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Melbourne, Australia. Olympic news from Down Under was bad news for American
gunners. In the shooting finals, not one gold medal fell to American
marksmen.
In the running deer event, 50 shots single and then 50
"doublesn in 25 pairs, Vitalii Romanenko of Russia shucked the shots out of his
antiquated Ross straight pull for a blazing top score of 441, a full 28 points
above J. Larsen's world record of 413 set in 1952. Sweden's Olaf Skoldberg was
second with 432. There is no running deer range in the United States. In 50meter smallbore Russia scored again for a first-place gold medal earned by
Anatolii Bogdanov with 396, 392, 384 in prone, kneeling, and standing for 1172.
besting the 1164 world's record of Norway's Errling Kongshaue set in 1952.
Incredibly, Bogdanov won the Olympic match with seven points less than his last
record. The Soviet shooter edged out Czech Otto Horinek, who also scored 1172.
Laurels for scattergunning, traditionally American sport, went to Galliano
Rossini who powdered 195 x 200 to win for Italy.
Poland's Adam Smelzynski
ran second, breaking 190.
This Olympic trap is different from U.S. game,
with five places from which the birds can be thrown, and two shots allowed for
each bird as in live pigeon shooting. No such game is played in the U.S.
Canada took the gold medal in the individual smallbore competition, Gerald
Ouellette firing a perfect 600 prone, breaking Art Cook's record 599 which stood
since 1948. Russia took second, Vassili Borisov scoring 599.
Gilmour Boa.
Canadian winner of the Queen's Prize match at Bisley, won third place for Canada
America's Art Jackson scored 593 and Verle
and a bronze medal with 598.
In the silhouette rapid fire
Wright shot 590 for 31st and 36th place.
match shot with automatic pistols Romania's Stevan Petrescu scored a fantastically high 587 to far outdistance Hungarian left-hander Karoly Takaas' 1952
world's record of 579. Evgenii C h e r k a s o ~the young Russian with the upsidedown pistol, ripped out 585 for a close second place.
The free pistol-match, in which Joe Benner had been the heavy favorite, finished up w U h a gold
medal to libland's Pentti Linosvuo who shot 556 and tied with Russia's Makhmoud
Oumarov. Linosvuo won by having. 26 bullseyes.
Third was Offutt Pinion.
the Navy warrant officer who sprang to prominence by his excellent shooting at
Camp Perry last summer. Pinion fired 551 but his partner, M/Sgt "Joen Benner
was not in the winning column.
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Stockholm, Sweden. Top scores from around the world show some records broken
and terrific shooting by men in the International scene.
In the Match of
the Nations pigeon shoot in Austria, German scattergunners took three of the
Gehmann, Germany, feathered 71 for
four places, in a shoot of 75 birds.
first place;
of Germany downed 69 for second; Sedky of Egypt 66; tied with
Rueffer of Germany.
At Lima, Peru, the government's annual Army Rifle
Match drew the prodigious number of 1214 participants vying for medals and cups
with J. Robles winning, firing 178 prone, 165 kneeling, 168 standing for an
aggregate of 511.
Second was 0. Caceres shooting 180, 168 and 157 for 505;
L. Coquis shot third with a consistent 167, 168, 167 for 502 total.
Rifles
used in these matches are predominently the Peruvian 7.65 mm Mauser army rifle,
older model 1891 and recent German and FN "karbinerW types.
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Manila, Phillippines iistol shooting in the International spirit set some
high scores, with J. F. zalvidea taking the rapid fire match with a score of
Gibson
568, one point away from second placer g. Gibson who posted 567.
also shot well in the free pistol match, but F. Cortes won with 514 over
Gibson's 504.
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Oklahoma A & M's Army team shot second with 1882. A & If team-member Bruce D.
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Â¥alon behind the leaders was Oklahoma A & M's Air Force team with an 1863 aggreTulsa and Oklahoma U tied for fourth with 1859
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Arkansas Tech put up a good showing in spite of not very consistent
shooting. Tech rifleman Dick Caulk gained a 385 for highest individual score
with a 90 standing, but team results were disappointing, totalling 1829 for 6th
place
Wichita University team shot 1821, and host team Oklahoma Military
Academy at Claremore stood low men on the trophy totem pole with an aggregate
total of 1771.
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the home range, with a high team score of 968 over Elgin's 918. So far Wheaton
and Oak Park are even at the top of the league, each having won three matches,
lost none. Says Wheaton scribe Byron Putman, "We need to win the next match if
we possibly can, however it won't be too serious if we don't."
Strong
confidence there in Illinois. Bet some of the other league teams, St. Charles.
Oak Park
Aurora, etc., dream of taking the Wheaton Bulldogs to the pound.
scored high over Elgin and Joliet in their recent matches. Team scores were 958
for OP and 945 for Elgin. George Bjornstad, who is pretty well known around
these parts as a shooter, fired only 190 for Elgin, topped by H. Miller (Elgin)
193 and A. Overtoom and J. Mullen of Oak Park, both 194.
OP's score over
Joliet figured 944 topping 886.
Aurora championed over Austin, 951 against
944.
IJ. Schmeidl of Austin got confused and crossfired on his own target.
Wheaton triumphed in their next match also, when the Joliet sharpshooters
Wheaton's team score:
came over to the Bulldogs' concrete block kennel.
967: Joliet: 896.
Some good riflery by W. Richards. Joliet's high man with
188, but not a man on the peaton team dropped below E. Schreiber's 191.
R. Wempe (Wheaton) fired for record for real with 195, high man.
Are these
Wheaton shooters so invincible as they seem? Maybe it's because they have some
esprit de corps. They have get-togethers like the forthcoming "game dinner,"
where everybody contributes something. Good club spirit often makes for good
club shooting.
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Los Angeles, Calif. When the masters begin to outnumber the marksmen there
will be blood on the moon, but that was the situation afthe L. A. Police
Revolver Club shoot where 49 masters posted some of the season's highest pistol
Winner of the .22 NM course was one of the Jones boys, Robert 0.
scores.
First master W. E. Guiette scored 294
Jones, firing 96, 98, 100, for 294.
also, second was J. W. Hurst tied with Glenn Weldon. third, both with 293.
Sort of a "dark horsem at the match, W. W. McMillan worked his way up
from behind the eight ball to a pair of possibles. Mac shot seventh in the
centerfire national match, flubbing slow fire with a passable but not tops 92.
Then he tightened up in the last two rounds, firing 99's forboth timed and
rapid for 290. Then master McMillan moved up to second place in the next match,
Timed fire match
20 shots slow fire, 98, 92, for 190. Better and better.
that followed was won by McMillan with a matched pair of possibles. Nothing
could stop him then. Following centerfire rapid fire match fell to McMillan,
High master was Do D o Thorne popping out 199, followed by F. W.
100,100.
Filkins with 197 tied with J. W. Hurst's 197 for third.
McMillan dropped
behind in the .45 National Match course which was won by J..C. Palmer, who
dropped seven in the slow fire, than rapped out two possibles in timed and rapid
Filkins fired high master. 291. and McMillan took second master
for 293.
place with 289 but the aggregate gave the palm at last to Mac, who totalled 886
in the .22 aggregate, centerf ire aggregate 880, and 875 in the .45 a g b for a
score of 2640.
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well. This month GUNS' writer Kent
Bellah brings you an intimate personal
glimpse of a remarkable shooting
priest, probably one of the most highly
skilled trick shots in the country, who
visits young people's clubs giving
demonstrations of gun handling in the
interests of good sportsmanship and
afe shooting. Father Oswald McGinn's
on shooting are valuable results of
his lifetime spent with rifle and pistol.
A top handgun marksman appears
for the first time in GUNSthis month.
Pistol champ Bill Toney, Jr., of the
U. S. Border Patrol, holder of national
and world records, tells in practical
language how to shoot the handgun at
rifle ranges. Effective use of a pistol at
long range is often necessary in police
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Regarding the article in November Guns,
"Is the Bolt Actitin Obsolete?" by Col.
Charles Askins.
Even in an election year, it is unusual to
read such a collection of n~is-statements, inaccuracies. an11 downright untruths as presented by Mr. Askins. It is useless to attempt
to draw attention to all of his mistakes because that would entail practically every
sentence in the article. I expect most of
them will be covered l ~ yyour various readers
from time to lime.
1 will only call attention to the one which
was the most obvious to me and to all of my
friends who read the article. Namely, the
paragraph where he mentions having the
guide "Tie the game before he shoots," so
that the hunter ( ? ) will have time to reload
the magazine. Now we don't claim to be any
better marksmen here than in other parts of
the U.S.A., but we tltink that any so-called
"hunter" who Ores five or six shots at his
game and then needs another magazine-full
to get results liad liet~erpi>out lock and
practice with <I B.C. gun before he goes'
afield. .lust what is Mr. Askins' idea of a
huntingrifle anyway. a burp-gun?
Gleason Sperling
Sandy Creek, New York
1 have just read Colonel Charles Askins'
article in your November issue, and think
he is an idiot. The .30-30 M94 Winchester
has killed more game, sure, hut has wounded
an even greater percentage of game. A person who ordinarily takes more than one shot
to kill an animal is either a poor shot or a
crazy fool.
The greatest percentage of hunters killed
1 year are killed by some maniac who thinks
because he has a repeating rifle be can spray
the woods full of bullets. Col. Askins says
bolt action rifles wound animals at far
ranges and the animal creeps off to die in
nortal agony; but never think that his so;ailed "repeaters" that were aimed a t a neck,
m t tore his guts out or blew his leg off,
Jon't create some agony.
The sem+automatic rifles are the worst.
For military use a semi-automatic rifle is all
ight because the quarry is shooting back,
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can d a c e one shot in a dew
that will kill him instantly, there is no need
to "pepper" him with needless shots.
As for scopes, you might have a very hard
time trying to eject a shell out of an M94
Winchester with a low scope mount.
To me it is comforting to know that I havr
something to prevent that 50 to 55,000
pound pressure from pushing the bolt me&
anism back into my face at about the same
qired the bullet i s rnming out.
Lawrence Da>
Phoenix, Arizona
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In the November issue of GUNSI read the
letter by Kenneth Davis of Browns Mills.
New Jersey, and 1 really feel sorry for thi?
boy. There should be more target ranges in
the country where these juniors can e n h
target practice as well as get safety trainin~;
from an instructor in the handling of firearms. This city is no different from the town
Kenneth Davis lives in. I believe if the
sportsman clubs of the different states would
get together, something could be done about
getting ranges where the juniors could gel
this training.
I tried to get our local police department
to set up a system where the kids could get
firearms training but was unable to get to
first base. Sure, they were all for it, but no
one seems to want to do anything about it.
So I took it upon myself to do i t alone, which
is quite a job for one person. I have my
own 50-foot electrically controlled range and
have been an NRA certified instructor for a
good many years. I have been conducting an
NRA basic small arms training school since
last April and have hail very good success
interesting boys and girl', and their parents.
in this training.
I f the sportsmen and target shooters expeci
to keep the right to bear arms, I believe they
should do everything possible to train thr
untrained. The only way we can keep unjust firearms laws from being passed in the
future is to give our juniors education in firearms. I'm all for having firearms education
in every school in the country. The National
Rifle Association for the past 85 years haproved that education in firearms does help
prevent accidents, and that in itself is worth
whatever such a program would cost.
I also hope that all states will pass the
hunting law requiring applicants for hnnting licenses to take the hunter safety course.
Twelve states have this law now, including
Connecticut. I believe this is the best step
toward cutting down accidents. Remember.
firearms accidents don't happen; they are
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We can overcome ignorance with education,
and carelessness with discipline.
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Hunting deer in Michigan, a sportsman accidentally fired his rifle while
pointing it at the ground, and put a
bullet through his foot. But he got his
deer, anyway. Frantically driving the
hundred miles to the nearest doctor,
the unlucky nimrod struck a spike buck
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a World skeet champ Chesley J. Crites
took careful aim with his deer rifle and
pumped eight quick shots through it,
bagging the most unusual trophy of the
season, an airplane. Crites had started
his light plane at an airstrip near Manistique, Michigan, by "propping" itflipping the propellor while standing in
front. The engine caught, and the
plane started to taxi crazily over the
field at full throttle. Crites, who is
president of the National Skeet Shooting Association, grabbed his deer rifle
from the ground nearby and banged
away to stop the plane from doing
damage. He watched sadly as his plane
caught fire and burned.
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HE NEW SERIES of Walther
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We tried out the .32 and .22's in the
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unscrewed and the sight slipped on fur
dismounting. Then the slide can be
tipped up and slid forward as with
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be slight, apparent only in a machine
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shooter's error is greater than any
slight change in sight setting due to
replacing the front sight of the Sporter.
The Sporter frame butt is about the
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Barrel length of the P P series is 3.85",
same as pre-war. Overall length is a
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under the supervision of Fritz Walther.
The grips, of brown mottled plastic,
are actually made at the Walther works
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The .22 Sporter has a 7%'' barrel.
Front sight is splined and fastened with
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terarmco, it serves to give a full hand
grip to conventional PPK pistols of
pre-war and post-war make, and makes
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T h e typical Walther hammerdropping safety is fitted to all models.
This is a good and reliable safety when
the hammer-blocking member is properly hardened. However, I once owned
a PPK .22 of Spanish War vintage.
engraved with the date 1937, which
had a defective safety. While proving
it was safe I shot a hole in the wall.
As with any firearm, even the new
Mark I1 Walthers should never be
pointed at anything you do not intend
to shoot. The reason for the malfunction-and-fire in my old Walther
was the ro- (Continued on page 40)
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Firing from bench rest with set-trigger 222 Varminter job, Father Oswald McGmn squints through Unertl2" varmint
scope on 100 yard range to place his shots carefully. The shooting priest placed five shots in under 1" at that distance.
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Unerring sense of gun-pointing allows eminent Catholic
divine to fire rifle without sights in many trick posilions. Father McGinn (right) checks 100 yard 222 group.
FATHER McGINN AT 78 MAKES OWN
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By KENT BELLAH
F YOU WANT to out-shout and out-hunt the experts, take
the sage advice of one of the world's best shooters and
hunters, the Rev. Oswald T. McGinn, a 78-year-old Catholie priest now in retirement. The finin-toting nadre has not
technique violates every rule in the book, except the Good
Book. Seeing some of the many exhibition shoots he ha?
given might make one wonder if his bullets are guided b\
the sure hand of God. Not so, says the shooting priest.
He puts it this way: "I feel that I can hit anything I can
possibly see through the sights of a gun within ranee
" of
an accurate shoot&' i r o n . " ~ h a t is a pretty broad state-
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On 100-yard range at San Antonio, Texas, where the g d father spends his winters, he checks out a friend's 2 5 7 Roberts
sporter. Rapid fire group of 15 shots made by Father McGinn at this distance spanned no larger than 10-ring of target.
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is one of smne in a m k g p&&
repertoire which he displays when
lecturing on gun safety at schools.
111entfrom a man of the cloth, or anyone else, yet it is. not a boast. He
converts unbelievers with a simple
demonstration. That statement isn't
-quite right, either, because Father
McGinn's demonstrations are not so
simple. He shoots with extreme accuracy and speed, with the gun and himself in many different and d ~ c u l t
pasitions, and his feats amaze the
rnultiudes.
One exhibition stunt of Father McGinn's is to split a bullet on a ,razor
blade, causing the split pieces to hi1
small targets on either side of the
blade. Just to prove the gospel he
preaches at countless lecture-exhibitions at p~bIicand parochial SC~OOIS
and civic clubs on how to shoo4 he
will hold a rifle or revolver upside
down or backwards, or both. An
amazing demonstration of practical
shooting by the father is to place three
bullets in a % inch target at 100
yards. This is not a %" group, but
three cohsecutive hits in the tiny bull.
This is a feat of vision as well as of
accuracy. Many young men find it
extremely difficult even to see a target
of that size at that range.
Father McGinn doesn't spend much
time sighting, but sometimes fires
without seeming to aim. He explains
Sighting over tops of his bifocals, Father M c G h who is at home behind a spotting scope, in the woods hunting elk, or
in the vestments of the church, calls. his shots in firing close bench rest group with borrowed -222 Varminter.
the fact that he always shoots quickly Father McGinn finds point shooting is easy when scope sight is removed from
with, "1 couldn't hit anything if I sporter if he holds gun upside down to allow him good view of target.
didn't. Shooting is a matter of coordination between sight, judgment
and muscular reaction., V&ei you
judge you are in sight, you squeeze the
trigger simultaneously."
The shooting priest can use a rifle
without sights for close range work.
Practice, and being familiar with the
gun is all that's necessary, he says.
"I do not commercialize on this because shooting has always been my
delight and my hobby," Father McGinn told me. "1 have said many
times that the uninterrupted single
line of thought befogs the mind, clouds
the intellect and leaves one's mental
vision in a ham. People who have
accomplished anything in life never
followed a single line of thought.
Practically every outstanding person
had a hobby or diversion that gave
their minds a rest and enabled them
to do better work. A good hobby is
another definition of rest.
''Hence, I'm happy to say I have
greatly enjoyed shooting, and i t has
greatly benefitted me in my work.
There is nothing like shooting to develop coordination. The nearer to perfect
the coordination, the nearer to perfect
the scores. Too (Continued on page 43)
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Swedish civilian shooter squints over
sights of BAR machine gun during
match competition with intentness of
any ritleman determined to win prize.
Machine - gunner
with Browning's
b i p d folded and
bolt open ready
to fire advances
to line at match.
Full magazine of 6.5 mm loads is inserted during hectic combat
event by this Swedish machine gun owner at target match.
CIVILIAN MACHINE GUN
DEFENSE W I T H NO INCREASE I N CRIME
B y NILS KVALE
by civilians is ~ h hottest
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topic
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in the arms field since they outlawed th: crossbow.
Possession of an unregistered machine gun in the U.S. is
ACHINE GUN OWNERSHIP
a crime. The sale of machine guns is taxed. Instead of the
nominal 10 percent excise tax collected on ordinary firearms, machine guns are taxed $200 for each sale or transfer. This has effectively removed these guns from the hands
of ordinary shooters in the U.S.
Since the war more and more gun fans are becoming
interested in this fascinating form of weapon, despite the
red tape which surrounds them. The legislation banning
machine guns is basically the National Firearms Act of
1934, passed during Prohibition when A1 Capone's gangsters made the weapon infamous. One of the world's
foremost machine gun experts, Lt. Col. George M. Chinn
of the US. Marine Corps, has stated: "No single law has
done more to damage the national defense of the United
States than that machine gun act." Since saying this, Col.
Chinn's views became stronger. With typically Marine di-
Blacking sights with match flame, machine-gunnet- makes
use of techniques learned in regular target shooting.
m
rectnessy he says: "Many of America's greatest inventors
have gone abroid to get &eir ideas accep&d. In America if
you have a machine gun they indict you. Abroad they
knight you."
i b r o i d they do more than that. Light machine gum
are owned and used by Swedish target shooters, where the
importance of the citizen's knowing how to shoot is recognized by the government. States General-Lieutenant Count
C. A. arensvard, commanding general of the Swedish
armed forces: "During recent years the V o l u n t ~ yRifle
Association has also added to its Drogram the training of
its members with military types of a tomatic weapons and
their use under combat conditions. his effort to keep pace
with modern development guarant s that the Voluntary
Rifle Association in the future will stand as a valuable support to the Armed Forces.''
In Sweden the civilian shooters own and learn how to use
heavy automatic weapons. Possession of firearms of all
kinds is under the jurisdiction of the national government,
and the civilian shooter is encouraged in every way to
know how to shoot a machine gun. Instead of penalizing
the machine gunner, the Swedish government supplies light
machine guns through the civilian shooting clubs. The club
member may buy a light machine gun without paying a
heavy tax. Most of the Swedish sportsmen who enjoy
shooting the automatics own cheaper M45 submachine
guns, but some who can pay the higher price possess the
Swedish equivalent of the BARya highly refined Browning
automatic rifle in 6.5rifle caliber.
A light weapon weighing several pounds less than the
American BAR, the Swedish Browning has a quick-change
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While team leader stuffs 9 mm &ells into dip (left), BAR man (right) checks adjustment of gas cylinder for cold
weather and other shooters talk with referee. H
ost dub loans some ma&& guns, others are owned by competitors.
Average gun fan wearing target shooting glasses and visor
works in factory, but is an expert machine gun marksman.
barrel, carrying handle, and the advantage of a light caitridge giving little kick. Firing the light automatics .really
peps up up a conventional shooting match. Blasting a clip
of shells at a paper bdseye target does little more than
prove the bullets are coming out of the front end. Entirely
new targets have been devised simulating combat conditions.
To add a little salt and pepper to their ordinary matches,
Scandinavian shooting clubs often arrange an "extra"
military-style shoot, where each club competing in the target match enters a team. It is the team spore, not the individual score, which counts in the specid prize list for the
combat shoot. Along with the old Swedish Mauser and the
new semi-automatic army rifle, light machine guns and
sub-machine guns, with which every civilian shooter is
familiar, are used.
Regular army men may participate in this match but
they do not always have the edge over the civilians, despite
their military training. Because of the number of sniper
riflemen in the civilian clubs, they often beat the army
teams when points are counted. Machine guns and automatic rifles are lent by the host club to those who do not
have their own. Machine guns are issued to shooting clubs
on much the same basis that Garand rifles are issued to
American rifle clubs by the U.S. Director of Civilian Marksmanship. Not many shooters buy the expensive light machine guns, but the submachine-gun shooters often use
their private guns.
The team usually of six men regard themselves as an
infantry squad. Each rifle or semi-automatic rifle shooter
gets 40 rounds, the machine- (Continued on page 42)
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Using long range rifles like Guymon-Springfield with Leupold scope and Sha-Cul brake (left)
five Wyoming sportsmen got bucks by end of day's stalk. Some, however, are not so sporting.
THE.RAWEST RACKET
IN HUNTING
DRIVING PRONGHORNS AND OTHER BIG GAME W I T H
PLANES AND SHOOTING FROM BLINDS AT TRAPPED
WATER HOLES REDUCE HUNTING TO SHEER BUTCHERY
By COLONEL CHARLES ASKINS
the band of
Tpronghorn. The circled
pilot, incongruous
HE LIGHT PLANE
in ten-gallon hat and cowboy boots,
banked sharply as his companion, ear
phones clamped over a tousled shock of
auburn hair, talked into a hand mike.
"Boss, we're lookin' down on a right
fair sized bunch four mile east of Big
Rabbit where Snake Coulee hits the
Little Hoss. Over." The booted radioman dropped the mike in his lap,
awaited reply.
In the pickup truck atop the hill hard
by ranch headquarters, the wizened
little man beneath the wheel talked into
his transmitter;
Checking antelope past game warden, two successful hunters in car smile while ma1 ho flubbed long range
t wears
wry grin. "Fixed" hunts where pronghorns are herded with planes produce 100 percent kills, 0% sportsmanship.
"This is the ramrod. Ah reads yuh
loud an' clear. Now listen! Git down
'till yuh ain't mor'n sixteen hands off'n
th' ground any haze them pronghorns
into Big Pasture. I gotta pickup load
of dudes right now an' we'll be headin'
out fer the South Rim. Yuh got that?"
"Yeah, I read yuh," replied the airborne cow hand. "We're movin' out."
The light craft tipped up, mushed
around and flew directly away from
the milling band. At a distance of perhaps a half-mile it commenced a slow
180-bank and gathering steam bore
down on the pronghorn, bare feet
above the brown earth.
The antelope ceased their milling.
Now aware of the danger and sensing
its direction, they strung out behind
the herd leaders and at full throttle
angled away in the direction of the
Big Pasture.
The pilot did not over-run the band.
He was far too old a hand at this kind
of aerial herding. A good furlong
short of the trailing does, who were
anxiously shepherding the rapidly tiring fawns, he pulled up in a sharp bank,
near to stalling. He gained a couple of
O n pack trip in Dakota hills Colonel Askins examines plane used on
modern stock ranches, too often by racketeers to drive game for hunts.
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With light planes, usually hard-to-stalk antelope are hazed across prairie right
up to muzzles of guns on ranches where hunting has become big business.
Fine high velocity
pachmayr sporter
shooting flat -270
is often used for
antelope hunting.
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hundred feet of altitude, kicked the
rudder hard over and again made his
pass.
During the next fifty minutes the
maneuver was monotonously repeated.
The buz, the pullout, the laboring climb
and slow turn. The antelope tired
quickly. Creatures of the 45-mile-perhour sprint, a gallop of ten minutes
will exhaust the toughest buck. Does,
fawns, and the old studs dropped out to
stand heads between their forelegs,
flanks going like bellows, trembling
and ready to drop. Only the youngest
and strongest continued to gallop from
the awful terror in the skies driving
them onward.
Big Pasture came into view, a great
sink in the surrounding plain. The
remnant of the herd, numbering fully
two score of animals in spite of losses,
tipped over into the huge basin. The
herder on the radio twirled a dial,
made talk.
"This is Art. Come in, Boss. We've
jist dropped the band into Big P. Come
in. Jist dropped the critters into Big
Pasture."
The radio in the bouncing half-ton
pickup truck answered. "Pull off an'
circle tha rimrock. We're jist beyon'
South Rim an' I aims to hit 'em in
about three-four minutes. Stan' by in
case these dudes need 'em hazed some
more. Yah knows how dudes shoot."
The truck ~ u l l e dup. The hard-featured little herder turned to face his
charges. "Them antelopes is jist over
yonder rise. See whar mah ship is
circlin'. We'll barrel over this hump
an' be in among 'em 'fore they knows
it. Don't nobody jump out'n the pickup, fer we may hafta chounce 'em fer
a mile er so. Whin I draws this veehicle to a stop, unlimber yer artil'ery."
There were six sportsmen in the
cargo space of the truck. There were
no seats, steel bows for a tarp-now
removed-served
as handholds. All
were well gunned. Good guns and new.
The best of our antelope killers. Flat
trajectory .24s, and .25s, a .270, and a
7 mmmagnum. Not a piece but sported
a scope. These huntsman might be new
to the fleet pronghorn but they had
brought along' proper medicine for
taking him at the long ranges at which,
legend has it, he must be killed.
A typical crowd of city hunters.
They had traveled almost two thousand
miles, sacrificed generous slices of the
annual vacation, delivered up five hundred dollars as guide fee, and now with
the game scarcely more than a long
bow shot distant, though not yet in
sight, they were eager to squeeze from
the coming play all the drama, suspense, and long-range gunning they
knew it must hold. The words of the
little sheepmen were stunning of import.
"You mean," asked one of the
hunters, dismay running through his
words, "we aren't going to stalk the
Antelope was brought down by Montana hunter using rechambered Enfield cut out to .300 Magnum. In true sportsmanlike fashion, rifleman crawled along draw to within 250 yards of small herd, killed buck with one accurate shot.
antelope from here? I thought it was
The party loaded back into the pickagainst the law to shoot from a truck or up. The passengers were confused and
car? Aren't we apt to shoot some does uncertain, disappointed at this sudden
if we fire into the herd indiscriminate- turn of events, of a mind to call a halt
ly?"
to the whole sordid affair. But the
"Look, friend," the little foreman careening truck permitted only seconds
scowled, "this here ranch is in the for soul searching. It was obvious all
guidin' and antelope shootin' business were about to become parties to a
to make money. We g'arantees an ante- crudely fashioned massacre. The ethics,
lope fer yer fiv' hunnert bucks an' thar of the thing were plain. But what to
they is right over yonder hill. We ain't do? Each was aware of the thousands
got tha time to go a-stalkin' 'em."
of miles of journey behind him, the five
The hunters looked at each other, hundred bucks anted up the evening
doubt written large on each face. The before. Here was a dish unpalatable
spokesman ventured one last timid and noxous. The pickup rammed over
question.
the high ground and was among the
"We do not wish to kill any does. spent and panting pronghorn.
How can we be sure when we fire into
"Git to yer business," bellowed the
the band that we won't bring down an wizened foreman, whipping a heretoillegal female?"
fore concealed .30-30 quickly over the
The ramrod snorted. "Jist don' you car door.
worry about that, mister. Didn't yuh
The game was far too spent to run.
hear me a-talkin' to the airplane fer Those not standing heads down, blowtha last hour. That chouncin' th' Piper ing until it seemed their lungs must
gave 'em took care of the does."
burst, moved off at a teetering trot.
Mostly they just stood there, bunched
and beat.
The guns fired wildly. The range
was maybe 55 yards. It was impossible
to miss. Antelope fell. Others staggered, running and falling, bleeding
profusely. A buck, both forelegs shot
off at the hocks but somehow galloping
on the swinging stumps, disappeared
over the farther rise. A fusillade failed
to bring him down.
"Keep shootin', you dudes," the
ranchman bawled. "Iffen yah kills
mor'n tha limit well jist stow 'em
away in tha deepfreeze."
Cripples were dispatched. Throats
were cut. A half-hearted swing in the
pickup to finish the buck with both legs
gone was fruitless. "Th' wolves 'ill git
'im," the foreman spoke callously.
Finally a tally was made of the kill.
Sixteen pronghorn. Every one a buck.
Ten over the legal limit.
"Don't you boys give no never-mind
to gittin, a (Continued on page 46) .
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PISTOL SHOOTING
AT RIFLE R Ã ‘ I G E
HANDGUNS CAN BE DEADLY AT RANGES
OF 100 YARDS AND MORE I F SHOOTER
has floated around in Texas lore for
A
years about a man armed with a pistol who committed
suicide by opening fire on a rifleman at 100 yards. The
N ANECDOTE
joke wasprobablyfitting enough in its time, but it is out
of date now. I have worked with several men in the last
few years who are deadly with a good pistol at 100 y a r d s
or further. There have been instances of Border Patrol
officers armed with revolvers. .38 Special caliber, beatingoff attacks by riflemen at ranges up t o 150 yards.
It is quite true that, in unskilled hands, a pistol is not
effective further than across a room-and plenty of shots
have missed even at lesser ranges. But a really skilled pistolman can hit targets the size of the vital area of a deer or
man, and can hit them consistently, at ranges up to 100
yards. With a weapon as potent as the .44 Special with
maximum handloads, or with the .357 Magnum, he can
.
Target made at 100 yards with .45
automatic by Bill Toney in off-hand
stance has shots in hat-size 'group.
Standard unsupported straight-arm
hold will give good long-range results
with correct sight picture and squeeze.
make clean kills. It's not the gun that demands short
ranges; it's the shooter.
People who have hunted successfully with pistols have
proved their potential in the proper hands. Doug Wesson
is reported to have killed animals as large as elk, moose,
and grizzly bear with the first Smith and Wesson .357
Magnum pistols. Because of his interest in the pistol, some
people may consider that a stunt, but the animals were just
as dead as if it had been routine.
Elmer Keith writing on pistols and pistol loads reports
killing elk, both mule and white tail deer, black bear,
coug'ar, and smaller animals. He tells of killing 125 jack
rabbits in three days with a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum revolver.
Keith is primarily a rifle man and he believes in hitting
game hard with calibers big and powerful enough to put
them down and keep them down. He has no motive to
boost pistols as hunting weapons, and he does not advocate
Colt .45 auto pistol was fired by Toney in determining practical value of long range pistol shooting with military
type combat gun. Heavy weapon with which Toney scores high in matches performed accurately at 100 yards.
that people throw away their rifles and hunt with pistols,
but he has a very high regard for a good revolver as a
complement to a rifle.
His preference in revolvers tends toward the .45 and .44
Special calibers in the Colt Single Action Frontier Model
using his own handloads. His 235-grain hollow point and
250-grain, solid, flatnosed .44 Special bullets backed by
about 18% grains of Hercules No. 2400 rifle powder make
about the most destructive revolver cartridges known. They
have great stopping power on men or animals. Keith says
they are deadly on game as large as elk or deer, and I
believe him. These loads have twice the shocking effect of
a factory .44Special or more.
Others have turned out hotter handloads. Keith has
Prone position offers maximum
Special "Trooper" is
loaded some with a greater powder charge himself, but he
came back to 18% grains of No. 2400. A good rule of
thumb to follow in handloading heavy calibers at near the
maximum is, "Don't go beyond Keith." He squeezes just
about everything out of a load that can be had from it.
Handloaders realize that manufacturers guarantee their
revolvers only when they are used with standard factory
ammunition, and they work up to maximum loads gradually.
charlei W. Rossi of Corpus Christi, Texas, has had more
success hunting deer with a pistol than anyone else that I
have known He told me that at the end of the 1954 hunting
season he had shot at a total of 40 white tail and mule deer
with a revolver and had killed 39 of them. He admits that
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for long range work with a handgun. Toney's two-hand hold on .Colt .38
hand gripping gun with left hand curled outside, contacting ground or rest.
Magnum .357 (top right) shot at 600
yards tests proved value of pistol for
long range. Even earlier, shooters had
used Colt. 45's for hunting and combat.
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the one he missed was a poor shot which he should not
have taken in the first place. How many old deer hunters
can tie that with a good rifle?
Two of those deer were killed at distances of 125 to 150
yards. One dropped in his tracks. The other ran about 30
or 40 yards before he fell. Nearly all of Rossi's other deer
were killed at distances of 40 to 75 yards. Most of his deerhunting is in the brushy mesquite and live oak section of
South Texas where shots can be had at that distance, but
he occasionally hunts further up in the mule and blacktail
country and sometimes in the northern woods.
Rossi has killed three mountain lions with his revolver.
One was shot in a tree at about 20 yards. He measured
eight feet and two inches in (Continued on page 44)
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Seated hold using bent knee
for rest helps set sure hits.
A
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Do-it-yourself holster fits
rugged contours of .257
Roberts rolling-block single-shot pistol and meets
maker's requirements as
to style and decoration.
A
A FEW HOURS AND A FEW DOLLARS
WILL TURN OUT HANDSOME HOLSTER
EVEN FOR HARD-TO-FIT GUN
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By ALFRED J. GOERG
A HOLSTER for your favorite shooting iron
MAKING
is an easy task and an enjoyable one. The phrase "an
l
Even "problem"
evening's work" is really not true-a holster can be cut,
punched, mounded, sewn, and finished in less than an hour
if you rush it. But there is no need to make a jiffy job of
it. Take your time and you'll have some fun.
There are many reasons for making a holster, but I built
one recently for a special purpose. My .257 Roberts-caliber
rolling block pistol was so different in shape that no standard holster would fit it Collectors who own and shoot
oddly-shaped old revolvers, or modem targeteers who like
of unusual shape can be fitted. Leather is first bent over gun for rough estimate of holster size.
p"
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After folding, wet leather is nailed tightly to back board in
rough outline of holster and then hand-moulded to fit gun.
Leather is then allowed to dry thoroughly before being cut
to desired style. If not sure of exact cut, make it oversize.
Holes, in addition t o nail holes already made, are punched
or drilled but should be evenly spaced for neat stitching.
Outside edges are stitched with heavy linen fishline.
For strength and beauty, lacing goes over stitching.
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to protect carefully blackened sights on their pistols, may
want to work up something new or different in holsters.
Custom leather workers will make holsters to special
order, but the cost is high. So instead of shelling out the
shekels by mail order, hie yourself to a leather supply
house-look under "Shoe Findingsv in the Red Bookand pick up a large piece of oil-free collar leather. Be sure
to get a piece large enough so you can shape it to the desired style. By taking your gun along, and bending the
leather double over it, you can get an idea of the size.
Collar leather is suggested because it is oil-free and absorbs water. This is an important step, for the leather
should be soaked in water for fifteen minutes to make it
soft. Meanwhile, case the pistol in a plastic bag held by
a number of rubber bands. The plastic bag is superior to
the old method of coating with grease, because the bag
completely prevents moisture from contacting the gun.
The pistol should, of course, be lightly sprayed with gun
oil before putting in the bag.
A board of scrap plywood, a tack hammer and some
small nails are next needed. Mould the water-limp leather
over the pistol and nail the leather to the board with the
~ i s t o still
l
inside it. Do not nail the leather too close to
the pistol, but leave a little clearance. Then let the leather
dry very thoroughly, shaping it to the contour of the gun.
After drying, cut the leather edge in the style you want.
If you are not sure of the exact cut, make it a little oversize until further work has been done. A sharp knife can
be used to slit the leather, although a &od leather knife
makes it much easier. My own holster was purposely cut.
very wide along the barrel to give a decorative flare or
skirt and to hold one cartridge loop. When I tacked the
leather to the board the nails were evenly spaced so that
the stitching would be uniform. The holes for stitching
or lacing may be made with a Moto-tool, hand drill, or
punch. A common leather punch is useful, but Boy Scout
knives have leather punching points which will serve.
Heavy linen fish line was used for the sewing. A lock
stitch was used and the entire job. done without a needle.
This is easy if the holes are made large enough. Then the
outside edge of the holster was prepared for lacing. This
adds strength, making the edge quite rigid.
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Now cut to desired pattern, top leather is folded back,
stitched, and reinforced with brass rivets to hold weight.
Lacine is done with boot lace leather, thin rawhide.
plastic, o r whatever pleases you as to looks. The holes
for lacing should be punched so that the lacing covers the
sewing
" wherever nossible.
Excess leather can now be cut away, keeping in mind
the shape and strength you will need for the belt loop.
My .257 rolling block pistol holster was left rather wide
along the top edge and folded down in back. Then I cut
a separate piece of leather in a rectangular shape for the
little laced section that went around front of the holster.
This back piece is sewn and reinforced by brass rivets.
When the back piece was folded to the front, I had two
"wings" which were to be joined by decorative lacing. The
holes for lacing were punched and I tentatively pulled
the wings tight to see where the safety strap and the
cartridge loop should be placed.
Finishinrc the holster can be done with neatsfoot oil anplied first L a preservative and softener. If you want to
stain the leather, put the shoe dye on before oiling. A little
fanciful tooling, pressed into the leather wings by wetting
them again and stamping or punching in a design, will add
a gay touch. Then stain, oil, t a d wax if you want a glossy
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finish.
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snap-down safety strap, a cartridge loop on skirt are finishing touches. Colored lacing outlines gun and covers stitches.
Finished holster is treated with neatsfoot oil as preservative
and softener. Note how holster fits heavy four-pound pistol.
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PENRRATION TO KILL
I S NEEDED"TO DOWN
TSECANADIAN
BIG
HONKER*
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By WALLACE LABISKY
1HE WATCH GANDER heard our
Hunter used lyz ounces shot,
2% inch magnuii load in 12
gauge M95 Winchester shotgun
to drop five-pound snow goose.
"come hither" on the call, and led
the clamoring flock of Canadas low
over the golden stubble, directly toward the decoys. As they swung past a
scant 50 yards away, Jack and I stood
up with roaring guns.
But only one honker crumbled as the
result of our five-shot barrage. That
bird caught a charge of chilled 4's
from my second barrel. Jack had never
hunted geese before, and ducks only
a few times, but he was a pretty nifty
wingshot on other species. He just sat
there shaking his head, unable to account for his three misses.
It was possible that Jack had been
plagued with a mild case of buck fever
at the sight of those bomber-size Can-
For goose shooting over grain-field decoys where range is between 55 and 60 yards, No. 4 shot in 12 gauge guns gives
pattern 'and penetration needed for kills. Buckshot under similar conditions may carry but lacks pattern to insure hits.
ucks. But it wasn't probable. He just
wasn't the type. ~ a t e r ,when w e r e turned to the car, I caught a glimpse
of an empty shell box my partner had
discarded, and I knew then for certain
what was wrong. The printing across
the flap read: Size 00 Buckshot-9
Pellets.
"There's your trouble," I told him.
"No pattern."
Jack was reluctant to accept this
explanation until after we ran some
tests the following day. I collected
several four-foot squares of wrapping
paper and dabbed black paint in the
exact center of each to serve as an
aiming point. Then we drove out to
an abandoned farm where there was
a tumble-down shed on which to tack
the paper. As I fastened the first sheet
in place, Jack paced off 40 yards. We
then proceeded to fire a total of five
Cosmi $1000 three-shot automatic
equips hunter for fast action at geese.
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Stevens M77-SC shown with Savage
Super Choke suits pump action addicts.
in gauges .410 to 12, sells for $395.
Few pellets in buckshots loads fail to
give pattern necessary for sure hits on
geese. Better choice is smaller shot
combining pattern with penetration.
loads of size 00 buckshot.
Pattern density is figured according
to the number of pellets striking inside
a 30-inch circle at a 40-yard range,
and the circle is drawn after firing to
encompass that part with the greatest
number of hits. The way Jack's 12gauge pump gun performed with these
outsize buckshot pellets is typical of the
average full-choke barrel. The best
pattern of the lot showed four hits in-
side the circle, two pellets printed at
the extreme outside edge of the paper,
and three pellets were unaccounted for.
One glance at the results and Jack
realized that he could kill just as many
geese on the wing by shooting rifled
slugs.
Then he became angry. "If I could
get my hands on the joker who sold me
on the idea of using buckshot," sputtered Jack, "I'd shove the rest of these
loads down his craw!"
But I think he was more angry with
himself for being" so gullible.
Webster defines buckshot as "a
coarse leaden shot for large game."
And that's precisely what it is. It was
designed in England many years ago
expressly for shooting a species of
small European deer with a shotgunhence the name. It is still used by
deer hunters both here and abroad.
But since World War 11, waterfowl
hunters in this country have probably
fired- many, many more rounds of
buckshot than deer hunters have. Why?
The answer is simple. During the
war years, ammo was mighty hard to
come by, and buckshot loads were
about the only shotgun fodder that
passed over the counter. Those who
qualified oc- (Conil'nued on page 50)
Nine body hits with No. 2 shot on nine-pound Canada goose (left) prove
patterning quality of load. Goose (right) was killed cleanly with three body hits.
Three of the most popular shot sizes for shotgun hunting are seen in pails before loading. No. T^/i shot is favorite for
upland game and also for trap shooting. Duck hunters use No. 6 or No. 4 shot loads, while geese shooters choose No. 4.
By HARVEY SCHUR
Veteran hunter at 15, Harvey Schur of Scarsdale, N. Y., has realized his fondest
African safari. Strapping youth has also bagged big game in Alaska.
dream-
hunter ever to travel all by himI self to Africathe toyoungest
shoot jungle game.
GUESS I AM
I was 15 when I made the trip last summer from my
home in Scarsdale, N. Y., to the world's wildest continent.
It was a thrilling experience but by no means a new one. I
was already a veteran marksman and used to locating good
hunting places on my own.
When I was 12,I went alone to Maine where I joined an
older friend, Roger Holt, and brought down my first deer
with a .32 Winchester Special. Since that time, always get-
ting there by myself, I have gone after deer, bear, and
moose on the frozen wastes of Alaska and Newfoundland.
Safaris in the snow were lots of fun. But a lad with hunting in his blood sometimes tires of the same kind of country as he does of the same kind of gameand guns. I was
forever thinking of Africa, that torrid but happy hunting
ground for the world's adventurers, as I kept adding pelts
to my trophies and rifles to my arsenal.
I studied the travel literature and hunting regulations of
many different African countries. I finally decided on a
TEENAGER TRAVELS ALONE
Harvey selected a .577 Westley Richards for big game at moderate ranges.
Rifle was one of three carried on
hunt in Portuguese West Africa.
Home again, with school ahead, Harvey relives his experiences on safari by
showing his sister, Mrs. Elaiie Batchker, how he aimed Model 70 Winchester.
jaunt to Portuguese West Africa, also called Angola, because game is thicker there and laws are more liberal
regarding bag limits.
It was no trouble getting an African travel visa from the
Portugese consul in New York or getting a yes from'my
father. Dad himself is a fair marksman who remembers
hunting deer as a rancher in Texas, though nowadays he
manufacturers buttons in New York.
"You stand six feet high and you've been shooting since
you were six years old," Dad was quick to answer when
I asked him about it. "So go ahead, son. Here's a check."
A minute later I was phoning the airport and booking
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my flight on a fasttrans-Atlantic plane. Three days later,
on June 3, 1955,I found myself in Nova Lisboa (New Lisbon), hunters' headquarters for Portuguese West Africa, a
territory almost twice the size of Texas and with ten times
as much good hunting area.
I saw nimrods from all over Europe and America thronging the sidewalks, swapping lies and trading tips. Swarms
of native meat hunters, laden with carcasses of freshly-slain
beasts. were moving" around. Gun and
ammo shops were as thick as candy
stores in New York.
Any place with varmint-and-powder
smell is home to a hunter. I sniffed the
air and marvelled at the kills. Something told me I had landedin the right
country for the right sport.
I had plenty of opportunities to team
up with fellows who were making their
first hunts on this terrain. But I said
no, because most of them were packing
.22's which are well on the way to being outlawed throughout Africa. I had
been told before leaving New York that
the .22 crowd invariably starts banging at every animal in sight as quickly
as they hit the jungle and colonial officials are getting on their ears because
95.per cent of such shooting results in
the poor beast escaping, full of bullets,
to die later in agony.
Twenty-two's were old stuff to me.
I used one, when I was six, to pot rabbits that invaded our home vegetable
garden. Here, in new country, I meant
to try out guns I had never used before
on beasts I had never shot before. For
hunting mates, I wanted men who knew
the game ranges of Angola as I know
the deer and moose pastures of Alaska.
I had brought three rifles-all that
Portuguese law allows-from my private battery of different make, different
shooting capacity guns. Those three
were a regular .30-06 Model 721 Remington with a 2v2 X Weaver scope; a
.300 Winchester Model 70 with a 4 X
B. and L. Balvar and a .577 Westley
Richards double rifle selected for 100
Harvey Schur's bedroom is filled with hunting trophies, pictures, and equipment. yard shots.
Lifelike head of Kodiak bear is one of the trophies of his earlier trip to Alaska.
I sold the .30-06 and picked up a
10.75
x 68 FN Belgian Mauser, a make
Leopard skin s read on lawn of Schur home is one of young Harvey's proudest
I'd
never
tried. In the same mood of
trophies. H e killed b e a t with 10.75 M a n e t for his biggest African thrill.
experimentation, I bought a stock of
Kynoch cartridges, the first I had seen.
Luck and knowing how to pick my
company then led me to a trio of hunting partners who rate among Africa's
best.
They were Everett Jewell, an American missionary, gentle in appearance
but deadly on the trigger; George Hott
who makes regular safaris to Africa
from his home in Miami Beach, Florida; and a well-known local marksman
of Nova Lisboa named Beltran. A few
days later, on a warm June morning,
my African adventure began.
My 10.75 had been carefully checked
and oiled. My cartridge belt was
loaded with Kynoch shells. I was
primed for game.
Along with two native helpers, we
-
piled into a half-ton Chevrolet truck
and rode 20 miles from Nova Lisboa
to a swamp which Mr. Jewell declared
was teeming with animals. At the
swamp's edge we madecamp. Then all
of us waded into the muck for a kill.
We had gone but a short distance
when we sighted a herd of roan antelope on a patch of dry ground 300
~ a r d away.
s
We advanced cautiously to
within 200 yards of the beasts, then
halted, waiting for Mr. Jewell to give
the shooting signal.
The antelopes grazed on without
sight or smell of us. Their sleek hides
and the polished barrel of my Mauser
gleamed with the reflection of the
morning sun. I drew a bead on the
biggest one; my hand clutched tightly
at the pistol grip.
My new gun, and with it, I'd be slaying, in a second or two, my very first
game on my very first African hunt.
"Fire," Mr. Jewell whispered.
Smoke enveloped my face. Something tore at my shoulder and I felt
that it was coming off of my torso.
Forty pounds of kick, that confounded
gun carried. The smoke cleared. Fleet
and unscratched, the antelopes were
sprinting like olympic runners toward
a dense patch of jungle.
The rifle slid from my hands to the
ground. I stood there in gaping anger.
My first hunt-and my first shots had
missed. I had better luck with BB's on
squirrels in Westchester.
Mr. Jewell spoke sympathetically,
"Too bad, Harvey. But that's the way
those 10.75's work. Bullets drop five or
six inches no matter how straight you
aim. The gun itself is not very accurate
beyond a range of 100 yards. And it
takes an average of two shots for every
animal you bring down with' it."
I began to understand. "So the 10.75
has more kick than kill to it?" I asked
my hunting partner.
"Right," Mr. Jewell answered. "But
I wanted you to find out for yourself."
He bent down,lifted the Mauser and
handed it back to me. "It's a costly
contraption, Harvey, so hang on to it.
And don't expect to break records on
your starting day in new country."
Decent of him, I thought. Straightening out my bent ego and all that sort
of thing. But consoling words didn't
help much. I felt like the dumbest
greenhorn in Africa when I scrambled
back into the truck.
We rode slowly along an ascending
elevation. Two more antelope appeared
within 50 (Continued on w e 56)
,
.
Harvey keeps an arsenal of 14 rifles in his room, probably the largest battery of
big game guns owned by an American teen-ager. Map helps chart future hunts.
Rifles in Harvey's collection include this
348 Winchester
Model 71. H e prefers this gun for deer, bear, and moose.
Another of Schur's favorites is this Winchester Model 94
.30-30. He likes guns' quick lever action and easy handling.
Franchi 12 gauge shotgun is excellent for upland bird
shooting. Harvey prefers the autoloader for small game.
GUN RACK
(Continued from page 12)
ating safety bar, which successive hammer- gloss buffed, but the finish was regular and
maps had peened flat so that the hammer even without scratches, and the blue of good
sould reach the firing pin. While the new color and density. Price of the new Side
listols are entirely safe, and repeated ham- Kick is $36.75. The other H & R revolvers
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Neatest of the series is the 15-oz. "superlight" alloy frame 33. PPK. I t has been said pocket is the Browning .25 automatic. Of
that this model comes with an alloy slide, the model known before the war as the
but the sample PPK slide was of steel. The "Baby" size, the new Browning is revamped
1956 Walther catalog lists only the dural by use of an alloy frame, making it extremely
frame job. This gun is surprisingly accurate light in weight. The regular "baby" Brownand concealable. Yet the long grip magazine, ing is so small it can be carried in the change
which sells separately and increases capacity pocket in a coat side pocket without sagging,
from 9 to 10 shots in the PPK 32, allows a and the new alloy model is even more convery firm hold for fast firing. Red enamel- cealable.
outlined rear sights and luminous bead front
The 3 5 cartridge is one of the most kicked
sights on all models increase visibility for about loads ever devised. Browning himself
snap shooting, but may be easily smoked cooked this one up over 50 years ago. Yet
black for target work if desired.
despite its weak power and poor ballistic
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effect, the .25 has done a job of killing when
necessary, and, unhappily, when unnecessary.
For this reason alone, the 2 5 will remain in
the lists of firearms for years to come.
The little Browning is as old in design as
the cartridge, but considerably more reliable.
The incredible margins of safety and surity
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person's hand, the tiny vest pocket .25 is a
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for. Ballistically, the experts can assemble
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Browning has been a handy deterrent to
violence on more than one occasion.
The standard version, of this kitten-sized
wildcat sells for $29.95 in satin blue and the
light weight with bright plated slide and
nacrolac pearl grips comes to $42.50.
These Brownings also have bigger brothers in sets which furnish a pistol for every
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autos. I t comes in full blue for $74.50 and
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accounts, at least partly, for the fact that I
have found as much as four full grains
variation in factory loads of the same make.
Don't start out trying to load extremely
light or heavy charges. The first is bad, the
other worse. Some beginners are overcautious, like the 10-mile-per-hour slowpoke
on a fast hiway. Handloading is not hazardous, even if the big ammo makers do try to
promote that idea. Handloading accidents
would be front page news in every daily
paper if they happened. How many have
you seen?
Don't overload old guns that are weak.
worn or stressed. Mechanical defects should
be repaired. Military salvage arms, either
"as is" or clobbered up into so-called "custom" guns, can be dangerous with normal
loads. The majority of accidents with handloads are caused by the guns, rather than
the loads. Quality custom guns, of course,
are entirely satisfactory and safe, but the
price is not always an indication of quality.
Bolt action rifles of the Mauser type are
the strongest, and most accurate. F. N. Commercial Mausers are the standard of quality
around the world.
They are exceedingly fine rifles and actions
that have been copied, modified and imitated.
I sectioned a Mauser chamber, and made a
photo for GUNS,to show how the chamber
encloses the vital case head. The '03 Springfield is a modified Mauser "type>r
rather
a perversion, as shown in the view of the
sectioned chamber. Note the chamber does
not support the entire case web. If a defective case ruptures near this point, the
rifle is apt to be blown up, and a number
have. I have never figured out why the
Springfield was made with this glaring error
in design, in order to use longer locking lugs
in a gun that would take more pressure
than the case will stand. Winchester and
Remington make excellent modifications of
the Mauser action.
Don't use old or much-fired brass for hot
loads. Cases that may take 10 to 50 normal
loads may stand only two or three hot ones.
Brass becomes defective after much firing,
overworking, or high pressure. Don't use full
charges in rifle cases that have fired squib
loads. If cases are driven too far into the
chamber, low pressure won't form the brass
back to full chamber size, which results in
excessive headspace. All hot listed loads
should be cut 10% or more, and carefully
worked up in your gun, with your components.
Some Wildcats give better ballistics than
standard rifles because they use more pow:
der, an old method of increasing velocity.
Pressure often runs higher too, with less
margin of safety than any big arms maker
would risk, and ballistics are not always as
good as listed. A little extra velocity, often
not too important anyway, could cause an
accident. Handloading is safe unless we
make it otherwise, and Wildcats are okay;
but let's be sensible.
Don't load cases, new or fired, with visible
defects in the body or head. If a primer
can be seated with little or no pressure, that
case is ruined. Cases are ruined if they
leaked gas at the primer pocket, indicated
by black smudges on the head face. Keep
only the can of powder you are using on the
bench. With several cans, sooner or later you
will pour the right powder back in the wrong
can. Stock powder should be stored in a
drawer or on a shelf away from the bench.
A can of powder in your home is less hazardous than a bottle of lighter fluid. A
canister will not explode, even in a fire.
Don't throw charges from a measure set
by numbers or a chart, until the charge
weight is checked with good scales. Don't
fire a batch of high pressure rounds to "get
the cases." If a bullet puller is not available, break down the fodder by placing the
cartridge neck on a solid surface, and tap
the neck all around with a hammer. The
bullet will drop out and the case can be
resized and re-used.
Don't fire any gun until you take a looksee down the barrel. Bore obstructions are
the most common cause of wrecked guns
being sent back to the maker for replacement. Better save your postage, because you
won't get a new gun. Commercial arms have
passed a proof test and won't blow up with
any normal factory or handload, unless they
have a mechanical defect.
Don't charge cases during a "bull session."
There is much pleasure and companionship
when "the gang" is gathered around the loading bench. New friends are made and old
friendships are cemented. The stress of mode m living is forgotten. Loading bench groups
get tighter than bench rest groups. If I were
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what ails toany patients. The same if I
were a marriage counselor. But chatter is
taboo when you fill the hulls with powder.
Most of all, don't be afraid to start hand
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THE CASE FOR LEGALIZED MACHINE GUNS
(Continued from page 21)
gunner gets 80 rounds, and the submachinegunner, usually the squad leader, carries two
clips or 72 rounds. In a matter of minutes,
magazines are filled from ammo issued by
the club, the snipers have blackened their
sights, the machine gunner holds a flame
carefully to his sights to dull the glare, and
the squad is ready to advance through the
brush. In imitation of actual combat, the
team is told that scouts have spotted
trenches abandoned by the "enemy" on a
sloping hill opposite a small creek. But
enemy soldiers are reported trying to filter
back into the trenches to control movement
on the highway, and probably build up
strength to attack a nearby crossroads. The
job of the squad is to prevent this.
The team may have worked out special
systems for their shooting, with special
tricks to fit a shooting match instead of a
battle. The leader does not need many
seconds to decide where to place his LMG
man, his snipers or himself on the firing
line. The squad leader is a key man. Knowing his fellow shooters, he will distribute
them so they will be most effective. A good
team leader will have his best long-range
match shooter working on the more distant,
more difficult targets, and his volume-of-fire
experts will be assigned to the nearer, larger
figures.
On the "enemy" side, too, there is a lot of
unseen activity. In safe trenches at the left
side of the open area are the members of the
host club with levers and wires in their
hands, their eyes on numerous stop watches
and tediously worked-out time tables. They
have spent several afternoons digging the
trenches, setting up pop-up targets of cardboard, stringing wires and levers which
actuate the targets.
The shoot for each team lasts just 3%
minutes. The six-man team must burn up
392 rounds in that time. The main rule of
the game is that each target hit counts five
points to the team, each addional hit will
count one point, and for remaining rounds
of ammunition they will get one point per
five rounds.
As the referee signals, the team leader
shouts "fire," and the word is drowned in the
crackle of small arms "fire. The riflemen
snipers have discovered "enemy" cutouts
popping up and black earth puffs behind the
pasteboard show that they are hit. Suddenly
from another trench two "men" pop up and
as the bullets from the light Browning drum
into the ground behind them, they fall. From
another point, three targets are exposed for
five seconds and are hit with heavy fire from
the machine gun, all twenty shots from one
clip. Then a t close range, four targets representing enemy soldiers with bayonets fixed
suddenly rise in a !'charge9' from beneath a
heap of twigs, and the short staccato bursts
from the team leader's M45 submachine gun
mix with the spat of rifle fire and the
brrrmp burst from the Browning.
Three and a half minutes pass quickly in
the excitement. When the referee's whistle
sounds "cease firen the gun barrels are so hot
they can't be touched. Since the combat
matches are pretty tough on guns, many
shooters bring an extra rifle for this event,
but all have sturdy receiver. sights of targetshooting style. Often the older team members wear special adjustable shooting glasses
and padded shooting coats. They know these
aids improve their shooting and they rely on
such equipment and would use it even in
time of war. Not many gunners would wear
adjustable shooting glasses behind a machine gun, but these men do, and find the
tricks of civilian shooting have value also
for this combat style of competition.
Machine guns are not at all easy to learn
to shoot well. Because of their high rate of
fire, only a gunner completely familiar with
the weapon can avoid wasting ammunition on
sudden targets.
No one in Sweden thinks of war without
shuddering-it came too close with the occupation of neighboring Norway. Swedes
hope that it will never be necessary to dig
real trenches again. But shooters there realize that every country must have an army,
and that citizens must pass through their
regular military training and annual reserve
maneuvers. They shoot in .uniform, and
when they are out of the army, they shoot
for fun.
These shoots add new color, new excitement, new spectator interest to the usual
target shooting program. They help also to
fill in the waiting time between the formal
matches-a matter of real importance where
a major match may draw a thousand competitors and time between turns on the firing
line may stretch into hours.
The question naturally arises, how would
such shoots work i n America? Under existing firearms regulations they would, of
course, be impossible. But the organizational
framework through which they could be handled is already in existence. The National
Rifle Association is certainly as respected
and as well organized as the Swedish Voluntary Rifle Association and could perform the
same functions i n this type of shooting as
does its Swedish counterpart.
Since its formation in 1871, the National
Rifle A d a l l o n tea pnnntd AuKAxng as
a sport among civilians in the interests of
national defense. Its programs have always
included courses of fire with infantry weapons-the
Springfield '03, the Colt .45, and
now the M l rifle. Today, when full-automatic weapons are being issued by the thousands to recruits or draftees, it seems fairly
logical that civilians-pre-inductees,
and the
backbone of every war-time army-should be
trained also in the use of machine weapons.
I t would seem desirable in the interests of
national defense that the thousands of young
men in rifle clubs over the nation be taught
to use the weapons they will be called upon
to use in time of emergency.
In order to legalize the possession of fullautomatic weapons by civilian target shooters
it would be necessary to revoke certain sections of the Federal Firearms Act, and particularly the section imposing the $200 tax.
No doubt there would be strong opposition
to any such move. I t would be argued that
legalization of machine guns would be dangerous to society i n that the weapons would
fall into the hands of criminals or be used
by hunters. If valid, these complaints are
important. But are they valid?
I t can at least be argued that they are not
valid. Machine-type weapons are no longer
the preferred tools of crime; and this is not
because they are illegal-the criminal is not
concerned with laws. Neither is i t because
they are overly difficult to obtain. The gangster who really wants a full-automatic weapon
can usually steal one, either from the nearest
military installation or from a police organization. The fact is that criminals find it better
for their purposes to use cheap revolvers or
pistols which can be thrown away after a
crime, or sporting weapons (rifles or shotguns) which need not incriminate the bearer
merely by possession.
Machine weapons have been used by a few
idiot hunters in this country, in spite of the
laws against them. But it is doubtful indeed
that legalization of the guns would increase
this practice, since it would meet with
unanimous disapproval from other hunters, to
say nothing of existing laws governing sporting arms. Certainly there has been no increase of such misuse of full automatics in
the countries where civilians may legally
possess them. A sportsman veteran of the
Korean action says, "We had every conceivable type of automatic weapon available, and
tons of ammunition in the dumps. But what
the men chose for hunting was the old long
Japanese 7.7 bolt action rifle." From a purely
practical viewpoint, what sane hunter would
lug a 20-pound BAR in the woods i n preference to a light, handy sporting rifle? And
with whom would h e associate after his hunting companions caught him so weaponed?
The first cry heard when legalization of
automatics is mentioned is, "What do you
want to do-give everybody a machine gun?"
The answer is, "No," and this, too, needs
only commonsense thinking to support it. I n
the first place, relatively few people would
want them for personal possession. I n the
second place, relatively few people could afford them. Even after the removal of the
federal tax, a working machine gun would
be an expensive item. The tripod alone for
a Browning light .30 costs over $100 new
from the factory. A heavy .50 Browning is
worth in the neighborhood of $250 in the international market. Thorason submachine
guns are worth from $50 to $200, possibly
i&ore,
depending ç the uwlal aad whftlhia
a collector or a police department buys it.
Today, all possible implementation of a
civilian shooting program by the NRA
adapted to training the young shooter in
modern weapons is stifled by the present law.
Research and development along automatic
weapons lines is impossible, except b y a very
limited few engineers i n the arms industry,
"The German government picked the brains
of all their gun nuts, no matter how crazy,"
Colonel Chinn has said. "They turned out
some mighty good stuff under pressure. They
are doing the same thing under pressure in
another country now.
"In America there are three fine schools,
West Point, Annapolis, and the new Air
Force Academy. I have nothing but respect
for these academies," Chinn said, "but what
America needs is a Gun-nut academy. We
need to get people interested in machine
guns, and put everybody with an idea, no
matter how goofy, into a school with a sane
man in charge. We'd better do it pretty
quick, too."
But at $200 per gun, studying machine
gun& is a p e ~ w
y i t l y pftltlau£the a w age gun crank and target shooter. Yet many
authorities feel that "this law is about a s
outmoded as the law that requires that a
car be preceded by a man waving a red flag
by day, or a lantern at night.'' Thousands of
shooters and. gun cranks interested i n machine guns declare that it is about time to do
away with this hangover from prohibition
days and let Americans learn about, and
learn to use modern weapons.
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THE SHOOTING PRIEST OF TEXAS
(Continued from page 17)
much stress is placed on stance and holding.
A gun will hit, even if it's held upside down
and backwards, over your head or between
your legs. Shooting needs your undivided
attention. Don't worry about your pose or
how your clothes fit.
'Shooting quickly is important too. Few
people can hold a gun longer than a few
seconds without an infinitesimal variation."
The priest puts a high value on fast sight
alignment, which may account for the fact
he gets almost bench-rest accuracy with
snap-shots. Inquire about his favorite gun
and you get a surprise. Any gun that is
accurate and adequate will do. He is really
a rifleman, but handguns play an important
part in his shooting, because they help develop a perfect trigger squeeze, and fast
sight alignment. He isn't a "group" shooter,
but a "target" shooter, because he says ten
shots in one hole that miss the target is
poor shooting, while one shot in the target
is sufficient.
Sportsmen frequently ask the father's advice about how to bunt big game. He stalks
game by moving into the wind, or quartering
it. Antler-rattling for deer is a practice he
considers decadent, and a deer's poor eyesight makes it unnecessary. Nor does he
consider a gun necessary for protection
against animals. Fear of animals will cause
them to attack a man at times. Once he
was with an Indian when a pack of wolves
were returning to the carcass of a deer they
had killed. The Indian fled, and the wolves
took after him, just as many dogs will chase
a fleeing person. The priest saved the Indian's life with accurate shooting. Once he
turned a stampeding herd of elk by merely
hollering and waving his arms.
Father McGinn has some excellent answers
for these kind hearts and gentle people, who
are often very quick to criticize a man of
God for killing game.
Once i n a hospital, some patients asked
Father McGinn to shoot a rabbit they had
seen outside, so they could have some rabbit
stew. When a Sister of Mercy protested
the slaughter, Father McGinn said, "Sister,
yesterday I was looking out the window at
some beautiful flowers when someone came
along and cut them down and carried them
away for bouquets." That was as far as he
got, because the good Sister walked away.
"She was the one who cut the flowers, and
they are living forms of matter also. Meat,
fish, and vegetables have been providentially
provided for us to use," said Father McGinn.
The Irish marksman was born in Cheboygan, Michigan. I t was some 68 years ago
that he started out as a professional hunter
in a small way. Shooting sparrows for the
state bounty of 3 cents per head seemed
like an easy way to earn spending money.
Many sparrows fell before his BB gun.
Satisfied the boy was very careful and could
shoot, his father got him the finest gift of
all, a genuine .22 caliber rifle. Deadly accuracy started paying off in the form of small
eating game such as ruffed grouse and snowshoe rabbits. H e was very careful to shoot
grouse in the head, so no meat would be
spoiled.
Hunting big game was the next step.
There was and still is excellent deer and
bear hunting in Michigan, and with better
equipment he got his share of small and big
game. As he grew older, his hunting territory was extended until it eventually included many trips in various parts of North
America, three to Europe, and four trips
into the sub-Arctic regions. This remarkable man is at home in Mexico or Alaska,
in clerical appointments or hunting garb.
Moose, bear, elk, deer, caribou, and wolves
are favorite game. I t is claimed that he has
brought in more moose from Canada than
any hunter from the border states.
The good father has lived the good life,
and a full one, I n the process, he found the
real meaning of Ponce d e Leon's elusive
fountain of youth. Ordained a Catholic
priest in 1907, he had the long, hard, classical course that included six years of Greek,
Latin, German, and t h e sciences, before
taking up the study of philosophy and
theology.
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A pretty old timer to be hunting and
shooting, isn't he? "No," he says, "a man
is only as old as he feels." How old does he
feel? Last season while hunting deer in the
hill country of Texas he was by far the
oldest one in the party, but the only one
who traveled the rough terrain without assistance. He gives his hobby much credit
for his ability at his age to get around like
a 20-year-old with a keen mind and a sharp
eye.
During the summer months Father McGinn has a mailing address at 9000 Ruth
Street, Allen Park, Michigan. That means
his mail will be forwarded to wherever he
is-often far away. In recent years he has
spent the winters in San Antonio, Texas,
since he froze an arm in the arctic. There
he was hunting and studying the characteristics of big game. Caught in the cold, he
was hospitalized for six months., He could
not turn his head or move his arm. Twice
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of his head and arm, to return to his old.
time shooting form.
In San Antonio he shoots twice a week
on the range. Though he doesn't seek publicity and tries to avoid it, it seeks him.
His doctors and the bishop advised him to
winter in a mild climate where he is unknown, to rebuilt his strength and avoid
lecturing.
Father McGinn firmly believes that hunting is a wonderful diversion and is, he says,
"Good medicine, easy to take, besides producing game dinners. But the meat is only
an after consideration. I greatly enjoy the
great outdoors. That good fresh air out in
the open, the tansy odor of the forest, and
the fact your mind is completely off your
regular daily line of thinking, makes it
mighty good medicine indeed."
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distances. Then he resolved always to be
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shooting. He would not shoot at running deer
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As practice and training before hunting
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Rossi has been hunting since 1918 from
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hand, unsupported, I could hit a Colt Silhouette Target consistently at 100 yards. Upon occasion I have scored five consecutive hits
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experimentally at ranges
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with a pistol, but I have never tried i t that
far.
In the Far Southwest Regional Pistol
Championships at El Paso, Texas, in 1952, I
fired ten shots at 50 yards slow fire on the
Standard American Target with a Smith and
Wesson K-38 Heavy Masterpiece revolver
(38 Special) for a score of 99. Nine of
these shots were no more than 1% inches
from the center of the target. The tenth was
no more than 2% inches out. About 20 minutes later in a separate match I fired ten
shots with the same gun at the same distance
on the same type target for a perfect score
of 100. None of these shots were greater
than 1% inches from the center of the
target.
This was unusual. If those two scores had
been fired together in a 20-shot match, it
would have been a new national record.
However, in pistol tournaments throughout
the country it is not unusual to see competitors fire ten consecutive shots into the
eight-inch eight ring at 50 yards. Often there
are ten-shot strings all in the 5.54inch nine
I returned to the Tiradores del Norte range ring. Average scores of about 95 per ten
later to participate in live chicken shoots. 1 shots are necessary to win a match in topfound that I could hit grown chickens two flight competition. This proves the ability
out of three shots at about 125 yards. That of the handguns to produce ample hunting
led to an increase in the range of my pistol accuracy.
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buck er two mor'n tha law a'lows," the guide
soothed. "Yah see, some of these dudes what
comes out here don' shoot good like you
fellers an' we kinda hafta fix 'em up." He
winked expansively.
The journey back to ranch headquarters
was a triumphal procession. Each hunter had
selected the largest head he could find and
the six carcasses were tossed into the truck.
The ten illegally killed pronghorn were
dragged into the shade to be recovered by a
ranch detail during the day.
Everyone was happy. Elated. Satisfied.
There was much back-slapping.
And
laughter. Someone produced a fifth of whisky
and it was passed around. The foreman was
slapped on the back. The questionable ethics,
the painful decision of a quarter-of-an-hour
past, were forgotten.
Dinner was ready when the noisy sextet
stepped down from the truck. Anxiously they
looked about for a n audience. There were
hunters all over the place. They did not have
to look far. The crowd swarmed forward,
eager to hear the details of the successful
stalk, the good kill. Then all trooped in to
dinner. I t was a good meal. Antelope steaks.
The rancher-owner appeared, cornered the
six hunters. "Mighty glad you boys wuz so
successful this mornin'. Som'times my clients
hafta stay over tho sec'nd day 'fore they gits
their buck. An' then-,"
winking broadly,
"there's 'em we hafta sorta help out a-little.
That's what thy deepfreeze is fer."
The spokesman for the party, the one who
had raised the question of the legality of
shooting from the truck and the hazard of
killing does, inquired somewhat hesitantly,
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The rancher's face hardened.
"Naw.
Nothin' doin'. You fellers got yer buck
apiece an' now I expect you to clear out.
Yuh see, this is a business with me. Them
dam' antelopes eat up lotsa good sheep graze.
I got no dam' use fer 'im. Like to kill 'em
all off. Got to clear you fellers out so's I kin
take care of the next parties. I'm booked
solid. this year." He turned and strode off.
Next day, new groups arrived. For the
most part, they were sportsmen who had
never hunted pronghorn. These newcomers
were bubbling with talk, happy and eager to
get afield and come to grips with the handsome speedster of the plains. But not all of
them were happy.
"Say," the tone held challenge. "Some fellows in town told me how they got their
antelope out here." The speaker was a late
comer, who fixed the rancher with a hard
eye. If you think I'm going to countenance
running antelope down with an airplane and
then shooting them from a pickup truck you
can give my money back right now."
"Now, now," the rancher said soothingly.
"Yuh see, some of these dude-I
mean
clients-kaint hit much an' I hafta make it
a mite easier for 'em. Now you-"
and he
smiled ingratingly, "I kin see you're a sure
'nough sportsman. I wasn't thinkin' arunnin' antelope fer you."
"Okay." The hunter was somewhat mollified. "See you don't, for I won't agree to it
for a moment."
At 2:30 next morning the hunter who had
spoken out so forthrightly climbed into a
ranch station wagon and with three other
sportsmen was driven away.
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and twisted, leveled off across interminable
flats, negotiated one dry watercourse after
another, rumbled over a dozen stock guards,
and finally came to a cautious halt in the
mouth of a brush-choked canyon. Here the
party climbed down, stiff from the bouncing
and shaking from the chill of the high plateau.
"Foller me," the herder grunted, "an see
yuh keeps quiet."
There was a trail of a sort and, single file,
stumbling through the gloom, the quartet
puffed into the head of the defile. With never
a pause the guide topped out and after a
furlong across a comparatively level mesa,
dipped into the head of another canyon. This
valley plunged downward with dangerous
abruptness and during the ensuing half-hour
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gloom, its size more sensed than seen. In
these narrow confines it could be no more
than a lariat throw for width, little more for
length. The guide skirted the flinty bank
and swung abruptly into the very face of the
canyon wall.
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it ice was roofed over. A blind. That's what
was:' a blind. A bushwhack overlooking
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''No talkin'. No movin'. No smokin'-an'
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a&nonished. "This blind is dang nigh on top
of tha lake. We'uns fence all our water off
wit:h hogwire, and- a pronghorn won't jump
a f ence; he crawls under. Fence 'em off with
hoiwire an' they has to go through the gate.
Three days ago, we shut all tha gates. The
anielopes has got to come here fer water.
They'll be a-comin' right after good light."
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cedar along the rimrock glistened with the
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A rock rolled in the canyon. A second.
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came as a whisper off the flats below. Satisfied, the leaders moved again and the accordian-Iie file straightened and climbed.
Climbed to water and into the guns of the
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shoulder to shoulder as they thirstily lined to
drink. Three days they had been without
water, harrassed by innumerable hunting
parties. It was not unlikely that some here
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were the survivors of the long race from the
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casionally carted home, often guardedly
beneath their coats, a box of hulls containing the king-size pellets. Despite good
intentions, these loads weren't used solely
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number of pellets in each depends on the
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A substantial difference in size exists between the largest chilled shot and the smallest
buckshot. A BB pellet has a diameter of .18
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-.06 inch larger. This means that for comparable loadings the buckshot load will contain far fewer pellets. Consider, for instance, the 3% dram, high-velocity 12-gauge
load. With BB's the 1%-ounce shot charge
gives a pellet count of 62. The same load
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Unlike a rifle, a shotgun's deadliness depends on its pattern; that is, it is consistantly
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will kill instantly, of course, but it is sheer
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In order to have a killing pattern, the
choke and load combination must register
at least three to five pellet hits on the bird.
Moreover, the size of the shot pellets must
be such that they carry enough energy to
give fairly deep penetration, as well as break
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given load (the greatest distance at which
it will kill consistently) is limited by one
or the other of two factors: pattern, and
penetration.
For example, take a look at the 12-gauge
gun that delivers a full-choke (70%) pattern with the standard-length magnum shell
loaded with 1% ounces of No. 4 chilled shot.
On geese, this particular combiiation is
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with this size shot, penetration fails at about
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These facts make it obvious that the
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The average full-choke scattergun, however, will not handle buckshot for sour apples.
At long range the pattern is apt to cover the
side of a barn, and certainly the density
rating will not even begin to approach the
figures given above. That is why downing
a long-range goose with buckshot adds up to
nothing more than an extremely lucky onepellet accident. And the greater share of
these hits, I suspect, are the result of flock
shooting-a highly unsportsmanlike practice.
And that's not all. Those who use buckshot on geese are inclined to overrate the
shocking power delivered by a single pellet.
A pellet of 4B will, of course, by virtue of
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fact does not insure a clean kill unless ii
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than a single pellet hit at long range is
beyond possibility. And the chance that the
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to pattern they are all done yards closer to
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vards of the truck. We all fired. Disappointnent for everybody. Another miss for me
with that plagued 10.75. A rear wheel of the
vehicle stalled in an ant bear hole. This safari
was beginning to look like an episode out
)f Disney.
After ten minutes of dust and muscle
grease, we got the truck rolling. We turned
t around and decided to return to the place
where we had spotted the herd that had got:en away.
Well, hunters' luck is always shifting luck.
But, sometimes, the shift is from good luck
:o bad.
We parked the truck. Six hundred yards
iiway stood another herd of antelope.
I looked eagerly a t the game and sadly at
the 10.75. "Let's make a temporary swap,
Harvey," Mr. Jewell suggested. He took my
weapon and handed me his 30-06.
We moved within 500 yards of our
parry. Each of us trained sights on some
section of the herd.
"Shoot," Mr. Jewell commanded. Bullets
whistled in wild exaltation from my borrowed
,3046.I saw a big buck go down.
Shot number two. Buck number two fell.
Shot three. My third buck dropped slowly,
tremblingly on his side in a clump of high
grass.
More antelope tumbled from the well-aimed
blasts of my companions. The surviving
beasts scattered in a mad rout. I walked with
the men to examine my kill-two bucks and
a doe, averaging three hundred pounds each,
with horns approximating 25 inches apiece.
I was the proudest hunter in all Africa.
Younger than most of its visiting hunters,
I had won my spurs on my very first day
safari. I had clipped off game worth hunting
in a torrid jungle of Africa as I had already
done on the cold steppes of Alaska and Newfoundland.
Excuse me for crowing. But I felt like
Ben Schur's son again.
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my trigger. With my partners, I wandered all
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thousand miles from Nova Lisboa, we went
after bambi deer under the guidance of a
Portugese police escort required by law for
hunters in this area. The land was much
like the thorny wastelands of the American
Southwest. In two days of hunting I saw
50,000 bambi and got my share of them with
a .375.
In another section, I bagged my first wildebeest with the .375 after chasing him forty
miles until I finally got in firing distance and
shot him on the run. I found that wildebeest
will run 30 miles an hour without a stop for
breath, unlike roan antelope which eventually
come to a halt.
Afterward in that same area, I shot hartebeest with a 10.75, and more roan antelope
with a .300 Winchester, using 220 grain
bullets.
On the way back from the desert we ran
into a herd of white antelope. I singled out
a big buck whose enormous horn span must
have outclassed those of any steer that my
dad ever lassoed in Texas. Somebody's bullet
hit the buck in the lungs. Mine went shattering into his spine. But still he stood there,
defiantly flourishing his horns, belching
streams of blood, yet refusing to die.
I crept to within 50 feet of him, my gun
poised for a finishing shot. My next bullet
went ripping into his stomach. The buck let
out a shrill bellow and started wobbling but
managed to keep from falling. Then he began
moving around in a dazed circle. He stopped
painfully, his hoofs striding a puddle of his
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But by now, my African junket was drawing to a dose. The calendar had stretched
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have to return home. I had lulled plenty of
conventional beasts but the trip would be a
disappointment without my having shot a
certain kind.
I had to crown my safaris by bagging one
of Africa's big cats. My chance came the day
we were stalking waterbucks. We came to a
shallow stream with towering rocks in the
middle of the channel. As we halted, a big
leopard crept out of the jungle, waded into
the water unseen or unsmelled by the deer
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muscles for a spring.
I raised my 10.75. A member of the party
took aim, fired a shot and missed. My faster
bullet hit the cat in its brain and sent it falling right between the two surprised deer.
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a message I had been expecting. It was a
letter from my mother reminding me that
school would be starting in two weeks. I gal
down to make a final tally of my travels and
to add up the final score of my safaris in
Africa.
I had covered 10,000 miles back and forth
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I had accounted ior 300 beasts. My list included roan antelopes, elands, reed bucks,
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aafari after another tell me dial nu teen-age
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in Africa for comparable time spent t h e r e
or few adult sportsmen, either.
Most of the game I gave to hungry African
natives. Generally, Africans are unable to do
our more scientific kind of hunting because
they lack our high-powered guns and ammunition as well as the money to buy them.
Believe me, those poor tribesmen were able
to use that meat.
On September 2 , I packed my bags and left
the "dark continent" whose lasting memories
would draw me back for the second trip.
On this follow-up trip, I won't be doing too
much shooting with any 10.75. Its killing
power is so limited and its accuracy questionable. Ammo cost is double what it would
he with most other rifles.
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large antelope. For small animals, including
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For elephants, rhinos, and water buffalo,
I'll use a .470 or .465. Either gun is pretty
lure to land these big beasts because each has
a wide range and a hitting punch like a cannon. But any good make .375 will do the job
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don't get scared of a quarry that may do you
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high-priced in Africa, a subject on which I
could make a speech. Cartridges for ,577's
are both costly and rare, meaning that I will
reluctantly leave that gun at home.
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350-3000, 270, 7 mm or 30-06). $74.00 PREPAID.
F. N. ACTIONS, Boehler 24" proof steel barrels,
semi-octagon ribbed, matted. Sheared bead in ramp.
Caliber 270, .308 Win. or 7 mm. 30-06, 22-250-220
Swift 26", 257R-250 Sav. $95.00.
IMPORTED SAKO BARRELLED-ACTIONS, 300 H&H
and .375 H&H, blued, $89.95.
SAKO ACTIONS on 26" 4V2# med. heavy ACKLEY
OR DOUGLAS chrome moly barrel, white, $84.00.
.222 Cal.
SAKO ACTION on imported medium heavy barrel,
blued, no sights. Ready for stocking. 322 Ram.
caliber $90.00.
BOEHLER BARRELS, proof steel semi-octagon ribbed,
matted entire length. Made by FRANZ SODIA of
Ferlach, Austria in .35, 270, 7mm. .30, 8mm and
.375. 26" Highly accurate-in
the white, $45.00.
(Fitted to your action, with sheard bead, complete
price $60.00)
New Springfield 4-groove barrels fully threaded and
$13.88
chambered.
New! KRAG 2-Groove 30-40 BARRELS
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23,, or less
in length. ~
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4-#r. Ordnance barrels 23" long, f u l l y chambered,
threaded blued $20.00.
Note: A ~ of
Y the above Barrels expertly fitted to y a w
Action-headspaced
and test-flred-Q.50
additional.
New! MAUSER '98 2 Gr. B A R R E L S
23" or leas in length. F u l l y chambered & threaded.
Caliber 30.06. Only $15.00.
PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONS
CALIBERS:
220 Swift; 22-250; 257R; 270; 7MM; 308 Win.;
30-06. Also 250 Sav., 300 Sav., 243 Win., 244 Rem.
latest F. N. Mauler Action-(or HVA Action, as pictured above, $10.00 additional)
Best grade Ackley Chrome Moly Barrel, or Douglas Chrome Moly Ultra-Rifled Barrels
with the smooth, hard, swedged rifling in most calibers, including 243 Win. and 244 Rem.
Each unit precision chambered to mirror finish with proper headspace.
Each unit test-fired with sample fired case included for your inspection.
Length and rifle twist 0s wanted-otherwise we will ship recommended len th and twist.
Choice of snorter, Medium Heavy, or Heavy weight barrels. Barrels have fine-ground finish.
Price $69.50 Sporter weight. 51/z Ibs. $74.50 Medium Heavy Weight (appr. .700 at muzzle)
7 Ibs. Heavy weight $79.50.
($7.50 additional for t h e Douglas Premium Grade Barrel) ($12.50 additional for NEW ENGRAVEO FN ACTION
Now available-F. N. Mag. Action on .300, .375. H&H Boehle; semi-oct. ribbed 26" barrel, ¥hearhead fitted i n ramp. Sllk
ENFIELD PARTS- =,7
AMMUNITION
A 5 cal. M. C. Govt. 1943-44 make .
.......
$4.50 per 100
.45 Auto Commtrcial M.C. Ammo.---.-.
$6.00 per 100
Enfield Stripped Receivers
.$12.00
$6.00 per 100
.38 Spec. Corn. 158-or. steel Jacket -------.
15.00
8 M M Mauser (Imported, Germany)-175
Enfield New 5 Gr. Barrels
$6.00
. per 100
gr. B.T.M.C. .......................
12.00
Enfield Excellent 5 Gr. Barrels
Case Lots of 1500 ..--------.
$75.00
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25-20 S.P. 86-Gr. Ñ.Ñ.--.....$6.00
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per 100
E N F I E L D BOLTS. Complete, New --------..--..
$ 6.50
30-06 Govt. issun-non corrosivn-1952-54--$7.50 per 100
barrel.
E N F I E L D ACTION W I T H 5-groove v.g.
30-06 Govt. issue-M.C.
150 or.-1943.44
-35.50 per 100
Issue
_._.______.$34.00
Lots of 500 or more-loo/
less. Case of
DITTD-with
milled ears as on Rem 30 flushed
MILLVALE.
1500 30-06 M.C. $70.00.
$40.00
trigger guard & box cut to 5 cart. 1----'
ONCE F I R E D CASES
E N F I E L D ACTION ONLY. issue .._.---.
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$25.00
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.300 Savage -ÑÑÑ-...----$2.50-100
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$32.00
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ears milled, flushed tr. guard
.30-30 Winchester ..ÑÑ..._...
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.308 Winchester ÑÑ-_._-__..._._
$6.00-100
OTHER E N F I E L D PARTS: also available.
___-.-_____$6.00-100
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K R A G PARTS:
250-2000 Savage -.-.......__...
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30.06 cases (Commercial) ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑS6
Magazine Springs. $1.50; Safes ÑÑÑÑÑÑ
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worldtamous handmade
knives has become so g n a t that a t present I'm
leveral months behind i n deliveries. However, I
refuse to lessen their quality by mass production.
Your notience will not an unrewnrdad
Send 20e for d e s c d p t ~ o n s , p ~ k ~ ~Instructive
-~nd
manual SO? for ti hting knife booklet.
W. D. NOAL ALL,
Box 1988-G. Orlando. Fla.
JR.,
ED'S OWN
Super Cold Blue $2.00,
Acclaimed world's best instant
b l u e b y the foremost gunsmiths
a n d manufacturers.
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SEND FOR DEALER PRICE LIST
ED AGRAMONTE, INC.
Yonkers 2E. New Y o r k
FOB
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ACE TRIGGER
For most rifles.
s h o t g u n s and
DEALERS: Authorized
Installation
ACE D O U B L E SET TRIGGER
$10.00- Fitted
t o your Mauser
or F. N. Action
$6.00
more.
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AMMUNITION :
Look! H e r e i s t h e r e a l M c C o y ! Â
SPECIAL SALE of that h a r d - t o - ~ t
a m m u n i t i o n f o r Derringer, etc.
REMINGTON
$550 p e r BOX
R I M F I R E SHORTS
( 5 0 Rds.)
.w M.I. Carbin*
Per100
.W-'Oe Military Lab IUin
per 100
AS-70 Smokçleà ow PreÑu
Per t o o
.32 Remington Rifle cartridges
Per 100 (Value $17.50)
35%winchenter self-~oulina
Per 100 (Value $14.00)
.3S Winchester Self-Loading
Pm 100 (Valne $14.00)
.SO irminaton Silvertip
Per 100 (Value $17.00)
-25 Remimaton Soft Point
P*r 100 (Value $15.00)
.Sa Lena R F Cartridsen
Per 100
.-32 Short R P
Per 100
.IS Rim-Fire Shorts
Per 100
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and pad harmonizes well with any gun stock.
Your name is deeply moulded on each sidr
of pad, saves confusion at gun club where
many similar shotguns might be in the same
rack and a friend might pick up yours by
accident. Pads are made to pattern supplied
by shooter. Scribe outline of stock (without
pad or cut to final shaped on stiff cardboard
and pad will be made same size. Person.
aliwd recoil pads sell for $5.95 postpaid.
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MECHANICAL DUCK DECOY which bobs
New
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RECOIL BOOTS
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f o r shotgun
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Full size finished product so authentic t h a t it's
d i f f i c u l t t o t e l l it from the real thing!
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its head in realistic feeding motion is said
to be life-like enough to fool a duck's mother.
Powered by small 414 volt battery, realistic
decoy is supplied with 25-yard control wire
which allows shooter in blind to operate
duck. Made by Riley Decoy Corp., Dept. G2,
2212 Onyx St., Eugene, Oregon, this realistic
waterfowl fooler is moulded from tough,
weather-resistant Tenite plastic, lacqueredin
true wild duck colors. Mechanical decoy will,
when in a set of regular decoys, impart
movement to the others through ripples created by feeding motion. Sells fnr $16.95. less
battery. a t all gun stores.
LITTLE DRIPPER powder metering instru-
S6W 3.57 M r u m
.$4.50 Prepaid
~ t ~ - c l+fle
k y
5.95 P ~ ~ Ã ‡
Thompson Su machine gun
6.95 Prepaid
9 m m L er
3.50 Prepaid
~ h i i a d e l % a Derringer
2.95 Prepaid
P f ~ 1011
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(all plmtic)
.98 Prepaid
Sw 19c fw OMHfiIef* new eatulw of over 89 aaatwn
and aiKtaii. mm ÈÇ R6tuad on Xn< u h .
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the price of other mats on the market. M a l l orders
filled nronmtly.
Write iff tree Weratfue and wimi.
Oçale Inqulrlea Invited
~ e p t .S.R.
2600 Township Line
Upper Darby, end
PERSONAL RECOIL PADS made by
the
Individual Recoil Pad Co., Dept. G2, P.O.
Box 6, West Sacramento, California, are
name-imprinted rubber kick pads for shotgun or rifle. Two basic patterns are made:
"Arrow" model with slanted butt surface, or
"Locator" type with two humps like a
Bactrian camel for non-slip fast positioning
on the shoulder in snap shooting, skeet or
trap. Heavy sponge rubber with walnut
brown color combines comfort with utility.
ment used in conjunction with standard powder scales for handloading allows the gun
crank to make his charges almost perfectly
uniform. Clever gadget is used to "drip" a
few kernels onto powder pan when regulai
charge has been thrown from measure set
+lightly under the exact weight desired.
"Dripped" powder brings charge up to full
weight instantly. This is one of those gadgets
which proves indispensible when you see it,
and too cheap to be without it. Sells for
only $2.25 from Shooters Accessory Supply.
Dept. G2, Box 205, North Bend, Oregon.
Llonerch Gun Shop
FOREIGN PARTS SPECIALIST
custom
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MULTI-TARGET HOLDER
U. S. Patent No. 2,722,420
TEN target frames i n ONE. SHOOTERS bi est
BOON since NOAH'S time. Tops too for JUN?%RS
air r i f l e or archery set. MONEY BACK CUARANTEE. Postpaid
$10.00
W r i t e TODAY for free brochure
Genuine p ~ u m o l kUMI free air. Boll adto
bower. Fenelroles I " pine board. Bolliili
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SPANISH FOREIGN LEGION
1% FOOT FIGHTING BOLO
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SHERIDAN PRODUCTS, INC., Dept.467-B, Racine, Wis.
s& G^fm
Mauser (pistol & rifle) P38 Luger (348 Japanw
isto to^ & riflt). Italian Brownib, ort& u
ik Springfield, Enfleld, 45 Auto., Others. Stamped. addenvelope for lift. Mauser H& Firing Pins Springs
4.00 set. Ortwin Firing Pins 2.50 a. ~ a & w m
7.7
Guard Screw 250 each, $2.50 Oenn. Manwr M i l i t q
Bolt (recoil) Serlnos. G43 Recoil Springs. LWW Coil
Malnt~rlnilt. J a n n u o M I I i n s ~ r l I t ~(rifle)
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750 a.S6.M
dozen. $5.50 dozen a ~ o r t e d .
BOB LOVELL, BOX 401, ELMHURST, ILL.
S H A R P S I G H T a n d CLEAR TARGETS
11
for TARGET SHOOTERS
for HUNTERS
More mme, cleaner WIs w i t h MERIT I r i s
Shutter Hunting Olio on the peep sight of
your favorite rifle. Your instant choice of
12 click-adjusted apertures Elves you clear
MOOO. 1907
Fws iuutd in Mofrocw wws. This M liter
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different diet-adjusted nperatures
all in one disc! This
meang the correct sew immIng for any shooting condition S5
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not scratch lens. ~ i r n p l yopen
orders add 50c Dootaee chance.
Calif. reald. add 4% state tax.
Fore-
or dose the i r i s shutter for perfeet definition of sights and tarset1 Instantly adjustable aperture $4. Deluxe Model with
l a w Swing-arm feature .$5.00
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Ail items aI'dealers-oriHrectwttkmoneyback guarantee. Free catalog.
MERT
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M E L T I N G POT
Perfect, uniform bullets
at 400 t o 500 an hour!
Gravity feed* Pressure cast. Slag-free f l o w
molten metal drawn from below surface. Ufo
on ma< or guollne s t m Holds 2 0 Iba. Heats
i n i/i hour! Shipping Weight 8 lbs.
oept. G2, 6144 Monadnock way, Oakland 5, calif.
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*Thalson SHOTSHELL CASE TRIMMER
plain finish. Prices are slightly higher on
fine blue, hand-engraved, or chrome plated,
hand-engraved models, at $43.35. The Cub
has serrated exposed hammer knob, and
newly styled slide for improved appearance.
Positive side safety, magazine disconnector,
and half-cock notch.
VAN TECH JR.SCOPE and mount for light
2 2 rifles is a new 4X hunting scope with 30'
field, with built-in windage and elevation
adjustments. Zero is shifted easily by using
coin-slotted screw adjusters on tube. Standard popular crosshair recticule. Mounts are
i f two styles: top mount for any rifle with
the receiver grooved, or side mount to fit
rifles which have receivers drilled and tapped
for standard mounts. Total weight of American-made scope and mount is only four
ounces, yet instrument is rugged for ordinary
service. Produced by Pan Technics, Ltd.,
Dept. G2, P.O. Box 578, Encinitas, Calif.,
the handy little sight sells for the surprisingly low figure of $9.95 at all ~IIII
dealers.
economical^ Quick
Accurate
Easy t o use
Available in 12, 16, 20, 10, 28 and
410 Gauge. Precision made of steel
and chrome.
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IMPORTED D R A W KNIFE
GUNSMITHS' VISE made by the Will-Burt
ASTRA CUB 2 2 engraved p c k c t automatic
is pretty enough for presentation, but is a
lot of fun to shoot using inexpensive .22
short cartridges, regular or high speeds.
Made in Spain of good materials and very
nicely finished, the Cub pistols imported by
Firearms International Corp., Dept. G2,
Washington 22, D. C. sell for only $29.90 in
Co., Dept. Ga. Omille, Ohio, is one of the
best, most essential tools for the gun hug.
Sturdy and versatile "versa-vise" fully equals
the maker's claim of "a thousand tools in
one," for by swivelling 360Â in both horizontal and vertical planes it allows the gun
fan to position his work-guns, stocks, parts
-at any angle. For inletting stocks the basic
jaws are flat and smooth, while removable
serrated jaws are also furnished for holding
irregular parts. Versa-vise is a necessity for
scope mounting and bore sighting, and many
other small jobs in gun shop. Because i t
can be fixed in any position, it avoids damage
to stocks and guns through slipping chisels.
It sells for $13.95.
FOR S A L E
We wheb hurttdly Ixliev that à m u tlx (Inert producf of thdr kind In the
world, w an mntlnnally itrlvina to imÈrg
thdr quality, s l n them to you at a vwy nominal
ewt w that you uui ¥Ñ to buy them, make
in a I h l n i pay, and utirfy both of in. At
with all other woduoth eun an ¥Is Imitated.
a ireat n a t f w but at YOUR
When erdwI B ~m~t
&oh
* u we manufacture, give us
a try, and It net vIÑM your m o w will 1Ã
daily ntundd. and w u r n you to try other
taetan
&.
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J. J. BARTOLAT
"WORLD'S FINEST CHECKERING TOOLS"
AT YOUR DEALERS OR
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Price each $5.75
Estab. 18.98
FRANK
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Send 250 for 48 Pan Catalog of Gun8mlth Su 11w
3577 E. Tremont Ave.
New York 65,
if. Y.
STOCKS-plain,
fancy, target.
REBARRELING-featherweight to bull.
Trade-in your factory guns on custom guns.
WANTED NAZI ITEMS
"FRI ENDS"
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SCHWARTZCUSTOMGUNS-
MINIATURE BRASS BARREL CANNONS
U.S. o r Confederate proof marks
$4.00 t o $15.00 pair
Dealers wanted. Stamp f o r list.
LENKEL 812AndersonAve.,Palisade,N.
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popular d r a w knives
Made of
finest German Steel . by experienced craftsmen t o give lifetime
It's- the b e s t tool t o have
service.
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handy f o r s h a p i n g gunstocks a n d
other uses around t h e shop. Requires
little effort a n d sneeda un your work.
Blade is hollow ground, length about
8%" width 1%".
J.
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INTERNATIONAL TYPE "FREE" RIFLES
2720 South M-47
Owosso, Michigan
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POINTER STOCKS
The o r i g i n a l
thumb rest
s t o c k s 86.60
and $7.00 pair.
Btaz, no thumb rest 14.00.
ted, aemi-finished Walnut, right
or left $9.00.
CLEAR SIGHT LENSCAPS for a l l
SCOPk?B. $2.96 Dr.
GREAT WESTERN Single Action GunsÑmoa
cal. in stock.
Sand for FREE CATALOG. Address Box
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lion but is rifled for .22 LR bullet. Full-sized
stock has cheek piece of semi-monte carlo
type, with typical Mossberg moulded finger
grips. The whole outfit including scope sellr
for $34.90. See you dealer or write to 0. F.
Mossberg & Sons, Dept. Ga. N e w Haven 5.
Conn.
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atsk cartridge slide called "Ammo Pit." Kasllr
¥Up onto JW beltÑflt all rifle om
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m -; 80.06
loops. Also avillabla In 10 loops. Luge model!
DDI? $2.50 each IXHtnald. 10 loop model $1.50 poetpaid. W o e of gnn etocfc brown or briEht red. Xxpertly crafttd from top grain, tmboaeed tether.
Jobber and Dealor Inquiries Invited
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Christensen Leather Goods
Tramoaton, Utah
Mfa. Co.
Finest, Top C r s i n Cowhide
4
HOLSTERS!
to fit any model or size band
gun. Preferred by Police De¥nrtments Black or
Lisa belt8 cartridge belts,
1idea. c a k Sam Brown0
oe~ts. For 4' btrrel $3.50.
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Box S9A,
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BUHMILLER Barrel BLANKS
Sportem in stock in all popular calibers from 22
to 505 Gibbs ready for Immediate shi ment con-
toured, Chrome Moly ateel only, $17.50 each net
J. R. BUHMILLER
NIMROD LOCKING RACK to hold four
long guns horizontally has an essential featore for safety in the home-a vertical locking bar with prongs which securely clamp
guns into rack at the small of the stock.
Positively prevents youngsters from playing
with guns without permission, yet allows
gun rack to be hung in living room or den
where handsome solid black walnut or knotty
pine construction will blend with almost any
decor. Gives a "hunting" spirit to room
decoration and keeps guns out of the way
yet on display. Model NHL-4 manufactured
by N h o d Company, Dept. G2, PO Box 297,
Lancaster, Pa., with locking device sells for
only $13.95. The identical rack hut without
locking device sells for only $9.95, from your
local gun dealer.
INITIALED MEDALLIONS for handgun
grips, made by E. R. Farshler, Box 414-G,
Livermore, Calif., will dress up your service
revolver, cost only $1 a pair. Made of
chrome-plated brass with your initials artistically engraved in them, they replace the
trade-mark escutcheons in wood or plastic
revolver handles. Old medallions can be
easily punched out of grip plates when removed from revolver handle, new initialed
ones put in and riveted in place. The soft
brass can be center-punched and peened
down easily when the initial medallion ie
backed up with wood. If desired, Farshlw
will install monogram plates in Colt or S 8
W grips for only 50 extra, or fit them to
Ruger or almost any other plastic or wood
grips which do not have medallions at $1
extra per pair.
MOSSBERG M140K .22 RIFLE equipped
I with
Mossberg #4M4 scope in tipoff mount
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is a fine, inexpensive rifle and sight combination for small game and general plinking.
Weighs about the same as the M l Carbine,
5% pounds. This neat bolt action d i p
repeater posses unusual accuracy for a low
priced rifle. Handles all 2 2 rim fire ammuni-
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Kalispell, M o n t a n a
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Hand work assures good finish, perfect
fit and top performance.
All finished stocks equipped with butt
plate; grip & forearm hand-checkered.
0 Stocks may be purchased at any stage
of nroduction. which oermits your own
Inlettiig, finlshihg, checkering etc.
STOCKS FOR MOST HIGH POWEREDBOLT ACTIONS
-ALL WOODSÑMAD UP AS YOU WANT THEM
AT LOWEST COST.
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For Gun Care
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This fine old solvent, 53 years young,
will rid any type of gun of primer, powder, lead or metal fouling.
Makes gun cleaning easy and
protects guns from rust. Ask
your gun dealer for HOPPE'S
or send us 15c for sample.
"Gun Cleanine Guide" FREE
upon request.FRANK A. HOPPE, INC.
2313 No. 8th St., Phila. 33, Pa.
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The FAVORITE
INCUBATOR
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pounds, well-balanced for fast handling.
Price is only $198 for this new Magnum
imported by the Wilshire Gun House.
PIED PIPER CALL is not for children but
for the hunter who wants to talk to bobcats
and foxes. Skilled use of this call will bring
varmints up close, often within shotgun
range. Pied Piper call has been proved all
over the U. S. on smaller predators, wolves,
and coyotes. The makers says anyone can
learn to imitate cries of animals in a few
minutes from simple instructions supplied.
With hand-tuned reed and black plastic
housing, the Pied Piper call sells for only
$2.95 from A. I.. Lindsey, Box 54.3-G2.
Brownwood, Texas.
MELCO HAND TRAP which will throw
singles or doubles is the latest accessory for
self-service style skeet and trap shooting
practice. The only way to learn to shoot is
to shoot, and the Meico trap, with adjustable
spring tension allowing the thrower to suit
the trap to individual birds, is essential for
practice. Metal and wire spring construction,
with billy-club handle and wrist thong, the
new trap is a good value and prevents
sprained shoulders from throwing the birds.
Sells for $4.60 at your dealer or from Meico
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ARANO 10 GAUGE MAGNUM double barrel shotgun is one of the best Spanish-made
shotguns now offered in the U. S. by the
Wilshire Gun House, Dept. G2, 12203 Wilahire Blvd., Los Angeles 25, Calif. This
handsome, heavy double built for long range
waterfowling is a rugged yet well-finished
weapon. Barrels are 32" long, full and full
choke.. The beavertail forend is hand checkered, and stock is of selected English walnut,
fitted with recoil pad. The action is tastefully engraved in Old World style. Weight
of the Arano Magnum 10 is about 10%
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lighter Remington Mll-48's in .410, 28 and
20 gauges up to the heft of the 12, to give
uniform handling in all bores. Batten, who
operates Batten's Gun Shop, 330 E. Grand
Ave., (Dept. G2), Chicago 11, Ill., also
makes similar forend weights for Winchester
M12 in 20 and 28 gauges, and for the M42
pump repeater. Priced at $10 in polished
stainless, or $5 in blue steel, these balance
weights will improve uniform handling of
the lighter gauges. Batten also offers decorative end caps in stainless, for other guns
including ported cap for Remington M58 at
$5. His aluminum sleeve for Cutts Comp
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BINOCULARS & TELESCOPES
BINOCULAR SPECIALTIES a l l makes repaired. Authorized Bausch & Lomb. ZeIssHensoldt, and Bushnell dealer. Tele-Optics.
5514 Lawrence, Chicago 30, 111.
PREMIUM GRADE Japanese 4X Rifle Scopes
$32.00. Outdoor Outfitters. Seneca Falls. N. Y:
COLLECTORS
TONS RARE Antique Gun Supplies. Illustrated catalog 254. Dixie Gun Works. Dept.
G, Union City, Tennessee.
OVER 500 ANTIQUE-Modern
~unsÑ~o
der Flasks-Swords-Edged
Weapons. Large
Printed List 25< coin. Cartrid es f o r Coliectors List s 6 6 25# coin. Ed howe, Coopers
Mills 11, Maine.
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M-1 RIFLES $125. CARBINES $100. Sloper,
2202 Poquita, Tucson, Arizona.
SEND FOR free bargain un list. Al's Gunroom, 1 Beekman Street, fIew York, N. Y.
RIFLES. 303 BRITISH Enflelds, a s issued
good condition $27 50 each 303 British ~ i l i !
tary
$7.50 per 100. Remin ton
w Pumpcartridges
Action Rifles, Model 1 4 % , Cal. 4f-40,
used, 1 2 shot, good condition, $39.50 each.
44-40 Cartridges, $12.00 per hundred. Public
Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia
2, Pa.
NEW GIANT Catalog Every Month! Hundreds antique guns flasks uniforms military
Items and ~ m e r i c a hswords from famed medIcus collection. All Items well described and
reasonably priced. Subscription only $1.00 yr.
(Refundable) America's most unique antique
arms service. Norm Flayderman-GM-Kennebunk, maine.
ENGRAVING
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Biltmore 15, N. C.
PINE ENGRAVING on fine guns E. C Prudhomme, 305 E. Ward Bidg., ~ h i e v e p o k ,La.
GUNS & AMMUNITION
COLT SINGLE Actions f a i r t o good $50.00
& $60.00. Completely restored with dew Colt
barrels & cylinders, blue o r nickel. $87.50.
Catalog 2 5 cents (Coin) Greer F i r e Arms
Company, Box 201, Griffin, Georgia.
U.S. 45-70 CAL. SPRINGFIELDS. Very good
~ $ 3 2 . 5 0 . Free list. Al's Gunroom. 1 Beekman Street, New York, N. Y.
ANTIQUE AND Modern Firearms. 20< coin
for list. Hawkeye Arms, P. 0. Box 7006,
Miami 55, Florida.
U.S. 30-06 SPRINGFIELD RIFLES. Good
$42.50ÑVer good $65.00. Perfect .$65.00.
German Model 98 8mm Mausers. Very good
$87.50. Excellent $42.50. Japanese 7.7 Aris a k a Rifles. Excellent $18.00. Japanese 30-06
caliber rifles. Very good $22.50-Excellent
$27.00. U.S. 30-06 Enflelds. Excellent $39.00.
Money back guarantee. Free List. North
Eastern Firearms, 1 4 5 Nassau Street, New
York, New York.
MISCELLANEOUS
BARGAIN LIST used rifles, pistols, shotguns,
revolvers-dime. We buy sell a n d trade.
Want Colt and Remingtonpercussion revolve r s and Winchester lever rifles. Describe and
price. Midwest Arms Exchange, Dept. G8:
28 N. Hazel St., Danville, 111.
2.
NEW ILLUSTRATED Gun Catalogue ! Contains 300 antique and modern guns edge weapons, oddities and antique gun parts On1
25< in coin o r stamp. Firearms unlimited,
119 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, 6, Pa.
LEARN GUN repairing a t home. P r o f l t a b l ~
business. Details lo<. Modern Gub Repair
School, Box 430-G. Marshfleld, Wla.
BIG SAVINGS Guns scopes binoculars reloaders. Free List. ~ u shop.
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Winsted, innesota.
ANTIQUE ARMS for Collector o r Shooter a t
Bar ain Prices. 106 for List. Ladd, ~ a t s k l l l , 30-06 SPRINGFIELD OR Enfleld Rifle Stocks,
a s issued, brand new $2.95 each. Rifle barrels
N.
cal. 30-08. brand new. Gov't. Surnlus. 24 inch'
completely finished. value $25. '~pecial $8.95
$1.00 ALASKA MINERALS $1.00. Ore AsPostpald. Public Sport Shops, 1 1 S. 16th
sortment from the Last Frontier. A swell
Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
Gift. 1 5 different minerals. Send $1.00 to
Alaska Northern Lights Ent., P. 0. Box 1101,
Anchorage, Alaska.
WANTED. OLD books on Civil War. Loot
around i n your a t t i c & t u r n those dust collectors Into cash. C. D. Cahoon. Boxford, Mass.
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(on sale March 1) is January 16. Print your ad carefully and mail to: GUNS
Magazine. 8150 North Central Blvd., Skokie, Illinois.
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$2.75
Spring-clip, $5.00. Thomas Ferrlck.
Box 12, Newburyport, Mass.
DUCK DECOYS. Victor Verilite. Value $27.50.
Blue Bills and Mallards, made of very tough
fiber, beautifully designed.
12.95 per dozen
Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street. Phlla
2, Pa.
GOGGLES, GOV'T. Surplus, for industrial
use, skiing, motorcyclists and a u t o driving.
Value $12 50 Sale $1.95 per pair. Public
Sport ~ h o p s , " 1 18. 16th Street, Philadelphia
2, Pa.
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HAND SIGHTING Levels. Improved new
model many uses, for laying drains, ditches.
foundations, grading contouring, laying out
of fences, piers, roads and gardens. Fully
guaranteed. $2.50 Postpaid. Public Sport
Shops, 11 S. 1 6 t h Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
R I F L E SLINGS web new U.S. Gov't. Sur.
plus 1% inch, 694 each 3' f o r $1.50. Public
s p o r t shops, 11 S. 1 6 t h ' s t r e e t , Phila. 2, Pa.
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Lee Enfleld (S.M.L.E.) No. 1 Mark 111 Service Model, 10-shot repeater with detachable
maeazlne. onlv £24.50 Also available in -22
L.R. calibre ( s m a l l q u a n t i t y originally manufactured f o r cadet training) only $24.50.
Send remittance. Immediate shioment. International Firearms Co.. 22 Kinsman. St.
Albans, Vermont.
DEER R I F L E 30 calibre excellent, $17.00
German 4 poker rifle scope new in box
$35.00 Mrs. Jessica LaMont, 200 So. ind den
Dr., Beverly Hills, California.
GUNS-BOUGHT-sold-traded.
Colt single
action $75. Authorized Browning and Husavarna dealer. List 2%. Jimmy's 570 Union
Ave., Providence, R. I. '
2 2 CALIBRE B.S.A. STRIPPED barrelled receivers finest heavy quality six roove rifling.
Ideal tor high power .22 conversion. Excellent
condition. Only $4.95. Send remittance immediate shipment. International Firearms, 22
Kingman, St. Albans, Vermont.
NEW GENUINE Training Rifles: Ideal for
parades. Color Guards, Legion Posts, Regulation Weight and Size. Clearing $4.50 each
while they last. International Firearms CO.:
22 Kinsttian,
St. Albans, Vermont.
GUNS BOUGHT, sold a n d traded: List 26c
up t o 70% of list price allowed f o r your g u n
on new one: Agawam Associates, Box 65,
Agawam, Mass.
1,000,000 GUNS - GUNCESSORIES - Colts,
Kentuckies, Winchesters, Lugers, Mausers,
Catalog $0.50 Azramonte
Colts. P38's-Suoer
Yonkers 2, N. Y.
GUNSMITHING
SHOOTERS: I F you a r e Interested in learnIng Gunsmithing and a r e willing t o spend a
few hours In your home shoo for a handsome accurate 122 target pistol, send 3 cent
stamp for complete information. P. 0. Box
362, Terre Haute, Indiana.
CARRYALL, CANVAS Roll with s t r a p s and
handle, large size, f o r travelers, campers,
baseball players, etc. Gov't. Surplus, brand
new, value $12.50-Special
$2.25 each. Public
Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia
2, Pa.
ELECTRIC PENCIL: Engraves a l l Metals,
$2.00. Beyer Mfg. 10511-Q Springfield, Chi.
cago 43.
3 INDIAN WAR Arrowheads, Flint Scalping
Knife, Flint Thunderbird $4.00. Catalog Free.
Satisfaction Guaranteed. Arrowhead, Glenwood, Arkansas.
F R E E COMPLETE illustrated catalog. Leatbercraft kits supplies. Also big Metalcraft
catalog. Write now f o r either o r both. J. C.
Larson Co., Dept. 6544C, 820 S. Tripp, Chicago 24.
$1.00 BUY ALASKA $1.00. Authentic Notarized Deed t o one sq. foot of Kachemak Bay,
Alaska. A Genuine Land Owner in t h e Last
Frontier. Send $1.00 t o Alaska Northern
Lights Ent., P. 0. Box 1101, Anchorage.
Alaska.
BUY SURPLUS direct from Government.
Boat motor trucks, jeep, hunting, fishing,
camping sporting Equipment, Radio, Photo.
graphic.' Power tools, machinery & hundreda
others listed in our Bulletin "Surplus Sales."
Price $1.00. Box 169UH, Htfd. 8, Conn.
$60 WEEKLY, SPARE TIME-easy
Venetian Blind Laundry Free book.
2434 Dl, Wichita 13, Kansas.
Home
Burtt,
SEND lo& FOR lists either shotguns. rifles.
handguns,' ammunition ; o r send ^25< f o r all
lists. Frayseth's, Wilimar, Minnesota.
FOR SALE : Tracer shot gun shells, 1 2 ga. Ç
chilled shot to improve your wing shooting.
There's no way t o find where your shot pattern is going. $4.90 per box of 2 5 shells. $19.00
per hundred. Schwartz's Custom Loads, P. 0.
Box 164, Lincroft, N. J.
FOR NATIONAL Distribution January, 1957.
"A Guide t o Javelina" (Fully Illustrated) by
Ralph A. Fisher, Sr., Arizona Guide-writer.
Published b y : The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas.
INVENTOBB-INFORMATIOS ou Patent pro.
cedure furnished on request, without obligatlon. John Bmdolph, Registered Patent Attorney, 260 Columbian Building, Washington.
D.
c.
$2.00. Gun Digest, $2.50
Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street.'PiiiI~idelphia
2, Pa.
FOR SALE: Antique European weapons, platols, sabres, swords, casks. Noblemen duel
cases, low prices. Send $1 for photos and
descriptions to D. Segers, 30, I~nngue Rue
D'Herentals, Antwerp, Belgiilm.
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tricks $1.00-1< &ix'h. I'rl~~nt.
Rox 251. Evanston 1, Illinois.
BY WILLIAM B. EDWARDS
GUN CABINETS, Iiacks. Complete Selection.
Send 25< for Catalogue. Dent. D. Knox Wood
Products, Knoxvllle, Iowa.
SMALL AKMS AiND A M M U N I T I O N IN
LEATHER JACKETS Renovated Expertly.
Free Circular 11. Berlew Mfg. Co., Freeport,
New York.
By Col. B. R. Lewis (Smithsonian Institution.
TRADE YOUR reloading equlpment, military
arearms on a new movie OR still camera.
Write to Miller, 138 Beverly, Bellaire, Texas.
repairs,
ENGRAVING BLUEING platin
layaway plan: Dealer Dls&nt. ~ r f b s .Stocks.
Martyco, Box 5204, Ashevllle, N. C.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED 9x11 bound catalogue, guns, swords, war relics books etc.,
$1.00. Brick House Shop, New ~ h t 4,
z h. Y.
MOUNDBUILDER ARROWHEADS : Twentyave $5.00, hundred $17.50. New Book-Relic
Catalog 604. Tilton Relics, Topeka 25, Kansas.
Pay-$326.00
Certaln Cents Before 1924.
Corn lete Allcoln Illustrated Catalogue $1.00.
~orkycolncoro. K-613-C. Hoston 8. Massachusetts.
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GRIPSÑIVOR pearl stag, wood. Your design lnlaid-gold, platlhum, ivory for discriminating. Gunreblu, Blltmore 15, N. C.
FOR SALE, Davy Crocket stock blanks curly
maple 2" thick, 5 ft. long postpaid $12. Same
In walnut, $8. 2% inch thick curly maple
sporters, $5. I.. G. Stockberger, Garrettsviile,
Ohio.
Ort leg Dreyse Radom Walther P38 PP. and
THE U.S. SERVICE
$6.25)
A neat 338-page compendium of virtually
everything known about ammunition used
from 1776 to 1865 in America is here
assembled by Colonel Lewis, long associated
with army historical matters and currently
assigned to duty at Frankford Arsenal. Fiftytwo plates picturing hundreds of rare and
unusual cartridges, together with some illustrations of basic firearms and several clear
drawings showing ignition systems, add much
to the understandability of what is necessarily
a technical subject. The reproduction of the
well-known but seldom seen plates of cartridges from Stockbridge's digest of patents,
and from Bartlett & Gallatin, are valuable
parts of the appendix.
In addition, Colonel Lewis has prepared
facsimile copies of important U.S. training
manuals of the 1830-60 period which, with
their illustrations showing loading and firing
of muskets, aid in clearing up obscure
points.
The book is not in "popular" style, but i t is
a careful and detailed essay on arms and ammunition, making use of liberal quotes from
ordnance records and contemporary books
and pamphlets. Col. Lewis' book will not
only give an impetus to cartridge collecting,
but will become a necessary volume in the
library of everyone who. wants to be wellinformed on guns. A noted collector once
remarked that for every gun he bought, he
bought a book also. This is one of those
books, as important In a gun rnllectinn as
the guns.-WRE.
PP& Mauser 32 H.s.~. Mauser 1910 pocket
25 and 82 cal. Military Mauser 9MM. Parts
list on re uest. Western Gun Exc., Box 619, THE OLD WEST SPEAKS
Whittier, ?!allf.
By Howard R. Driggs (Pren~ice Hall,
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Antique or Modern, Long or hand guns, war
souvenirs. Indian relics. Frontier Trailing
Post 482 Northwest Highway, Des Plaines
111. Vanderbilt 4-5892. Rt. 14. Ooen dailv 9-9,
'B'K'EE-DO-It-Yourself" Leathercraft Catalog.
Tand Leather Company, Box 791-1120. Fort
worth. Texas.
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Howard Driggs has done an outstanding
job of recreating the life and the events of the
West with pictures (photographs and finely
detailed colored paintings), and with firsthand word-of-mouth stories told by the
author's own forbears and by other name
figures of frontier history. Quick-shooting,
straight-shooting men and guns stand out as
Driggs tells the stories of Mountain Men Jim
Bridger, Josh Terry, and Jedediah Smith of
the Mormon trek, of the Pony Express and
Overland Stage, of Indian fighting and the
conquests of Oregon, Texas, and California.
Driggs himself is excellently qualified to
speak for the Old West. Son of Mormon
pioneers, born in Utah in 1873, now professor
emeritus of New York University, he is now
devuting most of his lime to researching and
writing the real romance of the American
frontier. He bas been president of the
American Pioneer Trails Association since
1928, is the author of many outstanding
books of western Americana.
Illustrations by William Henry Jackson add
much to the beauty and value of an outstanding book. Students of the West know
Jackson as the artist with camera and brush
who, after serving as a volunteer with the
Union Army in the Civil War, recorded the
building of the Union Pacific and the development of Yellowstone and other national parks.
Fifteen of his paintings are reproduced here
in full color, along with many photographs.
"The Old West Speaks" will be not only
a "must have" item but an ornament to the
shelves of western book collectors. It i*
good looking and good reading.-EBM
THEY MET AT GETTYSBURG
By Edward J. Stackpole
(Eagle Books, Harrisburg, $4.95 )
The pivot campaign of the Civil War w a i
Lee's march into Pennsylvania, climaxing A
Gettysburg. Rating as one of the bloodiest
battles ever fought, the marches and champs
about that illfated and now legendary farming town have been the subject of more inquiry and writing than any other aspect of
the war. And yet no single adventure under
arms since the Crusades has left more unanswered questions, more perplexing problems
in the movement of armies, than the Gettysburg campaign.
A straight story, trying to bring order into
i n utterly disorderly combat, is probably one
of the most difficult tasks any writer on the
Civil War could undertake; but Stackpole, a
general in the Pennsylvania National Guard
and himself a combat leader of experience,
has traced through the maze of records and
reports and created a pattern of combat
which is a good narrative, reducing to understandable terms the actions and orders of
those brave men who died there.
In a sense a guidebook to Gettysburg, General Stackpole's story of this major battle
clarifies some points and brings others into
focus, giving understanding to much-misunderstood activities. General Stackpole's own
grasp of military affairs has permitted him to
express in practical terms the meanings and
the results of actions during the campaign.
In addition, colorful woodcuts and contemporary photos add much life to the text. The
book will prove of importance to the gun fan
by furnishing the background setting against
which the Civil War guns were used.-WBE
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In a fuil 360- horizontal swing, also locking
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reater versatility: Smooth face jaws are
B" wide; Secondary V-slot lows for holding
small odd-shaped ports, 1-7/16" wide. Jows
open 2% Inches. Bench Clamp opens to 1
Inches and holds vise securely. Weight: 4'/
pounds. Constructed o f o sturdy, strong iron
carting with the vise screw machined from
rteel. Adoptable to many uses in the Machine Shop. Here is the most versatile and
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SMITH & WESSON .38 REVOLVER!
BRAND. -NEW
$44.5"
Completely Reblued
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By special and
exclusive import, o small quantity of these original guns, a l l
i n Very Good Cond., ore avoilable. This six-shot hand gun is on excellent home protection and target weapon, wonderful for camping trips. 5" Bbl., fixed sights. Sells
new today for $62. Here is a volue in a standard firearm which you w i l l never see again. .38 S&W Ammo
i v a i l a b l a avarvwhere.
The official sidearms of the U. S.
Army, made to highest gov't. specifications. This pistol i s the most powerf u l a n d p o p u l a r a u t o m a t i c ever
developed.
A 74.50 value. Our exclusive import obtained from
friendly foreign country. Limited supply-now avail7
able-absolutely BRAND NEW, 10-DAY MONEY-BACK
GUARANTEE. One magazine included. Extra magazines
$1.50 each.
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TO O R D E R H A N D G U N S O N L Y !
Enclose signed statement "Am not alien, never convicted of
crime of violence, om not under indictment or fugitive, am
21 or aver." Moss., Mo., Mich., N. Y., N. J., N. C.,
R. I., Chicago, Omaha, New Orleans, require permits
enclose with order. TO ORDER send check, cash or M.O.
Send
deposit on C.O.D.'s.
Pistols shipped R.R. expr.,
F.O.B. Pasadena collect. Calif. resid. order thru local dealer
only. 10-day money-bock guarantee.
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ENFIELD MODEL
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P I 7 ACTIONS
:$e?,4:F
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IDEAL FOR BARRELING T O NEW 4 5 1 ~ I N MAGNUMI
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Genuine original Model 1917 (30.06) actions. First ol these
availablefor many months. This excellent American made action will also accommodate these calibers: 22-250 220 Swift 250-3000 257 R 257 R Imp 270
7MM, 300 Sav.,308,30-06.30-06 imi,35
Rem.,h5 ~hele'n.35 w h e n I ~ P ~{perts
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consider Enfield actions most desirable tor conversion to Magnum cartridges.
Actions, as issued. In Very Good condition.. .$25.00. BARRELED ENFIELD ACTIONS-Barreled to any caliber listed above except magnums, using new Buhmiller or Aoex barrels. ..S57.50
Short Small Ring M98 Mauser
Action Barrelled to 3 0 8
Standard M98 Mauser Action Barrelled la 30/06 Cat.
Win. Cal. with Brand New
with Brand New Original 4-Graove Special 22"
Original 4-Groove Special
A:+ ' Springfield Barrel
$42.50
22" S~rinafieldBarrel 142.50
FOR POWERFUL LIGHT-WEIGHT SPORTERS-A lucky purchase of these fine Springfield barrels mean* a b i g
bargain for you! These famous actions with a l l milled parts barrelled to today's two most popular ceftibers,
test fired, heodspoced, less sights, at a fobuiously low cost. Ideal for light-weight power'
~ortina-rifles.
Supply limited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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b l a d e front, p e e p rear, c a l i b r a t e d l o 1600 yards. Six shot, b o l t action. A v e r y special puft as<
a l l o w s us t o o f f e r these a t t h e l o w e s t p r i c e e v e r p l a c e d o n a f i r s t q u a l i t y b a r r e l e d action
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30106 E N F I E L D B A R R E L E D A C T I O N S
ESTER. Ideal for rebarreling to the new 6 ~ d
Win 244 Rem The choice of experts for reI S O I O ~
calibersbarreling to the latest big game C ~ I I ~ ~ ~ : ~ S ~ W ~ ~ . A thefollowin
22-250 220 Swill 250-3000 257 R 257R Imp 7MM 300 Sav 308 35 Rem ~ a d i
In ~ e x i c ofor the 7MM c a r t r i d g e ~ m a rings,
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thread These are true 08 actions Cock on upstroke Have a third lug etc All
milled parts Dated 1930-36 ~ a u s e rprecision workmanship condition used
very good. 9k.00. BARRELED ACTIONS In any of the above calibers, u s i d
above action in the white less alghts cut. crowned, contoured, test fired, chambered and h<adapaced.~'euseBuhmiiler or Apex barrels. Thlslsshortest, lightest, strongest military acton made for these calibers. $55.00
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R RIFLES with the famous short Model 98 Mouser bolt actioi
RECHAMBERED t o the high powered, high velacity .308 cartrida.
0 countries. Remlngton, Winchester, Peters and Western a l l male
softnose sporting ammunition i n 110, 150, 180 and soon i n 200 grain laads (made will
famous b o l l powder1 for this sun. These w e n 7MM Mousers with very llttla altering needed t
change to .308. They are ready to use
we ship them i n beautiful shope with, of course, -brfect net
riflling. Limited quantity.
ions range sights (not wartime model). Fastest bolt octioi
world. 25" bbl. 10-shot mag. Wt. Vh Ibs. Bores very goad
i g gome today on every continent. Complete
with sling and 20 rds. mil. omm. FREE. (Addit. Mil. amm.: $7.51
per 100 rds.) SOFTNOSE SPORTING AMMO AMER. MADE, BOX OF 21
RDS. $2.95 F.O.B. PASADENA. Bovonet: $1.95.
MANNLICHER CARCANO CARBINE 6-SHOT BOLT ACTION
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$1995
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I GURKHA KNIVES
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24 Karat Gold Trim
received shipment and guarantee VERY GOOD condition. This is a proven hunting
weapon as is, with a l l desirable Enfield qualities plus the ability to toke the .30.06
cartridge, available everywhere. Barrel, 26". Protected sights, blade front, peep rear, colibrated t o 1600 yds. Magazine holds 6 cartridges. No more of these guns i n this fine condition are available.
I t is an excellent buy for sportsman and a unique addition t o every collection. For C.O.D. send $10 deposit.
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plus two skinning knives 6 one
t r i p l e d i v i d e d hand-tooled b e l t
sheath-total weight; 2 Ibs. Used,
guaronteed excellent. Hand-forged
blades, hand-carved white deer
horn grips. Traditional Gurkha
weapon used for centuries against
Afghans, Persians, other Indian
races. Length of main knife: 11/ Â'
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dirk of
Officers i n the Royal
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Pommel are heavy 24 karat
gold plate. Ivory-like grip,
fine steel blade, both sides
hand etched-intricate dolphin and anchor emblem.
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