GUNS Magazine December 1958 - Jeffersonian

DECEMBER 1958SOc

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ONE SIERRA B.l.PUTS CAPT. BACHIN BOONEAND CROCKETTBy HOWARD C. SARVISInnovator 0/ Tra in fireIt seems th at when I carry th isgun, I see game. Thi s is aschildish as belief in the EasterBunn y but, more than once, aft erfrui tless days with some other ri fle,I have picked it up and that da yscored. Gun men will recognize th eRemin gton M722. Th ey may not enthuse over the .300 Savage caliber,but I have found the loads are apr ett y fair compromise of reacherouters,br ush CUlle rs, and reliabl e expanders at both near and far ran ges.Unglamorous, fun ctional, it is ahard-used friend with man y solidqualities, thi s companion of a hundredadventures on horse and afoot.MYFAVORITEGUNrAVUtc.-. --~GUNHERE'S THE RECORD:Bullet- Sierra .30 caliber, 0308 diameter180 gr. Boat TailPowder- 58 grains #4831Rifle-30-06Distance-1 shot from 225 yds.Location-East of Point Barrow, AlaskaSkull Measurements-8o/s "x 15\4"- total23 Ys "(Fish & Wildlife De pt., Univ. of Alaska)Record Holder- Capt. Roy E. BachOne-shot kills likeCapt. Bach's make believersout of biggame hunters. Varmint hunters andtarget shooters, too, believe inthe killingpowerand depen dable accuracy of Sierras.Ask for Sierra Bullets at your Dealers.By ARTHUR C. JACKSONU.S. Champion Ri fleman( Te sti ng Ham m erli free rifl e at M elbourne Olympics)T ike many other competitive shooters, I do not have a single gun to call "m yL favor ite." beca use the various courses of fire demand several type of arms.For the 50 meter In ternati onal small bore events I use three Win chester M52s,each one slightly modified to best adapt it to standing, kn eeling, and prone positions.I have th em fitted with Douglas barrels, T homas tri ggers. I also use Winchesrersfor the 300 meter matches, th e big-bore Model 70 stocked to my

'. . 1;1¥.~TRIGGERTALKPUTTI NG togeth er a new issue of GUNSis always an ad venture ; an adventurecomplete with head aches, of course, but completewith reward s as well. Th e headaches?Well, which story should we run now, whichlat er, in order to give thi s and later issuesthe balanced-diet content we strive for inthe hope of pleasing as man y of you aspossible each month; how to illu strate th estory to make it as attra ctive, as graphic aspossibl e-- and man y others.Th e rewards? Sometimes it's th e possiblysmug, possiby wrong, but nevertheless sincerefeeling that "This is good." We feel that waywhen we give you a really new story, whetherin the "how-to" field or in a new firear msdevelopm ent. We feel it when we can giveyou "a big name," as in the story by ColonelWhelen in the last issue. We feel it whenyou wr ite us (as so man y of you do so often)to say "S uch-and-such a story (or issue) wasfine." Th ank you for those letters.You write us too, some tim es, to say thatyou didn' t lik e a story, or an issue. "Yo urlast issue was a disappointment ; nothing init for me." Our only answer is, "There aredozens of special int er ests inside the overallfield of guns and their uses. Some includeman y th ousands of readers or potential readers; oth ers have only a few enthusiasts.(There are some sixteen mill ion hunt ers ;perhaps only a few score cartridge colle ctors,ju st for example.) We try to tou ch all ofthose interested as often as possibl e ; but\ .I. I I GI C > Q .l G -="U lll..... O"I A lCCU U IU.l.lUJ.l .11 U U lll; .l ~ ,per hap s only a few score cartridge collecto rs,just for example.) We try to tou ch all ofthose interested as often as possible; butwe can't hi t them all in each issue.You wri te us some tim es, too, to tell usthat we've blund er ed; that "nobody but anignoramu s could have mad e the error youprinted." Usually, you're so right! Ri ght notonly in correc ting the error but ri ght also insaying that nobody but an ignoramus couldha ve mad e it ! Our editorial staff adds up entoto to a lot of years of gun experience, muchof it pretty inten ive, some of it highlyspecialized. But we don't know it all ; nobodydoes. And most erro rs in print areerrors of oversight rath er th an ignorance.Ben Franklin is said to have said, " 0printed volume is comple te till Error hathcrept in and affixed to it his sly imprirnature."We try to dispro ve Franklin, but hiswas a wisdom of much experience. Readproof time aft er time (as we do) , stress accuracyhowever much you may, mistakes dohapp en. We mak e them. We make th em lessoften, we do believe, than most others ; butwe'r e trying to do better.Th is, we think, is a good issue. Th e storyof "The Comeback of th e Colt Rifle" is byour own Bill Edwar ds, the "man who wrotethe book" about Colt ("The Story of Colt'sRevolver." pu blished by Sta ckpo le, 1953)and is a terse, fact-packed resum e of . S.gun history. "The Man-Rifle Weapon inAtomic War " is a declarati on by an au thorityof the rifle's place in modern war and wha tK e are doing about it. Three stories ("DovesAre the Wingshot's Best Ego-Deflat er," "ItAin't Th e Rifle, It's You," and "A merica'sNo.2 Game Tar get" ) are for the huntersshotgun,rifle, or both. Oth er stories ~and departments aim at other tastes. ~THE COVERIn the lusty, lawless boomtownsof the West-on battlefieldsaround the world-on countlessta rget ranges, and as a weaponof law enforcement, Colt hand.guns have earned honor and acclaim.Today, Colt rifles arebidding for like honors in theworld of sport, as Fred Roffrecreates the Sam Colt dream.INT H I S ISSUEguns americana ••.THE COMEBACK OF THE COLT RIFLE .HANDICRAFT WITHOUT HANDS.DECEMBER, 1958VOL IV, 12-48. ..William B. Edwards..... .. ....... . . . . .Edith Markshooting ...DOVES ARE THE WINGSHOT'S BEST EGO-DEFLATER William Curtis 18IT AIN'T THE RIFLE-IT'S yOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Cramond 26AMER ICA'S NO.2 GAME TARGET . . . . . . . .Carlos Vinson 29military ...THE MAN-RIFLE WEAPON IN ATOMIC WAR Howard C. Sarvis 22ballisticsWH ICH BULLETS ARE BEST? Robert V. Thompson 30guns of the monthPRESENTATION COLTTHE 17 JAVELINA .deDartmen+s . . .PRESENTATION COLTTHE 17 JAVELI NA.George E. von RosenPUBLISHERSidney BarkerART DIRECTORLouis SanCI RCULATIO NCOL . GEORGE M. CHINNROGER MARSHWilliam B. EdwardsTECHN ICA L EDITO RMarvin GinnADVERTISING SALESElmer KeithSHOOTING EDITORLou WebberADVERTISING1420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlene Shore 32... . . . . . . .. .. ... . . . . . . .. . . .. Robert M. Hyatt 33. Charlene Shore 32. Robert M. Hyatt 33departments • . .MY FAVORI TE GUN , . . . . . . . .. ... . . . .. . . . . ... . . ... 4TRIGG ER TALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5GUNS IN THE NEWS. .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. .. .. ... . .. . .. . . . .. .. .. .. . . . 6ELMER KEITH SAyS Elmer Keith 8CROSSFIRE , . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10ARMS LIBRARy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12PULL! Dick Miller 36SHOPPING WITH GUNS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 56THE GUN MARKET . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 64PARTING SHOTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66E. B. MannEDITOREditorial Advisory BoardCARO LA MANDELROY G. DUN LAPSTUART MILLERVAL FORGETTArt ArkushEDITO RIAL DIRECTORFred McLarenART EDITORL R. 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RECORD BEARWITH FIRSTHornady HandloadGeorge C. Potash ofChester, Pa, with his bigbru in dropped by oneshot with a Horn ady 180n round nose bulletyards running.ennsylvaniarecord when taken ."It was amazing to see an animal of that size collapse with oneimpact," writes Mr. Potash . "This was new to me. It was the firstanimal I killed with a reloaded cartridge, and it sold me and mycompanions. Since using Hornadys I've had nothing but success• . . got a 7-pointer in Pennsylvania the first day this year. I use Hornady 180 grainround nos e bullets with 41.2 new W estern ball powder that pushes my bullet justri ght for the dense woods of Pennsylvania."Nothing beats Hornady Round Nose Bullets for hunting in cover. They'rereal brush busters, not easily deflected by interfering brush and branches.All popular calibers forvarmints and big gamesendcard for listHORNADY MFG. COMPANY· DEPT. [B • P. O. Box 1074 • GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKANEW 1959 50th EDITION"SHOOTER'BIBLE"World's GreatestGun Bookstillonly$2FEATURES:• Finest Imported Rifles& Shotguns• Finest Imported Handguns• Domestic Rifles, Shotguns&Handguns• Scopes, Sights & Mounts• Imported & DomesticAmmunition• Reloading Tools & Components• Trap & Skeet Equipment• Gun Parts• Hunting & Shooting Books• Gunsmith's Tools• Over 512 Pages-the World's acceptedFirearms Encyclopedia~ ox-:n.ad..y~ BU'LLETSAt your sporting goods dealeror sent postpaid for $2STOEGERARMS CORPORATION45-18 Court Square .Lona Island Cltv 1 . N. Y.• Newark, N. J. A gun-totin' cowboy surprisedan outlaw tr ying to crac k a lau ndrycompa ny safe. Th e startled bad man had fledthe scene by the lime police showed up, bu the'd had to leave before he could get anythingand th e officers figured th e cowboygunman had done pretty well ... especiallyconsidering he was onl y four years old .* * *• Indianapolis, Ind. T h e thug who triedto loot a r ecord sh op h ere rnade so rn e­thing o f a misl ake, e ve n though thestore wa s run b y an old-tirner-, Sa id o ld ­timer grabbed a gu n a nd routed theintruder in a hail o f bullets. The proprictorwa s Cheyennc T c x Holley, a formerT exas Ranger and tr-ick-shot a r tis t whoh ad ch ased anothcr badmun, PanchoVilla , fou r d ecades ago.* * *• London, England. Th e term " trap," for thedevice used in pr opellin g cla y p igeons. asshotgun targ ets, origina ted here and comesfrom the fact that the origina l trapshootersplaced live birds in a series of boxes, calledtraps. On signal, the opera tor of the trapspu lled a cord, libera tin g th e birds as targetsfor th e shooters.:::lIlU LC U U L a~ ~ ~ L .:;I , ~LL El '*"" " '-'* u .......... ~aa .... _ ..... _fromthe fact that the original trapshoo terspla ced live bird s in a series of boxes, calledtraps. On signal, the operator of the trapspulled a cord, liberating the birds as targetsfor the shooters.* * *• Washington, D. C. His a par tm e n thouse had b een broken into se ve r a lrimes r ecently and 69·year-old Dr. P. W.Bowman wa s read)' for the yo u n g thugh e sa w beating a 91.),ear-old t eriaut," P u t yo u r h ands up," h e o rder e d theintruder. " I 've got a gun," s na r led thethug. " Yo u won't have an opportunit)'to u se it," said the doclor, displaying his.22-caliber pistol. The thug su b m itt edm eekly and police came and h auled hima wa y.* * *• Birmingham, Ala. W hen Willie C. Pratherpicked Mrs. Sarah Sha rpe's number fro mthe phone book and began a week-long seriesof obscene ph one calls, he picked a wrongnumber. Mrs. Shar pe phoned th e police. butthey could not locate th e anonymous caller.Saturday night , Prath er tried to force hisway int o th e Sharpe house. Mr. Sharp e methim at th e front door, fired a single bla stfro m his 12 ga uge shotgun, killing Prather.* * *• K ansas Cit )', !\'lo. Yo u can call J osephCe n t iman o persi st ent if nothing else .Robbed of 8 2 2 5 a nd a ring, M r . Cen timanog r a b bed a sh o tg u n a nd chargedout o f his Iiqnor store in pursuit of thegu n m a n. H e fired, and the ban d it wentdown but bounded b ack to his f eet againa nd sca m p er ed on. !\'lr. Ccn timano r anback to his stor e, got a noth er sh o tgu na nd co n t in ued the ch ase. O fficer s a r-

1958 NATIONALDOUBLES CHAMPIONJOE HIESTAND• Ohio State Champion-9 times• Amateur Clay Target Championof America-4 times• Doubles Champion of America­3 times• High Over All Champion-7 times• Hiestand has the remarkablerecord of having broken 200 outof 200 fifty times.• Hiestand has the world's recordof having broken 1,404 registeredtargets straight without missinga one.Champions like Joe Hiestand dependon the constant performanceChampions like Joe Hiestand dependon the constant performanceof eel primers. The aim of eelis to continue to produce thefinest quality primers for Ameri·can shooters.Rely on CCI PRIMERSAmerican Made~Large and Small Rifle, 8.75 per MLarge and Small Pistol, 8.75 per MShotshell Caps, 8.75 per MShotshell, 15.75 per Mca.sca.de ca.rtridge. inc.LEWISTON, IDAHO

plus postage from Warsaw, Mo.Available For:The 1903A3SPRINGFIELDThis is a sturdy b utligh tweight beauty.Complet ely machineinlette d so th e issue barreland action fit per fectlywit hout fu rthe r handwor k. Design ed withMonte Ca rlo for use withissue iron sig hts or sco pesig hts. Che cke re d Te nitebuttplate and whitespacer. Pear-shape dpistol g rip. Serni-sch nobbleforend . Full cheek-....;'"".......... "' ........ :.... : ......J :.. :...J.,,....issue iron sig hts or sco pesig hts. Che cke re d Te nitebuttplate and whitespa ce r. Pear-shape dpistol g rip. Serni-sch nobblefo rend. Full cheekpiecepermits individ ualsha p ing to any styled esired . Afte r sha p ingch ee kpiec e, a little sa ndinga nd oil ing (orlacquer ) and th estock is fu lly fin ished.W rite for Bishop'sillustra ted catalog offinished and se mifinished stocks forrifle s and shotguns.It's free.Bishop p rod uctsare av ai la ble atleading gunsmithsand sportinggoods stor ese verywhere.Ask yourdealer; ifno t a vai la ble,ord er d irect.Dept. ,J2 9-R • Wa rsaw, Missour iF or three ncnerations . . . makers of the urorld'«Remington T eal Wing Blue 572Som e t ime ago we test ed a nd commentedon two color ph ases of the Remi nzro nModel 572 .22 caliber trom bone acti on e repeater. Since then we have tested Reminzron's la test color phase in this fine litt le r ifl~ .It funct ions perf ectly with Shorts, Lon gs, orLon g R ifle cartridge s indi scriminately. Italso de livers very good plinking and huntingacc uracy .Th ese rifl es ha ve an aluminum alloy receiver and barrel. Th e ba rr el has a r ifledstee l lin er. Stock and slide handle or for endare of very light mapl e-color ed hard wood.Barrel a nd receiver are a very brill iantdeep blu e, while th e sights bothfr ont andrear are gold plat ed and the manazine t ubetr igger , a nd sa fe ty ar e chro me plated . ( T h~g~ l s must ha ve invaded the gun indu st ry !Now we have a Crow-Wing black , a Bu cksk intan , a nd a Teal-Win g blue, not in dresssilks but in rifl es !)Alt houg h I never di d lik e al uminum in ag un, and do not see how as acc ura te or asstra ight a ba rr el ca n be mad e wit h a thinsteel li ner insid e a ba rrel of normal outsided iamet er of aluminum alloy , thi s ulira li ahtsilksbut in rifl es !) = n - - , - - - -- - ~ - - -Alt houg h I never di d lik e al uminum in ag un, and do not see how as acc ura te or asstra ight a ba rr el ca n be mad e wit h a thinsteel li ner insid e a ba rrel of normal outsided iamet er of aluminum alloy, th is ulira li ahtweight(j ust over 4 Ibs. ) but m an- s~ edwea pon ha s its good points. It wi ll bees pec ially usefu l for a ir pla ne tr a nsp ort at ion,where every pound coun ts, I kn ow th a tsuch a rifle woul d have produced all th efran colin. sand grouse, and guineas we couldhave eaten on my A frica n tr ip, and wou ldhave done so with a lot less noise than th e12 bore I used. T his ultra Iiah t wei nhtwould also be appreciated by ~h e h e a ~l ylad en trapper str inging out his traps in thewmter.T he ri fle holds 20 Shorts, 17 Lon gs, or 15Long Rifl e cartrid ges. Breech ac tion is thetyp ical. strea mlined Remington design , as isthe tngger guard. Bre ech bolt is a Ion "-Iim rod rem iniscent of the Model '73 Wi;ches ter but much smalle r in diam et er. Itmust be good mat er ia l as it seems to standI he ga ff very well ind eed. Th e ri fle fit mostshooters, fu ncti ons perf ect ly. and is acc ura te.Bein g old fash ion ed , I still pr efer all-steela rms, and so does M rs, Keith an d ot herwomen her e wh o are shooters. However ,man y novices to whom we showed th e riflemuch preferred it with its snappy colorinzand light we ight to the heavier all-steel rifle;S izing & Loading Dies ForB ritish Ele phant CartridgesT.he Holl ywood Gun Shop, Hollywood,Calif., now mak e and furn ish sizing and loadingdi es for all the bi g English expresscord ite car tridges. All of these big cartridges1. _ 1 ' __1 1 . 1 T" 1 · I T\ 1Alton, Ill. Lyle Cor coran' ~ Hollywood d iesdo a first class job of resizing fu ll len gth in.his big presses. and also a first class jobof bullet sea ting. It is now ea sy to work upa loa d for any of th e bi g British bolt ordouble barrel guns with our cool bur n inaI.M.R. powder s. Cas t b ullet s ca n also b~used for light loads, or even pap er patchedhull ets for use with black powd er if desired.LC .T. (Imperia l Chemical IndustriesLtd. , of Lo ndo n) have dropped ma ny f a m o u ~elepha nt cartrid ges from th eir list s, but nowth at d ies ca n be bad fr om th e H ollywoodGun Shop , and th ick jacket solids and softnose bullet s of pr op er weight from Fred N.Barnes, Grand J unciion, Colo., anyone canreload for his rifle if he has a few ca ses .Many sizes of cases ca n be ma de easilywith th is Hollywood sizing die from other sthat ar e on the continued li st. The .500-.4503 1 ,4" ca n be ma de from th e .470 or ..475straight. T he .476 ca n be made from the 470.465, or .475 stra ight by cutt ing off 'on e:fo urth inch and resizing. Likewise, coolburning Amer ica n powd ers will give longerbarrel life, and A lea n cla ims to ha ve noncorrosiveBer dan caps.straight. Th e .476 ca n be made from t he 470.465, or .475 stra ight by cutt ing off 'on e:fo urth inch and resizing. Likewise, coolburning Amer ica n powd ers will give longerbarrel life, and A lea n cla ims to ha ve noncorrosiveBer dan caps.Light W ote r proo] Gun CasesT he Boyt Co., Des Moine , Iowa, now havea ver y light wat erproof plast ic gun coverfor field use. It is thin and li ght , can befold ed up a nd slipped in a coa t p ocketwhen not need ed , handy to slip on the gunor : Jfle when a thunder shower comes upor 111 a wet snow sq uall.Gunsm iths Screw DriversBob Brown ell of Montezuma, Iowa, mark etsa set of gunsm iths' screw dr iver s, or as our~r it i s h cous ins call them, screw spa nners.1hese excelle nt driver s a re mad e for z unscrews and a set of them will enab le on: toremo ve or rep lace scre ws on fine guns withoutbnrring, spre ading the cuts, or r uiningthe ori gin al appeara nce of th e scr ews..375 Mag n u m RimmedC & H DoubleWe ha ve been doing some test work with abest-qua lity Cog gswell & Harrison doubler ifle. T his is a most beau ti ful hu ntinz armtak in g th e rimm ed ver sion of th e .375 e Ma g_num. Barrels are 26". Th er e ar e two trigger s,but the fr ont tri gger is hin ged so it won 'trap th e finger when firin z th e rear triaaerT he stock has a pistol g7-ip with tr ap e:r i ~cap and extra fro nt sight. F ront sight ismo unte d on ramp and there is an excelle ntsta ndard and two-leaf wide-an gle En glishV rear sigh t wit h platinum center li ne mo unt ­ed on a short rear rib. Th e ri fle is s.uper bly

and of excellent dimensions for most men.It is a side lock, and locks and fram e ar ecovered with fine English scroll and gamescenes. Purdey foreend fastener. Doubl e underboltan d extended top ri b with cross bite.Top safety and stalking lever to lock same.The rifle bala nces, fits an d handles like afine custom arm should do.We did not have any plain 300 grain softpoint but did have 235 grain patent point ,and 300 grain Westley Ri chards coppercapped hollow point. Th e gun is proofed forthe heaviest cordite load s and 300 gr ain bullets.Double ri fles ar e usually regulated forone bull et weight and charge of powder, andas we have repeatedly seen the .375 ad vertisedas shooting three weights of bulletsto the same grou p, we were anxiou s to findout.This rifle shoots perfe ctly with th e 270grain bullet load, putt ing both barrels righttogeth er in the same small group; but with235 grain it spreads the two barrels in togroups. Both groups were good, but theri ght barrel shot to the ri ght, and both barrelsshot mu ch lower than with the 270grain load. Th e 270 gra in seems standard inthi s rifle and shots exactly to the sights an dboth barrels together. With th e 300 grainWestley Richards capped 300 grain (forwhich the ri fle was probab ly never regula ted)the two 'barrels each shot very small groupsof around two inches at 100 yards, but thegroups of the ri ght barrel was lower and tothe right of th e left barrel. I believe the riflewould shoot plain soft point 300 grain tothe same impa ct with both barrels, the sameas it does with the 270 gra in bullet ammunition.I ha ve owned and tested a grea t manydouble rifles and found only one before thisthat would throw two bullet weight s to thesame elevati on and put both barrels in one~ ro u p . This was a best-qua lity Lancaste r .375tion.I ha ve owned and tested a great manydouble rifles and found only one before thi sthat would throw two bull et weight s to thesame elevati on and put both barrels in onegroup. This was a best-quality Lancaster .375Nitro Express, loaded with 48 grains 3031and the 270 or 300 grain Western soft pointbull ets. This beaut iful ri fle was no doub tregulated for th e 270 grain bull et, and mayalso have been regulated for th e 300 grainsoft point .My advice with all double rifles is to stickto the one weight bullet for which th ey wereregulat ed. Coggswell & Harrison build thesebeautiful best-quality side locks in .375Rimm ed Mag num and also in .470. They ar eavailable from Wi nfield Arms Co., 1006-1008South Olive Stree t, Los Angeles 15, Cali ­fornia, or from Frank Clark J r., Box 297,Cheyenne, Wyoming. Coggswell & Harrison'saddress is 168 Picadilly, London W.l, England.The .375 Magnum is an ideal allaround rifle for America, and the .470 is anideal all around big cartridge for Africa andIn dia.Fine double rifles arc, of course, very expensiveand the best qua lity arms in any ofthe English mak es come higher than mostmen can afford; but they do offer the veryultimate in fine gun building and ar e perhapsthe finest of all sporting ri fles for timbershooting of big game or wherever one mayneed to get into action fast. They are also themost reliabl e of all big game rifles, as youhave two complete single shot rifles with actionsare not going to let you down. If youhave one missfire (which is rar e) , you stillhave that other barrel. I have used them formany years on American game, and I used,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'« 12th ANNUAL ROUNDUP of ,~ Wester~I..t~~!!~~~,~zs Cardsj, ,~ fll~}}S ,!! 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Shoots all 3 popular 22's.Precision, target-quality sights.MODEL 3408 $3395Catalog shows many other top values-includingMossberg bright-image scopes for 22 cal.rifles. 4-power and changeable power, 2Y.zXand SX .Pri ces $1.00 highe r west of Rockies.NAMESTREETCITYO. F. MOSSBERG & SONS, INC.88112 St. John St.; New Haven 5, Conn.Sirs: Please send me your new Catalogof Christmas gifts for sportsmen.Gun Of T he MonthI have enjoyed every copy of GUNS I haveever gotten bUI your curr ent issue is by farth e best. Th ere was not one article that Iwas not int erested in, all of them mad ewond erful read ing.My favor ite is Gun of the Month and Iwould like to see it every month. I keepth em ; they make a very int erestin g " scra pbook."17,000,000 Strong-PlusRonald L. CunningMa nsfield , Ohi oIn a rece nt issue of GUNS you had a lett erfrom Cha rles Alexander who menti oned hisint er est in machine guns. You al 0 had aletter from Cha rles P erni ce who men tionedthe 17,000,000 shooters in the U.S. Both areint erested in pr o-gun legislation. It is tothese two gentlemen and all other int erestedshooters that I offer thi s bit of information.The Ame rican Automat ic Weapons Assn.is backing a petition to ha ve the Nationaland Federal Firearms Ac ts amended. Ingeneral, the pet ition req uests amending theacts so that no administrative measures maybe taken withou t the express appro val ofCon zr ess, It also requ ests the Iormin z of aI S oacxmg a peruron LV ua ve L11 ~ nff'u UJJi::Uand Federal Firearms Ac ts amend ed. Ingeneral, the petition requ ests amend ing theacts so that no administrative measures maybe taken withou t the express approv al ofCongress. It also requ ests the forming of aComm itt ee to investi gate the usefulness ofthe ac ts. P etitions are avail abl e from theAmerican Automatic Weapons Assn., Edi·torial Offices, 827 Elmwood, Evan ston, Ill.May I also say that [ enjoyed your articleon th e new Walther P-38's very mu ch . I amglad to see that GUNS is reporting on th eseweap ons as fast as they are available.C. Von Kri egsfieldCicero, Ill inoisA. Friend in FranceOn my left lies the Iarch num ber ofGUNS and on my right the Febru ar y numberwith that splendid photo of the peerlessshooting editor, Elmer Keith. In a drawerof my desk are three favorite books, " Fre d­eric Remin gton, Artist of the Old West,""The Western Part y," and last, but not least,"Sixgun s" by Keitho Please tell Mr. Keith ,when he is back from safari in Afr ica, thathe has a great friend and enthusiastic admirerhere in Alsace. Keith 's "S ixguns" isunique. 0 other aut hor on the pi stol andpistol shooting has or will ever achieve sucha mon ument al, comprehe nsive work on th emost fa scin at ing of all arm s, the pistol.As to special comments and wishes, pleasegive the pistol a big place in GUNS. And letme emphas ize here that th e American pistolra nks foremost in the general interest ofshooters. That is tru e, especially, concerningthe American revolvers. Colt , Smith & Wesson.and the bea utiful Ru ger. The cla ssic,traditional single action six-shooters are th eROSSFIREwhi ch commands great at tention here, too,is the single-shot standard sport ing pistol. Iunderstan d Ru ger contemplates produ cingone in the shape and " feel" of t he cla ssicsingle action revolver of front ier da ys.T he single shot pistol should come withtar get sights, to handle .22 short, long, andlong rifle. It woul d be the ideal for targetand holster or outdoor sporting handgun.nin g. Barrel length should be 7%" as onthe old cavalry Colt ; of course, coil springsfor real usage.I have ju st renewed my subscription toGu 'S and recommend ed to rush th e ord er sotha t I don 't miss a single nu mber. C ux s isthe best, the foremost shooting magazineex isting all over the world. No other publication per taining to shooting matt ers offersthe standard of your pu blicat ion. I send youmy most sincere wishes and kind est regards.F. T. Kellermann,Stra bou rg, Alsace,F ranceAny more readers want a single shot targetand plinking pistol ? Th e U.S. used 10 -have .some prett y good ones- Stevens, Smith &Wesson, Colt, H & R all turned out first-ratesingle shot hand guns for field and target.The Ruger pistol referred to by Mr . K. isstrictly an experimental handgun made in?? Hornet: r:nlihp'{. But Rill R ue er. South·some prett y gooc ones- '5tevens, S n iun ocWesson, Colt, H & R all turned out first-ratesingle shot handguns for field and target.The Ruger pistol referred to by Mr. K. isstrictly an experimental handgun mad e in.22 Hornet caliber. Bus Bill R uger, Southport,Conn ., might lik e to kn ow if he couldsell enough. single shooters to mak e the toolingI£P wortluolule.s-Editors.That Quest ion-A.nswer QuestionYour ma gazin e, in my opinion, is withoutpeer in the field of firearm s. I enjoy everyinformati on filled page and grea tly apprec i­ate the fact tha t the only advert ising thatapp ears pertains to gun s and hunting.I would like to mak e a suggestion, wh ichI'm sure has been made before. I would lik eto see a qu estion and answer section.Mr. J ames Gag lianoChelsea, Mass.A lot of people hare wished for a question.answer depa rtment-ineluding GUi\'S editors.Troubl e is, running such a department ( theway we'd insist that it be run) would be afull-time job for a top-fli ght man. Su ch menare scarce, and expensive. W e're work ing onit; but, for the present , no can do.-Editors.T arget- Shooting, InternationalG U~ s:\l agazine seems to be increasin g inreadina interest with every number; at leastthis is "my opinion based on the fact that thear ticles writte n and th e other notes are sovaried that interest is held right along.My persona l intere t is target shooting,and in particul ar , Intern at ional type rifleshooting. P erhaps articles on shoo ting ta c­tics, methods, etc., as followed by shoot«;rs

zine, Thu s, a cross comparison of method smight be made by all interested parties andused by us in th ose cases where applicabl e.Of course, this is my personal in terest, butI know that Int ernational type of shooting isslowly but surely taking hold in th e U.S.,and it might help th ose shooters in abbreviating their initial learn ing period.Th e magazine "as issued" is good enoughfor me. I am binding my copies for perm a­nent reference source.Domingo G. CanezMexico 5, D. F.B ull P u p H istoryIn your 1uly issue, in the article aboutthe Bull Pup rifle, the author does not goback beyond 1945 in tracin g its history.I built one with a heavy 30" barrelcha mbered for .300 Magnum cartridge for1000 yard target shooting in 1937, and hadit at Camp P erry that year. In 1941 it wassep t to Springfield armory on request ofAl Woodworth, who stated that th ey wantedto mak e up one for testin g purposes.At the time this gun was mad e up, th eidea was completely new to me, but shortlyafter it had been given publicit y, one ortwo others came up with th e informationtha t they had th e same idea, but had kep t itqui et. A patent attorn ey ad vised th at it hadpreviously been pat ented in Germany,definitely not a new idea.Who came up with the nam e "B ull-Pu p"is now lost in the mists of time. Mine wasan excelle nt lOoo·yard gun, winn ing th eMonta na Wimbledon two or thr ee times, th eNorthwest Wimbledon at least once, andshot two or three possibles at Cam p P erry.Th en came th e War , and an end to tar getshooting.I thought thi s might be of interest to keepth e recor d straight. .Northwest Wimbledon at least once, andshot two or three possibl es at Camp P erry.Th en came th e War , and an end to targetshooting.I thou ght thi s might be of int erest to keepth e record straight.1. R. BuhmillerKalispell, MontanaGuns For The One-Gun BudgetI have ju st read your magazine and wasvery much interested in th e art icle "Guns forth e One-Gun Bud get." I have always been auser of the .25's. I-Jere at my gunsmith shopI have ranges up to 300 yar ds and havetested a lot of rifles for accura cy and drop.I agree with Bob Kindley, but would lik e tomake him a sugges tion. As long as you ar egoing to reload any way, I sugges t th at youtry th e fine .257 Ackley improved. Thi s doessevera l things for th e shooter. Th e straightcase and 40 degree shoulder mak es for easyextraction and cases do not stre tch. 1£ youare hu nting and run out of handloads, forsome reason factory .257's can be used.In most of the rifles tha t I have built, Ihave used th e 1 in 12" twist and found th atthe 120 gr. Speer bull et has given me fineaccuracy out to 300 yards. Th e load for thisis 4·9.5 gr. 4350, giving close to 3000 FPS .I have never had a deer get up after I hithim with this load. For th e Rem. 722 actionI suggest th e 117 gr. Hornady round nosewith 50 gr. 4350. Th ese loads are near tops,so work up to them. For varmints, I used87 gr. bullets backed with 54 gr. 4350 for3400 FPS , and a 100 gr. bullet ba cked with51 gr. 4350 for 3200 FPS. All my rifles havethe long %" throat and I seat th e bullets outfeel is a much better choic e tha n th e .25-06standard and improv ed versions.If any one is int erested in the loads thatI have tested, please feel free to write.Wayne E. SchwartzOwosso, MichiganSwiss Hi storyYour heading on the ar ticle about Switzerlandis not accurate. During th e pa st 600years th e Swiss have been in quite a fewwar s, but th ere was only one time th enat ion was overru n. Th ey never forgot aboutit, and since then have kept pr epar ed.In the early days of th e Confederati on,th ey fou ght num erous war s with th eir feudalneighbors, all of which were neck-or-nothingaffairs. Th eir early battl es with th e Hapsburgs,and the three fight s which wrot e offthe Duchy of Bur gund y as a military power,were characterized by fast movement toclose with the enemy and furious attacksas if they were afraid their enemy wouldnot la st to give everyone a crack at them.The Swiss mobilized fast and could mak e30 miles a day in to enemy la nd while thefeudal forces slowly assembl ed.Feudal horsemen wer e the top dogs untilthe Swiss had at them. Th ey were notaccustomed to bein g attac ked by footsoldiers, much less by infantry which didnot stop for an ythin g. So the Swiss got aferocious rep in Central E urope, and fora couple hundred year s were highly prizedmercenaries. Th e battle of Ma rignano closedthi s era. Th e Vati can Guard is th e la stremnant of th e ancient "free companies"whi ch were th e terr or of Europe in th e daysbefore field artillery.Switzerla nd remained for a long ti meweakened by int ern al squabbles, but thi shad the good effect of keepin g th em out ofthe- ---------.30 Years'-- ----War.--------.Several-- --small-----r ------war swhich were the terro r of Europe in th e daysbefore field artillery.Switzerland remained for a long tim eweakened by int ern al squabbles, but thi shad the good effect of keeping them out ofthe 30 Year s' War. Several small warsamon g the cantons and cities were fought.Internal division br ought downfall at thehands of the Fr ench, and during Napoleon'sday Switzerl and became a batt leground forthe first and last time, so far. The civil warof 1848 was the last arm ed acti on in thecountry.Th e Swiss neu tra l policy is ba cked withas much force as th ey can assemble. Theyknow how much treati es are worth whenla rge nat ions fall out, Switzerla nd's forcescould never defeat a major ar my. Th eymerely int end to mak e it cost as m uch aspossible, and they ar e j ust the type who cando it.10hn P . Conlonewark, OhioRiflemen and Citizen-SoldiersIt was a great pleasur e to read in therecen t GUNS Magazine your art icle on "Gunsfor a Nat ion of Riflemen." As a na tive ofSwitzerland who served in th e Swiss Army,I can say that you have very well understoodthe spirit and traditions that make the Swissa nati on of riflemen and citizen-soldiers,I have not visited Switzerland since 1945,when I was th ere as an Ameri can GI onfurlough, and of course have not been abl eto follow recen t development s over th ere;th at is another reason why I found your articleextremely interestin g. .Thank you againfor a very fine ar ticle. GUNS is a splendidmagazine. I never miss an issue.ROOF·PRiSM.f-IeAM1oU1-Noted for great brilliance, wide field ofview and sharp definition. 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" '"COLT RIFLES. COLLECTOR-ITEMS ONLY FOR MANY ADECADE. ARE NOW VERY MUCH A PART OF THE SPORTING ARMS PICTUREBy WILLIAM B.EDWARDSAuth or, " The Sto rv 0/ Colt's Revolver"THE RETURN of Ameri ca's oldes t repeating rifle maker to thebusiness of supplyin g shoo ters with modern spo rting rifles ha sbeen a surprise to many gun fan s. Colt's, which launched its 3-shotpercussion-cap revolving rifles by an ad vertisement in the New Yorkpapers on December 18, 183 7, was until after the Civil War th epremi er repeating rifle maker in the world. Dozens of models were made-most were revolver breech rifles , oth er lever action and pump acti onrepeaters which today, aft er a half- century of discontinuance, stilllook " modern," still have definite appeal with that rampant C oltstamped on them.Th e man who has ramrodded the return of th e Colt is a squarejaweddynamo named Fred Roff, Jr.Nominally VP and sales manager ,.1.IJC UUIU w uv Uet;::, .I ClJ.lU vuu.....ll()flJ\_.. ~ \le nrl ~ l l~Jf\r&l. ,-,ti n\fu . 111f1 ~in.-R1 u~lltejawed dynamo named Fred Roff, Jr.Nominally VP and sales manager ,Roff spends more tim e making surethe Colt name appears all over th enation , than he does at the Colt plant.In emulation of Mr. Colt him self, Roff'snights are spent travelling, his da ys atpolice conventions awarding Colt gun sor conferring with governors on hunter-safety programs. When he isat the plant, things happen. What happened last year was the long.rumored, half-century overdue issue of a Colt rifle-the precedent.shattering "Colt 57."Behind that gun lies quite a story . Part of it is in implementationof Roff's plan that no shooter should have to go outsid e the Colt lin eto satisfy his needs for firearms. A straw in the wind of th e Coltrifle story was the promotional tour of Joe Bodrie, exhibition shoo terfor Colt's. Bodrie demonstrated his claim to the title of " fastest gunali ve," not only with the familiar Colt Single Actions but also with oneof the Elliott-patent pump-action Colt rifles made fr om ab out 1385till the turn of the century. An octagon barreled .44·40, thi s collecto r'sgem was in new condition, bein g drawn from the two or threeremaining "factory stoc k" guns deposited in the Colt museum.Acc ording to promotion man John Millington who set up Bodrie'stour, th e most remarkable commen t from th e thousands of peoplewho watched the show was the mu ch-repeat ed obser vati on "Oh, isColt's once again making rifles ?" Somehow, hundreds of th ousands ofpeopl e accept ed it as a natural thing to see a Colt rifle, th ough Milling .ton is mor ally certain most of them had never reall y seen a ColtTouring shooter Bodrie focussed nation's attentionon Colt rifles by expert use of Lighting Model .44.

ar TIl caLT RIFLITest gun was pre-Paterson model made byPearson, used because of large caliber.Pistol maker was premier rifle man as well.Cylinder shields were abandoned in Paterson 8-shot rifledesign. M 1837 gun had ring lever to cock , trigger fired.Pistol maker was premierrifle man as well.M 1839 "New Carbine" was type issued to Army, Navy,Texas troops and were used by Ma rines in Florida wars .Unique firing.device of 1839 used force of cernpressed air ,to ignite' powder. Valve wasshut as hammer fell. Only a model was made. At right, 1843 carbine had handle on it.Walker-type revolving rifle was announced in ads of 1847-8but making and selling pistols took all Colt's attention.

'- --. .- .. '-'-'- '-'- '-"-'-"'--'-'-'-"'''''''''''''Ramrodding Colt's by astute manage.ment is Fred Roff, .Jr., sales VP (right),shown with Gov. Freeman of Minn.M1855 sporting rifle (top) was also made as militaryarm used by Sharpshooters. Lever rifle was model 1883.rifle before. But from that tour, plus the rico chets fromthe rumor "Colt's is making rifles," emerged the Colt 57sporter in .30-06 and .270 caliber.The 57 is a good, solid, American-style sporting riflebuilt on the imp orted FN Mauser action. At the moment,Roff wanted to get guns into the market, giving shootersa well-built, safe, accurate rifle of standard pattern, andthe basic Mauser action , copied at the time in modi fiedform by other leading U.S. riflemakers, was available.Using the Mau ser, Colt' s acquired barrels of the exclusivepoly-groove d system developed by Harry Sefried, leadingU.S. arms engineer. Toda y, Sefried is pr oducing the Colt57 und er the supervision of Colt inspectors .Man ufa cturing the barrels in Sefried's shop is not a newthing with the Colt rifle program. Back in Paterson dayswhen the first revolving rifles appeared, the barrels wereU.:;. 'arms engineer. Toda y, Sefr ied is pr oducing the Colt57 und er the supervision of Colt inspectors .Manufacturing the barrels in Sefried's shop is not a newthing with the Colt rifle program. Back in Paterson dayswhen the first revolving rifles appeared, the barrels werebought "from the barrel maker in Litchfield" (Conn.] , andfitted to the Paterson guns under Sam Colt's supervision.And in 1861 Colt's obtained tho usands of barrels fromEnglish and Belgian gunmakers : barrels that had to passthe strict Colt fac tory and U.S. ordnance inspection beforebeing accepted on the Colt U.S. Rifled Musket, in its daythe finest militar y muzzle-load ing rifle mad e.At the same time, though the Colt 57 topped $100 inpri ce, Colt's prepared a single shot bolt gun, Colteer .22,to sell for a ridiculously low pr ice. Tho ugh the little rifle isplainly finished , it has an excellently proportioned stock.The action design suggests strongly that it is an improvementon the ru gged small-bore Mauser rifles, long famousfor precision quali ty. Thou gh the Colteer is a mass-marketrifle, when I first saw it I suggested Colt's tr y a matchrifle based on a beefed up, costlier version of the Colteeraction. Basically, it has the stuff to make a pr emium gun.Exponents of a complete package for the shooter, Colt'sannounced the two with matching scopes, both stronglycompetitive with other arm s.Further re finement to the rifle program resulted thefollowin g year, early in 1958, in settling on three imp rovedbig-bore rifles to replace the Colt 57. First were the ColtsmanStandard big bore rifle and the better Deluxe. TheColtsman takes the fine Colt scopes, or appropriate ironsights. The action is the big Swedish improved Mauser,with slick side safety and low bolt handle. On the premiergrade Custom, the stock is finished slick as glass, withh........ 'I 'If-~.t nllu ............:....... .... ..1 ..... ~~.J __ .J &. __ ~ .. ~__ 1 .1 t(now obsolete) , Coltsman , Deluxe, and Custom Coltthefron t sights are of a unique design. The ramp ismoulded with a serrated face toward the eye, with wideblad e foresight. The almost universal use of a scope inthis field- higher power for accuracy at long range or lowpower for maximum hunter safety in the woods-has madethe Colt and scope ensemble very popular.With all of these rifles, Colt's has a prob lem. It is onenot easily solved, but it is one with which Roff has beenpersonally concern ed for a long time. Perhaps the easiestway to state the problem is by analogy- the Pea cemaker"looks like a Colt," and the Official Police "looks likeaColt" and the Woodsma n "looks like a Colt." In SamColt's day , the revolving cylinder plus the peculiarly highquality of finish (equalled but not surpassed with thenewest Custom Colt) , marked the rifle as " a Colt," also." looks like a Colt," and the Othcial Police " looks like iaColt" and the Woodsma n "looks like a Colt." In SamColt's day , the revolving cylinder plus the peculiarly highquality of finish (equalled but not surpassed with thenewest Custom Colt) , marked the rifle as " a Colt," also.Today, some distinguishing ma rk should set the Colt rifleapa rt fr om all others . One step forward is Sefried's specialfr ont sight ; another is the use of the contrasting woodtips in the premier quality Custom grade.Yet a look at the rifles which precede these recent reoentries in the shoulder arm field show a combination of" distinctively Colt" characteristics. A study of their successmight lead toward the right answer toda y. The Colt rifleprogram is now a success. But the ri fles are distin ctivewithout being ind ividu alistic, and ru mor hath it that studyis going on now to make Colt shoulder guns say " It's aColt" as unmistaka bly as do the Colt revolvers and pistols.Novelty in the rifle field is old hat at Colt's. When Sam'sfirst successful shoulder guns were built up by Baltimoregunsmith John Pear son, the rotat ing chambered breechwas the distinctive feature. Two patent suits mad e Sam'spath rocky, but both Adam Humbarge r and MighillNutting, revolving rifle inventors, have faded into thepast. The first Colt factory failed and, regr ettably, therevolving rifle prog ram was something less than a success.Colt turned his manifold inventive talents to solving thedifficulties, but iron ically he took the wro ng tr ack. When,later with his Hartford factor y, he foun d the answer,difficulties with earlier guns damaged the sportsman'sconfidence in his improved revolving rifles.Pre-Paterson experimental guns were subject to thehazard of two or more chambers setting off at once. Therecoil and noise was prodigious, and the cylinder itself~ __1_ L 1 . .... .4. 1 _1 _.1 1 ...." TT.

Co lteer .22 with scope, Coltsman Deluxe,and Custom Colt are now in the Colt line.Double rifle of 1880's was limited production, made mostlyin .45-70. favorite of Colt's son, Caldwell. Trombone Elliottrepeater came in a .22 (left), .44 and .45 sizes, 1885-1903 .Big Browning was made as BAR and several Monitor andmilitary styles, like M 1922 shown. Colt 57 bolt gun is 1957model, marking Colt's reentry into sport-rifle market.

Mourning doves held by Curtisare our " most ava ilable" bird butoften escape shotgun patterns.DOVESARE THEWINGSHOT'SBEST EGO-DEFLATER.,..,. ., ~"'LEAD 'EM ALL YOU DARE-THEN DOUBLE IT!"' EVEN THEN ,YOU'LL OFTEN SHOOT BEHIND THESE FEATHERED PHANTOMSBy WILLIAM CURTISMANY HUNTERS AREsurprised when theycheck the migratory birdtake to find the mourningdove topping the lists . Therea son actually is simplethey'reour most availablebird. Chan ces are you canreach good dove shoo tingwith out long or expensivejunkets. My biggest expenseis usuall y ammunition, andthat's the reason these speedstersar e one of my favoritetargets. I like to shoot, and doves give me a lot of action.I enjoy the change of pa ce in shirtsleeve dove -shooting.Our season here on the west coast falls between the black.tail ed deer season and duck hunting. Ducks can lead youon a cold, cramped tr ek. Blacktails ar e a muscle-straining,sweat producing business in August.Ju st last year I was chasing bucks over one brushy ridgeafter another. Deer seem to be getting smarter every yearand the ridges steeper. Then came the first of Septemberand dove season. I blew the dust off my pet Model 12Winchester, dug out an old box of 7%'s, and headed fora stubble field a few miles from where I live near Arbuckle,California.I parked the pickup und er a giant white oak and had towalk only a hundred yards to reach a gravelly wash deepenough to br eak my outline. Early in the season you don' tneed much of a blind to hood wink a dove. After beingwork ed over for a week or two, they can get war y as gunshymallards.I barely got the rocks rak ed comfortably out fr om und ermy rumb le seat before hearing the welcome whirr of dovewings. A pair of them came tearing by ju st out of rangeand pitched int o the wheat stubble a hundred yards awa y.Almost as if in response to some signal, other speedingform s began to materialize out of the late afternoon heatwaves. I heard a rapid ba ng-bang from the opposite end

of the field. Soon a high-Bier came zooming by, right overme. I centered him with the 7lh's, and he bounced intoth e stubble behind me.In two short hours I had kno cked down a limit of birdsand missed that many mor e. The only time I got up wasto retrieve dead dove. A lazy man's sport? Perhaps, butfor shooting action hotter than the weath er, it can' t bebeat. Th at same field paid off for two weeks. The birdsscattered then, but certain water-h oles produced results theentire season.A good water-hole around sundown is just ab out topsfor fast action. If the speedy doves ar e really pouring in,you can pick out th e type of shots that ha ve always beenyour downfall. othing will sharpen your eye like experi ­ence. I used to shoot over a dink y stock pond in our backpasture. Thirsty doves alwa ys came in from the same direction.Th ey stuffed their craws in a mullein patch at thefar end of the pasture ; th en headed for the cool pond .The pond was wedged in a low place at the foot of asharply sloping rise. The little mourners would come peltingdown that slope like bullets. The first two years I shotthere I don't think I averaged over three birds to a box ofshells. But I kept banging away. Now, with luck, I candrop a limit with each box of ammo . It was at this pondI decided that you never shoot ahead of a dove. If youmiss one, the chances are good the chilled 7lh's punchedholes in the air behind th e target.Mourning doves ar e remarkably adaptable. During thehun ting treks I've made I was surprised to find them overmuch of the high western, plateau country .Two years ago I dr ove to Lassen County in northernCalifornia for a crack at th e stately sage-hens. I beganzig-zagging across the great Bats of knee-high sagebrush,all geared up for an exploding chicken. I kept hearinggunfire rattling against the ridges behind me. Finally,un able to contain myself any longer, I got in my pickupand headed in the direction of the shooting. I was positivethat some sage gro use hunters must ha ve found the endof the rainbow.What I found was a freshly harvested wheat field. Icould see nimrods hunkered against piles of the pale, chaffystraw . Suddenly, a pair of doves came swerving towardsone of the hastily improvised blinds. A blue-shirted hunterreared up, knock ing one of the birds spinning. The shootingI had heard were dove hunters enjoying th eir sport onthe high plateaus where you' d (Continued on page 40 )Autoloaders rate high with dove shooters using7 12 shot. Waterhole is good location to hunt.

HANDICRAFTWITHOUT HANDSBuilt for fingerlessfiring is '98 Ma userwith stud tri gger.A t ri g ht, M40WRAco shotgunhas slide hook; .22has forearm knob.By EDITH MARKG unsmit h Halvorson and patron and friend George Cutler talkT AST JANUARY A GUNSMITH . DIED. HisL fri ends in the littl e Minn esota town of Houstondid not need an y maga zine article to help them paytribute to one of their comm unity' s most remarkablecitizens. But because of the way this craftsman,Edwin Halvorson, lived, his story is unique. ForHalvorson, born 72 years ago in 1886 on a farm onOak Ridge abo ve Houston, turned out dozens ofcustom -stocked rifles and shotguns, many for famousand wealthy customers. For almost half acentur y his living was gunsmithing. His satisfiedcustom ers are legion-no one has ever heard of adissatisfied one. Master of an exacting handicraftskill, gunsmith Halvorson was born without hands.One of Halvorson's first customers-you mightcall him the man who "discovered" the gunsmith'stalent-is George H. Cutler. Head of Cutler'sStudio, Photographers, of Winona, Minnesota, Cutlerhas been a customer and patron of the handlessgunmaker for many years. Cutler's eyes light up inappreciative recollection when he tells you aboutthe first gun Edwin made for him. It's a heavyrifle, ten and one-half pounds of sleekly finished,remodeled Enfield . The "tiger flame" maple stock isresplendent with beautiful hand carving, an unusualdesign expressing Halvorson's search for novelartistic effects. It has no checkering on it, but later

WORKING TO CLOSE TOLERANCES INSPITE OF PHYSICAL HANDICAP,EDWIN HALVORSON TURNED OUT TRUEMASTERPIECES OF GUNSMITH'S ARTHalvorson was active in shop almost to day hedied. Below, three rifles are 7mm Mauser, Enfieldwith unusual stock for friend Cutler, and ownM54 Winchester with knobs to make holding easy.~,.,.. i,'Jwork by thi s skilled gun smith shows he was a careful manwith the checkering tools as well."Maple is a very hard wood," says Cutler. "In thi s stockthe grain runs in every direction. When properly season ed,the wood is nearly white until oil is burned into it to bringout th e ri ch grain and darken it. With much rubb ing andpolishin g it becomes a rich, glossy chocolate brown."There is a secret compartment in the butt of this riflefor carrying sight insert s," Carter says. " I use this prizesevera l other rifles in wildcat calibers which I use in biggam e hunting."Cutler is an ace ph otographer, but his hobb y enthusiasmis hunting. He is an avid outdoo r man and pr omoter ofgood sportsmanship and good shooting. He organized th efirst Winona Rifle Ran ge, with Ha lvorson as an early memober. It was on thi s ran ge that th e handless gunsmith notonly became known as a master gunworkman but as acrack shot. Edwin's own tar get rifle, a mu ch-remodeled

Soldier during Trelnflre shoots from foxhole at targets up to 300 meters.Author conceived system by noting similarity of deer hunting to combat.liTHE BOMB" HAS NOT REPLACED THE RIFLE!IT IS STILL THE MUD-FOOT MARKSMAN WHO MOVES IN.MOPS UP. AND CLINCHES VICTORY.liTHE BOMB" HAS NOT REPLACED THE RIFLE!SIXTEEN MILLION AMERI CA~-S are hunters. 900.000Ameri cans are soldiers. The hunters come fr om allwalks of life- butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, orastronautical engineers on vacation. The soldiers comefrom these same backgrounds. The y all-the 16,000,000 andthe 900,000-have something in common : each man mustbe skillful with indi vidual small arms. I realized thisfundamental relat ionship several years ago while huntingbig game in Idaho.Severa l deer sprang out of a clump of brush and ranaway. One fat doe stopped on a hillside 200 yards aboveme, half br oadside, in the open . It was an easy shot , anddoes are legal in Idaho. Ordinarily, I would hav e justraised my rifle and dr opped her. I had done it befor e.But thi s time I lost my nerve. I was standing on a fairlysteep side hill, the right foot low, almost sliding down thehard, sandy surf ace. I tried for a steadier position, prone;but on that slope it was ju st about the most awkward proneposition possible. The doe watched while I squirmedaro und tr ying to get a steady aim . Once she seemed tempt edto come closer and see what I was doing ; the n she actedready to run away. The urgency increased.I shot at last. The bullet kicked dust almos t a yard low,_ •• ~ l..~ l.. I •• " _ I "~ l.. : .. _ " 1:..1" " " _ -1 _ •• I . ~ •. (;:\.. " ..." _".IMI l.. " _

It was still an easy shot. I should ha ve stood up and put one in the chest.Instead, I shifted around, still prone, to correct a position already impossible.She took another step or two, began to tr ot, and then soared away out of sight inthe beautiful and incredible bounding leaps of the western mule deer.I had a good rifle, an adequate load ; but hardware alone will not assuresuccess. Th e tr ouble lay with the man. It was the last day of the season, my lastchance for venison. But, venison asid e, the idea of fail ure was unattractive initself. And the worst of all, the final blow, was the memory of the whole summerof target pr actice I had done in preparation for this fiasco! Had I, by firinghu ndreds of sho ts from a bench rest at fixed targets, actually school ed myselfout of the ability to shoot confidently und er live-target pressure?Target shooting and live sho oting ar e worlds apart, in precision requirements,shooting positi ons, and especially in state of mind. That winter , the boys comingba ck fr om Korea told of bad cas ualties, of shooting problems and terrain totallyunlike the target ranges where they were tr ained . This terrain and type of war ­fare br ought to light a hithert o unrecognized deficiency in our soldiers' smallar ms perf ormance. Th e official stories tended to confirm my own conclusionsthat something was wrong. For their safety and effectiveness in combat, theseyoung men were entitled to the best weap ons training that could be devised.It is not cricket to tear something down witho ut at least sugges ting how tobuild better . Th en began a long process of collecting ideas, cullin g and compressingthem, seeking specific pr oposals for improvement . A plan began toemerge to mak e th e rifleman the cock of the Army through careful selection,Howard Sarvis is employedat the U.S. ArmyInfantry Human ResearchUnit. a field unit oftheGeorge Washin9ton UniversityHuman ResourcesResearch Office. operatin9under contract with theDept. of the Army. Theopinions and conclusionsare those of the writerand do not necessarilyrepresent views of theUniversity or Departmentof the Army.

As coach watches, Pvt. Ray Frenzat Fort Carson drops into pronefor first time early in Trainfire.Firin

Conventional rifle oraetice is (too l outmoded bv Trainfirehas been revived beca use it is quick to get in and out of,adjustable to existing cover, fairly steady, and flexibleenough in elevation to see the target with minimum exposureof the firer. Prone is tau ght but not practiced much,because it is not likely to be used much . Men hesitate to liedown in water, snow, or blood y mud, or on ground withpossible chemical or atomi c contamination ; and even slightgrass cover prevents seeing anything from prone.At first the trainee shoots at aiming points 25 metersaway. At thi s short range, with the man-weapon combinationseparated from the extraneous variables of light,weather, and distance, he learns steady holding, aim ing,and the adjustment of sights. He learns accuracy as evidencedby tight shot groups. He then zeroes his rifle toengage gro und level man -sized field targets. From now onall his tr aining is against these "killable" targets.These are E silhouettes, cardboard cut-outs of a man -likefigur e in a crouching position, 19 inches wide and 40 incheshigh. They are moun ted on a dug-in target machine whichraises and lowers them from a central control tower; whenthe silhouette is hit by a bullet, it automatically goes down,is "killed." This gives the man instantaneous knowledgeof results which the psychologists call "feedback." He thenknows what to do next : fire another shot if he misses, or, ifhe kills, wait for the next target. In some of the shootingpractice he does thi s, being pr ovided with a few extrarounds to use according to his best judgment. This is whathe would do in combat. The automatic target not onlypr ovides feedback, but it allows very rapid run-off ofpractice, for there is no waiting to learn the score. It isalso very economical of manpower ; pushbutton operationof the targets completely eliminates th e former laboriouspit details.Scoring is hit or miss, on the theory th at a rifle bulletanywhere in a man 's bod y ' is enough. If the target goesdown, it's a hit ; if it doesn't go down, or the man fail s to.shoot before the whistle, it's a miss. The total hit s ar e thescore.Each shooter has a lane to watch in which targets ma yappear from 75 to 300 meters away. He takes them as the ycome, sometimes from the foxhol e, out in front of it invarious positions, or walking down ra nge and assumingposition of choice when the target app ears.Concurrently he receives daily training in something newand important to battle marksmanship: target detection. Inthis the trainees line up and watch an apparentl y emptyfield. Camoufla ged men are out there. Sometim es they aremotionless in plain sight, from 20 to 350 meters away. Atother tim es they make furtive movements, fire a rifle, orrun and go down . The tr ain ee has to spot them, recordthem on a piece of paper or point a simple aiming device atwhere he thinks they are. Looks easy ? It's not. Many anold game hunter would be completely fru strated. The remarkablething is that fair to (Continued on page 44)

HOW WELL CAN YOU SHOOT YOURBIG GAME RIFLE? HOW WELL CAN YOU CONTROLBUCK FEVER? FIND OUT. ANDYOUWILL BE A BETTER SPORTSMAN. A BETTER HUNTERCanada sportsman has shot much gamewith .303 Ross, says nerve and skilloutrank the rifle in hunting results.By MICHAEL CRAMONDIT AIN'T THEIT'S A NASTY QUESTION, but let's face it: How manyof us ar e really fit to shoot a fine gun at a finel!il1l1P. tarzet ?IT'S A ASTY QUESTION, but let's face it : How man yof us ar e really fit to shoot a fine gun at a finegame target ?Understand, I' m not tr ying to talk you out of goinghunting ; quite the contrary. But if you're Mr. Averageamong the nearly 20 milli on men and women who willgo hunting this year, I do have a short sermon for youwhich, if observed, will make your hunt mor e successfuland you a better sportsman.Th at sermon in capsule form is ju st thi s: Tak e th athunting rifle of yours out somewhere and shoot at least20 shots through it at a target 50 yards distant. Studythe results, and then govern your shooting at game strictlyin accord with what you see on that target.Some years back, I was a territorial policeman andex-officio game warde n up on the Campbell River inBritish Columb ia. One day a young guy came busting intomy office with a story that will do to illustrate my sermon.This chap worked at a logging camp on the railway, andhe was really burning. He was scar ed, too ; and when Ihea rd his story, I didn 't blame him .The first words he shot at me were, " I ju st missed eightbears!""Which being true," I said, " and judging by the looksof you that they missed you too, you' re a lucky guy.""You ain 't kiddin' ! I'm lucky to get out 0 ' there alive!And it's all the fault of that damn gun! Look , th ere wereeight bears, and they weren't 50 yards off! After the firstfew shots, some of 'em were closer. I shot three tim es at onelumberin' right toward me not more'n half that distance!ow you know no decent rifle could miss a full-gro wnhea r at that distan ce! That rifle is-iu st-n o-damn-zood!"The garbage fr om that logging camp was dumped in aravine a mile or so from camp, and all the bears in thearea had spotted tha t ra vine as a free and easy feedin gTh e garbage fr om that logging camp was dumped in ara vine a mile or so fr om camp, and all the bea rs in thear ea had spotted that ravine as a free and easy feedingdepot. Our friend had seen them there, decided to gethimself a hide or two and some bear meat. He went outthere with a repeating rifle and, he told me, emptied twocomplete ma gazin es at various and sundry bears withoutcutting a hai r. He was right; he was lucky to get out ofthere alive. Not that I think an y of those bears cha rgedhim ; but with that man y scared bears in such a smallspace, it's a wond er he wasn' t trampled .. . And he wasright again : no decent rifle would miss such big targets,so close.I said, "I'd like to see that rifle, and shoot it. Maybethen I could tell you what was wrong.""See it? Hell, you can have it ! I wouldn't be caughtdead with it, a no -good piece of junk like th at! "Well, I took that no-good piece of junk out to thepolice ran ge and lobb ed five shots into five inches withoutany trouble. I asked another officer to fire it, ju st todouble-check it. He jolted it a little as he picked it up,and his group was like min e only a foot or more to theleft. A quick check showed that the front sight was loose,could be slipped back and forth in its slot enough to causethat foot of variance between the two groups. But notenought to account for a whole string of misses on bears;not by a dam sight ! .. . As a matter of fact, that same riflesaved my life two months later when I was charged by(of all things) a sow bear.So what explains the adven tur e of the little man andth e eight bea rs? Ask any experienced hunter. That manmissed his bear s for exactly the same reasons that cause

Typical of G.I. calibers are .303sby Canadian Industries, Montreal.I r. . #II I .. 1'1- I I , .For Canada's plains antelope,author urges coolhead for long range shot.RIF1[~IT'S YOUIC ramond holds cougar shot bypartner for portrait. Militaryguns are about equal in power.Cramond credits caution andaim, more than rifle power, withkill of big grizzly with Ross .303.

FOR MILLIONS OF RIFLE AND SHOTGUNHUNTERS. SQUIRRELS OFFERKEEN HUNTING THRILLS PLUS SAVORYEATING WHEN THE HUNT IS DONEThe rest of the afternoon's still hunt followed the samesmooth pa ttern. The grays and a few fox squirrels weredinin g heavily on the hickory nuts, and by just sitting andwatching the trees with my scope-sighted .22, I was ableto bag my limit in about two hours. There's a lot of goodeating in six nut-fatten ed gray squirrels, to say nothing of thesport in bagging them .According to statistics, more sportsmen hunt squirrels thanany other type of small gam e except rabbits. The little nutcrunchingfuzzytails are hunted with everything from bowsand arrows to 10 gauge magnum shotguns, but the moreexperienced squirrel hunters prefer either .22 caliber riflesor shotguns in 12, 16, 20, or .410 borings. For still hunting,the ever popular little .22 rifle is best ; and for stalking anddog hunting, shotguns hold a solid advantage.Before going fur ther into the discussion of squirrel gunsand loads, let us first talk briefly about the fuzzytails them.selves. Gray and fox squirrels ar e the varieties usually huntedas game, and both varieties have (Continued on page 42)tsetore gomg turther in to the disc ussion ot squirrel gunsand loads, let us first talk briefly about the fuzzytails them.selves. Gray and fox squirrels ar e the varieties usually huntedas game, and both varieties have (Continued on page 42)Still hunting for squirrels is riflesport, but other hunting methods maydictate shotguns for moving targets.l.: i9~ t , a u t o l o a d er s like' R~ m i n g ton .22, t e ~ m ed upwith patience and -. ca llare good for squirrels.l.: i9~ t , a u t o l o a d er s like' R~ m i n g ton .22, t e ~ m ed upwith patience and -. ca llare good for squirrels.

By ROBERT V. THOMPSONThough same in weight, 110 g rain .30 and .270bullets (abo ve) show markedly different shapes.THE RI FLEMA rs CHOICE of the best bullet for awanted perf ormance ma y depend on tha t bullet'ssectional density. The sectional density is the ratio betweenthe bullet's weight and its cross sectional area. Thisrelationship is import ant to rifleman for thr ee ver y goodreasons. If a bullet is to carry out to long range and stillhave good remaining velocity, and energy, it must havesufficient weight, per caliber, to overcome air resistance.For any given diameter of bullet to resist wind drift, itmust also have enough weight to keep from drifti ng excessively.Dri ft is the cause of many misses, especially at thelonger distances. And, when the bullet rea ches its tar get,as in the case of game shoo ting, it must have goo d penetratingqualities. Th is again calls for weight and velocity,enough to dr ive thr ough bone and muscle and into thevital area.For a bullet to hold velocity, and energy, resist winddrift, and penetrate deeply, over ordinary hunting ran ges,bullets (above) show markedly different shapes.eep y, over ordinary hunting ran ges,Lineup above of popular cartridges shows various bullet load ing, commercial and handloads. From left to right,they are: .222 Rem., 50 gr . pointed soft-point (Remington): .222 Rem., 55 gr. Sierra semi-pointed (handload);.220 Swift, 48 gr. pointed soft-point (Western): .220 Swift, 63 gr. Sierra semi-pointed (handload); .243 W in.,100 gr. pointed soft-point (Western); .244 Rem., 90 gr. pointed soft-point (Remington); .250 Savage, 87-grain pointedsoft-po int (Remington): .250 Savage. 100 gr. Hornady soft-point (handload):. 257 Roberts, 100 gr. Silvertip (Winchester);.257 Roberts, 100 gr. Sierra soft-point (hand load): .270 Win., 100 g r. pointed soft-point (Winchester): .270 Win., 110 gr.Sierra soft-point (handload): .308 Win ., 110 gr. pointed soft-point (Western): .308 Win ., 150 gr. Silvertip (Western): .30­06 Spg fld., 110 gr. Hornady soft-point (handload): .30-06 Spgfld., 150 gr. Silvertip (W ester n): .30-06 Spgfld., 180 grainpointed soft- point Remington Corelokt. The long bullet smallbores may shoot better at long range.

Above are some of the bullets available in commercial loads andhandloads for two calibers. Top. left to right: .257 87 gr. Hornady;.257 87 gr. Sierra; .257 100 gr. Sierra; .257 100 gr. Hornady; .257100 gr. Remington Corelokt; and .257 117 gr. Sierra. At bottom,left to right: .30 I 10 gr. Remington; .30 110 gr. Hornady; .30 125 gr.Sierra; .30 130 gr. Speer hollow-point : .30 150 gr. Sierra; .30 180 gr.Sierra boat.tail; .30 180 gr. Remington Corelokt; and the .30 180it must have good weight in relation to its di ameter. This is wher e sectional density comesin. The greater a bullet weighs, per caliber, the higher is th e ratio between its weightand cross sectional area, or to use the ballistic term, the higher is its sectional density.A .270 caliber bullet will have higher sectional density than a .30 caliber bullet of thesame weight. It will also be longer, which explains why man y shooters say th at longerbullets are more efficient. Two bullets of the same weight, hut different calibers, andhaving the same shape, will react differently. Fired at the same velocity, the small caliberlong bullet will shoot flatter, have mor e remaining energy , drift less in the wind and ,in genera l, will pene trate deeper .Sectional density is figured mathematically, by dividing the bullet weight, in pounds,by the square of the bullet diameter, in thousandths, or by the formula Wj d 2 • This requiresqui te an amount of figuring, as the bullet weight in grains must be converted to apart of a pound. Then th is weight must be divided by the bullet diameter squared, whichis a six decimal place number.The mathematical constants tabulated on page 60 were calculated to eliminate mostof this figuring. To find the sectional density of a bullet, use the constant, or figure forthat caliber, fr om the table. By multiplyin g this figure by the weight of the bullet ingrains, the sectional density is immediately determined.For an example, let's take a .257 bullet weighing 87 gra ins, and figur e the sectionaldensity. From th e table, we find a figure of .00216 for the .257 bullet. Multiply this by 87gra ins for an answer of .188 (actually 18792 . .• ) . (Continued on page 60 )u e. Multiply this by 87(Continued on page 60 )

Versions of the 17 Javelina rangefrom W inchester high-wall to sleekMannlicher-stocked spo rt varm inter.Sensational 17 Javelinakills chucks. shocks bear up to200 yards with no risk ofricochet. light report and recoilBy ROBERT M. HYATTTHE 17 JAVELINAAVARlVIIl T shoo ter's "dreamft gun" has focused th e eyesof the gun world on Prescott,Arizona . There, two young gun·~ 7\; -Jy~u~ ill. A-ki,'V'ULth ";!,~{'Ranl.I1 gun" has focused th e eyesof the gun world on Prescott,Arizona. There, two young gun·smiths, Bill Atkinson and PaulMarquart, have completed finaltests on a new "wildcat" rifle,which is causing enthusiasticcomment wherever gun nut s gettogether. This rifle is the 17Ja velina , the smallest centerfiresporting rifle made in Ameri ca and , possibly, in the world .This baby .17" caliber rifle represents th e last word invarmint guns.The tiny .17 Javelin a hurls its 25.grain slug at 3700feet per second velocity. It will down all small game at 200yards or better. Jackrabbits have been knocked over at 325yards. No kick and ver y little noise make it a prime favoritewith th e growing number of varmint hunters.Riflemen seem to fall roughly into three categories : Thegame hunter wants a rifle that is reasonably accurate, convenientto carry, and delivers a killing punch at gameran ges. He is not overly concerned with such factors as"boom" and shoulder slam . Therefore, he is easier toplease ; but he represents the small gro up of shooters.Much more difficult to satisfy is the fast-growing targetgroup which likes to shoot from bench rests, often through'scopes. They are concerne d primarily with two th ingsextremeaccuracy and minimum reco il. The additionalquality of mild report is an import ant feature and hashelped to lur e many gal shooters to join these ranks.Somewhere in between these two groups is the varmintshooter. He has rigid requ irements in rifle an d cartridgewhich are peculiar !o his typ ~ ~f sh?o ting, and ar e hardlyA 5-shot group from 17 Javelina on halfinchbullseye at 100 yards measures .256".The varmint shoo ter seeks a lightweight rifle firin g asmall projectile of high velocity that practically disintegratesupon impact, and provides little material to richochet.Any tendency to ricochet can be a major disadvan ­tage for a varmint cartridge, particularly in heavily popu.lated areas . He wants no bellowing report, blasting the earsoff neighbors and creating unfriendl y relations betweenhimself and the landowner whose fields and woods he mustroam. Bench-rest accur acy, measured in thousan dth s of aninch, is not essential here, although (Continued on page 54 )Plate at left shows how °17 Javelina cut through %" ofsteel at 50 ya rds. Cratered hole in %" steel plate at right

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Ye Ol d H unter is a ll g a ll !AUSTRIAN MANNLlCHER POLICE CARBINES!Mauser Only $19.8~~Cal. 8MM Mauser Only $19.88!Fastest Bolt Action in t.he World!An o ther barg-a in fro m ost rncrut Ye Old Hunte r ta lked the reliableAu s tria ns ou t o f th e s e be a u t if u l lig-h t w e tg h t 5 s hot24/1 bb L police ca r bi nes-a rare lot ava il a b le In standard 8 MM (8 x 57)Mauser ca li b e r - sporting- ammo ava il ab le ever v w h e r e In U . S . orGe rman GI Ammo s ta-atght from Ye Old H u n t e r fo r only $7.50 PCI' C.[I.,lag-az ine m od ified ro r use w ithout c li p loading . Rea d y to go. ti ghta n d clean, a n d on ly S19.S 8! Ach Du Li eber. What a mas terptecetGARRIBALDI'S GREATEST!ONLY 92¢ per lb.!!!TOTAL PRICE '$8.28!SSS - SERVICE SWEEPSTAKES SPECIAL Manufa ctu red a t t he ul t ra- m od ern F . N . P la nt iJ'Belgl u m f or Egyp ti a n e x p o r t , t h is 'fi n e, pre ci s e .F N B I · S •At· ·ft s m oo t h - han d lt n g ser n i-au tomati c combines the most• • e Cjlum eml- U omatlc RI e! m odern production m ethods w ith t h e r'equir-ementrINCREDIBLE AMMO BARGAINSMINI MUM ORDER 100 ROUNDS, All price s beacw pe r100 round s. All a m mo mu st b e shipped RREXPRESSCOLLECT MINIMUM ORDER 100 ROUNDS. Sensation al New sen s a t ional p r ices! Ord er now a n d save!6.5MM SWEDISH MAUSER••• •... $7.50H ere it co m e s ! Th e finest 6 .5mm r-Ifle ca r-t r-Id g-e e verdeveloped an d p rodu ced b y th e e ve r -to v tn ' Sw e d e s t os ta n d a rds unsurpassed anywhe r e on t h e ea r th. A r e a lswee d to by any s ta n d a r d s at a GIVEAWAY b arcamr.;:~:d i n,~6~i t1[a ~~op~~ l l ~~m~~~~~ ~~:s~e il~Ss e~O ~~S~~j6.5MM ITALIAN IN CLiPS . •••••.. $5.50~itPf~~s ;Pi~~~~~~d o:ll~~~ l p6agk~ i~ta~l~f:tn~rl~ l~:~ ~lfg~read y to use in a ll t ho s e I tali a n 6 .5 mm rifles a n d ca r.b ine s . Cheape s t price e v e r off ere d for t h e se m a g n ific en ta p p ea r ing ca r tridges. Compon ents a lon e w or th double!7MM MAUSER lWIN. eTG. CO.). $2.50Gorgeous ortatn a r Winchester 7mm com merc ial e x po rta ni m o In 20 rd . b ox e s ea ch r ound g u a ran teed withr-rn c ke d neck to ena h le t oo t-tess ou n e t p u ut n a nd e ffo rt .le s s salv age. Order this "Pu llin Amm o " sensation today!7.35 MM ITALIAN IN CLiPS . . .. •• $6.00~ i~~ : tdtI~I~ t~t"~~~n fo ~~t;t i~~~~~ ~;~r a~':;,?ed~ 3t~~?~~~{ithe cli p s a lone for m or e th a n we sell t he a mmo load edin th e m, 12 S·g-r. orilZina l issue ball round . . . t h e firs tof t h e n ew 'short cartrid g es' and s t UI a m on g the finest.7.62MM RUSSIAN RIFLE......•• . $7.50Cho ice lot of Ca p tured Commun ist cartridge s pi cked u pne a r a ll eg e d Sp u tn ik rema in s In Ca lifo rn ia by Ye OldH lIn.te l'-th e m-eateat e tobe e -trc ner- o f rte m a ll. 1.")0 Gr .F P Issue load s . Order now! Do n't put it off a nother day!.30 CALIBER M1 CARBINE .. ••.. $5.00Ye Old Hu nter le ft no s tone unt u r ned to brin g you th isg le a m ing la t e date amm unition. Manufa ctured in them id 4 0 ' s , it literally s purkres as y ou lift th e li d on thes es h iny bras s ca sos, No furt her n e ed to inq ui r e ; this is o nhand with an eage r .b ea v e r ! crew r ea dy to r u s h it off ..30-06 U.S. COMMERCiAL $6.00Sensational low price o n the se supe r b ly intact d e light_full y mell owed W inche ster 1 5 0 GR FP Bullets. P erfectl~fla w .le!'s ly p re served b rass cases. 20 (I'd . Co m ­m ereta ! orl g ll1a l boxe s . Man ufact u r ed in r oarin g 20' sand j oy o.u s_. 3 0 ' s. to deli ght the e xp ensive 5 0 's withthe ir u n belie v a b le eco n omy an d di scolor ed h u e s ; Now!!!U.S••30 1.30·40 CALIBER) KRAG .. $5.50Leav e it t o Ye Old H unter to return t r iu m p h an t withtJ:i s, gr~a.te ~~ laT~e__rifl9__~ {lttrhl~e _h \lor JWl _ il\.-..Arnex t~i\th e ir u n belie va b le e co n om y an d di scolo r ed h u e s ; Now!!!U.S••30 1.30·40 CALIBER) KRAG .. $5.50Leave it t o Ye Old H unter to return t r iu m p h an t withthis greate st la r ge rifle cartridg e b a r g-ain in Am ericat oday . .ne auurut o rigi n a l Comme rci al U . S . Kra g 220g r . FP load s at fa r le s s than e ve n r et oa rn n e com ­p o nent s cost s. Su pp ly no t t n e xtiau statite . so bette r ordern ow t o be su re! Man u fa ctured b y Wincheste r . Etc.8MM GERMAN MAUSER ISSUE. $7.50Bc nu tff'ul , clean. 8 l\'IM Ba ll a m m u n iti on , a ll bras s casesa nd b ox e r (r e load ab le ) ty p e p r imers . T r u e 0 .32 3 b u lletsa lone w orth p ractically this g ive-away pric e fo r thesecomple te M.e. ca rtr idges. Or d er today a n d s h oo t yo u rfavor it e Mau s er a t th is s h oo t ab le price , ror s to r k s o f t h isselect a m m o can no t la st forever. A s ho o ti ng ba rg ai n •9MM LUGER lPARABELLUM) ... . $5.00~~h~~r;.~ - o?o ~~r~~i g r i~~· iJ>ei.s tWin~ar~~.ii~l~ a f t a~ ~or~~~O I Pst:~~loads n-om the world's mo st fa mous factor ie s to s li det h r ough t ho se no -torurer-expenstve -to-snoo r 9mm Lu ge r-aBrownings, Ra d om s , Ma us e rs , ~r w hat -nave-vou. NOW! Ii11MM MAUSER RIFLE "Big 11" $10.00Don 't b e t r ap p ed into p ayi ng a fortune e l sewhere fo rthis m a g n ificent German Ma u ser is sue lo ad. Stan dard386 gra in lead bull et m akes ideal spo r t in g loa d fort h o se o r ig ina l Mod e l 7 1 / 8 4 Mauser ri fle s yo u ' ve b een'st e a li n g of la t e . Am m o a lmost bears B ismark' s fill gerprints, it's so o ld , but w e h av e never had a misfireto d a te so order to day w h ile" the getting's "g ood! Now!.43 ll1MM) REMINGTON........$6.00Wh o e ls e b ut Ye Old H u n t e r w ou ld hav e found thistr e a su re? Or ig inal R em in gton UMC load s in originalb ox es-375 g r . loa d b u ll e t mak e s su pe rb targ-e t orh un t ing r ou n d f or tho se shootable .4 3 Remingtonr o ll in g b lock s. Appear s m a g n ificent-shoot a bi Ii ty u n-..r!'U3 I'M1teed. Wo rt h twic e this price fo r components a lon e !.44·40 WiNCHESTER $5.00Rare orig inal 2 17 Gr. Bl a ck Powder loa d s in or ig in a lWinchester bo xe s . Function in a ll' m od e rn guns as \ve ll~~iJ~oeS~t c~~:'~ i t~ ldth1~ l tsun~~ '~c ~~~~c~~s t~ ~~v f:AfiGAI~~• •••~_flIIli . !!f!ilI 1.45. 70 GOVERNMENT MODEL... . $6.00Wt. 9 Ibs. ONLY 62¢ per lb.TOTAL PRICE ONLY $5.5B!for r ig o r o u s front line assau lt f unction ing. V E H Y. ') GOOD c o n d itio n thro u g h o u t, t ypical F . N. quality,~,_ _ ITt:·'-·-,7';$ ;; a ll mi ll e d p art s , 23 72" 4 -g r . b b L, a nd standar d 8111 111.c a l ib e r p lus t h e ext r'e rn e ly lo w p r ic e o f $69 .5 0, 111a, liT&A> .'.~,\;tJ~ · CA L. ~MM MAUSER ••• ONLY $69.50 ;'~~~'k~~e t~f~~ ! S08~,~ ~~t ~:~~~ e~e l~ ~l~ u ~~~~ ~~it~~n tI; ,~. . . S~ OC l { ~ t ~m l y $ 7.5 0 p e l' 100 r ound s. .Li m.ited prod uc -(Collectors: Note ArabIC Egyptian markmgs) t ton : l i m i t ed s upply. A co lIe c to t-t s 111U :st. Order t od ay !Ye Old H unter -illustrat es all we apons by actual wnretouchcd photo graphs so )'Oll call see 110':(1 they REALLY look /...... ••- ..1CALIBER .303 BRITiSH $7.50Only $9.95 complete with100 rds of original ammo!~:;~, tra~t a ~~~~rl~i b l ~ n ~ ~~~ lr~[~ ce s: ~ -s~i~i ! ie~~atf~a z iG'XLt¥BaArbI~gG~EATEST can be b o ught for ON LY $ 9 .9 5 , COMPLETE "w it h onenu ndrod rounds of a mmo in orig ina l c li ps . This is th e rifle thatCOULD HA VE WON THE KOR EAN WAR ifunarme d . En jo y the g rea test and c heapestt hebi gCh in ese had b eenb or e sh oo t in g ofYOUI'li fe w ith t his bl oop condi tion Garribald i' s Gr eatest Repeater! No w !PANCHO VILLA SPECIALSCAL . 7MM REMINGTON ROLLING ~ LO C KSFAMED .43 ORIGINAL REM. ROLLING BLOCKS1You can' t buy prim e hamburger at this price . Con d ition of a lls;. 'Q.niQP .-, .~ t . ~ Alexandria.'2; ·V~! , .HERE IT IS! Le a ve it t o Ye Old H unter to brin g g-l ea rn ;irr g- perfect fr e s h s t ock .3 0 3 Br itis h ba ll 170 g r . m a g ­n ifice n t iss u e loa d s to you a t low e s t e ve r p r ice ! Stock u pnow to s hoot t h o se s ensauonatbunratn Roya l Enflelds foralmost n othing ! All bras s f u ll y r e load a bl e cases! Th iss p a r k li n g a mmunition on h a nd fo r im m e d ia te d e live ry.Ye Old H unter now re-o ffe l'S t h e fa m o us s e ll ·out of la s twinter-fine st r ound sa le eve r m a de in t he United Sta te sThe se are or lg-ina l 4 0 5 -Gr . le ad. b lack powde r load s. lri.or ig in a l sc a le d \Vin ch ester bo xes. Re ady for co ll ector an dr e loader, (s av e , save , save) as most p rimers ind en t w ithp e r fect symmet!'y an d com p lete s ilence . At t h is priceyo u arC a lways AH E AD, AHEAD. AHEAD, AHE AD.ORIGINAL G 33/40 MAUSER CARBINES8 mm Ma us er P eauierwe tenr Ca rb i ncs t Yes. we k no w t h a t it '\ '1I bealmost too fa n tastic to belfev o , but again, Ye Ol d Hunter has made asc oo p that w ill benefit a ll d e v o te e s of fi ne rru ns . Or ig in a l G 33/408 m m Mau se r re a t he rwctan e c artunes. the joy o f t he Germa n MountainT roops. Ve ry li ":l i ~ d s u p p ly . Do n ' t lose .ou t on th is mag n ifi ce nt b ar ­g a i n . Good condtuio n t S u p p ly No t tr n t tm ttcd t Order t od ay and s av e r!GERMANM98 COSTA RICAN MAUSERS!RARE M93 SPANISH~,ii~-f~leiStl;;~l~l~lh C[~~\ ·~rtec~~I~ "y~ea~1i~gs:~afjgtN[ t~l;~~~~ \1 eclg~~~ .45 lACP) COLT AUTOMATIC ... $5.00Little of t ha t o ld e lbow grease w ill clean t h is fan tastic ba l'l:~ain to NRA Unbe peva ~ le d i sc~ve ~'Y of enormous und erg ro u n d sup p ly~~~~d~~ndli i~~ . g~l~k l ~ d P~~~d~~~q~~~\t~~'i~~e ~;I~~~ nO faia ~~tlia~k~Jk; ~rrnu~ J~ I~n ~~~~~~~~~ ~.~5. b~~ t~"1 l daft~r : ~ldY?~ 'S't~ l :~ og~~:s~~A ~~?~ J:.~i~i.le1do~~ t~~is al~?~t~l'i~'gr~~e l ~~i~v{t~V~~\'~~i J~~cle ·b a~o~~l£ rl; i ~~'t litr° ~st1 l~ry Cl~~~u ~~~ ~~~~n ~U[o · ri:e . < ' ~f2~ ~n U~m~~i';eon ~ y $1.00, when ordered w ith t h is I·ifle. Supply not in exhausti b le . t h e s tock in's good. as Sllpp ly is n ot unli m it e d! TO DA Y." W ORLD'S BIGGEST GUN HOUSE." 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See your d eal er or wri t e for com.o tero informat ion.F R E E ! - Send for beautiful ill ustra te d cat al og ofP a ch ma yr Gu n Accessori es . .PACHMAYR .G U N WORKS, I NC., Dept. G- 121220 South Grand Ave nue, Los Ang eles 15, CaliforniaL .~,"mJ m~~E,~! 1.P ach mayr Gun Accessories . .PACHMAYR .G U N WORKS, I NC., Dept. G -121220 Sout h Grand Aven ue, Los Ang eles 15, CaliforniaGREATGUNS!FIRST IN A SERIES OF GUNKITS THAT ARE DIFFERENTThis k it co n t a ins all parts t o builda full size, a ll m etal working modelof a graceful Bel gi an si n gle sh ot percuss ion pistol. Price on ly $8.95 postpaid.J & E MODELS1683 Stew art Ave. , New Hyde Park, New York$2 .SPECIAL O FFER: Bot h Fox Calls Plus$2 Instruction Record (78 o r 45 rpm ) ONLT $5Surefire un br eakab le BU RNHAM ca ll s teet ur ert In A ug . '56TRUE "The CRiTTERS C o me When CALLED " Burnh a mC~ "!; lu r ed u p 121 Fox , 33 Racco o n s, 156 C oyote s. 11 Bob cat,4.. D eer. a nd hu ndreds o f Hawk s and Eaat es on th eir dry runT ho u san d s 0 1 the se ca l l s I n u se ev ery .....h·c re l ett ers tell u s otamaz i ng r esll 1ts- " V ery first t ime I u sed your cal l i ca ll ed up5 C o yo l es"-P T C. , Ne w M @)(ico. BURNHAM calls mu sl g iv eYOu c lose sho t at above mentio ned ga m e o r you r money back!FREE Ca lling Stories a nd bes tinstruct ions 50 yea rs of call ingex perience can produce.Dealer Inquiries Invited"W E WUZ ROB BED" is th e standardlament around a trap or skeet clubwhen th e local sports pages hit th e streetaft er an event at the club. Shoot er s feel thatlarceny has been done becau se their wellstagedtrap or skeet mat ch rated not mor ethan one paragraph on th e sport page, andthat paragra ph is more often than not "outin left field" between an account of a tiddlywinks match and an outing of a birdwatcher's club. (This is not to belittle bi rdwatchers and tiddly-winks pla yers, who ar egood fellows, even if they do enjoy a bett erpr ess than shooters.)Wh en the paragraph or two reporting theshoot does app ear in a newspaper, chancesar e that some very non-shooting term s willhave been used to describe events in th epro gram . Lik e, for example, th e item in anI ndianapolis newspap er crediting Mrs. EdnaStark with br eaking 196 clay targets fromthe two-hundred yard lin e. Now, Edna is ari ght good lad y trapshoot er, but, 200 yards isa pr ett y fur piece to break a clay tar get witha shotg un.This little item didn't further th e causeof tra pshooting in Indianapolis, although I'llthe tw o-h~;n d;~d - -;~ ;d -li ~ e .nN'o ~ ,- -E d~a -;s--;ri ght good lad y trapshoot er, but, 200 yards isa pr ett y fur piece to break a clay target witha shotg un.This littl e item didn't further the causeof trapshoot ing in Indian apolis, although I' lladmit it should have. Had I lived in Indianapolis,I would have present ed myself atthe club th e very next Sunday, to see thisunu sually fine bit of shotg un marksman ship.I might even have tri ed to buy th e shotgunwhi ch would shatter clay targets, or any kindof tar get, at a range of 200 yard s.Capt ion writers have been known to goof,too, when wri tin g head s for shoot ing stori es.Witness th e Ch icago newspaper which crediteda winn er at th e ATA's Grand Ameri cantournament of trapshooting with a sk eetchampionship.And-the saddest part of thi s tal e is thatshooting's lou sy pr ess can be lai d smac k dabon th e doorstep of th e gun club s.My new job br ings me into close contactwith man y of the very sports and outdoorNEW!A MustforEveryHunterLEELOADERFOR SHOTGUN SHELLSL ee Lo ader is a complete setc onsistin g of po wder & shotm e a.s ur-es, decapper, cappe r , a ndin s t r uc ti o n s plu s e xcl us ive Tripl e A ction Cham -$9 95 bel'. Fi ve load combin ations withthewriters who are verbally lambasted for failingto give coverage to shooting events. Someof my fellow shooters will be sur prised tolearn tha t most sport and outdoor writersar e not ulcer-rid den, dour, savagely snarl ingcharac ters, determined to keep tr ap andskeet stories from clutt ering up th eir pr eciouspages. T hey ar e in reality good fellows,with th eir own problems to solve.Aski ng most sports wr iters to wri te a storyon a skee t or trap, would be lik e asking thewriter of thi s column to write a story onatom ic energy. And he would approach th etask with about as much enthusiasm as Iwould have for writing th e bit on somethingabout whi ch I know next to nothing. If youmention skee t to many sports writer s, theguy will wonder wheth er you eat it, bat it,or ki ck it. When th e same writer is assignedto cover a major at hleti c event, he will begiven charts covering th e pla yers. ·Thosecharts will tell him th e man's age, hometown, weight, height, parent's nam es, ta stesin girls, and what he had for breakfast, andwhat th e guy thinks about suhjects rangingfrom hopscotch to Freud . If the game is aprof essional gam e, the play s will probabl y0 - · - - - 0 - - · - - - - - 0 . - - - ~-_ .-charts will tell him th e man's age, hometown , weight, height, parent's nam es, ta stesin girls, and what he had for breakfast, andwhat the guy thinks about subjec ts rangingfrom hopscotch to Freud. If the game is aprof essional gam e, th e play s will probabl ybe calle d in advance for him. Does he getthis kind of coopera tion from a gun club?Does he even get invited out to th e club toburn up a few boxes of shells? Not oft en!If a gun club ha s not made sure that thelocal sports staff ha s been introduced to th ejoys of trap and skeet shooting, th at gunclub should not in good conscience moan andgroan when the writ er gives them less th ana half-page covering th e event. Don't expectth e sports staffer to personally cover yourshooting event. Contrary to an opinion generallyheld, sports-writing jobs ar e not cushyjobs awarded th e publisher's favorite neph ­ew, or son-in-law. Th e sports staffer or outdoorwri ter is most ofte n a workin g newspaper man , who carr ies out his editor's as-(Continued on page 49 )-Hunting - fi sh ing - fighting - Throwing - Skinn ing- Carving - Bowie's in 5 s izes. These World fam ousknives, 100 % ha ndcrafted from Swedi sh Too l St eel.15 mod els, var ious lengths - handle combination s.Coll ector's pi eces today; ofleg end ar y fam e tomorrow.Send 2Sc for descript ion s, prices and inst ructivebooklet . SOc for Fighting knife use manual.W. D. RANDALL, Jr., Box 1988 -C Orlando, Fla.ACE - Hunting & Target BulletsAccura t e, Cons istently g ood, Econo m ica l.Available in m ost popular sizes. L ust-A ­Loy a nd Tuft-A- Loy j a.c k ets.Price l ler 100 (1IOsfuA"e e x t r n ).224 D ia. 50 Gr. Soft Po in t . . . . . _. . $1. 95

HANDICRAFT WITHOUT HANDS(Continued from page 21)in g waln ut stock and silver ornaments,was a good adv ertisement. The gunsmith soonhad mor e work to do than he need ed andwas b usy at gunsmithing till hi s death. F ellow-shooter E. L. King of Winona, a bi gga me hunter who has often been to Africa,carried rifl es wh ich hi s rifl e teammat e Halvorson had mad e for him . As his fam e spreadamong th ose wh o ca n afford th e best in guncra ftsmanship, other sports me n obtainedHalvorson guns. Berwyn, Illinois, sportsma nRobert Hess has sixteen rifles built for himin the seven years since he has kn own Halvorson;used to fly up to th e gunsmith' s shopfr om Chicago.A typ ical d ay at Edwin' s shop, clutt eredwith th at orde rly liuer whi ch marks man ygunsmith's shops, where everything seems ina mess but actually everyth ing is easily 10·cated, would find severa l sportsmen arr ivingfrom se veral h undred miles away. Mostdrove by auto. All would have on e or severalguns to be repa ired, stock pitch changed,che cke re d or ju st generally overha uled.Ma ny new guns were rem ad e to fit customer'ssizes and per sonal iti es by Hal vorson. Ma nywould br ing in old guns no lon ger repairable, and th e gunsmith with out hands wouldshape th e deli cat e lock parts fr om steel a ndrep air th em. The gre a test chall enge to H alvorsonwas a real gun crank who wanted awild cat, some thing spec ial an d not r eadil yobta inable. To satisfy th e most discerninggun fan was alwa ys a test for Hal vorson'sin genuit y. Some of hi s per sonal ri fles andshotguns prove he has spe nt hi s life in meeting that cha llenge. Man y show alt era tionsallowing hi m to opera te their mech ani smswith hi s arm -stu mp s.H e li ved as an exper t gunsmith, one of t heshotg·uns ~ ro ~ e he ha's s p~ ~ t his li fe i,; m ~ et .in g tha t challenge . Ma ny show alterationsallo wing him to operate their mech ani smswith hi s arm- stumps,H e lived as an expe rt gunsmith, one of th er ar e br eed wh o co uld reall y r ep air a br okengun, rest ock from th e blank an old percussiondouble shotgun, or completely r emodelsome militar y rifle so th at as a spor ter itr ivaled th e best of mod ern gunmaking. B ewa s born without hands, but as he grew uphe d evel oped plentv of apprecia tion for th efaculties he bad. Without becoming a " mornrna'sboy," H alvorson was blessed wi th amoth er who, wit h the wisdom of t he age s,accepted her li ttle boy as he was, p hysicall yhandicapp ed, witb no cursing of fa te th at ithad been ·otherwise. In suc h a health y,matter-of-Ia ct atmosphe re, it never occurr edto young Edwin to despair. He had noha nds, his lef t foot was twisted, b ut developing as a norm al person in spite of thesehan di ca ps was hi s natu ral cour se. Learningto do thi ngs without han ds t bat people withha nds ofte n find d iffi cult was no pu shover.li e becam e ade pt beca use he applied hi msel fso wholehear tedly, never holding back withanyth ing. As a result , since he was a child,l Ialvorson had been doin g things withou thands bett er th an most folks do with hand s.JIe figured out " bes t ways to do things." Inschool he sha ped a metal wri st band , inwhich be fast en ed a pencil, and so wrote aswell and as eas ily as hi s classmat es. Fromtbe tim e he was a little lad, Edwin wasalways sea rc h ing for some form of rnechanicalexpres sion.Hi s first inter est was photo graphy. Man ylocal farms have lar ge panorami c views ofth eir farm st ead done by Edwin. He madesome of hi s own ph otograp hic eouinmen t. Inof winning ho rses at th e ra ces ; then afterdeveloping he'd identi fy the horses and tryto sell pr int s to the own ers. All thi s calledfor a lot of leg-work, for th e man with onl yone normal leg. This was before the da ys ofeasy tr avel by motor car. But shortly beforeWorld War I he becam e int er est ed in repairingguns, found in th e degr ee of finehandwork required th e most sat isfying challenge of hi s handless worl d.If a gun in th e nei ghborhood needed reopair ing, he'd repair it. He ada pted existingguns to his own abilities. Trigger s would befitted with large chec ke re d kn obs; operatingbandIes and slides wer e exte nded into hookseas ily snapped ba ck by Halvorson's forearm.Restocking military ri fles into sporters andfittin g chokes or crowning barrels was everyday work to th e Minn esota craft sman. Hespent hours in meti culou sly cbeekering th ep istol grip s of r ifles whi ch he co uld notgras p. Like the fr onti er gunsmitbs of hisboyhoo d days, he inlaid il ver stars andanimals on the stocks. Onl y in carving washe lacking- never ma ster ing the probl em ofgrasping cbisels a nd wood cutti ng tool s, hewas content to let his friend s, J oseph Scheinhergheror Ar t J ohn son, both of LaCrosse,Wi scon sin, decorate his gun stoc ks with flyinggeese or squirrels.The big ru sh for Edwin in gunsmitbingca me durin g World War I, when new gunswere unobtainable. Th en the man who th edoctors cla ssified as unfit for service ju st bylook ing at him, work ed long hours at gunsmithingmore detailed and difficult th an an yordnaneemen had to accomplisb. He wasswamped with work, alw ays risin g a littl eearl ier in the morning, workin g a little lat erat nigh t, to get th e job done.Th e story of Ed win Hal vor son the zunsmum ng more detar led and ditn cult th an-anyor dnaneemen had to accomplish. He wasswamped with work, always rising a littleearl ier in th e morning, working a little laterat night , to get the job done.Th e story of Edw in Ha lvorson th e gunsmithis remarkab le, but th e stor y of Ed winHa lvorson the man is an inspira tion, Hisdevotio n to hi s wife and litt le da urrhter thema terial succe ss and estee m of his friend sand customers, hi s affection for his par entswhile they lived was exempla ry. Some yearsbac k, while his mot her was still alive butqu ite old, a New York radi o show, th e" Ho bby Lobby," wa nted Ed win to mak e apersonal appear an ce on th eir pr ogram. Th eyoffere d to fly him to ew York a nd back .The gunsmith was willing to go but hismot her , wh o th ought flyin g was for th e bird s,began to worry about th e tri p. Out of respectfor her, Ed win cance lle d th e appearance .P erhaps he did not realize th e val ue ofpublicity. 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The items specifiallynam ed are th e things which squirrelsdine on princip ally.Most squirrel hunting seasons are openduring the fall and early wint er, with a few(especially in the south) openin g late inthe summer. Durin g normal weath er (in th efall), the best hours of th e day for squirrelhunting are from sunup until about midmorning,and from mid-aft erno on until ju stbefore sundown. Hard rains can upset th etimin g of squirrel feedin g and frolickingactivities, and so can cold weather late inthe season aft er the leaves get off th e tr ees.On cold sunshiny days, th e fuzzytail s domost of th eir stirring durin g the middlepar t of the day, mainly because it is warm erand more comfortable th en.Real wild gray and fox squirr els foundin the backwoods are far different fromth eir town and city park cousins. Thosefound out in the wild are smart, shy, andthoroughly alert little creatures th at will"skeedaddle" like a blue streak for thenear est den hole at th e slightest sight orsound of danger. They seem to hear extremely well and to see even bett er andthese faculti es coupled with th eir swiftnessand size, mak e th em anything but pushoversfor hunters. Tak e a tip from me and neverIand for hunters. Tak e a tip from me and nevers!~ a!' h! a~thin1r: u' ' u!!ersI.... 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Wear it proudly;it identifies you as a memb er of this great sportsman 's organization.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pleas e enter my su bscription for TH E AMERICAN •RIFLEMAN, enroll me as an NRA me mber an d send my •gold.filled lapel buttonoEnclosed is m y $5.00 0 Bill me please 603-12• Name __ .m.._ _ __ _ _ _Age •• Address _ _ ...m._ ..._ ..._ .__..._ m..._ ...m.... _ •••City & State ._ .._ ..m. _ _._m._ _ _• NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATIONwear any whit e garment into the woodson a squirre l hu nt. Most other colors areall right during th e fall when the leavesand other foliage are of many shades anyway,but white is out. It is a warning signalwhich squirre l eyes spot long before th ehun ter can see the squirr el.Still hunting is simply a system of findinga good squirrel feeding spot, slipping ba ckto th e place later with a good scope-sighted.22 rille, and sitt ing and waiting for thesquirrels to come in to feed . Always examinethe squirre l cuttings in the feeding nooksto mak e sure that they are fr esh. If th eyare, you've found a good still hun tinglocati on.In some part s of the country, squirr eltreeing dogs still play an importan t part insquirrel hunting. A good squirrel-treeingdog may be of almost any breed or stra in,although those which are part tr eein g-typehound and pa rt "ju st dog" seem to maketh e best ones. Many dogs ju st naturally takeup squirr el hunting and treeing on theirown, by being hunt ed in good squirrelterritory.Dog hunters usually hunt in pairs. Andsquirrel hunting with dogs is usually betterafter most of th e leaves are off th e treesin the fall. Some squirrels will freeze tothe limb s or tr ee trunks when th e dogs treeth em, whil e others will start running forth e nearest den hole. Becau se of thi s varietyof shots offered, quite often one huntercarr ies a .22 for th e shell shots, whil e th eother carr ies a shotgun for th e runningshots.The dog is turned loose in good squirre lwoods and the hunters follow along, movingcarr ies a .22 for th e shell shots, while th eother carr ies a shotgun for the runningshots.The dog is turn ed loose in good squirr elwoods and the hu nters follow along, movingslowly, until they hear the dog bark tr eed.Then they head for the spot. If th e squirrelis ru nning when the hunters get there, if thesquirr el dog is a good one he will berunning too and following th e squirre l'smovements. But if the dog is doing his yelpingfrom one spot, around the base of onetr ee, and if there is no den hole in the tree,the hun ters will start searching for a squirre llIattened out on a limb or against th e bodyof the tr ee up near th e t op,Th ere is perh aps more stalking done th anRUBBERRECOiL BOOTSfor shotgun $ 3 DOZEN• or rifle69c each. US

.an y other type of squirrel hunting. Here,the hun ter or hunters (they tak e differentroutes in the squirre l woods if th ere's moretha n one) simply ease along th rough goodsquirr el woods a la In dian , stopping every40 or 50 yards for a couple of minutes tolook and listen. When a squirrel is spied,the hu nter advances toward the tr ee thesq uirrel is in.Th e usual squirrel woods will contain severaldifferent food s which squirrels like, an dif it is a good year for several food items thef uzzyta ils may be sca tte red out and feedingover a wide area. If so, the stalking hunteris more apt to click than th e still hunter. Heis usuall y armed with a shotgun and is ofcourse eq uipped to deal with either still orrunning squirrels. Th e average stalking hunter,however , will get far more r unning shotstha n he will still shots, and nor mall y he willsee more squirrels than either the still ordo g hunters. If he eases through th e woodsqu ietly enough and has a good pair of eyesfor spying the fuzzytails, he will get a surprisingnumb er of shots within easy shotgunra nge.T here have been many arg uments in th epa st about squirrel guns and load s. Fromna il-keg stools in the old -time country generalstores to present coffee-break chats downat the spor ting goods store, the arg umentshav e been carr ied on. And they always willbe, j ust as th ey should be. Things wouldn'tsce m ri ght here in America otherwise.I have been hunting squirre ls regul arly foralmost 30 years, but I am stilI classing whatI have to say about squirre l guns and load sin the followin g paragrap hs as personal opinions,based on my own personal experiences.But my experiences might well differ fr omtho se of othe rs.As far as squirrel hunting shotguns areconcerned, I am personally a 12 gauge fanall the way. I have had too many cripplesescape into den holes when I was usin g th esmaller gauges to suit me. I pr efer a good12 gauge over-under with 28 inch full chokeJ11 Ule; .l U lJ U WJ1I ~ V tU(1 ~ L C1VU. .::s (1 ::) p e reonar U V J U ·ions, based on my own personal experiences.But my experiences might well differ fr omthose of others.As far as squirrel hunting shotguns areconcern ed, I am personall y a 12 gauge fanall the way. I have ha d too many cripplesescape int o den holes when I was using th esmalle r gauges to suit me. I prefer a good12 gauge over- und er with 28 inch full chokeand modified barrels, or a 12 ga uge pum p orauto-load er with 28 inch full choke or modifiedba rre l. In such a gun, I use highvelocity (lo ng range) load s carrying No. 6shot. With such a combination, I rar ely haveany crippled squirrels escape.I mu ch prefer an auto-loading .22 forsquirre l hunting of th e rifle kind , because theauto-load er makes possibl e qui cker andeasier second and th ird shots which ma yFAST DRAWHOLSTERS jl o r t i ilflIf yo u want tobe a n expert g un

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to hit in an area about a foot in diameter at200 yards, a six-minute shot.A former Infantry officer, wounded inac tion in Germa ny, once pointed out to methe difficult role of the rifleman. This is th eonly ma n in th e lowest ra nk of th e mili taryservices, said he, who has to make decisionscomparable to th ose of a commissioned ornon-commissioned officer. AII other ran klesssoldiers or sailors or a irmen are usuall y toldwhat to do, or can ask somebody. Th e riflemanis more likely to be alone, and have todecide for himself.He sees something move. Is it enemyor friend, perchance non-combatant ? Hedecides: enemy. Should he shoot, perhap sreveal h is position, endanger his budd ies,get enemy mortar fire back athimself- orplay it safe and stay deep in cover ? Hedecid es to shoot.Can he hit the damn ed thing, or man, orpar t of a man ? Decision affirmat ive.Does he have to shoot offhand, or will itwait until he finds a suppor ted position ? Hedecides it will wait, gets his elbows down,takes a deep brea th, ra ises his r ifle. Itwavers a good deal, the sights are on andoff the ta rget.When to pull: now before it moves, or tr yfor a better sight picture ? Of th e second orseco nds of aiming, he has to choose themoment. Th is is the toughest decision of all.Th ere is no possibi lity of asking th e Sargea bout it, or chang ing his mind later. lI ema y bet his life and those of his buddies onth is decision.If the foregoin g has some validity, wenced to give the oldier all the pr acti cepossible in making these kinds of decisions,in training, to remove their novelt y in comhat. T here is spec ial need for getting moreNotches are Old-FashionedRecord your Kill with~ Gold or Silverneed to glvethe sorrner all the pra ct icepossible in mak ing these ki nds of decisions,in trainin g, to remove their novelt y in comhat.Th ere is special need for gett ing moreNotches are Old-Fashioned. Record your Kill with~.I ..-;;. '\ . 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Wr ite today fordetails.THE ULTIMATE RIFLE - He re is t he r ar e s t mode rn firearm ev er offe re d t o t he Ame rican c ollecto r !Th e bigge s t , m ost po werfu l r ifl e e ve r ma de. In V.G. to E xc e llent Co ndo Designed in 1 9 3 8 by o rder ofHitler's ge ne ra l staff, th e Solo thurn 8 1 8 -1 000 w as used on a ll fr onts against a ll a lli ed a rmies. Itsde vastat ing a cc ura cy co uple d w ith torre nt -like fir epower we re directly respo ns ib le for the fr a nticred e si g ni ng of ne a rl y a ll a llied a r mo re d fig ht ing ve hicles.FANTASTICALLY RARE - Thi s la te s t a nd g reatest So Jothurn catche s e ve ryone 's e ye . It w ill b e thes ho wp ie ce o f you r colle ction. Its 8 0 Ca l. ( 2 0 MM ) b or e, fas t sem i-auto matic fire , s upe rb e ng ine eri nga nd de ad ly e fficienc y mak e o the r a nt i-tank rifl es look like toys. 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( Sig ht is illuminated for nightfighting. )ABSOLUTELY COMPLETEI ALL S2 ORIGINAL ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS INCLUDED FREElYOUR GUN COMES TO YOU WIT H FOLLOWI NG: Or ig. o rd na nce fitted c he s t; 10 magazine s; c o mpleteas sor te d co ve rs a nd carr ying devi ce s: a ll spare p arts in o rtg , m e t a l bo xes a nd leathe r bag; 1 dummye xe rc ise car tr idge (very rare ) : complete s pec ia l tools, de ta ch able m uzz le ' brake. co mple t e c le a ni ng ki titems; comple te pre c is io n a rmo re rs ki t in t o p g ra in lea t he r case ; t oo ls for 1 0 00 use s . An exce ptiona land us e fu l bo nus . Eve r y s pe c ia l ex t ra ever iss ued w it h t his gu n. Nothi ng e lee to b uy. This com p le te la nd de ad ly e ffic ie nc y make o ther a nt i-tank ri fles look like to ys. Yet it s effic ient m uzzl e br ak e lets yous hoot th is exc iting rifl e wit h e a s e.STATISTICS - Eac h g un o rd na nce chec ke d a nd testjtred . Hurls a 1/3 lb . a rmo r pi ercing s he ll up t o 4m ile s . It s t errific mu zz le velocity p lus s pec ia l w ide fie ld te le s copic s ig ht a llo w ra pid fire with p inpointaccurac y a t o ne kilom e t er (s/s m ile) . Will cl eanly. p e ne t rate 2'" of fine s t stee l a rm o r p la te. Qu ic k d e ­t acha b le b a rrel. Mu zz le ve l. 2 700 FPS. Bbl. length: 4 ' 4"'. 1 0- s ho t se m i-a uto m a g . fed . Le g a l to o wn withno licens e s r eq uir ed . COMES FITTED WIT H ORIG. HI GH POWER CALI BR ATED TEL ESCOPI C SIGH TAT NO EX TRA CHARGE. 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We have legend s and some evidenceof human perf orm ance with a six-shooter ; itmig ht be well to investigat e the human"fast draw" potential with a rifle. We shouldstudy speed with accuracy, .develop atechnique, and seek ways of teaching it.If we can discover the real problems, wemay find it easier than man y now supposeit to be, to school men in the needed skills .::\Iost American youths have no trouble inlearning to dri ve a car in traffic, a skill whi chsimilarly requires qui ck ap pra isal, decision,and execution to ni cety.Some of th ese pr oblems are being studiednow, and it is to be hoped that others willfollow. There is always dan ger that aninclination to accept th e "s tatu s quo" andother human weaknesses will interfere withvigorous pro secution, or th at pr eoccupationwith more spec tac ular in terests, snch aspush-button warf ar e or space hardware, willcut off resear ch fund s. It will be espec iallyeasy to put off " until we find time" thestudies of motivat ing rewards whi ch willinduce young men to choose th e rifleman'srole and seek proficiency in it. Th ese mightinclude extra pay and privileges, publicrecognition, or other aspects of elite status.F or it has come as a surprise to many that inth e field of modern combat, the rifleman maybe a deciding factor. Th e rifle in th e AtomicAge is possibly more important th an everbefore. Even among th e read ers of amagazine devoted to guns, th ere will be somewho ha ve qu esti oned the combat worth ofwhat seems, at first gla nce, to be a horseand-buggyweapon. Such thinking fails tograsp that th e rifle alon e is not th e" weapon," but rifle-plus-man, with his senses,his intelli gence and his great versatility, ar e,~ho ha~ e qu esti oned the" combat 1vorih" 01what seems, at first gla nce, to be a horseand-buggyweap on. 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Approvedand successfully again st a hostile as faraway as he ca n see him. Th ese projectil esgive no warning, as do most area weap ons.Th ere is no pr otection against th em, unl essit would be pr ayer, for they easily penetrateall body armor known to date. A hit , even ina body extre mity, is usuall y incapacitating.But , it may be arg ued, an A-bomb willdo all th ese things on a gra nd scale. Thismight be tru e if th e enemy would cooperateby huddling int o convenient, economicaltar gets, as civilians do in cities. But everyarm y in th e world is studying th e art ofdispersion, with rapid ground and airmobility to overcome its disad vantages whenthe ri ght moment comes. Th e mod ern conceptof battlefield "hugging," getting so closeto th e enemy th at he dares not use hisnuclear weapons, can be likened to a boxer'sinfighting. All armies have calc ulated to ani cety th e size of th e zone whi ch wouldconstitute a "direc t hit"- where nobodywould survive- and studied the remarkablysimple expedients for survival outside thatzone.Th e fact is that combat nuclear weaponsare in th e class of artillery, air bomb s, andhand grenades. Th ese "Conventional weapons"also have not usually been decisive inperforming real th e mission of an army,whi ch is to seek out th e enemy and destr oyhim. Even if we used th em in tr emend ousnumbers, as artillery in World War II or ourtotal air superiority in Korea, dusty andshaken but whole men will continue to crawlout of th eir holes in substantial numbers forth e final, decisive, close-range ac tion.Th at is where the rifle comes in. 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THE FINNISH LION FREE RIF LEF o r t h e se rt ou s ta r ~e t shooter . I nte r ch a n ge able g ch u e t zena nd fi e l d type butt pl a te s and re m o vable p a lm re st. Con v e r t ibl e1 1' i ~ gt.·r pormtrs m odification fro m I n t erna ti on a l Flree R ifte toN. R ..J". au t h or ize d co m p e ti tion .Ca libe r . 2 2 on ly . Rln ~ type f ro n t s l~h t w ith fiv e in serts,mterome t e r ad j usta ble Val met r ear s ig h t w ith extra a p ertu r e .$195.00.6 . THE LA SALLE PUMP SHOTGUNA n e w stan da rd In e ngin eering ingenu it y . P r od u ced withspectat pu rpose m a ch inery . the action is t roub te fr e e an du n usu a ll y s moo th . T h e li ght weig h t a lloy r e ce iver Is forg edfor g re a te r r u g g e d n e s s; bas-re t is machined from bar s toc k . areature assu rt ne eros tcn resis tance and lo n g li fe . 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THE UNIQUE CORSA IR PISTOLEvo lv e-d fr om a li n e of very s u ccess fu l .22 a u to m a tic pi stols.Exceptional design features in cl u d e u nequaled smoothnes s or onerarton, lu s t ro u s fin is h and fine balance. Ca liber . 2 2 L.R . $ 4 2 .0 0UNIQUE E:S COR T , sa m e as Co r sair but with d u r a l slide .ca nbe r .22 Sh or t $ 4 8 .0 0UNIQUE CO RS AI R PR ES E NTA T IO N C AL IBER . 2 2 L. R.E1'\GRAVED A:o.:D F INISHE D I ~ S A T I~ CH ROME $64.50Made in Ge rma n y e xc lusive ly for u s. Man-Sized, ye t an id e-a l"first :;u n " t hank s t o its b u i lt -in safety fea tures r a rel y foundnn ri fle s in t h is p r ice b racke t. Bo lt o pe ra ti on cocks fir inJ!: pi n.ri ght·han d safe ty Is po s iti ve w ith " fir e " and "safe " positi onse tt mrne t tn e t h e n ecessit y of s e pa rate n andcocktn g fo r each shot ;plain ly indicate d . Ca l. 22 LR . P r ic e $1 7 .50.8. THE UNIQUE CORSAIR PISTOLE volved fr om a li n e o f v e r y s uccessfu l . 2 2 au tomatic p ist ol s.Exceptional d e s ign feature s in clud e unequale d s m oo t h n e s s of op ­eratron, lu st r ou s fin is h and fine bn tan ee , Caliber .22 L .R . $42.00UNI QU E E:S CORT . same a s Co r sai r but w ith d u r a l s li de.ca ube r .2 2 S ho r t $48.00UN IQUE CO RSAI R PR ESENTATIO N C ALI BE R .2 2 L .R.E1'\G RAVED ASD F IN I S HED I S S AT IN CH ROME $64.S09. THE ASTRA CUB PISTOLsore, rettabte , a cc urate a nd low III cast. Ammunition co s tsl e s s thnn a penny per ro und. It is ideal fo r hunting sm a ll gnmeor as a p e rso n a l d efe n se weapon . Three safeties. 6 r ound mnzn -,.JOEl ca p a c ttv . Ca li ber . 22 Short $34.00AS TRA F IRE CAT , CALI BE R . 2 5 $34.00ASTRA F ALCO N, CAL IB F:RS .22 L. R., .3 2 o r . 3 8 0 $ 5 0 .0 0CONV ER SiON UNI TS FO R FA LCO ~ P I ST OLS•.22 L.R. •. :32 o r .380 524.0010. 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PULL! . . . by Dick Miller(Continned from page 36)signments. If he covers your trap or skeetshoot, in the great majority of insta nces, itwill be on his own tim e, and to the tune ofsta tic from his wife and youngsters. A num·her of well-known sports and outdoor writershave told me th at th ey welcome shoot reoport s fr om gun clubs, and have asked meto spre ad the word . To make sure tha t theshoot reports get printed, here's how th eywant th em:A shoot repor t should be ma iled on the da yof the shoot, or next day at the latest. Newspapereditors ha ve strong feelings regardingthe timeliness of news. A shoot report receiveda week afte r th e shoot smells to themab out as appetizing as the fam ily ga rbagea fter the same period. Wh en the report iswr itt en in shooter's lan guag e, the newspaperis spared the embarr ass ment of th e goofsmen tioned earlier. Sports editors have th esuspicion th at an accou nt of an event whichsays simply that J oe Blow broke 98, HenrySmo broke 97, and Hiram Horsefeatherbroke 96, fail s to ra ise read er's pulses. IfHenry Hor sefeather broke his 96 whilehitched ta ndem with a gray mul e who hadone pink ear, thi s should be mentioned.P ictu re s help any shoot story-and theyshould arrive with the story, properly ident i­fied. In ma ny cities, arr ange ments may bemad e with the newspaper to develop th efilm. When this is tr ue, simply send th e un ­exposed film with the story.And, please, no pictures of wooden In ­di ans, with expre ssions on th eir faces whichgive th e impression that the whole businessis very depr essing. If you must line up th etroph y winners as if facing the firing squad,ask them to smile. It 's the brave thing to do.H you include pictures of trap and skeetshooters holding guns, please ask th e subjectsto hold the guns in an approved safefashion. Trap and skeet shooters ha ve pil edup an amazing safety record. Th ey didn'tacco mplish th at enviable record by carelessgun han dlin g.Some of the comments concern ing newspaperpublicity for trap and skeet eventsapp ly to thi s column. From th e day th at Ifirst walked on a field where clay targetswere being shatte red, I have hear d pitifulmoans of anguish an d pain calling for mor enational magazine publicity for th e sports.GUNS magazine ha s seen fit to ad d thi s trapand skee t column. The editors of GUNS aregiven to lar gesse and philanthrop ical tend encies,bu t withal they do not pay me enoughfor this column to support my fami ly. If Imust play detective in ord er to ferret outshooting news, this "Pu ll" column wiII probablyturn out to be a littl e jerk instead ofa good, strong "p ull." If you, the shootersand gun clubs, will give out with the storiesof your achievements, your human interestshooting angles, and some photographs ofsame, we'll all be hap py. And, who kn ows, wemay sell other GUNS read ers on join- ~ing us at the gun club. ~• San Diego, Calif. Th e shooting "p erfectionbar rier" has been broken ... and no fooling.Within a few days, four Marines . .. StanleyMillar, Delb ert Faulkner, Micha el Pi etroforte,and Dale Stone . . . fired perf ect250x250s over the Na tional Match cour se.The firing was done from the 600 yard line.GOKEY BOOTSIo't- IW4IIUf tuddODlJ ".d/Over 50 styles offine boots and shoesfo r sportsmen andwomen.GOKEY CO· ST. pfJr\ ~I NN.2 SPECIAL OFFERS!_ 1 1 ~# .5M a l ay a n T h r o w in g Da g g e r sEx c i tln ~ spor t tnars easyt o le a rn . H eavy b lu ed steelwi t il leather b o un d IrandIe s . Instr uctio n sheet andtnrrret tn c tuded. $1 .4 9each . set o f thre e. 5 3 .9 R.Se nd check or m o ne y ordertod a y .H & B STONESPORTOXFORD10" LACE BOOT10" PULL ON BOOTGOKEY BOTTE SAUVAGEWorld famous Bott e Sau va ge is rnad e-temeasure.Lightweight yet t ough . True moc ­cas in cons truction with handst itched vamp.(in re g ular and snake -pr oof models)Get Go ke y Boots onl y by w riting for measu re bla nka nd Free GOKE Y SPORTSMAN cat a log of boots , clo th ..ing a nd oth er fine sports eq uipment.dl an~J~'e!! :sIs J~i!!e~h i c:rIjJf~7 D~e~FSk!! '1'!PP i etrm- ~give the impr ession that th e whole business forte, an d Dale Stone . . . fir ed perfect :is very depr essing. If you must line lip th e 250x250s over th e ational Match course. -tro phy winn ers as if facin g th e firin g squad, The firing was done fr om the 600 yard line.RD ANNUAL~~~~~IDON'T MISS THE EXCITING•SPECIALTOUR TO RUSSIALast two w ee ks of Ma y we will tour Russian gun plants.Arrangemen ts a re no w bei ng made to visit C.Z. factory and Brnoin Czechoslovakia . The Pol ish a rms companies and museums, the StateHistory Museu m in Moscow and in Le'ningrad and the Soviet arms factorya t Tula .• PRICES OF AIRFARE NOT INCLUDEDITINERARY AND PRICES WRITE OR PHONE:3RD ANNUALEurop~an (iun tourMAY 1 9 5 9SCH E DULED FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKSIN MAY FOR AS L ITTLE AS $398.*VI,$I T GUN M ANU F A C T U R E RS' PLUS MANYIMPORT A N T H IG H L I G H T S IN THE ARMSF IELD O N T H I S NOW FAMOUS TOUR.You' lf visit arms muse ums, sho ps and gun col­; e c to r ~ , in England, France, Belg ium and Germany.Buy rare gu ns a t low pr ices. We w illvisit a rms fa ctories a nd research museums offamous gun works, i. e .: Enfield (Eng la nd),Fabrique Nationale (Belgium), German Waltherplant plus many others,THESE TOURS ARE PERSONALLY CONDUCTEDBY GUNS MAGAZINE TECHNICAL EDITOR,WILLIAM B. EDWARDS.

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valve system, which allowed him to send ajet of air und er sudden pr essur e into apowder charge. Thou gh the mod el whichsurvives is only partly complete, the ideamust have work ed. since Sam dr ew u p apatent and a caveat describing his design.Th e gun used a center hamm er with anexposed cocking spur. Th e hamm er struck aplun ger, compressed the air through a tin yorifice, and th en suddenly turned off a valveso th e flash-back would not smoke up th eworks. Wh at Colt conceived was a centerfireweapon, only a few decades ahead of th edat e the world was read y to accept suchnew-fangled notions. Th e air -ignit ion riflewas, so far as is known , never mad e.But Colt 's pr olific talent s for design andmass-produ ct ion manufacture continued tofollow the 'rifle path. Thou gh he mad e millionsfrom revolvers, the rifle was obviouslythe grea tes t challenge. Design advan ces appearmore in the rifles than in th e ma ssmarket revolvers. So diversified are th e ri fledesigns, elements of which later showed upin revolvers (Colt invent ed and pat ented thesolid frame on a revolver, although th e firstguns to have the solid fram e were his rifles),that the student might suspect he mad emoney off revolvers to finance his rifle designs.During the 1840's, before he set up shopagain in Hartford where th e Colt factorystill hum s today, Sam work ed for th e Na vydepartment . As an independ ent ordnancecontractor, he had fund s to work on experiments, and man y rifles and carbines wereSIGN OF THE TIMESIII P U LL I~UNSMITH I TRIGGE R- " I _ _ u __~UNSMITHPU LLT RI GGERFORI~5 E RV IC('L I _ JIFOR 5n__ E. R" IC~ .. __SIGN OF THE TIMESBREDAdr awn up durin g 1842-3-4. Th e Navy seemedthe most pr omising mark et- the Colt carbinesfor Mar ines and boarding parti es, wasa well-recommend ed item. But the youngerofficers, who had hear d rum ors of Colt Carbinesburstin g in Fl orid a, were gro wing upin th e service, and th ey were pr ejudicedaga inst his guns.Th e year 1847 was th e most imp ortant onein Sam's life. He received an Army contractfor revolving pistols, completed it successfully by subcontracting to Eli Whitney, andat the end of the year borrowed $14,500 fr oma rich uncl e to return to gun manufacturing.Almost before th e ink was dr y on his newshop leases, he commenced to work up arifle. Using the improved basic lockwork ofthe hug e Walker revolver which th e TexasRan gers used with such success in th e MexicanWar, Colt design ed a big 8-shot .44caliber Dra goon-type sporting rifle. Only onesurvives, in th e Conn. State Lib rary, although the gun was adverti sed on a Coltbroadside which is surprisingly like a modernadvertising sheet.But the market demand ed revolving pistols,as many as he could turn out, and th e Har t­ford works out grew itself. Th e Pearl Streetrent ed shop was enlarged, th en new pr emisesrented on Grove and P ott er streets, andfinally Colt bou ght several hundred acres ofswamp, diked it in and pump ed it out, anderected the world's largest pri vate armory onthe South Meadows. The company, flushedwith the sportsman's demand and with ord ersfrom western emigrants for handguns, wasread y to expa nd into the controversial riflefield.Competition with repeating rifles wassmall. Two obscure mechanics named Hora ceand Daniel-last names Smith & Wesson,soon to found a handgun business equal toColt's- were struggling with an odd leveraction gun that used a self-contained bullet-~_~~:.p r~ e~n~~ t Y.~.~~ !\.\lu a.Jit~I.LU~ !l.. ~, tim:read y to expand into the controversial riflefield.Competition with repeating rifles wassmall. Two obscure mechanics named Horaceand Daniel-last names Smith & Wcsson,soon to found a handgun bu siness equal toColt's-were struggling with an odd leveraction gun that used a self-contained bulletand-propellant packa ge a little lik e a tinyrocket. P erfected th rough a succession ofengineers after Smith and Wesson sold outand turned to revolver making, th e littlelever gun became the Winchester. But thatwas in th e fut ure. With th e revolving principlestill the most practi cal one for a looseloadingpowder and ball gun, Colt had themarket to him self.His first Hartford rifles were bca utifullydevelop ed solid frame repeaters, six-shots,.44 and .36 caliber. With side hamm ers, aswere all percussion Hartford repeat ers, th eseare today known as th e "Root Model" afterColt's chief engineer, Eli sha Kin g Root.20 gaugemagnum'A U T O M A T I CTHE MAGIC TOUCH-of a button a ndthe Scope Life Gu a rd op ens insta ntly andea sily. 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with the fast-shootingStevens 11K "Scout" CarbineHERE'S A CARBINE MODEL OF THE FAMOUS STEVENS87-the 22 automati c rifle own ed by more than 1,000,000sh ooters ! Sporting a short 20-inch barrel, the 87K "Sc out"is quick-pointing and well-b alan ced •. . gives you rapid fire.. . time-tested accuracy and tradition al Stevens value.ROl:GH ON VARMINT S AND SMALL GAME Th e 87K fires15 long rifle cartr idges as fast as you can pull th e trigger ­real firep ower for fun shooting or fast -movin g small game .DESIG NED FOR YOU NGER SHOOTERS The Steven s 87K" Scout" is th e kind of 22 a young fellow can grow up withan d enjoy all through life. Light, stur dy, dependable, safe.It 's load ed with eye appeal , too. Gold-plated trigger , chromedfittings, a desert tan stock with white line butt plate. Gr oov edfor tip-off type scope mounts, too.$39.75keep it rollingTh e 87K "Sco ut" is the ne wes t in th ecomplete Sav age and Steven s lin e of22's. Prices star t at only SI S.95 .Ther e are Sav age, St evens and Foxshotguns and rifles for e very shoote rand every kind of shooting. Wri te f or~.: .. . free rifle or shotgun catalog. SarageArms, Chicopee Falls 69, Mass.WStevens 17K0The dour, taciturn E.K.R. was lured awayfrom another indu stry by the highest salaryever paid to a mechanical employee at thattime-up to $5,000 solid gold dollars a year,for Colt had learn ed that the secret of th esuccessful executive was man agement , andmana gement included gelling the men whounderstood design and production. Such aman was Root, and the sidehammer riflesfeatured many detai ls that were invented andpatented in Colt's nam e, but carr ied int oexecution by Root. They made an excellentteam ; but the rifles werc not launched until1857 and the approach of th c Civil War,which should have been a stimulus to th erevolving rifle business, actuall y spelled itsdoom.Less than 20,000 revolving rifles in alltypes werc actually made, thou gh th eyspanned the sportsmen's needs fr om light.36 caliber "deer hunting" guns up to .70"elephant rifles. One such elephant rifle wasmade. It is still in the Colt museum. Itmay ha ve signified Colt's hope to safari toAfrica when the War was over. But hisdeath in 1862 from overwork ended tha t.The Colt' s rifles saw hard service in th eWar. The I st Regiment, United StatesSharp Shooters, under New York expertrifleman Colonel Hir am Berdan, rece ived1500 of the .56 ,caliber repeaters taking th e.58 government pap er cartridge. Colt' s riflesin the hand s of Berdan 's men were cred itedwith turning C. S. A. General Longstr eet'sflank at Gettysburg, affectin g the outcome ofthat fat eful battl e.For the Union, Colt's prod uced over 100,000single shot rifled muskets of a patt ern whichwas originated by Colt and Root as an irnprovementon the Springfield Armory model.The M1861 Special Model, also made byother contrac tors as the "1863" model, istod.aL ~.. !U.~l £~..: ~.~~!\,h~ a!~ ~~",~.l~~ ~ ~ L f~~'v, S2~single shot rifled muskets of a patt ern whichwas originated by Colt and Root as an irnprovementon the Springfield Armory model.The M1861 Special Model, also made byother contrac tors as the "1863" model, istoday a much-sought after musket for collectorsand muzzle-loading shooters.When the western boom starte d after thewar, Colt's was read y. Hand gun s were indemand and so were rifles. But the field wasin a state of uncertainty, and no manufacturerreall y knew what would come as aperfected principle for rifles. The hi ghly improvedmodel of Smith and Wesson's littleVolcani c lever action carbine led th e field,and the lever action seemed to be th e bestrepeating system of the day. Colt's plun gedinto th e lever action rifle business. Th eirventure lasted one year. At the end of makingabout 8500 guns, they turned to an otherform of mechanism.Why, is one of the int erestin g sidelightsof what may go on behind the scenes in thegun business. Colt's lever action repeater of] 883 was a fine, successful rifle. Mechanically,it was prot ected by pat ent s and quit edifferent from other rifles except for theThe Finest Revolver and PistolGRIPSGenuineIVORY. STAG . PEARL. .. Now at specialsavings !Write for illustrated catalog and Price List.Dealers Inquiries Invited.

lever. But it looked very much like th eWinchester. The cartridge, naturally, wasthe same except th at , instead of "Winchester,"it was marked with th e Colt nam e.But when shooters began calling th e newlever gun the "Co lt-Winchester," th e teamdown th e ri ver in New Ha ven decided somethingshould be done. Briefly, according toIcgend , they mad e a few revolvers, tookthem up to Ha rtford, and politely askedColt' s pr esid ent Genera l Will iam B. Franklinwha t he thought of th em. Franklin couldsee the writing on th e wall , and the leveraction rifle was discontinued. Colt's t urn edinstead to perfecting a pum p acti on repeatingsystem. On hand today in th e Win chesterfactory museum are a half dozen excellentmodel revolver s, suggesting that the story ismore than ju st a legen d. There is a happyending : Win chester's revolvers were mostlymade by Hu go Borchardt, naturalized Americanof German birth. Colt's la ter hi redBorchardt, mad e him master mechanic, a jobequal to works manager in today's fa ctoryset-up.Th e sportsman's dr eam in the 1880's aswell as today, it seems, was to go to Africa.Today, American ga me la ck s the exoticvar iety it had in th e buffalo era , but eventh en th e variety an d size of Afr ica' s animalslured the U.S. gunner to far shores. SamColt's son, Caldwell Hart Colt, was caughtwith this dr eam and was instrument al insett ing th e doubl e barreled Colt r ifle intoprod uction. Cha mbere d mostly for .45-70,the Colt doub le rifle exi sts in a very fewspecimens tod ay. Th ough serial numbersover 300 ar e kn own, few sur vive. The gunwas much lik e a standard hamm er shotgun,except for the boring and sights. Thoug hnovel, it had little la sting effect on the Coltri fle program.Most importan t, in point of numbers pro ­du ced, was th e pump rifle designed by Wi l­liam H. Elli ott. Made in three frame sizes.specimens today . Though serial numbersover 300 ar e known , few sur vive. T he gunwas much lik e a standard hamm er shotgun,except for th e boring and sights. Th oughnovel, it had little lastin g effect on the Coltrifle pr ogram.Most imp ortant, in point of numb ers produced, was the pump rifle designed by WilliamH. Elliott . Ma de in three fram e sizes,in .22, .45-70, and a middl e size ta king the.32-20, .38-40 and .44-40 sizes, it was ahighly popular and fa st-shoot ing sportsman'sr ifle. Exhibition shooter Fred Elliottof the 1890's used Colts and Colt trombonerifles, and in point of finish, reliable work ­ing, and solid cons tr uction, th ey were notexcelled by any other. But at the end of thecentury the new automatic pistols of J ohnBrowning prom ised to doub le Colt's handgunbusin ess, and th e rifles were graduallydropped fr om the lin e.Colt's returned to the ri fle business in1918 with lar ge contrac ts for th e Brownin gAutomati c Rifle an d, aft er the war, continuedthe gun as the Colt Monitor. Brown ingswere mad e in the old Sears-owned MeridenFirearms F actory in Meriden, Ct., operatedby Colt's "for th e du ration." Later,New Book for frontier Owners" HOME GUNSMITHINGtha COLT SINGLE ACTIONFRONTIER REVOLVER"by LOTen W. Sm ithA do · it you rse l' in st ru cti ont ext boo k on t he operation,repair, and re w o rk of theCo lt Frontier. The book con.bin. t en ch apten dealingwi th th is w ell known einel.a ct ion revolver .lIIustratad withftL Numaraul_& ~1._&_L ...I ~ _ L _RARE CIRCASSIAN WALNUTFinest gu nst ock wood. Very dense, yet light in weight,takes sm oot h finish sharp checkering. Turned and inlettedstacks from $ 16 .5 0 up to $8 0 .00 for rare fancies.Rifle blanks from $ 15. 00 to $ 7 5.00 . Shot g un blanks from$10.00 to $40. 0 0. No other wood compares with RareCircassian as a gun stock. New shipment recently rec'd .EXTREMELY RARE ORECON MAPLEFROM VERY OLD BIC CNARLED TREEFin est 'we e ver no d . Limi ted s upply f an cyb lanks .oUle s tze-cor r urued & hl lc tlcd- S 50.00to S 100.00. .:o'hol,. nun b lanks, $20.00 to $35.00.FREE TO GUNSMITHS : Big 4-, 010r , hart showing Flaig 's var ied PREMIUM GUN STOCK BLANKS in natur al ,olor.BEAUTIFULLY GRAINED FRENCH WALNUT­Fr ench rifle blank s. $20.00 to $40.00. 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Low cost, $2.50 to$8.00- See our complete catalog !Franzit e Grips Are Sold Under Our GuaranteeEasy to Read Plans & Ready-Cut Kitsxow AvAILAllLE I Complet e plans and kits fort hese and 20 other ha nd some Gunberth* models.Quick Answers on How to Selectthe Gun Cabinet Best for YOU!Which tyllO of gun cabinet Is best for you? Shouldyou install lights? Sh ould it be "solid" l umber?Exa ctly what do :\"OU need ? Yoti' U have clear -cutanswers in the New- and Exc lusive • ••" Handltook"-CATALOGonGunherths·Otves rou complete details on all P lans, Kits'a nd Hardwar e ° 0 ° a big and beautifully Jllus­! I'a.!~d_."Handbook"-Catalog. _F ini shed cabinetsMonitor productio n was resum ed at Hartford.according to stan dards stric tly controlled byTh e Meriden guns were regular BAR government proof houses to ensure absolute1\11918 and as modified, but th e Monito rs safety. In Colt' s time, design was no problem,were snubby little job s, ch unky but fasthandling,for whatever he put his hand to reosporting 20" carb ine barrels and fleeted his thin ki ng. But the p eriod fromslightly modified intern al buffer group s and Colt's death to th e pr esent showed a varietyrecoil spring assemblies in th e butts.of different principle s- lever, pump,That brings the story of Colt rifles to the au tomatic-none truly commer cial successes .pr esent, for no new model s eith er sporting None have th eir descend an ts in the Colt lineor military were put into the work s until today.Fred Roff came to the cent ury-old firm with Right now, Colt's is turning out excelle ntnew management in th e 1950's. And todayrifles, of high quality so far as finsh, basicRoff' s efforts to put Colt's once again design , and fundamental accuracy in thein th e front with rifles, as with pistols, meets various calibers is concern ed. But to reallya challenge. That challe nge is, to solve the forg e ahead , they need a spark of somethinquestion of "what looks like a Colt ri fle ?"g that says "Colt." How to get it­Production today is far less difficult than and they will get it, for there is no "give up"it was in Sam Colt's Paterson period, and either in Colt history or in Fred Roff' ssubj ect to far less hazards. Now, barrels ar e mak e-up- and what will it be, are questionsof th e finest steel obtainable, actions made not yet answered. That is th e challenge .~.~"~P;,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.1 Colt will mee t in the near fut ure . ~FREE Shows how you canchecker a gunstockFOLDERwithout tedious handfiling.Amazing new CHECK-ALLpower tool attachment does standard,skip, French checkering in lesstime with less hand-work.W rite for you r free copy today!CHECK-ALL CO.Manchester 2, Mass.ForColt Remington Browning LugerFREEWrite toda y for 28-page book . Great West 'n Ruger Czech Mous erPri ces, illustrotes gr ips fo r all H & R S Dreyse Ortgi esCATALOG Ameri con makes, plu s ma ny for - Hi-Standard Sarow Schmeiss er Sauere ign. Iver-Joh nson Wolther L10ma Webl eyAnd Many OthersSPORTS. INC. 5501 Broadway, Dept.CH-12,Chicago 40,111.THE 17 JAVELINA(Continued from page 33)consiste nt accuracy is a mu st for smallanimalkills at fair ran ges.In th e thickly populat ed regions of thecountry, notably th e east and midw est, varmintshooting and bench -rest target firing onregulation ran ges are the only typ es of shootingconsidered fairly safe.Wit h th ese considerations in mind, something rad ically new in caliber and case designis indicated. Popular wildcat cartridgesoffer little improvement over existing factoryloads. Several ultra-high velocity .22s ar e inuse which pose no ricochet problems, yetwhich blast th e eardrums of bystanders andwill echo and re-echo from th e surroundinghill s, scaring Old Bossy so that she will giveno milk for two days. On th e other hand ,some very good .22s have a mild report and- ~ _. .use which pose no ricochet problems, yetwhich blast th e eardrums of bystanders andwill echo and re-echo from th e surroundinghill s, scaring Old Bossy so that she will giveno milk for two days. On th e oth er hand ,some very good .22s have a mild report andare quite accurate, but about every fifth shotwill be buzzing off into the lower forty to th edetriment of life and property. I n either case,th ere's an end to a peace-loving varmintshooter's pleasant Sunday aft ernoon afield .Th e new 6 mms, with bull et we ights of 75to 100 gra ins, ar e definitely on th e "c annon"side for use in thickly settled localities. Atkinsonand Marquart decid ed a new calibermight solve some of the problems posed byexisting rounds for varminters.A new developm ent in varmint cartridgesgenerally utilizes some standard caliber andhangs an existing cartridge case on theback, with a slight change in shape (usuallyan "improvement" that ha s alread y beentri ed and discard ed by severa l pr evious experimenters). Extravagant claim s are th enmad e for it, regarding accura cy, power anddevastating effect. The und eniable fact r eomai ns that any varmint cartridge of .22caliber or larger will have a projectil e weigh.ing at least 45 gra ins, traveling at 3000 Ips,and regardless of exact case sha pe, chargeweight or propella nt type , one of th e for e­going objection s will app ly.In view of these facts, A & M decided thatany definite improvement in thi s cla ss ofcar tr idge should have a bullet of per hap s 25grains, which could be propelled at a velocitywell in excess of 3000 fps without too sharp areport. It should be adeqnate for killing varmintsat medi um ranges, and should givefre edom from ricochet da nger. Obviou sly,

'would have to be one never ordinarily considered.Th e decision was mad e to go "whole hog"and design a combination from scratch, exclusivelyfor varmints. Bullet was held at 25grains, as that is the lightest weight thatwould kill consistently at 200 yard s wit hreasonable velocities. Case design could beargued about endlessly, so a pr acti cal andtime-tested shape was adhered to, of sufficientcapacity to produce the desir ed velocity.No claims were int end ed for doub le venturishoulder design , inverted primers, or oth ermagi cal hocu s-poku s,Th e .17 caliber was chosen, as adapting itselfperfectly to th e weight and proportionsvisualized. Previous experiments had beenconducted on thi s caliber, usin g cases fromthe .22 Hornet right up to the .30·06. This isgoing from the reasonable to the rid iculou s.It has been suggested tha t the .22 LR wouldbe "just th e thing" if neck ed to .17, or perhaps that usin g th e .300 H & H Magnum casein .17 caliber might give velocities in theneighborhood of 10,000 Ips l.Since Hornet brass is sometimes inclinedto lack unif ormity and the excellent .22·3000 cases ar c no longer man ufactured, th enext to be considered were th e .218 Bee and.222 Remington. Both will be availab le forsome tim e ; the Bee case would be easilyadapted to th e single-shot ac tions and th e.222 would be ideal in magazine type boltac tion rifles.Preliminary work was don e with the .222case sbortened somewha t. T ests indicatedthat promisin g result s could be expected.Different case lengths were tested and variousriflin g twists were tri ed. It became obviousthat about 20 grains of 3031 powd er,when case design was such that thi s wasnearl y a full case , would give a velocity of3650 Ip s without excessive pressure. Caseswere reload ed as man y as ten tim es withthi s load, with out primer pocket enlargeffilipt.p1MnA!.uWe ~ 6;'i. ~gra lQ. u~jsku lingA Jt:t~I! I1~Different case length s were tested and variousriflin g twists were tri ed. It became obviousthat about 20 grains of 3031 powd er,when case design was such tha t thi s wasnearly a full case, would give a velocity of3650 Ip s without excess ive pressur e. Caseswere reload ed as man y as ten tim es withthi s load, without primer pocket enlarge ­ment . Using the 25 gra in Sisk and Barnesbullets, a riflin g twist of 1 turn in 14 incheswas not sufficient to stabilize bullets. Oneturn in 12 inch es stabilized them nicely.Test rifles were built both in hunting andtar get weights, with riflin g twists of 1 turnin 14" , 12" , 11" and 10" .Th e hunting rifle was used d uring th eArizona jav elina hunt, and accounted for thefirst of th e hardy little wild pig s. Somehowth e nam e stuc k and th e cart ridge is stillknown as th e 17 Javelin a (without thedecimal) .A & M's first .17 caliber tests were conducted about five years ago, usin g a Win ­chester high-wall action and a light spor terbarrel chambered for th e .170 Landis Wood s­man. Accuracy was fair. Th e chosen loadgave a velocity of 3700 Ips with th e neckeddown.22·3000 case.Several advantages were immedi ately ap ­par ent . Ricoch et dan ger was at a minimum ;an y bod y.hit produced an instantan eous killon ja ckrabbit s and other available varmints,and a half day's supply of ammunition couldbe carried in one shirt pocket. A considerablehole was blown in the far side of everyjack hi t at ran ges up to 200 yards. Oth erswere kill ed at 275 yards, ju st as qui ckly andstill with extensive tissue dam age. Th e pre-U. S. In custom gun work it is impo ssible togovern entirely the combinations of action sand cartridge s which ar e desired by customers.As long as a desired combination is safe,th e custom er's wishes ar e fulfilled as nearl yas possibl e.A good .17 barrel, fitted to a good action(espec ially in the bolt action class) offersan excellent pot ential for a fine, acc ur atevarmint rifle. Th e Sak o bolt action is oneideal choice for the 17 Jav elin a cartridge.Model 70 Winchester and Schultz & Larsenacti ons have also been used with markedsuccess.Regarding accuracy, S-shot groups below.300" have been fired at 100 yards by TedHolmes Gun Shop, Mattoon, Ill. Th ey tried a17 Javelina rifle bu ilt for them, upon aSchultz & Larsen acti on and with an Atkin-(Continued on pag e 58 )STANDARDDISCOUNTSTO DEALERS WITH LETTERHEAD• Hand Guns, Rifles and Shotguns• Reloading Tools and Components• Scopes, Mounts, Sights, Accessories• F.N. & Sako Rifles, Actions & Bbld.• Archery, Fishing & Camping EquipmentAll Cash orders postpaid­$100.00 net orders prepaid.229-233 E. Third St.LEWISTOWN, PA.AURAND'Suf.e M~ ' GREAT WEST.'1lAP/,P,-g/lE "/lOl 5TEIlS!J()St'A[)EIlO BElTSLOW MAIL-ORDER PRICESStandardReload ing PressAll rifle and pistol cartridges Powder and Bullet Scale $ 14.0 0$22.50! Standard of the Industry Guaranleed accurat e to a tenth grain.CapaCity 325 gramsShell Holder Primer Post~

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Give shoe size and width when order ing .Priced at S21.50, postpaid, from The GokeyCompany, Dept. G, St. Paul, Minn.XEW "G IF T P ACK" SELEC TI ONS to interest the hu nter wer e annou nced recen tlyby Airguide Instrument Co., 2210 WabansiaAve., Chicag o Ill. Th e Airg uide Auto P ackSHOPPIN.GGRACEF L SI GLE SH OT BEL GIU Mpercussion pistol is new gun kit conta iningall meta l cast par ts (except wooden grips) .Ea sy to assemb Ie. F inished pi tol is fullsize wor king model of orig inal gun. Pricedat $8.95. Ma nufa ctured by J & E Models,1683 Stewart Ave., Ncw Hyde P ark, N. Y.BROWN DUCK GAME BAG . All-pu rp ose,wat er -proof, canvas gam e bag designed forth e spor tsman-h unter. Vinyl l ining, adj ustablc shoulder stra ps, ' extra outside pocketsadd att ractiveness to versa tile prod uct.Equall y useful for carry ing articles of clot h­ing or small -sized camera eq uipment. smallga me. Will carry th e customary limit .ofgrouse, qu ail, rabbits, etc. . with a newfreedom of shooting ease. Retail s at 3.75.F rom the line of Hamilt on Carharu Company, D etroit 16, Michigan.offers Nomad Compass and A uto Th er mometer.P ack is pr iced at 10.00. The AirguideWea ther P ack prov ides up-to-theminuteweather information day and night.Tot al cost of pack is 15.00. T he Pri ncetonbarometer combination gives general wea thertr end s, while the indoor-outdoor thermometergives both inside and ou tside temperatures.. ~barometer com binat ion gives gcncral weathertr end s, while the indoor-outd oor therm ometergives both inside and outside temperat ures.POCKE T ALARM WAT CH is usefu l companionto thc outdoorsman, F ine 7-je welSwiss-made model can be set on the q uart erhour, ring s with a sharp, clear tone. Backopens to for m a stand, mak es wa tch do uble"as a desk or nighttable clock. Ha s secondsweep, lum inous dial, ha nds. Convenientsize mak es it suita ble to the outdoors. 13.25ppd. Prince Enterpri es. 1308 Lincoln Bldg.,N. Y. 17, N.Y.G HA DBOOK·CAT ALOG . All -new" How 1.0 Build Gun Ca binets and Select ingthe T ype Best For Yo u" in its third edition,has j ust been pu blished by Coladonato Bros.,T-f:l zll' lon. P a . In trorl u r-tn rv n nt es d iscuss th eG UN HA DBOOK·CAT ALOG. All-new" How 1.0 Build Gun Ca binets and Select ingthc T ype Best For Yo u" in its th ir d edition,has j ust been published by Colad onat o Bros.,Hazleton, P a. Introd uctor y notes discuss thcproper storage of guns, home considera tions,various finishes and fillings, opera ting details,additional storage space feat ures.Selec tion of the pro per design and th epracti cal build ing pro ced ures are presentedin grea t detail. Conta ins complete listing ofDetailed Pl ans an d Ready- Cut K its availablefor 22 differ ent gun ca bine t models. Handbooksells for $1.50 postp aid. A creditccr tificate redeemab le in the amount of $1.50is issued with Ha ndb ook, ma king ini tialpr ice of 1.50 ref undable in cred it wit h firstorder.GOK EY COUN TRY SH OE i designed forcomfort. Id eal for the hunter a nd outdoorsmanwho spends hi s leisur e ti me in th ewoods or field s. Ma kes an excelle nt upl andshooting shoe . Constru cted of soft Chocolatewaterp roof Ski Grain leather. A genu inemoccasin with l ightw eight Cush- -CrepeGUN ENTHUSIASTS will like this ballpoint Rifle Pcn embodying the fu nctionalr ealism of a rifle. J ust pull the tri gger a ndit's ready for writing. Pull back the boltand the poin t recedes. Measures 5% incheslong. A collector' s item . .. a splended giftitem. Onl y 1 each, 6 for $5.50 and 12 forGUN CLEANING ROD. N ew Hopp e Pi stolClean ing R od provides single unit to cleanall cal ibre ha nd guns fro m .22 to .45 calibre s.Furnished in two pieces, rod mak es compac tuni t for carr ying in pocket or game bag.Duraluminum shaft is mo unt ed in steel ballbearin g inser t wit hin a clear plastic han dle.F urn ished with eaeh ro d are three j ags fordifferent calibre sizes. Hopp e Cleani ng Rodretai ls at about 1.25. Manufactur ed by_ __ _ T _ _ '1 ~11t l\T,...-rth Q .. ...

WITH60 M 1'1 SKY CH IE F TELESCOPE fullsizedmodel featuring fine hard- coat ed opti cs,fully adjustabl e hardwood tripod, andauxiliary finder telescope. Sky Chief retailsbetween $149.50 and $209.50, dep endi ng onSHOTGUN CLEANING TIP DEVICE. Sellingfor 69c, the new shotgun cleaning tipsandwiches circular pat ches between neoprene grooved discs. Th e neopr ene whichlasts alm ost ind efinit ely and is inert to oilsand solvents, keep s constant pressur e on th ebore and causes the pat ches to wipe cleanwitho ut jamming. Th e grooves soak up thesolvent sq ueezed from th e patches bypr essur e, prevent squeezing the patches dr yon entry, and keep powder solvent constantlyat work during the swabbing opera ­tion. Device lab eled "Terr ific". Shotgun tipfits all shotgun rods. Send 69c to Co. andyou'll receive one, postage free. Produ ct ofSt ella Produ cts Co., Box 822, Chicago , 90, Ill.TRAV·ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTERlets th e hunter enjoy all th e comfor ts ofhome. You can take your TV, toaster, electriccoffee-maker, and electr ic shaver on huntingtrips, when you own a Terad o T rav-ElectricConver ter. Home electricity righ t in yourcar. A.C. plu g-in receptacle, signal light ,switch. Chromium plated case. Control, withwirin g and plu gs shipped with SupremeModel, ready for installation and includedin list pr ice, $99.95. One of man y Tr av­Electric models of the Terado Company,1068 Raymond Ave., St. P aul 14, Minnesota.choice of thr ee astronomical mounts. Allmodels have exclusive Power-Command, avariable power device which delivers 8power positions with each of two eyepiecessupplied. Magnification ran ge is from 25xto 160x. From th e lin e of D. P. Bushn ell &Co., 445 Bushn ell Bldg., Pa sad ena, Cal.P GS SCOP E SHI ELD is for better sightingund er all kinds of weather conditions. Keepsscope free of rain, snow, dirt and moisture.Eliminates glare and len s reflecti ons. Shieldalso pr otects the lens from dam age bybrush. Rifle can be ca rr ied at convenient....·_l r ru i n rr .. nrr1 "" .. nrl rnniet,n'''' 'u , ill r"n rI ......., TlP GS SCOPE SHI ELD is for better sightingund er all kinds of weather conditions. Keepsscope free of rain, snow, dirt and moisture.Eliminates glare and len s reflecti ons. Shieldalso pr otects the lens from dam age bybrush. Rifle can be ca rr ied at convenientcarrying angl e, and moisture will run downdrip rin gs on shield before it gets to lens.T he rubber shield can be depressed overlens with thumb to compl etely cover it inheavy rain. Shield is mad e of soft rubberfor easy installation, and will not injure therifleman's eye when gun recoil s. A pair ofPG S SCOPE SHIELDS retails at $2.95. 4sizes fit all popu lar hunting scopes. Aproduct of PGS, Inc., 622 Gratiot Ave.,Saginaw, Mich.3-IN-l JACKET is ver satile and unique.Mad e of wat erproof d uck in Hunters Brown ,it can be used ideally as a hunting ja cket ,also life jacket or fly fisherm an's vest. Ja ckethas loops for 16 shells on the front, togeth erwith a fly pad, a scissor ring, and two smallpockets. A detachable vinyl lin ed pouch onthe back can be used as a game bag. Sidestraps mak e it expa ndable so that it maybe worn over oth er cloth ing. Bouyant pad scan be removed when used as a land huntingja cket. Lightweight and washabl e.Manufactured by Bill y Boy Produ cts, Inc.,65 E. Chi cago Ave., Quincy, Mich.DEERSKIN SHOOTING GLOVES. Deluxeshooting gloves ha ve the " bare hand feel" so:tiil"""DEERSKIN SHOOTING GLOV ES. Deluxeshooting gloves ha ve the " bare hand feel" soimportant for proper trig ger pull. Cut fromtan colored, soft, light-weight deerskin . Protecthands fr om cold and bru sh , yet youcan easily feel the tri gger. A11 fingers havea reversib le seam for smoothness. Elasti cgathering at wri st, cut Ph inches long erthan standard gloves, easily slip und er coatsleeve and protect wrists. Men's sizes 7through 10%. Wom en's sizes 6 through 8.Retail at $6.25. For informati on contactGokey Co., Dept. G, St. Paull, Minn.RARE MODEL 33/ 40 MA SE R CARBINESreserved for exclusive use by German eliteparatroops in World War II. Light-weight 98Mauser with spec ial mill ed down bolt andrcceivers ; scaled down front and rear sights.Caliber 8MM (7.92MM). Bbl. 19% inches.Weight 8 lbs, All mill ed parts. Conditionguaranteed very good th rou ghout. 1/3 depositfor C.O.D. $59.50 F.O.B. Pasad ena . 100 rds.Mil. tarcet amm o. $7.95: 40 rd s. softnoseKARPAK SLEEPER enables hunter s tomake and br eak camp in 30 seconds. Hereis tent sleeping arran gement erec ted eitheratop your car, or on the ground, that equalsthe comfort of a motel. Saves tim e andmoney. Snake-proof, bug-proof, mad e ofsturdy, wat er-r epellent canvas. One window,18 inches long by 4 inch es high, and onelarge opening both with pla sti c mosquitonett ing, awnin gs. Tent retails at $81.95 ;Car ladder nri ced at $7.95. Additional jn-ALL -ALUMINUM COT, Model W·500 -C,features extra size and outstand ing durabilitylong sought by hunters and outdoorsmen.Covered in sturdy can vas du ck. Li ghtw eightand folds easily for storage or carr ying.Mea sur es 26 inches wide, 72% inches longand IS inch es hiah . A nr odu ct of Wind ~or

SEE WILD ANIMALSINTHE DARK without being seen!USE INFRARED SNIPERSCOPEThis is a War surp lus S niper.scope M -2. Conta ins t he fa.mous I P 25A I mage Tube. Gov't.eost about $1200. Used alsofor Infrared photograph y : in ­dustr ia l pla nt secur ity ; researchlab exper iments ; spe c­troscopy. wi ld life st udy. Instr ument comple te . ready t o use.Includ es P ower Pa ck , Infr a redli ght source. Will opera te from6 V auto battery. Batte ry ortransformer availa ble. St ockNo. 85,053 - EY-$150.00 f .o.b.Sh pg. wt. app rox . 12 Ibs. Barrington,N . J. Save sti ll moremone)'! Build your own S ni perscope! We will f urnish l nstruet le ns - parts. including :Power p acks. IP 25A image tu bes. lig ht un its . filt ers. etc .For deta ils-request FREE CATALOG " EY."4 V4" ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPEMt. Palomar type !Up to 270 Power.A f in e Reflect or Telescope cernpletewit h r eal Equ at ori alMount a nd Tri pod and 6XF inder . Alu minu m t ube, 41f4 Hdia. mirror, rac k and pi ni onfocusin g eye-n ieee holder, 2eyepieces and mounted Barl owLens f or 40 X. 90X . 120X and270X. Low cost accessory eyepiece avai lab le for power up to540. Shi ppi ng wt . app rox. 250Ibs. Stock No. 85,006 - EY.comp lete , $74.5 0 f.o .b. Bar ringt on, N. J.Write for FREE CATALOG HEY"80 pages-hundred s of illustrat ions,cha rt s, diagrams. Bargains galore.Man y war surplus ite ms. Lenses,pri sm s, reticles , m irror s, mou nts.Rif lescopes , spotting scop es, satellitet elescopes, binoculars, telescope s,pho to graphic items.CATA LOGNEW LARGEFULLY ILLUSTRATEDAnt iqu e and Moder n Guns - Sword s, War Reli cs, Armor,Books. Excell ent Refer ence Book - $ 1.00 Postp a idBRICK HOUSE SHOP. NEW PALTZ 4, N. Y.son and Marquart barrel. A & M's testgroups with a light Sako sporter measur edfr om slightly und er .400 to only slightly over.An obvious difference was noted in th e accuracyattained with bull ets of differentmakes. Since Ted Holm es' bull ets have becomeavailable in limited quantities, th eyhave been largely used for test purposes.Any car tridge which will consistentlygroup under one-half an in ch is certainly accurate enough for varmint shooting, whi chis th e sole intend ed purpose of the 17 javelina.When loaded to a velocity of 3600 Ips(25-grain bullet, 21 grains of powd er ) , thiscartridge ha s sufficient remaining velocity at100 yards to bul ge the back of a %" steelplat e. At 50 feet, th e plate is cleanly pierced.Considerably less testin g ha s been donewith th e 17 A & M, fewer rifles ha ve beenbuilt , and so less definite results are available.Th e load ordinarily used is 12.5 gra insof 4227 which develop s 3450 fps with th e 25­gra in projectile. It app ears tha t th e 17 A &M has definite value for use with singleshotaction s, and will give results comparablewith those of th e 17 J avelina.Th e 17 Ja velina has been used in man yjackrabbit hunts, and hit s were made up to325 yards, with deadly results. When tried onOhio chucks one summer, six were kill ed andnot one moved out of its tra cks aft er bein ghit. All were hit in the forwa rd part of th ebody at ran ges up to no yards, longer shotsbein g impo ssibl e beca use of undergrowth.Th e same result s have been obtain ed withprairie dogs, coyotes and even a 200-poundbear. In every case, ju st one shot was required,and a hum ane kill was obtained uponimpact.Prescott 's gun specialists have built manywildcat gun s from th eir whopper .475 Ma g­num down to their little 17 J avelin a. Theyare a couple of big, genial fellows who metw h ile ::Itt p.nrli1) u thp:, Q'J l n ~m i l h i n .Q' ~ n n r~p-~ fitqu ired, and a hum ane kill was obtained uponimpact.Prescott's gun specialists have built man ywildcat guns from th eir whopper .475 Magnumdown to their little 17 Javelina. Theyare a couple of big, genial fellows who metwhile att ending th e gun smithing courses atTrinidad State College in Trinidad, Colo.After leaving school, th ey took off in differentdir ections, but kept up a correspondence.This eventually resulted in the ir decision toset up in a partnership , which was launchedin Prescott in Mar ch of 1954. It has prov eda solid und ertaking, and the se experts havebecome mod estly famou s in both conventionaland "wildcat" fields."So long as th ere ar e gun nu ts dreaming'em up," said Paul Marquart, "Bill ~and I will be in business." ~Address:Atkinson & Marquart Rifle Co.P. O. Box 1713Prescott, Ari z."3 .-0 1" R. c. B. S. PISTOLRELOADING DIESPerfect Seating Assured• standard 'l8" z:14thread .• Correct Sizing.• Qu ick. D ecap pi n gand Expanding.• Perfect Seatingand Crimping•• GuaranteedI $13 50 PE RU n conditionally. On y • SETAt C l O rd C' rect Free FoldersGUN &. DIE SHOPP, 0 , Box 729·G !RCBS Oroville, Cal iforni a ;IThe AUTOMATIC POWDERMEASURER Pr ice 17 50Th e AutomaticP owder meas ure rwas developed forthe handloader wholi kes to see everych a rge actuallyweighed on a scal e.It throws the powdercharge di rectl y ont o the scale pan and automaticallysto ps when the desi red charge is reached.Th e unit is mad e to be used in conjun cti on with thehandloader ' s own scale and can eas ily be adapted toany scale. Chan gin g charges i s done mer ely by setti ngthe powder scale to th e desired wei gh t. \Vri te formore complete deta il s. Order t hru your dea ler ord ir ect fr om the fa cto r)'.PACIFIC GUN SHOP clo~~9B a~:gJ'~:;:nNe ver before h a s a nac hro matic t el e ­scope so ld for an y­whe re nea r thls amazllo w pr ice ! You get c tsharper p ic t ur e s at a ll powersbeca use of the s uper com poundAchro Lens. N o c olor , no f uz z. Variableeyepie ce a dj us table In 22. 45. or 60power. Lower powers excellen t fo r ta rgetNe ver be ­fo re h a s anac hro m atic t el e ­sc ope so ld for a nywhe re near thls amazllo w pr ice ! You ge t c le arers ha rp e r p ic t ures a t a ll powersEDWARD H. BOHLIN, Original Designer of the "GUNSLINGER"This Belt and Holster Has No Equal for Fast DrawinqThis is the t ype of h ol s t e r u s ed in t h e " O ld W est", b ut m ade w ith a dded safety feat ures a n d so constructed theg u n h a n dl e h a s a m p le c learance f r om t h e si d e of the b elt, mtntmlatng a cc id e n t a l d is cha rge . The Bohlin "snapaway",sa fet y h amm e r s t r a p is sec urely f a s t ened i n t o h ol s t er a n d h a s a spring w h ic h h ol d s g u n " d o w n". butwhen released i t snaps downward, h oldin g t he s a fety s t rap w h e re it does n o t interfere w i t h " d r a wing ". Theholste r is s h a p e d in a n a tur al cur v e, a llowing the cylinder to turn fre el y before o r w h il e d r awing, but if preferre d .t h e h ol s t e r can b e h ad w ith li ni n g a n d a wi d e non-c r us hab le spri n g , in s erted t o h ol d a p er m a.n e n t , f r e e spa ceurou n d t h e c y linder. B e l t a n d Holster a r e rn a .de of h e av y, b est q u a lity, si n g le t hic k n es s s a ddle leather. T h e b e lt ,a s s h own in illus t r a tio n , is s hap ed to "Ha ng L o w ", thus giv ing t h e aarue p ositio n as in a h ol s t e r with a longrtrop. I t fits e x t r e mely well a n d doe s n o t in t e r fe r e with w a l k ing or sitting, a n d a bo ve a ll , h a s N O EQUAL forSUPER F A S T DRAW I N G.Pf o n ee t-s in design in g a n d m akin g h ol s ters , o ur wor -km a n shtp a nd q uality is unco nditionally g uaran t eed.NOl.' I C.~: W hen o r d erin g b e s u re a n d s e nd you r w a ist a nd hip m e aaur-eme n ts, t h e leng t h of g u n barr e l, ca li b e ra n d ma.ke o f gun, a n d if s p r i n g w a nted. Incl u d e $1.00 extra fo r pos tage. In Californ ia add 4 % Sales T a x, 20%d e p o ait r e c uired on a ll C.O.D . o r d ers. F r ee folder showing va rtous t ypes o f fast-draw bolsters on r equest.P~\lnl)ltl e t of Instructions F ree with First O rder.S ingle Bel t a n d Holster w ith n lckle p lated B uck le ( a s s hown ) , .. • . . .. . 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uycr need not be d isappointe d in ord er ing.A wid e var iety of fine English sporting rifl esare listed in th e ha lf -a-h undred pr ice ran ge.Th e purist will grin a trifle to find BoerMau sers listed as " Ir ish," th e ed itors doub t­less being confused by th e expression"damned Orangema n," rela ting to one sympathyof Jrish man during th e Trou bles, an dth e mark on the gun " O.V.S.," sta nd ing forOr anje Vri e Staat, Oran ge Free Sta te, inAfriea. Th e collector, whether a utoma ticpi stols, m uskets, modern military a uto rifl es,or case d d ueller s is his yen, will findsomething for him in thi s big Gol den Sta teca talog. Eight feature articles i nclud ing ar unning commentary on firearms hi stor y,essays by Maj or J am es E. Hi ck s on militaryacco uter ments, Donald Bady on auto pi stolcollecting, Roger Mar sh on all ied and sovietpost-war ligh t. a ut.omatics , all add spice toth e far e. Th e reception of this ju st relea sedca talog ha s been so exce lle nt, Golden Stateis layin g plan s for Iutar e catalogs whi chmay well gro w into th e constan t r efer en ceboo k of th is century's weap on s, as Bannerman' s catalogs ha ve been for arms of th epa st. Write for one and see.- WBEARMS LIBRARYi Con unued fr om page 12)R UCN E PA L E ZBRANEBy J. L ugs(P rague, 1956, 2 vols., $25.)Usually a reviewer ca n at least read th evolume he reviews. I ca nnot even read th esetwo remarkable vol umes fro m behind th eiron curtain, but th e pictures alon e ma kethem wort h the money. For th e ar ms manwho reads Czech, th ese are a gold min e ofinformation. F or example, Vol. J consists ofp hotographs from page 189 to th e fina l page401, with three or mor e firearms per page.Of these. over 150 were stra ngers to me, a ndI have seen a lo t of guns. Even old fa voritestwo rem ark able volumes from behind th eiro n curtain, but th e pi ctures alone mak ethem worth th e money. For th e arms manwho reads Czech, th ese are a gold min e ofinf ormation . Fo r example, Vol. J consists ofph otogr aphs fr om p ag e 189 to th e final page401, with three or more firearms per page.Of th ese. over 150 wer e strangers to me, andI have seen a lot of guns . Even old fa vorites(as I th ought one to be ) took on a new look,such as th e Forsyth lock , a " typ ica l spec i­men ," whi ch on sec ond look was marked" Wien." Collec tors of Au stria n F or sythpi stols will tak e noti ce! M uske ts of th emid-19th cent ury are illustra ted in considerablcdeta il and the model dates areevide nt fro m th e ca ptions, since man y word sin E nglish and Czech are sim ila r in weaponsterminolog y. Som e of th e pictures camefro m guns 1\1r. Lu gs evidently had a t h an d;some are copied from other journals. Th eBritish Textbook of Small Arms (1929)served as sourc e for some pla tes, b utHersch el Logan's book on " Handcannon toAutom atic" yielded up a Colli er for Mr.Lug s' photocop yiers, an d man y earl y Americanarms ar e al so shown. A utoma tic weap onsenth usias ts will espec ially have a field daywith Mr. Lu gs' two book s. Three versionsof th e Czec h pi stol grip ma gazine submachineguns is shown, ZK 476 with wooda nd wir e stock, and a Mod el 23 of earlierdesign , round frame. On facin g page (326,Vol. II ) are two design s to give th e burpgun boys a j olt: " Samopal ZB47," with woodstock and folding stock, a sort of thumbholestyle of handle for submachine gun design .Th e Schme isser-li ke ZK 466-015 of Czechmake is also novel to these eyes, and suchweapons as the double action H ungarianMod el 48 automatic pistol are, we ar e told ,still in th e U.S. Army's "secre t" list. T hepictures in Vol. II ( pp, 249 to 404 ) concludewith portraits of men of arms ; Eli Whitneyand Sa muel Colt share top bill ing overAntoine Leb eda and Vince nc Aug ustin;Hora ce Smith and Hir am Berd an share apage with Sylves tr Krnka and P aul Ma user.Bem edaled portraits of Soviet designer sFedorov, Tokarev, Degtarev, Simonov, Suda ­jev, Gory unov, and Shpagin are shown, an dbr ief biographies of ea ch are in cluded inth e text. At th e end is John C. Ga ra nd.Evidently Czech arms men are very impressedby Ga ra nd : on page 306 is shown the ZK420-S, a turn bolt gas operated job whi ch,exce pt for min or manufacturing cha nges,is substantiall y similar to th e lat est Garandmodifi cation , th e .\114 rifl e, including th e gasport placed ba ck near th e br eech and th ehalf stock. Con spi cuous by ab sen ce areth e text. At th e end is J ohn C. Garand.Evidently Czech arms men are very impressedby Garand : on page 306 is shown th e ZK420-S, a turn bolt ga s operated job wh ich,exce pt for minor manufacturing cha nges ,is subs tantially similar to the la test Garandmodification, the M14 ri fle, including th e gaspor t placed back near the br eech and thehalf stoc k. Con sp icuou s by ab sen ce arepi ctures of th e Model 52 light ma ch ine gun,th e Soviet M1954 series of light weapons,or th e SH E Czech light automati c r ifle, whichare so popular in the Near Ea st. Second bestto th ese is a ph oto of th e Tokarev 1938carbine, showing its protot ype relat ionshipto th e SKS-46 rifle. Ex clu sive di stributor ofth ese rare books in th e U.S. is ServiceArma me nt Corp., 8 Old Fort Lee Rd. , Bogot a,. J . Price th e set, 25 post paid.- wBE~O~\MAKEYOUR OWNDUCK DECOYSAND SAVE MONEY,V~~ ~;nY s~~·~G ~~ o~~I ~~ ~n~OI~i~~ C~~~ ; ~\?~~I n his brand-n e w b o o k -c-th e o n ly o ne o f itsk i n d-e-eno t e d ex per-t E. V. 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HANDLOADINGC·H ena bl es you t o produce consistently ­pe rf ect am m u n ition every t i m e an dto y our spe cifica ti ons.Wh at econ o m y! You can reload a30 -06 car t r id g e f o r as lit tl e as2 ~ . sa vi ng m o re t ha n $4 .00 a bo x.Wh eth er yo u wa nt to re loadbrass o r shot gun she lls, C·Hhas th e tool for y ou in bot hperformance an d price . Visityour neighborhood SportingGood s Dealer or Gunsmith.FREE! Send for your C-HHandbook s owi ng you how t o makeyour own custom ammo. Atta chcoupon to postcard and mail today....C·H DIE CO., Dept. G-12P.O. BOI 3284, Terminal AnnexLos Angeles 54, CaliforniaPlease rush me FREE booklet.Name ,....-Address -,--WHICH BULLETS ARE BEST?(Continued from page 31)MATHEMATICAL CONSTANTS FO RFIGURING SECTIONAL DENSITY.22 CAL. (.224) .002846MM (.243) .00242.25 (.257) .002166.5 1M (.263) .00206.270 (.277) .001857MM (.284) .00177.30 (.308) .00150.303 (.3ll) .00147.32 (.321) .001398MM (.323) .00137.33 (.333) .00129.348 (.348) .00117.35 (.358) .00112.375 (.375) .00101.44 (.427) .00078.45 (.454) .00069Ano ther use of the tab le is to find th ebullet weight of anoth er caliber, having th esame sectional density. Take our .257 bulletweighing 87 gra ins, which figured .188. Tofind th e weight of a .277" (.270 caliber ) bul ­let with a sectional density of .188 we usethe table to find th e mathematical figure forth e .277" bullet, which is .00185. Divide th edesired sectional density figur e of .188 by.00185 and we have the bullet weigh t : 101.6gra ins.Th e closest bull et to thi s figure is the 100grain .270 bullet which, for all practical purposes,has the same sectional density as the87 gra in .257 bullet and, th erefore, somewhatsimilar beha vior. The 110 grain .270bullet with a .204 sectional density, can beused to advantag e by handloaders, being alittle better for windy days, and long shots.Following is a table of sectional densiti es,cateaoried Irom noor tQ excellent. Th esewhat similar behavior. Th e 110 grain .:nobullet with a .204 sectional density, can beused to advan tage by handloaders, being alittle bett er for wind y days, and lon g shots.Fo llowing is a table of sectional densiti es,categoried from poor to excellent. Thesefigures are a general classification, takin gint o account : type of shooting, range, winddrift, remaining energy, and penetrat ingqualities. On calm days some of th e listedranges can be increased, but when that olddevil wind starts kickin g bullets around, youwill soon find the listed ranges are all tha tcan be counted on with any certainty.SEC TI ONAL DENSITY RATINGSSect.Density.100-.140.141-.190.191-.240RatingP oorFairGood.241-.290 Very Good.291&upExcellentUsed ForVarmints to 200 yds,Varmi nts to 300 yds.Var. & Game to-roo yds,Game 400 yds. &overLargest Game­Short & long rangeIt will be readily noted th at none of the.22 bullets fall into the good or bett er cla ss.Th e best- of the .22 caliber bullets for b uckingwind, and distan ce, is th e 63 grain witha sectional density of .179. Anyone who hasused the high velocity .22 bores knows th atvelocity fall s off very fa st, and the bulle tsdrift considera bly farther than th e lar gercaliber, heavier bullets.Many of the light weight bullets, in othercalibers, will fall into the " fair" class, andt 1.. ..... ..... : ...."" .. ..._"'r-'" l n n n rI;",t",n £'> &> c:: ~c;: np ,.. -i~ l lvA MUST FOR EVERYWEAPON COLLECTOROUt 208page (al alog-Reference Book(ontains over l600itemsfor sale. Americon " European Firearms " Edged Weaponsof all periods. Every item in OfIr Book isPHOTO. Ill USTRATED, (ompletely described ond priced.Send ' 1.(refunded with first purchase)' or this valuable Catalog.You will be so glad you didlthl /viI/SCI/IIIuf Jlis/uricnl,ArlllsDlpl N. 1031 AITON ROAD, MIAMI lEACH, Rl .f or Remington rifles &shotguns - Mod. 740,Mod.Mod.760,11-48Mod. 870,& Mod. 58Spor t sma n. Write forf older.Gunsmiths & Barre/ma kersAIR PISTOLSOT GUNS-PISTOLSJ(iiiije;t~ue:~ / fAIR PISTOLS-----PO STPAID R evolver Clean ing Kit. Remove.$2.95Leadin g tr om F orcing Cone. Cylinder. and B arr el. Avail able in 38-44-45 cal. K it tor twocalibers $5.35. Patches (P kg, 10) $.60. D ealer r nnutrr ee~ Invft ed. Check or Money Ord er- No COD' s.~ GUN SPECIALTIESc o ll ~;' eo pa~~~ ~:~....;aHUNTERS HOISTThe Hoist with a Loek-No Mor. Tyi ng 011CAPACITY 7 50 POUNDSWeighs 12 ounees. 5-' rati o. 10 S1 9E:foot span. Synt hane Pulleys. JBrass Bearings. St eel Bolts.St eel Hooks. Nylon Line. AQuality Produet. Dealers Wanted.postpaidHUNTERS MFG. CO.,Pratt,Kan._ '-.J~kOT GUNS-PISTOLSV">" W,lte t or Catalogue:~" WEBLEY & SCOTT, LTD., Birm ing ham 4, EnglandTHE LEWIS LEAD REMOVERSATISFACTION GUARANTEED .NEW! WILD GAME COOK BOOKMore t han 3 5,0 ex citi ng r eci pes how tochange wil d game a n d wil d fow l intotempting di shes. Also sec rets of barbecue,stuffin gs , gravies , sauces, dr essinggame. Onl y $1. P ion ee r P r ess, Dept.GM, Harrim an , Tennessee.

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A giant in perf orm.ance. Controlled esca pe for better braking and" easy· on·e ar s." Pr events nasty roc:ket thrust andjump. Guaranteed workma nship . FOLDE R. Dealerdis c:ounts.PENDLETON GUNSHOP ~:~d~~O~ .o u~~e:~~ ·~------ --------- ---------- ~• Law Enforcement• Target Shoote rs• Hunters• Fi eld ShootersStocks c ar v e d for allpopular American guns,individually custom fit ­ted.l1tT'rtffs STOCKS(Conti nued from page 61)work bett er, even though it does n't shootquite as flat. With many of th e cartridgesavailable today, th e next heavier bullet ratedin th e "good" class will only shoot aboutPh" lower at 300 yards, with a 200 yar dzero sett ing. It 's a lot easier to hold a bithigher, and not be both ered with as mu chwind drift when using th e heavier bullet,than to hold 'way off target for windagewith lighter, shorter bul lets.Here is a table showing bullet pOSItIOnsof three different cartridges, used for allround shooting. Th ese figures ar e for scopesighted rifles and have been corrected toallow for th e scope height above th e bore :Bull et Positio n from Lin e of Scope Sight (In.)100 200 300Cartridge Yds. Yd s. Yd s..257 - 87 gr. +1.5 0 - 7.3.257 - 100 gr. +1.9 0 - 8.9.270 -100 gr. + .9 0 - 5.6.270 - 130 gr. +1.3 0 -6.7.30/ 06-110 gr. +1.2 0 - 6.8.30/ 06-150 gr. +1.6 0 - 7.6.30/ 06-180 gr. + 2.1 0 -8.7From th is table it can be seen th at th enext heav ier bul let, for th ese cart ridges,shoots nearly as flat as th e lightest bullets.When zeroed at 200 yards th e .270 has only1.1" difference between the striking poin t ofthe 100 gra in and the 130 grain bullets. Th e.30-06 ha s 1.2" difference between th e 110gra in and 150 grain bullets, and th e .257 ha s1.6" between th e 87 gra in and 100 grainbull ets. Th e di fference of bull et path s at 100yards is only .4", which is negligi ble. Evenmore important, to large game hunters, isthe 180 grai n .30-06 bull et which shoots only1 1 " I n 'Wpr ~ t .aM v~ r rlc: th?n thp l~n tyr ain1.6" between the 87 gra in an d 100 gra inbullets. Th e difference of bull et paths at 100yards is only .4" , which is negligible. Evenmore importan t, to lar ge game hunters, isthe 180 grain .30-06 bull et whi ch shoots only1.1" lower at 300 yards th an th e 150 grain.Write for Illustrated Brochure with allinformation on Stocks and how to order!Perfect balance, superb accuracy and "heavy gun"performance, Finest Swedishsteel with improved HVAMauser action.Sporting style European Walnut stock with built-in cheek rest.Write-for literature on this and other Husqvarna hi,power rifles.:.._Always be sure to zero your rifle for thebullet you intend to use. Most rifles willshoot a different group center with different .bullets, 50 a slight sight adjustm ent isnecessary, to bring th em back on aim.For varm int hunting, either han dload agood pointed, soft point bullet, or, if you usefacto ry ammunition, lise hollow poin t, orsoft nose pointed bull ets, in pr eference tocont rolled expansion types. Th ese are intended to hold togeth er on game animals,and won't open consistently on th e smalle rvarmints. I have seen good han dloaded 150gra in spitzer soft point bullets, out of a.30·06, cut crows in half at 200 yards, whena cont rolled expansion bullet, wit h its heaviercopper jacket, would not have opened ,on such a small target.Wh en choosing a heavier bull et, don't userou nd nose, or flat nose bullets, unl ess ab soultelynecessary. Th ese will n ot shoot asflat as th e more efficient point ed types, andwill lose velocity and energy fa ster, therebypartly overcomin g th e advantag e of th ehigher sectional dcnsit y of th e heavier bull et.A word of ad vice on th e excellent classfrom .291 and higher. To tak e full advantageof th ese morc efficient, heavier bullets,for game shooting over 200 yards, you mu sthave a lar ge capa city cartridge ca se. Th ecase ha s to hold enough powder to send thebull et at practical velocities, while stillmai ntaining safe pressur es. This will ruleout some of th e smaller case capac ity cartridgesfor th ese heavier bull ets, and youwill have to stay in the very good cla ss, withsectional densities from .241 to .290.For all round shooting, day in an d dayout, over all ranges, and all wind conditions,choose a bullet with enough sectional den.sity to do the job efficiently. Select a bulletshape that efficiently overcomes a ir resistance,and a bullet nose th at i designed foryour typ e of huntin g. Light , short b ull etsstart out lik e a streak of lil!hL hut th,. h "l:choose a bullet with enough sectional den.sity to do th e job efficiently. Select a bulletshape that efficiently overcomes ai r resistance,and a bullet nose th at i designed foryour type of hunting. Light, short b ulletsstart out lik e a streak of ligh t, but the lackof sufficient weight immediately subjectsth em to a fast loss of velocity. A mediumcross wind will turn them off tar get enoug hto make hits over 200 yards a questionablematter. Wind drift is mu ch har der to estimateand correc t for, when using li ght hullets,than the disadvantage of having tohold a little hi gher with heavier bullets.By makin g sure th at your bu!lets haveproper sectional density to hold up overlong distances and b uck wind drift, youwill increase your cha nces of hitti ng yourtar get. Ju st becau se the lighter bull ets shoota little flatter docs not mean th ey ar c moreefficient und er all conditions. A little moreweight in th e bullet will pay off when thecrosshairs settle on th e target and the everpr esent wind is doing its best to ~chalk up a miss for your efforts. ~Improved Minute Ma n GunBlue instantly pr eserv es andrenews ste els and iro n surfac:es-Not a pai nt or lacquer- No heat ing necessary­Comes complete with a ll necessaryequip ment.GUA RA NT EED - Test ed andproven over 40 years by 8.re peat sales to satisfledusers.SE N DMONEY BACK GUA RA NT EEr- - - - -.- - - -,1~~I'1B~:f~~?~a."' FG .I N ameCO' II

ELMER KEITH SAYS(Continue d from. page 9 )sider th e fine do uble rifle the finest sportingweapon mad e for close-to-m edi um rangeshooting of any big gam e.Thi s C & H .375 is sighted for 100, 200,and 300 yards, which is as far as one shouldever shoot at big game. For the ma n whowants the absol ute ultimat e in a reliablerifle wit h perf ect shotgun balance, q uickeasily pi cked up sights, and th e fastest ofall safeties, th e fine best quality double is ina class by itself .Anderol Preserva ti ves andLubricantsWe have recentl y tested some new And erolprodu cts. On e is a spray-on pr eservative forany iron or steel. To completely coat afirearm, you need only hold it out and pr essthe button on the spray ca n. A smootheven coat of this preservative grease issprayed on.We gave it a most rigid test by coatingone half of a bri ghtl y polished Colt sixgunbarrel and leaving the oth er half uncoated.Th en we h ung it lip over Edd ie Schaller'sblueing tank s. After he had blued a lot ofarm s and part s, with steam and fumes fromthe hot caustic blu eing salts rising andthoroughly coating the barrel, the barrel wasleft ha ngin g until the next session of blueing.Wh en tak en down and examined, the uncoatedsection of th e barrel was thoroughlyru sted, whil e the coated por iion was asbright as the da y we sprayed it. If t hefumes from boiling blu eing salts will notru st through the pre servative und er intenseheat and th e condensation fro m coolin g andagain bein g subjected to the same tr eat ­ment , we feel that Lehigh Chemical Co.of Chester town, Md., has a very wort hwhil eand fool proof g un pr eservative and onethat is ver v u\,ick and simple 10 aonlv,tum es trom Joiling blueing salts will notru st through the pre servative und er intenseheat and th e condensation fro m cooling an dagain being subjected to the same tr eatment, we feel that Lehigh Chemical Co.of Chester town, Md., has a very worthwhileand fool proof g un pr eservative and onethat is ver y qu ick and simple 10 app ly.We also tested their glln grease and gunoil, finding them both ver y high qualityprod ucts. T he gun grease certainly smoothedup stiff working parts aft er being blued.Barrels were coated with th eir gun oil andleft standing on end for day s in a hotattic, but the bore was still coaled fulllen gth and no ru st app eared.R uger B earcat .22 L.R.Bill Ru ger now offers an entirely new,light weight, single action sixshooter calledth e Bearcat round barrel, pattern ed aft eron e of the early Remington revolvers. Lightalloy fram e and stock straps ar e integral ando ne piece; the trig ger guard is bra ss finish;0 1her parts, steel. It has a 4" ro und barrel.Sights are fixed, patridge type, and the frontsight is amp ly high, so tha t the li ttle gunshoots a bit low. Thi s is as it should be,allowing the individu al to file down th e frontsight unt il the arm shoots exactly right forhim. Th e gun is very light (17 ounces) andvery small (built to ab out the same scaleas a .31 caliber cap-and-ball pistol) , but itis amply heavy an d strong for any and all.22 L.R. ammuniti on. T he excellent Remin g­ton-typ e single action grip is adequate fortwo fingers and, with the little finger curledunder the butt, makes a very good gr ip.The new arm incorporates the same coilspr ings throughout as the fam ous SingleSix, but has a differently shape d fra me. Thecylinder carr ies a bear and a moun tain lion,and the name Ruger Bearca t. Th e cylinderis full , no Rutes in its sides. This add s notonly to its strength bu t also to its appearance.Th e little arm has an excelle nt loadinggate, the extractor rod bu tto n is lar ge enoughto balance the rest of the assembly inappeara nce, and the base pin catch holdsthe base pin perf ectly aga inst recoil. Tr iggerand hamm er spur resemb le the Single Sixin shape and app eara nce. The bra ss trig gerguard hooks into fram e at rear and is held inplace at fro nt end by one screw and as the(Continu.ed an page 65)SHOOTI ~::: et. ~ru";~~;Bj~~k;;:~• Swaged Hand Cun BulletsFa st est, m os t accura te bullets. All popular caubel'S.N E \V ! Cas ting" kit for Jug u lar j acketed bullets; 4 4~~~~. t~ e l\1iYb\~I(fl 8 m~~~I~is &fo~ 5 7 1·tl.¥:ilo ~e F Z~l C (~~~ ~Se nd 2 5 c in co i n 01' stamps f 01" L oading T ables an dcomnt e te tn ro rr n n t to n o n 1 6 ty pe s & w e i/-:'h ts ofuuu cts ,CUSTOM LOADS•III:lire marlle!OUj--------------- ...TOP GUN BARGAINS:WINCHESTER MODEL 97CARBINE REPEATING SHOTGUN. l~ryL. ",.

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(Continued fr om page 63 )stock straps are in tegr al with the frame, a lotof useless scre ws are elimina te d. R ea r edgeor face of the fro nt sig ht is corrugated toelim inate glare . Firing pin is sepa ra te andreb ounding, as on th e Singl e Six. Th e littlearm is pr ecision -made th rou ghout of excellentmat er ial s.I gave th e litt le gun a th or ough test wi thRemingt on high spee d .22 L.R. a nd found itexceptionall y accurate, in fact it will stayuuder a Io'vbit piece at 15 full yard s fromth e mu zzle if you ar e goo d enough to hol dit. This I cons ide r very good accura cy forfixed sights and a 4" barrel on a light weig ht.22 sixshooter.Priced at $49.50, the new Ru ger Bearcatshould enjoy enor mous sales, as it is a q ualit yweapon in every resp ect. Ow ing to itsd iminutive size, li ght weight, a nd exce lle ntacc urac y, many will pr ef er it to I he largerSingle Six , or any other existing .22 p istol.'Ily ha t is off to Bi ll Ru ger for a n excell entjob of bot h design and ma nufa ct ure. Thelittle g un gets a clean bi ll of hea lth fromthis reporter..270 Bulle tsSpee r P roduct s Co. of Lewi ston . Idaho, hasan excelle nt hea vy bull et for th e .270 Winchester in th eir 170 gr ain. This makes a betterhig game load. to my notion, than a ny li ght erweight bu llet, in cluding the fa ct or y 150~ r a i n . Dominion Cartr idge Co. of Canada,loads a 160 gra in that I th ink is th e bestfac tory big ga me loa d for th e .270.NewAdjustable CompensatedChokeThe Mulry-Choke Compan y (333 RobertsSt., Ea st Hartford, Conn.) is now off er ing anew variab le choke complete with compensator.The new choke is very sim ila r, bo th indesign and con struction to the tim e-tri ed ,famou s Poly Cho ke, bu t wi th this diff er en ce:a nyo ne can in stall it. The buyer can in stallit himself , or can ha ve your g unsmith in sta llit. He doesn't have to send the barrel to ana uthorized Poly Choke dealer. Th e new chokewill be available only in 12 bore at first, b utoth er ga uges are expected later.Anyo ne usi ng a sin gle barrel gun fordiver sified shooting should ha ve on e of th esechoke devices fitt ed , to give th e diff er entpatterns need ed. Ruff ed grouse, quail, wood ­coc k, and co tto nta ils are usu ally killed at15 to 25 yards from the g unner and shouldbe taken wit h improved cylind er boring ifyou want anything left for th e table. Onthe oth er hand, Jate season co ck ph ea santsmay run ahead of you for a quarter m ileand th en get up at 40 to 50 yards. You needa fu11 choke for th em, an d al so for pa ssshooting at wat erfowl, eithe r d uc ks or geese.The va ria ble chok e devices make on e gu ndo all th e man y shotg un jobs.T he new Mulry-Choke has its compensatorbehi nd the choke device, to ble ed off pu sh inggas at th is point so the wad colum n will hav eless tendency to drive forward in to th e ba seof th e shot column a nd th us spread it. T henew cho ke provides seven differ ent sett ings,and all are availa ble in on e revol uti on of th esleeve, by a twi st of th e fingers. 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