SU,PER BLACKHAWK ® .44 MAGNUM WITH 7.'/2" BARREL Only RUGER':'"jfiet§< al~t",ls~fifiil,.ovem;hts ~s standard. ~ TINY NYLON (HYLOK) PLUG IN THE THREADS HOLDS· PAST FOR I,.JFE •...fjOMPANY, INC. CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. d~~~~ et9Jmrufh~ . @//d~ &b ~~~... 9J~ftk ~ '99" The "99" is Arthur Savage's gift to big-game Chambered to handle today's powerful car­ hunters the world over. tridges: .300, .250-3000, .358, .308, .243 ... the Sportsmen first asked for this over 60 years 99 is available in a famous family of models. ago ... seeking a versatile, fast-shooting, flat­ Above, the new de luxe model 99-DL in the shooting, dependable rifle. favored :t\,Ionte Carlo version preferred for Over 60 years ago a young designer, Arthur scope shooting. The 99-DL and a companion Savage, answered this desire with a revolu­ featherweight 99-F feature a new top-tang tionary new sporting arm ... the first of the safety and lever lock, plus a new trigger-sear 99 series. It utilizes a remarkably efficient mechanism. Standard models 99-E and -R have rotary magazine in a precisely engineered regular safety and lever lock on lower tang. loading system, a hamlr.erless lever action See these fine American-designed, American­ that lets you shoot as fast as you can aim, and made rifles at your sporting arms dealers now an exclusive cartridge indicator possible only or write Savage Arms Corporation, Chicopee with a rotary magazine. These innovations­ Falls 13, Mass. for a free illustrated book of are still the backbone of the Savage 99. Savage -Stevens - Fox firearms. ~ 'WI SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION • CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS GUNS MAY 1960 3 YOUR Congressman Robert H. Michel 18th (Peoria) Dist., Illinois THE SECOND AMENDMENT was intended ... to prevent the disarming of the average citizen by act of a central government and to preserve to him the freedoms for which he fought. As a former combat infantryman, I am quite well aware of the value of the individual riReman in warfare. I will oppose legislation which would restrict or harass responsible citizens in the ownership of personal firearms... Congressman William K. Van Pelt Comm.: Merchant Marine & Fish, Science & Astro. 6th Dist., Wisconsin THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, as amended, is one of the great­ est documents that man has conceived. The Second Amendment spells out very definitely that we as a free people are capable of defending our freedoms by force if necessary... Sportsmen tbroughout the Nation are playing a large part in establishing voluntary groups to iustruct our youth in the handling of fire­ arms, which to me is most important because they not only C-H Reloading Equipment was become accustomed to handling a gun but also develop a re­ designed by handloaders for hand­ spect for it. I would ... oppose any legislation which might loaders. It is easy to own, easy to restrict the right of an individual to own firearms that he might use in extreme operate. Insures perfect ammo every­ instances to protect his person or domicile as well as to use as a sportsman in the field. time. C-H makes a complete line of equipment for reloading rilles, pistol Congressman Basil l. Whitener and shotgun shells. Comm.: Judiciary 11 th (Gastonia) Dist., North Carolina C-H Precision THE CITIZEN SOLDIER has always heen the first line of defense in our Nation Chrome­ since the days of the American Revolution. An essential part of our security is the Plated Loading Dies are right of the people to keep and, whenever necessary, bear firearms in defense of their available in liberties. over 400 . calibers. Congressman J. Carlton Loser Comm.: Judiciary, D.C. C-H Shellmaster 5th (Nashville) Dist., Tennessee reloads complete shotgun shell IT IS MY OPINION that the term "militia" was intended ... to cover the broad In seconds without field of non·professional soldiers, of citizens trained and accustomed to discipline and any adjustments or die changes. the care and use of firearms. Today's equivalent is to be iound in the membership of the National Guard and the organized reserves, and in the veterans whose military C-H Super "C" Press performs training and experience entitle them to serve in the defense of our liberty and the all the operations preservation of public order. I believe it an important part of the education of our of tools costing much more. youth for citizenship that this right to keep and bear arms should be publicly pro­ Only $12 00. claimed and exercised; that young people should be taught the care and use of guns; Choice of either upstroke or that licensing and regulating procedures should be reasonahly ordained and strictly downstroke enforced;. that the forfeiting of this right to bear arms may be the sure and irrevocable model. consequence of any serious crime of violence. The right of each citizen to bear arms is C-H Magnum both a symbol and an essential part of the freedom we desire to preserve and of the "H" Press. This unique responsibility we must accept. and versatile Congressman Clem Miller press enables you to reload rifle, pistol Comm.: Banking & Currency and shotgun shells. 1st District, California C-H Case Trimmer THE NATURE OF modern weaponry is so complicated, and the need for centralized insures perfect coordination so intense, that the mere idea of militia is ludicrous. Now, let me hasten uniformity from .22 Cal.thru .45 Cal. to add, that developments in the future may put the militia (or the individual with his whether rifle arms, most precisely) in the forefront as our protection shield. If the world should be or pistol cases. caught up in the madness of an atomic cataclysm, our highly organized society would FREE! Send lor JOflr C·H H,mdbook show. break up into its lowest common denominator-the individual and his immediate ing Y01l, houl to. make )'01lr own CUllom ammo·, AI/acb coupon to poslcfJrd and mail neighbors. At once, and in the twinkling of an eye, we might have the conditions of today. the frontier reestablished. At this time, the only arsenal he could avail himself of would be that (which) he had immediately on his person. He would be on his own_ • He would need all of the cunning which modern man has somewhat lost. Having arms, C-H DIE COMPANY, DEPT. G·5 carrying anns, and familiarity with arms would be an integral part of such self·reliance. P.O. Box 3284 Terminal Annex Los Angeles 54, California For this reason, I have always supported programs which would develop the individual Please rush me FREE Booklet responsibility and reliance of a fonner age. The very survival of the human race might Name _ depend on a few Robinson Crusoes spotted around the globe. This may not be what Address _ you had in mind in your letter [about the Second Amendment1, but I believe it needs City Zone._State _ saying by somebody. Name of my sporting goods dealer or gun· smith is: Readers' Note: All Congressmen may be addressed as "House Office Building," and all Senators as "Senate Office Building," both at "Washington 25, D. c." 4 GUNS MAY 1960 MAY. 1960 Vol. VI, No. 5·65 George E. von Rosen Publisher Arthur S. Arkush Ass't to the Publisher E. B. Mann Editor IN THIS ISS UE Wm. B. Edwards Technical Editor Elmer Keith Shooting Editor new gun . .. Kent Bellah Handloading SHATTERPROOF GLASS BARRELS William B. Edwards 16 Roslyn Wallis Editorial Ass't gun personality ... TV'S BIG MAN-FAST RIFLE Rodd Redwing 19 Sydney Barker Art Director guns curiosa Lew Merrell. Ass't Art Director BAD DESIGN? FAKE WALKER? X·RAY IT!. Edward D. Padgett 22 GUN OF THE MONTH: AN AMBIDEXTEROUS RIFLE Edward Korda 33 Marvin Ginn .....Advertising Director hunting ... TALKING TURKEYS INTO TARGETS , Russell Tinsley 24 Lee Salberg Ass't Adv. Dir. A BB GUN CAN HEI,..P YOU KILL AN ELEPHANT W. M. Jenvey 26 Lou Weber Advertising Sales shooting M. 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