March/April 1983 - American Handgunner

LEAD BUILD-UP*WIPE AWAyTMGUN CLEANING CLOTH KITBILL ROGERSContinuedfrom page 45JUST WIPE AWAY LEAD, BURN RINGS, & CARBON BUILD-UPON HANDGUNS, RIFLES & SHOTGUNSTHIS AMAZING CLOTH KIT CLEANS, LEAVES A SPARKLING FINISH,IS INEXPENSIVE & LONG·LASTING... I can vouch for il really working. Just one ortwo swipes of the cloth and leading around barreldisappears.... "-Jerome Aakusan (Editor)American HandgunnerMagazine•.... For removing leading & carbon build-upWIPE AWAY is the best thai I have workedwith to dale.·-BobZwirzEastern Editorial DirectorGun World And Annuals1. Removing lead from the forcing cone, barrel and cylindersis no longer a task. Simply cut a 1/2"xl/2"patch and wrap it around an old brush of the same caliber.A little scrubbing and the lead is gone. Follow thiswith a clean gun patch and thai pari is done.2. To clean the face of the cylinders simply wipe thelead away.3. lightly wipe the exterior with the WIPE AWAYfollowed by a clean cloth and the job is finished.With the WIPE AWAY, it is no longer a messy and timeconsuming jOb to clean a handgun.Look for it at your Local Dealer, or send $4.95 &·1.00 P & H to:Belltown, Lld.-33 Belltown Road, Stamford, CT. 06905 (203)348-0911PATENTEDSTAINLESS STEEL DERRINGER .44 MAG• .45 Colt • .45 Auto •.44 Mag • .41 Mag. 9mm• .44 Special •.38 Special •.357 Mag •.223AMERICAN DERRINGER CORPORATIONPO. Box 8983-Waco, Texas 76714holsters; the Air Force followed quicklywith an order for another 1,600."That holster was so heavy-duty it wasunimaginable," said Rogers. "You couldrun over it with a car, and it would stillfunction." .The Miami trials led to Rogers' increasinginterest in a safety holster for policeuse. With his typical tenacity, he set aboutto design a holster as close to snatch-proofas possible. In 1978, he introduced Thei3os~, a patented safety holster with 10 separatesafety features. This holster had beenwidely adopted by police departmentsaround the country, and recent Canadiangovernment trials had nothing but rave reviewsfor its basic concept.His willingness to listen to his customershas led Rogers into other avenues, too.Rogers composite pistol stocks, for example,came about as a result of a conversationwith a police officer, who dropped byhis Jacksonville shop and complained thatthe street cop had little choice betweenPachmayr rubber grips and high-costcustom wood grips. Result, a low-cost alternative:grips molded of composite,which led to the development of a processthat made the composite material evenlook like real wood,A second major direction for the companyresulted from a series of letters betweenRogers and shooterIwriter KenHackathorn about the then-fledglingIPSe.74•••provides handsome appearance of stainless steelWRITE FORFull color illustratedbrochure and nameof nearestdealerTHIS IS THE FINISH! It protects ALL metal surfacesby a combination of heat and chemical treatments.The surface you see; the bore where deteriorationIs most deadly; moving parts - without harm toclose machine tolerances, without loss of temperto springs. Far outlasts blueing. Lab and fieldtested for several years. Provides like-new restorationfor favorite older guns; special good-lookingprotective finish for that new purchase. Resultsguaranteed! Investigate.WORLD SHOOT HOLSTERCompetitive shooting had always been apart of Bill Rogers' life. His father, a colonelin the Air Force, was also a member ofthe Air Force skeet team, and Rogers remembersthat Thursdays and Sundayswere "shooting days." When Hackathorntold Rogers there was a new type of competitionafoot in the land, Rogers sat upand took notice."I asked Ken to describe exactly what heneeded in a holster;' said Rogers. In 1981,Rogers introduced the World Shoot holsterat the World Shoot in South Africa, It andseveral variations quickly became favoriteson the IPSC circuit. In fact, the firstand second place winner oflast year's SteelChallenge match-Mike Plaxco and ChipMcCormick-both used Rogers' holsters.The holsters feature Rogers-patentedleather, laminated with a thermoplasticsheet to help keep their shape for manyyears, regardless of abuse, The gun is heldtightly by a tensioning device, and thefront is cut away in varying degrees.AMERICAN HANDGUNNER· MARCH/APRIL 1983