American Handgunner March/April 1981

DEPENDABLE& ~~~~:1~~SSTDL_.~STEEL FABRICATED ~Featuring Extended Clips lor many Pistols &Rilles New & Old ModelsSPORTING + SURVIVAL + MILITARYRemington. Ruger. Browning. HK. H & R.Marlin. Explorer ·and many more!CAliBERDESCRIPTION22 Astra Constable22 Browning Belgium made22 Bro",'mng U.S. made22 Berena Ilts K rds & 10 rd~ l>pecify22 Colt :"c\\, or Old mod. spe22 HI Stand.ViC1or.Cilation.Supermallc. rroph}.12 HI StandarHU. HA. I>.A. HE. tiE. (jl)22 Llama f-it. ne\\. mod!>.( 14 rd~. 13.95) Reg. Sill.'22 Smith & We!'>~on mod 41 (22 lot" mod 619.9522 Star F~. FR. FRS. Walker PP & PPK S25 Arm~-(jak~i mod. 9, K 95, (jelc~l late mode25 Beretta Jet Fire fmfr 1934-1941) 7 rd~.M 9525 Browmng25 I itan E278, Stcrling 36025 Colt .If. late mod.( 15 rds. 16.(5) Reg.si/c32 Beretta made 19.'410 JX. Bcretla mod. 10032 Browning pre "af 7 or K round~. Spccily32 Colt. Cc!>ka. Hernardelli. Remington32 Mau!'>cr A·(j 7 rd~.12 Sa\ age I0 rd~..12 Walter 7.65 rPK (15 rd~. 16.50) Reg. Sill.'.12 Walter PPK S (15 rd~. 16.50) Reg. Sill.'22.1XOJHOJHOJHOJHOJHO.1HO.1>. 17_(5) Reg. Sill.'Mau~('r Parabellum (IO rd!lo. 14.95) Keg. SlIeI okart'\ Mau~t'r 7.6.1 and 7.65Colt KlOllc!lo~ ~mo~e1t.~~ 7 or X Round!loColt fit!lo all mod. 25 rd!lo 26.1l5 20 rd!lo.Iktonlt'~ (15 reb. 1X(95) REg. Sill'I.lama fit, al ne"" mod. (25 rd!lo. 26.95) Reg, Si/eSlar Mod. P.S, (25 rth. 26.1l51 Rt'g. Sill'Slar Mod. P.D, (15 reb 17.1l5) Reg. Sill'Bro""ning D APRICE9.9512.9514.9511.9511.951.1.9514.959.9514.9511.9514.9514.9514.959.9514.9514.9514.951495IH.95IH.9512.95129512.9514.9514.9510.9510.95IH.9510.9510.9510.9512.9512.Y5IH 9529.9512.95IH.951495 i14.9514.9514.951.1.9517.9514.1l5IX.Y512.9512.9512.9512.951495SURVIVAL RiflE CLIPS22 AR·7 hplorcr (15 rd!lo) 19.9522 Manln ~lIdcl~ 995. 9X9 M2 (15 nb) 14.9522 (ilcnfild Model 70 (15 rd!lo) 14.9522 tlarrlllgton & Rlt:hard~on (15 rd~. Magnum 2295SPORTING RiflE CLIPS22.1 Rugt'r mml 14 (20 rd~) 14.9522.1 Ruger ~11m 14 (.10 rd~) 1f!.95303 Hrl1l!1oh l.ee fnfield (10 rd,) 16.9530X WlOeht'~ler XX or 100 (X rd~) 12.95.lOX Rt'mmgltln 740. 742. 760 (X rd~) 22.Y524.1 Remington 740. 742. 760 (X rd~) 22 Y5.10 Of! Rt'mlllglOn 741). 742. 760 (Ill rd.... 25.Y5) 12 rt"- 2K.Y5TO MAKE YOUR OROERPlease print or type clearly. Compute your own tax on yourorder. Include mailing charges. 2 days in· plant with MoneyOrder. 3 weeks for check to clear Bank."ASK FOR OUR EXTENSIVE CLIP LINE"Fa' answers to your questions. send self addressedstamped envelope. For UP·OATEO production pricelist. include 2 Bucks to cover our expenses Will Igno,e inquiries without cover cost. For foreign mail.price is $3.75HANDGUN HUNTINGJ. D. JONESWHEN HUNTING SEASON ARRIVESTHAT'S'NOT THE. TIME FOR NEW GEARWith hunting seasons either a~­. proachmg or m full swmg, It stempting to buy new equipment. Sometimeseven desirable, Most of the time youare better off staying with the familiar andreliable that you've been using, Whenreliability suffers-that's the time to get itfixed or get into new gear in a hurry..Swapping guns, particularly to go fromone caliber to another or from a revolver toa single shot at the last possible minute iscommon. With season close we startdaydreaming about getting the sights onhair. Anxiousness increases our willingnessto buy, This malady is more of a problemwith novices who are prone to believe theycan buy their way to success. Just isn't inthe cards, Charlie, it's still the guy behindthe gun that has to locate the game andpoint the pistol.THE NEW-GUN BUGObviously the shooter with a lot ofexperience can get the "new gun bug" too.But, he usually knows what he's doing andwill make his buy in time to get set up rightbefore hunting, If he doesn't find things tohis liking, he'll simply use his other equipment.Compare that to the novice whopractices with .38 wadcutters in his .357and suddenly decides he needs a .44 Magnum.He rushes out and trades his M-19 fora Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum completewith dies, bullet mold and powder threedays prior to season's opening. Chancesare slim that this guy is going to have ittogether in three days. He obviously wouldhave been better off practicing with his.357 for tl;lree days rather than trying tobuy his way to success.SIX MONTHS AHEADThe time to experiment with new equip-ment is six months before hunting season;not six days before, When you hunt youand probably considerably more accurate (Continued on page 48)TEMPTATION TO SWITCHAnother temptation is to switch fromiron sights to scopes, True, you can't shootany better than you can see and a scopecertainly enables you to see better-afteryou are familiar with using it. Time aftertime, I've had shooters ask to look througha scoped handgun and never get it positionedso they can see through it. That'snot a slam at scoped handguns or at theshooters, It's simply a fact of life thatshooting rapidly and accurately with ascoped handgun doesn't happen automaticallywhen you bolt qne to your gun, Itsimply takes practice to become comfortableand "automatic" with a scoped handgun,Personally, I find I'm at least as fast;with a scope than I am with iron sights. I'vealso been shooting scoped handguns about20 years. It doesn't take 20 years experienceto become familiar with using scopeson handguns, but it does take a good bit ofpractice. You still have to give a littlethought to mounting systems in order tofind one that will stay on the hard kickersbut scopes by Bushnell., TIC, Redfield,Leupold and Hutson all seem quite reliablein the field. If I had to pick the toughestof them I'd have to go with the Redfield.The Hutson is the smallest. Leupolds arelighter than Redfields. The TICs are inbetween on weight. The new Bushnell hasa power booster to instantly change from1.5 to 2.5 power.BETTER MOUNT SCOPE RIGHTEach scope has its specific advantageand all had better be mounted right on anyhard kicker or they aren't going to stay onthe gun very long.I very vividly remember getting a verynice press release on a base and rings 6-8years ago. It looked fairly good so I calledand listened to the spiel. I was assured a10" TIC .30-30 posed no problem to thisrig's reliability. After voicing my doubts, Ireluctantly agreed to put it on a TIC .30-30as directed. On the eighteenth shot, scope,base, rings and all came off. Cut me threetimes going by (hairline, side and back ofthe head) and crashed into the window ofthe station wagon. I still hear of similaroccurrences and they are still unnecessary:Unfortunately when recoil exceeds that ofthe .357 Magnum some of the over-thecounterbases give problems. The Redfieldbase seems about the best over-the-counterbase if it's properly installed. It sl.iJldepends on four 6 x 48 screws to affix it tothe gun, Now this is fine on one 14" .357Herrett TIC I've used quite a bit with theRedfield rig, but I wouldn't trust it onseveral calibers I've developed-such' asthe .338, .375, .411 and .439 JDJ or the .45­70 that are capable of generating considerablerecoil. For those, I've developed abase that uses six screws and three Bushnellrings. Installed by SSK (Rt. I, DellaDrive, Bloomingdale, OH 43910) it runs$50.50.AMERICAN HANDGUNNER . MARCHIAPRIL.1981