GUNS Magazine December 1955 - Jeffersonian's Home Page

Notches are Old-FashionedRecord your Kill wit hi rThe Ideal Gift forthe Hunter in Your FamilyUnsightly notches on your gunstock ti illonly part of the story. The hunter who isreally proud of his skill uses solid gold orsilver "STUDS" that show the head ai idname of the actual game killed. "STUD! >"are beautifully embossed game heads th atare permanent, easy to use and enrich tl ieappearance of your gunstock.Ask for "STUDS'at your dealer. If I iecan't supply you, order direct and inch< Jeyour dealer's name and address."STUDS" are available in these 18 poi 1-ulor game head designs in either 10- .kgold at $3.00 each, or Sterling silvi ert $1.25 each. Federal Tax include^ d.ELK DEER BROWN BEARBEAR WOLF GRIZZLY BEARMOOSE TURKEY MOUNTAIN GOA'CARIBOU COYOTE MOUNTAIN SHEEANTELOPE CAT (Panther)JAVALINA BLACK TAIL DEERMULE DEER SKUNK (a good gaiDEALERS WANTED -Cash in cnational advertising that's creatirdemand for STUDS". Thousanisold last season. Write today fidetails.R. J. COFFEY1102 N. Main Ave.Son Antonio 2, Texas30140 CAL. KRAGS OUR SPECIALTY45/70 Cal. Springfield Rifles Model 1873 $35.00;Antique & Modern Guns; Civil War Army Helmets$3.50; Insignia 0 Buckles, etc.W. STOKES KIRK3429 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia 40. Pa.I1 GOOSE HUNTERS!10 Ga. Magnums Only $175.00Fine Nitro-Proved Ten Go. MAGNUMS with32" full-choke barrels chambered for 3%"shells 2 oz. shot. JUST THE GUN FORGEESEAND DUCKS AT LONG RANGE.Quadruple locking action.Made by the famous Gunmaker GOROSABELof Eibar.Wt. 10 to I1 Ibs.Guoranteed FIVE day inspection.FREE circular.FRANK CLARK, JR.Life NRABox 297, Cheyenne, Wyo.(Dlacounti to Gunimiths and Dealers)HUW IU LHUUSt A GUN FOR YOUR YOUNGSTERTo most youngsters deer hunting is anadvanced course, a privilege long anticipated.Usually a boy starts with small game, and hisfirst gun is likely to be a .22. But in muchgood country that first gun to enter the houseas his own may be a shotgun. 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