American Handgunner March/April 1981

~WALLE'r-HOLS'I'EIifor Hi-Standard Derringerlooks Llk~ a Watl~t on the OutsideI~ Packs a 2·Shot Punch Inside!~I .~NLY $17••5 POSTPAIDfor Colt Gov't Model, Convnander,. and other Large·Frill'l'"C AutosThick Durable LeatherONLY $1••5 POSTPAID(Calif resldenu. .lIdd6~ta)()ORIGINALCOLTAR-15BAYONETwith sheath. new$29 95with ColtTrademarkand name onblade!U.S. made forforeignsales!t 8EL'I' SLIDE HOLS'I'EIIFor info. send S.A.S.E.S'I'EYE HEIlIGSOIl2049 Kerwood Ave. # 3. Los Angeles, CA 9002550Send stamped. selfaddressedenvelopefor sales listings.Catalo9due out soon.BROCK'S SURPLUS. INC.Box 33242. Dept. AH.Decatur. Ga. 30033THE COLT GOESDOUBLE ACTION IN '81 in theSELDEEEN D/AHOLSTERSingle action autos can be carriedwith no round in the chamberand be action ready-Safely and Reliably.This holster activates the slide andchambers a round during draw."FROM EMP'IY CHAMBER TOFIRED SHOT IN A FRACTION OFA SECOND"Available for all large frame single actionautomatics in black or brown from$35.00 to 39.95.SELDEENLEATHERSMITHS222 Ramona PlaceCamarillo, CA 93010Brochure on requestthis load. Some shooters are aghast at theidea ofshooting 4.5 gr. bullseye in the wadmatches. The fact is, it's not all that badwith the.slide-mounted scoped pistol. Theweight of the scope and mounts soak upthe recoil to the point where it is aboutthe same as the standard 3.5 gr. bullseyeor factory match ammo in the ironsighted.45.Some shooters have expressed a reluctanceto install an expensive scope on a .45slide lest the recoil reduce it to brokenparts in short order. In some cases this maybe true, but this writer has found the toughdurable Leupold ModelS 2x extended eyerelief scope equal to the task. Many LeupoldModel S 2x scopes have been installedon Government Model and Colt .Gold Cup .45 ACP slides firing manythousands of rounds of ammo with practicallyno problems. One Leupold slidemounted scope has fired 10,000 rounds of.45 ACP ammo without even one sightchange.The many thousands of rounds of experimentationwith the .45 slide mountingsystem have provided some guide lines forfunctioning success. It was discovered thatto achieve the 1-300 ratio of malfunctions,the scope barrel or adjustment housinghad to be at least .700 and ideally .720" ••• a s"ooter does not"ave to use "is timeand concentration onsig"t alignment."above the top of the slide. The LeupoldGold Cup slide mount mentioned earlierin this article does not set the scope up highenough. The result is, far too frequently anejected fired case will hit the scope andbounce back into the ejection port to becaught by the slide on its way forward. Theresult is of course, a malfunction. It wasfound that by welding an extension orshim 5/32" thick on to each ofthe LeupoldGold Cup slide mount bases, it would raisethe scope high enough to let the fired caseout. The underside ofthe extension shouldbe cut to fit the contour of the slide. A No.S socket head screw down thru each of thebases and threaded into the slide wouldcomplete the installation.There is some concern over the use ofthe scope in the timed and rapid fire stages,"because it appears difficult to find thetarget in the glass." The answer is that alittle practice will solve this problem muchthe same as the deer hunter must practicethrowing up his newly scoped rifle to ~ethis eye into the glass for a fast runmngshot. The correct pistol shooting stanceand position in relation to the target willalso help the new scope shooter to find histarget. The fact is that there are manypoints to be gained with the scope in thetimed and rapid fire because a shooter. WONDERSICRTI ...;.-" A fully adjustable rear sight__ • (F that requires no alteration toIII .....the older five-screw S&W"K" and "N" frame revolvers.Also adapts to current,models and many othersusing one tapped hole in'Cframe. 18 85CA Res. Add Tax•Factory Orders PostpaidFIREARMS DEVELOPMENT LAB51% YOLO AVE., DEPT. AHOROVILLE, CA 95965INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIONPROVEN DESIGNS by JAMES W. HOAGBrowning High Powers.-