GUNS Magazine January 1959

fIIEST III THE fllUUlS finDJANUARY 1959 SOcHUNTING- SHOOTING -ADVENTURE

.'1958 NATIONALDOUBLES CHAMPIONJOE HIESTAND• Ohio State Champion-9 times• Amateur Clay Target Championof America-4 times• Doubles Champion of America­3 times• High Over All Champion-7 times• Hiestand has the remarka'blerecord of having broken 200 outof 200 fifty times.• Hiestand has the world's recordof having broken 1,404 registeredtargets straight without missinga one.Champions like Joe Hiestand dependon the constant performanceof CCI primers. The aim of CCIChampions like Joe Hiestand dependon the constant performanceof CCI primers. The aim of celis to continue to produce thefinest quality primers for Americanshooters.Rely on CCI PRIMERSAmerican Made~Large and Small Rifle, 8.75 per MLarge and Small Pistol, 8.75 per MShotshell Caps, 8.75 per MShotshell, 15.75 per M

By FRANKLYNMacCORMACKWG N-Radio, T elevisionPerformerOF MY collection of morethan 200 pieces, I ammost pr oud of the Colt .45"Peacemak er" revolver I amholding in the picture. It wasgiven to me over 30 years agoby a Montana sheriff, JackBenjamin, and was supposedto have belonged to a westerngunman responsibl e for th eeleven notches in th e handle.It is ju st as accurate toda y aswhen it rolled from th e Coltfactor y. Also in my collec tionar e rifles and side arm s from32 different foreign countries,pieces I've been collecting forover 35 years, ever since th echief of detectives in Waterloo,Ja., my hom e, gave me a.41 cal. palm size Colt, th efamed riverb oat gambler's gun ,when I was still a youngster.ByNILS KVALENorma A mnw nitionFaetory EngineerA lth ough I am not much of a.t\.. milit ary man , my favoritegun is the submachine gun. Ifind it gives a most excellenttraining both for eye and hand ,to keep up one's abilities inshooting the ordinary rifle orpistol, and even shotgun. Variou starge ts, movin g and stationary, atshort, medium and long distan cesalso mak e the SMG an extremelyint erestin g and amusing gunto shoot, an d the ammunition isinexp ensive. The Swedish SMGm/ 45 is the best perf ormer of alltypes I have han dled ; our standardbull seye at 100 meters isfour inches, and we hit it. I wishthi s gun had the magazin e housingof the Schmeisser and th ecocking knob on th e left side,but th ese are personal opinions,which may not be shared by allshooters. As a ballisti cian , I wishthe gun were shooting a little

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RARE CIRCASSIAN WALNUTFinest gunstock wood. Very dense, yet light in weight,takes smoot h finish sharp checkering. Turned and inlettedstocks from $16.50 up to $80.00 for ra re fancies .Rifle blanks from $15.00 to $75.00. Shot gun blanks from$ 10 .00 to $40.00. No other wood compares with Rare ~ li~l~~; l ~~~e ~ ~~C~~ d ll.a ~ ~ I I' ~~i~ 1 ~e ~ n l ~ ~I~~1~~$ ig ~~5Circassian as a gun stock. New shipment recently fet'd. to $ 7;1 .00 . S h o t ftun blanks. $20.00 to $ 35. 0 0.FREE TO GUN SM ITHS : Bi 9 4.co lor chart showi ng Fl ai g's var i ed P R E~ I U M GUN STacKalAN KS in natur al color. IBEAUTIFULLY GRAINED FRENCH WALNUT- FINEST PENNA. BLACK WALNUTFr ench r ifle blank s. 520.00 to $40.00. Turn ed a nd in- BlAN KS & STOC KS:letted for most ri fles S5.00 mor e. Rifle blan ks. all grad es. $4.00 to $20.fiO. Walnut shotgunxxxx $25.00; SUIJer Bur ls up to $35.00. blanks, $1. 50 to $15.00 . Walnut inl etted stock for mostCUR LY MAPLE RIFLE BLANKS: $7.00 to 530.00. $ i l~~~b t~ta$ ~: O~ . $:i~oO; pex:n a,g rbaudris ~~dtt;ar:8b~~is ~~~~~ ~Turn ed and inlet ted for most rifl es, $8,00 to $35.00. a ble NOW: xxx grade $ 11.50-$20.00.*PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONSSTANDARD OR SERIES 400FN ACTION OR HVA ACTION BARRELED TOFINEST DOUGLAS ULTRA-RIFLED CHROME MOLY BARREL.V CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES:1 . N e w s ta ndard F N M auser Act ten,CALIBERS: 2 . Fine s t DOUGLAS Ut u-a-r-Iflod , Ctu-ome M o ly b a r re l. w i t h pa t ented smooth h ard 6 Gr.220 SWIFT-22·250 6W31.1 g-~c1~'I~~~I~\?t~~ 'i S:~~iI~~ ~unuel'ed t o rnu-ror finiah with proper necdspace .~:~ ':~~.=:::R~~r:.·M 4 . E a ch u nit r e s t -to-e d w i th s am pt o fu-ed ca se i nc luded fo r YOUI' tn sp eet.ton.270 -WIN.-300 SAV. ~ : ~ ~: ~I~e\l~ ~ll~{~ et ';;:~~ ~~O ~~'I~dl l~~I 'iS~lt.he l'W ise we will sh ip recommended l en gth and tw ist.2 80 REM.-308 WIN . 7. Ch o ice o f l i.ght- w e l g ht 01' snorter w ei g-h t. m e d iu m h e avy. or h eavy w ei ght barrels••30-06 & the .25 { 0 6 , PHI Cfo:;S; rcr lI ght 01' s oorter we i g-h t (5 - 5 1/2 Ih 8. ) $74.00, M e d iu m heavy. $79,00. f u ll3 5 W h el an 4S 8 WI N . heav y $84.00. 1"1'."" , I\'lagnlllll Douglas B a r l'e lled Action: Cals , . 3 0 0 H&H . .375 H&H• .27 0A I s~ar\h$ 7 ~~glad ~ rt~ ~~~I.& ~~ ~a }ll~~ :' I?;()O ' ~~~i e~\ t,~tl~~~ '~ i~; n $o~. 7i ~9A A~f il~nP ~~~ ~~ : ~~ d ~~ '~~ ~e )b S ';13~ o g 3~Sgi l i~~~ll t.i onal . ForF.N. BARRELED ACTION SPECIAL : New F .N . Lmpcn-tod l i::.:-htw e i g-h t bm-retoet acuons. b lued. w ith ramp. ICa l ibel' . 2 2 0 Sw i f t. .:!--l 4 Hem ing- Lon • . 2i' Hl-3000 . . 2 57 Hohc n s ,\lld 71111l1. A l s o .270. ,30H & . 30-0 6 Ca l. -Pr ice $67.50.ACETRIGGERSHOE$2.50F or mostrifle s . s h otgwn e andnauceuns-ACETRIGGERSHOE$2.50F or mostrifle s . s h otgwn e andnauceuns-NOW AVAILABLE : Tile new l i g-h t- w eig-h t SAK O L -57 A ction barreled to t h eInouc ta s em-orne moly narrot i n calib e r s , 22-250. 220 S Wi ft' . 2 4 3 Win. , 2 4 4Ite'll.. 257 Roberts . 250 Sa".. 300 Sa v .. a n d 3 0 8 Win. $ 84 .00 c-orn n ete ligh t­w .cigllt .01' sP OI·l e l'- weight. , Premju ru g-n u lc. nnrt-e! $ 3 . 0 0 add itional. ~AKO L -ti7Li g-htw e! g-ht Bar relled Act.ton With 22" M ICI'O-GI'ooved b at-rel i n caliber . 3 08 01. 2 --l3 wtncn estcr. blue d. complete• . . . • . . " . . , ..• .. . . . . . .• . . . , .. . •. $79.00.ACE DOUBLE·SETTRIGGER . . . ,., .. , , $ 1 0.0 0~ ~\~~~ ~o6 .bOu rm=: ~ s e r o r F .N.ENFIELD M1917.30 -06 PARTSNew 5 GI' . Bar-rot s .... $ 1 5.0 0Exccucm 5 G r. Ba lTel s . 12.00ll O LTS Cn m p l e te . NEW . , 6 .50O ther E nflclcl M od el 1917 p artsi ll sluck ,O t her gun p a r ts i n stock. ' V I'H eYOU I' ncccts ,-- .nn__ . 2 :t 3 w tiicn est cr. bl u e d.ACE DOUBLE·SETTRIGGER . . . ,., .. . , $ 1 0.0 0~ ~\~~~ ~o6 .bOu rm=: ~ s e r o r F .N .ENFIELD M1917.30 -06 PARTSNew 5 Gr, Bar-rot s ....$15.00Exccucru 5 G r. Ba n'el s . 12.00llOLT S Co m p l e te . NEW . , 6.50O t her E n fl eld Mode l 1917 partsill sluck ,O t her gun parts i n stock. ' V I'H eYOU I' n c c cts ,New FLAIG'S AceBENCH REST STAND POWDER MEASURE STANDCrad,l,c . s i~~, appr-uxi rnnt el y U n i " ,e r s a l t y pe•. x evotv tn a3 1 (2 x 6 . G u n may b e h ol dhur h ead, adjustable in1":1 15d ' or low scope w i t h p e a.r s ha pe d h.an.dl e 1.lk." 70Wl n cneste r , o n ly, , . , .••• • • • • •• ••.. • " ••••$8.50coruptc to • . . . •. . " . . , . . •. ..... -.-.•--.-..--, -.- . -.-• . $79.00.New FLAIG'S AceBENCH REST STAND POWDER MEASURE STANDC n l d,l,c s i~~, appr-uxirnn tely U n i",ersal t y pe• . x evotv tna3 1 (2 x 6 . G u n m ay be h ol dhur h ead, adjustab le in1":1 15d ' or l o w scope w i t h p ea r sh aped handle like 70Wl n cneste r, o n ly, , . , . ••• •. . • ••••.. • •.. • • • $8.50BARRELSBOEHLER BA RREL S. proof stee l. semi-octa gon, ribb ed. SPRINGFIELDmatted ent ire lengt h. Made by FRANZ SODIA of Fer­Iaeh, Aust ria. in .22•.25. .210. zmm, and .30 caliber. M-1903Also now available in ,243 and .244 cal. Highl y accurate ­in the whit e. $45.00. ( Fitted to your act ion. with shearedbead. complete price $60.00. '2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $3.00. Case of 10 $25.00NEW SPRINGFIELD 4-groove BARRELS SIO.OONew! Krag 2-Groove 30-40 BARREL S 23" or less inlength. Fully cha mbered t hrea ded. Only $15.00,MILLED TRIGGER GUARDS-Made for Flaig's4. GR. ORDNANCE BARRELS 23" long. fully chambered.threaded. blued, $20,00.by Sako and featuri'!g ~ako 's smooth-workingNew! MAUSER '98-30-06 2-GR. BARRELS 23" or lesshinged floor plate. W,ll fIt any M-1903 Springfield.Dressed tang, blued. These will enhance anyin length. Full y chambered & th readed. Only $15.00.Note: Any of the above Bar rels ex pertl y fitt ed to yourfine sporter $15.00Action-headspaced and test-ftred-$2.50 addit ional. ( Dealer inquiries invited )~' IIII11 I1I11I1l Il Ill Ill Ill IIllIll Ill IlIll Ill Il IlIllIIll IllIll Il Il IlIIllI Il IIlIllIl Il IlIll IlIll Il IlIllIll I IllIlIlIll IlIllIl ' 'l'I" 'lIll lll llllllll ll ll lll ll lll llllllll lll ll llll l lll ll lllll l l lll d ll'lIllll lllllll llll l lll lll l ll lll lll l ll l l 1Il 1ll 1ll 1 1 1 1l 1ll 1l 1l 1 1 1l 1ll 1ll 1 1 1l 1 1ll 1 " l l l t llll lll lll llllll ll lll lll l lll lll lllllllllll lll l l~~ ~~ Exclulitle1 ~I NEW FLAIG-ACE --~ IFI NISHED BARRELS ~ ~ifi Made by a nationally known barrel-maker of high est repute. we now offer th e potented "button rifled" ~ smooth hard, swedged, six groove chrom e moly borrel of absolutely top quolity. compl etely threod ed ~precisi~n chamber ed and crowned at a money-saving price. You con now have your favorite caliber in ~ your choice of weight at a moderate price. NOW also for the 54·70 Win. including 25-06, ~j§; 22-250 and other calibers. ' ifi~ • Immediately avoolobl e for the FN Mouser, Sprin9.field. Enfield and 722 Remington Action. ~~ • Choice of LIGHTWEIGHT 22" , SPORTER WEIGHT 24" ond MEDIUM-HEAVY WEIGHT 26". ~~ • Choice of Colib ers: 220 Swift , 22-2S0 , 243 Win ., 244 Rem.. 2S0 Sov., 2S7-R. 270 Win., 7mm, 300 ~ifi SAV., 308 WIN ., .30-06, .2S-06 and th e new 280 REM. 222 olso ovoilable for th e 722 Rem. only. ~. ~ ACE BARREL5-F.O.B. MILLVALE, PA. ~~ Ace "Bulton-Rifl ed" Borrels, Each S24.00 ACE BARRELS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ~~ If y our ncuon IS se nt t o u s . we char rre $"'. 00 6 . 'j an d 7.7 a ao . a n d Mex ican a nd Kar Sm a ll R i n g- ~~ to fit. n oartsnac-e and te s t fil e tnc-l u dirur handlill~ Ma us et-s In Ca llbet-s: 220 s wm, 2 2 -2')0. 24:l \Vin ~% F. N. Ace Barrel ed Actions (Wh ite), Ea. $67.50 2 4 4 H e m . 25 0 s av., 257 Rober-ts. 7MM. 300 Say. ~~ All C.al l h (! I S L i st e d and ~0 8 \\ tIl. ~~ Barrels ar e ready to be turned into your rec eiver. They need only have headspace checked ~~ DEALER inquiries invited and GUNSMITHS be sure to osk for our speciol descrootiv e lit erature on thIS ~ifi tim e ond money sa ving tr emendous valu e ite m. RETURN PRIVILEGE IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED. ~~ llII lI lIlIIlIIlII l lIIlIlII lII lIlIlI lII l lIItlll lll ll llllllllllll tll ll lll lllll"' '' lIl11i l hlU llII lIlII lIlIlIIlIIlIlIlII lII1I 11 111 11111111 11 111 111111 il llll lll ll llllll lll lllllll ll ll lllll llllll llllll llllll ll llll ll lllll lll lll ll' III111111 11 111 1111llll lll llllil 1 1I 1II 1II1II 1I 1II 1II 1I 1I 1II1II 1 1I 1II 1II 1II 1 1II 1I 1I 1II1I 1I 1II 1II 1II1I 1I 1 if%• Tokyo, J ap an: Th e Japanese Govern men tannounced tha t anyon e who wa nts a huntinglicense from now on will have to pas s afive-hour course in firearm s han dlin g to provethey are capable with guns.* * *• Fort Carson, Colo.: Army Recru it Roy L.Milliorn, a four foot, 11 inch train ee, foundit impossibl e to fire the M-l rifle with hisshort arms. Taki ng the situation into hand,Fort Car son shortened the butt of a rifle aninch and a half , lead ed it to compensate forthe weight loss, and now "Shorty" Milliorncan ha ndle his rifle with th e best of 'em.* * *• Long Beach, Calif. : Wh en a policemanhere used the butt of his pistol to subd uea rowdy hooligan , it wasn't quite the end ofthe story. Th e judge, hearing th e case, orderedth e defendant to pa y for the da magedone to the pi stol when it was brought downover his head.* * *• Arlington, Va.: J ohn McGu ire, a topG·Man for a quart er of a century, ru efullyadmits that his teen-age son, Stevie, nowoutshoots him on the tar get ra nge. Th e FBIagent and his son belong to a Virg inia rifle8Hh~- [0 m e PISIOI wn en H wa s nrougru uuwnover his head.* * *• Arlington, Va. : J ohn McGuire, a topG·Man for a quart er of a century, ru efullyad mits that his tecn-age son, Stevie, nowoutshoots him on the ta rget range. Th e FBIagent and his son belong to a Virg inia rifleclub.* * *• Sudbury, Canada: Bill Hrinivich felt sorryfor a duck he had wounded, so he nursed itback to health , even prov iding another lamedu ck to keep it company. Bill has tr an s­formed a swamp int o a pond where as manyas 300 different kin ds of ducks mak e th eirhome. To keep predators away from thiswildlif e sanctuary he has crea ted, Bill alwayskeeps a shotgun hand y. Th e duck waswound ed acc identally.* * *• San Diego, Calif. : Jam es Woodward wascler king in a store when a man drew anautomatic pistol and told him it was a holdup.Whereup on, before he could utter anotherword, the young clerk jumped on th eman an d disar med him, th en held hi m forpoli ce with his own gun. Th e clerk did thi sby gra bbing tho gunman's weapon with onehand and the wr ist in the oth er- in acce ptedMarine Corps fash ion. J ames Woodward,you sec, aetnally is a Marine, clerking onthe side once in awhile.* * *• Seoul, Korea: Sgt. William Earp, with th eU. S. Arm y in Korea, is a relati ve, a thi rdcousin, of the old We,t's famed gunsling inglawman Wyatt Ear p. Th e sergeant is asquad leader and a fine shot in his own...: ....1... 'T'1..o r o'c "' ......... ."d ..; n ..... . 1-...... ....... :Y"> CO "" 1..;......

EXCEP T FOR Weatherby's Rocket, the.220 Swift (starting a 48 gra in bulletat 4,110 Ips) remains the highest velocityrou nd since Winchester brou ght it out in1935. Handloader s get 4,466 Ips with 42 grainSisk Exp re s pill s ah ead of 43.5 gra ins 4064.to redu ce varm ints to fragment s with vitalorgans liqu efied. If you haven't tr ied thislittl e hot shot you'll find it a new experiencein velocity performance. You can amaz e yourfriends an d yourself by pun ch ing holes in%" ar mor plat e lik e it was wet pap er at 100yards. (T he same plate will shed .300 H & HMagnums.) You won't get shaking palsyfrom recoil, either. The little stingareesq ueezes groups tighter than a miser doeshis money ; and the extra strong case is easyand economical to load with a variety ofbullets mad e by most custom makers.Cases showpin holej1iCases show " long pri me r" with firingpin hole print. may fire whenchambered; also high pressure pocket;excess headspace prime r will pop out.\11Iprime r" with firingmay fire whenMuch misinformat ion has been written onthe Swift, the most absurd being that it istemp eram ent al. It isn't. Good factory or customrifles give precision accuracy with awide ran ge of bull ets, powder , and charges.Fa ctory ammo is probab ly the most carefully load ed number. It shoots well in everyrifle I'v e te ted. My fine F . . Mauser hasmade man y groups around :j(~ minute ofangle with handloads, with some smaller. Ithold s that acc uracy 'way down the road withan 8X hun ting-type Leupold scope that isn'ttoo powerf ul for off hand or running shots,and al igns fast for long range. Group s mighttighten a bit with a 20X tar get glass, butmy guns are for pra cti cal hunting, not targets.My fine custom Swift on an F. . actiondoes fu lly as well.Some shooters do not consider any .22suitable for game much larger th an coyotes.Act ually, in my opinion, efficiency depends. more on the bulIet type an d velocity tha non caliber. Ralph Sisk, the .22 bullet specialistin Iowa Park, Texas, said a .22 pill ofthe right type at the right velocity will bagall med ium heavy U.S. game. In his hand s itwill. To prove it, his walls are covered withheads of deer, pron ghorn s, wild hogs, elk,and moose. To mak e a legal .23 caliber forantelope, he bui lt two Sisk .234 wildcats on"I:ly made a clean, one-shot kill at about twiceI he range many shooters would try (orshould ) with a heavy .300 Magnum. He tookthe perf orma nce for granted.Any .22 bullet that "e xplodes" inside vitalorga ns is quit e dead ly. Hi-V shock oftenmakes qui ck kills even when vital spots aremissed. Tough bullets may not have properexplosion at long range after velocity is reduced.Light , soft bullets might explode toofast on larger game at close range. Thiswould ca use a terrific surface wound, bu twould blow small varmints to smithereens.The 54, gr. Sisk Niedner S.P. is a soft core,soft ja cket number, made for not more tha nabout 3,400 Ips. At thi s speed it's a bomb,with low pressure and long bore life. Forvarmints, tr y 30 grs. 3031 or 32 grs. 4064.You might vary the charge a grain or so upor down for pin-point accuracy with indiovid ual guns. For recover ing small game inone piece, try the 54 gr. Niedner FJ . (F ullJacket) number with redu ced load s.Sierra, Sisk, Hornady, Speer, and othergood 55 gra in bull ets perf orm well. Siskmakes the largest variety of .22's in .223 and.224 diameter. The .224's genera lly givesuper b accura cy, but some rifles really tight .en up groups with the smaller diameter.You'll have to try both to find the best size.Throat diameter affects pressure, accura cy,g8(k"&>' v gnU\' )1i,llkJApePaJrh1F 'W'b'i'.ri~r:fK'makes the largest variety of .22's in .223 and.224 diam eter. Th e .224's generally givesuper b accuracy, but some rifles really tightenup gro ups with the smaller diameter.You'll have to try both to find the best size.Throat diameter affects pressur e, accuracy,and safety. One M-70 rifle that blows primerswith factory amm o may have a tight throator bore, which the factory would gladlycorrec t, but the owner likes the accuracywith his slightly red uced hand loads, andwon't return it.All Sisk Express numbers take any velocityin safe pressure limits. The 55 grain is myfavor ite. Thi s, and other makes, gives longbore life and modera te pressure with 37grs. 4064, for a "sufficient" 3,500 Ips. Sp eer'sHandloaders Manual recommends this, orMicrometer with nail head silveredon makes good neck rhickness gauge.37.5 grains, in the more th an 50 chronographedload s with Speer bullets. All hotloads should be worked up. I foun d Speer'stop charge of 41.5 grs. 4.320 at 3,765 Ipsa bit hot in one rifle. Sisk lists his top 55gr. Express load as 40 grs. 4064 for 4,075Ips. Thi s is within 25 Ips of the top 44 grainhell for-leath er charge listed by Weatherb yfor the formed Swift case in the .220 Rocket.My rifles handl e the Sisk bomb load beauti-

MAN, WHAT ABARGAIN!True West, FrontierTimes, and a Gallery "of Western Badmenfor two measlybucks!We ate some loco weed. pulled off ourbridles and are RUNNING WILD! Just tointroduce you to our magazines. we'returning our head s so you can steal us blind!$3.00.~~~WMEITRUEWESTis publishedbi-monthly(6 issuesper year)­2Sc percopy, 12issues fo r$3.00.TRUE W EST an d FRONTIER TIMES ar eau t hentic maqazine s crammed with articles a ndphotos on ba d men, ra ng e wa rs, Indi a n fig hts ,qo ld rush, g host towns, lost mines , buriedt reasures , o ut laws, tr ai l drives, f rontier saga s,co wboy an d ra nch life - t he y po rtray th eREAL TH ING - th e y stick to t he FACTS!Wh er e ca n yo u buy so muc h of the ver yHEART of the Old West- - AS IT REALLY W AS- for te n times the pri ce?"A GALLERY OFWESTERN BADMEN "WithF R EE!Each SubscriptionThis is a book of factua l accounts and phot os of 21 famous q unslingers-Wyatt Ear p,Billy th e Kid , W es Ha rdi n, J esse J a mes. Wil dBill Hicko k- twenty-one of th em !' W e're ma king you aSPECIAL. • " see - what - we' ve qa t"offe r of a full year's subsc ript ion to BO THma q azines fo r two germ-laden bucks - an dthrowinq in a copy of t he BA DMEN book FREE-just to qet yo u on t he pro d ! It' s ou r lastprin tin q of t he BADMEN boo k so DO IT NOWwhi le t hey last ! Se nd $2 .00 in bills, c heck o rM.O. by hi-lifed g iraffe RIG HT NOW toTh e 7x61 Sharpe-Hart CartridgeandTh e Schultz-Larse n M60 RifleTHESO-CALLE D big 7 mm cartridgesare not new. The first one I used andtested was the .275 H & H ; next , th e .276a nd .280 Dubi el, whe n I wor ked with 10h nDubi el on these fine loads. Th e .276 was stilla 7 mm made from th e .275 H & H ca se. The.280 Dubi el wa s a la rger bore, going a full.2885" groove diam eter.I expe rime nted a great deal with all threeat the tim e, and also used them on big game.F inally, in company wit h C. M. On eil andDon Hopkins, we develop ed the .285 O.K.H .,first on a neck ed dow n .30-06 case, and lateron the shorte ned Magnum Ma user .300 case .Don Hopk ins also had seve ra l rifl es mad e forthe .276 Dubiel cas e. Dick Carlson of Hamilton, Montana also br ou ght out th e .276 Carl ­son, on a cut-off .300 Magnum case th at isvery similar to the 7x61 Sh arpe & Hart. RoyGra dle later mad e a 7 mm on th e .348 case.In addition, the Germ an s bro ugh t out theirfam ou s or infam ous .280 Hal ger , which wa snot hing but an exact copy of the old .280Ross and also, like the .280 D ub iel, a largerca liber than true 7 mm . Th e Germa ns a lso1" ·,, .. ..... I ~ t ..... .. . , 1"'0 . ; ....... "'" tr; o ...-1 .... n...l "'" " ..... ""l1 o n tvery similar to the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart. RoyGradle later made a 7 mm on th e .348 case.In add ition, the Germ an s brou ght out theirfa mous or infam ou s .280 Hal ger , which wa snot hing but an exact copy of th e old .280Ross and also, like the .280 D ubi el, a largerca liber than true 7 mm. T he Germ an s a lsobrou ght out the tim e-tri ed and excelle nt7x64, a tru e big 7 mm and one very wellIiked and exte nsively used in Africa.All wer e and are very good lon g rangeca rtr idg es and , with 175 to 180 grain bullet s,will shoot flutt er and lay close r to th e windthan will the fam ou s .300 I-I & I-I Mag n um.T his is largely du e to sectional den sity ofthe long 7 mm bu llets. I did a grea t dea l ofwork with the .280 Dubiel and 180 grai nbu llet s, finding it a wond erful 1000 ya rd loada nd, at 500 yards, ma de several pron e groupswit h Lyman T ar get scope and heavy ba rr elst hat went fro m 21ft " to 3" . well und er th eminute of angle with W .T :C.Co. 180 gra inbullets and No. 15Y2 Du pont. Lat er , wh enOn eil and Hopkins a nd myself develop ed Duplexloading, I soon foun d that th e .30·06case with Dupl ex load in 7 rum , th e .285O.K.H. as we nam ed it, would do anythingthe .280 and .276 Dubiel would do. With one26" Sniper-weight barrel by A. O. Neid nerand some hand-swaged 173 grain NIl bulletsswaged dow n to .2845" and 55 gra ins of 4350in Duplex tube cas e, I p ut 10 stra ight intoj ust 6 inch es at a measured 800 ya rd s. T hecartridge and rifle also shot many groups ofju st 2" at measured 300 ya rds, pron e withsling and target scope or ben ch rest.T hese cartridg es proved even bett er tha nth e fine commerc ially load ed 180 gra in .300H & H Magnum or th e earl ier abrupt­. ho lllripr S lIn pr.iO or iOO M" lTnllm m"rlp hvshoulde r .300 Mag belt ed case, and al so a .30Newton for comparison. The lon g 175 to 180grain bu llet s in th e .280s and 7 mm wouldbeat th e .30 caliber every tim e for trajectoryand for wind drift at long range with eq ualweight bull et s.P hil Sharpe and Dick Hart worked wi ththeir own shortened version of the Magnumcase, ver y similar to th e Ri chard Carlson.276. Th ey experimente d and changed I hat7x6 1 Sharpe & Hart until they got th e bestpossible performance with 4350 pow der,working it out to as near exac tly perfect bo recapacity with this powd er as was humanlypossibl e. While the .276 and .280 Du biel fellby the waysid e wit h th e death of m y oIdfr ien d 10hn Dubi el, and the .280 Hal ger a nd7x64 al so dr opped out after World War 2,Sharpe & Hart went ah ead and had th eir finecartr idge commerc ially loaded by Norma, andhad th e Schult z and Larsen rifl e manufacturedfor their ca rtr idg e. T he Halger and7x64 , li ke the fine Ho ffman and Dub iel ri fles,were custom johs, as wer e the .285 OX.H.and the Ca rlson and Cradl e big 7 mm rifl es.Ammunition hud to he ha nd loaded for allbut the 7x64 and th e .280 Ross, lat er calledth e 280 Hal ger.I tri ed to ae t Heminzton to hrinu out th etured tor th eir ca rtrrnge. 1ne t lalger ana7x64, li ke the fine Ho ffman and Dub iel ri fles,were custom jo hs, as wer e the .285 OX.H.and the Ca rlson and Cradl e big 7 mm rifl es.Ammunition hud to he ha nd load ed for allbut the 7x64 and th e .280 Ross, lat er calledth e 280 Ha lger.I tried to ge t Remingt on to br in g out th e.285 O.K.B. but without success. It is mil chsuperior ball isticall y to th eir pr esent .280Remington load, wh en used with 180 grainbu llets and 55 gra ins 4350 powd er. Sha rpe& Hart are to be complimented for stayingwith the joh u ntil th ey obta ined both acommercially mad e rifle and comme rc iallyload ed cart ridge. Fo r sta nda rd loading of4350 powd er and an y hullet from 160 to 180gra in th e 7x61 S & H is probab ly as nearperfect as human ingenuity can mak e it.On ga me I never was able to tell mu chdiff er en ce betw een an y of these big 7 mmri fles wh en used with sa me weight bullets,and I used them all at on e tim e or another,eve n killed five elk with the 285 O.K.H. before I found th at , with 180 gra in bull et s, itwas too light for raking shots on this ga me.I also found th ese big 7 mrn calibers wer eby all odds the finest and flattest sbootingrifles obta ina ble for all other big ga meup to and includin g shee p, goa ts, and ca rihou.If placed in tbe chest cav ity, th ey alsokilled all Amer ica n big game very well , buton rak in g shots would not turn tbe tri ck.Th e 7x61 Sha rpe & Hart cartr idge employsa new case, thick er and heavier andslightly lar ger at head than the .300 Magnumbr ass. I t has been work ed out to exactly fitth e bore capacity with 160 to 180 gra in bul­Jets and Dupont 4350 powd er. Fo r th e wood ­ch uck h unter wantin c h isrhesr ve loci tv anrl

ullets in a spec ial 16 inch twi st rifle togive 3597 feet velocity with 55,640 poundspressure, as hi gh as anyone should go witha brass car tridge case.Th ey al so expe rime nted with 130, 140, 145,and 154 grain bullet s, ge tting ver y hi ghvelocities in the se wood chuck load s. For th epracti cal big game hunter, however, we foundout lon g ago, in working with th e oth er big7 mm cartridges, that anything under 160grains is too light for big game as it simplyexplodes on impact an d will also explode ona sunbea m or a blade of grass ! The 160 grainSierra hoattail, that makes such a fine deerload with 50 gra ins 4350 in th e old 7x57Xlau ser cart ridge, al so pro ved th e most popularfor th e 7x61 , so Sharpe & Hart loaded itto as hi gh as 3300 feet with 64 grains 4350for a pressure of 53,800 pounds. Th ey thenhad th eir Swedish cartridge supplier, Norma,duplicat e tb e load as nearly as was practicalwith th eir powd ers. Th e end result wa s th e160 gra in soft point boattail ba cked by 60.5gra ins of Norm a spec ial No. 104 powd er fora velocity of 3100 feet with a pressure of51,730 pounds.This is a fine wond erfully acc ura te loadan d cases simply fall out of the rifle, showingno signs of excess pressure. It see ms toshoot equa lly well in rifles with both 10 and12" twi st. P er son all y, 1 would pr efer a 10"twist and a 180 gra in bullet at around 2800to 2900 feet for all big game shooting, andth e han d loa der ca n eas ily get such a load .Yea rs ago we loaded th e .280 Dubiel to2900 feet with sta ndard case, bu t it wasover bore capac ity. We also load ed th e .285O.K.I\. to 2814 feet with 55 gra ins of 4350and the 180 gra in Western T ool & CopperCo. bull et in sta nd ard cases, and to an estimated3200 fro m Duplex cases, est imatesbased on tr aj ect ory and steel penet rationtests in com pa rison with th e 180 grain .:l00:\Iagnum mat ch load . Th e Sh arp e & lIart cas ewill duplicat e sta ndard loadings of any ofu'IIU LJI \.. "..L UV !:S "O lll ',..,. ...,...,'t ,-,,-u n:i' 6~ .1 r'U. . ......v¥p..., .LCo. bull et in sta ndard cases, and to an estimated3200 from Duplex cases, estima te sbased on tr aj ect ory and steel penet rationtests in com pa rison with th e 180 grain .:l00:\Iagnum match load . T he Sh arp e & lIart cas ewill duplicate sta ndard loadings of any ofthese car tr idg es, as it gives :1241 feet with acharge of 60 grains 4350 for only 43,800pounds pressure, with 175 gra in bullet s.Pressu re reading on thi s load seems un dul ylow to me. Wi th 62 gra ins 4350 and 175 gr ainbullet s velo city went up to 3272 from a 12"twist rifle, with only 47,040 pounds pr essure.Aga in this seems lik e unduly light pr essuresto this old experime nt er. Loading 57 grains1·350 in a 12" twist rifle with 200 grain bul ­let gave 2863 feet velocity for 48,300 footpo un ds pressure, a very good long rangegame load.H. Nel son Busick and th e writer had BobWallack mak e up a spec ial rifle with about6" twi st in caliber 6.5, chambere d for th eSharpe & Hart ca se neck ed down to 6.5 foruse with Barnes 200 gra in 6.5 bullet s. Thisrifle shot ver y stea dily also with 58 to 60grains 4831 data powd er and the extremelylong 6.5 bull et ab out I V:! inches lon g. Thisbullet ha d the greatest sect ional den sit y eversec ure d in a rifle bull et, as far as I know.With th e very slow burning 4831 powd er , itwork ed well and developed ju st over 2400fee t with a 60 grain cha rge of 4831. It al somad e a splendid long range rifle, for although' he bull et did not start at hi gh velocity,it had a mu ch lower velocity loss th anany other existing shouldered rifle bull et weha ve ever fired; so that over lon g ranges itwas actually mu ch flatter than many highveloc ity bull ets at over 3000 feet muzzlevelocity.From my many years experimenting withhi gh velo city rifles in several cali bers. Iwould favor a 10 inch twi st in the 7x61 S &H for th eir Schultz & Larson rifle, usin g bullets of 180 to 200 grains weight for all biggame shooting. Th ere is no substitute forsectional density, an d wh en you can ha vehigh sectional den sit y at hi gh velocit y youha ve the hest in a flat shooting long rangerifle.Popular dem and as evide nce d from ord er srece ived convince d Sharpe & lI art that th egenera l shooting public wanted a 160 grainbullet at high velocity, so th eir Norma loadof 160 grain at 3100 feet an swer s populardemand. In my opinion, th e 7x61 Sharpe &Hart ca rtridge witb 160 to 180 or 200 grainbulle ts is one of the finest lon g range ca rtridges ever produced for our light er b ig:game. In factory loading, th e 160 gra inNorma load is no doubt th e best of all cornmercially load ed cartridges for such game. includingsheep, goat, antelope, mul e deer. andca ribou to extreme long ran ge. We do notcons ider it best for th e heavier aarn e, For tb eri dges ever produced for our light er big:game. In factory loading, th e 160 gra inNorma load is no doubt th e best of all corn ­merc ially load ed cartridge s for such game. includingsheep, goat, antelope, mul e deer. andca ribou to extreme long ran ge. We do notcons ider it best for th e heavier gam e. For tb ehand load er the NosIer 175 grain would bebest of all bullets.Next, th e rifle. For man y year s, shooterhave been pr ejudiced against rifles havin grear locking lu gs. This is all well and goodwhe n applie d to lever action rifles with longspr ingy br eech blocks and locking lu gs ; hut,when applie d to bolt action rifles, it issometh ing e l ~e . 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S. Hotch erj lonq unavailable, will be atYOUR hand as a Firearms Dire ct ory ow ne r. • . Also, e a c h pate nt in th e Firea rmsfield is extra cted with illustratio ns a nd in..eluded in th e annual supplement •• • And ,of course , our wor ld fa mo us Isom etricDrawings - of which we now ha ve sixty ~seve n - all to be included in th e FirearmsDirect ory! These range from the CollierFlintlocl Revolver and Patt erson Coltthrough the modern automatic. - Truly awealt h of material nowhere el.e avai lable.EACH F/0 COMES TO YOU IN A SPECIALLYDESIGNED, CUSTOM BUILT, TENGWAlL BINDER!Examine if ?'Ue af your local Libra ry,or order your ow n copy now •• •PRICE-Including RevisionService forCurrent YearFO REI GN: $25.00The S ullivan Law Up-stateI happen to be a country resident of NewYork State, and I can tell you that getting apistol permi t und er the Sullivan Law is along drawn out pro cess. There ar e a t leastfive forms to be filled out; then the waitingbegins. It tak es at least 90 day s, while theJ udge, Sheriff, Chief of Police, and an officialin Alba ny decide if you ar e qual ified to havethe perm it.Th e permit is wort h waiti ng for though, ifyou live in the country, beca use you get aperm it that is good for the rest of your life.At least it work s that way in th e sectionwhere I live. I now have three Ru ger revolversregister ed : a .44 Mag num, a .357Mag num, a ~d a .22.I tau ght my younger brother to usea r ifle and the pistols when he was 12, andallowed him to carry the 22 pistol wheneverhe went with me to walk the trapline orhu nt woodchucks.Chester G. SouthwellHighland s, New J erseyLegal Nonsen seWh ile looking through th e statutes ofMississippi, hop ing to get an idea for a billfor my students to submit to the annual----.,-- ---_u__ - - - Cli e~ t ~r ~.'- :Solifliw ellHighlands, New J erseyLegal Nonsen seWh ile look ing through th e statutes ofMississippi, hop ing to get an idea for a billfor my stude nts to submit to the annualpractice congress sponsored by the vari ouscolleges of tha t sta te, I ran across somethingthat would delight an enemy power, espec iallyif all the states ha d it. Th is is a law requirin g that all rifles with a muzzle velocityof 2,000 or more feet per second be registered. Since such a gun can be very usefulin the na tional defense, fifth-colum nists andfellow-travelers would know wher e to lookfor them, in order to help rend er Ameri cadefen seless.Wm. H. Wil sonMill ington, Tenn .Law Means " Can" AsWell As " Can't"JoI read your magazine every month, andenjoy it very much. I was espec ially inter ­ested in your article on the Sullivan Law, aswe have just started a pistol cl ub in ourtown. I would like to ask you why it isimpo ssible to get a pistol permit for an y­thing except tar get shooting in thi s state, asI cannot get a definite answer from any ofthe law officers arou nd here.Earl M. Richardson, Jr.Orlean s, Mass.Few police officers are qualifi ed to giveopinions on legal matters. You need a lawyer.Each club should have among its memb ersa com petent attorney willing to go before aall th e privileges to which he is entitledtsucli as gnn licenses) just as much. ( IS itmeans kee ping from th e citizen th e thi ng swhich th e law prohibits. If your law providesfor th e issuanc e of luuuigun. permits,poli ce should be req uired to issue such permitsto applicants who comply with th erequirements set up by th e statute. An activeshooting club , th rough. its memb ers canvass·ing for desirable political nominees and actingto ensure their election, can incr ease itsvoice in public aff airs. It tok es a little work:lib erty alwa ys did require some effort.­Ed ito rs.Collector Seeks ConnectionsAs one of your read ers, let me complimentGUNS for an in teresting job well done. I ama collector of firearm s, not a shooter, butneverth eless find the publicat ion far excelsthe job done by any of your competitormagazin es.I have a small pr oblem that I am hopingyou can solve. I am tr yin g to locate a guncollec tors club in my vicinity. Do you knowof any , or could you refer me to someonewho could give me thi s informa tion? It'svery Ir ustrating to have a collec tion of arm s,and not be able 10 meet with fellow collec-t .-.~ · " 1\tr u " ; ..... ~ n; I ..T : '" t 1... "" P.·;n .... "" t ....n _N ""...T "R'"11n ,,_I have a small pr oblem that I am hopingyou can solve. I am tr yin g to locat e a guncollec tors club in my vicin ity. Do you knowof any , or could you refer me to someonewho could give me thi s informa tion? It'svery Ir ustrating to have a collec tion of arm s,and not be able 10 meet with fellow collectors.My vicinity is th e Princeton -New Brunswickar ea of New J ersey.J ohn Wr ightFrank lin Park, N. J." .22's For Survival"I fou nd " .22's For Survival" inter est ing,but I qu estion the selection of a single-shotf or the survival gun. I thin k the clip-fedbolt -action repeater would be better. Th eAir Force's M-4 sur vival ri fle (.22 Hornet)uses a cli p (detacha ble box) magazine. How ­ever, if you alr eady ha ve a good .22 repeat er ,I think you would be bett er off with the guntha t you know and shoot well.Fo r living off th e coun tryside, the .22 isthe best of gun s; bu t if you expect to gu nReds, bett er get a high-power rifle. Th e bestbet would be the 03A3 fro m the D.C.M. Ifyour gun shoots .30-06 Springfield, th e governmentmight be able to pa ss out ammo tofit. If not, you might be able to obtainwea pon s and ammunition from invaders whowon't be need ing th em a ny mor e.John W. RockefellerGrand Island, NebraskaI have ju st read ".22's For Survival" byAlfred J . Goerg and my only complaint is,why doesn't it app ear in more ma gazines?American s should be more defense-mind ed.Pola nd , England, and Fran ce didn 't think it

could and I believe it will happen here.More on the subjec t along with the guns,please.::\lrs. Th omas P . WellsMiami , FloridaCongratulations on printing Alfred 1.Goerg's ar ticle ".22's For Survival." He isnot alone in his beliefs, and I for one havealready built up an arsena l in the past fewyears. ::\ly batt ery consists of several mil itaryrifles, pistols, and shotguns.I, too, have fri end s interested in th e idea.With the present crisis in the Mid dle East,the thought of enemy mari nes on our doorstepsdoesn't sound too silly."A Minuteman"MassachusettsI like your magazine. Guns have been myhobby. The ar ticle in the August number,".22's For Survival," by Alfr ed 1. Goerg, waswonderf ul. I wish it could be published inpamphl et for m so one could afford to giveit away.I know wha t he mean s, for I was here. TheJapanese could have come on from PearlHarbor and lan ded on th is coast; only bythe grace of God they decided to go in anotherdirecti on. If we shonld get into waraga in wit h any major power, I hope the samegrace works again ; otherwise we ar c sure tobe invaded. •Ever yth ing the powers that be can thinkof to hinder us in the use of firearms is done.l t is a viola tion of the law to practice shootingin the counties of Calif ornia adj acent tothe coast. While our ar med forces ar e tr yingto get to th e moon, the training for sur vivalon the gro und is neglected, and that is wherethe baule will be won or lost.I ha ve sold all but one of my gu ns (can'tuse them, too man y restrictions). I still retaina hand gun. Wou ldn't go out at nightwithout it, for with crime and violent deeds,it ~s more dan ger?u;; now th ~n when theon the gro und is neglected, and that is wherethe batt le will be won or lost.I have sold all but one of my guns (ca n'tuse th em, too many restrictions) . I still retain a hand gun. Wou ldn't go out at nightwithout it, for with crime and violent deeds,it is mor e da ngero us now I han when theJndians were here. As soon as they can getaro und to it, J suppose they will relieve meof that 10 0 , so I will be an easy prey for th ecriminal.Rev. Luther Art hurHuntington Beach, Calif.Dro IJDead!r enjoyed read ing the so-called controversybetw een Keith and Weat herb y. However, Ido not thin k there is mu ch difference betweenthe two. I do not th ink tha t Weatherbywould go out to kill elephant with a .220,or that Keit h would go out to shoot a crowwith a .470. Ju st as in everything else thereis a point of dimini shin g return in regard sto velocit y vs. bullet weight. Thi s is the pointthey ha ve not agreed up on.Velocity is ver y important in trajectory,but over a certain speed I do not believe ithas too much to do with the kill ing power.I do ubt if a deer can tell the difference inbein g struc k with a 150 gra in bullet at 2900I.p.s. or a 150 grain at 3600 I.p.s. at 100 yds.Nat urally, at longer ran ges th e 3600 f.p.s.will out-perform the 2900 I.p.s. You tell abear that has been struck with an ultravelocitybullet in a non-vital spot tha t he issupposed to drop dead, and he will probablychew your head off.It has always been my belief that anycartridge is capable of killing the animal ;,. ,standard cartridge or th e ult ra velocity. Ithink that Mr. Bell proved this long ago.However, I do not recommend that yourreaders try the same !Charles W. LeavellSumter, S. C."M r. Bell" was a world-famous hunterwho kill ed all kinds of African game (andmany of them) with- if memory serves----a6.5 mm. Mannlicher and 7 mm. lI1auser.-Ed.Congratulations, MeredeeIn your August Issue, page 6, "G uns InThe News," paragraph one is quite a bit inerror. As I am the instructor who ta ught thislittl e wonder to shoot, and the one who witnessedthe targets and sent them in to theNRA , I will attempt to straighten out thestory for you. First of all, the IittIe girl inquestion was Miss Meredee (not J oan )Marks, da ughter of Cap t. Theodor e ::\lark s,Po st Signal Office. Meredee fired a perfect300 over the NRA Ran ger Course, using aM1922 Springfield rifle which is much tooheavy and long for her. Meredee fired inthe pro ne position with the r ifie tu ckedunder her arm pit . T his little girl has beenfiring for a litt le over a year, has showngreat promise, and we are very proud of herhere at the club. She has been an inspira tionfor many of our aspiring young shooters.I am a steady reader of your magaz ine,and would appreciate it if you would corre ctthe err ors in the story so that Meredee willha ve the story as a keepsake.Sr c. Ralph 1. Ma tthewsSec'y Chugach Rod and Gun ClubChugach, Alaska.East, West, Home's B estThere is no "Exhibit ion Grad e" made byJ ames P urdey and Sons, Londo n, though th eguns shown in the Sept emb er issue may havebeen made for an exhibition. They mak e onezra de only- the best. Ornamentation fa ncierEast, West, Home's B estT here is no "Exhibition Grad e" made byJames Purdey an d Sons, London, though th eguns shown in the September issue may havebeen mad e for an exhibition. T hey make onegrade only- the best. Orn amen tation fancierthan the standard Purdey light scroll engravingcosts extra, but the buyer receivesthe same steel, wood and workm an ship.Gold inlaid guns ar e sold mostly to In dianraja hs and the newer rich of the Westernworld.The English consider all Conti nental gunsinferior to "b est London guns." I believethey ar e right. P urdey guns arc especiallynoted for their shooting q ualities. YOll getthese and the best workmanship and materialsthe firm can obtain.Th e Englishma n figures the P urd ey is li kea chronometer mad e to Admiralty req uirementsand cased in solid gold. He figuresyou can buy abroad if you want an alarmclock in a jeweled case.1. R. 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If heca n't supply you, order direct and includeyour dealer's name and address."STUDS " are available in these 18 papulargame head des igns in either 10-Kgold at $3.00 each, or Sterling silverat $1.25 each. Federal Tax included.ELK DEER BROWN BEARBEAR WOLF GRIZZLY BEARMOOSE TURKEY MOUNTAIN GOATCARIBOU COYOTE MOUNTAIN SHEEPANTELOPE CAT (Pa nt her)JAVALINA BLACK TAIL DEERMULE DEER SKUNK (a good gag)DEALERS WANTED - Cash in onnational advert ising that's creatingdemand for " STUDS". Thousandssold last season . Write today fordetails.R. J. COFFEYTRAP SHOOTI NG is a growing sport.This is pro ved by record-breaking numbersof entries eac h year in the Grand American,th e national trapshooting tournament,held annually at Vandalia, Ohi o. Skeet is enjoyinga healthy growth al so ; perhaps notas spec tac ular a growth as th at whi ch marksth e trap-shooting spor t, but a growth whi chL~ encouraging.But th e incr easing popularit y of both th ecla y ta rget sports is, I'm afraid, in spite of,rath er than becau se of, th e efforts of mostgun clubs.Now, before every gun club presid ent orsecre tary in th e United States and Ca nada( where both sports are rapidly ga ini ng newshooters ) writes me or GUN S Magazine a"yo u cur, sir" letter for th at remark, let'stake a look at the record . (Th is is a goodphra se in an election yea r, r egardless ofyour pa rt y affilia t. ions.)Government statistics show tha t about 15million America ns buy hunting licen ses. Wema y dedu ce that a maj ority of this arm yof hunters either own shotg uns, or ha ve accessto th em.Reliabl e sources estimate th at th er e are-- 1 - Gov e~ ~ ni ~nCsfa i'i s fi'cs -- ~ h 'ow~ trat~ at}out'T5mill ion America ns buy hunting licen ses. Wema y dedu ce tha t a maj ority of this arm yof hunters either own shotg uns, or ha ve ac ­cess to th em.Reliabl e sources estimate that there areabout 15 thou sand skee t and tr ap shootersin the Un ited States. We now arrive at afign re indicatin g that only one out of eachthousand sportsmen possessin g th e tools andinclinations for clay targ et shooting areatt racted to the gun club.At this point, it will sure ly be interjectedtha t eco nomics enters th e pi cture. Some ofthe " you cur, sir" lett ers whi ch 1 will ge t asa result of thi s col umn will say th at ourcommunity doesn't have enough money tosupport tr ap a nd skee t clubs. Th ese letter swill point out th at. whil e memb ers of th ecommunities involved can afford to hunt,they cannot afford to shoot trap or skee t.T wo answers can qe given in ad van ce.On e is that some of th e most acti ve guncl ubs to my kn owled ge are located in communitieswith relatively low economic levels.Another answer is simply the obser vati on th ata sportsman can usuall y afford to follow asport in which he is inter ested. If a mandoesn't like, or isn't familiar wit h a sport,he feels tha t he can't affor d it. Some of mytra p a nd skeet shooting fri en ds ma ke onlyfrom one-third to one-half as mu ch salaryas some of my non-sh ooting fri en ds who saythey can' t afford th e sports.It will also be said, "My town isn 't bigenough to support a gun club." T his is no thorn e out by the existing evidence, e ithe r.Some of the largest and most acti ve gunclubs in th e Mid -west are locat ed in town sof less than five th ousand souls.be mailed in an asbestos envelope, an swerthi s qu esti on. What is your club doing tobring th e fun of shatte ring moving claytarget s to more memb er s of your community ?Ha s th e club promoted a Hunter's Specialshoot lately, in whi ch hunters or new shoo t­ers are encouraged to tr y th e games of trapand skee t in competition with other beginners?Does your club set asid e a spec ial da y, ornight, for th e instructi on . of beginner s ?One of th e sures t ways to drive th e newshooter away from trap or skeet is to introducehim to th e games in a squad of experien ced shooters, and without an y preparatoryin struction.As a part of my duties in providing t echnicalassistance to th e Ou td oor Ed ucationProject of th e National Education Association,1 have had th e pleasure of intr oducin gshotg un shooting at hand-thrown clay targetsto ab out 500 teachers and administrator s,over a sixty-day peri od. Amazing nnmber s ofth e school peopl e, most of whom ha d neverfired at a clay target and man y of wh omha d never pull ed th e trigger on a shotg un,wanted to know where and wh en th ey couldto n ;anout"'!>a6'~Ja c6eis an d administrators,over a sixty-day peri od. Amazing nnmber s ofth e school peopl e, most of whom had neverfired at a clay tar get and man y of whomha d never pull ed th e trigger on a shotg un,wanted to know where and wh en th ey couldenjoy more of thi s sport.Af ter a four-hour shooting and huntinged ucation clinic I recently cond ucted for agroup of 40 hi gh school boys, at lea st halfthe boys bombarded host club officials withqu esti ons as to when th ey co uld do morecla y target shooting. All thi s enth us ias mcame after eac h shooter fired five shots attar get s thrown with a hand-trap .If your gun cluh has not permitted or encouragednear-by citizens to shoot at as man yas five clay tar gets, how can yon kn owwheth er or not th ose citizens are inter est edin shooting ?S ure, 1 know that you won't mak e confirmed shooters out of every per son you getout to th e club with Hunter's Special shoots,or in structional clinics ; b ut you will pi ck upsom e new shooters in th e pr ocess. On theoth er hand, if you haven't conduc ted clinicsor hunter's spec ials, th e games of trap andskee t ar e growing in spit e 0/ your e fforts.This column should be int erpret ed in noway critical of th e Amateur Trap sho oti ngAssocia tion, th e Na tiona l Skeet ShootingAssociation, or th e arms and a mmunitionmanufacturer s. Th e re al bu rden of providin gcontinued shooting interest, and th e n ecessarygrowth, fall s on th e sho ulders of localclubs. It is onl y on the local level th at th epotential shooter ca n be met an d introducedto tr ap and skeet.Now, go ahead and write your letter .Mayb e ,Yo ur exper,ien,ce in .ng ~ i n ing new

to those clu bs whose efforts have not beenso success ful. And please, no letters sayingyour club doesn't want any more shooters.You won't believe it, but I got letters saying"we don't want more shooters" in answer toa column I once wrote in similar vein foranother magazine. If your shooting ga~e isworth the time you spend on it, it's worthpromoting, if only because it will be a bett ergame JOT yon if more people con- ~tr ibut e time, effort, and money to it. ~Looking For A Place To Hunt?How MANY of you Ifi-or-so million American hunters ha ve, at one time or another, wished that you kn ew of a good placeto hunt- a pla ce where you could be sure ofgetting a bag an d a day or more of reallygood uplan d game shooting ? How many ofyou ha ve wished that the seasons werelonger ?Th ere is an answer to tha t wish. Exc ellentshooting, unlimited bags, and legal openseasons four, five, and even six mont hs longare available to you on the nearest shootingpreserve.Th e growth of shooting preserve popul ar ityis proof positive that the pr eserves offer awork abl e solution to the pr oblem of where tohunt, and there is a shooting preserve withineasy reach of nearly every major populationcenter in the United Stat es. Shootingpre serves ar e ideal for men and women whosetime for sport is limited. They are perf ectalso for the sportsman who wishes to intro ­d uce his wife, son, or daught er to the sho01­ing sports.Shooting pr eserves ar e pri vately owned orleased acreage on which ar tificially prop a­ga ted ga me is released for the purpo se ofhunting, usuall y for a fee, over an extendedseason. Good game cover is plan ned and cultivated; game bird s are carefully bred,reared, and conditioned. At mat urity, pheasants,quail, chukars, or wat erfowl are releasediR . eli~:;:n\.;\\, P ~.. w~ll'

14 GUNS JANUARY 19~9Island castle was guarded by men and dogs against trespassers who might steal or be injuredby stored munitions. Dogs are gone, but secrets of island are still well guarded..ARSEN.ALC>~ ~:I1e~UDSON3RD OUTSIDER IN 50 YEARS TO VISIT BANNERMAN HUDSON RIVER ISLAND CASTLE.GUNS STAFFMAN EXPLORES THE GUN TRADE·S BIGGEST MYSTERYGUNS STAFFMAN EXPLORES THE GUN TRADE·S BIGGEST MYSTERYBy WILLIAM B. EDWARDSDemolition expert Forgett (left)removes fuse from Civil War shell.THE POWER LAUNCH which had bro ught us across the Hudson fr omCornwall, N. Y., churned nearer to Po lopel Island. I could see the squaremass of the castellated warehouse loomin g out of the morning haze. Th ebreakwater was awash with the tide, but we rounded the long southern armand chugged between the guard turrets, passed a worn sign which proclaimed" Keep Out-Explosives- Arm ed Guards." In quiet excitement Iwaited for the boatman to br ing the laun ch alongside the wad. I could waitpatiently. Along with milli ons of passengers on the New York Central' s waterlevel route up the Hud son, along with thou sand s of gun collectors who kn owthe fabul ous Bann erman ar ms business and its incredible catalog (whichafter 90 years is still a standard reference work for gun students) - I, too,had long wondered "What's on Bannerman Island ?"Since that day in 1942 when I wandered into the long, narrow shop onlower Broadwa y, the building at 501 with its antique "Bannerman-Firearms"and gold bullion letters on the facade proclaiming "Army & NavyOutfitters" which has hardly changed in a half century; since that day whenI bought a ru sty Spencer rifle on their "Specials" table for $2, Bannerman'scatalog and company had been a moulding factor in my collecting of oldguns. With the tr emend ous post-World War II interest in arms collecting,

JFabulous wall at Bannerman's Broadway store lias been stocked for years witliarms from Island. Photo shows display in 1940's; but rare guns still turn up.some other mer chant s have tri ed to imitate Bann erm an,with more or less success. But it is not easy to imitate alegend. And legend Bann erman's has become, largely becauseof the Island. Now I was to be the third outsider ina generation to set foot on the Island. Th e first was anArmy colonel who visited the Island after World War II.The second man was sitting by me in the launch: ValmoreForgett, late PFC, Ordnance Corps, USA, now owner ofthe Service Armam ent Co., also known as "Ma Hunter's."Bann erm an bou ght the island in 1900 from one Th omasTaft , who had bought the rocky crag in Newbur gh Bay tokeep it fr om being used as a depot for untaxed whiske y.Taft cut out the bootlegging and entailed the title with onecondition, that no liquor be sold on the Island. This becameone of the most ironic twists in the story of the IslandArsenal, for as it turned out, the condition should haveread , "No whiskey shall be used here." On that Island,Fra ncis Bann erman erected a rambling castellated warehousefive stori es high, rising some fifty feet ab ove thelevel of the Hud son. He needed the Island to store 20,000,­000 rounds of capture d Spanish 7mm Mauser ammunition,as well as thousands of Mauser rifles captured in theSpanish-Ameri can War. Ultimately he moved other munitions to the Island, including case after case (possibly asman y as a hundred thousand at one time) of Civil WarSpringfield rifles, Of most interest to Forgett profession allywere tons of Civil War and Spanish War artillery shells,corroded int o dangerous condition. In addition, Bannerman,to build a foundation on which to place his arsenal,sunk barges in the Hudson-barges filled with live CivilWar artillery projectiles. As we disembarked and walkedacro ss the crumbling concrete walk, I noti ced that the overgrowthof pois on ivy was tangl ed about the nose studs offused Parrott rifle shells.The potentially dangerous condition of the age-oldmunitions stored on the Island became apparent to the Bannermanpeople recently, and they tri ed to locate an ordnance expert who would deactivate the unsafe munitions.

They contacted West P oint 's Museum and were told, "Gosee Val Forgett." Th ey also wrote to Aberdeen ProvingGround. " Only man in civil life we know who would tacklethat job is Forgett," they were told. Thus warmly recommended, the engaging pr oprietor of Service ArmamentCompany was willing to risk life and limb to take a look.With an ever-present possibility of stepping on some ancientfuse rotten with verdi gri s that would detonate from thepressure of a foot, we tr od Bann erman 's Island.Th e br eakwater (compo sed of thousands of .45·70 musketbarrels dump ed in and mortered over) led to a northground-level door. Beside the entrance I suddenly paused,scooped int o a tin box filled with the pine needles ofdecades, and pulled out a 1" Gatling Gun cartridge casethat crumbled in my fingers fr om corrosion. That case, in"keepab le" condition, would be worth fr om $5 to $10 toa collector. There must have been a hun dred in the boxonce-now gone beyond recall.Inside the first floor of the main war ehouse, we walkedpast stacks of amunition cases. Th ese chests, each abouttwo by one by three feet in cube, contained some of the20,000 rounds of high explosive Spanish War cannon ammunitionthat Bann erman wanted deactivated. In addition,there were round metal canisters, na vy gray, holdingan even two dozen two-poun der br ass case cartridges. Theshells were pa inted red, high explosive, and the fuses wereof a type tha t is "armed," by the shock of discharge, readyto fire on impact. These shells were condemned, so thestory goes, because they had been dr opped once in tr ansport.We shook one slightly-something rattled inside.I looked at the piles of ammo chests rising twice as highas my head int o the dimn ess of the unlighted warehousevault, and wonde red how easy it would be to "shock" thema second time for detonation . I certainly did not envyForgett his job.We con tinued to pr obe. My gun-hunting instincts were allp,rim:d to find ~ 20-musket _~ rm o r r _ ch e~t , or one of thosea second time for detona tion . I cer tainly did not envyForgett his job.We con tin ued to probe. My gun-hunting instinc ts were allpr imed to find a 20-musket armo ry chest, or one of thosechun ky square boxes containing fifty Frontier Colts, theway Uncle Sam used to ship them. But ru st and dustcovered everything. There was no system, no order, justchaos.To the rear on the first floor, Island caretakers had laidout a hundred cases of .45-70 ammunition for one dealerorder. More cases held tens of thousands of the brass-bulletSpanish Remington cartridge. Off in a corne r by a rickety,danger ous stairway where three big chests, lids smashed.Each contained Spanish Mauser cartridge clips, once-brightwith fresh nickel plate for tropical issue, now spotty andstained with age.On the second floor we discovered more interesting relics.A pile of scrap resolved itself into a tangle of .50·70 riflebarreled actions. We appar ently had stumbled on Bannerman's"factory" area where, long years ago, skilledworkmen had remodeled long Army rifles into cadet musketsfor private military academies. In another section ofthis floor, we came upon hundreds of sword hilts-just thehilts and about a foot of blade, and scabbards chopped inhalf, all of the American Civil War patt ern. North-SouthSkirmish fans would like that cache before someonechopped'em in half. Further on, we came to Gatling Guncarriages, with wood-spoke wheels smashed, and the br onzehub s missing. One trunnion cap remained ; its fellow hadbeen ham mered off, "What is this, battl efield salvage?" Iasked. "Heck no," Forgett snorted. "A former caretakerwas an alcoholic, and he took boatloads of brass over to themainland to peddle for booze!" So much for pr ohibition,public or private. .. . In sorrow, I counted the GatlingGun carriages . Each was damaged, the guns gone, theirheavy brass housings melted years ago. A few barrels, adamaged set of trunnion arms or two, some gears, a bentfeed case-all that rem ained of a dozen fine Colt Gatlings.I took the light and decided to pass to the highest pointquickly, to get the lay of the land , and then continue thesearch working down. The top was a huge "captain's walk"rin ged by a parapet and with gun shields set in embrasures,for the Navy quick-firers- light guns shoo ting the twou- - ~ - - -- . - . --- ---0-- - -- r ~ _ . ....quickly, to get the lay of the land, and then con tinue thesearch working down . The top was a hu ge "captain's walk"rin ged by a parapet and with gun shields set in emb ras ures,for the Navy quick-firers-light guns shoo ting the twopoundshell, that old Fra ncis had bought from the Spa nishWar sales. Even these guns (Continued on page 52)Scotsman's Island warehouse could transfer heavy gunsthrough big doors directly to vessels for shipment.Main gate has phony portcullis lattit:e and beams likecannon. Chains do not really operate drawbridge.

Gun from Farragut's flagship "Hartford" issilent sentinel amid the poison ivy of oldcastle island. In foreground, a Gatling Guncaisson decays from the wind and weather.Store stocks quantities of uniforms for propsand rents guns to movies, theatres. Islandstill has bales and boxes of Civil War and1898 equipment unopened and unlisted.Rare four-barreled flint pistol is typical of finer guns soldin store, Catalog seldom has current price, as they go fast.Stock of collectors guns likeIrish f1inter, German wheellockand British blunderbussis always available at No . 50 I.

] 8 GUNS JANUARY 1959'Rifle should be carried so it leaves room foryou (and the horse) to work, and where youcan pullit when needed. Gun? A Win. •30-30.After 45 years as cowboy, professional hunter,and law officer, Walter Rodgers knows guns astools of a trade at which he is "a n old pro ."By WALTER RODGERSGET IT STR AIGHT - I'm no gun expert. I'm nobodyfrom nowhere, called Slim by them that know me, an das to shooting, I'm ma ybe the world 's poorest shot. I' ve suremissed plent y !True , I' ve had to try some shots tha t made missing down ­ri ght easy; and in the course of some 25 years as workingcowboy, followed by 20 years as a professional pr edator yan ima l hunter, mixed up with qu ite a variety of experiencesas a law enforcement officer, I' ve handled a few guns- andseen some handled by some real good gunners. But, fri end ,if you're looking for a treatise on the int ernal ballistics ofsome new caliber, this ain't it. This is just a piece aboutworking guns and working cowboys and how the two gotogether. The guns are apt to be a little older than new, andsort of weathered and work-battered, with ma ybe a scre w or

Homemade belt and spring-type cut-away holster hold gunwhere Walter wants it, lets qun come free without muchFanned draw leaves guns uncocked until left hand sweepsover to cock gun and fire _shot. Satisfactory dose-rangeWORKING SADDLEMEN WHO CHOOSE "PEACEMAKERS"AND .30-30S AREN'T CRAZY: THEY'REPICKING TOOLS THEY KNOW FOR THE JOB THEY DOtwo loose some where - more or less resemb ling, youmight say, the men who use them. But , one way or another, they get the job done when it's needed, and that'swhat a man rememb ers.Th at is Walter Ro dgers' own introduction of himself ­and although editors should be both unseen and unheard ,I kn ow Walter and would like to add a bit to his intro ­duction . Walter's first article in "The American Rifleman,"back in 1948, brought a record flood of enthusiastic letters,man y of them from precision riflemen whose guns andpin-point accuracy would win Walter's ungrudging admiration- just as his fluid ease in bowlin g a runnin g jackwith a rickety old .30-30 lever action or a mule-earedCac/i niTi YY'4((' '6r~i1g Ji ia ;~chTa It%(/'0] ~iLtliusiast~[titters:man y of them from precision riflemen whose guns andpin-point accuracy would win Walter's ungrudging admiration- just as his fluid ease in bowlin g a runnin g jackwith a rickety old .30-30 lever action or a mu le-earedPeacemaker would win theirs. Walter is one of a breedof men to whom guns were (and are) the tools of the day'swork. Give him a couple of shots "to get the feel of it"and he'll do things with a rifle you and I would have discardedas junk that I couldn't do with the best piece I own.Walt er kn ows thin gs about guns that men never learn frombooks - thou gh his own book , "Huntin' Gun" (InfantryJournal Press, 1949) will tell you some of them .-EBM,Editor.I remember one gun I had - a Model 69 Winchester .22caliber. It shot eight inches high when I got it secondhandin a swap. The magazine catch was tricky and Ilost two clips before I bent a slab of leat her over th erelease and secured the catch with a rubber band. I br okethe stock myself soon aft er I got it, beat ing the brainsout of a big coyote that had a death grip on an old trapdog I had got used to ; but I fixed that (the stock, I mean )with a bandage of green rawhide I swiped from a cowtoo dead to need it any longer. I was keeping recordsthen for my reports to the Office of Predator Control, soI can give you a rea l ballistic report on that little rifle. Iused it on 1,260 working days, and I mad e about 4,600~ 10 1H lrjH o d ";tJ,, ;tw it h a Dan age 01It O ~~ A "'1_t OJ tAr Q,) ~ ~£mAtoo 11 7green rawmce 1 SWIped Hom a cowtoo dead to need it any longer. I was keeping recordsthen for my reports to the Office of Predator Control, soI can give you a rea l ballistic report on that little rifle . Iused it on 1,260 working da ys, and I mad e about 4,600clean kills with it. It accounted for 823 coyotes, 117badgers, 102 porcupi nes, 161 skunks, 784 haw ks, 23 owls,20 eagles, 79 wild house ca ts, 6 wild dogs, 1 fox, 1 bob ­cat, 30 ground squirr els, 68 prairie dog s, 125 rattlesnakes,1,260 jack rabbits, and about 1,000 cottontails. (U nderstand,I wasn't shooting for fun, or for record; this wasthe wor k I was hi red for-or such part of it as I could dowith that kind of a rifle. ) It wasn 't a prett y rifle, no r evena very good ri fle considering the (Continued on page 45)

"THE MARINES HAVE LANDED AND ESTABLISHEDA BEACHHEAD!"A FAMILIAR HEADLINEFOR A TYPICAL MARINE VICTORY-WITH PISTOLSTHE WORLD SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS were firedin Moscow in August, with some 600 marksmen from 27countries competing. As expected, the Russians, with first-classguns in the hands of superb shooters with many months oftraining practice behind them, took most of the honors. Butthere were at least two major bright spots:Great Britain won the smallbore rifle competition, takingboth team and individual Firsts. (Dr. Oakley of London shot anew record of 396x400 at 50 meters to win the individual.)And a U. S. Marine, Captain William McMillan, won theWorld Centerfire Pistol title. This is the story of Bill McMillan,one of the great competitive pistolmen of all time and not badwith a rifle; the man Marines call "The shootin'est Marine."By BILL TONEYForme r Nat ional Pistol ChampionFormer Nat ional Pistol ChampionChampion 's shooting stanceis relaxed. his kit simpleand unpretentious. But theman-gun combination is oneof the best in gun history.

Mac checks his pet centerfire gun ,a Colt's Officers Model Match .38 .alongside kit holding (I. to r.] aRuger Mark I .22 with muzzle brake,the High Standard Olympic .22 usedin Olympic speed-fire at Moscow,one Colt's .45 with Gi les Heavy andone plain .45 for Servi ce matches.T F A MARINE Gl- - JER had not said in ellect. "Shoo tIF A MARINE GU\NER had not said in effect, "Shoo tthe pistol or pick up brass on the rifle range," theworld's centerfire pistol champion might never have entered handgun compe tition.In his ea rly years, Bill McMillan had no ink lin g of theimpact he would have on shooting in the Ma rine Corps,in America, and through out the world. During his schoolyears, the fam ily moved about fr equ entl y, living in varioussmaller towns in the vicinity of Pittsburgh , Penn sylvani a.He never belonged to a riAe team nor had an y formalfirea rms tr ainin g. In fact, he never had a gun of his ownuntil he was alread y well on the way to shooting fam e.His only contact with shooting had been very casual;no thing beyond infor mal plinking and hunting.He enlisted in the Mar in e Corps on July 8, 1946 , shortlyafter graduating fr om high schoo l in Turtle Cre ek, Pennsylvania.There was no special reaso n for his enlistment;it ju st happened that \fay. Ma rksmans hip is always animportant part of a Marine's boot training, and McMilla ngot his indoctrin ati on - with the riAe. His fr iend s stillrib him ab out his long assignment to the only riAe sentrypost at the Brooklyn j avy Ya rd. Some say that the postwas created for him because he had not yet qualified witha pis tol. But, it was not his fault. He did not receiveinstruction and tr aini ng with the pistol for about the firstten months of his service."Mac" had taken to the rifle very readily, and he show edeven mo re ap titude for pistol marksman ship when he gotto it. Still the young Marine did not realize what he had.Ti me passed, and it became apparent to his instructorsWeighing trigger pull on .45 a uto. to make sure it iswithi n legal limit , champion de monstrates attention todetail essential to success in tough competitive sport.that thi s man was tea m material. Assigned to an advancedmarksmanship unit, he still loved the rifle and was showingno gr eat interest in pistol shooting . CWO Earl W. Whit·tak er , under wh om he was un dergoin g training, cured thatby giving him the choice of further ad van ced pistol trainingor a fatigue detail picking up empty shell cases on the riflerange. Th e decision \VIIS qui ckly (Continued on page 47 )

Stocker N. E. Nelson brinas out arain of mapleGUI\ISTOCK BEAUTIES 01\1CHOOSING A RARE WOOD FOR RESTOCKING YOUR BESTSPORTER WILL GIVE YOU PLEASURE IN ADDED BEAUTY.Author's collection of sportersshows markings of rare woods ;suigi-finished is 2nd from top.;':'";t'"

Nelson holds maple sp ort e r wit h stock th at wo uld run perhaps$50 for th e blank alone. Wood in fine g rades may~~.~ t II: ~I.....~ ~~ L.. :__ ~_~.. t~• • s. ~ L.... . I _ .s:__ Is L.. _ u _'PARADEBy DICK SIMMONSGUNS HAVE A FASCINATJON for many people .But one of th e most fascinating field s of rifle ­dorn is the stocking of rifles with vario us kinds ofwood s. Th e stock is one of the most obvio us featuresof any kin d of firearm, but more so on a rifl e thanon a shotgun or pi st ol, simply becau se there is mor eof it.A stoc k can be carved, checkered , inl ayed, orshaped to cer tain styles and shapes, a ll of which helpto set it apart as an individual thing. On the oth erhand, you can look for certain pieces of figu red woodth at also sets th at pa rticular weapon apart frommost others. I have tr aveled ma ny hundreds of mil eslooki ng ove r va rio us stock blanks to find unusuall ymarked or well figur ed pieces to ma ke up intofini shed stocks. I have received much enjoyment insearching for them, fini shing them up, and thenapplyin g the oil, lacqu er or· varn ish to bring out th etrue hi gh -ligh ts and colors th at one can never predictbefore han d. T he _anticipJltion is much lik_e th atfini shed stoc ks. I have received mu ch enjoy ment insearching for them , fini shing them up , and th enapplying the oil, lacqu er or varn ish to bring out thetru e hi gh-l ights and colors that one ca n never predictbefo re han d. Th e anticipa tion is mu ch like th atreceived by the .agate cutter or gem po lisher, as veryseldo m do any two gems, or gunstocks, fini sh upalike.Yo u do not have to tra vel in orde r to obtaindifferent spec ies of woods for stock-blank purposes.Ma ny private individuals a nd fir ms handle nu meroustypes of imported woods. Any lar ge city has hardwoodlumber supply firms th at spec ialize in th esewood s, an d goo d, well seaso ned blan ks can bepurchased fr om five to twenty-five d ollars. Many ofthe superg ra de burl, cro tch or finely figured va rietieswill run as high as th irty-five to fift y dollars, but yo uwill have a stoc k th at yo u will be co ntinually sho wingwith pri de, so they ar e well worth paying the extraamo unt for.Walnut has always been co nside red the finest ofstoc k woo d, but this sho uld by no means eliminate

Before and after of a stock blank.Rare maple burl blank (right) wassea soned 25 years, shaped into com ­bina tion of ma n made and natural artas stoc k fo r 7mm by N. H. Hultgren.other wood s whic h are equal in strength and far mor eatt ractive. Circassian walnut, which comes fr om Russia,and is no longer obtainable, has always been conside redthe finest stock wood procurable, with French wa lnutr unning seco nd in choice. Gu nsmith Roy Vai l of Warwick,New York ; Flaig's of Millvale, Pa. ; and Herter 's ofWaseca, Minneso ta, ar e three firm s amo ng others whi chspec ialize in handling French walnut. The English, Italianand America n walnuts are all good, with those trees whi chgro w the slowest and in a more temperate climate beingthe best. In the past few years we have been getting al'lcW " ~.L trR';' Ff'cl'l6·'!.1 arrl"Bfn:ther n • C,\lif&'.mi"uk!\Q,l"Y 0':'Waseca, Minneso ta, ar e three firm s amo ng others whi chspec ialize in handling French walnut. The English, Italianand American walnuts are all good, with th ose trees whichgrow the slowest and in a more temperate climate bein gthe best. In the past few years we have been getting awalnut fr om centra l and northern California known as" Claro" walnut which in figure and color has most an yother walnut in the wor ld beat. We ar e going to hear a lotab out thi s particul ar walnut specie in the future. Oakley &Merkley, P.O. Box 2'lLI6, Sacramen to, California, is themain firm that is specia lizing in cutting, drying anddistributing Claro wa lnut blanks. I persona lly would nottrade a goo d blank of Claro for any walnut grown, butthat of course is only a per sonal opin ion. Howe ver, I not ethat man)"" of our top-n otch stockers are now turn ing tothi s wood as better th an an y which has been imp ortedfor many years.Eastern maple makes a very hard and durable stock ; onethat will take a lot of kn ockin g around and abuse with outdenting. Curley an d Fidd leback or Tiger-Stripe are themor e commo n names applied to this eastern maple andwhen fini shed up in a " suigi" or blow-torch finish theyare ge nuine beauties in any gun ra ck. I have such a stockon my .257 Roberts and after seven seasons of hun tingit still looks like new. I also might add that I receive mor e_ge nuine comp limen ts on this "s uigi" finished stock thanon any other in my gun rack. Eastern maple is slightlyheavy, but is without a doubt one of the toughest andmost durable of stock woods.Western Ma ple is being used quite a bit at the pr esenttime and thi s is one wood that the blow -tor ch can reallydo ju sti ce to. In fact ver y plain blan ks that would showlighter-weight wood than the eastern maple, but quite stro ngand entirely suitable for stocking purpo ses. I hav e one onmy combinatio n target-hunting .30-06. Stockmaker Ne w­ma n Nelsen, Rt. 12, Box 700, Olympia, Washingto n ; andAnthony Guymon, Inc., 203 Shore Dri ve, Bremer ton,Washing ton, ar e two who specialize in supplying blanksas well as furnishing ma chine turned and hand madestocks of western maple wood . Guymon puts out an outstandin g boo klet whi ch pic tures and describes the variousspecies of western maple and this boo klet is free for theasking. " Basketwea ve", " Shell Flame", & "Crazy" , as well'1fJ1Jr"I!;"wll, 'Yf:Ulrncwn .Fvi'We!wr.kL- T.i8" P ~u~~i ~ .'1~ ..HiUk'\1as well as furnishing ma chine turned and hand madestocks of western maple wood . Guymon puts out an outstandingboo klet whi ch pic tures and describes the variousspecies of western maple and this boo klet is fre e for theasking. " Basketweave" , " Shell Flame", & "Crazy" , as wellas the usual well known Fiddleback, Tiger Tail and Bird s­eye varieties of western maple are to be had. The firs tth ree named species are absolutely bea uti fu l species ofstock wood and unbelievably unusual. Th ey have to beseen to be appreciated.Myrtlewood is ano ther favo rite of mine. I have hadwonderful success with it, due entire ly (in my belief ) tothe fact that I never used a blan k th at wasn't entirely dr y.I have stocks made of this wood th at were picked for coloron ly, with grain running in every direction bu t the ri ghtway, yet they give me consistently accura te groups anddo not walk around in the least. I have never had onecra ck on me, and they ar e very unu sually ma rked. I havefive rifles stocked in Myrtle and would not wish to partwith any of them for an y reason . All blanks wer e driedtwo years befor e I purcha sed them. The Myrtle Shop atCoq uille, Orego n and The Ho use of Myrt le Wood, High ­way 99, Grants Pass, Ore gon , are two firm s who specia lizein fu rnishing well seasoned blanks of Myr tlewood. It ismuc h nicer if you can persona lly visit these firm s to pickout exactly what you wish, bu t if you will state yourpreference by letter the owner s will do their best to pleaseyou. Myrtle finished up in clear plast ic ma kes one of themost attractive stocks one can possibly find.California Mesquite, a " screwbean type", which isfound only around the water holes in the desert, is to mymind one of the most attrac tively ma rked stock woods.

Guns 3rd AnnualPOLICE AWARDFOR SERVICES IIBEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IIGUNS reports with pride, and with sincere admirationof the work police officers are doingthroughout America, the results of our ThirdAnnual Police Award.This was the biggest one yet; biggest in number ofentries, and biggest also in complexity in judgingthose entries. Judges agreed early in the game thatit would be necessary to set up different categoriesinto which different types of services by police, withguns, in the public interest, could be compared. Thecategories established were: acts of heroism involvingpolice and guns; acts beyond the ca ll of duty in promotingshooting within a police department; and servicesbeyond the call of duty in promoting shootingand gun safety in the community outside the policedepartment. These categories were judged to be ofequal importance, and the three winners named beloware listed alphabetically, each on a par with theothers. Each of the three will be awarded the handgunof his choice, suitably inscribed and deliveredin appropriate presentation ceremonies.In addition, GUNS' judges chose five other namesand gun satety in the community outside the policedepartment. These categories were judged to be ofequal importance, and the three winners named beloware listed alphabetically, each on a par with theothers. Each of the three will be awarded the handgunof his choice, suitably inscribed and deliveredin appropriate presentation ceremonies.In addition, GUNS' judges chose five other namesof officers whose services, in one or the other of thethree categories, could not be overlooked. These five men are named below forHONORABLE MENTION.In our next issue, GUNS will tell the stories of these eight men, with pictures,so that our readers everywhere may honor them for the work they have done andare doing in the defense of law and order and in the promotion of shooting skilland shooting safety.W INNERSDETECTIVE LAWRENCE M cCALLIONPHILADELPHIA POLICECOMM . MAURICE C. PETESCHDEERFIELD, ILLINOISLT. MORRIS G . SEAMANBAKERSFI ELD, CALIF.NO ~;1 IN ATED BYEDWARD L. CAUMPH ILA DELPH IA, PENNA .LESLIE E. FIELDCHICAGO, I LL.RESERVE LT. C. McCRACKENRESERVE LT. A . R. THODYAND 200 M EM BERS OF BAKERSFIELDPOLICE DEPT.HONORABLE tv~ENTIONSGT. EUGENE C. CARLILEEVANSVILLE, IND .SGT. JOSEPH CART ENSTRATFORD, CONN.SHERIFF J. HOWELL FLOURNOY~I-lHVFPORTI O IJl~IANANO M INA TED BYCHIEF OF POLICE C H A RLES M. GASHEVANSVILLE, IND.THOMAS FIRRANTELLOSTR ATFO RD, CONN .ROBERT DYMENTnl l tr... V l b V .... v

YOU.R TARGET IS SMALLERVital area of deer may be smaller than circle of sighting-intarget. Straight shooting is needed for clean kill..."Gut shot is largest section of deer where wound probablywould be fatal but animal can run all day if hit there.

DON'T LEAVE IT ALL UP TO THE RIFLE!PLACING YOUR SHOT RIGHT IS ESSENTIALFOR CLEAN KILLS. AND CLEAN KILLSARE ESSENTIAL TO GOOD SPORTSMANSHIPBy ALFRED J. GOERGThroat shots from flank or front don't leaveroom for error. Vital hit must score in 9ring, requiring accurate rifle and good aim.Throat shots from flank or front don't leaveroom for error. Vital hit must score in 9ring, requiring accurate rifle and good aim.Six-inch aiming bull shows just getting shot in black isnot accurate enough. Neck shot [ebove] ruined cape.

TENOF THEKick of 8-bore rifle, 1700 grainbullet and 165 Ibs. recoil provesBuehler scope mount can take it.Classic-car buff Buehler proudly hangs photos of his two restored Rolls Royce motor carsbeside desk in office which holds samples of current rifles for which he makes scope mounts.

WORLD'S BIGGEST RIFLESGUN CRANK INVENTOR MAYNARD BUEH LER TESTS HIS SCOPE MOUNTS ON HUGERIFLES THAT MAKE ORDINARY MAGNUMS LOOK LIKE PIPSQUEAKS~ - -~~~~ ~~---~ ~~ ~~---, H''By KENT BELLAHHo llis' Martini single shot rifle of type stillpopu lar with some hunters in Africa is .577necke d to .450, deliv ers power at both ends.Big Westley Richards falling bloc k singlerifle is .500-.450 used by Buehler to testst urdy rigidity of new scope mount designs.Buehler l i ~ e s to develop loads for his collectionof "World's Ten Most Powerful Rifles."GUN FANS DRI VE out of their way to visit MaynardBuehler at Orin da, California. Maker of one of thesmallest parts of a rifle, its safety, Buehler's attraction forthe gun cran k tourist is his collection of the world 's biggestrifles. Among Buehler's many fine rifles, there are setaside "Ten of the World 's Most Powerful Rifles." Gunsare Buehler's hobby, but the big bores are part of hisbusiness. All are scope mounted, in his mounts. They arehis testing ground for the rugged scope fittin gs he makes,along with his special low bolt action rifle safetys.Few shooters think of pip-squeak rifles when they thi nkof Buehler, but his mounts are used on many .22 ri m firerifles. And if the mount holds zero on his big guns, it willcertainly hold on hot .22 to .45 calibers. His largest rifleis a flintlock 2-bore, 1.18" diameter with 11 grooves, thatuses a 3,500 grain (half pound) bullet delivering 17,500foot pound s of muzzle energy at 1,500 feet per second.It makes our .50 caliber machin e gun bullet weighing1/ 5th as much, with a listed M.E. of 12,000 £.p., seem like.l. u \J _ ~ , .- a _ • •• ~ ~~ a .. _ ~•• - - 0 - - - - - - ' --_.-.uses a 3,500 grain (half pound ) bullet delivering 17,500foot pound s of muzzle energy at 1,500 feet per second.It makes our .50 caliber machine gun bullet weighin g1/5th as much, with a listed M.E. of 12,000 £.p., seem likea dink y plinker.Buehler's battery of "Ten M,ost Powerful Rifles" rangefrom the hot-shot, high velocity, flat trajectory jobs, tothe big, low velocity guns that depend on bullet weight andcaliber for shocking power. His 33 pound 2-bore is a bitheavy for a shoulder arm, but he made a mold to cast3,500 gra in bullets, and loaded them ahead of 28 dr amsFG black powder. Maynard and Dick Hart have fired itover an inner tube, with recoil over two feet no matterhow tight they held the gun.The " little" 8-bore double shoots a 1,250 grain bulletat 1,500 f.p.s, with 10 drams of FG black powder thatdevelops 6,290 f.p. of muzzle energy. The recoil energyis about the same as the muzzle energy of a .38 Short Coltbullet! Some who fire the 8-bore would about as soonbe shot with the .38 S hort Colt cartridge. The smallerlQ-bore H & H double, a type occasionally used in Africatoday, has about the same recoil and energy with thesame powder charge and a 1,200 grain bullet. It weighs17% pounds complete with a K2.5 scope-in a Buehlermount, of course. A couple of cartridges add % lb. tothe weight.More modern rifles include a beaut iful .577 x 3" x 750Nitro Express double, by Westley Richards. 100 grainsof Cordite starts a 750 grain ja cketed bullet at 2,050 f.p.s.,deliverin g 7,020 M.E. Neuman and other great elephanthunters have preferred this caliber to all others becauseit has more penetration than the .600 Nitro Express. Anothershow piece, in a popular caliber, is his .475 No . 2

Standard sporters are dwarfed beside wall rifle over fireplace.Gunsmith Buehler made grate from rifle barrels.Standard sporters are dwarfed beside wall rifle ove r fireplace.Gunsmith Buehler made g rate from rifle barrels.Nitro Express double. It too has a lot of " whammv" atboth ends. 85 grains of Cordite gi\Oe the 480 grain jacketedbullet 2,200 f.p.s. and 5,170 M.E.Th e lower powered 450-.400 x 3%" Magnum NitroExpress has long been popul ar in Africa and Asia, fortwo fast shots at heavy game. 60 gra ins of Cord ite has4,110 f.p. M.E. with a 400 grain jacketed bu llet startingat 2,150 f.p.s, It may surprise some people to learn thatmoderate powered single shot rifles ar e still used by manywhite hunters in Afr ica. Th ese men have learn ed to placea single bullet where it counts. and use the less expensive.lighter weight smg le loaders by choice. Buehler has twofine models, one a .500-.450 x 3%" Westley Richards thatdelivers 2,745 M.E. The other is a .577-.450 HOllisMartini, delivering only 1.850 M.E. In English nomenclature, the doubl e numbered shells mean the lar ger caliberhas been necked down to the smaller caliber. In thisin sta nce, the .577 or .500 Express has been necked downto .450.A " featherweight" bolt action in a heavy caliber isMaynard's .505 Gibb s, a Mannlicher type with 18" barrel.It was built on the Enfield action with a .50 caliber machin egun barrel, and weigh s only 1114 pounds complete withAlaska scope in a Buehler mount. Buehler doesn't particularly recommend the Enfield action, although this onetakes the pressure of the regular cartridge, as well as hissouped-up version of 112 grains HiVel behind 570 grainsolid bullets, giving a mu zzle energy of 7,400 foot pounds.Ever ything about this gun is terr ific, including recoil,muzzle blast, penetra tion, and terminal energy.A flat tra jectory numb er, for pr ecision hits at extremelylong range, is a beautifu l .300 Super Magnum , with a6X scope and Buehler mount on an F.N. action. A fa voriteload, fr om Roy Weatherb y's "Tomorr ow's Rifles Toda y,"gives a M.E. of 4,611 f.p., at 3,400 f.p.s. M.V. with 82grains of 4350 and a 180 grain bullet, in a blown-out .300H&H case. Thi s load is supposed to penetrate two inchesof steel, which is a whale of a lot of penetr ati on for ashoulder weap on.Another super deluxe Buehler rifle is one that, consideringthe bullet weight and velocity, is the most powerfulflat trajector y repeater built today-the .375 Super Magnum.Roy Weatherb y's load of 90 grains No. 4350 with a300 grain bullet gives 2,800 M.V. and 5,223 M.E. Th e F. .action is equipped with a 4XBC scope and you-know-wha tmoun t. Buehler says he can't describe it, and you have tosee it to believe what it does to a block of concrete. Whi lehis 8-bore doub le has a greater " paper" muzzle energy , thehuge slugs at low speed simply lack the " busting" effect ofthe smaller, modern calibers at high velocity.But big bore or medium bore, the ri fles all have terrificrecoil and none will hold zero with an inferior scope mount.Buehler says, and I believe it, that his mount will hold apositive zero on any shoulder weapon . For a number ofyears, famous hunters around the world have been bettin gtheir life on it, and winnin g.Buehler thinks he has the best and most ru gged mount onthe mark et, and man y experienced shooters agree. He recently developed an elevation adjustment to take care ofreceivers that may vary as much as 1/ 32" on the outside.He calls this the "Micro-Dial L niversal" base. All Buehlerrin gs, either solid or split, fit all Buehler bases, and allbases have windage adjustments. The new Micro-Dial basepermits centering the crosshair in the exact optical centerof the scope. Man v shooters are reu lacinz their old-monelrin gs, either solid or split, fit all Buehler bases, and allbases have wind age adjustments. The new Micro-Dial basepermits centering the crosshair in the exact optical centerof the scope. Man y shoo ters ar e replacing their old-modelbases. One scope in one set of rings can be changed fr omone gun to anot her that it fitted with the new base, with outre-zeroing.How Maynard P. Buehler, Orinda, California, became aman ufact ur er, shooter and experimenter who is doing exactlywhat he pleases, is a saga of turning a hobby int o apr ofitab le business. His scope mount and safety is as wellknown in Alaska and Afr ica as in the U. S. Th e low-scopesafety was the start. Scope sights on military rifle conversionsrequir ed a low safety and , as a suitable typewasn't on the market in 1939, Buehler designed one. TheKing Gunsight Co. ordered 100 immediately, and Buehlerwas in business.He had bui lt a millin g machin e at night school, so it wasno prob lem to tool upo The first run was 1.000 safetys forthe Mauser, Springfield, and Winchester 54. Safetys weremade in the basement workshop, and Maynard packagedthem in the garage. Advertising created a nat ional demand.Scope mount adverti sin g pa id so well, the basement shopcould no longer handle the volume. Buehler made a dealwith some old fri ends in Oakland , who had a small factory,to do the manufacturing. But, first, he red esigned and rebuiltall the pr oduction tooling, and furnished millin gmachines specially tooled for the work. Sub-contractin gwas a happy solution and he now has time to handle thebusiness end, conta cting 200 jobbers and 4,600 dealers whosell Buehler mounts and safetys.Buehler was born in Boston, where his love of shootingstarted early. When he was six, (Continued on page 58 )

Where AreTOMORROW'SMINUTEMEN?ByDAVID F. SOULEWE LI KE to think of ourselves as "anati on of ri flemen," self-armed,read y and abl e to das h ou t any time and1 _.cr__ .~ _ .c. _L. ~ . u. __ ~ I I _WE LI KE to thi nk of ourselves as "anati on of riflemen," self-armed,rea dy and able to das h ou t an y time andbecome an effective, fighting, guerr illaforce in resistin g any enemy who mightattack our country.But is it true ?Except for a very few widely scatteredindividuals-and possibly small gro ups incertain also widel y sca ttered areas- no.We're not " a nation of ri flemen." Hardly5 per cent of the men indu cted into thearmed forces for Wo rld Wa r Two knewhow to shoot a rifle even passably well. Astunningly high percentage had never somuch as fired a rifle or handgun. Andit is highl y doubtful th at as ma ny as oneof 100 of the men who were fam ilia r withweap ons knew enoug h ab out woodscraftto live off the lan d and fight effectivelyas guerrillas .If this seems to you to be a pessimistic appraisa l, ask yourself this question : Ifthis country were hit toni ght and you were a surv ivor, what would you do?Involved in that questi on ar e these qu estions: Where would you go? With whom?How would you get there? Wh at would you tak e with you? And what would you do,or try to do, af ter you got there ?Tim e was, you remember , when the American colonies helped defeat invad ersby the more or less individual efforts of the "Minute Men ." Arme d with gun skillsand wood s skills gained in Indian fighting and in getting meat for their tabl es,tnese men were a formidable force against the world's finest soldiery . But tim eshave changed, and men ha ve changed with the times. How many men today couldsurvive and fight und er similar conditions?Wh ere to go and how to get there would, in itself, be an (Continued on page 63)

GIVE THE LITTLEHUNTING TOGETHER, THIS SOUTHFLORIDA COUPLE SHARE SPORTIN WHICH WOMAN'S SKILL CANOFFSET MASCULINE MUSCLEITo avoid being left behind as a "hunting widow," Zephyr Bodeurges ga ls prepare for gun sport by reading up on hunting .By MARION RUBINSTEINHUNTI NG HUSBANDS whose wives complai n abo ut being " hunting widows"can take a tip fr om Zephyr Bode, a wife who has earned hunti ng equalitywith the best men hunters, including her husband. Take her along with you!( -.;'tl'tnr'" n"tp · M pn w h o " rp. lritter about feminine invasions of masculineHUNTI NG HUSBANDS whose wives compla in about being " hunting widows"can take a tip fr om Zephyr Bode, a wife who has earned hunting equalitywith the best men hunters, including her husband. Take her along with you!(E ditor's note : Men who ar e bitter about feminine invasions of masculinepr erogatives, who believe that a hunt is primarily a chance to " get away fro m itall," includ ing "the littl e woman," had better hid e this magazine to avoid connubialdissension. We'r e not necessar ily advocating "togethern ess" in aU itsphases, but women are hunting, and liking it ; and once that fact is accepted, theidea of making them good hunters has merit. And that's the theme of this story.)Zephyr Bode says a lot of women think hunting is too rough and tough formost women and that only a big, strong woman could "take" it. Mrs. Bode thinkshusbands may have fost ered this belief, to some extent. She thinks some husbandsmay have fostered it because they ju st don 't want women along on hunts, andsome may have fostered it becau se they think women in hunting clothes andhunting surroundings would necessarily be " unfeminine" or somethi ng. Zeph yrherself refutes both of these theories. She is ju st five feet tall , weighs ju st 110pounds, admits she's 40 but could easily pass for 25, and the way she looks inhunting garb has convinced numerou s strong anti-femin ists that mixed huntinghas point s in its favor.Zephyr is a good hunter. Thi s is not so surprising when you learn that sheowned her first rifle at the rip e age of eight and has been hunting ever since, withgood teachers. Her first teacher was her fath er ; a man who loved hunti ng, wanteda son to hunt with him, and, failing that, taught his small daughter to be hishunting compa nion . "That was lucky for me," says Ed Bode, Zephyr's husband,an exporter who sometimes spends more time hunting th an he does at his business.Ed is intensely proud of Zephyr 's hunting ability, even to the po int of boastingthat she is a better hu nter than he is.But a gal doesn't have to have hunted aU her life to be an acceptable huntingpartner, Zephyr advises. She says it' s a lot easier than, for instance, learningto be an acceptable mixed-four some golfer or tenn is player or bowler-becausein any of those games a woman has to be really a lot better, skill-wise, than themen in the game, to make up for the men's superiority in muscle. Strength makeslittl e or no difference in shooting, and any woman who will follow a simple set of

LADY A GUNC omely lass who belies real age of 40 keeps young bykee ping active. Outdoor ga rb was selected by Zephyrafter study of lad ies' hunting fash ions. At rig ht, sheand husband Ed unload duck boat, handing guns out first.commonsense suggestions can make herself at least "goodenoug h to take along, even good enough to win a lot ofsince re masc uline admirati on. "You don't really ha ve tobe very good for men to pra ise you," says Zeph yr. " Mostmen expect women to be (a ) awkward, or (b) ju st plainstupid, with guns; and when you're not, they think you' rewonde rf ul !"Here is Zeph yr 's "simple set of commonsense suggestions :"1. Learn to shoo t. It's no t har d. Sotto voce, Zeph yrsaid, " If your husban d is even-tempered and reasonablypa tient, have him teach you. If no t, take lessons fr omsomebod y else and save wear and tear on fam ily relati ons.If your husband is a duck hunter, or an upland bird hunter ,you' ll want to learn to shoo t a shotg un. Go out to yourlocal trap or skeet range, rent a gun, and get the pro toteach you. If hu bby is a big game hunter, or a varminter,or any kind of a rifle hunter , hu nt up your local rifle targetclub and let them teach you. Ten to one they'll be so delighted by your wanting to learn that they'll go to no end ofpa ins to teach you.2. " Pay particular att enti on to all your teacher says aboutgun safety. Men ar e particularly critical even of men whofor get the rul es of safe gun hand lin g, and this is as itsho uld be. Th ey'll be watching the fema le member of thepa rty with extra attenti on. If they see that you know theru les and are caref ul to observe them, they'll give you creditbeyond your due.3. " Read a few articles and a few books on hunting.You 'll be surprised, first, how int eresting they ar e ; and,second, how much you can learn fr om them. You can learna great deal in thi s way about the game you hunt, aboutwhere to aim , what to do and not to do in th e woods. Incidentally, do some reading too on game cookery. If there'san y doubt ab out your welcome with the men of a huntingparty, you can remove it by com ing up with a really tastygame dinner, cooked inthe woods or at home.4. "Equip yourselfwell before the huntwith clothing and thenecessary gear, and bedead sure it's the rightclothing and the rightgear. Reading can helpyou here, too ; so canad vice from an experiencedhu nter of eithersex."In buying clothing,be sure it's comfort­(Continued on page 50)

. 'AMERICA'S GREATEST SHOO*YE OLD HUNTER SEZ: SAAMI: SAMPLES ARE ALLUNBELIEVABLETHE ROYAL ENFIELDENF~~L1~~~o.~1~Ye Old Hunter illu stra tes all weapons by actual "THE FINEST RIFLE IN THE WORLD" ROONYLAyLSEJ4N.F9'5ELllunr eto uch ed phot ographs so you can see how th eyREALLY look !'·' I' h c Hi flc }" U II C :lI lu u f .:\ ,r u r d .'" 0 '1' ~u Un."." W .ITHOI "T ])Ol'UT t he lll ? s ts hat ter in g ri fle o p portu n it y e ver t o befa ll A m erican sho o ters. A n a x c l u stv ed e a l with England p ennits Ye Olr! H unte r to orre r t h e s e s u p e rb 10 s h o t b o ltaction E n fi eld rep ea t l ng ri rles at far l es s t h a n t h e pri c e o f e ve n a :22 Amer i ca ns p o t-ter. T' h e y all take s tan d a r-d l ·,S. s p o rting .3u 3 Anun o a va i lable e ve r v ­w h e r e . M o s t m od e ls w ith ~, -gT. barrel s ! N eve r befor e s uch mag n ific e n t g unsa t s uch ba r g a in p ricex. (Jt..' t t h e G reu t es t America n G Ull Uarg'ai n f rom Y e 9 1dHu n t er! 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They Call MG Practice"THE PEAK OFPLINKING"By GEORGE B. JOHNSONPolice l ucenile OljicerUnique Schmeisser-action rifle may have beenstyled for police in Germany. Collector Sloanand author (left, be low) check MG 34 feed.COUNTRY'S BIGGEST AUTO WEAPONS COLLECTORHOLDS MEETS WHERE FRIENDS GATHER FOR FUNHOLDS MEETS WHERE FRIENDS GATHER FOR FUNOF BURNING AMMUNITION BY THE CASEr-rHE HATTLl NG RUHSTS OF MACHI NE GUN FIHEshatter the qui et rural afternoon on a farm in southwesternIndiana. Burp guns rip in the " Battle of Sloan'sFarm." This is not a redoubt of the Civil War nor aSouth American revoluti on transferred up north. Heavyand light machin e guns, subs, semiautomatics, and a dozenone-of-a-kind experimen tal ar ms are fired by a bun ch ofgun nut s getting together to shoot for fun with some ofthe most unu sual guns fired today by civilians.Headquarters for this burp gun safari is the Worthington,Indi ana home of Robert D. Sloan, a " typical" fortyishIndiana farmer. Sloan has one of the most fabulouscollections of guns belonging to a private indi vidual inthis country stacked on shelves and han ging on the wallsof his neat, average-looking home. Everything fr om theGatling gun to the latest stamped-out submachine gunsform a neat clutter in almost every room of thi s gun nut'spar adise.Specializing in machine guns for many years past whenmachine gun collectors were as scarce as mint PatersonColts, Sloan has built a collection that is the equal of anyoutside a museum. And, as far as I can learn, it is the onlyplace in the world where this type of weapon can actuallybe fired and tested in relation to others by any person witha legitimat e and sincere interest in weapons.

"Peak of plinking" is description juvenile officer Johnson givesto his dust-raising performance with German light MG.Russian guns , Sloan says, are well made asu.S. MG's; has pan-fed "Deg" and Goryunov.Post-wa r Hungarian submachine gun is prized ite m in Indiana fa rme r Sloan 's collection.Stock folds up like MP 40 , but wooden forearm improves accuracy. Clip also folds.I iPost-wa r Hungarian submachine gun is prized item in Indiana fa rmer Sloan 's collection.Stock folds up like MP 40, but wooden forearm improves accuracy. Clip also folds.Acquiring his first gun, an '08 Maxim for $7.00 back in1929 when the army sold captured material to anyon e whowanted it, Sloa n started collecting machine guns seriouslyin 1938. He got many deactivated full automatic weaponsfr om returning World War II veterans. His shootingmachine guns ha ve been acquired on a Class 4 licensefr om such firm s as Numrich Arms, from whom he obtaineda complete ser ies of experimental Thompsons ; and In ­ter ar mco sold him British Brens, German MG 34's, Dan ishMadsens, and many other interes ting mo dels. He now hasabout 250 guns, more than 150 of them machine guns ofall types an d nation alities, plu s a few cannon to ro undout the collection.His home is a Mecca of interest for gun enthusiasts.Sloan often tak es tim e out fr om his busy farm work toshow visitors hi s collection. He remarks that the gunmost gun bu gs ask to examine is his German FG 42paratroop rifle. Sloan attributes the great interest in thisparticul ar gun to its exo tic appea rence, its rarity, and thefact th at it is one of th e direct forerunners of the presenttr end toward light weight, du al purpose ma chine rifles.Sloan's own fa vor ites ar e the Th ompson submachineguns, " beca use of their romantic ba ckground and finestill the average person's conception of a submachi ne gun,"he commented. Sloan's Th omp sons and some oth er rareexperimental types are th e outstanding items of hiscollection.Hi s Thompson guns include the 1919 model whi ch th ecompany named the " Basic Machine Mechanism." It wasmade without sights or stock and simply intended todemonstrate the acti on. It is un certain how many wheremanufactured. Sloan's is serial nu mber 7, feeding fr om a50 round drum only. Shoo ting it is like handling a waterhose, ju st point and spray.In addition to examples of all the standard modelTh ompson, he has six of the British Birmingham SmallArms Company models in various calibers. He ha s beenunable to get much ba ckgr ound information ab out th eseguns , except that they were made in En gland before WorldWar II for test by the army. Th e factor y was un abl e togive any further information about them because th eirrecords were destroyed by fire. But they did state th atonly ab out 20 of them were made. Bob Sloan would bepleased to hear from an yone who can furnish an y additionalinformation ab out th e BSA or any oth er experimentalmodels. Th ese include a Thompson Light

ifle, and two exper imental submachineguns designated T-2 Thompson, aboutwhich little is known. Sloan thinksthey may have been made up for testat the time the army was consideringthe M-3 Greasegun for adoption .Another two standard model Thompsons,but in .30 Carbine caliber, roundout this group of very interestingguns.When asked his opinion of variousweapons in his outstanding collectionSloan modestly qualifies his statementsby declaring himself "no experton automatic weapons, just a fellowwith a lot of guns." But being ableto closely compare weapons of allcountries has given him an adva ntageover most people; and thi s familiaritycertainly lends some authority to hisopinions.What is his opinion of Americanautoma tic weapons ? "Well made, reliable.But, with one or two exceptions,perhaps lacking in imagination."German? "Usually far superior indesign features to American guns ofthe same period."Russian ? " Simplictiy is the firstthought that comes to mind . The DegtyarevLight Machine Gun is a goodexample. It has only six working partsin the action. Although Russian, v p '.:l1"'\rt,nc ~n t h 9 'na e " l-HI 'U O ~Tl ,..l~ T"l orl +.....tne same period."Russian? "S implictiy is the firstthought that comes to min d. The DegtyarevLight Machine Gun is a goodexample. It has only six working partsin the action. Although Russianweapons in the past have inclined tobe very roughly made, the latest typesI have seen show manufacturingstandards equal to the best Americanmilitar y small arm s manufacture ."In addition to his historical machineguns, Sloan also keeps a supply of themost recent types of machine guns onhan d for sale to police departments.He retails Euro pean guns such as theMadsen and Swedish Carl Gustav submachineguns, but finds that most lawofficers still prefer the older and betterknownThompso n. The psychologicaleffect of the lethal looking "TommyGun" is often so effective in policework as to require no actual shooting.While many of Sloan's guns aredeactivated, most of those he hasacquired since getting a Class 4 firearmslicense several years ago arein shooting condition. It is this thatmakes his collection of such outstandinginterest.Anyon e who has ever done any MGshooting will know what Sloan mean swhen he says that it is difficult todescribe the fun of firin g a full automaticweapon. "The peak of plinking,"would perhaps come closest to describ ­ing it, to anyone who has ever pumpeda rap id fire clip of .22's into a rollingtin can. For, while target prac tice withboth single shots and small bursts arejust as important with machine gunsas any other type, the thing that setsthem apart and makes for lots of funon a summer afternoon is the 4th ofJul y sound of a clip full of lead going~ (),w_pnl !l ""' p ~ n !J hnrru rh ~)"r l .t"i n t'r rl nUTTlootn smg te shots and smai burs ts arejust as important with machine gunsas any other type, the thing that setsthem apart and makes for lots of funon a summer afternoon is the 4th ofJul y sound of a clip full of lead goingsomeplace in a hurry. Chopping downtree stumps with a watercooled Brown ­ing, rolling tin cans with a Sten gun,or shooting clay pigeons with aThompson Sub add a thrill to shootingthat no other (Continued on page 64 )Experimental English 9mm (righthand) and Thompson T-2 transitionmodel are in Sloan's study group.

Kennon twins Bubb er (I) an dMickey (r) learn gu n safety,do n't po int gu ns at camera.Young shooters do not "play" in senior Kennon 's gunroom, but Mickey is honored to be allowed t o weargun belt. The brothers hold .25-06's made by their father.TWINS NOT YET TEENSENJOY GUN FUN WITH SAFETYUNDER GUIDANCE OF DADW HO IS EXPERT SHOT AND GUNSMITH.By WILLIAM HAMMACKTh e A tlont« l ournal &: Constit ution111\11'"I\III\I~HOW YOUNGSHOULD KIDS SHOOT?H o w OLDshould kids bebefore they startshoo ting?There ar e a pai rof eben -yea r -oldtwin boys in Atlanta, Georgia, whohave been ban ginga wa y si nce th e yKids find Dad is good coach as were three yearswell as expert stocker, reloader. old. They ar e supervisedand coachedby their fath er, who is a distin guished mark sman and a topgunsmith.Today, these lads can outshoo t man y expert riflemenana pistoleers. Although they will ha ve to wait a few yearsbefore they ar e old enough to compete in National RiReAssociation Senior matches, they would be strong contendersin these shootfests right now.The boys, Bubb er and Mickey, sons of Mr. and Mrs.T. C. Kennon of Atlanta. took to shooting like young duckstake to swimming. Mr. Kenn on did not push them intohandling firearm s. Nor did he push his dau ghter int otarget prac tice ; but the little girl , Mary Kath erin e, threeyears old, alr ead y has become a junior-grade AnnieOakley. She fires on her fath er's indo or ran ge, her chubbyfinger squeezing triggers on full -size .22 rifles and pistols.Her brothers posses arsenals that any gun enthusiastwould be proud to own. Mickey has put his brand on these:a .22 pump rifle, a .22 single-shot (Continued on page 61 )(;lINS 39

HOW TO GETFive shots from Kindley's favorite.250-3000 dropped into quarter group:93 grain gas check, 24 grs. # 4895.Bullets must be cast sharp, flat basesto take lube and gas checks (at right).Cull handloads and reject cases likeone (left) with off-center flash hole.Cull handloads and reject cases likeone (left) with off-center flash hole.Trimming case neck leaves slight burr.Remove inside and outside by chamferingcutter. Herter tool has right bevel shape.

CAST BULLET ACCURACYGROUPS OF BENCH·REST QUALITY ARE POSSIBLE WITH CAST BULLETS IF THEY ARECAST RIGHT. CAREFULLY SELECTED. AND LOADED WITH STRICTATTENTION TOMINUTE DETAILSBy ROBERT J. KINDLEYForster trimmer is used to cut back case necks to uniformlength. Trimming helps accuracy using cast bullets.CAN YOU GET bench rest accura cy from cast bullets ?Consis tent mi nute-of-angle gro ups from lead-alloyslugs? Wit h careful handloading, both are entir elypossible.Th e record speaks for itself. Th e late C. W. Rowland,one of the best and mos t serious benc h res t shoo ters thegame has known, shot a ten shot gro up at 200 yards thatmeas ure d a scan t .725"-with cast lead bullets. Th isamazin g group was shot over fifty years ago and rema inedun beat en until quite recentl y. And then it was betteredonly by rifles, sighting equipmen t, and jacketed bulletsthat are as near perfect as modern methods and mac hinerycan mak e them!Minute-of-angl e accuracy fr om cast lead-alloy bullets isno accident. It can be obtained only by the careful handloader who has the time and pati ence to load them pro p­erl y. Th e same care and skill the serious bench rest sho oterempl oys with jacketed bullets is necessary to produ ce ulti-~~!eu~-?s~r~~L 'i-i~~.J~~~ ~ ~~U ~~;H\h ~~!: v~~n~1 ~a2~ 5.~H.~? ~ ,can mak e them!Minute-of-angl e accuracy fr om cast lead-alloy bullets isno accident. It can be obtained only by the careful handloader who has the time and pati ence to load them pro p­erl y. Th e same care and skill the serious bench rest sho oterempl oys with jacketed bullets is necessary to produ ce ultimateaccuracy with lead bull ets. Th ese handload s cannot,however , be comp letely assembled using the same techniquesas with jacketed bullets. Str ict att ention mu st bepaid to a few seemingly unimportant details both in castingand reloading to reap a har vest of 1" groups on th e range.First of all, the mold is a piece of precision equipme nt,ru gged, but easily ruined by abuse. Handle it with thesame care you'd give a set of micrometers. Exam ine a newmold very carefully before usin g it. The halves sho uldclose tightly. with littl e effort. Hold the blocks up to abright light as a check. Any trace of light along the pa rtingline ind icates the hal ves are not closing tightly. Perfect- ~u ll e t s from such a mold are impossible.- Car efull y examine the insid e face of each block with amagnifying glass . Any bu rr s must be removed . Check thetwo line-up pins. Th ey may need a slight polishing or mayhave to be presse d back into the blocks to allow properalignment.Pay pa rticular attention to the cut-off pla te. Here is oneof the most imp ortant pa rts of the mold. Correct adjustmentof this piece is necessary to produ ce accura te bullets.Th e plate must be flat. Adjust the screw so tha t the platejust swings fr ee by its own weight . It shouldn't be looseeno ugh to flop around .A pr operl y adjusted cut-off plate should leave th e base_ ~ ~ ~'h ~_ -1 Il ~. ",; .1. ~ 1 ~0 _ _1. 0 __ ~~__ ~ _" 'rh ~ ~••• ~ "_ 1 _

OFTHE OLD • THE NEW • THE UNUSUAL .UNIQUE RISING BLOCK AUTO RIFLE REVEALS ACCURACYPOTENTIAL IN EXCLUSIVE SHOOTING TESTSGROUPING FIVE SHOTS UNDER AN INCHSchorn rifle's action allows low scopemounting. Barrel flutes aid phenomenalfive -shot accuracy of semi-auto rifle.mounting. Barrel flutes aid phenomenalfive -shot accuracy of semi-auto rifle.By KENNETH L. WATERSNEW TO RI FL E1VIEN is the Schorn Automatic Rifle. Built byConnecticut gunsmith Henry Zorn, who served his apprenti cesh ipin Germany befor e War One, the newly developed self-loading sportingor military rifle has been exhibited to a few shooters near Zorn's hornetown of Newton, Ct. Th e rifle expresses Schorn' s search for a designin which the barrel didn't over heat so qu icklyand, when it did , would permit changingbarrels witho ut tools and with out re-headspacing the new barrel. Schorn conceived hisnew rifle during War Two, pr oposed to buildit for the benefit of his adopted country. Developmentcontinued, the Kor ean War spurredhis efforts to perf ect it in detail, but meanwhilethe Ordna nce Corp , with a considerablebigger budget, modified the Garand, tested afew other automat ic rifles, and then adoptedthe modification as the 114. Here, most gunsmithswould have dropped the proj ect butSchorn persisted. Back to the drawing boardhe went , to perf ect his rifle as a sporting modelfor the hunt er and ta rget shooter. We testedthe milita ry model some months ago, but itsperf ormance suggested the rifle had strongpossibilities for success as a sporter. Thi s isth e most dead ly-efficient ri fle I have ever fired.Ima gine, if you can, th e accura cy of atun ed Model 70 heavy barr el target rifle,combined with the fire-power of a Garand or

ifle. T he r ecei ver is flat. for low scopemo unt ing, with ejectio n of ca ses through anea t right side port. Ju st behind th e barrelbreech on top is a sq ua re hole in to wh ichone of the lu gs, a squa re steel bloc k, springact uated , r ises to lock. T her e ar e two lockinglu gs at the fr ont sides of the bolt , a nd stilla fo urth lock-up a t th e bolt r ear, ag a inst ar ecess in th e r ecei ver re min iscent of th eSa vag e M99 . At th e rear of the bolt's tr avel,a c us h ione d bolt stop a bsor bs th e sla m ofthe bolt in r ecoil. W hile n o tr oubl e h as beenexpe r ie nce d wit h th e resilient b uffer so far,I feel th at a coil spr ing oct in the r ear of th er ece iver wo uld be mo re r elia ble over a lon gper iod of time.T his cl ip- loa d ing d et ach a ble box ma ga zin erifle wa s d esigned as a ga o-opera ted sem i­a utomatic wh ich co uld he eas ily modifi ed forfull autom atic in a milita ry versio n. Fors po r ting purposes it wo uld be designed forse m i-a uto ma tic only. The special Schorndesigne d sin gle row cl ip did n ot fun ct ionperf ect ly- in follower an gle it was a departure fr om conventional clips and most probably a standard clip design wo uld be p referable . This wa s th e only feature of the ri flewhic h did not check ou t perf ectly on testfir ing .Scho rn 's r ifle trigger design is hi s own.Op e ra ting on a radiu s, nei lher a stra ig htpr essure to the rear (ouch as would beca use d by an a ccid ental b low ) nor the jarring force of r eco il, will ca use this rifl e tod ischarge. Its butt ma y be sla mme d on theHoar wh en coc ked, wi tho ut acc iden ta lly r e­leasing th e se ar. T r igg er mu st be p ull ed ina nor mal ma nn er t.o fir e. a nd th er e ar e t.hreesafe ries, one of wh ich is loca ted in front. ofth e trigge r a nd is op era te d ma nu all y. Twoothe rs ar e in tern al sa feties, cla ime d bySc horn in hi s pend i ng pat ent s.K ey feat.ur e of the Schorn rifle is it.s ba r rel,a hea vy 22%" Do ug las ta rg et. tu be, b uttonr iHed . in 7.62 NAT O (.308 ) . Fo ur largeflut es mill ed len gth wise di sp erse h ea t mor e.... ""'..;.1] 1:' ..J-.l "V"......... ~ l ""~ .....". _~ ~- . ~ L: _.,. -......... 1. _ J-. "1_. ~,........l.&-.... l~na nor ma l manner t.o fir e. a nd th er e ar e t.hreesa fe lies, one of wh ich is loca ted in front. ofthe trigger an d is ope r a te d ma nu all y. Twoothe rs ar e in tern al sa feties, cla ime d bySc horn in hi s pendi ng paten ts.K ey fea t.ure of the Schorn r ifle is its ba rrel,a hea vy 22%" Doug la s target. t.ube, bu ttonr iHed. in 7.62 NATO (.308 ) . F our largeflut es mill ed len gth wise d isperse h ea t mor erapidly than fr om conventional ba rr els byincrea sing the a rea, a nd the ribbin g in crea sesstiffness wit h light. weigh t. S por te r ba rrelsw ould ha ve sma lle r, m or e neatly spac edflutes, The barrel lock s int o th e rece iver , h asa full th read 1" by l'/~ " lon g. but ca n beq uic kly cha n ged by ha nd. Since barrelscha m be re d in th e sa me head- size w i t h d ifferentcalibe rs (as .243. .358 , .308 ) ca n bei nterchanged wit hout head spa cing. a shoo t.erm igh t use one rifle for 'c h uc ks . deer, elk ormoo se. This sho uld be a popula r in novat ion.Although gas works th e a cti on , no hole ista pped in the barrel. In st ead , th e expan dinggas is trapped in a d evice at the mu zzle some ­w hat like a flash h ider , then led down in tot he gas cylin de r below where it d rives p isto nand op erating ro d rearwa rd in conve ntionalfa shion . T he st.ock on the mi litary mod el weused was pistol gr ip typ e, could be slimme da nd res tyled for most pl ea sing effec t in ac omme rc ial mod el. Important departures fromold ri fles is th e gr ip wh ich posit ion s thefi ri ng han d a nd tr igger finger un iformly foreach shot, and the stock bolt throug h thebott om of th is pisto l gr ip int o th e r eceiver,hold ing the act ion fir mly in the stoc k a ndallowing the ba rrel to floa t fr ee for accuracy.T h at accura cy was mo st a pparent wh en_L __ . : _ _a se rious def ect beca use th e ma ga zine was anon-stand ard expe r ime n tal d esign unli ke th eord ina ry cl ip which would be eas ily adaptedto th e Sch orn ri fle. Even the sa nd ba gs wer efr ozen , b ut with a 4-X sc ope , from r est, Ifir ed 5-shot gro ups for r ecord at 100 ya rd s.T he result s were tru ly un usu al for an a uto ­load er- five shots wer e in %" at 100 yar dsaccuracy man y bolt action s will not achieveeve n und er id eal wea ther con d itions. TheScho rn r ifle will shoot ! Its future should besuccessful.Inventor Schorn and a fr ien d, E mil Seifertof 357 W ind sor Ave., Strat for d, Co nn., a rehoping to det ermine th e exte nt of sports men'sinterest in thi s new rifle before go ing in toproduction for comme rc ial sale. A spor tingmod el of th e Scho rn rifl e is almost ~ready for preview. ~~ ~ ~M~'GREAT WEST:: RAR#) .7"/!U "IIOl 5T[IlS~i~DALE MYRES CO.Box 7292·JEI Paso. TexasCopyright 1958By Dale MyresCUSTOM CHECKERINGBY EXPERIENCED CHECKERSWe have che ck ered thousan d s of gunstocks ,and are now set up t o hand le m ore workthan eve r be fo re . 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Breech end of bar re l is also recessedto receive tha t part of bo lt which housescase head. T he result is complete enclosu reof cartridge case head with in bo lt and barrel,both of whic h are in turn co nfined withi na n extreme ly strong receiver ring.NEW! Enclosed cocking piece to protect against possibleSEN : I :: :O::~:~:::w ,s RIFLE TODAY" artaJ ~

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GUNS FOR THE WORKING COWBOY(Continued from page 19 )shape it was in-but it got th e jo b done.F iction wri ters, movin g pictures and television,a nd some gun wri ter s as well, haveso gla morized the so-calle d "We stern " gu nsthat man y peop le who know guns resen t usand our guns beca use th cy beli eve that webelieve that our guns are the best guns forall uses. Th ey think we think th at our saddlescarred .30-30s ar e th e best possi ble huntingrifles, th at our single acti on " ha wglaigs" ar ethe best po sible sidearms for everythingfro m targets to tam ing outlaws. It j ust ain'tso. We know (at least, some of us do ) tha tthere a re g uns tha t will shoot further , an dflatt er , and faster, and stra ighter, an d h itharder. (T ho e of us who don't kn ow it j ustnever both er ed to wond er. because the gunsth ey kn ow a nd use do all they need for agun to do. Afte r a ll, if a tool does the job,it-s a good tool. If a hammer drives na ils,you don 't blame it beca use it won't sawwood- or you should n't.)"T he n why," some imrod will ask, "areth e-e guns so popular with your kind ofpeop le ? "If by " my kind of peopl e" he mean s real,ridiu'van d -workin' cow boys, then it's a goodq uestion a nd fits my th eme like a ta iloredboot- ~ t h e same way the g uns in question fitthe joh we do wit h. them.Let's talk first a bout th e rifle- a nd by "t herifle;' I mean th e rifle you mean wh en youlalk ab out "W estern guns :" t he flat, leveract ion Win ch est er s, Iarlins, or Savage s,mostl y of the .30-30 persua sion which weca rry in our sadd le sca bbards,Let's say, first, tha t the work ing cowboydon't have even a k issin'-kin resembla nce tothe usu a l scree n vers ion of th e species. He'sfor work, not for prett.y; a nd th at goes forh is out fit. Hi s saddle is where he work s, not. . ' ' ''.'carr y in our saddle scabbards.Let's say , first, that the working cowboydon't ha ve even a k issin '-kin resemblance tothe nsual cree n version of the species. He'sfor work . not for pr etty ; and that goes forhis o utfit. H is saddle is wher e he work s, notj ust a place to sit for an hour 's pleasa ntrecrea tion bu t the platfo rm for gru nting,swea ring. swea t ing wor k during abo ut halfof his living hour. every day, for as long ashe's ab le to c ut it. It's his work shop, and itmu st carry his tools.It must carry h is rope, because that's th etool with wh ich he handl es every thing he cantie to- from cattle and horses. to stretchingba rbwire and pulli ng th e sucker rod on th ewindmill. It must carr y h is combina tionwire-cutters and staples, for fence fixing ;worm medi cin e and fly dope ; a brandingiron. if need ed; a ca nt een of wat er and som eer ub (if he' s fixin ' to eat ) , or maybe a potand sk ille t ; his bedroll, if he's slee ping onthe country-and his rifle, also if need ed.So far, he's burdened h is horse with about40 pound s of saddle and blanket , plu hisworking equipment. In th e midd le of which ,he hopes. th ere's room for hi m ; not onlyroom for him to ri de in, but room for hi mto work in. Li ke as not. he'll be climb ingover rough country, up hill a nd downhill ,maybe a lot fa ster tha n he likes, if he ha sto run down an animal, and certa inly alot lon ger than he like , becau se he'll work" from can to can' t," maybe wea rin g out twoor th ree horses in the pro cess. He'll likelyhave to catch (ro pe) and doctor severa lcalves before ni ght, so he'll need leg roomand rop e room and th ings pla ced where hecan rea ch 'em and wher e th ey'll r ide bestand wher e th ey won't interfere with th e jobhe's doin g.• • • And, if he ha s to carry a ri fle, hewants it to be the flattest rifl e. and the light .est, and the eas iest-shooting r ifle th at will doth e job. He want s it flat beca use even theflattest rifle you can ge t will feel like aknobby fence-rail under your leg afte r afew hours' work (r eal wor k) in th e saddle.He wants it light, because even th e lightestrifle you ca n get will pu ll a saddle over toone side when the cinch get s loose (as itwill) -and did you ever try rid ing roughcountry trying to keep extra weight on onestirrup to balan ce your saddle ?About th ose wor ds, "easiest-shooti ng"­~ iiJ~ you can get 'will p ull a' s a d~lle o~'er t ~one side when th e cinc h gets loose (a s itwill) - and did you ever try r id ing roughcountry try ing to keep extra weight on onesti rrup to bala nce your saddle?Ab ou t th ose word s, "e asiest-shooting"­let's not qu arrel abo ut 'e m ; th ey j ust slippedin. For the cowboy, like for everybody else,th e "essie t-shooting" r ifle is th e rifl e he' sused to. Fo r many a cowboy. that 's the leveraction. 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Butt forward and low, it pokes yourhor se in the neck on tight-reined t urn s. Takea look at the picture of me getting down offI he saddle with the rifle. Carried with thebutt 10 the rear and low enough to swing aleg over, with the scabbard slanted forwardand down and snug tight under the saddleskirt, is the best way I know to pack itand be able to snatch it in a hurr y. If anybodyknows a better way, tell me; I couldsure use it !Wh y us cowboys stick to the .30·30 classof calibers is another thing that maybe needssome explaining. Partly, of course, it's anothercase of " the old -time religion." The.30·30 was a real high-powered rifle when itfirst starred riding on cowboy saddles. Now,a lot of people call it a pip-squeak. But cowboysdon' t need a rifle that will knock theeye out of a mountain sheep at 600 yard sor so. ' Ve don't shoot at such ranges. Wedon't need a gun that will knock down anelephant, either- elephants being real scarceon our Southwestern ra nges. We've learn edpretty well what the riAe will do, and whatwe can do with it, and tha t's enough for us,and we like it. . .. Come to th ink of it, whatmore can you say for your riAe?Anyway, ri ght or wron g, your cowboy fig.ures that the short, flat, lever-action saddlegun in the conventional "thutty-thutty" caliberis just about ideal for his job. He'lllikely use the same gun all his life, th enpass it along to his son when he retires. He'lllikely never be abl e to hit a five-inch bu llseyetar get with it at 50 yard s - but he'llusually kill what he shoots at with it. Howcan thi s be so? Well, your work ing cowboydon't hold any record s for driv ing staples,either - but he dri ves 'em. He don 't win anyrod eo bucking contests, but he rides wha t'scut out for him to ride. He holds no timerecord s for roping, bu t he's roping for wageswith out wastin g too many loop s. It's partof his. job.can this be so? Well, your work ing cowboydon't hold any records for dr iving staples,either - but he dri ves 'em. He don 't win anyrod eo bucking contests, but he rid es wha t'scut out for him to ride. He holds no timerecord s for ropin g, bu t he's roping for wageswithout wasting too many loop s. It's partof his job .Same goes with his gun. He's no masterhand at targets. He can't "hold and squeeze"on a black spot on pap er, but his riAe is atool tha t is familia r and when he " throws"it. on a var mint, it kills the varmint. Heprobab ly can't tell you why this hap pens, orhow. His knowledge of ballistics may not bemuch greater than a town dud e's knowledgeof how to rope and brand a calf. When hegoes into the general store he tells the clerk ," Gimme five pou nds No. 4 hess-shoe nail sand a plug of eatin' tobac co and a box 0'thuny-thutties.' Ask him if he wants 150or 170 grain load s and he'll likely say,"What's the difference?" Tell him the oneseventieshit the hard est and that's what hewant s-providin g the pr ice is the same. He'snot hard to please; he j ust wants nails forhis hammer.So far as fast han dlin g is concern ed, there'sju st about as much speed in one repeatingaction as another, since it depend s mostly onthe ma n and how fast he can get his sightson the tar get. Any time a sportsman sacrificesthe superb accuracy of a fine huntingriAe for one of these "cowboy gun s" ju st becausehe thin ks it's " faster," he's making asad mistak e. He's not a cowboy, and he'lllik ely use his gun only once a year, and fasthandl ing comes only with practice and is notWhat I' m drivi ng at is - there's no realargument between you (with your flat-shooting,scope-sighted, far -reaching Deerslayer)and me with my .30·30. We're j ust differentmen with different guns for differen t jobs.Th ere's no comparison, either, between th ebeautiful, expensive rifle owned by some richra nch er (or some rich ran cher's son) andthe guns of a work ing cowboy. Th ere ju stain't , to my kn owledg e, a bolt-action , scopesighted,minut e-of-an gle ri Ae that can end urea ro und-u p in a saddle scabbard and comeout of it shooting minute-of-angle - and noma n who can endure sitt ing on top of sucha ri Ae that long, either. Such rifles can bemounted on a saddle and carr ied into deercountry and used to fine ad vantage ; but ,friend, that ain't a working gun as 1 defineit. That's a sporting arm .Enough about the riAe. Why is the ColtFrontier Single Action so popu lar with work ­ing cowboys? Same an swer : it's " the oldtimereligion," the gun we' re used to andlike - and it's a good tool, one that willtak e rough usage (rougher than most gun.owners can even imagine!) and still "work"for you when you need it.Rough usage? I' ve seen 'em used as ham ­mers to shoe hor ses ; as twisting levers toget that last couple of inches of stretch ona stra nd of barbwire; as wedges 10 pry astone out of a hor se's hoof - man, th e listcould be endless ! I sort of wond er when Ihear men say the old Single Action was "thegunsmith's friend ," th at they "shot loose,"and that "everybody improved 'em." May besome "s hot loose," but they shot, loose ornot - and brother, there's times when thatis importan t ! And most of the gunsmithingdon e on them was done to make them fit acertain man 's ideas or methods of shooting.[ owned an old Colt Fro nti er six oncethat had no front sight. It had been filed offbecau se some owner befor e me figured th esight might catch on something and slowhis draw. I carr ied that gun for five years.is important ! And most of the gunsmithingdon e on them was done to mak e them fit acerta in man 's ideas or methods of shooting.[ owned an old Colt Fr onti er six oncethat had no front sight. It had been filed offbecau se some owner befor e me figured th esight might catch on something and slowhis draw. I carr ied that gun for five years.Another one I carried for man y years onthe predator hunting job had no tri gger. Itwas fired slip-ha mmer - by lett ing th e hammerslip out from under the th umb .Few peopl e, it seems to me, ever learn touse the big Sing le Action th e way it shouldbe used. I suppose Sam Colt's main idea wasto turn out a wea pon tha t could be carr iedloaded, ready for a quick first shot, and arepeat er capable of repeat shots, using huskyknock-down load s. He did that, and he alsoproduc ed, whether accidentally or on purpose,a balan ced, walking -beam handgunthat can be handled fast. This mak es th e guna perfe ct fit for the cowboy's needs. Th eaverage cowboy would look lik e a compl etenovice in a target match; but his gun, if hecarries one at all , must be cap able of stop·pin g wha tever he wants to stop, and do itsudden.Your scree n version of how the gun isworn and used is a lot different from th e wayworki ng cowboys wear and use it. The screenhero may wear and use his gun th e way professional gunmen wore and used th em (orhe may not ) . But your work ing cowboywould be laughed out of camp if he showedup in a bu scad ero belt dangling his gun half ­way down his leg. If you're going to weara gun while work ing cattle all day long, that

pieces of saddle leath er or a boot-top , notworrying much a bout looks but ta kin g greatpa ins to build a rig that will keep th e gunwhere he wants it, out of his way while heworks. As the pict ures show, my own ri gain't purty, but it does wha t I want it to do.I said the Single Act ion was a bal an ced"walki ng-beam" handgun, and "walkingbeam" more or less describes the way I useit and think it should be used. What withthe shape of its hand le and th e heavy loadsit shoots, the recoil rolls th e gun back andup - int o perf ect cocking posit ion. Hookyour thumb over the hamm er, and all youneed to do to fire a second shot is - closeyour hand. Your grip pulls th e gun down totarget level ; your thu mb hold s the hammerba ck, cocking it ; and the hammer slips fromund er the thumb and lets the shot go justas the gun comes level. Repeat, and you'llsee the gun perf orm the walking-bea m movementI'm descr ibing. Fi red thi s way, th e gunis truly a " single ac tion :" one smooth, fastmovement cock s the gun and turns the shotloose. You won't get pin- poin t target accuracy this way, but you can get so you canpu t fro m one to five mi ght y discouragin gpunches int o anything you need to stop, anddo it plum b sudden. Th e gun ain' t a targetgun, anyway, an d never was. Anything youdo to it to mak e it one, takes j ust that muchaway from its efficiency for the job it doesbest. Even using l ighter load s r edu ces therecoil, fa ils to roll th e gun back to easy cockingposit ion. You have to lift it with yourwr ist muscles, and th at spoils the smoothnessof th e walking-bea m motion.So there you have it : an old cowboy talk ­in g about the guns he loves. But before youdecide that cowboys must be crazy to lovethose guns, remember that your work ing cowboyis not a sportsman on a week-end hunt ­ing trip. He's a man riding from dawn todark over a few hundred sections of roughrange lan d, min istering to many head ofhigh-price cow-stuff for which he is responsible.He's behind in his sleep, and he'ssaddle-sore and always hun gry. He's likelyliving in a lin e shack fort y miles from nowhere. cooking his own bacon a nd bean splus hoecak es of his own weir d and wonderfuldesign, over firewood chopped from aTHE MAN WHO SEAT THE UPSIDE-DOWNERSmade. and the result has mad e news throughoutthe world .In 1949 , "Mac" competed in the MarineCorps Eastern Division RiAe Matches atQuant ico, Virg in ia. li e has been in the bigtime ever since. His first Na tiona l Ma tcheswere the superbly r un 1951 Na tional P istolCha mpionships at San Francisco, where heplaced fourth for th e nat ional all-a rou ndpistol championship. I know of no otherAmerican pistol competitor who has come soclose to the nati onal titl e so early in lif e andupon his first appearance in th e Nationa ls.For the next six years, Mac was alwaysa stro ng con tender in nationally importantpistol to urna ments, usuall y finishi ng verynear the top. It was not unti l 1957, however,that he finall y went over the h ump and becamethe all-around Na tional P istol Cha m­pion of the United States. In this contest,there are ma tches for .22 caliber, any center ­fire .32 caliber or larger, and .45 caliberpistols or revolvers. In each caliber class, thefiring is equally divided between Slow F irewith a time limi t of ten minutes for each tenshots, Ti med Fire with 20 seco nds allowedfor eac h five-shot string. and Rapid F irewith a ten-second tim e lim it for each fiveshot string. A total of 270 shots are fired, fora' possible score of 2700 point s. Usually aseparate day is given to th e firing of eachcaliber.In the 1957 national championship tour-GIVE GUNSFOR C H RISTMAS(Continued fro m page 21)(Continued fro m page 21)limb he likely dra gged a mile or mor e atthe end of his rope.He's not prett y, a nd his old sweaty shirtgets the salt washed out of it in the surf acetank when and if he has tim e to do it, a ndevery article in his camp and on his saddleand on him has to pay its way in indispensibleutility for the weight it puts on hishard-working hor se. Wh at he has to shoot,he aims for it to stay shot. What he shootswith is chosen, li ke his rope and spurs, forth e job, not for looks.Don't underestimate him ; he's a prett y capableki nd of homb re, and he learned it allthe hard way. But don 't try to copy him, unlessyou aim to do his job. His wire-cutt ers orhis rope wouldn't be muc h use to you inyour office, and his guns probably don't fityour shooting needs, either. But for ~his job - they're perfect. ~made. and the result has mad e news through- nam ent, Mac dogged the footsteps of th eout the world . Ar my's great pistol marksman, Master-In 1949 , "Mac" competed in the Marine Sergeant Huelet 1. Benner. F inally, in theCorps Eastern Division RiAe Matches at last mat ch, the .45 caliber National MatchQuant ico, Virg in ia. li e has been in the big Course, the Mar ine ace beat Benn er by 11THE MAN WHO SEAT THE UPSIDE-DOWNERSnam ent, Mac dogged the footsteps of th eAr my's great pistol marksman , Master­Sergeant Huelet 1. Benn er. F inally, in thelast mat ch, the .45 caliber National MatchCourse, the Mar ine ace beat Benner by 11points to overcome a nin e-point deficit andwin the championship by a two-point margin.Durin g the years of bu ilding up to thistri umph , ther e had been other successes. Hewas the first man since the adoption of the2700-point nat ional championship aggregatematch to have won both the all-arou nd championship and the nat ional service pistolcha mpionship. For some time he ha s modestlyworn the Distin guished Mar ksman Meda la nd Distingu ished Pistol Shot Medal awardedfor outsta nding proficiency with the mili taryservice r ifle and service pistol respecti vely.Each is a highly desired and difficult-toattainaward . To be awarded -both whil e inyour twenties is a particularl y out standingaccomplishment. In 1956, he had reached thepinnacl e of service pistol success by winni ngthe national championship for that weap onwith a record score of 291.Charles Askins won the service pistolchampionship in 1936 and the all-aro undchampionship in 1937 when it was a 900­poin t. three-gu n affair. 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In the WorldShoo ting Championships of th e In ternationa lShooting Union at Oslo, Norway, a coupleof weeks earl ier he had been a memb er ofth e American team whi ch won th e centerfire and Rapid Fire Silh ouette pistol mat ch eswith world record scores . In our 1954 tr y­outs for the U. . International Pi stol Team ,he was high man in th e Rapid Fire Si lhouetteevent. Wh en th e team fired in th e WorldShooting Championships at Ca ra cas. Venezuela, he placed second in th e silhouett eevent and third in the cente r fire mat ch.Th is Rapid Fire Si lho uette event in Olympi cor Internationa l Ma tche requ ires some explanation. It is very d iflerent fr om our ownRapid F ire mat ches, which are fired onstandard bull seye targets. all shots on thesame target. Th e Olympic or Intern at ionalRa pid F ire event is fired on ma n-shap ed silhouettesin thr ee time stages. In the firststage, five shots mu st be fired in eight seconds, one shot on each of five " sho ulder-toshoulder"silhouette tar gets. In the secondstage, the five shots must be fired. one oneach tar get, in six seconds. In the fina l stage,th e time is cut to four seconds. Having firedthrough. th e three stages once. the cour se isrep eat ed. A mat ch cons ists of two strings offive shots at each time stage, And simple hi tsare not enough. Each ta rg et ca rries scoring" r ings," so that n um eri cal valu es ca n begiven to each hit.Top competitors in thi s mat ch havewitched from .22 Long R ifle to .22 Shorta mmunition to avoid even th e modest recoilof th e Long Rifle load . Th ey have had gunsspec ially built for th e event, guns with compensat ors, guns with weight s, guns with anyand everything that ju st might give a man abit more tim e to aim in that swift burst offirin g. The " upside-do wn" guns des igned hy~;" i ich ~d fio~ · .22' Long' Rifle to .22 S h~rtam munitio n to avoid even the mod est recoilof th e Long Ri fle load. T hey have had gunsspec ially built for the event, guns with compensators,guns with weigh ts, guns with anyand everyth ing th at j ust might give a man abit more ti me to a im in that swift burst offiring. T he " upside-dow n" guns designed hyMa rgoli n and used by the Ru ssian competitorswere designed to throw recoil stra ighterba ck agai nst th e cushion of the shooter' sha nd and ar m, thereby reducing the upwardkick and lessen ing the ti me need ed to getthe gun back on target.The Ameri can national p istol recor dswhich McMillan holds arc too num ero us tolist. The most important are his score of 2652over the 2700-point, three-gun . [a tionalMatch Course aggregate, a nd a ter rific 2663over th e ational Rifle Association ShortCourse Aggr egate. Both were startling.Hi s rifle successes ar e also outsta nding. liewon th e Ma rine Corps Rifle Match e in 1955with a score ju st two point s short of th erecord. In connection wit h thi - eve nt. th eMarine Corps Pi stol Mat ches ar e also fired .1c 1illan's combined score in the twotourn amen ts mad e him winn cr of th e La uchheimer Trophy, se nior marksmanship awardof th e Corp s, wit h a record score of 1131.which at this writ ing still sta nds.T his pheno menal mar ksman gives no outwardind icati on of his grea t ab ility. l ie isyoung ( born Jan uar y 29, 1929) , hea lth y, big(in the six-foot, 200-pound cla ss) , and nicelook ing. According to hi m, hc was too small(a bout 140 pou nd s ) to la ke any big part inath let ics during his high school da ys, Golfand swimming are two of his hobb ies now,11is movement s and rea ctions are fast.T he y ha ve to he for him to rat e am ong th eworld 's best in firing th e int ern ational rapidfire event. Recently the quick draw ha s a t­tract ed his attention. In con trast to some ofth e " Wes tern mar shal" outfits, he uses adouble action Smith and Wesson CombatMagnum (.357 caliber) revolver ca rried ina n S. D. -''lyres Bord er P atrol-type holsteron a Sa m Brownc belt wit hont th e shoulder"tra p. It is a ver y pra cti cal ri g, one th at issee n on many uniform ed pol ice officers everyday. Wh en he dr aws. tha t hardhitting littlegun literall y pops int o fir ing position.An Ar my majo r once sa id to him . "Xl uc,you're th e most 'at ease' old ier I have eversee n." l ie ra n he a ro ugh, tou gh, field Marine, or he ca n be spit and polish. In fu llun iform he is an a lert an d immacul at e mi litary figur». Ne v"r leth arg ic, ph legmatic, orapat.lie ic. he ha s the qui et self assurance a ndeusy relax ed bea rin g of many topfli ght athletes.Far [rom a swas hbuckling adventurer ,I\l ac i,. a pr etty typi cal young Amcr ican withliving ha hits no d ifferent fro m those o fth ousand s of othe rs. Married and the proudpappy of a youngster whom he a ffcctionat elyd ubs " Wild Bill," Xlac likes to live at home.He docs not smoke. and hi s drink ing is usually limited to a few cold beers at the end ofa day. III' doe" not beli eve drinking d urin gshootin/! hours helps scores. T he person alit ya nd tem per am ent of thi s big Marin e a re th ebest ind icat ions th at he has the stuff of wh ichchampions are made. He has the competitivespirit. He can prod uce und er th e pr essureof compe t. it. ion. an d every inch of th e wa yhis sportsmanship is of the highest.In listi ng four things need ed to mak e agood pistol shot, t. he cha mpion first nam edth e desire to win. A man like this will ask nofavor. or spec ial privileges and will haveonly token pati en ce with ar tificial handicapsand classification systems. Wh en he beganopen competition it was en tomary to classifyI I ' • • ~ "his sportsma nship is of the hi ghest.In listi ng four th ings needed to mak e agood pistol shot, the champion first nam edth e desire to win. A man like this will ask nofavor. or special privileges and will haveonly token pat ien ce with ar tificia l handi capsand class ification systems. When he heganopen competition it was customary to class ifyun known beginn er s as "Experts," the nextto-topbrack et. As soon as t.he laboriousclassification mach iner y can operate to classifyhim, the usua l pistolman rates as " .'IIarksman" or .. hurp shooter. " -'lac' s first offi cia lclas- ificurion was "Slas ter," th e top lea f.Since th en his classification has been the veryIt-a,.t of hi worries. He wish es to competeonl y with th e hest. Asked d irectl y wh eth erhe be lieved classification systems developedh-uer shots. he an swered with a n unqua lifir-d" No:' In his own words. "T he keenerthe comperition. the mor e challe nging th emat ch.":-. rdlillan is as likely to feel th e pr essure,)f competition as a nyone else, hut he canshoot good score s in spite of it. This pressu re,which handicaps man y compet itive shoote rs,is likely to be felt when one is abon t to winor lose a n imp or tant match or when he isa bout to attain some signal success such HShreuk ing an import ant record . T he man whodoes not care enough to develop some degreeof excite men t. at such moments will not ca re('nough to spe nd t.he necessary study, time,a nd effort to pla ce himself in such a posi tion.In t he Rapid Fire Silho uette mat ch in the·1952 Olympi cs. "Vlac" got a good start witha score of 290 over th e firs t. half of th ecourse a nd led th e field at that po int. However,competition from th e top European

~ RetaM/Sgt. Benn er, scored a miss. Under th escoring system in effect at that time, he was,for all pra ct ical purposes, elimi nat ed . Thatput the chances of a win for th e UnitedStates squarely on the shoulders of th e 23­year old Marine firing in his first OlympicGames.Mac star ted his second half of th e coursewith a score of 99 at the eight-second stage.In the six-second stage, his last shot crackedju st as the targets edged and th ere wasdoubt as to wheth er it was fired in tim e.If it was a good hit , he was still in po sitionto win the mat ch. If it had landed too late,both Ameri can representatives would be fa rdown the list. At that particular time, anothercompetitor had trouble with his gun andscoring was delayed some five minutes whi letension and anxi ety mounted. Wh en th e targetswere finally scored, Mac 's last shot hadbeen a hit ; his score for that stage was 97.However, his four -second and final stagescored a definit ely below avera ge 89 for atotal score of 575 over the course. Th e matchwas won by 1948 Olympi c Champion Takacs,of Hun gary , with 579. Even the best shotsmust sometimes have score s below average,and they are ju st as lik ely to occur one ti meas another. With regard to thi s particularincid ent , I asked Mac, "Did th e close call onyour last shot of th e six-second stage, andthe dela y in scoring it, ha ve an adverse effecton your four-second stage ?" " Defin itely," herepli ed.About two weeks earlier, in th e WorldShooting Championship s, he had been on th espot and came through with flying colors. Hefired last on th e Ameri can team. Competitionwas keen and our scores were good. A hig hscore by the anchor man might ma ke usworld champions. One miss would el imina teus. The Turtle Creek boy came through withno misses and a total of 579 to give th eAmeri can s the world championship with anew world record score of 2304.Upon the many occasions that he has ap ­was Keen and our scores were 'good. A ' hig hscore by the anchor man mig ht ma ke usworld champions. One miss would eliminateus. Th e Turtle Creek boy came through withno misses and a total of 579 to give th eAmeri can s the world championship with anew world record score of 2304.Upon the many occasions that he has ap ­proa ched new national or world record s hemust have felt pressur e, but the reco rdsspeak for themselves. When he fired the lastfew shots in th e national service pistol matchin 1956 he kn ew he was on th e br ink ofa new record and might win th e match. Suchtimes mak e seconds seem like etern ities, andeach one is miserable; but if you standhitched and keep shooting, you may win.McMillan won the Custer Trophy.In th e summer of 1957, Benn er's nationalrecord of 2644 over the Nationa l MatchCour se aggregat e with three guns had stoodsince 1950. Th en McMillan excee ded it threetim es in four months and came to th e Na ­tional Matches with a new record of 2652fired on the San Diego, California, PoliceRan ge.Speculation was rif e. Wh y are Californiascores so much higher than tho se at CampPerry ? Would he shoot th e same scores atthe Nationals? Would he be the new champion? Th e Californ ians shoot the same distancesat the same size targets in the sametime limits as compe titors in all oth er partsof the country. Good weath er, fine permanenttype ranges, and superior ma nagement oftourn ament s are cond ucive to hi gh score s.In addition, "Mac" was at hom e when hefired his 2652 in Sa n Diego in the SouthPacific States P istol Regiona l Champ ion.at the J\ational Matches. However, barringsome unforeseen mishap, he would hold upand shoot a good score.With the heat on and everyone lookingdown his throat. Mac pound ed away for threeday s and ca me in with a strong finish. Hisscore was 40 points short of his nationalrecord. but the rest of us were shooting belowpar also. II is 2612 was the best score firedin that tou rnam ent, and the United Stateshad a new National P istol Champ ion-thefour th one since World War II.Anyone who believes a champion mus tha ve elaborate and expensive equipment willhe surp rised upon viewing McMil lan's shootingkit. The case itself and the telescope forspott ing shots are good but plain and low tomedium priced. The last time I saw it, hewas carry ing a .22 Ruger pistol customizedhy Jim Clark, a Colt Officers Mode l Matchrevolver for the "any center fire" matches,a .45 automatic pistol with John E. Giles accuracyjob , rib, and sights, for most of the.45 caliber matches, and another .45 au tomatic for service pistol matches. It is amodest, simple. and economical outfit, freeof frills and furbelows but with qualitywhere qu al ity counts.T here are no secrets abou t Mac's successor technique. He was blessed with a sound,healthy body and some natu ra l apt it ude int he beginnin g. li e has learned and used goodtechnique. During tra ining sessions he prac ­tices regularly. and at matc hes, alertness andprepar edn ess keep him clear of many pitfalls tha t plague oth er shooters.The i\lcMillan techniq ue is the same thathas been tau ght to thousands of other beginningshooters. He ta kes a solid. comfortablestance, grips his weapo n firmly,br ings hi ssights into line with each other and his aimingpoin t. and sometimes mashes. sometimessqueezes. I he tr igger to fire the shot withoutdisturbing the sight alignm ent. He usesadjustab le sights and changes the m whe n­ever he I" inks it necessary, which is in·ning shooters: He tak es a solid. comfortablestance, grips his weapo n firmly, brings hi ssights into line with each other and his aimingpoint. and sometimes mashes. sometimessqueezes. I he trigger to fire the shot withou tdisturbing the sight alignm ent. He usesadj ustabl e sights an d changes them whe n­ever he thinks it necessar y, which is in·freq uently. Wit h some of his guns he aim sat the center of the bullseye and with othersat its six o'clo ck edge.Th e champion believes that it is easy toovertrain and tha t he will become sta le if heshoots too much over a long period of tim e.For shooters seriously intere sted in keepingin tri m, he suggests at least 60 rounds ofprac tice firing with each of the three calibersper week. In his own case, he likes to shootabout 90 practice shots per week with eachof the thr ee guns.Mac is very gentlemanly and sportsmanlikeas well as a crack marksma n. Since 1951 Ihave been meet ing him as an oppo nent innationa l pistol cornpet ition. Sometimes I havebeat en him. 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course, are for similar emergencies.Hunting in the Okeechobee mar shes, saysEd Bode . is different from the wild fowling10 be found anywhere else in thi s country.Th e Bodes and their fr iend s use airboats(shallow-draft boats powered with air propellers)to reach the nat ura l mar sh-gra ssblinds from wh ich they shoot mallards, pin.tails. teal, wid geons, and scorp.Gun s? Well, Ed Bode uses a Remi ngto n16 gauge automatic equipped with Polychok e.Says Ed, " For me, thi s is an all-arou nd shotgun.I use high velocity shells load ed wit h 5sor 6s, for dn cks; sta ndard loads, No.6 or No.7% shot for pigeons; and high-vel with 4s or5s for geese."Zeph yr uses an Ith aca Feath erweight 20gauge pump. "So me will argue th at she'ddo bett er with a bigger gauge," Ed admits," but, again , she lik es the 20--and she getsher share of the birds, so- ?"Mr s. Bode used the lit tle It ha ca to good advantage on a trip to th e Bah ama s last August." We hunted whit e crown pigeons," she says," off the islands of Great Ex uma. The daybe fore the opening of th e season we wentas hore on one of the island s and hired twoNeg ro boys to retrieve bird s for us. Th e boysd idn't like to wear clothes and. when th eysaw birds coming our way, th ey'd pull offtheir pant s, yell, 'H eah dey come, Mum!Shoot, Mum! ' and plun ge int o the wat er.T Ill" hirrl Ili o-h t ... W f"I 'P f rom is la nrl to island.be fore the openin g of th e season we wentas hore on one of the island s and hired twoNeg ro boys to retr ieve birds for us. Th e boysd idn't like to wear clot hes and . when th eysaw birds coming our way, th ey'd pull offtheir pant s, yell, 'Heah dey come, Mum!Shoot, Mum! ' and plun ge int o the wat er.Th e bird flight s were from island to island,so there was a lot of wat er retrieving."Speaking of tho se boy retri evers remindedEd of two boys they encountered one day ina Florida mar sh. "T hese two kids werewalk ing in water up to their arm-pits," Edre lated, " and they were rea lly lost. We pickedthem lip and they told us that they hadstarted into the swamp with a ba ll of twine ,the end of th e twin e tied to a tree on shore,le tting the string out behind them as a guid eto lead them back to safety. Tr oubl e was, th estrin g broke. Th ose boys were in real trouble.FREEFOLDERShows how you canchecker a gunstockwithout tedious handfiling.Amazing new CHECK-ALLpower tool attachment does standard,skip, French checkering in lesstime with less hand-work.Write for your free copy today!CHECK-ALL CO.Manchester 2, Mass.ACE Hunting & Target BulletsAccurate, Consiste ntly good, E con o m ica l.Avai la b l e in most popu la r s izes. Lu st-A­Loy a nd Tuft-A -Loy jack et s.P r tce J ~t"r lOU (J)HS ~ :IJ,t·. .. extrn ).224 Dia . 50 Gr. Soft Po int $2.1 56 ~\nr 7~) Gr . Ope n Ce nte r 3.20~IO Ca!. ~ ~ 2 ~r . ~()~~ ~ () !')~ 3.6:;Being lost in the big swamps is no joke,even for adults."Hu nting tr ips together have not onlybrought Zephyr and Ed Bode closer togeth eras a fam ily ; it has also, Ed says, " broughtus closer to our fri end s. We've gott en toknow them bett er by sharing interests andexperiences with them."Zephyr had one final word of advice towives about hunting. "Don't expect to hitevery bird you shoot at , and don' t feel bad lyif you don't. After all, it tak es men year s tobecome good wing shots- and lots of th emnever do it! As a mat ter of fact-maybe Ishouldn't say it, but it's so- unless your h usbandis as good a shot as min e is, you mayeven, after a trip or two, have to miss a fewon purpo se to save his ego ! After all, shootingis one sport where the big man's musclesdon't ju st automatically make him invincibl e !If you want to, and will pra ctice, you canshoot as well as he can-or better !"But, lest we end this story on a too-ce ntro ­versial note, here is a flash -back. RememberZeph yr's reference a while ago to good gam ecookery ? Here's her favori te recipe for du ck.About this, Ed says, there's no controversy;th is is good.First, of course, kill your duck . . . . Tak ethr ee cups of rice and cook until tend er butnot soggy. Dra in and steam. Add one cupchopped pecans, Ill:! cups chopped celery,one cup chopped onions, I 1j~ cup s choppedbell pepp ers. Salt and pepper to taste. Addbaco n fat if you lik e it. St uff the d ucks withthi s mixture and use the rest to pnt in thepan abou t 20 minutes before takin g the d ucksout of the oven. It 's guar anteed, Zephyr ~says, to get the lady anoth er invitation. ~HOLLYWOODBlack or NaturalS i ngle ri g..$39. 50Double r ig.. 59.50($2.50 extra on.22 eat. belts )F;4STDRAWHOLSTERCus tomed indi vidually for slngle and double acti onguns. and conto ure d to your measurements. It ig complete ly lin ed. Holst er des igned with met al in sert.\\' I-IE~ OIlDERIN G: Send exact waist and hip measurerucnt.Ahw g un mak e . caliber and barrel len gth .Enclo se amou nt in Iul l plus $1.00 (post. and tns. )Oil : for

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I edged aro und carefully,caught the view downstream where WestPoint 's gray granite barracks clustered on th ehill side, saw fa rth er downstr eam where Cornwallwas a sprinkling of whit e windowframes and blue roofs. Then I starte d downstairs.The thr ee top floors were empty ofheavy gear , the top two stripped clean.Through the concrete floors I could see day ­light as the sun shafted thro ugh some windowon the floor below. Wire net and rod sshowed where th e concre te had sloughed off,leaving nothing but reenforci ng meta l.The third floor level had a southern exit toa castellated walkway that slanted downabr uptly to ground level. Strewn about andtumbled into the rank garden below, weredozens of U.S. Arm y white cor k helmets." Rudy Vallee bought 600 of th ese a fewyears back," I was told. "His band worethem, and then they were auctioned off forcharity." Today- anybody want a pith helmet?Th ey'r e up there on the Island, rottingin the rai n.The second floor came in for another carefulsearch. I shuddered to look at a carefullypiled stac k of Civil War arm y knapsacks,formin g a hu ge cube possibly fifteenfeet high and th irt y feet on a side, which hadbegu n to tip . A single rop e passed in frontof the pile, the topmost tiers of which hadnow sagged out as much as five feet over th ebase. The rope has frayed to a single stra ndor two. If that pile collapses, it might haveforce enough to br ing down th e wholetott ering old bulding!Th ough Bann erman built for the ages,(..,O .... ....0 }->• .J. .. - ~ " UO I"'" 'l.vp .... u ~ ~ c....c I I I ... I. VII-LI J .... -pof the pile, the topmost tiers of which hadnow sagged out as much as five feet over thebase. The rope has frayed to a single stra ndor two. If that pile collapses, it might haveforce enough to bring down th e wholetottering old bulding !Th ough Bannerman bu ilt for the ages,his castle has hardly lasted a lifetim e. Areason why is found in Bann erm an 's story ofa potential customer. "A party came to us,"recounted the late Fra nk Bannerman VI"and wan ted to purchase a large lot of mil i­tary cartiridges. The price was satisfac toryARSENAL ON THE HUDSON(Continued from page 17 )and the sale was almost mad e when he requested the privilege of using our island torepack the cart ridges into na il kegs." Bannerman refu sed. "We will not sell you th ecartridges," he told the revolutionary agen t," You haven't money enough to ind uce us tobreak th e law." Th e ammunition buyer thenwent to anoth er firm, bought the cartridgeshe needed, had the boxes wrapped in excelsiorand packed in kegs of dry cement.The shipment was seized by customs officers,the ammunition impound ed and sold at auc ­tion. "W e were th e pur chasers," Bannermanad ded smugly. "The cement we used in buildingour island storehouses, and the cartridgeswere sold to the President of SantoDomi ngo."EI Presid ent e got a better deal with hiscar tridges than Bann erman got with th ecement. It occur red to me that, if I were arevoluti onary shipping ammo in cement bar ­rels as a disguise, I. too would buy thecheapest cement I could find. To judge fromthe state of Bann erm an's castle, that is whathappened. The 20" ·thick main walls havedeveloped cracks thr ough which dayli ghtpasses, and weeds are starting to pu sh th eirway into th e buildi ng.We walked outside aga in, and it was likewalk ing ou t of the 19th into the 20th century.Piles of gummy knapsacks, chests of un ­finished Krag Jorgenson ri fle parts, r ustedcartridge clips and brok en art illery carriageswere the herit age of the 19th Cent ury to th e20th. Outside, a shatte red 3" gun needed athousand dollars wort h of woodwork to makeit useful. And. still lookin g up stream, defendingthe Island from the holiday boaterswho often oar close for a look, a monsterDahlgren gun rested on its iro n barbett ecarr iage, frozen solid with red, imm ovabl e,hut as gra nd in its silence as when it frownedfrom the gunwales of Flag-officer Fa rragut' sL l lu U .::ld'II \.1 ' (J VJ! a l'~ ri 1J .Ci:JI VJ. ''V V \)\. I n' Vl.r.. t v ' Jl l a l' ~it useful. And. still looki ng up stream, de·fending the Island from the holiday boat erswho often oar close for a look, a monsterDahlgren gun rested on its iro n barbett ecarr iage, frozen solid with red, imm ovabl e,hut as gra nd in its silence as when it frownedfrom the gunwales of Flag-officer Farragut's" Hartford" and challenged the Confedera cyon the western wa ters,I had brought with me several old Bannerman catalogs, two dating back to 1903and 1905, and here in the shadow of th efirm's memories, it amused me to lookthrough them and see wha t was once offered.Tak e the Hall rifles, for example. . . •" F irst America n Breech-Load ing FlintLock Rifle made in America," reads the1905 catalog. After a th rilling description ofthe guns, calc ulated to speed th e purc haser'spul se, comes the kicker : "We expect to get$50 each for some of these guns . . . but forthe present we will pack gun in case readyfor express (buyer pays expressage ) forlil 0.00 each." Thou gh thi s lot of Hall r ifleshas long since been sold, Bannerm an hasleft us a story of how he obta ined th em:At the Goverment au ction sale, 300 Hall' srifles were offered. I n 1873, Bannerman hadbought such guns in unser viceab le shape at3%c each. About 1900, he had paid as muchas $8 a gun. Pu zzled over the mar ket valueof these guns, Banerm an dr eamed threedays before th e sale tha t he was in hi s Broad ­way store, selling a man a Hall rifle for$1.71. He took this figure as his bid. Wh enthe bids were open ed, it was found th at Bannerman's competitors, Har tley & Graham,had also bid $1.71. Bannerman and H & G's

The founder of th is fantastic arm s business(which, as early as th e turn of the century,"required 15 acres for storag e") was th esixth Francis Ban nerman, a vigorous Scottishnationalist born in Dund ee, Scotland, inMarch of 1851. With his parent s, he arrivedin America in 1854 and grew up inBrooklyn, where his fath er ran a ship's chandlerstore near the Navy Yard . Th e business,mana ged by his fath er and later by Fra nk,grew during the 1870's and 1880's, but didnot tak e on its char acter of a general munitionsfirm until near the turn of the century.In 1897, Bann erman moved to 579 Broadway,a spot th at served as major outfitte rs formany of the Spa nish American Wa r volunteerregiments. Young Frank had accompanied his father to the govern ment auctionswhich siphoned off the tremend ous Civil Warsurpluses and, with nat ive Scottish sagacityand some acquired Yankee acumen, becamea shrewd bargain er in the surplus sales thenbeing held in New York. A newspap er adof about 1900 showed three steam trains andth e head ing, "Three tr ain loads of armygoods sold to Francis Bann erman," with revolversat SOc up, carbines at $1.00 up,muskets slightly hi gher.Though Bann erm an's lat er catalogs intimatedhe had purcha sed guns at th e end ofthe Civil War, his name is conspicuous by itsabsence from the Congressional report ofsales made in 1870·71. Then a half-million("No duty, German Ma user") and showedthe guard the "Loewe-Berlin" stamp on th egun. But the customs officer levied a duty of72c, which the munitions ma gnate gladlypaid and continued on his way to Servia .The ironic finale to the excursion was th atServia agreed to buy th e rifles, hut AustriacapturedSpa nish war material acquired bythe U.S. in the Span ish American War. Over20 million rounds of small arms cartridges,plus a tr emendous pil e of other munitionsalready on hand , made th e New York firemarshal take a dim view of the business,and so Polopel's Islan d was bought . To itcame barge loads of munitions, including th eSpa nish Mausers.Many of Bann erman's Iauser r ifles wereclea ned and repair ed at Springfield Armory.Th e armory business was a littl e slow in 1900since the Army hoards were consideringadopting a new magazine repeating rifle,ultimately the famous "03 Springfield," andBann erman paid the men. Bann erman th enbought 14,000 guns and offered them at $10each, with 7,000,000 round s of 7mm ammo.Master of the "hard sell" in a gentle, 19thcentury sort of way, Frank wrote, "Any da your Agent may send us cablegram orderingshipment of the whole lot (for export) . Ifyou contemplate purcha sing a good rifledo not put it off. Every one is pleased withthe Mauser." Some of his customers weremore than pleased : th ey went stark, ravingmad with joy. Surely only a madm an wouldwrite, as one testimonal declared, "T heMau ser is the only gun made for use inhunting big game, mount ain sheep, elk, etc.,at 1,500 to 2,000 yards. The .30-30 ri fles arenot in it. The Mauser is superior to anyAmerican-made sporting gun." Even for 1900,Bannerman gift to Britain was M1901 U.S. Actionwith Krag, M1903 and Mauser parts built on.Springfields, plu s tons of cannon and harn ess, that was a real "gone" shooter.were sold off to arm th e French in the Bannerman lived an adventurous life. Th eFranco-Pru ssian War. Though Bannerma n Mausers did not make him any money sitmaynot have been personall y active in those ting in New York, and he decided to gosales, his firm was to have a long association abroad to sell them. Complained Bannerf;;: '-'-' Bannerman gift to Britain was M190I U.S. Actionwith Krag, M1903 and Mauser parts built on.Springfields, plu s tons of cannon and harn ess,were sold off to arm the French in th eFranco-Pr ussian War. Th ough Bann ermanmay not have been personall y active in th osesales, his firm was to have a long associationwith foreign munit ions houses. By WorldWar I he had consolidated small arms storageand sales at 501 Broadwa y, with the IslandArsenal off Cornwall, a war ehouse at theErie Basin Stores Brooklyn on th e waterfront, and a Belgian agent in Liege.Bann er man also had commercial connectionswith the German-Belgian munitionsfirm of Adolph Frank of Hamburg. To jud gefrom the overl ap ping offerings of identicalmuskets and r ifles, Bann erman did a hri skbusiness bidd ing in guns for ALFA and theEuropean munitions traders, reserving astock for his store. Collectors shudder to recallthe pictur e of the Colt rifle musket inBann erman's catalog where, in addition toreassuring every collec tor that he needed one,Bann erman remarks that his Liege agentalte red 50,000 of them to flintlock for theAfrican trade, and they are "now rare."There seems to have been considerable reciprocit y between Bann erman in New Yorkand the German and oth er foreign m unition sbrokers. Offered in Bann erma n's catalog aswell as those of European dealers, were th eident ical souvenir trinkets-desk weights, inkstands, and button hooks, mad e from avariety of small arms cartridges and smallcalibercannon shel1s.that was a real "gone" shooter.Bannerman lived an adventurous life. TheMa uscrs did not make him any money sittingin New York, and he decided to goabroad to sel1 them. Compla ined Bann ermanfrequ ently, "The American Governm entdoes littl e or nothing to help their merchantstra de in foreign countries." He had shipped asample Mauser and cartridges to King Alexanderof Servia, via American Express. Butthe Ki ng was assassina ted and the tr ansactionslightly delayed. T he gun remained inthe American Exp ress office in Hamburg,until Bannerman asked of the new Kin gPeter if he was interested. Said Bannerman,"The Servian agent cabeled 'Yah !' but nobusiness could be done without samples."Quickly, Bann erman took passage forEur ope, entrained to the Balkan kin gdomwith his ri fle and cartridges. - He met th eServian agent in Liege and gave h im thepackage of cartridges to smuggle th rough,while Bann erman decided to take th e Mauserrifle to King P eter personal1y. At th e Germanborder the customs officer reached for thegun but the Scotsman, game to th e last,cried out, "Nien Zoll, Deutsche Mauser,"~Uftft"I"AUUft-.nvvI.n "1'I.fIU303 BRITISH MILITARY $7.50P er JOO cartri d ges. The finest made in Eur ope : 165gra in Mark VII ecnne r-eeated pointed bullet. Lim it edquantity Win . manu' . Ameri can pri med-$9.00 per 100.8MM. MAUSER MILITARY $7.50Per 100 car tr idg es. Mili tar y top·quality Bra ss Br iti shissue 154 Gr. Copper Jack et Metal Point, wit h Amer icantyp e primers. Clip s for Model 98 Mausers. 6 for $ 1.00.30/40 KRAG 30 U.S.A. $7.50Per 100 car tridges. With 220 grain eepeer- eeated Jacketbull et. round nose. Remington Kleanb ore, non· corrosive.Save your good Kr.a barr el - use non· corrosive ammo.30·06 SPRINGFIELD $7.50P.r 100 cart ridg. s. M2 with 150 Gra in Militarybullet. late iss ue nen- corrosive. All factory loaded, canbe used in MI Gar and or any make 30- 06 cal. rifte .Clips, S shot, per dozen $1. 20 : Extr actors $ 1.50.45·70 GOVERNMENT $9.50Per 100 eart r idges. Made by U.M.C. with 500 Gr. leadbull et and smokeless powder. Packed 20 to t he bOl oLimi ted quantity not in boxes $7.50.30 CAL. Ml CARBINE $5.95Per 100 cart ri dges. Factory loaded with 112 arain MetalJacket bull et. Li mite d quantity lat e issue non· corr osive$7.50. Also 110 gr . Soft No.. box (50) $6.00. 15 ShotMagaz in• • 85v!. Surl' luI .heavy canvas Zipper Cover $2.45. Legal barrel extens ion$3.75. Stocks wit h metal fittings $4. 75. Compl. t. boltassembly S4.95. Extr actor SI. OO. Latest adjustable rearsight $1.85. Brass brushes $ 1.00 a doz. 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Pl ain IOY4 510.95Barrels for 30/ 06 Sp ri ngfield 4 Groove 7.50Barrels for Mauser 98.30/ 06 Cal. , 2 Gr. $9.95 ; 4 Gr. 14.95Barr els for Kra g Sp r. 30/ 40 Ca l., 2 Gr. $9.95 ; 4 Gr. 14.95Wal nut St ocks for Mod.1 1897 Win. 12 Ga. $5.95 plus P.~ f7:5 0 ' RO't tor # r, .0"; '~but - fo r IU bar relsr These arebra nd new, 2 groove, man ufactu red by Remington ArmsCo. for th o U. S. Gov!. at $25.00 each.30 CAL. CARBINE BARRELS $8.25Brand new. in eesmettne. with front sight. Pi ston a ndnut . al so front band and swivel ; very scarce. 58.25 p.n,Mill ed S prin gfleld tr igger guards complete with floorplate, catc h, spr ing, pin, also follower & spr ing- $6.95.Springfi eld field-test bolts-$3.95.Barr els for Thompson 45 Cal. S. M. G. 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the 1880's he became associated with ChristopherM. Spencer, rifle inventor then makinga pump shotgun, first of its kind and oneliked by An nie Oakley. Th e Spencer businessfell apar t in 1887, and Bann erm an for thenext twenty years listed th e Spencer factoryin his catalog as " for sale."By World Wa r I Bannerm an had grownto be the lar gest house of its kind in theU.S. A cooperative bidd er with ri val firmslike W. Stokes K irk and Har tley & Graham,he had a better sense of publicity an d appealedmore to th e gun crank and collectorthan to the revolutionary agent. Though hespiced his offerings with phrases lik e "s pecialbargain pr ices to govern ment war mini sters,"his primary ap peal was to the curio colle ctor.Remin gton revolvers, new, at $1.85, he suggestedcould be gro uped with brass drumstickholders (20c) , U.S. Mari ne brassshield ( ISc}, crossed sabres (lOc) , and U.S.brass bri dle monogram (Hlc}, or "All th eabove ar ticles for $2.40, not including theboard. " The happy purchaser was supposedto mak e his own mounting placque, drill ahole through the revolver frame, and bolt itto the boar d as a " den decorati on."But Bannerma n did tur n out some unusualmodels of guns for shooting p ur poses.Cadet Cor ps were outfitted with Bann ermancut-down Springfield rifles, or Remin gtonsingle shot pistols converted to small infantrymusket . Fo r the more delicat e cadets,he offered " quaker guns," his own orig inaldesign, using U.S. muskets with wooden barrels.Once he invent oried 125,000 Springfieldmusket stocks, and he could make up th eseitems from time to tim e from spare parts.And being th e success ful bidd er on th e 5,000conde mned U.S. Rifles, Model 1901-2, puthim into the Springfield Rifle bu sin ess.These part icular guns and pa rts of gunswere in all stages of manu fact ure at Spr ingfieldArmory when several major designchanges were authorized. Bannerman becamel \1 1U v e ll i g t n e ~ lICC e ~~ I U I IJIUUer U ll LU C J ,U U Ucondemned U.S. Rifles, Model 1901-2, puthim into the Springfield Rifle bu sin ess.These part icular guns and pa rts of gunswere in all stages of manufacture at Spr ingfieldArmory when several major designchanges were authorized. Bannerman becamethe lucky bidder on these bolt action receiversand assemblies, which are distinguished. from the tru e M1903 receiver byhaving a smooth receiver bri dge at the rear ,not humped up to receive the large M1903safety lug on the bolt. Came World War Iand Bannerman decided to do a ni ce thing[or Engla nd with these parts. He created th eBan ner man Spring field, fittin g M1903 stocks,Krag barrels and sights, Krag tri gger g uar ds,Mauser hand guar ds and followers, and d ummymagazine floor plates to the guns. Th eywere chambered .303 and marked on th ereceivers with the Banerman arm and flag,and the word BAN N ERMA N ' in an arc. Athousand of these rifles, plu s complete setsof equipment, cartridge belts, bayonets, weredeli vered to the British as a gift fr om th eirroving Scotsman. His Majesty's Governm entsaid thank you, tr ied out the rifles at Hythe,found that the first shot would hit the mark ,but found also that the second shot wouldnot feed into the cha mber. Th e big .303 r imsjamed in the Mauser-type magazine. So theystamped all the guns " DP " for " Drill P urposes,"and not one of them saw combat. Butthe spirit was there. An old British soldiertold me that the Bann erman Springfield wasone of the most accurate rifles he had everha ndled, with th at .303 cartridge on thefront-lug action, for the first shot. For th efound er of the firm, the first shot was th elast : the sixth Fr an cis Bann erman died inme spm t was w ere. A n 010 nriusn soune rtold me that the Bann erman Springfield wasone of the most accurate rifles he had everhandled, with that .303 car tridge on thefront-lu g action, for the first shot. For th efound er of the firm, the first shot was th elast : the sixth Fr an cis Bann erman died in1918.After World War I Bann erm an 's firm keptactive, and such deals as Civil War SmithCarb ines, wh ich they sold by the th ousandsthrough Gimb els New York Store for as littleas 29c, kept them in busin ess. Th ey bid inthou sands of the Ru ssian Nagant rifl es andproudly pr oclaim ed that buyers should order"as our pr ices are half what the ammunitioncompa nies charge." They even converted Ru s­sian rifles to .30-06, but few peopl e care totalk about that nowadays. Such gun s weredefinit ely unsaf e,And through the years the Broadwa y storesold the Springfield rifled mu skets, the Coltrevolvers as "complete outfit, including flask,mould , caps, ju st $7.50." But today, with th e501 Broadway address destined to be clearedfor a parking lot, and th e Island crumbli nginto th e weath er, gun fan s want to knowwhat is left at Bannerman's. Th e qu estionis not easily answere d. Th e New York storeruns through the depth of a city block, hasbasement s and sub basement s, and frompersonal experience I know that somethingnobod y expects alwa ys seems to crop upth ere. With th e Island and the store, I stillcannot answer the question " what's left atBann erm an," except to say "plenty." Bannerman'sis full of surprises.Take the day I got a copy of th eir big,new catalog. Th ere, staring out from thesame page where in earlier editions it hasbeen pictured as a memento of the days whenthe firm did have Gatling Guns, was a rarealuminum 6mm Gatling, complete with tri ­pod, drum , ammunition, and price. Gatlin gguns with pri ces had not been listed foryears. But I plunged. No, I didn't buy thegun, bu t I wasn't much later than the customerwho did buy it.And then one day I stopped into th estore for a look ar ound. Th at wall of gunshas had muskets come and muskets go, andsomething ca ught my eye : a sawed off musketwith a profile that was familiar. I hadbeen doing research on the Hackett or "FusilRobert" musk ets, the top-lever detonatin gbreech loaders tested at West Point in 1837tl l V .I.'-' J.V L b. ' J V VA · dL Vlulu. 'J.. UCll. fYau VI. ~ -g lIl r ~has had muskets come and muskets go, andsomething caught my eye : a sawed off musketwith a profile that was familiar. I hadbeen doing research on the Hackett or "FusilRobert" musk ets, the top-lever detona tingbreech loaders tested at West Point in 1837in competition with Colt, Cochran , and Hall 'sarm s. I owned one such gun, identical withthe West Point Museum specimen exceptfor serial number. Now I saw somethingsimilar on Bannerma n' s wall , and for $5 Ibou ght a specimen of the hither to un knownun der-lever F usil Robert. It needs cleaning,and the lever is missing, but one day I' ll getaround to restoring it. For me, Bannerm anstill has a bit of that old cha rm.Th e fact is that whil e Bannerm an probablydoesn't have cases of muskets left, the impossible does hap pen. Said the Island 's caretaker,"We found a box of .50-70 rifles herelast month and sent th em down to th estore." And from the sub ba sement s ofth e store, cases and chests of parts, accoutrements, artiller y comp onent s, and ammunition,still come in bewild ering confusion. Th e oldfirm is read y for a face-lifting.Current dop e is that new pr emises will besecured and the bu siness continued. So nearto the century mark, it would be a shameto shut up Bannerman's merely becau se th eold building must come down. A more aggressiveselling program will pu t more ofthe Civil War relics before the collector, andBannerman's will boom aga in. But they ar estill a little leery of th at island. Th ere isenough ammunition on that rocky ~crag to mak e it boom all by itself. ~

GUNSTOCK BEAUTIES ON PARADE(Continu ed [rom page 24)running through it ma kes it very un usual incolor. I have had two r ifles stocked inMesquite and pr ize th em h ighl y.Western "q uilted ," "c razy" or " shell-flame":naple, ~hi ch I br iefly ment ioned pr eviously,IS a senes of nam es att ached to one particularspecies of mapl e grown in Wa shingtonState a nd Oregon. This spec ies pr odu cesstock blanks figured to resemble oyster shells,large fish scales, or ha lf-do lla r size co insoverla pping eac h other. When blow-torch edthese stoc ks give off an ir idescent effectwhich I have never see n on a ny oth er wood.Th ey mak e attra ctive stoc k for Iiaht-weiuhtrifl~. ~ 0Apple wood and Cherr y, as well as Wi ldCherry wood all mak e good stock woods an dwere used quit e exte nsively by our earlysettlers in th e Ea t. Th ey ar e un colorful, butpra cti cal. Apple is a wh ite colored woodthat can be mad e to r esembl e Ebo ny if dyedblack in color and h ighly polished. T heCherry woods ar e pink in color if leftna tural. Cha rles DeVeto , 12717 IrvingtonAve., Cleveland, Ohio, furnishes Ea sternCurly Maple and the Cherry wood blan ks.One of th e most un usual stocks I ha ve ismad e of Zebra Wood wh ich is imported fro mAfrica. It is yello w colored with da rk brow nstrea ks through it. Zebra wood , Tu lip wood ,and California Mesq uit e probably have thehighest contrast in th e gra in colors of an ystock woods.I have a Ti gerw ood stock whi ch is darkbrown in color and even wh en it came offth e carving ma ch ine it wa hi ghl y polished.Sandi ng really mad e it glow. Very strongand no particul ar gra in structure whatever.It also comes from A frica .An Amar anth or " P urple Heart" stockfr om South Am erica is a natural purple incolor and q uite unu sual beca use of thi s truenatural color. Th is wood is used quite extensivel y for inl ay work on gun stocks aswell as for making Iorend tip s and gr ip caps.th e ca rving ma chine It wa hr gh l y polished.Sanding really made it glow. Very strongand no particular gra in stru cture whatever.It also comes from Africa.An Ama ranth or " P urple Heart" stockfrom Sout h Ameri ca is a na tural purple incolor and q uite unu sual beca use of thi s tr uenatural color. Th is wood is used quite extensivelyfor inla y work on gun stocks aswell as for making forend tip s and gr ip caps.It is also pr acti cal as an entire stock.A stock cut entirely fr om a big westernmaple burl is one of the most unusual aswell as bea utiful ones in my per sonal collection . It was seasoned for over tw ent y-fiveyears before I had ils Hultgr en of 1217South McBr ide Ave., Los Angeles 22, California, finish it up in pia tic finish and putit on a 7mm Mau ser rifle for me. I probablycould have sold thi s blank alone for 100becau se of it s unu sual qu alities.Laminated stocks of all patterns and designsar e ava ila ble, and will be found to bevery pract ical wh ere one wish es to eliminatewarping, such as for target rifle use, or iflivin g in damp climate areas.Th ere are liter all y dozens of varret res ofim por ted woods which wi ll mak e ver y finegun stocks. Some of them ar e a l ill ie heavy,but they can be used on target or ben ch restrifles to furnish th e shooter with someth ingd ifferent. Th ey cost very littl e. if an y more,than the local pla in woods and I ha ve neverpa id over fifteen dollar s per blank, even ofthe imported woods.AIter purch asing a blank whi ch is sup'~"You 're welcome to the watch, butwhat'll you take for tha t gun? It'sjust what I need to fill a gap inmy collection."posedl y guaranteed to be dr y, I send it toone of th e var ious firms who spec ialize inmach ine turning stock blanks, and have itturned. Th is usua lly runs from ten to twelvedollars. T hen I set it on th e wall to see ifit is going to warp or walk around or twistto any appreciable degree. Th er e is not. . . my' collecfion."posed ly guara nte ed to be dry, I send it toone of the var ious firms who specialize inmach ine turning sto ck bla nks, and have itturn ed. Th is usually runs from ten to twelvedollars. T hen I set it on th e wall to see i fit is going to war p or walk aro und or twistto a ny apprec iab le degree. Th ere is notmuch wood left in th at forearm aft er it hasbeen machine tu rn ed and inletted, and if itis not good and dry it is going to tw istNon-Breakable. GuaranteedFor All American, Many Foreign CunsNon-slip and precision- fitted , FRANZ tTE GRtPS oret he most durable mad e ! Beau t iful colors; smooth ,chec kered, st a ghorn a nd fancy ca rved ; trut y dist inctive.Long-wea ring, unaffect ed by moistu re, perspiration, most mineral and veg etable c ils. Will notchip or peel. Lust er , color a re perman en t.Conventional or conver sion st yles. Also target gr ips,wit h or wit hout thumb rest . Avaitable for all popu ­la r gu ns in: Ivory, Pearl, On yx, Agate, Walnut,Black a nd Staghorn fini shes. Low cost, $2.S0 t o$8.00- See au' comp lete catalog!around or pull one way or th e othe r toquite a n ex tent. I let them ha ng on th ewall from six mon th s to a yea r. 1£ theyhave not altered shape ver y much by th istim e. I can rest assured th at th e stock iswell seasoned. I might add that these a releft in a room that is in the upstairs partof the house and the temperature varies tono grea t extent from one month to the next.If they ha ve not warp ed or walked arounddu ring thi dr ying peri od , I hav e neverfound th em to do , 0 aft er being completelyfinished and fitted to th e gun.As to finish-I have oiled stocks, laqueredstock, varnished stocks. and stocks pra yedwith plasti c. I have found them all to hevery durable. but the oil finished stock willa bsorb more moisture than those finishedotherw ise. The new plasti c finishes are veryhard, durab le and wear extremely well.Furthermore. they lea ve th e wood in th eirnatura l color. which I personally prefer. Iwill never use oil aga in on a stock unless itbe a piece of pla in wood where I ca renot h ing for th e looks. If you have a finelyfigured piece of wood or one with contras tinggrain, then it should be finished in th enat ura l state with no stain being used. Th atis what sets the stock apart fro m other s. T heonly one I have sta ined is a Prima Verastock wh ich I placed on a J ap sporte r, h utit was stra w colored in th e na tural state andI did n't care for it. It took a beautif ulwaln ut stain wit h gold en h igh -ligh ts.My rifle stocks ha ve heen to me on e ofth e most enjoya ble parts of my shootinghobby. I have di sp layed th em many t imesto civic club s, Parent -Teacher Associationmeetings, and spor tsmen's gro ups, in neighboringcounties as well as my own. P eoplecome from all di stan ces to look at th em , yetth ey cost no more to mak e up than woulda factor y issue stock, providing you pi ckout your own wood and have th em turnedand inl etted by mach inc.Even if you own only one rifle or sho tg un,I think you would ga in mu ch pleasure fr oml ' _ a_._ L_~1 ~__.. .. ~. 1 .l _ Imeet ings, and spor tsmen's groups, in neigh ­bor ing counties as well as my own . P eoplecome from all distan ces to look at th em, yetth ey cost no more to make up th an woulda factory issu e stock, prov iding you pickout your own wood and have them tu rn edand inlett ed by ma ch inc.Even if you own 'only one rifl e or shotgun,I think you would gain mu ch pleasure fromhavin g one stocked in an unu su al wood ofsome sort, one th at is attractive, yet ~durable. ~Frontlte Grips Are Sold Under Ou, Guo,anteeFREECATALOGWrit e today for 28-page boo k.Prices, ittust rates grips fo r ottA.merican makes, plus many foreIgn.ForColt Reming tonGrea t West ' n RugerH & R Savag eHi-Standard S & WBrowningCzechDreyseSchm eisserluge rMau serOrtg iesSa uer

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TEN OF THEWORLD'S BIGGEST RIFLES(Continued from pag e 30 )hi s father bro ught hom e a little St even ssingle shot .22 with a supply of Short s. Hi sbrother , Ken , was onl y four, and th eir dadhad to help th em hold the rifle. Both boyslearned to shoot, and to love guns. Kenis now a collector of Winch ester s. Th e firstgame th e youngsters took were lar ge sna p­pin g turtles in th e Charle s river. With Dadpa yin g for th e ammo. one summer th e buyspopped three cases (30,000 rounds ) in twomonths. Dad th ought thi s was too mu ch of agood thing, so redu ced th e all otm cnt to acase or so a year. Th e boys supplemented thi smeag er supply with cart ridges bou ght withth eir own money.Ma ynard becam e inter ested in th e mechanicalend of guns in hi gh school. Mor ethan a quarter century ago he star ted handloadingand remodelin g gun s und er th csupe rvision of C. R. Salmonson, a gunsmithin Oakland, Cali forn ia, wher e th e fami lyhad moved. He soon had hi s own lathe andwas making hi s own reloading tools, rcworkingmilitary rifles and designing wildcatsfor him self and oth er people. He devel-• Law Enforcement• Target Shooters• Hunters• Field ShootersStocks car v e d for allpopular American guns,individu ally custom fitted.Box 741oped the Lovell R-2 at the same tim e Lovelldid . Again. with Dick ] omton , who is nowa pr ofessional guide in Alaska, he developedth e famous Var minter at th e same time Geb ­by d id. Th ey ca lled th eir version th e .22-250Magnum, but th e cartridges wer e interchangeable."laynard says thi s fir st experimental rifle is still the most accurate rifl e inh is collection today. As such developm ent swere a hobb y, he never made an effort tocomercialize on th em.Handgun s pla y a large part in Bu ehl er'shobby shooting. Fa vorit es include a ColtWoodsman , a mat ched pair of S & W K. 38/K-22 revolver s. a .45 Colt Single Acti on, anda Colt .45 Aep . Hi s Jove for optical sightsca used him to design a mount to use the K-lWeaver scope on a revolver. Whi le he doesn'trecomm end it, it d id work , whi ch is what hewanted to pro ve, H is fine rifle collec tion includes most calibers from .22 Hornet up. Heshoots th em a ll. No load ing tools ar e mad eto tak e the extre mely lar ge case s so hc makeshis tools and loads for all ca libers.Bu ehler had five years of college in theWrite for Illustrated Brochure with allinformation on s tocks and how to order !l1errtffs STOCKST W IN FALLS , IDAHOMa Hunfer Pre~enf~FRENCH CHAUCHATLIGHT MACHINE GUNPrid e of t h e Fre n c h Army. iss ued > . ~ _..,-'; C IVIL WAR ARTI LLERYto the A.E.F. in w c - ia W ar I. .~1'-":~ ~ ~~l AMMO . a n d a ll OrdnanceSworn b y . b y a few-sworn a t by ~i~\-~~'l CCX'NNONcii~Ls~aC~NNOSm a n v . Comp lete a n d in excellen BALLS! WHOSE GOT THEc o n d it io n- $19.9 5 . . . . 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M2 A I R CR AFT GUNS- ncw in ori g i na l cascs.-, JA i\fF~ S R IFLE SHO T- 1 2 noundcr s im il a r to s ho tgun~$08 ~g~e by CO LT w i ll b e s h ipped to ea rl y nurcuuscrs [lrJ'~\. \~fR cA~~g~~ D s'E S-O NLY COMP LETE AS SORT .I H 2 " MORTAR J w ' d II 1\1ENT I N COtJ N T R Y in b ox es" I t h beauurunv c n glavc~~n ;;C~~ S S Or i e s--$ 3 5. 0 0---eo mp e In or n:nce ca se w 1 ~':]~~ l ro ~fO ~~C~~~~k~~T5 ~~~ ~~x~l ~ .d $~e,'h oJ ~~.~~~g le tcJ UST ARR rV ED-7.9 2 KURZ A MMO- $ 8 , .)0 per 100 . set o f 8 . .. $1 5 .0 0 ,S e nd 50c for B.R A N D NEW 3r d e d i tio n catn- SPECIAL' Au tb enuc Otv tt w ar shcu rus c trrntttons rast cnodIog u e o f hith er to uno ffere d r a r e a r m s and }?o~9F ~:&'E~T~ ~call ~o~ I;~jl~ft\ il~~ CiV i~Xf\'U~ 5 (£i'. ca .3.1nmO for t h e s h o o t e r a n d collecto r , Ca n n on . •. $1.0 0 ea. $12. 0 0 doz.GRR~IA.." ~IRDALS-I ron Cross--$2.50 ell . ~Iost Others--$1.25 complete se lectionlisted in n ew CATAI,OGU};CANCELS DEWAT PROCRAM! THERE WILL BE NO MORE AFTER THESE ARE SOLDISERVICE ARMAMENT CO. 8E~STf ORTlEERD BOG OTA NE... JE' SEcFlint two-gauger shooting eiCjht tonsmuzzle energy slug tests scope mount.early 30's, majoring in mecha nical engineering.During the depression he worked as amachinist yet quit hi s job three tim es infour years to takc six month hunt ing trips.Th e first trip covered most of the . S. a ndth e second Westcrn Canada , in a l\Iodel AFord. Bein g practically broke, he lived offth e cou ntry with a Colt W oodsman. Th ebattered Model A made ab out 20,000 mil esinto Mexi co, on the third trip. Maynar d d iscoveredhe was down to S30 and 2,750 milesfrom home. He got ba ck with SS to spare,d ue to his deadly accura cy with th e Woodsmanth at supplied plen ty of fresh meat, includingja ckrabbits. Tho se 18 months ofhunting accounted for spe cimens of mostNorth Am eri can game.An attracti ve lad y nam ed Katherine anda pr eacher ended his roaming, ca ref ree life,as Buehl er says, " for a better one" in 1939.Marriage didn 't faze his love of guns, shootingand experimental work, and he appliedhim self with even grea ter zea l.Gunsmith bu sin ess was b uild ing IIp, andleaning heavily to scope sigh ts. Buehl erwasn 't sa tisfied with any mount on th e market."loun t r ings were in th e wa y o f th eturret and he thought th ey should have abett er app earance, in keeping with fine customr ifles. After man y tri al s he built hi sconcept ion of the ultima te in a fine, sturdymount. Loca l shooters lik ed it, so more nationalad ver tising br ought in floods of orders.AIter makin g a nd sh ipping 1,500 moun ts,pili'; the safctys and guns mith ing, 16-hourdays wer e beginni ng to tell. The couple tooka vaca tio n in 1940, and wer e too bu sy forthe nex t 15 years to take ano ther.Th e offi ce was moved to Orinda, 10 mil esout of Oa kland. when Katie resicn erl 1'1) 1949piu s tile sa tc tys and gu nsmith ing, o-hourdays were beginning to tell. The couple tooka vacarion in 1940, and wer e too bu sy forthe next 15 yea rs to tak e another.Th e office was moved to Orinda, 10 mil esout of Oaklan d, when Kati e resigned in 1949to look a fter th c famil y. Th eir first dau ghter ,Sandy, was (our years old, a nd Nancy wasborn in 1950. Th eir hom e is four miles outof Or ind a a nd the a bando ned quarry, convertedto a fine shooting ran ge, is conven ientlylocat ed a bout midway. This is wher e on eca n often hear rifle fire tha t sounds l ikeartillery. Th e basem ent shop. now entirelyexper imenta l, is still at home. wh er e Buehl erdoes all I he toolin g and works out t he newid eas which arc th e life-bl ood of his business.He complete ly rcconditioned a Ph ant om Ian d 11, Rolls Royce, stripping th em down toth e last nut, to see why they are consideredth e finest cars in the world. He found th eywer e bu ilt with a complete d isregard forcost. Both cars took several blue ribb ons a ndprem ier awar ds in auto shows. before he soldth em. As he sa id, "T here was noth ing elsemech ani cal I could do to th em." He built a% scale model Rolls, with a semi-automat ictr an sm ission, for th e kid s. Top spee d is 12mph with the 1% horse power motor.Wh en Buch ler designed and made th efirst one of hi s scope mounts, he th ou ght of itas th e " ult imate" in design. Yet af ter yea rsof ac ceptance among shoote rs, he mad e achange to "M icro-Dial" to even further perfectit. He doesn't think he can improve hi spr esent mount, but he is not th e kind of manto rest content with even perfecti on. Hi sbasement shop still whirrs and th e nearbyrange resounds to th e sounds of Buehler 'sTen of th e World's most

HOW TO GET CAST BULLET ACCURACY(Con tinued from page 41)minimu m of light. A small high spot usuall yremains where the spru e has been cut off.Th is hi gh spot mu st be " dead center" toeliminate " fliers." Cast bullet bases mu st beperfect if th e ut most acc uracy is to beobta ined.Old tim e schuetzen men spoke of the baseas the "s teering end" of th e bull et. For thi sreason their molds were often cut to pourfrom the nose, assur ing them of a smooth,flat, perfect bullet ba se. T his part of thebullet must expand uni formly and fill th egrooves for ming a perf ect, gas-tight seal. Ifthe base isn't square one side will emergefrom th e bor e before the other allow ing th ehot, expanding powder gases to escape unevenly,a condition which will tip th e bulle t,losing accuracy.Cast bullets are made from a lead-tin alloy.Rifles, as indi vidu als, will show a pr eferencefor one mixtu re over the others. Thi s partitcularalloy can only be determined byexperimentation. All of my rifles, regardlessof calib er, will shoot tight er averag e groupswith bullets cast as soft as the riflin g willhandle withou t leading . Usuall y a 15/1 or a20/ 1 mixture of lead and tin is a good pla ceto start. Th ese two normally pr oduce excellentgro ups in cases of medium capac ity, especiallyat 1800/2000 feet per second velocities.Any good handbook, such as the Id eal orBeld ing & Mull , covers the procedure forcasting good bullets. Severa l deta ils rememberedwhile casting will do much to insuregood, uni form bull ets. The mold mu st bealmost as hot as the molt en metal it self. Thebest method to bring the mold up to heat isgood, uni form bull ets. Th e mold mu st bealmo st as hot as the molt en metal it self. Thebest meth od to bring the mold up to heat isby casting bullets. Usually 10 to 20 willwarm it up. Wh en your bull ets drop fromthe mold with full grooves, sha rp corners,wrinkle-free bearin g surfaces, and are asbrigh t and shiny as a newly minted dim e,casting can pro ceed without interruption.Above all , don't try to hurry. It ta kesseveral seconds for the metal in th e sprue tosolidify so that th e cut-off plate can do asmooth job. Allow the dipper spout to remainin contact with th e sprue hole for acouple of seconds af ter the mold has beentipped upri ght. Thi s will insur e a completelyfull cavity. And whil e the dipper and moldar e thu s connected, tap th e bottom of th eblocks lightly on the top edge of th e melti ngpot a couple of times. Thi s little tri ck willpound the molten metal into th e mold, producing cast slugs that won't vary mor e th an.2 grain either way. Rememb er you are castingbull ets for accuracy and that a littlepa tience will pay of with smaller gro ups inthe range.Above all, be sure to handle cast bull etsvery carefully. Even th e "hardest" alloys aresoft and deform very easily while hot. Cat chthe slugs as they drop from the mold on afolded blank et or a large turkish towel. Don'tdrop th em into a pile.I cast my bull ets in groups of 110 or 115,then set the mold aside whil e these are examined.Any slug with even th e slightestdefect is thrown bac k into the pot. Th e onesthat appear perfect are th en weighed on th escales. Th ese bull ets are separated int o threer)groups ; tho se th at weigh within .25 gra ineither way of th e nomin al cast bull et weight;BLUE BOOK OFUSED GUN VALUESscales. Th ese bull ets are separa ted int o threegroups ; tho se th at weigh within .25 graineither way of th e nomin al cast bull et weight;The response has been so tremendous ....the demand so overwhelming that we are offeringonce again, but for the last time, a chance for youto obtain the BLUE BOOK OF USE D GUNVALUES ... now at one-half the original price.You won't want to be without this valuable referencework. It's the price handbook for shootersand dealers everywhere.But the supply is limited. We urge youto act immediately and avoid disappointment later.Fill in the coupon below, enclose your remittanceand mail it right away!tho se that weigh from .25 to .5 grain abo vethat weight ; and those that weigh fr om .25to .5 grains below the weight. Any bullet thatvar ys more than plu s or minu s .5 grain isdiscard ed.Ea ch of th ese weighed gro ups is kept separate-lubricated , sized, loaded, and shot thesame way. And each lot of 110 is kept separate.A lot of tr oubl e? Not when loading tosqueeze the utm ost accuracy fr om a cast bullet.Unifor mity is the secret of lead-alloyaccuracy and thi s is one of the ways of bein gcerta in your cast bull ets are as uniform aspossibl e.Lubricati on has a definite and very importantbearing on the ultimat e accuracy ofany cast bullet. It mak es little differe ncewheth er th e slug is lubricated by the cak e­pan, cake-cutter method or with a sizer andlubrica ter, ju st as long as th e grooves arepacked full. Th e most importan t thing is thecomposition of th e lub rican t itself. Manydifferent mixtures ha ve been tried, sworn byand at- -water pump grease, Lubriplate, beeftall ow, Japan wax, beeswax, and carna ubawax to name a few. All have th eir merits, butfrom severa l yea rs of experimentat ion 1 ha vecome to prefer one out standing lub rican t. Itis a 50-50 mixture of pure beeswax and paraffine.Both of these ar e inexpen sive andreadily obtained at the corn er drug store andeight ounces of thi s mixture will lubricat eseveral thousand bull ets.According to the particul ar tastes of th erifle thi s mixt ure is softened to a tou gh,pliable consistency by th e add ition of Vaseline. With higher velocity load s th e bear ingsurfaces are sometimes coa ted with one of the" DAG" solutions or with Gun slick. 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tile solution which evapora tes leavin g thebearing surfaces coated with gra phite. Ac·curacy with this lubrican t has been excellent.Leading is no longer a problem even withcast bullet loads at close to jacketed slugvelocities !Aft er lubricat ion, the gas check is attachedto the base of the bullet. Thi s shallowcopper or gilding metal cup pro tects th e basefrom the blow-torch blast of th e expandingpowder gases. Accurac y is not measura blyaffected by the make, type, or material of gascheck. Th e important th ing is to attach th egas check so th at it rem.ains on the bulletclear to the target. A gas check flying offthe base or'the bullet during flight is oftenthe cause of that one "flier."There are many different brand s of gaschecks on the mar ket at the present time andthey all perfo rm excellently if they stay withthe bullet. One bran d is designed so that itcrimps on the base of the slug when forcedthrough the sizing die. This pa rticular onedoes a very good job of staying with th e bullet.However , gas checks are much a ma tterof choice. Usually the Id eal bra nd fits thebase of bullets cast from a Lyman moldmuch better than most of the others.Proper sizing of a lubricated, gas-checked,lead -alloy bullet is pro bab ly one of the mostimpor tant operations affecting pin-po int accuracy.For years han dbo oks always recommended shooting a cas t bu llet that wasseveral th ousandth s over groove diameter.Th eory behi nd this pr act ice was th at th elarger hullet did a bett er job of sealing th ebore, thereby jack ing up pressures {or moreeffi cient burn ing of light powder charges.However, none of my ri fles will produce ac ­cur ate results with oversize bullets. All ofmy pet gas check load s call for a bu lletsized to groove diameter.To determ ine the prop er bullet size forany rifle, first "slug" the bore by pushing ahunk of soft lead through it. Mike thi s to decurarer esu u s WJlll o vers rze u u uers. .t\JL 0 1my pet gas check load s call for a bu lletsized to groove diameter.To determ ine the prop er bullet size forany rifle, first "slug" the bore by pushing ahunk of soft lead through it. Mike thi s to determine th e groove diameter. Now mike oneof the bullets as cast. Most molds will throwa bullet from .005" to .007" oversize. If th ecast slug is more than .003" over groove diameterit will be best to run it through Iwosizing dies to redu ce it. In this mann era more concentric and unifor m sized bulletwill result. Be sure that the sizing die doesn'tshave more lead from one side of the bulletthan from the other, ca using the slug to belop-sided and inaccura te. The less a relativelysoft lead bullet is sized by the riflebarrel itself, the more accurately it will shoot.In tr ying to squeeze minute-of-angle gro upsfrom cast bull ets, much depends on thechoice of prim er. Uniform ignition of th elight powder charge is a must. Often, largerifle pr imers such as the Win chester 120,Remin gton 9% . an d Western 8% are too hotfor redu ced gas-check load s. Th is is especiallytru e with Unique and # 2400 powders. Largepistol prim ers work much bett er with these.However, you may find that your rifle digestsa load of 600/0 to 750/0 of a full charge of# 3031, 4320, 4064, or 4895 wit h real accuracy.If such is the case, lar ge rifle primerswill work fine. One of the most accura teload s for my .30-06 sporter is 30.7 grains of#4895 behind a 165 gr. bullet with Win.120 pr imers. On the other hand, 12.5 gra insof nique tr iggered by the Win . III largep istol primer with the same bullet in the '06shoots like a house afire.With the .250-3000 FN sporter I rely entirely on Federa l # 210 primers to get 1"groups. This particular prim er is one of themost consistent small group produ cers I havefound. This is especially tru e with 1800/ 2000"' lI U U 1;:! lin. \..- u - uv u ,, \:. (C l r~. " . - -- •With the .250-3000 FN sporter I rely entirely on Federa l # 210 primers to get 1"groups. This particular prim er is one of themost consistent small group produ cers I havefound. This is especially tru e with 1800/ 2000Ips loads using # 4227 or # 4198 powder.Regarless of the pri mer used be sure that itis firmly sealed on th e bottom of the pri merpocket. And be sure to use a primer pun chthat fits the contour of th e pr imer face toavoid crushing.A HANDFUL OF HANDLING EFFECTIVENESSMost efficiently shaped grip for power-packed short guns. Available in four colors with precisionnon-slip checkering or in antique staghorn.For S&Wonly. Chief's Spec.. Kit-Gun,Bodyguard . Terrier and .32 H.E. 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Each must be full le ng thsized before loadin g the first ti me, thentrimmed to a un iform overall len gth . Trimmingthe necks will insure the same seatingdepth from case to case. It will also sq uareup the case mouth so that one side of th eslug doesn't emerge before the other. Trimmingalso afford s equal neck tension on thebull et from load to load , an important accuracyfactor.Trimmi ng will leave a slight burr on boththe inside and outside of th e case mouth. Afew turn s of an ordinary 82-degree countersinkwill cha mfer the insid e ; a couple ofgentle swipes with a small piece of crocuscloth will remove any trace of burrs fr omthe outside, or use one of th e special de ­burring tools for thi s operation.Examine pr imer pockets carefully. Mak esure no burrs were left on the inside whenth e flash hole was pu nched. Remove any byscraping with the squared end of a smallscrewdriver. Flash holes will vary from .065"to .085". T he act ual diameter is unimportant, ju st as long as it is the same inevery case. R un a #4,5 drill throu gh eachhole as a check. If any are larger th an thi sdrill size, discard them for cast bu llet use.Be sure that the flash hole has beenpun ched " dead center." Often they are off toone side of the pocket. If so, discard th atparti cular shell. Always clean the pr imerpocket befor e seating a new pri mer. Scrapeout the resid ue left by the spent pr imer withthe end of a small screwdriver blade or liseone of the special steel wire bru shes designedspecifically for thi s job. A tiny bit of pr imerresidue in the pr imer pocket can tip a newpr imer enough to cause fa ulty ignition, resulting in a "flier" for that shot.After cases have heen fired once, suhsequentreloadings will req uire neck sizingspecmcauy lOr im s Jon. 1\ uny mt or pnmerresidue in the pr imer pocket can tip a newpr imer enough to cause fa ulty ignition, resulting in a "flier" for that shot.After cases have heen fired once, suhsequentreloadings will req uire neck sizingonly. Adj ust the sizing die so as to leaveabout 1/16" of Ihe neck unsized. Thisunsized port ion will center the case in theneck of the chamber, holding the bnll etconcentric with the bore and delivering ittru e to the rifling.--------- - ---- - - - - ---- ------ - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Selection of the proper size of expa ndingplugs is very importan t in assembling accuratecast bullet loads. Why go to thetroubl e of cas ting, weighing, lubricating, andsizing a perf ect hullet; then rui n it by forcingit into a case neck that is too small ?Use an expanding plug that is as near tothe diameter of th e sized bull et as possiblefor best results. Expa nd ed with such a plug,the case neck will ca use very li ttle, if any,deformat ion of the slug d ur ing the seatingoperation.One of the most accura te bull ets for my.250-3000 is the 85 gr. Id eal # 257312. Ascast fro m my mold thi s particular bulletmikes .257" on I he nose and is not sized.Wi th this slug: I use an expanding plug thatmeasure s .2575". Bullets are seated in th ecase necks with the fingers, yet there isenoug h neck tension to cause a littl e "pop"when one is withdrawn. Th is bu llet, shot ascast and seated in th is manner, averages 1"groups at 100 yard s when pushed by 18 grs,of # 4198 in my 7% # FN sporter lBull et seating dept h will greatly affect accuracy.Here, experimentation is necessar y.Cast bullets are peculiar creatures. As a generalrule a seating depth which allows theh"ll"l 10 'iuct !ollrh thf' land s when th e holt

is closed wi ll prod uce ex cellent res ult s. However.some times a bull et will shoot muchc l o s ~ r with a ce r ta in load if se a ted with th eLase Hush with Lase of the neck. Be sure tomake up a d ummy ca rt rid ge for futurerefer ence, once an accurate sea ting depth isdet ermined .An accurate cas t bu llet load ca n be workedup for a ny of the powd ers. Better accuracyin ligh t loads wi ll be obtain ed wit h th e q uickburningpowders li ke #2400, U n iq ue,# 4759, #4227, and # 4198. # 4198 worksexcep tio na lly well with loads in th e 1800 /2000Ip s range. Heavi er bu llet s will shoot m uchbe tter with th e slowe r powder s espe cially atlong ranges.Se ve ral of the salva ge powd ers current lyon th e market should n' t be overlooked.# 4895 Gov't powder is excelle n t. #4831 willproduce exce p tional accuracy with mo st of th e.30 caliber cas t bullet s of 150 grs, or mor e.Both th e Western ball powd er s, type "C"and 1-1-240, shoot very well in small andmedium ca pacity cas es. And. here, the handloaderca n combine accuracy wit h economy.Mo st all of th e salvag e powd ers me nti on edsell for ab out $1.00 to $1.25 per po und, thu sgiving th e shooter about twi ce as many loadsas ca nister powders for the sa me cost .Wh en working up ncw loads, I usuallywei gh every cha rge on th e powder scalesun t il I get th e grou ping I want. T hen I calibratemy Beld ing & M u ll mea sure to th rowthi s particular load and find that it is accura te enough to give me consis te nt minuteof-angle gro ups. This is es pec ia lly true withth e fine-grained powd ers s uch as Uniq ue,#2400, #4320, # 422 7, # 4895, a nd W est ernba ll.N o one ca n r ecommend any load that willg ive p in -po int accuracy in all ri fles of agiven ca libe r. The mo st accura te load for aparticul a r rifl e with a ce rta in cast bulleta nd po wder ca n o nly be determine d by experimentalshooting. The best pl ace to sta r tis with a load frum a g ood handbook for-ti: ""'+\JU, -ti- LfI"'''''V , tt "t"- .l.I , 11'"'iU:1 V , (1IlU \'V t:;;:' l C l l1ba ll.N o one ca n r ecommend any load that willg ive pin -po int accuracy in all ri fles of agiven ca libe r. T he mo st accura te load for aparticul a r rifl e with a ce rta in cas t bulleta nd po wder ca n onl y be determined by experim ental shooting . The best place to sta r tis wi th a load from a good handbook forth e bu llet you int end to use. Try it. If youare luck y, it ma y gro up ; mor e than likel y itwon 't. Work up fr om rh is load by .5 grai nincr em ent s. within reason . Sho ot a series ofgro ups a nd co mpa re th em . Pick th e load th ataverag es th e smallest groups. Now vary another ser ies of loads from this particularcha rge hy .1 increm ents both plus and m in us.S hoo t a nother bunch of gro ups and compa reth em. P ick th e load tha t again averages th esmallest groups and stick with it .If you t.hink better accur acy can be had ,tr y varying th e bullet sea ting depth, or trya no ther lu bri cant. P erhaps your rifl e willhandl e.' a bullet .00 1" to .002" larger thangroo ve d iam et er. Then , aga in, yo ur best ac ­curacy ma y be obtained with a differ en thul let mixtu re ,But, rem ember, ca st lead-alloy sl ugs ar etemper am ental. Don 't ge t di scouraged ifvour first a tt em pts don't br ing 1" gro ups.Lead bu llet !' ca n be mad e to shoot as well asjacket ed slugs if particu lar att ention is pai dto a fe w det ai ls. Un ifor mity from load toload is the one big sec re t to ca st bullet ac ­r-uracy. Ex pcr ime ntalion and a lot of shootin ga re necessary to mak e lead slugs perform.But w ith enough of both, your lead-alloybullets wi ll punch out th e X -r ing withmo~ol on.ou s regularit y, And t!,er e' s ~ certainC •.~I' Cf

~ •_ . _~ '-_ELMER KEITH SAYS(Continued from page 9)est of all milit ary bolt action rifles for combatuse. Th e Model 54 Schultz and Larsen action,with its rear locki ng lugs, mana ged to cleanup the free rifle game pretty well for years ininternational competition, which speaks wellenough for the accuracy, when applied to abig sturdy bolt action.T he new Model 60 Schultz & Larsen employsthe same rear locking bolt lugs. Thebolt is heavy, large in diameter, and employsfour locking lugs. Th is mak es for a verysmooth, fast action, as there are no lug ra cesto cra mp the bolt in opera tion. The case headis enclosed in the hea d of the bolt (similarto the Remin gton 721, 722, and 725 rifles)with the same type pin ejector ; but theSchultz and Lar sen extrac tor is a muchlarger, stronger un it th an those employed inthe Remin gtons and, to my notion, far bet ­ter. Th is type of recessed bolt head, combined with a reall y good spring-type hookextractor, offers the best possible combinationfor safety and surety of extraction, tomy way of think ing.The action cocks on the closing movementlike the Enfields and, while this is obje ction.able to some, it will be found very fast onceyou become accustomed to the rifle andthrow the bolt fast. Three gas vents are linedup within the ejection port in the top of boltwhen it is closed. Th e recessed bolt faceelimina tes any chance of gas escaping oth erthan thr ough a ruptured pri mer, and thesethree gas vents should well tak e care of anysuch occurr ence.Sa fety is on the right side of the cockingpiece, well positioned for either right or lefthand shooters. Bolt stop is small and neatand lays almost flush with left rear end ofreceiver, projecting ju st enough to make iteasy to reach for bolt removal. BOlt han dleis small, neat, well shaped and positi onedpiece, well positioned for either right or lefthand shooters. Bolt stop is small and neatand lays almost flush with left rear end ofreceiver, projecting ju st enough to make iteasy to reach for bolt removal. BOlt han dleis small, neat, well shaped and positi onedfor bot h scope use and rapid fire work.The action appear s lon g and massive andit is j ust tha t, but is amply strong for anycartridge and some of th e largest mostpowerful .4.50 elephant cartridge rifles arenow being made on the Schultz and Larsenact ion. It was proof fired with up to 130,000pounds pr essure, which it handl ed the sameas the old heavy Mag num Mauser action,and which blew up standard Mau ser actions.This Dani sh-made action works very smoothlyand fast. The top is matted full length andthe bolt is completely enclosed its full length,except for the ejection port. It is tapped andthr ead ed for standard Buehler or their topmounts. Buehler makes a special mount tofit it.The action is anchored by two strongguard screws, one at th e recoil lug and onej ust in front of the trigger guard, plus awood screw in the lower tan g behind thetrigg er guard. Tr igger is small, neat, grooved,and well positioned. Tr igger pu ll is excellent.The magazine is hinged, wit h, trip in front oftrigger guard, where it should be. Arnmunitioncan be changed quickly, or the magazinecan be recharged from the bottom whilekeepin g a loaded round in the chamber. Themagazine holds three round s, which withone in the barrel, makes it a four shot rifle.The rear locki ng lugs permit a longerbarr el sha nk and thr ead , making for maximumstiffness at barrel and receiver joint.Th e receiver has flat, clean top lin es, andthe trigger guard is neat and well shaped.The barrel is 26" long, j ust the right lengthto burn the heavy charge of slow burning43.50 powder or th e Norma No. 104 powd er.Barr el is of excellent exterior design, witha heavy breech port ion extending one inchforward of receiver, then a grad ual taperfor three inches and a straight tap er on tothe rat her small muzzle, ju st right for extremeacc uracy in a huntin g weight barrel.Barrel and action ar e bea utifully polishedand blued a deep blue-black. Bore is rifledwith 6 grooves and narr ow lands and is perfectlyfinished.The stock follows my own design of nearl y30 years ago, first made by J ohn Dub iel, exceptthat the forward end of the cheek rest-'--- 0_ ....J_ _ .- 1_ _ ~ 1 .~ ..- Iand blued a deep blue-black. Bore is rifledwith 6 grooves and narr ow lands and is perfectlyfinished.The stock follows my own design of nearl y30 years ago, first made by J ohn Dub iel, exceptthat the forward end of the cheek restis raised upward instead of being tu rn eddownward into the middle of grip. It has thesame excellent Monte Carlo comb, low infront, and instead of my monogram humpon the ri ght side, this one has the old Wund·hammer swell. Grip cap is larger and gripflares out larger at the cap. This is an excellentstock that will fit almost anyone andwill not pu nish your jaw in shooting. It isstocked j ust right for scope use, and noiro n sights come on the Model 60. Grip capand soft rubber recoil pad with white spacersand one inch sling swivels complete th estock job.All told, 1 like this ri fle very much. It is awell finished rifle, comparable with man y finecustom jobs. The forestock is a depart urefrom my design, in that it is flat on thebottom with less width at the top. It feelsand holds very well ind eed.We fitted one of Weaver' s lat est 60 seriesK·4 scopes with my do uble horizontal wirereticle known as the ra nge finder reticle, inBuehler special mounts for this rifle and,after bore sighting. only four shots werenecessar y to sight it in perfectly for 300yards. Accura cy was exce ptionally good fr omthe start. At 100 yards, thi s 12" twist rifleseems to want to pile these 160 gra in Normaloa ds into one-inch gro ups, and at long rangeit still shoots very small groups. No doubtthe elimination of lu g recesses in th e receiverring contributes to a very stiff strongaction and a much closer, smoother fit ofbolt to receiver, which in turn contributes toth e high degree of accuracy.In all fairn ess, I must admit to having beenprejudiced against th ose rear lock ing lugswhen I started working with this rifle. However,the more I use it, the more I like andadmire its man y good features. Th e fourlocking lugs per mit a bolt lif t of only oneeighthturn, about half that of conventionalMau ser-t ype actions. T he flush extractor permitsthe bolt to be completely enclosed inthe receiver. The tr igger pull is one stage,no slack to tak e up. Lock time is ver y fast.Striker travel is about one half inch. Th esafety has three posit ions : fully forward isfire, full y to the rear for safe wit h tr igger,bolt, and firing mecha nism fully locked, and~_ J , _ _l._j-J _ _ J. _J ' '~_ J"_ · _ uEasy to Read Plans & Ready-Cut KitsNOW AYA ILAHU;! 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A mmunition in 160 gra in TUns around $27.00per hundred. Th e rifle is priced at $145.00.One inch Buehl er split rin g mounts TU na round 22.45, and with your favorit e scopeyou have a first cla ss long range rifl e of th ecustom class for one of th e finest lon g ran geca rtridges yet developed. I would favor useof 175 gra in Ne sler bullet s with 60 to 61gra ins of 4350 and a ny of our commerciallar ge rifle primers for a ll bi g game shooting.as th e first half (If the hull er will expa ndbu t th e rear half will not and will penetrat eon I hrou gh th e beast. Th e No ler bull etwould also be man dat ory with me for anvshots at our larger game such as elk, moose.or grizzly if I was forced 10 lise a mall boreon th em. Man y Sharp e 8. Hart 7x61 riflesa re now being mad e lip on Spring field, Remington,and W inchesl er actions.Neu: O.K.H. Caliber1an y yea rs ago. C. M. On eil , Don Hopkins.and the writer developed a line of biggame cartridges. from th e .265 O.K.H., th e.285 O.K.H., .333 OKH., .333 O.K.H. belt ed ,a nd .424 O.K .H ., to th e .475 O.K.H. NowOneil is tooling lip to comple te the l ine witha .350 O.K.H . Thi s will be ma de on th eshortened .333 O.K.II. Belt ed case. and willgive lover s of the .35 caliher a wide ran geof exce llent bull ets. It will not have th esec t ional density in 300 grain of the .333a nd .424 U.K..H.. to th e .475 U.K..H . NowOneil is tooling up to complete the line witha .350 O.K.H. This will be mad e on th eshortened .333 O.K .II. Belt ed case. and willgive lover s of th e .35 ca liber a wid e r an geof excellent bullet s. It will not have th esec tional den sit y in 300 grain of th e .333O.K. H., nor will it he qu ite as flat over longran ges, but it should mak e a most excelle nta ll ar ound big ga me cartr idge with 60 to 62gra ins 4350 and a 300 gra in bullet.Cutting ShotshellsTh e an swer is. don't do it ! F orm erly manyshoote rs, when they needed a slug load inth eir shotgun for lise ag ainst a big an imal,simply took their jack kn ife and cut theca rtridg e case almost in two between thepowd er and shot charge. It was and is ver yeffec tive, for th e wh ole front end of th eshell goes out of th e gun in slug form. It willblow an awful hole in a bear at close range,as I have had occasion to note! How ever ,th e shot charg e mu st he compre ssed andth e whole oversize ease (wad and shotcha rge) for ced throu gh the fo rcing coneint o th e bore of the gun. In so doing, pressuresmoun t greatly, beyond even th e heavyproof load s used in proof firing the guns atth e factory. W ith mod ern heavy loads andpa rt icula rly with our lat e short magnumloads. th ese pr essures are enough to blow upa good gun. So don't tr y thi s stunt.WHERE ARE TOMORROW'S MINUTEMEN?insoluble probl em for th e avera ge indi vidu alwho hadn 't don e a lot of deta iled a ndfar -sight ed planning. To that pr oblem, theCivilian Defense organ ization could a ndshould provide answers. But are Civilian Defenselead ers thinking along these lin es? 1£nOI. why not ?Wh y not set up, in int egra ted coordinationwith each local Civilian Defen se gro up, locall lome Gua rd unit s- call th em Minutemen,if you will-s-compo sed of men who have guns,know how 10 use th em, and either have or(Continu ed from page 31)sta nd read y to learn the woods skills a ndguerr illa fight ing tacti cs needed for "enemyhara ssmen t ?"As of now, of course, our govern ment tak esa very dim view indeed of any att empt toorganize any arm ed force outside th e formalca tegories of armed forces. Th e rule now is-(k n't do it ! But . . . rul es can be changed,if enough peopl e set ab out to change t hem.Mayb e it' s tim e that men of good will andgood courage began taking a long look atrules that ju st might, God for bid , mak e th ediff er ence betw een dea th and survival.I was thinking th e other da y how I'd goab out it, if such thin gs wer e permitted. I'dbegin . I think, by pickin g a hard core of surepro spects from among th e men I kn ow inlocal Rifle and Pi stol Clubs, Legion orga nizations.and hunting groups. I'd want to kn oweac h man extremely well before I asked himto join my cadre. I'd want to be very sure,first, that he beli eves in the th ings I bel ievein . I don't want an y pink in this picture;afte r all , if th e worst happ en s, my life maydepend on th e ab solute loyalt y of th e menI choose.I want men who own guns and kn ow howto use thern ; but, on a par with that", Iwant men with some skill as woods-runners.TIL J dont want an i prnk 111 this pict ure ;after all, if th e worst hap pen s, my life ma ydepend on th e absolute loyalt y of th e menI choose.I want men who own guns and kn ow how10 use them; but, on a par with that, Iwant men with some skill as woods-runners,Even a man who is loyal and brave and adead shot can get you kill ed if he lack swoodscraft for this kin d of hunting. I' d r eomember, thou gh , that woodscraft can belearn ed ; and if th ere was a man I wantedwh o didn't have it , I'd teach him .Given a group of maybe ten good men andtrue, we'd meet and pick lead ers. W e'd al soenac t a set of by-laws. One such law wo uldreq uire every man to stand read y to pr oduceon a moment's notice certain guns and certain qu antities of ammunit ion. A rifle of th ecurr en t U. S. mili tary caliber would he amust, if only becau se m ilita ry ammunition iseasier 10 obta in in war tim e-might even befu rni shed.A .22 rifl e would he equally import ant,for use on small gam e for meat. A shotgunwou ld pr ovide add it iona l food-gelting values.And every ma n should have and know howto lise a combat-caliber revolver or pist ol.I'd see to it tha t at least one man in m ygroup was, or becam e, a radi o " ham" a ndtechnician . If thi s bad dream of ours ca metrue, th ere woul d be no power , no teleph onefa cilities. no communications of an y kind inmany ar eas-or, at best, non e avail abl e towood s-running riflemen without official insignia.It wou ld be real nice if one of th eboys owned a walk y-talky. I see th em ad ver ­tised by compa nies dealing in war sur pluses.Wh at ever " inner circl e" group you joinedor form ed , you would wa nt first to join th eregul ar Civilian Defen se uni t, wh eth er th eyrecognized your gro up or not. Members ofCivilian Defen se units are issued ca rds ofidentifi cati on whi ch give th e hold er ce rta inrigh ts regarding movement from pl ace toplace in an emerge ncy, and thi s alone wouldbe essential. Any way, any man fit to joinmy un it will be activ e in Civilian Defen se inits other ph ases as well as thi s one. This isan obvious d uty, and my men ar e not th ekind who shirk duties.. .. Of course, it will never happen. Ithap pen ed in a lot of countries, bu t thosewer e foreign countr ies, not like our counmyun it will be active in Civilian Defen se inits other phases as well as thi s one. This isan obvious duty, and my men are not thekin d who shirk duties.. . . Of co urse, it will never happ en. 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"THE PEAK OF PLINKING"(Continued from page 38)weap on can mat ch.An aft ernoo n of such shooting is not cheap,but the plen tiful supplies of inexpensive militaryammunition now availab le make a fewhour s get together as reasonab le as mostother aft er-lunch sports. Also help ful to thecost is that machine gun shooting is a groupsport. Th ey ar e among the few weapons thatare almo st as int erestin g to watc h as toshoot; and mor e fun when several triggersq ueezers get togeth er for a bang-u p time.Why does Sloan in partic ular , and oth erautomatic collectors in general, collect machinegun s? Sloan an swers with a very shortsentence : "They ar e interesting."To the present generation, brought up onmovie Tommy Gun s, heavy doses of MG'sin war-time news reels and training with fullautomatic weap ons in the arm ed forces, agenuine interest follows naturally. Exp ose aman to an interesting thing, be it a Tommygu n, or a 36-26-36 blonde, and he is goingto stay intere sted for a whil e, even thoughit may be expensive, rar e, or even illegal. Hestill want s it. Being hard to get only mak esit more desirable.Sloan believes the machine gun, lik e theshotgun, pistol or blunderbuss, is just anot hertype of weapon. It is one that should not beund eremphasized or overemphasized, one thatshould tak e its rightful place with the othersas a collec tor's item. Aft er all, machine gunsha ve been dramat ic and historic weapons inworld events. No man who has ever heard itwill forget the ripping blast of th e Germ anburp guns, the rattle of Korea' s Ru ssianTommies, or the Ma ytag put-put of the G.r.Greasegun .Heretofore, th e military collector had towork ar ound th e machin e gun, inclu dingOI!!Y ~!1..eo .?~I"!,)~U! 9.m-'!ti~ s ~s.~~ ~ ~_s .I:~~ e ~ i~..!~i_~burp guns, the rattle of Korea' s Ru ssianTommies, or the Ma ytag put-put of the G.r.Greasegun .Heretofore, th e military collector had towork ar ound th e machin e gun, inclu dingonly the semiautomatics such as rifles in hiscollecti on. But now that the world's arm iesare going full automa tic it is no longerpossibl e to ignore them.Th e designer also ha s a legitim at e need tocollec t automati c weapons. Th e problem s involvedin designin g automatic weapons ar eenough to fill ar ticles in themselves. Anyoneinterested in arm s design must necessaril yhave access to shootable automatic weap ons.Military small arms design in th is countryneeds new blood. We cannot get it if newdesigners ar e not allowed to develop. Youcannot pick out a man who is good at designingcan openers to build a gun and expectto get any more than a work ed-overversion of the one before it. Original andfar sighte d design can come only fro m a manwith a close fam ilia rity and int erest in guns.At pr esent, th e Russian comrades ar e notonly out-Sputniking us, but badly out gunning us as well. Th eir new weapons ar e top s.The sad point is they have equipped theirtroops and have en011gh left over to send tothe Midd le East. With Russian weapon s goRussian instructors and influence. Yet th eUnited States-military lead er of the freeworld-has only recently placed the firstorder for the newly adopted M-14, an d doesnot expect to ha ve th e military forces fullyequipped until 1960.The th ird and , probably, most importantreason civilians should have access to automatic weapons, is military pr eparedness.President Eisenh ower as gen eral emphati-man that has ah ead of him prospect ive servicein the armed forces will do well to learnall he can abou t the American military r ifle.If he can become a really capable riflema n,so much the bett er. Once he has donned theuniform he will find his hours and days sopacked with int ensive training tha t he willfind the time all too short to learn the manythin gs he should know, for his own selfpreservation,before he is called upon to meetthe enemy.. . . Expertness in the rifle's lisecannot be overemphasized."Up to th is time it has been standard practicefor the governm ent to encourage civilianpractice and use of the standard mil itarywea pon. Now that full automat ic weapo ns arebecoming standard in our own and allmajor world armies, General Eisenhower' sstatement has become even more valid.If ano ther war should come, it will comeswiftly. We shall ha ve even less time to preparethan in the last. Unbelievable as it mayseem at first thought, only a small percentageof soldiers in combat fire their rifles at theenemy. But if you consider how much trainingand weapons' know-how you would wantbefore you stuck your head out of your holeunder fire to shoot back at the enemy withany confidence of hitti ng anyt hing, the pointcomes home. Such confidence can not comein the few short weeks of service tra ining.The averag e Americ an kn ows far less abo utautomatic weapons than he kn ows abo ut therifle; yet th e auto-firer s are the weapons hewill be exp ected to use if war should come.It was the man with a ri fle or machi ne gunthat slowed the J aps at Bataan , stopped theGermans in the Battl e of the Bulge. Th e samedespera te need may come aga in.Now that mac hine gun s are becomingplent iful, numerou s machine gun collector sare springing up. A few years ago, if youwanted to ha ng machine guns on your wallinstead of blunderb usses, nobody cared bu tthe U. S. Tr easury Depa rtm ent . Und er theFedera l Firearm s Act, the Treasury boysmade things complicated for the M.G. col·lector, but they were genera lly fair about it.So long as you went by the book, th ey weresatisfied and even helpfu l in getting th e redta pe work accomplished.Fu ll automa tics are sta nda rd militaryweapons and are here to stay. Th ousand s ofthem are alr eady in the hand s of th e pub lic,and the number of them in civilia n hands isincreasing. Because of the se fac ts, the lawsdo need revision. It should be revision thatwill severely punish the cri minal for usingany sort of wea pon; but also it shou ld notmake a cr imina l out of the fellow with anhonest int erest in the spor t of shooting JII'!Iwith machine guns. ~PARTING SHOTS"You'll just have to get prone at one end or the other."YOUR INNOCENTPROTECTORTHE HIDE·A·WAY DAGGERA m in ia ture version of th e swo rdcane. This can be lef t casua llylying about the house with onl yf ew knowing th at w i t h i n it sri ch go ld en leather wrapping-sli es a deadly 18" steel da gg er ;extending 5" into th e han dlea nd 26" ove r a ll leng t h. $3 .95P .P. or C.O.D. plus sh ipp in g.B & J LEATHER COMPANYP.O. Box 990. BROWNSVILLE 18. TEXASDOUBLES THE KILLING POWER. • ~:ao:i:3ec\h ~ f ~r:~drevolver b ullet t hathas b een hollowpo i nted b y a GOERG. HOLLOW POI NTER.co m pa re d to a solidi p o in t bu llet. Ava il ­able fo r .45 Colt,.44 Ma g . , . 4 4 S p e ­ci al, .3 5 7 Magnu m .a nd . 3 8 Sp eci al . Retail $4.95.The Goerg Holster is the on ly shoulder holster de ·s ig ne d for the hu nter , o r the active man. .. etllil$ 1 5 .5 0 . Deal er. inq uire.GOERG ENTERPRISESPort Angeles 3009 S. Louret WoshingtooNEW LARGECATA LOG FULLY ILLUSTRATED

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