JANUARY 1959 SOc fIIEST III THE fllUUlS finD

HUNTING- SHOOTING -ADVENTURE 1958 NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPION JOE HIESTAND

• Ohio State Champion-9 times • Amateur Clay Target Champion of America-4 times • Doubles Champion of America• 3 times • High Over All Champion-7 times • Hiestand has the remarka'ble record of having broken 200 out of 200 fifty times. • Hiestand has the world's record of having broken 1,404 registered targets straight without missing a one.

Champions like Joe Hiestand de• pend on the constant performance of CCI primers. The aim of CCI

Champions like Joe Hiestand de• pend on the constant performance of CCI primers. The aim of cel is to continue to produce the finest quality primers for Ameri• can shooters. .' Rely on CCI PRIMERS American Made ~ Large and Small , 8.75 per M Large and Small Pistol, 8.75 per M Shotshell Caps, 8.75 per M Shotshell, 15.75 per M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ TWO IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS ... ~

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BARREL INSERT MAGAZINE PERFECT FOR TRAININ~ I YOUNGSTERS AT LOW COST 12 SPRINGFIELD BOLT Only $34.50 ppd. (Extra magazine-$1.75) ~~f:~~"~? .~O.~Et~e t';p.er. The ~ ••nd ee..4 --.--- ~ ,~ :.'t =.r ' ~~~in~~ ;n(l ~:::~ u: i ~~ i~: »)l~~~:~~~s .•-:: isst:lnd~usrr;-e:~ . Id eal for practice using" .22 l.r, ammo. Think of the ]noney you Save . W hy pu c away your .22 Target p i at ol l ines, ru g . ge~ mct a~ alloy Ir- blue- Sp ringfie ld spor rer wh en high pow er season is ove r, quick ly conve rt it in to a super accurate ~~i~~ c:: ~n~~p er5~:: :~1n ef~ ~pa:i;~d Ol~ 5~~~ l~O~:~ot:i "Man-sized" .22 re peater. U cilizc a ll you r ex tra equipment- scopes, sporrer stoc k, slin g, C ommon (a v ailable ev e ry w here ) "soda c!"arger . C02 s peci a l s ights , etc. Q uickly interchang e able b ack t o .30.0 6 c aliber. Shorr throw b olt-only c;yl inder conta in ed in t arget s h a pe ci 9"P. QU lckl~- l ~ ! ' , ( wit h adjustab le head s pac e ). s hor t firing pin throw , spe eds lock time f or t arget 'Imply. removed&.. replaced. a cc u ra cy. SO POWERFUL t t Ii••n.ed U n i t Comes w ith 24" SUO e C' accu rate b arrel of or dn an ce steel, n ew .trigger g uard a n d .22 ~~:Ie..':~ st:~t ~~ilitbeb eru~ ~ i~ edEx~~~::P (no: pre::ii:~. m a g a z ine h ousing , 7-sbor d eta chable .22..clip, a n d full size . short a c tion .22 S p ringfield b olt; ::al,~~~ ' o;d~hr:~¢ o r pc::~~: ~. Specla' dealer. plus de railed Instructi on s for asse ni bli ng in minutes. Gives " yea r round" use fo r world's fREE EXTRAS: 10 CO' Car- favo rite nile a t sens arionalt y low cos t, . • • tridge. plus 8 Tubes of Copper .Grearest. "Springfield Advan ce" in 55 years! (DEALERS: Special proces on 3 or more) Plated BBs. A $2.00 Savingl . ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Over 17,000,000 Gun Parts in Stock~ ANOTHER NUMRICH SUPER SPECIAL SUPER TARGET .22 BARRELS etl STOCK BLANKS nf n u c st A m er -ican wnrn ur. nretu r -ned , s hap ed and NEW REMINGTON MAT CHM AS T E R BARRELS. for u se as th r o ll ~ h 1 st sa nding. n o te measuremenr s Wh ic h p er. b arre l b la nks o r on Re mi n gton guns in the 5 0 0 series. 2 6 " m it ill )("lting- (n r h nlh h igh powe r a nd s mall b ore lo n g, 13 / 16 " d ia m ete r , chambere d (o r .2 2 I. r . , 6 groove r ifl(ls.: bott ac tion s ho tguns; o r cut off and u se o n ri fling. Each b a r re l t r u ed, t e sted and sertat numbered by p u m p s ho tg u ns and d ou b les. 2 8 112" ro n a . 1 3 4" t h ro u nn. Re m ingto n . The pride or Re m in gton ' S bas-ret makers. EV<" n § ~ :; ald etl~~ e l S~~~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ IC' i 3 r i e - t -iJ~it~~h~~s ~~gr e~ v e~: If y o u do not NO W h ave a gun for rebarrennc, y ou ppd. w In the future-may w e s u ggest you p ick up 1 or :l u ( t h e se 5 1 .0 0. a t this ex ceptiona l price before th ey arc gone? Hi gh s t rength stee l. suitab le for ce n ter tire ca liber's , fin e for DDd. targ et pi Sto l b ars-et a. Orig i n ally made for t h e 5 13 T arg et r ifle s S pe ci al $4.95 plus SO C post. (Ramp &, front s ight fo r above $ 1. 2 5 ) ~ 70%~!~£~UNT HEAVY .22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS (,' FRONT SIGHTS yo u r friends, a s to u nd your ra reors-croea rd • .•. f. ~ !tl .•.L... ) / .} }~ : ._ . d..~ ~n J ~~ e~ "'. ~,t.ra l Rn t. ~ .r .~f! eq. u . ~l;' ''' '1~~6 ...3 p~P. ~ ~ t ...c~~ s , u",or ... R: a ~,~ ~ . Yo~ ~ : .,"~! ~~ ' .3 ~ _u s ~ . _ . Re m in g to n . The pr-ide of Remin gto n ' s b a rrel make rs. Even USed-or y ou r mo n e)' ba ck . i( yo u d o n o t N OW na ve a gun for re ba rr onuz, y ou will 3 GUN S IZE 5 2 .00 ppd. in th e r u rurec-rnav we s u g g est y o u p ick up 1 or :! of the se at th is e x cepti ona l price b ef or e t h e y a re gone? H ig h I NDUS T R IAL C UNSM IT H SIZE. s t rength steel , s u ita b le for ce n te r fir e ca l tbera, fine for 1 pi nt 5 7 .S 0 DDd. targ e t pi sto l barrets . O r ig in a lly made (or the 51 3 T a r g et r ifle s S pe c ia l $ 4.95 p lus SO c po st. ~~ ~ . ~ S ~ - ~ -- ....-.::'"' ~- ~ - - - - - (R a m p &, fro nt sigh t fo r above $ 1.25) - .. ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ b ~ a · l~d l ~ c ~ \~B1 ~ 1~ P I ~ ~ eO ~ · ~ t1 l - n ew HEAVY .22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS r ocott pl a te . b u tt mate . sc re ws . fr ont b a n d !"pr ln!! . $ -1.9 ,1. S a rn o. le s s metal p a r t s. (,' 5 3 .95. (Very lI !!h t col o r stocks . tl ll il"'h sa n d e d but n o t Am aze y our fr iends. a s to u nd y our uu-rr ot s-c reca rd - s tatnce . snmc ortcc s. : C:l.rh in e l-l:l. n d ~ \ l a r<..l i'i. new. F ull 1 1 /1 6 " d iameter, s t raight. rifled hl a nk _ 6 : 1 ~ ~ I ~ I' O~~e ~ ~ r t ~~' ttii. " n s;il:!:~~ t~ ~ l~ l i ~J~ ~~~ ' el.' ~ h ~~ I~; ; ~ r:;\ ; l ~ f l 8 :.!.:iO rm d , w rt t e w a n ts for ot he r ca rb ine parts. a roovo fo r s u pe r a ccur-acy. 2 ,1" lo n g - llll'g e diame te r m a kes ad apta bl e fo r m o st r im or co rn e r tir e a cetou s , b o re s., o ften used on t nrtrct Ilil"'lo ls-complete w ith I tur n i n 1 4" only $6.95 p lus 45e post . ext ra apertures Quick ly in terchangeab le. From • (Chambering for .22 L.R. on ly , ntld $ 1 .00) dlsc-mt tnuerj 'ru r c et r ifle o f l nr-ir e st. U.S. r ifle munu • ruet u re r .c.a t a ;0(",. dt scou u t.l Price 5 1. 4 H ea .c• 38 ITEMS GI SHOOTING KIT (De n ie r!" 8 12.00 p er d o a. j 1n h a n dsom e CArry • i n g' b ox w zse t r l ock • BREECH OIL i l1 ~ h a nd le . 10 so nr t .? ~ ". • m-ass rods (wor th ; ,-Ie ~ d j & THONG SET, ca.) , h l'i stlc c le nn lnJ;:" LOWCOST- ~ bru shes . 2: co n ta iner" 1 spec tn t :ru n g'r c nse. 10 For Springfield a nd Garand , fils in butt. HIGH QUALITY spectnt sc re w dr i ," el' . ~ made of plated b rass. Excellent . .. . SLOO ppd. Un tvcrea ! Ra mp S ig h t H older Com pl e t e with Gold & pr rn ch . An t i q u e be ad sigh t. S im p le so lder "sw eat on" In stallation• s ty le d b ra ..s o i l ( ' :\1 \ m ill ed b as-ret r ad iu s spec ia ll y made to fit m o st all (ofte n u se d for p r im• r ifle s . xra n ed, no g la re ramp su r fa ce . ALL MA• in g" powder o n p ('rCllS• 9MM -.357 - 3 8 CAL . BARREL BLANKS C H INE D fr om the so lid, n o ca euuns o r st.ampi ng-s , si a n & fli n t s) . p nt r -h A $ 5. 00 val u e ONLY $ 1 . 79 e ac h . r-an . All fitted for pt etots .32 Ca l. & u p. Gi ve or s e ll S t ra ig h t le n gths-2 0" lo n g-6 groove . targ e .0 4 0 our- 2 fo r $ 3 .2~ S pecia l $ 1 4 .6 0 pe r doz. ex tra rods & sc r e w d r ivers to friends. s ide d tumeterc-usec o n pi s to ls - ofte n fitted t o o ld ' 92 wtncn e s wr ror u sc a. .3 5 ; m ag n um ri fles. $6. 75 Wh il e th ey la s t _ O NLY - $ 2 .7 5 plus 60e po sta g e . ppd. ( 10" le n g th s $ 3 .95 p pd . ) • SAVE $4.00 HERE! Yes, u n beli evabl e a s it soun ds. s a ve a run S4.00 on t ncse n e w Lyman 5 7 s tn n ts-ce ac n U. S. CARBINE MAGAZINES \v Ith targ et k n o bs-reg ul ar p rice thro u ghout the 5·SHOT ::\1:l.J::":lz inc: F il S: flu sh . reo • GARAND RiflE CONVERSION KIT co unt ry is $ 8 .50 . Our buyers worke d lon g an d hard t o bri n g y o u t h is specia l. O rde r 5 ; A , qutred In m os t s ta tes (or h unt. r ed u ce s t o 5 sho ts, o n ly way to in g , our spec ia l p rice onl y make Ga r a nd fully legal f or xrount o n le ft si d e . On ly $ -l-G O ppd. (Deale r s h u n ti n g In m ost s ta les. (e a s il y $40.00 per ' d oz .) S:.!.4S ppd. in sta lled & r e m oved). Se t. co m • plete w ith specia l fo ll o wer & STAND ARD BRASS SHOTGUN IS·SHOT :\ I A r. : Bra nd new, only 2 li ve :;ehot c li p!". 53.95 . Extra SICHTS. l a r ~ e bead . reeurer $ 1.00 e a. 2 fo r $1.75 (f re e u sed ~ 5 shot c lips. 9 5 ¢ ea. Stan d ard 4 x40 threa d . In constant de• carrying ca s e ~ i v e n w h e n 2 are 8 s hot cl ips. 52.0 0 pe r doze n. mand. u sually S 1 . 0 0 tn st a n ed .. ordc rec n. 3 0-SHOT M A G: Brand or so e ea . Specia l p a cket of n e w, only S .L95. *.~ 10 ( Of on ly $1.0 0, OR s up e r GARAND i s p e c t a t , 1 0 nackere {I OO I . .. TAKEDOWN sl~ ht s 1 for o n ly $7 . 50. (T a p &: ch amb er cr ean t u z t ools . fit s in trap i n b utt-n ew for above 4 x 4 0 . 50e extra) O G1J AONO l' ~ ' A ,f D G'S J A ~ O o i ~~e t o f b oth, co m pl e te with m e ta l. brand n ew. 52.50. GARAND RIFLE CLIPS-S 2.00 p e r d oz . WE HAVE OVER 17,000,000 CUN PARTS Mod ern -Ob sol e t e-Fo re ign. Fo r free que- * tation send bro ken part or rou g h sketc h . SAVE UP TO 50% ON THESE BRAND*NEW REDFIELD SCOPE BASES Made by REDFIELD. espee lalty for the 1903A3 & A4 Springfields. ' om- 190JAJ .45 AUTO MAGAZINES ntete with windag e adj ust in g screws- Design is quick deta chable- =--. . a rugged. strnnle. dur abl e. = m ade 1 054 of n e w s te e l specs . • SPRINGFIELD s u pe r tor to any made o re • I Base Only $3.75 • v tou srv . Ne w . In or ta . WI'all• Set of Ring s (%" only) $3.10 ~ .q..",.. e _; .' J)in ~ !';. $1.95 ea.-2 for $ 3 .50. (Ri ngs .867 dl a. un $6.80) . , NOTE: W h e n 2 are orde r ed. (Rings I" dia. $8,25) n e w w eh cnr ry i n l!: c.ase in • cl uded FREE. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUNS & ACCESSORIES WANTED: GUN PARTS a ll k i nd s . n ew o r u sed, military o r oom m e rcia l, U. R. o r f o ~i g n . _ sC!ld _ ~ o u g l! ~i st: o r d o _as _m~ny d o , ,ShiP. ~ ff By FRANKLYN MacCORMACK WGN-Radio, T elevision Performer F MY collection of more than 200 pieces, I am Omost pr oud of the Colt .45 "Peacemak er" revolver I am holding in the picture. It was given to me over 30 years ago by a Montana sheriff, Jack Benjamin, and was supposed to have belonged to a western gunman responsibl e for th e eleven notches in th e handle. It is ju st as accurate toda y as when it rolled from th e Colt factor y. Also in my collec tion ar e rifles and side arm s from 32 different foreign countries, pieces I've been collecting for over 35 years, ever since th e chief of detectives in Water• loo, Ja., my home, gave me a .41 cal. palm size Colt, th e famed riverb oat gambler's gun , when I was still a youngster.

By NILS KVALE Norma A mnw nition Faetory Engineer A lth ough I am not much of a .t\.. milit ary man , my favorite gun is the submachine gun. I find it gives a most excellent training both for eye and hand , to keep up one's abilities in shooting the ordinary rifle or pistol, and even shotgun. Variou s targe ts, movin g and stationary, at short, medium and long distan ces also mak e the SMG an extreme• ly int erestin g and amusing gun to shoot, an d the is inexp ensive. The Swedish SMG m/ 45 is the best perf ormer of all types I have han dled ; our stand• ard bull seye at 100 meters is four inches, and we hit it. I wish thi s gun had the magazin e hous• ing of the Schmeisser and th e cocking knob on th e left side, but th ese are personal opinions, which may not be shared by all shooters. As a ballisti cian , I wish the gun were shooting a little r': 3 < f:~ ,n, ,. ~p "·' r :, :' · ' " >( - : < T % ir ~ ,' r< 1;R IG G E Ii

TALK THE COVER When a man wins, both his per• RO ~ I sonal grit, skill, and courage, THE world 's cha mpion shooter quality, and the quality and F cover to th e first-team lin eup of stories, fitness of the tools he uses, in• we are presenting to you shooters an all-star fluence his record . So the guns package for New Year 's. We lead off the of world pistol champ Bill " world's champion firearm s sport magaz ine" McMillan, Captain U.S.M.C., with the inside story of world's champ pistol. share the shooting Marine's na• man Capta in Bill .\Ic.\Iillan, U.S..\1.C. And, tional and international honors. to give a plu g for the men in gree n, it was JANUARY, 1959 VOL. V, 1-49 Marine training that mad e McMillan an outstanding pistol shooter. IN THIS ISSUE Take a gander at the others-Walte r Rod• gers' story on cowboy guns, by a work ing guns americana ... cowboy- and Dick Sim mons, App le-state ARSENAL ON THE HUDSON William B. Edwards 14 sheriff and noted firearm s author and gun WHERE ARE TOMORROW 'S MINUTE MEN? David F. Soule 31 stock expert, writes of fine woods in "Cun• stock Beauties on Parade." Al Goerg, whose western . .. ".22's For Survival" caused so much comment GUNS FOR THE WORKING COWBOy Walter Rodgers 18 and concern, has an importan t story for the handguns . .. woodshunter, "Your Target is Smaller Than THE MAN WHO BEAT THE UPSIDE·DOWNERS Bill Toney 20 You Think." Read and compare those targ ets, GUNS 3rd ANNUAL POLICE AWARD 25 the vital areas of deer, th en cross check it with your own experience these past mont hs. workshop . .. Would you have done an y bett er if you knew GUNSTOCK BEAUTIES ON PARADE ...... •...... Dick Simmons 22 then what you know now? HOW TO GET CAST BULLET ACCURACy Robert J. Kindley 40 " Give Th e Lillie Lady A Gun" is a story hunting ... urging men to tak e their wives hunting. May• THE TARGET IS SMALLER THAN YOU THINK Alfred J. Goerg 26 be you don't want to take your wife along on GIVE THE LITTLE LADY A GUN Marion Rubinstein 32 your hunting trips. Some do and some don't - which makes it a tou gh editorial choice. shooting ... Yet women can and ar e sharing fun with TEN OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RIFLES Kent Bellah 28 guns, with no detriment to their femin inity "THE PEAK OF PLINKING" ...... • . .. George B. Johnson 36 and no un-lad ylike competition with men. HOW YOUNG SHOULD KIDS SHOOT? William Hammack 39 . . . An yway, here it is ; if you don't like gun of the month ... the idea, don't read it. NEW SCHORN AUTOMATIC RIFLE K. L. Waters 42 " ..T.h,P.Iine-un includ es .,» .c ounle of.mlavers and no un-lad ylike competition with men. Ho"W YOUNG SHOULD KIDS SHOOT? William Hammack 39 • . . Anyway. here it is; if you don't lik e gun of the month ... the idea, don't read it. NEW SCHORN AUTOMATIC RIFLE K. L. Waters 42 Th e lin e-up includ es a couple of players which would constitute, in any other journ al, departments ... real "scoop" reporting but which, in GUNS MY FAVORITE GUN ...... 4 Magazi ne, you readers ha ve been accustomed TRIGGER TALK , . . . . . 5 to as usual far e. Our lead article is a report GUNS IN THE NEWS...... 6 HANDLOADING BENCH 7 by GV :'IS' tech editor on his recent visit to ELMER KEITH SAyS Elmer Keith 8 Bann erm an 's Island. Th is off-limits depot of CROSSFIRE 10 the gun trade's biggest and oldest collec tor PULL! .. " ., Dick Miller 12 gun firm is also the gun trad e's biggest SHOPPING WITH GUNS ...... 56 mystery. New photos plus old ones bring the PARTING SHOTS 64 Bann erm an 's Island story up to date. THE GUN MARKET 65 Second scoop is a follow-up to one we ra n George E. von Rosen Art Arkush from Sweden a couple of years ago, titl ed PUBLISHER E. B. Mann EDITOR EDITOR IAL DIRECTOR " Where Tommy Gun s Are Shot By Civilian William B. Edwards Elmer Keith .\Iarksmen." The story, first on popular civil• Sidney Barker TEC HNICAL ED ITOR SHOOTING EDIT OR Fred Mclaren ian use of automatic weap ons to appear in ART DIRECTOR AR T ED ITOR any journal in the U. S. since th e " prohibi• Louis Satz Marvin Ginn Lou Weber K. Elliott L R. Pector tion daze," arou sed a flurry 01 MG stories in CIRCULATION ADV. SALES MGR. ADVERTISING ADV . PROD. PRODUCTION the other magazines, some pro, some viewing Editorial Advisory Board with alarm . Now, Cl,:\S has discovered and COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MI LLER ALFRED J. GOERG br ings to you the story of a group of en• ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUN LAP VAL FORGETT KENT BEllAH thu siasts in southern Indiana who legall y en• joy th e fun of shooting burp guns. They call it the " height of plinking," and you may agree with them. A third "exclusive" (we promised two but REPRESENTATIVES : NEW YORK , Eugene L. Pollock, 60 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. , YU kon 6-9280. MIDWEST, Lee Salberg, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skoki e, III., ORchard S-6967. CALi• you're gett ing three-you always get more FORNIA , The Ren Averill Co., Ren Averill, 232 N. La ke Ave., Pasadena, Calif. RYan 1-9291. for your money in GU :\s) is the report on th e GUN S m ng azfnc is publi s hed mon t h ly at 81liQ v . Ccutrnt Pa r-k A v en ue. Skokte. llli n o is . Sec on d c lass P OStag-c ~ai d Schorn automatic rifle. Possessin g unu sual ~~ ~ S~kJ ~ E~ ~i : n ~ g u ; l ~e e~k ; , d~~ r ~ ~lr ~~ ~N I~ ~ ~ g : ; ~ ~ •.~~ ~ ,~ie~ ~ I~ ~ g~ id o ~~ch~~~ ' ~ :~~l J H d ~ g ~ : v. ~ ~ I ~ O~ ~ 'ii I ~ J D * o * ~ r~8 ~ m~ ~ ~ ~ 1 r\\ p ~ :ri al ~ s ~: p~ffi ~r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ K ~ r # l~ ~ lt r~ \o d,2i lT ob~t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~tW ~a t r;1 : kcu ~: ~ t: ~ ~ r ~ ~ O ~ f b:c ::~~ ~~~ ~ J ~ d accuracy for an autoloader, the Schorn rifle w ill cover repr od uction In an y or a ll GUN S rnaeaetne edi tions. ADVERTI SING RATES furnished on requeae, may be a sign of new gunmaking firm on th e hori zon .. . at any rat e, it certa inly answer s "what's new ?" And to read ers, GUNS will always try to give you what 's new in the gun world. Ju st keep up with us from month to month. RARE CIRCASSIAN WALNUT Finest gunstock wood. Very dense, yet light in weight, takes smoot h finish sharp checkering. Turned and in• letted stocks from $16.50 up to $80.00 for rare fancies . Rifle blanks from $15.00 to $75.00. Shot gun blanks from $ 10 .00 to $40.00. No other wood compares with Rare ~ l i~l~~; l ~ ~~e ~ ~ ~ C~ ~ d ll. a ~ ~ I I' ~ ~ i ~ 1 ~ e ~ n l ~ ~ I ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ $ i g ~ ~ 5 Circassian as a gun stock.New shipment recently fet'd. to $ 7;1 .00 . S h o t ftun blanks. $20.00 to $ 35. 0 0. FREE TO GUN SM ITHS : Bi 9 4.co lor chart showi ng Fl ai g's var i ed P R E~ I U M GUN STac KalAN KS in natur al color. I BEAUTIFULLY GRAINED FRENCH WALNUT- FINEST PENNA. BLACK WALNUT Fr ench r ifle blank s. 520.00 to $40.00. Turn ed a nd in- BlAN KS & STOC KS: letted for most ri fles S5.00 more. Rifle blan ks. all grad es. $4.00 to $20.fiO. Walnut shotgun xxxx $25.00; SUIJer Bur ls up to $35.00. blanks, $1. 50 to $15.00 . Walnut inl etted stock for most CUR LY MAPLE RIFLE BLANKS: $7.00 to 530.00. $ i l ~~~b t~ ta$ ~ : O ~ . $ : i~oO; pex : n a,g r ba ud ris ~~dtt;ar:8b~~is ~~~~~ ~ Turn ed and inlet ted for most rifl es, $8,00 to $35.00. a ble NOW: xxx grade $ 11.50-$20.00. • Tokyo, J ap an: Th e Japanese Govern men t announced tha t anyon e who wants a hunting PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONS license from now on will have to pass a * five-hour course in firearm s han dlin g to prove they are capable with guns. *** STANDARD OR SERIES 400 • Fort Carson, Colo.: Army Recru it Roy L. FN ACTION OR HVA ACTION BARRELED TO Milliorn, a four foot, 11 inch train ee, found FINEST DOUGLAS ULTRA-RIFLED CHROME MOLY BARREL. it impossible to fire the M-l rifle with his V CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES: short arms. Taki ng the situation into hand, 1 . N e w s ta ndard FNM auser Act ten, Fort Car son shortened the butt of a rifle an CALIBERS: 2 . Fine s t DOUGLAS Ut u-a-r-Iflod , Ctu-ome M o ly b a r re l. w i t h pa t ented smooth h a rd 6 Gr. inch and a half , lead ed it to compensate for 220 SWIFT-22·250 6W 3 1.1 g- ~ c1~'I ~ ~~ I~\ ?t~~ 'i S: ~ ~iI ~ ~ ~ unu el' ed to rnu-ror finiah with proper necdspace . ~:~ ':~~ .=:::R~~r:.·M 4 . E a ch u nit r e s t -to-e d w i th sam pt o fu-ed ca se i nc luded fo r YOUI' tn sp eet.ton. the weight loss, and now "Shorty" Milliorn 270 -WIN.-300 SAV. ~ : ~ ~: ~I ~ e\ l ~ ~ll ~ { ~ e t '; ;: ~ ~ ~~O ~~'I~ dl l~~ I ' iS~ l t. he l'W ise we will sh ip recommended l en gth and tw ist. 2 80 REM.-308 WIN . 7. Ch o ice o f l i.ght- w e l g ht 01' snorter w ei g-h t. m e d iu m h e avy. or h eavy w ei ght b arrels• can ha ndle his rifle with th e best of 'em. •30-06 & the .25 { 0 6 , PHI Cfo:;S; rcr lI ght 01' s oorter we i g-h t (5 - 5 1/2 Ih 8. ) $74.00, M e d iu m heavy. $79,00. f u ll 3 5 W h el an 4S 8 WI N. heav y $84.00. 1"1'."" , I\'lagnlllll Douglas B a r l'e lled Actio n: Cals , . 3 0 0 H&H.. 375 H&H•. 27 0 AI s ~ar \h$ 7 ~ ~gl a d ~ r t ~ ~ ~ ~I.& ~~ ~a }l l~~ :' I?; ()O ' ~~~i e~ \ t, ~ tl~~~ ' ~ i~; n $ o~. 7 i ~9A A~f i l~n P ~~ ~ ~~ : ~ ~ d ~ ~ ' ~~ ~e )b ';13~ o g 3~Sg i l i~~~ ll t. i onal . For *** S • Long Beach, Calif. : Wh en a policeman F.N. BARRELED ACTION SPECIAL : New F .N . Lmpcn-tod l i::.:-htw e i g-h t bm-retoet acuons. b lued. w ith ramp. I here used the butt of his pistol to subd ue Ca l ibel' . 2 2 0 Sw i f t. .:!--l 4 Hem ing- Lon • . 2i'H l-3000 . . 2 57 Hohc n s ,\lld 71111l1. A l s o .270. , 30H &. 30-0 6 Ca l. -Pr ice $67.50. a rowdy hooligan, it wasn't quite the end of NOW AVAILABLE : Tile n ew l i g-h t- w eig-h t SAKOL-57 A ction barrel ed to t h e the story. Th e judge, hearing th e case, or• nouc ta s em-orne moly narrot i n ca lib e r s , 22-250. 220 S Wi ft' . 2 4 3 Win. , 2 4 4 I Ite'll.. 257 Roberts . 250 Sa".. 300 Sa v .. a n d 3 0 8 Win. $ 84 .00 c-orn n ete ligh t• w .c igllt .01' sP OI·l e l'- weight. , Premjuru g-n u lc. nnrt-e! $ 3 . 0 0 add itional. ~AKO L -ti7 dered th e defendant to pa y for the da mage Lig-htw e! g-ht Bar relled Act.ton With 22" M ICI'O-GI'ooved b at-rel i n caliber . 3 08 01 . 2 --l3 wtncn e stcr. blue d. complete•...•..".., ..• ...... • ..., .. . •. $79.00. done to the pistol when it was brought down over his head. ACE ACE DOUBLE·SET TRIGGER TRIGGER ... ,., .. , , $ 1 0.0 0 New FLAIG'S Ace BENCH REST STAND POWDER MEASURE STAND SHOE ~ ~ \ ~ ~ ~ ~ o6 .bO u r m= : ~ s e r o r F .N. *** $2.50 Crad,l,c . s i~~, appr-uxi rnnt el y U n i " ,er s a l t y pe•. x e votv tn a F or most 3 1(2 x 6 . G u n may b e h ol dhur h e ad, adjust able in • Arlington, Va.: John McGu ire, a top rifle s . s h ot• ENFIELD M1917 1":1 15<;'<101' towe red w ith ou t I'e - seconds, Larg-e k n u rted l o c k g wn e and m O" I !Il-:". Mad e e r rtir-e l y o f whee l. W i ll a cc om mod a te any G·Man for a quart er of a century, ru efully nauceuns- .30 -06 PARTS at umtnurn . \\eig-ht 3lJ4 I b s , p opul ru- s h o t and pow d er New 5 GI' . Bar-rot s .... $ 1 5.0 0 $ 12 .00, m PHSUl'e . $4 .0 0 . admits that his teen-age son, Stevie, now Exccucm 5 G r. Ba lTel s . 12.00 (D ea l e !' inqu i l'i e s invited ) ( D ea l e l' inquil'i es i n vit ed ) ll O LTS Cn m p l e te . NEW., 6 . 50 outshoots him on the tar get ra nge. Th e FBI O ther E nflclcl M od el 1917 p a rts i ll sluck , NEW S pr in gfiel d N I c k el Steel B olt $3.5 0, sa me bolt agent and his son belong to a Virg inia rifle O t her gun p a r ts i n s tock. ' VI'H e a lterf>d ' or l ow scope w i t h p e a.r s ha pe d h.an.dl e 1.lk." 70 I YOU I' n cccts , Wl n cne ste r , o n l y, ,., .••• •••• •• ••.. •" ••••$8.50 -- .nn__ . 2 :t 3 w tiicn est cr. bl u e d. coruptc to • . . . •. ."..,.. •...... -.-.•--.- ..--, -.- . -.-• . $79.00. 8Hh~- [0 m e PISIOI wn en H was nrougru uuwn over his head. ACE ACE DOUBLE·SET TRIGGER TRIGGER ... ,., .. . , $ 1 0.0 0 New FLAIG'S Ace BENCH REST STAND POWDER MEASURE STAND SHOE ~ ~\ ~ ~ ~ ~ o6 .bO u r m= : ~ s e r o r F .N . *** $2.50 C n l d,l,c s i~~, appr-uxirnn tely U n i",ersal t y pe•. x evotv tna F or most 3 1(2 x 6 . G u n m ay be h ol dhur h e ad, adjustab le in • Arlington, Va. : John McGuire, a top rifle s . s h ot• ENFIELD M1917 1":1 15<;'<101' to w e re d w ithou t I'e - seconds, Laure knurted l o c k g wn e and mOVI!Il-:". l\la<,.l e e r rtir-e l y o f w h ee l. W i ll a cc o m mod a te any G·Man for a quart er of a century, ru efully nauceuns- .30 -06 PARTS u tumt n urn. \\eig-ht 3 lJ4 I b s , p opulnr- s h o t and powder New 5 Gr, Bar-rot s ....$15.00 $ 12 .00, m PHSUl' e. $4 .0 0 . ad mits that his tecn-age son, Stevie, now Exccucru 5 G r. Ba n'el s . 12.00 (D ea l e !' inqu i l' i (!s inv ited) (D ea l e l' inquil'i es i n vit ed ) llOLTS Co m p l e te . NEW., 6.50 outshoots him on the ta rget range. Th e FBI O t her E n fl eld Model 1917 parts ill sluck , NEW S pr in g fi el d N I c k el Steel Bolt $ 3 .5 0 , sa me bolt agent and his son belong to a Virg inia rifle O t her gun p arts i n s tock. ' VI'H e a lterf>d ' or l o w scope w i t h p ea r sh aped h andle like 70 YOU I' n c ccts , Wl n cne ste r, o n l y, ,.,. ••• •. .• ••••.. • •.. ••• $8.50 club. BARRELS *** BOEHLER BA RREL S. proof stee l. semi-octa gon, ribb ed. SPRINGFIELD • Sudbury, Canada: Bill Hrinivich felt sorry matted ent ire length. Made by FRANZ SODIA of Fer• for a duck he had wounded, so he nursed it Iaeh, Aust ria. in .22•.25. .210. zmm, and .30 caliber. M-1903 Also now available in ,243 and .244 cal. Highl y accurate • back to health , even providing another lame in the whit e. $45.00. ( Fitted to your act ion. with sheared du ck to keep it company. Bill has tr ans• bead. complete price $60.00. ' 2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $3.00. Case of 10 $25.00 formed a swamp int o a pond where as many NEW SPRINGFIELD 4-groove BARRELS SIO.OO New! Krag 2-Groove 30-40 BARREL S 23" or less in as 300 different kin ds of ducks mak e th eir length. Fully cha mbered threa ded. Only $15.00, MILLED TRIGGER GUARDS-Made for Flaig's home. To keep predators away from this 4. GR. ORDNANCE BARRELS 23" long. fully cham• by Sako and featuri'!g ~ako 's smooth-working bered. threaded. blued, $20,00. hinged floor plate. W,ll fIt any M-1903 Spring• wildlif e sanctuary he has crea ted, Bill al• New! MAUSER '98-30-06 2-GR. BARRELS 23" or less field. Dressed tang, blued. These will enhance any in length. Full y chambered & th readed. Only $15.00. ways keeps a shotgun hand y. Th e duck was Note: Any of the above Bar rels expertl y fitt ed to your fine sporter $15.00 wound ed acc identally. Acti on-headspaced and test-ftred-$2.50 addit ional. ( Dealer inquiries invited ) ~' IIII11 I1I11I1l Il Ill Ill Ill IIllIll Ill IlIll Ill Il IlIllIIll IllIll Il Il IlIIllI Il IIlIllIl Il IlIll IlIll Il IlIllIll I IllIlIlIll IlIllIl ' 'l'I" 'lIll lll llllllll ll ll lll ll lll llllllll lll ll llll l lll ll lllll l l lll d ll'lIllll lllllll llll l lll lll l ll lll lll l ll l l 1Il 1ll 1ll 1 1 1 1l 1ll 1l 1l 1 1 1l 1ll 1ll 1 1 1l 1 1ll 1 " l l l t llll lll lll llllll ll lll lll l lll lll lllllllllll lll l l~ *** ~ ~ • San Diego, Calif. : Jam es Woodward was ~ Exclulitle1 ~ clerking in a store when a man drew an - - ~ automatic pistol and told him it was a hold• I NEW FLAIG-ACE I up. Whereup on, before he could utter an• ~ ~ ~ FI NISHED BARRELS ~ other word, the young clerk jumped on th e ifi Made by a nationally known barrel-maker of high est repute. we now offer th e potented "button rifled" ~ man an d disarmed him, th en held hi m for ~ smooth hard, swedged, six groove chrom e moly borrel of absolutely top quolity. compl etely threod ed ~ police with his own gun. Th e clerk did thi s ~ pr ecisi~n chamber ed and crowned at a money-saving price. You con now have your favorite caliber in ~ ~ your choice of weight at a moderate price. NOW also for the 54·70 Win. including 25-06, ~ by gra bbing tho gunman's weapon with one j§; 22-250 and other calibers.' ifi hand and the wr ist in the oth er- in acce pted ~ • Immediately avoolobl e for the FN Mouser, Sprin9.field. Enfield and 722 Remington Action. ~ ~ • Choice of LIGHTWEIGHT 22" , SPORTER WEIGHT 24" ond MEDIUM-HEAVY WEIGHT 26". ~ Marine Corps fash ion. James Woodward, ~ • Choice of Colib ers: 220 Swift , 22-2S0 , 243 Win ., 244 Rem.. 2S0 Sov., 2S7-R. 270 Win., 7mm, 300 ~ you sec, aetnally is a Marine, clerking on ifi SAV., 308 WIN ., .30-06, .2S-06 and th e new 280 REM. 222 olso ovoilable for th e 722 Rem. only. ~ the side once in awhile. . ~ ACE BARREL5-F.O.B. MILLVALE, PA. ~ ~ Ace "Bulton-Rifl ed" Borrels, Each S24.00 ACE BARRELS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ~ ~ ~ *** If y our ncuon IS se nt t o u s . we char rre $"'. 00 6 . 'j an d 7.7 a ao . a n d Mex ican a nd Kar Sm a ll R i n g- ~ to fit. n oartsnac-e and te s t fil e tnc-l u dirur handlill ~ Ma us et-s In Ca llbet-s: 220 s wm, 2 2 -2')0. 24:l \Vin ~ • Seoul, Korea: Sgt. William Earp, with th e % F. N. Ace Barrel ed Actions (Wh ite), Ea. $67.50 2 4 4 H e m . 25 0 s av., 257 Rober-ts. 7MM. 300 Say. ~ ~ A ll C.al lh (! I S L i st e d a nd ~0 8 \\ tIl. ~ U. S. Arm y in Korea, is a relati ve, a thi rd ~ Barrels ar e ready to be turned into your rec eiver. They need only have headspace checked ~ cousin, of the old We,t's famed gunsling ing ~ DEALER inquiries invited and GUNSMITHS be sure to osk for our speciol descrootiv e lit erature on thIS ~ lawman Wyatt Ear p. Th e sergeant is a ifi tim e ond money saving tr emendous valu e ite m. RETURN PRIVILEGE IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED. ~ ~ llII lI lIlIIlIIlII l lIIlIlII lII lIlIlI lII l lIItlll lll ll llllllllllll tll ll lll lllll"' '' lIl11i l hlU llII lIlII lIlIlIIlIIlIlIlII lII1I 11 111 11111111 11 111 111111 il llll lll ll llllll lll lllllll ll ll lllll llllll llllll llllll ll llll ll lllll lll lll ll' III111111 11 111 1111llll lll llllil 1 1I 1II 1II1II 1I 1II 1II 1I 1I 1II1II 1 1I 1II 1II 1II 1 1II 1I 1I 1II1I 1I 1II 1II 1II1I 1I 1 if% squad leader and a fine shot in his own ...: ....1... 'T'1..o r o'c "' ...... "d ..; n ...... 1-...... :Y"> CO "" 1..;...... : XCEPT FOR Weatherby's Rocket, the ly made a clean, one-shot kill at about twice E .220 Swift (starting a 48 gra in bullet I he range many shooters would try (or at 4,110 Ips) remains the highest velocity should ) with a heavy .300 Magnum. He took rou nd since Winchester brou ght it out in the performa nce for granted. 1935. Handloader s get 4,466 Ips with 42 grain Any .22 bullet that "e xplodes" inside vital Sisk Exp re s pill s ah ead of 43.5 gra ins 4064. orga ns is quit e dead ly. Hi-V shock often to redu ce varm ints to fragment s with vital makes qui ck kills even when vital spots are organs liqu efied. If you haven't tr ied this missed. Tough bullets may not have proper littl e hot shot you'll find it a new experience explosion at long range after velocity is re• in velocity performance. You can amaz e your duced. Light , soft bullets might explode too friends an d yourself by pun ch ing holes in fast on larger game at close range. This %" ar mor plat e lik e it was wet pap er at 100 would ca use a terrific surface wound, bu t yards. (T he same plate will shed .300 H & H would blow small varmints to smithereens. Magnums.) You won't get shaking palsy The 54, gr. Sisk Niedner S.P. is a soft core, from recoil, either. The little stingaree soft ja cket number, made for not more tha n squeezes groups tighter than a miser does about 3,400 Ips. At thi s speed it's a bomb, his money ; and the extra strong case is easy with low pressure and long bore life. For and economical to load with a variety of varmints, tr y 30 grs. 3031 or 32 grs. 4064. bullets mad e by most custom makers. You might vary the charge a grain or so up or down for pin-point accuracy with indio vidual guns. For recover ing small game in one piece, try the 54 gr. Niedner FJ . (F ull Jacket) number with redu ced load s. \ Sierra, Sisk, Hornady, Speer, and other 1 good 55 gra in bullets perform well. Sisk 1 makes the largest variety of .22's in .223 and I .224 diameter. The .224's genera lly give super b accura cy, but some rifles really tight . en up groups with the smaller diameter. Cases show prime r" with firing You'll have to try both to find the best size. pin hole may fire when Throat diameter affects pressure, accura cy, g8(k"&>' v gnU\' )1i,llkJApePaJrh1F 'W'b'i'.ri~r :fK' "I makes the largest variety of .22's in .223 and 1 .224 diam eter. Th e .224's generally give i super b accuracy, but some rifles really tight• j en up groups with the smaller diameter. Cases show " long pri me r" with firing You'll have to try both to find the best size. pin hole print. may fire when Throat diameter affects pressur e, accuracy, chambered; also high pressure pocket; and safety. One M-70 rifle that blows primers with factory amm o may have a tight throat excess headspace prime r will pop out. or bore, which the factory would gladly Much misinformat ion has been written on correc t, but the owner likes the accuracy the Swift, the most absurd being that it is with his slightly red uced hand loads, and temp eram ent al. It isn't. Good factory or cus• won't return it. tom rifles give precision accuracy with a All Sisk Express numbers take any velocity wide ran ge of bull ets, powder , and charges. in safe pressure limits. The 55 grain is my Fa ctory ammo is probab ly the most care• favor ite. Thi s, and other makes, gives long full y load ed number. It shoots well in every bore life and modera te pressure with 37 rifle I've te ted. My fine F . . Mauser has grs. 4064, for a "sufficient" 3,500 Ips. Speer's made man y groups around : j( ~ minute of Handloaders Manual recommends this, or angle with handloads, with some smaller. It hold s that accuracy 'way down the road with an 8X hun ting-type Leupold scope that isn't too powerf ul for off hand or running shots, and al igns fast for long range. Group s might tighten a bit with a 20X tar get glass, but my guns are for pra cti cal hunting, not tar• gets. My fine custom Swift on an F. . action does fully as well. Micrometer with nail head silvered Some shooters do not consider any .22 on makes good neck rhickness gauge. suitable for game much larger th an coyotes. Act ually, in my opinion, efficiency depends 37.5 grains, in the more th an 50 chrono• . more on the bulIet type an d velocity tha n graphed loads with Speer bullets. All hot on caliber. Ralph Sisk, the .22 bullet special• loads should be worked up. I foun d Speer's ist in Iowa Park, Texas, said a .22 pill of top charge of 41.5 grs. 4.320 at 3,765 Ips the right type at the right velocity will bag a bit hot in one rifle. Sisk lists his top 55 all med ium heavy U.S. game. In his hand s it gr. Express load as 40 grs. 4064 for 4,075 will. To prove it, his walls are covered with Ips. Thi s is within 25 Ips of the top 44 grain heads of deer, pron ghorn s, wild hogs, elk, hell for-leath er charge listed by Weatherb y and moose. To mak e a legal .23 caliber for for the formed Swift case in the .220 Rocket. antelope, he bui lt two Sisk .234 wildcats on My rifles handl e the Sisk bomb load beauti- MAN, WHAT A BARGAIN! True West, Frontier Times, and a Gallery " of Western Badmen for two measly bucks! We ate some loco weed. pulled off our bridles and are RUNNING WILD! Just to introduce you to our magazines. we're Th e 7x61 Sharpe-Hart shoulde r .300 Mag belt ed case, and al so a .30 turning our head s so you can steal us blind! and Newton for comparison. The lon g 175 to 180 Th e Schultz-Larse n M60 Rifle grain bu llet s in th e .280s and 7 mm would HE SO-CALLE D big 7 mm cartridges beat th e .30 caliber every tim e for trajectory TRUE are not new. The first one I used and and for wind drift at long range with eq ual WEST T weight bull et s. is published tested was the .275 H & H ; next , th e .276 P hil Sharpe and Dick Hart worked wi th bi-monthly a nd .280 Dubi el, whe n I wor ked with 10h n (6 issues Dubi el on these fine loads. Th e .276 was still their own shortened version of the Magnum per year)• a 7 mm made from th e .275 H & H ca se. The case, ver y similar to th e Ri chard Carlson 2Sc per .280 Dubi el wa s a larger bore, going a full .276. Th ey experimente d and changed I hat copy, 12 .2885" groove diam eter. 7x6 1 Sharpe & Hart until they got th e best issues for I expe rime nted a great deal with all three possible performance with 4350 pow der, $3.00. at the tim e, and also used them on big game. working it out to as near exac tly perfect bo re F inally, in company wit h C. M. On eil and capacity with this powd er as was humanly Don Hopkins, we develop ed the .285 O.K.H ., possibl e. While the .276 and .280 Du biel fell first on a neck ed dow n .30-06 case, and later by the waysid e wit h th e death of m y oId on the shorte ned Magnum Ma user .300 case . fr iend 10hn Dubi el, and the .280 Hal ger a nd Don Hopk ins also had seve ra l rifl es mad e for 7x64 al so dr opped out after World War 2, the .276 Dubiel cas e. Dick Carlson of Hamil• Sharpe & Hart went ah ead and had th eir fine to n, Montana also brou ght out th e .276 Carl • cartr idge commerc ially loaded by Norma, and son, on a cut-off .300 Magnum case th at is had th e Schult z and Larsen rifl e manufac• very similar to the 7x61 Sh arpe & Hart. Roy tured for their cartr idg e. T he Halger and Gra dle later mad e a 7 mm on th e .348 case. 7x64 , li ke the fine Ho ffman and Dub iel ri fles, In addition, the Germ an s bro ugh t out their were custom johs, as wer e the .285 OX.H. fam ou s or infam ous .280 Hal ger , which wa s and the Ca rlson and Cradl e big 7 mm rifl es. not hing but an exact copy of the old .280 Ammunition hud to he ha nd loaded for all Ross and also, like the .280 Dubiel, a larger but the 7x64 and th e .280 Ross, lat er called ca liber than true 7 mm . Th e Germa ns a lso th e 280 Hal ger. 1" ·,, ...... I ~ t ...... , 1"'0 . ; ...... "'" tr;o ...-1 .... n...l "'" " ..... ""l1o n t I tried to ae t Heminzton to hrinu out th e very similar to the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart. Roy tured tor th eir cartrrnge. 1ne t lalger ana Gradle later made a 7 mm on th e .348 case. 7x64, li ke the fine Ho ffman and Dub iel ri fles, In add ition, the Germ an s brou ght out their were custom jo hs, as wer e the .285 OX.H. fa mous or infam ou s .280 Hal ger, which wa s and the Ca rlson and Cradl e big 7 mm rifl es. not hing but an exact copy of th e old .280 Ammunition hud to he ha nd load ed for all Ross and also, like the .280 Dubi el, a larger but the 7x64 and th e .280 Ross, lat er called ca liber than true 7 mm. T he Germ an s a lso th e 280 Ha lger. brou ght out the tim e-tri ed and excelle nt I tried to ge t Remington to br in g out th e $3.00. 7x64, a tru e big 7 mm and one very well .285 O.K.B. but without success. It is mil ch Iiked and exte nsively used in Africa. superior ball isticall y to th eir pr esent .280 TRUE W EST an d FRONTIER TIMES ar e All wer e and are very good lon g range Remington load, wh en used with 180 grain au t hentic maqazine s crammed with articles a nd ca rtr idg es and , with 175 to 180 grain bullet s, bullets and 55 gra ins 4350 powd er. Sha rpe photos on ba d men, ra ng e wa rs, Indi a n fig hts , will shoot flutt er and lay close r to th e wind & Hart are to be complimented for staying qo ld rush, g host towns, lost mines , buried than will the fam ou s .300 I-I & I-I Mag n um. with the joh u ntil th ey obta ined both a t reasures , o ut laws, tr ai l drives, f rontier saga s, commercially mad e rifle and comme rc ially co wboy an d ra nch life - t he y po rtray th e T his is largely du e to sectional den sity of load ed cart ridge. Fo r sta nda rd loading of REAL TH ING - th e y stick to t he FACTS! the long 7 mm bullets. I did a grea t dea l of Wh er e ca n yo u buy so muc h of the ver y work with the .280 Dubiel and 180 grai n 4350 powd er and an y hullet from 160 to 180 HEART of the Old West- - AS IT REALLY W AS bu llet s, finding it a wond erful 1000 ya rd load gra in th e 7x61 S & H is probab ly as near - for te n times the pri ce? a nd, at 500 yards, ma de several pron e groups perfect as human ingenuity can mak e it. wit h Lyman T ar get scope and heavy ba rr els On ga me I never was able to tell mu ch "A GALLERY OF t hat went fro m 21ft" to 3" . well und er th e diff er ence betw een an y of these big 7 mm WESTERN BADMEN " minute of angle with W .T :C.Co. 180 gra in ri fles wh en used with sa me weight bullets, bullets and No. 15Y2 Du pont. Lat er, wh en and I used them all at on e tim e or another, FREE! On eil and Hopkins a nd myself develop ed Du• eve n killed five elk with the 285 O.K.H. be• ~ ~ With Each Subscription plex loading, I soon found that th e .30·06 for e I found th at , with 180 gra in bull et s, it case with Dupl ex load in 7 rum , th e .285 was too light for raking shots on this ga me. This is a book of factua l ac• ~WMEI O.K.H. as we nam ed it, would do anything I also found th ese big 7 mrn calibers wer e co unts and phot os of 21 fa• by all odds the finest and flattest sbooting mous q unslingers-Wyatt Ear p, the .280 and .276 Dubiel would do. With one Billy th e Kid , W es Ha rdi n, J esse J a mes. Wil d 26" Sniper-weight barrel by A. O. Neid ner rifles obta ina ble for all other big ga me Bill Hicko k- twenty-one of th em ! and some hand-swaged 173 grain NIl bullets up to and including shee p, goa ts, and ca ri• swaged dow n to .2845" and 55 gra ins of 4350 hou. If placed in tbe chest cav ity, th ey also ' W e're ma king you a in Duplex tube cas e, I p ut 10 stra ight into killed all Amer ica n big game very well , but .SPECIAL • "see - what - we' ve qa t" j ust 6 inches at a measured 800 ya rd s. T he on rak ing shots would not turn tbe tri ck. offe r of a full year's subsc ript ion to BOTH cartridge and rifle also shot many groups of Th e 7x61 Sha rpe & Hart cartridge em• ma q azines fo r two germ-laden bucks - an d ju st 2" at measured 300 yards, pron e with ploys a new case, thick er and heavier and throwinq in a copy of t he BADMEN book FREE -just to qet yo u on t he pro d ! It' s ou r last sling and target scope or bench rest. slightly lar ger at head than the .300 Magnum prin tin q of t he BADMEN boo k so DO IT NOW T hese cartridg es proved even bett er tha n br ass. I t has been work ed out to exactly fit while t hey last ! Se nd $2.00 in bills, c heck o r th e fine commerc ially load ed 180 gra in .300 th e bore capacity with 160 to 180 gra in bul• M.O. by hi-lifed g iraffe RIG HT NOW to H & H Magnum or th e earl ier abrupt• Jets and Dupont 4350 powd er. Fo r th e wood • . ho lllripr S lIn pr.iO or iOO M" lTnllm m"rlp hv ch uck h unter want in c h isrhesr veloci tv anrl bullets in a spec ial 16 inch twi st rifle to Wallack mak e up a spec ial rifle with about give 3597 feet velocity with 55,640 pounds 6" twi st in caliber 6.5, chambere d for th e pressure, as hi gh as anyone should go with Sharpe & Hart ca se neck ed down to 6.5 for a brass car tridge case. use with Barnes 200 gra in 6.5 bullet s. This Th ey al so expe rimented with 130, 140, 145, rifle shot ver y stea dily also with 58 to 60 and 154 grain bullet s, ge tting ver y hi gh grains 4831 data powd er and the extremely velocities in the se wood chuck load s. For th e long 6.5 bull et ab out I V:! inches lon g. This practi cal big game hunter, however, we found bullet ha d the greatest sect ional den sit y ever out lon g ago, in working with th e oth er big sec ure d in a rifle bull et, as far as I know. 7 mm cartridges, that anything under 160 With th e very slow burning 4831 powd er , it grains is too light for big game as it simply work ed well and developed ju st over 2400 explodes on impact an d will also explode on fee t with a 60 grain cha rge of 4831. It al so a sunbea m or a blade of grass ! The 160 grain mad e a splendid long range rifle, for al• Sierra hoattail, that makes such a fine deer though ' he bull et did not start at hi gh veloc• load with 50 gra ins 4350 in th e old 7x57 ity, it had a much lower velocity loss th an Xlau ser cart ridge, al so pro ved th e most popu• any other existing shouldered rifle bull et we lar for th e 7x61 , so Sharpe & Hart loaded it ha ve ever fired; so that over lon g ranges it to as hi gh as 3300 feet with 64 grains 4350 was actually much flatter than many high for a pressure of 53,800 pounds. Th ey then velocity bull ets at over 3000 feet muzzle had th eir Swedish cartridge supplier, Norma, velocity. COWICHAN , duplicat e tb e load as nearly as was practical From my many years experimenting with with th eir powd ers. Th e end result wa s th e hi gh velocity rifles in several calibers. I SWEATER 160 gra in soft point boattail ba cked by 60.5 would favor a 10 inch twi st in the 7x61 S & $3950 gra ins of Norm a spec ial No. 104 powd er for H for th eir Schultz & Larson rifle, usin g bul• postpaid a velocity of 3100 feet with a pressure of let s of 180 to 200 grains weight for all big 51,730 pounds. Distinctively different and practical heavyweight game shooting. Th ere is no substitute for swea t er made famous the world over by British This is a fine wond erfully acc ura te load sectional density, an d wh en you can ha ve Columbia sportsmen. Truly a collector's item in an d cases simply fall out of the rifle, showing sh ort supply. Available only because of ou r ex• high sectional den sit y at hi gh velocit y you clusive import arrangements with the C owi ch an no signs of excess pressure. It see ms to ha ve the hest in a flat shooting long range Indian agent. Natural unbleached wo ol (with shoot equa lly well in rifles with both 10 and lanolin retained) sheds rain and is amazingly rifle. warm. Indian designs formed of ' natural white, 12" twi st. P er son all y, 1 would pr efer a 10" Popular demand as evide nce d from ord er s gray and black woot yarns hand-rolled by Cowi• t wist and a 180 gra in bullet at around 2800 chan Indian squaws. No two sweaters exactly rece ived convince d Sharpe & lI art that th e alike. Satisfaction gua ra nt eed or y our to 2900 feet for all big game shooting, and genera l shooting public wanted a 160 grain money refunded, Give regular suit size . th e han d loa der ca n eas ily get such a load . bullet at high velocity, so th eir Norma load WRITE FOR FREE COLOR CATALOG Yea rs ago we loaded th e .280 Dubiel to 12 pages of Amertoa' a most unusual, dts • of 160 grain at 3100 feet an swer s popular nncn ve clot h in g and. equi pment for out • 2900 feet with sta ndard case, bu t it was doorsmen. wnrru TODAY! demand. In my opinion, th e 7x61 Sharpe & over bore capac ity. We also load ed th e .285 ~,.. Hart ca rtridge witb 160 to 180 or 200 grain O.K.I\. to 2814 feet with 55 gra ins of 4350 bulle ts is one of the finest lon g range ca rt• and the 180 gra in Western Tool & Copper ri dges ever produced for our light er b ig: Co. bull et in sta nd ard cases, and to an esti• game. In factory loading, th e 160 gra in mated 3200 fro m Duplex cases, est imates Norma load is no doubt th e best of all corn• based on tr aj ect ory and steel penet ration merc ially load ed cartridges for such game. in• tests in com pa rison with th e 180 grain .:l00 cluding sheep, goat, antelope, mul e deer. and :\Iagnum mat ch load . Th e Sh arp e & lIart cas e ca ribou to extreme long ran ge. We do not will duplicat e sta ndard loadings of any of cons ider it best for th e heavier aarn e, For tb e u'IIU LJI \.. "..L UV !:S "O lll ',..,. ...,...,'t ,-,,-u n:i' 6~ .1 r'U...... v¥p..., .L ri dges ever produced for our light er big: Co. bull et in sta ndard cases, and to an esti• game. In factory loading, th e 160 gra in mated 3200 from Duplex cases, estimate s Norma load is no doubt th e best of all corn • based on tr aj ect ory and steel penet ration lNHY merc ially load ed cartridge s for such game. in• tests in com pa rison with th e 180 grain .:l00 cluding sheep, goat, antelope, mul e deer. and :\Iagnum match load . T he Sh arp e & lIart cas e -GUESS? ca ribou to extreme long ran ge. We do not 70{,q T h is g a u ge t ells yo u will duplicate sta ndard loadings of any of cons ider it best for th e heavier game. For tb e at a g- lan ce- these car tr idg es, as it gives :1241 feet with a hand load er the NosIer 175 grain would be * Ca li bl'r charge of 60 grains 4350 for only 43,800 xniiimeter best of all bullets. " . * pounds pressure, with 175 gra in bullet s. so = * S h ot Gauge Pressu re reading on thi s load seems un dul y Next, th e rifle. For man y year s, shooter• Cali bers on one side, milli• 4 ' low to me. Wi th 62 gra ins 4350 and 175 grain ha ve been pr ejudiced against rifles havin g ~ - m eter a n d gau ges on bullet s velo city went up to 3272 from a 12" rear locking lu gs. This is all well and good other side. whe n applie d to lever action rifles with long Made o f so li d Brass with twist rifle, with only 47,040 pounds pr essure. as Aga in this seems lik e unduly light pr essures spr ingy br eech blocks and locking lu gs ; hut, n -:: Pla stic ca rrying case. when applie d to bolt action rifles, it is Hu, ~ it nt )'our lIe nr...~ t dt·:llt·r. to this old experiment er. Loading 57 grains O~I ~Y someth ing e l ~e . Th e old British S.I\1.1.£ ..303. 1Il1.00 1·350 in a 12" twist rifle with 200 grain bul • Dealer Inquirie s Invited let gave 2863 feet velocity for 48,300 foot whe n tuned tip for ma tch work, showed up po un ds pressure, a very good long range very well in competition at lon g range and B&G (;AUGE CO. game load. wa s cons idered about th e fas tes t and smoot h- 2017 ROSCOl

• Available for 12·16-20 gauge • Ready to use RAP SHOOTI NG is a growing sport. be mailed in an asbestos envelope, an swer • Powder dips fo r light and heavy T This is pro ved by record-breaking num• thi s qu esti on. What is your club doing to load; safe; accurate bers of entries eac h year in the Grand Ameri• bring th e fun of shatte ring moving clay • Quick, perfect folded crimp can, th e national trapshooting tournament, target s to more memb er s of your community ? • Western Gun-exclu sive jobber held annually at Vandalia, Ohi o. Skeet is en• Ha s th e club promoted a Hunter's Special joying a healthy growth al so ; perhaps not shoot lately, in whi ch hunters or new shoo t• WESTERN GUN as spec tac ular a growth as th at whi ch marks ers are encouraged to tr y th e games of trap WAD DISPENSER th e trap-shooting spor t, but a growth whi ch and skee t in competition with other begin• L ~ encouraging. ner s? $295 List But th e incr easing popularit y of both th e Does your club set asid e a spec ial da y, or cla y ta rget sports is, I'm afraid, in spite of, night, for th e instructi on . of beginner s ? • Convenient rath er than becau se of, th e efforts of most One of th e sures t ways to drive th e new • Efficient gun clubs. shooter away from trap or skeet is to intro• • Keeps wads clean Now, before every gun club presid ent or duce him to th e games in a squad of ex• • Speeds loading operation secre tary in th e United States and Ca nada peri en ced shooters, and without an y pre• • Manufactured by Western (where both sports are rapidly ga ini ng new paratory in struction. Gun & Supply shooters ) writes me or GUNS Magazine a As a part of my duties in providing t ech• SEE YOUR DEALER "yo u cur, sir" letter for th at remark, let's nical assistance to th e Ou td oor Ed ucation ~ take a look at the record . (Th is is a good Project of th e National Education Associa• phra se in an election yea r, r egardless of tion, 1 have had th e pleasure of intr oducin g WJ:(~~'N your pa rt y affi lia t. ions.) shotg un shooting at hand-thrown clay targets ~ Government statistics show that about 15 to ab out 500 teachers and administrator s, lincoln Nebraska million America ns buy hunting licen ses. We over a sixty-day peri od. Amazing nnmber s of ma y dedu ce that a maj ority of this arm y th e school peopl e, most of whom ha d never Notches are Old-Fashioned of hunters either own shotg uns, or ha ve ac• fired at a clay target and man y of wh om Record your Kill with cess to th em. ha d never pull ed th e trigger on a shotg un, ~ ~ I d Reliabl e sources estimate th at th er e are wanted to know where and wh en th ey could or n -- 1 - G o v e ~ ~ ni ~ n Cs fa i ' i s f i ' c s -- ~ h ' o w ~ tr at ~ at}out'T5 to ;anout"'!>a6'~ J a c6 e i s an d administrators, lincoln Nebraska million America ns buy hunting licen ses. We over a sixty-day peri od. Amazing nnmber s of ma y dedu ce tha t a maj ority of this arm y th e school peopl e, most of whom had never Notches are Old-Fashioned of hunters either own shotg uns, or ha ve ac • fired at a clay tar get and man y of whom Record your Kill with cess to th em. ha d never pull ed th e trigger on a shotg un, ~ Reliabl e sources estimate that there are wanted to know where and wh en th ey could ,I. Gold or Silver about 15 thou sand skee t and tr ap shooters enjoy more of thi s sport. f' in the Un ited States. We now arrive at a Af ter a four-hour shooting and hunting fign re indicatin g that only one out of each ed ucation clinic I recently cond ucted for a thousand sportsmen possessin g th e tools and group of 40 hi gh school boys, at lea st half inclinations for clay targ et shooting are the boys bombarded host club officials with att racted to the gun club. qu esti ons as to when th ey could do more At this point, it will sure ly be interjected cla y target shooting. All thi s enth us ias m tha t economics enters th e pi cture. Some of came after eac h shooter fired five shots at the " you cur, sir" lett ers whi ch 1 will ge t as tar get s thrown with a hand-trap . The Ideal Gift for a result of thi s col umn will say th at our If your gun cluh has not permitted or en• community doesn't have enough money to couraged near-by citizens to shoot at as man y the Hunter in Your Family support tr ap a nd skee t clubs. Th ese letter s as five clay tar gets, how can yon kn ow Unsightly notches on your gunstock tell only part of the sto ry. The hunter who is will point out th at. whil e memb ers of th e wheth er or not th ose citizens are inter est ed really proud of his skill uses solid gold or communities involved can afford to hunt, in shooting ? silver " STUDS" that show the head and name of th e actual gam e killed . " STUDS" they cannot afford to shoot trap or skee t. S ure, 1 know that you won't mak e con• are beautifully embossed game heads that T wo answers can qe given in ad van ce. firm ed shooters out of every per son you get are permanent , easy to use and enrich the appearance of your gunstock . One is that some of th e most acti ve gun out to th e club with Hunter's Special shoots, Ask for " STUDS" at your dealer. If he cl ubs to my kn owled ge are located in com• or in structional clinics ; b ut you will pi ck up ca n't supply you, order direct and include som e new shooters in th e pr ocess. On the your dealer's name and address. munities with relatively low economic levels. "STUDS " are available in these 18 pap• Another answer is simply the obser vati on th at oth er hand, if you haven't conduc ted clinics ular game head des igns in either 10-K a sportsman can usuall y afford to follow a or hunter's spec ials, th e games of trap and gold at $3.00 each, or Sterling silver at $1.25 each. Federal Tax included. sport in which he is inter ested. If a man skee t ar e growing in spit e 0/ your e fforts. ELK DEER BROWN BEAR doesn't like, or isn't familiar wit h a sport, This column should be int erpret ed in no BEAR WOLF GRIZZLY BEAR he feels tha t he can't affor d it. Some of my way critical of th e Amateur Trap sho oti ng MOOSE TURKEY MOUNTAIN GOAT CARIBOU COYOTE MOUNTAIN SHEEP tra p a nd skeet shooting fri en ds ma ke only Associa tion, th e Na tiona l Skeet Shooting ANTELOPE CAT (Pant her) from one-third to one-half as mu ch salary Association, or th e arms and a mmunition JAVALINA BLACK TAIL DEER as some of my non-sh ooting fri en ds who say manufacturer s. Th e re al bu rden of providin g MULE DEER SKUNK (a good gag) they can' t afford th e sports. continued shooting interest, and th e n eces• DEALE RS WANTED - Cash in on It will also be said, "My town isn 't big sary growth, fall s on th e sho ulders of local national advert ising that's creating enough to support a gun club." T his is no t clubs. It is onl y on the local level th at th e demand for " STUDS". Thousands sold last season . Write today for horn e out by the existing evidence, e ithe r. potential shooter ca n be met an d introduced details. Some of the largest and most acti ve gun to tr ap and skeet. clubs in th e Mid -west are locat ed in town s Now, go ahead and write your letter . R. J. COFFEY of less than five th ousand souls. Mayb e ,Yo ur exper,ien,ce in .ng ~ i n i ng new to those clu bs whose efforts have not been which comfort and attra ction s are provid ed - ..' ------so success ful. And please, no letters saying for an entire family. Other preserves offer • I your club doesn't want any more shooters. simple daily-fee hunting with no frills. I TOP GUll BARGA IIS I You won't believe it, but I got letters saying Guides and tr ain ed bird dogs are fur• I WINCHESTER MODEL 97 I "we don't want more shooters" in answer to nished, but most preserves permit you to I CARBINE REPEATING SHOTGUN • a column I once wrote in similar vein for work your own dog if he is kept under con• another magazine. If your shooting ga~e is trol. If you have a youngster along as a Ji=419Z..L. _.",,,t.!S 12-Ga. l.""-IIII. worth the time you spend on it, it's worth hunting companion, a shooting preserve is promoting, if only because it will be a bett er the ideal place for his introdu ction to the W ith Ba yon et Attachment and Sling Sw ive ls ~ Popu la r 12 gauge-V is ib le Ha mmer-5-sh ot re• game JOT yon if more people con- field. All preserves guarantee good shooting. peater- 2 0 " bbl . Ex cel. t o pe rfect. Now $ 3 7.5 0 ; 2 for $67.50; 5 f or $157.50.F or $5.00 e xt ra . you tr ibut e time, effort, and money to it. ~ Charges vary, depending upon the servo ca n h a v e a s pe c ia ll y se le cted g u n w hich is SO NEW th at it is in th e sa m e orig in a l Cos mol in e wh ich ices and facilities offered. Some pre serves fix Wi nc h e ste r u sed whe n t h ey s h i pped it to the U.S . Go v ernment. The s e g u ns h ave NEVER b ee n fired Looking For A Place To Hunt? prices by the number of birds bagged, others exce pt i n factory t e stin g. Fitted with $21.2S v alue g en u in e Cu tts c emce n • by the nu mber of birds released. Some of the sator- ad ds 61/2'/ to bbl. $ 1 4 .5 0 ea. a dditiona l. ow MANY of you Ifi-or-so million Ameri• pr eserves offer attractive membership rat es. ca n hunters ha ve, at one time or an• REVOLVER SPECIALS H In all instances, the sportsman and preserve other , wished that you kn ew of a good place operator agree on cost before th e hun t is be• POWERFUL to hunt- a pla ce where you could be sure of gun. There are shooting preserves to suit getting a bag an d a day or more of really .38 S. & W. CALIBER most purses and most tastes. Many cater to good uplan d game shooting ? How many of THE FAMOUS ENFIELD CO MMANDO 5 " hourl y wage earne rs and sportsmen of aver• BBL 6-s hot. Ru g g ed , s t u rdy , d e pendab le . you ha ve wished that the seasons were O n ly $ 1 6 . 5 0 . 2 f or $ 3 0.0 0 (v.G . t o Excel.) age income. The advertised lit eratu re offered Br itI sh W ebley Re vo lv ers .4 5 5 ca li be r. The Famou s longer ? h a ndg u n of the British Empire . These revolvers by the ind ividual preserve will specify costs. w ere u sed for training-not for co m bat . The b lu in g , Th ere is an answer to tha t wish. Exc ellent actio ns and barrel s refl e ct the care and pol ish of Reservati ons must be made in ad van ce, and Offi cer Cad et trai n i ng. 4 " bbl. $ 1 4 .5 0. 2 for shooting, unlimited bags, and legal open $ 2 5 .0 0. 6 " bbl. $16.50. 2 for $ 3 0 .0 0. A lt ered t o hunters provide their own shells. It is well, s h oo t 45 ACP $ 2.0 0 a d d itional. (V. G . t o E xcel.) seasons four, five, and even six mont hs long FREE NEW HOLSTER WITH EACH HANDGUN. however, to follow the preserve operator's are available to you on the nearest shooting suggestions regarding shot sizes. Ask in ad• RIFLE SPECIALS preserve. vance about hunting license requ irement s for ~OF d i ~ : al ~a pn r i n ~a r ~ ~ n y~Sne t ~- s( 'V~ h . W ~ ~h E ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ) : ll ~ I. ~b~ Th e growth of shooting preserve popul ar ity 2 fo r $25.00. the reser ve in qu estion. In some states, no .3 0 -0 6 U. S . En fiel d (Mf g . b y Winche ste r . Re m in g• is proof positive that the pr eserves offer a t on . Eddystone ), 6·shot. Stron g e st .3 0 -0 6 ac t tc n license is required on shooting preserves; in e ver bu il t-ammo a va ila b le ev e ry w h e re . Onl y $29.50 . work abl e solution to the pr oblem of where to 2 fo r $ 5 5.0 0 . As d eluxe sporter $4.00 each ad • others, low-fee licenses are available for use d i ti onal. (V.G . t o Ex cel.) hunt, and there is a shooting preserve with• on preserves only. ~ ~ t ~ ~e ~ t ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ G n~E: nO~n::: ,S h :!) ~I~~~eiig~ :~ in easy reach of nearly every major popula• co nv icted of a c rime of violen ce , a m not unde r Sports men's Service Bur eau, 250 East 43rd i nd ic t m e n t o r a fu giti ve. I a m 21 o r ov er." tion center in the United Stat es. Shooting Stree t, New York 17, New York, offers free Send pistol permit if required. pre serves ar e ideal for men and women whose of char ge a neat, illu strat ed folder listing time for sport is limited. They are perf ect (by states ) more than 300 shooting preserves also for the sportsman who wishes to intro • in the United States, giving addresses where duce his wife, son, or daught er to the sho01• informati on can be obtained, and listing the ing sports. kinds of game offered. A postcard to Sport s• Shooting pr eserves ar e pri vately owned or men' s Service Bureau requ esting this , ~ leased acreage on which ar tificially prop a• folder may solve your hunt ing problem. : ~ ga ted ga me is released for the purpo se of hunting, usually for a fee, over an extended season. Good game cover is plan ned and cul• tivated ; game bird s are carefully bred, reared, and conditioned. At mat urity, pheas• ants, quail, chukars, or wat erfowl are re• leased iR . eli ~ : ;:n\.; \\, P ~ .. w ~ll '

Match Shooters Throughout The Country Gum Acclaim The Smart Appearance, Economy $16.45 16" kit and Sturdy Design of Reiver Kits Gum $17.45 18" kit • Do-It-Yourself assembly from precision pre-cut panels of select grade plywood. • All parts and quality hardware supplied. • Maximum protection for handguns -Matching mahogany •• • space for ammo, accessories 1001 box • • • provides arid mounting of scope. co mpa ct storage of all • New positive locking gun rack , shooting ac ce sso ries adjusts for any size gun. a nd tools fo r use in NOW-lei!s available in choice of woods Ihe field and work• Mahogany • Select grade gum for easy finishing shop. $18.50 15 " kil to any effect. ORDER BYMAIL • Luxurious, deep grained Philippine Postage poid onywhere in the U. S. A. Mahogany $19.50 (Specify wood, size, gun or tool kit) 15 " kit mahogany. Island castle was guarded by men and dogs against trespassers who might steal or be in• jured by stored munitions. Dogs are gone, but secrets of island are still well guarded. .ARSEN.AL C>~ ~:I1e ~UDSON

3RD OUTSIDER IN 50 YEARS TO VISIT BANNERMAN HUDSON RIVER ISLAND CASTLE.

GUNS STAFFMAN EXPLORES THE GUN TRADE·S BIGGEST MYSTERY

GUNS STAFFMAN EXPLORES THE GUN TRADE·S BIGGEST MYSTERY

By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS

HE POWER LAUNCH which had bro ught us across the Hudson fr om TCornwall, N. Y., churned nearer to Polopel Island. I could see the square mass of the castellated warehouse loomin g out of the morning haze. The breakwater was awash with the tide, but we rounded the long southern arm and chugged between the guard turrets, passed a worn sign which pro• claimed " Keep Out-Explosives- Arm ed Guards." In quiet excitement I waited for the boatman to br ing the laun ch alongside the wad. I could wait patiently. Along with milli ons of passengers on the New York Central's water level route up the Hudson, along with thou sand s of gun collectors who know the fabul ous Bannerman ar ms business and its incredible catalog (which after 90 years is still a standard reference work for gun students) - I, too, had long wondered "What's on Bannerman Island ?" Since that day in 1942 when I wandered into the long, narrow shop on lower Broadwa y, the building at 501 with its antique "Bannerman-Fire• arms" and gold bullion letters on the facade proclaiming "Army & Navy Outfitters" which has hardly changed in a half century; since that day when I bought a ru sty Spencer rifle on their "Specials" table for $2, Bannerman's Demolition expert Forgett (left) catalog and company had been a moulding factor in my collecting of old removes fuse from Civil War shell. guns. With the tremend ous post-World War II interest in arms collecting,

14 GUNS JANUARY 19~9 J Fabulous wall at Bannerman's Broadway store lias been stocked for years witli arms from Island. Photo shows display in 1940's; but rare guns still turn up.

some other mer chant s have tri ed to imitate Bannerm an, level of the Hud son. He needed the Island to store 20,000,• with more or less success. But it is not easy to imitate a 000 rounds of capture d Spanish 7mm Mauser ammuni• legend. And legend Bannerman's has become, largely be• tion, as well as thousands of Mauser rifles captured in the cause of the Island. Now I was to be the third outsider in Spanish-Ameri can War. Ultimately he moved other muni• a generation to set foot on the Island. The first was an tion s to the Island, including case after case (possibly as Army colonel who visited the Island after World War II. man y as a hundred thousand at one time) of Civil War The second man was sitting by me in the launch: Valmore Springfield rifles, Of most interest to Forgett profession ally Forgett, late PFC, Ordnance Corps, USA, now owner of were tons of Civil War and Spanish War shells, the Service Armam ent Co., also known as "Ma Hunter's." corroded int o dangerous condition. In addition, Ban• Bannerm an bou ght the island in 1900 from one Thomas nerman, to build a foundation on which to place his arsenal, Taft , who had bought the rocky crag in Newbur gh Bay to sunk barges in the Hudson-barges filled with live Civil keep it fr om being used as a depot for untaxed whiske y. War artillery projectiles. As we disembarked and walked Taft cut out the bootlegging and entailed the title with one acro ss the crumbling concrete walk, I noti ced that the over• condition, that no liquor be sold on the Island. This became growth of poison ivy was tangl ed about the nose studs of one of the most ironic twists in the story of the Island fused shells. Arsenal, for as it turned out, the condition should have The potentially dangerous condition of the age-old read , "No whiskey shall be used here." On that Island, munitions stored on the Island became apparent to the Ban• Francis Bannerman erected a rambling castellated ware• nerman people recently, and they tri ed to locate an ord• house five stories high, rising some fifty feet ab ove the nan ce expert who would deactivate the unsafe munitions. They contacted West P oint 's Museum and were told, "Go covered everything. There was no system, no order, just see Val Forgett." They also wrote to Aberdeen Proving chaos. Ground. " Only man in civil life we know who would tackle To the rear on the first floor, Island caretakers had laid that job is Forgett," they were told. Thus warmly recom• out a hundred cases of .45-70 ammunition for one dealer mended, the engaging pr oprietor of Service Armament order. More cases held tens of thousands of the brass-bullet Company was willing to risk life and limb to take a look. Spanish Remington cartridge. Off in a corne r by a rickety, With an ever-present possibility of stepping on some ancient dangerous stairway where three big chests, lids smashed. fuse rotten with verdi gri s that would detonate from the Each contained Spanish Mauser cartridge clips, once-bright pressure of a foot, we tr od Bann erman 's Island. with fresh nickel plate for tropical issue, now spotty and The br eakwater (compo sed of thousands of .45·70 mus• stained with age. ket barrels dump ed in and mortered over) led to a north On the second floor we discovered more interesting relics. ground-level door. Beside the entrance I suddenly paused, A pile of scrap resolved itself into a tangle of .50·70 rifle scooped into a tin box filled with the pine needles of barreled actions. We apparently had stumbled on Ban• decades, and pulled out a 1" cartridge case nerman's "factory" area where, long years ago, skilled that crumbled in my fingers fr om corrosion. That case, in workmen had remodeled long Army rifles into cadet mus• "keepab le" condition, would be worth fr om $5 to $10 to kets for private military academies. In another section of a collector. There must have been a hun dred in the box this floor, we came upon hundreds of sword hilts-just the once-now gone beyond recall. hilts and about a foot of blade, and scabbards chopped in Inside the first floor of the main war ehouse, we walked half, all of the patt ern. North-South past stacks of amunition cases. These chests, each about Skirmish fans would like that cache before someone• two by one by three feet in cube, contained some of the chopped 'em in half. Further on, we came to Gatling Gun 20,000 rounds of high explosive Spanish War am• carriages, with wood-spoke wheels smashed, and the br onze munition that Bannerman wanted deactivated. In addi• hub s missing. One trunnion cap remained ; its fellow had tion, there were round metal canisters, na vy gray, holding been ham mered off, "What is this, battl efield salvage?" I an even two dozen two-pounder br ass case cartridges. The asked. "Heck no," Forgett snorted. "A former caretaker shells were pa inted red, high explosive, and the fuses were was an alcoholic, and he took boatloads of brass over to the of a type tha t is "armed," by the shock of discharge, ready mainland to peddle for booze!" So much for pr ohibition, to fire on impact. These shells were condemned, so the public or private. .. . In sorrow, I counted the Gatling story goes, because they had been dr opped once in tr ans• Gun carriages. Each was damaged, the guns gone, their port. We shook one slightly-something rattled inside. heavy brass housings melted years ago. A few barrels, a I looked at the piles of ammo chests rising twice as high damaged set of trunnion arms or two, some gears, a bent as my head int o the dimn ess of the unlighted warehouse feed case-all that rem ained of a dozen fine Colt Gatlings. vault, and wonde red how easy it would be to "shock" them I took the light and decided to pass to the highest point a second time for detonation. I certainly did not envy quickly, to get the lay of the land , and then continue the Forgett his job. search working down. The top was a huge "captain's walk" We con tinued to pr obe. My gun-hunting instincts were all rin ged by a parapet and with gun shields set in embrasures, p,rim:d to find ~ 20- _ ~ r m o r r _ c h e ~ t , or one of those for the Navy quick-firers- light guns shoo ting the two- u -- ~ - - -- .-. ------0--- -- r ~ _ . .... a second time for detona tion . I certainly did not envy quickly, to get the lay of the land, and then con tinue the Forgett his job. search working down . The top was a huge "captain's walk" We con tin ued to probe. My gun-hunting instincts were all rin ged by a parapet and with gun shields set in emb ras ures, pr imed to find a 20-musket armo ry chest, or one of those for the Navy quick-firers-light guns shooting the two• chun ky square boxes containing fifty Frontier Colts, the pound shell, that old Francis had bought from the Spa nish way Uncle Sam used to ship them. But ru st and dust War sales. Even these guns (Continued on page 52)

Scotsman's Island warehouse could transfer heavy guns Main gate has phony portcullis lattit:e and beams like through big doors directly to vessels for shipment. cannon. Chains do not really operate drawbridge. Gun from Farragut's flagship "Hartford" is silent sentinel amid the poison ivy of old castle island. In foreground, a Gatling Gun caisson decays from the wind and weather.

Store stocks quantities of uniforms for props and rents guns to movies, theatres. Island still has bales and boxes of Civil War and 1898 equipment unopened and unlisted.

Rare four-barreled flint pistol is typical of finer guns sold in store, Catalog seldom has current price, as they go fast.

Stock of collectors guns like Irish f1inter, German wheel• lock and British is always available at No. 50 I. Rifle should be carried so it leaves room for you (and the horse) to work, and where you can pullit when needed. Gun? A Win.•30-30.

ET IT STR AIGHT - I'm no gun expert. I'm nobody After 45 years as cowboy, professional hunter, G from nowhere, called Slim by them that know me, an d and law officer, Walter Rodgers knows guns as as to shooting, I'm ma ybe the world 's poorest shot. I' ve sure tools of a trade at which he is "an old pro ." missed plent y ! True , I' ve had to try some shots tha t made missing down• ri ght easy; and in the course of some 25 years as working cowboy, followed by 20 years as a professional pr edator y an ima l hunter, mixed up with qu ite a variety of experiences By WALT ER RODGERS as a law enforcement officer, I' ve handled a few guns- and seen some handled by some real good gunners. But, fri end , if you're looking for a treatise on the int ernal ballistics of some new caliber, this ain't it. This is just a piece about working guns and working cowboys and how the two go together. The guns are apt to be a little older than new, and sort of weathered and work-battered, with maybe a scre w or

] 8 GUNS JANUARY 1959' WORKING SADDLEMEN WHO CHOOSE "PEACEMAKERS"

AND .30-30S AREN'T CRAZY: THEY'RE

PICKING TOOLS THEY KNOW FOR THE JOB THEY DO

two loose some where - more or less resemb ling, you I remember one gun I had - a Model 69 Winchester .22 might say, the men who use them. But , one way or an• caliber. It shot eight inches high when I got it second• other , they get the job done when it's needed, and that's hand in a swap. The magazine catch was tricky and I what a man rememb ers. lost two clips before I bent a slab of leat her over th e Th at is Walter Ro dgers' own introduction of himself • release and secured the catch with a rubber band. I br oke and although editors should be both unseen and unheard , the stock myself soon aft er I got it, beat ing the brains I know Walter and would like to add a bit to his intro • out of a big coyote that had a death grip on an old trap duction . Walter's first article in "The American Rifleman," dog I had got used to ; but I fixed that (the stock, I mean) back in 1948, brought a record flood of enthusiastic letters, with a bandage of green rawhide I swiped from a cow man y of them from precision riflemen whose guns and too dead to need it any longer. I was keeping records pin-point accuracy would win Walter's ungrudging admira• then for my reports to the Office of Predator Control, so tion - just as his fluid ease in bowlin g a runnin g jack I can give you a rea l ballistic report on that little rifle. I with a rickety old .30-30 lever action or a mule-eared used it on 1,260 working days, and I mad e about 4,600 ~ 10 1H lrjH o d ";tJ,, ;t It O ~~ A "'1 _t OJ tAr Q,) ~ ~ £ m At oo 11 7 Cac/i niTi YY'4((' '6 r ~ i1g Ji i a ;~ chTa It%(/ '0] ~iLtliusia st~[ titters: w it h a Dan age 01 green rawmce 1 SWIped Hom a cow man y of them from precision riflemen whose guns and too dead to need it any longer. I was keeping records pin-point accuracy would win Walter's ungrudging admira• then for my reports to the Office of Predator Control, so tion - just as his fluid ease in bowlin g a runnin g jack I can give you a rea l ballistic report on that little rifle . I with a rickety old .30-30 lever action or a mule-eared used it on 1,260 working da ys, and I mad e about 4,600 Peacemaker would win theirs. Walter is one of a breed clean kills with it. It accounted for 823 coyotes, 117 of men to whom guns were (and are) the tools of the day's badgers, 102 porcupi nes, 161 skunks, 784 haw ks, 23 owls, work. Give him a couple of shots "to get the feel of it" 20 eagles, 79 wild house cats, 6 wild dogs, 1 fox, 1 bob • and he'll do things with a rifle you and I would have dis• cat, 30 ground squirr els, 68 prairie dog s, 125 rattlesnakes, carded as junk that I couldn't do with the best piece I own. 1,260 jack rabbits, and about 1,000 cottontails. (U nder• Walt er knows thin gs about guns that men never learn from stand, I wasn't shooting for fun, or for record; this was books - thou gh his own book , "Huntin' Gun" (Infantry the wor k I was hi red for-or such part of it as I could do Journal Press, 1949) will tell you some of them .-EBM, with that kind of a rifle. ) It wasn 't a prett y rifle, no r even Editor. a very good ri fle considering the (Continued on page 45)

Homemade belt and spring-type cut-away holster hold gun Fanned draw leaves guns uncocked until left hand sweeps where Walter wants it, lets qun come free without much over to cock gun and fire _shot. Satisfactory dose-range "THE MARINES HAVE LANDED AND ESTABLISHED

A BEACHHEAD!" A FAMILIAR HEADLINE

FOR A TYPICAL MARINE VICTORY-WITH PISTOLS

HE WORLD SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS were fired Tin Moscow in August, with some 600 marksmen from 27 countries competing. As expected, the Russians, with first-class guns in the hands of superb shooters with many months of training practice behind them, took most of the honors. But there were at least two major bright spots: Great Britain won the smallbore rifle competition, taking both team and individual Firsts. (Dr. Oakley of London shot a new record of 396x400 at 50 meters to win the individual.) And a U.S. Marine, Captain William McMillan, won the World Centerfire Pistol title. This is the story of Bill McMillan, one of the great competitive pistolmen of all time and not bad with a rifle; the man Marines call "The shootin'est Marine."

By BILL TONEY

Forme r Nat ional Pistol Champion

Former Nat ional Pistol Champion

Champion 's shooting stance is relaxed. his kit simple and unpretentious. But the man-gun combination is one of the best in gun history. Mac checks his pet centerfire gun , a Colt's Officers Model Match .38 . alongside kit holding (I. to r.] a Ruger Mark I .22 with muzzle brake, the High Standard Olympic .22 used in Olympic speed-fire at Moscow, one Colt's .45 with Gi les Heavy and one plain .45 for Servi ce matches.

TF A MARINE Gl- - JER had not said in ellect. "Shoot

F A MARINE GU\NER had not said in effect, "Shoo t I the pistol or pick up brass on the rifle range," the world's centerfire pistol champion might never have en• tered handgun compe tition. In his ea rly years, Bill McMillan had no ink lin g of the impact he would have on shooting in the Ma rine Corps, in America, and through out the world. During his school years, the fam ily moved about fr equ entl y, living in various smaller towns in the vicinity of Pittsburgh , Penn sylvani a. He never belonged to a riAe team nor had an y formal firea rms trainin g. In fact, he never had a gun of his own until he was alread y well on the way to shooting fam e. His only contact with shooting had been very casual; no thing beyond infor mal plinking and hunting. He enlisted in the Mar ine Corps on July 8, 1946 , shortly after graduating fr om high schoo l in Turtle Creek, Penn• sylvania. There was no special reaso n for his enlistment; it ju st happened that \fay. Ma rksmans hip is always an important part of a Marine's boot training, and McMilla n Weighing trigger pull on .45 auto. to make sure is got his indoctrin ati on - with the riAe. His fr iend s still it rib him ab out his long assignment to the only riAe sentry withi n legal limit , champion de monstrates attention to detail essential to success in tough competitive sport. post at the Brooklyn j avy Ya rd. Some say that the post was created for him because he had not yet qualified with a pis tol. But, it was not his fault. He did not receive that thi s man was tea m material. Assigned to an advanced instruction and training with the pistol for about the first marksmanship unit, he still loved the rifle and was showing ten months of his service. no gr eat interest in pistol shooting. CWO Earl W. Whit· "Mac" had taken to the rifle very readily, and he show ed taker , under whom he was un dergoin g training, cured that even mo re ap titude for pistol marksman ship when he got by giving him the choice of further ad van ced pistol training to it. Still the young Marine did not realize what he had. or a fatigue detail picking up empty shell cases on the rifle Ti me passed, and it became apparent to his instructors range. Th e decision \VIIS qui ckly (Continued on page 47 ) GUI\ISTOCK BEAUTIES 01\1

CHOOSING A RARE WOOD FOR RESTOCKING YOUR BEST

SPORTER WILL GIVE YOU PLEASURE IN ADDED BEAUTY.

;':'" Author's collection of sporters ;t'" shows markings of rare woods ; suigi-finished is 2nd from top.

Stocker N. E. Nelson brinas out arain of maple PARADE

By DICK SIMMONS

UNSHAVE AFASCINATJON for many people . G But one of th e most fascinating field s of rifle • dorn is the stocking of rifles with vario us kinds of wood s. Th e stock is one of the most obvious features of any kin d of firearm, but more so on a rifl e than on a shotgun or pi stol, simply becau se there is mor e of it. A stoc k can be carved, checkered , inl ayed, or shaped to certain styles and shapes, all of which help to set it apart as an individual thing. On the oth er hand, you can look for certain pieces of figu red wood th at also sets th at pa rticular weapon apart from most others. I have tr aveled ma ny hundreds of mil es looki ng ove r va rio us stock blanks to find unusuall y marked or well figur ed pieces to ma ke up into fini shed stocks. I have received much enjoyment in searching for them, fini shing them up, and then applyin g the oil, lacqu er or· varn ish to bring out th e true hi gh -ligh ts and colors th at one can never predict before han d. T he _anticipJltion is much lik_e th at fini shed stoc ks. I have received mu ch enjoyment in searching for them , fini shing them up, and th en applying the oil, lacqu er or varn ish to bring out the tru e hi gh-l ights and colors that one ca n never predict befo re han d. Th e anticipa tion is mu ch like th at received by the .agate cutter or gem po lisher, as very seldo m do any two gems, or gunstocks, fini sh up alike. Yo u do not have to tra vel in orde r to obtain different spec ies of woods for stock-blank purposes. Ma ny private individuals a nd firms handle nu merous types of imported woods. Any lar ge city has hard• wood lumber supply firms th at specialize in th ese wood s, an d goo d, well seaso ned blan ks can be purchased fr om five to twenty-five dollars. Many of the superg ra de burl, cro tch or finely figured va rieties will run as high as th irty-five to fift y dollars, but yo u will have a stoc k th at yo u will be continually sho wing with pri de, so they ar e well worth paying the extra amo unt for. Walnut has always been conside red the finest of stoc k woo d, but this sho uld by no means eliminate

Nelson holds maple sport e r wit h stock th at wo uld run per• haps $50 for th e blank alone. Wood in fine g rades may ~~.~ t II: ~I .....~ ~~ L.. :__ ~_~ .. t~ • • s. ~ L.. .. . I _ .s:__ Is L.. _ u _' Before and after of a stock blank. Rare maple burl blank (right) was sea soned 25 years, shaped into com • bina tion of ma n made and natural art as stoc k fo r 7mm by N. H. Hultgren.

other wood s whic h are equal in strength and far more lighter-weight wood than the eastern maple, but quite strong att ractive. Circassian walnut, which comes fr om Russia, and entirely suitable for stocking purpo ses. I hav e one on and is no longer obtainable, has always been conside red my combinatio n target-hunting .30-06. Stockmaker Ne w• the finest stock wood procurable, with French wa lnut ma n Nelsen, Rt. 12, Box 700, Olympia, Washingto n ; and r unning seco nd in choice. Gu nsmith Roy Vai l of Warwick, Anthony Guymon, Inc., 203 Shore Dri ve, Bremer ton, New York ; Flaig's of Millvale, Pa.; and Herter 's of Washing ton, are two who specialize in supplying blanks Waseca, Minneso ta, are three firm s amo ng others whi ch as well as furnishing machine turned and hand made spec ialize in handling French walnut. The English, Italian stocks of western maple wood . Guymon puts out an out• and America n walnuts are all good, with those trees whi ch sta ndin g boo klet whi ch pic tures and describes the various gro w the slowest and in a more temperate climate being species of western maple and this boo klet is free for the the best. In the past few years we have been getting a asking. " Basketwea ve", "Shell Flame", & "Crazy" , as well l'lc W " ~ .L trR';' Ff'cl'l6·'!.1 arrl"Bfn:ther n • C,\lif&'.mi"uk!\Q,l"Y 0':' '1fJ1Jr"I!;"wl l, 'Yf:Ulrncwn .Fvi'We!wr.kL- T.i 8" P ~u ~ ~i ~ . '1 ~ ..HiUk'\1 Waseca, Minneso ta, are three firm s amo ng others whi ch as well as furnishing machine turned and hand made spec ialize in handling French walnut. The English, Italian stocks of western maple wood . Guymon puts out an out• and American walnuts are all good, with th ose trees which standing boo klet whi ch pic tures and describes the various grow the slowest and in a more temperate climate bein g species of western maple and this boo klet is fre e for the the best. In the past few years we have been getting a asking. " Basketweave", "Shell Flame", & "Crazy" , as well walnut fr om centra l and northern California known as as the usual well known Fiddleback, Tiger Tail and Bird s• " Claro" walnut which in figure and color has most an y eye varieties of western maple are to be had. The firs t other walnut in the wor ld beat. We are going to hear a lot three named species are absolutely bea uti fu l species of ab out thi s particul ar walnut specie in the future. Oakley & stock wood and unbelievably unusual. Th ey have to be Merkley, P.O. Box 2'lLI6, Sacramen to, California, is the seen to be appreciated. main firm that is specia lizing in cutting, drying and Myrtlewood is ano ther favo rite of mine. I have had distributing Claro wa lnut blanks. I persona lly would not wonderful success with it, due entire ly (in my belief ) to trade a good blank of Claro for any walnut grown, but the fact that I never used a blan k th at wasn't entirely dr y. that of course is only a personal opinion. Howe ver, I note I have stocks made of this wood th at were picked for color that man)"" of our top-n otch stockers are now turn ing to on ly, with grain running in every direction bu t the ri ght thi s wood as better th an an y which has been imp orted way, yet they give me consistently accura te groups and for many years. do not walk around in the least. I have never had one Eastern maple makes a very hard and durable stock ; one cra ck on me, and they ar e very unu sually ma rked. I have that will take a lot of kn ockin g around and abuse with out five rifles stocked in Myrtle and would not wish to part denting. Curley an d Fidd leback or Tiger-Stripe are the with any of them for an y reason . All blanks were dried more commo n names applied to this eastern maple and two years before I purcha sed them. The Myrtle Shop at when finished up in a " suigi" or blow-torch finish they Coq uille, Orego n and The Ho use of Myrtle Wood, High • are ge nuine beauties in any gun ra ck. I have such a stock way 99, Grants Pass, Ore gon , are two firm s who specia lize on my .257 Roberts and after seven seasons of hun ting in fu rnishing well seasoned blanks of Myrtlewood. It is it still looks like new. I also might add that I receive more muc h nicer if you can persona lly visit these firm s to pick _genuine comp limen ts on this "s uigi" finished stock than out exactly what you wish, bu t if you will state your on any other in my gun rack. Eastern maple is slightly preference by letter the owners will do their best to please heavy, but is without a doubt one of the toughest and you. Myrtle finished up in clear plast ic ma kes one of the most durable of stock woods. most attractive stocks one can possibly find. Western Ma ple is being used quite a bit at the pr esent California Mesquite, a "screwbean type", which is time and thi s is one wood that the blow -tor ch can really found only around the water holes in the desert, is to my do ju stice to. In fact ver y plain blan ks that would show mind one of the most attrac tively ma rked stock woods. Guns 3rd Annual POLICE AWARD FOR SERVICES IIBEYOND THE CALL OF DUTYII

UNS reports with pride, and with sincere ad• miration of the work police officers are doing G throughout America, the results of our Third Annual Police Award. This was the biggest one yet; biggest in number of entries, and biggest also in complexity in judging those entries. Judges agreed early in the game that it would be necessary to set up different categories into which different types of services by police, with guns, in the public interest, could be compared. The categories established were: acts of heroism involving police and guns; acts beyond the ca ll of duty in pro• moting shooting within a police department; and serv• ices beyond the call of duty in promoting shooting and gun safety in the community outside the police department. These categories were judged to be of equal importance, and the three winners named below are listed alphabetically, each on a par with the others. Each of the three will be awarded the hand• gun of his choice, suitably inscribed and delivered in appropriate presentation ceremonies. In addition, GUNS' judges chose five other names and gun satety in the community outside the police department. These categories were judged to be of equal importance, and the three winners named below are listed alphabetically, each on a par with the others. Each of the three will be awarded the hand• gun of his choice, suitably inscribed and delivered in appropriate presentation ceremonies. In addition, GUNS' judges chose five other names of officers whose services, in one or the other of the three categories, could not be overlooked. These five men are named below for HONORABLE MENTION. In our next issue, GUNS will tell the stories of these eight men, with pictures, so that our readers everywhere may honor them for the work they have done and are doing in the defense of law and order and in the promotion of shooting skill and shooting safety.

W INNER S NO ~ ;1 IN ATED BY DETECTIVE LAWRENCE M cCALLION EDWARD L. CAUM PHILADELPHIA POLICE PHILA DELPH IA, PENNA . COMM . MAURICE C. PETESCH LESLIE E. FIELD DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS CHICAGO, ILL. LT. MORRIS G . SEAMAN RESERVE LT. C. McCRACKEN BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. RESERVE LT. A . R. THODY AND 200 MEM BERS OF BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPT.

HONORABLE tv ~ENTION NO M INA TED BY SGT. EUGENE C. CARLILE CHIEF OF POLICE C H A RLES M. GASH EVANSVILLE, IND . EVANSVILLE, IND. SGT. JOSEPH CART EN THOMAS FIRRANTELLO STRATFORD, CONN. STR ATFO RD, CONN .

SHERIFF J. HOWELL FLOURNOY ROBERT DYMENT ~I-lHVFPORT I O IJl~IANA nl l tr.. . V l b V .... v YOU.R TARGET IS SMALLER

Vital area of deer may be smaller than circle of sight• ing-in target. Straight shooting is needed for clean kill . ..

"

Gut shot is largest section of deer where wound probably would be fatal but animal can run all day if hit there. ?r;. DON'T LEAVE IT ALL UP TO THE RIFLE!

PLACING YOUR SHOT RIGHT IS ESSENTIAL

FOR CLEAN KILLS. AND CLEAN KILLS

ARE ESSENTIAL TO GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

By ALFRED J. GOERG

Throat shots from flank or front don't leave room for error. Vital hit must score in 9 ring, requiring accurate rifle and good aim.

Throat shots from flank or front don't leave room for error. Vital hit must score in 9 ring, requiring accurate rifle and good aim.

Six-inch aiming bull shows just getting shot in black is not accurate enough. Neck shot [ebove] ruined cape. TEN OF THE

Kick of 8-bore rifle, 1700 grain bullet and 165 Ibs. recoil proves Buehler scope mount can take it.

Classic-car buff Buehler proudly hangs photos of his two restored Rolls Royce motor cars beside desk in office which holds samples of current rifles for which he makes scope mounts. WORLD'S BIGGEST RIFLES

GUN CRANK INVENTOR MAYNARD BUEH LER TESTS HIS SCOPE MOUNTS ON HUGE

RIFLES THAT MAKE ORDINARY MAGNUMS LOOK LIKE PIPSQUEAKS

By KENT BELLAH , H' ~ - -~~~~ ~~---~ ~~ ~~--- '

Ho llis' Martini single shot rifle of type still UN FANS DRI VE out of their way to visit Maynard popu lar with some hunters in Africa is .577 Buehler at Orin da, California. Maker of one of the necke d to .450, deliv ers power at both ends. G smallest parts of a rifle, its safety, Buehler's attraction for the gun cran k tourist is his collection of the world 's biggest rifles. Among Buehler's many fine rifles, there are set aside "Ten of the World 's Most Powerful Rifles." Guns are Buehler's hobby, but the big bores are part of his business. All are scope mounted, in his mounts. They are his testing ground for the rugged scope fittin gs he makes, along with his special low bolt action rifl e safetys. Big Westley Richards falling bloc k single Few shooters think of pip-squeak rifles when they thi nk rifle is .500-.450 used by Buehler to test st urdy rigidity of new scope mount designs. of Buehler, but his mounts are used on many .22 ri m fire rifles. And if the mount holds zero on his big guns, it will certainly hold on hot .22 to .45 calibers. His largest rifle is a flintlock 2-bore, 1.18" diameter with 11 grooves, that uses a 3,500 grain (half pound) bullet delivering 17,500 foot pound s of muzzle energy at 1,500 feet per second. It makes our .50 caliber machin e gun bullet weighing 1/ 5th as much, with a listed M.E. of 12,000 £.p., seem like .l. u \J _ ~ , .- a _ • •• ~ ~~ a .. _ ~ •• -- 0------' --_.-. uses a 3,500 grain (half pound ) bullet delivering 17,500 foot pound s of muzzle energy at 1,500 feet per second. It makes our .50 caliber bullet weighin g 1/5th as much, with a listed M.E. of 12,000 £.p., seem like a dink y plinker. Buehler's battery of "Ten M,ost Powerful Rifles" range from the hot-shot, high velocity, flat trajectory jobs, to the big, low velocity guns that depend on bullet weight and caliber for shocking power. His 33 pound 2-bore is a bit heavy for a shoulder arm, but he made a mold to cast 3,500 gra in bullets, and loaded them ahead of 28 dr ams FG black powder. Maynard and Dick Hart have fired it over an inner tube, with recoil over two feet no matter how tight they held the gun. The " little" 8-bore double shoots a 1,250 grain bullet at 1,500 f.p.s, with 10 drams of FG black powder that develops 6,290 f.p. of muzzle energy. The recoil energy is about the same as the muzzle energy of a .38 Short Colt bullet! Some who fire the 8-bore would about as soon be shot with the .38 Short Colt cartridge. The smaller lQ-bore H & H double, a type occasionally used in Africa today, has about the same recoil and energy with the same powder charge and a 1,200 grain bullet. It weighs 17% pounds complete with a K2.5 scope-in a Buehler mount, of course. A couple of cartridges add % lb. to the weight. More modern rifles include a beaut iful .577 x 3" x 750 Nitro Express double, by Westley Richards. 100 grains of Cordite starts a 750 grain ja cketed bullet at 2,050 f.p.s., deliverin g 7,020 M.E. Neuman and other great elephant hunters have preferred this caliber to all others because Buehler l i ~ e s to develop loads for his collec• it has more penetration than the .600 Nitro Express. An• tion of "World's Ten Most Powerful Rifles." other show piece, in a popular caliber, is his .475 No . 2 muzzle blast, penetra tion, and terminal energy. A flat tra jectory numb er, for pr ecision hits at extremely long range, is a beautifu l .300 Super Magnum , with a 6X scope and Buehler mount on an F.N. action. A fa vorite load, fr om Roy Weatherb y's "Tomorr ow's Rifles Toda y," gives a M.E. of 4,611 f.p., at 3,400 f.p.s. M.V. with 82 grains of 4350 and a 180 grain bullet, in a blown-out .300 H&H case. This load is supposed to penetrate two inches of steel, which is a whale of a lot of penetr ati on for a shoulder weap on. Another super deluxe Buehler rifle is one that, con• sidering the bullet weight and velocity, is the most powerful flat trajectory repeater built today-the .375 Super Mag• num. Roy Weatherb y's load of 90 grains No. 4350 with a 300 grain bullet gives 2,800 M.V. and 5,223 M.E. The F. . action is equipped with a 4XBC scope and you-know-wha t moun t. Buehler says he can't describe it, and you have to see it to believe what it does to a block of concrete. Whi le his 8-bore double has a greater "paper" muzzle energy , the huge slugs at low speed simply lack the " busting" effect of the smaller, modern calibers at high velocity. But big bore or medium bore, the rifles all have terrific recoil and none will hold zero with an inferior scope mount. Buehler says, and I believe it, that his mount will hold a positive zero on any shoulder weapon . For a number of years, famous hunters around the world have been bettin g their life on it, and winnin g. Buehler thinks he has the best and most ru gged mount on the mark et, and man y experienced shooters agree. He re• centl y developed an elevation adjustment to take care of receivers that may vary as much as 1/ 32" on the outside. He calls this the "Micro-Dial L niversal" base. All Buehler Standard sporters are dwarfed beside wall rifle over fire• rin gs, either solid or split, fit all Buehler bases, and all place. Gunsmith Buehler made grate from rifle barrels. bases have windage adjustments. The new Micro-Dial base permits centering the crosshair in the exact optical center of the scope. Man v shooters are reu lacinz their old-monel Standard sporters are dwarfed beside wall rifle ove r fire• rin gs, either solid or split, fit all Buehler bases, and all place. Gunsmith Buehler made g rate from rifle barrels. bases have wind age adjustments. The new Micro-Dial base permits centering the crosshair in the exact optical center of the scope. Man y shooters are replacing their old-model bases. One scope in one set of rings can be changed fr om Nitro Express double. It too has a lot of " whammv" at one gun to anot her that it fitted with the new base, with out both ends. 85 grains of Cordite gi\Oe the 480 grain jack• re-zeroing. eted bullet 2,200 f.p.s. and 5,170 M.E. How Maynard P. Buehler, Orinda, California, became a The lower powered 450-.400 x 3%" Magnum Nitro man ufact ur er, shooter and experimenter who is doing exact• Express has long been popul ar in Africa and Asia, for ly what he pleases, is a saga of turning a hobby into a two fast shots at heavy game. 60 gra ins of Cord ite has pr ofitab le business. His scope mount and safety is as well 4,110 f.p. M.E. with a 400 grain jacketed bullet starting known in Alaska and Afr ica as in the U. S. The low-scope at 2,150 f.p.s, It may surprise some people to learn that safety was the start. Scope sights on military rifle con• moderate powered single shot rifles are still used by many versions requir ed a low safety and , as a suitable type white hunters in Afr ica. These men have learn ed to place wasn't on the market in 1939, Buehler designed one. The a single bullet where it counts. and use the less expensive. King Gunsight Co. ordered 100 immediately, and Buehler lighter weight smg le loaders by choice. Buehler has two was in business. fine models, one a .500-.450 x 3%" Westley Richards that He had bui lt a millin g machin e at night school, so it was delivers 2,745 M.E. The other is a .577-.450 HOll is no prob lem to tool upo The first run was 1.000 safetys for Martini, delivering only 1.850 M.E. In English nomen• the Mauser, Springfield, and Winchester 54. Safetys were clat ure, the doubl e numbered shells mean the lar ger cal• made in the basement workshop, and Maynard packaged iber has been necked down to the smaller caliber. In this them in the garage. Advertising created a nat ional demand. in sta nce, the .577 or .500 Express has been necked down to .450. Scope mount adverti sing pa id so well, the basement shop A " featherweight" bolt action in a heavy caliber is could no longer handle the volume. Buehler made a deal Maynard's .505 Gibb s, a Mannlicher type with 18" barrel. with some old fri ends in Oakland , who had a small factory, It was built on the Enfield action with a .50 caliber machin e to do the manufacturing. But, first, he red esigned and re• gun barrel, and weigh s only 1114 pounds complete with built all the pr oduction tooling, and furnished millin g Alaska scope in a Buehler mount. Buehler doesn't par• machines specially tooled for the work. Sub-contractin g ticula rly recommend the Enfield action, although this one was a happy solution and he now has time to handle the takes the pressure of the regular cartridge, as well as his business end, conta cting 200 jobbers and 4,600 dealers who souped-up version of 112 grains HiVel behind 570 grain sell Buehler mounts and safetys. solid bullets, giving a mu zzle energy of 7,400 foot pounds. Buehler was born in Boston, where his love of shooting Ever ything about this gun is terr ific, including recoil, started early. When he was six, (Continued on page 58 ) Where Are TOMORROW'S MINUTEMEN?

By DAVID F. SOULE

E LI KE to think of ourselves as "a W nati on of ri flemen," self-armed, read y and abl e to das h ou t any time and

1 _.cr__ .~ _ .c. _L. ~ . u. __ ~ II _ E LI KE to thi nk of ourselves as "a W nati on of riflemen," self-armed, rea dy and able to das h ou t an y time and become an effective, fighting, guerr illa force in resistin g any enemy who might attack our country. But is it true ? Except for a very few widely scattered individuals-and possibly small gro ups in certain also widel y sca ttered areas- no. We're not " a nation of ri flemen." Hard• ly 5 per cent of the men indu cted into the armed forces for Wo rld Wa r Two knew how to shoot a rifle even passably well. A stunningly high percentage had never so much as fired a rifle or handgun. And it is highly doubtful th at as ma ny as one of 100 of the men who were fam iliar with weap ons knew enoug h ab out woodscraft to live off the lan d and fight effectively as guerrillas. If this seems to you to be a pessimistic appraisa l, ask yourself this question : If this country were hit toni ght and you were a surv ivor, what would you do? Involved in that questi on ar e these qu estions: Where would you go? With whom? How would you get there? Wh at would you tak e with you? And what would you do, or try to do, after you got there ? Tim e was, you remember , when the American colonies helped defeat invad ers by the more or less individual efforts of the "Minute Men." Arme d with gun skills and wood s skills gained in Indian fighting and in getting meat for their tabl es, tnese men were a formidable force against the world's finest soldiery . But tim es have changed, and men ha ve changed with the times. How many men today could survive and fight und er similar conditions? Wh ere to go and how to get there would, in itself, be an (Continued on page 63) GIVE THE LITTLE

HUNTING TOGETHER, THIS SOUTH

FLORIDA COUPLE SHARE SPORT

IN WHICH WOMAN'S SKILL CAN

OFFSET MASCULINE MUSCLE

By MARION RUBINSTEIN I To avoid being left behind as a "hunting widow," Zephyr Bode urges ga ls prepare for gun sport by reading up on hunting .

UNTI NG HUSBANDS whose wives complai n abo ut being "hunting widows" H can take a tip fr om Zephyr Bode, a wife who has earned hunti ng equality with the best men hunters, including her husband. Take her along with you! ( -.;'tl'tnr'" n"tp · M pn w h o " rp. lritter about feminine invasions of masculine UNTI NG HUSBANDS whose wives complain about being "hunting widows" H can take a tip fr om Zephyr Bode, a wife who has earned hunting equality with the best men hunters, including her husband. Take her along with you! (E ditor's note : Men who are bitter about feminine invasions of masculine pr erogatives, who believe that a hunt is primarily a chance to " get away fro m it all," includ ing "the littl e woman," had better hid e this magazine to avoid con• nubial dissension. We'r e not necessar ily advocating "togethern ess" in aU its phases, but women are hunting, and liking it ; and once that fact is accepted, the idea of making them good hunters has merit. And that's the theme of this story.) Zephyr Bode says a lot of women think hunting is too rough and tough for most women and that only a big, strong woman could "take" it. Mrs. Bode thinks husbands may have fostered this belief, to some extent. She thinks some husbands may have fostered it because they ju st don 't want women along on hunts, and some may have fostered it becau se they think women in hunting clothes and hunting surroundings would necessarily be " unfeminine" or somethi ng. Zeph yr herself refutes both of these theories. She is ju st five feet tall , weighs ju st 110 pounds, admits she's 40 but could easily pass for 25, and the way she looks in hunting garb has convinced numerou s strong anti-feminists that mixed hunting has point s in its favor. Zephyr is a good hunter. This is not so surprising when you learn that she owned her first rifle at the rip e age of eight and has been hunting ever since, with good teachers. Her first teacher was her fath er ; a man who loved hunti ng, wanted a son to hunt with him, and, failing that, taught his small daughter to be his hunting compa nion. "That was lucky for me," says Ed Bode, Zephyr's husband, an exporter who sometimes spends more time hunting th an he does at his busi• ness. Ed is intensely proud of Zephyr 's hunting ability, even to the point of boast• ing that she is a better hu nter than he is. But a gal doesn't have to have hunted aU her life to be an acceptable hunting partner, Zephyr advises. She says it' s a lot easier than, for instance, learning to be an acceptable mixed-four some golfer or tenn is player or bowler-because in any of those games a woman has to be really a lot better, skill-wise, than the men in the game, to make up for the men's superiority in muscle. Strength makes little or no difference in shooting, and any woman who will follow a simple set of LADY A GUN

C omely lass who belies real age of 40 keeps young by kee ping active. Outdoor ga rb was selected by Zephyr after study of lad ies' hunting fashions. At rig ht, she and husband Ed unload duck boat, handing guns out first.

commonsense suggestions can make herself at least "good ru les and are caref ul to observe them, they'll give you credit enoug h to take along, even good enough to win a lot of beyond your due. since re masc uline admirati on. "You don't really ha ve to 3. " Read a few articles and a few books on hunting. be very good for men to pra ise you," says Zeph yr. " Most You 'll be surprised, first, how interesting they ar e ; and, men expect women to be (a ) awkward, or (b) ju st plain second, how much you can learn from them. You can learn stupid, with guns; and when you're not, they think you' re a great deal in thi s way about the game you hunt, about wonde rf ul !" where to aim , what to do and not to do in th e woods. Inci• Here is Zeph yr 's "simple set of commonsense sugges• dent ally, do some reading too on game cookery. If there's ti ons :" an y doubt ab out your welcome with the men of a hunting 1. Learn to shoo t. It's no t har d. Sotto voce, Zeph yr party, you can remove it by coming up with a really tasty said, " If your husban d is even-tempered and reasonably game dinner, cooked in pa tient, have him teach you. If no t, take lessons fr om the woods or at home. somebod y else and save wear and tear on fam ily relati ons. 4. "Equip yourself If your husband is a duck hunter, or an upland bird hunter , well before the hunt you' ll want to learn to shoo t a shotg un. Go out to your with clothing and the local trap or skeet range, rent a gun, and get the pro to necessary gear, and be teach you. If hu bby is a big game hunter, or a varminter, dead sure it's the right or any kind of a rifle hunter , hu nt up your local rifle target clothing and the right club and let them teach you. Ten to one they'll be so de• gear. Reading can help light ed by your wanting to learn that they'll go to no end of you here, too ; so can pa ins to teach you. ad vice from an experi• 2. " Pay particular att enti on to all your teacher says about enced hu nter of either gun safety. Men ar e particularly critical even of men who sex. for get the rul es of safe gun hand lin g, and this is as it "In buying clothing, sho uld be. They'll be watching the fema le member of the be sure it's comfort• pa rty with extra attenti on. If they see that you know the (Continued on page 50) . ' *AMERICA'S GREATEST SHO O YE OLD HUNTER SEZ: SAAMI: SAMPLES ARE ALL UNBELIEVABLE THE ROYAL ENFIELDENF~~L1~~~o.~1~ unrYe etoOld uch Hunter ed phot illustra ographs tes so all you weapons can seeby howactual th ey "THE FINEST RIFLE IN THE WORLD" ROONYLAyLSEJ4N.F9'5ELll REALLY look ! ALL ENFIELDS ARE IN FINE '·' I' h c Hi flc }" U II C :lI lu u f .:\ ,r u r d .'" 0 '1' ~u Un."." W.ITHOI "T ])O l'UT t he lll ? s t SERVICEABLE CONDITION !! s hat ter in g ri fle o p portu n it y e ver t o b efa ll A m erican sho o ters. A n a x cl u stv e d e a l with England p ennits Ye Olr! H unte r to orre r t h es e s u p e rb 10 s h o t b o lt action E n fi eld rep ea t l ng ri rles at far less than the pri ce o f e ve n a :22 Amer i ca n HERE IT IS! L ea v e i t to Ye Ol d H unt er to brin g g leaming p e r f ect fresh o stock .303 B ri t i s h ba ll 1 7 0 gr. m agnificen t issue l oa ds t o you at o n l y s p o t-ter. T'h e y all take s tan d a r-d l ·,S. s p o rting .3u 3 Anun o a va i lable e ve r v • ~$7 .50 p er 100! Stock u p now t o sh oo t those se n sational b a rga in Ro y a l w h e r e . M o s t m od e ls w ith ~, -gT. barrel s ! N eve r befor e s uch mag n ifice n t g uns ~ Enfi elds for a l m o s t n o thing! W hy p ay m o re e ls ewhere! Sh i p p ed Soonest. a t s uch ba r g a in p ricex. (Jt..' t t h e G reu t es t America n G Ull U arg'ai n f rom Y e 9 1d < Order NOW! ALSO : t in ~ ,303 B r iti sh Sott· p oint h u nting lOads - o n l y Hu n t e r! T r u l y you wil l n e ve r agai n huve s uch a n u n b e l i e vn b l e oppo rtun1ty, $ 1 3. 7 5 p er 100 ro unds' l (Se e o p po site p age for t he ammo b argai n o f the y ear.)

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Actoru t his historical roue w i t h ;11\ OI'i:,t i ll al b ay onet. prtce ever or r ored t T h e I'al ·e st and m o s t etos trnutc o ( only 5 1.00. w h en 01"<1('1'('<1 with t h i s ,' ilic. ~u p p l y 1I0t i n exhau s t ibl e . contemporary M a user r-ounds nvnttabtc at tus t: Fnt-m er-Iy 8 m m M a u s er- Foa t trc r-w oirrb t C il t ' h i ll " S ~ Yes , w e k n ow t h n t I t "~ 1I be so l d up t o $ 1 PCI' r-ouuu . so stuck u p n ow w hile Su pply alm o s t too rantnst tc to b o t tu v e . b u t ag:l i ll , Ye Ol d H u n te r h a s made a GARRIBALDI'S GREATEST! rus t s at th i s iUlla'l.in g' p l'it'c . Con lo.' IllJlOI" lI 'y nroctucuoot scoop t hat will bcncn t all do vot ees f)f fine g u ns. orteuuu G 33 / 4() 18 4 G I', H oa L-t..'lilcd Hu llets , Wlw t .il-l.:"i\"c.'-:I w ay, T oo :l Y ! 8 mm !\I lluSCI' f ea Lll el'wl'ij.{h t c.o-ruucs. t h e joy o f the G crruau M o unt ain 1'I 'OOPS, V c..'I 'V l i mi te d supptv, Oo n 't l o se o ut o n th is rnn zntnceut har-, .30 CALIBER M1 CARBINE ...... $5.00 ga i n , G on(·ho s lovakla ORIGINAL U.S. KRAG "LONG TOM" RIFLES excl us iv clv fOt' Ki ll :.! Fm'ou k's U 'tl s ty , d u !' t.y . d e se n cn nwl cOr ps , these , U.S• •30 (.J0·40 CALIBER) KRAG .. $5.50 s h ot'L U.s 't\'1:t.llse l' ca l'lJ i ll l '.'l havc S t ~CII l i t t l e tll' n o use, A l l v ery g o od! or b etlCI' . w i th a ll milled p:u't s illll! 23" ha l'1'e l. A t ruly r em ark ab l e L e,av e It t o Y e O l d H unte r to r etu r n t r iumph nnt wi t h .-.J8I t h i S g reates t l arg e r i ll e cart r i dge ba r g-ai n i n A m er i ca ~\r ~ ~ "ri ~~ ~\ ~ ~: ~ I ~ I' iil i, il l;:I~~ll ~ ;:; ~ li ; ll;~ IJ : ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ t 10:,IYfj ~ l"J e ~: ~ ~ l ~: ~ ~d : i l ~ ; ~ s ~ ft ~ ( ~ f y o~ g, ; t od a y . Beau t ifu l o r igina l C o m m erci a l U. ~, Kral!' 2 2 0 eo l l t!c Lor' s Il l i lSt, T his \"CI·Y l i l11it(' c! pt'c')jIIII" ic)Il c'ou ld wel l m,lke tht!se g r . FP l oads a t r n r l e s!'! t h nn e \-C'n r l'ln :"!. flin O" com • t h e l a s t an d 1';ll'f!s L o f thc f an wd :,:-\.'nu i nc l\laus el' S, Bl\-tM mi li t:lry ba ll! ponents co st s. Su p p l y not i n e x h ;H l st n hl f! . sn hNl cr or der amm u n itio n w i t h 1't"l t>ael:tl ll e l 'OXCI' llI'i m (' I'S OIl h

NOW. cornPle l~:t~ n rca ( iy .'\'''6h l' :lS rn.:' lfC 11~ yo'lC ff w ant fna ~ .~t LfH~~ ,,~ ,I;' L b · ~ J~ Ir." e tJ F ~, ~, o ": ;5' " " ~ ' ~ I~ Q (O I' lUIl:tlt'ly. w i thout lIppel' hand guards (01' oil ly $ 16.!)G: O r rler al on e WOl"t h p l'uN i('al l y th i s K ive-a w ay p l'icc fCIl' t h ese ~Jlw.H!LU! lod.ly! co mpleLe M,e. cal'l l·i nI!Cs, Ol'( lel' tu d ltY an d sh oo L you:' ( a v ol 'i t e Mausel' at th i s Shtlota b le Twice, rOl' SLo('ks of t his .....3rHW!W "" se lect ammo e

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9MM LUGER (PARABELLUM) •• . . $5.00 A t l ast! Your fa v o r ite oistol cart ridJ;'c at an ab so l utely u n h ea l'd · o f b al 'g"ain pri ce . F i n e o" iK lI1a l :lS'''o l't4:d i ss ue CAL. 6.5MM Swedish Mauser l oa d s f l'om t he w orld's m ost famous fa('tol'ies to s lid e t h t'o u l! h t h o se n O-lo ngoel'· e x pen!"lve-t n.!"hoot 9a'm Lng-ers. ONLY $22.50 Brown i n g s. R ad o m s . M a u scrs. or w h at·ha v e -y o u. NOW!!!' W i t hout douht t h e finest M I1\l ser b u ilt are the se never-be for 'e • avai l ah le :-iw c cl i s ll Ill:l:,:-ni li ccn t mnSte q> ic ('e mnt c h·Mil u sel's ! Sllpel'hly fi n i s h ed mCLnl :mel woodwor k nnd m odel'n hl ~ h · ve l oci ty 6 .5 ~tM .43 (llMM) REMINGTON . . . . • . • . $6.00 ciu u "i d:':-f! a nd 29" h alTel n m k f! t h c m the bc st l'ifle b u y ever pl,lced ' Vh o e ls e but Ye O l d Hunt er would h av e (m a: d t his on !.. h ~ U , S, 11l;1l'ket, An lllHISUil 1 l' i ft e tl1:l Il ' S tl'( ~ a t, on ly $ 2 2 ,50. trea su r e? Ori g'inal Re m i n ~ton U MC to ad s in o r i g i n a l 6 ..1 M M Im ll ammun i tioll o nly $7 ,:>" PCI' 10 0 r o u n d s. Ol'del' n ow! b o x e s--37 5 g r. l oad bullet m akes su p f!rh ta rl::"ct or h u n ti n g round ( or tho se !"hootah!e , 4 :1 Tlem i ng-ton r olling b l ock s. Ap p e ar s m a g-nifi cc n t-sh o o t ab ili t y un• AUSTRIAN MANNLlCHER POLICE CARBINES! 2"uanlllteed . W OI' lh t w i c f! thi s price (0 1' componcnts a l one ! .44-40 WiNCHESTER .. .• ...... $5.00 R ar c odg-inal 2 17 G r , Black Powde r loads in o l' i~ina l W inc h e s t el' boxes , F u n c t i o n in a ll modern I'e I n U. S. or o l' lglnal sea lc d \Vmch estcl' bo xes. Rea d y 1'01' co ll~e to l ' a nd G erman GI Ammo s tl'a igh t (rom Y e Old H u n t e r f or o n ly $ 7 . 5 0 p er C. r e l o 10ad inK. H ea a n . and on l y StU,8M! A( 'h Uti Lieh e l", Wha t a masterpiecel CAL• •303 •• • Only $19.95! YOll ar e alway s AHEAD , AHEAD, AH EAD, ..\H E A D .

OLD HUNTERP UBLICATIONS: send 2 5 c ( 01' stol'y of America's •45 (ACP) COLT AUTOMATIC .•• $5.00 bi ~~ e s t Developed d u ri n :::- the noel' War from the L(' c ·Mclfol'd model. t h is w a s U nbel ie \'\"el opc-d LO o{f'1;eL Lhe d ip load_ A ll U , S, m anufl1c tUl'e(1. l a t e d a t e and i n s e1\le d boxes rifl e- t h e A l'I llal ite A R -I0- a w Ol' l d first f r om Y e Old Hunter's i ll ~ 1\'l a u!' e l's u.!;o

flic: ial letterhead for new sensational discount lists. IMPORTANT INFORMATION! SALES T ERMS PLEASE. , REAp' ~~RE FULLY : A ll guns a n d a m m o shi p pe d ~;~~~~~ ~~ , ( S : ~ P ~ g g . ~h ~ r ~:~ ec;.~~ l e ~4r ~ ~o~ r ~ : ~ ~~ ~ ~ : ~k,! ,1 rg~~~';.nt: :n~h~ ~e~koo~ s ~ ~~ . r e~~r n ~~T .. r~ ~~ i ~ i'nlt ~ i ~ U: :rg : f : = a ~~~ '~ r ~e :: l t Q ~ h e CApn I Tt:i ~~ stT H~ lt~6R~~~ Wo ~ ~ ~ ~ ss '; ~ ; :; ~~ t CA ~ ~ ~ S ':= ~~ :~ ~~r ~~ ~ Low e s t Price s. Sh i p ' rom the E a st and Save. Save. Save, Save, Sa v e . Sa v e , S av e . Save , S av e, Sa v e !! CANADIAN BUYERS: W ..ite direct t o our Can a d i an D i s t r ibu to r , P. O. Bo x 628.Peter b o r o , Ontario. Add S. Union St.. Alexa.ndria 2i Va. 200/ 0 to a b o v(' price s when o rde ri n g ! They Call MG Practice "THE PEAK OF PLINKING"

By GEORGE B. JOHNSON

Police l ucenile Oljicer

Unique Schmeisser-action rifle may have been styled for police in Germany. Collector Sloan and author (left, be low) check MG 34 feed.

COUNTRY'S BIGGEST AUTO WEAPONS COLLECTOR

HOLDS MEETS WHERE FRIENDS GATHER FOR FUN

HOLDS MEETS WHERE FRIENDS GATHER FOR FUN

OF BURNING AMMUNITION BY THE CASE

r-rHEHATTLl NG RUHSTS OF MACHI NE GUN FIHE shatter the qui et rural afternoon on a farm in south• western Indiana. Burp guns rip in the " Battle of Sloan's Farm." This is not a redoubt of the Civil War nor a South American revoluti on transferred up north. Heavy and light machin e guns, subs, semiautomatics, and a dozen one-of-a-kind experimental ar ms are fired by a bun ch of gun nut s getting together to shoot for fun with some of the most unu sual guns fired today by civilians. Headquarters for this burp gun safari is the Worthing• ton, Indi ana home of Robert D. Sloan, a "typical" fortyish Indiana farmer. Sloan has one of the most fabulous collections of guns belonging to a private indi vidual in this country stacked on shelves and han ging on the walls of his neat, average-looking home. Everything fr om the Gatling gun to the latest stamped-out submachine guns form a neat clutter in almost every room of thi s gun nut's par adise. Specializing in machine guns for many years past when machine gun collectors were as scarce as mint Paterson Colts, Sloan has built a collection that is the equal of any outside a museum. And, as far as I can learn, it is the only place in the world where this type of weapon can actually be fired and tested in relation to others by any person with a legitimat e and sincere interest in weapons. "Peak of plinking" is description juvenile officer Johnson gives to his dust-raising performance with German light MG.

Russian guns , Sloan says, are well made as u.S. MG's; has pan-fed "Deg" and Goryunov.

Post-wa r Hungarian submachine gun is prized ite m in Indiana fa rme r Sloan 's collection. Stock folds up like MP 40 , but wooden forearm improves accuracy. Clip also folds. I i

Post-wa r Hungarian submachine gun is prized item in Indiana fa rmer Sloan 's collection. Stock folds up like MP 40, but wooden forearm improves accuracy. Clip also folds.

Acquiring his first gun, an '08 Maxim for $7.00 back in still the average person's conception of a submachi ne gun," 1929 when the army sold captured material to anyon e who he commented. Sloan's Th omp sons and some oth er rare wanted it, Sloa n started collecting machine guns seriously experimental types are th e outstanding items of his in 1938. He got many deactivated full automatic weapons collection. fr om returning World War II veterans. His shooting His Thompson guns include the 1919 model whi ch th e machine guns ha ve been acquired on a Class 4 license company named the " Basic Machine Mechanism." It was fr om such firm s as Numrich Arms, from whom he obtained made without sights or stock and simply intended to a complete ser ies of experimental Thompsons ; and In • demonstrate the acti on. It is uncertain how many where ter ar mco sold him British Brens, German MG 34's, Dan ish manufactured. Sloan's is serial nu mber 7, feeding fr om a Madsens, and many other interes ting mo dels. He now has 50 round drum only. Shoo ting it is like handling a water about 250 guns, more than 150 of them machine guns of hose, ju st point and spray. all types an d nation alities, plu s a few cannon to ro und In addition to examples of all the standard model out the collection. Th ompson, he has six of the British Birmingham Small His home is a Mecca of interest for gun enthusiasts. Arms Company models in various calibers. He ha s been Sloan often tak es tim e out fr om his busy farm work to unable to get much ba ckgr ound information ab out th ese show visitors hi s collection. He remarks that the gun guns , except that they were made in England before World most gun bu gs ask to examine is his German FG 42 War II for test by the army. Th e factor y was un able to paratroop rifle. Sloan attributes the great interest in this give any further information about them because th eir particular gun to its exo tic appea rence, its rarity, and the records were destroyed by fire. But they did state th at fact th at it is one of th e direct forerunners of the present only ab out 20 of them were made. Bob Sloan would be tr end toward light weight, du al purpose ma chine rifles. pleased to hear from an yone who can furnish an y addi• Sloan's own fa vor ites ar e the Th ompson submachine tional information ab out th e BSA or any oth er ex• guns, " beca use of their romantic ba ckground and fine perimental models. Th ese include a Thompson Light workman ship. Th ev ha ve made such a zreat imo ression Machin e Gun of .30-06 cal., built on the sam e Blish rifle, and two exper imental submachine guns, Sloan also keeps a supply of the guns designated T-2 Thompson, about most recent types of machine guns on which little is known. Sloan thinks han d for sale to police departments. they may have been made up for test He retails European guns such as the at the time the army was considering Madsen and Swedish Carl Gustav sub• the M-3 Greasegun for adoption . machine guns, but finds that most law Another two standard model Thomp• officers still prefer the older and better• sons, but in .30 Carbine caliber, round known Thompso n. The psychological out this group of very interesting effect of the lethal looking "Tommy guns. Gun" is often so effective in police When asked his opinion of various work as to require no actual shooting. weapons in his outstanding collection While many of Sloan's guns are Sloan modestly qualifies his state• deactivated, most of those he has ments by declaring himself "no expert acquired since getting a Class 4 fire• on automatic weapons, just a fellow arms license several years ago are with a lot of guns." But being able in shooting condition. It is this that to closely compare weapons of all makes his collection of such outstand• countries has given him an adva ntage ing interest. over most people; and thi s familiarity Anyon e who has ever done any MG certainly lends some authority to his shooting will know what Sloan means opinions. when he says that it is difficult to What is his opinion of American describe the fun of firin g a full auto• automatic weapons ? "Well made, re• matic weapon. "The peak of plinking," liable. But, with one or two exceptions, would perhaps come closest to describ • perhaps lacking in imagination." ing it, to anyone who has ever pumped German? "Usually far superior in a rap id fire clip of .22's into a rolling design features to American guns of tin can. For, while target prac tice with the same period." both single shots and small bursts are Russian ? " Simplictiy is the first just as important with machine guns thought that comes to mind . The Deg• as any other type, the thing that sets tyarev Light Machine Gun is a good them apart and makes for lots of fun example. It has only six working parts on a summer afternoon is the 4th of in the action. Although Russian Jul y sound of a clip full of lead going

, v p '.:l1"'\rt,nc ~n t h 9 'na e " l-HI 'U O ~Tl ,..l~ T"l orl +..... ~ (), w _ pnl !l ""' p ~ n !J rh ~ )"r l . t"i n t'r tne same period." ootn smgte shotshnrr andu smai burs tsrl nUareTTl Russian? "S implictiy is the first just as important with machine guns thought that comes to mind. The Deg• as any other type, the thing that sets tyarev Light Machine Gun is a good them apart and makes for lots of fun example. It has only six working parts on a summer afternoon is the 4th of in the action. Although Russian Jul y sound of a clip full of lead going weapons in the past have inclined to someplace in a hurry. Chopping down be very roughly made, the latest types tree stumps with a watercooled Brown • I have seen show manufacturing ing, rolling tin cans with a Sten gun, standards equal to the best American or shooting clay pigeons with a militar y small arm s manufacture ." Thompson Sub add a thrill to shooting In addition to his historical machine that no other (Continued on page 64 )

Experimental English 9mm (right hand) and Thompson T-2 transition model are in Sloan's study group.

MG collectina is essential for Kennon twins Bubb er (I) and Mickey (r) learn gu n safety, do n't po int gu ns at camera.

Young shooters do not "play" in senior Kennon 's gun room, but Mickey is honored to be allowed t o wear gun belt. The brothers hold .25-06's made by their father.

TWINS NOT YET TEENS

ENJOY GUN FUN WITH SAFETY

UNDER GUIDANCE OF DAD

W HO IS EXPERT SHOT AND GUNSMITH.

By WILLIAM HAMMACK Th e A tlont« l ournal &: Constit ution

111\11' "I\III\I~ HOW YOUNG SHOULD KIDS SHOOT?

o w OLD ana pistoleers. Although they will ha ve to wait a few years H should kids be before they are old enough to compete in National RiRe before they start Association Senior matches, they would be strong con• shooting? tenders in these shootfests right now. There are a pai r The boys, Bubb er and Mickey, sons of Mr. and Mrs. of eben -yea r -old T. C. Kennon of Atlanta. took to shooting like young ducks twin boys in At• take to swimming. Mr. Kenn on did not push them into lant a, Georgia, who handling firearm s. Nor did he push his dau ghter int o have been banging target prac tice ; but the little girl , Mary Kath erin e, three a wa y si nce th e y years old, alr ead y has become a junior-grade Annie Kids find Dad is good coach as were three years Oakley. She fires on her fath er's indo or ran ge, her chubby well as expert stocker, reloader. old. They are super• finger squeezing triggers on full -size .22 rifles and pistols. vised and coached Her brothers posses arsenals that any gun enthusiast by their fath er, who is a distin guished mark sman and a top would be proud to own. Mickey has put his brand on these: gunsmith. a .22 pump rifle, a .22 single-shot (Continued on page 61 ) Today, these lads can outshoot man y expert riflemen

(;lINS JANUARY 1959 39 HOW TO GET

Five shots from Kindley's favorite .250-3000 dropped into quarter group: 93 grain gas check, 24 grs. # 4895.

Bullets must be cast sharp, flat bases to take lube and gas checks (at right).

Cull handloads and reject cases like one (left) with off-center hole.

Cull handloads and reject cases like one (left) with off-center flash hole.

Trimming case neck leaves slight burr. Remove inside and outside by chamfering cutter. Herter tool has right bevel shape.

" r CAST BULLET ACCURACY

GROUPS OF BENCH·REST QUALITY ARE POSSIBLE WITH CAST BULLETS IF THEY ARE

CAST RIGHT. CAREFULLY SELECTED. AND LOADED WITH STRICT

ATTENTION TO MINUTE DETAILS

By ROBERT J. KINDLEY AN YOU GET bench rest accura cy from cast bullets ? C Consis tent mi nute-of-angle gro ups from lead-alloy slugs? Wit h careful handloading, both are entir ely possible. The record speaks for itself. Th e late C. W. Rowland, one of the best and most serious benc h rest shoo ters the game has known, shot a ten shot gro up at 200 yards that meas ure d a scan t .725"-with cast lead bullets. Th is amazing group was shot over fifty years ago and rema ined un beaten until quite recentl y. And then it was bettered only by rifles, sighting equipmen t, and jacketed bullets that are as near perfect as modern methods and mac hinery can mak e them! Minute-of-angl e accuracy fr om cast lead-alloy bullets is no accident. It can be obtained only by the careful hand• load er who has the time and pati ence to load them pro p• erl y. The same care and skill the serious bench rest sho oter empl oys with jacketed bullets is necessary to produ ce ulti- ~~! eu~ -? s~ r~ ~ L 'i-i~~.J ~~~ ~ ~~U ~ ~ ;H\h ~ ~ !: v~ ~n~1 ~ a2 ~ 5. ~ H. ~ ? ~ , can mak e them! Minute-of-angl e accuracy fr om cast lead-alloy bullets is no accident. It can be obtained only by the careful hand• load er who has the time and pati ence to load them pro p• erl y. The same care and skill the serious bench rest sho oter empl oys with jacketed bullets is necessary to produ ce ulti• mate accuracy with lead bull ets. These handload s cannot, however , be completely assembled using the same tech• niques as with jacketed bullets. Str ict att ention mu st be paid to a few seemingly unimportant details both in casting Forster trimmer is used to cut back case necks to uni• and reloading to reap a har vest of 1" groups on th e range. form length. Trimming helps accuracy using cast bullets. First of all, the mold is a piece of precision equipme nt, ru gged, but easily ruined by abuse. Handle it with the same care you'd give a set of micrometers. Exam ine a new mold very carefully before usin g it. The halves sho uld close tightly. with littl e effort. Hold the blocks up to a bright light as a check. Any trace of light along the pa rting line ind icates the hal ves are not closing tightly. Perfect - ~ u ll e t s from such a mold are impossible. - Car efully examine the inside face of each block with a magnifying glass . Any bu rr s must be removed. Check the two line-up pins. They may need a slight polishing or may have to be pressed back into the blocks to allow proper alignment. Pay pa rticular attention to the cut-off plate. Here is one of the most imp ortant pa rts of the mold. Correct adjust• ment of this piece is necessary to produ ce accura te bullets. The plate must be flat. Adjust the screw so tha t the plate just swings free by its own weight . It shouldn't be loose eno ugh to flop around . A pr operl y adjusted cut-off plate should leave th e base _ ~ ~ ~'h ~_ -1 Il ~. ",; .1. ~ 1 ~0 _ _1. 0 __ ~~ __ ~ _" 'rh ~ ~ ••• ~ "_ 1 _ OF

THE OLD • THE NEW • THE UNUSUAL .

UNIQUE RISING BLOCK AUTO RIFLE REVEALS ACCURACY

POTENTIAL IN EXCLUSIVE SHOOTING TESTS

GROUPING FIVE SHOTS UNDER AN INCH

Schorn rifle's action allows low scope mounting. Barrel flutes aid phenomenal five -shot accuracy of semi-auto rifle.

mounting. Barrel flutes aid phenomenal five -shot accuracy of semi-auto rifle.

By KENNETH L. WATERS

EW TO RI FL E1VIEN is the Schorn Automatic Rifle. Built by Connecticut gunsmith Henry Zorn, who served his apprenti cesh ip Nin Germany befor e War One, the newly developed self-loading sporting or military rifle has been exhibited to a few shooters near Zorn's horne town of Newton, Ct. Th e rifle expresses Schorn' s search for a design in which the barrel didn't over heat so qu ickly and, when it did , would permit changing barrels witho ut tools and with out re-head• spaci ng the new barrel. Schorn conceived his new rifle during War Two, proposed to build it for the benefit of his adopted country. De• velopment continued, the Kor ean War spurred his efforts to perf ect it in detail, but mean• while the Ordna nce Corp , with a considerable bigger budget, modified the Garand, tested a few other automat ic rifles, and then adopted the modification as the 114. Here, most gun• smiths would have dropped the proj ect but Schorn persisted. Back to the drawing board he went , to perf ect his rifle as a sporting model for the hunt er and ta rget shooter. We tested the milita ry model some months ago, but its perf ormance suggested the rifle had strong possibilities for success as a sporter. Thi s is the most dead ly-efficient ri fle I have ever fired. Ima gine, if you can, the accura cy of a tun ed Model 70 heavy barr el target rifle, combined with the fire-power of a Garand or r ifle. T he recei ver is flat. for low scope a se rious def ect beca use th e maga zine was a mo unt ing, with ejectio n of ca ses through a non-stand ard expe rime n tal d esign unli ke th e nea t right side port. Ju st behind th e barrel ord ina ry cl ip which would be eas ily adapted breech on top is a sq ua re hole in to wh ich to th e Sch orn ri fle. Even the sa nd bags wer e ~ ~ ~M ~ 'G RE AT WEST one of the lu gs, a squa re steel bloc k, spring frozen , b ut with a 4-X sc ope , from rest, I :: RAR#) .7"/!U "IIOl 5T[IlS act uated , rises to lock. T her e ar e two locking fired 5-shot gro ups for record at 100 ya rd s. lu gs at the fr ont sides of the bolt , a nd still T he result s were tru ly un usu al for an a uto • a fo urth lock-up a t th e bolt rear, ag ainst a ~i~ load er- five shots wer e in %" at 100 yards• recess in th e recei ver re miniscent of the accuracy man y bolt action s will not achieve Sa vag e M99. At the rear of the bolt's tr avel, DALE MYRES CO. even und er id eal wea ther con d itions. The Box 7292·J Copyright 1958 a c us hione d bolt stop a bsor bs th e sla m of By Dale Myres Scho rn r ifle will shoot ! Its future should be EI Paso. Texas the bolt in recoil. W hile no tr oubl e h as been successful. expe rie nce d wit h th e resilient b uffer so far, Inventor Schorn and a fr ien d, Emil Seifert CUSTOM CHECKERING I feel th at a coil spr ing oct in the rear of th e BY EXPERIENCED CHECKERS r eceiver wo uld be mo re relia ble over a lon g of 357 W ind sor Ave., Strat ford, Co nn., a re We have che ck ered thousan d s of gunstocks , hoping to det ermine th e exte nt of sports men's and are now set up t o hand le m ore work per iod of time. than eve r be fo re . Cata logue of pat terns and T his cl ip-loa d ing d et ach a ble box magazin e interest in thi s new rifle before go ing in to pr ices . . . 35c, ref un dable on first ord er. production for comme rc ial sale. A spor ting Special offer to dea lers; d iscount to NRA rifle was d esigned as a ga o-opera ted sem i• me mbers. ~ a utomatic wh ich co uld he eas ily modifi ed for mod el of th e Scho rn rifl e is almost SHAW'S CHECKERINC SERVICE ~ 9311 Cellini Ave. Carden Crove, Calif. full autom atic in a milita ry versio n. For ready for preview. s po r ting purposes it wo uld be designed for se m i-a uto ma tic only. The special Schorn• d esigne d sin gle row cl ip did not fun ct ion perf ect ly- in follower an gle it was a depar• ture fr om conventional clips and most prob• a bly a standard clip design wo uld be p refer• a ble . This wa s th e only feature of the ri fle whic h did not check ou t perf ectly on test fir ing . Scho rn 's r ifle trigger design is hi s own. Op e ra ting on a radiu s, nei lher a straig ht pr essure to the rear (ouch as would be ca use d by an accid ental b low ) nor the jar• r ing force of reco il, will ca use this rifl e to d ischarge. Its butt ma y be sla mme d on the Hoar wh en coc ked, wi tho ut acciden ta lly re• leasing th e se ar. T r igg er mu st be p ull ed in a nor mal ma nn er t.o fire. a nd there ar e t.hree safe ries, one of wh ich is loca ted in front. of th e trigge r a nd is op era te d ma nu all y. Two othe rs ar e in tern al sa feties, cla ime d by Sc horn in hi s pend ing pat ent s. K ey feat.ur e of the Schorn rifle is it.s ba r rel, a hea vy 22 %" Do ug las ta rget. tu be, b utton r iHed. in 7.62 NAT O (.308 ) . Fo ur large flut es mill ed length wise di sp erse hea t mor e ....<:> ""'..;.1] 1:' ..J-.l"V"...... ~ l ""~ .....". _ ~ ~- . ~ L : _.,. - ...... 1. _ J-. "1 _ . ~ ,...... l.&-.... l ~n a nor mal manner t.o fire. a nd there ar e t.hree sa felies, one of wh ich is loca ted in front. of the trigger an d is ope ra te d ma nu all y. Two othe rs ar e in tern al sa feties, cla ime d by Sc horn in hi s pending paten ts. K ey fea t.ure of the Schorn r ifle is its ba rrel, a hea vy 22 %" Doug la s target. t.ube, bu tton r iHed. in 7.62 NATO (.308 ) . F our large flut es mill ed length wise d isperse hea t mor e rapidly than fr om conventional ba rr els by increa sing the a rea, a nd the ribbing in crea ses stiffness wit h light. weigh t. S por te r ba rrels w ould ha ve sma lle r, m or e neatly spac ed flutes, The barrel lock s int o the receiver , has a full th read 1" by l' /~ " long. but ca n be q uic kly cha nged by ha nd. Since barrels cha mbe re d in th e sa me head- size w i t h d iffer• WORLD'S ent calibe rs (as .243. .358 , .308 ) ca n be interchanged wit hout head spacing. a shoo t.er m igh t use one rifle for 'c h ucks . deer, elk or STRONGEST ACTION moo se. This sho uld be a popula r in novat ion. First major advance in bolt-action Although gas works th e acti on , no hole is design ... exclusive with Weatherby ta pped in the barrel. In st ead , the expanding Sup reme in sajetv...wit h an ac tion so revolutio nary gas is tra pped in a d evice at the mu zzle some • in design a nd co nstru ction that it ca n safely with• w hat like a flash h ider , then led down in to sta nd pressures never before poss ible in any rifle. t he gas cylinde r below where it d rives p isto n New velvety sm oo thness in bolt operation .. . new and op erating rod rearwa rd in conve ntional design gives modern , stream lined appearance. WHY NEW WEATHERBY BOLT-ACTION fa shion . T he st.ock on the mi litary mod el we Availab le in 257, 270, 7mm, 300, 375, 378, 460 IS WORLD'S STRONCEST Weatherby Magnums and all standard ca libers. used was pistol grip typ e, could be slimme d Bolt face is recessed to enclose cartrid ge ca se Sti ll pri ced from only $250. See yo ur near est deale r head. Breech end of bar re l is also recessed a nd res tyled for most pl ea sing effec t in a or write for FREE LITERATURE . to receive tha t part of bo lt which houses comme rc ial mod el. Important departures from case head. T he result is complete enclosu re old ri fles is th e grip wh ich posit ion s the STILL MORE NEW FEATURES of cartridge case head with in bo lt and barrel, NEW! A total of nine locking lugs. both of whic h are in turn co nfined withi n fi ri ng han d a nd trigger finger un iformly for NEW! Adjustable, crisp, preci sion trigger mechanism. a n extreme ly strong receiver ring. each shot, and the stock bolt throug h the NEW! ~~f~:; . unit trigger ossembly with side thumb I bott om of this pisto l gr ip int o th e receiver, NEW! Enclosed cocking piece to protect against possible hold ing the act ion fir mly in the stoc k a nd allowing the ba rrel to floa t fr ee for accuracy. SEN : I : : : O :: ~ : ~: : :w ,s RIFLE TODAY" artaJ ~ T hat accura cy was mo st a pparent wh en !~~ . "~ \~ n ~ _~ _!~~~ , : !i~ ~~ . _ ~. ~ O ,!,:_ ge ~ _~ f I~?f _L __ .:__ II HANDLOADING BENCH Swift, lik e other guns, is not for sli pshod loading if you want pin-point accuracy at (Continued from page 7) SEE WILD ANIMALS 300 yar ds an d more. Crude ammo ma y serve a combination I hi ghly recommend for high• for close ran ge work, but pr ecision accuracy is obta ined only with uniform, qu ality fodd er. INTHE DARK without being se en! est velocity at mi nim um pressure , Th e same load in th e smaller capacity Factory pr essur e in th e strong case is close USE INFRARED SNIPERSCOPE WoW cases with WoW prim ers wil l stre tch to a hot 50,000 psi. Case stre tching is no This is a War sur plus Sn iper • case heads in my guns, and cause a sticky worse th an in ot he r hot calibers, written scope M- 2. Contai ns t he fa • cla ims to the contra ry. Mik e cases after siz• mous IP 25A Image Tube. Gov't. bolt. With Remington cases a nd C.C.I. pri • cost about $1200. Used a lso in g, or u e th e more convenient comb ina tion for Infrared photo gra phy: in • mers the accuracy is superb. Whe n starting dustria l plant sec urity; re• at 4,075 Ips the bullet passes thc 200 yard len gth and headspa ce gauge. Max is 2.205" in search lab experiments ; snee• .r05c oIIY. wildlife study. In• mark at over 3,000 Ip , with rota tional speed standard chamhers. I trim to 2.20" a nd clu-ck st rument complete. ready to use. I.ncludes Power Pack. Infrar ed a whooping 200,000 R.P.M. plu s. This is cases after firing hot load s. I r ecommend lig ht source. Will operate fr om using one lot of one mak e, sor ted by 6 V auto batt er y. Batt ery or cra nked up faster than a Texas torn ado transformer avai lable . St ock weighin g. I have one lot th at runs fr om 169.3 No. 85.053- EY- SI 50.00 f.o.b . with its tail on fire, a nd thc heavy cha rge is Sh pU. wt. annrcx. 12 Ibs. Bar • apt to red uce bore life. I reserve it for Ionz to 170.5 grs., with some load ed over 25 tim es. 1 r fnntun, N. J. Save st ill more If a flyer tu rn s up mark the case, and if it f u r ni ~ h in s~ ~ ~: fo~~U~d : ~~{s. o~ ~ c~:Jrri~~ ra ng e work , and usc 37 to 38 ara ins fo7- scope ! We wi II happ en s aga in d isca rd it.. Power P.acks. IP 25A Im a ge t ubes. li ght units. fllt ers . etc. routineshooting. " f or det at ts-c-rec uest FREE CATALOG " EY. " Hi -V fri ction isn't th c maj or cause of :\1any new cases have a neck wall varia• bore wear , as some wri ters claim. The first tion of over .005", which can ca use flyer s 4 V4" ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE wear is a dullin g of thc la nds a few inches when bullet s enter th e bore out of a lignm cnt , Mt. Palomar type! T his is easily detected with a $32 neck wall Up to 270 Pow er . ahead of th e chamber, with the ba lan ce of mike ; or you can mak e one j ust as good A fin e Reflector Telescope com• th e tube inter ior almost likc new. This is ntete with real EQuatori al by sawin g th e a nvil off a ny old 1" mike Mount a nd Tri pod a nd 6X ca used by hot powder gas under high pres• Finder. Aluminum t ube. 4V4 '" and solde r ing on a new one mad e by formi ng d ia . mirror. ra ck and pini on sure tha t would melt a gun like butter if it focusing eye- niece holder . 2 a lid finishing na il. The fau lt ca n be correc t• eyeuleees and mount ed Barl ow was maintained a second or so. To avoid Len. for 40X. 90X, 120X and che wing up a gilt-edge rube pr ematurely, ed with i he Out side Neck Turner Accessory 270X. Low cost accessory eye• for lite Forster Case Tr immer. An inside piece ava lla ble for high er pow• "moderat e" loads tha t wnu ld bc cal led holl er ers . Shi lJping wt. aunrox. 25 n....k reamer re d uces brass thickn ess bu t docs lbs. Stock No. 85,006 · EY, tha n a stove lid in lessor guns arc entirel y complete, $74.50 f.o.b . Barri ngton, N. J. satisfactory. A new barrel is not an expe n• not mak e un ifor m walls. Maximum neck d iameter is .2600 for standard cha mhers sive re place ment, cons ide ring il may consume c h a m h e l:~ Write for FREE CATALOG HEY" hunder ed of dollar s wor th of a mmo before with .002 to .003 cleara nce. Sloppy 96 pages-hundreds of illustr ati ons, it's "shot ." afh-ct accuracy; tight ones increase pressu re. ch arts, diagrams. Bargains galore. A cas t will tell much a bout th e size. be- t Man y war surplus it ems. Lenses, The top charge listed hy Sisk for his prisms, reticles, mirrors, mounts. mad e with Cha mber Cast Met al. (Sold hy hea vy 63 gr. Express is 37.S grs. 4064 for Riflescopes, spotting scopes, satellite Frank :\Iilterm eier , 3577 E. Tremont Ave., tel escopes, binoculars, telescopes, 3,600 Ips. Fine accuracy is ohta ined with 33 photographic items. lew York 65, . Y.) T his alloy metal is grs. for 3,260 Ips, using WoW cases and melt ed in a can set in hot water , pours at C.C.!. primer s, or 33.3 grains in a Rem ington 194°. a nd har den s almost immediat ely. case. A change in primer ,bra nds in top load s Bull ets are best seated out to nearl y touch mi ght run pr essure as much as 10.000 psi th e lands. Sq uib load s should he identifi ..d hi gher , with much more gas a nd very little Ii--·························I one way bei ng a dab of nai lpolish on velocity increase. Th e only job of th e prim er li lt; I THE I head s. After firi ng. th e cases may have I I is igni tion, with as lit tle gas as possibl e, I I excess headspa ce a nd should lI ever he used I PATENTEO I Gas check bullets cast 1-10 give fair short •I n-bUI"It Compl ete job as sh o w n for I again with norm al pr essure loads. Examine • Most g uns $25 • range accuracy at velocities up to 2,100 Ip s, all cases for visible defects a fter firing hot neah s t e~i n. f'{1 nIY ith a ~!i 'eI' U.S. TI' CH S lII'Y authortaatton to the b uyer. THOMPSON 1928 IT Ml SMC PARTS do it plum b sudden. Th e gun ain' t a target Don't underestimate him ; he's a prett y ca• x tocks, comorete with slide .. •..•....•..••. $9 ,B ~ Cu u.s Comne ns a tcrs ...••••.••••....•••••• 2.75 gun, anyway, an d never was. Anything you pable kind of homb re, and he learned it all ~ I ing'S. w eb .,....••.•••••..••.•••••.•• •• 1.00 G un Coso. ("n nva s , . . ..•. ,•.. ••• .••••.• •• •• 4. 2 5 Mo s t other' Pnrts and Accessor te s-, do to it to mak e it one, takes j ust that much the hard way. But don 't try to copy him, un• No rc ce tvers. nn rrots 01 ' ve rt.. p i s t o l g-ri p s . away from its efficiency for the job it does less you aim to do his job. His wire-cutt ers or DEWATS SHIPPED RR EXPRESS COLLECT best. Even using lighter load s redu ces the his rope wouldn't be muc h use to you in recoil, fa ils to roll th e gun back to easy cock• your office, and his guns probably don't fit INCOMPLETE RIFLE SALE ( S UI'e ! you rn i ~ ' ll t c-at t t ncr n j u n k - h u t y ou' l l marvel ing posit ion. You have to lift it with your your shooting needs, either. But for ~ a t t h e sc ra p urtcos for c ac h ttem.j S h ip pe d E x p , Collec t. ~ wr ist muscles, and th at spoils the smoothness his job - they're perfect. J:!ifZ? U V· hi+" .4 3 Cal. REMINCTON ROLLINC BLOCK THE MAN WHO SEAT THE UPSIDE-DOWNERS RIFLES A few rnfnor- p a r t s m tsstng, Good for decorator. (Continued fro m page 21) Carbin e $5.05 ...... •.. Rifle $ 3.9 5 ~~ ~ ' ''''''D ~ . ======! e.. made. and the result has mad e news through- nam ent, Mac dogged the footsteps of th e out the world . Ar my's great pistol marksman, Master- 30-40 KRAC BARRELED ACTIONS In 1949, "Mac" competed in the Marine Sergeant Huelet 1. Benner. Finally, in the ~ ~ ' ~~tl h b O~~ ~. 5~ . e f' ! ~ ll f s' u ~~:I g'~ ~lil~ e ~ )() ~OO ~l l c' b: ;:rl: l a\ ~ l~ : ort ce , $7.U 5 Corps Eastern Division RiAe Matches at last mat ch, the .45 caliber National Match ITALIAN 6 .5 VETTERLI RIFLE Quant ico, Virg in ia. li e has been in the big Course, the Mar ine ace beat Benn er by 11 Co m p lete excep t fOI' miss i n g- minor p m-t 0 1' p arts. $ 3.95 . "t :J ""al. KItMlrU.,IVrt KVLLlrt\.ll DLU,,"I\, THE MAN WHO SEAT THE UPSIDE-DOWNERS RIFLES A few rnfnor- p a r t s m tsstng,Good for decorator. (Continued fro m page 21) Carbin e $ 5.0 5 ...... •.. Rifle $ 3.9 5 ~~ ~ . """D ~ . ======! e.. made. and the result has mad e news through• nam ent, Mac dogged the footsteps of th e out the world . Ar my's great pistol marksman , Master• 30-40 KRAC BARRELED ACTIONS In 1949, "Mac" competed in the Marine Sergeant Huelet 1. Benn er. Finally, in the ~ ~ ' ~~tl h b O~~ ~. 5~ . e f ' !~ l lf s ·u~ ~ : Ig' ~~ l il ~e ~ ) O ~OO ~l l c· b: ;:rl: l a\ ~ l~ : ort ce , $7.U 5 Corps Eastern Division RiAe Matches at last mat ch, the .45 caliber National Match ITALIAN 6 .5 VETTERLI RIFLE Quant ico, Virg in ia. li e has been in the big Course, the Mar ine ace beat Benner by 11 Co m p lete excep t fOI' miss i n g- minor p m-t 0 1' p arts. $ 3.9 5 points to overcome a nin e-point deficit and 7 MM R EM INGT ON RO LLING BLOCKACTIONS time ever since. His first Na tiona l Ma tches Co m ple te ro r re-uarrenug . • • • • •. • •• •• ••• •.. $7.9 5 were the superbly r un 1951 Na tional P istol win the championship by a two-point margin. ' ~ ~== """", ;:::;;;;;o;o - - Cha mpionships at San Francisco, where he During the years of bu ilding up to this placed fourth for th e nat ional all-a rou nd tri umph , there had been other successes. He 7MM REMINCTON ROLLINC BLOCKS pistol championship. I know of no other was the first man since the adoption of the Mis s i n g m i n o r non-functio n al p a r t 2700-point nat ional championship aggregate o r p arts. o t he r w ise complete . American pistol competitor who has come so C a r bi n e ,$8.25; R ifle ..•...,•••$5.25 close to the nati onal titl e so early in lif e and match to have won both the all-arou nd cham• W~!J .N ~ t Y w~ ;~ n ~~!~ ~ !c~~ ,~KS upon his first appearance in th e Nationa ls. pionsh ip and the nat ional service pistol • R u sty but r e s to r a ble , . . , .... , ." ., .,. ... " $ 9 .95 For the next six years, Mac was always cha mpionship. For some time he ha s modest• NEW D e Muni .2 5 Ca l . AUTO BLANK : : : ~ ~ ~~~o : $ i'. ~ ~ . 5 ~er E b~~ a stro ng con tender in nationally important ly worn the Distin guished Mar ksman Meda l ..'.' :::.' .': :::::::::::: pistol to urna ments, usuall y finishing very and Distingu ished Pistol Shot Medal awarded 1903 SPRINCFIELD RIFLE PARTS near the top. It was not unti l 1957, however, for outstanding proficiency with the mili tary B o lts. N (" w - S p r i n g f i ~l d N.S, .. •. .• •. . ..$ 2 . 9 5 that he finall y went over the hump and be• service rifle and service pistol respecti vely. B olts, N e w _A3_C ontr act M f r .. .• ...• •• • . 1 . 95 Bo x o f 4 , ...... •• ••••• . , 3 ,9 5 came the all-around Na tional P istol Cha m• Each is a highly desired and difficult-to• F r o nt s ight c overs, N e w . .2 5 Pe r d o zen .,,,,,•,••...... • .. 1.25 pion of the United States. In this contest, attain award . To be awarded -both whil e in N e w . 0 3A3 4- groove Barrels,.,....,.... 7. 50 there are ma tches for .22 caliber, any center• your twenties is a particularl y out standing N e w 03A3 , 2-groo v e W I F r on t S i t e b and 3.95 0 3~: l ds b ~ n t ~ ~ el : a s ~ 0 ~ ~ S ~~tr ~ ~~ ~ sd,> fire .32 caliber or larger, and .45 caliber accomplishment. In 1956, he had reached the 39.95 pistols or revolvers. In each caliber class, the pinnacl e of service pistol success by winni ng NEW T · 6 4 B ulle t p roo f vest a n d a p r o n the national championship for that weap on with c a r rying pouc h , . .. ,.,, .• •..,..S 10,50 firing is equally divided between Slow Fire U nused U , S . Ga s M a s k s . , ' . , ." .. .•. ,$2. 2 5 ea c h Junk &. P art s GRAB BAG-IS tb s . or more • .• . $5. 00 with a time limi t of ten minutes for each ten with a record score of 291. (S h i p p e d RREXp r e s s C o ll e ct) Charles Askins won the service pistol Ca se of 12 new Thompson MI AI b utt s t oc k s shots, Ti med Fire with 20 seco nds allowed (l e ss m e t a l) , , , , , , , , $5.95 p e r c a se for eac h five-shot string. and Rapid F ire championship in 1936 and the all-aro und AMMUNITION COLLECTORS: A sso r t m e nt o f 25 d i f • f e r ent c a rtridges, m a n y sca r ce & r a r e . . ,$4.25 with a ten-second tim e limit for each five championship in 1937 when it was a 900• Sp n d se lf-a d d re s se d , s tamped e nvel ope f o r mor e com• shot string. A total of 270 shots are fired, for poin t. three-gu n affair. In 1957, two days p let e l i st o f parts & ac ce ssor i es . a' possible score of 2700 point s. Usually a after McM illan won the all-around nati onal separate day is given to th e firing of each cha mpionship, Benn er won the nati onal serv• caliber. ice pistol championship with a record score All Ite m s shipped RREXPRESS COLLECT A l e x a n d ria , In the 1957 national championship tour- of 293 and becam e the third man to have Va. I n clu d e p ostag e w hen orderme only p arts . been both all-around and service pistol Dealer inquiries invited. champion. GIVE GUNS FOR C H RISTMAS In int ernational shooting, the young Iii POTOMAC ARMS Available Now: The New Book using a Hi gh Sta ndard Superma tic p istol in 11is movement s and rea ctions are fast. bot h th e Free P isto l and Rapid F ire Silhou• T he y ha ve to he for him to rat e am ong th e ette events. As one of the two Amer ican world 's best in firing th e int ern ational rapid FRONTIER STEEL repr esentatives in th e Olympi c Rapid Fire fire event. Recently the quick draw ha s a t• The Men and Their Weapons pistol event he placed seventh. In the World tract ed his attention. In con trast to some of by W a ldo E. Roseb ush Shoo ting Championships of th e In ternationa l th e " Wes tern mar shal" outfits, he uses a P ubl ished for Shooting Union at Oslo, Norway, a couple double action Smith and Wesson Combat Eastern Washington State H i s t o r ica l Soc i ety of weeks earl ier he had been a memb er of Magnum (.357 caliber) revolver ca rried in YQUI" nookmau nos i t 01' curt A'(H, it P I"Olll ll l l y. R e m l Chi s tuu-rattvc of the m ou n t ed l'c A'i m c n l 8-IJI'lmarlly t h e th e American team whi ch won th e center a n S. D. -''lyres Bord er P atrol-type holster V iI 'st U. :0;. D I· a ~ oo n s . 1 ~ 3 3 -1 8 61 - ill UH.' Missi ssippi vn n c v . 'rex ns, xtoxn -o. N e w M exlco . Canr o rrna and t h e fire and Rapid Fire Silh ouette pistol mat ch es on a Sa m Brownc belt withont th e shoulder ' ':It' ific: N orth w e s t. W!lC I'C con fl ic t b e t w e e n R'ov cl" ll 111cntn l ant.no rfttea. :18 well as be t w een t h e I n d i an lind t h e with world record scores. In our 1954 tr y• "tra p. It is a ver y pra cti cal ri g, one th at is w h i le se n. tor who came I f) disp o sse ss h i m , eu lminate d i n v iol en t. I n d i a n W.U' !o< . outs for the U. . International Pi stol Team , see n on many uniform ed pol ice officers every Th(' t y p e s o f weapons use d . a ffec ted the n a t ure an d ou tc ome o f the tit{htin ;:{. t te n ce t h e se weapo ns nrc dis• he was high man in th e Rapid Fire Si lhou• day. Wh en he dr aws. tha t hardhitting little t' Uljij{'(1. in du din ~ the s t o rv o f t h e fi l's t ar-my revolver t o ld n ero £01' ti le' fi"sl li m e i n complete c h l '() nu h)'~k ~, l ette event. Wh en th e team fired in th e World gun literall y pops int o fir ing position. rc rr u . Guns that, r ea lly " W o n the ' Ves t " a re u tu s u-ar cu in ro u r Pl ate s . Shooting Championships at Ca ra cas. Vene• An Army majo r once sa id to him . "Xl uc, T h e vol u me i ~ :I s ti lT i n~ r-ecord o f 3 8 0 pa rrc e tn • el ud i ng" P I ' ef~ H ..e. t' rcrune . I"OTES. Ap pendtx os . Hi bli o-,,:- · zuela , he placed second in th e silhouett e you're th e most 'at ease' old ier I have ever I'll l, h y, a scvemecn p ag'e I n d e x an d o v er s i x t y tuusun• see n." l ie ra n he a ro ugh, tou gh, field Ma• tron s ~ Hl d 1ll;'IPS: a b o o k f u lly d oc u m en t ed r or t h o se w ho event and third in the cente r fire mat ch. ~ l ll d y , It. rcnec t s the vt g o r- an d viri li t y o f a y ou nK and ~. ~l-:' I ·e s s i\ ·e peopte . a l i v i n ~ accoun t. o f t h e Anun-tcnn Th is Rapid Fire Si lho uette event in Olympi c ri ne, or he ca n be spit and polish. In full mtdu! o C!1'a: Iwiv aLi o n. v i o l e n t pa ssi o n s . poltctc s a n d politics . c o u ra g e a n d h er o i sm . g're a t tnv e n ttons , nbtd • or Internationa l Ma tche requ ires some ex• un iform he is an a lert an d immacul at e mi li• ill J..:" f a it h - a ll tu m-edr c ru s of t he so lid m eat o f A IllCI' ! C:f1, l' I'k t.-' $6.25. plana tion. It is very d iflerent fr om our own ta ry figur». Ne v"r leth arg ic, ph legmatic, or O rd ers q>os tpa id ) arso may be sent to: Rapid F ire mat ches, which are fired on apat.lie ic. he ha s the qui et self assurance a nd standard bull seye targets. all shots on the eusy relax ed bea rin g of many topfli ght ath• C. C. Nelson Publishing Co. same target. Th e Olympic or Intern at ional let es. Dept. C. Box 22 9, Appl eton, Wi sconsin Ra pid F ire event is fired on ma n-shap ed sil• Far [rom a swas hbuckling adventurer , houettes in thr ee time stages. In the first I\lac i,. a pr etty typi cal young Amcr ican with stage, five shots mu st be fired in eight sec• living ha hits no d ifferent fro m those o f ond s, one shot on each of five " sho ulder-to• th ousand s of othe rs. Married and the proud shoulder" silhouette tar gets. In the second pappy of a youngster whom he a ffcctionat ely stage, the five shots must be fired. one on d ubs " Wild Bill," Xlac likes to live at home. each tar get, in six seconds. In the fina l stage, He docs not smoke. and hi s drink ing is usu• th e time is cut to four seconds. Having fired a lly limited to a few cold beers at the end of through. th e three stages once. the course is a day. III' doe" not beli eve drinking d urin g rep eat ed. A mat ch cons ists of two strings of shootin/! hours helps scores. T he person alit y five shots at each time stage, And simple hi ts a nd tem per am ent of thi s big Marin e a re th e are not enough. Each ta rg et ca rries scoring best ind icat ions th at he has the stuff of wh ich " r ings," so th at numeri cal valu es ca n be champions are made. He has the competitive given to each hit. spirit. He can prod uce und er th e pr essure $19!~ Top competitors in thi s mat ch have of compe t. it. ion. an d every inch of th e wa y witched from .22 Long Rifle to .22 Short his sportsmanship is of the highest. Pa id a mmunition to avoid even th e modest recoil In listi ng four things need ed to mak e a The Heavy Duty tool for p rectsrc n w o rk of th e Long Rifle load . Th ey have had guns good pistol shot, t. he cha mpion first nam ed around shop and home. Co nsist s of spec ially built for th e event, guns with com• th e desire to win. A man like this will ask no • 40 piece s in a be a utiful ca se. AC· DC pen sat ors, guns with weight s, guns with any favor. or spec ial privileges and will have : :~: ,~r~n ~ o~ld i~::~ b l ~ ut:~ ~ ~ ' d . d r~ ~ ; v ~ : ,u ~ : ~ ~ : and everything that ju st might give a man a only token pati en ce with ar tificial handicaps : drills, engraves, sands, polis hes! bit more tim e to aim in that swift burst of and classification systems. Wh en he began : Send check or money order. No C.O.D. firin g. The " upside-down" guns designed hy open competition it was en tomary to classify • II'•• ~ " I) post ~;" i ic h ~ d fio~ · .22' Long' Rifle to .22 S h~ rt his sportsma nship is of the hi ghest. I ?~;#; ( ) ·· c : .: ;; ' ~ ; 3 : / ' ··I_---_-1 Pa id n • am munitio n to avoid even the mod est recoil In listi ng four th ings needed to mak e a • The Hea vy Duty tool fo r pr ectston w or k • of th e Long Ri fle load. T hey have had guns good pistol shot, the champion first nam ed • around shop and ho me . Consists of • spec ially built for the event, guns with com• th e desire to win. A man like this will ask no • 40 pi ece s in a beaut ifu l ca se . AC· DC • • Rotary Tool wi th cutter s, d ri lls, b rus hes, • pensators, guns with weigh ts, guns with any favor. or special privileges and will have • etc., a nd adjustable sta nd. Ca rves, cuts, • and everyth ing th at j ust might give a man a only token pat ien ce with ar tificia l handi caps • dri lls, engraves, sands, po lis hes ! • bit more ti me to a im in that swift burst of and class ification systems. When he hegan • Send check or money order. No C.O.D. • • • firing. T he " upside-dow n" guns designed hy open competition it was customary to class ify PUBLIC SPORTS SHOPS, 11 S. 16th St., Phila. 2, Pa. Ma rgoli n and used by the Ru ssian competi• un known beginn er s as "Experts," the next• tors were designed to throw recoil stra ighter to-top brack et. As soon as t.he laborious ba ck agai nst th e cushion of the shooter' s classification mach iner y can operate to classi• Free to WRITERS ha nd and ar m, thereby reducing the upward fy him, the usua l pistolman rates as " .'IIarks• kick and lessen ing the ti me need ed to get man " or .. hurp shooter. " -'lac' s first offi cia l seeking a book publisher the gun back on target. clas-ificurion was "Slas ter," th e top lea f. T wo f act-fd led , ill ustrated brochures tel1 how The Ameri can national p istol records Since th en his classification has been the very to publis h your book, get 400/0 royalties, na• tional advertising, publicity and promoti on . which McMillan holds arc too num ero us to It-a,.t of hi worries. He wish es to compete Free ed itorial appra isa l. W ri te Dept. GM list. The most important are his score of 2652 onl y with th e hest. Asked d irectl y wh eth er Exposition Press) 386 4th Ave., N.Y. 16 over the 2700-point, three-gun . [a tional he be lieved classification systems developed Match Course aggregate, a nd a ter rific 2663 h-uer shots. he an swered with a n unqua li• over th e ational Rifle Association Short fir-d " No:' In his own words. "T he keener Course Aggregate. Both were startling. the comperition. the more challe nging th e Hi s rifle successes ar e also outsta nding. lie mat ch." won th e Ma rine Corps Rifle Match e in 1955 :-. rdlillan is as likely to feel th e pr essure with a score ju st two point s short of th e ,)f competition as a nyone else, hut he can record. In connection wit h thi - event. th e shoot good score s in spite of it. This pressu re, Marine Corps Pi stol Mat ches ar e also fired . which handicaps man y compet itive shoote rs, 1c 1illan's combined score in the two is likely to be felt when one is abon t to win tourn amen ts mad e him winn cr of th e La uch• or lose a n imp or tant match or when he is heim er Trophy, se nior marksmanship award a bout to attain some signal success such HS $2 of th e Corp s, wit h a record score of 1131. hreuk ing an import ant record . T he man who SPECIAL O FFER: Both Fox Call. Plu. which at this writ ing still sta nds. does not care enough to develop some degree $2 Inst rucfi on Re cord {78 o r 45 r pm IONLY$ 5 T his pheno menal mar ksman gives no out• of excite men t. at such moments will not ca re Surel ire un br eakabl e BU RNHAM ca lls featured In A ug - '56 TR UE " The CRITTERS C o me W hen CALLED" Burnham ward ind icati on of his grea t ab ility. l ie is ('nough to spe nd t.he necessary study, time, CAl is l ur ed up 121 FOI, 33 Racco o ns. 156 Coyotes. 11 Bo bcat, 42 D eer. a nd hu nd reds 01 HclWks a nd Eil gl es o n their d ry ru n. young (born Jan uar y 29, 1929) , hea lth y, big a nd effort to pla ce himself in such a posi tion. Thousands ott bese calls In u se ev ery ...... here L ett ers tell u s 01 t a mazin g reslllts-"Very tt rst l i me J u sed your call I called up (in the six-foot, 200-pound cla ss) , and nice In he Rapid Fire Silho uette mat ch in the 5 C oy ol c s" -P T C ., New Ml!'l ico. BU RN H AM ca ll s must gi ve look ing. According to hi m, hc was too small ·1952 Olympi cs. "Vlac" got a good start with yo u close shot at a bove rnenuoned g am e or yo v r mo ney back! FREE Calling Storie. and best (a bout 140 pound s ) to la ke any big part in a score of 290 over th e firs t. half of th e instruction. 50 yeors of call ing ath let ics during his high school da ys, Golf course a nd led th e field at that po int. How• ex perience can produce. and swimming are two of his hobb ies now, ever, competition from th e top European n Lln ' lOr , ...... ir;at ' ...vila" M/Sgt. Benn er, scored a miss. Under th e at the J\ational Matches. However, barring scoring system in effect at that time, he was, some unforeseen mishap, he would hold up DEALERS! for all pra ct ical purposes, elimi nated. That and shoot a good score. put the chances of a win for th e United With the heat on and everyone looking BELDING & MULL \\ States squarely on the shoulders of th e 23• down his throat. Mac pound ed away for three ~ 1f()U a CDHIplete '\ year old Marine firing in his first Olympic days and ca me in with a strong finish. His Games. score was 40 points short of his national Mac started his second half of th e course record. but the rest of us were shooting below JOBBERS " with a score of 99 at the eight-second stage. par also. II is 2612 was the best score fired In the six-second stage, his last shot cracked in that tou rnam ent, and the United States .~ ~ ~,~,~,~'~ ~ ju st as the targets edged and th ere was had a new National P istol Champ ion-the \ \ doubt as to wheth er it was fired in tim e. four th one since World War II. If it was a good hit , he was still in position Anyone who believes a champion mus t , ~ n your lelle~".\ \\ ~~!~1. to win the mat ch. If it had landed too late, ha ve elaborate and expensive equipment will both Ameri can representatives would be fa r he surp rised upon viewing McMil lan's shoot• down the list. At that particular time, another ing kit. The case itself and the telescope for l \\ Complete sto ck-all competitor had trouble with his gun and spott ing shots are good but plain and low to ca libe rs and weigh ts of scoring was delayed some five minutes while medium priced. The last time I saw it, he Sierra , Speer , Horn a day. Rem - inglon. Winchesler , Weste rn, Nor· tension and anxi ety mounted. Wh en th e tar• was carry ing a .22 Ruger pistol customized ma , J or d an and Nosier & Markell. gets were finally scored, Mac's last shot had hy Jim Clark, a Colt Officers Mode l Match Also empty Cartridge cases. Primers and Percussion Caps been a hit ; his score for that stage was 97. revolver for the "any center fire" matches, ~ \ ~~ \ " ~ of a ll popular makes. However, his four -second and final stage a .45 automatic pistol with John E. Giles ac• ~ 1I~\l. scored a definit ely below avera ge 89 for a curacy job , rib, and sights, for most of the POWDERS ///, J ... 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Ta lk to d um ped-no clogg ing. experienced hunt ers about materials that • Ea sy to sp lit a si ngl e grain . enable you to move silently in the woods, • Price includes BOTH small and la rge ca pacity dr op tubes. about boots that give you sure footin g, about Ava ilab le Now $19.95 (for duck hunting) camouflage suits and Direct or 0' your Dealers - Free Folders. waders and thin gs to keep you warm-and GUN &. DIE SHOP (for other kinds of hunting) about colors to p 0 60 x 729-G buy for safety. Orovi ll e, Cal ifornlQ RCBS "Clothing that is comfortable and pra c• tical and right in the woods need not be ugly, or make you ugly. Pr eview your hunt• YOU~ GUN MAl>E Cl£AN ing clothes with your husband as critic. If Ag A4fOUNf)~ TOOTH he likes them, you're probably all right• though it's always well to inspect yourself HOPPE'S N!9 critically in a mirr or as well ; husband s are sometimes too easy to please ! Then, if you're Removes all pri mer , going to a hun ting camp, check with some• powder, le ad a n d one who has been there (preferably a met al fou lin g . woman) and find out what women wear Gu ard s aga i ns t moist ure a nd ru st, there. You can be perfectly dressed for a At all sporting goods dealer s. woods camp with husband and friends, but "~~~ '11 Se nd 25¢ for generous trial prett y uncomfortable in thc same clothes in bottle. "G un Clea ning G uide" a pla ce where other women are dr essed dif• F ree on request. ferent ly. FRANK A. HOPPE, INC. 5. "Having bought your cloth ing and 23 13 N. 8TH STREET, PHILA. 33, PENNSYLVANIA equipment, pack it. As you pack it, check each item again st the weath er you may en• POCKET CLEANER counter, again st what you know or can find S cru bs pockets quickly. cl e a n & b ri gh t. F or u sc in any m otor o r b a nd -drtve n ch uc k. Or can b e out about the country you'll be in. Take thr ee m anually o pe ra t ed. 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We've gott en to know them bett er by sharing interests and experiences with them." Zephyr had one final word of advice to wives about hunting. "Don't expect to hit every bird you shoot at , and don' t feel bad ly if you don't. After all, it tak es men year s to become good wing shots- and lots of th em course, are for similar emergencies. never do it! As a mat ter of fact-maybe I Hunting in the Okeechobee mar shes, says shouldn't say it, but it's so- unless your h us• band is as good a shot as min e is, you may Ed Bode. is different from the wild fowling Black or Natural 10 be found anywhere else in thi s country. even, after a trip or two, have to miss a few S ingle ri g..$39. 50 Th e Bodes and their fr iends use airboats on purpose to save his ego! After all, shoot• Double r ig.. 59.50 ing is one sport where the big man's muscles ($2.50 extra on (shallow-draft boats powered with air pro• .22 eat. belts) pellers) to reach the nat ura l mar sh-gra ss don't ju st automatically make him invincibl e ! blinds from which they shoot mallards, pin. If you want to, and will pra ctice, you can tails. teal, widgeons, and scorp. shoot as well as he can-or better !" Gun s? Well, Ed Bode uses a Remi ngto n But, lest we end this story on a too-ce ntro• 16 gauge automatic equipped with Polychoke. versial note, here is a flash -back. Remember Zeph yr's reference a while ago to good gam e Says Ed, " For me, thi s is an all-arou nd shot• HOLLYWOOD gun. I use high velocity shells loaded wit h 5s cookery ? Here's her favori te recipe for du ck. or 6s, for dn cks; sta ndard loads, No.6 or No. About this, Ed says, there's no controversy; 7% shot for pigeons; and high-vel with 4s or th is is good. F;4STDRAW 5s for geese." First, of course, kill your duck . . . . Tak e Zeph yr uses an Ith aca Feath erweight 20 thr ee cups of rice and cook until tend er but gauge pump. "So me will argue th at she'd not soggy. Dra in and steam. Add one cup HOLSTER chopped pecans, Ill:! cups chopped celery, Cus tomed indi vidually for slngle and double acti on do bett er with a bigger gauge," Ed admits, guns. and conto ure d to your mea surements. It ig com• " but, again , she lik es the 20--and she gets one cup chopped onions, I 1j~ cup s chopped ple te ly lin ed. Holst er des igned with met al in sert. her share of the birds, so- ?" bell pepp ers. Salt and pepper to taste. Add \\' I-IE~ OIlDERIN G: Send exact waist and hip meas• urerucnt. Ahw g un mak e. caliber and barrel len gth . Mr s. Bode used the lit tle It haca to good ad• baco n fat if you lik e it. St uff the ducks with Enclo se amount in Iul l plus $1.00 (post. and tns. ) va ntage on a trip to th e Bah ama s last August. thi s mixture and use the rest to pnt in the Oil : for <;0 0 order. enclose 25° /~ deposit . S A T ISF A C ~ TIDN GUARANTEED. " We hunted whit e crown pigeons," she says, pan abou t 20 minutes before takin g the ducks out of the oven. It's guar anteed, Zephyr ~ 4726·4728 Lank ershim Bl vd.. North Hollywood. Ca lif. " off the islands of Great Exuma. The day Ph ones : PO plar 6-872 1, STa nley 7-7 943 be fore the opening of th e season we went says, to get the lady anoth er invitation. ~ as hore on one of the island s and hired two Neg ro boys to retrieve bird s for us. Th e boys d idn't like to wear clothes and. when th ey saw birds coming our way, th ey'd pull off their pant s, yell, 'H eah dey come, Mum! Shoot, Mum! ' and plun ge int o the wat er. T Ill" hirrl Ili o-ht ... W f"I 'P f rom is la nrl to island. be fore the openin g of th e season we went as hore on one of the islands and hired two Neg ro boys to retr ieve birds for us. Th e boys d idn't like to wear clot hes and . when th ey saw birds coming our way, th ey'd pull off their pant s, yell, 'Heah dey come, Mum! Shoot, Mum! ' and plun ge int o the wat er. Th e bird flight s were from island to island, so there was a lot of wat er retrieving." Speaking of tho se boy retri evers reminded Ed of two boys they encountered one day in a Florida mar sh. "T hese two kids were walk ing in water up to their arm-pits," Ed re lated, "and they were rea lly lost. We picked them lip and they told us that they had started into the swamp with a ball of twine , the end of th e twin e tied to a tree on shore, le tting the string out behind them as a guid e to lead them back to safety. Tr oubl e was, th e strin g broke. Th ose boys were in real trouble.

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I edged aro und carefully, break th e law." Th e ammunition buyer then SINCE 1897 caught the view downstream where West went to anoth er firm, bought the cartridges Point 's gray granite barracks clustered on th e he needed, had the boxes wrapped in ex• hill side, saw farth er downstr eam where Corn• celsior and packed in kegs of dry cement. S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. wall was a sprinkling of whit e window The shipment was seized by customs officers, frames and blue roofs. Then I starte d down• the ammunition impounded and sold at auc • stairs. The thr ee top floors were empty of tion. "W e were th e pur chasers," Bannerman heavy gear , the top two stripped clean. ad ded smugly. "The cement we used in build• Through the concrete floors I could see day • ing our island storehouses, and the cart• light as the sun shafted thro ugh some win• ridges were sold to the President of Santo dow on the floor below. Wire net and rod s Domingo." showed where th e concre te had sloughed off, EI President e got a better deal with his leaving nothing but reenforci ng metal. car tridges than Bann erman got with th e The third floor level had a southern exit to cement. It occur red to me that, if I were a a castellated walkway that slanted down revoluti onary shipping ammo in cement bar • abr uptly to ground level. Strewn about and rels as a disguise, I. too would buy the tumbled into the rank garden below, were cheapest cement I could find. To judge from dozens of U.S. Arm y white cor k helmets. the state of Bann erm an's castle, that is what " Rudy Vallee bought 600 of th ese a few happened. The 20" ·thick main walls have years back," I was told. "His band wore developed cracks thr ough which dayli ght them, and then they were auctioned off for passes, and weeds are starting to pu sh th eir charity." Today- anybody want a pith hel• way into th e buildi ng. met? Th ey'r e up there on the Island, rotting We walked outside aga in, and it was like in the rai n. walk ing ou t of the 19th into the 20th century. Pistol Shooters The second floor came in for another care• Piles of gummy knapsacks, chests of un• New! 9 2 paee fully I ll u strated ca rnroe d cvored exclus ivel y to ful search. I shuddered to look at a care• finished Krag Jorgenson ri fle parts, rusted p i s to l s hoo ter s . C l ark, Shockey c-ustom g u ns , Rug-cr . H I.S ta nd a r d. fully piled stack of Civil War arm y knap• cartridge clips and brok en art illery carriages H nmmc rtt , Co lt. S& W target g-u ns. All th e latest p r od uc ts and latest sacks, formin g a hu ge cube possibly fifteen were the herit age of the 19th Cent ury to th e p rt ces . t t undreos o f SCOI'C improv• ing' it ems fo r co m ne u u ve pi stol feet high and th irt y feet on a side, which had 20th. Outside, a shatte red 3" gun needed a s h o o te rs. Artic l e s hy M cM i ll an . J oy ner . Toney, Clar k , S h ockey begu n to tip . A single rop e passed in front thousand dollars wort h of woodwork to make an d H eb ar d o n s h oo ting' an d re • Ioadiug , Na ti onal r-ecord a , 2 600 of the pile, the topmost tiers of which had it useful. And. still lookin g up stream, de• C l ub . e tc . A M U ST for eomp e rt• tt ve p is tol men o r an yone Irrte r • now sagged out as much as five feet over th e fending the Island from the holiday boaters os tcd in h andgunn ing' . Sa ti s fac • ti on rruaranteed , Postp a id . . . SOc base. The rope has frayed to a single stra nd who often oar close for a look, a monster K NOXV I L L E 6 . or two. If that pile collapses, it might have rested on its iron barbett e GUNS ILLINOIS force enough to br ing down th e whole carr iage, frozen solid with red, imm ovabl e, tott ering old bulding! hut as gra nd in its silence as when it frowned Th ough Bann erman built for the ages, from the gunwales of Flag-officer Fa rragut' s I J (..,O ...... 0 .... }->• .J. .. - ~ " U O I"'" 'l.vp .... - p u ~ ~ c....c I I I ... I. VII-L L l luU .::ld'II \.1 ' (J VJ! a l' ~ ri 1J .Ci:JI VJ. ''V V \)\. I n' Vl.r.. t v ' Jl l a l' ~ of the pile, the topmost tiers of which had it useful. And. still looki ng up stream, de· now sagged out as much as five feet over the fending the Island from the holiday boat ers base. The rope has frayed to a single stra nd who often oar close for a look, a monster K NOXVI LLE 6 . or two. If that pile collapses, it might have Dahlgren gun rested on its iron barbett e GIL HEBARD GUNS ILLINOI S force enough to bring down th e whole carr iage, frozen solid with red, imm ovabl e, tottering old bulding ! hut as gra nd in its silence as when it frowned H arv ey Pro t-X-Bore Zinc Base 6' Jugu lar Jack eted Th ough Bannerman built for the ages, from the gunwales of Flag-officer Farragut's SHOOTI• Sw aged Hand Cun Bullets his castle has hardly lasted a lifetim e. A " Hartford" and challenged the Confedera cy rrus t cs t . m ost accura t e bu llets , All p opular ca t lh er-s, a reason why is found in Bann erm an 's story of on the western wa ters, ~ IJ~( ~ ~ ~ ~--:~ ~~g- 3 ~ i t ~ ~g ~. J&g3h -}' i1' ~ ~~:t e~ ) .~ ~ ~e \~ h~~ n-om the M ould ) mould s ror Prot - Xv rt ore z i nc b ase . a potential customer. "A party came to us," Se nd 2 5 c i n co i n o r stamps rcr- Load i n g- Ta b l es and I had brought with me several old Ban• co m p te te inf ormatio n on 16 ty pes & w ei g-ht s of b ul le ts . recounted the late Fra nk Bannerman VI nerm an catalogs, two dating back to 1903 CU STOM LO AD S "and wan ted to purchase a large lot of mil i• and 1905, and here in the shadow of th e LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. Lake v ill e. Con nectic ut tary cartiridges. The price was satisfac tory firm's memories, it amused me to look through them and see wha t was once offered. Tak e the Hall rifles, for example. . . • " F irst America n Breech-Load ing Flint Lock Rifle made in America," reads the 1905 catalog. After a th rilling description of the guns, calc ulated to speed th e purc haser's pul se, comes the kicker : "We expect to get $50 each for some of these guns . . . but for HOLLYWOOD RIFLE the present we will pack gun in case ready & PISTOL DIES. Set for express (buyer pays expressage ) for lil 0.00 each." Thou gh thi s lot of Hall r ifles has long since been sold, Bannerm an has left us a story of how he obta ined th em: !·(j)".. I.... At the Goverment au ction sale, 300 Hall' s HOl lYWOOD uSEN· rifles were offered. I n 1873, Bannerman had l OR" RELOADINa TOOL Reloads rifle , I HOllYWOOD METAL I bought such guns in unser viceab le shape at pi.stol , shot sh,lIs BULLET SWAGING f 3%c each. About 1900, he had paid as much and swages bull ets. DIES from 22 to f Strlpp"ll $57.50 ' 375 cal iber. Other ~ as $8 a gun. Pu zzled over the mar ket value calibers in process . ; of these guns, Banerm an dr eamed HoUYWOOD CHRON· $47.50 three OGRAPH. A precision days before th e sale tha t he was in hi s Broad • Instrument complete less batteries. Net way store, selling a man a Hall rifle for $.7.50 , $1.71. He took this figure as his bid. Wh en Al l ITEMS 10% .• the bids were open ed, it was found th at Ban• nerman' s competitors, Har tley & Graham, had also bid $1.71. Bannerman and H & G's The founder of this fantastic arm s business captured Spanish war material acquired by ~Uftft"I" (which, as early as th e turn of the century, the U.S. in the Spanish American War. Over AUUft "required 15 acres for storag e") was the 20 million rounds of small arms cartridges, -.nvvI.n "1'I.fIU sixth Francis Bannerman, a vigorous Scot• plus a tr emendous pil e of other munitions 303 BRITISH MILITARY $7.50 P er JOO cartri d ges. The finest made in Eur ope : 165 tish nationalist born in Dundee, Scotland, in already on hand , made the New York fire gra in Mark VII ecnne r-eeated pointed bullet. Lim it ed March of 1851. With his parent s, he ar• marshal take a dim view of the business, quantity Win . manu' . Ameri can pri med-$9.00 per 100. rived in America in 1854 and grew up in and so Polopel's Islan d was bought . To it 8MM. MAUSER MILITARY $7.50 Per 100 cartr idg es. Mili tary top·quality Bra ss Br iti sh Brooklyn, where his fath er ran a ship's chan• came barge loads of munitions, including the issue 154 Gr. Copper Jack et Metal Point, wit h Amer ican dler store near the Navy Yard . Th e business, Spa nish Mausers. typ e primers. Clip s for Model 98 Mausers. 6 for $ 1.00. mana ged by his fath er and later by Fra nk, Many of Bann erman's Iauser r ifles were 30/40 KRAG 30 U.S.A. $7.50 Per 100 car tridges. With 220 grain eepeer- eeated Jacket grew during the 1870's and 1880's, but did cleaned and repaired at Springfield Armory. bull et. round nose. Remington Kleanb ore, non· corrosive. not tak e on its char acter of a general muni• Th e armory business was a littl e slow in 1900 Save your good Kr.a barr el - use non· corrosive ammo. tions firm until near the turn of the century. since the Army hoards were considering 30·06 SPRINGFIELD $7.50 P.r 100 cartridg. s. M2 with 150 Grain Military In 1897, Bann erman moved to 579 Broadway, adopting a new magazine repeating rifle, bullet. late iss ue nen- corrosive. All factory loaded, can be used in MI Gar and or any make 30- 06 cal. rifte . a spot that served as major outfitters for ultimately the famous "03 Springfield," and Clips, S shot, per dozen $1. 20 : Extr actors $ 1.50. many of the Spa nish American Wa r volun• Bann erman paid the men. Bann erman then 45·70 GOVERNMENT $9.50 teer regiments. Young Frank had accom• bought 14,000 guns and offered them at $10 Per 100 eart r idges. Made by U.M.C. with 500 Gr. lead bull et and smokeless powder. Packed 20 to t he bOlo pan ied his father to the govern ment auctions each, with 7,000,000 round s of 7mm ammo. Limi ted quantity not in boxes $7.50. which siphoned off the tremend ous Civil War Master of the "hard sell" in a gentle, 19th 30 CAL. Ml CARBINE $5.95 surpluses and, with nat ive Scottish sagacity century sort of way, Frank wrote, "Any day Per 100 cart ri dges. Factory loaded with 112 arain Metal Jacket bull et. Li mite d quantity lat e issue non·corr osive and some acquired Yankee acumen, became our Agent may send us cablegram ordering $7.50. Also 110 gr . Soft No.. box (50) $6.00. 15 Shot Magaz in• • 85<. 5 shot $2.45. 30 shot $4.95. Gl>v!. Surl' luI . a shrewd bargain er in the surplus sales then shipment of the whole lot (for export) . If heavy canvas Zipper Cover $2.45. Legal barrel extens ion being held in New York. A newspap er ad $3.75. Stocks wit h metal fittings $4.75. Compl. t. bolt you contemplate purchasing a good rifle assembly S4.95. Extr actor SI. OO. Latest adjustable rear of about 1900 showed three steam trains and do not put it off. Every one is pleased with sight $1.85. Brass brushes $ 1.00 a doz. Free list. th e head ing, "Three tr ain loads of army the Mauser." Some of his customers were RIFLES Win chest er Model 71 Lever Acti on Rifle. 348 cer ., 24'" goods sold to Francis Bann erman," with re• more than pleased : they went stark, raving Bbl. All brand new, in factory boxes. List $120.00. volvers at SOc up, carbines at $1.00 up, mad with joy. Surely only a madm an would Sp ecial Pri ce $89.95. Win chest er Model 07 Auto., 351 Cal., with 10-shot clip. slightly higher. write, as one testimonal declared, "T he Brand new, in factory boxes. List $ 177.75. Sp ecial Pri ce Though Bann erm an's later catalogs inti• Mau ser is the only gun made for use in $ 137.50. mated he had purcha sed guns at the end of PISTOLS hunting big game, mount ain sheep, elk, etc., Colt Chall .ng.r 22 Auto., 10 Sh ot, W2" or 6" Bbl. N.w , the Civil War, his name is conspicuous by its at 1,500 to 2,000 yards. The .30-30 ri fles are $42.40. Colt Official Police 38 Specia l on 41 fram e, 4'" or 5", blue. absence from the Congressional report of not in it. The Mauser is superior to any VG to XLNT . $39.95. sales made in 1870·71. Then a half-million American-made sporting gun." Even for 1900, WAR SURPLUS A $2 50.00 VALUE-ONLY $ 17.50! REMINCTON SPRINCFIELD 30 -06 BARRELS $ 17.50 not for I. or 5-but for 10 barrels ! These ar e Bannerman gift to Britain was M1901 U.S. Action brand new, 2 groove, manu fact ured by Remin gton Arms with Krag, M1903 and Mauser parts built on. Co. for th o U. S. Gov!. at $25.00 eaeh. 30 CAL. CARBINE BARRELS $8.25 Brand new, in cosmoli ne, wit h front sight. P iston and nut, also fr ont band and swivel; very scarce. 58.25 p.n, Mill ed Sp ringfleld t rigger guar ds complet e with floor Springfields, plu s tons of cannon and harn ess, that was a real "gone" shooter. plate , cat ch. spr ing, pin. also follower & spring-$6.95. were sold off to arm the French in the Bannerman lived an adventurous life. Th e S pringfi.l d field -t est bolts-$3.95. Bar rels for Thompson 4S Cal. 8. M.G. Pl ain IOY4 510.95 Franco-Pru ssian War. Though Bannerma n Mausers did not make him any money sit- Barrels for 30/ 06 Sp ri ngfield 4 Groove 7.50 Barrels for Mauser 98.30/ 06 Cal. , 2 Gr. $9.95 ; 4 Gr. 14.95 may not have been personall y active in those ting in New York, and he decided to go Barr els for Kra g Sp r. 30/ 40 Cal., 2 Gr. $9.95 ; 4 Gr. 14.95 sales, his firm was to have a long association abroad to sell them. Complained Banner- Wal nut St ocks for Mod.1 1897 Win. 12 Ga. $5.95 plus P. ~ f7:5 0 ' '~but - f o r RO't tor # r, .0"; IU barrelsr These are f; ;: '-'-' Bannerman gift to Britain was M190I U.S. Action bra nd new, 2 groove, man ufactu red by Remington Arms with Krag, M1903 and Mauser parts built on. Co. for th o U. S. Gov!. at $25.00 each. 30 CAL. CARBINE BARRELS $8.25 Brand new. in eesmettne. with front sight. Pi ston a nd nut . also front band and swivel ; very scarce. 58.25 p.n, Mill ed S prin gfleld tr igger guards complete with floor Springfields, plu s tons of cannon and harn ess, that was a real "gone" shooter. plate, catc h, spr ing, pin, also follower & spr ing- $6.95. were sold off to arm the French in th e Bannerman lived an adventurous life. The Springfi eld field-test bolts-$3.95. Barr els for Thompson 45 Cal. S. M.G. Plain IOY4r.: $ 10.95 Franco-Pr ussian War. Th ough Bann erman Mauscrs did not make him any money sit• Barrels for 30/ 06 SlJri ngfteld 4 Groove 7.50 Barrels for Mauser 98.30/ 06 car. , 2 Gr. $9.95: 4 Gr. 14.95 may not have been personall y active in th ose ting in New York, and he decided to go Barr els for Krag Spr. 30/40 Cal. , 2 Gr. $9. 95; 4 Gr. 14.95 sales, his firm was to have a long association abroad to sel1 them. Complained Bann er• Walnut St ocks for Mod.1 1897 Wi n. 12 Ga. $5.95 plus P. Walnut Stocks for Model 31 P ump Rem. $4.95 plus post. with foreign munit ions houses. By World man frequ ently, "The American Governm ent Walnut Sto cks for I IA Rem, Auto. 12 Ga. $4.95 plus post. War I he had consolidated small arms storage does littl e or nothing to help their merchants Hand guard for 31 Rem. $.95-Win. Model 97 $1.95 Bar rels for 5 2 0 ~ 6 2 0 Stevens Pump 12 Ga. 20" 4.95 and sales at 501 Broadwa y, with the Island tra de in foreign countries." He had shipped a Acti on Bar for 520-620 Ste vens Pu mp 12 Ga...... 1.95 Hand Guard with Att ach. for 12 Ga. S.G..... 2.95 Arsenal off Cornwall, a war ehouse at the sample Mauser and cartridges to King Alex• Barr els for Colt Commando 38 Sp . 2"'; will fit Official Police, also Army Sp ecial ...... 4.95 Erie Basin Stores Brooklyn on the water ander of Servia, via American Express. But Tr igger Guard Mill ed for 22 or 30 Cal. Springfield.... 2.75 Magaz ine for 22 Cal. U.S. Spr ingfi eld...... 2.75 front, and a Belgian agent in Liege. the King was assassina ted and the tr ansac• U.S. Spri ngfield Reamers H.S. St eel Neckino-52.95; Bann er man also had commercial connec• tion slightly delayed. The gun remained in Roughers, 30/06 Cal. 3.95 Brass Revolver Rods with Brush : 32; 38 ; 45 cal. Ea. 1.00 tions with the German-Belgian munitions the American Express offi ce in Hamburg, firm of Adolph Frank of Hamburg. To jud ge until Bannerman asked of the new Kin g Car tridge cl ips for all for eig n ri fles-advise wants from the overl ap ping offerings of identical Peter if he was interested. Said Bannerman, WRITE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED BROCHURE muskets and r ifles, Bann erman did a hri sk "The Servian agent cabeled 'Yah!' but no business bidd ing in guns for ALFA and the business could be done without samples." European munitions traders, reserving a Quickly, Bann erman took passage for stock for his store. Collectors shudder to re• Eur ope, entrained to the Balkan kin gdom call the pictur e of the Colt rifle musket in with his ri fle and cartridges. - He met th e Bann erman's catalog where, in addition to Servian agent in Liege and gave h im the reassuring every collec tor that he needed one, package of cartridges to smuggle th rough, Bann erman remarks that his Liege agent while Bann erman decided to take th e Mauser alte red 50,000 of them to flintlock for the rifle to King P eter personal1y. At th e German African trade, and they are "now rare." border the customs officer reached for the There seems to have been considerable reci• gun but the Scotsman, game to the last, Improved Minute Man Gun Blue inst antl y preserves a nd procit y between Bann erman in New York cried out, "Nien Zoll, Deutsche Mauser," renews steels and iron sur• faces-Not a paint or lacquer and the German and oth er foreign m unition s ("No duty, German Ma user") and showed - No heat ing necessary • brokers. Offered in Bann erma n's catalog as the guard the "Loewe-Berlin" stamp on the Comes complete with all nee.. essary equipment. well as those of European dealers, were th e gun. But the customs officer levied a duty of GUARANTEED - Tested and ident ical souvenir trinkets-desk weights, ink 72c, which the munitions ma gnate gladly proven over 40 years by 8. repeat sales to sat isfied stands, and button hooks, mad e from a paid and continued on his way to Servia. users. S E ND variety of small arms cartridges and small• The ironic finale to the excursion was th at r-----MONEY BACK·-- GUARA--, NTEE caliber cannon shel1s. Servia agreed to buy the rifles, hut Austria- I ~E,W a _~t_.:!;fOE _ MFG. CD' I the 1880's he became associated with Christo• not humped up to receive the large M1903 through Gimb els New York Store for as little pher M. Spencer, rifle inventor then making safety lug on the bolt. Came World War I as 29c, kept them in busin ess. Th ey bid in a pump shotgun, first of its kind and one and Bannerman decided to do a ni ce thing thou sands of the Ru ssian Nagant rifles and liked by An nie Oakley. Th e Spencer business [or Engla nd with these parts. He created th e proudly pr oclaim ed that buyers should order fell apar t in 1887, and Bann erm an for the Ban nerman Spring field, fittin g M1903 stocks, "as our pr ices are half what the ammunition next twenty years listed th e Spencer factory Krag barrels and sights, Krag tri gger guar ds, compa nies charge." They even converted Ru s• in his catalog as " for sale." Mauser hand guar ds and followers, and dum• sian rifles to .30-06, but few peopl e care to By World Wa r I Bannerm an had grown my magazine floor plates to the guns. Th ey talk about that nowadays. Such gun s were to be the lar gest house of its kind in the were chambered .303 and marked on th e definit ely unsaf e, U.S. A cooperative bidd er with ri val firms receivers with the Banerman arm and flag, And through the years the Broadwa y store like W. Stokes K irk and Har tley & Graham, and the word BAN NERMA N ' in an arc. A sold the Springfield rifled mu skets, the Colt he had a better sense of publicity an d ap• thousand of these rifles, plu s complete sets revolvers as "complete outfit, including flask, pealed more to th e gun crank and collector of equipment, cartridge belts, , were mould , caps, ju st $7.50." But today, with th e than to the revolutionary agent. Though he deli vered to the British as a gift fr om th eir 501 Broadway address destined to be cleared spiced his offerings with phrases lik e "s pecial roving Scotsman. His Majesty's Governm ent for a parking lot, and th e Island crumbling bargain pr ices to govern ment war mini sters," said thank you, tr ied out the rifles at Hythe, into th e weath er, gun fan s want to know his primary ap peal was to the curio colle ctor. what is left at Bannerman's. Th e qu estion Remin gton revolvers, new, at $1.85, he sug• is not easily answere d. Th e New York store gested could be gro uped with brass drum• runs through the depth of a city block, has stick holders (20c) , U.S. Marine brass basement s and sub basement s, and from shield ( ISc}, crossed sabres (lOc) , and U.S. personal experience I know that something brass bri dle monogram (Hlc}, or "All th e nobod y expects always seems to crop up above ar ticles for $2.40, not including the th ere. With th e Island and the store, I still board. " The happy purchaser was supposed cannot answer the question " what's left at to mak e his own mounting placque, drill a Bann erm an," except to say "plenty." Ban• hole through the revolver frame, and bolt it nerman's is full of surprises. to the boar d as a " den decorati on." Take the day I got a copy of th eir big, But Bannerma n did tur n out some un• new catalog. Th ere, staring out from the usual models of guns for shooting p ur poses. same page where in earlier editions it has Cadet Cor ps were outfitted with Bann erman been pictured as a memento of the days when cut-down Springfield rifles, or Remin gton the firm did have Gatling Guns, was a rare single shot pistols converted to small in• aluminum 6mm Gatling, complete with tri • fantry musket . Fo r the more delicat e cadets, found that the first shot would hit the mark , pod, drum , ammunition, and price. Gatlin g he offered "quaker guns," his own orig inal but found also that the second shot would guns with pri ces had not been listed for design, using U.S. muskets with wooden bar• not feed into the cha mber. Th e big .303 r ims years. But I plunged. No, I didn 't buy the rels. Once he invent oried 125,000 Springfield jamed in the Mauser-type magazine. So they gun, bu t I wasn't much later than the cus• musket stocks, and he could make up th ese stamped all the guns " DP " for " Drill P ur• tomer who did buy it. items from time to tim e from spare parts. poses," and not one of them saw combat. But And then one day I stopped into th e And being th e success ful bidd er on th e 5,000 the spirit was there. An old British soldier store for a look ar ound. Th at wall of guns conde mned U.S. Rifles, Model 1901-2, put told me that the Bann erman Springfield was has had muskets come and muskets go, and him into the Springfield Rifle busin ess. one of the most accurate rifles he had ever something ca ught my eye : a sawed off mus• These part icular guns and pa rts of guns ha ndled, with th at .303 cartridge on the ket with a profile that was familiar. I had were in all stages of manu fact ure at Spr ing• front-lug action, for the first shot. For th e been doing research on the Hackett or "Fusil field Armory when several major design found er of the firm, the first shot was th e Robert" musk ets, the top-lever detonatin g changes were authorized. Bannerman became last : the sixth Fr an cis Bann erman died in breech loaders tested at West Point in 1837 l \1 1U v e ll i g t n e ~ lICC e ~~ I U I IJIUUer U ll LU C J ,U U U me spm t was w ere. A n 010 nriusn souner tl l V .I.'-' J.V L b. ' JV VA · dL Vlulu. 'J.. UCll. fYau VI. ~ -g l Il r ~ condemned U.S. Rifles, Model 1901-2, put told me that the Bann erman Springfield was has had muskets come and muskets go, and him into the Springfield Rifle busin ess. one of the most accurate rifles he had ever something caught my eye : a sawed off mus• These part icular guns and pa rts of guns handled, with that .303 car tridge on the ket with a profile that was familiar. I had were in all stages of manufacture at Spr ing• front-lu g action, for the first shot. For th e been doing research on the Hackett or "Fusil field Armory when several major design found er of the firm, the first shot was th e Robert" musk ets, the top-lever detona ting changes were authorized. Bannerman became last : the sixth Fr an cis Bann erman died in breech loaders tested at West Point in 1837 the lucky bidder on these bolt action re• 1918. in competition with Colt, Cochran , and Hall 's ceivers and assemblies, which are distin• After World War I Bann erm an 's firm kept arm s. I owned one such gun, identical with guished . from the tru e M1903 receiver by active, and such deals as Civil War Smith the West Point Museum specimen except having a smooth receiver bri dge at the rear , Carb ines, wh ich they sold by the th ousands for serial number. Now I saw something similar on Bannerma n' s wall , and for $5 I bou ght a specimen of the hitherto un known un der-lever Fusil Robert. It needs cleaning, and the lever is missing, but one day I' ll get around to restoring it. For me, Bannerm an still has a bit of that old cha rm. Th e fact is that whil e Bannerm an probably doesn't have cases of muskets left, the im• possibl e does hap pen. Said the Island 's care• taker, "We found a box of .50-70 rifles here last month and sent th em down to th e store." And from the sub ba sement s of th e store, cases and chests of parts, accoutre• ment s, artillery comp onent s, and ammunition, still come in bewild ering confusion. Th e old firm is read y for a face-lifting. Current dop e is that new pr emises will be secured and the business continued. So near to the century mark, it would be a shame to shut up Bannerman's merely becau se th e old building must come down. A more ag• gressive selling program will pu t more of the Civil War relics before the collector, and Bannerman's will boom aga in. But they ar e still a little leery of th at island. Th ere is enough ammunition on that rocky ~ -crag to mak e it boom all by itself. ~ GUNSTOCK BEAUTIES ON PARADE around or pull one way or th e othe r to (Continu ed [rom page 24) quite a n ex tent. I let them ha ng on th e wall from six mon ths to a yea r. 1£ they running through it ma kes it very un usual in Th ere are liter all y dozens of varret res of have not altered shape ver y much by this color. I have had two r ifles stocked in impor ted woods which wi ll mak e ver y fine tim e. I can rest assured th at th e stock is Mesquite and pr ize th em highl y. gun stocks. Some of them ar e a l ill ie heavy, well seasoned. I might add that these a re Western "q uilted ," "c razy" or " shell-flame" but they can be used on target or ben ch rest left in a room that is in the upstairs part :naple, ~hi ch I br iefly ment ioned pr eviously, rifles to furnish th e shooter with something of the house and the temperature varies to IS a senes of nam es att ached to one particu• d ifferent. Th ey cost very littl e. if an y more, no grea t extent from one month to the next. lar species of mapl e grown in Wa shington than the local pla in woods and I ha ve never If they ha ve not warp ed or walked around State a nd Oregon. This spec ies pr odu ces pa id over fifteen dollar s per blank, even of du ring thi dr ying peri od , I hav e never stock blanks figured to resemble oyster shells, the imported woods. found th em to do , 0 aft er being completely large fish scales, or ha lf-do lla r size co ins AIter purch asing a blank whi ch is sup' finished and fitted to th e gun. overla pping eac h other. When blow-torch ed As to finish-I have oiled stocks, laquered these stoc ks give off an ir idescent effect stock, varnished stocks. and stocks pra yed which I have never see n on a ny oth er wood. with plasti c. I have found them all to he Th ey mak e attra ctive stoc k for Iiaht-weiuht rifl ~. ~ very durable. but the oil finished stock will 0 a bsorb more moisture than those finished Apple wood and Cherr y, as well as Wi ld otherw ise. The new plasti c finishes are very Cherry wood all mak e good stock woods an d hard, durab le and wear extremely well. were used quit e exte nsively by our early Furthermore. they lea ve th e wood in th eir settlers in th e Ea t. Th ey ar e un colorful, but natura l color. which I personally prefer. I pra cti cal. Apple is a wh ite colored wood will never use oil aga in on a stock unless it that can be mad e to r esembl e Ebo ny if dyed be a piece of pla in wood where I ca re black in color and h ighly polished. T he not hing for th e looks. If you have a finely Cherry woods ar e pink in color if left figured piece of wood or one with contras ting na tural. Cha rles DeVeto , 12717 Irvington grain, then it should be finished in th e Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, furnishes Ea stern nat ura l state with no stain being used. Th at Curly Maple and the Cherry wood blan ks. is what sets the stock apart fro m other s. T he One of th e most un usual stocks I ha ve is only one I have stained is a Prima Vera mad e of Zebra Wood which is imported fro m stock wh ich I placed on a J ap sporte r, h ut Africa. It is yello w colored with da rk brow n it was stra w colored in th e na tural state and strea ks through it. Zebra wood , Tu lip wood , I did n't care for it. It took a beautiful and California Mesq uit e probably have the ~ waln ut stain wit h gold en high -ligh ts. highest contrast in th e gra in colors of an y My rifle stocks ha ve heen to me on e of stock woods. "You're welcome to the watch, but th e most enjoya ble parts of my shooting I have a Ti gerw ood stock whi ch is dark what'll you take for tha t gun? It's hobby. I have di sp layed th em many times brown in color and even wh en it came off just what I need to fill a gap in to civic clubs, Parent -Teacher Association th e carving ma ch ine it wa hi ghl y polished. my collection." meetings, and spor tsmen's gro ups, in neigh• Sandi ng really mad e it glow. Very strong boring counties as well as my own. P eople and no particul ar gra in structure whatever. posedl y guaranteed to be dr y, I send it to come from all di stan ces to look at th em , yet It also comes from Africa . one of th e var ious firms who spec ialize in th ey cost no more to mak e up than would An Amar anth or " P urple Heart" stock mach ine turning stock blanks, and have it a factory issue stock, providing you pi ck fr om South Am erica is a natural purple in turned. Th is usua lly runs from ten to twelve out your own wood and have th em turned color and q uite unu sual beca use of thi s true dollars. Then I set it on th e wall to see if and inl etted by machinc. natural color. Th is wood is used quite ex• it is going to warp or walk around or twist Even if you own only one rifle or sho tg un, tensivel y for inl ay work on gun stocks as to any appreciable degree. Th er e is not I think you would ga in mu ch pleasure fr om well as for making Iorend tip s and gr ip caps. l ' _ a_._ L_~ 1 ~ __.. .. ~. 1 .l _I th e ca rving ma chine It wa hr gh l y polished. . . . my' collecfion." meet ings, and spor tsmen's groups, in neigh • Sanding really made it glow. Very strong bor ing counties as well as my own . P eople and no particular grain stru cture whatever. posed ly guara nte ed to be dry, I send it to come from all distan ces to look at th em, yet It also comes from Africa. one of the var ious firms who specialize in th ey cost no more to make up th an would An Ama ranth or " P urple Heart" stock mach ine turning sto ck bla nks, and have it a factory issue stock, prov iding you pick from Sout h Ameri ca is a na tural purple in turn ed. Th is usually runs from ten to twelve out your own wood and have them tu rn ed color and q uite unu sual beca use of thi s tr ue dollars. T hen I set it on th e wall to see i f and inlett ed by ma chinc. natural color. Th is wood is used quite ex• it is going to war p or walk aro und or twist Even if you own 'only one rifl e or shotgun, tensively for inla y work on gun stocks as to a ny apprec iab le degree. Th ere is not I think you would gain mu ch pleasure from well as for making forend tip s and gr ip caps. much wood left in th at forearm aft er it has havin g one stocked in an unusual wood of It is also pr acti cal as an entire stock. been machine tu rn ed and inletted, and if it some sort, one th at is attractive, yet ~ A stock cut entirely fr om a big western is not good and dry it is going to tw ist durable. ~ maple burl is one of the most unusual as well as bea utiful ones in my per sonal col• lecti on. It was seasoned for over tw ent y-five years before I had ils Hultgr en of 1217 South McBr ide Ave., Los Angeles 22, Cali• forni a, finish it up in pia tic finish and put it on a 7mm Mau ser rifle for me. I probably could have sold thi s blank alone for 100 becau se of it s unu sual qu alities. Laminated stocks of all patterns and de• Non-Breakable. Guaranteed signs ar e availa ble, and will be found to be For All American,Many Foreign Cuns very pract ical wh ere one wishes to eliminate warping, such as for target rifle use, or if Non-slip and precision- fitted , FRANZ tTE GRtPS ore livin g in damp climate areas. t he most durable mad e ! Beau t iful colors ; smooth , chec kered, st a ghorn a nd ca rved ; trut y dist inc• tive. Long-wea ring, unaffect ed by moistu re, per• spira tion, most mineral and veg etable c ils. Will not chip or peel. Lust er , color a re perman en t. Conventional or conver sion st yles. Also target gr ips, wit h or wit hout thumb rest . Avaitable for all popu • la r gu ns in: Ivory, Pearl, Onyx, Agate, Walnut, Black a nd Staghorn fini shes. Low cost, $2.S0 t o $8.00- See au' comp lete catalog! Frontlte Grips Are Sold Under Ou, Guo,antee For Colt Reming ton Browning luge r Writ e today for 28-page boo k. Grea t West ' n Ruger Czech Mau ser FREE Prices, ittust rates grips fo r ott H & R Savag e Dreyse Ortg ies CATALOG A.merican makes, plus many for• Hi-Standard S & W Schm eisser Sa uer e Ign. Iver-Johnson Wat t her llam a Weblev SHOPPING .....~ LIGHTWEIGHT 20 GAUGE AUTOMAT· IC·5 shoots all 2 :Y ~ inch cartridges including th e 2% inch Magnum. Average weight of the 20 Gaug e is 6 pounds 4 ounces. It will be avail abl e in 26 and 28 inch barrel length s, QUICK QUAKER OATS now avail able in either venti lat ed rib or plain matt ed. Choke waterproof individual packets is designed selection will include full, modified, im• especially for th e sportsman. Each 1% oz. proved cylinder, and skeet. The plain matted packet makes one man-size serving-so easy barrel model will retail at $144.75 ; the ven• REVERE'S NEW STILL CAMERA features to make. Just add contents of pack et to tilated rib model at $164.75. New model boilin g water and cook for two minutes. compl etely automati c exposure setting. Elec• recentl y announced by Browning Arms Corn• tric Eye-Mari e Model EE-127 camera elirni• Convenient and nutritious. Sold by mail pan y, Ogden, Utah. only. A 24-pak tray ma y be purcha sed by nates completely the need for calcul ating the lighting and adjusting th e exposure set• sending $1.75 to Campers Pak, Box 6166, PORTABLE POWER for hunting cabins or Dept. G·l, Chicago 77, Illinois. tin g accordingly. Th e outdoorsman particu• lodges. 1000 watt port able model provides larl y will app reciat e thi s tim e-saving device. low-cost electricity for light s, water system, Simply aim at th e subject and th e camera 's refri gerator, radio, vacuum clea ner, clothes electric eye does the rest. Guar anteed pro• washer , oil burner, hot plate, electric tools fessional result s from th e standpoint of his in your cabin or lodg e. Fits in car trunk. exposure, the sportsman and ama teur pho• tograph er can concentrate on picture's art is• tic comp osit ion. Further details furnished by Revere Camera Compa ny, Chicago, 111.

...... ". JIM measur es ju st a foot SP ORTY BALSAM PILLOW gives out long . long, 7" hand -honed blad e 1,4" thi ck. Large lasting, fresh, fir-balsam fragrance of Maine brass guard, shank of blade extends th rou gh Woods. T he "S portsman Design " makes it bras s lin ed, extra heavy, untrimmed stag popular with the outdoorsman and a decora- horn handl es. Clean simple lin es, balan ce ~: ....v" . addition in the home. Tan colored rna- . 1:rm i r. ; nshis a thrill to hold. A hand- ~ LL- ...._.F1latr ), ,. JIM BOWIE KNIFE measur es ju st a foot SP ORTY BALSAM PILLOW gives out long. long, 7" han d-honed blad e 1,4" thi ck. Large la sting, fresh, fir-balsam fra grance of Maine brass guard, shank of blade extends th rou gh Woods. T he "Sportsman Design " makes it bra ss lin ed, extra hea vy, untrimmed stag pop ular with th e outdoorsman and a decora• horn han dles. Clean simple lin es, balan ce tive addition in th e home. Tan colored ma• and workmanship - a thrill to hold. A hand• terial with gree n imprint. Size 7" x 9" . forged knife built for hard use. Beautiful $2.49 P ostpaid. A prod uct of The Spencom leath er sheath at no extra cost. Knife Company, P. O. Box 57, Lewiston , Me. shipped postpaid for $8.50, money-back guar• antee. A product of Cap'n Ball , Dept . G·l, Automatic start and stop. Models for sole no Worth Ave., Palm Beach, Fla. supply or stand-by service when central sta• tion power is cut off. Sizes from 500 watt s F UR-FISH-GAME a must for the dyed-in• to 50 KW , gasolin e . . . 10 KW to 50 KW , the -wool sportsman. Aimed at the int erests diesel. Folder A·33 available upon requ est. of hunters, guides, fisherm en, woodsmen, coon Write the Kohl er Co., Kohl er, Wis. and fox hunters, trappers, etc. Cont ain s ex• cellent articles on all pha ses of hu nti ng, written by everyday sports men. Valu abl e tips by noted guides are helpful on hunting tr ips to semi-wilderness country, plu s a question and answer service by an Adirondack woods• man . Valuable camping and hunting infer• mation. Pu blished monthly by Harding since 1905. Priced at 25c a copy. $2.00 a year. Harding, 878 E. Main St., Columbus 9, Ohi o. NOSLER PARTITION JACKET BULLETS, two bulle ts in one. Constru cted with two i lead cores , covered by a gilding metal ja cket SLAYMAKER P ADLOCK, extra-rugged, sol• and separated by a wall or partition near id bra ss all-purpose lock tou gh enough to center. Front lead in action disintegrates, withstand all kin ds of weather. Guara nteed cre ating great shock ; rear half with front rustp roof, extra-long br ass shackle and gen• ja cket folded back over it has increased the BRITISH J UNGLE CARBINE - Cal. 303 uine super-tumbler mechanism for maximum diameter approximately double, ha ving ample British pric ed at only $24.95. Latest, light est, secur ity in out-of-the-way places. Sports man weight and stability to penetrate deeply . and finest of all Great Enfield Rifles used by model carr ies money-back gua rantee. De• Used all over the world with unexcelled re• allied troops during World War II. St urdy signed especially for out doors use on cabins sults. Mak e amazingly regular one-shot kill s. and dep endable. Id eal for use in bru sh and an d for ind oors use on gun racks, or wher• Work equally well load ed in small and me• on heavy game. Special mussle flash hid er. ever top security is desir ed. Complete de• dium sized cartridge cases. Id eal in the Solid rubber recoil pad. Barrel, 20%; weight , tails abo ut thi s all-purpose "S por tsman" are super magnum types. Manufactured by 7 lb s.; Cap. , 10 rd s, Send $5.00 with order glass are so computed that th ey compensa te for th e in cr eased distance between eye an d binocul ar wh en eyeglass es ar e worn. Fi eld of view of the spec tacle -wearer is doubled ; with WITH the Carl Zeiss 8 x 30B binocular, it's H O yards at a di stance of 1,000 yards. Also image-sharpness up to th e very margin of Dept. PG -H, 227 W. Washington s., Chi• h is field of view is obt a inable. A univer sal cago 6, Ill. glass for th e entire family. Priced at $162.00, complete with lea th er neck- strap and stand• ard leather case (Federal Ex cise Tax extra ) . Detail ed lit erature is avail able from Carl Zeiss, Inc., 485 Fifth Ave., N. Y., 17, N. Y.

WILSON AUTO SHADES make camping CHAMOIS CLOTH SHIRT for sports men trips mor e enjoya ble. Ea sy-to-install auto who want a warm , dura ble, non-itch, out • shades mak e comforta ble sleeping quarter s d oor sh irt. Ma de fr om a heav y, durabl e of a station wagon or car. Provide priv acy, fleeced cotto n. F ull cut with tw o large all ow plent y of fresh air and keep out pesk y brea st pock ets and long tail s. A shirt that insects. Made of maintenance-free Ka iser can be worn d urin g th e middle of th e da y Aluminum ShadeScreen , Wilson Au to Shad es witho ut a coa t. Wa shes beautifully. Sizes scree n out direct rays of th e sun while cool• 14 to 18. Half sizes included . Ea ch size ing br eeze. ar e permitted to circul at e throu gh co mes in one standard sleeve len gth whi ch car. Shades keep car int erior 15 degrees is in prop ortion to th e size. Worn big and coole r. Opera te as eas ily as hom e wind ow f ull. Ava ila ble in tan or sca rle t colors . Priced shades. Un ique snap springs ena ble scree ns NEW SAECO LUBRI-SIZER is precision, at $5.95, postp aid. Ma nufactur ed by th e to be install ed in seconds . Ava ilable for all heavy duty, cast bullet sizing and lubricating Gokey Company, St. P aull, Minn. lat e model station wagon s and most late pr ess, with heat tr eated and hon ed di es, mod el passen ger cars. Prices and add it ional gro und betw een centers for ab solute con• inform ati on are available up on request to centricity. Dies and top punch es ar e avail• manufacturer, Wi lson Auto Product s, 16 able for all popular calibers and bullet s. West Utica St., Buff alo, N. Y. Saeco Lubri-Sizer has gas check sea tin g at• tachm ent and spring load ed grease reser voir. Th e pa rall el ro ds are gro und for absolute alignment and bullet concentricity. Lu bri• Sizer less di e $36.00, di e $6.50, top punch $2 .00. No w ava ila ble for imm edi at e delivery. F or further details contac t Sa nta Ani ta E ng ineer ing Co., Dept. 17, 2451 E. Colora do 16 a nte tor all popu lar ca n ner s an d bullet s. Saeco Lubri-Sizer has gas check seating at• ta chment and spring load ed gre ase reser voir. Th e pa rallel ro ds are gro und for absolute alignment and bullet concentricity. Lu bri• Sizer less di e $36.00, di e $6.50, top punch $2 .00. No w ava ila ble for imm edi at e deli ver y. F or furt her deta ils contac t Sa nta Ani ta E ng inee r ing Co., Dept. 17, 2451 E. Colora do s., Pasadena , Calif.

NEW BB REVOLVER handles like Old• West "45." The Hahn "45" BB Single Act ion R evolver, identical in len gth 0 0-5/ 16") with fro nt ier Amer ica's famous P eacemaker. shoots with perfect balan ce a nd point abilit y. Ac• PLASTIC SHOTSHELL CASE destined to clai med by cha mp ions as " perfect for li ght • revolut ionize the shotshell field. New pla sti c n ing fa st dr aw pract ice." P ower for 70 to case s fa r superior to fac tory cases. Wat er· 100 shots fr om a sing le Cros man Giant Ga s proof. will not swell. Won't fra y after sev• P ower let. No p ump in g, no hea vy spr ing era l cha mber ings . as do paper cases. Will coc k ing-- the C O~ gas does the work. L ni• withstand five times as many relo adings as form power, plu s prec ision truing of th e pa per case s and give better , more uniform ba rrel a nd factory testi ng of every gun, keeps ignit ion and pa ttern s. Cases ca n be loa ded shot gro ups tight for competitive shooting at to full velocity for either tr.llP: use or long th e regulation BB range of 15 feet with ran ge wat er-fowl shooting. A produ ct of easy hull's eye s at 25 feet. BB model is Herter's, In c., Waseca , Minn. a vailab le for $15.95 from P . Y. Hahn Mfg. "TOUCH 'N' CHROME" refinishes ru sty Co., In c., Ea st Ch urc h sr., F airport , N. Y. chrome with pure, glowing metal. The kit con sists of Magichro me Cleaner, a hi ghl y 1959 GUN DI GEST & FIRSTANNUAL effective chro me clean er ; and Magich rorne, FISHERMEN'SDIGEST , world's finest gun a powdered metal in a spec ial base th at sets and fishing book s, loaded with useful in for• in seconds and po lishes to a glowing lu ster. mat ion invalu abl e to sports me n. Gun Digest Im perviou s to wea ther, corrosion, or salt, co nta ins over 40 featur es fr om hand loadin g " To uch 'n' Chro me" is guaranteed to stop to gun histories- balli stics- compl ete catalog fu rth er ru stin g, giving year-round pr otection of mod ern firearm s with specs and prices. as well as resto ring th e chro me to its or igi• O ver 50 full le ng th stor ies in Fi sh erm en 's n al brill iance. The process is simple: cle an Digest will in sure bi gger ca tches of every the chrome wi th Mag ichrome Cleane r, dab No r th Ame rica n fish. Spec ial Xmas gi ft on Magichrorne, and poli sh the finish gentl y TEN OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RIFLES Flint two-gauger shooting eiCjht tons (Continued from pag e 30 ) muzzle energy slug tests scope mount. his father bro ught hom e a little St even s oped the Lovell R-2 at the same tim e Lovell early 30's, majoring in mecha nical engineer• single shot .22 with a supply of Short s. Hi s did . Again. with Dick ] omton , who is now ing. During the depression he worked as a brother , Ken, was onl y four, and th eir dad a pr ofessional guide in Alaska, he developed machinist yet quit his job three tim es in had to help th em hold the rifle. Both boys th e famous Var minter at th e same time Geb • four years to takc six month hunting trips. learned to shoot, and to love guns. Ken by d id. Th ey called th eir version th e .22-250 Th e first trip covered most of the . S. a nd is now a collector of Winch ester s. Th e first Magnum, but th e cartridges wer e inter• th e second Westcrn Canada, in a l\Iodel A game th e youngsters took were lar ge sna p• changeable. "laynard says thi s first experi• Ford. Bein g practically broke, he lived off pin g turtles in th e Charle s river. With Dad ment al rifle is still the most accurate rifl e in th e cou ntry with a Colt Woodsman. Th e pa yin g for th e ammo. one summer th e buys his collection today. As such developm ent s battered Model A made ab out 20,000 mil es popped three cases (30,000 rounds) in two were a hobb y, he never made an effort to into Mexi co, on the third trip. Maynar d d is• months. Dad th ought thi s was too mu ch of a comercialize on th em. covered he was down to S30 and 2,750 miles good thing, so redu ced th e all otm cnt to a Handgun s pla y a large part in Buehl er's from home. He got ba ck with SS to spare, case or so a year. Th e boys supplemented thi s hobby shooting. Fa vorit es include a Colt d ue to his deadly accura cy with th e Woods• meag er supply with cart ridges bou ght with Woodsman , a mat ched pair of S & W K. 38/ man th at supplied plen ty of fresh meat, in• th eir own money. K-22 revolver s. a .45 Colt Single Acti on, and cluding ja ckrabbits. Tho se 18 months of Ma ynard becam e inter ested in th e me• a Colt .45 Aep . Hi s Jove for optical sights hunting accounted for spe cimens of most chanical end of guns in hi gh school. Mor e ca used him to design a mount to use the K-l North Am eri can game. than a quarter century ago he star ted hand• Weaver scope on a revolver. Whi le he doesn't An attracti ve lad y nam ed Katherine and loading and remodelin g gun s und er th c recomm end it, it d id work , whi ch is what he a pr eacher ended his roaming, ca ref ree life, supe rvision of C. R. Salmonson, a gunsmith wanted to pro ve, His fine rifle collec tion in• as Buehl er says, " for a better one" in 1939. in Oakland, Cali forn ia, wher e th e fami ly clud es most calibers from .22 Hornet up. He Marriage didn 't faze his love of guns, shoot• had moved. He soon had his own lathe and shoots th em all. No load ing tools ar e mad e ing and experimental work, and he applied was making his own reloading tools, rc• to tak e the extre mely lar ge case s so hc makes him self with even grea ter zeal. working military rifles and designing wild• his tools and loads for all calibers. Gunsmith busin ess was b uild ing IIp, and cats for him self and oth er people. He devel- Buehler had five years of college in the leaning heavily to scope sigh ts. Buehl er wasn't sa tisfied with any mount on th e mar• ket. "loun t r ings were in th e wa y o f th e turret and he thought th ey should have a bett er app earance, in keeping with fine cus• tom r ifles. After man y tri als he built his Write for Illustrated Brochure with all conception of the ultima te in a fine, sturdy information on s tocks and how to order ! mount. Local shooters lik ed it, so more na• tional ad ver tising br ought in floods of orders. AIter makin g a nd shipping 1,500 moun ts, pili'; the safctys and guns mithing, 16-hour days wer e beginni ng to tell. The couple took a vaca tio n in 1940, and wer e too busy for the nex t 15 years to take ano ther. Th e offi ce was moved to Orinda, 10 mil es out of Oa kland. when Katie resicn erl 1'1) 1949 piu s tile sa tc tys and gu nsmithing, o-hour days were beginning to tell. The couple took a vacarion in 1940, and wer e too bu sy for • Law Enforcement the next 15 yea rs to tak e another. •Target Shooters Th e office was moved to Orinda, 10 mil es •Hunters out of Oaklan d, when Kati e resigned in 1949 • Field Shooters to look a fter th c famil y. Th eir first dau ghter , Stocks car v e d for all Sandy, was (our years old, a nd Nancy was popular American guns, born in 1950. Th eir hom e is four miles out individu ally custom fit• of Or ind a a nd the a bando ned quarry, con• ted. verted to a fine shooting ran ge, is convenient• ly locat ed a bout midway. This is wher e on e ca n often hear rifle fire tha t sounds l ike l1errtffs STOCKS artillery. Th e basem ent shop. now entirely exper imental, is still at home. wh er e Buehl er Box 741 TW IN FALLS , IDAHO does all I he toolin g and works out t he new id eas which arc th e life-blood of his business. He completely rcconditioned a Ph ant om I an d 11, Rolls Royce, stripping th em down to Ma Hunfer Pre~enf~ th e last nut, to see why they are considered th e finest cars in the world. He found th ey wer e bu ilt with a complete d isregard for FRENCH CHAUCHAT cost. Both cars took several blue ribbons a nd LIGHT MACHINE GUN prem ier awar ds in auto shows. before he sold Prid e of t h e Fre n c h Army. iss ued > . ~ _..,-'; CIVIL WAR ARTI LLERY th em. As he sa id, "T here was noth ing else to the A .E.F. in w c - ia W ar I. . ~1' - ": ~ ~ ~ ~ l AMMO . a n d a ll Ordnance mech ani cal I could do to th em." He built a Sworn by . by a few-sworn a t by ~i ~ \- ~ ~ 'l C CX' NNO Nc ii ~ Ls~a C ~ N N O S m a n v . Comp lete a n d in excellen BALLS! WHOSE GOT THE % scale model Rolls, with a semi-automatic c o n d it io n- $19.9 5 . . . . A few - ALL ~ 1\ JX ~£ ~ A ~J L t:L ' ~r z ~ tr an sm ission, for th e kid s. Top spee d is 12 c h o ice ones a t - $ 29. 9 5 :\lA H C ~ TE R has j ust rece tvod the las t rema in in g supp ly 111-3 GHEASE G UX-new c o n d i - of CIVI L WAR & SPANISH AMERIC AN W~ ca n no n am - mph with the 1% horse power motor. t io n . T h e fir st t i m e t h ese wen po n s mo. in t h e w o rl d W e p u rch ase d all t h e Arli llcl'y Ar u r nu- h a v e b e en o ff ered fo r s a le, a n d it m ay b e t h e It~ : l~ : 'e (?~ l ~ ; y ~ ~~ tiS" ' ·I II ~~~ l~ ~ l e ( ~ S I~ I~ l d N ~ \v t h C A .p ~ \ ~~ ~u~ Wh en Buch ler designed and made th e last- $49.95 •. ' E xtr a tn a g-a z i n e s-$ 2. 5 0 UH.'n d 50 c). P!"i('''''S r an ge fr om 8 2 .00 up. AIL s ize s f r om GE RM A S M . P, 4 4 S T UR M G F. \V E H n - F i r ~ t o f th e burp C j v , WAR 6 p o u n d e r to 14 " DAHLGR EN. first one of his scope mounts, he th ou ght of it nuns: oxcone nt to ne w cond il ion- $ 4 9 .9 5 .•. • Extra P ARR OT RIFLE S HOT - fo r 20 n oundc r CIV. WAR m u zo m aK azin e s - $6.95 z tc toad tn rr ca n no n . . • $7.50 ea. as th e " ult imate" in design. Yet af ter yea rs 30 CAL. M2 AIRCR AFT GUNS- ncw in ori g i na l cascs.-, JA i\fF ~ S RIFLE SHO T- 1 2 n oundcr s im il a r to s ho tgun of acceptance among shoote rs, he mad e a ~$08 ~ g~ e by COLT w i ll b e s h ip ped to ea rl y nurcuuscrs [lr J' ~\. \ ~ fR cA~~ g~~ D s ' E S - O NLY COMPLETE AS SORT . 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Hi s GRR~IA.." ~IRDALS-I ron Cross--$2.50 ell . ~ Iost Others--$1.25 complete se lec• tion li sted in n ew CATAI,OGU}; basement shop still whirrs and th e nearby CANCELS DEWAT PROCRAM! THERE WILL BE NO MORE AFTER THESE ARE SOLDI range resounds to th e sounds of Buehler 's c Ten of th e World's most SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. 8E~STf ORTlEERD BOG OTA NE... JE' SE PnUT prf ll1 RiRpc: HOW TO GET CAST BULLET ACCURACY tho se that weigh from .25 to .5 grain abo ve that weight ; and those that weigh fr om .25 (Con tinued from page 41) to .5 grains below the weight. Any bullet that minimu m of light. A small high spot usuall y by casting bullets. Usually 10 to 20 will var ys more than plu s or minu s .5 grain is remains where the spru e has been cut off. warm it up. Wh en your bull ets drop from discard ed. Th is hi gh spot mu st be "dead center" to the mold with full grooves, sha rp corners, Ea ch of th ese weighed groups is kept sepa• eliminate " fliers." Cast bullet bases mu st be wrinkle-free bearin g surfaces, and are as rate-lubricat ed , sized, loaded, and shot the perfect if th e ut most acc uracy is to be brigh t and shiny as a newly minted dim e, same way. And each lot of 110 is kept sepa• obta ined. casting can pro ceed without interruption. rate. A lot of tr oubl e? Not when loading to Old tim e schuetzen men spoke of the base Above all , don't try to hurry. It ta kes squeeze the utm ost accuracy fr om a cast bul• as the "s teering end" of th e bull et. For thi s several seconds for the metal in th e sprue to let. Uniformity is the secret of lead-alloy reason their molds were often cut to pour solidify so that th e cut-off plate can do a accuracy and thi s is one of the ways of bein g from the nose, assur ing them of a smooth, smooth job. Allow the dipper spout to re• certa in your cast bull ets are as uniform as flat, perfect bullet ba se. T his part of the main in contact with th e sprue hole for a possibl e. bullet must expand uni formly and fill th e couple of seconds after the mold has been Lubricati on has a definite and very im• grooves for ming a perfect, gas-tight seal. If tipped upri ght. Thi s will insur e a completely portant bearing on the ultimat e accuracy of the base isn't square one side will emerge full cavity. And while the dipper and mold any cast bullet. It mak es little differe nce from th e bor e before the other allow ing th e ar e thu s connected, tap th e bottom of th e wheth er th e slug is lubricated by the cak e• hot, expanding powder gases to escape un• blocks lightly on the top edge of th e melti ng pan, cake-cutter method or with a sizer and evenly, a condition which will tip th e bulle t, pot a couple of times. Thi s little tri ck will lubrica ter, ju st as long as th e grooves are losing accuracy. pound the molten metal into th e mold, pro• packed full. Th e most importan t thing is the Cast bullets are made from a lead-tin alloy. ducin g cast slugs that won't vary mor e th an composition of th e lub rican t itself. Many Rifles, as indi viduals, will show a pr eference .2 grain either way. Rememb er you are cast• different mixtures ha ve been tried, sworn by for one mixtu re over the others. Thi s par• ing bull ets for accuracy and that a little and at- -water pump grease, Lubriplate, beef titcular alloy can only be determined by pa tience will pay of with smaller groups in tall ow, Japan wax, beeswax, and carna uba experimentation. All of my rifles, regardless the range. wax to name a few. All have th eir merits, but of calib er, will shoot tight er averag e groups Above all, be sure to handle cast bull ets from severa l years of experimentat ion 1 ha ve with bullets cast as soft as the riflin g will very carefully. Even th e "hardest" alloys are come to prefer one out standing lub rican t. It handle withou t leading . Usuall y a 15/1 or a soft and deform very easily while hot. Cat ch is a 50-50 mixture of pure beeswax and paraf• 20/ 1 mixture of lead and tin is a good pla ce the slugs as they drop from the mold on a fine. Both of these ar e inexpen sive and to start. Th ese two normally pr oduce excellent folded blank et or a large turkish towel. Don't readily obtained at the corn er drug store and groups in cases of medium capac ity, espe• drop th em into a pile. eight ounces of thi s mixture will lubricat e cially at 1800/2000 feet per second velocities. I cast my bull ets in groups of 110 or 115, several thousand bull ets. Any good handbook, such as the Id eal or then set the mold aside whil e these are ex• According to the particul ar tastes of th e Beld ing & Mull , covers the procedure for amined. Any slug with even th e slightest rifle thi s mixture is softened to a tou gh, casting good bullets. Severa l deta ils remem• defect is thrown bac k into the pot. Th e ones pliable consistency by th e add ition of Vase• bered while casting will do much to insure that appear perfect are th en weighed on th e lin e. With higher velocity load s th e bear ing good, uni form bull ets. The mold mu st be scales. Th ese bull ets are separated int o three surfaces are sometimes coa ted with one of the almost as hot as the molt en metal it self. The groups ; tho se th at weigh within .25 gra in " DAG" solutions or with Gun slick. Th e form• best method to bring the mold up to heat is either way of th e nomin al cast bull et weight; er is colloidal graphite suspended in a vola - BLUE BOOK OF

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The less a rela• sized before loadin g the first ti me, then velocities ! tively soft lead bullet is sized by the rifle trimmed to a un iform overall len gth. Trim• Aft er lubricat ion, the gas check is at• barrel itself, the more accurately it will shoot. ming the necks will insure the same seating tached to the base of the bullet. Thi s shallow In trying to squeeze minute-of-angle gro ups depth from case to case. It will also square copper or gilding metal cup pro tects th e base from cast bull ets, much depends on the up the case mouth so that one side of th e from the blow-torch blast of th e expanding choice of prim er. Uniform ignition of th e slug doesn't emerge before the other. Trim• powder gases. Accurac y is not measura bly light powder charge is a must. Often, large ming also afford s equal neck tension on the affected by the make, type, or material of gas rifle pr imers such as the Win chester 120, bull et from load to load, an important ac• check. Th e important th ing is to attach th e Remin gton 9% . an d Western 8% are too hot curacy factor. gas check so th at it rem.ains on the bullet for redu ced gas-check loads. Th is is especially Trimmi ng will leave a slight burr on both clear to the target. A gas check flying off tru e with Unique and # 2400 powders. Large the inside and outside of th e case mouth. A the base or'the bullet during flight is often pistol prim ers work much bett er with these. few turn s of an ordinary 82-degree counter• the cause of that one "flier." However, you may find that your rifle digests sink will cha mfer the inside ; a couple of There are many different brand s of gas gentle swipes with a small piece of crocus checks on the mar ket at the present time and cloth will remove any trace of burrs fr om they all perform excellently if they stay with the outside, or use one of th e special de • the bullet. One bran d is designed so that it burring tools for thi s operation. crimps on the base of the slug when forced Examine pr imer pockets carefully. Mak e through the sizing die. This particular one sure no burrs were left on the inside when does a very good job of staying with th e bul• th e flash hole was pu nched. Remove any by let. However, gas checks are much a ma tter scraping with the squared end of a small of choice. Usually the Id eal bra nd fits the screwdriver. Flash holes will vary from .065" base of bullets cast from a Lyman mold to .085". T he act ual diameter is unim• much better than most of the others. port ant, ju st as long as it is the same in Proper sizing of a lubricated, gas-checked, every case. R un a #4,5 drill throu gh each lead -alloy bullet is pro bab ly one of the most hole as a check. If any are larger th an thi s impor tant operations affecting pin-po int ac• a load of 600/0 to 750/0 of a full charge of drill size, discard them for cast bullet use. curacy. For years han dbo oks always recom• # 3031, 4320, 4064, or 4895 wit h real ac• Be sure that the flash hole has been mend ed shooting a cast bullet that was curacy. If such is the case, lar ge rifle primers pun ched "dead center." Often they are off to several th ousandth s over groove diameter. will work fine. One of the most accura te one side of the pocket. If so, discard th at Th eory behi nd this pr act ice was th at th e loads for my .30-06 sporter is 30.7 grains of parti cular shell. Always clean the pr imer larger hullet did a bett er job of sealing th e #4895 behind a 165 gr. bullet with Win. pocket befor e seating a new pri mer. Scrape bore, thereby jack ing up pressures {or more 120 pr imers. On the other hand, 12.5 gra ins out the residue left by the spent pr imer with effi cient burn ing of light powder charges. of nique tr iggered by the Win . III large the end of a small screwdriver blade or lise However, none of my ri fles will produce ac• p istol primer with the same bullet in the '06 one of the special steel wire bru shes designed cur ate results with oversize bullets. All of shoots like a house afire. specifically for thi s job. A tiny bit of pr imer my pet gas check loads call for a bullet With the .250-3000 FN sporter I rely en• residue in the pr imer pocket can tip a new sized to groove diameter. t irely on Federa l # 210 primers to get 1" pr imer enough to cause fa ulty ignition, re• To determ ine the prop er bullet size for groups. This particular prim er is one of the sult ing in a "flier" for that shot. any rifle, first "slug" the bore by pushing a most consistent small group produ cers I have After cases have heen fired once, suhse• hunk of soft lead through it. Mike thi s to de• found. This is especially tru e with 1800/ 2000 quent reloadings will req uire neck sizing curare r esu u s WJlll o vers rze u u uers. .t\JL 0 1 "' lI U U 1;:! lin. \..- u - uv u ,, \:. (C l r~. ".- -- • specmcauy lOr im s Jon. 1\ uny mt or pnmer my pet gas check loads call for a bullet With the .250-3000 FN sporter I rely en• residue in the pr imer pocket can tip a new sized to groove diameter. t irely on Federa l # 210 primers to get 1" pr imer enough to cause fa ulty ignition, re• To determ ine the prop er bullet size for groups. This particular prim er is one of the sult ing in a "flier" for that shot. any rifle, first "slug" the bore by pushing a most consistent small group produ cers I have After cases have heen fired once, suhse• hunk of soft lead through it. Mike thi s to de• found. This is especially tru e with 1800/ 2000 quent reloadings will req uire neck sizing term ine th e groove diameter. Now mike one Ips loads using # 4227 or # 4198 powder. only. Adj ust the sizing die so as to leave of the bullets as cast. Most molds will throw Regarless of the primer used be sure that it about 1/16" of Ihe neck unsized. This a bullet from .005" to .007" oversize. If th e is firmly sealed on th e bottom of the pri mer unsized port ion will center the case in the cast slug is more than .003" over groove di• pocket. And be sure to use a primer punch neck of the chamber, holding the bnll et ameter it will be best to run it through Iwo that fits the contour of th e pr imer face to concentric with the bore and delivering it sizing dies to redu ce it. In this mann er avoid crushing. tru e to the . ------1 Selection of the proper size of expa nding plugs is very importan t in assembling ac• A HANDFUL OF HANDLING EFFECTIVENESS curate cast bullet loads. Why go to the Most efficiently shaped grip for power-packed short guns. Ava ilable in four colors with precision trouble of casting, weighing, lubricating, and non-slip checkering or in antique staghorn. sizing a perf ect hullet; then rui n it by forc• ing it into a case neck that is too small ? For S&Wonly. Chi ef's Sp ec.. Kit-Gu n, Use an expanding plug that is as near to Bodyguard . Terrier and .32 H.E. (ROUNDBUTT ONL Y. Precision the diameter of th e sized bull et as possible Fits only new model frame s made after 1955, Molded for best results. Expa nded with such a plug, steel or airweig hU For right or left hand. Duramite the case neck will ca use very little, if any, GUNF'GHr£R deformat ion of the slug dur ing the seating 15 operation. ~ - - ~ One of the most accura te bull ets for my .250-3000 is the 85 gr. Id eal # 257312. As ~ ~ cast fro m my mold thi s particular bullet - -- ~ I _ _._ 11/' '> ) w orld's {illest _ mikes .257" on he nose and is not sized. c::::::=: 7 1 shooting accessories Wi th this slug: I use an expanding plug that Box 49702 measure s .2575". Bullets are seated in th e -X '--- ~ Los Angeles 49 ~ '!J.J- cJ Cali fo rnia case necks with the fingers, yet there is enoug h neck tension to cause a littl e "pop" See our exhibit a t the NRA SHOW in Washington, April 1959. when one is withdrawn. Th is bullet, shot as cast and seated in th is manner, averages 1" WONDERSIGHT! groups at 100 yard s when pushed by 18 grs, Th e lon g r a nge s ig ht w ith click -m icr ometer winda g e for of # 4198 in my 7% # FN sporter l S & W and Colt R e vol ve rs . Attached in a ji ffy- nea t. com • pa ct- sturd y heat treated-wh it e gradua t ions. No gunsmi t h • Bull et seating dept h will greatly affect ac• in g for S &. ' V- dr illi ng & ta pping r equir ed for Colt curacy. Here, experimentation is necessar y. ~ ; ; v y o . l ~ . e.r. s: . ~ ~ : ~ ~): ~ l .. 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ i . ~ . ~ ~Y . ' ~ ~ ' : : - : ..i ~ ..~ ' ..~' . .. .. S4.95 Cast bullets are peculiar creatures. As a gen• D eal er s Inquiries In v ited eral rule a seating depth which allows the ...... l't.~ur ."D ..... r ..l ... I AD~ D,",V 411: rUIADTC "A II~ h"ll"l 10 'iuct !ollrh thf' lands when th e holt is closed will prod uce ex cellent result s. How• HOW YOUNG SHOULD KIDS SHOOT? ever. some times a bull et will shoot much c l o s ~ r with a ce r ta in load if se a ted with th e i.Coruinued from page 39) Lase Hu sh with Lase of the neck. Be sure to ri fle, a .22 target pistol , a .410 ga uge shot• tion allowed in the den. make up a d ummy ca rt rid ge for future gun. and a pell et p istol. Bubb er's: a .22 This is j ust one of th e safe ty mea sures he refer ence, once an accurate sea ting depth is pump rifl e, a .22 sing le-shot rifle, a .22 ha s drilled into his boys ever since th ey first det ermined . fro ntier mod el pisto l, a 20-gauge p ump shot• sta r ted ha ndling firearms. And this sc hooling An accurate cas t bu llet load ca n be worked g un, a .410 shotgun, and a pellet pi sto l. But in safety ma y be the rea son why neit her lad up for a ny of the powd ers. Better accuracy th e boy s are not lim ited to th eir own weapons ever has had a Shooting accident. in ligh t loads will be obtain ed wit h th e q uick• wh en th ey shoot. T hey ha ve access to th e K ennon se nior has taught his sons to burning powders li ke #2400, U niq ue, r ifles, pi sto ls a nd shotgu ns in th eir father's resp ect g un s. When th ey make ready to fire # 4759, #4227, and # 4198.# 4198 works exte nsive firearms collection. on a range, th e safety procedures they follow exceptio na lly well with loads in th e 1800 /2000 The tw ins hand load th eir own cartridges, might op en th e eyes of many adult shooters Ips range. Heavi er bu llet s will shoot m uch carrying out the e ntire op eration by th em • who some times grow ca reless. be tt er with th e slowe r powder s espe cially at selves, except th e mea suring of th e powder , Althoug h th e Ke nnon bu ckaroos are shoot• long ranges. whi ch is do ne for th em by thei r fat her. He ing prodigies, each one is all boy. For in• Se ve ral of the salvage powd ers current ly ta mes their wild cats to kitt en s by und er• sta nc e, lik e mo st eleven-year-old s, th ey love on th e market should n't be overlooked. loadi ng, and he do es thi s to c ut do wn on to play cowboys and sheriffs a nd r ustlers. # 4895 Gov't powder is excelle n t. #4831 will the noise level of th e ro unds. "One of the W hen you ask th em th e na mes of their produce exce ptional accuracy with mo st of th e sa ddest mistakes a fell ow can make in train• favorit e TV programs, they rattle off th e .30 caliber cas t bullet s of 150 grs, or mor e. ing a youngst er to sho ot safely," K ennon tit les of j ust about every hor se op era that Both th e Western ball powd er s, type "C" sa ys, " is to use noisy ammunition. 1 hav e gallop s a nd ba ng s over th e airwaves. and 1-1 -240, shoot very well in small and found that th e kick of a gun doesn't worry And wh en it come s to target-busting, th e medium ca pacity cas es. And. here, the hand• a shoote r nea rl y so much as the noi se does." Ke nnon twin s are j ust as hot as their ~ loader ca n combine accuracy wit h economy. M ick ey is a crack pi sto l shot. Not long heroes, th e TV marsha ls. ~ Mo st all of th e salvag e powd ers me nti on ed ago, when Mr.Kennon was practicin g for a sell for ab out $1.00 to $1.25 per po und, thu s .38 caliber match at At lanta's Gate City Gun giving th e shooter about twi ce as many loads Club. M ick ey outscored hi s fa ther, and the SAVE UP TO 70%! as ca nister powders for the sa me cost. senior K ennon ha s bee n winning pi stol and Pacific "Super" R eloading Tool Wh en working up ncw loads, I usually riAe ma tc hes for more I ha n forty ye ars. He wei gh every cha rge on th e powder scales says that Mickey, firing a ha nd gu n, can out • See how you can save un t il I get th e grou ping I want. T hen I cali• shoot 95 per cent of the officer s of the and s t i ll get more brate my Beld ing & M ull mea sure to th row Atlanta Po lice for ce, and many of these men accurate ammunition. thi s particular load and find that it is ac• are Deadeye Dick s with a revo lver. Write now. c ura te enough to give me consis te nt minute• Bubber' s fav orite fire arm is a shotg u n. of-ang le gro ups. This is es pec ia lly true with T he youngster lov es to h unt birds, and PACIFIC th e fine-grained powd ers such as Uniq ue, Georgia's q uail field s g ive h im plenty of GUN SIGHT #2400, #4320, # 422 7, # 4895, a nd W est ern opport un ity to ho ne th e edge of his w ing• ba ll. shooting. COMPANY N o one ca n recommend any load that will Th e bo ys co me hy th e powder in thei r 2901 El Camino Real g ive p in -po int accuracy in all ri fles of a blood nat ur all y. Their fa th er , a member of Palo Alto, California given ca libe r. The mo st accura te load for a th e At lanta Po lice Departmen t, cut his teeth particul a r rifl e with a certain cast bullet on shooting ir on s in his native state of a nd powder ca n o nly be determine d by ex• Texa s. Their mother is a fine wingshot. perimental shooting. The best pl ace to sta r t M ickey a nd Bubber a re on Cloud .45 wh en is with a load frum a g ood handbook for t h ev e n te r thj-i r fa t h pr'l" rl P.l' where h p. k p.p.ns -ti: ""'+\JU, -ti- LfI"'''''V, tt "t"- .l.I , 11'"'iU:1 V , (1IlU \'V t:;;:' l C l l1 oppo rtunity to no ne t ie ed ge or rus wing- ba ll. shooting. N o one ca n recommend any load that will Th e bo ys co me hy th e powder in their 2901 El Camino Real g ive pin -po int accuracy in all ri fles of a blood nat ur all y. Their fa th er , a member of Palo Alto , California given ca libe r. T he mo st accura te load for a th e At lanta Police Department, cut his teeth I particul a r rifl e with a ce rta in cas t bullet on shooting ir on s in hi s native state of I a nd powder ca n onl y be determined by ex• THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER Texa s. Their moth er is a fine wingshot. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED pe rim ental shooting . The best place to sta r t M ickey a nd Bubber a re on Cloud .45 wh en is wi th a load from a good handbook for th ey e nte r t.heir father's den , wh ere he keep s th e bu llet you int end to use. Try it. If you th e grea te r part of his g un collect ion. Since $2.95 • ----- POSTPAID It cvotver Clea ning Kit. R emo ves are luck y, it ma y gro up ; mor e than likel y it all th e weapons th ere, from super bly re• I..eud lng from Fo rci ng Cone. Cyl• won 't. Work up fr om rh is load by .5 grain imle r, and B ar rel. A\'ailable in 38· -14-45 cal. Kit for two store d an tiques to brand new, K ennon-made cali bers $5.35 . P at ches (Pkg. 10) $.60. 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Then , aga in, yo ur best ac • Germany's finest and most complete line of rifle scop es• curacy ma y be obtained with a differ en t hul let mixtu re , 10 outstanding models, including the variables 3X to 7X But, rem ember, ca st lead-alloy sl ugs ar e and 4X to lOX . Choic e of leading custom gunsmiths in temper am ental. Don 't ge t di scouraged if The new Pecar binoculars are vour first a tt em pts don't br ing 1" gro ups. Europe and America. Price $37.50 to $100.00. Available Quality glass at competiti ve pri ces. 10 mode ls to cover every Lead bu llet !' ca n be mad e to shoot as well as possibl e need. Pr ice $69.50 to thru your local dealer & gunsmith. Free lit erature. $129.50 . jacket ed slugs if particu lar att ention is pai d to a fe w det ai ls. Unifor mity from load to load is the one big sec re t to ca st bullet ac • CHARLES W. LEAVELL • sou-::t~~ir:;L1NA r-uracy. Ex pcrime ntalion and a lot of shooting a re necessary to mak e lead slugs perform. 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A vailable lor: S&W, K, M&P , ell megnum models ( pleese specify) 44 Special, 38·44. Colt O.M " A Natural for $13.50 O . P., New Service. Holster or Targe' 'pd. At your deeler'. - Free Folder Work Precision on Request Carved from Dealers: Send for Illustreted • • • Imporled Ro••wood Informetion A mmunition in 160 gra in TUn s around $27.00 WHERE ARE TOMORROW'S MINUTEMEN? per hundred. Th e rifle is priced at $145.00. (Continu ed from page 31) One inch Buehl er split rin g mounts TU n a round 22.45, and with your favorit e scope insoluble probl em for th e avera ge indi vidu al Given a group of maybe ten good men and you have a first cla ss long range rifl e of th e who hadn 't don e a lot of deta iled a nd true, we'd meet and pick lead ers. We'd also custom class for one of th e finest lon g ran ge far -sight ed planning. To that pr oblem, the enac t a set of by-laws. One such law wo uld ca rtridges yet developed. I would favor use Civilian Defense organization could a nd req uire every man to stand read y to pr oduce of 175 gra in Ne sler bullet s with 60 to 61 should provide answers. But are Civilian De• on a moment's notice certain guns and cer• gra ins of 4350 and a ny of our commercial fense lead ers thinking along these lin es? 1£ tain qu antities of ammunit ion. A rifle of th e lar ge rifle primers for all bi g game shooting. nOI. why not ? curr en t U. S. mili tary caliber would he a as th e first half (If the hull er will expa nd Wh y not set up, in int egra ted coordination must, if only becau se m ilita ry ammunition is bu t th e rear half will not and will penetrat e with each local Civilian Defen se gro up, local easier 10 obta in in war tim e-might even be on I hrou gh th e beast. Th e No ler bull et l lome Gua rd unit s- call th em Minutemen, furni shed. would also be man dat ory with me for anv if you will-s-compo sed of men who have guns, A .22 rifl e would he equally import ant, shots at our larger game such as elk, moose. know how 10 use th em, and either have or for use on small gam e for meat. A shotgun or grizzly if I was forced 10 lise a mall bore sta nd read y to learn the woods skills a nd wou ld pr ovide add it ional food-gelting values. on th em. Man y Sharp e 8. Hart 7x61 rifles guerr illa fight ing tacti cs needed for "enemy And every ma n should have and know how a re now being mad e lip on Spring field, Rem• hara ssmen t ?" to lise a combat-caliber revolver or pist ol. ington, and Winchesler actions. As of now, of course, our govern ment tak es I'd see to it tha t at least one man in m y a very dim view indeed of any att empt to group was, or becam e, a radi o " ham" a nd organize any arm ed force outside th e formal technician . If thi s bad dream of ours ca me ca tegories of armed forces. Th e rule now is true, th ere woul d be no power , no teleph one -(k n't do it ! But . . . rul es can be changed, fa cilities. no communications of an y kind in if enough peopl e set ab out to change t hem. many ar eas-or, at best, non e avail abl e to Mayb e it' s tim e that men of good will and wood s-running riflemen without official in• good courage began taking a long look at signia. It wou ld be real nice if one of th e rules that ju st might, God for bid , mak e th e boys owned a walk y-talky. I see th em ad ver • diff er ence betw een dea th and survival. tised by compa nies dealing in war sur pluses. I was thinking th e other da y how I'd go Wh at ever " inner circl e" group you joined ab out it, if such thin gs wer e permitted. I'd or form ed, you would wa nt first to join th e begin . I think, by pickin g a hard core of sure regul ar Civilian Defen se uni t, wh eth er th ey pro spects from among th e men I kn ow in recognized your gro up or not. Members of Neu: O.K.H. Caliber local Rifle and Pi stol Clubs, Legion orga niza• Civilian Defen se units are issued ca rds of 1an y yea rs ago. C. M. On eil , Don Hop• tions. and hunting groups. I'd want to kn ow identifi cati on whi ch give th e hold er ce rta in kins. and the writer developed a line of big eac h man extremely well before I asked him righ ts regarding movement from place to game cartridges. from th e .265 O.K.H., th e to join my cadre. I'd want to be very sure, place in an emerge ncy, and thi s alone would .285 O.K.H., .333 OKH., .333 O.K.H. belt ed, first, that he beli eves in the th ings I bel ieve be essential. Any way, any man fit to join a nd .424 O.K .H ., to th e .475 O.K.H. Now in. I don't want an y pink in this picture; my un it will be activ e in Civilian Defen se in Oneil is tooling lip to comple te the l ine with afte r all , if th e worst happ en s, my life may its other phases as well as thi s one. This is a .350 O.K.H . Thi s will be ma de on th e depend on th e absolute loyalt y of th e men an obvious d uty, and my men ar e not th e shortened .333 O.K.II. Belt ed case. and will I choose. kind who shirk duties. give lovers of the .35 caliher a wide range I want men who own guns and kn ow how . .. Of course, it will never happen. It of exce llent bull ets. It will not have th e to use thern ; but, on a par with that", I hap pen ed in a lot of countries, bu t those sectional density in 300 grain of the .333 want men with some skill as woods-runners. wer e foreign countr ies, not like our coun• a nd .424 U.K..H.. to th e .475 U.K..H . Now TIL J dont want an i prnk 111 this pict ure ; my un it will be active in Civilian Defen se in Oneil is tooling up to complete the line with after all, if th e worst hap pen s, my life ma y its other phases as well as thi s one. This is a .350 O.K.H. This will be mad e on th e depend on th e absolute loyalt y of th e men an obvious duty, and my men are not the shortened .333 O.K .II. Belt ed case. and will I choose. kin d who shirk duties. give lover s of th e .35 caliber a wid e r an ge I want men who own guns and kn ow how . . . Of co urse, it will never happ en. It of excellent bullet s. It will not have th e 10 use them; but, on a par with that, I happen ed in a lot of countries, bu t those sec tional den sit y in 300 grain of th e .333 want men with some skill as woods-runners, wer e foreign countr ies, not like our coun• O.K. H., nor will it he qu ite as flat over long Even a man who is loyal and brave and a tr y. It ca n't happen her e.. _• ran ges, but it should mak e a most excelle nt dead shot can get you kill ed if he lacks But if it did happen . .. I' d sure be g lad all ar ound big ga me cartr idge with 60 to 62 woodscraft for this kin d of hunting. I' d r eo I kn ew thoseten woods-running ri flemen ! .If grains 4350 and a 300 gra in bullet. member, thou gh , that woodscraft can be th ere were enough of us- u " Minuteme n of learn ed ; and if th ere was a man I wanted Tomm orow "- th er e migh t be a tomor- ~ Cutting Shotshells wh o didn't have it , I'd teach him . row, even after the nigh t of terror. ~ Th e an swer is. don't do it ! F orm erly many shoote rs, when they needed a slug load in th eir shotgun for lise ag ainst a big an imal, simply took their jack kn ife and cut the ca rtridg e case almost in two between the powd er and shot charge. It was and is ver y effec tive, for th e wh ole front end of th e shell goes out of th e gun in slug form. It will blow an awful hole in a bear at close range, as I have had occasion to note! How ever , th e shot charg e mu st he compressed and th e whole oversize ease (wad and shot cha rge) for ced throu gh the forcing cone int o th e bore of the gun. In so doing, pres• sures moun t greatly, beyond even th e heavy proof load s used in proof firing the guns at th e factory. W ith mod ern heavy loads and pa rt icula rly with our lat e short magnum loads. th ese pr essures are enough to blow up a good gun. So don't tr y thi s stunt.

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OimeI'lSlOnS, 16" .11 16"", 6 1h" P ~ i c e . C . o~ ple ~ e w i~ ~ !':. i ~, .o "THE PEAK OF PLINKING" man that has ah ead of him prospect ive serv• The averag e Americ an kn ows far less abo ut ice in the armed forces will do well to learn automatic weapons than he kn ows abo ut the (Continued from page 38) all he can about the American military r ifle. rifle; yet th e auto-firer s are the weapons he If he can become a really capable riflema n, will be expected to use if war should come. weap on can mat ch. so much the bett er. Once he has donned the It was the man with a ri fle or machi ne gun An aft ernoo n of such shooting is not cheap, uniform he will find his hours and days so that slowed the Japs at Bataan, stopped the but the plen tiful supplies of inexpensive mili• packed with int ensive training tha t he will Germans in the Battl e of the Bulge. Th e same tary ammunition now availab le make a few find the time all too short to learn the many despera te need may come aga in. hour s get together as reasonab le as most thin gs he should know, for his own self• Now that mac hine guns are becoming other aft er-lunch sports. Also help ful to the preservation, before he is called upon to meet plent iful, numerou s machine gun collector s cost is that machine gun shooting is a group the enemy.. .. Expertness in the rifle's lise are springing up. A few years ago, if you sport. Th ey ar e among the few weapons that cannot be overemphasized." wanted to ha ng machine guns on your wall are almo st as int erestin g to watc h as to Up to th is time it has been standard prac• instead of blunderb usses, nobody cared bu t shoot; and mor e fun when several trigger tice for the governm ent to encourage civilian the U. S. Tr easury Depa rtm ent. Und er the squeezers get togeth er for a bang-u p time. practice and use of the standard mil itary Federa l Firearm s Act, the Treasury boys Why does Sloan in partic ular , and oth er wea pon. Now that full automat ic weapons are made things complicated for the M.G. col· automatic collectors in general, collect ma• becoming standard in our own and all lector, but they were genera lly fair about it. chine gun s? Sloan an swers with a very short major world armies, General Eisenhower' s So long as you went by the book, th ey were sentence : "They ar e interesting." statement has become even more valid. satisfied and even helpfu l in getting th e red To the present generation, brought up on If ano ther war should come, it will come ta pe work accomplished. movie Tommy Gun s, heavy doses of MG's swiftly. We shall ha ve even less time to pre• Fu ll automa tics are sta nda rd military in war-time news reels and training with full pare than in the last. Unbelievable as it may weapons and are here to stay. Th ousands of automatic weap ons in the arm ed forces, a seem at first thought, only a small percentage them are alr eady in the hands of th e pub lic, genuine interest follows naturally. Exp ose a of soldiers in combat fire their rifles at the and the number of them in civilia n hands is man to an interesting thing, be it a Tommy enemy. But if you consider how much train• increasing. Because of the se fac ts, the laws gu n, or a 36-26-36 blonde, and he is going ing and weapons' know-how you would want do need revision. It should be revision that to stay interested for a whil e, even though before you stuck your head out of your hole will severely punish the criminal for using it may be expensive, rar e, or even illegal. He under fire to shoot back at the enemy with any sort of wea pon; but also it shou ld not still want s it. Being hard to get only mak es any confidence of hitti ng anyt hing, the point make a cr imina l out of the fellow with an it more desirable. comes home. Such confidence can not come honest int erest in the spor t of shooting JII'!I Sloan believes the machine gun, lik e the in the few short weeks of service tra ining. with machine guns. ~ shotgun, pistol or blunderbuss, is just anot her type of weapon. It is one that should not be und eremphasized or overemphasized, one that should tak e its rightful place with the others as a collec tor's item. Aft er all, machine guns ha ve been dramat ic and historic weapons in PARTING SHOTS world events. No man who has ever heard it will forget the ripping blast of th e Germ an burp guns, the rattle of Korea' s Ru ssian Tommies, or the Ma ytag put-put of the G.r. Greasegun . Heretofore, th e military collector had to work ar ound th e machin e gun, inclu ding OI!!Y ~!1.. e o .? ~I"!,)~U! 9.m-'!ti ~ s ~s. ~~ ~ ~ _ s .I: ~~ e ~ i~..! ~ i_ ~ burp guns, the rattle of Korea' s Ru ssian Tommies, or the Ma ytag put-put of the G.r. Greasegun . Heretofore, th e military collector had to work ar ound th e machin e gun, inclu ding only the semiautomatics such as rifles in his collecti on. But now that the world's arm ies are going full automa tic it is no longer possibl e to ignore them. Th e designer also ha s a legitim at e need to collec t automati c weapons. Th e problem s in• volved in designin g automatic weapons ar e enough to fill ar ticles in themselves. Anyone interested in arm s design must necessarily have access to shootable automatic weap ons. Military small arms design in th is coun• try needs new blood. We cannot get it if new designers ar e not allowed to develop. You cannot pick out a man who is good at de• signing can openers to build a gun and ex• pect to get any more than a work ed-over "You'll just have to get prone at one end or the other." version of the one before it. Original and far sighte d design can come only fro m a man with a close fam ilia rity and int erest in guns. At pr esent, th e Russian comrades ar e not only out-Sputniking us, but badly out gun• nin g us as well. Th eir new weapons ar e tops. DOUBLES THE KILLING POWER The sad point is they have equipped their YOUR INNOCENT ~:ao :i:3 e c\h ~ f ~r :~d .• revolver b ullet t hat troops and have en011gh left over to send to has b een hollow po i nted b y a GOERG the Midd le East. With Russian weapon s go PROTECTOR . HOLLOW POI NTER. compared to a solid Russian instructors and influence. Yet th e i p o in t bu llet. Ava il • THE HIDE·A·WAY DAGGER able fo r .45 Colt, United States-military lead er of the free .44 Ma g . , . 4 4 S p e • A m in ia ture version of th e swo rd ci al, .3 5 7 Magnu m . world-has only recently placed the first cane. This can be lef t casua lly a nd . 3 8 Sp eci al . Retail $4.95. order for the newly adopted M-14, an d does lying about the house with onl y The Goerg Holster is the on ly shoulder holster de · few knowing th at w i t h i n it s s ig ne d for the hu nter , o r the active man. .. etllil not expect to ha ve th e military forces fully ri ch go ld en leather wrapping-s $ 1 5 .5 0 . Deal er. inq uire. equipped until 1960. li es a deadly 18" steel da gg er; GOERG ENTERPRISES extending 5" into th e han dle Port Angeles 3009 S. Louret Woshingtoo The th ird and , probably, most important a nd 26" ove r a ll leng t h. $3 .95 P .P. or C.O.D. plus sh ipp in g. reason civilians should have access to auto• NEW LARGE mati c weapons, is military pr eparedness. 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