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<strong>1956</strong><br />
Vol. 2<br />
No. 1-13 Guns<br />
western<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
IN THIS ISSUE.<br />
...<br />
MY FAVORITE GUN.. ...................... Hugh O'Brian and Sid Caesar 8<br />
COULD GUNFIGHTERS REALLY SHOOT?. .............. .Herbert 0. Brayer 14<br />
military ...<br />
WORLD'S MOST POPULAR HANDGUN. ..<br />
hunting<br />
...<br />
QUAIL NEVER QUAIL. ............<br />
THE <strong>GUNS</strong> OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT.. ...<br />
shooting<br />
...<br />
ARE PISTOL CHAMPS ALCOHOLICS?. ..<br />
AMERICA'S FUSSIEST SHOOTERS.. .....<br />
THE TWO-GUN MAN COMES BACK.. ..<br />
workshop<br />
...<br />
...<br />
WHY BULLETS MISBEHAVE..<br />
collector<br />
...<br />
. . Fred A. Datig 18<br />
. . .Gerald R. Hunter 22<br />
. .William 6. Edwards 30<br />
. .Col. Charles Askins 24<br />
. .H. Jay Erfurth 27<br />
. .Kent Bellah 38<br />
. Edson W. Hall 35<br />
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE KENTUCKY RIFLE.. ....... .Robert Kindley 40<br />
HOW IT BEGAN.. ................................... .Webb Garrison 54<br />
departments<br />
...<br />
.....<br />
....................<br />
CROSSFIRE, letters to the editor..<br />
<strong>GUNS</strong> IN THE NEWS.<br />
GUN RACK.. ............................<br />
CARTRIDGES, quips, quotes, queries.. ...........<br />
ARMS LIBRARY ..................................<br />
PARTING SHOTS ................................<br />
............. 4<br />
................. 6<br />
... H. Jay Erfurth 10<br />
... .Stuart Miller 44<br />
.............. 47<br />
........... 74<br />
COVER<br />
In his early 20's, Theodore Roosevelt sat for a series of portraits clad in frontier finery<br />
of fringed buckskin, with his elaborately engraved "Centennial Model"' 1876 Winchester<br />
across his knees.<br />
Photo by Culver.<br />
George E. von Rosen<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
Ben Burns William B. Edwards Sydney Barker<br />
EDITOR TECHNICAL EDITOR ART DIRECTOR<br />
Ben Rosen Louis Satz<br />
ART EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER<br />
Marvin Ginn M. Magnusson<br />
ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER<br />
Tom Youngblood<br />
ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER<br />
Eugene L. Pollock Ren Averill<br />
EASTERN ADVERTISING MANAGER WESTERN ADVERTISING MANAGER<br />
Editorial Advisory Board<br />
COLONEL CHARLES ASKINS<br />
H. JAY ERFURTH STUART MILLER JAC WELLER<br />
ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP<br />
<strong>GUNS</strong> magazine is published monthly at 8150 N. Central Park Avenue, Skokie, Illinois. Second class<br />
mail privileges authorized at Skokie illinoia. SUBSCRIPTION: OM year, $5.00: single copy, 50c.<br />
CHANGE OF ADDRESS: our week?' 'notice requirtd on ail changes; send old addrep as well aa new.<br />
CONTRIBUTORS submitting n!anircnpts, photographs or drawings do so at their own nçk Material cannot<br />
be returned unless accompanied by sufficient postage PAYMENT will made at rates current at time<br />
~D~;glcseann6;;; COV~~VO~~O,~II ;ir&::21. M OUNS maaz+mese domestie or *-ion odltlo~s.<br />
TOOL BARGAINS :<br />
- 29 pc. Chrome Vanadium ;<br />
: Drill Set<br />
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Sizes 1/16 to W by 64th<br />
 in plastic index. Specially<br />
made of speed drilling.<br />
Hardened and precision<br />
ground to the sharpest,<br />
longest lasting cutting edge<br />
 obtainable. Will easily cut through wood,<br />
plastic, aluminum, metal, iron and the tougn-<br />
 est steels. Unconditionally guar-<br />
 anteed for thousands of drillings. $7mg5<br />
 Full jobbers lengths. Reg. price 3s6<br />
$19.95, our Price postage<br />
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down lo fit 011 W electric drills.<br />
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: DRILL-SAW-REAM-CUT :<br />
all with one DRILL BIT :<br />
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: 100 Government Surplus :<br />
5" Sanding Discs.<br />
An assortment of Silicon Carbide,<br />
Garnet and Aluminum Oxide. 5" sand-<br />
ing discs from very fine to very<br />
coarse. Mostly cloth backed for sand-<br />
ing wood, iron, steel, glass, masonry,<br />
plastics, aluminum, brass, copper,<br />
bronze, etc. Less than 31/20 each.<br />
This is a special close-out offer and<br />
may not be repeated again. At least<br />
a $15.00 value.<br />
36" FLEXIBLE SHAFT<br />
, Now you can increase the<br />
, utility of your electric drill,<br />
, drill press, motor or grinder<br />
that bas a shaft up to 1/2".<br />
I Especially designed for heavy<br />
I duty work in drilling, grinding,<br />
I buffing, carving, sanding, polish-<br />
ing engraving, etc. on wood.<br />
I metals, glass, plastics etc. De-<br />
I signed for lifetime service, and<br />
, can be operated at speeds up to<br />
, 6000 RPM. If this weren't a<br />
surplus buy, it would sell for<br />
' $7.95, (add 356 for Postage<br />
I and handling), our low price--<br />
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$3.49 :<br />
506 for PP :<br />
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POWER AUCER BITS ;<br />
6 pieces of finest tool steel,<br />
s:k<br />
g!~:;:~ h~%F2asp d:E: Â<br />
ins. wiii fit ail electric drills. ft<br />
Sizes a/&", Vs", WP<br />
;&is 3; gtta;;:i $1 -98 :<br />
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 - our price ----------  ,<br />
: GOVERNMENT SURPLUS :<br />
: 60 PC. DRILL SET<br />
Mathew Day Co., In=.<br />
12 East Madison St.<br />
1 Dumont, New Jersey 1<br />
I Please send me the items checked. I enclose 1<br />
cash ( ) check ( ) Money order ( )<br />
o 29 pc. ~riu set $7.95 plus 356 ($8.30) I<br />
0 29 pc. Turned down shanks ($9.95) ' I<br />
0 Drill Reamer $2.45 or 3 for $7.00 ( )<br />
1 1<br />
0 100 Sanding DIMS $3.49 plus SO6 ($3.99)<br />
1 0 36" Flexible Shaft $3.95 plus 3St ($4.30) 1<br />
1 0 POWER AUGER BITS $2.19 plus 106 ($2.29) 1<br />
0 60 pc. Drill Set $6.95 plus 40t ($7.35)<br />
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