GUNS Magazine October 1960 - Jeffersonian

He likes match shooting ••. haswon his shore of medals, mostlyusing Norma components. Whenyou ask him why Norma, he's notshy in telling:"Norma's made with me, thehondloader, in mind. Their bross,for example, is virgin brass, shippedunprimed for lower rates. It's madein more stage operations than or·dinary cases - not worked as hardand therefore less liable to crackin reloading. And as a final pre·caution, it's specially neck annealedin high frequency electronic furnaces."All this means that Norma brasswill give more reloadings than run·of·the-mill factory cases. How manymore? Well, I've gotten nearly 100reloads from this batch here. That'sgood enough for me."Do like the Norma Man does. Foryour next shooting session orderNorma, world's most advancedline of-• PRECISION BULLETS• UNPRIMED VIRGIN BRASS• LOADED AMMUNITIONWant mare handlaading info?Send for your FREE copy of'"Gunbug'. Guide'". Box GM-l0SOUTH LANSING, NEW YORKOiv. of Generol Sporting Good, Corp.12They Shouldn't Have To Do ItWant to say how much I enjoy "Guns" and"Guns Quarterly." I think they are the finestin the field.In the article "Newspaper Backs Cops InWar On Crime" (July, 1960) there was men·tion of a policeman paying for a Colt .357Magnum. I have sold four .357 revolvers tothree local policemen and one deputy sheriff,and with our police base pay less than $300 amonth, I think officers sincere enough to spendtheir own money for equipment to do theirjob should be congratulated.George E. ThomasYazoo City, MississippiLikes RedwingI enjoyed the article "TV's Big Man-FastRifle" (May, 1960) by Rodd Redwing andhope to see more by him. I am also a wor·shipper of Elmer Keith and wish to extendmy thanks to him for the many fine weaponshe has helped give to us, the sportsmen. Manythanks also to you for a fine magazine. Mayit live forever in the sportsman's library.Jack KeetonTucson, ArizonaDefending KeithI am tired of reading comments derogatoryto Elmer Keith in the "Crossfire" department.I suspect they are written by people who readof some of his feats, then ran out and triedthem themselves, found they could not duplicatehis shooting ability, and so decided hewas a liar.In answer to Mr. Pill Hartley, I have usedElmer's method of combat quick draw for 6years and have fired 10,000 rounds of .22 L.R.ammo and about 1500 rounds of .44 Magnumammo by that method and have not exterminatedor even winged myself yet and do notintend to. I have also proven to my own satisfactionthat Elmer's long range shooting exploitsare not malarky. My grandfather,Frederick Stanger, told me that long rangesix-gun shooting was old hat already whenElmer was a toddler, so I don't see why it isso hard for modern shooters to digest.John Gustav TietzLas Cruces, New MexicoLiked "The Rifleman"I recently subscribed to your magazine andhave enjoyed it immensely. I especially enjoyedreading the story on Chuck Connorswhich appeared in the May issue. If possibleI would like to see more stories of this type.I am most anxious to read a story on thegun used by Don Durant of the televisionseries, "Johnny Ringo." Any stories on fastdraw are greatly appreciated and enjoyed.Marshall G. SnappAlexandria, Va.Militia versus National GuardMany of the Congressmen who have repliedto your letters seem under the imprcssionthat the "militia" referred to in theConstitution is today's National Guard. Itis my contention that they are using a limiteddefinition in attempting to justify restrictivelegislation on such grounds. At thetime of the Revolution, the militia consistedof all able-bodied males who were all subjectto call in case of emergency.The next time some lawmaker uses thatargument I suggest you refer them to Webster'sNew International Dictionary, Unabridged,1957, which reads as follows:"In the United States, by Act of Congress(32 Stat. 755 1903) all able-bodied malecitizens and all males of foreign birth whohave declared an intention to become citizens,between the ages of 18 and 45, subjectto a few exemptions. It is divided into twoclasses, the bodies of organized miLitia of theindividual states, territories and the Districtof Columbia, and the reserve miLitia. Theorganized militia is now called the NationalGuard."It seems to me that this answers thosegentlemen quite effectively.J. M. ReynoldsNew York, N. Y.Gangsters Love ItI am very pleased to have become acquaintedwith your most interesting magazine,through my purchase of the July issue,which I find enlighten-ing and helpful.The article "The People vs. the SullivanLaw"· is most encouraging to those of uswho, over the years, have been obliged towatch the effect of a law that has disarmedthe honest citizen, making him the logicalprey of those who have no respect fo~ thelaw.Some organization of outraged, law abidingcitizens will, I trust, succeed in reestablishingthe constitutional right to bear armsfor the protection of one's family andproperty.One result of my many letters to the press.on this subject has been the receipt of afew notes from retired gangsters agreeingthat the Sullivan Law has been a boon tothe cowardly thug.More Time Now?I have read your books for some time nowand have enjoyed every article in them. Butthis month's issue there is something thatI cannot understand. On page 4, SenatorStuart Symington replied through his AdministrativeAssistant that he had a veryGUNSEdward F. ChandlerBrooklyn, N.Y.OCTOBER 1960