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GUNS AUGUST 1969 AUGUST, 1969 TRICCER Vol. XV, No. 9-8 George E. von Rosen TALK Publisher
ITH THE turmoil in U.S. colleges Win the news, and the militants' use of guns to force their demands CONTENTS upon the colleges and universities, the nation's press has again taken up the call for more gun controls. Each of FEATURES the half-dozen or so articles I have THE G.I. HANDGUN read concerning this upheaval have Exhausti ve t es ts seeking t he perfect si dearm ...... Jae W eller 16 referred to the feelings of the mili BERETTA AL-2 tants against gun controls. Then, elud Test report on new autoloading shotgun .. .•..• ...... Steve Ferber 22 ing to the prospect of a violent conflict NORM FLAYDERMAN between these militants and white Intriguing look at promin ent U.S . dealer ...... Dal e Hartford 24 radicals, they point out that those of THE MANNLICHER STOCK the extreme right are also against gun Old wo rld styling returns to th e U.S ...... Col. Ch arl es Aski ns 26 controls. TALES HUNTERS TELL Now, I and several million others Insi de story of charging bears, etc ...... Les Bowman 28 like me are neither black militants nor AXEL PETERSON right wing extremists, yet when we Loo k back t o the I SOO 's and a gunma ker of renown .. .•...... Bi ll Gentry 30 defend our gun interests, we are auto DISTINGUISHED matically put into one or the other of Ma rksman ship's high est award s ... .• ...... •. . . . . Ha rry Reeves 35 these categories. Why? Can't there SPENCER'S SEVEN-SHOOTER be a person who leans neither right Full color feature of t his Civil War a rm ... . 37 nor left, yet believes that as long as Cj)UARTET OF COLT'S his guns are not a part of the violence Fu ll colo r print for fram ing ...... ,Harry C. Knod e 40 in America he should be permitted to RETURN OF THE SHARPS keep and enjoy them without undue Bra nd new rifl e with a venerable nam e ...... Clair F. Rees 42 restriction? THE AGAWAM 68 More and more, it is evident that New si ngl e shot ri fl e is range tested ...... Ma son W ill ia ms 46 those who propose gun laws-be they THE BUSHNELL BORE-SIGHTER a part of the government, citizens Useful accessory ha s new design concept ...... •...... Les Bowman 48 committees, or just plain do- gooders FREE GUN DRAWING looking for a cause-have no idea in Win a Colt " Stagecoach " .22 rifl e ...... 77 the world about what constitutes the gun ownership in the U.S. To many of them , the gun business is a grimey, DEPARTMENTS unlicensed shop in the slums of a great urban center, selling pot metal Shooters Club of America ...... 5 Point Blank ...... Col. Charles Askins 65 pistols to rival gangs or sniping rifles Handloading Bench ...... George Nonte 6 Questions & Answers ...... 67 to quasi-military groups. Well, if they Gun Rack ...... 10 Index of Advertisers .. . . . , ...... • . . . . . 74 would just open their eyes, they Pull! ...... •...... Dick Miller 50 The Gun Market ...... 78 would learn of a whole new world of firearms owners, numbering in the Jerom e Rak usa n ... .. Ed itor Maj . George C. Nonte ...... Military millions, and more concerned about Harold A. Murtz Associate Editor Les Bowman Hunting home, family, community, and just a E. B. Man n ...... Contributing Ed itor Don McEvoy . Sales Manager few spare momen ts of pleasure with Col. Charl es Askins .. Shooting Ed itor Jon Kau fm an .... Promotio n Manager their guns, than about taking up a Maj. George C. l'fonte . Handloading Sy dney Barker Art Director Dick Mill er ...... Trap Lew Me rrell . Ass't Art Director political or social cause and creating Ro bert Mandel ...... •. , . . ... Antique Arms An drew Molchan .... Advertising Sal es the violence which has engulfed our Wm . Sc humaker ...... Gunsmith in g Leonard Dia mo nd ...... Advert isi ng Sales country. She ll ey Br ave rm an .. .. Modern Arms M. Gross ... . Ass't Circulation Mgr. It's not the guns of the sportsmen, Co l. Rex Applegate ...... Police Sally Loges . .. . Subscription Mgr . collectors and target shooters which are causing the gun problem; yet the laws today are aimed specifically at those guns, and the people who are SH OOTIN G today being indicted for gun law vio SPORTS lations could have been indicted for Jl the same offenses in 1938, or 1958- without the Gun Control Act of 1968. EDITORIAL OFFICES: Jerome Rakusan, 8150 N. Central Park, Skokie, Ill . 60076, ORchard 5-5602, NATIONAL ADV. OFFICES , 8150 N. Centra l Park Ave ., Sko kie , Il l., 60076. ORchard 5-60 10. THE COVER GUN S Magazine la published mon thly by Publishers' Development Corp .. 8150 N. Central P a rk Avenue . Sk ok ie, Illino is . 6 0 076. S econd class postage paid a t Skokie , Illinois. and at addi tional matllng offic es. SUBSCRIPTIONS: One year Cl 2 Iss ues), $7 .50. S ingle monthly copies, 75e. 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Dedicllted to the Constitntioncll Right of Every Citizen to K eep llnd B ear A rms
combatin g; this new dan ger to sport rn en. We arc dedicated to freedom from needless go1·ern mcntal con trol s and acceptance hv the America n pu hli c as trnc sport smen 1rnr thy o[ the re. pect of our fei low Am eri cans. Jn s pi te of last Dccen1hcr's fi rearms legislati on th at i nyokcd tl1 e most T he <«11 1se of shoo ting sports is th rea lf'ni'd as nr,·er before. l\fJ\ KE 10 strin gent restricti ons on th e shoo tin g >'port,.;m('11 .in the h i,.; t. ory of our J\ITSTAKE - THE J\T1'1 OF 1\NTI-GUN INTERESTS IS NOT TO co unt ry, the anli-gu11 forces arc stil l not co ntent and arc employi ng LL\!IT FIREA R.US, D T RATHER TO COJ\lPLETELY OUTLAW 11 ew tactics lo for t.her impair the consti tutional rights of firearms Fl REA Ri\IS ! . owners. T he SCA is dedicated to prcsen·ing; th e rig;h ts of citize ns to k eep and This new attack on tl1e second amcnd1ncnt- t.he t igl1t to k eep hear arm s, and is i n. desperate nC' cd o[ your hrlr if it is to continue lo and hear arms-is more dcYious th an any i11 the past. It is hascd on fig; ht irra ti ona l. lcg; islation and opinion. We need members sin ce there publ ic op inion ra t. her th an lcgislati Ye maneuvers. A ft er the December j5 ~ t r e n p: th j n n11ml lC r ~ -a laq!c or~anization can brin g more pre sure lcgi;dation, and th e ensuin g fu ro r hy legiti ma te sportsmen, ma11y law to bear· " hen 11·orking for i ts objc r ti, · e~. And \l"C need 111 oney be c a u ~e maker. a rc reluctan t to h are th eir names co nncct.cd to anti -gun pro fig; htinµ; the lT\a ss mrdi a and the special intercts it represents is an. posa ls. T o weaken th e opposit. io11 before a d irect co nfront. at. ion is expcnsi1·e task. precipitated, the anti-gun factions arc mobilizin g a hchi1id-thc-sccncs attack util iz in g the mass media to spread un[ayorahlc p ropaganda, 1\lthoug;h last Drcemher's legislation 11·as dishcarteni1ic: to the cau cs harmful to the i ntcrc. ts of lair-abid in g gun owners. T hey hope i11 this fi[! hti n~ _ rc~ t. ri (· t iYe l cg i ~ l a t.i on, '\'C ca11 c1a i1n a pa rt ial .. YiC' torr, as ,re manner to discredit shoo ting sports and sportsmen, sway i1 nco rn111 itted were able to prc1'cnt federal licen,.;ing an d rf'gistrati on of firearms. opi nio11 th rough constant -repetition of erroneo us and misleading '.1.' he Jaw was a µ:e n11in c hl o , ,~ to legitimate gun owne r ~, hut th e facts '·facts" and stati stics and wi11 new hackers for th eir causes. rema in that 11·i1. houl 011 r effo rt s eYc n ''or.;e legi;:la ti on " ·oul cl certainl y l1a1·c bern ena(' ted. \Ve ca n no t no w rela' under th e m istaken noti on J\n ti-gu rt forces kn o11· from experience thcr stand a hctt er rl1ance of t hat the ha rm ha,.; alread r liecn don e. Con di tions ca n and will get cYen ad1 i c , · in~ th eir ~o:.d s }Jy 11sin g; smea r ta(' ti rs :instea d of relvin f,. 0 11 a wo r,.;e i[ 11·c do 11 01 \'O nli nuc our pr<"·Surc. \'Ve ca n roll ha ck so me of facc- lo-fa!'e di" ·11 ssion. o[ th e meri ts and dcficir ncirs of th eir ,pr ~-; r a m s . the ck rn cnts of December's bill and "·e can ma ke sure t.IJ('rc "·ill be no ' l ' \ 11 -. r•11 1Tf'n f· 1 • ~1n1 n~ i c rn I n (•A n\r in f"'n t \1 r>
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5 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS HANDLOADING BENCH
By MAJ . GEO. C. NONTE Less frills
more guts uite a few people still operate Excessive crimping, especially vvhen The Venture Grade Qunder the old precept, "If a little combined with excessive flaring, will over-under is clean, is good, a lot is better." We often see virtually guarantee short case life. examples of just this approach reduc Except with heavy loads and h eavy pure, pared-down ing case life and otherwise making bullets, loads for revolver u se seldom for-action . But there's things harder than need be for the n eed more than a very slight crimp. more to it than meets handloader, i.e., overdone chamfering, The standard .38 Special wadcutter the eye. It's got all the flaring, and expanding case mouths. load, for example, will function per important qualities The .38 Special is undoubtedly the fectly without any crimp, there being most-reloaded handgun cartridge in insufficient recoil energy to cause the Ch arlie offers in his existence, and it is possible to get as bullets to move in the cases. The more expensive many as 50 loadings from a case with 158- grain service load does require over /unders. Which out any trouble. Yet, we hear often of some crimp, but not a great deal. If makes a lot of gun for cases coming apart at the seams in 5 you want maximum case life, do some $249.00 or 6 loadings. The most common fail testing with your particular load and ure seems to be splitting at the dies. R educe the amount of crimp ( in 1 2 and 20 gauee) mouth. Several factors contribute to until you find the minimum degree this-excessive chamfering, crimping, that will consistently hold bullets in Write for exciting new and flaring. place against repeated recoil. At that free cata log of Charles Le t's start with chamfering first. point, you'll be placing the least al Daly custom crafted When modern three-unit dies are lowable strain on the case mouth. shotguns. used, chamfering isn't even necessary Case length has a great deal to do in straight- wall cases. Slight flaring of with crimp uniformity. When a roll the mouth serves the same purpose type crimp is used, cases longer than better , so why weaken the brass by the one on which the die was adjusted Charles shaving part of it away? Chamfering will be crimped excessively; shorter only increases the probability that ones will receive little or no crimp. A mouth cracks will develop early in taper-type crimp is far more tolerant life. And, once they start, they get of case length, since it involves a Daly1nc. longer with each loading. They also much greater portion of the case. Use 246 S. Robertson Blvd., make crimps weak and uneven . a taper crimp or else trim cases uni Beverly Hills, Calif. 90211. Case mouths must be flared slightly formly if y0u want maximum life. to permit easy alignment and seating Crimping for use in self-loading of soft lead bullets without "shaving" pistols is another matter entirely. Al metal or having the mouth dig into most all gun designs depend upon the the bullet. The k ey word is "slightly." bullet striking various surfaces which Adjust your expander plug so that the erve to guide the cartridge into the case mouth is fl ared just barely chamber. The bullet must be secured enough that once started by hand, the tightly enough to withstand the forces bullet can be pressed fully home involved without moving in the case. without scraping off any lead. This A solid crimp is the most practical amount of flaring is j ust barely visible means of accomplishing this, though a to the naked eye by silhouetting the tight friction- fit is also required. Ex In New York City: cas against a light w ell-lighted back cept with some thick-walled cases and 90 Chambers Street, I 0007 In Montreal: gro und. Any more fl aring than this jacketed bullets, friction alone isn't 50 Place Cremazie simply r esults in early failure. enough . For these reasons, r eduction More than a few dies have expan or elimination of crimp can't be used der plugs with short, sharp bevels to increase case life though the other which make it impossible to produce a measures can. I've found the taper slight but uniform fl are unless all crimp to be entirely adequate, and it cases are trimmed to exactly the same is easier on the case. length. A long case will get excessive You may have a resizing die that flare, sometimes even enough to start leaves a sharp shoulder on the case at a split then and there; short cases get its mouth or one that is so squared- off none at all. It's far easier and simpler at its mouth that it actually shaves to reshape the plug than to trim every brass off the case body. Either can be case you'll be loading. Turn, grind, or corrected by polishing or grinding a polish the flaring portion of the plug radius at the die mouth .. If this isn't to a very slight taper. done, cases will eventually separate at 6 GUNS A UG UST 1969 the point wh ere the shoulder is pro movable by hand; then another half duced. It acts as a stress raiser , and turn with a screwdriver and it is sol after a few firings, the case comes idly locked in the new location with from the chamber in two pieces. This out shifting in the process. I've been appli es much more to r evolver than putting Bonanza rings on all m y dies auto u se, and it's no fun . as each set is taken out of the drawer Cases will also sometimes split for use. Fortunately, Bonanza Sports, lengthwise about midway along the Inc., Rt. 4, Faribault, Minnesota, will body. This can be caused by a seam or b e happy to sell you as m any r ings as inclusion overlooked at the time the you want for a m ere buck each. case was made, but that is q uite rar e • • • in modern cases. More likely it is R ecently, we've received a few caused by work hardening which queries from individual police officers made the case br ittle, or simply by asking for dope that would enable being fired in a chamber so oversize them to assemble ricochet-free hand the brass couldn't stretch to fit it. loads for use in the rifles they carry If the split occurs consistently w ith on duty. Unfortunately, ther e simply n ew or once- fi r ed cases, that chamber isn't any such thing as a practical, OW! YO NE CA N is simply too much oversize for safety. completely ricochet-free load in any Little can be done about it unless the standard caliber. Some of these THROW ACCUR ATE gun is worth the exp ense of having officers have been using the .30 Car CH ARGE S TIME AFTER the chamber (s) chrome plated to bine. This round has so little powder bring it back down to size. However, space that it isn't possible to drive if the cases are simply "tired" from any available bullet fast enough to in b ing r epeatedly expanded and re sure breakup on impact. In fact, the sized, th eir life can be extended con standard military load is ver y bad, in siderably by reducing the amount deed, about ricocheting, especially they are being resized. Poli hing the from pavem ent and masonry walls. die out to a larger diam eter is one The more powerful cartridges can method of accomplishing this, but often be loaded with varmint- type may spoil it for use in conjunction bullets to produce relative freedom with other guns. A simpler m th od from r icoch ets. This is particularly consists of merely backing the die out tr ue of the high-velocity, .22 caliber of the loading press until resized cases centerfires, but these are the calibers will barely chamber freely . The slight that produce su ch explosive destruc taper inside the die reduces the tion of animal tissue that there ar e amount the case is squeezed down. considerable humanitarian objections W ith t his t ool you don't have to b e an With revoiver s, m aK:e certain th e case to their use for police purposes. expert to throv1 consistently accurate, will enter all chambers freely, or you However, we've dug through n1any uniform , volume powder charges ! RCBS Precisioneered m ea su ring cylinder uni may wind up with problems. This years' accumula tion of loading data form ly po urs powder into case, el iminat ing hazards of "o erloads'" caused by method w ill not work with those dies card files to come up with the fo llow clogging when cha r es are dumped. Ad which depend upon only a narrow ing loads which are about as r ico just s qu ickly and sim p ly rom one c harge to another. Moun s ea sily on press or r ing at their mouths to reduce the di ch et-free as it is possible to get in the bench. Powder level isible at a ll times. Al so available w it h small m easuring cyl ameter of the entire case. Nearly all calibers listed. inder for bench rest and p istol shooters: so- called "carbide" di es ar e of this It must be rem ember ed that the complete w i th stand p la.t e . l a r g e o r · small type as are a couple makes of steel very characteristics which make th ese cylinder. $2250 designs. loads r elatively free from ricoch ets We've m entioned die adjustment (high velocity and structurally weak With both me asuring cylinders. $27 .9 0 several times thus far. That brings to bullet) also cause massive wounds. mind the fc ct tha t lock rings on most On the other hand, keep in mind that makes ar e far from perfect. The set conventional military loads produce screw type is the most common, and more ricochets than any other type. also the least satisfactory. Double hex Where handloading isn't especially nuts work well, but r equire two practical, the sam e effect, to a lesser wrenches and three hands. Best of the degree, m ay be obtained from care lot is the split, scr ew-cla mped ring fully selected factory loads. Simply fou nd on Bonanza dies. A half-turn of choose the lightest-bullet and the clamp screw and the ring is freely highest- velocity load available. riil RCBS CASE LUBE KIT Everything you need tor p roper case lubrication! Consists of Case Lube Pad, Caliber Bullet Powder l\'I. v. 2 ounce stand-up plastic tube of RCBS Resizing Lubricant and RCBS Case Neck .243 Win. 60 - gr. Sierra 46.5/ H380 3700 fps B rush Handle with .22 a nd .30 caliber 6mm Rem . 60 - gr. Sierra 42.0/ Ball C B rushes. Regular $5.50 Value. Addit ional 3750 fps B rushes available in Gm m / 25 / 270/ 35 and .250/ 3000 60-gr. Speer 36.0/ 3031 3500 fps 45 calibers . . . only 45¢ each . s500 .257 Robts. 60-gr. Hornady 46.0/ 4895 3700 fps .270 Win. 100-gr. 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By CARL WOLFF ··-
Comes now the case of "Big Brother" the 25 million hunters, 200,000 t a r g et ma king a movie. Would you believe a shooters, a nd 100, 000 collectors ; Show 16mm job, in full color, fea turing vio ing genera lly the l a w hasn't grea tly a f lence a nd where the a rrested pa rty turns fected their a ctivity; provide s t a te out to be the loca l s porting goods dea l a nd loca l l a w enforcement pers onnel er? It i s now in t h e ma king, a nd the with insight on their increa sed dutie s , producer, using public funds , i s t h e with 396, 000 loca l a nd 47, 000 sta te po ATFD, the Alcohol, Toba cco a nd Firea rms lice protection types in this public Div. of the Interna l Revenue Service. a lone, in s ome 10,000 police a gencie s ; You thought TV was full of violence? Identify IRS, ATFD, a s the a dmini s "For t h e sake of impa ct," rea d s the Fed tering a gency, a nd, a lert the genera l era l Gove rnment' s s cript, "the film public of the overa ll opera tion of t h e could open with f ast cut s of varied a cts new l a w in a na tion with a n e s tima ted 200 of crime . u s ing a gun, s uch as a s treet million guns . h oldup-a ba nk robbery-whatever-a nd, "The film's ma llea ble forma t should t h en, zoom in on a liquor s tore holdup to ma ke it u s eful as a s upplement to t he show more deta il of thi s one a s the fina l ma ny t a lks of ATFD a gent s before civic crime s cene." g roups , a nd a 10-15 minute vers ion would It i s t h e "fina l crime s cene " a ll have further a ppeal as a 'tra iler,' " right ! For the next 2 7 minute s the rea d s t h e s t a tement s ent to film people s cript c a lls for a re-run fea turing how for bidding . t he liquor s tore owner g ets to the un It a p p e a rs more of a propaganda ef derta ker. For the sake of "rea li s m, a nd fort. Point s out IRS, the basic theme i f t h i s i s me t the me ssage will be be s hould "ma ke it s triking ly clea r t hat lieved, " t h e owner doe s not turn out to the IRS ••• in enforcing t h e Gun Con be Bamb i, but he i s s hot, a t the c ash trol Act of 1968-wh ile the l a w i s in r egi s ter. tended to curb crime a nd violence-will All of t h i s in a "tech nica lly a ccu not hinder leg itima te gun owners , s ince r a t e , well- written, a n d produced mov ba sica lly it only re quires tha t t hey i e, t herefore, only will be possible properly identify t h em s elves wh en ma k throug h t h e clos e working rela tions hip ing purcha ses , a nd limit s gun buying to of the Producer, Director a nd pers onnel s t a te of residence . "Here, perha ps over of t h e Alcoh ol , Toba cco, a nd Firea rms looked, i s wha t has become known as Divis ion of t h e Public Informa tion Di ba ck-door gun regi s tra tion through a m vi s ion." And you thought "Big Brother" munition-buying regula tions, regula didn't ha ve class! tions requiring the pers on' s a ge, re The cos t i s reported to be "low," a nd cording the kind of "proper" identif i a ccording to the dicta tes of IRS, t h e c a tion and the kind of gun u s ing the a m film will be "versatile-ca rrying sev munition, regula tions tha t a re not era l messa ges to varying a udiences. It based on l a w. It i s for this rea son over s hould: inform the 200,000 licensed gun fifty bills ha ve been introduced into dea lers of their obliga tions under the Congres s to altogether remove long gun l a w; ma ke the provisions of the l a w dis a mmunition from the jurisdiction of tinctly clear to specific publics, like IRS. (Continued on next page )
12 GUNS AUGUST 1969 "A dramatic production," reads the name of dealer who buy. Actor not eight-page fi lm proposal, "will have get flat feet walking around like impact on the film's many and varied policeman." audiences. Howeve, this will be a On w ith the IRS story: "Then the critical balance, since the m essage on youth is hit with all the facts he the content of the law and the IRS admits involvement and starts bar r ole could be lost m er ely through ing details in movie flashbacks. So, overproduction. The goal will be again, the poor liquor store operator r eali zed, and if this is met the m es gets shot-again in living color. Is it sage will be believable." the famed anti- gunner, S enator John Now, back to the plot. After the 0 . P astore, who is currently looking flash scenes of violence, the movie for ways to cut down on unnecessary cameras and recorders enter the liq violence on TV? uor store door and "finally pick up On with the story- youth rats on some of th e harsh, tough dialogue as brother of friend. He was due to be th e owner gives in to threats with the released from prison, writes to friend guns and turns over his money from about (w o u 1 d you b elieve) "big the cash register. The owner is shot." plans," when he gets "out" and "how H ere the plot thickens. Three gun one thing just lead to anothe r until men flee onto the str eet. One of the finally it snowballed into the real gunmen (wouldn't you know ) drops thing-a liquor store holdup." So, in his gat, "but they ar e now making living color, poor guy gets it again. their getaway a nd it all goes un Not only that, but he also gets his noticed, except for the camera which ca h taken for the third time. goes to an extreme closeup of the Boy tells background: These two gun." punk kids m eet a bus in their car. The action now dissolves into the Exit convicted felon. The kids ap next scene, with the "local police pear "uneasy about the whole thing, holding the dropped pistol, and talk but h e assures them ...by (going) ing about the new gun control lavv, through his duffel bag and pulling and how through the dealers' new r ec out his own pistol, for the ego satis ord keeping it might be possible to faction. "Oh, com e on, fellows." H ere trace the gun." Does IRS choose to you have two youths looking up to a scd by point out that dealers have always convict! As old Mister R epublican, sheriff 's off i c e~, govcrnmen emp loyc•es, been required to keep r ecords? No. Sen a tor Dirksen would say, T- h-a- t prison gua rds and ot hrr b l\· enforcement agPnci rs. Everybody ha$ hcn rd abou iL on Next scene: "A fellow officer, calls i-s n-o-t r-i-g-h - t ! radio and TV, read abou i in n r "" ~ p :i p e r · out that h e has something-a w itness, On with the IRS story: These two and m:lgazin es . .. no"· YOL" can han • thi . n oticing the suspicious scene earlier , punk kids have a sawed off shotgun same prolcclion fo r yourself and yom lo \·cd jotted down the license number of the taped under the dash . (Honest, it is on es. getaway car. Now police track the in the script). There is a real ego Truly Safe Personal Protection unman to his home w ith this num satisfier for you . The "teacher" "now Beware of Dangerous Imitations b r and make the arrest." (So, how believes that his underlings h ave a No r ed pepper, ol eum ca psicum such a · does the n ew gun law help?) iss ued by post office for use on dogs that little something on the ball, and with ca n cau ·e blindness in human . ·'PRO The store owner is dead- no finger out even asking where they got the TECTOR" co ntajn a highly r efin ed and prints on the scen e-the youth in shotgun his only further advice is that purified form of CN (tea r gas) t ha t volved invok es his Constitutional each get a handgun also-more prac renders assailant helpless- yet effects wear off completely in 15-30 min utes. rights, refusing to answer all ques tical in a holdup." NOT an "eye ir1'ilant" 11 nder Fed ral tions except to deny that the gun is One of these youths, a "hometow n Ha zardous Su bstances L abeling A ct. his. sort," heads directly for the local Easy to carry in pocket, purse, glove The scene cuts to a private con hardware/ sporting goods store. The compar tment. nique "overcap" f eature el iminates dangerous clogging, acciden versation between the officers. They owner knows the kid beca use h e went tal firin g. St reamlined aerosol di spe nser talk about how they can make a case, to school with his 19- year-old son, works like a can of hair spray. P ush of consider the new gun law, and decide and the punk has bought "squirrel a button is all it takes to render ·ev to canvass local gun stores. The dealer rifles in the store before." The owner eral assailants helpless instantly. Each unit supplies 40-50 bursts or continuous is fo und, the movie shows a search will not sell him a gun because he is spray. Nonflammable and non-toxic. of his records, and a close up is taken under 21 and not permitted to buy ALL CLAI MS SUBSTANTIATED BY of the boy's falsified records. D ealer handguns. I ND EP ENDENT , GOVER:\11\'IENT is then arrested by AT&F agents. RECOGNIZED TES'IT\TG LABORA Exits the boy dejectedly. At an TORIES. Complete atisfaction or your IRS did point out that they wanted other, sm aller, store, the boy tries to money refunded. a "technically accurate, well- written score "by showing a falsified ID card X o t i11 t cndcd fo r ~ :l i e where prohibited by lnw, and produced movie," therefore, a bit he uses for drinking." The clerk, ,-;,-;DU -;EST -M;-RKETl-;G COMP;;;Y. of advice. As famed Oriental detective smarter than the local bartender , de I 216 Sou th Hoyne Avenue I Charlie Chan would ask, "How did tects the card. But, when the owner Chicago , Illinois 60612 I 'boy' get car in his nam e? Why was starts to r efuse the sale, the youth I PIC:l 8C se nd 0 I "J>ro t CC'lOI'" uni for s:~.H.j I I D :3 "Protcrtor" units for ""10.00 dealer forced to give evidence against wins him over by bla bbing about how I (,._ hippin 1< cli:ll·J!c' pre poid) I himself? Would dealer really admit u njust the law is. "The boy thanks I Se nd r hrrk or :11. 0. wit h order I to selling a gun to a 'boy'?" And: the clerk and leaves the store, gun in I :\:irnr I "In fact, why have car in story in hand and beaming." I Acldre" ------fo·st place? Quickest way to check Now comes the hard- core propa C it y St:ll Zip _ _ I on gun is to call manufacturer, get ganda: The second punk finds a 1.2, :> \~ c,::s ~ r.1-..:.! (~C~O !~.!.t::.! ) ~£ !!!!x_ __l GU NS AUGU ST 1969 13 friendly unlicensed gun dealer in "a snooping around his affairs. Some of the new gun law. dimly lit barroom ( while) drinking, li steners, as would be natural, sympa Now the plot jumps from the crime and complaining to anyone willing to thize with the complainer-w hi 1 e scene to a waterfront, zooming in on listen about the federal government others obviously disregard him as ir two duck hunters. One says to the and its darned new gun law." Now rational now. With that established, other that the new gun law doesn't that's a strong word, even for a gov our m an then goes to a back booth affect them as much as they had ernm en t movie. There is more. in the bar with his drink, and sure t h ought it might. Then, "Slowly On with the plot: " .. . as far as he enough, an 'I can get it w holesale' leaving the waterfront as ducks are is concerned, 'Washington is just type guy approaches ...Th e seller has about to fl y overhead and the hunte l'S making it a lot of trouble and bother just w hat the buyer wanted in the are raising their guns to the ready for a guy to get a gun.' When the way of a pistol. H e even blabs it is prepared to fire away-legitimately typical jovial bartender says that ac cheap because gun laws are harsh on and unobstructed in their fun." The tually if the purchaser hasn't 'spe nt stolen guns transported across state movie ends . .. . time' or crossed state line or such, he lines." The m oney is passed under could buy a gun without m uch dif the table. Now there is real power, wh en you ficulty, the bellyacher nearly shouts After much more pr opaganda, guess can order the ducks to fly on com that what r eally gets him is the de what? Back to the liquor store goes mand! It is a n ideal ending for an mand (word appar ently censored out the plot and the operator goes down ideal movie for TV- Rowan and Mar of copy) that to buy a gun he would to the tune of gun fil' e once again. tin's "Laugh-in." It deserves the have to sign a firea1·ms transaction This time w ith the na!'rative pointing "Fickle Finger of ~ record- and he didn't want anyone out that the crime was solved because Fate Award." ~
GUN RACK Fired at 100 yards with Winchester 150-gr. Silvertip loads, the r ifle shot (Con tinued from page 10) well from the first. It was zeroed 3 inches high at that distance. Two five shot groups averaged 1.95 inches. A lb 5 oz. It is free-floating at the forend wobbles so badly when it is fully tip. The stock is European walnut withdrawn that it w ill sometimes 10-shot string with Remington 150-g r. with a configuration to suit it to the cramp on the r eturn. Husqvarna has Cor elokt bullets from the bench, American shooter's taste. It h as a cleverly avoided this fault. The two m easured 2.10 inches. That group was shiny plastic fi nish, good quality locking lugs are under cut and move two inches higher than the Winches skip-line checkering and a comforta in boltways that have likewise been ter Silvertip. At 200 yards, the load ble pistol grip with a black cap and u ndercut. These m ated and angled was swapped to 180-gr. Silvertip. contrasting white line spacer. The surfaces keep the bolt without undue Three 5-shot groups averaged 4.85 inches. A single group of 7 shots with main stock has ? Monte Carlo cheek play or sloppiness. The right hand lug piece. The buttplate is set off with a has a slight r idge m achined into its 180-gr. Remington Pointed Softpoint white line spacer of p lastic. The stock surface to further alignment and fell into 4.25 inches. The rifle func has a length of pull of 13%" , a m eas eliminate unwanted play. The result is tioned w ell, there were no malfunc urement very close to ideal fo r the a bolt which m oves smoothly and ef tions, no fa ilures to feed (I once took average gunner. Drop at the comb is fortlessly. There is a side safety and a Husqvarna to Alaska and found on 13/s" and at the heel is 1112 inches. The this locks both the sear and the bolt. arrival that it would not feed out of bolt handle is angled backward to fa Ther e is a big recoil bolt and an in the macrazine) , and the trigger pull cilitate easy handling in rapid fire. spection of the cuts in the stock for improved with the firing. This is a This rifle is stocked for scope use. the action reveals first class fitting of high class sporting rifle. A fit succes The action is completely new. The m etal to wood. The stock has sling sor to the older 98 Mauser. It is im receiver is clean of projections and swivels but no sling is provided. proved and bettered and with the ad shoulders, the bolt release is now in The test rifle was fitted with the dition of other popular calibers and the trigger. The bolt is engine- turned, new R edfield 3X-9X scope with the will appeal to the discrimina ting rifle and has a counter-sunk bolt head, a man. spring-loaded ejector, and two large area locking lugs. The third lug, as • • • common to the old 98 Mauser, is gone. The tail end of the bolt is now shrouded with a contoured cap. The Crosman .45 Auto·Re1>eater striker protrudes through a hole in The 45 Auto-Repeater air pistol the cap and indicates the rifle is m ade by Crosma n Arms Co., is a dead cocked. Ther e is a small gas port in r inger for the real .45 automatic, the the bolt but none in the receiver ring. Model 1911. The Crosman version is It is evidently intended that gas w ill for target practice in simulation of the pour back along the bolt raceway and big gun. A lot of imaginative engi be diverted from the shooter's eye by 4-Plex CCH reticule, in the Conetrol neering has gone into the design of the shrouded bolt-end. This is not ad Huntur bridge type mount. It w as this latest Crosm an. I sometimes think equate and is to be criticized. The fo und the scope mount holes in the that our most competent design peo magazine holds 5 cartridges and there new receiver lined up exactly with ple are not in the firearms field but is a hinged floor plate released by a the Conetrol mount. · The Sweaney are with the air gun manufacturers. button in the trigger guard. The plate Site-a-Line was used to zero. The The new 45 Auto-Repeater is a case is etched with a silver design and is trigger, non-adjustable, has a stop to in point. attractive in appearance. da mpen over- ride; it was slightly The pistol weighs 45 ounces, is a The older 98 Mauser has a bolt that creepy and weighed 4 lb 2 oz. six-shot, and has a micrometered ad- 14 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 justable rear sight with a patridgc Hon-Toxic SURFACE HARDENER typ post front. The trigg r pull is fast for guns, tools and parts and clean, at 4% pound . Th e gun is pow r ed with a co" bottle, a fuel that KASENIT COMPOUNDS Safe, fast and easy to asa giv about 45 shots p er container. Kasenl t Compound penetrates deep to eliminate soft spots Th P ow rlet flask fi ts n eatly into th e and warping. Kasenlt is abso· unstock. Velocity is approximately lutely SAF E-non-toxic, non. ex plosive. At your local indu strial 370 fp when a good grade of .22 pel distributor or write us for fre e. l t is fi r ed. The barr l is 4%" in Booklet R. Noisy loose 1 KASEN IT COMPANY• 52 King St., Mahwah , N.J. spook your shegam~.ll sj l~n~Usey~o u~thr~esep~oc~ ks~et i-timm1ma3 length, r ifled with 10 lands and lent patented "O" ring type shell packs l o securely hold your cartridges. 3 si zes, ea.ch holding a variety gr ooves, with 1 turn in 16 inch es. The of shells. Mfg. of durable mold ed rubber, fl exible to the first - 65°F. Fits any be lt up t o 1%" wide. Red, brown , black magazine is of the rotary type, hold colors. Only $3.50. definitive ing 6 waisted pellets. 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The pistol is a semi-automatic. It fires one shot for every pressure on the trigger. When the shot is fired the gun recoils exactly as does its coun terpart, the r eal .45 auto. This r ecoil is nough to work the slide and cock the hammer. For the serious .45 target marksman this feature is worth the whole price! Fired a t the regulation 10 m eters which is the standard distance for the Big new nam~ high precision air r ifles, the new Crosman performed very credibly. A in big-performance primers. series of 10 strings, each of 10 shots, from a benchrest with sandbag sup More a nd more handloade rs h ave special coatings to seal the port produced a composite target now specify Norma Superflash priming mixture from moisture, which measured 1.08 inches. I tried primers. For some ve ry good p ermitting indefinite storage. my hand at rapid fire on the reduced reasons. These primers - in both .175 Standard American target at 20 yards, Roundness, for one: Not only a nd .210-inch diameter sizes - and scor es ran 97, 96, 98, 99, 100 and are dia m eter a nd weight kept cover the full range of rifle and 99. This is an exceedingly useful sub within exceptionally close toler h a ndgun ammunition. And our stitu te for the marksman who is en- ances, but specially designed No. 209N primer a dds r eal deavoring to get into anvils h elp hold the cups' exact punch to the most popular shooting form for the big .45. circularity. You get p e rfe ct shotshell sizes. All Superflash seating in the case, virtually prime rs come in trays of 100 eliminate misfires. and cartons of 1000. Non-mercuric and non For consistency you ca n count corrosive Superflash primers on, specify Norma Superflash! LEARN GUN REPAIR For the latest in handloading info, get the new, expanded "Gunbug's Guide." at home quickly, cor rectly. Send $1 with your name and address to: 10¢ brings boo k, full facts. APPROVED FOR VETER ANS. no,.,,,o-p,.e~;s;on Div. ol General Sporting Goods Corp. MODERN GUN REPAIR SCHOOL 1603 Van Ness Ave., South Lansing, N.Y. 14882
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According to tests by the author, the .45 Auto now being used by our troops is not the best sidearm considering all the factors. 16 GUNS AUGUST 1969 By JAC WELLER
AME RICA is th e onl y nati on issuing a d ual-purpose side arm to its fi ghting: men. The .S. lodel 19JlAl emi-autornati c pistoI can a lso sen ·e in an emergency as an anchor for a small boat. T hi s relic from the cl ays of horse cava lry as norrnall v carried in Vietn am weighs f1Y e poun ds. Since not more th an one man in 10,000 wh o has this weapon ever successfully employs it against th e enem , 25 tons are bein g suspended around th e waists or should ers of Cl's fo r a whole year for each enemy casualty produ ced. Weight is not the only disadvantage. So fa r, no effi cient and convenient way of carrying thi monster has been invented. The Governmen1 .45 in it still stand ard holster - the one which hangs down from the web " pi stol" belt and has a special pad so th e butt . ti cks out- is reaso nabl v good fo r use on foo t or whil e mounted on a hor e. But it coul d not ea il y be wo rse for men who have to sit down 0 11 anything but stools. In a truck, a fi xed-win g transport aircraft, or a helicopter, yo u either go uge yo urself or yo ur neighbor or both . It protrudes from yo ur body so that getting into and out of small doo rs qui ckly is near irn· pos ible. There are now i'nany GI boul der holsters in u e in Vietn am. They are less incon eni enl in vehicles. but th ey have oth er di sadva ntages. The .45 i o heavv tha t th e con Lant p ress ure on should er and neck nerves ca n do permanent damage, even if no pack is ca rried in ad dition. \ here several things are suspend ed from th e should ers in a hot moist climate, the result can be un fo rtunate. A military pistol is issued primarily for elf defense. But the old .4.S in either type h ol ler i excessively slow to use in an emergency. Six soldier of the Free \Vorld- four Americans and two South Koreans- were ambushed on 14 Ap ril , 1968, about 1.000 ya rds ~ o uth of th e bord er (DMZ) in South Korea. Four were killed and tw o severely wo unded before th ey co uld fi re a single shot. They were rid in g in a o/i ton truck, and becau e of the Truce Regu lati ons could have only th eir side arms, no shoulder weapons. Our own safety r ul es prevented th ese un fo rtunate men fro m having a round in th e chamber of th eir .4.s's. They were kn ocked out before th ey could get th eir weapons from belt hol ters, p ull back th e slide lo load, and fir e. In a similar situati on involving State Troopers anywhere in America, th e ambu hers wo ul d surely have received re turn fi re and might ha\re been beaten. But men armed \rith th e 1911Al co ul d not do this because of faults inherent in t1ie weapo n itself. A round cannot be safol carried in the chamber. This is possible in th eor y, but not in practi ce. The pistol can have a round in the chamber and the ham mer cocked with th e safe ty on, but th e procedure is against regulations. It does no great amount of good either. The safe ty is located hi gh up on the left si le and is not easy to
GUNS AUGUST 1969 17 S&W .3'S1 Magnum Jb,!'dan-type Holster# special ModetltelY lirCcSMtnlent 3,5-jnch Barrel !''~ & -6 rounds o Magnum ammo. Colt .357 Magnum .357 Mag or .38 Special 710 or 240 35 45 'High Up" Belt Holster & 6 Middle 4-lnch Barrel rounds of Magnum ammo. S&W Centennial .38 Special 200 153 28lh Hunter "Clam-Shell" Holster, 17 Most Convenient 2-lnch Barrel rounds .38 Special ammo, & carrier. S&W Bodyguard .38 Special 200 20 33lh Hunter "Clam-Shell" Holster, 17 Most Convenient 2-lnch Barrel rounds .38 Special ammo, & carrier. Colt Cobra .38 Special 200 29 Hunter "Clam-Shell" Holster, 18 Most Convenient 2-lnch Barrel rounds .38 Special ammo, & carrier. I-Roughly adjusted for barrel lengths. 2-But including emp~ ma,azine for semi-automatics. 3-These are for the Air Weight (aluminum frame) models.
find quickly. The weapon ca nn ot be "placed on safe" with All this trouble with safety and firing the first shot the hammer down, or on half cock. To carr y it with a quickl y is unnecessary. Semi-automatic military pi tol that r ound in the chamber and Lh e hammer on half cock is pos can be fired by pulling the trigger even when the hammer sible, but also accomplishes little. The hammer must be is clown began to be manufactured 30 years ago. Even be cocked before the weapon is fired , a procedure about as fore that, a safety feature that would help us enormously slow as working the slide. in Vietnam was incorporated in some pocket pistols. ' Veap Another rea on for not carrying the weapon with a ons so designed cannot be fired, even when a round is in round in the chainber is that th e old .45 can be fired even the chamber, if the magazine had been removed. while the magazine is out. Regulations in both Vietnam The Germans replaced most of their Model 1907 Lugers and Korea require clearing, that is removing all rounds and all their Model 1898 military Mauser pistols before including that in chamber, from all arms when entering World War II with Walther double-action P-38 (Pistol, areas supposed to be secure. The process of unloading a Model 1938) which fir ed the same powerful 9 mm Para li ve round from a .4.S chamber in a crowd is not only com bellum cartridge as the Lugers and some of the Mausers. plicated but unsafe. Men who go in and out often, the men During WW II, however, German armies spread over most who really need the personal protection that only a pistol of Continental Europe. German soldiers naturally wanted can give, push loaded magazines into and out of their pis a pistol of some sort since they were living among trang tols, but don't ever jack a round into the chamber. Sure, ers and were not normally allowed to keep riOes and sub they look to see that the chamber is empty after removing machineguns with them 24 hours a cl ay. Instead of increas their magazine, but they kn ow it will be because they never ing the production of P-38's, Germany issued hundreds of really load their weapons. If they did, the .45's would prob thousands of pocket pistols of various types. These came ably cause more friendly than enemy casualties. not only from German factories, but also from arms mak The procedure of drawing the weapon from a holster, ing firms in occupied countries. They 1vere chambered fo r pulling the slide back and letting it run forward .with a the low powered 7.65 mm and 9 mm Browning cartridges cartridge from the magazine, and then firin g is compli known in America as the .32 and .38 ACP's. Some of them cated and slow. It appears to be, however, the only safe even fired 6.35 mm (.25 ACP ) ammo. way that can be used with our present service pistol. If you The German idea was not to use these little weapons for are cau o-ht seated in a truck with your .45 in a standard fi ghting; they realized that even the most powerful pi stol belt holster, it will take you at least eight seconds to fire a is poor for that. These handgun s were, however, of con shot, even if you remember it all correctly. siderable psychological value and probably were reason Many soldiers and Marines in Vietnam use belt holsters ably effective in the rare instances where they were used. from which they can draw more quickly than the stand The Germans appear to have been issued onl)' a single box ard leather Aap type. But a quick draw is nearly meaning of 25 cartridges with each pistol; these were ex pected to less, if the weapon has to be loaded after it's out. Those last the war. The weapons co uld be fired suffi ciently accu special belts and holsters are intended for revolvers. The rately at short range for personal protection without prac carrying of single rounds in individ~ a l belt loops is ridic tice. ulous for a semi-automatic pistol which uses magazines. A The great advantages of pocket pistols for military u e man would have to load his magazine from his belt and lay in cheapness and ease of carriage. A Walther PP Cal. then reload his pistol with the magazine. 380 ACP weighed, in its secure small flap holster, only 29% 18 GUNS AUGUST 1969 THE .45 IN COMBAT Above left: With other equipment the soldier doesn't need an extra five pounds of gun. Above: Though in secured areas, the .45 must be empty, even clip must be removed. Left: A .45 in a revolver holster with cartridge loops that let the rimless cartridges fall th r o. u g h. GUNS AUGUST 1969 19 TABLE " B" : Details of Firing Average Time in Seconds, Average Score Weapon Holster Two Shots for Two Shots STAGE I 1911Al Belt (GI) 6.91 9.1 (Flap Buttoned) 1911Al Shau Ider (GI) 6.62 9.0 (Snap fastened) Average fo r StC1ge 6.72 9.05 STAGE II S&W M39 Shoulder (GI) 4.24 7.9 (Snap fastened) S&W M39 "High Up" Belt 3.27 8.1 Walther P-38 Shou lder (GI) 4.43 7.8 (Snap fastened) Walther P-38 " High Up" Belt 3.68 7. 6
Average for Stage 3.90 7.85 STAGE Ill S&W .357 Magnum Jordan 3.39 8.2 3.5- lnch Barrel S&W .35 7 Magnum " High Up" Be lt 3.82 8.4 3-5-lnch Barrel Co lt .357 Magnum Jordan 3.54 7.6 4-lnch Barrel Colt .357 Magnum "High Up" Belt 3.93 8.6 4-lnch Barrel Average for Stage 3.67 8.2 STAGE IV S&W .38 Special "High Up" Belt 3.17 7.3 Centennial - 2-lnch bbl. S&W .38 Specia l " High Up" Belt 3.08 6.8 Bodyguard - 2-lnch bbl. Colt .38 Specia I " High Up" Belt 3.16 7.2 Cobra - 2-lnch bbl. Saver Double Action " High Up" Belt 4.24 8.7 Sem i-Automatic Average for Stage 3.41 7.5 ou nce and co uld be carried close to the body so as to be bit mo re velocity th an th e .S. loaded .380 ACP. no in conveni ence at all. In bu lk and 11 eight, it was prefer After th e PM and its new cartridge was accepted by able lo either the P-38 or the Luger. Communist armed forces, another pistol came into be ing; The Ge rm ans were disarmed for 12 years after WW II. it's rea ll y a small submachinegun . The Stetchkin, or APS, But some of tho e who had fought either with or against weighs 4,14 pounds complete with holster stock and 20 them gave their pistol ideas serious consideration. The rounds of ammo in a staggered box magazine. Both the Ru sians fina ll y got rid of a ll their old full power 7.62 mm PM and the APS are among the li ghtest weapons of their Tokarevs and substituted the 21 ounce Makarov or PM classes and apparently suffi cientl y powerful for a ll normal which fires a new 9 mm cartridge similar to, but with a uses to which they have been put. They a re ?rn ergency 20 GUNS AUGUST 1969 Clockwise: Walther P-38, Sauer Double Action; Govt . .45, S&W Centennial; S&W Model 39, S&W Bodyguard; Colt Trooper (top), Colt Cobra, all used in tests.
arms only and not intended fo r primary use in co mbat. in WW II an assortment of .455 and .38 revolvers as well OLher co untries also have reduced the size and power of as semi-automatic pistols chambering .455 and .4.5 car their service pistols and made them more compact. The tridges. All have now standardized on the 1935 Browning Italians have standardized on the Cal .380 Beretta which which fires 9 mm Parabellum ammo. The West Germans weighs 21 ounces loaded. The Turks are manufacturing have gone back to their P-38 chambered fo r this same and iss uing a copy of th e Walther double-action PP also round. These 9 mm pistols are not so light nor so easil y firing the .380. The Egyptians are making under license carried as the military "pocket pistols," but they still show the pistol now standard in the Italian Army. a net weight saving over our 1911Al of more than two The British and the major Commonwealth armies used pounds. Neither is so awkward (Continued on page 54) GUNS AUGUST 1969 21 By STEPHEN FERBER tail and jackrabbits near Calexico, California, and Mexi cali , Mexico. The ammunition used was Remington 2%.· inch Express and Federal factory loads- both hi gh and low HAD THE happy luck to test a shotgun on a variety brass. I haven't shot handloads with this gun at all. Over I game and under va rious shooting co ndition . in ce I 4.00 rounds of ammo was put through this particular Beret used thi IT Un alm ost dai l fo r a period of two weeks, I can ta, and I didn 't ex perience an malfunction' . Both brands <> ive an a urate report on its performance. of ammo consistently worked smoo thl y . The gun was the Beretta AL-2, a new, li o- ht, fa st-handling . The AL-2 is tru l) a handsome gun , very treamli ned auto which is imported by the Garcia Corporation, Tea loo kin g, li ght (about even pounds) and th e blu e job is neck, New Jersey. The occa ion was a tw o-week jaunt outstanding. The breechblock is hi gh, it is chrome-plated th rough so uthern California and Mexico . and the ve ntilated rib i- raised and made of alloyed steel. The particular gun I drew for tes ting from th e New The stoc ks are Europea n walnut, th ey are ni cel checkered Jerse plan t was a 12-gauge model, which boasts a ven (forearm and p istol rr rip ) and the absence of engraving tilated rib as standard equipment. The L-2 sells fo r 200, does n't hurt th e overa ll appearance at all. 1any rr un s are and a th e manufacturer stales in the literature, " it is not often made th ese da ys with croll work or fi aures stamped inexpensive ." I might add, at thi point, that Beretta makes into th e metal, and in most instances, this attempt fo r a sister version of this auto designated the SL-2, a p ump aesthetic fails. The AL-2 does the job it was designed to action gun th at look , feel and performs like her automatic do and it doe this well. counterpart. The pump retails fo r 185. I'm a left-handed shooter, so outhpaw who are con The gun I tes ted had a 28-inch barrel, choked modified, sid erin g buying this gun will be deli ghted to know th at th e combinati on bein g ideal for the type hunting I experi while I shoot from th e left should er, and th e action tosses enced out west. I took Califo rnia quail, teal duck, cotton- the hulls out of the right side of the receive r,_ gases and 22 GUNS AUGUST 1969 ...... / - { f / I 5 (
debris didn't b other me. The ca es are ejected at a sharp, oblique angle, wen toward the front of th e gun. on a line perhaps 30 degrees from Lhe bore. I didn't get any powder burns at all, so this particular gun shouldn' t be a h azard SPECIF CATIONS to lefties. The only co nfiguration which mi ght be a bit a 11·k11 a rd for port-side shooters is the safet , which in this Ac\ion: Gas operated case is forward of Lh e trigger guard. But th at sort of thing :Barre : 30", Ful ; 28" Mod.; 26" 1.C. Chamber: 12 gauge; 2%" only. i something we've had to put up with before- Capacity: Three in magazine; one :r.. c' anilie The AL-2 is a gas-operated automatic, and the gas ports Safety: Crossbolt. (there are tw o) are located just forward of the magazine Stock: Walnut; fui pistol grip, checkere '. lube. After one round is fired there is a very sli gh t delay Dimensions; 141/i" x l V2" x 2 " the charge of sh ot is sLill in the barrel, so that ade· 1 while r eight: 7 to 7 /4. lbs. quate operating/ performance pressures are maintained to Vent Rib: Standard equipment. operate the action. There is a positive disconnector blocking Price: $200. Interchangeable barrels, ssS. Lh e firin g pin until the bolt completely locks up into the Importer: Garcia Sporting Arms Corp. 329 Alfred Ave., Teaneck, .J. barrelThe ex sttensock ion dimen. sions are more or less standard, hut ideal fo r an auto of this type. The length of pull is 141/s inches, Lh e cl rop at the comb is 11/z inches and at the heel it's 2 V::; inches . The trigger pull is a shade under four 23 pounds, wiLh no creep or override; it breaks clean. A plu g is built into th e (Continued on page 63 )
GUNS • AUGUST 1969 Left: Flay d erma n with30- his 18th Century'. " barre I "fire carnage.
24 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 NORMA 1 FLAYDERMA N, an intriguing cross between Secret Agent James Bond and Historian Henry Steele Commager. grabbed for his phone. "I'm looking for a Remington Keene 4·5-70 bolt action," said a voice from Oregon. Flayderman's lively mind clicked like a computer. "Yes, yes, I've go t one," he bellowed into the receiver, apparently convinced that his voice must carry all the wa y lo Oregon on its own. "That' a ver y, ver y scarce item. IL 's in mint condition, except for th e bore, ' hich is smooth. There's a tin y crack near th e wrist. hardly perceptible. Yes; well , the metal 's been cleaned and reblued . .." The salesman in F layderman, an oth er vital part of hi s makeup , was at work. Soon th e old military riOe would be crated and on its way to Oregon. That old Remington was probably picked up by the yo un g dealer on one of his numerous trips around the country- or indeed, throughout the \\Te tern Hemisphere. He spend s :fully a third of th e year away from hi s New Milford, Connecticut, busin ess, on th e pro11 l for weapons, military items and nautical material of antique vintage. Along the wa y, he picks up hundreds of oth er items whi ch defy categoriz ati on- sometim e un avoidably, as part: of a total collection which he ·wan ls; and so metimes beca use his instincts as a collector lell him he's fo un d a rare pi ece. No w 4.0, Norm Flayderman has been a professional an tique dealer for 18 years; first in his native Maine, for the past dozen years in Connecti cut. He feels now that his firm " handles more variety than an yo ne else in this busin ess has ever handled, at any tirne"-and he is not given to uch evaluations li ghtly. \};Then th e phone ring in I . Flayderman' , Inc., it could be a neighbor calling to chat wilh wife Sue-or the start of another adventiire for th e avid coll ec tor. 1ot long ago, a call from one of Flayderman's "spies" in Colorado 1 as indeed th e !:art of another ad venture- th e acquisition of "one of the most exciting pieces of Ameri ana I've ever seen. " As a result of the call, Flayderman soon owned a bronze bell , weighing about a ton, made and cast by Paul Revere in 1811, and o marked. After a bit o [ sleuthing, Flayder man found that the bell had come from a church along the south shore of Massachusetts. A hurricane in that town kn ocked the church steeple over, but fortunately the bell wasn 't damaged. "Strange as it seems, th e people th ere just couldn't raise enough money, even with a national fund-raisin g effort, to rebuild that steeple," he aid. "For some years the bell lay in storage, then finally it wa sold to an oilman in Colo rado. I got it at the time of his death, after his estate was probated." Flayderman says he "de perately tried to place the bell Items From The back in New England, where I felt it belonged. The apathy Flaydermon Collection l ran into wa amazing. I offered it to a famous insurance l. Presentotion s w o rd; company, which jumped when it heard about it. After all, one of l 0 presented by Paul Revere made perhaps a dozen or 20 bells in his li fe Lloyd's of London. li me, and this was probably th e only one in existence that 2. Seri mshaw carving; had ever come on the market." The insurance people, he whale tooth, c. 1847. aid, had a special spot in mind for th e bell , in the lobby 3. Fac'sle pi e c e from of their cen tral headquarters. But upon measuring the Clipper Roger Williams. space, they found that the bell was " about two inches over 4. Gangway board from sized. So one insurance man said to me 'We're sorry, but Civil War naval ship. we just can't use it. Can you get (Continued on page 60)
GUNS AUGUST 1969 25 TBE MANNLICBER
26 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 By CHARLES ASKINS
JT MAY H VE escaped yo ur notice, but th ere is a quiet tend ed over more than a half-century of use. It has been change going on am ong Lh e cenLerfire rifles offered by tried extensively in Europe, Africa and Asia. ancl bv a our gunmakcrs. This is the introducti on of th e :.\Iannlicher iew notable sportsmen in Lhi s co unLr y. Those wh o hm·e L) pe stock. This type of shoot: in o- iron has the stock ex u eel it have little but praise for its good qualities. Lcnd ed Lo th e muzzle, and it also .feaLu re h orter barrels. Despite its wide acceptance, Lh e rirle h as never ca ughL The [annliche:r is not new. It ha been around for a great on over here. One of th e principal reasons bas been tl1 aL many years. The Stoeger rm Corpor ation has consistent writers like the late Town encl Whelen consistenLly p ut Lh e ly imported 'lannlicher-Scl1oenauer rines for a great many whammy on the out-to-Lhe-muzzle wood. They co nLend cd yea rs. it would 1 arp under adverse conditions of weath er and What is th e sign ifi cance of th e trend to full-lenglh stocks wh en th is happened any high spots in th e stock would hea r and shortened gun tubes? That Lake a bit of analysis. To against Lh e barrel and cause it to b oot poorly. Thi word begin with Lh e gun stock that run clear out to the muzzle was pa sed around so generally Lhat ome rn crica n sport - olier a more handsome fi rearm. The abrupt termination men had doubts in Lh eir mind. Along wiLh this. the Sten of th e fo r tock midwa of the barrel breaks the smooth product before World War II often Lurn ccl out their vari fl owin g lin es of Lh e s to ck and doe harm to the overall ous models for ConLinenLal caliber which were virLuallv good look · of the gun. The Mannlicher stock has a racy, unkn own over here. This, togeLh er wiLh th e unusual bolt sl ck appearance Lh at gladdens Lh c shooter's eye and in h andle all served to put a clamper on very wide acceptance stantl. appeals Lo his aes Lh eti c taste_ of th e Mannlicher on this ide of the A tlantic. Along with Lhi s, th e manufacLurers are co ntinually seek I ha ve owned a whole ucccssion of Mannlicher-sLockcd ing omcLhin g new, a change fron1 Lh e co nventional and ri fl e . One was an original Mannli cher -Sch oenaucr in the accepted to a design that is no el and clifierent. The Man fin e old orig inal 6.5 mm ca li ber. Along with it I h ave had nli · h e r-t~ · p e stock with its n eat a nd orderly outline has qui Le a number of rirles custom stocked as woo cl -to-Lh e-mu z oIT red that. zl e jobs. These have included a '98 'lauser, Lh e Norwegian 'iVinche ter, this year, for th e first time in its history has Kra o- 6.5 mm, a Win ·hcs ter Model 88 lever gun. and a come al ong with a 1odel 70 tocked to the muzzle. This Sako Fores ter carbine in .24.3 caliber. These rifl e hm c is preLty revoluLionary and is incli caLive of th e trend among a ll produced good hunting accuracy and certain!)· the th e maj or manufacturers. The fodel 70 is oIIered in .243, handiness and versatilit of the 1 r a 1~ o u s short-l engLh mod .270, .308 and .30-06. The barrel has a length of 19 inches els, torreth er with their ~bvi o u good looks, have p~ r s u adecl and Lh e rifl weighs 7 pounds. The s Lo ck is a !Jonte Carlo me most favorably. 11 ith a checkpi ece and is built fo r scope u e. There are no As far as the rifles changing ce nter of impact because of iron sight . This is a neat and handy rifle and is bound to the barrel bedding in Lh e full lengLh stock. I hm·e nc1·er appeal to a lot of gunners who will be instantly attracLed bee n bothered. I sh ot th e original Mannli cher in a lot of Lo th e beautiful lines and th e Jes -than-forty-inches overall bad weather, exposing it for clays on encl, and it never length. evidenced any erratic tendencies. I hu nted 1rith Lhis rifle The fannlicher-Schoenauer rifles have been made by in the Spanish P yrenees-shots were always long, and the the SLeyr Works of Austria since th e turn of the century. 1 ea tl1 er invariably on the wet side. These rifle· feature an original a ti on, Lurnin g-bolt type, Up until Lhe present U.S. arms makers have ignored the with a bolt h andle which is located midway of th e bolt Mannlicher type of stock. The widespread canard that tJ1 e body. This bolt has a pec uliar handle on it ' hich is oftimes rifle could not be made to shoot with gilt-edge accurac described as "spooned" or " butter knife" in shape. dissuaded th em. It is refres hing to n ote that this bias is The full length stock of the rifle has been co upled with now being rapidly broken down. The fact that Winchester carbine barrels. These tubes are usuall y 181/2 to 20 inches has cboosen to provide the :Model 70 in the full-stock job in lenrr th. At times in the past the barrels have been as is a happy omen for the future. You may he sure th at Win hort as 16 inches. The most popular caliber over the years chester's engineers very th oroughly tested the l\1170 with ha been the 6.5 mm. The SLeyr Co. has always made their Mannlicher stock and determined that it did possess quite ri fi e with a double set trigger. This i popular in Europe acceptable accuracy and Lhat warpage did not occur in the but it has never appealed to American sportsmen. Here, stock. Winchester has not been the first firm to elect to the more lately, it has been the practi ce to offer the American handsome new type of furniture. market the rifle with single one-stage trigger. Harrington & Richardson also has a Mannlicher. It is The Mannlicher-Schoenauer has been a very popular th e Model 301 in calibers of .243, .270, .308 and .30-06. sportinrr rifle around the world. This popularity has ex- The rifle has a handy 18" barrel, (Continued on page 64) GUNS AUGUST 1969 27 ~e C[ALES WUNTE_l{S TELL
By LES BOWMAN flo~~~
PPOSE it is n atural for all of us to be more inter old Mexico to brown bear and th e big polar bear in Lh e far I es ted in st ries of danger and hardships than in a quite north , I will have to report trulhfolly th at I have ne1'er LruLhful acco unt of what actually happened. This seems come acr oss any of th e e ·'terribly tough a nd hard to kill" Lo be particularly true of hunting stori es, as sports ma(Ya. animals, and I have never had an of Lh ose hair·raising zines tend to print an awful lot of stories of narrow escapes experiences I freri ucntly read about, even though I have from wild and da ngerous animals that have taken an un· taken part in thousands of kills, made b y myself and m y usual amounl of shots :from big rifles before they die. hunters. I guess th ese acco unts were nece ary to keep up interes t Reviewin g th e large number of game animals I have in oulcloor sports as there certainly i n't an ything very re· seen kil led, during m y 0 1n1 hunting experiences, and th ose markable in a report o:f a hunt if it is told in the ame killed b fri end s and hunters, in Lh e years I was outfitting co ncise and fa ctual mann er th at an earl day airmail pilot and o-uidin g, I can not remember very many that took so reported on th e failure of his m olor, and the con equences. much " killing," but I ca n recall quite a few that were badly H is report read, "Motor failed, no place to land but cow mutilated and shot up before the actually died. In fact I pasture, landed on cow, killed co w, wrecked plane." If a have found and ki ll ed many of the-e badly wounded ani hunler, ju t back from an enj oyable and successful hunt, mals, so metimes da) - after they had first been shot. n1erely reported on his hunt th at he, "Saw big bear, killed 'Vith out a doubt, th ere are many reasons why we don't ame," th ere certainly wouldn't be much of a story to thal. all make clean, one shot, instant kills, but I do kn ow of Perso nall y, I have no objection to anyone embellishing two major reasons and these two can be minimized, if not th eir slor o:f a hunt with all kinds of extra ad ve ntures eli;minated. The first of these is badl placed shots and the but what I do find pretty hard to beli eve i their contention second i the use of poorly constructed bullets or bullet Lhat certain kinds of game animal take such a large entirely unsuited for th e game bein g hunted. I certainly amount of " killing." After more than 50 years of hunting haven't always killed m y game instantly and with one shot all kinds of "ame animals, from bi g cats and javalina in and frequently I haven't placed m y hot exact!)' in the 23 GUNS AUGUST 1969 right place, but I have always been careful to use loads were not too good for maki ng good qui ck kills. unless the th at were adequate in power and properly structured bul shooter was quite close to hi s target. Alth out! h th e) did lets fo r the type of gam e I was hunting. I have never penetrate a bit better, they still had low shoc kin t! po\\ er. .ft fo und it necessary to keep pouring bullets into a game wa sn't until th e late ] 800's. wh en the .30- 30 Win c h e~ t e r animal to keep it from " attacking" me. came out and after this the .30-40 Krag, th at shoc kin g Many 0£ the hunters who used our facilities as outfitters power of a bullet, created by th e higher velocities. made were rather inexperienced as far as hunting game was con the smaller calibers m ore effi cient killers than th e old bi g cerned. They didn' t always have the best in equipment, bores with their heavy bullets. and could reall y make some bad shots. Even th e experi These newer cartridges, with their jacketed bull ets and enced and expert target shoo ters would lose their co ol better powders, dr ove in much deeper, expanding lo e\en wh en faced with l illing a real live animal and forget all larger diameter size than the old lead ball. and causing the th ey kn ew about aiming and hitting a tar get. This is wh en same size wound channel but in creasing the ti ssue damage th e presence of a aood guide is appreciated. He does not and imparting far more shock through the h ydrauli c- action shoo t game for the hunter but can often prevent a badly on the body fluid s. This increase of the killin g po\\·er of wo unded animal from escaping. hi gh velocity is even more noticable today, in th e .30 cali The big redwood tree country of northern California ber mag·nurns, u in g th e same bullets that are used in the was my first hunting grounds. Althou gh, b y th e time I was slower standard .30 calibers. bi g enough to hunt some of th e game animals had com When I fir t started hunting big game I used th e 117 pletel disappeared, there were still lots of black tail deer, grain jacketed bullet in the .25-35 W inchester and I recall co u o- ar, and bear left. One of the game anim als that the very fe w head of deer or bear th at I shot and lost. l was earl y explorers found in numbers, th at was gone before very careful to do two important things; get cl ose enough my time, was the large coastal grizzly bear. The old cap to assure me of hitting th e animal and to try m os t careful !) lock muzzleloaders were not much protection against the to .Place my bullet in th e right spot. I learned early in my bi g brutes and early tales of encounters with th em are hunting career that one bullet placed correctly killed qu ick indeed hair-raising. The low velocity and shocking power ly and effi ciently, and was much more economi cal , too . of those old guns made it neces ary for th e hunter to walk An yone engaged in the bi g game outfitting business is up to within a fe w yards of the animal, tl·y to place th e ball certainly interes ted in seeing that all of his customers get correc tly enough to reach a vital spot and make an in their game, if it is at all possible. A lot of our hu nters stantaneo us kill ; or to fire at the game, hoping for a fatal used to ask us wh at was the best ca li ber size fo r an elk hit, and then run for a tl· ee and try to be safe and out of hunt, and if we had honestly thought one of th e big bores reach of the animal while he reloaded. There are numerous was bes t th at's what we would have recommend ed . \Ve accounts recorded, b y participants and eye witnesses, of preferred, ho11 ever, to have th em bring rifl es of th e .270 th e dangers faced by hunters who went after these big bear to .30 caliber class-and we didn't specify magnums, either. with th eir old muzz;leloaders. These might be a bit better at the really long ranges but Tho e old round or conical lead bullets had low velocity, th e long range shots were only about 5 per cent of all no expan ion and no shocking power, and the shooter hunting shots. relied only on th e size of the bullet making a big hole and I constantly read articles b y the big bore users Sa) ing cau in g heavy enough bleeding to be fatal, or to hit a vital that a caliber larger than the .30 must be used fo r elk or the , po t, such as the spine or brain, and kiH quickly. Unless animal will just walk away-carryin g pockets fu ll of am th e shooter was ver y close, penetration was extreme] y poor. munition, I Sllppose. We never insisted th at an y of out· The brass cartridge loads of th e mid-1800' - and even the hunters shoot an y particular caliber. 1£ th ey ca me 11 ith later loads, uch as th e .4.S -70, the .4·5-90 or similar loads- on e of th e .338's, the .358 (Continued on page 5:!.) ~ : __ :--:-::-.- ____ _ 1r -· c'/ ii1, _/:: -·-·- i: ..- - ~-~ ;><_ .~· ./ . - - - ! I· XEL W. PETERSO T was a fi ve-and-a-half foot. 135 Some of Peterso n's customers wanted octagon barrel A po und runt of a man wh o became a gian t among gun b ut Peterson had trouble find ing gun smiths to do this smiths. \\Then you mention hoyen, Zitchang. and P ope, work for him. Finally he de igned a large, heavy d uty mi ll ) ou au tomatically add P eterso n to round out the top fo ur ing attachment for his South Bend lathe and I uilt it him of the old time gun smiths. P eterso n wa a machinist, in self. The attachment would mill the fl ats on a barrel of vcntiH, a telescope maker, in addition to being a fin e bar any length. rel maker and top notch rincman. He began his career Later Peterson began making telescopes for his target with nothing. rines. He was one of th e fir t to make scopes with internal P eterson 's backgrom1d ga1rc no indica tion of his future adju tments and th e first to make st:opes adjusting by the as a gun rnith. He was bo rn in Stockh olm in 1859, worked u e of a knurled ring wh i h enci r"Cled the scope tube. The two ) ears as a helper to a wa tch repairman, migrated to modern Leupold scopes foll ow this id ea. Chicago in 1877 a nd 1 orkcd anoth er two years as a type P eterson bought his lenses from th e Weiss Optical Co. setter on a S11ec lish-A rn erican new paper. in Denver. If a lens wouldn't fit a Lube, he would frle il His next move decided hi s future. For two years he had while holding th e lens and fi le und er water. P eterso n d id n't drea med o:f going out Wes t to hunt. He made it as fa r as have to make many scopes be ausc the sale price was ·100, Denver and "O t a job in a small key and gun shop. a lot of money in th ose days. During his second year in Denver, J. P. Lower and his The first model of Peter on's p wd er measure was made sons invited Axel to go on a hunting trip with them. \Vhile of wood a nd designed Lo throw two d i1Ierenl types oI on thi s trip th ey o1Iered Axel a job. He went to work for powder charges- a small amount for priming and a larger thi famo us firm, aved his monc and two years la ter am ount for the main cha rge. Among oth er accessories opened his own gun shop which he operated until his manufactured by Peterson were a bullet lubricating pump, death. a grease wad pump, a decapper and recapper, and an as Peterson made mo t of his own tools and equipment sortment of Schuelzcn butt plates, palm rests, and fin ger and had his own small found ry where he car ved the wood res ts. pallerns and cast his own ca tin gs. Ue built his own d rill P eterson was the inven tor of bottom ejection for pump ing machine and his first rining machine set up on a heavy action guns. He made a sli de action .22 caliber rifle that p lank. P erhaps it isn't so amazing th at a man who became ejected out of the bottom . Before Remington brought their :famo us for precision barrel al o made the tools to make bottom ejecting shotgun onto the market, they wrote to th e barrels. obtain Peterson's permission. He was glad to offer the use Axel built his own g rin der and chill press. His master of his idea and refu sed to accept a cent for it. piece was a small milling machine and shaper. Experts Two ver y unusual gun s which P eterson designed and have es timated that this machine would have cost $2,000 built were side-swing over and under doubles, one a riA e had it been made in a factor y. shotgun combination and the other p ure shotgun. · Hinged 30 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 Above: Peterson with one of his scoped Ballard rifles. Below: with friends in front of his gun shop in 1886. --L ---- Iii GUNS AUGUST 1969 31 on the side instead of the bottom, these firearms did not always specifi ed that Schoyen himself do the job. Schoyen have to open as far as a top break double to clear the sec· wo uld promise to take care of it personally but wh en it ond chamber. was time to do the job, Peter on, often as not, was the In 1904, George C. Schoyen and Axel W. Peterson gun smith. Rowland was alwa ys well pleased and never merged their shops and became partners. The Peterson knew that it wa n't alwa ys 100 per cent Schoyen work. barrels had not yet become famous, but Schoyen 's barrels Peterson didn't have any headspace gauges. Instea d he were accepted as bein g among Lh e fin est made, including used new cartridge case and gauged headspace by feelin g those made by Harry P ope. These two fin e gunsmiths did with his fin gers. all t pes of repair work and special ized in Schoyen barrels Most of hi s stocks and forearms were lightweight. He and Peterson telescope . felt that the weight of the stock was of no importance to All of the barrels produced during the partnership were the shoo ting and said that if more weight was wanted it stamped with Schoyen's name. Schoyen had the reputation should be put into the barrel. His prescription for a good but it made no difference in the barrels whether rifled by hooting rifle was simple, "Take a goot barrel, breech 'im Scho yen or P eterson as the meth ods and machinery were up tight and they shoo t goot." id entical. Axel Peterson was a top competitive rifleman. From C. W. Rowland , the greatest of the bench rest shooters, 1880 on, he was one of the Lop scorers of the Denver Rifl e had a number of barrels and other " Un work done at the Club. The December 5, 1905, issue of the Rocky Mountain Schoyen-Peterson shop. Rowland was very particular and News carried a detailed account of the annual tournament 32 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 Far left: cover of an early Peterson catalog. Above: two Peterson rifles, both in .32-40 with Sharps Borchardt actions. Both guns have palm rests, scopes and set triggers made entirely by A. W. Peterson. of th e Co lorado Rifle As ociati on. The sco res fired 111 this th e world 's record in effect at th at tim e. tournament 11 ere th e highes t in th e countrv. A. \ - . P eterson did mu ch of hi s practi ce s h oo tin ~ at a These matches drew the best co mpetiti on. yet A. W. range nea r th e old brewer y, on Cherry Creek Flats in Den P eterso n 1 n every match that he entered. T he seco nd ver. A great deal of this shooting was done with the trap day o f th e tournament was the bi g cl ay and all matche door pringfi eld rifle. Some days he wou ld fire 150 ro u11cl s were fired at 200 yar d , shootin g off -h and. T he second of the 500 grain ammo. His fa vo rite target calibe r wa cl ay beo-a n with the fifth shoot and th e results were as th e .32-4,0 even th ough he had fired his highest score with foll o 11 s : th e .38-55. Fi fth shoot, possible 50, Standa rd American target Axel wa s not recognized as a fin e barrel maker u ntil Fir t. A. W. P eterson-score of 220 around 1910. He was in partnership with Sch o1 en at the Sixth shoot, 10 shots, po sible ro German Ring target time and shooters began to noti ce the high quality an cl ac Fir t. A. W. P eterson- core of 220 curacy of the Peterson-made barrels. His reputa ti on con Se1 cnth hoot, trophy match, 50 hots at the Standard tinued to grow until he wa supplying barrels to top-n otch target. First. A. W. P eterson- core of 432 riflemen in ever y state of the union. The list of farn us Eighth shoo t, 5 shots, possible 50 shooters wh o bought hi s barrels inclucle cl , C. W. Ro1\land , First. A. W. P eterson-score of 43 Dr. Hudson, Teel Roberts, T. K. Lee, Captain Hardy, Bill Another time, Axel fired a score of 24.1 out of a possible Bruce, Walter Stokes, and man y oth ers. 2 ~0 on th e German Ring target. This was one point under The reaso n that Peterson (Continued on pi1ge 62) GUNS AUGUST 1969 33 ''DISTINGUISHED'' MARKSMANSHIP'S HIGH PLATEAU Distinguished International Shooter By HARRY REEV ES won by only 117 people in the U.S. wHE r I FIR T became intere ted in competitive mark - hers of competitors wh o have won Distingui shed Medals. manship, I often heard a term which at Lh at time I think th ere may be other marksmanshi p fa n wh o would meant nothi n<> to me, and 1rhich I believe i familiar only be interes ted in some of th e Iacl and fi cr ures. to that segment of competitive rifle and pi tol hooters who There ar th ree categories of Distin guished marksmen. ar active in top flight competitions. The t rm wa " Di tin Fir tis for Rifle; meaning th e . Militar Serv.ice Rifle gui shed," poken often with what approached awe by those of th e moment. Second is for Pistol; again meanin g th e who had not reached th at qualification. U. S. Military Service Pistol of the moment. The third i Thi term intere ted me. Why would a normal-appear fo r Internati onal competition; this one covers competiti on in" male citi zen spend years tr ing to win a Disting ui bed wilh rifl e, pi tol or shot" un , but can be won only throu gh medal. The mor I lea rn ed about it, th e more intere ting competiti on a a member of a nited States Team in th e it became. Finall y, I too fell under the spell, and it seem Olympic Game or the International hoo tin g nion \-XTorld in retrospect that about all I thou ght about during Lh e Championshi p matches. years 1936 and 1937 ' a winning m y first Di tingui shed The " Distinguished Rifleman" award ' as the first of medal. Quite natural! , all this acti\Ce interest led me to these and was establi heel in 1884 by the Department of ome of the answers to my questions, and I learned a bit Lh e Army, but with provisions which made it possible fo r about the " what i it," and th e " how do I win one of a civilian to win one as well a member of th e Military. them. " Some thirty or more years later I became inter Over the years the o tJ1 er branches o:f what we now kn ow as e ted in the " wh en did it tart," and the fa cts about num- the Defense Department, namely th e Navy, Mari1ie Corps, 34 GUNS AUGUST 1969 SFC " Bill" Blankenship discusses a Free Pistol of the type used in International Matches with the author. Coa t Gua rd and Air Force, made th e Disting ui shed Rifle year, only one of th e three "legs" required. A bout. 19-J.8 , ma n a11 ard available Lo mem hers of th eir branch of th e and again in about. 1960, the system was changed sli ght.I v. Ser vice under the same conditions as 11 ere follo 11 eel in th e Currently, one must win thirty points, with from six to Len Army. points being a warded instead of a '·l eg." H owe1 er. it I hen The '·Di ting ui shecl Pistol Shot" was th e next on the became p ossible to win from six to ten p oints at th e :.\a scene in 1891, just twenty years after th e foundin g of th e Li onal Championships, another six lo ten points at lh e ~a Iational Rifle Associa tion in 1371. tional Rifl e Association's Reg ional Championships. and for The newest member of th e Distingui shed family, " Dis Military competitors th ere 1rere certain ··Maj or Comma nd"' tingui shed International Shooter,"' came into th e picture in competitions at 11 hich points were a11 ardecl. During th e 1962. past few years it has been possible to compete fo r points 01·erl y simplified, for man y years th e requirem ents for toward the Distin gui shed medals in as man y as fo ur com winning the Distingui shed Rifleman or Pistol medal con petitions in a calendar year. si I.eel of winning " legs" (o r points) as a result of placing The rules of competiti on for th e Disting ui shed a wards in th e hi gh 10 per cent of t.h e entry in th e National Cham are carefull y laid clo1111 b y lh e U . S. Arm y and the Nation pionship for Service Rifle or Service Pistol. Three such al Board for th e promo lion of Rifle Practice of th e De " legs" were required. This m eant th at a competitor had fense Department. Speaking in generalities, th e rifles and n ot onl y Lo be a good enough marksman to p la ce in the pistols (and ammunition) used .in th ese competitions are hi gh 10 per cent, but having done so he co uld win in one the regular Service Arms of th e Defense Department. S light GUNS AUGUST 1969 35 "DISTINGUISHED" "tune-ups" of firearms are permitted which increase the accuracy and smooth fun ctioning while retaining the basic service rifle or pistol as used in th e fi eld. The conte-ts to win th ese valued medals have been goin g on since 1884 for rine and 1891 for pistol. The basic re quirements and principles, brought up to date from time to time as th e rifles and pi tols changed, have been retain ed over the years so that th e value of the hard-won Distin gui shed medal has never been all o11ed to deteriorate. In th e 85 years since 188L1, onl y 3,712 have won th e Distinguished Rifleman medal. I es timate that during thi s period of time at least =Y.:j of a m il lion . S. Citizens and members of th e Armed Ser vices have made eff ort to win it. I fu r ther believe that thi s makes " Di tingui shecl Rifle man" the senior sports award of the nited States by many years in point of years of continuous competition. Pistol marksmen have been trying to win Distingui shed Pistol medals for 78 years (s in ce 1391) with perh aps as many as half a mil lion persons vieing for th e award. Yet onl y 2,060 citizens and mi litary personnel have ' on it dur ing this period of yea r . In 1962 th e Iatio 11 al Board for th e Promoti on of Rifle Practi ce instituted the " International D i tingui heel Shoot er" award as a nrna n for recogniti on of outstanding nit ecl States marksmen in Internati onal type competiti ons. It can be won only b th ose wh o have competed a a mem ber of a nited State Shooting Team and have, as such, won a Gold , Silver, o r Bronze medal in International Com petiti on. The International Shootin g Uni on, governing bod for International marksmanship co mpetiti on, holds a ·w orld Champion hip ever four years and supervises th e marks manship phase of the Olympic Games which are also held once every four yea rs. Since the International Di s tin g ui s l~ed Shooter award was instituted, only 117 U. S. Citizens have won this medal. Most of the 117 are still living and ti ll in competiti on. H owever a few of th ese a wards were made retroacti ve in an effort to make a somewhat tard recognizati on of a few very outstanding shooters on past . S. Olympic and World Championship teams. Just how many of th ese outstand ing sportsmen have there been, how many oi th em were " tops" with both rifle and pistol, and fina ll y how many of them might have been superior enough to qualify for the title "Triple Distin guished"? These statisti cs are not readil y available and are not conveni ently located in one spot, however with the help of several friend s in the right places I ha ve concluded that the followin g fig ures are quite accurate to the present date : During the 78 years since both the Distinguished Rifle man and th e Distinguished Pistol medals have been up fo r competition, less than 600 have won both for the rare "dou ble distinguished" title. In ver y rough fi gures, th is means that th ese 600 stand at th e top (Continued 011 page 54) Left: A representation of the "Distinguished" medals offered to members of the United States Armed . Forces. 36 GUNS AUGUST 1969 SPENCER Scarce Infantry model of the Spencer, with 31 V2" barrel. Be low: Spencer in carbine version, showing magazine tube. Note lever for Stabler cut-off in front of trigger on this Spencer carbine. This converted the gun to single shot action. were glowing, and included the following from Col. John Spencer took his rifle apart and, I'm sure, gave a memor Thomas Wilder, commanding the 1st Mounted Brigade of able account of its many features. The next day, Lincoln the 17th Indiana Volunteers; "Since using this gun we and Spencer met again, this time on the Mall, about at the have never been driven a single rod by any kind of force present site of the Washington Monument, where the in or number of the enemy." But the accounts of the superior ventor and the President held an impromptu shooting ity of the Spencer came from only those few army units match. Again, on the following day, the President met with armed with the repeater; there were still a thousand times the inventor and they, along with John Hay, a clerk in the more single shot muskets in use than there were Spencers. War Department, shot the Spencer rifle. With this kind of assurance, and the thoughts of a huge Evidently, the President was properly impressed with military contract racing through his mind, Spencer reached the Spencer seven-shooter, for shortly after the meeting for the big plum. He wanted all of the Union forces armed Spencer said that he had more orders than he could fill. with his deadly rifle, and where else to go to get the ball As the guns of the Civil War fell silent, Spencer rifles, rolling but the President of the United States. of which some 150,000 or more had been produced, fell The first meeting between Spencer and President Lincoln on the surplus market with enough of an impact to put the took place on August 17, 1863, in the White House office, firm which made them out of business. The end of the war where Lincoln asked Spencer to show him "the inwardness saw the opening of the West for those weary of war, and of the thing." With nothing more than a screwdriver, although the repeating rifle was to become a majo_r factor 38 in the winning of the west, it was not the Spencer repeater, The earliest Spencer~, and those used in the Civil War, but the Henry and Winchester. The Spencer did, however, were, then, those which used the .56-56 cartridge. There get extensive use in the Indian wars. were rifles, with 30" barrels, and carbines with 20" barrels. In 1869, the Spencer Company failed, and the assets These are marked, on the barrel: "Spencer Repeating Hifle were purchased, at auction, by Oliver Winchester. Chris Co. Boston, Mass. Pat'd March 6, 1860." topher Spencer tried, several times, to make a success in The post-war Spencers. in .56-50 caliber, usually with the arms business, but neither the unique Roper rifle/shot 22" carbine barrels and fitted with Stabler cutoff (which gun combination nor the slide action rifles and shotguns of permitted single shot action by holding cartridges in the his own design could do the trick. magazine tube when action was worked) , have barrels that To the collector of today, the Spencer offers an oppor are marked: "Spencer Repeating Rifle Model 1865, Pat'd tunity to enjoy ownership of not only a unique weapon, Mar. 6, 1860. Manufactured at Prov. H.I. by Burnside Rifle but one that was purchased in greater numbers during the Co." These are generally recognized as being used in the Civil War than any other single arm. And, like most other Indian campaigns. They were made too late to see action collector's firearms the Spencer represents an investment in the Civil War. which is sure to irow in value. To better understand the What are Spencers worth today? Each Spencer, of course value of the Spencers, let's take a look at the basic rifle. must be examined individually to ascertain the true value. The Spencer rifle was, according to some authorities, However, an average condition Civil War carbine model made up of some Sharps parts, primarily barrels. Thus is usually being offered (through prominent antique arms the Civil War Spencer, used what Spencer called the catalogs and at most gun shows) at prices from $JOO to .56-56, although the actual caliber was .52, the bore size $175 . of the Sharps. The .56-56 was a straight case rim fire car There were some sporting models of the Spencer rifle tridge. Later Spencers were chamhered for the .56-50 car made, and these are generally valued higher than the tridge, which was later altered by Spencer hy removing military models, especially those with special features excess crimp and introducing a slight bottleneck, and was such as set triggers, target sights, etc. Also valued higher then called the .56-52. are the scarce Infantry rifles with 31%" barrels. ~ THE The story of the revival of one of the great names in firearms history, and a rifle that helped push back the rugged frontier. ifteen years ago, a knowledgeable gun nut named the hard-hitting, long-range accuracy of the Sharps," F Art Swanson became interested in single-shot Mr. Swanson continued. rifles-notably, the historic Sharps. He began col While the excellence of the original Sharps-Bor lecting these guns-many of them in 'mint' condi chardt action is attested to by history, Mr. Swanson tion-and began studying them . found that today's advanced technology and the "The more I learned about these superb guns, demands made by modern, high-intensity loads the more I thought it was a shame that they-or suggested some improvements. And , after intensive at least some modern counterparts-were no longer engineering studies and tests and with the help of available," said Mr. Swanson. "My favorite long gun some close friends, he came up with a new action has always been the single shot-the 'gentleman's using the Sharps-Borchardt falling block as the basis rifle,' if you will-and to me, the Sharps represented -but incorporating more than forty changes. the finest American single-shot action ever made." These changes now include a planetary cam sys "I've been a gun nut since before I could read," tem rotating in "Timken" needle bearings (which he continued. "And I've hunted all over the United results in an extremely smooth-acting mechanism), States, Canada, and in North Africa. In addition, I a newly designed extractor that can be used with have done some competitive shooting, and owned a all cartridge cases (rimmed, semi-rimmed, rimless sporting goods store for a time. In my home, I reload and belted), and a micrometer screw adjustment that for the 53 different calibers I use, and have chrono allows take-up of even minute changes in tolerances graphed these loads on my own equipment." caused by wear. With this background, Mr. Swanson began ana A unique selective safety mechanism is also in lyzing the famous Sharps action to see if he could corporated. With this system, the safety can be set improve it. "I found that Christian Sharps was far to go "on safe" automatically whenever the rifle ahead of his time when his company brought out is cocked, or it can be adjusted for regular manual the Sharps-Borchardt rifle (which was the last model operation (the automatic feature would be especially made in the Sharps line) 90 years ago," he said. advantageous for target shooters where the main "With its hammerless design, incorporating coil trigger sear is set for an extremely light pull). springs and a straight-line firing pin , this excellent Other improvements include a Canjar premium action became the unqualified choice of the grand combination single-stage and set trigger that is fully champions of the Creed more target matches." adjustable, a jam-proof extractor mechanism, and "Even though these guns were only manufactured the use of chrome-molybdenum alloy steel having for a relatively short time, they soon earned a perma a tensile strength of over 175,000 pounds per square nent place in American history in the hands of i'nch in the action. soldiers, Indian scouts, wagon masters, and buffalo "The more I worked on this gun, the more ex hunters. It was this latter group that really cherished cited I got," said Mr. Swanson. "Finally, I felt I had 42 By Clair F. Rees RETURN of the SHARPS achieved what I had set out to do: I had developed what I feel is the smoothest and strongest-the best-single-shot action in existence suitable for everything on up to the most powerful cartridges now available." · With this belief, he began looking around for the commercial capital and an organization to pro duce and market his brain child. He found such a combination in National House wares, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emdeko Inter national Incorporated. This rapidly expanding cor poration was looking to new areas for diversification, and it had the funds and merchandising know-how Top: P.O. Ackley and Art Swanson at Sharps exhibit. to place the up-dated Sharps on the market in a Below: Drawing indicates Timkin bearings in action. minimum amount of time. In addition, the many-faceted organization had a ready-made distribution system-the Emdeko nation wide trucking service. This situation engendered plans for the new rifle to be sold directly to dealers, eliminating the jobber-wholesaler. "With our facili ties, we believe we can-by doing away with the middleman-give better service and faster deliveries to dealers. Parts or guns ordered on Monday should be in the dealer's hands by the following Friday, In addition , direct selling to retailers means that we can offer the gun at a lower price," Mr. Swanson said. When an agreement was reached between Mr. Swanson , National Housewares, and Emdeko Inter national, the full resources of the giant parent organi zation were thrown behind the development of the new Sharps. "I was able to draw on the combined talent of some of the best engineering brains in the NERDl£ BEA11\IN6S I N MEe:CM &LOCK country," Mr. Swanson enthused. "Specialists were AHi> 1lOLLEll ON (.O(KIN6 fl'IN6•ft A'\~RtS involved all the way through-from final design $M00TH "' TIOflrif. and engineering, to setting up plans for production, marketing and distri bution." Corporate headquarters for the new Sharps Arms Company is at 5448 Riley Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah. Here, in the huge National Housewares ware house and service center, the new gun is now being assembled and packaged. Sharps barrels are also manufactured in Salt Lake under the supervision of P. 0. Ackley, the world-famous barrel maker. (Mr. Ackley is a vice president of the new company and is in charge of production and testing of the fin ished rifle.) Mr. Swanson is president of the fire arms company, and retains 20 per cent ownership. The other 80 per cent is owned by Easy Pipella, Mike Pipella, Keith Bigler, David Bigler, Edward Gilson and Frank Nelson, Jr.; these men are vice presidents of the com pany and are also the principal stock holders of Emdeko. E. L. Keesee, a former gun magazine editor, is the marketing director for the new firm. Interest in the new rifle is running high, according to Mr. Swanson, with many orders being placed far in ad vance of production. "Dealer acceptance has been excep tional," he said. "We have received letters and inquiries from hundreds of dealers throughout this country, and from Canada, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, England, Italy, Yugoslavia, Mexico, Brazil and Peru. We have been accept ing orders since the NSGA show in February, and the initial production run has long been sold out. We even have advance orders for several of the $2500 grades, and have already received some queries on the $5,000 grades," Mr. Swanson reported. Earlier this year, initial deliveries of the new rifles to dealers were sched uled for the latter part of May and the first part of June. But because of some minor changes that were decided The Sharps rifle accepts a low mounted scope, and is available in calibers large enough for big bear. 44 Above: Art Swanson, right, developer of the new Sharps, points out features to the author. ( \ _ StREW ,<.OJVSfMENT FOP!: COC.t(ING LUG GVl WITt\ LESS THl'IN Q.030 INCH DOWNWl'<'RD M OVEMENT OF BREECH B LOtK. upon for the tooling equipment, this in 18 different calibers, including the 34-inch lengths. Because of the ex date had to be postponed thirty days. .17-222 Sharps (that kicks a 22-grain tremely short action, a 30-inch barrel At the time of this writing, deliveries bullet out of the barrel at nearly 4500 on this rifle gives an overall length wer e scheduled to begin in early July, fps ) , the new .270 Sharps, the .348 comparable to a standard bolt action with delivery on a volume basis ex Sharps H . V., and the .45-75 and .50- arm having a 24-inch barrel. This pected to begin sometime in Septem 70 Shar ps H. V.-is of entirely U. S. extra barrel length m akes it possible ber. Manufacture, and uses no synthetic to achieve high er velocities with the "Our production for the first twelve materials in its assembly. In addition slow -burning powders used today, months of operation will exceed 10,000 to the new, hot "Sharps" calibers, the and yet does not make the rifle's units," Mr. Swanson said. "And we Model 78 is available in a variety of overall length unwieldy. (With the already have ma terials and compo popular chamberings ranging from lightweight 26-inch barrel, the Model nents on order for an additional 10,000 the .22 Hornet on up to the .300 H&R 78 looks downright short-it should :rifl es." Magnum and the 9.3X74R. make an excellent "mountain rifle.") The new rifles-designated the The Model 78 is now offered in sev The basic rifle is offered in the "De Sharps Model 78, and offered initially eral barrel weights in 26-, 30-, and (Continued on page 60) GUNS AUGUST 1969 45 By MASON WILLIAMS JT'S NOT very often that young Lers have a chance to get 22 Short. Long and Long Rifle cartridge . The action re their hand s on a rea l, western-type lever action rifl e that semb les th e old fa vo rite Martini fallin g block act.ion with doesn't cost an arm and a leg, and whi ch is safe for th em a fa llin g breech that has been m achined out of alloy steel, lo use. Agawam Arms has just put out their new Model hardened and tempered. Thus th e two vital parts of th e rifle "68" in caliber .22, and your dealer has it in stock now. are solid steel- the breech and tb e barrel. In my opinion, this little beauty hould turn out to be Despite its looks, th e Agawam is a single shot rifle that a hit with the yo un gsters and also with the parents. The has th e hang and feel of a center fire rifle. It's not large moment I saw this Sl/2 pound rifle I th ought "what a per it's compact and points and handles like a carbin e. Min e fect first rifle for a yo un gster." is well fini heel a nd fitted for th e price. The barrel and th e The Model "68" look exact! y like the classic lever ac dumm y magazi ne tube are both ni cely blued . All th e other tion rifle and the kids like this traditional eye appealling metal parts have been made of precision cast alloy wi th a design. Agawam has used regular ordnance steel for the dull, soft black fini sh. The rifle and mechanism appear to barrel so that it should outlast several youn gsters-even in be p inned to gether and th e onl y screws I can find hold the a large family. bu tt plate to th e stock and lock the forend band into place. The eighteen inch barrel is rifled and chambered for the This mean that little fin gers cannot take apart -th e rifle to 46 GUNS AUGUST 1969 Ten shots at twenty-five yards from a rest, standing, turned in this size group. The only sight adjustment needed was a two click rise in elevation. Note that the styling is of the " old west" type that most kids like. ' · ee \ hat make it work," as th ey are inclined to do. Lh em about six fee t to th e right and rear. Emry now and The mechanism appear to be so imple that it should be th en th e ejector will on l extract th e fired case. I beli e1 e long la ting and trouble free. The lever is pring loaded to this is due to the variation in th e cartri dge case r im . hold it nu gly against the Lock. A downward p u h cams a ll owin g th e ejec tor to partially slip by th e case ri m. Thi Lh c breech block out of ' haL fe I like a snap lock and th en is not erious becau e th e fir ed case can be easil y pulled Lh e forward encl f th e breech block drops martly down out of th e ch amber with the fin gers. Lo expo e th e r ar of th e chamber , pivoting on a heavy Th hammer and trigger assembly work independ ent of teel pin. The Lop of th e breech block has been cu t and the breech block so that the hammer may be pulled back O'roovecl Lo pro1-ide gui dance fo r th e cartridge, makina it at any time; similarly, th e breech bl ck may be carn'ffigd 1' ea ier Lo insert a cartridge into the chamber. The firing pin down or up regardless of th e hammer position. A fter fir extends th ro ugh th e rear of Lh e breech block to become ing, the hammer res t on th e rear of th e firin g pin but a learl y vi ible as the rear of th e I lock cams up for reloacl soon as the lever is pushed cl own to ejec t th e fired case, in O', The cartridO'e must be pushed well into the breech the hammer goes on a half cock. T he moment the lever before trying to close the breech block. goes down, it would appear that th e rifle ca nn ot possibly After firin rr, the ejector snaps th e cases out, throwing fire. From what I could discover , (Continued on page 72) 'GUNS AUGUST 1969 47 Bushnell f BORE SIGHTER I T SEEMS TO BE a habit with most of us to accept. quite casuall y, Lh e numer TEST ous mechanica l devices that ha ve been made for our use, particul arl y if th ey do th eir work adequately and with out trouble. This is especiall y true of th ose items REPORT that we are well acquainted with and have used for so me Lirn e. It is onl y wh en th e designer makes a new improvement on one of hi well tested items th at we seem to find many things wrong with it. \Ve don' t even try to find out wh we don't like it, although we should reali ze that an y of Lh well esta b li shed com panies are not going to p ut a ny device on Lh e market th at is not reall y an im By LES BOWMAN provement. An instance of this is the lates t addition to Dave Bushnell's excellent line of optical equi pment. This is th e new Collimator and it's accessories. The Collima lor on ly, is accepted without ques ti on, as it is as nearly perfec t in design and quality as can be made and in fa ct is ver like the Co llimators we are a lread y familiar with and have used many Li mes. This new item is offered wilh Lh e reg ular, solid, spring-loaded arbors, but they also offer, and recommend , their new tapered, expanding arbor. It takes only three of these arbors lo cover the caliber sizes from .224. lo .458, as compared with 16 to 24 arbors lo cover this cali ber line when one uses the old lype solid arbor. Co ll imation or lining up of the sights of a rine with the barrel bore, has been done for many years, b y bore sighting. T his is done b y holding th e rifle ver y soli dly in a vise or by some arrangement so the bore aligns a target or mark 48 GUNS AUGUST 1969 at some distance from the TiA e muzzle and then setting the sights or 'scope to align with the same mark. This is not as easy as it sounds and so me shooters never do get very good at it. The result is a lot of ammunition burned up trying to get the gun to group it's shots on the target A few years ago a master oplical genius, in California, J ohn Sweany, brought out a low cost, easy to use optical gadget that could be mounted on an arbor or spud that lipped into the muzzle encl of th e barre l. This enabled him Lo set the sights or 'scope, within reasonably close limits of th e bullseye of a target positioned at normal ighting-in ranges. This method was far more reliable than the old bore sighting method and with a bit of practi ce, could be used by most anyone. It was the first time that a mechanical instrument had been offered to the public that made it po sible to set a guns sights to rea onable tolerances, with out firing it. However, it did h ave it's limitati ons. With thi s collimator a gun could be sighted in. to approximately a few inches of the bullseye, at 100 yard . After the riA e wa ighted individually, for more exact groups, the Col limator co uld be installed and a check made of th e collima tor reading in relation to the ight. A repeat reading later would veri fv wh ether or not th e 'scope had lost it's original zero. If it h ad it was an easy thing to set it back to the proper reading by referri'ng to Lh e fir t reading made b th e co ll imator. The Sweany Collimator is marketed by the Alley Suppl y Company, Box 458, Sonora, Californi a. 95370, under th e trade name of Site-0-Line. Each Collimator comes with one spud or arbor in whatever caliber size th e customer ordered. Extra arbors cost from '3.85 each on up. If yo u own ed a number of rifl es in different calibers it wou ld take a lot of arbors for all of th em and it is very possible l have more in ve tecl in arbor than in the Collimator. It was several vears after this first Col limator came out bef re anything iike it wa s put on th e market to furnish competiti on and wh en one did appear the instrument and SJ ud principal was about the same but th e reticl e was hi ghl improved. a regards accuracy. in th e first reading and in verifying r epeat r eadinas . . . This n ew Collimator was made in Japan and marketed by W. J. Collins of Shephard vi lle. Kentucky, 40165. This reticle had a fine grid of squares radiating outward from a common center Top: The Collimator itself is similar to other makes, in stead of th e diagonal crosshairs. The center of th e grid but the adjustable arbors are a new Bushnell concept. was a set of hea vier cr osshairs and the grid squares were numbered from 1 to 10 each wa y from the center. Each and camera lenses. Now he has put his own version of a of these tin y squares amounted to approximately 4 inches collimator on the market. It is designed very much on the of 'scope settina, at 100 yard . same lines as those already out and uses the same type Right after the Collins Collimator came on the market spuds or arbors. It is equipped with a 4. inch grid type John Swean y changed hi s reti cle from the cross hair type reticle. to one that he called a circle type. This reticle had 7 Ho\1'ever, he has introd uced a new, cleverl y desianed, circles, graduated in size, with spacings approximating 1V2 tapered, expanding arbor. along with the regular solid inches at 100 yards for th e width of the back circles and spring loaded type. Each of th ese new expanding type ar 4 inches at 100 yards for the width of th e distance between bors can take care of several caliber sizes. For in stance, ci rel es . three arbors can take care of all caliber sizes from .224. to Sin ce th e Collins instrument, call ed the BulletCo., came .450. This reduces th e size of yo ur collimator package and on the market there has been a number of other Collima also reduces the cost of a complete outfit. tors, using different trade names, put on the market. They When m set of these new arbors and the Bushnell Bore are all of the same general type and design as the Sweany Sighter arrived I immediately dismantled one of the new or Collins. arbor- to examine it thoroughl y. I made several trial tests One of the best known of our domestic Optical com with the Bore-Sighter on both of the new arbors, and on panies is the D. P. Bushnell & Co., Inc., Bushnell Building, m y r.egular Sweany solid type. I did find that the instruc Pasadena, California, 91107. For man y years Dave Bush tion sheet furnished with the Bushnell arbors was not very nell has been marketing excellent Japanese-made optical complete as to details about operating the new type arbors ; devices, fr om telescope sights to the finest of binoculars not placing enough emphasis (Continued on page 72) GUNS AUGUST 1969 49 elude reading a trap to a "c~ i pp l e " or "set-up". Incidentally, I n v r bribed or con spired with a trap boy either, proba bly for the same r asons that I don't read traps, and don't intend to. F or PULL! reasons that have nothing to do with sportsmanship, honesty, or morality, I would advise the n w shooter who By DICK MILLER hasn't started to read traps to k eep it that way. I am firmly convinced that the shooter who thinks of one thing only, that one thing being breaking the target, will be a better shooter over the long h aul than the shooter who is trying to live with a m ental RAP READING is very big in mains possible to do so. My reasons smorgasbord. And, in my humble Ttrap-shooting today. At least sto for not reading a trap, and for being opinion, he will not only shoot better, ries about trap reading are very big opposed in principle to trap reading, but feel better inside, and that's im with trap shooters today. The practice are not all high- flying and virtous. portant too. seems to have become so widespread I agree with the great Vic Reinders, Those shooters who read traps are that even such an august body as the writing in "Trap & Field," who said most certainly entitled to their own ATA executive committee has dis that he hoped the practice could be opinions, and if any of you feel cussed the problem with the supplier eliminated by m echanical or electrical strongly about the subject, I'll be for traps at the Grand American. D e means if for no other reason that after happy to give you equal time in fu vices to interrupt the cycle of electric breaking a seventy-five straight, he ture issues. timing mechanisms used .on the traps hated to lose a target by getting the For one last word to the non-trap so that traps cannot be "read" are idea that he might read the trap, then shooter, I should explain that under being advertised in shooting journals. flinch horribly when the wrong tar the rules of trap, trap reading is not Becau se GuNs Magazine, and this get appeared. One of my own most presently illegal. It does seem to con column, are read by shooters who are compelling reasons for not reading a travene the principle of unknown an not practicing trapgunners, I hasten to trap is that when som e little wheels gles, but it is not against the rules as explain that "reading a trap" means start going around in my alleged they are now written. that the shooter times his shot in se brain, and somehow convince m e that quence with the trap so that he will the next target is going to be a pre • • • receive a known target (or straight dictable angle, and said target appears "Trap & Field" magazine's All away) as opposed to the "unknown from another angle, my gun muzzle Around Aver age Awards for out angle" principle w.hich has generally makes eleven full circles around the standing shootin g records in 1968 governed competitive trap shooting target trajectory, the gun fires at what make interesting reading, and at the during its century of existence. often seems to be a ninety degr ee same time provide some real goals for Reading a trap, in one sense, is not angle from the target's path, I fall off new shooters. Incidentally, six of the unlike conspiring with a trap boy to the post, and the scorekeeper marks a ten top award winners hit the win receive known angles during the days fat "zero" on the score sheet. This is ner's circle for the fi.rst time on the of hand-pulled traps, except that it is not conducive to general tranquillity. basis of their 1968 averages. done unilaterally and does not require It may · be indicative that I have a Two Texans topped the tallies. a conspiracy with another person. one-track brain, but my conclusion is Wichita Falls' L arry Gravestock Again, for the uninitiated, before that it is about all I can do at one racked up an all- around average of electric trap pullers becam e common, time to concentrate on breaking the .9631, only .0007 off the record, to top the target was released by a hand target without also having . to think the list. His .9631 came from .9908 on pull, and the target angle r egulated about reading the trap or any other 4,600 16- yard targets, .9301 on 3,950 by a boy (or man) in the trap house extraneous subject. . handicap birds, and .9683 on 1,800 who regulated the angle by the posi I will go so far as to say that if I doubles. His victory was not bu.rt by tion in which he set the trap arm had to pick the winner between a his record-breaking and mind-bog which threw the clay target. This is shooter who concentrated only on gling feat of breaking three hundred now clon e by an electric solenoid, or breaking the target, no matter where straights in doubles during one four ti ming switch. It was at least ru it was, or one who was trying to read week period. That, my friends, is mored, in the clays of hand- pulls and a trap and also break the target, I'll shooting! hand- set angles, that som shooters take the single-minded soul every One of Gravestock's major heacl bribed or conspired w ith the trap boy time. I also like to think that when I to- head opponents, another Texan, to give them predictable targets, break a good score, I broke it solely Jack Manis thrived on the competi which were a decided advantage to an on the basis of shooting ability, aided tion, a nd finished the year with an .avaricious shooter. The reader may by a little providence and good luck, All- Around .9610. He arrived at his have determined by now that trap and not because I was able to read a .9610 by shattering .9973 of 2,600 16- reading is a sensitive subject, at least trap and gain some kind of an advan yarders, .9273 on 2,300 handicap, and with some shooters. Sensitive or not, tage on my fellow shooters. I can't .9584 on 1,250 doubles braces. because I have not touched on the help feeling that a trophy or purse Arnold Smith, from Trenton, Ohio practice during the eleven years of won by trap r eading wouldn't be also posted .9610, being helped along this column's life, here goes. quite as personally rewaTding as one to that figure by the second highest I should preface all that I have to awarded for the ability to break tar handicap average in the nation, .9356 say by making it clear that I have gets alone. After all, trap is a game, as on 1,600 targets. His doubles mark never r ead a trap, and don't intend to we are inclined to forget on occasion, was .9587 on 800 clays, and at 16- start at this late date, even if it r e- and the game does not in my view in- yards, he blasted .9887 of 3,300 .singles. 50 GUNS AUGUST 1969 Although his Air Force duties didn't allow him much time in Hills boro, Oregon, Tom Garrigus found time to clobber targets for an All M98 BARRELED ACTIONS Around aver age of .9609. This average M98 Mauser Actions, all milled parts, complete w ith Douglas o r Ackley Spo rter barrels, in the wh ite, most ca libe rs, standard and came from .9933 on the 16- yard line, wildcot, from 22-250 thro ugh 458 W in . Mag. Only $63.95 plus .9338 from h andicap yardage, and 52 .00 shipping. Add SS.00 fo r the Pre mium qua li ty barre l. Extras. Fo rge bolt S7 .00, Scope safety $6 .00, W eaver bases on $5 .00, Timney a djustab le trigger .9555 on the twin targets. $12.95, Blue $17.50. Ad d ST0 .00 for th e Magnu m ca rtri dges. All barrel we ig hts ava il able a t extra cost. Those shooters who fear long yard FN 400,_ S ~ k o and Savage {l eft Hand} a ctions, Ackley o r Do ug las Sporte r barrels, $ 116.50 plus age, especially 27 yards, can take $2.00 sh1pp1ng. Premiu m barrel odd 55.00. Magnums add 510.00. Blue 515.00 . Sa ko l461 actio n, 17x223, Ackle y or Douglas barrels, anv weight or contour, 5135.00 plus $2 .00 heart from the per formance of Frank s hipp ing. Add 515.00 for Blue. Barre ls-Fitting to your action or ready for fi ned heads pocing , oll cal ibers, most a ctions, a ll Little, of Endicott, New York. H e weights. fir ed 2,300 shots from the maximum Orde r through your d ealer, a ll ow 2 -3 weeks for de livery. Dea le rs-Write us. Se nd 25c fo r the # 67 list o f Barre led actions, Gunsmi thing , Ba rrels and Stocks. yardage, and broke .9300 of the tar HARRY McGOWEN Rt. 3, St. Anne, Ill. t. 0964 gets. His All-Around was .9591, which included besides the 27 - yard birds, .9858 on his 3,400 singles, and .9614 on 1,350 doubles. Loral D elaney from Anoka, Minne sota made the squad for the first time, but she made it big. H er .9393 s ts a new record. She cracked .9772 on 2,500 16-yard targets, mastered .9166 at handicap, on 1,500 recorded targets, and didn't hurt her chances with .9242 at 950 doubles. A hardy perennial, Punkin Flock, from Miami, Florida r anked second among the ladies with her .9200. Her .9157 on 3,050 doubles targets topped all the men in Florida, and her .9752 All These Benefits for Just $6 . of 4,450 16- yard clays was topped by only one Florida m ale. 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MAIL THIS 16- yard, and their grandson, Bill NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION APPLICATION Remmey, Jr. won both ~ 1600 Hhode Island Avenue • Washington. D.C. 20036 ~ TODAY! Handicap matches. ~ GUNS AUGUST 1969 51 We Guarantee Accuracy TALES HUNTERS TELL Want a barrel that is guaranteed to be occurate. one that you won't be stuck with, (Conti1wed from page 29) if it won't shoot? We make barrels for all calibers from 17 to 47. We chamber for Norma's or even a .375, and could is one of the best, if made properly. I practically all cartridges, wildcat and stand shoot it accurately and without flinch do not like to make a shoulder shot ard. 2 to 3 weeks delivery. Send self ad ing, they could use it. I did try to on any game animal that is shot for dressed and stamped envelope for details. convince them that this size was en the meat, but for bear it is a good shot. tirely unnecessary for gam e of elk However , the bullet must hold togeth Hoffman Rifle Barrel Co. size and that the various 7 mm Mag er and penetrate well for a good kill Bucklin, Kans. nums and the .30 Magnums were far ing shot. A spine shot, made from the 67834 better , as they retained their energy l·ear of a bear is always fatal. In fact, in foot pounds better and shot fl atter a bear is built so that his tail is ci Lmost 8" GERMAN LOCKBLADE SURVIVAL KNIFE $1.98 for those way out shots. in the center of his hind quarters, and The n ecessity of placing the bullets a spine shot made from the rear is correctly is just as important with a an easy one to make. Bear that are big bore rifle as it is with one of the standing on th eir back feet, looking ' 'BLACK TIGER " opens w ith fln c; hing i;; 1ccl nnd Joel's :iuto smaller calibers. It is easier to m ake at the shooter, ar e easy to hit in a m :1t1 c ;ll Jy in opened pos ition. The razor s harp 31/z" b l among at least a m illion rifle and tional competition m past years: pistol marksmen who have seriously (Again, listed in no particular order) tried to win eith er one or the other or Morris R. F isher, a World Cham Un exce ll ed qua lity both of these awards over a period of pion in R i fl ~ , a National Champion and prot ec t ion for your gun 78 years. in pistol and outstanding in both. co mb ined wit h the unique di stin ctive· The list of "Triple Distinguished" Thomas R. Mitchell, a member of ness of all wood grain. Avail able in com marksmen is verily a list of uniqu ely several U. S. Teams and a National ple te range of sizes from 52" Rifle Case to qu alified marksmen, and I sincerely r ecord holder in r ifl and pistol. a 14" Pistol Ca se. Se nd for free ca talog. consider that th ey constitute the Elite Col. Walter R. Walsh, a frequent IET·AER CORPORATION , Paterson. New Jers!Y 07524 of the sports in the United States. winner in U .S. competition in both T here are biit nine of them, and they rifle and pistol and a m ember of WARNING MEDAL are m ore tha n just nine of a m illion. several U. S. Teams. Their all-around marksmanship abil General Sidney R. Hinds, Sr., A ity is simply unbelievable. member of the 1932 - 36 Olympic The nine who can lay claim to this Teams and a frequent winner in unusual honor ar e as follows: (Not in both rifle and pistol. any special order of listing) Dr . Emmet 0 . Swan on, w ho William "Bill" Blankenship, U.S. competed actively and succe sfully Beaut i fu l p r oof finish N ickel • Silv e r , 1 - 5 / 16" d ia. Army. Six time National Pistol for 45 years and was a member of Guaranteed to please and p r epaid i n U .S. A . $1 Each- 20 for 512- 100 for 542.50 Champion, member of nearly every more U.S. teams than any other A. A. JOHNSON • H o u s t o ~ ~ T c~~~g.:7 0 1 9 U. S. team of recent years. p er son from 1924 through 1960. L t. Col. William "Bill" Mc Mil Geor cre A. Rerun, U. S. Army, an MARK II SAFETY lan, U.S. Marine Corps. An Olympic outs tan ding rifleman. P istol Champion and a U. S. Pistol I'd like to qualify my eulogizing of Fo r Springfield-Mauser 98 & 95 Rifl es MADE OF HIGH QUALITY STEEL Champion. these nine named above by pointin PROP ER LY HARD EN ED AND TEMPERED William H . "Bill" Mellon, U. S. out that th r e h ave been riflemen. WITH NON-GLARE BLUED FINISH Air Force. A stand- out competitor pistol marksmen, and shotgun shoot For use with low-mounted scopes. in both Rifle and Pistol and a mem ers who hav won world wide recogni See Your Dealer - Or Order By Mail ber of several U. S. shooting teams. tion in one particular type of shoot WALTER H. LODEWICK ~~;t~a ~d~ ·o~~~'~l2~ ~ The following six "Triple Distin- ing or other, and in that particular guished" were Distinguished w ith type stood as high and in some cases both r ifle and pistol, prior to th e ad higher than any of the nine. H ow vent of th e International Distin ever only these nine have won that guished award. They were such out almo ·t legendary "Triple Distin standing marksmen that the Interna guished." and for my money they ar tional awar d was made r etroactive the " olid gold" of the shooting-sport as a result of their wins in Interna- in the U.S.A. THE G.I. HANDGUN Don Nib bel ink in Al ber ta, Ca nada. (Continued from page 21) as the .45 Government m odel either. per rifle battali on in 1957, but they AT 315 YARDS. L et us review briefl y th e require have increased the number consider " I dropped this ram with a .300 Wea th er by mag ments fo~· a military pistol. We should ably since then. One reason we still num . My Rangema tic Dis tance Finder to ld me to keep fi rmly in mind that a handgun is have our .45 is that early in WW II elevate my sho t 6 in ches. It was a pe rf ec t shot." a poor weapon for combat. As Bill th e U .S. Ml Carbine was supposed to The Rangema tic measures distance and au toma ti cally tra nsla tes it int o prope r elevatio n fo r any J ordan says, "If you think you are r eplace all the 1911Al 's. The idea was sho t. It's 90 % pl us acc ur ate at 1000 yards. going to have a fight, get something good in theory, but did n ot work ou t Wea th erproo f, ru stproof, 2-yea r warranty. Only in practice. 10 112" x I V2 " x ll/4" and 16 ounces . Money bac k else. A sh ot gun is a lot better, but gua rantee . a policeman can 't carry a shoulder The .45 is often supposed to be nec weapon a round with him." Neither essary becau se of a series of events Ranging Inc ., can those soldiers who really need w hich took place long ago, mostly be Box 9106 , Dept. GMl , Rochester, N. Y. 14625 pistols. Even the heavy, clu msy, hard fore the Model 1911 was even invent (list the ca rt ridge size you use) ...... Please se nd me: to- get- into- action .45 is weak com ed. After the Spanish- American War, ...... Model 1 Range matic (50· 1000 yds.) $39.50 eac h pared to any shoulder weapon, and the U .S. fought in the Philippines, in ...... Model 2 Rangematic (50-500 yds.) $34.50 eac h less accurate . part against fanati c Moros. Our reg ...... Model 3 Rangema tic (20·250 yds.) $28.95 eac h P istols ar e still required, however, ulation side arm at that time was the ...... Free illustrated l iterature. for soldiers and Marines whose pr i Model 1892 Cal. 38 revolver . There Name ...... mar y duty is something other than were instances in whi ch a Moro would St reet ...... fig hting. Western armies w hich h ave a ttack unexpectedly and kill an tried to abolish pistols have failed. American w ith his bolo even after Ci t y ...... Stat e ...... Zip ...... ------The British were down to one pistol being hit by one or more .38 revolver 54 GUN S AUGUST 1969 bullets. Cal. 45 revolvers did better. for four 9fSHop•s leaders ':;:in:====···;·~;:··· ::=·:~:;:-;:···r:· :==:::=::!::: makers generat· But neither the .38 nor the .45 of this Of dist; •orys, l5Unstoc/;ct1ve era has anything to do with the best creating shotgun and rifle s . .. known modern .38, the .38 Special, stocks of functional desig n. Remington Ml! OO New catalog full of facts and in formatio n on nor the .45 ACP, the cartridge used in our compl ete line of shotgun and rifl e stocks - FREE from your Dealer or send 25c for the Model 1911Al. The .38 cartridge mailing fee to : fired in the Model 1892 revolver was E. C. BISHOP & SON, the .38 L ong Colt with muzzle energy 1of between 140 to 175 foot pounds (fp) . The Philippines .45 was the old .45 L ong C olt revolver cartridge w ith n ear 500 fp muzzle energy and a 250 grain solid lead bullet. This cartridge was truly a man stopper , but it wouldn't fit into the grip of the Model 1911 "automatic" p istol when it was being designed. The full metal jacket 230- grain bul let from the modern .45 has only 340 fp of muzzle energy ; it w on't " knock a man down no matter w h ere it hits him!" In fact, most m en in firearms investigation have been astonish ed at Don't wait for a b e tter subscription offer, 26-Page Booklet on for it can't be d evised. Take advantage how to skin heads, how little damage .45 m etal jacketed field dress, care for of GUNS Magazine's Holiday Offer now! hides, trophies. Valuable slugs actually do when they don't hit tips, diagrams, illustra a vital area. The .45 has. nothing like Remembe r, GUNS has added more pages, tions. soc the power of t he .357 Magnum (845 more color, more editorial features and GAM E TR AI LS 5th Ptg. e xperts-plus a quality feature no other 52 Illustrated pp, $1.00 fp) , the .44 Magnum ( 1150 fp), or 1035 Broadway DP -2 even the U.S. Cal .30 carbine (990 fp). gun monthly can match-full 4-color re JONAS BROS., INC . Denver, Colo. 80203 The 9 mm P arabellum (320 to 400 fp) , productions of famous wea pons through the .38 Special ( 255 fp), and the .380 out the magazine. GUNS is the on e ACP (190 fp ) are sufficiently power firearms magazine in a class by itse lf. ful to kill m en. Don't miss this Offer-subscribe now! It would appear unlikely that U.S. servicemen armed only with pistols will meet m any fanatical Philippine Moros. But GI's like other young m en of wealthy nations insist on b eing armed so they can defend themselves even if their military jobs don't allow PROTEKTOR MODEL LEATHER SAND BAG RIFLE RESTS. them to carry a r ifle and a basic load ( r 2 set pictured) with the fa mo~ 1 s RABBI T EAR r ea r bag. h ave set s tandards o f p e rformance u n c quallr d b y a ny si milar r i fle r e s t s. At your d e a l er or direct $ 1 0.50 s,.t of ammo for it. Some Americans, per postpaid. Rea r bag $ 7 .50. fro nt $ 4 . 00. 2 o the r r ear a n d 5 front s tyl es for m ec hani ca l rest s i n free brochure . Pa . h aps in part because of their long r e s . 6 0/ 0 t ax . familiarity with the effectiveness of BASIL TULLER. GALETON , PA. 1 6922 pistols in the hands of Gary Cooper, J ohn Mack Brown, and J ohn Wayn e, want a side arm as well as a shoulder The "ALPINE" Deluxe Sporter weapon. Our allies in Vietnam have been quick to acquire this trait. Since a military pistol is required, vvhat qualities should it possess? We DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED ]rnve already discussed power. In the past, accuracy has been considered to . Looks, Shoots and Handles be of extrem e importance. The 1911Al . . . National Match as issued at P erry in like a Custom-Made Rifle! 1967 is the most accurate military pis tol in the world. It may even be the Desig ned to meet th e exacting standards of ACTION: Built in En g land on the new America's most discriminating hunter-sports GRENADIER MARK X modern Mauser-type most accurate center fire pistol ever me n- tru ly a superb sporter at surprisingly oction. BARREL: 23 " En g lis h steel barrel, p r oduced in large numbers. In com low cost. tapped and drilled (scope mount blocks mon with maoy more skillful D istin Handsome, accurate a nd fast-handling, th e ava ilable). TR1GGER: Adjustoble singl e trig 11 ger, side safe ty. SIGHTS: " U" notch-type guished Pistol Medal w inners, I have ALPINE" offers plus value features usually fo und only in costl y custom-mad e rifl es. For rear and hooded front ramp. FLOORPLATE: e normous r espect for the accuracy of exa mple: Th e " ALPINE " has a Monte Carlo Hin ged.type for instant relooding; clip maga this weapon. E ven the standard issue stock of se lected French Walnut with skip zine. WEIGHT: Just 7 V2 pounds. Model 1911Al is capable of real fine line ch eckering and white inlay spacers; sim CA LIBERS : .22-250, .243 Win., .270 Win., shooting in the h ands of a Master. ulated rosewood grip a nd ventil a ted recoil 7MM, 7MM Rem. Magnum, .308 Win., .300 pad. Win., .30-06 and .308 Norma Magnum. But w hat good is this accuracy? We See your Gun D e~ l er o r No e xtra charge for Ma g num calibers. all fire competitively w ith the .45 Write for Lite rature Price includes one extra clip magazine. rolled into our fists just r ight, with 7290 S.W. 42nd St. car efully black ened sights and good INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Miami, Florida 33155 light, from our regular positions, and GUNS AUGUST 1969 55 PARKER OFFERS FAMOUS BRAND·NAME at stationary black and white targets must be carried is more important at pr ecisely 50 or 25 yards. In com than weapon weight alone. Soldiers HUNTING & FISHING bat, a soldier or M arine would have and Marines spend many thousand EQUIPMENT at LOW DISCOUNT PRICES to use a sh oulder weapon for even 25 man-days in vehicles, aircraft, and on yard shooting in order to hit any foot carrying around a pistol for each PARKER'S ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS thing. GI's won't be effective w ith a time they w ill ever use it in anger. Prices shown for month of JULY only pistol beyon d ten yards. Riflemen us The .45 is the worst of the entire lot AD MUST ACCOMPANY ALL ORDERS ing the M14 or M16 sometimes miss in weigh t. PRICES ARE FOR MAIL ORDER ONLY at ten feet; pistol marksmanship is The 1911Al is also the poorest in sure to be worse. FISHING EQUI PM ENT Ret ail SPECI AL regard to convenience of carrying, al 1\ 1/ '!' C' lrEJiJ, 302 HE l•:I, . SI 9.95 Even though the .45 is inherently 1 08 15. 95 though the big r evolvers are also bad. ~U. M;j~R_' · 1 0J ·, ;]~, ~,~~~ iieci.:.: :s sd5 12.95 II EDDO"N 200 S Din cast Heel . . . . 30.95 14.95 accurate at ranges up to 50 yards an d The least inconvenient as well as the JOll:\f ~ ON l OO"B Ccntur_,. Heel ... 22.05 9.50 ;,, 1·; 11co R~ rrn1·:1...... 2-1. 00 9.50 beyond, the average r ecruit can't ligh test pistols for normal military use 0 1 7.75 ~·1:nPli' ~ NUsH !)~ 6 1' r~ n~\-;j\N ·i20: M:~~ 11. 95 learn to shoot it with even reason seem to be the S& W Model 39, the HUNTIN G EQUI P MENT able competence in the limited time Sauer Double Action, and the small 1rn1w1.i.:1.D 2 x 1 .\I C ll ...... s 99.95 S5 9.95 l,}llJl'Ol.D 3 X 9 D l'LlcX: 9.50 53.95 he has for pistol training. Only an un 1,Y.\rAN 11 X C ll ...... 59.50 34.95 revolvers in b It holsters at, or close .\I AH l,JN 800 L 5 X 5 l'h" ...... 42.95 24.95 HJ-\"USC' H & J.Q)JB 13.\T.VA'H SA. !l!l. 05 59.95 usual man, or someone with pre to, the waist. ]~ llS ll "N:J.: 1 ,J_J ~ :X 0 U . \Xl'\J-~ l.t 49.50 2 1. 95 S'l'llA IC ll'l'AWAY JOA induction firearms opportunities, be I realize I may b e prejudiced by my Ea.r T' rotcctors ...... J 1. 00 6.95 1.1-:UPOTJ) CO \IPASS 11. V5 7.50 comes an acceptable pistol shot in his own experience in the above conclu RELOA OIN G EQUIPM ENT J,..Yr..IA N :no 1'001 Comp!. w/])ics.$ 16.50 S 8.05 first tour of duty. The big powerful sion. I have used only S&W 2" bar l. Y.\IAN ::'ll -5 ~C 1 \ 1,E ...... 22. 50 12.50 L -Y.\I A .:'\ l·>Z. F;t:rndar(! Shot Shell .45 is about the most difficult hand reled revolvers carried in "high up" Loa.dn (rxcc· oL .4 10) ...... 4!.l .50 28.95 BAJn GOO P olar Dair ('omvl. gun to master. A weapon w ith lighter clam-shell type belt holsters for more 1 C:a . u ~f' ...... J.I D.!>0 84. 75 JMIR CAST<; '.1.'llD.r:lll':ll 1 Cal... 17.50 9.!)5 r ecoil which fitted the average hand than 20 years, including two fairly ex /{J•; l)DJNG l'\ l a ~-;Lcr J'owdC'r .\J C'asu rc ...... JD.!50 10 .95 more naturally would be better. But tensive trips to Vietnam as a civilian ·1,('e l .oa.d er Set (except -10 ita.uµ;C'} !J.!)3 5.95 Effective immediately the fo llowinq credit ca rds will improvement in th is area might not newsman. I put both the weapon and be honored by Parker Distributors : American Ex press I Master Charge & Affi li ated I nt erb ank Cards I U ni-Card I Bank American! / Parker's Rcvo lvinq Char ge Account. NO MONEY DOWN Up To 2 Years To Pay S END F O R FREE HUNTING & F ISHING C ATA LOGS [;:>~~~§~ DISTRIBUTORS Dept. G-89 40 INDUSTRIAL PL, NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. 10805 ~ ------~ ------· !£ THE Pendleton ~~~;d~;d"~'0:b"5~£J:~~{F; Anti-recoil Gun Barrel The d e-k icker d e luxe that is precision machine d into your rifle barre l, avoiding unsightly hang ... ons. Controlle d e scape for highe st kine t ic braking, minimum blast e f fe ct and practically no jump. All but pre ve nts ie t thrust (secondary r e coil). Guar .. anteed workmanship , Folder. Deale r dis counts. PENDLETON GUNSHOP 12,.",,"; .~ ~ .~,-d~to ~ ~;,i::. ~------ military, be significan t. A m ilitary h andgun is h olster and a small ammo carrier on mainly for self confidence and emer my trouser belt slightly to the right gency self protection at close range. of the buckle. I am not conscious of Important characteristics of m ilitary having a weapon at all. It has never pistols oth er than power an d accuracy come out of the holster accidentally, are weigh t, h ow conveniently they nor given any other trouble . The .38 &MISC. GUN PARTS can be carried, how quickly they can S pecial ammo used in both th e Cen New, hard-to-find imported b e fired, and wh eth er they can be tennial and th e Bodyguard appears to and domestic magazines carried and used safely. I compared a me to be powerful enough. and gun parts. Over 250 number of semi-automatic pistols an d Safety- wise, the .45 also ranks at illustrations of pistols and revolvers, which could be used for the bottom of the list. As already gun parts. Send today for m ilitary purposes, to .the Model 1911- men tioned, it cannot be carried safely this valuable catalog. Al. As shown in Table "A ," all are and ready to fire at the same time. ligh ter th an the .45 both as regards The other three "automatics" tested TRIPLE K MFG. co.~~ weapon weigh t unloaded and w ith can all be carried loaded, but with the P. 0. Box 20312Dept. B. l' ammo, h olster, and belt if a separate hammer down. They can. be fired, San Diego, Calif. 92120 a belt is requir ed . Total weigh t th at however, just by pulling the trigger. 56 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 Removing the magazine renders the S&W Model 39 and the Sauer Double SCOPE SCOOP O n ce a g ain I am in po 1' ition to off1· r w l1;at I tliiuk to h e Ili c bes t prict·s in thc 1·01 1.. nlr~ t o 1la~ 011 Action safe; you don't need to strug the he.s t s c ope s. Thc s t· sco p es arc all brand n ew, firs t •1u a lit ~ :uni all ;1r1• iu uriµinal f:u·tnr~ hux1·,., gle through the dangerous procedure w ith o rig in a l f;H• l ury g uarantee. llEALI ST SCOPES in m y p cz·s on:d opini o n arc t he liu csl of th e fin.· ;111c_I h1· ,., itl t· lht•ir u~u a l µ i.i :ir· of unloading the chamber also. an tct· tl11 ~y l1a vc :1 li f e ti111 c insura n ce .:1 g ai11 st tlaniagc o r lo ss. HE AL IST IS T ll E HH A1'll I 1' SE. 1. HEAL IST 3 / 9 Variahl c c ro ss h air, o r pus l and c ross h air or tri p le pos t :1111.I 1To:.S hair The question of safety between r e your c h oice for jus t ~ 1:;_9:; 2. HEA Li ST 2 Y::X w ith s:1111 c c hoice s as ahO\' O S:l .'l.9.l volvers and semi-automatics has been :3. ltEALIST tlX wit.h s:rnw c huil·c s a:!' :1bon; F29.9.l debated at length over the years. 41. HEALIST 6X with s a111(' c h oices as ahuve S:; o.9:; 5 . HEAL IST 1-1/:: x 4V:: BH USll SCOPE wit h s a11 1t"· d1oi1·1;s as a bove ~;~ ::> .9::> Many m en, including most of those N OW'. BELIEVE IT OH NOT I A LSO ll AVE A FEW OF T ll E VEBY M UC ll SOt:f; llT A FTE H HEALI ST 4, POWEil O H T ll E EQUALLY POP ULAH 6 POW'E H AUTO / HA;\' GE who decide on what type of pistols FOH .I ST g:; 1 .9 .~ will be u sed by American police de I als o h :p. c a ve ry few of the 4·/B REA LI ST 'arial.lc sc ope s for 22 ri fl es h u t not al th r 8 19.95 yuu mig ht expec t to p a y but whil 1· !he y l as t jus t $ 9.9J partments, believe that revolvers are inherently safer than "automatics." BUSHNELL Certainly the revolvers tested are all ]. llf'gu la r ].B Pis tol Scope (Cro ss hair onl y ) l :l.9:-l 2. Hifl e S1;opc 2 .5 pow1·r (Cro ss hair u ni~· ) S I 1.9' safer than the 1911Al. :J . Hill e Scopt' 4, JJ (H rr (C1·o ss li:ii r o nl y ) S • 7.'o LI.. Hifl(~ Scope 6 powe r (Cross hair on l y) 8 '19.,0 Now for the most impor tant char 5. Hi ll e S1·opc 3 x 9 n 1ri :ild e {Cross l1 :ii r o nl y) 2 :_L50 acteristic of all for those few soldiers REDFIELD and Marines who will ne d to use a l. ni'-l c Scope l x 4, v :iri:i hl e 4 P CC ll . MCll. 1-'Cll $ 5 2 .9B pistol to defend their lives. I r efer to 2. Hifl1• Scope l x 4, v a riah lt · A l(.1\l ( n or 'An P CJ-1 S:iB.911 3. Hill e Sc1·1p c 2 x 7 \TJ.1riahlc 4.r cc n. FC ll , l\I Cll. PC ll S::ifL9H the speed w ith which they can get at 4 . Hill 1! Sco pe 2 x 7 ,·ari ahJ,. AH:J -1 Oot. :\. ( U111 $ 6 Ll .9H 5. Hif:1c S1·opc 2 x 7 ''arb ldc A H·'IPCIJ . AH -FCll. AH -PCH , A H-M Cfl 6 ,l,.9B the weapon where it is normally car 6. Hifl o Scope :J x 9 v:1riahl(· ll.P CC l l. FCll. J\I C ll . PCll 8 6 ,1. 98 ried, draw, and fire. It's not necessary, 7. Hifl e Sco p e :i x 9 ariahle 3 . ·1 001. AH 4 P CCll , AR: FCl-I. A U i\I Ctl, All. PCII S 70.9B a. HiU c Sco1w fi xed powe r 2=}(i LJ.P CCll . PCll. c u S:l5.9H or per haps even desirable, for Gl's to 9. lliflc Sco1•c fi xccl pow,·r 4 4 P CC J-I, C ll. PCll S:tH.98 JO. Hif11· Sc!opc fix<·d po wer 6 LIPCC n . C ll. PCn 8 4°9.98 learn fast draw techniques under po 11. Hi£1 c Scope (i x f•1I pow t'r :y." lu l•e C ll or PC ll S2:J.93 lice combat competitive conditions, but they should not be given a weap WALTER H. CRAIG, BOX 927, SELMA, ALABAMA 36701 on which r equires more than six sec onds to get into action. If a pistol is TREASURE necessary, even for self confidence, it should be fireable under normal cir USERS REPORT OVER 1,000 ,000 GUARANTEED FOR 200,000 lONG llFE • NO SCRATCHING • NO GAlllNG cumstances in three seconds. This is MANUFACTURED BY impossible with the .45. ~ '[)te & ~· (fe,. CEMEMTED CARBIDE CARBOLOY (TRADE MARKI I r ealize that Ma jor Bill McMillan, P. 0. BOX 226 • COVINA, CALIF. USMC, and a few others like him can do better than three seconds with the 1911Al from standard holsters, but this isn't m eaningful. McMillan could probably learn to use a crossbow well DON'T PAY S75 MORE enough to beat m e shooting a pisto1 in Timed Fire. H e and his talented col for all these leagu es are not r ecruits; percentage features wise, they are insignificant. In order to find out how long it takes to get a weapon into action, it is necessar y actually to do this many Styling that costs up to $ 75 times with each pistol tested. Six men mo re on other makes has bee n bril lia ntly incorpora ted into the Par ker of varying experience kindly agreed Hale Super - a fine Engl ish quality rifl e with to help me in my experiments, a total life- long reliability. of seven including m yself. T wo of us •ROLLOVER MONTE CARLO CHE EK· • VENTILATED RUBBER RECOIL PAO PIECE •FINEST BLUE LUSTRE ON METAL ar comp titive shooters; three are •HANDCRAFTED SKIP CHECKER ING PARTS policemen. The r emaining two h ad •ROSEWOOD FORE -ENO TIP ANO GRIP • ADJUSTABLE SINGLE STAGE CAP TR IGG ER MECHANISM initially almost no pistol experience. • WUNOHAMMER GRIP • 18 CT. GOLD PLATED TRIGGER As a g roup, we vv ere not significantly •ULTRA HIGH GLOSS STOCK FI NIS H. • THREE ·WAY. SILENT SAFETY : differ ent from GI's primarily armed LOCKS TR IGG ER . SEAR ANO BOLT Bas ic fea tures include du otone Custom line walnut stock. Time tested Mauser with handguns in Vietnam. action. Hing ed floor plate magazine. Cn rtr idge ca pacity 5 (magnum 3). Receiver dri lled/ tapp ed for US scope mounts. Col d forg ed barrel. In cals .. 22/ .250; .243; We all fired the same four stage 6 mm Rem; .270; .30/ 06; .308 ; 7 mm Rem. M ag; .300 Win M ag ; .308 course at 30 feet. We used a life - size Norma Mag. PARKER-HALE SUPER 1200 $149.95 (RETAIL) target in which the heart area counts TH E BIG VALUE MAUSER YOU CAN TRUST Magnums $1 59.95 fiv e, the rest of the trunk and head NEW! PRESENTATION MODEL 1200P four, and the arms and legs one. W e Offers de lux e French walnut stock, su perb scroll-engraved ac ti on/ steel trig ger guard / magazine floor plat e. Fitt ed w ith detachable 1" sling swivels. Sarne cals. stood with hands fully extended at as 1200 Super. A distinguished rif le at $1 99.95 (retail ) . M agnu ms $ 209.95. our sides and were timed from the NEW! VARM INT MODEL 1200V Des igned for top accuracy. Fr ee float ing 4 lb. target quality barrel, glass bedded word "Go!" to the second shot we ac tion. Redfie ld targ et bases su pp lied. Ov era ll w ei ght : 9! lbs. Cals .. 22/ .250; fired after each draw. I wanted to 6 mm Rem; .243. Pri ce $1 69.95 (retail) . avoid, if possible, rapid and meaning less first round misses. In an em er gency a man can easily miss with his lilP.AHll~l~l~ ~gm~ ~ first shot, but I tried to emphasize that 1 07 all our firing was experimental, not ~ .fl n.fl INTERNATIONAL COMPANY g~~~ER . ~~L0~·2og~~2 o\ · SU PER PRESENTATION VARMI NT GUNS AUGUST 1969 57 competitive. We wanted to hit all tar was that the average score of 9.05 was CENTENNIAL ARMS GORP. gets at least once. higher than with the other weapons, IMMED IATE DELIVERY In Stoc k NOW After each shooter became reason but probably not by a significant mar ably familiar with a particular weap gin. In all our firing with all weapons, on and the holster from which it was only the two n ew shooters failed to to be drawn, especially in connection score at least one "4" out of their two with safety, h e fired ten pairs of shots. shots. Sometime after h e said "R eady!" he The S&W Model 39 and the Walther would be given the command, "Go!" P- 38 double action semi-automatic 15-Shot , Se lf-loading Both elapsed time and total score pistols are both superior to the .45 in Acclaim ed by one of W orld's were recorded for each pair. The time required to draw and fire, but great gun experts, George slightly poorer than the r evolvers. Non te as "reliable - mild stages were as follows: recoil - no feed ing problems, Stage I: The 1911Al w ith .45 ACP The vveapons used in this stage were accurate." military ball ammo. Each shooter was considerably faster than "high up" $10900 free to choose either the standard belt belt holsters, however , than from the military shoulder type, partly because Introd uct ory Offe r with p u rchase of MAB holster or the GI shoulder type, but and cop y of this ad . we did our test firing with the safety FREE-100 ro unds o f 9 mm A mmo, and we arranged our choices so ther e were a Surp lus Military Holst er. three ·with one and four with the oth strap buttoned down. The heavy frame r evolvers were a Send 25c (no stamp s) for full article on MA B & er. We had to start with the flap but our listings of Su rplus Ammo & Gun s to Dept. G-1. disappointment. We expected them to Op en for reta il sal es on Saturdays only (most Satur toned down, or safety strap snapped. days) from 10 A.M. lo 4 P.M. Attention Dea lers: We all followed the standard proce Sen d fo r ou r confid en t ia l Wholesa le Price List s. Ce nte nnial Arms Corporation dure of loading a round into the F. F. L. ;':'36-2716 chamber from maoazine by working 3318 W. Devon Ave ., Lincolnwood, Ill. 60645 the slide befor e the first shot. Stage II: The Smith and Wesson Model 39 or the post- war Walther P-38 from eith r a shoulder or "high TIH MUSEU M OF up" belt holster. Each man chose his HI STORICAL ARMS weapon and his rig, but we fired •Servin g collectors for 20 y ars, offer s enough groups of t n pairs including the most hard to find and desirable {· some refire strinos to get at least three 1 I r ecords for each weapon with each .....;, . ANTIQUE l'IREARM S holster type. ,... ED G E D WE A P 0 NS Stage III: H eavy revolvers w ith 31/2" or 4" barrels of the standard and related items from the U.S. and all O\'er the \\'oriel for sale American double action type from in its exciting-. th ick, 2 16 page f .. catalog-reference book. Ove r either Jordan-type or "high up" belt 1000 ilems, all photo-illust rated. type holsters. As above, we obtained fulh' described and priced to sell.. This valuable book will be at least three recordings for ach sent to you immediately via fi rs t cl::tss mail upon receipt of S2. weapon with each holster typ . We You don't want to miss it. used .38 Special ammo, although both weapons could handle .357 Magnums. TllE MVSEtiM OF HISTORI CAL ARMS Stage IV: Light .38 Special revolv 1038 Alton Road, Dept N, Miami Beach, Fla. 33139 ers with 2" barrels or the Sa uer Dou floridJrtsidentsadd tat. ble Action semi- automatic from the Hunter clam-shell "high up" belt hol ster. Again we fired enough to o·e t at //~ least three strings with each weapon. FOil 0'\" lf4NDMA0l ~O CONCLUSIONS BASED ON ORDER BY MAIL EXPERIMENTS PLAINSMAN The Government .45 r equired an A truly Wes tern cowboy boot - tall and di st in cti ve \\V" average of 6.72 seconds for two shots cut top with high riding heel to be fired. This is more than two sec of pol ished calf and narrow sharp toes. All Austin boots onds longer than for any other type are fu l ly leather I ined. Arches wood pegged and brass nailed. of pistol tested. It makes little differ N o. 951 - Black No. 952 - Brown ence whether a belt holster or a Revolvers in .38 Special calibe r; N o. 953 - T a n 12" - 14" - 16" T ops shoulder holster is used. This margin issued to USAF and Marine flyers, against the .45 is probably on the low b ut not to the ground personne l. 1 6" $3650 side. The procedure of drawing, jack W rit.t• for 1' our ing a round into the chamber, and be the fastest of all weapons tested ' 69 #~ r m~ C nt11lo~ I then firing is complicated. In an actual and as accurate as the "automatics." \ \lh c n orde ring please g ive sh~ s ize nnd ~id t h, C:l lf ()f leg mcnsurc m c nt, f oot tracing 1:1k c n without encounter in the fi eld where a man They were not. Further, the Jordan weight o n f oot. ml t c p I s r c ~ul:ir . high or v er y h i g h , F o1· si z es 13 thn1 .14 or calf mca ~ ur c m c nt s o ver 1 61".? .a dd !Oo/o to r c g ulnr price . (Ln 58 GUNS AUGUST 1969 pistols are too heavy to be worn com is allowable, a "pocket automatic" fortably in "high up" belt holsters and like the Russian 9 mm PM could be would have to be secured in place used. A weapon like the new H eckler .45 Cal. Se mi-Auto with a safety strap most of the time. and Koch Model 4 in Cal .380 might APACHE This would add about a second to the be ideal. It weighs 20 ounces loaded. time required to fire two shots. I personally feel that a 2" barrel .38 We all realize that many m en can Special r evolver would be better. It draw and fire these heavy revolvers is reliable, safe, powerful enough , and in less than one second, but vve can't. sufficiently accurate for personal de Mode l 45 Cal. It takes more practice than any of us fense. My aluminum frame Centen h as had. W e realize further that we nial in its clam shell holster with 12 should be able to fire the big revolv extra rounds in a small belt pouch ers from Jordan-type holsters faster weighs precisely 28112 ounces. I can t han we can the little fellows from draw it and fire two aimed shots in the "calm -shell" type. All we can say two seconds. Most important of all, it is that it didn't work out that way. is never inconvenient. Model 45 Cal. A 11 The 2" barrel r evolvers and the Accuracy with the light revolvers Sauer Double Action semi- automatic is a problem. None of us in the tests are the lightest and easiest to carry and few young servicemen are good Be o proud owner. Fires from o closed bolt. that we tested. They interfere vvith a at double action target shooting. we Re liable chambering and firing. Easy trigge r. man performing normal military du fired enough at 25 yards to realize Bock sight adjustable. Activator knob on left ties both in combat and elsewhere less this; we all missed the entire target o utside. Classified as a semi-auto rifle by U.S . than the others and are also the occasionally this way. The Cobra and Treas. Dept. Push button safety. 30 rd. maga quickest to get out and fire. The .38 the Bodyguard can be fired single zine where acce ptable. action; our scores improved this way. Special cartridge has, or could have Sec your f avorite Dea ler, NOW! The Centennial has a grip safety, but even from a 2" barrel, in excess of 200 Dealer inquiry welcome. £p of muzzle energy. Weapons of this it sometimes interferes with quick caliber are widely issued to Ameri shooting, especially for m en with cans in Vietnam already. If more large hands. power wer e considered n ecessary, it If pistol lightness is important for APACHE ARMS CO. could be obtained. Experimentally, Americans, it is even more so for our Suite 108 the little S&W Centennials have been Southeast Asia allies. The .45 is too 225 W. University Dr. chamber ed for the .357 Magnum and big for them; recoil is so heavy that Tempe, Arizona 85281 fi red with this ammo for 1,000 rounds they can't fire it accurately even at without damage to the weapon. They ten feet. We have seen the great im recoil viciously, however, and would provement in their combat effective not be suitable for training purposes ness now that they have M16 rifles with this ammo: instead of Ml's. It's time that some HOW TO GET OUT OF DEBT thing similar was done in r egard to AND ENJOY YOUR INCOME ... OTHER CONSIDERATIONS pistols. Bills Piling Up? Creditors Pressing You? Some military men assure m e that The wealthiest country the world Can't Make Ends Meet? Afr a id Of Bod Credit ? has ever seen has used the Model 1911 Thi s Ne w Publication, " HOW TO GE T OUT an · "au tom a tic" is better for combat OF DEBT AND ENJOY YOUR INCOME." is p istol for nigh on to 60 years. Why Published By A l eading Accountant. Price than a r evolver because it is more No w Only $2.98 plus 25¢ ):lostoge & handling. easily reloaded by using a second carry 80 ounces when 28 % will do the Comple te Satisfaction Or Your Money Refunded Immedia te ly . Send $2.98 plus postage to: magazine. They also say that soldiers job more efficiently? The .45 is un and Marines don't have to get out suitable for modern conditions of their weapons and fire quickly. The military life as well as combat. T he li!iftW,ij!MMU'Ri:ll first is undoubtedly true, but the sec only good r eason that I have heard ond is extremely doubtful. What about for continuing it on active duty is the those six soldiers in Korea? If there cost of a change. Millions of dollars are involved. But considering the World-famous Vibram®soles is time and if more than five or six with amazing traction and long, shots ar e to be fired, a GI is better off daily expenses of the Vietnamese getting himself a shoulder weapon. War, the total now seems insignifi rugged wear. Even if an "automatic" must b e re cant. Pistols are not really combat effective, but neither is saturation .I.' NOW BY MAIL! tained, the 9 mm's are lighter, quick Outdoorsmen1 Sportsmen! Make bombing of empty jungle by B-52's. l er, more convenient, safer, and equal ~ ,, yo ur old boots better than new. ly powerful. The Smith and W esson The human energy presently wasted ~ Vibrarn. the su re -gripping soles Model 39 is already in production in toting those extra 51 % ounces thr ough "" "'- James Whillaker wore and swore paddy and jungle and into and ou t of ~¥ by on his renowned Mt. Eve rest America; it has been purchased by ··· ~ i climb. are now available for sole. the Government in small quantities all manner of tight places is ~ mid sole and heel repl acement more important. ~ (On all except 1ubber boot s.) An y and found satisfactory. If less power shoe repairman will put th em on . Ju st ma ke a tracing of one of the soles yo u're replacing ... send it along with a check 01 money STOP THIEF! ord er. Money back guarantee . Twe nty-four Hou r Pro tection Only $5.00 postpaid . "SILENT-SE NTI NEL " Em b l e m s f o r all c ntri'Cs, e xit$, doors, etc. !Write for free book let.) D iscoura g es illegal e ntry a nd prowle r s . Ea sy t o in s t.a. II 3 "x4 " a d h esiv e bac k e d ex t e rior e m b lems (qold & black). Two (2 ) s tri king e mbl e m s, (includi ng 1 st class mail & t a x $ 1 .00, cas h , c h ec k or money order. VIBRAM SALES CO . 1(-C EMB LEMS PO Box 976, Garden Grove, Cal. 92640 732 School St .. North Brookfie ld. Ma ss. 01535 GUNS AUGU ST 1969 59 RETURN OF THE SHARPS (Co11tinned on page 45) luxe" grade 1 at a suggested retail tion available either at the same time price of $295.00, and a "Premier" or very shortly after the first guns are grade II at $399.50 Prices on the delivered.) "Custom" grade rifles begin at $495.00 In addition to loaded ammunition, and run merrily on up to $5,000.00. Sharps is also marketing a line of The Sharps people are also jumping m a tch- grade bullets for handloaders. on the "commemorative" bandwagon This line ranges from a 22 - grain fl at with a Golden Spike Centennial issu e base ma tch hollow point in .172 cali commemorating the lOOth anniversary b er , to a .509 caliber 450 - grain soft of the fi rst transcontinental railroad point projectile. system in the United States. These Other projects are also already in Golden Spike models will be offered the works for the new company. Al (in caliber .50-70 Sha rps onLy) in though Art Swanson and other Sharps cased sets of two and as single r ifles, executives are extremely close with prices beginning at $495. (This mouthed about future plans, they wiLL commemorative issue is at least apro admit that the Model 78 single shot is pos, as Sharps rifles were used by the only the beginning, and that other early railroad men, and the East- and models will be forthcoming. It is West-driven rails were connected by hinted that at least one new addition the ceremonial driving of a golden to the line is scheduled for production spike in Utah-the new home of the b eginning the latter part of 1970, and Sharps. ) that this will not be of the single-shot Each rifle made by Sharps is type. shipped with a "lifetime gu arantee" One n ew rifle that is definitely that binds the company to r epair or planned for production next year is replace (with no charge for labor) an ultra- featherweight .257. This will defective parts during the life of the be built around the present Sharps original owner . falling block action , and will weigh f ACTORY (LOSEOUTI The firm is also in th e ammunition between 51/4 and 5112 pounds. With the business. It is producing a complete 22-inch barrel, the gun will have an line of loaded cartridges for all th e overall length of 36 112 inch es! n ew Sharps calibers and for som e • • • "standard" calibers. Production of the Note : As soon as Sharps rifles are d nrts T t11s fine , wcl I made .17 7 cal German ;11 r pi.s t.. o l ~!'.'. ~ ~ .~.~~~ ~ .17-222 Sharps a mmunition will give available, Guns Field Editor, Col. 1s Jus t the t1 okct f or t arget or Va rn11nts. A ccurat o.. No. C02 cartridges to r c ptacl', e ithe r . Once i n a li fetime ba rgain. the U. S. it's first comm ercial .17 - cali Charles Askins, will have a Ord e r scvcr<'l l. Sup p ly limit ed. Only $4. 95 ppd. S e nd c ash , c h e c k o r M. O. ber load. (Plans are to have ammuni- complete test report.-Editor AIR PI STOL, Dept. G-8 4 ~35 llun ling ton D rive, So., Los Angeles , Cal if. 00032 SOUVENIR HUNTERS NORM FLA YDERMAN (Continned on page 25) ATTENTION us a smaller one?' It's absolutely Medicus of New York , which h e pur Used but good c on di t i on fantastic the way people's minds "\Nill chased some years ago. It was, he genuine World Wa r II steel helmets. One for a sa m ple work." Despite his best efforts, Flay says, "absolutely the finest, largest, prepaid any w h e r e in the derman was unable to place the bell most complete American sword col fifty states fo r • . . s6.98 in New England, and it ·was finally lection ever accumulated. It would be ~ !i.. a nd for the quantity buyers purchased "by a very important West QQt I'll ship a t ..... $30.00 physically impossible to duplicate the per dozen net F.0 .B. Se lma . Coast museum which even rebuilt the feat in this day and age." The collec steeple from the original plans to tion contained over 800 swords, each Genuine 2 pocket Carbine Clip Pouches. U.S. Army house it in." different, but each "the fin est of its surplus mad e of h e avy ... .. 0 .0 . Canvas. Holds two '"'·" _ Th e fact is, says Flayderman, he's type, ranging from pre-Revolutionary 15 round cl ips a nd hos b § found "for the most part when I've to Spanish American War era, and belt loo p. Th ree for sam ple prepaid in the fi fty >.' had historical items which should from the simplest sword of the foot ~ t o t e s for S 1 SO ,. .~~ have stayed in New England, they 1ust ...... • . • • • - soldier and the crudely forged back • haven't, because there just aren't that woods swor d of the R evolution, to the ~~Ofo fotrh e . ~ ~ a~'. i~~. ~~~~'.. '.' ~ I.. ·~: ~ •. $1 0. 9 S many good historical buyers here, net F.0 .B. Selma. very ultimate in the gaudy, Victorian while there are many in other parts era of presentation generals' swords." of the country interested in items with So important w as the transaction WALTER H. CRAIG a New England histoJ:'.y." that "Life" magazine and several While Flayderman has handled other national periodicals featured Box 927, scores of other rare and valuable the collection in extensive color items in his career, the one that spreads. Flayderman has since dis Selma, Alabama brought him the most acclaim was the posed of the swords, piece by piece, famous sword collection of Phillip many going to the museums and col- 60 GUNS AUGU ST 1969 lectors all ovei· the world he regula r were decorated with mistakes. But I ly deals with. think I've profited from them." The same fine craftsmanship Flayderman currently has in h is F layderm an's extensive antiqu e possession what he calls "undoubted business is done almost exclusively that made this ly one of the greatest rarities in anti through the mails (his current catalog que firearms, and certainly one of the lists 2,008 items-just a fraction of the COLLECTOR'SITEM ... most historic and important pieces we number he has stored in three build have ever handled." It is a 30 - barrel ings) and by far mostly with mus flintlock "fire carriage" (see photo) emns and advanced collectors. that he found in England. Built in the But while this business makes great early 18th century, the weapon was, demands on his time, it is but one he says, "obviously one of the very facet of his enterprises. N. F layder first forms of machine guns." He has man, Inc., also publishes a catalog is making this documents proving it was long in the which is a most complete listing of British Royal family, until presented current in- print books on antique and IVER JOHNSON by King Edward VII in the 1890s to modern weapons, collecting, shooting, "SIDEWINDER" the British Royal United Service military equipment, uniforms, gun Museum. smithing, ammunition, and related Still another special piece that came subjects. The latest catalog carries Flayderman's way was an 1873 Win over 650 titles, each r eviewed by Norm F layderman himself. The cata chester rifle, marked "One of 1,000." MODEL 50 -A It is, he says, "the ultimate prize in log, issued quarterly, is sold to collec Li st : $44 .25 Ta x inc. the Winchester collector's line"-so tors, museums and libraries. famous a gun, in fact, that a movie As if that were not enough to keep ("Winchester '73") was once made in one young man busy, Flayderman It's a matter of family pride ... fine gunsmit hing for 3 generations. Iver which it was featured. A few of these also runs a publishing house which to Johnson has used its Owl's I-lead were given out as pr izes in the middle date has produced 11 books on fire emblem to identify fine revolvers 1870s by the factory, h e says, and arms and other items which his anti fo r those who appreciate fine supposedly they were "the best of que business deals in Flayderman craftsmanshi p. You ca n s ee a ll the Owl's Head models every 1,000 rifles which Winchester himself has authored two books which in our folde r - w rite for it . made. They are a valuable historic are now in various stages of produc gun for a Winchester collector." tion by a New York firm. The first is But what made this rifle even more on "a special love"-scrimshaw- the prized was the engraving on it- the second on Civil War recruiting post name of Granville Stuart, who was ers. known in his lifetime as Mr. Mon Scrimshaw, a word made familiar tana, one of the earliest settlers of by the late President Kennedy, who that state and famed as a vigilante was also a devotee, is the art of the LICENSED DEALERS leader of the era. It is th e kind of American whaling sailor of carving double- value find which a collector u pon whale's teeth. Flayderman's TREMENDOUS INVENTORY! is lucky to come upon once in a life book will run to some 400 pages, with CiUNS ·SCOPES· MOUNTS time, says Flayderman. over 1,000 items illustrated, and it The youthlul dealer can go on for will, he says, "tell both the story of COMPON ENTS·CLOTHI NCi hours about the prizes which have scrimshaw and the history of w hal LOWEST WHOLESALE passed through his hands, and about ing." COSTS ON the profession which requires, more He is especially enthusiastic about HUNTING EQUIPMENT than anything, "living by your wits." the book on Civil War recruiting SEND FOR FREE CATALOG He makes thousands of decisions posters, because it illustrates what he about authenticity and value, and to calls "the ultimate thrill of this col . . : .. .. survive-in competition with other lecting business." T he 300 posters JON-E • BUEHLER • BIRCHWOOO-CASEY • HOPKINS & ALLEN • dealers and highly skilled collectors "were originally collected for their CROSMAN • STRAIGHTAWAY • CHARLES DALY • OREMEL • EVEREADY • FIREARM S INTERNATIONAL • FITZ • FAULKS • he must be right nearly all the time. romantic appeal and for their pic FEDERAL INST. • FEDERAL CARTR IDGE • GARC IA SPORT IN G ARMS "You learn it all only by experi torial beauty," he says, "but a strange • GUN DIGEST CO. • GRACE METAL PRO DUCTS • HIGH STANDARD • HORNAOY MFG. • JAY scan INC. • JET ·AER • JUDO SWIVE LS ence," he says, " by handling the thing happened when we put them in • KINFOLK • GEO. LAWRENCE CO. • LEE SONIC • LEU POLO STEVENS • LYMAN GUNSIGHT CO. • L.A. DISTRIBUTO RS· MARLIN items. This is strictly an eyeball- to chronologic sequence for the book: FIREARMS CO. • MARBLE ARMS CO. • BORESCOPE • MICHAELS eyeball business. You've got to buy a we suddenly had before us the whole OF OREGON • NORMA • MORGAN PAO • OLT • PACH MAYR • PUMA KNIVES • RED FIEL D • REM INGTON CO MPONENTS • piece, you've got to own it to really history of the Civil War, the whole REDHEA D • BLACK SHEEP • SCOTCH GAME CALLS • SHER IDAN • TRIUS • TIMNEY • WEATH ERBY SCOPES • WESTERN CUTLER Y get a feeling of it. All th e reading in history of recruiting and the whole • HOPPE • GEE LOX • BOB ALLEN • LECTR A SOX • THERMOS • the world-w hile it is vital-and see history of drafting. You could see in METAL MATCH • JUSTRITE • BURGESS • DAISY • BENJAMIN • N.R.C. • MEC • FLAMBEAU • LEE CUSTOM ENGINEERING • ing something in m useums and in col RED OING HUNTER • BAIR • SPEER • PACIFIC • FRANCHI • STEYR·MANNLICHER • LLAMA • BRENNEKE • ZEPHER • lections is only the groundwork for BERNARDELLI • WEATHER SHIELD • STORM KING • ALCAN actually knowing the value and au • CHALLENGER thenticity of it. You must buy it and INQUIRIES ON YOUR LETTERHEAD own it yourself, and sell it, to find SEND CERTIFIED COPY OF TAKE A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE out whether you've gone wrong. "I've SAFARI to ALASKA learned 90 per cent of this business Now booki ng 1970 &. 1071 hunts for , all A laska bi g game. !\l odern hunting lodges. Airplanes & Saftlri from the customers themselves, who ,,ago ns for rour tra nsvort:1tion. PARKBR DISTRIBUTORS are specialists in each of the individ ELDON BRANDT &. SON W H 0 LE SA LE D I V I SI O N G-S9 Ma ster Guide & Outfitters ual items. Like every dealer every Route C. Box. 150. Palm er. Al aska 40 INDUSTRIAL PL, NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. 10805 where, in the early going my walls Tel : Glennall en 822-32i6 GUNS AUGUST 1969 61 GU S OF THE WEST th se poster how public feeling Flayderman's unique place a_ a GUNS SHOWN HERE ARE EXEMPT UN DE R COVERNME T through out th e p riod of the war ollector has been widely reco nized, REGULAT I ONS AND MAY M OVE FR EELY I N INTERSTATE C OMMERCE. changed-from up r - patriotism at through appointment io variou f 1- Colt Pocket Model the beginning of the \'ar o comple e low hip ( uch a he Company of . 31 Revolver apathy at the end . Military Hi orian ) and au horitative 55.00. S et of t wo 100.00 Putting this all tog her in book po ition ( taff a r m con ul ant, form perfectly illu ra e what Flay Spring.field Army M um and a cl erman calls " the mo t exciting and half- doz n other ) . rewarding part of collecting: collect So if you v e got an old mu k et up ing for the specific purpose of study in th e attic, dust i off and ive Norm ing the subject, writing a bout it, and F layderman a call. Bui tancl back Police Model Re volve r adding something brand spanking new from ihe receiver. Th man on the $63.50. S et of two $ 11 5.00 to the collection field through pub other end may b llow a bii, for h '11 P ercussion cao. polished wood grips. brass butt p la t a nd guard. E xpertly b lued. Fluted cyl lication. That is the real thrill any be on the trail of anoth r ad- ~ inder. A real buy. S a fe to sh oot . collector can have." venture into the pa t. L,m -:~ AXEL PETERSON l'J:; .._ ~. ., .. ~··· ..... p;,,.1 $39.50 (Con 1i11lled from page 33) M ade o f the fin est steel. C omple te ly machined. A perfect "eplica for sh ooting or decora tio n. M a de in B avaria, G ermany. left Chicago was to go West to hunt. The Ballard was P eterson's favorite And hunt h e did. Some of his hunting action for his .22 caliber. H e had no partners were Carlos Gove, H arry use for an action that could not be . 44 Kentuch Flintlock Pistol Pope, J . P. L ower, C. W. Rowland, breeched up tight and stay that way . $49.00. M a t ched pair $96.50 George C. Schoyen, Eel Howard, and He m ade many rifles on the Stevens others. action but didn't think much of th Co mplet e in ev ery de t a il, including t amping rod. Finest quality w orkma nship ever offered. In 1912, Axel made a trip to Alaska Stevens actions made after World P erfectly balanced. A treasure for a ny col and shot every type of game to be War I. lecto r. $49.00. M atched pair $96.50. found there. The rifle that he used on Axel failed to k eep records of the GUNS OF THE WEST the trip was a Springfi eld .30- 06, how barrels he made but la te in his life he 823 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106 ever his favorite rifle was the h am estimated that h m ade between 600 A/ C .816 - 842-9068 m erless Sharps- Borchardt .45 -70 and and 700. Many of his customers gave N o C.0.D . orders accepted Sen d check o r m o ney or der. N o cash . h e was also extremely fond of the .45- him repeat orders and ther e wer e sev 70 cartridge. Of course, he was con eral large companies who were steady stantly selling his favorite rifles and customers. His lar gest single order Ammo Specia l - 30-06 Ba ll Am mu nition -Non making anoth er for himself. As he was for fifty .22 caliber barrels for Corrosive Extremely la te iss ue - 1962 Ma nufa c grew older, he began using the lighter the Colorado ational Guard. ture; $10 per 100 rds.; $43 per case of 720 rds. .30- 30 carbine. H e generally mounted The barrels w r e fitted to the an offset telescope on his Winchester Guard's Krag rifle for small caliber S nd .2Sc ( N o s t amps) t o D ept. G-1 o r o ur list i n g of Sur Model 94. target practice. The rifle were made pl u s A rnmo and Muzzle L o.:tdcrs. C oun t e r S a l c 11 on S a tur· days Only ( most Saturdays) from 11 A . M . t o 4 P . M. Schoyen died in 1916 and Axel, or up as single shots and the bores were Atte ntion D ea l e r s: S end fo r ou r confidenti a l Who l esa l e Pncc Li s t . A. W. as h e was called, bought the offset so that no altering of the bolts tools, equipment, and the interest in or extractors was necessary in order IMPERIAL ARMS CORP. the shop that belonged to Schoyen. to fire the s m ~ ll rin1fire cartridges in 3318 W. Devon Ave. Li nco lnwood, Ill. 60645 Shortly after this, P eterson went to these large caliber c nter fir e rifles. FFL No. 36·636 1 Utah and worked a year with th e When World War I began, the .22 bar Brownings in the development of the rels ·were pulled out and r eplaced with Model 1917 machine gun. This was .30- 40 caliber. the only time from 1886 until his P eterson's hop was located at 1429 GROUP GRIPPER death in 1946 that P eterson wasn't L arimer Street, Denver . The gilt in Fro m Thi s . To Th is working in his own shop. scription on the front windows stated, Most of the actions sent to P eterson "Established in 1886- A. W. P eterson to be built into target rifles were Bal and Son-Gunsmiths." lards, Stevens, Borchard ts, and some The work benches wer e in th e front, Winchester single shots. His favorite looking out through th e Larimer •• action for medium and large calibers Street entrance. Axel's bench was on You can change you r G I or Commercial .45 was the Sharps-Borchardts. the r ight as you entered and Roy, his Auto• o r Supe r •.38, a nd your abi lity to shoot it, to Match Pistol accuracy in minutes. No Two of his rifles, both on the Bor son , worked at the bench on th e left too ls needed to instal l " G ro u p Gripper" li nk and s pring guide in seconds. chardt action, were considered by him side. PRI CE . .. to be the finest pair of target r ifl es in A metal grill work on each si de Comple te with instructions $995 the world. Both were .32- 40 caliber. plus a row of show cases and the Postpaid One had a round barrel and the other counter kept the visitors away from Order d irect from DAN DWYER Sportsmen's Equipment Co. an octagon barrel. The stocks were the work benches and the drawers full 915 West Washington St. almost identical. They were deep bel of parts and customers guns. San Diego, Calif. 92103 lied Sch uetzen style. Both had palm Near Roy's bench was the bulletin OR r est and one had a finger rest built on board, covered with yellowed targets Gil Hebard Guns Box One the lever. Both guns were equipped shot by the P etersons or w ith P eter Knoxville, Ill. 61448 with P eterson- made telescopes and son barrels. A h eavy walnut counter Deale r In q uiries Invited P eterson set triggers. with the show case at one end came 62 GUN S AUGU ST 1969 from the J. P. Lower store. The rail the last rifle that P eterson made. on the front edge was notched along Peterson made his last hunt in Bu its full length so customers would ford County, Colorado, in 1942 at the have a place to lean their Sharps, age of 83. H e went with his son, Roy, Remington or Winchester. and Roy's wife, Ida. He got his deer On Axel's side sat the fine little as usual. milling machine that he made. Fur On July 25, 1946, the Denver Post ther back in the middle of the shop carried the following item: "Axel was his masterpiece-the shaper that P eterson, 86, expert gunsmith and a he built by hand. Cabinets with slid Denver Resident for 67 years, was ing glass doors were against both found dead in his gun shop at 1429 walls of the shop and held the many Larimer Street when his son Roy re riAes and shotguns. Further back were ported for work at 9: 00 AM. Thurs shelves filled with old stocks, glass day." Jet-Aer Corporation, Paterson, New Jersey 07524 u s• excl. Canadian dist .• Ca~adian Ind, ltd., Montreal , Que , jars of lead bullets, loading tools, cans The A W. P eterson Gun Shop is of powder and other shooting equip presently located in Mt. Dora, Florida. ment. The rifling machine, reamer, P eter The two lathes were halfway back son's hand tools, photographs, eleven in the shop. In the corner was the of his rifles, and other articles in the big, old forge that Carlos Gove shop were moved to Mt. Dora in 1953 brought to Denver by mule team in by the present owner, Leighton L. 1861. Baker. In the later years of his life, A W. A W. P eterson contributed heavily tried to quit working so hard, but to the heritage of American shooting. orders for barrels kept coming in His rifles and barrels were held in the through the mail. H e would tell his highest esteem years ago. They are customers, "This is my last barrel." held so today and will be ch erish d ONLY MECHAN ICAL HEARING PROTEC TOR For this reason there ar e quite a few by the shooters and collectors ~ Acclaim ed by c h ampion shooters and recom m ended by Ear Sp ecia lis ts as th e best protect ion people today who b elieve they have for a good many years to come. ~ against h a rmfu l n oise. L ee Sonic EAR.VALVS let : you h ea r ever y th ing normally whi le they elimi nate the harmful e ffect s o f gun blast noise. A precision engineered. pa t ented m ech anica l hear ing protector. NOT EAR PLUGS. Only $4.95 a pr. BERETTA AL-2 with money back guarantee. ORDER TODAY o r write tor FREE M edical Proof and literature. (ContinlLNl from page 23) SIGMA ENGINEERING COMPANY, Dept. G-8 1 1 3 20 Burbank Bl v THE NEW AND UNIQUE SELF-IDENTIFYING PRIMER PACK, "THE QUICK-PICK PAK." A MANNLICHER STOCK SAFETY FEA JURE WHICH ALLOWS QUICK (Continued from page 27) SELECTION OF PRIMERS TO PREVENT MIXING OF TYPES ON YOUR LOADING BENCH. ANOTHER CONVENIENCE FOR weighs 7% pounds, an overall length Mannlich er and has a completely re THE HANDLOADER • • • FROM CCI. of 39 % inches, a Monte Carlo comb designed action. This action lock up with cheekpiece and a comb h eight with six lugs, has a detachable maga SEE YO UR LOCAL CCI DEALER OR W RITE FOR FREE BROCHURE suitable for scope use. H&R for an zine, a bolt that i mor e easily r ach OMARK-CC/ Inc. even longer tim e has had a single- shot able and more readily grasped than P.O. Box856 .22 plinker which is stock ed as a full the older rifle, and is chambered for LEWISTON, IDAHO 83501 wood. This is the Model 755. It is a such modern high-intensity cartridges SportingEqu ip'!flf!nt ~ D 1111s1on .. • handsome little gun, and with its 18" as the .222, the .22-250, the .225 Winch., .9lY!l!-fl!f bbl, weighs but 4 lb. .257 Weath erby, the .264 Magnum, .338 U The Mossberg Model 800M is the Magnum and the .458 Magnum. Thcr very latest from this line. It is a Man is also a .22 Long Rifle version, called nlicher- stock number a nd quite a the Steyr carbine. The Steyr Works, handsome one at that! It is chamber ed long time manufacturers of the Man for the .22- 250, the .243, and the .308. nlicher-Schoenau er, have s : m p 1 y Barrel is 20 inches and weight is ap brought the older rifle up to date and proximately 6% lb. Mossberg r ede this Steyr Mannlicher is the result. signed the bolt handle on this gun and Other Mannlicher - typ rifles which it is handsome and graceful. It has a have recently appeared in this r ising TWO NEW EXCITING CATA LOGUES swept- back look about it and while popularity for the full length stock, EACH YEAR Eac h 84 Pages, Illu st rated the knob has been abandoned there is are the Musketeer, a Mauser , im ISS UE D SEM I- A NN UALLY: enough bolt to give a good grasp. ported by Firearms Int rnational, with ONLY S2.00 YR . For sale in each issue: over 1200 antique Tradewinds, Inc., Tacoma, Washing a chambering for such hot numbers mu skets, rin es, pi stol s, swords, as we ll as ton, importers of the excellent Husq as the .308 No1·ma Magnum and the early mil itary equ ipm en t, wes tern an d nautical gear from a ll over the world. varna line of Swedish Mausers has a .300 Winchester Magnum. Also the 108 PAGE CAT ALOGUE OF Mannlicher in the line. Smith & Wes For ster Carbine, another full- wood ARMS BOO KS Nothing Like It Anyw here! son who likewise imports and sells number, chambered for th e .243, the 600 lilies ava il abl e: antique/modem guns, wea pon s, military equ ipm ent, ammo, gu nsmith· another Husqvarna rifle. offers a full .22 - 250 and the .308. It is made up on ing, shooting, spec ial hu nting book section. length stock. These rifles have 20 1/2 11 the Sako L-579 action, w ith 20- inch Each reviewe d, 25c or fr ee to Antiques C a t a ~ log ue Subsc rib rs. barrels, one variation of th e Man barrel and a weight of 6% pounds. N, FLA YD ERM AN & CO,, INC. nlicher has a Monte Carlo stock the While the R emington Company ha 4 Squ as h Hollow, New Milford, Con n. other does not. Calibers ar e .243, .270, no Mannlicher- tock cl rifles in its 6x55 mm, .308 and .30- 06. line, I look for this outfit to announce Those long- time importers of the one in the future. The Model 660 car First Choice of original Mannlicher, the Stoeger Arms bine, w ith its 20 " barrel and an over Champion Shooters the Corporation, South Hack ensack , N.J . all length of 38 3/.i inches is a natural. World Over. now have an even m ore complete line Reinhart F ajen, our biggest stock of .th eir famous rifles. The Model maker has now commenced to sell Precis ion·carved to fi t y our hand pattern. Our stocks a re made for a ll Target Shooters, 1961- MCA rifle, in calibers .243- , 6.5 complete rifles. H e offers a Mauser Law Enforcement office rs and Sportsmen. mm, .308 and .30 - 06, is the original barreled action and his own stocks. (Dealers Inquiries Invited-Send 50c For Co lo r Brochure. Re fu nded With First Order.) Mannlicher- Schoenauer. It can be had Among other styles he has a Man with the double set triggers or th e nlicher. F ajen has for many years CLOYCE'S single one-stage trigger, with barrels made Mannlicher stocks on custom GUN STOCKS of 181/2 or 20 inches, a weight between order. I h ave a Winchester Model 88 Bo x 1133 Twin Fa lls, I daho 7% and 7% pounds, or the pu rchaser lever action that has had a handsome 83301 may get the modernized Mannlicher. Fajen stock attach ed This is referred to as the Steyr- almost a dozen years ago. 64 GUNS • AUGUST 1969 Quafilg gun acce66orie6 tg PACHMAYR POINT BLANK "WlllTE LINE"® RECOIL PADS By COL. CHARLES ASKINS Po chmoyr's new "Presentation mode l" baske t weave d esign, shown above, is th e latest in recoi l pod s for rifles and shotguns. Available in 3 colors ond sites. Pric e $7 .50. See your fa vorit e d ea le r or write for de tails o f this and othe r Pachmayr re coil pad s for rifles or shotg un s, fi e ld , trap o r skeet use. All "White Line "Nrecoil pads arc guaranteed o lifetim e against faulty workman ship or mate riol.C J'"" There are several famous gun the earth to sell the major output. Nor "MATCH SHOOTERS" building cities in the world. There is yet delegations waiting upon the HAND GUN CASES Birmingham in England, New Haven gunsmakers to dicker for their wares. in Connecticut, Liege in Belgium, You can, if you like, go visit the Wh ether at th e range, home or trav e ling , these fine Brescia in Italy and Eibar in Spain. mayor. Sr. Esteban Or bea, w hose custom-crafted coses ore just In Eibar you will find sixty- four family has been making firearms for th e ticl~ e t for kee ping your 500 handguns and shooting sup gun-making outfits. Some of these are years, and in his office you will plies c!I in one place - safe so small the entire operation is find no evidence of either the city or and secure. Compact, light easy to carry . Quality constructed jammed into one piddling tiny room yet the family stock in trade. throughout from the finest materials available. Choice of with an output of a few score guns The manufacture of guns is taken 3 , 4 & 5 gun models in wide variety of beautiful simu as a matter of course. Old hat. So lated leathers and finishes for the most discerning sports annually. Others, like the sprawling man . From $27.50. New Lok-Grip troy, another Pachmoyr Aguine and Aranzabal company commonplace as to merit no drum exclusive, features on adjustable bridge For holding a beating. Eibar is strange from another variety of hand guns securely in position {available ot along with the firm of Star Echever small additional cost}. Guaranteed the finest or your ria, work 24 hours a day and show an aspect and that is the total absence of money bock. See your dealer today. output of thousands of arms daily . hotels. The buyer who would seek to CARRYING STRAPS To visit Eibar, in the north of Spain spend a m illion dollars in the pur for hand gun cases and deep within the Basque country chase of Spain's famous product, the Th ese handsome carrying strops is an absolute must for the guns sporting firearm, is compelled to bi ore designed primarily for hand aficionado. For me it was a p ilgrimage vouac in San Sebastian and commute gun cases, but are also used for camera coses and other applica to the gunsman's own special Mecca. the forty miles to do his trafficking. tions. Strops ore manufacture d of A return, as it were, for in other days Eibar's firearm s are built by a p eo two inch wide block nylon web bing, adjustable from 31 " to 56" I had swung through Eibar not less ple who will tell you . they are not in le ngth . Buckle and all fittings than once m onthly . i knew all the gun Spaniards. They are, they will state ore polished and chrome plated. Quick disco nnect attach fittings make it easily removable and it con be store d makers on a first name basis and al somewhat fiercely, Basques. There are in its plastic display ond shipping box . Full st e p by step ways had a shooting iron in the mak four Basque provinces in northern installation instructions make it easy to in stall. All ing. Spain and two in France. The Spanish necessary hardware is supplie d . Price $12.50. Col.. Glover J ohns, the defense at Basque and his cousin the French TRU-VU SPOTIING SCOPE MOUNT tache in our embassy in Madrid, is a counterpart are extremely close and Pochmayr's e ngine e rs have first rate shooting man, h e got all his look upon each oth er as though no designe d o new, fin e spotting scope mount bracket. Ea sy to diplomatic chores in mesh and loaded frontier existed between them. There insta ll, spherical mount, ad Reinhart F ajen and m yself into his is inte rmarriage, much visiting back justable to all spotting scopes. Extrude d rubber strip s pr event Ford and we were off on a day's jour and forth, and if you ask the Spanish scope from being scratched or ney across Castile. Through the pass Guardia Civil they will tell you there marred. Finished in three ano dized colors - block, gold or to the north known as the Puerto de is a devil of a lot of smuggling too ' silv e r. See your de aler. Only All of which is somewhat beside the $6.50. Also availabl e po s t los Leones, thence a traverse of the paid. Write for free 16 poge Spanish steppe w hich lies beyond and point. brochure obout Pochmayr's fma lly into the historic old City of The Spanish Basque is the most in :ioe rvices and products. Burgos. Then onward and eventually dustrious individual in all Castile. H e LO-SWING Scope Mount into the mountains along the Cantab works hard and he plays hard. Wine scan FOR LO#G IRON SIGHTS FOR FAST r ican coast to wind up finally at consumption among the · "Bascas" ACCURATE SHOTS CLOSE IH BRUSH SHOTS Eightfull in San Sebastian. Eibar lies reaches some astronomical totals best forty miles beyond, it could await the left untold. Suffice to say w hen he ITIOITO\V. works he builds a stmdy firearm. No In Eibar, next morning, I was less than 90% of the Eibar output is struck as I've been countless times in sporting shotguns. There is no pro before by the utter lack of appr ecia duction of rifles. The Star Echeverria Combines two important advantages in one mount. tion of the gun builders of this his Company makes auto pistols of all Provides instant use of open sights and a scope mounted toric old city . There are no signs be calibers from .22 to .45. The Star pis as low as possible on your rifle. For those fast, close in brush shots or spotting, scope con be swung to the sidr yond the town, much less within, to tol is the official military sidearm and to allow instant use of your iron sights. Don't le t fogged announce to the world that here is there is a production of a submachine lenses or a damaged scope spoil your chance of a kill. The upper rings of the lo·Swing mount make s detaching one of the most important arms man gun which is also a standard item your sccipe easy - ready to replace upon arrival at your ufactories in the world today. You among the services. hunting site. Unconditionally guaranteed to maintain zero sighting alignment. Lo.Swing top mount $25.00. may beat up and down the city streets Reinhart Fajen, these days the big lo·Swing side mount $20.00. See your favorite dealer. seeking firearms displays. You will gest stockmaker in this country, was Write for free 16 page product folder. find none. Nor yet are there salesmen in Eibar on business. The Pyrenees hurrying away to the far corners of walnut which graces all the better Ei- GUNS AUGUST 1969 65 ' bar- turned scatt rgun is some of the automatic in .32 ACP and .380 ACP mo t handsome. Fajen wa anxious to calib r . Thi pistol is an inter sting ew up con tant upply of the trik h ybrid for it ha features of the old ing buUwood whil w w re on the P-38 of WW-II fam , th Browning grounds. Model 1935, and the Iona ob ol te Hwy. 123 Sou th Segu in, Tex oi 78155 Agustin Aranzab 1, R emington Mod l 51. I i a very dent of AyA-A uirr worthwhil pi ol, 1 ho it refl cts lh -gave us the gr nd Spaniar d' lack of inv ntiv ness. numerable hop . Hi hotguns are all Finally the company has a line 0£ side-by - side and ov r /und r , with a .22 auto pi tol . The handguns run further production of cheap single the gamut from plink r to target barrel models. Th r i no output of models. Th la tt r f atur e barrels of 11 either autoload rs or pump repeaters. 6 , 7%", 8" and 9%" 1 n gths, together There is a selfloader in plan, a model w ith adjust.ab! targ t sights, muzzle to follow pretty g nerally the FN brakes, barrel w eight , and custom type. Prices range all the way from fitted stock . Th actions, wheth er on SPECIAL OFFER ten bucks to a thousand skins. The the target model or th more common latter for the Model 37 over/ under. pli nking types are all alike. These are American shotgunners are familiar a faithful copy 0£ the prev\·ar Walther. with the Matador shotgun. It is a This is not to say the action is not a moderately pi· iced id - by - side which good one. It is and quite relia ble. It is SAVE40~o is made by AyA and imported by a simple blowback and entirely sound. Firearms International. The Matador follows generally the lines of the The BOOK of RIFLES Winchester Model 21 but only at a and fraction of the latter 's price. he Star submachine gun is the Other AyA models are faithful cop T now obsolete German Scluneisser The BOOK of PISTOLS ies of the famous English Pmdy, Hol with certain rather minor innovations & REVOLVERS land & Holland and Westley Richards. added by the Spaniards. It does not The managing director of Holland is fire the 9 mm Parah llum round but dickering with AyA to have their is chambered for the 9 mm Bayard cr uns made by the S panish firm. "We'll long ctg. This is mad to conform to do this." Agustin Aranzabal assured the Spanish military choice. The me, "but only on condition that our weapon can be r eadily adapted to a name be included on each cru n. " Be variety of cali bers these to include cause of the cheapness of Spanish our own .45 ACP. There is no better skilled labor, outfits like AyA can nor more thoroughly battle- tested build the costly double shotgun a t a arm than this German d signed piece. price ~uch below that of the Encrlish. It is notable for a cl arth of machined It is for this rea on that companies parts plus a profusion of stampings, like Holland & H olland have ap die castings and lubing. proached the Eibar firm to make a Within scant miles of Eibar, deal with them. scarcely to be counted as a part of the city but assu ·edly in the arms-making BY W. H. B. SMITH enclave, is the historic old firm of BOTH OF THESE RENOWNED CLASSICS B Y THE "MASTER OF FIREARMS" CAN BE hile AyA m akes more shotguns Unceta y Cia. This outfit is at Guer Y O U R S AT UNPRECEDENTED SAVINGS. Wthan any other Eibar manufac nica. Under the trade nam e of Astra, TEC H NICAL A CC URACY. C LE A R ORGAN I turer the honors for th e greatest arms ZATI ON . UNIQUE DR AW ING S. COMPL ET E a series of auto pistols ranging from OPER ATIO NAL I NFOR MAT ION . DETAI LE D output goes to Star Echeverria. The .22 to 9 mm are made. The pistols are AM MU NITION D AT A AND THOR OUG H H ANDLING OF AC TI O N S FOR BOT H MO D Star pistol is very well known around blowback operated and are notable ERN AND AN TIQ UE FIR EA RMS A RE T H E the world. Three models are made. HALLMARK S FOR THE PRESENTATION for good materials and an excellent O F B O T H THESE CO MPREHENS IV E V O L · The first of these is a copy of the .45 degree of wor km anship. Astra also UM ES . YOU"LL HAVE NEARLY FIFT EEN Model 1911, our service weapon. Star HUNDRED PAG ES O F I NDI S PEN S IBLE IN· turns out a full line of side- by- side FORMATION AT YO UR FINGERTIPS. has incorporated some minor modifi shotguns but not many of these r each ORDER TODAY! $27 .45 VALUE cations but essentially it is our time the United States. NOW ONLY $19 .95 honored old cornsheller. One version GUNS SUBSCRIBERS PAY ONLY $16 .00. At a distance from Eibar is the pis has no grip safety. The pistol is the tol-making firm of Gabilondo y Cia. DON'T DELAY! OROER YOUR COPY TODAY! Spanish military sidearm having re T his outfit uses the brand name, BOOK DEPT. GUNS MAGAZINE placed the Astra after lengthy field "LLama," the Stoeger Arms Corpora 8150 CENTRAL PARK/ SKOKIE, ILL. 60076 tests. It is chambered for the 9 mm tion regularily imports the Llama pis O Send sets of Bciok of Rifl es - Book Bayard long cartridge. This round is of Pislols. tols. The company turns out both auto 0 I am a GUNS subscr ibe r and have enclosed longer and more powerful than the pistols and revolvers. The a utomatics $1 6.00 in full payment for each set orde red . more familiar 9 mm P arabellum. are spitting image r productions of 0 I am not a GUNS subscribe r and have e n closed $19.95 in full payment for each se t Star also sometim es manufactures the Model 1911 in calibers .32 and ordered. G-8 the automatic for the .45 ACP ctg b ut .380. The r evolvers are practically Name this is only on special contract. There identical with the Smith & Wesson. is a target version of the pistol with Calibers range from .22 through .38 an adjustable r ear sight and a hand Special. Both service types and tar - City~-=:;:-;;:::::;::::==== fitted action. gets models are under ~ State ------Zip ---- The second of the series is a pocket manufacture. Uill 66 GUNS AUGUST 1969 ------The Cun~ Magazine------ Nonte Brave rman Mandel Schu maker Han d loa ding Modern Arms Antique Arms Guns mithing Panel oF Experl~ .. ~ - Belgian Shotgun someone that likes outside lwm:rners. __ ...... I have a double barrel sh otgun in 12 The other gun that won a Grand Prize ga. which I would appreciate your was their model 7330; an engraved, a "r .. helping me identify, and also its hammerless double with "Parcidox" worth. barrels. (Paradox boring prodiices On the rib between the barrels in shotgun barrels with a short forward marked "Manufacture ~ i e g e i o s e section rifled-thiis allowing iise of D' Armes A. F ue, Liege, Fondee both shotshells and slugs, but with 1966 Grand P r ix Paris 1900." The somewhat more acciiracy. ) This was a Serial number is 120765. On the bar very high quality model with engrav rels is stamped "Acier Universe!" ing so beautiful that it looked like and a work Cockerill. Between the steel carving. This model was not of letters K and E there is a picture of a fered in 1948; in very good condition, cock. The underside of the barrels today, this gun would be worth and action are heavily proofmarked $1,0()0.00 or m ore.-S.B. with markings such as PIK 449.9, 174 / 18.4 176 /18.4 also a diamond out line with 12/ C written inside. There are also the Belgian proof house Ballistics Career marks. I am interested in a career as a bal Harry Saake listics expert. What are the training Floral P ark, N . Y. requirem ents? If specialized schools Ma;iufacture Liegeiose (or ML as exist for this job, can you please tell they are known) made a wide variety me their names and locations? What of guns differing in types as well as are the employment opportunities? quality. Acier Universal means "uni Barry F . Ross versal steel"-the brand name of a Seattle, Washington special steel made by John Cockerill for B elgian gunrrwkers. ML won two In order to begin to answer your This durable plastic ammo-pack retails Grand Prizes in Paris in 1900; one question, one must point out that for $1.00 but it's standard packaging w ith their model 6618 w hich was a there is a vast difference between the and yours FREE when you purchase Amer visible-hammer double shotgim. This Ballistics E:i:pert of Television (the ica 's premium ammunition SPEER-DWM. model wci,s offered for e::cport at $93.82 Police Department) and the Firearms If your dealer doesn't have this new pack in 1948. In good condition, it shoiild be Expert of the Court Room. The Police age yet, you can get one by sending us w orth $50-60.00 today for iise by technician is concerned mainly with the end flap from a package of SPEER DWM ammunition and 25c (postage and handling); we'll rush you one by return mail . . . . Fits all calibers 22 / 250 FREE CATALOG through 8mm. Send to AMMO-PACK, Box 896 Lewiston, Idaho 83501 "Quick-Draw" Holsters e CUSTOM MADE e THE BEST SINCE 1897 S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. Jet-Aer Corporation, Paterson, New Jersey 07524 us• P. 0. BOX 9776 excl. Canadian dist, Canadian Ind. ltd .• Montreal, Que., EL PASO, TEXAS ZIP CODE 79988 GUNS AUGUST 1969 67 Identification, and is actiwlly not "ilfrm.ser and Conuniltee" 6.5 /"P mitch more concerned with guns than I have come across a rifle that h as I have a 6.5 J ap rifle but the fi ring a Finger Print Expert is concerned been described by a gunsmith as a pin and all part related to the firing with fingers . Both cire concerned with ·'Hungarian Mauser." The serial num pin a re missing. I mad a fir ing pin identification based on niarkings. bers, 7707, all seem to match. "Er and have fired the rifle. The first The Firearms Expert, on the other furt" is stamped on top of the re r ound showed a sign of buckling at hand- in addition to identification, is ceiver ring. "KAR 88" is on the left the base of the cartridge but the next concerned with mechanisms, designs, hand side of the receiver. The maga two rounds •ver en't as bad. The ammo defects and performances of vctrioits zine looks to me as if it is a direct was Norma, 6.5 J ap, 156 grain. The types of hand guns, 1·ifles, shotgims copy of either a Carcano or Terni. The fourth round was in p rfect shape. I powder actuated tools cmd other de bolt is a Steyr-Mannlicher- Schoenauer would like some information on vices involving explosives. Mitch of bolt! The major difference is the fact where to get parts for this r ifle. his work involves civil litigcition, that the cartridge head is completely D avid J am es dctmage sitits and insurance claims. enclosed inside the bolt face and ex Seattle, Washington Police technicians are 1ts1uilly tractor assembly. A rath er minor dif trctined "on the job" aiigniented by a ference is that the actual configuration As fctr a.s parts go, yon have one of period at the N ew York Police De of the bolt handle is different but has those " himt and hope rifles." I've seen partment School and or the FBI a bout the proper location ahead of the a nmnber of very informative articles School. Some Colleges now offer trigger . It looks about 8 mm and on the Jap rifles, bitt can't seem to lo coitrses in Police S cience but t hese omeone told me that he had fired a cate one now. are quite superficial insofar as techni .30- 06 through it, whereupon I bowed My personal experience with them cal studies. my h ead in a momen t of silent prayer . has shown the J a.ps were very care The Firearms Ex1Jert reqitires y ears Any information you h ave would be less in headspClcing them. This wffs of experience as ct gimsmith, skill helpful. es1Jecicilly trne in the later stages of with t he use of the micro:)cope, and a D avid J. eder the war. I wonl.d guess that yonrs hffs vast back ground of fcimi liarity with W aukesha, Wi consin excessive headspace. This can be cor reference books and catctlogs. Person rected, bnt I doitbt that the gnn is ally, I have been ct gunsmith for Basiccilly, the gnn you clescribe is worth the exiJendititre,- Cls in the fn the "Mauser nncl Committee" prede twenty-five years, own a compnrison ture, pm·ts will be an Cllmost impossi cessor of the German Service Maitser microscope, three conventional micro ble problem. series. W lwt lw s happened to this spe scopes, a L eitz Ultropctk camerci, 300 In the meantime yonr only clwnce cific gnn since original mannfacture, I reference gnns, aboitt 2,000 reference is writing to the varions companies know not, and withoiit personal ex cartridges, aboiit 1,000 gun books and which advertise siirpliis militffry cimination, alas-slwll never know! reference catalogs ancl ct complete weapons.-W .S . gimsmithing shop. As all of the ctbove Idiotic as it may seem, there once was cLr e necessary, you will imderstand a bolt that hcid a conntersimk head, that in addition. to time, considerable specifically designed to fire ct .30-06 in money is involved. an 8 mm rifle-and there even was ci Neetllwm Conversion .58 il1u.s ket While there is considercible work special pocket designed into ct pc1.rct I have received as a gift an old fo r Firearms Consitltcints, retired Po chntist's jmnp- s1tit to hold this s1Jecial fashioned 1862 Springfield muzzle lice T echnicians are itsiwlly available, bolt! The idea wa.s for the ittilization loader with a eedham breech which and these try and improvise on th eir of scronnged ammo by the invctder. I opens to the side. It is in good condi backgrounds enoitgh to qiialify for the personally encoimtered the siiits and tion, a nd as I have wanted such an specific job involved.-S.B. bolts in East Africa in 1942.-s.B. old gun to shoot for a long whil e, I Universal's •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Actual Size ANOTHER UNIVERSAL "FIRST" Model SE 4x32 mm 1" tube $22.50 Universal1 s new "Standard11 Riflescopes offer features found only in scopes selling for many times their price. 1. Water-tight to protect inner lens from rain or accidental immersion. 2. 1" lightweight aluminum alloy tube. 3. Available in cross hair or post reticle sight systems. 4. Scientifically, optically centered. ~...... 01-01010 .,., 5. Nitrogen filled to prevent togging in temperature changes. LOOK fOR THIS BASE, : !Jlll~, 6. Complete line tor high powered rifles. Scopes tor MOUNT & RING DISPLAY 10~ ~~?,7,~J. .22's include mounts. Bas e, Mount and Ring Assortment for 95 % of al l 'OJ~o7qi popular makes of sporting rifles. Qui ck and easy to I 7. Bi-axis, micromatic adjustment. use. Look for the new Universal Sport Gun Line. . · 68 GUNS AUGUST 1969 want to get cartridges for it. I am told that the original type of ammunition SIDE-BY-SIDE isn't made anymore and wonder if you might tell me where to get some modern cartridges for it. Calvin Sova Monroe, Michigan T he N eedham system of converting Civil War perciission muskets for me tallic ccirtridges iised a rimfire car tr idge, which is not available in a SHOTGUNS modern fonn. I woiikl siiggest that y ou try t o trade off the N eedham fo r one m o1·e su itable fo r your piirposes. TO FULFILL EVERY SHOOTING NEED A Springfie ld Trapdoor .45- 70 woiild serv e well, cis it is ci cartridge arm for (illustrated) w hich ammunition and reloading The AYA "SIDELOCK" com ponents are current and is a grecit Th e only true " Sidelock" shotgun on the U.S. market. Features single se lective !rigger, casiial shooter.-R.M. selective automatic ejectors, ventilated rib, etc. All the desirable features you expect to find in a top-quality shotgun-$300.00. B e Cautious, Be Clever I would like to r elate a couple of in The AYA "YEOMAN" The AYA """"410'' dicents tha t m ay be of h elp to fellow D esigned for the shooter who de Proport ioned for the .410-3" sh ell w ith shooters. sires a fine double without frills straight h a nd ch eckered English style First, one day w hile cleaning up my $125.00. stock and fleld forend-$150.00. shop I found a box containing ten or twelve misfired cartridges. The bullets Sold through dealers only• Write for folder or send 25¢ for new F.f. catalog looked good and, as the cases had not been fired, I decided to save them as I h ad Berdan primers and have h ad good success when using them in clean cases. I took the L achmiller, Berdan pr imer decapping tool and punch d a hole through the primer. I then rotated the case and again started th pu nch to r emove the pri Get Your Deer for Surel mer. Well, you gu essed it, the pr im er with an "ALASKAN" ·DEER CALL exploded. F ortuna tely, there was no GUARANTEED . '-':~W' 1 ' 1'1"- resistance and plenty of vent in the EFFECT1vE ~~ ..::: OR MONEY BACK ;:-- ~ T h e N ew • . HC LASS I C " • hole I had already made, so the only So ?ff.ective it's pa tented! ~ ur es a l l ~ 11 ~\~~ other s tyle "> available · Prices varieti es for close shot. Like calls "·;/ s. P 1 beg-in a t S 2 ,l .50. r esults w er e a loud noise and jangled used in Alaska for cen tu ries. Eas y· 247082j · Write for further information . - P recision m a t o·use. Inst ructions. Ask Dealer or $ QQ c/lin in g o f customer s' \\OOd our specialty. n erves. F or gen eral safety purposes I , order by mail. Over 16 yrs. in U. S. · p. p. 2 PETERSON MACHINE CARVING always work with the h ead of a car- WESTER N CALL & DECOY • P. Box 425 • Portland, Ore. 97207 o. P.O. Box 1065 GS, S un Valley, Calif. 9 1 352 Rill copes! • .. . -- Choose from these 17 different models If it's Universal, Model SA 4x15 mm 3/4 " $ 7.95 Model SE-40 4x 40 mm 40 mm Model SI 10x:J2 mm 1" $28.95 It' s th e Best Model SB 3x7x20 mm l/4" 12.95 Objective Bell $26.50 Model Sl-40 10x40 mm 40 mm Model SC 2.5x32 mm 1" 22.50 Model SF 4x32 mm 1" 22.50 Objective Bell 30.95 Model SC-2 2.5x32 mm Model SG 6x32 mm 1" 23.95 Model SJ 2.5x8x32 mm 1" 30.95 (Pos t Reticle) 22. 50 Model SG-40 6x40 mm 40 mm Model SK 3x9x32 mm l '' 32.95 Model SD 4x20mm1" 20.95 Objective Bell 29.95 Model SL 3x9x40 mm 1" 37.95 Model SE 4x32mm1 " 22.50 Model SH 8x32 mm 1" 26.50 Model SM 1.5x5x40 mm 1" 37.95 UNIVERSAL FIREARMS CORPORATION Dept. G, 3746 E.10th Court, Hialeah, Fla. 33103 GUNS AUGUST 1969 69 tridge turned away from me and wear Greatest Gun Values at lowest prices safety glasses in the shop at all times. Importation of the highly desirable models listed in column I now prohibited-order It kind of gives one a jolt though. while stocks last; sold through FFL Dealers only. Place your order through local dealer. Secondly, I had loaded some 12- 30 06 c a1. · THESE NEW RIFLES ALSO AVAILABLE gauge shells in Remington plastic. THROUGH ANY FFL DEALER They all fit easily into the chamber of FN M ode l 98 M auser cal. 30-06 !11fg. d uring 1 D 50's. NH.A GOOD, onl y $44.50. my shotgun , but after firing I found Bmm M-43 Ma u ser M od e l 0 8 S hort Rifles. :.111 m illed \Mllllllilllllll' ..,... parts. Postw::i r manuf:1cwrc. NRA G ood $32,50. ~ - ·!S that some would not eject. L ater, I B m m Ge r man G- 43 Se m i -Automa tic Rifles $59.SO. Gns opcrntcd. dcwchabl c l 0 -round mng::tzinc , A n accurnt.c, The Best .22 Rifl e Value! turned up a piece of lead on the lathe J·:ipid-flrc wc;1pon omd a must f o r co llect.or of m ilitary ;1r1ns SQUIBM AN .22 L . R . Sem i -a utoma t ic rifle . 15-shot box mng azine, muzzle brake, g l'oovcd fo r scop e sh e ll d e ~ that was slightly smaller than the in 8 mm BRNO Mause r Short R i fle, L a r ge Hing 08 A c fl cctor: hold ope n fen tur c . m nhoi;:iny stock. A c1unl ity tion. NRA Good 533.50, with r:ll'C l io n cres t. $5.00 precis io n -made rifle v;l lued well above t he pl'iee. ndd' I. $39.50. side of the 12- gau ge sh ell and 7 mm M -9 5 Chi l ean M .'.l u scr s . Pl'C- \ \':ir G crnw n m rg .• SQ.u ih m a n 22 I n XI RA \"E:L J\mmunn1o n, Super rounded it at both ends. It weighs :tll mil l e d p:irts . NRA G ood $29.SO VG $34.50, qual i ty only $ 16 75 p c 1 10 0 0 . X 'lnt. $39.50. a bout one pound, and now, wh en this 7 m m M ause r M-93 Ri fles, famous f o r target a ccu- N ew _U. S . 30 car. Ml Type CARBINES, made t o gov• t 0 0 1 spccilications , Urn only model w ith parts intcr(·hange 1~1.C:~tr~ 11 s:~l~ ~~: l P ~~t= ~ ~~~ e~ Rdif l~: . ·~~~-n-e<_l _v_c_c_si_o_n able wiLh G .1. 3 -y car r:1c tory wan::mty. $89.50. failure to eject occurs, I just drop it of Swedis h l\1-aG H. ifle, wi1h p 1·ecis io n h i-power scope, WINCHESTER MG7 Ce nte nnial. 30·30 c:ll, Choi<'e o r down the barrel and out pops th e of NRA Good $ 69. 50, VG $ 1 0.00 ~1cld' l. 1·i fl e or c:.11·bi ne in o rig in:1l scale d c:11·ton. 5129.50. 7 .5mm Swiss Ml-1 R i fles, NllA Good $ 18.00 ; c:lrbinc P ai 1· con secu t ive s cr. number s $295.00. model $ 2 3.00; VG . $5.00 add'!. fending shell. 7 mm F. N. Assau lt R i fles, sc m i -~1u t o mat i c with com I hope these experiences may be of pensator. NRA G ood $79.50. VG . $ 10.00 a dd'I. RARE SIKH . 303 L ee E nfie ld N o . 4 , B ri t ain's WW I I ' Victo r y value . 111 SWORDS ;:)~~.~~;:1za~l o 1fre~~t .. ~h~ ~~;1z i· ,~:~s s~f~o: gpie~rf~~~o~~~ Aaron Reichard W/RC:lbb Right! High velocity handgun ammo that speaks out with authority. As a matter of fact, Super Vel is about the hottest handgun ammo arou.nd. In calibers from the .380 and 9mm to the mighty .44mag., our Super Vel's show their superiority against any challenge. Big game, varmints or match shooting, Super Vel is unsurpassed in knock-down power, de pendability and accuracy. For a relatively new concept in handgun ammunition, we sure have a great following (including some other manufacturers). There must be good reasons why so many hunters and handgun enthusiasts are adopt ing Super Vel. Get a load of Super Vel -see what we mean. Super Vel Cartridge Corp. P.O. Box 40; Shelbyville, Indiana 46176 get a load of SuperVel GUNS AUGUST 1969 71 cleans, protects and preserves. AGAWAM 68 ( Con tinued from page 47) this is an extremely safe, single shot spite these shortcomings, I found the rifle ideally adapted to youngsters and rifle to be quite accurate when fired novices. from a rest at twenty five yards with The rear sight is the conventional CCI ammunition. spring/ ladder type that needs a larger As far as I h ave been able to dis and more practical notch fil ed into cover in working with this rifle and the existing r ear sight cut. It is not in firing around 400 rounds, it is com adjustable for windage, although the pletely safe and an excellent buy at entire sight m ay b e driven over if just under $27.00 r etail. The looks windage adjustment becom es neces make it attr active to the youngster. sary. The front sight is part of the Being single shot, the youngster must barrel / magazine band and is much learn to place ach shot with car and too large and too coarse for fin e shoot to make each shot count, so that when ing. This sight may be r eadily fi led he graduates to a real, center-fire AGAWAi\I ARi\IS COMPANY and worked until it is right for th e lever action r ifle he will continue shooter . It needs to be thinner and making each shot count. In my opin sharper because as it comes from t he ion, th Model "68" is a great ~ factory the edges are rounded. D e- training rifle. Lm MODEL i\f-68 BA RREL: E'l: tra T o 11 gh- C 11n Barrel S teel rifled fo r• preci, ion shooting at BUSHNELL BORE-SIGHTER g1c:11c r d i, 1ances-fi11 ished w ith b l11 e black fo r lo ng la1 1ing be:rnly. ( Continued from page 49) l\.\RR EL LE:'\GT H: 18". C ll..\ .\11\ ER: C il. 22 horl, 22 Long, and 22 Long R ifl e. on the fact that more careful and at of the barrel and then tighten the ex BOL I : .\llov Steel. hardened a 11d telll tentive h andling is necessary when pander until it just bareLy takes out percd for long rngged u1e-Lilling b lock using these n ew expanding type ar the slack and th n carefully push the ac1i o 11 . free working :ind no n-fou ling . bors. collimator to the rear, so that th LO.\Df.'\;G: \l:rn ua l, eH· l'ositioni ng for I used a new Model 70 Winchester taper makes a firm but not excessive ca-., , fa-,t loading. .30-06 as a control rifl e for all my contact, I get far closer r epeat read EJECTO R: .\1 11 0111atic ca r Aclion. tests. Using a solid type arbor, I ings than if I just shove the taper in S.\ FETY: J\ 11 LOm:1 1i c control. found that the Bushnell, Collins or firmly and then tighten the expander. R ECEJ\' ER : Precision cast al loy. Sweany all worked equally well and It is at this stage in the use of the IG ll T : porting open sights. th ey could all be used on the expand new Bushnell expanding arbor , that O \'ER ALL LE:'\ CTII: 34". ing type arbor, also. It is possible I feel extreme care is n ecessar y, in \\'EiC! IT : 5y lbs. approx. 2 that the grid type r eticle, with it's order to obtain accurate readings. STOCK D ll\ I E:'\1 10:'\S: 14" Pull x l :yj " even grid squar es, might be less con I made 50 installations and take Drop :n Comb x 2Y2 " Drop al H eel. PRICE: Less titan S29.00''' fu sing to a novice u ser, than the downs one afternoon a nd marked circle type of the Site-0- Line with down all r eadings. I had started with ;\10DEL i\1 -68,\1 - 22 i\ l:1gn 11111 Ca l. it's varying distances of circle width the crosshairs of the 'scope set on the L ' 1h a n . 3'J.00" (A vail:i b le al Once) and sp acing. H owever, this is only center lines of the grid. The gr eatest 1nclu des Fcder:1I E xcise Tax a matter of personal selection. variation I got was 1 grid square or Di stributed so lely by When u sing the expander type 4 inches at 100 yards, during the 50 ROSK IN BROS. l NC. Bushnell arbor the collimator must be tests. This is a little better than I 11 5 Wisner A\'e .. placed on the arbor in the same posi have averaged in similar tests using Jiddlcwwn. :\. Y. IO'l40 tion every time. The re is a flat place the solid spring loaded arbor. Tel. ('l 14) 343-4 103 milled on the arbor shaft for this pur If you install this n ew type arbor pose. I make sure that the set screw in the collimator carelessly, jam it in is at the rear of this slot each time. the barrel against the taper and then This gives m e more room to work the tighten the expander nut, you can expander set screw. I find that if I get variations of 4 to 6 grid squ ares insert the expander in the barrel or 16 to 24 inches at 100 yards. If one nearly up to where the taper of the is in a habit of using the collimator shaft is touching the muzzle or crown hurriedly or in a careless manner the CATALOG NO . 69 T RUE COLLECTOR'S PIECE : I/ 19th sca le model of a ll De signed to simplify th e imporhnt wood & metal parts kit of historic Civil W ar cannon. job of ch oos ing a gun sto ck wh en ' ••1000 co mplete with 14 steel cannon balls on wood stand. mo dern izing you r rifle or shotg un. Shotgun ••••• i.? M: $9.00 PP D. Also. 10 pounder PA RROTT Cannon. $7.50 Ove r 100 co lorful il lustratio ns plus P PD. with mat c hin~ LI MB ER kit. both $ 12. PPD. LIM l "9' .,d sf 1S BER also ftts NAPOLEON $6. P P D. Ca l if . re si dents add ti mely examp le s of Fajen 's new 'stock u l!JI D • Guaranteed no prime rs made of more Small Rifle•• ~. -. 5°/o S.T. Other interesting wall gun pl aques. cannon, etc . styles for Rif le s and Shotguns. Illustrated catalog 25¢. ex pensiv e materia ls, better workman· Large and $ 415 $1.00 postpaid ship, better performance. Small pj,fol..'. T Send $ l.00 for huge 600 p;,ge catalog of Primers, Guns, Military Miniature Reproductions ll Ammo end Rel~d ino fools 1u prices guaranteed far lower REINHART FAJEN INC. then you ue now paying. BUY DIRECT. Address D ept, 8 L2 Box 1143-N. Hollywood, Calif. 90028 P.O. Box 338 • G , Warsaw, Missouri 65355 72 GUNS • AUGU ST 1969 solid type arbor is the best. I have just made a series of repeat checks using the solid type arbor and the average variation did not exceed 2 g rid squares. Except to be sure that the spud spring was always on top and that the collimator never touched the barr el end I was not extra care ful with the solid types. I have frequently been asked by .som eone not familiar with the use of a collimator why the arbors are not made longer. We know that the di r ection a bull t takes when it leaves the barrel is governed by the last t hree inch es of the barrel and there isn't any barrel that is exactly straight it's entire length. L onger spuds are n ecessary only for barrels that have Tecoil devices built in or on them. The principal of the solid spring loaded arbor is that it aligns the bot tom of the bore with the sight. The solid arbors ar e all made a bit sm aller than the barrel bore in order to take care of the variations in bore sizes even where the caliber is the same. The spring k eps the arbor in aligned contact with the bottom of the bar rel. In the expander type arbor it take its alignment from the entire bore ar ea, instead of just the bottom of the bore. It took qu ite a bit of practice for me to get my installation procedure e:rcictiy the same, each time I used the n ew expander type arbor but now • NO IN CR EA SE in muz lzeciUo.n zl e blast! tJ)alL P Reka,cleJi Qua lity a t lower Prices that I have become proficient at it • REDUCES recoil 37V2% Precision re loading tool s I like the expander typ th e best. (.308 Win .) and dies - distribute d by, WHY GET ACCURACY THE HARD WAY? Because of the heigh t of the dif Update and dress up your favorite high power Fall Sales Co. ferent type sights and 'scopes above rifl e ! For latest facts and fi gu res, send lO c P.O. Bo x 833 stamp today. D ept. GM, the center line of the bore, each rifle Paradise, Calif. 95969 C O N T R A J ET 7920 49th Avenue South Dealer Inquiries Invited and sight combina tion h as it's own - Seattle, Wash. 9811 B particular setting that works best for the initial sighting in, wh en u sing any collimator. As an average I set the cross h airs in th e 'scope about l/z grid Tops For ALL Loading Machines square under the center lin e in the collimator. After I have the r ifl e shooting on the target, I sight it in exactly as I want it, say about 13/4 inches high at 100 yards. Then I in stall the collimator and make a check of the markings and wr ite this down for future reference. At any time I can then set this particular rifle and collima tor at this same marking, w ith a r easonable expectancy of being w ithin 2" or so of that mark when I shoot. I believe some kind of collimator should be part of ever y good hunters equipment, but I definitely think they deserve some installation practice and use, in order to derive the most bene Tops in performance and economy, Red Dot and Green Dot assure top-quality shotshells with W mak es of loa ders. Stick to the recommended charge weight and you'll get the fi t from them . ·I like the new expand proper density eve ry tim e. Use Red Dot for light and standard load s, and Green Dot for er type arbor and I believe it will be medium loads . Wad combinations for practically every shotshell on th e U.S. market, inducement for others to try and im- along with other valuable data for hand loader s, are given in Hercules' Smokeless Powder -IL. prove on it, and Guide. Ask your dealer for a copy , or write: Expl os ives & Chemical Propulsion Dept ., HERCULES Hercule s Incorporated , Wilmington, Del . 19899. XS69-2 no doubt they will. GUNS AUGUST 1969 73 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Page No. Robert Ab els ...... •...... 78 Apach e Arms Co. . , . .• ..• . .•.... . 59 Aus t in Boot Co. . •. .•...... • ..• ..•.. 58 Ba rney's Ca nnons Inc ...... • .. •. . •...... •..• .. •.. •..•.•. .•. 52 E. C. Bishop & So n Inc. 55 Bo Mar Tool & Mfg. Co. 53 Eldon Brandt ... 61 Carbi de Di e & Mfg. Co. 57 Ce nte nni a l Arms Corp. 58 Centu ry Arms ...... 70 Cloyce's Gun Stocks E4 R. J . Coffey 78 Co ladonato Bros. 53 Colt Industries ... Cover 4 Cone t ro l Scope Mounts 66 Contra-J e t 73 Walter H. Cra ig .. .. 57 & EO Ch arles Da ly In c. 6 Dix ie Cun W orks 60 Doubleday & Co. 3 Reinha rt Faje n 72 Fal l Sales Co ... .. 73 Fedc ra ! In strument Corp. 70 Firea:- ms I nt"c rn a t iona l Corp. 69 5000 Fl ayderman & Co. In c. 64 Gun Digest Co...... 8 & 9 Gu ns of the Wes t 62 FIREARMS Hercu les Inc...... 73 Her ters In c ...... 72 Hoffman Rifle Barrel Co. 52 Hoosie r Machine Products Co. 70 BARGAINS Do n Hume Leathergoods 74 Impe rial Arms Corp. 62 Inte rn ationa l Di stributors Inc. 55 Are you Cl g un t rcide r? Gun collector? Or ore Ja na ln!-e rn a t :onal 57 Jet -Aer Corp...... •...... 54. 63 . 67, 70. 71, 72 . & 78 you just p lain in tereste d in guns? If you A. A. Joh oson c4 ore, you' ll profit from reading the b orga in Iver J o:insons 61 Jonas Br othe rs Inc. 55 fll led columns of S HOTGUN NEWS, now publi she d twice ea ch m o nth. 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NAME •• •• ••••••••••••••• • •• ••• .••• •• , • • , •• ADDRESS • •• ••.•• • .•••• • •••• •••• •.. ••• •• •• • R. J, COFFEY 1 CITY ...... STATE ...... ZIP ...... • Dept. 2-507A - 1222 Main Ave. "''..::=-.i~)Oji~-· San Antonio, Texos 78212 78 GUNS AUGUST 1969 Again in '69 more successful hunters depend on a K Model than on any other scope. Only K Models offer all the proven feature s. the built-in quality, and the shot-after-shot dependability hunters demand. Precision optical systems are magnesium fluoride-coated. Micrometer click adjustments ~ give hunting scope reliability with target scope accuracy. Hand-polished lightweight steel tubes WEAV~ ·'··.· ~, ..:--.. ~~OPE$_ are finished in traditional gun blue. Exclusive triple weatherproofing permits all-weather use. _..,-.-.-..-.- ~ Depend on a Weaver K Model. Eight models, 1.5x to 12x, priced from $29.50 (6-power For free catalog write: w. A. Weaver Company KB illustrated below). At your dealer. Dept. 43, El Paso. Texas 79915. 1111 11•111•11 •alee Ille lla1. The day: May 10, 1869. The occasion : the on a full-size replica of the "golden spike" nested in driving of the "golden spike," the final link in the gun's antiqued wood-grain case. An exact copy the nation's first transcontinental railroad line at of a specially commissioned wood relief carving Promontory Summit, Utah. marking the "Golden Spike" Celebration is dramat Now, on the 1ooth Anniversary of that historic ically recreated on the cover of the case. meeting, Colt celebrates the event with its "Golden Production is limited. So Spike" commemorative, a Frontier Scout .22 LR with order yours now from your 6" barrel, grips of weathered American Walnut. Colt's Registered The inscription on the barre! also appears Dealer.