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APRIL<br />
<strong>1956</strong><br />
Vol. 2<br />
NO. 4-16<br />
IN THIS ISSUE..<br />
...<br />
shooting<br />
GRANDPA'S MUZZLE LOADER COMES BACK. ..... .William C. L. Thompson 11<br />
MY HEART TROUBLE DIDN'T STOP MY SHOOTING . . Charles L. Neumann 26<br />
military ...<br />
MOST CONTROVERSIAL CARTRIDGE ...<br />
, . . Kent Bellah 16<br />
collector ...<br />
FDR AS A SHOOTER. .<br />
hunting<br />
...<br />
Harvey Brandt 20<br />
HOW TO KILL SQUIRRELS WITHOUT HITTING 'EM .... .Carlos Vinson 24<br />
workshop ...<br />
AMERICA'S FIRST WILDCATTER. ..............<br />
HOW TO CHECK YOUR SHOTGUN PATTERN ...<br />
western ...<br />
THE WEST'S TOP TP'GGERMAN. . . .<br />
departments<br />
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. .Harry 0. Dean 29<br />
. .Bert Popowski 32<br />
1 L. Beardsley 35<br />
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CROSSFIRE, letters to the editor..<br />
4<br />
MY FAVORITE GUN.. .Gene Autry and Sen. A. Willis Robertson 5<br />
<strong>GUNS</strong> IN THE NEWS.. 6<br />
TRIGGER TALK ....................... 7<br />
CA'RTRIDGES, quips, quotes, queries. .... .. .Stuart Miller 38<br />
SHOPPING WITH <strong>GUNS</strong>.. .......... ........... 60<br />
PARTING SHOTS .................................................... 66<br />
COVER<br />
Don Rickey, president of the Oklahoma Antique Arms Collectors' and Shooters' Association,<br />
prepares to load a Colt MI860 Army .44 which is one of several common antique percussion<br />
revolvers that are used in current black-powder shooting contests.<br />
George E. von Rosen<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
Ben Burns William B. Edwards<br />
EDITOR<br />
TECHNICAL EDITOR<br />
Carola Mandel Col. Charles Askins Herbert 0. Brayer<br />
SCATTERGUN EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR WESTERN EDITOR<br />
Sydney Barker Ben Rosen Louis Satz<br />
ART DIRECTOR ART EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER<br />
Marvin Ginn M. Magnusson<br />
ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER , ADVERTISING MANAGER<br />
Tom Youngblood Eugene L. Pollock<br />
ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER EASTERN ADVERTISING MANAGER<br />
Editorial Advisory Board<br />
H. JAY ERFURTH STUART MILLER JAC WELLER<br />
ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT<br />
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