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Great Western FRONTIER model RmAIL PRICE SCHEDULE -44 Mag. (Standard Model- case-hardened only) Cham- .22 Caliber (Standard Model). . $ 91.50 bered for the new Reming- .38 S~ecial(Standard Model). . 99.50 ton .44 Magnum 119.50 -44 Siecial (Standard Model). . 105.50 BTRAS -45 Caliber (Standard Model). . 99.50 Case-hardened (frame only) .. . $ 5.00 -357 Atomic (Standard Model). . 105.50 Adjustable target sights...... 20.00 CHOICE OF 4 % ", S % '' or 7 $4 " bawe1 GREAT WESTERN DO IT YOURSELF KIT -22 CALIBER Sbart, long, or Long Rifle.. .$71.5@ SAVE MONEY.. .All machine oper- ations have been erformed and only de-burring, fit& polishing, and biuein remain to be done. Fit the actfon to suit your taste and ~oiishand blue it In thi manner you consider most at- BUNTLINE MODEL tractive. The most unique of all Single Actions is the OTHER CALIBER KITS: "BUNTLINE SPECIAL" Comes complete with custom 38 Special . . .$79.50 .4!i Long Colt. $79.50 blue finish, case-hardened frame, genuine walnut grips 357 blagmm . . 8!i*50 -44 special .. 85.50 and full 12-inch barrel. Regularly supplied in -45 caliber. $125.00 ,Choice of 434, 5% or 7Wnch barrel at no extra charge. GREAT WESTERN "FAST-DRAW" EQUIPMENT 'Fast-Draw ' DEPUTY MODEL Rwoher The 'Fast-Draw' Special Is a Frontier Standard as follows: 4" barrel, walnut grips, that has been factory modi- full-length rib, solid front sight, rear sight adjustable fied to offer an extra smooth and an exceptionally smooth crisp for wind and elevation. Deluxe blue finish. trigger pull. Furnished with 4&" bar! RETAIL PRICE SCHEDULE re1 and brass trigger guard and back- -22 Cal. .$109.50 strap. Regularly supplied in .& caliber ...... with a 4%" barrel. Other calibers .38 qpecial ...... 119.50 and barrel lengths available on spe- 357 Mag...... 124.50 cial order. $111.50 TIMER This timer is calibrated in 100 of seconds. Adjustable button release stand. Just plug in rest finger on PISTOL starter button and tiher will start as -38S&W Caliber. $59.95 draw begins. Timer stops when blank . . . . . is fired. $144.95 The new Great Western Derringer is designed for INTERCHANGEABLE CYLINDERS A .45 linder designed to take .22 v' the use of peace officers and householders who need blanks. yo modification necessary slips a safe, powerful and easily accessible weapon strictly easily into any Great wester; -45. Gives lightness of -45 plus utility and for defense purposes. Its purpose is for protection at close money saving features of a -22. Will quarters. pay for itself in just 2% boxes of blanks. $15.00 there's a bullet for every shooter . . .

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By FRED N. BARNES Custom Bullet Maker ELECTING a favorite gun s from among the many I have owned and shot is no problem-it is this rifle of my own design of and caliber, .276 B-J Express. It shoots a 180 grain bullet over 3000 f.p.s. using 81 grains of grain Hollow Point. The lightest .SO MG powder. Stock is successful .30 Caliber bullet made. Japanese cherry by Stanley Phenomenal accuracy and kill- McFarland of Grand Junction, ing power at vormint ranges. Colorado, and scope is 6X Sierra has a free informative bro- Supra, steel tube. This is my chure for you about the hobby of favorite rifle for one main handloading. Wrife today far your reason, not because it is super copy. - Depf. 586. accurate (the barrel is too light for that), but because it consistently shoots to the same point of impact, for target or game.. . this week. next week and the next. This is very im~ortanton an extended hunting the name's the same . - - .. trip where it is next to impossible to check the sighting-in every few days Last s :fall in Alaska I killed two caribou and a fine Dahl ram, all at long range, one ' shot each. I also killed six ptarmigan, head shots, one for each with one miss. Returning home six weeks later, I checked the sight adjustment and found it to be exactly "on target," after 8,000 miles shaking around in an automobile, 400 miles in an airplane, and carrying it over all sorts of terrain and at every altitude. 600 West Whittier Blvd. - Whittier, Calif. 1 THE COVER Silent are his guns, mementos of s a boy, as a man, Elmer Keith dreamed the indomitable General George of hunting big game in Africa. More Patton. Today !,n the Point's "li- thanA 20 years ago he bought a -476 Westley brary of guns, they recall to FINES'T IN THE FIREARMS FIELD Richards . He knew that some- cadets the memory of Old Blood day, somehow, he would span that 10,000 & Guts' greatness, not his faults: the firm, instant decision: the mile gap from the hills of Idaho, and that ability to lead where the tire is three thousand dollar financial hurdle, to hottest-these memories live on. experience the thrills of personal conquest on one of the world's last big-game frontiers. JUNE, 1958 VOL. IV, 6-42 Now in GUNS Keith for the first time writes of shooting the kiag of beasts, the African IN THIS ISSUE bush lion. Elmer used his -476 on the tawny monarch of Africa to take his trophy. military Another frontier recurs on the pages of ... WEST POINT'S "LIBRARY" OF GUNS . Milton F. Perry 12 GUNS this issue with two features relating to . the Old West. The saga of "Pistol Pete" legislation ... , Eaton, the still-living Oklahoman whose life THE SULLIVAN LAW MAKES CRIME SAFE...... Roger Riley 20 span knits together two different worlds in .. time is a fast-paced, rough tale of lifeand western ... death, and justice-when the West was "PISTOL PETE" EATON: HIS GUNS MADE HISTORY.. .. .Glenn Shirley 26 young. And linked in shooter's minds with those days of rugged individualism and sud- police ... den justice is the Colt Frontier revolver. THE TOMMY IS A TARGET GUN...... Bill Toney 30 The Frontier Colt receives a clear appraisal GUNS POLICE AWARD ...... 33 at the hands of a man who has studied its mechanism and knows how it works. Cana- hunting ... dian shooter Alec Mactavish takes apart the SIMBA! ...... ,Elmer Keith 34 Peacemaker piece by piece, and tells you how to put it together again so it will have collector ... that durable, reliable quality spoken of by FORSYTH: FATHER OF THE MODERN GUN.. . .Spillman and Ramsay 23 the old frontiersmen and so seldom attained by the modern gunsmith in rebuilding. workshop ... "This Law Makes Crime Safe" is the third TUNE UP YOUR SINGLE ACTION...... Alee S. Mactavish 17 in an intermittent series of articles on fire- arms laws. Naturally the grandaddy of anti- departments ... gun laws, the "Sullivan Law" of New York, MY FAVORITE GUN. .... comes in for examination in terms of what TRIGGER TALK ...... it means today to the citizens which it af- GUN RACK ...... GUNS IN THE NEWS.. . fects. "Roger Riley" is a necessary pseudo- CROSSFIRE ...... -. nym of a well-known New York journalist SHOPPING WITH GUNS. whose daily living puts him in close touch ARMS LIBRARY ...... with law enforcement officers in the N.Y. :-- P.D. His career as a journalist would suffer if his name became known and, in addition, George E. von Rosen he might get a lot of parking tickets. PUBLISHER E. B. Mann Art Arkush Our cover story, West Point's "library" of EDITOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR guns, tells of one side of this important William B. Edwards Elmer Keith institution of learning which is almost un- '*dR&kr TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR Fr:$g!$en known. Wider publicity to the emphasis which the US. Military Academy gives to Louis Satz Marvin Ginn William Conner L R. Pector ,small arms studies might attract more cadets CIRCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTION from among GUNS readers. The Army should be seriously considered as a career offering Editorial Advisory Board good monetary rewards with the plus of en- COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GOERG ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT KENT BELLAH abling a young man to distinguish himself in the service of his country. Texan Toney returns to us with his article on marksmanship. Seldom understood is the accuracy potential of full automatic fire. While Toney makes no claim to the "2600 Club" with a Reising or Thomp- son gun, he does prove that in the hands REPRESENTATIVES. NEW YORK Eugene L Pollock 40 East 40th St New York I6 N Y Murray Hill 5.6760. MIDWEST ~arvin'Ginn 8150 N cintral Park ~ve.,"~kokie,Ill. 0~;ha:d 54967. of experienced shooters these are effective. CALIFORNIA, The ~eiAverill Co., ken ~verh,232 N. Lake St., Pasadena, dalif. Ryan 1-9291. Next month GUNS will present more un- usual articles, one featuring a shooting match attended by 80,000 to 100,000 shooters. An- other tells of our Army's new automatic arms. Tech editor Bill Edwards and GUNS writer Herb Erfurth were able to.borrow an M14 and an M60 for a real gun- crank's evaluation of these new weapons. Elmer Hilden

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Plastic Shot Shells both red shells and gray ones, there was HE LATEST THING in cartridges, some slight fouling in my GP after firing. something which may revolutionize the In , these shells are new on the ammunitionT industry, is the use of plastics market and fairly expensive, costing as much in shell case fabrication. American work in as any others at retail. The red ones will the field tends to the big stuff, artillery; but not reload. The top rolled crimp appears abroad, shotshell design and production has to be torn off by the top wad. The gray attracted manufacurers. Earliest plastic shell ones may reload, but the edge is ragged-the brought to our attention was the "Robijn," a edge remains curled, snapping back after Dutch shell, details of which were known only through a 1951 pamphlet. Finally, in the fall of 1957, we obtained samples of plastic shells for shooting; the Pinto made at Como, Italy. Meanwhile, the plastics on cartridge dealers' lists spiraled up in value to a dollar a round as a curiosity. It was with a mild amusement that we found ourselves blazing away at the clay birds with ammunition worth a buck each time we squeezed the trigger! First was a round of trap using a Rern- ington 12-gauge M58 gas-operated autoloader. The box of Pintos declaims that they are for automatic "fucili," but the red, low velocity ,!,- ,!,- . ' jobs tore the rims against the thin ejector ,<,. . NATIONAL POLICE PISTOL CHAMP CHOOSES and failed to eject cleanly. The red shells Foreign Pinto and Carplast shells seemed of slightly softer plastic than the are heavy and regular loads, but gray, high power loads. Some of the gray HERRETT'S shells ejected properly, about 15' to the side. The Model 58 of course is the roughest PISTOL STOCKS system of autoloader, in terms of damaging cases, since the bolt assembly is carried to the rear by a separate gas force, not the direct pressure of the case head against the bolt, as in the recoil operated autoloaders. Both red (low power) and gray (high power) shells were used, about a dozen fired, and a dozen birds dusted. Later, I tried a few rounds pheasant hunt- ing, using a single-barrel 12-gauge Greener GP gun. Snow was knee high or deeper, and shells from the M58 had their set the terrain below the smooth white cover back, due to the fast opening action. The was uneven, unsure footing. I found it con- gray Pintos use a rubberlike plastic wad FIRST venient to drop the GP lever, pop out the with a skirt for gas seal; the red ones, CHOICE round, and stick it in my pocket, for apparently an earlier development, use card- 1 absolute safety. Several times I stumbled board and fiber wads of standard pattern. OFCHAMPS -I and fell, and knowing the gun was entirely In , similar shells are also available empty made me much less concerned for under the name of Carplast. Unusual in the Elmer Hilden, like many other police- the safety of my fellow hunters. Using the Carplast shell is the wad, a ribbed structure men choose Herrett's Trooper Stocks, GP single gun that way, too, I noticed that with cavities around it into which the power Detective stocks or Target models to it didn't flop into several fragments, like a flakes will drift. Perhaps these cavities make do their best shooting on duty or on hinged frame when broken. It was a better gas seal-no Carplast shells were the range. Write for free brochure with easy to slip in the shell, throw the lever available in quantity to test. all information on all models Herrett's shut and flip the safety forward all in one Plastic materials adaptable to the fabrica- stocks. Made for all popular American motion as I brought the gun to my shoulder. tion of shot shells are being made by Marbon guns, left or right handed, custom Three shots at three birds brought all down. Chemical Division, Borg Warner Corp., 7165 carved to personal dimensions for Two other shots missed-one I walked up Chicago Ave., Gary, Indiana. According to to within ten feet. It took wing and I fired Mr. T. N. Wells, Sales Department, Marbon perfect fit. with too much lead, while the other one I Chemical, "A lightweight plastic cartridge just plain missed, no alibi! case . . . has been successfully tested by The gray high velocity loads have an inner actual firing in a 105 mm howitzer." Report shot case consisting of two half-sections of No. 1, Project M-5, from Marbon, on the curved plastic that slide out the tube with use of their "Cycolac" thermoplastic for the shot and wad. There is considerable shell casings, mentions that "One of the big STOCKS jostling of shot as could be seen by the questions to be considered during the forth- dented plastic half section which I found coming . . . studies by the Army is the Box 741-G, Twin Falls, Idaho on the white snow, but it unquestionably ultimate reduction in overall ammunition kept the pellets from touching the bore, and costs which may be expected. Mass produc- might reduce lead fouling. Since I had fired tion of plastic cases is substantially cheaper than brass or steel cases . . . Ease of manu- facture is another important advantage of plastic cartridge cases. The special grade of thermoplastic used in this development can be moulded into cartridge cases by conven- tional injection moulding processes . . . This feature will permit hundreds of US. plastics -firms to perform work previously done by a limited number of cartridge case suppliers, ..; * . , thereby broadening the base of supply and " increasing competition." Lower-cost factory loads will be welcomed by all shooters. We have not done exhaustive patterning studies with the Pinto or Carplast shells. But they lend themselves, just as do paper and brass shotshells, to the most precise loading of which the machines are capable. Some alert plastics fabricator wanting to turn to a new product can crash the ammuni- tion field with first quality shooting stuff probably at half or one third of current retail brass and paper shells. While the hotter-working automatics do not take too kindly to the plastic base shells, single and double guns fire them excellently, and most pumps and some recoil-operated autoloaders will function with them. As you read this, some alert plastics former may be working up moulds to put the first U.S. made plastic shell on the market. The development is long overdue. Colt Pocket .25's Are Back From the first advertisement of the Colt .25 pocket automatic pistol many long years ago. the little handgun has been centered in controversy. The editorial comments from the 1908 humor , "Gimlet," re- produced below the original announcement of the Colt pocket .25, pointed out the feelings which some inevitably had toward .25 pistols, that they were only good for killing people, and not much good for that. Yet as time went on and thugs in their for younger shooters impartiality used stolen police service re- volvers, boughten .22 plinking pistols, and sawed off single barrel in their depredations against citizens, the Colt .25 pocket pistol continued to be a strong seller. Police officers in off-duty situations and in Here are two great new 22's designed especially plain clothes found it comforting to tuck for younger shooters. The Stevens 87-K "Scout" carbine (shown at the right) is as good-looking as it is straight-shooting. Fires 15 long rifle cartridges as fast as you pull the trigger. It's also a repeater or single shot with any size 22 cartridge. Gold-plated trigger. . . chromed operating knob, safety and tube support. Desert tan stock with white line butt plate insert. Below you see a new single shot, bolt action rifle-the Stevens 15-Y. It's got the fit and feel that youngsters go for -short stock and 21" barrel. Really accurate, light to carry and easy to handle, too. Bright-plated cocking knob, bolt and trigger. Also made with full size stock and barrel. See these fine 22's at your dealer's now. There are Savage and Stevens .22's for every type of shooting-11 Model 87-K New Colt .25 is pint sized, comes different models to choose from. Writefor free rifle or "scoutw carbine with extra .22 conversion slide, clip. shotgun catalog. Savage Arms, Chicopee Falls 17, Mass. $39.75 ' -. .I < Â¥, ,>,!, È.;Â¥- one in a vest pocket. Second-hand .25's >, ,. , .~fS^-f"- . ." W . . .. , .II* .*,,. '2 =Â¥" attested to years of being carried in with the keys and loose change, to judge from the superficial nicks found on them, and in general, over 350,000 of the tiny guns found a ready sale among the orderly and sober members of society. Women often requiring pocket defense after dusk or in some far corner of the city found them handy in the Model 15-Y purse. And so, despite the occasional sensa- $15.95 tional crimes of passion which, consummated SAVAGE - STEVENS. FOX (Continued on page 62) ALL ICESSUBJECT TO CHANGE.. .SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN CANADA 7 *Dr. Norman Cardey, says the Los Angeles, California, "Times," killed three ducks with one shot. Dr. Cardey says he was so flabber- gasted when the three birds fell that it never occurred to him to* fire* again.* Â¥Washington D. C.: A vet- eran, Nathan Meyers, a grocer, routed an intruder inhis store by blazing away at him with a pistol. He missed but his wife didn't. She clouted him over the head with a broom- stick as he ran by** her. Â¥Virginia Miss.: Defending Jon Lynott, his four-year-old master, a plucky dog fought a fang-and-claw duel with a 35-pound wildcat. The cat had sprung on the boy's back but the dog sprang at the cat. James Drake, a retired policeman, happened by and saved both the boy and the dog with a single shot - . - .,. ..' :-. . , '4 ,. from his gun. . ' .,>:, i-,!*..:3'..:.:. . ;% * * * Â¥Baltimore When a man tried to hold up THE FINEST FOR THE JOB ... Grocer John Belton with a toy pistol, Mr. The Super Tool is for the heavier jobs of Belton refused to budge. "Who're you trying rifie! and pistol cartridge reloading. 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Variable power, 21/6X-4X, hunting sight. cross-hair or tapered post reticle. $80. Lee A 4 Dot reticle extra. Variable power, 2 % X-8X, hunting-var- A 8 mm sight. Tapered cross-hair reticle ~s 1 BAUSCH & LOME minute at center. $99.50. Variable power, 6X-24X, target-varmint SINCE BALvar 24 sight. Tapered cross-hair reticle V' minute ww at center. With mount $160. MERSHON Shooting Accessories LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the Lee Arms Co., Bridgeport, Conn. They have straight bolt handles. A total of 300 were purchased by the U. S. Navy in 1881. I have three in my collection. The second DELUXE "WHITE LINE" That Keith Cover model "Remingtou Lee" was number 36 in I've been buying GUNSever since the first the Board of 1882 trials. It took first place. Recoil Absorbers issue. Glad to see Elmer Keith in the maga- It has the bent-down bolt handle like the World's Finest . . . Instead of zine. What I'd like to know is, what kind of gun you pictured. gun is Keith holding on the February cover? Don Hanks "mushy" cushioning or abrupt "bot- Is it a Mannlicher, Czech BRNO, or a cus- toming" the DELUXE offers grad- Woodacre, California tom Mauser with Mannlicher stock? Some The rifle pictured is in my personal col- ually increasing resistance to recoil. here say it is a Mannlicher, but I think it Designed for maximum effectiveness lection, is an unmarked arm, from the estate is either a BRNO or a custom Mauser. Who of James Paris Lee. The "first Lee rifle" on all caliber rifles and all gauge is right? made by the Lee Arms Co. of Bridgeport shotguns. For quality, function, per- You sure have a swell magazine. I get the was not the first Lee rifle by any means. The formance and value it has no equal. first issue every month on the newsstand. "Lee Arms Co., of Bridgeport" and Sharps Used and preferred by shooters the Jim Zweigle Rifle Co., also in Bridgeport, had the same world over. San Jose, California office address. The improved Lee rifle was the one Sharps planned to introduce, in my The rifle pictured on the February cover is opinion. Catalogs describe it, ordnance re- a Sako, .222 caliber, with Weaver K-4 scope ports show it. The 1882 Lee-Remington is and Vissing lens covers. The sixgun is a .44 fundarnentally similar to the Lee-Sharps- Special Smith & Wesson, in an M. Houver J. naturally, it is the model which Remington holster of my design. (Houver's address is subsequently made. But the detail parts dif- Salmon, Idaho.) fer. Hugh Borchardt of the Sharps company You should subscribe to GUNS, as you remained in association with Lee for some would get the magazine much earlier and time. If you will review the 1882 ordnance much cheaper as well. We hope to make the board report you will find it is not the Lee- magazine better and better as the months go Remington, but the Lee of Hartford which is by, and the more subscriptions the easier it displayed by Borchardt at the trials. Mean- is to do so. while, if you have any photos or detail de- Elmer Keith "1 0-POINT" Grips scriptions of your Lee rifles, including marks, Salmon, Idaho For all modern Colt and S & W Re- would welcome hearing from you. Plan to do volvers and Pistols. Will not slip in a story sometime soon on Lee's guns.-Wil- The Bodrie Cover limn B. Edwards, Technical Editor. moist or wet hands. Guaranteed un- Dealers as well as shooters have been giv- breakable. Easily and quickly in- ing me the razz about our new Colt S.A. Experts Also Sometimes Goof stalled without changing or marring that shoots so fast it goes off with the Thank you for the excellent treatment you gun Can be cut or shaped to fit hammer still in the full cock position. If gave my article, "I Like The Side-By-Sides," individual hand. Fits all square and seeing is believing, look at your Joe Bodrie in the April issue. However, I would like most round butt models. "fast draw" photo on the April cover. It's to correct two inaccuracies in picture cap- there in black and white . . . Please tell 'em tions on the first page. it ain't so. First, the Westley Richards shotgun is not Bill Murphy mine1 have never owned such a gun; and, Colt's Sales Rep. second, the shotgun shown in the still life Chicago, Illinois picture is not an Ithaca but, instead, is my I Several readers have accused us of a goof old Lefever. It has served me well since 1929 "SURE-GRIP" Rifle and on this one. Nobody goofed. The picture was and deserves to have due credit. taken by stroboscopic light, which flickers In my opinion, GUNShas lapped the field Pistol Cartridge Packs many times a second. When the gun came For safely and conveniently carrying and is still going away. level just before the shot, the flash recorded George W. Busbey cartridges of all calibers without dan- the cocked hammer. The gun fired at the Grass Valley, California ger of loss. Bullets are ke t safe from end of that same flash and the muzzle blast Too many cooks spoiled the broth. One of nicks and scratches. St ells won't itself recorded through the still open camera us added extra pictures to the Busbey folder stick as Cartridge Packs are made of lens. The photo shows the blur of the ~anotherman captioned the layout, thinking waxed rubber. Fit on any belt up to hammer's fall; the cover reproduction lost all guns were the author's. But the Lefever two inches wide. this blur. The picture on page 13 is from Nitro Special pictured was made by Ithaca another film, shows the hammer down. No from 1921-48 and Col. Busbey states in his retouching of any kind was done on either article that he purchased his in 1929.- Satisfaction guaranteed. See your picture.-Editors. dealer or gunsmith. Write for litera- Editors. ture on these and other famous Mer- Experts Disagree I don't often write to editors, but when I shon guaranteed shooting accessories I am not going to renew my subscription buy a magazine I like and find a part of one for rifles, pistols and . because I find your articles very inaccurate. of the best articles missing, I get my dander For example, your caption on page 35, Jan- up. The article in question is "Keith On Big uary '56 issue, describes a pictured gun as Bullets" in March GUNS. Something is miss- MERSHON C0.S the "first Lee rifle . . . made at ing where the article is continued from page 1230 So. Grand Ave. Co. in Bridgeport before Sharps firm folded 18 to page 44. los 'Angeles 15 California in 1880's." The first Lee rifle was made by Would like also to find out if a .44-40 Single Action made by Ilopkins & Allen and Mr. Snyder in Milwaukee informed me of Slickest trick for camp- in fair condition would have any value? the fact that you hacked his us. the local ers, boaters, vacation- Arnold S. Marple custom collector's error in assessing his 1811 ers! Think of conveni- Camas, Washington pistol. I am happy to see that we ence of having BOTH have one Editor who "sticks to his guns." Portable light and heat. Several readers (including Keith!) noticed Tilley's world-famous Ken Lane Â¥osen Heater will this slip. Four words were missing: " . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin bear. I finished him . . ." Sorry. It was _vertinstantly to a all the fault of them damn' gremlins. powerful 2000 CP Lan- There'll Never Be Another ,,$. % The "Blue Book Of Used Gun Values" ,: tern (thousands buy McGivern <,, ." j ?ÂL for stand - by light (published by the publishers of this maga- alone!) then when eve- zine, price $2.00) says your H&A is worth Thanks for an honor I'll never forget. nings get cool, convert about $30, retail, in really good condition. Your write-up in Trigger Talk offering my back to a Heater! Burns How good is "fair" is up to you.- Editors. article ("You, Too, Can Be a 'Trick' Shoot- hours for 5c; safe, si- er," March, 1958) in tribute to the memory lent, odorless, guaran- Thanks, Friend. We Needed This. of Ed McGivern hit me real hard. He was teed. SPECIAL: Tilley I have been reading your magazine for my greatest inspiration when the going got Heater R 1 ($23.95) over 2 years, and to say that your maga- tough. I knew it could be done-because he CONVERSION HEAD zine is THE guns magazine, would he an had already been over the road. ($6.95) both ONLY understatement. How you are able to come I doubt if there will ever be another Mc- up with issue after issue of such classic Givern. There really isn't much incentive articles on guns is uncanny. Guns maga- anymore except to satisfy a personal curi- zine and its staff should be congratulated on osity. It is really too bad to have to admit their research and thoroughness put into that the day has long gone when we were each of the articles. considered a "Nation of Riflemen." Neil Pethick Clyde G. Howell I Toronto, Ontario Yorkville, Illinois ULTRA CUSTOM POWERFUL The Missing Mr. Gee "Pistol Pete" is Dead I saw the write-up by Keith on the Gee We have stopped the presses to include PRICES $180 to $225 this "flash" from Perkins, Okla., bearing Magnetic Scope Sight Mount and am very the dateline April 8: "Frank (Pistol Pete) much interested in this. Where can I get Eaton, 97, former deputy one? Are they being sold in stores or does marshal, reputed to have killed 11 outlaws Gee make them? in his younger days, died here today. Gill Smith McNary, Oregon "Eaton gained fame while avenging the death of his father who, he said, was killed Mr. Gee was "wanted," not only by GUNS by 'Missouri bushwhackers.' Eaton was 8 at readers but by a manufacturer interested in the time, but he vowed to get revenge. It the commercial possibilities of the scope. His address: 4443 No. 48th Ave., Glendale, 1 FIREARMS SPECIALTIES took him 19 years to do it, but . . . he killed FULTON, MICHIGAN 5 men connected with his father's death." Arizona.-Editors. (See story, page 26.) So passes another of the old-timers who wrote western history in the smoke of ready, deadly guns.

Psalm of Keith's Disciples With all due apology to Mr. Keith, I would like to reveal what I heard a fellow gun-hug mutter as he was being committed to the local asylum for "hlastitis" (a spe- cialized form of shell-shock) : Elmer Keith is my master, I shall not flinch. He leadeth me to larger calibers. X-5 LIGHTNING 1 He suggesteth hotter hand-loads. Yea, though I load with 2400, by famous Ithaca Gun Craftsmen, makers of finest in firearms since 1880 I fear not failure -- - -& ?" -ps--*- -- *---- For my S&W is> with me. years of gun-making skill is yours in this spanking new king of the .22 Recessed chambers comfort me. e same pride of craftsmanship that has always distinguished ITHACA from I hunt chipmunks with my .458; lust another gun" lives in this modern new -22. Verily, I slay cans with my .44 magnum. Yea, though I load maximum with a pinch You get these features at a low, low, price . . for luck, eable front sights, hairsplitting red "Ithaca , .Yea, though I implore Lyman to design a Driving black. -3 heavier bullet, A I... 'Â¥'Â'I shall not he satisfied. ,."Surely, someone will bring forth a hotter 3 - magnum; Then, shall my heart be gladdened And powder-smoke shall surround me all the days of my life. If you wish to put this in "Crossfire," please don't print my name! 4 SEND FOR THIS BOOKLET When you ask for X-5 Lightning you are getting the best for pleasure and Name withheld Build your own Gun Cabinet to treasure. The price will amaze you. or Rack. Six new and Fight For Freedom modern designs. Complete, Only $54.95 Washington's Birthday is a most appropri- simple, cosy instructions. ate day to thank you for your Fight For By special arrangement with the author you can have ITHACA GUN COMPANY, Inc. Freedom, and fight to let us have our guns. this $1. booklet for only ' SO# coin (no stomps). Dept. 53, ITHACA, N.Y. A Oak-leaf-carved Wahher PP auto was once prize pistol of high Nazi officer, is now trophy In West Point collection.

UNIQUE COLLECTION OF RARI

ARMS IS CIRCULATED LIKE LIBRARY

$OR STUDY, MANUAL FAMILIARIZATION,

Vaulted gallery is one small part of huge Military Academy arms display. Bronze Confederate fired last shot of Civil War. item canbe borrowed, just like books in other libraries. trained ''librari&m" In the future, the museum's entire Any cadet can come in and "browze" at will through the collection will be available for study, and not just by the collection. If he wants a Colt 1860 Army revolver, a cadets; for it is hoped that collectors, students, and writers they came to West Point. Few indeed have any real con- in combat. Today, the M14 light rifle has been adopted. ception of the history of firearms development. Some use But the Museum has specimens of others studied and their own limited free time to study the guns in the mu- ordered by the Army in limited quantities. These weapons seum and the comprehensive library of technical material. are admirably suited for displays. Currently, the cadets For them all, the staff of the museum provides guidance are using the T48 or FN rifle, the BAR, and several experi- and personal contact. mental Garands fitted with selective devices to permit both Every cadet at West Point is regarded as having the auto and semi auto fire. They usually like to include the makings of a future general, and there exists the distinct American "grandaddy," the Springfield 1903 Mark I possibility that some of them may develop into firearms equipped to take the Pedersen Device. This was a gun geniuses of the class of Ambrose Burnside, Stephen V. within a gun that would convert the rifle into an auto. It Benet, Benjamin S. Roberts, or James C. Benton, all gen- was intended for the American Expeditionary Forces back erals from West Point; or tactical masterminds such as in World War I. John P. "" Parker, or George Patton, officers Sometimes a display will be devoted to the history of who saw sweeping battlefield uses for existing weapons. the "Automatic Pistol, M1911;" or another may contrast The cadet's initial exposure to the manifold firing systems the revolver and the auto. No matter how one cuts it, the of history is at the museum. students organizing the shows, and the audience as well, Certain Plebes borrow weapons and accoutrements for become familiar with some previously unrealized aspect temporary display in their company orderly rooms. Each of small arms. display presents an overall plan, developed in cooperation The museum also lends arms for firing. Special interest with the Curators of History, and breaks it down into recently has been on Russian weapons, as well as .some logically connected groups. The first-year men study the German, Japanese, and Italian types, although the one gun background, check the guns against the technical descrip- the cadets never fail to admire is the Thompson. "A tions, and then digest the data into tiny labels and arrange dream," was the way one put it, adding that "though it their own exhibits, taking care to point out the significance must have been expensive and slow to make, it shoots like of the collection. If called on by their superiors, they can it was certainly worth it." Other arms draw favorable rattle off calibration, rates of fire, and various .other sta- comments, especially those made in early in tistics with ease. By the end of their first year they some- WWII. The MP40 is perhaps the best example. One times absorb more technical knowledge than did many - Second Classman thought it had a unique appearance, but of the "ninety day wonder" commissioned officers during that it was amazingly well built for a quantity production their whole service in World War 11. weapon and "most skilfully designed." Each category of weapons circulated through the various The West Point Museum has more Russian PPSH sub- orderly rooms is subject to various interpretations. Take, machine guns than any other single kind of arm, for it for example, a number of automatic rifles. This is an is without question the most popular weapon with the intriguing subject for men who may someday use them cadets, all of whom have some interest in Russian arms. 14 Most popular weapon in collection is PPSHRussian burp gun, in Soviet, North Korean (above) and other models.

Their first appraisal is one of disappointment, which late] turns into a grudging admiration. On being asked tc explain this, a First Classman replied: "It looks shoddj and half-finished at first glance, as if it was made bj peasants, for peasants. But after you check the thing over, you find just how ingenious it really is and how i reliable combat weapon can be turned out in quantity by poorly-trained workers who disregard polishing and fine machining. It's not as accurate as I'd want niy gur to be, but it can really take a beating and still come ui spouting lead, which is what it was made for." Perhaps there are many who might take issue with his reaction, but none can dispute the thought behind tht comments, and all will agree that he has learned one thing more officers and soldiers should know: to appreciate tht weapons in the hands of foreign troops. Still, the American M3 "Grease Gun" is preferred bj every cadet interviewed-not only over the PPSH, but an) of its foreign contemporaries. This could well be be cause the men at West Point have been exposed to it. extensively, understand its capabilities, and feel that they Cadets have used Garands, Ch-..-ville F~L..,.. ...~sket (in can rely on it. However, they are afforded an opportunity 1802), and small MI830 cal. .54 made for them. Ferguson breech loader was military rifle designed in 1770's and used against Americans at Kings Mountain by British.

Arms of past generals, like Patton's Colt and S & W, inspire future generals in their careers. to handle and get the "feel" of- guns of other armies and to learn what other nations can do in making guns. At least they won't go into combat without being aware of what the enemy soldier carries, as so many Americans did in 1941. Sometimes the weapons borrowed from the Museum are as varied as guns in the hands of Washington's Army-and some of these too are at West Point still. That hunk of "Flying Artil- lery" you see the cadets dragging around the playing field at football games came from the Study Collections. It is rigged up to fire with a resounding boom that rattles radio and TV networks whose supersensitive microphones pick up the sound. Once, on a freezing January day two years ago, high in hills above the reservation and away from traffic noises, an antique French 6- pounder bronze field piece, "DYAnnae," was tired repeatedly while {Continued on page 43 TUNE UP YOUR

Artillery size .38 Spl. Coil By ALEC S. MACTAVISH Single Action is shot b Canadian author ~actavish

0 OTHER GUN IN THE WORLD is known to as many N people, by sight and by reputation, as is the Colt Single Action. No gun has been praised more highly by its admirers . . . and few guns have been more heartily damned by their critics. This last, I suppose, is only natural. Hold man or gun up to the extremes of adulation that have been bestowed on the Single Action and the human instinct to ,find feet of clay on other people's idols is bound to produce violent criticism, with 'SMITHING THE BIG SINGLE or without reason. And there is some reason in some of the criticisms of the Single Action. Whether it is the fault of the gun or not is another question. ACTION FOR TOP PERFORMANCE Most of the criticism of the Single Action has been aimed at its functional reliability. "The gunsmith's friend." is a pat phrase frequently applied. om; shooters insist that the flat AND SERVICE IS A JOB WELL springs are prone to breakage, that one or two other small parts won't stand up to rough usage. "You can't keep a Single ~ction in shooting trim more than a month at a time," is a gripe I WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ANY GOOD have heard fairlv often. Yet after exhaustive rust tests, dust tests, and service tests HOME-WORKSHOPGUN CRAFTSMAN with the U. S. Cavalry in the field, the Single Action was judged by U. S. Ordnance Department experts in 1876 as ". . . a military weapon.. .not liable to get out of order; readily taken apart and cleaned; having entire interchangeability of parts, with a high order of finish. Commended for durability and actual service in the hand of a soldier. . ." And, for a current case in point, take a pair of post-World War I1 Single Actions carried by Joe Bodrie. As a former exhibition shooter for Colt's, Bodrie used these guns in thou- sands of demonstrations of quick draw, fanning, twirling, and the actual firing of all kinds of loads. It would be hard to imagine a rougher ordeal of use than that to which these guns of Bodrie's have been subjected; yet neither gun has required any repair, hfith still perfectly timed and adjusted, still tight and functional as when they left the factory. Unusual? Perhaps. Yet the Single Action could not possibly have won such a tremendous following over so long a time had it been as bad as some have painted it. It was severely tested before its Army adoption, has been tested by all kinds of use and abuse throughout the eighty- ' odd years since that adoption, and it is still one of the most popular guns ever manufactured. Why, then, do some people feel so strongly against it?' Perhaps one reason is that, when the U. S. Army pensioned off the Single Action back in 1892, the market was flooded with cannibalized monstrosities bearing four or more serial numbers on the various parts-parts salvaged from junk or junkers, thrown together without tooling or other assem- bly precautions. These, and the other thousands of old, worn-out Single Action Army rejects, guns with parts worn, broken, missing, or incompetently mended, were sold to a greedy public, to buyers who couldn't have picked good from bad even had the good been offered. No wonder u - these guns earned the ire of shooters who expect top gun performance. But perhaps there is another reason, too. for the recrimi- nations thathave been poured on the colt Single Action. Perhaps it is because, or partly because, few people, even gunsmiths, know very little about the correct fitting and

Hammer is heart of Frontier fitting. Stud on inside cut is smoothed where it touches bolt leaf. Full cock notch has slight hump but will break clean on pull. Hammer can be eased by shim at the root of mainspring. Hammer cocked must stop against backstrap.

Frontier fans like shape of gun for target use, have shops like Cristy redo old guns with match sights.

timing of replacement parts in the weapon. Very little exists in print on this subject. And of the nearly 375,000 Single Actions made to date, a great many have suffered from the ministrations of home-workshop mechanics and others (even gunsmiths) not qualified to "work" the gun. Yet the "secrets" of fitting and tuning the Single Action are not hidden. Tuning the big Colt is a job within the scope of any careful workman, once he knows what is needed and how to attain it. And tuning can transform a "junker" into a serviceable sidearm. I know. because I did it. Already the not-so-proud possessor of a Single Action, and thoroughly tired of its sloppy fitting, creepy trigger, and coffee-grinder action, I ordered a complete set of factory-new parts from Colt's and set about the fabrication of something- a little nearer to mv heart's desire. The follow- ing bits and pieces of information didn't come to me full fledged, out of the blue; they are products of a lot of trial- and-error effort. But they got results, and perhaps they will help others. First, I installed the hammer and trigger, thereby estab- lishing a constant relationship around which the bolt and the hand could be timed. ~utthe hammer and trigger, as they come from the factory, are just not ready to be in- stalled. The sear end of the trigger is apt to be from l/32nd to 1/64th of an inch too long; and, to obtain a decent trigger-pull. the full-cock "bent" or notch needs to be reshaped. When stoning down the top face of the sear, it is im- portant to retain its original angle or profile. Optimum length is when the hammer engages the sear almost at the farthest extent of its backward travel, with the backstrap assembled. After it is engaged by the sear, the hammer should still be able to move back an almost imperceptible distance. This permits the hammer to cam back slightly as the sear disengages when the trigger is squeezed. In fitting the Single Action (or any other gun, for that Critical shaping of bolt for long life starts with trueing matter) it is essential toproceed very slowly and check width at A and B to fit cylinder. Cam limb is next and recheck constantly. This is particularly true when rounded at C to ease action on hammer. D cut corrects bolt lift into notch. Limbs last longer if notch adjusting the trigger pull. is radiused by filing at E, drawfiling limb F. Design dates In the full-cock notch of the Single Action, there should back to the Walker pistol of 1847, will qive- qood - service be a hump over which the sear (Continued on page 58) for years when fitted up by knowing guncraftsman.

9 Legitimate dealer and honest citizen face almost impossible obstacles in transfer of a .22 target pistol; yet this same dealer lost a dozen big-bore handguns (.38 and .45 caliber) to a trio of armed "hoods" who staged brazen daylight hold-up.

SULLIVAN LAW:

L s CRIME SAFE Does a "tough" gun law make guns hard for criminals to get? Ask officer at left, one of 125 NY police who staged 2-hour shoot-out with armed murderer. Ask detectives (above) who took these weapons from 10 teen-age bank robbers.

Spellbinding boss politician "Big Tim" Sullivan (right) authored law outlaw I ing honest man's self-defense weapons.

REPEAL OF THE NEW YORK LAW WHICH IS LOADED FOR CROOKS

AND AGAINST YOU IS URGED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS

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By ROGER RILEY

N NEW YORK CITY, some 100,000 armed criminals Arm titled his revealing article, "Is the Sullivan Law I have the drop, speaking very literally, on more than Loaded?" His doubts of its effectiveness suggests very eight million honest men and women. Crimes of armed strongly that all Americans everywhere should take a violence breed black headlines day after day, and burglary searching look at this vicious anti-gun law, Sections 1896- in New York City is big business. Why not, in a city which 97 of the New York State Penal Code, the law that gives guarantees the burglar against his worst occupational gangsters the drop by making it practically impossible for hazard-the mischance of running into an armed citizen? law-abiding people to bear or even own arms. Recent license And this practical guarantee does exist in New York application forms can deny you the right to buy a pistol City, in the form of the law itself . . . the notorious if you have ever used sleeping pillsÑUopiate or barbitu- Sullivan Law which arms the hoods and disarms the honest rates in any form!" And three friends must be dragged citizen. into your struggle with red tape by filling out separate "Law abiding New Yorkers have few guns, but the four-page forms with "Your Wife's Maiden Name" and underworld abounds with them." So admitted the city's "Would You Hire This Man?" Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm in This Week The Sullivan Law, model for many acts restricting magazine, Sept. 4, 1955. Appropriately, Commissioner weapons in other states, has abridged your liberties and 21 any kind of hand arm-not even an air pistol in your home without get- ting the permit required by Big Tim I Sullivan's law. For a violation, carry- ing or possessing, you can draw six months to ten years in the pen. So to comply with the law, you go to the 4 police station nearest your home and ask for a permit to carry a gun. The. clerk takes your ten dollar fee; then you submit to being fingerprinted and photographed like any criminal. Un- derstandably shaken up, you go home to fill out a form which involves an- swering exactly one hundred questions. You must write out a complete record of your life from the day of your birth, covering approximately every- thing except when you last kissed your wife. You must offer elaborate and GUNS editor got the New York pistol permit pictured above because he "knew detailed reasons for your wish to own 1 somebody." Permit is stamped "For Target Practice 'Only," yet police never a weapon. Three friends must also fill questioned the inclusion of Ortgies .25 pocket auto., a typical "belly gun." out similar papers, to vouch for your character and honesty, under present New York City regulations. You return the applications, truth- magnified the power of hoodlums to sagacious politician. Seeing his fear- fully filled in, to the police station. harm you wherever you live. Anti-gun dominated bailiwick cracking at the .A But your heavy paper work is just the fanatics throughout America encour- seams, he went after the votes of those starter. The rocky part of the road is age efforts to sharpen the fangs of the ever -present, earnest, high-minded still to travel. Sullivan Law, and even as I write this, folks who will support any kind of Precinct detectives scurry around organizations such as the New York proposal if it is garnished with enough your community, asking questions of Associated Sportsmen's Council on idealistic fluff. The fluff Big Tim different people. You may feel that Firearms are battling attempts to dished out to them was "crime pre- "strengthen the law" during the annual vention." Just deprive citizens of the these devoted law enforcers might session of the General Assembly at right to carry guns, he promised, and better be employed rounding up thugs, Albany. These groups of legitimate you'd have utopia right in New York. but you want your permit, so you keep gun users are fighting for you whether No corrupt politician ever worked your mouth shut. Assuming you pass you reside in Maine or Oregon. All more cynically, or more successfully, this screening, your application then shooters, everywhere, must understand to put over a deal that would perpetu- goes for a second look to the main the disastrous functioning and sinister ate his power. "He knew, of course," detective division of your central history of the Sullivan Law, must edu- a retired policeman told this writer, police district-and these higher ups cate the public about it, if we are to "that his own boys would keep on go through the whole thing again. But defeat measures inspired by it which getting gats without papers." But he suppose you pass this test. Your re- are perennially introduced not only in went about enlisting unthinking "re- quest is referred then for final con- state legislatures but in Congress. formers" to bat for his bill through sideration to the Police License Di- For forty-eight years, almost a half- press and pulpit. vision. There is nothing to prevent century, the Sullivan Law has been In that same year this touching mis- these big-shots from saying no, regard- less of what's on your application. In harassing the honest and helping the alliance of roughneck" and reformer hoods in New York. Its author was spawned the legislative monstrosity fact, this is exactly what they often burly, crafty, Tarnmany Hall politician named the Sullivan Law after its cun- do, with or without reason. "Big Tim" Sullivan. Sullivan's political ning sponsor. A hodge-podge of Through some miracle of bureaucv cohorts, recruited from Hell's Kitchen amendments has been added to it by racy, you may be the approximately I and the Bowery, regularly intimidated legislatures since. But its main intent one in five to whom the brass says yes. opposition voters with trigger artistry. has been changeless through these two Modulate your cheers, however, for you get a police "purchase document" k a Rumblings of revolt against Big Tim's generations: to give anybody like your- six-shooter regime were unpleasantly self a hard time if you want a weapon which allows you to buy one gun and audible in his ears when he took his for self-defense in a city where crime one only from a licensed New York seat in the New York assembly in rides the streets faster than police cars weapons dealer. The dealer hands you 1911. Many good citizens were tired of prowl. back a part of the document with the I being gun-pushed by ward heelers and Let's see how its provisions would make and serial number of the weapon were promising to fight fire with fire. hit you if you were a resident of New on it. This section you must file with New York state law then did permit York Citv. If vou live in a better the police of your local precinct. This ns, subject to certain neighborhood, by .thugs, you usually takes at least three weeks. they were not concealed. can't just buy a .38 for protection and Your gun license runs for one year. lyman Sullivan was a stick it in your pocket. You can't keep Each twelve (Continued on page 52) FORSVTH: FA of the MODERN GUN

By RON SPILLMAN and JACK RAMSAY

lià ' ', , EW MEN IN HISTORY have held the fate of their nation as firmly within their Fgrasp as did a dour Scotch clergyman in the beginning of the last century. Napoleon had offered $500,000 for the brilliant new percussion system of detonation invented by the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth, MA., LL.D., but the clergyman, although given a raw deal by the British government, wasn't selling his country down the river-or, in this case, across the Channel. As he watched his bloody but victorious troops cutting down the remnants of the Emperor's forces at Waterloo, Wellington, the "Iron Duke", little knew how much he owed to the forbearing patriotism of Forsyth. If the pig-headed British government of the day had encouraged the inventor's genius, the Duke of Wellington's, historic victory could have been achieved more rapidly and with the loss of far fewer Redcoats.

This double shotgun made by Joseph Egg was converted from flint to detonator with late model Forsyth lock similar to one on which inventor based his claim to Parliament, 1840. p' honorsgenius. ForsythesForsyth 5-barreled inventive -,: .,-. volley gun at right loaded . \' .,' PT. one slug per barrel, fired .. i all barrels simultaneously, was used on swan and geese.

Forsyth's invention made obsolete the flintlock, and al- man solved two of the problems which had defied the lowed the soldier to fight on a rainy day. combined efforts of scientists and gunmakers for more Back in the drowsy little village of Belhelvie, in than two decades -how to make use of explosive Aberdeenshire. the Reverend Alexander John Forsvth was fulminates, and how to make the perfect form of ignition known as a first-class shot-both from the pulpit, to the for the muzzle-loading gun. discomfiture of sinful parishioners, and from the surround- Forsyth's first step was to carry out experiments similar ing hedgerows, to the discomfiture of many innocent birds. to those of the French chemist Berthollet who, in 1788, When shooting wildfowl on a loch near his home, the man had tried to produce a form of gunpowder compounded of God was often heard to use ungodly language when with potassium chlorate, which would shoot more power- rising birds escaped his shot, warned by the characteristic fully than ordinary nitre powder. After nearly blowing flash from the pan of his flintlock, or the fizzle of a hang- himself and his tiny garden workshop tree-top high, fire from powder wetted by "Scotch mist." Forsyth concluded that the chlorate powder was too risky Forsyth tried covering the lock with a sighted hood, but a proposition, and would never be much use as a propellant. his fertile brain began to devise an entirely new method Next, the inventive clergyman tried fulminate of mercury of ignition, faster and more efficient than the time-honored and potassium chlorate as priming powders for an ordinary flint and steel. In a brilliant stroke of genius, the clergy- flint-lock. He hoped the gun would fire instantaneously

Left-hand lock at left above was for a double shotgun, shows an early type of Forsyth priming magazine. Reverse of same lock, center, shows its mechanism. At right is experimental lock for a three-pounder cannon, designed for Lord Moira. instead of giving off a warning flash in advance. It seemed simple, but Forsyth ran into an unexpected snag- the new powders acted much too quickly and generated so little heat that the gunpowder they were mixed with was never ignited. After several weeks of experimenting, during which his usually well laden table was without a single wild goose, he decided that the detonating compounds would remain useless as long as they were merely set on fire by a spark from flint and steel. He had noticed, however, that the explosion was much more violent when caused by percus- sion, and this line of approach was eventually crowned with success. In the summer of 1805 he produced a gun working on the percussion system, which proved far and away superior to any flint-lock. A year later the clergyman rattled into London on a stagecoach, nursing his percussion .gun and a pocketful of letters of introduction to famous sportsmen whom he hoped would help him exploit his invention. As yet he had not realized its enormous military value. Nevertheless, one famous shooter showed the novel weapon to the Master-General of the Ordnance Department, Lord Moira, who was so impressed that he persuaded Forsyth to move into a workshop at the Tower of London and start work on military arms. , At .first things didn't run too smoothly. The original lock which he had fitted to his modified fowling piece wasn't much use when it came to firing the three-pounder cannon which Moira asked him to work on. The original .priming powder was found to be far too violent for use if ' in' large quantities. To make matters worse, the chemists

> of the were terrified of -all fulminating compounds. -2, 44 a',+ They supplied Forsyth with the ingredients, but insisted '-,~r:~rt$at'-the :dirty work" of mixing them should be carried . by :himself.

I T, &st . :5 when the clergyman had managed to overcome all - technical snags, politics reared its ugly head. There .>-A. Double shotgun (left) is Forsyth flint-percussion conver- "\-'&as.% *r. .) ti &ange.of Ministry and Lord Moira, who knew that sion. Center is volley gun shown close-u on page 24. .'I' Rofisvth's invention, could give (Continued on page 41) A+ right, Baker-type cavalry carbine wI+E Forsyth kick.

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MADE EISTORY

By GLENN SHIRLEY

FROM POWDER-SMOKED PAGES OF OLD WEST COMES THE SAGA OF FRANK EATON, GUNSWIFT LAWMAN

HE MOON RODE HIGH and full in a cloudless sky on a summer night Tin 1868. It was so quiet one could hear the whisper of the breeze.across the Kansas prairie. At their home eight miles west of Carbondale, in Osage County, the Eaton family was preparing to retire. The silence outside was shattered by the drum of hoofs. The horsemen swung into the yard, throwing gravel that clattered against the side of the house as they reined up their mounts at the front. "Eaton!" a heavy voice called out. "Frank Eaton!" Inside the house, the elder Eaton rose to his feet. "Something has hap- pened-probably Mose Beaman and the boys coming for help." Mose Beaman commanded the Vigilantes-a group of Northern men who had banded together to protect local citizens against a lawless gang of South- erners called the Replators who rode at night, often in disguise, pillaging, destroying, and stealing stock from emigrant trains going west along the Santa Fe trail. Frank Eaton was a Civil War veteran from Connecticut who had joined

Gun battle in which Eaton killed Wyley Campsey is portra ed in artist's drawing (left). Nearing a hundred now, "Pistol Petea1 (above, center stilY loves to shootl is still fast and accurate with the big sixes' entrances young an CI old alike with his reminiscences. + Amid mementoes of the past, Eaton sits in his Perkins, Okla., home and talks , range roping with Lee Good. At 75, Eaton won a gold cup as All Around Cowboy. . -- *,.- ,. ,' - -

the rush to Kansas in 1868 and Beaman's Vigilantes shortly thereafter. "Maybe they have located the Campseys," he added as he stepped to the door. The Campseys were a bad bunch. They lived a short distance from the Eaton's, across Rock Springs draw. They rode with the Regulators and had ridden with Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War. The Campsey farm, owned by Shannon Campsey and his three brothers, Jim, Jonce. and Wyley, was a hideout for all sorts of questionable characters, among them the notorious Ferber brothers, Doc and John. Only that day. Eaton had been responsible for a tip that had led to the location of several stolen horses on the Campsey place and the sheriff and his posse had been searching for the brothers and the two Ferbers, who had fled. Eaton opened the door and paused with the lamplight at his back. Too late he realized his mistake. A half dozen six-shooters covered him. "Outside, you damn Yankee!" one of the riders shouted. "Come out and get what's coming to you." Eaton, hands raised high, stepped to the edge of the porch. Tall and slender, clad only in nightclothes, he was standing like that when little eight-year-old Frank Jr. rushed to the door. The boy saw the blast of gunfire that knocked his father off his feet, saw him crumple on the hard, dry earth of the yard, and heard his mother scream in terror. The killers spurred forward, shooing the lad inside with their ..^1 .. revolvers. Then they fired a second volley into the body and raked the front door with a fusillade.

. - . .a ' - & >t-L.^. flula' < -T - % -Y -. "Remember that, Yankees!" the leader

shouted as they turned their horses and rode ' away into the night. Little Frank remembered. He had seen their faces in the moonlight and he never forgot them. Lying across the body of his father, sobbing, while his mother fled to the home of their nearest neighbor for help, the child swore a grim oath. There in the dust of that Kansas farm an amazing saga was born-the saga of Pistol Pete. The child was Frank Eaton Jr., who was to become the badmen's nemesis, earning his reputation as the "toughest of 'em all" with a pair of heavy, single-action six- shooters that left a bloody trail across the Southwestern frontier. The most amazing facet of the Pistol Pete saga is the fact that he is alive today. A spry 95 years old, Frank Eaton now resides in Perkins, -a living legend from the most livid pages of American history when cold-blooded were as fast with a six-shooter as a snake's strike, and just as deadly. Shortly after the murder of his father, young Frank received his first pistol from Mose Bea- man-an old Navy revolver with an eight-inch barrel. For two years he practiced drawing and firing, left handed as well as right. By the time he reached his 10th birthday, his draw was quick and smooth and his small thumbs flicked the hammer with amazing rapidity.

Comparing old and new in Single Actions, Baton tells F. W. Thornton of Colt's that he got his first Colt at age nine.

In the fallof 1869, his mother married again, sold the farm and moved to southern Kansas, on Onion Creek west of Coffeyville. A year later, they moved again to the Cherokee Nation in . Young Frank spent his days around Fort Gibson, where the Sixth Cavalry was stationed under the command of Colonel Copinger. The soldiers liked the boy and fed him, raced horses with him and taught him to shoot. Little Frank, with his heavy pistol thonged to his slender leg, drew and outshot the best of them although the soldiers were considered the top marksmen in the country. Colonel Copinger was so impressed that he awarded the lad a gold medal and nicknamed him "Pistol Pete." Frank matched shots not only with the soldiers, for when Big Jim Starr, of the Cherokees, heard about him, he in- vited Frank to pistol matches held (Continued on page 48)

Marshall of Tulsa Frontier Pistol meet, Eaton watches Alene Parks pre are to Tire a .36 Navy. Eaton wears hair long, Eraided Indian fashion. The Tommy IS a

Submachine gun fired on full automatic can be aimed precisely by experienced marksman. B holding gun tightly against side, but loose in front with grip resting lightly on palm of hand, border patrolman Toney fires burst with no noticeable tendency of gun to lift. Target Gun

WHEN CHIPS ARE DOWN, A TOMMY

IN TRAINED HANDS OUT-PERFORMS, ALL

OTHER POLICE WEAPONS FOR FIRE EFFECT

By BILL TONEY

HE SUBMACHINE GUN, brought Tinto the American spotlight by gangsters of the prohibition era and the Army in World War 11, is probably the most effective weapon in existence for fast, deadly gunfighting at ranges Cradling Reising .45 SMG with which he fired up to 100 yards, by day or night. 48 out of 50 shots into scoring zone, Toney Fired semiautomatically (one shot studies submachine gun effectiveness on range. with each pull of the trigger), it has sufficient accuracy for hits on man- sized targets beyond 100 yards; but that is rifle range, and the submachine gun is no match for high class rifles in range, accuracy, penetration, or muzzle energy. Its superiority over the rifle lies in the greater number of rounds that can be loaded at a time, and the superior speed with which heavy (230-grain ) bullets with great knockdown effect can be delivered. Pistols or revolvers and sawed off

(riot type). - shotguns are preferred , over the submachine gun by many po- lice officers. The ballistics of .38 Spe- f cial or 9 mm. and .45 ACP handguns are almost identical to those of the same calibers in submachine guns. The .357 Magnum and the .44 Magnum are superior to submachine guns in avail- able calibers, from a ballistics stand- point. Also, the handgun is more conveniently carried and concealed. A career police officer can be expected to carry his service revolver within easy reach at all times. When the trouble breaks, the nearest submachine gun may be locked in the armory at headquarters. However, the situation does not have to be that way. Patrol cars may carry submachine guns in racks built overhead on either side, along the in- 31 Noted pistolman Bill Joyner hows controllability of H & R Keising .45 with tracers at 45 yards distance at night.

side of each front door, or across the back of the front military standing offhand position at 50 yards; Ten shots seat-except when prisoners are carried in the rear seat. semi-automatic fire in ten seconds at 25 yards standing; For the plainclothes officer on foot, there is a neat, com- Twenty shots in ten seconds in short, aimed, full-automatic pact, luggage-type case which will carry a Thompson sub- bursts from the shoulder at 25 yards; Twenty shots in ten machine gun, its stock, one loaded 50-shot drum type mag- seconds in short, full-automatic bursts from the hip at 15 azine, five loaded 20-shot box type magazines, cleaning yards using half ball and half tracer ammunition. Fifty equipment, and a few of the most useful spare parts. It rounds of ball ammunition and ten rounds of tracers were resembles a saxophone case and attracts no special atten- needed. The possible score was 300 and the suggested qual- tion on the street or in crowds. Yet, a fairly skilled officer ifying score 225. carrying the weapon in this manner can put it into action The trainees, after firing this course three times in prac- in a few seconds. tice, fired it the fourth time with an average score of Police officers given equal training with handguns and 224.1. Their averamesby stages were: Stage 145.9; submachine guns will be able to deliver more effective fire Stage 248.5; Stage 3-92; and Stage 4Ñ60.5 with the latter. In addition, the latter have special attrac- The same class, after expending about 60 hours and 450 tions such as tracer ammunition to aid firing without sights rounds of ammunition in revolver training, then fired a and shotloaded shells for riot use. revolver course on the same type targets consisting of: I once made a close comparison of the development of Ten shots at 50 yards slow fire; Ten shots at 25 yards a class of young law enforcement officers with both timed fire (two strings of five shots each with a time limit weapons, using combat-type courses of fire on the Colt of 20 seconds per string) ; Five shots double action with Silhouette Target and the Globe Silhouette Target of about the right hand at 15 yards; five shots double action with the same difficulty for each. The submachine gun course the left hand at 15 yards. (Time limit at Stages 3 and 4 consisted of the following stages: Ten shots slow fire in was five seconds for five (Continued on page 45)

Does Tone have the Tommy? No, author (left) totes saxophone while fellow lawman Bo I Brennan has TSMG box, shown open above. Violin cases are passe. WHO IS YOUR Cl¥:)¥:

VERY YEAR, GUNS Magazine offers presentation guns, properly in- E scribed, to the law enforcement officers in the Ilnited States who, in the opinion of the judges, perform the most outstanding social services in- volving guns. This act may be, as it was last year, an act of heroism in which police officers won a gun duel with a vicious criminal. But it need not be that sort of thing at all. It could be a program of target shooting instruction where men and women. or boys and girls, were offered a new community sport interest. It could be a police-guided course in hunting safety. It could be the solution of a crime by means of ballistic evidence in the crime laboratory, or by means of the officer's own "gun savvy." If it involves police and - euns in tht public interest, it is contest material To the officers chosen throughout the nation, GUNSwill give a pistol or re- volver (make, caliber, and model of the winner's choice), suitably engraved and decorated. Special awards will be added if, in the opinion of the judges, they are merited. Send us the name, rank, and police organization of the man you select. Tell us in full what he has done to merit your nomination. Newspaper clippings covering the story should he included if available. The number of nominations received for an officer will, of course, he considered. But the judges will consider every nomination received, regardless of locale or size of the no- Award can be for firearms in- lice unit he represents. Two chicago structor (shown with L.A. riot police detectives won it in 1957; what gun class) or youth safety gun about your town for 1958? program as sponsored by New Write us. That's the first step. Fill Hampshire (above.) Good ad- out the nomination blank below-or, ministrator may qualify, as if you don't want to mutilate your mag- Insp. Murphy of N.Y. Police azine, write us a letter giving the infor- Academy (left.) Personal cour- mation called for in the nomination age may mark officer for award, form. Nominations by letter will receive like arrest of burqlers by Kenil- exactly the same consideration as those on printed forms. worth, Ill., cruiser patrolman.

GUNS POLICE AWARD NOMINATION Name of officer---- Rank- Organization Place - (City, county, state (City) or military police, FBI, or what? Any law enforcement (State) agency is eligible.) I enclose herewith letter- newspaper clips- (both if possible) stating why I think this officer merits the GUNS police award. If further information is needed, write me, address below.

Mail to: Police Awards GUNS Magazine, 8 150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, Ill.

THE DAY OF "EASY" LION IS PAST, BUT SIMBA IS STILL KING OF THE CATS, NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY

Measuring 9' 2" from ti of nose to tip of tail, Keith's black-maned tropC y fell to one 520 grain slug from big .476 Westley Richards double rifle. Keith measures heavy tusks of big wart hog killed at 140 yards offhand with scope sighted .333 OKH.

HE OLD DAYS when Paul Rainy coursed lion with dogs are long gone. Likewise, Tthe days when Stewart Edward White, the Martin Johnsons, Leslie Simson, and others had their pick of fine maned lions almost daily are now history. Today, good long maned lions are rare except in the parks, the vast game reserves which now comprise most of the territory where the Johnsons, White, and the others formerly hunted. The great plains lion of Kenya are more apt to sport a long mane than the thorn bush lion of Tanganyika. Today, if you get a lion at all you can expect to work for him, unless you are very lucky. Both lion and rhino are getting scarcer and harder to come by in many sections where they were once plentiful. By ELMER KEITH From many years correspondence with African hunters and their white hunters, I had little hopes of getting a lion and leopard, but had decided to take out the 500 shilling license on each, just in case I was lucky. During our last day in Nairobi, John Lawrence, my white hunter, came out of a meeting of White Hunters, Ltd., and announced out of a clear sky, "Keith, we have voted you our western representative, if you want the job." I accepted, of course. Who wouldn't? Then he told me, "Now you cannot leave Africa until you get all of the big five of African dangerous game." That suited me perfectly, so we left for Arusha, procured licenses for everything I wanted, and left Arusha, Tanganyika, on Nov. 12th with a 5 ton Austin truck loaded with camp equipment, food, and some eight of our ten boys, while we followed in the Jeep safari car. We made camp on a slight raise in nice open bush country, and that night I heard the moaning of a lion in the distance, and also the rasping cough of a leopard much closer to camp. These sounds, and the sighing wail of a hyena in camp, did not help my first nights sleep "in the bush." On the 13th, the next day, while trailing a bunch of five Oryx, I saw my first wild 35 Aged but heavily ivoried bull elephant ,, pr was first of coveted "big five" African *;*-;: dangerous game trophies Keith collected. Massive-horned roan antelope (left) was killed for trophy, food, and lion bait.

lion. We had trailed the orvx some 1 five miles on foot in the terrible sun. with the jeep following us at a dis- tance, when I saw a great, round, yel- low head come up over the top of three-foot grass some half a mile away It would disappear, then reappear farther on. Bv this time. the orvx had joined up with a lot of game and soon the whole band including zebra, eland, oryx, and wildebeast took fright and ran from the spot where I seen that great round head raise above the gras John searched for him with the glass and could see nothing, but I knew in my own mind that I had seen my first lion even though it was a half mile awav. That evening we hung up a wilde- beast to make two lion baits, using what was left after the boys had taken enough meat for their camp. This wildebeast (or gnu) I had taken at 450 yards with two lung hits with 300 grain soft nose slugs from the .333 O.K.H., followed by two more from John's 7 x 64 when the beast again got up. We selected each bait tree care fully, with an ant hill for an approach and a steep bank at one site, and a big old down tree and grass and vines at another, and the morning of No- vember 14th saw the start of our lion at a lion. This is not unusual. John yards of the bait tree. We ran that bait hunting. Lawrence spent a total of 130 days last next morning as it was breaking day- We were up well before daylight, year running lion baits, and got a total light, but again-no lion. From there, had a cup of scalding hot tea, dressed, of four lion in that time. we moved west into sable country. All loaded our heavy rifles, and headed We ran the baits every morning for kinds of game watered here: elephant, for the lion bait in the dark. I carried five days at this camp and, although rhino, buffalo, zebra, eland, sable, my .476 Westley Richards double rifle, we got other game, we did not get a Kudu, wart hogs, Kongoni-and lion. loaded with 520 grain soft nose slugs, shot at lion. The first day out of camp, while * while John had his old ,416 Rigby also On the 17th of November, we drove searching for a suitable place to hang - loaded with 400 grain soft nose. south through Babiti, stopped for the a lion bait, I spotted an old king sable <'-: Though we slipped up very carefully night at Singida, then drove on and collected him. Here again we got

for the last mile, nothing had touched through Manyoni and deep into the nothing on our baits but did locate a <,+ +* . ,^ ^, the first bait and we had to retrace our dry thorn-bush elephant country. We lion kill, young bull rhino. From all , A ' steps and go run the other bait below saw lion tracks at our elephant camp the tracks and sign, it looked as if two camp. There was nothing there either, daily, but did no shooting until I had lions had done the job. The little bull and this was just the start of 16 days killed my bull elephant. That done, I must have put up an awful fight. Both which we put in for lion before we killed a fine big wart hog boar at 140 of his very short, immature horns were scored. Since we hunted all other game yards off-hand with the .333 O.K.H., covered with lion mane. in between times, it was the 13th of and we hung him in a beautiful site That afternoon we went back and December before I got my first chance where we could approach to within 90 hid in some (Continued on page 39)

'I* By OSCAR T. LAEN

PROTECTOR PALM PISTOL COMES FROM DAY WHEN INVENTORS WERE NOT YET SURE WHETHER A REVOLVER SHOULD HAVE A - ' FLAT OR CYLINDRICAL MAGAZINE THE OLD THE NEW THE UNUSUAL

Chamber arrangement with cartridges carried like spokes of a wheel makes "Protector" rev'olver popular collector's oddity. Lever was squeezed to shoot pistol between fingers.

OST POPULAR of odd cartridge handguns is the Chicago Other pocket pistols in this era had grip-squeeze operating Protector Palm pistol. Also found in variant form, labelled handles. French types especially seemed to like concealable guns, "Milwaukee"M for out of town visitors, the gun was the invention of and logically they did away with the handle extended far to the Jacques E. Turbiaux of Paris, France, and was patented in the U.S. rear as in the more common American designs. With the squeezer on March 6, 1883 (#273,644) specifically described as an improve- handle and the turret revolver design, the barrel naturally stuck out ment on "pocket revolvers." Inventor Turbiaux considered it to be between the fingers for shooting. Convulsing the hand compressed a "revolver without a stock or handle," and so designed it to lie flat, the lever, rotated the cylinder, triggered off the shot. The hand had be concealed, and also serve as a weapon when all shots had been to be squeezed for each shot, just as in more common revolvers the fired. Improvements on the weapon, still considered as a "revolver," trigger has to be pressed for each shot. The sideplate lifted off with were made by Peter Finnegan of Austin (Chicago) Illinois, August a circular twist, allowing the cylinder to be lifted out for reloading 29, 1893 (#504,154). The French-made Turbiaux pistol is known and cleaning. The gun is rather fragile, and often the hammer, as "Le Protecteur." which strikes inside the cylinder ring, is broken. Hard rubber One of a class of firearms oddities prized by collectors, the checkered side inserts were standard, with a pearl-like insert on Protector was made in fair quantity and examples exist with serial the deluxe model. Some Protectors are known polished smooth all numbers spanning 227 (in Herschel Logan's To around, but later guns had knurling about the edges to aid in Automatic) to #11941 shown above. Most collectors know of the gripping them in the hand. Finish was nickel plated, and we have earlier attempts in the revolver field to design pistols with pan-cake not seen a blue one. cylinders. The Cochran of 1837 was a hopeful military arm, never The Protector today is fairly common, and almost every gun store adopted. And the Porter, made about 1850, blew up and killed its within a six months period will have a couple pass through its stock. inventor. During the cap-and-ball period shooters shied away from Gun fans who specialize in pocket pistols or the "derringer" types in- guns which had charges pointed back at them. But with the advent variably also add a Protector to their collections. It is an interesting of metal cartridges, such pistols as the Protector became practical. reminder of the days when inventors weren't sure which kind of UMC made ammunition for the guns (.32 extra short centerfire cylinder was best for pocket revolvers, the parallel chamber kind or marked "Protector"), and of course the .22 examples will fire pancake style, and of a social order in which the hide-out gun ordinary rimfire ammunition. was common personal equipment for men-and women. GENUINE PEARL IVORY OR STAG GRIPS

(Continued from page 37) tall grass about 60 yards from the dead with a nasty rasping growl, and took off for rhino. The heat was terriffic and I never saw the bush, three jumps away. Instantly, my so many tse tse flies in any other one place .476 was at my shoulder with safety off. on the entire trip. They simply made life There was not much weight left on my trig- miserable, and we dared not make a move ger when John yelled not to shoot. John's to fight them for fear of warning off the yell registered just in the nick of time. I lions which we hoped would come in to the was looking for lion, and the big cat startled bait that evening. But we watched until me. Another split second and I'd have been dark and no lion showed. That was about as in trouble with two leopards on one license. miserable a wait as I ever suffered through, John said had either of us been alone the and I made a mental resolve that if I ever leopard would probably have jumped him, went to Africa again I would take a head as he was guarding his bait. net and at least keep those flies from crawl- I killed a cheeky young bull rhino that ing down my shirt collar and into my ears. day that took me on at 18 yards. We took Next morning, we found the tracks of the both his hams for lion bait, while the boys two lions, both big ones. We trailed them removed about all the rest of him for meat. some five miles but, though we passed a This went on and on. The morning of the great deal of fine cover-deep grass and 9th, we ran both lion baits and found no thorn filled dongas-they refused to lie up. fresh tracks at either bait. The lions must Finally, a herd of buffalo obliterated their have killed elsewhere. We went back to the tracks and we lost them. baits that afternoon, and again the next We hunted kudu and rhino from this camp morning. The morning of the 11th of Decem- ntil the 3rd of December, getting a wonder- ber, we again ran both lion baits and when iul 54" kudu but never seeing another lion we approached the lower one we saw a big REMINGTON Derringer . . . 3.50 4.50 RUCER Single Six...... 7.00 16.00 track and never getting sight of any of the tom leopard up in the tree. He had pulled *Not Available In Pearl. To insure uromat . delivery we ear in stock big bull rhino we trailed. the half of zebra up in the -crotch of the tree 'çve lOOt Genuine Pearl. Ivory and Stag Grips. and eaten a big feed, then stretched out on a GRIPS WILL FIT YOUR GUN & they ware made n the 3rd of December we pulled camp, branch guarding his meat. We left him un- and fitted for standard factory frames. Sold by Dealers, Gunsmiths or Direct stopped at Manyoni to have my ivory disturbed. 0 SEND 25c FOR BIG NEW CATALOG stamped and registered and to register what The morning of the 12th. we again ran the game we had then killed, then made a long lower bait first, and found a big lioness FRANK MITTTEIER a: drive to Singida where we stayed the night. stalking- around the bait tree. She would Establish Next morning, while driving through some rear up on the zebra and pull, but was so 3577 E. Tremont Ave. ~etf~ork65, N. Y. heavy grass interspersed with open places, full of meat she made only half hearted we spotted a fresh lion track. Loading both efforts to ~ullthe zebra down. We had cut heavy rifles with soft nose we took his track down the ripe rhino ham the evening before and had trailed him only a quarter mile and tied it with heavy rope to the base of when we jumped him. We had fanned out the tree to let the hyenas have a fill, so their with the trackers in the middle, John on the wailings would help attract the lion. left, and I on the right. John had just signed that he would probably be in some heavy A whole pride of lions were feeding on 1 for Derrinaer.-. etc. -: ihe rhino ham to our left under very dense  bush ahead and I had my .476 ready for a REMINGTON quick shot, when we heard his short cough- bush and heavy trees. We could hear them :41 RIMFIRE SHOTS $5' Por Box; HI Rds.1 ing roar as he took off. I merely saw the growling and feeding, and heard the old bushes shake, but John had a good look at man growl a time or two, but we could see him as he crossed an opening in the bush nothing of them in the dim half light of and said he was a beauty, with full, light early morn. However, even this was en- colored mane, and not rubbed. couraging. So John said, "Now we have John was determined to get that lion for them coming to the bait and it's only a me, so here again we hung bait, made our question of time and more bait. You will get morning visits, sat for hours and pinched the your old tom cat in the morning." The morning of the 13th (my wife always heads off persistent tse tse flies, waiting for 8 Per l00ÑV8lu 814.00...... 8 30 Remin ton Soft point a lion who never came. The best we saw was says the 13th is a lucky day), we again ran Per 1^0Ñvalu 817.00 ...... 32 Long R F Cartridus a beautiful leopard which came down a tree the lower bait. This was just a month after I ' Per 100 ' .32 Short R T...... head first within 30 yards of the Jeep. I had started working for lion. We left the ' Per loo...... ' .25 Rim-Fin Short! could have killed it easily, but already had jeep a mile and a half away and Galu and ; fr loo......  my alloted leopard. This one was probably a our local tracker went with John and me. RIFLE BARRELS e'ç,SO female, as it was much smaller than the 7 I had the .476 loaded with 520 grain soft :ga SWPIUS 24-inch Ñ $5.00 VllLw (25.00:...... n.d"ud foot tom I had killed. nose and John had soft nose in his .416 as The morning of the 8th we ran both lion well. baits again. At the first one, we saw four This time, when we slipped up under our  w hyenas a couple hundred yards from the thorn tree, the place was alive with lions.   bait, so we knew something must he on It was still too dark to see the sights on my RUBBER the bait. When we approached the tree, John .476 Westley Richards, but light comes fast RECOIL BOOTS searched the ground in the dim light with there under the equator and every minute it :for shotgun $ DOZEN his binoculars, but saw nothing. We walked became lighter. I shoved the safety ahead on :or rifle 3 69c each . slowly up to the tree with rifles ready. Just my big rifle and rested it and back of my as we walked under the near edge of the left hand through a crotch in the thorn tree, a big tom leopard came out of the tree while we looked them over. - - --- right over our heads, landed five yards away Right in front of us and 40 yards away, a f 11 S. 16th St., Phila. 2, Pa. No CODs 1 ---TF- , 3-7, young mailed tom .lion lay sleeping. 'just ~ihnand I ka~tedfomrdm beyond him were two lione& and three- reloaded the barrel of my .476. Just a few '**"4 young spotted cubs. A third big lioness feet from our tree, I saw a yellow movement  walked around the tree and looked up at the under the bush to the right, where the .'-< remains of the zebra. Some yards beyond lioness and cubs had gone. I told John to the tree was another lion that looked much hold it, and pinned my sights on her. Things larger to me than any of the others. He was did not look good to me then, with a ' lying on his left side, belly toward us. His wounded lion and two lioness in the bush on chest looked black and I sized him up as the left, and young maned lion and a lioness the boss tom. and three cubs in the bush on our right, so Soon I could see the front bead clearly we waited right where we were until the and the bottom of the rear sight notch, but boys canje up with the jeep. could not see the platinum center line. It When the jeep arrived, we loaded all four was still too dark under the foliage of our guns and walked down on the left side of thorn tree. I had a tickling in my throat the jeep as it drove slowly to the bait tree. and wanted to cough so bad I had to grit Little Galu had the 12 bore double loaded my teeth, to keep from so doing. with No. 6 shot and when John asked him There was a strip of grass right over the what he was going to do with it, he an- first lion's back, between him and the big swered, "If that lion's eyes look in my eyes, lion, and this short grass was lighter than I am going to blow his damn eyes out." the surrounding scenery, so I lined up both FINE SCOPE MOUNTS sights perfectly in the grass. Just then, the e spread out with the natives between ,he

1768 - 1843 ' , '.- - To the Memory of the - Rev: Alexander Forsyth Calif. ~es. Add 4% Tax M.A. LL.D. No C.O.D1s Minister of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire Name your gun! Send In 1805 he conducted experiments in the check or money order. Tower under the Master-General of the Perfect Stag Markings . . . Ordnance, and in 1807 invented the No C.O.D's. We sell precision molded of un- percussion system which was adopted grips only- no guns! breakable~- Fitz- - Duramite! by the British Army in 1839. This monument was erected in 1929 by t admirers of his Genius. It was the first memorial ever erected BOX 49702. LOS ANGELES 49. CALIFORNIA to a private individual within the Tower of London. a WEST POINTS "LIBRARY" OF Gun- (Continued from page 16) microphones picked up the explosions and minute to reveal the superiority of fire and recorded them. These sounds were later in- the ease of handling found in the repeating corporated into a recording of Tschaikow- weapon. Handled by the cadets are numer- sky's "1812 Overturew-the first time this ous carbines, pistols, swords and hand piece of music, which called for the booming . A new-found understanding of of cannon in its original score, has been the victories and defeats that occurred just recorded with vintage guns firing. four generations ago at Gettysburg, Sharps- The most ambitious attempt at making burg, Cold Harbor, or Petersburg is obvious practical use of the West Point Museum's by the reaction of the gray-clad audience, collections of firearms has resulted in a for the arrows on maps and the words in popular series of shows. Every Fall, the the textbooks have taken on a graphic Museum and the Academy's Department of meaning. Military Art and Engineering present lec- The present Corps of Cadets is of the The Heavy Duty tool for precision work tures demonstrating the history of warfare generation when "The War" was with Ger- around shop and home. Consists of in this country. By using appropriate weap- many and Japan. Until they 'came to West 40 pieces in a beautiful case. AC-DC Rotary Tool with cutters, drills, brushes, ons, uniforms, and other equipment, col- Point, the current classes had little oppor- etc., and adjustable stand. Carves, cuts, ored slides, and a running narrative, they tunity to study the "first" World War in drills, engraves, sands, polishes! show how battle tactics have been influenced any detail. Some groundwork is necessary by the arms in the hands of the soldier. both by classroom instructors and the mu- seum lecturers. he demonstrations are divided into three Interrelated with WWI weapons dis- Tseries: The , The Amer- played are factors that made them pos- ican Civil War, and World War I. Actual sible: the new steelmaking processes and arms of the various periods are used. Not related industrial complexes permitting Jacobs geared key chuck only are they there for the cadets to see, wholesale production of high precision SPECIAL makes tool changes quick but loading and firing procedures are dem- arms, and advancements in transport and and easy. 1250 RPM, onstrated. Though all of the weapons are 115 V, AC-DC; suitable supply enabling whole armies to move vast for drilling wood or antiques by current standards, they were distances. More than any single small metal. Beautiful case. respectable instruments in their day. No weapon, the machine gun was responsible 1 Paid) Limited supply. matter how crude they might appear to for the "front"; a continuous fortification. Send check or money order. No G.O.D. sophisticated moderns, the old guns dealt miles deep, hundreds of miles long and out as final a sentence of death as an without flanks. Headon assaults resulted in atomic bomb. Proof of this is the little- appalling losses. Poison gas and tanks were known fact that battles of the past had far designed to smash gaps in the interlock- more casualties than modern ones. ing strongpoints so the infantry could drive Limitations of fire, range, and accuracy a wedge. It was on the muddy battlefields of are the measuring sticks discussed here. France that artillery reached its greatest These figures are interrelated to the prevail- heights, but above all the repeating rifle ing tactics of the periods and their effects and machine gun dominated the action. evaluated accordingly. Various models of machine guns are When discussing the armies of Napoleon, shown, including the Lewis, Maxims, Colts, much emphasis is placed on the "The Line" Brownings, and others. Even the earlier Gat- -when infantry, intermixed or preceded ling Gun is found here, and is used to by artillery, was strung out across the coun- "lead up" to the more effective ones. With tryside in a two- or three-rank line often them are light automatic arms-the Benet extending for miles. This was the best way Mercie, and the , besides rifles of of firing simultaneously a maximum num- all the major powers: Enfields, Lehels, ber of inaccurate, short range smoothbore Steyrs, Rosses, Mausers. Special note is muskets. The Little Corporal modified this made of the Mauser system and its great concept as he used more and more citizen soldiers and learned how to rush concentra- tions of fire quickly to specified points. He RELOADING fought battles as synchronized operations in HOLLYWOOD EQUIPMENT which all arms had vital roles. To illustrate these points, the museum staff primes and fires muskets to contempo- rary commands straight out of the drill man- uals. Occasional misfires and hangfires only serve to stress more dramatically the imper- fections of the weapons. Actual muskets from European armies of the time are em- employed: French, Belgian, English, and Prussian. The discussions on the Civil War attract perhaps the largest number of outside spec- tators. They discuss the changes taking place on the battlefield since Napoleon, and the informal approach of the American sol- diers. The rifled musket, the Minie ball, the repeater, and American topography all play their parts. By the second year of the war, the science of "digging in" had become both real and necessary. It bred a system of bat- tlefield tactics that. lasted through the Korean conflict. A large number of guns are demonstrated. Comparisons between a U. S. cap lock '61 Springfield and a Spencer are made-both are loaded and fired at top speed for one popularity. By the end of the period such Few American museums have used their phrases as "the 75" "No Man's Land", and arms collections as actively as West Point, the trench are familiar. though many welcome the opportunity, as As part of this same general course, the does the Military Academy, of making them First Class is called upon individually by available for study by individuals. It is the its teachers to organize and deliver short actual lending, the "library" ~rocedure.that talks of their own about particular aspects of the various military periods. The mu- seum's lectures provide only the overall pic- ture in swift, bold strokes: the cadets' ef- forts fill in the details and shadings. Not only do these personal studies focus atten- tion on single weapons, hut the cadet ac- quires a personal appreciation of them. Already, the museum is studying how to assist nearby universities offering ROTC courses. At present, neither adequate per- sonnel nor equipment is available to do this, but an intensive investigation is being made for future possibilities. Undoubtedly there are other collections in both public and pri- vate hands that could offer similar programs. Waterproof, mildew-proof Indian gray can- Cadets find rare Dragoon Colt of vas reinforced with buckskin leather trim. Unlike most larger European nations, the Pull top zipper gives easy access to giant United States has no national military mu- value in studying cavalry mobility. cargo area. Roomy kangaroo side pocket for toilet articles etc. Gun or fishing rods seum The West Point institution is the onlv is unique for a firearms collection. More--.-. attach with web straps. Padded buckskin large government installation of its type that museums should investigate this procedure. handles. Loops for lashing to car-top car- rier or boat. Holds all clothing and equip- is devoted solely to the study, preservation, One need not use the rare or priceless guns. ment for extended trip. (Always room for and exhibition of American Military His- They are, for purposes like this, usually one more item.) Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. tory. That this is true is no surprise, for not required. What are most valuable are $17.50 postpaid guns that soldiers used widely. Perhaps this Fed. tax incl. Americans have always been neglectful of their military heritage even though the na- "West Point Conceptv-though not entirely .:send for BIG NEW CATALOL tion was born from a call to arms. Scattered original to the school on the Hudson- America's most, distinctive sports or travel at various Army posts one finds a number of might spur proprietors of other collections clothing and equipment for men, women. I smaller museums devoted to local history, to do the same. The major purposes of Handmade leather shirts, jackets, boots in full range of styles and sizes, Western wear, and restricted in space and scope. In fact, any collection is pride of ownership and hunting and leisure clothes. some of them have called on West Point knowledge. And the greater the general Norm Thompson for help and there are now, in the Pentagon, knowledge about guns, cot. exhibits from the West Point collection. grows the popular interest. the wider Eia 13 11 N. W. 2 lst, Portland 9, Oregon I

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It is has only to point the scattergun in the gen- important to consider the weight of the era1 direction of the target and cut loose to different bullets in order to judge the rela- Cloth Shiri score smashing hits. Everyone has to be tive effectiveness of the two guns. A 12- trained with any weapon, and the ease of gauge shotgun fires nine pellets at each Looks and feels liki training closely parallels the pleasure of charge of "00" buckshot, but they weigh high grade chamoi; leather. Will no shooting it. There is little pleasure in firing only 55 grains each. The .45 caliber slugs shrink. More dur a 12-gauge, 20-inch cylinder bore with high from the submachine gun weigh 230 grains able than wool. Mr velocity buckshot loads on a still target. each. Bean personally Bill Joyner, Max Mandel, and I once con- The information which we gathered is uses this shirt 01 ducted a series of tests with Reising sub- shown in the chart below, by averages. his fishing and hunt r I ing trips. Colors No. of hits Kill zone hits Score Wt. of hits Average time Medium Tan anc Red. Sizes: 14% t< Stage 1. 19. $5.65 pstpaid Submachine gun 9.4 6.6 42.4 2162.0 gr. 10 seconds Send for free samplt Shotgun 8.9 3.4 34.4 489.5 gr. 10 seconds and Catalog. Stage 2. L.L.Bean,Inc.,278MainSt.,Freeport,Main< Submachine gun 14.9 11.9 74.0 4327.0 gr. 8.6 seconds Mfrs. Fishina and Camoina. -. Specialties Shotgun 33.9 18.4 138.6 1864.5 gr. 9.0 seconds Stage 3. The Finest Revolver and Pistol Submachine gun 15.5 10.9 70.4 3565.0 gr. 6.3 seconds 1 Shotgun 29.9 17.5 130.4 1644.5 gr. 6.1 seconds machine guns and Remington 12-gauge auto- At all stages, the shotgun was more un- 1 GRIPS loading shotguns with 20-inch cylinder bar- comfortable to shoot because of the punish- Genuine rels to determine their relative effectiveness. ing recoil, and more difficult to control from IVORY STAG PEARL We used Western full charge .45 automatic one shot to the next. We had no malfuuc- . . . Now at special pistol ammunition and Remington .45 caliber tions with the shotguns and only one feeding savings! tracers in the submachine guns. Western failure in 400 shots with the submachine Super-X "00" buckshot was used in the gun. Write for illustrated catalog and Price List. 1 *.-,... . m-..:.. 1. shotguns. The spread of the pattern of shot from the For comparison of the weapons, we used shotguns reduces their effectiveness above a three-stage course of fire on the Colt Sil- 25 yards range. In fact, at 25 yards, our houette Target. Stage l consisted of ten average of 33.9 hits out of 45 pellets fired on 1 P.O. Box 1228, Church St. Station, N.Y.C. shots standing with the submachine gun and the target is not particularly good. At 50 five with the shotgun at 50 yards range in yards, the size of the shotgun patterns was ten seconds. At Stage 2 we fired twenty so great that we obtained an average of only HANDLOADING shots standing with the submachine gun in 8.9 hits out of 45 pellets fired in each five- short full automatic bursts, and five from shot string. No comparative tests were run the shotgun at 25 yards. All shots were at ranges above 50 yards. We believed that aimed, and the average firing time was the submachine gun, fired semi-automatically computed for each weapon. Stage 3 was like a rifle in a sitting or prone position, twenty shots-half ball and half tracers- would still deliver a high percentage of hits from the submachine gun in short automatic at 100 or 200 yards. The percentage of hits bursts with the gun held at hip level, and with that type shotgun at 50 to 100 yards five shots with the shotgun. Range was 15 would have been very low. yards. Average firing time was computed for It appeared that greater skill pays greater each arm. dividends with the submachine gun in more We found that at 50 yards we could com- effective fire. I had one string of ten hits fortably fire ten aimed shots with the Reis- out of ten shots at 50 yards with the Reising, ,.. . ing and five with the shotgun in ten seconds. with eight in the kill zone for a score of 48. Since five shots was the capacity of the A string of 20 shots fired in 8.5 seconds at ' UNLIMITEE scattergun, we could fire no more with it 25 yards were all hits in the kill zone for a C-Henables you to produce at any stage without stopping to reload. The score of 100. At 15 yards, I had a 20-shot perfect ammunition every time a Reising had a capacity of 20 shots that could string fired from the hip with a perfect kill- to your specifications. all be fired in less than ten seconds at the zone score in six seconds. In view of the What economy! You can reload a shorter ranges, and it was so loaded at 25 great difference in weight of the .45 caliber 30-06cartridge for as little as and 15 yards. In a combat action in which slug and the "00" buckshot pellets, I could 2(, saving more than $4.00 a box Whether you want to reload reloading became necessary, there would be not approach such effectiveness of fire with brass or shot gun shells, C-H no comparison between the two guns in re- a shotgun. has the tool for you in both loading ease. The submachine gun could be We used tracers mixed with the ball am- performance and price. Visit reloaded with a 20-shot clip in a few sec- munition at the 15-yard hipfiring stage of your neighborhood Sporting Goods Dealer or Gunsmith. onds. The shotgun would require about 15 submachine guns to facilitate control of the seconds for the reloading of five shots one points of impact. Their use would make gun- FREE! Send for your C-H fire still effective at 15 yards or greater Handbook showing you how to make at a time. your own custom ammo. Attach We three men represented three different ranges at night, and would be an advantage coupon to postcard and mail today. types with regard to training and experience over shotguns. The pattern and impacts of with the weapons handled. All of us were the shotgun pellets could not be observed. above average with pistols and rifles. I was American police agencies usually choose C-H DIE CO., Dept. G-6 well above average in ~roficiencywith the between some model of the Thompson and P.O. Box 3284, Terminal Annex 10s Angeles 34, California submachine gun and fairly good with the Reising submachine guns. The military have 1 Please rush me FREE booklet. shotgun. Joyner was good with both weapons the Submachine Gun Caliber .45, M3and but not outstanding with either at that time. M3A1, commonly known as the "grease gun" Mandel had never fired a submachine gun because it looks like one. All three weapons or shotgun before and was given only brief use .45 caliber automatic pistol ammunition. Name of my sporting goods dealer or gunsnuth IS instruction for the test. The military "grease gun," with a cyclic rate of fire of about 450 rounds per minute, is most notable for positive functioning under BUY KIbHT WITH difficult field conditions and for its simple construction and economical manufacture. - The Thompson has a cyclic rate of fire of F /~/TF/\ 600 rounds per minute. It is outstanding, especially in the older models, for superior workmanship and material and for great durability. The Reising has the highest cyclic Non-Breakable, Guaranteed yO \ rate of fire of the three (about 900 rounds For All American, Many Foreign Guns per minute) and is likely to be outstanding :w over the other two for accuracy in semi-auto- Non-dip and precisian-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS are matic fire. the most durable model Beautiful colon; smooth, ' Most of the complaints against sub- checkered, staghorn and fancy cawed; truly distinc- machine guns come from improper use of tive. Long-wearing, unaftected by moisture, per- spiration, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not them and poor technique in their use. It is chip 01 peel. Luster, color are permanent. easy to lay a tommy gun across the open palm and fire a 20-shot full automatic burst Conventional or conversion styles. Also target grips. without it rising off your hand. Yet many with or without thumb rest. 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ATTENTION ALL SERIOUS COLLECTORS! 7.5 Cal. DON'T LOSE OUT ON THIS PINE 7.5 CAL. HUSQVARNA REVOLVER. We have reserved All Guaranteed unting serial numbers 11 to 500 for you. Only 12,500 in the entire world. We are presenting one to the SRA Museum. First come, first served. We will ship lowest numbers first. Wash. PISTOL PETE EATON: HIS GUNS MADE HISTORY (Continued from page 29) by his tribe. Little Frank competed with the Campsey. I came up here looking for a best Indian marksmen at tribal council couple of fellows. Shan tried to stop me." meetings and was proclaimed the best shot "What the hell-" stammered Doc Fer- in Cooweescoowee District. Stair gave him a her. "Who are you? Who do you want?" Colt .45 and his first boxes of factory-made "I want you, Doc, don't you know? You're ammunition. one of the men who killed my father. Draw In 1875, when Frank was 15, he began your gun, you son-of-a-bitch!" we,at Firearms International, try to riding the range for Osage Brown, a cattle- Doc was already reaching for his six- give our customers the best in im- man on Mission Creek in the Osage Nation. shooter. But he was too slow. He fell for- ported sporting firearms. The quality At this time, the cattlemen were having lots ward off his horse, and Frank left him of our guns is never sacrificed for the of trouble with horse thieves and rustlers, (lead on the prairie with two bullet holes in and one day while talking to some Cherokee his breast. sake of a lower price. Thus we have cowboys from a nearby range, Frank The cattlemen were not bothered with been gaining the confidence of an ever learned that much of the stolen stock was rustlers again for a while. Frank was lauded increasing number of sportsmen and being disposed of through two men-Shan- for his lone-hand play against two cattle their dealers. non Campsey and Doc Ferber, who were thieves and was appointed detective for the living on the Canadian River, southwest of Cattlemen's Association. The arms we distribute are the Webbers Falls. It was the first word he had Shannon Campsey and Doc Ferber had cream of the crop: F.N. Mauser rifles, received about any of his father's murderers, been rebranding the stolen cattle for re-sale and Frank rode south eagerly, following in Missouri. Checking this out, Frank barreled actions and actions, in the directions given him by the Indians. learned that their Missouri contact was popular Deluxe model as well as in The cabin was located in a clearing at the John Ferber, another of his father's killers, the new, terrific Series 300 line; Sako head of a draw, near a little creek. A high now living at Southwest City. Frank rode rifles, barreled actions and actions, in- picket fence surrounded it and a log porch north; but, the night before he arrived, Fer- cluding the famous 6y2 Ib. super ac- ran across the front. Shannon Campsey was ber was shot for stealing a jack from the sitting on the porch as Frank approached. bottom of the deck in a poker game. Frank curate Sporter model, capable of He got up and went inside, reappearing a stayed for the funeral and inquired around matching many target rifles with con- moment later with a Winchester. He sat Southwest City. He learned that Jim and sistent "under minute of angle" down in his chair with the rifle across his Jonce Campsey had a little ranch up in groups: Astra pistols, including the lap and waited. the Ozarks. Frank rode up to the fence and dis- The next morning he rode up in the hills. increasingly popular little "Cub .22 mounted. As he opened the picket gate, He rode all day before he reached the Camp Short, the .25 caliber "Firecat" (Model Campsey rose to his feet. sey cabin, which stood at the edge of a 200), the new, versatile "Falcon" with "Stop where you are, youngster!" he or- ipring in a clearing. It was almost supper conversion assemblies permitting the dered. "Who are you, and what do you time and Jonce Campsey was at a bench use of up to three different calibers want?" outside the door washing his hands. His of ammunition in the same pistol; Star Frank was already through the gate. A brother was not in sight. Frank asked, "Is dozen yards separated them. this where Jim and Jonce Campsey live?" pistols, for every use, in calibers .22 "I didn't figure you would recognize me, The man nodded. L.R., 32, .380, .38 Super, 9mm and Shan," the boy replied. "I was just a little "Are you Jim?" asked Frank. .45 ACP; the AYA Matador shotguns, tike the night you shot down my father!' "I'm Jonce," was the tense reply. offering features normally found only Campsey jerked his rifle to level in a split "I have a message for Jim from John on guns selling for twice the price. second. But that was too long. He died, Ferber, who was shot at Southwest City. I doubled in a heap on the edge of the porch can't give it to anyone but Jim," said Frank. steps, with his face on the ground and crim- This brought Jim Campsey from the house . . . . FLASH.. . . son trickling out across the stock of the with a rifle in his hand. There's an exciting new item in the Winchester he had never fired. "I'm Jim," lie said. "What did John say Frank leaped back on his horse, gun still to tell me?" Sako line . . . a lightweight rifle in hand, looking sharply about for Doc Fer- Frank dismounted and deliberately walked built on a brand new action designed ber. When no one appeared, he cautiously closer to the two men. When he was within specifically for the medium length rode around the house. He had ridden only a few feet of them, he said "I'm Frank cartridges. Called the FORESTER, a few yards when the wind brought him a Eaton and I'm going to kill both of you!" these rifles and actions reflect the whiff of burned hair and hide, and he knew Jonce reached for his six-shooter and Jim superior design and manufacturing someone was in the woods branding cattle. swung his rifle around. Jim died like Shan- He had reached the head of a ravine and non Campsey, on the ~orchof his home with abilities of the Sako factory. started across a little clearing, angling his Winchester under him. Jonce got his re- toward the woods, when suddenly a rider volver clear of its holster, but the only shot Write us for more complete in- burst from the trees and rode toward him. he fired was into the ground as he fell. formation. Send lOc for our new "Hello, boy," he called, "what are you Frank rode back to Indian Territory. Five illustrated catalog. doinghere? I thought I heard a shot." of his father's murderers were dead. lie "You did," Frank replied. "That was Shan rarved five notches on the handle of the .45 REIVER GUNBOX To be sure- flea,! Do-It-Yourself-Kit With New Poi:ive Locking Gun Rack SHOP AND Adjusts for Any Size Gun ut of the old West.. . a handsome, gm- Made of fine quality Gum uirxWi.sl.rn Gun Bill Ole Wild Bill Plywood. Precision cut for COMPARE . . himself would be proud to wear. Make it perfect fitting. Easy to as- economically with this special Tandy Leather- semble. No special tools. craft Kit. Complete with a contour belt cut Quality hardware. Everything THEN BUY - F. I. from heavy Live Oak Cowhidc whkh meas- included. ures 3%' wide and 41" long, including buckle, rivets, snaps, overlay

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It Car Window sup- ...... was during the Apache warfare that he was port B.S.A. MARTINI INTERNATIONAL .22 CAL. almost scalped, but was saved by the timely RIFLE LESS SIGHTS ...... $150.00 arrival of his comrades. $7.50 RUCER SINGLE SIX .$63.25 Frank returned to Indian Territory and ...... S & W .38 CHIEF SPECIAL A. W...... $66.00 soon was commissioned a deputy United HIGH STANDARD SENTINELS 3" barrels...... $37.00 States marshal out of Judge Isaac Charles HIGH STANDARD SPORT KING.. .$46.50 Freeland Car Window Support ...... Parker's "hanging" court, at Fort Smith, Ar- with Scope Holders . . $14.95 10X RIFLE COATS ...... $20.00 kansas. Outlaws from every state and ter- MARLIN 336 SERIES ...... $79.95 ritory had found the Indian country an ideal SMITH AND WESSON COMBAT MASTERPIECES WITH TARGET GRIPS & HAMMER ...... $80.00 place for hiding and showed little respect WINCHESTER Model 88C Rifle 243 or .358 Cal.. .. .$I3550 for the 200 marshals Parker sent into the WINCHESTER Model 70 Featherweight, asst. calibers.$129.95 area to ferret them out; 65 of these officers WINCHESTER Model 70 Standard, asst. calibers...... $129.95 were killed in the line of duty. WINCHESTER Standard 52 22 Caliber rifle...... $115.95 Frank's work now served a double pur- WINCHESTER Heavy Barrelled 52 22 Caliber rifle.. .$129.95 pose. It was a job for which he had devel- WINCHESTER Spoiter Model 52 .22 Caliber...... $176.95 Marlin 39A or 39A Mountie rifle...... $ 72.95 oped an inclination-man hunting-and it FREELAND TRIPOD in Black. kept his gun hands in perfect tune for the Gray or Forest Green. . $14.95 REMINGTON 513TR ...... $ 80.90 Remington Model 721A .30-06 or 270...... $ 95.25 showdown with Wyley Campsey, if and when Remington 722 244 and 222 Caliber, Standard...... $ 95.25 the day ever came. He added five more Remington Model 4041 Standard 22 target rifle. ... .$152.75 notches to his "old reliable" .45 and played Thalson Shotshell Reloading Set, 1 gauge. No. 1 tool. .$ 25.5C a part in bringing many of the territory's Redding Powder Scale. . .$14.00 Powder Measure. ..$ 16.00 worst desperadoes in on the hoof. Finally, Lyman 310 Tool complete 1 caliber...... $ 16.50 he learned that the sixth of his father's Lyman EZY-Loader...... $35.00, Rifle Dies...... $ 17.00 killers was tending bar in Albuquerque, New Lyman Economy Reloading Set, complete unit...... $ 33.50 C&H, PACIFIC, RCBS reloading dies, set. .$ 13.50 Mexico. FREELAND FREELAND ...... C&H RELOADING PRESS ONLY. .$36.00 "C" Press. .$ 12.00 Again Frank Eaton rode west. Nothing SWISS PALM REGULAR Smiley Standard Case Trimmer for 1 caliber.. .$ 20.00 REST with WALNUT ..... about him had changed in all these years. BELDINC AND MULL Type "A" Cleaning Rods.. .$ 3.00 finger grooves PALM REST ... It was a job he had to do. He had sworn an WEAVER SCOPES K2.5-$37.50 B4...... $ 9.75 oath over the dead body of his father and $18.50 $12.50 he would never rest until the last of the (Mention rifle when ordering HORNADY - NORMA - SIERRA slayers had been accounted for. polm rests) PERFECAST and SPEER BULLETS One night, several weeks later, he rode FREELAND BENCH REST into Albuquerque. While he was canvassing ST A N D, with 3 sandbags All Rifle Scopes and Mounts - the saloons, a long-legged, somberfaced man ...... $20.00 Spotting Scopes stepped behind him into a patch of lamp- FREELAND SLING KEEPER light. Frank turned and strode back...... $1.25 Complete Supplier to the: Reloader, "Stranger, are you following me?" he FREELAND 22 Cal. CARTRIDGE asked. "My name's Frank Eaton-from In- Box ...... $2.30 Hand Gunner, Target Shooter. dian Territory." FREELAND FREELAND Discount to Established Dealers The other said grimly, "My name is Pat ALUMINUM FREE RIFLE Garrett." BUTT PLATE, HOOK FOR OFFICIAL POLY CHOKE INSTALLERS Frank looked at him with new interest. adjustable BUTT PLATE The whole West was still talking about Pat $1 0.00 $6.00 **WRITE FOR FREELAND PAMPHLET** Garrett, who had shot Billy the Kid in the closing days of the Lincoln County War. 1 ^ "It's a privilege to meet you," Frank said. FKttLANU3 3LUHt 3 l AND3 'Are youthe sheriff here?" Garrett said he was not. "I have been AL FREELAND watching you go in and out of the saloons, and you don't even smell of whiskey. If you're looking for somebody, maybe I can Pistol Shooters be of help." New! 92 page fully illustrated atalw devoted exclusively to MARK I1 TRIGGER MECHANISM Frank bluntlv told him that be was look- pistol shooters. Clark Shockey ustom guns. Ruger, fii-standard. ins for somebody, and gave the reason. "I Hammerll, Colt, S&W target mns. All the latest products and latest prices. Hundreds of score improv- ins' items for competitive pistol shooters. Articles by MeMIllai. 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CO. 1 ~omplete Information on 16 types & vfrlglib d Request Descriptive Folder G-6 Bradford. Pa. bullets. I CUSTOM LOADS DAYTON-TRAISTER C I Address...... LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. Co%2i'i:;t 7028 164th St. S.W. Icity...... state...... 1 1 EDMONDS, WASHINGTON I ~ame...... I ------a 49 have him located. He's tending bar in that The next day, Frank was well on his way place I just come out of. His name's Wyley back to Indian Terrilory. He hunted up a REVISION Campsey." doctor friend, and soon recovered from his I SERVICE' "Campsey's a bad hombre, son," Garrett wounds. He went back to his old job as FOR CURRENT said. "He's been in a lot of trouble, and his deputy marshal and spent another year two bodyguards are a couple of gunmen chasing horse thieves and whiskey peddlers from Lincoln County-as dangerous as any for Judge Parker. men in New Mexico." But his vengeance trail had ended, and "The odds aren't high enough," Frank Frank "got the urge" to settle down. In the said carelessly. fall of 1889, after Oklahoma had been The famous sheriff studied him a minute, opened to settlement, he purchased a home- observing the notches cut in his six-shooter. stead in Perkins and opened a small black- , "When you go up against two men and smith shop. come out with a whole skin, you're lucky," He is a picturesque person today as he he said finally. "But three to one is a hard putters around the forge and anvil. Visitors game, son. I'll be waiting to see how you and passers-by often stop and stare curiously come out." He walked up the street. at him and the articles he keeps lying Frank opened the doors and paused in- around-old guns, bullet moulds, powder side. Campsey was at the end of the bar, BRAVERMAN horns, saddles. They all have histories, and talking with his two hirelings. Frank could they all remind Frank of some stirring event not have asked for a better arrangement if of an earlier day, particularly the two long- he had planned it. He slapped his holsters barreled six-shooters dangling from a peg with his hands, gave his body a quick twist inside his belt to settle his guns in position, on the shop wall. One of them blasted the and walked straight through the crowd life from the last of his father's slayers. The other, a gift from Pat Garrett, is the gun, toward the trio. A few paces from them he stopped. The Frank says, that killed Billy the Kid. This is the only-of-its-kind Gun Encyclopedia stocky bartender stiffened and the two gun- Eaton claims that after going to the house which, since 195 1, has been serving those whose men stepped back from him slightly. Quietly, of Garrett's friends, his wounds were vocation or avocation includes Firearms . . . dressed. He spent the ni& with these Collectors. Dealers, Gunsmiths, Libraries, Manu- Frank informed Wyley Campsey of his iden- facturers, etc., throughout the world, are finding tity, then said: "Go for your gun!" people, and while the man was re-dressing the Firearms Directory more and more valuable. For an instant the bartender was stunned. his wounds the next morning, Eaton ex- Police Laboratories from Scotland to Then his hand darted to the ledge beneath amined the gun Pat Garrett had placed in Singapore use the Firearms Directory! the counter. Before he could lift his revolver his holster. It was a hair-triggered Colt .44 Since its inception, The Firearms Directory has above the bar, Campsey died with two bul- with an eight-inch barrel. Garrett's friend grown each year by means of additions and lets through his heart. The guards had also looked at the gun and handed it back to revisions, to the extent that it now weighs more drawn their weapons. One of them shot Eaton, saying: "You're mighty lucky. That's than seven pounds! Frank in the hip and sat him down. A bul- the gun Pat used when he killed Billy the PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED let from the other gunman's six-shooter tore Kid!" THOUSANDS OF ILLUSTRATIONS! into his left arm above the wrist, knocking On the other hand, the late Jesus Baca, the gun from his left hand. When the shoot- once sheriff at Santa Fe, claimed to have The unique maintenance service, consisting of ing started, the crowd had stampeded. In owned the weapon that killed Billy; and additional new material and revisions, solves the Pat Garrett's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Gar- "obsolete book" problem - The FIREARMS the confusion, someone shot out the light, DIRECTORY IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE, AND and Frank crawled outside into the arms of rett, of Roswell, New Mexico, declared be- THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE KEEPS IT THAT Pat Garrett. fore her death that the Tom Powers estate WAY; there is nothing else like it in the Firearms Garrett glanced at the wounds in his hip of El Paso had the gun; that her father field. and arm, then said: "Well, you came out loaned it to Tom Powers, owner of the THE FIREARMS DIRECTORY IS DIVIDED all right, but you lost one of your guns. Coney Island Saloon in El Paso, in 1903, INTO SIXTEEN SEPARATE SECTIONS: Here, take mine, and get out of town before and that it was on exhibition there when they kill you." her father was slain in 1908. BOOKS and IDENTIFICATION PUBLICAIIONS LABORATORIES Garrett took a revolver from his belt and Perhaps Jesus Baca or Miss Garrett were CLUBS ami RANGES LEGAL slid it into Frank's empty holster. "A few right; perhaps Eaton is right. His "old re- CODES ond MANUFACTURERS and PROOF MARKS IMPORTERS miles out," he said, "you will see a 'dobie liable" .45 bears I1 notches and his skill DEALERS PATENTS off to your right. Go there. Tell the people I with a six-shooter is still almost unbelievable FIREARMS, PISTOLS RIFLES sent you. You will be among friends until for a man of 95. Frank says it's true, and GLOSSARY SHOTGUNS you are able to ride on." that he'll "back it up with both guns." GUNSMITHS TECHNICAL NOTES Frank thanked him and galloped out of I have no desire to argue the point Appropriate material, contained in the town. with him. above classifications,is continually added to - for example, the "PISTOL ATLAS" (pp. 34-35, FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION, Amazing- J. S. 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WE HAVE OVER 15,000,000 GUN PARTS WEST HURLEY Modem-Obsole.te-Foreign. For f- qu~lonsend 1, NEW YORK broken vmt or muah sketch with full mformati-"... SATISFACTION ALWAYS 6UARANTEED! THE SULLIVAN LAW (Continued from page 22) months you must renew, undergo a character check, and plank down five additional bucks. And each time you have to sweat out keep. ing your gun. Because, for any reason that strikes their fancy, the police can pull your license and you are automatically violating the law if you keep your revolver. Recently, the new forms caused some legitimate competitive marksmen to give up in disgust and turn in their guns. "One shooter brought me 24 handguns to dispose of," a big dealer .told me. "I couldn't give him a very good price for them," the dealer said, "because I'll have to dump them to some out of state dealer to get rid of them." So delicate is this balance of authority that a creditor could claim you "threatened him with a deadly weapon" when he came to collect a bill, and get your license re- voked. Loan sharks have done just that to get even with "debtors" who tire of submit- ting to usury. A lying busybody can go to the police station, charge that he saw you intoxicated in a bar, and get your license lifted. This, too, has happened. Or somebody who may wish to disarm you as a prelude to mayhem needs only to allege that you "menaced him with your gun.". Once your license is gone, you need never expect to get another. You're through. But chances are you'll never have to buck all these problems. You are more likely to be one of that 80 per cent of all applicants who are never granted permits in the first place. In which case, you're a three-time loser. You are left defenseless, right where you started; your time and trouble have gone for nothing; and gone, too, is your ten bucks application fee. Oh, no, you don't get it back. It gets tossed into the kitty of the Police Pension Fund. This is how the law-abiding citizen fares in America's largest and most lawless city during this danger-fraught year of 1958. But how do the muggers and murderers make out in those same five boroughs? How do they get their guns? Very simply, they steal them. Steal them by the crate and in singles, paying uncon- scious homage to the memory of Big Tim Sullivan every time they make a haul. What they don't appropriate for themselves, they peddle on the black market to sadistic psy chotics and larcenous dope addicts who further jeopardize the law-abiding. Fine imported guns, consigned for lawful sale and use, get stolen by the gross from shipping piers along New York's long water- front. Guns are constantly being filched ONLY from foreign shipments to be exchanged for cash on the black market. Any hood, L $5.00 A requiring a gun, knows that he need only scout around almost any waterfront gin mill L A for any make or caliber he wants. Other stocks of firearms disappear from Please enter my subscription to $5.~~~~l~~~d warehouses and the shops of legitimate gun THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, enroll me as an NRA XEXBEB merchandisers. Occasionally the thefts are 1 and send my kpel button.* W3-06. Bill me ptmse perpetrated through brazen daylight hold-ups -as on November 5, 1955, when Stoeger's, In Fifth Avenue, lost a dozen .38 and -45 pistols to three youthful thugs who entered I under the guise of customers. I As this article was being written, police NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION p found cached in the &st Side apartment of 1600 Rhoda Island Avenue, Washington 6, D, C. I George Tilipho 10 rifles, five shotguns, eight *Confirming applicath & detaih wiU ah&e mailed. 1 revolvers, 2000 rounds of ammunition and u dozen knives, arms stolen from a gun shop in New Hampshire. Charged with Sullivan PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONS Law violation, Tilipho's story was that he'd A bought the "hot stuff" from a man he'd met on a hunting trip. FBI reports show repeated large-scale weapons thefts from National Guard armories STANDARD OR SERIES 300 and other military and naval installations. FN ACTION OR HVA ACTION BARWLED TO The -38revolver which slew Arnold Schuster T DOUGLAS ULTRA-RIFLED CHROME MOLY BARREL after he'd tipped police to the whereabouts CHECK THESE FEATURES: of bank robber Willie Sutton, proved to be Now available in the 25-06 Cal. . one of 13 revolvers consigned for Army ship- CALIBERS:-- ~ - 220 SWI~-22.250 ment to Japan. And in the week of March 3, 243 WlN.444 REM. 250 SAV.457-7MM 1958, a shipment of 50 revolvers from a 270-WlN.400 mV. 308 WIN 30-06 Chicago firm to a New York retailer, placed and th; hEW 280 REM! Also the 7x61 Sharps & by the shipping company in a bonded and Ha* S7.50 additional. watched warehouse, was hijacked. Whether the guns "went to Cuba" as some believe or were earmarked for the brisk underworld blackmarket in firearms, makes little differ- ence. It seems the law aimed at keeping FLAlG-AcE TURNED AND SEMI-INLETTED hoods from getting guns just demonstrated STOCKS for All POPULAR RIFLES again its unworkable nature. - Has the Sullivan Law helped clear up RARE TURKISH CIRCASSIAN RIFLE BLANKS murders like that of tip-off man Schuster, Beautifully grained RARE TURKISH CIRCASSIAN WALNUT. Imported .from Turkey. For the first still unsolved during these six years since time in many years we now offer th~sdmstinctively attractive l~ght-we1 t, yet v close grained walnut Standard grade Circassian turned and mm8-inletted docks $16& and $lZ0. this law-abiding man was ambushed in cold ~emi-~inc~grades: $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00. Full Fancy grades: $40.00. $45.00 and $50.00. blood by anonymous gangsters on a sedate Circassian Walnut.Shotgun Blanks...... $lO.OO to $30.00-.-- residential street in Brooklyn? Has the act, 1 FREE TO GUNSMITHS: Big 4-color chart showing Flaig's varied GUN STOCKS in natural color. [ through its compulsory arms registration FINEST PENNSYLVANIA BLACK WALNUT clause so often lauded by its defenders, BLANKS AND STOCKS solved this or any other such crime? Rifle blanks, 011 grades, $4.00 to $20.00. WOhIut shot- gun blanks, $1.50 to s1S.W. Wolnut inletted stock The answer is an emphatic no. Instead, for most rifles; standard $6.00; xx grade (butt) $8.00; miscarriages of justice, some ludicrous, some others $10.00 to $12.00. Also Penno. burls and me tragic, stud the sorry history of the Sullivan burls ovailoble NOW: xxx grade $17.50-$20.00. xxxx Law. Recently a jewelry firm messenger, a $25.00; super Burls up to $35.00. retired policeman trained to shoot during his years on the force, was jumped by four hood- lums inside a subway station. One stabbed him in the back. The wounded ex-officer BARRELS ENFIELD BOEHLER BARRELS, proof steel, semi-octagon, ribbed, Model 191 7--30-06 Cal. drew a revolver and shot at his attackers. matted entire length. Mode by FRANZ SODIA of Fer- The robbers fled. loch, Austria, in .22, .25, -270, 7mm, and 30 caliber. "In many states," Commissioner Arm com- Also now ovailable in .243 and .244 cal. Highly occurote-in the white $45.00. ( itted to our action, ments dryly in his article, "the man might with sheared bead, cohplete pri; $60.00j have been hailed as a hero. In New York, 2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $7.00, Case of 10 $55.00 he was arrested for carrying a gun without NEW SPRINGFIELD 4-groove BARRELS...... $ll.W a permit, a violation of the Sullivan Law New! Kro 2 Groove 30-40 BARRELS 23" or less in length. FU~I~ihombered threoded. Only $15.00. . .." Such incidents only enhance a growing 4-GR. ORDNANCE BARRELS 23" long, fully chom- mood of despairing resignation to outlawry bered, threoded, blued, $20.00. among decent New Yorkers." New! MAUSER '98-30-06 2-GR. BARRELS 23" or less in length. Fully chambered & threoded. Only $15.00. NEW Sprimgfield Nickel. Steel molt S3.50. am? bolt "If the Sullivan Law is workable, as its altered for low -ps wth pear shaped bdle lake 70 Note: Any of the obove Barrels expert1 fitted to your wmchester. only ...... $%SO champions assert," one thoughtful citizen Action-heodspaced and test-fired-~$50 additional. remarked to me, "why does it restrain people like the messenger, who certainly do not use CASES the weapons they carry for criminal pur- 219 Zipper ...... $6.00 per 100 ACE 22 Hornet ...... 5.00 per 100 DOUBLE-Sm poses? Why doesn't it wipe out that black 32 Win. Special...... 6-00 per 100 TRleaER market in guns which find their way into 35 Remington 7.50 per 100 s1o.w ...... witted w 8 MM Mauser...... 9.00 per 100 your M.mwr the hands of the lawless?" Or F.N. The black market keeps raking in the NOW AVAILABLE a"t10n- .30-06 Non-corrosive late date ball ammunition 86.00 mom. dollars during this forty-ninth year of the (1952-54) $7.50 per ioo. 10% less on lots of 500 or Sullivan Law. Commissioner Arm declared, more. Late date corro8ive. $5.50 Per 100. from official estimates, that "hot guns" come into the city "at the rate of 100 a day." This means that approximately 36,500 pistols change hands, unlicensed, each year in New - - - York city. Police believe that the total num- FINISHED BARRELS{ - ber of h~t-~untoters is substantially higher =5 = than the previously quoted figure of 100,000. g- Mode by o notionally known borrel-maker of highest repute, we now offer the patented "button rifled" smooth hard swed ed six groove chrome moly barrel of obsolutely top quality, completely threoded zz Legitimate arms manufacturers and dis- precisi& chahberea?oid crowned at a money-saving,price. - -E tributors pay taxes to maintain New York's Immediately ovailoble for the FN Mouser, Sprm field Enfield and 722 Remin ton Action. - - Choice of LIGHTWEIGHT 22" SPORTER WEIGH? 24" and MEOIUM-HEAVY EIGHT 26". Ez city and state governments. They find their Choice of Calibers: 220 Swift,'22-250, 243 Win., 244 Rem.. 250 Sov.., 257-R, 270 Win., 7mm, 300 -E businesses cramped and their proper opera- - SAV 308 WIN 30-06 25-06 and the new REM 222 also avo~ktblefor the 722 Remf& only$5.00 = - ONLY $24 w ZOMPLETLif 2nd in your action it will ie headswed test-fired and stam tions restricted through the workings of the E additional 'including handli& CE barrels now available for the 6.5 and 7.7 ~airifle in ckibers 220 8%. 22-250, - - 243 win.,'244 Rem., 250 sav.; 257 Roberts, 7mm. 300 Sav. and 308 Win. at $2.50 additional. --- Sullivan Law. But illicit "manufacturers~ - - closely connected with the underworld, do S ACE BARRELED ACTIONS: 2 F. N. Mouser-ACE Barreled Actions in any weight or caliber as above, (white)...... $67SO - -.. a booming trade from secret factories in =- Barreis are ready to be turned into our receiver. They need only have headspace checked what one detective called "gun moon- -E DEALER inquiries Invited and GUNSMITH{ be sure to ask for our special descriptive literature on this E time and money saving tremendous volue item. RETURN PRIVILEGE IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED. shining." A notorious case was the discovery ~l~llllllunlllllllullnlllll~llllMlllllll~~llll~lll~lllllllll~~lllllll~~!lll!llllll~~llllll~~llllllllll~lllllllllll~lllllllll~~llllllllllllll~llllllll~lllllllll~~llllllllll~i~ll~l!l~lllli~lllllll~~l~lllll~lllll~lllllll~llllll~l~~ by police of such an illegal arsenal in an DEALERS: Write for'~ree New List #29.-We Stress Individual Sewice. abandoned Bronx soda factory where guns I~S-II.~~~ were made and stored until needed. Here (Continued on page 56) p~4&h FLAIG'S MILLVALE, PA. SHOPPING

shells, the Beretta Magnum is said to have incredible strength. Sock and full Beaver FOLDING KNIFE. A folding hunting and Tail forearm are hand finished in Italian skinning knife, hand made in a large forge, in walnut. The action, which is double-trigger Bergischen land (hilly country), in Germany, Greener-type cross bolt with double under- from a steel formula that has been guarded lugs, is of patented monobloc construction and respected since the days when we were which guarantees perfect alignment. For cur- only thirteen colonies big. No sharper or rent retail prices and discounts, write direct tougher steel made. Built for hard use in the to J. L. Galef & Son, Inc. field but is also a joy for "Sunday-whittlin'." Has large stainless steel rivets (no soft nick- el silver) for strength and longer wear. Beau- tiful rose colored pakawood handles, 4%" when closed, light in the pocket too-only 3'h oz. List $4.95, CAP'N BALL, Dept. G-6, ELECTRIC FLASH MAGNIFIER. Identify 110 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida. old guns by indistinct markings, examine stamps and coins, insects, leaves, fabrics and countless fascinating objects with this amaz- ing new magnifier - microscope that has its own built-in illumination. Five-power lens is fitted into 4%" all metal pocket-size magni- fier. Standard flashlight batteries (not in- cluded) fit in handle. Mailed postpaid for just $1. Larger 10-power model only $2.25 ppd. Greenland Studios, Dept. G-68, 5858 NEW LUBRI-KIT TUBES. Lehigh Chem- Forbes St., Pittsburgh 17, Pa. ical Company, Chestertown, Md., announces the use of a new, improved tip for the poly- ethylene tubes in their Anderol Gun Lubri- Kit. The new tip increases the efficiency of the tubes by allowing for deeper penetration into heretofore inaccessible portions of the gun mechanism. The tip is longer, more ac- GENUINE 1J.S. CAF7ALRY BOOTS. Un- curate, specially designed to allow the pas- usual value. Cost Gov't $26.50. Best one- sage of the desired quantities of Anderol piece leather 16" high, good thick soles. lubricant. Lubri-Kit synthetic grease and oil Sizes 6 to 14. Ideal for any outdoor activity tubes with the new tips are now on the mar- or sport. Mention size. Only $9.95 postpaid. ket and are available to all sporting goods Morris Surplus, 36 Bowery, New York 13. dealers.

NINE TOOLS IN ONE. Direct from im- porter to you comes this new, unusual knife which is nine practical, rugged, high quality tools in one: jackknife, screwdriver, cork- screw, can opener, scissors, file, regular knife, bottle opener, tapper. No jamming or slipping. Made of rugged Korium steel with bone handle and metal ring. Over 5 inches long when opened. Idea1 for camping, hunt- ing. Handy in tool shop, kitchen, car glove compartment. Thousands in use. Regular price $1.98, sp'ecial now for only 79c plus 3lc postage and handling, or $1.10 in all. Money- back guarantee. L & M Company, Box 881, St. Louis, Missouri. NEW "INSULATED MOUNTAINEER" BOOT. The rugged features of the Chip- pewa Shoe Company's heavy-duty utility boots have been combined with the warmth and comfort of their insulated hunting boots in the new "Insulated Mountaineer" boot. LIGHT WUNDERWEAR JACKET. Hunter With upper stock of water-repellent, brown, in new lightweight Wunderwear jacket, at- full grain, chrome tanned Brazil ski leather, THE BERETTA 12 GAUGE MAGNUM, tached hood and shooting gloves. Weighing the nine-inch "Insulated Mountaineer'' re- distributed by J. L. Galef & Son, Inc., 8.5 only a few ounces, the outfit is comfortable sists moisture and still retains full "breath- Chambers Street, New York 7, New York, is in temperatures 30 below zero. Gloves need ing" ability. The unusually flexible sole, a said to "combine the strength of a cannon not be removed for shooting. The outer shell product of Max Mayer-Gasser, Basel, Switz- with the precision of a watch." Absolute of the costume is a wind-breaker. Warmth erland, is molded from a unique rubber com- balance which is ordinarily achieved by lead comes from Wunderwear inner jacket, which pound. Maximum traction and durability weights is achieved in the Beretta Magnum becomes a liner for the windbreaker. Wun- are assured under all conditions. Rugged by perfectly engineered weight distribution. derwear is quilted 100% virgin DuPont rawhide leather laces and nickel-plated hex- Its 22" or 30" long barrels made,of chrome Dacron Fibrefll insulation which can be agonal ski eyelets enhance the boot's eye- electric steel are inside chrome plated to pre- home laundered. Product of Shelley Sports- appeal. From the Chippewa Shoe Company, vent leading. Chambered for either 12 gauge wear, Inc., 1215 Glenwood Ave., Philadel- Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. 3" Magnum shells or standard 12 gauge phia, Pa. BALvar 24, 6X-24X; BALvar 4, 2%X4X; BALvar 8, 2%X-8X. Fixed power: BALfor, 4X and the BALsix, 6X. For additional in- formation, contact David Templeman, Dept. WITH G, Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester 2, A New York.

ABC is nonshrinking, cures without heat, is strong, weather proof, permanent color and chemical resistant. ABC cures to a dry, non-slippery finish. ABC permits the de- sign of the shooter to be incorporated as a part of his gun. Pistol Grip Kit (makes three target grips) postpaid $4.45. (Colors: walnut and black.) Large Kit for rifle con- version includes butt extension, grip, cheek rest, forend tip, postpaid $7.95. (2 colors in- cluded, walnut and black.) ABC Plastic BASS QUAIL HUNTERS. The hunter takes Company, Post Office Box 283, (Dept. A), good care of his feet by wearing popular Cincinnati, Ohio. Bass Quail Hunter boots. Of oil-treated full- grain leather, they are 9" high, have a full bellows tongue and long-lasting rubber soles NEW HUNTING IDEA. Ideal for the all- and heels. The famous Bass Overlap Seam is year -'round hunter is new Aladdin vacuum also used forming a "watershed" over the bottle Handee-Handle, just introduced by inner seam whenever it is called for. In stock Aladdin Industries, which fits any size vac- sizes: 7/13 B, 6/13 C, D, E. Also available uum bottle and easily clips onto a belt. It in women's sizes. Retail about $18.00. Write turns any vacuum bottle into an easy-to-use G. H. Bass & Co.. Wilton, Maine. pitcher. The wide-mouth Aladdin vacuum bottle is excellent for carrying hot drinks on an all-day outing. Lids for the bottle make good drinking cups. A wide assortment of $^. ACHROMATIC I vacuum bottles, outing kits and Handee- Handle are manufactured by Aladdin Indus- tries, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. Available "FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER. Great West- in stores everywhere. Handee-Handle re- ern Arms Company's Frontier six shooters tails for 59c. contain no aluminum die cast parts, are re- puted to have the smoothest, softest action ever incorporated into a single action six hi- shooter. They are now distributed exclusive- ly by Stoeger Arms Corporation, located at 45-18 Court Sq., L. I. C., N. Y. In addition to this line, Stoeger will sell and distribute Great Western's complete line of Derringer CLIP AUTOMATIC. Mossberg Model 350K, models. were popular weapons in shown above, shoots 22 cal. Long and Long the Old West, are enjoying a revival of pop- Rifle regular or high speed ammunition and ularity along with other facets of Wild West 22 cal. Short high speed. According to the interest. factory, this model and the Mossberg car- bines (No. 352 and 352K) are the first and only 22 cal. clip automatics that provide this convenience. Model 350K has same sights as i he brake that ii diirer~t~li~au~in riiht ~n : Model 346K and receiver is grooved for scope I your ria* barnl. Cholm of diwrlmlnitini shoot- I era. YOU don't n~da blob on your innzzk for : mounting. It is claimed that tests show the I wad braking. lllnstratç foldw-dmkr disumits. 1 mechanism will fire 7 rounds in less than PENDLETON GUNSHOP HidTe'&iSS;: 2 seconds. Model 350K is available imme- L9999999999m999999gggg999gJI diately, is Fair Traded and lists at $37.95. OUILU IUUK UWN SUN CABINET! TWO NEW BAUSCH & LOMB SCOPES. It's EASY! With The Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Roch- Gunberth Plans & Kits All details on Plans. Kits ester, N. Y., has addd the new BALtUr and and Hardware am listed In eight scopes to a complete line of tele- big. fully illustrated . . . uHandbook"-Catalog scopic rifle sights. The BALtUr 2%X sight Finished cabinets in 82 gives a fifty foot field of view at 100 yards- ditterent styled also avail- able. Get your cow NOW! the widest field of any 2%X on the market. Only $1.00 ppd. The BALtUr is designed specifically as a big- (Refundable first order!) COLADONATO BROS. game sight, ideal for woods and brush coun- Dept. GIZX, ~iazletoi,Pi. try. The BAL~UI combines high quality op- -- ABC PLASTIC FOR TRUE CUSTOM tics, rugged construction, is fog proof, and NEW "Thumbslide" tang safety GRIPS and conversion of any rifle to a has an anti-reflection coating. Available im- sporter. This new plastic is answer for mediately with three different reticles: cross- true custom grips and the fitting of a rifle hair, $65; post reticle, $65; and Lee Dot, to body and hand. Pistol Grips are molded $77.50. The ei eight 8X is a rugged sight by applying ABC over the old grip or re- designed for long range varmint shooting. moving old grip and applying ABC over the Improved contrast is possible through use of butt frame. The plastic covered grip is then Balcote anti-reflection coating. Available gripped, squeezed and hand released. A immediately with cross - hair reticle - $85. I, shooter's grip is reproduced accurately. The B&L line now includes variable power: THE SULLIVAN LAW old Harlem domestic worker, Mrs. Ann James, who was believed to have given in- 9 easy steps . nothing (Continued from page 53) formation to the police in the often lethal else to buv gangs held regular drills as preparations for New York numbers racket. Sufficient . Powder and Shot robbery and slaying. August 2: Another unidentified hold-up Capacity. The "gunsmiths" of the black market con- man, wearing cowboy boots, brutally pistol Precision Charging centrate on turning out tiny, easily carried whipped Irving Wolkoff, owner of a Brook- Bars for All weapons, camouflaged to look like some- lyn wood-working plant after first grabbing Recognized Loads. thing else. On September 8, 1955, New York $1145 from an office desk drawer. Calibrated Wad City patrolmen Leonard Chase and Marlin August 3: Victor Marques, 32, and Victor Pressure Gage. Powers accosted a suspected thief named Rodriquez, 24, were shot and wounded by a Decapper Howard Sims, who'd been trying to peddle 12 gauge shotgun when they were surrounded Recapper. a batch of clothing in the bars along Seventh by fourteen young Brooklyn desperados who Loads Both Avenue. The two officers paid no attention mistook them for two other men on the Insert or to an inch-long fob dangling from Sims' gang's death list. Conventional A, Primers. watch pocket. Hundreds of these episodes prove that the ei, Adequate Power But while they were questioning the char- Sullivan Law no more keeps arms from get- <.:- on Up or acter, his right hand stole down to the fob ting into the hands of juvenile delinquents Down Stroke 2.:; Which Ever You and pressed it quickly. A pellet of shot tore than it does those of adult robber killers. a",

Prefer. a wound in Policeman Chase's left hand. A November 27-Joseph Graber, 43, Brook- &'¥ 20 ga., 20-3 in.; 16 fragment of the lead pellet struck Patrolman lyu liquor store keeper, died after an un- ''t, < 12 10 ga., ga.,-3 in.; Powers in the left eye. After Sims had been 1 ga., and 10 ga. mag. successful operation that followed a wanton 2 dies available. hauled in and locked up, a department fire- gun blast touched off by a jittery hold-up $-+ SPECIFY WHICH man identified as Woodrow Miller. >. , ON YOUR ORDER. arms expert took the lead-spouting trinket .', apart. Inside the gadget was a V-2 inch bore, Joe Graber had been buried but 24 hours f^;;"2 Full length sizes 1 each case.. . as well completely disguised weapon. when the New York Journal American re- /$.'- as ironing bulges But no matter who gets hurt, the Sullivan vealed that notorious hoodlum Joe Magliocco &-I from the bases. Law stays on the books, and crime's gory was the holder of a Sullivan gun law permit 'fJ" New Star Crimp or Roll Crimp. Forms radius on muzzle of case for easy feeding carnival continues, netting payoffs that are while attending the recent, police-adjourned ~$2 in automatics or pumps. juicy and easily-gotten by bandits wielding Mafia "convention" held in upstate Appa- F':. $105.00 complete for one Ga. triggers against unarmed citizens. lachin. Also licensed to tote a trigger was #$:; Order direct or from your nearest dealer. Here are a few graphic incidents that Joe Barbara on whose swank estate the i, A three in one tool that will handle your occurred during the last half of 1957. They assemblage of homicide and racket special- . ,;' rifle or pistol cartridges. are selected from the encyclopedic files on ists gathered. Magliocco had held his per- ' the subject maintained by Karl T. Fred- mit, renewed annually, since 1945. This in $ .*, erick, distinguished New York attorney and spite of the fact that his identity as a leader ' 1409 Walnut ex-president of the National Rifle Associ- of the international crime cartel had been a -,, . ation: matter of official police record since 1928, ,' July 28: A dapperlydressed unidentified when he was one of the top mobsters ' : Ç - AMMUNITION -ACCESSORIES gunman shot and critically injured a 45-year- rounded up by lawmen who raided a secret .- .

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. '< '. , ..,, '< ':;, 'T- . .: :.. , . . . 59 U. S. CAL. .303 (Continued from page ~51 tween the bolt arms. Continuous flexing of UNBELIEVABLE ENFIELD OPPORTUNITY the operational arm results in the arm frac- ONLY AND turing where it joins the main body of the $73.95 UP !! ! bolt. This can be overcome easily by filing ALL ARE IN FINE SERVICEABLE CONDITION out this square in such a manner as to ob- tain a perfect radius. Fine rat-tail files are ideal for this purpose. A further measure for prolonging bolt life is to draw-file the inside face of the flexing arm to a gradual taper- making sure that all file cuts are longitu- dinal in direction. 5. When the hammer is in its half-cock position, the locking head of the bolt is held unnecessarily far below the external level of the bolt opening in the frame. This imposes unnecessary flexing of the bolt limb of the trigger and bolt spring. This may be reduced by cutting down the end of the flexing arm sufficiently to permit the bolt head to remain just below the external level of the bolt opening. When undertaking this step, be sure to retain the exact profile of the arm and do not alter the concave curve s s in any way, as this will most certainly THE ROYAL ENFIELD: "THE FINEST RIFLE IN THE WORLD!" wreck the timing of the bolt. Rarest of all Enfields are these hitherto- Britain's Best! Her latest and finest Enfield While working on this end of the bolt, 1 unknown experimental No. 1, Mk V's . . . 3 Service rifle, the No. 4, incorporating all improvements and changes of 50 years of serv- check to be sure that the extreme tips of ice requirements. Manufactured as late as 1955! the bolt arms clear the angle, or wall, of Still standard in entire British Commonwealth and many other nations. Proudly in service from the hammer as the hammer descends. Oc- Buckingham Palace to Kuala Lumpur!! Available casionally, these bolt arms are slightly over- now from Ye Old Hunter at only $14.95 with beech stock. (Add $1 .OO forselected English wal- length. Binding on the face of the hammer nut stock if available.) Original No. 4 bayonet behind the cam will certainly result in a only $1 .OO when ordered with rifle--NOW ! ! broken bolt arm or arms. 4 The ultimate in Enfields!! Yes, you may 6. The life span of the bolt can be pro- have seen these listed at over $80 but now longed almost indefinitely by reducing the Ye Old Hunter brings the famed ,303 JUNGLE CARBINE Enfield No. 5 to ou at a price ANY- sideways movement of the bolt arm. This ONE can affqrd-only $24.85! Yes, it's true, a can be overcome by reducing the height of perfect condition lunsle Carbine in Cal. .303 ready for instant useas an ideal light weight the cam so that it is only very slightly higher spor~er (7 Ibs.) kit gun big bore plinker, or than the thickness of the flexing arm of the valuable collector's item. '~~eciall~developed in WW 11 as a featherweight hard hitting combat bolt. When stoning down the cam, be care- carbine for the British Jungle Army. A real buy! ful not to alter the slope or taper in any WITHOUT DOUBT the most shattering rifle oppor- way as this will upset the timing of the +unity ever to befall American shooters. An exclu- ENFIELD COLLECTORS, ATTEN- bolt. All that is necessary is to file or stone TION: Order yourself a complete the top of the cam so that the relieved area sive deal with England permits Ye Old Hunter to set of all four basic models list- offer these superb 10 shot bolt action Enfield re- ed above~savea fortune over is parallel to the base. peating rifles at far less than the price of even a what you'd pay elsewhere and 7. The cam is a separate pin set into the .22 American sporter. They all take standard US. have the finest set of superb hammer and, where the taper is at its low- sporting .303 Ammo available everywhere. Never rifles ever available. All four above basic rifles for only $72.72 est, a slight but noticeable shoulder remains. before such magnificent guns at such bargain prices. when ordered as a set only. Get the Greatest American Gun Bargain from Ye So that the flexing arm of the bolt can travel NOW! A FEW ENFIELD SNIPER over this without being subjected to un- Old Hunter! Truly you will never again have such RIFLES WITH SCOPE - Order an unbelievable opportunity. Buy a complete set wh.le supply IastsÑOnl $79.95. necessary wear, this shoulder should be Deliveries will begin in Early Summer. ORDER NOW. stoned down to the level of the surrounding IMPORTANT SALES TERMS AN0 FREE HISTORICAL INFORMATION! All guns and ammo packed FREE and metal. shipped RREXPRESS COLLECT F.O.B.. Alexandria. Virginia. Send check or M.O. DO NOT SEND CASH. Sorry. NO COO'S. "Money's Worth or Money Back" guarantee when floods are returned prepaid within two da after receipt. Installing the hand in the Single Action When in the East visit Ye Old Hunter's fantastic arms center located in historic Alexandria. THE GUNCAPITALOF is pretty much the same as in any other Colt THE WORLD. World's Biggest Arms House-World's Lowest Prices. Ship from the East and Save, Save, Save, Save! DCElaTEDEn nKal ERC. Wdta nm wmnr nffieial letterhead for new sensational disemmt lictc -gQ revolver. The hand has two points of contact. The upper point starts the cylinder on its 200 2. journey of one sixth of a complete cycle HUNTERS LODGE S. Union St. Alexandria Va. and, because the hand moves in a perpendicu- lar plane and the cylinder moves in an arc of a circle, the upper point looses its hold on the tooth of the ratchet. At exactly the same instant, the lower point of the hand picks up the next tooth on the ratchet and Champions RUUT EH-ncn ana carries the cylinder on until the chamber is Col. CHAS. ASKINS agree this "10" is best exactly lined up with the axis of the bore. Like most other Single Action components, WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL the hand requires a certain amount of fit- Get those high-flyino. 7 to 11-pound Canadian honkers with the NEUMANN 10-gauge magnum-world'! most ting before it can be installed in the gun. @werfulihotgun! Specially designed tar long-range gas8 shooting this great ooou gun assures clean kills at The principal fitting operations are: rii.tan& many vardà beyond the effective reach of 12- 1. Round off or bevel the outside leading gauge guns! Action Is hand-fitted to stay snug forever! angle of the hand from the top point to approximately opposite the shoulder at the THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER bottom of the opposite side. This is to per- 1 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 1 Redding. .. for Better Shooting- mit the hand to clear the frame in its ~eddin~Powder Measure perpendicular movement. Redding Powder and Bullet Scale 2. Being extremely careful to retain their Sold thru Dealers only exact angle, keep "lowering the two points Folder on request until optimum condition is arrived at. This is REDDING-HUNTICR, INC. Cortland, N. Y. recognizable when, with the hammer braced against the back-strap, a barely perceptible 60 I t--,- IT, J. . lateral movement is noticeable in the cylin- der. This minute movement is desirable so as to counteract the sharp halt of the cylin- der when the gun is cocked fast. If no such play is allowed, there is a risk of breaking the hand pivot pin. It is usually necessary to lower the top point about twice as much as the lower. Remember, it is the lower point of the hand which holds the cylinder braced against the bolt. The lower point is, therefore, the most critical. All that now remains to be fitted are the main spring and the trigger and bolt spring. The bolt limb of the trigger and bolt spring has the reputation for being an habitual source of trouble. The reason for this is that it is stamped out of flat stock and no pro- vision is made at the factory for tapering the spring. If the arms of the spring are tapered from the rear towards the points of the limbs, the life of the spring will be prolonged. Tapering an existing trigger and bolt spring requires a considerable amount of effort and patience. You may prefer to make new springs which are shaped out of pre- tapered stock. The one thhg to remember is to file or stone lengthwise and NEVER across the flexing direction. This will reduce Ted WillUrns shoots a W target group with the new Crosman "400" Gas-Powered Repeater. the chance of a failure starting at the minute file cuts which might remain after American League Batting Champion polishing. Now for the mainspring: not usually a source of trouble, other than being hell on wheels to cock. The mainspring requires no TED LJLIAMS actual modification. It does not need to be I&---- ground down nor the spring's width reduced to give a lighter hammer fall and a quicker cocking action. A greatly improved cocking / says "Crosman Pellguns action is obtained by placing a small wedge- shaped shim of leather, cardboard, or plastic - - between the trigger guard frame and the hit where you aim!" mainspring. When installing this shim, be sure the mainspring does not bind on the "When it comes to relaxing indoors or out, frame when the hammer is at full-cock. you can rely on Crosman Pellguns for year 'round Tapering this shim will prevent this. 'shooting fun. It's a real gun . .-.with a button rifled A leather shim is handy for hammer barrel that means hitting where you aim. snapping, too. NEVERdry fire a Colt Single It's not only inexpensivetbut noiseless .. . . . Action without first wedging a small square no powder, smoke or recoil." 1 -1 of leather immediately above the firing pin - opening in the frame. This effectively cush- WRITE for free new shooting book. -/dl+ ions the abnormally heavy hammer fall. Crosman Arms Co., Inc., In spite of what sceptics say about the Dept. G-18, Fairport, New York. n functional efficiency of the Single Action, my personal experience with my three guns convinces me they leave little to be desired so far as reliability is concerned. . Two of my guns have been worked over In Canada: Crosman ArrnsKanadaI Ltd. In Mexico: Crosman de Mexico, in the manner described in these pages and Mexico 4, D. F. the third is in its original factory condition. World's Leading Manufacturer of Pellet Rifles and Pistols. except for having had the trigger pull smoothed up a little. One of these guns has been subjected to usage hard enough almost to rate as abuse, yet it is still as tight and I as "seaworthy" as the day it was shipped from the Colt plant at Hartford. Sears, trig- ORIGINAL BURP GUN ger and bolt springs, hands, and correctly fitted bolts, all of which enjoy slightly STURMGEWHR! dubious reputations, have stood up admirably $49.95 I ASSAULT RIFLE First true light rifle, prototype and have given no cause for complaint. First time ever sold! With each of Russia's newest 1954 "Auto- It is possible that, maybe 25 years from .gun "Ma" will mat" and Spanish CETME. Pride now, I may be forced to eat my words and SEZ  send booklet de- scribine devel- of Nazi forces on Russian front. admit that one or another part has finally opment of these guns Still in use in E. Germany. from beginning of the r given up the ghost. Until that time comes, West Englewood war to tinai weapons however, I shall go right on believing that of 1945. Walther and N jersey Mauser both worked the old Colt Single Action Army, Model of on famous St. Jen 44. Few guns mint Buy for Less! (order early) but all rate 95% to 98% 1873, is still a pretty faithful work horse original blue $49.95. Few extra lips at and, like the man in the book says: "For $6.95. SPECIAL: tree rare cartri&e with my money, work horses is mighty nice each gun! Why Pay More! EXTRA SPECIAL: Box magazines. .30-06. 20 shot. $1 each. three for $2.50 p.p people !" Q GUN RACK (Continued from page 7) with a .25 slug, fronted the yellow pages of NEW! R.C.B.S. JR. the press, the .25 built up a reputation as a I I handy little gun, hardly a man stopper, but I Dl ITS I i great man-discourager. And it was for I just that purpose that Browning designed ! Parts and Accessories . the original model back in 1903. 8 I DEWATS Since World War I1 few of the old model 1 Thompson 1928 with mag...... S85.01 I ~hombsonMI-AI with Gag...... 75.00 have been sold-a baker's dozen or so were 1 United Defense 9MM with mag...... 39.96 1 issembled from prewar parts and shipped Other DewateGerman Russian, British, 1 U. 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THOMPSON 1928 SMG PARTS . tdge of the "service pistol" class, the .25 Stocks, complete with slide...... $ 9.95 1 Cutts Compensators ...... 2.75 1 automatic. Slines. web ...... 1.00 ~un~ase,canvas...... 4.25 1 Browning's tiny cartridge for the .25 is Most other Parts and Accessories- head shell ' not much to boast about: a 50-grain metal I o receivers, barrels or vert. pistol grips. 1 ' holder and i ONLY COMPLETE STOCK OF 7.35 1 primer arm. TERN1 MANNLICHER MOUNTAIN CARBINE PARTS IN THE WORLD- Designed for greater resistance to I ALL PARTS!! I spring. Parts for Krags, Enfields, Nagants, Rolling \ 1 Blocks, Mausers, Straight Pull Steyrs and Optional down or up stroke. 1 many other military rifles pistols or ma- 1 chine guns. Dewats shipped RREXPRESS Removable shell holder is standard I COLLECT. Include postage on parts orders 1 equipment. under $10.00. 8 . Price also includes primer arm with I Dealer inquiries invited. 1 flat spring. 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Logically, the .25 DEPT. "H" pistols of many makes are also available in .22 Short caliber. P.O. BOX 990, B&J LEATHER Brownsville, Texas GOODS CO. Colt's, in planning to reenter the .25 market, surveyed the field and found .25 I I "Good" Cond.-$29.95. V. G. + Cond.-$39.95 pistols were in major demand; .22's, though 38 Special Ammo. 158 Gr. Lead Non-Cor. Box $3.85 The-- - MIGHTY-MITE popular, in less demand. Accordingly, they 38 Special 150 Gr. Metal Piercing Non-Cor. Box 4.50 G TOOL issue their gun in a basic .25 caliber, with COLT-New Service Model 45 cal. Long 5'/ RELOADIN blue, good condition - $32.95; V.G. - $35.85. This pocket - sized reloading additional slide, barrel, spring and clip, for tool was described and its va- COLT PARTS We have treasure ried uses fully illustrated on 22 Short, as a Conversion Unit. The whole chests full of obso- pages TO. 71 and 74 of the Sov. lete, brand-new, genuine Colt gun parts at sen- 57 RIFLEiIAN. outfit, "Junior Colt. 25" and the Conversion Latest models, improved in ma- sationally low prices. The list is too numerous to terials, construction and per- Unit .22, is made for Colt's by Astra, one list here. Advise your wants. formance, as suggested by NRA Tech. Staff. Now available In of Spain's best pistol makers. Each is all calibers. Especially useful marked "Made In Spain For Colt's." Each REMINGTON PARTS KIT and handy for bench rest shoot- ers. We also supply neck-sizing gun is proof tested and then inspected by a for Model-1 1A Auto 12 Ga. dies in 2 sizes to insure milt- Purchased direct from, the U.S. Govt. Surplus imum of working brass. If not Colt factory inspector. available at your regular deal- shotgun parts for the on inal Model 11A Auto- er. order direct on money-back The standards of manufacture, to judge loading with the hump back receiver. This kit guarantee, or write for further from a specimen in comparison with the more consists of the following vital brand new parts: information. Price $10.95. costly Hartford-made pre-war guns, are not Factory Cost over $15.00 SHOOTERS ACCESSORY SUPPLY Hudson's Special Price Only $2.49 Box 205, NORTH BEND, ORE. as high. Externally, the Junior is a satiny (Yes,only two bucks forty-nine.) "Home of the famous LITTLE DRIPPER" black "cold rust blue" finish, attractive and Link Plus postage much liked by European gunmakers. Grips Walnut stocks for Remington Model 31 pump are black checkered hard rubber, with the shotgun 12 ga., only...... 33.95 P.P. Colt rampant trademark in a circle. At the Send cash, check or M.O. Sorry, no C.O.D. FREE NEW LIST. frame left is the thumb safety, which rocks FOREIGN and DOMESTIC GUNS and AMMO. forward to lock the trigger action. Recoil spring, trigger spring, magazine, and hammer HUDSON SPORTING GOODS CO. spring (driving an exposed hamme!) are all C-52 Warren Street. New York 7. N. Y. of coiled wire, a design improvement over C. H. Bertschinger, Sole Owner WEBLEY & SCOTT, LTD., Birmingham 4, England (Continued on page 64) (Life Member 1936) 62 more.. .

SINGLE ACTION ARMY $125 Calibers: .45 Colt; .38 Special. the older guns which used several flat Mannlicher-Schonauer new empty cases. springs. The hammer is also an improve- Dimensions are identical except for neck ment as it avoids the necessity of carrying diameter and length. Necks can be expanded the gun cocked, or laying it away loaded by running successively larger reloading and cocked, yet the hammer can be thumbed die expanding plugs through them, .270 first, back ready to go in an instant. The clips, .22 7 mm next, and 7.35 mm last. Lubricate and .25, are bright plated for smooth necks inside before each expansion. Trim operation. necks to 51 mm overall length, about 2". For In shooting, I was happy to put all shots the record, Speer's 7.35 mm 150 grain s-s on the 20-yard standard American paper SP bullet has a sectional density of .241 and at 50 feet. The group was about 3" wide, a ballistic coefficient (C) of .262. 4% about 6" high. Though not up to National From the Speer Handbook the following 3,.;% Match performance, this was not bad for a information is reproduced: La+$ gun with sights so small I could hardly see EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR them, and a relatively rough trigger pull POWDER AND VELOCITY DATA k? never intended for the firing line. By tradi- Rifle: Italian Service Carbine, 7.35 tion the effective range of a .25 is about as Barrel Length : 21" far as you can spit, but this Colt proved to Bore Dia.: .291" LET US HELP YOU be a fairly close grouper at target distance. Groove Dia.: .30lW Select the equipment best suited to Twist: 1-9W your needs. Take advantage of The .22 unit fitted on easily, and I shook our 'know how' and experience a clip full (6 shots) out in jig time, after Cases: NORMA6.5 x 54 MS since we carry all popular reload- several clips-full had failed to feed on one Primers: CCI 200 ing tools, accessories and coin- ponents. Inquiries on specific items or two shots. This was because the gun was Bullet: 150 Speer Semi- will be handled promptly. brand new and needed smoothing up. Powder Velocity POWDER SCALES AND MEASURES Manually operating the works might do this: Grains Number Muzzle 200 Yard even J. H. "Fitz" Fitzgerald, the famous 42 4895 2550 1849 Colt field service expert of the 1930's, hey- 40 4895 2477 17% day of Colt hand-made gunsmithing, claimed 38 4895 2356 1677 you had to shoot 500 shots in an Officers' 42 BL-C 2522 1828 Model before it would settle down and do 40 BL-C 2422 1756 Powder, primers, primed and unprimed cases. its best work. All things considered, the 38 BL-C 2292 1632 Sierra, Nosier, Hornady and Norma bullets. little .25 pop-pistol is a fair buy at $36, 41 4064 2511 . 1820 MANUFACTURERS of exclusive products for the shooter-Write for Free Folder. with the .22 conversion unit, half a gun more 39 4064 2371 1719 JOBBERS of sbwtina' equipment for the Southwest- Dealer inquiries invited. and two guns in one, listing for just $15.50 37 4064 2281 1624 additional. Though an imported pistol, Colt's 40 3031 2536 1839 full service guarantee and warranty applies 38 3031 2449 1776 to the gun and parts are available direct 36 3031 2328 1658 from Hartford. 39 HV-2 2536 1839 37 HV-2 2406 1744 Loads for the 7.35 mm 35 HV-2 2289 1630 Mannlicher Carcano 35 4198 2557 1854 NOW YOU CAN Speer Products Co., Lewiston, Idaho, now 33 4198 2487 1803 supplies sporting bullets and loading data for 31 4198 2395 1736 the 7.35 mm Carcano. Their 150-grain semi- While these loads have been arrived at urder- - -- crows spitzer soft point bullet can be loaded to using Carcano carbines in good condition WITH THE over 2500 f.p.s. muzzle velocity, with per- and with normal caution there is no warranty New Adjustable-Tone formance midway between .30-30 WCF and as to these loads stated or implied by Speer .300 Savage. It is considered to be suitable or GUNS Magazine in publishing them. GREEN HEAD for all but the heaviest American big game, Maximum loads should be used with and an adequate deer caliber. caution; reduce the charge in each instance Winfield Arms Co. of Los Angeles sells by three or four grains weight, and work sporting ammo, G.I. ammo, or bullets only. up, observing signs of set-back and pressure Winfield as well as Ye Old Hunter in on primer faces, case stretching, stiff extrac- Alexandria, Va., also offers military full tion. CCI primers are recommended, patch ammo in excellent clean condition, their No. 200. hut with European Berdan primed cases. like it, and it's easy to blow. Order Repriming these cases is possible, but BIG CATALOG-UP-TO-DATE! direct if dealer can't supply. Listings of "old" books as available. difficult. Until someone makes center-hole Largest selection. Send 50< for both. Free books & premiums. Boxer mimed 7.35 mm cases available. ;S - ...... - -

I EDWARD H. BOHLINOFHOLLYWOOD~ Original Designer of the "iighlning Draw" Holsters We specialize in making "Lightning Draw" Holsters and Belts for all types of guns. They are made from the finest ~ualitydouble leather with medal metal fltting inserted between the lining-so that the gun will draw quickly without binding. Pio- neers and leaders in this fleld. OL?R WORKMAN- SHIP IS UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED. NOTICE: When ordering be sure to send your waist and hip measurements the length of the gun barrel, the caliber, and the make of the gun. include $1.00 extra for postage. In California add 4% Sales Tax. 20% deposit reauired on all C.O.D. orders. Write foi illustrated catalog and enclose 50c. (Catalog price refunded on first purchase.) I Custom fitted silver gun handles with gold steer head and it...... I e.. iff!! 1 EDWARD H. BOHLIN "WORLD'S FINEST" Specializing in plain and silver mounted saddles and acces- sories for the equestrian e9id sportsman for over 39 years. . Holster Buckle, separately S.75 1 931 North Highland Ave. Dept. C-4 Hollywood 38, Calif. THE GUN MARKET

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Pittsburgh 6, Pa. brand new. value $12.50-Special $2.25 each. $16.50, altered to shoot 45 ACP $2.00 additional. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street. Philadel- Free new holster! Excellent condition. Inter- phia 2, Pa. OVER 500 ANTIQUE-Modern Guns~Powder national Firearms, 22 Kingman, St. Albans, Flasks-Swords-Edged Weapons. Large Print- Vermont. HAND SIGHTING Levels. improved new model. ed List 25c coin. Cartridge for Collectors List many uses, for laying drains, ditches, founda- #66 25c coin. Ed Howe, Cooper Mills 11, Maine. 30-06 U.S. ENFIELD SERVICE Rifles: Mfg. tions, grading, contouring. laying out of fences, Winchester, Remington, Eddystone 6-shot re- piers. roads and gardens. Fully guaranteed. GUNS! GUNS! Guns! Guns! Antique Collection peater. (V.G. to excel.) Only $32.50. Available $2.50 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th -Kentucky's Colts, Winchesters. S.&W. Send as deluxe sporter with new zippered gun case Street. Philadelphia 2, Pa. l0c for This month's list. Pony Express Sport and sling only $36.50. International Firearms, Shop, 17460 Ventura Blvd., Encino 6, Calif. 22 Kineman. St. Albans. Vermont. BUY SUPPLIES direct from Government. Boat. VERY RARE original German G33/40 8mm motor truck, jeep, hunting, fishing camping, ANTIQUE ARMS for Collector or Shooter, at Mauser carbines. Excellent-$69.50. U.S. 30-06 sporting Equipment Raio Photographic, Power Bargain Prices. lOc for List. Ladd. Catskill. Springfields. High numbers. All milled parts. tools, machinery & hundreds others listed in N. Y. Very good-$39.95. Perfect, like new-$42.50. our Bulletin "Surplus Sales". Price $1.00. Box Free list. Al's Gunroom. 1 Beekman Street. 169UH East Htfd 8, Conn. COLLECTOR WANTS Indianhead, certain Lin- -- HANDCUFFS, BRAND new, $15.00 Value, coln pennies. Stamp for list. Walter Chase, 112 SHOTSHELLS: CLEAN once fired. Remington, West 8th, Hutchinson, Kansas. nickel plated, peerless type, lightweight. Spe- Peters, Western, Winchester. All gauges. $2.15 cial Sale $7.95 pair. Leg Irons, Gov't. Surplus. per 100; $9.00 per 500; $16.50 per 1000. All Ppd. nickel plated, brand new. Value $24.50. Special ENGRAVING Ultra Products Dept. G. 1941 Wiimette Ave. $5.95. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Wllmette. Illinois. Philadelphia 2, Pa. S&W 44 MAGNUMS, NEW $135.00. Custom En- FINEST QUALITY American scroll, fine pat- 30-06 SPRINGFIELD OR Enfleld Rifle Stock. tern engraving. Also cattle brands, animals field 375 Magnum, heavy bbl. Lyman Jr. exc. $135.00. G&H 22/3000 M54, Super targetspot, as issued, brand new, $2.95 each. A3-03 Spring- prices $10.00 up. Lester Smith (Firearms En- field rifle barrels, cal. 30-06, brand new, Gov't. graving), Rt. #4-Johnson City, Tennessee. excellent $145.00. Jeff. Trader, Pocomoke City. Marvland. Surplus, 24-inch, completely finished. Value - $25. Special $5.00 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, FINEST QUALITY Gun engraving. E. C. U.S. 30-06 SPRINGFIELDS. HIGH numbers, all 11- S. 16th- Street. Phila. 2. Pa. Prud'homme, 305 Ward Bidg., Shreveport, La. milled parts. Very good-$39.95. Perfect, like ne~~S44.50.Money back guarantee. Free list. HVNT & TRAP for profit! Make $$$ from valu- Freedland Arms Co., 34 Park Row, New York, able pelts, predator bounties. Gain experience FOR SALE N.Y. for gov't. hunter, trapper positions. Big oppor- tunity, most states. Free bounty, pelt prices "ORIGINAL G 33/40 MAUSER Carbines; per- RIFLES. 303 BRITISH Enfields, as Issued, listing. Write: Wildlife Counselors, Dept. C, fect almost unused condition. 8mm Mauser good condition. $23.50 each. 303 British Mili- 15015 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif. featherweight German mountain carbines. Only tary Cartridges, $7.50 per 100. Public Sport $59.95 while tiny supply lasts. Hunter's Lodge, S~ODS.11 S. 16th Street. Philadelvhia 2. Pa. SHOOTER'S BIBLE, 1958, over 500 pages. 200 South Union Street, Alexandria 2, Virginia." Ready for shipment. Illustrated Modern Guns SMITH & WESSON. 22 Cal.. brand new. model and Accessories, $2.00. 1958 Gun Digest $2.95 41, target automatic. $110.00. Fully engraved Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, ONE OR All. Give or take cash difference. model, $285.00. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Phila. 2, Pa. H.M. Pope, 32/40 Schuetzen Ballard, with All Street. Philadelphia 2, Pa. the loading tools. Engraved action, Myrtlewood stock. Excellent .350 Rigby Mag. on Waffen- FREE 500 ROUNDS .22-L.R. Ammunition with FREE CATALOG! Tremendous savings. "Bus- fabrik Magnum Mauser action. Excellent, with purchase of Remington M-552 "Speedmaster" cadero" belts, holsters, scabbards, saddles, autoloading rifle. $52.25. Shipped express col- hunting horns, mounted "Longhorns". Dealers case and contents. Want ,375-.404-,416 on Un- Invited. Western Products Co., Box 762. Laredo altered Mauser Werke, (Double-Flat-Top) Mag- lect. R. D. Crosby. Box 631. Conway... N.H. 2E. Texas. num Mauser action, or .465 H.&H. "India HANDGUNS-NEW enlarged 1958 catalog 50c. Royal" double rifle. German pocket knife, (with Robert Frieiich, 396 Broome St., New York 13, JUST PUBLISHED! Manual of Combat Ranid 100 blades) Pearl grips. Mint condition. For N. Y. Draw. Discusses weapons, equipment, tech- matched Pr. of miniature Armors, or Japanese niques. Hurry, edition limited. $2.00 DostDaid. dagger with gold dragon handle. Frank A. MIDGET SIX .22 Revolvers $14.95 F.O.B. Out- Jett, 833 N. Tacoma Ave., Indianapolis 1, Ind. door Outfitters. Seneca Falls. N.Y. BEST QUALITY, Fine Details artistic taxi- Manuscript in 18% b Smith & Moore." dermy American, African or Asiatic. Write on your letterhead for Pictures. A. E. Masters Having paid a considerable number of Master-taxidermist, 1063 So. 1st W., Missoula, dollars a good many years ago for my copy of this fairly rare opus, perhaps I am over- sensitive on this point. And it is true that Nordyke adds one chapter, at least, to Hardin's story: the final one, narrating Hardin's death. That part, Hardin didn't tell. If you're interested in the gunfighting VIGILANTE DAYS AND WAYS gentry (and who isn't, in these days of the PEDOMETER. BRAND new by New Haven By N. P. Langford quick-draw revival?), this is one you Watch Co. Measures the distance you walk. While They I.ast $5.95. Public Sport Shops, 11 (Montana State University Press, $6) shouldn't miss. It is a portrait, well drawn, S. 16th Street. Philadelphia 2. Pa. First in what we hope is to be a continuing of a true craftsman in the art of sudden HIGH PAYING Jobs, Opportunities, foreign, series of reprints of Western Americana death with a six-pistol. (Or rifle. Or_shotgun; -, USA. All trades. Companies pay fare. For infor- mation write Dept. 58F National Employment classics is this re-issue of a much-sought-after The man was versatile.)-EBM ^\, ::. -. -. Information. 1020 Broad. Newark. New Jersey. by a young but aspiring university publishing -,. .* >%. k OLD REWARD Posters: 12 Wells-Fargo rare house. Langford's "Days and Ways" is well PVT. ELISHA STOCKWELL, JR., ;.-'h 8;; original facsimile posters offering reward, cap- SEES THE CIVIL WAR .A , ture of highwaymen. $2 postpaid. Pioneer Box known to students and collectors as a 433, Harriman, Tennessee. chapter of the not-so-old Old West, published Edited by Byron R. Abernethy (Oklahoma Univ. Press, Norman, Ok. $3.75) HA N DL0A D 1,: R S ATTENTION. Imported this time with a new, lengthy, and worth- Empty primed shotshells 12-16-20 gauges. Also while Introduction by Dorothy M. Johnson, Interesting about this book is the fact primers, Free price list. Davison Trading Com- that it was written over sixty years after pany. Baraboo. Wisconsin. writer, teacher, and specialist in western the events herein chronicled, by a blind man RIFLE SLINGS, leather. Army Surplus, 114 research. Not primarily a "gun book," gun- inch. Brand new, $2.00 each. Public Sport men good and badÑHenr Plummer, scribbling his memoirs in a slotted board. Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa. The board was turned down the page, edge - -- Cherokee Bob, Boone Helm, and countless UNUSUAL, IMPORTED Reading and Photo for edge, to keep the lines separate, and the Books. List lOc. Olympla Books, 6715 Holly- others~fillthese pages with tales of gun wood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. use and gun abuse in times and places where manuscript wavered on in its telling of events long passed, of men long dead. HANDCUFFS, $7.50; LEG 1rons,$5.00. Leather a man without a gun would have been as and canvas restraints. Thomas Ferrick, Box 12. inadequately dressed as a man without pants. Brought alive again by the- editing and Newburyoort. Mass. Nicely printed, illustrated, and bound, this skillful touch of Byron Abernethy, this ELECTRIC PENCIL: Engraves all Metals. becomes a smooth narrative. $2.00. Beyer Mfg. 18511-Q Springfield, Chi- book offers interesting reading, history in cago 43. narrative style, and a "way out" for the For the gun fan, in addition to being "WINEMAKING," $1.00. "STOUT, Beer, Ale collector who can't afford 1st Editions.-EBM simple but interesting reading with the Brewing," $1.00. Illustrated. Eaton Books. Box narrative of the boy's life in the War, this 1242-N. Santa Rosa. California. JOHN WESLEY HARDIN: book has a few small gems. Amusing is the .30/30 VARMINT LOADING data. .25c coin. TEXAS GUNMAN incident when they go foraging for pigs and Enjoy shooting your carbine all summer. Jukes, By Lewis Nordyke 99 Tvndail Ave.. Toronto. Canada. discover one lad's ten-shot pistol is too low (William Morrow & Co., $4) STONE ARROWHEAD making instructions. powered for their purposes. The gun, from Illustrated, Complete. Ancient method. $1.00. You could get a good many signers to a the description, is unmistakably a Walch Chief Blackhawk, Kennewick 16, Wash. petition to name the Texas Preacher's Boy superimposed pocket revolver. Again, Stock- RUANA HUNTING and Bowie Knives. Send the greatest of the old western gunmen-and stamps for illustrated price lists. Ruana Knife well's references to the arms with which his Works. Box 574. Bonner. Mont. with considerable reason. Wes Hardin was company were equipped make interesting CROSSBOWS FOR Fish-shooting. Hunting, a paradox, an enigma, an almost unbelieve- sidelights on Civil War guns. The Belgian Tareret. Factorv-Direct-Prices. Javco. Box 1355. able combination of prim Puritanism with back-action-lock Minie rifles were, in the Wichita. ~ansis coldblooded ruthlessness. Nobody knows how bands of a good marksman, accurate weapons RIFLE SCABBARD, Western Boots, Clothing. fast he was with the guns he wore; there Saddles. Free Catalog: Silver Spur, Box 1785 and young Elisha gives them their credit. 1.1, Fort Worth, Texas. was nobody to time him. But he had killed After Vicksburg, when thousands of Enfield FREE LIST! Books for collectors, shooters. 27 men by the time he was 18 years old, rifles were confiscated from the Confederates, Paul J. Drabeck, Dept. G, 2886 Roosevelt Ave., and no gunfighter of the era was more feared. his company was re-equipped with that . Bronx 65, hT.Y. With one statement in this book, however. weapon. Later on they received Springfields, RELOADING SUPPLIES. Loading data on FTorlErdon nowders 25c. Price list free. B. E. this reviewer is forced to note an exception. which gets Stockwell's vote as the best gun. Gods-don. hc.. Merriam. Kansas In his Foreword, Lewis Nordyke says, "This There are other touches throughout the book 100 TRICK KNOCKOUTS For Self-defense. $1 is the first time the Hardin story has been that indicate he knew guns and shooting, 1c each. Priest. Box 251, Evanston. Illinois. told in full." The Hardin story was told in even as a lad going off to war.-wBE full, in published print, by none other than THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK INLAYS John Wesley Hardin himself, in a little book are my bui)iness and I make titled "Life of John Wesley Hardin. Written the"he;ig,\~&~lo;-J by precision machinery. Send bv himself, and p~'-'"~-' L-~Original for latest lit. *C. D. CAHOON DEPT. 2, BOXFORD, MASS. -- --.-...- ~oosensRush DUN FAST DRAW HOLSTER I ^ nuts . . . screws . . . parts I : in our area for-Excellent Service { Good Prices- Quality Lines 2  - 0. Supplies for : Gun Smiths - Dealers - Law Enforcement : : Agencies - Shooting Clubs - Custom Re- : loaders. 2 RODS, REELS. GUNS, : OUTBOARD MOTORS, etc." : Write for 100 page catalog. Include AT MOWAIE STtlES. CMACES, . 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MITCHELL SPINNING REEL ' SAVE $39.55 Plus H-l REGISTERED ROD VF MITCHELL SALT W Plus 88-PC. SPIN KIT Plus H-l REGISTE wlYou Get Everything! The $32.50 value Mitchell Model 300 ICERTIFIEDIS69.00 Value Spinnina Reel dus E&a so001 f For Riaht or Left Hand Cast- ersÑst choice); the $27.50 value ~orrocks-lbbotsonImpe- rial Crown Grade custom built individually registered tubular Power-glass 7 ft. 2-pc. medium-light action Spinning Rod with sliding ring locking reel seat; 200 yds. of finest Du Pont Nylon Monofilament Spinning Line, seven famous, proven spinning Pa $1 00 Down Balance lures, including plugs, spoons and spinners, snaps and swivels, c&. or S1.60 a'week for line clips, plastic bubble float, reel grease, assorted hooks, only 24 weeks. 1 sinkers, leaders, Spinning instructions. New 1958 First Quality! BRAND NEW! FIRST QUALITY! Full Price of above Rod and Spin Klt with Langley Spin-Flo $17.95 Value Reel is.only $24.88; or only $39.88 with the tiny Micron Spinning Reel {$41.50 Value Reel); or only $37.13 wlfh the new faster re- frieve Mitchell Model 350 Reel. ZEBCO SPIN-CAST REEL Plus H-l REGISTERED ROD Plus 88-PC. SPIN KIT

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