GUNS Magazine April 1956

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MUZZLE LOADER COMES BACK ' GRANDPA'S THRILL OF SHOOTING BLACK POWDER WITH REMARKABLE ACCURACY BRINGS REVIVAL OF ANCIENT SMOKE-POLES By WILLIAM C. L. THOMPSON UZZLE LOADING SHOOTING with spring around the cor- M ner has top priority for many gunners these days. Grandpa's charcoal burner now stands shoulder to shoulder on gun club-ranges with the most modern firearms out of gland. Muzzle loaders rate high in fun and train- New En ing ski 1 and sometimes in grouping ability or accuracy. The blast of fire and billowing clouds of smoke, which momentarily obscure the sun (and the targets) after a muzzle loader has shot, set these men apart from their fellow shooters. The mystic rites of loading, the shiny trim of the rifles and the powder grime on faces and hands testify that these men are real shooters, not just Sunday plinkers. Reasons for the current interest in M-L shooting are many. Mostly, it is an outdoor sport. Low power guns at short ranges are used. Farmers are not so worried over leasing their land for a range as they would be if the shooters were high-power rifle marks- Shooting of carefully loaded cap-and-ball revolvers com- pares favorably with modern .38 accuracy at targets. Colt Civil War "New Model Army" pistol is sighted by Don Rickey of Norman, Okla., by aiming through hammer notch at brass foresight.
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Page 9: AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IT'S HERE
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"THE LIGHTWEIGHT" HUSQVARNA: Additi
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