GUNS Magazine January 1958

JANUARY 1958 FINEST IN THE FIREARMS FIELD

.u' HUNTING

SHOOTING FOR SPORT IN THE USSR

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PACIFIC RELOADING TOOLS PACIFIC GUN SIGHT COMPANY 2903 El Comino Real, Polo Alto, California TALK THE COVER I We've seen riflemen who could put 40 shots through one hole, buns 1 ing matches, but the San Antonio pistolmen (and women) who "triathlon" may set the pace for new, uni- were members of the elite FINEST IN THE FIREARMS FIELD fied competitions all over the nation. The "2600 Club," shotgunners who vaunted titles of the oldtimers who claimed could break 100 straight-but to be "World's Best All-Around Shot" may here's a champion who shoots I once again be dusted off for the new crop all three guns. And a type of marksmen in Texas who are proving of match worthy of imitation. proficient with handgun, rifle, and smooth- JANUARY, 1958 VOL. IV, NO. 1-37 bore all in one competition. Best point of all is that the pistol hot-shot finds tough aggregate competition from the shotgun IN THIS ISSUE champ, who in turn finds he has a close challenge from some target rifleman. The "triathlon" is adding new zest to southwest- shooting ... em matches. WANTED:'A 3-GUN CHAMPION...... Hal Swiggett 12 With Sputnik sputtering around the world, SHOOTING FOR SPORT IN THE USSR ...... Jeff Carter 16 and emphasis on peacetime developments of WORLD'S ZANIEST SHOOTING MATCH...... Fred H. Baer 30 the Soviet Union in the press, "Shooting for Sport in the USSR" takes on timely sig- rifles ... nificance. The stories behind some of the 40 BULLETS THROUGH ONE HOLE...... Earl M. Saunders 25 I'M SPEAKING OF THE GUN I LOVE...... Harrison F. Martin 33 newest Russian sporting firearms developments will interest every shooter. So also shotguns USSR version of gun legislation and ... will the LONG TOMS FOR TOM TURKEYS. Carlos Vinson 22 regulation...... From Sweden comes a short article which handguns is about as typically "American gun-nut" in ... WE TESTED THE "POCKET" AUTOS...... Len Frastad 19 theme as it could be-a run-down of prac- THE MYSTERY OF THE KM COLT...... William B. Edwards 36 tical accuracy and reliability of the more common pocket automatic pistols. Gun-bug adventure ... Lemart Frastad acquired a sampling of DEATH WEARS HORNS ON MARAJO.. .Walt Wiggins 28 Walthers, Ortgies, Berettas, and other small ...... automatics in .32 caliber and spent a day gun of the month ... on the range seeing how they performed. THE DAN'L BOONE RIFLE. .Warren Lehman 40 His "control" guns for accuracy were a 9 mm ...... Luger, much-liked in Scandanavia for target shooting, and a S & W K-38. His findings departments ... wiIl interest anyone who owns a "souvenir MY FAVORITE GUN ...... TRIGGER TALK ...... pistol" or likes the pocket autos. GUNS IN THE NEWS...... Smallbore rifle shooting is analyzed by CROSSFIRE ...... long-time competitive rifleman Earl Saunders ELMER KEITH SAYS...... who manages to analyze the attraction the ARMS LIBRARY ...... sport has for enthusiasts, without killing SHOPPING WITH GUNS...... that enthusiasm. And with enthusiasm bub- bling over, Harrison Martin pens paeans of George E. von Rosen Art Arkush PUBLISHER E. B. Mann EDITORIAL DIRECTOR praise for the battle-worthy and famous Lee- EDITOR Enfield rifle, which as war-surplus vended by a dozen importers is becoming a common William B. Edwards Elmer Keith and increasingly popular rifle for sportsmen sfi~R~~~&rT~HNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR FrtfTgklen in the US. Coming up in future issues will be some Louis Satz Marvin Ginn L. Pector Carlos Thut unusual stuff. Tech editor Bill Edwards just CIRCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTION got back from a five-weeks jaunt about Europe, visiting all the arms factories and Editorial Advisory Board COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GOER6 museums. Gold-encrusted Boutet duellers, he ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGET1 KENT BELLAH says, just don't interest him anymore, and he wouldn't walk across the room to look at the newest Russian automatics-he has a couple! 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Ã When thieves broke into his place six times and took $1650 worth of tools, Gene Wandel of Kansas City mounted a shotgun loaded in a vise, loaded it with a blank and hooked the trigger to a window. Twice the arrangement scared off would-be thieves. But in the third attempt the intruders not only took $50 worth of tools but the shotgun, leaving behind this note in the vise: "Ha, ha you missed." * * * .22 caliber Ã Comedian Victor Moore tells about the long rifle, ten shot time he was invited to a deer hunt. The automatic pistol first morning out he became separated from the rest of the party. Several hours later he staggered into camp, worried. "Have all the others returned?" he asked. "Yes, they've come back," he was told. "In that case," said Moore, sighing with relief, "I've shot a* deer." * * Ã This is the story they tell in the nation's world's fastest pointing gun! q capital about President Teddy Roosevelt. [t seems he had a habit of toting a gun about with him wherever he went. One day Incredible balance and lightness - combined with new contour ifter a horseback ride he dashed into the styling- makes the WHITNNthe world's fastest pointing gun. White House, changed into formal attire You're "on target" as easily as pointing your finger. ind dashed downstairs. As he reached the Manufactured in the heart of America's gun industry, the front door someone tried to detain him. WHITNEYis the result of an entirely new concept of esign. "Mr. President," he began, "I'd like to . . ." Streamlined for "feel" and beauty; made of Duraluminum "Can't stop now," declared Teddy. "I'm having dinner with the bishop!' Suddenly for strength; it's really as modem as tomorrow. he stopped short, clapped his hand on his New, advanced safety features are incorporated to make the pockets and exclaimed, "Good heavens, I WHITNEYa standout among handguns. It is the only ,254 automatic forgot my gun!" -' '. r~,, ,*&$ havin a visible hammer, * * * L.igd& and &e only one of current Ã Chester, Vt. Wildcats have become vir- domestic manufacture that Blue Finish: $39.95 tually extinct in much of the country but cannot be Bred with the Heining Fabricius, sawmill operator, still has his fun with 'em. Using a %gauge magazine removed. Nickel Finish: 44.95 Italian shotgun, he's shot 22 bobcats in the Examine it at your Dealer's, or write us for descriptive folder. last year . . . and collected $220, there being a $10 state bounty on wildcats. THE WHITNEY FIREARMS COMPANY, HARTFORD 1, CONN. * * * + Hackensack, N. J. Mickey Mantle, the -- - Yankee slugger, slams a baseball like a EDWARD H. BOHLIN i bullet . . . and David Sassano knows how it OF HOLLYWOOD feels. Mr. Sassano became so excited when "LIGHTNING DRAW" HOLSTER he saw Mantle hit a homer on television - F that he pounded his fists on the counter of a PRICES store, causing a .32 caliber revolver on a shelf behind the counter to fire. It struck Single Holster 6 Belt (shown) him in the shoulder. Tan * * * Black g::z Gardiner, Me. George Hewitt, 67, owns a .. .. -. .-. .- . -- - mobile hunting lodge. He bought an old bus with one holster. dedual Belt with Double Hdatar and converted it into a cozy cabin on wheels. Tan * * * + Brockton, Mass. Eight-year-old Lester c--%d'illnr mu handha with MM rtoor head and r FULLY CARVED Pearson's reason for ~SC~D~Efrom his hos- Inlttab.. .M5.M dim Fed. Â¥/S") Belt 6 1 Holster ...... :. . ... Tan. . $47.00 pital bed, where he'd been taken with a EDWARD H. BOHLIN "WORLD'S FINEST" Block. . $49.00 stomach disorder, and running home in the Specializing In pfaln or dkw mounted saddles ad acces- Belt & 2 Holsten still of the night was as follows: "I just series lor the equestrian add spartaman for over 38 yon. a.. $62.00 Black. . $65.00 wanted to get home to my new rifle-and' 931 North Highland Awe. Dept. C-1 Hollywood 38, Calif. mom and dad!' IB&L BALfor

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always looked up to the Rangers. I was and still am thinking of joining the police force in November providing I pass the exam to Reader Wants Help qualify. This article on the Texas Rangers Maybe you can help me in my search. has helped me immensely on my decision. Johnny Baker, step-son of Wm. F. Cody, the Here's hoping the articles of the other police 'champion boy shot of the world," had a forces and state troopers when read, will shooting match with a man by the name of help someone on both sides make the big Hart. I don't know his first name. Johnny decision. In November I will be twenty-one. was a young man; Hart an old man. Hart I enjoy your magazine very much because I won this match that must have been held love guns and hunting. Thank you. sometime around 1885. Hart died in 1895 Marlin Shoemaker, Jr. at 65,I believe. He was my husband's grand- San Antonio, Tex. father. He disappeared from Missouri about 1872 or 1873. He was left handed and a fine Common Sense shot. He won all kinds of shooting matches. Congratulations on the article "Long 1'here was, I am told, a story in a magazine Shots Don't Make Good Hunters" by Clifton ibout this shooting match between Hart and Camp, in your October issue. It's a great Johnny Baker, published in 1947 or 1948. relief to read some common sense for a I would be so thankful if you or your read- change, instead of the hogwash turned out ers can help me on my search for this article. by most of the self-styled experts. Mrs. Lester Miller Clifford Smith Overland, Missouri Rockport, Maine Faster Than Ojala? Pleased Reader In reference to the March issue of GUNS, Just a little note to tell how much I really page 8, letters discussing fast draws, vs. arti- enjoy your magazine, GUNSmagazine. It has cle on page 18: so much information about firearms. I have Your quick draw contributors should meet had your magazine sent to me for almost a my friend, Two-Toes Haggerty sometime. year now, and I really enjoy reading it very His measured speed is .I623 seconds, which much. From now on I will have my sub- is faster than Arvo Ojala. scription renewed each year. J. H. (Pile-Driving) Needer Ross McKenzie, Jr. Seattle, Washington Toronto, Ontario, Canada Cheers for the Carbine That MM-Captioned Picture Hurray! At last someone has a good word The second (middle) picture on page 35 [or the little Ml Carbine. I enjoyed Mr. of your November issue, is very nice but I Experienced hunters don't take Maxey's article to the hilt. I do not own a don't think the Hi-Standard people will like chances. Successful hunters Ml or M2 carbine, but I think the poor little it. The Smith & Wesson Company makes thing should be given a chance. many fine pistols, but that's not one of choose SIERRA bullets be- I have one little bone to pick with the them. It's a Hi-Standard Sentinel. I know; irticle. The magazine holds not 14 but 15 I own one. cause they combine maximum ihells. Also, one little fly in the ointment is You've got a fine magazine and it's got accuracy with deadly killing the 17.75 barrel length which does not comply something for everybody. You've got a lot of with Federal Firearms laws. ads, but some of them have good gun values power. I got quite a kick from the pro and con and are very helpful. liscussion about the Thompson SMG for I'd like to see an article on the history of police work in the August issue. You have a the design and development of the Sharps FREE.. . 5ne gun magazine. Keep up the good work. rifle in one of your future issues. Write today for John Miller R. J. Armstrong Sierra's exciting Marietta, Ohio Grinnell, Iowa illustrated brochure, "An Introduction to Welcome Elmer Keith Ben Franklin, who not only knew a good Handloading." Very happy to see my good friend, Elmer deal about printing but was a man who Dept. AGlO Keith, associated with your magazine. I am attained a position of some respect, said, me of several I know subscribing to GUNS. "No piece of printing is complete till Error Received my first copy this month and it is hath crept in and fixed thereto his sly "cellent; in my opinion, second to none. imprimature." That's another way of saying, G. E. Murphy "There's many a slip 'twixt ye editorial desk Accuracy Bullet Company and ye printing press." We really do know San Francisco, California that Sentinels are made by Hi-Standard, not Smith & Wesson. If we hadn't known it, that Ranger Volunteer November issue would have been a good Upon getting my latest issue of GUNS I textbook, with Sentinels fore and aft! But loticed the article on "The Texas Rangers who are we to make a liar out of Ben still Ride." I am a native Texan and have Franklin?. ..Seriously, we're sorry.-Editors. of the world-famous Single Action Army

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I snooting classes nne ana damage, DUI me xaci is 11 can occur, Few of us like to wear shooting glasses; and the shooter whose vision is protected in fact, I seldom do when hunting, as they saves his or her eyes. get steamed up in cold weather or wet in We have even seen bolt action rifles car- rain or snow, impairing vision. But it is im- ried all day in a hard rain until the bolt so perative that you wear them when working filled up with water that, when we fired the with any unknown quantity in rifle loads. I rifle, the pressure squirted water back in the have several friends whose vision is badly aiming eye with such force as to temporarily impaired from a case failure in high power blind it. I remember once shooting at a bull rifles. While this seldom occurs with rimmed elk some 60 yards above me in dense timber. cartridges, it has occurred very often with I killed him, but water squirted back out the rimless type, particularly in Springfield of the bolt on that Springfield-action .400 and Winchester-type bolt actions and many Whelen with such force that I could not see others. out of that eye at all for several minutes. Even when the cartridee- is -oerfectlv head- The dead bull rolled down the mountain spaced, one can run onto a soft case. I have almost on top of me. Fortunately he was found them in all makes, particularly in all dead; I could not have seen well enough to commercial makes. When you get a soft case, do any thing about it had he been alive! the primer pocket is usually enlarged, and Shooting glasses would have saved me that Police Stocks sometimes the flash hole as well, allowing painful experience. gas to come to the rear. This may drive fine Hand or Custom Loads particles of molten brass back from the case Detective Stocks and ruin your eyesight. At Ogden Arsenal, Moody's Reloading Service, 1016 No. War- where I fired tons of .30-06 ammunition ren St., Helena, Montana, took over the busi- Herrett's custom fitted pistol monthly, about one in every three to ten ness of furnishing Keith heavy sixgun loads stocks are the most popular in thousand service loads would show a soft after the death of Dick Tonker and J. Bush- the world. . . because they are case. When this occurred, the case head nell Smith. Bob Moody has for years been would turn into the belted form and the hand loading these heavy sixgun loads with more than just a pair of grips. my bullets to order in most calibers and with Finest workmanship, finest primer pocket would be greatly enlarged, allowing plenty of gas to come to the rear, every success. Bob is a hunter himself, uses materials, and, above all, each his .44 Spl. for a deer gun and has done so pair custom fitted to each sometimes wrecking the stock on the rifle. As these rifles were held in machine rests, for years. We have had many return letters shooter's needs. Made for all no harm was done; but had the shooter laid from satisfied customers and have given his popular guns. his head down on the stock in normal posi- loads a thorough test, finding them perfect in all respects. He can furnish them in your Free Brochure on request. tion, the story would have been different. I formed the habit of wearing the big shooting fired cases or in factory new cases as de- glasses made by Mitchell Optical Co. all the sired, in .38 Spl., .357 Magnum, .44 Spl., .44 time I was firing, and several times they Magnum, .45 Auto or auto rim, or .45 Colt. Bmfhi STOCKS saved my eyes during the three years I was J. W. McPhillips, 285 Mastic Ave., San in charge of proof firing and final inspection Bruno, Calif., known as the cartridge case Box 74 1-G at that arsenal during the late war. There specialist, also hand loads my heavy sixgun TWIN FALLS, IDAHO are many good makes of shooting glasses on cartridges and does a fine job on them. In the market, any of which will save your eyes addition, McPhillips can make up cases for Ill from a soft case, enlarged primer pocket about any rifle cartridge and furnish hand blow-back or from a hard case that is brittle loads for same. He is an expert on case and may rupture from excessive headspace. forming for the many different obsolete or Shooting glasses can be ground to fit any hard to get calibers. Write these men if you HOLESALE JOBBER prescription. are having difficulty securing the loads you Standard Dealer Discounts Just how soft cases occur I do not know, want for either rifle or pistol. All Hand Guns & Pistols except Colt but I strongly suspect that an occasional All "Factory" Rifles & Shotguns case gets turned wrong-end-to when the neck- Reloading British a H 6 R Pistols-Rifles-Shotguns Cordite Cartridges a All Reloading Tools 6 Parts annealing operation takes place, so that the Bullets, Powder, Primers, Cases head of the case is annealed instead of the Most British Cordite express cartridges can All Cunning Accessories & Case* be reloaded with our own cool burning I.M.R. All Sights, Scopes 6 Mounts neck. In spite of the finest machines and a F.N. Actions-Barreled Actions equipmertt and the utmost care by the load- powders to equal velocity and with a much a F.N. and Norrahammar Rifles ing companies, the human element is bound less erosive powder. British cases are primed a Sako Rifles and Barreled Actions a Archery 6 Fishing Tackle to creep in and careless inspection allow with corrosive priming but are very well a Sleeping Bags-Air Mattress-Tents such cases to get to the loading machines. made cases and will stand several reloadings, a BoatsÃ‘Motors~Accessorie We have had rifles brought to us in about as pressures of the big Nitro Express car- "Everything. - for the Outdoorsman" all makes and with about all makes of cartridges are usually very low. Cases such as Store hours 8 to 5 the .375 Nitro Express, 400/360, etc., usually Friday 8 to 9 PM. tridges, where a soft head case had either A . . - 'S Closed Wed. 1 pm. wrecked the rifle or blown off the extractor take the No. 34 British Berdan cap while the 229-233 E. Third St. LEWISTOWN, PA. and collar and frozen the rifle bolt. The com- big cases from the 450/400, 450, .%5, .570, panies always hasten to make restitution of (Continued on page 65) BROWNING HP-9MM We hove a few of uine Belgium Military Autos. Some haw sights. Shoots stan E2:fRisi.::::::::::::::::: Ammo Box 50 Rds...... Holster ...... $5.50 COLT PERCUSSION REVOLVERS

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At the tra s, Champion Mackey broke a modest Eut workmanlike 150x200 to pad his total score of 467x600. Gun shown is Browning twelve auto with adjustable Cults Compensator. Note ejected shell above ejection port. ARE YOU A SPECIALIST OR AN ALL-AROUND SHOOTER?

HERE'S A NEW KIND OF MATCH. DESIGNED TO PICK A Pistol Expert Denzil Overman aims big-bore Model 70 at 200 yard tar- NEW KIND OF CHAMPION: THE MASTER OF THREE GUNS get in second stage of 3-way match.

By HAL SWIGGETT 1

HERE'S AN OLD SAYING, "Beware of the man with one gun." There's Tmeat in the adage. A man who has practiced with one weapon, used it under many varying conditions, may learn to do amazing things with it. But a lot of people have talked longingly for a long time about an all-around shooting championship: a match to pick the man who could shoot all three guns-rifle, shotgun, and pistol-at competitive levels. The average man doesn't realize what an endless variety there is in the shooting sports. Rifle competition includes two guns: smallbore and big bore. Add two more if you consider muzzle-loader and bench rest shooting. Smallbore matches divide into indoor (gallery) and outdoor varieties. Both big bore and smallbore competition may include iron sight and any sight matches, shooting from one or all of three or four positions. Big bore competition includes rapid fire. Pistol competition involves three guns of different calibers, two ranges, and at least three styles of shooting: slow, timed, and rapid fire. The pistolman may, in addition, shoot the free pistol (international type competition), or still another pistol (.22 short auto) at timed silhouette targets in Olympic-style rapid fire; or he may find himself in a military match including "bobbing" targets. The shotgunner has two major types of competition: trap, and skeet. He may also compete on "quail walks," "rabbit runs," "passing wildfowl layouts," or various other games. If he's a serious competitor he needs three or four guns of different gauges. And we haven't so far even mentioned the biggest shooting group of all: the hunter. Here again we divide into great major groups (shotgun and rifle, with pistols conling more and more into the picture), each of which is subdivided into countless subgroups of guns (different actions, different calibers or gauges) based on the shooter's preference, kind of game hunted, and method of hunting. Millions of expert game shots never have engaged in target competition. The result is that we have developed scores of specialists, men (and women) who can shoot incredible groups with one rifle or pistol, or who can break amazing runs of targets with the shotgun; hunters who are dead-eye-dicks on this or that variety of game. But what about the "nut" who likes to own and shoot all kinds of guns? What kind of competition is there for him? San Antonio, Texas, decided to do something about this question by staging a three-gun tournament to produce an all-around shooting champion. True, this was a local shoot and the title is a local title; but it's a start in a worth-while direction, a pattern for others to follow. And it was successful. "In forty years of tournament shooting, I have never seen the enthusiasm shown here today." That statement was made by L. L. "Led' Cline after he had acted as referee of the match that picked the "All Around Shooting Champion ' of San Antonio." Les has been in the business a long time, in shooting exhibitions, competitive shooting, gunsmithing, and as an official NRA referee. As you might suspect, it takes something mighty unusual to kindle a flame like that in an oldtimer, and he had just witnessed it. The match included pistol, rifle, and shotgun with only the total over-all score counting. Each competitor fired twenty rounds with each weapon: any pistol, 25 yards, slow fire; any rifle and any sight, 200 yards off-hand, slow fire; any shotgun, in a regulation 16 yard trap event. The idea for such a shoot came from police Lt. Jack Lamed of the San Antonio Police Department. Jack is a pistol shooter and got to wondering how he and other pistolmen would stack up against rifle and shotgun fanciers. Although he is a member of a pistol club, he had no way to set up the shoot because his club didn't have access to a place where all three guns could be fired. He talked over his idea with "Wildlife Unlimited," a San Antonio Sports- mens Club. They were very enthusiastic about it and undertook the sponsorship. Three months later, the first match took place. It was so enthusiastically received that it is to be an annual event.

Shooting .243 rifle from offhand standing position at 200 yards, Rudy Real scored 132x200.

Tension built up as more experienced trap gunners scored, but all around gun skill built Mackey's winning aggregate.

a close one, Les Cline uses magnify- to see if shot cuts scoring ring. Spectators and contestants alike thronged firing line and scoring hut as high score with one gun offset low score with another to alter rapidly changing overall aggregate. BY JEFF CARTER

- .. ygw MERICAN SPORTSMEN and? no doubt? military authorities too, have long A wondered what Communism has done to the oldest and deepest entrenched of all man's pastimes--hunting. Do Russian youngsters and ~outhsin other Iron Curtain countries still go hunting? in the manner of kids in democratic nations? They certainly doy according to the Russian shooters who represented the Soviet Union at the 16th Olympiady staged in Melbourne? Australia, last year. And they go with their government's blessings. Which is only natural? when you think of it. Russian military power? rather than the popularity of their ideologyy has aided the Soviet's widening sphere of influence in adjoining countries. And military nations have long appreciated the value of civilian-trained marksmen in times of crisis. Army? navyy and airforce training staffs agree that men used to handling firearms in the woods or on club ranges are easy and quick to train for military service. In 194Q a handful of skilled Finnish riflemen delayed the advance of Russian troops into Finland for several months. From that date the communist authorities have given full support to civilian shooting. Today? countless Russian? Rumanian? and Hungarian boys spend their weekends shooting hares? foxes? ducks? or other small game in near-country districts. Once or twice a year they may be lucky enough to go further afield in search of bears, wolves? and occassionally deer. Plenty of 50-metrc and 300-metre ranges are available to them for rifle practice and target competition, and clay-target clubs for shot gun enthusiasts are almost as plentiful as in the U.S.A. ~Kereis a catch? of course. N; one is permitted to own any type of firearm unless he belongs to a shooting club. And Iron Curtain shooting clubs are largely sponsored by the military authorities, who supply ranges? weapons? and ammunition. No person who has any sort of police record can join a shooting club; and since "police recordyyincludes political as well as criminal misdemeanorsy Iron Curtain citizens who tote rifles? shot guns, or target pistols are generally good security risks.A- After Tula Arsenal change in I957 to making side-by doubles and Kersten-ty e over-unders instead of milita riflesl factory engineers use8 hunting as pleasant way to leld test guns.

Russian monument idealizes young marksman holding bolt-action -22.

Old style hammer guns and modern doubles with reinforced breeches are used by trio of waterfowlers who "take ten" after sun-up before going home with full bag of ducks.

Inspector checks breech TIT on new model B elka combination gun made in lzhevsk plant. Top Lore is 32 augel bottom is rifled smallbore. Weapon breaks gY pushing guard bowl is liked in Siberia. Canadian-made Ross El0 straight pull rifles, custom rebuilt at Tula for match use in 7.62 Russ caliber, are used for rapid com~etitionon running deer range.

Caucasian goat with record sweep of horns was downed by hunter shooting Rifles used by club shooters are Model 94 -30-30. Soviets like Savdae M99 rifles in -303 and -22 Hi-Power. chieflv Hammerli free rifles, Menteri- actioied free rifles (usually with Finish Sako match barrels), straight-pull Mannlichers, Czech Bmo smallbores and the Russian-made Tula weapons in .22 and 7.62 mm calibres. Pistols are usually Hammerli-Walthers, with a sprinkling of "foreign" handguns, greatly modified to free them from the ills of age (butchered l%h century Colts are not unknown), and a number of Margolin conventional and unusual designs, of which the "upside down'' pistols used at last year's Olympic matches were an example. These incidentally, have been banned from future Olympics and may never be seen again. Shotguns used by trap shooters are almost exclusively Belgian-made F'abrique Nationales in 12 and 16 gauges, the latter being most popular for field shooting. Shooting clubs purchase hunting rights to tracts of farm and forest land on which only members may hunt. The bigger the club, the bigger the area of land it is capable of reserving. No private individual, even if he did manage to obtain a weapon, could legally go hunting behind the Iron Curtain. And hunters seldom get to hunt alone, or even just in tios or threes. Hunts are always organized by the club, and parties usually consist of at least a dozen and often as many as fifty shooters. There are no individual bag limits, either, as there are here. When a club 4 obtains shooting rights to an area, I permission is granted to shoot a given ' number of bears, deer, hares, or whatever game is offered. For example, a club may have a permit to shoot seven deer on a hunting area for which it has obtained shooting rights. If most members are keen to bag a deer, the club may organize seven different shoots, on different dates, with hunters in each (Continwd on page 43) WE TESTED

SLEEK, FLAT EUROPEAN PISTOLS WERE MUCH PRIZED AS WAR TROPHIES. HOW GOOD ARE THEY?

By LEN FRASTAD Photos by L. Jonsson

OLDIERS SINCE the world was young have been "souvenir hunters," fetching home everything from dames to dia- monds. Uncle Sam's wandering warriors are champs (or chumps) in the souvenir department, whether they collect by "liberation" or by purchase with cigarettes or GI chocolate rations. And the first prize in the World War I1 souvenir grab- bag was-a foreign pistol. Judging by the number of European pocket automatics in this country today, every GI must have come home with his pockets loaded. Whether these GI collectors were champs or chumps depends

lther Model 4 and "PPK" and "PP" in -32 were tested. Dreyse auto shot well we& Norma ammo; was finely finished, despite odd appearance. First Model Brownin without malfunctions but grouped 79!411 at 30 yards. ~2: 19 10 Brownin was about as effectivel had improved design but rou 1 trigger pull. Bigger MI922 made during war had no Iettw accuracy despite longer sight radius.

on how good is the pistol. The price paid is of secondaxy importance, since cigarettes and chocolate rations were easily come by, and even money was good only for spend- ing. So let's take a look at the pistols. We couldn't test them all. of course:. yours, mav be an exception. ktwe could do. was to hunt out fair$ typical samples of as many kinds as possible, examine them carefully, test them for accuracy, reliability, power, et cetera- and then offer what we hope is an educated opinion. Some of the results surprised us; some didn't. German Walthers in the models PP and PPK top all others in point of numbers. Just for the record, those litters PP and PPK stand for Polizei Pistole and Polkei Pistole Krimid: "Police Pistol, Detective Model" respectively. Walthers in the PP and PPK models, like the Walther P38's (Pktole '38, the 9 mm. official German military sidearm of WW2), vary greatly in quality depending on when they were made and how they were assembled. Both the commercial and military Walthers manufactured before or during the early years of the war contain better metal and much better workmanship than those made late in the war when Germany was forcing her arms output with whatever material and whatever labor was available. But even tans.z factory-assembled late in the war are better than some of those "assembled" by eager GI's from the parts bins at the Walther plants when these were taken. German mass production, particularly under war stresses, did not produce the close tolerances needed for smooth (or even safe) operation and proper assembly required a good deal of hand fitting. GI-assembled souvenirs didn't get it. Beware of guns showing a variety of serial numbers. 1n collecting-the guns-for this test I pic.w

Fine Mauser-made Luger with custom grips was used by Frastadl firing v NATO-standard fodder at 1360 f.p.s. Old Ortgies scored high with author on basis of looks but shot as wide as others, 71/i8', and recoil was bad. Rheinmetall pistol made in Soemmerda scored lowest of all, wide group and bad looks. Pocket Mauser .32 also failed to impress critical gun bug despite fast safety, good pointing. Wartime Beretta proved very inaccurate.

of most of the makes that are commonly encountered, plus a couple that weren't so common: notably the Dreyse and the Soemmerda. I also came across a superbly finished, both inside and out, silver-plated Ortgies in the cellar of the local police station. It was in a heap of confiscated guns slated for the junkyard or a deep spot in the river. Altogether, I was able to scrape up samples of 14 different makes. They weren't, of course, in factory-new condition, but they were no better or worse than the average for the type of gun. With two exceptions they ranged from good to excellent. The exceptions were the Beretta and one of the longbarreled FN's. Both of these guns were quite obviously war time products. The Beretta had been polished and reblued on the outside, but inside it was a sad example of the machinists' art. The FN wasn't too bad on the outside, but inside there were plenty of toolmarks and the slide- frame fit was very sloppy. Incidentally, this gun had German proofmarks, so it was evidently made after the Germans had voted themselves onto the FN plant's board of directors. I tested both the Walther PP and the PPK, and also the PP model as manufactured in France; the so-called Manuhrin which is now being advertised for sale. To get an idea of how these guns stack up when com- pared to bigger and more powerful shootin' irons, I included in the test a S&W K-38 using standard (870 feet per second, muzzle velocity) ammo, and a Mauser-made 4%" barreled Luger using Norma ammo loaded to NATO specifications (1360 f.p.s.). In the .32's I used Norma commercial fodder (900 f.p.8.). The accuracy test, which I (Continued on page 52)

Used as control was .38 SAW which author fired from sitting position into 2%" proving he could hold well. 4 LONG TOMS FOR::

SWAP TRADITIONAL "KENTUCKYS" FOR SHOTGUNS, AND OLDEST AMERICAN GUN SPORT OF COMMUNITY MATCH SHOOTING FITS EASILY INTO MODERN LIVING CONDITIONS TOM TUR

Modern shotguns, mostly cheaper guns and singles, re lace classic tucky in today's sout rern turkey sh

By CARLOS VINSON

HERE IS NO SHOOTING match more traditionally "American" Tthan the turkey shoot. Years ago in pioneer days, riflemen laid their long Kentuckys across a log rest and snapped off a shot at the head of a turkey exposed behind another protecting log sixty yards off. Or later, when .22 rifles replaced Kentuckys and there were no more Indians to shoot, just small game, the turkey shoot continued, but with a switch. No more did the marksman shoot directly at the turkey. In fact, often the prize wasn't even a bird! One of the first shooting matches I ever attended was one of these unusual events. It was a .22 rifle match, and two-bit pieces were used to outline the bullseyes on the cardboard targets. At sixty long paces, only open sighted .22's were allowed, fired off- hand, no rest. Hickory smoked country hams were the prizes, and competition was hot indeed. But now a new form of match has taken hold in popularity in the same southern hills where the long rifle once held sway. It's still a turkey shoot, at targets with shotguns. And because of the rules, anybody can play- and maybe win. At a recent match the line-up carried about every kind of scattergun imaginable. My friend "Poode" Smith squinted down the barrel of his Long Tom 12 gauge and eased off a shot that he hoped would win for him a big turkey gobbler. Next down the line was attorney Howell Washington, with a late model 12 gauge autoloader with a Cutts Comp on the end. Beside Washington stood another fellow holding an expensive new pump gun with raised rib barrel, fancy engraving, everything. Beyond stood other shotgunners, a back-country farmer shooting an old high-hammered double 12 that had been through many a turkey shoot in its time; a dairy farmer shooting a 20 gauge bolt action. On down the line of ten contestants there were modern over/ unders, old rusty 12 gauge single guns that kicked like mad steers, and even one .410 top lever single barrel smoothbore. Only light-loaded shells were being used, so I guess the fellows were not afraid to risk shooting some of the guns which are nowadays classed as "unsafe." And the odd part was, most of those shooting old model guns had left modern, shiny late-model guns at home. No longer will they risk shooting high velocity loads out of the old contraptions, but you can't convince them their old blunderbusses will not outshoot any modern gun in a shooting match. When turkey shoot and "light load" time rolls around, they blow the dust out of the barrels of their rusty Long Toms and get set to win some turkey meat. And during the past seven or eight years the popularity of the turkey shooting match has soared upward. The idea has spread from the south, and is again catching on in more and more areas throughout the country, and for very good reasons. It is a sport that anyone able to hold and fire a gun can indulge in with a fair chance of winning, and there are no bag limits and "No Hunt- ing" signs to contend with. Compara- tively little money is required for shooting match indulgence, and the

time involved can easily be that Satur- ,, .. day afternoon off spent at a match held yi ;,:- close to town. .,.+ , A good share of today's matches are ,,'! . a far cry from the shoots of years gone, :,,, by, but they fit everybody really better than the shoots of yesteryear. I am going to use a match that I attended recently near my home here in Ten- nessee's hill country as an example of what I am driving at. A farmer, Tom Bratcher, had raised quite a flock of turkeys. With feed high and turkey prices low, as they were at the time, he was going to lose money on his bronze beauties if he sold them on the regular market. Just before Thanksgiving hedecided to hold a turkey shoot for shotgun ... . . competition only. Most gun and shoot- Teen agers and their mothers coming fans are a lot busier people now pete on equal terms with the men days than they were twenty-five years in this all-family shooting sport. ago, and not many of them have the time to indulge in enough rifle practice to make them crack shots with even the .22's. The use of scope sights would be sort of out of place in shooting matches, and with our country becoming more and more thickly settled, ranges suitable for open rifle matches are becoming harder and harder to find. Tom took all these things and more into consideration, and decided that a shotgun match would be the best way to draw a crowd large enough to dispose of all his turkeys in a match. Taking dead aim, rifle s Ie with A few posters were struck advertis- bolt action scattergun, left-hander ing the shoot, and quite a crowd turned Bob Wilson (right) prays for lucky out for the event. The range was an pattern. Competitor below tries a open pasture field on Tom's place, and regular .22 rifle bullseye targets were used, tacked on pointed boards driven 30 yards from the firing line. When a contestant paid his fee his name was written on the opposite side of the target from the bullseye, and the contestant was then given one shell and told to take his place along the shooter's line. When ten targets were taken at 75$ each, each contestant's name was called off as his target was placed on a board, and as soon as all the targets were placed the target boy retired to a safety zone and the "load" signal was given. No loading was done until the "load" signal was given, and contestants were allowed only one shot each at their targets. When loading was completed the "fire" (Continued on page 63) 24 40 BULLETS I THROUGH

Limber ankle enables author to assume comfortable kneeling position, weight on right heel, instep down. This is a difficult position for a great many shooters to take.

SMALLBORE RIFLE MATCH SCORES OFTEN EXCEL CAPABILITIES OF GUN AND AMMO. YET YOU CAN WIN WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND PRACTICE

By EARL M. SAUNDERS

OMPETITIVE SMALL-BORE rifle shooting is the most fas- to advice and instruction, and the stubbornness of a mule c cinating, the most exacting, the most exasperating to back up your will to win with practice. A little luck sport I know, but it has the plus factor of satisfying a will help put icing on the cake, too. Luck won't win for person's ego better than any other sport. you, but if you're holding right and squeezing right there'll You don't need to be big, you don't need bulging mus- be times when an unguessed gust of wind will curve a 9 cles, you don't need the lightning reflexes of a swivel-hipped over into the X ring, or vice versa. The lucky man gets All American scatback to be a rifleman. This is a game the X; the other man blames it on defective ammunition. at which a good little man can beat a good big one Actually, the 40 shots that win a big match often make a and a woman, or a teen-ager, or a doddering oldster with tighter group than any rifle or any ammunition will shoot bifocals may beat them both. But it's not easy. Nobody from- - machine rest. A little luck and a lot of skill and has ever yet reached perfection, though some fifty thou- experience add that extra something that makes record sand of us smallbore riflemen are still trying. and champions. What you do need includes proper equipment, good eyes I named proper equipment first in the list of essentials (or their lensed equivalent), good ears with which to listen because it's a simple thing yet one that often puzzles the them; and if you decide against them you can always sell or swap them to other shooters. Ammunition is another essential item, and most novices know little about it. You don't want high-speed ammunition for target work; you do Author's favorite iron-sight rifle is M37 (3rd from want the ammunition that shoots best left) fitted with his own stock and Unertl tube rear sight. Favorite outdoor any-sight rifle is M52 (at in your rifle. Each individual rifle, right) with Lyman IOX Junior Targetspot scope.' Two even of the same make and model, has rifles at left are M37's, factory stocks, one with its own likes and dislikes in the matter stock sights, one with Lyman 15X Targetspot scope. of ammunition, and it's up to you to find the fodder your rifle likes best. Try a couple of hundred rounds of each of several brands of ammunition novice and can cause him to miss the ger) hand, and a shooting cloth or under match target conditions. If you full enjoyment of the sport. Take the ground mat. The spotting scope is don't think you're good enough to test man who~)wnsa fair to good plinking essential to enable vou to see where ammunition, ask an experienced shoot- .22 rifle. On tin cans or small game, your shots are scoring; the coat is er to help you. He'll do it; target he's deadly with that rifle. He gets in- fitted with pads at elbows and shoulder rifllemen are always eager to welcome terested in target competition, enters that are essential to vour comfort and a novice and to help him become a it with pride in his ability, winds up efficiency; the glove protects your hand champion. And when you beat your with a score he feels is disgraceful, from painful sling pressure, and the instructor, he'll be the first to con- and quits-refusing to listen to the mat protects other parts of your body. gratulate you. veterans who tell him that he's not dis- You will want a telescopic sight too, A .22 rifle does not shoot with its graced or even unusual, that he's sim- before very long; but the iron sights maximum accuracy beyond 100 yards, ply a victim of two seemingly insur- will get you started. and most .22 shooting is done at 100 mountable but easily remedied handi- You'll want other equipment as the yards and shorter ranges, so I recommend using 100 yards as the testing caps: wrong equipment and lack of .dsame exerts its inevitable fascination experience. The plinking rifle just on you. It's a standing joke among range to find which brand of cartridges wasn't made for target competition. shooters that small-bore riflemen are is best in your gun. Shots should be Just as in golf or any other sport, gadget crazy. Before very long you'll fired in groups of ten, and at least two some basic equipment is needed. Nat- own a -sizable case full of equipment, hundred shots should be fired with urally enough, for target rifle compe- each item guaranteed to improve your each kind of ammunition. Measure the tition the first requirement is a good scores in one way or another. Some groups accurately for size. Even the target rifle. It can be any one of sev- of themwill actually do it. As the dif- smallest of such groups may not be eral makes. new or used. It must be ference of one point or one X in your satisfactory. If that is the case, it may equipped with a sling and good, ad- scores becomes more and more impor- be necessary to start looking for de- 4 justable target sights. You'll need a tant to you, you'll try them all, keeping fects in the gun, checking bedding, spotting scope, a shooting coat, a rifle- some and rejecting others. They're all headspace, bore wear, and other points , man's glove for your left (or off-trig- good investments. You'll enjoy trying affecting accuracy. Your instructor "Nothing very difficult about the prone position exce t the score you have to make to win. Rifle is M37, Saunders stock, with 5nertl tube rear sight.

4. r- will advise you, and he will suggest a ^,1^"-^Â¥y \> In marked contrast with Tow prone position above, pretty Joan Leslie uses local gunsmith who will make the a high, triangular support for raised position preferred by many shooters. necessary corrections. When a rifle will group ten shots in a one-inch circle at one hundred yards it is considered very good and should not be tampered with thereafter except for readjustment. Not all rifles will do this and you may have to make do with lesser accuracy. This need not bar you from winning matches, because the element of human error has to be considered and it is very difficult for even the best of riflemen to group more than 70 percent of their shots in a one-inch circle at one hundred yards under actual match conditions, even with the best rifles. Test-firdyour rifle frequently to make sure it retains its accuracy and point of impact. The accuracy of many guns is affected materially by weather conditions. It may be that a rifle stock will warp under atmospheric conditions, putting uneven Dressure on the barrel which could make your groups spread out or shift to a low-scoring position on the target. Wind and light definitely affect the point of impact. Master riflemen know these things from experience and know what to do under different conditions. They also practice often enough to keep up with others of their ability, so that when entering- a match they are quite sure that if their scores are not good enough to win, someone else just happened to be better at that time. In getting used to a new rifle and determining its accuracy it is necessary to spend many hours shooting it. Do this in (Continued on wee 45) Wounded water buffalo bull waits in ambush for charge often fatal to following hunters. Natives of India, thousands of these carabao are found on Mara'o, small island just off coast of Â¥outh America. Hunters below measure fine trophy.

Death, WfW Hunting buffalo by canoe is South American variation of the sport. Author (in dark shirt b Bonanza, left') shares farewell photo with visiting hunters and host after hunt.

By WALT WIGGINS

AME, LIKE GOLD, is where you find it. But if anybody had told me, a G year ago, that I would find water buffalo-not one or two or a dozen, but thousands of them-right here in the Americas, I'd have said he was crazy. I know better now. And having faced a wounded bull at close quarters, I agree wholeheartedly with the great hunters who have named this beast "the devil incarnate, the most dangerous- animal on earth." Certainly no creature on earth is more fiery and unpredictable. Powerful, aggressive, the buffalo when maddened is doomsday on foot, capable of hunting its enemy by scent as persistently as any hound, capable even of ambushing its pursuer, its cruel heart set on killing and mutilating the victim's body with both its hooves and horns. These chilly facts were echoing through my mind as Dr. James Marshall, of Dallas, Texas, and I circled over Fazenda Ribanceira on Marajo Island at the mouth of the muddy Amazon. In Jim's sleek little Bonanza, we had just flown up from Rio de~aneiro-two thousand miles around the coast of Brazil-to hunt on the Isle of Marajo the only wild water buffalo in the western hemisphere. The wild buffalo on Maraio today number several thousand, all descendants of five head imported by a missionary, Dr. Vicente Chermont de Miranda, some three generations ago. There are over 1500 head of wild carabao in this one section of the isle near Ribanceira, and Dr. Irval Lobato, owner of the fazenda, had invited Jim Marshall and me and Dr. Armando Morelli, a Belem physician, to help exterminate an ill-tempered bull and two cows which were ranging too close to the ranch headquarters. The bull had attacked, luckily without success, several vaqueros during recent months, and it was just a matter of time until the chip on his shoulder would bring bloodshed to Ribanceira. In the past five years alone, wild buffalo have neonle and wounded dozens of others. No wonder the ~eoole killed six island Â x fear them. A few seconds south of the equator, the atmosphere was hot and humid as the Bonanza settled for a landing on the soft dirt strip at Riban- ceira. The landing strip and, several hundred yards away, the fazenda headquarters are perched on the only dry land areas within sight. Most of the Agile canoeman ~alanceson crossed terrain is submerged under a foot or more of (Continued on page 49) bamboo poles to scan terrain ahead. 29 By FRED H. BAER

Members of Tamsweg, Austria, schutzenverein gather at Preber Lake for weekend sport. Al ine Inn owner Herr Funke uses .22 caliber falling-block riS e from rest while sighting in. Ãˆ

SHOOTING MATCH

BOUNCING BULLETS OFF WATER MAKES LUCK, NOT SKILL, CONTROLLING FACTOR IN STRANGE TYROL SCHUTZENFEST

Firing at reflection in water to ricochet bullet into target, contestant aims with .22 Mauser in zany match.

T AN ALPINE LAKE high in the Black ricochet from water to target to score. A Forest of the Austrian Tyrol moun- One of the cardinal rules of shooting tains, rifle shooters throw away the rule safety is, "Don't aim at water; the bullet books, use some of the world's most accu- will ricochet unpredictably." The rule rate rifles to fire some of the world's worst speaks truth, and bullets ricochets as un- scores in the world's most incredible tar- predictably off the waters of Prebersee as get match. The hits they make-and they anywhere else. But precautions are taken are understandably few-must all be for safety, and the shooters at Prebersee made with ricocheting bullets. have a whale of a lot of fun trying to pre- Across beautiful Prebersee, a calm ba- dict the unpredictable. Luck is the prin- sin of black marshy water edged with fir ciple factor, and any serious concentra- trees, the members and guests of the local tion on the sighting and trigger skills so Tamsweg "schutzenverein" fire their rifles essential'to ordinary types of competition to hit targets on the far shore. But they will get you nothing. Results depend solely do not aim at the targets. Using their pet and simply on "the way the little ball Scheutzen rifles, ancient single-shot heir- bounces." looms, or the most modern of smallbores, Yet despite (or possibly because of) firing from the standing or offhand posi- the unscientific nature of the match, tion, they ease their rifle to their shoulders Modern smallbore match thousands of shooters from all over the rifles and lead bullets and touch off shots aimed at the reflection world have come to Prebersee to try their are used, side by side of the target in the lake. The bullets must skill or luck. Few win any prizes, be- with "heirloom" weapons. \ . 31 In beer hall at back of Inn, the bouncing-ball marksmen get primed for turn at rippling target.

I Old style "schutzen" rifles are sometimes used in water-shooting matches, but any .22 rifle will do, and the variety of guns is as wide as the misses.

4 ' cause even the best marksman, and Long Rifle caliber shooting lead bullets sible. The combination of dark, marshy particularly the prone shooters used to only are used, no scope sights allowed. water and the fir-tree shaded shoreline drilling multiple-X "possibles" time The distance is 120 meters, about 400 keeps the water in darkness near the after time on regular ranges, find that feet, from muzzle to target. shore opposite the shooting house. they have to unlearn it all to win at The contestants try to hit by ricochet Only in this gloomy light does the Prebersee. Recently an Austrian rifle the two-foot-square targets which have gleaming white of the targets and the champion fired 200 shots on this zany red bullseyes 11 inches in diameter. red bullseyes really show on the richochet range, without a single hit. But most of the shooters, especially the smooth surface of the water. In front But shooters who have practiced at visitors, declare, "It's impossible to of the target area, huge logs have been Prebersee get as many as six, even hit the target in this water-shooting lowered into the water to break the eight, hits out of a hundred shots. without having shot 300 times at the waves. The shooting house is a combination same target the same day-and even Shooters do not simply aim at the tavern and firing point. From the lake then you probably won't do it!" reflections. The exact aiming point side, windows open at each shooting Aiming at the reflection instead of varies greatly from one shooter to an- position. There are racks inside the directly at the target makes a tough other, and from day to day. Practice room where shooters place their rifles game. When the bullseye is hit, a can- helps some, but patience, experience, when not in use. Actual shooting is non is fired as a salute to the shooter. and a good deal of luck enter into the from the offhand stance, rifles unsup- Preber lake is unique-nowhere else successful shoot. ported by artificial means, simply held in the world do the same conditions A theoretical explanation of the rico- at the shoulder. Usually guns of 22 prevail which make such shooting pos- chet seems (Continued on page 55) THE GUN I LOVE

ALTHOUGH IT IS 70 YEARS OLD, THE HISTORY-MAKING LEE-ENFIELD IS STILL A TOP FAVORITE. BOTH FOR SPORT AND FOR COMBAT By HARRISON F. MARTIN

American navy lieutenant Martin's favorite combat rifle in Korea was SMLE because of its reliability despite occasional problems in getting ammo.

N THAT FRIGID DAY when the U. N. Forces seized Inchon the second time, 0the first LST into the port was sent to the wrong beach. Unable either to unload or to pull off the mud, her people spent a very uncomfortable night. Enemy troops in unknown numbers were very near and might sneak down after dark to make things unpleasant for the stranded crew. The second in command, supervising the armed watch, prowled the decks with an M-1. How he longed for a more familiar weapon! Next time he'd take along his own rifle, the venerable British Lee-Enfield which, after a quarter- century's ownership, he could use shotgun fashion in a pinch. Its eleven quick shots would, too, be extremely comforting to have available. So, the next trip out, that lieutenant, the writer, did carry his Enfield-making him, probably, the only U. S. officer equipped with a foreign weapon. To be thus selected for use in actual combat, the Lee- history-making rifles were really American. And not so Enfield Mark I11 must have plenty on the ball. It does! Not proud of the fact that both actions had previously been the least of its qualities is a rate of fire superior to any turned down flat by our own Government. other shoulder-arm - including the semi-automatics -by Jim Lee had had a little better success at home. A few virtue of its ten-round, clip-loading magazine plus its short, thousand "Remington-Lee" rifles-identical except at the snappy bolt-throw. At the age of 70, it is the oldest military breech with the .45-70 Springfield-were bought by the action in use today. But it was selected after World War 11 Navy, and by states for their militia. Appearing in 1880, as the basis for a British Army sporter-type, blunderbus- the action of the Remington-Lee (not to be confused with muzzled combat-arm designed to face the semi-autos on the .236 straight-pull "Lee-Navy" of 1894) was only equal terms! slightly modified by the British, and even fewer changes When the British came over here in 1888 for James P. have been made in it since. Service through the two Lee's bolt action and box magazine, they were acting greatest wars of all time have proved its sterling qualities. perhaps by habit. In 1864, they had been here after Jake Lee's triumph was really a double one, for the ordnance Snider's device for converting the .58 "Tower" muskets board that chose his invention considered breech-actions, to breech loading. Two years later they were back again, magazines, and barrels entirely separately. To the Lee this time for Peabody's monkey-tail lever-action which, bolt and box was fitted a .303 barrel with trick rifling for some reason, they called the "Martini." In the hands designed by a Mr. Metford to handle black powder without of the redcoats, the Snider and the .45 Martini-Henry fouling. His cartridge-case is the one still used. became world renowned, as reflected in many of Mr. The original Lee-Metford coal-burner had a short hand- Kipling's yarns. Yankees can be proud that these two guard on top of the barrel, introduced the typical British

Cutaway armorer's model of Lee action shows trig at rear for fast shooting, which endeared it to ' upside-down stock, and took eight rounds in the deep magazine, the number being very soon increased to ten in two staggered columns. The first ones had a breech- cover much like that of the Arisaka. The Lee-Metford introduced a new word into the English language. The tough and fanatical tribesmen of the Khyber Pass area, who had been knocked flat by the .58 and .45 single-loaders, proved to be capable of absorbing any number of the new .303 pencil-sized holes before they dropped, so a special issue pf soft-pointed slugs was put out by the arsenal at Dum Dum, India, to solve this problem. Hence, "dumdum bullets." When smokeless powder came in, the Metford rifling was no longer needed. The ordinary kind was brought back, and the new rifles so provided were styled Lee-Enfields. They came in a long infantry pattern, and also as a cavalry carbine. The latter was cased in wood right to the muzzle, and the front-sight was guarded by steel wings. Uncle Sam and John Bull hit, at the same time, on the idea of issuing a single compromise rifle to all branches of 1 service, and in 1903 appeared both the .30 Springfield and the "Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield, Mark I." The SMLE inherited from the carbine the completely housed-in barrel and sight guards, a separate dummy muzzle being provided on which the bayonet was hung. The rear sights of both the rifles of 1903 were practically the same, being borrowed from the very excellent one on the last issues of the Krag. Strangely, while the British retained this sight until just before World War 11, it was suppressed here for the '06 Springfield in favor of a very slight modification of the model 1884 sight used on the .45-70's of 1884. The SMLE introduced clip-loading into the British service, the guides on the Mark I being of a unique and clever type, one side built into the receiver while the other traveled on the bolt. The (Continued on page 58)

I 1 :-Ãˆ.'"-.Â Â ..T" ".^ Ãˆ.. ?;; Many varieties of basic Lee bolt action were produced, such as this flat-handled cavalry .303 British carbine in

' Martin ' Retting collection. At right is first Lee rifle. . experimental .43 military musket made at Sharps Rifle +. in Bridgeport before Sharps firm folded in 1880's.

M$&y-caliber .303 Enfields are used by hide hunters . . who -.charging buffalo at short range in Australia. THE MYSTERY OF THE

HE SCENE in the library was one of mellow beauty, were American, and meant "kit, mounted." Tof firelight flickering on the white of paneled wood- I failed to find proof of my belief that summer of 1949, work and on the richer coloring of ceiling-high shelves of but by January of 1953, I had connected the "KM" stamp- smooth-backed leather books, most of them books on guns ing on Colt guns with certain KM-stamped Colt flasks and and gun history. But all was not sweetness and light be- an odd capping device characterized as "German" by the tween the two men seated in that room. There was tension New York dealer, Francis Bannerman. A combination of there, and it was my fault. I had ventured to differ in an deductive logic, fortunate contacts abroad, and pure cussed- opinion on guns with one of the finest gentlemen, one of ness on my part finally uncovered the full story of the the best informed gentlemen in the field of gun collecting mysterious KM stamping, and also confirmed as a licensed and gun study. The question was, "What is the meaning of copy a scarce "imitation" Colt made under foreign con- the letters 'KM' found stamped on certain old Colt re- tract. I was wrong on one score: the "KM" was not volvers, powder flasks, and kit accessories?" Prussian, but Austrian. We had been discussing Samuel Colt and his travels in My book, "The Story of Colt's Revolver," mentioned the Europe in 1849; the travels which laid the foundations for KM Colts and the odd Austrian imitations marked "KKP" many of his future commercial triumphs. The dipagreement and "Patent 1849." At the time I did not connect the two, above mentioned took place just 100 years later, in 1949, and it was not until GUNSVienna correspondent, Fred the evening before I was to leave for a summer of Baer, started searching that the historical link was dis- gun study in Europe. I had suggested that the letters "KM" covered. The KM Colts are Royal Austrian Navy, "Koenigen were of European origin, might stand for Koeningen Marine" revolvers purchased in 1859 and 1860. The KKP Marine or possibly Kriegs Marine, meaning (in both ver- pistols are Austria's first attempt to get Colts, at a time sions) "Royal Navy." But my host believed that the letters when Sam Colt could not supply them immediately. There ,, , - - EM COLTS

MEANING OF THE KM STAMPING ON SOME OLD NAVY COLTS LED TO DISCOVERY OF UNKNOWN BUT AUTHORIZED AUSTRIAN COPY

.' By WILLIAM 6. EDWARDS

Austrian sailors under Admiral Tegethoff (left) used Innsbruck and Colt revolvers marked KM in wars of Italian Independence. Same mark noted on powder flasks helped uncover gun's history.

was a second attempt to purchase copies of Colts in 1855 which ended in failure. Not until the Austrian government bought genuine Colts were they .satisfied. Few anecdotes about traveling salesmen are so puzzling as the story of Colt through Europe that summer and autumn of 1849. He landed at London. He ended up in Turkey, supposedly with an order of 5,000 revolvers for the Sultan. At stops in between, he wrote a lot of small business and laid the groundwork for future European expansion of the Colt affairs. In London, lawyer William E. Newton prepared patents for Sam's latest M1848 Dragoon revolver. Important features of the patent were the shaping of the standing breech in one piece with the lock frame, and the loading lever on the barrel. The Dragoon revolver was an almost unique transitional model. Until 1950, one example was in the Colt factory museum in Hartford. The other specimen is in the Smithsonian Institution Collection and was originally in the U.S. Patent Office. During 1849 Colt blanketed the patent offices of the U.S., England, Holland, Belgium, Prussia, possibly Switzerland, France, and Austria A with patents. All the drawings were the same, the transitional Dragoon revolver. In many of the countries Colt was required to deposit a model to secure his patent. In Austria, Colt filed for a patent during 1849, which was granted as #1217, dated the 10th of March, 1850. Revolvers made in Austria under the Colt license are marked "Patent 1849" in addition to the maker's mark of "KKP." KKP licensed Colt copy in Wads- worth Athenaeum collection was given to Colt by maker, Ganahl.

Sample found in Austria has V spring like Dragoon but improved grip strap design.

Producer of the KKP Colts was Joseph KM Colt of Larry Sheerin's has Ganahl, of the Imperial and Royal- distinctive holster, pouch for cyl- Privileged Machinery, Textile, and inder, and capper tool marked "KM." Spinning Factory of Innsbruck, near the Swiss border in the Tyrols. l.. . Colt gave Ganahl one of the transition Dragoon revolvers. The records state that Ganahl received a sample pistol from "an undisclosed friend," but certain details of the gun he finally made suggest that he could have got the model only from Sam Colt. Collectors puzzle over the perfectly round, drilled cylinder-stop holes in the KKP Colt cylinders. The Dragoons of the same period had oval stops. Not so the transition Dragoon which Colt gave Ganahl. Its mates in US museums have perfectly circular stop holes which have long inclined cuts on the cylinder leading into them. The cuts were to permit faster timing of the cylinder bolt and prevent throw-by in rapidly cocking the gun. The throw- by guides were not used in the Ganahl guns. In America, the 1849-model Dragoon was immediately obsoleted by the 1850 style, perfected by Colt engineer Elisha Root. It had rectangular stop slots and a changed cylinder bolt to match. The 1849 U.S. patent, applied for by depositing the patent office model in Washington, was called back and a new design submitted of the perfected rectangular style. But back in Aus- tria, Joseph Ganahl did not know of these changes. patent model round-stop Dragoon.

Guns of first and second urchase were stamped with M navy marks in Venice. I

The first lot of pistols was plain finished: a sample sent The reduction in weight came from scaling it down to Colt and in the Colt Wadsworth Athenaeum collection from the ponderous Dragoon size. The Colt weighed 3 6/32 today has only the KKP mark, which stands for the factory Viennese pounds (4 pounds, 2 ounces), and the Ganahl name, "Kaiserlich-koeniglich Privilegierten Maschinen und Colt weighed about half as much as the Dragoon, 128/32 Spinnen Fabrik." The iron trigger guard shape reflects Viennese pounds. The increased range claimed is a puzzler. American Colt design. At first made in squareback style, The Dragoon was listed as "sure shooting distance between later guards were produced in round form. 80 and 90 steps, or 225 Viennese feet." The KKP Colt had One mechanical improvement made by Ganahl was in a sure shooting distance of 150 to 200 steps, or about 500 guard design. The bottom screws enter the frame from the Viennese feet-about the same as English measurements. rear, like the handle strap top screws. When the wood Since British rifleman Hans Busk had done good shooting handle and strap is fitted, the guard screws cannot shake with the Dragoon up to 410 yards, there may be some loose, as so often happens with regular Colts. The early difference in interpreting "accurate range." Rifling of the Dragoon "V" spring was used, after the model, and there Ganahl Colt was 10 groove; the Dragoon had only 7 was no roll on the hammer to reduce friction on the spring, grooves. though this was introduced the next year by Sam Colt in Ganahl made experimental sporting and military rifles Hartford. The scoop in the standing breech to clear the or carbines with up to 10 chambers. These were tested in caps, present on all but the Walkers and earliest Hartford September of 1849 by an Austrian Ordnance Board. The transition guns, was not used by Ganahl. Oddest Ganahl KKP revolver in .36 caliber was fired at ranges up to feature was the long loop to the loading lever plunger. about 150 yards, 200 paces. The results of the tests read Ganahl applied for permission to make the Colt revolver much like the American reports of similar trials: The on June 18, 1849, to the Imperial & Royal District Author- Ganahl revolver is "a perfectly practical weapon and spe- ity for the Lower Inn Valley District, headquartered at cially recommended as an officer's arm." No mass distri- Schwaz, Tyrol. Gunmaking was a privilege restricted to bution of the KKP pistols was ordered. 66 patentees," authorized by the Emperor. Ganahl was thus The Austrian Navy obtained a number of the KKP licensed to manufacture under two patents, one from Colt revolvers. They were issued in odd leather holsters with through his Vienna agent, Herr Schwartz, and secondly by a pocket down the side for an in-line capping device, to Royal Charter or "privilegiumyyof August 21, 1849. The use in quick reloading. Revolvers in the field were re- . /' privilegium assured Ganahl's priority in all improvements, loaded by substituting a freshly loaded cylinder, which and permitted the plans to be kept secret. was carried in the belt pouch. Ganahl's patent right lasted five years, during which Serial numbers of the KKP revolvers indicate about .' time he made some changes. As the Austrian archives 1,000 were made. One cased specimen has the original . , . -Â¥quaintlreveal, "continued development has resulted in Walker-type bent nipple wrench and a po the finding that the weight-decreasing and the shooting- a cup charger. The Colt-type flask was not distance-increasing principles can be applied to carbines, revolver. A crudely designed single bullet to hunting and military rifles with the same profit as found into the case. About the only practical accessory is the with the revolver. These pistols, carbines and hunting rifles provision for spare percussion cones, repla consist of one barrel with flat grooves and a rotating when they became battered from firing. T !cylinder for 6 (for larger rifles even for 8 or 10) shots." lined with a buff material, and (Continued on id.!

THE OLD THE NEW THE UNUSUAL

ANIEL BOONE SAID, "I believe I was des- tined by God to explore the wilderness"; and exploreD it he did, crossing the Alleghanies and blaz- ing the trail for westward settlement. With him went "Boons best Fren," the Long Rifle, possibly the one pictured. Made, it is believed, by North Carolina gunsmith Graham, Boone gave it to a trapper named Dedman, whose descendants kept it until it was publicized by a newspaper article in the 1890's. It was purchased by a Louisville relic hunter who sold it to Dr. Percy de Bonay, who sold it in 1899 to Prof. Gilbert Walden, who sold it to the Kentucky Historical Society in whose possession it remains. The original flintlock may be a replacement of the 1800's. Although the stock is notched 15 times, this is probably a bear tally, not Indians, since Boone himself claimed to have killed only three Indians, insisting that the popular belief was wrong in "as- scribin; to me the killing of hecatombs of Indians." rn BANTAM PISTOL KIT-1 Guns the shaping of Western civilization. Add to this the more than 180 woodcuts, etchings, engraving, and drawings, and the more than 200 photographs which illuminate the text- many of them in color-and you begin to wonder how Harpers did this one for the Nickel hardwar. price !-EBM. 1 and lack. Carrying handle on top. Beautifully fin. VIOLENCE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, isbed in Spanish 1869-1881 Crush Fabricoid. By William A. Keleher. Colon: Hunter (Univ. of New Mexico Press. $6.00) then or Mellow Probably no man living is better equipped - WALKER AND THE ARIZONA to write the story of the Lincoln County War than is Will Keleher, of Albuquerque. Own- "ROTATING VISE" By Daniel E. Conner ing as he does an impressive personal library The finest visa (University of Oklahoma press, $5) of original source material and having studied After the California gold rush petered out, what he doesn't own, Keleher has a lifetime Dan Conner joined with a group of would- of intimate familiarity also with the local be prospectors under the leadership of lore and legend surrounding this "gunfight- experienced mountain man Joseph Redde- er's war" from which sprang the old West's ford Walker to explore Arizona. Conner most controversial figure, Billy the Kid. find has preserved in the simple and perhaps Addicts of the Billy the Kid legend will no hero here; only an attorney's documenta- slightly stodgy prose of the period what tion of what happened, according to the proves on reading to be a hair-raising ac- records. Unlike Walter Noble Bums, who count of savage Indians and equally savage wrote the Lincoln County War merely as a white men in the west of 1861. 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LARWO, TEXAS r ^ ., Â¥f WANTED: A THREE-GUNCHAMPION (Continued from Page 15) through 5th places and merchandise prizes civilian member of the Lackland Warhawk if they could be obtained. San Antonio Pistol Team, Byron used a Hi Standard business men who were asked to donate did Supermatic .22 for a 168 x 200. A bolt action so eagerly and only four concerns were con- M70 .243 with a 10-power scope got him tacted for the necessary merchandise awards. 149 x 200 in the rifle stage. A Browning The Perry Shankle Co. gave a Model 77 autoloader paid off with 150 x 200 at the .22 automatic rifle. Stith mounts donated a traps. Bear Cub scope. Southern Precision Instru- Second place was won by a former border AUTHENTIC ment Co. gave a pair of their 6 x 30 SPI patrolman, H. B. Carter. Lt. Frank Duck-' ' REPLICAS Riproduced in ktu. binoculars, and Zales Jewelers donated a worth of the Fourth Army Rifle Team took J Sill, him id BiIanc~.Made of Baylor Sportsman wrist watch. With prizes third, and Buck Reed took fourth. Fifth Solid Cast Alumi. RUSH YOUR place was taken by another member of the num. Finished in ORDER like that to offer, Wildlife Unlimited looked Gumnetal Bteck. TODAY! forward to a large entry. Dan Klepper, out- Lackland Warhawk pistol team, C. F. I door editor of the San Antonio Express, Beardon. The clay birds were scored ten Stud Call, Click u N.O. Ili NOVELTY' C.0: coined a name for the event: "The Triathlon." points per hit same as a bullseye 10 for Cofl's. in Cull orin. Ml 1.. LYTLE. . . I 4% Sift Tu k ClIUxih the rifle or pistol. 2658-AE 1 Fashion Avenue Long Beach 10, California t soon became apparent that many shoot- There were many shooters participating ers were interested but hesitated about who had never fired one of the guns before. competingI because they felt they couldn't do It was quite a sight to see a man standing well with all three guns. Big bore rifle men on the rifle firing line with a ,270 and wear- were hesitant about trying a pistol or a shot- ing a duck-hunter's patch on his shooting gun. Pistol shooters felt the same way about jacket. One shooter was so sensitive to the rifles and shotguns. Shotgun men, of course, recoil of the big bore rifle he was using felt they didn't have a chance with either that he pulled a Mickey Mantle, firing one rifle or pistol. But some of the big bore shot from the left shoulder and the next shooters and a good many members of vari- from the right. Believe it or not, he scored ous ~istolclubs decided to give it a try just 91 x 200. for the fun of it, and when the firing started It was worth the three-dollar entry fee just ROSCO VEST POCKET .22 -Brand new there were even two entries from an army to watch the rifle specialists at the trap. 6-shot German revolver that sells in the $28- rifle team. They would get set, right elbow out, left $30 range. A tight accurate well-made piece. 3" Bbl., 5" overall. Fires popular Amer. made As entry fees were paid, the shooter's 22 short ammo. Side gate loading. Has a fine name was put on a scorecard. When the steel rifled barrel with blade front sight. Ex- card contained ten names it was passed to cellent for target or plinking. 10-day money the scoreboard and those names entered back guar. $14.95. For C.O.D. send $7.50 de- there. From there, the shooter moved to posit. Leather holster $2.25. Send check,cash the pistol firing line. Shooters were lined up or M.O. to: SEAPORT TRADERS, INC., on targets 1 through 10 in the same order Dept. 82,409 E. 12th St., Los Angeles 15, Calif. as they were numbered on the scorecard. Belgium 10 ga. Magnum After firing, numbered targets were brought to the firing line for scoring. When each GOOSE GUN score was entered, the shooter took his card to the scoreboard, then moved on to the rifle Rifleman takes extra care mountin firing line, where the same procedure was gun hoping his score here may of? followed. After rifle scores were entered both set low scores with unfamiliar arms. on the scorecard and on the scoreboard, the shotgun judges took over. Targets 1 through elbow directly under the gun, feet firmly 5 fired on the first relay at the trap, then planted in a good off-hand rifle stance-and 6 through 10 stepped up. The shooting was then call, "PULL!" Don't ask me how, but so lined up that it took two hours for each some of them broke a fair number of clay entry to complete his firing. For example: birds. Maybe this proves that a good shot the pistol "commence fire" was 8:00 AM, with one type of firearm can soon become a cease fire at 8:20. Targets scored, rifles good shot with any of the others. picked up and rifle "commence fire" at 8:40. The fine pan about this .&hole thing was Cease fire at 9:OO. Scoring; then shotguns that every man competing really enjoyed the picked up and the first relay for trap off day. Many of them were talking about getting out for a little practice with weapons eiisraving $238.55. at 9:20, with the second following immedi- Buy direct from Importer ately. A new relay started on the pistol line they had looked down their noses at a few Imported by RILEY'S Avilla. Ind. every thirty minutes. That allowed them to hours earlier. The owner of a sporting goods New 1958 HI-BRED start on the rifle firing while the previous store was overheard inviting a friend to his rifle relay targets were being scored. It was fifty-foot range in his store basement for a GUNMETAL so timed that 150 shooters could have been little pistol practice during lunch hours. In the Finish of a Fine Gmm accommodated and the awards made by Riflemen were expressing interest in trap, Rich lookin very deluxe. Never before u n fl~hllgh&. 5:00 PM. and vice persa. 5 TIMES POWER OF OTHERS All told, fifty-eight contestants participated Wildlife Unlimited would like to think ;g;;$gE$:;;pT$m::a: % in the shoot. They used every kind and make they have started something. Their shoot is of gun imaginable. Lots of shooters showed already scheduled to be an annual event. GIANT HEAD WITH HOOD SHIELD Helps bounce lost ram back Into beam. Shields up with the gun of their specialty, and bor- Outdoor Editor Dan Klepper has challenged eyes. pards lens apalnst breaka e Thrust* Hrebal bullseye farther than any other. rowed the other two. There were thirty-six other cities in Texas to pick their five top NEW TYPE REFLECTOR FINISH pistols used, including thirteen different shooters and get the winners together for a %P:k%?fi.:%%%blefhA G!i'%%tT&?: kinds. The rifle shooters were worse. Forty- state championship individual and team without shadows. Solid die cast base for ruecred service and extreme brilliance. five rifles of sixteen different calibers or match. 15 MILE SIGNAL Order By makes were used. Smoothbore fanciers led Maybe it can go even further. Each ,deal fmRk!GE flshlng the group with forty-seven entries shooting state could hold matches to pick champions uto -1. iSSew UKKi ly truck drivers. ~s 8.8 seventeen different makes or models. and maybe a national or world champion- Plus 35c en. Postage MAY SAVE YOUR The match "possible" was 600, and the ship could be held in a year or two. Wild- LIFE a aimt batteries 51.49 3ee pmwlem who thbh &%% 'Zk&' it 7 winning score was 467. Byron Mackey, life Unlimited would like to host such an .life and distance hides cell 1 extra them. Real life uverl ~houldersling kit S1.49 shooting in the second relay of the day, cut event if shooting clubs in other states DOG SUPPLY HOUSE, DW. 38-X V.S4Ã‡Sta2s"M%i;e out the work for the rest of the field. A are interested in these-gun matches. ] SHOOTING FOR SPORT IN TH USSR (Continued from Page 18) FLEXIBLE COTTON BUFFS party. The rules would not allow any mem- checkered. But their sale is not necessarily ber to attend more than one hunt. And as free to every farmer who can scratch up the soon as one deer is shot, that hunt is ended. kopecks. News photos from Russia show Some American rifles are,still used by identical shotguns in the hands of military Russian shooters from among-. imnorts made personnel in off-hours hunting recreation, prior to 1917. Among the most popular of suggesting these are actually weapons made these are the Savage lever actions in .22 for the government. High Power and .303 Savage calibers. Be- Trap fields exist in plenty in the Soviet cause sporting rifles firing high-velocity Union, but they are organized a little differ- bullets are almost unknown in Russia, and ently from the usual US layout. The firing since handloading does not exist as a points are on a straight line, instead of an popular pastime, the Russian hunter is re- arc centered on a single trap. Instead of quired to approach close to any big game one trap, there are five in line, throwing target before taking a shot. His medium- clay birds more in simulation of European Essential as standard equipment for polish- powered Savage or Mannlicher or rebuilt live-pigeon shooting, with five points instead ing of gun stocks and final finishing of Nagant, while entirely adequate in power, of one to watch. barrels and actions before bluing. We have a complete stock of following sizes: lacks the flat trajectory and "point blank" For trap, Russian shooters prefer the 18 PLY-Each 50 PLY-Each aiming of the hotter American loads. double barreled "FN" side-by shotguns, 4" D$. $ .40 4" D,ip $1.00 In the Pamirs (Central Asia) the big Belgian made at the Fabrique Nationale in 6" .60 $ ,, 1.75 8" ." .95 1 1.90 Argali sheep are hunted on horseback. After Liege, in 12 and 16 gauges. Browning over- 10" " 1.25 10" " 2.75 approaching them as near as possible on unders are also popular in Russia. A few old- All 18 ply have 1 row sewing, 4" and 6" in horseback, the hunter must dismount and style hammer doubles are in use throughout 50 ply have 3 rows and 8 and 10in 50 creep up to shooting distance, preferably the Soviet Union, often in 10 gauge for water ply have 4 rows of sewing. ORDER TODAY. with a scope-sighted rifle. The large rams, fowling. A short 12 gauge magnum shell was SEND 25c FOR NEW CATALOG weighing as much as 442 pounds, are prized invented by a Russian about 1910, and a FRANK MITTERMEIER trophies. very few guns were produced before the war. Gunsmith Suppi Headquarters Mountain goats are also prized but are Recorded ballistics indicate the power of the ffst. f936) tough to hunt, in spite of their apparently 2%-inch load equalled modem American 3577 E. Tremont Ave., New York 65, N.Y. lazy nature, for they flee into the rocks at 12 short magnums. the first sign of danger, presenting problems of tracking and kill similar to those of the natolii Bogdanov, winner of the recent AMMUNITIOn sheep. Look! Here is the real McCoy! SPECIA In this high land, the hunter also finds AOlympic 3-position 50 metre smallbore SALE of thot hord-to-get ammunitio match and undoubtedly one of the finest for Derringer, etc. vigilant mountain turkeys that not only smallbore target shooters in the world, has A REMINGTON. watch for the appearance of man, but warn a typical Iron Curtain shooting enthusiast the sheep of danger by their loud calling. 41 RIMFIRE SHORTS S!P Per BOX (50 ~d: background. As a child, he was presented 30-06 Military Cartridges late iuue NO" Corrosive per 100...... But among the birds of Russia that count as .45-70 Smokeleu LOW PNUUM by his father with a decrepit and unusable Per 100...... game, one of the best is the large capercaile, .32 Remi ton Rifle Cartridges rifle, of Japanese origin, a relic of the Per &-value -7.50.. a kind of mountain grouse. .as1 Winchester Self-Loading ...... Manchurian Wars. With this he practised Per 100Ã‘Valu 614.00...... The grouse retreats before logging and .IS Winchester Self-Loading in the family backyard, sighting and dry- Per 100Ã‘Valu 114.00...... the replacement of virgin forests by saplings, .SO Remington Silvertip .. . firing at cardboard silhouettes of bears, Per 100Ã‘Valu 117.00...... 32 Long R F Cartndgn -. and in some areas it is now protected against Per loo...... wolves, hares, and foxes which he cut out 32 Short R F Per 100...... with his mother's scissors. .2S Rim-Fire Shorts...... As soon as he was old enough, he joined Per 100...... a shooting club and handled his first real RIFLE BARRELS ~~n~O~ Oovt. Surplui 24-inch. CompletelY (In- $s.Oa weapons. He was immediately fascinated by ished. Value SaS.OO...... Reduced target shooting and for two years he shot at nothing but range targets. But when he had safely passed his high school entrance exams, Leather New 1V. In. $1.95 60 he went on a hunting trip and saw for the first time the animals on whose silhouettes RUBBER he had sighted so often in his childhood. RECOIL BOOTS After that, Anatolii went on regular weekend argolin , ol with hand-in-cast grips hunting trips outside Moscow and Gorki, for shotgun $ 3 DOZEN and muzzle brake, helped Red shoot- shooting hares and foxes. Twice a year he ir rifle 69e each ers win many international matches. went on club-organized hunts in Siberia. Here wolves and bears provided the targets. DUBLICSPORT SHOPS hunting, but in the Northern forests, they But range shooting was still his favorite 11 S. 16th St., Phila. 2, Pa. No CODs abound and are available not only to sport sport, because he could indulge in it more shooters, but professional huntsmen. than he could go hunting. Most of the Russian sports weapons are "There was a good range in our suburb," 1 MARK I1 TRIGGER MECHANISM 1 supplied today by the Tula arsenal. Some says Bogdanov, "and the coach took a keen single-barrel shotguns on modified Nagant interest in me. Without the encouragement rifle actions are produced. In Urdmurt, on of that club coach, I might never have 1 the Eastern border of European Russia, a become a good target shot. I don't mean that shotgun factory flourishes, producing good a shooter must have a coach; my friend ' quality double guns, hammerless top lever Vassili Boriesov never had a coach, but I!,I '1 FOR weapons with side locks somewhat resembl- trained himself entirely." (Borissov won the Why handicap your shooting with a long rough mil- ing the L. C. Smith in outward appearance. 300-metre Olympic shoot last year.) i9ry tri r pull? Every As early as August, 1947, before many Now 27 years old, champ Bogdanov is a unit tmndned and test- American plants had "reconverted" from lieutenant in the Soviet army by day and a ed for smoothness in a rifle action before ship- military small arms production to peacetime student at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute ment. and all .*" (ypw gunmaking, this plant, in the town of by night. Soon his compulsory military train- Mth, IdÃ‘itid SPEEDLOCKS. .$1 5.00 Modal vÃ MJUHJT Izhevsk, produced 16,000 shotguns in six ing period will end and he will become a SINGLE STAGE $1 2.50 months. The guns, as far as Westerners full-time student. Request Owcriptive Folder have had a chance to examine them, appear During his shooting career, he has used a DAYTON-TRAISTER 1 finished, with full pistol grips, neatly variety of rifles, including Manteri-actioned 7028 164th St. S.W. EDMONOS. WASHINGTON free rifles and some American weapons. Moscow with Bogdanov, has a similar shoot- plentiful in Rumania, and there is no bag Today, however, he shoots the Russian ing background except that he has never limit. There are strict bag limits for all Nagant rifle made at Tula which the Russians hunted. He uses Russian manufactured Tula other game, however, alloted on a club- used to good effect in the Olympic shooting rifles: the Tula Mark 13 big bore rifle membership basis. matches. According to Bogdanov, these (calibre 7.63 mm.) and the Tula Mark 12 Shooting regulations are, if anything, more weapons are mass-produced in a Soviet smallbore .22, as well as the G.I. Nagant. strict in Rumania than they are in Russia. small-arms factory and are now standard A Russian Olympic shooter with a different As well as belonging to a club, shooters military issue. He admitted, however that background is Vladimir Sevrioughuine, a must hold a license for every weapon they the rifles used by himself, his Olympic woodsman who has spent much of his life purchase. Licenses are obtained through the teammates Borissov and Erdman, and by in the Ural mountains in Siberia. He rep- club, which makes application on behalf of Czech shooter Otto Horinek, were "slightly resented Russia in the Running Deer match, the shooter to the police. modified" for the Olympic Matches. finishing third. The rifle he used was an Hare shooting is popular with Rumanians, Most of Bogdanov's training is done in obsolete 1910 model Ross-actioned weapon, and there are apparently plenty to shoot at. the standing and kneeling positions, because fitted with a free-rifle barrel of 7.62 mm. "Last ear," says Gheorghe, "twenty shooters he and other Russian shooters believe that The action of the rifle was slightly modified; from our club knocked over 5,000 hares if a shooter can score well from these posi- the barrel was fluted to reduce weight, during a week of shooting. Most of the guns tions he will have little difficulty when firing retain stiffness and increase cooling area. used were side-by-side 12 gauges made in prone. In winter, when the ranges are closed The stock was more or less conventional Belgium. Some club members have under- because of snow, Bogdanov and most Soviet but was fitted with an adjustable heel plate. and-overs made in Belgium and England." shooters practice at home by holding and Badminton Match Rifle sights with a quarter- dry-firing on special sub-miniature targets. inch-wide blade foresight were fitted to the In 1955, Gheorghe's club organized a 'bear Vassili Borissov, who frequently trains in rifle. shoot in the Bistrita Mountains of Rumania. Forty-eight shooters took part in the drive, evrioughuine, a forestry officer who which lasted only two hours. Thirteen bears spends much of his time in remote areas, were shot. s Most shooting behind the Iron Curtain is finds plenty of opportunity to hunt bears, wolves, and deer. He belongs to a shooting done by driving, chiefly because all sport club in his hometown, but often hunts alone shooting is organized by clubs. when on forest patrol. Once, on a winter Varmint shooting with 'scope-sighted hi- trapping expedition, he caught his left wrist powers, is unknown. Shooters from Hungary in a heavy steel trap and had to wait seven at the Olympic Matches spoke enthusiasti- hows before fellow forestry officers found cally of bear, deer, and hare drives in their him. He had with him the 1910 Ross- homeland, and explained the position was actioned rifle he used in the Olympics, and the same in Poland and other neighbor- used it to defend himself from wolves which ing countries. "We have many shooters, but attacked him. Using the weapon like a little room, and not too much game," ex- pistol in his right hand, he shot three plained Czech small bore champion Otto wolves before he was released. Horinek. "So we must hunt together. It may Gheorghe Lichiardopol, a Rumanian seem strange to Westerners, but we like it architect who came third in the Olympic and would not have it any other way." rapid-fire pistol match, is a keen sport To which most American readers will shooter who has been a shotgun enthusiast answer with the author, "They can have it!" since he was old enough to hold a gun. We prefer our own type of hunting and Duck and hare shooting are his favorite our comparative freedom from police ;ld sports. Ducks have always been regulations. B

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In learning in the 1954 nationals if it hadn't been for dwHAT IWMED.- world-famow "white hunter" hat in premium to shoot it I found out the rifle had to be that last shot of a 20-shot string in the De- made tan beaver fur felt. Smart and dashtez. Wide aimed somewhere other than at the object war match. With 19 shots fired, I had 19 tens brim given protection from nun dust wind, fmi* A fine hat for huntinz.-. fidiiae.-- cam'- - - and all which you wanted to hit. I didn't know with 18 X's. The last shot"fe1t" perfect. I outdoors. anything about moving the sights to move the was feeling the pressure, but I'd had a lot of Send for FREE point of impact, but I did know the rifle, and practice, by then, at fighting pressure, and I could hit small shirt buttons and .22 cases that one let loose just the way I wanted it. as far as I could see them over the open . . . It was a nine at twelve o'clock-and sights. 199's don't get you any applause in that kind After reading a notice in our paper of a of competition. Maybe I cheeked the rifle a rifle match to be held on our local range, I little tighter than on the previous shots; thought I'd show them how to shoot and I maybe the sight picture wasn't as perfect as paid a dollar to enter my first match in about I thought; maybe-a hundred things. Any- 1 Expert Rifleman's 1929 or 30. It was a 10-shot re-entry match way, that's one of the things about rifle shoot- at 100 yards. I didn't shoot my little rifle. ing: you never get bored by the monotony Badge Instead, I borrowed and shot a much-used of perfection! What with wind and light and Made in 1916 at target model with a leaf sight. I fired a a thousand other variables, precision shooting Rock Island Arsenal. respectable 83, but I found out right then is a game of guess and gamble in many in- that I was outclassed. stances, particularly under adverse condi- SPECIAL But I liked the competition and made up tions. Nothing but experience can teach you $125 my mind to keep at it. By 1936 I had won to figure wind drift and changing light con- POSTPAID some non-medal and indoor matches. Finally ditions, and if you guess wrong, you've had MARKSMAN BADGE Cold plated over solid I won a big one, shooting 3% x 400 over iron it. Until the next match. There's always a for shooters sterling bronze.. sights at 100 yards on a tough range, with the silver $1 .do each. Raised letter* . .. next match, thank heaven; and next time. Limited quantity. man I had vowed to beat betting another you'll show 'em. competitor in a loud voice a nickel a shot This is the challenge that brings men, and that I would not score tens on my last ten women too, back year after year to the big shots. This was a range record that stood matches. It fascinates me enough to kee; for many years, and at that time my ambi- me coming hack to try to beat myself if no tion was fulfilled. one else, and all the prizes you win cannot equal the satisfaction of a "possible." thought that I had reached the top. I've Age is not an apparent detriment, for dur Ifs EASY! With always been a nail-chewer, nervous, af- ing my experience I've been beaten by shoot, Gunberth Plans & KRs flictedI with what shooters call "jackass ears" All details on Plans Kits ers of all ages and both sexes and havf and Hardware are listed In -meaning that talk or other noise while seen it happen to the best. The newcomers blx, fully Illustrated . . . I was shooting distracted me. Overcoming "HandboolT-cataloe of all ages frequently have their hour 01 Finished cabinets In 82 these faults in that match gave me confidence glory and some of them last for quite a while different ftyles also avall- which combined with experience to give me able. Get your CODY NOW1 It may and could be you. The match is no! -ily $1.00 ppd. more frequent wins. Since then, I have been over until the last shot is fired. mdable first order!) a shooting member of the Dewar international team three times, have won the mid- The 1954 National Junior and Collegiatf west regional, been third and fourth in the Champion gave a very good example of how nationals, have won state championships and it is done. Presley Kendall is a Louisvillt I aggregate matches of considerable impor- boy that I've known since he was a baby I THE I tance. I've lost a lot of matches, too, that I His daddy was a former club 'hot-shot ami should have won. had had a hit of open competition at Set Girt and Perry. He was one of the experi Â I I've fired the last 39 shots in a 40-shot I match at rapid-fire rate just because I was enced shooters when I started. As soon as 1 SiMtamllmi, MUZZLE BRAKE : mad at myself for letting that first shot stray Presley was able to grasp a rifle he was lit The hrnkft that Is diffnrent-because it'% rWht In I out of the ten ring. A man can't control even erally forced to shoot. By the time he was I your rifle barrel. Choice of ducriminatmg -hoot- ' 19 he had been shooting for nine or ten years I ere. YOU don't need a blob on your nuzzle tor ! the finest of match rifles unless he can con- I good braklni. Illustrated folderÃ‘deÃ§ diÃ§count I One of the driving factors in his success, I'n trol himself, and rifle target competition will PENDLETON GUNSHOP $si3,$ttS%i, sure, is that he has had his sights set 01 : : enforce self-discipline. I've lost matches by ...... - ~enaltypoints charged against me for firing (Continued on wee.- 48). IN KEROSENE HEATER BURNS 12 HOURS FOR 5e Complete protection for 6 (run Perfect for trailers camps plus ammo., spotting scorn trucks, dens, kennels, base: etc. No more need to poin ments wherever comfortable the box at the target or c-e ~~~~'is'wanted. the inside of the kit wet whei shooting in rain, just clos a Portable a Safe a Odorless the box & leave the scope up a Silent a Dependable a Brass- Constructed of sturdy exterio built for a lifetime. pl~woodft covered with Kin Ker vinyl. 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NO BIGGER than a fountain pen, but plenty powerful is this new precision-made pocket microscope-telescope. Handy for sports, looking at rare objects, just plain snooping. Telescope magnifies 8-power with u. 8. NAVY LEWIS GUNS, the ones inventor Col. I. N. a wide, brilliant field. Microscope is 60- Lewis refused royalties for. giving his design to the power. Focus is sharp at any range: a real government free . . . guns complete with drums only 160. Same kind of gun used by Gary Cooper in "For optical instrument, not a toy. $4.95 ppd. Whom The Bells Toll" and in recent flim 'Treasure of Pancho Villa." Lincoln Products, Dept. G-1, 49-M East 41st WINCHESTER COLLECTORS ATTENTION: A few choice Browning Automatic Rifles by Winchester all corn- St., N.Y. 17. Dlete in good order except 'wood stocks mi&lng (may easily be duplicated.) $75. Also Browning Automatic Rifles by Marlin-Rockwell. rare relics of WWI, same -~hane. ~--il75. STITH SAVAGE 99 MOUNT is adjustable WOOD STOCK SCHMEISSIC~9mm submachine gun the scarce MP28-I1 (no clips) In fair condition, only i30. in three directions. Adjustment for eye relief Bargain price. FAMOUS COLT'S MODEL 192 1 Thompson Submachlne is made by setting front band at forward Guns, supplied in 1928 on Nary requisition and re- edge of base (as pictured) for stock crawlers stamped "1928" and "u. 8. NAVY. Latest model with wood forearm. These guns may have gone with and average shooters; or at rear edge, scarce,U.S. Marines only $85. in Nicaraguan campaign; fair and For our customers who only can scrape up two-bits, we have a CATALOG showing many more items in the dewat machine gun automatic rifle. ammunition andequlp- Â¥MTWO-PISTOL CASE designed ment line. Or send 45c and we will Buy for send in addition our latest ARTIL- LERY AND ORDNANCE CATALOG Of to take any of the popular draw-tube spot- Geld guns, for shooting or display. ting scopes is a new addition to the Beckel- tinis ten thousand times Less ! more fun with a Krupp field gun," hymer's line. Perfect for keeping and faith jolly little Ma Hunter. (Can- non catalog alone also two bits.) tlli- - - carrying guns. Its enduring beauty and BY the time you read this. aweet ruggedness, plus the top-quality workman- Ma Hunter, the kindly grand- mother who la the only person still - alive to knit SOX out of Cordite ship and materials make it a sure seller. will have returned from ~nropi Retail price $19.85. From Beckelhymer's, 513 with many more goodies. . . watch this column for the latest In auto- Salinas Avenue, Laredo, Texas. matic weapons for sale. More! . - ' 1:; -^, -* : :'A& Ã‡Â¥ 4 .. . . FORTY BULLETS, ONE HOLE about what you might require.) when ithas eyes and ears open and again don't hesitate (Continued from Page 45) been shaped to fit you comfortably you will to ask for advice about kind and type of beating me ever since he started, and being find it to be a real advantage. equipment. Shooters are friendly people, of a stubborn and determined nature he now For iron sights I prefer the tube type over willing enough to advise and help. If they does it quite regularly. If he ever wins the any others because it provides better defini- are also opinionated people, listen anyway big ones, remember that he has a lot of good tion, admits less outside light and distrac- and accept what seems best to you. coaching, experience, and determination to tion, and is more accurate in adjustment If a person likes target shooting, I recom- win. than any other rear sight that I have ever mend that he stick to it. He should enter used. This sight is incidentally cheaper and fire in every match that he can attend, So what should you buy to get started? than most good receiver sights. and he will find that his scores will gradu- Well, if it is at all possible (and it is pos- ally improve until he can compete on a par ' sible; match shooters are amazingly generous 0 far as scope sights are concerned I with anyone. The National Rifle Association even with their pet rifles if a novice shows and its affiliated rifle clubs use a classifica- real interest), shoot several target rifles be- own two. One is 15-power magnifica- tion,5 the other is 10 power. I much prefer the tion system in which competitors are classi- fore you choose one to buy. Select the one smaller lower powered scope, simply because fied according to scores fired in previous that suits you best. Any match grade target competitions. Marksmen, sharpshooter, ex- rifle will have more inherent accuracy than I can shoot better scores with it. I have been up and down the line with scope power from pert, and master riflemen each compete for you can use, but buy the best you can afford. awards in their own class. To obtain awards You'll probably buy another, and another 8 to 20, and the 10 X suits me best for most occasions. Other men, other opinions-and and recognition, the shooter is not asked to and another, as you go along, but that is be- beat riflemen above his own qualification. side the point. you'll form your own as you gain experience. Don't hesitate to ask for advice from expe- The shooter should have a real desire to Remember that it is impossible for a manu- rienced shooters in regard to your shooting excel in target shooting and enjoy it as a facturer to make a stock that will fit all sizes problems. Ask for coaching in your practice, sport only. It is a game of skill for skill's and shapes of shooters as perfectly as a for in this way you can get used to competing sake, and for self-enjoyment. match rifle must fit, so don't be too much with changing light and wind conditions I classify myself as an amateur, and I worried about details until you have enough while still concentrating on your hold, sight still enjoy my shooting whether I win or experience to know exactly what you want. picture, and let-off. In this manner you can The stock should be full in the comb, full in get a check on your own ideas of what is the forearm, and as straight as you can get it. going on and, if you find it differs from what The comb should be about one-half to five- you thought, stop and discuss it with your eighths inch above the line of bore, leaving coach. You might be as surprised as I was enough wood to allow for fitting to your during a 200-yard team match at Camp Perry cheek. Also, get it long enough; that is, one year. I had the high individual score, 14% inches from trigger to butt plate and strictly due to good coaching. I could not about 18% inches from trigger to tip of see the things my coach saw and I know my forearm. (I am giving my stock dimensions score would have been much lower if I because I think I'm about average in build hadn't listened to him. -5 feet 10 inches, 174 pounds and wear a While you gain in experience you will want 15% by 33 shirt. You can judge from this to add or change equipment, so keep your

Match rifleman acquires much gear, many gadgets for improving scores.

lose a match. My fun comes from associa- tions and the fact that I like shooting, have worked hard to learn what I know about it, and am somewhat proud of my accomplish- ments. Shooting is a year around sport, indoors or outdoors. It is highly competitive and I know of no other way that a person who likes to shoot can obtain more downright fun or personal satisfaction than by finishing ahead of five or six hundred of the Nation's best riflemen at our National matches. Of course, the winner of every rifle match gets a thrill out of it, but eventually those who can make it attend the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. Once they have attended nothing ever seems to keep them from returning year after year. Here the National champions are selected and there is always the possibility that it might be you. I recommend target shooting as a sport our stock often includes scarce "hard to get" stand- which will hold your interest longer than ard, custom and engraved models. If your dealer any other game you could possibly engage in. cannot supply you, place your order with us. So far as I'm concerned I've really enjoyed REX rlREARMS CO. INC. 137 E. 57th St., New York 22, N.Y. every bit of it and have no memories of anything done by myself or others that I regret, IG CATALOG-UP-TO-DATE! and I expect 111 be shooting so long as I'm Listings of "old" books as available. GUN Largest selection. Send 50t for both. able. On the evidence of the old timers who BOOKS Free books

at that moment, but, inches from the bow A 45 Long Colt Ctg.-5'/zf' Barrel lking ready to charge, three feet off the thway. and we would never know it. Not, of the canoe, the great head hit water as GRADE (A)-KING QUALITY-Late model with at is, until it was too late. Irval had told the bull fell. My sweaty camera was work- round latch, completely reblued, selected and of a similar incident a couple of years ing overtime as we stood helpless in the new Colt Medallion Grips (as illustrated) V.G. o where a wounded buffalo ambushed an frail skiff, and without hesitation, Jim care- cond...... $43.95 merican hunter, completely demolishing his fully poured three slugs into the skull of GRADE (0)-Same except not reblued, used grips. noe before the hunter could kill him. the too-near would-be killer. (Good cond.) $35.95 ...... One of the vaqueros poling nearest me The huge head shook as we retreated a GRADE (C)-Same model except round top and uched my shoulder. My fingers instinc- welcome ten feet. Quite obviously, Jim's flat latch. Condition V.G. in and out, with orig- first shot, when we first glimpsed the beasts, inal used Colt Grips, selected by C.H.B.. .$32.95 rely readied my camera as I followed his . - had crippled the animal either in the hind NEW ACCESSORIES FOR ABOVE GUNS lint into the thick brush. I saw nothing. Heavy Brass Rod with ring handle & brush 10". ...$ .60 ie canoe stopped and a vaquero blew leg or back, else he wouldn't have stopped Barrela 38 Special or 357 Magnum, 6' blue...... 8.65 Barrels 38 S~ecial.38/40. 44 Em.. 4%" blue.. .. 8.65 udly on a steer's horn. The two other after that first explosive lunge. But it Barrels 45 Ling Colt. 5%" blue ..I.. .:...... seemed fantastic that the three later, close Cylinders Come. 38 Seec. 857, 44 Spec. 46 Colt.. noes answered, and two of the bare-footed Hammer Complete with firing pin & strut...... wboys jumped into the hip-deep water range shots could blast into the skull of the Triggers...... S3 00 Firing Pins...... Rod Heads. . .50c HA&. ..S2.50 Mainspring. .. id started hacking a path through the big beast with no apparent damage. Its New Grins with Colt Medillion (pair) ...... 45 Lone Colt ammo 250 er. lead N.C. (Box of 80) avy thicket. They would stop frequently black eyes glared with hate and pain as he Heaw Steer Hide open Holster with safety strap 3.25 scrape two and three inch black, blood- pawed mud and scooped his head deep into State Trooper Leather Outfits used with Colt N.S. Revolver 45 cal., consisting of: Sam Browne Belt, eking leeches off their legs. Jim kept the brackish water, covering his horns with 3" wide of heavy black cowhide with shoulder em covered with his rifle as, foot by foot, moss and roots. Droplets of blood oozed strapÃ‘Genuin Audley potent button holstew- Cartridge Holder for 18 cartridges~HandCuff ey cleared a path through which the canoe from the three tiny holes near the base of Holder~Lanyardfor butt swivel; all in good iwly followed. his massive horns, but he was still alert. used condition. Sixes 32 to 48 while they lost. Value complete $33.50. Only '$9.85. Can also With each hack of the machetes I ex- This is where a rifle of really heavy caliber be used for 1917 model Colt. icted to see a mountain of black dynamite would have been worth its weight in Free List ;plode from the thicket wall. Then, gradu- plutonium. The .30-06 just didn't pack the HUDSON SPORTING GOODS CO. ly, no more than ten feet away through knock-out. Prior to this I might have argued 6-52 Warren St., New York 7, N. Y. e brush, I made out the outline of a the point, because a .30-06 has always seemed C. H. Bertschinger Sole Owner (Life emb be; 1936; iffalo's head and horns. It was massive to me to be a lot of rifle; but those few id ominous looking, and as we moved sweaty seconds made a convert out of me. oser the head hooked back and forth, When a 220-grain package rips into an Notches are Old-Fashioned igry, warning us that we were getting too animal at less that thirty feet and inflicts R Record your Kill with ose. Where he was pawing, mud churned no more damage than a BB in a sack of 1 Gold or Silver % ^few! / R. C. B. S. Model A 1 RELOADING PRESS $65.50 w/Holder 1. Primer Ann Â Designed for Bullet making, plus

usual Reloading-. Operations A) Â¥Extr leverage-no strain on frame Â¥Alpins made of TOOL STEEL Â Hand operated with powerful, the Hunter in Your Family positive action. Unsightly notches on your unstock tell on1 part of the sto The hunter who is Â¥Mone Back Guarantee really proud of his (kill uses solid gold or silver "STUDS" that show the head and At Your Dealers or Order name of the actual game killed. "STUDS" 1 Direct-Free Folders. are beautifully embossed game heads that an permanent, easy to use and enrich the appearance of your gunstock. S GUN & DIE SHOP Ask for "STUDS" at your dealer. If ha 1 E B can't suppl you, order direct and include P. 0. Box 729 G your dealers name and address. Orovilte, California I "STUDS" ore available in these 18 op- ular game head designs in either 10-K gold at $3.00 each, or Sterling silver at $1.25 each. Federal Tax Included. HIDE-A-WAY ELK DEER BROWN BEAR BEAR WOLF GRIZZLY BEAR HOLSTER & ACCESSORIES MOOSE TURKEY MOUNTAIN GOAT The best handgun holster CARIBOU COYOTE MOUNTAIN SHEEP idea in years! Soft stove leather with sturdy nickel -- ~- ANTELOPE CAT (Panther) plate clip: fastens inside JAVALINA BLACK TAIL DEER trouser waistband for GOERG ENTERPRISES MULE DEER SKUNK (a good gag) perfect comfort and con- ort Angeies 1009 S. Laurel Washington 1 cealment. Handmade to DEALERS WANTED - Cash in on fit YOUR gun ...give notional advertisin that's creatm caliber, make and band demand for -STUDS~. ~housand! length when ordering. sold lost season. Writ* today for $2.95 PP. or COD. plus details. 1 shipping. DEM-BART CO.1 DE PT. "H" R. J. COFFEY "WORLD'S FINEST CHECKERING TOOLS' mipplaa for cam ft ma11 RewlvrÃˆ...... a& 1102 N. Main Ave. At your Mali* or- San Antonio 2, Tax. 3333 North orov st, T*com> T, WWhIngfn cement, for my money you're under-powered. Had the big buffalo kept coming on that initial charge we would have needed canon power. We didn't have it. And now Dr. Marshall, no slouch with a weapon, aimed shot after shot at and hit vital spots, but walloping the buffalo across the rear with a walking stick would have been more HOLLYWOOD RIFLE spectacular . . . and perhaps equally as d PISTOL DIES. Set effective. ? Within seconds, the wounded buffalo made four more vain attempts to reach our canoe, each time collecting lead from Jim's '06. It wasn't until the big bull turned his profile OLLYWOOD to us, giving Jim a shot into the back of the OR" RELO skull, that a killing penetration was scored. NOUYWOOI MUM istot shotshell BULLET SWAGING t UP Slowly, the hulking head sank deep into ~d swages bullet! DIES from 22 to ullets. tripped fS7.U 375 caliber. Other stagnant water. Finally, all was still. Around gpam In process. the huge black form. the water turned crimson. HOLLYWOO0 CHRO That evening, in the comfort of the OGRAPH. A precisis instrument comple Lobato home, Dr. Irval, who has over two less batteries. N hundred buffalo kills to his credit, told us (97.50 much of his experiences with the tough Rifle, Pis1 id ~hotshe'11Components Carried in Stock animals. He has dropped only five with Free Literature liscounts to Dealers Prices F.O.B. Hollywoq single shots, always shooting just below the 6116 HOLLYWOOD BLVD. 1 center of the eyes when the buffalo's head HOLLYWOOD GUN SHOP ~fiuuvwmmmqn Pam is held high. This angle penetrates the vital brain area. But, he added, this angle of penetration is practically impossible during the * ""cfef~bffcf wet season when one has to hunt by canoe. .2a2 biggest value in a handgun - bar none1 As buffalo guns, Lobato recommends nothing smaller than the .375 Magnum. He says, "Our Marajo buffaloes are African-sized game and should be hunted as such." He 0 SLEEK a RUGGED 0 DEPENDABLE- recommends a heavy rifle that sends a 300 to 1 500 grain bullet at 2100 to 2500 feet per second. The heavy bullet is needed to deliver the energy and impact in a pinch-and on Marajo the pinch is where one often finds oneself. In Africa, usually the sportsman is backed up with a powerful double wherever he SAFETY: Positive. intesral.t~~e.Guncannot be fired unless tri-r is - - - goes. The customer can be helped out of a pulled. AT RETAIL ORDER FROM THIS AD: Send check or M.O. with order. serious jam. Not so on Marajo. If the hunter Enclosea,xe*no Purchasemu.s, permiteae,. if rewlr*. You PW e~pmsn ~I,"~~~,BAWl~ ch gets in a tight on Marajo, he is jeopardizing DEALER INQUIRIE- ...... -w his own life and perhaps the lives of half [ FIREARMS CO. INC., 137 E. 57th St.. New York 22. N. Y. a dozen unarmed vaqueros with him. If an animal is wounded and not killed, every SIGHT and CLEAR TARGETS Marajoan cowboy for miles around is in danger. for TARGET SHOOTERS for HUNTERS he MERIT Muter Target Disc with Light %fore game. cleaner kills with MERIT Iris I think the new highly successful .458 hleld la specially adapted for use Shutter Hunting Disc on the peep sight of cartridge with its 500 grain bullet pushed :tension, telescope height and tang your favorite rifle. Your instant choice of ghts. Flexible rubber shield may be 12 click-adjusted apertures gives you clear along at 2125 feet per second would be a it to size. Has the famous might in any llxht. Moneyback guarantee. perfect gun for Marajo buffalo. Jim Marshall [ERIT Iris Shutter which lves you instant choice of 12 EYE AID for RIFLEMEN Leu ~ita Here and I have an invitation to return to Marajo, lfferent click-adjusted aper- The MERIT Lens Disc has provision for a and we'll do it one of these days. But next ires - all in one disc! This ~rescri~tionground lens to fit your own leans the correct peep open- eye. It avoids the steaming of glasses and time we're going during the dry season and ig for any shooting condltiontS.m elves sharp bull's eyes in all shooting positions. as lens is always in correct re- hunt from horses instead of canoe. And lationship to your eye. Standard Lens Disc. speaking for myself, I'm going to carrying for PISTOL SHOOTERS M t Shield, $7.50. nd sight and target blur - heap-big-medicine. When I clobber one of ith MERIT Optical At- $6 those half-ton killers, I want it to stay tachment. Fits all glasses. Will clobbered. not scratch lens. Simply open MELTING POT or close the iris shutter for per- Perfect, uniform bullets At the present time, carrying firearms into feet definition of sights and tar- $12 get! Instantly adjustable aper- at 400 to 500 an hour1 Brazil presents no major problem. Permits ture $4. De Luxe Model wlth Gravity feed. Preuure cast. Slag-free flow- New Swing-arm feature $5.00 molten metal drawn from below surface. Use must be obtained from the War Department ...... on gas or gasoline stove. Holds 20 Ibs. Heats In Vi hour! Shipping Weight 8 Ibs. Commission, Eighth Military Region, Belem, I1 Items at dealers or direct with Para, Brazil. The main stipulation seems to neyback guarantee. Free catalog. MERIT GUNSIGHT GO* ~e~t.IG, 8154 Monadnock way, Oakland 5, calif. be that guns must not be left in the country. Any gun taken in must be removed after hunt. Brazil is an almost untapped hunting paradise for American sportsmen. Covering W -- ' PREMIER 21E SHOTGUN almost half the land area of South America, Custom quali at a realistic price. Immediate delivery in 12, 16, G 20 gauge with 26" most of the country is vast, untamed wilder- or 28" bard. Equipped with automatic ejectors, beavertail forend, finest walnut stock and COLD plated triggers. Send dime for catalog also illustrating BERETTA SHOT- ness teeming with fine game. The Isle of GUNS, FERLACH SHOTGUNS AN3 DOUBLE RIFLES in all calibers including .416 RIGBY Marajo, near Belem, is the gateway to it all. AND .458 WINCHESTER MAGNUM. For real adventure, go South, young men. ORDER THROUGH YOUR DEALER One shot at water buffalo of Marajo CALIFORNIA ARMS CO., 12203 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 25, California will make any effort worthwhile. - New Fitz Grip! FITZ Gold Bond TESTING POCKET AUTOS (Continued from page 21) 1 'THE GUHF1GHTER9 1 TEN-0-GRIP think is the most enlightening, one of the NO c.0.D'~ For Most Target Model tes ts made, was fired at 30 yards, a pretty $6.95 calif. ~es. S&W and Colt Revolvers Add 4% Tax ...... $6.95 f air distance for these pocket guns. All ac- Colt .45 Automot- CU1racy firing was done by one person, the 'GUNFIGHTER' auithor, using the Keith-recommended hack- FITZ RIGHT or LEFT HAND 4 am d-head-rest position with the gun support- Makes Your Snub-Nose ed by the drawn-up knees and left hand. The a Handful of Deadly sights, such as they were, were blackened. Accuracy! Molded of Colors: Butt unbreakable Durarnite; Walnut, Flame- Ten-shot groups were fired, and any shots' fits S&W Chief's Spe- Grain Rosewood, thiit were called off were spotted and refired, cial Kit-Gun, Terrier ~od' uard 32 H E: to get as fair results as possible. I should NEPMODEL ROUND no1t need to add that these pocket autos are BUTT ONLY veiy hard to shoot accurately, due to poor New Fitz sig:hts, small grips, and trigger pulls ranging Fit z froim had to down-right atrocious. AMM-0-CONE AMM-0-SAFE POWDER CAN'T SPILL! Ti he FN Brownings. Positive seal at shell neck. 9gc The first pistol tested was a ~rownin~ Made of high-impact lifetime Duramite. Fits ALL Dustproof, m o i s - ma idel of 1900. This is pretty much an an- Pistol and Rifle shells. ture-proof, shock - t iq lie judging by the date, but there really absorbing. Red life- - time plastic. Con- isn 't much difference between this gun and venient pocket size. thei later models. They all work on the *--& straight blow-hack system and the only P 0 Box 49702 chianges made seem to be of a minor nature LOS ANGELES 49, CALIF. or for more pleasing appearance. Liberal Dealer Discounts. .44 and .45. The trigger pull and the sights on this me ~delwere far above the average of the .32's tea ted. The machining was superb. The only re; illy had feature was the disproportionately sm all grip. With this gun as with all the ottiers, we fired 10 rounds for accuracy, and 25 more for feel, functioning, and penetra- t io n. In the Browning 1900, no malfunctions OCIcurred. Group size in the accuracy test was a poor 7%", which surprised me as this locbked like an accurate gun. In the penetra- ti0n tests, the FN like all the .32's penetra ted from 1%" to 2%" of hardwood bo.ards. Any variations could probably be tra ced to unevenness in the hardness of the wo od. The 1/16" steel plate showed only a slilght dent when fired at from two yards. This was true of all the .32's tested. The FN 1910 is the common FN pistol. Thie FN plant made well over a million of thtise, and thousands of exact copies ha\e be.en made in Spain. This is a striker- 0P1erated gun with the recoil spring around thti barrel. The front barrel bushing is fasitened in place by a bayonet-type catch; no t a very good feature as, if not properly assiembled, the bushing can jump out of I-n/CES I PIEice and go flying. The barrel itself is An amazing selection of : loc:ked in place by turning its lugs into 4 sizes 5 calibers 60 models ! ! COIMact with corresponding lugs machined inl o the receiver. This is not very conducive a4 s/W/tw/Ask your dealer J to accuracy. In the accuracy test, the M1910 m! mped into 7%". This gun had the small- /wkfdWrite to your I gr' I est sights I've ever seen on a pistol, and Y* distributor&/ .! o had a very bad trigger pull. &/~eware of imitations ! and counterfeits ! or the original @ I 'AG,, GALES1 Manufacturers : INDUSTRIA ARMI GALESI

1 CLEAR SIGHT SCOPE CAPS he world's finest protector, optic fiat glass (NOT Lucite), Neoprene bodies. Many thousand! pleased users. $3.25 pr. Filter lens $4.95 ea. Send for FREE Catalog on these and on the world's largest stock of quality POINTER pistol stocks. Also genuine Pearl, Ivory and Stag. Complete stock late serial numbers Great Western Single Action Guns. Box 360, SOUTHWEST CUTLERY & MFG. CO., Montebello, California. u STANDARD OR SERIES 300 FN ACTION OR HVA ACTION BARRELED TO FINEST DOUGLAS ULTRA-RIFLED CHROME MOLY BARREL. CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES: 1. New e-tandard FN Mauser Action 2. Finest DaUQLAs mtm-Hned &me Moly barrel, Wtb patented smooth hard GI. medm -BUTTON** fining: CALIBERS: 3. a& unlt precision chambeead to mim wish witb PWWI head 220 SWlW-22-2- 4. ma unit ta&- witb enmple fired case included for your inmec%? 243 WlN.444 REM. 5 Lengtb and twist wanted 0tbemi.w we will ship recommended length and twist, 2- SAV.4S7R-7MM $ ~~~%~h%&%&%I weight, medium heavy or heavy weight -1s. 270 WlN.400 SAV. PRICES: for li%t-or spomr weight (5.5 lbs.) S72.s0, &iedium heavy, S77.SO. all heavy SS2.sO. i%r xy&ypi~ra& baml,% 00 additional For the new 300 des 308 WIN. .3046 F.N. action 01 EVA lb.00 addition& (Witb F.N. Enmved ac- 6 the NEW 2- REMI tlon witb Double Set Wmm s25.00 additiod.)

nd one jam. When this job was shaken it Exclusive! rattled like a tin can full of pebbles, so it really surprised me that it worked at all. HEW FLAl6-ACE1 The Walther Pistols. Made by a nationally known Barrel-maker ot highest repute, we now offer the patented "button rifled" , The Walther 1910 was the first pistol ex- smooth hard swed ed, six groove chrome moly barre! of absolutely top quallty, completely threaded .ensively produced by this 6rm. The gun is precisiin chahberezand crowned at a money-saving Immediately available for the FN Mouser 98 dlFGr Sprin field and 722 Remin ton Action. small and fairly light, weighing just 18 Choice of LIG.HWEIGHT ?2", SPORTER *EIGHT 24"and ~EDIUM-HEAVY WEI&T 26". ' ounces. The trigger pull was very good but, Chotce of Cahbew 220 Swlft 22-250 243 WIN 244 REM 250 SAV 257-R 270 WIN., 300 SAV., 308 WIN., 30-06.0nd the {ey 280.k~~.222'also avai6ble for ti; 722 kep. only. due to the light weight and very small grip, Only $24.00 complete*. $2.50 addltlonal ~f we headspace and test-fire to your octlon. the recoil made accurate shooting di9icult. RETURN PRIVILEGE IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED. I developed quite a flinch, as the front end ACE BARRELED ACTIONS: Mouser 98-ACE Barreled actions. in any caliber or weight as above...... $49.50 . ~f the trigger guard came back and slapped F. N. Mauser-ACE Barreled act~ons...... 64.50 . my trigger finger. However, the accuracy *FLAlG-ACE "Buttoned-Barrels" are ready to be turned into your receiver. They need only have head- , test gave a maximum spread of 8%". The spaced by a competent gunsmith befor flring. ' mfety is very poorly designed; far too small, DEALER inquiries invited and GUNSMITHS be sure ta ask for our special descriptive literature on this time and money saving tremendous value items. and requires a full 180' turn, on or off. h The -famous Walther PP and PPK need BARRELS ENFIELD PARTS ittle introduction here. Nearly everybody is BOEHLER BARRELS proof steel semi-OCWJ on ribbed Model 1917-.SO-06 Cal. amiliar by now with these guns and their matkd entire len (h. Mode ~{FRANz W%IL of ~er: Enfield Striped Receivers...... 12.W loch, Austria, in 32, .?5, 270, 7mm, and .30 caljber. Enfield New 5 Cr. Barrels...... 15.00 louble-action feature on the lirst shot and Also now available ~n 243 and 244 cal. Hlqhly Enfield Excellent 5 Gr. Barrels...... 12.00 heir hammer-dropping safety device. (This accurate-in the white $45.00. (Fitted to our actlon, ENFIELD BOLTS Complete New...... 6.5@ with sheared bead, cohplete price $60.00J ENFIELD .ACTI~N WITH' 5-g~vev.g. feature is also on the new Smith & Wesson barrel, ~ssue ...... $34.0& 9mm automatics.) The larger PP model test- 2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $7.00, Case of 10 $55.00 DITTO-with milled ears as on Rem. 30 !d was a finely finished peace-time made job. NEW SPRINGFIELD 4-groove BARRELS...... SII.OO !zh*.?!gT;. gua:d .&.box. .* New! Kra 2-Groove 30-40 BARRELS 23" or less in ENFIELD ACTION ONLY, issue...... gg:% rhe PPK tested was not as well finished. Al- length. FU%Y chambered threaded. Only $15.00. DITTO-with ean milled, flushed tr. hough by no means a wartime product, it 44~.ORDNANCE BARRELS 23" long, fully cham- K&c$iiii;...... $32.0@ bered, threaded, blued, $20.00. ust didn't have that polished look. In the Receivers, stripped, $4.00; Bolts, muracy tests, the little PPK managed to New! MAUSER198-30-06 2-GR. BARRELS 23'' or less stripped ...... $ 7.00 in length. Fully chambered & threaded. Only $15.00. Tri ger Guards, $3.00; Sear-Trigger ;roup into 4 5/16", while the larger PP Note: Any of the above Barrels.expertl fitted to your anits ...... $ 1.5~ nade groups of 5%". This surprised every- Action-headspaced and test-fired-41.50 additional. Magazine Springs, $1.50; Safes...... $ 1.50 body, and several other shooters tried their .land at firing groups with both guns. But he results were always the same. The Walther of French manufacture which NEW PATTERN "B1'4versize Grip and cheek- we tested did not have as bea finish as the piece. Raised straight comb. No cast-off. German PP, and seemed to give greater re- ;oil. In the accuracy tests, this gun came up with groups of 7". RARE------TURKISH- - - - CIRCASSIANEi %EStesZ ofrered for the nmt time in myem Each blank of this *e imwrted rare wdn~t~l~~dinti~ctive~~a~~~~-1kbG Mauaer. weight, yet very close-mined, had ani smooth-the ideal wood for any fIm rifle. Limited Supply standard grades Circassmn Walnut turned and semi-inletted for most rifles, $16.50 and $19.50. The Mauser 1910 tested was a late model We believe this is the farst tihe this fine wood kos ever been offered ot these popular prices. Full fancy premium rades of this rare Circossbn wa!nut, from $40.00 t? $50.00. A few unusually attractive exhibition with disconnector safety to prevent hing grades $73.00. (Carefully turned and seml-lnletted $5.00 additlonol.) with the magazine removed. Everything I've FINEST PENNA. BLACK WALNUT BLANKS&STOCKS: ever read about this gun indicates that it is Rifle blanks, all grades, $4.00 to $20.00. walnut shot- one of the best-6nished guns ever made. All gun blanks, $1.50 to $15.00. Walnut inletted stock the Mauser fans are going to hate me for for most rifles; standard $6.00; xx grade (butt) $8.00; others $10.00 to $12.00. Also Penna, burls and rare

FAST SERVICE REâ TO GUNSMITHS: Big 4-color showing Flaig's varied GUN STOCKS in &fural color. high-class finish. My FN 1900 is a much safety stays in, so a hard grip on the gun prdir Reticles better finished gun. Two good features were is not necessary. Group size was a fair 7%". WORLD'S FINEST the very fast safety and the relatively good Recoil was a rather unpleasant jar. C-s Lanes - Ta red Posts - Premier Dots - Range Finde~peciall&des Made to Oder for An Scope pointing abilities. In the accuracy test, it -Custom Mae - TOP Jobber and Dealer ~i&mts puts its ten rounds into 6%". In spite of the write today for rn Lltemtw Soemmerda. PREMIER RETICLES hand-6lling grips, recoil was quite snappy Another gun made by the same people that 8402 Fenton St. Silver Spring, Maryland and the front of the trigger guard had a made the Dreyse was-for lack of any other Phone Juniper 5-3030 tendency to come back and hit the trigger name stamped on it, I will call it by the finger. name of the place where it was mad~he FOR SALE Semmerda. This pistol has a slide made in NEW MODEL MINIATURE CANNONS Dreyse. two parts, the larger forward part housing US. or Confedamto proof marks the barrel, and the smaller rear part with an $4.00 to $100.00 pair he Dreyse 1910 takes the prize as the integral breech-block. Apart from that, this Doolon wanted. lists for Stamp most unlovely-looking automatic, but when gun is pretty much along the lines of the WANTED NAZI ITEMS taken apart it looks as if the designer had 1910 FN. The Soemmerda tested is not an never heard that machining costs money. accurate gun and has no features that I like. This is an accurate gun. Even with the hard The group size was an even eight inches. OFFERING THE best variety in Eumpaan art simulated double-action trigger pull, I was Like the Dreyse, this gun has a barrel with iournols and books in English. Sod $1.00 able to turn in a group of only 4". The grips only four grooves and lands. 1 . ' ' 3 ' .$.,.," for sample and complete descriptive cab- are much too small for good holding and . a. logua. . - the gun pointed too low. Altogether, I wasn't 8 P. - %..:' Beretta. ,. , 8 8 U i much impressed by this one; along with the The Beretta tested was a very rough war- everything else it came up with several fail- Rozangracht 21 time manufactured gun. The hard main- Amsterdam Netherlands ures to eject. spring makes the hammer very difficult to cock. To put off the safety, it had to be Ortgk. turned a full 180'. Together with being in- The best-looking gun of all those tested is, accurate, it had a fairly heavy recoil and, without a doubt, the Ortgies. If you go for when fired from the hip, it would religiously automatics without screws, this is the gun toss the empties into the shooter's face. for you. There aren't even iny screws to hold To get something with which to compare the grips in place. They are held by a catch the results of these tests, I fired the 9mm. in the back of the magazine well. This gun Luger and the S&W revolver, .38 Special. baffles most people when the time comes to The Luger won the penetration test hands PISTOL COLOR SLIDES take it 'leanin& It'' Very down, and the .38 did the same in the accuracy tests. The Luger penetrated six in- Outstanding pistols. Perfect for Projection. when you know the trick. Press in the safety and at the same time draw the slide back ches of the test boards and grouped into Colt S.A. .45 S&W 357 Magnum 3%", while the .38 penetrated three inches and UP- A VeV good feature On the Oflgies Webley-Fosbery .455 Remington .41 is the fast safety. To put it on, just press and grouped into 2%". Recoil with both Cordite Auto. Revolver Derringers (pair) these guns was a push into the hand rather $1 00 per set of 3 pd. the obvious button. To release it, just press ~AMESTALMA~E in the grip safety. When pressed in, the grip than the jarring sensation of the 32's. In 302 15th Street Santa Monica, Callf. the steel plate test, the only gun to penetrate was the Luger. The -38 made a large dent but the lead bullets used flattened and ex- pended their energy on too large a surface. If you "liberated," bought, or traded for one of these European pocket automatics, I can tell you with certainty that you haven't IMPORTED ST1 LETT: got a target gun, and neither have you got OPENS SPEED SOUND a gun with the power generally considered WITH OF essential for defense purposes. For plinking, the ammunition is too expensive. So what have you? You gave a gun that is flat, light 1 Press button with thumb and flashing in weight, easily concealed. If you are ex- steel blade whips forward with speed pert enough to depend on placing your shots 7" LONG! of sound! A switch-blade .knife of One of the continental cunning. Faithfully reli- "just so" rather on knock-down power, you largest most fai~,~- able in desperate hunting and fishing might choose one of these for self defense. ful OQ (he market. emergencies. This noted collector's prize is 7" in Longer than most overail l.ength, with beveled stainless steel blade over If so, the best for this purpose would be the others ...yet 39f~"~long.Latch automatically locks blade in place Ortgies, as it is free of all pocket-snagging costs you less when it darts forward with supersonic speed. Safety projections and has a very fast safety. because we buy in button holds or releases spring with flick of huge quantities. thumbnail. World's fastest-opening stiletto! Very The next best bet would be the FN sharp, needlelike point. Others selling smaller, 1900. Mystery Button slower-acting knives for $6.00 or more but we im- Releases Lighting port direct from overseas at big savings. For limited time, send only $3.98 for one Stiletto. A 1 A L Action! When you order two stilettos, send only $6.98. We u Guns. Swords. War Relics 1 Quicker than even the pay all postage and handling charges. No c.0.D.'~ Ca fastest eye can see ... and please. 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No jaws or springs to break. Rustproof. I $ RUSH! Sizes for all needs. Send coupon for valuable F R E E be surpassed in performance, enclose ...... Please 36-page hklet on trawing secrets. quuty, appearance, or in any other a HAVAHART, 204-J Water St., Ossining, N. Y. WW! If you're not completely pleas- Name ...... ed, we'll cheerfully refund your I Please send mr '---9n -- ge booklet and price list. Address ...... Name ...... money within ten days. 1- Address ...... STILETTO COMPANY Dept. $11 1 City...... State...... I Box 881 5'- Loui5* Me* . ------54 WORLD'S ZANIEST SHOOTING MATCH (Continued from page 32) easy. It should bounce up at pretty much with the shooters themselves not abstaining. the same angle as it struck, allowing for In fact, Herr Funke, owner of the Preber some loss in velocity from hitting the water. Lake "Alpine Inn" and range officer in But the angle is not constant, varying accord- charge of the shooting, believes that the rea- ing to the height of the shooter, the water son visiting shooters are so often unsuccess- SHERIDAH PRODUCTS, lnc., DON.468-A -klno, wk level, the actual vertical distance of the bulls- ful at Prebersee is that they go about the eye from the water level, and even the den- business too soberly, lacking the relaxed BUHMILLER Barrel BUNKS sity of the water. All affect the results. Bullet nonchalance needed for this game of boun- Sporters in stock in all popular calibers from 22 to 505 Gibbs ready for immediate shi ment con- caliber, velocity of the bullet on striking the cing bullets. "Our own shooters," says Hem toured, Chrome Moly steel only, $17.!0 ea& net water, and the slightly moving image of the Funke, "members of our local shooting club, plus postage. "We dm no barrel ilttino, ohambering er threading." target on the wind-stirred surface of the lake the Tamsweger Shutzenverein, know their also are parts of an impossible equation. capacities, drink leisurely of our good Ty- J. R. BUHMILLER Rifle Barrel ~akw One scientist tried, with little success, to rolean red wine, shoot with care and with P. 0. Box 196 Kolispeil, Montana reduce Prebersee ricochet shooting to known experience, and make good scores. Good facts. Engineering student Franz Ramsauer scores, that is, for this kind of shooting." in 1903 wrote a treatise on the physics of Herr Funke and his helpers see to it that this sport. He based his findings on some guns are loaded with one bullet only and testing he did with an 11 mm gun shooting then only after the muzzles are safely out- round bullets. But his research was ham- side the window, and that the muzzle stays pered by the danger of obse~ingricochets outside the window until after the shot is at close range, and by his lack of suitable fired. It all sounds pretty outlandish to peo- instruments. ple used to the rigid formalities of ordinary He discovered the most important factor target competition, but this entire shoot is to be the water, acting as a brake on the conducted like a big party, and no one has Moyers INVISI 6L E Holster speed of the bullet. Thus the bullet emerges been hurt so far. The objective at Prebersee Wear without fear of detection. New principle makes istol-rewlver or automatic-completely from the water at considerably less speed is fun, not "possibles." INVISI~LE. Prtce, $7.50. than when it hit. It travels no more than 11" Experience at this type of shooting pays Frw Circular below the surface of the water, according to off, and the winners at Prebersee are mainly W. T. MOYERS Ramsauer's study, at a depth of about I%", of the older generation. The few young men Ernest & Cranmer Building Denver, Colorado and then bounces out again. But the bullet who are interested in shooting come to the will bounce only if the striking angle is less range eager, stone sober, and always calcu- than 6.5'. Bullets which travel as far as 20" lating. There are only a few younger shooters, beneath the surface won't bounce at all. because the rifles are expensive, as are am- The angle of the bullet's exit from the munition and fees, and because of the long water is further influenced by the natural distance to travel to the range where the drift of the bullet by its spin, and by the older shooters reign over the match events in condition of the surface where it enters the (Continued on mxe 57) water, such as ripples. The density of the water also is critical, influenced by the marshy quality of the lake with particles of mud in solution, and the temperature. Since none of these influences can be accurately measured or predetermined at the moment of FOR THE SIGHT~ shooting, luck plays a very important role Ownership of a BEAR CUB in scoring hits. The marksmen aim at the Scope is youv guarantee of a water between 11 and 26 feet in front of the targets. And in spite of the scientific impos- lifetimeof shooting pleasure. sibility of hitting the targets with certainty, Mar-proof TUFCOAT0 flnish, the Tamsweger shooters do it pretty regu- self -aligning +tics, micro- larly. They have discovered how, among all the variables, one factor is constant: "It's accurate adiustments, fun!" It's fun trying to bounce bullets into brighter, wider field...all those illusive targets, and it's fun to be a yours with the Bear Cub. part of the rollicking, noisy crowd. And the crowd is rollicking, and noisy. Contrary to still another rule of gun handling, red wine flows freely at Prebersee,

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Wooden targets were abandoned dur- the height of their rifle muzzles above the ing the 19th century when the -70-caliber *va- f. lake; the height of the bullseye over the percussion muskets then used tore the tar- water surface; even measure the temperature gets to splinters. JOBBiERS of the water to determine its density. For the past 20 years, paper targets have At Preber Lake three kinds of target replaced the wooden disks. Tradition de- SERVICE shooting are popular. Ordinary off-hand mands that the paper target hits be trans- Send for tomplete lnformatbn shooting directly at standard 110-meter tar- ferred onto a separate wooden disk, dec- on vow letterhead. gets, and "jumping chamois" shooting, fir- orated like the old ones. Each of the little ing at cut-outs of chamois exposed for sec- black circles indicating the hits is marked onds at 75 meters, are common courses fired with the number of the shooter. at Prebersee. But the range which draws Only one or two such wooden targets are shooters from all over the world, and which consecrated each year. The 11" red bullseye has in the past few years given this small of the pape? target is represented by a Alpine village international shooting promi- small red paper disk 2%" in diameter. Each nence, is the water shooting. of the red paper disks is numbered according The ricochet shooting is done from inside to the succession of shots. After the shoot the protected shooting shed at the water's the small bullseyes are matched on a special edge. The front of the building has windows machine to determine which shooter came for firing points. Inside the building at the Complete Stock closest to the target dead center. The shooter DuPont and Hercules rear are the drinking parties. A fee is paid who is listed in the log book as having the for each shot, ranging from a half Austrian same number as the winning disk is de- STOCK THIS NEW schilling or 2 cents, to about 39 cents ac- clared the winner. Miniature red disks are cording to the type of range. This fee helps handed to the scoring riflemen for each hit, Will stimulate wles. Has latest colibers fully maintain the range. and they pin them to their Tyrolean hats to illustrated with how-to- Winter visitors to Preber Lake are offered show off their record at a glance. do photos and instructions. Shows how to cut water ricochet shooting also in the hall of the The next meeting at this centwv-old shooting costs 50 to 85%. Tamsweg fire brigade. There a huge water range is scheduled ii l%O and will the basin serves as a "lake" indoors, permitting 20th. meeting since 1934. If past events are the local fans to keep in practice. The only any guide, there will be marksmen from many All leading lines including BW, Lyman, Pacific, difference there is that no cannon is fired Ideal, Acme, Redding, Wilson, etc. Scopes, nations to try their luck. sights, mounts, slings, stabs, moulds, hand- as a salute when a shooter pierces the bull's One rule is that every shooter must be eye, as is done at the lake. willing to lend his rifle to another shooter. How long this ricochet shooting has been This prevents the sharp ones from having BELDING and MULL going on is unknown to even the oldest their rifles sighted-in so that the shooter 104 N. FOURTH ST., PHILIPSBURG. PA. people in the Tamsweg village area. Sar- can aim directly at the target bullseye while castic Salzburgers from the nearby capital the barrel, adjusted after many test shots, of the Austrian province once stated: "May- points toward the water for the hired be one of the drunken Tamsweg shooters ac- ricochet effect. Nobody knows for sure cidentally hit the water instead of the land- whether this trick would win or not, hut it if.you for mounted target, and thus started Prebersee isn't permitted. Visitors who want to use the your gun...use ricochet shooting." But there is no proof, range must write to Herr Funke far ahead of course. The first recorded water ricochet of time, and must be members of an inter- THE WORLD'S FINEST shooting match at Preber Lake took place nationally-recognized shooting club. If they GUN LUBRICANTS in 1834, just 123 years ago. Since then 18 are not members, shooters may obtain a major events have been held. The Tamsweg guest membership for $10. Schutzenverein has held such a match every Herr Funke has been at the range for three years in recent years, but three to five many years. Shooters come and shooters go, minor shoots are organized annually. but the Alpine Inn stays. He knows the The three-year major shooting events are pros and cons of the range, the shooter's opened with Mass held in a field near the problems and, to some extent, even the secret range. Bishop Filzer of Salsburg last year of hitting the bullseye. "This place is not GUN LUBRI-KIT1 blessed the country people, the shooters and for the impatient man who wants only to L A the weapons near an altar improvised from shoot in quick succession to prove his a picnic bench. The governor of the province superb handling of a gun," the slim, blond In the Siberian cold of MIG alley . . . where petroleum lubncanta and the leading citizens of Salsburg were Alpiner philosophizes. "This is also not a froze .. . Anderol aynthetica ke t present to watch, to shoot, and to drink. place for wild parties or for dancing. But our jets* guns ~g.NOW. .. tEe While the old Preber Lake shooting events for the outdoorsman who wants to do some same type lubricants are avail- were once mostly a drinking meeting for trout fishing in the morning, who wants cray able for your- guns!- the local Alpine farmers, the accent now- WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE fish fresh from the lake for lunch, and who .. . perf* tiring from -50' adays is on the rifle sport angle. But fun is wants to ~atiently-.tw to outwit the difficul- to a tomd 3000 F. 4 fi there in abundance. Years ago the targets ties and score on the water ricochet 10 TIMES LONGER LIFE . were made of wood, about 32" in diameter target, Preber Lake is the right place. 100 tune8 better rust and corrosion protection. NATURAL SOLVENCY.. Inherent charact:riatic of Anderol-not-a nustun?of solvent and OIL NON-GUMMING SALT-SPRAY PROTECTION &- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

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This, a really great advance in tually we twice at much a* you do with the rifle design, made necessary a special low- average7 x 35 glais: Increase your field of view almost 100x1 Hlghest optical quality, deluxe slung arrangement of the bolt-handle, so lens coating, razor shup Images in any light, that to this day the 1914-1917 breech-action dust and molsture redstant, individual focus. Perfect for hunters, sportomen, grandstand is tops in connection with telescope sights. quarterbacks1 If the Archduke Ferdinand had been able REGULARLY $SO.= to keep himself from getting shot for just SPECIAL SALE PMCE *1ams7 a little longer, it might well have been that - STANDARD 8 x M $ls.89 the 30-06 Springfield would have vanished STANDARD I x M S16.m from the scene along about 1920. Given time STANDARD 7 x M $18.72 for whittling down the 1914 Enfield pattern STANDARD IX x M S23.48 to reasonable dimensions, and with millions ALL BINOCULARS PLUS 10% FEDERAL TAX of them on hand, the chances are that it PRICES INCLUDE GENUINE PIGSKIN CASE. 2 PIGSKIN STRAPS AND 4 PROTECTIVE LENS. CAPS. would have become the standard of our Regular Army and Navy, let alone the British. As things were, we stuck by the '06 until the Garand M-1 ("M-2's" seem as MARK IX rare as Second National Banks or Third PRISMATIC SPOTTING AND RANGE SCOPE Methodist Churches) reached maturity, while Four ocular lensat: 15x, 20x. 30%Mx. Objective lens 60 mm, with sunshade "The Limeys" reverted to the war-proved and threaded metal covering cap. All firat-grade achromatic coated l0nÃ‘ SMLE Mark 111. Its Mark IV was merely a of genuine ttronomical quality. Mounted on rubber-tipped 14" tripod, with 3(0* revolving tripod head (positive stops for vertical and horizontal mow bringing up to date of older specimens, Mark ment). Positive gear focusing system. Clear pinpoint focus elway, free (4 V only experimental. The Mark VI of the aberrationsand distortions. Lenses are carried in brackets on top of Â¥cov (as shown), covered, safe. Weather-proof chrome and baked pearl enamel Second World War, with its Civil War-style finish. Tripod head is steel, crackle finish, with chromed brass moving bayonet, had been developed by 1930, but \ parts. Value $80.99. did not go into mass production until Hitler $47.50 began to shout. The whole rifle is simpler, for economy in manufacture and ruggedness in the field. The bulky ramp rear-sight has been replaced with a simple two-position 151 POWER rocker peep. Accuracy has been somewhat improved by making the barrel heavier, the SPACE SCOPE added weight being compensated for by Available now, a powerful refractor-type telescope, with all the precision doing away with the enormous nose-cap. qualities of a completely professional observatory scope1 OBJECTIVE LENS...hard-coated Fraunhofer type. Over-all diameter 12.5 It was impossible to pack any more wallop mm...effective diameter 60mm. into the 303 case, because the Lee bolt with ASTRONOMICAL EYEPIECES...Huyghenian Mlttenzwu (HM1 15tx. HW- ghenian Mittenzwey (HM) 73x, Kellner (K) 35% Achromatic Huyghenien its seperate head and rear locking just (AM) 28x. Terrestrial Eyepiece (TE) 30x. ALTAZIMUTH-EQUATORIAL could not take more. But there are compen- COMBINATION MOUNT...moves on 3 axes (horizontal, polar and decli- natlon)...preclsion gear adjustment. DIAGONAL PRISM...for easy, accu- sations. The construction makes possible the rate observation. COMPLETE ACCESSORIES...sun glass, 6xtinder. NUID- smooth, short, quick bolt-throw so much like ment tray. sun projection screen. Scope is about 7 ft. high when fully extended. COMPLETE WITH HARDWOOD CARRYING CASE AND 10- the beloved Krag's. Although the SMLE and PAGE INSTRUCTION MANUAL the Enfield both have straight-line manual VALUE $2.33 cocking against the mainspring, this feature, seamso so objectionable in the 19141917 model, is much less so in the Lee action. In fact, once you become used to it you'll forget it's there! LENSES OF HIGHEST JAPANESE OPTICAL QUALITY Now that SMLE Mark Ill's are at last TO ORDER: Send check or money order. All Items sent post- being sold commercially in this country at paid. For C.O.D. send 113 deposit or more. Calif. resid. add 4% modest prices, American sportsmen will be state tax. 10-day money-back guarantee applies to everything. interested in the possibilities of this model- especially men who like the Krag. The SMLE is one of the easiest of military rifles to 4380 SUNSET BLVD. 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At your Sporting Good* ARMS UUUrUUA I IUN Dealer or write direct to i STOEGER 4.5-18 Court Sauare. Lena Island City 1 r rn m results visible on Enfield sporters in use all you can't put in any more until ye olde over the world prove the point. clippe poppes you in ye eye. The Remington-Lee and Lee-Metford had Target-grade SMLE's of standard service only a half-cock notch by way of safety pattern were made by such private firms as device. This has been retained in the Lee- Birmingham Small Arms, and there is a Enfields. althoueh various kinds of alleeed wide variety of shooting gadgets available thumb-safeties were added. I say ''alleged" for them in England, including a .22 con- because personal experience has aroused version kit. considerable distrust of their reliability. The The fore-sight is of ordinary military type old "half-bent," as Tommy calls it, is posi- but the rear-sight on the SMLE is quite a tive, and it spares the mainspring. But doo-dad. One advantage of a "ramp" sight is , letting-down to it on a loaded chamber is a that it is stronger than the vertical-leaf, hazardous procedure. Be careful! but its principal point is that it is possible The SMLE magazine can be loaded in any to put the graduations farther apart. It's a one of three different ways. Apart from the matter of geometry. As for the mechanical rifle, it can be stuffed by hand-and carried side, the 1903 British sight's slide is arranged thus with its ten rounds. When in place, it to lock automatically when you release the can be filled through the receiver one shell at button. Furthermore, it has a simple "mike" a time, or by two of the five-round clips, one adjustment worked by the thumb-nail; one atop the other. The SMLE is the only bolt stab with the thumb is five yards in range. rifle of any kind ever to feature clip- Where there is a windgauge, it clicks for loading on anvthins but an emtv maeazine! each inch at 100 yards and has six-inch Or, alternately, topermit insertion of fresh graduations. nÃˆrm/n uuusualea). ugdt, warm, ac. tion-free. 100% Down body and sleeves. Com- magazines without removing a round from As a practical arm for hunting, for combat fortable from mild to 4O0 below zero. Sizes: the chamber! Soldiers and hunters will or just as an historic relic to hang on the S-M-L-XL. Colon: Dead Grass, Smoke, Forest appreciate these unique qualities. There are wall, the SMLE is unique. The writer speaks Green.Scar"-. '!-- .a> *-- .% .--.-- --...... ! other detachable-box rifles-but of limited with feeling and from experience-for his BEFORE YOU BUY any outdoor capacity and without clip-loading. Our Lee-Enfield has been put to all three WBftbK clntli~ng.insulated underwear or II military M-1holds a mere eight rounds~and uses. I- slitping hags. GET THE FACTS 64.~~6~ CATALOG alwut 100'; Prime Down. SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY! THE MYSTERY OF THE KM COLTS RDER WITHOUT RISK-COMPARE! ou'll agree ours is far better quality and value, (Continued from page 39) r return for full refund, including shipping coats. slips inside a leather carrying case. The issued to the Adriatic Sea squadron of the ROVENI BAUER Down producta are the Knee of major expeditions and sportsmen. They KKP revolver in a case is said to have been "K u K M," or Imperial-Royal Navy. Â¥ the Original and Genuine-made exclusively issued to officers of the Navy. The squadron commander at Spignon, -.- -.- #actory under U. S. Patents and sold The KKP pistol production was soaked up Italy, then under Austrian rule, requested ...never through dealers. by commercial and military demands in that 400 of the "revolver pistols for enlisted Austria-Hungary, but still the Navy was sailors as arrived from England are to be unhappy. The five year "patent" of Mr. delivered (with the leather belts) to the Ganahl having elapsed, Austrian agents ships of the Imp.-Roy. Squadron which come TiEGUNS THAT made a second try to secure Colt revolvers into Venice. The Imp.-Roy. Squadron Com- from London. This endeavor was discussed mand is duly requested to transfer (issue?) briefly before Parliament the following year. from the local arsenal 400 pieces, and to WON THE WEST Speaking before the British Parliamentary distribute them evenly, following its own Committee investigating the gun trade in judgement, among the ships' non-commis- 1854-5, Mr. Thomas Hunt of Potts & Hunt, sioned officers and enlisted sailors." A rough gunmakers, remarked about simultaneous draft of the manual for the loading of the discharge of more than one chamber in revolvers. Citing- his experience in the field, he said: "I had an order for some of Colt's revolvers from Vienna, and I went to Colonel Colt's (factory) to examine for myself. I could clearly see from the construction that it was impossible [for it to be entirely free from simultaneous discharges] ; and the re- Late type Ganahl .... ? Colt cased with sult was, that I did not furnish our custom- curious flask was issued to Austrian ers with revolvers." navy officers at Venice during 1850's. The date of this incident could not have been prior to January, 1853: Colt's factory revolvers was enclosed with the order. "The was not in production in London before ammunition for the weapons is at present in then. Ganahl's patent, protecting him in all manufacture," the order concluded, "it will improvements, tied the hands of the Austrian be sent there soon." The date was Venice, authorities and kept them from buying guns July 6, 1859. ANTIUUE GUNS elsewhere, and did not expire until August The revolvers came from England but were These are replicas of original rare COLT guns of 1854. was probably after this time that American made. They were stamped on re- made of strong mctal^look and feel like the It REAL GUNSÃ‘Ã‘wi gun blue finish. Potts received the inquiry from Vienna. ceipt at the Venice arsenal with the Navy The Navy continued using the KKP re- number and "KM" on the top grip strap. 1847 Colt Walked4 cal...... $6.95 1873 Colt PeacemakedS cal...... $5.95 volvers until 1859. By then Sam Colt had No. KM 495, of the first batch of 500, is an 1836 Colt Texas Poterson-40 cal...... $6.95 obtained a more active Vienna agent, Herr American-made Colt Navy, factory number 1848 Colt Wells Fargo-31 cal...... $5.95 Ferdinand Fruewirth. He was a gunmaker 34690. It was returned to the US. from a 1860 Colt Army44 col...... $5.95 sale in England in 1952. A following serial, 1851 Colt Navy-36 cal. .$5.95 of Vienna and later developed the bolt action ...... repeating rifle which was adopted by the KM 5%. from the second lot of 500 re- Truly novel gifts that are interesting conversation Austro-Hungarian Gendarmerie in 1869. volvers, has a lower factory number: 31627. pieces. Each gun comes complete with a short and enlightening history on its period. Through his intercession, a total of 1,000 KM 353 is numbered 32358. Production at genuine Hartford-made Colt revolvers were Hartford had reached much higher numbers Send cash, check or Money Order now! finally obtained for the Royal Navy. First by 1859. The possibility is that Colt shipped VALLEY GUN SHOP, Dept. G delivery of these arms was in one lot of to Austria obsolete Navys which he had not ><,- -4-Ta. .* 500 revolvers, 400 of which were at once been able to sell. The KM Colts are of the - rf^*7784 Foothill - Tujunga, Calif. small-guard style, fitted with a round trigger guard that is almost too small to get a THE WORLD'S TOP GUN BARGA.INSI1 finger into. These were obsoleted by the POWERFUL introduction of a large iron or brass guard about 1856. It is possible that the small guard guns did not sell quickly, and Colt S!? $is.",' ."n?is,t"I.AoTKT Slngle a: 8%:; A$$0?6-5?%%%~~. used some that had been in his warehouse I,4 or 6.1 BM w o "Â 3 only a fraction Ã ill original to fill the order, instead of sending fresh =I.m New Holler. Only $27.95 each. 30-30 W.C.F. Cartridge. 12-Shot, lightnlng- tort Repeater. 22" Bbl. Liohtweloht. accurate and production. There is a detail difference in dependable. Ammo availabla anwhere. N.R.A. Excel- the bullet cut-out of the Colt barrels-the 30-06 U.S. ENFIELD RIFLES lent. Only $37.50 each. Aim available In Military 7.smm t.30 Ca1.l. Only $14.50 (2 of thew fine 1859 pattern was larger and made loading Riflei $25.00). This caliber converted to a Sportor, easier. The guns Colt sold Austria were of 22" Bbl. Only 122.50. strongert ~oltaction, 6-ahot repeater. ~c- the early style, with a small notch in the veloped by the great British armoury and barrel without much clearance. manufactured by Winchester. Remington and Eddy WHEN ORDERING REVOLVERS enclose signed atone. V.G. to excel. A real buy. Only 532.50. statement: "I am not an alien, have never been Available a> the fined Deluxe ~brterkith New convicted of a crime of violence, am not under Austria needed these Colts, and both the zippered Gun Caw with carrying sling only $36.50. indictment or a fugitive. I am 21 or over." "KM's" and their predecessors the KKP 30-06 Enfield Barreled.Actions, CompleteÃ‘$29.S Ca. models played their part in giving Franz Attractive Discounts to Dealers! All Orders Shipped Promptly Joseph's fleet supremacy on the Adriatic. Send Remittance Immediate Shipment Venice was occupied by the Austrian navy, INTERNATIONAL FIREARMS GO. 22 KINGMAN, ST. AIBANS, VT. and the second 500 KM Colts were issued by the Venice Imperial Arms Depot on February 8, 1860. The'battles in the Adriatic were among the last uses of the "close and board" technique of naval warfare, in which pistols were so effective, and the Austrian forces were undefeated at sea. Only after iampions RUDY ETCHEN and the ultimate victory of Prussia over Austria Â¥I CHAS. ASKINS agrÃ this "10" is bÃ§ at Koeniggratz in July of 1865, and the unification of Italy by plebiscite, did the WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL it thou hioh-Jvini. 7 to ll-nound Canadian honkers power of Austria wane in Venetia. th the NEUMANN Id-gauge magnum-world's mod werful (hotgun! Specially designed for long-ran e nau What happened to the KKP revolvers, luitlno. thls orirt mom nun mum elÃ§ khs Â¥ iGncN many yaFds'beyond the effective reach of 12- when the Austrians surrendered the arms uge guns! Action 1s built to stay tnuo f0~~0rl depot in Venice, is not known. The modern Venice Arsenal and Museum has no examples of these guns. The Austrian War ALL NEW 1958 - 12th EDITION 1 Archives indicate the KM Colts were turned in during the 1880's for Gasser revolvers. Patented in Vienna about 1870 by L. Gasser, The biggest and best GUN DIGEST ever! Now 324 heavily illustrated this solid frame side ejector D.A. cartridge pages, the 1958 book has all the specs on all U.S. and foreign guns and accessories, original articles by the top gun writers. revolver remained Austrian army and navy Only $2.95 ppd. or at your sports, book or dep't store. standard till after the turn of the century. IO~"T ~~b*. The GUN DIGEST CO.. Publishers. Chicago 6. Ill. 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Only one KKP Ganahl revolver was found aÂ¥e in Austria by F. H. Baer, although he con- I LORE FUN tacted the descendant of Joseph Ganahl. One KKP revolver is in Sam Colt's personal collection. A few are in collectors' hands. A ,&YOUR GUNS! cased set .was sold by Walter Craig of Selma, Alabama, #990. A Texas collection contains OVER A QUARTER-MILLION a cased set #982, which has a batch number SPORTSMEN INVITE YOU TO of 9 stamped on small parts. A square-guard KKP #351, and a round guard, cased, JAIN-THF NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION for only S5.00 \ #976, are on record. The early guns seem to have plain cylinders: later guns have decorative bands at the stop holes to hide The AMERICAN RIFLEMAN Magazine the scarring from use. Some of the guns are about rifles, pistols, shotguns, hunting, target engraved. The usual finish is a smooth file shooting, gun collecting, home gunsmithing, reloading cut to all metal parts, with a dull case- and relate subjects-in the world's finest gun magazine hardening to the frame and sometimes -every month! cylinder, and heat blue for the barrel and MEMBERSHIP IN THE N R A straps. Handles are of wood, apparently You'll get prompt, personal answers from our Firearms Information walnut. zs-:%Y- Servi-un law bulletins~lowcost gun insurance~marksmanship The KM Colts are equally scarce, consider- a.qr--Z guninstruction~eun equipment~eligibilityclub information-rightfor participation to in buy a year-'roundgovernment shooting surplus program-plus- many other benefits. r-r A GOLD-FILLED MEMBERSHIP BUTTON This distinctive NRA lapel button sells regularly for $1.60. Yours ?he included FREE as an extra bonus for joining now. Wear it proudly; it identifies you as a member of this great sportsman's organization.

0 000000000000000000000 r my subscription for THE AMERICAN 0 JOIN RIFLEMAN, enroll me 88 an NBA member and send my gold-filled lapel button* Q Enclosed is my $6.00 D BID me please 603-1 : Name ... ..-Age_Ã‘ 0 Address City ft State NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION 1600 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash. 6, D. C. PONY EXPRESS SPORT SHOP *Confirming application end deta/th wiU obo be mailed fa you. 17460 Vmtun Blvd. Endno 14. California aoaoooooooooooooaoooooooa~~ :- - ing that 1,000 of them were delivered to the Venice Imperial Arms Depot. They must ' The Perfect Christmas Gift have had a high rate of loss from battle and wearing out between 1860 and 1885. For The Man Who Has "EVERYTHING". .. The KM Colts were equipped with the regular Navy powder flask, regular Colt GUN BOOKS BY FADCO nipple wrench, a special capper to hold percussion caps, and an extra cylinder. These accessories, and the odd leather holsters, are "THE '03 SPRINGFIELDww* marked with the KM stamp and the Aus- by Clark S. Campbell trian issue serial number applied when they. were issued from the Venice arms depot. "KM" numbers, on either guns or accessories, are known as follows: KM 298, KM 79, KM 201, KM 395, KM 495, KM 596, KM 880. There are undoubtedly more: these approximately span the 1,000 quantity and indicate the issue of at least 880 sets, guns and equipment, of the 1,000 received by Austria. Probably the best answer to "where did they go" is found in an old Bannerman catalog where the Austrian holsters are erroneously listed as "Cossack," and in a brief note from GUNSVienna correspondent: "Sorry to say, no investigation can be .-..-..... made at the present time in the Hungarian When a COMPLETE gun book on a given subject a Pears a sudden scarcity of rare and interesting examples and a Ey;hpz;x in=p~~;~ty;~; T;;;;;:;! w$cEo&g lgt g;~,~;t~~tyn~no~~t;;icy~,too;;;do~~ pkg armories. The year 1945 was somewhat dis- ORDER YOURCOPYTODAY. * PUBLICATION DATE (approximately)-December 1. 1957. (Guaranteed delivery before Xmas.) astrous to all weapons collections within Soviet reach." Whether guns or records exist in Russia, only time can tell. But American gun collectors need not give up hope of finding more KM Colts. Some of the guns and equipment came here years ago as "war surplus." More turned up after the recent fracas, and we may reasonably expect that in the future an opportunity to find these guns will be afforded to U.S. THE 1957 EDITION THE LUQER PISTOL REVISED and COLT AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGES FOR "PISTOLS RIFLES collectors, or they may buy them as ENLARGED PISTOLS COLLECTORS AND MACHINE MAUSER ov~F'~op~~:ia! VOLUME 1 QUNS" "war surplus." BOLT RIFLES lustrations covering Q the Complete History. 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1 Address...... State...... CUSTOM LOADS 1 LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. =$1 LONG TOMS FOR TOM TURKEYS (Continued from page 24) ED'S OWN signal was given, and the contestants could improve sportsman-fanner relations in the Super Cold Blue $2.5 fire at will. It usually took about five minutes area. Acclaimed world's best instant CT I for all ten contestants to fire their shots. Although winning at shotgun shooting blue by the foremost gunsmiths Match rules allowed them to fire their matches is at least 75 percent luck, it is fun and manufacturers. shots from standing, kneeling, or sitting and good sport just the same. Where no SEND FOR DEALER PRICE LIST positions. Most of them shot standing up. regulation targets are easily available, they ED AGRAMONTE, INC. After all ten shots for a turkey were fired can easily be cut in squares from white card- Yonkers 2E, New York the "all clear" signal was given and the tar- board or even pieces of white paper. Simply get boy then gathered up the targets and make a cross mark in the center of each tar- JUST OFF PRESS! delivered them to the non-participating im- get with a heavy pencil, and the contestant NEW 1958 HANDGUN CATALOG partial judges with name side down. The Mailed Upon Receipt of 50c Coin placing a shot nearest the center of the cross Same Day Service targets were judged accurately with fine mark on his target wins. DEALERS: Request Wholesale Catalog on caliper rules, and in a few cases ties had to And that remaining 25 percent above the Your Letterhead : be shot off. The contestant placing a shot 75 percent luck can be mighty important. I ROBERT S. FRIELICH 1 pellet nearest the center of his target (near- 3% Y. 13. I.Y- By paying close attention to it, shotgun 1 Broome St.. N. I est the center of the white dot in the center ===m--m match fans can be more consistent winners. PISTOL SHOOTERS of the black hullseye) was declared the win- 74 page fully Illuwated Many prizes are won with the smaller catalog devoted Ã§xdu ner, and winning was not as easy as it may aively to pistol Â¥hoot at first sound to some. I had to shoot three gauges, but the more consistent winners use era. Clark. Shockey < 12 gauge shotguns. And guns with 28 or 30 Elk ri-v times to get my Thanksgiving gobbler. Ac- 8% SAW tarzet rou. inch full choke barrels are better than those Hundred! of It- for tually, I should have said four times, be- competttlv~ slmcbm. with shorter, more open bored barrels. My Articles by top Im cause I had to shoot off a tie. Â¥hootin & lolling. tU- own pet shotgun shooting match gun is a ti& record*, to. 4 Any standard shotgun from .410 to 12 MUST for competltiw Model 90 Marlin 12 gauge over-under with Knoxville 6, Illinois pistolmen port' gauge could be used, and no choking de- Dealer Inquiries Invited paid SSC. ... vices were allowed. This gave contestants de- 28 inch modified and full choke barrels. A I 6 siring to use doubles and over-unders an friend of mine, "Gent" Newby, uses a late equal chance. Contestants could choose any model pump with 30 inch full choke barrel. CLADALOY BULLET CO. size shot from No. 4 to No. 8, and of course And "Gent" goes home with quite a lot of Manufmture~~of the mmlar new mchl~eut meat and other prizes from the matches he OODDOT clad allw bullet* which can be drtrea at practically all of them preferred the 8's Ugliest TdodtlM. Available for hand mm uul which they believed would give more chance attends. riflet. At your dealer or order direct. Write (Or of a close hit. Shotgun shooting matches are rapidly gain- free lint and folder. Immediate delivery. A civic club in a small country town stages ing in popularity in many parts of the coun- BOX 643 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. a number of these matches every year. They try. The sport is here to stay from all indi- buy their prizes, (usually farm turkeys, cations, so let us boost the shotgun matches. geese, smoked hams, fat pigs, hound dog They are a practical, profitable, fun-making pups) from the farmers, and all profits from successor to a traditional American~-- corn- the matches are used to buy Christmas petition-the turkey shoot with Long baskets for needy families. These shoots Rifles. a

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- .- 4. FREE MONTHLY BULLETIN 1. MONEY-BACK UIAMNTEE THOMUCH INSPECTION 2. SPEEDYSERVICE a. 1. MAIL ORDER PRICES 6. TOP Ã‡UALIALWÃˆY B% &me hunters the world over look to the Enfield 30.06 as I standard and accepted equipment. The world's most renowned and finest military rifle, this precision piece was made in the U.S. We've sold thousands alread -order yours today, before our diminishi su ply is exhausted. Specifications: Length overall 46~".b-2f 26"; sights-front protected blade, reord~ustableaperture (peep); maxaxzne-box- tvBe.-- . 5 shot. Condition: Very Good ...... $33.95 Ammo : ...... lo0 rds. 7.50 kL5-Eisporting . - ...... 20 mis. 4-35 BRITISH ENFIELD COMMANDO REVOLVER

revolvers are now available while the sup 1 lasts, at a ' low, tow price. ~~uble-actionon1 five inch barrel. Ideal 1 for off-hand shooting and home defense. Condition: Enfield Commando, good ...... $17.10 Ammo: -38 S&W (New) 146 gr. lead...... Box 50 da 4.10 - Mae: When ordering pistols, enclose a SI statement: "I am not an alien, have never In convicted of a crime of violence, am not under Indictment or a fugitive. I am 21 years or over. I *"c?Ãˆ-Tma '8 ,I": dJ".*Â¥Â¥ - THE GUN MARKET

Classified ads 20c per word per insertion including name and address. Pay- issue (on sale January 1) is November 16. Print your ad carefully and able in advance. Minimum ad 10 words. Closing date for February, 1958, mail to GUNS Magazine, '8150 Central Blvd.. Skokie, Illinois. SWISS PRECISION Service Rifles: Famom BINOCULARS 6- SCOPES Schmidt Rubln rifles. high power. 7.5mm (30 GUN CABINETS caliber) 12-shot detachable magazlne, lightning NEW 1957 SCOPES, factory guaranteed in fast repeater. Ideal for altering to .308 Win- GUN CABINETS. Racks. Complete Selection. sealed boxes. Weaver Series 60B, K2.6 or K-3 chester and ,300 Savage (N.R.A. excellent). Send 25c for Catalogue. Dent. D. Knox Wood 24.95, K-4 29.50. KV 39.95, K-8 or K-10 39.50. While they last $14.50. 2 of these flne rifle8 Products. Knoxville. Iowa. Leupold mountaineer 4X 66.95. 6X 69.96. Bear $25.00. Also available as flnest light-weight Cub 2% 33.50, 4X 43.00, 6X 57.95. Lyman All- sporter with 22" barrel, only $22.50. Ammunl- HELP WANTED American 4X 35.50. 6X 48.50. complete weaver tion $2.65 box 20. New Release! This model top or side mounts 7.75. Stlth Dovetail 12.10, converted to a Deluxe Sporter and to Shoot the FREE INFORMATION: Earn high pay. All Williams 9.95 Leupold Detacho 7.96 all com- Popular 30-30 Cartrldge. 22" barrel. Only trades. Foreign and USA Job Opportunities. plete all postage paid. Big discounts on Re- $29.96. Send remittance, immediate shipment. Travel paid. Applications, Write Dept. 621) loading tools and bullets, other scopes. Write International Firearms Co.. 22 Kingman. St. National Employment Information, 1020 Broad, for Catalog 57-A 25c. Lombards, 3141 Bain- Albans, Vermont. Newark, N. J. bridge. N. Y. C. 67, N. Y. IMPORTED MUZZLE Loading Percussion Cap INDIAN RELICS BINOCULAR SPECIALISTS, all makes re- Guns: Sculptured, engraved walnut stock. 30" paired. Authorized Bausch & Lomb, Zelss-Hen- barrel. Engraved silver mountings, Inlaid 3 INDIAN WAR arrowheads. Flint Scalping soldt. and Bushnell dealer. Tele-Optics. 5514 patchbox, lightweight. Single barrel, single Knife. Flint Thunderbird $4.00. Catalog Free. Lawrence. Chicago 30. 111. hammer $29.50. A collectors Item and an ex- Satisfaction Guaranteed. Arrowhead. Glen- LEATHER LENS Covers For Any Scope. The cellent shooter. Limited quantity. Send remit- wood, Arkansas. original waterproof caps. $2.00 at your Dealer tance. International Firearms Co.. 22 Klngman. or prepaid by Sweet & Co., Box 447. ClOVis, St. Albans. Vermont. LEATHER CRAFT New Mexico. SPECIAL RELEASE: .455 Colt New Service FREE "DO-IT-YOURSELF" Leathercraft COLLECTORS Model Revolvers genuine North Royal West Catalog. Tandy Leather Company, Box 791-1324, Mounted Police. A collector's item and excellent Fort Worth, Texas. HUGE ILLUSTRATED Catalog Every Month. shooting handgun N.R.A. V.G. to perfect-only Most fabulous antique arms service ever offered. $32.50. Altered to shoot the .45 Colt A.C.P. $2.60 MISCELLANEOUS Hundreds antlque guns. swords, uniforms. each additional. Free Holster. International Firearms. 22 Klngman. St. Albans. Vermont. CARRYALL. CANVAS Roll with straps and flasks, military items in each issue. Well handle, large size. tor travelers, campers base- described. Illustrated. 12 catalogs. Only $1.00 RIFLES: FAMOUS 30-06 U.S. Enfleld Service ball players etc. Gov't Surplus brand new year subscription. Norm Flayderman (GM) Model, flnest 5-groove rifling. manufactured by value $12.50Ã‘Specia $2.25 each. ' Public sport Kennebunk, Maine. Reniington, Winchester, Eddystone. 6-shot re- Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2. Pa. NEW ILLUSTRATED Gun Catalogue! Con- peater, 26" Bbl. (N.R.A. very good to excel- SHOTGUN LEADER Sight Molded Rubber tains 300 antique and modern guns, edge lent). Only $32.50. International Firearms Co., Two Ring Shotgun Sight m its End Of Barrel weapons oddities and antique gun parts. Only 1011 Bleury, Montreal. Que. Every Gauge Shotgun, ~i&eor Double Barrel. 50c in coin or stamp. Firearms Unliniit*tl. 119 Proper Lead For Every Shot. No Screws or Shadv Avenue. Pittsburgh 6, Pa. FIRED-CASES. .30-30. 22 Hornet. .300 Sav., $3.00 per 100; 243, 270, $6.50; 308, 368, 222, Bolts. Install in Seconds. Money Back Guar- OVER 600 ANTIQUE-Modern Guns~Powder $6.00; Formed Cases, .219 Donaldson, 22-250, antee. No C.O.D.'s. $1.10 postpaid. Shotgun FlasksÃ‘Swords~EdgeWeapons. Large Print- $9.00 others. Postage Paid. Gunsmithing, Re- Leader Sight Co.. Box 856G Sheridan. Wyo. ed List 25c coin. Cartrldge for Collectors List barreling, List lOc. Casey's. Box 7. Manchester, HAND SIGHTING Levels, improved new model UKfi 26n coin. Ed Howe. Coooer Mills 11. Maine. N.H. - -- many uses. for laying drains ditches founda- GUNS! GUNS! Guns! Guns! Antlque Collection U. S. 30-06 CAL. SPRINGFIELDS. nigh tions. grading contouring laying out of fences. -Kentucky's Colts. Winchesters. S & W. Send numbers. All milled parts Very good-$39.96. piers, roads and gardens. ~ullyguaranteed. lOc for this month's list. Pony Express Sport Perfect-$44.50. Austrian 8n1m Mausers. All $2.00 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Shop, 17460 Ventura Blvd., Encino 6, Calif. milled parts. Excellent-$27.60. Japs, Krags, Street, Philadelphia 2. Pa. Enflelds. G-43's etc. Free list. Money back SHOOTERS: IF you are Interested In learning PATERSON COLT Replica. The first Colt pistol guarantee. Prompt Delivery. Al's ~unkoom1 made. Made of strong metal. $6.95. Two for Gunsmithing and are willing to spend a few Beekman Street. New York, New York. hours in your home shop for a handsome ac- $10.00 postpaid. Valley Gun Shop, 7784 Foothill curate .22 target pistol, send 3 cent stamp for Blvd., Tujunga, Calif. complete information. P. 0. Box 362, Terre ANTIQUE ARMS for Collector or Shooter, at Japanese 30 Haute. Indiana. Bargain Prices. lOc for List. Ladd, Catsklll, Krags. V.G. "SIX-SHOOTER COLT." Full size model Plate eastern Firearms 145 Nassau Street. New York, mold complete with finished and unfinished ENGRAVING New York. lamps, ashtrays, dinner gongs, door knockers. table lamps and 15.000 brochures. Will sell at 577/450 ENFIELD MARTINI: Famous Martini cost. Brochure sent free. Valley Gun Shop. FINEST QUALITY Gun engraving. E. C. Henry lever action. A rare collectors item and Prud'homme, 305 Ward Bldg., Shreveport. La. an excellent shooter. Only $19.50 each. 677/460 7784 Foothill Blvd... Tulunea. Calif. .FOR- .- -SALE - .- - solid lead Kynoch smokeless cartridges $17.50 30-06 SPRINGFIELD OR Enfleld Rifle Stock, as per 100. Limited quantity. International Fire- issued, brand new, $2.95 each. A3-03 Springfleld 17,000,000 GUN PARTS Stocked-modern, ob- arms, 22 Kingman, St. Albans. Vermont. rifle barrels, cal. 30-06. brand new. Gov't. Sur- solete, foreign. Send tracing, description for plus, 24-inch, con~pletelyfinished. Value $25. quotation. 44/40 Instant Gun re-bluer, takes GUNS, ANTIQUES, modern, ammunition, ac- Special %.00 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11 seconds - largest selling - absolutely guaran- cessories. Indian relics. 6000 listed monthly. S. 16th Street. Phila. 2. Pa. teed, $2.00 bottle. Junked guns wanted for parts Photographs. Listings 20c, stamps or coins. -$l-$5 each plus postage, any kind, condition. Associated Publications. East Ellsworth 4. SHOOTER'S BIBLE 1958 over 500 pages. Ship off-check airmailed. Numrich Arms, Wisconsin. Ready for shipment. 111ustrated Modern GUIIS West Hurley 19, N. Y. and Accessories $2.00. 1958 Gun Digest $2.95 32 CAL. PEN pistol. Proven and tested model. Postpaid. ~ubllcSport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, BUY SURPLUS Boats; Motors; Aircrafts; Jeeps; Make your own for less than $1.50. Hand tools Philadelphia 2. Pa. Tractors' Walkle-Talkies; Shop Equipment only needed. Complete instructions $1.00. Hurd ~mphibiousVehicles; Radar; Camping equlp- Arms Company, Goode, Va. DUCK DECOYS fine quality fiber life size ment- Typewriters; Addlng Machines; Etc.- RIFLES 303 BRITISH Enflelds, as issued, mfg. by Carry he. Mallards and ~luep ills BUY direct from U.S. Government Depots-List good condition, $27.50 each. 303 British Mili- only. Value $27.50 per dozen-special $12.95

SINGLE DOUBLE JACKET JACKET ~~B'OVdblhut~ Man Gun 1 $2.70 Blue instantly pnuwu and - renew &eels and Iron our- $3.40 - face~Nota paint or lacauw

Lowe's Pays the Postage; Send Check or M.O. 20% DEPOSIT ON C.0.D.k Bullet list and price! subject to change. t ORIGINAL LYMAN A SPECIAL SAVING OF $10.00 sight for cornmencia rearThompsons-fits militan SPECIAL PRICE $5.75 a b ode1s too- beautiful!; ade-original .4.00, new-boxed. 82: Armatrono receiver Ã§lght a dder often Installed 01 amazing dual rang- meld issue rifles to a-iv4 sREPEATING SHOTGUNS ind a g e which Emel< micrometer windage 6 ell Wts lack- ONLY 81.9: 3 shot in 16 & 20 vatlon is Mt, p+ hi* recoil button increases ~ettings adiustable choke. Mode automatically 100 ykla.. Kessler who produced over I "--Y W 30 CAL. BARREL-24" BRAND NEW! another oreas A sight returns to original &Im. CHAMBERED FOR 30-06 of a million. Unused may 7 -All adjustments with lock screws 6 Allen wrench show minor wear from han- contained in sight base. Quick detachable, press but- dling-would normally sell for ton and sight slips from base, slip back in and sight $36.50 but our buyer traded some gun parts returns to your original setting. Special grooved for (his small lot and we can offer (hem at only eve disc centers eye automatically~usedfor vean on $24.75 ppd. State a. wanted & Fed. F., Haf- world'a finest factory Mauser sportera.-fib Mauser, ment with order. Sorry, small lot, no lobbers Springfield, Enfield 6 Krag. ar dealers.

U S CARBINE OWNER- fresh new sling Oiler LYMAN #37 front sight, obsolete slvle. fits 15 shot mag with water (& tobacco) proof 'rubber cap & issue cleaning thong & brass brush----whole any standard slot, especially handsome on set. all new ...... S1.9S oct. barrels, $1.26.

LYMAN #4 gold bead, unavailable for almost 20 years, note protected bead. dim. A' either W (Std.) or 15/32". $1.50.

GARAND SILVER BLADE wide slot front site. suit- TAKEDOWN able for muzzle loaders, old style sporting riflles. etc. Beautifully milled.. $1.50.. . U.S. CARBINE TOP GRADE LEATHER SCABBARD, complete with straps, if mode commercially SILVER BLADE front, original on Win. 73. would cost $18.00 to $20.00, our price, brand 76, 86. 92 & 94'8 Marlin 92 93 04, 95'8. new, while few last ...... Colt rifles'and many others, $1.56. COLT revolver rear sight, easily dovetailed WINCHESTER '94 PARTS SPECIAL-ALL NEW into any revolver set screw to lock windaire, MAJOR OVERHAUL KIT-probably never amain at Dimension A 25/32" or 11/18' ---- -..$l.OO. these prices! New breech bolt. carrier, link and corn- Plete locking bolt-your discount over double that of even biggest dealers. All for $7.95 ppd. I id Universal magazine springs, usable 24" 22 barrels rifled not broached, high grade $5.35 plus 50t post. & handling. blank, made by one of our best known firearms manu- for Springfield, Enflald, otc. eon- facturers. discontinued contour, blued, chambered. HOODED FRONT SIGHTS vertible to Japs. Mausera, Bolt %" shank, V shoulder tapering to 9/16" a1 git~~~a11~~5~~,sta~~~djogtstsiirebaSeiw;;; Action shotgun magazines etc. muzzle ..Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘$3.95 plus 35< pod. bandy to have Special: 4 for $1.00. (Dealers: Now. p~ketof 10. SPECIAL sights for 816.00Ã‘regula $1.001. ONLY $1.95. ~ff'~~T!%~0n~LU2 & EAelBSRKits$% mag. 'must be 5ied in ...... 88.50 REMINGTON MODEL 34 6 341 barrels, new. .22 GLOBE TYPE FRONT as Used on early rifles caliber. $6.50. and pistols. Note two posts, upper and lower: upper for rear tang sight use. NEW S.1.95. BRAND NEW, IN AND OUT NEW .44 CAL. BARRELS 9 MARLIN BARRELS

.Ã CALIBER PISTOL BAMELS { MODEL 94 MARLIN 32/20-round-24" ...... 10.50 32120Ã‘round-26 ...... 11.50

(Few other obsolete Martin barrels. write wants) 9MM - .357 - 38 SPECIAL BARREL BLANKS 1 U. S. ENFIELD - P-14 STOCKS 1 HAVE A JOHNSON RIFLE? Order the length you need-13/16" o.d., In it will pay to read this white, 6 groove rifling. 1 - 24" ...... $8.75 12" ...... $4.95 Brand new, made in World War I of fine walnut ... 6" ...... $3.50 stripped of metal, only $2.95 ppd. (Write wants for I other Enfield parts) S.M.L.E. ENFIELD SAVAGE 1903 & 1906 Butt stock, both handguards ...new, stripped of metal Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘ ---- $6.50 the set .22 PUMP MAGAZINES REMINGTON MODEL 12 PUMP MAG. TUBES Rare mawines, unavailable for years. Only $3.8 ,

US. CARBINE MAGAZINES 15 shot. new ------$1.00 en. 2 for $1.75-free used carrying case Riven when 2 are ordered) 30 shot-new ...... $4.95 makers, as lamp bases, 5 Shot. for hunting & neater appearance, THOMPSON hook-ends shoulder I AI STOCKS stocks for cameras. New. smooth welded bottom fits flush with triiwer Very special $2.95 ea. wrd-new ------$2.4S MARLIN Model '92 '97 '93 '94 ~iflestocks, hew. 'shot: g~~,%:~~bg~.ready to in- BOLT ASSEMBLY 6 DIS- .45 AUTO MAGAZINES ASSEMBLY TOOL - saves time. lost & broken parts. skinned I I knuckles $1.00 ------viously. New. in oria. wrap. If both above tools purchased. pines. $1.95 ea.-2 for $3.50. trigger spring tool included Free. NOTE: When 2 are ordered, BREECH OIL new web carrying case in- eluded FREE. & THONG SET. For Springfield and Garand rifles, fits in butt, ...... $1.00 ppd. DUMMY CARTRIDGES 1 BLANK AMMO .45 am in nickel cases (reuular unloaded rimer We RECOIL REDUCER INFORM YOUR V.F.W. 6 LEGION POSTS use them on key chains~simply drill through case- of this special offer-standard price is 820 per 100 pilot hole already thereÃ‘Wonderfu ulSts for friends. Shooters! Gunsmiths! Dealer! A terrific value! Choke -Save 5 to 75q -shipped Express not re-uaid- 30.06 blank ONLY $4 95 er 100 30/40 Kra blank customers, club membersenough brass key chain & (with paper bullet needed for feeding) ONLY $6.95 keepers shipped free for quantity orderedÃ‘tl.0 per per 1 0 Stock up while our small quantity la-! dm., $7.00 per 100~aiipostpaid.

WEST HURLEY 19 NEW YORK SATISFACTION ALWAYS GUARANTEED! ,HUMRICB ARMS CO. NEW LOW PRICE '91 Marlin Barrels ...... a...... a. AND.... MANY ABROAD. NEW HIGH-SPEED FORMULA elves even SPECIAL

3 OUN SIZE ------t2.w ml. INDUSTRIAL OUHSMITH Slit. Barrels are unused, no outside finish, bores excellent 1 nint ----_Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘ S7.m Dud. to new-this amall lot stored improperly, and picked SPRINGFIELD 3 BLADEJ UP outside spotting. All above calibers interchange with no other alterations on any MODEL 93 Marlin. screwdrivers, (for outside refinishing. me our instant FORMULA as issued, new ...... $1.00 ppd. 1 44-40 zun blue) Give 1 - 2 - 3rd choice~verylimited lot.

Brand new, w/metal $3.25, , 1 turn In 48". 36" lone-(originally 50/70 Rem. less metal, $2.95 (Write rolling blocks with original thread & chamber). I Slight Pitting only. make excellent shoote-5 fcroove~ wants on other Johnson parts) I only 83.95 plua 506 post. SAME, only threads & chamber cut off & breech plug & tang installed- 97.35 plus 506 post. (rear sieht for above____81.75) 45/70 SPRINGFIELD BARRELS Issue 321/a1'-new, 812.50: excellent, 88.95: v. Front Ramp Siehta rid s on ramp make it no-elare in whits-2 sizes -.525 for ~anhicher Carcano & 50/70 SPRINGFIELD BARRELS others, .550 for Saps & others. Often used as a pistol siehwN~~95t EACH or 89.00 per dot. (Add 35t for front sieht blade) -- U. S. CARBINE HEAW DUTY CANVAS CARRYING RIMINQTON OLOBE CASE, water repellent, strone rust resistant Zipper. FRONT slaurs leather re-enfoqs-dÃ‘doubl stitched. adjustable carry- .620 & .640 1.d. sizes. brand Each with post & circle aper- lng BUns, 35%" lone. S2.95 new, standard dovetailÃ‘Onl ------ature, new, list price 81.40- our Price 50Ã en., $3.50 per 92.95 ppd. (Add 81.00 If doBen, 824.00 per 100 sets. front bead sight is desired) ONE OF THE FINEST SIGHT BUYS' WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER FOR, ;;l~~sh~~ld~~ayny;;;;ru&e&D~n~, mans others-receiver sl THOMPSON PARTS & ACCESSORIES justable for windwe & 8&E? eC TARGET < $ vation lock screw assures of same (T Ã‘Ã‘~O%D~SCOUÃ‡T All parts availableÃ‘som used at special prices for >exDerlmentms. model make-te wants or send FRONT SIGHTS addressed, stamped en- never rattle loose & be lost. Two, - pgt Huntiw) Amaze your mends. astound your tanrets-refi-ard- velope for free Thomp- a~y~rp~~~~~;2. less If paper, cans. or game your '%its" must son (run and parts lists. improve with this SiKbtÃ‘fo HI.wwem and small NEW Model! vertical fore-sri bores, often used on tamt ~IstolsÃ‘com~ietwith extra strone, fits all our models- extra aperatures auickly InterchanKeable. From 21. 27. 28, M-1 & M1A1. complete discontinued Taricet rifle of lamst U.S. rifle manu. with mounting 8crew__83.95 ppd. facturer~at a 70Vo discount! Price 91.49 en.- THOMPSON 50 SHOT drum ma=- (Dealer8 812.00 per do*.) fines. new 87.95. excellent 84.95, eood S2.95~allppd. Stick ma-- I zincs, 20 shot $3.00.30 shot 84.00 All the hard work is done HIGH SPEED .22 CALIBER INNER MAG. TUBESÃ‘Univena do- for you. Simply install this MAINSPRINGS sign, completo with cap, spring, follower. Easily -270 Or a3046 NEW BARREL 6 STOCK for your Colt 1917. New Service or Official Police altered to fit most .22 tubular guns. .$1.75 (a,, revolversÃ‘reduce lock time. scores leap our make. special $18.00 per doz. tested & approved ------onw81.75 DD~. PARKER SHOTGUN HAMMERS-New-statÃ ga. nuatxo 6 if risht or left sidÃˆÃ‘S3.75-tp.ci nt of both MILLED 1matchod, with matched triggen~S7.50 aSIGHTSREAR UNIVERSAL MAG. TUBE SPRINGS for 12 ga. shotguns...... $1.75 par doz. for .22 rifles.. .$1.75 par doz...... ALL OF OUR SPECIAL SPORTER MAUSER BARRELS -*.- ARE CHROME0 UNEO - MAUSER military pistol rear sights also Its many small I SHARPS RIFLE Ã‘di'~ausif .22 rifles, excellent, GARAND BARRELSÃ‘mod very good STOCKS. ,d as issued, $2.85. brand new. throughout.- ...... $9.95 each. oriirtnal. corn- plete with coior hard RARE PISTOL MAQS butt plate & patch box. also fits carbine ... P-38 - Remineton M- aERMAN BASKET MAOA- complete S6.50 while few last. L$.ut&Zn?&O % ZINCS for MG34-42. Set 35 (13 shot) all new of 2, complete with field -ANY 86.95 ppd. cÃ§rryln caw-pod. 99.95 SHARPS RIFLE 6 CARBINE fore-ends. New-rifle aa shown, $4.75, carbine, $3.50 GARAND RIFLE CONVERSION KIT SMITH & WESSON Original, New or Perfect black bard EVEN GREATER SAVINGS1 k 2 five shot clips, ~3.95.Extra rubber grips, for round butt M&P. 5 shot clips, 9St ea. Standard .32 & .38 top breaks and spur trigger SPECIAL DISCOUNT 8 ohot elms. X2.w DÃ§ dozen. models, Ladysmith round butt. .44 D.A. etc. - Send tracing of butt - $2.50 Dr. SPECIAL - S&W CHECKERED WALNUT &pa for 22/32. 32 Hind Ejector. .38 RemiIation police. .38 ) 5 SHOT CARBINE MAGAZINES j TOD break, hammerleas and hammer model. Chiefs mGcial, Centenial, 38 up breaks. state model, factory gives smooth appearance to original, shaped as above but no medallion of course for GUNS READERS .---$IS5 pr. (Many complain of the bulky mip~on carbine* as made to fit flush some of the above models-here is a chance to get corn- with trigger housing. RE- pact, yet "holdable" factory xrlpn at a great discount) YOU SAVE 10% QUIRED IN MOST STATES FOR HUNTING OR EVEN CARRY- COLT CYLINDERS, If you order 3 or more items ING GUN IN WOODS. Our .32 Caliber from this ad, total order special design has strong For Police Positive (small frame), and DEDUCT 10%. This welded bottom, contoured I Pocket Positive and New Police models, brand new and smooth ...... $2.45 ppd. with ratchet & rod4Factory orice-$16.67) OUR Special Coupon MUST be PRICE $3.95 ppd.1 attached to order to entitle you to this special discoun WEST HURLEY ITOICH ARMS GO. 1, NEW WORK V. G. LUGERS-HIGH NUMBER SPRINGFIELDS SHOOTERS 6 HUH7ERS

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& fabulous find! Purchased right-OD sale at about $36 less than national market prices. These guns are In absolutely wr- fect mechanical condition with sharp clean riflinc. We guarantee Very Good bores and exteriors apecidlY selected for N R A. members. These are late model high number weapons. The Springfield used with scope by marine snipers in Korea and Guada~ The most popular all-time hunting caliber. Softnose ammo is available everywhere A high-povered long range hunting weapon* ?' $399: Get yo- now while they laÃ§t If not satisfled retun for full refund. OUR AMMO SPECIALS' 30/06 Target, 20 rdl., $2.0~; -. I00 I&., 17.50; 30/08 SOFTNQSE. 20 rds., $2.96.

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Y*" COLLECTORS OF AMEhiuANA; .- s*2 Genuine original lei 1 actions. First of tl avar ...... *.; ES^ 6-shot bolt action- A AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY! .;..- . -.B-~A,

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