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How much "image brightness" do YOU wantin a Rifle Sight?No matter what you buy, you makeyour final decision on the basis thatyou feel you are "getting yourmoney's worth." In a hunting sight,brightness of image costs youmoney. A scope with a high relativebrightness costs you more than thatsame scope would have cost withless relative brightness. It is certainlya legitimate question to ask,"Am I getting my money's worth?"When the user of a rifle sight, or othertelescopic optical instrument, speaks of"image brightness," he usually is referringto a combination of two thingsrelativebrightness (which refers to thearea of the exit pupil of the instrument)and light transmission (which is the percentageof light entering the instrumentwhich actually gets through).Relative brightness is a numerical indexfor the area of the disc of bright lightwhich can be seen in the eyepiece of aninstrument by holding it at arm's length.(It is arrived at by dividing the freeaperture of the objective by the actualpower of the telescope, and squaring theresult. A 4-power scope, for example,with a 20mm objective, has an exit pupilof Smm, and a "relative brightness" of25.) This is the pencil of light which isdirected toward the eye of the user. Butthe amount of that light which can enterthe eye depends on the diameter of theiris diaphragm, or pupil, of the eyewhichdilates and contracts under conditionsof light intensity.What is the diameter of the pupil ofthe eye in light conditions under whicha hunting sight would be used? Manyresearch programs have been undertakento measure the pupil opening of thehuman eye under varying light conditions-mostrecently and most exhaustivelyby the U.S. Government duringWorld War 11, in connection with designof visual optical fire-control instruments.The consistent result of these scientificfindings is that i%pormal daylight, the~upil has an opening of 3mm or less;only in almost complete darkness does itopen to as much as 7mm. At dawn, ordeep dusk, the pupil opens to no morethan 5mm.It is evident, therefore, that the maximumexit pupil which can be utilizedunder any conditions in which a hunting,rifle would be used is 5mm (a "relativebrightness" of 25). Any scope whichgives a higher brightness is projecting'waste" light toward the eye.The Bausch & Lomb Hunting Sighthas a maximum power of 4X. It has beendesigned, therefore, with an objectiveof 20mm free aperture. This provides allthe light your eye will ever accept whenyou are hunting, and makes possible a.&ope of minimum size and weight.Light transmission, the other factor,depends on efficiency of optical design,and to a very large degree on reflectionlosses at air-to-glass surfaces. Anti-reflectioncoating, probably the major accomplishmentof optical science of the cen-tury, and first used by Bausch & Lomb,effects a great saving in reflection losses. .Balcote anti-reflection coating on opticalsurfaces of the B&L Sight increases itslight transmission by about 50%; buteven more importantly, it improvesimage contrast by reducing reflectedscatter light or flare which serves to"grey" the image and degrade definition.When you own a Bausch & LombHunting Sight, you have the satisfactionof a lifetime of use, and pleasure in theknowledge that its design, its perfonnance,and its dependability class it as thefinest instrument of its kind you can own.Balvar, the Variable Power (2?&4X)Bausch & Lomb Hunting Sight is $80.Baltur (2?2X fixed power) and Balfor(4X fixed power) are $65. Mounts forall popular big game rifles are $25.A new manual by Kausch if Lomb, includesa more complete discussion of image brightness; also a completeand previously untold story about optical performance, uindageand elevation adjustment and mechanical reliability. You'llfind it interesting ,and instructive-and mill zuant to keep it invnw technical libraw . . . write Bausc7~ & Lomb Optical Co.,

COMPLETEMOSSBERGCATALOGTO MAKE YOUR CHRISTMASSELECTION EASY.You'll find many features andconveniences on Mossbergs thatare exclusive or are foundelsewhere only on more expensivefirearms. When you giveMossberg you give top value.To make your gift selectionseasy, we'll send you ourcomplete illustrated catalogwhich gives full descriptionsand specifications of ourrifles, shotguns, telescopesand spotting scope.Just fill in the couponand mail it today. Yourdealer will have theMossberg you select,or can get it for you.II---------- I0. F. ~ossberg & Sons, Inc. I54512 St. John St., New Haven 5, Conn. 1Send me without delay your complete 1catalog of Mossberg Firearms available of 1 mv dealer's. 1, City1 Street. 1I4Zone-StateIToo Many ColtsI like your publication GUNS very muchand I think it picks up where all other suchmagazines leave off. However as of late, Ihave noticed that there is a tendency todevote too much of the magazine to thesingle action Colt revolver. It is very monotonousto read about the same gun in everyissue and to have to go through page afterpage of photos of the single action. Obviouslymost of the writers of the magazineare prone to this gun but I believe an effortshould be made to curb personal tastes whenwriting articles. There are a lot of guneditors for a lot of sporting magazines and90 per cent of them have the bad habit ofemphasizing their own favorite gun and cartridge.Don't let this happen to GUNS magazine.As far as the Colt single action goes, Ithink it is a fine gun which typifies theingenuity of American gun makers and itshall forever remain the symbol of the erain which America saw its most colorful andstimulating days but let's not overdo it. Weknow it is a nice piece but let's have somevariety. How about a nice big article onsomething like the Luger and all its variationsor an article on the mysterious Marsauto pistol, the world's most powerful, orthe little known Walther 9-mm ultra caselesscartridge auto.Stephen B. IckesNew York, N. Y.ED.: One Luger story coming up. SeeJanuary issue.Kudos For the Royal ColtsCongratulations on your story about the"Finest Colts Ever Made." I have seen thoseguns, the pair in Sweden, and they are everythingyou say they are. Give us more storiesabout these old guns. I like to collect gunsand have about ten Colts of different kinds,but I know anything as fine as those guns inyour story are way out of my line, even if theywere for sale. But I still like to read aboutthem, and the people who used them. Enclosedis my $5 for a year's subscriptionstarting with October. I bought all the otherson the newsstand, but now I'm "sold."Richard CruickshankHempstead, Long Island, .Wants Articles About .22Last August I started in reading yourmagazine, but so far you seem to have nothingbut big game hunting or shotgunningstories. What's the matter? I'm a .22 shooter-get over to my club about once a week,and shoot Sundays sometimes in competitionwith other teams around town. But I seeLETTERS TO THE EDITORnothing in your mag about small bore shooting.Don't people shoot .Z7s anymore outthere in Chicago? I'd like to see more on accuracy,working over .22's, sighting in andeverything about small bore shooting. You'dhave my subscription for sure if you'd havea feature on small-bore range or huntingshooting every so often.Walter H. Donne11Washington, D.C.20 Gauge Not For DucksI just got your October issue on the standsand boy am I burned up. That article byFrancis Sell was one of the silliest things Ihave ever read in a long time. Boy, whydoesn't he take a rifle and shoot ducks on thewing? I wouldn't waste my time in a cold,wet blind with nothing bigger than a 20-gauge to reach out and get them. I thoughtthese 20-gauge magnums which were talkedabout a year or so ago might be the thing,but never have seen any around so for thetime being I'll stick to my old 12. And maybego over to a Magnum 10 if I can scrape upthe dough.Charlie JohnstoneCarson's Landing, Mo.Sears Gas ShotgunOver at our Sears Roebuck store I saw acopy of your November GUNS. Was at thestore in fact to buy a shotgun, and when Isaw the new gas-operated autoloader samplewhich they had, I started asking questionsabout it. The fellow there didn't know muchabout guns, so be handed me a copy of yourmagazine with a story by Colonel CharlesAskins in it. There was a picture of somefunny gas spring affair inside the gun, andI took off the fore end of the Sears samplegun and looked for the "cushion spring."There wasn't anything like that in the samplegun-what gives? I want to buy the rightgun, not something that will jam or givetrouble.Don BurnettPhiladelphia, Pa.Checked with the Sears main office here,and it seems that some of the early "cushionspring-less" guns were shipped out to storesas samples to show the public just what sortof gun they would be getting. Meanwhile.development was still going on at HighStandard to make the best possible gun whichthis new gas system permits. The cushionspring is the later design, not essential to thefunctioning but still important enought towarrant changing the manufacture over to thecushion spring. Both kinds of gas operationwill perform satisfactorily.-Editor.-GUNS I8 publlshid monthly by Publisher's Development Corp., Inc. at 8150 North Central Park Avenue. Skokie. Illinois. 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GAMEMY FAVORITE GUNBY J 0 C K MAWNEYlstar of the TV showl "TheRange Rider."DO YOU NEED?v A new gunv A new barrelv A blueing jobv A new stockv New sightsfl Other gunsmith Services"GUNS AND SERVICES FORTHE DISCRIMINATIVE"SEND FOR PRICE LIST GAJOHNSON AUTOMATICSASSOCIATESINCORPORATEDHOPE VALLEY, RHODE ISLANDA particular favorite ofmine is the Frontier ColtSingle Action w h i c h Ihave used in more than 78"Range Rider" shows ontelevision. I have honeddown the spring to get alighter, smoother crownact i o n. With only 1%pound pull on the trigger,it enables me to shoot fast.This gun - is also a favoriteof youngsters and evengun fanciers who alwayswant to see the gun in myfilms and ~ersonal appearances.BY GAIL DAVIS' star of the Annie Oakley television show.iipper. Giarantecd to satisfy. Cdors: Dm GrassForest Green. In ordering give height, weight, cheslsize. Down garments available for the rest of tha'RUG Free Folder on Down Inwloted Garments to: I, Name IMy favorite gun is a rifle that was one of Annie Oakley's originals. Iguess 1 probably won't be able to use it on the Annie Oakley show, for itis too valuable a gun to wear out by shooting it now. But I intend to modelmv guns a hr this one and will be satisfied with nothing else.Annie shot this Model 1892 Winchester in her act with Buffalo Bill'sWild West Show. In Germany it was this rifle that she used to shoot theashes off Crown Prince Wilhelm's cigarette. A fancy grade -32120 withspecial half-octagon barrel, gold-plated receiver, and beautiful walnut stock,this weapon was wed by Annie while touring more than 14 foreign countries.Many crowned heads tried their luck with this rifle including KingEdward V of England. With this Winchester, the original Annie Oakleypmved her expert marksmanship in straight shooting, mirror tricks. Ihope I can do a third as well in my TV show.

-Here's How Husqvarna Has Improvedthe Mauser Action!Husqvarna alone-among the great firearms manufacturersof the world-has come up with the answer to a true sportingrifle built on a Mauser-type action! It is the developmentof the HVA Improved Mauser Action which not only assurestime-proven Mauser dependability but presents design andfunctional features together with superior strength neverbefore seen in Mauser-type sporting rifles.Behind this development are many Years of researchincludinga period of month spent in this country by thechief firearms designer of the Husqvarna Weapons Factory.Information gathered from gunsmiths and firearms expertsindicated that modification should start with the actionforaside from function, it is the action that govern weight,size and overall design of the rifle.Naturally any refinement could not be made at the sacrificeof the great strength for which the '98 Mauser hadlong been famous. It was here that the problem lay foryears-for to reduce size and weight normally would meana proportionate loss in strength. Yet, in the very heart ofthe problem Husqvarna found the answer. Through theirincomparable world-famous high qualitySwedish steel, they were able toproduce a completely redesigned action-smaller, lighter, with even superiorstrength than existing Mauser-type actions.The excellence of this steel isdue to the extremely low content ofsulphur and phosphorous and very smallvariations in the quantities of carbonand manganese. By using high-gradeiron ore and a special smelting processusing charcoal instead of coke, this isachieved. This, together with a welldevelopedhardening process, results insteel that has no peer.Tests performed, using the HVA ImprovedMauser Action and other militaryand commercial Mauser actions,proved the HVA able to withstandbreech pressures far greater than normalwhen subjected to abnormally largeloads-factswhich convincingly provethat its strength and gas handlingproperties clearly exceeded those of theother actions.This reduction in size and weightresulted in a more streamlined receiverand smaller diameter receiver rings. . .a feature which permits a thinner stockat this point with a further decreasein weight, and a much better grippingsurface both in handling and carrying.The bolt, unlike the '98 Mauser andsimilar types, has solid locking lugstop and bottom, made possible by thepositioning of the ejecter slot in thebolt face rather than through the toplocking lug. This results in lugs ofequal strength, whereas the familiarsplit locking lug is naturallv weaker.-For con6nient and posikve operation,a thumb slide safety which locksboth trigger sear and bolt is locatedon the right side of the receiver tangjust to the rear of the bolt handle.This improvement over the old eonventionalscope safety allows mountingscopes in the lowest position, withoutany interference in operating the safety.For easy cartridge removal a hingedfloor plate replaces the standard magazinefloor plate. Release is simpleand controlled by an accident-prooffingertip catch at the front of thetrigger guard.Added to these improvements arethese features: streamlined, snag-proofbolt sleeve; curved bolt handle for ac-commodating lowest-mounted scopes;receivers drilled and tapped for receiversights and scope mounts.Each action and barrel is highly polishedand blued, the breech bolt andextractor are also highly polished andleft bright, permitting smooth, fastoperation.THIS IS HOW Husqvarna has im-THE LIGHTWEIGHTfightweight yes, but a beautiful, husky,"Heavy gun" performer! At only 6 lbs.6 02. the Ughtweight is certain to bepopular in big game hunting whenweight becomes mighty important afterTHE CROWN GRADEHere is the ultimate in gun crdtsmanship- the favorite of discerningsportsmen the world over. In the productionof each Crown Grade extremecare is given to custom finishing, thea.ccumulation of almost 300 years ofskill is exercised in precision workmanshipthroughout, and the proudsymbol of this careful devotion . . .the signature of the gunsmith whoAbsolute precision in workmanship is evident inthese closeups of the HVA Improved MauserAction. Notice the streamlined receiver withfront ring and rear bridge of same diameter. Stockis slim and fits neatly around receiver for ease inhandling and carrying. Both gunsmith and shooterare assured maximum safety as each HVA Action,separate or complete with barrel, carries theNITRO PROOF TEST MARK. Actions for allpopular calibers are priced at $59.50. Barreledactions available at $89.50.proved the '98 Mauser for sportingrifles - and developed the HVA ImprovedMauser Action for which thereis no equal. Now in two superb models,each built on this action, Husqvarnapresents truly the world's finest inMauser-type sporting rifles-the newlightweight and the Crown Grade.hours of handling and carrying a rifle.Available in both 30-06 and 270 calibers,in sporting style stock with builtincheek rest, the Lightweight is reasonablypriced at $139.95.produced the rifle is inscribed on eachbarrel. The Crown Grade is availablein .30-06, -270 and .308 calibers, in bothMonte Car10 style stock priced at$162.50, and Sporting Style stock at$157.50Write for catalogSole U S. A ent- TRADEWINDS INC..P. 0. kox I f91 -H, Tacoma, wishington.Canada, Dorken Bros Co., 408 McGill St., ~onGeal.

iPlSTOLEPARABELLUM)Only$7.50PostpaidGInsuredIts history and developm?nt from 1893 to 1945by Fred A. DatigListed below are a few of the heretoforeunlisted and little known facts, and photographsto be found therein:A listing of wer IS0 variations of morethan 20 different models, all authenticallyverifiedOver SO, FULL PAGE photographs oforiginal pistols distinctly showing dates,coats of arms, proofs and other markingsCharts and graphs showing how to distinguishthe rare pieces from the more commonones; invaluable information forthose seeking the unusual and valuabletmsContents of many of Georg Luger's personaland business letters written to menin important military and commercialpositionsMany original patent drawings submittedby Georg Luger and Hugo Borchardt tothe U. S. Patent OfficeThe Luger issued to US. Army troops! Afull and complete accounting of the U.S.Army Tests of 1901 and 1907 with aseparate chapter devoted entirely to the.4S Luger plus a full page photographof this historical pistolFacts and figures divulging monthly manufactureand distribution throughout theGerman service during World War I1Heretofore unlisted data behind the Vickers,Mauser, Simson and KrieghoFfprocurements and contractsNumerous experimental and special productionpieces such as full and semi-automaticconversions, silencers, holsterstocksand presentation pieces personallysupe~ised by Georg LugerChapters on cartridges, proof marks, conversionunits, holsters, stocks, historicalbackground and many pointers to beginnersand those interested especially incollecting, shooting and gunsmithing-plus page after page of technically detailedand minutely described commercialand military models, ballistics, mechanicalfunctioning, colorful highlights,etc.Printing is on the finest of glossy paper withbeautiful full page photographs throughout;high grade binding and dust jacket all executedby professional specialists. A book you will beproud to add to your personal library shelves.Order your copy today.FADCOBOX 3183. Olympic Station, Beverly Hills, Calif.-----------------FADCODept. LB, Box 3183, Olympic StationBeverly Hills, CaliformaPlease send me postpaid & insured "THELUGER PISTOL.''I enclose $7.50 0 Cash Check 0 M.O.(SOT~Y, No c.0.D:~)Name ..............................Address .............................City ................... State ........-----------------Two Vnrmint-Big Game RiflesACETIOUSLY I started to call thisF "The Battle of the Pip Squeaks,"for both Remington and Winchesterseem to have become tangled in a battlefor small-bore, high velocity rifle su-premacy. First Winchester tipped it offa few years ago with the -220 Swift,that impressive cannon shell whichhurled a tiny 48 grain -22 bullet alongat better than 4,000 foot per second.But the light weight caused this slug toshed velocity like a pooped-out skyrocket.So Remington started their -222bullet of 50 grains a little slower, 3200,and achieved a proportionately smallerpercentage decrease in velocity over thesame ranges where the Swift falls offBy H. Jay Erfurthseries of wildcat experiments which resultedin the -243 Winchester, based onthe .308 case, and the -244 Remingtonwhich is squeezed into a little longercase about the same size as the old-220 Swift.On the target range, both these cartridgeshave shown up well. Less than"minute of angle" accuracy can bemaintained by the 90 to 100 grain bulletswith inch groups at 200 yards andbeyond. Both cases will be eagerlyseized on by the bench rest shooters,probably, although the shorter -243case may be preferred as the shortlength allows a shorter rifle action, withconsequent greater stiffness and resistanceto vibration. Good energy ismaintained by the bullets along withchuck-hitting accuracy to 400 and 500yards.The comparative figures on these twonew loads with four bullet weightsshow little significant difference. Thelisted figures show the Remington loadas a shade lower in velocity and energycompared with the .24*3. It must beconsidered that the Winchester bulletof 100 grains is the better one for deerand medium game than the 90-grainRemington pointed soft-point, thoughthe differences seems mostly splittinghairs.I wanted to wait until a few reportscame back from "field testing" of thetwo new guns, since there is littleshooting to be done around Chicagoexcept targets. Then John T. Amberphoned me, after coming back in townfrom a very successfu1 hunt with L. M.Brownell, the gunstock makcr of Sheridan,Wyoming. It seems that at about200 vards he had taken an offhand snapshot at a seven-point mule deer whichhad suddenly showed himself in tallFeatherweight M70 -243 grass. The deer was bounding awavfrom him, and John drew down-on hi&to half or less of its original speed. with the -243 Featherweight Model 70This gave the -222 a better trajectory and one of Roy Weatherby's 4X Imforthose long shots.perial scopes to make his weak oldYet speed plus weight was the re- eyes see that far.quirement, and neither had it. Then The deer was entering some pinesalong came the boom in 6mm loads, a and John's (Continued on page 73)

NEW WALTHER I1. Double Action Feature: Simply release the safety leverand pull trigger as with a revolver. After the first shot,the Walther performs automatically, ejecting a firedshell, loading a new cartridge in the chamber and leavingthe hammer cocked for continuous single actionshooting. (If double-action is not needed on first shot,the hammer is cocked in usual way).2. Signal Safety, Too: Walther -32 and 380 pistols are alsoequipped with a 'signal in', which protrudes from back ofslide, to signal-even in t\e dark-when a cartridge is in thechamber. Thus, you can even feel when gun is loaded!3. Inside Safety: Made of SOLID STEEL and stays betweenhammer and firing pin until the very last split-second of thetrigger pull, when it unblocks the hammer, allowing it tostrike firing pin. This safety works whether the outsidesafety is 'on' or 'off', thus preventing the possibility of manv'accidental firings'.WALTHERPP MODEL(blue or nickel)Calibre -22 L.R.. .......$62.50 1Calibre -32 ACP. ....... 57.50Calibre -380 ACP .... . 57.50add $70.00 for nickel 1WALTHERPPK MODEL(blue only)Calibre -22 L.R. (blue) ...... $Calibre -32 L.R. (Lightweight). . 74.00Calibre -32 or .380 (blue). ... 60.00Calibre -32 (Lightweight) .... 70.004. Outside Safety: Lever safety which can be moved easilywith thumb of shooting hand. Locks firing pin, and makesit safe to load pistol with safety 'on'-by working the slidewithout necessarily cocking the hammer-for possibledouble-action optional firing.THE P. P. means Polizei Pistole, originallydesigned for police use. Used by many LawEnforcement Officers, Special Guards, Hunters,Cam~ers. Home Protection as a Side Arm,either concealed or exposed.This book is o must for owners 6f WoltherPistols, The P.P., P.P.K., famed P-38, etc.ore fullv covered. Detail-d functtonina,stripPingqand operation, with full ommunrltion and safety dope and o short historyof the Walther works makes thisthe standord reference on Wolthers. s3P.P.K. means Polizei Pistole Kriminal, indicatingthat the P.P.K. is generally used by LawEnforcement Officers when not in~mform whoneed a smaller vers;on of the P.P. which canbe readily concealed. Same features as P.P."Note the above unsurpassedsafety features of these worldrenownedpistols before you buy1 any pistols.''Phoenix has designed andnow offers the below leatherWalther belt pouches.These pouches will be desiredby all owners OFWalther Pistols as well asthose now buying WaltherPistols. Phoenix makes itpossible for you to carryextra mags. and ammo onyour belt.WALTHPP "SP0RTERJ'(blue only)Cal. .22 L.R. ....................... $74.75Unexcelled accuracy. Choice of 6" or 8" barrel. Adjustabletarget s~ghts. Matted receiver. Same absolute safeties aswith all Walthers. Extended pistol grip with thumb rest.Ideal for target. game & olinkinz.Readv - Reliable - Safe!No. 33IMagazine Belt Pouch to No. 25hold two PP or PPKextension mags. (ConOISO be used to hold "Ammo Belt ~ O U C to ~standard mags.)hold one 50-rd commerciolbox of either .32price $3-60 eachIAuto or .380 Auto om-No. 35 same as abovebut for "PP" Sportermogs.Price $3.80 eoch Price $3.25 eochNo. 23"Ammo Belt Pouch tohold three (3) boxes(50 rds per box) of .22calibre Long Rifle Ammunition.Price $3.75 eachADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES FOR WALTHER PISTOLSHolsters with pouch for extra magazine, each ............................................$4.95Holster Beltsl each ............................................................... 3.95Extra Mags for PP and PPKl standardl for -32 and .380. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$6.00; for .22 LRf 7.50Mags for PP and PPKl with finger extensiont for -32 and .380 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$7.50; for .22 LRt 8.70...................................................Mags for 'IPPt' Sporter Modelf each 8.70.22 LRl solid point ........ $ .70.22 LR hollow point ....... .80AMERICAN-MADE AMMUNITIONfor WALTHER PISTOLS .32 Auto............... 3.70-380 Auto ............... 3.80All prices F.O.B. College ParkMd. Residents Add 2% Sales TaxSend 25c for illustrated booklet onWALTHER PISTOLS and for complete listof Phoenix Weapons, ere.

PIED PIPER CALL1 In Mulhouse, France, a man named'oseph Pradier filed suit against a localynsmith, complaining that the gun,old to him would not fire. When quesionedmore about his suit, he told polcethat the gun proved defective whenle tried to shoot his wife and her lover)n catching them together. Police filedI murder charge against him.Q Q Q3 Waynesville, N. C., holds a Beefshoot Day for muzzle-loaders only.some of the rifles in the contest are1sua11y we11 over 100 years old andnost are heirlooms. The mountaineers!hoot in four classes divided by ages,kom 20 to 80 and up. No stances are~arred. A prone firing position on a~earskin is the favorite, but some old5mers prefer to lie flat on their back~hile they draw their bead.0 0 Q1 When ~ ibert Short reported for na-:ional service training in New SouthWales, Australia, he was handed hisrifle in the usual routine sort of waybutthe young man kept staring at it inmore than just a routine fashion. Itwas the same rifle that his father hadbeen isued a decade and a half agoduring World War 11 days. Short,senio; had marked his nahe on thirifle when called up.0 0 0Willis Kroll in Helena, Montana,was charged with shooting a bear outof At first claiming self-defense,Kroll changed his plea and wasfined $52.50 when Game Warden WilliamEckerson testified that thehad been shot in the rump.Q 0 Qrn Ever since a whiskey advertisementappeared with three men looking atsome old guns, the ad agencies havebeen cashing in on the popular antiqueguninterest. Latest is the naming ofone of Van Heusen's latest sport shirtdesigns "Flintlock Checks." Ad showsa horn-rimmed gent with carefullywaxed mustache gingerly handling agold-garnished flintlock horse pistol,

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WHY DUCKS DON'T STAY SHOTAMAZING ABILITY OF MALLARDS TO ABSORB PELLETS AND KEEP FLYINGPROVED BY X-RAY STUDIES WHICH SHOW NEED FOR BIGGER SHOT IN GUNSBy WILLIAM ELDER AND LOUIS CORBEAUsNOWYDAYS and icy nights always bring on bull sessions yes, especially geese, that seem to be in range are goingamong hunters, hashing over the season just passed to go right by, unscathed, even though four or five shotsand echoing post-mortems on the ducks that got away. have been fired. Even worse, a good many are going toAlways there is the puzzle about that time when you swung wobble in their flight like that one you recall.ahead of a big greenhead, ~ressed the trigger of your trusty Among these wobblers that get tickled, 35 per cent12-gauge maggie-and still, she failed you, for the duck will die, slowly, painfully, needlessly-sheer waste of wildmaybewobbled a little in the air but kept on flying. life. All hunters always bring up the old question: howMost of us who went out on the marshes last fall shot many pellets how big does it take to stop a duck, to killa lot of holes in the sky, an average of five shots for every him cleanly so he doesn't wobble and go on? That's anone that brought down a duck! Ducks are tough to kill; important question, and it ties in directly with this cripwhydon't they stay shot? Many a duck and a lot of geese, pling of birds who fly on to die alone.Just how bad is this crippling loss we hear about andwhy does it happen? These are the $64,000 questions. Icould quote a dozen recent studies by well-trained menshowing from actual observation that crippling loss, asmeasured by birds knocked down but not found, variesfrom 11 per cent under the best of conditions to 40 per centin some of the public shooting marshes in Illinois. And A1Long lineups of hunters with Hochbaum of the Delta Waterfowl Research Station pointsfree shooting at d ~ k has s re- out that for every diving duck bagged in his section ofdted in one out of three ma1- Manitoba, one is downed and lost. Just think what thislards having in means on a national scale: if these birds hadn't been lostthey would have provided limits for one out of every threemen who went hunting last year! That's worth doingsomething about.How tough is a duck? Almost one-third of all the mallardscruising south after the hunting season is over carryat least one shotgun pellet tucked into their durable littledermis. These figures have been turned in by X-rayÈ studies of ducks while banding them in the field.Proof of the mallard's ability to carry lead was foundwhen a fluoroscope study showed a big drake to be totinga .38 wadcutter slug in his breast. Despite the 155 grains(equal in weight to your favorite .30-'06 deer load), he*as fat and in good spirits when examined.While your hunting season for the individual huntermay be only 60 days, for the individual duck it is fromAugust to January. That flight south is a tough one, andabout 33 per cent of the drakes and 21 per cent of thesusies carry pellets to prove it. We saw one drake with two.22 caliber bullets neatly tucked away in his big flightmuscles. External examination showed that the entry holeshad long since healed and Mr. Mallard had fullv recovered.' A suGe carried 13 pellets scattered in various parts ofher underside. While most were in the heavy muscles, a: few were just inside the abdominal wall and near the tail,-Ñ"-showing that they just barely caught up to her as shemade her getaway.

Too-short lead like error of double-gunners (left) produces ducks with shot in tail but few actual ducks in roaster. Loadof No. 4's from hunter's old Browning automatic packs power to get ducks at longer ranges and not result in cripples.Naturally, the most common place for pellets is in thetail end, which proves only that most ducks are movingaway when shot. But they are found all over the carcass.One day's work on the fluoroscope recently found threeducks carrying pellets in the thin webbing between thetoes. We found one hen with a pellet neatly inserted inthe joint of one leg, which gave her somewhat of aseductive wiggle as she walked across the ice.Another had a pellet in the beak, making a second nostrilon the starboard side. Although that duck snoredwhen it breathed, it didn't show any signs of distress.Shortly after the man at the fluoroscope found the .38slug in a duck, one of his co-workers placed a six inchwood twist drill in with the duck in the next box. Itbrought a howl of surprise from the darkened booth, thena string of cuss words as the operator realized that whileducks may be tough, very few people are shooting drillsin their shotguns these days. Despite an occasional bit ofhorseplay, this fluoroscoping of ducks is a serious bnsiness.It may be one of the most important tools in decidingwhether or not the duck in your flyway is subjectedto too much gun pressure, and if so, the state season willbe varied accordingly.18Let's look at the factors which cause crippled ducks.First comes inadequate equipment. You may have a highpricedgun, newest and fanciest decoys, a pocket full ofduck calls and still be too poorly prepared to go huntingwaterfowl. What counts first in equipment for this typeof shooting is the gun, and next comes the right ammo.The 12 gauge is the choice of most experienced waterfowlersthe world over. Of course 16's and even 20's areused. One of the deadliest shots I know, none other thanthe famous wildlife photographer, Charley Schwartz, shootsa 20 gauge for everything. But he is more than a goodshot. He knows ducks and where to find them, how tosneak them and how to call effectively. This combinationgets his birds in close enough for the lesser range ofeffectiveness of the small bore. Other things being equal,the man with the 12 gauge has a much better chance.And then comes loads. Don't make the mistake I didonce when shooting with two more experienced friends.They killed ducks on both sides of me and I kept blastingaway "without any luck." One of them got suspiciousand said, "Bill, what kind of loads have you got there?"I looked and sure enough, they were light loads! Thelow brass base on the shell should have told me they were

no shells to bring on a duck hunt-they lacked the powerand range needed. The high brass base on the heavy loadsmeans there is more powder inside and this is what givesthe lead shot the speed they need to penetrate the heavylayer of feathers, down and sub-cutaneous fat that ducksand geese carry around with them.Want to get a hot argument going? Just ask a bunchof hunters what's the best shot size for ducks. Some swearthat sixes are best, nearly an equal number believe infours,.and a few shoot two's at everything-what's goodfor goose is good for gadwall, teal or mallard, they say.And then I have afriend who says patternmeans everyth i n g in bringing,down a bird. Sonumber 7% shot ishis choice.Basically it's asimple question. Thebigger the shot theharder it hits andthe farther from thegun it retains thishitting power. Butshells can be just sobig-a maximum of3 inches long in barrelschambered formagnum loads.With limited spacethe bigger the shotthe fewer can beloaded in any oneshell. So the dilemmaa man faces is,how much can I sacrificein pattern togain greater hittingpower?To resolve t h i squestion o n c e andfor all Frank Bellroseof the IllinoisNatural HistorySurvey made aseries of careful tests.penetrate the duck's body to make it likely to come down,and heavier shot has greater penetrating power. Andthey must hit hard enough to break a wing, penetrate theskull or the thick breast muscle or cut a blood vessel. Inother words, if a gunner can put his pattern exactly on aduck at 50 yards, only half of the birds will get hit byfour or more shots and at 60 yards only 19 per cent willcollide with four shots.From now on I'm shooting number fours at ducks, andgeese too. Geese are usually farther away but look closebecause they are so big. That explains why so manyCareful studies of habits of ducks in native habitat as well as X-raysare designed to conserve birds and give hunters more birds to shoot at.He used live same farm mallards"as targets, posed them with outstretched wings at a 45degree angle-from his gun. He then fired standard loadsfrom a full-choked, 12 gauge shotgun held with a benchtyperest to insure accuracy. This set-up was checked bymounting paper behind the bird to print the pattern of eachround. The effect on the duck was tested by observationon its ability to escape if still alive. Survivors were thenkilled and all were plucked to plot the course of the pelletsthat hit. In addition they were examined by X-ray forpresence of shots that had lodged and not gone on through.From these elaborate tests he learned that up to 35 yardsone shot size was as good as another but beyond this, numberfours were better than sixes, and the greater the rangethe greater the difference in their effectiveness. Wellcenteredpatterns with number sixes began to give cripplesbeyond 40 yards. With number fours, however, this cripplingdid not begin until 50 yards was reached. Thiscame from the fact that on the average, four shots mustg ee s e are flyingaround with one ortwo shots. in theirflesh.Seven years agowe got curious abouth o w m a n y ducksand geese really arehit by shot and liveto fly north again.So I built a portablefluorosco~e. All ittook was a smallX-ray machinemounted in a leadlinedbox to protectme and my helpers.On top was placed acardboard s c r e e ncoated with a specialmineral that shineswhen hit by X-rays.Putting a blackouttent over this apparatusand makingit run with a portablegasoline generator,we were readyto examine ducksand geese to see howmany had lead shotin their flesh. Sincelead holds back theX-rays, more thandoes bird bone, eachshot would show up as a round black dot on the brightscreen in the dark of my tent.But the mallard is a rugged individualist and doesn'tshow up in the sick bay when he needs X-ray therapy.How do you go about fluoroscoping a thousand mallards?The recipe starts outÑUfirs catch the ducks."These birds were all live ones caught by conservationteams for banding. We helped the banders trap and roundup the flappers (ducks that are hiding because they can'tfly in midsummer during the peak of their feather molt),and the other fellows helped me fluoroscope the birds beforeturning them loose on the marsh.By now 20,000 birds have gone under that machine anda lot of surprising things have turned up. Nearly one drakemallard out of every three that survives the fall flight andreturns to Canada to nest has lead shot in his body. InCanada geese, 40 per cent to 50 per cent are carrying bodyshot. These are the healthy birds that have got well fromtheir wounds of last fall. To me (Continued on page 49)

Skeet stance is demonstrated by instructorW. S. Seybold of ree en briarHotel at White Sulphur Springs.BETWEEN THE TWO SHOTGUN SPORTS,THERE IS SLIGHT DIFFERENCE BUTFANS WILL HEATEDLY ARGUE MERITSOF FASTEST-GROWING SHOOTING GAMESLONG THE HIGHWAYS you're beseetheir ranges morefrequently. At night their floodlightsblaze for miles around. If you stop towatch, the "pop" of shotguns drifts infrom the firing front where in groupsof five, men, women, and children aretaking part in this fastest-growing sportin America, the live-wire action gameof shotgunning.To watch these shooters in action isa revelation to the rifle and pistol man.Rifle shooters-large and small caliber-andpistol shooters get together atCamp Perry every year and have achance to watch and learn each other'sidiosyncrasies. But shotgunners seema race apart: for long blistering days,they blaze away at small flashing greydisks, expending hundreds of thousandsof shotshells in an incrediblyshort space of time. The grounds betweenclean-up times are literally car-~eter! with red and green shotshells atthe firing points. That was the pictureat two of the most importantsummer gun meets in America-theGrand American Handicap trap shootingtournament at Vandalia, Ohio, andthe meeting of the National SkeetShooting Association at Waterford,Michigan.Among these roadside shooters, men,women, and nerveless teenagers, aremany aiming for the chance to attendthe granddaddy of trapshooting tournaments,the Grand American. Vandaliais thrilling: the crowds, the competi-tion, and the prize money. Frompiddling little prizes like $1300 won byBill Clark of Chicago, and another$1300 won by Dick Miller of Princeton,Indiana, up to the whopping purseof $9,000 and a box full of sterlingsilver which came to top-scoring gunnerLogan Bennett by way of compensationfor his thousands of practice roundsspent preparing for the event. There isTypical skeet layout has concrete semicircle of seven gun stations and centerstation in line with towers. Only high tower is shown in photograph below.

VERSUS TRAP-By STERLING MARCHERTrap stance with gun ready is shownby Greenbriar's instructor Se~bold.a lot of money in prizes floating aroundsouthern Ohio in August, and a lot ofwinners after the shooting is over.Entry is not cheap: about $300 in feesto compete in all events, but to thosewho can regularly follow the call of"pull!" with a black puff of clay-birddust, the end is mighty satisfying.Shotgunners as they come into actionare motion perfected. A trap shooterstands at the shooting position, gun atthe shoulder, pointed at the trap house.At "pull" the referee sends a clay birdflying and the gunner follows through.A skilled gunner can respond so fastto the visual stimulus of seeing thebird that it is pulverized a few yardsfrom the trap house. Others hold on ita little longer. Some-the losers-waittoo long or fire hurriedly, missing.Skeet shooters have a different stance,if "stance" it could be called. A lineof five expert skeet gunners, shootingoff a tie, will walk up to the firingpoint, snap their guns to the shoulder,mutter "pull!" and without conscious \or perceptible aim or even seeming tolook at the flying targets, blast doublesright and left. Apparently not evenhaving paused in their walking, theywheel around and return to the end ofthe line. There is no doubt about afair hit: the target disappears in a puffof black dust. A bird not centered inthe pattern, or one that may have almostslipped through a hole, will breakinto several pieces but not disappear ascompletely as one hit square.At Vandalia, an unexpected mentalhazard was offered by the use ofsome new clay birds. They wouldn'tshatter: one bird was picked up with22 pellet holes drilled neatly throughit, unbroken! Such accidents are rare.and with ordinary clay birds now inuse, nothing like that need be expected.Trapshooting has changed somewhatfrom the days of Joe Manton and

At #5 trap point gunner takes astance which allows him to quicklycover birds thrown in any direction.Colonel Peter Hawker in the 18th Century. Today a traprange is made up of one to a dozen or more firing lines,depending of course on the amount of land available andthe number of people using it. Shotgunning, becauseextreme range is 80-100 yards with even heavy shot, canbe done under range conditions where solid bullets wouldbe dangerous. No backstops are needed for trap shooting,and the pellets can fall harmlessly into a farmer'sfield without damaging the crops. It is a good bet for landnear a highway, where the blast of high power rifles or pistolswould be objectionable and the bullets dangerous.A regulation trap layout consists of five positions or stationsfrom which the members of the squad fire. Thestations are 16 yards from the trap house, and are placedin a slight semi-circle and five yards apart. The five contestantsare called a squad, with each man taking hisown station.The round begins with the man at station #l who takesthe first shot, then the man at station #2 fires, with eachman firing only once when his turn comes. When a man isready to shoot he is at the 16 yard rise or line, is in hisshooting stance, gun to his shoulder, shell in the chamber,and is aiming at the trap ready to (Continued on page 42)Grand American winner Logan Bennett showed perfectform, timing with Trap-grade Winchester to score high.

MODIFYING STRONG ROLLING BLOCKRIFLE INTO A POWERFUL TWO-HANDCompleted .257 Roberts GUN MAKES PISTOL POWERFUL ENOUGHFOR ANY GAMEconversion pistol has cleanlines and graceful stock.By ALFRED J. GOERGHERE ARE many kinds of madness, running the gamutT from the screwballs who think they're Napoleon to theweirdies who cut out paper dolls. I guess everyone getshis own crazy notions every so often and recently I becameaddled with what many would term a nutty idea-I wanteda pistol which would shoot a rifle cartridge.I wasn't exactly the first one to get the mad notion ofmaking a pocket howitzer-the ordnance department hadbeaten me to it some years ago. Shortly after the Civil Warsome wag at Springfield Armory sawed off a .50 caliberModel 1866 rifle and made a pistol out of it. Later no lessan officer than General William T. Sherman ordered theColt Company to make a single action revolver firing the.45/70 carbine cartridge. They say that tester Sergeant Bullfired one shot, sprained his wrist, and left the range beforethey asked him to do anv more tricks.So when I decided to clobber up my doggy Remingtonrolling block carbine into a heavy rifle-caliber pistol, Iwasn't exactly trodding a new path. Yet when all was done,I was far from displeased, and the resulting handgun - proved -to me and many admiring gun-nuts that the idea of a pistolrifle,properly carried out, is really practical.I used a Remington - rolling; - block for two reasons: first.it was strong and it was handy, and secondly, Remingtonhad used smaller rolling block frames for pistols as wellas rifles. Such alterations from 7rnm rifle into ~istol re-quires an active imagination, an overabundance of ingenuity,and . . . I almost forgot . . . a skilled machinistgunsmith.Between gunsmith William "Mac" McDougall and myself(who supplied the overactive imagination), there was createda 4% pound two-handed pistol chambered for theOriginal Remington rolling-block carbine in 7mm Mausercaliber was used as basis for big-game killing pistol.

Remington receiver tangs must bebent and spring altered for largesizecustom grips to take up kick.New Micro rear sight was puton breech, tangs bent and hammerspur lowered in pistol conversion.While pistol is real handful, it is not appreciably larger than ordinary guns.Being a single shot, only one spare cartridge is carried in loop on holster skirt.Special form-fitting grips made bySteve Herrett allow firins .257 riflebouncy .257 Roberts rifle cartridge. 1avoided saying the pistol was "born,"because that would leave me open forsome detractor to slyly ask "aborted?"But by the time we were done cuttingand hacking, we had whomped up oneof the neatest bundles of dynamite toever wear walnut handles. It was ahandloading proposition of course, asthe nine-inch barrel is too short to efficientlyburn the powder used in factoryloadings. The only thing thefactory loads give to the pistol is anear-splitting muzzle blast and a flashlike Hiroshima.Almost any barrel bored for thecartridge you intend to use can befitted to the action. We used a Winchesterbarrel shouldered back and rechamberedto .257 Roberts with a freebore of % inch. This latter is purelya precautionary measure against excessivepressures.The 7mm extractor was already thecorrect size as the 7mm case head is thesame as the .257 Roberts case. Fortunately,this same extractor size willalso work on other cases based on theMauser diameters, such as the .300Savage, 250/3000 Savage, .30-06, .308,and others. The rimmed cases like the.30-40 and .30-30 can be made to workwith some extractor alteration. Originallyof course the rolling block actionwas designed for rimmed cases.Mac tapered the new barrel and puta 7/16 inch Williams ramp on thefront. He then milled a patridge typefront sight for theramp dovetail,making the blade the right size for therear sight. This was a Micro adjustablerear, made for the Colt New Servicerevolver, and was fastened to the topof the receiver with two screws.Action work involved a lot of changing,but nothing beyond the capabilitiesof an ordinarily skilled metal workerwith a few tools. The hammer spurwas heated and bent down with a slightcurve. I wanted a little less hammerfall, so two VA, inch and one ^Aa inchholes were drilled in it to lighten it.The trigger pull was shortened andeased by drilling a hole in the hammernotch and inserting a pin. Then the pinwas cut to give full control of the sear.To make it possible to fit a pistolgrip to the ordinarily straight stockaction, the bottom tang was bent downwardin a long curve. The top tangwas cut off and built up by weldingon a piece of metal. The heavier partwas then drilled and tapped. A pieceof % inch steel (Continued on page 48)

\A.STEBI'0 CHOOSE A GUN tor a youngster is to be a broker your last hunt is over-are there to guide his choice' 1 in dreams-it you --: intelligtshort." Guns are impon: ad, fromI rememner 01 r-oia, wno was bi.

BSA-Martini was shot by Miguel Jackie O'Donnell, junior trap champ, Nick Egan, Flushing, L. I., teen-ager,Swanswick, 11, in Canadian matches. found Winchester M12 "right gun." won Grand American with Model 12.IHe welcomes your advice. Whether he knows it ornot, he wants a gun to help him develop all the skill that'slatent in him. Kids like to excel. The more commonsense you show in helping him, the more likely he is toconsult you when time and need bring up the selectionof a second gun, or a third.Usually the first one is a .22. If he joins a junior rifleclub, he needs one. Oh sure, he can borrow a friend's rifleat the range or use a club gun, but pride of ownershipcomes close to self-respect itself. He'll take care of hisown if you show him the why and how, and he'll get toknow it as a rifleman should.If there's hunting as well as target work, he may needsomething lighter than the 8 to 9 pound junior matchrifles like the Mossberg 144 LS, Winchester 75 andRemington 513 T, dual-purpose though they are for a bigfellow who can tote one all day and still be in form whenthe sun gets low. A gunsling means everything in proneor sitting, or offhand when a cross-wind buffets the rifle.The pinhole disc of the peep sight can be turned out toleave a big aperture close enough to the eye for snapshooting.Except in shady woods or swampland theblack post insert of the front sight works well, and forthose places a neat dab of white paint does wonders.Another target and game rifle, the short-stocked Remington521 TL, goes about 7 pounds and was built for juniors.Less expensive .22's can be cut to size. In this age ofplastics and home workshops, it's easy to put fillers underthe buttplate for extra length as the kid's arms creep outpast the cuffs of last year's windbreaker.In lower price brackets, the cheaper grade is preferable.Detachable box magazines are easier to unload (and besure that they are unloaded) than tubular magazines are.Sometimes a last cartridge lands in the tube, waiting tomake trouble. And the forestock bedding of the "clip"type is snugger. You never want the beginner to feel thatMarlin lever-action 336 in .219 Zipper has "big gun feel"but is handy for young shooters because of light recoil.Typical of popular single-shots in .22 made especiallyfor junior beginning shooters is Marlin MlOO bolt rifle.

he was plenty of shots at his disposal. The old hunterknows he hasn't !Two well-refined rifles, the Winchester 75 Sporter andthe Remington 513 S, are of game-gun style. The Win-chester weighs about s?~$ pounds, the Remington over apound more. Weight out front in the barrel helps marksmanship,but weight is relative. A boy is willing to growup to a fairly-heavy rifle but he doesn't want to wait toolong. To him, hunting means far travel and seeing lotsof country. In that way outdoorsmen are made.If the .22 is almost entirely for hunting, a bolt gunneedn't be first pick. Lever or slide action may have wonthe boy's heart. Yet the fact that he's left-handed doesn'trule out the bolt. A southpaw can wrench its handle upand slap it down with the sureness of the right-hander ifthe stock is short enough for him. Starboard ejection ofempties bothers him no more than top ejection annoys arifleman who shoots without a scope. These "drawbacks"mean nothing when the mind is on the shooting, instead ofon the gun.We must have accuracy, which other actions than thebolt can deliver, too. The .22 long-rifle is a sorry gameload for anything tougher than a cottontail, unless thelead hits brain, heart or spine. The accuracy requirementrules out open sights, ~eriod. And no backtracking on thatstatement. Small game shooting with a rifle is precisionwork.NRA Junior rules don't allow a scope. Yet in thehunting field the glass helps under most conditions, thoughit isn't as indispensable as some seem to think. Fourpower is enough for a light .22 sporter.Most -22's now made are capable of sure kills onsquirrels-brain shots, that means-up to 25 yards which isa long woods range on them. Some do better. Thereremains the ultimate "if9'-shooting skill. NO one gets Quality equipment like heavy barrel M52 with Redfieldsharp with the rifle unless he has a gunsling and good "Olympic" sights help junior shooter develop his skill.Laverne Young, Senn High School sophomore, is an enthusiastic shooter and under the guidance of her father, whogoes hunting often, has become a crack shot with standard weight M52 with stock conveniently shortened for her use.27

iron or glass sights, and a record behind him of lots ofcarefully squeezed-off target rounds too.There's an exception, snapshooting, like those tinglingtries for running rabbits or safe, straight-overhead shotsat crows. Here the slide action rifle, well balanced thoughhard to fit with a sling, does nicely. Too nicely, experienceshows, with its too-easy rapid fire. And the semi-automaticshould be barred as a first gun. Even with a single-shotit's hard to teach the cool command of a weapon, and thisrifle often is the best for a start. It's no handicap in juniortarget training. Juniors don't use magazine fire.For bigger small-game and longer shooting, the .22Hornet cartridge is popular, and the .218 Bee is nearly ifnot quite as accurate. The .222 Remington, if too noisyfor hunting fields near home, makes a good Hornet whenhandloaded down. The two little fellows are effective onwoodchucks under 150 yards, under good conditions. The.222 is a rather good killer of coyotes-where any havesurvived the poisoning campaigns. The .219 zipper in thelight Marlin 336 makes a good combination for the biggerboy.The 6-pound Winchester 43 Hornet or Bee is almostas accurate as the 70 Hornet that's 50 per cent heavier. TheSavage 340 and British BSA in Hornet and .222, the Remington722 and Marlin 322 in .222, all run about 7 poundsM52 Winchester is used by school athletic departments with iron sights and no sling, and they balance well forand is favorite with kids graduating to first "big" rifle. carrying. The foreign Thalson-JGA and FI-Sako come inall three calibers, the latter with a heavy barrel as optional.Those useful smallbores, .250 Savage and .257 Roberts,- give the accuracy that teaches marksmanship. If you wanta light rifle, you can get it in a Savage 99 F lever actionor a Remington 722 bolt. Factories load sharp 87 grainbullets for varmint hunting.Handloading makes other light rifles or carbines goodall-rounders in .30-30, .300 Savage, .308 Winchester or.35 Remington. Besides fitting almost any caliber for atleast moderate range varmint shooting, a loading outfiteases the steps up to full power rations.Then there are standard weight rifles from about 8 to 9pounds, a pound heavier with scope. In this bracket ahusky kid has wide latitude in choosing style, action andcaliber.Often a big game rifle serves well as a varmint rifle too.The advantage of knowing an arm through year-round useis obvious, and most youngsters like full-calendar hunting.My brother first hunted deer at about the age of 12 anddid well, too, with his .44-40 carbine. Ranges were shortand he kept his head. Now most boys are much olderwhen they take their first deer hunt, and gun weight andrecoil matter less to many of them than they do to lotsof us. (Continued on page 42)Both Charles Prentiss-father and son-use Model 31Remington skeet guns defending titles at Dallas shoot.

A SHOOTING IRON TOO HOTTO HANDLE*.:Special .22 Centerfire Colt Woodsman with barrel rib andweight by King became subject of heated controversy.RADICAL .22 CENTERFIRE THREATENEDTO SWEEP SHOOTING HONORS AT PERRYUNTIL POWERS-THAT-BE PRESSUREDGUN OUT OF COMPETITIONBy COLONEL CHARLES ASKINSURING AJD away by careful tally a total of10-YEAR period, I shut334,000 rounds of pistol ammunition.In that time I won the individual pistolchampionship of the United States, thepistol and revolver grand aggregatechampionship of the country, and wasthe No. 1 John on the 22 All-AmericaTeam. I barnstormed from Winnipegto Havana and from Maine to Washingtonand every year was a firingmember of the U.S. International PistolTeam. I won $8.56 from the NationalRifle Association when I copped theall-around championship so this mademe a "pro" and ineligible for anOlympic berth.I was not the best hand gunner in thegame; I was just one of the best. Icould go to the Nationals each year andcome away with my share of the prizesbut I couldn't beat everybody everytime even though I wanted to do that.This is the story of how I tried to dojust that by putting together a shootingiron that gave me an edge on target.But my shooting iron proved to be toohot to handle-not for me but for thegents who run target shooting at theCamp Perry matches each year.29Big collection of trophies was garnered byColonel Askins in shooting competition,but he was looking for gun that wouldmake him regular winner. .221 Askins was1. 1 : &.+.."A;+ fpnm matches.

Firing pin relocation to hit centeris basic alteration of .22 rimfireto shoot centerfire .221 Askins load.At first I had the notion that with more practice, I couldbolster my skill so as to trim the competition regularly.I tried shooting every day-at first 100 rounds, and then200 shots, and finally 300, but this was not the answer. Ithen switched to the other extreme and experimentedwith firing once weekly and after that twice each sevendays. I finally settled on a practice stint every other dayyear in and year out. I lived like an Olympic athlete instrenuous training, did a regular stint of roadwork daily,followed a regime of calisthentics, careful diet, and wascautious not to over-indulge in any way.As chief instructor of firearms for the US. Border Patrol,my only chore was to improve the marksmanship standardsof the service. I felt there was a whale of a lot that wasunknown about how to train marksmen, and was determinedto pry into some of those secrets.My experiments in shooting taught me a lot but did notCenter fire "Velo Dog" cases (right below and circle) furnished brass for formingshorter .221 Askins cartridge which was loaded (center below) to equal .22.

disclose how to clobber the other topflighters every time wewent to bat. Finally I reached the conclusion that physicalconditioning and practice firing were not the whole answer.Since guns and cartridges played a pretty big part in theequation, I took a long, hard look at both. Obviously theguns could stand some sharpening up. Which one neededit most?Very apparently the old "target" .38. It was a clunk,a holdover in a thinly-disguised improvement from its forbearer,the .38 Army Special, a sixgun that came out of thesummer fracas we had with the Spanish back in '98. If Iwas going to improve my battery, here was the place for abeginning.What I wanted to wring out of the .38 were scores as goodas I could chalk up with the .22. I shot 295 with the .22 butonly 285 with the centerfire. If I could jack the .38 totalsup to the level of the .22 I'd have that necessary margin Iwas seeking. I determined to try.What seemed to be the greatest failing of the old thuttyeight?Why, the recoil. The frame is so deep it permits amost pronounced turning motion when the fulminate explodes.This up-flip at muzzle is hard to control, since thegrip cannot be maintained from shot to shot in a uniformmanner. To boost scores I would have to find some wayto dampen or entirely eliminate the kick.I commenced by shortening the case. I whittled it downa tenth of an inch at a time until it was a runt. The gunstill recoiled. Then I switched to the .38 S&W cartridge, abunty case and a big bullet, but full of possibilities Ithought. I tried various powder charges, different caselengths, several bullets but the experiment was a washout.The gun kicked.I just be darned if I was going to be content withany centerfire that bucked a whit more than the peewee .22.It looked like it was going to be quite a chase.I took another tack. The cartridge most closely akin tothe .22, so far as diameter was concerned, was the .25 ACP.I gathered up a few hundred and commenced to experimentwith them. The bullet is a little stinker, too short for itsdiameter and thus fated to shoot in lousy manner insofaras accuracy is concerned. I designed a new bullet andwheedled a good-natured mould manufacturer into making Exhaustive testing of standard handguns conamould which cast a longer and heavier slug. 1 had a vinced Asians that only a center fire .22 would eliminategunsmith amigo rebuild the ratty (Continued on page 62) recoil, which harassed all centerfire shooters in competition.On duty with Border Patrol, Askiins (right rear) was threatened with dismissal for developing "illegal" .221 cartridge.

THEBIGGESTbUNINASEBALAfter early morning hunt, Ted relaxeswith bag of mallards lying at his feet.

Ted's favorite gun is Model 31 Remington pump, boughtseveral years ago a few days before baseball season.TED WILLIAMS HELPED DEVELOP HISAMAZING BATTING EYE BY STARTINGTO SHOOT WHEN 14 AND CONTINUINGHUNTING FOR GAME IN LATER YEARSBy TAP GOODENOUGHBaseball s w i n gand gunning coordinationh e 1 peach other inT e d' s form ondiamond or field.ALL, TANNED TED WILLIAMS, top batting star of theT big leagues, wields a booming bat for the Boston RedSox that has brought him fame as one of the greatesthitters in modern times. And booming barrels have longhelped him to sharpen his batting eyes, helped his reflexesto stay tuned as fine as a concert violin. Noted asan expert and versatile angler for many years, few fansrealize that Ted is equally adept with shotgun and rifle."Hunting and other kinds of gunning have alwaysaided me in keeping my eye on the ball, as well as ontargets, birds or game," grins Ted. "In recent years,I've tried some skeet and trap shooting-terrific sports!Why, I'd recommend every ball player to take up skeetor trap. They'd find that they'd whack that old appleoftener after a while."As for hunting, Williams indulges in the pastime chieflyto condition his legs during the off-seasons. He feels thatwalking is neglected too much by today's athletes, so hecovers miles and miles through fields and. woods. As aresult, he always reports for early spring training as fitas a Derby colt.Is Ted a good marksman? "Williams is a natural atanything he attempts," comments a veteran gunner andcompanion of the Red Sox swatter. "He rarely misses histarget. He's a superb wing shot, possessing rare judgmentas to ranges, sighting and the like. And he's always coolunder pressure, the sign of a top competitor."Now 37, Ted saved his money earned from doing workafter school, purchasing his first weapon when he wasabout 14 or 15 in San Diego, Calif. He chose a doublebarreledWinchester ,410 shotgun, soon becoming veryproficient with it. It was at this period in his life whenhe began to become interested in baseball at playgroundsnear his home, yet much of his spare time was devotedto hunting and fishing.As a kid, Williams was scrawny and underweight. Heattributes his physical development to the constant use ofrod and gun. The latter, of course, contributed to hisgood eyesight-an advantage to any batter."I loved to gun for ducks with that good old .410,"reminisces Ted, his eyes shining like a youngster thinkingof a favorite toy. "Yes, I used that gun for manypurposes, even though it didn't have the range or powerof other gauges. I think the .410 is an ideal shotgun forkids to start with. Matter of fact, it's swell for ladies,too, or all beginners, since there isn't any recoil. Andits accurate."Ted chuckles when he recalls that shells cost only about75 cents per box in those happy days as a youth. "Shot-

New magnum Model12 duck gun is used byTed for long shots inwaterfowl hunting.Credited with two years of flying in Korea, Ted much prefers exhilarationof duck shooting over decoys to chasing after MIG's in the skies.gun shooting is an expensive sporttoday," says he. "Doesn't take longto use up several boxes of shells atskeet or trap-or even when hunting, ifyou're not on your targets."Since Williams is paid an annualsalary of $100,000 by Tom Yawkey,owner of the Red Sox, he doesn't haveto worry over the cost of ammo.Like thousands of American boys,this idol of kids the country over onceowned a .22 rifle, a little Winchestersingle-shot, enjoying many golden daysin quest of squirrels, rabbits and othersmall game. He still fires a .22 occasionallyfor fun. Some time ago, so thestory goes, he shot several pigeons inFenway Park, Boston, on a day whenthe cavernous ball yard was empty savefor the feathered intruders."A .22 can be a wonderful rifle forkids," say Ted, "and it's inexpensive toshoot, too. But I wish that more parentswould see that their boys were taughthow to handle their firearms properly.Not enough kids have been made torealize that a .22 cartridge carries fornearly a mile."A careful boy can have great sportwith a .22. If he's lucky enough to livein the country, he's a king with his rifle.He wanders through the fields, knockingoff blackbirds, squirrels and woodchucks.Crows and hawks offer goodshooting, too. I wish every kid wouldmake sure of his background beforefiring, however. He must rememberthat ricochets are dangerous,-never aimingat animals or birds on stonewallsorat water."Care of rifles and shotguns is veryimportant, .although many boys andadults forget this, unfortunately. It'sjust as easy to clean your guns afterthey're fired as to wait for weeks,thereby allowing rust to form in thebarrel. I always take good care of myguns and tackle."During the past quarter-century,Williams has owned many rifles andshotguns of all calibers and gauges. Heuses a 12-gauge magnum standardModel 12 Winchester considerably, buthis favorite is a Remington pump,Model 31, in a little fancy grade."I've had my eye on that Model 21Winchester shotgun with 28-inch barrel,"says this "modern Babe Ruth,"who intends to get one shortly. ButTed believes that a good marksmandoesn't have to spend a fortune for hisweapons.While Ted has gunned for all kindsof game and birdsin many sections ofthis country and Canada, he prefers toseek ducks or grouse to any other sortof hunting."Ducks over decoys," he exults."Man! That's living! Years ago, I hadsome wonderful shooting in Minnesotaand South Dakota. That was in theperiod when (Continued on page 59)

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Skillful craftsmen of Browning factory in Belgium wouldbe surprised by crudeness of copies of automatics.Three similar pistols bearing identical serial numbersdemonstrate boldness of sharpers in copying Browning.however, and well made, and it managed to shoot and continueshooting under a number of adverse conditions. Theoriginal makers, the Fabrique National arms factoryin Liege, Belgium, turned out many hundreds of thousandsof these pistols and it was this model in .32 automatic caliberwhich made the French dictionaries include the word"browning" as a common noun for "pistolet automatique."World-wide sales of the Model 1900 Brown found it "athome" in the desk drawer of a French businessman, thebelt holster of a Chinese warlord, and even in the hands ofa wild-eyed Serbian student who used a Model 1900 Browningto end the life of Archduke Francis Ferdinand ofAustria and so bring on the gathering storm of World War 1.Such popularity evidently could not be enjoyed by theModel 1900 Browning without imitation, and soon some"cousins" began to stagger in from the far hills. Theylooked close enough to the Browning so that the casualcustomer was put to it to tell the genuine from the fake.One American collector recently got quite a surprise fromthe habit of foreign gunsmiths imitating the Model 1900Browning. He was Frank Wheeler of Osborne, Kansas, agent with a yen for odd-ball pistols. Some 170 pistols gracethe walls and cabinets of Frank's home, and among themare three pistols that really have the boys scratching theirheads. All three guns are copies of the Model 1900 Browning.All three appear to be copies (Continued on page 46)Enlargements of serial numbers in Browning imitations shows similar number stamping in some figures, suggests one singlehandyman may have made all pistols after one genuine Browning pistol which bore serial number of #126063.36

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FRANK HAMER WROTE HISONE STAR HISTORY WITHABLE MARKSMANSHIP ANDPURSUIT OF OUTLAWS INOF GARRETT AND EARP/ink Hamer atage of 22ht after hetied the Texastigers in 1906.Big collection of guns was carried by Clyde Barrow, whotook photo of brother with firearms to display to friends.

By HAROLD PREECEXCEPT for a moment's timing ofE fate, he might have been rememberedas a more spectacular banditthan Clyde Barrow whom his wittrapped and his gun helped slay. Yetwhen he died a few months ago, FrankHamer ranked as the last of the greatWestern law enforcer breed immortalizedby such artists of the .45 as PatGarrett and Wyatt Earp. The mountainousex-cowhand was the last of thegreat Texas Rangers as that spunkylittle gamecock, Jack Hays, was thefirst.Hamer's career is by now a legendthe Lone Star State, though he diedonly recently. Yet there are so manyliving witnesses to his fabulous exploitswith Winchester and Colt thatthere is no doubt of the truth of thesetales. In this Hanier's story has somewhatstronger ground to rest on, thanthe legends of another famous Texan,Davy Crockett.Hamer's skill with firearms was recognizedby both sides of the law. Hisreputation for sure shooting was suchthat a notorious Texas outlaw, whenasked by a reporter to name the manhe feared most, replied: "Frank Hamer.I'd rather tangle with the whole Dallaspolice force than with that one damnRanger." There was more truth in thisthan exaggeration, for on many occasionsin his checkered life Hamer actuallysubstituted for entire police forces,and without any braggadocio cleanedup town after town literally singlehanded.Hamer was of that same mastermould of men which cast the "typicalRanger." Of Rangers generally, andnone more specifically than Hamer,there is told an old story down Texasway. They say a town was beinghoorawed by cowboys, and the mayorwired to the Rangers: "Send help. Riotin progress." By the next train camea banty youth with nary a whisker, whostepped down from the car, his saddleover his shoulder and a carbine in hishand. The mayor's men asked, "Whereare the Rangers?" His reply was,"Shucks, I'm him. Ain't but one riot,is they?''Proof of these town pacifications liespartly in the archives of the Hamerfamily, and in the hands of close per-sonal friends of Hamer's. Almostequaling the numbers of guns allegedlyonce owned by Jesse James are thelegitimate Single Action Colts presented-Lawman Hamer put finish todesperado career of Clyde Bar- ?%row and Bonnie Parker byblasting Ford getaway car withBAR automatic machine rifle."Gun moll" Bonnie Parker, whosmoked cigars, carried big Colt .45.

Souped-up Ford V-8 used by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow was literally riddled with bullets as noted crimiinals'escape from Ranger ambush was cut short by volleys from Browning Automatic Rifle wielded by Hamer.to Hamer "By the Grateful Citizens." Although the SingleAction proved a favorite with donors of pistols, othermakes are represented among the dozens of legitimateHamer guns. One hightly prized by Hamer himself wasa heavy Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum, presented tohim in his later years by five or six of his Ranger associates.His use of guns did not give him primary status as agunfighter, but rather as a lawman. Yet there was a timewhen the future of Hamer hung precariously, and he hadas much chance to become a master criminal as a masterdetective.Hamer grew up in the pistol-haunted town of San Sabawhere "Blackjack" Tom Ketchum's celebrated band ofroad desperadoes had incubated. Texas Rangers wereconsidered meddlesome characters who barged in to stopvendettas between rival cliques in San Saba. The hardriding,pistol-toting Ketchum brothers-Tom and Samwerelocal heroes as the James boys had been in theirMissouri home town.During his early youth, Frank Hamer heard only onefavorable comment about the obtrusive roving Texas lawmen.They were the best shots in the whole country. Andmen who'd run afoul of them displayed scars to prove it.Young Frank swore that he'd learn to outshoot andoutride the Rangers who'd exiled the Ketchums from theirnative draws and canyons. Six years old he was whenthose two ingenious gunsmiths, Charles Newton and HenryDonaldson, began perfecting the .22-caliber varmint rifle.At 10, Frank Hamer was San Saba's crack shot with thenew-style weapon. Before he'd reached 14, he was winningevery one of the town's rifle matches with Winchestersand Marlins.At 19, he'd become one of the wandering, restless cowboysfrom whom outlaw rings often recruited fresh manpower.Six feet three he stood then, with his giant framecarrying 200 pounds of brawn and muscle. Oh a ranchnear San Angelo, he found himself forking broncs withan older man who'd followed Blackjack Ketchum till NewMexico marshals had finally shattered the gang."I'll cut a San Saba boy in on a deal I'm figuring,"thefugitive bandit told his younger saddlemate. "When wepunchers deliver the next string of ponies to San Angelo.we'll stick up the bank there. Then we'll light out to Mexico,buy a ranch there and live like kings.""Yeah," Hamer agreed. "What's the use of bustin' yourcan for thirty a month when the bank's got thousandsjust waiting to be snatched."All plans had been carefully laid when the punchersdrove a herd of horses into San Angelo a few weeks later.As they'd anticipated, the ranch foreman strayed off tofind a buyer for the ponies. That quest, they felt, wouldtake him a minimum time of one hour..Within 15 minutes, the would-be robbers had steeredtheir mounts toward the head of the street where the banklay. Their Colts were loaded; they were looking expectantlytoward their leader for the go-ahead sign when theforeman suddenly reappeared."Found a buyer the minute I left you," he boasted. "Nowgit back to where them ponies are penned and drive 'emover to his corral."Reluctantly the punchers obeyed orders. The bank kept

its money. Then and there, FrankHamer decided that outlawry was nothis trade."I realized it wasn't in my cards tobe like Blackjack Ketchum," he oncetold me. "Otherwise that bank haulwould have come off. So I decided toplay my hand straight by playing iton the side of law."'He made no conscious decision tobecome a lawman. But afterwards andas part of a cowhand's duty, he beganrunning down horse thieves preying onranches where he worked. While employedon the Carr Ranch near FortStockton, he captured a notorious broncsnatcher whom a commissioned deputyhad been too terrified to touch.After the thief had been locked up,Sheriff Dudley S. Barker spoke to theyoung cowboy: "Good work, son. HOWold are you?""Twenty-one," Hamer answered."Twenty-one. Old enough to join theTexas Rangers. I can get you in thecompany that will be stationed in thiscounty."Several months passed before Hamer'sapplication for enlistment wasprocessed by state military authoritiesin Austin. On April 21, 1906Ñfouweeks after his 22nd birthday-he becamea fledg- (Continued on page 50)Once-feared as "The Phantom Bandit," and the terror of banks in theSouthwest, Clyde Barrow is carried, very dead, from wrecked automobile.Killing by Parker and Barrow of dozens of peace officers aroused this lawman's group to ambush them on lonelyLouisiana road. Officers are (top): Ted Hinton, Dallas Cy. sheriff; P. M. Oakley, deputy sheriff; and B. M. Gault,special Texas officer. Bottom, R. Alcorn, Dallas deputy sheriff; Sheriff H. Jordan, Bienville Parish, La., and Frank Hamer.41 1

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It's practical.Rabbit, squirrel, quail, grouse, pheasant orduck-some or even all of them-are therefor the hunting. Off-season, there are pestslike hawk and owl, fox, weasel and rats.Though the shotgun is a useful tool, itshould also be the instrument of an art, theart of wing-shooting. A kid should neverbe overgunned with his first one. This ruleapplies especially to girls, those daughterswho so honestly flatter Dad by wanting tohunt with him. Boys are different; they liketo exhibit more strength than they have! SoDad must be firm when the matter of gunweight comes up.A single-barrel shotgun is a good choice, itschief drawback being that it might let somewounded game escape. It's light, and betterbalanced than most pumps or automatics.Some, even with the new, longer hammerspur, are hard for a small boy to cock, andthere must be no temptation to carry a gunready to fire. Even though with a hammergun "You always know when it's loaded,"a hammerless may be safer. The thumbsafety of the Savage 220 is big and handy.Bolt actions are slow, and no hunter canaspire to make his first double on quail orgrouse with one. Hardly! Yet the extrarounds might halt a cripple. Some, even in.410, are heavy and unresponsive in hand.But most of them have convenient safeties.The autoloader isn't the choice as the kid'sfirst shotgun even if he's had rifle experience.He'll do better without three or more shellsto belt off in drumfire time. The pump gunenforces some pause between shots, but alittle guy can't reach a standard slide handleeasily. He needs one of the extension type ifhe's to know the natural feel of a gun that'sso essential in learning to hit 'em flying.As for balance, nothing beats a well-builtdouble, particularly in side-by-side design.But a fine one costs about ten times as muchas a plain single, and some of the cheapergrades are sluggish in mounting and swing.Used-gun racks contain beautifully balancedFox, Ithaca, Parker and Smith doubles,follow the target. The shooter then yells,"Pull!" and the clay target flashes from thetrap which is operated electrically by remotecontrol by an observer from behind thefiring line. Then the shooter at the next stationcalls for his target and so on throughthe squad, with each man in the squadfiring once in rotation.After each man in the squad has fired fiverounds from his station, then all the menrotate to the right to their next station. Bychanging stations after every five rounds, allthe shooters have the opportunity to fire atthe target from different angles.Doubles is where there are two targetslaunched from the trap simultaneously. Onetarget is flashed almost directly away fromthe trap and the other target goes at anangle. Most shooters take the straight-away(Continued from page 28)SKEET VERSUS TRAP(Continued from page 22)barreled and chambered for modern shells.Like many "obsolete" rifles they can bemost desirable, and a kid understands whysuch a purchase is made for good reason.For over 20 years the .410 has been popular,but the 28 gauge is better. Both throw a %ounce shot load, but .410 velocity is at thefoot of the list and the 28's do steps outlike that of a heavy 12. It's been well called"the smallest gauge that isn't a toy."Those two are more for the expert thanthe tenderfoot. The 20, 16 and 12 are gameguns. They don't handicap a beginner unlesshe's overgunned, and they offer widechoice of power in loading and weight tobe handled.Shotgun recoil worries a lot of kids. Ifthe first shooting is at a moving target,clays from a hand trap best of all, the joltis felt much less than in firing cold turkey ata still target. Most choke-regulating devicescut recoil, at the cost of throwing muzzleblastback into the shooter's ears. Flinchingsometimes comes as much from ringingears as from a buffeted shoulder. Many, it'strue, don't mind the racket at all.On a stock that's short enough a recoilpad softens punishment, but if the overall istoo long the rubber catches on the clothing.To learn wing-shooting, everything must beright, and youth is the golden time to learnit.Modified choke is a good all-round boreexcept in A10 and 28 gauge, which should bebored full for most hunting. A full choke oflarger bore is right for duck or pheasantshooting usually, and "brush" or "scatterload" shells open its pattern for quick work inthe woods. If a shooter is reasonably fastin his reactions, he finds improved cylindergood for quail or grouse in thick cover.Except in 12 gauge, it's special-purposeboring; yet in what may be the most difficultshooting of all it can kill cleanly and often.building the needed confidence. But don'tstrain it!Sometimes the first gun isn't new. It maybe a used one bought for sound reasons,including economy, which a kid can understandeven in so terribly important a matteras this. But don't let it be a worn-out handme-down,a dusty fulfilment of a dream. Letit be a gift of trust, and let it be his vervown.@target and then take the angling target next.In tournaments, trapshooters fire at thedoubles from the 16-yard rise.Any distance beyond the 16-yard rise isreferred to as a handicapping distancethat'sany distance from 17 through 25yards. Many shooters can fire better scoresat a handicap distance of 20 or 21 yardsthan they can from the 16-yard rise.If you should choose to fire from a handicapdistance of 20 yards, and you are a fastshooter too, then you would be knockingdown targets at about a distance of 35 yards.Some shooters like to fire at handicap distancesbecause they do not have to "arc"the muzzles of their guns so much in order toaim and lead their targets.Trapshooting is a fast game, but it is alsopretty expensive. A good shot standing at

the 16-yard rise can aim, lead and blast histarget in A68 of a second after it leaves thetrap-less than Vs second! But for cost, itruns pretty high, compared to other, moreleisurely sports. A box of 25 12-gauge shellswill cost you about $3.40Ñabou 13%~ around. A carton of 135 clay targets willrun about $4.50-a little over 3%~ each,regardless of whether you hit it or not. Andof course your shotgun costs a little-almostanything between $23.50 up to $1500 andmore, depending on how fancy you like yourhardware. Ordinarily, trap guns in the morepopular standard makes range from about$130-140 up to $250, depending on thegrade of fancy wood, deluxe checkering,barrel ribs, and choke attachments if addedto the base cost of the gun.At about 17c a shot, an afternoon at therange can run you into quite a bit of money.Clubs, buying in quantities, pass along theirdiscounts to members. Trap loads boughtthis way cost about $2 for 25, and targetsabout $1. Thus the price per shot is shavedto about 12 cents a shot, which is stilla lot of candy bars for Junior. Trap shooterswho have more time than money arefinding shotshell reloading a practical measure,but even then the equipment neededtakes a slice of the change purse right atfirst. From $20 to $90 will buy you shotshellreloading outfits. with all the necessarydies and accessories. This way you cut thecost of your ammo down to a nickel around for powder, primers and shot. Sorrynobodyhas yet devised a machine for rebuild:ing pulverized clay targets!Trapshooting is the oldest of the two shotgungames-trap and skeet. Trap began inthe leisurely days of muzzle loading shotguns,back in England during the 1790'swhen the British temporarily tired of blastingAmerican peasants and began shootingEnglish pheasants and other winged beasties.Because of the abundance of wildfowl, itdidn't take much cost or effect to traplarge numbers of birds to shoot at for sport.Live birds were sold to shooting groups or toindividuals as live targets. The birds wereplaced single in cages or "traps" and werereleased upon the command of the shooterNew Features Solit-Band desian foreasy installation.HERRETT'S NEW OFF-SET HAMMER SHOEThe fastest, easiest revolver cocking inhistory!Made left or right handed for S&W andColt's revolvers. No alteration of gunor special tools needed. Install it yourselfin minutes, locks on tight. Givesevery shooter a natural revolver thumb.$3.25 direct or from your dealer.CUSTOMSTOCKSFor All Popular American Guns!Precision carved and precision fitted EXACTLY toshooter's individual requirements. No mass patterns UBCU.Order for Ruger, Colt's and S&W revolvers, Colt's .45Auto, Hi-Standard, Colt's Match Target or Woodsman.Left or right handed.No. F-105 Fox-Coyote Calling .. . . . . . . . . .$2.00No. D-2 Regular Duck Call .......... .... $2.50THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK INLAYSare my bweman. Better than Ever!FAMOUS^' MOUNh. ST/Ti -,be -t. rnl"%? 3%for latest IM.k%%LZ!!~ne%"sZiC. D. CAHOON DEPT. 2, TOPSFIELD, MASS.Write for our illustratedbrochure containing allinformation and orderinginstructions.Stock deliveries within 2 weeks.Hammer shoes shipped immediately.NEW Canada Sportsman's CatalogueSPORTINO OOODS OF QUALITY~;~;i~g,of6s;;~~~~a~;~~.lng Goods equipment. from Canada. Over 160 England, PP..France Spain Italy Germany Japan U.8.A.-tho WORLD'SBEST now availabie to you'by mh. PRICE $1.00-refundedwith first over $10. ELLWOOD EPPS, "SportingGoods ~f Oualitv". CLINTON. ONTARIO.TELESCOPESsetting and Tdnooma obl~tlve liniw. TiTMlrlal andC(leçtfa wwlcm. FREE LITERATURE.REVERE INSTRUMENT COMPANYS8M Hmlly~~d BlVd., La8 Anmaln 28, Wlfornliholes in Sov. 99.5"- 1"-28 MM INDAGE IN REARCOMPLETE

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DEWEY GUN CO.East HamptonConnecticut'who then took a shot at the bird with hisflintlock before it disappeared into theroyal blue yonder.It was not till about 1825 that trapshootingjumped the Atlantic to our country. TheCincinnati Sportsmen's Club was our firsttrapshooting club organized here, establishedin 1831.In America as in England only live birdswere used for targets. Unfortunately, ournow extinct Passenger pigeon bore thebrunt of being the most popular target.Trapshooting in the "good ole' days" wasnot only tough on the birds but on theshooters as well. The rules of the sportcalled for the shooter to be 21 yards fromwhere the singles (one bird) were releasedas compared to 16 yards now, and 18 yardsfrom two birds (doubles). It's also only 16yards today. In those days the shooter hadto drop the bird within 100 yards of the firingline, and then retrieve the bird or birds byhand within three minutes.By 1866 trap shooting was increasing inpopularity and the Passenger pigeon wasrapidly being exterminated by the trapshooter,farmers, city slickers, and everyoneelse who owned a firearm. It was in thisyear that the glass ball filled with featherswas introduced for target work.Glass ball targets were launched from behinddirt ramparts by springboards. However,the glass ball "birds" weren't too satisfactorybecause of their poor trap delivery anderratic flight.Trapshooting made another step forwardin the 1880's, when a fellow by the nameof Ligowski invented a new trap and birdthat was vastly superior to the glass ballspringboardaffair. Ligowski's invention wasa target (bird) that had a flipper which engagedthe spring trap machine in such a wayso as to throw it (target) at different angles.New life came to trapshooting with theadvent of smokeless powder, chilled shot,choke-bore guns, and new traps and targets,and the sport took on a national importance.Many local and state organizations beganmaking their own rules and regulations,which created much confusion among theshooters from various locales. In 1892, theInterstate Trapshooting Association wasformed with the financial blessings of thegun and ammunition manufacturers whowere naturally interested in promoting thesport. By 1923 the association's name hadbeen changed to Amateur TrapshootersAssociation and was handed over to thenovice shooters with the ammo and gun companiesfading away.In trapshooting, pump-action and singlebarreled shotguns are the favorite, all ofthem being 12 gauge. In the pumps, mostshooters prefer 30 inch barrels and boredfull choke. In the single barrel one shotjobs, 32 inch barrels are preferred, bored fullchoke or improved-modified. The RemingtonM 870 Trap, Winchester Model 12, andIthaca Model 37T are all good pump trapguns. .The Ithaca simple-trap is an especial favoriteof expert shooters but costs upwards of$400 as it isn't made in plain grade.Automatic type shotguns aren't commonlyused on trap ranges because the ejected shellswill usually land, on or bother the man at thenext station to the shooter's right. However.here is a device on the market now that willieflect an ejected shell downward towardsthe shooter's feet instead, at the man at thenext station. Compensators and variablechoke devices aren't too popular on the traprange either as their muzzle blasts would beuncomfortable to other men in the squad.Trap shooting is good practice and doeskeep a shooter in trim, but it certainlydoesn't compare to actual shooting in thefield. To begin with, at traps the shooteras the rule is standing still, has his gun tohis shoulder, cocked and aimed, and knowsthat his target will, upon his commandspring up in front of him some 16 yards distant.Field shooting embodies greater surprise.Another argument against trapshootingvoiced by the hunting and gun experts is inthe speed of the targets. The clay targetwhen it leaves the trap is going at a considerablespeed and then slows down as itgets further away from the trap. Just theopposite is true in upland game hunting;for example a pheasant usually leaves coverflying rather slowly and picks up speed ashe goes.Ragardless of some of the "faults" oftrapshooting it does teach the shooter how toswing and time his shots.Skeet is an American game developedin this country in the early 1920's and isconsidered to be a better game to practicefor shooters who want to shoot their limit inthe field. Before World War I, skeet did notexist. It is said that the army "invented"skeet, developed it out of specialized combatshotgun training. After the war, skeetrapidly boomed to prominence as a contenderwith trap for the attention of the nation'sshotgunners.In a typical skeet layout there are twotrap houses, one for hurling the targets ata high angle, and the other house for throwingthe targets at a low angle. Targets fromeach of the two houses always follow thesame trajectory, but the shooters get differentangles by firing from the differentstations that are in a semi-circle between thetwo houses. The two trap houses are on aline with each other and are 40 yards apart.The skeeter starts at station #1 which isat the left of the field, the "high house,"and then proceeds around the semi-circleto his right to each station, with station #7at the "low house" where the traps areflung out fast from directly by his rightelbow. If a group is shooting, each memberof the two-to-five man team shoots atthe same station, and then the team moveson to the next station, unlike traps where thefive are strung out in a semi-circle, eachshooter at one station, and the shots fired inrotation.The #8 station in skeet is pretty rugged.It beats the doubles at #7 from high andlow houses, for at least on those two youhave some distance to swing through inorder to get either or both. In the No. 8you are on the spot midway between thetwo houses. The bird approaches directlyacross your front, and you cannot shoot itbeyond the midpoint. Any onlooker will seeplenty of birds shot by gunners whose backsare arched and guns pointed over their heads.Referees would score these as misses, sincethe bird by ruling cannot be followed beyondthe mid-point.Another important difference betweenskeet and trap is that skeet mixes in doubleswith singles in the same round. The shooter

after firing a pair of singles from all eightstations, returns and fires pairs of doublesfrom stations #1, #2, #6, and #7. Ashooter has to be darn fast and pretty surehitting to do all this, since there are only25 shots per "round," skeet or trap. Speedalone isn't the only factor in skillful skeetshooting, though, since some skeeters seemto "case" their own ranges and use a sortof pattern to their shooting. Thus since thebirds fly in a constant path, the differingrelationships between their guns in the differentstations and the steady "birds"' areplotted and remembered.Stakes set out beyond the "dead bird"limit are used in sighting, with the gunnerholding his gun pointed at one stake so asto get a pre-set lead as the bird is thrown.Leads of so many inches or muzzle diametersare figured out carefully in advance, fromÇeach of the stations.It's a game of motion and follow-through,more exacting than golf in this respect. YouT can usually tell when your bird and thecenter of the pattern connected: all thatremains is a puff of black clay-dust in theair as the birdie explodes with the impact ofa hundred or so shot pellets square in themiddle of the pattern.Because of the fast doubles, automaticshotguns nowadays predominate the skeetfield. Pumps can be used, and many are theskillful shooters who find that a smoothactingpump is plenty fast enough for skeet.But automatics find their following, as eachman fires from the one point in rotation andthere is no hazard of an automatic droppinga hot empty down the shirt neck of thatshooter standing on your right, as in trap.Because of the different angles and rangesin skeet at which birds are shot, variablechokes and compensators are used. Ventilatedribs of course have their value forany sort of fast firing, as they prevent theheat haze from the hot barrel from interferingwith your sighting at the all-too-tiny claybird. Almost uniformly 12-gauge is thestandard trap size, but skeet is shot with avariety of gauges. The calibers result incategories for competition, which are: subsmallbore, the .410 with % ounce of shot;the smallbore, the 28 and .410 gauge gunswith % ounces of shot; and the all-bore,with 12,16 and 20 gauge guns carrying aboutthe same charges of shot.Between skeet and trap there is not toomuch to choose, but arguments over therelative merits of the two are heated. Trapmay seem "easier" because most of theshots are straight away, none coming virtuallytoward the gunner as in skeet. Skeetis preferred by many not only because itmixes doubles and singles, but also becausemany shooters do not mount their guns untilthey call for the target. This makes itmore nearly simulate actual field hunting.Yet neither trap nor skeet were originallyintended to simulate field hunting; therewas plenty of that around in the old daysfor the real hunter. Rather, they becamedeveloped as range shotgunning games, somethingto stack individuals up in honest com-~etition one against the other, a way toprove who was "the better man." As games.trap and skeet have an enduring value to theAmerican sportsman for sheer shotgunningfun. And as a sort of added dividend, regardlessof whether you shoot skeet or trapor both, your hunting abilities in the fieldwill improve.@licc,iu~c they are so reliably accurate, shooters 'in the know' demand Boehler proof-steel\. \> bnirels made by Franz-Sodia of Ferlach Austria. 24" gradual taper, weight about 2% lba.1-10 twist-none flneri Choice of cal& 25- 270- 7mm- .30. Price $30.00. (OR fitted toyour barrel action, headsnaced and test Bred-$10.00 more).Note- Flaig's can furnish actiouq barrels or barrel&actiom to meet ANY ~quireInEaIt8,including ACKLET or DOUGLAS'chrome-moley barrels, In any weight or twist. Ask forquotations on your needs.FERLACH "OVER-UNDER" TURKEY GUN. . . . . . . . . . . . $330.00Rere's the ideal over-under for the smrtarnan who needs ' ?7We handle Just about everything In the shooting line with specialists on hand in each particularphase of gunsmithing. We also restrict ourselves to the gun business and devote all our attention toProper service in this line. All orders and inquiries are given an immediate and courteous responseand we are pleased to quote special prices on request. Write for Free Catalog No. 25.SOLID RIFLE CASESFRENCH WALNUTPROTECTS RIFLE-ASSURES ACCURACYW. . -.- T - . for -. ~ - FRFF ---- - FnMç ----.ALSO INLETTED BLANKSCASSELL CASES, Box 168, Grand Rapids, Mi&. 1 1 ROY VAL WARWICK, NEW YORK 1ALL NEW 5/EC 0-55 Q£R/ÂCHECKERING TOOLS WITH 23 CUTTING HEADS. 3 HANDLE STYLES.

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when the third copy came to Wheeler'shands-another copy with the same No.126063 serial number! This third pistol hasSpanish proof marks, or what pass for them.It is assumed by some that it is therefore acopy of Spanish origin, perhaps turned out insome pot-metal shop in Barcelona or Eibar.This Spanish reproduction is marked "BreveteS.g.d.g." on the slide and "BrowningE" on the frame.While these pistols are of the basic M1900pattern, there are some differences easilyseen between them. The most noticeable arethe grip shapes, which in the last "Spanish"copy has a pronounced curve to the rear anda rather fancy shape to the cocking lever lugatop the slide. But all three pistols are number"126063."Perhaps most curious to the gunner whohas encountered fakes and forgeries in collectingguns is the fact that Wheeler madeno effort to obtain pistols with any particularserial numbers, but merely culled thesefrom trading and buying guns in Osborne,Kansas.One other pistol bearing this identical"126063" serial number has been reported.Certainly the existence of these guns raisesa big question "why?" Maybe the patternpistol used by a small Chinese arsenal wheremechanics chopped out pistols from old ironrails and scrap bore that number. Or maybeit is a coincidence, almost unbelievable, thatseveral imitators should hit on the samenumber. What the real answer may be liesin further research on these pistols with theunique serial number of 126063. Possiblysomeone will one day come up with thesolution to this mystery about the world'smost imitated firearm, the Browning M1900auto pistol.@INSTRUCTION BOOKSSAVE $1.25 , -ON FOUR - - NEW ~ - BOOKS ~- -Leathercraft 6 Leatherwork Fundamentals. . .. .S1.7Sk :z ! ~ f i A ~ ? ~ ? ~ $ n ~ u ~ t H ?. ~ d ~ ~ ~ s :;z . 1Reptiles 6 Animal Life.. ........ . ......... 1.00-$4.25Send $3.00 for all 4 books and EXTRA BONUS ofA-Buscadero Belt & Holsters. Patterns Value 50 cents.Or, Sold Separately As Priced.NITION:real McCoy1 SPECIALord-to-get ammunition lÂREMINGTON RIMFIRESHORTS, Pu lox (SO RA.1:SO M. 1. Carbine, Per 100 ......... $ 7.00:030-06 Military Late lnue, Per 100.. 7.50.:45-70 Smokeless Lew Procure, Per 100.1 O.OO*032 Remington Rifle Cartridges, Per 100. 10.00::351 Winchester Self Loading, Per 100 8.00:035 Winchester Self Loading, Per 100.. 8.00.'30 Remington Silvertip, Per 100.. .... 10.00:m25 Remington Soft Point, Per 100.. .. 10.OOi:32 Long R F Cartridges, Per 100. .... 4.00:032 Short R F, Per 100 .............. 3.50.:25 Rim Fire Short*, Per 100 ......... 3.502*-Rifle Sll s Web New Gov.suus 1~'imh.'. ..........0 3 for $1. 0.IMPROVES ANY MAN'S SHOOTING !HERE'S WHAT THE UNBIASED EXPERTS SAY:Willis 0. C. Ellis-(Gun Expert and well known writer): "Thatnew sight is out of this world. Never saw anything like it. Frombrilliant sunshine to dusk it stands out against any background.It should up one's scores considerably."Lee Wulff (Shooting and fishing expert, writer for True, Field &Stream, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Outdoors, Yachting, Travel,etc.): "I was surprised to find I could shoot this new gun (NewIthaca Front Sight) better than my regular over and under 12,which I have shot for many years."Dick Miller, (Gun Editor and trapshooter, Pull Magazine): "Newsight changes gun history. Will measurably improve gun pointing."Furnished without extra charge on all new 1955 Ithaca Guns. Forused Ithaca Guns, complete installation $7.50. First major change ina shotgun front sight in our three-quarters of a century of gunmaking!Scientific light-gathering action gives glowing dot under any outdoorlighting conditions, dawn, dusk, overcast, rain, fog, darkwoods, snow, moonlight, etc. Phenomenal gun pointing! Improvesany man's shooting.Send 10c for bigbooklet onshooting tips andFEATHERLIGHTITHACA GUN CO. Inc.REPEATER Dept. 53, Ithaca, N. Y.information--------HUNTERS, 1HAND- ILOADERSTOUGH, PLIABLE 1PLASTICCARTRIDGE BOXES !Will not wear out. STOP!! - rattling, dirty and 1i damp cartridges. Calibers .222 Remington thru 1300 Magnum. Holds 20 cartridges, only $1.50each Postpaid. ENCLOSE REMITTANCE. NO 1I c.o.b:s.1 DealersJ and Jobbers* inquiries invited.iBRAD'S GUN SHOPI 204 CALADIUM ST., LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS I1IOUTSTANDING QUALITYMAGNIFICENTPERFORMANCEEXTRAORDINARYCRAFTSMANSHIPCADILLAC SUPREMEbinocular modelsfor every event------- ------AT YOUR DEALERS 12 models $39 &---L to $105Please send me CADILLAC OPTICAL CORPORATIONFREEBOOKLET 104 E. 25th St., Dept. G, N.Y., N.Y."WHAT TOKNOW ABOUTNAMEBINOCULARS" ADDRESSand CATALOG. CITYWATF

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~DUCKS(Continued from page 19) GUN CABINETS P LANS READY CUT KITSNow! You Too, Can Easily.. .they tell several stories. First of all thereis too much "sky shooting" being done, overheadshots at extreme range. Most of thesebirds and most cripples that drop in themarsh to be eaten by a 'coon or a turtle area result of shooting out of range.Secondly, there are lots of birds with oneor two deeply-lodged pellets. I've even seenthem in the heart wall moving up and downwith every beat. These indicate that thebirds were fired at in good range but wereon the edge of the pattern. Most of this isdue to insufficient lead.High speed loads by getting the shot outthere faster to the duck in effect cuts downon the lead you need. They are part of the"right equipment" for duck hunting. Thesehigh speed loads have another advantageimportant in killing ducks. This is the matterof length of shot string. All the pelletscan't leave the muzzle at the same fractionof a second. 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TEXAS RANGERS(Continued from page 41)ling private of Ranger Company E commandedby the celebrated frontier manhunter and criminologist, Captain John H.Rogers.From the start, the young recruit demonstratedthat he was of the stuff which producedWestern officers like Earp and Garrett.Not only could he outshoot any man in theFrontier Battalion which comprised the majorityof the Ranger companies. But hecould actually call each shot before it landedon a rifle range target. For his remarkablevision glimpsed the oncoming bullets concealedin miniscule clouds of heat wavesgenerated by friction between air and lead.His skill with a blade matched his skillwith a gun. Often he slew browsing deerwith hunting knives hurled from distances.He knew the habits of every animal thatRangers stalked on foraging parties and,from the hunting of wild beasts, drew lessonsabout the hunting of wild men.As the Rangers patroled the turbulentTexas-Mexican border, it was Frank Hamerwho told them whether an owl's hoot or acrane's call came from an actual bird orwas a signal being exchanged between outlaws.During two years of endless risk andconstant danger, he gave new meaning tothe old saw that "a Ranger always gets hisman."When a mob of floaters took over thelumber town of Navasota in the East TexasPiney Woods, Texas' most promising younglawman was drafted to fill the marshal'sjob left vacant by the frightened farmerwho'd thrown down the badge.On November 1, 1908, Hamer left theRangers to rebuild the broken framework oflaw in the place that old-timers comparedto Tascosa and Tombstone at their worst.Now 24, he was the youngest marshal inTexas. The leader of the lawless elementahotel keeper who rented quarters to thievingstrumpets-began bragging that the newlawman wouldn't live to collect his firstmonth's salary.Our EXCLUSIVE stock at Smith and Wewon nvohnn iackJa HARD TO GET merdumdi~af auporior quality; guns yon treasure for your own collection.CHOICE FACTORY ENGRAVED MODELSW e carry a full Hue d individual factory en-& g&W revolvtcK IN TIIS MOST DESIRABLE CALIBRES BARREL LSMCTES FINISHES EACH GUN KPIGRArSD BY AN SW' EXPERT-TO YOU^ SPECIFICATION3 NO TWO ALIKRÑÑEZCIZ MATCHED PAIRSS&W CUSTOM MADE REVOLVERSWe specialln in S&W revlren with special (eld plating, cutou &nh bri& blue andcombination blue and nickle.Gum fitted with StCW's over-sized atodu made from dae caret of h, imported woods.THESE GEM-LIKE SPECIMENS KNOW NO BQUALlIF IT'S CUSTOM-BNGRAVED-STANDARD YOU WANT. WRITS UB TODAY!DirUlING RIFLES A

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It also proved to be the grimdispenser of death to Villista invaders, ledby "General" Anciento Pizano, who crossedthe Rio Grande in August, 1915, with theannounced intention of reconquering Texasand the Southwest for Mexico.Ranger Frank Hamer helped give the invadersa reception hotter than the Texassun. Largely because of Hamer's preliminarypolicing, not one of the thousands of Texas-Mexicans fulfilled Pizano's hopes by joininghis "army" of 61 swashbuckling bravados.Of those filibusters, only ten returned aliveto Mexican soil after the Rangers ran themin a mad rout toward the boundary. Borderlegend asserts to this day that more than halfthe slugs dug from the gaping Mexican skullshad been planted by the efficient carbine ofFrank Hamer.Hamer decided to cripple Don Pancho bystaging a counter-offensive on the enemy'shome ground. Against official orders anddefying a threat of court-martial, the determinedTexan forded the Rio Grande on hisbig stallion. , Bugler. - He contacted the comminderof a Mexican regular corps buckingVillistas. That officer assigned him a squadof soldiers to direct mop-up operationsagainst international raiders and gun runners.First gringo ever to direct Mexacan troopers,Hamer trained his outfit in Texas-stylegun science, then led them through bristlingcactus jungles to fight battles that are stillremembered as classics of border warfare.Eventually the Villa revolt ended whenDon Pancho disillusioned his followers bysettling for a hacienda and a pension fromthe Mexican government. Some men alongthe Rio Grande say yet that his decisionwas considerably influenced by the activitiesof Frank Hamer. But before the guerillachieftain had furled his colors, new troublehad started festering on the border.With the enactment of the ProhibitionAmendment in 1919, Mexican liquor beganslaking Texan thirsts. Soon alien distillersof tequila were reaping fortunes from "wet"cargoes transported on horseback or by camouflagedburro carts across shallow stretchesof the Rio Grande.Privately, Frank Hamer had no love forthe unpopular "dry" laws. "But they arelaws, by God!" he reminded friends, whoadvised him to let bootleggers be. "And solong as they're on the books, I'll enforce'em."He made good his word with his Win-chester. Border booze barons either wentout of business or went to the cemetery.Hamer led one lightning raid after anotheron innocent-looking cafes and tiendas servingas storage places for illegal rotgut. Heslew the kingpin of the Lower Rio Grandetequila peddlers, Encarnacion Delgado, in apitched battle after Delgado had killed RangerSergeant Delbert Timberlake.Finally Hamer received a long-overduepromotion to the rank of Ranger commander.In September, 1921, he was designatedCaptain of Company stationed at DelRio on the border. A few months later, whenthe hell-popping new oil towns had becomestinks in the Texas nostrils, he was appointedheadquarters captain or senior officerof the entire force.Perhaps history will declare that FrankHamer was to the Oil Age what Earp andHickok were to the Cattle and Mining Eras.Except that unlike many other officers trainedon the raw and naively violent frontier,Hamer was able to make the transition froma basically simple milieu to a vastly com-~lex one. Ranger Hamer was one of the fewwho understood the new epoch and its efficientways of getting your man.He found himself able to read the cluesleft by auto tires infallibly as he'd interpretedthose left by mustang hooves. He masteredthe Bertillon fingerprint system and orderedprints taken of every man picked up by theRangers. He interested himself in the newtypes of police communication which beganwith the two-way radio.He captured and jailed several big "hotcar rings," tracing them not only by tiremarks and juggled license plates but evenby the types of gas that the thieves boughtat roadside filling stations.Unerringly the Ranger chief matched deathslugs with murder weapons. By a combinationof new techniques, he learned the identi-ties of a state-wide group of organizedassassins engaged in putting innocent farmboys on the spot and having them murderedin order to collect promised rewards for "deadbank robbers."For 11 years till the bizarre "Ma" Fergusonwas elected governor, Hamer commandedthe Texas Rangers.Now many citizens felt-perhaps wrongly-that the work of the Rangers was finished.After "Ma" Ferguson took over, some sentimentalregard for the Texas past made thestate legislature retain a skeleton corps bearingthe honored Ranger name but mainlyfunctioning as a plainclothes squad of thenewly-established state police.Already that heroic last commander of thespur-and-Stetson brigade had glimpsed thehandwriting on the wall. A few months beforethe sunbonnet regime was installed inAustin, he resigned his post to become aprivate investigator for clients who flockedto him.His hair was graying and he was hitting50. Never again did he expect to lead achase nor buck a draw. But once again, akill-mad gunman came along to alter hisplans. This time, however, it was not apeasant who'd run amuck, but a hard-facedlittle slum hoodlum who had graduated fromwhat peaceful folk dub juvenile delinquencyto what criminals call being a big shot.Pancho Villa had led hundreds in butchery.Clyde Barrow generally traveled onlywith the tough hussie named Bonnie Parkerwhom he'd picked up after her legal spousehad been sent up to the Texas penitentiaryfor highjacking. It was 1934 when Clyde andBonnie, doubling as bedmates and pistolpartners, skyrocketed into the headlines. InJanuary of that year, they staged a daringraid on a Texas prison farm where four of

their "friends" were serving sentences. Thepair covered the guards with submachineguns and freed the quartet of desperadoesin one of the most spectacular breaks inAmerican penal history.Tearing along in their souped-up Ford V-8,the couple blazed a trail of robbery andwanton murder stretching from Iowa toTexas. Thirteen killings they'd chalked upby April.The Southwest was aroused as it had notbeen since the rampages of Billy the Kid,three generations before. Younger officersof the new school threw up their hands indespair as the Barrow-Parker blood spreescontinued. Then the terrorized area turned.to a man-catcher of the old school.At a secret conference of Texas police officialsin Austin, Frank Hamer was tabbed fora job that could end only with his killingor being killed.Carefully, methodically, as he might studythe habits of predatory wolves, Hamer begananalyzing the behavior patterns of these twopredators in human shape. Soon he foundthat Barrow and the girl "played a circlefrom Dallas to Joplin, Missouri, to Louisianaand back to Dallas." Red-headed Bonnie, helearned, smoked cigars and scribbled doggerelthat she called "poetry."Poetess and gunman-that was a combinationFrank Hamer had never bucked before.But while Bonnie was writing her odes andFINE HANDMADE-COWBOY BOOTSThe finest made in Texas- WRITE FOR CATALOG -ALSO:SADDLERY GOODS. ETC.BELTS, BILLFOLDS,JONES BOOT 6 SADDLERYBox 215 Lampasas. Texas43 DIFFERENT BULLETS - Accepted Everywhere for DependablePerformance. Many popular types: spitzer soft point,round nose, flat nose cannelured for game, varmint or target.Tops for accuracy.. flat traiectory ..and reliable expansion.Tops' with sportsinen all over the world.--w----------FIRST EDITION .. AND ALREADY IT'S TOPS' - Contains theEXACTING information every handloader has asked for. . aninvaluable reference book .. fully illustrated handloading%instroch'ons .. over 1650 actual chronogmphed loads ..covers 37 different cartridges . ballistic tables and loadingdata .. yours for just $2.00..NEW special silicone oil treated .. prevents rust and borecorrosion . lubricates for smooth operation .. protects exteriorgun surfaces. . effective at all temperatures and willnot evaporate. Rifle sizes: .22 - .270 and .270 - .35 Cal..3MRP-GWM-SmPATa6AETOPS..SOME GADGETSDO LOTSOF THINGSBUT A RIFLE TELESCOPE.. .HAS BUT A SINGLE FUNCTIONA RIFLE 'SCOPE IS BUT AN IMPROVED SIGHT, TO HELP YOU TO AIM WITH GREATER ACCURACY ... AND IT CAN DO THISJOB ONLY WHEN EQUIPPED WITH A GOOD RECTICLE ... GET THE BEST IN RECTICLES FOR YOUR 'SCOPE ... GET PREMIER!!!LOW, LOW PRICES ^ m x FREE!PREMIER supplies custom-quality reticles as lowmass production prices. For standard PREMIERDots, Tapered Post, Regular Cross-Lines, andExtra-Fine Cross-Line reticles, installed in your'scope, prices are as follows:Weaver 'Scopes ................$ 7.50*Domestic Hunting 'Scopes 10.00........All Taraet 'Sco~es.............. 10.00"Bushnell, Pecar (cell or 'scope) .... 10.00n) 1 (Four page 3-color brochure tells the truth aboutDot reticles. How to order custom-made recticles.How to use a Dot reticle for estimating range.How to choose the best reticle for your type ofshooting. Limited number of copies available. write now while supply lasts .... od-dress ....Dept. G-3 PREMIER RETICLES, 8402 Fenton St.Silver Spring, Maryland, or, on thedWest coast,write ....Dept. G-3,PREMIER RETICLES, '3m+-~ SouthOther Foreign 'Scopes ........... 12.50 East Belmont St., Portland 15, Oregon.*Topered Post or Regular Cross-Lines in WeaverQ~special orders we'Scopes, only $5.00. Regular Cross-Line in Moss.berg, Weaver Models B, G, 330 or 440, Ranger--. sman'=%.... and,minutere-and other inexpensive 'scopes. .......... $3.00. member ....All prices are net, F.O.B. factory. Include postageand insurance with order. AMONG DOTSÑPREMIE IS TOPS!

Com~lete with mounts, bases. . $98.50oiling her gats, the old Ranger was nosingaround that hell's kitchen of Texas-WestDallas-where the pair had been reared.By adroit undercover work, Hamer learnedthat the pair maintained a creek bottom hideoutin a certain Louisiana parish-that state'sterm for a county. But a further check revealedthat this parish was blessed with anindiscreet sheriff who confided everything toeverybody. When Barrow next visited Dallas,he was informed by an ex-convict that hisretreat had been spotted. Eagerly the desperadoaccepted a hint from his friend toestablish another rendezvous in a neighboringparish.What Clyde Barrow did not know wasthat his chum had "sung" to Frank Hamerand was helping the law spring the trap.For it so happened that the sheriff of thesecond parish was a trusted friend of theTexan guiding the pursuit.From then on, Barrow was doomed. Hamerhad the outlaw and the wild wench wherehe wanted them. Now it remained only tokeep tab of their movements so that a possewould be waiting at the right moment ofthe right day. On the quiet spring morningof May 23, 1934, the tense saga reached itsend.Under a lazy sun. a small, dark-faced manand a slender, red-haired girl drove downa country road near Arcadia, Louisiana. Thegirl lit a cizar and inhaled a deep pff. Theman halted the car and glanced toward apine stump covered by a rough board. Underthat board and in the stump's hollow. ClydeDELUXE MODELSHOOTING VESTBEAUTIFUL TAN COLORHere is Good news tor the blue rock shooter. You can now own one of these smartlytailored trap and skeet vests when you purchase through your club for $4.95. This vest iswell designed and equal to anything on the market selling for $6.50 or more.$9.00 VALUE - GET IT THROUGH YOUR GUN CLUB FOR ONLY $4n95C. R. SPECIALTY COMPANYTHE HANDLOADERS PARADISEAMMUNITIONACCESSORIES1409 WALNUT STREET KANSAS CITY, MISSOURIFOR THE BEST IN RIFLE STOCKSUltra Precision InlettedWHY RISK YOUR LIFEBE SAFE WITH OUR GRIP COMPASS1 It's easy toinstall, replaces your grip cap. large enough for all~uns, can't be lost, becomes part of your gun; no holesto drill, will not ruin stock. Finest compass, jeweledbearing, luminous, waterproof, flbock resistant with unbreakablecap. At your dealer's or postpaid, S2.S6.Patent pending.-FRA-MARCOMPANY3 Jones Ave., Wilrninqton, Massachusetts-Inviting Dealers inquires; Write tor new 'Cataloge'.ANTHONY GUYMON, INC. 203-G Shore Drive Bremerton, WashingtonGoerg hollow Pointerfor .38 Special & .357 MagnumDoubles Killing power of bullet$3.75 postpaid - Dealers inquireGOERG ENTERPRISESALFRED J. GOERG, Manager609 South Vine St. Port Angeles, Wash.

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ing," he says modestly. "All of the otherpilots in our two squadrons deserved morecredit than I received."Ted is pleased that the principles of skeetand trap shooting are being applied in thetraining of aerial gunners. "That's why ourboys downed more enemy planes," he opines."They knew how to lead on 'em-just likeshooting at clay pigeons or ducks."Speaking of combat, Williams is certainthat today's hunting is growing to be farmore dangerous!"There are too many hunters in the woodsnow and they're killing each other rapidly,"he says grimly. "Honestly, I'd rather go intobattle than venture out among all thosedamn fools! If more gunners would considerthat hunting is dangerous, perhaps there'dbe less accidents."I've seen some crazy things happen whenon hunting trips," he relates. "We wereafter deer in Maine late one fall. Well,what did we come across but a joker who hadwounded another gunner. Seems the poorfellow was bending down over a brook fora drink, so this other guy sees him fromacross the stream, firing at him! He says hethought the man was a bear, but I've neverseen a bald-headed bear!"Another time, I met a farmer, who wasvery mad because some hunter had killedone of his white horses in a nearby field.Then he claimed he mistook the animal foran albino deer!"This is funny: for a gag, one farmer putan old hat of his wife's on the limb of a tree.This hat was trimmed with several large andbright-colored feathers. Sure enough, passinghunters soon shot hell out of it!"To avoid the wild and reckless gunners,Williams generally does his gunning at awilderness rendezvous, accompanied by areliable guide. Large groups of hunters, hefeels, cause many needless casualties eachautumn.What are Ted's suggestions for safer shooting?"There's one big rule to follow," he emphasizes."Every gun should be treated as thoughit were loaded at all times. Too manywounds are self-inflicted. Too many accidentsare caused by weapons that their usersthought weren't loaded."Always make certain that the barrel andaction are clear. Check your ammunition,seeing that it's the proper size for your shotgunor rifle. I carry my guns like a crateof eggs, keeping the muzzles away from my"self and other hunters. Shotguns should becarried with their actions broken or thesafeties on. The latter applies to rifles, aswell."Don't fire at rustles in the bushes-or atsounds. I never squeeze a trigger until mytarget is lined up in the sights. And drinkingbooze before hunting can prove fatal!"Ted, who rarely smokes or drinks, practiceswhat he preaches about gun safety.The love for good guns and the delight inperfecting the art of marksmanship areAmerican heritages, handed down from thedays of the pioneers. Every boy, in theopinion of Ted Williams, should be encouragedalong these lines. And the greatathlete is an outstanding example of thistheory, since gunning undoubtedly aided hisphysical and mental development through theyears. Result: an amazing batter, who cansmash a home run from a ball hurled at himwith the speed of an express train. 0The proof is in the pulling!GUNS TRANSPARENTINERTIA BULLET PULLERThe Only Bullet Puller ThatPulls Bullets Without a Trace!Pulls 'em all-22 Hornet thru .45/70Ãclean as a whistle! No scarred bullets orbent cases. Easy to use, saves loads of time!Made of hard durable Tenite plastic.Price includes complete setof fittings for full range, .22Hornet thru . :5/.0 plus mostwildcats and magnums. $6.60GUNS TRANSPARENTPOWDER FUNNEL NO inserts -EA*POSTPAIDDEALERS: Write us for name of your nearestjobber.NO adjustments -One funnel loadsfull rangeso^4116 Fannin, Houston, Texas22 HornetBuy Them Together . . . They Make Swell Christmas Gifts.dirt, scar or blemishin tho bore.0 REVOLVERS AUTOMATICS ALL TYPES OF RIFLESALL TYPES OF SHOTGUNS;arty In your pocket for Infantuse. Every Sportsmanand Gunsmith should haveone .............. .OnlyAt vour Dealr. ". A"*->. È

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The cartridgewas the 5.5 mm Velo Dog.Kahrs replied by bundling up and sendingme all that remained in stock, some 6500rounds. Just what the hell I was to do withmore than six thousand cartridges and abusted-up, worn-out Frenchman's boudoirgun, sporting an 2%-inch barrel and notworth a tinker's hoot even when it was shinynew, I didn't know. But I had an idea.I pulled the bullets on several hundred 5.5cases, dumped the powder and then chuckedthe empty cases up in a jeweler's lathe andshortened them to exactly the length of the-22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge. After thatI made a jig and turned down the head ofthe shell until it had a rim that conformedto the dimension of the .22 LR.After that came an interchange betweenJ. D. Buchanan, the West Coast gunsmith,and myself. Buck, one of the finest andmost skilled pistolsmiths, told me to sendout a pistol and he would do the necessarywork. I shipped Buchanan a Woodsman...RUDY ETCHEN king ofU. S. trapshooters, says. .."DEAD DUCKS AT 100 YARDS"that had been given the full treatment byD. W. King, the hombre who made theraised, ventilated ribs, barrel weights andother target accessories.Buck altered the firing pin so that insteadof striking on the rim of the case it wouldindent the No. 1% Remington cap squarelyon the nose. He countersunk the face of thebreechblock so it would accept the extrathick rim on the 5.5 case. He then had tomake a new extractor and refashion theejector, both of which he accomplished successfully.Minor feed troubles developed andthe clip was altered about the lips.Since it was my intention to load thestandard .22 Long Rifle leaden bullet in the5.5 case, and since I was especially carefulto obtain an overall length that would conformto the length of the .22 rimfire, Buckfound it unnecessary to make modificationsto the chamber-throat but he was forced toenlarge the chamber somewhat due to thethickness of the 5.5 case. The gun wasreturned to me for the firing tests.While Buchanan was accomplishing thechange of sex operation, I was busy at homewith Peters, El Paso gun-making wizard.Pete made for me an entire set of reloadingtools for the 5.5. The powder charge I hadto work up. Since the case, as I've pointed^ your dealer tor free,?-.~f EkhmSee the NEUMANN 10-Gauge Magnum at these leading dealers:Albany, Ore. BILL'S SPORT SHOP Great Falls GR. FALLS SPTG. GDS. Pendleton ... C. C. ANDERSONArlington, Wash. . BROOKS HDW. Harrisburg ... PERCY HOFFMAN Pittsburgh .. ARMY SPTG. GOODSBaltimore ... SPORTSMEN'S OEN Hollywood HOLLYWOOD GUN SHOP Portland,Ore. . MEIER 8 FRANKBeverly Hills ..... KERB'S Houston OSHMAN OUTDOOR STORE Salt Lake City ..... ZCMIBuffalo, Wyo. THE HAT RANCH Kansas City . GATEWAY SPT. GDS. Son Antonio .. TOEPPERWEIN'SCentrolia, Ill. .. HANSEMAN'S Lacrosse, Wise. HELINVSSPT.GDS. Son froncisco ... ROOS BROS.Chicago . MARSHALL FIELD 8 CO. Los Angeles ... 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Harold Russell of the Federalcartridge Company suggested a special .22Long Rifle bullet his outfit was making. Iiecided to try them. Fresh primers wereloaded in all the altered cases.I loaded a thousand rounds and the gun wasready for its baptism. I had no idea of thequantity of powder to be loaded; the limitationsof the case persuaded me I had no fear%bout getting too much! I was hopeful ofworking up a load that would closely approximatethe .22 rimfire as to velocity. I wastearful the hot 1% primer in a case so smallwas going to give me over-ignition and prob-Aly make accuracy very sketchy. These wereall things that would come out in the wash.I marched to the targets.The hybrid shot like a dream! From thefirst shot through the full clip and for allthe thousand first rounds I'd loaded it nevermissed a stutter. I made many adjustmentsof the powder charge and finally after exhaustivebenchrest testings hit on the loadthat gave me best accuracy. 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J.Improved Minute Man bunBlue instantly preserve8 andrenews steels and iron turfaces-Nota paint of lacquer- No heating necessary -Comet complete with all ne0-essary equipment.I had made no secret of my developmentrork on the 221. I practiced regularly at aiig club and as the national champion mynactice sessions generally attracted a goodiany onlookers. It didn't take long for thisrew to reach major proportions when wordras grapevined that I had a centerfire .22-nd not only that but a cutter that stackedp scores like unto none heretofore seen.The word spread fast. The National Rifle~ssociation wrote me asking a descriptionnd followed the letter with a second filledrith fatherly advice to the effect that I wasoing to most surely take unfair advantagef the boys at the Nationals come fall. 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SMILEY COMPANYBox 54Clipper Cap, California. ~ itmeo 03 f-orgino, tor lowPolished & Jewelled Precisionscope ..................... $7.50ndaxed ..................... 6 50Special-Both for ............. 12.50Cudtom Rifle Stocking and RebarrelingKESS ARMS COMPANY3283 N. Green Boy Ave. Milwaukee 12, Wis. 13UY DIRECT FROM STUDIO)rlg;lnal hand painted portraits inUs on genuine canvas coveredird of your favorite hunting orporting dog In true to life colors,uthentic in every detail. Framedn limed or natural oak frame0" x 12" not to be had any-'here for less than $15.00, NAME'OUR BREED ONLY S8.95 Pod. No.O.O. MARSOEN STUDIOS, 4916must Street. Philadelphia 39, Pa.Word of the .221 traveled up and down theland. By the time the National Matches wereset in gear there was scarcely a marksman ofthe handgunning fraternity who hadn't heardabout the centerfire.I had run 5,000 rounds through the Woodsmanby that time. 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Prudhomme,305 Ward Bldg., Shreveport, La.POWDER MEASTTRE. Build one. Inexpeneive.Full aim drawines and instructions $1.00.L. Triiltt. Walcott. Iowa.RTTY SURPLUS direct from Government.Boat. motor. truck. jeep. hnntine. fishingcamping. #porting Equipment Radio Photographic.Power tools. machinery & hundredsothers listed In our Bulletin "~i~rplus Sales".Price $1.00. Box 169UH. East Htfd 8. COnn.GUN RACK(Continued from page 8)shot caught him in the rump, the 100 grain243 bullet pulping about a soft-ball sizedcavity in the deer's right ham. The deer wasdown but scrambled up again and turnedsideways, and a second fast shot at the frontof tbe neck put him down for good. Thebullet apparently exploded, and no wonder:terrific centrifugal effect on contact with animaltissue. The pulping noticed was a resultof the water in the meat cells being agitatedaway from the center of the bullet disturhsince,as well as the shock cavity which islarge in proportion to velocity. The muliewas very dead.Amber also clipped an antelope at about250 vards, although such a kill is commonplaceand nothing more than should be expectedof the 243. The pronghorn buck waslooking at him, sort of a three-quarteringview. John had stalked the antelope, crawlingup on his belly until he came over arid" and there was the beast. He tried forthe shoulder but the wind was blowing andlie 100 grain bullet connected with the antelopebehind the ear. The antelope droppedin his tracks and the brain cavity was shattered.Tiny fragments of copper were all thatremained of the bullet.The Remington 722 in 244 was used onprairie dogs, as Amber fitted a Weaver KVto it for long-range sniping. Using the 75gain bullet on the dogs, Amber had a goodshoot practically in the middle of a prairiedog village. With a muzzle velocity of 3500f.p.s. and a 400-yard speed of still almost2,000 f.p.s., the .244 in the light bullet issure medicine for chucks. But if you wantto have anything left of the chuck, hit themover the head with the gun barrel: the 244practically pulps them at all ranges hit. Withthe 90 grain load, the 244 is a good deercartridge and certainly effective on antelopeand any lighter game, quoth Amber.There is one thing worth mentioning whenpower and speed are tied up in small packages,and that is, their potential on thickerskinned,larger American animals like bear,moose, and elk. These light cailbers are intendedas combination deer and varmintcartridges, not as "kill 'em alls" for anythingthat walks, flies or crawls. A skilled woodsIIII1 THE IIPATENT PENDING I: NEW complete job as shown now Ireduced to 520II MUZZLE :I BRAKE !Âi Tiny, but POTENT! Custom-fitted to look like, II and actually be. part of your rifle barrel. Write II for literature. ItPENDLETON GUN SHOP $%I:O?%= !L------m---9---=*--=rnm9---mSh WHY PAY CASH? 1Send only 10% With OrderAll G-n'i - Scopes - Accessoriesa 20 Months to pay - Order Now!Big Bargain Catalog new, used guns $50.ED AGRAMONTE Inc.201 Worburton, Yonkers 2R, N. Y.hunter, devoid of nerve and possessing perfectcontrol and ideal sighting conditions,may kill anything he could call his shots on.But this is likewise almost true of the tiny 22Long Rifle. So the man who takes a 90 or100 grain bullet load into the woods afterbigger game is going to make a fool out ofhimself and wound an animal.The light, thin-jacketed bullets do not havethe hold-togetherness needed to penetrate.Although they possess considerable strikingenergy, it lacks the sure-thing setup of morecommon, big-bore heavy game loads. Someonemay develop a bullet and load combinationin the 244 or 243 that will give theneeded reliability on big game, but rightnow there isn't one kicking around. As is,the two offer you a choice in our leading riflebrands of a good, all-around rifle combiningmoderate report and recoil, light weight ifwanted, and highly accurate long-distancekilling power for chucks to deer.The .243 is now made in the FeatherweightModel 70. Soon it will be available in the"Lever Lightning" Midel 88. Remington'soffering comes in the M722 which is one ofthe least expensive, yet most modernly designed,bolt guns on the market.The .308 case offered another logical choicefor Winchester designers: not only the"standard" in .30 caliber, nor the "smallbore" in 6mm, but the "large bore" in 9mmor as the Big Red W crowd call it, the ".358Winchester." Yes, that's right, .358, not .348,which is the old designation of the tried andtrue shooting load for the Model 71 leverrifles. The .358 is loaded with a trickle ofpowder lighter than the .348, possibly toavoid case stretching which is important inlever-action extraction. The .348 case is madewith a more abrupt body taper than the.358, and an over-expanded .358 in the chamberif the lever-action Model 88 would makethings a little sticky. Both 200 and 250 grainSilver Tips are loaded. Winchester wiselypublishes the 50-yard velocity of 2320 f.p.s.for the 200 grain slug, giving 2380 ft. Ibs.energy at that common woods shooting range.The 250 grainer carries along at 2135 f.p.s.fifty yards from the muzzle, with 2530 ft. lbs.energy. In this new caliber, which is plannedfor the Model 88 in a few months more in1956, the fast acting lever rifle will be suitableeven according to the most conservativeideas, for any North American big game.And one of these days somebody is goingto drag a moose home bagged with a 100-grain 244 or 243 bullet.1. The names and addresses of the nuhiisher, editor.managing editor. and business manasem are: Puhlishev.Publishers' Development Corp., 8150 N.centralPark;Skokic, 111.; Editor, Ben Dums, 8150 N. 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