GUNS Magazine August 1957

, , -È.*'¥-¥- :iy,,-.rr..-* ,
. .ti * '
The N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Association is conducting a .30
t Camp Smith. All you guys who are discouraged listening tothe
"spat, spatn of a smallbore contest and want to hear some noise, write to
Dorothy C. Wardin, 158 Beresford Rd., Rochester, N.Y., for programs. Remember,
it was New York shooters started this game back in 1871 with big bore matches,
so don't let their successors down. Even if you can't hit anything, get out
2 - there and shoot.
-
I',
,
-
Â¥^ ,." .'^Â¥^ . 5%
Port Clinton, Ohio. Might be a good thing to mention National Matches August 9
through September 10 at Camp Perry, 0. In case you have to be told, this one
is what you guys have been training for all year, so get your entries in early
and make plans to go to Perry this year, even if you didn't go last year.
Write to Director of Civilian marks mans hi^ Department of the Army, Washington
25, D.C., for full details on entries, billeting.
,
Friendship, Indiana. Labor Day Weekend is a big thing for the muzzle loaders,
and the National Muzzle Loading Rifle matches scheduled on the Walter Cline
memorial range are well worth attending. . . . And in case you don't have a
front-loading musket to use in an event, you can buy one, plus all the fixings,
at the commercial row set-ups which are a colorful feature of this unusual
shoot. . . . Write Secretary, NMLRA, Portsmouth. Ohio, for reservations, entry
cards, full details.
Durham, New Hampshire. The Oyster River School rifle clubwound up its first
season as a high school team gaining second place in the Maine State Postal
a
. . . Then, entering the Intersec&ional meet at Portland, Me., the
foursome captured top honors from the same teams with a top score of 1394 in a
two-day shoulder to shoulder meet. . . . Team members Robert True and Lewis
Newsky came in second and sixth on individual scoring, shooting 361 and 363
respectively. . . . Box score included Welch, 343, and Merrick, 327. . . .
The team kept their standard Winchester 52's warmed up, Redfield Olympic front
sights, Lyman 524's to look through. . . . Del Main and Charles Brock of the
Senior Oyster River club and Harry Faucy of the school faculty coached the team.
Washington, D.C.
same.
. .
. .
?).:,:.ã ;:
This one we'll call %on shooting news." Every gun fan in
the nation has come darn close to wearing black in mourning, for the gun
business was almost killed by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax Unit of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue. While this unit disclaims authority to "make law," it does
issue what are called "administrative rulingsn and is permitted to "reinterpret
regulations." By so doing, it is, in effect, doing what every reasoning person
would admit is "making law," since it is for violating these rulings and
regulations that people go to jail . . . Latest amended regulation would require
pistol shooters to sign in person for munition bought at dealers; would
require extensive record keeping. In fact, as Congressman Bob Sikes of Florida
has stated, "If this ruling goes through it means every gun dealer, every
hardware store in the country, will have to put on extra clerks to handle the
records." . . . First step to beat this sort of anti-gun work is to write
letters in duplicate to the D- Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington
25, D.C., protesting the amended regulations. Next step is to write to
your Congressman or Senator and give him your ideas on the kinds of gun laws you
want to see in effect. We can't wait around any longer and try to beat these
anti-gun guys. The only thing left is to fight them by presenting sensible
legislation at federal, state, and local levels which will revoke existing bad
- laws and give shooters and hunters some sense of security in the enjoyment of
their sport. . . . The -van Law, disarming the citizens in crime-ridden New
York, is the only example we need of how bad prohibition laws can be. Now let's
stop fighting these "anti-gunn laws, and get in a "pro-gun law." Only you, the
shooters, can do it . . . Send your ideas to your congressman right now. Let's
get a congressional committee organized to study firearms legislation. The
Russians make sure their citizens can shoot . . . It's about time we did the
That "nation of riflemenn should be more than just ancient history.
. .' . .