GUNS Magazine December 1958 - Jeffersonian

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-