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1ht L1GHTW(lGHy Only 6 Ibs. 6 oz.••. and a beautiful "heavy gun" performer. The Lightweight is responsive ... accurate ... fast handling even after hours of big game hunting. Calibers: .270, .30-06, .308, .243, 7mm. Now $139.95. See this and other Husqvarna at your dealers. rEm PISTOLS ~'~.. The constantly increasing worldwide popularity • $ 0', • "" ••••• _ Compact and trouble-free. with ufixed-barrel" , and demand for the Husqvarna Lightweight has accuracy. Blue or chrome engraved finish in miniature or full pocket size. Finest Belgian placed it in the enviable position of being the largest .workmanship. .22 LR and .25 cal. .Priced from $29.95 to $49.95 at your dealers. ' selling bolt- high-powered lightweight in the world. Husqvarna rifles have always required higher prices than those of competing guns because they are unquestionably the finest among bolt-action rifles. Due to the great worldwide increase in sales, the mm:mrD Husqvarna factory has achieved greater economy in VARIABLE POWER SCOPES production without sacrifice of quality, resulting in new All purpose ... instant change to any power from 2} to 8. German precision low prices for all popular models. optics give clear view in adverse light. Internal windage and elevation adjustments, binocular focusing. Light in weight, dust and moisture proof. Finest scope ever offered at $69.95.

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7 DADEWIND. INII In Co'nOdO: Dor~en Bros. & Co., I ".. ., ". 408 McGill Street. Montreal P.O. BOX 1191 TACOMA 1, WASHINGTON The Gun That Receives Unstinted Praise From Its Severest Critics

- the BROWNING Double Automatic

WNERS ARE, understandably. a gun's severest critics. O They know, from actual experience, what a gun can do for them in field or marsh. And, almost without exception, owners are unqualified in their praise and unanimous in their testimony that the Browning Double Automatic shotgun provides a new hind ojshooling pleasure. The Double Automatic, you know, is nol a gun for the multitude. Rather, it meets the needs of sportsmen and sports• women who, in view of today's bag limits, believe light weight, fine balance and fast handling qualities are more important to one's shooting success than additional firepower. They recognize, in full, the scientifically engineered advan• tages the Double Automatic offers - exclusive features which not only contribute to better shooting but to less fatigue at the end of a long day's hunt. These features are: Lighter weight but with all the recognized advantages of the 12 gauge - the shorter shot string, heavier pellet concen• tration, and the flexibility of 60% more load variety than is available in any other gauge. The Double Automatic is made only in 12 gauge but in models as light as 6 pounds, which is There are other features too: less than most 20 gauge guns. Who wouldn't prefer the weight A safer safety, equally convenient to right or left hand. of a 20 gauge with the hitability of a 12 gauge! A short, crisp trigger pull - again comparable to that of e Better balance and handling qualities. The most compact the fine over-under Superposed. receiver ever designed in an automatic or repeater type shotgun Barrels are completely interchangeable, in seconds. Merely plus carefully calculated distribution of the recoil mechanism press down a latch, lift out the barrel, and insert another of give the Double Automatic the superb balance of a fine different length or choke. "double" gun. Loaded or unloaded, the balance never changes. Most hunters do not buy a gun primarily for its appearance, It is so precise, in fact, that the gun points with the speed and yet owners tell us graceful styling and meticulous workmanship timing one experiences in pointing his own finger, a character• were important motivating factors in their original selection of istic so essential to faultless, fast handling. a Double Automatic. Soft cushioned recoil. Weight reduction without recoil The precision hairline fitting by Browning gunsmiths, who compensation would mean uncomfortable shooting and, in have true craftsmen's pride in their artistry, is strikingly evident time, poor shooting. In the design of the Double Automatic in every Double Automatic. The select French walnut in stock provision was made for recoil reduction. A radically stronger and forearm is hand-finished and hand-checkered. The receiver braking system is utilized, permitting mechanical absorption is hand-engraved in delicate patterns which gleam jewel-like of much of the recoil energy and thereby noticeably softening against the contrasting background. the "kick". As a result, its owner will experience unparalleled For those who may welcome a tasteful escape from the more soft recoil, a feature particularly appealing to the light weight conventional gun finishes, some models are offered with con• individual. servatively dignified colored receivers in Forest Green, Autumn Fast and easy loading - equally convenient for left or Brown or Satin Gray - all with Silver engraving. Equally right handers, even with heavy gloves. Loading is so fast and attractive is the rich and striking Dragon Black with Gold convenient one might say the Double Automatic is "never engraving. The color is infused into the metal proper; it is empty". Shooting and loading can be closely coincident. There extremely hard and actually wears longer than more customary needn't be any switching of hands or turning the gun over to finishes. load. In fact, loading is so simple the Double Automatic can Yes, traditional Browning attributes are apparent in every remain at the shoulder, in shooting position. Visually too, one Double Automatic, bespeaking the matchless quality upon knows instantly how many shells are in the gun. which Browning's reputation has been so solidly built. Without adjustment of any kind the Double Automatic H you are considering a new gun, you owe it to yourself to shoots all loads, in any combination desired, from the lightest visit a Browning Dealer and examine the Double Automatic. field or target load to and including the heavy 2%" Magnum. It affords an entirely new basis upon which to judge a gun.

BROWNING 75 WRITE for "Guns by Browning" a colorful illustrated booklet containing ~NS from $127 complete information on all Browning guns and special chapters on shooting. ~,~ u. S. or CANADA Browning Arms Co., Dept 52, St. Louis 3, Mo. U.S.A. .,~;, . Prices subject to change without notice Browning Arms Co. ofCanada, Ltd. Dept. 52, P.O. Box 991, Montreal 9, P.Q. •

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 3 ONE·SHOT KILLS

By GENERAL LUIS CUETO RAMIREZ Chief of Mexican Federal Police N MY CAREER I have become familiar with many weapons. The Federal I Police carry modern double action .38 Special revolvers. In years gone by, Federales carried handsomely engraved pistols with ivory grips. Old Colts and Smith & Wessons, if the grips bear the eagle and serpent national symbol of :\Iexico, may.once have been Federal Police revolvers. Today, the Single Action in .38 is popular with Mexican civilians, and many government people still carry them in the military caliber of .45. (At left, above, Sr. Guillermo Obregon of the Federation of Charros presents Colt .45 Single Action 7lh" to Gral Cueto, Chief of Police of the government of Pres. Lopez Mateos.l

MY

CONTROLLED MUSHROOMING FAVORITE is built into SIERRAS ... the choice of experienced hunters. GUN Be sure your first shot makes the kill ... Ioad with SIERRA bullets, uniformly made in weight, size and shape for maximum accuracy and killing power. BY REX ALLEN "Frontier Doctor" TV SAVE THE CASE... y FAVORITE is an action-packed M a .44 cap-and• 16mm sound & color ball Remington worn film loaned FREE by my grandfather, Joe Clark. in the heyday of to groups interested such gunfighters as Doc in hand loading. Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and Johnny Ringo. Grandpa was well ac• quainted with the afore• mentioned gentlemen. He owned a ranch near Willcox and often made the 40-mile ride into Tombstone to sell cattle. The gun is still in fine working order and groups very well. Other guns in my collection are a half dozen Colt Peacemakers, including the pair of silver mounted 45s I use in my rodeo act; several for ducks and upland game like dove and pheasant; and big bore rifles for deer, bear or javelina. I enjoy a good old fashioned 'possum hunt most of all. But what I am really looking for is a .45 that shoots forty-five times. Contrary to what you may have seen in the movies, these dang things do have to be reloaded~again, and again, and. again. ...

4 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 "'.'MERSHON /WI/ff I THE COVER Combining combat fire prob. HNE lems with all-around marksman• DELUXE GUN ship, the Trophy Match ACCESSORIES is a test of coolness as well as of skill and is one of the most exciting events in rifle match competition. This story is a first-hand account carrying much of that excitement.

IN THIS ISSUE "White Line" Recoil Pads Unique <1~sign offers gradual resistance to competition n~coil. inslend of "mushy" cushioning or ab'"upt "bottoming." There is a model for CAMP PERRY'S "MAD MINUTE" ...... ••...... Lt. John S. Flannery 14 e\'ery purpose, whether rifle or shotgun. For quality. long life and unexcelled shoot• ing cornfol't, insist on "\Vhite Line" Recoil Pads. Deluxe (shown) $3.75 curiosa .•• THEY "ROLL THEIR OWN" IN CUBA ...... •...... Robert K. Brown 17 Deluxe Slip• On Recoil hunting ••. Absorber DON'T MISS THIS MOST-SHOT-AT TARGET... .Carlos Vinson 18 Easily slips on to any DEER CALLING FOR SANER SHOOTING. . Russell Tinsley 20 shotgun or rifte. "Progressive Action" TUNE-UP PRACTICE FOR BIG GAME TARGETS. .. Francis E. Sell 22 ;lbsorbs shock. ,",'ill give years of sCI·vice. Unly $2.00 guns americana KNOW YOUR LAWMAKERS . . .Your Lawmakers 24 ARSENAL ON THE POTOMAC . .. William Armistead 29 international ••• MERSHON NEW RANGES WELCOME PAN-AM SHOOTERS William B. Edwards 25 Sure Grip Shell Packs "ViII safely and cOll\"cniently C:lITY your departments ••• C':t1'lridges without damage 01']055. A model fOI" most cartddges. Shells \von't stich: MY FAVORITE GUN...... 4 when removed. Fits on any belt up to 2" wide. Only $2.50 ELMER KEITH SAYS Elmer Keith 8 CROSSFIRE ...... •.... 10 Hand9u~ Mershon Deluxe Cases GUN RACK...... 12 4 and 5 gun capacity Compact and light, tilese SHOPPING WITH GUNS R. N. Wallis 58 beautiful sturdy cases have racl< for 4 or 5 guns. HANDLOADING BENCH...... Kent Bellah bO space for accessories and THE GUN MARKET ...... •...... , ...... b4 sporting scope. A \'a.ilab)e in two models - with OJ' without back door. Fin• ished in simulated alli• George E. von Rosen Art Arkush gator (black 01" brown) PUBLISHER E. B. Mann lea ther outside and lined EDITOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR inside. 4 gun capacity without bach: door only William B. Edwards $29.50. Sydney Barker Elmer Keith TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR Lew Merrell ART DIRECTOR ASS'T ART DIRECTOR Mershon Louis Satz Marvin Ginn Lou Weber K. Elliott L. R. Peetor Custom CIRCULATION ADV. SALES MGR. ADVERTISING ADV. PROD. PRODUCTION Walnut Grips Editorial Advisory Board Dpsigned for t;l rget shoote1's, In COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GOERG this grip you will not expeJ"ience ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT KENT BELLAH "H.ocldng·' with recoil Or ugly gap~. Of (inest imported wcllnut. e:o..pprtly ehecl

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 5 6 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 TAKE IT EASY• TAKE A FEATHERWEIGHT WINCHESTER SOOR 12

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO ~%b~7

Whether you're a side-hill partridge shooter or a frost-nipped rabbit hunt• er, you'll instantly feel the amazing difference built into the new Feather• weight Winchester shotguns. Pounds lighter, these fine shotguns carry

'\<, ~ ... lighter, point faster and truer and bear P'f'fSIANUS COLCHICUS 20 per cent less recoil effect • all of the fast gun-handling character• faster pointfng-Many things• M~- JKed'cd' Because 01 the exclusive float· fit, feel and balance-contribute gp ing chamber design, the Model istics so prized by the upland shooter. to the pointing of a shotgun. .- "g£ea:tJrPn'~ 50 is able to control recoil so Best of all, the use of new miracle Your Winchester is designed to the effect is that 01 a push rather metals has made this weight reduc• swing freely, balance just right, than a sharp jab. By actual tion possible without any reduction and point as naturally as a measurement, the effect is 20 per linger. Everybody shoots better cent less than that 01 other in "the durability, safety an-d beauty with a Winchester-you will, too. shotguns. that have always made a Winchester stand out. So match YO\lr modern light boots and hunting clothes with a Winchester Featherweight shotgun. Then, when that pheasant cackles out ahead of you just before quitting J time, you're on him just as swiftly no power 1055.- Some auto· and smoothly as you would have been matie shotguns bleed gas Irom the first thing in the morning. Go to weatherproof - The actions and behind the shot to operate the moving parts of Winchester shot• WINC!f!SmI your dealer and feel the action-others waste power fight• guns arc designed to shed the ing Iriction while lorcing a F'REARMS difference - Model 50 toughest weather. A Winchester moving barrel to do the work. ~A"J~Qautomatic, $144.95;* is the standby of guides who The ;llodcl 50. working through ,~~ Model 12 pump, $94.95.* are out in all weather every day a unique floating chamber de.. of the season. Put that kind of .Prices subject to change without notice vice, gives you full power, with.. reliability to work for you - get out adjustment. every time. a Winchester.

Shoot either Western Xpert or Winchester Ranger shotshells and get exact power for perfect per• formance at all normal upland ranges. Both Xpert and Ranger have the exclusive Super Seal Cup Wad over the powder so that all the power is locked behind theshot column. You get full, dense pat• terns, evenly spread for maximum game-getting ability. For tougher upland birds such as pheasant, shoot Western Super -X or Winchester SuperSpeed shotshells.

All Winchester and Western pri~in, It rust..proof. non.. foulin«. and non-corrosive WfNCH£SI'£R ~ TRADEMAftK TRADEMARK OLIN MATHIESON WINCHESTER·WESTERN DIVISION • NEW HAVEN 4, CONNECTICUT

GUNS OCTOBER 19S9 7 PARKER Distributors 3S16 WHITE PLAINS ROAD, NEW YORK 67, N.Y. I Our Greatest Sale! BUY FROM OUR NEW GIANT CATALOG .' ,%,~-~~ IT'S FREE! YOU CAN >~', y};~:~_'!~ \I SAVE ENOUGH TO "~'F ..~~~~~, (. :.l~I;~~ GOO NA ••• FREE HUNTING TRIP Echo Model C Loading Press some riAes the pins may touch the primer as E. C. Herkner Co., Box 5007, Boise, Idaho, the gun is closed. It is better to have a flat now furnish their latest Model C, bench primer for all such arms than the convex REMINGTON GUNS •• loading press with one shell holder for shaped primer. "SPOHTS,...lA:-.l" .':;8 Autoloading- Shotg-ull-3 shot. 12-1 fl-:!O All primers must be seated firmly and ~illlt.{l'. $22.50. This is a C type bench press of good "SI'ORTSI\IA:,,\," ;J~ AOI. Plain with the front edge of the cup completely Ret.ail I'I'i('(' $1:j(j.4:, YOUR PRICE $109.00:e: design, reasonably light weight, and small !\'lODET. 11-4H A Autoloading- Shotgun-f. shot. 12·\ O-:!() down in the bottom of the primer pocket of (2~ & 410 :-:-ill1:.!l'l size, designed for the man who has a reason• R('t"il Pdec 8122.!);J ...... •....YOUR PRICE $98.35* "WING:'\!J:ASTEH" sCI'ies ShOlg-un~. 12-16-20 the case, so there can be no cushioning effect gilllge. H70 /\ I' PI"in able amount of loading to do and needs a Retail I'ri{'c $H:".!).j YOUR PRICE $&8.75* when the firing pin or striker hits the f!;70 Aili. !\'latted TllP Surface press powerful enough for full-length case Retail l'riN.' $DR.2.i YOUR PRICE $78.50* primer. If the firing pin must also fully seat ~78 "AUT01\lASTEH" AUlo1o:uling Shutgull. 12 g-auge resizing and accurate bullet seating. The press olllv. [\-lodl-'I l"7l" ,\ Plain BalTcl the primer when it strikes, then the blow is r~ctail l'1'ice $ I OU.n.i, .... YOUR PRICE $88.00* is made from a heavy casting and is well cushioned and improper ignition olten occurs. REMINGTON HI-POWER RIFLES YOUR finished. The lever can be changed over in a Ret.ail PR.ICE It takes just so much· of a blow to properly 7:21 A-:10.06 & 270 Win. Cnlibcl·s ... $ H5.25 $ 76.25* few minutes to operate on the up stroke or 721 A-:WO H & H C:lIihl-'I'...... 107.1:, 85.75* 722 A-222 Hem.. 222 Hem. Mag. & ignite a primer and you want them lull seat• 244 C:lls ,,,. 95.25 76.25* on the down stroke as desired by the opera• 722 1\-2:-,7 Robts.. :JuO Sa":I:.:'Q. aos ed. By the same token. revolver cases that are Win. C'll. 89.75 71.95t; tor. The press takes the standard %" loading 725 1\01.-280. 270, 30.06, 222, 244 not full length resized and fairly loose in the C:II. ., "", 134.95 107.75* dies as now made by about all companies. It 7.10 A_Automat.iI'__ 24.1. 2S0. 30.06. 30R revolver chambers. can cause Ihe same effect. Cal. , ,., 134.50 107.50"-' is also machined to take an automiltic primer 710 An'L-DcluxQ Automatic \\'oodmaster 14\).0:> 119.95* 7()O A-I~1l11lp. 2:l2 Hem .. 2!)7 Hollts .. If the case is slightly tight in the chamber 270 \\ in.. 2l"0 HQl1l.. :10.06 & aoo feed if desired. Sa\"a~e, :lOti Win.. 3;; Hem.. 244 and is not fully sealed. when the firing pin Rem...... 112.4;; 89.95* The shell holder proper is detachable from 103.50* strikes, it must drive the case lorward until ~~~. ~~?l;)I1D(1gl~~lt~II~'~(rCt" MB or'-sa:::: I~B:~g 42.50* the shell holder ram, and screws into place the rim hits the· end of the chamber. thus WINCHESTER GUNS ... YOUR on the upper end of the ram, making quick Rct.ail PRICE cushioning the hlow of Ihe firing pin~ !\IodQI HR-.243..30tl. '3:18 C'll. .$13G.50 $108.50$ change of the shell holder from one caliber l\"(odel !l4-:JO.ao 01' :32 SP 70.95 63.95* Primers should never be distorted or ;"'lodel 70 01' 70F-:30.0n .308..270. 10 another a very simple malter. This new ,2,13 " .. ,. 120,05 103.95* Mollcl 12 Fe:lt"hQl'\"ci:rht 12 :.:'au:.rc only 94.95 75.95* Echo shell holder is hll'nished in the various squashed out of shape in seating. To do so ),Iollel ,,0 Veathel'wQig-ht. Alllomat.ic 12 g-nug"e ollly . 144.95 115.95* sizes, with a small C type wrench to remove crushes the priming mixture and loosens it SAVAGE GUNS ... YOUR between firing pin and anvil. This is im• Retail PRICE and replace shell holders on top of the ram Savag-c !)!) FcalllQI'\\·I-·i~hl. .300 Sav.. portant with our American primers which ?4:J ,:108 .:'.Li8 ,., .. , $119.75 $95.60"" at will. It should make an excellent loading Fox HST W/VCllt I'ib. 12. 16. 20. 410 contain the anvil, and even more so in the saf,~~~e ~?tgg 88.95· press for all revolver sizes, and we tested 1 'to':-'3'0',OG: .308..270. '.243 89.95 Berdan-type cases where the anvil is con• Savag-e ] 10 MCL-LQft. hand action 12:2.50 97.95(: this one also with .30-06 dies and resized a tained in the center 01 the primer pocket. ITHACA GUNS .•• YOUR lot of different makes 01 brass. Shell holder R<'tail PRICE and sizing and loading dies are held in per• Never shoot ammunition with the primer ~WdIC;hllcxUsl~l~~~~llll's':iI'c'n\;{ic i,~ '12: '1'6~ J'd~.JI~C~75.951J ~ These discount priC'<:.'S on ~UIlS shall apply only in lhose fect alignment on the tool tested, something protruding beyond Aush with the face of states which Il;l\,C 110 opel'alive Fail" Tnulc stat.ut.e. 01' which is ineffQI-'t.ivQ as against nOll-signQI'S. we have not alwhs found to be true in test• the case head, as it can be dangerous. Proper ing low priced bench presses. seating of primers is a very important step SCOPES We rate this an excellent tool for the in all hand loading. WEAVER-Urand :s'cw GOB Sel'iQs-In Fact.ory Sealed C~~oS~ money. It will do a first class reloading job, nctail PRICE K 2,5 01' K 3 .. $ 37.;;0 $ 23.95 is small enough to be packed up and moved Sterling Silver Grips K 4 4:J,(10 28.75 KV . 57.r>0 36.95 from place to place easily, takes up but K (l .. , ... 4A.:-,0 30.95 We have had inqutrles about sterling K 8 01' K \0 " .. ,. 5B.:l0 37.95 little room. silver revolver and pistol grips. These are ~:ir,SC'HT(~~d'11~o1~';B"':"j~;'l;l;d' . Ne\~·':""i··~lClO·l"Y S!~iI1~d Cal~O~l~ Balfur 2 '/2 X ' ,S 6,1.00 $ 52.00 naturally expensive. but can be had from BaifUl' '1 X 6.1.00 52.00 Balsix 6 X .' . • 7 ':"-00 60.00 Edward H. Bolin Co. to order and for most Baleight.8 X .•••...... ' 8:i,OO 68.00 Convex Or Flat-Faced Primers Ualval' 4 2 'h X to 4 X. SO.OO 64.00 guns. They can be had plain or engraved to Balval' :! I '2 X tu 8 X .. ' !I!I.:iO 79.60 Many reloading tools have shallow cup• r~~AIN2~~L:~~(~~~:N':""'lin'1l'Hi' N'(,~~"":'in I~~c?~'y Is2c~.'I~~ order, and also with gold animal figures or Cat'tolls shaped primer seaters that leave the face of 21/2 X , ... S ..J::"-50 $ 33.45 initials overlaid on the silver. If you have· a 3 X 47.:JO 34.95 I he seated primer convex. 01 her primer. seat• 4 X ;')4.;)0 39.95 long pocket book, the sky is the limit as to 6 X ..... 51).;;0 43.75 ing punches are perfectly Aat faced and leave ~ltA'~1~I'i;nn' ;r;·l·l(;.i_;'~k 79.,lU 57.50 ornamentation, for they can also be had set ·i\iC)L;n·t.s: 9,75 7.95 I he seated primer Aat surfaced. Primers seat• with precious stones to order. Prices for en• RELOADING EQUIPMENT. ed with some of the cup-shaped seaters will YOUR graved models start at about $75. They can LYMAN .... ;Jl0 '['uol.,,\'oll1pletc, st;lt..e Hetnil PRICE often have the primer slightly distorted, ex• cal·trid~c .. ,",SI 0.;;0 $13.20 be had in models to fit any size hand, plain LYMAN THU·I.l:-':E JR. Press, less dies. 17.50 14.00 tremely convex in shape. This often makes LYMAN '['liHHET I'IU';,-';S less dies .. 40.;)0 39.60 or with elaborate engraving or gold bas• "Push IJul.lurl·' pl'illlCl' feed wit.h t.ubcti it difficult to seat some makes of primers fOI' lal'g-e & !;1ll1111 pt'imers . 0.50 7.60 LYMAN DIE SI;;T. slwtshell. ca. ~auge relief. Bolin also makes and carves pearl and 12. 16 01' 20 ...... ••• 27.50 22.00 Aush with or below the face of the shell LYMAN Complele sl-'l of flies, rifle 01' l>isto1 10.7,:) 13.40 ivory grips to order and inlay same with I.Yl\,lAN DIE SI::T-Ilitle cases. inc. shell head. For this reason, we much prefer Aat• holder &_J1rimin~ plilleh TI'u-line Jr. . 10.75 8.60 gold or silver to order. Engraving is all deep LYMAN DIE SL;T-I'istol eases. inc. shell faced primer seaters that leave the new holdel' & pl'imin~ punch TI'u-line Jr. 12.75 10.20 hand work and the grips are made heavy l.YMAN ;,;) POWDER j\'IEASURE ...... • 16.00 12.80 primer or Berdan cap perfectly Aat on the HEDDING POWDER & BULLET SCALES •. 14.00 10.95 enough that they ,,,ill not dent or bend. H~ODlNG MASTEn. POWDER MEASURE .. 18.50 13.95 face and either flush with or slightly below INERTIA BlJLLET PULLI~R ' 7.50 5.50 Write the Edward H. Bolin Co., 931 North Add Jlosta~(' on all items, 20q., deposil on:tll COO·s. the face of the case head. I'l"ices suhject to chang-e without notice. Highland Ave., Hollywood 38, Calif., for This is especially necessary in all revolvers FOR FREE GIANT CATALOG-WRITE TO: estimates. and double riAes, if you would keep your primers from rubbing the recoil shield of PARKER Distributors the revolver or the standing breech of the Fulcrum Gun and Reel Grease double rifle as the gun is closed on a round. The Fulcrum Oil Co. of Franklin, Penna., 3S16 WHITE PLAINS ROAD (Dept. GM 109) NEW YORK 67, N.Y. • TUlip 1-1900 Firing pins are usually loose in double riAes. now puis out a very high grade gun and reel though some are spring loaded, and wil h (Continned on page 54)

8 GUNS OCTOBER 19S9 .22 l.YJ:AGNUlVJ:-IN 2 GREAT GUNS NOW MORE FIREPOWER AND GREATER ACCURACY with both the Buntline Scout and the Frontier Scout chamberedfor new .22 Magnum ammunition. The Buntline Scout, only $59.50, has an over all length of 14 3,4" and a 9Y2" barrel for perfect heft and classic elegance. The Colt Single Action Frontier Scout, only $49.50, has the same superb balance and feel as the heavier Peacemaker. Both guns are deadlyac• curate, and can be bought in the regular chambering-to fire .22 Short, .22 Long and .22 Long Rifle. Ask your authorized Colt, Dealer about these fine today. (Ask him, too, about the famous Colteer Rifle, and Officers' Model Match, both chambered for .22 Magnum, W. M. R. ammunition as well as the regular chambering.)

COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, HARTFORD 15, CONNECTICUT

GUNS • OCTOBER 19S9 9 ROSSFIRE

Genius? Regarding the June, 1959, issue: there Pan-Am Shooters Please Note must be a genius in your make·up department who saw to it that "Rifles at 2100 Paces," "SALUDOS, AMIGOS," WE SAY as began on page 21. Or did said genius change GUNS greets the shooting competitors the title and thus round off the range to to the Pan American Games, as well as the "2100 paces" after it had been determined many other friends from the sports worlds of that the story would begin on page 21? Latin America. It is with a sense of honor, However it happened, the perpetrator de· reloading is gratitude and pride that the editors of GUNS, serves a suitable reward-maybe even a gold· Bev Mann and Bill Edwards, were appointed plated pica scale, engraved with a pair of members of the Pan American Games Shoot• crossed rifles. 100% SAFE ing Committee for Chicago. Our role has Eugene P. Hanafin Jr. been, we felt, that of reporters-to tell you San Bernardino, California for anyone with the new who has done what and how it was done. And done it is-creation of America's newest TV Programs Questioned SUPER SPEEDER 400 shooting facility, a credit to the men of Waukegan and Lake County who inspired The television program, "Highway Patrol," Foolproof reloading means safe re• and worked and built it; a credit to the men presents a false and dangerous picture of the loading ... even for amateurs. who "bossed" the job-Shooting Committee armed citizen. Shows that present an armed Safety is of prime concern to every• citizen present him as a bungling novice who one ... including the experts. people and Army men on ioan; but most of Thafs why the M.E.C. Super all is the new International-style range a knows very little about firearms and is more Speeder 400 was designed with so credit to the shooters of Chicagoland who of a danger to himself and his friends than many built-in safety features. In will use it after the Games are over. More to the criminal. fact, these very same features make than any other facility created to enable This is a false picture and is dangerous in the 400 so easy-to-use, and also Chicagoland to host the Third Pan American that it is false propaganda presented to the make it possible to reload faster Games, the Waukegan International Range public in a way to encourage anti-firearms and more accurately without the will remain to remind "Norteamericanos" of legislation among the uninformed. danger of any mishap. the international ties of friendship, mutual C. 1. Crapson, Capt., USA San Francisco, Calif. FOR INSTANCE: regard and obligation, which bind us to our western hemisphere neighbors. Listo, punta, OPEN BASE - Preven', fl/ego! Bien tire! I began WrItlllg this letter right after any possibility of oc• watching Paul Coates' "Confidential File" cidental detonation be· GUNS' Publisher & Staff cause primer never Skokie, Illinois program on television. This program pre• touches metol after prim• sented the "cases" of some people against ing operation tokes guns in the home, in the store or place of place. Bracket separates We Like This Letter finished shells from spent business, and for private citizens in general. primers. I'd like to congratulate you upon the in• The narrator brought up several people as creasing excellence of GUNS. I took another witnesses, including one police officer. These HARDENED CHARGING gun magazine for some 15 years, and many BAR - Non· reversible people, with the exception of the police offi· hardened chorging bar outdoor magazines, and the last issue of cer, told of mishaps with firearms. The whole eliminates any chonce GUNS must be termed one of the best gun· of error ••• will han• program was directed as an attack against dle the most abrasive magazine issues I ever read-which is purty firearms for private citizens. The police• powders with ease. strong langwidge from a conservative Cana• Charging assembly hm man's views were that guns had no place in neoprene seals to pre• dian. the home, in the store, and in the hands of vent powder leakage, No ulterior motive in this, either; I haven't shearing of shot or any private citizen. anything to sell; I don't want nuthin'; I just jamming. What gets me is that people are killed in plumb enjoyed that last issue especially, and horrifying numbers each year by cars, but fliP-TYPE MEASURE • its predecessors almost as much. Measuring assembly per• no one makes an effort to ban cars! Yet, Bert Stent mits easy charging or whenever a person is shot accidently or on changing of load with• Canada out dongerous spilling purpose, the papers play it up and, all too of powder or shot. Con• tainers ore shatterproof, often, scream for anti·gun legislation. and airtight 10 protect No Dove Season? America has long stood for "Life, Liberty, powder from flame or I am diligently trying to combat the per· and the Pursuit of Happiness." How then, sparks. nicious efforts of persons and gro'ups who are can we allow one of our oldest heritages to price trying to get dove shooting legislated out of be destroyed, as some few would have it? existence in California. Jobson's article in In my opinion, if programs such as the one May "Sports Afield" excellently covers the I mentioned are allowed to continue without The M.E.C. Super Speeder 400 is avail• situation here; a local situation now, but opposition, the American sportsman may able in any gauge, and comes com• gunners everywhere should take notice since, soon find himself fighting a losing battle. If pletely assembled, tested and ready-to• if it happens in C~lifornia, do-gooders in laws are instituted prohibiting pistols, don't use. Ask to try one at your dealer's, or write other states will take up the cudgels. Perhaps think that it will end there. Next to go GUNS should lend its voice to the battle? would be the rifles and shotguns. Once a law Col. George W. Busbey such as the Sullivan Law is introduced, it is MAYVILLE Grass Valley, California hard as the devil to get rid of. ENGINEERING CO INC GUNS hereby lends its voice. California shoot• Howard Conselyea • MAYVILLE • WISCONSIN ers please 1l0te.-Editors. Norfolk, Virginia

10 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 ..

Unretouched photos taken by P. H. White Laboratory, Bel Air, Md. Proof-in 2 millionths of a second!

The amazing unretouched photos barrel, greatly reducing accuracy. Rifling's light grip doesn't pile up above-shot at two millionths of a Now look at the bullet at the bot• metal ridges that destroy balance. second, just as the 30-30 bullets were tom. There's almost no gas ahead of .And Micro-Groove Rifling makes all emerging from the barrels-show it-proof that Micro-Groove Rifling Marlin rifle barrels easier to keep one reason why Marlin's exclusive cut down on gas leakage and gives clean. Micro-Groove Rifling* means an av• higher, more uniform muzzle veloci• Whether you gun for trophies, 10• erage 20-25% increase in accuracy. ties and flatter trajectories. rings or tin cans, there's a :Marlin Notice the little cloud ahead of the Notice, too, that with Micro• model for you. Ask your gun dealer bullet on top. That's gas, and it Groove Rifling there are 16 shallow to help you choose-and be sure to "leaked" around the bullctfired from grooves in the bullet's jacket, instead see the j amous .MaTlin J.1I1odel 336 a conventional barrel. Escaping gas of four to six deep ones as with con• illustrated below. It's a real can "flip" the bullet as it leaves the ventional rifling. Micro-Groove meat-in-the-jTeezeT game-getter.

------I K-l09 I lVIarlin I Marlin Firearms Company I I New Haven, Conn. I I Please send me the Marlin illustrated catalog, 24 page I I Target & Game Record Book, plus a HOlDe and :Field I Rustopper Kit. 25¢ enclosed for handling and mailing. MODEL 336 CARBINE: In cals. 30·30, .32 Spl. and I I .35; also straight·grip "Texan" model in 3D-3D and .35 cals. $80.00 without scope-down payment (Marlin Pay-Laler Pion) $8.00. . I NAME I OTHER MARLIN FIREARMS include .22 cal. lever-oction, bolt-adion and semi-automatic I ADDRESS I models, varmint rifles in .219 and new .22 Magnum calibers, ond high-power models in bolt-action and lever-aclion models, all with exclusive Marlin Micro-Groove Rilling. Also Marlin bolt·adian : (lTY lONE__STATE : shotguns, and America's only over-and-under shotgun, in all standard gauges. 'Patent applied for. Price subject to change without notice, GUNS OCTOBER 1959 ------11 Shooting Test of the Armlliite AR-15 HE YOU SHOOT a full clip of 25 flces of tbc company obligingly sent me serial W shots in one blasting, ripping burst at number 000001. It, like the bigger, bulkier a silhouette target 75 feet away and the AR-lO. is manufactured for the owners, Fair· shots don't wander outside of a three foot child Engine & Airplane Co., at the Nether· circle the first time around, even the blase lands Government factory of Artillerie·In• rifleman is aware that he has had a new ex· richtengen, Zaandam. Little No. 000001 made pcrience. New, and "an experience," sum up an instant hit with everyone who saw her. I the feeling you get in shooting the Armalite could hardly convince some that it wasn't a AR·15, the newest infantry shoulder rifle toy. But the combination of grayed alumi· available to NATO and Allied powers. num alloy and brownish plastic·and·fiberglas proved to be anything but a toy. With the Remington Special .222 ammo sent by Cleveland, plus a libation of .224 Winchester Military, we journeyed to the range. Officiating was Harry E. Lichter, curator of the State Historical Museum col· lections in Wisconsin. The nearby sandpit soon echoed to the ripping sputter of AR·15. Unfort unately, only a short range was avail• able for initial firing, so we contented our· selves with function firing and an allempt to Full auto burst with AR~ 15 gives gain some idea of recoil control. When husky muzzle rise in straight-arm Allan G. Skinner, collegian of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, let off a burst, the gun seemed to Little brother to the standard·caliber .308 thrust him straight back. Developing a con• Armalite AR·I0, the AR·15 is not lacking in trolling hold of these burp guns is quite a punch despite its diminutive .22 caliber bore. trick, and does not come overnight to the The hot .222 Remington Special or .224 unskilled shooter. Conversely, Lichter's 87• Winchester E2 Military round (the two are pound son David found AR·15 easy to han• similar except the Winchester is 53 grains, dle. not objectionable in recoil on singlc while the Remington load for Armalitc is 55 shots, but he did not try it full auto. grains) packs individual and cumulative Later tcsts the following week came under punch on the front end. with darn liltle reo the limelight of a hot sunny day with camera• coil or kick on the hind end. In machine lIlan Bob Dicnethal, of the Carson Company, You need not be on an African Safari or be firing, AR·15 is so easy to control that a Florida movie and TV film producers, doing a member of the Olympic Team to appreciate child could shoot it fairly effectively! Part the honors. We were especially anxious to that hand loading makes the BIG difference of the secret is the light load, a bottleneck obtain ultra-slow motion views of machine between success and failure. Whether rimless .22 "varmint" round scoring 3275 feet gun shoulder firing to study gun and shooter varmint shooting, hunting deer, pheasant per second from a 20" barrel, measured at in action. We learned some time ago that or Kodiac Bear - smart hunters RELOAD IS'-·a muzzle velocity of 3300 f.p.s. Specifi. Springfield Armory had a wholc drawer full and recommend C·H Reloading Equipment. .: IJ cally. the test ammunition of potent .224 of slow motion dynamic studies of timing in Only C·H makes a COMPLETE LINE of • Winchester E2 caliber. furnished through the the M·14 full auto firing cycle, but that no• equipment for reloading rifle, pistol or kind offices of Bill Kelty, aggressive sales body (at least this side of the Iron Curtain) shotgun shells. chief at WRACo., registered 3249 f.p.s., had ever embarked on a design program by With C·H it is easier to reload than ever . ~ equalling an l\lV of 3274 I.p.s.; but the minor first studying the shooter and his problems. before. C·H reloaded ammo is more accurate, to negligible kick is hardly due to this test ~ It struck us as the essence of auto weapons and it is so INEXPENSIVE. You can reload lot being "underpowered." Aside from the design that an understanding of shooting 30·06 brass for as little as 3¢ a round as - holes dug in the sandy backstop, which should enter into the picture, and we were compared to factory ammo retailing for 20¢ . ,howed plenty of punch, a short·range test anxious to lcarn from AR·15's first film debut or a saving of 17(: or more. C·H Reloading in which one of the tiny jacketed slugs what there might be to learn. Equipment is easy to own. C·H "C" Press blasted a half·inch craler in a steel slab After jouncing down a brick rubble in• is only $12.00 while chrome·plated loading proved it to have plenty of power. Paper dies are only $13.50 and are available cline guaranteed to break springs, we stopped figures reveal about 1150 foot/pounds muzzle the car on the floor of the clay pit used for in over 500 calibers. See your sporting energy for this load. This is perhaps not goods dealer or gunsmith today! 0 spectacular. but consider that three shots FREE! Send for ,'onr CoN Handbook ,how• from this little gun can be placed effectively inK -yOIt hoUl to make your own au/om.. IImf//o. AI/dch coupon /0 postcard and mail - whcre one at the most could be fired without tod,,)'. • going off the target from a .308·NA1'O cal· iher gun. To gain some idea of AR-15's pow• C·H DIE COMPANY, DEPT. G·1D .~ .. "'1', consider what one of those .222s does to a P.O. Box 3284 Terminal Annex ,.;;....,., woodchuck at 200 yards-and then equate Los ·Angeles 54, <;alifornia that with the effect on an enemy soldier hit Please rush me FREE Booklet Name _ many times in rapid suc(:ession. Address _ But such sanguinary considerations were City Zone_State _ far from our thoughts as we tried out our Name of my sporting goods dealer or gun• test sample of AR·15. It was one of those smith is: nice low number jobs I like to get, as Paul Army at Ft. Ord tests bipod and Cleveland at the Hagerstown, Maryland of· tight hold trying for accuracy.

12 GUNS OCT08ER 1959 Deerfield, III., area police trammg shooting. We set up Colt silhouette targets at 50 long paces and commenced to fire away, with Dienethal clicking the camera. His sense of posing was good and we got some excellent footage, some of it duplicating to prove that what happened in the first volley also hap• pened in the second. What happened was: exactly, nothing! No muzzle rise, no objectionable climb, no sweat at all (except from the sun). One sequence, in which you can count 25 shell cases leisure• ly climbing out of the ejection port in a ladder of shiny brass curving to the ground, reveals the gun muzzle absolutely stationary against the background scenery. The shooter weighed 220 pounds-but the gun was not jammed tightly against the shoulder. In• stead, as is evident in the film, the front hand is pushing tensely away from the shoulder, and the is held hard back, stress• ing the gun in a dynamic cradle of the two arms. Unfortunately, the peep and post sights are not well designed for volley fire. We shook up the designers and agents for the gun in Holland and Belgium by criticizing the

NOW!

Young Lichter leans into AR-15 for ... the moment of truth semi-auto firing without using clip. for your Savage 110 sights-but a five-shot-burst group inside three inches at 25 yards revealed that the gun had accuracy, and the holding had possibil• Now man and rifle swiftly move as one. You're sure of ities. . your Savage One-Ten ... sure of its accuracy; sure of With the gun entirely unsupported by the its dependable, velvet-smooth action. This is one of shoulder, and the head tilted to one side, a great sequence was shot over the gun's sights as a the world's high-power rifles - a completely volley went targetwards. Remarkably little new bolt action designed, developed and precision muzzle displacement was noticed, even in manufactured in the New England gunsmith tradi• this insecure shooting pose. The sights were tion. About 6% lbs. of rugged strength in perfect bal• not regulated for so short a range as 25 ance. Monte Carlo or sporting stock; .243, .270, .308 yards, but the shooting on full automatic and .30-06 calibers. only was a realistic enactment of the situa• tion encountered in combat when defending LEFT-HANDERS ... no more custom orders or infantry are facing a charge. conversions for you! Now there's a Savage One-Ten To simulate a charge of our own, we ad• designed and produced especially for left-hand use. vanced at a run from 50 yards to 25 yards, Specifications are identical with the right-hand mod• triggering two and three shot bursts to empty el. The 1I0-MCL is priced just a few dollars higher the clip. The way the dirt kicked up in the clay bank, plus our own "calling of shots" at $122.50. with eyes wide open, suggests that a wave of See the famous One-Tens at your sporting arms dealer assault troops so armed would be invulner• now. Write for tree catalog of Savage, Stevens, Fox able behind their fire screen. We are told Savage Arms, Chicopee Falls Mass. that Bundeswehr officers in tests in Germany firearms. 53, All recently were so impressed they at once prices subject to change. Slightly higher in Canada. classified the gun "Secret." (Leaving gun cranks no choice but to turn to GUNS Maga• $112.50 Savage 110-MC illustrated zine for the inside story on the latest arms developments.) Dienethal's son, weighing MODEL about 112 pounds, fired full-auto bursts from AR-15 with no discomfort, but he was pushed back-in a straight line, characteristically. In the sandpit tests, which were concluded (Continued on page 42) lle GUNS OCTOBER 1959 13 CAMP PERRY'S "MAD MINUTE"

By Lt. JOHN S. FLANNERY, A~~ Member /958 Utah National Guard Team

MjSgt. Charles Davis of Utah ANG finds reversed offhand hold is good group tightener.

Last Army team to take Infantry Trophy (left) included coach Capt. Foster with binocs, Sgt. Fitzpatrick, CWO Atkins, Capt. Brannon; (stand• ing) SFC Tuck, Capt. Parks, Sgts. Eysel and Evans.

Rapid fire rig includes MI rifle, Ray• Bans, binocs for spotting, and jacket.

14 GUNS • OCTOBER 1959 Mad Minute rifleman slams shots down range, could hold left hand tighter for better muzzle control against kick. Right, speed shoot demands skill in handling ammo clips.

MOST EXCITING MATCH AT CAMP PERRY tiS [NFANTRY TROPHY EVENT, WHEN TEAM

FlRES 384 ROUNDS IN 50-SECOND BLASTS

AT RANGES FROM 200 TO 600 YARDS

IX RIFLEMEN flop into prone position on the Camp S Perry firing line. Two other men are positioned just behind them, kneeling, with binocs raised. Eight silhouette targets whip into view 600 yards to the front, and ... hell breaks loose! In 50 seconds, the silhouettes vanish, the bedlam ceases. Shooters roll over on their backs and take much-needed deep breaths. Empty cases litter the ground. This is the Infantry Trophy Match, "The Mad Minute." The first competition for the Infantry Trophy was fired in 1923. In 1936, the match became an official part of the National Trophy Matches. It is the final proof of the capabilities of an individual using the for its designed purposes ... firepower and accuracy. The idea is to fire as many accurate shots as possible in the time allotted. The course of fire includes four 50-second stages, be• ginning at 600 yards, moving up to 500, then to 300 and, finally, to 200 yards. The 600 yard stage is shot from the prone position, the 500 yard from prone, kneeling, or sitting, the 300 yard from sitting or kneeling, and the 200 yard offhand. Just prior to the 600 yard stage, the team captain draws 384 rounds of ammunition in eight round clips. These 48 M-l clips are his allotment for the match and can be used in any manner he sees fit. If he wants to let his team lee Robertson, reversed-hand innovator, of machine-gun all at 600 yards, it's his privilege. Utah Fish & Game Dept., smokes M-I sights.

GUNS OCTOB ER 1959 15 Robertson, who "imported" reversed hold to Utah, dons many-patched shooting coat denoting competitive success. Seated, MjSgt. Davis leans forward, elbows inside knees. { He knows, however, that he will receive four points for each hit at 600, three points for each at 500, two points for all 300 yard hits and a point each for the offhand hits at 200 yards. In addition, and here's the crazy part of the Infantry Trophy Shoot, he will receive a bonus-the square of the number of targets containing six or more hits each. Eight targets are used, although there are only six firing members to a team. This tallows a target per man, plus two bonus targets. Ordinarily, the coach employs a firing system to insure the required minimum number of hits on each of the eight targets. He may have his men put five shots in the bonus target and ten each in their own targets. The six firers are divided into two firing units; shooters On line-up shooters rest, try to figure wind (from left to right) 1, 2, and 3 in one unit, and shooters changes down range which may blow bullets off in 600 yard shoot. Perry's ranges are tricky. 4, 5, and 6 in the second unit. One unit is controlled by the coach, the other by the captain, both stationed behind the inside men. The fastest firer in the first unit should be the "Mad Minute" should learn to apply immediate action number three; in the second unit, number four. This places in the event of a misfire. these two men in the best position to shift, under super• Equipment for the Infantry Trophy Match is the service vision, to other targets if teammates' rifles have malfunc• rifle. It has been suggested that a second rifle be reserved tions. Coach and captain correct the fire of their units by for this match, since the continuous rapid.fire affects the watching the fire of these two men. bedding of the rifle (assuming it is not glass-bedded) and There are no alibis in the Infantry Trophy Match. There• brings about a loss of accuracy. Too, the screws, hand• fore, with time of the essence, each shooter practicing for guards, and other parts come (Continued on page 38) 16 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 THEY "'1I0LLED THE/HOWN" IN CUBA.

Commandante Bill Morgan, Cuban insurgent from Toledo, had men build Winchester into burp guns.

CUBAN CHOPPER WAS ASSEMBLY OF WINCHESTER

RIFLE. M-l CARBINE. AND HAND-MADE PARTS

IN THREE OPTIONAL CALIBERS. By ROBERT K. BROWN

RODUCT OF CUBAN ingenuity and Yankee drive is the "Cuban Winchester," P emergency weapon of the revolution. Commandante William \forgan. an American fighting with the Revolutionary Army, thought up the idea in searching for greater firepower. Together with Captain Camacho, grizzled old gunsmith who had fought in the Spanish Civil War, the recent Venezuelan fracas and other South American scrapes, they put together 10 of the conglomerate arms pictured-prize creation of Camacho's machine shop in the hills which also turned out . machine guns, home-made cannon and anti-tank mines. It took three or four men about two weeks to complete one gun. In this little gem, the slide. recoil and trigger mechanism are a blending of M-l Carbine and handmade parts inside a Winchester .351 Self-Loading frame. The stock is whittled out by hand. Rebored interchangeable barrels allowed Morgan's men to fire .45, 9mm, or .30 Carbine ammo, depending on what was for supper that night. Ammo capacity depended on the type of magazine used: either altered Star pistol clips or a drum. According to Morgan, the short barrel length limited accuracy to "about 25 yards. How• ever, it threw enough lead to allow us to even up the odds a little, as well as give confidence to the men," the 30-year old ex-paratrooper told me. :'I10rgan's combat ex• perience included a world wide assortment of weapons, but he prefers the British Sten or improved Sterling submachine guns. He described the British weapons as having less recoil and weight yet a greater effective range than the American Thompson or M3 grease gun. "Furthermore," he emphasized, "weight difference between 9 mm ammo and .45 makes a hell of a difference in favor of the 9mm when you're off on a 40 mile hike ~ Morgan's lieutenant holds '07 rifle in the Cuban backwoods." ~ with pistol grip, 35-shot drum clip.

GUNS OCTOBER 19S9 17 Same guns as are used for quail Vinson recommends for bunnies. Ranges are always short, usually under 25 yards when chased.

By CARLOS VINSON

ORE HUNTERS fire more shots (rifle and shotgun M -yes, and pistol) at rabbits each year than at any other game target. Bunny and jack, the rabbit furnishes ~ ..... "'• more top-drawer shooting fun, year in and year out, than ..~\ all the other game animals put together. And, without up• setting the statistics too much, you could include birds. \ It wouldn't be too far-fetched an inclusion, at that. Rabbits can't fly high, but they can sure fly at ground level! I've seen 'em harder to hit than a jet fighter. Because so many people hunt rabbits (and, let's face it, said, you got to be smarter'n the rabbit! They're there, all because so many people are lazy), people are always right, if you look in the right places. saying, "Oh, rabbits are about shot out, in my area. Hardly Last January, the word was out around my home town worth hunting." Nine times out of ten, it ain't so. You of McMinnville, Tennessee, that the cottontails were "about know what they say about rabbits: they're terrific at all shot out." Nobody was hunting rabbits; everybody be• multiplication.... And there's another thing, too: rabbits lieved the rumor.... Driving home from town one night, are not necessarily the "dumb bunnies" that you may I counted fourteen cottontails crossing the road ahead of my think them. If you can't find them-well, like the feller car. In ten miles, that's not a bad count. It started me

13 GUNS OCT08 ER 1959 IF YOU DON'T GO RABBIT HUNTING THIS FALL YOU'LL BE

MISSING YOUR SHARE OF FUN OFFERED BY OUR NO.1 GAME TARGET

thinking.... Two nights later, snow fell. Cottontail tracks were everywhere. Judging by the tracks, three or four of them held a picnic in my backyard! ... Couple of days later, I jumped five bunnies out of one wild honeysuckle thicket while helping one of my pointers run down a winged bobwhite. Well, I can take a hint when the roof falls on me. That night, I phoned Fred and Waymon Cooper. Father and son, these two run a dairy farm and operate a dog kennel as sidelines to hunting. They're good farmers, and good kennelmen, too; but following son Waymon's beagle hounds after rabbits is more fun than money. "Rabbits? !" says Fred, via the telephone. "But the rabbits are all shot out! Too many hunters-snow-cover all beat down-where we gonna find rabbits?" So I stuck my neck out and said, "Leave that to me!" and the date was made. It wasn't over-confidence; not South end of four-legged "upland game" really. I spent a good part of the night remembering those is target for load of 6s or 71/2s in 20 gao fourteen rabbits, and those five rabbits, and all those tracks, and trying not to remember that a lot of hunters said there were no rabbits; but I was nervous when Fred and Waymon pulled into my driveway bright and early next morning and said, "Where we gonna hunt 'em?" I said, "Several places," and hoped it wouldn't be too many. Our first stop was near the half-acre wild honeysuckle and blackberry brier thicket out of whieh I had bounced five cottontails a few days earlier. This jungle is on a 240 acre abandoned farm about two miles from my home, and there was more of the same type of thickets in the same general area. My idea was to concentrate on these thickets, overhanging stream and ditch banks, brush piles, and old abandoned farm buildings. These are the places cottontails normally hide out in during the latter part of the season. Quite often, when most hunters think there's no longer any worthwhile number of cottontails left to hunt, there's still plenty of them in such places. Like I said, people are lazy. They don't care about bouncing over those rough back roads and busting throught those Fred (Browning, I) and son Waymon Cooper (with Rem. 58) thorny (Continued on page 51) compare notes on kills, as beagles get rewarding sniffs.

j ! i

, .' '; -:1, J,J 'j l On deep snow old cottontail may have advantage over dog because of weight. Rabbit's furred paws spread, give him power to leap on soft snow top while heavier hound sinks belly-deep.

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 19 Remington's 760 pump .280 plus best of optical gear won't get deer unless you can stalk close or get them to come up to you.

DEER

.. CALLING ,~ \ .. -..... ~ -"- fOR SANER SHOOTING

CALLS ADD A NEW SKILL. NEW THRILL TO DEER HUNTING. BRING

GAME IN FOR CLEAN KILLS. REDUCE NEED FOR LONG

RUNNING SHOTS THAT LEAVE WOUNDED GAME

By RUSSELL TINSLEY

T WAS EARl IG Sl ;now as I headed into the kind of deer country I that is home to me-sn:all hills sprinkled with mesquite and oak trees and profuse bee brush. This was the Edwards Plateau of Texas; that belt of hilly country snaking up the heart of the state. There are more whitetail deer concentrated in this area north of San Antonio than any other com• parable region in Texas. I was following a fenceline that separated two cow pastures when, shortly, I came to a brush-covered knoll which commanded an obstructed view of a prairie stretching off to the east. It was a nearly perfect spot. I could watch lots of countryside; there was ample brush for concealment; the sun was at my back and wouldn't blind me; and a faint breeze was blowing to my face so that no sensitive deer noses could detect my presence. Crouching down between two clumps of brush, I pulled a plastic game call from my pocket. With the other arm, I tilted my cap back and blotted the sweat along by brow with my shirt sleeve. It was a hot September afternoon. The opening of the deer season was almost two months away. Doe watches warily for sudden But I wasn't hunting. This was strictly an experimental trial, to satisfy my danger as Tinsley toots call. own curiosity. Anyway, Texas is one of the few states where it is illegal

20 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 to hunt deer with the aid of a call. (Check your own state.) I settled the call confidently between my lips. For two weeks I had been practicing at home until I figured I had the tone down pat. Then I went to work. It was a bleating, pleading cry, the kind of a noise you'd expect from a fawn that became separated from its mother or got caught in a fence. Every few moments I'd pause to scrutinize the prairie intently. After roughly five minutes, I spied movement on the far side of the clearing. Momentarily, a caramel-colored doe trotted into the open, her ears poised alertly. I kept beckoning, begging, with a soft, muffled cry. The doe ran to the base of the knoll before halting. She White tail buck responds to game call developo snorted belligerently. ed out of earlier work with fox, varmint callers. I kept calling and scanning the perimeter of the prairie. The curious doe trotted back and forth, searching for the source of the cry, but she refused to come any closer. In about fifteen minutes I decided to move. When I stood up, the doc turned frantically and scampered into the brush, her white tail betraying every jump. A few hundred yards further and I came to a big, gnarled oak. 1 climbed to the lower branches and seated myself comfortably in a fork. Up high, I could see for a long distance. Then I started to call. (Continued on page 44)

Tin$ley at work ·(above and left} lu·red many deer withi.n~a~y gun shot using Burnham's new call. w i k~.s 9ue~s wor~ out ofhuntin9 (below).

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 21 JUME-UP PRACTICE FOR

By FRANCIS E. SEll BIG GAME TARGETS AuthQr, "The American Deer Hunter"

HE RANGE: close to 250 yards. The shot: across a fog.filled canyon which T maae even thatJong range look longer. The target: elk. The bull stood facing me, ltead high; his fine rack clearly etched against the snow of the further slope. He was one to remember, and to keep, if I could drop him. And I did. The 200 grain .348 bullet hit at the base of the throat and he fell without a struggle. I'm proud of Jhat shot; proud of the trophy. "But this story i~no

hunting, or big game hunting of any kind. This0}s a story aho the skill) tlle rJfle confidence, that makes such shots 'payoff offered. ," I have IHlled®li oozen elk"'and several.times that-number of tion other fig ~ame. But the,pr~par~tion~or the c~~ss·can.)'on . was not gaIned 'from shots at bIg game, or even wIth a bIg game PractIce for that shot was no with my Model '71 .348 Winchester; it was with a Marlin Model 39 .22 caliber lever action, ana with Marlin Model 322 'Caliber .222 Remington. The targets? Columbia ground squirrels. I hunt in the west·coast mountains all during the swnmer, and there's never a dearth of ground squirrel targets from June until late autumn. The ground Pest or practice target, the squirrel is a prolific breeder and a small, fast, smart target. He comes in many ground squirrel is small, fast.

Sell's squirrel range with sunny slopes where striped ground squirrels play is also same terrain he shoots over in late fall at deer. Like conditions make good hunting practice for big game.

22 GUNS • OCTOBER 1959 CALL THEM SQUIRRELS. CHIPMUNKS,

OR PESTS. THEY OFFER FINE PRACTICE

FOR BIG GAME SHOOTING

From sublime (bull elk, left) to ridiculous (above) is not so far, since woods-living nut-crackers are hunted much like deer.

shapes, sizes, colors, and coats, depending on where you hunt him; there are almost as many species of him as of people; but he is always a prime rifle target, one of the best for big game practice. The mountains I hunt, near Myrtle Creek, Oregon, are covered with groves of pine and oak, sagebrush flats, open hills and grain fields, with just the right amount of broken rock escarpments for a ground squirrel paradise. I often

Pay-off for shooting pal Art Richardson is shot at fat Douglas Gray with HVA big-bore built for deer.

hunt alone; working out problems of field shooting, with deer and elk in mind. Sometimes I have another hunter with me, intent on his own field shooting problems. These summer tune-ups for big game shooting are no casual undertakings. Several essentials must be observed if they are to have an autumn payoff. I vary my practice from day to day. One day I may devote entirely to polish• Author glasses squirrels with his Bushnell range finder ing up my precision, long range, big game shooting. An• which helps develop range-estimating skill in field conditions. other day, I concentrate on off- (Continued on page 24)

GU N5 OCTOB ER 1959 23 (ContinlLed from page 23) hand snapshooting at "reduced" deer targets. I remember one day in late Septemher. just before the local deer season opened. I spent a full day taking nothing but snapshots at ground squirrels as they scurried toward their burrows. I had a specific buck in mind as worked on this final polishing of my brush shooting techniques. Last year. this huge old rascal, ranging a tangle of hills rovered with hardhack and huckleberry brush east of my cabin, had come crashing out of Marguerite Stitt Church. M.C. his bed in the huckleberry, affording me two 13th (Evanston) Dist.. Illinois fast snapshots as he cleared the low-growing I APPRECIATE the opportunity which you offer me to comment on legislation. when stuff along the ridge. Both shots were clean you wrote to me asking my opinion on the Second Amendment. Nevertheless. it is my misses... Two weeks after the ground squirrel established practice, based on sound conviction that opinion should be expressed from in the Myrtle Creek mountains. I had an• the public to me, not to issue statements such as you kindly offer to include in your other story to tell. That same buck came magazine. (Emphasis supplied.) crashing out again one Inorning when a searching autumn rain trailed long grey banners across the cover--and this time I Representative John Brademas, took him neatly-a shoulder shot at about Third District, Indiana 50 yards. He had added one point to those IN TODAY'S WORLD fireanns are used by the average citizen not ivory-tipped antlers since I last saw him; and to protect his home and family from Indian attacks or lawless standing there in the rain, looking down at mobs but rather as instruments of recreation and sport. In an age him, I realized that this shot, like that one when "firearms" are intercontinental ballistic missiles and other at the elk, was in the making months before types of highly complex weapons, "a well regulated militia" which my big game hunt. Both started when I is still, in the words of the Second Amendment, "necessary for bought that lever action .22 as an under• the security of a free State," cannot be adequately prepared for study for my brush riRes. combat without months and even years of special training. Yet the I use two riRes for my brush deer and elk remarkable developments of modern military technology should not shooting. One is a Marlin Model 336 Carbine, prevent a citizen from keeping and using arms for his own enjoy• caliber .35 Remington. This riRe, shooting ment, provided of course that he has learned to use them properly a 200 grain soft point bullet. is a cracker• and safely. jack for snapshooting in heavy cover. My other brush riRe is a Model 71 Winchester .348, also shoot ing a 200 grain soft point Senator Styles Bridges, bullet. Sights on the Marlin are Williams New Hampshire Foolproof receiver, and Redfield Sourdough THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS were approved by Congress at its first session on March front, a very fast combination for woods 4, 1789. The Preamble and Resolution preceding their adoptions stated that these shooting. The Winchester Model 71 .348 has amendments were proposed "in order to prevent misconstruction or abuses" by the a factory peep and Redfield Sourdough front Federal Government of its responsibility to the people. The reason for the Second sight. Amendment is obvious. One need only ask what more realistic and practical protection The understudy for these riRes is the can be retained in the people than the right to keep and bear arms. The Hungarian Marlin Model 39, sighted the same in every freedom fighters can vouch for the fact that rocks do not replace arms ... As to detail: receiver peep and Sourdough front. "militia" ... A militia is the necessary potential force that remains in existence if It has the same weight trigger pull, and the our Federal Army were abolished or destroyed tomorrow. My views on the Second stocks of the three riRes have been modified Amendment can be summed up by quoting the first sentence from the first speaker in so they match in drop, pilCh, and length. the First ,Session of Congress: Mr. Gerry--"This declaration of rights, I take it, is This careful matching of riRes is very im• intended to secure the people against the maladministration of the Government; if we portant. When autumn big game season rolls could suppose that, in all cases, the rights of the people would be attended to, the around, I go into the woods with shooting occasion for guards of this kind would be removed." Until the Utopian situation comes equipment as familiar as my old hunting hal. to pass which Congressman Gerry spoke of 170 years ago, the need for the Second When I snap my Marlin 336 lever action to Amendment and the other safeguards contained in our Bill of Rights will remain as my shoulder for a fast shot at a jumped deer, essential to our liberty as when the amendments were adopted. or one passing my stand. I subconsciously remember how easy it was to take a much smaller target at about this range, offhand. Senator Frank Church, Neither the equipment nor the shot I get is Idaho strange. I have a good solid basis for be• I BELIEVE the Second Amendment to the Constitution represents lieving I can bring this shot off, and I usu• an inherent and inviolate right of the American people. While the ally do. phrase referring to a "well regulated militia" may not be fully Snapshooting, however, is not the only pay• applicable in the modern sense, the intent of the founding fathers off in autumn. There is that elk shot pre• to assure the right to keep and bear arms T cannot believe was viously mentioned. All during the summer 1 predicated solely on military potential. I also believe that any spend days doing nothing but precision long attempt to hamper or discourage this right we '.d constitute an range shooting at ground squirrel; shots at obvious infringement of the Amendment. 100, 200, up to 250 yards. This also is a two way build-up for my big game shooting. First, and very important, it teaches me to \ John H. Dent. M.C. estimate ranges across mountainous country. 21st (Jeanette) Dist.. Penna. Second is the build-up in confidence which I AM HAPPY to be invited to comment on the Second Amendment and its importance comes with increased skill to make precision in today's world. The foresight of our Founding Fathers in establishing the right of shots on ground squirrel at big game ranges. the people to keep and bear arms has an added significance today. The knowledge Even the technique of hunting this small, of firearms, the ability to use said firearms, is a particular skill of few peoples. It off-season quarry has much in common with is of particular note today that with the development of the nuclear services there is big game hunting. Hunting, of course, is a de-emphasis of man power and ground troops. A citizen militia, organized or shaped by the riRe a hunter carries. When I unorganized, can be a great deterrent to ambitious war-makers. The history of Switzer• carry my .22 Model 39 Marlin, I am a careful land in this regard is noteworthy. I, for one, oppose any infringement on the arms (ContinlLed 011 page 49) owning and bearing rights of the American people.

24 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 Pan-

Engineer Maj. Curtis is boss of constructi'on job.

New spread on Waukegan's lake front features 50-, 100-, 300-meter and 200 yard rifle ranges with 40 point house which will resemble Montevideo ISU-type shooting club (rt.)

By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS Pan-Alii Callies Shooting Committee

AS YOU READ THIS, bullets are thudding into a new tion set up by the International Shooting Union. This range ft backstop beside the sparkling waters of Lake Michigan may mark the beginning of a new era, at least a new -bullets fired in a shooting match that can brighten the phase, of target competition in the Americas. picture of international relations. Shots snapping out in To date, records of ' shooters in inter• measured cadence under the long, low 40-point firing shed national competition are good, but not good enough to at Waukegan, Illionis, mark the fulfillment of the work and justify our boasts that we are the world's best marksmen. dreams of many men: the completion of the first public This is not strange, since few U. S. targeteers have ever International-style shooting range in the United States. It is had an opportunity to practice on an international-type a range laid out in meters, not yards, and designed for the range or to shoot the international courses of fire. The tense, dramatic, sometimes very slow, sometimes startlingly only range for this type of practice has been the one at fast, but always colorful courses of rifle and pistol competi- Ft. Benning, Georgia-with the result that most of the

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 25 H-S Olympics are in use by u.s. Army.

Smith & Wesson's new M41 is gaining favor among Internationalists.

Hammerli Free Pistol Auto and single shot pistols for ISU com• fits the ISU rules. petition are of formal design. Swiss Ham• merli SS is only pistol made today for Free style shooting. U.S. and foreign autos have weights, muzzle brakes for rapid fire.

Finnish Lion rifle thumb hole stock is typical.

Newest U.S. rifle is Winchester "American Olympic" with palm rest, massive breech in .308 and .22 calibers. Redfield sights are offset to avoid heat haze; stock has adjustable Swiss butt for offhand event.

u. S. competitors in the Pan-Am shooting games will come course the shooter must fire five shots, one at each of the from there. The U. S. team will consist of 30 riflemen and five targets, in eight seconds. Twice, he must do it in six pistolmen from the Army, Navy, and Border Patrol. Few seconds; and, twice, he must do it in four seconds. The civilians have had the practice facilities for this type of competitor awaits the turning of the targets with his pistol shooting. cocked and pointing down at an angle not greater than Instructions on how to shoot the International Rapid 45° with .the vertical. Fire Pistol Course, for example, is practically non-existent Pistols for rapid fire are .22 caliber semi-automatics. in English. Top shooters in Romania, Hungary, and the Leader today in current U. S. rapid fire pistol production USSR have written how to do it, but few U. S. shooters is High Standard. Their interest dates back to the matches have read their suggestions. Nikolai Kalinitchenko, the in Buenos Aires in 1952 when they equipped our team with Russian who won the 1954 Caracas World Championship .22 Short match pistols. Today, their Olympic "Citation" and the present world record, says: "Correct timing is of model in .22 Short, though costing only $85, is probably the greatest importance." This is obvious from the nature the largest-selling of its type in this country. of the match, which consists of 60 shots in two "courses" Smith & Wesson's long-awaited Model 41 (in development of 30. Each course is six series of five shots each, at five since before War Two) has definite ISU features, such as turning silhouette targets, 50 meters distant. Twice in each muzzle brake and added weight to steady the weapon.

26 GUNS OCTOBER 19S9 Rapid fire course is shot on five targets which face front for only seconds. Right, ISU pistolman has Wal• ther Olympia at 45 0 as targets turn.

Second, and with wide international following, is the Company. The firm Forjas Taurus SA makes revolvers Walther "Olympia Pistole." now made by Hammerli in like the Smith & Wesson. From Brazil, even if they are Switzerland. Beretta Olympic pistols are also offered here. just made as "prestige" models for their International Of the arms to be seen at Waukegan, Olympias and Ham• competitors, new sport firearms might appear. merlis probably will predominate, with some competitors In the Rapid Fire event, any .22 auto pistol or revolver using U. S.-made weapons. may be used, if it is safe. Says Kalinitchenko, "Rapid fire From Latin America, . S. shooters may be treated to pistol shooting at silhouettes is one of the most difficult views of some modern match pistols made south of Panama. forms of marksmanship. The first shot of each series is Argentina has an active small arms industry and, in addition extremely important, as the arm has to travel from the to turning out .45 automatic and military rifles, produces Ready position to the center of the first target. This is a .22 pistols based on the design. Chile has distance considerably greater than from target to target. also produced automatic pistols. In the United States of The first shot must be fired at a very definite moment; Brazil, manufacturers are turning out sport and defense otherwise the whole tempo and rhythm would be upset and handguns, as well as the Danish-designed Madsen sub• the result of the whole series spoiled." in .45 caliber. Muzzle loading shotguns and Kalinitchenko's technique for getting the pistol up begins folding guns of the "Gamegetter" class are made by Lerap with a fast start in the (Continued on page 32)

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 27 HEODORE ROOSEVELT once offered the reason that the fitted stock does not the following as a sort of capsule code jolt his shoulder, does not punish his face, ofTethics: "Don't flinch, don't foul, hit the the way his old ill-fitting stock did. It is line hard." In sports phraseology, it applies a proven fact that a stock that is too long, equally well to all facets of human conduct. or improperly pitched or combed, can make But the first two words, "Don't flinch," a flincher out of a non-flincher in an after• might well be framed in large, bright letters noon's shooting; it should follow then that over every man's gun rack. A lot of trap a gun whose recoil does not hurt the shooter and skeet shooters (and you can include should help the shooter to stop flinching. me in!) would be glad if those two words Correcting an ill-fitting stock is relatively were painted on the back side (facing the easy, either by alteration of the stock or by shooter) of every trap house. For flinching is, replacing it with a fitted stock. Sometimes if not the toughest, certainly one of the all that is needed is to add to or reduce toughest of all the problems that afflict the stock length. Sometimes the problem can be trap and skeet shooter. It is just as tough, solved by scraping down the height of the too, for the field shotgunner. And it affects comb. Sometimes the grip is too large, or more shooters than you think, including too small, or so slanted that it cramps the many who don't know they are afflicted. hand. All of these faults can be corrected at There are several kinds of flinches. Most a price, usually quite small. common is the convulsive jerk of the trigger But sometimes none of. these. things cure that throws the shot pattern off target. It the flincher of his habit. Perhaps his par• has been said that this type of flinch origin• ticular brand of flinch was not ..caused by fear ates with the conscious or subconscious desire or blast, or sound, or recoil,· but by some of the shooter to throw his shoulder back, unguessed tension. Shooters of long experi• away from the gun's recoil. But the same ence, with guns expertly fitted to them and type of flinch occurs with pistol shooters, used successfully for years, develop flinch• and shooters of rifles having practically no and I am one of them. Where it came from, recoil. The flinch may come from some or why, I don't know; but after many years kind of fear of the noise or blast of the shot, of shooting, I became a flincher. I was told or from the sudden release of the nervous that mine was the worst of all possible types tension that ~as built up with the effort to of flinches, for the very reason that T was an make the shot perfect. experienced shooter. For me, the "simple" But this is' not the only kind of "flinch." cures were useless because I had already Some shooters have a tendency to "freeze" used them. My guns did fit me, did not hurt on the trigger, stopping their trigger pull at me; and if I was afraid of blast it was a the instant before firing. This results in a very sudden development, since blast hadn't shot behind the target, or in a delayed shot bothered me before. The only thing for me. while the shooter catches up with the target. they said, was a release trigger-a trigger Still other shooters close their eyes at the that had to be held back during the aiming instant of firing, losing all visual aid at the swing, that fired when released, on the for• exact time when it is needed. Others lift ward instead of the rearward movement. their face from the stock at the critical in• So I had my guns rebuilt with release slant, possibly to avoid facial punishment triggers. Did you ever try to ride a bicycle from recoil. All of these are nervous re• on which you had to pedal backward to go actions, and all are probably induced by fear forward? Breaking down all the ingrained ·-of one kind or another. habits of trigger squeeze to work a release There are many "sure fire" recipes for trigger is not easy, either. I hate to think how curing flinch. Rifle and pistol marksmen, many birds fell untouched while my gun whose guns are sighted on target at the in· remained unfired because I was pulling on stant of firing, swear by the empty·chamber rather than releasing that trigger.. But I treatment. A friend loads, or fails to load, the learned; and I stopped flinching. Maybe the rifle or pistol. The shooter makes his "shot," sheer mental concentration required to make the gun is empty, but he flinches-and sees my finger reveise its long established trigger his flinch in the way his sights jump off movement took my mind off whatever it was target. He then realizes that he is flinching, that made me a flineher. I don't know why, and devotes his efforts directly to not flinch· nor how; all I know is that now I'm bustin' ing. This often works. But it is not nearly birds again, and that's what matters. so effective for shotgunners, because theirs "Dry firing," swinging ·an unloaded gun on is a moving sight picture and the effect of the flying target and pulling the trigger to the flinch is not nearly so apparent. simulate the shot, has helped many flinchers. Proper stock fitting can very often reduce Do this exclusively through a number of a shotgun shooter's tendency to flinch, for (Cuntinued 011 page 40)

28 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 Enfield rifles at Weedon Arsenal await proof after being bought by Interarmco.

INSIDE INTERARMCO SHOWS FIRM WAS PROBABLY

FIRST IMPORTER OF YOUR CURIO FIREARM OR REMODELED GI SPORTER

By WILLIAM ARMISTEAD

IFTY FOREIGN CANNON point ominously at Wash• armco's Virginia headquarters, other company guns blasted Fington, D. c., from a vantage point across the Potomac in London and Birmingham. There, in the British gun River. But the big guns, ranging from 3-inch antiaircrafts trade proof houses, thousands of .303 Enfield rifles were to hulking 60·pounders, are in friendly hands. being tested with heavy overloads before shipment to U. S. English.made relics of , the cannon were sportsmen. recently imported by Interarmco., the Alexandria, Va., The British government, following cutbacks in its in· firm known to American gun fans as the source for "every• fantry force levels, put a large lot of Enfields up for sale thing from muskets to machine guns." Complete with sights last spring. Interarmco purchased the entire lot through a and other accessories, the field pieces are destined for sale London affiliate in the largest such small arms transaction to collectors, movie studios, museums, and "big bore ever completed. fanatics" in general. At government request, the company left a substantial As dock cranes lowered the artillery to earth at Inter- number of Enfields in Britain for private sale. The Enfield

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 29 Hidden in a few crates were a handful of Colt Navy Models, some choice flat-top Bisleys, and 100 Colt Single Action Armys in numbered pairs. These "finds," considered too small to advertise, were sold to dealers here and abroad. The great majority of the handguns were proved, inspected, and then shipped to Interarmco's U. S. warehouses for wholesale distribution. British law requires strict proving of all exported arms, despite their original military tests. Proving is done at London and Birmingham undtr supervision of the Ministry of Supply. Rifles and pistols are proved with loads de• veloping 30 to 45 per cent more pressure than standard ammunition, and each gun must also pass the "View"-a detailed inspection of its action and barrel before and after firing. Company imports various modern foreign arms like "clam Each chamber of a revolver's cylinder is defined as a shell" Madsen 9mm (above), sells through Class 4 dealers. separate "barrel" under this law, and is individually proved. A tiny, crowned proof mark is stamped between cylinder locking notches when satisfactorily proved. Service pres· action, fastest of the turning bolt type, is in great demand sures, in long tons per square inch, are also stamped on the there for sporting use, and sporter conversions are the barrel. These indicate the normal pressures of ammo for "bread and butter" of Commonwealth gunsmiths. which the gun is intended. With the Enfields came a quantity of pistols and revolvers Interarmco's facilities are keyed to transactions of this acquired by the British at the time of Dunkirk, or captured size. The firm is both the postwar pioneer in volume trading during World War IT. Included were Lugers, Mausers, rare of surplus military arms, and the largest domestic distribu• Ballester Molina .45s of Argentine manufacture, prewar tor. It was the primary contractor of two other major Llama pocket autos in their original boxes, and other hand. imports, the 7.35 mm Italian Carcano (M38) and the 6.5 guns which English la IV makes it practically impossible for mm Swedish Mauser (M94) . a private citizen to own. The Enfield shipments and other European transactions

Retail store at Interamco is separate company doing over-the-counter trade under name of "Ve Old Hunter." Run by Johnny Richards, V.O.H. is emporium for everything shootable ever made.

30 GUNS OCTOB ER 19S9 Huge British field gun is lowered to dock in Alexandria, Va. Gun is one of dozens bought by Interarmco in Irish deal, for sale here.

Interarm prexy Sam Cummings has big collection of one each of every gun firm has imported. Top three are ~nfields; then Johnson, U. S. and Jap Garand, Swedish Mauser M94 carbines are packed for ship• Walther and Mauser WWII auto rifles. ment to large mail order chain that sold thousands.

\ are handled from company offices in London and Geneva. pany's mail order branch, Hunters Lodge, is nearby and Gunsmithing and remanufacturing for foreign governments has direct access to all the central magazines. "Ye Old are handled largely through an affiliate, Cogswell & Har• Hunter," a bewhiskered gent of obvious rural extraction, is rison Ltd. of London, Britain's largest gun house. Inter• its "trade mark" and the brain child of genial Samuel armco also has sales offices and representatives in the vari• Cummings, Interarmco's president, who believes in bring• ous European and South American capitals and in some ing some light touches to the otherwise serious gun business. African and Asian countries. A retail "Ye Old Hunter" gun store, and Potomac Arms, Home base is a complex of offices, warehouses, dock and a mail order house for military arms parts, occupy nearby railroad facilities overlooking the Nation's Capital in his• buildings. Operated by John C. Richards, these firms are toric Alexandria, Virginia. Here eight large warehouse separate from Interarmco but sell many of its inventory buildings are flanked by docks and tracks; munitions from items. all corners of the globe are unloaded on their "sea side," Interarmco is purposely located near Washington be• checked, processed and then shipped inland by rail or truck cause the importing of arms is one of the most closely on the other. controlled U. S. industries. Imports and exports are made The interior of these guarded buildings is a gun bug's only under individual licenses from the State Department. paradise. Here one can find a fully armed Vampire jet The domestic sale of automatic weapons is also under crated for export, a display of the latest Armalite, CETME, supervision of the Treasury. A separate Interarmco divi• and F.N. automatic rifles, various machine weapons for sion, under Rear Admiral C. L. C. Atkeson ( SN-ret.) police and the military, and neat racks of American, Aus• deals with the intricacies of governmental regulations. trian, Belgian, British, Czech, Egyptian, German, Italian These are often highly involved. It took four years of and Spanish ex.military rifles for sale to the sporting negotiations with the Departments of Commerce, Defense public. and State before a small lot of M·l rifles was released recent• Accessories, spare parts and vast lots of some 40 military ly for public sale. The rifles spent the 48-month wait snug and sporting ammo types are stored separately. The com- in blankets of cosmoline at a (Continued on page 43)

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 31 NEW RANGES WELCOME PAN-AM GUNNERS (Continued /rolll page 27)

Eight and Six second senes. He raises the button protrudes. to be brushed hy the hall pistol quickly but smoothly to the seven of the finger when t.he shooter wants to fire. ring; then slows the swing and "glides" the Records in t.he Free Pistol events have sights smoothly into the ten ring to fire. heen set. by American guns. The great Lord "It is essential that the finger should begin and Gould model St.evens single shot. pistols to press the trigger as the upward movement once led t.he field, but they are no longer of the arm commences," he explains. "The made. Smith & Wesson produced a highly application of the index finger should coin• accurate .22 mat.ch pistol, the Model 1891 cide with that of the arm; two-thirds of the Single Shot. Today, the Mart.ini pistol made way energet ically and fast, and the remaining by Hammerli is the most popular free pistol, third rather softly. Thus the pistol must go and about 500 are produced each year. ORDER BY MAl into the ten in a 'flowing' manner, the finger More static, but equally colorful at Wauke• must squeeze the trigger evenly, so that the gan will be the Free Rifles fired at 50 meters '3fI

32 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 if the shooter wants custom modifications, International Shooting offers more varied 'lnd most do. Iron sights only are used• and more exacting competitions than any of fundamentally the old "Globe" and "peep" the shoots presently so popular. Certainly the type, but surrounded by micrometric adjust• ISU 100 meter smallbore event does not see ing apperatus_ Sights must move the point of any quantity of "possible" scores made impact across a metrically-measured target; regularly, to be broken only by the longest hence the new Redfield "Olympic", which is string of Xs_ And the 300 meter off-hand metric calibrated, is used on U. S. rifles for matches of ISU competition really separate "Free" shooting. With hook butt and rest, or the men from the boys. custom stock entirely, such old favorites as These Pan American shooting matches the Model 52C bull gun can be adapted to have separated the men from the boys in an• Free Rifle work. Special Free Rifles now other sense, too--those who do, from those made are the Swiss Hammerli straight-pull who talk. Originally scheduled to be fired in 300 meter big bore and 50 meter small at some range as-then-uncreated in Chicago, bore styles; the Walther and J. G. Anschuetz the talk about "getting a range" continued from Germany; the Lion bolt action from for a couple of years with nothing being Finland; and the TuIa-built Russian match done. An informal survey of the vast spaces rifles which have been taking gold medals on Chicago·owned O'Hare Field was made all over the world. by one shooter at considerable private cost Thc challenge to American gun makers in time and effort. With the bullet baffle offered by fine foreign match rifles has been system of standard International range de• taken up by Winchester in the creation of sign, a 300-meter range could be set up in the new "American Olympic" rifle. Successor the middle of the most densely populated to previous models and in development since area without danger; but as indecision 1955, the American Olympic may appear on lagged behind delays, the Mayor of Wauke• Waukegan's range either in competition or gan, the Hon. Robert Sahonjian, came for· on display. Five of the rifles are currently at ward with an offer of city land on which Fort Benning, being studied by the Army to build a range in his town. The Shooting team shooters. Committee under Dave Moore okayed the In .308-7.62 NATO caliber, the American project, and a committee was formed of Olympic uses the 10del 70 bolt, in a new leading Waukegan doers. Key man was un· receiver of slab-sided design for great stiff• questionably the energetic Mayor Sabonjian, ness and absence of vibration. With this rifle who knows how to get things done. We reo ORDER WITHOUT RISK-COMPARE! Winchester testers have produced 200-yard call meeting him on a cold autumn day last You'll agree ours is far better quality and value, ten shot targets, center to center, averaging year, when Moore and others of the Chicago or retucn for full refund, including shipping costs. between 1" and extreme spread. Being Pan·Am Games people visited the Waukegan PROVEN! BAUER Down products are the P/2" choice of major expeditions and sportsmen. They built now are prototypes of a smallbore range site to see just what had to be done. are the Original and Genuine-made exclusively mode\. Winchester's plans at present are The lake was dull and friendless, and the in our own factory under U. S. Patents and sold limited by the idea that there is small de• wind bit through coats in a marrow-chilling direct. only ... never through dealers. mand for the Free Rifle in this country; embrace. The strip of land which Sabonjian DEPT. hence prices quoted are prohibitively high was promising looked about as unpromising for anybody except Uncle Sam since no part as any city dump. The Mayor came over to SEE WILD ANIMALS of the rifles will be mass-produced. meet some of the people. At the bulldozer Less difficult were the problems of the controls was Gene Redding, Waukegan shoot· IN THE DARK without being seen! skeet event. To be fired at the existing ing committee member and chief of city de· Lincoln Park Gun Club at the lake on tectives. Redding could run a dozer, and USE INFRARED SNIPERSCOPE Chicago's North Side, the 200-bird shotgun some of his free time in the months later was This is a War surplus Sniper. scope M·2. Contains the fa• event has long been "under contro\''' Guns put in scraping up old bottles and tin cans mous IP25A Image Tube. GOY't. •ost about $1200. 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GUNS OCTOBER 1959 37 CAMP PERRY'S "MAD MINUTE" (Continued from page 16) loose quickly. the corrections were obviously worthwhile. Slings are permitted at all ranges and This takes great experience on the part of should be used as tightly as possible to both the coatch and firers. maintain position. "Weight," said the officer at the opening A wide-aperture rear sight should be used, ceremonies at last year's High Power since it permits the shooter to identify his l\1atches "is highly important in the Infantry particular target rapidly and correct quickly, Trophy Match." when recoil moves him off. It allows more With that, he proceeded to trot out a pair light to reach the eye and thus is an ad• of massive sergeants to give a fire power vantage in overcast weather. demonstration. The two dropped into posi• The shooting jacket should be as tight tion and proceeded to lay a rapid fire string through the shoulders as is possible, wilhout exactly where they wanled, handling their curtailing comfort. A loose jacket allows the Service Rifles like .22s. Big men are an rifle butt to move on the shoulder, permitting advantage, since they aren't moved as easily an accidentally different sight picture, and by recoil. decreasing accuracy. Along this same line, Disregarding size, since most civilian teams rosin should be applied to the leather pad can't be that choo ey, here is this writer's of the jacket, and worked in until it is tacky, opinion of the ideal Infantry Trophyman. He prior to the match. would be one of those shooters who IIsually An item which rounds out the jacket fit comes out with high score in the 200 and is the web ammunition belt. It not only holds 300 yard rapid fire matches, with four to six the 64 rounds per shooter, but keeps the seconds to spare after cach string. This would jacket from riding up. It should be worn normally mean that he has the ability to as tightly as possible, but should not restrict take positions rapidly and correctly, load breathing comfort. automatically and without waste motion. He Spotting scopes are not permitted, so the gets back on target in a minimum of time. two firing-unit leaders, the captain and coach, He uses good position, and can squeeze that should be supplied with binoculars which are trigger quickly and smoothly. of high enough power to note the displace• The rounds fired in the prone positions, ment of air by the bullet's passage, but low used entirely at 600 yards and normally at enough power to be hand-held. Center focus• 500 yards, are the most important, point• ing binoculars offer lightly more speed in wise. Therefore, belly shooting should be adjusting from range to range, but the pref• carefully studied. Recovery from recoil is the erence is purcly a personal one. problem in rapid fire, and proper body posi• Yellow glasses are a definite advantage on tion is essential. Too much angle between overcast days. the rifle and the body means the recoil will I n selecting a team, the two unit leaders continually pull the butt of the rifle away should be experienced coaches, capable of from the proper position on the houlder, or reading wind and mirage changes accurately, push the shooter to the right. This may leave with ability to follow a bullet's course. They his left, or upporting, elbow out at an un• hould be calm, encouraging individuals with steady angle. The body must be behind the the ability to make quick decisions. They rifle, and the feel should be duO" in. must be thoroughly acquainted with the A large number of the prone rapid fire shooters of their units and the response of hoolers are using a prone po ition with each man to given situat ions, i.e. pressures, the right leg drawn up in a "crawl" position. malfunction, discipline, change, or unan• Ordinarily, a foothold is kicked into the ticipated trouble ... a dropped clip or long ground with the side of the right boot before round. shooting commences. The body weight should These two men are responsible for team be up on the elbows, giving an additional entry and arrival in time for the match, two point hold. drawing and issuing ammo, determining how Experts say that hands are used to align ammo will be u ed, checking firers out on the sights in this shoot, and the rifle stock wind dope and sight settings, and target is actually gripped to bring about rapid assignments. During firing, each will observe recovery, contrary to other shooting. fire of the inside man and correct for the Sitting is the second most important posi• entire ~quad. He will issue commands only tion since it i generally selected over kneel• when necessary. ing in the 300 yard stage. The Army Infan• In the 1958 ~fatches at Camp Perry, we try School teaches the open-legged stance watched a Marine coach moving behind each at the Small Arms Firing School at Perry, man and making corrections. Though there and this match is definitely the place to lise was little time during the 50 firing seconds, their position. PISTOL SHOOTERS! It's Ready! Big, New Pistol Shooters Reference Book and Catalog. ~~~~~ :r~~~t~hdSei'';I~s~~~fiOt~ p~~gc"cJmap"e1iri;t:e~i;ro~~:rie: :: ovle~6 ~s"omiJY~;t~'i.~ tlOns ... articles by top shooting and reloading authorities Clark. 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"More When the 200 yard range i" reached, shooters should have little amllluniliun left. If there are only one or two rounds. the shooting fun normal offhand stance may apply. If there are a number of rounds left becau"e of some mechanical problem encounlered al the pre· vious ranges. thc majority of Ihe ammunition for everyone" should be issued to the best offhand shoolers, wilh a small quantity to the other team members. Average offhand shooters Illay do well on the rapid offhand hy reaching well out on the stod, with the left hand and pulling in tightly. using the right hand and arm in the normal position. Sight picttlre i~ impurtant al any ~tage of lhe match; howe,·er. it is worlhless wilh· out some idea of a zero. Each shooter should estahlish a rapid fire zero and should record it on a slip of paper taped to his rifle. He should check hilmelf al each range to be sure he has his sights set correctly. Siuce a cerlain amount of jerk comes with the high rale of fire u"ed. most right handel'S use a zero above and left of their normal slow fire zero. This difference in elevalion and windage depends on the individual. and can he determined unlv through practicf'. "Where do I hold?" the beginner asks. "There are no \>lIII',,-eyes on thai targe!." This is up to the coach and firer. There is little need to bring in the sighting system here. except to mention that some use a butt hold. aiming on the point where target meet" lhe ground; others hold for the center of the mass. or the middle of the silhouelle, and others prohablv use their own unique develupments. Since lhe service teams seem 10 Jominate the Infantry Trnphy ~Iatch. the answer to winning: is practi("e. 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Like new 95 OnlY $51.45 for boat with outboard mount \ throughout, match barrel. CombinatIon tool and oiler included. ~:;: ;,.~:: $29.95 for 3 h.p. motors. Only $1.7.'5 lor air pump; 100/0 ~~ii~:~ ~~:;~:' :UI~h;~iC:.e:~~.t~~~~i~ ~e.r~. Thousands of other new and Only $5.95 for pair 01 2·pc. Alinninum Oars. DOWN .... $139.95 used guns are also available at KLEIN'S. Send 25c I for KLEIN'S Bargain Catalog. Here are a few examples: Above 2 Man Rubber Boat is also available in Duck Hunter's camou- 5&W M&P 38 Special-4" $34.95. S&W M&P 38 Special :~~~dm.:~::a~ir~r~~:ri~~S'OO Value. $5495 ti:r"2~3:~~r~~g~~a~i4~: 0s,.a3:ls:e:i~ti~"e~r~~:e~~·3:~9;: KLEIN'S SALE PRiCE ..••••••...•••••••••••••• Astra 38 Su er Auto $24.95. Colt 45 Auto Pistol $34.95. Scoop! KLEIN'S now have the 5 Man Rubber Boat, Yellow color only. 10 ft. long, 6 .... beam, weight 32 Ibs. 2 metal valves, dou· .303 ROYAL ENFIELD RIFLES ble inflation system. Has removable and inflatable seats. Brand KLEIN'S has a limited supply of the famous f British Army Enfields. All are famed for depend- ;~;:t f~~~,~:y~IIt~·L~~~t:~e::~:op~~c~~I~~ .. ~~~~d. ~~~: ability, ruggedness and accuracy. When this suppl!r is $69.88 gone. prices will double and triple, at least! All are in ONE MAN RUBBER BOAT GOV'T SURPLUS! Brand New, First good condition, .303 Br. caliber, 10 shot. Rush your order for: Quality. No defects! Same boat recommended by famed spartsma", Mog~um Tom McNallY! Perfect for fishing, hunting, fun! Heavy duty rub• ::i~~t 1~IV2N~b •.l-;~~el/·~·ri:~I:. ::~ • ~~e.r~~I ••••••••• $14.95 Ruger .22 berized canvas. 39"x67". Weighs only 7 Ibs. Sea anchor included~ Place your order now", fo.... 5 handy carrying handles, oarlocks.· Ligh.tweight tarp included- :4~,R:v~~a71:' 941~:~e ~~~:s~~i~ea.I1.!~ .2.5.1~ •.". ~:I: •••• •• $15.95 fast del ivery of· the all-new Ruger 22 Winchester Mag· ~a~Elb,:.;s;:L~s ::~~;~.~r. ~~j": .C.o.s~ .~~~'~ .~~~'~~: ••• $29.8. num Single-Six Revolver. ~:~~tia~4 $E5n·~~ld~a.I~~ .~~y.o.n~~ .a.n~. ~.e~~l. ~~~~~a.r~ •.••••• 990 Shoots new .22 W.M.R. car.. tridge! 40 grain jacketed Hollow Point ~------. KLEIN'S has 350 sporterized Enfield No. 4 Mark I Rifles I bullet is driven at a muzzle velocity of I~ FREE! ~~~li~~~/i~~i~;g&11 available to early buyers. Stocks are cut down to light sporter 1,550 feet per second, resulting in 210 foot pounds muzzle energy (compared to ~:~l:~h8~~g~~~1 ~:~~~s~ ~~ ::~: ~~~e.p~~;: ~~c;~e~:~~·. ~~~y~~~~ ~~~ .~c.a~~~~d. ~~e~:) $24.95 22 L.R. muzzle velocity of 1125, and I• I I 112 ft. Ibs. energy) 61h Barrel. •• •••• for 25c (refunded on first order) II I Money Back Guarantee to cover pOstage, etc. For Special Selection by Milton Klein, add $5.00 per Rifle. :~~I~,';L~Rtg;:o. ~~~~' ••••••••••••••• .303 Target Ammo. $7.:50 per 100. Solt nose $2.90> per 20. $63.25. I Ruger guns available inclUde: Blackhawk .... Magnum I KLEIN'S SPORTING GOODS, INC. K LEI N' S 6 I 6 1/2" or 711~" @ 596.00, 10" @ 5106.00; Blackhawk Chicago Sport ~ 4540 W. Madison St., Dept. G-10, Chicago 24 I 303 CALIBER RARE BRITISH JUNGLE CARBINE! .351 Mag!1um 4;0/." or 6112" @ 587.50: 10" I Send Check or Money Order, in full, or Stores are at Royal Enfield :~/~;.5~ SS~§~;S~I~22:u~:~a1f~lI~ o~:r\~;@22$~~~~:i- $2.00 deposit on C.O.D. orders. Add only 227 W. Wa,hing- I [email protected]; Bearcat@$49.50. 100/0 Down Paynlent. :0."~,792~j~ac;: delivers any new Ruger, S&W, Colt, Hi Standard, etc. I $1.00 for postage on any size order. Excep- ~ay 95 55.00 Value Holster Included Free if you order within I tion: Garands, Sniper's Rifles, Handguns and Harlem, 4056 N. I Only $24 60 days! Send 2:5t for KLEIN'S BARGAIN CATALOG. 52.50 Down - Ammo shipped Express, Charges Collect. Cicero, & Hill- I .303 British Caliber JUNCLE CARBINE Itoyal NEW! COLT l SlW .22 W.M.R. GUNS! I Credit Customers send 10% or more Down c~~~e~hKO&~ir.~ Enfield No. 5 developed specifically for rough usage and Place your order at KLEIN'S for fast delivery of the Payment. Balance plus very small service big new ware- • bitter fighting in jungles of Burma, Borneo and Malaya. Stream. newest .22 Winchester Magnum Guns! Here they are: lined jungle flash hider, light and compact sporter type .toek. K-22 Smith & Wesson .22 WMR, Blued-$76.00; ••• I charge to be paid in 5 equal monthly pay- house ,tore at Built·in rubber recoil pad. 10-shot bolt action repeater. 18" Colt Frontier Scout .22 WMR, .lued-$49.S0; ••• I ments. No service charge if paid in 30 Days. 4540 We,t Madi- I Colt .untline Scout, .22 WMR, 91/2" Brl, Blued• :~I":E 7~:I(~:S'on~:~~ .~~O.d. ~~~~i~i.O~: ...••••...... $24.95 559.50; •.. Colt Officers Model Match••22 WMR, 6" New Credit Customers: Send your credit and ,on St. i, open I .30.'l l·argetAmmo. $7.50 per 100; Solt nose ammo. $2.95 for 20. Blued-5S3.2S. Holster Free! Use our La Awa Plan! I employment information with order. 7 day, • week! GUN RACK THEIiUNSTHllT (Continued from page 13) when we ran out of ammunition, the gun WON THE WEST was cooled once by complete immersion in a nearby pond. The f1esh·scorching heat of the exposed barrel end was at once cooled and there was enough heat left to dry the metal by itself. Such extra cooling is important with a gun arranged like AR·15: the styro• foam and fiberglas handguard passes very little heat and you hardly realize the tern· perature of fast firing until you inadvertently grasp the gun tube of steel near the muzzle! AR·15 overall is much like AR-I0, first publicly written up in GUNS Magazine back in March of 1957. Secret to the compact in• Colt Wells Fargo line construction is the gas bolt-unlocking .31 Cal. 1848 design. The bolt carrier, needed to cam the multi-lug bolt head locked or unlocked, and to give it the inertia needed for recoiling Colt Army .44 Cal. 1860 function, does not have any gas piston. In• stead, the gas is piped back along the barrel and bled into the bolt sleeve, into a blind ONE HAND TURNING AND LOCKING! GUNS hole. The bolt sleeve is thus "blown" to the ANTIQUE rear, working the bolt and compressing the ...the first really new idea in vises! VERSA·VISE These are replicas of original rare COLT guns springs for counterrecoil loading and firing turns a full circle, in standing position or laid madt~ of strong metal-look and feel like the nEAL GUNS-with gun blue finish. function. flat ... and locks right where you set it when We noticed that later versions of AR-15 you tighten the jaws. Nothing else to turn. 1847 Colt Wolker-44 col...... •.....$6.95 Takes only one hand to turn VERSA-VISE and 1873 Colt Peacemaker-45 cal. . $5.95 have the hook operating handle (originated 1836 Colt Texas Paterson-40 cal•...... $6.95 on AR-lO) changed to a finger grasping lock it ... hold your work with the other! 1848 Colt Wells Fargo-31 cal•...... $5.95 grooved piece at the back of the operating A FULL-SIZE VISE: 8'12" high, 11" long, weighs 17 Ibs. 1860 Colt Army-44 cal...... •...... $5.95 slide, immediately below the rear sight and Smooth jaws, 31Jz" x 2Vz/l, for work you don't want to mar 1851 Colt Navy-36 cal. $5.95 above the stock comb. Next step logically is (opens to 5"), plus removable serrated jaws for holding rounds or irregular shapes. Money~back guarantee! Truly novel gil.ls that are interesting conversation to close the exposed slide cut on top of the pieces. Each gun comes complete with a short $139$ postpoid ('14" Rocky Mt. States ond West) and enlightening history on its period. receiver. With only the spring cover ejection port, and the deeply shrouded magazine well, MORE THAN A VISE ... A WORKSHOP TOOt Send cash, check or Money Order nOUlI AR-15 wiII be one of the most dust proof of SEE IT - TRY IT - BUY ITI At your local hardware store, auto supply, or lumber dealers. If they don't have VALLEY GUN SHOP, Dept. G all military automatics. VERSA-VISE yet, ask them to get it, or write 7184 Foothill - Tuiunga, Calif. (Continued on page 53) VERSA- VISE, Dept. 530, Orrville, Ohio

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GUNS OCTOBER 1959 ARSENAL ON THE POTOMAC (Continued from page 31) New York warehouse. British .303 ammo is manufactured by the Import of the Swedish M94 carbines pre• four major U.S. manufacturers, but so far sented a more unusual problem. The barrel only in 215 gr. bullet weights. When sup• length of these midget Mausers averages plies of the cartridge "dried up" recently 17% inches-a bullet's breadth under the in some localities, Interarmco contracted for Model Loading Tool legal limit of 18 inches. a .303 soft point load in Finland. Loaded to ECHO "e" Treasury officials looked at the first batch U.S. pressure levels, these are now imported of M94's to arrive, expressed sympathy. but in 150 and 170 gr. bullet weights. Surplus stated they could make no exceptions. The military ammo, manufactured by both Win• sturdy Swedes must have longer barrels or chester and Canada's Defense Industries Ltd. be registered in the same manner as machine during World War II, is also available. ONLY guns under the National Firearms Act. Exotic Interarmco items, which the U.S. Interarmco, with thousands of M94s on shooter is lucky to see but unlikely to own, the way, had to find an answer and fast. To are the carbines, rifles and machine guns of re-barrel the guns would mean raising their the Armalite family. These gas-operated au• complete wit" price; to sell them "as is" would invoke the tomatics are based on a lightweight action 1 ECHO primer developed by the Armalite Division of the prohibitive transfer tax. arm and A crash research program uncovered two Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. methods, Heliarc welding and cold shrink· As now produced in Holland for overseas ECHO shell ing, to permanently affix blued tips to the military sale, the AR-lO Armalite is a 6.9 lb. holder head carbine tubes. These tips bring the M94 rifle chambered for the 7.62 NATO cartridge. barrel to 18% inches and make the gun On full automatic, it has a cyclic rate of legal. This is a comment, perhaps, on the 700 rounds per minute. Tested aircraft al• logic of some of our gun laws. loys are utilized to the fullest to obtain min• To test the strength of these extensions. imum weight. Check these top quality leatures: Interarmco employees blasted some 15,000 Combining its flash hider with a unique • Both up and down stroke in one tool rounds of 6.5 x 55 military ammo through launcher, the Armalite can also be • Only reloading tool with "threaded-on" removable shell holder head sample carbines. Firing was done at full used for semi-automatic firing of rifle gre• • Built-in snap catch for cross pin speed from the hip, with carbines being nades-pushing up to six grenades skyward • Primer arm spring permanently attached loaded from 5-shot chargers. The speed and before the first one hits the ground. To Get this top value buy at your dealer today accuracy with which the M94 can be fired in simplify training and supply problems, the or write to: this way is surprising. hasic Armalite action (direct holt operation A basic company policy is to provide a by gas bled from the bore) is used for an long-term ammunition supply for buyers of entire weapons family. With a heavier barrel E. C. HERKNER CO. imported guns. Military ammo was imported and bipod it becomes a machine rifle of the in huge quantities for the Carcanos and BAR type. Quick change barrels and a 5007 • 4407 Plum St. Swedish Mausers and hunting loads are switch to belt feed transform it into a light Boise, Idaho available from various sources. machine gun. Mounted on special tripods, High Accuracy and Hitting Power Perfect Balance Robust Construction

Ideal for teaching elements of shooting, these pistols give endless pleasure to both young and old. Their accuracy and efficiency, typical of all Webley Products, makes them the finest Air Pistols in the World.

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GUNS OCTOBER 19S9 43 with recoil mechanisms and sighting ad· ingly on air and missile power, and it takes justments, it serves as a heavy machine gun. an international organization to acquire them A .222 version (the AR·15) is being tested at a cost which permits attractive U.S. sales BANNERMAN'S by the U.S. Army at Fort Benning and in prices. Alaska. In cold weather trials by the Arctic To keep prices low to the public, distribu· BOX 26, BLUE POINT, L. I., N. Y. Test Board, it was reported to function well tion must also be on a volume basis. Inter· down to temperatures of sixty below. Also armco has pioneered in this area, particu· CW Cloth Haversack $2.00 "in the works" are a .256 version and a .22 larly in the channeling of rifles through CW Knapsack 1.50 rimfire trainer. Plans for Armalite sporters department and chain stores. One famous CW Cap Box 1.50 have lagged slightly behind military devel· New York department store, which took its opment. Armalite weapons are distributed by first Carcanos only on consignment, sold 200 CW Rifle Sling 1.00 Interarmco in various parts of the world. of them the first morning the gun was dis· CW CSA Buckle, Replica.. 2.00 The AR-lO has already been adopted by played. CW CS 2pc Buckle, Replica 2.00 countries in Africa and South America, where Rifle sales through these channels have CW Eagle Buckle, Replica 2.00 samples have passed 7500-round acceptance cultivated a completely new and enthusiastic CW Round Eagle Plate, tests. Ironic as it may seem, our neighbors market for firearms, and made our country to the south may be equipped with such more "a nation of riflemen" than ever. The Replica 2.00 modern automatic weapons long before our benefits to national and civil defense are CW Eagle Staff Buttons, own Army. obvious. Benefits to the individual hunter, Orig. ._ .. .50 Other unusual arms distributed by the shooter and collector include stimulation of CW Springfield Bayonet .. 3.00 company are the Walther rifles and pistols, U.S. manufacturers to produce an ever· including the new lightweight Walther P·38, widening range of accessories and ammuni· CW Enfield Bayonet .. 2.00 and the subcaliber conversion kits manufac· tion who in turn benefit by wider public CW Cannon Worm ... 5.00 tured by Germany's Erma Machine Works. acceptance of shooting as a sport. CW Cannon Rammer and These are adjuncts, however, to its main There is abundant proof that these rifles Sponge __ . 7.50 trade in current and surplus military arms• do not "gather dust" in some neglected cor· 1842 Issue Bayonet ... 2.00 a trade typified by its recent sale of No.4 ner, but are used actively in sport and Mark II Enfields (an improved postwar ver· marksmanship training. Some 4,000,000 1822 Issue Bayonet . 2.50 sion of the No.4) to Kenya security troops. rounds of ammunition were sold in the past 45·70 Bayonet W/Scab- Company officials believe there is great year for surplus firearm use. bard 3.00 public demand in this country for low cost Your next military rifle won't have INTER· 45·70 Blue Web Belt/US centerfire hunting, plinking and "knock· ARMCO stamped on its barrel-the company Buckle ...... __ ..._...... 3.00 about" rifles that can be met best by the is loathe to mar guns in this way. But the 45·70 McKeever Ctg. Box 1.00 military surplus rifle. These weapons become chances are it would not be in your hands available in widely separate corners of the without first having passed muster at (~ 45·70 Rifle Sling 1.50 globe, as Free World nations rely increas· an Alexandria, Virginia arsenal. ~ 45·70 Wrench .75 45·70 Manual, Original . 2.50 DEER CALLING FOR SANER HUNTING Springfield Shoulder Arms (Continued from page 21) After 20 minutes I gave it up as a bad bet. Then out of the corner of my eye I noticed Book, by C. Fuller .. 7.50 My next stop was along a rock ridge over· movement again. I toned the call down softly, 1863 Manual, Reprint . 1.50 looking a brushy draw. Soon after I began very softly. A dark·colored deer was slinking CW Navy Pike Head . 3.00 calling, a half·grown yearling topped the hill through the brush, moving as quietly as a 45·70 Carbine Sling to my right, stopping on the ridge. It stood ghost. I raised the binoculars dangling from there briefly, silhouetted against the sky, be· around my neck and studied the woods. The w/Snaphook 5.00 fore the wind changed and it whiffed me. I deer stopped behind a bush and I could Span.•Amer. War Canteen 1.50 could hear it crashing down the opposite side barely distinguish the outline of its hind· Span.·Amer. War Haver- of the hill. quarters. sack __ . 1.50 I contin"ttd to call. Presently I thought I For a few brief moments, everything seem· Sharps .50 Cal. Ctg. Box 1.00 glimpsed something down at the mouth of ed to come to a standstill. The late after· the draw. I paused, squinting to see in the noon air was quiet. A few crickets were 1955 Catalog w/New fading light. The sun had slid behind the beginning to chirp. From somewhere in the PRICE LIST POSTPAID...... 3.00 horizon only a few minutes before. Long, far distance I heard a dog bark. If something Prices do not include postoge. Please purple shadows darkened the countryside. I didn't happen soon, darkness would put an allow SOc for single items. put the call back in my mouth, still watch· end to the drama. ing the spot. .(Continued on page 46): BANNERMAN'S SONS, Inc. Box 26, Blue Point, L. I., N. Y.

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44 GUNS • OCTOBER 1959 THE NEW CUSTOM GREAT WESTERN FIREARMS THE NEW GREAT WESTERN DEPUTY ORDER -SINGLE-ACTION NOW The Very Latest in Single-Action Revolvers PRICE SCHEDULE .22 Caliber (Standard Model) ..$ 91.50 Custom Blue Finish, Walnut Grips, Full• .38 Special (Standard Model).. 99.S0 length Rib, Solid Front Sight, Rear Sight .44 Special (Standard Model).. 105.50 Adjustable for Wind and Elevation. .45 Caliber (Standard Model).. 99.50 .22 Caliber 4" BBL $115.50 .357 Atomic (Standard Model). 105.50 .38 Special 4" BBL 119.50 .44 Magnum (Standard Model). 124.50 .357 Magnum 4" BBL...... •••••• 124.50 CHOICE OF 4 3/4",51/2" or 71/2" barrel -SPECIAL FINISHES- Case Hardened Frame. . $ 7.50 The 'Fast-Draw' Special is a Frontier Re- Nickel Plated Finish 14.95 volver that has been lactory modilied to If:;'' Chrome Plated Finish... . 16.S0 offer an extra smooth action and an ex- 1 ceptionally smooth, crisp, trigger pull. Fur- BUNTLINE SPECIAL 12 /2" Bbl. ••....••••• $125.00 nished with 4%" barrel and brass trigger rt(II· . THE Available In All Calibers guard and backstrap. Regularly supplied in fl• .45 caliber with a 4%" barrel. Other cali- > NEW GREAT WESTERN PARTS AVAILABLE (Send For List) I~' bers and barrel lengths available on spe- 'F t D I cial order. $111.50 ~ as· raw

INTERCHANGEABLE CYLINDERS A .45 cylinder designed to take .22 * * DEALERS ** blanks. No modification necessary, slips easily into any Great Western .45. Gives i WE HAVE NOW BEEN ESTABLISH• lightness of .45 plus utility and money ED AS AN AUTHORIZED FACTORY saving features 01 a .22. Will pay for DISTRiBUTOR FOR CREAT WEST• itsell in just 2~'2 boxes 01 blanks. $15.00 the finest, ~ WE WILL BE HAPPY TO FILL bers, blue YOUR ORDERS. MOST MODELS .IN STOCK FOR DELIVERY. SEND FOR THE ALL NEW Great Western revolvers contain the very linest in high quality workmanship and modern steels. Particular attention is directed toward an extra smooth ti~ht honed action. The standard models ore finished in DEALER INFORMATION. beautilul polished deep-tone blue with stag grips. Perlectlon is the new bv-word at the Great Western Factory. Great Westerns are not undersize versions of the Single Action, but are full size genuine old model type Single SEND FOR FREE PARTS LIST Action revolvers. To assure yourself of the finest in authenticity and quality, buy Creat Western.

GERMAN 9MM P·38 SMITH & SPECIAL! WESSON $42.50 AUTOMATICS .38 CALIBER Fine High quality German Walther, World War II German LLAMA. 38 Super. Brand new $39.95 38 cal. M & P revolvers. Excel• automatic. Fires 9mm Luger car• Argentina .45 Auto's, Commer- Irnt select grade condition- tridge. Original condition. Extra clips cial Blue. Brand new. .$34.95 Military finish $26.95 $7.50. Ammo 9mm, S9.50 for 100 .38 Super Cal...... 39.95 Ammo $4.20 SO rds. Holster WW II S2.50 rounds. Colt .45 Auto. Like New. . 44.50 European Army Holster. RARE SWEDISH WW II r-r:w~ Bayonet & Saber - Very linest quality & work• we :;--- - manshIp - Collectors find - mint condition $4.95 . WEBLEY GERMAN --:P1 MAUSER MILITARYlliif~ll._:y, r .45 AUTO CAL. Used by German Para- J !r ' Quality English WWII revolvers. troopers in WW 11,7.63 '_h. l~ ..., Beautilul blue linish. Select caliber, original blue Grade. $19.75. ~ linish. Special $39.95 Nickel Plated Gun Like New ...... $28.75 Rare Astra Military pistol, 7.63 cal• Enlield Commando .38 S&W iber, Grade I S74.50 Revolver S19.75 Ammo S9.50 100 rds., Holster $8.50, extra stripper clips S1.25 each. MAUSER COLT PERCUSSION REVOLVERS Genuine German Luger 9111m .32 Autos. Blue linish checkered CALIBER walnut grips in good mechani- cal shooting condition $59.85 One 01 the linest Extra clips...... •. .. 7.50 Commercial blue finish. Ammo 100 rds. 9.50 Fine original grips . Holster (European) ...... • 5.50 Ammo 50 Rds . Erma .22 Cal. Conversion Unit. 39.95

Tobruk Lee Enlield rille 303, excellent select $16.95 AUTHENTIC HOLSTERS British Jungle carbine 303, excellent select...... 24.95 Custom made Original Authentic type holsters. Avail· German Mauser rille, 11 mm, brand new...... 24.50 able for Colt 1860 Army, 1851 Na.... y. Colt S.A. and ~:~iil~G pA:e~:t :.e:d~ls.s~~n r.e:?~ e~~·$9.20 Swiss Veterli rille, 41 cal., near new 15.95 .• ..... P.P. Lee Enlield rare model peep sights, 303, excellent 26.95 JUMBO USED GUN GERMAN MILITARY GREAT WESTERN COLT SINGLE ACTION Catalog $1.00 Catalog SOc Catalog SOc Catalog SOc Tremendous selection of modern and Outstanding collection of German Completely illustrated, showing all An entire catalog devoted to genuine antique gun bargains. Colt Single Military Arms. German Lugers, P-38's, models 01 Great Western Arms. The hard to find early model Colt Single Action, Colt and Remington Cap and Mauser Military pistols, Browning au• Single Action, Derringer, Buntline, Action revolvers. Complete listings on Ball revolvers, used revolvers and au• tomatics and many other German Deputy. Also complete selection of engraved guns, parts, grips and hol• tomatics. Used shotguns and rifles Arms. Also parts, holsters, grips and holsters and quick draw sets and ster sets. Outstanding values on qual• and hundreds 01 other hard to get accessories, current listing of de-acti-.. equipment. Parts, presentation case ~t14.8g~lector Colts. Prices start at items lor the collector and shooter. voted machine guns. and engraved models are also included.

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GUNS OCTOBER 1959 45 in Austin up to the Burnham brothers ranch near Marble Falls. The brothers had given me the call. They agreed that I had enjoyed exceptionally good success for a first attempt at calling deer. Murry and Winston Burnham pioneered the development of a successful deer call. In the past, they frequently had deer answer the dying-rabbit -call developed for predators. But there was no consistency. They figured the deer probably were coming to the source of the call more out of curosity than any• thing else. A successful deer call would have to be more of a sure thing. They started experi• menting with various sounds. The one that seemed to work best, at least on the deer at the brothers' central Texas ranch, was an imitation of a fawn's bleat. On a subsequent trip to western Colorado, they took along the new-fangled call. It attracted deer fairly regularly. But what was the merit of the call under true hunting conditions? This was the supreme test. Last fall, the brothers gave it a thorough workout with interesting results. They knew about a large mesa of national forest surrounded completely by private land. It was closed to hunting, since the land• owner would not permit hunters to pass through his holdings. For two years, the brothers bombarded the man with letters, begging permission to enter the virgin Standard country. Last summer, for some inexplicable Reloading Press reason, the rancher honored the request and All fllle and pIStol cartfldges. Powder and Bullet Scale $14.00 invited the brothers up for a hunt in the fall. $22.50! Standard of the Industry Guaranteed accurate to a tenth gram For an entire week they called deer, lots CapaCity 325 grams. of deer, studying each buck carefully for a .$'" ~Jl record head. At times, they had as many as four grandpa muley bucks answering the call simultaneously. There were many nice trophies that any hunter would be proud to Shell Holder Primer Post $1.80 $1.50 hang on the wall of his den, but nothing of record proportions. On the final day of their hunt, they still had no venison. The brothers reasoned it was time they collected a pair of bucks apiece to carry back to Texas to fill the deepfreeze. (Continued from page 44) It was soon after daybreak. They were On a gamble, I gave another short bleat of sitting along a rock outcropping overlooking the call. The deer moved forward a few a grassy meadow. Winston blew on the game steps and stopped again. Its front-end was in call while his brother i'durry carefully a narrow opening. I put the glasses on it. The scanned the terrain with his binoculars. deer pivoted its head and I detected antlers. Shortly, a lone doe came trotting up the Then it turned and came toward me a few meadow. A few minutes later, a trio of large dozen feet, flicking its tail. The glasses bucks skirted around the opening, running pulled it in close. It was a forkhorn, fat and half-hidden in the timber. They came to sleek. within a hundred yards of where the brothers $2 As sort of an anti-climax, I eased the were hidden. The lead one stopped in a patch SPECIAL OFFER: Both Fox Calls Plus glasses down and raised my arms into an of clearing, and Murry caught it high in the $2 Instruction Record {78 or 45 rpm)ONlY $5 imaginary sighting position. The shot would shoulder with a 90-grain slug from his .244 Surefire unbreakable BURNHAM ,,,lis 1e"turerl In Aug '5& Remington. TRUE "The CRITTERS Come When CALLED" Burnham have been a cinch with my pet .308 Win• calls lured up 121 Fox. 33 Raccoons. 156 Coyotes, 11 Bobcar. The other two flared off to the right, 42 Deer. and hundreds 01 Hawks and Ei\gles on their dry run. chester Model 88. The deer was no more Thousands 01 these calls In use everywhere leiters tell us 01 than fifty yards away, standing like a statue. bounding up the side of a mountain. Murry "mazing resl.Ills-"Very lirsl time I used your call' called up 5 Coyoles"-P T C., New M&xico. BURNHAM calls must give Suddenly, something alarmed the deer. A fired and missed, pumped in a fresh cart• 'au close shot at above mcnlloned game or your money back! ridge and tumbled another buck head over FREE Calling Stories and best short bound and it was swallowed by the instructions 50 years of calling brush. I glimpsed it through a few openings end. Winston caught the third one angling experience can produce. as it ran up the draw and disappeared over away and broke its back with the second Dealer Inquiries Invited the hill. shot from his .30-06 Remington slide-action Checking my watch, I discovered it had repeater. been slightly more than an hour and a half Soon after noon, Winston called up another P.O. BOX K·l0 MARBLE FALLS. TEXAS since I had left my parked auto. Had I been buck and caught it standing broadside at a hunting, I would have had venison hanging range of about two-hundred yards. He bowled in a tree that night. It seemed almost too it over with a ISO-grain bullet at the base easy, yet there was a certain challenge to of the neck. It was the largest buck of the YOU FROM DIXIE? four, with an antler spread of thirty-two Master gunsmiths, best in the South, offer COMPLETE calling the animals, a challenge I had never gunsmithing for shooters. attractive repair rates for experienced on a conventional deer hunt. It inches. dealers. Approved by all makers. Stoeger distributor; Browning. Colt etc. agency. Guns, reloading supplies. added sort of a different perspective to a This week-long demonstration convinced Satisfaction guaranteed. We trade. time-honored sport. me that deer can be fooled with an artifical BOB HUNTER GUNSHOP, Wall Sf. of 7th, (ordele, Ga. 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The brothers have found that effective Fasler, Easier Spoiling calling is accomplished only in areas with bountiful populations of deer. For some un• known reason, the call doesn't work very well in areas that are sparsely populated with deer. The best time for calling, they've discovered, is between daybreak and sunup. Calling supplements stand hunting very nicely. Locate yourself in a spot exactly as you would if hunting from a stand. Then try calling. All the basic requisites still are necessary-the wind in your favor, good con• cealment, and a location where you can watch a wide area. The eyes of a deer are adapted to move· ment and it can be fooled, as can most game, by things which do not move. The brothers wear camouflage clothing, and they have found this to be sufficient concealment if they remain still. Even slow, casual motions don't seem to greatly alarm deer; only the sudden, jerky movements. Different deer react in different ways to a ~:L call. Some come fast, oblivious to danger. Others circle warily, keeping to the protec• tion of the woods. A doe will answer a call ~ much more readily than a buck, perhaps with a l.B8l!f3®®[pC9 because of the motherly instinctive reaction to the fawn bleat. Of course, deer are going to be more wary and easily spooked during 60 mm Spotling Scope the hunting season. The one important thing to remember in The BALscope Spotting Scope eliminates guesswork and error. deer calling is not to overdo it. When after helps you spot your target quickly and accurately without changing predators, the hunter calls continuously. But for deer, call only enough to arouse the position. The choice of champions for quarter of a century, animal's curiosity. Call briefly. then pause BALscope provides optical performance and comfort not found in other and look and listen. Continue this procedure scopes of this class. There's no eyestrain to cause fatigue even for fifteen to twenty minutes. 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GUNS OCTOBER 1959 49 use this rifle on deer under extremely poor a special effort to match their rifles from NEW U. S. SPORTSWEAR HIT! light conditions, and tests have proved the the .22 rim fire on up to their big game post superior for late evening shooting. How• calibers. Their Model 721 and 722 big game ever, I have recently made a change in the rifles can be matched very inexpensively scope on the .300. Now it is equipped with with their Model 511 .22 rimfire. Their Model Bushnell's new 4X scope which gives a 760 Pump Action big game rifle is a natural hunter the choice of either a crosshair or for matching with their Model 572. Their post-the crosshair for long range precision Model 740 autoloading big game rifle ean shooting, the post for late evening shooting be matched with their Model 550 .22 rifle. while watching feeding grounds. I haven't, The essential thing is to have a good gun• as yet, used this combination on game, but smith bring those trigger pulls to an exact field tests here in the deer woods, under all weight, not less than 3% pounds, short and light conditions, convince me that this is the crisp. Stocking should also be modified, and best alI·around scope I have used. the sighting equipment should be matched. Two questions come to mind in this match• Very much the same matching of .22 All 3 Models (For Fall, Winter or Summer) of ing. You will note that much of my summer caliber understudies and big game rifles THE JAUNTY shooting is devoted to improving my woods can be obtained in the Winchester line. A score with lever action rifles. In addition, Model 70 big game rifle is easily matched by GERMAN FORAGE CAP there is the bolt action precision shooting. Bought in Western Germany-a limited sup• one of their bolt aetion 22's. ply of all 3 models of this famous, rugged• Doesn't this work at cross purposes? In the Marlin line, a hunter is particular looking mountain cap - each with the high• Wouldn't it be better to stick with one type f1ving, height-building "stand up" front and fortunate in their Model 455 big game rifle, long, soaring "forward look" visor. Whatever action? with the Model 322 .222 caliber as a mateh• the weather, whatever your favorite sports, In some cases, perhaps most, hunters would you'll find the ideal combination of looks and ing understudy. Dropping down in caliber, comfort in one of these superbly styled be better served by just one matching set there is another matching combination in models. Now worn by style leaders all over of actions. But I have found it quite possible their Model 80L as a .22 rimfire understudy. the U.S. for fishing & hunting. sports cars, golf, boating, skiing, ice-skating. beach, tennis, to build two distinct shooting techniques, in· If hunting is confined to the woods, then the baseball, etc. Made of extraordinarily high dependent of each other. I find that, in using 336 lever action Marlin in .35 caliber is fine pre-war standards of German craftsmanship. Choose from: my bolt action rifles, the techniques of load· with the Model 39 lever action .22 as an 1. "AFRI KA" DESERT CAP - for hottest• ing, even aiming and firing, are just as sub· excellent understudy. weather sports. Made in fine, light weight twill. conseious, after training, as that aequired No matter what rifle type you favor for Lined for insulation. Desert tan, slate blue, with the lever action. Associations account big game, it is not complete without this dark green. $3.95. in large measure for this, I am sure. I simply understudy for off·season shooting. Even at 2. "JAEGER" FIELD CAP-for autumn don't reach for a lever on my bolt action for the expense of reiteration, see that it is and early-winter. Made in 10ft, wind-resistant gabardine, with heavy lining. Tan, slate blue, a quick reload, nor for a bolt on my lever matched exactly in stocking, trigger pull, dark green. $4.95. action, under the stress of field shooting. and sight equipment. Again, concentrate on 3. "MOUNTAIN" SKI CAP-for late-au- Quite often, I use the bolt action in woods the type of field where you turn in your tumn and deep-winter sports-with unique, two hunting, even though I prefer the lever poorest performance in big game shooting. position, pulldown flaps to cover 0) ears alone, (2) both ears and neck. Made of soft, woolen actions. I have taken running deer time after Usuallv. this is the shot at running game, European felt. 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Two callan• horne tail, busIed out from under one stretch of overhanging ditch bank and took ofT, one right behind the other. Lou and Sue all hul K fell into the ditch to join the red-hot chase. SHOTGUNS the At the end of the long ditch where it tapered out to level ground we expected the colton· lails to separate. but no such thing happened. game \Ve saw them cross the corner of an open field. and Wayman said, excitedly, "Hope they slay together and circle back!" Believe it (jr not. they did. Wayman got hack down into the ditch, while Fred took a stand on the bank. I took my stand up• eI il eh near the honeysuckle thicket. The crooning beagles made a wide circle and finally headed back toward the honey• ""ckle jungle. I saw the two bunnies, still 195K only three or four feet apart, long before 12 gauge they were within shotgun range. What made 3·shot them stick together like that I will never repeater know. but they did. And they skirted the jungle on my side, within easy gunshot range. Just before the leading coltontai] dissappeared over the edge of the ditch hank. I let him have it. He dissappeared into the ditch, and I had to get off my second ,hot in a hurry. so fast that I wasn't too These vital features help 'ure that r had hit that second flilting target. you bag the limit But when I got to where I could see down into the bottom of the ditch, there they both RIGHT PATTERN-instantly, with were. dead and waiting. I had scored a fast Mossberg's factory-installed C-LECT• double; something rare indeed in cottontail CHOKE. Settings are positive and hunting. clearly visible. As soon as the beagles came in. we put them on leash and headed for my bouse for ON TARGET BETTER and FASTER_ ,andwiehes and eofTee. And during the because of correct balance-and breather we got to comparing notes. Fred safety is behind the barrel at your and I have been hunting small game every right thumb. 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GUNS • OCTOBER 19S9 53 ELMER KEITH SAYS (Continued from page 8) Kenai Moose with aHornady 180 grease known as the Ted Williams Gun Grease. It is packaged in plastic tubes with screw cap and tiny spout dispenser. We have found Russel E. Groff of this an excellent gun grease, quite unaffected Telford, Pa. and his monstrous moose-antler by changes in temperature and well packaged spread 64X"-taken for the hunter or fishermen. It has worked with one Hornady bullet. very well in our Pfleuger Supreme casting reels as well as for gun lubrication or bore protection from rust. Fulcrum has long manu• factured and marketed a very high grade oil suitable for the finest time pieces as well as guns and fishing reels, and the new grease completes their line.

Bullet recovered Rifle and Sixgun For from moose shows South America perfect expansion For 40 years, the .44-40 Winchester rifle 30 cal. 1BO gr. and carbine and .44-40 Colt sixguns have been about as standard in South America as the .30-30 is in North America. The .44-40 "Extremely accurate and deadly at any range" ammunition is also easily obtainable there. says Russel Groff about Hornady Bullets. "On my Alaskan hunt I shot this For this reason, many going to South Ameri· Kenai Peninsula moose at a range of 225 yards. Load was 57 grains of 4350 ca for a hunting trip have employed the behind the Hornady 180 grain round nose bullet in my M70 Winchester 30-06. .44-40 rifle and sixgun. About the heaviest Also took two black bears at 200 yards. This load gave me extreme accuracy and game there is the tapir and the jaguar, with killing power. Kenai moose are the world's largest, and I consider myself some crocks. An even better combination fortunate in having selected such a fine bullet." would be the .44 Magnum revolver, either Smith & Wesson or Ruger, and a Model '92 For accuracy, sure penetration, and instant dependable mushrooming, Winchester rebarrelled by Ward Koozer of handload your cartridges with Hornady Bullets when you go after game. Douglas Arizona for the .44 Magnum cart· ridge. The ammunition, however, would have to be carried with the hunter. Bullets in all popular ~o:r~a,d.y Most shooting is at close range, and such calibers-22 to 45. a combination is ideal for jaguar, small deer, Send card for list. ~ B'U"LLETS and similar game. Don't underestimate the big cat, however, for he will fight you like HORNAOY MFG. (OMPANY • DEPT. rn • P. O. BOX 906 • GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA a leopard and is a larger, heavier animal. If shotguns are taken and used, they should be sighted for slugs and a supply of these taken along, in addition to the shot shells.

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54 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 S & W revol"er factory engraved. Arms that For The Shooter By A Shooter the factory engraves are selected for perfect fitting, timing. accuracy, and polish. Thus if you order an engraved revolver of Smith & FREELAND Wesson make from your dealer, you can be sure that it is a selected, fine arm, whether "All Angle" Tri• you order class A, B, or C engraving. All pod. in gray. green engraving is done entirely by hand to original or black ... $15.25 patterns, and most any desired pattern can FREELAND Bipod be had, including names or initials. These 517.50 fine arms may be had in either S & W blue ~-"! +~y or nickel finish as desired and no finer six· guns have ever been produced. Contact Smith & Wesson for estimates on special work or ~ prices on their regular grades of engraving. Ivory stocks may also be had to order, either plain or engraved with names, letters or FREELAND "Mid• _~ .~!ioi;~~;;;.;;,i:;!~,? Century" Cuff Com- emblems. -~ bination Cuff Sling FREELAND Olympic Pad and Sling Keep- Butt Plate, base er $8.50 .44 Magnum Velocities plate with FREE DELUX E Cuff & Rifle (Schutzen) Hook $4.25 From Carbine Hook $14.50 FREELAND Sling Ward Koozer of Douglas. Arizona, who Freeland Aluminum Keeper .....$1.25 Adjustable butt FREELAND Shooting rebores and rebarrels 1892 Winchester car· plate $10.50 Mats.$17.50 & 20.50 bines to .357 and .44 Magnum calibers, reo Down Shirt. Wear as lightweight jacket Freeland Butt Plate FREELAND 55AF ports chronograph velocity tests of the .44 in any weather or as undershirt in severe with rubber pad Rifle Case .... $16.00 weather. 100% premium quality Northern ...... $13.00 FREELAND Magnum. Three shots with Peters factory goose Down insulation gives comfort in tem• Freeland Schutzen Rifle Trunk ... $25.00 ammunition from this 20" barrel carbine peratures from mild to sub-zero and does not h k FREELAND 30 Caliber couse perspiration as other insulations do. 00 only ....$7.50 Shooting Kit .. $13.50 went, respectively, 1900, 1975, and 1950 feet. Action-styled tailoring for complete freedom. FREELAND 1/4 Open• Three shots with my reload (250 grain Keith Silver Sand Rip-Stop nylon with harmonizing ing Smallbore Shoot- knit collar and cuffs. Matching underpants also ing Box $19.00 bullet and 22 grains 2400) went 1825, 1810, available. Sizes S·M-L·XL ...,.:.....$18.95 BSA MARTINI INTERNATIONAL and 1800 feet. plus 25c for shipping FOR RICHT OR LEFT HAND SHOOTER Based on sixgun velocities, this represen IS BSA .22 MARTINI TARCET RIFLE. a gain from 1600 to 1900 feet for the factory less sight $150.00 BSA .22 MARTINI with factory load, and from around 1400 feet to 1800 feet sights . $170.00 for my reload, due solely to the longer barrel. Checkering $15.00 additional. LICHT OR HEAVY MODEL CUNS-utremely accurate The reloads were not crimped; if they had & comfortable. been, I feel sure that velocities would have ORDER WITHOUT RISK-COMPAREI You'lI FREELAND Cartridge Blocks .22 Cal. agree ours is fIJr better quality and value. or ...... $2.00 Ct $ 2.30 been considerably higher, as a good crimp return for full refund, including shipping costs . FREELAND Shooting Cloves $5.00 Ct $ 5.25 aids in initial combustion of 2400 powder. PROVEN I BAUER Down products ore choice FREELAND 3-Point Electric Bedder .. $ 15.00 of mojor expeditions and sport~men. They ore FREELAND Palm Rests $12.50 & Swiss $ 18.50 For the man who cannot shoot a sixgun and the Original and Genuine- made exclusively REM. SPORTSMAN 58 $136.45 wants a very light carbine for the .44 Mag• in our own factory under U. S. Patents and TRICCER Shoe Mention Cun $ 2.50 sold direct only ... never through dealers. SCtW Chief Special Airweight $ 70.00 num, this is the answer. WIN. 52 HB C5255R $129.95 WIN. 70 Target C7091C 30-06 ,$164.25 REMINCTON 40X Rifle $129.95 New Barrels, ForelUls, Ejectors RUCER Standard .22 Automatic $ 37.50 HICH STANDARD Sport King $ 46.50 For Damascus Barreled Guns HICH STANDARD Double-9 $ 44.00 SCtw Model 41 .22 Automatic $1 00.00 Rodney Day of Haverford, Penna., has long LYMAN 310 Loading Tool. $ 16.50 conducted a service for the owners of fine old 20 BEST WIN. #50 Shotgun $134.45 WIN. #88 H.P. Rifle $135.50 Damascus-barrelled double guns. He can ITHACA M37 Shotgun $ 94.95 have fine old Parkers, Ithacas, or English TRICKS SHERIDAN Blue Streak Rifle $ 23.95 JUDO guns rebarrelled in Belgium with finest mod· Offense and Defense. Easy to Learn. Fully explained. MARLI N 56 Levermatic $ 45.70 1\150 lI\(:IU~IC~I-A bl'iCI" Diction.II·Y of JapHnl,-'f'C Judo REM. 760 H.P. Rifle $112.45 ern steels and either plain or ventilated ele· Tel'IllS :md thC'ir En:rlish m~·'lIlings. Rush $1.00 to: NATIONAL. Dept. G. P.O. Box 63. Bath Beach Sta., Hand Guns. Rifles. Scopes. Reloading vated ribs; can fit non·ejector guns with Brooklyn 14. New York Official Poly Choke Insbllers! IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. ejectors, and can furnish new forends com· DISCOU~TS TO DEALERS SEND $1.00 for our Catalogue plete. redeemable on a $3.50 purchase. This is not worth while for cheap guns, .... Push Button as barrels run around $125 to $150 for the GUN SIGHT BLACK ventilated-rib variety; but for those having "., ;~' \ IN ITS 5TH YEAR very high grade old Damascus doubles, it is definitely worth while and they will make ~ KENF'ELD~t PR~oDUCTS fine modern guns with the addition of modern ... $1.50 barrels. I used a D.H.E. Parker one fall on ." San Clemente, Calif. ppd. mallards, one that Day had rebarreled, and DEALERS INQUIRIES INVITED never shot a better shooting gnn. I JORDAN HOLSTER Wide Triggers & Bisley Type Fast - Safe - Comfortable Hammers For the S.A. Preferred by the Experts .38 Cal. .45 Cal. DON HUME LEATHERGOODS (5': b"arrell (6" barrel) Eddie Schaller, Gunsmith, Salmon, Idaho, Ammo: 50 rds. Ammo: SO rds. 8772 Van Horn 51. La Mesa, Calif. 25 S14 95 can rebuild your S. A. Colt. Ruger, or Great ",_"8_S&_W_._s_,._SO-,-_4_S_A_CP_._s_,._-J • ea. Western single action hammer into a Bisley· Free Catalog on Request Superb revolvers manufactured by England's most famous pistol mfgr., producer of line pistols for 100 yrs. 6-shot revolvers: type wide, broad, sharply checked design $8.45 postageD~~\~~S~~r.q~~~rd. 'A~~te:O/o Tax F,res doubl.e action, also has broad hammer spur for fast single action shooling. Ordnance tested, stamped WIth British Crown and Broad Arrow prool marks. CondItIOn very gOOd, mechanically perfect.' Add $3 lor select &rade, (practically unfired cond.i. DEAD CENTER SIGHTING GUIDE Fires standard factory loaded U.S. made ammo. ORDER ON fREE TRIAL! lO·day money back guar. Send check, cash or M.O. $5 The eyepiece lens of your hunting scope is deposit for COD. Shipped FOB los Angeles. SPECIFY CALIBER actually ::t larg'e "PEEP SIGHT". You MUST CHOICEl In Calif. order through local dearer. Dealers inquire. center' the cross hairs in it for dead center' hits. WEAPONS. 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GUNS OCTOBER 1959 55 that is much lower and easier for the small hand to reach. He also can rebuild the trig• ger to a wide shape that contours the· finger, and will fit new barrels and cylinders and S & W-type rear sights and ramp front sights to Colt and C.W. revolvers. The change to Bisley type hammer and wide trigger, com• bined with adjustable target sights, makes a great improvement in the old fixed-sighted Colt and C.W. Revolvers. Write Schaller for prices.

7mmLoads For the 7 x 57 mm Mauser, one of the finest long range deer loads we have used is the Sierra 160 grain B.T. backed by 50 grains of 4350 Dupont for around 2850 feet velocity. EDWARD H. BOHLIN It is also a very good load for all the lighter Original Designer of the big game, such as deer, sheep, goat, and "CUNSLI NCER" Holsters antelope. Use the 160 grain NosIer bullet if These Belts and Holsters have No Equal you want more penetration. For picked shots for Superfast Drawing at larger game, when a heavier rifle is not Holsters are so constructed that the available, the 175 grain NosIer Partition gun handle has ample clearance jacket bullet backed by 47 grains of 4350 is from the belt and the cylinder spins freely in the holster while drawing. even better. These loads should be worked Belts are shaped to make holsters up carefully in the individual rifle, as a "hang low," same as the ones with tight barrel and chamber can cause excessive a long drop in the belt or long pressure. Start lower and carefully work up shanked holsters. Made from heavy any such top loads in any rifle. single thickness best quality saddle leather. They fit extremely well and do not interfere with walking or Loading Data for .44 Special and sitting down, and above all have no .44 Magnum equal for super-fast drawing. E. M. Yard, 110 Kensington Ave., Trenton Single helt and holster with nickel• 8, N. J., has a small booklet on loads and plated buckle and snap-away safety strap (shown "bo,-e) Tan $211.75 velocities for these two cartridges; but he Additional Charge for Black 1.50 does not give pressures, which would be very 'With .22 Caliber Cartridge Loops add 2.00 enlightening and are also needed. Some are vVith Stainless Steel myoId loads, and some are by my friend ~eTHE NEW Buckles add 3.2ii If you wish the Holster Eric Farr, with whom I worked many years Lined add 2.50 ago. I note one error in velocities of one of my "BOHLIN'S SPECIAL" $18.75 loads. 18.5 grains of 2400 with Keith 250 SUPER-JET (shown below) Finest Quolity grain bullet, should give 1235 feet velocity NO'rICE: When COMPLETE RELOADING TOOL ordering be sure with only 20,000 pounds pressure in the old and send your balloon-head type case, instead of 1130 feet waist and hlp at 110«4 deale'i TOO AY! nleasurenlents, the velocity as quoted in the booklet. This is still length of gun barrel, the most practical and lowest pressure heavy caliber and make of gun. Include $1.00 extra load for the .44 Special. The booklet sells for • LARGER HOPPERS for postage. In California six-bits, and is worth it. It also contains add 4% Sales Tax. A a5% DEPOSIT REQUIRED ON graphs made from above loads. Mr. Yard • CENTERING DEVICE & DEFINITE STOP ALL COD ORDERS. Free says further sheets will be added to the folder showing various SET for WAD SEATING types of improved fast• booklet as he works out more loads. Being draw holsters on request. old fashioned, I use just two loads in the • NEW SCORING TOOL FOR STAR Pamphlet of Fast Draw Instructions Free with two calibers: 18.5 grains 2400 in the .44 CRIMPING NEW CASES First Order. Special (in old-style cases preferably), and EDWARD H. BOHLlN-"WORLD'S FINEST" 22 grains 2400 in the new .44 Magnum-both • HEAT TREATED HOUSING Specializing in plain and silver mounted saddles and accessories for the equestrian with 250 grain or 235 grain hollow-point and sportsman for over 40 years. 931 N. Highland Ave. Hollywood 38, Cal. bullets of my design, sized .429 and cast one to 16 tin and lead or harder.

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.22 L.R. SHORT IMPORTED MUZZLE andGAME"i LOADING PERCUSSION CAP GUNS LEE ENFIELD (S.M.L.E.) :r~; i~1fll:Y m~~~~:~~~e:aiv"or;~. p2;~ra; .~~a::'a,~~;~t;~~ Sculptured, highly engravl'd walnut stock, 30" bbl. InlaId patehbox, ramrod. I ightweight. The only weapon ~llI~ry tra\n.ing and competition. A counterpart of allowed natives under certain Colonial Governments. CALLING t;j Its bIgger mIlitary brothers the .30-06, '03 Springfield A Collector's item. an excellent shooter. Cannot be ~~~h 3tc:,~s S~~e~tEof ;flm:~~::lls~urv~~F~oE~~C;rl)le~~~~ compared with other muzzle loaders currently offered. Only 529.50. 2 for $50.00. $24.50. 2 for $45.00. 3 for $60.00. FAMOUS HANDGUNS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE MADE EASY WITH .303 LATEST ISSUE SHORT LEE ENFIELD No. 4 service rifle. 10·shot, detachable magazine. nitro_ d~~b~e&~ct~g~ibl~a~~~~y'sp5~~),bb~Ug;~~tO\~~~3~~ ~~~ proofed. (V.G. to Excel.). $13.75. 2 for $25.00. pendable. These revolvers were used for training_not GREEN HEAD CALLS .30-06 U. S. ENFIELD (Your choice Winchester Rem- for combat. The bluing, actions and barrels reflect the ing.ton, Eddyst9ne mfg.). 6-shot. Strongest '.30.06 care and polish of Officer Cadet training. $19.50. actIon ever bUllt--ammo available everywhere. Only 2 far $35.00. $27.. ~O. 2 for $50.00. As deluxe sporter $4.00 each .38 5&W Caliber Enfield Commando. 5" bbl, 6·shot and here's why••• ad.dltlonal. (v..G. to ExccL). (Free original military double action (V.G. to Excel.) 517,50. 2 for $30.00. slin~ and recol I pad.) .455 CALIBER WEBLEY, single & double action, 4" Original long knife blade bayonet only $1.75 when bbl. $14.50. 2 for 525.00. 6" bbl. $16.50i 2 for • Simple to blow-easy to master ordered with rifle (Bayonet ordered separately $3.75). 530.00. Altered to shoot .45 ACP $2.00 additional. ORIGINAL Rl!SSIAN BERDAN 11 RIFLES .42 CAL. (V.G. to Excel.) 321/2" BBL. FI nest precision long range rifle of its day. FREE: Original Holster with each Handgun-Send • Finest tone quality Captured in Russia in World War II. Each an excellent Purchase Permit if Necessary. shooter and collector's item. Only 512.50; 3 for M71/87 VETTERLI·VITALI 'LONG TOMS.' Overall $30.00; 5 for 545.00. length 54". Barrel length 24". Weight 9.9 Ibs. Vitali • Trouble-free walnut and plastic M1868 WERNDL JAEGER, OR MOUNTAIN CARBINE single-column box magazine 10.4MM Cal. These were 11.2MM CAL. Designed by Holub and named after the without doubt, the most accurate Italian military rifles construction- positively guaranteed manufacturer. Josef Werndl director of the world· fam!>us arm~ factory of Steyr, Austria. captured by the ~7ihe_1E~¥ER~lc~~~lo~~SYi~ARB~Nll, $:i~~tE SHOT, Italians dUring World War I. A real collectors item for • Adjustable-Tone Calls permit only 512.50; 3 for $30.00; 5 for $45.00. :~e~:e~dl~A~~:r~~eT~~~~n~~~e~~~~?:~~ g~n~~/~~: musical instrument tuning- ~~I I:nre~~v~~~~a1~ ~ij$3.~~I.most indestructable', these the right Call for any weather 22 KINGMAN, ST. ALBANS, VERMONT

-PRICES-• DUCK CALL Bolin Custom Gun Rigs Adjustable-Tone ..$600 Custom made for yOU • •• For some time we have been testing some quick draw outfits made by Edward H. Bolin, a Western "FASTDRAW" Saddle Makers and Silversmiths of 931 North BUSCADERO Highland Ave., HolIywood, Calif. These are made from the very finest of leathers, hard• ware and craftsmanship. Bolin makes and has made these quick draw rigs on almost every conceivable lyle, to order, for the most fastidious of quick draw artists. Belts can be had plain and straight or shaped to Handmade from superb saddle fit the hips and with short or long shape leather. Plain drop loops for the holsters, or common belts basketweave or Plain $25 for use with holster looping over the belt. hand - carved Basketweave f1ol'al design. Belt $30 Any angle or position of gun can be had, 3" wide through body. 5" at holsler Handcarved high, low or even cross draw can be made to loop, Leather• $35 order. Both belts and holsters of his better lined, fa.st draw Two holster shooting tie-down rigs-add $10 outfits are alI fuII lined. Some holsters are straps. Choice of 3 colol's-natural, blocked inside to throw the butt of the gun brown, black at no extra cost. Specify size. (allow exll'a length if belt is to be WOl'n outward away from the body, while others below waist or on hip), color, I'ight or left• are made 10 carry the gun paralIel with the handed, make and. model of gun, caliber, hody and still give ample finger clearance and bal'l'el length. li"'ee catalog, D. J. (Don) RUNGE between butt of gun and shank of the belt. Dept. G-IO, Box 325. San Rafael, California Holsters are cui low to leave the hammer and PREDATOR CALL trigger guard in the clear and all these Regular $225 holsters we have tested were a rather loose Available at all ...... fit on the gun. 1.0 facilitate speed drawing. good Sporting Goods,·~ However, they are all equipped with some Hardware and Department /~ kind of safety strap to make them practical, ~ Stores or order direct /"'" usable outfits in the hills or on a horse as ..;.. WRITE TODAY for ;- ~ well. He makes and has made every con• NEW illustrated folder tr:J'"",; ceivable style of safety strap, from the old GREEN HEAD COMPANY cowboy thong loop to hook over the hammer spur to Capt. Hardy's little strap with a hole 7.35 mm Tel'lli-Ol·ig-in:l.l G:lses ~oit Nose Hllntin~-Box of J 8 •.•.• , •• ,.,.$2.85 S6o-2nd St., LA SALLE, ILL. .303 Bl'itiSh-OI'i~inal C:lses in it through which the firing pin of the Soft Sose Hunlin!:"-Box of 20 ....••••.....$2.95 7.7 .Jap--AI1lCI·ic:l.n Type Colt single action could be let down and thus .30S0tS~s~o~~I.~·~~~ting-Box or 20 $3.75 THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK INLAYS lock the gun in the holster and with six Soft ~ose Huntin~-Bux or 50 $4.95 are nlY bUSlneslO a:J"; I malle OrdCI'S shipped H.R. Express CotJect. No C.O.O.·~. the fines... Brillt.nt colora, rounds safely carried in the gun, to the glove t\linimUIll (lI'dl'r 2 boxf!!'. Ol'd(-,I'in~ lar~e (luanlllics beautiful desl~ns. hand cut ~~I~~~1s.l0J~~~~rl:.r shil)l)in~ cost. Df!alers-standard dis- ~ by precision macbloery. Send fastener straps and, best of alI, his ~ (or latest lIat. LEMMONS AMMUNITION SERVICE C D. CAHOON • DEPT. 2, BOXFORD. MASS. snap away safety strap. ~ 407 Turney St.. Smithville, Texas

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GUNS OCTOBER 1959 57 You'll like the Uniflow ReDS POWDER MEASURE • No special skill needed to throw consistently accurate charges. SHOPPING • Fast adjustment from one charge to another-stays ad· iusted when locked. • Powder is poured-not NEW DOUBLE· IE-shot 22·caliber Hi• dumped-no clogging, Standard revolver patterned along authentic • Easy to split a single grain. western lines. Combines modern materials • Price includes BOTH small and large capacity drop tubes. and action designs with traditional styling. Available Now $19.95 DoubJe·Nine's unusual fastness is due to its Direct or at your Dealers - Free Folders. double action and single-stroke multiple GUN &. DIE SHOP ejector. Revolver features rebounding hammer P. O. Box 729·G RCBS Oroville, California

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U.S. Pat.-eana.dian pending TROPHY KNIFE is beautifully designed, Complete job as shown for In-built Most guns $25 superior quality belt knife. Manufactured by 1. A. Henckels Twinworks of Solingen, MUZZLE BRAKE Germany. Heavyweight 5%" tapered blade Streamline with automatic safety block; scored, non· is fine Solingen steel with razor sharp edge. The one and only STREAMLINE Anti-recoil Gun slip trigger and movable square-notched rear Barrel. The muzzle brake that is precision machined Thick, comfortable, genuine stag horn handle into your rifle barrel, avoiding unsightly hang-ons. sight. Shoots all 22s·shorts, longs and long and brass guard give positive grip. Belt Controlled escape for highest kinetic braking, minimum rifles, both high·speed and regular. Made of sheath richly polished, genuine cordovan blast effect and jump elimination. All but prevents select high·tensile steel and aircraft alloys, jet thrust (secondary recoil). Guaranteed Workman• leather. Blade length 5lh"; overall length ship. FOLDER. Dealer discounts. the Double· line is priced at $44 with blued 10"; weight 7 ozs. Sells for 9.75, postpaid, finish, and .5.95 extra for a deluxe nickel PENDLETON GUNSHOP ~:~d~~O~,ouo;e:~~· from 01'01 Thompson, 1805 N. W. Thurman, Licensed fitter for Canadian customers finish. From High Standard Mfg. Co., 1850 IAN S. DINGWALL, Custom Gunsmith Portland 9, Ore. 2379 Burrard St. Vancouver 9, B. C. Dixwell Ave., lew Haven, Conn. ~------_.

FINE AUTO lOTIVE VALUE for sports• men is the hand crafted six passenger, 4 door Toyopet Station Wagon. This model will be placed in your local dealer's showroom soon by Toyota Motor Distributors, Inc., 6032 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. or H NTI lG CAP in hunter's yellow, designed 2906 W. Peterson, Chicago, III. Toyopet for for safety and rough wear, introduced by 1959 is now entering the American market Wagner Sales Company, 1901 So. Palmetto direct from Japan. Overall length of Station St., Sioux City, Iowa. Also available in red Wagon Model No. RS 26V is 172.4"; overall and green, non·wrinkle, non·sag cap can't width, 66.1"; height 61.0"; weight, 2833 lbs. be crushed. Comes with or without ear flaps Top speed 80 mph, fuel consumption 33 mpg. so that it is usable in cold or warm climates. , Cap will take abuse of the underbrush in all kinds of weather conditions. Caps priced at S:3.50 postpaid.

FREE CATALOG UNITED TRANSISTOR 6 fits in sportsman's shirt pocket. Weighs 9 ounces, is only lf2 HQui(k-Draw" Holsters SELF - RETRACTING R EEL -T YPE inch longer than a pack of cigarettes. No CLOTHESLI E with its own clothespins tubes to break or burn out, Transistor 6 has perfeGtly suited to hunter and outdoorsman. built·in dynamic speaker, antenna. Standard • CUSTOM MADE Permits traveler to take along less clothing 9 volt battery (available everywhere for on trips. Easy·to·pack unit contains self· about a dollar) will play about 100 hours. • THE BEST retracting 6 ft. clothesline, plus 12 efficient, Handsome non·breakable gold and black SINCE 1897 travel·size clothespins. Attaches anywhere case. Made in Japan to rigid United require• fast. Light·weight, compact, the spring op· ments, and sold with written performance erated reel is only 3" wide. It holds a no· money-back guarantee. Comes complete, S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. ravel elastic line. Priced at $1.98 postpaid. ready to play, for $21.99 prepaid from United P. O. 80X 150S A product of Lord George, Ltd., 1270 Broad• Products Company, 9043 S. Western Ave., EL PASO. TEXAS way, New York 1, N. Y. Chicago 20, Ill.

58 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 WESTERN WITH FAST DRAW Ori~inally desiKned by Ray Howser. fast dl'aw experl, ror cowboy movie slars and slunl men who wanted in Italy exclusively for Walzeranns by ;~dg"~~)i~~~~nl'l~rllf::t .f'hr: I:cttg~ same holster reatured In Chapel's "Gun Collector's Handbook of Val• famous gun manu fact urcr. Fine. detailed ues·'. I)rten copied. but. never equaled. or nne .saddle lealher. reinforced with workmanship in neat. compact ar;angement. me~al and expertlv stitched. Give waist, hlp mea:surement, caliber, rnakt> Retails at $42.00. Folding i'ingle barrel avail· and barrel lcnKUl. Slng"le holster anct helt.S27.50. Southoaws add SI. Holsteor able in 12, 16, 20, 4/10-20 3"/12, gauges. only 511.50. COO's requlr'c 510.00 deposil. CalirOl'nia residents add 40/0 :-ales l

ECITO MODEL "C" LOADING TOOL offers operation on either the up or the down stroke PORTA-TRA P. Completely portable trap. readily selectable to suit tbe rcquiremcnts of weighing only 12 Ibs., mounts on spare tire the individual reloader. Loading tool has a and wheel for true rigidity. It convert. open '"threaded on" removable shell holder head. field into full-scale turkey shoot, a practice Primer arm has a built-in snap catch for tbe ,ession for onc per.on. or fun-packed time for cross pin. Sold complete with one Primer family or friend•. Porta·Trap shoots standard clay targets a. singles or doubles. left or right. regulation distance or further. Angle uf Aight is easily adjusted by blocking the lire and wheel. I-Ieavy bar steel. all-welded construction for maximum strength, and un• derstressecl parts for mininllllll wear guaran· lee season a fter season of reliable use. Sales direct to customer at $22.50. Trap comes complete with mount. complete instructions. and all laxes and postage paid. Porta·Trap is manufactured by Nibs, Inc., 1760 Wright• wood Ave., Chicago 14, Ill. ~ GUN BOOKS t C'JPOIfr CA.tt OVF,R 175 IN STOCK WRITE FOR FREE CATALOG JACli: FIRST TIox 542-G Luncnster, Cnlifornin Arm and one Shell Holder Head for $22.50. Does the heaviest case forming and bullet THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER ADJUSTABLE TONE CALL for crow SATISFACTION GUARANTEED hunter reproduces higher pitchcd calls of swaging operations all in one open front "c" young crows. as well as the lower toned calls Too!. .\Todd "C" Loading Tool is manufac• of older crows. Not necessary for hunter to tured by E. C. Berkner Co., P. O. Box 5007, '3.95 ... POSTPAID lte.oh'er Cleaning Kit. RrmO\'C9 disassemble his call to make reed adjust• 4407 Plum St., Boise, Idaho. . Leading from Forcing Cone. Cyl- Inder, and Barrel. A,ailable in 38-44-4;",i cal Kit for two ments. A simple turning of the barrel pro• calibers Si.10. Patches CPkg. 10) $.60. Dealer InQuiries ~ Inritcd. l'hc('k or ~Ioney Order-No COO·s. ,"ide" full range of tones to assure good ~ SPECIALTIESco,,:geOpa~~~ shooting under all conditions. Easy to blow. GUN l:.,g;. :\lIracti'"ely con"tructed of green and brown plast ic. Retails at $3.00. A product of the Green Ilcad Company_ La Salle, Ill. LEARN GUNSMITHING Creat opportunities-operate YOUR OWN SINGLI:: BARREL FOLOJ G SHOT GLj SHOP! Learn easily with Country's most com• made available by Walzerarms. Inc., Elms• plete Master Cunsmithin!J Course. Approved for Korean Vets; low tuition. Write forc!. New York. l nusual model developed PENNA. GUNSMITH SCHOOL 2236-C East Street • Pittsburgh 12, Penna. NOW! HUNT AT \ $3 50 ppd. DUSK AND TWILIGHT 2.S0 for small sile JIFFY DUCK DECOY MORE-LITE CARRIER KIT. Now it is possible for .(------~ hunter to set out units of six decoys as POWER lENS easily as one, even when trolling. Slow the motor. drop the first handle. slide the AMAZING NEW TELESCOPE·SIGHT ATTACHMENT Slips on in seconds! Increases visibility in poor light. six decoys off and drop the second handle, Gives deep snadow penetration with greatly increased giving a 24' span. To pick up, the procedure target detail. Does nol change tero setting. Fits all is reversed and ducks arc clipped on to "opes BUT MUST STATE MAKE ANO MODEL Of SCOPE Harvey Prot-X-Bore Zinc WHEN ORDERING. Send cash, check or M.O. for S3.S0 handles. CamouAage line and 4" keels are Base Cr Jugular lacketed and your More·lite Power lens rushed postpaid; only easily and quickly installed on decoys; with SHOOTI Swaged Hand Cun Bullets 2.50 for small sile to fit 22 Hopes with 3/4" lube. FastC!st. mosl accurate bullets. All popular calibers. Must be delighted or money back. ORDER TODAY! directions and materials in jiffy kits. Kit can NEW! S&W K.22 Gonvcr'sion to Harvey .224 KAY-CHUK (·enlel·firc. Low I·ceoil. velocities to over 2100 (ps. S.F.M. (Shoot Jo'rolll the MauhO moulds f01" P,·ol·X-Bol'c NORMAN-FORD, Inc. be ordered for just $6.95 each from Jiffy, zinc huse bullets. .JUGULAR jackeled Castin~ Ktls. SW

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 61 ties that float to the surface. The best scrap POCKET SIZE GO.KEY. B.o_ors, • is. -skeet ~eacl; 'Cahle· sltea1fling or p~, -gen• ~ erally as pure as ~ommercial pig lead. If» 0Hid0M Heed! Lever dies are screwed in any standard BROWNING "J":: Over 50 styles of thread press exactly like loading dies. Bullet fine boots and shoes weight is adjusted by the depth of the die .25 AUTOMATIC for sportsmen and in your press, and is held with a lock ring, women. like loading dies. The ram is inserted in a SPORT shell holder like a shell, and locked. Swag• OXFORD ing "The Most Deadly Bullets" is exactly like seating bullets in cartridges. LACE BOOT Insert a slug in a jacket, place the slug 10" PULL ON BOOT on the ram, and operate your tool handle. Press the die lever and catch the bullet in GOKEY BOTTE SAUVAGE your hand. It's that simple! You'll make World famous Batte Sauvage is made-to• about 350 bullets per hour in these dies, measure. Lightweight yet tough. True moc• worth about $20 for .38-357s. Cost is about Only 2 3~ by 4 inches casin construction with handstitched vamp. $6 using cast cores of scrap lead. Cut wire 9 ~o ounces- (in regular and snake-proof models) costs about one cent more per bullet, or Get Gokey Boots only by writing for measure blank 7 cartridges and Fr•• GOKEY SPORTSMAN catalog of boals, cloth• $9.50 for 350 pills. Either way you'll save ing and other flne sports equipment. or make considerable money on superior Safe, dependable, compact, bullets. So light yet powerful. GOKEY CO· ST. pfJr\ ~INN. Dies are screwed in deep enough to form Ideal protection for home, perfect bullets and extrude a tit of lead. camping or fishing trips. SEND FOR OUR FREE BROCHURE The bleed-off hole takes care of any normal slug variation. J set dies to bleed-off less Other Browning Models USED SHOTGUN RIFLE LISTS. & & than 1 grain of lead, but they will extrude Caliber Capacity Weight With Case as much as 10 grains excess. You'll notice .25 7 73,4 oz. '42'0* the "feel" of an underweight core in swaging. .380 7 20 oz. 44'0 The imperfectly formed bullet nose is in• 9mm 14 2lbs. 74'0 stantly detected with your finger, or by a Cased Set of Three...... 14895 mere glance. I determine hullet weight by weighing a slug and jacket, less .5 to 1 grain. *Chrome and satin finish, pearl grips, _ 0 lube is needed, but J put a few jackets gold plated trigger on a lightly oiled clot h after swaging a few ENGRAVED MODELS s75 to '200 hundred pills. This is a habit, and a trace Nickle plated, pearl grips, of oil doesn't hurt anything. Good dies last almost forever with proper care. Harvey gold plated trigger. says he runs nearly a million bullets in one SA~'IE PRICES U. S. OR CANADA Prices subjet:t to change without notice. set, far more than any rifle die. His Bolt Action Dies are more expensive and slower See Your BROWNING DEALER to operate. They eject from the top, with For catalog. write: the nose punch at the top. They are better for heavy jacketed rifle bullets for his line Browning Arms Co., Dept. 94, St. Louis 3, Mo. of .429 "Maglaska" rifles. His Automatic Browning of Canada, Dept. 94, Box 991, Montreal 9, P.O. Ejection Dies arc best used in a R.C.B.S. \10dcl A press mounted horizontal. They are for mass-production by skilled custom load• ers, and will kick out 500 bullets per hour. (Continued on page 65)

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Non-slip and predsion-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS or. the most durable model Beautiful colors; smooth, checkered, staghorn and fancy carved; truly distinc• tive. Long-wearing, unaffected by moisture, per• spiration, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not ACKLEY'S RELOADERS AND chip or peel. Luster, color are permanent. SHOOTERS HANDBOOK Conventional or conversion styles. Also target grips, Most Complete Book For with or without thumb rest. Available for all popu• lar guns in: Ivory, Pearl, Onyx, Agate, Walnut, Wildcatters Black and Staghorn finishes. Low cost, $2.50 to Contains Joadln~ data (or m"er 90 cartridges, including 20 standart.l. the balance well known wildcats. There $8.00-See our complete catalog! is chamber data for 94 cartridges and full size illus• trations of 128 cartridges from .17 calibre to .600. Franzite Grips Are Sold Under Our Guarantee There is a reprint of the original action tests and other For hard to find information of interest to shooters and handloaders. ~3.00. 1959 Supplement available con· Write today for 28-page book. Colt Remington Browning Luger taining o\'er 80 additional cartridges with loadinK data. FREE Prices, illustrates grips for all Great West'n Ruger Czech Mauser $1.50. At your dealer or order direct. Dealer and American makes, ptus many for• H & R Savage Oreyse Ortgies Jobber inclUirics im'ited. CATALOG eign. Hi-Standard 5 & W Schmeisser Sauer Send for complete FREE gunsmithing list covering Iver-Johnson Walther Llama Webley rebarrelling, reboring and conversion work. And Many Others SPORTS, 5501 Broadway, Dept. CH-l0, Chicago 40, III. P. O. ACKLEY INC. P. O. Box 18S, Murray, Utah

62 GUNS OCTOBER 1959 LYMAN 57A REAR ~ SIGHTS- ~ f £,', SAVE ALMOST 50%-NEW $4.50 ' WIN"CHESTER 73 EXTRACTORS-new. ~2.50 SAVE $8.25 in lots of 75 SJJlTR & 'VESSO~ 35 C.-\T..-auto barrels: ppd.: 73 firing pins (state caliber) ~3. 75. odginaI. new, in white with all markings ('Vrite for other 73 parts) .50 Cal. ...~'~ •...•••••••••....••••....•...... •...... ~4.95 bronze brushes • .. . t 4A for serious cleaning. The extl'a size make... cle1\n• in:::- h(,res fast & ens)'. For all standard I'ods. , I,Oll~ Lasling. 25 brushes $1.75; 75 brushes 5:J.OU. BREECH OIL & THONG SET, lUI. U. S. E:-;FIELD & P-14 STOCIi:S-Brand For Springfield, Garand, Enfield & Krag, fits in ... NEW 5" fo'&'W RAR· butt, nickeled hrass, not plastic, as 'issued, excellent, new. l\fude in 'Vol"ld 'Var T of fillE' walnul: RELS. either com• SlI"ipped of metal. only $2.95 PPd. ('VI"ite mercial blue or complete 51.00 ppd. parkerised - state "'ants fOI' olhel' Enfield parts) which. .:18 Bped;ll or .38 ~&W Cal. Complete wit.h latch. NEW U. S. CARBINE BAYONETS pin &. spring. Fit~ r.1&P, "K" and Bayonet & NEW .45 "Combat", also .:)~ Victory. Buy a spare sheath -54.50. at thi~ hargain Bayonet attach• BARRELS price. Limited Sup· auto, 1911 &. Al SG.95 ply. ment for gun , 51.75. 38 SPECIAL-.3ii7 JL\l;:-;l:JI-9 mm 1.l:GEJ( ~~ __ L_.~> SPECIAL ALL 3 BARRET, BLA~KS: Beautiful 6 groove..~57 for 55.35 ppd. U. S. CARBINE g'roove dia.. 1 turn in 16", full 26" long, .940 MAGAZINES o.d. Used for convel'ting old 92 Winchesters into .357 mag-num riflE'S (or .38 special), ('u~­ MAUSER OWNERS tom bal'l'els for Colt, S&'Y. Lug-ers, etc. $7.75 FREE Water (& dirt & ea.. plus 50c pp., or 12" lengths $4.75 plus ~ SINGLE STAGE F.N. 25c TRlGGER AND SEAR tobacco) Ilfoof rubber cap pp. given w/ea. magazine. t'h Eliminates annoyin~ two sta~e .45 TAPERED , .' pull found in military m()del~. Reduce Inaccur1\cies with suo BARREL BLANKS (Now full 12") perlor pull-Fits all 'PH's. • 5 shot ~apacity-reQuired by law for hunting. fits Usable for Buntline S. A.'5, muzzle Joad~rs. New Swedl!'ih. 7MM '93, '~l;) etc.• flush with guard-streamlines 3lJpearance. Solid Service, 1917's. miniature cannon, custom re• ~ N JW, FlImous F.N. make, SIX!' machined bottom-not "raw" appearing oversized \'fllver bhl.... Rifled. new. $5.35 plus 50e pp. cial low pl'ice $1.75 for set. fold DyerS that some are selling S'2.45 • 15 shot. in original wrap. only $1.00 ea. or 2 for $1.75 (Ij • 30 shot. "banana"' clips only $4.95 c.r 2 for S7.95! REMINGTON "MATCHMASTER" Brand new. straiqht lengths. :l,a" x R". for extra Ion!! and/or fancy harrel~. Supplied chambered for .45 auto or unchamhered. state which S3.05 ea.- .22 BARRELS RJo~JII~GTON 500 SERIES .~~ cali• or 2 (or S6.50. bel" mag'azines, 5 shot. l'\('w. Only KNOCK OFF 75 % ! S 1.00 ea., 2 for S 1.75. 3 for $2.25. .45 AUTO MAGAZINES spec~ ee' made 1054 of new steel .• :-;OW - I'L'ECIAI. PRICEl superior to any made pre· I For exceptional qualit.y barrel bl1\nks or for use on SI'IUXGj<'IF~I,J) :I 11I.ADE screw• viou1'lh. New. In 01'12. wrap, Rem. 500 series rifles. Each tested & serial ntlm• pin,:?!':. $1.95 en.-::! rtor 53.50. beroo by Remington cl·aftsmen. Mnde for 513 Tal'l;:-et <1l'i \'el's as issued. NOTE: When :2 are ordered. models-6 groove, chambered, 13/16" dill. FULL I\ew• $1.00 lll"l. new weh C:lrryin2 case In· 26" LONG! SUitable for center fire calib<.'l·s. Just eluded FREE. $4.95 plus SO¢ post. (Hem. front sight & ramp, re:uly to install on ab'lve, $1.25) JIAUSER '98 MIUTAUY nOT.TS Conlplete. Used. Good. Fits all '98 rifles. 'Vhile small stoele lasts . SPRINGFIELD ...... $12.50 ppd. 1903 Quickly installed STOCK OF STOCKS sl~ht set. Stream_ lined front ramp Shotgun stoel,s all 12 ga., all new, original with siR"ht. Rea r facton" lnade. sight with both S..\,YAGE ~I 720 and 745. plain finish, hard windage & elevation rubbel' butt plate S5.!);) built in. Both in• slatted by simply ~mplete with catch, pin & spring, steel. not alumI· IU:~II:-;nTO:'< (01<1 1110<1el) autoloade ~[dl. 11. mum, specify blue or parked7.cd__$6.20 complete. til?hteninl? Allen set w/~afe in front of lI'ig-gf>r guanl $5.95 (Gu;ud '1Iune. S:.LB5. F. Plnle alone, $2.25. milled screw. Front .560 follower. S 1.00, spI'ing 50c) ItF::\IlXGTON MUL 31 with bult plate $7.2;') l.d., rear _77;' Ld. l'l'IIACA :n Slocl,s, plain w!th swi\'el cut. $6.50 Plentr of wall thickness for reaming to all popu• ~pp('iaI. beautifully checkered $M.2;") Jar sizes. Blued. I'coady to Install. 01\"LY 52.95 Ul';:\II~GTON MUI. J 1 with push safe..$G.50 for complete set! .22 TARGF.T RIFLE STOCI':S CARBINE REAR'SIGHTS WI~CHF.STEJ( 7ii 9.9;'i S'L'J,VE~S 4)(; 6.•5 ndjuStahle for windaee & el~vat.ion, GARA:' blue I>ermanent finish. Tnrl?Cl rille of lal·gest. U. S. maker. At n 70";' f\ctually pcnrt'atcs the !"tC'cl. UF<'d by ~run dl~cotlnt! 51.49 ea. 512.00 PC' dozrn factories and gunsmith! e\·erywhere. Gun'r· nnleed to he the twst cold blue you ever SWEAT ON li~,-,ti-O' your money back. Ii 3 GUN SIZE 52.00 ppd. ~ RiflE RAMPS INDUSTRIAL GUNSMITH SIZE. Unlvel'sal size. complete with gold hend sight• 1 pint $7.50 ppd. TheseBlOTshot~un bal'l'cls should cause one at the...c prices! ensy 1.0 Inst

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 63 THE GUN MARKET

Classified ads 20c per word per insertion including name and address. Pay• (on sale November I) is September 16. Print ad carefully and mail to GUNS able in advance. Minimum ad 10 words. Closing date for December, 1959, issue Magazine, 8150 North Central Park Blvd., Skokie, Illinois.

COLT FRO::\'TIERS. Colt and Remington percussion re• HAXD SIGHTIKG Levels. improved new model, many AGENTS WANTED volvers, 'Vin. Le\'er actions plus many other :\Iodern and uses. for laying drains. ditches. foundations. grading con· AntiQue Guns. 'Vill Trade. Stamp for Jist, Chet Fulmer louring, laying out of fences, piers. roads and gardens. nUN A Spare-Time Greeting Card and Gift Shop at (Guns>. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Fully guaranteed. $2.50 Postpaid. Publlc Sport Shops. home. Show friends samples of our new 1959 Christmas 11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia 2, Pa. and All Occasion Greeting Cards and Gifts. Take their GlJ);S. GUXS)IITHL'G. Bausch & Lomb scopes. acces• orders and earn to 100% profit. 1'0 experience necessary. sories. Trades accepted. Send stamp for bargain gun list. 30-06 SPRI:\GFIEI,D OR Enfleld Rifle Stock. as Issued. Costs nothing to try. 'Vrite today for samples on appront "'inchester. S & 'V, many others. modern and collectors' brand new. $2.95 each. A3-03 Springtleld ritle harrels, cal. Regal Greetings. Dept. i2. Ferndale. Michigan. Hems. 'Viest. 234 Tulane, Oak lUdge. Tenn. 30-06, brand new, Gov·t. Surplus. 24-1nch. completely finished. Value $25. Special $5.00 Postpaid. Public Sport YOUR 12GA Empties Loaded. Trap & skeet. Hunting. Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. Phila. 2. Pa. BINOCULARS AND SCOPES Empties Loaded & Shipped same dar Uecei\"ed. Stamped Em'elope Brings Price List. Stearns, 4605 Redstart. Al'THE:\TIC UEPRODrCTIOl"S-1874 "Bulfalo Bill" 1!l59 SCOPE SAT..:K \Ye ship prepaid. Lrman All American Houston 35. Texas. and "WlId Bil1" Hickok \YiJd West Show Theatre 11" x 33'" 2)2X $32.85. 3X $34.25. 4X $39.15. ax $42.65. 8X or Broadside $2.00 Postpaid. Set of 12 all different old "'ells lOX $56.65. Wea"er KI $24.40, K2.5 or K3 $25.40, K4 s~nTH & \VESSO:oJ. 22 CaL. brand new. model 41, target l'-'argo Heward Posters $2.00 Postpaid. Norm Fla)'derman $30.25. KG $32.50, KV, KS or KIO $39.70. Hcdfield Bear autoln:J.lic. $110.00. Fully enRra\'ed model. $285.00. Public Guns. Greenwich, Conn. Cub 2*X $34.00, 4X $40.66, 6X 54.00. Send Money Order Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. PhiladeJphia 2. Pa. for pronll}t shipment. The Scope Shop. Dept. 4. P.O. Box I'~ElILF.SS HANDCUFI'S. $13.n5; lightweights. $16.45. :~60. Oklahoma CitJ'. 10.000 Gl;XS!!!-A1"TIQUES, Moderns, Swords. Armour Leg Ircns. $12.95. Iron Claw, $9.95. Twisters, $1.50. Guide -e\'crr descriPtion. Giant Catalog $1.00. Agramonte's. Chains. TranSpOrt Chains. Fetters. Leather restraints. Col· llINOCULAH SP1<:CIALISTS. all makes repaired. Free Yc.nkers 2-K, N. Y. leetor's specialties. Thomas Ferrick. Box 1~. 1\ewburyport. estimates. all work guaranteed. Kew binoculars. telescopes. )1ass. riflesropes for sale. Authorized Bausch & Lomb. Zeiss. Bt LLETS, RELOADEIlS write for list precision made Hensoldt. Bushnell. Hertel-Ileuss, Dr. Wohler. Swift. jacketed bullets. Hi-Precision Company, Box Gl21, BRAS~. OXE-Piece Cleaning Rod with hrush. GO\"t Sur• .tco dealer. Tele-Opties. 5514 Lawrence, Chicago 30, Illi• Orange City, Iowa. plus. for 45 cal. revolvers and automatic pistols. $1.00 each nois. postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street. Phila• MAGXr)! 10 SIXGLES and doublcs. Belgian and Spanish. delphia 2. Pa. BOOKS 3%" Super 12. 3" Super 28. List and treatise on the mag• ~~~ {~~?:~lln, lOco Sanderson Supply. 724 Edgewater. l;)ort- M.S.A. EAR DEFENDERS for the shooter. Brand new, "'E HAVE a ~ood-size stock of books, magazines, & pam• U.S. Gov't. Surplus. Value $3.00-Whlle They Last $1.00 phlet8 about: "rorld \Var I & II, A\"iation, Arms, Boxing. pair Postpaid. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Coins. :Movies. Science li'iction. Also: Foreign Dictionaries, ~~~~t~~~i ~~;~'~IR~~nl~~~~ ~~~;21ia 1~;a;~~r3;>";-0~~: Philadelphia 2, Pa. Bacdekers. Big Little Books. Comic Books, Alger. Henty, Jess, 4 gao etc. Ammo list 5c. Sanderson Supply, 724 Edge• "SEND US your needs, let us Quote a price--shotgulls. Mundy. \Villlam Ostfeld, Bookseller, 3'13 North Clark wuter. Portage. Wis. ritles. handguns, reloading tools, scopes, binoculars. archery, Street, Chicago lO. Illinois. ('amlling eOstpaid. end for Catalog HGC on all und pictures 10c. Greesons, 905 Xorth )Ionroe St., Arllng~ 25c ccin. Ed Howe. Cooper Mills 10. Maine. Buehler mounts (including Xew )ficro-Dial). Low Safetys ton. \ra. etc. )larnard Buehler Inc., Orinda. Calif. 12 CEl"TURY MILITARY Flails: Complete details upOn "BUSCADEHO" R'l-;LTS. holsters. whips, mounted "Long• reQuest. John·s. 311 So. 4 St., Harrison. N. J. BLOCKSTOCKI:-iG. REBROIYl" &. Reblue. Repair all horns." hunting horns. "'estern Products Co., Box 762, )fake Shotguns & Rif1es. Frank LeFe\'er & Sons, Inc., Laredo 2, Texas. HUNnHEDS SWORDS, relics. Illustrated Ust-25c. Custom Gunsmiths. Frankfort. New York. Rrotcke. 7435 Shoshone, Van Nun. California. E~iBLr.;)1 E)fBU.OIDEHED for your Club. Send for free GE:\ERAL GUKS)IITHIXG--Repairing, rebluing. con• informlltion. samples. Monogram Jo';mbroidery Co., 63 East ENGRAVING version work, parts made. InQuiries invited. Bald Rock Adams. Dept. 304, Chicago 3, Illinois. Gun Shop. BertX Creek. Calif. J<;Ll-':C'!'n.O-SCRIBEI Engraves all Metals, $2.00. Be)'er \YOULD'S FINEST Engraving. Folder $1.00. E. C. Prud• :\trv.. ] O:i 1J -Q Hprillgfteld. Chicago 43. homme, \Vard Bldg.. Shreveport. La. 'INDIAN RELICS Cll.OSSBO\VS! HUNTe~·G Bows! Factory-Direct-Prices I FOR SALE 3 INDIA~' 'VAR arrowheads. Flint Scaluing Knife. Flint ,lay Co., Box 1355. 'Vichila. Kansas. Thunderbird $4.00. Catalog lOco Satisfaction Guaranteed. '''ELLS l~AllGO Heward l:>osters Ii'or stagecoach banc1its• Arrowhead. Glenwood. Arkansas. "ACCORDIO:\,S SAVE 50%." Connell Music, 101 South exciting relics for shOll, gun room, or boy's room. Authentic Brown St.. Gloucester, New .Tersey. reproductions. About 11" x 15". Three different posters for EIGHT FAIR arrowheads $1.00. three warpoints $1.00. bou~ht $1.00. n. L. Allen. 2727 JOpling, Palo Alto. California. stone hatchethead $1.50. Palmer. 435 Washington Itoad. :\,AZI 1TE:\IS & !'old. ori;:t. only. 1 piece or col• McKeesport, }'a. lection; LEmkel, B12 Anderson, Palisade. N. .1. l\I1LITAllY A1':D Sporting items at Barg-gun Prices. List HJ';1\llY, WIN, Colt Rellro<.Juction parts List 10c. Gendreau, 23c. Garden State Arms, Box 342. Uidgefield Park, 1\ew LEATHER CRAFT .lersey. !J24 W. 5th. Shakopee. )linnesota. ~l-~X]) CIVIL \VAR-1\ewly Manufactured HoJsters, Cartridge LEATHERCRAFT CATALOG Free. Kirkpatrick Leather FOR free new Jist of milItary weapons. Frcedland Uoxes. Buckles; Original Bayonets, Etc. List .15c. Dealer Co .. Box 637-AIO, Gainesville. Texas. Arms ('0., a 'Park llow. Xew York, X. Y. Discounts. Fenwick's, 811 HenrdY. Baltimore 12. ~\ld. FREE "DO-It-Yourself" J...eathercraft Catalog. Tandy SELF-DF';FEXSF..--100 Trick knockouts for self-defense. QUICK DRA W Glln Holsters. l\lake and Save. Free In• Leather Company. Box JUI-E30, Fort \Vorth, Texas. $1-1c each. Priest. Box 251, Evanston. Illinois. formation and ('atalo~. TandY Leather Company. Box 791• EVERY GUN BOOK IN PRINT ]l3I. Fort \Vorth, Texas. WANTED "The Baker's Dozen Plan" GUNS & AMMUNITION "'ANTED: MARTIALLY marked Colt Detecti-re Special, .":'1~~""~1Send SOc for year 'round mailings .25 automatic, Johnson 44 de\\'at. 1903-A4. )13 carbine or inclUding out-of-print listl.flgs. BHITISII MK.5 303 Lee-J<~nfield jungle carbines. Very good carbine recei\'er milled to accept snlperscope. )11nt 1':a\'3o'. -$24.tl5. Excellent-~29.95. British Mk. 3 & 4 303 Lee-En• excellent 1819 3". 7%" Ii'ri·ltier and Blslcy ftatops. Britt field rifles. Exrellent-$I!J.!J5. British :\lk. 4 303 Lee~En­ Brown. EaJt"le. Wichita. Kansas. field sniper ritles with original sniper scopes. Yer)' good• $H.!J5. Excelltnt-$49.95. 1;.S. 20-06 Springfield rifles. )(ODEL 32 RE:\IIXGTOX O/U. 30 Inch barreJs, plain, Jlii{h numbers. Excellent-$49.50. l:.S. 30-06 Lee-Enfield no rib. full and fui! or full and modifled. double triggers PRIMER POCKET CLEANER rifles. Good-$29.95. Excellcnt-$34.50. U.S. )f1 30-06 preferred. Johnny Johnsen, 1135 R Street, Lincoln, Xe• Scrubs pockets quickly, ch~an & Garand semi-auto ritles-S97.50. U.S. 45-70 Rpring-field braska. OnIYSl'~. bright. For use in any motor or rifles. Cood-~:W.f;O. Excellent-$55.00. German :\Iod 98 Pa. Res, Add hand·driven chUck. Or can be WAXT£D TO Buy Colt cap llnd ball revoh'ers. Winchester 31h% Sales Tax manually operated, Fine steel 8mm Mauser ritles. Yer:r good-$37.50. l-;xcellent-42.50. ori~inal Wire brush. with metal sleeve. GCrlllan Mod. 71 /84 Ilmm ~Iauser rifles. 1\ew $21.50. Ger• 44 cal rifles in "err good or better condition. De• DEALERS" ~c~li~~ and price. Irwin Kotek, 1370 )lontere,r. Hedlands. JOBBERS Only $1.00 Ppd. Sped(y whether rnnn G-43 Smm )Iauser 10 shot semi-automatic rifJes. Very INQUIRIES for larR"e or small primers. ~ood-$60.00 . .Jt::::rptiun (F.~. made) 8mm Mauser 10 shot "INVITED KUHARSKY BROS. W. 12th st.• Erie. semi-automatic rifles. Very good $69.50. Israeli Mod. 8mm OLD HA);'DCUFFS. )egirons. thumbfasts. shackles wanted. :\Iauser ritles. (C'zech made) Very good-$-l4.50. Excellent Patterson Smith. 2FL. 269 Shepard Ave., East Orange. -$')9.50. Swedish )fod. 9-1 6.5mm )fauser carbines. Yery K J. ~:3=~~t: ~8: t~~- ~ ,1~~ n~s~uri,sat'~r~iflge;Od~$ 8~~~~e')I~~~~ r COLLECTOB. WAXTS German hclmets, World \,"ar One ha('l{ guarantee,Free gun list. Freedland Arms Co.• 34 trpes. Price and description. Sterens, 20D CoJorin Palos Park How. Xcw York, X.Y. Yerdes Estates. California. ' DH3COUXTS U::\Ln.rr£.Jt:D!! ~ "'eaver K2.5, K3 $24.25• "X AZI F.XGTlAYED dress daggers-sketch. Heilman, Gran• 7 x ~5 Binoculars $24.25-Bushnell 4X S3-1.50!!IFX ltiftes tham Road, \Yallingford, Conn. Let your love of field and forest guide you to real $99.50-Marlin Lc\'ers $59.00--scopes. rcloading equipment succcss! Be a career conservationist! - Protect re• helow wholesale. Catalog 25c. Discounts Unlimited, Inc.• MISCELLANEOUS sources. Arrest violators. Work with wildlife amid Box 38C. Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. scenic surroundings, away from city prcssures. En· C.AR!lYA'-:L. CANVAS Roll with straps and handles, large joy a "way of lifc" othcrs can't even buy! Good pay, lllFIJ}t;~. '303 BHI'l'ISH Entields. as hsued. good condI• security, prestige. Full time and seasonal opportu· SIze ;>4 ~ 22 Inches, for trarelers, call1l>ers. baseball players, nities, mcn 17 to 45! Hunting, farming, military ex· tion. $23.00..303 British Military Cartridges, $10.00 etc. Gov t Surplus. hrand new. value $12.50-Sperial $22:) per 100. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. Phila~ perience valuable. Preparc now, spare time. HELP dclphla 2. Pa. each. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia FILL NEED INYOUHAREAl All states. If over 17 write NOW! 2. Pa. fORESTRY" WltOLlfE COURSE, Dept. C-36A,1038 S. La area, los Angeles 19, Caliiornia 64 GUNS OCTOB ER 1959 (Continned fro In page 62) no grease groove and shot without lube, you Bahler and Lachmiller dies operate some• must use 10% tin alloy wire slugs. The dies what like Harvey Lever Ejection, except a are for use in the popular Hollywood Senior lever is not provided. If bullets are difficult press, or the Super Turret with extra tie to eject by hand, tap the ejector with a rods. Alloy wire softer than 10% tin, or with mallet. Bahler dies are available with sev• antimony mixes will not be satisfactory with The Boy who starts eral nose shapes, the semi-wadculler being this gas check base. my choice. Bahler plans to supply jackets as Uncrimped jackets may occasionally shed with a Sheridan soon as he can tool-up, being quite busy with in flight at Hi-V, which opens groups. When ••• STARTS right! making his fine rifle bullet dies at present. shooting on water, a nearby splash indicates Lakeville jackets are not even kissin' kin a shed jacket. Harvey Cannelure Dies make There is no better or safer way for a to the old .44-40 type. or a metal case .45 perfect crimps, like factory Jugulars, about father to introduce his son to the world of firearms than with a high quality, ACP. Made of specification gilding metal, 600 per hour in a standard press. Annealed truly accurate SHERIDAN Pneumatic they are trimmed to uniform length and the Jugular jackets reduce "springback," so you Rifle. The SHERIDAN shoots accurately mouth camfered. After drawing, they arc an• and quietly in the basement or with can often omit the operation. The trick is to great effect outdoors. It's a real father· nealed to remove temper, then hright dipped. seat the bullets so the jacket mouth is about and.son rifle .•. and for only $23.95. Soft gilding metal acts as a lubricant, elimi• flush with the case mouth. One exception is nates copper fouling, and prevents swaging a 156 grain pill in .357 cases for use in Colt a sharp edge on bases. They fill grooves per• guns. It must be crimped ahead of the fectly when fired. A .38-357" is .018" thick, jacket to stay within cylinder lcngth. .44's .020". Barrel life is many times the Lighter hullets can be driven at over 2,000 5.000 rounds allotted a.4.5 ACP. Mason fps in .357 or .44 Magnums. My favorite Williams fired over 15,000 hot loads in one .357 load is a 127 grain S.P. ahead of 19 .44 that shows no wear at all. Mace esti• grs. 2400 for 1,950 fps. What it does to var- mates bore life will be "well over 50,000 rounds." A shooter employed by a large . handgun maker said he can't detect any FAJEN Stocks. for Foreign Rifles more wear than with naked alloy bullets, and one barrel should last the average shooter "two lifetimes." Bore wear is negligible With all the Fajen features; this with' Jugular or Prot-X-bore bullets. semi-finished stock and forend, ma• Prot-X-bores are for moderate velocity or chined inletted, draw bolt hole bored targets. Some target shooters and police and completely shaped, is a favorite Semi-Finished for departments use them because zinc bases are for stocking a Swedish Mauser, Italian Carcano, Norwegian Krag and many others cheaper than jackets. The zinc washer makes No. 4 Mark 1, No. 1 Mark III and a perfect base, undeformed when fired. Like Model No. 5 British Lee Enfield Utility $645 Supreme $995 Jugulars, they use an unalloyed-lead wire or Supreme $1295 Utility 95 Grade Grade cast core to increase shocking power for a Grade Grade $9 Distributed on West Coast by given weight and velocity. Moulds are made See your Dealer - if he does not have GUNSTOCK SALES, INC. them order direct from this ad. Prompt 5060 Road 20, Son Pablo, Calif. for casting these bullets ready to shoot, but Shipment - Include postage for 4 Ibs. the swaged type runs more uniform. Be• REINHART FAJEN, Dept 21, Box 338, WARSAW, MISSOURI fore shooting. bores must be perfectly clean, and broken-in with a few light loads. I prefer the higher velocity jacketed pills... 'r used some of the first Hollywood dies that ca'me out in- 1954. to make uniform bul· \ Ma Hunfer Pre!1enf!1'- lets with a gas check'base. A 142 grain pill HAl'D GRENADES: the famous had good accuracy at 870 fps in .38 or .357 AMMO CLEARANCE SALE! PINEAPPLE of Wortd Wars 1 and STOCK UP NOW FOR FALl, SHOOTI:SG 2-new but unloaded. Price--$3.00 guns. These are not for high velocity. With ea. pp. ~~i~f6l\~I~~~~X(;;lic,{I.· , '. '. " '. ' '. " '. '.. $~ •.~~ ~l~' \~?> :ll8:gg: :1~~13: 12-=i~~~ ·d'h:l.;' 'bu't 'Si'OOls'\~eli ~:~g ~~~ ~ 88 1\1-1 GARAND GRENADE "':W.40 Krag-, ~rad(' 2-dIl'tY, Inll. SI!OO~S .. 3.50 per 100 l.AUNCIU~R-a rare accessory fol' "'30-40 Krag, g'I'adel-loose. good pllllklllg your Garand , .. Ideal for line ammo , .•.... " ". 4.50 per 100 "'43 Spanish-Ide:tl fo[" those old rolling throwing ... Firing signal rockets, blocks grade 2-loose,...... ••.... .• 3.50 per 100 etc. Complete with dummy rifle grenade and, 20 blanl{ cartridges ... • 7g~~~~eM~~~~~~'box'e(I'I;l;t' \~·ith' split' ncci,s: t~g ~~i- l88 *45 ACI" e'l'ade 3-not ~ual·ant.eed to do Pl'ice- 1lI111l11l11l_L"~$7.50ea. *45n~~ll·n~gJ';'de 't: 'ne~v iJo~: ex(:e'n'e~,t: : :: ~:gg g~;: ~g8 = *8'MM M·ausCl·. hoxerl, excellent condiUon. 7.50 per 100 ~b MM.--Lebel. grade I." _ 6.00 pel' 1UO. FREl'CH CRAUCTIAT-Complete and in ex• *~.~~f~ir;~~~~~t·iiu·l·A~ino::::::::· ;:,-:: g:~ ~g~ cellent condition-$19.95 ... A few choice ones ~OMC;:lku~~~i.n~--:-.n~~ ..b.O~~:::::::::: ~:gg;:~ l88 at-$29.95 g·Rt~1ML~~-~I~ ~~i~~:::::::::::::::: ~:~g ~~ 188 GI~R~lAN ZF-4t SNIPI~G SCOPES-16" eye 44-40 Winchest.er. loose ..•••••••. _. _ 4.50 per 100 relief. ..only scope that can successfully be mounted on a pistol complete with 111ounts ... !~.~1~~Q~~;:~'~:· ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~:.~ ~ ~JU fj~ ~~~ NEW-$19.95 32 cal. MARLIN-extran:::long. ••..•... •• 2.00 pel' 20 FLARE GU:SS. 37 ~DI ... $7.50 ea. Parachute G.5 SWEDISH MAU:-;ER ...... •.•.•• 7.50 per 100 Flares ... $2.00 ea. Star Shells ... $1.00 ea. 8 !\1M Mauser-model 88- sold :IS is MAKE YOUR OWN TAKE· DOWN INSPECTION 56(~~I~m;>tNCEIi "rimfll:'; bT~~kS'::::: :2.5~·~>~I.P~~x1?8 !\IARI:SF. RESCUE KIT-with 100 launch. 45.70 blanks ...... •...... 2.50 I>CI' box 20 cart"s-lO flares-waterpl'oof case-large flare OF BREDA'S REMARKABLE AUTOLOADER 45 cal. COLT blanks (hair chal1rc} ncw adapter & cleaning brush ... $14.95 c~~i~TH' &'\VE:,,~(iN 'tiL·A.~KS: ':3~S~0~~I'~~X 55~ 45 :::: RRITISH PlAT I'ROJECTOR - British Yer• You will find this new Breda Gun is 44-40 cal. WINCHESTER BLAKK:o; 3.50 per box 50 ORIGINAL .44 cal. COLT m.ANK:O; 3.50 per box 50 sion of our Bazoolca. but launches projectile 7.65 ARGF.NTINIAN MAUSEH ...••... 7.50 per 100 with a spdng ru tlH'r than a rocket. Length. best because it has. .. 7.62 RUSSIAN (post Wal" manuf:t("LlII·e) 7.50 per 100 7.65 ITALIAN . 7.50 per 100 39"; Weight 32 tbs. Price, ._$19.95 • 60 Second "No-Tool" Take·Down anytime• 6.;'i ITALIA..'l-supcl'l) ammo 7.50 per 100 SALVAGER5 SPECIAL WW-I 30-06 AMMO. in 5 1'nd. KRAG-barreled actions, stripped. _. $2.50 ea. anywhere...with screwless"Interlock"design ~I'HlNGFrELD clips 60 ..nds. PCI' handolcel'-all rnds. have split necks-sold as Is (THIS AMMO FOR SAL• ~ • Complete InterchangeabilityofParts in each VAGE ONLY) .. 15.00 p'er 1000. Some even worse NEW 4th EDITIOX CATALOGL'E & mixed w,lth 30-40 KRAG ..$10.00 per 1000 (min. -thousands of superb items for model series resulting from Breda precision ol'del' 1000). . the hunter, shooter, and collector. CIVIL WAR PISTOL AMMO-In Ol'i~in:tl boxes. 12 l\1M ~~~'es~~ds50~nlmo engineering PIN FIRE-packed 25 to the box. Shorts $2.50 per box. and accessories c' • Breda's Quick Choke System interchange. Longs $3.00 per box. able choke tubeswhich are integralengineered 8 EAST FORT lEE RD BOGOTA NEW JERSEY extensions of the barrel...assuring superior SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. shot patterns • Breda's Hard Chrome Lined Barrel imper. vious to rust, pitting, and corrosion...reduces leading Parts and service readily available locally through your Dakin Gun Co. representative. Distributed in U.S.A. by Dakin Gun Company Dept. 20-B, 121 Second Street San Francisco. California Co. Pekin, Illinois

GUNS OCTOBER 1959 65 mints shouldn't happen to a dog, and it's deadly on deer-size game. I'd choose it for _ GENUINE poliCe' work or defense. In '.44 Magnums·" ..." -'~m~'OR STA'G r like a 220 grain H.P. or S.P. backed with 26 grs. 2400 for 1,750 fps. r think this is the G RIP S 5000 most powerful load on earth. .44 Specials perform beautifully with this Improve tht. appearance of bullet, but some people like the slower 265 your Revolver grain, or the faster 170 grain H.P. Granted, or Automatic with a new FIREARMS the light pills have faster blowup and less pair of Se. leeted Grips in Plain Elephant lecoil. The 265 grain lacks velocity for fast Ivory, Pearl or Genuine Natural, Unbreakable Stag. blowup, but might be better for extremely Per Pair Pearl or BARGAINS deep penetration on game larger than usu• COLT Stag Ivory ally hunted with a revolver. The 220 grain Bisley $9.00 $17.00* Single Action Army. 7.00 16.00 Are you a gun trader? Gun collector? Or are is my favorite for any use at normal handgun Single Action Scout. 7.50 17.00 you just plain interested in guns? If you are, range. As .38 Specials are not Hi·Y guns New Service 6.75 15.00 Army Special 6.25 9.00 you'll profit from reading the bargain-filled they handle the slower 156 gr. S.P. well, but Official Police 6.25 9.00 some lads use a 114 gr. H.P. to get adequate Police Positive N.M 5.25 7.75 columns of SHOTGUN NEWS every month. blowup for clean varmint kills. Hollow Bankers or Detective Special 5.25 7.75 It's the leading publication for the sale, Police Positive O.M. 4.50 6.50 points are not necessary in Magnums if Packet Positive 3.50 4.50 purchase and trade of firearms and accessor• .22 Woodsman, old model.. 6.25 15.00 M.Y. is over 1,700 fps with soft, unalloyed .45 Auto. Government. . 6.25 15.00 ies of all types. SHOTGUN NEWS has aided lead. .38 Super .22 Ace 6.25 15.00 thousands of gun enthusiasts locate firearms, .32 or .380 Auto. 4.50 7.50 r consider my Magnum loads superior for .25 Pocket Auto. 3.50 4.50 both modern and antique-rifles, shotguns, any man or beast under 300 pounds at any SMITH & WESSON Magnum Style Grips pistols, revolvers, scopes, mounts ... all at range you can place hits well. Call it 100 .357, 1905, 1908 ...... 9.00 17.00* money-saving prices. The money you save on yards, more or less, depending on your abil· K.22, K.38, new model..... 9.00 17.00 ity. The loads perform at yards and Chief Spec, H.E. Rd Butt ...... 9.00 12.00 the purchase of anyone of the more than 300 " "Kit Gun (Sq. Butt) .. 9.00 15.50 more, which is beyond the fairly sure hitting Standard Style Grips 5,000 listings each month more than pays range of most shooters. Plinking is another Regulation Police 8.00 11.50 your subscription cost. You can't afford to be .44, .45 Madel 1917, 1908 6.00 9.00 matter, and you'll get a new thrill in plink• K.22, .38 Sq. Butt, 1905 O.M. 5.50 8.00 without this unique publication. ing at long rifle range with a enort tube. 1902 rd. butt 5.00 7.00 Chief Spec. Kit Gun Sq. Butt.. 5.00 7.50 Free trial offer! Try it! Chief Spec. Kit Gun Rd. Butt.. 4.25 5.25 .32 H.E., 38 T.B. .... 3.50 4.50 Money Back Guarantee. Neat, clean, hand swaged pills are better .32 N.D., .38 N.D. 3.50 4.50 looking than factory swaged bullets, and (DERRINGER)-Remingtan, As a special introductory offer, we'll send shoot better at higher velocity. You'll gasp Gt. West. and Germans 3.50 4.50 RUGER Single Six 7.00 16.00 you the next issue of SHOTGUN NEWS free in awe at the tissue destruction when you Ruger Bearcat* . 6.00 9.00 of charge with your one year subscription. clobber varmints, and if you are not a dedi· Ruger Automatic 11.00 18.00* *Not Available in Pearl. cated handgun varmint hunter, you will be That means you get 13 big issues for the o~~r e G~~~T:et ~:~~r~rrvo~; aCnaJr~t~; G~j:~ from then on. You'll probably decide the + irgoo price of 12. What's morel if you're not com• GRIPS WILL FIT YOUR GUN as they were ~ pletely satisfied, just tell us. We'll immediate• bullets are good enough to eat with made and fitted for standard factory frames. su~ar and cream, like breakfast cereal. ~ ly refund your money in full and you can Sold by Dealers, Gunsmiths or Dired keep the issues you already have. Fair SEND 25c FOR BIG NEW 48 PAGE enough? You bet! Fill in the coupon below CATALOG NO. 58 and mail it today! FRANK MITTERMIER ~~~~ii~~ This offer expires September 30th Established 1936 r------3577 E. Tremont Ave. New York 65, N. Y. I THE SHOTGUN NEWS G-l0 I Columbus, Nebraska Yes, send me the next issue of SHOTGUN I NEWS FREE and start my subscription for one I year. $2 enclosed-to be refunded jf J'm not I completely satisfied. l Name .. FAST DRAW FANS!!! I Address For blazing fast draw action and spinning thrills, use Pointer's Fast Draw Adapter. It's one of the I most important advancements in the art, since the F. D. Holster. Converts your .45 single action I City & State I so that you can use .22 Rim Fire Blanks, also .38 L---- ....J Special & .357 Mag. use i'.57 Rem. Primers, with• out danger of accident. Not onlY will it be a safe sport but you'll save on ammo costs. too. Set of 6 in box only $5.95. In addition, for a sharp pistol grip get this new silver finish Regal PuP (shown). Avail. for poP. handguns. Uncond. Guaranteed not to warp or lose its org. luster. Only $5.95. Reg. . The Finest Revolver and Pistol imitation Stag Grtps only $4.00. Choice selection of genuine fancy pearl, Ivory or Stag Grips also Dakin Sidelock "Double" available. Outstanding value in genuine H&H type side. lock double shotgun. Old growth Pyrenees walnut; intricate hand engraving. Selective GRIPS CLEAiR SCOPE CAPS auto ejectors. Auto safety. Demibloc. $308.00; with raised vent. rib,and SST, $350.00. Genuine Lets you see IVORY. STAG. PEARL ~. while protecting Get the feel of a Dakin "double" at ~ • scope. ••• Now at special Frotects your scope. Insures clear sighting visi• your franchised Dakin dealer. Per• bility under the most adverse weather or hunting fect balance. Specifically designed for savings! conditions. These clear, distortion-free optic lens guards are your best insurance for a successful American shooters. Special beaver• hunt. Choice of over 150,000 hunters. Available for all popular scopes. When ordering, please state tail forends; select steel alloys; hand brand, power & modet of scope. Only $3.25 pro Fine filter lens $4.95 each. Conventional leather engraving and checkering; close"fit." scope cover $3.00. $124.50 to $350. Write for catalogue ORDER NOW! REMEMBER, IF IT'S A PISTOL GRIP WE'VE GOT IT! Send for Free Literature. and name of nearest Dakin dealer. SOUTHWEST CUTLERY 6- MFC., CO., INC. DAKIN GUN COMPANY 1309 Olympic Blvd., Montebello 5, California Dept. 107 121 Second St" San Francisco 5, Calif. 66 GUNS OCTOBER 1959

STURN(, RUGER & CONIPANY, INC. PRESENTSTH E NEW SUPERBLACKHAWK®

Intl'gral ribs on

fra IJl e protect adj/Htable rear sight.

Wide spur, low contour, hammf!r COCh'S with ,minimum disturbance of grip.

Trigger is full width of guard bow and sharply grooved for perfect control. Newlv desig~ed steel grip frame enlarged and contoured ASTERPIECE OF POWER AND PRECISION to lnuumlze The SUPER BLACKHAWK is the first new RUGER recoil effect. product to come from our new manufacturing fadlities. Long a part of our firearms development program, the SUPER BLACKHAWK represents a logical advance in the construction of high-powered single-action reo volvers. The shape, size and mechanical design of this magnificent firearm have been perfected with the object of taking full advantage of the power of the .44 Mag• Write for new 16 page catalog for de'tailed num cartridge and the result is a sporting and defensive description on all RUGER firearms. STURM, RUGER & CO., INC. weapon of capabilities that have never previously been No,32 Lacey Place, Southport, Conn" U.S.A. possible ina handguri.

.44 Magnum Caliber, 7112" Barrel, Weight 48 ozs., Retail List $120.00, includes cloth lined Mahogany case.