JUNE 1960 SOc HUNTING • SHOOTING • ADVENTURE
FIREPOWER FOR FOOT ,SOLDIERS
GUNS GO ELECTRIC '
HE RODE WITH WYATT
ABOVE: AR-7 floats both assembled (as shown) or with barrel, action and magazine stowed in stock. BELOW: AR-7 shown with major components disassembled. For many years the Armalite Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation has been designing and producing advanced military firearms for governments throughout the world. All Armalite production is keyed to the rigid specifications demanded in modern military weapons. The following are two of the models which demonstrate the latest advances in small arms logistics. Both are .308 NATO caliber with major parts completely inter• changeable not only from rifle to rifle but between rifle and machine gun. These weapons are at present available only to friendly foreign powers.
AR-10 LIGHT MACHINE GUN
A one-man load allowing belt fed machine gun firepower at less than the weight of automatic rifles in previous conflicts. In mobile situations it feeds from a back pack, allowing a single man to operate.
AR-10 ASSAULT RIFLE
A 20 cartridge capacity semi- and full-automatic assault rifle weighing less than eight pounds with advanced balance and recoil characteristics which allow it to be fired with one hand. Click adjustable sight is protected and built into carrying handle. The gas operated AR-10 embodies modern light alloys and fiberglass except in the actual firing mechanisms to achieve its unprece• dented low weight.
ADDRESS ORDERS AND INQUIRIES TO: Armalite Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. 118 East 16th Street, Costa Mesa, California
Firearms dealers and jobbers please inquire. LEAD lIRE AND CUPS
ConCJressman Daniel J. Flood Committee on Appropriations 11 th Dist.. Pennsylvania THE SECOND AMENDMENT to the United States Constitution as• sures the American people the inalienable right to keep and bear arms for their security and this right cannot be infringed with• out negating the purposes and principles of our free society.
ConCJressman Byron L. Johnson Committee on BankinCJ & Currency 2d Dist.. Colorado ALTHOUGH THE SECOND AMENDMENT has never been repealed, its original purpose of a civil militia, and assurance of the right of popular revolution, no longer holds today. Certainly, the legitimate use of guns is widely accepted. The abuses-both deliberate and accidental-should lead thoughtful citizens to a growing concern for safety and the protection of human life and property. In protecting the constitutional right to possess and carry arms, we must not over• look the need for a broader program of safety education in the handling of fire• arms to help reduce the tragic loss of life and great number of injuries. 'I:he constitution was also intended to insure domestic tranquility; and the public has a right to reasonable protection against felonious use of firearms.
ConCJressman GeorCJe Huddleston. Jr. Committee on Armed Services 9th District. Alabama THERE WERE TEN basic rights which, we are told, the founding fathers agreed to attach as amendments to the Constitution of their authorship so that it would be ratified and accepted as the law of the land. It is significant that the second of these amendments, known collectively as the "Bill of Rights," cites the "right of the people to keep and bear arms." Considering the circumstances of that historical period, it is easily understandable that the need of a "well·regulated militia" should be mentioned in connection with AVAILABLE that right. It is interesting, however, that there is no stipulation that those who "keep" arms must use them only for purposes of the' militia. (Emphasis supplied.) NOW FR.O M In my opinion, that right is just as important to us today, as individuals and as a democratic society, as it was to our forefathers. We have, of course, a permanent military force that stands ready to defend our boundaries against foreign attack and, in most communities, a trained police force obviates the necessity that each family be SPEER ready to defend itself by use of arms. Nevertheless, there are still occasions and areas (and unfortunately not just in isolated, non-populated places) where one might Top quality .38 and have to serve as his own "militia" in numerous emergency-type situations. .44 caliber half. Further, personal ownership and knowledge of guns have made thousands of citizens jackets now available valuable members of the National Guard, military reserve units, and Civilian Defense from your dealer. Join the swing to Corps groups. These organizations have, of course, been declared by law to be vital jacketed revolver bullets. Swage your to the strength, safety, and general welfare of our nation. Certainly, own using precision made Speer half. then, in my mind, there is no doubt as to the importance of the second amendment to the Constitution as it affects us in the present-day situation, nor~ any jackets and lead wire•. doubt that it must be actively retained as a major right of our people.
HALF·JACKETS LEAD WIRE ConCJressman Ken Hechler .38 Caliber .300" for .38 Cal• Comm.: Science & Astronautics $10.75 per 1000 .365" for .44 Cal. 4th District. West VirCJinia .44 Caliber 10 Ib./box $0.62/lb• 00 I BELIEVE THE Constitutional right of the people "to keep and bear arms IS still $12.25 per 1000· Packed 12 lengths significant in today's world of atomic bombs and guided missiles. In a limited atomic war, the possession of small arms would enable our citizens to resist invading troops more effectively. Publishers of the world's finest World War II dramatized the importance of the citizen's right to keep and bear . reloading manuals for hand• anus. The list of licensed gun-owners in the town halls of conquered Western Europe loaders. Ask your dealer for a copy •••••• $2.75 each enabled the Nazis to more easily combat the underground. And one of Churchill's most urgent requests of the United States was for the shipment of a half-million .30 rifles for the Home Guard. But a somber responsibility goes with our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms~the responsibility for stringent safety measures and proper instruction in their use.
Readers' ote: .All Congressmen may be addressed as "House Office Building," and all Senators as "Senate Office Building," both at "Washington 25, D. c." 4 GUNS JUNE 1960 JUNE. 1960 Vol. VI, No. 6-66
George E. von Rosen Publisher
Arthur S. Arkush Ass't to the Publisher
E. B. Mann Editor IN TH IS ISS UE Wm. B. Edwards Technical Editor Elmer Keith Shooting Editor shooting .•. Kent Bellah Handloading "IF IT'S IN RANGE-IF YOU CAN SEE IT- YOU CAN HIT IT" Bob Witt 16 Roslyn Wallis Editorial Ass't NEW TARGET HELPS DA GUNNERS Dick Simmons 22 HOW TO BUILD A WINNING CLUB Robert Dyment 30
Sydney Barker ...... Art Director guns americana .•• HE RODE WITH WYATT.'. . Lea McCarty 19 Lew Merrell Ass't Art Director GUN OF THE MONTH: The Hamilton-Burr Duel. William B. Edwards 38 collector •.. Marvin Ginn Advertising Director WORLD'S BIGGEST GUN MUSEUM William B. Edwards 24 Lee Salberg Ass't Adv. Dir. new guns ..• GUNS GO ELECTRiC William C. L Thompson 27 Lou Weber Advertising Sales "THEY SAID WE COULDN'T DO IT" Clifton Camp 36 M. Magnusson Classified Adv. military ..• FIREPOWER FOR FOOT-SOLDIERS Herbert J. Erfurth 28 L. R. Pector Production Manager workshop .•• Kay Elliott Ass't Production Mgr. NEW TOOLS FOR STOCKS Cliff Curtis 32 departments ... Lou Satz Circulation Manager KNOW YOUR LAWMAKERS 4 GUNS IN THE NEWS.. 6 George Tsoris Promotion Manager ELMER KEITH SAYS. . Elmer Keith 8 CROSSFIRE 10 HANDLOADING BENCH. .. Kent Bellah 12 Editorial Advisory Board . PULL!...... Dick Miller 14 SHOPPING WITH GUNS Roslyn Wallis 58 Col. George 1111. Chinn Military THE GUN MARKET...... 64 INDEX OF ADVERTiSERS 66 Carola Mandel Skeet Stuart Miller Cartridges .. Val Forgett " Collectors Dee Woolem Fast Draw Bill Toney : ..•...... Police Les Field Legislation
EDITORIAL OFFICES: E. B. Mann, W. B. Edwards. 8150 N. Central Park. Skokie. III., ORchard 5-5602 Elmer Keith, Salmon, Idaho. Kent Bellah, Saint Jo, Texas. REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y., YUkon 6-9280. MIDWEST ADV. OFFICES, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6967. CALI• FORNIA, The Ren Averill Co., Ren Averill, 232 N. Lab Ave., Pasadena, Calif. MUrrav 1-7123. THE COVER SOUTHERN, Hal Moore, 279 NE 79th St., Miami 38, Fla. PLaza 8-5516. GUNS magaZine is publishM monthly by Publisher's Development Corp., 8150 N. Central Park Avenue. Skokie. Firepower for soldiers and the gun-fun Illinois. Second class postage paid at Skokie, Illinois. and at additional mailing offices. SUBSCRIPTIONS: One year. S5.00. Single copy 50c. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: FOUl" weeks' notice required on all changes. Send old story of Lucky McDaniel tie in with issue address as well as new CONTRIBUTORS submittin~ manusc~ts. photographs or drawings do so at theil' own of M-14 rifle to 101 st Airborne at Fort ~s~n~:il~\~eC~7nao~e~\a~~~~nn~d ,~n:e~gv:;c~e~~~~io~ i~uan~i~~.t aPt°';.N)-jig :;'~~:i~~~T e~'f~~~n~~ rD~~R¥ISf~d Campbell, Ky. "Firepower," story of M60 RATES furnished on requC!st. Copyright 1960, Publishers Development Corporation•.All rights reserved. machine gun is GUNS ex'e1usive review. But Lucky's own story will, help you im• prove skeet scores, get more fun from gun sports, and may aid in using M-14 just released to civilian marksmen through the D.C.M.
GUNS JUNE 1960 5 SPRINGFIELD GUNS TRIGGER GUARD GUN PARTS Mad. f.r IN OUR MILLED SCOPES fl.lg', ., STEEL Sako, teatur• AMMUNITION 25th ing Sako's GUN STOCKS smooth-workinl BLANKS YEAR hinged floor plate, with f'oor.plo.. release button in- GUN. side trigger guard, SMITHING completely blued. Will fit any M·1903 Spring• SERVICE field,inciuding.03.A3. In. creases resale value to your $porterized Springfield. A $IS.OO .oluo-$IO.OO.
NEW SPRINGFIELD 1903 MILLED TRIG· GER GUARDS with catch, pin and spring...... •....$4.50 FLAIG1S 6 MILES NEW SPRINGFIELD A3·03 2·Gr. Barrels, each $3.00. Case of 10 $17.50 NORTH OF LODGE SPRINGFIELD 4-g,.. issue barrels. (A3-03 • Lewiston, Idaho: Through the cooperation or 1903), with both sight bases, each MILLVALE, PA. PITTSBURGH $9.00. Case of 10...•.•...... $70.00 of Dick Speer of Cascade Cartridge Inc., and ~~ a~yYro\ ~P~~~:1:I~: :tr'i~~i:~I$I.~g the Cascade Television Co., live trap shoot• ing was TV'd from the grounds of the Lewis• ton club to hundreds of thousands of resi• -. '-- '------~------dents of northern Idaho and eastern Wash• Med. Heavy Weight 26"-4 Ibs. 4 on. THE NEW FLAIG ACE FINISHED ington. The program drew high viewer rat• ings. The camera covered the whole line of Sporter-weight 24"-3 Ibs. BARRELS AND shooters, with close·ups of interesting indi• Barreled Actions vidual competitors. The members reported • Lightweight 22"-2 Ibs. 6 oz. (White) that the TV equipment did not bother them ltfade exclusively fOl' Flaigs b)" a nationall)' known barrel maker, each barrel Is the best quality. six tn'oove. N~~~~~ :~f?~ll~l. 17a2~ :~yr¥~~ ~~~\';:~~~n~a~~~teJ~~ift~~f·J~~l.reh;~~ !¥~u~~. 9s8m~WU~!~~ Fila~SC~a~~~I~hl·~~~~~~: nor hurt their scores. ~i~ ... ~~'; ~~~I'~:" 2~~t6 ~7~OWtn~~a~r.~aiia~s~~~1~~(5dR~~; ..th3co62s;~:~· 3~~O ,J'i~~~·t30~~g ~~·22~41te~~mior 2t~~ 722 Rem. only. Also now available Cal. 6.Sx55. • Hollywood, Calif.:* "*A *fighting mad Gene ACE "BUTTON·RIFlED" BARRELS NOW! ACE BARRELS FOR .33B WIN. Autry, miffed at TV Western heroes who (White), Each $24.00 Your choice of 24" Sporter wei~ht or 26" med. ~ors;~:·i~~du~~J~~$~~~z~d~~~goalio (1!ltY~U:a~~t~~~ \'Il.. fitted to yom' action. (Win. 70. Enfield, Hi~h claim they can outshoot singing cowboys, No. Spl"iug-field, FN or 98 Mauser-no others). and Test-fire. Returned F.O.B. Millvale, Pa., Un· offers to bet 10,000 that "a 16-year·old boy less POSt3::rC and Insuranc~ Remittance Is En• Head spaced and test fired ... " .....•....$40.00 closed) }o".N.-Ace Barrel Acc.ion. (White) ....$67.50 working for me can outdraw and outshoot Using F. N. Supreme (Series 400) Mauser If we furnish FN Deluxe Action ... "..... 79.00 action ...... •..... " ...... •.•.$77.50 If we furnish FN 400 Action ...•....•... 89.00 any TV actor." Anyway, Autry said, "I've always thought the quick draw was over• rated. I tried to sing myself out of situ• ations, rather than shoot my way out." *** •A dry, roasted bird is a thing of the past in Argentina, according to Veterinary Medi• RARE TURNED AND cine Magazine. An hour before a bird is SEMI·INLETTED slaughtered, it is force·fed a tablespoon of CIRCASSIAN WALNUT BLANKS cognac. The bird relaxes and tensions dis• Rare Circassian Walnut-Imported from Turkey. For the first time in many years we now offer appear. Cognac adds a slightly extra zest to this distinctively attractive, light weight, yet very close grained walnut. Takes smooth finish and the flavor of the meat. Hunters have one sharp checkering. No other wood compares with Rare Circassian Walnut for stock making. Turned and semi-inlelled Circassian Walnut stocks, $16.S0 to $BO.oo-Mannlicher length $5.00 additional. problem: how to administer a toddy to a Rifle blanks $15.00 to $7S.00. Shotgun blanks $10.00 to $SO.OO. Pistol grip blanks (pair) $2.S0 to scary grouse or wary pheasant. We suggest $7.50. OTHER TURNED AND SEMI-INLETTED STOCKS-BLANKS ALSO AVAILABLE a bit of salt on the tail to pin the bird down. FRENCH WALNUT I PENNA. WALNUT I CURLY MAPLE I OREGON MYRTLE If this fails, #6 or #71fz shot, liberally $2S.OO to $S5.00 $6.00 to $40.00 $B.oo to $3S.00 $B.oo to $7S.oo applied, may turn the trick. If all else fails, shoot and dress bird, present to wife for cooking, take off boots by fireplace, force• ACE TRIGGER SHOE Write for free list No. 31 $2.50 feed cognac to self. Specify gun. SILVER *** ACE DOUBLE-SET ANNIVERSARY • Eclectic, Ala.: Two bandits kidnapped TRIGGER, $10.00 CATALOG Filled, $6.00 more Eclectic's police chief, then forced Cashier• 25c manager Carl Ray Barker to open the Bank of Eclectic. Then they held the police, the banker, Barker's wife and small daughter, at gun point for an hour until a time lock would open the bank vault. James Franklin Bray, one of the bandits, forced Police Chief Maxie Taunton to go with him to find ad• hesive tape with which to bind the captives. With all the In their absence, banker Barker offered Fajen features, this William D. Hayward, the other bandit, a cup ·semi-finished stock and forend, mao of coffee. When Hayward held ou~ bis chined inletted, drawbolt hole bored cup for filling, Barker threw the pot of boil• and completely shaped, is a favorite Semi-Finished for ing coffee over him, then grabbed his gun. for stocking a Swedish Mauser, Italian Carcano, When Bray returned with police chief Taun• No. 4 Mark 1, No. 1 Mark III and Norwegian Krag and many athers ton he was covering the officer with drawn Model No. 5 British Lee Enfield Utility $645 Supreme $995 gun. Fearing that a challenge would cost Supreme $12 95 Utility 95 Grade Grade the officer his life, Barker fired. The gun he Grade Grade 19 Distributed on West Coast by had taken froJ;l1 Hayward was a 16 gauge See your Dealer - if he does not have GUNSTOCK SALES, INC. them order direct from this ad. Prompt 5060 Road 20, San Pablo, Calif. shotgun. The charge hit Bray in the chest, Shipment - Include postage for 4 Ibs. killing him. In an ensuing scufBe, Barker REINHART FAJEN, Dept 19r Box 338, WARSAW, MISSOURI shot the other bandit, Hayward, in the leg. Barker has other non·banking connections. You'll want GUN.S QUARTERLY in your library. He is a National Guard captain and a fire• arms instructor.
6 GUNS JUNE 1960 ·' new! ... shooting replicas for black powder fans ... * DELIVERY: Rifle, June 15th; Pistoi, May 17th IQUIII BlrLI MADE BY NAVY ARMS CO.
At last a modern pre loading rifle for th This weapon is an exact re Remington Model 1863 r Crack troops during th edged as the most accurate muzzl its time. This faithful reproduction brass mountings, beautifully b hardened lock.
This hard-hitting a faithful reprodu 44 Cal. Remington Army rev the Civil War to both Nort Cavalry units. With its top added strength and durability needed loads. Prized by target shooters and collecto Model Army revolver is furnished in a lu walnut grips.
...... BULLET MOULD - 44 cal. moulds, casting both round HOLSTER - exact copy of Civil War POWDER FLASH - designed to and conical bullets - exact copy of original moulds • regulation issue Holster - -made of throw the exact charge for all Navy Arms Co. revolvers. CoP. brass body with iron spru cutter. Price ....•... 9.95' top grain heavy leather with stitched per body with brass fittings. bottom. price •..•••...... ••. 9.95 Price ....•.'.....••.. -. .• 20.00 In sterling silver. Price .. -90,00
GUNS JUNE 1960 7 BANNERMAN'S BOX 26. BLUE POINT. L. I., N. Y. CW Cloth Haversack . m.$2.75 CW Knapsack umu.uu 2.00 CW Carbine Sling w ISwivel .uum. .__ . 10.OO CW Rifle Sling .. __ m n .u 2.00 CW CSA Buckle. Square. Replica m....u.mmm . 2.50 CW CS. Oval Buckle. Replica mmm.uumumu__ 2.75 Colt Single Action .357 low, and the holsters were streamlined as to CW CS. 2pc Buckle. Replica 2.50 Colts announce that they are again in pro· skirts, so they could be interchanged on the CW Eagle Buckle. Replica 2.50 duction of their famous old Single Action one gun belt, thus permitting the use of a CW Round Eagle Plate. Army in caliber .357 S & W Magnum. This number of different quick draw holsters on the same belt, for either single action or Replica m •••m m... m 2.75 will be good news to a great many Colt fans CW .58 Cal. Spr. Bayonet.. 3.00 who have wanted this gun in this caliber. double action guns. Bohlin has long produced the finest of all CW Cannon Worm. .u..m 5.00 The old gun frame is a bit small and the cylinder is a bit on the small side, 'diameter. safety straps for all guns. This consists of CW Cannon Rammer m.n.. 7.00 wise, to produce a successful .44 Magnum, a tab of chap leather with a knot on the end, 1842 Bayonet .mm. Un __ 2.00 but it makes a very good .357, with ample fastened to a small coil spring and with a 1822 Bayonet . __ . __ m u.... 2.50 strength for the cartridge in all factory slit to go over the hammer spur. In use, you carry the gun with the strap over the hammer 45-70 Bayonet & Scab.. 3.50 loadings or equivalent hand loads. Price of the new .357 Colt Single Action is $125 spur; but when the gun is needed, you 45-70 Ber Belt & Buckle . 3.50 with black composition grips; walnul grips simply grasp that knot at end of the strap, 45-70 Ctg. Box __ .um.m...._. 1.50 at $5 extra. pull upwards, turn it loose, and it flies away 45-70 Rifle Sling uumm. 2.00 clear of the gun. You can ride bucking horses (as both Bohlin and I used to do), 45-70 Wrench .... 00 •• 00 __ .50 Custom Fast Draw turn somersaults, or fall in the river, and 45-70 Manual. Orig..m. u 3.00 & Hunting Gun Rigs come up with your gun still in the holster. Spr. Shoulder Arms For over a year, we have been working It simply cannot get out of the holster with by Fu lIer uu__ u __ mm .uu 7.50 with Edward H. Bohlin, 931 Highland Ave., that spring-loaded tab of leather hooked 1863 Manual, Reprint ...__ . 1.50 Hollywood 38, Calif., on a combination fast over the hammer spur. Yet it is the fastest draw and hunting rig for all sixguns. Bohlin safety strap of all to clear when you need CW Navy Boarding Pike has made fancy outfits for a great many fast the gun in a hurry, and to my notion the Head m m__ :.m. m__ . 3.00 guns and movie stars. most practical ever devised. 45-70 Carbine Sling The first Bohlin rigs that I tried out car· My own long-tab safety strap with glove w/Snap Hook um.h __ m 5.00 ried the gun far too low to suit me, either fastener, or the thong loop over the hammer, Sharps Carbine Ctg. Boxu.. 2.00 for comfort or fast work. They also carried or the safety tab with a hole in it through the gun either vertical or with the butt which you let the (Single Action) firing pin CW Cannon Ball. 3" .m.... 5.00 tipped to the rear, to suit some of the fast down, will all hold the gun in the holster; Leather Gauntlets. Old Is- guns who use the hammer draw with the but only the old A. H. Hardy design with sue. Need Stitching. Pro 5.00 single action. This was all wrong for me, as firing pin let down through a hole in a nar· Cloth Epaulettes. Green I like the gun butt tipped forward, so I can row strap will clear the gun quickly. With w/Yellow Trim. Pro ..mm 5.00 throw the gun toward the target as I draw, the Hardy rig, you simply draw the gun, and fire only when it lines up with the target. cocking it as you draw and thus freeing the Prices do not include postage. I also like a belt and holster that will carry gun. My safety tab and the old thong loop Bannerman catalog. 1955 edition, the gun higher, where it is less in the way over the hammer spur are both slow to clear $3.00 postpaid and not flopping against the leg when walk· in an emergency, the thong loop being the ing. A tie·down is fine on such rigs when slowest of all. The Bohlin spring-loaded safe· riding, but damn uncomfortable when climb· ty strap is the answer to a lot of problems. BANNERMAN'S SONS, Inc. ing steep mountains on foot. Bohlin made up a 21h" belt and several For years, I have favored the holster with holsters, for S & W .44 Magnums with~var· Box 26, Blue Point, L. I., N. Y. a loop to slide on the gun belt, and have ious barrel lengths and also for the Dragoon always favored a gun belt of 2V2" width. Ruger .44 Magnum. These rigs hold the gun This type of belt, however, means carrying just as I like it, with the butt tipped forward the belt rather loose, below the top of at just the right angle and with the top of gun the hip bones, to get the butt of the gun just above the top edge of the belt and just about half way between elbow and wrist between wrist and elbow. These have proven when arm is· hanging naturally. This is the most comfortable rigs I have ever worn. the best height for me for fast work. Riders . Both belt and holsters are calf lined of ~ find that, when the cartridge belt slants finest leather. The holsters fit the different ,. OLD GUNS and SWORDS down to a holster carried thus, the cart• model guns perfectly, leaving trigger and ~. You don't want to miss this absorbing • ridges tend to rub a high cantle, and the hammer clear of the leather but coming right Bi2.~ catalog. Fascinating background and pho· top of the cantle, unless you ride a low up to the target sights on the rear of the ~ tographic illustrations of hundreds of roper, can push the cartridges out of the frame, for protection. He furnishes tie down ~ authentic old guns, daggers, swords, and ra armor. For your Catalog No. 31, just send loops. strings, but they are not necessary at all. iff $1.00 to cover handling and postage Bohlin made me a visit here at Salmon, A small strap and buckle fastens the back rJ with your name and address. Idaho, and we decided to combine our skirt to the holster proper, and a thong also ties them together at the tip. If you wish iIROBERT ABELS Inc Box G, 860 Lexington Ave. ideas. This resulted in a drop-loop belt, ~ r· New York 21, N. Y. but with the holster loop right on a line with to change guns and holsters, it is a simple the bottom edge of the belt. This permitted matter to unbuckle the strap and untie the Buy GUNS QUARTERLY Now wearing the belt squarely around the body, thong, remove the holster and replace it with in line with top of the hip bones or just be· another for a different model gun. Holsters
8 GUNS JUNE 1960 fit very tight in the belt loop" with a lIange are at the front of the sleeve, which com· of leather on the skirt at the edge of pletely covers most of the scope barrel. This GUNBLAS' DAMAGE to Your the loop, so they cannot move. Bohlin can aluminum alloy shield makes this the most make these rigs in either plain leather or streamlined mount we have seen: Adjust. HEARING ELIMINATED with the finest of hand carving, and with either ments are positive and stay locked, but we plain nickel buckles and leather keepers or believe the elevation screw would have been ~ .4eeStutk the finest hand engraved sterling silver much simpler with a plain 40·pitch screw ~ EAR-VALVS buckles and keepers. The resulting gun belt instead of the differential type. The price They stop flinching - and iM· PROVE SCORING by automatically and holster rig hold the gun in exactly the of this new streamlined mount for one inch controlling harmful gunblast same position at all times, and is the neatest, non adjustable scopes is $29.50. noise. Acclaimed by champion shooters and recom·· mended by Ear Specialists as the best protection most comfortable and practical gun belt rig Dave Bushnell's 4X Scopechief makes an against harmful noise. They are NOT Ear Plugs - you I have ever used. It can be made to hold the excellent glass for this mount, on most high hear normally without removing from ears. $3.95 apr. with money back guarantee. Order TODAY or write for gun at any angle or any height to suit the power rilles. FREE Medical Proof and Literature. customer. I have a notion my own design SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY will suit a lot of shooters, but those who S & W .22 Magnum on Cougar 1491 Vine St., Dept. K, Los Angeles 28, Californio 'want the gun tipped back or hung lower can While I was attending the Winchester· have anything they wish, as these outfits are Western Seminar at St. Louis and later the made to order. N.S.G.A. Show at Chicago, I loaned Jack Nancolas my K Model 6" barrel Smith &Wes· son for the .22 W.R.F.Magnum cartridge, to see how it would perform on cougar. He is an excellent pistol and rille shor,. a govern· ment hunter, and one of the best mountain men alive. His dogs treed a big bob cat and Jack shot him between the eyes, the slug going back through the skull and penetrating to just under the skin between the shoulders, The FolkMount perfectly mushroomed and with considerable For several months, we have been check· loss of weight; an instant kill of course, ing out a new and very streamlined, fully and excellent .penetration. COPYRIGHTED 196D-EDWARD H. BOHLIN adjustable mount designed by Folke Dahl· Next, his dogs stopped a big ld tom Bohlin "Gunfighter" Buckle, 3x4" for berg of. the Folke Gunsight Co., 2073 E. cougar. In the melee that followed, the big Ph or 2" belts, priced from $19.50. Free Pender St., Vancouver, B. c., Canada. The cat got Jack's best lion dog down and was brochure of Western style buckles and mount has a fixed front base, attached to the working him over when Jack started pour. large selection of improved designs of "Worlds Finest" holsters for the Sports- receiver with the usual two screws in hole's ing the tiny soft·point slugs into the cat to man, including Gunslinger holsters that furnished by the makers. The rear base is save his dog. The bullets were going through have no equal for "Superfast" drawing, attached to. one of the bridge holes and in· the head and back into the body. The one priced from $18.75. corporates the elevation adjustments on a dif· that killed the hig lion hit just over the EDWARD H. BOHLIN ~3~IIY~OO~i~~I.an~al~f~~~~: krentia~~~h Kre~ Windqe a:d:j~u:s:tm~e:n:t:s~~ __~~~(~c:o:n~t~i~n~u~~~o~n~p~a;g~e~6~5~)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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COMING! ULTRARIFLED BUTTON RIFLED MUZZLE LOADER BARRELS The G. R. Douglas Company takes pleasure in announcing that about June it expects to have available the first production-made muzzle loader barrels. These barrels will come in two different weights, and up to 42" in length. Calibers: 36, 40, 45 and 50. The Douglas Com• pany, whose name is synonomous with the finest workmanship and quality, will have these as a standardized line---a first in this type of craftsmanship. We will be glad to send you details or answer any question. As in the case of its other gun barrels, Douglas means De• pendable.
GUNS JUNE 1960 9 SHOOTING ACCESSORIES FREELAND .30 Col. Kit $13.50
48"
Messages To Keith some crack-pot by the name of Gallup says All Angle BIPOD There is no doubt in our minds that that fireams cause juvenile delinquency. Tripod $17.50 Elmer Keith's .44 Magnum pistol shot that Well, they took all these other things away; $15.25 killed a deer at 600 yards was a good one. now they are trying to take our guns. One But we know of a pistol shot that topped thing I can't figure out. Why do we still have that one. juvenile delinquency? Our story concerns our friend, Mr. ---, At this stage of the game, I hope some• from Pennsylvania, who killed a deer at 150 body doesn't say anything about cars. I live 16 miles from where I work and it would FREELAND LARGE LEATHER HOLSTER yds. with a .44 Mag. The amazing part of his RUG, FOR HAMMERLI, and 10" story is not the pistol he used, nor the range sure be a long walk. barrelled hand guns •..•.••••••• S 9.50 . .. but the fact that he is a double amputee John H. Linney FREelAND Bench Rest Stand ••..•••••• 20.00 with no hands. Churchville, N. Y. FREelAND 14 opening Rifle Kit..•.••••. 20.00 Howard Camp FREelAND Foam Padded Shooting Hubert Humphrey Newnan, Georgia Glove .•..••...•.•••.•.••••••••• 5.25 I was pleased to see Senator Hubert FREELAND .22 Caliber Cartridge We ·cannot help but feel that we have Humphrey's statement in your "Know Your blocks, 50 hole $2.00, DeWar. .•.••.. 2.30 Lawmakers" department. I would like to FREELAND Sling Keeper. .••..•••••• •. 1.25 come up with the answer to the birth con• " Deluxe Cuff & QD hook .••.•.•.. 4.25 trol controversy and the crowded world con• know what other presidential candidates " Mid-Century cuff Comb. •••.••••. 8.50 ditions we face today. All we have to do is have to say about the subject of firearms " Alum. butt plate ...... •••••••. 10.50 arm the populace with sidearms, and have control. It is vitally important that we know butt plate w/rubber pad ...••••. 13.00 the Old Master Elmer Keith himself teach where any candidate for any public office Schutzen hook for above ..•...•. 8.50 the art of Combat Quick Draw. stands on this subject, and.especially a " OlYMPIC PALM REST 12.50 Bill Hartley candidate for the Presidency. We must ex• CARBI DE LAMP...... 3.40 ercise constant vigilance. Trigger Pull Gauge...... 5.80 Newnan, Georgia Certain evidence in addition to the identi• David H. Rosen RIG SCORING GAUGE...... 2.00 Glen Oaks, N. Y. MITCHELL # 2 Shoo.ting Glasses...... 10.74 cal address suggests that both these postal. lOX SHOOTING COAT ...•...... •.... 20.00 card comments came from the same writer. Lyndon B. Johnson MARLIN 39-A Regular or Mountie..... 79.95 However, one of them was addressed "To Win. Model 70's. ... 134.95 The Best Darn Gun Magazine In The World" Recently, several of my friends and I, REMINGTON 40X rifle .•..•....•.•••.136.45 -and we can't resist jlattery.-Editor. numbering close to 40, sent a letter to Lyn• Remington 66 NYlON ....•....••..•. 52.95 don B. Johnson, our Texas Senator, Demo• Mossberg 144-LS... . 49.95 cratic party leader in Washington. We re• Sturm Ruger, Single-6 63.25 Warning quested that he fight any law which might Series #300 F.N. MAUSER Rifle 170.00 This is to inform you that the antigun already be in effect or might be proposed **LEE SONIC EAR STOPPLES, Pair.. .•. 3.95 cranks are at it again in Georgia and that that might tend to take away our rights to ACE TRIGGER SHOE, me~tion gun. •.••. 2.50 they will attempt to strip the people of their S&W Bodyguard 70.00 own and shoot our guns. Constitutional rights at this session of the I received his reply yesterday. He assures Prices Sub;ect 10 Change Without NOlice legislature. Please alert all your readers and JOBBING ALL THE REMINGTON, WINCHESTER, us that he will carefully consider any such MARLIN, S&W, RUGER, HIGH-STANDARD, CROS• ask them to write to Governor Vandiver and legislation in the light of views and those MAN, MOSSBERG, FIREARMS, SHERIDAN, BSA the members of the State Legislature, pro• TARGET GUNS, etc. voiced to him by many other Texans. testing gun registration laws, laws requiring I sincerely urge everyone who loves guns FREELAND'S permits to carry guns, and laws against and shooting to write to their lawmakers• Scope Stands. Inc. carrying concealed weapons. now! AL FREELAND Wallace H. C. Colly Jr. Keith Newman 3737 14th Avenue Rock Island. III. Atlanta, Georgia Ft. Worth, Texas Cars Next? Senator John F. Kennedy writes Five or six years ago, you could go into (GUNS, April): "By -calling attention to 'a any drug store and buy what was called a well regulated militia,' the 'security' of the "Horror Comic." Then somebody said that nation, and the right of each citizen 'to keep 70E.if= This gauge tells you they caused juvenile delinquency, so now you and bear arms,' our founding fathers rec• at a glance- can't buy them anymore. We also used to be ognized the essentially 'civilian nature of our * Caliber able to buy switch blade knives-somebody economy. Although it is extremely unlikely * Millimeter said they caused juvenile delinquency-you that the fears of governmental tyranny which * Shot Gauge Calibers on one side. milli• can't buy them anymore. (Personally, I gave rise to the Sewnd Amendment will ever meter and gauges on found mine very handy for opening grain be a major danger to OUT nation, the Amend• other side. bags when I had both hands full.) Now ment still remains an important declaration Made of solid Brass with key chain. Buy It at your uearest denIer. 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10 GUNS JUNE 1960 0/ our basic civilian-military relationships, in "for every action there is an equal and op• which every citizen must be ready to partici• posite reaction." This means that the punch pate in the defense 0/ his country. For that your bullet delivers to the game is no greater reason I believe the Second Amendment wilt than the recoil you get from the butt of always be important." your rifle. Actually, the impulse transmitted to the game is far less, because the bullet Senator Stuart Symington replied has lost velocity and momentum. Also, the through his Administrative Assistant, Stan• bullet penetrates in a manner much less ley R. Fiske, that "He has a very heavy out• abrupt than the sharp jab of the rifle stock of-town speaking schedule on week ends, and against the shoulder. Does this mean that this, in addition to his regular work 0/ the you should try and kill an elephant with Senate, just does not allow him enough time your .308 Winchester? It sure does. Hold to comply with your request and many sim• for the same spot you would aim at with ilar ones he receives." that .470 double-barreled cannon, and Mr. Pachyderm will fall like lightning. Just re• CALL Watch Your Fingers! member to use a solid bullet around four or I think the fellow on page 29 (Feb. issue) five diameters in length. (You probably is about to give his gun hand a good pinch• won't even recover the bullet because most YOUR, ing by loading his magazine while in the likely it will pass clean through friend gun. All the Lugers I've seen ram the slide elephant.) forward when the magazine follower is de• Do you think I'm suggesting that every SHOTS pressed, and it goes forward fast. hunter of dangerous game commit suicide? You fellows have a real nice magazine and Or maybe you think a guy might get away I'd like to see it stay that way so ... let's with it once or twice only. Well, it has been have more on the military and the gun col• done-over a thousand times by one man. You can call every shot if you -lecting angles. -If you do ... I think you can W. D. M. Bell killed over eleven hundred hold yoilr title, "Finest in the Firearms Field." know your rifle and yourbul• elephants with nothing more than a 7mm lets. Follow the advice of the You've printed a lot of letters requesting Rigby Mauser or 6.5 Mannlicher and per• more on "the rifleman in civil defense" and old pros: "Sight in before haps, occasionally, the .303 British and .318 every hunt! Shoot several I'm sure the -readers would like to know if Rigby. He always used a solid bullet, usu• more on this subject will be in future issues. groups at the ranges you ex• ally the round nosed military load common pect to see game! Reload with Frank H. Miller to the early nineteen hundreds, and held Grand Rapids, Michigan SIERRAS, the most accurate for the brain. He found there was no such anddestructive bullets made!" We'lt give this man what he wants, if all thing as bullet impact, just penetration, and those who wrote in ,concerning their own that the small bores killed just as dead as participation in the volunteer "Rifleman" How do Sierras kill BIG the heavy cannons without all the accom• GAME? Read "The 30-06 in movement will again write to us. We'd like panying disadvantages. to learn the state 0/ the rifleman in Civil The point I'm trying to make is that hunt• AFRICA." Write for your De/ense concept and activity to date, since ers should cut the malarky and print only FREE copy today! GUNS first published its revealing article. what they know to be true when it comes to Please address to Bill Edwards, Technical killing power. Editor, GUNS Magazine, Skokie, Ill. As for R. de Boer Luger slide closing, the slide stop holds the Grand Rapids, Michigan bolt open until the toggle is jerked a second Don't all speak at once. We'll publish one C4 time, releasing slide stop and allowing toggle answer.-Editors. to snap /orward.-Editors. O~ No Such Thing? Wild Pig. The term "energy" has been overworked in In answer to a letter inquiring about wild regard to the so-called killing power of the boars (Feb., 1960, issue) around Monterey, A big game rifle. Usually, the author uses the California, the existence of these pigs is c word in reference to the amount of "energy" confirmed by the booklet Big Game of Cali• required to knock down a large game ani• fornia which is published by the California mal, and goes to -great lengths to extol the Department of Fish and Game. These are number of foot pounds his rifle bullet trans• European wild pigs that were released in fers to the beast he has killed. California late in 1925 or early in 1926. There is one small flaw in this theory of These pigs may run to 600 pounds, but a energy·-transfer, "lind that is there isn't any 300 pound boar and a 200 pound sow are such thing or anything remotely like it. The large in California. theory that a bullet from a rifle designed to The book states, "Because of the common be fired from the shoulder can physically occurrence of feral pigs (domestics in the knock over man or beast is completely er• wild) in the foothills of the State, and be• roneous. The belief that a bullet from a .470 cause the European wild pig interbreeds with caliber rifle is more effective than a 160 domestic pigs, it is probably that much of grain 6.5mm projectile is completely without this stock is of mixed blood." foundation. The hunter who says his .338 I don't know if the European wild pigs Magnum delivers a greater wallop than the are eaten or not, but I do know, since I've ' .303 British is either ignorant or so filled eaten some, that the domestic pigs in the with prejudice that he is incapable of making wild that are common around Santa Barbara a logical deduction in the light of commonly are eaten by many. known physical laws. Tim Anderson Newton's third law of motion states that Santa Barbara, Calif. Look for the distinctive GREEN SIERRA BOX at your dealers ••. 45 bullets to CUj!om Chectering and CarVing choose from. ~"""'~~~~,...,..""""""'....,..'" You may feel confident when you entrust your gun- Catalogue of 16 stock to our care. Our workmanship considered as fine beautiful Checkering as can be had anywhere. Dealer inquiry invited. Write , Patterns 35c, refundable Dept. GM. on your first order SHAW'S CHECKERIl\"G SERVICE. 9311 Cellini Ave., SIERRA BULLETS Gnrden Grove, Cnlif. 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GUNS JUNE 1960 11 Another FIRST for C-H~
ou TAl S OF SHOTSHELLS are of operation, M now salvaged by hull fillers, who rapid rate. bust more caps and have more fun at less The DL-I00 comes set up for the gauge, cost than ever before. Cost is a major mo• load, shells and primers or caps you desire. tive: you can rcload for around $1 per box. A novice can use it the day it arrives. I like That's a real bargain, these days! And many the fixed charge powder-shot bar. You can't scattergun fans get as much kick out of install it backwards or goof-up. Each bar is brewing their own fodder as in shooting it, for a definite charge, with extra bars $3.50. with no pun in tended. Lads who know what 'they are doing can In the mid 1930's I clobbered up fodder ream the charge holes, or bush them, to fill with crummy tools. My Eureka set was worth their needs for different charges if desired. no more than the $2.50 it cost. Loading was Altered bars should always be stamped for slowly done "by guess and by gosh." Some positive identification. At extra cost, it's easy swollen shells wouldn't chamber even in a to change to a different gauge, or from loose-chambered double gun. Factory 12 primers to caps. gauge loads cost from 70c to $1.10 per box. The DL-I00 loader is a good value. I paid By careful testing I learned the factory Hi-V for it, and have now passed it on to a friend loads could be exceeded, to gain a few yards nearby who helps me a little with loading range. This is not true today. Standard and shooting. Like others of the same gen· :\1agnum fodder is pregnant with powder. cral pattern using a charge har, only the loaded to full max, or maybe more for rou• one correct powder may be used. Substitu• tine shooting. tion of a powder with different burning and Semi-production loaders are now plentiful pressure trends is an idiot trick that has as fleas on a dog. Some early ones got out blown up three guns in this area. Three with a few "bugs" in the rush to hit a new words-Don't Do It. Stick with what the mass market, created mostly by novice hand• book says and you'll be safe. Factories loaders. A few fell by the wayside because of spend a million bucks keeping the right • MORE UNIFORM & PER• FECT THAN CAST BULLETS! A Simple die adjustment enables you to obtain ANY bullet weight desired. • INCREASES BULLET VE• LOCITY & ACCURACY! By form• ing bullets from lead wire you get PERFECT expansion, plus the fact that gilded metal jackets insure greater bullet velocity and accuracy, • TAKES ONLY SECONDS! Cut lead wire, insert core into jacket Five steps in shotshell reloading demonstrate easy working of more and your Swag-O-Matic forms the modern tools. At left, deprime over hole in plate; next, prime; then most perfect bullet you have ever throw powder, insert wads, shot; size and crimp; eject loaded shell. seen. sloppy workmanship, or because they were powder in the right places to load the right • CHOICE OF CALIBERS & not perfected or developed. One good loader shells_ Who are you to be different? BULLET STYLES. Available in 38, wasn't advertised much. My machine has a No. 12-B charge bar, 44, 45 ACP & 45 Colt pistol cali~ All currently advertised semi-production equal to factory "3 Drams Equivalent, Pis bers. 6 bullet punch styles: wad cut~ loaders I've tried do a good job. The main oz." loads. It throws 23 grains of Red Dot, ter, semi-wad cutter, semi-wad difference is in speed, convenicnce and price. and approximately 1Vs ounce of shot. This cutter hollow point, round nose, They are practically foolproof. The main is a dandy quail or clay load, wit.h near top conical & cup point. See it at your thing is to use the proper powder and follow velocity for Red Dot., about 1175 feet per sporting goods dealer or gunsmith simple directions. second. The same weight charge of Unique now. The Deitemeyer DL-I00 Loader is such a gives about. 1200 f.p.s., but can not. be sub· MAIL COUPON FOR FREE BOOKLET machine. It's complete, specdy, safe and stit.uted in a charge bar. The charge would good. Simplicity and production considered, be about. 31 grains, an excessive load. Again C-H DIE COMPANY, Dept.G-G • P. 0, Box 3284, Terminal Annex the 49.95 price tag makes it an excellent I say it., Do not substitute powders. If you • Los Angeles 54, Calif. • do not have the correct charge bar, weigh • buy for himters or clay shooters who want Name • to bust more caps at lower cost. They ad• or measure all charges. This is the only time Address • vertise a reload in 20 seconds. You can do you need a measure or scales with this loader. • it, but not for continuous production. It takes If the charge bar goos up, clean it and the • City Zone__State • time to sort tubes, open powder and shot, housing with a dry cloth. Clean and dry the • Name of my sporting goods dealer or gunsmith is: • wads and primers, and keep the hoppers charge holes. Reassemble with a bit of filled. It also takes time to inspect and box graphite for lube. This area is always kept '- .. loads. But it's fun. When you get the "hang" dry. Keep other moving parts lightly oiled. 12 GUNS JUNE 1960 I loaded some once-fired Xpert hulls for a test. The 23 grains Red Dot and 1% ounce DER DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY meter of No. 8 shot (which weighs slightly more than larger shot) made a neat reload. THE TRAP AND SKEETSHOOTER The Alcan wads were one .200" nitro card, and one 112" filler wad. Wad pressure was 75 pounds. Loads compared favorably with equivalent factory fodder in both pattern and penetmtion at 40 yards. They function in pumps or autos. Primers were the de• pendable CCl make that I've preferred for several years. The chilled shot were DlVCO brand, made by Division Lead Co., Summit, Illinois. They supply dealers with high grade lead products of all kinds for handloaders. Alcan wads are too good and too cheap to fool with cutting your own for small pro• duction. The old hammer & punch cutters often cut wads at an angle, which isn't good. All components were of fine quality and well mated, factors as important as proper loading technique with good tools. Listed loads in the directions equal equiva• lent factory fodder, that you can use for a control check, and I recommend them. Shot• shell loads are not as versatile as rifle and pistol ammo. You can't increase velocity to gain range, as with some metallics. You are not apt to improve factory or suggested loads with your own creations today, as you could a few years ago. Overloads have long been tried without much success. A good writer and fine lad wrote a story on "Dead Ducks at 100 Yards," that was real interesting. He The MEC 250 is by far the shot ducks (in the story) at nearly twice the fastest of all conventional range you and I will consider it sporting. I reloading tools. Guaranteed do not know of any gun, load or man that to process 250 shells per hour will consistently kill ducks at anywhere near when used by a proficient that range. operator, this tool was built for speed as well as precision. Built The DL-I00 works much like other loaders by people who know the needs of this type. The five steps with 21 operations of the trap and skeet competitor. per shell include final inspection, but not sorting tubes or boxing loads. For new cases you'll need a Crimp Starter Die and Bracket CHECK THE FEATURES at $5.00. The five simple steps are: 1) De• that make the MEC prime. 2) Reprime. 3) Throw powder, insert CWo'r'~s 250 the reloader for all WADSRAM~ CHARGES . wads, apply wad pressure, throw shot. 4) POWDER competitive shooters. FlOATING WAD ~~ GUIDES AND Size and crimp. 5) Eject load from the size GUIDE SEATS WADS PLUS die. I highly recommend a sixth operation, CASING RESIZES ME C' s exclu.sive Flip using the Taper-Loc Die ($4.00 extra). It Type Measure - Hard· RESIZING DIE REPRIMES makes a tighter crimp and tapered nose for ened Charging Bar• better feeding in pump and auto guns. FLOATING WAD GUIDE MULTIPLE·DUTY STATION ONLY THREE WORKING Both Positive Stop or Permits quick and easy loading Six operations at one station STATIONS Direct Reading Wad A $6.50 Cap Converter Set allows reprim• and accurate seating of over· •.• reducing shell handling to Complete shell'is processed powder and filter wads. the minimum. One position with only three working Seating Ram - Sur·Lock ing the old battery cup primer with cheap separately or in combination, reprimes. resizes. charges stations. Tool has extra stations without damaging or deforming powder. guides and seats wads. for installation of cap conver• One· Stroke Cri mp • caps, at considemble saving. CCI started cap wad or bulging finished shell. and charges shot. sion I(it. star crimp head. etc. Primer Catcher. production several years ago to relieve the primer shortage. A few lads had misfires See the ME C 250 at your dealer's or write before good tools were made to use them. MAYVILLE, Cocked anvils were the major cause. The Cap MAYVILLE ENGINEERING co.. INC. WISCONSIN Set does an excellent job, and caps are well accepted today, although loading is a bit slower. I've used caps since they were first BULLETS All calibers and weights of Sierra, Speer, available, with never a misfire. Hornady, Remington, Winchester-Western, The built-in wad guide is a good feature. Norma, Jordan. Nosier and Morkell. Also empty Cartridge Cases, Primers and Per• All operations terminate with a dead stop cussion Caps of all popular makes. with a full stroke of the handle. This, and POWDERS the charge bar for fixed charges practically .Dupont, Hercules, Hodgdorr and Alcan. eliminate the human error. The wad pres• TOOLS & EQUIPMENT All leading lines, including B&M, Lyman, sure control is good. Correct wad pressure, as Pacific, RCBS, CH, Ideal, Acme, Thalson, Red. listed for various powders, makes quality ding, Wilson, Forster, fitz, Jaeger, etc. Scopes, ammo, eliminating "low loads," erratic or sights, mounts, slings, scales, moulds, etc. blown patterns. You can not eliminate the Stock this NEW over-powder (or nitro) wad, nor reduce the B&M HANDBOOK """ suggested wad column to increase case ca· Fully illustrated. Shows how to cut shooting costs 50 to pacity for improved ballistics. That is, some 85% $1.50 " ~ loads list a minimum length wad column, and SHOOTERS: Write for Free "'t:!~~. results will be best with this length or more. Folder. Shotshell loads are pretty well standardized for listed components. WRITE ON YOUR LETTERHEAD FOR BELDING and MULL LATEST PRICE LIST & DISCOUNTS (Continued on page 61) 104 N. FOURTH Sf. PHILIPSBURG, PA.
GUNS JUNE 1960 ' 13 ·' THE GUNS THAT WON THE WEST
Colt Walk~t:'~'~4~4~C~a~I.!i~~~~~;;~l 1847
EWSLEtTERS are good gimmicks for morial St. Valentines Olympic Handicap'" Colt Wells Fargo •31 Cal. 1848 gun clubs. event, which was won by ROLLA BOUGHAN. NEvery club has at least one member who .... JOHN MATHIS celebrated the day by can get out a chatty, informative, monthly shooting a 24x25, and NILE BAKER came up Colt Army .44 Cal. 1860 newsletter. The newsletter or bulletin need with a 40x50 on doubles . not be a masterpiece of prose, or a work of JOHN BRIANT from Alamogordo is breaking art. It can be done by mimeograph or any ground for a new tra,!> range at Holloman other duplicating process, and mailed third Air Force Base. Real glad to see this, as it ANTIQUE GUNS class, to keep down costs. Its purpose-to should generate lots of interest (Editor's These are replicas of original rare COLT gunlt infoQIl members of coming events, give rec· note: the newsletter can help generate com• made of strong metal-look and feel like the ilEAL GUNS-with gun blue Guishe ognition for good shooting performances (ev• petitive interest between clubs, and help eryone likes to see his or her name in print), toward getting leagues organized). We will 1847 Colt Wolker-44 col...... •..$6.95 and give the club an identity or esprit de have some new competition from over the 1873 Colt Peocemoker-45 col. . $5.95 1836 Colt Texas Poterson-40 col $6.95 corps which it would not otherwise enjoy. hill. We are working closely with John and 1848 Colt Wells Forgo-31 col•...... $5.95 The newsletter should list new members will help all we can. Will announce the 1860 Colt Army-44 col. . $5.95 either by a simple listing or with a bio· opening so as many of us as possible from 1851 Colt Novy-36 col•...... $5.95 graphical sketch, to promote better fellow· here can go over and give the club a bang-up Truly novel gifts that are interesting conver••tion ship at the club. When a new member ap· sendoff. Ilieces. Each gun comes complete with a short pears at many clubs, there are murmurs of Lots of new shooters got started. Dr. BEN and enlightening history on its period. "who's that." A good club bulletin can ans· HAINES came out with old pro FRANK PAPEN. Send cGSh, check or ~Ioney Order nOUlI wer the "who's that" queries in advance, JACK FERDIG is coaching his boy VINCE. DON VALLEY GUN SHOP, Dept. G so that the new member can be absorbed and LA W has his wife and son 8ARRY practicing 7784 Foothill - Tujunga, Calif. become an effective member more quickly. regularly. The TURRET I ES are represented In last month's PULL column, we men• by one or more members of the family eyery tioned and saluted the new Micro Gun Club, Sunday. Also most encouraging is the turnout at Las Cruces, New Mexico, for the club's among the ladies. MRS. WALLY CARROLL, MRS. bulletin. To give other clubs an idea how CODY, MARY VAN NOY, BETTY WILLIAMS, and a good bulletin might be put together, I several others are getting active. Stick with quote parts of another Micro Trap Range it, gals, the wind can't blow forever! And Monthly Newsletter: remember, this is a "discreet" range. Your It begins: "Hi shooter! score as well as your age is kept confiden· February set a new attendance record at tial. .... the range in spite of the faithful gusty Among the regulars we have seen lots or breezes that never fail to blow Sunday after· BOB AMMONS, GENE GRAHAM, 8ILL SCHWART• noon. A lot of new shooters out, and much ING, SKIP CHAUVIN, and 808B BUTTS. HENRY interest in coming registered shoots, now CICERO, DENNIS and' BILL HOLDEN, B. W. VAN that schedules have been approved. I will HOY, HUGH NEWMAN, and CHALMER ALFREY cover these later in the letter. rarely miss a Sunday....." FAST DRAW FANS!!! True to their promise, Mr. Trapshooting The Micro Trap Range Newsletter con• For blazing fast draw action and spinning thrills. use Pointer's Fast Draw Adapter. It's one of the himself, ARNOLD RIEGGER, and his charming tains many names, much information, and most important advancements in the art, since wife stopped by early in the month on their the F. D. Holster. Converts your .45 single action has all the ingredients for keeping a club so that you can use .22 Rim Fire Blanks. also .38 way to the Florida Winter Chain Shoots..... live! Special & .357 Mag. use".57 Rem. Primers. with• out danger of accident. Not only will it be a safe On February 7th, DURWARD and Mrs. LINK We salute this month another shooting sport but you'll save on ammo costs. too. Set of 6 in box only 85.95. In addition. for a sharp pistol came up from El Paso to shoot with us. club's newsletter. This one is from the Fall grip get this new silver finish Regal Pup
14 GUNS JUNE 1960 ..
"Extending man's vision through optical science." " LUCKY McDANIEL TEACHES INSTINCT
SHOOTING THAT MAY BE FIRST NEW WAY
TO HIT SINCE DAYS OF MUSKET
By BOB WITT Nashville Banner
EEING, THEY SAY, is believing. And when I saw the S unbelievable, saw Lucky McDaniel teach tyros to become proficient shooters within one hour, I had to believe. McDaniel's copyrighted system is "Instinct Shooting," a method which thousands of his students, men and women, will swear by. Everywhere, shooters testify to new enjoyment of their scatterguns, new success a-field, and higher scores at trap and skeet. For Instinct Shooting, mechanically, is as simple as pointing your finger. The results, however, stagger the imagination. For example, how long do you think it would take you to learn to knock a paper wadding from the center of a flying one-inch washer with a BB gun? At least long enough for your arms to become numb from trying, most likely. As an instinct shooter, though, you would probably be separating the paper from the washer in 15 to 20 minutes. McDaniel's younger pupils with good vision, who think that isn't enough, are usually shooting tossed BBs with a BB gun after no more than half an hour with Lucky. In• credible? It sure is ... to everybody but Lucky McDaniel. Lucky starts pupils oft with a BB gun mainly because they can quickly develop the habit of seeing the shot as it leaves the barrel. There is no disturbing noise or recoil with the BB rifle. As soon as you can see the flight of your BB, the next step is to learn the proper gun position for Instinct Shooting. Rather than have you employ the conventional cheeking of the gun, Lucky insists that you lock it firmly in place with the side of your chin against the stock. About now, you may notice that there are no sights on the gun.
16 GUNS JUNE 196D McDaniel and promotor Mike Jennings examine spe• cial Daisy sightless air-rifle of Instinct Shooting kit.
"Most patient coaching ever was opinion of expert about Lucky's teach• ing methods. Kids learn fast, have few bad habits of "sighting" to unlearn.
Targets ranging from clay birds down to BBs are hit as student improves skill. McDaniel's teaching denies aiming. Head is high, gun is not so tightly cheeked as with regular aiming method: eyes watch the target.
GUNS JUNE 1960 17 Lucky brushes this off by simply stating that "they'd be in your way." Now that you can see most of your shots and know how to position your gun for Instinct Shooting, you are ready to begin with the moving target. Your first target is a solid metal disc about two inches in diameter which Lucky, crouched near your shoulder, tosses into the air about 10 to 15 feet high. Most people will miss the first few and, all the while, Lucky will be quietly demanding, "Look at the top, look at the top of the target. Keep both eyes open." "Most everyone," he says, "shoots under an aerial target because the gun is lower than the eye. I offset this by telling my pupils that if they're gonna miss, then miss over the top." Remember, while you are shooting at this disc, you are not aiming, because there are no sights on the barrel. You actually have the gun chinned so that all you can do is look out over the barrel, not along it. Your first surprise comes when, after a few misses, Originator of Instinct Shooting was once you suddenly hear the sharp little ping that signals tobacco salesman, outshot dealers on bets a hit. "Now, we're in business," Lucky usually quips in order to overcome their sales resistance. with a reassuring smile. After the disc comes a metal washer, about 1%" diameter. Soon, hitting this, your confidence soars to new heights. Here is where McDaniel slips you a fast one. He pauses briefly, pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and stuffs it into the center of the washer. "Now look at the paper and hit it," he says, usually repeating those words as he tosses the washer skyward. Before you know it, you've scored again-another milestone with Instinct Shooting. Gradually, the size of the washer is reduced until you are down to one about (Continlled on page 40)
Air rifle begins new gun skill. and use even by kids will help shoot• ing with all arms. At left, exper7 imental BB gun Lucky made be• fore arranging t.o use Daisy rifles in kit. System of aimless hitting, Army researchers hope, may offer new way to use rifle in combat.
18 GUNS JUNE 1960 PAST IS CAPTURED
BY PAINTINGS OF WESTERN
By LEA McCARTY
AD. YOF ·M::KifLg (who worked with Wyatt jar LA Chiej Detective Flammer about 1900) taped his memories of the famous lawman for 'western artist Lea F. McCarfIJ. King, now retired in Santa Rosa, Cal., "recalled extraditing culprits from across. the border at San Diego; told 01 working lor the borax people OILt on the high Mojave Desert "at a time when we had to get OILt and push the old Franklin over the lamous SawgILs Grade." Artist McCarty's search jar traces of vanished heroes of the Old West had· led him to interview King. His striking pain' or westemeJ:$ capture the dash and fire pf these men as they lived. Re.f$l: we herft ~eoord the passing of McCart;r, who died i1} March. His. inter ings Us the. words he spoke with King... ..
GUNS • JUNE 1960 19 heard much about many of the gunslingers through my friend Wyatt, although he was not a big talker. But when we were alone, under the stars, and a big fire blazing on a cold night in those altitudes, Wyatt talked some." "Did he ever mention such a famed outlaw gun• fighter as Jesse James? I understand that Wyatt was born about the same time, in 1848." "I don't really recollect. Wyatt hated men who Standing in front of another Earp portrait and one of Doc broke the law, though, as his Pa had brought him Holiday, McCarty and King listen to cameraman's question. up in a family of lawyers and judges of proud Scots descent. Yes, I do remember that he once said that Jesse James had been a poor shot due to his eyes and impetuousness; that he wore a Navy Colt of the "TELL ME, MR. KING, how long did the shoot-out era cap-and-ball variety like his big c01!sin Cole Younger. last?" Wyatt also laughed, and told me that Jesse was the cousin "About twenty years_" not only of those who rode with him, the Youngers, but "And how many of the old West gunfighters did you also the Daltons who raised Hell around Southern Cali• ,k~ow?" fornia about that time, robbing the Southern Pacific; and "I worked with Wyatt and did know Bat Masterson. I'd that even gunfighter Johnny Ringo was related to Jesse.
Deputy King displays .45 Colt Single Action he carried as Earp's deputy, says Earp once tried to borrow the gun. "I refused to lend it," says King. "and we had a falling out."
20 GUNS JUNE 1961» GUNS • JUNE 1960 21 New Target Helps
By DICK SIMMONS Sheriff, Montesano, Wash.
OUBLE ACTION HANDGUN SHOOTING is the most im• D portant pistol firing system in use today. The policeman stopping a criminal on the "get away," or the peaceful citizen preventing a crime by effectively resisting assault, needs skill in this combat technique. And as the problems of such skill become evident, practice at DA firing becomes a sport, taxing nerve and control of even experienced slow-fire pistol men. The bullseye will show up inaccuracy. But to analyze poor shooting, a novel cross• style target can reveal trigger jerking and other causes of inac• curacy; can allow the shooter, even without coaching, to perfect his skill. Best targets for double action practice are painted boards. If painted white in the center and light green on the sides, the bullet holes will immediately indicate if sights are being pulled sideways during the pull of the trigger. DA pull may be from 10 to 17 pounds in modern service revolvers. Though not a heavy pull, it does seem heavy by contrast with the 3-4 pound single pull. It i this sideways pull that will cause more misses, in DA shooting, than are caused by errors in elevation, whether sighting or point• shooting. Practice raising or lowering the pistol with the sights trained on the center stripe. Learn to keep all shots in the center stripe at close range. Then move the board back five yards and practice more. Keep practicing until you know how to squeeze the shot off correctly. If the sights drift off target, hold the pressure and when the sights are aligned again, continue the squeeze to fire. Repeat, even if your aim wavers off target three or four times, before you finally snap the shot. Soon you will be able to 1double action very fast, and very surely, even when not looking at the sights. The "hold" of the gun, the styles of grips used and the trigger squeeze are all different from target single action shooting. For accurate control DA, the fingers should grip hard. The thumb also grips, the end of· the thumb resting down on the middle finger. The strong grasp is necessary to keep the pistol from twitching sideways and to keep the same "hold" on the grips during recoil of five or six shots. Custom grips can be an aid to DA shooting. One design by the late Walter Roper, pioneer pistol scientist, had a built-in trigger stop for DA work. Part of the stock extended into the guard. A shooter with long fingers caught the trigger in the first joint crease. As the trigger is pulled back the tip of finger comes in contact with the stock wood surrounding the back of the trig• ger guard, forming a brake or ·stop. (Continued on page 65)
22 GUNS JUNE 1960 DA GUNNERS
CROSS TARGET PLUS SOLID HOLD ON PISTOL
WILL HELP YOU TO LEARN ACCURATE
DOUBLE ACTION COMBAT SHOOTING
GUNS • JUNE 1960 23 WORLD'S
Mf,$. Kit Flannery and guide tvt. Coessens are dwarfed in vast Hall of King Alb.,t:!. Nine gaReries holt:f military reliCl of nUlny atRrns. Museum is lifework of lOllis leconte, who is the director.
24 GUNS • JUNE 1960 Photos By John S. Flannery Cannon shells mingle with Zeppelin gondola cage in WWI hall. German machine gunner armor, lances, festoon walls. French MG is on AA mount. BIGGEST GUN MUSEUM
AMERICAN GUN COLLECTORS WEREt-- AMAZED
WHEN VISIT TO WORLD'S BIGGEST ARMS MUSEUM REVEALED
WEAPONS TREASURE HOUSE WAS UNKNOWN
By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS
ASI WALKED INTO the foyer of the museum, I looked in awe at the fan• .tl- tastic array of guns, swords, cannon, uniforms, airplanes displayed in the world's biggest and best military museum, the Belgian Army Museum in Brussels. Housed in the Palais du Cinquantenaire, the palace built to commemo• rate 50 years of Belgian independence, is the most magnificent collection of weapons in seven countries visited by the "Gun Tour." If West Point's guns, the Colt and Winchester museums, the Smithsonian arms, the Marine Museum at Quantico, Harold's Club and Aberdeen Proving Ground's collections, were all rolled into one, they might equal this huge arms array. And, for the most part, the arms you would see in these mentioned displays will not be duplicated in this Brussels Museum. Superlatives fail in describing this museum.. We eight Americans were the only visitors there, though visiting days, except Friday, include Sundays and holidays, 10· 12:30 and 1 :30· 5. But even Belgian tourist guides don't know of this collection. The road to Waterloo routes by the Roman-like building but of the thousands who pass daily, few enter. This is their loss, for there is much to see at leisure. The history of northern Europe is written there in actual arms used to create moments of history now studied on the dry pages of indifferent history books. The burnished weapons blossom like flowers, displayed on the
GUNS JUNE 1960 25 Huge Brussels Army museum displays weapons of Belgium's armies through centuries. Fusil Auto• matique Leger is official name for Fabrique Nationale light assault rifle in NATO caliber. walls. The brilliant gold and silver of bullion-embroidered toire Militaire" is flanked by grim Krupp cannon of the Hussar uniforms, the dull gleam of bronze guns, dazzle 1870 war, and great guns of an earlier period. Inside, the eye. In this museum the guns make history come alive. cameras are forbidden. After three years of effort, GUNS Never have I seen so orderly a profusion of weapons, many finally was able to secure permission for our photographer of them identical rare specimens by the hundreds. The John S. Flannery to picture this archive arsenal. Through artistically balanced displays keep the eye from being the courtesy of Monsieur Louis Leconte, Army Museum offended, though every square meter of space is crammed Director, every facility was afforded to John Flannery to with rare guns, uniforms long since rotted to dust else• photograph the great collection. But still there is no cat• where, and paintings by recent great masters of Europe, alog in English, no listing of the arms there, no guidebook depicting the most spirited and accurately detailed battle but this article, for the ever-increasing tide of U.S. gun• scenes of military and heroic figures. bug tourists to Belgium. The museum does publish a The entrance to this "Musee Royal de L'Armee et d'His- quarterly journal "abundantly illustrated." Membership in La Fourragere museum association costs 75 francs annu• ally, $1.50, including the quarterly journal. The weapons are displayed in historical order. First you pass through the "Austrian and French Period" where bronze Napoleon field guns are flanked by tall glass cases containing figures in full uniforms of the period. The walls carry panoplies of swords and muskets of various models, 1717, 1763, 1777, circled like the petals of flowers about lifelike marble busts of battle heroes. And rising, high as the eye can see, to the vaulted (Continued on page 60)
In quirk of history, museum profited by two German invasions. Nazis ·took Lebels, left relics behind.
Dazzle-paint Krupps crowd floor. High trunnion style carriage preceeded recoil absorbing type.
26 GUNS JUNE 1960 GUNS GO ELECTRIC
U S FREE PISTOL
IS NEW DESIGN WHICH
MAY ELECTRIFY 1960 OLYMPICS
- AN AND MACHINE proceed together in assaying the results of M any shG;9ting match. Our US shooting stars are as good as any in the world,]{ut certain specialized shooting sports have needed spe• cialized guns not ordinarily used here. Such a sport is the gruelling rou• tine of the International Slow Fire or "Free Pistol" .22 course. And to complement the skill of Yankee pistoleers at the 1960 Olympic ISU shoot, High Standard has built a Free Pistol. American shooters years ago started international shooting matches. Then we backed out; refused to have any part or branch of competitive shooting. Great names they once were, American names: men like Ira Paine, who was knighted by the King of Portugal for his shooting prowess; men like Walter Winans, who pushed the traditional skill of the American sharp shooter to new heights and probably did as much as any man in forcing the perfection of handguns into target pistols. First Yankee free pistol of modern Champions like these. were known and respected in the great shoot• era has screw at trigger guard to ing "salons" of the Continent. If their presence (Continued on page 48) adjust for finger position to fire.
By WILLIAM C. L. THOMPSON
Fluted barrel is accurate and stylish on new pistol.
Electric trigger is magnet-operated; releases connector to free rotary sear. Striker under spring compression flies forward to hit pin.
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28 GUNS • JUNE 1960 EXCLUSIVE GUNS TEST REPORT OF AMERICA'S NEW MACHINE GUN
SHOWS M60 IS STURDY.
CONTROLLABLE ON FULL AUTO.
SERVES MANY ROLES
By HERBERT J. ERFURTH
ITH THE RETURN this winter of W the first General Purpose Machine Gun M60 from its varied test and display career to Fort Benning's museum, a modern saga has come full cycle. It is the project culminating in producing 6800 of what Ordnance calls "the world's best light machine gun." Dubbed "M60," the new welded and Butt removes when you push. stamped link-belt fed LMG weighs 23 a detent with bullet; then re• pounds, compared to the (dry) water• coil stop plate is pried up cooled M1917 Browning at 40.7 and later releasing buffer; bolt body. "light" versions scaling over 30 pounds each. For fixed firing, M60's tripod of titanium alloy weighs but 25 pounds: the old familiar M1917 tripod hefts at a chunky 48. With M60 gun on mount, the weight is still not so much that a man can't lift it. I took the gun by its carrying handle and lugged it easily about with one hand though it did clip my shins a little. Such mobility might be valuable if all but one man of a crew were dead. Firing pin in bolt is The caliber of the new volley fire arm held back until gas is of course 7.62 NATO, and the sights operating rod closes introduce novelty in American small arms action, locking bolt -the leaf is graduated in meters so our and then firing cap. own fire-control charts could be integrated with those of our metric-measuring allies. The tripod of M60, though light, is an Trigger group is easy elaborate structure. Legs lock individually to take off; is neo• in any position allowing the gun to settle prene covered for on hard, uneven terrain, while the gun cold weather. Sight can pivot a full (Continued on page 54) is marked in meters.
GUNS JUNE 1960 29 100-Match Winners Tell HOW TO BUILD AWINNING CLUB
By ROBERT DYMENT
New members in SOD-man Buffalo, N. Y. gun club must take instruction from experienced shooters. Fine points of winning are passed along, help beCJinners take share of trophies.
WHAT DOES THIS
CLUB HAVE THAT YOURS COULDN'T
HAVE IF YOU TRIED? OUR INDOOR TARGET shooting seasons-more than F 100 consecutive matches-without a single defeat! THERE'S NO SECRET TO That is the record of the Buffalo Revolver & Rifle Club, Buffalo, New York, in competition with 16 other teams in SUCCESS EXCEPT HARD WORK the Niagara Frontier Pistol League, covering the western New York area and nearby Canada. What has made this club so successful in so many matches, shooting against clubs with equal advantages so far as membership and facilities are concerned? That's the $64 question, of course, and I asked it of tall, friendly Harold Dudley, Pistol Executive of the Buffalo R&R Club. He gave it some careful thought before he answered: "It's not an easy question to answer, because it involves a number of things. Even trying to state the factors in numerical order is tough, because they seem to me to be of equal importance. Each factor dovetails into every other factor. "Practice is essential, naturally. And we are able to-and do-practice three nights a week. We have our own indoor range, which gives us excellent practice facilities. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights are open for pistol shooting. Scores are kept on file, show competitors' standing Monday and Friday nights are for rifle shooting, and weekly. Here club exec Hal Dudley checks 90 target. Wednesday is Ladies' Night. Sunday afternoon is set aside
30 GUNS JUNE 1960 On Buffalo Revolver & Rifle Club indoor range George Young, president Bill Sutton, Harold Dudley and Matt Kuhn await start of timed fire. Ceiling is soundproofed.
Rugers are popular in Buffalo club. New men like lower first cost, often customize them.
Big Colt National Match .45s vie with revolvers In B.R.&R.C. matches.
as Juniors' Day, which IS always well attended. "To develop topnotch shooters, a pistol or rifle club simply must own or have free access to good range facili• ties. It's the only way members can get the necessary prac• tice. But it goes further than that. The frequent get-to• gethers at the range build club spirit, which becomes team spirit when we compete with other clubs; and shooting to• gether night after night produces member-against-member rivalries which provide incentive for each man to work to improve his scores. This means that a club must set aside specific nights for practice, and the members must be keen enough about shooting to devote those nights to it. We're lucky in having that kind of members. "Another thing that has helped us make the grade com• petitively is-we provide plenty of competitive shooting. There's no way to make a competitive shooter except by Basic shooter's kit includes .38 or .357 (Python, above) competitive ·shooting. You have to get used to competition revolver, .45 and .22 pistols, shooting glasses, tools. in order to shoot your best scores (Continued on page 50)
GUNS JUNE 1960 31 SIMPLE IDEA IN TOOL DESIGN
IS MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR HOME
GUNSMITH IN SPEEDY
STOCK SHAPING FROM BLANKS New Tools Surform black blade takes big chip, ·cuts fa.st for first For Stocks hogging-out of stock from the rough blank, works like rasp.
By CLIFF CURTIS
AST BECOMING POPULAR with gunsmiths, and F equally popular with the sportsman who is interested. in shaping his own gun stock or in making alterations on a present gun stock, is a new line of tools, called "Surform" tools, made by Stanley Tools, division of The Stanley Works, New Britain, Connecticut. These tools, made up of blades with hundreds of individual hardened Holders include file (above), plane, and rocker or convex and sharpened cutting teeth are available in two basic type to form all kinds of flat, curved shapes in hard wood. styles: plane and file type. Flat and half-round blades are available. Working essentially like a wood rasp, the Stanley "Surform" tools cut all types of wood-soft woods, hard woods, decorative fruit woods-faster than a his stock down to the desired shape quickly and easily. conventional wood rasp or any file hitherto available. Two blade patterns are standard. The regular cut, the The secret of this remarkable performance lies in the blade with the black finish, is especially designed for the fact that each blade is ·made up of from 250 to 500 in• speedy removal of softer materials, such as all types of dividually hardened and sharpened teeth. Each pass of wood. The second is a fine-cut blade, the blade w'th the the tool over .the stock, results in the removal of actual silver finish, for the final finishing strokes. The cutting chips from the wood. The chips are cleared through the edges of the fine-cut are set so that they take half the bite individual "throat" or opening above each tooth. of the regular cut, give a smoother finish. Because of the diverse shapes and styles-flat, half New shapes now added to the blade family include the round, round, as well as convex-practically any area of half-round and the round file type. They fill a need for a fine gun stock may be quickly and accurately dressed trimming and forming concave surfaces and enlarging down to desired size with a "Surform" tool. holes, as in the inletting for trigger or magazine. As a testimony to the effectiveness of these tools, many Holders for the blades include the file and the plane, manufacturers claim that they do 90 per cent of the form• the pocket or block-plane type holder, and the "rocker" ing and shaping job after rough, hardwood billets have or convex. Favorites with gunsmiths are the file and pocket been cut out. Equally appealing to the "purist," is the fact type holders using regular, fine-cut, and half-round blades. that he may remove as much or as little stock as desired. Retail prices range from $1.79 each for the "Surform" The pressure exerted by the user accounts for this versa• pocket tool, $2.69 for the regular and fine-cut file type, tility. As a result, if the sportsman desires to remove a to $3.69 for the convex with fine-cut blade. They are small amount of stock from any area, the "Surform" tool available through hardware retailers nationwide. will provide a fast and ready answer for him. Similarly, "Surform" tools, unlike other files, remove chips, ~ if he is starting from his own rough billet, he can work not dust. They cut clean and leave a clean finish. ~
32 GUNS JUNE 1960 Finer cut Surform is white-finished, leaves wood smoother before sanding, filling, varnishing or oil finish. New gun gadget makes practical use of expensive blanks by casual arms hobbyist.
Set in file-type holder, Surform shreds off long curls of wood as if by many tiny blades, does not clog like wood rasp because teeth are open at back. Final comb height is shaped with Surform.
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CROSMAN"S NEW AUTO·LOADER MAKES
IN·THE·HOME RAPID FIRE PRACTICE POSSIBLE
HE QUESTION, "Which came tical, successful semi-automatic action T first, the air- or gas-fired gun, or for air- or gas-fired guns. The new the firearm?" is as tricky as the simi• Crosman C02·powered auto-loading lar question about the chicken and the "Model 600" is an ingenious solution egg. Say "blow-gun" for airgun, and of a long-standing problem. Crosman you have a clue to the antiquity of the releases call it "an engineering mir• New pistol seems high in hand but airgun principle. A 15th century fre"E0 acle", and maybe it is. At least it is an is comfortable; triggers pellets at Angers, France, shows a blowgun effective reply to the demand of target as fast as your finger can move. being aimed at a pigeon. In many parts pistolmen for a pellgun of high accu• of the world, the air-powered blow-gun racy and fast-firing efficiency that Crosman engineers believed the me• dates back beyond written history. would enable them to practice (at chanical achievement of a gas-powered Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) may home, without objectionable noise) auto-loader might be based on the pat• have concealed his invention of a com• not only slow fire but also the timed ented swing-feed mechanism of the pressed-air-powered gun behind his and rapid fire stages of pistol target Crosman bolt action repeating rifle. tall tales of "a smokeless, flashless, competition.' It is also a fun-gun for Their interest in the problem was stim• noiseless powder." plinkers and the hunters of lesser var• ulated by an imtependent survey of But in all those centuries, nobody mints. If you miss him the first time, more than 11,000 pellgun owners, deal• (until now) has come up with a prac- shoot him again! ers, and distributors who believed that a semi-automatic gasgun would "open a new era for shooters." New era or not, they felt that they had a ready• made and waiting market among the target pistolmen who have long awaited a gun with which they could practice at home without arousing the ire of police or neighbors. There were many technical prob. lems. Basically, there had to be built into a pistol a loading and recocking device which would deliver with light• ning rapidity a solf, pliable, .22 caliber lead pellet without deforming it-and return to receive and load subsequent pellets. The popular demand was "the faster the better." This had to be accomplished by using the carbon• Not one but three pistols were tested under constant barrel pressure firing dioxide gas to activate the semi-auto• a hundred thousand times each without leakage or any mechanical failure. matic mechan- (Continued on page 56)
36 GUNS JUNE 1960 A SHOTGUN FOR A ONE• ARMED HUNTER
HEN ACCIDENT OR NATURE leaves a man with but one hand, W his shooting days need not be over. This was the view of one ·Maryland duck hunter who ended up at our gun shop with problems: his favorite Model 11 Remington autoloading 12 gauge, a yen for con• tinuing duck hunting, and a prosthetic hook where his right hand should be. His right eye was master. The steel hook, manipulated by the right shoulder moving slightly rearward, made aiming and firing difficult. Two shots at a time were often fired because of insensitive trigger "feel", using the hook to pull the trigger, And with the right eye the master eye, he couldn't shift to his left shoulder for firing. Skipping over many ideas which were rejected one by one as impracticable for some reason, By CHARLES L. UNIACKE we arrived at a final solution. We installed a vertical fore grip with trigger and and guard, and a means of linking the fore trigger to the regular trigger. JAMES H. VEEDER One limitation to alterations was that the gun (Continued on page 52)
Pistol grip was put in special forend of old Rem• ington I r shotgun to en• able r.ight-eyed man to pull trigger with his left hand providing gun support.
Forearm detaches if owner wants to restore gun to original condition. Star pistol frame was fitted; linked to trigger by choke cable for left handed triggering.
GUNS JUNE 1960 37 ONE OF THESE GUNS KILLED " HAMILTON-AND RUINED BURR
THE OLD • THE NEW • THE UNUSUAL As Burr's bullet struck Hamilton in chest, the Treasury secretary fired his pistol in the air.
Authentic pistols used in duel came from duelling expert brother-in-law of Hamilton; then through family to present de• posit in New York City bank. One was altered in Civil War. By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS
HEN MY GREAT-UNCLE AARON SHOT Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, he killed one Wenemy but made thousands. Among the thousands are the many gun collectors who have claimed ownership of the pistols with which the deed was done. No duel ever proved the fallacy of duelling as a settle• ment of disputes more conclusively than did this one fought on the greensward of Weehawken Heights on the Jersey side of the Hudson. Alive, Hamilton would have ruined Burr if he could. Dead, Hamilton ruined Burr more com• pletely than he had ever yet succeeded in doing-for vic• tory in the duel brought Burr nothing but condemnation, scorn, and defeats that led to political oblivion. Yet even the guns seem almost to have been a part of a deadly destiny aimed at Hamilton. They were Wogdon duellers, bought in London in 1797 by John B. Church, Alexander Hamilton's brother-in-law. Church himself had used the guns in a duel with Aaron Burr-and missed, thus Typical of arms claimed to be "the ones" is set by Booth, saving Burr for a later and more deadly engagement. And, Philadelphia, taken from Burr at Treason Trial by Caesar Rodney. in 1802, one of these same guns, (Continued on next page)
38 GUNS JUNE 1960 provided by Church, killed Alexander Hamil· wholeheartedly for a strongly united group lead an army into Mexico, annexing thiS' ton's son, Philip. This was in a duel fought of these "free and independent States." nation to the American West. Many U. S. at Weehawken with one J. G. Yeager. When Did Hamilton see a future when commerce statesmen and generals wanted to do the• Hamilton took these "Wogdon·s" into his and communications would knit the country same thing. Jefferson with his principle of own duel with Burr, he was sorely tempting together so strongly that even the strife of Manifest Destiny, General Andrew Jackson,. a fate that seemed pointed straight at the Civil War could not shatter it? Perhaps this Sam Houston in Texas, and even leading Hamilton family. may have given him cause to resent Burr, generals after the Civil War, were in favor Pointing straight seems to have been a for Burr was an extremist in favor of States' of this move. But Wilkinson carried the tale• characteristic of the Wogdon pistols. A poem Rights. He was also a believer in coloniza• to Jeflerson that Burr planned to separate the titled "Stanzas On Duelling," published in tion and expansion. He put this latter belief western states from the U.S. and declare him• 1782, began with a reference to Wogdon: to practice by planning to colonize land he self emperor. The resulting Treason Trial "Hail Wogdon, patron of that leaden death, bought and paid for in the Louisiana wilder• rocked the country. Colonel Burr was ad• Which waits alike the bully and the brave; ness. judged not guilty, but the strain was there As well might art recall departed breath Land speculation was the temper of the and the talk finished him. His decline in As any artifice your victims save." times. The lean frontiersman with his Long public esteem and affection, begun when he Wogdon's duellers are as distinctive, with Rifle is acclaimed as the settler of the con• fired the Wogdon dueller at Alexander Ham• the curve of butt, the graceful gooseneck tinent, but it was the townsite speculator in ilton, was now complete. cock, and the large guard bow, as is Wog• his search for "the Long Green" who really Meanwhile, the Wogdon guns remained in don's signature in flowery script on their filled up the land. He surveyed towns, sold possession of the Church family. Major Rich• locks. So noted were his products that any lots and, if too optimistic (as when the emi• ard Church, grandson of John B., converted serious quarrel came to be known as "a grants found their town underneath some one to percussion and carried it as a militia Wogdon case." hitherto unmapped wilderness lake), was officer in the Civil War. Why did he not The Burr-Hamilton quarrel was definitely hanged in effigy or for real if they could lay carry both, as saddle pistols? The flint lock a Wogdon case. The animosity between the their hands on him. But Burr's plan was a is in good condition, as ready for use as it two men seems to have dated back to the sober one, to develop a new State. ever was. Could this signify that the flint time when both served on the staff of young To credit this ill-fated figure of history pistol was recognized as the ill-ornened gun General Washington. Burr was transferred, with any more dastardly plan is absurd. that slew Hamilton, and for that reason waS' but Hamilton continued as Washington's Even as vice-president and President of the not used? The pistols, unlike other WogdonS' right-hand man, and this increased the en· Senate he presided "with a fairness and dig• of the same form, have heavy brass fore• mity. In 1791, Burr added fuel to the fire nity recognized even by his bitterest ene· stocks. Target shooters have long recognized by defeating Hamilton's father-in-law, Gen· mies." As Senator from the most powerful the benefit of a little more weight forward. eral Philip Schuyler, in a Senatorial elec• State he had great political control without As Aaron Burr proved at dawn one ~ tion. Later, Burr's influence in the pivotal responsibility. But he did have the misfor• July day, it helps steady the aim. U. state of New York carried the Democratic tune to gather about him some odd friends, ticket (on which Burr was running for Vice· including General James Wilkinson. (Aaron Burr's mother was the daughter of President under Jefferson) to victory. Un• This blot upon our national record sold the Rev. lonathan Edwards, early New Eng• fortunately, Burr received the same number out his own country, Spain, France, and land theologian, from whom the author is of votes as did Jefferson, and the election Britain to each other, simultaneously, collect• descended. The pistols are occasionally 011 had to be decided by the House of Repre· ing money as secret agent of all! Burr, some display in the museum of the Chase Man• sentatives. There, Hamilton's strength was thought, planned to build his State and then hattan Bank of New York City.) sufficient to throw the decision in Jefferson's favor. Still later, Burr ran for Governor of ew York and was defeated, partly because of Hamilton's bitter opposition. Hamilton publicly branded Burr "a dangerous man," of whom he could "detail a still more despicable opinion." These were the words on which Burr based his challenge that Hamilton face him "on the field of honor." Hamilton accepted the chal• lenge, and the result is history. They met on July 11, 1804. Hamilton died the follow• ing day. But Burr was dead, politically, from the instant the shot found its target. The nation lost on both counts. The coun• try needed Hamilton; it needed Burr. Burr was a dreamer with a talent for organization and a genius for leading men. He had proved this years before. in the Revolution, when he defied the orders of his superiors in the re• treat from Long Island, but saved his men. He commanded a brigade gallantly at the battle of Monmouth. In January, 1779, he was assigned to command the line from the Hudson through Westchester County, N. Y., to the Sound. It was a lawless district, plun• "400" GAS_POWERE:D~R~E:P~E:A:TE:'R:=:R~lf:L:E=~li=iill;iL dered by the rabble of both armies. He established martial law, a system of patrol, Try a Crosman Pellgun for target shooting; plinking, all year around. You'll have 3 times more shooting fun with and restored order. This is not the record a Crosman. WRITE for colorful literature. Crosman of a dissolute or heedless man, but that of a Arms Co.• Inc., Dept. G-42, Fairport. N. Y. captain of firm moral principle. SINGLE ACTION 6 PELLGUN PISTOL Hamilton had risen in the tradition of Whig liberalism. Then Revolution gave rise Ask your Crosman Select Dealer for FREE Demonstration to abuses of liberalism: factionalism and States' Rights dissent which, even today, are sore spots of conflict in the American pattern of organization. Hamilton, worried through the weakness of the Articles of Confederation that the young Republic should fall, became spokesman for the Federalist party. fIe was
GUNS JUNE 1960 39 $ THIS OFFER MAY BE WORTH THE LUCKY McDANIEL STORY " I,OOO,OOOtorou (Continued from page 18) in Health, Vigor as small as a dime. Frank Connor, a civilian technical aid on the After this, you get the BB test if he thinks Downrange missile project working out of and Well-Being your eyes are of sufficient strength to follow Patrick AFB, thinks McDaniel has "got it." its flight when he throws it up. "This is the Without any obligation "He taught me how to quick draw and hip supreme test of vision, confidence, and con• shoot a handgun," Connor says, "something 0' binding, costly, monthly centration," he explains. I had been unable to learn with thousands Pu,chau Plans Leaving the BB gun, McDaniel advances of rounds of practice." Connor is pretty typ• H.IGH-POTENCY his pupil to the shotgun for the "graduation ical of the average "gun nut," a better than exercIses.." average shot, who cut his pistol teeth on a IRON, VITAMIN The steps are basically the same. He starts nickel plated .32 Hand Ejector which he . AND MINERAL slowly with clay pigeons gently tossed into used to toss into his bicycle basket along FRE' the air. All the while, he is constantly urging, with hard-earned ammo and peddle out to "look at the top of the target and shoot." his folks' place in the country for some shoot• TONIC FORMULA As you begin to hit with the shotgun-and ing. When he's not working to aim the Now you may have. absolutely free. a full it's usually a matter of one or two shots-the heavier kinds of missile hardware, Connor 25-day supply of amazing, quick-acting targets become more difficult. Lucky has by worked with Lucky; was once Lucky's shoot• FERONATED OPTUIS with its l\IIGHTY BLOOD-GROWING STIl\IULAJ....T-superior to now picked up a hand trap and is sailing ing helper. "I know there are several people products that retail at $4.95 and more per 100. the clay pigeon out in every direction: duck floating around who demonstrate or teach We pay the expense of this sensational offer ... not just a token sample but a full 25-day sup• shots, dove shots, quail shots. the quick draw and hip shooting, but I never ply ... because we're sure this trial will prove Finishing touches are applied with small knew any of them who could teach the whole to you that you, too, 1i1{e many thousands of others nlay experience a new feeling of health, charcoal bricks. For one thing, they offer a works in four hours." youth and well-being ... a new zest for life! smaller target. Also, Lucky can throw Each easy-to-take CAPSULE supplies your Another man sold on Instinct Shooting is body with 45 nutritional aids including a doubles, even triples, easily by hand. tough, experienced Col. Lyman Davison, of NE\VER FORU OF IRON to stimulate the growth of RICH, RED BLOOD through your And when you get your triple, what else the USAF security set-up. In teaching Air whole tired, rundown system (when due to iron do you need to know about how to shoot? Police to shoot and hit, Colonel Davison has deficiency anenlia), plus factors that accelerate absorption and give you amazing results even Stories about Lucky have been so numer• learned a thing or two about practical shoot• within the first 3 or 4 days. Also FREE the ous, a good deal of scepticism has been ing. "If there's any defect in Lucky's teach• famous Vitalllin-Quota Guide Book. Answers perplexing vitan1in questions and shows how to aroused among differently-trained shooters as ing," he says, "it is that he over simplifies SAVE UP TO 50% on the same vitamins you to "how good" this man really is. Perhaps what you have to learn and be aware of in are now 'using. All absolutely FREE, no obli• gation to buy anything, no Inonthly purchase on the target range Lucky doesn't have a gaining real skill with a handgun. But I do plans. Supply limited. Only one to a family, chest full of medals, for he has never fol• know this much: we have taken men who please. Enclose 10c to cover cost of packing and mailing. Send for your supply today. VITAl\IIN• lowed the routine of competitive rifle, pistol, shot all over the paper and, applying Lucky's QUOTA, Dept. T-939, 880 Broadway, New York or shotgun. But some pretty hard-headed principles, brought their groups right down 3, N. Y. or Dept. T-939, 1125 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 19, Calif. scientific shooters find his ideas and his re• like this," he reported, making a circle of sults"- something a lot more than "luck." his two hands, "and not only I but others in the outfit have found we are shooting a lot more over-90 scores with the pistol as a consequence. There's no doubt about it, this man has a system that works." Whether the hunter and rifleman can prof• itably apply McDaniel's instinct shooting is a natural question. Veteran Idaho guide and outdoorsman Howard Sarvis, initiator of Trainfire, now studying small arms training systems at Fort Benning, not far from Lucky's home base of Columbus, Ga., unoffi· cially checked out Lucky when the latter gave a demonstration at a turkey shoot of the Post Fish & Game Club. "Lucky spent about JOIN THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION 10 minutes with me. I couldn't hit anything . , THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN MAGAZINE with the air gun at first; then I began to see ~ I A year's subscription to the world's finest gun magazine-:-devoted the shot going and get the idea of the thing, , exclusively to the fascinating subject of firearms. Read about rifles. under what I consider the most skillful and pistols, shotguns. hunting. target shooting, gunsmithing, gun col• patient coaching I have ever witnessed. 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"He hardly ever missed," the Benning experts agreed. r------As to practical applications of Lucky's tal• Please enter my subscription to 0 $500 Enclosed THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, . ents in these uneasy days, Sarvis is uncertain, I enroll me as an NRA MEMBER 0 Bill me please not doubtful. I and send my lapel button.* "Am I enthusiastic?" he asks. "I don't I NAME ~ _ know. This ... reminds me of Old Bill down at the service station who does my car work, ADDRESS ~--- I hunts squirrels, claims to beat shotgunners I CITY-STATE though he uses a .22, doesn't even know what kind of sights are on his "raffie," not I 603-06 NA lIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIAliON even sure he uses sights... 1600 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington 6, D. C. .Confirming application & details will also be mailed. "I want to see McDaniel do some shooting with an M-l on a silhouette at 100 yards;
40 GUNS JUNE 1960 then I want to see him do it with moving him how to shoot. I agreed to try and he went targets at that range or closer. I see no out and bought 500 .22s. He burned powder rea'son why he shouldn't. Those aspirin tab· and I threw cans of every description, pine lets figure out to around ten minutes of cones and anything else we could get our angle, which is a man at 200 yards... It may hands on-with no results at all. I suggested be there is a way to shoot the rifle at short it might be cheaper if we borrowed a BB ranges and, say, up to 15-20 moa targets, gun and tried it for a while. It was here that still or moving, that we have overlooked all I discovered how you can see the BB come these centuries. out of the barrel. "It will be quick as lightning and easy as "Brooker and I immediately saw that he pie. You don't even think about aiming; was shooting under everything that I threw you just watch that target intently, either into the air. It didn't take us long then to the bottom edge or the top edge, depending correct his faults and he soon developed into on whether it is on the ground or in the air. a darn good shooter. Your eyes are way above the barrel, just the "Word began to get around. Before lOng I end of your chin on the stock, and you had picked up more money teaching on week-ends better forget how that barrel looks (that than I made in a week with my traveling job. was my trouble, trying to watch the barrel Two and two soon began to add up to four, and shoot it like a shotgun.) If you do noth· (Continued on page 43) I Buy GUNS QUARTERLY Now ing but watch the target, let everything else take care of itself, you will hit. "If this works all the time, we had better Yes, now you too can be tease it out, write it down, and learn how to teach it," concludes Trainfire Sarvis. And an expert marksman with if Lucky's principles can be proved to work with heavy-caliber arms on a teachable basis, the amazing ••• it may be that he has already done just that! This incredible sharp shooter was born ~~/II~7/~ Bobby Lamar McDaniel on Nov. 9, 1924, on a farm near Thomason, Ga. The nickname, "Lucky," didn't come along until years later INS-TINCT although, surprisingly, perhaps, it has no connection with his ability to shoot or teach shooting. ~N(J(JTIN' "I sorta grew that nickname around the pool halls back home," he modestly admits. TRAINER OUTFIT "I never lost." That, in a nutshell, goes a long way "I've taught thousands·to shoot instinctively and now you, toward describing Lucky McDaniel. He is a in just two hours, will marvel over your unbelievable man whose confidence takes second place abil ity to hit aerial targets of various sizes to nothing in his total make-up. The complete training outfit, design'ed He figures his shooting this way: and perfected by me, assures you "If it's within range and I can see it, I of successful INSTINCT can hit it!" It is amazing, too, how such SHOOTING." self assurance rubs off on his pupils. This, no doubt, has a lot to do with the rapid way in which the beginner catches on to Instinct Shooting. Six years ago, this blond-headed bundle of energy who, with his medium height and build resembles a college halfback, was a traveling tobacco salesman in South Georgia. But Lucky's switch to shooting might have been expected. "An uncle gave me a 41O-gauge single shot when I was five years old. I guess I developed a reputation as a fail' shooter as I grew," The outfit he told me. "I began to capitalize on shoot• ~ontains the ing, to some extent at least, while I had that specially designed salesman's job. ' spring operated air• "Peddling snuff and tobacco, I remember rifle that holds, 750 shots times when I would go into a store, get I ••• Simp'le diagrammed in• turned down on an order and then resort to structions for mastering IN STlNcr shooting to finally get the man to take an SHOOTING ... An interchangeable cork order anyway. barrel that allows you to practice in your own home .,. Training targets and two pair of "If there was a rifle handy, I would use goggles for safety purpases '" Special ammunition for both barrels and a template to it. If there wasn't, we'd make arrangements assist you in fitting the gun stock .•. Plus the 157 page book, INSTINCT SHOOTING. to borrow one. Later, I learned to carry a r-·----·----·--.---,Unlimited Enterprises, Inc. Take advantage NOW of this rifle and BB gun' along with me all the time. I 217 4th National Bank Building . I opportunity to own the IN• Anyway, the shooting deal went like this: I Columbus, Georgia STINCT SHOOTING TRAINER "I would bet the man I could throw a NAME: _ OUTFIT and improve your penny up in the air and hit it the first time. shooting by shooting "LUCKY'S I ADDRESS: ------h - - - h - - _ - -- If I lost, I gave him a case of snuff or some• WAY" -the instinctive way. I CITY:_ - -'------_STATEn hh_ thing else in my line. If I hit the penny, See your local dealer or fill he would buy the merchandise. And I don't LUCKY, Please rush me my INSTINCT SHOOTING OUT- FIT at $24.95 plus $1 for postage,and handling. in the order.blankand send mind saying that I never did give any goods I In U.S. and Canada. TODAY for your LUCKY Mc• away. One day in Valdosta, Ga., Brooker I ReSIdents of Georgia add 3 % sales tax. Out of state DANIEL INSTINCT SHOOTING Blanton, a former University of Georgia foot• soles or use tax, If applicable, to be paid by purchaser. 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42 GUNS • JUNE 1960 (Continued from page 41) but an obvious addition is a rifle. You would as the saying goes, so I took the big fling, expect to hit with it what you could with SHOP EQUIPMENT " quit my selling job, and began teaching In• a BB gun. Side arms are still another part of (See also pages 6, 10) stinct Shooting full time. the tools of his trade. He has taught quick• "Needless to say, I haven't been sorry one draw and hip shooting to law enforcement ,------bit," he added. agencies all over the southeast. A top shooter with skill like Lucky's, One patrolman in Prichett, Ala., credits THE and patience to teach, didn't have to worry Lucky with saving his life. The officer came u.s. and Canadian Pat. about a living. His talents were "a natural" upon a burglar trying to enter a store window . Complete job as shown ~ ream tne fo' Most guns $25 for exhibition shoots under the guidance of by prying it open with a screwdriver. t A Mike Jennings, a local promoter whose fame When approached from the rear, the Anti-recoil Gun Barrel in the sports world is as wide as McDaniel's would-be burglar swung around, with the The muzzle brake that is precision machined is in the shooting world. Jennings, who has intention of planting that screwdriver firmly into your rifle barrel, avoiding unsightly hang.. ons. Controlled escape for highest kinetic brak• Lucky under contract with his Unlimited in the officer's chest. ing, minimum blast effect and practically no Enterprises promotion firm, put a lot of big Instead, the policeman put Lucky's fast• iump. All but prevents jet thrust (secondary re.. shows on the road including the Patterson• draw and hip shooting technique into action coil). Guaranteed workmanship. Folder. Dealer Rademacher heavyweight championship fight. to drop his opponent right in his tracks. discounts. Mike, no slouch with words, put Lucky's With rifles and side arms, Lucky teaches PENDLETON GUNSHOP teachings into a book, "Instinct Shooting," his pupils to look directly under a still (Dodd, Meade & Co., publishers) ; now mar• target. kets a BB rifle kit which is almost as good "With either a pistol from the hip or a as a personal lesson from Lucky. rifle against the shoulder, it doesn't make any Boxers and baseball players as well as difference," he says. "If that target is just football player Blanton have profited in their sittin' there still, drop your eyes right under eye-reflex skill from Lucky's training. Last it and pull the trigger. spring, Lucky gave lessons to members of both "Take a BB gun, for example. Step out the Cincinnati Redlegs and Chicago White into the yard, if it is large enough for safe Sox teams while they were in training in Flori• shooting, and throw out a small match box "Loosens 'frozen' parts of RODS. REELS. GUNS. da. And in a sensational season, the Sox won or some other such object. Now, chin your OUTBOARD MOTORS. etc."· the penant. Their hitting may be due partly BB gun, look to the bottom side of the AT IAlIWAIE STIKES. UKASES. to Lucky McDaniel, the man with the "most target and pull the trigger. It should be a FILlIl& STITlIIS nUYWIEU skillful and patient coaching ever..." hit." RADIATOR SPECIALTY CO. "I wasn't the least bit interested in the While he freely talks pistol and rifle Charlotte, H. C. mechanical parts of baseball such as batting target shooting, and will teach it if the occa• THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER stance, grip, and other phases," Lucky told sion demands, you can't be in Lucky's pres• SATISFACTION GUARANTEED me. "My aim ..." (and it's seldom he uses ence long before learning that it is the elusive the word since it doesn't fit Instinct Shoot• moving target that captures his fancy. When ing,) "was to improve their concentration talking, his movements fall unconsciously *3.95 ...--- POSTPAID Revolver Cleaning Kit. Removes and batting by teaching them to shoot my into a rhythmical pattern of gun handling. Leading from Forcing Cone. Cyl· inder. and Barrel. Available in 38-44-45 cal. Kit for tW() way, looking at the target." He gestures frequently to explain his method calibers $7.10. Patches (Pkg. 10) $.60. Dealer Inquiries The BB gun and shotgun are the prom• of quickly spotting the moving target, chin• ~ In\'lted. Check or Money Order-No COU·s. inent weapons in Lucky's instruction course, ning the gun and firing. ~ GUN SPECIALTIEScolle~~ °pa~~~ l:o,g;a ~!l~t#~~~~
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GUNS JUNE 1960 43 (C8ntinued from page 43) the target," he concludes with a demon· "It's just like a prize fighter throwing a strating pose. " straight left jab with his right cocked for How about leading the moving target? a followup," he points out. "He is slightly "Never," Lucky barks with trigger-like 5000 leaned forward with his left arm out (grip• response. ping the fore·end of the gun) and his right "The only-and I mean only-time you hand cocked just at his chin (where one lead with Instinct Shooting is when you grips the comb). lead that dead game back to the stove ~ FIREARMS "All the while, though, his eyes are on after a good day's hunting!" ~ HE RODE WITH WYATT BARGAINS (Continued from page 21) Are you a gun trader? Gun collector? Or are Wyatt told me that Wild Bill was the finest This made him limp. So he bought a cane you lust plain interested in guns? If you are, shot that ever lived, barring none. He said and became nicknamed 'Bat' because he used you'll profit from reading the bargain-filled Bill wore a brace of ivory-handled cap-and• that cane on the heads of rowdy cowboys in columns of SHOTGUN NEWS, now pub• ball equalizers which had been presented the cowtrail towns of the early West. Bat lished twice each month. It's the leading to him by Vice-President Wilson, rather a also carried a second gun, a Frontier Colt. Senator Wilson then from Massachusetts, I He wore it in a shoulder holster." publication for the sale, purchase and trade believe. In Kansas City, I believe, or was it "Mr. King, Doc Holliday is about the most of firearms and accessories of all types. Saint Louie, the boys used to hang about talked about gun-fighter of the Old West. SHOTGUN NEWS has aided thousands of what they called 'The Square,' after selling How come? Did you know him?" gun enthusiasts locate firearms, both mod· off the season's robes of buffalo and such. "Know him! How. could I? I worked with ern and antique - rifles, shotguns, pistols, Then Wild Bill would unlimber to back up Wyatt when he was in his fifties and I in revolvers, scopes, mounts .•. all at money· a bet by drilling a playing card across the my twenties. Doc Holliday died at Glenwood saving prices. The money you save on the street-wide street, mind YOU. He could also Springs in '97 I believe-in bed, mind you, purchase of anyone of the more than 5,000 hit a coin in mid-air and draw-shoot with of the T. B. bug. Sure, Wyatt talked of him. unfaltering speed and skill. He wore both Doc was his best friend, and Wyatt often listings twice a month more than pays your guns, said Wyatt, butt inwards, and drew by said that nobody, just nobody, was a match subscription cost. You can't afford to be hooking the forefingers in the trigger guards, against Doc when he whipped out that old without this unique publication. '- then spinning the guns over and lifting the nickle plated .45 Colt. You see, Doc was hammers at the same instant. Odd way to dying of tuberculosis anyhow. He always Free trial offer! shoot, wasn't it? Earp never made any com• told Earp he had nothing to lose. So he Money Back Guarantee. ment on it, however. It must have suited had the nerve of the devil himself at a Wild Bill, and killed a lot of men. He said gambling table or bar, and Wyatt said that As a special introductory offer, we'll send that Hickok was a fine specimen of a man, nerve was half the battle in a showdown you the next issue of SHOTGUN NEWS free haughty, proud, and he'd hunt a man when the play was about to be made. He of charge with your one year subscription. through the streets like a tiger if his hackles said Doc could kill a man over the slightest That means you get 25 big issues. What's were up." irritation. Many a man failed to die, however, more, if you're not completely satisfied, just "Did Wild Bill Hickok go blind of glau• due to Doc having respect for his friend, not tell us. We'll immediately refund your coma? They say that he visited Cheyenne's wanting to cause trouble in Wyatt's baili· money in full and you can keep the issues post surgeon and has his eyes examined ·wick." you already have. Fair enough? You bet! for the terrible disease. He shot his own "Doc was a lawman too, a deputy to Wyatt?" I quizzed him. Fill in the coupon below and mail it today! deputy, you know." "I don't know. It might be a cock·and-bull "Never heard of it. As a matter of fact, .------1 story." Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, his full name, was I THE SHOTGUN NEWS G-6 • I "Mr. King, did Wyatt ever speak much of never a U. S. Marshal, as most people would I Columbus, Nebraska I famed John Ringo?" believe. If you don't believe this, write S. A. I Yes, send me the next issue of SHOTGUN I King shook his head. "I don't righfully Andretta, Assistant Attorney General of our NEWS FREE and start my subscription for one I remember. But I know that Ringo has been Justice Department, and he'll tell you. Wyatt I year. $2 enclosed-to be refunded if I'm not played up by TV and film to a point where was a deputy U. S. Marshal in Tombstone." I completely satisfied. I he looked like a damned fool. Men wore the "Have you ever heard tell of a gambling guns high on the hip, in the old days. Take man by the name of Ben Thompson?" III Name - I a look at all' the old photographs; they don't Mr. King sat up in his chair and rolled a lie. And I never saw the kind of hats they Bull Durham cigarette. A ring of butts was I Address I wear on TV either. I met Bob Hope in Holly· around his chair where he had' been sitting J I wood and also Hugh O'Brian on his set. The and talking. "Wyatt spoke of him many director asked me to watch them take a times. Ben Thompson,. sir, was PWhaps the I City & State ...... -.....-...... -..-....-...... JI L scene, and so I sat down and watched. Then greatest gunfighting man that ever lived. He the director asked me how I liked it. 'Well,' killed over 40 men, not counting those Mexi• , GUNS QUARTERLY? Page 42 I says, 'it's all right I guess.' But when the cans when he served in Mexico under Max• I sheriff said he'd confiscate them guns, that millian, or Negroes. He started the legend of was wrong. I don't believe they'd have Wyatt Earp along the cattletrails when his knowed what the word 'confiscate' meant in brother, Bill, killed Sheriff C. B. Whitney ~ the Old West. No. Wyatt only referred to in the plaza of Ellsworth, Kansas, with two Ringo in relationship to Jesse James .as shotgun loads from a handmade English Improved Minute Man Gun being a cousin. The name 'Ringo' has a 12.gauge weapon. Earp made a boast that Blue instantly preserves and renews steels and iron sur.. good sound to it, and the writers and TV he'd not let the man Thompson 'tree the faces-Not a paint or lacquer - No heating necessary• men would eat this one up!" town,' so to speak, and found a badge pinned Comes complete with all nee .. essary equipment. "You said a while ago that most of the on his chest. Wyatt had the nerve, and GUARANTEED - Tested and gunslingers were blue-eyed." walked out into the street and told Ben to proven over 40 years by repeat sales to satisfied 'I "That's what Earp told me; about ninety throw down the gun. Ben conformed and users. SEND per cent of them were of the light.skinned, later said there was something in the MONEY BACK GUARANTEE blue·eyed type of men. Bat was that way as manner of that feller Earp, the way he told ,------, I remember, for one. Did you know that he Ben that he'd kill him if he didn't. Ben I ~~6~ B::~~r~~~. MFG•. co. I later became a sportswriter for the New lived on hunches but failed to follow one IN.me 1 York Morning Telegraph? Speaking of Mas· apparently when he and gunslinger King terson, he killed a man with a pistol-in a Fisher came to an untimely end in the old t~;~.~~~==::·.·.·.·.·~~~;~=:=:l fight over a girl, lind got.a slug in the leg. Jack Harris Saloon in San Antonio, Texas,
44 GUNS JUNE 1960 where they were ambushed. Yes. one might HAND LOADING TOOLS and COMPONENTS say that Ben started Wyatt Earp's fame, (See also pages 4, 7, 12, 13,46,48,49) then the movies brought him to Hollywood in later years, and we all know the TV build-up We don't have to make elaborate claims ... we view today!" "To get back to Doc Holliday, Mr. King, FEDERAL PRI MERS have proved their didn't Doc always carry his weapon, a sawed-off shotgun, under an overcoat?" dependability, high quality and "Hell no_ That is ridiculous. Wyatt told me that Doc only carried a shotgun once performance that he knew about, and that was when he went with Virgil and Morgan-Earp brothers -into the shootout with the Clantons at the OK Corral. Movie nonsense again. sir! The gun Doc used was sawed off under 18 inches and the stock cut off so as to form a pistol handle-a formidable weapon." "Was there much powder smoke at the Gunfight at OK Corral?" "How would J know that? I wasn't there and I am not old enough to have been there unless in swaddling clothes! I worked with Earp in the 1900's wherr" he was in his fifties: I do know that the old-time gunsmoke hung like a curtain in a room so that, Wyatt told me, a man had to get down near the floor and peer into the recesses of a room to get a shot when heavy shooting was in process." There is no substitute for experience. "Did Earp ever speak about John Wesley When you realize that Federal Cartridge Priming Brass Hardin?" Corporation has made and sold over Mixture~cup Mr. King pulled on his cigarette. " Tever 5,000,000,000 (five BILLION) primers, heard him mention anything regarding Har• what better evidence can you ask to prove Flash~~_ ,;acquer Hole \...-'""'" Seal din, but often talked about Hardin's cousin their quality and dependability. Federal Manning Clements, who was a heller for Anvil experience means shooting satisfaction. sure." 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He was a plain man with simple habits, a quiet man never given to brag and swagger, and he seldom wore a gun at all when I knew him. He usually left it lying up in the back seat of the old Franklin automobile. Wyatt's left eye would twitch when he was mad and you could hear him breathe. He'd fight you come Hell or high water, however. He was a fighting economy-priced man first and always." "Wyatt and I had a falling out in Los at only$49!5 Angeles, in front of the old Hot Rivet FAST- 20 second reload HANDSOME BOOKS for any shelf are Saloon, on Spring Street. He got into an SAFE-even for beginners these bound volumes in which a year's altercation with a couple drunks and came outside to borrow my gun, to buffalo them EASY- 5 simple steps 12 issues are permanently packaged New DEITEMEYER with it. I thought he might get too mad and for reference and repeat-reading pleas• kill one of them, so I refused to lend him rnodellOO LOADER priced ure. Bound in fine bright red cloth for every shooter. With ex• the weapon. He went back inside and beat clusive built in wad gui4e; on heavy board, the spines are gold the daylights out of both of them. However, the fastest and easiest stamped with GUNS logo, the derringer from that time onward, our old warm friend· method of wad seating yet emblem, the year, and the volume ship vanished; Wyatt and I were always on devised, wad pressure is number. Front covers are gold stamped speaking terms but never close again." compierely adjustable from with your name, or the name of your "Did Wyatt talk about Billy the Kid?" "No." 30 to 90 pounds. Every op• gift-recipient. eration ends on a complete "Was Billy the Kid left-handed?" Send your 12 copies, shipping charg• King smiled. "That question has been stop. Perfect reloads every es prepaid, to Publishers' Authorized time. Available in 12 ga., argued for years. He was photographed in 12 gao Mag., 16 and 20 gao Bindery Service, Ltd., 5811 West Divi• front of the old Smith Saloon in Fort sion St., Chicago 51, Illinois. Enclose Sumner, in 1880 I believe, and the process, your (printed) name and address and so I am told, reversed the image and gave See your dealer or WRITE: check or money order for $4.95. Your everybody the idea that Billy was left· bound, personalized book will be handed. Sounds convincing enough to me." D-L PRODUCTS COMPANY "Was the Kid ever in Arizona?" Ii!. 80x 4495. Lincoln 4. Nebraska shipped to you prepaid. Do not write us about your order; "Oh, yes. I understand he killed a negro at Fort Bowie, a couple more at Tucson." ® deal direct with P.A.B.S. "What kind of holster did Billy wear?" GUNS cannot furnish bound vol• "I can answer that, too; he wore one umes, either current or for previous made out of an old army boot. Funny how ~ ....' iMialI~~~ years, nor can we furnish back issues he could get his weapon out in huch a hurrY', USERS RIPORT OVIII.ooo.ooo GUWNTltD fOI200,OOO for binding. We just don't have 'em! a .44·40 according to Coe, with ammunition lONG lIlE • NO SCRATClaNG • NO GAlllHG This is an arrangement set up with• to rna tch his Winchester." MANUfACTURED BY "It would have been interesting had the ~ &~. out profit to us, as a service to our '1)(e (!A readers. We have never seen finer two met. How do you think Wyatt would CIMlnT!O CAU.DI CARBOLOY I TIADI MAUl magazine bindings, even at twice the have reacted to Billy?" P. O. BOX 226 • COVINA, CALIF. "How would I know that? He'd have re• price quoted. spected his shooting ability. Wyatt stood in reverence to a gun like a preacher does the good book, ·or like a painter of gunfighter portraits should the characters he portrays." fun with "Do you think these paintings look like Now!. real gunfighters?" "I never knew them all, but I know that 2 GUNS IN 1 those of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson are corkers. Looks just Wyatt Earp, this portrait, and the one of Bat is good, too. Lea drives all over the U. S. getting at good sources or the old tintypes from which to paint. He painted me, too, for that matter, and mine is hanging down at Elke, Nevada, THE COMBO is FI's instantly convertible pistol• along with the rest of the no·goods of history. rifle combination. Now immediately available. Lea's got another set of gunfighters at the It consists of the Unique Model "L" .22 Auto• Frontier Inn, Rod PoW's famed spot in San loading pistol and a rifle stock and barrel assem• bly. About 10 seconds is required to convert the Francisco, and at the Apple Valley Inn, at pistol to a rifle-no tools needed. Write for folder. Calico, and in other spots where Americans The COMBO, with Model "L" Black who love the West can have a good look at Steel Pistol $64.95 what made up come twenty years of Hell and The COMBO, with Model "L" Colored Aluminum Pistol : 67.50 guns on our frontier-all history now. The Model "L" Black Steel PistoL 39.95 "Or maybe they don't want the truth. Mrs. The Model "L" Colored Aluminum PistoL 42.50 The Rifle Stock & Barrel Assembly 25.00 Zoe Tilghman talked with McCarty when he was painting her famous husband's picture from an old photograph she sent him, and What "FIREARMS" Sells Sells "FIREARMS' ~ FIREARMS she said she had concluded that people don't ~INTERNATIONAL want the truth about the Old West; instead, Write Dept. (0-06) for C<2~~2~~I~~!f they like the blood and thunder that the Colorful Combo Folder. ... . TV and the films dish out-which was ~ not always the way it really happened. ~
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GUNS JUNE 1960 47 GUNS GO' ELECTRIC (Continued from page 27) " WHOLESALE· and prowess with arms was ever eclipsed, it men who worked to build the pistol which the was usually by another American-perhaps United States International Team will fire at RELOADING TOOLS Doc Carver, or "Missie" Annie Oakley, or the the Rome Olympics, perhaps for Golds, these redoubtable straight-shooting Buffalo Bill men stand out. to DEALERS Only Cody. Chunky, compact Bill Donovan has the look But suddenly this sports competition ceased. of a rugged, honest Irish cop. But as an hon• Suddenly, the very organization set up to mon• est American businessman, he is vice-presi• .~ itor U.S. participation in International pistol dent of High Standard. With the company 1'1/ shooting, The U.S. Revolver Association, since 1940, Bill has had many second thoughts ~ ~ dwindled almost to nothing just as it was get• on the back of an American free pistol at the ting started. The few pistols developed along recent international jousts where we have the lines of the International Shooting Union been so roundly beaten. It's a backhanded MEC (Stockholm) requirements are today's col· sort of compliment to say that the dropping 250 lectors' items: the famous Smith & Wesson block "Martini" system pistols of foreign top-break single shot with its "Olympic" ri• manufacture are actually "the invention of fling, and the lamented U.S.R.A. Model Single the American, Peabody, modofied by the S48~ Shot Harrington & Richardson. Swiss, Martini." The fact is that U.S. shooters What chopped this spirit of friendly world have either used foreign-made pistols, or sports participation in the neck, what de• wrapped tape and lead to the barrels of home· livered the rabbit punch of isolationism to butchered, otherwise-reliable and sound, U.S. American shooting? Perhaps it was the "keep sport pistols. And a putty-handled plinker out of Europe" sentiment which plunged us simply isn't in it for class with an ounce-light• into World War II, or perhaps it was the trigger Free pistol of Swiss or German make shrinkage of Depression. The effect was cer• which may set itself off when a light breeze tain: the U.S. and the rest of the world drew bats against the trigger. (The record keeper farther apart. The split was symbolized by will give you an alibi and a second shot when MEC Super Speeder "400" the schism in the shooting game and was ex• that happens in ISU matches.) aggerated by our miserable failing on the But Donovan is not a gunmaker, though he $5775 fields of sport when we tried to compete. plasters a fine straight wall if he's a mind to Fortunately, this is a sport, a game, a hobby, do it. Unfortunately, the skill to lay plaster a recreation. There is time to mend one's ways. isn't what it takes to design guns, and High WE PRE-PAY And with teamwork, also typically American, Standard had to wait a long time for circum• all cash parcel post shipments. industry, competitors, engineers, management, stances to jell and a Free Pistol to emerge. All $100.00 net orders prepaid. and military high brass, have clubbed togeth• Another man chafing at the absence of any er to do something about it. For want of a decent American single shot was Col. Tom * Hercules * DuPont * B.&M. better name, what they have created is called Hancock, chief of the Advanced Marksman• * Pacific * Lyman * Ohaus The High Standard International Free Pistol, ship Unit at Fort Benning, Ga. It's an inter• * Forster * Wilson * Sisk Caliber .22 Short. It could just as well have esting truth these days that when commercial * Acme * Markell * Sierra been called "the Hancock pistol," or the and civilian ventures don't procure a new * Webster * Speer * C. H. "Donovan gun," or "Wilhelm's wonder," or product, it is often left up to the military to * Hornady * Nosier * R.C.B.S. * Redding * Norma * Echo "Gano's gat," for among many names and somehow cadge the capital from Congress and * Deitemeyer * Brads * Alcan •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• accomplish the needful. Maybe this is "com• * Fisher * Prot-X-Bore * Guns • • petition" with private industry, a charge often * Mayville * Saeco * P.&O. leveled and perhaps with justice at some work * Fitz * Ackley * M.&H. of our military establishment. In this case, * Texan * Thalson * Powd-R-Horn iAMMUNITION Defense and Industry perfectly supplemented 227-235 E. Third 51. 41 :f:::~R~TfJ~RTS $5 50 Per Box, 50 Rd•. each other, and it happened this way ... LEWISTOWN, PA. Phone 8-0171 30 Remington Soft Point $12.50 Sometimes truck drivers upon entering Ser• AURAND'S 25-35Ptvi~c~~ste; 'Rifle' Soft' poi~i:' •••• vice are sent to Cooks & Bakers School; and Per 100 .....•.•....••.••••.• 10.00 6.5 Italian Rifle Cartridges Military-per 100 ..•••..••••• 10.00 some civilian ordnance men learn how to be ~:::et. ~~;~~;Bj~~k~:~~ 8MM Mauser Military Cart. 10.00 SHOOTI Per 100 .••.•...•••.•••••••.• hospital orderlies. But sometimes the peg and • Swaged Hand Cun Bullets .35 Remington Soft Point Pel" 100 ...... ••••• 17.50 the hole are brought together, and if ever a ::;~s~!st's~~stK~~~t1r~i~st~~~\~~e o~ll n~~fUi{~R.W~ib~~: .45 Automatic pistol Cartridges Factory loads, per 100 .•.• , •.••• 10.00 man fitted his position in the Army, it is versions to Harvey .224 KAyMCHUK centerfire. 762 Russian Military Rifle SF M (Shoot From the Mould) moulds for PI·ot-X.Bore Cartridqes. per 100.•. 10.00 zinc base bullets. JUGULAR jacketed Casting Kits. 30-06 Military Cartridges late issue M/Sgt. Bill Gano, armorer and shooter at Swag-log' Dies. for hand~un bullets only. Non Corrosive per 100 .•..•••••• 7.50 Send 25c in coin or stamps for complete information. .25-20 Repeating Rifle Cartridges AMU. Bill Gano is a slight, wiry man, far CUSTOM LOADS Pel" 100. ..•.. .. . •••••••••••• 8.00 .303 Savage Rifle Cartridges younger than the average shooter's conc.eption LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. c~~~';,"'c;N;~t Per 100 .....• , ..•••••••••.•• 10.00 30-40 Krag Blank Cartridges of a "master gunmaker." But to those who Licensed Assoc. Mfgs. Jugular & Prot-X-Bore bulle~s. Per 100 .. : ....•..••.•..•.•• 10.00 Frank A. Hemsted, Box 171. Culver City, Calif. .22 Automatic Rifle Cartridges 20.00 know him, know his ability and his imagina• Mason Williams, Stanfordville, New York. .351 ~i~Chle'~~~Sel·f:Lo·adirig ivie'bl'Pat~h' Maurer Arms, 29 Willow Way, West Chester, Pa. Per 100-Value $14.00 ••••••..•• 8.00 tion, he is tops in the field. Gano, under Col. C.B.M. Inc.. Rle. 2, Castle Rock, Colorado. .32 Long RF Cartrldge. lomont Precision Bullets 4421 S. Wayne Ave•• Fort Per 100•••••••••••••••••••••• 4.00 Hancock's urging, got the green light, worked Wayne, Ind. .32 Short R" ,. 4.00 Per 100••••••••••••••• ••••••• out some Free pistol notions that showed con• .25 Rim-Fire Shorts 4.00 Per 100...•••••••••• ••••••••• siderable promise. Hancock managed finally, 32.40 Soft Point, 12.50 ~~~h~~t~r· poi~t: from the work done at AMU, to himself get DOUBLES THE KILLING POWER 32 S:L·. 'Soft . ••••••• 8.00 Per 100.••••••••• •••••••••••• 30.40 Krag Si Iver Tip, 17.50 the okay to publish a tender for bids to In• Showing the mush.. Per 100...••••••••• •••••••••• room effect of a lead 32 Remington Soft Point. 12.00 dustry, seeking a Civilian contactor to take revolver bullet that ~y~p;rO~i·nct'";ste;· has been hollow 219 soit: Point; •••• over a development and tooling job. And as poi nted by a GOERG Per 100•••••••••••• •••••••••• 12.50 HOLLOW POINTER. Donovan puts it, "We have a pretty good repu• compared to a solid Ear Defenders MSA for the Shooter. Brand 1.00 point bullet. Avail• New. Gov. Surplus Val. $3.00 postpaid. able for .45 Colt, 75c tation for .22 pistols, and we got the job." Now S Bore Scopes, New Govt. Surplus; Postpaid. c1ir. ~iS7 ::an::: and .38 Special. Retail $5.95. RUBBER The Goerg Holster is the only sho~lder holster d~ signed for the hunter. or the active man. Retail $15.50. GOERG SCOPE COVER-one size fits all-99c. RECOIL BOOTS Dealers inquire. LEARN GUNSMITHING COERC ENTERPRISES $ 4 DOZEN Great opportunities-Operate YOUR OWN SHOP! Port Angeles 3009 S. 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GUNS JUNE 1960 comes forth Gary Wilhelm, the Hamden boy touched, the rotary sear is free to pivot and .HOLLYWOOD from Old Wien. the striker slides over it to bust the cap. " Gary is sharp, no doubt about it. His work Mechanically, it resembles in some prin. RELOADING EQUIPMENT in completing High Standard's Trophy series ciples the trigger in the new Savage M99 or the Model 70 or other "can't jar" sears of of automatics produced a superior article all HOLLYWOOD 'SUPER TURRET" the way, range-proved with wins. Because of custom smiths. But the application of elec• RELOADING TOOL Ideal for his European background, and because of tricity in this fashion is all new, imaginative, a custom reloader or gun his realization that his adopted country was practical. And, above all, safe. In the me• club. Bearing surfaces chanical elements of the new trigger are are hard·coated to an 80 languishing behind the eight-ball of Inter• ockwell C hardness. Reloads national scoring, he, too, had been puzzling screw-adj ustments to permit the best trigger all rifle. pistol. revolver, over the Free pistol problem. Now it was pressure, position of guard, and other con• shots hells and swages all veniences for the shooter. Barrels of 8", 9", metal and lead bullets. dumped into his lap. utiful custom finish. Greatest One requirement was tossed into the pot and 10" are available, the latter weighing 50 leverage. The strongest. by Donovan-safety. Mechanical pistols, even ounces. Mass production of the new gun will most precision reloading the admirable five-lever set trigger affairs bring prices under the $300 of foreign makes, tool manufactured today. as shown $237.50 now made, were potentially unsafe. Most "Donovan hopes. free pistol shooters set their triggers, nomi• Right now the pistol is only for the Boys nally adjustable to as light as one ounce pull, from Benning, the men selected through stiff so that they will fire if the arm is raised competitive shoot·offs to represent the U.S. 45° above horizontal. The ISU rules require at the Rome Olympics this September. the shooter to begin with the pistol pointed Whether you will be able to buy one of 45° below horizontal, then raise the pistol to these new pistols is pretty much up to you. eye level-and with good reason. Free pistol If five people in the whole country want one, shooters develop a healthy respect for their there isn't market enough to make it possible guns! They are temperamental as a Thor· to sell them. But Uncle Sam has underwrit• oughbred yearling, and need a firm but ten the cost of development. The market gentle hand to master. But mechanical trig• must exist in the U.S. Mere arithmetic says gers so far constructed just aren't safe-at that those few Free pistol shooters before the least, not safe enough for the "home fun" War-the 1941·45 war, to you youngsters• angle taken by the pistol makers these days will have expanded into many thousands in in an effort to broaden the interest in their the next decade. Even without any promo• sport. Donovan laid down the law-this gun tion and formal competitive interest in Free had to be safe enough to shoot indoors. pistols there would be a market of sorts. Another reason is the shyness of many But the type of man who enters a new shooters. Nobody likes to be laughed at, and field of sport does so not for the game alone, a Free pistol in good form will tie a solid but to match his wits and skill and nerve centerfire paper puncher in knots, trying to against his fellows. Come the 1960 Olympic whip it. The club champ may not like going shoots in Rome, win or lose, will the Ameri• to the range with all the boys hanging around can Fl"ee pistol at home prove itself and make a fool of himself. With the new winner with Stateside shooters? pistol, the High Standard VP hoped, a good pistol man could practice at home, until he * Variously was expert enough to make his first public k.nown as showing. Such a safety feature would tie in groundhogs nicely with the recently promoted scaled· and down ISU targets proposed by the National woodchuck.s Rifle Association for indoor Free pistol short range practice. Wilhelm hadn't been sleeping at the switch, either. And the simile is pretty appropriate, for the solution both Gano and Wilhelm agreed upon was-an electric trigger. The resulting pistol package is no Buck Rogers It's done like this in the Ozarks! contraption of power packs and generators, Gene Haworth of Nixa, Mo., picks off but makes use of the obvious in modern groundhogs, the farmer's pest, from technology-miniaturization of circuits and a revolving bench rest mounted on power sources, applying it to firearm func• his jeep. He shot these nine pigs in tioning. It is a neat handgun of conventional less than two hours in a red clover free pistol styling. The new stuff is inside. field at tOO to 350 yards-using his Electric triggers are not new. The idea has 243 Rockchucker and Hornady 6MM been kicking around, first in France before 70 grain spire point bullets. the turn of the century, and in later years even applied experimentally to the Model 52 Winchester. But the practical production Deadly long 'range accuracy for varmint shooters use of an electrical trigger is definitely new. NatUqllly any shooter so well equipped as Gene Haworth hunts with The striker is held cocked by a rotating Hornady Spire Point Bullets. He appreciates the distance and accuracy these sear which is forced to pivot about its center bullets assure him. Their spire shape gives Hornady varmint bullets pinpoint by pressure of the striker spring. But the accuracy plus explosive power for killing at extreme distances. (Hunters have striker, forcing against a slope on the sear, reported one-shot kills to 650 yards.) Driven at high velocities is blocked in "cocked" position because the rotating sear itself has a sub-sear notch into they're dynamite on small game. which the end of a long sear bar or connector Choose from a wide variety of varmint weights in 22, 6MM, 25, 6.5MM, 270, rises. The bar end is hardened, resists the 7MM, and 30 calibers. Super explosive bullets especially for the 222. direction of thrust of the rotating sear. But when the trigger is pulled, closing the circuit of grip-held 6lh V. batteries, an electro• ~ ~ All popular calibers for magnet is activated. With the sear-blocking ox-:n.ad.y varmints and big game• end of the sear bar or connector jerked out ~ B"ULLETS: send card for list of engagement with the rotating sear by HORNADY MFG. COMPANY. DEPT. G• BOX 906 • GRAND ISLAND. NEBRASKA sudden magnetic force when the trigger is
GUNS JUNE 1960 NEW HAMMERLI.177 MATCH HOW TO BUILD A WINNING CLUB * GAS-POWERED PISTOL * (Continued from page 31) in competltJOn. Believing that, we enter as range and at home by dry-firing. Dry-firing many matches, large matches or small ones, is excellent, and essential for trigger control;. Manufactured and fin• as we possibly can. The Club pays the entry but of course it does not eliminate the neces• ished according' to the famous HAMMERLI fees in team matches in registered shoots. sity for practice with live ammo. Our Club tradilion! The accurate, pl'ccision - made and well - balanced INDOOR TRAINING PISTOL With Practice is essential, and we practice. Mem• members also must practice match shooting, click-adjustable rear-sig'ht and check• ered thumb-rest gTips. MODEL "R" ber-against·member rivalry breeds desire, and and every chance to compete should be fol' round lead balls $43.00; MODEL "RO'- for round balls and waisted Dealer we have that. But actual competition in a lot accepted." pellets only $49.00! For details see Inquiries ~'~g~R~;.r~~Aw.es 56 & 57) March Invited of matches, league and non-league, separates The B.R.R.C. has 500 active members in Ask for folder! the men from the boys. If a man's match its pistol, rifle and big bore club. Charley ~. HEINRICH F. GRIEDER scores are low, he knows he either needs Wolff, a top shooter with the Club, has been -- P. O. Box 487, more practice-or better self control under a referee at Camp Perry and is a Director Hilmmer Knoxville, Illinois - match pressures." of the N.R.A. and a member of the Pistol Dudley paused, grinned half-sheepishly, Committee. and made a shrugging, hand-spreading ges• New members to the B.R.R.C. must be rec· ture. "I've told this to other clubs, and some ognized by an existing member. The existing of them have said, 'Sure! We know all that; member is responsible for the new member. but-how can you get members to put in all Each year, the Buffalo Revolver & Rifle Club that practice, and attend all those matches?" operates N.R.A. classes on pistol shooting, "Well, as I said, I guess we're just lucky which includes marksmanship, gun-handling, in having members who have that kind of safety, nomenclature, etc. All new members interest. But you've got to keep your mem• must attend such classes and are given a The best Q.D. Swivel you'll bers interested; interested in shooting, and National Rifle AssoCiation manual to study. ever own! Strong I-piece interested in the club. We try to do that hy Dudley pointed out that good organization mochined from solid Alcoa running our club efficiently, by providing a is essential in the success of any shooting 75-T6. Natural color, satin lot of shooting activity and a lot of good• club. An annual meeting of the B.R.R.C. is finish. I" size only. fellowship-a lot of fun. held to elect officers, plan the spring and fall "We work hard for good attendance, both meetings for the coming year, and elect at club sessions and at matches. We are all members to the seven-man board of directors. agreed that good attendance at matches gives The Board meets once a month. At these us a definite edge on competition, because Board meetings, new members receive a 90 GUN & FLASK Door Knocker if one member doesn't shoot up to his par in day probationary card, which among other Cast in Solid Yellow Brass. a given match, his low score probably won't things, requires that the member shoot dur• Beautifully Polished and H~:;'i~t~~f:rueJ::' hurt the team score--some other team mem• ing the probationary period. Dues are $5.00 Ideal gift. conversation piece ber will come through in your place with a a year and the range fee is 35c a night. The 7112" High by 3112" Wide Only $7.50 - NO C.O.D.'s 'good' score. B.R.R.C. has been at the present club build• From: "To be a successful shooter you must ing for the past eight years, having moved practice as often as possible, both on the from Niagara Street in Buffalo. With seventeen teams in the Niagara Frontier Pistol League, each team fires a match with each other team in the League at least once in the season and with half of the teams twice on a home-and-home sched• ule, thereby making two divisions. Those that have met once make one division, and those that have met twice make the other. (Simi• lar to the schedule of the National Pro• fessional Football League.) There are 23 matches in a season. At the conclusion of the season, the winners of the two divisions meet for the League Championship. An interesting feature of the indoor range at the B.R.R.C. is the interlocking steel backstop. Any section can be removed and replaced without interfering with the over• all backstop. This backstop was designed by Andrew Kreitner, a rifle shooter and archi• tect. It is formed by welding angle irons overlapping the plate. on the one side and short of the edge on the other, so when it's bolted the plates are drawn together. The club uses the N.R.A. standard 50 ft. indoor target in slow and timed fire, the frame being 12" by 24". A new target timing device, designed by club president Sutton, has drawn favorable comment from many expert shooters. Basically, the novel device operates as follows: Targets normally are turned sidewise at the start of course. "Start" button is pressed at command "Ready on the firing line." In WRITE DEPT. GM-6 three seconds, the targets turn 90°, facing jor jree copy oj the the competitors, and after a pre-set interval "GUNBUGS GUIDE" of time 00 or 20 seconds) the targets re• turn to the "side" position. All this is ac• complished automatically by the one depres• sion of the "start" hutton. The targets may (Continued on page 52)
50 GUNS JUNE 1960 m ~ FREE AMMO!! Box of military ammo included FREE with rifle purchase. Note: Offer valid only if coupon below is enclosed with order.
r,;';;;;l~"h, ,= .38 S&W 4X SCOPE $9.95 (Mount Free) BARGAIN ENFIELD Rugged, durable, dependable ... and performs per• fectly on ANY rifle. Extends shooting time from dawn to dusk. Distortion-free, color corrected. Lens OF A COMMANDO hardcontcd to U.S. Army standards. Easy to adjust windage and elevation. Easy to install. Weig-hs less than 10 oz. mounted. 4x scope and FREE rots. LIFETIME! REVOLVER $12.95 avail. for all rifles only $9.95. This Winchcster Model G7 bolt This Quick-draw, double action revolver was action single shot ritle features: the sidearm of Britain's famed Commando 27" round, tapered proof marked Raiders of 'Vorld War II. Exceedingly 8 SHOT SWING OUT .22 barrel. crowned at muzzle. Winch. accurate, packs a powerful punch with light 75e front & 32B sporting real' sights recoil. Easy handling, thumb rest grips. Good condition. & short cOlUpact bolt with pear shaped Specs: overall length 9%,", bbl. 5", wt. 28 oz.• capacit;y $2195~= bolt handle. Military safety lock. Am. 6 rounds. A collector's find. Now only $12.95. For select walnut sporting type pistol grip stock with models add $3. :38 Cal. ammo. box of 25 $1.80. semi-beavertail fore-end, automatic ejector. Perfect handgun for any Wt. approx. ;; lbs. Shoots .22 shorts. longs sport. Features side load~ & I".R. ammo. Good inside & out. Only $9.95. ing magazine with 8 shot Special-.22 WinCh. 4X scope & mt. only $15.95. capacity, bla(le front sights, of fine rugged deluxe blue steel with white plastic grips. Fires .22 ss cal. short. long or long rifle A\·aU. in 2" or 4" barrel models. Only .22 WEBLEY .226-SHOT DOUBLE MK. VI REVOLVER .45 REVOLVER DERRINGER $12.95 FIRES BOTH .22 SHORT & LONG AMMO. Latest model adopted by British Armed jI"orces, ~::etS~~2atlg~:1 re~ti~~r !~~~t b;t~SCt~c::~~ it is extremely accurate, has exceptional smooth ONLY $19.95 action. }1~ires either as a single or a double ac· dous value at 3 times its price. Made in 'V. Germany. it Uon. Specs: Overall length 1114". barrel 6". wt. Imported from Europe. It is an exact copy of famous is a tight, well-made, exceedingly accurate handgun. Fires 12 Ibs. GOOD CONDITION..45 Cal. $14.95. • Remington Derringer popular in the late 1800·s. Valuable .22 Long & Short ammo. ]j'eatures side gate loading, Holster $3.25. Specially selected like new-$17.95. collectors' item. }!~ine "old world" gun craftsmanship has trigger adjustment, screw-in ejector rod. Has STJun. been employed to give you a superior handgun & still ItU'LED BARItEL with blade front sights. Terrific for retain all the features of the original Derringer. Accurate. target shooting. varmint hunting or home defense. Only Shoots .22 short, long or long rifle. Checkered black $12.95. Gleaming nickel-plated model only $14.95. grips. Only $19.95. Sparkling chrome-Dlated model only r~eather holster $ 2.2;'. ITALIAN $22.50. Western hand tooled holster $4.50. .38 Special nickel Derringer ••• $34.95 POCKET AUTO. Bright Nickel GUNSLINGERS! or Shiny Blue .25 CAL. - $19.95 Imported direct by us from Italy's finest TEXAN .22 5 & W gun manufacturer. Brand new! Trim. com• pact weapon fires powerful and easily ob· only $19.95 .38 SPECIAL tainable .25 Cal. American made ammo. Also avail. cali• Sensational new slide rod .22 shoots all three 2" BBL. bers .22 long or .22 short ... onlJ' $22.50. Have origi• -long, short, and long rifle .22 ammo, double nal factory blue finish. 6-shot capacity makes excellent ~rdd ::~;:fe;c~~~~iv~r.ti~~ls ~ie~~-~~deOI~ie~~onr~~kSr~~~fv:r~ plinking and home protection weapon. Fixed sights. REVOLVERS $39.95 Weight appl'ox. 13 oz. Only $19.95. Holster $2.25. Terrific gun for fast draw practice and plinking. }~eels A-1ade in U.S. by Smith & Wesson. these fine .25 Cal. ammo. box of 25 ... $1.85 just right. Not $63, not $75.00, but only $19.95. 6-shot revolvers with swing out CYlinder arc Complete with fast draw holster $24.9;'. terrific buYS. Fine condo inside & out. Fixed sights. with bright nickel or blue finish and sharp STAG grips. Fires LEE ENFIELDS #4 pop. American made .38 spccial S&W ammo. Only $39.95. .22 SCOPE & AMMO BARGAIN Holster only $3.95. .38 Special ammo box of 25 ... $1.85 .303 CAL. $15.95 4X Scope & FREE mount for all popular .22 rifles only Of W\VII $8.95. 100 rds..22 short high powered ammo. $1.10. WITH SCOPE fame, this is MAIL COUPON the British rifle that drove SPORTERIZED 30/06 $22.95 Rommel out of Af• rica and saw service on the Continent & in SPRINGFIELDS the Korean conflict. Has simplHied bolt release & a peep sight mounted on rear of recei\'er. Cal. .303 $3995 British. Bbl. 25%"', IO-shot magazine, positive thumb safety. Good inside and out. only $15.95. 'YUh High numbers. scope $22.95. Custom Rnfield Sporter Guaranteed v e r J $19.95. With scope $25.95. AMMO: 100 good inside & out. Military .. $7.50.. 40 Hels. Soft Pt. $5.90. This 6-shot bolt action makes a fine hunting- rifle. Has new walnut sporterized stoclt; 4-grooH' SWEDISH MAUSER bbls.: fires military 30/06 cal. ammo. or hunting ammo. Specs: 24" bbl.. IIlU7.,,;j(· \. CARBINE M/94 2800 fps.; combo. open & peep sights. fully adjustable windage & elevation $29.95 to 2850 yds. 'Vt. approx. 7.lh Ibs. Only $39.95. AMMO.: 100 rds. military $7.50, 40 Rds. Soft Pt. $5.90.
TOTAL Pl\ICE _ COLT Enclosed cash, check or _ .45 Auto. Only $36.75 M.O. (CODs rC(llllre If.: deposit.) (Be sure to spec• ify & gh'e complete ordering info.) I understand aU 1'he only "big" automatic used in 2 'Vorld 'Vars. items are to be shipped FOB L.A.. express charges AU in perfect mechanical condition. Parkerized collect. CaBf res. add 4 % state tax. Jt'or fast service finish with arched housing-some with checkered follen ordering pistols, please sign statement: Hi am triggers. These.45 cal. Colt Autos. (Model not an alien, hat1e never been convicted of a cri.m.e HIll-AI) are in V.G. to Excel. Condo only $36.75. NickeI• of violence, am not fmder indi.ctment or a fugitive. plated Colt Model $49.95. .45 ammo. box of 24 $1.50. I am 18 years or over." ears old! CRATED FOR UNDETERMINED YEAR!;! (please sign)
GUNS JUNE 1960 51 • • (Continued from page SO) . New York State Indoor Pistol Championship POCKET SIZE be turned manually by separate push buttons. in 55, 56 and 57, competing in the New York What kind of pistols are popular with the " State Pistol and Ri/le Association matches, 4 inches long - 9}'i'o oz. B.R.R.C. members? They use High Stand· all of which are held indoors. Three out of ards, Colts, Rugers, Smith & Wessons, and five members of the New York State Pistol other varieties-with makes fairly evenly di· League team at the Camp Perry meet in 1957 vided among the members. Do you need a were from the B.R.R.C. They were Sutton, special type of pistol to become a "good" Wolff and Dudley. shooter? Pistol Exec. Dudley says, The Niagara Frontier Pistol League was "A shooter can't 'buy' a good score. He organized in 1938. There was very little or U. S~or has to earn it." His advice is not to pur• no activity during World War II, since dur• CANADA with Fitted Case chase the most expensive gun when first start· ing that period of world crisis the League Remarkably accurate ing to shoot, but to obtain a standard make devoted its time and effort to training plant Amazingly powerful and learn the fundamentals of shooting first. guards, recruits and other war activities. At 7 cartridges Later, the shooter should be able to tell the end of hostilities the Niagara Frontier which type of pistol suits him best, and then Pistol League again started to function with Unusual safety features is the time to go overboard and purchase a team matches. The League, with three Cana• IDEAL PROTECTION FOR HOME AND CAMPING TRIPS better pistol. But first, he says, "get a good dian teams, gives it an international /Iavor 7% ounce Lightweight Model with Satin Chrome score with a standard make weapon. Any and atmosphere. Finish, Pearl Grips, Gold Trigger: '4250• Nickel hand gun of good make will shoot better All of the Niagara Frontier Pistol League Plated, Luxuriously Hand-Engraved Model: '75. than the fellow holding it." matches are shot with .22 calibre pistols, Prices subject to change without notice Who are the Club's top shooters, how good but they do have an informal center fire are they, and what do they shoot? Well, Bill match with the larger guns, but this is shot BROWNING Sutton, President of the B.R.R.C., and on an individual basis for record only. Harold Dudley, Pistol Executive of the club, Many consider this a four·season, over-1OO· .25 Caliber Automatic are two top pistol shooters, shooting up in match "string" a national record. National SEE YOUR BROWNING DEALER the 280's and 270's respectively. Other top record or not, it is a fine record, attributed Browning Arms, Dept. 110, 51. Louis 3, Mo. scorers in the pistol department are: by the Club officers and members largely to -In CANADA, Dept. 110, Box 991,MontreoI9, P.Q. Charles Wolff with a 273 average, using a the number of serious shooters in the Club, Colt M.T.; Donald Barber, 268 average, but at least partly to the Club's interest in uses a Ruger MK1; Henry Tomczak, 266 shooters and the promotion of shooting. Cer· average, with another Ruger MK1; Earl tainly the knowledge of more experienced Jones, with an average of 266, uses a Clark shooters rubs off on the beginners, and the Ruger; Marion S. Pagano, with a 266 aver• Club has instilled a look, listen, help, and age, uses a Hi Standard Citation; George shoot policy that build scores and at the Young, 272 average, favors a S&W-41; and same time builds fellowship and interest. Anthony Parker, 265 average, uses a Hi· Officers and members alike are justifiably Standard G. Lee H. Dierdorff, with his Colt proud of their Club and its record. M.T., was for years the Club's high man with "But," they will tell you, "there's nothing a score of 275, but he recently moved away. about us that makes us different, and noth· Besides winning the 100 league pistol ing we do that you can't do also. Good matches of the Niagara Frontier Pistol fellows make a good club, and the two to• League in four straight seasons without a gether make good shooters. You can ~ defeat, the B.R.R.C. has gone on to win the do it, as we have. Why not try it?" .~ SHOTGUN FOR ONE-ARMED HUNTER (Continued from page 37) must be easily restorable to "factory" con• to this shoe and, through a tiny drilled hole, dition In case of future resale. set-screwed into place. First, a new forearm was fitted, that al• The final problem was to weld a small lowed proper recoil operation but permitted grasping hook onto the trigger guard. This attaching the vertical foregrip with rearward was for the prosthetic hook to contact. It gave trigger linkage. For the grip, a frame of the the right arm a d6gree of control and "feel" Star Model F pistol was obtained from Fire• in handling the gun, but prevented the arms International, and modified by milling hook from interfering with the trigger func• off the barrel lump. Pin holes, safety mount• tioning now that this had been changed to ing hole and magazine hole in the bottom of left-hand forearm operation. The hook could the frame were filled with weld and finished later be easily removed by grinding, and the smooth. The original Model F trigger was original trigger guard reblued if the .,gun was then replaced in the frame, and a booster• disposed of. spring guide arranged in the recoil spring Shooting tests of this modified Remington guide hole. This spring, with the linkage to were pleasantly surprising. The vertical fore· the actual trigger attached, gave a control• grip seemed to minimize the extra forend lable amount of trigger force to prevent acci• weight. After the test shooters got accus• dental doubling when the grip is held and tomed to triggering shots with the left hand, trigger pressed using the left hand. The best the gun was easy to use. Our now-ecstatic final solution for trigger operation abandoned one-handed hunter hated to relinquish his metal rods and bars for the linking; used new prize for the final steps of polishing and instead choke control cable with the heavy bluing, but the end results made him glad he coiled outside fixed tube guiding the inner had waited. very light steel piano wire. Because the Rem• Should other shooters have similar prob• ington Model 11 is a bottom-loading gun, the lems, remember that ours may not be the cable was led along the edge of the receiver, only nor indeed the best possible way to clearing the loading port. A steel clamp solve them. But ours works, and has held up block, milled to contour, was screwed to the well in the field. It's a guide to solving the di• receiver with two 6 x 48 gun screws. If the lemma of a shooter who has no shooting hand. one-handed shooter desired to sell the wea• And don't overlook the good feeling that is Antique Stag' for most populor 591. ~ & db!. O,HM REVOLVERS. AT YOUR ~~~=4!). pon later, these could be inconspicuously yours when you have been instrumental in DEALER. Stomp for brochure. c.~ ~ "Fill Ouromile closed by blind screws. With a trigger shoe helping a handicapped brother hunter ~ BOX 49702, LOS ANGELES 49, CALIF. pinned to the trigger, the piano wire was led back into the field. 52 GUNS JUNE 1960 NEW LOW PRICE .22 CONVERSION KIT ANOTHER NUMRICH SUPER SPECIAL .Ll EXCITING NEW GUN COURSE! . HEAVY-LONG SUPER TARGET · WOULD YOU be interested in a correspondence .22 BARRELS · course in practical. PROFITABLE gunsmithing and , gun dealing? Get the straight dope on how to , make real money at home in spare time. Teaches FOR ALL 1903 SPRINGFIELDS , you how to operate a full-time store-or how to build-up a gun collection at no cost (and prac• NEW REMINGTON MATCHMASTER BARRELS. for use Handsome conversion unit allows year 'round use ot tically no taxes). as barrel blanks or on Remington ~uns in the 500 series. yuur favorite rifle, even aflcr big game season is past. THE COURSE will be prepared by nationally- 26" long. 13/16" diameter. all pOlished and blued. Inexpensive practice (or hunting & plinking) now pos• chamhered for .22 1. r .. 6 groove rifling. Each barrel sible with a real, man sized .22 which not only shoots · known gun editors and dealers; fully covers such trued. tesled and serial numbered by ReminglOll. The beller hut feels better while shooting. (Just slide out , subjects as "setting-up shop"; "where to buy" ~~~$ ~~v~e~i;;~I~OIt~~ ~:~~~~eWI~~~r~ouE~nl i~nYr~e df~lt~~~ chan~e unit to hack" to .30-06). Full sized, but short (under wholesale); "how to trade profitably"; -may we su~est you pick up 1 or 2 of these at this ~~~~f a~~i;rac;.ithEa~heC~~ftr;\ ;~f1C3iS~~:;eboii.ne~on't~iri; "record keeping"; "gun laws"-and many others. exceptional pnce before they are gone'! High slren~lh trigge~ · In short. you get all the profitable trade secrets• steel, suitable for center fire calibers. fine for target .22 bolt, barrel liner, guard & 7 shot magazine>. pistol barrels. OriR'inally made for the 513 Target Bolts have adjustable headspace feature guaranteeing plus the benefits of a wealth of experience. riJles 5peciaJ $4.95 plus 50¢ post. years of accurate shooting. Over 2,000 happy users. FIFTEEN detailed, illustrated lessons that would (Ramp & front sirt"ht for above $1.25) Volume sales tumble price to a LOW. LOW 519.95 ppd. probably take 20 weeks to complete. Cost: About Extra magazines $1. 7S ppd. , $200.00 with optional installments on a "pay as · yOU learn-and earn" basis. EXTRA HEAVY 22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS · MANY earn from $50.00 to $100.00 per week extra doing the very thing they like most. We believe we ~. STEVENS·SAVAGE .22 CALIBER MAGA• can show you how to do this and more. Demand for ZINES. New. Fits all Stevens and Savage Full 1 1/16" diameter, straight, rifted blank-6 · guns and gun repairs increases daily. With proper groove for super accuracy. 27" long-large diameter models after 1923. Spec. $1.00 ea., 2 for · background and "inside dope" you can cash-in on makes adaptable for most rim or center fire acUons. this ever grOWing market. $1.75. 3 for $2.25. 1 tu7t~~m})~;lng-fo;-:22-L:-R.-O~ri: ~lci9:I~Jg~ 70¢ HELP US by sending a postcard today stating if you MIGHT be interested (if and When course is finally prepared), With any comments or sugges• tions. It will be appreciated. U. S. CARBINE ORDNANCE TOOLS for U.S. Carbines ~~ GAS PISTON NUT • WRe.NCH. ess~ntlal for re• moving gas piston for : cleaning $1.00 ~ :' L__FREEM_A_G_A_Z_IN_E_S_...... IWater (& dirt '" "'FORMULA 44·40" NOW USED IN EVERY tobacco) proof rubber cap y.s. GUN PLANT AND MANY ABROAD. New Indl!strial uses found daily in aircraft, sub• . given w/ea. magazine. maTlnes. clocks. etc. NEW HIGtt-SPEED FORMULA gives even U.s. GARAND GRENADE LAUNCHERS better results ... bikes seconds to apply coinpl~c~at~~I"le~eE~otb1~se up~~.c:n:~~~lt nfi~~i~h~ • 5 shot capacity-reQuired by law for hunting, fits Iflush with guard-streamlines alJIJearance. Solid Actually penetrates the steel. Used by QUn machined bottom-not "raw" appearing oversized ~~~~:Jesto a~~ fl:~Sb~~rs COiderb;~~er:ou Ge~a:; ~. fold overs that some are selling $2.45 used-or your money back. • 15 shot in original wrap. only $1.00 ea.or2 for $1.75 3 GUN SIZE $2.00 PPd. II • 30 shot. "banana" clips only $4.95 or 2 for $7.95! INDUSTRIAL GUNSMITH $IZL 1 pint ------$7.50 ppd. -~---~- Unused. As issued u __ $1.95 REMINGTON 500 SERIES CARBINE REAR SIGHTS plus 30c post. .22 caliber magazines. 6 shot. New. adjUstable for windall'e 6 .44 CALIBER BARREL BLANKS Only $1.00 ea., 2 for $1.75, 3 for elevation. fits all U. S. Car· $2.25. bines. slides into receiver dovetail - 2 minutes to In. J~C NOW - 81' I!\ T. PRICE! stall. as issued. $1.85 ppel. SI'RINGFIEI.1l 3 nI.!\J)E screw- ~.'~ ~!~ ~ SPRINGFIELD A3 SIGHTS. Similar to above. for drivers as issued. 1903A3 only new. Issued $1.85 ppd. New• $1.00 1l1)(1. GARAND RIFLE CONVERSION KIT NOT $5.00 t:::\ 111'::\ ("educes to 5 shots. only way to ONLY BlOT! make Garand fully legal for $1.49 WW These shotgun barrels should cause one at these prices! huntinJ!; In most states. (easily ABOUT 820/0 DISCOUNT_bUY an extra. ideal for slug & installed &. removed). Set. com· brush work, 20" cyl. bore. all 12 ga.. new, blued. Winche~ter Mdl. 12 $4.95 plete with special follower & HOODED TARGET FRONT SIGHTS Winchester Md). '97-Solid Frame $4.95 2 five shot clips. $3.95. Extra Standard dovetail_interchangeable inserts included. For Hi-power or small bores. From discontinued bushingWinchester Mdl. '97 -take·down_l'complete with $6.95fiUed 5 shot clips. 95<: ea. Standard Target rifle of largest U. S. maker. At a 700/0 8 shot cllps. $2.00 per dozen. discount! $1.49 ea. $12.00 per dozen
REI)J<·II~I.D JR. SCOPE RINGS: Solio steel. %." dia. only. Fits all Redfield Jr. bases. Very special ~)JJ)J))))JjjjjjjJJJj~ .•••••••-•..••••••••••••11.95 per pro SPRINGFIELD 1903 RIFLE SAVE $8.25 in lots of 75 bro~~~ ~;~~hes ."'~ MONTE CARLO STOCK BLANKS for sel·iollS cleaning. The extra size makes clean• For old Model Rem. 11 ing hores rast & easy. For all standard rods. (front safety) ond Say. Long Lasting. 25 hrushes $1.75: 7 5 hrllshe~ $3.00. BIPODS (for B.A.R.). Often used on 720 auto loaders. _ heavy farget and varminf guns. legs Rough inletted, outside ~~ adjust for height, and fold-up against needs finish sanding.· barrel. Excellent. $3.95 plus 40¢ post• Can be used for later Model 11 (rear safe.) by in• age. le"ing deeper. W/cheek piece. Rubber Yentilate.d recoil pad included FREE. Made by mfr. for the.r WINCHESTER '73 PARTS LYMAN 57A REAR .f/J deluxe skeet & trop guns. Walnut. Only $3.95 plus Winchester 73 Extractors-new, $2.50 ppd.; 73 firing SIGHTS- 'I 40¢ post. pins (state caliber) $3.75. (Write for other 73 parts) 1\SAVE ALMOST 50%-NEW $4.50 . WINCHESTER MODEL 73 ~IGHT SCHUETZEN OPEN REAR r fo'ine "V" notch. micrometer DUST COVERS windage & elevation adjust. " & c: complete with slide 0 ments. Sweat-on or screw down, or hoth. Pre-tinned for easy screw $3.75 '--- _ mounting Fits all round har· rels. Jo'or shooters who don't Iilu~ peep rear sl~hts. hut still want fine adjustments. $2.25 ea. LYMAN 17A GLOBE lo"RON1.' SIGHTS. Save NEW .45 SPECIAL! $1.26 ea. during this special offer. Complete BARRELS r- U.S. GARAND with hox or fnsel·ts. Only $2.25 ppd. (Dealers: auto, 1911 & At $6.95 FLASH HIDERS $20.00 per doz.). (M-2) os issued. New. $2.95 plus 30¢ post. SHOTGUN BEADS .4S AUTO MAGAZINES FREE CASE! I LARGE IVORY DO GET LOST & BROKEN made 1954 of new steel soees•• BEAD SHOT. superior to any made ore.. Here's a packet or IU large villusly. New. in ori2. wrap· GUN FRONT bead (standard 4/40 thread) pin::rs. $1.9S ea.-2 for $3.50. sig-hlFl for lI~llal m·ke or Just NOTE: When 2 are ordered. SIGHTS ______one, ONLY $1.00 pel" Packet50¢ new web carryinR' case in• cluded FREE. Improves hits. Special__ 4 beads for $1.00 I BREECH OIL GARAND & THONG SET.. SATISFACTION ALWAYS GUARANTEED TOOL For Springfield. Garand. Enfield &; Krag. fits in butt. We have some 20,000,000 gun parts in over 27.000 nickeled brass. not plastic. as issued, excellent. complete sq. ft. of storage space-modern, obsolete. foreign• with cleaning brush, thong, oil applicator $1.00 ppd. WORTH ANYTHING WHEN NEEDED advise wants for free quotation. In field or on range, this ordnance tool may be needed at any time-for bolt disassembly, because of poor extrac• tion with fouled chamber or for rifle takedown "Similar to illus.• only latest model with bronze brush end". Fits conveniently in butt trap-Keep shooting. a good invest• ment. As issued. Only $1.00 ea.r (Good to can-y with gun -new firing pln_$1.25. new extractor-$1.2S)
GUNS JUNE 1960 53 FIREPOWER FOR FOOT-SOLDIERS (Continued from page 29)
360-degree circle either free·swinging or by The most successful of them, the MG42, knobs according to a precise mill scale. resembles the M60 in method of manu· In the M60, many faults of our older facture, speed of barrel change, belt feed, "Browning lights," the M1919 and A6, have and weight. It differs mainly in its extremely been corrected. The 23 pounds includes an high rate of fire, 1200 rounds per minute. adjustable bipod. The Bren·type carrying This high rate is a distinct advantage for a handle is right over the balance point, where gun primarily intended as a squad weapon, it belongs. Stocking and sights are excellen.t. around which the riflemen maneuver. "Tar· I settled behind the stock in prone and gets of opportunity," small groups of indio pressed the trigger for a 40 round burst. viduals at medium to long range, are covered ..F~~~~S R~!~~ The shots made a comfortable chug-chug· by a hail of MG42 bullets before they can chugging and with no kick or bounce, the take cover, the way a shotgun pattern covers SOUTH BEND New 110 Norseman _ 29.95 17.95 string went ripping into the backstop. The a bird. SHAKESPEARE New 1798 26.50 15.95 SHAKESPEARE 1797 24.95 14.95 combination of flash hider and high sight The American army has always insisted SHAKESPEARE New 2065 w/Une 32.50 19.50 SHAKESPEARE New 2080 Sea Wonder 39.95 23.95 line, plus the straight line stock and low that the individual rifleman is the proper GARCIA MITCHELL 300 32.50 19.50 (550·600 rounds per minute) rate of fire base of fire, and demonstrated that the Ml, GARCIA MITCHELL 350 33.75 20.25 New MITC HELL 308 ultra UghL 34.50 20.70 gives the gunner full control over the burst. backed up with a sprinkling of BARs, can New ABU·MATIC 70 29.95 17.95 AMBASSADEUR 5000 45.00 27.00 Designwise, there is very little that is new balance an LMG equipped 0pI\onent. The ZEBCO 33 or 44 19.50 11.70 or startling about this gun. Automatic wea· objections to the squad LMG are that it and ZEBCO 66 12.95 7.75 pons engineering today is mostly a matter its crew is vulnerable. to enemy counter-fire PFLUEGER 1494 MedaUst 11.50 6.90 PFLUEGER 1495 Medalist 12.00 7.20 of selectively pirating existing systems, com· and that the gun itself is too heavy to keep PFLUEGER 1573 Supreme 37.50 22.50 DENISON·JOHNSON Century 100A 17.95 10.75 bining them into a working gun, and then up with the riflemen. DENISON.JOHNSON Citation 110A 22.95 13.75 endlessly testing and retesting. The M60s low rate of fire, 550 r.p.m., sac· DENISON·JOHNSON Centennial 120A 14.95 8.95 ALCEDO MICRON 41.50 25.25 In the case of the M60, the parents and rifices the shotgun effect of the MG42 to ALCEDO 2 CS 38.50 22.95 grandparents are easy to spot. It is basically qualities more desireable in a fixed defense A SUPER SPECIAL BY PARKER! a Lewis action, but front locked as in the gun: conservation of ammo, mount steadi· Alcedo ~iicron Reel & Alcedo ~ncron Rod. FG42. The quick barrel change feature owes ness, accuracy, and long barrel life. The . Retails $76.50 Spec. Comb. prlce $39.85 much to the MG34, as does the belt feed M60, according to policy at the time we system. The receiver group, with its stamped tested it, will be issued two to a platoon, SCOPES and welded bolt raceway, is right off an forming part of the weapons squad along REDFIELD Bear Cub 2*X $49.50 $33.75 MG42. If this cataloging suggests that rna· with rocket launchers. It is in fact a heavy RED FI ELD Bear Cub 4X 59.50 40.50 chine gun design is a simple matter, remem· machine gun so lightened that it can perform REDFIELD Bear Cub 6X 79.50 54.00 WEAVER 60B Series K 2.5 or K 3 37.50 23.95 ber that specifications for this gun were some LMG roles, rather than an LMG WEAVER 60B Series K 4 45.00 28.75 WEAVER 60B Series KV 57.50 36.95 originally laid down in 1935·1938, and design adapted to defense uses. The M14 full auto WEA VER 60n Series K 6 48.50 30.95 testing has been almost continuous since shoulder rifle will assume some of the tactical WEAVER 60B Series K 8 or K 10 59.50 37.95 that time. function of the LMG once served by the FREE! GIANT CATALOG The really interesting thing about the M60 Browning Automatic Rifle. At present, none Thousands ot nationally advertised Hunting & Fishing items to choose from at Lowest Prices. is the manner in which it points up a division of the heavy barrel BAR·like Ml5s are being Send for Credit Applicotion-No Obligation of fundamental tactical thought between the ordered. The M14 rifle paired with the M60 TO ALL INTERNATIONAL U. S. and every other major power. The M60 general purpose machine gun will do the job. CHARGE CARD HOLDERS is a light gcneral purpose machine gun but, In addition to traditional American atti· Send in flour account number .£ authorized 8ionature for immediate delivery on all purchases 01 $50.00~or more. in the European sense of the word, not a tudes towards the LMG, two other consider· Add SOc pOstage on all items. 20% deposit on all COD's. Prices subject to change without notice. true light machine gun. ations must have effected the design of the *On Purchase ot $50 or more. The distinction has less to do with pound· gun. The first derives from the problem of - age rather than with projected tactical use. stopping mass attack of the "human sea" PARKER Distributors British and German arms research in the variety so effectively employed by Communist period between "The Wars" concentrated not Forces in Korea, and by Russian troops. The 3S16 WHITE PLAINS ROAD (Dept. G-660) on an adequate semi·auto rifle, as in America, M60 is a better. gun for this purpose than the NEW YORK 67, N. Y.-Phone TUlip 1-1900 but on developing a squad base of fire in the MG42. The other .consideration is current form of a 25 pound light machine gun. In U. S. thinking on the role of fortress defense Britain, this became the Bren; in Germany in atomic war, where fast air transport of The Finest Revolver and Pistol the MG34 and MG42. 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54 GUNS JUNE 1960 zones of fire, will be a cheap and effective stop to operations "behind our lines." "During acceptance tests, the 1V160 fired 20,000 rounds in one·hundred round bursts, with one minute cooling between bursts. This is the same test as a watercooled heavy IVlG must pass. Although the barrel was originally planned for "quick take down" to switch to a fresh barrel when the first became over· heated, the test revealed this was not neces• sary. The first 9" of bore is of Stellite, an - alloy developed by Haynes Stellite Co. of Only -hand loading gives Kokomo, Indiana, which has high erosion you precision loads resistant properties. At incandescent heat, the Stellite rifling still carried the load. It :,for your BEST shooting. did not wash out. Use of this metal plus Congressional thrift on research terminated further design on the barrel group, although it is not the best quick-change barrel on a gun in use today. Bipod and gas cylinder group all are integral with the barrel, must be removed with it. Since the new barrel needs an identical fitting, extra cost and weight result from this design. The word from Ordnance is, that with the Stellite lining, barrel life is so satisfactory there is no point in redesigning the assembly, while Other REDDING Reloading Equipment practice in the field suggests the gun will Standard Powder and Bullet Scale be treated as a fixed-barrel arm. Reloading Press Standard of the industry. To change barrels, I cocked the piece, set .All rifle and pistol Guaranteed accurate to a tenth the swinging thumb lever on the left side cartridges $22.50 grain. Capacity 325 grains $14.00 of the pistol grip to safe, and hit the barrel Master Case Trimmer catch lever on the right side of the receiver. One-pass trim and Standard Powder Measure A friend who helped me in the shooting, chamfer any caliber Removable metering chamber. but who would ordinarily be the assistant rifle or pistol case Capacity 0 to 100 grains gunner, grabs the bipod (the barrel itself is $14.50 $12.50 HOT) and pulls barrel group including Shell Holder Primer Post bipod and gas piston assembly out the front $1.80 $1.50 of the gun. Inserting a second barrel, one The Redding Master Powder Measure is a top quality Master Powder Measure merely flips the latch and the gun is ready. tool designed for the most efficient, accurate and easy All caliber tube; The buttplate, feed cover and pistol grip measurement of rifle, pistol and shotgun powder charge micrometer settings. are covered with neoprene, protection against ranging in width from Y2 to 100 grains. Machined and Capacity Y2 to 100 grains accidental freezing contact of skin against flnished for lifetime accuracy. $18.50 metal. Breakdown for field cleaning requires only a cartridge as a tool. The catch on tlte butt group can be reached by the bullet point, releases the butt which slides straight back. The donble-wound springs, heavier and longer-lasting even than IVlG42 springs, can be removed. The bolt assembly and gas piston can be removed from the back, after relieving buffer pressure upon a vertical cross plate. With the plate pried up by a cartridge as lever, the back of the receiver is open for complete stripping. The trigger
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GUNS JUNE 1960 '55 and grip removes by un-springing a flat bly like the M14, a minor help in training. SIGHTS, SCOPES, MOUNTS retaining plate, freeing the cross pins, much' In manufacture, if quantity production is (See also Cover 4, pages 10, 15, 51, 54, 57 like the earlier German designs. Sights are expected, it should be hardly more expensive 100 meter minimnm, and then graduations in to make than an Ml rifle. The receiver forg• hundred meters from 300 to 1200 meters. ing is a simple figure 8, about two inches' Training will dispense with fire from full long; the top holds the barrel and the defilade; that is fire directed over the heads bottom, the operating rod. Some of the of our own troops from a rear position smaller parts are powder metal, and invest• hidden from enemy observation. ment castings would simplify production of The new training table will require firing many parts. The bolt raceway, feed cover, from bipod, tripod, hip and the shoulder buttstock and fore-end, bipod. and pistol without mount in kneeling and standing grip are all stampings. position. In the latter positions, the new Considered as a member of our new family cardboard 100-round belt container will be of weapons, the M60 with its steady stream ttSHARPSHOOTER" used. The total package will weigh about 32 of "hot lead" will supplement the splutter pounds-not easily held and, it would seem, of fire of our M14s. It will be used more in oddly uncompetitive in terms of most fire• the assault than our Browning Lights were, for .22's power for least weight, with some other and there will, we hope, be more of them. "Sharpshooter" Receiver Sight LMGs available which in a similar fitting At least lighter than ils predecessors, though Gives your .22 new life, new accuracy! perhaps not so light as it could be and still Only peep sight for .22's that attaches firing from a 250 round back pack weigh not to dovetail groove on top of .22 re• more than a good target rifle held at the be durable, this rugged, accurate scattergun ceivers. Same sighting disc and picture shoulder. is a welcome addition to the Arsenal ~ as expensive receiver sights. Full windage and 95 The M60 uses the captive gas piston assem- of freedom. ~ elevation adjustment. Only $4. "Sharpshooter" Ramp & Front Sights "THEY SAID WE COULDN'T DO IT" /n~ Teams up with the .22 re- ( Continued from page 36) CC ceiver for perfect shooti,!g . accuracy. Ramp attaches In ism effectively and effiiciently. each hand made unit was an improvement of (I~ barrel dovetail, no drilling or Starting in 1956 with the time-tested .....-: tapping required. the previous prototype. ~ Gold Tip Front $1.95 swing-arm feed, Crosman engineers nndertook Extensive field tests involving civilian and IIIII!!!IIIIiii Ramp $3.25 the task of devising a reciprocating C02 military personnel were conducted in 1957 hammer cylinder that would meet extreme and 1958 at the Camp Perry Matches, Na• performance standards. The goal they set tional Rifle Association conventions, numer• for themselves was-l00,OOO rounds without ous regional pistol meets, and at sporting mal-function. goods dealer shows throughout the nation. An entire segment of the Crosman Arms Each new and improved model incorporated engineering and technical section was in• the recommendations of gun experts and structed to go all out on a crash program. top shooters, and the Crosman semi-auto• Within the next four years, many models matic, (already being called by its makers designed, tested, and discarded. But "The Pistol of the Champions") was being
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56 GUNS JUNE 1960 regarded by shooters as the pistol that might make champions. By early 1959, the long-sought mechanical Faster, Easier Spotting action had been perfected. The Crosman semi-automatic had withstood all the severe tests and punishment that especially de• signed automation equipment could produce, and was designated Model 600. There now existed a smooth functioning gas-operated semi-automatic capable of being recocked and loaded as quick as a blink of the eye ... actually ten shots in two seconds with no damage to delivery of the pellets. Achieved. too, was an exhaust valve which dumped the C02 after forty shots, thereby assuring consistent gas power control. Next, outstanding metallurgists and lead• ing suppliers of prefabricated metals were consulted and assigned the task of develop• ing especially processed metals and methods of manufacturing for the 86 component parts of the semi-automatic_ Parts quality and per• formance were to be foremost. At the same time. the finished cost of the completed semi• automatic was to be within reach of all shooters-in must sell for less than thirty --'7 dollars. The metal experts responded by creating [B8~CB®[;)0 ~ a die-cast of the total gun frame. This with a achievement, with the many complicated and concentric parts, was not only a "first," but a casting phenomenon_ The intricacies of the 60 mm Spotting Scope die casting eliminated many secondary ma• chining operations and improved tolerances The BALscope Spotting Scope eliminates guesswork and error. and surface finish. In addition, the physical helps you spot your target quickly and accurately without changing properties of the alloys in the castings con• position. The choice of champions for quarter of a century, tributed considerably to the fine balance, sturdiness, and pointability of the semi• BALscope provides optical performance and comfort not found in other automatic. scopes of this class. There's no eyestrain to cause fatigue even The know-how of the Crosman Arms en• after hours of steady use day after day on the line ... clarity and brilliance gineers, and the miracle of the metallurgists, of image are unsurpassed. 'Fry this rugged spotting scope, specially created the first successful C02 pellgun semi• designed for the target shooter ... see how it can help improve your scores. automatic. Now, shooters can practice with top target accuracy, slow. timed, or rapid-fire, within the confines of their home or limited m;i;;:;:~:};~~' .=:' areas. for less than a penny a shot. ::: This can be said about the "pilot" test :; ~ ~ guns sent to GUNS for testing: they work. FREE LITERATURE •.• Part of our test firing was done (deliberate• please write for information on ly) in a room of our editorial building, with how the BALscope can give you the door open. There was no disturbance of lilill more shooting pleasure. Ask for office routine; few people knew anything Booklet G-1l2. Bausch & Lomb unusual was transpiring. Accuracy was excel• Optical Co., Rochester 2, New lent (exactly equal, so far as we could tell, York. to the ability of the shooter). And the auto• $I1S cash price; includes loading action worked without malfunction, choice of 15X, 20X, 30X smoothly, as long as we continued to fire !!!ii or 60X interchangeable eyepieces. BAUSCH & LOMB them. No function tests we could give them could \'N"V"5) compare, of course, to the torture-tests al• ready given them at the factory. Crosman's "automation test equipment" puts these guns through long periods of rapid-fire operation at the rate of 4,320 shots per hour. The rate PISTOL SHOOTERS! of speed can be raised to 180 shots per It's Ready! Big, New Pistol Shooters minute-three shots per second-and the guns take it. Reference' Boole. and Catalog. Perhaps as great a miracle as the en• ~~~~~ \rJ~~t~~Se~~I~s~~~~Of~ r~~gc"o"ma~~i~i';,t.;e~i;l.'o~::':rier .. .- ole~6 .(tomllY~iM.~ tions ... articles by top shooting and reloading authorities Clark. McMillan~ gineering behind the Model 600 is its price• Toney, Cartes, Joyner, White, Weston, Shockey, Gibbs, Hebard-these alone 27.50 retaiL It's a lot of gun for that ~ worth many dollars if published in book form .. _ National records ... 2600 Club. etc. All the latest products and prices ... hundreds of score improving money_ ~ Items and tips ... Clark, Shockey, Pachmayr custom guns ... Ruger. Hammerli. Hi Standard, S&W, Colt target guns. The pistol shooters "Bihle" and standard reference hook. No catalog like it! A MUST for competitive pistolmen or anyone Interested in handgunning_ Double your money back guarantee If you aon't agree it's the higgest pistol u. S. SNIPER SCOPES shooting value ever for 50c. Mailed immediately in protective envelope .• POSTPAID 50c_ ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!
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FOOT WARMER keeps feet warm for out• doorsmen with a f1ameless heat. Safe and simple to operate, lightweight, lasts for years. 3l1z oz. lighter fluid creates heat for eight hours, maintairis temperature 1100 to 1700. Rugged carrying case. A product of ROMER '60 COACH, highly styled and de• Taylor Sales Company, 226 W. Wayne Ave., pendable, Pat. No: D-185,146, engineered Wayne, Pa. for sportsmen. Romer coaches are made of kiln dried lumber with quality aluminum skin, plus all built-in features of home. The coach takes the outdoorsman over rough mountain roads, to hide-a-way or retreat, to unbleached wool retains natural lanolin oil, the desert wilds, along the highways and keeps wearer dry through a day in rain or bi-ways. Accommodates five, or more, and is snow. Complete satisfaction guaranteed or weather-proof. Doubly insulated, completely money refunded. Available in sizes for men undercoated, built-in jacks for easy place• and women for $47.50 postpaid, from Norm ment and removal and storage, ventilation Thompson, 1805 N.W. Thurman, Portland, from all sides, interior and exterior lighting, Oregon. icebox or refrigerator, and light, but sturdy and rugged construction, contribute to all• TWO NEW STOCKS are available by Steve COLT'S POWDER AND SPIRITS FLASKS around appeal and dependable service. Manu• Herrett, Herrett's Stocks, Box 741, Twin are unique collector's items manufactured by factured by the Honorbuilt Trailer Mfg. Co., Falls, Idaho, for Single Action Rugers, James Dixon & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, England, 756 Hansen Ave., Lakeview, Calif. Single Six, Blackhawk, etc. Nothing is lost and imported by the San Francisco Gun Ex• in traditional eye-appeal of single action by change, 75 Fourth St., San Francisco 3, Calif. extension of butt of stock, but a better hold Powder Flasks are equipped with an adjust• is obtained. Front filler behind trigger guard able screw-off charger throwing 63, 73, or 83 provides necessary room for comfort of mid• grains of FFG powder suitable for rifle or dle finger under heavy recoil. New stocks de• musket; or a non-adjustable charger, choice signed for comfort make ideal stock for of 12, 24, or 36 grains. The Spirits Flask hunter, quick draw or plinker. Available in is highly polished Brittania metal, giving the several different woods and with regular or appearance of silver. Has capacity of seven skip checkering. ounces, will not tarnish or leak. ALASKA TRAIL P AK holds all of sports• man's equipment and clothing. Built of mildew-proof, water repellent 10 oz. duck, same weight and standard specified by the Armed Forces. Double construction at all points of strain, sewn with heavy-duty thread that will not tear out. 3D-inch extra heavy duty zipper for easy access with rawhide tie• on loops at each end. Large zippered sep• arate side pockets for small gear; wet cloth• ALL-NEW FITZ GUNSLINGER GRIP re• ing has removable plastic liner. Extra large, produced in exact appearance of fine Austrian 35" long, 17" high. Priced at $18.50, post• Staghorn. Precision-molded from genuine Fitz paid, from Alaska Sleeping Bag Co., 723 Duramite, gold-bond guarantee against break• N. W. 18th Ave., Portland 9, Oregon. TOWN AND COUNTRY Citizens Radio age. Made for Colt, Ruger, and High-Stand• Band Transmitter-Receiver enables two-way ard Frontier-type revolvers, the Gunslinger communications between mobile and fixed follows classic contours of original "Hawg• locations. Fully portable, it saves time, steps, Leg" handle of the old Six-Shooters. A prod• and money. Precision-built, rugged, fool• uct of Fitz, P. O. Box 49702, Los Angeles 49, proof, and dependable, an easy, modern way Calif. for outdoorsmen to communicate. Known as Model TC-27, it comes equipped complete BAVARIAN LODEN COAT is rugged out• with antenna, microphone, and cables. No doorsman's garment, made of a double layer BREDA MARK II, now distributed by Dakin wires, no skill required, but switch on and of woolen Loden cloth. Preferred for hun• Gun Co., San Francisco, is rapidly gaining communication for business or pleasure can dreds of years by Europe's mountaineers and American favor for such standard features be made up to 10 miles away. The unit is foresters for protection against the elements. as Breda Ventilated Rib, "Quick-Choke," and rated at maximum authorized input of five Quilted sleeve linings provide extra warmth. special construction permitting field-stripping watts. Full instructions included. It is manu• Detachable double hood. Available from Im• in less than a minute. Every component part, factured by Utica Communications Corp., 19 ports By Mail, Inc., P. O. Box 341 Midtown even the raw steel, is fabricated in the Breda So. La Salle St., Chicago 3, Ill. Sta., New York, N. Y. plant in Brescia, Italy.
58 GUNS JUNE 1960 WITH I and bead front. Weight of the 620K and 640K is about 6 lbs., and retail prices throughout the United States are $28.88 and $39.88 re• spectively. CHARCOAL STOVE heats and cooks any• where. A safe, easy·to·carry, quick-starting heater for sportsmen, heating a 10 ft. x 10 ft. ~rea. Fries fish, game, bacon and eggs; makes coffee, beans on top grill. Special STOEGER ARMS CORP., 45-18 Court Sq., L.I.C. 1, N.Y., has announced their appoint• ment as sole U. S. Agents for the Flex·Rod Gun Cleaner, a flexible cleaning rod that cleans from the breech to the muzzle. Avail• able in three sizes, Flex Rod is portable, pocket-sized, with a cleaning action that pulls dirt away from the action, not into it. Model CRS, designed for guns, rifles, shot• MEC 250 SHOTSHELL LOADER from May· guns, handguns, is 36" in length; Model R, ville Engineering Co., Mayville, Wis., de· for rifles or handguns, is 30" in length; signed fOf use by competitors looking for Model RP, for handguns is 9" in length. speed' and precision. Guaranteed to process 250 shells per hour when operated by an expert. Speed results from having only three working stations, with one of three stations performing six operations. A "floating" wad guide permits quick, easy loading. The Direct Reading Pressure Gauge can be used for other than standard loads. Sure·Starter Brickets light with any flame. Available in 12-, 10-, and 20-gauge models, Heavy duty aluminum finished steel; as· assembled and ready to run. Priced complete bestos lined; 9112" high, 4%" grill, weight at $48.95. 1Y2 Ibs. Brickets 50c a dozen, heater $4.95. Money back guarantee. From Simplex Port· able Heater Co., 338 Paris S. E., Grand SHOOTING MITT padded throughout with Rapids, Mich. 1~" foam rubber designed for shooting comfort and resulting increased accuracy for small bore riflemen. Mitt-type design is open at both ends and at thumb. Available for left· or right-handed shooters in small, medi• um and large, retail·priced at $6.00. A prod• MODEL 32 NOW AVAILABLE for skeet uct of 10-X Manufacturing Co., 405 E. Sec• and trap gunners, as well as upland gunner ond St., Des Moines, Iowa. who wants quality combined with right basic design and fast-handling feel. Manufactured by Krieghoff in Germany and distributed by Europa Corp., P. O. Box 47-576, Miami, Fla., Model 32 sells from $340 Standard to $850 Monte Carlo grade with superior selected woods and massive gold inlays. Guaranteed against defects of workmanship or material. Barrels 26Y2 to 30 inches, vent rib, white SHOOTING DECOYS constructed to insure bead sights, single selective trigger. Descrip. lifelike buoyancy in both rough and calm tive folder on request, or see the new Krieg• water manufactured by Wildfowler Decoys, hoff Model 32 at your dealer's. Inc., Montauk Highway, Quogue, L. 1., N. Y. Decoys are made of selected heavy density balsa wood. All joints are cemented with waterproof glue and high quality glass eyes are used. Above, male and female mallard QUICK DRAW CLUBS, for timet's, special decoy heads are mounted on wood blocks as target boards and "trigger finger releases,'" bookends. Free brochure of Wildfowler gift the line offered by Fastime Co., 1761 Hamp• BOLT·ACTION RIFLES designed for 22 items sent upon request. caliber rim fire Magnum cartridge available ton Rd., Grosse Pointe 36, Mich., is a good from O. F. Mo~sberg & Sons, Inc., New CARRY·LITE PLASTIC COOLER weighs selection of needed and useful gear. Timers Haven, Conn. Designated as the 620K, a but five Ibs., carries large load of benefits for record to 1/100 second. Safe indoor fun for single shot, and the 640 K, a 5-shot clip re• outdoorsmen. Made of expanded polystyrene, family and friends, using primers and wax peater, rifles are "Chucksters." Barrel of the cooler offers resistance to impact damage bullets, with Fastime timers. special, high-strength steel, receiver and bolt and weather. Maintenance free outside and are extra heavy and double extractors are in, for liner is stain and odor·proof. Avail• You'll 'want provided. Deluxe features of 620k and 640k able in large and small sizes, cooler can be GUNS QUARTERLY are special satin, non-glare finish on receiver, used as a seat. Manufacturer is Molded breech cap, rear sight and matching trigger Carry-Lite Products division of Pulp Repro• in your library. guard. Sights are "u" notch at rear of barrel duction Co., 3000 W. Clarke St., Milwaukee Order Form.page 42 with adjustments for windage and elevation 10, Wis.
GUNS JUNE 1960 5«) WORLD'S BIGGEST GUN MUSEUM (Continued from page 26)
glass dome of the roof are displays of armor successive wars which have devastated little and rifles grouped in such profusion it stag• Belgium have contributed richly to the com• gers you. Weapons finding eager bidders at pleteness of this indoor field of Mars. sales, rifles and muskets which the collector To the purist gun collector the Te<;hnical wishing to sell at a gun show may barely Department holds maximum interest. It is unwrap before he has a dozen offers, cavalry the middle of three curved halls leading away and dragoon pistols that decorators stick from the French·Austrian rooms, and con· customers fabulous prices for, are here tains a very complete series of all the fire• grouped in vast quantity as thick as flowers arms of all the nations, from flintlock to the on wallpaper. most recent machine guns. There is a group Designed by Frank A. Pachmayr. these handsome gun cases Three long curving halls extend away from of edged weapons, sabers and lances, minia• keep your side arms safe and secure all in one place. Have rack for guns. space the entry area, acres of weapons in glass ture battleships and naval vessels, and mod• for accessories and special mounts for cases or, for cannon and machine guns and els of artillery which have been used in -the spotting scope. Made of rugged light• weight construction and finished in simu• other heavy gear, placed artistically so as to Belgian army. The Library is also huge, on lated black or brown alligator outside and the specialized topics of weapons and war• fully lined.inside. Choice of 4 or 5 gun permit aisles and paths for the visitor, but models with or without back door in right out on the floor accessible for study. fare. It is a rich documentation of combat brown or black colors. Prices start as low as $29.50. Guaranteed by the West's oldest While there are the usual "hands off" signs from the 18th century to date, and is well gun house. and individual cannon may be roped off to known to the universities of Europe whose See your dealer or write for FREE 16-page brochure. prevent prying fingers from taking home the students often travel many miles to examine PACHMAYR GUN WORKS, INC., Dept. G-6 1220 S. Grand Ave., los Angeles 15, California breech blocks, the brown-uniformed Belgian some volume which the Brussels Army Mu• soldiers who stand quietly on guard will not seum alone may possess.. ~ stop you if you merely want to take a closer In walking on fast-aching feet through Fast Draw Timer look. But so fine is their capability as these acres of arms I saw many unusual How fast are you? tty. guards, that even during the 1939-45 war items. One case in the Fifth Hall had flags, Measure your SPE"ed and reaction time to 1 / 100 second. Our electronic timer de• (relics of which fill acres of a new hall uniforms and many articles associated with slg-ned fOl' use with wax bullets for sllfety. Full loading instructions. CompleLe set· up·t!mer. switch. tal'get, wi!'es and toward the far end of the building) the oc• Germany in WWII. But hardly noticeable instruction. $59.00. cupying troops both of Germany and later on the floor of the case was a gray-steel FASTIME CO. 1761 Hampton Road Crosse Pointe Woods 36,. Michigan of Canada and America did not get away P-38 auto pistol, perhaps Walther or Mauser with anything. Oddly, the Germans during make, with an odd barrel about 1" in diam• *************************** the occupation removed rifles of the French eter. The caption was inconclusive-the pistol PRECISION ~ Lebel Model 1886 pattern-why, has always looked "factory original" and seemed to be Bench Rests! it remained a mystery to the museum staff. Sturdy mechanite casting wrinltle baked -te a silencer model, a hitherto completely un• enamel, adjusting screws and lock nuts it Otherwise, this magnificent collection re• known article for the American automatic steel and chrome plated. unconditional- -tc mained intact. The Germans left behind in arms student. In a chamber dedicated to the ly g~~r:I~~~e~'iSc~~5nrsO 3rols'3~ai~:O. B. -te Arcadia, Calif. Cash or approved -te surrendered rifles, pistols, machine guns, World War, among various early anti·aircraft credit. PACIFIC MFG. CO .. 113 it Santa Clara St., Arcadia. Calif. -te vehicles and fighter planes far more than the machine gun mounts, were several cones ______paltry few French Lebels they took. Indeed, 1 carrying Model 1879 Hotchkiss Revolving ************************* Cannon mounted as balloon-busters! These RECONDITIONED REMINGTON 37mm naval and assault artillery guns, re• tired after 1900, were dragged out and placed ROLLING BLOCKS Cal. 11 mm (.43) again into service to combat the Zeppelin NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED menace, the world's first rapid fire Ack Ack. NOW ONLY Some idea of the magnificence of this mu• Don't miss out on this rare oppor• seum may be gained from the fact that orig. tunity to add one of these oldtimers inals of military monuments are also pre• to your collection at low, low cost. Made served here as curiosities. The huge- "Boar by Remington nearly a century ago and gun• of the Ardennes" erected near Bastogne in smith-reconditioned to look almost new. A mas• memory of the Allied fighters who fell there terpiece mantlepiece or den decorator, in superb in 1944 in the -Battle of the Bulge, 'is an shooting condition, complete with cleaning rod. Shipping heroic monument of· granite with a bronze weight 12 Ibs. Overall length 50 inches. AMMO FOR THIS RIFLE: 100 rounds (5 boxes), $7.50-100 rounds (loose), $6.00 boar on top. The American paratroopers who (Misfires naturally to be expected.) fough t and whose comrades fell there can see in the Army Museum the original of this 1898 MAUSER BARRELED·ACTION-NRA GOOD CONDITION great work, plus hundreds of arms and battle Pre - War German - made Model 1909 relics from this great engagement. The stu• (Mauser 98) barreled-a.clions. NRA good or better condition, caliber 7.b5MM. dent of Nazism, that black period of modern Mauser Crest removed trom receiver. Ideal for building fine sporter. history, will find here preserved the trap• REGULAR GRADE $28.50 SELECTED GRADE $32.50 pings of barbaric splendour that marked CLOSE OUT SALE OF 7.92 KURTZ AMMO GUNSMITH SPECIAL that movement: swastica flags and banners for German machine pistol, Model MP44. Packed Small Parts Grab Bag ....$5.00, postpaid of the "Standards" and other legion-like in clips-20 rounds to the box. Only $7.50 per 100. units o'f Nazi Party military organization. Close Out of French Chauchat 8MM Machine Rifle Large Grab Bag. . .. $\ 0.00, postpaid -Used in two World Wars. Price includes maga· Hard to find parts assortment. I or 2 Here too are the daggers, the insignia of zine, aircraft sights and accessory kit, while limited sales pays for the lot. rank, the dread death's-head badges of Das supply lasts. .30-40 Krag (incomplete rifles-no bolts) Schwartz Korps and other SS outfits. And I HUNTERS SPECIAL ...... 3 for $15.00 for the more scientific minded, V-I and Tiger I Field Repair Kit in Canvas Ditty Bag_ tanks are poised as if ready to roll or for I SPRINGFIELD .30-06 TERNI 7.35 flight in the final room, the Eighth Chamber. Firing Pin $1.50 Firing Pin $1.75 In this long hall which lies to the right of I Extractor $1.50 Follower $1.50 the entrance on the floor plan, but which I Ejector $2.25 Follower Spring $1.00 can only be reached after a long hike Oiler...... 35c Chauchat, Good $19.95 through other halls, is one of the outstand• I Specify IIS pringfield" or "Terni" Repair Kit. Chauchat, V Good $24.95 ing exhibits of the museum, not often I COMPLETE KIT Prepaid-Each $3.50 * Accessory Kit FREE with each Dewat shown to the public. It is a monumental t painting on canvas. Battle of the Yser River, :~~RE~l~WAR~npJ'O~ POTOMAC ARMS CO. PARTS & OTHER ITEMS I LECT. unless otherwise in- • advertised by us it1 prior by Alfred Bastien. This huge picture, fifty di"ated. Send $5.00 mini- P. O. Box 550 - 329 S. UnIon St. issues of this ma~azllle are I mum for COD EXPRESS AI d' 2 V' .• still available. :send self- feet high and 350 feet long, took five years J_C~J~~I~m~. .:x~ ::..a....:~~:: __~d=~e~= ~ ~._ to paint. The painting's sections were brought 60 GUNS JUNE 1960 into the museum by a special railway spur. For decades the task of arranging an!! pre• paring these tons of munitions has been the 'lot of Louis Leconte. Founder and Conserva- teur (director) of the museum, his bronze o~~~s ~~~ ,~?~~?~ enlnlop bust now guards the entrance to one huge SHOOTER. SPORTSMAN AN COLLECTOR. skylighted room filled with captured German Service Armament Co. has done it again, by trophies. offering its new enlarged catalog for only SO¢. The Kingdom of Belgium is small. But This beautiful edition is chock full of all types its people have always been noted for their of fire arms and ac~essories from Anti-Tonk Guns industry and energy. The extensive arms to Mini e Bolls and is guaranteed to gladden the trade flourishing at Liege since the 1400s heort of even the most blase gun bug. Present• plus the shipping facilities of its great ports ing the most diversified line of arms found of Antwerp and Ostende have all made Bel• anywhere including the World's largest supply gium a rich prize of war. Hence the warring of shooting ammo - it comes easily within nations of Europe have often waged their your grasp SEND ONLY 50¢ battles on its soil. The great Napoleon met his end at Waterloo, and the trophies of this era, magnificently chased and inlaid duelling pistols, drums with the insignia of regiments Service Armament Co. 8 EAST FORT LEE RD, BOGOTA, NEW JERSEY of past glory, banners and battle flags tom by the blasts of war, all mingle into one vast archive of history to make visiting the Brussels Army Museum an unforget- ~ table experience for the arms man. ~, HAND LOADING BENCH FLARE PISTOLS (Continued from page 13) • U. *S. 1'.1-8 Flare Pistols, 37MM-New.. $7.~ ea. • BRITISH WEBLEY Flare Pistols, Machines are shipped adjusted for a given :171'.11'.1 7.50 ea. • 2iiMM Webley Flare Pistol. 7.50 ea. load. Those bought by mail will not have the • Special coll'lction of 5 different Flare plastic shot and powder hoppers installed. Pistols-complete with 2 flares $21).95 for group They are a very tight fit, difficult to insert • 371'.11'.1 Parachute Flares _ 1.50 ea. • 37MM Star Shells 1.00 ea. by hand. I slightly beveled the inside hopper • 37MM Signal, Sound, & Flash Shells.. 2.50 ea. edge with a sharp knife, and set it in place. • Rille Grenade Parachute Flares, to be I put a block of wood on top and tapped it launched from 1'.1-1 Grenade Launcher 1.50 ea. • 2iiMM Star Shells 5.00 doz. with a hammer. Both hoppers drove home pronto. This tip should be in the directions. SALVAGERS SPECIAL HAND GRENADES Screws hold the hoppers in place, but are 30-06 loose, good shape-clean but not guar• The famous PINEAPPLE hardly needed when they fit this tightly. The anteed. Bullets and powder in excellent con- of World Wars 1 and 2• dition 25.00 per 1000 new but unloaded. Price size die is not highly polished, but slicks up 30-06 dirty-some split necks. but generally -$3.00 ea. pp. The new after a little use. When new, use a bit of goou 15.00 per 1000 U.S. offensive type grenade lUIXED 30-06 & 30-40 Dirty & split necks• -smooth body (new un• lanolin or case lube on a few shells. This sold as is for brealdng down into cOlnponents ...... •...... 10.00 per 1000 loaded)-$3.00 ea. isn't necessary after a few loads, as paper 30-30 WINCHESTER F.M.J. shells are waxed, to serve as a lube. Al\1~10-ideal for plinking. Suppl)'" extrelnely Extra die sets (less charge bar) are made lilnited 9.50 per 100 303 EXFIELD 5-SHOT CHARGER CLI1'S •.• 111-1 GAltAND GltENADE LAUNCHElt for 12, 12 Magnum, 16 and 20 gauge at :l for L.OO ppd. -a rare accessory for your Garand 14.00. The DL-l00 Loader has many fea• SPI~CIAL- KRAG rear sight and safety- ... Ideal for line throwing ... Firing complete l(it $1.75 ea. pp. signal rockets, etc. Complete with 3 tures of the DL-200 Loader that sells for Ii.RAG-balTeled actions, stripped ..$2.50 ea. grenade parachute flares and 20 blank $99.75. Both are manufactured and whole• cartridges. . Price-$5.00 ea. saled by Western Gun Supply Co., 3730 ZF-41 SCOPES-long eye relief, light & weight-compact and rugged, German N. 56th St., Lincoln, Nebraska. craftsmanship ... internal ~ adjustments 2'hX ... ICIU.;i\"CH CHAUCHA'l'-Complete and complete with standard .44 Load Addenda in excellent condition-$10.95 ... A few choice ones at-$29.05 mounts $10.1)5.' . Some comments were received on the c velocities noted in my last column on hand• SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. 8 EAST fORT LEE RD BOGOTA hE ... J[;~SE> loading for the .44 Magnum. The 2,000 £.p.s. with Jugular bullets is technically correct. All the Jugular ballistics are somewhat mis• **************************** leading. They were obtained in laboratory ~ pressure barrels of minimum dimensions. The INSIGNIA and DECORATIONS of U. S. ARMED FORCES W.W. n,t actual velocity of all these loads will be low• * Giant Revised Edition . .. 2.476 lull-color illustrations * er in your revolver due to gas leakage be• * A remarkably researched and compiled book of all insignia, decorations, medals. service * tween the barrel and cylinder. Larger di• ribbons and badges of all our Armed Forces of World War II. Printed on quality paper, mensions also reduce velocity with any load. * 208 pages, with texts and much detailed material. 2,476 brilliant, crisp full-color illus- * trations ... exquisitely detailed beauty of all honor and bravery medals will thrill you. Standard .44 factory loads are published * If you served in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces during W.W. II you'll want this about as per this table: reference book on your bookshelf. You'll find it adds greatly when you discuss your * * service with your own child ... and eventually your grandchild. Even your wife will .44 Magnum Ballistics * find it fascinating. Moderately priced due to a very large printing, only $3.50 ppd. So * * you won't forget ... order today! * 8%" Bb 6%" Bb 4" Bb WILLIAM HARDY. Box 547, Englewood City, New Jersey Muzzle Velocity, fps 1550 1470 1360 * * Vel. 50 Yds 1340 1275 1190 Vel. 100 Yds 1170 1120 1060 Muzzle Energy, F.P. 1280 1150 985 **************************** Energy 50 Yds 955 870 755 AUTHENTIC Superior Value. Finest Energy 100 Yds 730 .670 600 GUN BOOKS Saddle Leather. Guaran- Hercules and H. P. White labs use tight OVER 175 IN STOCK BUSCADERO teed to fit. Send For Free Folder. pressure barrels about 8" long, supposed to WRITE FOR FREE CATALOG OUTFIT equal6lh" revolvers, but don't. Even differ• JACI{ FIRST EL PASO SADDLERY ent revolvers with identical loads vary ~ nox 542-G I .. uncuster, Cu]f(orlliu 51585 Box 7274-C, EI Paso, Texas over 100 fps. ~
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ANGLES AND STRAIG HTA WA YS Richard M. Hartz, who operates The Cabin Range, near Lockport, New York, writes that four years ago, he started a small gun shop The Hide-a-Way as a sideline. ext to the gun shop he erected Holster a rifle range, and also did a lot of clay target Handcrafted for shooting with hand traps. This went over YOU; fits inside trousers band; so well that last summer he put in a regu· concealed but lation skeet field. Last fall, he ran over 150 available; pro-· tects against 1144. BLACK BEAUTY GUN BELT skeet rounds per week, so now plans to add grease, rust. Wt. two more skeet fields, a brush walk, and 2% oz. top grain Fast draw type holster with. soft glove leather white lin• soft cowhide, riv• ing. Belt and holster in black cowhide only. 58.99 PP. clubhouse. eted nickel clip. Send waist size, caliber, model and barrel length of gun Congratulations to Dick Hartz! Build a $2.95 P.P. when ordering. Double gun set available @ $13.95 PP. better mousetrap or gun club, and the world will beat a path to your door. Bill Sager, who owns the Skyway Cafe and Gift Shop, out at Custer, South Dakota, writes with another problem. Bill asks how you maintain year-'round shooting interest at a gun club. I have answered Bill, and per• 1127 - SPECIAL: SWORD-CANE, RIDING-CROP haps some of our readers will want to add Beautifully made, hand-plaited, ~en their ideas. uine leather riding crop, with 18 mch Bill also writes, "We haven't been organ· dagger hidden inside. Practical col• Beautifully designed with white lector's item. $5.00 PP. ized long enough to get the publications on plastic lacing, on deep cordovan the various shoots around the area or the leather, edged in white leather country. We would like to get in on this .lacing. Rich looking. Made for all firearms and calibers. Revolver mailing as we have several fellows who would type set includes belt, fully looped, like to take in some registered shoots." holster, with leather buckle. Automatic set in• cludes belt, holster and two clip holders for four WHITCO Gun club secretaries, will you please add clips. Send waist size, caliber, model and barrel P. O. DRAWER 1712 Bill Sager's name to your program ~ length of gun when ordering. Automatic set $15.95. Revolver set $10.95 PP. BROWNSVILLE 18, TEXAS releases? ~ JORDAN HOLSTER Fast - Safe - Comfortable YOU FROM DIXIE? Preferred by the Experts Master gunsmiths, best in the South. oHer COMPLETE gunsmithing for shooters. attractive repair rates for DON HUME LEATHERGOODS dealers. Approved by all makers. Stoeger distl"'ibutor: BUSCADERO OUTFITS Browning, Colt etc. agency. Guns. reloading supplies. 8772 Van Horn St. La Mesa, Calif. "RAPID FIRE" HOLSTERS Satisfaction guaranteed. We trade. Catalog 35c. Refunded on First Order SHOOTERS' ACCESSORIES 808 HUNTER GUNSHOP, Wall SI. 01 71h, (ordele, Go. DALE MYRES CO. BOX 7292-L, EL PASO, TEXAS
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"'adsworth, Illinois. Handle Any Practica.l llifte Or Pistol Uebarreling. I ..ining, Or Ueboring. Complete Conversions. Please Describe \-Vork Fully. No Price List. Snapp's Gunshop, 214 N. \Vashing• ton, Hoyal Oak, Mich. GUN SCRE\VS. 6/48 or 8/40 assorted lengths 50c per dozen. Professional 2 flute Taps $1.20 Special hard steel DEATH MARKS of famous western outlaws. Casts made drills 45c. All postpaid. Send for Catalog 15 on all from 17 masks fashioned for side show exhibit in 1890·s. Buehler mounts (including Xew Micro-Dial), Low Safetys $3.50 each. Send (or list. Betty Zane Antiques. 7031 Stony etc. 1\iaynard Buehler Inc., Orinda, Calif. Island, Chieago. LEARN GUXSMITIIIKG. America's oldest. most complete. COIN COLLEc'rOHS Largest most respected newspaper, 2-~·r. course. Earn AAS Degree. Recommended by leading semi-monthlY. Sample 25c. $2 yearly. Numismatic Kews, Firearms Companies. Modern Equipment. Competent In• 133 'Vater St., lola, \Visconsin. PRIMER POCKET CLEANER structors. 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P;xcellent-.. 18.00. 30-06, 303 British, 8mm gockets .50. Marines or CaYalry 1908 Campaign Hat $6.00. )lauser, 6.5mm Swedish, 7.62mm !tussian, military am• :\[acKenzies Sabers .50. Free I~ist, Stamp. Francis Fahey, munition at $1.50 per 100 rds. ~lone~' back guarantee. Free Houte 2, Melville, Long Island. N. Y. gun list. Freedland Arms Co., 3lJ Park Row, Kew York •••••••••••••••••• 38. N. Y. LEATHER CRAFT • 1'RDTECT YOURSELF • NEW TAHGET Pistols Barrel 5.1;2" long, 6 groves, steel FREE "Do-It-Yourself" Leathercrart Catalog. TandY : with this Fountain Pen-Type POCKET : & rifling by Savage Arms. OveralJ length 12". Single shot Leather Company. Box 791-Y33. Fort \Vorth, Texas. 22 short semi-automatic ejection. Part!:i are blued and easy to fit with home work shop tools. Comnlete kit of 20 parts includiflg assembly details and diagram only $7.85. WANTED • TEAR GAS. ~r. O. nreferl'ed. l'ostage paid. Purchasers must be legally •• D.EVICE ••• $15 VALUE • Qualified. State age, etc. McLaughlin Gun Mfg., 2211 Drew 'VANTS MARTIALLY (US) Marked Following Arms: De• Ave. So., )Iinneapolis 16, Min. tective Special, .25 ACl'. nigh Standard .32 or .380. Rem• • 38 Special Cal. • ington 1903-A4 stamped A4, 1\13 Carbine or receiver milled ITALIA.1' GALlt;SI Automatics-Brand new-Special Sales to accept Sniperscollc, '}JlA3 Carbine or heavy wire stock, l)rices..25 cal. automatic list $27.50 now $24.50; .22 cal. John!:ion 44 dewat, Sedgley dewat, S&'V Light Rifle Model • • long ritle Jist $33.80 now $29.95; .22 cal. short/long list 1940. Bazooka, 4.2 Mortar, 'r100E3 'I'ree Mount. Britt $29.50 now $27.50; .32 caL automatic list $36.50 no\v Brown. Eagle, \Vichita. Kansas. •• $32. !:l5. Shillped FOB Chicago. Import Associates, 2639 • • \Yetit J:teterson. Dept G16. Chicago 45. IlIinois. COLLECTOR \VAKTS German Helmets W. \V. One T,ype. Price and describe. Stevens, 209 Colorin, Palos Verdes • • COLT FRONTIERS. Colt and Remington percussion re• E!:itates, Calif. • for police or civilian • voh·ers. \Vin. Le\-er actions plus many other Modern and Antique Guns. \Vill Trade. Stamp for list. ClIet Fulmer WINCIIESTER CABBINES Models 66-73-86-92 excel• • :~fsh:sr~,o:t~!n~~~s~~e~~ • (Guns), Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. lent condition. John )l'ussbickel, Cedar llill Road, R. D. • permanent injury, Highly • 2, "Tappingers Falls. Xew York. KLE~'S BIG 128 Page Kew and Used Gun, Ammunition, Nickel Plated polished heavy nickel alI sports bargain catalo~ is hot off the presses! NobodY • Peerless Type case with .spring-steel • undersells Klein's! Send 25c to Klein's-227 \V. \Vashing• ton, Chicago 6. • HANDCUFFS pocket clip. • $15.00 value; SPECIAL SEND CHECK OR NE\V FIB.EAlnIS-Scopes-Reloadln~ Supplies-Acces• MISCELLANEOUS • $ 795 pro MONEY ORDER. NO COD's • sories. Quick SerVice-Lowest Prices. Large Catalog Free. Registese~p~~~r~~~~ibutors. \Valter Oli\'er, Box 55. Auburn, Indiana. PEEULESS HANDCUFFS. $13.95. 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64 GUNS JUNE 1960 NEW TARGET FOR r------, DA GUNNERS **TOP GUN BARGAINS**
(Continued from page 22) .22 L. R. SHORT LEE ENFIELD IMPORTED MUZZLE \'OADERS .303 LATEST ISSUE ENFIELD ;#4 A little more straight back pressure on the ve .' • trigger, the tip braced against the "stop," ~' The aisley Marksman Favourite. Only a small quantity manufac• would let-off the shot with no jar. PERCUSSION CAP GUNS. 5culp· 10·shot, detachable magazine. Pre. tured in the popular .22 caliber :~~~: 3~!Ph~~I., ei~r:tdedpat~h'~~~: :r:n.miJii~9~ ~~a~ri~gn ~d cg~:t~:~ cision calibrated Enfield sights. For short·fingered gunners, the special ram rod. Only $29.50. 2 for World's fastest bolt action. Cur. to repeater. Complete your collec• $50.00. Also, 38" bbls. Only rently in use. Used by hunters the Roper stock presented a smooth surface for tion with the rarest of all Enfields. $33.50. 2 for $60.00. Flintlock ~~; $~5~80.~cf~I;)$~~~~0~~~~foill~ Quns-Bbls. from 35" to 50". Only world over (V.G. to Excel.) Free the tip of the trigger finger to slide on_ $39.50. 2 for $70.00. Each an new "as issued" sling. Only selected models. excellent shooter. $14..50. 2 for $27.50. Selected! Warned that the trigger was near the end of the pull by touching the stock, the shooter .22 MOSSBERG MODEL 42MB REPEATER AMMUNITION SPECIAL: had merely to press straight back and de• .30·06 Ball M2, U. S. Mfg. factory packed. $6.00 per 100; $49.50 per I liver the shot without that score-wrecking r-~ 1,000; (6000) $42.50 per 1,000; (12000) $40.00 per 1,000. I . .' ALL OTHER MODELS, REVOLVERS, jump. Roper grips are no longer made, but ~ _ PiSTOLS, MUZZLE LOADERS-WRITE! CANADIAN I modern grip makers know the secrets of his The Cadet's Favourite. 8-shot, de- BUYERS: I style. ~tha~~~eTv~~azi:i~'h~,icr~":_~~fict;:; :;~~st o~iSS;::Y t~~ I The most natural trigger squeeze for DA ~~oc~~~a:pe(t.~.r :o~e~C:I~)ot~:/; 1011 Bleury, I firing is to rest the trigger in the first joint L $17.50. 2 '0' $30.00. 22 KINGMAN. SAINT ALBANS. VERMONT Mon',ea', Que. J crease of the trigger finger. Unlike slow-fire single action "touch off," it is wise to use any holster, bring the left hand to steady the PONY EXPRESS part of the trigger finger which feels most pistol by gripping it around frame and guard. natural, causing the least effort to pull the Pull both hands in tight against the side or tit 10119 trigger. To build trigger control, practice dry hip, near the holster, waist higjl. To bring VERNIER firing a lot so the muscles in that finger will the gun into action, swivel your hips so your Itlst, It's become accustomed to the pull. Muscles in left side faces the target, gun level and fingers and hand must not tire or cramp if pointing true. In this hold as in any other, IIere ••• 'TANG you are to do effective shooting. a smooth controlled trigger pull is essential Point shooting, double action accuracy to resist flipping the muzzle off target. SIGHT without sights by "feel," is the most popular You can point the gun sideways by swing• practice. Trigger squeeze in this phase is ing your body: elevation is controlled by ONLy$13!!~ just as important as when using the sights, shifting the hands. Never look at the gun, so special grips can be an aid. This type of only at the target, checking your shots by practice will teach you to shoot quickly, their pattern on the paint-striped boards. and hit. It will take practice to learn to control The FBI point shooting stance is a crouch, your pointing but, after acquiring the knack, the gun held ont front with elbow often you will be able to group all shots closely. braced a little toward center from your hip This is a deadly effective way of shooting bone. Others shoot effectively by holding the up to 30 yards range. It can be the speediest wrist of the firing hand tight against the hip combat firing style, through controlled ~ on that side, or by holding the gun with double action. ~ This is an exact reproduction of the early Vernier Tang Sight pOI)ular with all members of the single shot rifle both hands. fraternity. Fits most single shot rifles such as Winchester. In holding the gun in' front, you mnst Sharps, Ballard, Remington and Stevens. Every detail and feature has been duplicated exactly. Staff is 3 1/4" high, train yourself to bring the pistol back to ELMER KEITH SAYS has standard elevation graduation and locks in upright pOsition. Base is 3" long with standard size hole in for• point of aim after each shot, countering re• (Continued from page 9) ward end only. Rear end is left blank and is long enough to be adaptable to any tang size. Top Quality construction coil. When holding the wrist of the pistol beautifully blued. hand against your hip, you will be able to left eye, went through the skull, and broke ONLY $13.95 postpaid. the left shoulder, lodging under the skin deliver six fast shots into a small target area PONY EXPRESS simply by using pressure and arm muscles perfectly expanded. It seems a very wicked to control the recoil. Lastly, the two hand little cartridge to penetrate so well in tough DERRINGER method makes available even more body mountain lions, and Jack Nancolas likes it. strength to hold down recoil, like holding So do l; but for big cats like these, I would HOLSTERS the gun in a vise. much prefer my .44 Magnums. Invention of this two-hand system is cred• $3!~ ited to Army Captain W. H. Sweet, and is Ruger Single Six .22 WRF The unusual Pony Ex• press Quality saddle regularly taught in some police departments I have Ruger Single Six .22 L.R. serial leather and workmanship today. It is a good style for the wearer of No. 15 and Bill Ruger has just sent me an• . (A) (B) ~~~n g~reth~~~o fi~ee ri~~: nng~r Hots.ters. E!1ch one. is a custom job in appearance a shoulder holster, or belt cross-draw holster. other Single Six in .22 R.F. Magnum, 6Y2" and 111 uUhty. ChOIce of eIther right or left hand models. For this sort of rig a variation can be used: barrel, serial number 300015. (Judging by (A) Made for all I)Ol)ular Derringer makes such as Reming• ton. American "'eapons. Great Western. Derringer Corp., Draw the pistol from the left-side cross• this huge number, the single action is not etc. $3.~5 ppd. For the new (B) Colt 1t4 Derringer. $3.95 ppd. "hen orderlllg pleal;e give Derringer draw holster with the right hand in the exactly dead!) The new gun shows improve• make and whether for right or left hand. usual manner. Instead of extending it in ments over the early one in several ways. front of the body, hold it close against the One of the main improvements is a good, P. E. BULLET DEFLECTOR left hip. As soon as the gun is clear of the practical loading gate. The finish and fit of PLATE ••• ONLY $ ~ 9S '0' FAST DRAW FANS ~ ppd. WhS take a chance? This plate deflects bullet New huge illustrated 40• at 30° angle in the event revolver should AMERICA'S FREE CATALOG discharge in the holster during the act of page Catalog every monthl Quick draw. A real life and leg saver when FINEST Thousands of ontique Colt draw.fng the l1\'e ammo. A cinch to install. Recommended for all revolver calibers except revolvers. Kentucky rifles. magnums. Onts $5.95 postpaid. ORDER NOW! Send check. cash, or money ANTIQUE pistols, muskets, swords. HQui(k-Draw" Holsters order. Sorrs, no COD's. Calif. res. add 40/0 daggers from all over the sales tax. 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GUNS JUNE 1960 65 straps to frame is also much better. little magnum 20 bore Model 21 for this That evening we had cocktails and dinner , The new gun was given a 14" twist to work, and had my four ducks down with at the Lockhaven Club, then returned to the , better handle the .22 Magnum ammunition, six shots. Stratford for the night. Our game birds were and an inch longer barrel to better burn the It was a pleasure to watch the work of the later sent to us packed in dry ice by air powder. It burns enough to give the little eager but perfectly trained labradors. I also express and arrived in perfect condition for 40 grain jacketed hollow soft point 1550 feet got a kick out of the ducks, as everyone that the table. velocity, but it still leaves unburned powder ran the gauntlet would start quacking when I saw Jim Clarke make a nice double on in the bore and around cylinder. Hammer• he landed in the lake to tell all his friends quail, but muffed the only chance I had for a draw artists wanting to use this gun as an he had made it. I could see little difference double; I missed my second bird. I was told understudy of their big center fire S.A. guns between shooting passing mallards at Nilo, that Pete Kuhlhoff made a triple on quail. can do so, as it is almost indestructible. or the Pahsimeroi or Lemhi valley mallards The shoots at Nilo were perfectly man• here in Idaho. It was a great shoot. aged and ran without a hitch. Everyone pres• The Winchester 1960 Seminar At noon, we were served a wonderful ent had ample opportunity for some excel• From Jan. 26th through the 29th, Win• baked pheasant dinner with all the trim• lent wing shooting. The program at the hotel chester-Western brought a group of gun mings at the club house on the farm. In the was handled equally well by Bill Talley, Jim writers .and editors to Alton, Ill., for their afternoon, we shot quail over some wonder• Rikoff, John Dear, Jim Clarke, Tom Hen• first Seminar. They also brought the heads fully trained dogs. Each group of four men shaw, Bill Woodring, and others. In a life• of their own various sales, promotion, and would take in the aggregate 21 to 26 quail time of hunting and working with guns, I engineering departments. For the first time and from two to five pheasants, and we all have never enjoyed the companionship of a in history, a great arms and ammunition had a wonderful time. On the quail, two finer group of gunmen. After breakfast the company has seen the need of an annual men moved up to the dog whenever he went morning of the 29th, we regretfully parted get-together of their own technicians and on point. On the next point, the other two company. The first Winchester-Western sem• salesmen with the top arms writers and would move. up for the shot. They were fat inar was voted a success by all pres- ~ authorities of the nation. Of the many in• heavy bob whites and very nice sport. ent. ~ vited, there were but two cancellations. It was a great get-together. Neither side pulled any punches. The Winchester-Western boys gave us all the dope on their new arms INDEX OF ADVERTISERS and ammunition in a clear, concise, and well organized manner. They told us of their Advertiser Page Advertiser Page problems of manufacture and development, GUNS and AMMUNITION S. D. MYRES SADDLE COMPANY 65 PONY EXPRESS SPORT SHOP 65 their headaches and successes. We in turn ROBERT ABELS •. , _ 8 WHITCO ••..•...... 63 gave them all the dope we could on the THE AINSWORTH COMPANy 52 practical application of their arms and ammu• THE AMERICAN MARKETING CO 64 nition in the game fields. I believe everyone ARMALITE ••••...... Cover II, 3 SCOPES, SIGHTS, MOUNTS present benefitted from the meetings. BROWNING ARMS COMPANy 52 BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO 15, 57 We missed General Hacher of the "Rifle• CROSMAN ARMS CO., INC. 39 CRITERION COMPANy 55 man," and Lucian Cary of "True." I was the o & L PRODUCTS CO .,.,.,., 46 FREELAND'S SCOPE STANDS, INC 10 EARLY & MODERN FIREARMS CO., INC .47 LYMAN GUN SIGHT CORP Cover IV oldest writer-editor present, both in years FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CORP .45 PARKER DISTRIBUTORS 54 and in length of service in arms writing. FIREARMS INTERNATIONAL .46 REDFIELD GUNSIGHT COMPANy 56 Jim Clarke of Winchester beat me by one NORM FLAYDERMAN ANTIQUE ARMS 65 SANTA ANA GUNROOM 57 day for the honor of being the oldest man. HEINRICK F. GRIEDER : 50 UNITED BINOCULAR COMPANy 56 The evening of the 26th, we had cock• GIL HEBARD GUNS 57 tails and dinner at the Stratford Hotel in HELL MOUNTAIN GUN SHOP _ 50 STOCKS and GRIPS HOLLYWOOD GUN SHOP __ .49 Alton. The 27th, breakfast and a three·hour c. D. CAHOON . ., .. ., .,., .,., .,64 session from 9 A.M. until noon on all new HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO .49 BOB HUNTER GUNSHOP 63 CONTOUR GRIP COMPANy 54 Winchester arms and ammunition. The after• HUNTER'S LODGE 34, 35 REINHART FAJEN 6 noon of 27th, we were driven to Nilo Farms INTERNATIONAL FIREARMS CO 65 FITZ GRIPS 52 at Brighton, Ill., for a pheasant shoot. We LAKEVILLE ARMS, INC. .48 SPORTS, INC. 55 were teamed in groups of four shooters, LEM GUN SPECIALTlES .43 each group with a dog handler and guide. NORMA AMMUNITION & COMPONENTS 50 TOOLS and ACCESSORIES We all shot the new Winchester Model 59 PACHMAYR GUN WORKS 60 B & G GAUGE COMP-ANY .. ., ... ., . .,., .,10 with skeet barrel, and heavy duck loads by PENDLETON GUN SHOP .43 FRANCIS BANNERMAN & SONS, INC 8 Western of No.6 shot. In my group, O'Con• POTOMAC ARMS ...... •...... 60 G. R. DOUGLAS 9 ROYAL ARMS, INC. 10 FASTIME COMPANY _ 60 nor and I were paired 9n one side of the dog, SEAPORT TRADERS, INC 51 and Bill Edwards (GUNS) and Bill Kelty FLAIG'S LODGE ...... •.....••...... 6 SERVICE ARMAMENT CORP 7, 61 GOERG ENTERPRISES .48 of Winchester on the other side. The guns SHERIDAN PRODUCTS, INC 63 FRANK MITTERMEIER 52 and loads functioned perfectly. Jack and I FRED THACKER 65 NEW METHOD MFG. COMPANY _ 44 upheld Idaho tradition, as no pheasant es• VALLEY GUN SHOP 14, 54 NUMRICH ARMS CO _..53 caped on our side of the fence. The birds WEBLEY & SCOTT, LTD .43 PATTERSON SMITH 64 were wet from an early morning wet snow POLYCHOKE CO .41 and the going was slippery and heavy for HANDLOADING EQUIPMENT RADIATOR SPECIALTY CO 43 both guns and dogs. The guides and dogs AURAND'S •.•••.••••••••••••••••••... .48 STITH MOUNTS 50 knew their stuff and the shoot was a great BELDING & MULL .,., .13 SOUTHWEST CUTLERY & MFG. CO 14 success. Never have I seen such beautiful C-H DIE COMPANy .. .,.,.,., .. .,.,.,., .,12 CARBIDE DIE & MFG. CO .,.,.,.,., .,46 cover for upland birds as at Nilo Farms. MISCELLANEOUS MAYVILLE ENGINEERING CO 13 We were driven back to Alton for cocktails JACK FIRST., .... .,.,.,.,.,.,.,., .. ., .,61 R.C.B.S...... ••.. .45 GOVERNMENT SURPLUS SALES 54 and dinner. REDDING-HUNTER, INC. 55 The 28th, after breakfast at the Stratford, GUN DIGEST CO Cover III SAN ANGELO DIE CASTING & MFG. CO 56 WILLIAM HARDY 61 SCIENTIFIC LUBRICANTS CO .45 we were again driven to Nilo Farms and en• KUHARSKY BROTHERS, INC. 64 SIERRA BULLETS 11 joyed a very fine mallard shoot in the morn• NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION .40 SPEER PRODUCTS ....•...... 14 ing. The fat mallards came in over the PACIFIC MFG. COMPANY 60 ULTRA PRODUCTS .45 trees and headed for a small lake below us PENNSYLVANIA _GUNSMITH SCHOOL. .48 and as they came fast and downhill, it was HOLSTERS, CASES, CABINETS PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS .48, 64 very sporting shooting. Bill Kelty and I were RAY RILlNG.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., .,.,.64 squadded together in a small blind built EDWARD H. BOHLIN.,., .,., 9 SHAW'S CHECKERING SERVICE 11 lengthwise of a deep gulch so we had time COLADONATO BROTHERS .•....•••...... 54 SHOTGUN NEWS .44 EL PASO SADDLERy.,.,.,.,.,., ., . ., .61 SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY 9 for but one quick shot as the fowl came DON HUME LEATHERGOODS 63 UNLIMITED ENTERPRISES, INC .41 over the trees and pitched out of sight behind GEO. LAWRENCE COMPANY 56 VARMINT HUNTERS ASSOCiATION 55 the seven foot blind at our backs. I shot a DALE MYRES ...... •...... 63 VITAMIN-QUOTA .40
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