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<strong>Gun</strong><strong>Digest</strong><br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
PACKAGE<br />
More.reader.involvement,.<br />
more.bang.for.your.buck!<br />
W<br />
hen I began my hunting career in the fall of 1972, I<br />
had but one shotgun – a hand-me-down .410 single<br />
shot made by the good folks at Harrington and Richardson.<br />
I used it for everything; cottontails, squirrels, pheasants<br />
and even the occasional mallard. Christmas, 1979, found a long<br />
brown box under the living room couch containing a 16-gauge<br />
Model 1100. It marked my evolution from single-shot to multishot.<br />
Still, I remained a one-gun gunner.<br />
My father also had but one shotgun, a Remington 12-bore<br />
Model 1100 autoloader. This he gifted himself, so he explained,<br />
when it was decided to retire his original all-purpose shotgun,<br />
a Mossberg Model 500 pump purchased in Salt Lake City as<br />
he made his way home from Fort Lewis to Ohio following his<br />
all-expenses-paid tour of Southeast Asia.<br />
The point is that back then, we were one-shotgun hunters.<br />
One gun to do literally everything throughout the whole of<br />
the hunting year.<br />
Today, it’s not as common for a man to be both an avid<br />
hunter and shoot but one shotgun for every species he<br />
might pursue. There’s a gun for turkeys and a gun<br />
for doves, and lest we forget, a shotgun<br />
for waterfowl, one tailored for the necessity that is non-toxic<br />
shot. There’s a lightweight over/under or side-by-side for upland<br />
birds, and a highly customized piece sporting a rifled<br />
barrel and big-dollar optics used only for whitetails. So, that<br />
said, is an all-purpose or ultra-versatile shotgun out of the<br />
question in this Modern Age? Is the one-shotgun shotgunner<br />
a thing of the past? Certainly he need not be, for there<br />
are several excellent examples of multi-purpose shotguns,<br />
both new and not-so-new, available today. It’s simply a matter<br />
of knowing what elements go into categorizing a shotgun<br />
as versatile, and then being content with but a single space in<br />
six-gun cabinet being filled – and that, to some, is the most<br />
difficult thing to do.<br />
The Versatile Shotgun Defined<br />
This portion of the story can prove somewhat touchy in part<br />
due to the fact that 100 shooters may have 100 different definitions<br />
of what constitutes a versatile shotgun. That being the case,<br />
and calling on the fact I’m an elementalist, we’ll take<br />
a look at what I’ll refer to as the basics of versatility.<br />
The shotgun might be...<br />
•Used for multiple species – To my mind, this<br />
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shotgun can span the hunting seasons. It<br />
can be used not for one species, but several<br />
with no modifications, or at the very This particular gun, originally with no every time I look at her. Come Novem-<br />
most, simple changes or additions, the modifications, has also served him well ber, it takes but seconds to swap the short<br />
particulars of which we’ll discuss briefly. for whitetails when filled with, first, rifled barrel for the 28-incher, exchange the lead<br />
To reference my father’s Model 1100, slugs, to his present combination of a 20- for steel #2s, and be fully prepared for the<br />
which features a 28-inch fixed modified inch rifled barrel topped with iron sights, next flight of mallards or Canada geese.<br />
vent-rib barrel and 2.75-inch chamber, and launching Lightfield Hybred EXP True, that means that particular piece is<br />
this piece was used, literally, for every- sabotted slugs. All well and good; howev- no longer guarding my home; fortunately,<br />
thing from grouse to gobblers, including er, swap my father’s 2.75-inch chamber for Julia Carol, my wife, has her own pet proj-<br />
a dozen or more Ohio whitetails taken a 3-inch, or better yet, a 3.5-inch, and the ect in the corner.<br />
using old school Foster rifled slugs out of ammunition choices – along with those •Affordable. Now, affordable is in the<br />
the smoothbore barrel. Over the 40 years situations in which the shotgun might be eye of the beholder, one man’s Chevrolet<br />
he’s used the M1100, he’s never felt handi- comfortably used – increase dramatically. ½-ton is another man’s Porsche. Should<br />
capped in any way nor for any reason, •Employed as a home-defense weapon cost be a factor when it comes to defining<br />
even with the requirement of non-toxic – As I write this piece, I can see in the cor- versatility in shotguns? As much as I want<br />
shot in the early 1990s. “I’ve killed everyner my father’s 1966 Mossberg Model 500 to say yes, I don’t believe it should. A quick<br />
thing you can kill with this gun,” he’s told pump. Still wearing her original stock, the electronic walk through the ‘Net revealed<br />
me many a time. “I shoot it well, and re- pump sports a new synthetic fore-arm. a Remington M870 Express Combo – 12ally<br />
don’t see any reason to change.” That’s The wood fore-arm, broke years ago, and gauge, with 26-inch interchangeable tube<br />
the key here – he shoots it well.<br />
I must admit I rather like the solid feel of barrel, and 20-inch fully-rifled deer barrel<br />
the heavily-grooved plastic – and, in place with iron sights – for roughly $550; an ex-<br />
of her factory 28-inch barrel, a very short cellent price for a most versatile shotgun.<br />
18.5-inch tube in improved cylinder. Filled For $400, Mossberg’s M500 pump, com-<br />
with five rounds of 2.75-inch #2 lead, the plete with 28- and 24-inch barrels, can be<br />
Old Girl gives me a warm fuzzy feeling had. If you want an autoloader those pric-<br />
•Modified with simple and affordable<br />
aftermarket parts – Again to me, the ultimate<br />
versatile shotgun performs all functions<br />
and across all seasons without the<br />
need for any modifications. However, if a<br />
used fully rifled barrel for $150 or a $30<br />
choke tube adds another dimension to<br />
the gun’s capabilities, then so be it. Interchangeable<br />
choke tubes, by their nature,<br />
contribute to a shotgun’s versatility, as do<br />
multiple barrels, particularly if those barrels<br />
offer alternative sighting methods, i.e.<br />
Red Dots, scopes, or fiber optics.<br />
•Capable of handling a variety of ammunition<br />
types. Ammunition lends much<br />
to a firearm’s versatility, and perhaps nowhere<br />
is this truer than the world of the<br />
shotgun. Once more I refer back to my<br />
father’s M1100, a piece which has regurgitated<br />
literally tens of thousands of<br />
shotshells – lead, steel, bismuth, tungsten,<br />
Hevi-Shot – launching pellets ranging in<br />
size from #8 lead for doves to F and T steel<br />
goose loads, and everything in between.<br />
Is it an upland game gun, a deer gun, a turkey gun, a waterfowl gun or a homedefense<br />
gun? The answer is yes. The shotgun is just that versatile and offers<br />
something for everyone. No matter what you want the shotgun will do it.<br />
▲ FEATURE ARTICLES Each issue of <strong>Gun</strong> <strong>Digest</strong> the Magazine includes<br />
several full-color features from top shooting writers and firearms experts. Articles help readers<br />
shoot better, examine famous firearms and their makers, and analyze news and trends in the<br />
gun world.<br />
NEW PRODUCTS for 2010 |<br />
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All of the new M-223 riflescopes feature Nikon’s famous<br />
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■ Accuflite Introduces .223 REM<br />
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For more information, call (724) 327-0100 or visit www.<br />
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■ Improved Rear Sight,<br />
Safety and Slide Stop<br />
C.O. Arms has made innovative changes and improvements to<br />
1911 parts such as the rear sight, safety and slide stop. These<br />
new designs are part of the C.O. Arms concealed carry tactical<br />
(CCT) parts line.<br />
The CCT slide stop is available in stainless steel, blue or<br />
a Teflon “carry-tuff” finish with a shaft size of .199 for a<br />
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the slide stop is<br />
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for easy one-hand<br />
operation. The<br />
CCT thumb safety<br />
boasts the same<br />
unique characteristics<br />
as the slide<br />
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the gun in and out of the holster while giving the shooter a<br />
generous thumb pad to hit for fast draw scenarios.<br />
The C.O. Arms replacement rear sight for series 70 and<br />
before 1911 handguns gives your pistol the look of a military<br />
issue 1911 with some new advantages. An extra wide .165<br />
notch allows for fast, clear acquisition of the front sight. The<br />
edges of the sight are radial to prevent snagging upon draw.<br />
This sight fits Colts, and most clones with .330 x 65 dovetail.<br />
Some fitting may be required.<br />
For more information, call (206) 888-2899 or visit www.<br />
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▲ NEW PRODUCTS In every issue,<br />
we cover the best new firearms-related products.<br />
Whether you’re interested in new guns, scopes,<br />
ammunition or other gear, you’ll find it here.<br />
<strong>update</strong><br />
F i r e a r m s<br />
CALIFORNIA:<br />
Lawsuit Against<br />
Glock Dismissed<br />
In CalIfornIa, a los angeles Superior<br />
Court judge dismissed a lawsuit<br />
brought by a retired los angeles police<br />
officer, who sued the gun manufacturer<br />
Glock, after his three-year-old<br />
son shot him.<br />
as reported by the orange County<br />
register, “Enrique Chavez, now 39,<br />
of anaheim, was off-duty when he<br />
was shot on July 11, 2006, while<br />
driving his ford ranger near Harbor<br />
Boulevard and la Palma avenue. His<br />
son, who was not in a car seat, got a<br />
hold of the father’s .45-caliber Glock<br />
while sitting in the back seat and shot<br />
him in the back, according to police<br />
reports. Chavez was left paralyzed<br />
from the waist down.”<br />
In 2008, Chavez sued Glock, alleging<br />
that the gun’s safety was, “nonexistent<br />
or ineffective.”<br />
However, “In dismissing the suit,<br />
los angeles Superior Court Judge<br />
Kevin C. Brazile cited an ‘exhaustive<br />
review’ of the gun’s safety conducted<br />
by the los angeles Police Department<br />
before a purchase.” ■<br />
News & Notes from arouNd the world | Brian McCombie<br />
JUDGE:<br />
Sheriff Violated 1st<br />
Amendment Rights<br />
By Denying Carry Permit<br />
Paul Dorr, of ocheyedan, Iowa, majoritarian and popular views.”<br />
held a concealed carry permit from the Dorr had a reputation as a strong<br />
late 1990s until 2006. But in 2007, anti-abortion advocate. He had also<br />
osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber challenged county officials numerous<br />
turned down Dorr’s carry permit ap- times over what Dorr contended was<br />
plication. as the Des Moines regis- over-spending in the county budget.<br />
ter reported, “Weber<br />
In testimony, Weber<br />
wrote on the denied<br />
admitted that he had<br />
application: ‘Concern<br />
heard Dorr referred to<br />
from Public. Don’t<br />
as a “nut job,” and a<br />
trust him.’”<br />
“whacko,” because of<br />
Dorr’s strong political<br />
views.<br />
“In his ruling….<br />
Bennett ordered the<br />
osceola County sheriff<br />
to immediately issue<br />
Dorr a nonprofessional<br />
permit to carry<br />
a weapon,” the Des<br />
Douglas Weber<br />
Moines register noted.<br />
“The judge also ordered Weber<br />
to successfully complete a court-approved<br />
course on the united States<br />
Constitution within the next five<br />
“The court finds a tsunami, a mael- months.”<br />
strom, an avalanche, of direct, uncon- “Dorr was denied a permit precisely<br />
troverted evidence in Sheriff Weber’s because Sheriff Weber believed that<br />
own testimony to conclude beyond all [Dorr’s] free speech rights offended<br />
doubt that he unquestionably violated the majority of voters in osceola<br />
the first amendment rights of … Paul County,” Judge Bennett wrote. “In<br />
Dorr,” wrote Judge Bennett. “This is denying (Dorr) a concealed weapons<br />
a great reminder that the first amend- permit, Sheriff Weber single-handment<br />
protects the sole individual who edly hijacked the first amendment<br />
may be a gadfly, kook, weirdo, nut job, and nullified its freedoms and protec-<br />
whacko, and spook, with the same tions.” ■<br />
force of protection as folks with more<br />
Yet, as it turned<br />
out, the sheriff denied<br />
that carry application<br />
for all the<br />
wrong reasons, many<br />
of them tied to Dorr’s<br />
first amendment<br />
rights to free expression.<br />
That was the<br />
opinion of u.S. Dis-<br />
trict Court Judge Mark W. Bennett<br />
of the northern District of Iowa, who<br />
recently ruled for Dorr in a case that<br />
challenged the permit denial.<br />
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Trends of Value<br />
Handguns<br />
RUPERTUS, JACOB<br />
models listed are currently produced by that<br />
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />
Israel<br />
company under different trade names.<br />
Double-Barrel Pocket Pistol Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
SD-9<br />
A .22 caliber double-barrel pistol with 3” — 450 150 100 75<br />
A 9mm double-action semi-automatic pis-<br />
round barrels and a spur trigger. The ham- NOTE: The .41 caliber variety is worth aptol<br />
with a 3” barrel and 6-shot magazine.<br />
mer fitted with a sliding firing pin. Blued proximately 25 percent more than the val-<br />
Matte black finish with composition grips.<br />
with walnut grips.<br />
ues listed.<br />
Safari Enforcer Imported since 1988.<br />
NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
— — 2400 1900 850 200<br />
425 300 250 200 150 100<br />
Eibar, Spain<br />
This retailer sold a number of pistols pro- Enforcer<br />
duced by the firm of Urizar prior to 1935. A .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with a Mercan/Istanbul, Turkey<br />
3.9” barrel and 5-shot magazine. Patterned<br />
Praga<br />
after the Colt Model 1911. Blued, Armaloy, Professional<br />
Rupertus Army<br />
A 7.65 caliber semi-automatic pistol electroless nickel-plate or Parkerized finish CZ-75-style compensated semi-auto in<br />
Revolver<br />
marked “Praga Cal 7.65” on the slide. with checkered walnut or neoprene grips. white chrome finish chambered for 9mm.<br />
Blued with plastic grips impressed with the NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor Single-action with adjustable trigger, laser<br />
Army Revolver<br />
trademark S.E.A.M.<br />
700 600 500 400 350 150 engraving. 16 or 18 round capacity. 42.3<br />
This is an extremely rare revolver cham- Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
oz.; 5.1” barrel. MSRP: $437.<br />
bered for .44 caliber percussion. It has a 275 175 125 90 65 Match Master<br />
7.25” octagon barrel with an integral load-<br />
As above, with a 5” barrel.<br />
K2<br />
ing lever that pivots to the side instead of S.E.A.M.<br />
NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor CZ-75-style double-action semi-auto in<br />
downward. The hammer is mounted on the A 6.35mm semi-automatic pistol with a 2” 700 600 500 400 350 150 white chrome or blued. Chambered for<br />
side, and there is a pellet priming device barrel. The slide marked “Fabrica de Armas<br />
9mm. 16 or 18 round capacity. 35.3 oz.; 4.6”<br />
located on the backstrap. There is only one SEAM.” Blued with black plastic grips, hav- Black Widow<br />
barrel. Plastic grips.<br />
nipple on the breech that lines up with the ing the trademark “SEAM” cast into them. As above, with ivory Micarta grips etched Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
top of the cylinder. The cylinder is unfluted Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor with a black widow.<br />
300 225 175 125 50<br />
and holds 6-shots. The finish is blued, with 250 175 125 90 65 NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
walnut grips; and the frame is marked “Pat-<br />
700 600 500 400 350 150 Kama Sport<br />
ented April 19, 1859.” There were less than Silesia<br />
CZ-75-style semi-auto 9mm in white<br />
12 manufactured in 1859. It would behoove As above, but of 7.65mm caliber with a Model 81<br />
chrome or blued. Doubleaction with 3.9”<br />
one to secure a qualified independent ap- 3” barrel and having the word “Silesia” As above, without the grip etching. Also of- compensated barrel, laser engraving. 15+1<br />
praisal if a transaction were contemplated. stamped on the slide.<br />
fered in .38 caliber.<br />
or 17+1 capacity. 35.4 oz. Plastic grips.<br />
NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
— — 28500 12000 5500 1500 250 175 125 90 65 800 700 600 500 400 200 325 250 195 135 50<br />
Single-Shot Pocket Pistol<br />
Kama<br />
A .22, .32, .38, or .41 rimfire single-shot pis- Atlanta, Georgia<br />
CZ-75-style semi-auto 9mm in white<br />
tol with half-octagonal barrels, ranging in<br />
chrome or blued. Doubleaction with 4.3”<br />
length from 3” to 5”. The barrel marked “Ru- Cobray M-11<br />
Safari Model 81L<br />
compensated barrel, laser engraving. 15+1<br />
pertus Pat’d. Pistol Mfg. Co. Philadelphia.” A 9mm semi-automatic pistol with a 32-<br />
or 17+1 capacity. 35.4 oz.; 7.7”. Plastic<br />
Blued with walnut grips. Approximately round magazine. Parkerized finish.<br />
grips.<br />
3,000 were made from 1870 to 1885. Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor Model 81L<br />
Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor 550 495 400 275 100 As above, with a 6” barrel.<br />
300 225 175 125 50<br />
— 900 650 225 75<br />
NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
NOTE: The .41 caliber variety is worth ap-<br />
850 750 650 550 450 200 Kilinc 2000 Mega<br />
proximately 200 percent more than the Westfield, Massachusetts<br />
CZ-75-style semi-auto 9mm in white<br />
values listed.<br />
Ultimate Unlimited<br />
chrome or blued. Doubleaction with 4.7”<br />
Under Hammer Pistol<br />
A bolt-action single-shot pistol with a 15” barrel. 16 or 18 capacity. 35 oz. Plastic<br />
Spur Trigger Revolver<br />
A .34 or .36 single-shot percussion pistol barrel chambered for variety of cartridges. grips. Fixed sights.<br />
A .22 caliber spur trigger revolver with a with a half octagonal 3” or 4” barrel marked Blued with a laminated stock.<br />
Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
2.75” round barrel and unfluted cylinder. “D. D. Sacket/Westfield/Cast Steel.” Manu- NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor 300 225 175 125 50<br />
The top strap marked “Empire Pat. Nov. factured during the 1850s.<br />
850 750 650 550 450 200<br />
21, 71.” Blued or nickel-plated with walnut Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
Kilinc 2000 Light<br />
grips. A .41 caliber spur trigger revolver — 1550 1200 550 165 Survivor I Conversion Unit<br />
CZ-75-style semi-auto 9mm in white<br />
with a 2-7/8” round barrel and a 5-shot<br />
A conversion unit lifted to the Model 1911 chrome, blued or camo. Double-action with<br />
fluted cylinder. Blued or nickel-plated with<br />
frame that alters that pistol to a bolt-action 4.7” barrel, laser engraving. 15+1 or 17+1<br />
walnut grips. The top strap marked “Em- Phoenix, Arizona<br />
carbine. Barrel length 16.25”, caliber .223, capacity. 35.4 oz. Plastic grips.<br />
pire 41” and the barrel “J. Rupertus Phila. In operation from 1978 to 1987, this com- folding stock.<br />
Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor<br />
Pa.” Manufactured during the 1870s and pany was purchased by Olympic Arms of NIB Exc. V.G. Good Fair Poor 300 225 175 125 50<br />
1880s.<br />
Olympia, Washington, in 1987 and the 300 275 250 200 150 100<br />
S.E.A.M.<br />
S.W.D., INC.<br />
SACKET, D. D.<br />
SAFARI ARMS<br />
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