GUNS Magazine January 1958

"BEARCATUSAFETY LANTERN for the
woodsman, motorist, or anybody who needs a
first-class outdoor light, is the first to be
designed with a focusing light head mounted
on a double-powered dry battery. Adjustable
focusing ring shifts light beam from a
narrow-focus spotlight which reaches half a
mile, to a broad-beam floodlight. A new
type of distortion-proof steel reflector, coated
with vaporized aluminum, increases intensity
of light beam and prevents tarnishing or
peeling. Uses two 6-volt dry cells in single
detachable metal case, lasts up to four
times as long as conventional single-cell
lights. Your dealer has it or can get it for
you from Burgess Battery Co., Dept. G-10,
Freeport, 111.
TERN1 7.35 CARBINES, those increasingly
popular Italian imports (6 shot, clip fed,
7 lbs., 21" bbl.) are now available from
Winfield Arms Corp., Dept. Gl, 1006 S.
Olive St. Los Angeles 15, Calif., priced at
$12.95. Semi-finished and inletted sporter
stocks with recoil pad and cheek piece, $9.95
extra.
QUICKLY REMOVABLE yet always at
hand for easy replacement, KA-RAM-BA scope
covers, by Durfee & Deming, Inc., Dept. Gl,
Rt. 1 Box 200, Beverton, Ore., have proved
very popular with hunters both in the field
and while carrying gun in car or scabbard.
The covers seal the ends of the scope tube
against dust, rain, or snow, are instantly
removable yet remain attached to the rifle as
an insurance against loss. Write the manu-
facturers at the above address for full infor-
mation regarding prices and location of
dealer in your area.
STITH PUSH-BUTTON SLING SWIVEL
engages instantly; disengages only when
button is pushed down, with swivel and
attaching screw in line. Will not release
sling accidentally. Stainless steel spring is
non-corrosive in any climate. Squared loop
won't fray sling strap. Swivel is compact,
lightweight, sturdy. Three sizes; %", 1"
1%". Price complete, $3.35, from your
dealer.
ASTRA FALCON AUTOMATIC has maga-
zine safety, an exposed hammer with half-
cock notch, a live round indicator and
positive thumb safety. The shape of the grip,
the weight and the balance were carefully
considered in designing the Falcon to assure
that the finished product would be capable
of better accuracy, while retaining the
necessary properties of comfortable holding,
easy aiming and pleasing appearance. The
Falcon is an ideal pistol for personal defence,
hunter's sidearm, or the plipker's fun. It is
available in four versions: Falcon .22, .32, or
.380; Falcon Bi-Cal, .32 with extra barrel to
convert it to .380 or vice-versa; Falcon Bi-
Con, .32 or .380 can also be had with a
conversion unit in caliber .22 L.R.; Falcon
Tri-Cal, with extra barrel and conversion
unit to provide a pistol which can be fired in
either of three calibers. From your dealer or
write Firearms International Corp., Washing-
ton 22, D.C., for Catalog.
NEW "ADJUSTOMATIC" CHOKE now
being produced by the Hartford Gun Choke
Co., Inc. of Hartford, Conn., is both adjust-
able for pattern and automatic in operation.
Installed on any single barrel pump or auto-
loading shotgun, it gives the gunner a choice
of choke settings for "single" patterns, and
a selection of "double" combinations, for
any and every type of shotgun shooting. For
the gunner who wishes to shoot one pattern
continuously, seven separate manual settings
are provided-from cylinder barrel to full
choke. Five combinations of "double"'
patterns are also available in automatic
choke; cylinder to improved, improved to
modified, and modified to full choke, with
two intermediate settings between these
three. When used as an automatic choke,
finger-tip control, by a simple re-setting
device. returns the choke to the original
setting. "Adjustomatic's" complete range of
settings, and its unusual flexibility of opera-
tion, provide positive control in producing
proper patterns with various types of loads
and at varying ranges. Now available on 12
gauge only; 16 and 20 gauge will be avail-
able in Spring of 1958. A tough, high-tensile
aluminum alloy contributes strength and
light weight. Special alloy steels are em-
ployed where resistance to pressure and
shock is required. The choice of metals and
unusual design contribute to exceptionally
long life without materially increasing the
weight of the gun, improves the pointing,
balance and swing or follow-through, and
reduces recoil. Priced at $29.95 installed.
Har~ford Gun Choke Co., Hartford, Conn.
TENTS of lightweight, functional design are
being introduced by Eddie Bauer, mail order
supplier of down insulated clothing and
sleeping bags for outdoorsmen. Bauer tents
feature maximum usable floor space and
greater stability in high winds. Internal
frames of high strength aluminum tubing
support the tents which are made of tightly
woven sage green cotton. The fabric is wind-
proof, water repellent and exceptionally
durable. All tents have floors of waterproof,
wear resistant vinyl-coated nylon, and nylon
mesh mosquito netting in doors and windows.
The tents are simple and easy to put up or
take down in minutes. The medium size
Bauer tent has 85 square feet of usable floor
space 8'6" x 10', is 6'7" high in the center,
has wide fully zippered door and a zippered
nylon mesh mosquito-proof door behind the
opening. A window in the back wall also is
protected with mosquito-proof nylon mesh.
An elastic threshold prevents debris from
blowing into the door opening. The medium
size tent, complete with spring-loaded alumi-
num frame and long aluminum tent stakes,
weighs only 22% lbs. and rolls into a
compact bundle only 8"x40r'. Priced at
$98.50 and shipped express charges collect
from Eddie Bauer, Dept G-1, 160 Jackson
Street, Seattle 4, Washington.
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