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FIFTY years ahead of its time (the the firing pin back, makin9 it some• rN!U(({j{jUT!!iJ PRECISION .220 Swift is based on its cartridge) what stiff in operation. To open a was the Lee Straight-Pull, or US Navy cocked bolt it is necessary to depress _WO_O~~~'_S M-9~. Total production was limited the bolt-release. HYDRAULIC to 15.000 military 9uns and, a few TO FIELD STRIP: sporters, so it is predictable that this Remove bolt by depressin9 bolt• Reloader & Swager item will one day become seriously release and pullin9 rearwards. Hold desired by collectors. extractor tall with thumb to prevent The caliber. 6 mm (bore diameter loss. (2) Lift out extractor. (3) Press Reload 25 per minute (or more. if you can keep .236"; groove diameter .243") was firing pin rearwards and turn bolt . up]; all caliber rifle and revolver bullets up 10 the smallest ever adopted for any lever at right an91e to bolt. (4) Re• .600 Nitro Express; rim and rimless center-fire military rifle. It was also the first clip• lease pin (forward) out of engage• cartridges (no rim-fire]; save 800;. mfg. retail fed ma9azine rifle used by the US, ment with bolt lever. (5) Remove bolt bullet price; change from. swager 10 reloader in and the only straight-pull ever ac• lever from right. (6) Remove firin9 minutes; adjustable pressure valve; fits any std. cepted by' any of our armed forces. pinto rear. (7) Unscrew collar on firing pin to remove mainsprin9. (As• 'l'a" x 14 or 1%" x 18 die. Weighs only 95 Ibs. Note that primary extraction is not possible with this system. Althou9h sembly is accomplished In reverse the design allows for considerable ap• order). plication. the action is brusque and As issued, the weapon had a 28" tends to break extractors-a fault barrel. half-pistol-grip stock, and F. 0_ B. WICHITA READY TO OPERATE which resulted in its ultimate discard. weighed 8 Ibs. 12 oz. Bayonet was of While desi9ned for a special five-. knife type with 8V4" blade. (with 1 HP electric motor & one' shot clip (which could be inserted The Lee saw service in the Spanish• shell holder of your choice) with either end up), the weapon may American War of 1898. beln9 used by also be loaded without a clip. . the Marines and the U. S. Navy. When the safety is applied. it cams -Copyright "The Firearms Encyclopedia." write WICHITA PRECISION TOOL CO., INC. 450 N. Seneca Wichita. Kansas
4 GUNS APRIL 1963 APRIL. 1963 Vol. IX, No. 4-100
George E. von Rosen Publisher
Arthur S. Arkush Ass't to the Publisher
IN THIS ISS UE E. B. Mann ...•....•.Editor special R. A. Steindler Managing Editor NEW GUNS FOR THE ARMy Joseph Goodyear 16 Kent Bellah Handloading hunting ••• Roslyn Wallis ...•...... Editorial Ass't SAFARI GAME AT HOME Frank C. Hibben 20 RINGNECKS-AND HOW TO FOOL THEM... .. Bert Popowski 26 shooting .•. Sydney Barker Art Director CHAMPIONS AT 13 .. James T. Smith 22 Lew Merrell. Ass't Art Director A RIFLEMAN REMEMBERS Chappel and Tedmon 30 western ... Lee Salberg Advertising Director HIS GUNS HELPED TAME HELL'S HALF ACRE ...... Glenn Shirley 24 guns to buy ... CLASSIC GUNS OF EUROPE Louis William Steinwedel 28 Sanford Herzog .. Production Manager THE MEDALIST BY BROWNING R. A. Steindler 33 Kay Elliott .....Ass:t Production Mgr. home worksho~ SHOP TIPS FOR GOOD BLUING Tom Burrier 36
Donald M. Partrick Circulation Mgr. departments ... Sally Loges Subscription Mgr. AN INSIDE LOOK .. Shelley Braverman 4 ARMS LIBRARY. 6 George Tsoris Promotion Manager GUN RACK.. 8 HANDLOADING BENCH.. .Kent Bellah 10 CROSSFIRE 12 Editorial Advisory Board EDITOR'S CORNER... .. E. B. Mann 14 PULl!.. .. Dick Miller 38 Lt. Col. Lyman P. Davison ...... •.. M.ilitary SHOPPING WITH GUNS.. . Roslyn Wallis 56 THE GUN MARKET. 64 Carola Mandel, AI Schuley..•...... ,.Skeet INDEX OF ADVERTiSERS 66 Dick Miller Trap
Harry Reeves Pistol Competition MEMBER or THE Jim Dee Junior Hunters Dee Woolem, George Virgines Fast Draw Bill Toney. Frank J. Schira Police Jl
EDITORIAL OFFICES: E. B. Mann, R. A. Steindler, 8150 N. Central Park, Skokie, III., ORchard 5-5602. Kent 8ellah, St. Jo, Texas. :REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L Pollock, 210 East 53rd St., New York 22, N. Y., PLaza THE COVER 3-1780. WESTERN, Michael R. Simon, 8640 West Third St., Los Angeles 48, Calif., CRestview 4-2939. Owned by Bob Richards of Elk Grove, MIDWEST ADV. OFFICES, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6967. III., the 12 gauge Winchester Model 50s pictured, serial numbers 68719 and 68873, combine silver-inlaid game scenes with scroll engraving and oak leaf stock• and-forearm carving. Picture taken with a Rolleiflex on Ektachrome at 1/100, F5.6 by R. O. Prochaska of Palatine, Illinois. We proudly include these guns and this picture in our motto, "Finest In The Fire• arms Field." They rate it!
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THE WORLD OF "WOOD, FIELD, AND STREAM" By John W. Randolph (Published by Holt, Rinehard & Winston. $3.95) If you were not a constant reader of John Randolph's "Wood, Field, and Stream" articles in the New York "Times," you had better buy this book to see what you missed, which is plenty. If you read the articles when published, you have doubtless already bought the book, to make sure you have them avail• able for rereading. These short, irreverent sketches of outdoorsmen and outdoorsman• ship will keep you chuckling for hours as you recognize acquaintances and friends among them, including yourself.-E.B.M. KIT CARSON, A portrait In Courage By M. Morgan Estergreen (Univ. of Oklahoma Press. 1962. $5.95) Much has been written about Kit Carson, ranging all the way from the wildest of wild west fiction to fine books of well researched history. It is not strange that this is so, for few men ever won such a grip upon the imagination of Americans as did this run• away boy who lived to become a national hero. Certainly Kit gave the writers much t() write about, for he made his mark in many fields of adventure-as a scout, as a mountain man, as a soldier, as an express rider, Indian agent, Indian fighter, and guide. In the words carved on his monument in Santa Fe, "He led the way." A resident of Taos, where Carson lived, Estergreen put years of research into the preparation of this book, determined to cor• rect the frequently distorted picture of Car• son and the events through which he moved. But this is no dust-dry thesis; it reads like a novel, in clean, swift-moving prose. A real addition to any library of western Ameri• cana.-E.B.M. 1£ you do a lot of trap or skeet shooting, this is the reloader built specifically for you. It's the MEC 250. You spend a lot less time UNDER FIVE FLAGS reloading those hulls because the 250 is the fastest, by far, of all (The Kynoch Press, P. O. Box 216, Witton, Briminham 6, England. $2.50) conventional tools As its name implies, it'll process up to 250 This beautifully done 100 page book repre• shells per hour safely, easily, accurately. sents the 100 year history of the Kynoch An awful lot of shells for a conventional reloader? You bet! But well works and the Imperial Chemical Industries within reason when you consider that shell handling is cut to the Ltd. George Kynoch, in 1862, started the absolute minimum ... the 250 has only three working stations with Witton "percussion cap manufactory" and six operations being performed at one of them. At one position, you from then on, it was a constant evolution reprime, resize, charge powder, guide and seat wads and charge shot. and growth, until Kynoch products were known all over the world. Make your check Add to this such unique features as MEC's "Floating Wad Guide", the payable to Imperial Metal Industries - it most efficient method of seating wads yet devised, and the Adjustable should be a sterling check by the way-and Wad Ram which eliminates the necessity of checking wad pressure send it off to the above address.-R.A.s. Visually, and you have every right to expect and get real performance •.. right from the start. WALTHER PISTOLS AND RIFLES By W. H. B. Smith 'The MEC 250 comes complete, ready-to-use for $48.95. It's available (Stackpole, Harrisburg, Pa., 1962. $5.00) jn all gauges from 12 to .410. The increasing interest of shooters and collectors in automatic handguns was bound to occur and Walther pistols are now very See it at your dealer's or write Mayville Engineering, much in demand. And thus, the revised and Mayville, Wisconsin. Happy Shootin'. enlarged edition of Smith's book is a most welcome one indeed. A considerable amount of new material has been added, much of MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. (Continued on page 63) 6 • GUNS APRIL 1963 ':wit "'the e~citin'g}.ew ,~·"'"'MEL:'~OIiNSON ';;;~SP/TFIRE"~'~
*Firepower at your fingertip could be the most important thing in the world. "Easy does it" with a Mel Johnson semi• automatic "Spitfire" in hand. Chambered for the new high• velocity MMJ 5.7 mm cartridge, the Mel Johnson "Spitfire" puts game-getting power in a handy, out-of-the-way package ••• ready for instant use. Perhap!t you'll never need to face the challenge of survival. Perhaps you'll never need collision insurance .•. but you carry it just the same. It makes sense to have ready the things that could well be vital in ,time of need. The Mel Johnson 5.7 mm "Spitfire" gives you the ideal in a survival subrille. Just 4.8 pounds light, this rille has the power to bring down animals for sustenance, or a 'marauding wolf yet with the accuracy required to bag a bird in the bush with 40-grain 3000 foot• second load. The Mel Johnson "Spitfire" is one piece of equipment you "Mel"' Johnson. of World War II firearms and ammc> can't afford to be without. It can rid you of nasty varmints, bring fame, designed advanced techniques into this new.. you a wholesome supper, drive off an aggressive alligator, take est automatic weapon and ammunition. A.S.M.E., et care of that gigantic shark on your deep sea troll, cut down Harvard Law graduate. Marine Col. Johnson authored coyotes. Dependable performance and sure-fire functioning articles and hooks on gunnery and military tactics, including "The Liability of Makers and Sellers of back up the high-velocity MMJ 5.7 mm center-fire cartridge,•.• Firearms:' and it is yours new for just $130; or $73 for your own .30Ml Carbine custom conversion if supplied us. Order yours today, Also available with handsome wood stock; specify which.
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GUNS • APRIL 1963 7 ~~ THESE TINY PIECES OF BLACK MACARONI ARE Browning Scopes, Gun Oil is worth it. The scope has a one-piece, non• The Browning name and mark on a piece removable mount that gives it great rigidity ULTRA-MODERN of shooting equipment is a hallmark of and perfect alignment on the gun. quality. When the two Browning scopes CYLINDRICAL GRAIN arrived in our testing shop, there was little CCl.22 Ammo question that they would check out A-OK. Cascade Cartridge, Inc., recently opened Made by one of our very finest U. S. scope a plant in Mexico. George Fairchild gave NITRO-CELLULOSE companies, the Browning 3X-9X Variable us a chance to check out some of the with cross hair reticle and the 4X scope Mexican CCI .22 rim·fire ammo, but not were put through the usual paces, from before he and other American personnel NORMA RIFLE POWDER freezer to a warm room, drop tests, recoil from the Lewiston plant were certain that tests, and short water immersion tests did the Mexican production control and quality IT IS CLEAN BURNING, not affect these high quality scopes. Having POWERFUL AND wondered how the Variable would stand EXTREMELY VERSATILE heavy recoil, we mounted it on one of our new test guns and fired a box of ammo as Ask for your powder by name. fast as we could recover from recoil, then Ask for Norma. banged the scoped gun around in the car for two days, fired another box of ammo• The Norma line of and we were still on target. The gun? A rifle powders give .375 H&H Magnum made by Colt's (more high bullet veloc• about this gun when our tests are com• ities with low pleted) . breech pressures Browning also offers one-piece bases and and temperatures. split rings suitable for these bases. The This helps to re• scopes and bases are of the highest quality, duce the strain on the glassware has excellent optical proper• rifle mechanism would be up to their U. S. standard. We put and barrel erosion ties, and the price tag is in keeping with to a minimum. The the quality of these items. the long rifle ammo through the works with versatility of Last month we mentioned that Browning our heavy target Remington 37 and the Norma rifle pow• has a new gun oil that won't stick. Being new Browning Medalist. ders permit their use over a great slightly hard-nosed about that sort of claim, The CCI fodder shoots right on par with variety of cartridge and bullet com• we merely quoted Harmon Williams' state• our best domestic match grade stuff and at ·binations. ment-with some reservations. Our apologies 25 feet from a rest, the Browning Medalist Norma rifle powders are available in to Browning and our good friend Harm. consistently grouped five shots under one four grades. When the Colt rifle arrived in our shop, it inch. The Remington target rifle did a shade 200 -A fast burning powder for small was solidly packed in grease. After giving better, but this is partly explained by the capacity cartridge cases such as the it a bath, we fired the gun first dry, then fact that we are somewhat more at home on .222. thinly lubed with the Browning oil. Temp• the four position range than on the firing 201 - Slower burning than the 200 eratures when those tests were made were line with the pistol champs; and partly we but still pretty fast burning and there• slightly below zero, and there was no gum• can blame the weather. When the handgun fore to be used where the 200 would ming of the Browning oil. That did it. We tests were made, the temperature hovered give too high a breech pressure. applied liberal quantities of the oil to the around the zero mark, and this is not very 203 - Being of medium burning rate, action of the gun, then let it sit in a cold conducive to accurate shooting. Ammo will, this is the powder used most widely. for the time being, be available south of It is the powder used in most car• garage for five days, took the gun and some ammo, drove to the range and promptly got the border only, but there is a possibility tridges from the .30-06 up to the big that U. S. shooters will be able to get it .358 Norma Magnum. a face full of oil-and no gumming. The from their local gun shops. 204 - This is the slowest burning oil is available in spout cans and aerosol Norma rifle powder. It's the correct spray, and is tops in our book. powder for a wide variety of necked• Mirror-Lube down wildcat cartridges. This Mirror·Lube bullet lubricant should Bushnell Scopes be on your loading bench if you load lead Want more handloading info? Send 25¢ We reported on the Bushnell Phantom pills. Available in solid or hollow stick, it for your copy of the new Gunbug's Guide. scope for handguns some months ago. The does a fine job of lubricating without bar• Dept. GM-4 recoil anchors are now in full production rel residue, and best of all, temperatures and, for guns with a hefty belt, the anchor do not seem to affect it at all. We used it in no,.",.• is just what the doctor ordered. cooking up some hot .357 Magnum loads p,.e~;s;on We also had a chance to give one of which were fired in our Python and a con• Dave's new ultra deluxe .22 Scope Chief verted BSA Martini. Left the barrels clean Div. of General Sporting Goods Corp. riflescopes a work-out. This is a top quality and despite cold weather, the Mirror·Lube SOUTH LANSING, NEW YORK glass that can easily grace some of the new did not get brittle. Placing it near the In Canada: Globe Firearms Ltd., Ottowa .22 rifles. It will be about $5 higher than warm fireplace did not affect it either, George l. McNicol Ltd., Vancouver the Bushnell Banner .22 rifle scope, but it making it good for. year 'round storage.
8 GUNS APRIL 1963 Get some soon. Write to The Bullet Pouch, We put off playing with the mount for a few P. O. Box 4285G, Long Beach 4, Cal. Cost weeks, but now can give you a complete re• NO BATTERIES! is only 50 cents per stick plus postage, so port on it. The mount was put on the .264 why not order a dozen? Magnum, the Balvar was liberated from one of the test guns that had come in, the NO BULBS! Buhmiller Barrels combination was taken to the range and giv• John Buhmiller, the barrel maker from en a good going over. In working up some A powerful, Kalispell, Montana, was bitten by the handloads for the .264 Magnum, we fired the Africa bug some years' ago. John tells us gun-scope-mount combination some 140 times that he has just about cleaned out his in the course of several weeks. The scope long-lasting; barrel making shop and that he does not is still on tl;Ie same zero 'we started out accept any more orders for custom jobs. weeks ago, and the gun with scope has been Last we heard from him, he did have some riding around in a plain gun case in our steady, barrels left that were sold on the first come, station wagon, taking more of a beating first served basis. than most guns take in the course of a year white light! or two. Maynard has done a fine job with Dakin Guarantee this mount, and if you want to save a It always bothers us somewhat when some couple of ounces on your mountain rifle item with a guarantee comes in. Often the get these mounts. We like ours very much. wording of these pearls of prose are ambig• For more details, write to Maynard P. uous as a Russian promise. "Guaranteed for Buehler, Dept. G, Orinda, Cal. Life" does not mean a thing-whose life, yours, mine, or the item's? Dakin has licked Newline Bullets that one neatly. All of the Dakin and Breda Mason Williams of Shooters Service and shotguns are guaranteed in writing for 18 Dewey Inc., Dept. G. Clinton Corners, N. Y., months against all defects in material and recently mailed us a batch of their new workmanship. Write to Dakin Gun Com• handgun pills. He also shipped us a couple pany, Dept. G, 1739 Locust, Kansas City, of boxes of his pet loads with these bullets. Mo., for their catalog and information. Let's say right here that they shoot like that Lee Sonic Replacements well-known greased lightning. Bullets have the new look, hence the Newline name, and The rubber Ear-Insert cushions for the the jackets are longer than any of the other Lee Sonic Ear-Valvs can· be replaced if bullets produced by Mason and cohorts. needed. Ours wore out after a good many Bullets are made for 9 mm Luger, the .45 years, and we tried to get the rubber re• ACP, the .44 Maggie, and they also have a placements through several gunshops in our new 170 grain .357 Magnum heller. This aera. Finally wrote to Sigma Engineering ammo from Clinton Corners held 16.0 grains Co., Dept. G., 1608 Hillhurst Ave., Los of 2400 and, with our Phantom-scoped Py• Angeles 27, Cal., and were informed that thon and from sandbags, our groups consist• dealers can get them through Sigma. The ently stayed around the 3.5-4.0 inch mark. replacements come four to a plastic box and The birth of these Newline bullets was retail for $1. Put them on the Ear-Valvs based on some rather extensive experiments. and you can use the same Ear-Valvs for The longer jacket gives better target ac• another three or four years. curacy, leaves barrels cleaner, and gives Brownell's "Chekrchex" the pill superb performance on both paper Want to know how many lines to the and game targets. But bullets must be inch a given piece of checkering is? Simp• pushed along by sustained pressures and ly get one of these little plastic guides, put there must be an increasing push on the it on the checkering, and presto, you'll read bullet base while the bullet is still in the the lines to the inch right off this handy barrel. gadget. Bob Brownell of Montezuma, Iowa, John Dewey has recently joined forces makes them and they are sold through your with Shooters Service and is now established Great for gunshop. Cost? All of 65 cents and worth with his custom gunshop where he creates fishermen, twice as much. custom rifles and super-accurate barrels for specially tuned Lugers. This new company cave explorers, Buehler Mounts has been working the last several months in Shortly after we received our Model 70 giving eastern shooters from the New York, coon hunters, Featherweight .264 Magnum, Maynard Bueh• Connecticut, Massachusettes, New Jersey all sportsmen ler mailed us one of his spanking new Uni- areas something special. Complete range facilities for rifles right out to 400 yards, Real outdoorsmen know they can always rely on handgun ranges, bench rest set-ups, trap the intensely brilliant, fields, plus a gunshop, handloading shop, pure white beam of a chronographing service, and a complete load Justrite "flame" lamp. development laboratory. If you live in that Uesides, it's a warm friend for cold hands, a area, do take a trip to Clinton Corners-it's sight blackener, a fire worth the drive. lighter. Safe, easy to handle and it saves mon• Federal Ammo ey, too, because it uses Model 2-840 only inexpensive carbide Last year we had a chance to run several and water. It's all brass Cap Lamp tests on .38 Special ammo that came from inside, so it can't rust or with 4 inch corrode. Self-lighter at• reflector the Federal Cartridge Corporation. This tachment. Available in cofupany has quietly been working on some cap and hand styles. Canvas Cap neW bullets that are now being loaded into Send postcard for FREE for Lamp, their rifle brass. This new Federal ammo Carbide Lamp Catalog.' No. 5-244 is available in .222 Rem., .243 Win., .270 SOLD BY LEADING SPORTS STORES Win., 7 mm Mauser (7x57) ..30-30, .30·06, versal Micro-Dial Aluminum mounts. This .300 Savage, .303 Brit., .308 Win., 8 mm ~~~~=~~TURING mount is designed for scopes without in• Mauser (8x57), .32 Win. Special, and the JUS TRITE ternal adjustments, such as the B&L line. .35 Remington. (Continued on page 53) 2061 N. Southport Ave•• Chicago 14, III• GUNS APRIL 1963 9 By KENT BELLAH
HEAPLY MADE dies may be out of The usual method of de-leading is to fill alignment, have a weak decapping a bore with metallic mercury and let it stand stem,C abnormal or sloppy dimensions, a over-night, or partly fill it, and rock it back rough internal finish, or rough expander. and forth for a what seems like a long time. Good dies give long, trouble-free service, if It's rather expensive to buy enough to fill a used with good die lube. Don't use "that bore. A pound of mercury can be poured greasy kid stuff," or anything else except into a one ounce bottle. The capsule method good die lube, unless it's lanolin. Dry ex• is economical, and more convenient. It does pander plugs may stretch a case shoulder to a good job. If your gun requires frequent goof head·space, or even pull a case apart. attention, you can load enough rounds at Dipping case necks in Motor Mica, a dry one time to last a long time. Be sure to white powder, eliminates this trouble. color code or otherwise identify the ammuni• RCBS makes a dandy $1.20 case neck tion. Red nail polish on bullets and cases brush, with any caliber extra brush at 20c. will do. Keep them in a labeled box. They recommend rolling it on a lubed pad If you own a Hensley & Gibbs hollow to lube case necks, to lube the expander. point mould it's worth more money than when Some Powder Packers & Primer Poppers, it was new. Some casters called it Black including this one, don't want necks lubed Friday when H & G discontinued all H.P. any more than necessary. You can wipe moulds and those smaller than 4-hole. James them dry, or use my idea. Gibbs told me nearly all dedicated hand• Wrap tape around a fired case for identifi• gunners went to 4-cavity or larger jobs POWDER MEASURE cation. Lube it heavier than usual with the sooner or later. He was right. But if a guy No special skills needed to throw brush, then use this case to lube the ex• wants a one-holer, he wants it, period. consistently accurate charges. Pow• pander as necessary for easy expanding. H & G moulds-and better ones have never It helps use the desirable minimum amount been made-are so precision cut that multi• der pours into measuring chamber to of lube. Don't feed the case into the shell cavity jobs drop castings as uniform as a prevent clogging. Adjust quick and holder, but insert it in the die by hand. As single cavity, and much faster. easy from. one charge to another. the case isn't sized, the expander doesn't The H.P. pin is adjustable for depth. Powder level visible at all times. scrape off most of the lube. Cases pick up If set too deep for plain base bullets, gas Easily mounted on press or bench: so little lube that I don't bother to wipe pressure may blow through the base. The NEW Small Measuring Cylinder avail• the inside of the necks dry. Recommended H.P. is deep enough if it extends into the able for Bench Rest and Pistol die lubricants are made by RCBS, C-H, bearing surface. The steel pin handle gets Hollywood, Pacific, Anderol, Lyman, Lake· hotter than Ii blister. Drill a short wood Shooters. Specify Regular or Small ville Arms, and probably others. Ordinary dowel for a press·on fit, or wrap a piece of Measuring Cylinder. Com- $1995 oils and greases are not satisfactory, and dry cloth around the handle. You can insert the plete with stand Plate ••• sizing will ruin your dies and cases. pin in the blocks faster, without watching You can make good rifle and revolver de• what you are doing, if you taper the entrance leading loads. Put 30.0 grains of. mercury hole. (quicksilver) in small medicine capsules, Casting is very fast if you use two moulds obtainable in drug stores. Drop a mercury• in the large sizes. You fill one, let it cool loaded capsule in with the powder, using while you fill another, then empty the first 2 DIE the specified charges. For a .38 or .357 use one. With everything going smooth you can 1.5 grains Bullseye. For larger bores use cast at the rate of some 1,200 bullets per RIFLE SETS 2.5 grains Bullseye. For a .222 use 2.5 hour with two 4-holers, or larger. grains Unique. For the larger (military Bill Mowery, Jacksboro, Texas, who size) cartridges use 4.0 grains Unique. Seat builds fine custom guns, both cartridge and standard type bullets normally. In revolvers cap & ball, tells me he casts small objects use service type (semi-wadcutter or round of pure tin, using a plain paper form. I Precision machined. Standard 'l'a"· nose) bullets, not wadcutters. tried it, and it works. Tin melts at only 450 14 thread for all popular reloading Fire two of these rounds outdoors, witn degrees F, while lead melts at 621. Tin is presses. Hand polished for long wear. the wind so toxic fumes won't blow back easily worked, and stays bright. You'll find No decorative chrome plating to crack in your face. As mercury weakens brass, numerous uses for this tip. or peel. No interchangeable inserts deform and di·scard these shells. Let the Strips of flexible rubber magnets are which neck size only. Over 500 $13 calibers available . 50 gun stand a couple of hours, or overnight. handy around the bench and home. They Run a patch in the bore outdoors, or over are easily cut or broken to any length. They Prices slightly higher in Canada. a wastebasket to catch the residue, and can be drilled, can be quickly attached to Buy from your gun dealer and be surel clean in the usual manner, starting with a a shelf edge or any place you want to keep brush. Mercury doesn't harm the bore, but Allen wrenches and other small tools. If write for FREE CATALOG! it stains silver and gold. It forms an amalgam not available locally, the Magna-Flex rubber with lead, making it soft and easy to swab magnet strips are made by The Crest Co., out. The loads are not recommended in auto Newark, N. J. loading guns. Otherwise, the loads are per• Illinois Long Range Copper Plated shot fectly safe. (Continued On page 58) Dept. E-4, P.O. Box 729, Oroville, Calif. 10 GUNS APRIL 1963
Un...a.checl Accuracy .,.i.h NEW ROSSFIRe· y SPEER prac.ice aln...o
A. Cat By Any Other Name • •• Help! I think y'all slipped in captioning the We knew the .30-30 had a lot of friends, center picture on page 31, the January issue. but please, boys, let up on those letters I feel sure this is a big ocelot, not a jaguar. blasting back at Mr. James Taylor's blast Verdad? ("Crossfire," January '63) at the poor, de• Roger H. King crepit old carbine! We've had so many Wichita Falls, Texas letters we can't even pick a representative To you and several others who wrote-we one to publish! One writer added, "Your don't know! The man who furnished the Editor's note in answer to Mr. Taylor indi• picture said jaguar. With 16 sub-types of cates that he likes the .30-30 too." We (if jaguars, and with experts agreed that no you'll forgive the editorial pronoun) never two ocelots are marked alike, and with exactly intended to keep it a secret!-Editor. nothing to judge by but the picture-we don't know. Either Ulay, it's a nice trophy. Guns and the Law -Editor. Just received the February issue of GUNS Hunter's Luck -haven't read it all yet-got as far as page l~after fits all revolvers chambered Just back from a trip much like the one that I felt I just had to write a for .38 S & W, .38 Special recently reported on by your Mr. Steindler, letter thanking you for that page. It is one and .357 Magnum. except that his was successful, whereas the of the finest arguments against anti-gun REUSABLE CASES & BULLETS• only game I saw was two squirrels. This was laws I have seen. Would it be possible to get EASY TO LOAD - NO TOOLS RE. disappointing, as I had just purchased a a few reprints of that page? QUIRED - NO BARREL FOULING new Browning .300 H&H and was anxious Ask any police officer who advocates anti• - PINPOINT ACCURACY to see what it would do to an elk. Never• gun laws if he would be willing to perform theless, the trip was a great experience, in his duties unarmed if such laws were put in Inside•• outside ••• NOW you can shoot spite of bad weather and failure to get game. effect. Theoretically, the laws would disarm your handgun year-round with speer Target. Certainly enjoy your magazine; would like all criminab, so why would the law officer 38's. from the world's leading pistol bullet manufacturer comes unique, sub-velocity am• to get together with you and exchange need weapons? If you survive his blistering munition for year-round shooting fun, practice experiences. reply, you might ask why he wants to deny and training. Target-38's require no powder, D. E. Turnquist, Pres. the average citizen the protection he demands large pistol primer produces in excess of sao Minnesota Paper and Cordage Co. feet-per-second velocity, En larged primer for himself. Minneapolis, Minnesota pocket allows easy "'finger-pressure" priming We have been fortunate here in Arizona in and depriming. Developed in the Speer lab. that only the carrying of concealed weapons oratory for. Air Force training, 1arge.-381$ are Favorite Guns is prohibited. However, I hear that anti-gun especially recommended for police training In your September, 1962, issue your an• programs ••. for serious target shooting forces hope to shove their ideas through the nouncement of the new super gun sounds practice. 1arge.-38 bullets prove unequaled next session of our state legislature. We have when used in standard .38 caliber brass with fascinating! Now how is the individual foot excellent law-enforcement agencies in Ari• small pistol primer. Bullets and cases reload soldier supposed to survive? 20 times and more· with no case damage or zona, but one county attorney seems to feel I very much enjoyed Lt. Tantum's article Joss of bullet accuracy. that any citizen who does protect himself on British snipers; in fact, his whole series LOOK AT THIS PROOF is ·good. or his property with force is the worst type Who writes "Trail & Target," and why of criminal. doesn't he sign his very informative column? I enjoy your magazine very much. Let's I just came across an old June 1955 issue have more items on gun laws. gB~ in which Bob Stack tells about his favorite Walter J. Lonergan gun. It said that the next issue would give Avondale, Arizona 15 fEET 20 FEET 25 FEET Jack Webb's favorite gun, but I don't have .250 in. group .531 in. group .719 in. group In response to a flood of requests, we are that issue. Can you tell me what gun that having reprints made of the article, "Fire• 50 Cartridge Cases •• $1.50 was? arms Control In The United States." We will 50 Bullets •••••• $1.50 James Williamson supply them on request, up to six free, or Dallas, Texas $2.00 per hundred.-Editor. Try TARGET-38's Before You Buy We doubt that the light-ray ·gun would Test for yourself this great new shooting often menace the individual soldier; rather, achievement. Send SOc in coin for a sample it might protect him from aerial and "artil- Hunters Identified of S bullets and 5 cases. We will rush your .,.lery" attack. ... The writer of "Trail & Members of the local Gun Club, as well as sample of Target.38's by return mail. Address Target" prefers anonimity and we have prom• other friends, were pleased to hear that your requests to: Target-38, Speer Products Co., ised to keep his secret. ..• Jack Webb's magazine had a picture of a local father-son, P. O. Box 244, lewiston, Idaho. favorite gun: the then new Smith & IVesson team of hunters, but were disappointed to 9 mm double action automatic. His has his see that they were not identified in the famous badge No. 714 inlaid in gold on the article, "Canada for Bison." frame. ... And, finally, look for a story Their names: J. S. "Sandy" Sanders and WORLD LEADER IN PRODUCTS FOR HANDLOADING soon about Bob Stack (Mr. "Untouchable"), son, C. P. "Pitt" Sanders-Massillon's Chev• his guns and gun prowess.-Editor. rolet Dealers. These two men have hunted
12 GUNS APRIL 1963 just about anywhere you could mention in speeches from your station have carried a North America, and their Trophy Room is a long way. They usually do when someone sight to be long remembered. It includes a speaks against the right to bear arms in ~ERSHON "Grand Slam" in sheep, a fairly rare feat. this country. Another son, C. L. "Coke" Sanders, is also "I am not going to attempt to tell you rlWlllE@ associated in the business and also hunts. that you are wrong in your opinion, but just look deep into the words w:hich I have put Ann Richardson I UN£: Massillon, Ohio together for a contest I am entering: Our country won its independence with the blood and lives of our fore• A Vote Against Magnums fathers who had the "Right to bear I have been a gun enthusiast for 15 years arms" and when the revolution began but the trend toward unneeded magnums they were able to grab their guns from has about disgusted me. the mantles and corners to help secure Have you ever hunted in Missouri? Well, the freedom we enjoy so much today. try it some time. The magnum calibers just To take away this right would be to aren't needed for 25 to 75 yd. shots! There take away part of the freedom that so just isn't enough open land flat enough to many thousands of good Americans died justify owning one. to preserve. The publicity over the magnums results "I hope you will give your comments a in some stupid purchases by the uninformed little deep thought." or unthinking. A buddy of mine finally visit• Charles B. McCarty Jacksonville, Fla. ed a local gun range with me, after much NEW IMPROVED' coaxing, and after an afternoon of punching They Took His Gun Mershon Sure G'rip Shell Packs holes in targets, he caught the gun bug; he Unique pat. pend. "0" ring segment design You in the States are not alone in having holds variety of calibers securely, releases was going to buy a rifle! them easily. Protects shells from loss, danl• He decided to read some of the literature legislative troubles about guns. I was recently age. Specially formulated of durable, light- on arms and ammo before he bought and fined and my gun (a .22 caliber Ruger Single ~~~it'i~'ane~~':'~h~:'llr"o~r~~~~ \~ ~2~Ope~~ Six) was confiscated because I was trans• Fits any belt up to 1 %" wide. Red, brown, after three months of eye strain, all he black. Only $3.00. could talk about was magnums! He was porting it without a permit. The gun was magnum happy, and he had never even unloaded, and was being carried in a suit• fired one. case. I was stopped by police making a He now owns a magnum, and he doesn't routine check, and they saw a spare holster like it. Too loud, too light, too much recoil, on the back seat of the car. They asked too expensive to shoot. He can't hit a gallon where the gun was, took it out of the suit• case, and issued me a summons. I was fined, ."White Line" Recoil Pads can at 100 yards because he closes his eyes Unique design offers gradual resistance to when he yanks the trigger! and they kept my gun. There is some hope recoil, instead of "mushy" cushioning or abrupt °bottoming." There is a model for Oh well, maybe I can find him a good that I will get it back eventually, but there every purpose, whether rifle or shotgun. is a good chance that it will be destroyed. For quality. long life and unexcelled shoot• used .32-20 somewhere before deer season ing comfort, insist on "White Line" Recoil opens! Don't let gun laws of this type be passed Pads. Deluxe (shown) $3.75. K. C. Everett in your country; they are a damned sight Deluxe Slip-On· St. Louis, Mo. harder to change than they. are to prevent, if proper action is taken in time. RECOIL PAD Easily slips on to any shotgun I am the owner of three rifles, the finest of or rifle. "Progressive Action" absorbs shock. Will give years Address Wanted which is a new .308 Norma Magnum Parker of service. Only $ 2. 00. Thank you for publishing my letter in Hale with a Weaver K4 scope on a 22" barrel. your February 1963 issue; I still feel the Thanks for a fine magazine; it's tops! SURE GRIP same way about your magazine. Incidentally, Don Pearson HANDGUN CASES my son, mentioned in that letter, is now a Saskatoon, Sask. 3, 4 & 5 gun models Compact, light, Lt. Colonel, USAF, in SAC Headquarters. these beautlful Re the letter in the above issue by Mr. sturdy cases have Detroit Fast Guns Please Note rack for 3. 4 or 5 T. E. Newman of Atlanta, Georgia, about my guns, space for ac• I happened to come into possession of a cessories and spot• article "How Fussy Need You Be?" (GUNS, copy of GUNS for August, 1961, and found ting scope. Avail. with or without Nov. 1962): I should like to have Mr. New• it most interesting. Coming from a small back door. Exterior man's street address in Atlanta for two is finished in choice town in Ohio, I am interested in guns and of 8 attractive col• reasons. First, all cases used in assembling in how citizens can keep their guns without ors and materials. Fully lined to match. 3 gun model without back door the data for that article were fire-formed in legislative interference. Your story about • $27.50. Adjustable handgun tray extra. the same rifle and neck-sized only. I should Cole Younger, telling how armed citizens NEW "SURE·GRIP" like to correspond with him about this, to brought about the downfall of the James WALNUT TARGET learn more from him of methods he evidently Gang, is a strong argument for an armed GRIPS has used in assembling data in which we citizenry. Designed especially for the target shooter, these :tine are both interested. I am educational chairman of a patriotic ilnported walnut grips feature finger & thumb Lt. Col. Bryce Poe, USA Ret. organization and we are much interested in grooves. Gives you better End view Side view control, higher scores. Ex• 105 East 70th Street Terrace articles of this kind. Keep up the good work! pertly checkered with hand rubbed oil fin• Kansas City 13, Missouri I know of no fast draw organization in ish. A vail. in reg. or large sizes for popular this section of the country. If you know of Colts, S & Wand S & W Magnum models. We no longer have Mr. Newman's letter, Only $15.50 pro , any fast draw club in the Detroit area, please hope he will see this and write to Colonel "10 Point" Grips let me know. . Fits all modern Colts and S & W Poe.-Editor. Revolvers and pistols. Easily Charles E. Love installed. Improves shooting accu- ". racy. Prevents gun from slipping. Southgate, Michigan Can be cut or shaped to fit your New York, Please Note hand. Only $5.75. . See flour Jl.fer,hon Dealer or write for FREE literature I am enclosing a letter to Mr. Sheppard of New York, written in response to the 8?81 BORE-LITES "Sick Thoughts" l~tter in "Crossfire,:' (Feb. with curved Lucite Heads & PPd Batteries. Smartly finished in '63) • chrom"e wired-black & green-black pat• -; terns. "Dear Mr. Sheppard: • ..' DEALERS WHOLESALE: 25 for $17.00 ppd. 100 for $62.00 ppd. "As you will notice from the city from '. • WESTCHESTER TRADING which this letter is written, your little IG·2478 Arthur Avenue, Bronx 58, N. Y. GUNS APRIL 1963 13 THE EDITOR'S o E REPORTED in our February issue [page 45} on the United " Humane Front group in California which has dedicated W itself and its $160,000 war chest to the task of "bringing to an end the recreational killing of wild life:' Other sim• ilar groups are reported in other parts of the country. Crackpots we have always with us, but the crackpots who oppose •Z hunting under the guise of defending wildlife display an abysmal ignorance of the very thing in which they profess interest. The hunter is not an enemy of wildlife; he is its greatest friend! Without III him, most wildlife in the United States would be extinct. If you're a hunter, next time you meet one of those wide·eyed old maids [male or female} who deplores your cruelty to wildlife, be prepared to offer a few facts: For the hottest combination on game. Twenty·five years ago this year, Congressman A. Willis Robertson load Hornady Bullets in your new 7mm of Virginia and Senator Key Pittman of Nevada authored and guided • Remington Magnum. Load for any to passage the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, better game-varmints to brownies-from the known as the Pittman-Robertson program, which laid claim to fed· wide selection of Hornady Bullets in eral excise taxes already being levied upon all sales of sporting this caliber: secant ogive spire points arms and ammunition, and set this money aside for the protection for the extra energy you need for clean and development of our wildlife resources and the restoration of long range kills; blunt round nose wildlife populations and their habitats. In those 25 years. the funds bullets for brush country. as provided have permitted the apportionment of some $219.000,000 TESTED LOADS FOR THE 7MM REM. MAG. to states and territories for wildlife restoration uses. Of every dollar you spend for guns and ammunition, 11 per cent goes for the 7MM 120 GR. protection, feeding, and distribution of game, or for the purchase Secant Oglve Spire POint and development of game habitat. The dollars you spend for hunting licenses go for the same purposes. These are your contributions; Muzzle POWDER CHARGE what have your critics contributed, aside from mushy sentiments? Velocity 4350 Powder 4831 Powder Here, greatly briefed, is a report by O. B. Lee ("Restoration 3000 fop.s. 61.8 grains 64.6 grains of Wildlife," Winter issue, "South Dakota Conservation Digest") of 3100 .. 63.9 .. 66.0 .. 3200 .. 66.0 .. 67.6 u what one state has done for wildlife-with hunter money, money 3300 .. 68.2 ,. 69.2 u from Pittman-Robertson funds plus money from hunting license sales: 3400 .. 70.6 "The South Dakota winter habitat development program ••• has 3500 .. 72.1 accounted for $981,829.08 in P·R funds plus $327,276.36 from Game, Fish, and Parks Department coffers; a total of $1,309,105.44 ••• A 7MM 139 GR. soil bank program (has provided) nesting cover, winter cover, and Secant OglVe Spire POint food for small game birds ••. Antelope trapping and transplanting Muzzle POWDER CHARGE was instrumental in increasing South Dakota's pronghorn herd from Velocity 4350 Powder 4831 Powder around 9,000 in the early 50's to approximately 28,000 animals. 3000 f.p.s. 62.0 grains 65.5 grains ".•• Over the years, P·R funds combined with state monies have 3100 .. 64.0 .. 67.0 .. purchased 37,626 acres of land ••. (including) wetlands to aid in 3200 .. 66.0 68.4 the restoration of waterfowl populations, land for public shooting 3300 .. 68.2 f' 69.8 areas, land suitable for the production of upland and/or big game. 3400 .. 71.4 "Nationwide, more than 2,370,000 acres of land have been pur• chased and developed for wildlife and public hunting; nearly 900,000 acres of prime waterfowl habitat have been given permanent pro· tection; water holes have been provided for wildlife in arid areas; food and cover have been planted for upland game; and deer and elk winter ranges have been purchased and improved ••. The eastern wild turkey, Merriam's turkey, white tailed deer. pronghorn antelope, Muzzle POWDER CHARGE Velocity 4350 Powder 4831 Powder big horn sheep, elk, and many other animals and birds have been 2800 f.p.s. 58.2 grains 63.2 grains restored over large areas. Under the stimulus of the P·R Act, more 2900 .. 60.4 .. 65.2 .. than $275 million of federal and state monies have been channeled 3000 ." 62.6 67.1 into essential wildlife restoration activities:' 3100 .. 64.8 69.1 Every state in the Union has benefitted; every desirable species of mammal and bird has been benefitted; the heritage of wildlife reo sources which is the right of every future American hos been pre• served-by these hunter dollars. Muzzle POWDER CHARGE And except for two or three species for which these programs Velocity 4350 Powder 4831 Powder came too late, there is more wildlife in America today than there 2600 f.p.s. 54.0 grains 58.0 grains was when the P-R program was started. Game and bird populations 2700 .. 56.5 .. 60.3 .. are growing-in spite of annual hunting. 2800 .. 58.8 62.6 To quote once more from the Lee article, "It should be recognized 2900 .. 61.0 64.9 that the hunter and sportsman, through payment of excise taxes on
Send for complete HOfnady Bullet loading data sporting arms and ammunition and by the purchase of hunting for the 7mm Remington Magnum cartridge. licenses, is responsible for the accomplishments of the Pittman• Robertson program. Since the hunter pays the bill, he is entitled Bullets for handloading to the harvest!" Amen! The United Humane Front has- money to spend-let them o:r:n..ady spend it the way we spend ours-for the good of the game, and not B"ULL:E:TS for the self-aggrandizment of dewey-eyed sentimentalists who know less about wildlife than we hunters know (or want to know) about HORNADY MFG. CO.• DEPT. G• GRAND ISLAND, NEBR. "Fronts!"-E.B.M. 14 GUNS APRIL 1963 CASH OR CREDIT CASH OR CREDIT MONEY MONEY NO DOWN! NO DOWN! KLEIN'S GUARANTEES YOU 100% SATISFACTION -OR YOUR MONEY BACK! WAR SURPLUS! ALL MILLED PARTS• ALL N.R.A.-Very good U. S. SPRINGFIELD M1903-30/0S or betterl SPRINGFIELD M1903'$I LIMITED QUANTITY! Most popular mili· tar)' rifle for sporting use of them all! ••• and this lot are all Model 1903.Al's with high number Nickel-Steel receivers, milled working parts. Made in Government Arsenal-not commercially assembled. 30/06 caliber, 5-shot magazine. Adjustable rear leaf sight. blade front sight. 431/4" overall. 8.69 Ibs. Famed ::o~~~;~~~ln~~ ~~C:C~:. ?~~ .t~.~~r~. ?~~~ ~~~~:t:~~ Prepaid $36.38 30/06 Caliber LAST CALLI HURRY! E20·TI00Q. AMMO••30/06 156 9T. 120 rounds ••• •••••••• • $7.20 Model 1917 Enfield is the lowest price rifle in the most desired 30/06 Springfield caliber! Known supplies are very 30/06 limited-more are not likely to be available! AUTO. Top gun authority Major General Julian S. Hatcher in $29~J~Y Hatcher's Notebook says of the U. S. Model 1917 Rifle-"basically I I a typical Mauser, it was improved in seve..al respects, and has a bolt and receiver U. S. M-l GARAND RIFLE of high grade Nickel s~eel that gave it a superbly st..ong action." General Hatcher Finest lot we've seen! Limited quanti:tY.! Famous World War II ~~~~-:~ ::r:;~;~~:y.~;s~pri~~fie~~e b~;::~S)~ave shown the Model 1917 barrels will Order No. C20-T33 J automatic rifle in popular 30/06 caliber. 8-shot. 24" barrel. 4~" over~ll. Adjustable sight. Exactly as issued with original click type rifl~~:~i~i'ita:i:~:~afis::~3,~.°'P~::~r9ght ~d~':.s~b~e 5i;::02~~~; ~:~~I y:r~~, sb~:~~ ~~~~~ . ~~~';;5~~~~ a~~::ab~~:.ro~O;d~~io~o ••1.2.0.0..y.a~~~ .• ~~i~~~ .~1:~ .I.b~ .. sight. Foolproof safety. Turned down bolt. American Walnut Stock and hand guard $19.95 with sling swivels. All milled pa.. ts, perfect shooting condition! ~:~A~~rf~"ct"~~K~il~E~~in~ONc~~~~~~ii~I.1 .~p.e~~a.l~~ ~~I.e~~~d. ~~~ .~e.r~ $89.95 C20-T33. M1917 Rifle made by Eddystone ••••$29.88. C20-T34. Made by Remington or Winchester•••• $34.95 .30/06 WITH NEW TASCO HIGH POWER SCOPES INSTALLED READY TO SHOOT C20-T1296. M1917 Rifle made by Eddystone mounted with a Tasco 3/4" 4 power scope ••••••••••••••••$39.95 6.5 ITALIAN C20-TI297. M1917 Rifle made by Remington or Winchester mounted with a Tasco 3/4" 4 power scope •••• $44.95 C20-T1292. M1917 Rifle made by Eddystone side mounted with the big 1" Tasco 4 or 6 power scope ••••$59.88 CARBINE C20-T1293. M1917 Rifle made by Rem. or Win. side mounted with the big 1" Tasco 4 or 6 powe $64.88 C20-T669. Leather lace-on cheekpiece & sling •. $3.95 E20-TI000. 30/06 Metal jacketed ammo. 120 rds ..$7.20 Only 36" ove..all, weighs only 51/2-lbs. Shows only slight use. lightly oiled, test fired and head spaced, ready for DELUXE MARLIN 336C! shooting. Tu ..ned down bolt, thumb safety, 6-shot, clip fed. Rear open ~~~-!;.1r::~ 1:::~i:lI;n:rr::: .fi.r~~~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $12.88 ~~~:~~~·asc~r~~::at':~t.h •• ~r.a~~ ••~~~ • ~~ • ~.U~~i~~ • ~~ •• ~~0~~~4.H. $19.95 E20-T75t. 6.5 mm Italian military ammo with free G·shot clip, 108 rds. 57.50
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The "Davy Crockett" XM 29 on Jeep mount, and longer• ranged XM 29 with 37 mm spotting gun as range finder.
16 TODAY'S GI CAN HIT MORE TARGETS. HIT
THEM HARDER. MORE ACCURATELY THAN EVER BEFORE .",ev!1~"~1 NEW GUNS For the·NEW ARMY
By JOSEPH GOODYEAR
This has been called the age of the ICBM, or the age of the Polaris submarine, depending on which service is asked. From either viewpoint, it might be termed the age of by-pass weapons rather than combat weapons-an age of long-range nuclear weapons that carry destruction to the heartland of the enemy, con· temptuously ignoring armies and navies en route. No one apparently has told this to the U.S. Army, or at least they have not convinced our military planners-for this service has put together a weapons system that isn't concerned with by-passing but with fighting, a system built around the first and ultimate weapon, the G.!. What the Army is primarily concerned about, of course, is the so-called "limited war," th~ ... kind in which U.S. forces will probably be eng ~,WA'lt_ many times and in many places far ina the foreseeable future. Because these wars are limite!, they are n9 less important; they are con icts we
Undergoing tests at Grounds, the "Per, •IS sown hprror • t,~r-ec n 10
French ENTAC is one man unit, and missile is directed via control box en route to target.
GUNS • APRIL 1963 17 NEW GI GUNS
Remarkable is the highly portable and new M79 grenade launcher. Hand-held by one man, the M79 has an effective 400 yard range and mortar-like fire. Current U.S. Army tactical missile is the solid propellant "Honest John" now with NATO forces.
cannot afford to lose. The Army's new weap• ons systems are designed to make sure that we don't lose them. The new weapons systems are built around a twin theme: muscle and mobility-a sharp increase in firepower and capability with• out the traditional corresponding increase in weight and vulnerability, and without adding crippling logistics problems. Symbolic of this approach is the new M14 rifle, the basic individual fighting man's weap• on, and one that replaces not merely a single weapon of World War II-Korea vintage, but four-the Ml rifle, the carbine, the auto• matic rifle (BAR), and the submachine gun. Lighter than its famous predecessor, the Gar• and Ml rifle, the M14 is no less deadly. It is fed by a 20-round magazine, compared to the eight-round clip of Ml, and in the hands of a trained rifleman the M14 can pump 50 accurate rounds a minute into a target at 100 . yards. Another weapon for the individual G.!. is the new M79 grenade launcher. Designed to fire from the shoulder, the M79 delivers a 40 mm high-explosive grenade at a muzzle velocity of 250 feet a second. With a range of more than 400 yards, the new grenade launcher has almost mortar-like capabilities. In various stages of development also are new weapons to give the individual soldier an effective counterpunch against two of his traditional enemies, the tank and the low-fly• ing airplane. The M67 "MAW" (Medium Antitank Weapon), a 35-lb., shoulder-firing recoilless rifle, delivers a seven-pound projec• tile capable of knocking out any existing "Redeye" is G.I.'s defense against low-flying planes. It is armored vehicle. guided by infra-red system, carries high-explosive head. Another new weapon, ENTAC, which looks
18 GUNS • APRIL 1963 General David M. Shoup, Commandant of USMC, examines the presentation M-14 rifle, first one issued to the Corps. more like a bottle of champagne in a milk Longest range gun, the 175 mm on fully self-propelled M 107 box than a deadly weapon, is a G.I.-operated carrier. Vehicle can also mount 8" howitzer or 155 mm gun. guided missile, the total weight of which is just 37 lbs. A French development which will soon join NATO, E TAC fires a solid-pro• pellant projectile, the course of which is con• trolled by an operator maneuvering a swivel• stick from a control box. Commands are given through fine wires played out from the missile as it travels to the target. The name ENTAC is a contraction of Engin Teleguided Anti• Char, the French identifying description. The G.I.'s first really effective' defense against low-flying aircraft is the new "Red• eye," a 22-lb., man-carried missile controlled by an infra-red guidance system. Currently in the development stage, the Redeye uti• lizes a bazooka-type (Continued on page 48)
GUNS • APRIL 1963 19 GA~E AT HO~E
By FRANK C. HIBBEN HE GREAT SPIRAL horns moved T above the desert brush. A grey body with white stripes materialized from the thicket. The animal was as Young Siberian ibex male with family. big as an elk, but no American hunter Barbary ram, top, just before release. ever saw an elk like this, and certainly not in the desert country of ew Mex• ico. The animal was an African ante• lope called a k&du. Could future hunters see an ani· mal like this in the American South• west? Could the kudu become a new American game animal? The answer is yes, and it is already beginning to happen. The Department of Fish and Game of New Mexico is importing three new "exotic" animals to supple• ment their game supply. Our project started ten years ago with a study of the game resources of the American Southwest and partic• ularly of those of New Mexico. The results were somewhat disappointing. In the Southwest there are mule deer, Greater kudu was shot by Frank Hibben in Africa. Similar trophies whitetail deer, antelope, elk, a few will soon be available to hunters right here in the United States. mountain sheep, and bear. In a few
20 GUNS APRIL 1963 This 58 inch kudu bull was taken by author in typical dry, brushy terrain in southwest Africa. Similar areas in New Mexico, below, will be inhabited by kudu herds in future.
Largest species of oryx, gemsbok, is next to be transplanted to New Mexico. Males and females of species have horns, are handsomest oryx members.
spots there are javelina, mountain Modern conservation methods, strict end to reduced bags-after all, a lions, and bobcats. Every year the law enforcement, and a better under• hunter can't be expected to shoot less number of hunters increases while the standing of the science of ecology can than one deer during a season. Our supply of native game, even with mod• do something to alleviate this otherwise hunting pressure and the number of ern conservation methods, remains the pessimistic future. Some areas are try• hunters is rapidly increasing and un• same or grows less. New Mexico and ing to combat this trend with reduced doubtedly in the future, with more the other Southwestern states have only bag limits, but obviously there i~ an leisure and a greater interest in guns, so much deer terrain, so much area this trend will skyrocket. With more where elk can thrive and survive, or hunters and less game for them to so many mountain ranges where moun• hunt, what are" we going to do? tain sheep flourish. There is little The state of New Mexico decided that modern hunters or conservation• that the answer was in the intro uc• ists can do about increasing these tion of certain animals which might areas or the game populations within live in terrain which is otherwise un• them. occupied by any native species. The Actually, the trend is in the other American Southwest, for example, has direction. Super highways, these great -millions of acres of arid and semi-arid dual-laned affairs that are now cutting valleys and rocky mountain ranges swaths of destruction across our land• with insufficient water or rain to form scape, are taking millions of acres a habitat for deer or for domestic ani• that once were occupied by antelope mals. Some of this arid land has a or deer. The encroachments of civili• very scattered deer population or a zation in the form of recreational few javelina but hunting-wise, it is areas, forest service roads, dam proj• non-productive. Here the number of ects, and other aspects of modern civ• animals is so small that hunters will ilization are steadily reducing the Author's New Mexican barbary had a not bother to hunt there. There is sub• areas in which wild game can live. better head than most African rams. marginal (Continued on page 40)
GUNS APRIL 1963 21 CHAMPIONS at 'going on' THIRTEEN
Ir-S FAMILY FUN FOR THE COUCH'S. BUT IT"S ROUGH ON THE COMPETITION IN THE MATCHES!
While Marine Gaptain Couch chec~s position of sling for son Ted, Mrs. Couch improves c_ on daughter Viola's gun mounting method.
22 GUNS • APRIL 1963 Ted and Viola Couch seem lost among a few of their hundreds of trophies. Ted began shooting when he was four and a half years, Viola when she reached five. Members of Great Lakes Junior Rifle Club scored 1485 out of a possible 1500, to win national sub-junior champion title. Ted and Viola Couch also won individual honors.
By GUNNERY SERGEANT JAMES T. SMITH, U.S.M.C.
OMPETITIVE SMALL bore shooters, beware! Two holds four National Women's two-man-team rifle records. C Sub Junior sharpshooting kids, who would rather shoot Both parents are NRA certified marksmanship instructors, than eat, are after your trophies. Ted and Viola Couch and the shooting Couch family has won well over 600 were the youngest National Junior Rifle Association mem• shooting trophies, not counting the inumerable game tro• bers to earn the coveted Distinguished classification. Ted, phies they have gathered over the years. now 13, achieved this honor at the ripe old age of 11. Young Ted, who quite often beats his father in all four Viola, now 12, aj::complished the feat when she was 10 positions, had his first rifle made for him at age one. years old. He began shooting at four and a half, and when five, Shooting sort of runs in the Couch family. Their par• he was firing in the kneeling, prone, sitting, and off-hand ents, Marine Captain and Mrs. W. M. ("Dutch") Couch, positions. He became an NRA Junior Sharpshooter at have won hundreds of awards and trophies all over the seven, copping the 3rd place award in the Junior All-Gun United States. Dutch excels with the small bore rifle and Club Championship. At eight he won the Junior Rifle pistol, and shot on the U.S.M.C. trap team, while Mildred Championship of the Junior Club at 29 Palms, California. Couch held the title of Woman Skeet Champion of New He won his Club Championship in that shoot, and has Mexico for five years. Dutch began his competitive shoot• won every Club championship shoot he has entered since ing career under the tutelage of Calvin Duke in 1947. then. Duke was one of the Corps' hottest pistol shooters. With Ted's gun collection would make most any man envious. daughter Viola, Mrs. Couch established and presently III his eight years of shooting, (Continued on page 52)
Partial List of Awards Won by Ted Couch Partial Lisf of Awards Won by Viola Couch Lifetime NRA Master (Adult) NRA Expert (Adult)
1962 National Sub-Junior Champion Illinois Sectional Junior Champion 1962 Illinois Women's Champion Junior Champion, Libertyville Annual Midwest Sectional Girl's Champion Gallery, iron sights, 388x400 Midwest Girl's Champion, Class B Member Illinois All-State Team; team (200x200) score 784x800; four-position score High gun, Illinois State Girls Team 197 kneeling, 190 standing, 197 prone, Girl's Sectional Junior Champion 200 sitting (with 10 additional lOs) Illinois Junior Sitting Champion High scorer on Sub-Junior team that (iron sights, 199x200) won Sectional Junior Championship 1961 Midwest Regionol Junior Champion Team member, high gun prone, 2nd Chicagoland Sub-Junior Champion Sub-Junior Postal Matches Open Prone Champion, Class B 1961 Sandy Agater Girl's Champion Milwaukee Sentinel Champion (200-17Xs) High scoring girl, Chicagoland Ohio Sub-Junior Sectional Champion Junior League Ted Viola
GUNS APRIL 1963 23 IS GU HELPED M Eti1':.,'~' HEU.' ALF C
By GLENN SHIRLEY
GUN SKILL AND COLD COURAGE BROUGHT LAW AND ORDER TO LAWLESS OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
FA DEFINITIVE history of the West is ever written, The Haines name is well known in Hominy, Oklahoma, I or if a peace officer's Hall of Fame is ever established, and throughout Osage County. One of the main avenues Wiley Green Haines deserves a prominent place among of the town bears his name, as well as additions to the those apostles of the six-gun and star wlio brought law city. His pearl-handled Colt's revolver, still in excellent and order to Oklahoma. At a time when a handful of condition and kept in a bank vault by his son, Wiley Jr., lawmen faced the most desperate outlaw bands on earth of Hudson, Kansas, bears the inscription: "Wiley G. in the Osage Country, Haines was the lone representative Haines, Hominy, O. T. (Oklahoma Territory}." of the federal government. As the Deputy United States Haines was no "fast draw" lawman, but he made up . Marshall in this sprawling, trackless section, he was judge in deadly accuracy any difference in draw time. He was and jury, and sometimes also the executioner. a quiet, unobtrusive man, with piercing blue eyes, shaded
24 GUNS APRIL 1963 by his homburg-type hat. Like most men of his day, he his first six-shooter, practicing constantly and gaining wore a heavy mustache. He weighed little more than 150 deadly accuracy. pounds, and looked much smaller than his 5 feet and 7 He arrived in Arizona with five cents in his pocket and inches. Yet his role as a peacemaker made him a giant in a great determination. For two years he worked as a cow• the saddle. boy. In 1880, he joined a caravan of wagons heading; Although he was not called upon to "shoot it out" at back east. Their progress was threatened by the presence each sundown, each day threatened danger. Haines thrived of the raiding renegade Apache, Victorio, who was ter• op. it and gained the respect of white man and Indian rorizing the district. However, extra precautions were taken, alike. The first in a series of incidents occurred when he fortifications were built around every camp, and Victorio was a child. His father, John Haines, a Baptist minister and his band never appeared. Just 100 days later, the train for 57 years, and his pioneer mother lived near the little arrived safely in Missouri. town of Santa Fe, in Monroe County, Missouri, where Wiley went to Bolivar, in Polk County, where his father Wiley was born October 7, 1860. His earliest recollections was struggling to keep the southwestern Baptist College were of the Civil War that rocked the foundation of the off the rocks. He worked there a short time, completed his country and its seeds that burst forth with their terrible education, and taught school in Cedar County until 1886. aftermath. Rebellious men roamed the country, robbing In 1887, he joined a doctor uncle in California. But the and pillaging. One day when the elder Haines was absent, . Indian Territory fascinated him, and when the Unassigned two "scalawags" came to the house, covered Mrs. Haines Lands were opened to settlement in 1889, he rode in on with their guns and demanded her money. She defied them, the first train, locating at Oklahoma City. and they told her they would "blowout her brains." He got a start in the real estate business and married She stood her ground. "If men are so small as to murder Miss Sarah E. Tapp, a native of Illinois. But in 1890, women for a little money, I would rather not live!" Haines then 30 years old, took the job of guarding some "Then we'll take your son," threatened the outlaws. dangerous prisoners for Captain C. H. DeFord, the first "You'll have to kill me too!" shouted little Wiley, sheriff of Oklahoma County. This was the turning point of appearing behind his mother's skirts, barely able to handle his life. For the next 38 years, Wiley Haines was a foe of the shotgun which he held pointed at the two men. But Oklahoma lawbreakers. his small finger was on the trigger, and the two bully After completing his work for DeFord, Haines became boys rode away without loot. a member of the regular police force under Chief C. F. There was a constant threat of Indian violence in those Colcord. When Colcord was elected sheriff, Haines went days also, and danger was a way of life. In 1878, Wiley with him as a deputy. Together, they brought in many of left home. With several other young adventurers, he suc• the territory's first bad men. When Colcord's term ended, cessfully drove UiO cattle from Cedar County to Fort Haines worked for the next sheriff; but the opening of Verde, Arizona, in 137 days. For this drive, Wiley bought the Cherokee Strip in 1893 took (Continued on page 44)
After pitched gun battle on Wooster Mound, officers recovered the arsenal of Martin gang, 1000 rounds of ammo, and the saddled horses. Inset. left, Will Martin, on right Sam Martin after losing battle.
Youthful appearance of Warren Bennett, Chief of Osage Police. belied his extreme toughness.
GUNS APRIL 1963 25 Late season birds grow wilder, have tougher feathers. A change of shot size toward end of season IS good idea, will help to get clean kills. -
By BERT POPOWSKI
HE FIRST-TIME pheasant hunter, like the guy in love with his first T dame, is likely to believe some most unlikely tales-about the wisdom of the one, and the virtues of the other. Both boys are on Cloud me and should be warned. I've some solid advice for the bird hunter; the guy in love will have to look for other guidance. Reams have been written about the wary wisdom of Chinese ringneck pheasants, about their more-than-human ability to reason themselves out of trouble. Don't you believe it! Pheasants run, when possible; hide, when the opportunity offers. In final extremity, they come busting out with a nerve-shaking cackling clatter and start making air knots. A barn• yard hen will do the same, within the limits of her ability-and do it without the lesson of having been spanked in the tail by a load or two of No.6 shot. The ringneck is not stupid, but neither is he the iron-nerved genius he's been painted. Approach him in some unorthodox manner, and Cigar box with pebbles or marbles those "iron" nerves shatter, genius panics, and-there's your target. will, when rattled, flush birds.
26 GUNS APRIL 1963 The ringneck cock seems arrogant as he struts along in plain view; but is he arrogant? Heck, no! He just got caught out in the open and is trying to bluff his way to cover. Crowded, he runs. Reaching cover, he skulks. Out of sight, he hides. Is that genius? Well, it depends somewhat on what you do. If you're stupid, you can make him look like a whiz kid-and that's where most of the tales come from. Having reached hiding, that cock has used up most of his genius, but he's still jumpy. If you walk straight at him, he'll fly, probably before you're within gun range. If you know exactly where he's hiding and know you can sprint within range before he can take off, that's the thing to do. Otherwise fox him. Angle away, curving around and gradually back to his cover from another direction. Many times, this will confuse him and you can flush him again within easy gun range. With two hunters working, circle in opposite directions, then close in, and one or the other is likely to get the shot. Well prepared pheasant with all the This doesn't always work, of course, especially where the cover is exten• trimmings is enjoyed after hunting. sive. Once he's truly out of sight, you can only guess, basing your guesses on experience, how far he will run and skulk, and in which direction. Too, if he finds cover exactly to his liking, and has time to get over his initial panic, he may hold fast even if you pass' him by a narrow margin. Dense spots of cover should be stamped out thoroughly. The behavior of the protected hens has a distinct bearing on how the hunter can route the legal cocks into flight within shotgun range. Hens are shorter legged, less speedy on foot, and tire more quickly than the cocks. Once they get into cover that permits alternate running and skulking, they invariably fall behind the speedier cocks and are, from 60 to 90 per cent of the time, the first to be crowded into flight. The knowing hunter can use that information to his benefit. When, trail• ing pheasants in cover, the hens begin to get up, he presses forward a bit more watchfully. The cocks may be anywhere from 10 to 30 yards, some• times more, ahead of those hens. The flushing hens are the tip-off that cocks are nearby. Pheasants are essentially lazy. And, in spite of (Continued on page 46)
In the morning, corn fields often hold many birds who flock there to feed. Young hunter covered the fields well, got his limit of birds.
GUNS APRIL 1963 27 DOUBLE SHOTGUNS. DOUBLE RIFLES. DRILUNGS. ALL WITH
THE HALLMARKS OF OLD-WORLD CRAFTSMANSHIP. TEMPT NEW-WORLD BUYERS.
By LOUIS WILLIAM STEINWEDEL
ECENTLY, a friend came to me with an elegant old tic. 'Over there,' they still make 'em 'like they useter.''' R Parker double shotgun-fine engraving, select check• In Europe, style-except in feminine fashions-changes ered stock, superb balance, all the earmarks of a fine piece at a conservative pace, and something as stable as a well of handcrafted work from the days when a dollar was a designed gun is not about to be tampered with merely dollar. Not a collector, and not impressed with the idea of because of the passage of one or two generations. low power black powder loads, my friend regretfully ex• The post-Civil War Parker-type hammer shotgun my pressed a willingness to trade off his "white elephant." I friend wanted was easy to find. The Spanish firm of suggested that, if he were so fond of the old-style twin-ham• "Eusebio Arizaga" (still rather unknown in the U.S.) mer double, why didn't he buy a new smokeless powder gun offers a variety of some twenty-one different shotguns of the same classic design. ranging in price from economy models at about $16.00 "Ho!" he replied with a skeptically raised eyebrow. up to beautiful custom doubles of the English "Purdy" "That kind of gun went out with the high button shoes and design at $370. In between these are two models of the old the buggy whip!" hammer double that look as if they were right out of the "Sure," I answered. "But only on this side of the Atlan- pages of a Parker, Colt, or Remington catalogue of 1870
rnexp"nsiYe" h.m~r as, trad& gUM fo," ll.S. as" deeoratorl and
28 or so. The first was a modestly priced gun at $34.50, with cylinder right, choke left barrels and a choice of barrel length up to 36 inches. (Longer barrels are popular in Europe, with about 30 inches being the English standard.)
The gun also boasted the familiar top lever release and .. :K,_I~MffN$ldl~(btih.t Mod~II1fTromp:f" triple Greener lock. ~~"""~W<$ i_l:'-"'~ lk
Snap caps for the big twin tube guns are insurance for firing pins and should be used. Left, a .30-06 round slips clear through barrel.
Fine Holland & Holland double in cal. .500-465 is a masterpiece of gunsmithing craft. Guns can be specially made in most of the U.S. calibers.
GUNS APRIL 1963 29 Chappel smilingly compares old-timer and .17 cal. A&M.
W,ith Model 86 and perfect off-hand form, Chappel can still send a buck tumbling.
30 GUNS • APRIL 1963 IKE MOST ranch-raised lads, I like to hunt. In the caliber, and I had my .44 caliber single-shot Howard. L 75 years since I first fired a gun, I have killed a con• In 1891, prairie dogs were plentiful, offering shots from siderable amount of large and small game using many 30 to 50 yards. Being able to hit those dogs consistently different makes, types, and calibers of rifles. Some rifles that morning, I figured the Howard was a wonder. And it were better than others, but I usually shot the latest model was, considering the size of the .44 rim-fire Henry loa'd of for its day and year. 28 grains of black powder and a 200 grain flat-pointed Target shooting never had much appeal for me, but I bullet. I used the Henry cartridge, because it was more did quite a lot of it for fun and in competition. Our easily obtained, but the Howard accepted all the .44 rim• daughter Mary Ann is our family champion at this bulls• fire ammunition, such as the Short, the Long, and occasion• eye target game. But not many of the good game shots I ally I could get the .44 rim-fire Extra Long. This was made hunt with can beat me when it comes to putting a jumping especially for the Howard rifle and was loaded with 30 buck on it's back. That's the kind of snap shooting I like grains of black powder and a 220 grain round-pointed and have done a lot of. But game is not as plentiful as it bullet. It killed no better than the .44 Henry, though it was was 70 years ago. And most of my recent shooting has more imposing. We always tried to keep a good supply been done from my benchrest. I use a scope for benchrest of ammo on hand, since the main source of supply was a shooting, but when it comes to taking a quick shot at a two days drive away. bouncing buck, I still prefer a large aperture rear sight and My dad was a retired Civil War officer, and he insisted a white ivory bead front sight. that every shot we fired must be for keeps. Being a very On April 1, 1891, I received my first rifle, a .44 caliber good rifle shot and hunter, he taught me rifle shooting. His rim-fire, lever action, single-shot Howard. It looked like advice was: "You have plenty of time, and there are lots an underfed Savage Model 99, and you loaded it through of deer. Get close every time and then hit them in the an opening in the bottom of the action. The fired cases neck or behind the shoulder." Following this advice, I were ejected through the same aperture. The rifle and never lost a deer I fired at with the Howard. In those days, plenty .44 rim-fire Benry cartridges were given to me by we pretty well lived off the country. There were deer, the late Judge Harry Gamble of Boulder, Colorado. Harry grouse, trout, and rabbits, and it was my job to keep was then about 18 and had come to spend the summer at the home supplied with meat, regardless of the season or our ranch in southern Colorado. I was a little over 12 years weather. old and that Mount Blanca country in which our ranch lay In November '91 I decided it would be a good time to was excellent game country. Bucks 20 feet tall disturbed get a deer. The snow was over my knees, and I was carry• my slumbers that night, and I thought daylight would never ing my Howard and a goodly supply of .44 Henry cart• come. But it d.id and after breakfast, my dad suggested ridges. I had gone less than a mile when I found where that we try our rifles. His was a .L15-60-300 Winchester 1876 deer had crossed our potato patch in the aspen clearing. model; Harry had a Winchester Model 1886 in .40-82-260 In another hour of slow going, I came to where the deer,
MORE THAN 70 YEARS OF GUN FUN
AND HUNTING EXPERIENCE SHINE THROUGH
THIS NARRATIVE AS A RIFLEMAN
LOOKS BACK AT THE GUNS HE HAS KNOWN
By WILLARD B. CHAPPEL as told to ALLYN H. TEDMON Rifleman Chappel checks loads for .17 A&M.
This Howard ,44RF bree~h loader was the first gun Chappel owned as a youngster.
Winchester High-Wall in .30-40 was, in Chappel's hands, an efficient game gun but hard to load during cold weather. GUNS APRIL 1963 31 four of them, had stopped on a hill-side to browse on the The cost was somewhat less than what I now pay for .22 few remaining aspen leaves. The tracks were very fresh Long Rifle ammo. With that rifle, using a Lyman tang sight here. Wallowing in snow up to my middle, I cautiously and with the largest aperture and an ivory bead front sight, I slowly climbed the low ridge. At the snap of a dry limb killed running jackrabbits and coyotes, and many a dove from the thick spruces beyond, I froze, then saw the out• flying over our alfalfa field. I used an Ideal tong tool and line of a big buck. He had a nice pair of antlers and, as he a o. 5 powder measure, and cast and lubricated my own was facing me, his ears looked like windmills. Very, very bullets. My pet load was 57 grains of FG powder packed slowly I brought the carbine up. As the point of front sight tight in the case. This was plenty for deer and elk, and hesitated on the right place, my finger slowly closed on running deer up to 150 yards were a cinch. the trigger. At the crack of the rifle, old broadears staggered On August 21, 1896 my cousin Burt and I set out with down the ridge, and I fired again. A little too far back, but two horses and a spring wagon for the Buford country in he came to a halt 50 or 60 yards from where I stood. (My northwestern Colorado. We were 12lh days on the road longest shots were never over 100 yards, and the ball always and headed north into what we had been told was fair game country. On the road, we met a taxidermist named Robinson. He knew the country and invited us to camp with him. Burt had a .40-70-330 Model 1886 Winchester, while I carried my .38-56-255. Both of us had about 700 cast and greased bullets, powder galore, primers to infinity, and the loading tools. Imagine our surprise when we learned that Robinson was packing a single shot, long barrelled, Tip-Up. Stevens rifle in .38-55-255 caliber and just seven cartridges! Of those seven, he fired only two on the trip, one to check his sights and one to get a buck. Our camp was in a. grove of aspens and the ground around the spring was trampled by deer and elk. The grass was belly-deep to a horse. After camp was made, Burt and I set out for a look-see, he heading off through the timber, while I climbed the ridge and sat down. Presently I heard Burt using his .40-70. He had run into a flock of blue grouse and was taking off a number of heads. Then I heard that hollow 'thump' of a big buck approaching. The next min• ute, he bounded out into the open a hundred yards beyond me and stopped to look back over his trail. A 255 grain ball solved our meat problem at once. The next day, Robinson and I were returning to camp when, suddenly, from the gloom to my left came a whistling snort and some heavy animal crashed in front of me and tore up the hill. At the top, it paused a moment, looking very large indeed. Through the large rear aperture, I could If Chappel had the choice of only one gun, he would see the front bead against the lighter skyline. Holding the unhesitatingly select a .30-40 Winchester Model 1895. bead above his horns, I let it sink until it went from sight, then let the old .38-56 go. The powder smoke blotted out the view momentarily, and when it lifted, the horns were went clear through, the hole on the far side being about not in sight. the size of a quarter.) So I had my first buck, the first of many. "What did you shoot at, boy?" asked Robinson now at ot too far from our ranch was a miner who owned a my elbow. .45-120-550 Sharps rifle. I was very anxious to try that big "At what looked like an elk," I replied pretty excitedly. gun on deer, but the owner flatly refused. I did not give up, "Did you get 'im?" but figured out a deal with his teenage son, who liked eggs, "Guess not," I told him as I started on up the hill. to trade eggs for a few rounds of ammunition for the big "I'm not too sure," Robinson insisted as he climbed rifle. It was too heavy for me, and the recoil was very im• beside me. "Sounded like a bullet slap to me." pressive. I had to use cross sticks and brace myself well. Reaching the ridge I found the old bull anchored not But the way that 550 grain ball flattened a buck (and me) three feet from where he had been standing. His neck had was a revelation. been broken some ten inches below his ears. In 1894, we moved to a ranch east of Pueblo, and it has By December 1900, four years after the Fawn Creek been my home ever since. There were Jots of antelope hunt, I had been trading guns and found myself equipped around, and I tried out many short and long rifles, in large with a .30-40 Winchester High Wall. With four other young and medium calibers. I foolishly sold the little Howard for fellows, I went on an antelope hunt. The weather was fine $5.00, and settled on a Winchester Model 1886 in .38-56-255 the day we left, and had been all month, but the second caliber. I burned more black powder in that rifle than day in camp it turned cold. I saddled up and hunted all any other I ever used. I bought my powder from Montgom• day without luck, and had headed back for camp when ery Ward by the 25 lb. canister, got my lead at the smelter rounding Big Hill, about 30 antelope came clicking along. for nothing, and primers in cans of 250 at a nominal price. Sliding off the horse, which wasn't (Continued on page 50)
32 GUNS APRIL 1963 •
By R. A. STEI DLER
A NEW. SUPERBLY ACCURATE AUTOMATIC WHICH YOU CAN DRY-FIRE WITH NO CHANCE OF DAMAGE
Accuracy of Browning Medalist was excellent with all makes of ammunition, with and without the various barrel weights.
A DSOME IS as handsome does, and the new Browning H Medalist most certainly qualifies as one of the hand• somest autoloaders around. Those of us who had a chance to see and examine the trio of .22 autos that Browning has now on the market, took to the Medalist like a duck to water. Despite urgings, Harmon Williams would not release a gun until all production problems were licked, and the gun we received for tests speaks highly of the quality control that has made Browning guns justly famous. The Medalist is primarily a target gun, and thus offers features not found in the Nomad (see Gun Rack, August, 1962) or the Challenger. The Medalist is a prime example of I. Backlash adjustment screw. Browning's gunmaking skill and of elegant quality. 2. Stay-open latch. Most of my handguns have to be equipped with especially 3. Combined safety and dry-firing latch. wide stocks since the factory stocks in most cases do not 4. Deflector pin. afford my rather wide hand the solid (Continued on page 54) 5. Trigger pull adjustment screw. GUNS APRil 1963 33 WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF AMERICA'S GREATEST SHOOTERS' BARGAINS GERMAN P1510LE Model 'OS The IIWORLD'S GREATEST PISTOL!" Another fantastic LUGER go-around ta cap our 10th ANNIVERSARY issue! In time to treat you NRA Cal.9MM Conventioneers ta the greatest selection of precious LUGERS ever assembled in one place at one time at outrageously low pricesl Last month brought the greatest response in the history of gundom. New arrivals should make this month the greatest ever. Mail your order today and be assured of YOURS• beat the mad Convention stampede. Unbelievable but true-a simultaneous Ye Old Hunter coup-from three sources-two from western Europe and one from Asia. You no longer need be "held-up" $60, $70 ONLY or $80 by some greedy "hold-out" ••• own "THE WORLD'S GREATEST PISTOL" in NRA GOOD condition at only $39.95 .•. for VERY GOOD Grades add only a measly $10.00. Bargain 9MM Luger issue ammuni• tion only $4.00 per 100 rds. "World's Greatest Pistol"-to expensive to ever manufacture again! 95 tJ'(I'l'l1 ~olltJ'(tor' 0' ~ttJ'mO" !£~~r"glft~';,'i.~n~::ftf.;h1~~il"!',,'\~t.:"~I~~~~ S39 ! ~p .". U """ '" 1;J ... JJ -first served. SPECIAL COLLECTOR ITEMS Guaranteed NRA Good Condition! • AVAILABLE FROM ALEXANDRIA. VIRGIN~ lA, ONLY. PRICES ARE NET ONLY! I r.:~iiiiiii~~Limited number LUGER COLLECTORS WRITE FOR PRICES AND AVAILABILITY REGARDING RARE ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES! IJ of famous LIMITED NUMBERS OF ULTRA RARE COLLECTOR ITEMS INCLUDING REICHS· ]~xtra :r\ew German Mfg, Luger }\{ags....ONLY $5.95 each MAUSER WEHR DOUBLE DATE MODEL, MAUSER NAZI "K" SERI ES, MAUSER NAZI OrigInal Luger Cleaning Rods w IOiler BANNER "G" SERIES, VICKERS, DUTCH CONTRACT; KRI EGHOFF, SIMPSON SUHL, in Handle nh.__ ONLY $1.95 each MODEL Original Black Deluxe SS Luger BRAZILIAN AND MANY OTHER MODELS. VISIT HUNTERS LODGE (AT Holsters w/Extra Magazine PockeL..ONLY $4.95 each Only $90.00 10 PRINCE STREET OFFICEI FOR YOUR OWN ON·THE·SPOT INSPECTION.
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HAT OLD FIELD gun looks T brand-spanking new with its fine blue job as you pick it up from the gunshop. And of course you have heard of a fellow who does his own bluing. othing to it; it's just like painting a coffee table. Just buy a jar or can of bluing solution and brush it on. Well, with the next gun,. you'll do the job. Hold on. Most would-be rebluers found that it isn't quite that simple. Many of the do-it-yourself-in-an-hour products went on easily-and washed After gun is disassembled, all wood and metal or wore off just as quickly. A few years parts are checked for wear, damages. Repairs ago, some of the advertised "permanent are made, rough edges or surfaces are stoned.
blues" were at' best ineffective, and smith can save the gun owner a lot of some of them damaged gun metal. future grief by replacing worn or dam• Others were complete frauds. aged parts, or at least call them to the There is no really "easy" way to owner's attention." reblue a gun and give it an attractive After removing major scratches and and durable finish. Of the several rust with a file and steel wool on the methods that can do the job, chemical gun's exterior, Doman cleans the bore solutions-applied either hot or cold• and the inside of the receiver with a are the most popular ones with gun• nitro solution. The gun parts then go to smiths. Here is a fairly standard "hot a power wheel, where the most tedious blue" process as modified by George part of the process begins. Doman, a journeyman gunsmith oper• "Every bit of old blue or enamel, ating the Olympic Gun Shop near Oak and every speck of rust must come off, Harbor, on Washington's Whidbey Is• or it'll show up sooner or later under land. the new job," Doman explains. "I use "About 85 per cent of the work in paste grits, No. 120, 240, 400 or 500 turning out a fine blue job is in prep• size on sheep's wool buffing wheels. aration of the metal," Doman says. Grit size used depends on the metal "Checking for deep gouges and nicks, composition, and the type of finish the heavy scratches, possible metal frac• gun originally had." Quality of bluing job depends on tures. Every screw, hinge and spring After the bright metal surfaces are care metal gets before bluing. All in a gun should be separated and exam-. smooth enough to satisfy his critical rust, old bluing must be removed. ined. This is the time when the gun- eye, Doman hooks a bent wire holder
36 GUNS APRil 1963 YES. YOU CAN BLUE YOUR OWN GUN-BUT TAKE CARE!
PREPARE METAL CAREFULLY. THEN FOLLOW RULES CLOSELY to each major gun part. Trigger as• with minerals, and even minute quan• solder such as that joining double bar• semblies and other smaller pieces are tities of them can mar a good finish. rel shotguns, and 'some odd-ball makes placed in a wire mesh basket. All the Distilled water is best." of foreign guns. To neutralize this a'c• components of one gun are placed in Depending on the bluing salts used, tion, Doman adds six ounces of potas• the first of five tanks used in the bluing eight to ten pounds of the salts per sium cyanide crystals to four gallons process. gallon of distilled water are thoroughly of bluing solution when processing These tanks are made of black sheet stirred into tank three. Water temper• soldered guns. The cyanide fumes are iron, a material impervious to bluing ature is carefully maintained at 285• lethal, and a gas mask can be worn if chemicals. Each measures 40"x6"x6" 290 degrees Fahrenheit. Gun parts are the shop is not well ventilated. and holds four gallons of liquid without immersed for a few minutes or an Tank number four is a cold running slopping over. Heat to each tank is hour or more, depending on how the water rinse for the newly-blued metal. supplied by a string of gas burners, color is "taking." Doman inspects the After three or four minutes of "fix• individually controlled. This first tank' parts closely plunging them back into ing," the parts are placed into the final contains boiling water in which six the steaming solution or lifting them tank, a vat of pore-filling oil for five ounces of Vite cleaner·per.gallon has to tank four for rinsing, depending on minutes, then they are hung up by their been dissolved. Boiling the gun parts how the bluing takes. wire holders to drip dry. for 15 to 20 minutes removes finger• "I could compound my own blu• Doman wipes the pore oil off with a prints, oil traces, and bits of dirt ing salts, maybe even save a few soft cloth, then dresses the metal with and metal filings that were left from cents from the gun supply house price, light gun oil before reassembling the the buffing operation. but my mixture might vary just a little firearms. The processing tanks are From the cleaning vat gun compon• bit from batch to batch. The manufact• cleaned with steel wool to get the dried ents are lifted into tank number two. urers have standardized the bluing chemicals and metal particles out of This contains boiling distilled water, salts to the point where I get identical them-before the next batch of guns and removes all traces of the cleaner. results every time." can be blued. Fixed sight mounts and screw holes Commonest ingredients in these pre• "Anyone can do a fair job with this are given a brief scrubbing with a soft pared salts are potassium nitrate, so• process, given the equipment and bristled brush, as extra precaution dium nitrate, sodium hydroxide, am• time," says Doman. "It does require against any lingering foreign matter. monium nitrate, and minor amounts careful attention to details. You must "It's important that the metal go into of other chemicals. The exact formula be certain that all the old blue and tank three for bluing absolutely clean," varies between supply companies. Most rust is buffed off that, the processing says Doman. "Island water is loaded bluing salts will attack and dissolve tanks are kept (Continued on Page 39)
Receiver, only short time in bluing Large pieces are suspended on wire Wire basket is used for component bath, gets first inspection to see hangers in tank. Exact temperature parts of each gun to avoid mix-up. how the gun metal "takes" color. control is vital to perfect bluing. assure good bluing (;)f small parts.
GUNS APRIL 1963 31 Because this is true, I propose that, as a memorial to my Dad, every trap shooter, every skeet shooter, and every trap or skeet club, from the month of publication of this column forward, begin at once individual and club programs to bring the values of shooting to American youngsters. We must face the fact that if many youngsters in or near those urban areas mentioned in the book are to receive any exposure to shooting, it for the most part must be at the gun clubs that are located in or near all those metropolitan areas. All of us who shoot skeet and trap have received many hours of pleasure from the games. Let us not make it a one-way street. ULL'S Florida bureau is no more. In and me, and my first trip to the Grand Let us now share the pleasure and values P past years, my Dad energetically fol• American was taken because of his urging, we have from trap and skeet with a new lowed the Florida chain of Winter trap• after I had returned from the Skeet Na• generation. shoots, and forwarded all the information tionals in Dallas in 1951. He told me then What are the values we receive from he could get his hands on to me. The result that our business could stand the few more shooting, and what values do we have to was special coverage of Winter trapshooting days absence, and that I would be the offer by opening our skills and our clubs activities for readers of this column. Two better for the experience. He was right. to community boys and girls? Read them major operations, and complications from The reader may now understand why I again, above-not from my own biased view• them, wrote "30" to the life of this man, feel the words from the book about and by point, but from a book published by a de• educators provide a fitting eulogy for a gr.eat in my eyes, and a great friend of the' partment of the National Education Associ• subjects that make Pull! wise, good, and great man, to those who ation. It was not my intention in the beginning knew him best. It will be obvious to the reader that to make this column on trap and skeet sub• Now, I propose a memorial to Clarence there is much more that can be done by jects a memorial or eulogy to my late "Pal" Miller. Incidentally, few people in shooters everywhere for upcoming genera• father, but a passage I read in the book his home town of Princeton, Indiana, knew tions. Shooters can see that less fortunate "Outdoor Education for American Youth," that Dad's name was Clarence. To them, he youngsters do have the quiet pleasure of a by the American Association for Health, was "Pal" Miller, and I am proud of it. Physical Education and Recreation, prompts Here is where trap and skeet shooters tramp through woods and fields while hunt• ing. This can be done individually, or as a me to do just that. On page 67 of "Outdoor everywhere, to whom and for whom this Education for American Youth," these words column is written every month, come in. club project. are found: In today's urban society, far too few boys Shooters may also support and give "About the richest heritage a man could and girls, and parents, have the opportun• real help to the school people in expanding leave to this world would be an educated ities that produced the values Dad gave, and their own Outdoor Education Project, that family-educated not only in the sense of that are listed as desirable by an associa• offers all the values described here, and achieving a high standard of living, but also tion of the nations leading educators. I quote more. The project is ably headed by Dr. in the sense of enriched recreation. As Julian Smith, Director, Outdoor Education Project, College of Education, Michigan teachers, we have been taught that one of ... ;;-;. ~, the cardinal principles of education is the State University, East Lansing, Michigan. ." '.', worthy use of leisure time. If we sincerely _.. (The address given is that of Dr. Smith. believe this, it should justify including hunt• The Outdoor Education Project is an activ• ing as a sport on the same level as baseball, .~' ity of the American Association for Health, football, basketball, or any other activity Physical Education, and Recreation, 1201 that is given a portion of time in any high• 16th Street, Washington 6, D. c., Dr. Carl again from "Outdoor Education for Ameri• school curriculum. A. Troester, Jr., Executive Secretary.) can Youth," on page 5, in the chapter on Objectives of such a hunting-shooting In short, if you as a skeet or trapshooter the setting and need for outdoor education: would ask, not what shooting might do for clinic or program in secondary education "As we have already noted, Americans might include the following: you, but ask instead what you might do are fast becoming a race of city dwellers, for shooting, and for millions of boys and 1. To develop reliability and independ• but there is another relentless trend in our ence. girls, you might begin either individually society which of itself literally makes cities. or collectively some of the memorial proj• 2. To develop self-discipline and sports• To grasp its import, we have only to look at ects suggested here. manship. the new housing developments around almost 3. To teach proper and safe method of any urban center. I further propose that if there are those handling firearms. "Bureau of the Census experts predict individuals or clubs who will begin any sort 4. To develop an appreciation of the that by 1975, our present population of 167 of support for the values of shooting in any out-of-doors. millions (in 1957) will have risen to at least of the possible methods that can be used, 5. To develop an understanding of the 221 millions - an increase of over 7,000 and will notify me (Dick Miller) at 805 state game laws and the reasons for en• more people living in this country each day! Cleermont Drive, S. E., Huntsville, Alabama, forcement." ... If we look squarely into those seven I will list them in a memorial block in the My Dad accomplished all of these ob• thousand new faces a day, we can discern body of subsequent Pull! columns. jectives, set out in a book for educators, among them the many who live to an older To close this column, I use the last para• written by a distinguished group of learned age, the voting majority who have never graph of Outdoor Education for American men and women. made firsthand acquaintance with the land Youth:" One of the earliest memories I have is that and resources upon which their very exist• "The process will not only help in the of trailing along behind him, with my brother ence depends, the floating populations of conservation of natural resources; it will and sister, on rabbit hunts. Other memories people who lack real roots anywhere, the also serve to prevent human erosion. Such include just long walks in the country. imperative need for constructive use of education is not only essential to the 'grow• Then came the teaching of baseball, basket• leisure time to rebalance perspective." ing-up' process, it is also a balm to the ball, football, and track to my brother and Other passages in this chapter and tensions of adulthood and adds a glow to me. Dad was a most worthy adversary in throughout the whole book make it clea~ the later years. These things, envisioned tennis to all three of his children, and that for many boys and girls and their for the future, will give youth a stake in the neither my brother nor I ever beat him play• parents, there are simply no close or easily land which will be reflected in the kind ing golf. reached lands where they can share the ex• of citizenship that is the essence of ~ He made skeet shooters of my brother periences that our family shared. democracy." . ~
38 GUNS APRIL 1963 SHOP TIPS FOR GOOD BLUING (Continued from page 37) clean, and particularly that the bluing tank is too thin to allect tolerances or cartridge temperature is kept at 285·290 degrees. AI· feeding, and the bore bluing will shoot ways use a good thermometer." out after a few rounds anyway. In fact, Coloring gun metals is almost as old as some chrome-plated bores will shed their firearms themselves and dozens of methods plating after a few hundred rounds of high. have been devised, used, and discarded power ammunition have gone through them." when better and simpler processes were in· Cold bluing, in which chemical action vented. Nickel, silver and gold plating of alone imparts the color, is a tedious and guns, particularly handguns, has been wide· complicated process. It's strictly "custom" ly done and is still popular. Gold plating work and will cost from two to three times of triggers, guards, and floor plates is be· as much as the standard bluing job. Instantly shows true range I coming a "status symbol" today, especially After the gun parts have been boiled clean, on high priced custom made sporters. they are hand coated with a nitric acid, cop· Some Springfield rifles and many World per sulphate, alcohol mixture and permit· War II mass-produced guns were Parker· ted to dry. The parts are then boiled, the ized. This is a gun finishing process that mixture is applied again, and parts dried FOCUS READ gives a dull, black finish that is rustproof but again. As rust forms, it is scraped and TURN DIAL 50 DtsTANCI IMAGES _Gl ON DIAL unattractive. Unlike regular bluing, which rubbed oil, and this is repeated until enough INSTANT lIIARKSlIIANSHIP! Just focus this pre• cision optical instrument on any target Dlal1nstantb" is chemically·controlled surface rusting of color to suit the gunsmith has developed. shows distance in yards. Lets you adjust sights for the metal, Parkerizing actually removes a bit deadly accuracy every shot. Terrific for varmint The metal is hand rubbed with oiled cloth, hunters. Just 12 Inches long. Deluxe set Includlnc of surface steel and replaces it with hard and gives probably the prettiest blue of any Rangcfinder, Leather Holster Case. and 5x Telescope Eyepiece for eastest long-range fOCllsstng-$29.95 com- phosphates in a tight pattern, like extremely. process. It is also very durable. fW~5. o~i;~~ ~~ll8~~~e~5t~~d~~~~~1~d~~o~o$~.9~~~ finely woven cloth. There are any number of variations for Ideal gift. 30 Day Money-back guar. Send check to: Some barrel steels are so hard and of such the above "cold blue" process. Gun hand• FEDERAL INSTRUMENT CORP., Dept. HC" composition that no normal bluing process books and encyclopedias list formulas cen· 92·60 Queens Blvd., REGO PARK 74, N. Y. will color them. This applies particularly to turies old in addition to modern develop• high breech pressure vanninters and some ments. But good gun bluing, hot or cold, of the so-called elephant guns. With this remains one process aloof from electronic teel, the barrel is plugged and the exterior automation. It still takes time, know-how, iron·plated. The iron can then be blued in and a lot of attention. the conventional manner, but the resulting "There really is no secret formula," grins surface is often slightly rough. George Doman, "any gun supply house will "There's no point in plugging or corking tell you what to use and how to use it for barrels to prevent interior bluing in the good bluing results. The only secret process I use," Doman explains. "The coat I know is using a lot of care."
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GUNS APRIL 1963 3!) SAFARI GAME AT HOME (Continued from page 21) hunting land just as there is sub-marginal the contrary, they have added not only ranch land. romance but bulk to the big game picture with In certain parts of the world, notably in in the Southwest. New Mexico now has 1 shell the arid areas of Africa and Asia, exist ani· three herds of Barbary sheep, and hunting mals that can survive in this kind of coun• seasons on the other herds will soon. be $.95Express try. But there are difficulties. One of these initiated. Called is that in large areas of Africa and Southern Encouraged by this start, New Mexico Additional shells $.75 each You're always \\on guard" against robbers, mashers Asia it never freezes. The animals there are game biologists began to cast around for and other criminals when you carry this innocent• not adapted to withstanding low tempera• other animals which might fit into the looking fountain pen type TEAR GAS Device. Used for police and civilian defense. Causes no permanent injury. tures. In the American Southwest, freezing picture of the future. With advice from Spring-steel clip. Not a firearm. temperatures occur every winter. An animal experts in the National Zoo at Washington, SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER. NO COD'S which can't stand a frost obviously would the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Depart. Registered Colt Distributors - Suppliers for Official Pol ice Equipment Thi$ p,.oduct is not intended for sale in states or not make it. Many of the desert gazelles, ment of Agriculture, and after consulting localities which ha.ve laws forbidding their sale. if opportunity offers, will eat grass. But with various government agencies that con• PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS Est. 1918 we did not want to introduce any grass trol land-such as the Forest Service and DEPT. G 11 S. 16th ST., PHILA. 2, PA. eaters which might compete with our ante• the Bureau of Land Management-we have lopes or with domestic animals such as found three animals which seem to fulfill cattle or sheep. all of the qualifications necessary for intro• After several years of study we experi• duction. These are the ibex, the oryx, and mented with the Barbary sheep of North the greater kudu. Africa. Recently we have hit upon three addi• These three animals have been previously 5000 tional animals that seem to fill the bill. known mainly to crossword puzzle fans, and Barbary sheep were introduced into the perhaps only to a few of these. The ibex Canadian River canyon in northern New is the ancestor of the wild goat and is Mexico in 1950. The Barbary sheep is the found in a number of species whose habitat FIREARMS only wild sheep native to Africa, and is stretches from Europe across Central Asia, actually half sheep-half goat, with charac• with one kind extending into Northeast teristics of both animals. The Barbary's Africa. The African ibex, or Nubian ibex, BARGAINS habitat is the rocky, arid, mountain ranges seemed to be the best bet for our purposes. of North Africa, from Morocco to the Red After lengthy inquiries we found that Are you a gun trader? Gun collector? Or are Sea. In most of his range, persistent hunt• most of the Nubian ibex had been'killed in you iust plain interested in guns? If you are, ing by the natives and the movements of their native terrain of the Sudan and Ethi• you'll profit from reading the bargain-filled warring bands of tribesmen well armed with opia. It proved to be virtually impossible to columns of SHOTGUN NEWS, now pub. modern rifles have virtually wiped out the get live specimens of the Nubian ibex. The Barbary. In New Mexico, on the other Iished twice each month. It's the leading Asiatic ibex also proved difficult. After hand, from the initial planting, the herd months of negotiation we found that we publication for the sale, purchase and trade of Barbary sheep now numbers some 2,500 could get Siberian ibex, which is the of firearms and accessories of all types. animals. This last season, 400 permits were variety of. animal which inhabits the foot• SHOTGUN NEWS has aided thousands of issued. Non-resident permits are unlimited, hills of the Himalayas on the Siberian or gun enthusiasts locate firearms, both mod• and a number of non-resident hunters came Russian side. The Siberian ibex is a hardy ern and antique - rifles, shotguns, pistols, to New Mexico to get their Barbary sheep animal and suited to our project. He lives revolvers, scopes, mounts ••• all at money• trophy. Hunting these sheep in the Ca• on rocky, cold, barren mountain ranges and saving prices. The money you save on the nadian River canyon of New Mexico is bet• can stand temperatures from 120 0 in the 0 purchase of anyone of the more than 5,000 ter than it is in North Africa. Curiously summer to 50 below zero in the winter. enough, the Barbary rams of New Mexico listings twice a month more than pays your Russian dealers captured these ibex and produce heavier and longer horns than in shipped them to us through East Germany, subscription cost. You can't afford to be their native Africa, and so make a better West Germany, and thence to Clifton, New without this unique publication. trophy. Jersey, which is the quarantine station for At the time that New Mexico conserva• the importation of any hoofed animals from Free trial offer! tionists planted the Barbary sheep in the abroad. Because of Department of Agricul• Money Back Guarantee. Canadian River Canyon, there were dire ture regulations, the Albuquerque Zoo im• prophecies of the consequences. Some sports• ports these animals and they must be kept As a special introductory offer, we'l! send men said that the Barbary sheep would there. Their offspring, however, will be re• you the next issue of SHOTGUN NEWS free spread over the land "like a plague of leased as soon as we have a sufficient number of charge with your one year subscription. English sparrows" producing a curse in• to make a plant. That means you get 25 big issues. What's stead of a blessing. Ranchers were afraid Two African animals were also chosen for more, if you're not completely satisfied, just that the Barbarys would invade their this program. These are the oryx and the tell us. We'll immediately refund your ranges. Some purists stated that it was a greater kudu. The oryx, in several varieties, money in full and you can keep the issues crime to introduce a foreign animal into an is found from Arabia through the Sahara to you already have. Fair enough? You bell area where our native species were sufficient South Africa. We chose the South African kind of oryx for two reasons. This oryx, Fill in the coupon below and mail it todayl for any hunter. After some ten years, most of these often called the gemsbok, is the largest of objections have proved groundless. The all of the oryxes and withstands freezing THE SHOTGUN NEWS G-4 Barbary sheep have bothered the ranchers weather well. The gemsbok is now native Columbus, Nebraska very little, if at all. They have not dis• to Southwest Africa and Bechuanaland Yes, send me the next issue of SHOTCU N placed any of our native game species. On where it inhabits terrain that looks identical NEWS FREE and start my subscription for one year. $3 enclosed-to be refunded if I'm not completely satisfied.
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40 GUNS APRIL 1963 with the more barren and arid stretches of and Mozambique, kudu are still fairly com• the American southwest. As one South Afri• mon, but because of their palatability and the can rancher expressed it, "a gemsbok will live fact that increasing numbers of guns are where a burro would starve to death." The appearing in the hands of the natives, the gemsbok, for example, can go many months greater kudu also is fast disappearing from without drinking and eats desert types of Africa. shrubs and forage. Probably because of his Eight gemsbok and eight greater kudu metabolism that conserves water, gemsbok have now been captured in Southwest meat is very moist and extremely delicious. Africa for the New Mexico project. We were The greater kudu is considered by most on hand to supervise the capture, the crat• African hunters the handsomest of all ing, and the shipping of these animals. If African game. He also has, or rather did all goes well, the gemsbok and the kudu have, the greatest range. Greater kudu for• should multiply and their off-spring will merly occupied Africa all the way from the form a new game animal for the American Sahara Desert south to Capetown, generally Southwest. Perhaps in ten years, or maybe living in arid, rocky, brushy country. The sooner, some American sportsman in New greater kudu is now found only in a few Mexico can look across his gun sights at spots of his formerly large range and is fast the magnificent form of a kudu bull without ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• disappearing even from those. In Southwest having to go on an extended • Africa and in certain parts of Bechuanaland African safari to do it. • AMMUNITION • CLASSIC GUNS OF EUROPE NEW LOWER PRICES : (Continued from page 29) MILITARY : .30'06 CARTRIDGES per 100 $ 7.50 • the unsophisticated pasthne of headhunting, nized that fact when they designed the 7.35 ~:~I~a8oM.i~i~~r.y. ~~f~e. ~~~t~~d.g.e~. •. .. f 0.00 : roam the countryside with weapons that look double rifle with not one but two separate 6.5 1~~I~~ro~i~i~~r.y. ~~~t~i.d.9~~...... 10.00. like a page out of the saga of Daniel Boone actions entirely independent of each other. 32 Winchester Self Loading Soft Point 10.00 • 7xS7P':;~uls~~ Faeiory' Load'" .. • or Davy Crockett. Under such poverty and Should one action fail at just the crucial Pe, 100 17.50 • 9 MM Luger Pistol Cartridges 8.00 • primitive circumstances, the old percussion moment, the hunter had what actually 338 :'1~c~1~~ter' MagnUm' Ririe' ci.;t;idges . 5.00 • muzzle loader has proved a very practical all• amounted to a complete new rifle at his 458 :,r~c~::i:ror:::nn~~. Rifie' Car'tridges' • around gun. Also in some colonial lands, instant disposal. With a maddened elephant, Cal••r;.e{ :3xS~~r{~~~d&tir·ri.;ge'r.:..: ...... 10.00. 50 'ds. ...•..•...•••..••...•• 6.00 • muzzle loaders are exclusively the only guns tiger, or rhinoceros bearing down on you • .351 Winchester Self· Loading Metal Patch 800 • 250-:0001~~;~a.:lso~tl;o~~t·········· permitted to the natives (for reasons that are that double reliability and tremendous power • 8MMP:~l~S~~ •• hecoming more and more apparent with every mattered! • MiIHa·ry·cart:· ...... ·· 15.00. • .35 ::~I ~n~~on .Soft'Point" . .. .• .. .. 8.00 • newscast.) American shooters paid little attention to : 762 .....:':.;~~oM·II·;ia'y·itifia·· .. · ....·· 17.50: • CartndQes. per 100...... 10.00 • One such typical weapon, a 28 gauge per• the double, although, hr-fore the turn of the .25·20 Repeating Rifte Cartridge. 8 GO cussion shotgun, is built by the Arizaga century, Colt's did manufacture an excellent • 30.40p~rra~0~iank C~uiricige.·········· 10'.00: • Per 100 ••••.••••••••••••••• firm, and is a very solidly made and attrac• .45-70 double which was put to good use on • 32-40 50ft Po;nt, 12 50 • tive little piece, especially considering that North American game. But this was the only • 270 :'~~clh~~t~r' So;t' Poi"nt: •••• •• .•••• 17:50 : : 30.4:~r~~~ii';e·r·TIP:··············· 17.50. it sells for all of $8.00! Arizaga's export double rifle of any importance produced in • Per 100 ...•...•••••••••.••••• manager told me that the guns were sold the U.S., and its life span after its intro• 32 R~r;:ni'J~n .S.o.f~ ~~~~t: ...... 12.00: principally to South American mercantile duction in 1886 was quite brief. For Ameri• : ~:~?~:~~\'"~r:1:: ~:i.t~~.~'b~t::tP:r:~~ 1.00 • agents in lots' of 500, and eventually found can game, such rifles are not needed-and : Bore Scopes .50 Cal. Govt. Surplus: Ppd. 7St : their way to the Jivaros and other customers fine new British double rifles cost a lot of • Send 10c covering Postage, Printing of. through traders who reportedly make good money. A new Cogswell & Harrison custom • new low-price list of ammo and reloading • profits on them. The operation bears a strik• hammerless double will hit your wallet to : supplies available. : ing semblance to that of the colorful guns• the tune of $2100, and the other prestige for-fur trade that flourished in our own English makes command similar, or larger, frontier wilderness of two centuries ago. prices. Arizaga's manager was more intrigued, however, that some of his customers were American black powder fans, since a number of his and similar weapons have been turn• GUNSMITHING ing up in the U.S.A. Another Spanish firm still making "clas• sics" offers a full stocked percussion rifle that roughly classifies as a Kentucky rifle, al• CUSTOM BUILT RIFLES though it is somewhat baroque and lacks the Our well equipped shop, staffed by skilled craftsmen, will true classic grace of the real McCoy. Nev• expertly repair and refinish all kinds of domestic and imported firearms. ertheless, it is soundly made and will pro• WE RESTOCK Shotguns and Rifles from plain to the very finest to the customer's vide a pleasant afternoon's diversion. specifications and measurements. Fine Checkering from $15.00. In the days of Gunga Din, when India was RIFLE REBARRELING for all Standard Cartridges and Many.Wildcats. British, the English hunter of elephant and Royal Bengal tiger prized what is probably CONVERTING Suitable 30/06 Rifles to .308 Norma Magnum $20.00. the finest gun for such game that the world ENGRAVING by unexcelled German masters. has ever seen-the remarkable English DISTRIBUTORS of All Leading Brands of Scopes, Mounts, Sights, Accessories, double rifle. Classic in silhouette, the earlier Reloading Tools and Components. specimens are hammer guns with a pair of heavy rifled barrels in calibers ranging upward from .303 to .577 and even .600 Nitro Express The casual observer might ask why the mighty double didn't disappear with the ad• vent of repeating actions. The reason why the double didn't die then (and hasn't yet) but JAEGER Q.D. SLING JAEGER MODEL 50 JAEGER QUICK DETACHABLE instead was improved with nitro safe barrels SWIVELS $3.35 PER SET ADJUSTABLE TRIGGER $14.00 TELESCOPE MOUNT $30.00 and a more modern hammerless action, is that neither man nor any of his products is JENKINTOWN. PA. perfect, and the English gunmakers recog- PAUL JAEGER· GUNS APRIL 1963 41 Surprisingly, used doubles (or "pre• owned" guns as the exclusive British mak• ~ ers refer to them) that have made their way Guns MAGAZINE to these shores often command but tiny fractions of their original costs. An Ameri• can catalogue lists $245 for a genuine Rigby THE BEST IN FIREARMS BOOKS in mint condition, nitro-proved in popular .303 calibre, $325 for anqther near-perfed Order for yourself, ,, gifts for your friends! Rigby double .303 nitro-proved hammerless with quick detachable claw-mounted scope, $U5 for a hammer black powder .577 Tim• ings double in very good condition, and a SMALL ARMS OF THE THE SHOTGUNNER'S BOOK WORLD by W. H. B. Smith. by Col. Charles Askins. well preserved Riley double hammer .500 Revised and enlarged by Joseph The complete picture on shot• lion gun for an attractive $85.00. And re• E. Smith. The most authori• guns ... design. manUfacture. tative reference ever published shooting form. ammunition... sults from recent London auctions list the on military small arms. Spe• all in one neat package. Not a cial emphasis on U.S. and dry chronology of these Items, following: a .303 nitro-proved hammerless U.S.S.R. weapons. 711 pages, but a highly readable story of more than 1700 illustrations Purdy double in excellent shape at .$140, and covering identification. cali• ~~~l~~~ni::g ~Jl~g~ 3~~t~a:e~: bers, ammunition. stripping, more than 100 illustrations. A a Cogswell & Harrison hammerless double assembly. safety and history. Hmust" volume :for the shotgun at $84.00. enthusiast. $15.00 $8.50 The un-popularity of the double on this side of the Atlantic accounts for bargains THE PISTOL SHOOTER'S CIVIL WAR GUNS by William like the one I encountered at a gun show BOOK by Col. Charles Askins. B. Edwards. a few months ago-a beautiful hammer A noted expert shares his A firearms bonanza for collec• wealth of gun handling "sav• tors, students, historians. Here double in mint condition with grand and vy" with you. A book that is the definitive work on Amer• will definitely aid you In be• ica's first great arms race. The gleaming .450 twin bores, complete with-sling coming a better shot. perhaps author spent 5 years in re• even a champion. Authorita• search, digging through every and elegant yet conservative English en• tive description of methods, pertinent source from personal techniques, handguns of aU reminiscence to official record, graving of a stalking Royal Bengal tiger types. Knowledgeable shooters producing a work unequaled in on the lockplates, offered at $75.00! How• will need this book. For the its field. In a clear. unacadem• beginner and expert alike. ic style, narrative or documen• ever, with the British fondness for the double tary as needed, he unfolds in $8.50 450 pages the true "life story" as strong as it is, it is not unfair to ask of every significant firearm. North and South, Including why the rock-bottom prices on the banks foreign weapons. 1963 GUN DIGEST edited by $15.00 of the Thames itself? The reason is that John T. Amber. the number of British hunters journeying World's finest gun authorities, have again created a sparkling PISTOLS-A MODERN ENCY• to the African veldt or the Canadian wilds collection of articles, facts. fig• ures, illustrations and tables CLOPEDIA by Henry M. Steb• is not so great as to appreciably dent the on every facet of guns and bins with A. J. E. Shay and shooting. The only complete, O. R. Hammond. supply of doubles that have been building up unique and up-to-the-minute Contains eight chapters on the for some three quarters of a century. Add to gun book. Fully priced and choice of pistols ... the cur• Illustrated Catalog section of rently American made models. this the exceedingly stringent British fire• all domestic and Imported the most useful or challeng• guns and accessories. Includes ing old-timers and the most anns regulations that require a pennit even ~rfi~ag:"r~~~gg~ he~';,1~~~d worthy Imports; plus six chap- for the purchase of a box of .22's plus a drawings. t~c ~~ '::i.u~A!~.nil~'i:'~~~ bone-crushing "purchase tax" which makes $3.95 ters in all covel'ing every pistol Interest. all but the most affiuent Britishers think $12.50 HANDLOADER'S DIGEST ed• twice before purchasing a new pr.emium gun, ited by John T. Amber. and you have the answer. THE STORY OF COLT'S RE· An encyclopedia for rifle. pistol and shotgun reloaders! 260 VOLVER by Wm. B. Edwards. The British are quite given to gun auc• A definitive study of the man tions, and these sales frequently turn up l~~b:rri~f::!b:¥~~~r:~:r-:~fd and the revolver. contains a authorities. Includes: complete wealth of new data painstak• some nice rifle buys for Americans. Con• catalog section of tools and ingly researched from private components, self-computing files. Over 200 photographs, veniently enough, some of the auction rooms bullet energy chart, die and drawings and designs. The shell holder chart, cartridge ~~~t c;::6fl;~~d~oluife"a.r~~ publish advance lists with full (and quite dimension tables-pIns tips, Cs"Jg honest) descriptions of the offerings, and Dotes and shortcuts from ex• large pages. perts on choosing and using $10.00 provide forms for mail bids. Some of the handloadlng tools. $2.95 better known arms auction houses include: HATCHER'S NOTEBOOK by Wallis & Wallis, 210 High Street, Lewes; Julian S. Hatcher, Mal. Gen. THE BOOK OF PISTOLS AND U.S.A., Ret. Weller & Ruffy, 141 Bromsgrove Street, REVOLVERS by W.H.B. Smith. New revised edition of a great Birmingham 5; Knight, Frank, & Rutley, Revised and enlarged by Kent classic. Contains definite and Bellah. A brand new 1962 edi• authoritative answers to thou• 20 Hanover Square, London W.1. These tion of this comprehensive sands of questions that puzzle handgun refernce book for the weapons enthusiasts •.. much catalogues are well worth the shilling (14 identification and mechanics of it has never before appeared cents) or two they cost, and are fascinat• of the world's handguns. 774 :~toP::::;s an~I':..m~~~It:~~lt~~ pages. hundreds of illustra• ing reading for the gun nut. Eventually, tions. comes apparent on every page. A standard reference work by everything under the sun turns up in them, one of the world's outstanding authorities. including many American pieces of'intense interest to the antique collector, up to and including Pattersons, Collier revolving flint• locks, good London Colts, dueling pistols, MAGAZINE, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III. etc. Generally, the British collector main• ' In full payment for the books I have ehookod below. I understand you will pay postago. I tains a pretty keen interest in American Circle the baoks of your choice•. antique weapons, but nevertheless I have $15.00 - SMALL ARMS OF THE WORLD $ 8.50 - THE SHOTGUNNER'S BOOK I run across some rather attractive "buys." $ 8.50 - THE PISTOL SHOOTER'S BOOK $15.00 - CIVIL WAR GUNS For instance, a six shot percussion pepper• $ 3.95 - 1963 GUN DIGEST $12.50 - PISTOLS, A MODERN ENCYCLOPEDIA' I box by Union Arms Co., engraved, at $32.50; $ 2.95 - HANDLOADER'S DIGEST $10.00 - THE STORY OF COLT'S REVOLVER $28.00 for a Mariette Belgian percussion $10.00 - BOOK OF PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS $ 8.50 - HATCHER'S NOTEBOOK four-shot pepperbox; a good Manhattan $17.50 - Set, PISTOLS & REVOLVERS/RIFLES Navy .36 revolver at $32.20; a .44 Reming• NAMc. _ I E I ton rolling block saddle carbine at $16.80; a Smith & Wesson Model Number One Sec- ADDRES,...S _ I . ond Issue brass frame .22 at $11.20. I Perhaps a word here on getting your prize CITY ZONE STATE I back into the U. S. is in order. Usually Amer• ~------~=~~~~~~~~------~ ican Express or ordinary international Parcel 42 GUNS APRIL 1963 Post are all you will have to bother about a rifle and a shotgun of reasonable quality, in the way of carriers. Problems will usually a good used Drilling at $200 is a buy, giving begin at the port of entry when the Customs not only unique service but class and taste folks take over. The rule is that, to be an to your battery. "antique" and therefore to enter duty-free, The catalogue put out by the giant firm a gun (or any item) must have been made of Waffen Frankonia in Wurzburg, West prior to 1838, although percussion guns are Germany, offers an impressive collection of not dutiable regardless of when manufac• new Drillings, at prices ranging £r?m the tured. Assuming you purchase your modern popular Sauer 3000 with engraving and other sporting gun, new or used, from an approved custom features at $313 (with half a page country (that is, non-communist controlled), of variations and choices), up to the mag• the U. S. duty charge will follow this Pat• nificent Franz Sodia sidelock Drilling with tern: Scotch checkering and lush, beautifully STOP fLINCHING-IMPROVE SCORING! Rifles: deep engraved hunting scenes at a cool $575. Acclaimed by champion shooters and recommended bY' Over $10 but not over $25: Ear Specialists as the best protection ogoinst harmful The gauge and caliber of the drilling may noise. lee Sonic EAR·VAlVS let you hear everything $3 each plus 22lf2 % of price. normally while they eliminate the harmful effects of prove somewhat puzzling to the American gun blost noise. A precision engineered, patented Over $25 but not over $50: shooter. Shotgun tubes are usually 16 gauge. mechanical hearing protector. NOT EAR PLUGS. Only $5 each plus 22lf2% of price. $3.95 a pro with money back guarantee. ORDER TODAY Rifle calibers are largely limited to rimmed or write for FREE Medicol Proof and literature. Over $50: cartridges such as the Europeqn 5.6x52R, SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY 14% of price. 1608 Hillhurst Ave., Dept. K, Los Angeles 27, Calif. Shotguns: 6.5x57R, 7x57R, 7x65R, or 8x57R. (First figure is diameter of bore in millimeters; Over $10 but not over $25: second is length of case in millimeters; R $2 each plus 15% of price. denotes rimmed cartridge.) However, with Over $25 but not over $50: the availability of foreign ammunition in• $2.55 each plus 12112% of price. creasing and the economies of reloading Over $50: Never be• available, European calibers aren't the prob• fore has a 20% of purchase price. achromatic t scope sold for any.. lem they once were. For the purchasers of where near this amazin~ Combination rifles and shotguns (Drill· new Drillings, it is now possible to get low price! You get dea ings) : ~~~e:~ ~}et:::-:8 s::~:llco~;:'~~tI .30-06 and several other popular American Achro Lens. No color no fuzz. Var!.. Over $25 but not over $50: ~~~e~~e~~:radJ:~:sleei~er.;nt4~. h or 60 loads which are adapted to the break.open shootin~ vlewin~. $4.25 plus 19% of price. and Wrde angle action by a special extractor for your rim· ~~r21::gFesr~~f)t:¥'1a::~~~'BYYd~. ed to brink Over $50: less brass. Also to be considered is that for ~~~l~~e O~J:ti~s.P1~r~erru~~latr:.et;fe:~Cimt bra~~~ ~~:~{s •.:. lenses. A precision American made Instrument. unCOD• 27lf2% of purchase price. about $15, you can have an insert .22 con• ditionaIJy R"uaranteed. CarrYln~ case Included. Send on~ 56.98. Cash. check or mODel' order. We pay po~taR"e- .. The complex of licensing, permits, and verter that will slide into your rifle barrel Criterion Co., 313 Church St. Hartford, Conn •• Dept. TSA.87 assorted red tape of the country of origin and allow you to pot at tomato cans all day THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK INLAYS fortunately have little application to foreign are my business and I rna... with the economy of an ordinary .22. the flnest. Brilliant colon. beautiful desl~s. hand cut purchasers, or so has been my experience. ~ by precision machinery.. 8eJMI Although Drillings have never ridden the for latest list. Mention of your Federal Firearms License crest of any waves of popularity in the number will generally carry you through C. D. CAHOON • DEPT. 2, BOXfORD, MAss. most any situation. The classic-conscious but economy-minded shotgunner does not need to depend so heavily on the used gun market. Quite a number of European makers, particularly EVERY DA~h. Spanish and Italian, are concentrating on Nashville, producing fine quality doubles at prices *O,egon Runnemede, which put a handmade weapon in the hands WE GET LETTERS * New J.,rsey of just about anyone who wants it. Arizaga * Salt Lake City, will custom make a Greener-type boxlock Utah double for $40 (plus $7.75 U. S. duty), or a Purdy-type sidelock double ejector gun for $68 (plus $13.60 duty). Both include shoot• AND MORE LETTERS • •J er's choice of engraving and stock, barrel • length, etc. Also to be considered in this (. "in·reach" group of realistically priced * Palatka, classics is the recently introduced Japanese ---.....~ Florida made Fuji boxlock double selling in the under $200 class. One of the most exclusive and yet most practical guns ever devised is the combina• I have used a couple of thousartd of your We have been using different make primers and tion rifle-shotgun called the Drilling. Most primers and I have NEVER had a misfire yet. find yours to be far SUPERIOR and MORE IN are amazingly light, highly maneuverable - John D. Darden, Palatka, Florida. DEMAND than any others. _ James W. Richards, weapons of fine feel and balance. I like your MAG·NUM pistol primers' for my .44 Runnemede, New Jersey. Technically, the Drilling is a three-barrel Magnum. They do MUCH BETTER than any regu- I have had a good deal of success with Y'lur gun with either a pair of shotgun tubes over lar primer.-Willis L. Hobart, Nashville, Oregon. products and to the time of this writing J a rifle barrel, or vice versa. However, four• I have used over S,OOO CCI Primers and I'll HAVE NOT had a misfire yet. _ Ronald L. say one thing for them - iust keep making them Kellmer, Spokane 4, Washington. and even five·barrel specimens do turn up. -THEY ARE TERRIFIC-not one bad one in the I have been using CCI Primers for two years Since most are custom built pieces, the bunch. I also use them in all of my custom with not a misfire. THEY ARE O. K. IN MY finicky shooter can have whatever suits his handloads for my customers and ALL ARE O. K. BOOK. - Forrest D. Smith, Ashland, New fancy, as long as it suits his pocketbook as - John R. Pease, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hampshire. well. WATCH FOR MORE -MAYBE You KNOW THEM! MAYBE IT'S YOU! Prices for Drillings, considering their utility, fine craftsmanship, and longevity are Write Dept.. G-4 for Free Brochure not exceedingly high-at least, not in com• parison to English double guns and double PRIMERS ... that's their choice rifles. A new gun may run $450 to $700 or LARGEST PRIMER SELECTION FOR RELOADERS POWDER ACTUATED TOOL CARTRIDGES FOR INDUSTRY more, but excellent bargains can be found in MAGNUM PRIMERS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE LOADS used specimens between $100 and $200. Con• RED-JET BULLETS FOR INDOOR SHOOTING FUN sidering what you would have to layout for Cascade Cartridge, Inc., Lewistonr Idaho GUNS APRIL 1963 43 U. S., they were once manufactured here hunt, and I'll wager the first American NOW AVAILABLE! by the "Three Barrel Gun Company" located maker to offer a moderately priced "combin• in Moundsville, West Virginia, which is re• ation gun" would reap a Rothschild-sized BOUND VOLUMES puted to have turned out some rather nice profit. pieces around 1900. Today, the closest we The classics of the fine houses of Europe of GUNS Magazine come to producing such a gun is the Savage are expensive, yes; but they are pretty Model 24, which mounts a .22 barrel over permanent fixtures in a world which now a .410 shotgun. A deluxe model with .22 changes with the passage of hours. Their Magnum rimfire over a 20 gauge is now performance is legendary, and their timeless available; and these are dandy little guns beauty is inspiring. They are not merely in their low-caliber class. Give every hunter symbols of prosperity - they are symbols the loan of a Drilling in practical hunting of genuine judgement, good taste, ~ calibers to take out with him for a single 'and superb workmanship. ~
TAMING HELL'S HALF ACRE (Continued from page 25) Complete set of 1962 issues. Hand• him to Perry. For the next few years, he huska in a buggy on a regular visit to his served under Sheriff J. C. Scruggs, of Noble family, crossed Birch Creek and plunged somely bound in deluxe red buckram; County, helping tame the turbulent Strip into the hills. Suddenly there was the re• completely washable. GUNS logo and and Hell's Half Acre. port of a rifle and a bullet whizzed within emblem stamped in 24K gold with your Too often, crimes were committed in the an inch of his nose. name personalized on the front cover. counties adjoining the Indian Nations, and Seizing a shotgun resting beside him, he Adds a treasure house of knowledge to the sheriffs and their deputies did not have sprang to the ground and ran quickly to your library. Each volume will grow in the authority to cross the border in pursuit where the smoke was still hanging, thin value as a collector's item. Limited sup• of offenders. The Organic Act gave the and acrid, over the boulders. He called ply available. Special low price includes United States Marshal at Guthrie concur• loudly to his foe, cursing him and daring magazines,,,:'inding, shipping. Only $10 rent jurisdiction with sheriffs in all criminal him to fire again. Not until darkness had cases. The marshal compiled a list of eli• settled over the woods did he cease chal• ORDER TODA¥! gible local officers and deputized them as lenging his would-be assassin and drive GUNS Magazine Book Department. G-4a federal men. Haines was given one of these on to Hominy. commissions, and his expeditions often took 8150 N. Central Park Ave~, Skokie, Illinois He kept a daily journal of his expedi• him into the Osage. tions, in which he described one clash as It was almost impossible to round up follows: Sleek· Smooth· Strong outlaws once they had entered this coun• "Feb. 4. Am notified that thieves try. Its unmarked backwoods, towering again made a raid on Indian horses. bluffs, yawning chasms, and sparse settle• ments made it a haven for such notorious I go north of Hominy lh mi. & strike characters as the Daltons, the Doolin and their trail ... & discover their camp Cook gangs, and Henry Starr. after having ridden 35 miles. I ad• The only law was an agency police force, vance afoot. I observe several objects consisting of Chief of Police Warren Ben• throllgh brush of a blackjack tree. I nett at Pawhuska, and a few scattered con• call, 'YOil, there, hold up your hands!' stables. To this junglelike wilderness came I see a scramble for guns but no sign Wiley Haines on official business, and his Only of obeyance to order. I fire & advance Suehler offers you ability to bring in his man soon won him 2 or 3 steps. Call again, 'Hold up your the reputation of being one of the most four s~yles of moun~s handsl' Am not obeyed. I fire again from which ~o select ~he successful criminal officers in Oklahoma. one ~ype bes~ for YO U When his term expired at Perry, he applied & advance & find that I have fatally • YOUR scope and YOUR rifle. for a position in the Indian service. In shot two horse thieves named Arthur Send today for full information on Mount se- June, 1898, he was appointed police officer Brooksher and Hank Myers . .. lection, Low Safetys, Gun Screws. Cat. 18-G for the Osage Nation, stationed at Hominy. "Feb. 5 Take bodies of parties Hominy consisted of only a few white killed yesterday to Agency." families when Haines brought his wife Sarah Haines integrity was unquestioned. He and their three children, John, Wiley, and once guarded, alone, a $125,000 payment to Mary, there that summer. In 1900, Haines the Osage Indians. By a queer quirk in the was given the additional authority of deputy law, he could have stolen the money, hid it, United States marshal and his task became GRAPHWHITE and if the theft was proven, would have had more dangerous. The country was teeming The Clean Dry Lubricant to spend only one year in the federal jail. For guns, brass sizing, locks-a with horse thieves and other outlaws, and white powder, slick as graphite but It was while guarding this payment that CLEAN-no smudging. Handy pocket the people not engaged in criminal activity size bottle. At Gunshops-59c-or 2 were cowed by the lawless. When Haines Haines had his most desperate experience• for $1.25 ppd. FREE Sample & info. a pitched battle with the notorious Martin Dealers, Dists. Inquire. began his active campaign, he received anonymous letters threatening his life. brothers southeast of Pawhuska on a DARE ENTERPRISES sweltering August afternoon in Box 10036-A Ft. Worth 14, Texas Late one afternoon he drove out of Paw- 1903. Sam and Will Martin were the sons of a respectable farmer near Mulhall, Okla• homa. In May, 1899, they resisted arrest for Plans & Ready-Cut Kits Now a petty offense, emptied their Winchesters Available for the ALL-NEW at two deputy sheriffs and fled into the "Modern Marksman" Cabinets brush. Within a few weeks they became Can be used separately or combined section· more dangerous than the Dalton and Doolin ally to'form a complete wall of gun cabinets. Full Gunberth® Line of 32 models from 5 to gangs. 24 gun sizes available. BIG. NEW, fully illus• For three years, they terrorized the terri• trated "Handbook"-Catalog lists all details on Plans. Kits and Finished Cabinets. tory, raiding northwest into the panhandle, , Send for your NEW copy TODAY! Kansas, and Colorado_ On March 2, they Only $1.00 ppd. (Refundable first order) held up the Rock Island depot at Hennessey, COLADONATO BROS. killing an innocent bystander, and while Dept. G4R, Hazleton, Po. eluding pursuit, murdered City Marshal Bill
44 GUNS APRIL '1963 Cross of Geary. Rewards for their capture, dead or alive, totaled 12,000. For two months, sheriffs, federal marshals, Tell us the make and their posses had searched the western and model of your shot- gun or rifle .•• type of stock or forend area. Then they learned that the wily fugi• you want-semi-finished, 90% finished, standard tivs had escaped far northeast into the wild finished or custom finished. We will send you literature describing what we fastness of the Osage. offer for your needs. Or, ask your dealer or gunsmith, he also can furnish free catalog. On Sunday afternoon, July 14, they robbed E. C. BISHOP & SON, Inc. WARSAW, MO., U.S.A. Dept. Jl1E 101 passersby on the road between Paw· huska and Bartlesville, holding their victims as captives and finally riding off with several horses and saddles! Haines received the report but failed to intercept the pair as they by-passed Pawhuska. He scouted the area, but found no further trace of the outlaws. Bounty hunters from all over the territory and points as far away as Fort Non-Breakable. Guaranteed Worth and Kansas City hurried into the Osage. For three weeks they filtered hope• For All American, Many Foreiln Cun. lessly through the hills. Non-slip and precision-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS or. Haines bided his time. Out in the hills the most durable made I Beoutiful colors; smooth, southwest of Pawhuska, some Osages were checkered, staghorn ond fancy corved; truly distinc• camped in a canyon on Birch Creek. At tive. Long-wearing, unaffected by moisture, per• noon a lone white man came down to the spiration, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not creek near their tents. On either hip he chip or peel. Luster, color are permanent. carried a heavy Colts revolver, swung from Conventional or conversion styles. Also target grips, cartridge-filled belts. On his back was with or without thumb rest. Available for all popu• strapped a heavy Krag-Jorgenson rifle. lar guns in: Ivory, Pearl, Onyx, Agate, Walnut, As the white man disappeared back over Black and Staghorn finishes. Low cost, $2.50 to $8.00--5ee our complete catalog! the hill with his bucket, an Indian trailed him silently. The Indian rode eight miles Franzite Grips Are Sold Under Our Guarantee For that afternoon-to the marshal's office in Colt Remington Browning Luger Write today for 2a-page book. Great West'n Ruger Czech Mauser Pawhuska. FREE Prices, illustrates grips for all H & R Savage Dreyse Ortgies Quietly Haines passed the word to Chief CATALOG American makes, plus many for.. Hi-Standard S & W Schmeisser Sauer eign. Iver-Johnson Walther Llama Webley Bennett and Indian Constable Henry Ma• And Many Others jors that two strangers were camped near Wooster Mound. Haines, Bennett, and Majors SPORTS, INC. 5501 Broadway, Dept. CH-4, Chicago 40, III. knew who those strangers were. They mount• ed and rode out of town. The lowering sun beat in their faces. They r~de slowly. Haines wanted the ele• ment of surprise, and this could best be fol' precision accuracy had at sundown. At Wooster Mound, they at long ranges COPES left their horses behind the last ridge, and edged closer on foot. The camp was hidden behind a knoll in a deep ravine. Three horses stood tied in the timber. Nearby, Sam and Will Martin rested behind a pile of saddles and other equipment. The officers separated to approach from Versatile Models three sides. Majors moved off to the left Model'lt8 KBandK10 along the rim of the ravine. Bennett took the right flank. Haines moved forward in Continuously variable These 8· and 10-power the face of the camp. As he crossed an power, from 2VzX to 8X, scopes provide the mag· opening to reach a huge fallen tree, a horse makes the V8 an all• nification needed for saw him, snorted, and tried to break away. purpose scope. Clear, accurate shooting at First one outlaw, then the other, rose from behind the heap of saddles, rifles in their sharp image at any long ranges. Precise hands. power; instant power 1f4·minute click adjust• There was no time to wait for signals that change with a Y.3 turn of ments. Constantly cen• his companions were in range. Drawing a the eyepiece. Constantly tered reticle. Hard· sharp bead, Haines fired, and Will Martin centered reticle. O·ring dropped out of sight. Sam Martin whirled coated optics. Objective and ran toward the horses. Haines fired sealing and nitrogen lens has range focus again with his Winchester, saw the out• processing. Complete adjustment from 50 law twist half around, triggering a wild with Weaver·Adjustable feet to 1000 yards. K8 shot in the air, and fall. Mount, $79.50 at most orK10, $59.50 atmost By this time, Bennett reached Haines' dealers. side. Then both charged the man behind the dealers. saddles, Majors covering them from the rim $/963 W. II. W""''If' Company of the ravine. Will Martin was dead. Haines' bullet had w. R. WEAVER CO. / DEPT. 43/EL PASO 15, TEXAS struck him in the mouth and passed out the "REei Name _ back of his neck. Sam lay perfectly still a hundred feet away, where he had fallen. New 1963 Add,.s~$ _ He still clutched the rifle under his body. His full·coIor face was concealed in the shadows. catalog. City Zone__State' _ "I think I got him, too," Haines called to THE WORLD'S MOST USED, MOST PROVED SCOPES Bennett and Majors. "I'm going to check."
GUNS APRIL 1963 45 He drew his pearl-handled six-shooter, Wiley Haines had many years of law en• a more effective weapon at close range, and forcement ahead. Only a few days after he YOU CAN PAY started forward. left the hospital, he captured Walter Mc· Before he had taken a dozen steps, he saw Clain, the last of thirteen federal prisoners Sam Martin's hand jerk. Haines leaped side• who had escaped seven years before when TWICE AS MUCH! ways, and the soft-nosed rifle bullet caught the notorious Bill Doolin broke out of the him high in the right shoulder. The lead federal jail at Guthrie and was slain on the ••• BUT YOU WON'T and its copper jacket burst into a hundred border of the Creek Nation. fragments. The particles of metal were driven In 1905, when Warren Bennett .died, OUTPERFORM THIS T through the officer's lungs, rupturing innum• Haines succeeded him as· Chief of the Osage erable small blood vessels. Police. Following statehood in 1907 and The impact knocked the six-shooter from the abolishing of the Indian police, he con• his hand, and he collapsed, an open target tinued to serve as a deputy sheriff and for the tricky outlaw. Although mortally United States marshal. In 1927, he played wounded, Sam Martin had the strength to a prominent role as special investigator for trigger a final shot that would have killed Governor Henry S. Johnston in suppres• the marshal, but Chief Bennett, running past sing liquor traffic. Haines, was on him in a split second, kicking The years had crawled up on him like the rifle from his grasp and threatening to ghosts in the night. Haines was 68 now. blow off his head. Most of his children had grown to adult• For rifle and pistol. The Indians in their camp heard the hood. But he kept up a furious pace and Low price includes shell holder and primer rod shooting and rode over the hill; they claimed he was as good as ever. In 1928, of your choice. helped get the wounded marshal and the he became the democratic candidate for For full-length resizing outlaw to a doctor. sheriff of Osage County. and bullet swaging. Inter• changeable shell holders. Bennett and Majors brought in the out• "No Snitches Will Be Tolerated," his Full 3'h inch stroke with laws' plunder-two Krag-Jorgenson rifles, campaign posters proclaimed. "I Think A favored downward leverage. four revolvers, a half-dozen latest style Snitch Is A Copperhead Snake, He Will HEAVY DUTY "e" TYPE TOOL cartridge belts, and 1000 rounds of ammuni• Bite You If He Can." SAVE by ordering direct. Completely guaran• tion. The three horses and saddles had At 3 o'clock the afternoon of September teed. Immediate delivery. Order today by check been stolen in the holdups between Paw• 23, he ascended the courthouse steps to the or money order. Shipping charges extra. II. deposit on. C.O.D. orders, please. huska and Bartlesville. sheriff's office where he greeted friends and Sam Martin died that night at Pawhuska. associates. While talking, he slumped into "Beginners Guide to Hand~ Haines lay in the hospital several weeks, the arms of Deputy Sheriff Ed Clewien and loading," complete, informative. recovering from his wounds. Telegrams and breathed his last. Also complete merchandise FRE E• catalogue. Yours without obli• lettep; poured in from everywhere, hundreds A flat, rectangular stone marks his final gation of any kind. of friends called personally to offer their resting place in the Hominy City Cemetery. ' congratulations, and from Guthrie, United His wife Sarah lies beside him. A lone pine, States District Attorney Horace Speed sent symbolic of his life, shades the quiet sur• K. 1. Wells, JUt. his written commendation, saying, "No bet• roundings. The single clue to his strength DEPT. 4E, HOWARD LAKE, MINNESOTA ter stroke for law and order in the territory and character can be read in this simple was ever struck than in wiping out the ~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~""~~~"'~"~~ epitaph: "An Honest Man Is the Noblest ' ~ vicious Martins." The myth that capture Work of God." ORDER BY MAIL was impossible in this trackless section was The people who placed that epitaph on ..JJanJmaJe WlMlern Boolo exploded in the gunsmoke at Wooster the grave of Wiley Green Haines ~ Mound. ~ J STYLES FOR MEN AND WOMEN knew him well. LAWMAN RINGNECKS-AND HOW TO FOOL THEM Tall - True Western Boot. 16" Stove Pipe Tops, Walking (Continued from page 27) Heel, Leather Lined, Narrow Toe. their speed afoot, they lack endurance. hunter follows is roughly shaped like a #801 - BLACK They're sprinters, not distance runners. Thus, giant fish-hook up to this point. The natural #802- BROWN $2550 .. when bobbing and duckine through cover thing for those birds to have done is to have #803 -TAN they tire quite rapidly and soon elect to hide. run and skulked through that cover. Then, WRITE FOR In my younger days, I ran down a good when you appear at its far end, the point FREE CATALOG many crippled cocks. I would run like where they had planned to take to the air, NEW STYLES blazes for 100 yards and maybe not have they're confused; their tendency now is to gained so much as an inch. But within the squat and hide. Confused, they seldom re• $5.00 deposit on C.O.D. next 50 to 100 yards I'd overhaul them, orders. You pay postal verse themselves and try to run in the charges. We pay postage on prepaid orders. Our either to within finishing-off range or to the opposite direction. This time they'll fly. ~~ta:rannheoeot; ~°n'"d:~::~l~nd point where I could hand-catch them. unworn within ten days. If you're working cover adjacent to a Of late years, I've quit such chases. If I body of water, or a posted field, or any Auolin Bool CO. see the falling bird reaching for the ground other obstacle to an attempted "surround" P.O. Box 9305-G EI Paso 84, Texas with his legs, I try to smack him with another of the birds, don't crowd your game toward load just as he lands. It's a lot quicker, and a that escape area. Cut them off from it and lot easier on aging legs! force them to ~merge at a point, and in a PROFESSIONAL Here are some devices I've used countless direction, where a hunter can nail them times with excellent results. Variations of when they finally take to the air. them can give you much greater returns on The way to do this, with several hunters GUNMEN your ringneck hunts. operating is not to work this cover abreast. CHOOSE If you see a cock or two, or even unescort• From a slanting line, with the front hunt• ed hens, dive into an isolated island of weed• er moving so as to cut the birds away from HOLSTERS or brush-patch, don't dive headlong into that the escape route and force them into the BY paths of his hunting companions. If he does JOHN BIANCHI. cover in straightaway pursuit of them. Circle it by walking past within 25 to 35 yards of his job well, the birds will slip off his line COMPLETE ALL NEW of march, then meet up with one of his CATALOG its edge, so that any flushes along your edge 25~ are under your gun. Two hunters working partners, become confused, and flush. PROTECTOR BRAND HOLSTER together can flank that cover from both sides. Once the hunting season is underway, 509 HACIENDA DR., MONROVIA, CALIF. When you get to the far end of that pheasants very rapidly locate safe areas cover, pinch in toward it. The course each where they're free of hunting pressure. I've
46 GUNS APRIL 1963 seen hunting parties string out along a game it. And the more open it is, such as weed· refuge fence and drive the cover at right free corn or cane, the more freely they'll angles to it. The wiser birds, thus cut off rim. In some cases, the birds' daily travel in from the refuge, often flush quite wildly, it opens up hundreds of trails, literal race· climb, then turn to fly back over the advanc· tracks for the nimble-footed birds. In other ing hunters. Take the in-range birds as they cases, marsh grasses often grow knee-high come over. and arch over to form a series of hidden A drive made toward a refuge is just passages. Such cover offers exquisite ring· plain foolish. The wise birds will flush be· neck concealment, but is frustrating to yond shotgun range, triggering the others to hunters. Even cleanly·killed birds dropped flush, and all you get is a long walk for in it are often very difficult to find. your trouble. On the other hand six of us Much has been written about "stopper once cut the birds off from direct escape into gunners" located at the ends of fields, or a Federal Game Refuge, and made our drive shelter belts, to block the escape of pheas• directly away from its fence. When we ants running ahead of other members of a reached the roadway, a half·mile away from hunting party. Some states regulate the the Refuge fence, we had 30 of the 36 cocks number of hunters who may hunt in a DON'T MISS THIS NEW CATALOG! we were permitted for our day's gross bag party, which is one indication of party• BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER! limit-six per hunter. It just depends on hunting effectiveness. 168 jam-packed pages devoted exclusive• whether you prefer a long walk or a bulg• But intelligent stopper-gunning is a rare ly to the pistolman. Over 630 illustrations. Articles by top shooting and reloading ing bag. commodity. It requires fine pheasant sense, authorities: Blankenship, McMillan, Joy• When you are hunting cover that suddenly skilled marksmanship, and the skill to reo ner, Reeves, Weinstein, Toney, Cartes, White, Weston, Shockey, Clark, Gibbs, ends in an exposed area of very thin or main fairly well hidden so oncoming pheas• Hebard.· These alone worth many dollars short vegetation, remember that pheasants ants, afoot or on the wing, don't realize their if published in book form. National Rec• ords, all latest products and prices, hun• don't like to emerge from good cover into danger until they're within shotgun range. dreds of score improving items and tips. wide·open spaces unless they can choose Two stopper gunners can cover an amaz· Clark, Shockey, Pachmayr, Colt custom guns, Ruger, Hammerli, HI-Standard, S&W, their own time to do so or are forced to it. ingly wide strip of exit cover, if they're Colt, Sig, Browning, Iver Johnson, Cros• Within 10 to 25 yards of the end of good alert and place themselves properly. As· man target and field guns. cover, when crowded by hunters, they either suming they can cleanly kill any cock pheas· The Pistol Shooter's "Bible" and stand• ard reference book. No catalog like it! A fly off early for some distant bit of cover, ant that shows within 40 yards, they can MUST for competitive pistolmen or anyone or they find some dab of concealment that space themselves 80 yards apart. They can interested in handgunning. Double your money back guarantee if suits them and hide there. Thus, the end of thus cover this aerial alley between them, you don't agree it's the biggestpistol shoot• a driven field often contains several birds that plus 40 yards to the outside of each gun· ingvalueever for $1.00. Mailed Immediate• casual hunters pass by. Hunt it with extra ner's stand. That means two hunters can ly in protective envelope. Postpaid $1.00. care. cover a front 160 yards in width. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! The texture of cover often determines how Stopper gunning is quite similar to the ringnecks behave in it. The more tanglefoot shooting of driven grouse and pheasants in GIL HEBARD GUNS it is, such as densely-growing alfalfa or Great Britain, except that, there, the drivers KNOXVillE 6, ILLINOIS sweet clover, the less footwork they'll do in do no shooting. Here, the drivers are also
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GUNS APRIL 1963 47 armed and free to pick up any birds they During late seasons, or near the midpoint can flush within range. of long seasons, it's advisable to switch to When the hunting party is small, one stop• Number 6 shot in game loads for all gauges. per can do almost the work of two by park• This shot size wiII do a fine job, unless the ing the car at one corner of a grove or field, hunter tries to kill his ringnecks at exorbi• using it as a "scarecrow" to herd oncom• tant ·ranges. ing pheasants toward the corner the But, for pheasants, I have never known stopper-gunner is covering. This device is the need of going to such coarse shot as effective after the season is a week or two Number 4s, even in a shotgun which' pat• old. Ringnecks have then learned that a terned this size superbly. Once you get above car is a sign of danger, and they shy away 6s in shot size, I've found that the larger Pacific's answer to from it. pellets have a tendency to wrap up in the popular priced load• In both Nebraska and South Dakota, I've softer under-plumage and drag horrid string• ing. This is the only many times seen lone stopper-gunners pick ers of soft feathers deep into the edible meat. lowpriced loader that up their full day's limit, ranging from five In contrast, Number 6s, and even finer sizes, sizes head and rim of to seven birds, during single drives. I've seem to sift through the softer feathers and case BEFORE load• also seen spots, particularly where the very seldom add to the chores of cleanly ing and balance of underbrush wasn't conducive to the birds' drawing and dressing out the birds. case.AFTER shell is speedy footwork, yield most of its shoot• Like most birds, pheasants have high loaded. Result? A shell to ing to the advancing drivers, with the body temperatures. Thus it is inadvisable function in any type gun. stopper getting only a bird or two. And to pile up the kill, (either in a game pocket THE Dl-150 FEATURES: finally, in areas where the birds have been or in the trunk of a car. The best field game • Speed (over 2QO loads hammered daily during a long season, it is carrier for them is one of these looped·wire per hr.) no uncommon thing for them to become so hangers that let the birds dangle from the • Convenience (Tip suspicious of the ends of such cover that hunter's belt. In the vehicle, the birds should Top shot and they flush out to the sides while the drive be spread out separately in the trunk. At powder measure is in progress. Under conditions of heavy every stop, head the car toward the sun and with Clear Vue and continuing hunting pressure, the birds leave the trunk lid unhinged to invite faster Hoppers) occasionally grow so wild that they won't cooling. An even better method is to scat• 50 • Safe (New no reverse shot hold in cover until the drivers get within ter the birds on the ground, in the vehicle's $49 and powder bushings) shotgun range. The first bird flushing, or the shade, especially during extended stops. Complete first shot fired, may trigger mass flushing ••e galge • Plus Unexcelled ACCURACY Finally, if plucking or skinning and draw• 100 or more yards. ing the birds is to be even slightly delayed Dies available for all popular gauges•••••!IIII. Selecting suitable ammunition for pheas• at the end of the hunting day, the best bet ants is a constantly recurring variable. Early is to hang them by the feet, in aerated PACIFIC GUN SIGHT CO. in the season, when most of the cocks taken shade. The feathers then ease away from the Box 4495 Dept. 6-4 are young ones, Number 7:1h or 8 shot, in body and allow more rapid escape of resid• LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ordinary trap loads in 12-gauge, and Number ual heat. In no case should the birds be laid 7:1hs in 20-gauge game loads, are fine. The on any surface that isn't a fast and aerating young birds' feathers haven't yet hardened conductor of heat. To do so is to invite early /1 Free and are easily pierced. Too, the young birds spoilage, particularly on birds that have Spring don't have the toughness of physical fiber bee? shot-pierced through the gastric ~ ~ J)eatt Catalog they'll own in another month or so. caVIty. Just Off The Press NEW GUNS FOR THE NEW ARMY Fully illustrated (Continued from page 19) 100 pages, shows launcher to fire a solid propellant rocket. Typical, too, of the muscle-plus-mobility 380 items of in• terest to both Among the newest and deadliest small trend is the redesign of the MI07 gun men and women weapons for the Army is the "Davy vehicle, which is built to accommodate the -special fishing Crockett," a lightweight, recoilless 120 mm 8-incll howitzer, or the huge 175 mm gun, tackle, footwear, (or 150 mm for greater range) rifle which the longest-range gun in the arsenal. Re• clothing, leather can deliver a fractional kiloton warhead. design of this air-transportable vehicle and canvas spe• Both versions of the weapon (XM28 and gives the Army a weapon that, compared cialties, many of XM29), with ground mounts, can he dis• to its predecessor, is one-third lighter but our own manu• with a cruising range that has been tripled, facture. assembled and, in emergency, carried by the ground crew. The weapons can also be a lower silhouette and narrower width for . fired from mounts on various vehicles, in• sharply decreased vulnerability, greater Chamois Cloth Shirt cluding the ever-present Jeep. firepower and shell range, and-not the least important factor in tactical operations The stepped-up punch of Army fire• Looks and feels -improved fuel economy. Unarmored, and power has brought with it no loss of like high grade with a five-man crew, the XMI04 weighs in mobility. The 90 mm M56 anti-tank gun, chamois leather. at 31 tons when mounting the 175 mm gun. Machine wash• for example, is now mounted on a light• able and is more weight, self-propelled, air-transportable The heavy guns are backed up by the durable than vehicle which is fast enough and maneuv• Army's "Honest John," a solid fuel rocket wool. Mr. Bean erable enough to be able to dispense with capable of carrying either a conventional personally uses bulky armor protection for its crew. Mor• or a nuclear warhead. A 27-foot, free-flight this shirt on his (unguided) missile designed for close sup• hunting and fish• tars-both the 4.2 inch and the 81 mm• ing trips. Colors: have also been mounted on air-transport• port of combat troops, the Honest John Tan and Bright able vehicles. has been in operation for several years, Red. Sizes: 141/2 Artillery, too, has been refashioned to and has also been made available to NATO to 19. Price $5.85 ." provide maximum mobility, with many of countries. Postpaid. Send the big guns redesigned for air delivery. Currently under development is the for free sample "Pershing" missile system, a guided weapon and Free Spring Typical is the new XMI04 105 mm self• Catalog. propelled howitzer. A lightweight (3.5 with nuclear capability and a 250-mile tons), high-speed (35 mph) weapon, it range. The system is composed of four mod• L. L. Bean, Inc., 261 Main St., can be delivered to battle by parachute or ified units of the MU3, the Army's stand• Freeport, Maine Mirs. Fishing, Hunting and Camping Specialties by seaborne invasion craft. ard lightweight, highly mobile personnel 48 GUNS APRIL 1963 carrier and general utility vehicle. One is a stabilizer system which keeps the gun vehicle of the Pershing system is designed on the target while the tank is in motion HISTORIC GUNS to ·carry the main body of the missile, and maneuvering. Famous in History! including the propulsion section, guidance The heart of a mobile force is the per• Here is your opportunity to shoot safe, modern, and control, and erector-launcher. Another sonnel and cargo vehicle system, and here versions of muzzle-loading percussion guns that, in their day I were judged the ultimate in fire• vehicle carries the missile warhead as well again the emphasis has been on lightness arms design. Each ready to fire and government proof-tested. These historic guns are specially as survey and laying equipment. The third and speed. The basic multi-purpose vehicle, priced to appeal to every shooter, collector, and carrier is assigned the fire-control equip• the M1l3, is aluminum-armored, air-drop• black powder shooter! ment and the power station, and the fourth pable and amphibious, and highly adapt• Lightweight Percussion Shotgun vehicle acts as the communications center. able to various combat chores, including All units are air-transportable and designed the transportation for the previously men• • Handsomely blued 32" barrel. complete with ramrod. for all-weather, all-climate operation. The tioned Pershing missile system. Now in • Finely hand-checkered stock with patchbox. 34-foot missile can be set up to fire within production is the M1l6, a general-purpose, • Approximate weight, 31/2 lbs. ONLY $17.50 2 for $29.50 20 minutes. fully tracked amphibious vehicle capable of Hand sculptured Walnut finished stock Tank development appears to have un• 37 mph over land and just under four mph ONLY $27.50 2 for $49.50 dergone the least change-at least as far on the water. Double Barrel Percussion Shotgun Among the newest vehicle is the LARC (Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo), • 32" barrels, complete with ramrod. Don't Knock: Teach! an all-aluminum, highly mobile replace• • Walnut-finish stock with hand-checkered ment for the famous DUKW land and grip. inlaid patchbox. Sling swivels. One of the brightest potentials for ONLY $37.50 2 for $69.50 water vehicle. With a five-ton cargo capac• the future of shooting is implicit in Full Satisfaction Guaranteed ity, the LARC was designed to answer the the joint announcement by National requirements of fast ship-to-shore supply. CENTURY ARMS, INC. Dept. G Shooting Sports Foundation and the Little revolutionary change has been 54 LAKE ST. • ST. ALBANS, VERMONT officials of the University of Indiana made in Army aviation, due no doubt to that a course titled "Leadership De• the restrictions imposed on development SHOOTING GLASSES velopment In The Shooting Sports" in an area pre-empted by the sister service. Used by marksmen and has been inaugurated at Indiana, the ~ hunters to get clear Helicopters still play a key role, and the ~ sharp vision on target_ nation's 10th largest university, start• Army has given these a stinger with the FREE literature on ing with the 1962-63 school year. Shooting, Vision and installation of machine guns and rockets. information on Pre• Three hours of academic cred1t will Helicopters equipped in this manner are scription shooting glas• be given for successful completion of ses. Write direct to- proving their worth in Viet-Nam skirmishes. Mitchell Shooting Glasses the course. Male and female students If the United States is again called upon Box 5806. Waynesville, Mo. majoring in physical education, health to fight the kind of warfare it was called and safety. police administration. and upon to fight in Korea, and most agree that general secondary-school teachers in this is more likely than an all-out nuclear other disciplines. will be eligible to war, the U. S. Army appears ready and enroll. able; certainly more so than it has ~ Part of the cost of this course will ever been in its history. ~ be paid by National Shooting Sports Foundation. (See insignia of GUNS Magazine's membership in NSSF on page 5.) The Foundation is working in cooperation with officials of other universities to incorporate similar programs all over the nation. The end result: teachers in our secondary schools prepared for, and interested in the promotion of. courses in those schools to teach gun safety and shoot• ing skills to the teen-agers who will backbone the shooting sports of to• morrow. This is a movement worthy of your support. Back proposals for courses in shooting instruction in the schools in your community. Write your university alma mater; urge her to ask the Na• tional Shooting Sports Foundation (Box 355. Hartford. Connecticut) for help in setting up another teacher• training program. Put your effort where your heart is-behind shooting promotion! as externally visible changes are con• cerned. Firepower and mobility, however, have been stepped up considerably. Thus, HI-STANDARD made it modern our present small reconnaissance tank Hammerless, double-action HI• Speed .22's. Trimmed with Ivory-Style (M41) , mounting the 76 mm gun, has a firepower superior to that of medium tanks STANDARD Derringer is today's ver• Grips, this newest Derringer is wallet• of Wodd War II, and our main battle sion of the famous old protection guns. weight (just 11 ounces!) and sells for tank, the M60, which mounts the 105 A'll-steel 3~' inch superposed barrels a sensational $29.95. See your dealer. mm high-velocity gun, has a kill-capability fire two .22 caliber Longs, Long Rifle or write Dept. B-463 far exceeding that of its predecessor. Con• or Shod cartridges including High siderable work has also been done on gun control systems; an experimental, all-elec• tric computor provides greater strike prob• ability in the M60. Undergoing trial, too, THE HIGH STANDARD MFG. CORP.• HAMDEN 14, CONN.
GUNS APRIL 1963 49 A RIFLEMAN REMEMBERS (Continued from page 32) gun broken, I managed to get one buck; lope hunt that I got my first Model 1895 box ~5iiil.lj~~, make andTellmodelus theof ~ your shotgun or rifle ••. but the fool nag jerked free and headed for magazine in the same .30-40 caliber. I eventu• typo of stock or forend you want• ally owned several of these model '95 rifles, semi-finished. 900/0 finished. standard camp. It was real cold, but I gutted the buck finished or custom finished. We will send and packed it to camp. all in .30·40 caliber. That old box magazine you literature describing what we offer for ton tAtl your needs. Or. ask your dealer or gunsmith. Several days later on our way home and gun was very popular in the West years tletn\ng: he also can furnish free catalnl' E. C. BISHOP & Son, Inc., Warsaw, Mo., Dept.J21E with no game, we cut the trail of four ante• ago, but like all good things, it had it's lope crossing to the west. Frank and I limitations. saddled the two nags and tracked them. I hunted from the ranch in the fall of '97. ~""'~~~I*II After a few miles we jumped them, and As full daylight came, I was hidden in a dry USERS REPORT OVIR 1,000,000 GUARAHTIID FOR 200,000 my High Wall got one on the first jump. r wash when I spotted not one but seven ante• ICiNG LIFE • NO SCRATCHING • NO GAllING got another one, and after more hard riding, lope. One was all we needed. The .30-40 MANUfACTURED BY downed the other two. cartridges I was using had been loaded espe• ~ 1:)te & ?!(h. t?- I liked the .30-40 fine, but had had my fill cially for long range shooting with the 220 CIMINTEO CARBIDE CARBOLOY (TUDE MAIlI of a single shot rifle, for cold weather hunt• grain soft-point bullet 011 top of a good stiff P. O. BOX 226 • COVINA, CALIF. ing. It wasn't long after that freezeout ante- load of a special smokeless powder sold by Savage Arms. As the antelope walked along, I sneaked down the wash a little, and thus eased that long round barrel over the top and drew a bead on a big buck_ When I closed down on the trigger, the Model 95 disintegrated with a deafening roar. As I gazed down on the wreck, I realized that I didn't know as much about loading smoke• less powder as I thought I did. It's the rifle that gets the meat, regardless of load or caliber. While living in California in 1908, I was using a Model 92 Winchester carbine with Lyman sights in .25-20 caliber. I took several deer with the gun and it killed them just as dead as the old .30-40 did. The ammunition I used in this rifle was loaded with either black or King's Semi• .At! ~/'eje NRA MEMBERSHIP smokeless powder, and I always used the 86 grain soft point bullet. With Peters soft• ~i point ammunition, that particular .25-20 car• BENE FITS /01" 0"f'j (Ie :J.)offarj bine was plenty accurate. On a bet, I broke .A Year's Subscription to a hunting knife blade at a hundred long steps and killed a bobcat at a shy 312 steps THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN MAGAZINE with it. But I couldn't do it again in a The world of guns and shooting is thoroughly covered in The million years! American Rifleman, sent to you each month as one of your NRA In 1898, I was a Volunteer in the Infantry membership services_ You'll keep abreast af shooting and hunting unit from Colorado, camped on Luzon. Sev• activities; relive firearms history; learn the practical use of guns eral years after the war I made another visit for more fun the year around. You'll read about rifles, pistols, shotguns; hunting and target shooting; gunsmithing and gun col• to Luzon and hunted water buffalo, wild lecting; reloading and related subjects every month. Especially hogs and those big lizards, using the Krag valuable are impartial product evaluations, based on practical field tests of new with good success, shooting the .30-40 Krag products reviewed. Other subjects fully covered include articles on how to buy, cartridge. shoot and care for guns; where and how to hunt;' amateur gunsmithing and reload• There are a lot of good rifles I've used and ing methods; firearms legislation proposals, the top authority on guns and shooting. owned, but the one that will never be for Annual Membership in the sale is my Springfield sporter. That rifle has a specially selected barrel and the stock is NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION a real beauty. This rifle will do things none Over 500,000 hunters and shooters-the members of NRA-invite you of the others would do for me. For one thing, to join the National Rifle Association and enjoy the many benefits I get fewer fliers with it than with -any of reserved for members. You'll get prompt answers from our firearms Information the others. In this .30-06 sporter, I like the Service; gun law bulletins; information on how, when and where to hunt and low• 130 grain bullet ahead of a case full of cost gun insurance; an opportunity to purchase from the Army such firearms as the 4831. I find this load has everything I can Springfield and M1 (Garand) rifles and .45 caliber pistol at cost-to-government ask for in accuracy, is potent enough for prices. You can participate in year around shooting programs and be eligible for marksmanship instruction_ In addition, NRA will introduce you to a rifle and pistol prairie poodles at rather long ranges, and club in your community, or help organize an NRA club. And your support will help will also put a big buck on his back. For preserve the right of free Americans to own and use firearms for lawful purposes. hunting, it is getting a bit too heavy for me now-with the Bear Cub 4X and sling it weighs over ten pounds-but if I have to prove that a playing card can be split at 75 or 100 yards, or that a match can be lighted at the same distance, then it's the Springfield that goes to the benchrest with me. It and my .22 rim-fire Peterson Ballard are the two old reliables in my gun collec• tion. The Springfield .30-06 is a most re• markable rifle, as has been proved time and time again. In the .22 caliber smallbore class, I've never seen or owned one to compare with my Peterson Ballard.
50 GUNS APRIL 1963 For hunting, I have owned the .250-3000 rifle to date has killed half a dozen deer, Savage in the Model '99 lever action and and my son.in·law, who sneaks it out every visit he makes, has added a couple of ante· Tell us the • their Model 20 bolt action. Both were top make and model of performers. I always liked the 87 grain lope to it's credit. The rifle has performed your shotgun or rifle ••• type of stock or forand you want• bullet, even for deer, and found that with 30 nicely on deer with the 100 grain bullet. semi-finished. 90% finished. standard For several months I've been shooting an finished or custom finished. We will send grains of HiVel No.2 I had what I wanted. you literature describing what we offer for Atkinson & Marquart .17 caliber rifle. Bill your needs. Or. ask your dealer or gunsmith. WllJch he also can furnish free catalog. ester ~fl.l Atkinson, an old friend, came and left one E. C. BISHOP & Son, Inc., Warsaw, MO., Dept. J22E of hi~ .17 caliber bolt jobs and lots of am• muntion at the ranch. The A&M .17 rifle I have been shooting has a very accurate light·weight barrel fitted to a Sako action. The cartridge is a shortened .220 Remington case with about a 33 degree shoulder. I finally settled on 4198 and an open point 25 grain bullet. Velocity is about 4;000 fps. It seems to me that the .17 round, loaded with a fine bullet and carefully weighed charges can carry its load alongside the Swift, Varminter, and similar cartridges when it comes to accuracy up to and includ· ing three hundred yards. I consider the .17 A&H round a top varmint load for the more settled areas. Back in 1891 I started shooting with the old .44 Henry rim-fire, using a 200 grain ball traveling at about 1,000 feet per second. Now I am shooting a .17 caliber gun with a 25 grain ball that travels at four times that Calibers come, calibers go. Here velocity. In those years, (and I'll soon be Chappel holds a .45-120-550,.44 85 years young) I have owned and fired most FIT·RITE' I rim-fire Henry, and a .17 A&M. of the rifles that were made. But there is one rifle I like best of all. 1£ I could have only ------\\------REVOLVER AND ': This bullet with 15 grains of 2400 comes one gun, I'd still pick the Model 1895 Win· PISTOL GRIPS • close to the ideal velocity for extreme ac· chester in the always reliable .30-40 caliber. Genuine Mother of Pearl, -: It was a wonderful performer What Ivory and Stag Grips ..• curacy. The bolt action, we felt, would stand Free Catalogue I else can you say about a gun a bit more fodder than the 99 Model and I 396 Broome St., : 1 BOB FREILICH CO. ~Y~:.3.:.~:!__J liked the little gun very much. Thirty-seven after all the years? grains of No. 15:1h powder in the Model 99 behind the 100 grain bullets, and 39 grains behind the same bullet in the bolt action suited me well. And 10 grains of Unique FREE!~ behind the 87 grain pill was a sweet little Greatest offer in 18 years of Gun Digest history! To make new friends for the world's most complete encyclopedia of load for grouse and jacks, not forgetting reloading equipment, we're offering-for a limited time prairie poodles. The .250 shot well with only!-This latest edition Lyman Handbook of Cast Bullets, any decent load. r~~r lJi~~;"H'Z:~r~~~:~; ~it8E~T~r Copy of tho About 1935, Winchester brought out their The Lyman Handbook contains 208 pages, many in full color -tells you everything you need to know about making your .220 Swift, and that 4000 feet per second was own cast bullets. Think of it-this $2.00 Book.ABSOLUTELY FREE with the big 260 page HANDLOADER'S DIGEST con• just too much for me to resist. I bought taining the most complete listing of reloading tools ever one of the first Swifts that reached Pueblo. produced. Edited by famous gun authority John T. Amber. I shot prairie dogs, jacks, coyotes, and deer Read what Gun Authority ELMER with that little atomic 48 grain bullet. I KEITH writes in UGUNS & AMMO": soon liked it better than my unbeatable .250 "HANDLOADER'S DIGEST-This should have b.een on deer. I killed 20 deer with 21 shots dur• named the handloader's encyclopedia for that is what it really is. This is the most complete listing of reloading tools• ing the time I owned it, and then the Game made in this country, ever produced. It fully covers every and Fish Commission decided that the Swift type of hand and bench reloading tool, plus bullet swaging and procurement of materials, and components. It also lists is inadequate for deer in Colorado. all available tools for bullet casting and sizing, all tools for priming and all die makers and their products. All types of Though I found the Swift simply wonder• powder measures and powder scales are listed. ful on -deer, it was infernally sensitive about It also covers the entire shotshell reloading field with tools, scales, powder measures, gauges, etc. About all procurable what you fed it. And it was a poor wind· powders are listed and their uses and rates of burning fully bucker. For some reason, this .22-250 Var· covered. Tables of ballistics as well as loading tables show minter with the same bullets is not nearly all maximum loads. Excellent articles by Don Martin and Phil Sharpe tell a lot as temperamental. I used 37 grains of 3031 about how to do it. Each and every item is fully illustrated. FREE $2 BOOK I with any weight of bullet in the Swift. It is Cartridge cases, metallic and shotshell, wads, shot, powders •• .COUPON Dept. 380 and all components are fully listed as well as all available accurate and it is safe to shoot in farming factory and custom bullets for both rifle and pistol. Case 4540 W. Madison Street· Chicago 24, illinois I areas. length gauges and trimmers, primer pocket cleaners and in RUSH ME my Firsl Annliol Edilion HANDLOADER'S D/GEST fact about every conceivable tool for the handloader is listed -Pius FREE $2.00 Lyman Hondbook of Cost Bullels as I For a while I survived the 6 mm propo• and illustrated. This book was badly needed for years by de"ribed ol/efl. Uncondilionol Monoy Bael, Guarantoo' the shooting fraternity and .will answer more reloading tool I ganda blast, but since 1956 have been giving questions than any yet produced. It is a must for all 0 I enclose $2.95 as payment in full for First Edition I a Winchester Model 70 in .243 the works, handloaders:' 1 Handloader's Digest-plus Free Lyman Handbook. • 0 Send books C.O.D. I especially from the benchrest. For the best BUY IN STORES OR BY MAIL ••• AND Io I enclose Sales Slip showing purchase of Handloader's accuracy in my rifle, I prefer just 33 grains STILL GET YOUR FREE $2.00 BOOK I Digest in store. Please rush FREE Lyman Handbook .• of 4895 or 3031 tucked in behind the 60 Buy Handloader's Digest at the regular $2.95 postpaid price __~N'!!am"'e'-- _ grain Sierra bullet. This little pill will directly from the pUblisher through this a.d-or from any sporting goods or book store! If store does not have Free II"Ad"'d"'re"'ss'-- _ disintegrate beautifully and it is accurate. Book, just send your sales slip to us with Coupon at right- • • It is poison on coyotes, jackrabbits, crows, we'll send your FREE$2.00 Book straightloyou immediately! City Zone Stale and prairie poodles. The factory load is okay NOTE! 1964 HANDLOADER'SDIGEST 2nd Annual Edition' •• Send a Hondloader's Digesl and lyman Handbook will be 100% NEW-Ready Sept.!, 1963-Watch for it! But don't pass to a friend here or overseas. Only $2.95 p;d: • too, but I handload all my rifle fodder. This up this last.han.e 10 gel the firsl Editionl OrderillodaYI -_ ---- _-__ ;;,;",I
GUNS APRIL 1963 51 BUY DIRECT RIFLE CHAMPIONS AT THIRTEEN Satisfaction Guaranteed (Continued from page 23) HERTER'S MODEL 4S POWDER MEASURE he has had more than 30 rifles. Each gun was positions, scored 48 in the standing and 47 modified for his specific requirements by his in the kneeling positions. Most accurate powder measure made. coach-father. "I constantly dodge ricochetting bullets Emplies nearly uprighl, not 90 de• grees - prevents ,powder sticking. "Ted is a competition shooter and a good around the kitchen," said Mrs. Couch. "Ted Aulomatic powder knock. Only meas• team-mate," says his father. "He excels in and Viola practice dry-firing twice a .week. Shp. ure wilh bearing on drum. No long the kneeling position and shoots his best They use targets pasted on the refrigerator. wgt. tube to calch powder. Double pow• scores when the pressure is on. He consist- Each child also fires every Friday night and 6 lb•• der chamber. ently practices gun safety and good sports- Saturday afternoon with the Junior team, Siand 10 work over table not edge. Comes with 4 drop lubes for all sizes manship which I admire in any shooter." plus weekly Adult and Junior League of rifie, pislol and sholgun carlridges. When seven, Ted legally bagged his first Matches." HERTER'S FAMOUS MODEL 3 deer with one shot on the White Sands Prov- "My biggest thrill in competitive shoot- SUPER RELOADING TOOL ing Ground where his father was stationed ing was in winning the Lincoln, Illinois, .Loads, rifle, pislol or shotshells• for some time. A mature shooter and avid Sportsmen's Club meet in August of 1%1. ' ·Full lenglh re,Sizes and swages bul. hunter, the boy has hunted with such famous I was fortunate to win over the other shoot- .. leis wilh ease. big game hunters as the Schmidt brothers ers in the Four Position-Iron Sight 50 yard .l,• Lalhe bed cast iron frame not of New Mexico. match with a 380x400," exclaims Ted. aluminum or aluminum alloys. • Complele with primer arm, insert Shortly after he turned 10, Ted won his Both, Ted and Viola, are active members ~ and shell holder of your choice. of the Great Lakes Junior Rifle Club. As first outdoor Adult registered match with a "" • New Primer catcher $1.37 score of 396x400, and a year later, shooting team members and as individuals they have $,~ Shp. wgt. 23 Ibs. in the California State Championship Adult taken on and beaten some of the nation's HERTER'S FAMOUS RELOADING DIES Outdoor matches, he topped his previous best shooters. STANDARD CONVEN. score with a 397x400. More than 150 trophies With either Captain or Mrs. Couch, Ted TIONAl TYPE MARK 1 RE· and awards won by Ted now adorn the and Viola have travelled over much of the lOADING DIES Couch household. Included in his collection United States to participate in competitions. Famous throughout t h • world, Herter dies are of gold and silver are the 1961 Junior Mid• Ted has won as many as seven trophies and equal or better than any West Regional, the Chicagoland Sub Junior awards in one match, while Viola has collect• reloading dies at any price. Rifle Tournament Championship 1961, the ed as many as six at one time. 2 pc. set Finest precision machined. Class "B" Milwaukee Sentinel Sports Rifle hardened. polished. ALL Favoring the prone position, the 5'3" petite Shp. wgt. 2 Ibs. ,POPULAR CALIBERS. Championships 1961, and the 1961 Sub Jun• brunette is quite often a threat to her older ior Sectional Championships in Ohio. In a brother. Viola is a member of the 1962 Illi• Send lor lemou.lree[fj Send 2S~ for giantt! recent registered adult shoot, Ted bested nois All State Girls Team and will compete hoollet: How to R.· "";::.:. 500 page ~ load by George ~ catalog. Dept. all hands with a perfect prone and sitting at Camp Perry with the team. Presently, Mrs. leonar.d Herter. _:=::: 3L2 score, a 99xl00 kneeling, and a 92xl00 Couch and Viola also plan to enter several IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ALL PRICES FO' WASECA. MINH. standing. In the Chicagoland League, he matches as Mother-Daughter team-provid• HERTER'S INC. SINCE 1893 WASECA. MINN. fired a perfect score in the sitting and prone ing Mrs. Couch can boost her scores above the level of her daughter's scores who, every so often, can top her mother by several points. GUNS "I shoot my best scores when I am hoping to beat Ted," said Viola. "Regardless of which position the shooter wants to excel in, TBATMADE they must first know and understand the safety features of the rifle. New shooters HIS OR~ must practice often, and this is best done under the close supervision of a club in• structor." She also stresses the fact that all shooters must have competitive spirit and should face the fact that they can't win every match they enter. Viola has added over 100 trophies to the Couch trophy room. At eight she won the Junior Rifle Club Girl's Championship at 29 Palms, California. She is especially proud of the 1962 Illinois State Women's Resident Championship award. Ever since she fired her first competitive shot at age 5, Viola has won dozens of Position awards. She also won the 1961 and the 1962 Outdoor Sub-Jun• ior Mid-West Regionals, the 1962 Girl's ,/..~ Championship of Illinois, and has taken the '~ i Girl's Championship in her club every year \~ f' ':-~ ~ !,:\t\'.:/ since 1957, with the exception of the 1959 S'-:/, crown. Cplfd'AN MODEL \36 cal. t"n.dard sit1earm Ted and Viola have won more individual of most Frontiersm'erf; ~dl ;ast single action awards than can be listed here, and they bl~d its own nitch rrH;~ erican history when have helped to establish almost a dozen the rush to open the west began. A hentically reproduced new records in small bore competition. De• with original rolted cvlinder engraving, silver plated strap spite their rivalry on the firing' line, the & trigger guard. Price $89.85. kids would rather shoot as a team than as' SHOULDER STOCKS AVAILABLE AT $39.95 individuals_ Ted's ambition is to hold the SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG world's title for the kneeling position and to shoot for the United States in the Olym• ~ pics. Viola, on the other hand, wants to NAVyOARMSLECO. top her brother's scores. She did accomplish 689 BERGEN BLVD., RIDGEFIELD, Ne J. ~ this in the 1961 Chicagoland Junior League
52 GUNS APRIL 1963 when she fired perfect scores in prone and ing that both guns are capable of at least sitting positions, scored a 49x50 kneeling, MOA, our best groups with both guns were THE and a 44x50 standing. Her over-all score 'Yas 1%, inch, all of them 3 shot strings at 100 193x200 over the four position course and yards. Average groups measured 3.1 inches, Chicago DERRINGER she fired high score for the entire team in and the worst group measured 4.5 inches. the first match of the 1962 Postal Matches. Two younger Couch boys, although too young to handle a gun, are beginning to show a great deal of interest in the guns that Captain Couch made up for Ted and A modern replica of a gun that once made Viola when they were beginning to shoot. history. For .22 LR, with extrac• With the strong possibility of six Couch's tor, finely blued, sturdy bronze . frame, plastic grips. This four on the firing line, and all of them hot-shots, barrel derringer groups 3" at the future of the small bore game looks~ 15 feet. Dealer inquiries invited. a lot brighter-and a lot tougher. ~ MADE IN THE U.S.A. 95 UNCDNDITIDNALLY GUARANTEED $34 GUN RACK (Contin/ted from page 9) As usual, cartridges are packed 20 to a When the first spread occurred, we care· box, but an unusual thing about this Fed• fully checked bedding screws and scope eral ammo is the cartridge container. This is mounts, but the fault was not in the rifles. a folding carboard affair that holds shells Before continuing firing, we pulled 10 bul· separately and well·spaced so that you can lets. Powder charge had a low of 49.2 grab one round with gloved fingers. Unlike grains, and the high was 49.4 grains-not the old·fashioned boxes, this container will enough variation to account for this spread• DAHL RAMP SIGHTS GRIP CAPS, POWDER FUNNELS stand on the shooting bench without toppling Discriminating shooters can again obtain the Dahl ing of shots on the targets. Sight Co. romps. Give gun moke and $9 75 over-a blessing in disguise when you use Ammo for the .222 Rem. and the .243 Win. barrel diameter when ordering. • a lot of ammo and have it strewed all over is not loaded with the Hi-Shok bullets, but Po~der Funnel, $1 00 each. Steel Grip Gnp Caps, • Cap, $2.50 the bench. for safe varminting they are loaded with Now let's look at the new HI-SHOK bul· fast-shattering soft point bullets. Complete CUSTOM GUNSMITHING lets. Federal claims controlled expansion, ballistics data are available from Federal Cartridge Corporation, Dept. G, Minneapolis and STOCKING 2, Minn. As soon as we get some more '06 Authorized Dealer and Warranty Center Fo.. ammo, we shall run chronograph tests and All Maior Gun Companies. Blu-Blak Blueing. see if we can find the cause for this unusual spread in the 180 grain loads. Other caliber ammo was put through the paces and with 3109 W. Armitage Ave. results very similar to those obtained ~ @)iI@ II from the .270 ammunition. ~ CEITER Chicago 47, Illinois New Ideas In Top Quality Holsters THE HIDE-A.WAY HOLSTER Handcrafted for YOU; fits a fact that we can only partly confirm since Inside trousers band; conceal• the ammo reached us well after hunting ed but avalla• season and the local fox population was ble; protects not cooperative when we lugged some of against grease, rust. Wt. 2% oz. the fodder around looking for the chicken top grain soft thieves. In moist sand, and at ranges from 1144 BLACK BEAUTY GUN BELT COWhide, rivet• Fast draw type holster with soft glove leather white 25 feet to 100 yards, we did get the classic ed nickel cUp. lining. Belt and holster In black cowhide only. $8.99 PP. expansion. The jacket was peeled back like .•.•.$2.95 PP. Send waist size, caUber, model and b~rrellength of gun a banana peel, and the pills that we did when ordering. Double gun set aval1able @ $13.95 PP. recover certainly gave the impression that they would do their job on game. We pulled NEW IMPROVED HIDE·A·WAY 10 bullets of the .270 ammo and 10 of the 180 grain '06 loads. Bullet weight variation of the 20 bullets was within 0.1 grain. Ankle Holster Range tests were first done with the .270 This Is the improved Hide-Away Holster, made of the finest quality leather ... the loads. All in all, we fired 40 rounds of leg strap lined with softest kid t~ prevent the 150 grain variety, and the worst group rubbing and chafing ... hand stitched by fine craftsmen ... snap strap to keep gun produced by the Kodiak rifle with a Lyman in holster. The Hide-Away Ankle Holster Perma·Center scope measured 2:14" extreme solves the hidden second gun problem for spread at 100 yards. The average groups dangerous assignments. Made to fit any gun from derringer on up. $5.00 PP. No COD. were just a fraction over one inch, and our State make and model of gun when best group with three holes touching, was ordering. Send ankle measurement with % of an inch. HOLSTER order. HOLSTER & LEG STRAP Our tests of the '06 ammo produced some• thing that is a bit hard to explain. From ~ Send for Free Catalog long habit, we look at the brass when it ,. comes out of the rifle. Our first four shots ~~~ -and the rifle barrel was clean and dry• produced set-back of cases against the bolt 1127-SWORD-CANE. RIDING-CRO; face. However, another 36 rounds did not WHITeO Beautifully made, hand plaited, genuine leather P. O. DRAWER 1712 show this. This was noted in two test rifles, ridin~ crop, with 18 Inch dagger hidden inside. BROWNSVILLE 1a TEXAS a Finnbear and a custom Griffin and Howe. PractIcal collector's item: attractive for den or , patio. $5.00 PP. Swapping guns back and forth, and know·
GUNS APRIL 1963 53 THE BROWNING MEDALIST (Continued from page 33) up-to-date price grip that is needed for serious shooting. The • • grips of the Medalist-I should really say the grip since the stock is of the one piece, evaluations on more wrap-around variety - is amply long and broad to accommodate the hands of most of the men who had a chance to handle my than 2,000 famous firearms! gun. The thumb rest is comfortable and wide enough, and is located so that the safety and the slide release latch can be reached easily ~vith the thumb. The schnabel fore-end is elegant and gives the gun an im• mediate identity-there is no mistaking the ALL NEW model or the maker. The stock finish and the bluing is ex• cellent, and the entire appearance of the gun is most pleasing. The barrel is espe• cially heavy for target shooting, and the ventilated rib gives a completely glare-free FOR 1963 target picture. The front sight is of the removable blade type, the rear sight, sta• tionary on the barrel extension, is click FROM THE PUBLISHERS adjustable for elevation and windage, one click being equal to one minute of angle. Here are some of the vital statistics of OF GUNS MAGAZINE ... the Medalist: Empty, the gun weighs 46 ounces without barrel weights. Barrel length is 6%, inch; the sight radius is 9.7 inches, THE RED BOOK OF and the over-all length of the pistol is 12% inches. The height is 5%6 inches. Three counter or barrel weights are supplied with USED GUN VALUES each gun. The counterweight dovetail sup• port weighs 2.41 oz., and must be fastened under the barrel after the walnut fore-end t)~ is removed if a barrel weight is to be used. $2 The weights can be used only one at a time, and weigh .94 oz., 1.79 oz., and 2.52 oz. Thus, 4.93 oz. or almost five ounces can be Here is the booK referred to by gun dealers added to the forward end of the Medalist. all across the country for establishing a fair I tested the gun, serial number 18232T2, price value in buying and selling used fire• with and without weights, and shooting for arms. You won't want to be without this record was done with the heaviest weight in place. valuable price guide. It's all new for 1963 Take-down of the gun is extremely simple. listing the latest, up.to-date price values on Loosen the screw that holds the fore-end in more than 2,000 famous firearms; each place, loosen the barrel screw, move the rated according to excellent, good and fair slide back and hold it back with the slide condition. A special bonus feature this year catch, then push barrel back and up. Re• is a comprehensive directory listing the lease the slide catch, and move slide for• names and addresses of hundreds of hunt• ward slowly, catching the recoil spring and ing and shooting goods manufacturers. Or• recoil spring guide. That is all the stripping der your copy today and let the Redbook of that is required and will allow you to ad• Used Gun Values guide you to extra profits just trigger backlash. Trigger pull is ad• justed without taking the gun down. The you never thought possible. gold·plated trigger is extra wide and grooved for extra fine trigger control. My test gun CLIP COUPON AND MAIL TODAY! reached me with a trigger pull of 36 ounces, and the pull is fully adjustable from 31 oz. to a 64 oz. trigger pull. Trigger pull adjust• GUNS Magazine ment is by means of a screw on the rear face of the frame. 8150 N. Central Park Ave. The Medalist comes in a fitted red velour Skokie, Illinois G-4c lined box that can be locked, an ammo tray that holds 60 rounds, a screwdriver and a shell deflector pin. This friction-tight pin Send me mmmmu uu copy (copies) of the is inserted on the right side on top of the brand new 1963 Redbook of Used Gun grip and when it is in place, empties are Values @ $2.00 per copy. Payment en• deflected forward rather than ejected later• closed. ally, thus giving the shooter next to you pro• tection from your flying brass. Name . __ u __ u u __ u u ._. • _ Two other features of the Medalist are noteworthy. The dovetail countenveight Address _. u u u _ u _u u .u .. support is held in place underneath the barrel in a fairly tight fitting dovetail. In order to avoid marring the barrel, Browning City mmmum...muu Zone _m State ... u ...... " engineers decided to rely on a Nylon plug.
54 GUNS APRIL 1963 Thus, if the set screw of the dovetail support would show that the new Browning target Browning Medalist has passed its tests with is tightened toward the barrel, the plastic auto can deliver the goods where they'll do flying colors. It is a beautifully finished and plug actually exerts the pressure against the the most good-right in the X ring. But fitted gun that shoots and handles extremely barrel rather than a screw that would, sooner since the course rules do not allow me to well. And make no mistake, this is also a or later, damage the barrel. drag a machine rest to the firing line, I'll dandy plinker and need not be kept locked Of particular interest is the dry-firing be perfectly content to shoot the gun under up in your target pistol box. All in all, the mechanism. The conventional slide safety regular match rules. Medalist is a fine gun in the best ~ catch can be moved forward and downward, Retailing for just a nickel under $113, the Browning tradition. ~ enabling you to dry-fire the Medalist atl ,------• exactly the same trigger pull that you'd· normally use on the firing line. In order to I activate this dry-firing mechanism, with the gun and clip empty, cock the pistol by mov• ing the slide and releasing it with the help of the slide release or stay·open latch. Move the slide safety forward-over a consider• able resistance--and down. The gun is now cocked and ready for dry-firing. Re-cocking is accomplished by moving the safety catch -in the same forward position-down. I found it a simple matter to hold the sights on the target, and recock the gun any num• ber of times for dry·firing practice. To take this mechanism out of action, recock the firing mechanism by pushing the safety down, then pulling it out and away from the frame, and at the same time mov• ing the safety catch to the rear. The dry-firing mechanism is thus deactivated, the gun is now cocked and on safe. This is not only a dandy feature for the target shooter, but also a safety feature that is important, since it is essential to know how the mechanism is put out of action and the deactivation of the dry-firing mechanism takes a certain amount of practice. Thus, unauthorized per• sons and children cannot fire the gun, even if it should be left loaded. All this is very nice and interesting, but does the gun shoot? Brother, I hope to tell you. Tests were conducted on our 25 foot indoor range, off-hand and from sandbag rests. A total of 850 rounds of various makes of ammo were fired, and there was not a single malfunction. The magazine of the Medalist is beautifully finished and sturdy, taken 10 rounds of .22 Long Rifle ammo, and @§~ to my amazement, the gun handled four Master Powder Measure different makes of ammo interchangeably All caliber tube; micrometer settings Capacity 1/2 to 100 grains $18.50 without fault or mechanical failure. One of the lots of ammo dates back about 15 years and had been consigned long ago to the scrapbucket-yet I fired a 2 inch rapid fire group with it! Here is the ammo run-down and the re• sults on the targets: Cascade Cartridge Inc., Mexican Ammo, LR Superspeed, Lot 261109: Slow Fire 29/32"; Rapid Fire Pis". Federal, Monark, No. 711, .22 LR, Lot J The Oil Finish __ 176: Slow Fire (one shot called) F%6"; As is well known, the oir finish has been used to finish the Rapid Fire Il;'i6". stocks of "best quality" guns for many, many years. How• Federal Hi.Power, Xcess Speed, Lot ever, as done with ordinary linseed oils the finish leaves # 1131: Slow Fire 2lh2"; Rapid Fire (l0 much to be desired. For that reason it became the incl ination shots, 2 called) 1%". of sporting writers some years ago to discourage the use of Sako .22 LR ammo with new bullet form; the oil finish in favor of the more modern surface finishes. Lot # 521586: Slow Fire %:'; Rapid Fire In 1950 the trend was reversed when Geo. Brothers offered the first of the now famous GB laboratory refined linseed oi Is. 1%6. Once more the oil finish became the preferred finish for fine Western, Super-Match Mark IV, Lot 55 gunstocks, and with good reason. GB Lin-Speed, the modern RN7: Slow Fire %,"; Rapid Fire 1%6". much improved linseed oil, combines ease of application with All but one group were five shot groups. results of the very highest order ••• a true oil finish within When ten shots of mixed ammo were loaded the surface of the wood, revealing all the beauty while pro• into the magazine and fired as rapidly as viding the utmost protection. Moreover, to all this is added the sight picture could be regained, maxi• the capability exclusive with the oil finish of being easily mum spread was 1% of an inch. All shoot• refreshed after extremely hard use with no necessity to re• ing for record was done from a solid rest, finish the entire stock. It is the finish for valued gunstocks. and it would be interesting to see what Priced at $1.50, GB LIN-SPEED is available these lots of ammo would do in a machine from all better SPORTING GOODS DEALERS rest. I am willing to bet that such a test GEO.•BROTHERS Great Barrington, Mass.• GUNS APRIL 1963 55 Guaranteed 10 Years Against Punctures Write for FREE Catalog Dealer Inquiries Invited APPLEBY MFG. COMPANY ~~o.ot M l.AJiP ~ l)Oji M~)
56 GUNS APRIL 1963 CITIZEN BAND TRANSCEIVER can be used anywhere that optimum battery-pow• ered short distance communication is de• sired. Compact, powerful "walkie-talkie" set carries two-way conversations at distances up to four miles. The 42R99 transceiver has
AUTHENTIC LONGHORNS add touch of Old West to sportsman's corner. Kit of genuine brown and ivory colored Longhorns matched in size, coloring, graceful taper.. Priced at $9.95. Complete kit includes real longhorns, wooden mounting blocks, carv• ing patterns, pre-cut natural tooling leather trim, all necessary hardware. Free 112-page catalog with order. From the line of Tandy DYNION PORTABLE WATER PURIFIER frequency range of 26.97 to 27.27 megacycles. Leather Co., Dept. G-4, P. O. Box 791, Fort purifies without adding chemicals, eliminates Pocket size nine-transistor set measures only Worth, Texas. bacteria, filters all suspended solids, cor• 6lf2" high, 1%6" deep, and 2%," wide. rects bad tastes and odors from any water Comes complete with leather carrying cases, source. Unit is claimed to eliminate health leather shoulder straps, 12 batteries. Sug• hazards involved when using water from a gested retail price is $99.00. Arvin Indus• pond, lake, stream, or river. Measures ap• tries, Inc., Dept. G·4, Columbus, Indiana. proximately 14" high by 8lf2" wide, weighs under 10 Ibs. Constructed of stainless steel, it holds almost three gallons of water. De• veloped by Dynion Water Systems, Inc., J. H. Scharf Mfg. Co., Dept. G-4, Omaha, Neb.
COWICHAN SWEATERS. Heavy weight pure natural wool sweaters ideal for all sportsmen. Shed rain for hours and are unusually warm. Sweaters individually hand• made by Cowichan Indians distinctly orig• inal. Heavy, nubby texture gives rugged SOLAR 18-FT. TRAVEL TRAILER. Econ• outdoor look. Obtainable through mail order omy priced, feature-packed, self-contained LIQUID FIRE EXTINGUISHER. Aerosol from Norm Thompson, Outfitter, Dept. G-4, dream travel home includes as standard type vaporizing liquid extinguisher in new 1805 N. W. Thurman, Portland, Oregon. features lustrous pre-finished aluminum ex• 2-lb. size. Twice as large as one-pounder, terior, spacious living area, one-piece steel propels extinguishing material three times as roof, vented gas furnace, heavy duty steel far, throws two and one·half times the amount chassis, precision made axles plus a variety of chemical. Effective on all small fires iu• of other attractive features. Optional equip• cluding electrical, oil, grease. Starts instantly ment includes storms for jalousies, exterior with finger tip pressure. Lenk Mfg. Co., Dept. door with screen, and aluminum luggage rack. Manufactured by Corsair Div., Vought G-4, P. O. Box 324, Franklin, Ky. Industries, Inc., Dept. G-4, 101 So. Broad• way, Union City, Mich. PANEF ALL-PURPOSE WHITE GREASE. New lubricant prevents rust and corrosion, reduces wear, is odorless, heat and moisture resistant. Excellent for metal, plastic parts; recommended for guns, reels, slides, pulleys, and gears. From: Panef Mfg. Co., Inc., Dept. TRAIL BIKE for campers takes rough ter• G-4, 116 E. Walnut St., Milwaukee, Wis. rain, hills, loose sand, and river bottoms. Ideal for vacations and exploration. Infinite range of speed ratios. Fits in station wagon, pickup, or camper. Jumbo compartment holds full camper pack. Great for hunting. Priced at $285.70 F.O.B., Sympac, Inc., Dept. G-4, 1628 Victory Blvd., Glendale 1, Calif. GUN TOTE ideal for upland bird shooting, spares tired arms as Gun-Tote' is worn BONUS USE: Add to crankcase around the neck. Can be used on big game ." GUN CATALOG features complete Ithaca to quiet noisy valve lifters ••• stalk or stand, giving hunter breather spell. line of rifles and shotguns, also information remove gum, sludge depositsl Also useful at skeet, trap or on the range on Ithaca's complete gun case line, other THEN ADD ••• while waiting your turn in line. Permits accessories, price data. Multi-colored, it in• safe gun handling with muzzle of gun cludes information on gun care, ammunition, MOTOR-MEDIC .-iJj':.';;'--.-= always pointed up and away. Manufactured hand tooling on both wood and metal and EXTRA LUBRICATION. .. I~ by Dandale Sports Products Co., Dept. G-4, shooting tips. Send 25c to Ithaca Gun Co., SMOOTHER PERFORMANCE =--:,..~ Box 403, Lincoln, Nebraska. Dept. G-4, Ithaca, N. Y. Both, at leading dealers everywhere!
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by SWEANY ASSURES PERFECT BORESIGHT ALIGNMENT EVERYTIME! A precision optical boresighting instrument. An unexcelled tool for hunters .. necessary for both amateur and professional gunsmiths. People owning several guns find it ideal to use one scope on . several firearms. Zeroing a scope or any type of iron sight takes but a minute. Be "on target" with little or no expenditure of ammo .... The SIGHT·A-L1NE, including one spud of your choice, Vinyl Carrying Case and a One Year Guarantee is priced Daniel Boone was a lean, wiry man carry an extra ball or twa in his at just $39.95. Order today! weighing about 155 pounds. standing mouth, for faster reloading. Fire; ALLEY SUPPLY CO. 5 feet 10 inches in his moccasins. So blow through the barrel: pour in P. O. Box 458, Sonora, California says Col. George Chinn. Director of powder: lay on the patch: spit the the Kentucky Historical Society. ball onto the patch; drive it home. Or. Boone's weight and build come from in cases of real haste. a ball well ARMS COllECTOR descriptions of him in contemporary covered with "spit" could be loaded documents. His height, Chinn says. without the patch and. although loose. 208 page catalog'Reference~ book with more than 1600 can be computed from his rifle. the saliva would hold it in position ~ items photo·illustrated, de· ~ Frontier gunsmiths tailored the long enough for the second shot. scribed and priced. Ameri· • . can, European Firearms and Pennsylvania-Kentucky long rifles so Boone's flintlock. named "Tick• Edged Weapons - all for .. that, with the butt on the ground, the Licker," has the words "BOoNS bEST sale. Send $1 .- refunded 1: ~ muzzle reached exactly to the owner's FREN" carved on its walnut stock. with first purchase. "'- ~ - ~W lips. Add the average human measure• along with various other ornamenta• ~ ment from lips to top of head, and you tion. The rifle was in Boone's arms have Boone's height. when he was found dead. age 86, The "land to lip" length for a rifle beneath a great tree. as though wait• was not entirely an arbitrary meas• ing for game. For him. the best heaven urement. Many a frontiersman. facing any man could imagine would be the action on game or enemies. would Indians' Happy Hunting Ground. Dept. N• 1038 Alton Rd.• Miami Beach, Fla.
HANDLOADING BENCH PRECISION SINGLE STAGE (Continued from page 10) TIMNEY TRIGGERS I HUNTING AND TARGET TRIGGERS made a real hit when introduced, is cor• New Models - Easier Installation - Guaranteed Quality rectly named. Is premium grade shot worth MODELS AVAILABLE FOR the higher price? For close range quail I SPRINGFIELD, MAUSER & US ENFIELD don't think so. Where it really pays off is SPORTER-Single Adjustment $ 8.95 at long range. Try 10 patterns each with SPORTSMAN-FullY Adjustable $10.95 copper plated shot and ordinary chilled shot SPORTMASTER-Fully Adjustable with your heavy loads in your own gun at with Thumb Slide Safety $15.95 60 yards. You'll quickly see the advantage Japanese 6.5 & 7.7 $15.00 in more uniform and thicker patterns. Actual with Thumb Slide Safety $20.00 figures for percentages are not worth much Targetmaster for Springfield, Mauser & DEALER unless they are for your gun and your loads. Winchester Model 70 available after There is considerable variation in different June. The Finest in Target and Varmint INQUIRIEf; Triggers. INVITED loadings and guns. Unlike most rifled tube shooters, a good many shotgunners seem to neglect testing their own loads very much. TIMSTON CORPORATION I don't know why. It's just as necessary, or 13507 LAKEWOOD BLVD. FORMERLY ALLEN T1MNEY COMPANY DEPT. G. DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA even more so. You may want to make a change in your wads or loading technique to improve your shells. Choice of Great Western Barrel length Testing ammo surely beats wasting time GUN KITS 4%". 5!12", 7V2" staring at corny programs and worse com• mercials on the family Idiot Lantern (TV), FAST DRAW MODEL $7995 if you are unfortunate enough to have such Large Cal. Revolver Kits. Choice of 8 , a monkey on your back. Calibers: .357 Mag., .45 ACP Cal., I .44-40 Cal., .44 Mag., .22 cal., .38 RCUS -makes many case forming dies not Spec., .44 Spec...45 Long Colt. listed in their free catalog. Write them at GREAT WESTERN GUN KITS Box 729G, Oroville, Calif., state the case All kits now polished & blued. Finish it yourself you want to use, and the caliber to form. and save $$$. Easy to assemble. All machine oper• ations are completed-only assembly of small parts remains. They will advise you about the proper dies Brass back strap & trigger guard. and the operations involved, if what you SEND 50c FOR 1963 PHOTO CATALOG. BIG NEW LINE OF want can be made. UNUSUAL FIREARMS. DEALERS SEND FOR INFORMATION. Brass forming makes it possible to load GREAT WESTERN ARMS SALES CO., Dept. G, 12438 Ventura Blvd., No. Hollywood, Calif. ammo when factory cases are not available,
58 GUNS APRIL 1963 or to use our Boxer type primers. You can often save money by forming available cases EXCLUSIVE ~ QUALITY to different calibers. Some are made with• out extra dies. For example, to make a .270, from FLAIG'S ~ PRODUCTS simply run a .30-06 hull in a .270 full length sizer. NEWt TRIGGER GUARDS SPECIAL LOT OF To use the RCBS File Type Case Trim• mer, brass that extends above the die is FOR LARGE RING CIRCASSIAN cut off with a 32 tooth hack saw, leaving MAUSERS WALNUT about 1/32" to file smooth. RCBS recom• mends grinding off the saw teeth on the side Another Flaig's special, this that contacts the die. I think you'll like my fine wood at the extremely method better: I drop a thin washer over low price of American Wal• the extended case neck, and use the saw without alteration. nut. Fully dried to below 7% The RCBS "Jr" press, with a very strong moisture content. Takes "0" frame, has adequate strength and power with Hinged Floor Plate smooth finish and sharp to do heavy case forming without springing. Specify Model and Caliber checkering. The big RCBS A-2 press, also with a strong, spring-free "0" frame, is the ultimate in R 1.f~dE s~~?_?n~:iteau~~:~$1 0.00 easy-to-use power. You can do heavy form• SPECIAL AND UP Greek Mannlicher actions, complete, $8.00. ing about as easy as sizing in many presses. RIFLE STOCKS: Blanks. $7.00 The RCBS catalog tells how easy it is to With Ace barrel fitted, (white), in 6.5 x 54 AND UP only; head spaced & test fired (white), $35.00. SHOTGUN STOCKS: form a .250 Savage from a .30-06 in one Turned and semi-in- $10.00 operation. It certainly is easy. Just to illus• letted AND UP AMMUNITION SHB~J:kU~nl~L~~~~.' A~!'~~ trate the terrific power of the A-2, I've 30-06 M.C. ammo, NON corrorsive, $6.50 per actually formed a .22-250 from a .30-06 in 100. 8MM ammo, imported, $4.00 per 100. one operation! Case of 600, $20.00 30-40 KRAG ammo, 220 Send 25c for Color Chart This isn't practical, nor is it recommended. showing all Flaig's stocks in GR M.C., WIN. Mfg. $5.00 per 100. Lots of natural colors. But it's fun to watch a big '06 skin down 500 or more 10% less. Dealer Inquiries invited to a long, long necked .22. I -don't know of any other loading tool that will do it. You ACE ------._--- can do normal forming for hours without Med. Heavy Weight 26"-4 Ibs. 4 au. fatigue. The RCBS forming dies, like their BUTTON RIFLED other products, are top quality all the way. I!,!!===~sp~o=r=te~r-~w=e~ig§h~t ~24~'~'-=3~I=bS='====51 ••• BARRELS & 1•• Nearly everything the human race knows BARRELED ACTIONS' Lightweight 22"-2 Ibs. 6 oz. is in good books. You probably buy the big Twist & Calibers: Ace barrels come in standard twist as follows: Cal. 243. 244. (in the White) f.517i. 2Z~1'. ~W_~50~02~g. a~~022~~~.~t.l~ 30-06. 1-10, Cal. 244, 250. 300 and 308, annual editions of the excellent "Gun Di· ACE BARRELS are made for Flaigs bY a nation• tions only $22.50; with ears milled like Rem. 30 and gest," and "Handloader's Digest," edited by allY known manufacturer of precision barrels. trig~er guard finished, $7.50 additional. John T. Amber. Now is a good time to They are 6-groove with smooth, hard-swedged "BUTTON RIFLING", a patented process that ~'r:.):Ufi~t:~ ~;E y~:"o {{fin~6;o~arE~~tel~~I. 338 g~J:e~ assures unexcelled accuracy. Your satisfaction Springfield, FN or '98 Mauser-no others• bring your library up-to-date with some of test-fire, $40.00. FN Deluxe-ACE Barreled. guaranteed. the white), Cal. 338 or ~64 Win., 5114.00; the fine books published by The Stackpole 400 Actions, $89.00. Threaded for '98 Mauser, FN Mauser, HVA, Co. I highly recommend the works origin• ~~~~nJJ~~~gITInSk~.:?i~elfex~§~alPRrn":'M~~~e~ *We furnish ACE barrel for other calibers, starns caliber. ~to~ 19;!rE~At~?~\ •. h~;}S~~~~X~At~:tB~~~~1~9A~tio~~~'a~ ally written by Walter H. B. Smith, the Jap 6.5 & 7.7. walking encyclopedia on firearms. Walter the white), $75.00; llsinA' Series 400 FN action, $80.00. Chambered for all standard calibers Including NOW! ACE BARRELS threaded & chambered for SAKO L-46 and L-597 Actions. Same price $24.00 each. Also knew more about small arms than any man the popular Win. 338 & 264. They must, of SAKO L-46-ACE Barreled Actions in 222 Rem., 222 course, be fitted by a competent gunsmith, head• Magnum or 218 Bee Caliber at $80.00. And SAKO L-597 I've known. His untimely death in 1959 was spaced and test-fired before using. Flaig's Ace Assemblies, in caliber 22.250, 220, 243, 244, 250. a blow to all of us. offers fitting servIces.' 257 or 308 Win., $80.00. .•.••••.•.••..•.••.. ALSO AVAI LABLE: Eddystone-Enfield Ace Barreled actions Specify weight, caliber, twist when ordering Walter's classics that have been recently in all calibers (except 264 and 338)t...~50.00. Polish and revised by well qualified writers include blue this unit. $10.00 additional. ,l!;(Jdystone-Enfield ae- ACE BARRELS. "Small Arms of the World," 7th edition, the JOBBER, DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED' ACE TRIGGER SHOE All Prices F.O.B. Millvale, Po. ACE DOUBLE-SET most complete work ever written on military Pat residents add 40/0 sales tax. For most rifles, shotguns TRIGGER u ..._$10.95 small arms of the world. The "Book of Illustrated WITH KICK·OFF Pistols and Revolvers," 5th edition, that I've and handguns. $2 Ca'alog Fitted to your Mauser 98 Specify model & 50 25¢ or FN Action (no others). revised twice, is an outstanding reference, $4.00 more. Ace Single caliber of gun. Stage Trl guer, $10.95. identification and specification work, without competition. The "Book of Rifles," 2nd edi• tion, has a good deal of information that isn't in "Small Arms of the World." "Walther Pistols and Rifles," 2nd edition, has more dope on these arms than any other work. (Continued on page 61) NEW/ ontlMotle ONL Yby FITI// NEW-DiFFERENT-SMART ACCU·RISER Cartridge C~ff Links & Tie Tack ADJUSTABLE TARGET GRIPS PATENT PENDING 24 KARAT GOLD PLATED CONVERTIBLE I for right or left hamH COMPL~~~ $4.95 precision molded FITZ DYN/TE
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60 GUNS • APRIL 1963 (Continued from page 59) It's greatly· enlarged over the 1st edition, BUY GUNS CHEAP!!! printed in 1946, 1948 and 1952, that was not TIRED OF PAYING HIGH PRICES from FOR GUNS FROM EUROPE? very complete, nor up-to-date. NUGGETS Now with our unique exporting service we A new Stackpole book, interesting to will ship direct to you. Small shipments will anyone, and well written, is "Civil War the morning mail be sent parcel post from our U.S. warehouse Guns," by William B. Edwards, at $15.00. -large shipments direct from Hamburg. Send an air mail letter to us including your full The 444 big pages bring you a lot of enter• name and address (please print) and we'll taining education. All of these books are More About Brakes immediately send you our new 1963 Firearms available in many stores, or from the Book Wholesale Price List No. 41. Department of GUNS magazine. Thanks for your January "Muzzle Brake" We secure all licenses and U.S. custom article. (I wonder if I'll ever be successful in house forms. No red tape for you. Guns will be • • • .delivered direct to your door all duty paid. eradicating that moniker "brake." It isn't EXPECT TO BE SHOCKED AT OUR LOW PRICES. Some old-timers still think jacketed bul• the right word, since these gadgets prevent No charge made for our list but would appre• lets wear out bores. They don't. The major more recoil than they snub). While there is ciate U.S. $1.00 to help in advertising and cause of "shot out" bores is erosion in the some "braking" of primary recoil, the great• air mailing costs. chamber throat and the rifling forward of ·est usefulness of these devices is in prac• KRONE INTERNATIONALE it. Erosion is caused by hot powder gas tically eliminating jet recoil- which gets WAFFENHANDELSGESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. under high pressure. Dulled rifling results in rougher the more you turn on the heat. (It Heilwigstrabe 95, Hamburg 20, poor accuracy. The larger the volume of comes like a mallet blow on all fast numbers, West German powder gas, and the higher the pressure, when the butt is already hard against your the faster the rifling is burned away. A shoulder.) JORDAN HOLSTER clean, dry bore that is in bad shape may I liked the way you emphasized jump con• look good when you peer through it. Section trol as an aid to quick follow-up. Most hunt• the barrel and it doesn't take an eagle eye ers are a bit touchy when you hint they to detect the trouble. can't take recoil even from a magnum Even in recent years fast bore wear has (though nobody likes it-and definitely not been due to corrosive primers in G.I. ammo, on the bench for a long string). But getting As Displayed at combined with inadequate cleaning or ne• rid of jump is another thing. It doesn't im• NATIONAL PISTOL MATCHES glect. Hard military bullets permit gas cut• Are You Getting What You Want! 20 Years pugn their manhood, gives 'em a face-saver ~fha~r::1 F~'S~ .T:X't:\~t C%~;SO:::Bt..~ol.ter ting, especially in a .45 ACP. Some chaps for getting rid of a lot of south-end at the Jordan Hoister-Constructed from heavy Eng1lah BrIdle Leather. Metal In holster extends Into ruin fine target pistols and revolvers pronto same time, on the sly. I think you handled belt loop. Welt and pIng are hand·stltcbed with Rr:ee~ J~'e..~~~ skirting:' soil~i· Jinl88· b~~kfe~ by shooting this stuff_ More considerate that just right. Width 2" only. Give waist size $7.20 souls shoot the same barrel for years. A I often wish rifle fans had a better under• ~~::re:i~:3 ~~t· &~gl~a~~:. ~.~ .~~ .~~\i5.95 friend lost the fine accuracy of his .257 standing of the mechanics of recoil (and f:'::le~ 3~:s~e:u~~~ °c:;lf~t3e~~~nt~1~~ r:o/:I~ DON HUMIE LI!ATHERGOODS Weatherby Magnum with about 300 rounds jump) relief-which are basically very sim• Route I, Dept. G., Park Hill, Oklahoma "NGt.ionaU~ KAotoli u tAli' World'. Be"" loaded flat out. Bore life isn't long on real ple. Yet, millions haven't even heard about hot hot-shots, but this one was abused. He "brakes" yet, and many that have have been bagged many heads of Alaskan game with fed a lot of malarky, by principles involved the fine and inherent accuracy gone, so the (engineering experts have tried to reduce it HANDGUN gun served him well. to vector quantities only, and ignored jet STOCKS Revolvers have very long barrel life with effect), and by implying that blast increase Target, Single hot loads of half-jacketed bullets. Reports is an inseparable part of recoil relief Action, Trooper, of 15,000 to 25,000 rounds of Hi-V loads achieved, and proportionate to it. Actually, Hunting, Jordan with the bore still good are common. I there is no blast increase at all. In fact, in Fast Draw. FREE haven't fired over 10,000 really hot loads in Brochure for my dekicker, it is actually decreased by diffu• postcard. anyone gun. Very few people do. Nearly sion sidewise and forward as against the everyone reserves them for rather large more violent and concentrated turbulence of game or defense, combined with a good deal all-forward eruption from a conventional Herrett's Sto,cks of practice. Handgunners who shoot the muzzle. Box 741, Twin Falls, Idaho most ammo are the target shooters, who use little Hi-V stuff. Others simply don't use maximum loads all the time. I shoot many THERE IS NO SALE guns, and about 10 moderate loads for every hell-for-leather charge. LIKE PARKER'S WHOLESALE! Federal .38 Ammo ... BUY DIRECT! SAVE UP TO 50% .,. 707 Sup·Matlc-2 Speed Retrieve-Ball Bear• Federal's new Monark .38 Special Mid FISHING E9UIPMENT 2 pt. SusPCDsion-W/Pre Wound I 800 Yds. 8 lb. Line and Spare Range Wadcutter ammo is making a good ZEBCO REELS Retail $15.75 33 or 44 Spin Cast $19.50 $Sf6~j~ 606 tie':':" si"ie 'sjie'e7ci '.:.:,' Vilpre$35·00 showing on targets. Handgunners should 202 Zee Bee w /100 lb. Line Inst.... 5.95 2.95 12.75 89 Heavy Duty w / 15 lb. Line lost.. 22.95 12.50 1150 Oreno M~~IA~~:t'e ~I:'l~~~~::::: ~:~ 8.65 822 New Open eL 17.95 9.75 try it. It's common for one make of a=o 330 New Bait 8 14.95 8.25 to hoot better than others in a particular EDDON REELS HUNTING E9UIPMENT Heritage Bait Caster...... •...... 45.00 24.25 W~;~~JU#o:r ~. ~~~s ••~.L~. ~~ ••..•••••$37.50 $23.25 gun. We pulled some of Federal's bullets ~eft,tag~i:a&~~~~~~::::::::::::::: g:~ ~~:~~ 27.75 a II Spin cast 19.95 10.75 ~:::~ ~~ g::: :::: ~~ :g:~:1 ~:t:::: :3:gg 30.25 to compare our reloads and identical bullets PFLUEGER REELS Weaver K8 or KIO Cross Hair 59.50 37.25 1575 Supreme-Free Spool 47.50 25.75 51.95 and primers with the factory loads. We 1995 Summit-Free SpOol •.....•...... 24.95 13.50 ~~~~~ ~8 C:uffYm~~~ ~~:t~tseompiete 79.50 ~~~biFr:MySl:I U:~~ 10.7S 5S.95 seated the pulled bullets over 3.0 grains tf-lJ ::::::::::::::::::: 6.50 ~:f: s ~:::::::::::::::: ~t~ 7.65 1495 Medaltst Fly Reel 12.95 6.95 9.40 Bullseye in once fired cases with Federal Swift's ete W /5 Eye SHAKESPEARE REELS Pieces 5x to TripOd•.•• 89.95 53.95 ]795 Dual Drag SpIn Cast 29.95 16.25 Swift's Zoom 20% to 50x small pistol primers. Groups with the Smith 1799 Dual D SpIn Cast 24.95 13.50 W /Trlpod·60 ..••.••••...110.00 66.00 1777 Push Bu st 19.95 10.75 7.50 & Wesson .38 Master, a fine test ~ Wound Spools 82.50 16.25 10.95 i~~:a1'~ 'U.; (~~~r::L::::::::: U:~ 8.65 ~: ;::::::::: li:H 13.95 gun, were nearly identical. ~ =1836 Automatic Fly 8.25 150 Hunter Press Com- SOUTH BEND REELS 39.60 110 Norseman Spin Cast...... •...... •. 29.95 13.50 ~D~~8S'upiDO~'Strok~:::::::: f~:~ 9.60 13.20 .ADD POSTAGE TO ALL ITEMS ~=~ 550p~~Je~:r:r~I:~e:-:!.~~~~::::::::: ~~:~ 12.50
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This vortex wave (much milder than I feel sure that this problem in time will be is, however, a slight improvement in both, in concentrated straightaway from a regular verified by laboratory tests with mine and barrel, where, however, it bypasses the gun• It Happened In Texas ather "brakes." But the slight velocity gain ner himself so that he gets only the back• (from 15 to 45 ft. sec. at best) certainly will There are those who tell you that no wash) comes almost directly backwards. If not show up in hunting use. The g,ain is handgun less than a .44 Magnum de• his tolerance to pressure change is low, it due to absence of friction in passage through serves ta be called a defense weapon, will cause tinnitus to one or both ears. If the counterbore and brake-head exit, and a but 62 GUNS APRIL 1963 tions of an inch, cuts no figure whatever. But ARMS LIBRARY 'book. Indian traders were not, per se, thieves in tests with my brake (here's the word (Continued from page 6) and scoundrels, but were men working with again) Winchester got a considerable im• Indians, living with them, and more often provement in uniformity of grouping {and a t,he information has been updated, and re• than not the trader was their protector and less one in total points)-only lh" variation gardless of spec)al interests, automatics hold worldly guide. This chapter in western history in dispersion from the fitted barrel as against a fascination fOl' most of us. If your interest has needed writing for some time.-R.A.S. 1.2" for the control gun. This no doubt due lies in rifles-why Walther made them too and still makes them-and some other guns too to greatly lessened muzzle turbulence (resid• TRAILS TROUTS AND TIGERS that have no,t been as well publicized.-R.A.s. ual gas following the bullet out through the By R. G. Kelly exit has lost its oomph and potential of ac• THE BOOK OF PISTOLS AND (Education Foundation, celerating ahead of the bullet to create yaw• Charleston, W. Va. $5.00) imparting eddies and turbulence) could cut REVOLVERS By W. H. B. Smith, quite a figure in bench·rest scores, where (Stackpole, Harrisburg, Pa., 1962. A lawyer by profession and outdoors man winners often are determined by thousandths 5th edition. $10.00) by choice, Bob Kelly is a member of the in inches. Also, the mechanical control Explorers Club and has hunted, fished, and The job of bringing this classic by W. H. observed nature in a.ll likely and most of handicaps are reduced by a dekicker, so that B. Smith up to date and correcting some the unlikely spots in the world. This book larger and better wind·bucking calibers could errors in the earlier editions, fell to a man is noteworthy for its simplicity, its sage ob• be used advantageously in place of the pres· who knows and loves guns-Kent Bellah. servations, and for the respect Bob Kelly ent pipsqueaks. I think in time these merits Two new supplements have been added: one, has maintained for the game and for the of dekickers will be recognized. a thorough discussion of' post-war develop• great outdoors. Despite many trips and ments, the other, a complete technical dis• J. F. Mutter, Pendleton Ounshop (Continued on page 65) Pendleton, Oregon cussion of handguns that have been produced since 1959. This is a true encyclopedic reference work and the price tag makes it New, Exciting, Illustrated the bigest bargain you can get for your gun HUNGARIAN Catalog Every 8 Weeks• P-37 AUTO Now 84 Pages Each Issue! library.-R.A.s. 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I do not see how anyone interested in western lore make this book more valuable to you as you Originally published in 1938 and long out could fail to find this book less than a grow older and more reflective.-R.A.S. of print, this volume treats the development source of keen enjoyment and a storehouse of handguns from the time of Charles I to WORLD OF WHITE-TAILED DEER of reference material as well.-E.B.M: By Leonard Lee Rue III the present, in sequences of designs and (J. B. Lippincott Co., New York, types. Tipped-in halftone illustrations pres· THE TREASURY OF THE GUN 1962. $4.95) ent 201 different pistols and revolvers for By Harold L. Peterson identification, in addition to many sketches Leonard Lee Rue has probably taken (Ridge Press/Golden Press, 1962. $15.00) more photographs of wildlife than any other of marks and details. This is a reference man, and his special study has been the work of real value to the collector.-E.B.M. 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