GUNS Magazine August 1962

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This was the opening sentence of one of the reader-reports on a manuscript which will be the lead story in our September issue. It is a story straight out of science fiction-except that it is not fiction; it is quoted directly from sober, erudite scientific journals, with pictures from one of the world's most respected research laboratories. . It is the story of U. S. scientific progress toward a weapon any footsoldier can carry, with a present accuracy well below one minute of angle to ranges far beyond those of any rifle, with muzzle velocities 250,000 times that of our. fastest bullet! It is a story that may give us reason to reduce our fears of the great bombs by envisioning weapons that could stop bomb-carrying missiles -as easily and more surely than a skilled shotgun shooter can stop a winged target. An exclusive GUNS story, in our next issue. Don't miss it! JPants Letters Congratulations to you for your fine magazine, to which I subscribe. I particularly enjoy the articles regarding anti-gun legislation. Kangaroos, ducks, rabbits, and pest birds are the main targets for hunters' guns here. I use a Model 1892 Winchester .44·40, which I find quite adequate for 'roos, as the country around here is fairly thick scrub and timber, and a high powered rifle is not warranted. If any of your readers would like to swap notes on shooting experiences, I would be only too pleased to answer any letters I receive. My active interests include pistol shooting (I belong to Bunbury Pistol Club), hunting, and handloading; but I am interested in all types of guns and shooting. Bevan Harewood Boyanup, Western Australia Australia Different Times, Different Targets? In an article titled "Mail Order Weapons For Hoods" in the Decatur (Illinois) "Herald," Ralph McGill (whose byline is followed by the word "Atlanta," presumably his address), blasts private ownership of guns and accuses the National Rifle Association "of the responsibility for the fact that any thug, murderer, or robber finds it easy to possess weapons ... The NRA and a good many affiliated Americans act as if the industrial urban America of today was still the old frontier when all a man had to do to knock over a buffalo or a bear was to walk out on his front porch. In the increasingly urban areas of today, we need really severe laws covering possession or rifles, pistols, and machine guns." Heaven help us when such attitudes ar~ given space in print! Constitutional rights remain even in "the industrial urban America of today." I suppose that includes even the right of men like McGill to exercise free speech, but articles like this should be challenged with articles defending our rights to own guns for sport and defense. You can't knock over a buffalo from many front porches today, but any good marksman in many an urban area could easily knock over a hood, armed with one of the (already illegal!) machine guns! You have a very good magazine which merits the support of all sportsmen and all good American citizens. John E. Moulton Vandalia, Ill. The Decatur (Illinois) "Herald" must need filler material badly to draw it from as far afield as Atlanta. In view of this need, why not submerge them with articles relating the results of anti·firearms legislation in now· occupied countries abroad.-Editor Lawmaker On Our Side The following item in the Cincinnati "Post" of April F, 1962, is heartening: Washington (UPI): Representative William H. Harsha (R., Ohio) says that strict registration of all firearms might be bad thing for the country. "A bill for the registration of firearms is one of the final steps that Communists (Continued' on page 14) 8 GUNS AUGUST 1962
STARTS WITH VARMINTS, STOPS AT NOTHING! (The Weatherby .300•..most versatile rifle for all North American big game) When you carry a Weatherby .300, you are indeed a versatile hunter. The wide range of cartridges available makes this your ideal rifle for all North American shooting. (Not just for the African Safari or' Asiatic Shikar.) We load this super cartridge with five different weight bullets: no grain, 150 grain, 180 grain, WO grain and 220 grain. You may also select thin jacketed bullets for open country shooting, partition type bullets for brush hunting and deep pene- tration, or the heavy full patches for the world's largest game. Versatility? You can start with varmints and stop at nothing! The cost? Much less than the disappointment of using a rifle that is not equal to the hunt. Prices start at $285. Ask your dealer for free literature and the new 12th edition of our 140-page book "Tomorrow's Rifles Today," $2 per copy. Or write to Weatherby, Incorporated, 2781 E. Firestone Boulevard, South Gate, California. See your 2tJ~dealer GUNS AUGUST 1962 9
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