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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 <strong>GUNS</strong>MITHINGtha 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 <strong>GUNS</strong>MITHS : 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. Turn ed a nd Inletted for most r ifles $5.00 more.uu $25.00 ; super Burls up t o $35.00.CURLY MAPLE RIFLE BLANKS : $7.00 to $30.00.Turn ed and inletted for most r ifles. $8.00 to $35.00.SAKO L·57& DOUGLASACETRIGGERSHOE$2.50F Ol'mostr ifles . snotRu n s andhandgune,ACET R IGGERSHOE52.S0F OI'mo s tr ifles . snotRun s an dh a nd g u n s.ACE DOUBLE·SETTRIGGER . . . . . . • • . . $10 . 0 0~~\1~~ ~o6 .~gu rm~ : ~ s er or F .N .ACE DOUBLE·SETTRIGGER . . . . . , • • . . $10.0 0~ ~\1~~ ~o6 . ~ gurm ~ : ~s er or F .N.ENFIELD M1917.3 0 - 0 6 PARTSNew 5 GI'. Bar Te ls ., . . $ 1 5 .0 0Excell en t [I GI ·. B UITe l s . . 12 ,00BO LT S Co m p le l,.e. l'OEW .. 6.S0O tbcr E n fi eld i\Io d e l 191 7 pm-tsIn s tock .Oth e r g'un parts in s tock . Wr iteyo u r n e ed s.FINE ST PENNA . BLACK WALNUTBLANKS &. STOCKS :Rifle blanks. all grades. $4,00 to $20.00. Wa lnut shot gunblank s. $ 1.50 to $ 15.00. Walnut in letted stock for mostri fles; sta ndard $6.00; xx grade (butt ) $8.00 ; ot hers$ 10.00 to $ 12.00. Also Penna. burl s an d rare burl s avai table NOW: xxx grade $17.50-$20.00.PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONSACTIONBARRELBARRELSBOEHLER BARRELS, proof stee l. seml -cetaaon, ribbed.matted enti re length . Made by FRANZ SODIA of Fer.teen. Austria. in .22• .25• .270, 7mm. a nd .30 cali ber.Also now available in .243 and .244 cal. Highly accur ateinth e whit e. $45.00. ( Fitted to your acti on. with shearedbead . complete pri ce $60.00.)2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $5.00, Case of 10 $40.00NEW SP RINGFIELD 4-groove BARRELS $II.OONew ! Krag 2·Groov e 30· 40 BARRELS 23" or less inlength. Fully chambered threaded. Only $15.00.4-GR. ORDNANCE BARRELS 23" long, fully ehambered,threaded. blued. $20.00.New! MAUSER ' 98-30-06 2-GR. BARRELS 23° or lessin lengt h. Fully chambere d & threaded. Only $ 15.00.Note : Any of the ab ove Barrels expertly fitt ed t o yourAction-head spaced and test-fired-$2.50 additional .STANDARD OR SERIES 400FN ACTION OR HVA ACTION BARRELED TOFINEST DOUGLAS ULTRA-RIFLED CHROME MOLY BARREL.V CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES:SPRINGFIELDM·1903New FLAIG'S AceBENCH REST STAND~ 1~(2d,~e x S i6 ~" "H)l'I)~·o~,I ~~~~l,.el ~~I'
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