GUNS Magazine December 1955 - Jeffersonian's Home Page

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)