GUNS Magazine December 1955 - Jeffersonian's Home Page

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,