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Every Browning product - regardl ess of its price - is made to perfection, mad e to last, made for precision perform ance, made to enjoy. BROWNING If perchance, your Browning Dealer does not have the model of your preference, his rush ord er to us will receive fastest handling. ONE SIERRA B.l. By HOWARD C. SARVIS PUTS CAPT. BACH Innovator 0/ Tra in fire IN BOONE t seems that when I carry th is gun, I see game. Thi s is as childishI as belief in the Easter AND CROCKETT Bunn y but, more than once, aft er frui tless days with some other ri fle, I have picked it up and that da y scored. Gun men will recognize th e Remin gton M722. Th ey may not en­ thu se over the .300 Savage caliber, but I have found the loads are a pr ett y fair compromise of reacher­ outers, br ush CUllers, and reliabl e ex­ pand ers at both near and far ran ges. Unglamorous, fun ctional, it is a hard-used friend with man y solid qualities, thi s companion of a hun­ dred adventures on horse and afoot. MY FAVORITE GUN rAVUtc. -. --~ GUN HERE'S THE RECORD: Bullet- Sierra .30 caliber, 0308 diamete r 180 gr. Boat Tail Powder - 58grains #483 1 Rifle-30-06 Distance-1 shot from 225 yds. Location-East of Point Barrow, Alaska Skull Measurements-8o/s "x 15 \4"- total 23 Ys " (Fish & Wildlife De pt., Univ. of Alaska) Record Holder- Capt. Roy E. Bach One-shot kills likeCapt. Bach 's make believers out of biggame hunters. Varmint hunters an d target shooters, too, be lieve inthe killingpower and depen dable acc uracy of Sierra s. Ask for Sierra Bu lletsat your Dea lers. By ARTHUR C. JACKSON U.S. Champion Ri fleman ( Te sti ng Ham m erli free rifl e at M elbourne Olympics) T ike many other competitive shooters, I do not have a single gun to call "m y L favorite." because the various courses of fire demand several type of arms. For the 50 meter In ternati onal small bore events I use three Win chester M52s, each one slightly modified to best adapt it to standing, kn eeling, and prone posi­ tions. I have them fitted with Douglas barrels, Thomas tri ggers. I also use Win­ chesrers for the 300 meter matches, the big-bore Model 70 stocked to my r Qo,.,.1I 1rpmpnl", Th p Winrhp"t pT is f'PTI:l in lv m v favorite- all o f ' em. '.. 1;1¥.~ TRIGGER TALK THE COVER In the lusty, lawless boomtowns of the West-on battlefields UTTI NG togeth er a new issue of GUNS around the world-on countless Pis always an adventure ; an adventure ta rget ranges, and as a weapon complete with head aches, of course, but com­ of law enforcement, Colt hand. plete with reward s as well. Th e headaches? guns have earned honor and ac­ Well, which story should we run now, which claim. Today, Colt rifles are later, in order to give thi s and later issues bidding for like honors in the the balanced-diet content we strive for in world of sport, as Fred Roff the hope of pleasing as many of you as recreates the Sam Colt dream. possible each month; how to illu strate the DECEMBER, 1958 VOL IV, 12-48 story to make it as attractive, as graphic as possibl e-- and many others. Th e rewards? Sometimes it's th e possibly IN THIS ISSUE smug, possiby wrong, but nevertheless sincere feeling that "This is good." We feel that way guns americana ••. when we give you a really new story, whether in the "how-to" field or in a new firear ms THE COMEBACK OF THE COLT RIFLE . ..William B. Edwards 14 developm ent. We feel it when we can give HANDICRAFT WITHOUT HANDS. ..... .. ....... .Edith Mark 20 you "a big name," as in the story by Colonel Whelen in the last issue. We feel it when shooting ... you wr ite us (as so man y of you do so often) DOVES ARE THE WINGSHOT'S BEST EGO-DEFLATER William Curtis 18 to say "S uch-and-such a story (or issue) was IT AIN'T THE RIFLE-IT'S yOU . Michael Cramond 26 fine." Th ank you for those letters. AMER ICA'S NO.2 GAME TARGET . .Carlos Vinson 29 You write us too, some tim es, to say that you didn' t lik e a story, or an issue. "Yo ur military ... last issue was a disappointment ; nothing in THE MAN-RIFLE WEAPON IN ATOMIC WAR Howard C. Sarvis 22 it for me." Our only answer is, "There are dozens of special int er ests inside the overall ballistics field of guns and their uses. Some include WH ICH BULLETS ARE BEST? Robert V. Thompson 30 many thousands of readers or potential read­ ers ; oth ers have only a few enthusiasts. guns of the month (There are some sixteen mill ion hunt ers ; PRESENTATION COLT . .Charlene Shore 32 perhaps only a few score cartridge colle ctors, THE 17 JAVELINA . ... .. .. ... ...... .. .. .. Robert M. Hyatt 33 ju st for example.) We try to tou ch all of those interested as often as possibl e ; but deDartmen+s ... \ .I. II GI C > Q .l G -="U lll..... O"I A lCCUU IU.l.lUJ.l . 11 U U lll; .l ~ , PRESENTATION COLT . Charlene Shore 32 per hap s only a few score cartridge collecto rs, THE 17 JAVELI NA. Robert M. Hyatt 33 just for example.) We try to tou ch all of those interested as often as possible; but departments •.. we can't hi t them all in each issue. You write us some tim es, too, to tell us MY FAVORI TE GUN , . .. ... ... .. .... ... .. ... 4 TRIGG ER TALK ................... ... ....... .. ....................... 5 that we've blund er ed; that "nobody but an GUNS IN THE NEWS. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 6 ignoramu s could have mad e the error you ELMER KEITH SAyS Elmer Keith 8 printed." Usually, you're so right! Ri ght not CROSSFIRE ,........ .. .. ............ .. 10 only in correc ting the error but ri ght also in ARMS LIBRARy ...................... .. ...... .. ... ... .. 12 saying that nobody but an ignoramus could PULL! Dick Miller 36 ha ve mad e it ! Our editorial staff adds up en SHOPPING WITH GUNS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 toto to a lot of years of gun experience, much THE GUN MARKET .... .. ............... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. 64 of it pretty inten ive, some of it highly PARTING SHOTS. .. ..... .. .. .. .... .. 66 specialized. But we don't know it all ; no­ body does. And most erro rs in print are George E. von Rosen Art Arkush PUBLISHER E. B. Mann EDITORIAL DIRECTOR errors of oversight rath er th an ignorance. EDITOR Ben Franklin is said to have said, " 0 printed volume is comple te till Error hath William B. Edwards Elmer Keith Sidney Barker TECHN ICA L EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR Fred McLaren crept in and affixed to it his sly imprirna­ ART DIRECTOR ART EDITOR ture." We try to dispro ve Franklin, but his Louis San Marvin Ginn Lou Webber L R. Pector was a wisdom of much experience. Read CI RCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTIO N proof time aft er time (as we do) , stress ac­ curacy however much you may, mistakes do Editorial Advisory Board COL . GEORGE M. CHINN CARO LA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GO ERG happ en. We mak e them.