PRESENTS THE MUSKETEER BOLT ACTION RIFLES

BUILT ON THE WORLD FAMOUS ACTION Firearms International Corporation

Calibers: .243, .270, 30-06, .308, 7M/M Magnum, .264 Magnum and .308 Norma Magnum.

/~~~7'~,;:;f~~\\=;;::~) THE MUSKETEER II FEATURES :_h",:, -: _''', .. :~':::>~:':":' ,,*., y) .~ ::_~~ \~',;:\~:;:;<~~~~5~ewWilliams "Guide" ~'.' ~ble open sight 'C':? ;,>.:>i~~;':i~Wd~h~~kered forend and gri~"inged f100rplate /:\~~~, ".-;: \~~ ·(~~;:~>~~~~;"~.~7". . ~~_ ~!trlgg~\:~~~~,;, •. 1 slm~ s/~;"' Newe~t F.N. Mauser Suprem~ adlon~ :~",;;E~us,veIY deslgnel:Yw, nut stock with Monte Carlo ~\y;) \,;; "y,;) .. \", /y,~. cheekpi~~;';;>~' "'~'-Y ~6:oded ~rc)l1t sight,'9dj able for windage and elevation r ;-V~, ". ""·,"i!<; ;;.i· \ 7ij /:' • Precision i:~e,~\ba"f~~f ~W!th'1~e!Xo/"JJ1J}d grooves • Streamlined receiver drilled and taPRed fo~{c~nJ!!i~honadfgh.tiri9~/~ Ament • Fully adjustable Sako trigger ?' '" /' ';/,.'" ,1/, .' ~jdf'""", with silent sliding fthu~b'"idf~tt:">/ :;.t~ :,)§f~ . ~l ,.>~~,~, ;:'~". /Y1:7~\~(t:· . \ < (r __ y!". The Musketeer is a strong modern 'rifle-J:l!~ig:ri~'dttq.,the-.:~":t~f,';;)' e~-s the shooter from the recoil of powerful most .d~manding requireme~ts. ~f the Americ'b·ft;!;~t~,n~~r. ,--.I- '/V :,~, \ Ii tortrid.ges. The clean a~d graceful lines ~f ~he C.ombmmg the ~afety ~nd reliability 'of the newest:C..1T~~~\\ ,~/6F~,%J).v?-~ tnmness of proportion that makes this rifle clal Mauser actions with the proven accuracy ottC?P.,.q..u~i.lty ',J la.'s:!Cl.,r/ifo.... pu;t I.". any field. Vli Y'-:/.' 1 /I"v"" { P button rifled barrels, these rifles are totally ne~'ftl9~clJ.cb. ",/(y'p-#.J:M,dY 9)Vn tNs fine rifle, with features thar few pro- pletely safe, engineered for a lifetime of top p~~to'rhiJ~c \ \v "'>dukti~fh.sVns:lcan! duplicate, at a smaller cost than that of The fine grained walnut stock incorporates,:,,~oHt¥':,(br ;\~:;c~i~~:~tiri9.9)/~"'U~ilitary rifle. features of design to assure good bedding,1hi,,\im4/ ~~>, Mu~~k,te~rrjfl 1e~f,ully guaranteed for a year by Firearms easy sighting, and complete comfort. The slopih' ':\ 'JntE!'r~~"'rlt'tio ~cil ' ration. , ~ V "/ 7;/ /.' t1 Musketeer I rifles have the same stock design r:'h,jf~t;~/n5he"cke~;a"\withoutsling swivels. They have a wing ~afety, and a single stage trigger. The rec~~.' "", . ~'Pl?'~? / fo//r';.-~ei'~r_:.sight$ and conventional sc~pe mounts. This IS a sturdy and completely dependable Il ntJn~,\~, ~llabIJ"Jn' the,}a,me ,callb~rs \as the Musketeer II with the same full year new guarantee. f ,"-"" ',,"._, ''<'''': ~-/,~/ ': /' '/ \ L ""''' " ""'" '::"'-' ", /, /' . f) ,"", "'" ,,~,:' /, / 1'>;.'1' •• (¢" " ~ ~ "~ ,/ ,.' Also avallabl~ In "Packa~ Deals" f!i;;~s~~';;:..'..;;J:'fJ '':''~?i Package #7, with open ockage ~f:.:~l;t-li"ft;~ Packag ··,#4.r:~,thout F.I. LUMINAR rifle scopes rear and hooded front LU~INAR. sco ~.~' /--'YC1ll.: sights, b'1:tWith:.~i~~sand are light weight, optically sight, or Package # 2, chOice, wltho .nt ~;!.. mounts, for thel\~pe of perfect scopes with cali­ without sights, drilled an ~ear sight, total c ,yncluq;;:j your chol~e. WiIf\\fi t most brated click adjustments tapped for the installation mg s~ope, block ,t,,\,oun§'! popular 1 ~s~op.~ for elevation and windage . f and nfle. :::l: ., $ o f accessories 0 your, ::1 Musketeer I" ...•. 137.30 and nitrogen filled tubes. choice. . :,:::\ \, ,., Musketeer "II with %~\ Musketeer I )' .;, .$120.66 scope ., $17~q::\ , ". , Detachable Sako type split $16j~f,r, .~ny ring scope mounts, adjust­ Musketeer II .....$128.30 with 4x scope. , .. $17,{5;'l., Subtract witH 6x scope ,,,,.:;;,:$1 f~.80of..,t~l! ~~~Ut~1 p. c ,- able for windage, return with 2 1j, - lOx Va ria bJii -" age prices for-equi~d1'lrnt readily to zero. Polished Musketeer I •. , ..$111.66 scope $20'ti:eO Musketeer I models, blue steel. @ "6,ea,...~.,_a'io_al 'f:!!!) ~~4 W"SHINGTON 22, D. C. EUROPEAN & AMERICAN ARMS By Claude Blair (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1962. $25.00) SMALL ARMS OF THE THE SHOTGUNNER'S BOOK The publishers label this "the complete WORLD by W. H. B. Smith. by Col. Charles Askins. Revised and enlarged by Joseph The complete picture on shot­ visual encyclopedia of the weapons used in E. Smith. The most authori­ guns ... design, manUfacture, the western world from about BOO to 1850," tative reference ever published shooting fonn, ammunition... on military small arms. Spe­ all in one neat package. Not a and it would be difficult to find a better cial emphasis on U.8. and dry chronology of these items, U.S.S.R. weapons. 711 pages, but a highly readable story of description. The Chapter headings indicate more than 1700 illustrations shotgunning spiced with ad­ covering identification, cali­ venture and -humor. 365 pages, the scope of the work: I- Swords and Dag­ bers, ammunition, stripping, more than 100 illustrations. A gers; II - Staff Weapons; III - Projectile assembly, safety and history. "must" volume for the shotgun $15.00 enthusiast. 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GUNS MAY 1963 3 THE EDITOR'S" o JJ EADLINES FLARED in the newspapers of a certain city iiiiii.: s~m~s~~g~ not long ago over an ugly crime involving a teen-age PISTOLS boy, a .22 rifle, and murder. Let's not identify the crime Z Newly manu'fadured in srAIH H at a pric:~ t. brln9 you black powder with details; it is not unique: teen-agers who have killed fans little rAIN. 1/ stock color case $19 2 hardened lock be..uties. 95 one or several members of their own families have been common in history since Cain killed Abel. Intra-family murder has been III FAMOUS PINEAPPLE GRENADE -used by the U.S. .& Creat Britain committed with rocks, axes, knives, fire, poison, not to mention in w.w. ~ ~ 2. Completely inert. ,.,.ic. $3.00 formal executions by guillotine, starvation, and the hanging noose. GERMAN %F·4! Sniping Scope. complete with mount _ A few have used firearms. In this case, some of the headlines JJ close out .•••...•••••••$12.'5 Riffe Grenade " ..r.achute F'lar••..SI. e .... blamed the rifle. GERMAN EGG GRENADE originally used by the German Army in W.W. II ­ completely inert. Price $3.00 This is fatuous thinkinlJ' but let's accept it for the moment. POTATO MASHER GRENADE TRAINING The rifle is guilty; the rifle should be tried, convicted, and im­ CHART approx. 24" x 36" - only $1.95 prisoned or executed. The boy, one supposes, would be tried too, FIRST OFFERING! - New issue U.S. of. fensive grenade - completely inert. as an accomplice-though his attorneys would doubtless plead Price $3.00 that he was an unwilling accomplice, led astray by the wicked rifle. """'.....__.•tt-· ,.' MUZZLE LOADING A really beautiful little LT. WGHT. SHOTGUNS You say, "But this is absurd! You wouldn't try, you couldn't gun of new manufacture with 95 'execute,' an inanimate object!" fine steel barrel and checkered stock. $19 00;.. ;; ..; ;.: .; y< (m;:: ;..?JIii[jJ SLIGHTLY Agreed. So let's assume the other possibility-that the boy is NEW 1W' LEATHER RIFLE SLINGS USED guilty. He should be tried, convicted-and all boys, certainly all ~u"te,.s! ~hooters! Uncle.' Sam's loss IS your gain! Brand spanking new. ad- $195 75¢ boys of his age, should be imprisoned or executed. justable to any shooting or carrying position. Is this absurd? Of course it is. Yet this is what editorial writers SHOULDER $2 25 Ml GARAND COMBINATION TOOL are suggesting regarding the rifle. They are saying, "Because ~,9.~~!'~~3~ ~uto'll ~ this one rifle committed a crime, all rifles should be punished! or .45 ~~...... Damn all guns! Because one gun was the tool for murder, all .45 REVOLVER 195 I ThIs st.nd.rd u.s. Ord;n.n•• guns should be banished!" HOLSTERS $ I ~~:lm~Oer;:b~~::n~n:cr:o:~tri;:~t •••••••••••••••• I assembly and dis. I .ssembly tool. All This too is an absurdity. The leading criminologists of our time G.I-. .45 AUTO .I this can be ~ours $1 75 HOLSTERS $ p51 'or only a recognized it as an absurdity when they tell us that the presence •••••••••••••••.• 1 or absence of a gun does not affect the commission of a crime. RIFLES AND PISTOLS $1.00 POSTAGE and HANDLING The absence of a gun does not deter it, nor does the presence of ALL OTHER ITEMS $.35 POSTAGE and HANDLING the gun inspire it. The crime is in the mind of the human being I who commits it. The savage, twisted, perverted mind that plans murder is not made whole and sane again simply because its choice of method is reduced by the absence of one tool.

But it is argued, "This boy was gun-crazy! Admitting that not all guns are guilty, if this particular gun had not been accessible to this particular boy •• ."

That also Is fuzzy thinking. Concede. If you will, that a par­ ticular mind Is committed not only to murder but to murder with a specific tool. He does not own that tool. Will the mind com­ mitted to the major crime of murder, with its massive punishment, be halted by the lesser crime of theft? He does not own a knife, but he can steal one

"But we have you there!" says the anti-gun disciple. ".f all guns were banished, he couldn't steal one:'

HOT OFF THE PRESS-Service Armaments True. If there were no guns, he wouldn't have planned a gun New mammoth catalog & reference book has murder. Would he have planned his murder with a knife? Then finally been completed after months of re­ we should banish all knives. With a club? Then we should banish search and careful study. Every sportsman, all clubs •• hunter, shooter or collector will find some­ thing to whet his appetite. This is the world's What we should really do is think sanely. Could we possibly most complete modern and antique ARMS & design a law that would punish the possessor of a firearm more ARMAMENT CATALOG on the market TO­ terribly than the laws against murder punish the killer? Yet there DAY, listing from battling Bazookas to Buck­ have been laws against murder since man came down out of the shot BB's, including the world's most com­ plete line for the black powder shooter to trees. They haven't stopped murder. The mind which is not de­ the largest supply of modern and obsolete terred by those laws will not be deterred by a law requiring the shooting ammo. Free with every edition registration of, or prohibiting the possession of, a firearm. -a genuine U.S. Army .45$1 pistol disassembly tool Worth 00 Perhaps the people who Insist that we should design "a better the price of the catalog alone! • law" against guns are attacking this problem from the wrong angle. Perhaps we should design better people.-E.B.M.

4 GUNS MAY 1963 MAY. 1963 Vol. IX, No. 5-101

George E. von Rosen Publisher .

Arthur S. Arkush Ass't to the Publisher

IN THIS ISS UE E. B. Mann Editor special ... R. A. Steindler Managing Editor WERE SACCO AND VANZETTI FRAMED? ...Shelley Braverman 16 FOR BETTER GUN SPORT...... 26 Kent Bellah Handloading new guns . .. Roslyn Wallis EditoriaL Ass't "NEWS FROM NILO". . E. B. Mann 19 IT'S A REMINGTON . .. E. B. Mann 25 hunting ... Sydney Barker Art Director BOBCAT! ON SNOW AND SAND. . Byron Dalrymple 20 YOU HAVE TO OUTSMART HIM . . .. Clyde Ormond 38 Lew Merrell Ass't Art Director shooting ... FAST DRAW VS. COMBAT SHOOTING...... Bill Tcney 22 Lee Salberg Advertising Director HIS GUNS ARE TAKING HIM TO COLLEGE...... Dick Miller 32 THE WICKED SEVEN. ... Bob Hagel 36 people ... Sanford Herzog .. Production Manager BOY STOCKER. . Jason Connors 24 GUNS AND THE GOOD LIFE Ken Warner 28 Kay Elliott ..... Ass't Ptoduction Mgr. RIFLEMAN MK I.. . ~ James M. Triggs 40 collector. .. Sally Loges Subscription Mgr. REUNITED - 100 YEARS LATER . Graham Burnside 31 departments ... George Tsoris Promotion Manager ARMS LIBRARY 3 EDITOR'S CORNER . E. B. Mann 4 HANDLOADING BENCH Kent Bellah 6 CROSSFIRE ...... , .. .. •...... 8 Editorial Advisory Board GUN RACK 12 PULL! Dick Miller 14 Lt. Col. Lyman P. Davison Military SHOPPING WITH GUNS " Roslyn Wallis 56 Carola Mandel, AI Schuley...•...... Skeet THE GUN MARKET , ...... •...... 64 INDEX OF ADVERTiSERS...... 66 Dick Miller Trap

Harry Reeves Pistol Competition MEMBER Of ,HE Jim Dee Junior Hunters Dee Woolem, George Virgines Fast Draw Bill Toney, Frank J. Schira Police

EDITORIAL OFFICES: E. B. Mann, R. A. Steindler, BI50 N. Central Park, Skokie, III., ORchard 5-5602. Kent Bellah, St. Jo, Texas. REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 210 East 53rd St., New York 22, N. Y., PLaza 3-1780. WESTERN, Michael R. Simon, 434 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles 48, Calif., OL 2-2/00; THE COVER and Don Ferrull, 260 Kearny St., San Francisco 8, Calif., EX 2-4940. MIDWEST ADV. OFFICES, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6967. Old shooting guns, and a new shooting club combine to make this month's cover. The club story is fully told inside the book. The guns: a collection of Colt SA revolvers, including some unusual ones­ a .44 rimfire, a ,455 Eley, a .44 S&W­ and a full range of barrel lengths from 3" to 12". Taken with a Yashica at F16­ 60 on Kodak High Speed Ektachrome, by George Virgines, the Fast Draw expert.

GUNS MAY 1963 5 By KENT BELLAH

E HAVE BEEN testing various car· Gibbs No. 51, designed by Phil Sharpe for tridges to bring my loading data up·to­ the .357 S & W Magnum. It takes all the date.WVariations from standarized loads are above loads. Leading is generally not bad small, generally a switch from standard pri· in the heavier charges with Perfect Lube. mel'S to CCI Magnums for better ignition The small crimp groove helps hold greasy and uniformity. Some charges were reduced bullets with a moderate crimp against creep­ a grain or so. Few loads have been checked ing from recoil. Phil knew more about reo for velocity or pressure, as the old figures loading in the 1930's than any man alive, and are close enough for all practical use. he did more testing. His errors were ex­ The best cast bullet for heavy .357 Mag­ tremely few. Sharpe's pill is probably best num loads remains the Lyman-Thompson No. in .358 for .38 Special guns. A good load in 358156 in solid or hollow point. Ray Thomp· 6" and longer barrels is 9.5 grains 2400 with son recommends a "medium hard" alloy. Our tests prove DIVCO's IBA No. 7 is excellent OUTDOORSMAN OF for medium to heavy loads. It's more uniform THE YEAR than home mixes, and costs no more than alloying virgin metals. You are handicapped RElOADER SPECIAL with scrap metals or a non-uniform alloy. Loads up to 1,000 fps are satisfactory with RCBS "JR" PRESS a virgin mix of 1 :20 tin·lead or harder, or Includes "Jr" Press, Primer Catcher, IBA No.4. Lead testers are fairly accurate Removable Head-Type Shell Holder, Head to indicate alloy hardness if you average and Universal Primer Arm, plus your several readings, but they are worthless to choice of one set of Reloading Dies in indicate the contents of an alloy. Scrap often the following calibers: 222 REM / 243 contains iron, copper, arsenic, and other WIN / 270 WIN / 308 WIN / 30-06 contamination. WCF / 30-30 WCF / 357 MAG / 38 It's easy to drill either H.P. or solid bullet loads with a Forster VB" Hollow Point Acces­ SPEC / 44 MAG / 45 ACP. Ask for the sory in their excellent case trimmer. Drilled RCBS "Reloader Special" and specify Nash Buckingham (center), named cavities expand faster. Thompson's bullet 1962 Winchester Outdoorsman of the caliber. Reg. $45 $3990 practically eliminates leading. At least it's Year by a poll of some 4,000 outdoor RCBS JR. PRESS less Reloading Dies. the best cast pill I've used. Some .357 guns writers and conservationists. receives are notorious "leaders." If this is your Specify caliber. $ the award from John Olin, chairman 31 50 trouble, try this bullet with Perfect Lube, of the Executive Committee, Olin RCBS JR. PRESS less Universal Primer which I believe is better than the graphite Mathieson Chemical Corporation, at Arm, Shell Holder Head $26 10 types. a banquet in Alton, III., Jan. 18. Buck­ and Dies. Specify caliber. I think Lyman's suggested 12.0 grains 2400 ingham received also, from Lowell is too light. Try 13.2 grains with ·CCI No. Krieg (left), vice president and gen­ 550 Magnum primers, crimping cases in the eral manager of Olin's Winchester· upper crimp groove. It burns well ·even in 4" Western Division, a-custom-made Win­ barrels that spit out too much powder with chester Model 21 shotgun. suitably 11.·· BULLET PULLER standard primers. A _357 diameter is okay engraved. Nash Buckingham. of Mem­ in S & W, Colt or Ruger guns. Hard alloys phis. Tenn.. has spent most of his 82 give better accuracy. Soft· pills are better years as a leader in the fight for bet­ for defense, with more shocking power, if ter conservation. He has been par· Designed'11'to pull any length bullet in soft, swaged half-jacket bullets are not avail­ ticularly effective in his work for the any length case of the same caliber. able. This is a powerful, moderate pressure preservation of waterfowl. The award Collets machined internally to exact load in good guns. dinner was the closing event of the bullet diameter. Available in 18 calibers. Use 6.5 grains Unique with the same fourth annual Winchester·Western Standard 14 thread for all popular Va"· primers for a reduced load. This is too light presses. Specify Caliber. Complete. Seminar. for deer, although a chap used it to bag one Extra collets $3.25 $700 with a neck shot at about 40 yards last CCI No. 550 Magnum primers. A better Prices Slightly higher in Canada. season. These bullets plink well with 3.0 load for shorter tubes is 5.0 grains Unique. Buy from your gun dealer and be surel grains Buliseye and CCI No. 500 primers. I This is good for occasional use in the lightest recommend this load for Magnums, using frame gun, the snub-nose Chief's Special. If .38 Special cases crimped in the lower groove. it skins your knuckles a bit, consider what write for FREE CATALOG! This identifies light loads, that work well in it does on the terminal end! .38 revolvers. A Chief is accurate to 150 yards or more. Hot .357 loads in .38 hulls are not recom· Standard stocks are terrible for accuracy. mended. They could damage a light frame FITZ Gunfighter grips make it hold like a gun, and too many brittle cases are found. target gun. They absorb recoil like a blotter Dept. £-5, P.O. Box 729, Oroville, Calif. The best naked cast pill is a Hensley & does ink. To amaze yourself and your friends 6 GUNS MAY 1963 witlI long range accuracy, practice at tar­ gets such as rocks on a hillside. Slick up the action with Anderol gun grease, that is very fine stuff indeed. Dab a bit on hammer progressive speed and trigger contacts. Attach a Flaig's No. 14 Ace trigger shoe, for a superb "target trigger" feel. The screws are hardened. Pull •••and this new MEC them tight with the long end of the Allen Shotshell Reloader wrench that comes with the shoe. Now your ·'thinks" for itsel' little gun will shoot very nearly as well as a heavy target revolver. You won't believe it The Programmed Measure: until you practice a while. Practice is the Depress Handle .•• and it secret. These tune-up tips will improve scores with all guns. Speer's top load with their 146 grain hollow point jacketed bullet is a good one in .357 Magnums. It's 16.0 grains 2400 with CCI No. 500 primers. We use this same load with CCI No. 550 Magnum primers. It shoots beautifully in a 6" S & W .357 Magnum, Model 27. This is the heavy "N" frame model. You can substitute the same charge of WoW 295HP Ball powder, if you have some available. We trust the good people with WoW will soon return this fine powder to the canister trade. Inferior quality sizers and seaters may llave faults in material, dimensions, align­ ment, and finish. Good rifle dies may size case necks more than necessary to compen­ sate for variations in cases. This is good. It practically eliminates dangerous case fail­ ures at the head, if hulls are trimmed and reamed as necessary ,to hold dimensions, and used with normal loads. It causes the first case failure to be a split neck, which isn't dangerous. Long cases can run pressure up. Some cases need trimming after one firing to insure safety, and always for uniformity. Don't overlook this vital operation. Die makers have Ii problem. SAAMI specs do not always apply to all calibers, chambers, cases, and bullets. Quality dies are a bargain at $13.50. RCBS dies, correctly called "Precisioneered," are top quality. I don't think any other make averages better. This doesn't mean RCBS makes the only good dies, but they are consistently good. If you have a tight or sloppy chamber, or reload for auto, slide or lever action rifles, or have other problems, tell RCBS your trouble and Re-cycles send in 5 fired cases. You'll get custom grade dies "precisioneered" for your partic­ You are looking at the totally new MEC 310 ... the single stage tool ular needs. I've found the majority of re­ that performs with the speed of a progressive type. It boasts features loading troubles can be traced to dies or no other reloader can ... regardless of price. First, there's the new tools. Programmed Charging Mechanism that not only meters powder and shot more accurately ... but does it automatically. Its, built-in Christy Gun Works, Dept. G, 875 57th St., "memory" device causes powder and shot to be dropped only at the Sacramento 19, Calif., make parts for Colt proper points in the reloading cycle. And because it's mecha,nical .•• Single Action Army revolvers. They convert this positively eliminates any chance of human error. the SAA to various calibers, including .22 Another progressive feature is the new Direct Reading Pressure Hornet, .218 Bee and .30 Carbine. The .30 Gauge with graduated face and pointer which always indicates Carbine shoots GI ammo, and turns into a exactly the wad pressure being applied. The new wad height indicator hot-shot with Norma .30 Carbine Soft Point assures improved crimping by disclosing improper wadding or other ammo. This factory round is quite potent in evidence of a defective reload. Then there's the new Reconditioning Station which, with one stroke of the handle, deprimes, completely either a carbine or revolver. Norma lists the resizes case head, restores head space and irons out the case mouth. muzzle velocity at 1970 fps at 34,800 psi in Add to this the fact that the entire shell is reloaded, from deprime to a carbine. They don't list the revolver veloc­ final crimp, in only four strokes of the handle, all ending on positive ity. In a 7%" Christy barrel it's 1305 fps, in stop, and you havethe most efficient, accurate, mistake-proof shotshell one conversion. Speer's deadly 100 grain reloader in the industry ... bar none! And it's completely safe. Oh Plinkers expand faster than any factory yes! It'll process up to 310 hulls per hour. bullets we have tested. Speer's top load is • Price? $69.95 complete. All assembled, tested and ready to go. 16.0 grains 2400 with CCI No. 400 primers, listed at 2224 fps in a .30 Ml Carbine. It seems safe enough in a carbine or revolver See it at your dealer's or write Mayville Engineering, conversion, but 15.0 grains is adequate in Mayville, Wisconsin fOT MEC's complete catalog. either piece. The report is quite sharp in a handgun. (Continued on page 63) MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. GUNS MAY 1963 • 7 DID HE LEARN HIS LESSONS WELL?

Wants Literature Gauge Popularity I am the Secretary of a rifle club in Eng­ The old rule of thumb used to be that land and we take your magazine regularly. the ratio of shotgun sales by gauges was Is it possible for you to have your advertisers 50 per cent 12 gauge, 30 per cent for the send me some of their free literature for 16, and 20 per cent for the 20. Here is a perusal and reference by our club members? listing showing Ithaca's sales by gauges, in Would particularly like to hear from Brown· 1961 and 1962: ing, Marlin, C-H Die, and Lyman. 1961 1962 W. Back 12 gauge 54.8% 55% .London, England 16 gauge 22.4% 22% Copies of your letter have been sent to the 20 gauge 22.8% 23% manufacturers mentioned; rm sure you'll hear from them.-Editor. The above includes all of our shotgun sales. Breaking this down to show sales of our Old Reader, New Subscriber "Deerslayer," the special slug-shooting shot­ Please accept my first subscription to your gun (also highly efficient with shot loads up fine magazine. I have been buying it from to 35 yards or so), the sales were: the newsstands since the first issue and 1961 1962 haven't missed one, although I heartily re­ gret that I was forced to leave about three 12 gauge 57.1% 58% years' worth of my copies on foreign shores 16 gauge 22.2% 23% when I returned from overseas. I did manage 20 gauge 20.7% 19% to retain a few issues that contained articles Sheldon M. Smith of special interest to me. Ithaca Gun Co. Inc. Y-our articles are well presented and con­ Ithaca, New York tain a wealth of information on all phases of the gun field. They kept me from losing Praise For Ye Editors! interest in firearms while I was in England. Both of you editors have exceptionally Although my first interest is in handguns, fine articles in this March issue. I'm not a • There's only oneway tolearnhow to I also enjoy most of the articles on shotguns, shotgun man myself, due to a little bout I use a game call ••• and that's to prac· rifles, and hunting, and especially the reports had with polio some years back; but I've tice, practice and ••• practice some on new material and equipment. Keep up the more. Naturally, you have to know quality you have maintained over the past gotten the bug again after reading the what to practice, and to do this you years and you won't have to worry about article about the Remington M-nOO. The need a teacher. The best thing is to hire article about the new "Spitfire" is fine, too. losing this subscriber! a professional "caller" and have him Keep up the good work! give you lessons, but that's not too P. E. Smith practical. The next best thing, how­ San Diego, California John Tichenor ever, is to stop in at your Sporting Owensboro, Kentucky Goods Dealer's and have him show Scare Headlines you one of Marble's Game Call Kits. It contains everything you'll need to Enclosed is my subscription card and He Liked Us In March learn your lessons ... and learn them check. I received my copy of GUNS for March well. _ First, there's the Marble Also enclosed is a disturbing little item today. Thanks for the very fine handling of from the local paper, picked up from a De Luxe Zebra Wood Game Call my powder piece. I'm glad this information (duck, goose or crow). They're hand. news service (about investigation by Sen· tuned, true-toned and easy to "sound" is now in the hands of shooters from such ator Dodd's sub-committee into mail-order a top publication. with no confusing adjustments re· sale of guns to juveniles). Do the police have Congratulations on the whole darned issue, quired. Then there's a beautiful 28­ any substantiating testimony that guns sold page full color book on ducks. It tells which I'm reading cover to cover (usual for by mail to minors contribute largely to how to identify them, their habits and GUNS), but this is one of your hest efforts. juvenile delinquency ..• or are the news­ habitat, etc. _ Most important, how­ I like that story on Mathews, the one on papers, again, reaching for scare head· ever, is a real "down-to-earth" L. P. Johnson's "Spitfire," your piece on gun record on just how to use the Marble lines? You can bet I'm writing my Senator! Call with success. All three are con· photographs, and Bearse's Colt's New Service tained in one "do-it-yourself" pack­ Richard D. Peters story. Heck, I like it all! age. All three have been developed by Sacramento, Calif. Thanks again for the fine treatment you champion caller, "Tex" Wirtz ... one Gun incidence in juvenile crime is rela­ gave my story. of the best teachers you'll ever have. tively low, but one gun in bad hands can E. M. Yard - Get your share of birds. See your Trenton, N. J. dealer or write < breed more headlines than the victory of a U.S. Olympic shooting team would ever do! The point is that there are laws now pro­ Warning hibiting the ownership of guns by criminals, I feel it my duty to warn the shooters of juvenile or adult---laws punishing the use America about H.R. 12471 by Rep. Seymour of guns in crime-laws punishing the crime Halpern, proposing the prohibition of impor­ MARBLE ARMS CORPORATION itself. Banning guns won't prevent 'crime; tation and transportation of firearms into GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN, U. S. A, Division of Bell & Gossett Company crime is a person, not a tool.-Editor. states where such arms are licen'sed. Of 8 GUNS MAY 1961 course, I'm not the only one who knows of articles or editorials. Others just aren't in­ dangerous things that are among the neces­ this, but I feel that your magazine can con· terested. But progress is being made, and all sities of life: fire, electricity, traffic (pedes­ tact many people who do not now know efforts are being increased-Editor. trian as well as on wheels), and many others about this bill -including guns. We cannot shield our This bill may have no effect on residents AR-15 versus M14 children from all danger; we must teach of states that do not require the licensing of them to observe the rules that reduce dangers Gentlemen: firearms, but it is their fight, too. If we do to a minimum. Re Mr. Johnson's letter on the AR-15 versus not stop the frantic and illogical anti-gun Certainly we should not prohibit guns; we M14, I was one of those who were opposed legislation at its source, it will creep over should encourage them as mediums for both to the wasted effort put out on the M14 and us like a plague. Write to your representa­ sport and safety. We may need guns, as our the 7.62 Nato. The worst criticism you could tives, and voice your opinion on .any and all fathers did at the Alamo and elsewhere. get out of Washington on the AR-15, was bills concernin'g firearms. If you don't do Who was it said, "Speak softly, but carry a that it was hard to do the manual of arms your part in stopping asinine laws, you have big stick?" with, and it didn't have a gun-collector's no one but yourself to blame. The N.R.A., Mrs. Robert Hamlin walnut stock. Now the back office boys say the various gun magazines, and the many Whitinsville, Mass. interested groups can't do the job for you we need a job like the M14 so that the enemy can't get close, like they could with without your help. Back them up, for your Bouquet .•• sake and theirs too. - a Springfield, Garand, or M1 carbine. The January "Safari" issue has given me Bill Clark Now you and I know that they can get more pleasure than any you have published, La Porte, Ind. too damn close, and with hordes of them reaching for your gullet, anything that can and I have enjoyed them all. I'll never make fire 750 R.P.M., with a 500 round magazine, an African safari, nor a shikar in Indo­ Letters to Editors would be welcome regardless of the barrels China; I will probably never be able to hunt I congratulate your fine magazine on its and ammo shot up. It's times like these, in even in Canada, or Mexico. But what hunter firm stand against firearm registration. It is horde fighting, that fire orders are not carried doesn't dream of these hunters' heavens, and a shame that more Americans don't know out, and it's- every man for himself~ It's times dream himself behind that big double rifle what the real truth is about firearms. It like these that fast-firing choppers are the as its sights bear on, say, a tusker? Your seems that many who write or edit local and only thing that can stop those souped up Safari issue carried me to lands I'll never national publications favor gun registration. hordes, and if you can spray the attack area visit, showed me game I'll never see. Thank I read an article in -my local paper a few with something like an AR·15, you'll have you! Do it again! months ago that was written by a Hearst thinner ranks to pick off. If we haven't tried Steve Boreland newspaper reporter. He was strongly in it, we should'nt knock it, and the reports Miami, Florida favor of gun registration, for the same old from Vietnam should prove interesting when reasons. Less crime, etc. So I wrote a long we get full report from there on the .223 cal. ... and Brickbat letter to the Editor of that paper and stated AR-15. Throwaway full automatic? Why I was most disappointed in your January my opinion 'about the article and told him not throwaway our ICBM's too? issue. How about some articles on deer, duck, that it was more fiction than fact. It was pub­ Charles Huckleberry rabbit, quail, and squirrel hunting, for us lished. What surprised me was that no one J. Elkhart, Indiana common people? Jane Dolinger's "Who's, else wrote in to stand on my side of the Who On Safari" should have gone to some ­ issue. It is too bad that more people don't such magazine as "McCalls" or "Ladies take an interest in the fight. A Woman Speaks Home Journal," so that the right people Mathias C. Poulin This is an opinion from a woman who is could read it. Randolph AFB, Texas quite disinterested in guns herself, hut who E. Moor competes with many guns and stacks of gun Athens, Georgia magazin'es for her husband's attention. (It's Don't despair; dozens of others may have United Humane Front written. Editors, crowded for space, often really not that bad; it just sometimes seems publish the best, or the most representative, so.) Quite a few sportsmen in California still letter received on a subject. But you are My policy in bringing up our children has don't know about the United Humane Front right; all of us should make our beliefs been to teach them how to use the various and what it intends to. I'm not an alarmist, known.-Editor.

Wrong Magazine GENUINE MAUSER SHORT RIFLE I have read your many articles on anti-gun laws, and I agree with you all the way­ they are not for this country. But not enough of the people who need to be convinced buy your magazine, or any other gun maga­ zine. To do any real good, these messages includes 100 should go to the people who are not already Cal. 7MM $9.50 rds. ammo gun enthusiasts. - These are the '93 original short rifles and not cut down or sporteri%ed guns. Nor are Would it not be possible for you to get they the tiny little carbines or brush gun. 7MM caliber with 22" barrel-just the right your articles printed in some of the other length for a high powered rifle. Ammo for rifle is never hard to find. magazines that are read by the non-shooters? To get this ridiculously low price I had to buy a heck of a lot more than I need so I can't They are the ones that are trying to ruin select for anyone. I'm selling these guns and cartridges at decorator prices. At such prices everything for us. I can't check them as to their safety. I simply take them out of their overseas cases and Keep up the good work! ship them to you. Craig M. Smith Use them as decorators or have them checked by a competent gunsmith before shooting. San Bernardino, Calif. I believe you'll agree that a GENUINE MAUSER action alone is worth more, than I ask For the rifle plus 100 rounds of ammo. It's yours for just $9.50. Weare trying! Editors of and writers for For the quantity buyer I'm darn near giving them away at only $135 per case of thirty gun magazines are trying, the shooting as· (30). No ammo included in this low, low case price. sociations are trying, the industry is trying DON'T EXPECT THESE MAUSERS TO LAST LONG at THESE PRICES. DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED (through the efforts of the National Shooting *** ORDER YOURS TODAY. Sports Foundation and the Sportsmen's All items shipped FOB Selma, Ala. Alabama res. add 3% Sales Tax. If you haven't already Service Bureau) to get favorable publicity, done so, send in your $1 for the illustrated catalog. for guns and for the shooting sports, into 413 LAUDERDALE general-interest magazines. It isn't easy. Some WALTER H• CRAIG SELMA, ALABAMA are already committed by previous anti-gun

GUNS MAY 1963 9 but why under·estimate our enemies? There Colorado Papers Join Anti-gun fWlU((C!JUlf!iJ PRECISION is not doubt that the U.H.F., if it succeeds in abolishing hunting in California, will ex­ Outcry _w_~~~~'_s OO\7[ID[R1~(illlL~© pand their efforts here to include fishing­ Being a gun enthusiast and an avid reader and expand them geographically to include of your magazine, I ask you to help us com­ all states. This organization is set for not just bat the anti.gun propaganda being published Reloader & Swager one crack at us, but to fight us for years to by both our Denver newspapers. Colorado, come, and it is going to take hard work to of which I am a native, has been till ndw a beat them. state which has enjoyed true gun freedom. 25/MINUTE George R. White We have always believed that anti-gun legis­ Berkeley, Calif. lation "can't happen here." But please spread the word that it is happening here, or will if (depending on your ability to keep up!) For GUNS' comments on the United these editorial propagandists have their way. Humane Front, see GUNS, February, page Coloradoans, defend your rights! 45, and "The Editor's Corner," GUNS, April. -Editor. Joseph Riordan RELOADER De'Ilver, Colorado to de·prime. neck. siEe Old, Older, Oldest? ond seat bultet BIG DEAL? In your February "Crossfire" is a letter regarding oldest clubs. The Citizens' Rifle & Newspapers from India carry, under Revolver Club of Rochester was founded in All CALIBER big headlines, the following announce­ January, 1908, and affiliated with the Nation­ ,.itt. and revolver bullets, ment: al Rifle Association in August, 1909. We up to .600 nitro express "The Punjab Government will short. shoot two nights a week and belong toa ly set up at Pinjore a factory for the league. I have been a member for the past CENTER-FIRE manufacture of air rifles in collabora­ 30 years. rim and rimless cartridge. tion with the American firm. Daisy Air L. L. Smith Rifle Manufacturing Company. Rochester, New York 10,000 POUNDS "The State Goverllment has decided applied rom pressuro to introduce rifle training in all its A letter in the February issue of GUNS (max.' schools, to teach boy and girl stu­ regarding the age of various Gun Clubs dents in fourth to eighth grades. Chief prompts this letter to you. SAVE 80% We believe that Exeter Sportsman's Club is the oldest cluh in the U.S. It was founded of monufacture,-, retail March 23rd, 1878, for "the protection of bullet price game and improvement in shooting." On May 28th and 29th, 1884, a team from this club won the first International Clay Pigeon sboot in Chicago, and became the first World's Champion trapshooters. The club has on display in its clubhouse many mementos of the past. There is a "Pigeon Slool" which was used to lure flocks of the wild passenger pigeons to their doom HANDS SAFELY FREE 10 handle and from which came the expression "Stool components while operating Pigeon'." There are two glass ball traps which were used before the clay pigeon was 2-WAY FOOT CONTROL Cass Hough and India's Chief . invented; and, of course, medals and trophies Minister Pratrap Singh Kairon. from the 1884 world's championship. ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE H. L. Smith valve control Minister Pratrap Singh Kairon said, Exeter, N. H. 'We should train children from child­ Next-Best Thing SWAGER TO RELOADER hood to handle guns. Training in shoot. Just finished reading the Dec. issue of in 0 motter of minutes ing will instill disciplines, will also Guns. prepare them to handle firearmS with I'm not writing this to run down some ease and skill whenever needed for poor writer, or to gripe on some article. Just the defense of the country.''' The training program will later be writing to let you know that I appreciate reading something worthwhile for a change. expanded to include shooting with .22 :More true-to-fact stories like "Grizzly King rifles, and with handguns. Of The Valkyr Range" are truly appreciated Daisy executives are studying In­ by us G.l's. There are quite a few of us dia's offer. "When you think how many guys here from the Pacific North West, and children there are in India." a Daisy close to B.C., who really miss that country spokesman said. "it goes without say­ up there, and the hunting. The next best ing that we are interested!" thing is some good reading on what we're What interests us is that this is the trying to preserve by being in unifmm. Keep RELOADER most realistic and far-sighted attitude coming out with that type of articles, and & taken by any government to date re­ I'll keep coming back for more. SWAGER garding marksmanship training and (with 1 HP electric motor & shell holder of your choice) gun education! However critical SIP 5 Dale R. Edwards READY TO OPERATE Americans may have been of Nehru Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. f.O.B. WICHITA in other matters. compare this with fits any sId. 'I." a toe 0' 1'1." a 18 Die the efforts of our own governments, high and low, to restrict or prohibit! From the Reloader Factory ... Congratulations, Daisy! And con­ writ. gratulations. India! Maybe next time One of the best reasons.." somebody starts shoving, you'll have we can think of for you ,,': . to start reloading your WICHITA PRECISION TOOL CO., INC. "A Nation of Riflemen" to help you own Shotshells! 450 N. Seneca • Wichita, Kansas defend those borders!

10 GUNS MAY 1963 Range in doubt?

The flat-shooting hard-hitting .300 Weatherby Magnum takes the guesswork out of long shots

Estimating long ranges is the most difficult shooting prob­ gives speE!d for that second shot. Nine precision locking lem facing the big game hunter once the quarry is sighted. lugs (with 50% more bearing surface), 3 gas ports plus However, the man armed with a .300 Weatherby Magnum completely enclosed cartridge head make it the strongest has many problems solved for him. Using the 150- or 180­ and safest rifle on the market. grain .30 caliber bullet zeroed for 300 yards, trajectory rise See the ultimate in big game rifles-the Mark V Magnums is negligible, and drop is so slight at 400 yards that a "hold in .257, .270, 7mm, .300, .340, .378, and .460 Weatherby cali­ over" of only a few inches will mean a solid hit in a"vital bers. All are famous for flat shooting. Write to us for area! This kind of flat shooting gives you plenty of "margin" free literature or send $2.00 for the 12th edition of the for clean one-shot kills ...the kind of extra long-range killing profusely illustrated 150-page "Tomorrow's Rifle Today," power the Weatherby Magnum is famous for. the Weatherby Guide. Weatherby, Inc., 2781 East Firestone Along with flat shooting, the Weatherby Mark V action Boulevard, South Gate, California. In Canada: Canadian gives you unsurpassed speed and safety. Low 54° bolt lift Sauer, Ltd., 103 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

See your 2f!;~ dea'er Winchester Rifles 10 shot groups measuring around % of an Three new .22 rim·fire rifles recently made inch at 30 feet, and did it consistently, even their appearance on the Winchester-Western when the guns were brought on the warm scene. The pump gun, Model 270, is available range from outside function tests, which with either a plastic fore-arm ($52.95) or were done at 10 below zero. with a wooden one ($55.95) ; the autoloader, These are fine guns for hunting, plinking, Model 290, also sells for $52.95, while the and informal target shooting and you have lever-action model, M 250, will set you back your choice of actions. They all did very $56.95. All of the models have cross-bolt well in our extensive tests. safeties, handle all .22 RF ammo inter­ changeahly, have tubular fed magazines, Pacific's DL-350, New Scale weigh on the average 5 Ibs. without scope, Bob Deitemeyer's DL-350 shotshell loader arrived for tests some time ago and was promptly put to work. This is a solidly built, progressive machine that requires no adjust­ ments since it is pre-tested at the factory. Our unit was set to deliver 23 grains of Red Dot and 1% ounces of shot. We first collected "Sharp shooting's only half of ·hitting what you aim at," said the all our once-fired Monarch hulls, then a Norma Man. ''Your components must batch of the same make hulls that had gone do their job too. through several firings and showed their ''With bullets it's precision accu­ wear and tear. racy that scores. And with Norma 1£ you follow the precise directions given, bullets-if I do the aiming, the bul­ you cannot go wrong in producing shells that let does the rest. You can't ask resemble the factory stuff right down to a T. for morel" and they shoot like target guns. Although Start the empty hull at position #1, decap Norma's accuracy is no accident. there are of course some differences in the and re-prime by moving handle up and down, It's due largely to precision manu­ three models, let's take a look first at the move the turning stage to the next stop, in­ facturing techniques. For example: similarities. sert another hull into position # 1, fill the Norma bullets are machined by Steel is used in these guns where steel is powder hopper, move the tool handle up and tough tungsten carbide dies to mi­ needed to give proper action; alloys are used down, and you have shell #2 primed, and crometer tolerances (as close as where their strength is needed and where .0004 inchesl) shell #1 is now charged with powder. Out of weight is of no consequence; and plastic is And Norma's special Tri-Clad sheer curiosity, we timed the full cycle, and used where it is suitable-such as in the construction helps bullets penetrate it took less time to produce five perfect shells deeply, expand uniformly, stop newly designed sights, the magazine cap and than it took to write this paragraph. Empty game dead. lock-up system, and so on. hulls and primers are placed on the primer Fill your shooting needs from the The sights of these guns are unus.ual, and post with the left hand, and the loaded and broad line of Norma hunting and some, at first sight, express doubts about crimped shell is removed from the platen match calibers - including super ac­ them. But, field tests and range tests proved with the left hand. Inserting the wad is done curate bullets like the 187 grain them to be very good indeed, both as to with either the right hand alone or, we found match boattail illustrated. accuracy and ease of adjustment. The rear it even more convenient to use both hands. Take advantage of the Norma sight is fully adjusted for windage and Once the wad column is determined, we used Man's shooting savvy. Ask for elevation, has positive click stops, and the left index finger to depress the wad seat­ Norma'-:' coming back to the original setting is about ing bar, and with the right hand we started as easy as falling off that well-known log. the wad into the guide and into the hull. • PRECISION BULLETS Over-all lengths of the new 200 series is As the operator gains experience, it should • LOADED AMMUNITION 39 inches, barrel length is 20% inches. Stock be no trick to get 500 shells an hour out of fit is excellent for the average shooter, and the DL-350. Our first run-through produced • UN PRIMED VIRGIN BRASS function tests, performed in sub-zero weather, 294 excellent shells, six being lost in deter­ were satisfactory. Receivers are grooved for mining the height of the wad column and in Want more handloading info? tip-off mounts, and we used the new Bush­ taking some of the loaded shells apart to Send 2S¢ for the NEW nell 4X Scopechief in our tests. Because of check for even powder and shot delivery. "Gunbug's Guide." Box GM-5 sub-zero temperatures and wind conditions, This is an excellent tool, rugged and yet easy accuracy tests were done on our indoor to operate, and there seems to be no way of range. goofing up any of the shells or loading steps. We used WW Long Rifle, Long, and Short By the way, the DL-350 also loads plastic ammo, first separately and then interchange­ and metal hulls, and can also be used to load ably. All the guns fed and ejected without new paper hulls. Available in all gauges, the malfunction, had positive safeties, and func­ DL-350 from Pacific Gun Sight Co., Box tioned very well under the most adverse con­ 4495, Lincoln 4, Nebraska, retails for $U9.50. SOUTH LANSING, NEW YORK ditions. Accuracy of the three guns tested In the same shipment, we received the new was outstanding. All three of them produced Pacific Deluxe Powder Scale. Built along the Div. of General Sporting Goods Corp. 12 GUNS MAY 1963 conventional lines, this is a .reliable .and sturdy scale.. that appears to have a high de­ gree of accuracy. Charges weighed on our shop scale checked out in 50 instances right on the button with the Pacific Deluxe Scale. 'The swing of the beam is even and smooth, and the scale shows a sensitivity of 0.1 grain. - With powder like Ball-C, Lot #.2, even three "flakes of powder on the weighing pan showed a deflection of the beam.

Popowski Crow Call Crow hunting is fine sport-if you can hit the black robbers. There are three requisites to the sport: crows, plenty of shotshells, and a call handled by a caller who knows what he is doing. Novice crow callers sound like a love·sick cow most of the time and only succeed in scaring all

tne crows, chucks, and other hunters in the >-"'","" county. Though there is a trick to calling, the best crow calling advice anyone can give you is--get a good, well-tuned call, and EYES practice. One of the best that we have used is made by Bert Popowski, Custer, S.D., crow calling FRONT champ. Bert sells his call in sets of two, complete with instructions, and fully pre· tuned. The calls are made of plastic and it is FOR BIG NEWS! virtually impossible to get them out of tune. If you follow the instructions, crow shooting -if you can hit them-will take up the slack Presenting America's all-new Mannlicher during the season when edible game is on the verboten list. The complete set, obtain­ style 22 rifle .... the great Savage 63! able directly from Bert, cost only' 5 and the You've never seen a 22 that's anything like the calls are a lifetime investment. Savage 63! This all-new single-shot rifle has the look and feel of a costly custom gun. Handsome Bullet Energy Calculator Mannlicher-style stock extends to muzzle. Strong This is a very handy gadget if you want front lock-up, like a big-bore rifle, provides precision to know what the energy of a certain bullet is and you know what the fps of the headspacl'!, top accuracy. Brand-new action assures pill is. The latter is available, of course, smooth, crisp trigger pull. Automatic safety goes on from the various loading tables_ The bullet when bolt handle is raised. weight you know, or should know; and the BEC will give you the energy dope. This When you add features like sling swivels and hooded little chart device was worked up by Stan ramp front sight, you'd think this all-new Savage Grant, Dept. G, New Lothorp, Mich., and would cost a mint of money. Yet the price of the 63 112 dollar American will get you one by is just $21.95. (Savage 3X-6X zoom scope extra) return mail. You get 3 BEC's for one dollar. See it at your sporting arms dealer now! Hornady Bullets 22 MAGNUM ALSO! New Savage 63-M is chambered for the powerful 22 Magnum cartridge-lowest priced Joyce Hornady, chieftain of the Hornady Mfg. Co., P. O. Box 906G, Grand Island, 22 Magnum rifle you can buy! Only $24.95. Nebraska, has converted six more of his FREE! Illustrated 32-page catalog of Savage, Stevens, regular spire point bullets to the new Secant Fox firearms. Write Savage Arms, Westfield 16, Mass. Ogive design. There are now a 70 gr., a 75 gr., and a 100 gr. pill in the 6 mm caliber, Prices subject to change. Slightly higher in Canada. an 87 gr. and a 100 gr. in caliber .257, and the latest in the S/ 0 line is the 130 gr. .277 model 63 bullet. Also new from Joyce's ballistics lab are the loading data for the hot 7 mm Rem­ ington Magnum, and a table listing all of the Hornady bullet ballistics coefficients. Write to Hornady for these pieces of hand­ loading info_ (Continued on page 60)

GUNS MAY 1963 13 N THIS AGE of scientific advancement, He broke 22 of the 25 targets, using quail­ I space exploration, computer systems, and hunting methods. complex economic formulae, the noble art Exhilarated by this experience, he signed of shattering clay targets needs upgrading. for a second round. By this time, I passed SPEER 'Match-451 As the hipsters put it, you are just not with on a few tips on how to break targets from it, if you can't present your story in formula a given post. His score dropped to 18. form, so that it can be recorded, digested, or There was no more time that night, but retained by a computer. we made a date for next week at the same The SPEER 200 Let the computers clank away on this one, club. Enroute home in the car, I filled him in grain semi-wad­ if you will. The formula for all shotgun per· on all the mechanics of skeet shooting, and cutter is the ultimate in match reviewed them on the way back to the club pistol bullets. Patterned after the formance is X + y = P. When we refine popular H&G design, the Speer the formula and assign values to x, y, and p, next week. swaged lead version offers per­ they come out this way. Ninety per cent X, Armed with all this information, and fect weight control and balance plus ten per cent Y equals one hundred thinking about it at each post, his score for optimum match performance. per cent P. dropped to II. Before the next round, I gave $3;00 per hundred X stands for mental discipline, Y stands him the exact picture for shooting each shot. for mechanical shooting ability, and P stands His score dropped to 8. SPEER 'Target-38' for performance. He never returned to the club. I understand Now, as all good citizens of today know, he bought a boat instead of the skeet gun you must be able to prove your formula, once he was talking about that first night. it is presented. So that the computer won't Experiences like this are not confined to blow any transistors, and strip a batch of shooting amateurs. Conducting a shooting sensitive gears on the 90 per cent value given column presents occupational hazards. We to X, as compared with 10 per cent Y, we are inclined to live in a very heady and This sub-velo'city, indoor ammuni­ expound. exalted atmosphere, which sometimes per­ tion has been acclaimed by thou­ meates our thick .skulls, and provides dra­ sands as the shooting achieve­ Shooting has to be 90 per cent mental, and ment of the year.. Reusable many 10 per cent physical. Except for a few rare matic proof of shooting factor X, that of 90 times and loaded with large pis­ cases of very poor eyesight, damaged co­ per cent mental discipline. tol primer only, Target-38s have ordination, or unusual health factors, we are Not long ago, I was scheduled for a few no equal for accuracy; perform­ all endowed with the physical equipment nec­ rounds of skeet shooting with some associ­ ance and ease of loading. essary to break a flying target. Any human ates in Georgia. Well in advance of the 50 Bullets $1.50; 50 Cases $1.50 being whose physical equipment falls within appointed date, it was brought out that one normal range can learn the mechanics of of the other fellows had shot a few rounds Speer 'Target-44' clay target shooting. There are no real gim­ of skeet, another had seen a round of skeet, micks, no hocus pocus, no untapped areas but had not actually tasted the game, and of learning in the mechanics of shooting. the third feIlow had neither seen nor shot You just pick up the gun, swing the muzzle skeet. So it was suggested repeatedly that, in after the target, and pull the trigger at the view of my extensive background in shoot· right time. ing, trophy winner in state and national Now, if you could leave that phrase, "pull shoots, etc., that I should personally conduct The Big brother of Target-38's, the trigger at the right time," in the area of the session and counsel my associates in the Speer announces new Target-44's. Now by popular demand the .44 mechanics, all would be lovely. Unfortunate· fine art of target smashing. All of the fel· handgun shooters can enjoy the ly, that bogey man of 90 per cent mental lows were hunters, proficient with the shot­ same pleasure of indoor shooting, begins to intrude on the area of decision gun in the field but not on the range (or so practice and fun. The most inex­ as to when to pull the trigger. I thought). pensive handgun shooting ever, Let's look at it this way. Every "Pull" Knowing the hazards involved, I gave Target-44's match all the qualities reader has seen the rank tyro at the gun club them no specific hints on skeet shooting, and performance of Target-38's. or in the field who could not miss. Some of beyond indicating the house from which 50 Bullets $1.75; 50 Cases $1.75 our readers have been in that very position. the target would emerge. So, what happens when they come back They all shot beautifully, and broke fine Try 'em before you buyl to the club, or continue in the field? They scores. The manager of the club rented for For Match .45 swaged bullets, begin to think. the occasion observed all that happened, send 25c (postage and handling). At first, their entire concentration was on and volunteered the information after we For Target-38s or 44's, send SOc breaking or hitting the target. Nothing else finished that rarely in his life had he seen for 5 cases and bullets. Samples mattered, mainly because they didn't know anyone who had better shooting form than will be sent prepaid by return anything else. I did. But, he wondered, why I hit so few mail. Address requests to: Speer One classic example comes to mind at this targets! Because he was a Southern gentle­ Sample Service, P.O. Box 244 A, point. I once took a friend to a skeet field, man, and was trying to ease the pain for me, lewiston, Idaho. just for the ride. After we arrived and I he did say that never in his life had he seen had clobbered a few targets, he decided eleven targets broken more gracefully. this looked like fun, and he would have Why did I break so few targets? Ele­ a round or two. I mercifully spared him mentary, dear reader. I was giving value Y any instruction for the first round. 90 per cent of the effort, and only 10 per

14 GUNS MAY 1963 cent to X. Therefore the correct answer of P was never reached. My chubby but erudite little friend, John Madson, in a recent news release, tells of a shooter who always bills himself at the club or in the field as the world's worst shooter. This humble soul gives out with sundry expressions of great amazement, and profound joy at his luck, as he smacks down Non-Breakable. Guaranteed all the targets. For All American, Many Foreign Cuns Why does this man violate all of Dr. Peale's tenets for the power of positive Non-slip and precision-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS are thinking? He does it so that he will think the most durable made I Beautiful colors; smooth, checkered, staghorn and fancy carved; truly distinc­ only of hitting the shot, instead of how he tive. long-wearing, unaffected by moisture, per­ is going to hit the shot. spiration, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not chip or peel. Luster, color' are permanent. Conventional or conversion styles. 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The self-same with speed and ease, shoot with editor was called upon after the season, as improved accuracy. a part of a public relations venture, to play You'll like these other Weaver· host for some pheasant shooting on a pre­ Scope features, too: compression serve. Guests were some VIPs, whose· reac­ tions to the shooting were very important D-ring sealing; nitrogen processing; to the success of the venture. lightweight steel tube, finely fin- The VIPs shot well and often, an'd finally ished and permanently gun-blued; insisted that the host be allowed to take a sturdy construction. shot, so that they could see how a "pro" Weaver K Models have a reputation did it. The "pro" was thinking of every­ for dependable accuracy in the field thing under the sun except hitting the pheasant that lazily and majestically sailed ••. they are the world's most used, from cover into the biggest open space in most proved scopes. four counties. The VIPs did not see how a The 3·power K3, $37.50; the 4­ "pro" hits a pheasant, but they enjoyed a power K4, $45.00-atmostdealers. deep belly laugh at how a pro can miss one! This may even have helped the venture, but it did nothing for the editor's ego. ~ So that this column may be even more R. WEAVER CO. I DEPT.43/ EL PASO 15, TEXAS timely, may I remind you that the New ""~.,~ Frontier approach to shooting asks -that you "New J963 --"'''''!~ Name think more of hitting the target rather than full-color _ Addres'...s _ how you are going to hit it. ~ Remember, X plus Y equals P. ~ catalog < ", " C/fy zone_State _

GUNS MAY 1963 15 By SHELLEY BRAYERMAN

N AUGUST 23, 1927, icola Sacco and Bartol­ O omeo Vanzetti were executed by the Com­ monwealth of Massachusetts for the brutal murder, in South Braintree, Massachusetts, of Frederick Parmenter, a paymaster, and his guard, Alessandro Berardelli. But were Sacco and Vanzetti guilty? Few causes celebre in the annals of American crime have ever so stirred the public or created ~ :.~ :' " :'-.' '. : : ,'..... , such bitter feeling-or more passionate disagree­ ment-than did this simple hold-up killing. News­ paper blazed with headlines; mobs milled in the streets of many cities. The trial was international . WERE. SACCO news. But-the question still remains: were Sacco and Vanzetti guilty ... or were they framed? The evidence hinged largely upon ballistic evi­ dence. Today, forensic ballistics is a highly special­ ized union of sciences. Then, ballistics experts, self-styled or otherwise, testified without the benefit of comparison microscopes, in direct contradiction AND VANZETTI on many points. Since then, perjury, forgery or substitution of evidence, as well as sheer incompe­ tence, has been charged on both sides; with the result that today's expert in forensic ballistics must not only weigh evidence 40 years old but must weed out what evidence he can trust and what he believes is false. The crime itself was not particularly complicated. At about 3 P.M. of April 15, 1920, in South Brain­ tree, Massachusetts, Frederick Parmenter and Ales­ sandro Berardelli were shot down by two (or three) members of a gang of four (or five), and robbed

16 GUNS MAY 1963 Few criminal cases in history have caused such public hysteria, such bitter controversy. Ballistic evidence played a major part in the-trial. Here is a -new, documented, expert opinion which brands much of that evidence as raise.

At left: Vanzet+i's 5-shot Harrington & Richardson revolver; right, Sacco's .32 Colt auto, presented as evidence as the murder weapon. Photos were made in 1960. -.Photos ·by Boston Globe

of $15,776.15, the payroll of the Slater and Morrill shoe factory. icola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with the crime on May 5, 1920, and coil­ victed July 14, 1921. Six years later, they were executed. . The judicial system of the Commonwealth of -Photo by Bost.on..Globe Massachusetts differs from those of other States. Six years were spent in fruitless efforts fora new trial-efforts that were hampered mainly by a judicial system that required the judge of the orig­ inal trial to pass on charges of his own prejudice. Sacco and Vanzetti were "radicals" politically, and the lamentable post World War I hysteria over radicals of their variety made their conviction almost inevitable. Prejudice on the part of their trial judge-who referred to the defendants during the critical period as "anarchistic bastards"-was not solely responsible for their conviction. Their original defense attorney was a factor in the devel­ opment of provoked emotions. Inflamed partisans' participated in almost everything from protest meet­ ings to actual bombings throughout the world, re­ sulting in a sort of solidification of the authorities of Massachusetts towards the "guilt" of Sacco and Vanzetti. Expert testimony-that is, testimony by witnesses accepted as experts in their various fields-carries terrible weight in a courtroom. Juries, ignorant of left: lethal "No. III" bullet.' Right: a test bullet the science expounded, harken to the "expert" as fired in 1944. Photo proves that the sealed evidence they might to God~unaware, unfortunately, -- OJ was unsealed and studied 17 years before 1961 tests.

GUNS MAY 1963 17 Left: highly magnified composite photo shows half of test shell fired from Sacco's pistol (top) matched with case allegedly found near body of murdered guard. Above: the 4 bullets taken from victim's body. Lethal bullet III is third from left. See bullet bases below. -Composite, left, and panel of bullet bases below, by permission of liThe American Heritage,1I from article "Sacco Guilty, Vanzetti Innocent?" by Francis Russell, June issue, 1962.

-Photo by Braverman Braverman bought that qualification of a witness as an expert by a court does in 1962 box lots not necessarily make that man an expert, and (2) experts of ammo experts are human and therefore as subject to moral frailties as could not obtain other mortals. There is also the fact that the expert must for 1920 testing. often accept the evidence given him and pass on it without knowing whether the story told him concerning that evi· Below: bases of 4 bullets sub mitted dence is true, unscientific, or deliberately false. in evidence. Note It is now generally conceded that prejudice weighed different marking heavily against Sacco and VanzeUi, that testimony given on bullet No. III. as expert was less than expert by today's standards, that ~--'l tampering with evidence and even outright perjury may have occurred. Various objective investigators examining I the records in the years since the conviction haved vowed the two men innocent of the murders, however guilty they. may have been (one or both) of political deviation. One investigator, in an opus recently published, straddles the 1 fence with the claim that Sacco was guilty but Vanzetti innocent. .E" () In my considered opinion, both men were railroaded(

'">­ The evidence of fraudulent testimony by Captain William .0 o Proctor, then in charge of the Massachusetts State Police ] seems to me to be conclusive, and sworn testimony dis­ I closes misconduct on the parts of the State Police and the District Attorney's office, if only in the failure (refusal) to investigate properly and thoroughly the confession of one Celestino Madeiros who identified members of the Morelli gang, a band of professional criminals, as the actual killers. Experts Weller (left) and H. B. Ehrmann, in his book, "The Untried Case," describes Jury re-enact firing of Sac­ in detail the activities of the Morelli gang and the evidence co's gun for bullet recovery. of their guilt, and strongly supports the innocence of Base of "W" type bullet Sacco and Vanzetti. fired through I" board. Note After refusing to investigate the Madeiros confession, the resemblance to #3 bullet. Commonwealth of Massachusetts electrocuted Sacco and Vanzetti, and has, ever since, attempted to divert attention from this by contending that, even if the trial was unfair, "they were guilty anyway." One by one, piece hy piece, the witnesses and evidence used by the State have heen dis­ credited. Now, only the field of ballistics remains-and it " is with the ballistic evidence that we are now concerned. "E ~ The evidence hinges on a single .32 ACP bullet and a e CD single .32 ACP cartridge case. The bullet was known ~ throughout the trial as the # III bullet, and was allegedly o (; removed from the body of Berardelli by the Medical ..<: I Examiner Dr. Magrath. Magrath (Continued on page 52) 18 GUNS MAY 1963 Irs BEEN A BUSY YEAR AT NEW HAVEN ..• AND THERE'S MORE COMING! .. ..

.' 25' CIRCLE "A NOTHER BIG YEAR for Winchester-Western," was the MARK 5 LOAD ft forecast-for-'63 consensus of the writers and editors in­ vited to Nilo Farms in southwestern Illinois for the annual WoW Seminar-a first look at the new products under the Winchester-Western trademarks for 1963 release. 43-CIRCll Among the new leaders (some of the "goodies" we saw at CONVENTIONAL LOAD Nilo are still under tight wraps; we'll· tell you about them later) is the new "200 Series" of .22 Rim Fire rifles. See them below: A lever-action, a pump, and an auto-loader, all brand­ new in design, all perfect-functioning with all three .22 RF cartridges (Short, Long, and Long Rifle), and all in the under-$60 price bracket. (See test report, "Gun Rack," this issue.) Winchester-Western spent nearly seven years and approxi­ mately a million dollars to produce this new line and the advanced manufacturing methods with which to make it. They brought in top designers from all over the world, top scientists in the fields of metallurgy. The time figures alone are startling: 49,000 hours (24 man-years) on design; 40,000 hours (20 man-years) in the model shops; and all this in 2" addition to the retooling and man- (Continued on page 62) a (~ I" ~ ••

0" WINCHESTER-WESTERN- CONVENTIONAL LOAD 3" - 2" 41 "News from Hilo" 1" • 0" •• By E.U-B. MANN MARK S SUPER BUCK LOAD A conventional shell delivers badly deformed buckshot in poor pattern, above. New Mark 5 gives a better pattern, less pellet damage.

Comparison of new Winchester cartridges with established ones shows how they stack up. Top figure is bulletweight, then fps and energy.

The new .22's from Winchester,10p to bottom: Autoloader M290, pump M 270, and the lever-action, Model 250. They function smoothly, have good accuracy.

GUNS • MAY 1963 19 RUN THEM WITH HOUNDS IN DEEP SNOW. OR CALL THEM AT NIGHT-

EITHER WAY. YOU CAN HAVE SOME FINE CAT HUNTING

OR AN HOUR I had stood in the snow, waiting for F hound voices to come from the river. Then far-off hound music wafted through the woods, dimming the whisper of the lightly falling snow. The sounds grew louder, the dogs were headed my way. The spot where I stood was an old cat crossing. You'd jump a bobcat and get him going hard up-river, and he'd get right here to the big log, slick with snow and ice, and he'd cross it in three, four bounds. The dogs would come bawling. They'd overrun him where he turned, but finally they'd work it out, start across, fall in the river, wallow around, giving the cat plenty of opportunity to rest, or shake them, or wear them down. But today I was here watching the log. When he showed, I'd lay him on the snow. Then something went wrong. The hounds didn't move any closer. Their voices changed. They were staying in one place. The cussed cat had treed. I kicked snow off my webs and started toward the dogs. In a matter of a few heart-hammering minutes I found them, yammering around a big pile of down timber and brush, but obviously at a loss. This was a mystery; what trickery had this cat used to fool experienced dogs? Slowly, I worked it out. The cat had run up a log, ducked, moved around in the heap of stuff. Then he had come out, climbed a big balsam, and waited. While the dogs buried their thick heads in the brush pile, he had jumped. His Bobcats can easily be called within easy rifle range new track was headed in long bounds right toward the during daylight in Mexico. Cats have not been hunted crossing I had left. Sure enough, when I got back there, hard and respond very readily to good predator calls.

20 GUNS MAY 1963 there were -his tracks on the crossing log. When I lived in northern Michigan bobcat hunting was one_ of_ our most looked-forward·to mid-winter pastimes. After deer season, the-long, deep-snow months were never dull. You could get up'-a gang and head for the woods at daylight, scout a -fresh cat track, put the hounds down, and nine times out of ten you had a full and dramatic day. If you got back by dark you were lucky; and whenever you got back, with or· without a cat, you were beat but happy. The bobcat is one of the most amazing colonizers known to man. Its range on this continent stretches from coast to coast, from southern Canada clear down into southern Mexico. This is why the bobcat should be far more impor­ tant and better known to hunters than it is. There is hardly a wooded, brushy, or rocky area where fun with bobcats can't be had. The animal is prolific, most difficult to wipe out in any area, uncannily secretive, and there are no closed seasons. Whenever you want to hunt a bobcat, you Texas bobcat came to call during night hunt and held just do so. (Continued on paf!,e 4,2) still long enough for author to get picture of scene.

Snow hunting is tough work, but can give you much sport. Author happily carries a big Texas cat that Short range shooting is the rule and shotgun is adequate, answered predator call during day. Hunting especially when a hunter can predict the cat's movements. _cats in brush offers different challenge.

GUNS MAY 1963 21 Exaggerated fast draw posture makes gunslinger a good target for opponent, but also makes rapid holster clearing possible.

By BILL TONEY

NE OLD WEST authority recognizes only two kinds all from hip level. At the other distances he fires in prone, O of gunfighters-the quick and the dead. Another just sitting, and standing position from behind a barricade. as firmly declares that speed doesn't mean a thing in a This is good training for new police officers, but shooting fight, that it's hits that count. One publication was so from the hip is woefully slow when compared to fast draw caustic about fast draw some years ago that a straight times. In modified form, this course is used by Colt's and shooting Federal law enforcement agency was scared com­ Indiana University in the biggest police combat shoot in pletely out of any fast draw practice in their academy. the country. Yet, fast draw clubs are mushrooming both in number and The Toledo, Ohio, Police Department runs a combat in size all over the country. How do today's fast draw course in which the contestant fires under various condi­ competitors stack up against the combat shooters? What tions, from sitting astride a fence to riding down a winding are the differences? road in a patrol car. A high degree of accuracy is reqJ'iired The "practical pistol course," is popular with police for good scores, but speed is not required. departments throughout the country. It involves shooting A few departments well supplied with ingenuity, money on man-sized silhouette targets at 7, 25, 50 and 60 yards. or both have used training films that project actual combat At the close-up stage, the shooter has 25 seconds in which conditions onto a screen. The officer shoots when he thinks to draw, fire five shots, reload, and fire five more rounds, he should and is judged not only on speed and accuracy

22 GUNS MAY 1961 Combat shooter. crouched stance, offers smallest possible target. New Haven police placed all shots into kill zone during the firing of the Indiana University police match.

Pop-up target, in window, could be enemy. Action is fast and lethal.

but also on judgment. One organization was reported to use a life-size picture of John Dillinger as one of its "shoot in a hurry" targets. It may have been very realistic, but some of its value was lost since Dillinger was then long dead. The Louisiana Peace Officers Association and others in the South shoot the Bancroft Quickdraw Course fired at 15 feet on life-sized silhouette targets. At the various stages the shooter may face the target, face away from it and turn to shoot, walk toward it or away from it, walk from left to right or right to left in fr'ont of it, may fire five shots on one target from one hand, twojrom one hand and three from the other, three shots on one target and two on another, or one shot on each of five separate targets. Accuracy sufficient to score hits in the kill zone of a silhou­ In combat shooting. officers are taught to use ette target determines 60 per cent of the score. The other 40 any cover and any gun support that is handy. per cent comes from "time credit." (Continued on page 45)

GUNS MAY 1963 23 XPERT STOCKMAKERS are a law unto themselves. gunsmithing bugs, and the boy learned everything he E Most of them have been in the business for quite a knows from his constant reading and re-reading of the few years, were apprentices to some of the great names in firearms literature. Ken and his father have a hobby wood­ the stockmaking field. But when a 16 year old makes high­ working shop in the basement of their Maryland home, class stocks, I consider this as news. And when it turns out but the special tools that Ken needed for his first stocking that this youngster is self-taught and lacks a good many jobs were "home-spun." tools the professional thinks he could not do without, then Using the available equipment, Ken made his own in­ I can only admire, envy, and wonder at him. You see, I letting rasps and other tools, and began to expand the am one of those guys who invariably louses up a stock. family hobby shop. He bought tools and supplies with his Robert Kenneth Bell got his first rifle, a Mossberg .22 earnings from his paper route and an usher's job in the single-shot when he was 13 years old. He promptly took local movie. He later built his own blueing set-up, taught the gun apart, re-did the stock and eventually changed the himself silver-soldering and brazing, and gradually learned gun into an eight shot repeater. Did he have help with this the established method of tackling a job the hard way­ project? No, neither Ken's father nor any of his friends are by trial and error. Once in a (Continued on page 65)

TEEN-AGER BUILT A STOCKING AND REPAIR

BUSINESS STARTING WITH TOOLS HE MADE HIMSELF By JASON CONNORS BOY· STOCKER

Ken Bell, youthful stocker, contemplates his favorite gun, a Number 414 Steven with a Weaver scope. Stock was one of Ken's early jobs and this stock design is still one of his favorites.

24 GUNS MAY 1963 It's a ~mingloal

XP-IOO is bolt-action, single-shot pistol with plastic grips, suitable for left or right-handed shooting. The .221 "Fire Ball" cartridge has exceptional varminting ballistics.

NEW GUN. NEW LOAD FOR THE GROWING

By E. B. MANN GROUP OF HANDGUN VARMINTERS

E TOLD YOU in our March publish test reports on gun and load proved scopes and ammunition at long W issue about the Remington as early as the first-available printer's ranges. seminar, where we shot the new, re­ deadline. "Recognizing this problem, Reming­ duced-recoil, Remington M-llOO shot­ Meanwhile, here's what Remington ton has designed a new, highly accu­ gun. What we couldn't tell you then, says about them: rate handgun-and-cartridge combina­ but can now, is that Remington is back "In recent years, an, increasing num­ tion which, because it has down-range (after how long an absence!) in the ber of shooters have become interested ballistics comparable to many rifle­ handgun business! in long-range varmint and small-game cartridge combinations, outshoots and And what a handgun! Whether that hunting with handguns. New cartridges outperforms any other on the market. can be taken as an expletive of awe­ with jacketed bullets, high velocities, "The new gun, a bolt action, single struck admiration or one of sheer sur­ and flat trajectories have been intro­ shot model known as the XP-I00, is prise at the gun's unorthodox design duced specifically for this type of chambered to handle the .221 Rem­ will depend on what happens next shooting -and telescopic sights have ington "Fire Ball" cartridge. The grip week-end when we start putting the been developed especially for hand­ and stock of the gun are made with Model XP-I00 through its shooting guns. one piece of molded Du Pont "Zyte!" paces. There's one on its way to us now "While· these improvements have structural nylon. ..Because this material -we already have a supply of the been enthusiasticaily welcomed, they maintains its dimensional stability (also entirely new) .221 Remington alsv created problems. The optics of the under all conditions-it cannot warp '.'Fire Ball" cartridges-and if the two scopes and the ballistic capabilities of or change shape-barrel bedding is perform together the way the Reming­ the cartridges were good, but because absolutely uniform, insuring greater ton boys say they will, and the way of inherent characteristics in the de­ accuracy. The grip is contoured to fit they do on the ballistics chart, the signs of conventional handguns, few the shooter's hand, and is equally anticipated and quite fitting comment shooters could hold well enough to adapted to either right- or left-handed will be a fervent "Wow!" GUNS will take maximum advantage of the im- use. (Continued .on page 54)

GUNS MAY 1963 25 ~:" ';:-.~. ~.~ ~; '~:'::~~':);~"" '{ " .;'. .. : INCE 1955, GUNS Magazine. has had e~"a.§t§,"?'>he:.~~~m.,P~~:k': S one goal, one reason for bemg: to promot'e ..:glOrer:e,?-,;;> ;:: . joyment by more people in more shooting. Shooti'Iig'"'.is'· £pll.>, ", The more you know about it, the more you can effjoY~At.:' THE SHOO~ERS CLUB OF AMERICA is another GUN'S" effort to provide you greater enjoyment of what we believe to be the finest participation-sport in the world. This has been our aim from the beginning. Now we can do more. Now we can give you answers, personal and in print, to your questions about guns and how to increase your skill with them and your enjoyment of them. We can give you periodical special bulletins, in addition to the reports in the magazine, about new products, new develop. ments, new solutions for new (or old) problems. We can give you a symbol, one for your shooting coat, one for your car, that will:;t;~:t .... p~ •. ;._" 0 ltr-.-.and proud of it!" W~'"'C:'~ . -""-""~ to our experts) to:ilt. . actual ownership,'ati;;d of firearms and htfuti.il Sil' addition to twelve" i~~ues~~bf: '. . 0 been acclaimed as the'~l~Fifieil'-rhqH i~1t~FieM'-ta which will be better in the future, with articles by the best of the gun experts on how to shoot, how to hunt, where to hunt what, with what guns-articles on gun history, gun development, gun collecting-alticles on target marksman­ ship with shotgun, rifle, and handgun; alticles on hand· loading and ballistics-the broadest coverage of gun interest offered by any magazine in the world. And we can give you the strength of numbers. This is what THE SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMERICA is-a new, strong force, not to supplant or compet existing forces but to join with and strengtheIJ. that exist for the promotion of more_"~h~('>}tf"""';" ing enjoyment, and a better climat'- The most dramatic arena in whiclr~1 shooters' organizations must act is the -:;V~r.:-ilgl!-~JlS-, legislation. We are in that fight. GUNS Magazine, in col­ laboration with the National Rifle Association and other shooters' organizations, has been fighting anti-gun legisla­ tion with money, with editorial leadership, and with all the influence at our command since 1955 (and some of us for much, much longer than that!) We are not novice in this field, and we have not been ineffective. For some years, we gave you in our "Know Your Lawmakers" department, ~ first-hand reports on how your lawmakers feel about guns ~"o :~~~:ff:': .' • .. and shooting and gun legislation. With a new crop of legisi;~;·;\.~{·\''':'~;';;':·. ~"" .... . '11 d th·· .':> ".iY·'Cv.':_;;'·'·"~"'·:>""'''·'":';·''· ,., 1ators to examme, we WI 0 IS agam. - ';:'-::::!'1:,y'V>'::"'·:?}'<::';:"':'J;:""~ .. .. ', .,,' .. ~. . A second and only marginally (Continued on pag~~:S8Y"~'-;'f::';~":;:> ". :. ~.:.:~ ,,'" .~~ :t~~. -".:"

26 GUNS • MAY 1963 for :in whi~ I . .:e world; to .f't~ :. §our right to . use 2~; • C:~port/ and for d~ /;/ f:~~·~·:·,;:)" j~.'};:

GUNS • MAY 1963 27 At left: lever-action with Colt magazine, Winchester­ type bolt and feed. Next, conventional revolver: gas­ operated .22 has a locked breech, below. Right. first of Behrens' semi-autos, 1912. and target upside-downer.

UPSIDE-DOWN PISTOLS? HE MADE 'EM BEFORE THE RUSSIANS USED THEM IN THE OLYMPIC$!

28 Two, still-in-the-white, Behrens-designed .22 guns. Stocks and triggers differ, and button trigger on right was a tricky gunsmithing job.

You name it. and Behrens can make it. In the usual order: two heavy barrel target .22's, double hammer .22, a .22·.45 Colt over and under, a .22 over and under, a .22 revolver with single shot .38 barrel, tiny .22 over and under. All guns have fully adjustable sights.

By KEN WARNER

HENRY BEHRENS of Sarasota, Florida, is a gunsmith of the old school-the kind who can take a length of bar steel and a slab of walnut and build you a gun. He doesn't need power tools; he doesn't need blueprints or "something to copy," either. All he needs is an idea, and he has plenty of those. He built "upside-down" auto­ matic pistols years before the Russians beat us with their version of them in the 1952 Olympics. Henry, any way you slice him, is a gun genius. You name it and Henry can make it. If it's a type or action that has a name, he probably has made it. He made gas-operated rifles before the word "Garand" (as applied to a rifle) was even whispered. Any action, any ignition system­ Henry will build it, with any odd-ball charac­ teristics you care to specify, or with innovations of his own if you give him permission. What you get will be a fine firearm, precision tooled, fitted, and finished. Henry builds "odd-balls," for his own amusement or because you want them, but he doesn't build clunkers. Today, Henry can show you 94 Behrens-built guns to prove his versatility and skill. No one is like any other; some are unlike any other gun ever built. They all shoot, all function perfectly, are all as accurate as thp.y need to be for the purpose for which they were intended. Some are truly odd-balls (Henry's own word for them), and some are so sensible one wonders why they never became mass-production items. In the odd-ball category are such items as a

GUNS MAY 1963 29 harmonica-action .22 handgun, and a peculiar single-shot that requires 12 distinct actions to load, fire, and eject the fired case. On the sensible side, there is an over-under .45/.22 pistol that is a trapper's dream, a series of palm-sized "hide-outs" in calibers from .22 to .45, and a couple of dozen good, shoot­ able, single-shot target pistols. . Henry has an almost impartial affection for everyone of these Behrens-babies, be it long or short, conventional or screwy, big or little. They are guns, but they are also blued­ steel-and-polished-walnut milestones along Behrens' quest for gun facts. Throughout life, Henry Behrens has answered his own questions about guns and gun ideas by building a gun to see how it worked. He discovered a lot of things, often much earlier than other gun people did. And this brings us back to the Russian upside­ down pistols. Henry has a set of three peculiar .22 target pistols that tell an interesting story: Three long guns by Florida gunsmith include a In 1946, Behrens built a single-shot pistol with a very low completely hand-made Kentucky, falling block barrel. Otherwise a fairly conventional tip-down barrel action, .22, and a Schuetzen rifle on Stevens action. this one has a dip in the frame that puts the barrel in line with the top of the shooter's hand. The gun points well, and its recoil barely jumps the sights off target. Behrens says, "You can really call them with that gun." This is high praise, for Henry is a superb shot and a demanding critic of firearm accuracy. Intrigued by this one, Behrens built another single-shot, except that this one was upside-down. The sights are on a rib in the normal position, on a sort of false barrel. This one shot well, too, and recoil was nearly nonexistent. The third gun in the series is a semi-automatic, also upside­ down. It has the five-shot magazine capacity required for International and NRA rapid-fire matches. When he fired the first'string with this odd-ball, Henry Behrens knew he had something. Again, recoil was hardly noticeable. With the barrel in line with the middle finger, the gun just hangs on the target. That satisfied Henry Behrens. He had found out what he wanted to know, including the fact that anyone who shot an upside-down pistol had to guard against canting. With the line of sight and the bore-line a couple of inches apart, the least off-vertical inclination would ruin the grouping. That particular experiment was finished in 1948. In 1952, at Melbourne, Australia, the Russians (Continued on page 43) Made to order for trappers, outdoorsmen. gun on left is .22 revolver with .38 barrel, other is chambered for .22 and the .45 Colt cartridge. -

30 GUNS MAY 1963 A REAL COLLECTOR'S FIND, PERRIN GUNS WERE MADE IN FRANCE, USED BY UNION TROOPS

This comiecutively numbered pair of rare Perrin Civil War revolvers in near-mint condition carries numbers 421 and 422. Guns are from Robert B. Tennant, Colorado, collection.

AMONG THE RAREST of the Civil War revolvers are the guns made ~ by L. Perrin of Paris, France. These revolvers are so scarce that many Civil War buffs are not familiar with them. Records show that the U. S. Government bought 200 Perrin revolvers for use by Union troops during the Civil War, and it seems likely that this figure is only a partial one. Other records indicate that over 500 of them were purchased privately-again for Union consumption. It is doubtful that the martial Perrin revolvers were marked in any way to denote government ownership. Of the several that I have handled and the many more of which I have record, none bears any marks that would indicate U. S. martial status. Actually this is understandable. The Perrin revolvers were a commercial French product. They were not manufactured under a U. S. Government contract. In the middle of a war it is often expedient to buy what is needed without the delay of field trials and tests, and thus materiel could easily get into the hands of the troops without added markings. Two variations of the 12 mm center­ The government paid 20 dollars for each Perrin revolver. If you happen fire Perrin cartridge. The one on to find a specimen, you should be very happy to pay that much-even if the left is commoner specimen, has copper base but no headstamp. Round the gun is not in new condition-because collectors who know the rarity on right has brass case, has head­ of the gun will be happy to give you many times that figure. stamp "PERRIN-BTE S.G.D.G. PARIS." It would seem that something worthwhile would be known about L. Perrin. But he is not even listed in the standard texts on European arms makers. From the markings on the guns it is apparent that there was a company by that name located in Paris and (Continued on page 50)

GUNS MAY 1963 31 THIS 18-YEAR OLD HOLDS

18 WORLD SKEET TITLES. A COLLEGE

SCHOLARSHIP. AND TEACHES­

GUESS WHAT - IN HIS SPARE TIME

By DICK MILLER His Guns Are Taking

Howard's President Wright admires shotgun and trophies won by Miner Cliett in the course of becoming skeet champ.

32 GUNS • MAY 1963 F YOUR SON is not seven feet tall, does not weigh 250 I pounds, can't run 100 yards in less than 10 seconds with football pads, or is not a budding nuclear physicist, don't despair of his chances for a college scholarship. Put a shotgun in his hands, and let him shoot his way into the halls of higher learning! Shooting scholarships may shock a few sensitive souls in the Ivy League, or it may amuse some Big Ten admissions directors, but down Dixie way, Howard College freshman Miner Cliett literally shot his way to the beautiful Baptist college campus in the Shades Valley section of Birmingham. Howard College has a long and distinguished record, dating back to 1842. The college now can, and does, boast that it has admitted the only 18-year old freshman who holds 18 of the world's skeet shooting records! . Him To College

And few freshmen can enter the hallowed halls of learning and be tabbed as instructor. The "Howard Crimson," in a feature story about the school's I most distinguished freshman, happily reported: "Miner Cliett, freshman from Childersburg, bearing five world's records (see explanation below) will teach a class in shooting for the college on Saturdays, as part of the college's recreational program. A non-credit course, the class will be open to the students, faculty., and the community." The Crimson editor modestly listed only Cliett's world records set during world competitions. The record books list 13 more records established during seasonal competitions. . Miner Cliett began shooting at the tender age of four, but not without some strain on family and neighborhood relations. Four-year old Miner potted five of a neighbor's chickens with his trusty little BB gun. Results of the shooting were fatal for four of the birds, and the fifth hen had a long bout with lead poisoning. Some of the remedies applied for this episode might Miner enjoys quail hunting and he have been tempered had it been known then that this was the retained a few of his dogs while start of one of the world's most distinguished shooting careers. at school. Before becoming skeet Miner's skeet shooting career started at age eleven, when a champ, he posed with sister Emmy. member of the near-by Birmingham gun club saw the youngster make tough shots on dove and quail. He told Miner that he should try his hand at busting clay targets. Try he did, and cracking clay targets came easy. So easy in fact, that in 1957, at the tender age of 13, Miner Cliett was Champion of Champions at the National Skeet Shooting Championships, an event limited to state and regional champions. He broke 100 straight targets, 25 of each of the four gauges, .410 Short Shell, 28 gauge or 3-inch .410, 20 gauge, and 12 gauge. He was the youngest shooter ever to win this coveted award! It would take a great deal of the space to list all the shooting awards that came after this one. Although the Cliett home in Childersburg is large and charming, it is getting more and more crowded with trophies-there are over 200 already! The Cliett shooting story must mention these highlights of the 18-year old high scorer: Try-outs for the International Shooting championships at Oslo, Norway in 1961, held at Ft. Benning, Georgia; long run of 634 targets without a miss; and a gold medal for tying the Russian entry at the International event in Miner Cliett, college freshman and instructor, Oslo, plus besting the top skeet shooters (Continued on page 55) was caught loading his car for another shoot. GUNS MAY 1963 33 ( AMERICA'S GREATEST ..... MEXICO CRACKED AGAIN! ONLY

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By BOB HAGEL

OWARD THE END of the last century, a new cartridge quest for ivory, is credited with killing over 1,000 elephants T was born in Europe. Known as the 7 rom on the other with the little 7x57 and the 175 gr. solids. While I have side of the Atlantic, it handled a bullet of caliber .284. In no desire to take one of the big pachyderms with the little talking about the 7 mm it would perhaps be best to talk 7, there is no doubt that it is sudden death to any elephant about it in the plural since the 7 rom was made in several when used under ideal conditions by a man who has the case forms, with the 7x57 rimless gaining by far the great. ability and know-how to do it. est popularity. The 7x57 rimless was used by many nations, Why the 7 mm did not gain greater popularity for North in one or the other form of the Mauser action, as a military American game by American hunters, is hard to say. At rifle and for a long time it was the favorite game cartridge one time there were single-shot rifles chambered for the in Europe, India, and Africa. 7x57 by American riflemakers, and later bolt-action rifles The rimless, and flanged 7 mm cartridge gained fame like the Winchester M 54 were available in this caliber, but in Africa as a killer of even the heaviest game. Bell, in his somehow the 7 mm cartridge never really caught the imag- The Wicked SEVEN

Favorite 7 mm handloads, usual order: 7x57 with 160 gr. Nosier S.P., .285 O.K.H. with 175 gr. Nosier O.P., .280 Rem. with 160gr. Sierra S.P., 7x61 S&H with 160gr. Nosier, 7 mm-264 and 160 gr. Sierra, Big 7 with 160 gr. Nosier.

36 GUNS MAY 1963 Author's record book bull moose that fell to 7 mm Mashburn Magnum and the 175 "grain "Nosier. bullet. Bull taped 7 ft. hump to heel, and had 45" chest.

Some of Hagel's selections for the 7 mm: 154gr. Norma S.P.B.T., 160gr. Speer S.P., 160gr. Sierra S.P.B.T.. 160gr. Nosier S.P., 175gr. Nosier S.P.,and the 175gr. round nosed, soft point bullet from Remington factory.

NosIer bullets removed from game. The 160 grain bullet at left came from 400 yard kill of caribou. Right. the 175 grain bullet downed king-sized moose at 300 yards.

Light rifle built on small-ring 98 Mauser action and chambered for 7x57 is wicked on most American game if shot is placed right and heavier bullets are loaded. ination of many thousa"nds of U.S. shooters. " cartridges for the standard 7x57, but the loading of only Maybe we Americans are a little slow to catch on, or the round-nose 175 gr. bullet to a velocity of 2490 frs. perhaps we are somewhat reluctant to use, something that leaves a lot to be desired in an otherwise fine cartridge. we did not have a hand in designing. At any rate, it was My own first 7 mm was a custom job by C. M. O'Neil only in the last few years that the 7 mm gained its well­ with a 23" Ashurst tube on a light-ring Mauser action with deserved popularity. Even today, most of the rifles cham­ double-set triggers. With the barrel cut to pipe-stem size bered for cartridges shooting 7 mm bullets are made by and stocked to suit my own notions, the rifle, complete with custom gunsmiths, and are chambered for various wildcat scope and sling, weighs under eight pounds. This ultra-light cartridges. Both of our big ammunition companies make rifle is chambered for the standard (Continued on page 48)

GUNS MAY 1963 37 Fajen-stocked .264 Magnum with 6X Weaver scope, Schultz & Larsen 7x61 Magnum with a Leupold 6X glass are favorites. Ormond and McNeel drag buck that was outwitted by Clyde.

YOU HAVE TO OUT-SMART HIM!

By CLYDE ORMOND

HIRTY-FOUR YEARS ago, I killed my first mule deer T-a buck of monstrous proportions and a total of 13 points. Last week, as this is written, I killed my last muley to date. He, too, was a big one, a nine pointer with a spread of 30% inches. Between those two I have hunted deer in many states, collected at least one annual deer, and got a liberal education in the art of deer-hunting. I learned much from that first buck. I learned something brand-new from the last one. And it has been from the biggest bucks that I learned the most. Record muley bucks do not attain their desirability by being stupid. This is especially true today when bucks of prime-trophy age have survived elements, hunters, predation, disease, and the meager diet of dwindling winter ranges to reach a trophy stage. It follows that the smartest bucks are, Big buck ammo with ample horse-power: The .264 Magnum with 140 gr. bullet, 7 mm with a 139 gr. generally speaking, the biggest bucks. And it also follows pill, .270 with 130 gr. bullet, .30-06 with a 180 that the hunter who hunts, observes, and outwits these old 9rain slug, and 7x61 with 160 gr. bullet. These moss-backs, is bound to become the successful hunter of all loads and calibers have taken many big ones. lesser game.

38 GUNS MAY 1963 There is no lesson quite like the successful, or unsuccess­ also dlipending on the camouflage of the foliage. ful field experience if the hunter will take the pains to The first bullet from my ancient .25-35 made him jump learn from it. violently and jerk his legs under his broad chest. The Take that first buck, many years ago. second shot, as he romped away, did not seem to touch him. Burn and I were hunting the Yellow Jacket country of As he loped over the ridge, there was the sudden sight of central Idaho. The first day we saw no game because, like heels in the air. We found that the first 117 grain soft-nose tyros, we hunted the canyon bottoms. There were tracks, had pierced his heart. The second shot caught him "fatally" but they were made by game coming down during the in the sticking-spot, as he'd whirled toward me. night to drink. Lesson Number One on big bucks was unforgettable: . The next morning, we headed up and went up till there Heart-shot bucks didn't necessarily fall in their tracks. was no more up. We started from camp long before Bucks that didn't look hit, may be. Big bucks liked to stay daylight. high. And one man-as I discovered later-didn't pick up Two hours later, largely because the strenuous effort such a beast and tote him camp-ward a la horse-collar. had exhausted us both, we were moving slowly. Very My wife's first buck added to a growing education. We'd slowly. The 13 pointer was spotted standing in the mottled trailed him cautiously for a mile in the fresh snow. We shadows of pine trees, half-asleep, convinced that nothing were so close that we could see blades of bear-grass slowly could get that high that early in the morning, and he was unbending after his passing weight. (Continued on page 40)

GUNS MAY 1963 39 RIFLEMAN. MK I By JAMES M. TRIGGS 19. Miscellaneous Impedimentia. neces­ sary for psychological support only. 20. Portable hand-warmer. 21. Heels. left and right. run down "(See No. 71. 22. Elbow Assembly. right. hand (Up­ raised for support of rifle and No. 11 I. 23. Notebook (Filled with wishful thoughts and prepared alibisl. 24. Sleeve (for laughing up or. crying on. depending on scorel. 25. Rifle (Not shown because of vari­ ations dependent on contents of No. 2 and No. 231. 26. Box of goodies (Contains more of No. 191 27. Targets from last match (Better not shownl. 28. Eyeball Assemblies, right and left...... color red (see No. 11 I• ~ 612 a DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE 23 While it Is doubtful that the Rifleman can be successfully disassembled by the amateur, although Part No.2 can be II flipped quite easily. Before attempting field stripping. be sure Part 14 is re­ moved. and be particularly sure the Rifleman is unloaded. BUTTPlATE AND MISC. PARTS Disassembly is a messy business at ARE NOT SHOWN .... best. and re-assembly is virtually im­ possible. especially in reverse order. Disassembly sometimes occurs automat­ ically after matches: in which case. re­ assembly should not be attempted until PARTS LIST 11. '12 gallon Courage (For after-match after lunch the following day. 1. Main frame Assembly use only, of coursel. Not shown in the drawing are numer­ 2. Head Assembly, Factory Installed 12. Tompion for No. 11. ous scars. In some of the older models. (Disassembly not recommendedI. 13. Shooting glasses. rose colored. these were acquired at Chateau Thierry (Note: Thin top insulation on pre­ 14. Wife Assembly. MK II. Not essential or Verdun. Later models show the marks war models.I for shooting but recommended ac­ of Guadalcanal and Omaha Beach. A 3. Trigger Finger Assembly, Twitching. cessory for part No.1. (Note built­ number of newer models show similar 4. Elbow Assembly. left. with perman­ in radar. all models). markings from Chosin and other Korean ent dislocation. . 15. Cover for Part No.2 (Not allowed addresses. It is to be hoped that pres­ 5. Ballast (Most .pronounced in older in house: must be hung in garage). ent models will be produced without models). 16. Arm. left, with permanent sling such scars or markings. 6. Carfare (42cl. groove. And while we may poke a little fun 7. Wallet. unloaded. 17. Ear plugs, both sides (use in compe­ at our Rifleman. with his thinning top 8. Shooting Jacket for Mainframe As­ tition and self-defense against No. insulation and ballast. he is the man sembly. frayed. 14), who won our freedom and started our 9. Miscellaneous pCitches, emblems, 18. Bags. left and right. (Under eye Nation on its way. And he is the man status symbols. assemblies, occasioned by use of who has kept it free. God Bless ~ 10. Copy of Rule Book. dog-eared. No. 11 after last match), him. ~

(Continued from page 39) depend on two contrary traits. They either right, except that we gabbed too long, and Then, on a nearly bare hill-side, we stopped put a lot of distance between them and an looked camp-ward while doing it. In looking twelve feet from a scrubby pine tree, looking enemy at the first sign of danger. or they back, we saw his concealing aspens, but not at his spoor plainly headed a quarter-mile "lie low" and close, relying on camouflage, him, and that was his undoing. He thought ahead over the snowy hills. Straight ahead concealment, and the hunter's inability to we looked at him. And on a high lope, he of us. spot them. bounded out of the trees, headed for adja- But as we talked, debating on how many A Caribou Forest buck used this system, cent Wyoming. '" more hills ahead the big fellow was, there and had he continued with it, his record­ Partner, never one to remain like a cucum­ came from the opposite side of the pine book antlers would not be on my shop wall. ber during intense excitement, missed him tree a mighty snort. The buck had circled, Three of us had stopped in 16 inches of by a margin of feet. I got lucky. Looking was within good spittin' distance, but had snow, on a windy, craggy knob. We were back upon the incident, I'm forced to con­ decided we might spot him. My wife got debating our lack of sense. Instead of being clude' that partner's miss was due mostly to over her surprise and excitement soon enough cold, wet, pooped, hungry, and similarly his poorly fitting rifle stock. to break him down as he loped off. miserable, we could have been at home, Three factors in the art of deer-hunting From him we added certain facts to the warm, dry, full of energy and grub, and 'come to light from this affair. First, canny huck-education: Canny old hucks would happy. old bucks do lie low, if their experience circle to outwit a hunter. They would watch Less than sixty yards away was a clump indicates that the enemy will not spot them. their own hack-track from a place of conceal­ of aspens. The buck with 10 points and a Secondly, when such game discovers that ment or from a vantage-point. Wise old bucks 30-inch spread standing there had it figured the enemy does, or is apt to, detect their

40 GUNS MAY 1963 presence, then they are away like the pro­ out from behind you. In this case, it was the verbial bat out of hell. Thirdly, the success­ big buck whose spoor we'd seen. Subsequent ful hunter in such heart-stopping situations, back-tracking showed that he'd stood im­ must have a rifle stocked to fit him, so that, mobile, not only while we'd passed within when he ups it it will point right at the mov­ a matter of 10 or so feet, but until we'd gone in'g target; and he needs a cartridge of suffi­ far down the ridge. Then, when he was cient horse-power to do the job successfully certain that no dude hunter could hit him, he under far-from-ideal conditions. started his sneak-away up and over tlie ridge. Big bucks, especially in heavily-hunted "Take him!" I said to my wife. areas, will often depend on the continuing­ In her efforts to get the sights on him, she distance factor. That is, they will leave an fell on the steep hill, stabbing the muzzle area five minutes before any sign of danger of her Model 99 Savage deeply into the and they seemingly never stop. ground and filling the barrel for an inch. We watched a prime example of this in At the moment, there seemed nothing better Instantly shows true range! some semi-barren, aspen-patch country once. to do than sit in the wet snow and bust the A couple of hunters were "sneaking" up on great buck with my .30-06. a great buck and both were visible to us That instance lent support to what an with binoculars. They pussy-footed into each observing western outfitter, Glidden McNeel aspen patch, expecting the buck whose tracks of Alpine, Wyoming, once told me. "You SIGHT READ they followed in the snow. But less than a TARGET DISTANa watch. A big majority of the really big bucks • IS DOUIU ON DIAL mile beyond, the great buck would stop and are shot in the hinder." INSTANT IIIARKSlIlANSHIPl Just focus this pre­ study them from some vantage-point. Then cision optical instrument on any target Dial instantly This is reasonable in the light of these shows distance in yards. Lets you adjust sights for he would run to another spot where he could deadly accuracy every shot. Terrific for varmint two deer-traits. The big buck either lies low, hunters. Just 12 inches long. Deluxe set including watch them again. taking flight in the last second and neces­ Rangeflnder. Leather Holster Case. and 5x Telescopc It took many years to uncover this hard Eyepiece for eastest long-range focllssing-$29.95 com- sitating a fast shot at his departing rump; ~i~~~5. O~J~:: ~~11a~~~e~5t~~d~,:::g:;~~d~~o::f°$~.9~~) lesson: It's far better and productive never or the wise old monster is already a long Ideal gift. 30 Day MoneY-back guar. 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GUNS MAY 1963 41 then turned sharply, and headed back into A sling is a must. Look at the rifle of a the head of a gulley, just.under and towards man who has killed at least six bucks in us. As we went down the crest, he came out, the 28-30 inch antler class, and five will get on the opposite side of the canyon, this time you ten his rifle is sling-equipped. at 250 yards. One shot reduced him to The big bucks rifle must be perfectly possession. sighted in-and before the hunt. Sight any The deer rifle mu~t fit perfectly if you are modern deer rifle in for 200 yards, then to take advantage of the long-range shots learn the hold-over at 300 and 400 yards. and those fast, close snap shots. My experi· Another way is to sight the rifle in at 300 ence is that neither type shot can' be done yards, hold around 4 inches low mid-way, successfully unless the rifle has a light, crisp and on the buck's spine at 400 yards. That's trigger·pull. On both shots a hard sloppy a rough-and-ready rule, but it works. trigger-pull will throw the shot wild, and Lastly, the smart shooter is the man who I'm convinced that this is a fundamental uses his deer rifle as often as possible reason why fine riflemen often miss. during the off-seasons. He gets to know his It's simple hunting wisdom to have a car­ gun, its heft, trigger pull, the sights-and tridge with sufficient power to do the job, he hits what he shoots at, especially on those CALL COYOTES especially at an "angling" or raking shot, fast snap shots. and flat enough so as not to miss through Briefly, this is what the monster mule deer BOBCATS AND FOX trajectory error at longer ranges. Specifically, bucks taught me over the years. But I am cartridges of the .270, .280, .264 Magnum, willing to bet that, come next fall and I take right up to hand-shaking .30-06, and the 7 mm class are the deer another whopper, I'll learn a new ~ distance with Burnham Calls hunter's best bets. trick or two! ~ OR YOUR MONEY BACK BOBCATl ON SNOW AND SAND For more thrills, action, success the year 'round (Continued from page 21) -call 'em up the quick easy way with Burn­ nobody shot, although with a scope in that ham Calls! These surefire, unbreakable calls My bobcat hunting took a drastically different turn when, insteali of just going light it would have been easy pickin's. We must give you a close shot at fox, coyotes, south for the winters, we moved permanently decided to see what those cats would do. A cats', hawks and ather predators or your money to south-central Texas. There weren't many breeze had sprung up, blowing directly from back. Featured in TRUE, SPORTS AFIELD, OUT­ hound men here and so I discovered a new us to them. Believe it or not, we kept those DOOR LIFE, TOWN JOURNAL stories. Complete bobcatting thrill-the predator call. cats around us for 20 minutes and never written instructions and recordings teach you After a few seasons in Texas, I became did kill one because we were having too to call right with the "callingest calls made." convinced that the bobcat I always consid· much fun watching them. During that eve· ered so shy, is possibly the dumbest little ning, in three sets, we called seven bobcats. SUCCESS-FIRST TIME USED devil on earth when it comes to a squalling The Burnham brothers, call makers with "The very first time I used your predator call. He loses his sense, and his whom I have hunted, have had some amaz­ call I called up 5 coyotes"­ shyness, thus offering plenty of good sport. ing experiences with bobcats. On a recent P.T.C., New Mexico. Other let­ The bobcat is a great one for staying ters tell us of amazing results. in the thickest, meanest stuff he can find long Range Call gives life-like during the day. But at night, he comes imitation of a rabbit in distress out and wanders around wherever the hunt· -brings predators in fast. Guar· ing is good. In the south-Texas brush there are many fairly open spots, prickly pear flats, anteed effective day or night. or places where green, low·growing saladillo Long Range Fax Call, only grows, and where the rabbits cavort of an 00 evening. If such a spot happens to border $3 dense brush such as is found in any dry­ creek or wash bottom in the brush country, CRITTERS CAN'T RESIST IT it could hardly be more perfect for a setup Close Range Adjustable Tone to call Bob. Squeaker was designed and field Four of us made our first try in such a tested by Murray Burnham, famous place. Nobody paid too much attention to game caller. lured up 121 fox, the breeze. When you call coyotes or foxes 156 coyotes, 11 bobcat and doz­ you must watch the wind. But a cat, for ens of hawks and eagles on a some odd reason, doesn't seem to mind which way it blows. One of the boys put dry run. It can work for you. Get on a headlamp, tilted the beam up so it Michigan cat treed in big birch yours and enjoy extra shooting would not hit an animal in the eyes and and was easily seen by hunters, fun on your next hunt. frighten' it. The lamp, when worn this way, trip they called 55 bobcats on the same Close Range Fox Call, only throws a dim light in a broad circle, picking big ranch in a week. On that trip, too, they $2 00 up the glow of animal eyes. The caller experimented with calling a cat close and keeps a str~ng-beamed flashlight in his tossing them a dead jackrabbit. Some cats hand, ready to spotlight the target when were spooked by the sound of the rabbit SAVE $2.00 he gets it up close enough. hitting the ground, others grabbed the We stood close behind the caller, listening SPECIAL FOX CALL KIT OFFER dead rabbit and ate it while the light was to the wailing of the call. He swung his on them! Both long and Close Range Calls, plus $2 head from side to side as he wailed, search­ instruction record (45 or 78 rpm). A $7 Bobcats can be called during the day. ing the area. Then his head stopped moving, value .•. NOW All THREE, only $5.00. For those who have called foxes or coyotes, and he started squeaking softly. All of us it must be understood that for daytime could see three pairs of eyes. Bobcats. They cat calling, you must operate in dense cover. ORDER TODAY were so close it seemed ridiculous. And a cat comes sneaking, not running like We Pay Postage Presently the caller put the light on them. the fox or coyote. He also comes slowly, FRE E! Calling Stories and in­ One cat was sitting. He turned his head aside sometimes taking 20 or 30 minutes before ap­ structions backed by 50 years of because the light bothered him. Another one pearing. Most callers leave a bobcat stand too calling experience' started to walk away. The third stood and quickly in the daytime. Often one will come ; .. stared. The caller switched off the light. We to the call and sit behind a bush, watching. were so startled at what we'd seen that There are a number of instances of cats

42 GUNS MAY 1963 slttmg right in the open, watching a caller I'd like to renew its acquaintance. The cat who didn't know he was being watched. calling in the southwest brush has spoiled HISTORIC GUNS Whit Whitenton, game warden at Laredo, me. To be sure, it is no shotgun sport there. Famous in History! Texas, turned around one day as he sat On occasion a close shot is offered, but Here is your opportunity to shoot safe, modern, versions of muzzle-loading percussion guns that, squalling for a bobcat on a wash bank-and most of the time you need a rifle, and it in their day, were judged the ultimate in fire­ there was the cat, sitting in the middle of seems to me that this in itself is a part arms design. Each ready to fire and government proof-tested. These historic guns are specially the trail, watching him. of the appeal of the sport. priced to appeal to every shooter, collector, and black powder shooter! The Burnham's have discovered that two The hot and accurate .222 is an eJl;cellent callers wailing away simultaneously seem gun. It is powerful enough, is light to carry, Lightweight Percussion Shotgun to have an especially mesmerizing effect on and you just can't beat it for hitting where bobcats. They have also used the electronic you aim. The .243 is another good one. I • Handsomely blued 32" barrel, call which plays a record and had good complete with ramrod. like it because it is a good all-around rifle, • Finely band-checkered stock with patchbox. luck with it. • Approximate weight, 31/2 lbs. for coyotes that come to the call, for deer ONLY $17.50 2 for $29.50 The type of gun you use for bobcat in season, and for javelina. The one-gun man Hand sculptured Walnut finished stock hunting doesn't matter too much. Seldom are ONLY $27.50 2 for $49.50 cannot go too far wrong with it. On the other shots of any length offered. They're either Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun side of the picture, I've hunted bobcats with tree shots, or running shots at rather close the .264 Winchester Magnum, seen them quarters. Most of the old hands in my shot with the .270 and a lot of other cali­ • 32" barrels, complete with ramrod. bailiwick use shotguns loaded with small·size • Walnut-finish stock with hand-checkered bers. Any hot·flying, flat-traveling bullet that buckshot. grip, inlaid patchbox. Sling swivels. hits a bobcat will do a lot of damage. If you ONLY $37.50 2 for $69.50 Lately, I've been using the new Savage are planning to keep the hide or have a cat Full Satisfaction Guaranteed Model 24 rifle-shotgun combination, upper mounted, then something like the .222 or barrel .22RF Magnum, lower barrel 20 CENTURY ARMS, INC Dept. G even the .22RF Magnum-when you can gauge. The deluxe model has auto ejectors, 54 LAKE ST. • ST. ALBANS, VERMONT pick a close shot-is a better idea. But I and is a very good looking little gun, indeed. really don't think caliber is any great Although each barrel is of course only single consideration. Getting the cat to come to the NEW MARl III ISA. MARTINI INTERNATIONAL .22 shot, this in my estimation should make an call is what counts. Caliber Target Rifle, the Supreme In Accuracy, absolutely perfect bobcat gun for the north­ comtort and workmanship, tor RIGHT HAND or LEFT woods hound-dog crowd. A bobcat, which Regardless of where you live, you should HAND shooter, without sights •..••.... $2 t0.00 will weigh on the average seldom much over try bobcatting once. You cannot help finding 25 to 28 pounds, is not difficult to kill, and a new off-season sport with these ubiquitous FREELAND both the .22RF Magnum and the 20 gauge little critters. They will repay in high drama .30 Cal. Kit have all the steam one needs when hunting and new varieties of hunting thrills all the $13.50 on snowshoes. effort you spend to collect one. And who Nowadays, I think maybe I like to remem­ knows, maybe we'll meet someday ~ ber hunting bobcats on webs better than at some cat crossing! ~ GUNS AND THE GOOD LIFE 48" RIFLE (Continued from page 30) TRUNK $26.25 won the Olympic rapid-fire matches shooting stopper," ahead of 40 grains of semi-smoke­ upside-down pistols. Apparently, their shoot· less powder. KNEELING PAD $5.25 ers didn't cant the gun, and the advantage The gun worked fine. Twice in the 30 of the nearly recoilless guns brought them years it was carried, it came out of that BIPOD $17.50 ,,111 the Gold Medal. The design was promptly pocket and stopped its man-permanently.

44 GUNS MAY 1963 arms designed to water the mouth of any half of it and takes out a .32 Short cartridge. Free collector-user. There's a Newton sporting It's an unmarked tube gun, with a screw­ rifle in .30-06, so nicely-balanced and with out 'cannon barrel. On the rear end is a Spring such a well-proportioned stock that you knob, designed to fit against the base of the Catalog don't even notice the full 28" barrel. There's thumb, while the barrel pokes out' through a made-for-Sears Marlin Model 90 in the fingers. A sleeve around it, a knurled Just Off .22/.410, but this one is finished like Sears ring, is pulled back by the fingers-and The Press never saw. "Click" goes the firing pin. Fully illustrated This gun and some others are the result Henry Behrens made 500 of these just 100 pages, shows . of Henry Behrens' long-time chumship with after the turn of the century. He got $2.50 380 items of in­ a number of people in the gun industry. each for them. The man he made them for terest to both Nick Brewer of Savage Arms was one. Brew­ sold them for $5 each. That somehow didn't men and women -special fishing er was a gun designer for Savage, and he seem right to Henry, but nonetheless, he's tackle, footwear, and his doctor father were gun nuts. Henry had one in his pocket ever since. His has clothing, leather Behrens has a squirrel rifle made by the an aluminum knob; the commercial ones and canvas spe­ elder Brewer. It looks like a percussion Ken­ had a rubber knob. cialties, many of tucky, full-stocked and all, but it breaks Henry Behrens has had a full life with­ our own manu­ open to take the Stevens .25-25 cartridge. A out big business or lots of money. He has facture. similar friendship is behind the Marlin 90 all the guns and shooting a man could want. L. L. Bean, Inc., 276 Main St., and a mate to it in .30-30/20 gao once He lived in a pioneer community, was its Freeport, Maine owned by Henry Behrens. fire chief for 12 years, and operated a night­ Mlrs. Fishing, HuntinA and CampinA Specialtie$ Besides building and designing and re­ stick when Sarasota was a tough town. eRELOADERS • BULLET CASTERS pairing and selling and collecting guns, He and his wife drove a White fire truck FO~ THAT aeAN (JVNBAMS. Henry Behrens has done a lot of shooting. -an open truck- from Milwaukee, Wis., to In days when a box .22 Long Rifle costs Sarasota, Fla., in 1917. He once killed 16 ...~~~~~--.~'~'," " 0 ~_"""";-'f 85¢ or so, it seems strange, but he and his quail and a rabbit with one shot from a . .",,'\,," wife have plinked around a million .22 borrowed Winchester shotgun. Once, when rounds into the bulletstop in his backyard. the Florida real estate boom went bust back An All Weather B,'.:.; :.::':;::.:':':' ~~~'':;'':'; ':':"~:.J

GUNS MAY 1963 45 WHAT MAKES THE "CRACK" GO "BOOM" Some one sent us the following as a gas, which has leaked past the bullet clipping-so clipped that we are unable in the barrel, leaves the muzzle of the to tell who published it or when. There gun, very closely followed by the pro­ is no by-line, either. But we think it jectile. SHOOTING worth reprinting ... with thanks to all At the instant the projectile emerg: sources concerned. es from the muzzle the powder gas behind it in the ,b"arrel is still at a SPORTS he question of what causes the very high pressure. on the order of T"bang" or noise from a fired gun several thousand pounds per square has always intrigued a considerable inch. This gas immediately starts to number of shooters. Many have taken stream out of the barrel and expand, it for granted that the noise is made and quickly attains a velocity con­ by the "explosion" of the powder in siderably in excess of that of the the charge. Others have not been so bullet. willing to accept this theory. This gives rise to 'a turbulent region The supervisor of Physics and Ball­ and a sound wave which is in ad­ istics Research at Remington Arms vance of the' bul,let, moving at a Company, Inc.. recently wrote an higher velocity than the bullet itself• •.. to foster in the article describing some experiments However. the impact of the exhaust on the analysis of the sound from a gases with the stationary atmosphere .22 rimfire cartridge. soon slows the velocity of the expand­ American public a These studies revealed that. once ing powder gases below that of the the velocity of this bullet exceeds the bullet. better understanding velocity of sound in air (approxi­ In a very short distance the bullet mately 11 00 feet per second), the overtakes the sound wave due to ex­ major portion of the noise arises from pansion of these gases and can be and a more active the so-called "bow wave" or "shock seen' in spark photographs to proceed wave" originating with the bullet. It ahead of the explosion wave with the appreciation of was also shown that. as the velocity formation of a shock wave of its own, of the bullet increases. the loudness of providing,. of course. that the bullet the "crack" increases rapidly up to a velocity is greater than the velocity all shooting sports... bullet velocity of about 1300 feet per 'of sound. second, after which it continues to in­ In general. then. it can be said crease. but at a slower rate. that. when a gun is fired. the noise The noise attributable to expanding arises from two sources. One source The National gases at the muzzle was shown to be Is the shock wave created by the Shooting SpDrts Foundation relatively small for .22 rimfire car­ passage of the bullet through the air. tridges in contrast with the relatively and is present whenever the velocity needs your help- loud report these gases cause in high of the bullet is greater than the veloc­ power center-fire cartridges. ity of sound in air. which, as noted For this reason, therefore, the high­ above. is approximately 1100 feet per The NSSF is a' nan-profit organization whose power cartridge lends itself more, second.- membership consists of companies directly or in­ readily to explanation of the causes The other source of noise is the sud­ directly concerned with the gun industry. NSSF of noises induced by both shock wave den violent expansion of the gas from was created to promote the shooting sports and and expanding gases. the gun barrel into the atmosphere better shooting facilities, and to create a better First, let us consider the chain of when the bullet leaves the muzzle. popular image of guns and shooting. Now-for events accompanying the discharge Thus, to an observer sufficiently dis­ the first time-memberships on a non-voting basis of a high-power rifle. and what hap­ tant from the gun. the discharge of are open to individuals for a minimum fee of pens as these disturbances are trans­ a firearm will register itself upon his $10.00, or as much more as you can give. All mitted through the air. As the bullet ear as first a sharp "crack." which is starts to move down the gun barrel. it due to the shock wave originating you will get for that money is a membership card pushes the air in the barrel ahead of ahead of the bullet. and followed which costs the NSSF about 10c to print and mail. it out the muzzle. compressing it, and thereafter by a "boom" which is the The rest of your money will go directly and solely causing a mild shock wave to be percussion wave sent out from the to the active promotion of your sport, and the formed at the muzzle of the gun be­ muzzle of the gun due to the violent active defense of your Constitutional right to the fore the bullet exits. expansion of the powder tools for that sport, Because the NSSF is chang­ Shortly after this. exceedingly swift gases. ing its headquarters address as this is written, contributions will be accepted by E. B. Mann, editor of GUNS Magazine. As a member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee a light and a single ping of a bell, may come adjust his spotting scope, put on the proper of the NSSF, he guarantees that your money will at any time after that. There are no hits to shooting glasses, screw in his ear plugs, be 'forwarded. The NSSF needs your help­ be scored, since blanks are used for safety, check his squadding ticket, and layout his join nowl but guns must be approximately level with gun, ammunition', oil can, screwdrivers, stop­ the ground at the instant of firing. The watch, scorebook, and other sundry equip­ timin'g equipment indicates the winner and ment. Before the shooting starts he assumes Send contributions to: his time in hundredths of a second. In the a precise stance often with the left hand E. B. MANN, latest of these contests, in November, 1962, carefully placed in the left trouser pocket, .vance Anderson reduced the record to .31 and he has a time limit averaging 60 seconds Board of Governors, NSSF second and consistently drew and fired in per shot in the first stage. This kind of shoot" that time. ing is obviously not for combat, but is in­ care of GUNS Magazine A practical shooter thinking of combat tended to test accuracy and not speed. 8150 North Central Park Ave., Skokie, Winois would be either horrified or amused to see At the other end of the scale is the Colt's­ a conventional competitor go over the Na­ Sahara type fast draw sho'oting which, with tional Match Course for the first time. In its flashing speed, also lacks certain practi­ Make checks payable to The National the beginning, he would take three minutes cal elements. The fast draw competitor uses a Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. to set up his shooting kit on the firing bench, single action revolver that has long since

46 GUNS MAY 1963 been discarded by the combat shooters in When the contestants face each other as in favor of double action guns. Blanks are the Colt's-Sahara match at Las Vegas, only used for safety at Las Vegas. The combat blanks are used. When it is desired that hits shooter will use live ammunition, preferably be scored to stop the timer and insure that of heavy caliber. The fast draw shooter's a reasonable degree of accuracy is attained, extreme gun rig would not be accepted by wax bullets are used. They are loaded into any police force in the United States. The shells with primers only, and have enough combat shooter must wear a rig that does muzzle velocity to strike the target smartly not look freakish or indicate that he is at a distance of several feet. At very close trigger happy. The combat shooter-thinking range, they would raise painful welts on the of the police officer still-must approach his exposed portions of a person's body and opponent in a fairly natural manner. The could cause serious injury to the eyes; but fast draw competitor approaches with a they are otherwise not dangerous. STOP fLINCHING-IMPROVE SCORING! smooth, gliding walk, one foot placed pre­ The rookie Federal agent who was not Acclaimed by champion shooters and recommended by Ear Specialists as the best protection against harmful cisely in front of the other at each step, permitted any kind of fast draw practice noise. Lee Sonic EAR·VAlVS let you hear everything with the upper body and hands held in a during his training may not be able to get normally while they eliminate the harmful effects of gun blast noise. A precision engineered, patented constant ready position and leaning slightly his gun out before the fight is over. Most mechanical hearing protector. NOT EAR PLUGS. Only backward. When he finally explodes into combat shooters do have a reasonable speed, $3.95 a pr, with money back guarantee. ORDER TODAY and the top notchers are especially fast con­ or write for FREE Medical Proof and literature. action, the fast draw man goes all out for SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY speed and tries to have his gun level at the sidering the fact that their shooting is with 1608 Hillhurst Ave., Dept. K, Los Angeles 27, Calif. instant of firing. The combat shooter must live ammunition. Several years ago a series score a hit in order to stop his opponent and of timing tests were performed on Walter he must not have any misses that might kill Walsh, former FBI agent and now a Marine an in'nocent bystander. colonel. Using a .38 Special double action However, the things that seem out of place revolver and live ammunition, Walsh scored to the combat shooter now are important in many hits in the kill zone of a man-sized FAST DRAW "WORLD FAMOUS CUN" fast draw and may be helpful in combat target in from .30 to .40 second using the COLT FRONTIER REPLICA for collectors. qUick dra. practice. self-starting, fast draw timing method. Western TV fans. Looks and shooting later. The western dress and single feels like real gun. Bill Jordan has performed numerous amaz­ Blue finish 54.00. Deluxe polished action revolver featured in fast draw shoot· $6.00. Add-SOc shipptnlit. ing keep alive the legends and traditions of ing feats involving a combination of fast VALLEY GUN SHOP f~r:"g:'ooJ=m: the Old West. The fast draw walking style, draw and hits with live ammunition. In one which may strike the average spectator as day, he twice recorded times of .27 second, unnatural, helps the contestant keep con'· including reaction time to draw and score ANTELOPE - DEER HUNTS stantly ready. It reduces the chances of his a hit on the Ross robot dueling target with 100% Kill last 8 Years being caught in an awkward position at the wax bullets. Competitors placing near the signal to draw, and is conducive to more top in matches over the Bancroft pistol course Allemand-Chadwick consistent fast performance. The fast draw can usually be expected to score 5 hits with Outfitters, Guides gun rigs that may appear extreme, embody live ammunition on a single silhouette target 1029 E. 2nd, Casper, Wyoming certain principles that may well be adopted in 1.6 or 1.7 seconds. Firing on five separate by the combat sbooters. The low-slung, tied­ down holster of yesteryear that wobbled with your leg as you walked is gone. The modern' speed rig carries the gun higher and, as nearly as possible, always in the same posi­ tion to avoid fumbling the draw. It is de­ signed to permit moving the gun into firing position with the least effort and in the shortest possible time. Improvement in the hammer-fanning technique has put the fan­ ners ahead of the thumb cockers now. The combat shooter will not attempt to fan his the double action revolver, but he may improve his shooting by using the same study methods 1/well-dressed' J and training technique that helped fast draw. A few years ago, the chief complaint rifle goes around against a fast draw was that it was danger­ ous. One organ'ization that opposed it received in a quality a steady flow of newspaper clippings of acci­ dents connected with attempts at fast draw BUCHEIMER case with live ammunition. These accidents were shocking to those steeped in the safety pre­ This is Bucheimer's new Model heavily cautions that accompanied organized target 14 - practice and competition. However, these padded and made of tough plastic. It gives ideal pro­ cases, though unfortunate, were not repre­ tection for your rifle against dust, moisture and rough handling. sentative of the fast draw game. They were Wide, heavy-duty handle makes carrying easy, and the fuII·length often individuals who entered into the sport without proper training in safety or funda­ zipper with locking loop keeps your rifle secure·-$4 95 mental technique, and who tried to handle makes removal quick and simple. Two-tone black • loaded guns with a speed beyond the capa­ and tan finish. bilities of their skill. Fast draw is a young, dynamic sport. Besides its improvements in equipment, tech­ S') ;;"M nique, and performance, it has made great At Gun SHbps and Sporting Goods 'Stores every::Vhere. strides in insuring safe gunhandling. In an up-to-date fast draw club, members are M.BUCHEIMER taught safety and are trained to a level of J. skill that enables them to handle guns with­ out danger. Then, to back this up, strict safety practices are enforced at all times.

GUNS MAY 1963 47 SCOPEDHANDGUN targets, they may 'extend ::their time his may seem slow compared' to the of the old West. Goerg Hollow Poinler .$5.95 speeds with which fast draw shooters get off d. To promote and exhibit the fast draw their first shots. In the East, where fast draw technique. ' contests are often with wax bullets and a e. To promote fast draw as a clean com­ hit on some target is required to stop the petitive sport. timing machinery, .40 second is considered Some of these elements are included. in fast time. In the West where blanks are more the purposes of a combat shooting program. widely used and the timer is stopped by However, the principle purpose of combat sound, the time is reduced to the neighbor­ shooting is self defense. To police, military hood or .30 second. Remember that the com­ personnel, householders, and others, it means bat shooter uses live ammunition and must shooting with a combination of speed, accu­ hit his target! racy, and fire power that will disable a hostile To understand the major differences be· opponent before he can score a fatal hit. tween combat shooting and fast draw shoot­ Obviously there is really no conllict between ing, let us look into the purposes of the two. today's fast draw shooting and combat marks­ The Yuma Territorial Six Guns, a fast draw manship training. One is a sport entered club in Yuma, Arizona, declares in their into for recreation and entertainment. The constitution and by-laws the following pur­ other is a serious business entered ~ 5000 poses of their organization: into for the protection of one's life. ~

FIREARMS THE WICKED SEVEN (Continued from page 37)

7x57 cartridge and stays in less than 2 min­ Mule deer and elk were killed with this BARGAINS utes of angle. 180 gr. W.T.&C.W. open-point bullet which On my first hunt with this gun I used was beautifully designed for long range Are you a gun trader?_Gun collector? Or are Western and Remington soft point factory shooting, but seemed to expand too quickly you just plain interestell in guns? If you are, ammo. While the factory loads left much to for the deep penetration that is needed on you'll profit from I.(!.ading the bargain-filled be desired, they proved very effective on mule game the size of elk on quartering shots'. This columns of SHOTGUN NEWS, now pub­ deer. In order to develop the capabilities of .285 O.K.H. is considerably flatter than the lished twice each month. It's the leading the gun' and cartridge, handloads were 7 x 57 and is about an equal to the .300 worked up. Several mule deer and an elk or H&H Magnum for long range work. publication for th~ sale, purchase and trade two were taken with the 160 gr. Speer bullet I was seriously testing this .cartridge in of firearms and accessories of all types. ahead of various powders. With both the the game country, when John NosIer brought SHOTGUN NEWS hal aided thousands of Speer and Western Tool & Copper Works out the 175 gr. 7 mm bullet in his first open­ gun enthusiasts locate firearm's, both mod­ 160 gr. bullets at around the 2700 fps, bullet point design. This was a true two-diameter ern and antique - rifles, shotguns, pistols, action on game was excellent, with good bullet with the forward portion. out to ride revolvers, scopes, mounts ... all at money­ expansion and penetration. Best of all, the the lands. saving prices. The 'money yo~ save on the trajectory was quite Ilat. Several elk were killed with the open· purchase of anyone of the more than 5,000 Later I started using the 160 gr. NosIer point and later with the soft-point 175 gr. listings twice a month more than pays your bullet backed by 48 gr. of 4360 which, in' NosIer bullets, at ranges from 50 to near subscription cost. Vou can't offord to be my rifle, is very accurate and near maxi­ 400 yards. In every instance these bullets mum. Due to the excellent bullet design gave complete penetration, but all shots were without this unique publication. and sectional density these bullets give either through the lungs or shoulders, and very deep penetration while still expanding none were large bulls. All were killed with Free trial offerl sufficiently to give the tissue destruction a single bullet. Money Back Guarantee. so vital for quick kills, Several mule deer, In drop tests it was found that with 55 pronghorns and elk have fallen to this load gr. of 4350 behind the 175 gr. NosIer soft· As a special introductory offer, we'll send and no animal fairly hit required tracking. point from a 26" barrel, sighted to print you the next issue of SHOTGUN NEWS free None of these osler bullets have ever 3" high at 100 yards, the bullet was still of charge with your one year subscription. been recovered from deer·sized game, not 1%" high at 200, 4%" low at 300 and That means you get 25 big issues. What's even from large bulk elk on broad-side shots, 17-18" low at 400 yards. The 160 gr. bullet more, if you're not completely satisfied, just and complete penetration is normal. shoots even flatter and is a better choice for tell us. We'll immediately refund your In my experience the killing qualities, game in the sheep class. money in full and you can keep the issues penetration, and trajectory of the 7x57 cart­ Some 10 years ago there appeared a wide you already have. Fair enough? Vou bet! ridge with 160 gr. bullet is equal to that variety of wildcat 7's,. many built on belted Fill in the coupon below and mail it todayl of the .30-06 using 180 gr. bullets of ident­ magnum cases. Some of these were of rather ical design. poor design, and similar to the old .280 Du­ ,------i In the late 1940's I acquired a second biel, using the full length .300 H&H brass THE SHOTGUN NEWS . G"5' rille with a .284 bore and chambered for the with long sloping shoulders. For the most Columbus, Nebraska .285 O.K.H. cartridge by C. M. O'Neil. This part, these were belted cases cut to about Yes, send me the next issue of SHOTCUN cartridge is a .30-06 case necked to take .30-06 length, with shoulders of 30-35 de· NEWS FREE and start my subscription for one the 7 mm bullet and is almost an identical grees, and blown out to have very little year. $3 enclosed-to be refunded if I'm not twin for the later .280 Remington. Loading body taper. In many cases the powder capac· completely sotisfi.d. .,. data for the two rifles are identical. This ity of these magnum 7's e.xceeded that of the cartridge with the greater powder capacity standard .3J}0 H&H. Nom __ wiIl-handle 175 and 180 gr. bullets better The late Phil Sharpe did a great deal of than the standard 7x57 case. The 180 gr. experimenting with various cases and devel­ Addr _.._ __ . Western Tool & Copper Works two·diameter oped ~xcellent.. 7 x 61 Sharpe & Hart cart­ bullet clocked in at some 2850 f.p.s. at the ridge. Based on the .300 H&H Magnum' case, Cily & $101 _ _ muzzle with maximum loads, and some 100 it is 'somewhat shorter than the '06 (61 mm f. p.s. faster with the 160 gr. bullet. as compared to 63 m:!ll) and .has roughly

.48 GUNS MAY 1963 ten grains more powder capacity than the only down 6-8" at the 400 yard mark. If you '06 case. According to Norma ballistics data, hold this Big 7 dead on a sheep's shoulder this cartridge with the 160 gr. bullet devel· anywhere out to 400 yards and are using the ops a muzzle velocity of 3100 fps. Trajectory above sighting and the 160 gr. bullet, you'll is very flat and the cartridge has won a have mutton in camp that night. great deal of respect wherever it has been This rifle was blooded on a cow elk that used. The 7 x 61 S & H, the Weatherby 7 mm had been spooked and made the mistake of Magnum, and the 7 mm Remington Magnum stopping to look back from the far side of are to date the only three magnum 7 mm a canyon at what looked to be 400 yards. cartridges loaded commercially. None of The crosshair rested on top of her back and the 175 gr. NosIer bullet took her just over center and whistled off into space. She dropped and rolled to the canyon bottom­ dead. The rifle accounted for a huge mule deer buck at a short 150 yards, using the same load-a 175 gr. NosIer bullet backed by 70 gr. of 4831. A fair-sized black bear was DON'T MISS THIS NEW CATALOG! whacked at slightly over 100 yards with the BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER! 160 gr. NosIer pill and 71 gr. of 4831. Pene­ 168 jam-packed pages devoted exclusive­ tration was complete in all cases with 2 inch ly to the pistolman. Over 630 illustrations. Articles by top shooting and reloading exit holes. authorities: Blankenship, McMillan, Joy­ By now I had no doubt of what the gun ner, Reeves, Weinstein, Toney, Cartes, White, Weston, Shockey, Clark, Gibbs, these cartridges are found easily enough could do, but the acid test is on the big, Hebard. These alone worth many dollars in out-of-the-way sections of the country. tough game, game that can pack away a if published in book form. National Rec­ ords, all latest products and prices, hun­ Moreover, bullet weight choice is somewhat lot of punishment. When in the fall of dreds of score improving items and tips. limited. 1961, I had the chance to make that dream Clark, Shockey, Pachma;rr, Colt custom guns, Ruger, Hammerli, HI-Standard, S&W, After the fine results obtained with the trip to Alaska, the Big 7 went along. Colt, Sig, Browning, Iver Johnson, Cros­ small and the medium 7's, one of the Big 7's The first chance at Alaskan game came man target and field guns. seemed the ultimate in a long range rifle for when a perfect silver-blonde Toklat grizzly The Pistol Shooter's "Bible" and stand­ ard reference book. No catalog like it! A big game. Reliable chronograph checks in­ wandered into camp during a blizzard. The MUST for competitive pistolmen or anyone dicated that some of the large, blown-out interested in handgunning. bear, rooting the last blueberries out of the Double your money back guarantee if cases would give about the same velocity snow was about 160 yards away, and nearly you don't agree it's the bigl'1estpistolshoot­ ingvalueever for $1.00. MaIled Immediate­ with the 175 gr. bullet as the somewhat broadside. The blowing snow almost com· smaller cases-like the 7 x 61-would with ly in protective envelope. Postpaid $1.00, pletely hid the grizzly at times. Rough the 160 gr. bullet. I never liked the light and ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! short bullets for heavy game, and a case shooting, but now or never. The 175 gr. that could handle 160-175 gr. bullets to the NosIer took the bear high in the shoulders, and he dropped without a quiver. Perhaps GIL HEBARD GUNS highest velocity seemed to be the answer. KNOXVILLE 6, ILLINOIS Although the bullets might be over·bore a minute passed, then the great head came capacity and thus a bit hard on throats, this was not to be a varmint rifle and a little throat wear was a minor problem. I had Art Mashburn barrel a 300 F.N. New Ideas In Top Quality Holsters Magnum Mauser action with a 24" Douglas THE HIDE-A-WAY HOLSTER tube and chamber it for his 7 mm Mashburn Handcrafted Magnum. I stocked the rifle with a piece of for YOU; fits fine French Walnut, and reduced the weight inside trousers until, with a Leupold 4X scope in the Deta­ band; conceal­ ed but availa­ cho mount, it weighed eight pounds. Warren ble; protects Page had written me that he clocked the against grease, Mashburn 7 mm at 3050 f.p.s. with the 175 rust. Wt. 2~~ oz. gr. bullet from a 22" barrel, which should top grain soft cowhide, rivet­ give a strong 3100 f.p.s. from the 24" tube. ed nickel clip. Like many custom rifles, this one was a .....$2.95 PP. law unto itself. 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GUNS MAY 1963 49 up and the bear tried to pull to it's front mph wind howled around our ears. The bull BUY DIRECT feet. John Porter, crack Alaskan guide, was quarting toward us, and with the cross­ Satisfaction Guaranteed was at my side, decided maybe another shot hairs six inches under the top of his back, . would do no harm in case the snow screen the Big 7 bucked, He shuddered, wheeled HERTER S MODEL 45 POWDER MEASURE cut our view of the bear to nil. The second into the herd, stood head down, dropped to Most accurate powder measure mode. bullet took the grizzly on the point of the the moss and lay still. This 160 gr, bullet Empties nearly upright. not 90 de· shoulder and the head dropped into the passed through a rib, the lungs and paunch, grees - prevents .P9wder stic~ing. snow. The second bullet was unnecessary­ and lodged in the hide of the ham on, the Automatic powder ~noc~. Only meos· the first had broken both shoulders and the other side. Again there was three feet of Shp. ure with bearing on drum. No long wgt. tube to catch powder. Double pow· spine. penetration. The distance was paced as 6lbs. der chamber. - 404 yards over level ground. A few days later a huge bull moose that Stand to wor~ over table not edge. Maybe the various 7's aren't the best all­ measured 7 feet from withers to heel, was Comes with. drop tubes for all sises around cartridges, but don't undersell them­ of rifie, pistol and shotgun cartridges. shot at 300 yards. I did not have a chance to they are efficient, wicked, killers. With get closer because he was about to go into HERTER'S FAMOUS MODEL 3 bullets of the 160-175 grs. class and the SUPER RELOADING TOOL the alders to bed down. The 175 gr. NosIer great sectional density and excellent bullet bullet hit at the rear of shoulder just under .LOOdS' .rifle. pistol or sholshells. coefficient, they are ideal for long range, the spine, broke ribs going in and out, left a • Full length resises and swages bul" big game shooting. The 7's still pack a wal­ lets with ease. fist-sized hole in th~ top of lungs, passed lop out there where the game is and that's • Lathe bed east iron frame not through the off-shoulder and almost went what counts. With the NosIer 175 gr, bullet aluminum or aluminum alloys. through the hide. A measured 36" of penetra­ • Complete with primer arm, insert there are few if any cartridges that will give tion through heavy bone and muscle! The bull ~ and shell holder of your choice. deeper penetration. I still think a lot of the stood swaying for a couple of minutes and , Itl" _!'lew Primer catcher $1.37 little.7x57, but !emember that the Big 7 is a second shot in the shoulder point put an ~,. l:P~ Shp. wgt. 23 Ibs. still steaming along with a 160 gr. bullet out end to it. The second shot would never have at 275 yards almost as fast as the little 7 1MUitMt.l'fiM·t.j,jj!["l!£ I been fired except that we thought that the :I STANDARD CONVEN· is at the muzzle. first one might have been a bit too high, TIONAl TYPE MARK IRE- When the Alaskan safari was wrapped LOADING DIES The 160 gr. NosIer was also tried on up, Johnny Porter, who has killed or seen $ 79 Famous throughout t h• caribou. We had been after a big record· Alaskan game killed with about everything 4 world. Herter die' are equal or better then any class bull for several days but snow, fog, that shoots, summed up my Big 7 with a reloading 'dies at any price. and bad luck had kept his rack on his head. minimum of words. When I asked what he 2 pc. set Finest precision machined. When the shot was offered it was at what thought of it, he commented, "That is the ha;dened. polished. AU. looked to be a long 400 yards and with the meat gettin'est rifle Shp. wgt. -2 11>s.POPULAR CALIBERS. bull leaving the area. To help matters, a 40 I ever saw." GUN OF THE MONTH (Continued from page 31) that his invention or system was registered were honestly serial numbered. I found one HERTER'S INC SINCE 1893 WASECA, MINN with the French patent office. collection that contained three of these guns L. Perrin also experimented with ammuni­ and they bore the numbers 673, 904 and tion and he was granted the French cartridge 1376. This would enhance the assumption patent No.· 17,741 of 1856. This patent was that Perrin numbered his products in the particularly applicable to shotgun shells, but normal way. We can then appreciate that the longitudinal partition feature is also Robert Tennant of Englewood, Colorado; has found in the internal construction of his re­ a mighty rare pair. Although they were volver ammunition. acquired 10 years apart by their present The design of the Perrin revolver was owner, from different sources, the two Perrin somewhat advanced by Civil War era stand­ specimens pictured with this article are con­ ards. While the great bulk of the revolvers secutively n'umbered 421 and 422. were of the percussion system, Perrin's mech­ There is an excellent chance that these anism utilized center-fire, fixed, metallic two revolvers were finished side by side in cartridges. This was an advanced type and the factory of L. Perrin about 100 years ago. probably gave ordnance men somewhat of a Exactly where the two went is unknown, but headache since the metallic cartridges were it is known that they came to this country quite special. And without the right cartridge and were separated. Undoubtedly they trav­ the revolver was nothing more than a good eled many miles apart while the years tum­ paper weight. bled away. Now, after all this time, they are It can be assumed that the Perrin revolvers back together again. The Perrin ammunition is inside primed center-fire. A cursory examination makes it BUY GUNS CHEAP!!! appear to be rim-fire, and one mail·order TIRED OF PAYING HIGH PRICES house sold the cartridges for years, calling FOR GUNS FROM EUROPE? them rim·fire in spite of their having box Now .. with our unique exporting service we . will ship direct to you. Small shipments will lots of ammunition clearly labeled "percus· be sent parcel post from our U.S. warehouse sion centre." -large shipments direct from Hamburg. 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GUNS MAY 1963 51 WERE SACCO AND-VANZETTI FRAMED? DEALERS-GUNSMITHS (Continued from page 18) FIREARMS - ALL MODELS Get everything' you want NOW. Shot, Wads, testified that he had recovered four bullets, trial, allegedly having been found near the Powder, P,rimers,.. Bulletsr Loading Tools, etc. apd that he had scratched, with a needle, body of Berardelli with "three others." Our stocks are most complete. a Roman .numeral -on the base of each in Because the "w" over the cannelure on the • WINCHESTER • REMINGTON turn. As_ the State did n'ot contend that Wi~chester • HI-STANDARD .-SA-VAGE bullet indicated that # III was of • RUGER • REDFIELD #1, # II, or #IV came from Sacco's gun, origin, no one at the trial or during the en· .S&W • R.C.B.S. only # III assumed importance. • PACIFIC • CH • WEAVER suing 40 years questioned the conclusion • SAKO • FN • FINNBEAR Mr. William G. Thompson, of the Coun­ that the Winchester cartridge case (the Ammunition cil of the Boston Bar Association, contended "Fraher") found near Berardelli had carried REMINGTON - NORMA 35 years ago that the # III bullet was a Same Day Delivery the # III bullet. Investigation now discloses substitution for the bullet actually removed that the "w" type bullets were produced in from the body of the murdered Berardelli. two types of cartridge cases! The cartridge It is important to note that even the prose­ case in the Sacco-Vanzetti exhibits is smooth, cution now admits that the identifying but the bullet was also produced in a case marks on the # III bullet differ from the that had an external cannelure-crimp. There­ marks' placed by Magrath on the other fore, there is no scientific proof for the con­ BADGER bullets. The defense contends that this is tention that the # III bullet came from the proof of a forgery by one of the State's cartridge case in evidence! Incidentally, this SLING KEEPER - BOLT HANDLES experts, and no proof in denial of the point is herewith presented for the first time, BADGER SLING KEEPER Made of special P/4" hard anodized alloy extrusion-black with plated charge has ever heen recorded. Visual and not only as a matter for objective study, but clamp & screw. Postpaid $1.25. photomicrographic tests show that the mark­ as a flat indictment of the testimony of BOLT HANDLES Unpolished $1.25, Polished $2.50, ings do differ; even the various experts who every expert involved in this travesty - of Knurled $3.00. We weld to your bolt body and polish $8.00, w/knurled handle $10,00, or alter were subsequently allowed, by the State, to "opinion' evidence." your bolt for low scope $6.50. Jewel bolt $6.50 examine the evidence were forced to admit During the trial, the State attempted to extra. Buehler Safety $7.25. Mark II $4.25. One day service. this startling fact. prove that Sacco's gun (which he carried as FREE CATALOG-Discount sheet ONLY to es­ Current apologists contend that bullets a watchman, with his employer's knowledge) tablished dealers and sporting goods stores-we identical to bullet III were so rare in 1920 fired the # III bullet. Captain William Proc­ will not honor post card or rubber stamp .that "the experts could not locate any for tor, after being qualified as an ,expert, requests! Phone CAstle 9-210l. their tests," thus indicating a supposed "having testified in over 100 capital cases," 99% Orders Shipped Same Day Received. difficulty to procure a substitute, and since and as the officer in charge of'the Massa­ the "bullet had been deformed by striking chusetts State Police, testified as follows: BADGER SHOOTERS SUPPLY flesh," the deformation would have been Q. (By Mr. Williams): "Have you an Lew Bulgrin, Owner. OWEN, WIS. impossible to duplicate. opinion as to whether bullet # III was fired Serving Sporlsmen 27 Years The superficiality of the above is indicated from the Colt automatic which is in evi­ by the photograph of the base of a .32 ACP dence?" bullet with a deformation strikingly similar A.: "I have." HANDGUN to published photos of the # III bullet. Q.: "And what is your opinion'?" STOCKS This similar deformation was obtained by the A.: "My opinion is that it is consistent Target, Single not very remarkable expedient of firin'g into with being fired by that pistol." Action, Trooper, a pine board backed by wadded paper in This testimony was understood by Judge, Hunting, Jordan which the hullet was received! As for the jury, and attorneys for the defense to mean Fast Draw. FREE "rarity" of the type of cartridge, it is cur· that the witness was testifying that the Brochure for rently available in' box lots, even today, 40 bullet had come from Sacco's pistol. 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52 GUNS MAY 1963 whole truth, and nothing but the truth"­ quently, he put to me this question: 'Q. Have was misunderstood. you an opinion as to whether bullet number On October 23, 1923, after confessing to 3 was fired from the Colt automatic which is Tell us the make and model of Elias Field and Albert Hamilton that he was in evidence?' To which I answered, 'I have.' your shotluo or rifle ••• type of stock or forend you want­ "getting to be too old to want to see a couple He then proceeded: 'Q. And what is your semi-finished. 90% finished. standard opinion? A. My opinion is that it is consist­ finished or custom finished. We will send of fellows go to the chair for something you literature describing what we offer for I don't think they did," Proctor issued the ent with being fired by that pistol.' your needs. Or. ask your dealer or a:unsmith. Jr/ncA..__ ~ "That is still my opinion for the reason he also can furnish free catalol. '-rer 1II1~' famous "Proctor Affidavit" which follows: E. C. BISHOP & Son, Inc., Warsaw, Mo., Dept.I22H "... During the preparation for the trial, that bullet number 3, in my judgement, my attention' was repeatedly called by the passed through some Colt automatic pistol, District Attorney and his assistants to the but I do not intend by that answer to imply question whether I could find any evidence that I had found any evidence that the so­ called mortal bullet had passed through this particular Colt automatic pistol and the Dis­ trict Attorney well knew that I did not so inten'd and framed his question accordingly. Had I been asked the direct question: wheth­ er I had found any affirmative evidence whatever that this so-called mortal bullet had passed through this particular Sacco's pistol, I should have answered then, as I do now without hesitation, in the negative." No directly responsive answer was ever made to this extraordinary document; the State denied the implication of "repeatedly," but not the framed question-and-answer. The history of the evidence is soaked in suspicion. Bullets and shell cases were im· properly handled from the inception of the investigation, were passed around casually, without proper markings or records. No -Photo by Boston Globe records or inventories appeared of the early The .32 ACP cartridge with the "W" tests and dates and details are also lacking. Between the middle of the trial and shortly over cannelure on bullet was made in after it, the dimensions of the # III bullet POWLEY two types, crimped and uncrimped. changed in a mysterious manner-mysteri­ COMPUTER for HANDLOADERS which would justify the opinion that the ous, that is, if it was still the same bullet. It YOU NEED THIS • •• Finds CHARGE, particular bullet taken from the body of should be noted that the State originally MOST EFFICIENT POWDER and the Berardelli, which carne from a Colt automatic stipulated that no contention would be made VELOCITY for ANY CENTERFIRE RIFLE pistol, came from the particular Colt auto­ that Sacco's pistol had fired any specific $3.50 at your Dealer matic pistol taken from Sacco. I used every bullet, but during the trial, the State changed Marian Powley means available to me for forming an opinion the stipulation. After the execution of Sacco 17623 Winslow Rd., Cleveland 20, Ohio on this subject. I conducted, with Captain Van Amburgh, certain tests at Lowell, about ~ GUNS OF DISTINCTION '---... which I testified, consisting in firing certain cartridges through Sacco's pistol. At no time was I able to find any evidence whatever which tended to convince me that the partic­ ular model bullet found in Berardelli's body, which carne from a Colt automatic pistol, which I think was numbered 3, and had some other exhibit number, came from Sacco's pistol, and I so informed the District At­ 80lt jeweling under oil $6.50 torney and his assistant before the trial ... New low bolt handles far scape use "At the trial, the District Attorney did not $7.50. 80th for $12.50 ask me whether I had found any evidence that the so-called mortal bullet which I have referred to as number 3 passed through Sacco's pistol, nor was I asked that question Many kinds of exotic woods for rifle stocks, Custom rifle building, Blueing, Conversions, Checkering in on cross-examination. The District Attorney many styles, Custom carving at its best. Send $1.00 for desired to ask me that question, but I had 1962 illustrated catalog. Money refunded on first order. repeatedly told him that if he did I should be obliged to answer in the n'egative. Conse-

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GUNS MAY 1963 53 THE and Vanzetti the evidence disappeared. Al­ not know that a _32 Bayard pistol existed, legedly recovered and subj~cted to new tests, and he had never heard of a Steyr or a . we are again told that Sacco's pistol fired the Sauer! The trial testimony was evaluated Chicogo DERRINGER # III bullet. by the Gunther brothers in their classic Replete with improper conclusions, the understatement, "The testimony given by tests included the "firing of two shots to clear the experts for the Commonwealth was in­ the rust from the barrel." Not disclosed was competent." the fact that the evidence was apparently Since the trial, the State has severely subjected to secret manipulation in 1944, and restricted examination' of the exhibits, 'and A modern version of a gun that once made the results of these tests were not recorded only a few "experts" were permitted study history. For .22 lR, with extrac­ with the exhibits. This omission allowed a o~ the evidence. Research discloses that in tor, finely blued, sturdy bronze frame, plastic g"rips. This four recent "American Heritage" article to state: those few but well publicized instances, every barrel derringer groups 3" at "... the clips that fastened them [the ex­ expert involved had expressed opinions, prior 15feet. Dealer inquiries invited. $34 hibits] in their triple envelopes had rusted to the examinations of the evidence, in agree­ MADE IN THE U.S.A. 95 into the paper. Apparently they had not been UNCONDITIONAllY GUARANTEED ment with the State's claim that Sacco and disturbed since 1927." But a Boston "Globe" Vanzetti were guilty. photograph proves that the envelopes were In at least two other cases (Milazzo in opened between 1927 and the 1961 tests! It Ohio, .and Israel in Conn.) two of those ex· is difficult to accept the claim that the history perts were proved completely wrong in bullet .... of the evidence permits a reasonable founda­ identifications with their· comparison micro­ tion for valid scientific appraisal. scopes. In both cases, innocent defendants :~ The record shows the following facts asso­ narrowly escaped conviction for murder! ciated with some or all of the experts that A recent article by Francis Russell, based UAHL RAMP SIGHTS, GRIP CAPS, POWDER FUNNELS were retain'ed by the State, or that subse­ on "new ballistic tests by two experts," Discriminating shooters can again obtain the Dahl quently examined the evidence with the claims that by looking at the # III bullet, Sight Co. ramps. Give gun make and $9 75 barrel diameter when ordering. • approval of the State: the experts concluded it had been fired into Po~der Funnel, $1 00 each. Steel Grip One "expert" did not know what a breech­ a body! However, before they were allowed Gnp Caps, 0 Cap, $2.50 block was, but claimed that he could tell to examine the evidence, they had stated what make and type of gun fired a bullet that "... there can be no doubt that Sacco's CUSTOM GUNSMITHING "by looking at it." While testifying as an pistol fired one cartridge case and one of the and STOCKING expert, he was unable to field-strip a Colt fatal bullets." Authorized Dealer and ·Warranty Center For .32 automatic which he admitted he carried No one can seriously contend that Sacco All Maior Gun Companies. Blu-Blak Blueing. as a personal gun. The State's witnesses did and Vanzetti received a fair trial. Few be­ not know that the stated measurements of lieve that they were guilty. We are n'ow con· the bullet in evidence straddled those of cerned with the question, "If Sacco and at least 13 other .32 cal. llutomatics, or that Vanzetti were innocent, were they ~ramed 3109 W. Armitage Ave. the so·called "Savage" measurements strad­ with a false bullet and cartridge case?" ~ Chicago 47 r Illinois dled nine other guns! Another "expert" did What do you think? L.-

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54 GUNS MAY 1963 Trajectory Range Velocity Energy Drop MRT (in.) Sighted (yds.) (jtlsec.) ( ftllbs.) (in.) (in.) in @ 50 yds. Muzzle 2650 780 50 2420 650 0.4 0.1 100 2200 535 1.8 0.5 - 0.1 150 2000 445 4.4 1.2 - 1.4 200 1800 360 8.8 2.6 - 4.5 250 1630 295 14.7 4.4 - 9.1 300 1460 235 23.7 7.4 -16.8

HIS GUNS ARE TAKING HIM TO COLLEGE (Continued from page 33) from 33 nations. For the third time in shoot­ Tide and Bear Bryant. The other way is to ing history, a skeet gUliner broke 100 straight win most of the world's shooting honors on with each of the four guns in a skeet tourna­ a skeet field. Childersburg honored Miner ment. Two of those thrilling performances Cliett as one of its most distinguished and were given by Miner Cliett, Alabama teen­ beloved citizens on August 19, 1959, com­ ager. plete with gifts and civic gaiety. Shooting is a way of life f~r him. He told Miner Cliett wears the championship crown apologetically that his studies at Howard well. As befits a true champion, this 18 year had cut his time for quail hunting, and that old is a modest, unassuming, gentleman, and ASK THE HUNTER WHO USED ONE he had kept only five of his bird dogs. He a Southern gentleman in the bargain. Most • Soft Point for RELIABLE Expansion loves the outdoors and the open fields. At of the material for this story about his Howard he is majoring in forestry, allow­ fantastic accomplishments under untold pres­ • Thin forward jacket for FAST ing him to follow a career that is also his sure, had to be pried, bit by bit, from kind Expansion avocation. and loving parents, friends, neighbors, towns­ • LONG wound channel Miner is not the only shooting Cliett. Dad people, skeet shooters, and the cold pages Cliett is renowned as a bird hunter and clay of the record book. His conversation during • ASSURES MAXIMUM ACCURACY target buff. His quail call; though not com­ background interviews concerned the writer, 243,25,264,170,280 Rem. mercially made can be obtained locally. Two quail shooting, Howard College, and it's 7 MM, 30, 338 and 375 Cals. Cliett sisters can hold their own in distaff great president, Dr. Leslie S_ Wright. skeet competition. Mother does not shoot, No story about Miner Cliett, and his but runs a gracious old-South courtly home, unique shooting scholarship to Howard Col­ while arranging literally hundreds of skeet lege would be complete without some words trophies tastefully as befits the household. of praise and admiration for thi dynamic That all of the Cliett shooting prowess is not and rorward-Iookin'g young college president. confined to the male members of the family Significant are Dr_ Wright's words in the is borne out by the box score of the 1959 "Howard Story," a beautiful brochure about Alabama state skeet shoot. the College: All Gauge Champion-Miner Cliett, Chil­ "The ascending spiral of greatness in First time at this Low Price! -dersburg America has risen because business and Ladies All Gauge-Emily Cliett, Childers· industry have produced wealth which in burg turn has supported educational institutions Sub·Senior All Gauge-Tom Jones, Bir· such as Howard. In their turn', colleges have mingham supplied leadership to business and industry Junior AU·Gauge-Miner Cliett, Childers­ in order that more wealth might be produced. SCARCE burg Prosperity will continue so long as the na­ Sub-Junior All Gauge-William C. Ireland tion has greater production, better educa­ NAGANT REVOLVERS Jr., Birmingham tion, and better leadership. You'll have to hurry! I managed to se- 1 Industry All Gauge-J. W. McCollum, "Howard College accepts its responsibility cure a very small s'upply of these Russian army to provide this kind of educational oppor­ revolvers. This is probably the only fime they'll orthport ever be available at this fantastic low, low Twenty.Gauge-Miner Cliett, Childersburg tunity to increasing n'umbers of qualified students." price. What a bargain! They're going fast, sa Small Gauge-Miner Cliett, Childersburg get your order in the mail early. Good condi- Howard College, by granting a shooting Sub.Small Gauge-Jack Lovett, Jr., Mont- tion. Only $10. Few Almos' scholarship to Miner Cliett, has thus broad­ select models only 00 m~nlS;d. gomery ened the usual college concept of leadership. $1 0 Ladies Sub-Small Gauge-Emily Cliett, $12.50. Almost mint Only We do need leadership in the arts, the condition $15. All items FOB Selma, Alabama Childersburg sciences, in business. But we also need leader­ Ammo available for low $7.50 per 100. Junior Sub-Small Gauge-Miner Cliett, ship in the proper use of recreation, and Alabama residents add 30/0 sales tax Childersburg Howard College has taken a big step into Sub-Junior Sub-Small Gauge-Guerry Den­ the right direction. The shooting sports are, son, Birmingham at long last, becoming a part of higher ~ WALTER H. CRAIG All-around Champion-Miner Cliett, Chil­ education. ~ 413 Lauderdale St., Selma, Ala. dersburg It should be noted that the only titles n'ot won by a Cliett, except one, were those for I '. which they were not eligible. Alabama skeet G-66 Brand Gun Blue shooters will not be comforted by the news is a solid paste you wipe on. Unlike liq­ that schoolteacher Emily is taking a sab­ uid blues, which batical leave to bring up another generation may produce uneven or spotty blueing, of shooting Cliett's. The name Cliett seems G-66 Brand Solid Gun. destined to grace Alabama, national, and Blue produces a Rich, world shooting archives for years to come. Dark, Even Blue, which won't rub off or dis- One sure way to be honored at a "day" itT'" B.kerf. Dozen Plan" COIO~ Send 50c for year around bargain mailings by your Alabama home town is to star on lAY IILlN& AIMS lOOIS to. the football field for the beloved Crimson OIPI. G,IiICC GlrslnSt.Phlladllphll U. P.

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G. I. SNIPER SCOPE. Model 84, 2%X coated optics. Cross hairs won't break as they are part of lens rather than actual BlUTlSH SPORTSMAN KIT· BAG with crosshairs. Elevation and windage adjust­ large capacity to provide more than ample ment. 5112" eye relief. Packaged in heavy space for sportsman's small gear. Made of.· .cardboard and tin foil. Complete with can­ waterproof field gray canvas, with solidly re­ vas carrying case and rubber eye shield. inforced top and bottom with 9ak tan· leather, Retails at $17.50 ppd. Available from The buckled and hooked with solid brass fittings Santa Ana Gunroom, Dept. G-5, 1638 E. that won't rust or corrode. Kit bag weighs First St., Santa Ana, Calif. only 32 ounces, has removlible heavy duty UNIQUE GUN CATALOG in picture-story strap adjustable for carrying over shoulder, tells how Flaig's, Dept. G·5, Millvale 3, Pa., over arm or in hand. Available for $15.95 is equipped to serve shooter sportsmen. ppd., from Norm Thompson, 1805 N.W. Features exclusive Ace Products, engineeted (standard broadcasts with great distance Thurman, Portland 9, Ore. by Flaig's for hunters and shooters since receptivity). Has azimuth standby navigation DUELING PISTOLS cased with all loading 1936. Available for 25¢. finder. Unit weighs 2 Ibs., 12 oz. Priced at accessories made in Central Europe around $99.95 ppd. or $10.00 down, 10.00 a mo. middle of 19th Century. This set, along with from Klein's, Dept. G·5, 4540 W. Madison 1500 other interesting, authentic, hard-to-find St., Chicago 24, Ill. guns, edged weapons, armor, and related items ollered for sale .in current catalog of The Museum of Historical Arms, 1038 Alton Road, Miami Beach 39, Fla. Send $1.00 for catalog, refunded with first purchase. MAN-SIZED CIGARETTE LIGHTER has polished nickel big bore barrel, black stock with nickel inlays, and measures 5%" overall. Useful gift, decorative conversation piece. BUNKIE sets up as modern, thin-line Priced $5.95 with stand plus 50¢ postage, lounge during day, converts at night to two­ handling charges. No C.O.D.'s. A product of layer bunk bed. Folds up against wall to CROSSMAN V-300 Lever Slide Action BB Ward's, P. O. Box 454, East Longmeadow, thickness of only 6" when extra floor space Air Pistol. Ideal for father, son shooting Mass. is needed_ Both sturdy and comfortable. matches, outdoor target .practice, teaching Fine for lodges, resorts, and camps. Where­ safe gun handling sportsmanship, indoor ever floor space is at a minimum, Bunkie's target practice. Two-stage power permits versatility is in demand. It is made by the selection of lower velocity for safer close up originators of the sinuous spring used shots. Exclusive slide-action cocking. Priced throughout the world in quality furniture. at $14.88 prepaid from Godfrey Import Manufactured by No·Sag Spring Co., Dept. Corp., Dept. G·5, 85 Chambers St., N.Y. 7. G-5, 124 W. State Fair, Detroit 3, Mich.

STUARTS GAME BIRD RELEASERS permit training bird dog even when game is scarce. Releasers hold bird in natural po­ sition under control until you are ready to flush. Available in two sizes: for pheasants HEATED LUNCHBUCKETS let sports­ and for pigeons or quail. Ideal for starting men enjoy hot food out in the open during puppies, finishing young dogs, working re­ cold weather. Lunchbuckets use inexpensive trievers and shooting clubs where live birds disposable propane gas cylinders, each servo are target. From the line of Lucas Specialty ing over 30 hot meals. Can be .used as "cold" Products, Dept. G·5, Harrison, Mich. PROFESSIONAL PAK FRAME. Expedi­ bucket in summer by taking fuel cylinder RADIANT HEATER recently added to tionary portage equipment for international 011. Retails for $19.95, with $5.00 down and Bernz-O-Matic line of propane appliances sportsman has new, exclusive Himalayan balance C.O.D. Product of Bird Engineering, Dept. G-5, 206 So. 19th St.,· Omaha, Neb. . by the Otto Bernz Co., Inc., Rochester, N. Y. features: adaptable to all individual sizes; Retails for under $30. Heater has input of digineered -to accommodate Big Game Tro­ JIFFY PAL, unique tool, first-aid pack of­ 1200 BTU's, comes packed with two disposa­ phies; to accommodate expeditionary sup­ fered by Mc el Specialty Co., DeJ?~, G-5, ble propane cylinders giving it initial service plies and equipment; to carry and protect 11816 High Meadow Dr., Dallas 34, Texas. life of 24 hours. Shock resistant steel body scientific instruments and mechanical de­ Made of stainless steel and heat treated makes it ideal for both indoors and outdoors vices.- Balanced combination construction of aluminum alloy, unit also features 10 lb. use. Instant lighting and instant heating, in light metal alloys and seasoned hard woods. scales, reel wrench, bottle opener, fish scaler, temperatures as low as 20· are claimed by From: Himalayan Industries, Dept. G-5, hook disgorger, match striker, razor blades, the manufacturer. 807 Cannery Row, Monterey, Calif. vacuum lid opener. Retails for $3.95 each.

56 GUNS MAY 1963 REDDING MASTER POWDER MEASURE includes measure settings for Winchester 230, 500, and 295 powders, plus those listed on chart accompanying measure. It features

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SPECIAL VALUES ENGLISH PRECISION C02200 gas operated semi-automatic pistol introduced by Daisy Mfg_ Co., Dept. G-5, BAROMETER Pressed wood carved finish-Gilt II Rogers, Ark. Powered by 12 gram CO2 Frame 123M" x 73A - Deep domed lett, it shoots at least 160 BBs with one glass crystal and gilt finish dial. Forecaster dial printed in black and red. Quality cylinder. Interchangeable adapter permits made throughout. $14.95 use of 8.5 gram CO2 cylinder which yields in $20.00 VALUE excess of 100 controlled velocity shots at 375 f.p.s. New pistol retails for $17.95. LENSATIC COMPA!JS Imported Precision SO .1 Directional Compass $2· .. $4.50 VALUE NEW HAVEN PEDOMETER

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GUNS MAY 1963 57 FREE CATALOG FOR BETTER GUN SPORT (Continued from page 27)

less dangerous enemy of shooting and shooters ous major shooting sports have done more, HQuick-Draw" Holsters is the public ignorance of and antagonism with their total memberships of around against guns and the shooting sports. This 800,000, to promote shooting and to combat • CUSTOM MADE is reflected in newspaper headlines; in maga- anti-gun legislation, than all the remaining - zine articles, in the willingness of many to millions of us have done together. But It is • THE BEST support anti·gun legislation. not enough. The vast potential power of the SINCE 1897 On the other side of the coin are the shootingjndustry, now under the united ban­ things we must promote-education of the ner of the National Shooting Sports Founda­ public to a favorable attitude toward our tion, is being thrown into the fight for sur­ S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. sports; education of new shooters in good vival--the survival of their right to make and P. O. BOX 9776 gun handling; promotion of more facilities sell, our right to buy and use, the guns and El PASO, TEXAS for more shooting by more shooters-more equipment that implement our sports. But it gun fun for more people. is not enough. You are the man who is ._------._...._.- Americans have never been logical about needed-you and your millions of like-minded guns. On the one hand, we boast that we gun owners and shooting sportsmen. THE re!!!t= are "a nation of riflemen," when the fact is THE SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMERICA U.S. and Canadian Pat. Complete job as shown that only two of every 100 draftees in World is not designed to supersede the established penileton fo," Most guns $25 War II had ever learned to fire a rifle. On organizations, or to compete with them, or Anti-recoil Gun Barrel the one hand, we have built a vast legend to "show them how to do it." It is designed The de-kicker de luxe that is precision about western gunmen, and then are quick simply to create one more united force in machined into your rifle barrel, avoiding to condemn all guns because a few guns are unsightly hang-ons. Controlled escape for the conflict which can (and will) coordinate highest kinetic braking, minimum blast ef­ used by criminals. We will fight furiously for its new strength of numbers with theirs for fect and practically nOJ·ump. All but pre­ each of the other 'Freedoms guaranteed us vents jet thrust (secon ary recoil). Guar­ more effective action in the defense of our anteed workmanship. Folder. Dealer dis­ by the Bill of Rights, yet we (many of us) right to own and use firearms, in the promo­ counts. are apathetic when the right to own and bear tion of more shooting and fuller enjoyment PENDLETON GUNSHOP :.~~~P~;,d~'.~~l.',"l. arms is in danger. It is not because we are a of the shooting sports, and in the develop­ Licensed fitter for Canadian customers IAN 5. DINGWALL, Custom Gunsmith weak minority.... In fact, startling figures ment of a better "climate," a better public Hudson Bay Co. Vancouver, B. C. emerge when we begin to examine the status image of guns and of shooting, through ~------~ of the gun in America. A r'ecent national favorable as against unfavorable publicity. survey indicated that there are 35 million Let it be clear from the beginning that American private citizens who own at least THE SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMERICA is one firearm. (The average GUNS reader not and will not be a political organization, owns several. More than half of our readers own guns to a value of more than $1,500) . either. We will not presume to tell you how to vote, or for whom, or even what opinions Given unanimity of purpose, the 35 million you should have regarding proposed legisla­ gun owners in the United States could elect tin or problems that arise. We will, as accu­ a president. Dwight D. Eisenhower is the rately and as often as possible, report to you, only president who ever received more than directly and through the pages of GUNS 35 million (35,581,003, in 1956) popular Magazine, about gun legislation and other votes. problems. We will, on occasion, give you our From year to year, the official reports on editorial opinions about those problems. We the number of hunting'-licenses sold in the will give you a medium through which your United States range from 15 to 18 million. individual opinions and efforts can be and Given unanimity of purpose, the hunters will be channeled into unified actions with alone could hold the balance of power in the existing shooting and industry organiza­ any election. tions for maximum effectiveness. But we are not united. We are vociferously indignant when adverse laws threaten our We are peculiarly fitted to do this through Sell Advertising Matchbooks the power of the printed word in three maga­ to .uslnesses In Your Area! right to own. arms, when adverse articles :" Fast, easy "order from the catalog" zines-GUNS, GUNS ANNUAL, and THE ! selling. with blR' cash commissions attack our shooting sports. We write -angry and steady repeat orders. Free sales SHOOTING INDUSTRY-and through our ) kit shows you where and how to get letters to lawmakers, to editors-but ",e waste orders. Part. or -full time. No ex­ close collaboration with the shooting associa­ perience needed. No Investment, no our strength in individual actions. The na­ risk. Every business a prospecl! tions, the leaders in the industry, the writers Write today lor details! tional organizations, headed by The National • Rifle Association,- which represent the vari- and editors in this and allied fields, and Dept. Place, Chicago 32, 111. (last but most important) with you, the men and women who own guns and shoot them. GUNS Magazine has been promoting shoot­ ~y ing, advising shooters, fighting anti-gun leg­ NEW/ ••• lindMille ONL-Y Fili// islation with money and editorial leadership CONVERTIBLE' and all the influence at our command, since 1955. But neither we, nor you, nor anyone else-not all of us together-have done ACCU·RISER enough. We propose to do more, and to help ADJUSTABLE TARGET GRIPS· you do more. More of our dollars, more of our pages, more of our effort, will go this for rig'" or left "antl' year and in succeeding years into concerted PATENT PENDING action (coordinated with the programs of precision molded,F'rZ DYN,rE the National Shooting Sports Foundation, The National Rifle Association, the Amateur GUARANTEED $ 9 95 Trapshooting Association, the National Skeet Shooting Association, the collectors associa­ Convert. S & W Models 41-46-52 - RUGER Autos. OnIY~r~~~~~:5~c~::~.~~::;o~i:~~:d.i::i:'::I02 ~03 tions, and others) than ever before. We are R. H. & in this fight to stay-and to win. -We ask FITZ-Los Angeles 49, Calif. you to help us. (Continued on page 60)

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As we will SPRINGFIELD '03 Join one; join all. All of the great shoot­ back you, in the legislative arenas, in the & '03-A3 RIFLES. With hinged floor ing associations have the same major ob­ bllilding of a better public image for guns plate. Complete with jective-more shooting, more shooting fun, and shooting, in the development of more Follower and Follower for more people. Each approaches that objec­ sport through better shooting facilities. spring. Specify model and caliber. tive from a different angle, with different We believe in the right of the American strengths, different advantages. Each needs citizen to own and use guns. We will fight the others. All need you! for it. We believe that the shooting sports Yes, this is a commercial project. We want are a priceless part of the American heritage. to sell more magazines. We publish maga­ We will promote them. We believe that zines for profit. There is no secret about it; knowledge is. tbe- best weapon against preju­ we see nothing requiring secrecy in the hon· dice bred of ignorance. We will teach as orable American system of enterprise for well as preach. And we will support all profit. Nobody gives us anything except in others who have these aims in common. return for what we sell-professional compe­ These are our pledges. We challenge ~ tence in the fields of guns and publishing, you to help us perform them. . I~ TRIGGER SHOE ACE "Stay-Put" Trigger Shoe for GUN RACK most rifles, shotguns and hand­ guns. Specify model. $250 (Continued from page 13) Hodgdon Loading Dope guard, the floor plate replete with the ramp­ NEW CATALOG B. F. Hogdon, the powder man, has set­ ant horse. The stock has Cocabola fore-end WRITE today for aur new tled in his new plant and celebrated this by and pistol grip cap, Monte Carlo cheekpiece, illustrated Catalog No. 40. and recoil pad. The checkering in the custom Center spread shows Flaig's producing a completely new set of handload­ Ace gunstocks and blanks ing data. All loads were chronographed and grade is of the skip-line variety. in natural co/or-Circassian The gun we received for testing was of 'walnut, Curly maple, Ore­ checked for pressure, and his latest booklet, gon myrtle, etc. Enclose 25c cost SOc, includes all the latest calibers. the Custom grade in caliber .375 H&H Mag­ to cover postage and han· dling. Send your check or money order to B. F. num. Complete with a Browning 4X scope, LIST # 39 SENT FREE. Hodgdon, Inc., Dept. G, 7710 West 50 the gun weighed 8 pounds without ammuni­ Hiway, Shawnee Mission, Kansas. tion and had an over-all length of 44% inches. Trigger pull was crisp and clean, FLAIG'S· Millvale, Pa_ lfossberg lJarrel the trigger breaking at exactly 4 pounds in The Mossberg 500, the pump shotgun with repeated tests. These guns are made by the safety on the top, can now be equipped Sako. with a slug barrel. The barrel is available Our test gun performed more than ade­ PLAIN DRILLED in 12 and 16 gauge, and a 20 gauge barrel quately in target tests. Range conditions were PIPE BURNERS is due to appear in mid·'63. Barrell length rather poor, but at 100 yards and using is 24 inches, and the barrel has a ramp Winchester 300 grain Super-X loads, we IilJiOfIil~;~~~~'~ patridge front sight and a folding leaf rear repeatedly grouped 2 inches from a rest. sight that is adjustable. Ask your gunsmith With the 270 grain Super-X loads we fired For heating bluing tanks-salt or hot for the Slugster barrel. This is a bargain at 3 shot groups that measured 1 1%6. Bitter solution process-these burners are ideal $26. cold and shifting wind conditions made test­ as the whole length of the tank is evenly ing difficult and all firing was done with heated. They are complete with plain air­ Colt Rifles heavy gloves. How the heavy skip·line check­ mixer. When ordering specify whether for ering would affect a shooter handling a big natural, mixed, artificial or bottled gas. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. Inc., PIPE DIAM. FLAME OVERALL PRICE Dept. G, Hartford 15, Conn., will send you bore gun without gloves is something of a LENGTH LENGTH a complete brochure about their rifles. consideration and is the only criticism we can 11 %.0 24" 32 $11.50 Guns are available in standard and custom find with this' gun. In the standard grade, "A" 30" 38" 12.50 grade, come in all popular calibers, from prices start $134.50; in the custom version, at 11 11 11 14.00 1 36 46 .222 Remington to .375 H&H Magnum. The $199.75. MAIL SOc FOR BIG NEW 52 PAGE CATALOG NO. 62 Coltsman standard grade has a hinged floor plate, sling swivels, adjustable folding INC. lJlack Powder Fans, Please Note FRANK MITTERMEIER, leaf rear and hooded ramp front sight with (Est. 1936) One of the essential items on our bench ivory bead. The custom grade has an en· "Gunsmith Supply Headquarters" is that dandy stuff known as Loc-Tite. One graved and gold-filled floor plate and trigger 3577 E. Tremont Ave., New York 65. N.Y. drop of it on screws that need to be secured tightly, especially on scope mounts of rifles HUNGARIAN that take a fair beating, and you won't need TELE-MATE to worry about your scope mounting job. the SPORTSMAN's P-37 AUTO TRANSCEIVER 380 Cal. There are many, many jobs that we have undertaken with the help of Loc-Tite, and a The TELE. MATE plus radio Beautiful Original combination designed for the new one should be of interest to black powder outdoorsman Walnut Grips. Excellent Condo $24.95 fans. Gas erosion on breech plugs and • No License Required Near Mint Condo 29.95 • 9 v Baltery Operated Used Holster-Fair Cond.. 2.00 nipples of muzzle loaders can be avoided by • Cycolac-high impact case GERMAN using Loc-Tite around them, and the anti­ • 9 Transistors-t Diode corrosive film formed by this product will • Light Weight-t4 Oz. OVER & UNDER • Range-up to several miles DERRINGER keep things shipshape. If leakage is due to • Belt Clip 22 Cal. Blue Finish .....$16.95 worn threads, it is a good idea to recut 22 Cal. Chrome Finish .. 19.95 • Full Warranty the threads and then apply Loc-Tite. Loc­ Dealers Inquiries Invited 22 Cal. Gold Finish. .. .. 26.95 Send for information 38 Spl. Blue or Chrome. 27.50 Tite is a product of the H&H Sealants Supply SEND $2.00 FOR CATALOGS Co., Dept. G, Saugerties, N.Y. J. BRISKIN, INC., DEPT. G ;i~;Ii:Gt~~~:Iif. 14827 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Cal. E&MCO., INC., Dept. r.i1, 60 GUNS MAY 1963 ARMS LIBRARY (Continued from page 3)

"Fourteen" reproduces eight Sharps cata­ logs (1859, 1864, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, *UNSERVICEABLE 1879, and 1880), and six others: Maynard, 1885; Marlin Ballard, 1888; Stevens Arms & MACHINE GUNS ·Mad. uns.rvl••abl. or deactivated by steel weldIng. Tool Co., 1888; Stevens-Pope, 1902; Colt, Internal parts function. Can be used for instruction 1896; and the case testimony of Rowan vs. purposes or as a prized decorator for eolleeton. Sharps. "Ten" reproduces the following: Merrill, 1864; Peabody, 1865; Peabody, 1866; Henry, GR~lSEMGtN ".,. 1865; Spencer, 1865; National, 1865; Folson, EXCELLENT 1869; Great Western, 1871; James Brown, CONDITION OTHER POPULAR MACHINE GUNS IN STOCK 1876; Homer Fisher, 188o-and, as a bonus CAll non-operational- Good or better condition) in this reprint, 26 pages from an E. Reming­ Lewis LMG. good condition•.••.....Sold Out Browning BAR, "as new". •...... 150.00 ton & Son catalog of 1877. German Maxim w jmount. good. ...•... .. 149.95 These facsimile reproductions, profusely GERMAN MACHINE PISTOLS: Kurtz MP 44, good. •..•...... •..•. 65.00 illustrated, will be of great interest and Bergmann M3S, very good...... 65.00 The Famous Pacific quality in a value to all interested in firearms' history Bergmann M3S. special selection. ..••. •. 75.00 NOTE: Add $2.50 per gun for prepaId delivery_ by and development.-E.B.M. parcel pOst, except for LEWIS LMG & MAXIM which complete economy package must be shIpped REA or Motor Freight. carryIng charges collect. • Pacific Standard Tool ••••••••••• $12.90 HANDBOOK FOR SHOOTERS AND • Pacific Shellholder $ 4.50 RELOADERS By Parker O. 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GUNS MAY 1963 61 "PRESSURE-FIT" HANDGUN CASES "NEWS FROM NILO" (Continued from page 19)

traInIng for actual production. A million those and a few more-about 50, all told, rounds of ammunition were fired to check including cream of wheat, waxes, vermicu­ various design approaches, model configura­ lite, ethyl cellulose. The answer was right tions, and initial pilot production. under their noses, so to speak, in the New materials, new processes of manufac­ polyethylene collar of the Mark 5. When ture, new design-all add up to a new line they powdered that and poured it in to fill of Winchester·quality rifles. We have put the spaces around the big buckshot pellets, somewhat more than a few rounds through they had it.

W =.« .... ," __ the three 200's ourselves since coming back They use the collar on the buckshot loads • Dark Brown Cowhide !3irain Leather!!tte Drill • Pyroxylin coated to withstand scuffIng, wear- from Nilo, and have nothing but good to say also; it holds the pellets together and re­ : rnet~~ro~ i~~r~kr~at::d::~:;g~i t7,"d R~:ye:e 1'v~\Ch covered about them. Accuracy is little short of amaz­ duces adverse muzzle effects. The powdered. Polyurethane (holds gun motionless). ing from non-target rifles; functioning is A CASE TO FIT ALMOST EVERY HANDGUN polyethylene protects the pellets from distor­ With Carrying smooth, fast, and dependable regardless of tions and thereby reduce in-flight dispersion. Description Handle how you mix up the magazines of ammo. For Guns up to 10" in length....$ 8.95 $10.45 The filler also causes the buckshot to behave For Guns up to 12" in length.... 9.95 11.45 They are Winchester-Western guaranteed to as a fluid, as smaller pellets do, so that For Guns up to 14" in ·Iength_... 10.95 12.45 make shooters happy, and we see no reason For Pair of Guns the choke can act as a choke should. The (cose size 17 /4Xl0 4) 18.45 to doubt that they will do just that. results are apparent in the pictures, in the Send check or money' ' order for prepaid deliverv Last year at Nilo, we saw and reported on SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUNDED patterns, and in the shooting results. DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED the then-new Mark 5 shot shell, the one with Other "news" from New Haven include a ~POk£SIl\(lIl'S gpect(lQt~ the polyethylene wrapper around the shot new high-powered magnum cartridge and gJO»tc-C()e'COk CO. charge. We- don't' need to tell you what the LI"J'TLE SIL.VER, NEW JERSEY light-weight rifle combination-a .284 Win­ Mark 5 shells have done in one year, on the chester Magnum cartridge in the Model 70 target fields, and on feathered targets. Dur­ Westerner Featherweight rifle. Designed for ing that year, Winchester-Western was hard hunters who want an ultra long-range, flat at work on methods to produce buckshot trajectory load in a light, manageable, but loads. The polyethylene collar helped, but highly accurate rifle, this cartridge-rifle team not enough. The big bullet-size pellets, viewed is going to get a lot of attention, in print individually, take a much greater beating and in "the hot-stove league." than do individual pellets of small shot, Still another "new" for '63 is the belted with far greater resulting deformation. Think .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge. There of it this way: the bottom layer of shot, isn't space here to give you all the dope Whether at the range, home which in ()() buck is only three pellets, is hit on this one, or on the .284 either, but the or traveling, these fine with two tons of force during the firing custom-crafted cases are pictures and captions will give you a taste just the ticket for keeping cycle. In a skeet load, the total force is of it-we'll give you more later in the way your handguns and divided over many pellets. The three 00 shooting supplies all of lab test reports on both these cartridges. in one place-safe pellets divide it only three ways, and they But the ballistics chart below will show and secure. Compact, come out looking like shrapnel! you why Winchester-Western people are light and easy to carry. The big pellets present other problems Quality constructed through­ excited about one of their new big-game ba­ out from the lin est materials too, hut let's keep it relatively simple; it's bies; you can take it from there. available. Choice of 3, 4 &5 gun the results that count. Filler material in models in wide variety ot beautiful But wait till we tell you about the new simulated leathers and linishes for the most buckshot loads is not new; practically Winchester ... Ooops! A voice from New discerning sportsman. From $27.50. New lok:Grip Tray,. • everything has been tried, from oatmeal to Haven just shushed us. We'll have to tell you another Pachmayr exclusive. features an adjustable bridge for. holding a variety of handguns securely in position. (available at small addilional cost) pine tar. Winchester-Western tried all of about this at some later date. GUARANTEEO THE FINEST OR YOUR MONEY BACK. See your' dealer today. fREE Send for 16·page brochure about Pachmayr's services and products. PACHMAYR Gun Works, Inc., Dept. G-5 1220 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles 15, California MAGNUM CARTRIDGE BALLISTICS 264 Win Mag 7mm Rem Mag 300 H&H Mag 300 Win Mag 338 Win Mag etg. Lgth. 3.33" 3.29" 3.60" 3.33" 3.33" Bullet Wt. 100 140 150 175 150 180 150 180 200 250 Vo 3700 3200 3260 3020 3190 2920 3400 3070 3000 2700 V. 3260 2940 2950 2670 2870 2670 3050 2850 2690 2430 with V2 2880 2700 2670 2360 2580 2440 2730 2640 2410 2180 1 shell V. 2550 2480 2430 2100 2300 2220 2430 2440 2170 1940 V. 2270 2280 2210 1870 2050 2020 2150 2250 1960 1720 $.95Express V. 2030 2100 2010 1670 1810 1830 1890 2060 1770 1520 Collect Additional shells $.75 each Eo 3040 3180 3540 3540 3390 3400 3850 3770 4000 4050 You're always "on guard" against robbers, mashers E. 2360 2690 2900 2770 274Q 2850 3100 3250 3210 3280 and other criminals whl!\1 you carry this innocent· 1840 2270 2380 2160 2220 2380 2480 2790 2580 2640 tooking fountain pen type TEAR GAS Device. Used for E2 police and civilian defense. Causes no permanent injury. E. 1440 1910 1970 1710 1760 1970 1970 2380 2090 2090 Spring-steel clip. Not a firearm. 1140 1620 1630 1360 1400 1630 1540 2020 1700 1640 SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER. NO COD'S E. Registered Colt Distributors - Suppliers for E. 915 1370 1350 1080 1090 1340 1190 1700 1390 1280 Official Police Equipment This product is not intended for sale in states or localities which have laws forbidding their sale. MR. 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 MR 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.1 2.4 1.9 2.1 2.4 3.0 PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS Est 1918 2 MR. 4.2 4.9 5.0 6.2 5.2 5.8 4.8 5.3 6.0 7.4 DEPT. G 11 S. 16th ST., PHILA. 2, PA. MR. 8.3 9.6 9.8 12.5 10.5 11.5 9.5 10.0 12.0 15.0 18.0 20.0 17.0 17.5 20.5 26.0 GRAPHWHITE ·'MR. 14.5 16.5 17.0 22.0 The Clean Dry Lubricant Note that the .300 Winchester Magnum 150 grain bullet has a 200 ft/sec. advantage over For guns, brass sizing, locks-a the .300 H&H, and the 180 grain bullet has ~bout .150 ft/sec. ~dvantage: This is refl~ct.ed white powder, slick as graphite but CLEAN-no smudging. Handy pocket in substantially higher energies and flatter traJectoTles. Along with. these Improved ballIstIcs size bottle. At Gunshops-59c-or 2 are extreme accuracy and carefully controlled upset, so that the Increased long range per- for $1.25 ppd. FREE Sample & info. Dealers, Dists. Inquire. formance can be effectively delivered. DARE ENTERPRISES c; P. O. Box 448 Norman 2, Oklahoma 62 GUNS MAY 1963 HANDLOADING BENCH (Continued from page 7) A .264 has longer accurate range on val'- you can be prouder of your accomplishments. mints and game with 140 grain bullets Getting set back in the novice class once in than with lighter pills. Browning guns are a while adds interest and indicates a need throated, Winchesters are not, and some re- for more practice. loaders have the job done. One chap found The .44 Magnum has superb target ac- chambered reloads bad bullets marked and curacy with wadcutters. A fine mould you pressed to a greater depth in cases. Accuracy hear little about is Lyman's No. 429352 at improved when he set his dies for deeper 245 grains. This old bullet was designed by seating. Cbeck your reloads for this trouble. M. L. Holman for the .44 Russian, and set The .308 Norma Magnum is a great car- many records that can't be equalled by many tridge, similar to the .300 Apex wildcat, now shooters today with smokeless powder. Ac· a dead duck that filled the bill before curacy is excellent to beyond normal hand- Norma's creation. Tbe Apex takes .308 N.M. gun hunting range, say up to 100 yards. shells after they are sized in a .300 Apex die, Bullets tip at long range, which is common without trimming. Case capacity is about 70 with wadcutters. They punch great big holes grains 4350. A good load is 68.5 grains 4350 in varmints, small game, or paper. They and CCI No. 250 primers behind a 180 grain make tin cans jump higher than a .357 Speer bullet. This also shoots well in a .308 Magnum or a .45 ACP, and kick up more N.M., but the charge can be increased 2.0 dust for spotting hits. Light recoil with grains if desired. Norma recommends a 1:12 moderate loads make them easy to shoot and BRING YOUR POWDER MEASURE twist, but a 1:10 shoots well with my load, handle well. UP TO YOUR LOADING LEVEL. that isn't maximum. The best target load is 4.5 grains Bullseye The du Pont people will supply canister with CCI No. 300 primers, or you can go to • WILL FIT POPULAR POWDER MEASURES grade powders slower than 4350 before 5.0 grains. The lighter works well in .44 • CLAMP TYPE long. Their advantage will be in near full Special cases for Specials or Magnums. For charges in' so·called "over bore" cases with a hotter load use 7.5 grains Unique in .44 • SCREW ON TYPE heavy bullets for higher velocity. Remember Special cases, or 8.5 grains in Magnums. • SPECIAL PLATES ON REQUEST they are not increased ballistics. It works DIVCO's IBA No.4 is about right, or use a • STATE TYPE OF MEASURE WITH ORDER

both ways! Occasionally a rifle comes apart 1:15 tin-lead mix. Don't overlook this fine Wisconsin Residents Add 3~ Sales Tax with a reduced load of 4350 or slower powder. bullet. It's a good small game and varmint Salvage 4831 is tbe worst offender, in un· killer with light loads, and excellent for tJlY's GUN'N LEATHER SHOP predictable behavior. We believe a major defense with moderate loads. You may want \!IJ 618 SO. MAIN ST. contributing factor in such blow-ups is a to use it exclusively in .44 Specials or Mag- SAUKVILLE. WISCONSIN case with a long, tbick neck. Cases should nums. The Magnum still shoots well with DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED always be kept reamed, and trimmed to 10.0 grains Unique, which is hot enough for dimensions' of a Case Length & Headspace a wadcutter with this powder. Gauge, sucn as made l;Jy Forster-Appelt, and A new Sako .222 Vixen Sporter, with the other makers of top quality gauges. new integral magazine, that I pulled from ~ Norma has slower powders than 4350. Per- stock for my personal use, was putting the Adiustable shoulder haps they will be available to the canister first 3 or 4 shots from a cold, fouled bore strap rounded under trade, after they market their faster powders, in about 0.5 minute of angle. The best load armpit for comfort. that should be available soon. I'll comment was a 50 grain Speer pill backed with 20.0 on these later. grains 4198 kicked off by the new CCI No. It's only human to boast of "impossible" 450 Magnum primer. This load gave superb shots. I've made many, and so has my part· accuracy in two other Sako rifles, and one ner, Shack. We take pride in our handgun- new Remington M700, in BDL grade, that ning, but sometimes we shoot like novices. I also has an integral magazine with a hinged think everyone does. We saw a hawk in a floor plate. dead tree at about 125 yards. The reloads I think this is the finest rifle Remington ••• a shoulder holster built for action, comfort. in our favorite S & W .357 Magnums were ever made. The 20" barrel, in most calibers, snug fit. Hugs your body like a tailored shirt. zeroed for dead center at 100 yards. The gives it great appeal to me, and it will cer- BeautifuJJy made of famous glazed Salz Californi.. saddle leather ••• soft, yet rugged. Padded spring hawk made like a statue while we shot both tainly appeal to many people. I prefer their steel damp holds gun securely. As II/ust. $13.35 guns dry, changing the sight picture oc- BDL grade, because of the hinged floor Made for aI/ handguns except .25 caliber automatic casionally. After 17 rounds the hawk got plate. WRITE FOR FREE 20 PAGE COLOR CATALOG tired of screaming lead and flew away. This The 23lh" barrel on the Sako was longer Complete line of leather shooting goods for sports· broke our all-time record for lousy shooting! than I wanted on a "handy gun." I've cut men and gun buffs. Handgunning varmints is 10 times more off many rifle barrels. None ever lost any THE GEORGE LAWRENCE CO. fun than with rifles. The" bag is smaller, but (Continued on page 65) 306 S. W. ht Avenue, Dept. G5, Portland, Oregon Available at yottr dealer or by mail

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64 GUNS MAY 1963 accuracy, if the job was done right, and also gained a bit of accuracy, plus a gun that many have tightened groups. I had this tube is easier to handle. Cooper's load, that has ORDER BY MAIL cut to 20" by Bill Mowery, of Jacksboro, won a good many awards, is 23.0 grains Ball .JJanJmaJe Wejlern Boolj Texas. Bill is noted for making fine custom C and the same primers and bullet. He rifles, and does fine custom gunsmithing. bagged a nice whitetail buck for a clean, STYLES FOR MEN AND WOMEN one·shot kill with this load the past season. Really good gunsmiths do not come in The bullet entered the rib cage and ex­ LAWMAN droves. Mowery is one who is worthy of the ploded, blowing off the bottom of the heart, Tall - True Western Boot. title. He lavishes the same care on muzzle 16" Stove Pipe Tops, Walking and turning the lungs to liquid. The range Heel, Leather lined, loading rifles that he does on cartridge was about 40 yards. Cooper didn't intend to Narrow Toe. pieces, which accounts for many trophies. #801 -BLACK use this gun, as he correctly considers it too #802 - BROWN $2550 The amputated tube on the ultra light light for deer. He was looking at the gun #803 -TAN Sporter gave even tighter groups, with before the hunt started in the dawn's generally 4 and sometimes 5 shots in 0.5 early light. His buck si mply walked into WRITE FOR moa, at 100 yards. My friend, D. L. Cooper, view, and was wearing a tag in a ~ FREE CATALOG cut his .222 Heavy Barrel Sako to 18", and few minutes. ~ NEW STYLES

$5.00 deposit on C.O.D. orders. You pay postal charges. We pay postage BOY STOCKER on prepaid orders. Our (Continued from page 24) ~eUt-:;r"'nn~eot; ~c:rd:~~::l-:':"d unworn with in ten days. while, he would even stumble upon a way "I would like to ask the lawmakers how of doing a job the unorthodox way or one they think that taking our guns away will ..Auj!in 1.5001 CO. that had not been tried before. One of these make us safer. If the honest citizen is disarmed P.O. Box 9305-G EI Paso 84, Texas projects was the making of his own blueing by a law that he obeys, those who break the salts, and as he says, "some of them worked law anyway won't worry about breaking this fairly well." When his dad bought a drill one too. Why not have a law that would press, Ken undertook the job of learning punish only those who use a gun in crime? how to jewel a bolt; and next on the list of I am disturbed by shooters who say 'It can't tools to buy is a barrel jig so that installing happen here.' It could happen. We could sights becomes less of a chore. wind up fighting a war in our own backyard. During his early days of trial and error, Let's not disarm ourselves like England did Ken found that his interest in art helped before WW II, when they had to stand him in his gunsmithing hobby and he now ready to defend their shores with swords and BONUS USE: Add to crankcase designs his own stocks. He never copies any­ pikes against tanks. to quiet noisy valve lifters ••• remove gum, sludge deposits I one's design, but adapts the ideas that he "To those in power, I make a plea. Don't sees to his own way of working, to his par­ take my freedoms away from me. You may THEN ADD ••• ticular likes and dislikes, to the gun he is not think them important, but I do and I MOTOR-MEDIC A;''';-:-.--= stocking presently. Like other and more am not old enough to protect myself with a ~ vote against you. Please preserve these free­ EXTRA LUBRICATION ... sophisticated artisans, Ken is never quite =--~ satisfied with a stock, and feels that if he doms for me and the future generations as SMOOTHER PERFORMANCE ever becomes complacent about his work, he your forefathers did for you." Both at leading dealers everywhere! had better give it up. "The day I make a In his stockmaking and gunsmithing stock that satisfies me completely, I think hobby, ingennity is Ken's forte. How would that my designs get better and better." I will retire. If I manage to keep improving you install a set of sights without either a After looking over his rifle and shotgun a little with every stock, I figure that by the drill press or a suitable jig? Ken mulled the stocks, I must a,ree with him. He is improv­ time I am 80 or so, maybe I will make that problem over for a while, and then jerry­ ing, and his work shows ideas and courage­ one perfect stock," says Ken - and he is rigged the entire set-up. By using scrap courage to try, to experiment, to change­ quite serious about this. The remarkable material first, he learned all of the standard as well as growing craftsmanship. Some of thing about this young man is that his col­ gunsmithing operations by guess and by gosh. his designs show features that other, older lection of stocks very definitely shows the It is little wonder that he is looking forward heads have touted as great discoveries - but evolution of Ken as artist, craftsman, and to the day when he can devote more time Ken thought them out for himself, unaware technician. to the actual work, rather than spending of those men or their discoveries. The slope A better than average student in school, hours figuring out how to tackle the job of the cheek piece on one of his stocks Ken is also active in student affairs and with the tools at hand. But make no mistake: struck me as an exaggeration of a theory ad­ social activities. He plans to go to college Ken is proud of his ability to do without the vanced years ago by one of the leading gnn and keep the gunsmithing and stockmaking "essential" tools, and he is proud that the experts. But when I asked Ken about it­ as a hobby. Ken is an avid reader, and is tools he does have were bought with his yes, he knew of the man, had admired some capable of expressing ideas and thoughts own hard-earned money. of the stocks the man had favored, but had that are not usually associated with a 16 Before touching rasp to wood for a stock, never happened to read the man's reasons year old boy. His ideas on anti-gun legisla­ Ken draws the entire stock, piece by piece, for favoring those particular lines. Yet, when tion are worth repeating! to scale. His own personal preference in I asked him why he liked those lines, the "The right to have firearms is not really cheek pieces leans toward the heavy, yet reasons he gave me were not much different yours or mine. That is, it is ours only to elegantly-shaped roll-over, high comb rest ... from the carefully thought-out reasons his enjoy, uphold, and pass on to future genera­ a sort of German schuetzen, but in reverse. predecessor had given. tions of Americans. We mustn't do away Only the actual cutting and rough shaping I promised to write this story only after with it, because it is something we should is done on power tools; the rest of the work getting Ken's promise that seeing it pub­ have no power over; it is an American tradi­ is lovingly finished by hand, right down to lished would not "go to his head," would tion and basic freedom. I consider it and all the hand-rubbed finish. not alter his plan to complete his education. of our other freedoms something like the air­ Ken's local reputation as stockmaker is Now that I know Ken a little better -I we can use it, but we cannot take it away spreading and shooters bring him their needn't have worried. This lad has a level from others. guns for repairs, alterations, or completely head on his shoulders, as well as a crafts­ "Another point is that only a small per­ new stocks. Whatever money Ken gets for man's hands to do the head's bidding. centage of the teenage population gets into his work, he promptly plows back into the How often have you heard the complaint trouble with the law. The high juvenile shop, for tools, equipment, books. that craftsmanship is dying out of the Amer­ delinquency rate is caused by this small As he says "I am a long way from knowing ican system? It isn't dying in a certain base­ group who get into trouble time and again­ enough to call myself a stockmaker or gun­ ment workshop at 5010 White Flint Drive in and this is due to insufficient punishment. smith. I am learning something new every Kensington, Maryland. Ken Bell is a throw­ That is the fault of the adult population, not time I come down here. But the important back to the old breed. His hands ~ the teenagers. thing is that my work improves all the time, make beauty. ~

GUNS MAY 1963 65 (Continued from page 61) SHELL OIL CO.. offers through their dealers plates there are 240 photographs of the ANNOUNCEMENT specially prepared road maps containing most prized specimens known. There are' Next month. GUNS will announc:e a hunting and fishing information,'regulations, chapters on muzzle loading guns, percussion "Cj)uestions and Answers" department locations and abundance of game, all checked cap and ball arms, pin-fire, rim-fire, plus de­ under the by-line of an outstandinlJ and approved by state conservation depart. tailed and comprehensive data on the ammo authority on old and new lJuns. c:ar· ments. that was, and still is, used in a number tridlJes. and lJeneral lJun subjec:ts. SHOOTERS SERVICE & DEWEY, INC., of the Webley guns. This book presents us This is a step we have planned for a Dept. G, Clinton Corners, N. Y. Complete with a vivid picture of ha·ndgun development 10nlJ time: now we have the rilJht man catalog of swaged bullets such as Supr-Mag, in England, and the interrelationship of for it. New·Line, gunsmithing services, load devel· these guns with guns from the other parts BUT ••• unless your question is ment giving a brief history of the company of Europe and the U.S. This is a valuable identified by your number as a mem­ and tips for shotgun shooters. Send 25c. book for the handgun enthusiast, for the ber of our Shooters Club of Americ:a SHOOTERS SUPPLY SERVICE, Box student of military arms, for the cartridge (see palJe 59), it must be ac:c:ompa: 4690-G, Pittsburgh 6, Penna. New free 1963 collector-in short, for anyone interested in nied by $1 (c:hec:k. money order. or catalog of special offers on shooters' supplies. firearms.-R.A.S. c:urrenc:y) to help c:over our c:osts. Cj)uestions and answers will be pub· SOVEREIGN INSTRUMENTS CO., P. O. Box 5355-G, Dallas 1, Texas. Free, illustrated Booklets Iished or answered by letter. We hate to impose this c:harlJe on catalog describing in detail all Texan hand­ POTOMAC ARMS, Box 35-G, 200 S. Strand our readers. but we simplyc:annot loading tools and accessories and the ultra­ St., Alexandria 6, Va. Send a large, stamped, devote staff time to answerinlJ 60 to lightweight Texan scopes. self-addressed envelope for Potomac's free 80 questions per week iree. as we SMITH & WESSON, INC., Dept. G, Spring· list of shooting equipment. have done in the past. If it is worth field, Mass. Free illustrated brochure of E. C. PRUDHOMME, 302-GWard ·Bldg., askinlJ. a c:areful. ac:c:urate. expert company lists all specifications of their hand­ Shreveport, La. An 8-page brochure illus· answer is worth a dollar! guns, and sights which can·-be used on them. trating style of gun engraving done in Prud· Or-join Shooters Club of Americ:a -STURM, RUGER & CO., INC., Dept. G, homme's shop. Price $1.00. Purchase en­ and lJet your answers free. Lacey Place, Southport, Conn. Free catalog titIes buyer to $5.00 credit on subsequent of all Ruger guns; pictures, specification,s, purchase of engraving. RICHLAND ARMS CO., Dept. G, Blissfield, prices. P & S ARMS, Box 4700·G, Tulsa, Okla. Free Mich. Free catalog of Richland's deluxe UNITED BINOCULAR COMPANY, Dept. catalog listing a variety of hunting-camping shotguns; engraved actions, hand-checkered G, 9043 S.· Western Ave., Chicago 20, Ill.' accessories, gun parts, military surplus, col­ stocks, custom features. Free, 22·page brochure describing United lector's items. RAY RILING, 6844-G Gorsten St., Phila­ rifle scopes, binoculars, and spotting scopes. RCBS, INC., Box 729-G, Oroville, Calif. Free delphia 19, Penna. Sells all gun books avail­ WAFFE -FRA KONIA, Dept. G, Rander­ catalog of reloading tips and equipment. able. Will put you on his year·around list of sackerer Strasse 3-5, Wuerzburg, West Ger­ REDFIELD GUN SIGHT CO., Dept. G, 1315 mailings listing books in and out of print, if many. Their 1962 catalog, "The Hunter's So. Clarkson, Denver 10, Colo. Free catalog you send SOc for postage. Counselor," 340 pages, nicely illustrated, fea· gives complete specifications of all Redfield SANTA ANITA ENGINEERING CO., Dept. tures sporting arms and accessories of Ger­ scopes, sights, and scope mounts. G, 3270 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, Cal. man manufacture; also some items from REMINGTON ARMS CO., Advertising Divi· Free illustrated catalog of SAECO reloading other European countries and U. S. Some sion, Dept. G, Bridgeport 2, Conn. New 1962 tools and bullet casting equipment. data on German rifle and shotgun ammo is catalog includes pictures, specifications, pric­ SAVAGE ARMS CORP., Dept. G, Westfield, given. Text is in German, prices in German es of all Remington models, plus caliber Mass. Fully illustrated, free catalog featur­ marks; but a 116-page export price list is suggestions and ballistics tables for Peters ing all Savage, Stevens, Fox firearms with printed in English. $3.00 plus $1.50 for Air shotgun, rifle, and pistol ammo. Free. complete descriptions of all guns. Mail delivery.

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS GUNS and AMMUNITION MAYVILLE ENGINEERING RADIATOR SPECIALTY CO.....•.•....•...65 ROBERT ABELS, INC.....••...... 41 COMPANy 7, 10, 41, 45, 48, 53, 55 WESTCHESTER TRADING CO.•...... 50 BADGER'S SHOOTERS SUPPLY .....•...... 52 PACIFIC GUN SIGHT COMPANy 61 STOCKS and GRIPS CASCADE CARTRIDGE, INC 54 HOMER POWLEY 53 E. C. BISHOP & SON 53 CENTURY ARMS, INC 43 R.C.B.S. GUN & DIE SHOP 6 C. D. CAHOON 57 STAR MACHINE WORKS 64 CHICAGO GUN CENTER 54 FITZ GRIPS 5B COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS WICHITA PRECISION TOOL CO 10 ANTHONY GUYMON, INC 53 MFG. CO. . Cover IV _HOLSTERS, CASES, CABINETS HERRETT'S STOCKS 52 WALTER H. CRAIG 9, 45 ROYAL ARMS, INC , 15 EARLY & MODERN FIREARMS J. M. BUCHEIMER .47 SPORTS, INC...... •...... 15 CO~ INC. . 60 COLADONATO BROTHERS .43 FIREARMS INTERNATIONAL CORP Cover II GOERG ENTERPRISES 48 MISCELLANEOUS NORM FLAYDERMAN ANTIQUE ARMS 52 THE GEORGE LAWRENCE CO 63 ALLEMAND-CHADWICK .47 GREAT WESTERN ARMS SALES CO _..53 S. D. MYRES SADDLE COMPANY 58 APPLEBY MFG. CO. . 63 HUNTER'S LODGE 34, 35 PACHMAYR GUN WORKS 62 AUSTIN BOOT COMPANy 65 KRONE INTERNATIONALE 50 PROTECTOR BRAND HOLSTER CO. . 53 EDDIE BAUER 53 KLEIN'S SPORTING GOODS, INC. .. Cover III JULIUS REIVER CO 61 L. L. BEAN 45 THE MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL ARMS 58 SPORTSMAN'S HOME-DE'COR 62 SHELLEY BRAVERMAN 57 NORMA PRECISION 12 WHITCO .49 J. BRISKIN 60 NOSLER PARTITION BULLET 55 SCOPES and SIGHTS BURNHAM BROTHERS 42 NUMRICH ARMS 51 DARE ENTERPRISES 62 PARKER DISTRIBUTORS 52 CRITERION COMPANy _.. 61 EDWARDS-BARNES CAST PRODUCTS 63 PENDLETON GUN SHOP 58 FREELAND'S SCOPE STANDS 43 FEDERAL INSTRUMENT CORP 41 POTOMAC ARMS 61 W. R. WEAVER 15 FLAIG'S 60 PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS ...... •...... 50 TOOLS and ACCESSORIES GIL HEBARD GUNS 49 SAVAGE ARMS CORP 13 MARBLE ARMS CORP 8 SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. . 4 GEORGE BROTHERS ...... •...... •....64 MATCH CORP. OF AMERICA 58 SPEER PRODUCTS CO. . 14 THE BULLET POUCH .45 MITCHELL SHOOTING GLASSES 64 VALLEY GUN SHOP .47 CRAFT INDUSTRIES 63 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION 44 WEATHERBY, INC. . 11 JAY'S GUN'N LEATHER SHOP 63 PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS 57, 62 JET-AER CORP. .. 55 RAY RILING 55 HANDLOADING EQUIPMENT KUHARSKY BROTHERS, INC. . ...•...•..•.50 SHOTGUN NEWS .48 CARBIDE DIE & MFG. CO 61 FRANK MITTERMEIER 60 SIGMA ENGINEERING CO...... •...... 47 HERTER'S, INC. , 50 NEW METHOD MFG. CO .45 STEEN GUN GLOV 61

66 GUNS MAY 1963 CASH OR CREDIT CASH OR CREDIT MONEY NO DOWN! NO DOWN! MONEY )fjiiiiiiii1IIIII~~MIII!t!II~!!!! KLEIN'S GUARANTEES YOU 100% SATISFACTION -OR YOUR MONEY BACK! WAR SURPLUS! ALL MILLED PARTS-­ ALL N.R.A.-Very good U. S. SPRIHGFIELO M1903-30/06 or betterl SPRINGFIELD M1903'SI LIMITED QUA.NTITY! Most popular mili­ ry rifle for sporting use of them all! •.. and this lot are all Model 1903·Al's with high number Nickel-Steel receivers, milled working parts. Made in Government Arsenal-not commercially assembled. 30/06 caliber, S-shot magazine. Adjustable rcar leaf sight, blade front sight. 431/4" overall. 8.69 Ibs. Famed ~:o~~~;~~~ln~~~~C:C.k: . ~~~~ .t~ .~e.r~. ?~~~ ~~~~:t~~~ Prepaid $36.38 30/06 Caliber LAST CALL! HURRYl E20·TIOOO. AMMO.•30/06 156 gr. 120 T0U11ds ••• •••••••• • $7.20 Model 1917 Enfield he lowest price rifle in the most desired 30/06 Springfield caliber! Known supplies are very 30/06 limited-more are not likely to be available! AUTO. Top gun authority Major General Julian S. Hatcher in $29~J~Y . H!ltcher's. Notebook. says of the U. S. Model 1917 Rifle-"basically I a typical Mauser, It was Improved In several respects, and has a bolt and receiver U. S. M-l GARAND RIFLE of high grade Nickel s~eel that gave it a superbly strong action." General Hatcher Finest lot we've seen! Limited quantity! Famous World War II ~~~t::: ::r~~;t~:y.~;s~pri~~fie~~eb~~~:~s.haveshown the Model 1917 barrels will .. order No. C20·T33 automatic rifle in popular 30/06 caliber. 8·shot, 24" barrel. J 4~" over~lI. Adjustable sight. Exactly as issued with original click type Specifications: 6-shot, top loading, 1 In 10" S-groove 26" barrel with sharp clean ...... rifling, rifle overall 46.3". Peep sight adjustable from 200 to 1600 yards. blade front ~~;~~~;5~~~~a~~:;ab~:~ro~onld~~io~o•.1.2.0.0..y.a~~~.. ~~i~~~ .~1:~ .I.b~•. $19.95 sight. Foolproof safety. Turned down bolt. American Walnut Stock and hand guard with sling swivels. All milled parts, perfeel shooting condition! ~~~A~~rf~nct"~~K~il~E~~in~ONc~~~~~~ii~I.1.~~e~~a.I~Y..s~l.e~~e.d. ~~~ .~e.r: $89.95 C20-T33. M1917 Rifle made by Eddystone .•..$29.88. C20-T34. Made by Remington or Winchester •••• $34.95 .30/06 WITH NEW TASCO HIGH POWER SCOPES INSTALLED READY TO SHOOT C20-TI296. M1917 Rifle made by Eddystone mounted with a Tasco 3/4" 4 power scope •••••••••••.•••• $39.95 6.5 ITALIAN C20·TI297. M1917 Rifle made by Remington or Winchester mounted with a Tasco 3/4" 4 power scope ••..$44.95 C20-TI292. M1917 Rifle made by Eddystone side mounted with the big I" Tasco 4 or 6 power scope ..••$59.88 CARBINE C20·TI293. M1917 Rifle made by Rem. or Win. side mounted with the big 1" Tasco 4 or 6 power .•....$64.88 C20-T669. Leather lace-on cheekpiece &I sling •• $3.95 E20-TI000. 30/06 Metal jacketed ammo. 120 rds .. $7.20 Only 36" overall, weighs only 51/2-lbs. Shows only slight use, lightly oiled, test fired and head spaced, ready for shooting. Turned down bolt, thumb safety, 6-shot, clip fed. Rear open ~~~-;'lr;~: 1:::~i:lI:n:rr::~.~r~~~•..•••••.•••••.••••••••••••••• $12.88 ~~c;:~~~·asc~r~~;t~at':~t.h•• ~r.a~~ .•~~":'. ~~~~. ~.u~~i~~ • ~~•• ~~0:~~~4.". $19.95 E20-T751. 6.5 mm Italian military ammo with free 6-shot clip. 108 rds. $7.50 SPECIAL PURCHASE! TOP QUALITY! TASCO VARIABLE POWER SCOPE! ••• 3X TO 9X RECOIL PAD •• ~~!!~~~~:~::~;;::;~~SWIVELS •• SLING Br:lnd new! ••• First quality! ••. Made With by Tasco! With a twist of the wrist you _ ~ THESE MARLINS ABSOLUTELY can have any power you want from 3 to BRAND NEW, factory packed De Luxe 9 Field of view 14·ft. to 30-ft. Crosshair models with full Marlin warranty. Famous Marlin reticule! MagnE-sillm fluoride hard coated . fast short throw lever action. Tubular magazine holds 7 shots. Famous Marlin Micro_Grooved barrel. Hooded ramp front sight. lenses. windage and e.levation click stops, parallax corrected. nitrogen filled for fog ~ye adjustable open rear sight. receiver drilled tapped for all popular scope proofing. Large piece and objective. I" tube. cowhide lens caps. Overall 12". mounts. 20" barrel, 38th" overall. 7 Ibs. Included FREE: factory fitted recoil pad. ~~i~c:,z, .C.o.~~a.r~_ ~~ . ~~: •.9.5..~c.o:~~ • ~Is.e:":h.e~~!...8.2.0.-:~~~~: . ~~e.p.a.i~ $34.88 sling swivels and oiled leather sling with brass-fittings. State choice of 30/30 or .35 VARIABLE POWER. SCOPE .•. 21/2X to 8X. TASCa quality and features same ~e~!;~~:~.c·:};~~i~ied $94.95 Mfrs. List. State 30/30 or .35 cal S71.88 MARLIN 336C WITH 4X SCOPE-Mounted •.. Ready to shoot! Famed Tasco fine ~~o::sO~~::~h::es!cr~~~~T~~~v;X.C;~~~~f~rP~~~~C.U.I~.. ~~~.~a~e . t.o. ~~~:~~ $29.88 qualit)' I" diameter 4X Scope with hard coated magnesium fluoride lenses, click stops 21/2~ or 4X SCOPES-:=(:ROSSHAlRQ;-POST and CROSSHA1R RETICULE. All the for Windage and elevation adjustments. Tip-off mounts for quick, simple scope removal. Scope is nitrogen filled quality and features of 820-T693 described plus Fixed Reticule-always accurately to prevent fogging. Leather lens caps included. Scope has crosshair. :1:e~~:re~3g~o_~~7~~O;t~teM~oU/~~S~rR~C50~~t~~'.~~~.R.Y.I.N.~ .S~.R.~~,. ~~I~.E.L.S: .~~~~~r.e. ~~ ~.1~~:~~ ~~n~~;~~'8~~~P;:/~:to~3:x~0s~~::w~~~r~e~t:~:p~~~iC:ri~~.r~~i~~I.e:..•.. $19.88 $94.88 MARLIN 336C WITH 21/2X to 8X SCOPE. Mounted ••• Ready to Shoot! Tasca fine quality variable power scope changes power from 21/2 all the way up to 8 instantly. Nitrogen filled, magnesium fluoride coated lenses, cross­ hair reticule, leather lens caps. Tip-off mounts. State caliber choice. SALE! New Matador 10 Gauge Magnum ~~~-:a~~9alt'$T::.~~Ne~s~:~·e~r2.~~~3S0C/~~E~r~~~~:l~: .~~~~I.~ .P.A.~,. ~~~~~.I~~. ~~~~.P:.~~.I~~~~: $104.88 SAVE $60 NOW! But Hurry_they won't last! Brand new famed Firearms Internati~nal'MATADOR 10-gauge (31/2" shell) Magnum SPECIAL Shotgun. Deep cut prtce due to slight change in forthcoming model WAR SURPLUS PURCHASEI ENFIELD SPORlER Made for .F-I by Aya of Spain. Perfect for ducks and geese to 100 yds., fo; fox and varmint. Shoots either 27/8" or 31/2" Magnum shells. 32" full choked barrels. Engraved ~ecelver, double safety und~rlocks. Checkered French '~alnut .303 British Caliber ~~~~T;;~ ~:;;i~r:;I~:;;~~~m;'''r;:'~i:;~~~I~.•• ~1:~ .I.b::...... 512950 E20-73. 10 Ga. 31/2" Magnum Shells, specify BB, it2 or it4, $7.20 for 25. LAST CALL! HURRY! SALE! NEW WINCHESTER FEATHERWEIGHT AUTO SHOTGUN AVAILABLE WITH 12 Gauge R WITHOUT SCOPES •.• :'!!!ll!~__i'lI!II==: Amazing low price due to huge special SAVE over 540. Brand new Winchester Model SO : purchase from British "'ir Ministry! The finest FEATHERWEIGHT Automatic Shotgun. First quality, factory lot of Enfield No. I, Mark III Rifles we've seen ••• packed. Latest Model. 12 gauge, 30" barrel. full choke, 3-shot. and possibly the last of this quality that may be available for a Easy, fast takedown. Select Walnut stock. Weighs long, long time! Buy with complete assurance your gun will be mechani­ Order No. cally pet-feel ..• with clean sharp rifling .•• with smooth, oiled fine.grained Walnut C20-T1253 C20-TI3;;~Y.~7~~ .I~~.: . ~~1:~"•.o~~~a.I~...... • $98.11 vlltsa,fi ;fa'{d7r;i~a(Je stock with little appreciable wearing of wood. Sporterized stock has good clean lines, balances well-permits fast handling. Rear sight adjustable for windage and elevation, blade front sight. Turned-down bolt handle, solid brass butt·plate. 10-shot removable BRAND NEW! U.S. Ml .30 CALIBER CARBINE clip, sling swivels. 44112" overall. 303 British Caliber. The Rifle C20-TI2S3. Rifle .•.•.•.•.•.•..••....•••••••••••••..••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $19.88 Every G.!. ENFIELD RIFLE with FLEETWOOD 4X SCOPE, 3/4" diameter. Mounted-Ready for Shooting! WantsI Buy Nowl C20-T992. . •.•.•.•.••••...•.••..•••••••••.••••.•...•••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••.. $21.88 The only U. S. Military small arms made with :~~lyE~~rRJ~~o~i;;'"'~~hL~::e~A~~~y~::gS~~~ae~ ~1~~~~~~~e!d'C~~_~~~r;~t~~,.~~~s~~~i.r. ~e.t~c.u.l~ :. : :. ~~~~~e.d: $44.88 the lines and weight of a modern sporter. E20-T1339. .303 Hr. Military Amm.o. per 100 rds .. ...•...••.•...... •..•.••.•...... •....•.. • $7.:W Weighs only 51/2 Ibs. 18" barrel, 36" overall. operated. 15 shot semi-automatic. Receiver sight ad- ~~~~c:.:~:, f~~~O/:Od~P~~d~gre.yds. New Cond ition! Superbly $7888 BROWNING M1922 .32 Cal. AUTOMATIC PISTOL C20-T859·Z ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•..•....•..•..•.. World famous "Police 1'f1odel" of the original "MI910-Pocket Mod. C20-TI341. Brand New M-l Carbine, Fully Nickel Plated ••.•••.•.••..$119.95 el" which was made by the famous "Fabrique Nationale" in Bel­ gium under the personal supervision of John M. rowning himself. This genuine F20-T52. 15-shot Magazine, 3 for $1.00; .•• E20-T1192••30 cal. Military Belgian made Browning offers a grip type safety plus the usual thumb-operated Ammo. $8.75 per 100 rds.; .•• E20-T55. HIt1'lting Ammo $5.00 per 30 reb.; ••. safety, also an automatic safety fun.clions when the magazine is removed. Only 7" Millillmm order $5.00. overall with a 41/2" barrel. Weighs Just 25 ounces and carries 9 .32ACP cartridges in its magazine. Blued finish, lanyard swivel and checkered grips. Blade front and fixed

SHORTWAVE-AM-MARINE PORTABLE RADIO! ~2~~T[:~~.Si8~~y Good Condition (NRA) ...••..•.•..•...••••••••••..•...... Plays Over 300 Hours on Inexpensive Flashlight Batteries! $26 E20-TI410. Excellent Condition (NRA) ..•.•...... •••••••.••...••••.•.. $29.95 95 INCLUDES ••• Genuine Cowhide Leather Case with Carrying Strap! E20-1411..32ACP 71 gr. M. C. Cartridges, 100 rds $8.00 _ EARPHONE for Private Listening! Famed VISCOUNT Quality! • 8 Transistors-3 Diodes. Powerful Telescopic Antenna -- MAIL TODAY! IMMEDIATE DELIVERY! - ~ Conceals in Case • Console Sound 31/2" Dynamic Speaker 3 Bands • "Meter-Miser" Battery Saver • Precision Slide-Rule KLEIN'S-Dept. 409 8 Transistors Tuning • "On-Off" Pilot Light for Night Tuning • Sep­ arate Tone Control • "Long Range" or "Local" Power Our 78th Year of Quality Switch • Plays Perfectly Anywhere! As 227 W. Washington St. Advertised in LI FE. Guaranteed by Good Double action only. 26 Housekeeping Magazine! oz. 6 shot. 10112" over~ Chicago 6, Illinois COMPARE AT $59.95 ELSEWHERE! all. Hinged frame, I?reak- Receives all standard AM broadcasts plus open action, fixed Sights, .. CASH CUSTOMERS: Send check or money order in full. Shortwave 6-18 Megacycles and Marine hard rubber grips. Good condition Add only $1.50 per any size order for postage and Band 1.6-4.5 Mc. Operates on 4 stand­ outside. Perfect mechanically. handling unless otherwise specified. Handgun orders, and ard flashlight batteries. Weighs only 2 Ibs., 10 oz. Showpiece black and chrome 020-797. only ... , .. , $12.98 orders with ammo, are shipped express, charges collect. cabinet measures only 43/4"x81/2"xI7/s". Add $3.00 lor special selection il desired. (Illinois customers onlJl-add 4% Bale. Ta.) o C.O.D. Customers-Enclose 100/0 C.O.D. Deposit. FP90-T9740 $3995 KLEIN'S LOW PRICE .. .38 S&W WEBLEY o :::~:n'tIS~:J!re~~E~~~~ ;r~;~I~ilfub~T~~::eSd a~o o~g:n Free Thousands Sold at $88.88 Per Pair Holster! 1=;;;;;.• NEW CREDIT CUSTOMERS: 100/0 Down Payment Required. Famecl Engllsn Serv- O To speed your or(ier, !o"'end naine and address of y'our Em­ Now Klein's Cuts the Price $10.00'More! ice Revolvers at less ployer and names and addresses of 2 or more firms With whom you have (or have had) credit accounts. Also your age, occupa· than 1/4 original cost. NEW! FINEST 9 TRANSISTOR WALKIE-TALKIE Favorite of all the com­ tion. number of dependents, date present job began and present salary. Information will be kept confidential. Perfect for Hunters, Fi.sl~ermen. Fanners, Campers, Police bat forces of the British lVork. Contractors, Surveyors. TV Repainnen! Commonwealth during Allyolle Call Use • .. No License Required . .. FCC Approved! World War II. Strong rugged de­ RUSH ITEM NOS. _ sign. double action. 6-shot, auto Small enough to hold .•• light enough for your pocket •.• ejection, Parkerized finish. Very yet ranges UP to 4 miles! 9-transistors in each unit fOr clear Good Condition-mechanically perfect. performance for the serious minded outdoorsman and outdoor ENCLOSKD Is $, Check Money Order worker! ••• Do not confuse with "gimmicked-up" items hav­ ::::'~~9~ :~~. ~~I: 5.~~. ~:'. 0 0 ing battery wearing radios and other gadgets. Easily operated .. .. $18.95 with push-to-talk switCh. volume control, telescoping Chromed Add $3.00 lor Special Selection. if desired. NAME _ antenna. 7 penlight batteries included •.• cheaply and eas­ ily replaced anywhere. Plays to 1500 hours intermittently. • HANDGUN PURCHASERS: Please , Rugged grey metal housing with baked-on crinkle finish. 2112" send signed statement stating that you ADDRESS _ x 1112" x 61/2". Weighs 21/4 Ibs. Genuine leather case, straps. are 21 or over, not an al ien, have not ~Iau"ddel:: :hii;::~ ;~~~;:i~ed:ril~g ~:f:e:n,~ise been convicted of a crime, not under I in· $4488 ~~~;~t~~s';,t,s:~~ ~e~':t,9i~tii: yo:u~r~iYY CITY & STATE _ FP90-T9715TX-Each Walkie-Talkie • a:; I state requires. ___ 1000)'. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE! Save More! 2 Walkie-Talkies, both for only $78.88 -- .. Colt: In either case

Whether you're bound for targets or sudden small game, you've got a good case for a Colt .22 automatic. Take the Woodsman Match Target to the firing line. It has a handfitted action, an Acero click-adjustable rear sight, and handfilling thumb rest grips. You'll find it favors the 10 ring. $84.50. Take the Huntsman .,. afield. It's a natu ral poi nti ng pli nker bui It for roughi ng it: rugged and lightweight. $54.95. Both have 4liz" or 6" barrels and a 10-shot .22 LR magazine. All Colt .22 automatics are at your Registered Colt Dealer now.

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