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BLACK or D e signed a n d NATURAL m an u f a ctured by Arvo Ojala, Sin gle the " to p gun" of $39.50 Ho llywoo d • plain I ns t r uctor a nd t ech. advisor t o Double most of leading By AL FREELAND $59.50 vVestern TV and Champion Rifleman & Riii esmitli pl ain m o v i e s tars. ORTARGET SHOOTING my favorite is th e th e BSA Martini .22 match rifle, Your Fast Dra w Ho ls te r is metal lined ; because I can hit with it. At Camp P erry last summer I won th e Dewar Course cus to m made. When ordering send y our F w a i s t and hip m eas u r em e n t s - a lso Iron Sight event and th e 50·yard Any Sight mat ch, placed second in th e 50 meter your g u n m a k e, calibe r a n d bar rel Any Sight and wound up sixth in th e Any Sight Aggregat e. I lik e thi s BSA rifle len gth. E nclose full a mo unt plus $1.0 0 (p ost. and in s. ). Send 23 % dep osit w it h beca use it is short coupled so I do not have to get out of positi on between shots. orde r on COD' s. I can spot, load, and fire for record without losing my original hold and I find SATISFACTIONGUARANTEED the dropping lever gun a con veni ent type to load. For consist ent accuracy over the HOLLY'VOOD F AS']' DIlA'w HOLSTER year s, th e Martini system has some advantages in wear ing better than bolt ac tions. 4126 Lnnkershlm m va., It holds headspace bett er, since th ere ar e fewer surfaces to wear in th e Martini, North Holl'""'oo(l, C nlifornin POIJlnr 0 -8721 S'l'nnle,- ;-7S.l4:J than in a bolt rifle. We have found in tuning these rifles for match work that it is best to have the forearm bedd ed snugly for about six inc hes from the receiver and then, if a bedd ing system is fitted, to relieve the stock from about an inch forward of the stock-barrel screw, up to th e bedder at the forend. That way we ~ YOUR INNOCENT can ad ju st the bedd er and improve the grouping of the barrel. A stock properly ' 'lL...PROTECTOR bedd ed thi s way, we have proved, will not change impact from cold to hot barrel, POIJlnr 0 -8721 S'l'nnle,- ;-7S.l4:J thail in a bolt rifle. We have found in tuning these rifles for match work that it is best to have the forearm bedd ed snugly for about six inc hes from the receiver and then, if a bedd ing system is fitted, to relieve the stock from about an inch forward of th e stock-barrel screw, up to th e bedder at the forend. That way we YOUR INNOCENT can ad ju st the bedd er and improve the grouping of the barrel. A stock properly bedd ed thi s way, we have proved, will not change impact from cold to hot barrel, PROTECTOR during shooting. THE HIDE·A·WAY DAGGER A miniature version of the sw or d ca ne . This ca n be left ca sually lying a bo ut the h ouse with only few knowing t ha t wi thin its r ich go ld en leathe r wrapping s li es a deadly I S" s teel dag g er; ex te nding 5" into the handle MY a nd 26" ov er a ll len g th. $3 .93 P .P. or C.O.D. plus shipping. B & J LEATHER COMPANY FAVORITE P.O. Box 990. BROWNSVILLE 18. TEXAS GUN

By PAT McMURTRY Rank ing U. S. Heavyweight

HORTLY after I fou ght S George Chuvalo, th e Can a• $2 dian heavyweight champion, my SPECIAL OFFER: Both Fox C alls Plus father and I went hunting in $2 Instruction Record (78 or 45 rpm)ONlY $5 th e Northwest's Blewett Pass Surefire unbreakabl e BURNHAM cn tf s teetu rert In A ug '56 TRUE " T he CR ITTERS C o me When CALLED to Burnham area. Out of th e brush popped Cfl.I1 ~ lured up 121 FOl{. 33 Racc o on s, 156 C o yot es , 11 Bobcat, 42 Deer . a nd hundred s o f Ha wk s a nd Eagl es on th eir dry run. a deer about Chuvalo's same Th o u sands 01 th es e cal ls In use every ..... her e Letters tell us of weight-nearly 200 pounds. My a maz ing results-"Very fir st li me I u sed your call I call ed up 5 Coyoles"-P T C .• New M& KICO. BURNHAM calls mu st g ive Hu sqvarna .30-06 lightweight you c l o se shot at abo ve mentio ned gam e or your money back! rifle weighs only 6 V2 pounds. FREE Calling Stor ies and best instr uct ions 50 yeors of ca lling But it did th e job. I onl y wish expe rience can prod uce. I had th e hefty punch of thi s Dealer Inqui ries Invited Husqvarna lighty. It's definit ely THE COVER Pictured on the cover are rifles HE American Revolution was a popular from the past and for the T revolution. It differed from more recent fut ure. Remington 's nylon types in that there was no mass defection sporter is the start of a new of government troops, no pal ace coup by tradition. The Sharps are echoes military junta. The people formed their own of an old one. The middle gun mil itia, took their own guns to war. The is a Sharps M1877 Creedmoor revolution in Cuba (recognized by the U.S. match rifle, Rigby flat barrel; the instant it succeeded) was such a strugg le. the bottom, a pilot model 1875. Few of the military went over to Castro until MARCH, 1959 VOL. V, 3-51 the last minute. Yet he got gun s, and good ones . Fr om where? From the U.S., mostly, ju st as we in our turn had earlier got guns IN THIS ISSUE from France, from the Marquis de LaFayett e. The ease with which Castro got guns should guns americana ••• serve as a signal to the embers of neo-Iascism THE RIFLEMAN WHO STUNNED THE WORLD.... Edward Loring Tuttle 14 elsewhere. The story "Where Castro Gets His THE BIG SHARPS: KING OF THE BUFFALO KILLERS ... . .Elmer Keit h 24 Gun s" is history written today. WHERE CASTRO GETS HIS GUNS ...... William B. Edwards 39 We herald another revolution, a revoluti on in gun makin g, with "Rifles For The Space shotguns .•• Age !" Remin gton's use of structural nylon THROWN BIRDS MAKE TOUGH TARGETS Dan Klepper 18 GET AN OWL DECOy William Schuma"ker 28 makes many things possibl e: let your im• agination have free rein, and check your rifles ••• forecasts with the future. RIFLES FOR THE SPACE AGE!. William B. Edwards 20 Mar ch mean s whistle pigs and crows cull• LOAD YOUR .375 MAGNUM FOR ALL-AROUND USE .. Bill McCandlas s 23 ing the late harvest grain or the new seed• ings. And thi s mean s rifles for varmints. Take handguns ••• notice of "Get An Owl Decoy." Your big-eyed POLICE QUICK DRAW CAN IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES .T. O. Bancroft 37 partner and your high velocity rifle can team up to make you Th e Farmer's Friend hunting ••• wherever you go. Good "spade work" for "NO HUNTING" SIGNS CAN COM E DOWN . . . " ...... Ken Louton 40 later fall hunting, too, by gett ing yourself known as a safe shooter and good sport. home workshop ••• Sergeant York once made the head lin es YOU CAN MAKE THESE GRIPS YOURSELF Lee Wood s 44 with his skill and coolness as a rifle shot. Ticker tap e parades on Broadw ay, medals d,p- _~rtm~ .~b __ ! I '. !-. Serge ant York once made the head lin es YOU CAN MAKE THESE GRIPS YOURSELF Lee Woods 44 with his skill and coolness as a rifle shot. Ticker ta pe pa rad es on Broadway , medal s departments ••• and honors from the Allied powers, all were MY FAVORITE GUN AI Freeland ; Pat McMurtry 4 his. Toda y he sits alone in Tenn essee, but TRIGGER TALK ...... 5 the capabilities of qu ick decision and GUNS IN THE NEWS...... 6 accurate shooting, which in him reached ELMER KEITH SAYS .. 8 momentary perf ection , remain as examples CROSSFIRE . . " . . . . 10 to guide the combat rifleman today. Read HANDLOADING BENCH...... Kent Bell ah 12 GUN OF THE MONTH. . Ray Riling 36 "The Rifleman Who Stunned Th e World," PULl) . " Dick Mill er 43 the story of Sgt. York. SHOPPING W ITH GUNS . . .. R. N. Wallis 56 Latin matt ers plus shotguns hold att enti on GUN RACK 63 in "Thrown Bird s Make Tough Targets." The THE GUN MARKET ,"...... 65 Mexican sport, a variation on live bird shooting, in a sense pits shooter aga inst an• George E. von Rosen Art Arkush PUBLISHER E. B. Mann EDITORIAL DIRECTOR other man, expert in his class, the columbiare EDITOR or pigeon th rower. William B. Edwards El mer Keith Our emphasis on Latin American affairs Sidney Barker TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR Fred McLaren this issue will be continued in future issues ART DIRECTOR ART EDITOR as stories appear on our neighbor nations. Louis Sah Marvin Ginn Lou Weber K. Elliott L R. Pector Th e Pan American Games will feature shoot• CI RCULATI ON ADV. SALES MG R. ADVERTISING ADV. PROD. PROD UCTION ing mat ches held in Chicago and north shore Editorial Advisory Board Waukegan, Ill . GUNS Magazine has been "on COL. G EORGE M. CHINN CA ROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER AL FRED J. GOERG top" of the stories developin g here and will ROG ER MARSH ROY G. DUNL A P VAL FORGETT KENT BELLAH bring them to you as they break. Gun club officers will find in "No Hunting Signs Can Come Down" a handbook for local operati ons in makin g hunting more ac• cessible in their area. Read it-and act. REP RESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 60 Easl 42nd SI., New York 17, N. Y., YUkon For the reloadin g technician, facts on one 6-9280. M lOWEST, Lee Salberg , 8150 N. Cenl ral Park A ve., Skokie, II I., ORchard 5-6967. CA LI· FORNI A, The Ren Averill Co., Ren Averill , 232 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Cali f. RYan 1-9291. of the lightest and one of the heaviest SOUTH ERN, Hal Moore, 279 N E 791h SI., Mia mi 38, Fla. FRankli n 1-3624. center-fires spans the field. Read Kent GU N S morraz tnc is publiahed m onthly at 8150 N. Cent1'31 Park Av enue . Skokie. Illin oi s. Sec on d c la ss 8 o sta ~e ~a i d Bellah' s column on the startling new Kay• ~\. ~ S ~ Y : M riE ~ ~ ~1 ~ g u ; n ~c~ \ , :. d ~ 1 ~ t ?~~a l l' ~ ~ \ \ ~ g 8 g~'1'f · c ~ ~ ~i ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ d O ~ ~ d~ ~ ~ ~ ' :s5 ~~i l s; ~ g ~ ~ ~ ~P d' O ~ T 1i I ~ ~ ~ O * ~ r ~ ~m~~~~W ~p~nn'\~ scg- ~p~u~ r g ~~g~~~~~r #l~ !i~~~ ~ ll fOb:t ~ ~ a ~ ~ t:?'a~ t:k c u~ :~r l:~ it ~~O~ f ~e~~~g~ ~ : 4 Chuk .22 CF revolver load s ; then turn to w tll cover reprodu ction In any or all GUNS ma e aetne ed itions . ADVERTISING RATES furnished on reques t . page 23 for dope on how to tame the .375 Magnum rifle. Also for the reloader, some notes of caution from our Gun Rack report thi s month . Be cautious and skeptical of what you may hear on proof loads- ~ they are not firecrackers for kid s. ~

GUNS MARCH 1959 5 Ma Hunfer Pre~enf~ FRENCH CHAUCHAT LIGHT MACHINE GUN Pride of the F'ren e h At-ru v, is s u ed , CIVIL WAR ARTILL ERY " ~ a r to the A.E.F. in wortd I. AMMO and all Ordnance Swor n by. by a few-sworn a t by accesso r ies ror sa me, m a n y. Co m p le te and in e xcellen t CANNON BALLS! CANNON BALLS! WHOSE G01' THE condition- $19.95 .. .. A few CANNON BA LLS? WE DO c h oice on es a t- $2 9.95 - AL L SH AP ES AND ~LL S IZES. 1\'[-3 GREASE GUN-new co n d i• MA HUNTER has just received the la s t remaining supply o r CIVIL WAR & SPAN ISH AMERICAN W AR ca n no n am• tion. The fl rst t ime these weapon s mo. in t he wei-rd . We purchased a ll the Artiil el'y Ammu• h a ve been offered tor s a le , and it m ay be t h e n ition on " You k now wh o 's isl a nd in the Hudson." CIVIL WAR CANNON FUSF.8-0NLY COMPLETE AS SORT• last-$49.95 . .. Extra tn a g a z in e s-$2.5 0 MENT IN CO UNTRY In bo xes w i th be autifully enm-ave d GERMAN M . P. 44 STUR M G E W E H R- F i l's t or the burp lab el s o r FRANKFORT AR SENAL d ates 1864·1865. 4 ~ u ns ; excel lent to n e w cond il ion- $ 49.95 .. •. Extra sec. to 40 s ec. packed 5 per box . , • $ 2 .00 ea.-comple t e m agazines-$6.95 se t of 8 . .. SI5.00. BR ITI SH 2 " MORTAR--complete in ordnance ca se with S P E CI AL ! Authentic Civil War s hett fuse IJrOltions fastened a ll acccssor tes-c-s ae. Oo ~(~ )Ir/ F 1k :Ef ~~~{ f r~ r : ::~ f i ~ ~h b vi i ~: ~ ea H UG E S UP P LY OF LO oS E M I LI TA R Y A~ nIO - ror rifle and J; ; on. Sl ,OO ea. • In the Moscow, Id aho, justice court a o rs to t -u n box ed b ut a t bargain IWi<"C's· 30-06. $ -1.50 per JUST ARRIVED-7 .92 KURZ AMMQ-$8,50 pe r 1 0 0 . • 100. .43 S oanteb, $4 .5 0 p e r 10 0 ..3 0-40 Kra ~. S ·LOO per Sen d SOc for BRAND NEW 3r d e d i ti on c ata• poacher had a strange story to tell the jury 100•.44·40 w tucncste r , 5-1. 0 0 per- 10 0 . .-15·70 Gover-n• menl o 85.00 pe l' 1 0 0 . All are n swd in o u r ne w 3rd log ue of hither t o unoff ered rare a r m s and abo ut a deer foun d in his possession. He editi on ca ratoe ue. anUTIO for the s hoo te r a nd collect or . CI VI L W AR. 6 PO v ~D ER . C.-\:'\:'\ O:'\ WHE EL S-S40.0 0 ha d, he said, see n th e deer and bent over per pate, GE R ~IAN 1IIE DA L 8-I r on Cro s!r-$2.5 0 ea . 1I10st Others-$1.25 complet e se lec• to exa mine it. Th e deer came alive, and the tion li st ed in n ew CAT A LOG C:E CANCELS DEWAT PROCRAMl THERE WILL BE NO MORE AFTER THESE ARE SOLDI pair rolled some 100 yards. Th e State Con• ~ servation Officer pointed out, however, that par t of the "ro lling" was uphill accord ing 10 the tracks. The man was fined $90. *** • In eas te r n Idaho a deer hun ter, on h orseback, fou nd h is trail blocked by a moose. T he h orse sh ied , throwing th e r ider . T he m oo se attacked the man. T h e Write for Illustrated Brochure with all m an b roke his rifle stock over th e information on Stocks and how to order ! m oose's a ntl ers. T he moose tu rn ed on .», --- the h orse, a nd the two battled u ntil th e m oose's a ntlers got en ta n gle d in a rope on the sad d le. The moose took off, leading the h orse. Several days passed before th e h orse wa s fou nd-free of • Law Enforcement h is f riendly companion. • Target Shooters *** • Hunters • Fairf ax, Va. A "deer of parts", mad e up • Fi eld Shooters of left-over pieces of metal scra p, is mak ing Stocks ca r v e d for all Fa irfa x Rod And Gun Club hunters the top popu lar American guns, guns in this area. Th is deer dashes acro ss a individually custom fit- • Law Enforcement his fr-iendly co m pan io n . • Target Shooters *** • Hu nters . Fairfax, Va. A "deer of parts", mad e up • Fi eld Shooters of left-over piece s of metal scra p, is ma king Stocks ca r v e d for all Fa irfax Rod And Gun Club hunter s the top popu lar American guns, guns in this area. Thi s deer da shes acro ss a indi vidually custom fit• te d. 25-foot field in 4 seconds and is so coopera • tive it will come ri ght back 10 get shot at some more. Behi nd the scenes, cables crea k and wheels whirl , but the rifleman sees only l1tTrtffs STOCKS one thing-the moving deer. This practi ce is, by all acco unts, ma king might y sharp hu nters out of these men.

• St. Louis, Mo. Har*** old Pi ppin found a new use for his rifle. When his car' s exhaust pip e was smashed after an accident and he couldn' t get the car sta rted, Mr. Pippin, [l , .. .• POWDERHOLLYWOOD.. SHOT" MICROMETER"MEASURES. 1 S·' Tubes Each. $29.95. on a hu nting trip at the tim e, simply took ! HOLLYWOOD " TURRET" RE- dead aim and shot the pipe free. .J LOADING TOOL. Complete as J s ho w n f o r on e g a u g e. HOLLYWOOD RIFLE ; $ 24 9.2 5. Stripped $99.95 • P arr is Islan d,** S. C. Thi* s Mar ine Corps .. PISTOL OIES. Set I Also reloa ds all rifle and base has a rifle that i a rifle ! More than seven feet long, it would make any foe of i ~ · (J) the Leath ern ecks gasp and turn pale. How• ever, it's not mean t to ta ke into battle and doesn't fire. Th e gian t "mock-up" is used '(}) to imp ress th e recr uits with some of the detail s of th e ri fie. HOLLYWOOO METAL gn~ E r r oS m W W ~ ~ HOLLYWOOD " SUPER 37 5 caliber . Ot her TURRET" RELOAD· • Dayton,Ohio.*** Af te r a h oldup man cali bers in process. ING TOOL. Reloads r obbed him of $70, Max Stap le to n , HOLLYWOOD CHRDN· $47.50 . ~ ~I :~f ~~ ' sh~:~ke 7 f; ser vice statio n mana ger , was d eternlined . OGRAPN. A precisio n • i and swages all metal . Instrument complete ... : and l ead bull ets . n ot to be robbed for a se con d t ime. When less batterie s. Net .. •. i The str ongest most h e sa w the sa m e man approaching h is $97.50 i precision reloading station a few weeks la ter, h e barricaded '''EMS 10'% i t ool wi t h the great- ALL • : est leverage that is himself in the back room and armed him • DOWN 24 . rmanufactu red today. ' self with a .38 r evol ver. The bandit MONTHS TO PAY Rifle, Pisto l and St10tshell Componen ts Carried in Stock : As sIlown $237.50. em p tied his gun into the door of the Free Literature. Discounts to Dealers - Prices F.O.B. HOllywoOd '1- _ ....1_ _ ...... __ ~_ .J l\..t"_ Q .. ~_ l _ . ! __1 A $9.00 VALUE- for only $5.00 ••• if you act NOW!

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Now you can reload sh ot gun sh ell s t aster woul d stay in th e Bull eye when other Na• . . . and more acc ura te ly th an ever In cid entall y, the Model '86 W inchester in thou ght possi ble. T his producti on -t ype tional Ma tch loads were kicked out in th e PFcSS reload s sho tg un she lls in tour four rin g at 600 and 1000 ya rd s by cross th e old er case-harde ned version is good to st mple ope rations . Requires no adjus tme nts or interchange wind s. When the good service boattails ca n• 38,000 pound pressur e, and the later blued of dies as wit h conve ntio na l tools. Each not be obtained, mo t r ifles will do almost as steel action , ser ial num ber over 124,000, is operation comp lete d on good to 42,000 pounds pressur e, same as the POSITIVESTOP. well with Remingt on, Western, orma , Sierra S fm ptified one step 180 grain mat ch boatt ails and 57 gra ins later Model 71 action. Th ese are about th e crun oer mak es per fect STAR crimp. Ca n adjus t 4350. This is a top load, so work up to it smoothest, fastest, big lever acti ons ever wad pressure from 0 t o. 120 Ibs . Wa d column carefully. pr odu ced and it is to be regr ett ed tha t Win• seated in one operatio n in a wad guide. Primers sea ted by F or the .300 Magnum bull gun. my 1000 chester has stopped their manufacture. i nternal. pressu re. In expensive t o own. T hese important fea t ures yard load was 65 grains 4350 and any fine m ak e Shellm ast er first choi ce of 180 gra in mat ch boattail , Sierra, Norma, hunter s, skeet and t rap Read or Blade Front Sights shooters . See your deal er or sen d Remin gton, or Western. 1£ good uniform for FREE liter ature. weight cases are used an d the powder charg e Many h unter s pr efer the round gold or eithe r weighed or measured in one of th e ivory bead front sigh t for use with either lar ge drum measures lik e the Sa eco, Holly• open rear sights or wi th th e Lyman type C-H DIE CO. wood, R.C-B.S. or oth er s of thi s type, you ap erture r ear sight. True, th e round bead will have ammunition th at will shoot very shows up beautifully through an y receiver sight and a lso look s well in the wid e anzle close to the minute of angle at lon g ra nge fr ~ n t i------· from gilt edge mat ch barrels. En glish V express sights ; but all bead sig hts are very fragil e beca use they ar e un• 7 x 57mm Lone Ranee Deer Load der cut so mu ch to form the roun d bead . either weighed or measured III one ot w e P. O. Box 3284, open rear sights or wi th th e Lyman type Terminal Annex, Oept. G.3 lar ge drum measures lik e the Sa eco, Holly• los Angeles 54, Calif. wood, R.C-B.S. or oth er s of thi s type, you ap erture r ear sight. True, th e round bead will have ammunition th at will shoot very shows up beautifully through an y receiver sight and a lso look s well in the wid e anzle close to the minute of angle at lon g ra nge fr ~ n t ~------from gilt edge mat ch barrels. En glish V express sights ; but all bead THE sig hts are very fragil e beca use they ar e un• 7 x 57mm Long Range Deer Load der cut so mu ch to form the roun d bead . °1 t PATENTED In the Ca ll type, which is a round gold n- UI Complete job as shown for F or the little 7 mm Ma user, the best long I b Most gun s $25 bead set int o th e fac e of a sq uare bla de, th ey ran ge deer load I have found was 50 gra ins are sturdy ; but thi s Call typ e is th e only 4350 and th e 160 grain Sierr a Boattail. Thi s Streamline MUZZLE BRAKE bead fron t sight that will stand hard blows Ask th e man~r gal-who has one. The modern load is superbly accura te a nd gives ju st over and not be bent or br oken . Bead front sights brake for particula r shoote rs. A giant in perform • 2800 feet velocit y. It expands on deer out a nce. Controlled esca pe for bett er braking and show up wonder full y well on game but do "easy-en-ears." Pr event s nasty rocket thrust and to fairly long ra nge. Don Hopkins used 1000 J~mp. Guaranteed workm anshi p. FOLD ER. Deal er not hold elevations nearly as well as do blad e ~ discount s. J of these, mostl y in Afri ca, and liked the loa d ~~~ d i:,~ O~ .o " o~ .~ ~ ~ · type flat topp ed front sights. An yone ca n PENDLETON GUNSHOP very mu ch. For any game lar ger than deer , prove thi s to his own satisfaction by group I would pr efer the 175 grain bullet, pref• shooting with the two types. era bly of Nosler make, backed by 47 grains 4·350 for 2600 feet. My own preference in front sights for DOUBLES THE KILLING POWER either pistol or rifle is a flat top ped So ur• Sh owi n g the mu sh · dou gh-type front sight with gold in sert, as r oo m e ffect of a l ead Cheap .375 Magnum Load r ev ol v er b ullet t hat h as bee n h o llow furnished by Red field . T his sight has a slope poi nted by a GOERG Fo r a cheap medium power pr actice load HOLLOW POINTER. to cat ch th e light in early morning or la te c o m pa re d to a so li d for the .375 Magn um, use 47 grains 4895 poin t bullet. A v ail. evening or in heavy dense timber or bush, a b le for . 4 5 Colt, powder and the Jdeal gas check bull et No. c1~ , ~~~7 ~~n~ p r:;: and has proven the best hunting fr ont sight 375449, cast of pure type metal and fitt ed a n d .38 Sp ec i a l. Retail $5.95. I ha ve ever used. It can be smoked black T:he Qoerg Hol.ter i s the only sh ou l d er holster de• with th e gas chec k. This load is usuall y good SIg n ed for the hu n t e r , or the active man Retail with a ma tch for target use, or ru bbed clea n $15,50. Dealersinquire. • for one in ch groups at 100 ya rds, makes a so the gold will show for game shooting ; and GOERG ENTERPRISES good tu r key match loa d, and is also very it will hold elevations far bett er than any Port Angeles 3009 S. laurel Woshingto. useful for a lot of the smalle r game shooting, round bead type I have ever tri ed. Th e blad e as well as practice. It is also an excell ent is heavy and sturdy, and it takes a hard blow 200 yard load. to put it out of commission. Pistol Shooters NQw! 9 2 pa ge fully Ill us t r a te d Heavy .45-70 Load ca ta log d ev oted e xcl us tve ty to p is to l eno oters. Cla r k , S hockey Leupold Quick-Change Mount cust om g u ns. Rug e r, Hi -S ta ndard . Fo r the .45-70 for all big game huntin g in Ha m m erli , Co lt . S&W t a rrre t gu ns. A low-mounting rifle scope mount which A ll t he la te s t nroducts and la te s t the timb er, an excelle nt heavy load is 54 nrtces. Hun dt-eds of scor-e imp rov • permits quick cha nge from scope to aper ture ing it ems fo r co mpe titive pi s to l gr ains 3031 Du pont or 4895 behi nd th e 405 s hoote rs. Ar ti c le s by McMillan . sight or factory ir on sight ha s been int ro• Joyner , Toney . Clark . S hoc key grain soft point or the Barnes flat point 400 a nd Hebard on s hoo ti n g and r e o du ced by Leupold & St evens In struments, loa d in g . Na ti o na l re co rd s . 2 6 00 grain bullet. This work ed very well on elk Clu b , e tc . A MU ST for co m oe rt- In c., P ortland 13, Or egon. Built into the base j ; " .... n i .. tnl n"'n n r ,,,,,unn.. I n t"'r_ deer and bear for me, and was first work ed Streamlined, quick-change levers on the scope ring assemblies of the two-piece De• tache-Mount permit the scope to be removed from the rifle without use of screwdriver, coin, knife blade, or other tools. When the scope is removed, the shooter can use either RARE CIRCASSIAN WALNUT the adjustab le "peep" sight built into the Finest gunstock wood. Very dense, yet light in weight, rear base of the mount, or the ori ginal fac• takes smooth finish sharp checkering. Turned and in• tory iron sight on the rifle. Th e scope with letted st ocks from $16.50 up to $80.00 for rare fancies. EXTREMELY RARE ORECON MYRTLE ring assembl ies attached can be repla ced on Rifle blanks from $15.00 to $75.00. Shot gun blanks from FROM VERY OLD BtC CNARLED TREE $10.00 to $40.00. No other wood compares with Rare Finest we ever ha d. Li mi ted supply fa ncy the dovetail bases in positive alignment with• b lanks rifle size-or turned & in letted-$SO.QO out altering original "zero" of the scope Circassian as a gun stock. New shipment recently rec'd. to $ 75.00. Shot gun blanks. $20.00 to $35.00. sight. FREE TO GUNSMITHS : BIg4·,010r ,hart showing Flaig 's varied PREMIUM GUN STOCK BLANKS In natural , olor. The quick-change levers can be install ed BEAUTIFULLY GRAINED FRENCH WALNUT- FINEST PENNA. BLACK WALNUT Fren'h rifte blanks. $20.00 to $40.00. Turned and In. BLANKS & STOCKS: on either the ri ght or left side of the action lett,d 'or most riftes $5.00 mere. Rlfte blanks. all grades. $4.00 to $20.00. Walnut shotgun as desired by the shooter. Levers can be xxxx $25.00; super Burls up to $35.00. ~:~ ~~~ . st~;,~~r~o IJ.508?· x~al:r~~einl(~~~~) s~II.~O';"r ot~ ~~ ~ CURLY MAPLE RIFLE BLANKS: $7.00 to $30.00. $10.00 to $12.00. Als. Penna. burls and rar e burls avail. adj usted so they lock in twelve different Turn'd and lnlelted for most riftes. $8.00 to $35.00. able NOW: xxx grade $17.50.$20.00. positions to hold the scope securely. They cannot become detac hed accidentally from PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONS the rin g asse mblies. * Leupold Detacho-Mounts are available with either I " or 26 mm scope rings for mounting most hunting scopes. Th e low-rn ounting dove• tail bases are individually machin ed to fit prope rly on all popular hun ting rifles. Com• plete Leu pold Detacho-Mount s with instruc• tions for mounting are priced at $11.75. Other Leupold products for shooters include the pop ular Leupold Adjusto-Mount with buil t-in windage and elevation adjustments, and the Leupold line of hun ting and varmint scopes.

The 13th "Gun Digest" ~======~~~~~~~~~~:::~~=~=~:;¢;:======: John Amber's annual " Gun Digest" is an I NOW AVAILABLE:T he new Ji g-In.-W l i~ht SA KO L · S 7 A ction. ban-etec to the Do ug-la s _sl wo m e m o ly _ b a l:.!'el in ca li ber's . 22·250. 220 Swift. 243 wtn.. 244I excep tionally well bal anced and excellent Re I!!., 2 ;:JI Roberts. ~ ;:JO Sa v . . 300 Sa v . . and 308 Win. $84 .00 co m Jete JlR'ht• w plj: ~ 'ht .01' sP ol·t el ·.welg-ht.. Prem.ium E'radc barre! $3.00 addltlonnl. ~AKO L-57 edit ion, with art icles on many phases of rifle, Ll g'htwe lght Bar-retted Ac t ton w ith 2:.='" Mi cro-Grooved hart-e! in ca l iber 308 or pistol, and shotgun work by leadin g Ameri- I L 243 Wincheste r. b lu ed. complete. • ."$==:;.I79.0 0 .

ACE ACE DOUBLE·SET can authorities. Many reloadi ng art icles on TRIGGER TRIGGER .. ..•• •• •• $10.00 SHOE F itted to yo u r M a u ser or F .N . metallic and shot shell reload ing make the $2.50 A ct ion $6.00 m ore. For m ost eta es . s ho t• work a most excellent ref erence. All the g'una and ENFIELD M1917 nencaune. .30-06 PARTS latest new arms are also describe d and evalu• New 5 Gr . Ba ...-ets . ...$15.00 Excellent 5 G.'. Bart-eta . . 12.00 ated. Chapters on proof marks, ballistics, and BOLTS Comple te . K EW .. 6 .50 Other Enfield Model 1 91 7 c arts reloading tools help round out the edition. in stock. ~ C I~ D8 u i L'~ l$ trl" d .n ...k W,·lt.. AMMQ )ALt. fQII "tKt ~a n a u t h '~ riti es . :Many r e r o ~di~ t ~rtic l e s o ~ TRIGGER .. .. •• •• •• $10.00 F itted to yo u r M a u ser or F .N . metallic and shotshell reload ing make the A ction $6.00 m o re . work a most excellent reference. All the ENFIELD M1917 .30-06 PARTS latest new arms are also described and evalu• New 5 GI·. n arrets . ...$15.00 Ex cellent 5 G.'. Bm-rets . . 12.00 ~ , ~ ( ~ ~ ~ , ·.li~11 ated. Chapters on proof marks, ballistics, and BOLTS Comple te . K EW .. 6 .50 g m m 200 g r . S .P .••••..• •••. •••. ...•••... 1~:gg=~gg Othe r Enfie ld Model 1917 c arts Manuttcn er- reloading tools help round out the edition. in stock. Lots any co m b in a ti on 5 0 0 or more 1 0 0/0 le s s Othe r g un pa r-ts In stock . wi-ne An excelle nt article on Ed McGivern, and your needs. NEW Sp rin g fie ld N ick el Steel Bolt $3.50, same bolt atterec foro low sco pe with p ear s ha pe d ha ndle l i ke 70 one on the Hollywood Fa st Dra w movie I------• Wlnche ste ,.. o n ly ... . $8.5 0 arti sts, Sixguns for Hunt ing, as weli as ex• BARRELS BOEHLER BARRELS. proof steel. seml-ectaaon, ribbed. cellent articles on reload ing, give the hand mailed enli re length. Made by FRANZ SODIA of Fer. SPRINGFIELD gu n enthusiast plenty of food for thought. tach, Austria. in .22• .25• .270, 7mm, and .30 caliber. M·1903 Also now avail able in .243 and .244 cal. Highly accurate• The grea t dangerou s game of the world is in the whit e. $45.00. (Fitted to your acti on. with sheared bead . complete pri ce $60.00.) also well covered, with hu ntin g articles on 2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $3.00. Case of 10 $25.00 most Asiatic and Africa n game. Effect of NEW SPRINGFIELD 4.gr oove BARRELS $IO.OO New! Krag 2- Groove 30· 40 BARRELS 23'" or less in il;:; bullets on game is covered in an excellent i e .'lJ'~~ ' ~~I~ yNlhr:C'~ er~dA~hR~ a~ ~d · 2 3l!nlr on~ ~ 5 ·f~ily eham- MILLED TRICCER C?UARDS-Made for Flaig's article. The cartridge collec tor and the gun bered, threaded. blued. $20.00. by Sako and featurong Sako's smooth.working collector will all find plenty of excellent New! MAUSER '98--30·06 2· GR. BARRELS 23" or less h.,nged floor plate. Will fit any M-1903 Spring- in length. Fully chambered & threaded. Only $15.00. f!eld. Dressed tang, blued. These will enhance any material in thi s editio n. Articles on the Note: Any of the above Barrels expertly ftlled to your fine sporter ...... • . $15.00 Sharp s Borchardt and on gun engra ving add Acti on-headspaced a nd test·flred-$2.50 additio nal. (Dealer inquiries invited) still more valuable and aut henti c information i!J!1II11111 11 11111111 11111111 111 11111111 11111111 111111 11 1111111111111111111111 11 1111111 11 11111111 111 11 1 111 11111 1 1 111 111 1 1 11 11!!1II 1! ! 1I 1 1 111 1111111 1111 111 11111 111 111111111 11 11111111 111 111 11 11 11! 1II111i1111 11 111 111111111 1111 111 11 11 1 1111 11111 11 111111 1111I111111 11111111"1I 1111 11111111 11 111111111111111 1111"lIl1l1 l1l11l11l11l11m~ for the gun crank or collector. All told, the ~ ~ ~ Exclu.iflel ~ 13th edition of "G un Digest" is a must to all shooters, collectors, and gun cra nks. ~ NEW FLAIG-ACE' I ~ FINISHED BARRELS . ~ ~ ~ Hollywood Loading Tools ~ Mode by a not ionally known barrel-maker of high est repute, we now offer th e patented " but ton rifle d" ~ ~ smoot.h, hard, swedg ed, SIX groove chrom e moly barrel of ab solutely top quality, comp letely thr ead ed ~ Lyle Corcora n, maker of the well known ~ precrsron chambered and crowned at a money-saving pric e. You can now have your favorite caliber in ~ line of Hollywood reload ing tools furni shed ~ your choice of weight at a moderate price. NOW also for the 54-70 Win. including 25-06 ~ ~ 22-250 and other calibers. ' ~ by the Hollywood Gun Shop, spent a day in %1 • Immediately available for the FN Mauser, Springfi eld , Enfield and 722 Remington Act ion. ~ thi s little town giving all gun cra nks and ~ • Choice of LIGHTWEIGHT 2.1", SPORTER WEIGHT 24" and MEDIUM-HEAVY WEIGHT 26". ~ ~ • Choic e of Calibers: 220 SWIft, 22-250, 243 Win., 244 Rem., 250 Sav., 257-R , 270 Win ., 7mm, 300 ~ dealers a demonstration of his big Super ~ SAV., 308 WIN., .30-06, .25-06 and fhe new 280 REM. 222 a lso available for th e 722 Rem. only. ~ Turret Tool. Each of us swaged bull ets both ~ ACE BARREL5-F.O.B. MILLVALE, PA . ~ .30 caliber 180 grain and also .38 and .44 ~ Ace " Bullon- Rifled" Barrels, Each S24.00 ACE BARRELS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ~ ~ If y our action is sent to u s, w e ch a rg -e $ 5 .0 0 6 .5 and 7.7 .ra p . and Mexic an a nd x a r S mall Ring- ~ caliber gas check revolver bull ets on the new ~ to fit. neadsnace and t e st-are. tnctudtnz h a nd li n g . Mausors in Ca libel's : 220 Sw ift. 22·250 243 Win m ~ F. N. Ace Barreled Action s (White). Ea. . $67.50 244 Hem.. 2 50 Sa v.. 2 57 Rober-ts , 7MM. 3 0 0 Sav : ~ tool. We also reloaded shotshells on it and ~ All Ca libers Li ste d • and 308 Win. ~ his other reloading tools. I have used a ~ Barrels are ready to be turned Into your rec erv er , Th ey need only have headspace checked ~ ~ DEALER inquiries invited an d GUNSMITHS be sure to ask for our special descr iptive lit era tur e on fhis ~ Holl ywood Turret press for the last nin e ~ ti me and money saving t remendou s valu e ite m. RETURN PRIVILEGE IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED. ~ years for a lot of my rifle and pistol loadi ng, ~1II111 11 111 ~ m m lUll ll lll m ll m ll ll ll ll ll ll lll llllll ll lllllllllllllllll llllll llllll ll ll llllll lllllll lllllllll lllll ll111 11111 11111 111 111111111 111 111111111111111 1111111 11 1111111 11111 1111 111 111111 111111111 11 11 11 111 11 111 11 11 111 1111 11 11 111 111 11 11 111 1I 11 111 11 11 11 111 11 11 11 111 111111 111 11111 111 11 111 ~ with satisfaction, but was glad to see the DEALERS: furt her improv ements in the big Super Turre t A utho,r i zed I n stallat io,n Write for Free New List # 30.- We Stress Individual Service. '1"...."' 1 /I' ... . _. lNHY GUESS? This gauge t ells you at a g la nce• * Caliber * Millimeter * Shot Gauge Caliber s on one side, milli• m eter and gau ges on other si de. Ma de of so lid Brass w ith Plastic carrying case. B n , - it n t ')"ou r n eure s t .1e:lle r. ONl,Y $ 1.00 Deater Inquiries In vited Good A rticle- Gun Of The Mo nth B & G GAUGE CO. B ut W atch That Pipe I have enjoyed every cop y of C uxs I have 2017 ROSCOE STREET Bein g a reloader myself, I was slightly ap• ever gotte n but your current issue has been CHlCAGO, IL LINOIS palled to see an illustration in the article the best. Th ere was not one article that I on Shotshell Reloading whereby th e loader, was not interested in , all of th em mad e How to Hunt probably the author, was intent on loading wond erf ul reading. a shell with a pip e in his mouth. Wh ether or My favor ite is Gun of th e Month and I DEER and not it was lit is of no conse quence , as th e would like to see it every month. I keep cardinal rule of safety when reloading ammo th em ; th ey make a very interesting "sc rap is not to have any live flame in the same book." room . I tru st that th is picture does not di s• Ronald 1. Cunning play th e writer's tru e loading technique. Mansfield , Ohi o o LUTHERA. ANDE RSO N, lifelong Julian D. Fink hunter. he lps yo u bring back a full New York , N. Y. bag with . how- to' advice on every S ingle S h ot P istols aspect of the h unter's art. N ew book Good A rticle- Period The French reader who calls for a new covers h unting deer, birds, and sma ll single shot pistol may be a yoice alone in the game. Descr ibes th e va rious types of Congr atulat ions on your article on shot• wilderness. A good accurate single would not game, their habitat, covert, an d feedi ng shell reloading. F irst article I ever read on habits.T ells how to select, handle gu ns be sharp enough for the only course suited to the subject where the author rea lly kn ows it, the free pistol cour se, withou t a lot of and equipment; gives expert advice o n what he is talking ab out. Feel I am a w ing- and snapshooting, leading ga me work . It is also not suited for American three in motio n. training and use of hunting veteran on reloading, as I have load ed 96 stage courses . Th e last US pi stol of this dogs. 60 ills. ':'53.50 cases in last five years with excellent result s. class, the Tompkins, sank without much trace Own the VE UM reloader made in Milwaukee, some years ago. A lot of th e de ma nd for Practical Taxidermy Wisconsin , and ca n use wad s or corn meal f01" singles is by coll ectors not in terested in o JOHN W. MOYER. Prepare your filler. Resizes brass to base and has auto• shooting. If there were more people shooting own lif e-like trophies fr om the fish mati c pr essure release for any pressur e. the internati onal course, a good single shot and game yo u catch, tr ap , or shoot. Of cour se there is something new in thi s might go over well. Th e Tompk ins came out Ill ustr ated, ste p-by-step in structions for djH ; d !? ,u ~j & s f " J1 ~ e ~l,H 'I?'.( ,, [,f' JIl ;V ~!J su.m: dogs. UU .us. "'S j.5U \:.t,looca. class, the T ~mpkil; s ~ ~a n k witl;out mt;ch t'race Own the VE UM reloade r made in Milwaukee, some years ago. A lot of th e demand for Practical Taxidermy Wisconsin, and can use wad s or cornmeal for singles is by collec tors not interested in o JOHN W. MOYER. Prepare your filler. Resizes brass to base and has auto• shooting. If there were more people shooting own lif e-like trophies from the fish mati c pr essur e release for any pressur e. the international course, a good single shot a nd game yo u ca tc h, trap, or shoot. Of course th ere is somet hing new in thi s might go over well. Th e Tompkins ca me out Illustrat ed , ste p-by-step in structions for reloadin g business every day. For your in • at a poor tim e, which offset its good poin ts. mou nti ng birds. fish, mammal s, and [ormation, most reload ing primers ha ve silver• But it might be possible to mak e up a rep tiles easily at hom e, w it h sim ple pla ted cap s except Carlsbad Ammo. of Cali• single on a heavy fram e and work it up for tools. 10I ills . '53.50 fornia, and Cascade. Th eirs are copper• a tr app ers' spec ial, and also as an under• colored caps. So you see, you can't win in study for th e costly free pistol. Th e USRA ARCHER"S CRAFT this business, but it's lots of fun. A. E. HODGKIN.D etailed inst ruc• pistol had a fr ame form ed to fit five di fferent o J ohn J. Rein ert tio ns a nd drawings show you how to basic grips, and could suit man y pu rpo ses. Wauwat osa, Wisconsin make your own bows, str ings, ta rget Also, thi s modern job could be se t up for a a nd hunting arrows, and arrowheads. single shot C&B, and ha ve ome market . Book ex pla ins the exciting h isto ry of S anta Cla us Please Note Th ere is a single shot mad e by an In di an a archery a nd tells how to hun t game shop of thi s general type. It is solid frame, with bow a nd arro w. 97 ill s. S3.75 You man y have seen an ad for a toy " pellet-firing .45 Cal. Au tomatic." Since I ca p & ball only. ARCHERY have yet to come of age for a permit in New Th at article about Hal vorson should go o NATALIE REICHART and G IL• York , I decided to obtain one to practi ce up with the one ab out Mar golin, as a re• MAN KEASEY. Co mplete g uide book with. In reply to my order I received a card mind er tha t peopl e who have th e most to establishes a relaxed shooting method which read in part, " Because ew York State complain of usually don 't. fo r target a nd fiel d arc he ry . Expla ins Law pro hibits the sale of toy pistols to minors J ohn P. Conlon the selection and care o f eq u ip me nt, under 16 years of age, we must ask you to ewark , Ohi o the use of target s, and competition .. ." Perh aps some gun bug of New York method s. 72 ills . ':'5 1.95 should gather a list of all officials in New York with sons of the cowboy age . A Note From Down Under CANOE CAMPING I think I have found another argument Ma ny th an ks for your lett er re the ARID. o c. W. HANDEL. This gu ide to aga inst some anti-arms legislati on. In refer• ln repl y to your query as to who will be wilderness travel tells how to plan ence to the taxati on of the Un ited States making th e F ri Ae in Australia, it will and mak e a canoe camping trip. Ex• be ma nufac tured by the Lithgow concern, plains selecting a can oe; food and Ban k in Baltimore by the State of Maryla nd, equipment; p acking and portaging; Chief Ju sti ce John Marshall decla red "The who ha ve been turning out a fair qu ality how to find yo ur w ay. handle eme r• power to tax involves the power to destroy," lin e of .22 calibre sporrers for the commer• gencies; outfits for fishermen, hu nt er s. and rul ed no state had th e right to control cial mark et for some years. I don't kn ow 167 ill s. S3.00 or hinder operations of a nati onal institution whether th ey are a purely pri vate concern, making the FN under contrac t, or whethe r *A book in the Barnes SPORTS LIBRARY locat ed within its territory . Could thi s not be applied to civil righ ts ? th ey ar e Government ponsored. As a tar get CLIP AD-CHECK BOOKS YOU WANT! Finally, we must congra tulate th e British shooter, I have had some expe rience with 0 11 Cypru s for being as "li beral" as to issue Lithgo w barrels, used as replacemen t ba rrels arms to her citizens there. in the .303 Lee-En field riAe. Th e qu ality of Our lar ge-bore target shooting here, as in vival," and "Where Are Tomorrow's Minute England, is in two classes: SRa, and SRb. Men ?" really interested me. It's easy to see In SRa shooting, the rifle must be used as what Mr. Soule means, and I agree with him TRAP BUTTPLATE issued, without the use of the shooting sling. completely. SRb allows the fitting of a heavier harrel, It might interest your readers to know that windgauge rear sight, and use of a sling. here in my area most people th ink Civil Shooting as done by the civilian rifle clubs Defense and even a small amount of pre• is all SRb, and those who use the SMLE as paredness is a waste of time. One fellow told the basis of their target rifle always fit a me I was crazy for even thinking about it. heavy harrel, as the issue barrel is very light I find tryi ng to explain anything to most of and is almost always shot out by the time them is useless. I wish there were some way For th e e)'tra cartridge and matches st ored safely in th e butt of th e stoc k. Wher ever you are with we get it. The only heavy barr els available to wake the m up. your rifl e, you hav e those ex tr as a long. Be pre• here are those made by Lithgow, and they My arsenal contains th e latest and hest pared for an e merge ncy. have proved perfectly satisfactory. I use a military rifles and pistols I could obtain, as Ha nd f itted t ra p. Top s in workmanship, fi nish an d looks. Size 5-1/4" x 1-9 /16". P14 myself, being a firm believer in the well as sporting rifles, shotguns, and older White finished or blue-ed $12.75 Mauser action, and th e one-piece stock. I military types th at could be used if neces• used the original barrel for two seasons, sary. I would like to add submachine guns, until I was lucky enough to win some prize but red tape and high costs prohibit. The law Engraved Trap Buttplates money at the Canter bury Championships last should be changed. I tr y to keep at least year, and got a new barrel made by B.S.A. 100 rounds of ammo for each caliber. How• The Nato cartridge will be manufa ctured ever, 500 would be better. here by the Colonial Ammunition Company I think the questions of Civil Defense and in Wellingto n. They have made .303 car• survival are very real and deserve serious trid ges for years, also shotgun ammo. Th eir thought. I'd appreciate hearin g other ideas .303 ammunition is headstamped C.A.C. and and comments from you and your readers. the date. (Year only.) Roger L. Koob Art ist ic work, an imal in ba s relief on trap, Since writi ng to you before, have pick ed Je sup, Iowa surrounded with scroll or leaf des ign. Deliv ery up a 7.7 Jap Arisaka, and after lookin g a a bou t 4 weeks after ord er received. bit deeper th an the rough surface finish, was Excusable Prejudice Engraved trap buttplate impressed. Definitely not the heap of junk Pl ease excuse my delay in wntmg you as illustrated $48 that some writers would have one believe. concerni ng the excellent article on the "Re• SEND 25c FOR NEW 48 PAGE CATA LOG Have you found a bolt in a military rifle turn of the Colt Rifle" in thi s month's issue FRANK MITTERMEIER tha t can be taken apart quicker or easier ? of GUNS Magazine. While I am adm ittedly Gunsmith Supply Headquar ters (Est. 1936) Also preferred the hinged magazine floor• prejudiced, it was a tremendou sly int eresting 3577 E. Tremont Ave. New York 65, N.Y. plate with the catch in the guard to this and factual piece. business of poki ng bullets into little holes Seriously, I was tremendously pleased with when you want to strip the magazine. Leave the article and appreciate the nice thi ngs you off the rattly bolt cover, and the odd aircraft said about me and my company. GUNS AND AMMO sight, and you have a pretty good serviceable Fred A. Roff, r-, Pres. Llama 32 Auto . P ocket Model $29.95. Also 38 Super Cal. military weapon. It can't be too bad; look Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. $34.95. Arg entina xronna 45 Auto. , si mila r to U. S. Army at the damage the J aps did with it. Arisaka, Model, $34.95. All in Brand New Condition. with wart ime ammo, turned out groups com- Price Correction PRICES PER 100 CARTRIDGES ~I/lfit~ l~n'tf ;yJ6 tI" R~yend l ~ ¥ e rt y ; ~O~d T Je'TVr c~aJ)re E .~~_ f~ the f~ll o win _ g _ Militar"y. ~ s . s .u ~ _ A m m ~ M-.P..:_Bu ll et: TF.r"ted 1\• .l\oYt, Jr., r'res, Llama 32 Auto . P ocket Model $29.95. Also 38 Super Cal. military weapon. It can't be too bad; look Colt' s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. $34.95. Arg entina xronna 45 Auto., si mila r to U. S. Army at the damage the J aps did with it. Arisaka, Model, $34.95. All in Br and New Condition. with wartime ammo, turned out groups com• Price Correction PRICES PER 100 CARTRIDGES $7.50 for the following Military I ssue Ammo. M. P. Bu ll et: parable with most mili tary rifles I have fired. Many thank s for Keith's excellent article 30/06 Govt. ; 8 mm. Mau ser ; 30/40 K ra g ; Dutch Hembru g Too many gun writers ' (not you) are in• 6.5 Rim ; 8 moo. Leb el; 6.5 mm. Italian ; 7.35 mm. Italian ; on our Schultz & Larsen rifle and 7 x 61 6.5 mm. Swedish Mau ser & Krag ; 351 win, S. L. ; 45/70 clined to sneer at the weapons of other coun• Sharpe & Hart cartridge. It is most com• Oovt. Lead; 80 Ml Carbine; 9 mm. Lug er; 303 B ritish. trie s, and lull people into a false sense of \Vinche ster Hamm er :\Iodel 97 R epeat er 12 Ga., 20" Bbl ., prehensive. However, the pri ce of $145 as new condition. $39.95. Pa rt s for : Springfield, U. S. Car • security. I love fine gunsmithing, all milled quoted was in effect when Elmer got the rifle, bine. U. S. Enfi eld . Cartridge clip s for for eign guns-e• parts, and nice walnut stocks as much as th e advise wants. hut is now $160. We took increases at the Send check or M.O. next man, hut the day of the military rifle factory, plus 5% increase on ocean freight. For free illustrated brochure, write: Dept . G built on th ose line s is gone. In fact, it went When we eliminated jobbing on Nov. I, 1957, in 1914, but not everybody realized it. The we cut the price from $166.32 to $145, but big things today are Mass Production, and have had to advance again. Our advertise• Expenda bility. Look at the weapons turned ment in GUNS gives th e current pri ce. out by the Germans in the closing stages of Phil Sharpe the war. They were crude, and rough, hut Sharpe &Hart they were killing weapons, and they worked . Emmit sburg, Md. GUNS, and your article in particular, have tau ght me more about the weapons of the Will Do, Soon SAVE BY MAIL world, not ju st those of the Western Powers, I would like to see more art icles like than anything else. So long as GUNS is avail• "Which Bullets Are Best," "The 17 Javelina ," able here , I will remain a subscriber. and "T he Comeback of the Colt Rifle," in -EARN MORE! Ian M. Barker the December, 1958, issue. I am a novice in New Zealand the arms field, and the charts and info. in "W hich Bullets Are Best" taught me a lot of Question For Californians things I didn 't know. In your J anuary, 1959, issue there is a Troy L. Hall letter to the editor from California stating Denton, Texas that it is a violation of the law to practice shooting in the counties of California ad• ja cent to the coast. If you will be so kind STANDARD DISCOUNTS as to check this and let me know if th is is TO DEALERS WITH LETTERHEAD tru e I will deeply appreciate it. • Hand Gu ns, Rifles and Shotguns Robert W. Keene • Reloading Tools and Components • Scopes, Mounts, Sights, Accessories Tuckahoe, N. Y. • F.N. & Sako Rifles, Actions & Bbls. •Archery, Fishing & Camp ing Equip ment Civil Defense Useless? All Cash orders postpaid• Congra tulations on a fine job. Keep up $100.00 net orders prepaid. the good work. As an ex-Gl and military 229-233 E. Third St. weapons collecto r. the art icles "22's For Sur- AURAND'S LEWISTOWN, PA. By KENT BELLAH HE WORLD'S highest velocity revolver, pared to a mere 80 F.P. with .22 L.R . mat ch the Harvey .224 Kay-Chuk , will give you ammo in a 6" barrel. Thi s excellent, har d• Ta real Bang! and an exhilarating experience. hitting Hi·V load still left something to be Th e wildcat develop ed by Lak eville Arms, desir ed for the ultimate in varmint destr uc• Lakeville, Connecticut, twists a little missile tion, although bullets penetrate deep and ex• toward outer space at more than twice the pand well. speed of sound. What it does on the terminal With cooperation from Sisk Bulle t Co., end shouldn't happ en to a dog. A pipsqueek Iowa P ark, Texas, I designed th e first jacket. Smith & Wesson K-22 rim fire is converted ed .22 pill for hand gun s, the Sisk 37 gra in to center fire and cham bered for a slightly Revolver Bullet. It has th e basic Jugular short-necked K-H ornet. Horn et cases ar e design that permits higher velocity with tr immed only .050" and are formed in one deadly accuracy, and the most shocking firin g. power in big bores. Th e new number ha s a soft lead core and flat nose, with a hollow point extending below the short, .320" jacket. It re tains th e fine accuracy of the rifle num• ber, with much faster blowup, and much higher velocity with up to 2.5 grains more powder. Not yet chronogra phed, it should register as much as 2,500 fp s, with M.E. a whooping 514 F.P . I' ve had fine accuracy with from 8.5 to 12 grains 2400. My favorite load is 11 grains, which has "adequate" blowup. Blasting No. 303 cans of beans, bullets enter the can, explode the can and contents be/ore pene• trating! We never did find an exit hole. Some

", .UVVPJ.U E; V"&" ""1' ...... I' ve had fine accuracy with from 8.5 to 12 grains 2400. My favorite load is 11 grains, which has "adequate" blowup. Blasting No. Kay-Chuk round is fire-formed (top) 303 cans of beans, bullets enter the can, with shoulder from .22 Hornet (bottom). explode the can and contents be/ore pene• trating! We never did find an exit hole. Some A Kay-Chuk is the easiest and cheapest reo loading hand gun for precision shooting, and .30 CALIBER, 180 grain Matchking. · the least temperamental. Almost without reo A fully ja cketed bullet with excep• tional accuracy made especially for coil, there is no rock 'n roll to spoil your aim. championship competition sho oting. Groups are tight er than the Sunda y shoes a country gal wear s on Sat urd ay night . It chills your kill faster than a blu e whistler norther in Texas. It does twice the damage on var• mints as factory .357 Magnums. Th e rifle-like crack is as loud as a .357, while the rifle-like New jacketed Sisk (I) and Ly man cast trajectory eliminates hold-over at any normal # 225107 bullets Bellah made for KC. handg un ra nge. Standard rifle bull ets pun ch holes in %" steel plates that shed factory beans were blown 25 steps. Cans exploded .357 M.P. loads. K·Hornet rifles are dandy as if they were hit with a .222 rifle. Fired in moist sand, the largest bullet fra gment was 8 gra ins of lead fused to part of the jacket. Oth er fragments were from small to mere lead smears, ind icating violent disintegration. .30 CALIBER, .308 Diameter, 110 Top loads with 35 gr. rifle pills penetra te gro in Hol low Po int. The lightest the cans, swell the seams, and make a 2" successful .30 Caliber bu llet mode . exit hole. Expansion in moist sand is good, Phenomenol accuracy and k i ll• with some 12 gra ins of lead shed and the ing power ot vormint ranges. jacket ruptured comple tely. Unique is also a good powd er ; maybe the Sierra has a free informa tive bro· p " ~ iri chure for you about the hobby of te:«: best in short 4" tubes. Either bullet shoots handloading. W rite today for your Kay-Chuk penetrates with big hole well with 6 grains, start ing at over 2,000 copy.- Dept . 586. in steel plate only dented by .357. Ips, with pr essur e below 25,000 psi. Th e 40 grain Sierr a and Speer bullets with that f or t arg et or game . .. compa n ion guns with Kay-Chuk ammo, with char ge start at 1,950 Ips in the same pressure th e n ame' s th e s a me much of their deadl y accura cy carr ied out in ra nge. Heavier bullets are not recommended. the short tub e. Blast a fox or similar varmint br oadside IERRA Wh en first developed, the highest velocity with a factor y .357 and you'll have a caliber• "nn best accuracv was obtained with a 35 size entrance hole and about a .50 caliber side, and blows the vital organs out. Such Weems is rig ht. Th ere is a th rill in hand• interior explosion expends all shocking power gun hunting you can 't get with a ri fle or WEEMS ALL·CALL with 4 in the boil er works where it counts, making shotgun. Tho se who call varmints love it . NEW Changeable Voices. it unn ecessar y to pin-p oint your hit in a vital Another advantage with a Kay-Chuk , bullets Deer. Fox. Coyote. Cats. spot. blowup on impact. This redu ces ri cochets CALL Coon with One Call. Texas exhibition shooter Highwa y P atrol• and makes it safer in settled ar eas. Lake• man D. L. Cooper helped make long range ville Arms will do the conversion work on accuracy tests with the new bullet. With a your K-22 at about $40., or a new conversion two-arm rest he consiste ntly plinked tin cans is available. I recommend a 6" barrel, but a at 150 yards, and larger cans at 300. Some 4" is handy and good. They will also supply paper groups at 100 yards were under 3 the new Sisk Revolver Bullets, Hornet cases inches. Sighted in at 25 yards, you are on ready trimmed and the new moulds. aim at 100, and only 3" low at 150 yards. The versatile Kay-Chuk is a fun gun that The extre mely flat traj ectory an d accuracy gets the lead out toward the wild blu e make varmints a cinch at your maxim um yonder for game, ta rgets or varmints. Neither hittin g ra nge. Even if you are not a very novice or expert will flinch from recoil ji t• good pistol shoot er, your accuracy ra nge will ters, a maj or cause of poor handgunnin g. It be greatly extended with the easy-to-Ioad won't bite the hand that feeds it, even if you Coon $qualler Kay-Chuk. shoot hot loads all day in fa st double-action Price $4.00 with 2 voices. Loadin g is fast and easy. Use Remington cylinder rolling. Being so easy to shoot, it' s cases for hot loads, as they hold more pow• a shooter's gun, that fills a real void in the Extra voices: 1. 75c; 2. $1.25. der. Cut top cha rges 15 per cent in WoW hand gu n field. Let's hope it sparks a much At your dealer. Direct if he does not stock. hulls. Hornet cases are trimmed .050" before needed factory varmint number, a real sport• Weems Wild Call, Box 7261, Fl Worth, Tex. forming. Rifle pri mers will increase pressure, er. But we members of the Hull Fill ers & Cap with little veloci ty increase. I highly recom• Busters Association, Unlimited, like the Kay• THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER mend C.C.!. pistol primers, as they have ex• Chuk as it is. It has a fu ture, not a past, and SATISFACTION GUARANTEED cellent igni tion and uniformity for light or we can say, "Have gun, bullets ~ heavy load s, and ar e quite sensitive. Fe deral will tra vel." L.- $3.95 . ... ---. or Remin gton can be substituted safely, if POSTPAID Revolver Clea ni ng Kit. R emoves . Leading from Forci ng Cone. Cvt- necessar y. Seat bullets out to nearly cylinder • Norfolk, Va. A story making the rou nds Ind er, and B arr el. Arailable in 38- 44- 45 cal. Kit for two length. Fo rmed and unformed cas es bave of the Na val base her e: An officer told a cali bers $i.10. Patches (l'kg. 10) $.60. Dealer Inquiries ~ Invfted. Check or Money Order-No COD 's. pra ctically the same center of impact, proof Navy recruit, " So you lost your rifle ? Well, ~ SPECIALTIESc o lI : '; e°;' a~ ~ ~ the cartridge isn't temp erament al. you'll have to pay for it." "But, sir," pro• GUN J:.,g;a With Lyman's cooperation, I designed a tested the boot, "i t was stolen- if I were PRIMER POCKET CLEANER Kay-Chuk mould, Lyma n's No. 225107, for driving a jeep and somebody stole it , would g ~~::t ~ ~~~ 1ii l~ ~. ~~ ~ ~ only S1-':".,. o&: 38 gr. solid or 34 gr. H.P. gas chec k pills. I have to pay for that too?" "Yes," th e Pa . Re s. A d d h a nd -drtv e n ch u ck , Or can be 30/0 Sa les Ta." manually oper a ted.F ine s teel The H.P. has excelle nt cast bullet accuracy officer told him. Th e recruit's answer is what DEALERS & wire brus h , with m etal s leeve. JOBBERS On ly $ 1.00 Ppd. Specify whe the r with an alloy of 3.25% tin and anti- they're quoting: "Now I know," he said, "why L...... QUffiIES for l ar ~ e or sm a ll p r imer s. 3.500/0 IS VITED KUHARSKY BROS. a captain goes down with his ship." 2425 W. 12th St.• Erie . Pe nn a . mony, sized .225" . Bullets ar e sea ted with all _.::..: ~ =.::. ~ :::...::::::.::::...: ~~~ .::::~:- ...:.....!::::==== ~ ~:.======~ the bearing surface in the case. With your -; seater adjusted for this bullet, back it out LOADED FOR BEAR about %, turn for jacketed numbers, that ch n " l rl h e c .... a torl n u t t n. n ...... l u ,." l'n..1"uo -- - -~,.., they're qU ot ~N oW 1 know,':he sal .--for la r ge or s m a ll primers. with an alloy of 3.25% tin and 3.50% anti- KUHARSKY.... BROS. 2425--W. 12th St., Erie, P enna . a captain goes down with his ship." mony, sized .225" . Bull ets are seated wit h all _.::..: ~=.::. ~ :::...::::::.::::...: ~~ ~.::::~ ...:.....!::::====~ ~:.======~ the bearing surface in the case. With your -; seater adjusted for thi s bullet, back it out FOR BEAR abo ut %, tu rn for jacketed numbers, tha t should be seated out to nearl y cylinder length. Ma ximum loads have not yet been ""ith HORNADY established, bu t a good one is 8 grains 2400 for 1,823 Ips. Fired in moist sand, it exp ands BULLETS to abo ut .32 caliber with the nose shedding . It 's quite effective ; far better than a .22 R.F. ri fle. Jacketed bull ets are chea p, but cast slugs redu ce shooting costs to compete with .22 R.F. ammo . Small bullets requ ire careful casting and inspection to eliminate mino r de• fects, that affect accuracy more than in big bores. All bullets mentioned are good for squirrel size game with 3.5 grs. Bullseye, at about 1,500 Ips, depending on the bullet. Use 2.5 grains for tar gets, whi ch about equals the 950 Ips of .22 L.R. mat ch ammo in a 6" barrel. W-W hulls are good to help Recovered bullet shows identify light load s. 30cal. perfect Wayne Weems, of Fort Worth, Texas, who 220 gr. expansion makes the Weems Wild Call and the new L_ Weems All-Call for varmints, is in the fortu• " W hen you go after big game , you'd better be sur e of your bullet," says J. W. nat e positi on of havi ng to spend man y hours Hornady who likes to prove his bullets in the fi eld. Th is big gOO-lb. Kodiak bear testing hundreds of different call "voices," as was dropped in one shot at 200 yards by a 30 cal. 220 gr. Hornady Bullet ahead part of his work. He has been call hunting of 76 grains 4831 fired from a 300 W eatherby ... one of many one-shot trophies for over 25 years and can bring varmints stopped by t he paralyzing shoc k of a Hornady slug on fi eld-test hunts. on the run int o easy handgun ran ge, like chickens in a farmy ard. He discarded his All over the wor ld hunters rely on the remarkabl e accuracy, sure penetrat ion , varm int rifles long ago, and now uses thc and dependable, instant mushrooming of Hornady Bullets. Confidence in your h andgun. Weems says, "Even a novice can load adds to your hunting pleasur e-send card fo r complete Horn ady list. bag all the varmints he wants with a good call and the Kay-Chuk. Preda tors are plenti• Bullets In all ful in every sta te, although they ar e seldom popular calibers• ~ o::r:n.ac1.y seen unt il calle d. Th ey mak e fine targets at 225 to 455 10 to 50 yards, and you'll make some lasting ~ B"D"LLETS " . 1 1 1 1 • THE RIFLEMAN WHO STUNNED THE WORLD

... Colonel s. L. A. Marshall reported, from his observation of infantry in World War II, that never more than one man in four fires his rifle in combat. Why? General Merritt Edson, USMC, said it was because they lacked skill with the rifle and therefore lacked confidence . .. This is the story of a man who did have skill with his weapons, and the guts to use them.

By EDWARD LORIN G TUTTLE

By EDWARD LORING TUTTLE

HE GREATEST THIl G accomplished by any private soldier of all the T armies of Europe," said Marshal Foch, was the deed for which Sergeant Alvin Collum York of the American Expediti onary Forces was acclaim ed the outstanding hero of heroes of World War I. For the capture, single-handed, of an almost incredible number of German soldiers, and for the neutralizing of many critically placed machin e gun nests which would otherwise have taken a bloody toll of American lives-might even have halted a major advance• General " Black Jack" Pershin g himself named York " the outstanding civilian soldier of the war. " For his act of individual heroism on October 8, 1918, Alvin York was awarded the Congr essional Medal of Honor, the French Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Medaille Militaire, the Italian War Cross, and other high Allied decorations. York did it all simply by knowing and putting into practice the correct use of the rifle and the pistol in war. Who was Alvin York? He was a conscien tious objector fr om the hills of Tennessee. And he was the foremost single rifleman of World War I. If these facts seem conflicting, perh aps thi s story will bring them into focus. The story begins at 3 A.M. on October 8, 1918, when the regiment al com• mand er of the 328th Infantry, 82nd Division, called in the company commanders of his 2nd Battalion. He ordered them to atta ck, from Hill 223, the German forces which were entrenched facing them on a steep wooded hill across a 500 yard open valley. The attack would move out at 6 A.M. York got Medal of Honor, Captain F. C. B. Danforth Ir ., CO of G Company, deployed his outfit in two French cross, many honors. assault waves: two platoons in front, two in the rear for support. Sgt. Harry M. Parsons commanded the left support platoon, and one of his corpo rals was Alvin York, a 31 year old farmer fr om the Tennessee mountains. At 6 A.M., "zero hour ," Co. G moved forward down the slope of Hill 223 int o the deadlv [o Man's Land of that ov en valley. Machine gun fire poured on When Company G advanced from Hill 223, Jerry machine guns pinned them down. The rifle line ducked for cover, then advanced from shell hole to shell hole.

to shellhole. Casualties mounted. of a German machine gun regim ent, where between 80 and Sgt . Parson's platoon was cut off from the rest of G 100 Germ ans, including three officers, were at their break• Company by a ridge and by the wall of criss-crossing fire fast. The Ameri cans charge d, firin g. Two or three Ger mans between him and the other elements. Heavy fire on Par• fell ; 15 or 20 others threw up their hands. Early said, son's own platoon made it obvious that a charge would be " Cease fire. They're going to surrender." nothing less than suicidal ; one careless sweep of fire fr om The order may have been a little premature. One German anyone of the machine guns facing them could wipe them kept on firin g, and a corp oral named York shot him. One out. P arsons' next move displayed the initiative that some• shot, one pin wheel hit. times enables th e Ame rica n fighting man to whip th e more Th at might have made the " capture" stick ha d it not perfect military robots pro duced by other armies. Heavy been for the several well-mann ed machin e guns, so far un· brush slanted down a slope at Parsons' left, and he ordered noticed, on the hill to their right. Th ese guns swung and 17 men-Sgt. Ea rly , three corporals (including York) , and opened fire. The range was from only 20 up to 60 yards. 13 privates-to swing left into that brush and try to work Six Americans fell dead, three wounded. Of the eight left, in behind the German guns. York was one. Early led his 17-man task force about half a mile The eight Americans took what cover they could. Early through thick underb rus h, going it blind, expecting at was one of the wounded ; told Corporal Cutting to take every step to hit heavy resistance. The first Germans they over. But Cutting was also wounded. Corporal York was saw were two stre tcher bea rers, who turned and ran. The the next man in line. He took command. Ame ricans fired . One German stopped, submitted to cap• York was shooting back at the German ma chinegunners ture . Th e other kept going. Early knew the man had to be from his prone position. As he put it later, every time a stopped before he gave the alarm, and led his men in German head appeared over the gun emplacements, York hot pursuit. "just teched him off." It was, he said, mu ch like the They chased the fugitive stra ight into the headquarters shooting mat ches back in Tennessee ; about the same dis-

GUNS MARCH 19S9 15 "Over the top." American doughboys rise from trenches and cross No Man's Land at dawn to attack German machine guns 500 yards away. Sgt. York ended day as a live hero.

tance (60 yards) , but " the targets were bigger. I couldn't very well miss at that distance. And I didn't ." Even so, the German machin e guns took turns spraying the American position-not even York could keep th em all ~er y- weIll ~fs;:an ha\na is~nie. - A ~ d j''T'chan 't~ " ..L-1_'+ _M_ Even so, the German machin e guns took turns spraying the American position-not even York could keep th em all down all the time-but, York said, " They couldn't seem to hit me." After a few minutes, York stood up. The pr one position hampered him , he thought. He could hit any target he'd seen so far from a standing position, and he'd have a wider sweep of fire, could move faster. By now, he had fired several 5-round clips. His rifle was hot, and he was run• nin g out of ammunition. AGerman officer and five men charged out of a trench Test Springfield allowed soldier to sight in t rench; 25 yards distant, at a time when York had only two or but York stood up to shoot. Men targets were bigger. three rounds in his rifle. He pulled his .45 automatic. He dropped the man furthest from him ; then the man next furthest-and so on, from last to first. Six shots; six Ger• man casualties, all dead. " That's th e way we shoot turkeys back home," York explained later. "If you shoot the ones in the rear, the ones in front don't know what's happenin' and they keep on comin' and you get them all." He got them all. York said that after that charge he " knew he had 'em licked." They couldn't hit him , and he could hit them. As long, that is, as his ammunition held out . He began shout• ing to the Germans to surrender. " I didn't want to kill any more than I had to," he expla ined. " I' d tech off a couple, then yell again ." So far, he had, he thought, killed more than twenty. A German major amon g the headquarters unit "cap• tured" earlier, called out, "What are you, English?" York said, "No. American." The ma jor said , "Go od God ! ... Look, if you'll stop York's home in Tennessee was hill farmer's shanty, but shooting, I'll mak e them surre nder." young rifleman learned to shoot to kill to fill pot. York said, "Do that. And mak e it good ; you're a real good target. If they start shooting again, you go first." major to blow his whistle. "Make 'em surrender," he said, The major blew a whistle and the guns ceased firing. At "or I'll shoot you first , and after you, them." The major the maj or 's command, gunners came pouring out of the blew his whistle, shouted the order. He made it emphatic; trenches, hands skyward. One of those hands, however, he knew only too well that York wasn't bluffing. The Ger. concealed a hand-grenade. It came hurtling at York's head, mans ahead of them surrendered. One didn't , and York missed, wounded a German prisoner. York shot the man " teched him off" with one shot. "Hated to do it," he said who threw it. Nobody else moved. Nobody wanted any later, " but it looked like I had to." more of York's shooting. York and the thin remnant of Sergeant Parsons' 17-man Th e pri soners numbered about 100 now, and they were task force marched 132 German prisoners back to the well behind the German lin es. York ordered his remaining American Battalion Headquarters. Nobody there wanted men to line the prisoners up and start them moving. The to take charge of that many prisoners, so York and his German major asked York how many Americans he com• squad marched them further to the rear, offering them to manded. York said, " Plenty. Tell your people to make a one unit commander aft er another. He finally delivered column of twos." Th e maj or obeyed him. York stood close them to the 82nd Division Headquarters. Brigadier Cen• to the major, his Colt pointed. When the column was eral Lindsay said, "Well, Corporal, I hear you've captured for med, York told the maj or, "Start hikin'." The major the whole German army." York said no, only 132 of them, asked a natural question: "Which way?" and would the general please take them off his hands ; he York didn't know. Th ey had followed a deviou s course was tired of them. through the brush, and the fight hadn't left York much Officially, York killed "not less than 25" Germans that sense of direction. He asked the major which way to the da y ; captured 132 Germans including four officers ; too k Am erican lines. Th e major made a suggestion. York fig. " about 35" machine guns. How many Germans he actually ured the major was lyin g ; ordered the column off in the faced in doing thi s, nobody knows. It is a further matter opposite direction . . . York was right; the major had of record that, just aft er York's engagement, Captain Dan. lied. Wh o could blame him? forth and one company runner encountered 44 Germans But this course, though right, led through German front• not far from where York had taken his prisoners-and the line positions. As they .approached these positions, still Germans surrendered. It can be surmised that what they other machine guns swung to face them. York ordered the had seen that morning of Ameri- (Continued on page 48 )

Alvin York, still boosting the rifle over scatter guns, came into Iime~ light in 1940's with release of Hollywood's life story motion picture. Bird-thrower Manauta (back to camera) plucks tail feathers to give thrown bird crazy flight.

TRAINED LIKE A BASEBALL PITCHER TO THROW LIVE BIRDS AT ANGLES CALCULATED TO DEFEAT THE GUNNER, THE MEXICAN COLOMBA'RE KEEPS SCORES LOW IN SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER SHOOTS

THf GUNNfR, THf MfXI(;AN (;OLOMBA'RE KffPS SCORES LOW IN SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER SHOOTS

Tough game takes two quick shots, so often automatics (below) or over-unders are in Top gun Tiffaine of Puebla talks use by skilled wing shots (rt.) who fire over birds with companion at Laredo. head of thrower in scoring on the bird.

Thrower Jose Manauta shows how pigeon's wings are folded back between fingers for toss that is calculated to help bird escape the guns. I TNR'WN BIRDS MIIKE- I T'(JON TIIROETS I

I I I I

By DAN KLEPPER

EXICAN SHOOTERS prefer their sport the hard Spain, it ranks close to bullfighting in popularity. M way. Rifle marksmen use only open sights to cut Live pigeon shoo ting has been a sport in certain areas down on, and hit , live, moving lambs at 500 meters. Pistol of Mexico for several years, but only within the past few enthusiasts fire away at 150 meters, using silhouettes of months has it moved close to the border of Texas. Two plucked chickens as ta rgets. And Mexican shotgunners pigeon shoots have been held on the bord er within the past scorn the clay pigeon, principa l target of gringo gunners. year. Both were staged in Nuevo Laredo, a booming border South of the border, the scattergun target is a live pigeon• city ju st across the muddy Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. not released fr om a cage but thr own int o headl ong flight The first contest, called the First Int ernational Live Pi geon by a "thrower" who uses every tri ck (and there are many) Shoot, was held last October. Luist TifIaine of Puebla, to fool the shooter. south of Mexico City, won the contest. The second in ter• The bird thr ower , tr ain ed in the pr ofession, tucks the national mat ch was held in February. Both of the contests pigeon's wings between his fingers , spin s around like a were promoted by the Nuevo Laredo Gun Club. top and hurls the bird into the air. The gunner, standing Only 78 gunn ers were permitted to enter. The line-up anywhere within 20 meters of the thrower, has two shots was limited for two reasons: 1. The shoot was a one-day with which to bring the high-flying bird to earth within affai r. 2. Each throw requires a terrific amo unt of energy, a specified distance. and the stamina of even the best bird thrower is limited. Thi s method of pigeon shooting originated in south- Thrower for these contests was 45-year-old Jose Manauta, nM + n . ~ <;;: ~ "; ~ ; 0 n o nA ;~ ~ " ~ n Vn. ~ ~n " ~ n m m +. ;no T ~ +1"\ 1" "...·" :0 1"1,, n f A.,..ofYnn 'n.a ~Tl l r ..... ,...,.;..... u nA .... ,...... I'W "" .... 11'7\ Nylon for sweaters is usual, but nylon in rifles means revolution in arms making plus low-cost production of accurate .22 crow shooting plinkers.

FOR THE SPJ.\CE J.\GE!

By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS AN ERA IN GUNMAKI NG has ju st ended. I saw pr oof of its ending in Decem• fi ber at the Remington Bridgeport factory. In their office, decorated with historic Remin gton firearms, I first saw the new .22 " Nylon 66" rifle-the rifle with stock and action made fr om one piece of nylon. How sha rp an impact this radical new aut oloader will have on the industry depends on how qui ckly the era ends in other factories. Sometimes an age ends slowly: the Roman Empire took 500 years to decline. Sometimes the end comes swiftly: nylon replaced silk in stockings almost overn ight. Now, nylon replaces wood and steel in guns. How rapidly the change comes will depend on how you an d shooters generally react to the new materials. But one thing is certain: since Remington released the Nylon 66, the gun game will never be the same. Though some concessions have been made to tr adition in styling, the new rifle's butt stock, forearm, and receiver are ma de all in one piece from Du Po nt "Nylon 66." Th is rifle for the Space Age has three ma in parts made of con• ventional metal : the steel barrel, the steel breechblock, and the spring-loaded striker block or hammer. The sear group is of sheet metal and springs, but the trigger (a nd of course the trigger guard) are formed of nylon. In manufacture, the stock shells are mould ed in separ ate halves, the line of joining being right down the middle all around. No solvents will dissolve this material. As the shells come from the moulds, their joining surfaces are swabbed Dramatically-styled new Remington .22 combines traditional with advanced LIGHT. STURDY materials never before used in, guns. RESISTING WEAR OR CORROSION. CAPABLE OF FINE ACCURACY. REMINGTON NYLON 66 RIFLE MARKS A NEW AGE IN FIREARMS

ge t her and front. Then the cocking handle (n ylon ) is jerked out of th e clamped to set for bolt-a spring plu g holds it in by a detent, and cannot wear one hour. After ward, the loose-and the steel bolt slides forward, disclosin g a com• surface is polished to give it plex of coil springs gro uped one within an oth er. Next, the a smoo th luster , a tool runs a set hammer striker is carefully released and slid forw ard, and of fine lines aro und the joint, and the for• tak edown is complete. Actually, only the barrel needs to be end tip and pis tol grip and butt caps ar e acid- removed for cleaning ; and, with the breech cover removed, welded on. The checkering of grip and forend is per• the gr easy fouling which develops fro m long use of .22s fect, which is natural eno ugh, if you remember that the can be wiped away. Th e barrel can of course be cleaned stock-receiver comes fr om the moulds perfectly duplicating from the breech. No other Ame rican .22 autoloa ding rifle the pa ttern. can be field stripped to clean fr om the breech, and no othe r Eac h stock is made so accur ately that it is actually a rifle ever made has an easier barrel tak ed own th an this gauge in whic h to test the conventionally-machined steel new Nylon 66 Remington. parts. If the bolt or barrel lock don't fit, check the tooling. Accur acy and point of impact ar e not affected by reo Some thing is wrong there, for the stocks ar e perfec t fr om moving and reinstalling the barrel. Below the stock is a the moulds. Since the or iginal is perfect, the duplicate is coin-slot takedown screw. Releasin g the screw relieves pres• perfect. No higher quality than that can be achieved in an y sure on a stirrup-shaped block of steel, which is allowed to process of ma nufacture. move up and down in a vertical mortise in the forear m. To disassembl e the Nylon 66, two coin-slot screws are re• The stirrup locks into a cut on the cylindrical barrel. When moved fr om the side of the steel sheet-metal br eech cover, the tak edown screw is tight, the barrel is forced down onto pJvchj"J.h/;'nJ.i.ue.Q,afL :rhp "nvpr pytpnrk fnr w"rtl "hrnlltl_ F,Q!irL l~'>. .cl U1(l,Qn at breech .and.xnuzale....,-jV.UHL

Factory test included 75,000 shots with Impact and flexural strength of nylon-receiver rifle is proved by no stops; plus 25,000 shots in dry gun. drastic smash-up tests. Gun was not smashed up in these tests. Nylon 66's light weight is not achieved at any sacrifice of "gunniness." We discussed gunny qualities and traditional styling at length in pondering how shooters would accept the new rifle. Concessions to traditional design were obvious in several points. The sheet metal action cover, for example, is shaped for e and aft to resemble the Remington steel re• ceivers of yesteryear. It's purpose is almost exclusively stylistic , though it does have a top rib creased for tip-off mount, plus thickness enough to permit drilling and tapping for receiver sights. But the stark front edge and rear line are direct carryovers from earlier design. When Remington makes a receiver from a solid forging, square corners are Choked with sawd ust which would have gummed firearm needed for base lines in the production set-up. If a flat base made of usua l materials, self-lubricating nylon gun fired OK. is made, as on one end of the receiver, then all the other cuts are measured by machines from that base line. But the nylon stock and sheet metal cover have no relation to this now-antique method of gun manufacture. The square shape is as outmoded as the horse in this motor car world. But styling can be tri cky. When I suggested making the cover front edge in a curve, I unwittingly stepped backward into tradition. In a display case outside of the very office wher e we were talking, rested a Remington rifle-a back• action per cussion lock, dated about 1850. At the front of the lock was a clipped-moon silver inlay of the exact shape which my suggested "more advanced" design would have created. Inevitably, even with this most radical of manufacturing pro cesses, Remington has let traces of traditional design Breech cover is concession to tradition; also holds rear linger on. And in the next few years, the battle of tradition sight which is click adjustable fo r windage, elevation. versus novelty will continue. This battle has been fought before. "Experts" once decried progress in the form of the percussion cap. "I do not hold with the patent arms, and Inevitably, even with this most radical of manufacturing processes, Remington has let traces of traditional design Breech cover is concession to tradition; also holds rear linger on. And in the next few years, the battle of tradition sigh t which is click adjustable fo r windage, elevation . versus novelty will continue. This battle has been fought before. "Experts" once decried progress in the form of the percussion cap. "I do not hold with the patent arms, and the rejection of flint and steel," quoth Col. George Bomford of the U. S. Ordnance Corps back in the 1840's, when Rem• ington was showing the Army how to drill cap-lock rifle barrels from rolled steel. But the Army and the industry learned, and Remington steel barrels and the gun-tech• nology developed from their manufacture helped bring on the machine revolution in U. S. factories. Resistance to tradition dies hard. One of the leaders in machine manufacturing methods was Sam Colt. In Hart• ford, the venerable Charter Oak, in which the royal colonial charter of Connecticut was hidden from a despotic new governor, symbolized the heritage and quiet country-town Safety is in center, easy for right or left handed rifle• traditionalism of the state's capital. Colt's smelly factory man. Below, magazine tube pulls out fo r loading 14 shots. was not esteemed and home-town-boy-makes-good merely rubbed the city fathers the wrong way. But Colt went even further, twisting the knife, so to speak. When the Charter Oak toppled in a storm, Colt had pistol grips made of the wood, combining the old and the new, which he presented to friends. The blending of the traditional with the new in the 1850s created what we, of a later generation, are pleased to consider "traditional." The American of the 1850s looked upon the traditional firearm as one lovingly crafted of curly wood and ham• mered iron. Then came the machine revolution. Loving hands became translated to lovingly-tended machines. Wit• ness the gun enthusiast of the 1950s as he examines a fine

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R , SURE , I needed another rifle O like I needed another hole in the head. But if all gun nuts weighed the Four loads group ed closely. From I. to r. they are: Ideal #375449 acquisition of a new shooting iron on and 44 grs. # 3031; same bullet the basis of sheer need, there would be and 47.5 grs. # 4895; lower 1..210 lots of empty space on gun racks now gr. H & G spire point plus 32 grs. bul ging with blued steel and polished of # 4 198. Low rt. , 250 gr. H & G walnut. plus 45 grs. # 4895. Below, Hensley The cartridge and its possibilities & G ibbs 2 10; H & G 250; Ide al always fascinated me. The British had #375449; and two H & G loaded long claimed it to be the best all• rounds compared with Speer 235 ar ound cartridge in the world, and I grain jacket soft-point game bullet. felt if they, with their well-known con• servatism, were willing to stand behind such a statement, then it surely must be something. But 1 just happen to be a man who has to tr y things out for him self, so- I ordered a .375 Magnum in the Model 70 Win chester. While waiting for my rifle to put in an appearance, 1 withst ood all manner of wise crac ks from the local shooting fraternity, including the moss covered one, "You'll have to jack that cannon up and put wheels under it." However, being pretty well inured to the well known Bron x cheer, I was content to grin and let the boys have their fun. When the rifle arrived, I wiped off the factory (Continued on page 54) One of country's foremost .Sharps fans is Maurice Clark of LA who describes den corner shown above as mementos of "forty years of chasing rainbows."

THE BIG SHARPS: KJ:NG OF THE BUFFALO KJ:LLERS

Clark is one of few men living who has _L~ .I. _L ..U _I_• ..__.1 C"' L .1 • • 1 _ - .1. AFTER 90 YEARS. THE "OLD BIG AND UGLY" SHARPS

COULD STILL HOLD ITS OWN WITH MODERN RIFLES NOT ONLY FOR

SMASHING POWER BUT FOR LONG RANGE ACCURACY By ELMER KEITH

EW RIFLES ha ve ever captured the fancy and the imagination of Fshooters and writers alike as did the Sharps. First made for Christian Sharps by A. S. Nippes of Philadelphia more than a decade before the Civil War, the Sharps was one of the most practical and most effective br eech• loaders of its time. A .44 caliber percussion piece, using paper or linen cartridges which contained powder and bullet, the Sharps loaded and fired more rapidly th an any muzzle loader, and some had cap magazin es on the side of the rifle which further speeded up the loading-and -firin g process. Closing the lever of the slanting bre ech action aft er the cartr idge was insert ed sheared off the end of the cartridge, exposing the powder to the flame of the percussion cap. The gun could be fired as fast as a man could open the br eech, load , close, and cock the big side hammer. They became very popul ar as sporting ar ms. With the advent of the Civil War, Col. Hiram Berdan raised a regiment of sharpshoo ters, accepting only men of proven ability with the rifle. Berden armed his regiment with the new br eech loading .52 caliber Sharps rifles, with triangle ba yonets. The effectiveness of Berdan's Sharpshooters and the Sharps rifles was well demonstrated at the battle of Gettysburg, where a sma ll contingent of Berdan's Sharpshooters laid down such a terribly deadly fire that they prevented Lee's tr oops from occup ying several key positions. This is credited as a direct contribution to the Union victory. At the close of the Civil War, with the coming of metallic cartridges incorporating the primer as well as the powder and bullet, the existing Sharps .52 caliber percussion arms were converted in great quantity to cartridge arms. Conversions to metallic .52-70 Rim Fire, and later to .50-70

Sharps .52 ; aliber- percussion arms ~ere -c onverted in great quantity to cartridge arms. Conversions to metallic .52-70 Rim Fire, and later to .50-70

Rare M 1877 Sharps rifle in .45-2 6/I0" caliber was named "Creedmoor" after the famous target range on Long Island.

Superb examples of Sha rps guns include top Borchardt by Kellogg Bros., second made by factory and finest quality; rifle with patchbox is fines.t Sharps octagon rifle .44-105-520 was built in Hartford shop for great buffalo hunt; has full length scope for long range shooting.

Center fire (1% " case), included both the short carbine with lanyard ring on the left side for cavalry use, and also the long, round-barrel, full-stocked weapons fitted with tan g peep and globe front sights for sniper use. These became very popular amon g the Indian fighting troops on the frontier , and were also used very effectively on the buffalo. In company with Harold Croft, I visited the original Sharps factory on the outskirts of Philad el• phi a ; a small stone buildin g on the bank of a small creek, where the first Sharps rifles were produced long before the Civil War. Later, the factory was moved to Hartford, Conn ., and still later to Bridge• port, Conn. Much later still, after the Sha rps Rifle Co. had failed, Meacham, a firm in S1. Louis, Mo., gathered up and marketed still more Sha rps rifles, First model Sharps rifle was made by A. S. Nippes of Phil. and rifle parts . ad elphia; has automatic cap magazine which primed breech. With the buildin g of the Union Pacific ra ilroad and the demand for buffalo hides, the Sharps Rifle Co. prospered and the Sha rps long range rifle became the sine qua non of the buffalo hunter. It was the YV J.l U til e; .l.JU H U U J5 VJ. LU t:; UIUUU .l Cl\.....l H\.. .laH.1VaU and the demand for buffalo hides, the Sharps Rifle Co. prospered and the Sha rps long range rifle became the sine qua non of the buffalo hun ter. It was the most accura te as well as the most powerful long range rifle pr oduced in America at the time. As the hide hun ting and the decimation of the great herds pr o• gressed, the buffalo hunt ers demanded and got ever more powerful rifles fr om th e Sha rps Company. The .45-70-420 (2.1" case), the .45-90-500 (2.4" -2.6" ), the .45-100-550 (2% "), and finally the .45-120-550 in the 31;4" case, were produced and used. The exist• ing .50·70-473 did not have enough ra nge, so the .50·90-473 (2lh" case) was pr odu ced, and finally the "Big Fifty," the .50-170-700 in 31;4" case made its appeara nce. The big 31;4" loads in both ,45 and .50 caliber appear ed in the final days of the Sharps Company, were probably made by others who ac• Borchardt action finished and beautifully engraved by gun• qui red ownership of the Sharps equipment and parts ; maker Schoyen of Denver is .38-55 calibe r. Below, Sharps in but the na me " Big Fifty" caught on and was applied Philadelphia made few rifles on actions of cap lock pistols. to rifles not of the model so named, even to rifles not .50 caliber. The .40 calibers started also with shor t cartridges from the .40·50-270 (1 11/16" bottleneck and 1%" stra ight ) and ran on to the .40-70-330 (21;4"BN, 2lh" Str.), and the 40·90-370 (2%" BN, 31;4" Str. ). There was even a .40·45 Str aight 1% " case, as well as the .40·50 Bottle Neck. The bottle neck cases were brought out first, and then the stra ight cases. In addition to the .40s, .45s, and .50 calibers, there were various .44 calibers. The early Sharps was a .44 percussion rifle, as stated earlier . Later, the Sharps Co. at Bridgeport made a lot of the .44·77-470 (metallic cartridge) rifles. These were widely used all over the West. The case was 214 " and all I ever Inscribed Borchardt gun in Clark collection corn• memorates famous frontiersmen and Ind ian battle.

Author has owned many Sharps rifles and todar. preserves four representative target types on his wal .

saw carr ied the very blunt -nosed 470 grain patched bullets. late as 1900, the Wimbledon Cup match was won with a Most of the early Hartford Sharps I have seen were either perfect 20 shot score at 1000 yards with a Sharps Creed• .44-77·470 or the longer 2%" case carrying 90 to 105 grs. moor .45-120-550 rifle against all manner of Krags and of powd er and a 520 grain patched bullet in the bottle other sporting calibers of the time. T," ...... L Mo ~t of th e ~arl; H~rtf o~d Sha~p s 'I have s~e n were either perfect 20 shot score at 1000 yards with a Sharps Creed• .44-77·470 or the longer 2%" case carrying 90 to 105 grs. moor .45-120-550 rifle against all manner of Krags and of powder and a 520 grain patched bullet in the bottle other sporting calibers of the time. neck case-the old Creedmoor load. I grew up in Montana and , a long time ago, I bought an I used an 11 pound, 30" full octagon barrel, set trigger, 18 pound 30" full octagon rifle th at had been owned and side hammer Sharps for a great deal of my early big game used throughout the buffalo hid e hunting da ys by Hank hunting ; used it for everything from taking the heads off Wat ers. The bore of that fine heavy Sharps is still perfect cottontails and grouse and big white Montana jack rabbits, to this day, and one winter it won me 34 turkeys in to elk and deer. That old .44-77-470 accounted for a lot Montana turkey shoots, against the best men in the Helena of game ! I also borrowed Liver-Eatin ' Johnson's old Rifle Club and others armed with the latest modern rifles. .44-77-740 Sharps from its owner, Dr. Gillam of Townsend, I shot it again st everything fr om Springfields down, and Montana, and used it one winter. never felt the least handicapp ed at 200 yards. It mad e The 2%" bottle neck .44-90-to-105-520 was a much man y groups at 100 yards that were just one big hole, and better long range cartrid ge. I had a fine 34" light full• at 200 yards mad e some under two inches. It accounted octagon barrel Creedm oor that was superbly accurate. I for many coyotes, too. used that rifle for considerable elk and deer shooting, and The last time I used thi s old 18 pound Hank Waten also for coyote shooting as well. Sharps was at a turkey match at Challis, Idaho. The old Sharps rifles were used and also mad e up in such a wide Sharps was fired in six mat ches at 100 yards, nearest sho1 variety of styles and pattern s as well as calibers that almost to center taking the turkey. It won five turkeys and a 15 an ything can be found among a collection of them . I had pound ham. We shot it with peep vernier rear and blade several with "J . P. Lower, Denver," stamped on them . He fro nt sights against man y scope sighted rifles, including twc was Sharps' distributor. Many of the parts that I purchased bench rifles. Thi s rifle is chambered so perfectly that nc from Chauncey Thomas were so stamped also. The finest resizing of cases is necessary and the fired case tak es the of all Sharps were long, slim Creedmoors just under 10 next patched bullet perfectly, fri ction-tight when reloaded. pounds in weight and with 30" to 34" barrels in full It has five wide, heavy, and very deep grooves, which all octagon, half octagon and full round. I once owned a 32" the authorities say were never made for pa tched bullets; .45-120-550 3~ " with the '74 action and my .44-105·520 but I have not seen the Sharps with shallow flat grooves Creedmoor was on the Model '74 action . I also owned an that would outshoot it. old Model '77 chambered for the .45-120-550 Straight At one time I owned over 30 Sha rps rifles, but they shell. I still have a new-condition 34." round barrel Model were so heavy to move aro und I finally swapped off most 1877 for the 314" .45-120-550 load. These were and still of them, even including my .44 caliber engraved percussion are grand old rifles and , if perfect bullets are cast, swaged slant breech Model 1852. Today I have but four: a Model and patched, and if they were properly loaded, they will 1877 Creedmoor .45·120-550 3~ " in new condition, and make even modern match rifles go some to beat them. As three heavy buffalo rifles. One is (Continued on page 61) FOR TOPS IN CROW SHOOTING GET AN OWL DECOY

HORNED OWL, WOUNDED CROWS, SHOTGUN AND

SHELL-AND YOU'RE SET FOR A CROW-SHOOT By WILLIAM SCHUMAKER

EEMINGLY OBLIVIO US to the steady gunfire we poure d at S them, over 100 maddened crows circled our live great horn ed owl decoy, a stone's thr ow from the historic site of the Hudson Bay Company's early day Fo rt Colville. Dive-bombing, growling, cawing, ruffling their feathers with fury, the crows heckled the owl, while fr om caref ully built blinds, head nets over our faces, dull colored old clothing and drab gloves, we worked th em over with shotguns, using 23 gra ins of Red Dot powder behind 1:l,4 oz. of 7lh shot. After a volley of shoo ting they would retreat to the tall pines several hu nd red yards away, still cawing. But they came bac k, aga in and aga in. With a low cauir-r-r-r, caui-r-r-r, imitating the sound of a wounded crow on an Olt's M-9 call, we got them back up to five times, ta king a toll each ru n. Of course, as anyone who has shot crows knows, we missed plenty of the swirling, divin g, bla ck rascals, too. But it was great shooting. We would stop calling the instant the crows spotted the owlUlJ Wl sta rt sho oti na, Th P,h1 p, an nr oblems were rouz hlv the same a.s an 'it s lVl-Y call, we got t em back up to nve times, takmg a t ol l each ru n. Of course, as anyone who has shot crows knows, we missed plenty of the swirling, diving, bla ck rascals, too. But it was great shooting. We would stop calling the instant the crows spotted the owl, and start shooting . The lead problems were roughly the same as pass shoo ting at ducks, except that crows weave and turn, seldom flying straight. Th ose unpredictable turns kept us on our toes. My Model 97 Win chester 12-gau ge is equipped with a large aperture peep sight and a Sheard gold bead on front. The peep is adjustable and zeroed so the pattern is evenly distributed around the aiming point at 35 yards. It's a rifleman's set-up, and it helps eliminate guesswork fr om cramped positions in blind shooting. It had to end, of course. The crows wised up, finall y, and stayed out of range. Occasionall y, they would send a lon e scout to feel out th e situation . If the scout got excited and buzzed the owl, cawing, pa rt of his pals would come back. If we held fire for a while, Hunter wears dark gloves, hides in eventually the entire flock would return . But now the slightest move. shade of brush, because sharp-eyed ment in the blind would bring a fr anti c warn ing caw, and the flock crows can spot flash of white skin. would skim back to the line of safety 100 to 300 yar ds away. They sensed now that there was something more dangerous here even than a horn ed owl, and once they were convinced of that, getting them back was impossible. "Try the varm inter," whispered Wayne Siegel, my hunting bu ddy on this and many other crow safaris. We had learn ed that whispers do not carry far , but even a low voice ton e is audible across hundreds of yards. Pickin g up my 26" heavy-barreled .243 R.C. with its 8X Bushnell scope, I took a rest, lined up the crosshairs on a fine black target, and squeezed the Dayton-Traister speed lock tr igger. The crow exploded into a cloud of feathers un der the impact of the 75-grain Speer hollow point bull et in fr ont of 48 grains of 483 l. I slipped the empty case in my pocket and reloaded, but that ended th p, n artv . Th p ('T OW" took off Rlinrl No 1 """" ,lon", tnr t h"t maat- Crow-eating ·owl is partner in var• mint shoot. Birds swarm to torment him but owl gets the last laugh.

Crow-eating ·owl is partner in var• mint shoot. Birds swarm to torment him but owl gets the last laugh.

Schumaker uses M97 pump fitted with big peep sight and Sheard gold bead for fast shooting when crows are not wary of decoy. Big-eyed owl looks bored but was surprised when author (below) blew up crow with .243 Rock Chucker, FURNISHING GUNS TO REVOLUTIONISTS

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By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS

WHERE CASTRO WHERE CASTRO FN Mauser sporter and cigar are Castro's "trademarks." Here he traces attacking route taken by his fighters (right below.)

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Castro uses favorite FN sporter with great skill. The scope Rebels in Provisional Army, called the "Movement of July sight is probably a Weaver K6 in Buehler top mounts. 26," descend from hills to raid army; carry Johnson LMGs. Home-made "Sten" guns are seized by US agents in California, while Castro jubilant in victory and men have FN's, J ohnsons, Mis.

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PUTTERI NG SOUT H of the Uni ted States like a fuse Arrayed against Castro were the arms of Bati sta's 30,000 S on a powder-keg which threatened to blow up the soldiers. They used U.S. standard guns: M1 rifles and Monroe Doctrine, was the Revolution in Cuba. Led by Spring fields caliber .30 ; Thompson subs and .45 pis tols; young , bearded Fidel Castro , who has spent his fortune on and of course light and heavy Brownin gs in .30 and .50 guns, Castro kept going in spi te of late Presiden te Ful gencio calibers. Mortars in 60mm and 81mm sizes ar e also used. Batista 's efforts to dislodge him. How the revolt has kept As a member of the western hemisphere defense orga n. going in spite of the opposition of the modern Cuban ar my izati ons, Batista had in the past received arms on credit is a story which has come near to embarrassing the United fr om the U. S. Cuba has no munition s factori es. But since States govern ment. March, 1958, Batista no longer could bu y on credit. With Fidel's installing of Sr. Man uel Urrutia Lleo as ewspaper readers may have noticed during March 1958 rebel presid ent, and their app eal to the world for recogni• a squib about 1,000 Garand rifles being held up in ew tion of their belligeren t status under in ternational law, the York, expo rt licenses refused by our State Department . Cuban fr eedom fight might have become another Korea. They were consigned to the recognized Batista government . Attempts to involve Communist ar ms and Communist in• Why the State Depar tment refused to let them out is a fluence in the revolutionary movement-which Castr o's secret locked in Munitions Contro l Division files. But with forces blame on Batista---e ould have meant U.S. interven• these arms stopped, Batist a turned to other comme rcial tion . But the revolt remain ed local. A few U.S. citizens have sources for arms. I ha ve seen an order given a lar ge U.S. been ind icted for shipping guns to Cuba, as have citizens munitions ' broker, said to be of guns for Bati sta, which of a dozen other Western Hemisphere nations who sym• requires 1,500 M1 rifles, many other arms, and quantities pathized in cash and arms with Castro. And regardless of of ammunition for a "shooting war ," all in U.S. standard the merits or demerits of armed insurrection against the calibers. While " State Department export license is as• internationally-recognized Ha vana government, Castro's sured" on this order, it is not known that Batista had any hideaway army in the "Big Mountains,"--the Sierra Maes• success in getting them. More recently, an ord er for .45 tr a of Cuba's eastern Oriente province-furnished a good automatics "for Ha vana Police" was stopped by State De• lesson on how to surv ive despite the operations of a partment. Meanwhile, shipments of arms continued going stronger military force. to Castro. C astro lookout keens eve o ~ ...... t ...... " •• ...... II

Castro lookout keeps eye on road leading Sergeant Batista was raised to chief of staff in to Sierra Maestra hideaway; has FN Mauser. 1933 after army revolt that he helped lead .

The Cuban rebel arms agents are not suckers, and there orga nized. Since that time, when he suspend ed the prom• were no fabulous profits to be made in smuggling arms to ised November free elections, Batista had taken to riding the rebels. But occasionally incompe tent "gun runners" do around in a heavily armored truck. Meanwhile, the Direc• get into the act. In Miami some months ago, two men were torio set out to get grenades. The seizure of the bombs in arrested in a motel with hand grenades which they were the Miami motel by F.B.I. agents delayed their supply. But loading with black powder and homemade fuses. According according to reports of the kind of grenades being made, it to Florida gun cranks' scuttlebutt-Miami is filled with was pr obably a good thing for them that they never got Cuban agen ts-the two erstwhile gun ru nners had driven there! to the Everglades to test their fuses. The grenade fuse When I discussed some of the newspap er F.B. I. claims assemblies were reprimed with shotgun caps, and fused to capturi ng "50 per cent of the guns shipped to Castr o," with lengths of dynamite fuse. The grenade bodies were with a fri end in Central Intelligence, I asked him if this filled with black powder and the fuse assemblies screwed in. really meant th at "Uncle Sam lets half of the guns go But such gadgets are more dangerous to the grenadier through." His reply jolted me a little. Without any argu• than to his enemy. Flash-by of the prim er cap past the ment, he said, "That would be one way to state it." Some dynamite fuse often set off the grenades as quickly as they corroboration for this idea occurred with the confiscation are thrown. Ordnance grenade fuses are varnished and in August, 1957, of a quantity of Italian Carcano 7.35mm sealed against such flash-by, and loose sporting black rifles at the home of Gil DeGibaj a in Miami. An American powder is not the correct filler for hand grenades. Mean• citizen of Cuban descent, DeGiba ja was cha rged with while, in Cuba, revolutionary fighters died because they did violating the Neutrality Act, since the arms and ammo not have grenades. These were the young men of the Ha• were believed bound for Cuba. Later, Miam i newspaper vana-area Directorio, the students' revolutionary movement. columnists pretending to be in the know, publ ished that Censorship in Havana gradually reduced the Cuban the Cuba ns "no longe r were interested" in buying Italian "crisis" of last spring from fr ont to back pages, but the rifles. But the fact is that Castro's representatives have Directorio attack on the Presiden tial Palace made the repeatedly and publicly stated th at what they want are U.S. headlines. Several trucks load ed with members of the Di• standard caliber arms which can be easily supp lied with rectorio crashed the gates, submachine guns sputtering. amm unition captured from the Batista tr oops. And while the But Batista was not in residence, and the atta ck failed fr om Italian guns caught the attention of Miami's federal agents, lack of firepower. Rebellion , like good government, cannot dollars to doughnuts a big shipment of .30-06 and .45 succeed unless it is organized. The palace attack was not caliber weapons were allowed to slip th rough. American sporters are popula r with C uban rebel buyers who find M740 Remington .30-06 as effective as Garands.

Th e newspapers have often in the course of the revoluti on made mention of something or other that would lead the read er to assume the Communists were behind Castr o. The time Bati sta him self ran for office on the Cuban Communist Party ticket is for gotten. Last summer a New York newspaper columnist de• clared " Czech Guns Used By Cuban Rebels! Czech machin e guns are in use by Castro . .." The fact is, that Czech rifles ar e very popular in Cuba. These same Czech rifles have been available in the U.S. as ordinary commercial imp orts, but were halted back in 1950 when we put the fre eze on doing business with Czechoslovaki a. Mean while, Castro 's agents go to Mexico for arms. The Czech spo rters are popular for hunting. There, where a secret rebel training camp operates, sporting rifles of the Cz 47 pattern , a neatly-styled modified Mauser in .30-06 caliber, are issued to revoluti onary recruits. A cargo of these rifles plus boots, clothing, radi os, and other gear so needed by the mountain fight ers, was seized by Havana government officers in April, 1958, fr om the yacht El Corojo. But none of the new-type she 50 Czech military rifles are in use by Castro. This was denied in Chicago as recently as December, 1958, by President Urr utia on his way to Oriente Province to assume his office. The claims of Soviet-influence guns in the Castro rebellion were str ictly "red herri ngs," was the sum of his statements. He was right: the Russian and Czech guns take special cartridges which are very good, but not standard anywhere in the west. After th e first ammunition ran out, they could not have been used. To discredit the revolution, Bati sta arranged with the Domin ican Republic to receive five cargo plan e loads of arms. Th e rebels heard of the move and put on a surprise party when the planes landed, so the newspapers carried the story, "B atista Gets Dominican I" " D n a. 7 1 ...1- L _.J _ _ I n L _l-C ...L __" _ _ n D__ ...L . .. __ .., r Bati sta arranged with the Domin ican Republic to receive five cargo plan e loads of arms. Th e rebels heard of the move and put on a surprise party when the planes landed, so the newspapers carried the story, "B atista Gets Dominican Guns." But as usual the papers had only half the story. For the arms were Czech military rifles, which the Dominicans had bought to send to Batista, and which he intend ed to "plant" on dead revolutionaries (Continued on page 58)

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i c ~ i al letterhead for new sensational discount lists. Never NE VE R NEVER again w ill such a pi st ol OPPOI'tu n ily present ilscH! !! Eve n Ye Old H unt er ' s ca nnily curiousl y I' t cunn in g old ey es b lin ke d in squin ty d isbelief w he n he te r n- n ed of h is unbe li ev abl e ex c lusive good fortu ne in Oo~ • ta i ni n~ a t a s tmr te stroke the P IC K of t he w orld's m-eateet pisto ls a t a p r ice w hich I>e ",:~ i~s _':?E ~!.o ~..? ..~"!? !!~ .. ~ .". By RAY RILING OF

THE OLD • THE NEW • THE UNUSUAL

EXPERT ENGRAVING IN CLASSIC GERMAN PATTERN SETS OFF AVORITE of the arms decorators is the CLASSIC COLT FRONTIER. old Single Action revolver. Rar ely are Fthey so well done as is this fine example of modern German engraving, by the celebra ted artist August Heyrn. This engraver, of the firm F. W. Heym in Munnerstadt, Bavaria, is one of the Continent's leadin g decorators of arms. The revolver is finished in th e current mode popul ar with Eur opean arms makers, a two-color effect. The hammer, tri gger guard, cylinder and ejector rod housing are in a brilliant charcoal-bone blue. The frame,

h -;arr t:>ol !:I n ri h. ~ ,..lr ctr !lln <:::1 ....,:0. ~ ,.. l I' L f'Y ....:n T hnich The revolver is finished in th e current mode popular with Eur opean arms makers, a two-color effect. The hammer, trigger guard, cylinder and ejector rod housing are in a brilliant charcoal-bone blue. The frame, barrel and backstrap ar e acid-gray finish, prot ected by a dull lacquer. Thi s combination of two tones is regularl y seen on the finer Euro pean arms. Th e backstrap is engraved and inlaid with a gold presentation inscrip• tion, citing Heym's gift of the gun to me. The loadin g gate shows a mount ain goat head in gold and on the opposite shoulder to balance it is an Ind ian warrior, also in gold. The ivory grip s ar e the work of Alvin Whit e of Attleboro, Mass. Th e flying American eagle design is exquisitely carved in very high relief, th e bird seems to be flying out of the ivory grip panel. I think this additional work by an Ameri• can craftsman is a fitting complement to the artistry of the renowned German engraver. A study of th e engraving design reveals some of the ar tist's imaginative int erpretation of the flowery but formal arabesque. The dominant motif is the popular acanthus leaf, a Mediterra nean-area plant which since the Corinthian columns of class ic times has been a major decorative design. On the barrel the acanthus is repeated in a single row, the steel sculpture d to give depth to the leaves or petal s which turn and curl as if they were real. Th e floral arab esque motif of th e frame and cylinder, principally a vine-like pattern, dates from the Fr ench 1'0• cocco period of the 16th century, and is a popular design in fine arms decoration. Th e classical but imaginatively done en• graving, showing first quality skill with graver and chisel, and th e classical lines of ...1... ~ 1 __~ __ ~ .. _ 1-. : 1...1_ _ l __ Arms instructor Bancroft and instr ument maker Melvin Loper built timer using paper reel tape to record quick draw speed . Fast gun rig for police is Jordan holster or "Border Patrol" type made by S. D. Myres Co.

By T. O . BANCROFT Instructor, Mon roe (L a.) PD

POLICE QUICK DBJlW 1'I....--.r_~~Vr •.,.~,..". Can Improve Your Cbanees

TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE IN OWN GUN SKILL PROVES POLICE LIFE SAVER IN SCRAP WITH ARMED CRIMINAL

OLI CE OFFICERS CARR Y HANDGU S for defense. and fire a pr escribed number of shots in the event, and it PIdeally, the officer should be instructed in how to use pr eser ved the fundamental factors of drawing qui ckly, his gun quickly and effectively, at short ranges. Thi s in• shooting accurately with speed. Accuracy was alloted 60 struction is more imp ortant than any other, for it may save percent significance in the score, an d speed 40 percent of his life or the lives of others. Recent attention focused on the possible score. Dependin g on the scores, shooters are the quick draw leath er -slapping techniqu es of the old west graded as Master (93 % of the highest possibl e score) , and not-so-old-west heros has caused many peace office rs to Expert (88 to 92.99 ), and Tyr o (87 .99 and und er ). All try to become proficient in this skill of fast shooting . In scores sho t by each qui ck draw shoo ter in Louisiana for Monro e, Louisiana, quick draw gained immediate popular• the past ten years are recorded, and today the state boasts ity locally and was soon state-wide. The lar ge Louisiana 17 Masters, 24 Expert qui ck dra w men, and S3 Tyr os. Peace Officers' Assoc ia tion and the Municipal Peace Officers' Competitions include those at the annual conventions, and Association both placed qui ck draw contests in their annual inter-city mat ches. Man y departments require quick draw convention pr ograms. Police officers soon found that the practice along with regular " qualification" shooting. method of scoring made qui ck dr aw interestin g competition. Many dividends have occurred to repa y all the effort All shooting events have some definite method of scoring. extended by individual office rs and department chiefs. One One designed for qui ck draw hip shooting dates back to of the most outstanding practical pr oofs of thi s form of 1Q4Jt Th; ~ lTI pth"r! " f ~ ""r;n

Forgery Squad, New Orleans PD , ar• rested a suspected forger. Lt. Cassa• nova is on the department's qui ck draw team. A Ir. f'l . _ _.• _ _ .._ _ ...... ,....] ""...... 1 Forgery Squad, New Orleans PD , ar• rested a suspected forger. Lt. Cassa• nova is on the department's quick draw team. Officer Cassano va was trapped and held at gun point by the suspected for ger, after entering to serve a war• rant. His dela y in returning to the squad car caused Cassanova' s brother officer to investigate, and the disturb• ance diverted the suspect's attention. Cassano va dropped the suspect, who had no time to fire even though his gun was dr awn and leveled at Cassa• Bancroft-recommended draw has officer bring hand do wn onto gun butt, nova. The quick-draw of Officer Cassa• evoidin q "leather slap ping" and more certain for non-fumble drawing. nova proba bly saved his life- certainly save him fr om injury. To be able to defend yourself under conditions of such deadly emergency, you must know three Facing target, back to target, walkin g right to left, left to very important facts : 1) that your gun is in perfect right and forward are a part of the instruction course for mechanical condition; 2) that you will not fumble the trainees. Rookies ar e required to become familiar with dr aw, an d 3) that you will not miss your opponent. An their weapons with eye level slow fire practice befo re at• adequate qui ck-draw police course can and will enable the tempting quick draw. It is important, too, that accuracy officer to meet danger, confident that he will score high on be required of the trainee before he is permitted to all thr ee counts . In such a course, shooting events are accelerate. based on actual incidents which ha ve occurred in the line No claim is made of knowledge of quick draw not previ• of dut y. A ma ximum distance of 21 feet is allowed from ously known; that type of hip shooting is as old as the six• contestant to target. No guns under .38 caliber are used, gun. However, certain correct movements of " hand to nor are impr oper holsters and belts permitted. Only the gun" and "gun at target" are fundamental for a positive "on duty" gun, holster, and belt may be used in quick• draw and should be given emphasis in instruction. "No draw shooting contests; otherwise the officer would not fumble" and the "accuracy with speed" depends on the receive the full benefit of the program. individual and his physical re-action to mental impulse; C". •• 1 "1 than the other twent y-one. body movement. Where training and practice can eliminate The doubl e-acti on revolver in perfect mechanical condi• unn ecessary mental impul se to co-ordinate the body, the tion has become the mos t popular side arm over the past time saved may save the peace officer. seventeen yea rs. Several good reasons have substantiated This method of scori ng is elastic, being so designed. In its selection as wise and practical for peace office rs. First, 1940, a time credit of 5 was allowed for drawing and firing and most imp ortant, is the fact that the first shot can be 5 sho ts in 2% seconds. Today, for the same tim e credit of fired in less time fr om the doubl e-action revolver th an the 5, a contestant must draw and fire 5 sho ts in 1.6 seconds . auto-loading pistol. Thi s can be demonstrated by having We have eight peace officers in Louisian a who can perform the same officer draw and fire each type of gun. thi s event in 1.5 seconds and place every shot in the inside Secondly, the revolver can fire bullets of maximum vital ar ea of the life -size silhouette at 15 feet from target. shocking power, whereas the auto-loading pistol, above .38 Ten-second stop watches were the best devices for timing caliber, uses metal case bullets as a means to properly operate. These lack the explo sive impact of the soft lead con testan ts in qui ck draw but it was found that these timing watch es included the human error of the tim e• bullet. Since it is the objective of the peace officer to defend keeper and were inaccurate, as elaborate studies indicated, himself, his point of most interest is to put his opponent from 1/10 to 2/ 10 of one second on the correct time of any out of commission the instant his gun fires. In this writer's con testant in any event where two or more shots were fired. opinion, the best defensive cartridges ha ve lead bullets of 250 or 255 grains for .45 caliber and 200 grains for .38 To eliminate this timing err or, work began on electrical and mechanical devices in September, 1952. Special revolvers. Stress is pla ced on the "positi ve draw." The gun hand The need for improving the timing method by bui ld• must be placed high on the gun stock when draw is made ing an electronic computer soon became both a pr oblem fr om holster. This is accomplished without error by bring• and a challenge because, to the knowledge of the writer, ing hand down ont o stock rather than withdrawing the gun no such machine had ever been (Continued on page 62)

Solid hold is taught by Bancroft who favors revolver for police work. Ranges are short but most speed use of handgun will be at short distances. Tripod (center) holds flag which tips up to signal shooter. Speed, accu racy is possible. on the initial up motion of the hand. With the correct high placement of the gun hand, accuracy is assured. Drawing the gun on the up motion often prohibits accuracy due to misplacement of the hand on the stock in such a manner that it fail s to properly absorb recoil. The gun arm from shoulder to elbow should rest lightl y against the side of the body in a vertical position, with the for earm horizontal, wris t held ri gid or locked, and the bones of the forearm and the line of fire forming the same line. If the wrist is bent, grouping the fired shots in a close pattern will be difficult in fast shooting. Position of the gun arm with respect to the body should never change after once established. High or low, right or ' left shots are controlled by the posi tion of the front foot or body pivot. One hundred eighty degree s firing range is instantlv availahle without mo vinz the feet. " I II SIGNS CAN COME DOWN

By KEN LOUTON

N SOME of the den sely populat ed areas of our I country (and increasingly in many no t-so-densely• pop ulated areas ) , a permit to hu nt is little more than legal permission to hunt a place to hunt. Upland game hunters especially know only too well that Walt Disney's "Vanishing Prairies" have vanished indeed, and "No Hunting" signs in growing profusion are confronting gunners whose only sin is not even one of associa tion but of being associated with the perhaps one-in-a-hundred hunter whose bad manners and hunt• ing ignorance ha ve turned landowner opinion against hunters in general. Something can be done about this . In specific ar eas, of which northern Illinois is one, something is being done about it. And the story of wha t is being don e, and how it is being accomplished, is important to all hunters int erested in the retention of hu nting privileges for themse lves and future hunters.

done about It. And the story ot wha t IS bem g don e, and how it is being accomplished, is important to all hunters int erested in the retention of hunting privileges for themselves and futu re hu nters.

Guns' publisher von Rosen closes gate left open by care• less hunter. Bad manners on farms hurts all sportsmen.

SHOW OWNERS HOW TO BAR THE

RECKLESS. BAD-MANNERED FEW.

AND "POSTED" LANDS OPEN LIKE

MAGIC TO ALL TRUE SPORTSMEN Area near Flanagan, III., · was turned into farmer-hunter land co-op by game officer Jack Calhoun. Plan offered hunting closer to cities, should be statewide.

Woodstock, Illi nois, offers a typical setting. Fifty miles trouble generally. Action now would benefit all concerned. from Chicago, and with a pretty dense population of its The Illinois Department of Conservati on policy has been own, the land around Woodstock is valuab le, hunters (or that the Department should not enter actively into the would-b e hunters) are many, and " No Hunting" signs arrangements whereby designated areas were offered for are as common as " B Girls" on Mad ison Street. No public use during the upland game season. The Woodstock wonder. Owners of the nea t, well fenced far ms in the area Sportsmen's Club felt that the Department could do more were tired to dea th of being over -run annually by men for the hunters by reversing th at policy. A committee was with guns who invaded their fields without permission, formed with the following objectives: tramped down crops and fences, fired too often without I-To obtain a finan cial statement of the Department proper regard for stock, roa ds, buildings, or human beings activiti es related to hunting. - other hunters, or the landowners and their helpers. 2- To learn in detail th e efforts of the Conserv ation The town of Woodstock (population 10,000) has a Departments on behalf of the hunter. chapter of the Illinois Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs. 3- To determine the rental value of land for hunting Most of the club memb ers ar e residents and, living as they pu rp oses. do in fine pheasant territory, they personally had little 4--To investigate successful progr ams for public hunting ; tr ouble finding places to kno ck down their quotas of ri ng• and, if the findings warrant- necks in season. Plenty of men so situated would have S- To present the facts to the Illi nois Federation of relaxed in smug complacency to let less for tunate would-be Sportsmen's Clubs for the organization 's powerful hunters solve their own problems. But the men of Wood• support in pressing the State of Illi nois Department stock took the unselfish-and far-sighted-view. Th ey of Conservation to tak e appropriate action. knew that hu nting pre ssure was increasing, would continue Investigatin g point 1, the committee found that a to increase ; tha t the situation could result only in fewer finan cial statement would be of no great valu e, because places to hunt . more competition for each place. more this phase of Conservation work was not separately Point 2 was more productive. Much of the current game budget in Illinoi s has been spent for developin g nest areas and, indirectly, some hunting of ducks and geese near Cairo. Such activities are not to be underestimated ; but improving the plight of migratory birds is of little relief or interest to an upland game hunter in the State's northern zone. Thi s type of duck and goose hu nti ng is also highly commercial. I would say that you pay for your sport in the Cairo section when you purchase a Duck Stamp, rent a blind, and spend a moderate sum on food and lodging. Certainly such development should not req uire northern license money and most of the "Pittman-Robe rtson" money -the tax money collected by the federal govern ment on sales of hun ting equipment and allocated to the states for specified uses. Most developments req uiring the purchase of land for huntin g are carried on in southern Illinois- on the logical basis tha t land values there are so much lower than near Chica go. This is true, of course, but it does not produce hun ting faci lities where they are most needed, which is near the congested areas. The State also raises pheas ants and releases them where

Opening up "natural land" to hunting by co-op plan would offer shooting benefits to more people.

needed. This is a commendable serv ice, but it has a sardon ic twist when the birds stru t where you , are for • bidden to follow. In add ition, the Department offers several controlled areas where hunters shoo t two bir ds for a . nominal fee ($2.00). To hu nt on these areas, you submit your name and that of your partner for a drawing. A first ~-A. o ~ - ~ - "l _~1" . ;~ ~u - J;...A.-... _ "' ''! ~ _ ...;-_~ r _ _•.l_.;I. J -o .l_. ~~. ~ ~ ~ contro lled areas where hunters shoot two bird s for a . nominal fee ($2.00) . To hu nt on these areas, you submit your name and that of your partner for a drawing. A first and second choice of da te are given, and if lucky you are assured of one day's hun ting. Often these areas are not fully utili zed, probably beca use of the complica tions in• volved to obtai n a permit, and possibl y beca use sportsmen do not like the regimentation. As an afterthought, being sports, hunte rs might like to gam ble on the drawing of a nu mber, but not for the native privilege of hunting. In the comm ittee's opin ion , the money devoted to the pr ojects outlined above could be spent better in opening up much more land, without the artificial flavor thereby sat is• fying far more shooters per dollar. The comm ittee's findings under Po int 3 were pleasantly surprising. A question naire was handed to a number of land owners to learn the main objections to hu nters and to get opinions as to wha t the actual cash rental per acre should be. The prin cipal objections were consistent : tres• passing, lack of care in crossing fences, lack of common sense around stock, and safety in the vicinity of buildings. Hunters that appeared open ing day withou t having made previous arrangeme nts came in for a sha re of cri ticism, as did those who did not bother to say "tha nks." The estimated rental value fluctuated fr om no cha rge (they did not consider the conceivable rent al as sufficient to make the income a factor ) to about $1.00 per acre . (The suggested $1 per acre would cover the entire season, payable by the managing authority, which could then charge hunters, or not charge them, as it might wish. Actually, without releasing birds, on a 200 acre farm it would be unu sual to har vest more than 20 pheasants for Booster of more hunting is von Rosen who manages own, the seaso n, plus perhaps a little additional small game: frlrm rl< ",n"frnll.. rl I","rl w ..lrnn....c rnn4-rnll.. rl I,,,n4-.. r- e, so such a DIan would be (ContinlJ,p.d (In ruur« ."i."i ) THE HAT YOU HAVE "'lade HAT I:'':~I~ W orld-famous " white hunter" hat in premium grade tan beaver fur felt. Smart and dashing. Wide b rim gives protection from sun, dust, windt rain. A fine hat for hunting, fishing, camping and all outdoors . . Send for FREE .\V/ genuine leopard band $18.00 nnd. 72-pa go Catalog I W ith huckskin band $15. 00 ppd. f eatur ing Give regular Satisfaction MASHING a clay target into smoke can exposed to its pressures must , to survive hat size. I guaranteed. be good for you. Th e hobby of trap or them , seek out th at "great, good, plac e," that re~g :a~~rtS S and jackets. skeet shooting ca n add years to your lif e. place for re laxing and rej uvenation where boots. outdoor cloth ing and P opping away at fast-moving clay pigeons tensions ca n be forg otten. For many of us eQuipment. could save you money that might otherwise that place is th e gun club, and the gun spor ts be spent on pills and tranquili zers. A round beat any medi cin e. of trap or skeet at your favorite gun club (A s th ings stand now, I dou bt that the In• will cost you less th an the same amount of ternal Revenu e Service will allow you to ti me on th e psychi atrist's couch ; and it's a ente r shooting fees in the space pro vid ed for lot more fun! Th at's my pr escription for medical pay ments on the lon g-form 1040 ; what ails you-and don 't say it won't work but then, th e Intern al Revenu e Service seems ~ ~ \ until you've tri ed it . unreasonable ab out a lot of deduct ion s.) ,\ •• •• •• , t By pr escribing liber al doses of trap and The ho bbies of trap and skeet are ab out skeet shooting for th e ailments which plague to assume still mor e importance, when we ~ ~ H er-es t.he "",;, ,om",J I consider a recent AP news di spatch. AP m en t f or your handg un. T h is t ~ , mod ern man , I' m not at tempting to move in g leaming, silver fin ish grip ' ...... :, on th e pill -pedd li ng and head-shrinking pro• quotes a noted ph ysicist as saying th at the makes a n y g u n a S)IO'V l)ie ee, ·' '..r 20-hour work-week is clo ser than most of us has style and "f eel" sou ght . fessions. A clu e to th e esteem held for th e by crack s hots.Uncond.Guar . not t o warp cla y target spor ts by th e medical professi on th ink. A 20-hour week mu st be re garded as or lose its or igina l luster. Avail. fo r popu • is foun d in the number of doctors who par• "progr ess" in the annals of man, but it is lar ha nd g uns . .. . only $5.9 5. Re gular im i• t ation Sta g P ointer P u ps . . .. $4.0 0. Poin ter ti cipate in th e shooting ga mes. Look at any not without it' s own peculi ar pro blems. Now, Stocks, the orig in al t humb r est stocks a hobby is optional. We concede the value only $7.00 & $7.50. Choic e sel ection of gen• ent ry list for tr ap and skeet events, and no te uine P ea r l. Ivory or Sta g Grips a va il a ble . for yourself th e number of names followed of a hobby is better adjusting to the strains Fully inletted, semi -finished W alnut, r igh t by "M.D." or preceded by " Dr." of every-day living. But in a 20·h our work• or left. ... $9.00. Clear Sight Lens Caps (ch oi ce of over 150, 000 hunters) let yo u week, a hob by may well be come a necessity A few yea rs ago, I inv ited a fr iend to en• see, yet pro tec t scope . ...only $3.25 pro rather than an optio n. joy an aftern oon of skeet at the Westhaven Re member , w e have the wor ld' s la r gest If I ask th e questi on, "What will your co ll ecti on of t op q ua li t y pistol grips. Gun Club , in Evan svill e, Indi an a. After in• hobby be, whe n you need work only 20 ho ur s W r it e f or co m plete info r ma tion: trod ucing my fri end to the shooters, I asked lr ,mll15j 10 l \Y~ 'i' l o ? :~ , ."' W' h ~\,'y{IlLd "i1 \"h~lii'u 8 ~ . u ~ '\J', ~ Il "' ft " t .~", tle r.",.~ W ~ ~ ,.~ , J l'~cu­ ent ry list tor tr ap ana SKeet events, ana no te uine P ea r l. Ivory or Stag Gr ips avail a ble. for you rself the number of names followed of a hobby is better ad justing to the strains Fully inletted, semi -finish ed W alnut, right by " M.D." or preced ed by " Dr." of every-day living. But in a 20·h our work • or left. ... $9. 00. Clear Sight Lens Caps (choi ce of over 150,000 hunters) let yo u week, a hob by may well becom e a necessity A few yea rs ago, I in vited a fri end to en • see, yet pro tect scope .... only $3.25 pro rather than an optio n. joy an aft ern oon of skeet at the Westhaven Re member, w e have the w orld's la r gest If I ask th e question , "What will your co ll ecti on of t op q ua li t y pistol grips. Gun Club, in Evan svill e, Indi ana. After in• hobby be, whe n you need work only 20 ho ur s W ri t e f or co m plete info r ma tion: trod ucing my fri end to the shooters, I asked to make a living ?" most of you will have a Southwest Cutlery & Mfg. Co•• Inc. th e usual qu esti on "We ll, wh at do you think ready answer. But when th e twe nt y-hour 13 09 Olympic Blvd., Monteb ello 5, Cal if. of the club?" His an swer was unexpected, week becomes reality, will you be so con • bu t to th e point. fident? Look about you at men you know He said, " This is a beautiful gun clu b, who have retired at the compulsory age 65, an d th e memb ers most cordial, but I won• and note how many of th em have failed to der what would happen if someo ne would anticipate " the golden years" by acquiring yell 'Is ther e a doc tor in the hou se' ?" It a hobby in ad vance. hadn't occ urred to me unt il th en that all but The time to act is now. Your presen t life NEW CORCORAN two or three of th e Sunday aft ernoon crowd may be made healt hier, longer , and more en • CATALOG of skeet fan s were either doctors or dentists. joyable by learning to vent your tensions on fo r My fri ends in th e med ical profession tell breakable clay targets. When technological me th at some of the most an ticipated activiti es Spring-Summer advances shorten th e time you spend in office 1959 at regional an d state medical conventions or plant, you'll be pr ep ared to take up the It's just out and it's held at th e F am ous Fren ch Li ck hotel are slac k. full of fishing, hunting th e skee t and trap contests. and camping items . . . This is a gre at year to join th e shooting it's full y Illustrated Th e same satur ation of doctor-shooters is games. 1959 marks the 60th yea r of the and it's yours FREE. foun d in the national and state trap and Grand America n, national trap shooting tour• skeet tourn amen ts, as well as at local gun nament. Extra promotion and publi city for CORCORAN. INC. clubs all over th e United States. I will an• the fabulou s Grand, in honor of the anni• ticipate the comment by some readers that versa ry, will bring the story of trapshooting the high perce ntage of medical men who ar e int o every locality. In ternational Trap is to shoote rs is due to the ir above-average in• be a gold medal event in the 1959 P an• comes. In com e is perh ap s a contributi ng fac• Am eri can shooting games, to be held in tor , bu t not an essential one . Oth er profes• Au gust at centra lly located Chica go, Illinois. sions, where incomes rank with th at of the The national tournam ent of skeet will be held doctor, are not so well represented on the in th e East, offering a large segment of the trap and skeet field . The real reason is that nation's shooters a chance to see and par• doctors, to a greater degree than layme n, ticipate in this national shooting contest. re cogn ize that what Am erican citizens to day You couldn't have picked a better time call " progress" is not ga ined without greater to ge t aboard the shooting bandwagon. Con• stresses on th e individ ual. These men know gra tula tio ns, and good shooting ! Yon ca n by tra ining a nd experience the value of any get old Doc Miller's prescription filled at any h n h h v ~nrl p. 'l.n p i'i~ 1 1 v t hp VJll 11P of ~ 00: (\111.. trJln or

By LEE WOODS

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Pa rts, presentation case ity collect or Colts. Pr ices start at items fo r t he collector an d shooter. vat ed mach ine guns. and engra ved modelsa re al so included . $44. 00. RIFLE FOR THE SPACE AGE! Expert Rifleman's (Continued from page 22) -...==;;:;=::=::;;;=-N Bad CJ e That, to the shooter of today, is " tra dition" hig hly flammab le, the new material 6) must in guns . be self-extinguishing, If a flame is touched to But what, in the light of the use of nylon it, Nylon 66 will burn; but if the flame is for guns, now constitutes "tradition" ? Mark removed, it will not continue to burn, un• this : Remington tags their rifle "the gun of like a traditional wood-stock gun. Also, 7) 25 tomorrow." But the gun is here, today. And the material had to be proof against solvents, $1 mild acids, alk alis, fun gus, rats, and insects. POSTPAI D unless some equally drastic revolution in processes of manu facturing occur, it will be 8) It must have an easily repaired finish, MARKSMAN BADGE U. S. Marine Expert for shooters, sterling here the day after tomorrow. With the intro• and 9) be light in weight. 10) It must be s il ver $ 1. 0 0 each, Rifleman 's Badge du ction of the Nylon 66 sporter, a new tr adi• perm anent as to colors. It must be 11) inert postpaid. $1.00 Ea. Postp aid ti on in gun s is born. with metals, unlike sappy woods which may corr ode steels; and 12) it must be self• The new tradition is not an overn ight crea• tion. Twent y years "ago, Du Pont chemists lubricating and dimensionally stable. began to synthesize from the basic ingredients AIter careful research among many prod• of coal, air, and water, a new substance, ucts, structural Nylon 66, a "form of "Zytel," nylon resin. In many applications it replaced was selected as the only known material hav• traditional materia ls. In gears, it wears longer ing these properti es. th an steel and brass. In conveyor belt s, it is In resear ch leading up to the finished gun, cheaper and longer-lived than rub ber an d the ability to form Nylon 66 into any shape cha in design s. In the shee rest hosiery, it re• proved outst.anding. So far, "tradi tional" is placed silk. Nylon-cord tir es took the boun ce the line and styli ng of the new ri fle. Whether out of highways, and nylon silk parac hu tes Remington in the next few years will develop saved the lives of count less airme n. Nylon more advanced forms of styling remains to was waiting when Remington decided to start be seen. But there is no question that Rem• a new tradition also, in the world of guns. ington will develop and market a whole About four year s ago, the concept ar ose series of firearms using Nylon 66 to more or at Ili on to constru ct a rifle having stock and less exte nt. receiver all in one piece. Light metals were Nylon 66 was tested for strength by such considered , as well as the "plastics industr y." gross abuse as dropping stocked rilles from the Elimination of jo ints between stock and reo fourth floor, and by rolling cars over them. ceiver nat urally could give higher accuracy Some were broken, but the abuse they stood in the final pr oduct. Small bore rifles, espe• was far heavier than any wood-stock ed gun cially auto loading types, were not noted for would take. I flexed a stock over my knee accuracy as they came from the box. Rem• enough to have broken a wood stock. Th e ington liked the chatte r-gun ammo-burni ng Nylon 66 stock was un chan ged. POWDERS prope rt ies of the .22 autoloader, but wanted To test resistance to abrasion, one rill e D uponr, Hercules to combine this with a degree of accuracy not H odgdon and Alcan has been fired 75,000 tim es, showing no commonly achieved in earl ier guns. But th e wear on nylon surfaces, I examined thi s STOCK THIS NEW 1959 notion of mak ing the receiver integra l with rille, noted a burnishing on the bolt and B&M HANDBOOK the other parts posed some stiff problems. slide tracks. Th e steel had worn a little ; the J:hfty~ <1 't1t1J~v.l utJll'o " "l' ~~ ~ ';l er\. \>.v! .\o.~~ .ar n v \.uu "LUr{\;• .L ~ ' j l ; .A V U ·l " ,;:,.:V "" A VY Il;; .L H I ] A I.'1\.A ::- accuracy as they came from the box. Hem• enough to have broken a wood stock. Th e ington liked the chatter-gun ammo -burni ng Nylon 66 stock was unc hanged. POWDERS proper ties of the .22 autoloader, but wante d To test resistanc e to abrasion, one rifle D upont, Hercules to combine thi s with a degree of accuracy not Hodgdon and Alcan has been fired 75,000 times, showing no commonly achieved in earl ier guns. But the wear on nylon surfaces. I examined th is STOCK THIS NEW 1959 notion of making the receiver integral with rille, noted a burnishin g on the bolt and B&M HANDBOOK the other part s posed some stiff problems. slide tracks. Th e steel had worn a little ; the The material to be selected had to be as Will stimulote sales nylon had not. Six other test guns were shot practical as steel in it s use as a receiver ; Has Iatesr calibers fully 25,000 times each, dr y, without lu bri cation, illustrated with how-roo as light as wood and stronger. and no nylon wear occurred. do ph otos and instruc• rions. Shows how ro cur Twelve quali ties were set up, to be Stocks were heated to plus 252 0 F, with shoori ng cases 50 ro achieved before the designers could agree on 85 % , Retail $1.50 no warping. They were chilled down to minu s a mater ial prop osed for this radical rifle. Th e 0 40 , and the rifles performed satisfactorily. mater ial 1) must tak e any shape desired, TOOLS & EQUIPMENT In cold tests, an unusual phenomenon was and 2) must have high tensile, impact, and All leading li nes including B&M, Lyman, Pacific, noticed about stocks mad e from nylon . While RCB S, CH, Ideal, Acme, Th alson, Redd ing, flexural strength. It must have 3) high Wilson, Forster, Fitz, Jaeger, ere. Scopes, sightS, the steel breech cover became frosted with mounts, slings, scales, moulds, handbooks. ere. abrasion resistance, 4) great resistan ce to ice that chipped off, the stock surfaces at Send for fREE fOLDER heat distorti on, and 5) resistan ce to tern• perature cha nges, from extreme cold to ex• the same nomin al temp erat ure were iced BELDING and MULL treme heat. Since they were treading in the with a slush that wiped off. Cold stocks could 104 N . FOURTH ST., PHILIPSBURG, PA path of organic chemicals, some of which are (Continued on page 51)

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If t he pigeon lands doctor's den is decorated with more than on the ground wit hin the circle, th e bird is 350 first-pla ce trophies won in Europe and Ma nau ta is a member of th e I ntern ational r etrieved by red -shirred cadd ies and brought l\Iexi co. Dr. Acosta , a native of Seville, P igeon Th rower s Association and is the only to the judges for inspection. If the bird is Sp ain , is proficient with ri fle, pistol, and official bird th rower in Mexico at present. bleeding , the pig eon is cons ide red a hi t. shotg un. In 1930, he won the last pigeon He has been th rowing pigeon s for 12 yean'. The caddies, young boys hired by the shooting trophy pr esented by King Alfonso Th ere ar e two grades of pigeon throwers : club, stand on the circle. Ea ch has a red XIII of Spa in. In 1951, he won the Mexican pajareros and colom baires. Manauta is a flag and a white flag. The cad dies wat ch Nationa l P istol Championship. He has cap• colornbaire, wh ich is the hig her grade. th e birds to determine wheth er th ey fly or tured two cha mpionships wit h a rifle in live Colombaires are pr oud of their abi lit ies. lan d in the circl e or out. A wave of the red lamb shooting . E ach yea r colombaires of th e international flag signals a hit ; the white flag a mi ss. Dr. Acosta only hit 8 out of 10 bird s associat ion ga ther in Spain for a contest. A contesta nt is not supposed to shoot at d ur ing th e N uevo La redo cont est. But th e E ach throw s 100 bird s. Th e colom baire with a bird if it flies und er the wire or toward two mi sses didn't bot her him . "Anybody can t he least nu mber of kill s is the winn er. th e galler y, which is situated behind him . win a pigeon shoot," he explain ed prior to Ma na uta, by necessity, is a n at hlete. Un• If he gets off his first shot, onl y to have the the match, "b eca use eac h pigeon is a differ• less a shooter ha s th ree consec utive or four bird tu rn towa rd th e galle ry so t hat he ent contest. An d the pigeon, not the other no n-consec utive mi sses, he is ent itled to 10 cannot take his second shot, the shoote r shooter, is the enemy." bird s. Ma na uta , ther efore, thr ew ap prox i• ge ts another pigeo n. In thi s case, when h is In guns, the doc tor prefers side -by-side matel y 800 adult pigeon s bet ween 10 a.rn. seco nd bird is th rown, the contestant must doubles. The pieces he brought with him to a nd 5 p.m. the da y of the shoot. He rej ected fire his first shot into the air and th e sec ond the shoot inclu ded a $2,000 P ur dy and an all young birds becau se they would be easier at th e pig eon. AyA, two fine examples of foreign imports. t o hit. This wou ld be eq uivale nt, at lea st in Manauta, li ke a baseb all pitc he r, is afte r Ano ther contesta nt was 30-year-old Edward number of throws, to a pitch er going all th e strikeouts. The mor e misses he chalk s up , Till, a farmer from Bisho p, Texas. Till wa y in a half-dozen major league ba seba ll the bett er bird thrower he is conside re d. In suffers fr om mu scular dystrophy. He ha s ga mes in one da y. order to obtain misses, Manauta stud ies eac h had it since birth, but he still manages to Before he throws th e pichon, Manauta shooter's style for the first two or three h unt by ta king short, care ful steps . He ha s pl ucks a few tai l feather s from t he bird to birds. Wh en he finds a weakness, he feeds never shot trap or skee t. All of his shooting g ive it erratic fligh t. He then calJs lis to and the gunner bird s he cannot hi t. is done " aro und the farm," at birds an d aw aits the shooter's command of pajaro or To det erm ine j ust how successful this small gam e. pull. At th e command, Manauta spins his met hod is, one needs only to look at th e The shotg un T ill used wa s an old 12• e ntire hod y and heaves the bird, He may record. Aft er four consecutive pigeon s, only gauge It haca pump wit h a full choked , 30• throw it in an y dir ecti on, even straight a t 11 of th e 78 contestants had a perf ect score. in ch barrel and a crac ked stock. But Till t he gunner. Only 18 had killed thr ee out of four. Aft er kn ew how to use it. He mi ssed only one Both th e bi rd thrower and t he shooter five consecutive pigeon s, only seven shooters bird out of his first 10, and managed to get s tand wit hin a 20-met er square. T he shoote r had a string of hi ts. into the shoot-off. Nine contestants had has a 3 by 20 met er recta ngle in wh ich to The cou nt dropped to four on the sixth killed 9 out of 10 birds and were competing stand, and the thrower ha s an adjoining ro und. These four gunners held th eir own for the last eight pla ces. T ill pl aced third, a re a the same size. At the corner of t he throug h the seventh, b ut one dr opp ed out behind Tifla ine. He killed a total of 20 out square ar e posts four met er s in height . A on th e eighth and another on the nint h. of 21 birds, the last 15 consec utively. He wire is strung from post to post, and the bird Only two of the 78 had perfect scores after used his second shot on ly once. mu st he th e heigh t of th e wire before the the final round -. TheX were T iffai ne, .the .de• " J.N{l.. ~ O [ .\ L vm~ mp m . jJJlD .n ~ . ~ S~(:LJ!Y. IUr ~ a re a the same size. At the corner of th e throug h the seventh, b ut one dropped out behind Tifla ine. He killed a total of 20 out square ar e posts four met er s in height. A on th e eigh th and another on th e nint h. of 21 birds, the last 15 consec utively. He wire is strung from post to post, and th e bird Only two of the 78 had perfect scores after used his second shot on ly once. mu st be th e height of th e wire before th e the final round. T hey were T iffaine, the de• No one was mor e impre ssed by Till's contestant may shoot. fend in g champion, and Lt. Col. 1. O. Cosner abili ty than Ma na uta, " I couldn't find the In experienced shooters, anxious to ge t on (R et.) of San Anto nio, Texas, a bird hu nt er wea k ness of hi s sty le," the colombaire ~ the bird, oft en blast awa y before the pigeon and skee t shooter. said, "because he has no style." ~ a ttains the height of the wire. Man auta is Cosner was shoo ting a Model 11 Hemin g• adept at "hitting the d irt:'Although many to n Automatic eq uipped wit h a ra ised r ib, mi sses have been close ones, he has never Cutts Compensator, and mod ified choke. He been hit. used 7% shots, high velocity , for his first On e hu ndr ed met er s from each post is a shots, and high velocity 6s for his second Im proved M i nute Man Gun Blue instantly preserves and line encircling the square. The shooter has shots. renews steels and iron sur• faces-Not a uatnt or lacquer two shots on each bird, and the pig eon must In th e sudde n-death shoot-off, bot h Cosner - No heating necessary • fall with in that circ le if it is to be counted Comes complete wit h all nec• and Tiffaine killed their eleventh bird , h ut essary equipment. a hi t. Experienced shoote rs use bot h shots, Tiffaine missed on the twelft h. Cosner hi t, GU A RA NT EED - Test ed and e ven if the first kills the bird. The second and was crowned the new champion. proven over 40 years by $. repeat sales to satisfled sho t is in surance. The shoot drew contes tants from all sec• users. S END If a hird is hit b ut ma nages to leave the tions of Texas and Mexico , Some were skeet -----_MO NE Y BACK._- GUA RA-- NT EE, circ le, eit her by flying or walk ing, it is a a nd trap cham pion s. A few wer e in ter• I, NEW MET HOD MFG . CD' G-3 Br adford. Pa. m iss. If a bird lea ves the circle flying and national pigeon shooters. Others were ju st I then re turns, it is a miss. If a bird lands bird hu nters. in a tree or on a wir e or building inside One of the most experienced shoote rs was the circle, it is a mi ss ... unl ess the pigeon 67-year-old Dr. Victo ria no Mateo de Aco sta , l~ E: == - ~ ;:J IGUYMON VARMINT RIFLES

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can ri fle shooting in fluenced th at surrender. The rest of the battalion distin guished itself, too. In all, it took 300 pri soners; killed 200; captured four 77's, a tr enc h mor• tar battery, signal outfit, and 123 machine guns. No one can definitely say ju st how great a part Sergeant York's fight played in th e tot al picture. But when a hole is pun ched in an enemy lin e and a large numb er of pris• oners ar e taken, word spreads. Men lose with the NEW M. E. c. some of their spirit and the fear of encircle• ment becomes wide spr ead . However lar ge, or small, York's part may have been in the SUPER SPEEDER 400 overall pict ure of that October day, he wrot e a pa ge in American histor y that will never Si be forg ott en. prIce ssr What qualities mad e Sergeant York show what he was? Why did he have those quali• ties? Is it possible to train these int o men? COMPLETE Th e answer to the first of th ose questions is thr ee-fold . York had valor, shooting skill, and judgment. ) IT'S EASY TO USE Valor is sustained cour age . York showed it by persisting aga inst heavy odds and great danger for as long as the situation requ ired. ) IT'S ECONOMICALLY PRICED Wh ere did he get such valor? In the early part of th e war , York was a conscientious objector. He said that he could di e for his ) IT'S FOOLPROOF co untry, but that he could not bring him self to kill for it. His religion forb ad e kill ing, and his own experience showed th e futility of fightin g. After his father 's death, York went "hog-wild," as the saying goes. He drank and swore and gambled and fou ght and shot off his pistols alm ost at other men several times. His moth er's patience and love finall y won him to more reasonable be• havior, and he later join ed his local church. One of the tenets of rhar nh urch is : " T hou dra nk and swore and gambled and fou ght and shot off his pistols almost at other men several times. His moth er 's patience and love finall y won him to more reasonable be• havior, and he later join ed his local church. One of the tenets of that churc h is : "Thou Simplicity of design and operation make the M.E.C. 400 the most shalt not kill- even in war." efficient loader for any requirement. It's the ideal tool for the But Yor k' s culture gave him , also, another set of values. His family lived in rural professional loader who wants both speed and accuracy, as well as Tenn essee. And th e history of his fam ily the "once-in-awhile" amateur who merely wants to save mone y. was a series of war s. Th e Civil War took Here's a "production-line" loader that works with the precision of a both of his gra ndfathers. York came from a fine watch, and yet is engineered to take years of trouble-free loading long lin e of fighting riflemen. In his auto• biography, he wrot e : "What's history with ••• at a price tha t defies competition. And it's 100% safe. larn ed people is still a matter of story-telli ng SEE THE M .E.C. SUPER SPEEDER 400, OR THE ECONOMY-PRICED SPEEDER 300 AT YOUR with us, and . .. these people ar e not merely DEALER OR WRITE M.E.C. They're available in any gauge from 410 to the heaviest cha racters in books to us . . . they were . .• t o-gauge Magnum. See them today. as much a part of our lives as these moun• tains here and th e log cabins and the muzzle-loaders th ey used, which we still have . "Not more than 900 mountain sharpshoot• er s whipped and shot to pieces Ferguson and his 2,600 trained men at Ki ng's Mountain. • •• These same old guns [mu zzle loading rifles] . .. mad e it possible for the 6,000 men und er Andrew Ja ckson down there at New Orleans to stop 10,000 Briti sh soldiers who once fought under Wellington and mu ssed up Napoleon." York had heard these stories again and again in his youth. He had heard about Tenn essee W HOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY ri flemen- Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and many other s-from his father, his fri ends, Central location - orde rs shipped same Midwest's largest inventory of: oth er adults. These stories were his history day received ; in cr eased fa ci.titi es. for Ammunition, guns, sh ooting accessories lessons, and his heritage. speediest handling; new prepaid .freigh t and supplies, loading accessories and York's battalion commander, Major Ed. policy. ~ components, manufacturer of DL ward Buxton J r., took over the role of story• Deitemeyer Loader. teller in York's life after he entered the DEALERS: Write for FREE illustrated army. York respected Major Buxton, saying, W~(!tl'B'N Catalog C·l. "He was a most wonderful man at handling youth; he once told them: " Every war al• CROW SHOOT WITH OWL morale. The wound healed, and we had th e ways pro du ces its out standing hero. He crow decoy of a lifet ime! (Continued from pag e 29 ) [Major Buxton] didn't know where that hero Can an owl see in the daytime? You bet was in the Ameri can Army, but th ere was he can! Hoot er could both hear and see over num erou s blinds on different lIocks of jes as good a cha nce of hi m being in our crows before either of us. His alert ness crows several miles apart gives them time to ba tta lion as anyw here else. And aft er we would warn us, I'd call, and in a matt er of forget. We got excelle nt result s aga in a few heard him speak lik e th at we all kinder made minutes, crows would come swooping in, weeks later. up our mind s to be bett er sold iers a nd ma ybe screaming at Hoo ter. all bega n mont hs befor e, one evening try and be that out stand ing one." ... And It On one such hu nt, one sassy crow sat in while we were stalking crows in the br ushy so York mad e his peace with God a nd went a small fir tree, growling, cawi ng abov e all Colville river ar ea. It was gett ing dark. We to war; and having become a sold ier, aimed the others. "Shoot him," whispered my part• heard an owl hoot. "Let's slip up on him," to be a good one. ner. "Not him, I said. " He 's our best call• said Wayne. " No," I said, "I'll call hi m in." The second qualit y-c-shoot ing skill-s-was er." I put the crow call in my pocket, lett ing He was perha ps half a mile fro m us. I a bett er caller ta ke over. Soon every crow still another part of York 's heri tage. He "av e the call at interva ls, and listen ed. Soon cou ld shoot both ri lle a nd pistol exp ert ly. wit hin miles was in the ar ea. Hoot er would he was answer ing from barely half the di s• tu rn his head from north to south, from east York " «rowed up with rilles." His father was tan ce. I called again , and waited. Within well known for his rille marksmanship to west, as if it were on a ball bearing seconds he was within 50 yard s of us, answer• swivel, keepi ng his eyes on the tormentors around Clinton, Tenn essee. York learned to ing eagerly. We finally locat ed him , in a tr ee shoot by imitating his fat her. Rilles and as the y zoomed with in a few feet of h im. riaht in front of us. It was too dark to see Fi nally I eased my .243 R.C. into posit ion rille shooting-c-both in shooting matches an d t h ~ crosshairs in my scope, but I put him in in hun tin g- were signs of manhood in the and blew up the lead heckl er. A puff of the cen ter of the ent ire scope field as best 1 fea ther s filled the air abo ut 50 feet fro m Tennessee mou ntai ns, and York got both• could, and fired. the ri lle a nd the skill at an ea rly age. Yor k where the owl sat. His eyes wer e on the " Yuh missed 'irn,' came from my partner. and his father-and everyone else who shot crow at the blow-up in stan t. Quickly, I hooted agai n. Much to our sur• in the Tenn essee mat ches-paid a dim e to Maybe owls have expressionless faces, bu t prise he came closer and lit again, hooti ng shoot at a turkey's head at 60 pa ces. Or he th is one had the most surpr ised look on his and looking for something that ju st wasn't paid a hal f dollar or dollar to shoot at the map , as if to say, "Now where th e H-OO did ther e. T his time when the rille crac ked, he ce nte r of a cross on a board to try to win you go to?" One tu ft of feath ers ca me came lIutt erin g to the ground. lIoating with in a few yards of him and he part of a stee r. If he did not win , he lost That evening, I was carrying a .20 caliber kept his eyes glued on this, comple tely mon ey. Th a t hu rt the " men-folks" of a fam• r ille on a Sako action , Douglas barr el, my baffled at his enemy's strange cha nge of ily of 11 child ren in that poor par t of Ten• own stock an d blu e, loaded with 23 grai ns form. W hen the fea thered tuft came to light nessee. If he won, he got meat for that of 4895 behind a 45 gra in hollow point bullet in the ara ss he stared at it, horn s rai sed, family. But ther e was mor e besides. The giving a muzzle velocity of about 3500 feet leaning f orw ~ru , swiveling his head tim e and winner s of th ose matches were her oes. A per second. It is an excelle nt rille , superbly again to look at the tree where th e crow tr uly gre at shooter was a man kn own to all acc ura te, virt ually no recoil, flat, deadly, and had bee n, then back to the feather s on th e men. A poor shooter was also know n by possibly safer tha n the heavi er 6 mm bull ets ground. Then, as if to say, "I'll get what's all-and lau ghed at. in far m ar eas. left," he hopped off his perc h an d wobbled H uruina carrie d the sa me practical an d " You winged him ," said Way ne, an d pick ed in an owly str ide for the tuft of fea ther s, social rewards and penalt ies. If a ma n could up a club to deliver the mercy blow. "Stop !" only to be tr ipped by the too short string on hunt well , he could sup ply food for his fam • I yelled. " He'll mak e the finest crow decoy his leg. ily. Family and fr iend s respected him for you ever saw." And he did ju st that. (Cont inued on following pag e) his skill. a man could not h unt well, he If We had a touchy job gett ing a safe grip got less mea t- and less re spect. ~ . - . , .. on a maddened, snapping, cla wing great ill rarrn ar eas. leFt, Q e~i p e o CAtrA Inl~G o H uniina carrie d the sa me pra cti cal and " You winged him ," said Wayne, an d pick ed in an owly str ide for the tuft of fea ther s, social rewards and pena lt ies. If a man could up a club to deliver the mercy blow. "Stop !" only to be tr ipped by the too short string on hunt well , he could sup ply food for his fam • I yelled. " He'll mak e the finest crow decoy his leg. ily. Family and fr iend s respected him for you ever saw." And he did ju st that. (Continued on following pag e) his skill. a man could not h unt well, he If We had a touchy job gett ing a safe grip got less mea t- and less respect. on a maddened, snapping, claw ing great In the target mat ches an d in hu nting, the horn ed owl. His big eyes were ablaze. Hold• FREE CATALOG rewards went to the man who could hi t a ins him down with a stick, I got the end of small mark with one bull et. Only hits coun t• his sood wins in one hand and contro lled his ed. York-c-like his fat her and many others• c1a:s wit h t l~ e stick. Event ually, we got him "Duick-Drnw" Holsters learned to hit, and hit consistently. hom e and examined the bull et damage. His Th e third fact or was-judgment, York also wing was shatt ered at the ma in joint. show ed sound judgment thro ughout the fight• We applied antiseptic and ban daged th e • CUSTOM MADE ing on Oct. 8th, 1918. Ju dgment is more broken wing dail y, and nightl y he pecked the than in telli gen ce. It is th e a bility to make bandage off. But he seemed none th e worse • THE BEST a wise choice and carry out one's decision. for the shooting, snapping his bea k, hissin g, SINCE 1897 York d id that, not ju st once but several a nd making pa sses at us with his claw s. times. He out-thought as well as out-shot When the wound had dr ied up, a veterinar • the German machine gunners, th e German ian amputated the shatte red wing, re-band• S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. major, and the second line of machine gun• azed it, and gave him a shot of peni cill in. P. O. 80X ISOS ners. J ud z rnen t require s intellig ence , guts, " Hooter," as wc called him, kept his high EL PASO. TEXAS and a drive to carry out one' s dec ision s. York had them all; used all of them. But the York story is more than merely a saga of heroi c ac tion. Th er e is a lesson FITS LIKE THE HANDSHAKE OF AN OLD FRIEND in it. If you will permit me to dr aw a moral, World·renowned contoured stock for target-shooters. Man-sized, scientifically designed and prec ision that lesson is th is: molded of Fitz Duramite. Colors : Walnut, Rosewood, Ebony & Pearl. Shooting skill gives a ma n confide nce in f or Co lt's OM ,Python , .45 Auto., S&W K, battle. York had that confidence . Sheer Ma g., etc. Guaran teed agai nst breaka ge. br aver y, even mixed with good j udgme?t. is often wasted by men who lac k th e skill to Ri ght hand only. mak e bravery effective. York had the skill, the courage to use it, and the judgment to TENOGRIP use it effectively. But th e skill came first. Wit ho ut it, York might have been ju st as $695 heroic, bu t very dead. Th e lesson is ju st as tru e now as it was then. Skill with gun s won't make every soldier a Yor k-size hero , b ut it will make Q. CROW SHOOT WITH OWL (Continued from page 49)

We kept him on a luxury men u of crows that summer. He'd ea t at ni ght. Morning showed black feather s all over the gar age where we kept him and a big bloody smile on his fa ce. One time, after we had shotg unned th e crows repeat edly, we got a br oken-winged cr ipple. Nothing completes the owl decoy ma@set-up better than a crippled, sq uawking ~ j BU LL E T S crow. We tied him to a tr ee, but he kept mum. He was patriotic ; refu sed to give his brethern any bum dop e. Hooter kept eyeing gtve you precieuni the sile nt patriotic crow ; finall y decid ed it was abo ut time for his dinn er , and went int o 'acQ;ttr acy action. Th e helpless crow, spott ing the hu ge

/ ~ horn ed owl bearing down on hi m, let out a burst of cawing that stirre d up crows for Each NORMA bullet is designed for a miles! It all ende d a bruptly when the owl specific purpose and constructed to per• tripped on his tet her and fell. After a mouthy form at the hig.hest degree of efficiency. owl discussion wit h him self , he hopped back The accu racy of any bullet is dependent onto his pole and started pr eening his """.~_ _.._~ I ...... _ .....;:;u,:pon thew.perfection of des!pn and the feath er s. Shortly after th is, two crows actu• precision of manufacture. NORMA'S ally kno cked Hooter off his per ch. Th e reo NORMA PRODUCTS• coated steel jacketed bullets are the suit ing victory screams were almost deaf en• loaded ammunition, ultimate in precision production. The ing. And what shooting th ey br ought us! unprimed cases, and micro-checked bullet diameters and cor• We had Hoo ter on a per ch in the yard on e precision bullets rect length of bearing surface insure ac• day when our pet tom cat chance d by. Th e - a ll de signed with the curate response to the skill ofthe shooter. cat eyed him , tai l switching, eyes agleam he HANDLOADER in mind. inched closer. Appar ently Tom was envision• Write Dept. GM-3 for your FREE copy of the ing a fine meal of something like ph ea sant. "GUNBUGS GUIDE" booklet. Hooter ruff ed up his feather s to twi ce his normal size, hissin g and snapping his beak like mad. The cat got the surprise of his lif e when Hoot er mad e the first str ike, ' lunging forward, but landing a bit short and gett ing only a claw full of ca t hair. Th e cat du g up the yard gett ing out of ther e, and he gav e th e owl a wid e berth ther eafter. A year later our owl, Hooter di ed. We rni .:;:, ~prl him 1nrl nnt n n lv !:H : 0 rI"",..ny ""ith,pr torward, but andmg a bit short ana gett mg only a claw full of ca t ha ir. Th e cat du g up the yard gett ing out of ther e, and he ga ve A vailab le for : th e owl a wid e berth ther eafter. S&W, K, M&P, all magnum A year later our owl, Hooter di ed. We models ( please specily) 44 missed him , and not only as a decoy, eithe r. Special , 38·44. Colt O .M.• A " Wanted- One Live Horned Owl" ad in A Natural for $13.50 O. P., New Service . the local newspap er brought us a two-thirds Holster or Targe' Ppd. grown horn ed owl. This owl, still accustom ed At your dealer's · Free Folder Worle Precision on Req uest to ea ting what his moth er brou ght him , will Carved from eat boiled eggs, meat scra ps and some dog •.. Imparted Rosewood Dealers: Send lor Illustrated Informa tion food. F eather s on one wi ng wer e clipped CUST O M CR A FT CO . BOX 457-Main PASADENA , CALIFORNIA back several inches to pr event his flyin g away. He' s not our Hoot er, but we like him too. HUNTERS HOIST • Fast Draw Timer ~ . If you want the best ther e is in crow The Hoist with a Lock-No More Tyi ng Off /' J'Q shooting, get yourself a Hooter. Th e trans• CA PACITY 750 POU NDS . ','" How last are you? vy. M easur-e YOUI' speed and re act .ron lime to formation of grea t horn ed owls, one of th e Weighs 12 eunees. 5· 1 rat io. 10 S1 E: I 1 /1 0 0 se co nd . Dill' e tecu-ont c ti me r de • foot span . Syntha ne Pulleys. J s ig ned fo r use w ith wax bullet s fOI' snretv . worst natural pre dators, into efficient pr eda• Brass Beari ngs. Stee l Bolts. 9 L Full loading Iusu-u cuons . Co m p le te s et• Ste el Hooks. Nylon line.A uo-umer s w ttc n. ta r get. wires an d tor hunter s, is a sight to see and hear. It Quality Pr oduct. Dealers Wanted. postpai d tn eu-ucttou. $ 59.00 . FASTIME co. 1761 Hampton Road provides fun galore, and the owl see ms ~ HUNTERSMFG. CO.,Pratt, Kan. '- Cross e Pointe Woods 36 , Michi gan to enjoy th e hunts as mu ch as we do. ~

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'C' '' P ~ ''Y'' Il ~ 'U ·..k I , \ }.R. ~ 'l. 3 1 TOP BREAK ~ lin"'or %" man or tr aveler would appreciate hav- 1-=-- ..:.. ------·1t~fi ' y ~~ Sw~~n ;~ ~ r m pa ~ k i ~: k ri;e :eor u h ~ ~ .22•••••••.•$18.95 I I ~ ~~~ ~~ r b e ds S m~ hf t ~,~~ r u ~ d : n ~ .~ \ W ~ I a husky alarm. Ru gged! Swiss -ma de. Shoots conventi onal . 22 long rifl e ammo. Break-top acti on I I Ea sy to carry. Lar ge radium dia l is automat fca llv ejects ammo. 7- shot ca l ) ~ c i ty. al.1 ste el I easy to see day or NIGHT. Ba ck of SIghts. blued and has fine checkered gn p. Ternfic for I case swings back so th at it can stand pli nking and range pr actice. Only $ 18.95. 1 upri ght on shelf. (R egular ly $19. 95) II now only $9.95 postpa id . (NEW 10FFICIAL SPREAD I IEAGLE BADGES $1.98 ppd. Famous IV est I A flash of this badge shows who Make i s in authority. These official ,Pocket .22•••••$12.95 I lookin g deluxe chrome-pla ted or Sen sational new ' 59 Model 6-sl1ot Germ an I geld -plated badges ha ve re-in• BELGIUM PISTOL $19.95 I revolver is excellent for target . p link in g or defense. Tl ght' l forced backs wit h pin . A vaUable in R egul atf on or pock• , . . 1~ i~ ~ ~ t~v e :r e~n ,Wp~ t e~ l sa ~ ~2 ~ I l~cr~ · a l~ I~ ~g. s ~~~ r ~ r l:: s ;J ei n : ~ ie et sizes for : Special In vesti gator , So.rry. we ~ a n t divulge the name ot th ls famous-m ake in I loadin g. scre w-In ejecto r rod.. steel r ifted ~arr ei WIth I P oli ce, Special P olice , Special tillS . adver t .lsement. due to the sensatio nal LO\V P RICE. blade front sig ht. Choice of eit her blued or ni ckel- plated I Offie-er . Detecti ve. Privat e De • 'I'erritlc nar g ail ~. Avail able in Ca ls. .25 nickel. .32, .380 Ifinish. B lued Model, $12.95. H andsome N ickel-Plate d tect ive, Sheriff, D epu ty Sheriff, r l ~ey2i a s t. ong R ifle B lue. Gift boxed only $ 19.95 whil e , Model, $14.95. Speci al Depu ty Sheriff , Consta• ble. Deput y Consta ble. watch• man, Privat e watchman. TaXi I Driver and Civi li an Defe nse . ( A REAL ~~ i ~ ~? er~~ a s g:~~ ~ S~ ~ i y t Y n . 3 ' New 9.shot l""""'••• •• postpai d. •22 TARGETI De Mart ini PISTOL . • • • •$21.95(WOLF KILLER! SPANISH F ir es standard & hi gh v ~ lo ~i ty shorts . longs s: ~ . R . ammo. II Genui ne imported It al ian Stilettos ar e depe nda ble, efTec• E xcellent for ta rget , p h nk ~n g or h,ome pr?tectt on. Specs: ti re. Here's what 'r. It. of Moscow, Idaho had to relate GUITARS Ir-shot revolver, uoubl,e & Single !lctton, s2ltd fra me, , ~ afe ty Iabout this Itre-savtna kn lfe : " w otr freed himself from one cyl. (r ecessed head sp ace }. Cholce at 4 bbl. or 2 bbl. of my trans just as I was appr ca chlng and att acked me. $9.95 On ly $21.95. I My gun was lost in the snow and only your fine knife saved me from possible serious in ju ry" . H eavy steel blade, bone I handl e. P osi t ive lock and open position. 9 h oo~ e : . SMALL (5-9/1 6" open) $5.50. REGUL AR (1-1/16 ) $ o .~o . MAM- Detective 1MOTH (11") $1.50 or COLOSSAL (13'4 ") $8.90. .38 COLT , I Revolver • . $32.50 I Dependabl e. compact. M akes excellent tar get & protecuve sidearm. Specs : Swinging-out ,S & W These handsome (Artist type) cyl. e- sb ot, 4/1 barrel. fixed sights. orl g. .Cp lt I 38 R I $24 95 Standard s ize Spanish-style hal'dwood grips. newl y blued. Good cond f tton • evo ver. •.•I GUItars have the beau ti ful t ~ne inside & ou t . P tres POPUIUI' .38 Colt ammo . Onl y $ 3 2 . 5 0. I uuatt ttes of t he most expensrve I PERFECT SHOOTING CONDITION. Mfgred in I makes Instrument is of gen- U r \ V~' I . ~ .~~~~ t ~ds\~~ n~ ~~ ~: I ~ /{ i~ dg ~ ~lfi~~e ~~~de i~ l~ g 1~~1f i : ~~ ~f ~~ g eda ~~ aa n :h ~ ; ~ W? ' ~ ~. ~ l :. i d :f l ~ ~~ . ~U X\; d ~ i: l ~ t ~. ~~~ I ~k ea l' r i t h l ~ ~h , b~ l l~~ ~VO O d gr ips. Ibuilt folr a $9 "19 i 5 f e ti \~ 1 ~ ~ ~l oefT fll ,m e J , a ~ ~ s ~ \u Si C. (Regul arly $20.00) SEAPORT TRADERS, INC. Fires Amer, made .38 S & W amm o. Only $24.95 . now on y . . "r • 409 EAST 12TH STREET , DEPT. ~ LOADS FOR THE little sense in spreading bett er than two tons ------, of energy across country every time I pulled LIMITED SUPPLY OF I .375 MAGNUM the trigger. For anyone who likes to shoot, (Continued from pag e 23) and does shoot as much as I do-unless he be rotten with th e well known filthy lu cre• grea se, hit ched on an Alaskan 'scope, and reloading is a virtual must; and I mean reo hied me out to th e ran ge with a couple of loading in its most economic vein, which boxes of factory ammo. Also, I must confess, means sub-loads with cast bullets. To thi s with some small misgivings. For, while most sort of shooting fun, it was my th ought that of the sound authorities I'd read agreed that the .375, with its lar ge bore, genero us bullet *DEWATS the big fellow spoke with undisputed author• weight and a one in twelve rifling twist, DEACTIVATED WAR TROPHIES ity, they also said the recoil was nothing to should work well. WORLD'S BEST DEWAT BUY worry a seasoned shooting man. On th e other From th e first, I had, at th e back of my Buy now while they Last-GoinCJ Fast hand , there were those who spoke in hoa rse mind, an idea and theory I wanted to try no more can be LeCJally Deactivated! whispers of the big fellow' s come-bac k, and out. Year s ago I owned and hunted with a ':'FRENCH CHAUCHAT 8MM MACHINE RIFLE exhibite d every evidence of cha ttering teeth .35 Winchester, out of the old Model 1895 Strurre shot 01' fu ll automaLlc-Used in two World wm-sn by French & U, S. in WW I, and French & and cold sweat at the mere thou ght of sta nd• rifle. Thi s cartridge pushed a 250 grain roun d Be lg-ia ns at start of WWII. At this price it should be in ev er-y rtne or a utomatic weapons co ll ecti on . Com• ing up to it. There was but one way to find nosed, soft-point bull et in th e neighborhood plete with cre s ce nt 20 I'd. mag., B fpod, stocks, and flash h ider, etc. Good, on ly • . " ... •...... $19.95 out for sure. So, I crossed my finger s, con• verv g-ood ...... ••. • •... " $29.00 of 2200 feet per second, and to this day I Fair '." ,, .',' $14.95 signed my affairs to the benevolent Red ACCESSORY KIT: Con si s t inq of 2 ex tra m ag s & recall the combination of rifle and cartridge carrying case, tool set, spec ta t aircra ft s ights, p lus o ther extras. Kit w it h g un $3.75. Witho ut gu n Gods, and cut loose a 300 grain, factory load. with a great deal of affection. For it was a $ 9.9 5. A $15.00 Val ue . I was surprised, pleasantly. I found that completely honest and depend abl e two-some, ':'CERMAN MACHINE PISTOL 44 IMP44 ) while the big brute was certainly not a 7 .92 mm S. versnt ue se mi . a nd ru n-automau c weapon killing what it hit , right where it hit it, and o f W\VlI - Du hb ed h y Hitler. " STURMGEWEHR 44" (S tru-m Rifl e. 1044). A ct asstc e x am p le of the use of ch ild's plaything, it wasn't anything to ter• with a very minimum of mea t spoilage. My s tamp tmrs in ru-m s m n uuracture. Complete w i th very "are 30 rd. mart ' ...... •. $49.95 rorize a grown man. So I went ahea d and th eory was that, by usin g a gas checked cast e 'I' h ese it ems ar-e avanabt e in fully ac ti ve cond iti o n w i t h proper U. S, 'rrensurv a u uiort za t to n to the buyer. funn eled out the best part of two boxes of bull et in the .375, I could come up with a THOMPSON 1928 (, Ml SMC PARTS ammo, in 270 and 300 grain bull et weight s. load close to th e old .35 Winchester. Stocks, co m p le te wt ur slide .. • .. •. • .. ., ... . $9.95 S li n g-so w eb ... •• •• • ••.. •• •• ••• ,•••.•••,. 1.00 I shot off-han d, kneelin g, sitting, and finally, I star ted out with the standard Id eal .375 Gu n Cris e. ('a n va,!;. . . ' ...... ••" 4.25 Case of 12 new Thompson M IA1 butt stocks from th e ben ch rest. gas check bull et, # 375449, weight around (less m etal) ,, .. per case $5.95 Most o ther Pa r ts a nd Acc es sor-tes-; I found that, as usual , the truth of th e No rece tve -s. ban-eta 01' ve r t. pistol m-tps. 260 gra ins, depend ing on bullet mixture. DEWATS SHIPPED RR EXPRESS COLLECT thing lay half-wa y between th e extremes of Th e Ideal handbook gave a load for this opinion. I knew I'd been shooting a gun, all bullet of 42 grains of #3031 powder, for a INCOMPLETE RIFLE SALE right, particul arl y off the bench rest. On velocity of 2000 feet. I tried this, and it the other hand, I' ve taken worse beat ings worked well ; but it was obvious th at more from skinny-gripped, razor-stocked, sawed-off, ~ . powder could be used, wit h equally good, g_. F' ii£i?&'> feather weight shooting contraptions in much perhaps bett er, results. So I started going feebler calib ers that are supposed to be th e up. With 44 gra ins of # 3031 I got a five .43 Cal. REMINCTON ROLLINC BLOCK RIFLES eat's whiskers in th ese effete days when a shot group at 100 yards that went .1% inch, A few minor parts mi s sing. Good fo r man is looked at askance if he packs around center to center. With th e same weight of decorator Rifle $3.95 a hunting rifle th at weighs bett er than seven # 4895 an d the same bullet I got a group of MODEL 98 MAUSER ' BOLTLESS' BARRELED-ACTIONS and a half or eight pounds. 1% inches. I went as hi gh as 47.5 grains Comple te , w ithout bolt. all m ill ed parts • •. . $ 18.95 Out of all th e roar and rumpus I found A few with some s ta m pe d parts, but also with either powder and found th e big fellow ' Bo ltles s ' , Only $16.00 somet hing else tha t filled me with joy, pure 7MM REMI NGTON ROLLING BLOC K ACT I ON S stilI pounding them right down th e groove, Comple te for re -barrettng •• •• •••••• •• •••• ••$7.95 and unalloyed. Th e big gun was beautifully with no sign of fu sing; or leading. A few minor parts mi s sing. Good fo r man IS iooxeu at askance It ne packs around center to center. With th e same weight of decorator Rifle $3.95 a hunting rifle th at weighs bett er than seven # 4895 an d the same bullet I got a group of MODEL 98 MAUSER ' BOLTLESS' BARRELED-ACTIONS and a half or eight pounds. 1% inches. I went as hi gh as 47.5 grains Comple te , w ithout bolt. all m ill ed parts • •. . $ 18.95 Out of all th e roar and rumpus I found A few with some s ta m pe d parts, but also with either powder and found th e big fellow ' Bo ltles s ' , Only $16.00 somet hing else tha t filled me with joy, pure 7MM REMI NGTON ROLLING BLO CK ACT I ON S stilI pounding them right down th e groove, Comple te for re -barrettng •• •• •••••• •• •••• ••$7.95 and unalloyed. Th e big gun was beautifully with no sign of fu sing or leading. accurate. Topped with an Ala skan 'scope, it So here I had what I'd set out to find : a was no great trouble, shooting from the 7MM REMINCTON load in the 2000 to 2200 foot-second velocity ROLLINC BLOCKS bench, to stay in or about a minute and a class, driving with fine accuracy a cast, home• M illing m inor no n- fu nctional part half of angle at 100 yards. or pa rt s . othe rwi s e c omplete. brewed bullet of sufficient bor e size and heft Riffe •••••• •• •• ••• ,. ,.,• •• ,• .• •• •• .• •.•$5.25 Wanting to find out if I'd merely been to tak e care of such game as deer, very lucky or if th e rifle really had it, I invited handily. That it wilI do thi s, I alr eady have a shooting friend to try his luck. Like my• some evidence, three deer so far having self, he'd never snuggled up to a .375 before, dropped to the authority of the load with 1903 SPRINCFIELD RIFLE PARTS yet he sat down at the bench, tried one dry immediate, clean, one shot kill s. Of these Bo lt s , Ne w -Springfield N. 5 ...... • •. •$ 2 .95 to get the feel of the trigger, and th en Bol t s , Ne w-A3 -Contra ct Mf r ...... 1 .95 instances, one is particularl y ju stified in be• Bo x o f 4 , •. ,...... 3 .95 pro ceeded to turn in two success ive five shot, ing related in some detail, for it was a very F ront si g h t covers , Ne w ...... • ,. . . . .2 5 Pe r do ze n . . . , ...... • ,.. . 1 .25 inch and a half , center to center groups, one satisfying example. N e: e:30A:?A~ :g2 ? g ~ :a~ : r{: . ~ sFro;' t 'S ite' band ~ :~g with the 270 grain , the other with the 300 Th e buck was at a slig htly lower level, 0 3 A3 S pringfie ld Bo lt s (s tripped) S old by t he case of 90 Bol t s . . . . • , • . . 39.95 grain factory loadings. When he finished th e facin g the gun and distant somewhere be• second string he turned to me and said; tween 125 and 150 yar ds. It was coming Navy Le g Irons . Ne w . per pa ll' $4.75 I Junk & Parts GRAB BAG-I S lb s. or m or e • .• • $5.00 (Sh ipp ed RREXpres s Co ll e ct) "This big wallop er will do better than that. along a trail at a trot, but th e lay of the Ca se of 1 2 new Thompson M IAI b u tt s tocks (le s s m etal) , $5.95 Del' case I wasn't holding too well." country was such th at it was obvious th e deer AMMUNITION COLLECTORS: As so rtment of 2 5 dif. This, mind you, out of a sta ndard hunting reren t ca r tr id ges. many sc a rc e & t-are $4.25 might leave the tr ail and jump into heavy Se nd se tr-aduressed , s ta m ped e nv e lope for more com - rifle, fresh from th e factory grease, just as f ~ ~ ~es U ~ I~ ?t~ n -i ~ a~~~ . c~ lIe~~~ ~ ,~ ~ o r i es cover at any moment. So the shot was taken & li s t of other it came, with out any tinkering or fixing of without waiting for the buck to get any Special Ammo Offer: 7 .92MM Short for Oer• man M.P. 44 "ST URMGEWE HR 44." Very any kind. And handlin g a power house closer. As it happened, just as th e shot was r a r e ", $ 7 .5 0 per 10 0 rds. Loose & a s sorted 7MM Mauser a m m o. some mis• factory cartridge primarily designed to per• let off, th e quarry did start to swing aside. fir e s , most sboo ts-c z oo rds. (w ith a fe w extra thrown In ) .. ,,...... •.. • •. $ 7 .5 0 man entl y flatt en all sorts of bi g, mean, four• Th e bullet struck just back of the peak Spe c ia l Loose Ammo offer: . 3 0 ·0 6 $4,50 per 100. .3 0 ·4 0 Krag- $4.25 pel' 100. footed critte rs with felonious designs on th e (Spe ci a l p ri ce s on c ase lo ts ). of th e left shoulder, driving back and down hunter's hid e. Not a specially work ed out and through, coming out between th e hams. BEST BUY OF THE NEW YEAR combination of rifle and cartridge for super• Prewar Co lt O.M. Revolvers . . , Onl y $49.50 Th e deer was lit erally picked up and driven F inest Co lt Officers Model . 6 " heavy barrel TARGET GRAD E revolver, with adjustable sights . Good t o very accurate varmint shooting- just everything backward and pil ed up in a heap , without g ood condition. Truly. the best handgun buy of the ye ar-while limited s up ply la s ts. Order todav. Send sta ndard. With power-great gobs of power• a wiggle. Th ere was virt uall y no spoilage of ~~ I:~~::;e 6 :r~ii i kf ~~ ~~~~ t e s g ~ p ~ i i ~ g rec h ~ ~ : : s ~~fl~~t~ and stilI with that lovely, inh erent accuracy meat. Th e big, blunt, solid bullet ploughed Ai ~ b t m ~ E s ~i 8 ~ T 'i G ~~R h ~~S o ~ ~ ~ ~~ E~n fy O~ ~ ~ ~. quo tient. a good wound channel stra ight through , with. Dealer inquiries invited. Of course I didn't get th e rifle with the out blood-shorting. A similar hit by one of idea of shooting full power, jacketed load s the ultra-velocity smaller cali ber rifles, so POTOMAC ARMS all the time. For one thing, seeing two-bits much in vogue th ese days, most certai nly P. O. Box 550. 329 S. Union St. or better go up in smoke every time I pulled would have mad e a horrific mess of things. .6.1...,...... ;,.., VI ..... I.I... t r i a apr o n ~ f$lf'tnrv f'!lTtTirlrrl=> "W" ~H~ . TT'I !lvhl=>TT'I Thi~ ~ !.Il'Y U" hull "", .. in t \""", C> t ...... i ....\., t "un"", YY'I"",.. ~l "NO HUNTING" SIGNS Turns out he had ideas of his own, one of do a thankless job for whi ch they had nei ther (Continu ed from page 42) whi ch was to try a hunting control plan on the training nor the in spired interest. an Illinois test ar ea. To mak e the test plen ty P ennsylvania's progr am, and Fl anagan moderat ely expe nsive. Iron icall y, and fur ther difficult, Jack chose an ar ea ro und F la nag an, (along with others), convinced th e Wood• evidence of the imp ort ance of contro l, farmer s ju st 85 mile s southwest of Chicago. This was stock Sportsmens' Club's committee th at Ill i• will occasionally permit a small grou p of excellent pheasant country and must have nois could and should offer upl and game respon sible spor tsmen free use of their la nd had a "No Hunting" sign for eac h bird. Be• hunters in th e Northern Zone more tha n the in retu rn for posting and policin g. ) ing just off Rte. 66, accessib ilit y was easy opportunity to buy a license-th ey should Po in t 4 was also enlightening. In vestigat• and poaching and trespassing were common. also supply a majority of them with the legal ing successful existing hunting programs un• Fa rm s were neat , pr osperous an d well fe nced. opportunity to use it. expec tedly shed considerable light on values. J ack sold every far mer on 24 square mil es Keep in mind-neither the Pennsylvania The committe e selec ted P enn sylvan ia's pro• of land on the idea of remov ing the "No nor Flanagan farmers received any cash for gram, beca use cond itions were so compa rable Hunting" signs. Th eir No. 1 consid era tio n? permittin g sportsmen to use their land. They to tho se in Illinois. Th ere, uplan d ga me Control. He promi sed th at thi s would be wer e satisfied to have re sponsible sportsmen hunting in populated are as was at th e " 0 handled by a chec k-in an d check-out station hunt the ir land with only indirect ben efits in H unting" stage when the Dep artment went where a reasonable number of sportsmen return-the principa l ben efit be in g contro l• to wor k. The program ha s been in effect would be briefed as to the boundari es of th e whi ch, in P ennsylvani a's case, became self• pr ogressivel y since 1936. The addition in are a, and then permitted to proceed for th e control after a territory was establishe d. 1946 of their " Day· Old P heasant Chick Pro• nominal fee of $1.00. In cid entall y, once a mod er at e portion of a gra m" ha s done wond er s for the bird popu• This venture was strictly non-profit. The conge sted are a obta ins some rel ief from th e la tion. Ad d pl enty of game (wild rear ed income paid for in surance an d nominal ex• pr essure of number s, th e surrounding land and currently released ) to over a million penses. The surplus at th e end of th e sea son becomes less over-r un and re sistance di s• ac res of land all in the vicinity of Pennsyl• supplied a chili supper for participating sipates. In a sense, the situation brings abo ut vania's large cities, and the sportsman find s farmers, as well as furnishin g th e community a favorabl e chain reaction. conge nial, pleasant hunting. He need only with lim ited funds for some need ed equip• The next move, Point 5, was to invite every bu y a li cen se for $3.15 and pro ceed to the ment. Spo rtsmens' Club in th e Illinois F ed eration nearest clearly id entified hunting ar ea. An interesting sidelight was th e harv esting Northern Zone to a meeting and inform th em of wha t our hard working committee had Th e de ta ils of thi s program have bee n in of 67 cocks per section th e first year, with learned. About individuals wer e presen t print man y tim es and they ar e very th orough, what is apparently a norm of 45-50 bein g 75 representing various clubs, and a few clubs even down to signs for parking and re• reached after the second or third yea r. Hunt• unable to atte nd ac knowledge d th eir whole• st ricted areas. ing seemed not to r edu ce the populati on hearted support . The committee's findin gs beyond this figur e. W hat was the key to success of th e P enn• wer e di scussed, and minutes of the meeting sylva nia program? The an swer is- control. Jack Calhoun 's job at Flanagan was com• were sent to every cl ub. Mu ch of th e informa• Certa inly there were sincere, in du strious con• pleted at the end of five years of ope n-season tion in th ose minutes has been in clud ed in servationists sell ing th e idea to the lan d hunting. The cost to th e Sta te of Illinois th is ar ticle . own ers and far mers ; and , beli eve it or not, Conser vation Dept. had been fundamentally As a resul t of this gathering , a resolu ti on permission for land use was ob tained by th e one biologist's time. Th e area would have was forwarded to the Illinois Conservation P ennsylvania State Game Comm ission wit h• had some expense under normal condi tions, Department , r ecommending th e adoption of out one ce nt of cas h being paid . Th e prime withou t the exp erimen t. a progr am simila r to P ennsylvan ia's (or the fa ctor was control: the farmers wanted only The Department called th e experi men t suc • Fl anagan ex perim en t), in clu din g P enn syl• to be ass ure d they would not be overrun by cessful- and abandone d the project! " We vania's " Day -Old Chick Program." irresponsible, nitwiued nimrods. showed 'em how; let 'em do it themselves." Th e job is not over yet. All par ticip at in g • S nm p. ca sh is na ir! fnr sta nd in z crnus as This mavseem to some to be a littl e re rnin• r .JJ ,':l '· ~'}l' i ll. ~ htu llt;.\', prl u Ln £. ~~'}~0 w p .... ,t; h~it; ,StNfl P enn sylvan ia State Game Commission with• had some expense under normal conditio ns, Departmen t, recomm ending the adoption of out one cent of cash being pa id. Th e prime without the exp eriment . a pro gr am simila r to P ennsylvania's (or the fa ctor was control : the farmer s wa nted only The Department calle d th e experiment suc • Fl an agan experim en t), including P enn syl• to be ass ure d they would not be overru n by cessful-and abandoned th e pr oj ect ! " We vania's "Day-Old Chick Program." irresponsible, ni twiUed nimrods. showed 'em how; let 'em do it themselves." The job is not over yet. All par ti cipat in g Some ca sh is paid for stand ing crops as This may seem to some to be a little re mi n• clubs will be ur ged to convince th eir Sta te gam e food (at the going rate) , a nd the isce nt of Marie Antoinette's " let 'em eat Representative of th e merits of such par• Ga me Comm ission's principal (but not only) cake ." Anyway, this fine pr oj ect, aft er fu r• ti cipation by th e Conserva tion Dept. The service is supplying an officer for supervision ni shin g natural and pr odu ctiv e hunting to mor e forces in ag ree me nt, the fa ster and easi• of each 1000 acres. The entire expenses are countless hunters for five years, was turned er it is to put such progr am s in motion. born e by li cen se fee s and Pittman -Rober tson over to th e community for continuance. One thing sur e : for some time to come, mon ey. T here is no charge to th e sportsman Without official blessin g and competent hunter s will have to shout loud er th an they when he goes to hu nt. full time guidan ce during the season, the shoot, to get progr am s lik e this adopted. Our committee then heard of a n Illinois organizat ion did not endur e for long. This But it 's wor th some shouting, if we're to keep state biolog ist by the name of J ack Calhoun, implies no criticism of th ose left in cha rge ; our shooting. Maybe some shouting is ~ who took a bold step forward in conservation. it was just the old story of asking th em to in ord er in your state ? ~

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MALLARDTONE DUCK CALLS. Precision and sta ndards of perfecti on ma ke the Mal• lard tone th e fines t call on the market today. Hi ghest gra de walnut, polished to a satin smooth finish, with an eye-catching emblem, makes th em a prize any hunter will be proud to own. A tough pla sti c reed and waterproof tone channel afford calls that will sta y in tune (wet or dry). All part s are interchange. able and may be repla ced if lost or broken. An easy call to blow, the Mall ard tone br ings 'e m in. A pro du ct of Ma llardtone, 2100 BROWN DUCK JACKET with hi-swing back Stadium Drive, Rock Island, Ill. is jacket any hunter will find comfortable. GUN AND STORAGE RACK. All-purpose durable, economical. Afford s utmo st shooting ra ck for car or truck, rubber-cushion ed to ease, plenty of free-swinging action. without protect stock and barrel. Up and out of the bul gin g or binding. Attract ively tailored with way-beyond the children's reach. Id eal for deep corduroy collar, adjustable waist line, hunters and sportsmen everywhere. Maps, Sanforized for repeated washings. Deep angle catalogs, fishing tackle, hunting gear, all can pockets and full -zippered front are other be conveni entl y carried in safe-way rack. pra ctical features. Carhartt extra stout 13% Strong construction, mad e of 18 gauge cad• oz. Brown Duck that protects again st rain mium plated steel, adjusts from 30 to 60 in. and th e weather. Combined with matching KAYOT HUNTER PONTOON DUCK to fit all mak es and models. May al so be weather-proof pants and game bag, outfit is BOAT features safety, maneuverability, ea se transferred from one vehicle to another.A made- to-order for the hunter. Manufactured CASTRO'S GUNS (Con tin ued from page 33)

for the newspaper s to write about . Sin ce th e rebels kn ew of the plan , it was foiled. Not only did Batista fail in proving Communist int er ven tion - Castro 's people ha ve steadily Non-Breakable. Guaranteed refu sed such aid - but he wound up with five loads of gun s he couldn't get ammo for! For All Ame rica n, Man y Fore ign Cuns Castro's forces are well supplied with ma• Non-slip a nd precision-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS ar e chine guns. Many of these are types used in t he most du rab le made I Beautiful colors; smooth, vari ous other Sou th American republics. checkered, staghorn and fancy ca rved; tru ly distinc• Best of the se is unquestionably th e "F ucile tive. Long- wearing, una ffected by moistu re, per.. Ametralle dora Colt ," or th e Colt Monitor, spira tion, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not commercial version of the popular Brownin g chip or peel. Luster, color are perman ent. Automatic Rifle (B AR .) . During the 1930's, Convent ional or conversi on styles. Also target grip s, Colt sold man y of these guns to Latin Ame r• with or with out thumb rest . Avai la ble for a ll popu• ica. From Latin America, offered by persons la r guns in: Ivory, Pearl, Onyx, Agate, Walnut, sympathetic with La Revolucion, th ey are Black a nd Staghorn finis hes. Low cost, $2.50 to coming into Cub a. Most of th ese are .30·06 $8.00-See our complete catalo g! caliber. A few guns, such as th e Danish• Franzite Grips Are Sold Under Our Guarantee For made Madsen light ma chine guns in 7mm Write today for 28-page book. Colt Remington Browning Luger caliber as used in South Ameri ca, take other FREE Grea t West'n Ruger Czech Ma user calibers. But all guns in use tak e either U.S. CATALOG ~~~ c:ric a ~II':.: ~k ae ts~s p l~r ;P ~a~~ f::~ ~i~t~ndar d ~ a&aw ~:h ~ :i s s e r ~~ ~~~ e s ammunition, or cartridges easily found in eogn. Iver-Johnson Walther Llama Webley And Many Oth ers Cuba. In the pleasant, grassy uplands of eas tern SPORTS. INC.ss01 Broadway, Dept.CH-3,Chicago 40, III. Cuba which Castro controls and which he is even now trying to rul e until all of Cuba is consolidated again , a variety of rifles are in use. Ads in U.S. journa ls help supply these Fast Draw Holster and Gun Belt guns. Active in th e trade are people in PLAI N B LA CK or TOOLED. Th ese are th e same out • Miami, for example, who inser t notices fit s th at sell for Thirty Doll ar s or more th roughout the country . We know becau se we make $16 95 "Wanted : Springfield s, Ml Garands, Carbines, th em. Now. F actory to you; our pri ce _ Top prices paid." But the " top prices" are Send cash, check or money ord er. SOlUl.Y. No C.O.D. M ONEY BACK GUA RANTEE not showing any hu ge profit s : the Cuba n COLMAN INTERNATIONAL ARMS agents pay little more than the going pri ce 927 W est Holt Blvd. Ontario, Ca lif. for arm s. Garand rifles they buy for from $50 to $100. Oft en the same g un will bring more on th e U.S. shooter's and collector's market than th e Cub an buyer will offer. Re• cently, with the D.C.M. price increase in Garand rifles to over $160 automaticall y in• lor arm s. t;arand ritl es they buy for from 1- $50 to $100. Oft en the same gun will bring more on th e U.S. shooter's and collector's market than th e Cuban buyer will offer. Re• .... MORE FUN cently, with the D.C.M. price increase in Garand rifles to over $160 automaticall y in• creasing the value of Garands in shooters' ~YOUR GUNS! hands to over $100, the Cuban buyers ha ve turned to commercial sporters for their mili • OVER A QUARTER-MILLION tary need s. Th e .30-06 Remington Model 740 autoload• SPORTSMEN INVITE YOU TO ing rifle ha s turned up in the Cuban hill s, as well as man y other sporting gun s commonly found in the U.S. market. Th e FN Mauser A Year's Subscription to is Castr o's fa vori te per sonal rifle, wh ile '1J~ John son semi-automatic sporters, with scope The AMERICAN RIFLEMAN Magazine sights, are much lik ed in Cuba. Along with ""~Re ad about rifles, pistols, shotguns, hunting, target shooting, gun collecting, home gunsmithing, reloading Spri ngfield and Enfield rifles, in .30·06 cal• and related subjects-in the world's finest gun magazine iber, the Remington bolt acti on 721 and -every month! Win chester Model 70 share honor s in the hand s of Castro's band. A tribute to the ~_ ~ ~ - - H~ ou 'll ~~~~~~~~ al! w e~ s~L!~~ F ~a ~ s ~nformation strength of th e Remington Mod el 721 action ... get is a special carbine whi ch one of Castro's _..:....:-:.:=-.::. Service-s-gun law bulletins-low cost gun insurance--marksmanship --....;:--:...... :"_ in struction--gun club informatio n- ri ght to buy government surplus headquarters guard ha s made to fire grenades. Qt. " ~:;- ~ gun equ ipm ent---eligibility for p articipation in a year-'round shooting Th e barrel is chopped to about 15 inches, ... - program-plus many other benefits. and grenades mad e fr om hand-smithed iron 1J~ Th ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~ - ! !~ LI ~P ~ ~~~~~~~!e f ~ ~ l 5 ! . O y ~rs canisters are fired from it with rifle accu• racy, from the shoulder. "1; included FREE as an extra bonu s for joining now. Wear it proudly; it identifies you as a member of this great sp ortsman's organization. In Cuba, Castro ha s few ord nance men. Some are Americans, but few are exp ert. Since submachine guns were difficul t to ob• Please enter•• •my••subscriptio• •• •n • for••••THE •AMERICAN••• •• • • _ RIFLEMAN. enroll me as an N RA member and send my _ tain in th e quantity needed, Castro's U.S. gold·filled lapel buttorr" agent s arranged for some to be manufac• o Enclosed is my $5.00 0 Bill me please 603-03 - tured in the U.S. Last May Lynwo od, Calif., Name ._ _..~ __..All'e - - -• poli ce raided a residential area garage, found it contained a home hobby ma chine shop Address CLIP AND turn ing out Stenotype SMGs. El even guns, City & State _ • MAIL THIS sixty barrels and hundreds of parts of sub• • APPLICATION NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION • machine guns "which authorities believe may 1600 Rh ode Island Ave., N.W., Wash. 6, D. C. • TODAY have been destined for FideI Castr o" were .. _ 1. _ _ =_ .. L= =.J W 1L _ ..L __ r" __ &. _ _ L__ .J _ ef!/'WI ti.,,,wt.i'tt.n 4 f'H'llU:lI.t UML 411.d dP.f.tJ.ih will wn b. 1'IS4iUd ._------' the U.S. is acco mpa nied by legal dan gers, popul ar sovereignty in Cuba as any single and since import ed some sharp Ya nkee tool factor. For only in the U.S. where such com• makers and a few lat hes with gasoline gener• modities as modern sporting rifles (f or bidden FRONTIER STEEL ator, is not kn own. But it would be a logica l in, say, En gland) and that curious offspr ing An u nusual boo k combining the next step. For F idel Castro and his brother of law, the Dewat machine gun, exist side by h istory of fighting m en an d the weapons t hey u sed during t he vital Raul have been learning revolution the slow, side, could revoluti onar y patri ots tu rn for pe r io d 1 833-1 861 ; a formati ve leisurely " mana na" way. Th ey have mad e arms with no strings attached. The absence pe r iod of a n ew professio nal U. S. mistak es. and th ey have paid for them in of "strings" has throughout th e Revolution Army ; a period n ow a g un -col• money and blood. characterized Uncle Sam's attitude. Surp ris• lect or's paradise. See this bo ok at But they have learn ed. At one ti me Cubans ingly, Bati sta, overt hrown in the 11th hour you r Bookstan d or An tique Gu n and fleein g th e country, laid blam e for his Store (or se n d u s a postcard for living in the U.S. were so naive as to con• printed matter ).T here is permanent sider converting .30-40 Kr ag rifles to .30-06. defeat (with his army regime nts joyfull y sur• rend erin g fort s and cities to Castro) to th e value in its 380 pages an d illustr a• T hey gave that idea up, and turned to tions : price $ 6.25, or po stpaid from Gar ands in qua ntity. But these pr oved dif• rebel leader's " better weap ons." Ex-presi• tlente Ful gencio's par ting decla ration is th at C. C. NELSON PUBLISH INC COMPANY ficult to get so the commerc ial spot ters came Box 229 , Appl eton,W isconsin next. .'Ileanwhile, Castro ha s improved hi s Castro's motely arra y of Dewat s, chopped off stature in int ernational polit ics. Recently he Yan kee sporters, Latin .American surplus ma• protested the release to Batista of aircra ft chine guns by mak ers most people never hea rd of, constitute " bette r weapo ns" th an his. And Batista 's modern army, now lar gely gone over to the Revolu tion, had new U.S. Brownin gs, M-8 armored cars, 8lmm mortar s, and other first-class gear !

Liberation of Cuba medal shows Castro, rifles.

Courtesy A FA Co fuel from the U.S. base at Guantanamo. Newspa per accounts declared that Bati sta had obta ined "jet plan es from Brita in." Ac• tu ally, these were Vam pire night figh ters, surplus from the Canadian airf orce a year or two ago. With cr uising speed of 549 m n h ;l nrt '"J:l n a p n f ,\vpr 7flO Tfl;l.".c ( n".".r rvewspaper accou nts declared tnat Batista had obtained "je t plan es from Britain." Ac• tu all y, these were Vampire ni ght figh ters, surplus from the Canadian airforce a year or two ago. With cruising spee d of 549 m.p.h. and range of over 700 miles (over 1200 miles with wing tanks), th e Vampires are good planes when they don't blow up accidentally. Each carries four 20mm rapid Easy to Read Plans & Ready·Cut Kits fire cannon. Some have been bought by U.S. 1\'OW AYAILAHL1 ' ~ ! Compl ete plan s and kits for enthusiasts. cost about $9,000 to put in the these and 20 ot her handsome Gunbe rt h " models. air. Quick Answers on How to Select the Gun Cabinet Best for YOU! According to a leadi ng aircra ft bro ker wm cn type of gun cabinet is best for l"OU f S hould in th e C.S ., these jets were sold to a mid• you ins tall lights ? Should it be "solid" lum ber ! E xactlv what do rou need ? You'U have clear -cut west dealer who in turn sold th em to a -answers in the New and Exclusive ••• Mexico City merchant. From there th ey were "Handbook"·CATALOG on Gunberths· flown to Batista . Castro prot e ted about the Gives rou complete detail s on all P lans. K its and Ha rd wa re ... a biK and beautifull y Hlus• gasoline deal : he has four Vampi re jets in trated "Hun d bcc k't - Da tal og. F inished cabinets in 82 dift'erent style." and ftnlshes also avai ta ble. the hills himself, which are as u eless with• W, it. /0' you, Copy NOW ! Only $1.50 ppd. out fuel as if they had no wing. ($1.50 is ref unda ble in credit with first orderl) Sudden ly, as GUNS Ma gazin e goes to COLADONATO BROS., Dept. GU, Hazleton, Pa. press , the R evolut ion becom es an accom• plish ed tact, Castro is ente ring Ha van a, and the U.S . has recognized his governmen t. T he success of F idel Castro's ar ms over th e superior equipment of Batista's U.S.-equipped forces attest to the poten tial for victory in• herent in the popula rly supported change of acme govern ment. Free elections- which Batista refused to hold after promi sin g the world he The HIGHEST POINT in would do so- are the key to peaceju l change s in central ad ministration. But when a aov• SHOTSHELL LOADER EFFICIENCY er nrne n t becomes destruct ive of what our own Outperforms All Othe rs in Safety,Speed, Accurac y Founding Fathers consider ed inalienabl e right s, an d what 4,000 Cuba ns have given $2.9.95 to $89.95 thei r lives for, force may be the only way to Dealers wanted - Get the lacts right wrongs. Certainly th e Cuban revolt see ms to have concluded with as much in• spiration and patr iotic fervor, as with blood• ACME INDUSTRIES, INC. shed. Aud th e Great Democracy of the 1 ort h 625 W. Law rence Street App leton, Wisconsin 1, J:l lO.. h ;)rI !H :: m ll ,..h t n rio "UT;' ]' th o:;>; " i l"t n ru ..... f LOADS FOR .375 MAGNUM form of big bore rifle shooting th e average r------.. shooter can find. More and more these days I TOP GUN BARGAINS (Continued from page 54) the man who lik es to shoot finds that, to I REVOLVER SPECIALS mixture I'm partial to, could, I'm sure, be afford any amount of it, he must turn to POWERFUL driven at even higher velocity and still hold handloadin g, and is doing so, as witn ess the .38 S. & W. CALIBER to practical hunting accuracy . However, I tremendous upsurge in th e sale of various was never one to seek a possible extreme in makes of reloading tools and all th e loadin g THE F'AMOUS ENFIELD COMMANDO 5 " BBL 6-shot. Rugged , st u rd y, d ependab le. velocity, when what I'd alr eady achieved was only $16.50.2 for $30.00 (V .G . to Ex cel.) components. Yet, if a man stops at the British Webley Re volvers .4 5 5 caliber. The F'amous sufficient for the job. jacketed bullet level, he is still chea ting handgun of the Br itish Empir e. Th ese revetve rs w e re used for training-not for co m ba t . The b.lu'"9 . It has, these days, become somewhat the himself of much of the fun and satisfaction, a cti o ns and barrels refl ect the care and po li sh of Offic er Cad et tra in in g. 4 " bb l. $14.50. 2 fo r fashion to think and talk only in terms of and certainly of much of the economic ad• : : ~ ~ 04 S 6 '~~~1 . $l~:o5~dd~t i~0: al!3?v?~: :~t e~ :~ elt .) downin g animals at extreme ranges- either vanta ges of handload ing. To get the most out FREE NEW HOLSTER W ITH EACH HANDGUN. in fac t or fancy, and generally the latter• of his hobby, he must get into th e cast bullet RIFLE SPECIALS i : ~: O ~ d ~ YS ~ on ~~ fi e . ~s ~ r: t~g · s~~0~ ~~fh ~3~ ~06 R e.: ~r:,; and therefore tr ying to squeeze the last atom phase of it, too. ever bu i lt-ammo a va ila ble every w he re. Onl y $29.50. 2 for $55.00. As d elux e s po r ter $4.00 eac h ad- of velocity out of a cartridge, often at pres• It is no trick at all to cook up good shoot. 1~~oO~!rE<: '~ut;zf~c eL~AD ING PERCU SSI ON CAP sures to mak e your hair stand on end. Here ing load s in any caliber with ja cketed ~8 ,rcS~ ar~ e ~~ IP it~t :I~ ' ~~ ~~~o : ,ngl~v:~ e ,.a~~~t A st~~ : I must go along with that wise old veteran, bull ets; there are scores of such, already lector s item a nd a n excellent s hoo ter. On ly $29.50 2 fol'" $55.00. Elmer Keith, whose 'wisdom in such things proven, in every conceivable combination of :'~ t~~ e~t~ ~f-.R ~:Q n:tE-:n O~~:~ ,S h :; :I~ :~ e ~ i g ~: ~ is the result of a great deal of first hand, bullet weight and powder type. But to start co nv icted of a crim e of v io le nce, a m not un d er in d ictmen t o r a f ugit ive. I am 21 or over." practical experience. Elmer has long stated from scratch with the metal pot and bullet Send pistol permit if required. that velocity up to a point is desirable, but mould and work out economical, reliable, fine beyond that point bullet weight is more shooting loads for some particular pet rifle, ' ~ l ' important. For mass is a constant, while offers a challenge that makes for fun and velocity is a variable, beginning to diminish satisfaction. '.C 22 KINGMAN, ST. ALBANS, VERMONT I the moment the bull et leaves the muzzle. So the "Bull Of The Woods," as the boys fa ~: ~ ~ I ~ ~p~ a~Y ~~Sio'1~ it~I ~~ ~;, m'i.,~nn: r~~I~ eQ~ ~ ~ • In thinking back over close to 40 years of in the club have ta gged the .375, is staying hunting deer in the western country, where with me, and bein g shot-plenty ! The car• ------these long, lon g shots may come up more tridge is about the easiest to reload that I Slickest trick for camp• ers, boaters, vacation• often tha n in the more wooded east and know of, and I've worked with most of them. ers! Think of conveni• north , for example, I ha ve found that for The bra ss is of the best, and seems to last ence of having BOTH every kill made at what might be calle d truly almost without limit. And the more I shoot Portable light and heat. long range, a vastly greater number were those cast loadings the prettier my barrel Tilley's world-famous downed at ra nges not exceeding 150 yards, gets, taking on an ever smoother mirror Kerosene Heater will and with most of these within 100 yard s. shine. Yes, sir-the big fellow is my ~ conv ert instantly to a Th erefore, I feel in no way handicapped ~ powerf ul 2000 CP Lan• baby! tern (thousands buy going into the hill s with th e .375 and my ',P;;- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii••••iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii for stan d - by light cast-bullet, horne-brewed, gas-check loadin g. I alone!) then when eve• Thi s Ideal bull et is not th e only one th e nings get cool, convert .375 handles well. The Hensley & Gibb s spire back to a Heater! Burns point bull et # 506, in weight 210 grains, hours for 5c; safe, si• ahead of from 32 to 35 grains of # 4198 lent, odorless, guaran• (or # 4198-data) powder shoots beautifully, teed. SPECIAL: Tilley having given me a five shot, bench rest Heater R 1 ($23.95) CONVERSION HEAD group at 100 yards of % inch. Another group ( ~ ~ Q5 L hnth . ONLY in thi s same loading went one inch exactly. back to a Heater! Burns point bull et # 506, in weight 210 grains, hours for 5c; safe, si• ahead of from 32 to 35 grains of # 4198 lent, odorless, guaran• (or # 4198-data) powder shoots beautifully, teed. SPECIAL: Tilley having given me a five shot, bench rest Heater R 1 ($23.95) CONVERSION HEAD group at 100 yards of % inch. Another group ($6.95) both ONLY in thi s same loading went one inch exactly. $29.95 P .P. Send check, Anoth er Hensley & Gibb s bullet, a round MO today. nosed job of about 255" gra ins, has gone as Circular free. small as 1~ inch with 45 gra ins of # 3031 G un Dealer Franchises Open I or # 4895 powder. A very light, yet conceiv• Cases h a ve racks Exclusive U.S. Importer I ably useful load und er certain circumstances, for h ol din g 4 o r 5 gun s wit h e x tra THACKER CO. the Ideal plain base bull et # 375248, the old spa ce for s hooting Dept. IG) Cle rmont,Florida ac cess o r i es a n d standard low power .38-55 bullet of 255 grain spotting s c ope . weight, ahead of from 15 to 18 grains of K eeps g u ns r eady for t hat sp u r-of • #4759, gave one group of 1% inches at t h e-moment trip to y o u r fa v orite r ang e. Cases can be lo clced as a preca u ti onary safety meas• 100 yards. ure. R ug ged light - w ei ght co n st r ucti on, bea u ti• All of these cast loads, even th e most fu lly fin ished in s im u late d a ll igat or lea t h er out • s id e, lin ed in si d e. A v a il able w it h or witho ut powerful , are very pleasant to shoot in the b ao k door. Prices s t a rt a s low as $29. 50. .375. 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As many as 100 BUFFALO KILLERS riors, led by Quana h Parker of the Cornanch• buffalo have been killed from one stand. Usu• (Continu.ed from pag e 27) es, White Shield and Stone Calf of th e ally, however, the hunt er kill ed ju st what the old 18 pound .45·100·550 formerly owned Cheyenn es, and Lone Wolf of the Kiowas. his skinners could tak e care of for the day. by Han k Wat ers; one is a 16 pound .45·120 The fight lasted three days. Th e stores held It was the most shameless and useless waste that was also used through the hide hunting plen ty of ammo to feed th e big rifles, and of great game ever perp etrated; but don't let days ; and th e other is a 17 pound .40·90 the white men fought fr om behind the thi ck anyone tell you th ose old hid e hunters could bottle neck. The three buffalo gu ns are all sod walls, firing out through tr an soms and not shoot. on the '69 action, wh ile the '77 model is, of windows. Th e Sha rps was the finest long ran ge ri fle course, on th e graceful small hammer action Th e Shadler broth ers were asleep in th eir of its era, and good ones will still shoot to• of that model, with single trigger. Th e three wagon outside th e post when th e attack day if properly loaded. Th ey wer e very finely heavy rifles all have double set triggers and came, and they were kill ed and scalped. made rifles, even in plain pattern . The finer vernier sights. Billy Tyler was also shot through the lu ngs Sharps were often simply custo m jobs and M. C. Clark and I are probably the only at th e very start of the fight as he was rnak• wer e stocked and sighted as meti cul ously as men living today who have kill ed buffalo with ing his way int o the store. William aids was the finest in custom rifles tod ay. the old Sharps rifles. I used my 16 po und climbi ng a ladder to the roof when his big Geor ge Tu rner showed me the old house, .45·120 in killing my first one. I kn ew many Sha rps accidently went off and almost de• still standing in Cimarron, New Mexico, from of the old buffalo hunters as a boy in Mon• capitated him. Tho se four were the only which an Indian warrior was killed with a tana, and hunted with them when I was a whites killed at the post. Nobody know s how Sharps Creedmo or rifle in their last raid on small kid. As a cla ss, they wer e th e finest many Indi an warriors went down under the that little town. The rifle with which the game shots this countr y ever produced. Th ey heavy pap er pat ched lead slugs of the buf• shot was made is still in Cima rro n. were riflemen in every sense, and perfe ctly falo rifles, but it was a ma tter of history Turner and I also looked over th e site of capable of kno cking off a buffalo out to 600 that the steady, accura te fire of th ose rifles the battle in Lincoln, New Mexico du ri ng yards. Their demand for ever heavier rifles broke the heart and the back of th e In dian the Lincoln County Wa r, du ring which a led to the Big Fifty.I had one of th ese attack. Mex ican buffalo hunter shooting from inside great rifles also. It was not perf ect in th e On the th ird day of the fight , some 15 the McSween house put two adv ersaries out bor e, but shot very well. Th ese wer e in grea t warriors rode out on a distant bluff, and th e favor in the last stages of the buffalo slaugh• hunters sugges ted that Bill Dixon try his big ter , for long range work, All the buffa lo .50 cali ber Sharps on them. Billy set his hunter needed was a supply of lead , powd er, sights and, from a rest, fired one careful PARKER DISTRIBUTORS, DEPT. 470 pa tch paper, and Berdan cap s to keep his shot. One Indian fell from his horse, and 3516 WHITE PLAINS ROAD, N. Y. 67, N. Y. long hulls reloaded and read y for use. Th e the rest rode out of sight. The distan ce of BRAND NEW-fACTORY-SEALED CARTONS buffalo runner carried a cleaning rod and Prices Subject to Change Without Notice thi s shot was lat er carefully measured and YOUR usua lly a canteen or bottl e of wat er so he fiSH INC REELS Re "'U PRICE found to be 1538 yards. SHAKESPEARE WONDER CAST SP IN REELS could swab the bore with a wet patch every NEW 1797, wi t h 75 yds. 12 lb . li n e . . $24.95 $ 1 4.9 5 Some writers of today belittle th e mark s• 1777 or 1794, w ith 7S yd s . 10 lb . l in e .22 .95 1 3 . 75 so often, to keep the barrel from getting too 1775, with 1 00 y d •. 6 l b . li n e 1 9 . 9 5 11.95 man ship of these old hid e hunters and state XEBeO 33 or X EBeO 44 1 9 . 5 0 11 .70 hot and to keep the powder-fouling from XEBeO SCOTTEE 66 ...... 12.9 5 7 .75 that th ey could not hit a buffalo at 600 yards. MITCHELL 30O-a1l purpose .•. ..••• 32.50 17.95 caking in the bore. M ITCHELL 350-FAST RETRIEVE .. • 33.75 18.95 Having hunted and shot with several of th em, GARCIA it 6 0 AB U-MATIC ...... • • 2 0.75 17.50 Many times too the old bu ffalo and Creed• JOHNSON CENTURY 100A .... 1 7 .95 10.75 JOHNSON CITATION 110A 2 2.0 5 13.75 moor rifles were used in hot Indian fights. I know they could put any buffalo down at SCOPES. WEAVER 60·B SERIES YOUR 600 yards with a few shots. The heavy slugs Re ta il PRICE P robably the greates t of th ese was th e 'Dobe K 2.5 & K3 $ 37 . 50 $25.7 5 th rew up mud or dust, locating their strike ; K 4 ...... •. 45 . 10 30.25 Wall s fight, June 27th, 1874. Th e little trad• K 6 ...... • •. •. •...... • • • 4 8. 5 0 32.45 one or two ran ging shots would tell tho se 39.9 5 ing post in the hear t of the buffa lo country ~ Xa '; ci' K' i o: : :~ ~ : :: ::: ::: : ::: 5J:gg 4 1.45 old boys how to make th e next slug land . WEAVER PIVOT MOUNT .. •... .••• 1 2 .5 0 9 .70 know n as Adobe Wa lls was occupi ed that WEAVER DETACHABLE MOUNT • • • • 9 . 75 7 .95 , . 1 , 1 t,; a AU I~ J 11 u n :: UV1G. MITCHELL 35O-FA5T RE".rEVE: .. • "3;J:7:J Itl "~5 Having hunted and shot with several of th em, GARCIA it 6 0 AB U-MATIC ...... • • 2 0.75 17.50 Many times too the old bu ffalo and Creed• JOHNSON CENTURY 100A 17.9 5 10.75 JOHNSON CITATION 110A 2 2.0 5 13.75 moor rifles were used in hot Indian fights. I know th ey could put any bu ffalo down at SCOPES. WEAVER 60 -B SERIES YOUR 600 yards with a few shots. The heavy slugs Retail PRICE P robably the grea tes t of th ese was th e 'Do be K 2.5 & K3 $ 3 7 . 5 0 $25.7 5 th rew up mud or dust, locating their strike ; K 4 ...... • . 45 . 10 30.25 Wall s fight, June 27th, 1874. Th e little trad• K 6 ...... • •. •. •...... • • • 4 8. 5 0 32.45 one or two ran ging shots would tell tho se 39.9 5 ing post in the hear t of the buffa lo country ~ Xa '; ci ' K ' i o : : : ~ ~:: :: ::::: :: : : 5J:gg 4 1.45 old boys how to make th e next slug land. WEAVER PIVOT MOUNT .. •... .••• 1 2 .5 0 9 .70 know n as Adobe Wa lls was occupi ed tha t WEAVER DETACHABLE MOUNT •• • • 9 .75 7 .95 day by 28 men and one woma n. Mr s. Olds As the West settled up and the buffalo SEND FOR FREE were exterm ina ted, most ' of those fine old and her hu sband, Will iam a ids, with some NEW 1959 SPRING rifles were left lying aro und for the kids to seven oth er men were living at th e post ; the FISHING & HUNTING rest were buffalo hunt er s in for supplies and play with an d soon the stocks were off, and CATALOG the breech blocks removed, and many of the ammunit ion. Practicall y all were armed with Thousands of Items Sharps buffalo and Creed moor rifles. left-over barrels were driven into the ground to Choose From at At 2 A.M., a loud cracking sound from the as picket pins for saddle horses. Today, fine LOWEST PRICES cottonwood rid ge pole in Ha nra han 's saloon Sharps rifles are to be found only in collec• • wak ened Mi ke Welch and a man named tions or in the hands of gun cra nks. M. C. ADD POSTACE Shephard. They wak ened a numb er of th eir Clark has the finest collec tion of th em that 20% Deposit on C.O.Do's companions to help repair the ridge pole, [ know of, incl udin g many that belonged to which supported the heavy sod roof. The famous bu ffalo hunt ers and fronti ersmen. The HIDE·A·WAY noi se they mad e wakened the res t of th e With fine buffa lo or Creedmo or-type Sharps camp, and thi s incid ent alone saved th e lives rifles bring ing up to $200 each on the buf• HOLSTER OfTEN IMMITATED of all in the littl e post. falo range, and with their factory loads sell• BUT NEVER Wh en the job was done, it was too lat e ing for two-bit s each in a day when 25 cents SURPASSED to go back to sleep and Billy Dixon had j ust was money, it is no wonder those old hide The best handgun holster idea in years! Soft glove picked up his rifle to go out after the horses hunter s learned to make every shot count. leather with sturdy nickel when he saw hundreds of Ind ian s on ru nni ng They preferred to get a stand on bu ffalo at plate clip; fastens inside trouser waistband for perfect ponies. He gave th e alarm, and th e hunters around 200 to 300 yards and down wind . Th ey comfort and concealment. piled int o three bu ildin gs to defend th em• would then shoot a cow or bull through th e Handmade to fit YO UR gun . .. give caliber, make und selves, Many had on only th eir und erw ear. lu ngs. The others would smell the blood and b;IITe] length when ordering. Hanrahan 's Saloon held J ames Hanrahan, star t butti ng the wound ed animal. Then th e $2 .95 1'1'. 01" COD. pin, ship/ling. FREE CATALOG Willia m Dixon , Bat Mas terson, Sheph erd , hunt er would caref ully pick off the ones on ON REQUEST. Mike Welch, Hiram Wa tson, Bill y Ogg, J im the outer edge of the herd and would down $2.95 pp. McKinley, and Berm uda Carlysle. Meye rs any ani mal that att emp ted to leave. The P.O. Box 990 Brownsvill e 18. Texas B&J LEATHER Co. & Leonards store held " F re nchy,' Henry brutes would simply stand and take it, so Lease, Mik e McCabe, Keeler, F red Leonard , long as he did not make a bum shot. This Jim Campbell, Ed Trevor, Frank Brown, was called "a stand." Stand hu nters often Free to WRITERS Harry Armitage, Dut ch Henry, and Billy used rest sticks and the heavy ba rr el gu ns, Tyler. Ra th and Wright s store held J ames with set triggers on many of th em. Rest seeking a book publisher Langton, George Eddy, Tom O'K eefe, wu. sticks could be anything from simply a pair Two fact-filled, illustrated brochures tell how li am Olds and his wife, Sam Smith, and to publish your book, get 40% royalties, na• of sticks crossed and hand-held to form a V !ional !,:dve!t.ising, ~ub)ic.!.ty . an~ promotion. of comrrussron at around 900 yard s with a Sharp s Creedm oor .45-120-550. POLICE QUICK DRAW TRAINING PROGRAM Surely the incident s set down here, includ• (Continued from page 39) ing the winnin g of the Wimbledon Cup in 1900, document the acc uracy of th e Sharps constru cted for timing qui ck draw which convention at Alexandria, Louisiana, on as a long ra nge rifle. Up unt il the recent would include the time to draw, the number J une 24, 1957, in which 94 shooters shot advent of the .458 Winchester, th e Sharps of shots fired, and still remain free of seven events, timing accurately and without Big Fifty .50-170-700 was still our most pow• hum an err or. failure 846 separate tim e peri ods. erful American commercially manufactured Th e problem appear ed simple ; a paper A typical shooting program which ha s rifle and cartridge ; and I have had far better tap e was essential for split-second timing on proved highl y successful in tr aining Louisi• killing power on elk from th e .45-120-550 which the recorded time could be read. ana peace offi cers and which also has "spec• than from any smalle r modern American A machine was built aiming at registering tato r appeal" plu s instant registering of cartridge . time intervals computed in 1/100 of one score thr ough the tap e timer, is one involv• The Sharps Borchardt ha mmerless rifle second, if desired. Aft er many tr ials and ing 36 shots for a total possible score of was first produced aft er the fine Model '75 errors, much installation and removal of 89.0. Th e course is double action qui ck draw experimental and the Model '77; but while equipment, the device eventually pr oved an hip shooting, at the Colt police man target, it had a much better action for smokeless outsta nding success . distan ce 15 feet. Other parts of th e course powders later on when the anvil pr imer was An adju stable diaphragm installed in a involve five tar gets ; and dista nces up to 21 used, it never attained mu ch pop ulari ty on small microphone receives concussions from feet. the buffalo ran ge. This was because the explosions, and tr ansfers th e vibra tions to Berdan cap pr imers of the time would set electronic tubes which activate a device that DOUBLE ACTION• ba ck in the firing pin hole, locking up the vibr ates the pen marking th e surface of the QUICK-DRAW, HI P SHOOTING Borchard t action. You had to take out the paper tap e. In thi s manner, the time re• TARGET: screws and remove the br eech block to clear quired for each contestant to draw and fire POLICE MAN-SIZE SIL HOUETTE a pierced or blown-bac k primer. The new his first shot is record ed graphically or in No. 1. Dra w from holster on signal and fire action was much stronger and also safer with addition to the time interval between each 5 shots DA. Record distan ce OS') anvil primers, but practically all the earlier shot fired. Fro m th e informat ion record ed on score shee t. Sharps loads carried Berd an caps. Then Win· on the ta pe, a shooter could plai nly see his No. 2. Sta nd with back to tar get, a given chester br ought out solid head modern prim• shortcomings in either drawing or firing tim e. distance, on signal draw, turn by er cases and with these, the Borchard t-action The total weight of the mac hine and signal body twist, left for right-handed Sharps became very popular and ' is still Hags is 7814 pound s ; signal flags, 317.1 men and righ t for left-hand ed men, widely used toda y in vermin and bench rest pou nds, and ma chin e, 40% pound s. It is and fire 5 shots DA without moving rifles. It is an excellen t action if th e firing portab le in two zipp ered wat erproof cont ain• feet. Record distance on score sheet pin hole is bushed for many modern high ers and requires only one electrical outl et of 0 5' ) . Shoot er must stand with back velocity load s. 110 to 120 volts CA. C.). P ortab le power to target. Times change and so do men and rifles ; but genera tors have been used quite success • No. 3. 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GUNS MAGAZINE look at the valuable information it contains: 8150 North Central Park Boulevard • How to get the most for your money when Skokie, Illinois Dept. B-24 you trade-in your firearms. Rush my copy of this important BLUE • How to be an expert bargain hunter in the BOOK OF USED GUN VALUES. Enclosed gun market. is my $1 payment in full . • What to look for in used firearms. NAME,' _ • Lists the up-to-date value of over 1,500 ADDRESS--'- _ famous make guns. No.4. Draw on signal with righ t hand . E\ 'ENT No. 1- T 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2. 1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 fire 3 shots DA, shift gun to left TC 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 hand, fire 2 shots DA. For left• E VENT No. 2- T 2.5 2.6 2.7 handed men, reverse above. Record 1.7 1.8 1.9 2. 0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 distance on score sheet. OS') T C 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2. 5 2.0 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 FIVE TARG ETS: E\ 'E\1T No. 3-T 1.8 1.9 2.0 2. 1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 POLICE MAN-SIZE SILHO ETTES ~ .5 No. 5. Draw on signal and fire 5 shots DA. T C 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 one shot at each target. Record E\ 'E\1T No. 4--T 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.i 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 distan ce OS') on score shee t. T C 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 TWO TARGETS: E \'ENT No. 2 . ~ POLICE MAN-SIZE SILHO ETTES 5- T 2.0 2. 1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 0.6 . Draw on signal, fire 5 shots DA, TC 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 two at first target and three at E \'ENT No. 6-T 1. 7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2. 1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 econd tar get. Record distan ce. OS' ) TC 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 .5 .0 0. 7. Load revolver with 6 shells. Dis• E \'ENT No . 7- T 3.5 3.6 3. 7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 tan ce to be from 15' to 21' from TC 5.0 4. 5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 . .5 .0 target. Have shooters walk from Although the police quick draw course is of the tar get can be observed. Often a ma n r ight to left without look ing at fired in dayl ight, it can be shot at night. at night will appear as target. On signal dra w, fire one shot a darker bla ckness. Floodlights illuminati ng the range can be Such skill can easily be accomplished at each target. Holster gun. Record by turned off. Th e offi cers' eyes can be permitted the averag e peace officer through prescribed time. Walk from left to right and to become accustomed to the darkness, or practice with proper instru ction. Thi s duplicate. Walk stra ight at targets will they can be required to shoot whil e still develop that high degree of for firin g last two shots. Add the confidence in " blinded" from after-effects of light. one' s own ability for defe nse und er th e most thr ee time part s for total time. (T) Ac· curate hip level shooting in daylight hours dangero us cond itions. Prac tice can The scoring method inclu des: 1) Record gives equal proficiency at night, if an outline and Tim e (T) ; 2) Record cred it for time (TC) ; does save lives. r.; 3) Record Hits ( H); 4) Record cred it for hits in vital ar ea (Ih Po int) ( HC) ; 5) Record Total score for each event (S) . Th ese ma y be column headings across a printed form recording the proficiency of th e con• testant. Th e meth od app lies to all seven events. Each shot within the vital inn er area on Police Silh ouette Target scores .5 (%) point ad diti onal in Total Score. In a typical shoot, Monro e police officer GUNS Technical Staff Otwell, one of our fastest shooters, made th e hi ghest possibl e score on the first, second and third events, but lost one point on th e UES TIO S concern ing proof marks and found sound, a " proof mark" is sta mped on. four th event due to T (time) and having Q their meanings ar e an everyday part of A proof load is not int end ed to blow up the ~ ,:e ~ ! ~? t ._ ? ~ l t . ~ ! t~ ~ _~: ~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ !1_ , ~: ~_ ~ ~r ~ . ~ ~ tile mail that flows over every gun editor's gun ; it is merely to pro ve that the piece is ? f. t - hi ghest possibl e score on the first, seco nd . and third events, but lost one point on the UESTI O S concern ing proof marks and found sound, a " proof mark" is sta mped on. fourth event due to T (time) and having Q their mean ings are an everyday part of A proof load is not intend ed to blow up th e one shot out of vital area but on the tar get tile mail tha t flows over every gun editor's gun; it is merely to pro ve that the piece is which gave 2.0 for HC (h it credits) . He lost desk. Only rarely does a magazine att empt to safe for intended pr essur es pl us a stated % point in fifth event du e to one shot not in answer these qu eries with an article, becau se safety mar gin of structural strength. vital ar ea. One-half point was lost in the sixih the subject of proof mar ks (cover ing as it A blow-up load does blow up the gun. You event. In the seventh event, two shots were does the laws and the gun history 01 ma ny can blow up any gun, if th at is your inten• out of vital ar ea but on ta rget resul tin g in a nati ons over a couple of centuries ) is too tion. But the fact that you can blow it up by loss of one point. His total score was 86.0, or complicated, too heavily laden with intricate delibera te massive overload ing does not mean thr ee point s und er the possibl e score of 89. detail, to be treated adequately in magazine that the gun was unsaf e for any reasonably As to percentag e, 96.6% places him in th e space. Currently in preparat ion by Th e Gun sane usage. Publicat ion of factory and mili• Ma ster class. Had he placed all shots fired in Digest Company is a book titl ed " Proof tary proof loads (from 25 to 40 per cent vital area, his score would be 2.5 point s more Marks Of The World" which may do the job. above standa rd max imum pr essures) is con• or 88.5. But the recent pub licat ion of art ides in sidered dangerous and is held as " restricted" For example, officer Otwell perf orms Event oth er magazine s regarding proof marks and information in the trad e. Publica tion of th e No.1 sta nd ing at a distance of 15 feet, facin g alleged "proof" load s-art icles designed to massive blow-up overl oad s in the articles tar get. On flag signal, he draws and fires 5 prove tha t all military rifles, and particularly above-men tioned is, we think, sufficiently shots in 1.6 seconds, all shots inside vital all imported milit ary rifles, are junk, dead ly dan gerous to deserve a strong warning to area of tar get. His score ca rd for Event No. 1 dan gerous to the user- have so increased our handloadin g shooters and gun smi ths : DON'T would read: mail on thi s subjec t that we feel we must USE THEM! make a published answer , alb eit this answer Militar y firearm s of thi s and oth er nations Event No. I-Otwell: must be in th e most genera l of term s. have, from the earl iest days of gun making, T TC H HC= S First, the load s specified in the articles in filtered out of the military into th e civilian 1.6 Second s 5 5 2.5 12.5 question are not proof loads ; they are blow• markets of thi s and other nations for use as He has pr odu ced the highest possible score up loads. Some ar e questionable even in that sporting arm s. Our ational Rifle Association whi ch shows : category, since th e qu antity of the powder has for man y years sold countless th ousands TC (5) is 40% of 12.5 specified cannot be loaded into the stated of "o bsolete" Enfield and Sprin gfield rifles H + HC (7.5) is 60% of 12.5 case. But there is a vast and dan gerous dif• for hunting (and target) use. To say that all Th is holds to the meth od of scoring, placin g ference between proof loads and blow-up military rifle are " no good" is to imp each a 20 per cent pr emium on accuracy but also. loads. the integri ty of the Association which has re quiring good tim e. A proof load is a charge heavier (ge n• done more for hooti ng in this country tha n Should his tim e (T) be 1.8 seconds. his era lly, from 25 to 40 per cent heavier) than any other agency. Beca use they ar e oft en time credits (TC) would be 4. Each shot the max imum standard load intended for th e available at low cost, such rifles have con• not in vital area would red uce hit credits gun. Such loads are fired once (in most tributed considerably to the growth of shoot• (HC) % point. Shots off the target cost cases; sometimes two are fired ) in new guns ing as a sport, and particularl y of hunting, in the shooter 1% points each. T he time cred its to "prove" that the guns are sound. Some this and other countries. Th ey are not ideal for var ious tim e records in the seven ma tches countries have laws stipulating exactly when sporters, as issued. But they have kill ed a ar e figured in when computing the particul ar and how this proving must be done; oth er world of game for thousan ds upon th ousan ds absol ute score. Th e values we use in the countries have no such laws. AIter the pr oof of hunt ers, without alteration ; and they have Louisiana course tim e credits (TC) are: load s are fired and the gun is inspected and provid ed unendin g delight to the thousands upon thousands of home craftsmen who have times. Th e first is the proof in the rough reworked them into "things of beauty and a state, in which a cartridge without an ex• joy forever." tractin g rim is used, and a cylindrical bullet I recall my own many pleasant hours in• heavier than the pointed bull et. It is also letting Bishop stocks, using some imported proved as an assembled rifle, with a cartridge chisels from my school shop, and a waste• giving 25% greater pressure. Th e many in• basket filled with newspap er gripped between spections to which the SMLE is exposed are my feet as a "vise." I won't dwell on the reflected by the dozens of mark s placed on recollection: I must have looked like a Darra each part by the indi vidual inspector. Th e tribesman as a stockmaker, but it was fun, overload tests usuall y employ the lett er "P" even if a little blood did flow. Now, such in the symbol for proof, combined with the neat items as Versa-Vice tak e care of what Briti sh royal crown. were then big problems-how to work on the Some rifles made to military standards, old rifles at home. with the high quality control demanded in But perhaps the most striking thin g about the old days by governments whose soldiers military rifles, beca use most obvious, are the trusted their lives to their guns, have proved proof marks and inspectors' mark s. U.S. unexpectedly strong. A report of an attempt made firearm s bear many marks: those such to blow up one .303 American Enfield , of the Mark showing biggest bullet (10 grams) as the interlaced "W P" in an oval, for Win · type made by Remin gton, Winchester, or gun was proved for is on German .30-06. chester Proof, or the REP in an oval for Remington's Edd ystone, Pa., factory, from Remin gton Extra Proof, indicate these corn• 1914 to 1917 for the British, failed to burst powder load ed tight into lar ge rifle car• mercial guns have been fired once with a the gun. A charge of 68 grains # 3031 tridges, may even deton ate, go off lik e dyna• high-pressure cartridge. These cartridges are mite. Nothing can stand that test. But the special tinned-case ammunition so loaded as fun ction of proof loads is to reveal inh erent to develop pressures 25% to 40% higher than weakn esses in guns. Even American gun the maximum standard load. In the U.S., the makers rely on thi s positi ve test-a gun hear• Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufac• ing the WP proof stamp is safe for all turers In stitu te, to which association some of normal cartridges of its caliber. our gun manufacturers belong, have estab• Int ernational conventions have established lished standard proof loads. Th ese loads are standa rd proof loads. All reputabl e foreign not available for publicat ion, but Remington gunmakers, even arsenals of warring powers, and Win chester make ammo "For use only subscribe to these intern ational rul es of by gun makers for testing strength of guns." proof. Th e shooter, when he obtains a foreign Th e overl oad, if the gun stands proof, con• rifle, should look knowin gly for the foreign firms that no inherent weakn esses have es• proof mark s. Interestin gly, some U.S. guns caped the inspectors. are strong enough to stand proving twice or Abroad , govern ment regulations govern the three times. As the U.S. has no governing proving of firearms. In England, both over• authority or law which makes proof testin g load firing and physical examination are part mand atory (often .22 revolvers, for example, of the tests. Th e old SMLE Enfield .303 rifle, are not proof tested) , the U.S. pr oof mark s 1 or Rifle No. III , which is composed of about German .30c06 has 63 /2 mm chamber are not usually recognized by foreign coun• 130 parts, is subjec ted to 1250 gauges, most and 7.7 mm bore size stamped on barrel. tri es. Briti sh law requires American fire of which judge the closeness of the work to arms to undergo proof before being sold. one or two thousan dths of an inch. Th e bar• No proof load s are published for U.S. rels, of manganese steel, noted for toughness, arms, but you can be reasonably sure th at load firing 'and ' p ' h y s i ca l ' ex~m i na t i~ ~ are part m and at ~r y '(often .22 revolvers, "for exampl;' of the tests. Th e old SMLE Enfield .303 rifle, are not proof tested ) , the U.S. pr oof marks 1 or Rifle No. III , which is composed of about German .30c06 has 63 /2 mm chamber are not usually recognized by foreign coun• 130 parts, is subjec ted to 1250 gauges, most and 7.7 mm bore size stamped on barrel. tri es. British law requires Ameri can fire of which judge the closeness of the work to ar ms to undergo proof before being sold. one or two thousan dths of an inch. Th e bar• powder, more than the cartridge case will No proof loads are published for U.S. rels, of manganese steel, noted for toughness, normall y hold, was reported fired from one arms, but you can be reasonably sure th at are proved with overloa d cartridges two such Enfield. "Head of case blown off, bolt modern U.S. guns are entirely safe. Foreign lugs set back, bolt channels in receiver rifles, especially milit ar y rifles, must conform distorted," was the terse report. It must be to the strictest govern ment standards. Check noted that while the gun was rendered un• for the proof marks-they are the user's serviceable, the action did not actually fail guara ntee to himself that his rifle is safe or burst under thi s extreme blow-up test. with its original standard cartridge load. Of Of course any gun can be blown up, and course, all proof mark s are invalid if re• too much powder, such as small·case pistol barreling or barr el slimming or rebori ng has been indulged in by some gunsmith. But th e empirical rul e that one action for a cartridge of given force can be fitted with a barrel for a similar powered cartridge is fairly safe. Th e best bet is to keep facto ry-made rifles in the calibers in which they ar e issued. Let the Gun Makers do the rebarrelin g. For only they have access to standard proof cartridges to make sure , scientifically, that what ~ they are doing is safe for you. ~

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Imm ediate Co.. 34 Park .Row, Ne w Yor k 38. N. Y. ship ment. Illustrated Modern Gun s and Accessori es. $2,00. CU~ .r OMBI LT nU'LES- our sole busine ss sin ce 1932. 1959 Gun Dfgest $2.95 P ost paid. Public Sport Shops. 11 Custom mad e. as the name imp li es. to your specificati ons in S. 16th Str eet. P hll a. 2. P a. most cali bers and the famou s 7MM Express. Ba rrels of Timken Special rifle bar rel steel in any twist, length and M.S .A . EAR DEFENDERS lor the ' hoote r. Brand new, weight. 'I'hcroughly seasoned stock blanks are hand i. n l~tted U. S. Gov't. Surplus. Value $3.00-Whlle They Last $1.0 0 and shaped to insure you per fect fit and balan ce. Fl m s~ e d pair Postpaid. Public Sport Shop s, 11 S. 16th Street. r illes cr oup- tested to insure accura cy. ';I'he h}ghest 9ua!Ity P hiladelphi a 2. Pa. i n everything but cost. Hoy Cra dle. Ri flesnuth. 20;) \\ est Islay Stree t. Sa nta B arbara . Ca lif . " THE SH OOTIN G Times" covers all aspects of shooti ng in Gt. Britain an d Ireland. A free copy i s available on UU 'L ES. 303 B B. l · l ' I ~ H Eunelds, as issued. good condi • application to The Manager. 29 Old Bond St reet. London. Never be • tion. $23. 00..303 Brit ish Mil ita ry Cartridges. $10.00 \V .1. fore h as a n per 100. Pub lic Snort Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. P htla • achromatic t e l e· delphia 2. J"3. scope sold for any• P ED OMETER . BRA.ND new by New H aven Wa tch Co. where ne ar thts amazt Measures the distance you walk . While They Last $5.95. low pri ce! You get clearer COLT FRO.:\"TIE Rt;, Colt an d Rem ington per cussion re • Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Stree t, Philadelphia 2. P a. s harp er pi cture s at a ll po we rs volvers. Win Lever acti ons plu s man y other Modern an d because of t he s up er com pound An ti que Guns. \Vill Tr ade. Stamp for li st. Chet Fulmer RIFLESLINGS. leather, Army Surplus. I '%, in ch. Brand Achro Le ns. No col or , n o fuzz. v ert• (Guns), Detro it La kes. Mi nnesota. able eyepiece adju stable tn 22. 45. or 6 0 new. $2.00 each. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Stre et. power . Lower powers excellent for target SMITH & WE SSON, 22 Cal., brand new, model 41. target Philadel phia 2, P a. shooting and w ide angle v iewing. Higher powers automati c. $110.00. F ull y eng raved model. $285.00. Public for long range and Astronomy. Guaranteed to spot Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street . P hiladelphia 2. Pa. :KAZI MEDALS . orders. in si gnia s. books. et c. Lar ge stock. . 2 2 holes In the black a t 200 yds. Guaranteed t o bring Send 10c for new li st. N. Gutterma n. 112 7th St .. Hoboken, distant ob je cts , people. pl anets, e tc . 6 0 times clos er . 5 K. J. bakelite sections, t rimmed in g leamin g brass-5 prect st ora 10.000 GU NS ! ! !- ·SWOUDS- Ken t uckies-Colts-Lug er s lens es . A precision Ameri can m ade instrument. unCOD• -c-H un tln g Gun s I !! Bargai n Cata log- 50c. .aa ranicntes. d ltionally guara nte ed. Carrying ca s e Included.Send oDl~ Yonkers 2-K , N. Y. OYE R 5000 RI F LES, Shot guns, H andguns, Modern , An• $6,.98.. Cash, check or m oney order , We pay posta ee. ti que listed Monthly. Sample COpy 25c (Coins). Shotgun Criterion Co •• 313 Ch urch S t . , Hartford, Co n n . , De pt . TSA .38 BRITISH MK. 5 303 Lee-Enfield jungle carbines. E xcel• News, Columbus, Nebraska . lent - $24.95. F ree li st. AI' s Gunroom. 1 B eekman St reet . New York. N. Y. R IFLE SCABBARD. Western Boot s. Clothing. Saddles ~ ~ i: s .cata I Og . H AK DGUNS- NE\V enlarged 1959 catalog 50c. Rober t Silv er Spur. Box 1785-B41. F ort 'V orth: Frieli ch, SUo B roome si.. New York 13, x. Y. " W I NE~JA K ING. " $1.00. "STOUT. Be er, Ale Brewin g," GUN CABINETS $1.qo. Hlu st rated. Eaton Books, Box 1242-N, Santa Rosa, Cahforma. GU N CABI NETS. Ra cks. Complete Selectio n. Send 25c for Cata logue. Dept. D . Kn ox w ood P roducts, Kn oxville. LOADI NG BLOCKS. Laminated Formica Top. 50 Hole. Iowa. $1.00 P .P. State cal. Dea ler inqu iries in vit ed. Ha nk' s Sport swoods. Box 101. Glendora, Ca lif. GUNSMITHI NG ELECTRIC PENCIL; En gra ves all Metals, $2.00. Beyer Mf ~. 10511-Q Sprtngfleld, Chicago 43. SH OOTERS: If you are inter ested in learn ing Gunsmith• ing and are wil ling to spend a few hours in your home shop for a handsome, accura te .22 ta rget pisto l. send 4 cent CROSSBOWS! HUNTING Bows ! Factcrv-Direct -Prtces I sta mp for .complete information. P . O. Box 362, Terr e J ayCo, Box 1355. \\'ichita. Kansas. H au te. I ndian a. EVERY GUN BOOK IN PRINT INDIAN RELICS liThe Baker's Dozen Pla.n" Send 50c for year ' round maili ngs g I NnJA N WAR !lr rnw h p~rl<: 1i'1i". !'::"Ql n;nlJ' R'"nit", includina n ll t.nf_ n r int Iidi""", ANNUAL SALE ISSUE SEE DISCOUNT COUPON

DOUBLES USE J!l minu tes you conver t your Spr ing field 1903 into 0 * DOUBLES UTILITY smoot h ac tion, man-sized .22 repedter. .RIOTThese shotgun barrels should cause one at ~ . Bock 30 .06? Simp ly . Iip ou l barrel line' ond * INCREASES RE·SALE VALUE '0 these prices! ABOUT 82% DISCOUNT-buy " " .22 bolt. '. an extra, ideal for slug & brush work, 20" - ~ ORDER NOW~ ~ . Smooth action , the some that'-s .,.,-on m.atch ofter r I '" c match-yea r after yeor as the U.S. M·2 Springfield. cyl . bore, all 12 ga., new, blued, Win- [ '\ ONLY $34.50 PPD . , ' I ~ -. " Short th ro w " bo lt and or d nance steel 6arrel inse rt, chester Mdl. 12 $4.95 ~LERS~I~ i jjL c o ~ _ ,! r o b l e 10 5137 .00 " 'Qr. ef ' , 2 ~ ~. """ """ " "" _ ", ,,,, .....t (T hese can be converted to ta kc - d own Mdl. 97 by light lathe cut) EACIf UNIT consists of precision ground .22 barrel inse rt, full size short action .22 bolt, new .22 Winchester Mdl. '97 solid frame • . . . $4 .95 ~al. trigger guard and magazine. EXTRA magazines 51.75 each. Remington Mdl. 10 .. .. . •.. . .• . .. $4 .95 Stevens Mdl. 520 ...... •...... $4.95

REMINGTON Mll !$I REC~ •• •• ~

SPECIALLY PRICED FITS ANY M1903 SPRINGFIElD. to cl o se o u t fe w r e mainin g . New r e cei vers , {u lly Your Springfield and our .22 Con• pfin lat isehe (gd,uard) in w h ite, com p le te w ith fitted tr$iA'ge 7 .95 r version un it "lake a te rrific double-duty team.

"I'm ex'remely proud of our new .22 Springfield Sh ;pped prep a;d In Conversion Unit, which too k over years to de - count er d is p lay bo x . GOV'T ISSUE 'RR 2 S ho tgun ve nt, h an d guard ve/op. It offers 1903 Springfield owners double • F its a ll 1903 Model Springfields in 30-06. &:. ba yo ne t attachme nt, as used in t re nc hes WW-l and foxholes in 'VW·2. utility by providing them with a man -sized, smooth. • Adjusta bl e h e ad spa ce plug for perpetual service.. Fit s W i n . 1 2 , & '97 I t h a ca 37, S te vens 5 20 &:. 620, Re m . 10 &:. 3 1 r io t g uns. New supp ly a llows r e • working .22 re·peater, .comparable to the popular • 1 st t im e availab le i n over 55 y ears! d u ced price- ONLY $3.75 w / mounting screws! 'but almost extinct U. "S. M·2 Sp ringfield .22." • i l : e: p~:~ v: h : ~ac ~:; k. ~ i t h 22's-pays for itself Geo. R. Numrich, Jr., President

NEW 5 " S&W B A R • R EL S. e i t h e r com• m e r cia l b lue or "MATCHMASTER" p a r ke ri sed - s tate REMINGTON REMINGTON MODEL 12 Which. . 38 Special Fir ing pi ns. Our new improved desig n __$2.75 ppd. o r .38 S& W Cal. .22 BARRELS Co m p lete w ith la tch, pin &, s p r i ng.F its l\i &P ," K" and KNOCK OFF 75%! f SHOTGUN BEADS "Comb a t", a ls o .38 Vi ctory. B u y a spare DO GET LOST a t th i s b a r gai n price. Limit ed Sup • & BROKEN pl y . F or e xceptional qualtty b arrel blanks o r for use on He re' s a pack et of 10 larg e R em. ::;00 ser ies r ifl e s . Each te s ted & ser ia l n u m • bead (stand ard 4 / 40 t hread ) bered by Rem i n gton craftsmen. Made fo r 5 13 T ar g e t s ights f or u su a l price of Ju s t models-6 groove , ch a m bered, 1 3 / 1 6 " di a. FULL one, ONLY $ 1 .0 0 per Pa c ke t 26" LONG! Suitab le for ce nter fire ca ncers . J u s t (B uy 1 0 0 (10 p ackets) & n ext $ 4 .9 5 p lu s 50 ~ post. (Re m . f ront s igh t " ramp, time a f ri end s hows you h Is Patterson NOT $5.00 s how hi m you r s hot gun s ig h t r e ad y to insta ll o n abo ve , S 1.25 ) ortce fo r t his purpose , 5 7 . 5 0 DO GET LOST nU'l' 40 (t· & BROKEN F or exce ptional qualit y berret blanks o r for use o n H e re ' s a p a ck et o f 1 0 large R em. 5 00 s e r ies rifle s. Each tested &, s e r ia l num• bead (s ta n dar d 4 /40 t hread) be r ed by n erntngtcn c ra f tsm e n . Made for 5 13 T arg e t s ig h ts for u s u a l p ri ce of Ju s t m odels-6 groove , c ham bered , 1 3 /16" dia. FULL o n e , ONLY $ 1 .0 0 per Packet 26" LONG! Suitable for cen ter fir e ca li b e-rs. J u s t (B uy 1 0 0 (1 0 packets ) &, n ext NOT $5.00 $ 4 . 9 5 plus SO C p ost. (Rem . front s igh t &, r a mp, ti m e a f ri e nd s hows you h is P a tt ers on co l1ectlon, r e ad y t o in s tall o n a bove, S1.25 ) s how h im y our s h ot gun s ig h t coueceton . Specia l price for t h is purpose, $ 7.50 per 100 s ig h ts). T a p for above, 4 /40 ------5 0t ONLY $7.49 HEAVY .22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS HOODED TARGET FRONT SIGHTS (0 CLOSE OUT Stan d a r d d ove tail - Intercha n g e able In sert s i ncluded. F or H t-po w er or s m a ll b ore s. From d iscon tinued F u ll 1 1 /16 " di am eter, s t r a ig h t , r ifle d b la nk-8 T a rget r ifle o f larg e s t U.S. m aker. At a 700/0 groov e fo r s u per a cc u r ac y. 2 4" lo n g-la r g e d iameter a:::::::: 16-20 Ga. di scount! $1.49 e a . $12.00 per dozen m a kes ada p ta b le for m ost rim or center fir e a ctio ns. 1 t urn In 14" o n ly $6.95 plus 45¢ po st. (Chn mbe r ing for . 2 2 L. R. on ly , add $ 1. 0 0)

WINCHESTER M7S BARRELS $2.95 Brand N ew, 6 7 % DI SCOUNTI Only $ 7.9 5 p l us .50 p o sta,.•. •45 TAPERED NEW BARREL FOR WINCHESTER M12 BARREL BLANKS (N ow fun 1 2") Usab le fo r B unUin e S. A. 's, muzzle loaders. NeW' Se rvice, 1 917's , m in ia t u re cannon, cus tom r e • 12 go. only, 28" modified, or 30" full , state volver bbls . Rifled, n ew, $ 5 . 3 5 plus 50 C pp. which. $12.60 ppd. (Almost 60"/0 di scount!!!!)

• #fi UNIVERSA L MAGAZINE B ra n d new. s t ra ig h t le n g ths , 3/4" x 8 " , fo r extra l o n ~ a nd / o r fa n cy b arrels . S upp li ed cham bered for . 4 5 SPRINGS. usable for Springfield, a u to o r u nc ba m ber ed , state w h ich $ 3 .9 5 • • .- Enfield , etc. convert ible to Jap s, or 2 f or $6.50 . Mausers , Bolt Act ion shot gun mag • az ines etc . New, packet of 10, SPECIAL ONLY $1.95. K'- NEW .45 &- -t fiji ORIGINAL LYMAN BARRELS VERY RARE SPARE PARTS a u to , 1911 '" Al $6.95 rear si ght for commerci al IN LIMITED QUANTITIES Thompsons - fits mili ta ry models too - beautifully .4 4 CALIBER BA.RREL BLANKS We h a ve h ad. to disappoi n t m a ny of our cus tomers on the below p a rts o ve r t he y e ars-we n ow have the m a d e - o ri g i n a I pri ce follo w in g i n small s u p p ly -all n e w. $14.00. new-boxed. Sig ht (0' ladder ofte n in stall ed on MAGAZINES En field i ssue rifl es to give SAVAGE .32 or .380 a u to. p is tol $7.50 winda g e which Enfield ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ r 9SlCO "& -3-4- -(2 s-j);-3 2-i al;:i tiitel ::: ~ :~: sights lack- OKLY $1.95. OR TGIES . 2 5 or .3 2 ca t .c-state-; 5 .75 WALTH ER . ~5 , Mod el 8 o r 9 - stat e- 5 .75 BROW NIN G M i1. -13 shot, 9mm 6 .50 THOMPSON PARTS & SERVICE ;- ~~ : RB r ~ ~:ti n g : :~: -(Waler plsto l )- :32 -:::::::::: FOR ALL MOOELS. SOLE MANUFACTURERS. FIRING PINS NEW GUNS AVAILABLE to qualified purchasers, ORTGIES . 25 or .3 2 ca l. -sta te- 3 .50 (Send Stamped. Addressed Env. MA U SER 1 910-34 (.25 o r .3 2_s tate) 2 .50 MA U S ER H Sc 3 .95 for FREE CATALOG SHEETS) 1 91 0 &. 1 922 Browning .32 2.25 1,00 0 ' s of ot h er rare parts-write wantsl SATISFACTION ALWAYS GUARANTEED! WANTED: GUN PARTS tJ.itt*.~ "FOR JI.'IU LA 4 4 · 4 0 " NO W U SED T:-.J' EVE RY ANNUAL SALE U . S. GU N PLANT AN D MA:"rY AB ROAD . N EW HIGH-SPEED FORMULA g ive s e ve n be t t e r r e sult s . . . takes seco nd s t o a pp ly . . . be a u tifies. p rot e ct s. Used co ld . n ()t h in~ ISSUE comp licated. Deep b lu e p e r m a n e nt fini s h . Actu a l ly pen etr a te s the s t e ot , Use d by gun fa ct o ri e s and g uns m ith s ev e r yw he re . Gu rrr• an teed t o b e the he st co ld b lu e you ever SEE DISCOUNT COUPON u sed -or y o u r m on ey ba c k. 3 G UN S I Z E $ 2.0 0 ppd.

INDU STRI AL G UNSMI THSI ZE . 1 p int $ 7 . 5 0 p p d . U. S. CARBINE MAGAZINES

SEMI-AUTO ONLY SALE FRE E Water (& dirt & PISTOL 95 tobacco) proof rub ber cap C02 $14. given w/ ea. mag azin e. oMARLIN BARRELS 0 SMASHING POWER W e nav e t h e wor ld 's on ly s u p p ly of t h e se 811(1 we are c k s in g o u t t h e f ew r e main in g ! A ll N e w . :Is a i~ ~ £o~ a~s : j c:.tol c a ~ s:sUI\n ~ ~~ et: ~r vg eejoB.I. ~ e a n d ~ ower~ ~ ~ • 5 shot capac it y- re quired by law for hun ting, fits b lu ed. reactv t o i n s t a ll. ful C02 (C arbon di o xi d e) ch arge rs . P istol l?ullt on flush wit h guard-streamlines ap peara nce. Solid F ·:-f 1 8 9 3 & 36 M dl. M a r l i n s . 2 2 T arg et pistol l in e s, r u g.ged m eta ! a lloy 1!1 blue .. machin ed bottom-not " raw" appearing overs ized 38/5 5 2 8 " Fu ll Oct. $9.95 bl a ck finish. Standard full s ized pi stol w eI ght &. ~ 38/5,1 2 6" 1/2 Oc t . __ $9.95 fold overs tha t some are selling u $2.45 38 /f);'} 26" Fu ll O c t. ~ _ $ 9 . 9 5 g ~~~ c :~ ~:: a ei~ a~ : g ~~ ~n r ~: ~~~ ;;t~, ::d: v~~a f:e ~ ' ~.hc!~. ~ 38/55 20"C arb t ne $8,25 • 15 shot. in orig ina l wrap, only $I. OOea . or 2 for $1.7 5 :12 /40 2 (; " Fu ll O ct. $9.95 c ylinder ee o tet nee ill t arget 5h aped grIp . QUlckly• :12 / 4 0 2 (;" l/2 O ct. $9.9 5 S Imply. re moved & re placed. • 30 shot, " bannana" clips on ly $4.95 or 2 for $7.9 5! :12 /4 0 2 0" Ca rbine $8.2 5 :12/40 t n" r o u n d $3 ,50 SO POWERFUL .:]2 Spec. I ;; " r-ound $3.50 The pistol eannct be m a il ed (except to licensed Fo r Mode l 94 Marl in deale rs) but will b e ru shed Expr:e u (n o t prepaId). :12/20 2 4 " ro und $9,95 Dealers, ad d SO ~ post a g e . SpeCial d ealers pr ices 2:> /20 1 5 " rou nd $3,50 on l o t.s of th re e o r more. EXCLUSIVE AT NAC F 'Jr Mod e l 9 2, 3 2 ca l ib e r 24 ", 26" 0 1' 28" ro und $6. 50 FREE EXTRAS: 10 C02 Car• (Arlrl 5 0e ror p ost. & s h ip p ing t o abov e ) tridges plus B Tubes of Copper SAVAGE 1 903 -0 6 -0 9 -1 2 .22 M AG• S T RA IG HT GRIP STOC KS FOR ABOVE MODEL M ARLI NS , ne w $5.95 Plated BBs. A $2.00 SavingI AZINES.R are m ag-a z i nes. un ava n • ~ a b le for years. only $2 ,8 5 ppd , GARAND TRIGGER GUARDS SPRINGFIELD 1903 For replacing . Steel LYMAN 57A REAR wartime tin "fin- SIGHTS- . ~ ger skinning" $1.75~ SAVE ALMOST SO% -NEW $4.S0 guards-new- COLT REAR SIGHT MILLED T. & flOOR eas ily dovet ail ed into any r evolver. set scre w to lock winda ge. D imen sion GARAND EMERGENCY TOOL A 25/32" or 11/ 16" $1. 00, Co m p le te w it h catch, p in & spr ing, s teel, n o t a lumi• num , s pe c i t y b t u e o r par-ke ri ae d __ $ G.2 0 co m p le te. (Guard al o n e , $:1.1)5, F. P late a lone, $2,2 5, m illed $¥~ f'ollower-, $ 1.00, s p l'in g 5 0 e) HIGH SPEED MAINSPRINGS W OR TH ANYTH ING WHEN NEEDED for y our Colt 1917 , New Ser v ice o r Officia l Police In field or on ra nge, t his ord nance tool may be re vo lv e r s - re duce s l ock SWEAT ON ~ tim e-for di sassembly, be- ume , scores l e a p , o u r needed at any bolt m a ke , t e sted & approved RIFLE RAMPS ~"'~ ·· 21 "iEt §? ,:;: . ca use of poor ext ract ion wit h fouled chamber, or for __ _ n_o n ly $ 1. 75 p pd . ======""'" r ifle takedown. F its convenie nt ly in butt t rap- tW'hn Un iv e r s al s ize, comp le te w ith go l d b ead s igh t• e a:,y to in s t a l l. No g la re r amp s u r fa ce, a ll rna- K eep shoot ing, a good invest ment. As issued, Only $ ~ ~ 1.12e ~ l~ $~~ ' .~ ~ ; :;u ~ o z . o n lY $ 1. 79 ea. , 2 for $1.00 ea.! ( Good to ca rry with gun-new firi ng pin-$1.25, new ext ractor- $1.25) ~:.~~ ,~~:~ , E L D :a SUPER BUY 95c "W& "" .... 3 BLADE I -GARAND BARRELS-Verv !load to exe . $9.9S eo Ram s i h t s a s s hown e a:,y t o in s t a l l. No g lare r amp s u r face ~- a ll -"' ma- ~ K eep shooting , a good invest ment. As Issued, Only chilled-a $ 5 .00 va l ue o n l y $ 1 79 ea 2 fo r $1.00 ea. ! (Good to car ry wit h gun-new firing $:L2 5 - $14.60 p er d o z . ' " pin-$1.25, new ext ractor $1.25) :a c- SP RINGFIELD 3 BLADE ; I S~~E s~ h t~~~ h!~~ il screwdr lver s. -GARAND BARRELS-Very good to exe . $9.9S ea. ~ r id ges on ram p m ake i t ~ ___ as Issued , newuu$1. 50 ppd. n o g lace-in w hite, . 5 2 5 I. D. N o te d esign tha t p ermit s u se on any r ifle b y GARAND RIFLE CONVERSION KIT turni n g end of b a r r el t o . 5 2 5 a s s urin g smoot h reduces to 5 sho ts, only way to app earance, Al s o m ake s fin e pi s t ol s igh t , mak e Ga ra n d f u ll y l e~ a l . f or Ea ch 9 5 ~ - Ext ra S pe c ial $9.0 0 per do z. $ 6 5.0 0 per 100. MAUSER OW NE RS : hunting in mo st s tates, (e asil y S ING LE STAG E F . N . ins t a ll e d & r emo ve d ). Set , co rn • T RI ,G GER A ND SEAR pt ete Wi t h s peci a l f o llow e r & 2 Jive s hot c li ps, $3,95. Extra E l im inates a n n o y i n g two stage 5 s h ot clip s, 9S¢ e a. S tandard ~ ORIGINAL SPRINGFIELD pull f ound in m i l itary mode ls. B s h ot c li ps, $2.0 0 p er d ozen. n euuce tn a ccur-a ct e s with s u • HAMMER pet-t o r- p ull-c-F't t.s a ll '\;)8's, ORIGINALS PRINGFIE LD PERCUSS ION S wed ish, 7 M i\'! 'D:3. '95 etc,• musket h a mme r s , fit s a ll m od e l s in• New, F amous F. :\I. make, spe• NEW U. S" CARBINE BAYONETS c t u d tnz va r ious co ntr acto r s except Co lt ci a l l o w price S 1.7 ;j f o r set , -as n e w case harde n ed i n b eautifu l B a y on et & co lo rs. SUPER SPECIAL ONLY $ 1 . 7 5 . s he a t h -$4,50. 38 ITEMS GI SHOOTING KIT Ba y ol1e t a ttac h• m e nt f o r gun• ABOUT 7¢ EA. ITEM! 22 CAL. ADAPTERS FOR .303 I n h a n d s o m e ca rr v • $ 1.75. in g b ox w /sel f loc k • S P EC I AL AL L 3 i ng handle, 10 soli d for $5,35 ppd. b r a s s ro es (wu rt.h 7:;c = : : ~ : ' : ~ , :; , : , ~ ":::J ea.), b r is t le cleaning m-u shes. 2 co n t ai ners s pec ia l gun grease . 1 0 22 RF./303 British-issue $1.00 ea. s pe clal screw drtvers BREECH OIL 10 adapters $7.S0 & punch. Ant ique s ty le d b ra ss o i l ca n & THONG SET, (o ften u sed f o r prim • For Springfield, Garand" Enfield & Krag , fits in i n g powder on p ercus• s io n & fli nts ), pa tc h butt, nickeled brass, not plastic, as

adju s t a h le f o r w l nd aze & e le vati on, fi l s a ll U. S . Ca r• UNIVERSAL bin e s. s li des i nto rece tve v STOCK BLANKS d o ve tail _ 2 m inu tes t o t n • of fin e st Am erican 'wal nut , preturned, s hape d and thr ough 1 st s a n d l n~ , n o t e rneaaurement.s wh ich p ermit i n le t ti n g stal l. as i s s u e d , $ 1 .85 pp d . ro r b o t h hI gh power and sma ll b o re r ifles; bolt action s hotguns; o r c ut o ff a nd use on pum p s ho tguns and WE HAVE OV E R 17,000 ,000 GUN PARTS lMUlMIJ:F&lI~mr £mID1r ~ double s. 281h" l o n g , 1 :3/4 " thro ugh , 2 1/8" dept h. S pe c ia l 35 ~ Mo d ern-Obsol ete- F o re ign. F o r free q u o- * p r-Ice $ 2 .35 p lus d e l. S pe cial Steel Ch e ckered T a r ge t Butt-p la le w / screws, for u s e with a bove, $1.00, t a t ion sen d b ro ken pa rt o r rough ske tch. DISCOUNT COUPON u.s. CARBINE STOCKS * WANTED, GUN PARTS "THIS MONTH ONLY" All kinds, any quantity, new o r used, EVEN GREATER SAVINGS! military or commercial. TOP PRICES . Ship WHEN YOU USE THIS brand n ew, comp le te with new reco i l plate. b u t t p la te, s c re ws, f ront off for our offer. If not satisfied will be DISCOUNT COUPON $3,9 ;; , ( V C~ ~ nl ~ g~ r ~ ~ T o r $~ t~ g kS .S 'AI ~ ~ ~ ~h le :ind~j ta ~~aJ~~ i: returned immediately. PREPAID. stained, s mn e . prlce a. } Ca rbtne Ha n d g ua rd s . new. CUNS READERS YOU SAVE 10% $ 2 .50 npd , w rue w a n ts f o r o t h e r ca r b i ne pa rt s . If y ou order 3 or more d ifferent SOLE MANUF ACTURERS OF THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUNS & ACCESSORIES it ems f r om t his ad, total order and DEDUCT 10%. T h is Special Coupon MUST b e at tached to order t o en• title you to this special di scount.