American Handgunner May/June 1977

en when she ran, had torn a massivewound in her rising, running left leg, andthen ripped an equally destructive channel through the front of her chest. She'drun the hundred yards sensing theimpending human pursuit, and with thesurvival reflex that countless generationsof deer before her had instilled in hergenes. My first slug had taken her standingat a measured 45 yards, the second asshe ran flat out and straight across mypath at 50. She had been already out of itwhen her ears twitched and Harvey'sbullet drilled through her forehead.Later, I reluctantly packed my bags andleft the cabin at the Y-0. I had alreadygiven Hal back his Moran-customized Python.I took a long look at my DanWesson before I locked it into the suitcase.Double-action handgun hunting. Ithad started as a gimmick and become atest.In precision shooting on a PPC silhouette,when I know how many seconds Ihave, I'll still shoot DA to give myself asolid hold and a surprise break. But Idon't know if I'll ever shoot game doubleaction again. I think single action allowsyou to concentrate more on your sightsand less on your trigger. I got away with it,because I shoot double action more than99% of the people who read my articles,and because both the guns I used weresmoother and better tuned than 90% ofthe DA wheelguns around. On the otherhand, had I shot single action on the ram Imight have anticipated those first twoshots and jerked them. That could havemeant gutshots instead of clean misses.Double action handgun hunting. Inretrospect, with two clean kills that didn'tlook that way at first, I'm glad it workedout as well as it did. I'm glad I proved thatit could be done.But I'll think on it a lotmore before I do it again.(NOTE: For further info on the Y-0Ranch, write them at Box 200, MountainHome, Texas 78058.)JJuukIct ilcacrllilii lutest Istul remlatlons per-Iatiilnir lo iiosmwTiig, cari'yhiu, (ind ~urckislnn orhand giim fur all states $2.00.FEDERAL GUN LAWSIliiiiklrt i1111llnlii~ Idlest Keflerul luws concemlnuIllwirn~n $1 00. CItIMK UFTPCTION EOUII'MENTCATAI.OU' $1.00. ~enry' S~III~~IU or, 415 H. a8St.. New hrk Dept. 17 N. Y. 10022.HECKLER & KOCHH-K4 MULTI-CALIBER(Continued from page 45)the slide, regardless of trigger position. Inspite of all the apparent complexities involved,the system works quite well. In firingseveral hundred rounds, I have encounteredonly one malfunction; the stopheld the slide back midway in the firing ofa magazine load of .22 LR ammunition.Our current sample has fired about 200rounds of assorted .380 ammunition. Noproblems were encountered except withone batch of lead-bullet handloads whichproduced about five-percent failures tofeed. This could be corrected easily bychoosing a bullet of better shape, and so,can't be blamed on the gun. Set up in .22LR, the gun has digested about 300rounds of three makes and five loadingsof .22 ammunition; included were bothstandard- and high-velocity, and HV/HP,as well. No firing malfunctions whateveroccurred, however extracting a livecartridge from the chamber occasionallyproved troublesome; the bullet nosejammed tight into the edge of the ejectionport and the cartridge had to be pried out.Accuracy in both calibers was all thatone could ask and was, in fact, better thanis usually expected of a pocket-size pistol.Obviously, the same fixed sights couldn'tbe expected to be dead-on for both .22 LRand .380,, or for the different loads ineach. Yet, groups were gratifyingly small,and practical accuracy at rahges under 50yards was quite good. Everr so, I couldn'tmatch the ll/z-inch .380 or ll/ie inch .22groups shown on the 15-meter test targetssupplied with the gun. Of course, I wasn'tshooting under indoor, test-range conditionseither.In ,380 caliber (forget .25 and .32), theHK-4 makes a very nice personal, car orhome, defense gun; admitting, of course,that the .380 is marginally effective ineven the most potent loads. Because of itslight, 18-ounce weight, it carries well andhides well for law-enforcement use. It isan excellent, hip-pocket, second gun forMIS, SLIDES, MRTS AND KITSÃBON OR STAINLESS STEELSend 506 and no. 10 SASE for price Hats.CROWN CITY ARMS P.O. Box 11281M500 CHRONOGRAPHI VELOCITY TEST YOUR RELOADS IÂ¥complwt 8y8fm8R E OR R E S T $7'9.95 IREPORT AND DATA SHEETS:I Imprlnt*d/llghtacra*nà availableCUSTOM CHRONOGRAPH CO.police in the event the big gun runs dry oris lost. In .22 LR, it makes a great plinkingor camp gun. It shoots well enough toknock off camp varmints and pot skilletgame somewhat beyond 25 yards.The HK-4 is not at its best, though, ineither single caliber. I like it as I have it,for both .22 and .380. In .380 it serves adefensive purpose but is quickly switchedto .22 for fun. Even better, though, is thatthe two-caliber setup allows unlimitedrimfire practice to achieve maximum proficiencyin ,380. By shopping around, youcan obtain .22 LR ammo for barely onetenththe cost of .38Os. Shoot 500.22s forthe price of 50 .380s and you'll be a farmore competent pistolero (unless you'rerich) than by practicing only with the.380s youcan afford. 7JIM COLLINS.. .NA TI0 NA L CHAMP10 N(Continued from page 25)A: We think the PMA will add to theNRA, not take awayfrom it. I'm not tryingto tell them how to run the NRA, Iwouldn't do that. I do think, however,they should take a close look at the factthat there are 500,000policemen in thiscountry, and other than the competitiveshooting program, the. NRA has not triedto enlist these people as members. I believethey have really missed the boatthere. What better arguments could youhave against the gun control people thanthat you had the majority of police officersas members in the NRA? Someonemust have thought of this, but I don't seeany concentrated effort toward gettingpoliceas members.Jim can also teach what he knows. Heand his student of only three years, JimmyWoods, fired together to win the nationaltwo-man team championship with a recordsetting 1196x1200.I was glad to know Jim experienced thesame feelings while winning the nationalchampionship that I, and others have felt.I have been accused of being aloof andgrim, while really I was just scared andconcentrating. Jim told me, "I didn't getaround too much at Jackson, speak to asmany people as I wanted to, visit withsome of them. Matter of fact, I got homeand finally started realizing I had wonwhat I'd been trying to win for so long,and it was a good feeling."A feeling he'll probably know again inhis career, this scholar ofthe shooting game.--..- w.....-.-..--200 models & 15 brands-National TreasureHunters LeagueMesquite. TX 75149,om-- -write far free cataloa-AMERICAN HANOGUNNER MAY/JUNE 1977