of trial-and-error reloading and shooting, to find better loads for waterfowl shooters. I took my first duck hunting trip in the season of y54ywith a wildfowling veteran who knew his stuff and had complete equipment. Doc said it would be a good day for ducks because it was so miserable for humans; cold7 wet7 and windy. He was right. Eagle eyed? he was soon picking out ducks as they rounded the horizon. We had lots of shots; eighty shells went up in smoke. We picked up eight ducks. We were both using twelve gauge gunsy with extra-long-range loads7 (1% oz. No. 4 shot) -the best the man had in the store.

GRANDPA'S TRICI FOR HIS MUZZLELOADER

GRANDSON COMES UP WITH WAY OF .D On the long drive home I expressed my disgust with less for black powder just before the turn of the century. our shooting. Doc, from long experience, seemed satisfied. Present dav shotgun shells do not set the woods on fire He pointed out that when the targets were low over the as crandPa'?s uselto do, but other than that, there's not too water the shot splash was usually on target. "We were much difference. hitting them, all right, but not with enough stuff to knock Thinking of Grandpa and his hatred of crows gave me 'em down. A duck is a tough customer.'' an idea. Grandpa used to shoot crows out of an old wild- His fowling piece was an Ithaca Featherlight 12 gauge, cherry tree on the farm, at distances that seemed in- plugged for three shells. Mine was a Browning Super- credible. Taking the trouble to verifv it when I started posed? full and modified choke? 26" barrels. After taking experimenting, stepped off 60 to the base of the a few shots, I knew it was inadequate on ducks at more tree from where he stood with his old double-barrel than 25 yards-or at least this was as good an alibi as muzzle loader. To do as well now would be an achievement. 1 could think of. Doc and I are both above average with To load, Grandpa would "measure" a good sized pile shotguns, and we felt the need for a good excuse. of black powder in the palm of his hand and pour it down The equipment of riflemen has been improved so much the barrels. Before ramming in a couple of balls of paper in the, past 50 years through constant intensive research from Sears, Roebuck's catalog, he would bump the locks and experiment that nothing in the way of ballistics and with the heel of his hand to fill the tubes. Then he would performance surprises us. Not so the scattergunner. Little center a five-inch square of tough paper over each muzzle has been done to improve his smokepole since the introduc- and form cups by ramming them just inside the muzzles. tion of the choke over a hundred years ago; and the These were filled with shot and rammed down onto the fodder is basically the same since they substituted smoke- wads. With a half page from Sears, balled up and rammed

Guns checked by Dimm include Browning 5-shooter and O/U with barrels of various borings; 32" full choke trap and field single Lefever, and fancy 32" full Ithaca single trap. Reloading was done with elementary equipment. Patched reloads used cross folded into cup (center, below shot). At right, cut shell shows patch inside.

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down each barrel to hold the shot, Grandpa put a couple of caps on the nipples and was in business. The tight pattern from this old blunderbuss, totally innocent of choke, was amazing. He was banned from the local shooting matches because Old Betsy literally riddled 1 - the targets. He had to use any one of the newfangled breech loaders he could borrow from reluctant friends. The more I tought, the more convinced I was that Grandpa's tight patterns were a result of his trick of enclosing his shot in those cups of tough paper. But the cups wouldn't work in a breech loader; they wouldn't go through the forcing cone in front of the chamber. (Old Betsy had no cone.) The problem of getting a tight, hard- hitting, far-reaching pattern had to be solved inside the shell itself. My though was that a cup that would insulate the shot from the barrel would serve two purposes: (a) prevent .. - . . > ., the shot charge from touching the bore, and (b) hold back the wads till the shot could get away. Friction with the inside of the bore of a gun is terrific, due to resistance against the sudden acceleration of the shot charge. This touch the barrel. A most useful function of the patch is its m- causes the outside pellets to wear flat and fly erratically. This, parachuting action. Its violent contact with the air as it together with the spin imparted by rolling down the barrel, emerges from the muzzle causes it to open like an umbrella causes pellets to curve and stray, producing ragged fringes and then fold back over the wads, slowing them down and in the pattern. And strobe photographs prove that wads preventing any interference with the shot column. The do get into the shot string after emergence from the barrel, wads, encased by the cross patches, are usually found about . . kicking the shot off course and causing blown patterns. 20 yards out from the gun. The deep indentations left by Choke tends to hold the wads back just long enough to the pellets on the hard fiber patch indicate the great pres- allow the shot to get ahead and stay ahead of the wads. sure the explosion imparts on each pellet. The bottom layers This is the choke's most useful function, but it is not of shot show the greatest pressure. Without patches, this infallible. would cause disruption of the charge. I tried using heavy, stiff paper, sections of 16 gauge The photos of patterns are selected from dozens to show shells, 35 mm film, and other materials in many tests over that the patched charge will produce a tight, dense, even several months. Patterns improved greatly, but results pattern from short guns with little or no choke, and that were spotty. Sometimes primers indicated high pressures, such patterns are much smaller than unpatched similar or patterns were dense in streaks. One gadget produced a loads from guns specially designed and known to be effi- pattern in the shape of an "X." cient at long range. Improvement of high-potency shells But the device herein described seems to have every- shells like the new 2%" Magnum is strikingly apparent. thing. The pattern is dense and even, with the few strays Penetration is slightly deeper with patches as we proved by confind to those rare pellets which are malformed in manu- shooting at old Sears catalogs and noting pages to deepest facture. Pellets cannot spin and curve because they do not penetration. (Continued on page 52) By ELMER KEITH

A TON AND A HALF OF HARD HIDED. HARD HEADED. ILL TEMPERED, POWER PACKED UNPREDICTABILITY, THE AFRICAN RHINO IS. TRULY. No Target for Pipsqueaks!

Every day in Africa was a memorable experience because of variety of game seen, whether the wanted trophy was taken or not. At left, Keith examines Thompsons Gazelle trophy buck. Below, giraffes march as safari (above) halts to let them pass. .

guardians, making him difficult to stalk. It is said that he On the 22nd of November, we started hunting rhino will fight a buzz saw at any time, and he probably will, in earnest. We had no luck that day, but, coming home if crowded. Most of those I saw were more anxious to in the jeep at 30 miles an hour through solid thorn, we get away than to fight. Yet, in killing the big five of ran smack into a big bull giraffe as we rounded a corner. African dangerous game, a cheeky young bull rhino was Luckily for us, John had just tightened the brakes that the only animal that took me on. morning, and was able to stop six feet from the big bull. My first sight of rhino was one that crossed what went He was an old residenter. His tail had been chewed off, for a road in the elephant country while we were on our also his left ear, probably by lion. He showed no inclina- way to a distant village to pick up a local tracker. He tion to get out of the way or even give us the road and was a quarter of a mile ahead of us, and we left the car calmly looked right down our shirt collars as he towered and proceeded on foot, trailing him back into the dense over the jeep. John told him exactly what he thought of thorn bush. his ancesters in the best British army vernacular, and We had not trailed him more than a quarter to a half finally he moved off the trail barely enough to let us pass. mile when we came up with him. He heard us and turned, Greater Kudu and giraffe were quite plentiful here, and facing us squarely at 30 yards. I could see only the head and on a 100 mile circle with the jeep the next day, we horn and the little ears, and held my aim just under the found plenty of fresh elephant tracks, and I got a very fine nose, with my.476 Westley Richards double rifle loaded boar wart hog that crossed the trail ahead of us. We with 520 grain solids, while John looked him over. John trailed him a quarter of a mile or so through the brush said, "Horn's too short and too thin," so we stood per- before Old Songi, one of our trackers, spotted him and I fectly still and soon the rhino blew a couple of miniature was able to give him a 300 grain soft nose, off hand at steam-whistle snorts and took off in the opposite direction. 140 yards. He had beautiful wide-spreading tusks fully 11 That evening, while the native boys were driving the inches out of the skull on each side. big Austin truck back to the village, they saw a huge bull On the 24th, we cut a whale of a big rhino track and, rhino with a horn well over 20 inches cross the road with the sun boring down on us and a temperature of ahead of them. Even in Africa, it is often the man with- about 140°we trailed that big bull into dense thorn for out the gun who sees the trophy game. If we had seen this two and a half hours and never caught up. Finally we one, we might have saved ourselves many days of hard found where he had joined a group of four or five more hunting. rhinos, one a cow with a young calf. The bush was so 28 Dturo tribesman are fighting men, use weighted, leaf-bladed, razor-sharp spears against raiding Masai, eat beef, not game.

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thick we could not see over five yards, and we gave up them hour after hour through dense brush, only to lose finally, figuring that, with so many small rhino with them for one reason or another. Disgusted, we moved him, there was too big a chance of having to kill one camp again, this time some 65 miles north into greater we did not want. should we come onto them at such close kudu country. range. This was great elephant country and trees were Here we learned that a rhino had killed a native man pushed over or torn apart in all directions where the a short time before; caught him going home after dark

hugeu beasts had fed. and charged him. The horn hit the man in the seat We moved camp some 65 miles to the west, and here and wentclear up through his heart. There were rhino saw numerous rhino tracks, some of them good big ones. all around this camp and, at one water hole some five One old bull left his tracks right through camp, and we miles northwest of camp, we found the largest rhino set up tents on both sides of his trail, knowing that these track I saw on the trip; but we also jumped two native brutes have regular trails to their water holes. I slept with poachers out of their hide-out a few feet from the water my .476 loaded with solids by the side of my cot, but he hole. With rhino horn worth ten dollars per pound and the never came back. skins worth $40 or more per animal, poachers keep these This was the worst tse tse fly country we encountered, rhino on the move. This big bull had watered the day and it was hotter than hell every day. It was nice open before and the natives had kept him away from the water. bush on the ridges, but the bottoms were choked with Next day, we went back again, and again found fresh dense thorn and the rhino would water near camp at a fires still burning where the poachers had hidden on a muddy surface water hole, then trek off for miles, down high bank above the water hole. The rhino, of course, had those thorn-choked bottoms. No professional hunting not come in. party had ever penetrated into this section before us and It was near this camp that I saw the last seven feet of we saw a myriad of tracks at the water hole: lion, zebra, a very large black colored snake going quite fast into a Kongoni, sable, kudu, wart hog, elephant, buffalo, and thorn bush. The boys said it was a big cobra. This was the rhino. It was great game country, but the tse tse made first of the only three poisonous snakes I saw on the life miserable from daylight until dark. Rifle barrels got whole trip. so hot each day that they would burn the &in if we tried On November 30th, we picked up another good rhino to grasp them. track soon after daylight, and trailed him for four hours Several times, we picked up good rhino track, followed along the rim of a scarp over- (Continued on.page 40) ' Living "feel" of Parker gave author top wins before World War I, when side-by- sides for trap were in heyday. Identical gun was recovered by Copeland recently.

PARKER: HALLMARK OF EXCELLENCE

By FRED COPELAND

HE GRACEFUL PARKER SHOTGUN, as a collector's and it has nestled deep into the affection of American Titem, has now surpassed even the intense popularity it sportsmen with its subtle charm of balance, grace, sheer earned in the exciting days of America's early game and beauty, and masterful effectiveness in the field, and at the trap shooting. So keenly is it wanted, especially in the 20 traps. Hundreds of thousands of Parkers were built for and 28 gauges, it took me on a six months search in over men who knew fine guns. 30 gun marts in three states, and five in Canada, before Where are all of these thousands of orphan guns now? one was discovered. Even then, it was listed at almost four Clear down to the lowest grades, they are in the hands of times its factory new price, despite the fact that it was collectors, or as cherished single specimens in family several times second-handed. homes. Eight grades of the Parker gun were produced in Since the halt of production in 1942, the Parker gun has 1900 'and were continued to 1942. In 1900, the top grade steadily fetched increasing prices, for collectors and gun- A.A.H., factory-new with two triggers and simple extractor, fanciers have made it an eagerly sought art object. From retailed at $300. In 1942, it had risen to $950 with selective its inception, it turned out to be what we call a "natural," single trigger and automatic ejectors. Today this gun, many 30 times second-handed, might run into fantastic figures in a collector's cabinet. The lowest grade, the V.H., was retailed at $37.50 in 1900. In 1942, with automatic ejectors, it achieved a price of $140; and even today a non-ejector model, battered and many times second- hand, is offered by collectors at around $125. And where, most exciting of all. are two special Parkers so fan- tastically beautiful when made they were then objects of art, the supreme expression of the gun-builder's hands? No one can answer. If in existence, and they must be somewhere on the globe, their price might wring the tears from a millionaire's pocketbook. One of them I missed seeing by a single day, the other I held in my hands. Both had an alluring history. Here's the story: In a long-ago spring, I called at the Parker factory in Meridan to be measured for a high-grade gun for trapshooting. The day before my call, a hammerless gun, ordered by the Tzar of Russia, had been shipped to Parker's showrooms in New York. It was never delivered, for it was at just this time that the royal family of Russia was forced v/.^ into a cellar and murdered. The gun was not only of the highest grade but it had also unusual adornment in the inlaid Russian Eagle

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Sculptural effect of catalog cover reflected Company's sense of elegance in gunmaking. AMONG THE BEST LOVED OF ALL SHOTGUNS FOR ITS SHOOTING QUALITY, THE PARKER IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER COLLECTOR GUNS

%..- - Original model Parker was made after Civil War in 1868, featured opening lift release before guard. Gold plate on butt is inscribed from firm to Peck of "Peck's Bad Boy."

in different carats of gold on the side locks. Up a skeleton In 1868, the first Parker shotgun was made and sold staircase and into a lofty Arabian Nights nook in the under the name Parker Brothers. It was a hammer gun factory I saw the clever hands of the artists who had done with lifter bolting mechanism. In 1874, Charles A. King this work. Today, not even a factory executive who spent joined the company, coming from Smith and Wesson. He 50 years in Parker's office can recall the purchaser of this was responsible for the mechanical development of the gun, or its present location. early Parker guns. The other gun, a 28 gauge of the highest grade, was After King's arrival, the now-familiar top lever action made not for sale but for the factory itself. It was hand- came into being in 1882. Then, in 1889, Parker Bros. finished by the most skilful craftsmen for photographing adopted the hammerless type of lock which persisted to the for reproduction in the factory's art catalogues, which end. The year 1902 saw the automatic ejector designed and themselves fetch a handsome price. This slim, graceful 28 fitted to the Parker gun. In 1905, the first 28 gauge was gauge I had the pleasure of holding in my hands after the produced by Parker Bros. The single trigger came on the elderly superintendent had removed it from its little gun in 1922, and the next year saw the first beaver-tail chamois skin nightdress. Even a novice would have recog- forend. Then, in 1926, came the first ventilated rib. And in nized that he was standing in the presence of greatness, the 1927 Parker Bros. brought out the A10 gauge. ultimate in the art of gunmaking. No one today steeped in Over the years the old brick factory with its giant let- the most intimate history of the old factory knows where tering, "The Parker Gun," beside the railway track at this gun has a home. But whatever owner has it must re- Meriden, lured the finest workmen of the gunsmith's art to alize he is in possession of a priceless jewel. this traditional center of gunmaking in New England. The For shooters the history of the Parker gun is fascinating. artisans and artists liked to be known as the Parker Fam- But not all Parker guns were as "high-born" as that for ily. The specialized skill and craftsmanship was handed the Tzar. Curiously, the ancestor of the Parker gun was a down from father to son. Many of the skilled gunsmiths in lowly coffee mill. In 1832, Charles Parker founded the the. early days were trained in Germany and England, and Parker Company for the manufacture of coffee mills. In a large majority of the workers in the Parker plant were 1860, the establishment added vises, and the firm took the taught their trade by foreign-born predecessors. They made name, Parker, Snow, Brooks & Co. At the outbreak of the the Parker gun by hand, except that, instead of slowly and Civil War, the company made Springfield rifles at the rate imperfectly producing the component parts by hand, they of 100 a day for the Federal Government. In 1865, the were carefully prepared for the fitters who used the most company changed its name to the Meriden (Conn.) Mfg. accurate of jigs and gauges. When finally machined, proper Co., with Charles Parker as president. In 1868, the firm allowances for filing were left so that the expert had a suf- re-organized, taking the now famous name, Parker Broth- ficient amount of material to work upon, and the action ers. It was headed by the three sons of the founder, Wil- parts could be fitted as accurately as if the workman pre- bur, Dexter, and Charles Parker. For over three quarters pared them himself. of a century the firm was wholly owned by the Parker When the Parker family carried the gun with flying pen- family, until the gun business and assets were acquired by nants into its hammerless form, first popular in the 189OYs, the Remington Arms Co. Inc., June 1, 1934. At that time, no manufactory had to speak for it. It spoke for itself. The members of the Parker family were still in active control. gun won First Prize at the World's Fair at Chicago in Wilbur F. Parker, a grandson of the original Charles 1893. In the great wave of trapshooting in the first years Parker, was vice-president, while his son, Charles, was of the century, the Parker banner flew at the top of the president. mast. In 1914, in the National (Continued on page 46) 32 ^ y^' Cheapest standard -1rojan" grade was " -' still "hand fitted and hand finished." D.H. model had medium engraving, was available with ejector also, in all gauges. Bottom, simple engraving of GH qrade circles grouse scene on side. HE ARTICLE by Victor Lasky Ttitled "The Real Menace: Red Subs In Our Waters," ". . . recalled to us the dark days subsequent to Pearl Harbor when Japanese submarines roamed somewhat at will off our North- west coast, sinking merchant vessels and even lobbing a few shells in the direction of Fort Stevens in Oregon. "Our local 'Navy' at the time con- sisted of less than half a dozen World War I destroyers and some fishing By ALFRED J. GOERG vessels hastily equipped with depth- charges and manned by raw naval reservists. "Of course those Japanese sub- THIS LITTLE STORY HAS HAUNTED US FOR marines were nothing like the modern Russian submarines, now numbering WEEKS. MAYBE IT WILL SET YOU over 500 according to the best estimate. And the Russian submarines . . . can TO THINKING TOO.. . WANNA BUY A .22 RIFLE? lob something more than shells."

By R. E. O'REILLY

"CHINESE COPY" OF COLT .45 AUTOMATIC WAS ACTUALLY

MADE BY AMERICAN SAILOR ABOARD SHIP STATIONED OFF ASIA IN KOREAN WAR

HEN MOST GUN enthusiasts tell a friend they are "going to make a gun," itw usually means they are going to spin a pre-threaded sporter barrel into an old En- field, or whittle out a Bishop or Fajen stock, already carved to within a shaving of a fit, and make up a "custom sporter." But in spite of the satisfaction they get, such handy- Engraving done in Japan shows men do not come near to making a firearm. broken curves because Nippon A somewhat more enthusiastic gun fan was artists don't use ball vises. seaman L. Johnson, U.S.N., on duty aboard ship somewhere off the Korean coast during the "police action." He wanted a .45 auto- matic. Serial-numbered frames and slides were impossible to obtain, but all other parts angle. This can be seen in some of the could be talked out of the gunnery officer if engraving of Johnson's .45 pictured here. The necessary, so sailor Johnson set to work. sailor wanted both guns engraved alike, but With file and hack saw, and then using the engraver did not understand the curious the tools in the ship's machine shop, he western notion of "a matched pair," cut chopped out the missing two parts: a frame different designs on the two. Fine ivory and a slide for a Colt .45 automatic pistol. grips are fitted with dragons deeply carved When he finished, Johnson took up a couple on each. On the trigger guards "L. Johnson" more pieces of cold rolled steel and made is engraved. a second set to match. With standard .45 Whether these pistols saw action is not to show finger spots and rust, and blued it. auto pistol parts, the two guns were com- known, but Johnson later traded one gun to This pistol is an unusual addition to Till- pleted and finished outside to a bright polish. a gunsmith, Burt Tillman. As soon as he got man's Colt collection, which includes Dra- Later, on leave in Japan, before the ruling the pistol, Tillman checked it with a regular goons, army and navy models, sidehammer that no more guns were to be engraved by Colt .45 automatic and saw how close it was ~ocket~istols, M1849's, derringers, revolving Japanese artists for U.S. forces personnel, in dimension. The slide and frame are very rifles and shotguns and all the Colt Light- Johnson had both guns decorated. Japanese nearly the same as the Colt all over, except ning rifles, as well as many mode? Colt engravers do not generally use the ball vise, only about one in five magazines will work autos and revolvers. But of them all, Tillman and hence their curves and floral patterns in it as the clip hole is a trifle snug. justly prizes his handmade .45 automatic, are often broken, one side of the curve meet- Gunsmith-collector Tillman gave the bright shaped up by a sailor to pass away the ing the other side in a slight, imperfect gun a careful polish, as it was beginning long hours far from home. Ea . -,I: - ,..'::: .a WHY DON'T YOU TRY A BACKYARD SAFARI?

t ,' (Continued from page 22) >. - targets. Chappel still does. He loads all his shots. On my last visit to "The Ranch" there center fire ammo, thus is able to shoot it at was a 15 to 20 mile 7 o'clock wind whipping I I a fairly reasonable cost; which is a good back and forth across the prairie, and it was POWERFUL thing, because he really burns it. "See that late in the afternoon, but he set up four 1.38 S&W CALIBER I shotgun shell?" he'd say as we walked along. targets; a quart bottle at 147 steps; a two- I Before I could squawk, he would start shoot- quart bottle at 210 steps; a gallon glass jar I ing. As fast as he could pull trigger, he'd at 294 steps; and a metal container-cover, pour lead from his souped-up pocket Colts light yellow in color and 22x26 inches, at I ALSO A FEW 2" SNUBNOSE MODELS .32 Long at an empty 12 gauge case half 403 steps. The light was such that I could The same ,313 S&W model as above but with 2" 1 Isnub-nose barrel available in limited quantities. 1 hidden in the leaves 20-odd feet away. A barely make out the most distant target. Price $29.50; 2 for S55.00; 5 for S125.00. minute later, he would repeat the show at Chappel rested over the car hood with his 1 .38 S&W ENFIELD COMMANDO 5" barrel,) only $16.50-2 for $30.00. (V.C. to Excel.). an old .30-06 case, making it jump as the hands on sandbags. He fired both the .25 1 Free Holster. I 98 grain bullets clipped it. Stevens R. F. S&W Model '91 pistol with His idea of handgun shooting is not the Peterson barrel, and the .44 Special Colt. punching holes in paper at 50 yards. Like The wind was too much for the light 65 his friend and mine, the late Chauncey grain .25 caliber bullets, and it played with Thomas, Chappel is all for practical pistol the 253 grain .44 Special bullets, too, as if work. For instance, 50-odd years ago Chap- they were made of cotton. Chappel fired a pel got the smart idea that shooting slow series of shots in an effort to "figure the fire at a black hullseye at known distances wind." Then, broke the three quart bottles- was not the best possible kind of pistol fired four shots at the gallon jar, breaking WHEN ORDERING REVOLVERS enclose signed statement: "I am not an alien. have never been practice for police officers. His argument it with the fourth shot after three scratch convicted of a crime of violence. am not under was so persuasive that a number of the men misses. Then, as the sun slid lower and the indictment or a fuxltive. I am 21 or over." on the local force agreed to try out what he light got worse, the wind seemed to ease up ' All Orders Shipped Promptly. Send Remittance. saw fit to call, "Pistol practice to prolong a bit and Chappel fired three shots at that I 1MMEDIATE.SHIPMENT I the life of cops." far-off yellow target. The first just skimmed Leading the way to one of the wide-open the top. The second was a bit low but spaces adjacent to old Pueblo Town, he set ricocheted into the bottom of the target face. up a half-gallon can. Some of the men were The third smacked home, almost center. quite amused at the thought of being shown Without the wind, I am convinced that Chap- how to shoot a pistol; they knew. chappel paid no attention to the smiles and smart cracks. "Just stand with your back to the ran, 25 or 30 feet from it, gun in holster. I will count slowly to three. You turn, draw, and fire one shot before I finish counting. Point the gun; forget the sights." A young officer volunteered to take the first go at it. "The first shot he fired missed the can by two feet," Chappel told me. "But after half an hour of practice, he was hit- ting said can pretty regular. As he moved ave i-_- the ~eatured*,.,] back for the next man, he said, 'Mister, this You Want .+ is just the stuff for our kind of work.' And ^. he was dead right," Chappel continued. "Not dead, as he might be if he depended on paper target practice and found himself up against a hoodlum who could use a gun." As I got set to try out the stunt myself, . . Chappel added, "The chief fault one is apt Model K4 Weaver-Scc to fall into is to treat this exercise as trick shooting and spin about and let off the pistol r hurriedly." - "Well. that's the idea. isn't it?" I asked as Now-a scope with a fixed, constantly centered reticule c I cocked the little pocket Colt in readiness. bind with windage and elevation adjustments inside the scope. "In a way, yes," he said smiling. "But, the K Model fixed reticule scopes require no costly double adjus*'- main idea is-to hit!" mounts. Use any rigid or pivot type mount. "Like this?" I asked. I spun-and missed All threaded joints sealed with Neoprene 0 rings-a positive the can. compression seal. All lenses hermetically sealed. He laughed. "All you need is a little .prac- These new features are Weaver developments and only tice. Some of the things I've seen Ed Mc- Weaver Model K Scopes. Givern do this way would make most people New optics-clear, sharp, brilliant. Better than ever. 2. ' call me a liar." See the scopes that or* way out in front-Model K Wen .I Later, he took the gun himself, his pet Colt Scopes. r , Police Positive .32 Long, ammo souped-up Model It crosshairs are lo more off-center to around 1100 feet per second, and showed BAR always accurately cen- wles like this when me how it can be done by a real gun man. tered; only the image ,se the Weaver Mod The can he fired at was a little Prince Albert -) moves when you turn H with fixed reticule tobacco can, and he riddled it. I've done the adjusting screws. nternal adjustmenti some practicing since that first effort, and 0 1958 W. R. Weaver Co. 6 "Except Models K1 and I'm improving. It's first-class combat or self- defense pistol training, and-it's fun. Try it. The .44 Special New Service Target Colt is another of Chappel's pet handguns, and he can do things with that young cannon. Shooting prone, resting over the car hood, or with his back against a tree or big rock, I've seen him make some "impossible" long range 37 - Pe 1 could hit a man or an antelope, three The load he uses is 18% grains of 2400 sh,ots out of five, at 400 yards with his 7% powder and either the 253 grain Ideal in(:h .44 Special Officer's Model. #429251, or the 250 grain solid or 253 BE Chappel's "fun-shooting" includes aerial hollow point Keith bullets. The last named, tai.gets, too. Walnuts, empty cartridge cases, at near 1200 fps velocity, is "a real knock biis of coal tossed in the air-he takes them down load," he told me. all with skillful ease. One tough item I saw Thirty years ago, he was in charge of a QUICK hi]n smack, first witb his .22 caliber R. F. crew of men on a rock job and had to leave ss!W '91 target pistol and then with his his car up a hill a good 100 yards from the .22 ! caliber R. F. Low Wall Winchester rifle work. The men got to talking guns one day on the (1'yman aperture rear sight), was a 14 gauge and, to quote Chappel, "I was fool enough leaid ball measuring approximately 19/32". to tell them I had an awful close-shooting .44 Special in the car. One chap piped up that DRAW! ith all due respect to the paper target pistols didn't have any range at all for game, and I've done quite a lot of it, accuracy, and I said that up to 100 yards -with holsters you make to 11V th

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.25 Caliber Lightweight SEE YOUR BROWNING DEALER or Write for Catalog PACIFIC GUN SIGHT COMPANY Browning Arms Co. Dept. 5P St. Louis 3, Mo. 1 out his big Colt. Then with his arms resting over a sandbag on the windowsill he gently same witness, he fired 16 shots at 76 steps pressed that trigger. The owl promptly blew with a total spread of 5% inches; 10 shots up. It was a long, long way to where the in 3% inches; 7 shots in 1% inches. Not so little bird lay; 212 steps. Telling the story, bad, for a youngster only 80 years old, and Chappel shrugged his shoulders, "I couldn't considering the fact that the hand that do it twice in a hundred years. The target wields the gun trembles, when empty, like an wasn't more than about 3 by 9 inches. It aspen leaf in a breeze. 3-inch Magnum was pure luck." But a man has to hold close Not a week passes but from one to a to make luck like that effective. dozen pistol and rifle shooters gather at his 12 gauge I could go on and on about this fellow bench for a Fun Shoot. "The Ranch" is Willard Chappel and his shooting. Speaking located on the south edge of the little hamlet Automatic shotgun of a back yard safari, did you ever try of Vineland, about 10 miles east of Pueblo. sprinkling a little sugared water on a paper If you ever drive through that beautiful A rugged, dependable aristocrat target and then swatting flies with rifle or valley, stop at "The Ranch" and see for your- . for extra long-range shooting. pistol bullets? A good fat red ant on a target self. And if you ask Chappel, "What do you Only $140. Shoots both 3" card makes a real tricky target, too. The do when you're not shooting?" he'll tell you, Magnum and 2h" loads. 32" game possibilities are endless, and so is "I cast bullets and load more ammunition!" barrel. Recoil pad. the fun. He lives for the fun of shooting pistols See your BROWNING Dealer A week or so ago, Chappel sent me a card and rifles. When a new rifle, a new cartridge, and WRITE for CATALOG that had once held a "little red bug!' To powder, bullet, or what-have-you shows up, Browning Arms Co. Dept.,?Z quote his note, "I clipped him three times he can't wait to try it. He has shot 'em all St. Louis 3 Mo. , in five shots at 36 feet with the .25 caliber and owned most of them. He is a walking '91 S&W pistol, and the last shot took him encyclopedia on therifle and pistol shooting HIDE-A-WAY dead center." The &to1 has a 10 inch of the past 70 years. If you, too, shoot for A. W, Peterson barrel, .25 Stevens R. F. fun, maybe his work will give you new ideas. HOLSTER & ACCESSORIES caliber. "It's the most accurate pistol I ever 1 hope so. But regardless of where you live The best handgun holster idea in years! owned,"Chappel told me. Of course, he or what you shoot, remember that all the Soft glove leather used an arm rest; and Harold Largent wit- world, not fust Colorado "hates grass- with sturdy nickel plate clip; fastens in- nessed the shooting. hoppers!" side trouser waist- band for perfect com- fort and concealment. NO TARGET FOR PIPSQUEAKS!- Handmade to fit (Continued from page 29) caliber. make and looking a wide acacia covered valley. 1 barrel length when ordering. $2.95 PP. or Finally, when we knew we were close, he COD. plus shipping. turned down wind into very dense thorn. - Write for free catalog. We crawled in anyway, hardly daring to P.O.BOX~~O. B&J LEATHER breathe, and soon we heard him; but before Brownsville 18,'fexosGOODS CO. we could crawl far enough to see him, he blew his miniature steam whistle and went crashing off through the thorn bush. The tricky wind had given us away again. How I wished one of the dim witted brutes with a good horn would charge so we could get it over with. On the 31st, we picked up the trail of a big bull near where the native had been Charging rhino tested hunter's nerve. killed. We trailed him from 8.30 until 12.30, when he circled down wind, got our scent, good tracks but never getting a shot at a and departed. Visibility was not over 15 good rhino. On the 3rd of December, we feet and we never saw him at all. This made decided to make a long move and get into the seventh rhino we had trailed without new country. We stopped at Manyoni, had getting a shot. trophies checked and my elephant ivory Here again we saw great quantities of stamped, then went on to Singida and game each day. One thing about African stayed all night in a small hotel for a change. hunting, when you leave camp in the morn- We went on from there to near Lake ing you can be sure something unusual will Kilingiri on the east side of the Serengetti C-H enables you to produce consistently happen or some odd animal be seen during scarp and made camp near Mkalama mission. perfect ammunition every time and the day. For example, we saw many mon- I was suffering from a pinched nerve between to your specifications. goose, always travelling in parties of six to my shoulders and my right hand would go What economy! You can reload a a dozen and always going as fast as they numb at times. This caused me to miss the 30-06cartridge for as little as can run. More power to them! They are only chance I had at wild dogs, which came 2e. savine more than $4.00 a box whetheryou want to reload snake killers, and that is fine with me. on this trip from Singida to Mkalama. 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Box 729-G Oroville, California CAP'N BALL ~,&w~~~&A~~.i had the cross wire of my scope on the dog, RED BARRELED ACTIONS due to my numb fingers. It was a very easy shot at 60 yards. From then on I proceeded to pound some life in my fingers before attempting a shot, or else kept my trigger finger out of the guard until sights or scope was centered. We saw a great deal of plains game from this camp, and Francolin, sand grouse, geese, and guineas, as well as Dik-Dik, were very plentiful. We shot just enough for the table. On December 7th, we drove across the wide valley and crossed the river of a 70 mile circle under the east scarp of the Serengetti plain. We cut a couple of old rhino tracks, and finally found a fresh one of generous size near some small hills. While a rhino will weigh two or three tons, they can travel over this hard sun-baked ground, without leaving more than a bare trace, FLAIG-ACE TURNED AND SEMI-I NLETTED and we had to track carefully. 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A good bolt action about powder charges. Half a grain either chambered for the -257 Roberts or the -250 way won't make any appreciable change in Savage, when fed the right fodder, will accuracy or point of impact. Another decided shoot into 1" to 1%" with monotonous advantage is the -250-3000's ability to throw regularity. different weight bullets to the same point Along with mild recoil and superb ac- of impact without changing sights. curacy, the .25's have several other distinct As a test, I shot a nine-shot, mixed-load advantages for the "one rifle" shooter. The group with my .250 FN Mauser sporter. The handloader will find an excellent selection loads consisted of the 60 grain Speer soft of b~dlets,ranging from the tiny 60 grain point backed by 36 grains of #3031, the ,pill up to the 125 grain Barnes big game 87 grain Hornaday spire point pushed by SLEEPING BAGS dug. All have excellent sectional density, 34 grains of #4895. and the 100 grain Sil- pwl~ddie BAUER sleeping bags hold their velocity at long range, and are vertip factory load. The rifle was sighted-in are rated the finest by expedition leaders, less susceptible to cross winds than the to put the 60 grain load 1" high at 100 guides, mountaineers, foresters. authorities everywhere. ALL TYPES: Singles, Twh light 22 slugs. All, too, have a good, #at yards, my setting for jackrabbit shooting. Sets, Mummies, Station Wagon Bags. trajectory which, along with less wind drift, The 60 grain Speer bullet made a %" cuts down on the hold-over guesswork when group about 1" above the aiming point. The FREE! G%OG reaching out to smack a 300 yard c1111ck. 87 grain spire point landed dead-center, BEFORE YOU BUY any sleeping bag, out- At present, the shooter who wants a fac- door clothing or insulated underwear, GET opening the group to 1" for the six shots. THE FACTS abut insulations. 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The 722 up to 200-225 yards. action itself is short, and the only way the \ Big-game handloads for the .250-3000 magazine can be lengthened is to have a should be loaded with any good 100 grain competent gunsmith mill out some of the bullet. My favorite is the 100 grain Horna- metal back of the lower locking lug recess. day spire point driven by 37 grains of Better yet, leave the rifle alone and load your t wear Ctà #4320. This load is pushing maximum and spitzers out just as far as possible. &A should be used in bolt action rifles only. The other "fly-in-the-ointment" is the fact Cut the load at least 2 grains for lever guns. that the .257 case lengthens the neck after Lung-shot white-tails hit with this load are two or three full power loads. Cases must be usually one-shot instantaneous kills. 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In the ,257 Roberts the "one-rifle" man grains and cases will last indefinitely with- Perfect fit guaranteed, or your money back. Gunstock Brown color in oil pair has a wider choice of factory weapons. For out trimming. red. sizes & widths for men. $14050costmid 1 the bolt action fan the Winchester Mod. 70, The standard twist for the 257 is 1 in FREE ~g ww CATALOG the Remington 722, the little Mannlicher- 10 and the "one-rifle" man will do well to ~stinctivesports clothes for men, women. Schoenauer, and the EN Mauser are avail- stick to it for his varmint-deer combination. Handmade !eo!her shirts, jackets, boots A able. If he uses a pump action shotgun, the The 1 in 10 twist will stabilize bullets weigh- Remington M760 is a good bet. This par- ing 100 grains or more with excellent ac- Norm Thompson DEPT. ticular rifle is fast as lightning and, loaded curacy. However, lighter slugs of 60, 70, 75, 1 . W. st Portland 9, Oregon with 117 grain round nose slugs, makes a or 87 grains may not shoot as well as ex- 0- - k ' very good woods rifle. pected. The one exception is the stubbv 3:lildg ~Jli~~~ The .257 was originally designed by a little 60 grain bullet. This tiny slug driven group of woodchuck hunters led by Major by 40-41 grains of #3031 shoots 1" groups Ned Roberts. These riflemen, having ex- consistently when used in my .257 Mauser. ~eriencedremarkable success with the .25 The fast twist definitely over-stabilizes and Neidner Krag, were looking for a rimless over-spins this tiny bullet, but does it shoot! Winchester Military 303 British Cutridiw, 100 - $10 version of the same cartridge to be used Other .257 shooters I know have had this $15 HANDCUFFS, 7% in bolt actions. The 7 mm case has just same experience. 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They never were issued to Street Address Walker's men as first intended. i Book I1 covers the great migration City Into the Pacific Northwest, the conflict State . of 3400 fps, practically explodes varmints. game bullet on whitetails, antelope, and One of the best loads in my .257 has been other medium big game. 45 grains of #4350 behind the 117 grain For the "one-rifle" man who wants to bust Sierra spitzer bullet-a deadly accurate crows, woodchucks, jackrabbits, coyotes and FOR YOUR FAVORITE SPORTSMAN. .. combination when the bullet is seated just other assorted varmints during the off sea- deep enough to touch the lands. The long son at ranges up to 250 yards an accurate ^MAKBUS^ 117 grain slug at about 2850 fps is a real .257 is just the ticket. Both recoil and muz- potent killer on mule deer and antelope. zle blast are relatively light, and any .257 The same load using the round-nosed Rem- equipped with a good 4X scope is an ex- ington 117 grain Core-Lokt bullet is equally cellent .250 yard chuck rifle, an ideal com- accurate and, in my opinion, is a much bet- bination for running shots on coyotes and ter game bullet, especially in brushy coun- jackrabbits. try. This particular slug has a tendency to The heaviest slug that can be loaded in ball up and holds together with excellent the..257 is the 125 grain Barnes bullet. This penetration on heavy game. Due to its shape, long soft-point can be driven at 2850 fps it does not retain velocity as well as the plus by 44 grains of #4350. All of the sharp-pointed spitzer bullet at long range. heavier bullets seem to be at their best when A load of 38 grains of either #4895 or traveling at near full throttle. #4320 behind any good 100 grain bullet Either of the good -25's now available are will shoot very accurately in most .257's. worthy of close investigation by the "one- Here's the finest in high-quality knives. This load has a velocity of about 2900-2950 rifle" shooter. It is true that no one rifle, They are forged from carbon man- ips and in my .257 groups inside 1%" reg- no one caliber, can be perfect for all uses; ganese tool steel, individually tem- ularly. Pressures are low, recoil is mild even but any man or woman who is limited to pered to hold their cutting edge longer in a 7 pound sporter, and cases last forever a modest cash investment, who is willing to -to sharpen quicker and easier. Pol- ished and honed to razor sharpness. with this load. The 100 grain slug at this learn to shoot one gun to the best of that velocity can be used on varmints in wide- -. . They're practically "hand-made." gun's ability and within its reasonable limi- This is a gift that any sportsman will open spaces where an occasional ricochet tations, either the .250-3000 or the .257 can . . truly appreciate. All Marble knives isn't dangerous. It does an excellent job on come pretty close to being . r are packaged in a beautiful gift box. Each knife is unconditionally guaran- jackrabbits and coyotes, and is a very good around rifle." teed against any defects in workman- fc.1.. ship or materials. PARKER: HALLMARK OF EXCELLENCE PRICED FROM $5.25 (Continued from page 32) See them at your sporting Championship at double targets it came out goods dealer or write to Dept. First, Second, and Third. And in the Grand 520 for Marble's catalog. American Handicap, the nation's classic, it won with 98 x 100 from the 22 yard line. Up to 1914 it had won the Grand American Handicap nine times, once with 100 straight, the only time a perfect score had been made. No wonder it began to be called "The Old Reliable." It is not that twin 12 gauge tubes of other guns could not do this, but it is DEFEND YOURSELF! : significant that those who were so skilled Shrine of shotgunners was Parker fac- I I in shooting chose this gun. I Q World's best corn- : tory by tracks in Meriden, Connecticut. I bat techniques corn-, The famous old Parker hammerless doubles I retaining the elegance of a bygone, more I bined in one powerful I of America's past are now sought by col- I system of self-defense. lectors and older, knowing sportsmen for leisurely age, symbolize this reassurance. I This new book shows their indefinable charm. As boys, old shoot- The orphan gun collectors are a vast clan, I : I how anyone of aver- I ers today had heard old sportsmen of the keen, museum-wise. Even though unorga- I age strength can sub- I past discuss their close shooting with Parker nized they form, it seems, from the Atlantic I due an attacker in I : guns. Hence, let one of these orphan ham- to the Pacific a confederacy in which (if I fair or anything-goes I merless guns show up in the hands of an you enter this school) you will be welcomed I fighting! Jack Grover, I combat expert, takes the best from : ignorant owner or the executor of an estate, as an "Old Boy" the first day. And they are ,judo, boxing, and wrestling to, for one dollar under par, and an army of an optimistic clan, never doubting but that I demonstrate man-to-man methods I orphan-wanters are ready to fight for it. the value of their collections will remain even I of fighting that apply to any situa- I though production might start again on the tion. Charts show most vulnerable : here is a singular side-reason for this. very specimens they hold. - parts of the body with instructions I Almost in the exact words of one who has It is exciting to think what would happen . I for the attack or defense of each studiedT this phenomenon, it has been set if production were resumed on the Parker . : , part. I forth that "even in a financial panic the gun. It is perhaps not generally known that I64 ills., 6% x10...... *$2.93: an occasional Parker is, right now, being 2; ' history of the old arms trade for years shows ' I that there has been a constant movement built new from the ground up in a shop F. P. Lowell presents 1 IJIU-JITSU Japan's "gentle art" of I forward, that arms held their value better owned by a former Parker repair workman disabling an attacker in step-by-step I than almost any other kind of goods right who took over the old Parker factory parts. .1essons.Defense and offense tactics, i special conditioning exercises. I through depressions. Especially has this been The price is around $400 to $450, because I 166 photos...... *51.95 I true in comparison with stocks and bonds. of handwork, even on the lowest grade  I Luxury articles' such as jewels, furs, and which once sold new at $37.50. However, it WRESTLING E C. Gallas*er and R. has prolonged the fading opportunity to ac- : Peerv tell how to, polo ponies are the first to fall in a depres- master moves and holds through 196 sion, but quality hobby objects such as fire- quire a gun built by hands inbred with the ringside photographs with detailed ex- traditional Parker touch. planations. Tips on training. I: arms are eagerly sought in hard times, since When production of the Parker gun was ~ev.~d...... *51.93 I that is when they are needed the most for . . stopped by Remington, 242,000 Parkers had *Books in the Barnes SPORTS LIBRARY the comfort they bring to men who find : release in gun-collecting. From early boy- gone to every state and territory in America I Cheek hooku you want. Order direct ' hood all have collected something; stamps, and to nearly all of the countries across the :from pnhlisher. We pay poutage if : Atlantic. Hence, one might reason that a I cheek aceompaniett order. I coins, birds' eggs. In older years, guns of one's youth provide an interest in life and visitor to the outer fringe of the United an outlet when all else turns sour; they are States might have a heyday in picking up THE RONALD PRESS COMPANY 1 like a governor on a steam engine, reestab- specimens of Parkers. The U. S. Customs do I 15 East 26th St., New York 10 lishing health and sanity." The Parker gun, not seem to care, for they let a gun of U. S. manufacture come in free of import duty. Recently I tested the possibilities of an over-the-border purchase of a Parker gun in NEW 1959 50th EDITION Montreal, a place of lively trapshooting and skeet activity. I searched a whole day sys- tematically through five of the city's most likely gun shops, some of them obscure ones. There wasn't a Parker in any of them, nor had there been one for several years. The managers informed me that every week a wave of gun collectors screens Montreal gun marts for famous old U. S. hammerless doubles, keeping the area utterly clean of them. While it is admitted that fine engraving and decoration like that on a better Parker gun does not tend toward making a better shooting gun, it cannot be denied that artis- tically designed and properly executed en- graving does enhance the value of a gun. Steel engraving is an art. The engraving on Parker guns has always been noted for its excellence of design and execution. On the higher grades of Parkers, which are expen- Domestic ~ifles,shotguns sively and elaborately finished, the engraving &: Handguns is rivalled only by the decoration on the Scopes, Sights & Mounts most expensive imported English guns. No transfer plates, stamping, or etching were Imported & Domestic used in the Parker factory. Every line was Ammunition cut in the steel by hand, the picture or de- Reloading Tools & Components sign first being lightly sketched on the Trap & Skeet Equipment highly polished surface, and then cut by Gun Parts hand tools. Practically all of the finer work was done by the aid of magnifying glasses. Hunting & Shooting- Books Coarse, shallow engraving was not tolerated ~unsmih'sTools STOEGER on a Parker. Engraving was either of the Over 512 Pages-the World's accepted ARMS CORPORATION deeply cut heavy type or of the very fine Firearms Encyclopedia 45-18 Court Square interlaced scroll which is most frequently Long Island City 1, N. Y. seen on the better class of imported guns. A Distributed in canada for $2.95 by Peterborough Guns,Peterborough,Ontario most pleasing type of decoration consisted of birds in bold relief, set off by scroll. Various qualities of walnut were used for the stocks of Parker guns. They varied from the plain figured American black walnut to the fancy walnuts such as Circassian, re- ceived from exclusive foreign exporters. The American walnut was dried for three years in the very old loft in the Parker factory. The imported stocks were properly cured and ready for use when received and cut to form, and they were bewitching in color with the wavy figures which became bril- liant with a satin-like finish, rubbing in oil with the palm of the hand. No wonder that an army of gun collectors in America keeps up a ~erpetualsearch for some top grade Parker. It was so soundly built it will resist the herculean blast of today's shotgun loads. Called "obsolete" to- day, it recalls the time hardly 15 years ago when a letter to the factory brought back a gem which was a show-piece, object of art and is now a collector's item. R

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BOX G88, STOUGHTON, MASS. Kris Helgason and Rogers discuss the power of the .300 Weatherby Magnum.

ROY ROGERS versus THE KING OF BEARS (Continued from page 16)

headed homeward. It had been a memorable day, flying over a vast expanse of white Black or Natural against the clear bright blue of cloudless Once on shore, you lose sight of your game 1 Single ri~..$39.50 skies, through air so crystal clear that one until you are practically on top of him, you Double rig.. 59.50 gets a floating sensation that can be danger- hope! This is where the long time taken to ($2.50 extra on ous if the pilot is not accustomed to it. .22 eel. belts) carefully pinpoint the animal pays off. That evening they exchanged hunt stories. Climbing in the tundra grass is not easy. They learned that the Kodiak is believed to One sinks as in swamp land. The main ob- be a descendant of the Siberian Cave bear, jective is to get above the bear, to keep him that the largest bear ever captured is to be from climbing, andto get there within shoot- seen at the University of Alaska and is thir- ing range. Roy had spotted his animal around HOLLYWOOD teen feet tall. ten A.M. The climb through the thickets and While sitting around the big fire, Helga- over projecting rocks took two and a half son examined Rogers' .300 Weatherby Mag- hours before they reached a position near num rifle and was convinced that its tre- where they believed the bear to be. From a mendous shocking power was excellent for rocky vantage point, they looked down over HOLSTER hunting this big game. the area where the bear was last seen-and Customed individually for single and double action The next morning they were beginning to there was no bear. But since the slope above guns, and contoured to your measurements. Klg com- feel like natives. It had snowed during the them was almost vertical, they were quite pletely lined. Holster designed with metal insert. night, and consequently the temperature had sure that they would have spotted the bear WHEN ORHERISC: Send exact waist and hip meas- urement. Also gun make. caliber and barrel length. risen considerably. Breakfast around 3 A.M., if he had climbed away from them, and they Enclose amount in full plus $1.00 (post. and ins.) then out in a power boat, "ready for bear." were sure the bear had bedded down some- OR: for COD order, endow 25% deposit. SATISFAC- TION GUARANTEED. Soon Roy spotted one. A guide checked to where in the thicket below them. 4726-4728 Lankershim Blvd.. North Hollywood. Calif. free whether the bear could be reached. It The next 45 minutes seemed like an Phones: Poplar 6-8721. STanley 7-7943 is very important to know how far up you eternity. Then Roy noticed a stir in the have to climb in order to get to the spot brush about 150 yards below them. He where you see your bear, and to map out a focused the binoculars. Sure enough, the route by which you can get there before he bear had started to make his ascent, almost sees or scents you. The guide goes with you directly towards them. The big concern now on the stalk, but once there, it is up to you was, would the wind remain favorable. whether you get your trophy or not. The Soon they caught their first sight of their guide is there to protect you, if necessary, in target and knew that they had picked a case the animal should charge; and Helga- bear of good size, worth taking. This was no son and his son are noted for their support dry run; this was the big moment. of hunters when support is needed. But right The wind changed suddenly and, just as now the question is,"Can we get this one?" suddenly, a huge head appeared above the Everyone is anxiously waiting for the word thicket. The bear had caught their scent, was as Helgason checks the wind's direction and standing erect. The tableau held for one consistency. There was a surge of excitement split second and then the bear pivoted to as Kris finally gave his nod of approval, and run. In this second, Roy placed a well-aimed Roy and his guide took off, rowing to shore shot from approximately 200 yards that from the motor launch in a small skiff with struck behind the left shoulder and hit the oak locks wrapped in rags to prevent noises. heart. The bear fell, rolling down the slope. When beaching the craft, you jump into Roy and Kris made a direct descent the water before the boat hits shore and then through the rough thicket, spreading a few wade in with a long line to a rock on the yards apart so that they would be in a bet- beach. This helps prevent any further sounds. ter position to cover each other in case the PE MOUNTS This done, you're ready to make the ascent. (Continued on page 50) hem'@ 01 AMERICAS LEADING GUNSMITHS

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The writer will readily admit that no direct misstate- ment of fact has actually been given.. . Immediately following some information con- cerning the manufacture of special types of ammunition for the army ordnance depart- ment, you state that mass production of plas- tic cases is substantially cheaper than brass or steel cases. You also state that ease of manufacture is another important advantage of plastic cartridge cases. Then down the line following these statements, you further state that lower cost factory loads will be welcomed by all shooters. Crisscrossed with waterways, tundra The fact of the matter is that there is not one plastic on the United? States market was last hurdle between hunters and today, or for that matter the entire world quarry on upper slopes of mountain. market, in which the cost of the plastic by weight in the empty shells does not exceed The head and hide had to be removed and the cost of the brass and paper in the normal brought back to camp for cleaning. While type of empty shell. In other words, we can Kris and Leonard were severing the pelt, emphatically prove to anyone who is inter- they recounted the many ways this beautiful ested by showing them the figures of pro- lorseth Knives acclaimed by guides. hunt- ers, experts! Super-tough inlaid blades stay skin could be made into a handsome trophy. duction costs at the Western Cartridge Com- razor-sharp. Lifetime guarantee against ac- Jonas Brothers in Seattle handle most of the pany, the Fabrique Nationale, and our own cidental blade breakage ! Patented Abre- - lined Safe-Lok sheath protects wearer! Knife skins from Kodiak and it was decided that cost computations that, providing the quan- shown, with 6" blade. laced leather sheath, they should make this one into a rug for tity is reasonable, the cost of the normal type $18.00postpaid.Othermodels.5"&6" blades, $8.75 - $20.00. Send 3c stamp for Roy's den. The cattle ranchers on Kodiak of empty shell is considerably less than using folder! were grateful too; it would mean one killer any present day plastic known. MOBSETH SPOXTS EQUIPMENT Dspt. G-88, Clinton. Washington less to attack the young calves in the spring. Homer E. Clark, Jr. A few days later, Roy Weatherby and Lee Alcan Company, Inc. I &- ACCURATE Green got their bears in much the same Alton, Illinois fashion. But they were thrilling days, cli- maxed by thrilling moments, and it was Wanted: A Three-GunChampion difficult to realize two weeks had passed be- At a meeting last Tuesday night, our club fore they started home. This untamed wilder- decided to make this year's Triathlon shoot ness had been an inspiration to these city an International match. Our five top men .- folks, and it had ;iven each his had already been challenged to a match in WEBLEY & SCOTT, LTD., Birmingham 4, England greatest hunting adventure. 6a Nueva Laredo, Mexico. Since we were the ones to start this thing going, we thought it best for them to come to San Antonio and compete in our match. We also have had inquiries from several out of state shooters. This year's match is open to anyone, from any place. The first one hundred entries that pay the $6 fee will make up the shoot. I am hoping you can run a paragraph or so about it in GUNS early enough that we might pick up a few more out-of-staters. We will have a big trophy for the Inter- national winner and also one ior the local Used for championship "fast draw" high-point man (Bexar County, Texas). 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THE GUN CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. World's Biggest PATCHES FOR PATTERN (Continued from page 25) The use of the patched charge enables any other gauges may he determined by measure- shotgun to produce smaller, harder-hitting, ment and calculation.) The width of the farther-reaching, and surer-killing patterns, arms of the cross is Vi of the inside circum- regardless of length of barrel or degree of ference of the shell. The length of the arms choke. An "open" barrel with the patched is the distance from the top wad to the charge will throw as close a pattern as a full point where the crimp folds in. choke barrel using regular loads. This is a An interesting effect is noted when the cup great boon to the average guy who has only is made shallow. The pattern has a dense one gun that must do for any kind of shoot- center with a fringe of the usual spread. ing he likes to indulge in. For upland game The simple tools required to make the and trap shooting, he can use the usual fod- patches and seat them are easily obtainable der in his "one and only." And when he's of if not already in your workshop. A hard- a mind to take turkey or water-fowl, he can wood or metal hlock about l"x4"x4" with a just slip in a patched load and he's all set. %" hole, chamfered at the top, serves as a moUC₠THC This just about takes care of the boys who forming die for the cups. A punch of .725" WOUiD'S F/N€ are always contemplating the all-around shot- diameter will serve to force the cross through gun which the experts agree doesn't exist. the hole. A small hlock fastened to the corner of the die will help center the patch blanks GUN atched loads will not cure poor shooting. over the hole. A drill press is perfect to PIn fact, they will put the guy who just force the blank through the hole. By apply- LUBRICANTS "ups and shoots" in the general direction of ing powdered graphite to the face of the his target at a disadvantage. A tight-shooting block, the patches 'will be sufficiently coated gun must have a good marksman behind it. lo prevent sticking in the shell and aid pas- -Kit today. Satisfaction But the man who can put the charge on sage through the forcing cone. guaranteed. If not available at target will find that this gadget will put A punch of about .715" will serve to seat your dealer's, send $1.50 for enough lead in the target to bring it to bag. the cup in the shot chamber of the shell, each postpaid kit. (A plastic Hard, red fiberboard .012" thick is the either by hand or with the drill press. Some tube of oil and one of grease.) best material I've found for the patches. It support is necessary for the shell walls to Send $1.00 for Manual on is heavy enough to stand pressure in passage prevent bulging. If a commercial shell down the barrel without wearing through, holder is not available, a 3" length of %" and it is stiff enough to pass the forcing cone hard copper water tubing will do a perfect without crushing. It is also uon-sticky and, job. The inside lip of both ends should be CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 if coated sparingly with powdered graphite chamfered with a dull knife to facilitate

D._..IfflRBS - . .awn, Maryland when the cross is pressed through the form- entry of the shell from the bottom and the ing die, will actually reduce pressure. Squares cup at the top. "Anderol leads all in Synthetic Lubricants" of the fiberboard are cut 2%"x2%", packed It will be found that 8 or 10 pellets will in piles and held in tight packs 1%" high have to he left out due to the space taken I with cellophane tape. A sample patch of up by the patch, but you won't miss them. Pistol Shooters proper dimensions and shape is placed on The end of the shell is crimped as usual. It I 92 page fully illustrated catalog devoted exclusively to top of the ~ackfor a pattern, and the pile is good practice to put a paper sticker pistol shooters. Clark. Shorkey cnstom (runs. Rueer. Hi-Standard. is cut out with a bandsaw or hacksaw. (Sizes securely over the crimp to identify your Immerii. Colt. S&W target guns. Ail the latest products and latest ,iven are for 12 gauge only. Dimensions f< patched loads from unpatched ones. prices. Hundreds of score improv- in items for competitive pistol This year I used the patched load on my shooters. Articles by McMiUan. Joyner. Toney. Clark. S hoc key one duck venture. Using lighter loads than and Hebard on shootine- and re- any sane man would fire even at rabbits, I loading. National records. 2600 GUN NUTS Club, etc. A MUST for competl- tie pistol men or anyone Inter- bagged three ducks wirfi four shells. I estert in handffiinning. Satisfac- Make US your tin e-uaranteed. Postpaid.. .SO= missed quite a few through careless shoot- SOURCE OF SUPPLY ing, but they were misses, with no wounded GIL HEBARD GUNS "Ti^s6- birds wobbling down the lake to die in the - -- IT'S BETTER. IT'S SAFER, THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER marshes. SATISFACTION GUARANTIED IT'S FASTER My ammo was reloaded high brass, paper 1 Winchester 70 type safety for scope shells with a thin over-powder wad and two sighted Springfields. Three posi- ' filler wads of cellulose at 90 pounds tions. Complete with new sleeve pressure over 27 grains of Red Dot powder. 1 POSTPAID ~ev?lverCleaning ,Kit.- fitted to your rifle $15.00. With a Leading rrom forcing Gone, Cyl- The cup patch contained 191 #5 shot, star inder and Barrel. Available in 38-44-45 cal. Kit for two one piece firing pin $20.00. calibers $5.35. Patches (Pkg. 101 S.60. Dealer Inouiriet crimped. This compares with a light trap Invited. Check or Money Order-No COD'S. LATHROP'S GUN SHOP COMPANY load except for shot size. I 3207-1 48 Ave. Bellevue, Washington GUN SPECIALTIES conkeOia%? i'irgia If factory loads are to be altered by addi- tion of patches, it is a simple matter to open the star crimp with an ice pick. Empty the shot charge into a container and "iron" the mouth of the shell with the fingers or the patch seating punch. Insert the shell into the shell holder and place the formed cup into the open end. Force the cup down on the wads and replace the shot into the cup, leaving out the number that will permit proper crimping. The crimp will fall back into its original folds, which can be "hard- ened" into place in the shell holder by about 20 pounds pressure with the patch forming punch set into the drill press chuck, or by hand pressure. A dab of shellac or lacquer over the crimp will seal the folds and hold them tight. Stick the identifying paper seal over the crimp. In reloading ^ faster fired shells, the patch can be added with two easy, .extra operations-forming and insert- ing after the wads are seated. In appraising patterns by circles, one must ------keep in mind that by doubling diameters we enclose areas between three and four times Large Powder Reservoir as large as the small circle. Thus a 75 per All Caliber Visible Flow Drop Tube cent pattern in a 12" circle is three or four times as dense as one in a 24" circle. Some Polished, Chrome-Plated Micrometer photos show patterns in concentric circles, Setting Device the outer ones of which have diameters twice Hard-Chromed Drum with Lock Screw the size of the inner ones. Knocker Integral with Operating Handle If for some good reason, it is desired to Capacity Vs. to 100 Grains use steel balls instead of lead, the complete Attractive Brown Wrinkle Finish insulation of the charge from the bore by the patch will allow their use with no damage YOUR SATISFACTION GUARANTEED to the barrel. Police and the Armed Forces Available through your dealer. might find this feature useful. Doc raised the question of the possibility of the patch catching in muzzle brakes, so we fired a considerable number through his Cutts Compensator with the Extra Full Choke 1 Stondord Powder Measure Master Case ~rimmer f Cortland. N. Y. tube and found the wads encased in the patches at the usual 20 yards beyond the All Herrett's StocksCarved for Perfect Fit muzzle. 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When open, HIJO MILITAR HAND GUN, distributed by combination is gray and beige. rase forms a large flat pad, as shown, to Sloan's Sporting Goods, N. Y., is made under protect gun when target shooting or cleaning new patents by one of Europe's leading pistol. Sizes: Small, Medium, Large. Price manufacturers. Hijo Militar features an ex- $3.75 postpaid. (State make, model, barrel clusive safety hammer and is well-known and length when ordering.) preferred by many law enforcement agencies

around the world. Can be fired either single- ~ or double action. It is %shot, with a 3%" barrel and an overall length of 6" and weighs 24 ounces. It is presently available in .38 calibre, but it is expected that models will shortly be available in .22, .25, and .32 calibres as well. Available in blue, chrome, and chrome engraved. For further informa- tion write R. N. Howard, Sloans Sporting Goods, Inc., 88 Chambers St., N. Y. 7, N, Y.

NEW "X-5" LIGHTNING. 78 years of gun- making skill have gone into making of this NEW FOLDING CAMP OVEN. The Cole- brand new .22 long rifle, 7 shot, semi-auto- man Company, Inc., Wichita, Kan., announce matic. (12 shot clip available at small extra a new folding oven for use with camp stoves cost.) Ithaca's "X-5" features two inter- and charcoal grills. The new "Camp Oven" changeable front sights, hair-splitting red is recommended for baking, roasting, and "Ithaca Raybar" and Tack Driving black, for preparing frozen and brawn-and-serve with only a few seconds needed to give foods. The flat top of the oven may be used shooter his choice. Clip loading for safety to keep food and liquids warm. "Camp and speed. V-type sporting rear sight; re- Oven" folds into a flat, compact package .22'S FOR SURVIVAL? (Continued from pagi. 35) REMINGTON CARBINE man had ordered, received, and paid for and our laws on what we believed. The men :xactly four other single-shot .22 rifles in who drew up our Constitution and our Bill REPEATING SHOTGUNS Model 31-12 Ca., 20" Bbl. $39.95 he past four weeks. One each week. With of Rights were, by and large, god-fearing :ach rifle, he had bought a carton (500 men. They weren't planning conquests, or cartridges) of high speed, hollow point, Long invasions of other peoples rights; but they Rifle ammunition. were strong men, loo, and they didn't figure I laid the new rifle on the counter. we should be sitting ducks. They wrote in 'Ammo?" I asked him. the Bill of Rights that 'the right to bear "Yes. Only this time make it 500 regular arms shall not be infringed.' " SPECIAL^ Above Bun just received from GovG: ment ~evot,with rustproof coating still on gun: will 22 shorts." He put the rifle back on the counter. have to be removed with a solvent. Stocks may be Now, what a customer buys in my sport "These are real handy little guns," he said. slightly marred from packing and shipping. Special Price:~ S.tfi.95- - .- - -.nliix- - -nnatai* - -.- - -. shop is his business, and I make it a "Man who knows how to shoot, who knows Lyman Cutts Comp. Vent Type. installed on Rem- noton or Stevens ~hotguns~~16.25. practice not to be nosey. But this was the country, knows how to get around in something else again. "You must he turning the woods a little-he could do a lot with STEVENS vour whole family into expert target shots, one of these. He could feed his family, for CARBINE-PUMP ACTION with all these rifles and all the ammo," I one thing; birds, small game, frogs. If he SHOTGUNS 12 CA.. 10" BBL.- .5 SHOT- -. Here you have a handy, short barrel Carbine Shotgun said, chattily. was careful, he could do the enemy some about the same description as above, at a price that's He gave me a long, steady look, and then damage, too. One of these little slugs will out of this world. A $65.00 VALUE-WHILE THEY LAST-$29.95 plus costaae. ie chuckled. "I don't blame you for being kill a man, all right; kill him instantly, if you SHOWROOM SAMPLE SPECIALS xrious," he said. "First, mind telling me hit him right; but, instantaneously or not, low long you've lived here?" it'll kill him. The sound doesn't travel far "All my life," I said, "except for a few . . . I know; it sounds melodramatic, maybe mistakes that didn't last long or add up to even crazy. But-order me another one of much." these, will you? I'll be in again next week. He nodded. "So you were here during and I'm getting my neighbors interested in this, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor." He too. You may sell a lot of these rifles- I took my nod in stride and went on: "So was hope." . I was in uniform, with one of the first And he walked out. outfits sent into this area. I did duty as a . -- -- machine gunner in one of the emplacements eah, it does sound crazy. I laughed some, Special prices on ammo. for above guns. just outside this town a ways. Fell in love right after the man left. But what he said Send cash, check or M.O. Sorry, no C.O.D. Y with the country and the people in it- stuck with me. A few days later, target FREE NEW LIST FOREIGN and DOMESTIC GUNS and AMMO. named one, as a matter of fact-and now shooting in an abandoned air strip revetment ['m making my home here. Got two kids." (another reminder of those "dark days sub- HUDSON SPORTING GOODS CO. He leaned forward, resting a big hand on sequent to Pearl Harbor") I quit my usual C-52 Warren Street. New York 7. N. Y. the counter. "You know," he said, "things careful practice on paper targets and took a C. H. Bertschlin er Sole Owner [ read worry me. Sputnik-intercontinental sort of refresher course on the effects of (Life ember 1936) missiles-smaller missiles with H warheads the lowly 22 rimfire cartridge. I shot into that can be launched from submarine* logs, cans of water, piles of dirt. A few big, fast, jet planes and big, fast, jet subs days later the grouse season opened and I that can carry troops and . . . things . . . It went out to wander around a bit, carrying isn't that I don't have a lot of confidence a -22 Smith & Wesson revolver. I learned in our defenses. And I'm not what you'd call that the high speed .22 Long Rifle hollow 1 worrying sort of man, ordinarily. But I point bullet will pin down heavy 2% to 3 keep thinking . . . pound blue grouse at a distance of 50 yards "The way it could happen, a man might with body shots. The hollow point slugs €e a slight earth-tremor-or he might not; break up and break hone, preventing escape. and if he did, it wouldn't mean much to us The 22 shorts in the low speed loads with- West Coastereand the next thing he'd out hollow points would shoot on through. know, the radio might be telling him to take I can remember when it was still legal to it easy and not worry but there's enemy shoot deer in this state with the .22 rim troops landed let's all be sensible and not fire, and I was recalling now that a lot EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR panic and if enemy troops appear, don't of people did just that, and killed deer. A resist them . . ." good rifleman can place a bullet at the base His face looked sort of bleak, and I of the ear on a standing animal, into a was feeling sort of butterflies-in-the-stomach channel that leads directly to the brain. So again, myself. hit, even a big buck drops instantly. I- LET US HELP YOU Select the eauioment best suited to "You know, I saw some places where I began to realize that I had let myself people took advice like that, and didn't forget some old but still basic facts. I took since we carry all popular reload- resist the invaders. I wouldn't like to have a copy of my own book, "Pacific and North- ing tools, accessories and com- what happened to them happen to my west Hunting," off the shelf and spent an ponents. Inquiries on specific items hour leafing through it. I had written this will be handled promptly. family." He picked up the little rifle and ran his book and then let modern lore about high POWDER SCALES AND MEASURES hands along the barrel. "A man is the most speed ballistics crowd out of my memory the dangerous game there is," he said, "but you older knowledge of the potency of small don't have to think of him the way you do bullets combined with accuracy. about taking wild game. War is not a sport. Back at the store, I paged through some You don't have to figure on 'clean, one-shot catalogues, studying the various .22 single kills.' And you don't have to figure on shock shot rifles. They're cheap, simple, not much Powder, primers, primed and unprimed cases. Sierra, Nosier, Hornady and Norma bullets. and stopping power either, the sort of war care needed, not much to get out of order. It would be against the law, of course, as MANUFACTURERS of exclusive products for the I'm thinking of. Because if the enemy gets shooter-Write for Free Folder. that close to you, you've had it." things stand now, but a man with a hack- JOBBERS of shootinsr equipment for the Southwest.- Dealer Inquiries invited. He stopped for a minute, and I was afraid saw, in an invaded country, could turn some he was through talking. But he wasn't. He of those rifles into very concealable hand- said, "The way I figure, if we fight again guns. I got to thinking what a rough time soon it will be-well, a religious war. What the Nazis might have had if every Norwegian, we believe in, against people who believe in for example, had been able to dig up out of nothing but force. We built our government (Continued on page 60) ariable Power 2'Ax to 8x It's the most wanted scope on the market-the only multi-purpose scope of its kind providing year 'round hunting through an excellent choice of low powers for big game and high powers (up to 8 X ) for varmints. And there's no change in reticle size, eye relieffocus or point of impact as power is changed! BALvar 8 is rugged . .. designed and built to take hard punishment during hunting trips. All adjustments are made externally in the mount-no delicate internal parts to jar loose. With its lifetime guarantee, the BALvar 8 is your best buy .. . it's several scopes in one for all hunters! Price $99.50. Q) INTERCHANGEABLE-RIFLE TO RIFLE! Q) WIDE FIELD! The wide field at 2Hx Put B&L mounts on your favorite hunt- (40' at 100 yds.) helps the hunter in ing rifles; zero your BALvar 8 on these tracking a moving target-"close in" on mounts . . . once your mounts are game with desired power and shoot zeroed, BALvar 8 can be transferred with accuracy. from mount to mount in seconds, lock- ing in perfect zero every time! @SHOOT NOW-PAY LATER! BUY your BALvar 8 or any other fine B&L scope SAFETY FEATURE-VARIABLE POWER! now on the convenient time payment @When hunting, use higher power for plan. As little as 10% down and the positive identification of target. A quick scope's yours. Pay the balance in con- turn of the power ring to 8x and a venient monthly payments while you're better look at your target may prevent enjoying the use of the scope. Ask your an accident. dealer for this easy purchase plan.

Send for your copy of this unusual 96-page manual, filled with valuable information about scope shooting. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 20632 Iamb Park, Roch- ester 2, New York. EXCLUSIVE! NO CHANGE IN RETICLE SIZE WITH CHANGE OF POWER Patented B&L tapered cross-hair ret- BAUSCH & LOMB icle, % minute at center, appears sharp, suitably fine and the same size SINCE at any power setting. Taper of cross- hairs snaps the eye to center point for quick aiming.  7 FREE CATALOG (Continued from page 58) ELMER KEITH SAYS his back yard and use such a weapon . . . I (Continued from page 8) "Quick-Draw" Holsters ordered two rifles. straight housing. I would refer a shorter I've hesitated for a long time about this trigger for my own short fingers, but most story, whether to write it or not. I know men need the long trigger. The arched hous- ::..,. 0 CUSTOM MADE how fantastic it seems, at first glance. It ing would suit me best, but many shooters seemed fantastic to me, at first. But- prefer the straight housing. Martin and I A man can provide meat for himself and also tested the gun to 150 yards, finding it his family with a .22 rifle, in the right very accurate even at that range, which is country; that is proven. A rabbit or a the real test of any pistol. grouse (or a chicken or a pig that used to The rear sight, like all Micro sights I S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO.! belong to somebody but now doesn't) could have seen, is a bit tight for my old eyes and be worth more than money under certain would he better with slightly wider rear P. 0. BOX 1505 conditions. sight notch, allowing a wider strip of light EL PASO. TEXAS Nobody is suggesting that .22's should be .m------i to be seen on each side of front sight. The or could be the weapons of national defense, trigger pull is as clean as breaking glass and I I I but~enoughof them, in the right hands, there is no rearward movement after sear is THE I I could provide a lot of harassment. Worse released. Anyone wishing to take up match I I weapons were used, used effectively, in .45 shooting either timed or rapid or slow Europe, against invading troops. fire will find the new Colt Gold CUD as fine Anyway, this man I was telling you about a .45 auto as is to be had anywhere. was in again just a few days ago. He bought another .22 rifle and another carton of Muzzle Covers The brake that is different-because it's right in i your rifle barrel. Choice of discriminating shoot- 1 ammunition. I've been selling quite a few In Africa we found it necessary to keep I ers. You don't need a blob on your muzzle for single shot .22's lately, to various ~eople. the muzzle of rifles and shotguns covered I gço braking. Illustrated folder4ealer discounts. ! Maybe the idea isn't so crazy, after except when in actual use. This for the all. Q reason that two kinds of "mud dobbers" will every so often fill the bore of the arm. One type uses leaves folded into a solid mass several inches deep, with their eggs down in the center. The other type will fill the bore with mud, then lay their eggs and tamp more mud on top, which soon dries out hard. Once while having lunch, I left my .333 O.K.H. out of its heavy Boyt case, and be- fore we took off for the afternoon hunt I opened the bolt and tried to look through it. The bore was plugged solid and would have blown up the rifle had it been fired in that condition. John Lawrence, my white hunter, kept a heavy saddle-leather muzzle cover over the muzzle of his .416 while it stood in its rack in the Safari car at all times, for this very reason. Owing to the dust, mud, and the whipping of thorny limbs, I found by far the best way to protect all arms in Africa was in the Boyt fully lined heavy saddle scabbards that cover the arm full length, with heavy zipper closing. Both my rifles endured some 3,000 miles of the roughest possible roads in the safari car in these Boyt cases without getting a single major scratch on them, and both stayed ~erfectlysighted in during my trip. You cannot shoot within 200 yards of a motor vehicle in Africa, so there is plenty of time to get the rifle, and we found it faster to unzip a rifle case than to unscrew the clamps of the rack. These heavy Boyt cases are made of heavy saddle skirting, with MORE POWER a heavy imitation fleece lining impregnated FOR YOUR with anti-rust compound. They are made by REMINGTON 722 The Boyt Co., of Des Moines, Iowa. I found that one should also have some CONVERT TO THE 222 very thin, very light,-. water proof cases for MAGNUM CARTRIDGE

Bring your Remington 722 up to date with a G&H con- version to accept the new G&H TRIGGER GUARD RELEASE 222 Magnum. Mail your FOR WINCHESTER MODEL 70 RIFLES CARTRIDGE action and barrel to G&H A finely-machined new steel Trigger Guard with BELT and HOLST for rechambering and mag built-in floor plate release button allows easy azine conversion to handle removal of cartridges from the magazine by the Made of the best heavy-duty the longer, more powerful flick of a finger. Completely blued, ready for russet leather and handcra TheManufacturer. 222 Magnum, 55 grains, to your measurement. The caliber and barrel home installation. $15.00 carries twenty cartridge I Muzzle velocitv.. 3.300 £.u.s- and polished nickel buckle or left hand. Send for Custom Rifle Folder Belt and Holster Complete conversion, $17.50,plus return Postal charges. . and Conversion Leaflet have a rich pre- servative finish. .; .' >A*"'"^ .* Made especially for Frontier mod- - GRIFFIN i3 HOWE, INC. el guns. 114 East 13th St., New York 13, N.Y. ACTON CUSTOM LEATHER GOODS MAKERS OF FINE RIFLES 919 So. Walnut St. ~ept.28 Troy, Ohio use in the field to turn the water from hard BELTS tropical showers. These could be made of S'tk'Es- GREAT NEST HOLSTERS I a thin plastic so they could be rolled up 1 and put in a pocket when not needed. CUSTOM MADE EMBROIDERED EMBLEMS - CLUB i BY EXPERTS Government Primers We manufacture embroidered Emblems. Send us a sample, or sketch and quantity wanted. Many readers ask whether Government We will lad1 quote price by return mail. ROGERS EMBLEM oept R 2450 s Main st. rifle and pistol primers are non-corrosive MFG. CO. Los Angeles 7: calif. and non-mercuric. The new non-corrosive, 1 i BUY DIRECT AT non-mercuric primers came into general issue early in 1950, and all issued or sold since -- - fACTORY PRICES Sole distributor. AMERICAN PRESENTATION then are non-corrosive and non-mercuric. SWORDS, by the distinguished collector - J. P. Used and recom- Altmayer. This profusely illustrated book has gilt mended by Gun Nearly all before that date may be con- decorated stippled paper cover. 8% x 10%. containing sidered as corrosive, though some small lots 47 pages. Limited to 1.000 numbered copies. Regular Owners throughout discount to all booksellers, gunsmiths and collector tb8U.Q. . , of the new type were turned out earlier at roups with orders for six or more copies. Retail price. 2 , ;,- '* - * I 4.00. Address orders and inauiries to: Outfit No. 6 Only $25.85 rr,3, - L%- ,-: Government arsenals. RAY RILING, 6844 Gorsten Street. Phila. 19, Pa. Most Powerful .450 Rifle PISTOL SIMULATOR- DALE MYRES CO. The Atkinson & Marquart Rifle Co. of BOX 72924 EL PASO. TEXAS Prescott, Ariz., have developed what we believe to be the most powerful .450 caliber NEW "Thumbslide" ton9 safety rifle ever produced for sporting use. They for Remington rifles & employ a belted case larger than the .375 shotguns - Mod. 740, Mod. 760, Mod. 870. H & H Magnum, about the same size as the Mod. 1 1-48 & Mod. 58 Pat. Pend. Order your. today. .416 Rigby but necked to .450 and with C. NELSON Port Offic. 60% 391 Sportsman. Write for belt added. About the same thing as used Sunland. California folder. THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK by Weatherby for his new .378 Magnum. NLAYS are my business and l make >the finest. Brilliant color*. This big .450 Magnum will handle the 600 beautiful designs band cut by precision mach'u~ry.Send Gunsmiths 6 Barrelmakers grain Barnes A50 caliber bullet backed by % .".a". .---.-"11.. from 110 to 120 grains of powder. The rifle 3. CAH  DEPT. 2, BOXFORD, MASS. Roxburv Connectic weighs 11 pounds and has built-in muzzle brake to reduce the heavy recoil. This most powerful of all .450 calibers is not indicated for chip monks, pack rats, chucks, or jack rabbits, but should be ideal for the big pachyderms of Africa, American Bison, African buff, or really big Brown bear. It is a more powerful rifle than is needed for American game short of really Non-Brea kable, Guaranteed large grizzly, polar bear, walrus, bison, or For All American, Many Foreign Guns Brown bear. Non-slip and precision-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS are Tests of The "Three the most durable made! Beautiful colors; smooth, Deuces" Magnum checkered, staghorn and fancy carved; truly distinc- We gave the new Remington 222 Magnum tive. Long-wearing, unaffected by moisture, per- a good workout yesterday. The cartridge is spiration, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not chip or peel. Luster, color are permanent. excellent in every way and we believe may well equal the famous .222 Remington for Conventional or conversion styles. Also target grips, accuracy. While the Remington .222 case is with or without thumb rest. Available for all popu- just 1-11/16" in length, the new Magnum lar guns in: Ivory, Pearl, Onyx, Agate, Walnut, Black and Staghorn finishes. Low cost, $2.50 to "three deuces" has a case length of 1-7./8". ?8.00ÑSe our complete catalog! Case body from head to shoulder is around 3/16" longer, giving more boiler room. Bullet Franzite Grips Are Sold Under Our Guarantee I For is 55 grain spitzer point instead of the 50 Write today for 28-page book. Remington Browning Luger Prices i!lustrates raps for all Great west'n . grain of the older .222. New 55 grain bullet FREE has a small cannellure on the ogive ahead CATALOG ~m&can makes, pis many for- ~i-~&dard ztiSser ver-Johnson Wolther Llama Webley of the crimping cannellure. The bullet jacket And Many Others is probably heavier, as we heard one slug whine away after going through the target SPORTS, INC. 5501 Broadway, Dept. CH-8, Chicago 40,111. and also hitting the ground. The rifle shoots very well. My groups went from %" to %" at 100 yards from rest position with Weaver K-8 scope. I am sure from our tests yesterday that the new load

facMÑNo a naint or lacauer - No heating necessary - Comes complete with all nec- I essary- ewinment... GUARANTEED -Tested and I proven wer 40 year0 by $ repeat sales to satisfied 1 SEND 7 x 61 Sharpe & Hart Norma Factory Ammunition ------~ . ~ - ~ 1 METHOD MFG. CO.' es, we have it available for immediate shipment from our main warehouse NEWG-8 Bradford, Pa. 1 Emmitsburg, Md., and at Oakland. Velocity of 3100 with 160-gr. BTSP I Name...... I illet. Also unprimed cases. Schultz & Larsen sportmg rifles M60 this caliber ~lyare in stock for immediate shipment. Write for Literature. 1 Addrest ...... 1 IE SHARPE & HART ASSOCIATES. INC., '4435 Piedmont Ave.. Oakland. 11. Calif. CWI State I ------J...... FAMOUS will give about the same fine accuracy as the REVERE phenomenal .222 Remington. The heavier bullet will buck wind better and the added 150 feet in velocity should give at least 50 yards, possibly nearer 100 yards, more effec- tive expansion range. It is a whale of a good little cartridge. Case diameter and FRONT SIGHTS Amaze Your friends astound your targets-reeard- head being the same as the old .222, we look less if Paper, cans, or game your "hits" must imDrove with this siaht-for Hi-vowers and small for gunsmiths to have a great deal of busi- bores, often used on target pistols~complete with extra apertures quickly interchangeable. From ness rechambering the older .222 rifles to dntinued Tawt rifle of lamst U.S. rifle mainus facturer-at a TOG7 discount! Price $1.49 ea.- take the new .222 Magnum. (Dealers S12.00 n& do;.) When the magazines are long enough to

take the new cartridge or can he converted MAUSER OWNERS: to the longer case, this conversion will offer SINGLE STAGE F.N. no problems; but with some rifles having TRIGGER AND SEAR I The Heavy Duty tool for precision work Eliminates annoying two stage detachable box magazines, like the Sako and pull found in military models. around shop and home. Consists of Reduce inaccuracies with su- 40 pieces in a beautiful case. AC-DC others, a complete new magazine or remodel- perior pull-Fits all '9S% Swedish, 7MM '9$.N'95 ek.- Rotary Tool with cutters, drills, brushes, ling job would be necessary. etc., and adjustable stand. Carves, cuts, EZ; FE!%YF.N.-e-&: drills, engraves, sands, polishes! I have for many years recommended the , cia1 low price $1.75 for set. Remington .222 as one of our finest little pest cartridges, and the new load is a further improvement of it. For years, many have GONE - ORDER TODAY been crowding the last grain of powder into This is the last time they will bo advertised! the little case, and now they can load heavier A SPECIAL SAVING OF $10.00 and have plenty of room to do so. The new SPECIAL PRICE $5.75 case is not enough larger, however, to offer Armstrong receiver sight* Jacobs geared key chuck more than 150 to 200 feet more velocity; but amazing dual range-after ,A I makes tool changes quick micrometer windage A ele- and easy. 1250 RPM, even that much is quite an increase when vation is set, pressing 115 V, AC-DC; suitable button increases settings for drilling wood or combined with a five grain heavier bullet. It automatically 100 yds.. another press 6 sight returns to original setting. metal. Beautiful rose. will not put the little cartridge up into the -All adjustments with lock screws 6 Allen wrench Paid j Limited supply. contained in sight base. Quick detachable, press but- high velocity class of the Swift and similar ton and sight slim from base. slip back in and sight loads, but does offer a further velocity in- returns to your original setting. Special qrooved Send check or money order. No C.O.D. eye disc centers eye automatically~used for years on crease, more room for the powder and a world's finest factory Mauser soorters.-fits Mauser, slightly heavier bullet at even higher velocity. Svringfield, Enfield A Krag. We would also expect it to show slightly shorter barrel life with the added velocity. AMMUNITION I would say off-hand that it will give you Look! Here is the real McCoy! SPECIAL at least 50 to 100 yards more effective killing Universal Ramp Sieht Holder Complete with Gold SALE of that hard-to-get ammunition for Derringer, etc. range on small pests, and that about lets it REMINGTON but. For average vermin shooting, chucks, i 41 RIMFIRE SHORTS $5" Per Box. 50 Rds. jack rabbits, hawks, and owls, the old .222 Remington is good enough, and the new car- tridge is even better; but it still does not HEAVY .22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS make a coyote-and-eagle rifle, and neither is the Swift or any other .22 caliber with short bullets. All three kill coyotes very dead 1 turn in 14"-_--_ .---only $6.95 plus 4Se pout. at 200 yards when placed right, but all fail (Chambering for .22 L.R. only, add $1.00) miserably at times beyond 300 yards, even with well placed hits. Velocity has then TARGETÑHUNTIN dropped off to such an extent that you mere- Receiver sights for

SCHMIDT RUBIN~ RIFLES~~~ --- ly have a .22 rim fire in performance. I did Now the clumsy military aizhts on Swiss Schmidt Rubin rifles can be thrown away and a genuine 2onsiderable of this shooting with my various micrometer adjustment Lyman 57 sight installed Gun looks better, shoots far better-~x~~.us~v~WITH US 222 rifles and found that, at the longer -and at a terrific saving! (Over $4.00) Available only at Numrich Arm-rder #57AX----$4.50 ppd ranges, when expansion of the bullet stops, (Order our special $1.79 ramp & front eight. adv: on this page for a perfect combination) :RIFLE BARRELS ^So= they do not kill as well as does the .22 L.R. awt Surplus 24-inch. comvteteiy an- $5.00 hollow point soft lead bullet at normal :tsheci. Value CzS.00...... Redud - ranges for that load. RIFLE Web New 1V. in. : I 3 for 91.50 .69 em. 0 The Remington 722 action is used, and :SLINGS Leather New 1% in. $2.00 ea. :1the rifle tested has a very good, clean, crisp .rigger ~ull. Remington has also incor- : 1 ._ RUBBER porated their best open rear sight, adjustable MAGAZINES :RECOIL BOOTS by a screw driver for elevation and wind- SAVAGE .32 or -380 auto. pistol ------S7.SO' MAUSER HSC ...... S7S age. This sight can be removed in a few MAUSER 1910 & 34 (25 or 32 cn1.-state)--- 5.7s :for shotgun $ 3 DOZEN ORTGIES .25 or .32 ca1.-stat------s 7s :or rifle 69c each . seconds with a screw driver, and it has a ~;;ggG.gil.~g120~Q;T;ta~~; white diamond under the rear sighting LUGER emm ------.___-----6.50 U 1922 Browning (water pistol) 32 ----.-._--5.75 for certain centering of the rear notch in +UBLIC SPORT SHOPS 1 dim lights. The stock is of excellent shape, 11 S. 16th St., Phila. 2, Pa. No COD5 - but this rifle badly needs a set of sling swiv- r- els so that all men trained in the use of the sling can from prone or sitting position I take full advantage of the fine accuracy of Ifs EASY With this new ~emin~toncartridge. Gunberth Plans & Kits RECOIL REDUCER AII details on Plans. its Coggswell & Harrison and Hardware are listed in Double Rifle big. fully illustrated ... ~~~~~b~~~~~_~~~~~~~We have just finished sighting and testing Finished cabinets in 82 a best quality side lock ejector double rifle SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF different styles also avail- able Get your copy NOW] by Coggswell & Harrison. These fine rifles THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUNS & ACCESSORIES Only $1.00 ppd. are imported by Winfield Arms Co. of Los (Refundable first order) Angeles, and also by Frank Clark Jr. of MUMRICH ARMS CO., COLADONATO BROS, opt. G12X. Hazleton, pa. (Continued on page 64) WEST HURLEY 1, NEW YORK ¥fSZ^ U. S. CARBINE Front band & bayonet attachment- fits all Models U. S. CarbineÑNew $1.75.

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Used by gun factories and gunsmiths everywhere. Gudf- anteed to be the best cold blue you ever used-or your money back. 3 GUN SIZE ------S2.00 PPd. INDUSTRIAL GUNSMITH SIZE. 1 pint ÑÑÑÑ.ÑÑÃS7.50 Ppd. WANTED: GUN PARTS 1 ALSO WANT ... a kinds new or us* rn i Ii tar; or commerciali JUNK RIFLES U. S. or foreign, send rough list or do as many PISTOLS ~&~h$n$le~d~ffe~ SHOTGUNS ceived-if not 0.k. ship- ment returned prepaid. for breaking into parts. WE HAVE OVER 15,000,000 GUN PARTS WEST HURLEY ModernÑObsoleteÑForeig Forfree quotation send broken part or rough sketch with full information. MlMlMI ARMS 10. 1, NEW YORK Cheyenne, Wyoming. This rifle was a .375 ?-I son Ted doing some long range sixgnn work --a Magnum, chambered for the rimmed ammo; with a .44 Smith & Wesson Special, Model a very fine all around cartridge for all Amer- 1950 Target, with 5" barrel. I took the photo ican big game and a good small rifle for of him on top of Ulysses Lookout, where he Africa as well. The rear sight was standard was then stationed for the Forest Service. and the folding leaves were marked for 100, (McGivern's book is published by Wilcox & 200, and 300 yards and fitted with platinum Follett, Chicago, $6.50) center lines; but the three sights had never been filed down to correct elevation. They Mould Glaze were left high purposely, so the owner of Ed Agramonte of Yonkers, N. Y., sells a the rifle could fine them down to- suite his spray can of mould glaze. You hold the can ' load and holding. some distance from the face of the mould We first tried some 300 grain Westley blocks and give it a light fine spray of this Richards hollow capped bullet ammunition dope. So treated, the mould drops bullets PONY EXPRESS SPORT SHOP by Kynoch and they did not shoot right, as 17460 Ventura Blvd. Encino 25. California perfectly when the handles are jerked open. the right barrel shot higher and to the right. Saves a lot of time, profanity, and wear and Next we tried some 235-grain-bullet loads 'tear on your nerves over a hot melting pot. and these were terrible as we expected; shot The dope also seems to aid in perfect cast- a foot lower than the 300 grain at 100 yards ings. Care should be exercised not to over- and also spread the two barrels some six to do it. Hold the mould at least a foot away eight inches apart. Then we tried some 270 and give it only a very light coat. grain Kynoch and these printed perfectly, with both barrels under a dollar and eleva- How straight Is A Gun Barrel? tion the same for both barrels. This fine rifle makes exceptionally fine Rifles, like cars and other products, vary groups with 270 grain loads, and we have in quality depending on the excellence or no doubt it would do the same with a plain otherwise of the inspection system through soft point 300 grain bullet load with correct which they pass. In the last year, I have run powder charge; but the long hollow point across several factory-new rifles with crooked copper capped do not shoot in it, and barrels. I am getting so I pull the bolt of neither do the 235 grain high velocity loads. a new rifle, clean the bore, and inspect the In spite of the fact that Holland & Holland barrel for straightness before I fire it. advertise their double rifles in this caliber Lots of people don't know it, but it is quite for accurate shooting with all three weight possible for a rifle with a crooked barrel to bullets, it has always been my experience shoot very good groups. Some hold their that these doubles shoot best with just one grouping fairly well; others "walk" their weight of bullet. I did have a best quality groups-change their point of impact-as Lancaster .375 Nitro Express that threw they warm up from firing. Barrels that were both 270 grain and 300 grain Western soft originally crooked but have been straight- points backed by 48 grains of 3031 into the ened are also apt to "walk" their groups, due same silver-dollar group at 60 yards, hut to the tendency of the barrel to warp hack those two Western bullets both had the same into its original curve as it heats up from length of bearing surface and evidently repeated firing. But in,the hands of a man caused about the same resistance to the who doesn't do a lot of shooting, a crooked SHOOTERS ACCESSORY SUPPLY oval-bored barrels when fired. Most double barrel, properly sighted, may do all he ever Box 205, NORTH BEND, ORE. rifles will shoot 270 and 300 grain well in asks it to do, and he may not guess the "Home of the famous LITTLE DRIPPER" this .375 Magnum rimmed caliber, but sel- imperfection. Nevertheless, a straight barrel dom will they shoot all three weights. It is is better than a crooked one. best to find out which load shoots best and "Reading" a barrel for straightness is an stick to that one load. art, and it is one few men can acquire. Few This fine .375 Coggswell & Harrison would people have the eyesight for it. During the give an excellent account on all American war, while I was in charge of final inspec- game with the 270 grain load, and no doubt tion of small arms at Ogden Arsenal, I tried when I get some plain soft nose 300 grain out many men and women as inspectors. Many became expert at all other phases of Target games! loads it will do the same with that bullet weight. Incidentally, this firm also makes inspection, but I found only one man, a Ger- some very fine magazine rifles in caliber .375 man named Klauser, who became a good "Do-It-Yourself" tips on building an indoor and barrel inspector. An experienced man can outdoor range and many other tips on shooting. belted Magnum rimless and .404 Magnum. Real shooting indoors or close-to-home, all year "read" a barrel for straightness from a rest, 'round-the safer, accurate, quiet, odorless, "Fast & Fancy but only a real expert can take one look "power without powder" way. through a barrel and tell instantly. WRITE today for "Shootin's Three Times More Revolver Shooting" If you own a rifle which tends to change Fun With A Crosman Pellgun"-supply limited. Ed McGivern's book under the above title its center of impact badly as it warms up, it Crosman Arms Co.. Inc., dent.^-20. Fairoort. N.Y. is the best work ever written on double ac- might be a good idea to have the barrel tion shooting and fast exhibition aerial work. checked for straightness. Many gunsmiths My friend, the late Ed McGivern, was no can do this for you, using a machine rest doubt the fastest and best double action shot and studying the lights and shadows that ever lived. The jacket cover shows my inside the bore. rn

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