GUNS Magazine September 1956

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WITH THIS COMPLETE EDITION OF FIREARMS Dl RECTORY by SHELLEY BRAVERMAN -- /fCwAtt^, UP-TO-DATE 1 FOR CURRENT This is the only-of-its-kind Gun Encyclopedia which, since 1951, has been servingthose whose vocation or avocation includes Firearms .Collectors, Dealers, Gunsmiths, Libraries, Manufacturers, etc., throughout the world, are finding the Firearms Directory more and more valuable. Police Laboratories from Scotland to Singapore use the firearms Directory? Since its inception, The Firearms Directory has grown each year by means of additions and revisions, to the extent that it now weighs more than six (61 pounds! PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED -THOUSANDS OF ILLUSTRATIONS! The unique maintenance service, consisting of additional new material and revisions, solves the "obsolete book" problem-The FIREARMS DIRECTORY IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE, AND THEMAINTE- NANCE SERVICE KEEPS IT THAT WAY; there is nothing else like it in the Firearms field. THE FIREARMS DIRECTORY IS DIVIDED INTO SIXTEEN SEPARATE SECTIONS: PAlINn flsrois muss SMoroum rECHMICJU Norts Appropriate material, contained in the above classifications, is continually added to- fw exomple, the "PISTOL ATLAS" lpp. 34-35, FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION, J. S. Hatcher) long unavailable, will be at YOUR hand as a Firearms Directory owner. . .,Also, each patent in the Firearms field is extracted with illustrations and and included in the annual . supplement And, of course, our world famous Isometric Drawings-of which we now hove sixty-seven-all to be included in the Fireorms Directory! These range from the Collier Flintlock Revolver and Patierson Colt through the modern outomotics-Truly a wealth of material nowhere else available. EACH F/D COMES TO YOU IN A SPECIALLY DESIGNED. CUSTOM BUILT, TENGWALL BINDER! Examine Ã y~ff a* yow local library, or order your own eopy now.. . PRICE-Including Revision Service for Current Yeor- UNITED STATES: $20.00 FOREIGN: $22.00 HELLEY I IAVI (MA I ATHENS c 12 c NEW YORK FOR DUCKS & GEESE AT LONG RANGE 10 Go. MAGNUMS! The BEST 10 Go. MAGNUM We've ever off 32" SOLID Chopper Lum~ barrels, full choke Nitro Proved. Double purdey bolt and greener cross-bolt locking system. Engraved action. French Walnut stocks. Finest Craftsmanship by Ugarteburu of Eibar. Wt. app. 1 1 Ibs. Limited supply only available during <strong>1956</strong>. ONLY $1 89.50. Prices subject to change without notice. (Discounts to Dealers) FRANK CLARK, JR. Box 297 (Life NRA) Cheyenne, Wyo. counterparts. One sharp blow along the ear or temple usually put the offender out of commission; no brutal, savage, face-cutting pistol whipping for Wyatt! In spite of this rational humaneness-as contrasted with instinctive killer reactions of other professional peace officers-Wyatt could and did use the business end of his six-shooters (including his 12" Buntline Special Colt .45). Even then, however, his record testifies not only to his marksmanship but to his deliberateness and complete con- trol. With notable exceptions (such as that at the 0. K. Corral in Tombstone), Wyatt never killed if he could wound his man and put him temporarily out of action. Playing the role of Wyatt Earp is no sim- ple matter of learning lines from a script and going through indicated action. There are too many "experts" who watch every de- tail and who will use even the long distance telephone to express an irate "How dare you . . . !" At times I think I know how Wyatt must have felt when the bullets were coming from every direction. As a result I've had to study everything I could about Wyatt and his times. I've tried to become an "expert" in drawing a Colt. I've been timed by several experts and according to the stop watch, I can do it in 36s of a second. Aside from this purely unimportant achievement, the most rewarding by-product of the Earp series has been learning to know the real man. He was a man any American could ad- mire; more than that, he was a man to whom posterity owes a substantial debt. @ 1. Genuine Tooled Leather HOLSTERS Holsters for all model guns. Made of best saddle leather, flower carved, at the low price of. . . $5-45 SPECIFY MAKE, CALIBER AND BARREL LENGTH I FLINTROP Ags 4034 W. Notional Ave. EV. 3-2626 MILWAUKEE 15, WISCONSIN I
TOMMY <strong>GUNS</strong> (Continued from Page 31) six shots in 10 seconds offhand or standing. Shooters are grouped into classes. There are bronze, silver and gold classes, and a veterans class for men over 55 years old. By qualifying for the regular gold badge three years in a row, the shooter earns a special bronze badge. When he wins for six years, he gets a silver badge, and when he shoots well for nine years, he gets a special gold badge. Swedish tommy-gun shooters are often asked by friends in other lands: "What does the local police department say?" And the Swedes who own banks-what do they think of sub-machine guns in the hands of civilians, even shooters as carefully selected for skill and safety as the gun club members? These are natural questions, especially from the U.S., where isolated criminal uses of machine guns made them unpopular in the 19301s, and in Britain where the Irish re- bellion with its threat of civil war caused such guns to be strictly outlawed. To these questions the Swedish shooter has an answer. The local police chief is usually the head of the local shooting club, not by government order, but because he is an enthusiastic shooter. As to the gangsters, we do have some. But they are not the ad- vanced type interested, in sub-machine guns. Burglars prefer the crowbar or the lock pick, because these handy tools are more suited to their work than a bulky sub-machine gun. Those who hold up hanks use toy cap pistols. While this sounds ridiculous, it is just good insurance by the criminals that they do not get too severe a penalty when caught. Swedish laws prescribe very severe penalties for "the lifting of dangerous arms" against another person. By using a toy pistol in a holdup, the criminals avoid that part of the law if they get caught. Bank people cannot tell a toy pistol from a real one anyway, so why bother to carry eight pounds of sub- machine gun? Behind the wholesale issue of machine guns to civilians is an alert army organiza- tion. Because Sweden is a small nation, the military men recognize the need for the citizen to know how to shoot. The first civilian shooting clubs in Sweden date from the 1820's, and were known as "associations of hunters." The use of army-type small arms in competition became rather general about 100 years ago. Government arsenals began turning out special army rifles in- tended for shooting clubs. During the 1930's it became evident that a modern army wouldn't he modern without sub-machine guns and the first Swedish sub- machine gun was the Finnish Suomi of 1937. Made in Sweden and adapted for the 9mm Parabellum caliber, it was known as the "37139." The 37/39 was produced in the first years of World War I1 at the government's Eskilstuna works and at the civilian Husqvarna factory. The men of Sweden felt that with these new guns they could successfully resist any attempt of Nazi Ger- many to extend, their influence across the borders of captured Norway. Often when escaped Norwegians who had fled Gestapo bullets in their homeland recrossed the border at night to join Norwegian under- ground forces, brand new 37139's hung across their chests as they poled their skis silently across the snow. Sfurt Reloading Shotgun Shells How With the HEW. . . m m m m Reloading SHOT SHELL 63 Tool Exclusive new patented features make this tool a handloader's dream come true. A whole new con- cept in design and engineering was employed in order to make the tool you requested. Look at these not-to-be-copied features: 1. Fully sizes shot shell cases, correcting both diameter and rim thickness to conform exactly to factory dimensions. 2. Removes old primer automatically. 3. Reforms damaged shells to feed properly in all automatic shotguns. I Seats entire wad column in one operation. Wad punch is graduated in pounds of wad pressure applied. I One stroke of the press returns a perfect folded crimp to a once fired shell. Dies Available in All Popular Gauges. C-H Shot Shell Reloading Tool, including one set of dies.. . . . . . . . . . .$69.90 w- Shot Shell Dies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.00 I R&I me catalog and folder on new C-H i See your sporting goods dealer or your local gun- * Shot-Shd Toot. smith. For further information write direct. I FREE!suM today for FREE brochure on clnÃ‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘Ã‘ I New C-H Shot Shell Reloadine Too), cataloe and 1 me name * nv.portteg goods dealer orgunsmttt Is 1 Stop Being ~&fused!l I I NEW book tells all about high power Binoculars I Know BEFO~E I Newest you buy! Predtion Optics A Million Thrills 33 Models $9.95 to $125 Guaranteed Savings Ask for Dealer's Name 3 Bushnell .,MocuL.m. Dept. G29, 43 E. Green, Pasadena. Calif. FILL OUT! Mail TODAY! !
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