GUNS Magazine September 1960
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SEPTEMBER 1960 SOc SHOOTING • ADVENTURE What BROWNING Quality means to you The word "quality" is meaningful only when explicitly defined. We speak of quality not as a vague generality but as a blend ofvery specific characteristics. It means functional design to give the most efficient and Available in effective performance and, among many things, involves the 12 gauge studied consideration of weight, balance, recoil, loading, trigger 16 gauge pull and safety features. 20 gauge It means sound engineering, the careful selection of the and finest materials and the vigilant supervision of their processing 12 gauge through machining, heat treatment, precise hand fitting and 3" magnum finishing. It means accomplished workmen, highly skilled in their respective crafts and understandably proud of the matchless results of their efforts. .. It means economy to you, for only well made things are inexpensive to own, and only things made well are really valued possessions. You'll find this quality in the Browning Auto matic-5 ... smooth, positive function each time from$129 75 you squeeze the trigger ... a gun that will serve U. S. or Canada you surely, dependably every day you shoot, no Prices su bject to change matter how often or how much. without notice YOUR BROWNING DEALER Write for new catalog showing all Browning guns in color, plus special WRITE chapters on shooting - practical information for gun enthusiasts. for CATALOG Browning Arms Company, Dept. 137, St. Louis 3, Missouri In Canada write: Browning of Canada, Dept. 137, PO Box 991, Montreal 9, PQ GUNS SEPTEMBER 1960 3 IN ITALY Sierra stops the most elusive animal in the HIGH ALPS Alberto Gonzatti of Genoa says"...my favorite bullet, Congressman David S. King Comm.: Science & Astronautics SIERRA 130 gr. Spitzer boat 2nd (Salt Lake City) Dist., Utah tail .277 in front of 57.1 gr. BEING A NEW Congressman, I have not as yet had any opportunity to learn enough of #4350 never fails the target. about the. issues involved with the Second Amendment to speak with any conviction on the matter one way or the other. I have killed more than 30 chamois with this bullet and Congressman William H. Meyer always with one shot." Comm.: Foreign Affairs At Large, Vermont THE MAJOR restrictions on the ownership of guns in a state like Vermont should be in determining that the individual concerned can use one safely and responsibly and that the gun and bullets fired from it can be traced to the purchaser. From close association with the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, I know that they are concerned with "gun safety." Congressman Cecil R. King Comm.: Ways & Means; Internal Revenue Taxation; Foreign Trade Policy 17th Dist., California THE POSSESSION and use of firearms for legitimate pur poses has as great a significance today as it had at the time of affirmation of this right in our Constitution. Time does not detract from the essence of this fundamental concept. .. Efforts to restrict severely law-abiding citizens' rights to possess and enjoy firearms for recreation and defense ... have ranged ·from the hopelessly naive to the ridiculously complex. I do not intend to say that all firearms regulation is wrong or unjusti fied. What I do say is that such regulation be sound and reason able so that a balance can be struck between the liberty of the individual, on the one hand, and the necessary exercise of authority by government, on the other. The adoption of controls which would affect only those who wouI'd obey does not conform to this balance. Congressman Richard E. Lankford Comm.: Armed Services 5th Dist., Maryland THE REASONS behind the Second Amendment are as valid today as they were when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. It is part of our tradition to keep as few professional soldiers on active duty as is considered side and to depend on trained volunteers to fill out the ranks in the event of an emergency. These "minute men" must be capable of handling firearms if they are to be effective. For this and other reasons, we should take no steps which would infringe the right to keep and bear small arms. Congressman Fred Marshall Comm.: Appropriations Sixth Dist., Minnesota THE RIGHT to private ownership of firearms is a pilrt of our history and tradition. While changing conditions have made reasonable safety measures necessary in the public interest, the right to use should be protected as one of the essentials of free dom. The very right to ownership includes the corresponding right to proper use. Mr. Gonzatti with a fine bu~k chamois, Range: 250 meters. (275 yds. approx.) Congressman James G: O'Hara Sierra one-shot kill from a high angle of at least 50° 7th (Port Huron) Dist., Michigan HISTORY HAS largely eroded away the purpose of the Second Amendment and its significance. In yesterday's world a free people had to keep and bear arms to protect ~SIERRA themselves from the Indians and to avoid the need for the existence of a large stand ing army. Like the Third Amendment forbidding the quartering of soldiers "in any ~BVLLErS house," the Second Amendment reflects the peculiar needs of the American people in a particular perjod of our history. 600 West Whittier Blvd., Whittier, Calif. • Read "The 30-06 in AFRICA." Write Readers Note: All Congressmen may be addressed as "House Office Building," and all for your free copy today. Dept. G-9 Senators as "Senate Office Building," both lit "Washington 25, D. C." 4 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1960 SEPTEMBER. 1960 Vol. VI, No. 9-69 George E. von Rosen Publisher Arthur S. Arkush Ass't to the Publisher E. B. Mann Editor Wm. B. Edwards Technical Editor IN THIS ISS UE Elmer Keith Shooting Editor Kent Bellah Handloading guns americana Roslyn Wallis Editorial Ass't A MAN NAMED SMITH , William C. L. Thompson 16 I MADE A "RIFLEMAN" RIFLE James K. Kurns 19 Sydney Barker Art Director hunting • .• BUY A SHORT GUN FOR GROUSE James Bashline 20 Lew Merrell Ass't Art Director ORYX Elmer Keith 22 olympics • .. Marvin Ginn ..... Advertising Director WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW, IT'S STILL A GAME William B. Edwards 24 Lee Salberg Ass't Adv. Dir. collector • •. Lou Weber Advertising Sales WORLD'S CHEAPEST COLLECTORS' PRiZES William B. Edwards 26 M. Magnusson Classified Adv. GUN OF THE MONTH: Left-Handed Mauser C. Arthur Larson 28 new ••• Sanford Herzog .. Production Manager THESE PLASTICS CAN TAKE IT Harvey Brandt 29 Kay Elliott ..... 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Publishers' Development Corporation. All ri~hts reserved. Olympic Games. New guns, new gunners will compete in what we venture to hope will be a new spirit-not new on the part of the competitors, but new in the values we and the world place on victory. After all, it is still a game .• 7 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1960 5 6 GUNS SEPTEMBER 1960 THE LIGHT WAY'S THE RIGHT WAY... WITH WINCHESTER FEATHERWEIGHT SHOTGUNS Ever think your shotgun needed wheels? Switch to a materials, Winchester Featherweights swing and point Winchester Featherweight and feel the difference all faster ... weigh far, far less. Built to last a lifetime, they through a long day afield. Made from modern miracle payoff in better performance-year after year after year. Model 59.A miracle of modern gun-making comes to life in the excitingly new Winchester Model 59 automatic. With its patented "Win-Lite" barrel, crafted from super-tough glass fibers and fine gun steel, combined with a specially alloyed aluminum receiver handsomely inscribed with game scenes, the Model 59 has more'strength than you'll ever need-yet weighs less than 6'12 Ibs. Model 50 Featherweight. If you've been carrying a heavier-by-the-mile shotgun, you owe. it to yourself to try this new Featherweight automatic. You'll shoot better and faster stay a lot fresher all day long. Model 12 Featherweight. The "Perfect Repeater" ••• with all the rugged reliability of the regular Model 12, but with new arm-easy lightness demanded by so many hunters.