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OCTOBER 1958
FINEST IN THE FIREARMS FIELD
HOW TO GET LOST AND
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H e r-e It co m es! T h e fin est 6 . 5 m m r lfte ca r t r idge ev e r
d e veloped and produced by the ever- l ovin' Swedes to
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i n ~ t o h is be lov ed followers the ultra -desi rable Krag ca r bi ne-ye s -i n d eedt e , this h e ar jam-p roo f gun Is the smoourest bo l t ac r ton carbine
i n the w or ld and ca n be y o urs fo r the unheard o f low p rice o f $2 4 ,9 5 .
T h e cava trv m a n' a m os t d e pe ndabl e f riend-so m e selected s pecimen s
s ti ll s m e ll o f h or se s .
ORIGINAL U.S. KRAG "LONGTOM" RIFLES
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6.5MM ITALIAN IN CLiPS •• • • • • •. $5.50
NO.1 MK III-ONLY $14.95
inPf~gs:Pi~~g~~.~d o:ll~~~l l!la~k~m I~tad~r:ln~rl~ 1~3.d ~lfg~
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r-ead y t o u se i n all t h ose I ta li a n 6 . 5 m m r lOe s and ca r b in es. Cn ea oe s t price e ve r o rrered f or the s e magn ificen t
apeeart ue ca ru-tcsr ea . Compo nents a lo ne w o r-th do u b le t
7.35 MM ITALIAN IN CLiPS . • •••• $6.00
M98 COSTA RICAN MAUSERSl
~1~-3:tcl~~I~~t"~:nfo~~~t I~:~~~ ~~~r a~~.?eJ~ 8t~~~:~~ll
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o f Ute n e w ' s hor t cartr id~e s ' a n d still among the anest,
7.62MM RUSSIAN RIFLE.•• ••• •• •$7.50
Cho ic e l o t o ( Ca ptu red Co m m u n is t cartrid ge s p icked u p
n e ar alleged S put n i k rema i ns In California by Ye O ld
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RIFLE # 4 ,
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co n t e m p or a r y Mau s er r ou n d s a vail ab le a t last! Formerly
sold a t up to $1 per r o und , so ls t oc k up n ow wh il e
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Any of th e above models in a select, hand -p ick ed
. specimen , only $4 .00 additional.
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ENFIELD COLLECTORS, ATTENTION!
Order yours elf a com plet e se t o f a ll fo u r
basic mode ls li s t e d a bove-save a for tun e
over w hat you ' d pa y elsew here a nd ha ve
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A ll fo ur above basic ri fles only $69.9 5
w h e n o r dered a s a se t only. U n believ a b le
Bargain !
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f u ll y m e ll owed W in c h e s ter 1 5 0 GR FP Bulle ts. P e r ( e ctly fla w le s s ly preserved b r a s s cases. 2 0 rd. Comm erc ial o r ig in a l b ox e s, Ma n ufactured i n roartn g 2 0 's
and Joy ou s 3 0's to d eli ght the e x pe n s ive 50 's w ith
t Ji e i'r un be li e-ya lJ[e- econo m y a n d di s co l ored hue s ! N ow! r !
U.S••30 1.30-40 CALIBER) KRAG .. $5.50
L eave it to Ye Ol d Hunter to return t r iu m p h a n t w ith
'thi s grea t e s t l a rge rifle cartrld Jte b arg ain In Ameri ca
tod a y , B eau ti f Ul o r tm na t Co m m erci a l 0 , S . K raJt 2 20
R'r . FP load s a t f a r le s s t h a n e ven re toa d tua co m -
~~~n~~ cb~ts's~:::!pI~ian~~f~~iu"r~usha: l e,'vi"richbee::::. 0m~:
8MM GERMAN MAUSER ISSUE. . $5.50
CAL. 6.5MM SWEDISH KAR 38K MAUSE R
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CALIBER .303 BRITiSH ....... • .. $7.50
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c urers , True 0 .32 3 di a m ete r bu ll e t s a lo ne
wor-t h mo re
HER E IT IS ! Le av e i t to Ye Old H un ter to b r ing m eam t nrr »err ocr fr e s h s tock ,3 0 3 Bl'itish ba l! 170 g r , magn ifice nt is sue loa d s to yo u a t lo w e s t ev e r pl ' ice! Stock up
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a l m ost n oth in g! All m-a ss f u ll y relo a da b'le cases! Thi s
~q:[tkl~ ~J:rI O~~~i ~ n itI O n o n h a nd for immedia te d e live ry.
9MM F.N. STEYR PiSTOL ••. ••. . . $5.00
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Swedish Mauser-Only $27.50!!
Lates t mode l Swed is h serv ic e Ma u s e r - the ad va nced KAR 38 K w ith
2 4 " uarre t-c-rn g ood o r b e tter cond ition thr ou gho ut. w o rt d renowned
Swedi sh Mauser q u a li ty a nd p rects ton m ak e s It Ole be s t poss ib le
or co ll ec ti ng rU l e Inves tmen t . Co nverts t o a lmos t any s t a n d .
s p ar
ard I
e r tcan caliber or id e a l "as Is " spor-te r and shooter, Order
no w,
la te d e li v ery . o n ly $ 2 7 . 5 0. Or igina l kn i f e b lad e b a y o n e t
on ly
• Am mo : $ 5 .50 per 1 0 0 , Or igin a l Swedi s h rea m e r stin g
only
c.
Th is a maatne find m a ke s possib le t h is mos t s na ner tnz
f~~r ~w~~'i- i'it~~~yj,a~:~II~eoi:1~~hoa~a\':n:u~~~S~N~~!
9MM LUGER IPARABELLUM) • • • • $5.00
At la s t!
MAGNIFICENT SWEDISH MASTERPIECE MAUSER
Your fa vorite o is to l ca r -trtc ge a t an absolutely
l~~~al'?r~~ ~~~~a~~rFcV~cein~tn~a~r;;~~n~~ct~~~~t~ ~~~~:
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ONLY 92¢ per lb .!!!
TOTAL PRICE $8.28
Ye s here It Is t h e orig inal "gu n c r a n k con d ition" 7mm R e m ln g t.on.
You' ca n a lmos t s ee t he finger prin ts w h i c h the rorm e r f a.nntlca l
ow ners m-essed i n to t h e w o od as t h ey r ea li zed the j ig w a s u p .
N ob Ody h a s R emlngtons li ke t neset ! ! All f uns pra cti ca lly co m p le t e .
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th l'o u !t h th os e n o-l on K e r- ex pe nsive· t o- ~h OO t a mm Lueers,
B r ow n ln!t s. Radoms . Mausers , o r wha t -h a v e -v on , NO WI l!
So me n on -corros ive. n c n - m e r cu r tc, mad e by ' Ve stern Ct g .
ce. , $ 6 ,50 p e r 1 0 0 .
11MM MAUSER RIFLE "Big 11" $10.00
D on 't b e t r a pped I n t o p a yi n R' a f or t u n e e lsew here f o r
th i s maz nta ce ne Gcrman Ma u se r i s sue t oad . Stan d aTd
386 g ra in l e ad bu ll et mak e s Id ea l sportl nJt l oad f or
t h o s e o r tn t n a t Mod e l 7 1 J 8 4 Mau se r ri fle s y o u ' v e b e e n:
s teau n s of l a te. Am m o a lmost b ears Bi s m a r k' s nnsrer pri nts, it' s so o ld , b ut w e hav e never h ad a m i sfi re
t o d a t e so o rd e r today wn t te " Ute 2'eltln g 's -2'00<I! Now!
FAMED .43 ORIGINAL REM. ROLLING BLOCKS
Wt. 9 Ibs. ONLY 62¢ per lb .
Totol Price Only $5 .58
~~~s Cr~l ' ~' G~'AY cl?:A~es~~~~\I~~iea~~nih itharr~fl~' o~~n~~I~~ ~~a:\~
vi s ibl e through t h e ru s t a n d you can se ~ li ght thr o u gh t h e b o r e.
L i t tl e o f th at o ld e lbo w grease w ill cl ean th iS f a nta sti c barg'a ln t o N R A
poor co ndi tion . Crackled with co n quest In , t h.e h and s o( fanatical La ti n
It Is t r u ly a p l'ecedent s h a t tc r mR' b argain at o n ly $5.5 8 .
hO:lr ds
s hl ppcd pre.o iled Ac ti on a lo ne w Ol'th t h i s g ive away p ri ce. A g u n
cl' a n !('s dream . Adorn t h i s 111s to l'ical r e lic w ith an origina l bayonet ,
on ly $ 1 .00, S u p p ly not i ne x ha us ti b le .
RECISTERED DEALERS: Wr ite on your offi cia l letterhea d for new sen sational discount list s.
CAL. 6.5MM Swedish Mauser
ONLY $22.50
W ithout doubt th e fin c st Ma u s e r built a re the s e n e ve r -be ro re -avanab te
S WE DI SH m agn ifi ce nt mas t erp i ece m a tc h Ma user-s ! Su perb ly fin is h ed
m utut a nd w ood w ork a n d m od ern h ig-h v e loci t y 6 , :5m m cart r id g e an d
K1::1:k~t~I','elnm~~~s~~~ml' I~~~n~~,~t ~~:t. b~~I :v$2 J).158~d 7;~5~~ Y>a~i
am mun iti on . on ly $ 5 . 50 p er 1 0 0 r o und s.
FAMED ORIGINAL BERDAN II RIFLES
ONLY $ 13. 95
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eMU VV oN IoN LJ
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Only time tells the full story of Browning economy, but from
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And you will soon lea rn to your satisfaction that this Aristoc ra t was engineered for tough, varied action - capable of
every shooting condition - capable of indefatigable service
and costless performance. The Browning demands the finest
materials, precision machined parts, the infinite patience
of custom hand-fitting and finishing.
12 ga uge
16 gau ge
20 gaug e
3 inch Magnum 12
And your own improved shooting will bear witness to the
intrinsic design of Browning - an unexcelled sighting plane,
fine balance and handling qualities, pleasant shooting with
even the heaviest loads, the ease - the speed - the accuracy
with which 5 shells can be loaded and fired.
from $134 7 5
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You can't beat
these Mossbergs
for
By ANNE FRANCIS
Motion Picture A ctress
I
t may sou nd strange for
a girl to talk of her favorite gun, but circ umstances
can oft en mak e gun-toting a
very serious affair for a girl.
Take the tim e, for instance, I
was in my car wait in g for a stop
light to change. A mena cing,
suspicious lookin g char acter
came towar d me. I reached
into my pocket book, took out
a Co lt Co br a .38 Special ,
cocked the hammer and the
man took off. Tha t is my
favor ite gun. Thou gh I have
owned the Cobra for almo st
two years, I rea lly first becam e
inter ested in guns a year
or so ago when I was signed
to star in MGM 's "Hired
Gun." Thi s was my first western film, and I had everything
to learn about firearms. Th e
Cobra, th ough ru gged, is light ,
compact, eas ily carr ied.
This is the year when VA LUE counts . And
in Mossberg shotguns you have itl
tinger-operoted
C·LECT-CHOKE
vented barrel
Model 195K (1 2 ga.)
$39.95
Mode l 190K (16 ga.)
$38.95
Mod el 185 K (20 ga. )
$36.95
Model 183K - (410 ga.)
$34.95
Chamb ered for all
2* " or shorter factory loads and 2*"
M agnum s. Also
take rifled slugs.
-2'1:1" and 3" fac2 0/4" or short erfactory loads and 2* "
M agnum s. Als o
take rifled slu gs.
-2'1.." and 3" fact or y load s a nd
rifled slugs. No reo
coil pad nor barrel
vents.
"fREE:
New catal og d escribing these and
other Mo ss b erg
firearm s. Send for
it· today.
perfect
balance
By BILLY PEARSON
l ockey, T V Prize Winner
W
thumb-operated 8Gfety
genuine wolnu t
stock with Monte Carlo
cushion rubber
recoil pod
inn ing on "The 64,000
Question" had littl e to
do with my gun collec ting.
I' ve been putt ering ar ound with
firearm s for twent y years. A
joc key gets 10% of th e win,
and I often tak e guns in tr ad e.
My favorit e is a cas ed Martini
.22 Horn et varm int ri fle from
th e Marquise de Courtouis
when I rode for him . I own
a Mauser schnell feuer pistol
given to me by P resident
Cama cho of Mexico. In th e
photo I am holdin g my Cz .270
r ifle used for deer hunting,
and in the rack with scope is
my prized Po pe-Balla rd single
shot .22 sch utzen rifle.
" H OW TO BE a better hunter" th emes
this bright Octob er issue of GUNS.
Keith in Africa tell s of the pl ain s ga me,
so like our own. You'll find adventure and
learn ing in Elm er' s experiences.
Pi stols lead off Bob Thompson's fine article
on th e right calibers and types of han dgun s
for h un tin g, pl us stalk ing an d woodscr af t
you need to become a good game shot.
We like ar ticl es by peopl e who kn ow what
they'r e ta lk in g ab ou t, and when Walla ce
Labi sk y writ es of keeping th e fam ily going
by shooting jackrab bit s in th e wint er lon g
ago, we ten d to accept his ad vice on the
matt er. Lay in some extra shells- jacks for
fun and profit are an unusu al shooting combina tion.
Carl os Vinson retu rn s to GUNS with the
ubiqu itou s white tail. " Ubiquitous" mean s
"e verywhe re"- not th e deer , but stories on
deer hunting. Why did we p ubl ish one ?
Read it and see- it's a little differ ent in
slant a nd handl ing from any you'll read
elsewhe re !
Fra ncis Sell comes in for a doubl e-barreled
duet th is mon th. Wat erf owler s are seeing
more jacksnipe when th ey'r e in th e r eeds
for du cks, and Sell th inks th ese game little
bird s will change shooting hab its and th e
guns to use.
Th e rifle ma instr eams Sell' s seco nd art icle,
how to survive if lost. Each year a few
Nimrod s will be dragged out of th e woods
near sta rvation even th ou gh they have been
ho w ' to st rr vrve 11'" 10':;[. r.acn yea r a l ew
Nimrod s will be dragg ed out of the woods
near sta rvation even th ou gh they have been
lost bu t 48 hours. Sell 's good common sense,
plu s un iqu e tips on load s for your rifle and
the right way to start a fire with one, all
add up to a bett er chance for you if you do
get " bewildered."
Th e lat est word on th e Kimball pistol
begin s on page 48. T hi s un usual gun got a
good se nd-off se veral years ago bu t prob lems
have hin dered th e product ion of th e pistol.
Some of th ose probl ems ar e discussed objectively in " Gun Rack" for this month. Th e
pr incipl es ment ion ed ma y pro ve of val ue to
other arm s designers conte mplating manufactur ing high-int ensit y caliber han dgu ns.
T rap and sheet shooters get their innin gs
with our new mont hly feature Pull! by Dick
Miller. Shotg unners know Dick as a tou gh
compe titor, but hooter s will get to kn ow
h im und er a differe nt la bel now , for he is th e
newly appointed shooting pro motion r epr esenta tive in th e middle west for th e Sp ortsman 's Ser vice Burea u. Shooter s : do you have
a pr oblem on wher e to shoot ? Wr ite to Dick
in care of GUNS and we'll p ut him in tou ch
with you and your pro blems. As th ey say in
LA, " H is job: solve 'em."
With high octa ne concentration of hunting
dop e we haven't slighted the non-hunting gun
crank. Tri ple-distilled Iron Curtain guns
cluster the " Gun Of the Mont h" pa ge. One
you may have seen before, two we guaran tee
will be new. We have to go easy on our
milita ry-exotic far e during th e huntin g
season, but we'll keep sli pping in such items
during th is peri od. Sti ck with us: considering
hum an limi ts, th er e's some thing for ~
everyone in GUNS.
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THE COVER
Big, modern handguns pack
plenty of punch for big game
at handgun ranges and for
shooters who have the skill to
place shots properly. Laws in
some states bar handgun hunting, but trend is to lega lize
guns on basis of power, which
is more important than length.
OCTOBER, 1958
VOL IV, 10--46
IN THIS ISSUE
hunting
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HUNTERS' WARNING.. . . . . . .. . . . . .
HOW TO GET LOST AND STAY HEALTHy
13
Francis E. Sell 28
big game
BIG SIXES FOR BIG GAME.
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Bob Hagel 14
Ca rlos Vinson 17
" HOW TO" TIPS FOR DEER HUNTERS
EASY TO HUNT BUT HARD TO KILL .. . . . . . .. . . . • . . . ..... . Elmer Keith 22
small game
MEET AMERICA'S NO.1 GAME TARGET
_
Walla ce Labisky 20
shotgunning . . .
FAST IS THE GUN FOR SNiPE
_ Francis E. Sell 26
gun of the month . . .
GUNS FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
Jarosla v Lugs 25
departments .
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ELMER KEITH SAyS
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CROSSFIRE .
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• London, England. Wa nt to have your elephan t stuffed ? Rowland War d's Mr. Gerald
Best had to supply a stuffed elephant for th e
Bru ssels exhibition. Th e skin weighed a ton
and a half. Workm en who pr epared th e beast
belong to the world's most excl usive trade
associat ion, the "S ele ct and Unique Society
of Elephant Builders."
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• Wa shington, D. C. A gunman bandit
wa s sla in b y a grocer who elected to
sh o ot it out with the robber. The grocer,
Na th a n Mey er, a r efugee from Nazi Germany, sa id he had "seen so much" in
concentration camps that he had no fear
of the gunman when h e tried to hold
him up.
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Sweden. Sweden's first policewomen have mad e th eir app earance and
they' re unlik e most of th eir other counterpar ts around th e world. Th e Swedish poli cewomen carr y guns, and are prepared to use
them in defense of law and order.
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• P elham, Ga. Banker H. C. Harris
whipped out his own pistol when a thug
aimed a gun at him in a robbery attempt
a t the Pelham Banking Co . The would-
he .ihnldun, ryan.., yelli nK.
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them in defense of law and order.
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• P elham, Ga. Banker H. C. Harris
whipped out his own pistol when a thug
aimed a gun at him in a robbery attempt
at the Pelham Banking Co. The wouldb e holdup man, yell in g " D on ' t , don't,
don't," quickly turned on his h eel s a n d
fl ed.
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• Sarawak, Asia. Tribesmen here still hun t
wild boar , deer and monkeys with poisoned
dart s bu t these da r ts are beginning to give
way to pistols and r ifles. Th e nati ves have
j ust about become convinced that modern
firearm s may be somewhat superior.
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• Washington, D. C. One shot solved 100
burglaries here. A burglar suspect fleeing
police was finally halt ed by a shot that
nipped him in the leg. Th e man subsequently
was foun d to be implicat ed in 100 housebreak ings.
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offi cial starters to use a gun for the Asian
track and field games staged in Tokyo. Japanese law forbids the carry ing of firea rms to
all except the milit ary, the police, and hunters durin g the game season.
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• T ole d o , Ohio. Three st r on g -a r m robbers ran a cross a mighty unreliable victim, Walter Francis. The three m en took
him' for a ride, beat him up and took
$ 1 7 from him. Then they took him to
his home and told him to bring out a riother $ 5 0 . Mr. Franeis sh owe d up again
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Parallax
Accor ding to Webster, par all ax mean s
" the appare nt displ acement , or difference in
apparent positi on, of an objec t as viewed
from differ ent points." It mean s th e same
th ing in scopes, and is a condition caused
by the scope bein g out of focus for the
range involved. Ex cessive parallax in a
scope sight can cause a wide disper sion of
shot groups, enough to ru in th e effectiveness
of a hunting or tar get rifle. Many shooters,
especially hunter s, do not know abo ut
parallax, do not know how to r ecognize it
or how to correct it. I ha ve found man y
hunters using scopes with whi ch th ey
couldn' t hit a bull in a barn. Th ey blamed
the rifle.
To determine wheth er a scope ha s parallax or not, lay the scope (or rifle an d scope)
over a chair, box, or other rest, or clamp it
in a vise so that the cope r eticle will bear
on some kind of targe t out at 200 yards.
Th en, with out touchin g th e rifle or scope in
any way, move th e eye up and down and
sideways to th e very limit of th e exit pupil
and see if the cross wires or post moves on
th e .tar get or not. If th e reticle travels on
on .some kind of tar get out at 200 yards.
Th en, with out touchin g th e rifle or scope in
any way, move the eye up and down and
sideways to th e very limit of th e exit pupil
and see if the cross wires or post moves on
th e target or not. If the reticl e travels on
th e target as th e eye is moved up or down
or sideways, then the scope ha s parallax and
is out of foc us for th e ran ge. The cr oss wir es
or post or oth er aiming point in th e r eticl e
should stay fixed on th e tar get wit hout any
movement whatever as th e eye is moved all
around to th e limi ts of th e exit pupil. If it
does not do so, th en you have a parallax
problem and th e rifle may shoot groups as
large as th e travel of the ret icle.
That word " may" is imp ortant. Good
groups can be made with a scope with paralla x, if th e eye is placed exactly in th e same
relation to the cente r of th e exit pupil for
each shot. But if you cha nge pos ition or
shoot hurriedly, with your eye off center,
even th ough you can still see thro ugh th e
scope, the n the shot will go wid e by as mu ch
as th e reticle tr avels on the ta rge t. You may
pinwheel your shots when you are shooting
at a bull seye target, becau se th en you ar e
cheeking th e gun the same for each shot;
but when you shoot a t game, you may chee k
the gun differ ently and get a miss. Thi s
accounts for a good man y "mysterious
misses" on game. It 's a good idea to chec k
for parallax even thou gh your gun targets
accurately. If the r eticl e stays steady on the
target regardless of eye position over th e
comb of the stock or through the exit p upil,
th en the scope ha s no parallax and should
deliver th e maxim um accuracy of that rifle.
Most target scopes have ad jus ta ble lenses
whi ch can be scre wed back and forth until
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It IS a differ ent matter. The hunting scope
must be in uni ver sal focus, in focus at all
ra nges. I t should show ab solut ely no parallax at 200 yards. Some will cree p a little at
closer ran ges, but that can be ignored so
lon g as ther e is no parallax at 200. Any
hunting scope which shows parallax a t 200
yards and which cannot be easily adjusted
to correct thi s condition, should be returned
to the maker for adjustment.
An oth er pr ecaution against mysterious
misses is to chec k all scope clamps and
mount scre ws for looseness. Keep th em all
turned up tight for best accuracy.
Bore Sighting
When ever a new scope, or new ir on sights
for tha t matter, ar e mounted on a rifle, a lot
of tim e and tr oubl e can be saved by bore
sight ing before sighting in th e piece. Lay
the rifle over a box, cha ir, or other re st, or
clam p it in a vise, pr eferably whe re you can
la y it on a tar get out at 200 yar ds. Shorter
ra nges can be used, but th e angle between
the bore axis and th e sighting lin e of iron
sigh ts or scopes, mak es it best to have considera ble ran ge in volved.
clamp it in a vise, pr eferably wher e you can
lay it on a targe t out at 200 yards. Shorter
ran ges can be used, but the angle between
th e bore axis and th e sighting lin e of iron
sigh ts or scopes, makes it best to ha ve considera ble range involved.
Consider the front end of the chamber of
the rifle as your r ear sight, and th e extr eme muzzle end of th e bore as your front
sigh t: simply double apertures, one at the
extreme rear end of the barrel an d one at
th e extre me fr ont . Center the muzzle rin g in
the rear or breech rin g. Th en center th e
bullseye or oth er ta rge t in th e muzzle r ing,
and your rifle is bore sighted on the target.
Th en, while a friend holds the rifle perfectl y solid and still in thi s position , "adj ust
your scope or ir on sights until th ey also bear
on the target. (A vise that will hold the
rifle agai nst movement whil e you move the
sights makes thi s a one-man job. ) Th e sights
should be ad justed to bear sligh tly below
where the bore sights on th e target, to allo w
for the tr aj ectory curve and bull et drop .
Th en you are read y to target th e r ifle. It
will save a lot of ammunition to fire your
first shots at 25 yar ds and get th e rifl e center ed at tha t range, the n move ba ck to 100,
and th en to 200 yar ds.
Of course, man y rifles ha ve closed breech es,
and th ese cannot be bor e sighte d except
with a mirror device. I never cared m uch
for th is pr ocedure, thou gh it will help; b ut
all rifles with r emovable bolts can be bore
sighted by th e above met hod s. I hav e laid
man y ri fles on th e target with th e first sho t,
even out at lon g ra nge, by first bor e sight ing
at 200 yards and th en cranking on the
required numb er of minutes of elevation.
Eri c J ohn son, th e fine old barrel mak er,
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mi nutes eleva tion on the big F ecker Target
scopes. Both rifles pr int ed on the ta rget the
first sho t at 1000 yards, one in th e four ri ng
and th e othe r in th e thr ee rin g ; so I had
no trouble mak ing th e necessary adj ustm ents
and pu tt ing my second shot wi th each ri fle
in the bul l. Next day, when Eric J ohn son
an d H art used those rifl es, they went into
th e black a t 1000 yar ds th eir first shot. Thi s
shows wha t can be don e.
One other gun you ca n't bore sight is th e
occas ional r ifle th at gets out of it s maker's
hand with a croo ked barrel. This should
never happen, but I have enco untere d man y
such rifles, even among th ose bearing the
nam es of our largest. arms ma kers . These will
seldom bore sight where they shoot ; and
even thou gh perf ectly bore sighte d and with
the scope ad juste d exactly ri ght , th e darn
guns will still r equ ire extensive reticl e ad just ment. With many scopes, t his mean s
havin g th e reticle set way off center in the
scope field. I would never tolerate any rifle
in this condition. If th e barr el is too crook ed
to shoo t where it bore sights, it is not for me.
Any r ifle with such a crooked ba rrel should
be returned to its maker, with some pertine n t comments.
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Ac h r e Le n s. No co lor , n o fuz z . Va r iab le eyepiec e a d justable in 2 2 , 4 5, o r 60
po w e r . Lo w e r powe rs excelle nt fo r target
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Cleaning Rods
F or the finest in cleaning rod s, jag tips,
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Mr. Clar k carrie s a comple te lin e for all
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NEW Lyman(!l~OKE® - quick-adjustable for clean kills at every range
Now you can have all the convenience of an adjustable choke, plus remarkable hunting accuracy
never before possible! Top performance was made
certain for you when thousands of shells were fired
in shotguns equipped with LymanCHOKES and
other adjustable chokes. R esults were conclu sivethe LymanCHOKE ranks first in pattern control!
Full range of positive click adjustments gives killing patterns for whatever game you're after. Available for 12-, 16-, or 20-gauge singles; LymanCHOKE, only $12.50, LymanCHOKE with Recoil
Chamber, $14.95. Compare this tremendous value !
New Pachmayr L ow-S wing Mount
I used a P achm ayr swing mou nt on a .285
O.K.H. for a good man y years, and it n ever
let me down. Aug ust P ach mayr had fitte d
my Mauser with a folding cockin g-piece
sight to use in conj unc tio n with the swing
mount , and it made a ver y effective comb ination. W hen ra in or wet dr ivin g snow prohi bited the use of th e scope, I simply turn ed
it up out of th e way and flipped up the
aperture of that good bolt -sleeve sight. Over
the yea rs, t he mount gave excelle n t service
and could be r emoved or repla ced in ab out
10 seconds , and it repla ced exac tly, wit h no
change in zero . My one obj ect ion to th e
mount was that it entaile d stock cu ts on th e
left side of the receiver , and installin g it
was a jo b for a good gunsmith.
Recentl y, Fran k Pachmayr has developed
a new vers ion of his fam ou s mount, calle d
th e Low Swi ng top mount. Th is mode l has
Cutts Compensato'® - perfect shot
patterns for skeet, traps, field
The original choke device - without equal for
delivering perfect patterns, even at extrem e short
and long range. Choice of 7 interchangeable
smoothbore Comp® Tube s or adjustable tube gives
you absolute pattern control for the type of shooting you're doing.
Recoil is dra stically reduced for more comfortable,
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single barrel 12-, 16-, 20-, 28-gauge or .410 bore
scattergun equal to several custom shotguns. Cut ts
Compensator with one Tube , $16.25.
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New booklet is must reading for you, if you want to bag more game,
break 'em like a pro a.t skeet, or are just plain tired of missingl
See your dealer, or write for your information-loaded copy nowl
Marlin's new 4-power Micro-Vue Scope
is a real buy at the regular price of$14.95
••. but you save $4.95 when you buy it in
combination with one of thegreat Marlin
.22 rifles shown here!
Compare it with scopes selling at more
than twice the price. And rememberwhen you buy this scope with a Marlin
.22, you pay only $10.00 - a saving
of~!
Ask your Marlin dealer to show you
these and other Marlin rifles, each with
Marlin's exclusive Micro-Groove" Rifling ~that gives you a 20-25% accuracy
With Marlin's convenient Pay-Later
Plan, you can own any Marlin rifle or
shotgun for just a few dollars down. Ask
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Ask your Marlin dealer to show you
these and other Marlin rifles, each with
Marlin's exclusive Micro-Groove" Rifling that gives you a 20-25% accuracy
bonus. See the Micro-Vue Scope, too.
With Marlin's convenient Pay-Later
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your dealer for details-start shooting
"the gun of your dreams" right now!
NOTE GAS LEAKAGE ahead of this .30-30 bullet
fired from rifle with ordinary rifling. Leakage may
reduce muzzle velocity and even cause "muzzle flip",
destroying accuracy, Deep grooves may distort and
"unbalance" bullet. Photos are unretouched.
NO GAS LEAKAGE ahead of this .30-30 bullet from
Marlin rifle with Micro-Groove Rifling-the exclusive Marlin multi-groove rifling process that reduces
gas leakage and bullet distortion, gives better accuracy in any caliber, makes cleaning easier.
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MARLIN "CROWN PRINCE": Single-shot boltaction rifle. in special carrying-case with Marlin
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MARLIN MODEL 80-DL: Perfect for plinking,
small-game hunting or thinning out farm pests.
8-shot clip. Bishop style stock. Priced at $42.95**
with scope (a $47.90 value)-under Marlin PayLater Plan, only $4.95 down.
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fast as you can pull the trigger! Bishop style stock,
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$58.90 valuej-s-under Marlin Pay-Later Plan, only
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literature
The first article I read in the J une issue
was "The Sullivan Law . . . Makes Crim e
Safe ." The more I read, the madder I got.
That Sulliva n Law should have been thrown
out a good many years ago. How come the
sportsmen don't do somethin g about it? .. .
I kn ow I would hat e to have a law lik e that
in Conn ecticut ; and we could have had a law
like that in 1958 if th e 24 bill s aga inst firearm s then submitt ed had been made in to
laws. But the sportsmen got together in
stre ngth and opposed these bill s befor e a
hearing in Hartford. It is always ease l' to kill
a bill than to fight a law.
I like GUNS ma gazine very much and subscribe to it every year. I have been a li fe
member of th e Na tional Rifle Association and
the United Sta tes Revolver Association for
the pa st 25 year s, and also cond uct an NRA
Basic Small Arm s Traini ng School for both
juniors and seniors. Th e more juniors and
seniors that get int er ested in firearm s, th e
easier it will be to kill the ant i-gun bill s. I
have quit e a few firearms and I intend to
keep them, j ust as th e bill of r ights gives
me " The ri ght to keep and bear arms."
Keep up the good work you are doing on
If,Y.!'i§. !PltKll1tingJ)vukt~{!!tt!ti tIm slActwjng, DllR:
easier it will be to kill the anti-gun bill s. I
have quite a few firearms and I intend to
keep them, j ust as th e bill of r ights gives
me " The ri ght to keep and bear ar ms."
Keep up th e good work you ar e doing on
GUNS ma gazine by keepin g the shooting pub lic informed.
Ern est L. E. Ha ck
Bri stol, Conn.
Re Roger Ril ey's " Sullivan Law Mak es
Crime Saf e," I th ink th e Sulliva n Law is
ab solutely silly. We live or are supposed to
live in a fr ee country. This law ta kes th e
right of self defense from th e hon est citizen.
Your magazine may be and can be th e mean s
by which this law can be filed in th e waste
pa per ba sket.
O. K. Wilson, J r.
Oran geburg, S. C.
Th ank you for printing th e article on New
York's Sullivan Law. I wonder how much
lon ger people will allow this unfa ir gun law
to remain on the books? It should have been
re plac ed years ago with mor e sensible legislation. Make misuse not ownersh ip, th e
criterion. Let us buy all the guns we want ,
as lon g as we don' t commit crimes with
th em. Punish tho se who use gun s criminally
with heavy sentences.
I also enj oy your articles on th e submach ine gun. P lease keep up the good work .
Gunt her Elwert
North Mia mi Beach, Flo rida
West Virgi nia's A nti-Pistol Law
Th e Johnson P istol Law was pa ssed ori ginally to disarm moonshin ers in our mountain
county here, or that' s what I'm told . How well
it does this is a good question. A per son
THE
EDITOR
vides a pena lty of six mon th s in ja il and a
$100 fine if convic ted of carrying a pistol.
This also applies to switch kni ves and razors.
A year ago, a man brok e into a home here
in Hu nt in gton and k illed a woman with a
hammer. When caught, he had a .25 auto
in his pocket. Nary a word about this at the
tr ial. To get a permit to carry a pistol here,
you have to post $3500 bond and go before a
circuit judge on a date appointed by him an d
state your reason for ne edin g to carr y a gun.
If the judge approves, you'll th en pay $50.00
for the permit.
Na me withheld
Hu nting ton, W. Va.
Th e "Johnson L aw" seems about as useless
as th e New York "Sullivan Law." It is a
pit y that people who enjoy using guns for
legitimate purposes are the only ones th ese
Acts «[ect.s-Editors.
H e Loves Us, He Loves Us Not
Th e la st issue of GUNS was the best in a
long while. I liked th e art icle about the Ross
ri fle very much. There are enough ma gazine s
about hunting now in circ ula tion. Let' s see
mor e ar ticles about guns per se. Once GUNS
Magazine used to have one or two piec es on
military weapo ns each month. But of late
such article s as "I s th e .22 Shotshell a Duck
Gun" and " Ra bb it Hu ntin g Wi th a BAR "
have cluttered your pages. Leave this to
~Rqtts"A1!~19 .PJvf.ie~qui!nlL;;~t:a\9b~llPl! uI%
Magazine used to have one or two pieces on
military weapo ns each month. But of late
such articles as "I s th e .22 Shotshe ll a Duck
Gun" and " Ra bb it Hu ntin g With a BAR "
have clutte red your pages. Leave this t o
Sports Afield or Field and Str eam , and r epla ce it with news of gun designs, ballistics,
stuff for collec tors.
Martin Rosenfield
Brighton, Mass.
Congra tulations to Francis E. Sell for the
very fine ar ticle " Bulle ts For Brush" in the
May issue of your very fine magazine . Th is
man has taken the tim e to prov e just wh at
I have always said about woods h unting.
Having owned, hand load ed for, and tested
11bout everything that ha s been on th e market,
I can really appr ecia te his story. I have ma de
quit e a study of varmint rifles, han d loads,
acc uracy test, bullet performance but have
never run as comple te a test on heavy bu llets as Mr. Sell's. At th e pr esent t ime I have
perhaps a half dozen fine custom varmint
rifles, perhaps five large caliber r ifles, no less
than a half dozen pistols, so you can see that
I live guns. Some of the finest varm int guns
ever built have stood in my gun cabine ts, gu ns
built by Roy Weath erby, P. O. Ackley, Albert Ha rtung, J oe Pfeifer, Morgan & Cail e,
C. E. Bry ant, Al P epp ern eck, Hervey Lovell ,
J erry Gebby, an d oth er s.
Harold W. Vau ghn
George Washington's Pistols
I was int erested in th e article in the J un e
1958 issue of GUNS , "W est Point's Library
of Guns ." George Wa shington's pistol in terested me particularl y and I thought the
r ead er s of " Crossfire" migh t be inter ested in
know ing thi s point related to th e part icula r
p ist ols and g uns, sold at a uct ion on Mo nday,
f eb ruary 9, 1914 by Merwin Sales Co mpany,
16 E. 40th Str eet, New Yor k. In t he ca talo gu e ar e li st ed Gen era l Wa sh in gto n's Silver
Mo unt ed P istol s ; also included is a p ict ur e
of th ese pistols, # 493. A compa rison of th is
p icture wi th th a t of t he one app earin g in
your a r ticle, id en tifies th e g un s as bein g one
a nd th e sa me. The li sting of #4.93 in th e
ca ta log ue is from th e stock of Mr. Francis
Ban nerman of New York Cit y. The followin g
cita tion related to th ese guns is in ter estin g.
It is as foll ows:
" P air of W ashingt on 's Pi st ols. Bra ss ba rr els ; flint -lock s ; h ea vily silver mounted ;
ca r ved walnut kn ob butt stock ; silver barrel
eng raved, ' Ge n. G. Wa shi ngton ' ; full leng th
15 in ch es. Ex cessi vel y used stock shows r epa i ring , small pi ece at m uzzle brok en off.
T hese pisto ls wer e used by Genera l Geor ge
Wa shin gton d uring the Revolu tion, an d after
th e clo se of th e War wer e pr esent ed to h is
Secre tar y Barth olom ew Dandrid ge, ( see
Lossings', " Life of Was h ingto n") in 1804.
Th ey were sold b y the Adm inistra tors of t he
Dandr id ge E state for 6 po und s-SD to Colo nel
Phil ip G. Marstell er , one of t he six Colon els
selec ted to act as W ashingto n's pa ll bear ers.
In 1903, to se tt le the Mar stell er Estat e, t he
p istol s wer e or der ed to be sold. W ith t he
pistols is th e ori ginal bill of sale (180 4 ) , a
copy of t he r ecord of sa le in Co urt W ill s
Book , Alexa nd ria, Virgin ia , Ord er of Court,
She r iff's b ill of sale (1903) with seal and e ndor sem ent of Mr. Marst ell er. A pr eci ou s a nd
thorou ghl y au th enti ca ted r eli c of th e grea t
Wash ingt on . In 1892, an offer of five th ou sa nd dollars wa s mad e for th e abo ve described
pa ir of pi st ols, b ut was declined. "
It is in terest ing to not e that back in 1892,
even as no w, fine g uns were expens ive !
a na uo u ars wa s mali c rur ,Be r1Ul:;'~ l!tti'i:!k:l~L.Th.
pa ir of pi st ols, but wa s decl ined ."
It is interest in g to note t hat back in 1892,
even as now, fine g un were expens ive !
R. J. H ud son , M .D.
P ittsb ur gh, P en nsyl vania
Rarest P oc k et A uto ?
I fou nd the articl e b y Don ald Sim mo ns on
"The Colt 's Po ck et A utos" ( May issu e ) of
cons ide ra ble interest.
T en yea rs ag o, while sta tione d at Sheppard
AF B, T exas, I acq uired one of t hese weapons
q uite by acc iden t fro m a fell ow officer who
was break in g lip a g un coll ection. Ex cept for
min or defects in the blu ein g, it is still in
perf ect cond ition.
I n readin g thi s ar ticl e, I not ed several
small di ffer en ces betw een my Colt an d th c
mode ls descr ib ed by Mr. Simmo ns. Th e left
side sli de on my wea pon, a .32 caliber, read s:
PATENTED
A PIl. 20, 1897 DEC. 22, 1903
COLT'S P AT. F. A. xr'rc. CO.
HA IlT FORD. COl'\N. U.S .A.
The ser ial number on my weap on (7<l850)
mak es it a Model II ; however, t he information to th e r ight makes it a :\'lod el 1. Th ese
d iscr ep an cies s ug ges t eithe r that some one
d id not pr oof the a r ticle or th at I ha ve the
" rares t" of all th e rare " four."
I enjoy your magazin e ver y mu ch a nd wa s
qu ite plea sed to see Elm er Keith join th e
sta ff. I int e nd to try out his " big g un"
ph ilosophy soon on th e Ala skan Bro wn .
.Ma jor R. E. Ha rri ger
K ell y AF B, T exas
fiark y~ 6004 fiunt~r=m~n ••.
Yt bunting stason Is btr~ again. Jlnd Wt rtjolct.
But Itt It bt a sant rtjolcing.
60 all yt wltb guns and dogs and boon companions
to tbt woods and mountains,
to tbt blinds and coutrts . . . But go cartfully!
Rtmtmbtr tbat "a sound of moutmtnt Intbt brusb"
Is not a targtt. Sboot n,Ot at It.
Sboot only at wbat you can Stt and Jdtntlfy as
fair and Itgal gamt, Wltbin a rangt
commtnsuratt wltbyourskill.
ntvtr bring a loadtd gun Into camp,
or Into*'a boust,
or Into a car. Optn and ·unload it.
£arry a gun so tbat, tvtn If you fall, an
accldtntal discbargt cannot burt you or anotbtr.
£arry a gun witb tbt action optn, or partly optn.
£trtalnly optn It btfort crossing ftncts
or otbtr obstructions. tbt split stcond nttdtd
~8rf\t'V dDt, ~l/llb~""enmr J~~1'~~f'~JMf~~r.1!
£trtainly optn It bdort crossing ftncts
or otbtr obstructions. tbt split stcond nttdtd
to dost tbt gun wbtn gamt Is slgbttd wonit cost
you ont sbot In a lifttimt; but ont latntal
sbot may cost
itJmt.
Rtmtmbtr tbat tbt bunt is for t ",ort of
bunting; .tbt kilf Is no
ntial.
Rtmtmbtr tbat tbtrt Is mort bonor, mo
oof of
bunting skill In saying, HI bad a f.nt bunt,
but I did not gtt a sbot,',
tbalf In knowing in your btart tbat you firtd
foolisbly at a targtt not ptrftctly td¢ntifitd
or too distant to bit cltanly.
(1St tbt samt dtgrtt of commonstnst in your bunting
tbat you btg your cbild to USt
in crossing tbt strttt. Do tbls, and you will bt
doing your sbart in kttping our sport saft;
in kttping it unsmircbtd by tbt unfauorablt wavts
of public rtaction tbat follow bunting acddtnts.
fiuntlng acctdtnts don't bapptn; tbtY'rt madt.
Don't m4kt tbtm!
. . . and may tbt gods of good bunting smil~ on yt.
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Even though ranges are short, legendary vitality of cat suggests powerful handgun for cert a in, quick kill. Author gave Ruger .357 and .44 magnums extensive workout in field.
A S HA DGUNS AP PROACH RI FLES in power , game
and conserv ation officials in many sta tes ar e corning
to rea lize th at hunting with a handgun can be a hu man e
as well as an effective way to take big game. But every
time someone bre aks into print on the subject, a man-sized
arg umen t gets star ted. Th er e should be n o ar gument.
Handguns ca n be used successf ully to take bi g game. I
know. I've proved it, and seen it proved, too many tim es
to have any doubt s abo ut it.
I started using a handgun at a very tender age, and
have been totin g one most of th e time ever since. Hu nting
with a revolver is exciting- I've done it for th e sheer thrill
of stalking and takin g game with a shor t-range weap on.
At other times, I' ve used a handgun beca use it was th e only
thin g availab le. Sometim es a rifle is excess ba ggag e in the
woods and th er e ha ve been tim es when, if it ha dn't been
for my heavy-caliber pistol, I'd have gone hu ngr y. With
one or the oth er of th ~ man v car tr -i dsres r::m gin". hp.twp.p.n
fi
modern .44 Ma gnum, I've kill ed ma ny cougar, deer, bea r,
elk, and lesser anim als fr om ground squirrels to coyo tes
and bobcat s, to say n othing of birds from gro use to eagles.
The handgun is a versatile prov ider.
Big game hunting with a pistol has limitati ons which
the hunt er must first realize and place upon himself and
hi s hun tin g at all times. As with any rifle or sho tgun,
maximum effective ra nge m ust be considered (almos t certainly ioill), This ma y prove to be, not the limits of the
cartridge, but the limit of your ab ility to hold and hit.
Pistol hunt ing is like hun ting with bow or camera. To be
successful, you must work close to the game before alerting
it. Spor tsmanship and woodscraft play a big part here.
You must know how to stalk game, how to put your self
wher e you can hit th e animal with a quickly vital shot.
Even if you are pretty han dy with th e one-hand gun , this
mean s you will restrict most of your shoo ting to well
.357 heavy handloads, .44 Magnum and .44 Special with
plenty of punch are legal in some areas fo r big game.
solid object. Doing thi s, I have found, nearly always
changes th e point of imp act.
When you ha ve work ed out a positi on-possibl y seated,
with your back aga inst a tr ee, or even pr one with two
hands steadying the revo lver- prac tice fr om thi s pos ition
so you will learn what results to expect when game is in
your sights. Shoot at ran ges at least up to 200 yards to
check dr op an d hold-over , th e amount of front sight you
ma y have to run in the rear sight notch to compensate for
the ran ge. You may never use th e pistol at such a distance,
but it is valua ble to know wha t to expect.
Shooting at 100 yar ds is plenty fa r enough for even
skilled pist olmen, too far for most. Few shooters ar e
capable of layin g th eir shots into the vital area of a deer
at 200 yards, but prac tice firing at th ese ra nges will show
you your erro rs. I have often seen myoId friend and
hunting partner, Elmer Keith , kill chucks and jack rabbits
with 200 yard pistol hits, but few of us are in th at class .
Remember , it is wiser to do your hun ting before you shoo t,
not after ward. And remember, too, th at a hit mad e on a
small animal like a woodchuck at 200 yards is a killing
woun d: a hit of th e same energy with the same bullet, on a
deer may only wound.
To settle a few complaints abo ut pistols not being powerful enough for big game, let's take a look at the calibe rs
available. Compared to the standard rifle calibers forme rl y
used to take countless th ousands of deer and bear, some
pistols today pack a power ful punch. At the turn of th e
century, an d even more recentl y, calibe rs such as .38-55,
.38-40, .32-40, .44-40, .35 and .351 Winchester Self-Loading, were considered as fine close-range deer rifle cartridges. But the .357 Mag num, .44 Special with handload s pushi ng a 250 grain slug at 1200 f.p.s., an d th e
(Continued on page 42 )
.44 Magn um are
.357 heavy handloads, .44 Magnum and .44 Special with
plenty of punch are legal in some areas for big game.
loads pushin g a 250 grain slug at 1200 f.p.s., an d th e
(Continued on page 42 )
.44 Magnu m are
hunter becomes th e least bit excited, he may shoot at game
th at is entirely out of his gun' s range, or his shot ma y hit
some non-vit al ar ea. And if the hunter ha s even a tr ace of
" buck fever ," he can' t hit th e side of a mountain with a
hand gun.
Th e best way to avoid th e sha kes at the sight of your
fir st deer is to acquire the confidence which comes from
developing your shooting skill. When you are hunting with
a pistol and have a difficult shot to mak e, take th e stea diest
shoo ting posi tion ava ilab le. Don't worry abo ut how Billy
the Kid or Wya tt Earp would have done it. Chanc es ar e no
one is watching YOU; and even if they are , you're not trying
to star on TV; your job is to ma ke a clean kill. Most
pra ctice wor k sho uld be done one-ha nde d, but you should
also practice shoo ting from the var ious positions you might
tak e in the field, to find out wha t to expect and which one
seems best for you. Many times a tree or rock is ha nd y,
and the arm may be rested acr oss it to stea dy th e hold.
Never rest th e ba rrel or the butt of the gun directly on a
.1.1U5 C;l:I.
Author snapped family of elk at close range, has taken elk and
other big game. Handgun bullets kill cleanly within their rang es.
Thompson's current battery is white handle .357,
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~'HOW
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FOR DEER HUNTERS
By CARLOS VINSON
ACH FALL , a few million hunter s tak e to the woods after deer-America's
mos t hunted bi g game anima l. Of th ese millions, average hunters lik e myself
outnumbe r the exper ts by 20 to one or more. But we do come waddlin g home
with a lot of tr oph y head s and a lot of venison every season; and we could bring
home a lot more if we used a wee bit more horse sense and a little more game
"s avvy" in our huntin g.
Game conse rvation ists tell us th at deer in many ar eas are " unde r-hunted," that
the herds are too nu mer ous for the fo od available-more numer ous in some pla ces
than in the da ys of the Dan'l Boone " long hunters." The y'r e numerous, all right;
but I don't think it's because they are un der-hunted-Lord knows there 's enough of
us hu nting th em! I'd say it was because too many of us ar e failing too often to
get the deer we hunt.
.
Successful deer hunting in volves a lot more than just sho uldering a gun and
heading for the woods, slip-sho d and happy-go-lu cky. That kind of deer hunter
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where th e game is. Sounds logical, doesn't it ? But it's
sur prising how many hunters do the opposite !
F ailure to get far enough ba ck off the road s and trails
causes a lot of hu nters to fail. It 's :true th at a road hunter
will somet imes get hi s buck, but-figure it out for your self :
deer are wild ani mals, afraid of hu man s. Doesn't it ma ke
sense that th ey will avoid , if they can, roads suddenly
teemi ng with hu nt ers ?
Similarly, hunters swarm lik e bees to th e places where
th e mos t deer were sighted during the open ing two or
three days of th e season. Th er e, a lot of th em squat on
stands while others mill aro und in circles, maki ng mo re
noise th an a cre w of timber cutters .
It is true that th e season's opening will find mos t of the
deer conce ntrated in areas where feeding conditions are
best, and it is also true that a lot of hunters will have
these better feeding nooks spotte d when the seaso n opens.
But th e blitz of th e first two or three days will sca tte r
th e deer out over a mu ch wider ar ea. Th ey will move
further ba ck off th e roads and trails, and will roam a
mu ch wider area to gather th eir foo d. Some may remain
in the better feedin g areas if these ar e lar ge eno ugh, an d
oth ers drift ba ck to it ; but mos t of th e bu cks will head for
and sta y in the far fringe are as as long as th e shoo ting
lasts. That's where the y are, an d that's wher e you sho uld
go to find th em.
Deer chase d out of th eir favorite feedin g ar eas during
the first few da ys of the season do a good share of th eir
Concentrating search on thickets and underbrush where
deer bed down after midday may give hunter a shot.
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Concentrating search on thickets and underbrush where
deer bed down after midday may give hunter a shot.
Sighting-in is needed by once-a-year hunter and practiced shooters alike. Invest-
Snap shootin g pr actice ma y payoff in bette r a iming whe n
deer are sigh ted. Few hunters should risk running shot s.
Checking underbrush for br owse signs may show where deer
is hid ing. Deer, if alarmed , may be standing st ill not far off.
feeding during the day light hours. On b right moonlight
spo oked as one not feedin g. Never hurry. Two hunters can
feeding during th e day light hours. On bright moonlight
nig hts th ey may feed at night, but the ir ma in feedin g
hour s are from dawn until mid-morning or later, and then
from mid-afternoon until sun down.
In most of the better white-tail areas the principal deer
foods are evergreens such as cedar, pin e and others, the
soft twigs and limbs of various varieties of und ergr owth
bushes, wild grass, mushrooms an d acorns. Norm ally, a
feeding white -tail will cover qui te an ar ea during a
morn ing's feedin g. Chances ar e th e cri tter will work
aga inst th e wind. This puts sitting or stan ding hunters at
a disadvantag e because deer moving up-wind will scent
them and avoid them. Deer depend a lot on th eir keen
sense of smell to warn them of dange r.
White-ta ils leave signs whe re th ey feed in addition to
tracks. A whi te-tail feeding on aco rns will ruffle up the
grou nd leaves which have partially covered the acorn s.
There'll be distinguishabl e tracks all along to help, and
it is usu ally easy to see whe re a tender twig or shoot has
been bitten off. Everg reen feedin g signs are harder to
disting uish, but with a littl e experience the average hu nt er
can do it. An observing hunter , if he knows what signs
to look for , can follow a feedi ng whit e-tail. It tak es good
woodsmanship and very cautious stalking , but it is one
of the best of all ways to put venison in the fr eezer .
Ease along thr ou gh the woods slowly, silently, observing th e feedi ng signs. Following a feedin g deer, you will
usually be working with the wind in your favor , blowin g
from him, to you. Advance slowly, a few yar ds at a tim e,
as noiselessly as possibl e. Examine feedin g signs, th en
spooked as one not feedin g. Never hurry. Two hunters can
actu ally work it better than one. One hu nter looks for
the feeding signs and tracks whil e the other keeps a sharp
look-out ah ead . Rememb er, though, not more th an two
hunters should work together. Three is one too ma ny .
Concentrate the lookout ahead on th e mo re likely feedin g
nooks during the for epart of the morning and aft er mi daftern oon. During the mid-day perio d concentra te on the
thi ckets and hiding spots where th e white-tails are apt
to bed down during thi s peri od.
After a whit e-tail buck beds down for his mid-d ay siesta
he will be easier to spook than he was while he was feedin g.
However, eight times out of ten after he gets the danger
signal he will get up and stand still for a brief look-see.
That's when the alert hunter gets his shot. Hu nters working
togeth er should not talk while trailing, not even in whi spers.
Use slow-motion hand signals if you mu st comm unicate
with each other. No smoking, please; and a cough or
sneeze is usually fatal.
This system works out far better than just plai n stalking,
for obviou s reasons. Unless followin g signs and tracks,
th e hunter doesn't kn ow what course to tak e. He will spoo k
most of the deer before he sees th em, and not man y of
us are good eno ugh with hi gh powered rifles to bri ng down
running deer consistently . Leave running shots to th e
experts. Stories ab out th eir feat s make exciting reading,
but we "Average Joes" do well to clobb er a stan ding bu ck
at 50 or 100 yards.
How does all this work out in pr acti ce? Well, if my
obser vations ar e correct, the comparatively few expert and
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shooter a "break even" gun target.
0.1 GAME
WITH A HUNTING TAKE OF 1.5 MILLION HEAD IN
Full choke scatte rg un ca rrying a
load of 11/4 ounces # 4 , 5, o r 6's
is best for Dakota 's big bunnies.
ANY A WI NTER NIGHT, when I was a kid , my dad an d
I would crouch in a wagonb ox near our feed-lot to
sh oot th e big , prime-pelted jackrabbit s th at came to feed off
our ha ystacks. Th ose were gri m winters, hard on cattleme n
and ja cks alik e, and th e littl e slide-action M62 Win chester .22
rifle not only guarded the hay we need for our cattle-it add ed
cash to our in come. By spring, th e fr ozen j acks would be
sta cked like cordwoo d in th e barn, worth five cents each when
th e fur bu yer came calling. And, in th ose days, a ni ckel was
a nickel.
Maybe you didn't kno w it, but jackr abbit still is a money
tar get. Today, prime winter jacks bring twelve to fifteen
times the ni ckel for which we sold them. During the winter of
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target. Today, prime winter jacks bring twelve to fifteen
tim es the ni ckel for which we sold th em. During the winter of
1956-57, jacks were selling for as much as 80 cents each in
South Dak ota. One dealer bought nearl y 100,000. Th e total kill
in th e state was close to llh millio n. And you kn ow how it is
with rabbits : th ere were more of th em when th e shooting
stopped than when it started.
I'm not saying, " Here' s an easy way to make your fortune! "
It isn't. Expenses being wha t they are, I doubt that ma ny
hunters toda y make a menti onable pr ofit shoo ting ja cks ; but
a lot of us do break even on tr avel and amm unition expenses;
and th at in itself ma kes the sport pr act ically unique. And it
is a sport; if you think not, tr y it. Th e jack is big, but he's
fast, tough, an d no t prone to wait on a slow shoo ter. And
before you star t getting sen timen tal abo ut this "s laughter of
innoce n ts," rememb er that in many areas ja cks are pests,
fora ging by the hundreds of tho usands over crops needed for
other uses.
Th e ri fles used for ja ckrabb it hunti ng range fr om th e .22
ri mfir e up through medium bi g-game calibe rs including th e
.30-06. And in the smoo thbore department , shotguns ru n th e
gamut fr om th e slim .410' s to bi g 10 gauges.
Likewise, hunting pr actices vary . Some hunters prefer to tak e
it easy along country side road s, stopping fr equ entl y to
scrutinize the surroundings with a good bin ocular , th en pickin g
off the jack with a scope-equipped rifle. Others like to take
off acr oss fields and pa stures and walk up th eir ja cks, takin g
th em on th e run with a shot gun or takin g them sitting or
running with a rifle. Organized drives, in which man y hunters
circle an ar ea and move in to a common center, are stag ed in
some localities. Only shotguns ar e permitted in drive hunting,
and a kill of one jack per acre is not unu sual in years when th e
prolific har es ar e at their cyclic peak. (Continued on page 38)
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Light .22 re pe ating rifles ca n be used on jacks up to
about 75 yards. Scope is essential for clea n kills.
TARGET.
By WALLACE LABISKY
African Plains Came is
EASY TO HUNT
Biggest of cloven-foo t ed pla ins ga me of Africa is Cape buffalo, found on grasslan ds of Dark Cont inen t. Keit h d ro pped this one with .476 near Lake Manyarra.
By ELMER KEITH
OWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD is th er e such a multitude an d variety
of plain s game as ther e is in eastern Afr ica. Given reason able protecti on
and enough range, these ma gnifi cent animals could be with us for centuries. On
the other hand, total extermin ation can happen, as ha s occurred in many sections
of South Africa. Th e threat is not fr om sport hunters but from th e great increase
and out -spread ing of th e native population. Even now th er e is a steady decrease
of animals in some sections. Th e na tives trap, or kill with poison arrows, and
muzzleload ers, a gr eat amount of th is game each year for meat , and as their
farms spread th e gam e is losing more and more of its range. Still, ther e ar e so
many remaining and so great a variety as to dazzle the eyes of an American
hunter. .
Afr ican plains gam e requ ir es good rifle work, often to very lon g range and
seldom at very close range. Shots will avera ge out at 250 to 350 yards. Th ere is
great variation in size, fro m th e tin y dik-d ik, not mu ch larger than a bi g
Montana ja ck rabbit, to the eno rmous eland bu ll, which ma y weigh up to nearly
a ton. In general, the bigger plains game is tough gam e. The gr eat er and lesser
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BUT HARD TO KILL
Thompson' s gazelle is lightest of an telope, ma ke good eating. Keith
used .333 a s all around safari rifle.
Magnificent swe e p of horns m~rk ed
used .333 a s all around safari rifle.
Magnificent swe e p of horns m~rk ed
Keith's roan a nte lo pe as classic t rop hy.
Scope is needed for lon g ra ng es.
H UNTER'S HEAVEN! WHAT ELSE COULD YOU CALL THESE VAST
PLAINS WH ERE GAME SW ARM S IN SUCH NUMBERS AND SUCH VARIETY? BUTIT CAN BE PARADISE LOST IF THE PRESENT TREND CONTINUES
but even these can abso rb a lot of lead if not hit right.
My friend, Capt. L. E. Wadman , hit a big eland bull several
times with hi s 7x64 mm, loaded with 175-gr. Nosler bull ets,
and finall y put a .476 ball th rough both sho ulders. Even
then, th e great bull remai ned on his feet for some time. Tall
as a hor se, and looking some thing like a Jersey bull in
shape an d color, they can j ump ten feet hi gh when necessary and ar e wonderf ully acti ve for such a great beast.
They mak e mi ght y fine eating , to o.
The little Th omson's gazelles, commonly called Tommies,
run abo ut 40 pound s in weight and are pr obably the most
numerous of all plain s game. These beautiful littl e ant elope ,
with their distinctive black markings, have a black tail
which is constantly in moti on, like a car's wind shield
wipers. Th ey will run ah ead of your hunting car, much as
an American pronghorn will, and you' ll usuall y get shots
Next in size is Grant's gazelle, weighing around 125
pounds ; a ver y beautiful ant elope with horns much larger
but similar to th e ringed horns of th e Tomm y. A handsome
trophy, he's usually found in th e sam e ar ea as Tommies.
The impala, a larger, heavi er antel ope about th e size of
a whitetail deer and with longer legs than the Grant's, is
a prodigious jumper. When at full speed you will often see
one animal sail ri ght out over the top of some of his companions. Th ey are very fast. I remember shooting at a
pa rticularly good buck late one evening at around 150 to
200 yards , I swung th e crosshairs of my .333 O.K.H. well
ah ead of that buck, only to see the heavy 300-gr. bullet
whip up dust a foot behind his rump. I did not get a
second shot.
You will also see water bu ck: a big, heavy, tough animal,
not very- pretty but weighin g up to 400 pound s. Ostriches
Probably the most common of all
plains game is the zebra. They sometimes run in huge herds and are also
frequently a pest as you stalk some
animal you want badly. These prisongarbed donkeys ar e usually fat, one of
th e few plains animals that is. I noti ced the three I killed for mea t, skins,
and lion bai t were all ver y plump ,
carrying a yellow fat not unlike that
on a Jerse y cow. Like most wild animal s, they're mind read ers, too. When
you don 't wan t one, they will stand
within 100 to 200 yards of you; but
when you need one, they will be out
at 350 to 450 yards.
Zebras ar e quite heavy, going 600
pounds or better. Car eful shooting is
required, as they are also tough. I
killed two with quartering shots to the
spine from the front edge of the shou lder, both with 300 gr. Kynoch soft
points from my .333 O.K.H., and one
at 255 yards hit at the ba se of the neck
with a 300-gr. soft poin t.
I took two little Tommy bu cks, one
at ju st 90 yards as he was quartering
awa y. This little bu ck stopped cold
when the 300 -gr. soft nose , steel-jacket
Kyno ch bull et hit him. The oth er
Tommy I gave a heart shot from the
sitti ng position, using a 300-gr. solid
bullet as he stood broadside at 250
yards. He ran about 100 yards befor e dropping. Solids are very good
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for these small antelope, wasting little
of that excellent Tommy, Grant, and
impala mea t.
I took one Grant at around 350 to
400 yards. Sitting on an ant hill, we
could ju st see the tops of his horns
above th e tall grass. With the rifle
sighted for 200 yards I held between
the horns as he walked away from us.
He jump ed and ran, and I had to give
him a raking shot to finish him off.
The first shot had hit the neck but
missed the spine. I also took one
impala with a hea rt shot over open
gro und at 226 yards with the 300-gr.
soft nose from prone position, killing
him instantly. This was a very pretty
head.
Wildebeest and ha rtebeest, the latt er
called Kongoni, ar e very common
plains game and appear in hug e herds.
Both are abo ut the homeliest beas ts
imaginable. They look as if parts from
ante lope, buffa lo, and mules had been
used to make the composite animal!
The wildebeest is the heavier of the
two, and tough as a boot. I killed two
for lion and leopard bait, and got my
leopard over one of th em. My second
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bullet as he stood broadside at 250
yards. He ran about 100 yards befor e dropping. Solids are very good
Ugly kongon i was among game shot fo r lion bai t. At right,
graceful Grant 's gazelle has characteristic ribbed horns.
wildebeest was shot from a prone position with sling, as he ran across my
front at 350 yards. It was like shooting
on a tar get range. A long string of
them were sailing along in high gear
and I swung my cross wire s out some
six feet ahead of a big bull 's nose and
cut loose. Th e heavy 300-gr. slug
stru ck him at spin e level back of th e
shoulder, and he turned some beautiful somersaults before comi ng to rest .
The bullet, while breaking the spine,
did no t penetrate past that point.
The wildeb eest is a dark gre y color
str eaked with black and with wrinkled
neck. The Kongoni is a tan colored
brute with a yellowish white rump,
like our elk. He ha s an ungainly gait ,
like the wildebeest , but he jumps higher
and more erratically. The long, sadlooking faces, the glands below the
eyes, and the peculiar, crooked horns
and long ears, all combine to mak e th e
Kongoni runner-up to th e wildebeest
for homeliness. I had no desire for
either of these animals as a trophy,
nor would I even mount one. We shot
them only because we needed meat and
lion bait.
(Continued on page 34)
Gun
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By JAROSLAV LUGS
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THE NEW
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THE UNUSUAL
Soviet TOZ .25 pocket auto
is commonly called "T ulaKorovin," is like Beretta.
GUN DESIGNS FROM BEHIND IRON CURTAIN SHOW GOOD
BASIC IDEAS AND
SOME NOVEL RIFLE DEVELOPMENTS
S
MALL ARMS DESI GNERS ar e active
behind th e " iro n curta in." Soviet pocket
auto mat ic TOZ is pr e-war mak e, shows R uss
ground ing in conventional designs as ba sis
for curre nt advanced developm ent s. H ungarian M48 copy of Walther PP reflects conservative developm ent atmosph er e. Czech
arms are most aggress ive in new ideas, good
workm an ship . ZK 420-S military also ap pear ed br iefly in 1945 as would-be sporter
with out ba yonet. Built by brothers J osef
and Franti sek Koucky, th is arm , said to have
been developed abo ut 1942, pioneer ed style
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workmanship. ZK 420-S military also appeared br iefly in 1945 as woul d-be sporter
with out ba yonet. Built by br others J osef
and Frantisek Ko ucky, this arm, said to have
been develop ed abo ut 1942, pioneer ed style
a nd design of r ecently ado pted U.S. Or dnan ce Ca ra nd-i mprov ed M14 ri fle. Bolt head
is separate, rotates when operat in g ro d is
pu shed to rear by gas piston. Lock ing ca m
is fixed, does not move as in Gara nd, but is
shaped similarl y. Safety on guar d bow is
like Gar a nd' s. Ten-shot do uble row box
magazin e is long for 7.9 mm caliber ammo.
Newer Czech designs ar e curre ntly issued to
tr oops of Nassir 's U.A.R., while the Ko uckys'
ZK 476 9 mm was pr ototype for Isr ael-made
UZI submachine gun .
Hungarian M1948 DA automatic is
made in .32 caliber, copied Walther
PP. Gun is classified by U.S. as 'secret.'
Military Czech ZK 420-S was built at
Brno, designed in 1940's as improved
version of US's M 1 before M 14
;SSIJA .
NOBODY AGREES ABOUT SNIPE-WHAT TO
CALL HIM, WHAT GUN TO USE ON HIM, WHETHER
HE'S A TOUGH OR EASY TARGET. BUT HE'S
BACK-AND SELL VOTES FOR A LIGHT DOUBLE
Sell's experience has shown him snipe may
pop up during a duck session. Armed with a
double 20 and choice of shells, he is ready.
Dakin double was marsh-tested by experienced outdoorsman who felled zig-zag flyers
with two shots. Bores are full and modified.
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IS THE GUN FOR SNIPE
By FRANCIS E. SELL
HE JACKSNIP E, th at potent little
arbiter of wildfow l guns and gunning in the past, is going to have a
profound influence also on shotguns of
the future. Now that he is legal game
again, he may aga in ma ke the double
gun a favorite in the ma rshes . One
thing sure, he will make gunne rs take
a second look at the guns th ey carry
for wildfowling; and my bet is tha t
the 20 ga uge double is goi ng to become mo re an d mo re pop ular.
Call him snipe, jacksnipe, Wilson's
Snipe, or wha t you like- nobody inth e 20 ga uge double is goi ng to become mo re an d more pop ular.
Call him snipe, jacksnipe, Wilson's
Snipe, or what you like- nobody in clud ing the scientist seems able to agree
on his name any mo re than hun ter s
can agree on how to shoo t him- for
my money there is no game bir d quite
hi s equal in the ma rshes. When he
faded out of the hunting pictur e after
the first World war, the trend toward
light double guns, light load s, and
sma ll shot was ha lted. The heavy wildfowling 12 gauge had its inning. So
did heavy shot, 2's, 4's , replace the
hi ghly popular 7lh. But now that thi s
long billed little bog ju mper is ba ck,
he is alre ady making his impression
on pr esent-d ay gunne rs.
The snipe ba g limit is eight a da y,
and on most migra tor y flyways th e
season is reasonabl y long. But, because
snipe have been on the protected list
for so long, snip e guns ar e noticeabl y
absent fr om th e marshes. Even the
techniqu e of gunning snipe is almost
a lost art. Men who ha ve turn ed to
snipe after the long closed season ar e,
however , alr ead y avid snipe gunners .
And, by the same token, th ey ar e discovering tha t those heavy pump guns
and auto-loaders ar e not right for
snipe shoo ting . It takes something
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Light, fast-handling doubles will be brought back to marshes,
author says , by popular demand for guns right for snipe.
swing that folds a pintail coming in
to decoys, to drop a snipe. It takes a
fast-handling gun th at fits right and
"points" where you look when it comes
to your shoulder.
If you ar e an avera ge wildfowler,
your approach to snipe shooting is by
indirection. Perhaps you ju mp a few
snipe as you go abo ut mor e serious
and you decid e to give this snipe
shooting a whirl.
You ha ve a full choked 12 gauge
pump , 30 inch barrels, load ed with
numb er 6 shot, 1 ~ ounce. You walk
along the meadow, you skirt the edge
of pond s, you come to some soft
ground where th ere is littl e sod. /
" Scaipe !" A snipe comes up with his
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By FRANCIS E. SELL
ETTI NG LOST IN HUNTING COUNTRY can be a mild
adven ture, or it can be deadl y serio us . Whi ch it is for
you depends on how you pr epar e for it, and how you face it.
Don't think it can't happ en ; it happens to th e best of hunter s.
Even Da niel Boone admitted th at th er e were tim es when he was,
if not lost, " a mite confused." The smart hunter prepares for
it by care ful plannin g befor e it happens.
Much of this plann ing centers about the rifle, the amm unition
supply, and car eful sighting -in for two types of shoo ting . (The
careful hunter kn ows, to o, how to star t a fir e with his rifle, if
he should run sho rt of matches or get his matches wet. We'll
come to that lat er. )
First, let' s talk abo ut th e kind of shoo ting you' ll need to
do in case you should become lost. Imagin e th er e's a sno wstor m, and mu st spend a day, or two or three da ys, or even
a week, away fr om camp. Your first thoughts will be conce rned
with thr ee thin gs: food, shelte r, and fire. Th eir order of im portance depend s on circ umsta nces . If night is near when you
G
PANIC IS WHAT KILLS LOST HUNTERS. GO
PREPARED TO PROVIDE THREE ESSENTIALS
HOW TO GET LOST
A light pack carries equipment you
may need badly. Glasses are useful to
help you spot the route to safety.
Minnesota game warden Glaeser and
Mrs. T. D. Bryers check her survival kit;
candy, twine, matches, first aid ite ms.
discover you' re lost, shelter comes first, th en fire. Food
can wait till tomorrow. Rememb er , you're not going to
starve to deat h. You can go witho ut food for a long time,
if you have to, tho ugh hu nger will add to your discomfort
and sap vitality needed to meet other problems. But unless
you're fool eno ugh to hunt in country where ther e's no
game of an y kind, ther e's food availab le.
If you' re bi g-gam e hunting, your chances of shoo ting
big game are exac tly as good when you' re lost as they
were when you kn ew where cam p was. But you don't need
a big game ani mal fo r a meal. Where there's bi g gam e
there's sure to be smaller beasties ; and a gro use (or any
bird, for that matter ) or a sq uirre l or a rabbit, or even a
less Epicurean beast, is food-if you can kill it .
You can kill it. You can kill it much easier if you'v e
mad e a few simp le prepa rations.
Thi s is a differ ent kind of shoo ting tha n tha t which
would place a mushroom ing bullet int o the twelve-inch vital
area of a mule deer. Her e you'll be aiming at the mea t
for a dish (maybe a pretty small dish ) of camp stew ; a
ta rget mayb e two inches in
(Continued on page 44)
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FOOD.
FIRE. SHELTER -
AND GETTING
LOST NEED HAVE NO TERRORS FOR YOU
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Rifle is keyst one of hunting kit selected fo r survival in
woods. l.ernp, water, shelter-half, axe prove valuable.
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AND STAY HEALTHY
Mid-range small game loads (left) should be carried
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Every hunter should have a good...compass and know how to
use it. Sto ck-inletted tyee is aood . hand-held model is best.
we a re
offe r"ing th e re ma inder
o f our s upply o f Sp r-ingfields
at th is fabul o us price . Wi th Gov 't
a rse na l s a les ha lte d we beli e ve
th e s e to be th e la st o f t his c hoice
mod e l rifle o n the m arket!
Th e mo s t po pu la r hunting rifl e a nd
cali be r in the w orl d, these
g -enuin e S pri ng fie lds a re in perfec t
mecha nica l co nd itio n w it h
s harp, c lea n ri flin g. So ft nose
3 0/ 0 6 ammo so ld eve ry w he re .
Orde r now a nd in sp e ct w i thout
ri sk. See o ur ir o nclad 10-day
mo ney back g uara nt ee!
1 00 rd a . G. I. t arg et .. . $ 7. 5 0
40 rd a, pro f e s sio na ll y lo a de d s o f t
point h un tin g . . . $5 .9 0
20 rd a . Rem. o r We ste rn
c ommercia l sof t po int . . . $ 4 . 7 5
Sli ng s :"U.S . g o v' t regu latio n
co w h ide, ne w $ 1.9 .'> . S w iv e l
hand le c lea ni ng rod , ::J pc. & tips
so lid b- a s s, g o v' t is su e $ 1.95.
Bru sh e s : U .S. Army bras s , o ffic ia l ,
new , 2 for 2 5 c. Oil : C. l. g un
o il, 6 o z. c a n 2.'>c. P a tc hes : C .1.
cl e a n ing pat ch e s. flann el"
(20 0) 7 5 c . So lve nt: C .1. gun
c lean ing so lve n t, 6 oz . 2 5 c . Cun
Case : C. 1. o l ive drab , he a v y -d ut y .
b ra nd ne w co nd i tio n. he a vy
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ne w , 2 fo r 2 5 c . Oil : C. 1. gun
oi l, 6 oz . ca n 2 5 c. Patc he s : C. 1.
c le a ning pa tc he s. flann el"
( 2 0 0) 7 5c . S o lve n t: C. 1. g un
c le n n ing so lve n t, 6 oz . 25 c. Cun
Ca s e: C. 1. o l iv e dra b, he a v y -du ty ,
bra nd ne w co nd itio n, he a vy
g o v 't spec. z ippe r, $ 1.95 . Sa dd le
sca bba rds, U.S . o fficia l top
q uali t y cowh ide , ri v e ted nnd .
stitche d , $4 .95. S na p-o n f ront "
a isrht cove rs, 49 c .
Mod el: ' 03
B bl.: 2 4"
Sights : Fam o us S pring fie ld
s ig h ts ndjuata b le to 2 7 0 0 ya rds.
Wi ndage a nd e leva t io n.
S toc ks : Go v 't se lec te d
Amer ica n Wa lnut.
Ca li be r: 3 0/ 0 6
P a c k ing' : Guns s hippe d to us e
in or ig ina l cos mo li ue. We
degre a s e a nd o il lightl y. "S hippe d
in he a vy duty protec t ive
packi ng case.
we. . a p p rox. 8 112 Ib a .
S h ip. w t . : 10 l bs.
BOXES TO YOU!
TO ORDER :
S e nd
ch e c k, cash
o r mo ne y
o rder. $ 1 0
de po s i t f or
C .O. D.
S hi pped
RR Ex .
c ha rges
co llect
Jo".O. B. Lo s
Ange le s.
Ca li f. reaid .
add 4 %
state tax.
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MON EY
B A CK
G UARAN.
T EE .
D eal er s
inqui re.
\ Ve rem o ve yo ur S pring fie ld
fr o m o rigi na l g ov ernment bo x e s,
cn re f u lly c lean o ff a ll
cosmo l tne , o i l li g htly a nd s h ip
to yo u in he a vy duty pa cki ng
ca rt o n, re ad y to s hoo t ; The
S pring fie ld is a w or ld f amou s
ri fie eve ry Ame rica n
s ho uld o w n. It is th e most
acc ura te a nd
d ep end able rifl e ev e r
built a nd ha s
pr ob a bl y ba gge d
m o re de er, be ar
a nd o the r big ga me
t ha n a ny other
g un e ver made.
A LONG ABOUT
th e year s 1975 to 2000, it
just could be th at two young fell ows
from Winfield , Kan sas might ti e for th e
Grand Amer ica n Han dicap tr ap sh ootin g
championsh ip.
Th e hi stor y of the Grand Ameri can , nationa l tou rna ment of th e Amate ur Tr ap shooting Association, stage d an nually at Vand ali a,
Ohio, tell s us that th e winn er of th e Grand
is difficult to pick; but if an early start mean s
anything, two young fellow s nam ed Harvey H.
Blair , Jr., a nd William Fl ay Blair have an
inside tra ck on th e difficult assignment of annexing the Worl d's most coveted and perhaps
th e world s ri ch est shooting title.
Har vey H. Blair , Jr., is ju st five year s old
now, but he sh oots hi s .22 caliber rifle lik e
a gr own-up ; and Bill y, one year youn ger , is
starting hi s shooting caree r.
.
Wi th this sort of background, plu s the
fact that th eir Dad ti ed for th e hi gh score in
th e Grand during 1957's record national
tourn am ent , who is to say th at either Harv ey
H. Bla ir, Jr. , or Bill y Blair mi gh t not t urn
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four men, leavin g Rock' s posit ion vacant. On
the second day of th e shoot, Earl Tolli ver ,
that fine shooter and sportsma n from Orl eans,
I ndian a, was invited to fill Rock's n umber
one position . Earl was deepl y tou ch ed by th e
honor, an d promptly went down th e lin e to
win th e H oosier titl e-for Rock J enkins.
* * *
In diana had seven hundred register ed
shooters of record in 1957, a ga in of twelve
over 1956, according to ATA represent ative
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fact th at th eir Dad tied for th e hi gh score in
the Gra nd durin g 1957's record nati onal
tournam ent, who is to say tha t eithe r Harvey
H. Blair , Jr., or Bill y Blair mi ght not turn
the trick one of th ese years?
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ATA repr esent ati ve Bob Greek , fr om
Evansville , Indiana pr esent ed Henry Decker ,
pr esident of th e Vin cenn es Gun Club, th e
nati on's most active gun club, with a 50,000
ta rge t pin at th e Vincennes Gun Club's annual meeti n g last Decem ber.
Under H enry Decker 's leader ship , th e Vincennes club conducted 45 register ed trapshoots in 1957, throwin g 152,900 register ed
targets, pl us another 25,000 non-regist ered
clays. Six memb ers of the Vincennes Gun
Cl ub shot over 10,000 regist ered tr ap tar gets
in 1956, whi ch is a whal e of a lot of registere d targe ts from one club.
A vacant cha ir was pla ced at th e speake r's
table at th e Vincen nes Gun Club 's annual
meetin g, in honor of deceased member
" Rock" J enkins, who record ed more r egistered trap tra gets than any shooter in the
histo ry of the game. Rock was accorde d th e
additional accolad e of one minute of sile nce,
from his fellow shooters. Rock att en ded 26
reg istered shoot s at th e Vince nnes Gun Club
during 1956, and had planned to atte nd
another on th e da y of hi s death.
A wealt h of stories surrounds the shooting
caree r of Rock J enkins, who in turn was respons ible for ma ny a shooting story whi ch r elieved the tedium of waiti ng for a sq uad
nu mb er to come up on the board; but perhap s none of th e Rock J enkin s stor ies car ries mor e hum an inter est tha n th is on e.
For years, Rock shot in the number one
position on sq uad number one of th e I ndiana
State Shoot. In the 1957 Hoosier event, num l..,.,~
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"h nt rl n"4Tn t h ,:o l i n p wi t h on lv
Bob Greek. Wonder how othe r states ar e
faring ?
Skeet shooting with cash optional s and
up ped purses is drawin g more shoote rs, and
greater int er est, in Ohio, I'm told. If thi s is
a tr end, it could brin g abo ut a mor e challe ngin g position in both num bers and pop ular ity
for Skee t her e in th e USA.
This is th e first of what we hope to mak e a
mont hly column on th e cla y tar get sports.
To hel p tell th e story of all th e color and
pleasur e you find fr om gri nd ing 'em up , send
your stor ies and pictures to Dick Miller,
at GUNS Ma gazine. We h ave al ways wan ted
grea ter nation al publicity for the sports nea rest an d dearest to our hear t s, so her e's our
chance . Keep the ma terial rolling, and I' ll try
to weave it int o these pages.-D M
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(Con tinu ed from pag e 27 )
r-ry, a n d h e m oves in a n err at ic fligh t pa ttern
fro m th e 32 a nd 34 in ch tu bes favor ed a t
th e t ime. Ba rrels were bor ed m ore op en i n
no othe r ga me bi r d ca n a chieve. T ha t first
th e 12, and with the l ight er g un s, load s wer e
shot wa s a t least five feet beh ind h im, the
red uced . So me a vid snip e h unt ers im ported
pa ttern cas ily t raced on th e wa te r. T he
En gl ish 6% po un d 12 ga uges, t hrowi ng ~,
sec on d, as he ga ins a l ittle elev a t ion, is also
oun ce of shot a nd usi n g t wo inch ca ses.
well beh ind hi m. As for t he th ird - slill t oo
Th ese n ever wer e popu lar. Am m un itio n wa s
. low. A lrea d y yo u beg in to t hink abo ut a
ha rd to ge t a nd al so t hey were in t he loadligh ter g un, a nd yo u wo nde r a bo ut t hose
ing ran ge of t he mo r e availa ble 20 ga ug e.
num ber 6 shot.
I n m y local e, th is progressive c ull ing of
Come ba ck tomorrow an d , ten chances to
h eavy gu ns and load s wa s so thoro ug h th at
on e, he will be a d iffer ent bird , th ou gh no
b y th e tim e th e sea so n was p er m a ne ntly
less int r igu ing. Som e days, snipe com e o ut
cl osed , th e 20 ga uge d ouble, weig hing 6.6 14
o f th e g ra ss a nd ju st sk im a bove th e bog,
po und s, ca rr yin g 28 in ch modifi ed a nd f ull
to p itch ha ck int o th e cover only a g uns hot
barrels, was th e medi cin e th e s n ipe h unt er
awa y. O n ot her d ays, h e will to wer, ca tc h
used . Th ese 20 ga uges t hrew % o unce of
a w ind , a nd sh ut tie a cro ss th e ma rsh lik e a
sho t. Ha nd loa der s oft en in cr eased th is to one
ma ll bro wn gho st with Sai nt Vit us Dan ce.
o un ce, used th em on d uck as well a s s nipe .
ornet imc s, if he ha s but r ecen tl y a rr ived
T ho se blu st ery d ay s ca lle d for heav ier sh ot.
in a ma rs h on h i. m igra tio n, h e will b e
Usuall y, size 7% wa s used . Som e g unne r s
with other sn ipe. In st ead of flushing sin gles
eve n went to s ize 7, but most of t hem felt
yo u wi ll p ut up five, ten , even t went y a t a
th at t h is was a b it too large for best p a tt ern
t ime, a ll flyin g in uniso n.
de nsity a t nor mal sn ipe ra nges. S ize 8 shot
B ut don 't let that cl osely p a cked flock ,
was n ever a fa vor ite wi th most sn ip e hu nters,
th at whiso o f sn ipe , con fuse yo ur shoot in g.
thou gh a few 12 ga ug e g uns wer e pa rtial to
P ick a bin i at the fron t of the flock. If yo u
th is size. Mo st h un ters, wh en th ey step pe d
a re no t leadin g en o ugh, t he nsu al sin wit h
u p fr om s ize 9, we n t to 7% .
s low hea vy d uck g un s, a bird drop p ing o ut
R ecen tly, whil e h un tin g sn ipe in th e
o f the cen ter. or e ve n far th er ba ck, w ill
fa bulou s Coq u ill e Vall ey of so uth weste rn
in d icat e yo ur s hoot ing fau lt.
Or egon , I r a n a cross one o f tho se old s nipe
A sn ipe has to be m atch ed caref ully wi th
hun ter s I knew as a lad . Jl e st ill ca rr ied a
gu n. shot s ize, a nd s hooting techniq ue, if a
20 ga ug e P arker , 28 inch ba rrels, bor ed t he in g un ne r isn 't to come down w ith a se ver e
evita ble mod ified and full. 1 a sked h im a bo ut
cas e of shoot in g fru stra ti on. H yo u a r e old
th e la ck of po p ula r ity of n umb er 8 shot
eno ugh to rem em ber th e F ir st Wo rl d W ar,
a mong th e 20 ga ug e cla n of snipe hu nt er s
a nd if yo u were rea red in a goo d wild fowli n g
in t hose da ys when fift y to a hu ndred sn ipe
sect ion, yo u ma y also r em emb er some outwere norm al ba gs. H is r ep ly wa s forth ri ght s ta nd ing s nipe shots in your co mm un ity , a n d
he h ad never see n a 20 ga ug e com e t o it s
some of th e sn ipe g u ns of t ha t pe r iod.
best shooting with t hi s part ic ul ar s ize shot.
1"1'0111 th e t urn o f t he ce nt ur y up u nti l th e
H a g un wo uld handle nu m ber 9 s hot well ,
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Th is full c hoke d 76 per ce n t pattern wou ld
se em a bit ex tre me for sn ipe. b ut with a
mod ified ba rr el to ba ck it u p, it is a n
exce lle n t sec o nd ba rr el. Present da y sn ipe
hunt ers ha ve r an ges a hi t m or e o pen th an
tho se to wh ich th e old tim ers wer e a cc ustom ed . :'Ifore s nipe are foun d in st u bble
field s. Bog lan d s ha voc been cl ea red a nd
farmed. a nd snipe Aush a bi t wild er fr o m
th ese tha n th ey d id fro m th e tall swa mp
grass . On some occa s ion s, if you h a ve a
salt ma rsh in yo u r vic in ity , yo u ma y st ill
walk th e m up on th e m ar gin o f th e t ide
ma rk . gett in g beau ti ful shoot in g at not- toolon g ran ges. Bu t eve n h ere you ca nno t be
co mplac e nt a ho ut th e proper cho king o f
yo ur barrel s. You mu st hav e a lon g ra nge
a nd a mediu m r an gc barrel in st antl y av a ila ble .
Snipe ma y flush at 25 yard s, often co m ing
u p as s ingles . Th ey ma y ge t up at 35 ya n k
ma yb e 40. There is sim ply no s ing le barrel
g un versa t ile eno ug h to cov e r a ll th e r a ng es
wh cn sn ipe huntin g. It tak es a doubl e.
B y t he sa me tok en . a s in gle tri gger g un is
no pr ize in a sn ipe bog. Th er e is literall y no
tim e to feel for a barrel selec tor hutton
whe n a sn ipe comes o ut of the g ra ss. Th e
wh ole pr ocess o f shooting, fr om sl ip p ing o fT
th e sa fety a s th e g un is mounted , to pu lli ng
th e tri gger wh en j ust th e r ig ht a mo unt o f
lea d is g ive n, m ust be t ota ll y su bc o nsc ious .
Th at. o f co urse, sta r ts with pro per g u n-fit,
prop er g u n we ight. a nd pro per ba rrel len gth.
A t r isk o f r e pea t ing myself. th e best g un
weight is 6-G~~ po un ds. H ea vier t ha n th is is
too slo w. Li ght er th an this lack> so me th ing
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wei gh t is G-G I,~ po un d s. H ea vier th an th is is
too slow. L ight er th a n thi s la ck> some th ing
i n co m ing u p ; a f ccl, hard to defin e, w h ich
ma kes a g u n somet h ing m ore th an a n
in an imat e p iece of ste el and wood - call it a
mild in er ti a-wh ich g ives a g u n stu h ilit y w it hout slow ing it d own , on cc th c cr itic a l w ei ght
limit s a rc r ea ch ed.
M y Dak in d oubl e ca rr ies 27% inch ba rrels.
Barr el len gt h of m y Mar lin 20 ga uge overunder is 28 in ch es. Th ese len gt hs a rc a goo d
comp ro m ise for s n ipe shoot ing. g iving a fa st
g un. b ut w ith s ufficie nt barrel f or a cc ura tc
po int in g. Less tha n 28 in ch barrels o n a
do ubl e ma kes it m ore desi gn ed for s na pshoot ing . And whi lc t hi s may be a des irable
fea t ure on a n up land game g u n w he re ra n ges
ar e very shor t. it is n ot the best fo r s nipe .
T otal u p all th ese featu r es r eq uir ed in a
pr op er snipe gun , and they a d d up to a li ght
we ight d ouble throwin g ab out o nc ounce of
shot ; a g un with doubl e tr igger s for in stant
barrel se le c tion. It add s up to so me th in g
else, too ; t hat li ght d ouble is a n cxce lle nt
d uck g un.
Last sea so n, s hoo t ing over d ecoy s with
a fri end who had read all th c a d ver tis ing
a bo ut lon g ran ge duck b usti ng, I used m y
20 ga uge Dak in , loa d ed wi th one o unce of
71h. :'Ily partn er sh ot a 12, wei ghin g 8 %
po und s. a nd he used m agnum load s. I d oubt
i f a ny o f th ose du ck s, respon din g to d ecoys
a nd call ing . were o ver 35 ya rds w hen we
took th em. Fin all y. a ga in st hi s better jud gement. J per su ad ed h im to use m y g un. A
flight of teal bu zzed o ur decoys. H e dro p ped
t wo, hi s first d oubl e of th e da y. li e r el oad ed .
T wo wigeon s ca me in , a nd he got on th em
for an oth er d ouble. N one of th ese du ck s fell
with in ten yar ds of th ose he dumped w it h
hi s heav y 12 ga ug e; all fo ur were wi th in
30 ya rd s of o ur hid e. T hose he took with hi s
12 la y cl oser to t he 45 ya r d m a rk er , e ven
tho ug h we began workin g on th em at 35
ya rds .
" How long ha s this been go ing on ? " he
»skcd . H e se eme d dumfound ed. A l ight
d ouble g un, a sn ipe g u n, wa s kill in g duck s!
l d idn 't get th at double ba ck th e r est of th e
even ing fligh t.
Ju st recently he a ppea red a t my h ou se,
ask ing to use m y p attern board. G un ? A
doubl e 12 with 28 in ch ba rrels, we igh ing
6 V~ poun d s. I watch ed him pattern th e full
a nd modifi ed barrel s. I pi ck ed u p some of
th e low bra ss shells he wa s usin g. 1 n ot ed
the 7 % sho t size markin gs, and th e 1 lis
o unce loadin g. H ere wa s a sn ipe h un ter in
th e mak ing, eve n if it wa s by indirection .
La st se as o n, I ha d a no t her g un ne r with
me wh en I mad e a d ou bl e o n sn ipe. H e
pi ck ed up th e fall en bird s and stood th ere
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L ast seas o n, I had a no ther gu n ne r with
me w hen I mad e a doubl e on sn ipe. H e
p ick ed up th e fall en bird s a nd stood th er e
stro king th eir feath er s. Tie a lso trad ed in
a h ea vy pump g un on a li ght douhl e. Trend ?
I th ink so.
S n ipe capt ur ed th e im a g ina t ion o f an older
ge ne r a tio n of g un ne rs. Th e hird s ca use d
p ro fo un d cha nges in hunt er s' g uns a nd
g unn ing. Ju st wait un til th ey h ave worked
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W e had ju st lo ca ted a fin e. m an ed li on and
bad ly need ed a bait. A bi g bu ll har te bee st
wa s di scovered nearby. a nd I decid ed to take
hi m wit h a soft nose bull et, usin g sol ids
later if n ecessary. J oh n a nd I sta lk ed to
w it h in 250 ya rds of him , usin g some th orn
hu sh a nd p alm frond s as cover. T he bull,
altert ed b ut not sure of o ur id en tity, s too d
q ua r ter ing tow ard us. I dropped the l on g
300-gr. soft nose in hi s ches t. but h e didn 't
go d own . W e heard th e plu nk of bull et. th en
he turned a nd ran . J ohn a nd I foll ow ed
th rou g h th e h igh grass unt il th e bull sto p ped .
J ohn then h umped u p hi s ba ck and told m e
to use him as a ri fle r est. Af ter th at run,
I wa s perfectl y will in g to do so. H e ma d e a
da mn good rest- with my el bows d ug int o
hi s back , he had a slow, ea sily -t imed sway
t ha t let m e p lant a sol id in th e Kongoni's
flank a nd ou t th rou gh th e opposite .ho ulder ,
1 sa w s ur pr isingly few hyen a s on th e tr ip .
So me hyena s ar e gr ey s tr ipe d a nd some are
potted . T hey are filth y bea ts, with hi g h,
pow erful fr ont q uarters, tiny slo p in g hind
par ts, a n d hu ge pow erful j a ws th at ca n crac k
most a ny bo ne of th e p lain s ga me. T hey
ha ve mor e stre ngth in th ei r j aws tha n a li on .
W art ho gs are ea sil y t he ugli est of all
w ild p igs. T he grea t r ip pi ng t usk s, so me limes clo sely c url ing, som etimes a lm ost
stra ight, work sc is or-like ag a inst small er
t usks, A b ig boa r d wi ll r un abo ut 200-250
pou nd s.
My first ch a nc e for a sho t a t a wa rt hog
ca me a s on e cro ssed th e r oad well a hea d
of t he car. W e go t out a nd q uart er ed int o
the o pen tho rn bu sh loo ki ng for him. I wa s
looki ng to o far to th e ri ght w hen old Son gi,
o ne of o ur tra ckers, pointed th ro ugh a small
hol e in th e bru sh a n d th er e, 140 yards
away, stoo d th e boa r , all in cle a r view exce pt
hi s hea d. I brou g ht the r ifle u p, and w hen
th e cro sha irs ett le d behind h i sho ulde r I
fin ished the tri gger sq ueeze. W ith th e plu nk
of th e 300-gr. soft po int, he drop ped a nd
stayed do wn. As w art ho gs go, t h is one
wa s a " bea uty," hi s long tu sk s project ing
out of th e s k ull so me te n to e le ven in ch es
an d very h ea vy, wit h a spr ea d of 14 in ch es
betwee n th e tips.
Later, nea r M ka larna m ission , w hen we
need ed another l ion ba it badly, I ki lled the
lar gest of s ix hogs we jumped in o pen t horn
hu s h. E ven wi th three sl ugs in hi m and a
br ok en ba ck, that p ig wan ted to figh t. It
s las he d vic io u ly al J ohn wh e n he ju m ped in
a nd drove a lon g knife into th e heart. A
hea vy s ixg un woul d ha ve b een most useful
t.h en , a n d o n n umero us other occa s ions on
t he tr ip ; b ut K en ya a n d Ta nganyika law s
and r ed tap e mad e it ex tre me ly d ifficult t o
ta ke h and gun in t o th e co u n try .
T
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is as big a s a mall elk and is tr ikin gl y
ma r ked , w ith very long fr inged ea rs . Th e
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like a sa ble's hUI m ilch sho rte r. He's a
m ilch la r ger a n ima l t han the sa b le, how ever,
a nd a gr ey is h roan in colo r. O ne morn ing,
ag a in need ing a lion hait, t he boys spotte d
a b ig roa n a half-mi le a wa y in four-foot-tall
coar se g rass. I go t ou t a n d sta lke d to 'with in
250 ya rds, usin g a small t.horn bus h and a
tuf t of gr as s for cove r. l sing the b ush for
a rest for my left han d . I held o n hi s neck ,
u nder the ch in, an d gave h im a so lid 300
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o ur tr a ck er , ha d run u p to me w ith more
a mm un ition . Th e ne xt shot p u t hi m d own
b ut w hen we neared him h e go t u p a nd
a ga in s t a r te d off. I had to p ill th ree m ore
so lids t.h rou gh h im. fr om flank to c hes t,
bef or e he went dow n to stay . H e h ad heavy
horns 17 % in ch es lon g. a n d ea rs thai see med
a lmost as le ng th y.
I sa w ela nd o n several occa sions. a nd h uge
ela nd cows a t close ranee ma n y tim es, but
I never wa s c lose r th an abo u t 600 ya rd s to
a good bull. On e da y we sa w a bi g one
com ing o ur wa y fr om a w ay off. a nd we left
th e j eep to tr y a nd in terce pt h im . Ju st. th en
a sm all n ati ve h erd boy sa w us a nd , w hen
I cha m be re d a ca r t r idge in t he 333 O .K .H.
he jumped u p, sc re a me d, a nd t ook off i n a
ha rd Tun , yell ing at th e top of h is voice
a t e very j ump . O f co urse, he sc a re d th e
e la nd . W e co uld o nly g uess th a t so me o ne
had sh ot a t th a t bo y, a nd w hen he sa w
a nd hear d me c ha m be r a car trid ge it sc are d
him o ut. of hi w it s.
Thou g h m y licen se allo wed over 100 h ea d
of big ga me , I killed , all tol d , o nly 24 head .
I tu rn ed down a goo d b u h bu ck, for exam ple.
T h is is a ma ll a nt elo pe that h as kill ed mor e
dogs tha n an y other bu ck in Afr ica. It. ha s
sp ira l horn s im ila r in sha pe to th ose of th e
lesser K ud u b ut m uch sma lle r. T h is is a
fine, ga me litt le b uck th at ha s a lso k ill ed
Smallest of pla ins game is tiny Dik-dik,
o r mouse deer, about size of house cat.
wound ed a nd. wh en th e hunt er passes by,
he'll jump u p a nd char ge with th ose shar p,
deadly horn s. J ohn Lawren ce had a couple
of close call s wit h th ese bu sh bu ck s befo r e
he learn ed to r espect them .
I passed up shots a t wat er bu ck . topi. and
ot her spec ies on num er ou s occa sions. 1 wa s
not int er est ed in takin g a big bag, but
r ath er in gell ing a few of the finer specimens
of plain s ga me, in add iti on, of cour se, to
" the big five." This we succeede d in doin g.
Wc sa w some lesser kudu bu t 1 di d not even
ta ke out th e spec ial li cen se for th em as 1
want ed and go t a ver y fine g rea ter kudu
a nd a fine sa ble. Bot h of th ese bucks, th e
fincst a ntelo pe tr ophies in all Afr ica , ar e
found more in th e Miomb o bush country
th an on t he pla ins. Wh ile we sa w th e roa n
( or K ir ongo , as th e natives call him ) man y
li mes. we ne ver aw a ny kudu or sa ble in
th e open.
Ory x are trikin gl y colore d a nd beau tif ul
bcasts. They run in small to lar ge ba nd s,
a nd those tha t 1 sa w wer e in ver y pr etty
opc n bu sh co untry next to th e plain s. Th ey're
a bout th e sa mc size as Kon goni , being fa irly
hea vy animals of a round 450 po und s. I kill ed
a hca utif ul spe cime n with good horn s, but
th at is an ot her stor y. T h_ey_ a~~ ~.1 s~ y_erx
a nd those tha t 1 sa w were in ver y pretty
opc n bu sh country next to th e plains. Th ey're
abo ut th e sa me size as Ko ngoni, bei ng fa irly
hea vy a nim als of ar ound 450 poun ds. I kill ed
a bea utiful spec ime n with good horn s, but
tha t is anot her stor y. Th ey are also very
tou gh , will soa k up well pla ced hi t a nd still
kee p going.
Buffal o ar e a pla ins as well as a bu sh
an imal a nd you ma y well r un onto yo ur
buff while out looki ng for p lains ga me . 1
k illed min e on th e ed ge of a vast plain leading d own to Lak e :\1an yarr a . T he o dd rhin o
ma y also be enco untered in the b ush alo ng
thc border of pla ins coun tr y, so when ak ing
off int o th e bl ue for a morn ing or even ing
hu nt, you should have both h ea vy and light
r ifles alon g- you ne ver k now wh a t ga me
ma y appear.
Us uall y you h unt until a bo ut ten o'clock,
th en come in for a lat e br ea kf ast, li e
a round cam p until ab out 3 or 4 in th e
a fter noon, th en go for a n even ing hunt.
Except when trailin g ele pha nt, buffalo, or
r hi no it is eas y hun tin g, and a nyone in even
reason ab ly good hea lth ca n do it. Well befor e
da yli ght yo ur boy comes in with a scald ing
cu p of tea , pu ll s yo ur mosq uito net away,
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your clot hes a nd off you go in th e sa fa r i
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day, a nd on ma ny days yo u'll see liter all y
h undred s, sometimes th ou sand s. of head of
ga me. Br iti sh law prohi bit s shooti ng from
a car or wi thin 200 yard s of it, a nd th e
whit e hunter s observ e thi s r ule r el igiously.
T hc la w is a good one ; a ny hu nter wor t hy
of the nam e should stalk his ga me or for ego
th c shot. Succes full y ap pr oach ing big game .
As 1 point ed out a bove, yo u should al ways
have your bi g ga me rifle alon g wh en out for
plain s ga me, and you should also take
along your shotg un or .22 rifl e for bird
hooting. Plains huntin g offer s a wealth of
bi rd a nd wildfowl shooting and any hunt er
who fail s to go pr ep ar ed for it will r egr et
ha ving missed th e oppo r t unities offered.
F or huntin g th e li ght er African pl ain s
ga me, mu ch of whi ch is shot at vety lon g
range, I'd recomm end the 7x61 mm Shar pe
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Th e largest of the thr ee spec ies of ja cks is
lu ck. What usu ally happens is that a single
the whi te-tailed ja ck of th e north ern plain s.
pell et of shot finds the brain. Using th e 1% ·
ounce HV load of 4' s or 6's in th e averag e
He is a big fellow, weighing six to eight
pou nds on th e averag e. Durin g most of th e
full-choke gun, 40 yards i roughly the lim it
yea r, he is br owni sh-grey but in wint er he
for consist ent kill s on stra ighta way jacks.
However , the j ack th at i qu ar ter in g a way
is pal e grey to snow whil e exce pt for th e t ips
fr om th e gun, or one th at is runnin g at ri ght
of his five-inch ea rs. which ar e alwa ys dark.
an gles to th e lin e of fire, is a more vuln erToday, only a small per ce nt of ja cks ar e
used for fur ; most pelt s go to Europe to be
abl e tar get. Becau se th e vita l areas are
processed as felt. Carcas e mak e food for
better exposed, maximum effective range is
eithe r hum an or an imal consumption.
ab out five yard more. In thi s load, th e 40·
yard ene rgy of a single No. 4 pell et is
nearl y do uble th at of a pell et of No. 6, hut
hen th ere is no snow on the ground, as
th e patt ern densit y of 4's fall s off so rapidl y
in lat e fall and earl y winter, the jack' s
that the d ifference in kill in g ran ge betw een
new white coat is hi ghly visible and, in order
th e two sizes is negl igibl e. Naturall y, 4'
to esca pe detect ion, he tak es 1.0 cover. T h is is
th e best time for shotg un ners to be afield ,
ar e the bett er size when ma anurn load s are
for it is und er th ese cir cum stan ce that t he
used, for the increase in pellet count per
load add s up to a denser pattern , and thi s,
ever-watc hful jack is lea t inclined to stre ak
away from hi s bed, or form , before the
combined with gr eat er r eta ined ene rgy o f
th e larger pellets, extends th e maximum
hunt er gets within ran ge. Occasiona lly a
jack will per mit a hunter to come withi n
effective ra nge by se veral ya rd s.
a lew yards before bolting.
In my op inion, No. 5 shot is top s for h ig
Th e ma jority of scattergun hunt ers favor
jacks in th e P 4,-ounce loading, p rovidi ng th e
gun pa tt ern s th is size well. P er load, th is
a 12 gauge that will deli ver a full-choke patsize beat s 4's by 43 pellet s, and at 40 ya rds
terri, with nothing less th an th e P 4,·ounce
high-velocity game load ca rry ing No.4, 5,
it packs one a nd one half tim es more wall op
p er pell et th an 6's. Thi s ma kes it a jack
or 6 shot. From my own experience , I would
kill er at 45 to 50 yards, assumin g a 70 per
say tha t a hunter usin g a smalle r ga uge, less
cent or bett er pattern .
choke, a light er shot load , or a smaller shot
size, i definit ely undergunned.
Becau se of size, a large ja ck may look
Over th e yea rs I have see n a handf ul of
ab out ten yards closer to th e gun than he
actually is, es pec iall y when a whi te-coated
clea n kill s with th e l 14·oun ce load at truly
ja ck is boldl y outlined again st a non- snow
phenomenal ran ge. Once I saw a straightback ground. Wh en in do ubt as to wh eth er or
away ja ck stopped a t 72 yards with No. 4
not a jack is close enough to be kill ed
shot, and a qu art er ing jack roll ed tail-overcleanl y, th e be t policy is not to cha nce a
appetite at 67 yard with o. 6's. (F ull choke
shot which may result in a cripple. J ack
pattern , of course .) But uch kill s are pure
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The big white-tailed ja ckrab bit is also fast.
He is ca pa ble of sprints of up to 40 m.p.h.
On dry win ter gro und, j acks favor th e
short ou ter edges of brush patches and
stands of tall cover. T he pr eferred cover is
eithe r weeds or grass, usuall y n ot over a
foot and a hal f in heigh t. Hunti ng thi s type
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they are big enough to hide a ja ck a nd in
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As soon as snow completely bla nket s th e
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will see only one of th em, da rk in color,
a bout the dia meter of a penny, a nd visi ble
at a sur pr ising d ista nce. T he jack's bl ack ti pped ear s, flatt en ed back toward h is shoulders as he crouches in his form, ar e also di scern ible but never as easily as the eye. Wh en
yon spot h im, the best way to pro ceed th at
I kn ow of is to act as th ough you haven 't
see n him. Continue on a course that w ill bypass th e jack by at least 20 yards. Th is
simple ru se is fairly successful pro vid ing
the jack happens to be a n " uned uca ted" one.
Once a jack has been under fire, he will
usuall y spook at a n impossibl e shotg un ran ge,
no ma tt er how clever your stratage m. T ha t's
when yo u will need a ri fle.
If th e snow deep en s as wint er advances ,
jackr a bbits a bando n open fields and pa sture s.
The best hunti ng th en will be in or near the
cover th a t rema ins exposed-br ush, patches
of to wer ing weeds, and shelter belt s- for such
ha bitat will offer the on ly supply of available
food. A concentra tion of j acks can dam age
young trees in a sheltcr helt , che wing them
down level with the snow, a nd thi s is a nothe r
reason for th eir being class ed as var mints.
cover th a t remain s exposed-br ush, patches
of to wer ing weeds, and shelter belt s- for such
ha bitat will offer the on ly supply of available
food. A concentra tion of j acks can dam age
young trees in a sheltcr helt , che wing them
down level with the snow, a nd thi s is a nothe r
reason for th eir being class ed as var mints.
I
have shot jacks at close ra nge with a
full -choke .410, usin g the 3· inc h shell
with No. 7~~ shot. I have also ki lled jacks
clea nly usi ng the 3-1%-7% trap load in an
improved cy lind er 12 gauge . But t he cho keload combina tion suita hle for cott onta il
shooting is far from ideal on jacks. Shotgunning the ki ng-size prai r ie hares is in some
ways compa ra ble to lon g ra nge waterfowl
shooting. Opp ortun ities to score on ja cks at
less th an 35 yar ds are few. Long ra nge k ills
need a heavy char ge of shot and a tight
pattern , espec ially to connec t when he moves
o ut at a run .
As a ru le, a jack will r un for all h e is
wort h when h e brea ks from h is form, p ick ing
up speed so rap idly t hat by the t ime your
trigger is ready he will be doing 30 to 35
m.p.h. You will have to swing ahead for
plent y of lead on a crossing jack. Cu t th at
lead in half for a q uart ering tar get. Stra ightaway shots also req uir e lead , and in th is case
it means shooting hi gh or over th e target.
This is accomp lished simply by ra ising th e
muzzle enough so th at the jack is comple tely
bl ott ed from view at th e in stant of firin g.
Rem ember th at a j ack' s vita l are a is
locat ed in the forward one -third of his fr ame,
and in order to tum ble him clea nly this is
th e machin ery th at must be knocked out. If
the hu nt er keeps his eye ri veted on th e
In the rifle department, the .22 r imfire
probably ta kes more ja ckra bbits out of circulation than all other calibers combined .
Th e common .22 packs enough wallop and
its a mm unition is easy on th e pocketb ook.
P ump-r ep ea ter s and auto-loade rs get th e nod
from tho se who take jacks on I he r un. T hese
actions let the shooter get a seco nd or t hird
bu llet on its way in a lmost nothi ng flat, b ut
with bolt-acti on rifles t he hand mu st move
from grip to bolt an d back aga in. Thi s takes
time ; usu all y pulls the rifle off t he tar get.
T he open sights tha t most .22's wear when
t hey leave th e factor y ar e fine for general
plinking, bu t leave much to be desired when
it comes to game or varm int shooting. It 's
a sure bet you'll do more accurate shooting
with a good adj ustab le peep sight, or a
scope.
F or r un ning jacks, equip your .22 wit h a
peep sight, or a 2l/2·p owcr scope with a
reasona bly wide field of view, lik e t he
modera tely-pr iced Wea ver J 2.5 model, for a
fast sight pictur e. For "s niping" at jacks
crouched in th eir day beds, a low-pri ced 4·
or 6·power scope such as t he Wea ver B
ser ies, or Mossber g, will do very well. Wi th
thi s gla ssware th e field of view will be a bi t
more restricted, b ut since the target is not
moving th at will be n o gre at h andicap.
Seven ty-five yards is a pra ct ical r an ge at
which to zero th e scope-equipped .22 for
sniping jacks. Thi s will put .22 Long Rifle
hollow point s {shorts and longs do not have
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Swift wh ich, as far as tr ajec tory goes, is
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No mat ter what th e gun, b ig jacks will
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(Continu ed from pag e 19)
in th e brush a nd hunt ca re fully, ba g aro un d
75 p er ce nt of th e white-t ail s taken eve ry
seas on . Th e roa d hunter s, th ou gh far m or e
numer ou s, get po ssibly 5 per ce n t ; a nd th e
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a sma ll co m pa s, a co lla ps ible drinkin g cup,
a co uple of cho cola te ba rs, a to ba cco t in
filled wit.h a Ie w first a id item s, a nd some
emergency ration s like in st.ant co ffee or t ea
an d so up mix es in small cell opha ne pa ck et s,
m ay co me in m ight y ha nd y. In ca e a hunter
ge ts temporarily lost. o r h as to d rag h is b uck
o ut a long wa y such sma ll item ca n be
most wel com e . A s ur p r is in g amount. o f th ese
sma ll bu t so me times mi ght y importa nt it em s
ca n be pa ck ed into very littl e pock et pace.
A good h u n tin g kni fe wi th belt sca bba rd i s
a m ust for th e d eer hunter ; a nd do n't forget
a coil of some kin d of sma ll tou t ro pe or
ra wh ide for d ra gg ing o ut th at buck. Binocu lars will sa ve yo u a lot of walking by e nablin g yo u to sea rc h di st ant pl a ces for sig ns
of ga me. If you do n' t ha ve th em , the co pe
on yo ur rifl e will do m uch th e sa me j ob in
mo st eas tern whi te- ta il te r r itory .
Ex cept. for t he so ut.h eas tern coas t.a l swa mp
ar ea s w her e d eer huntin g is don e mostly
wit.h hou nd s and s ho tg un and b uck shot
load s, mo t w hit e-tail hunt in g i do ne with
hi gh pow ered r ifle .
1y own pet bru sh co u nt ry deer rifl e is a Mo d el 336 Ma rl in
.30-30 ca rb in e, with a W eav er K 2.5 scope .
F or m y own p er son al huntin g, I woul d n't a sk
for a b etter co m b ina tio n for whi te-tail s. I
use 170 gr a in so ft point bull et s, a nd th er e's
ampl e wa llop her e to cl ob ber a white-tall if
the bull et is placed in th e ri ght po t. Th e
scope very definitely helps pla ce th e bull et
in tha t spot.
I lik e th e com bin a tio n I ha ve ju st. d escri bed becau se it is hand y. It. is ·ho rt., not
too hea vy, works with out m a lfun ction , wi ll
tak e a lot of ab use, an d J ca n use t he sco pe
for bo th s hooting a nd br u h-country s pott ing.
The 170 gra in .30-30 b ull ets do t he ir killing
!ChJC\f'.']JtallQ¢1, rfli. ir.\llII:: ,." nH I'l~ 1~Q.,Y;Il;(l,,\
too hea vy, works wi th out m alfuncti on. w ill
tak e a lot of ab use, a nd J ean u e th e sco pe
for both shooting a nd br us h-co un try spott ing.
T he 170 gra in .30-30 bull et do t hei r kill ing
j ob clea n ly an d efficient ly up to 150 ya rds,
an d wh at more houl d I want '?
How ever , man y ot her ca libe rs , m ak es. and
mod els a re h ighl y s u ita ble. Th e .30 ·06 is a n
old sta n d -b y, an d wit.h 180 gra in bull e ts is a
da ndy deer h un tin g combina t io n for th e av era ge h un ter. Several ot her ca libers n car th e
.30-30, .270 , .308, a nd .30 -06 ra nge a re a lso
good.
Ri fle type is la r gel y a matter of pers onal
pr ef e re nce. The re are p ump a ctio n r ep ea ters , a ut o-load er s. bo lt. act ion s. a nd lever
ac tion s to choose from. Average hunt er s w ill
a ct wi ely if th ey tr y out a ll th ese desi gn s
be fo re makin g a final choice. ] f yo u ha ve
no cho ice, buy a nyo ne of th ese ac tio ns i n
a pr op er cal iber , lea rn to hoot i t, a nd yo u
will do a ll ri ght. I persona ll y lik e th e fee l
and swi ng of a sh ort. car bine best. With on e
of th ese rifl es in m y hand s, I ha ve shoot in g
co nfide nce in myself. A nd that ho ot.ing co nfiden ce is mi ght y import a nt . Without it , th e
hunter won ' t do very well with a ny r ifle.
A nother hunt er m a y li ke th e feel a nd
swing of a n a uto-loa der or pum p bett er . O ne
of my d eer hunting b udd ies swe ars b y h i
.30· 06 R emington " W ood ma st er " a uto -load er.
He usuall y ge ts hi s bu ck , to o. A no th er fri end
wou ldn't th ink of headin g into th e wood
for deer withou t hi s .308 Wi nche ter M odel
70 bolt a ct ion . H e al so pa cks hor..e ven iso n
alm o t ever y seaso n. The latter uses a sco pe
on h i rifl e ; t he form er fri end doe n ot.
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easily superior to most of the standard big
game calibers of a genera tion past. Th e pistol
demands mor e stalking skill. more beca use
the accura cy is restrict ed to closer ra nges
than becau se big ca libers are lackin g i n
power. Wh ere penet rat ion counts, a hea vy
pistol bullet will often do th e jo b bett er
th an a standard rifle bull et .
R ecentl y I chec ked some .30·06 load s
again st th e .44 Specia l for pen etrati on. Th e
ta rge t was a fir b lock 16" in d iam eter.
Bull et s in th e .30·06 were Iacrory-Ioaded
Remin gton Core-Loki wh ich have few peer s
for deep pen etr ati on. Th e handload ed .44
Spec ial, 250 gra in Keith bu llet cas t hard.
one to ten , was backed by 18.5 gra ins of
# 2400 pow der. W hen th e block was spli t
open, I fou nd th e .44 bullet s had averaged
2" deep er pen etrat ion than th e .30·06. ClearIy, the .44 Sp ecial is a very potent pack ag e
if pro perl y load ed.
On e n ight when the pack horses had
strayed off, J took aft cr them with an armloa d of halters, and my Smith & W esson
Model 1950 .44 Sp ecial in its holster. J d id
not wa nt to be burd ened with a rifle, but J
d id want to han g up some venison befor e
the h unt was over. As I wa lked a long the
trai l, keep ing one eye peeled for the horses
and th e other ope n for deer , I spott ed a
mul e deer , head pok ed j ust over the top of
a r idge, lookin g me over. On ly his head and
part of his neck were visible at a bout 40
yards. Holdin g for th c center of the neck,
I touch ed one off. Th e head d isa ppeared and ,
a lter the ec ho of th e shot died away, all
was silen t. I fou nd the buck had never
moved o ut of hi s tra cks. T he bull et had
tak en him exac tly wher e it was int end ed to
hit , and had brok en the neck bone.
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aft er th e echo of the shot d ied away, all
was silent. I found th e bu ck had n ever
moved out of his tra cks. Th e bullet had
ta ken h im exac tly where it was intended to
hi t, a nd had bro ken th e neck bone.
Elk, too, ar e fair ga me for han dgu ns of
a mple power. Aga in, I had my hand s b usy,
helpin g friends pack out their el k. W hile I
was sure in the market for an el k myself,
th e pa ck board s wer e pr etty un wieldy an d
I d idn 't wan t to burd cn myself with a rifl e.
Th en one of th e oth ers sa id. " T here's your
elk, pal. Let' s see you knock it over." Sure
enough. there she stood. a yearling cow, in
a cree k bottom dense with brush . She was
standing broad side, not more th a n 25 yards
away, with her bod y shielde d by br ush and
only her head a clear tar get. Th e 250 gr ain
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.44 bu llet took her j ust und er the eye an d
ca me o ut at the base of th e ear on the off
side. A lot of rifle bullet s won 't do as well.
I ha d my elk.
Bear tak en with ha nd gun s ar e th e subjects of some pr ett y tall tal es-man y of
th em tru e. An old outd oor ma gazine once
p ublished a ph oto of a bla ck bear and the
g un tha t killed it : a tin y .22 S&W Ladysmith ! More rece ntly from Alaska come
accounts of a brown bear killed with a .44
Ru ger Magnum. But th ere is some difference of opinion a bout how hard the ord inar y black bear is to kill. Any exper ienc ed
bear hunter kn ows th at if a bull et is not
pro perl y p laced, th e bear will mak e a lot
mor c track s bel or e he expires . H e ma y
mak e th em stra ight at th e shooter, and in
that cas e he ca n be bad med icine-s-sever al
hu ndred pou nd s of it. wh ich you had bett er
stop, and stop qu ickly.
I don't know of any riflema n who has
stopped a bear a ny q uick er than I did with
a sixgun. J had spooked h im with a shot
that mis ed. hut he ca me out of cover and
stopped to look back . 1 was read y, l yin g
on a led ge with m y arm rest ed stea d ily
over a rock . H e stood a long 125 ya rds
away a nd bro ad side. At th e shot, he left
th er e like h e had a hot pok er und er h is
Cougar may seem cowardly when treed ,
but is vicious fighter when cornered.
tail. In th ree jumps, he was out of sight.
But I k new wh ere th e bullet had landed
and I wa sn't worried . T he third j ump he
mad e was h is la st. I foun d him neatl y piled,
with a big hole wher e th e .44 bull et had
plowed complete ly th rou gh both shoulde rs.
Th e cho ice of revolver s for bi g game alternates between th e single action a nd th e
doubl e action. Th e bi g Ru ger is ideal for
hunt ing big ga me, within th e limits of th e
hunter's ab ilit y to hit. It s balan ce is good ;
it absor bs th e recoil of full-p ower .44 Magnu m car tr idges so that there is no severe
shock to the shooter's ha nd . T estin g it, I
found th e g un to be extremel y accurat e with
either fa ctor y or hand loads, and it showed
no sign of Icadin g aft er firing man y rounds
of eac h. A handload of 22 grains of # 2400
beh ind the Keith 250 gra in bu llet gave the
same po int of im pact as th e Remi ngton
factory load, a nd seemed to be eq ual i n
accura cy with deep er penetra tio n. I sh ot
a bobcat recen tly with this g un, at abo ut
20 yards, using th e Remington fac tory load.
T he Ru ger p unched a dollar-sized hole
throu gh both shoulders a nd kill ed hi m so
de ad he never even ki ck ed.
Being a sin gle act ion does n ot detr act
fro m using this R uger as a. hun ting gun. In
act ion, on a cougar chase d by houn ds. I t
happen ed l ike th is :
Th e dogs had jumped t he cat and she
ca me tearin g ar ound a led ge smack at my
face. Th e .44 Special was in a shoulde r
holster und er my coa t and , as I gra b bed for
it , she leap ed for a bould er a bove me. I got
the fir st shot off, doubl e action , as she
touched th e bould er , and kn ew I had missed .
As she went over my head I let a second one
go. It took her in th e bott om o f th e rib s
and ca me out the back. Th e imp act turned
her over , and my third shot slashe d her
across th e hould ers as she ga ined th e corne r
of the cliff. P erha ps th ere was no actual
need for thi s do uble action shooting ; I was
star tle d, a nd what I did ca me fr om reflex
action and lon g tra ining with a pist ol. Genera lly speak ing, doubl e acti on shooting on
impul se has no place in bi g ga me huntin g.
But a ma n tra ined by mu ch practi ce to
poin t wher e he look s can get r esults. In
thi s in stan ce, it got me a ca t I wouldn 't
ha ve gotten any ot her way.
If th c pistol is carried as an a uxi liary
weapon, as is don e by ma ny fishermen in
th e bear-infest ed salmon stre ams of Ala ska.
th er e ma y come a lim e to use it , a nd fast!
-'f an y hunter s conte nd that if you can't stop
an animal with a rifl e, yo u sure can't stop
him with a p i tol. I ca n' t agr ee with t ha t.
Yo ur rifle ma y j am or it may be out of
reach ; or, if a bear charges , th e lo ng g un
may be too lon g to swing or it ma y b e
knocked out of your hand s, or you may dr op
it. With a heavy-caliber hand gun , you ca n
still shoot your way out of a ba d situat ion.
Expert Afri can hunter s have recomm end ed
carrying a hand gun in addition to a rifl e,
part icula rly when hunting dan gerou s game
such as lion a nd leopard. But recent A frica n
weapo ns law have restri cted p istol carry ing .
Before you stra p on your pet han dgun and
se t out to ta ke big game, you h ad bett er
chec k th e ga me laws in the state where you
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carrying a hand gun in addition to a rifle,
parti cularl y when huntin g dan gero us game
such as l ion and leopard. But recent Afr ican
weapons laws ha ve restricted pistol carry ing.
Before you stra p on your pet hand gun and
set out to tak e big game, you had bet ter
chec k th e ga me laws in the sta te where you
will hu n t. A lett er to th e state's capital,
addresscd to the " State Gam e & F ish Department ," will almost a lways reach t he au thority who ca n give yo u the curre nt inf ormation.
Game laws are freq uently cha nged, but th e
tr end these days is to conside r bullet ene rgy
and no lon ger restrict th e shooting in term s
of " rifle" or "pistol." -'Ian y states do pr ohibi t
the nse of a pistol for takin g big game. But
some, suc h as ew Mexi co, now allo w handguns of Magn um po wer for deer and bear
hunting. And almost all sta tes where cougars
a nd bob cat s, or coyotes. are cla ssed as varmints, all ow pistols for hunting th em.
Th er e is a lot of fun in hunting with a
pist ol, whether you hun t for the thrill of
huntin g with a di fficult but hand y weap on ,
or do it onl y beca use circums tances make a
rifle a poor choice to carr y. If your pistol
is accura te, fitted with good adj usta ble sigh ts
a nd chambered for one of th e most powerf ul
ca rtridges, it will do. Load with good flatpoint solids or hollow point bull et s, accord in g to th e game yo u're aft er.
Don't tr y hunting big ga me with a handgu n (or any weap on ! ) until you can shoot
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exceed the limitatio ns of either yourse lf or
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wha t determines wheth er th e gun is ad equ at e. Is your gun acc urate? Is your ca r-
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d iamet er . The light won't be perf ect; and if
your bullet mushr ooms very mu ch , there'll
bc no meat left. But ch eer up ; th e ra ng e
will be short- 25 yards or less. It's up to
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Th is shooting calls for midran ge handload s : load s wit h redu ced charges of powder
of a special type, and gas-check bullet s that
won' t tear up th e meat. F or example, a good
ga s check load in th e popu lar .30-06 is a
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powd er for a velocity of 1750 feet a second.
Th is combination in an accura te .30-06 rifl e
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Bull ets from th ese midrang e loads are
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bull et s. A mix t ure of lead-tin-an timony is
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melt ing po int is high enough for veloc ities
as h igh as 1900 feet a second. Lyman r ecommend s 1 part tin , 10 parts lead, and 1 part
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ighting-in a big game rifle with mid range
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1£ your big-gam e sigh ting equipment is a
scope, th er e ar e several othe r appro aches to
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th ere is h is " little blu e peep" which can be
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Tw o mild obj ect ion s to such auxiliary
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They ar e minor obj ecti ons, however. Us ually,
when a h unt er is lo st and on th e prowl for
small game, h e will hav e mad e th e n ecessary
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Some h unters prefer offse t scope mounts,
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th em to use th eir receiver sights for mid range load s. Th is mak es an excelJent "s urvival" combination, with th e small-game
sigh ting equ ipme nt in stantly availabl e.
In pr ep arin g a rifle for wild ern ess huntin g,
nothing should be overl ook ed wh ich will
mak e it more versatile. For example, a cornpa ss can be inl ett ed in th e rifle stock. It is
not quite a s accura te as a hand-h eld compass,
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I n pr epari ng a rifle for wild ern ess hu ntin g,
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not qu it e as accura te as a h an d-held compass,
du e to th e steel so close to it; b ut is far
better than no compass. Every hunter should
have a good compass, and sh ould k now how
to use it. Very oft en , in a stor m, wh en landmark s ar e obsc ured by snow, a good compass
may mean t he d iffer en ce b etween find ing
camp and slee ping out.
Match es ar e an oth er esse ntial item . A very
good id ea is to have a butt-pla te tr ap install ed in your rifle, in which you can carr y
an em erg ency supply of match es. Th ese
should be wrapped in wax ed paper , or th e
heads of th e individual mat ch es dipped in
paraffin. Ma tc hes should be in spect ed eac h
tim e you clean yo ur rifle, to be sure th ey
haven't drawn dampness; but usually th ey
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La st autumn , here in th e wilderness of
wes te rn Or egon, a woman, her son and h er
hu sband wer e lost while on a d eer hunting
tr ip in t he Ca scad e Mountains. They wer e
ca ug ht in a sever e stor m; th ey wer e not prepared to shoot small ga me for food ; and they
had no dr y ma tch es. Th ey di ed of expo sure .
A pi tiful pi le of rui ned matche s on t he
grou nd bore witn ess to th eir efforts to make
a fire. Th e y mi gh t ha ve s ur vived had th ey
known how to usc a loa d in th eir riAes to
ge t a hlaze going .
Thi s techniqu e of start in g a fire wit h a
riAe sho uld be m ast er ed by all h unt er s. To
d o t hi s, r emo ve th e bull et from one of your
full-p ower ed load s. It is quire firm ly sea te d,
a nd you ma y th ink it is impossibl e to remove th e bull et w itho ut some spec ialized
tool. It 's eas y if you kn ow how. Simply place
th e neck of th e ca r tr idg e on a fla t rock, or
on th e recei ver of yo ur riAe; th en , with the
back of your huru ing kn ife, lap ge ntly from
t he tip o f th e ca rl rid ge down to th e shoulder
of th e ca r trid ge, roll ing th e case as you tap .
Thi s w ill spr ing th e bra ss awa y from t he
bull et, a nd in a s hor t wh ile yo u ca n r emo ve
it wit h your finger s.
AIt er r emov ing th e h ull et , find a dry pla ce
beneath a tr ee or a t the foot of a cliff, a nd
dump a bo ut two-thi rd s of th e powd er out
o f th e car tr idge onto a dr y l eaf or pi ece of
pap er. No w tak e a smal1 pi ece of cloth,
one whi ch will en te r yo ur rifl e bor e easily.
A pi ece of han d ker chi ef or s hir tta il wiJI do
n icely. Colt on is bett er than wool, though
eithe r will d o. U nrave l it a nd work it into
a Hufly ma ss. Tap thi s li ghtl y into the cartr idge ca se on top of th e r emaining powd er.
Bef or e yo u tou ch th is l oad off, gath er
some dry Iuel 10 keep it go ing, onc e you
ha ve a bl aze. H yo u ca n find a wel1-rotted
st um p with a solid piece of heartwood
stic k ing up [rom its cen ter, or sol id h eartwood in a ro tt ed win d fa ll tre e, t h is ce n ter
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some dry Iuel 10 keep it go ing , on ce you
ha ve a bl aze. H yo u ca n find a well -rotted
st um p with a solid piece of heartwood
stic k ing up [r om it s cen te r, or sol id h eartwood in a rott ed win d fa ll tre e, thi s ce n ter
piece wiJI be a lmos t solid pitch. On spr uce
tr ees, yo u w ill find extr ude d pitch whe re
a ny li mb has bee n bro ken fro m th e t runk.
Any of t hese w ill ig n ite q uic kly and burn
h ot. T he dea d lower li mb s of sp ruce and
ot he r e ve rg ree ns ar c usu all y d ry. a nd th ese
ma ke e xcel le nt fuel. Ta ke th e dri est of th ese
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No w you are r ead y to fire th e car tr id ge
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loose powd er over it. Wh en it burst s into
flame, add shavings and , gradually , lar ger
fuel to brin g your fire up to size.
Once your fire is safely started, scrape
away th e snow six feet or so away from yo ur
dry spot, lake a couple of sticks and move
the fire away fr om your dry ca mpsite or
bedsite. Th at d ry space is valuable. With
j ust a little work buildin g a win d break,
with bo ughs or wha tever is han dy, that spot
can mak e yo u a sn ug " hom e away fr om
home." Th e dry forest du ff und er such tr ees
as spru ce a nd p ine mak es good ma ter ial for
your bed, m uch better and warm er tha n t he
tr aditi onal bough bed.
I kn ow peop le who say th at it is th e mark
of a tenderfo ot to carry a revolver on a
wildern ess hunt, but don't you beli eve it.
Th e arg ument is th at if you wound ga me
a nd it turn s on you, a rifle is th e tick et for
finish in g it off. T hat is well and good. But
big game an imals, even some of th e " no ndan gerou s" ones, ca n give you a ba d tim e
j ust when you do not ha ve your r ifle in
your ha nd. Too, if yo u ca n shoot one well ,
a handgun can tak e th e pl ace of auxili ar y
rifle sights and ammo for small ga me getting.
A fri end of min e, hunting the China Wall
country of southwester n Or egon , drop ped a
big five-poin t bull elk, He th ou ght it was a
clea n kill. After wait ing a reasonabl e len gth
of t ime, he moved in on hi s ga me, leaving
his rifle st.a nding against. a t.r ee. Wh en h e
at temp t.ed to tu rn the h ull' s head down hill
befo re bleed ing it. out., th e elk ca me to its
feet, the grea t ivor y-tipp ed an tlers swing ing.
Th e episode had all t he ele ments of a
tra gedy, except th at thi s h unter carried a
side ar m. He whipp ed out his .38 Special
and shot th e bull in th e ear. I t subs ide d.
It woul d be har d to convince this m an th at
'1 .l\i rlp,,'lJ}!\.j ~ u.ill\.(l c~liar y.. );> i!!:.- .~(I_'.l:!~__ !t unting
tragedy, exce pt th at this hunter carr ied a
side arm. He whipped out hi s .38 Special
a nd shot th e bull in th e ear. It subs ide d.
It wou ld be ha rd to convince this man th at
a side ar m is unn ecessar y big game h u nting
eq uipment,
T her e are, of course, ar gum ent s ag a inst
carrying a side arm on a hu nt. I t. adds
weight , a nd weight ca n be a deciding fact.or.
Th ere ar e al so arg ument.s as to whi ch sidearm , a nd how to carry it. If (you carry it
primaril y as a life-saver in case you get into
a ti ght. spot with a bull elk as my fr iend did ,
you'll want. a ha ndg un with some p unch, a nd
you will carry it wher e you ca n get it into
action qu ickl y. Man y experience d men
recommend a shoulde r holster , on th e
ground s th at th e gun is more out of th e
hunter 's way there than in a belt holster.
If you carry a handg un only as a small-game
gett er in case of need, you may choose a .22
revolver or pist ol becau se you can shoot it
more accura tely- an d you can carry it in
your r ucksack.
As for myself , if th e game territory is
heavily forested and th er e is a chance for
short ran ge sh oot. ing, I sling my big ga me
rifle on my shoulder and hunt small game
with my .38 Sp ecial Smith and Wesson. If
it is more open country, and my chance at
a sq uirre l or snowshoe r abbit is apt to be
at 30 or more yar ds, I call on my rifl e with
midra nge hand load s.
One it.em of " survival" equipme nt so far
only casually mentioned is a r ucksack. Ge t
one th at is li ght and easily ca rried. In it.,
place a handaxe, a few tea bag s or a supply
of coffee, extra a mmunition, a ligh t tarp, 50
feet of nylon cord, a ca rbide lamp, a small
conta iner of salt , an arm y mess k it and a
in g other food s. (If th e carb ide lamp ba s
the usual f1in t-and-wbeel lightin g device, it
alone can solve your fire problem. ) Add an
extra woolen swea ter, a couple of candle ends or fire-lighting briquets for still eas ier
fire-mak ing, maybe a pair of wool sox-and
such other bit s and pieces as you may th in k
essential. T his equipme nt has value t o the
not-lost hu nter as well as th e 10 tone-the
extra swea ter will feel good when yo u sit
to wat ch a game tr ail , and t he dry sox will
ave your feet if you br eak through ice a nd
wet your feet. But keep it light ! If it weighs
over ten pounds it will weigh you down a t
th e end of a long day 's bike. Less th an ten
pounds is better.
A few first-aid supplies should go into th at
r ucksack, too. A few bandaids, some sterile
ga uze, a roll of ba ndage, some asp ir in tablets, safe ty pin s of assorted sizes, a single.
edge d raz or blade or two, a couple of fish
hooks- an y one of th e e migh t be th e a nswer
to one of th e minor " trage d ies" t ha t can
spoil a h un t.
Yo u'll carry a h un ting kn ife, of cours e.
Ma ke it a good one, and hang it at th e
back of your belt, where a fa ll ca nnot drive
its point th rough the scabbar d into your leg.
And , fina lly but most im port an t of all.
even if the worst comes to worst and you
have to ad mit that you'r e lost, do n' t pani c.
You 'll be all right if you keep yo ur head,
and use it. 1£ you hav e taken the simple
pr epara tory measur es I have sugges ted bein c
lost need not cost you more th~n so~e d i s~
comfort. Tomorrow, your fr iend s (and probably a lot of other peopl e ) will be lookingan d listenin g- for you. Help th em b y obe yin g th e followi ng ru les:
W hen you decid e that you are reall y lost,
fire three shots, spac ing them at abo ut fivesecond in tervals. Th en wait and listen. One
answering shot means, "I hear you ; I'm
coming." If he doesn't reach yo u with in
fifteen or twen ty min u tes, fire one shot, to
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Wh en you decid e th at you are really lost,
fire thr ee shots, spacing th em at ab out fivesecond in ter vals. T hen wait and listen. One
answering sho t means, "I hear you; I' m
coming." If he doesn' t r each yo u with in
fifteen or twent y minutes, fire one shot, to
give him an oth er clue to yo ur position. If
he fires one shot, he's ask ing you to indi cate
your positi on. Answer with one shot.
Don't burn up your am m unit ion by repeat.
ing the thr ee-shot di stress signal when it
isn 't an swered. If th ere's no an wer to th e
first one, try again an hour later . 1ea nwhile,
get on with th e j ob of prepa r in g shelte r
a nd fire. Don't keep on firin g di tres signals
after dark ; wait u ntil morn ing.
Stay p ut . Never a ttempt to tra vel at ni ght ;
you'r e not going to find anyth ing, and you
may fall down a moun tai n.
ext morn ing ,
climb to a high point and see if you can
locat e a la ndmark. If not, smudge your fire
wit h gree n stuII to mak e a smoke signal.
nless you' re loaded with amm o, save your
distre ss signals un til you h ear search ers
signaling you.
Unless yo u ha ve located a landmark, and
unless there are essential rea sons for moving,
it' st ill better to stay where yo u ar e and
wai t for help to r each you. If you must
tra vel, move dow nhi ll if you're in hilly
coun try ; follow th e valleys. If in level
co untry, line up lan dm ark s in th e direction
you chose to travel and go to them, li ning
up other landmarks ah ead of you as you go,
so you will not walk a circle. Stop well before dark to prepar e your camp site.
If you have studied a ma p of th e bunt ing
are a and know how to use a compass, you
ca n walk out, if you have to. If you don't
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FINEST DOUGLAS ULTRA-RIFLED CHROME MOLY BARREL.
V CHECK THESE OUTSTANDING FEATURES :
1 . ~e w s t n nd nret F N xtcuse r A c ti on .
2. Fi n es t DOUGLAS tn trn- rtu c d , Chrome M oly b arrel , w i th p atented smoo t h h ard 6 Gr .
swPdged "SUTTON" t iflinK.
CALIBERS :
220 5WIFT-22 · 25 0
2 4 3 W I N .-2 44 RE M .
250 5 A V .- 25 7R - 7 M M
2 7 0-W I N ._3 00 SA Y .
2 80 RE M .-3 0 8 W I N .
. 3 0 - 0 6 &. th e . 2 5 / 0 6 .
A l so t h e 7 x 61 S h a r p e &
H a r t 5 7 .50 a d d i t i o n a l -.
3. Ea ch uni t p re c ts ton chambered to rnrrro r finish w i t h p roper n ead s pa ce .
4. Each u ni t lcst·fi rt."<1 w it h sampre fit "cd ca se in clud ed for yo u r in s pec ti on .
5 . L e rtg t h and t w is t as w a nt e d . o th erwise we will shi p r e com mended l ength and twist.
6 . Ba rre ts h ave fine g round finis h .
7 . Choice o f l igh t -we Ight 0 1' spor-t e r- 'w e i g h t , m ed i um h e avy, or h ea vy w ei g ht b arre l s.
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Beautifully gr a ined RARE TURKISH CIRCASSION WALNU T . Fo r the fir st t im e in
now offer this distinctively attractiv e , light-wei gh t , yet v e ry c lo se llrai ned walnut.
Circassian turn ed and semi -inletted stocks $ 16 .50 a n d $ 1 9 .50. SemI -F ancy g rades :
a n d $ 3 5 .0 0 . Full Fancy grades : $ 4 0. 0 0 , $ 4 5 .0 0 a n d $ 5 0. 0 0 . Circassian Walnu t
$ 10 .0 0 t o $ 3 0 .0 0
I FREE TO
many yea rs w e
Standard g ra de
$ 2 5 .0 0 , $ 3 0 .0 0
Shotgun Blanks
CUNSMITHS : Big 4-co lo r ch art show in g Fla ig 's va rie d CUN STOCKS in n atu ral co lor .
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BLANKS AND STOCKS
Rifle blan ks all grades, $4. 00 t o $20.00. Wa lnu t shot g un blan ks: $ 1.50 t o $15.00. Wa lnu t inletted stock
for most rifl es ; st a nda rd $6 .00 ; xx g rad e (butt) $8.00 ;
oth e rs $ 10.00 t o $ 12.00. Also Pen na . bu rls a nd ra re
bu rls av ai la b le NOW : xxx g rad e $ 17.50-$20.00. xxxx
$25.00 ; sup er Burls up to $35.00.
SPRINCFIELD MILLED TRICCER CUARDS
Ver y Special-Expres s ly m ad e f o r Fla ig ' s
by F.N . a n d fea t u ri ng F.N .' s s m ooth - w or k in g
h in ged fl o or p late . W ill fit a n y M 19 0 3
Sp rin g f ield . Dresse d ta ng, blued. These will
enh an ce a n y f ine s p o rte r. ORDER NOW.
Delivery in 30 d a ys . $1 6. 0 0
t~rcgken e~~~r-5~z~o.o U&~n ~r.;':edH O~ ~ R~i .::ISTc?r~p G~~::. w~~
C U R LY MAPLE R IFLE BLANKS : $ 7.0 0 t o $ 3 0 . 00 .
T u r n ed &. i n le tted f or m o s t ri fl es, $8 . 0 0 to $ 3 5 . 0 0 .
E n gr« v ed Sc r e w , $ 1 .00 .
ALL STOCKS & BLANKS SENT SUBJECT TO OUR CUSTOMER'S APPROVAL.
BARRELS
ENFIELD
BOEHLER BARRELS, proof st eel , se mi-o c tagon , ribb ed ,
matted e nt ire leng t h. Ma de by FRANZ SODIA of Fer lach Aust ria , in .22, .25, .270, 70101 , and .30 cal ibe r.
Also' now a vai labl e in .243 and .244 cal. Highl y
a ccu ra t e in th e wh it e, S45.00".( Fitted to you r ac tion ,
wit h shea red bead , compl et e pnce $60. 00.)
2- GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $5 .00 , Ca se of 10 $4 0. 00
NEW SPRtNGFIELD 4-gr oove BARRELS
$1 1.00
Madel 19 17 - .3 0 - 0 6 Ca l.
Enfield Ne w 5 Cr. Barrels . .. . . • • • • • • • • '11 5 .0 0
Enf ield Exc ellent 5 Cr . Ba rrels . . . . • • • • . . 12.00
ENFIELD BOLTS , Complete , New . . . . . . . . 6 .5 0
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ma t t ed e nt ire le ngth. Mad e by FRANZ SODIA of Fer la ch Austri a , in .22, .25, .270, 70101, an d .30 ca libe r.
Also' now a va ilable in .24 3 and .244 ca l. High ly
a cc ura te-in th e white, $4 5.00 . .( Fitte d t o your ac t ion,
wit h shea red bea d , co mplete price $60 .00 .)
2-GR. SP Rt NGFIELD BARRELS $5.00, Ca se of 10 $4 0.00
NEW SPRINGFIELD 4-g roove BARRELS
$1 1.00
New I Krag 2-Groov e 30- 40 BARRELS 23 " or less in
lengih . Fully c hamber ed t hrea ded. Only $ 15.00.
4-GR. ORDNANCE BARRELS 23 " long , fu lly chamber ed , t h rea ded , blu ed , $2 0.00.
New ! MAUSER ' 98- 30- 06 2-GR. BARRELS 23" or less
in le ng t h. Fully cham ber ed & t hrea ded. On ly $15.00_
Not e : An y of t he above Barr els.exp e rtl y fitted to your
Acti on-h eads pa ced and t est-frr ed - S2.50 ad dIt Iona l.
AC E
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5 2 .50
For most
r i fl e s . sho t Kuns an d
handR'un s.
NEW PRIMED CASES
2 1 9 Z i p p c r . . . . . $6 .00
3 2 W i n . S p ec i a l .. 6 . 0 0
3 5 R e m i n g t on . . . 7 . 5 0
9 .0 0
, 2 5 7 Ro b e rts
9 .0 0
1 2 .00
,3 7 5 H & H
8 M M M a u se r . .
p er
p er
pe r
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N EW S p r in gfi e ld N i c k e l S t e e l Bo lt $ 3 .5 0 , same bolt
a l te re d f o r l ow sc o pe with p ear s h ap ed h an dl e l ike 7 0
Wi n c h e s t e r , on ly . . • . •• •• • • . • •• •• , •• • • •• • • $ 8 . 5 0
10 0
100
100
100
1 00
100
ONCE FIRED CASES
. 3 0 · 0 6 Co m m e r c i a l . . $ 6 .00-100
. 3 0 8 W i n c h e s t e r .. , . $ 6 .0 0-1 0 0
. 3 0 0 Sa v a g e , • • •. , . 5 3.0 0 - 1 0 0
A~~~i~]r'"
Model 19 17- .3 0-0 6 Cal.
Enf ield New 5 Cr. Barrels .. .. . ••• •• •• • _1 1 5 .0 0
Enf ield Exc ellent 5 C r. Barrels . ... • • • •• _ 12 .0 0
ENFI ELD BOLTS , Complete , New . •• •. •• . 6 .5 0
NEW S p r i n g fi e ld N i c k e l Stee l B o l t $3 . 5 0 . same bolt
a l tered f o r l ow s c ope w i t h p ear shap e d h and l e l i k e 70
WInc h e st e r , only .. •. ••••• • .• •• •••. .•••••• $ 8 . 5 0
AMMUN ITION
3 0 ·0 H
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non -cos-ros tvc
3 0 -0 6 1 04 4 · 4 5
nmmunttron 19 5 2 - 5 4 ,
. . . . . • . • • • . . . . • • • . . .$
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$
-15 Co lt A uto . non -corrostve . . , ••• ••••. $
7 . 5 0 per 1 0 0
5 . 5 0 pe r 1 0 0
5 . 50 pe r 100
32
2. 10 pe r 100
015 Co lt. Auto w ym ercur !c p r i m ers • • .. . $ 4 .00 p e r 100
22 S ho r t Blanks •• • •• •••• • .• ••. • •• $ 5 .00 p er 1 0 00
Sh or-r n tm n r e
.. . • . . . • . . . . . .. . . . . $
38 Co l t S hor t . . • • • • • •. . • . • •• • • • • • • . S 3 . 7 5 pe r 100
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10 Gr. S . P ••• • •• • • . . $ 1 4 . 0 0 pe r 100
3 0 M wr n cn c stc r J
.30 nc mtumon S P
$ 7.50
.4 0 1 w tncncst e r S P .. . .. •.•.• .. . . . . . S 9 .00
. 3 8 Specia l. 13 0 ·g-r.• Me
S 6 .50
.3 0 · ' 0 6 Commerc ta t Paper Bl a n ks
$ 1 2 .0 0
. :30 -4 0 Kms;r Com . Paper Bl a n k s
$ 1 2 ,0 0
. 3 2 n cnu
per
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$ 9 . 00 p e r
100/0 o ff o n l o ts of 5 0 0 o r m o r e
100
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NEW ! ACE PRETURNED BARREL BLANKS
ACE " bulto n r ifl ed " n re t u r ned berrct b l a nks in li ~ht.
wc teht., s po rt c r wei ~ht, Med . H eavy wei ght a nd f ull h e 3\ ' y
w (>i~h t in c nt tbers a s foll o w s:
Ca l. 224 . GMM . 2 5 . 27 0 , 7MM and 3 0 .. • • . . . . $ 1 7 .0 0
I n th e new Timken Stee l . . • • . . • .. . . .• . •• .• . $ 2 2 . 00
(D'e a l er in q ui ri e s tnvned .)
Exclusifl e!
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Ma de by a na t iona lly kn own barrel -maker of high est re pute, we now offe r th e patented " b ut t on rifl ed "
smoot h, ha rd, swedged, six groove chrome mol y ~a rre l .of ab so lut ely top quality, comple~el y th~ea d ~d
precision cha mbered and cro wned a t a money-savin g price. You can now ha ve your fav e rit e ca liber In
your choice of weight a t a moderate price.
• Immed iately ava ilable for t he FN Mauser, Spr ing f ield , Enf ie ld an d 722 Re m ington Ac t ion .
• Ch oic e of LIGHTWE IGHT 22 " , SPORTER W EIGHT 24" and MEDIUM- HEAVY WEIGHT 26" .
• Cho ice of Cal iber s : 220 Swift , 22 -250, 243 Win ., 244 Rem. , 250 Sov., 257 -R, 270 Wi n., 7 0101, 300
SAV., 308 WIN ., .30- 06, .25-06 and t he new 280 REM. 22 2 a lso av a ila ble for t he 722 Rem . onl y.
ACE BARRELS-F .O .B. MILLVALE, PA .
Ac e " But t on- Rifle d" Borre ls, Ea ch .. .. . $24 .50
Jf y our a c uon is s en t to u s, w e c h arco $ ~ .OO
to fit. ti ca d soaco and t e st- fire. tn c tucnne han dllrijr ,
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GUNS Technical Staff
T est R eport: Kimb all A uto Pistol
Cali ber .30 Car bine
We have received man y req ue ts for informat ion on th e Kim ball automa tic pistol now
bein g ad vertised in mili tar y journal s and sold
to .5. service men who have .30 Carbine
cartridg es.
Th e K imball pistol j an unlocked-breech
fri ct ion-delayed 7-shot automatic. It weighs
2 pou nd s unload ed, and comes in the 5"
barr el " Target" ver sion with Micro rear sight
and th e 3" ba rr el fixed-sight " Combat."
La st Ap ril, 1957, a sample Kim ball pistol
wa s r eceived fro m th e ma ker. It wa
o. 17,
a handmade spec imen. W e gave a brief mention to th e gun in th e Jul y, 1957, issue of
" Guns 1ercha nd iser" ( now "S hoot ing Goods
Ret ail er" ) , th e marketing ma gazin e of th e
firea rms tr ad e. We said that the gun was a
magni ficen tly finished specimen, comforta ble
to shoot with out excessive kick. We did not
check for accura cy, beca use we wer e unwillin g to hold the gun in fr ont of our face. Th e
sli de, when springs are lock ed out of acti on,
strips off th e bac k wh en a locking block is
turned down inside the frame. We considered
this a potent iall y unsaf e design to h a ndl e
the Car bine cart r idge . Th e fri ction delay
involved the expansion of the case into an
ORDER WITHOUT RISK - COM PARE !
Y ou'll ag ree ours is far be tter qua lity and value.
or retur n for full refun d. incl ud ing shipping cos ts .
PROVEN! BAUER D own prod uc ts a rc th e
choice of major expeditions and spo rts men. T hey
are the Original and Genu ine -made excl usively
in ou r ow n fac tory under U . S. Pat ents and so ld
direct. only ... never through dealers.
enlarged, grooved cha mber, and th e barrel
was set in th e fram e to permit it to r ecoil
about "~o.,
/ 1 6 "t Th e motio/b of sl i ri e - hMTPbl-r. ~se(
efflarge"
g 06vea cnam er, ana fn e arre
was set in th e fr am e to permit it t o recoil
about 3/ 16". Th e motion of sl ide -ba rrel-case
is sup posed to delay opening un til th e pressure of th e powerful Carb ine cartridge
(a bo ut 38,000 to 40,000 pound s per qu ar e
inch ) h as dropped to safe operat ing pr essures.
We thought the recoil lugs on th e locking
block would fa il. In th e first session, a fter
19 shots, slight peen in g wa s not ed on left
lug, wh ich was hit by ejector tube in r ecoil
and took most of th e recoil ene rgy . T he clip
latch, a circula r b utton on left of fra me,
was awkward t o use. Magazine floorplate
eemed too small, d id not extend mu ch beyond grip fr am e. Oth er minor defect (arran gement of safety, tr igger n ot grooved,
slide -gras p ing grooves too fa r forwa rd , badly
Detacho-Mount
WITH APERTURE SIGHT
BROWNING
9mm HI-POWER AUTOMATIC
• Instantly detachable
• Positive fe-zeroing
• A uxiliary aperture sight
Pr o vi desqu ic k change
from scope to self - contained ape rt u re si ght (or
factory open si ght) . Scope
returns to ori ginal "zero "
when replaced. 1" & 26 mrn,
scope rings available.
$11.75
including
Fined Case
Fin e accurac y
14 ca rtridge ca pacity
O nly 2 pounds
7%" long-bar rel 42,)"
Precision m ad e , ru gged , dep end a bl e,
co m pact . 5 safety featu res. A blow on
th e h ammer ca n no t d isch ar ge thi s gu n.
SEE YOUR BRO WNING DE ALER
or Wr ite for Cata log
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Crowning Arms Co., Dept. 5T, St . Louis 3 , Mo.
Locking lug failed (oiled case test)
on production gun # 137. Cases tore,
show chamber marks , ejector gouge.
shape d ) wer e noted . A hundred m ore shots
were put thr ough th e gun. P eeni ng of l ug
d eep ened, Third session : gun faile d wi th in
thrce shots. Total shots fired , 122.
In third session , Gun # 17, clean, dr y
chamber , dry cartridg es, onc round was fed
from cli p a nd fired. Ncxt shot did not feed.
Recoil had dcep cned b ullet nose dim plcs in
Iro nt of magazine, j ammin g ma gazi nc i n well
and rounds in magazine. Gun was cleared,
cartridges rcsta ck ed for feed ing al ter b ein g
wip ed light ly with an oily ra g. Th e sli de
closed with difficul ty, T here wa s a doubl e
bl am -blam and th e rou nd ( fourt h in lin e )
ja mmed slide open, fail in g to en ter ch amber.
Slide moved very stiffly, would not rc cipro catc under spring ten sion. Load ed ro und
was removed ; cha mbe r wa s clogged with
headless casc o A soft hammer wa s u sed to
for ce slide sh ut and open for takedown, Th e
tor n ca e was removed from th e chamber.
Slide on examination proved to ha ve stuck
because th e verti cal pin, again st whi ch ejec-
tor hi ts and whi ch
rec oil, h ad cra cked its fitt ing in slide. A
small ch ip was broken out. Slide had burred
fra me. Left lockin g bl ock ear wa s consider a bly peen ed , and eje ctor tube wa s mu ch
spread at rear fr om contac t with lockin g
block ear. No more firin g was a ttempted.
July 9, 1958, Mr . Kimball delivered a n ew
gun j ust comple ted, machine-mad e No. 137.
I t was fired that evening . Mr. K imb all stated
th at various obj ection s had been overc ome
by improved cha mber design, improved
met als, improved heat-tr eatm ent. F ifty rou nd s
had been fire d in thi s gun by Mr. Kimball
to ma ke sure it was all ri ght.
Wc fired 120 shots, checking every seven
to see condition of locking lu g ears and
ejec tor sto p pin. Blu e bri gh ten ed, but deep
peeni ng did not occur. This lu g, unlike lu g
in o. 17, was file har d. T hen 21 shots were
fired of old er ammunition, 1942-45 date.
Two fa il ures to feed occurr ed, one du e to
(Continu ed on page 52)
22. L.R. caliber
chromed fully extra engraved
$ 42.80
richly grlt-verv fine high
en g ra ved moth er of
pearl handles $ 136.50
DIRECT TO YOU BY MAIL
FULLY INSULATED
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N ew concept in du rabilit y a nd co mfort. The K -77
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it . F in est premium quality tri pl e tann ed full grain
r u sset lea th er f ro m the h eart of the h id e. F ulJ
glo ve-soft leath er li nin g m old ed ove r V inyl ai r
f oam pad that insul ates and cush ions your entire
foot - yet "breat hes" to d issi pa te persp irat io n a nd
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fr om top to toe fo r firm support . Impo rted Swi ss
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Sp ecial se lf-sealing stitchi ng m ak es th e K-77 m ore
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WRITE TODAY !
Norm Thompson ()~
" Dept.
G) 1311 H. W. 21st·
Portland 9, Oregon
32 caliber
blue $ 43.00
fully chromed $ 48.50 ~
blue partial en. $ 48.70 \
chromed full y .extra
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$ 56.15
engraved
richly gilt m other of
pearl handles very fine
high engr aved $ 145.00
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12 Gauge . . . 26", 28", 30", or 32" Barrel
Improved cylinder. modified. or full choke
Only a t errific spe cia l pur ch as e of fine co ndition U. S. Gov't sur p lus Model 12's makes
th is offe r po ssib!e ! Riot length b arrels ha ve b ee n repla ced with top qu ality , ind ivi d ua lly filled
brand ne w f ull spo rting le ng t h barrels. Walnut stock and fore nd blued barrel a nd a ct io n (no t Parkerized) . Tak e-down . Six shot, pump ac tion, 3 sh ell plug included fr e~ .
These fine W inchester Model 12 pump guns have had lill ie or no use . All Mod el 12's ha ve 25 adjustme nts to t ake up for we ar , and ar e gu aranteed ne ver t o sho of lo ose!
St ate cho ice of barrel length and chok e : 26" Improved Cy lind e r, 28" Mod ified , 30" or 32" Full Choke.
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N o . 5 e e v e .c ccc s pe c i f i c a ll y for r o u g h u s a g e a nd b itter fi g h tin g in
ju n gl e s o f B u r m a , B o r;n e o a n d M a l a y a .
Yo u
hav e . see n s pe c i me n s of thi s g u n oft ered f or
as hi g h a s $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 . S tre a mli n e d jun gl e fl ash
hid.e r, lig ht and c o m pa c t s p o r te r t y p e sto ck .
BU i lt-in r u b b e r r e coi l p ad . F a m o u s prec is ion
ca librate d Enfi e l d s ili} h t s.
Th i s ve r y spec ial
g u n i s t h e only mi l itary w eapo n e ve r made
with t h e lin e s . ac tio n a n d f a st h an dl i n ~ euau ti e s o f a mod er n h i g h p owere d s po r t lOg carbin e.
1 0 - sh ot bol t a c t i o n r e p e a t er . . • at
f ar l e s s t h an the p r i ce of eve n a n A m e r i c a n
VIK~~2~ ~-I~Y!:~ME"
THERMAL UNDERWEAR
r---------,
W e ar thi s a-ec. s u i t as
und erw e ar u n de r o r d i n a r y s h i r t a nd t rou s ers an d
y o u ' ll b e w a rm a s t o a st t o 30 ° b el ow ! . . . An d
you 'l l sa ve th e price o f a n ext ra j a ck et b y w earin g
~h e s ma r t , s p o r ty b u t r e a lly p r a ct ic al
h e- m a n -s
Jacket a s a n ou t e r g a r m e n t ! Th e N ylon K n i t ba nd
a l! a rou ne w ai st sea l s ou t co l d and g i ves yo u th at
s h m. h .lo , b r o ad s h o u l der a ppeara nce .
W ith th e
f ull z ipper from n eck! in e t o w ai st th ere is no
bu .l.ky m ateria l o v erl ap.
Z ip j ac k et on o r o ff i n
a jlffv .
ACTION DESIGNED FOR MEN WHO HUNT. ICE
FISH . WORK OR PLAY OUTDOOOS! Cut f o r ea s y
2 FOR THE PRICE OF I!
i~~n SthO~~~;~ s .wu.~o ~~na oa~~rb\ ht;:;, l~e~~e:to~ilf~e be~:~ s~v~ f:~ :x~:~:
~i:~~1 :~:~Ew~~~ y~ ~~I.a ,n ~ : . ~.e ~~ ~~~ . ~~~~ i~ i~~ :
• . •• • •
$24.95
ALSO AVAILABLE! . 30 3 E n f i e l d R i f l e N o . I -M a r k 111 _ ••• • $ 14.95
AL SO AVAILABLE ! .303 E n f i e l d R i f l e N o . 4- M ar k I •.•.• .. $ 15. 9 5
Fo r sp ecial ser ecetc a by Milton Kl e i n , add $5 .00 p er rifle .
•303 Target A 'mmo. $7. 50 per 100; S o f t n o se ammo . $2 .95 f or 2 0.
DOUBLE BARREL
Sa v e! Pre S e a s on s a l e ! $ 5 0 . 0 0 O ff now
a t KLE IN 'S . Can 't m enti o n fa m o u s S pan ~
i sh m f r ' s n am e du e to d e ep c u t pr ic e! H i gh e s t q u a ! i t y s t ee l. f in e s t stoc k.
~1/2 " cha mbe ,:, 3 2 " fu ll &
full , d o u b le t ri qg ers ,. h and e n9 r a v e d a c t io n. B e a v er-tall . Pa d •. 10 1/2
tbs .
Li mit e d Qu a n ti t y .
( W ri te f or famou s make r 's n a m e If you
~rt:~~ ~s ~~~~ie:R ~cl:: ..~~ . ~~I.U ~ :
$119.95
KRAG·JORGENSEN RIFLES
6 .5 X 55
Cal.
T h i s i s th e fam ed 1 910 mod i f icati o n of t h e 1 8 9 4
M o d e l K r a q · J o r g en s en N o rw eg i a n S erv i c e R ifle . F a r
supe ri or to th e A m e r i c a n K r a g ·J org en s e n .
Sh a r p
shoot i ng S c and i n a v i a n s h a v e prized thi s bo l t act ion r i fle for g e n ·
e ra t i o n s • • • it w a s th e f a v o rite a rm of th e N o r w e g i a n r esista nce
f orc e s wh o s e d e a d l y a im k e p t t h e in v a d ers on the run in W orld
W a r II. E xperi en c e d A m e ri c an s hoote rs tre a s ure t h i s r i f l e b e cause
of th e extrao r d inary f i n e w or km an s h ip o f th e m i ll ed a ctio n , its
s m o o t h h a n d lin g a n d compl e t e d e p e n d a b ili ty . 6 .5 c a l i b e r. 5 · sh ot
bo x m acazl rre , !" O " o v erall . 30 " ba r r e l.
8 .94 Ibs .
A dju s t abl e
;::t~s .p:~~~
c o n d i t io n.
Al so a v a i l a b le
Q u antity
i n 24 "
l imi t ed •.••• ••• • •. •
$18~~n,Y
at KLEI N'S
~~~~~a~u i ~ ~veei;~~ t~ nd'":~t';~u toz~.lI l ~·OO ~:a~:;~ ~b~: Pay $1.90 Down
•
-fast d r v in g .
WILL OUTWEAR
ORDINARY
THERMAL
SUITS
MANY
TIMES !
We
at
~L~~~ ~e~ hi~c~'1t:r6 c~~~tsw~~tt~~. tYir:'a~de fi:"e~ scob~f~teer~ ta~hde ~i~linsla~dP ~~:
Nylon
Knit
Waist-
w a s h i n g s t han s u i t s se l li n g f or m u ch . mu c h mor e .
DU PONT MATERIALS THROUGHOUT!
Clos ely wov en Nylon oute r ~ he l1
~ nd I.i n i n? ~ith a ~ull 51/ iZ oz : ~ pe r l i n ea l y a rd ) Virgin Dac ~o-:, Po lye ster Fl b ~r..
~: I:~;~~r~~f.su,.:;r~~n 'k ~f~ ecndll:~c,.~ 1 ~~~ i~~edd f~IIP::~t~asnhd'~~"al s ~ ~t:~:~:g;~
t ain s e l a s t i c i t y.
STATE SUIT SiZE : Sma ll (3 4 · 3 6 ) . M edium ( 38· 4 0) ,
Large ( 4 6 - 4 8). All b eautiful m as c u li n e brown c o l o r .
R~IJ'.J.
SCOOP!
Compare with
$39.95 Suits!
L arge ( 4 2 a4 4 ) .
Extra
w a sh in g s t han s u i ts se lli ng f or mu ch . mu c h mor e .
.
i
DU PONT MATERIALS THROUGHOUT!
Clos ely wov en Nylon oute r ~ h e l1
~nd '.i n i n? ~ith a ~ull 51/ iZ o z : ~ pe r l i n ea l y a r d) Virgin Dac ~o-:, Po lye ster Fl b ~r..
Knit
WaistBand
on
Jacket
~: 1:~;~~ r~~f.su,.:;r~~n 'k ~f~ ecndll:~c,.~ 1 ~~~ i~~edd f~IIP::~t~asnhd'~~"als ~ ~t:~: ~: g;~
t ain s e l as t i c i t y.
STATE SUIT SiZE : Sm a ll (3 4 · 3 6 ). M edium ( 3 8 · 4 0) ,
L a r g e ( 4 6 - 4 8). All b eautiful m as c u li n e brown c o l o r .
L arg e ( 4 2 a4 4 ).
Extr a
$19.95
C ar b in e M o d e l a t sa m e pr ic e .
A d d $5.00 7,e r rifl e f or speci a l. se le c t io n by Mi lt K l e i n .
6 . ."i T'a rq e t: A m m o. ts o nly $2 .95 per 2.'5
VIKING~
2·PIECE
MODEL 38 TERNI CARBINE
Late Mod el M ann lich e r C a r c ano C arbin e T erni Model
R i f l e s . C ali b er 7 .35 m m , 21 " ba rr el. 7· shot Bol t A ct i on a ep e a t ~ r: .
~ n l y 71 /4 I bs!
3 91 j., " o v e ra ll. M ad e to e x a c t i n g m i l ita r y
sp e CIficat io n s.
P e rf e ct f or t arq et or s p o r t i nq u s e-al so p erfect t o
han g in you r d e n.
F r e e L e a th e r S l i n g an d
Cl e a n in g R o d i nc l uded !
COST ITAL IA N
Good Ou t sid e . V e r y G o o d In si d e ..• • • $ 1 2 .9 5
V ery Goo d O uts i d e . E x c e ll e n t I n s i d e . . $ 1 4 .9 5
GOV'T $ 5 0. 0 0 !
E x cell e nt In s i d e a n d Ou t s i d e . . .. . •.. $ 1 6 .95
38
E xtr a s for you r 7 .35 T er ni : M il itar y A m m o . 128
G r . i n cl ips of six- 1 2 f or on ly 9 8e , 4 8 fo r
on ly $ 2 .98, $ 5 .9 5 pe r 100 ; S p or ti n g s o f t
n o se am mo . 135 Gr. p e r box of 20-$2 . 85 .
$12 95
SALE
PRICE
SAVE $6.05! 2·Pc, 5·Color CAMOUFLAGE SUIT
$ 1 5. 0 0 V alue ! Y our h un t in g s u c cess i s o u r obj ecti v e !
T h.e g a m e you s ta l k h a s be e n ea m c uttac ed by nat u r e . B y
uS i ng fa m ed " K A M O BRAND " ca m o u f la g e e q u i pme n t y o u
c a n m e et yo u r q u arry o n e q u a l t e rm s a n d greatly imp r o v e
~~Urt ~i~~~ : n~w~~;C:~ f~~e~~~ n ~i~W -:'u~t hja~~~t s~~~o ~ ~:~ ~i~~
m a d e o f h e avy co tto n t w i ll , wo n' t s h r i n k o r fa d e . Tro u s ers
h a v e a d j us t a b le w a i s t t a b s . l a r g e car g o po ck e t s. M a r in e eat -
~~r~mc:I'":'.o~~~~~~s O~n ':rg~U ~liz~~ I~~iyS;:t;LcEhlo~~;
$8.95
$1.00 AddHfotlal for Extra Large .
Matchi n g Camo u fl a g e F at i g u e C ap . State s i ze • • ••• • $1 .00
M atch ing Par k a Hood . . ..•• . . . • . • • •• • ••• • • ••• $ 1 . 49
M a t c hi ng H e ad N et . . • .• .•• • • •••• • •• •• • •• ••• . $ 1.0 0
-DE LUXEFEATHERLIGHT
INSULATED UNDERWEAR
FI~LD
PROVEN BY JOHN T. AMBER , f am ed fi r ea r ms a u t h o r ity a nd
Edito r of G un D i g e st . Am ber s ays : " F o r th e fir st t i m e i n my life
I w a s w arm a t 20 ° b el ow z e r o hu n t i ng car ibo u i n Br it i sh Colu mb i a . "
THE VIKING DELUXE INSULATED UNDERWEAR SUIT li v e s u p to
:~~rYi Sonaem~~i ~~I: I ~;rS,;ir~ u,~i g~~:~ :~i: ~::r~~rh~d~~ n~~; rsanI1~~~~
Compare with
$29.95 Suits!
$14!'!IY
t o e n c o u n ter . "
YOU CAN DEPEND ON THE VIKING DELUXE BECAUSE both the
i n n e r. l in.in g a n d o uter s he ll . a r e 70 D eni er DuPont N ylon : the i n s u l a t i o n. IS ~ full S-oz . ( pe r li n e al yard) DuPont V i r g in D a cr on Pol y es t e r Fiberfill ; co ll a r a n d cuffs a r e D uPont Nylon k n i t ; a nd b o t h
at KLEIN'S
J a c:k et a n d Trou s er s a re full c u t for a cti o n .
W a s h e s e a s i l y - d r ie s
qUickly . Non · all e r gic , mild ewapro of.
HEAVY OUTER GAR'MENTS NOT NECESSARY WITH THE VIKING
DELUXE . W ear n ex t to s k in with onl y li g ht outer gar m e n t s . T h e
e l as t i c tro u ser w ai st b and a n d knit co llar a n d c uffs sea l o ut c old.
Dou bl (' a n cho red s naps o n the j ac k et a n d t rou ser s .
DO NOT CONFUSE th i s su i t with c h e ap imitation s which u suall y h a v e
l o o s el y wov e n Nylo n or oth er type s he ll and Da cron cl ip p in g s or o th er ch eape r ins ulating
m ateri al s . a s w ell a s cotto n k ni t cuffs.
D oll ar for Doll ar , th e Viking D eL u x e is t ops!
STA1E SIZE : Sm all (34 a36 ), M e d i u m ( 3 8 · 4 0) , L arg e ( 4 2a 4 4 ) . E xtra L arg e ( 4 6 - 4 8 ) .
At.
t r ac ti v e tan col o r .
Pay $1.50 Down
$7.07 OFF! 2 PC. THERMAL
UNDERWEAR
Co;w~ ee
$ 1 9 .9 5
S uits!
1288
2 ~Pc .
Und e rw e ar S u it p ro t ects to 10 ° b el ow ! W arm ,
c o m fo rt ab l e- w e ar it n ext to
the s k i n und e r on ly a li ght~
w ei ght co tton s h i r t a n d t-ouse r a . Oute r s he ll i s t an Du
Pon t NYLON.
Fully i n t e rquilted i n s u la ti o n i s 1000/0
v i rg i n DACRON POLYESTER
FIBERFILL li ghtwei ght,
n en- a b serbene, non .m attin g .
Kn it cola
l a r and cuffs .
W e i gh s o nly a f e w
ounc e s . W a sh e s e as i Iy , dri es o v e r n i g h t.
S iz e s: Sm all ( 3 4 ~ 3 6 ), M edium ( 3 8 · 4 0 ) ,
L a r g e ( 4 2 · 4 4) , E xtra l arg e (4 6 - 4 8 ).
53.9~
V al u e
Fine st
Th er m al
Booti es .
DOUBLE BARREL PERCUSSION PISTOLS
39!~
$75.00 per pair
A prize for a n y coll ector or s h o o te r .
Ca l.
.450
Smo oth B o r e. Ca s e h ard en ed r ec ei v ers. D ou bl e tr i ~ ­
ger . O v era l l l e ng t h 143/ 4 " , b arrel 83/ 8 " . St o c k 10 •
W e i ght 1 l b . , 14 o z . C ond it ion-e xcell ent, a s n ew. P ay $4 .00 D own .
VERY FLARE PISTOLS
$4
95
A MUST for every safety minded
sportsman.
Perfect e merge n c y
SOS pistol for hunters, fishermen.
Si gnal visible for miles.
Fires standard flare ammo. Flares avail ..
abl e In many colors.
Very Flare Pistol . • • • • •• • • • • • • • $4.95
P:o .. :o,. h ...... . 1:0......... R~n ("":o .. .. :ontptf"ln <"> r _ min.l S3.9!1
NOBODY UNDERSELLS KLEIN'S!
•
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD!
•
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!
RI·PO~ER
COLT
Pay Only $9.50 Down, Balance
$3.95 Per Week fo r 24 Week$",
SPECIAL PURCHASE!
$9495
.30/06 or .243 CALIBER
Brand New! ••• First Quality •• • Latest "57" Model!
B elow w ho l e sal e p r i c e of this s uperb , pre sti g e CO LT Mod el
On ly
chang e by Co lt .
KI: !n's
LYMAN SCOPE FOR YOUR CO LT
NOW we can tell ••• it's the
@T
" 5 7" rifl e is only po ssi bl e b ecause of a m i nor model
It's t h e first Co lt R if le in S O yea r s !
H A N D- F I TT E D S T Oep( of ge n u i n e A MERICAN WA L NUT.
M ON T E C A RLO COMB , HAND·CHEC K ERED PI STOL
GRIP A ND F O R E A R M ; s l i n g s w ive l s, a n d supe rb ly fini sh ed c h eekpi e c e for t h e u l t i mate in mod ern s t oc k d esi gn . 22 " CHRO ME-MOLYBDENUM S T E E L BARREL WITH
12·GROO VED R ATCHET RIFLIN G : F .N . MAUSER S-SHOT BOLT ACTION; S A K O AD J USTABLE T R I G G E R MECHANISM fo r cri sp , cl ean p u l ls ; L ym an m i c r o m e t e r r e c e i v e r
L y m a n A II ·A m e r i c a n $49 . 5 0 Val u e 1958 M od el
s i g h t; r ec ei v er dr ill e d for scope mo u nt in s tall a ti o n ; a n nu l a r f ro nt s ig h t with s errated,
4 Po w e r Sc ope, p l u s L yma n T r u -Lo c k $9 .7 5
r ibbed r am p w ith r emo vab le blad e . 42 " o v erall. 7 1h I b s .
TWO GREAT C AL I B E RS IN E ITHER M O D E L-. 3 0 / 06 OR . 2 4 3
STANDARD MO D E L - a s i ll ust r a te d, exce p t witho ut c h ec k e r i n g, s w i ve l s or chee k p I ec e ,
Pay $4.50 D ow n , Balance $ 1 .85 pe r week fo r
$ 1 29 .9 5 e ve r y w here. s tat e c ho ic e o f caliber. P ay On ly $9.5 0 D ow n , Ba lance $3 .95
only 24 w ee k s .
L y m a n AIl · American $ 59 .50 V al u e 1958 M od el
PR iCE •• • • • • • , . .. . . . , •• •• , . , . " .
6 Po w e r Scope , p l u s L y m a n Tru· L ock $9 . 75
DELU XE MO DE L-exactly a s illu strated with chec k ering, slin g SW i vels , a n d M onte
•.
Carlo s t o c k with ch eekpi ec e .
$ 149.9 5 eve ry wh ere .
State c h o i c e of calibe r .
Pa 'l}
P O.lI $5 .50 Down , Balance $2 .27 pe r week f o r
only 24 w eek s .
..
-:
"57"
~~Ww~~L!;rA~4 K~eEelk':;S_FU LL
$94.95
~~~ ~l~L~OA~o~~E~~,l~~:ut~ 5p8R r~; .~~e.k. ~~.
:o~~~~!..... ...
Reg. $29.50 Doz. DURADUCK DECOYS! BELOW WHOLESALE!
Now! The Decoy You Have Always Wanted
at a PriceYou Can Affordto Pay! ,..------,
National ly
DURADUCK DECOYS
a dvertised a t
$ 2 9 . 5 0 do z.
$8~~~
A UT H EN T IC ,
LI FEL IKE.
P er..
man ently pain t ed
d ecoys ar e in
beaut i f u l natural
wild life c o l o r s.
Choi c e o f s pe c ies .
NE W C A RRYI NG
EASE . W eigh litc ol lapse to a
h andful . Y ou can
carry a d o z en i n
y our pocke ts eae_ly . F eath erlig ht.
THEY 'R E
UNBR E AK AB LE
Du r a du c k s are
made of t h e fin e st
Latex ru bb e r . The y
can't chi p, crus h.
bre ak, co m e apart.
tie .
None Better-Natura l Latex
Rubber!
DURADUCK-fhe na t ur a l, life·
like decoy that ha s E·V·E·R·Y·
T·H·I·N·GI Mo lded fro m hea vy
gauge pur e nat ural ru bber latex in
12 for $15 .9 5
a pat e nte d pr ot ect ed d esig n with
24 f or $29.95
the ad va ntag es of all ot he r decoys
combined . . • and non e o f th e di sad van t ages. Each
de coy we ighs under 6 ors . No inflatio n required . Wo n't
sink o r waterlog if accidentally shot up beca use there 's
no a ir pressure to leak out , water ca n't leak in. Will
not skitte r, bob, roll or wet side s. 4 studs fo r a nchoring
o r rou g h water d e p loying . Sel f.righting when t hrown . 4
dra kes a nd 2 hen s to ca rto n. St ate choice of Mallards,
Black Ducks, Pintail s or Blue Bills.
Certified $29.50 (dor .) Va lue!
ONLY AT KLEIN'S AT THIS PRICE, V2 dozen ....
•
$8 88
B UY MO RE ! SAVE MO R E !
Natural Latex R,Ubb~~.::;~n~:\!~!bl~::~~~!;~I:r••~e~!~k~rl{I~~~:.
"..,
. .
t ~F~':.~~:"C ' P er.. ~:S~. We~:~I~~
m a nen tl y
pain t ed
::a~ti~~l a:a~u :al
wi l d life c o l o rs.
Choi c e o f s pe c ies .
ti e.
c ollapse to
_
~ ....
_
ora xes e ne
" e ns to ca rton. :)1ate~of Mallards,
~~:~'::KABLE
Black Ducks, Pintail s or Blue BiIIl.
Du r ad u c k s a re
Certified $29.50 (doz.) Value !
~~~~~bt:eer.f¥,'::: ONLY AT KLEIN'S AT THIS PRICE, '12 dozen. .. .
•
$88a
a
~:~r~fU~. d~~~nc~~
your pocke ts eaeIl y . F eath e rlig ht.
can 't c hip , crus h.
bre ak , co me apart.
1.
B UY MO RE ! SAVE M ORE!
d ozen tOT $ 15.95! 2 dozen faT $29.951
Reg. $18.00 Doz. TRU-DUCK DECOYS!
~~lu;~ithC~:t~:: :r6:t:;d~~I~e~lt
$54.95
$109.95
lr-=-:':"::':':~=========~l
SPECIAL PURCHASEI
FAMOUS
SMITH & WESSON
.38 SPECIAL
REVOLVERS
$39 95
ON L Y A T
Limited S upply!
K L E IN'S
Pa y $4 . 0 0 Down , $1 .66 p e r w e e k for 24 weeks
KLEIN 'S w e r e s u cce ss f u l purchas e rs o ~ a f e,w. h und r e d
w o n d e r f ul S mith & W e s s o n . 3 8 Sp ec ial M I li tary an d
Poli c e R e v ol v e r s . 4 " b arrels , sand b last -:-ar k e r ized f i n i s h , 5?1~ i n
M il i t a r y W a ln ut G r ips . T h e s e guns are In w on d er f ul c o n d I tIon
!;:~~: I:;t~ ~~t~CI:ttt:~ ';~~~S~ou;R ,~~~r. • s.o~~:-,t~~~
$39.95
Add $ 5 .00 t or Special Selection by Milton Klei n ; Add $3.00 f 01Ch ec ke Ted Maglla Style Grips. .38 Sp . Ammo. 6 ¢ Ea ch •.
r
Mo ~ded
I
SPECIAL PURCHASE ' .4 5 S & W REVOLVERS
SHOOTS 45
AUTO AMMO. !
':""";'-;;;;Eiliiiii
•
::~ ~~~~Of~0;;-:ele~S~ $ 2 4 9 S
PERFECT F O R TARGET
PRACTICE .
PO LICE ,
PROT ECTION . e t c. G e nu in e S mi th & W e s so n
::t i oAnutSe~~liicbee r R~~uO~~~
ONLY AT
KLEIN'S
sa m e car t rid g e used by
th e famo us Co l t 4S A u to m at i c . S ix half moon clip s includ ed fr e ~ ,
with each g u n .
S p e c i f i c a t io n s : 6 shot, 4 5 Auto cali b er , 5 1/ 2".
PRICE CUT!
-
$44.95
F.rr~meT ~~ n p~~~~~ ~~~
1. dozen t OT $ 15.95 ! 2 dozen JOT $ 29 .951
Reg. $18.00 Doz. TRU-DUCK DECOYS!
~~Iuyn:ithC~:~~:: 0~5:t:;da~~I ~:·lt . .
;:~/: I'oz~oms~'~~~~ utbl~:I i ~~~~hforl ~~;; ::'''ae(N:,I~ , I ~~?~~d i nv;e i:~~
.
~~f~~;;,('~,'.".b'r~~:;.t'r':~7nd" 4·
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PERFECT F O R TARGET'"
7
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PRACTICE .
POLICE ,
PROT ECTION . e t c. G enu tn e Smit h & W e s so n
4 5 Au t o ca li b e r doubl e
a cti o n Serv ice Re v olv-
F.rr~meT ~~ nP~~~~~ ~~~
'
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ONLY AT
.
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KLEIN'S
' "
same cartridg e used by
th e famo us Col t 4S A u t o m a ti c . Six h alf moon clip s includ ed fr e ~ ,
with each gu n.
S p e c i f i c a t io n s : 6 shot, 4 5 Au to cali b er , 5 1/ 2"'.
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A lso s hoots the 4 5 Au to ~ R jm cartridge without cl i p s . ,
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E x am p l e : If y ou want to buy t h e w o nd erfu l R U G ER B l ac k hawk . 4 4 Magnu m, fu ll pr ic e i s $96 .00 . You se nd only $9 .60
$49.50
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3 " D o ubl e B arrel, O v e r &
U nd e r . S h oots 22 s hort, lon g , l on g rifl e etg s .
DeLu x e chrom e finish.
Pa y o nl y $ 2.20 do w n .
SA L E PRICE AT K L E IN' S •.. ••••••••• ••.••
$34.95
S am e as ab ove , 4 " or 5 " B a r r el . . . • •• • • • , .. , . $ 2 4. 9 5
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SPECIAL P U RCHASE makes
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O u t s id e g oo d t o
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Po c k e t sized sin g le acti on r e vo l v er . Overall
l e n g t h i s 8 3/4 " , w e i ght 1 7 ounces, shoo t s a l l
.22 Rim F i ..e ammu nit ion, 6 s h o t s.
Cyl in d e r
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l a t eat guns , scopes and pr i c e s .
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u. S. Mfr..303
Powerful .38
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Id entical to U. S. Enfield .30- '06. Th ese American
made rifles h ave the famous Mauser type bolt action
with lugs recessed for maximum support as in Springfields to withstand extreme breech pressures. 5-shot
magaz ine. 26" bbl. Length overall 46 V2" . Protected
blade fron t si ghts . Rear adjustable
95
aperture ( pe e p) to 6 ,000 yards
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Th e Famous U. S.
Wesson Military and Police revolve r .
.
Cal. P-14 Enfields
Ru g ged , sturdy , depend-
$19
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swin g-out cylind er . 4" bbl. ( V.G. to
Excel. ) At only a fraction of its or iginal cost.
95
Free new holster
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$24
AVA I LABLE AS A CONVERTED LIGHTWEIGHT
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.38 SPEC. CAL. S. &
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A famous military Carbine . lightweight and rugged:
ideal for h,!n.ters or shooters ! 21
weight
95
7 Ibs. CondItIon: very good
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AMMO box of 18 rounds in clips , 130 gr .
.
$1.49
m ilitary
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POLICE GUNS
$12
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Genuine
"
Not converted-but Orig . Cal. Perfect
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Holster worn .
Military and police models.
Shoots .38 Special
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COLT .45
A.C.P.
.4 5 A.C.P. Cal. Mod el 1917 Revolvers, Not converted
but ori gin al Colt Model 1917 made for U. S. Govt.
Shoots .4 5 Auto . Rimless with half moon
clips or .45 Auto . Rim
.
$2.95
.45 Auto. AMMO, bo x of 50 G. I.
$2995
$3995
COLORADO HOLSTERS FOR
ABOVE HAND GUNS $3.60
FREE with each Springfield Rifle NEW ARMY SLING
U. S. Springfield Model 1903 CAL. .30·'06
Saf e high numbers. All m illed parts , 4-groove
barrels. Money back guarantee with new army
st y lin g. These guns are in absolutely p<;rfect
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The most popular all-time hunting
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We g u a ra n t e e . Very go o d bores and exteriors.
The most popular all-time hunting
caliber . Cet yours now wh ile they last !
$3995
OUR AMMO SPECIALS : .30 - '06 Target,
20 rds.
.
$1.75
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$5.95
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DENVER 2. COLORADO
( Contin u ed f rom page 49 )
in volu ntar y release of cli p lat ch in r ecoil,
other ca use un kn own. On e stoppage occ urred
when safety, whi ch slides fore-and -aft , was
accide ntally pu t "on," believed to hav e happe ned fr om it s own in erti a d ur ing r ecoil.
Next, a cl ip of assort ed GI ammo was
load ed. T hi s ammo wa s old , dirty, had be en
lightl y oiled to loosen th e dirt. T he ca rtri dges h ad been wiped by h and befo re inserting into cli p. When our 142nd shot (the
192nd shot thr ough th e gun) was chamber ed
and fired, th e slide recoiled, fail ed to counterr ecoil. On examination, it was see n that
the lef t lu g ha d comple tely brok en off, been
carried to the rear and clear of th e gun in
recoil. T he r ight recoil spr ing was j ammed
in slide hole by goug e of right r ecoil lu g,
which di d not br ea k off. Rear end of eje ctor
tub e was ba tte red in spite of being diff er ently hardened. F ir in g was stoppe d.
At no time did our shoote r plac e hi s fac e
behin d th is gun. At all ti mes th e g un was
held at a n ang le, with pistol point ed a t the
soft gro und, or at the angled pla te backstop.
The fa il ur e of th ese tw o K imball p isto ls
(on e of th e first ha ndmade mod els, and lat er
the very latest pi stol assemb led spec ifically
for th is test ) sugges ts that th ere are Iunc tional wea kne sses in t he ba sic design. A
grea t deal of power is let loose in a syste m
which does not have adeq uate strength to
halt recoil witho ut pla cing too -hig h stresse s
on wea k sections, such as the ho le in th e
sli de where the ej ector tu be pin fits, or the
lu gs of the rea r locking bloc k. Sig nifica nt is
th e fa ct th at failure took plac e insid e, wher e
breaka ge could no t be examined. I F the
second recoil spring had n ot be en burred
into its slide hole, th e slide mi ght have r eturn ed to batt er y with enough force to
chamber a second shot. This second shot
migh t have blow n the sli de clea n off.
Th e K imb all pistol is an oddi ty, of in terest
to stude nts of a utoma tic wea pon s systems.
into its slide hole, th e slide mi ght have r eturned to batt er y with enough force to
cha mber a second shot. This second shot
migh t have blow n th e sli de clea n off.
T he K imb all pistol is an oddi ty, of in terest
to stude nts of a utoma tic wea pon s systems.
But it is not to be rec ommended in it s
pr esent form for shooting. Und er service
condition s, it is dangero us to th e u ser.' V. B. E.
' fr oz en' par ts o f
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OUTBOARD MOTORS, "COO
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Charlotte, N. C.
SNAPS OPEN WITH
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DON'T LIKE THE NEW
GREEN HEAD
Adiustable.Tone
,-'1'11'11".
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Ye s, we h a v e it ava ilab le for i m m ed ia t e s h ip me nt f ro m ou r m ain ware ho use
in Emm itsb ur g , Md. , a n d a t Oakla nd. Ve locity o f 3 100 w it h 1 60-gr. B T SP
bu llet . A lso un p r im e d cases. Sch u ltz & L ars en sp o rting rifl e s M 6 0 thi s cali ber
... because they can't resist the
persuasive pleading of a GREEN HEAD
Adjustable-Tone Call. One of each
call in attractive gift package $7.50.
ELMER KEITH SAYS
(Conti nue d f rom page 9 )
for which most modern ri fles come already
ta pped and dr illed ; no more holes to be
dr illed, and no more stock cuts at the weakest part of the stock. Anyone with a good
screw driv er can fit th e mount in a few
minut es.
Pachmayr furth er impr oved his design by
placing th e male lockin g ball on an ecce ntri c. You ca n loosen th e screw that locks
the male ball, revolve it on the eccentric
until the scope is perfectl y lin ed up with
the bore and the riAe bore sighted. Th en a
very small final ad j ustment of th e elevation
and winda ge dials finishes sighting in the
arm. When adj listed, a turn of the set screw
will lock it in th at setting.
Man y barr els and receivers do not line up
prop erl y, many barrels ha ve been straightened so th ey do not shoot where th ey bore
sight. Th e new Pa chma yr Low Swing mount
enahles the shooter to zero these r ifles and
sti ll keep the reti cule in the exact center of
thc field of view.
Th e new mount swings the scope up and
out of th e way of any existing open sights,
yet lat ches firmly in firing position when
turn ed back in place. Thi s not only perm its
shooting in bad weather when a scope is
useless, but it is also of real value to an y
bunter who may encounter dang erous game.
r have never kn own an experienced bi g
game hunter who wan ted a scope on the gun
for use again st dan gerou s charg ing bea sts
at close ra nge. When a scope is needed for
lon ger shot on a rifle which may also ha ve
to stop dangerous game, th e scope should
be either instantl y deta chabl e, or swing
mount ed, and the rifle shoul d have good open
sights fitted and sighted in. Looking thr ough
a scope field filled with hair or hid e of a
charging beast, and not knowing wh ich
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A gracefu l stre a mlined b ea u ty, incompa rabl y light in weigh t, t he Franchi
Au t om atic is fu rni sh ed with ch rome lin ed
barr els, chrome pla t ed breech blo ck and
ca rri er, ru stl ess anodized receiv er, allwea ther stock fini sh, go ld-plat ed t r igger,
and an a utomat ic cut-off; ea ch is an ex~1~ ~ ~':~
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I n d iv i d u al s c a n now buy dir ec t from U .S . Go v t . S u r p l u s
g ove rnment property- Depo t s
a re loc ated i n e ve r y S tate in
the cou n t r y
FOR SALE - Boots ; LST's ; LCVP' s; Aircro tts;
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Thousands of oth er ite ms too num erous to ment ion.
SEND FOR : " De po t List 6' Procedure" $ 1.00
P.O. Box 8 ( De pt. CU ) Sunnyside 4 , N. Y.
At your local Sporting Gooas
Dealer or write airect to
STANDARD GRADE
only $148. 00
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With pad.
only $148.00
STOEGER ~~::ORATION
45-18 Court Square
EDWA·RD H. BOHLIN. Original Designer of the "GUNSLINGER"
This Belt and Holster Has No Equal for Fast Drawing
Thi s i s t he t yp e o f bolster used in th e " O ld W est" but m ad e with add ed sa fe t y f ea tures an d so con s t ructe d th e g u n h a,nd l.e has a m p le c learance from th e si de of th e b el t , t hus th e t humb o n the hammer
a n d t he fi nge rs g rr pp m g' th e h and le c annot t o uc h th e b e lt, m i n i ru i zi n g a cc i de n ta l di sc harge. Th e
Boh lin "snap away" sa fe t y h am m er st r a p is s ecure ly f astened in t o h o lster a n d has a s p r i n g ad ded
w h ic h h olds g u n " dow n" , b u t wh en r e le a sed it s nap s downward h o ldi ng th e safety s t rap wh ere it does
not i nt er fere with "cl r aw i n g." The hols ter is s hap e d in a nat ura l c u r v e a ll o w in g th e c y li n de r to t ur n
fr e e ly b e for e or w h i le drawing , but if prefe rr ed a wid e non-colla psi ble steel sprin g is inserted b e t w e en
t he lining t o ho ld a. pe rm anent fr ee space around th e cy li nder. Be lt an d h ol s t e r is made of t h e fin e s t
q u a li t y sad d le le a ther a!1d workm anship. Pioneers in d esigni n g and m a k l n g holsters-OU R W ORKPRICES
MANSHIP AND QUALITY AR E UNCON D I T ION A LLY GUARANTE E D.
Single Holster &
~ O'r l CE : Wh en o r de r i n g b e s u re a n d se n d yo ur w ai st a n d h ip m e a sureme n t s ,
B It PLAIN '
t he length of t h e gun bar r el, cali b e r a n d m ak e of g u n, a nd if sp ri ng wan t e d . I n T: "
• $36 .50 ~ ~u ~rl $6:~~D~~J;.~~~;. p ostag e. In C a lifo r n ia a d d 4 % Sales T a x . 20 % d e p os it r equired
Black
3 8.00
W ith Double Holster
T an
$41 .00
Black
49.50
Single Holster 6' Belt
PARTLY CARVED :
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A graceful stream line d b ea u ty, in com p arabl y ligh t in weig ht , t he Fra n chi
Au t om at ic is furn ished with ch ro m e lined
b arrels, chro m e pla t ed breech block and
ca rrier, rustl ess anodized receiver , allweat her stock fini sh, gold -p la t ed t rigg er,
a n d an a utomatic cu t-off; ea ch is a n exclu sive feature of t he Franchi lin e. Co mpl et e in t er ch angeabili t y of parts.
W it h hollow-matted or v entil ated r ib s
a t slight ext ra cost . In t hree grades.
May al so b e had in the fabulou s 12 gauge
MAGNUM chamber ed for t he t hree -in ch
she ll.
to stop dan gerous game, the scope
be either instantl y deta chable, or swing
mounted, and th e rifle should have good open
sights fitted and sighted in. Looking through
a scope field filled with hair or hid e of a
charging beast, and not knowing which
Xew Fea.t u r e i ncl u ded in t h e p r ic e o f Bef t and H ol s t er- O u r new sta in less steel
b uckles , r ep li ca o f the bu c kles used i n t he Old W e s t :- s e p a r a t el y- B e tt Buckle
$2. 50-Ho ls te r B uc k le $0.75 .
Fre e fo ld.'r s h ow i n g \'" r io us h ' pes of fast- d ra w hols t e r s o n req uest
Single Holster 6'
" SP ECIA L" Be lt a n d Holste r s ingle t h ickness, h e a v y saddl e
Belt FULLY CARVED : ~e;:el~I;;....:'.$26~75~Yle and feat ures as s hown , b ut w ith ni c k e l
Long Island City 1, N . Y.
8.S.A. MARTINI INTERNATIONAL ,22 CALIBER TARGET RIFLE, FOR THE RIGHT HAND
OR LEFT HAND SHOOTER
$170.00
RUCER SINCLE SiX . . . .... . ... .. . . • . . . • • • . . . . • . $ 63. 2 5
S & W .38 CHIEF SPECIAL A . W • . .. •. . ... .. .. . . . $ 66. 00
HICH STANDARD SUPERMATIC TROPHy • ••• . ••. .. $ 1 10.0 0
HIC H STANDARD SPORT KINC . . , . . .••.. • • . • . .. . . $4 6 .50
lO X RtF LE COATS .. . . . . . .. . .. . . ... . . .• ... . ... $2 0.00
MARLIN 336 SERIES. .. •. . ... . . . . . .• . •..• . .. .. . . $1 9.9 5
S & W 44 MACNUM .. . •....•. ••• • • , .. •. . • • .. . $1 4 0. 00
$ 12 .00
S & W HAND CUFFS
WINCHESTER Mod el 88 C Rifle .24 3 or .3 58 Cal • . .. . $ 13 5.5 0
WINCHESTER Model 70 , asst . calibers
$ 129.9 5
WINCHESTER St and ar d 52 .22 Cal ib er rifle
$ 1 15.95
WINCHESTER Heav y Barr elled 52 .2 2 Caliber ri f le
$ 129.9 5
WINC HESTER Sport er Model 52 .22 Cal ib er
$ 176.9 5
M arlin 39 A or 39A Mounti e ri fle . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . • . . $ 74 .95
REMINCTON 513TR
$ 80 .90
Rem in gt on Model 721A .30 - 06 or .2 70
$ 95 .25
$ 95 .25
Rem in gton 72 2 .24 4 and .22 2 Caliber , Stand ard
$ 152.7 5
Remin gton Model 40-S1 St andard .2 2 t ar get rifle
Star " F" Pistol-22LR
$ 41.15
Lym an Adju st abl e Choke ..... ... .... ..• •...... .. $ 22 .75
$ 16 .50
Lym an 310 Tool complete 1 cal ib er
$ 3 5.0 0 , Rifl e Di es
$ 17 .00
Lym an EZY -Loader
M erit M aster Disc .. . . . . .. .. . .. . . • .. .. . . .. . ... . $ 6.00
C&H , PAC I FIC . RCBS re loa di ng d ies, set
$ 13 .5 0
Pointer Pi sto l Cr ips
$ 4. 00 & $ 7 .00
Lym an Bullet Cast in g 5et . . . . . . ... . . • . • .. ..... . . . $ 37 .50
M icro Pi stol Sigh ts . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . • . .. $ 11 .50 & $ 15 .00
Bal scope, Sr. Scop e
$ 1 15.00
Paci f ic Bi g " c" Too l for 1 cal ib er
$ 6 8.80
RCBS Un i fl ow Powder M easur e
$ 19 .9 5
Forst er Case T rim mer
$ 14 .2 5
Redd in g Pow der & Bu ll et Scale
$ 14 .0 0
T ri gger shoe, mention g un
$ 2.50
$7.50
Freel and Car W indow Support
with Scope Holder s ... $ 14 .9 5
FREELA N D TRIPOD in Bl ack ,
Gr ay or Forest Green . . $ 14 .9 5
FREELA N D BIPOD . ... $ 17.50
FREELAN D
SWI SS PA LM
REST with
t in ger gro oves
$ 18 .50
FREELA ND
REGULA R
WALN UT
PAL M REST
$12.50
BINOCULARS , SHOOTINC CLASSES, ALL SCOPES & MOUNTS
HORNADY - NORMA· SIERRA
PERFECAST and SPEER BULLETS
(Mention rifle when ordering)
Freeland Shoo t in g K it .. $1 5.75
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PERFECAST and SPEER BULLETS
Freelan d Shoo t in g K it . . $ 15. 7 5
Free l an d Ri fl e Clove $4.7 5, $ 5
F R EE LAND B E N CH RE ST
S T A N 0 , w i t h 3 sand bags
. .... . . . . . .... .. $2 0.00
M ETA L RIFLE TRUNK . . $22 .0 0
FREELAND .22 Cal. CARTRIDCE
Box . . . . .
. $ 1.7 5 & $2. 30
FREELA ND ORANGE LEATHER HOLSTER-RUG,
for Hammerli, and High-Standa rd guns with
10" barrels, etc
$9.50
Complete Supplier to the : Reloader, Hond
Gunner, Target Shooter, Full Gun Accessories
FREELAND
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BUTT PLATE,
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ad just ab le
BUTT PLA TE
$ 10. 00
$ 6. 0 0
$ 12.50 w i th RUBBE R PAD
W I,ile pla ying with the new .222 R em ington Magnum Model 722, Fred R ose worked
Famou s Ch ip p ewa hunt , hik e a nd
work boa ts BY MAIL, po stpaid,
an d te st fit th em in you r ho me
with sa tisfa ct ion g uaranteed .
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YOU CAN NOW BUY • • •
AL FREELAND
-sccrcts ' of " Cro w Talk"
ca n be removed from the rifle w it hout lea vin g
ob jectiona ble stock cuts or h oles. It al 0
aJlows th e oc ula r lens to be po sitio ned f or
eye rel ief to suit a ny shooter. I believe i t will
become very pop ular wit h big gam e h unters.
Discount to Established Dealers
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part of him you ar e pom tmg, is n ot con du ci ve to ei ther lo ngevit y or peace of m ind .
I kn ow beca use I h ave been in t ha t po sition
a few ti mes.
The new mou nt has still a nother fea tu r e
for th e ma n who shoots r igh t-han ded a nd
mu st use hi s left eye f or sighting. Thi s
mount ca n be mad e to lock in firing posi tion
when tu rn ed over to th e left, 0 t hat th e
shoote r ca n aim wi th lef t eye whil e shooting
from the r ig ht shoulder. T his makes a far
more pr acti ca l a rrangem ent th a n a cross e yed stoc k.
Bear in g point , lock ing scre w, a nd th e
four mountin g crews are all h arden ed steel.
Th e top a nd ba se a re of aluminum allo y for
lightness com bined with stre ngth . Wh en
F rank Pachmayr wa s her e with t hi mou nt
a few weeks ago, I suggested one c ha nge
only in th e desig n. H is top cla mps are
sepa ra te from th e lower half of th e u pper
mo unt , and ar e lock ed over th e top of th e
scope by a st ur d y scre w on each side. I
sugges ted that he hin ge th e top half of th e
cla mp r in g to the lower half , thu s eli m ina ting
une screw and the possibil ity of i ts ever
wor king l oose. H e ag reed it was a good
idea. T hi s on e cha nge will also make a
nea ter, bett er appearin g mo unt.
i\ II told , we consider t hi new P achmayr
low-sw ing top mou nt one of th e best a nd
11100't versa tile scope mounts avail able today.
It all ows of low mou n ting so t he stock comb
offers ad eq uate upport to t he cheek for good
ha rd holdin g, ma y be in sta ntly swung up a nd
out of th e wa y of ir on sights, may be quickl y
detach ed , i ea il y install ed by anyone wi th
a scr ew dri ver, allo ws cente r ing t he sco pe
retic ule when th e rifle is sig hted in wit ho ut
excessive u e of th e int ernal ad j u trnents, a nd
ca n be removed from th e r ifle with out leaving
objectiona ble stock c uts or holes. It also
a nd a
FR EE Sq u ir re l Ca ll ! Be o n t h e Al e rt!
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GUNS
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i t y, wonderfully
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be st b uy .
qualfight·
dura Your
9 inc h heig ht, f inest o il f a n wat erp ro of ed bro.wn
lea th e r, Cu sh-N·Crep e so les , sto rm-p roof to ng ues,
nylon stitc hed , steel re info rced arches.
# 5007- Feat her-li g ht ge nuine mo cca sin . • $1 9. 9 5
# 4405-Full y lined & sub-zero i nsulated . . $24 .95
Men's , A -8-13, 8C 7- 14, DE 6-14, EE 6-12.
Am eri ca 's b est . ORDER NOW. Encl ose check or
mo ney ord er. WRITE FOR FREE CATALOG .
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OF DISTINCTION • • •
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Fine example of good stocks, Custom carved and basket weave checkering.
-- Rifle building, specializing in beautiful wood. Any caliber. Barrel work, bolt
~ jeweling, Custom carving at it s best. Hi·luster blueing, nothing better. Perfectly inletted
r ifle stocks. for HVA, Spri!lgfield . Enfield, Mod 70. F.N.. 98, Sako, Brevex. Schultz & Larson.
721 & 122 Rem, Mod 88 Win. Sights. dies. Everything for guns.
ANTHONY
GUYMON, Inc.
203·G Shore Driv e
BREMERTON. WASHINGTON
ONLY ONE MODEL!
ONLY ONE CALIBER!
ONE LOW PRICE !
SCHULTZ & LARSEN
MODEL 60
SPORTING RIFLE
Yes! It's A WHIZ
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Chambered only for the
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Co me , co mpl et e i n p lc stic ca se sma ller th a n
cigoret poc ka g e - 40 " flex ib le boll chain , ca li-
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Att ac h b ru sh o r pa tch to th read ed so cke t,
dr op cha in do w n rifle ba rr e l and p ull th rou gh.
Ask your dealer
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From d ea ler o r direct p o stpaid.
Gi ve calibe r siz e.
THE SHARPE &HART ASSOCIATES, INC.
BACKUS COMPANY
452 SMETHPORT, PENNA.
4437 -B Piedmont. Oakland II , Cal.
EMMITSBURC 3 , MD.
BACKUS COMPANY
452 SMETHPORT, PENNA.
4437-B Piedmont, Oakland 11, Cal.
EMMITSBURC 3 , MD.
Rifle
Accessories
TRIGGERS
F o r Springfi eld .B n flcld , M au ser , W inches te r
[)2, [)4 & 70 , R emington 37, 40X , 72 1 & 722,
a nd SAKO Sh ort M a user.
THUMB SAFETIES
F or our Spring field a nd M au ser t rigge rs .
Also:
PALM RESTS. ADJUST ABLE BUTT PLATES
• ADJUSTABLE FOREARM STOPS. BARREL
BEDDERS • TARGET RiflE SLINGS
Wr it e for literature.
Ord er through you r d ea le r or di rec t.
M. H. CAN,JAR
Dept. 7, 4476 Penn'Q St., Denver 16, Colo.
SH O O T I ~G C O~ JH T ION !
O ye r J 00 years o ld, t h is rnre c o llec t io n
o f fi n e 0 1(1 p erc u ssi on m ua al e- Joa d ers will n ev e r b e rl upt i cn t ed . . om e
ha v e rou n d bu rrel s . s om e octa on s haped, b ut a ll ar e rifle d. All bra ss
fitti n gs, bu ffe d n n d p ol ls h e d li k e n e w. A ll n a v e r am r od s . D a n is h p e r c us s io n r-t rles m a n uf'a c t u re d befor e 1830. CO :\' D I T ION : G ood to V er y Goo d .
O n ly $:{!).ii O whi le th e v Iu s t.
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'o n d i t io n air n ilu r t o rt tte s. S in c e co llec t io n is on e -o r - a kin d , it is i m p oa s fbl e ro r us to d es crib e eac h p ie c e. O n ly $~!).5 0 eac h .
SHOPPING
'Flyweight' Packboard
L i g h t e s t , st t-o n g e a t p a ck b o ar d
i n the wo r ld. Tubul a r , we ld e d
a I u m i n u m all o y co n s t r u ct io n.
$ 16. 9 5 p o st p aid w ith r e m o v abl e
b a g. S at is Fac tio n gu a ra n t ee d.
n eat er 11lQui r i es I nvi t ed
Il AIXlI<:It ' V A 'I' E R S Ii: I C O .
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ACE - Hunting & Target Bullets
Ace- u r ate, C on s fs t e n t ly g:o o d l E c onon1 i ca l.
Ava i la b le i n rn o s t p opu la r :.. tz es. Lu s t -A >
L o v an d T'u ft - A - L o y j a c k e t s.
.
TH E P AR KA J ACK ET is lops in comfor t
and offers full fr eedom of act ion. Th e sportsman is assured maximu m comfort and grea ter
ease of movement beca use of the ja cket 's
- hor ter 40" len gth a nd full cut raglan sleeves,
with ela stic at wrists. It is strong and d urab ly made of fine count. ta n-d yed sheet ing
coated wit h a soft, flexi ble. a bra sion-resista nt
rubber surface. A full zipp er front opening is
backed with a stor m flap for add ed weat her
protection. Other attra ct ive feat ures are a
comfortable parka hood wit h elastic dr awstring; breast pocket an d extra large pa tch
pocket at fr ont . T he No. 196 P ark a J acket ,
hy Hodgman Rubber Co., F ra mingham,
Mass., is ava ilab le in olive drab color; s izes
small , med ium , large and extra large.
Pri c e p e r l Ot) ( 1)()s t:U:;t" e x t r a )
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2 70 C a l. 1 3 0
311 C a l. l ~ n
Gr.
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Sof t I'oin t
Ope n (' ente r.
Soft P oin t
Soft P oin t
$1. fl :;
3.20
3.6 :;
3.7 ,;
Raymon T. Roush, Hoagland, Indiana
LEARN GUNSMITHING
Creat oppo rtunities-oper ate YOUR OWN
SHOP! Lea rn easily with Counrty 's most complete Master Cunsmithin g Course . Approved
fOl Kor e an Vets : low tuition . Writ e
PENNA. GUNSMITH SCHOOL
2 23 6 East Street
Pittsburgh 12 , Penna.
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MOTO·T OOL, MOD EL 2, is th e new irnpr oved inlett ing tool recentl y mark eted by
Th e Dr emel Mfg. Co., Racin e. Wi . Model 2
run s cooler and ha s more power th an an
ea rlier mod el, already well known a mong
gunsrn iths and hobb yists. It weigh s only 13
ounces and han dl es eas ily as a pen cil. Th er e
is no bulky flexible shaft ca ble to int erf er e
wi th the operator's control of work. :\10del 2
produ ces 27,000 RP M for fast, acc ura te r emova l of mat er ial. This tool enables one to
ge t into pl aces d iffi cult to work w ith hand
tools. A lar ge assort ment of accessories is
ava ila ble for pr ec ision grind ing, d rilling,
polishin g, buffing, wir e bru shin g, drum sanding, engraving, carving, and 1,001 other tedi ous opera tions in volved in gun bu ildin g and
rep air. Price, tool only $19.95. Delu xe Ki t
with Model No. 2 Mote -Too l a nd 23 a ccessor ies in steel case $27.50. Wr ite fo r accesWg'; Ji~fJC\lPi I~'tcH\711 1~ du Jl l~Q\YJ.l ul11tff Lb6\.
ous opera tions in volved in gun bu ild ing and
rep air. Price, toot only 19.95. Del uxe Kit
with 10del o. 2 Mo te-Tool a nd 23 a ccessor ies in steel case $27.50. Write fo r accessory catalog No. 57 to : Dremel 1fg. Co.,
2100-18th St., Racin e, Wi s.
" World's Finest " For all Rifle Scopes
PREMIER RETICLES
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P . O. B ox 3 2 3
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practice speed ond accuracy . sa fely ,
In y ou r hom e by uSIng wax or co rk
b ullets powered by a rifle prim er on ly.
No dange ro us powder inv olve d The FRONCO to ol
d eprime s and p rime s ALL c f rev olver ca rtri dges, a lso
adoptabl e to rifle cases. ($4 .95 plus lax ) FRONCO Dep t.
~9 , 538 2 Villag e Rood, l ong Bea ch 8, Califo rn ia .
COU P ER SAFETY SPECIAL is a handg un holst er offering th e ult imat e in speed
with no sac r ifice in sa fety. W ith a littl e
pra ct ice, you ca n outd ra w th e fast est "p ros."
.\Jad e of plasti c-cover ed aluminum. th e Sa fety Special is designed to hold the gun
tight ly with a flange beh ind eac h side of th e
cylinder. T his mak es it imp ossible to dra w
I he gun vertica lly out of th e holster. In stead, the gun is broken out of t he holst er
with a q uick, short back ward movement of
the wrist. Th e gun is not lift ed out of t he
holster-it is snapped out with thi s qui ck ,
slight ba ckwa rd movement , in to a natural
shooting position. T he Coup er Model 38A
fits most 4" · an d 5" -barre l double-action
revolver s in all ca libers. T he Model 38B fits
most 2". and 3" -barrel double-act ion r evolvers of a ny caliber. List price is 8.95.
Order fro m Mid state Xlan u fa ct ur in g Co.,
1131 So. Bann ock, Denver , Colo.
GlJN BOX BY REIVER is new do-it-your self
k it of fine Philli ppin e mah ogan y-faced plywood. cut to size and requirin g only finishing
and asse mbling. Mak es up int o han dsome,
ligh t pistol kit carrying usual th ree handgun s
pl us space for accessories. Ki t is designed to
tak e up as littl e room as possi ble ; hence will
acc ept scope up to 14" long only if attached
to li d. Bausch & Lomb J unior scope has a
little plate on scope so special mount is not
req uir ed for this box. Oth er scopes ca n be
cla mped on, remo ved when shooting is don e.
P arts all fit and will go together with out
a dd itional work , except final sa nd ing and
finishin g with varni sh, shellac, or waxed to
hard satin shee n. Fro m Ju les Heiver Co., 4104
1arket Sr., Wilmington 99, Delawa re. Price
Free to WRITERS
seeking a book publisher
WITH
Two fact-filled, illustrated brochures tell how
to publish your book , get 40% royalties, national advertising, publicity and promotion.
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TRAV-L-SCOPE, handy new multi-purpose
scope, fits any car window, enabling you to
see mor e . .. to see it bi g, qui ck ly, and
easily. In exp en sive, yet compac t and lightweight , thi s 30-power prism telescope comes
equipped with adj ustable br aek et, pro viding
a level, stead y base for usin g th e seope at
th e most comfor table viewin g h eight. TravL-Seop e eomes equipped with an 8-inch
rubber -tipped steel tripod, for use as a spotting scope at th e tar get ra nge, or for qui ck,
posit ive, lon g-distance location and identifi cation of varmints or bi g ga me on hunting
trip s. Equ ipped with a pr ecision optical
system, Trav-L-Scop e's fully coated lenses,
a 60mm ob jective lens, cover a lin ear field
of 73.5 feet at 1,000 yards. Trav-L-Scop e,
complete with car wi ndow bra ck et and 8in ch trip od, is available at only $24_95 postpaid fro m Ga teway Hou se, 2022 Westlake,
Seattle I, Wash .
a oumm on jecn ve lens, cover a unear neiu
of 73.5 feet at 1,000 yards. Trav-L-Scop e,
complete with car wi ndow bra ck et and 8in ch trip od, is available at only $24_95 postpaid fro m Ga teway Hou se, 2022 Westlake,
Seattle I, Wash .
I-lOME RANGE TARGET T URNER AN D
TIMER enables th e individu al to practice
at home with all of th e a dvantages of tournam ent type ta rg et operat ion. Thi s unit is
compactly built in a met al box , 9 in. x 6 in .
x 5 in. , finished in bla ck rippled ena mel.
Tar get turning is acco mplished by solenoids
wh ich allo w edging and fa cin g with out an y
ret urn action. Sufficient power is available
to opera te eithe r twen ty-five ya rd or fifty foot
tar get s. Th e Target Tim er ha s been bu ilt to
serve a special pur pose, and ha s onl y th e
sta ndard ten and twenty second cy cles with
huilt in thr ee second delay. Th e rem ote
con trol feature of other t ar get tim er s in trod need hy the company ha s been built into
thi s tim er , thu s prov id ing for individual hom e
pr act ice with out a ny oth er ran ge a ssistance.
Additio nal information ma y be obta ined by
w ri r in « rJ ir f-' C'.t to th p rn nnu f a c .tu r e.r : Flen tnm
386 4th Ave., N.Y. 16
QUICK- SET is th e new tr iple-purpose u tility
spec iall y desi gned for portable propane ligh ting, cooking an d heating. Qui ck-Set op erates
by mean s of conn ecting hose and a 5, 10 or
20 lb. propane storage tank. Long operat in g
perio ds on a single fu el load ar e possibl e
with th ese new appliances. By usin g a 20
l b. ta nk , th e lant ern will bum for approximat ely 200 hours; whil e th e stove will cook
for app rox ima tely 125 ho ur s. The Quick-Set
is id eal for use in ca bins, cott ages, and tr ailers. Two units may be opera ted from a single
tank of gas by using a doub le hose adaptor.
Hoses come in 6 ft. and 12 ft. leng th s. Refillab le propane tanks ar e avai la ble from th e
manufac ture r, or ma y be re nt ed or purchased
from any bottl ed gas dealer. Compl ete liter atu re is available from T he Turner Br ass
Work s, Sycamore, Illinois.
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W e manu fac ture e m b r o i d e r e d E m bl e m s .
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AN DE ROL GUN PRESERVATIVE, a new
product of Anderol of Chest ertown, Maryland, is design ed to give max imum ru st and
W e wi ll gladly quote p rice by r e turn mai l.
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AN DE ROL GUN PRESERVATIVE, a new
product of Anderol of Chest ertown, Maryland, is design ed to give max imum ru st and
salt spray protection to gun s and other metal
sporting eq uipment. And erol Gun Preser vative sprays on la sti ng protect ion fr om an
aero sol-type container. It can be used by
gunsmiths or colle ctors ; for guns in stora ge,
on display, or in use. Th is pr eservat ive is
compa tible with lubricants and need not be
remo ved for firin g. And erol Preser vati ve has
a number of exclusive characteristics, such
as positiv e protection from r ust for guns,
parts awa it ing repair, barrels after bluing
or bein g turn ed, spare parts, dies and tool s.
It is easy to spray on a continuous light film
which reach es into hard-to-get-at spots •..
and stays on. Now available in sport ing
goods stores, th e 16 oun ce spray container
sells for $2.25. Additional informat ion may
be obtain ed from Consumer P rod ucts Division, Anderol, Chestertown, Md.
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NEW "Thumbslide" tang safety
for Remington rifles &
shotguns - Mod. 740 ,
Mod. 760, Mod. 870,
Mod. 11-48 6' Mod. 58
Sportsman. Write fo r
fo lder .
Gunsmiths & Borre/makers
Connecticut
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Winchest er Mili tary 303 Br it ish Cartrid ges, 100 - SID
Send Check or
$15 HANDCUFFS, Special
Money Or der
Pe~rless
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type. l ight weight, brilli antly
fi nis hed.
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OT GUNS-PISTOLS
Write for Catalo_gue:
WEBLEY & SCOTT, LTD., Birmingha m 4, England
THE LEWIS LEAD REMOVER
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
$2.95 .
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R evolver Cleani ng Kit. R emoves
Lead in g fr om F orci ng Cone, Orttndc r, and B arr el. Availa ble i n 38-44- 45 ca l. Kit for two
cali bers $5.35 . P at ches (P kg . 10 ) $.60 . Deal er I nquiries
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FIRST CHOICE
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FOR FAST,
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DEPENDABlE
RELOADING
Master Powder Measure
All caliber tube; micrometer settings.
Capacity y, to 100 grains.
$18 .50
Standa rd
Reload ing Press
All rifle and pistol cartridges.
$22.50
Powd e r and Bullet Scale
$14.00
Guaranteed accurate to a tenth grain.
Capacity 315 grains.
She ll Hold er Prime r Post
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II .AHard CHROME Bore II
Harvey Prot-X-Bore Zinc
Base " Jugula r Jacke t ed
Swaged Hand Cun Bullets
G ives your gu n the u ltimat e in a ccuracy , velocity .
Fns t c s t.
nd shot patterns for a lif etim e. Rifles $ 14.50. shotI aguns
$ 12. 50 & $ 18. 50. Handguns $ 10. 00.
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$ 16.45
$ 17.45
-Match ing mahogan y
to o l bo x , • • provid e s
compact sto ra ge of all
s h o oti n g acc e ssor ie s
an d tool s fo r use in
th e field a nd works ho p .
Mahogany
15 " kit
$19.50
$18.50
most a ccura t e b u llets .
A ll
p oputm- ca l ibers .
N E W ! Cas li ng- k i t.. ror J Ug'u lll r jac ke t ed nut tccs: 4 4
x ncc . & Ma g'.: 3H S pe c . & 357 Ma g'.: S . F . M. (,sh o o l
rrom th e Mou l d) m ou l d s for t ' ro t -x- Bo rc zi n c base .
Se n d 2 3 c in co i n 0 1" sta mps t or L o a d i n g T ab les a nd
c on uu c t e fn r ormatt o n o n
16
t ype s &
w ei g-hts of
b u llets .
C U STO M
L OADS
LAKEVILLE ARMS INC.
Gum
16 " kit
Gum
La kev ! I te o
how th e gun han dl ed with full load s. We
Bred it with factory 405 gra in soft point and
also with 405 gra in cast b ullets and 70 grains
of F.F.G. bla ck powder. Believe it or not, recoil was mil d and j ust a s pl easant as shoo ting a .22 or .38, as far as I could te ll . T he .44
Ma gnums b oth have a great deal mor e jar
in their r ecoil tha n di d thi hu ge 5% pound
.45-70 sixgun. Jud ge Don Martin, Eddie
Scha ller , Mrs. Schalle r, a nd I fired th e big
gun and all reported ver y mil d recoil.
Th e b ig gun had a typi cal single -action
shape grip, bu t smalle r than th e standard .45
Colt in ac tual size. It ro ll ed upward, ra ising
the whole arm wit h it ; but th ere was n o
h eavy jar and n o puni shment wh at ever to th e
shooters ha nd . Mr s. Schaller is j ust five feet
tall , but she r epor ted th e .45-70 was mu ch
more pleasant {or her to shoot. than th e .44
Ma gnum . She shot. bot h wh ile I took pi ctures.
T he .44 Mag n um ra ised hi gh er in recoil t.han
di d t he .45-70.
If Mr. Wilson will p erf ect h is action, or
copy the Colt or R uger acti ons t.o scale a nd
refine th is big pistol, and if he will fit it with
a bett er rear sigh t, it could be a usef ul gun
{or the backwood sman. Carr ied in a saddle
holster or on th e pa ck board, it would h ave
power enoug h to tak e care of any A mer ican
game at close ra nge. I was sorr y th is was not
a finish ed g un t hat I could test for accuracy
and 10 long ran ge, but it pr oved to me at
least tha t one could mak e up a .45-70 single
shot p istol on t he old trap-d oor Spring field
action, to weigh 5 pound s, tha t would b e
pleasant to shoot and would also he a kill er
on any big game in t his country at ~l o se
range. T he Govern men t is sup posed t.o h ave'
mad e some of these, but rep ort ed that recoil
was too hea vy.
I do not bel ieve recoi l would b e too ba d
even {rom a 4% pound pistol with fa ctory
mac e some- or t nese,: our re por te d m ar recou
was too heavy.
I do not bel ieve recoi l would b e too ba d
even {rom a 4% pound pistol with fa ctory
.45·70 load s or with 405 gra in soft point
bullet s hand -load ed or lead b ull et s of same
weight an d 70 grains F .F.G. Black, pro vided
th at th e gun had a big and prop erl y shaped
grip of th e single -action type tha t wo uld
roll an d turn up in t he ha nd during r ecoil.
Even m y old 4" .44 Specials with my heavy
.44 Special loads had heavier ap pare nt recoil t ha n thi s big .45-70 sixg un. How ever , if
one attempted to shoot these .45-70 load s
{rom a ny kind of a shoulde r wea pon weigh in g 5% pounds, he would get belt ed pl ent y.
Co n n e ctic u t
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wh ic h arc
a ppreciate d and r o m e mbere d . n uerred , made t o Go v ' t s pecs . B o x or 40 n e w
rods o n ly $2 . 7 5
(a d d f or 5 rb s. pos t .}
26" lun g , 1 3 /1 6 " diameter, a ll p o l is hed and b l u e d,
c h ambe r ed fo r . ~ 2 l. r v, 6 g roove r illi n g . E ach bar re l
t.rued , tested a n d s e r ia l num b ered b y R e m i n g to n", The
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p t sto t b a rrcrs . O r igi n a lly mad e f o r the
5 1:l T a r g et
rt n c s
S pe ci al $4 . 95 p lus SO ¢ p o s t .
(Ra m p & f r ont s igh t fo r a bovc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
$ 1. 2 5 )
HEAVY .22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS
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hard 'r u b b e r
p late s & in s ta ll thi s mach in e c h e ck e r e d
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$2 .00 pp d .
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~o ld b e ad n edfie ld f r o n t s i g-h ts, s t d .
Do veta il, H a nds o m e . $1 .0 0 ea ., 3
(or $ 2 . [jO, 12 fo r $ 7.05 .
STOCK BLANKS
1 pint INDUSTRIAL GUNSMITH SiZE
$ 7. 5. 0
o f fi ne st Amo r tcan w atn ue , nre r u r ue d. s haped and
t h r o ug-h 1 st s a nd i n g, note rnca surc metu.s Wh ic h. p e r .
m it i nl c tLi n g- for b o th h ig h po w e r- and s m a ll b or-e
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pum p s ho tg un s and d oub les . ~ 1:P/:! " lon ~. 13/411 th ro ug-h .
2 1/N" d e pth .
pectat pri ce
$2 .35 p lu s 35 c de l.
S peci al S teel Checkered Targ et B ut.t-p ta te w yscr e ws,
$ 1.0 0.
Modern-Obsolete-Foreign. For free quotation send broken part or rough sketch
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IDEAL FOR EFFECTIVE
DISPLAY of "Dewers"
Each n e w , com p l e t e w ith
c r-ad lo a n d fine w tn da rre
and e levatio n a dj u s t m ent s .
Ofte n u s e d a s p o r ta b le nne
fu ll y a d j u stab le ben c h f or
tai-ge t w o r k . f o r tel e s c o pes
and spott i n~ s c o p es. Ca n b e adapted t o m o s t a ll Ji g:ht nn ct
he a vy machin e g u n s , M o d e l 1 91 7 AI , y ours ( or o n l y 1 0 r 'n
o f Go v' t cost-sh ip pi ng w e ig ht, ca se d a p pro x ima t e ly 7 5
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s,
O n ly $ 38 . 70 r .o.b ,
(Li m it e d
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NOTE : W h e n 2 a r e o r de red.
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M a gaZ in e s _
F o u n d a fter l o n g
se a rc h Or de r tw o o r thre e as
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S -SHOT M ng nzine : Fits nusn. rc qutred in m o st s tates f or hun t In g , our
sp e cia l
price o nly
$ 2 .4 5 ppd,
15.SHOT MAG: B rand n ew, on ly
$ 1. 0 0 e a . 2 f or $ 1.75 (f ree u s ed
c a r ry in g case g iv e n when 2 a r c
oru ercdr. 30-SHOT M AG : B ran d
new , on ly $4 .95 . New Su -sho t
d o ubte mag azine p ouches, $ 1.25
ea. S P ECI AL: 2 3 0 -s ho t m a g s
and new p ouch, $ 8 . 5 0 .
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m i lled b ar-ref r a d iu s s p e ci a ll y made to li t m o st a ll
r ifle s . Matted , no g la r-e ram p s u r fa c e . ALL MACHINED f rom the s o li d, no c ast ings o r s ramp trurs ,
A $ 5 . 0 0 v a lue
ONLY $ 1 . 79 e a c h.
2 (or $ 3 .2 ~
S p ecia l $ 14.60 pe r doz .
an inexpensive
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SEMI-AUTO
C02 PISTOL
Am a z e you r friend s , as tound y our La r lt e t s-r e g:ar dle s s i f pap e r. c a n s. o r g a me y ou r " h i ts" m u s t
im p r o ve With th i s s i ::rh t-f o r H i-pow e r s and s m a ll
b o re s, o f t e n used o n ta rrrot pi sto l s-c o mp lete w it h
ext ra
ape rt ures
Quickly
in ter ch angeab le.
From
d is continued Targ-e t r i fle o f tarn e se U.S . r ifl e m a nu ractu rer c-nt a 70 0/" di s c ount ! Pric e $ 1.49 ea.(Dea le r s $ 12.00 per d o z . )
SAVE $4.00
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STA N DAR D B RASS S HOTG U N
SIG HTS. Ia rz e b ead . r erru tar
4 x4Q t h r e a d , i n co nst a n t d em and . usually $ 1.00 tnstaned
o r [jOe ca . S pec ia l p ack e t o f
1 0 for on ly 81. 0 0 . OR s u p e r
s n e ct a t , 1 0 p a ck ets ( 1 00
s i g-h ts) fo r on l y $ 7.50. (T a p
(o r abo ve 4x 4 0 . 5 0 e extra)
JUST IN TIME FOR
VACATION FUN!
Take along a Plainsman on your
v a ca tion- b ut take plenty of extra
B8's , for everyone will gather
round & want to shoot. It's difficult to miss even fast moving
small game & pests since aim can
be corrected in rapid-semi-automatic fire . Four or five shots can
be " o n torget" before it has had
time to move. Shipped Exp. Col.
FULLY WARRANTED!
GUARANTEED by facloryparts & service always
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thesounds.
se new
Lym a n 5 7 s t n n t s-ce a cb w i t h t a r ne t kno bs-crozurar pri ce thro ughout th e cou n try is $8 . 5 0 . Our
buy e r-s w o r ked l o n g and h ard
to bri n g yo u this s pecia l. O r der
;' 7 A for l a r g e r round r e cei ver h i g h p owers , e tc. M o u n t
o n le f t side-on ly $4 . 5 0 ppd . ( De al e r-s $ 4 0 .0 0 pe r doz.)
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5 .75
FIRING PINS
Now t h e cl um sy ml li.fa 'ry Slgh tS o n S W ISS -Sc fim ld t
R u b in rtn c s c a ll b e t hro w n a way a nd a g-e n u i n e
m ic r ome t er a d j ustment Ly man 5 7 s ig h t in s ta ll ed. Gu n
lo ok s be t te r , s hoots f a r b e tte r -EX CLU S IV E W ITH U S
-a n d a t a t e r r ific s a vi ng ! (O ver $ 4 . 0 0 ) Av ailah l e
on ly a t Num rich A rm s-order B 5 7 AX
$4. S 0 ppd .
(O rd e r o u r s p ecia l $ 1. '79 r amp & f ront s ig h t. a d v,
on th i s p a g e ( o r a p erfe c t co m b in a tion )
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5. 7 5
5 .75
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1 91 0 &, 1 9 2 2 Bro wnin g . 32
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l ,OOO' s of o the-r rare parts-write want s !
No w t h e cl um sy rntt ttaev s ig h ts o n S w is s Sc h m .id t
Ru b in r itl e s c a ll b e t hro w n away a nd a rren ume
micr ome ter a d j ustmen t Ly man 5 7 s ight in s tall e d. Gu n
lo o k s be t te r , s hoots f a r b e tte r -EX CLU S I VE WI T H U S
-a n d a t a t e r r ific s a v i ng ! (O ver $4. 00 ) Av ailahl e
on ly at Num ri c h A nn s-ord er B5 7 AX
$4. S 0 ppd .
(O r d e r o u r s pecia l $1.'7 9 r a mp & f r ont s ig h t. a dv ,
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truck)
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w e h a ve had to di s app o in t many of o u r cu st ome rs
o n t h e b e l o w p a r t s o ver t he ye a rs-e-w e n o w have t h e
f ollOWin g in: s ma ll su p p ly-a ll n e w .
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In hand s o m e cnr rv i n g b o x w s c t r lo c k i n g' h a n dl e . 1 0 so li d
nra ss roc ts (wor t h 7 G c
e a.) , br is tl e c le a n i ng'
brush e s . 2 co n ta iner s
s p e ci a l g un g rease . 1 0
spe c ia l scre w dri v ers
&
p u nc h . A nt i q u e _
s t y le d b ra s s o il com
( o rten u s e d fo r primin g p o w d e r o n p ercu ss i o n & flin t s ) , paten
C; II1 . A ll fl tted f OI' p i s t o l s . 32 C'.lI . & u p . G i ve o r s e ll
e x t r a r o d s & sc re w urt vc rs to f r iends.
While t hey l a s t _ ONLY - $ 2. 7 5 p l u s 6 0 t po s tag e .
VERY RARE SPARE PARTS
IN LIMITED QUANTITIES
U .S . CARBINE STOCKS
brand n e w . c omplete w ith new
r ec oi l plat e. b u tt p late , sc r e w s . front
b a n d snr tnn. $4 . H5 . Sam e . l e s s mot e t part s .
8 3 . 95. (Ve ry li g:ht co lo r s toc ks. fin i s h s a n d e d b ut n ot
sta i ned. s a me ort c o s. ) Car b in e H a rrdjz um-d s , new ,
$ 2 . 5 0 p p d . W ri t e w ants fo r o t her carbin e part s .
fr e ig ht
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A s ingle pull of t.rigger b oth l oa d s a nd fires a n e w
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BB' s in and s li de trap closed . IDEAL FISH ING
COM PAN 10N-de s t r o y s fis h co nsum ing sn a kes. Saf e
in p o p u l ated a reas o n "Low " p o w er s e t t ing.
A s f a st as yo u can pull t he tri g ger. The b ra nd n ew
P la in sman pisto l u s e s i n e x p e n s i ve B B ' s a nd powerfu l
C02 (Ca r bon d io x id e ) cna rgo re . P is t o l buil t o n .2 2
T arg e t pi s to l li n e s . l'u g g-e d rnorat a lloy i n b lue -b l a c k
nnt sn. S t and a r d f u ll s i ze d p i s t o l wei ght &. bal a n ce.
Su p er m aga z i ne c a pac ity or o ver 1 0 0 s hots ! Co m m on
(uva ilab lo o vc rvw tic ro j "sod a c h a rge r " C02 c y l i n der
corun tucd
i n targ e t s h a ped g r ip. Qu i ckly- sim pl y
r e m o ve d and r epl a ced.
SPENT-ORDER TODAYl
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" Low" f o r indo o r & pa per targ-e t usc , " Med ium" t or
m id-ran g e and sm a l l gamc, " H ig h " f o r s u pe r p o w er
& extra l o n g r a n g e.
U p t o 1 0 0 s h o ts f or C02
cylinder o n " low" or ta rget setting. B B 's vi olen tl y
s h a tt e r h e avy b o ttl e s on " H igh " sett ing.
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A IR MAIL CH EC K OR M ON E Y O RDE R FO R 1M ·
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P OWER C0 2 ca r t r idges $ 1.20 p e r box ot 10 D B ' s10 ¢
per
t Ub e - OR D E R
P LE NT Y-YOU ' LL
W A:"oJ'l'
T HE M . H and mad e o a k l e a t h e r h o l ste r-a beau tv-,
best q u ali t y $3 .0 5.
M A US E R OWNERS :
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perior p u n -F i t s
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Swed i s h. 7 MJI.1 '03 , '95 o t c c-;
New ,
F a m ous
F.N.
make .
N ew , Famous F .N . make , s pe c ia l l o w p r ic e $ 1.75 ( o r s e t.
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3 11 k in d s , new o r u s e d , m i litary o r commerc ia l, U. S .
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f or o ffe r-chec k a trma n c d day r e c ei ved- if n o t o .k . s h i p ment ret u r ned p re p aid . Al s o W a nt • . • Junk rifle s ,
pi s t ol s & s hot guns f o r b r eakin g i nto p a r t s.
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Th e Hert er Compan y are olTering th e most
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LOADIN G TOOLS . LYMAN LOADIN G TOOLS . C·H . THALSON ,
REDDIN G. RCBS . RED
FIELD , WILLIAMS . B UEHLER ,
PACHMAYR .
BAUS CH
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LOMB .
LEUPOLD ,
UNERTL.
WEATHERBY. SWIFT & ANDERSON . HORNADY . COLEMAN ,
MA RLIN . HODGMAN . BI G BEAM . JON ·E. TAYLOR IN STR U MENT & OTHERS.
';' REMINGTON 552 St eedmaste r.,
Aulo Loader 22
';'REMINGTON 572 DeLuxe Fieldmasler,
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(on sale Novembe r I ) , is Se pte m ber 16. Print ad c a ref ully a nd m a il to G UNS
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BINOC ULA RS" SCOPES
nrxo c ' LA R.
DIPOHTE D. li ghtwei ght . l Ox50. wi th
coated opt ics . ce nt r a l focusin g, brand new. Val ue $G5.0n.
S ale $:'W.50. Comp let e with leat h er case an d s t r aps. P ublic
S port snoos . 11 S. 16th St reet. Ph il ad el phi a 2, Pa.
COLLECTO RS
.1Il ' G E IL LU RTRATED Ca t alog E ver y M onth Now Bi g ger
and ll t'ul'f. :\Iosl Ia tnuous un tiuue a r ms se rvice eve r 0!fl!re tl.
1I11 nd reels an t iqu e « un s. s words . uni form s. flas ks. n,lIh ta r y
item s in each i S S U l' , \\" d l desc ri bed . illust ru ted. S t fll on ly
$1 no for I:! ruta 1 ()J.t~ . . P ri t-e Increa se due -c-sub scr lb e now !
)\ (;rlll Ptavdcrm a u (0 :'1 1) . K enne b unk . ":'Il a i ne.
" .-\:"TI Q C E G (;:" D ep ot": 1 8 7 :~ Ca val rv L e ~ther Ca~b!n e
u oors. $~:';"I O t 'os t pal d : S prl n gfte ld 45/7 0 R Ifles , $2(.:;)0 ;
L'Ivil \\' a i Xlus kcts . an d Carbines; wtncn es ter s : K en t ucki es : Load s vrore. Xcw I llu s t r ated . Cat a log ue 25c, CoL I
R er un d ahl e . w est ches ter Trad in g , G -:N 78 Art h ur A ven ue.
Br onx .3S. x. Y.
t.tt / 4;:;0 E,\; F Il'; LD :'II All 'f[ ~ I: Famou s Ma rt i n i Hen ry
leve r act ion . A rare colb-rtnra it em and a n exce ll en t shooter .
Onl\' sro.so. 2 for $35 . 00. ~ 7 7 /4~ 0 so li d lead Kynoch
s ltl o·kc h.:~ ('a r t r id ge:-: $ 17.50 per i uo.
I ut ern att on al Fi re ·
arm s. :!:! (";: i lll.n n an , S t. A lba ns. Ver mont .
H A :'\D C UFI~ S.
H.-\ :'I IB C ltG E i ~'ht s. $i .!J5 ; Alu min u m
Ii ~h tw c i :,dl t s . $7. H5. T Wis.ters , Gu ide _Chai ns. $1. 50. I~ x t r a
n ca.v non - udius tah lc leg: rrnns , $ l :!.~l " . Lea th er res t rai nt s.
co llc f'lor 's s ueet a lt lc s. T homa s F'err lck. B ox 12, N ewbury port . :'IIass.
::\EW lL L C ~'I'H ATl'; n Gu n Ca t alouu e ! Con t a in s 300 an tlque and mod er n ~' U Il S , edge wea pon s. od d ities an d an tique
nun part s. Onl y flOc i n co in or st a mn. Firea r ms Unlim it ed ,
II !J Shadv A ven ue . l' ft t s bu tg h 6. l' a.
G U :" S! (n r:\ ~ ~ G un s ! Gu ns ! An t tque Collec t ion- K entu cky ' s Colts . Wl nch est er s. S& \V. Send Iu c for Th is
llHJH tll' s li st. I' ony E xp ress S port Sh op , 1146 0 Ventura
]~ h li . , En clno 6, Ca lif.
A :\ TI Q U E .·\ :\ D .\ rodern G uns. Ahw col le(·tor ' s r a r t r i d~es.
L hH. :!.-H': co in. .T ones - E r ha rd t . G uns. P .O . B ox 111-:1 .
~tati oll A. Sail :'Il at co , C.i1iL
::'\.-\%1 COL L 1';CT O n ::;. ::'\l'W li st l"n ifl;tr m it em s, accoutre mcn ts . et c. 12 s t a ml)s. S a m llol mers. 1 ~503 L ak ewood.
J' ar allloun t, Ca lif o_n_'i_".
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".-\ :\'l' IQ 1"E & .\I OD EH ~ A rill ::' . A('cessor ies at 'H eccssion '
pri ecf;. Salilp l(' I if;{. . 2j c. Ladd A r ms . Cats k il l. :'\. Y . "
)lJ ~ I A T UH E S , G l)~
li s t. K n i ght . n ox 2!J4, S eneca F all s ,
X. Y.
A~ T I Q l"E
ahl c Ill'il'es.
F I RE-AlD IS . Li f;t 10c. L ar ge se le cti on. llcason ~ . B. ";Ili s . .\lurray. K y.
nC~~ -~\Y OU f) S - Knir e f; - Da ,g g_ er ~ -Fla sks .
<> :\" N'li n Fori 1-111\\'1' 0nllnl~ 1' :'\,f i II >: 1 I) -:\f :Ji.lP
B i g li s t
EZ Y L OAD Ell auto. pr im er feed 30-06. perf ect $39.75,
less di es $:10. j ;"l. I' \;.l'il il' S UDer Tool 30-06 exce lle n t $:!9. !J5,
less d ies $:!I.J IJ. I' d iti e x t und ard Tool .2 -1 -1 P erfect $ ~ O . O O .
less d i ps Sit I. OO . e ll " C" Tool . 222 perf ect $2.50, less
die s $ 1;:1.,>0. ll :..;BS Xlod . .-\ <~ ~ O - O() exr-ellun t $.39. 00,
less di es $jO. OO. e ll :'Ifa gnUlll p re ss ~W · 06 perfe ct $36. 75 ,
less d ies :il2 i . i,j . All Am cricun too l au to . pr lme r feed
. :!-U ucrre r-t ~; -I 8 . :} t) . less d ie s $3:J.3 lJ.
Tr u-Lln c .j.'. 38 speci a l. perf ect $20. 2,j, less d ies $11. 68.
-ItI Sf zer and lu b ricator $11.6 i , with die s $15.6i . exce lle n t.
Pa cl tlc. CM. H.(;g ~ di es us ed . all r-alib er s perf ect $U.OO se t.
H CB :; powd er mea sur es. ncrrcct $14.95 . 55 powd er mea sure . ucrf'ect $10.8 0. P acln e powde r sca le . pe rf ect $i.::I5.
Red d lrur Po wde r s-a te . excelle nt $!l. 35. W il :son case tri m mers comp le t e most ca li be rs . perreet , pi s tol $ 10.!HJ. R ifle .
$ 10.5 0. Ly ma n D ou ble cavity moul ds with ha ud les , mos t
ca llh crs. excel le n t $!J.5 0, S tn gle ca vl ty $6.!J5. M edel 1t 1 ~ g a o st r tnueu rere l vers , good $10.00 each. '.\l ode l 12
acti on s li de s. good $3. 00 each. Henu n gt on 31 - 12 ga o
s u-t nn ed recelvc rs with ma gaz .iue tub es, good , $10.D5
ear-h. Str fpp od Breech block s $3. 00 ea .
B a rr -els . Cuus Com po 26" over a ll. good $27. 00 ea.
Solhl rib barrels . :!6" t . O. );'oou $lID. OO ca. Plain ba rrel s
:W " I. C.. good $15. 00. Act ion s li des $:t oo ea. S tock $2. 00
cu.. Fur end s $ 1. 00 ca.
I thu ca 12 a a . comp le te reeet ver s wi th ma gazine and acti on
sli d es . z ood $t-l. !J5.
Oha us .zr3 14 powde r sca le. pe rf ect :j;24.50.
NEW S HO WCASE SAM PL ES.
38 Ch id sncctat $·18. 4.-•. At r we ixht $;i·L OO.
":'I I. P . 4"-6" S .B .. perfect $., 1. 00.
3·i j R\ \' :\Ia gn um ;~ lh" , 5", 6" - S% " , per fect $97.5 0.
4 ~ S \\" :'Ir a ~ l\lIlll ·1" or 61,6 " , per fec t $114 .00.
K 3S 6" '1''1', TH . T :=; , perfect $73.00.
Lvma n S cope . perf ect show ca se samples . A ll A mer ican
i r~"'\:$ ~$;~k-?0 ea~~ $33 . 25, 4X $3-1.65. 6X $41.6 5, 8X $55 .6 5,
xu uer 'I'a rgct S pots 12X . 13X , 20X , :2 ~ X. 30X , $73 .5 0 ea.
US ED GU NS.
:\I odel 70 sta nda rd s. feat he rwei ght H i gh comb , r egul ar,
must cunner s . pcrter-t $!JS.:J!l.
88 wln chcs tcr . 2 ·1 : ~ .. 3 08.. ~38. pe rfect $103. 00.
:\Iar lin .3X6. .3:W'I'. Carb in e 3 0· 3 0, 32 spec i al , 35 R elllhi xt on . ncrrect $;}!U J.) .
.\lar lin ;i ~ :! , ex ce lle n t $108. 00.
Xlarlln 455. . :270. . ~ 08 . 30- oe. ·18 r ear , per fect $115.!J5.
i:!l Hemi n)!ton. 2iO. 30-06. $71.5 0 perf ect .
,60 Hem ing toll. .:!-14, . 2 ~ 7 . . 2i O. . 308, 300 S avag e. 30 -06
pe d eN $ 8 ·1. ~ 5. j6 0A D L . $!ji .[I,j.
Ch i lle d l'i hot . a ll ~ i z e s $. 26 lb.
Offici a l s ize paper lli tle t ar gl't s , 5 b ull 50' $3 . 00 per 500,
$". ;)0:'1 1. ;) bu ll ;-5' $4. 00 I)c r 500. $!J.!JJ ":'I I.
Offici al s ize pi ~ t ol t ar get s . 30' s low tire, 50' ti me and
~':1pi d Nr e. 25 ytl. slow tir e, 2.3 .rd. r ap iu fire, $4. 00 per 500 ,
$ i . ,)0 .\[,
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23 yd. rapid fire cent er s , $3.5 0 per 500. $6.00 :\1.
D r a lers' inQu ir y i n l·i t ed.
~: ~~~~e],~.O.~.check or money ord er. no C. O. D.' s, all shi p H aY's Sp ort
~ h nJ).
1ne. , R t. 22.
~ r ot ch
P la in s , X . J .
I S SUE 30- 06 E :'\FI E LDS, Ex c. $30. 50. ~[ 4 3 Wi n. 218B
X uw $3!J.50. Wi n. :'Il71 348 Xew $!JU. 50. J eff. Trad er.
P ocomoke City..\lar .rland.
I TH ACA DO UB LE-I 0 g a o ma g. T wo sets of B a r rels . one
26" ely . one 30" f u ll. S ing le 'l 'r i gger . Condit io n verv Good .
P r ice $130 .0 0. Cha r les L. Ca mp be ll, Cur wensvill e. P CI:n a.
~ \~'I_~S A .\D rU:\TI T I O:\, 7. 511l 111 ".\[ il it ary $12. 00. S por t lu g
$ 1" . 1;.1 uer hun dr ed. Ran dau Ar ms. Ul 1 Pi co A venu e.
Pr es no -I. C.Jiit'orn ia .
ll IU'I' IS H.\1K . 5 ::03 L ee - E nfi el d j un g le car b ines . Good
-:- $:21.H5. Excell en t - $2D.!)5. Fr ue li st. A I' s Ounroom , 1
Bee k man :=;treet. :\ew York, :\ . Y.
GU1\SJ ! ! GU!\'S! 1 ~ 10. 000 Ou ns ! ! ! L uzers-c-xtau ser s
:-Hare A rm s-Huntin g G u ns- B ig B ar g a in Cat alc g l ! !
\> Oc- A gr amont e 's , Yonk er s 2 - K . Xew York .
MIDGET S IX . 22 R evu lve rs $14.U5 F.O.B. Ou t door Out.
tit ters. Sene ca Fa lls . x . Y.
ll E~(J X G T O,,- 8 1· 300 $80. 00. nE~IIXG T O:'\ 8i O.- 12 gil.
new . full . $ (J . OO. Hubert S k inner . Elling ton , Con n.
l\I~I
U I F'L E S $ 125. l\ E W ":'11- 1 Ca rb ine s $ 100. S lope r .
Ca mp Verde. A r izo n a.
CUN CABINETS
Ul' X CAB I .:\'ETH , Ra cks. Com p lete S el ect len . Se nd 25c
for Cata logu e. Dep t. D. Kn ox wood P rodu ct s. Kn oxvl lle,
I owa.
CUNSMITHINC
SH OOTE H.S: lIi' you ar e in t er es t ed in learnin g Gu ns mit hin g an d a re willi ng to s pen d a few hour s in your hOllle s hop
for a h an tlsome . accu ra t e .2 2 t ar get pi stol. send 3 cen t
stam p for comp lete in form a ti on. 1'.0. Box 362 , 'I'erre
H au te , In di an a.
.30 /30 O \V~ EltS ATTE l'\TIO .\': re- cha mb er to . 30 eXllres s
for g reat ly im pr o\'eli ballistics . $15 00. Stout 's Custo m
G un sm it hi ng , 1514 \V. Bi g .Bend Rd.. Ki r kwood 2t .
Mi ssouri.
INDIAN RELICS
3 I ND IA:'\' WAR ar row head s. F li nt Sc a lpi n g K n i fe . F lin t
Thunderbi rd $4.00. Ca t a log F ree . 8 a t is f actio n Gua r an lee d.
Arrowhea d . Gl en wood , Ark ansa s.
" H.f F'L E SI' E (' !.-\T..S : Fam ous 6.J :\or wegi a n K r ag 5 - shot.
on ly $o lt j, 50. T WIl for $30. 0 IJ. Ara il aiJle as del ux e sp u! te r
LEATHER CRAFT
~~p}(I. tn'\;. '~'Jdj li." ~ i\J " Li~·~·,r 12<J Yu~ l-<i~nr~ l f·\: . ~"'rii\J<\J eV l&\)'u ,
$ i . ,)0 .\[,
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23 yd. rapid fire cen ter s , $3 .5 0 per 500. $6 .00:\1.
D r a lers' inQu ir y in l·it ed.
~: ~~~~e],~.O.~.check or money ord er. no C. O.D.' s. all sh ip A:'\ T IQ l"E FI REA ID IS. Li f;t 10c. L ar gc se lecti on. llcason ahl c Ill'il'es. ~ . B. ";I li s . :'Ilurray. K y.
(n;~~ -~\Y OU f) S - Knir e f; -Da ,g g_ e r ~ -Fla sks .
S ".\ (}T TT & 'YE:-\~O~. 22 Cal. . br an d new. mod e l 41. t arge t
a utom ati c. $110. UO. l"uJl Y en gr uvvd mod e l. $2,s;,.OO. Pu hllc
~ I>() l' t Shop s. 11 S. 16th St reet. Phil ade lphia :!. P a .
B i g li s t
2:)c coi n. Ed How e, Cooper .\!ills 10, ::\la ine.
ENCRAVINC
F I~E~'l'
Q UA L I T Y i n lays. E i ght p a ~ e follier $1. 00. E . C.
l' r lld hCl lllllt:.> . ~0 5 \\'ard Uldg.. Hhrerep ort , La.
FOR SALE
B U Y ;'C H PLCS Boa ts; .\Iot ors ; A ircra rt ; ,Jeep s ; Tr actor s ;
\\' a lk ie -T all .i cs; Sh op Equ ipm ent ; A mphibiou s Veh irl es ;
H ad ar : Ca mp ing cflu in rncllt ; T ypewrit ers ; Add ing M ac'h in es ;
Et c·.-Bll Y d il'('('t f ro m I· . S. (j on.' rn ment Dep ot s- Li st &
pfOl'ed ur e $ 1.011 . B rody Ik x s - U U. Sunny s ide 4. X. Y.
C l ' S 'l' O:'l1 FEA T II E H\ \"I;;rGIIT. 6.5x2;i i I mp ror ed . En·
g ra vl'u 1<'.:\ . .\lauser . F i ;.nJl'ed :'Il annli{'hcr st ol'k. T ra ist er
'1'rig'ger . :\t yk rolll S('C!H' lIwunt. Cou ld be cha mbe red . :\l'W
. :!G! win . E xami n ati on l ' l'h 'i led ge. $:!2j.O O. L. It . B unch ,
L ea d . .:-- . I).
'.\IA :-;gn DS \\'\\'11 S 'I' R ll ' l ' I'~ D r ust p ittl'd recei re rs
$ 1. 00 . bolt s t .,j O, Bolt iltfJPS . :W . safeti es .~3, ext racto rs
.75. firill ~ pin s p r ing s .l j. l' os t pa id on orde rs O\'er $ 10. 00.
Hm ir es. R D Colu mb us , ~ e w .Je rscy.
17 . 1I 0U. OllO G l' X PA H 'l' ~ ~!()l'I.\'d -1I1 0d e rn . obsol et e, for ('il.m. S end trat'in g, lIescr i pt ion for Quotati oll. .'\ umrich
A rill.'.: . \ \· l' .~ t Jl ur ler I l' . ~. 1.
ll UG l<;H .j.! :'IIAG:\ U.\l. li ke new. reloadin g rompon en t s,
ea rt r id g·cs . mi ,!.\'IH t ralle. Elw ood D earth, 2,15 Brooklyn
A re . . Day lon 1j. Ohi o.
S l' H. I :\ G 1'~ I E LJ) A3 ll l li'L E.
:!'.' R A exce lle n t-$4 0. S te n
Sub -.\(aeh in e gu n. comp let e (de wat). $20. B ot h Ii'or $50.
Fra nk Kee lan , 858 Cau ld well A'fe., :Kew York 56, N . Y.
C UNS " A MMUNITION
'V. S. 30- 06 CA L. SPRIKG F IELD rifl es. H igh n umb ers.
l'erfe(·t- $.J4.5 0.
U . S. 30 -0 6 Cil l.
," er Y goo d - -$ ~\J .95 .
Enfi e ld ri Ues . l' e r f c e t- $ 3 ~ . 5 0 . L ~ . 45 - 70 ca l. S n r i ng ·
til'1d ritl es. \ ' N Y goo d -*~ 2 . 5 0 .
L'. H. 3 0· 40 r a l. l\:l'ag
r it1es. F a ir - $2 4. j O. Ce r ma n M od. !J8 8mlll 3!a user r it les .
," cr y ~wod -$~7 . 5 0 . E xccll cn t- $42. ;iO. Gc rman C-.J 3 8mm
'.\lau scr sc mi -a u tolllllt ic r ifles. E Xt c llcn t- $60. 00. Briti sh
31k. ':l ~ O ~ ca l. Lee - E n fiel d ri flcs . Ex cellell t- $2.f. !J5.
BriLi sh :\lk. 5 303 t a l. Lee - Enfi eld jungl e car b ine s. Ex eelh' n t -$ ~ ·1. 9 5 ._
Rwcd ish :\l od. U6 6.5 mm l\-[auser r i fles.
Excc llent -$:!7 . ~O. .fap 7. 71l1m A ri saka r i tles. Pre · War
i ssue. Ex ce llent - $l S.OO. .Tap 6 . ,imfll Ar isaka rIfl es. Good
$:.!O.OO.
":'Il on ey ba;:k g'ua ra n tee .
Free g un li s t.
F reed la nd A r ms Co.. ~~.J Park R ow. ::\rw Yor k 38 . X . Y.
S Jl O T GU ~S HE B AHHELLF';D : Cus tom S hotg-ull reb arr el ling bY fa mous .E~l r op ean Sh llt ,!.\'lln :'IIa IH' r. Your s hot g un
r('ba rre lle d to oflJnna l ~ a llgc or f' ll ~ t o m ex t r a sr t s of differ ent g a u .~' e s . Your d lOi:'e of PC'ldi. BO<>h ler or S peci a l
V i('kers Stl'{' I. Otflda l Ce r t ifica tio n of ~ o llr ('(' of Rte el
g il·t:n. ll ea~'~'r t,ail.. r or carlll ~. rj cr tnr s. cng ra\' i ng. can ed
H aY's Sp ort
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1ne. , Rt.
22.
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P la in s, X . J .
" H.fl;'L E Sl' E ('L·\ T..S; F am ous 6.J :\or wegi a n K r ag 5 - shot.
on ly $o lt j, 50. T WIl for $30. 0 IJ. Ara il aiJle as del uxe sp u! te r
$:-:. 30 ca. addit ion al. :Hl· OlJ L.S. En tield Serdce H ifles.
".\1f J.:'. \\·i n('ht'Slcr . Uemi n g·l on. E ddys tone 6- s hot
on ly
$:J2..i O: Tw o for $.' j .., 0. As il dcl uxe snor ter wit h nl'W zi l)pored case and s li ng on ly $36 ..-,0. T wo for $65 .00. Ea ch
V.G . to ex('ell en t. l nt ern a t ion al Firea rm s, :22 K in gman
:';1. A lban s . Vcrm ont."
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CLO S I:\G O UT Coll ert ion As
!l CW ;
R em in gt on 870S .A.,
il~~~r' n{~~~tl·. ~~1~~~~~:;. O~~ I.};~.~fl~n~n~~'\~;ch~S~~~er~IOa:i
'I ~ .. t 18 bee . ucl uxl'- $·I.3.00: Sp r ingfi eld . W03 , as issu ed
- $:j.3. 00 ; R em ill ~ton )fouel 11 s ports man. 12Ga . , 26" b b l.,
Cutt s Comp.-$65. 00. D.n·id ".\I c:\am ee, B ox 1~i , H .ra t t s,-ill e . ":'I rar .\'lantl.
GA It A ~' U BA ll1U';L S, s n iper grad e. se lect ed an ti giluge d
fol' tlSl.~ (; 11 th e ":'1 [1 D sn ipe r rifl e g uar an tees th ei r accur acy,
INDIAN RELICS
3 I ND IA :'\' WAR ar row head s. Flint Sc a lp in g K n i fc . Flint
Thunder bird $4.00. Catalog F ree . 8atisfa cti on Gu aran leed.
Arrowhea d . Gl en wood , Ark ansa s.
LEATHER CRA FT
:SA VE 50 'ft, ! " B US CA D ERO" belts , holst er s. sca bb a rd s.
sadd les . wh ip s. h un ti n g horn s. mounted "L(m gh orn s."
Ii'r ee Cat a log . Wes tern J)r od uct s Co" B ox i62, L ar ed o 2.
Texa s.
ji' It E E " Do -It - Your se lf" Lea ther cr af t C at. a l o~ . T and y
L ea th er Company. Uox i91 -0:!6. F or t Wor th , Te xas.
LE AT H E HCRA F'T CAT ALOG F ree . K i r kpatr ick L ea th er
Co.. B ox 637-A I0 , Ga itHls\' ill e. 'f exa s.
WANTED
l1A~ D C U FF R . legirons . t h lllllbfa st s, sh ac k les
l' a U er ~ o n ~mi th . 2F L . 26!, S hepar d A r e.. Ea s t
OLD
wan t ed .
Or an ge .
S . .I
G~~~~~:~II;e~~ i t~lr:~ll~ ~lrL s ~;I;lll~ll ! ~a~:.~ll ~~r~::~fi~/drar~IG:~til~ l~ ~
usu a l huy. on ly $9.7 5 ead l. 30 / U6 ~pl'in gti e ld r ifles . modified l!.J03A 3 i ssue typ e , li ke ncw, $2(1.95. It. Itellper t Kin g
of Pru ssia . P a .
, VA:\TE O' .2 2 CAL . S t cr ens pi s tol. tip -up 7111:" d ia met er
barre l 6 to 10 ilH'lles lon g. A lso s ke letoll s tol'k Oti s n .
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ob I. $16.5 0-2 for $ ~O.OO , alt er ed to shoot .4 5 A CP $2.00
aJ d it iolla l. EXl'clil'lll (·ontli t.ion. In tern at ional ~""ir ea rlll '
22 Kin gm an . ::;l. A lhans , Yer lllont.
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Y.G . -$29.9 5. U.S. 30-06 :-:prin )!fields. E xcell l' llt- $-I·l. UO.
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(Continued from page 62)
THE GUNS AT GETTYSBURG
By Fa irfax Downey
(David McKa y, N.Y., $5)
For the growing number of cannon and
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War gunner recorded, since modern gun s
have too-high muzzle velocities for such lazy
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interpret disposition s of batteries at Gett ysburg with ease and clarity. Th e book is divided logica lly. Th e thr ee days action gives
divisions into time periods, morni ng, afternoon, night. And the action itself allows
chaptering as "Mustering Of th e Cann on,"
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have the gun registered on base with the
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Every time I check th e gun out, I have
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Monday morning. So if I keep it in my locker aft er I come back from targ et pr actice on
ba se or off base, I have brok en regulation, because there isn't any legal place I can keep
the .357 while the Armory is secured. So it
ends up with me having office hours with th e
old man or serving brig time. It seems I
boug ht a gun that I can't keep, shoot, or
have in my possession legally. Guns and
hunting ar e my hobby , and I would like some
advice on thi s matter if possible.
P.F.C. l.R.H .
U.S.M.C.
Th e Edito rs of GUNS had no answer to this
one, so we sent the lett er to th e Marine Corps
Th e official reply ( briefed) app ears below.
-Editors.
The difficulty experi enced by th e Mar ine
with his caliber .357 Ru ger Magnum quit e
obviously stems from prot ective regulatio ns.
No commanding officer could possibly afford
to permit th e unr estri cted, and unsupervised
firing ~f _so powerfu~. .~ . weapon withi~ . th~
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With respect te encourag ing mark sman ship
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a nd a comprehe nsive annual Marin e Cor ps
Compet ition in Arms Program beginning
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in th e spring of the year, and ending in
Sep tember wit h the annual National Ma tches
at Camp P err y, Ohi o.
My imm ediate ad vice to the young Marine
and his firing probl em, is to become b ett er
acq uaint ed with th e local marksmanshi p a nd
competitive shooting progra m an d th e person nel par tici patin g. It is cert ain th at somewhere in this progra m his desir e to handle
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of sa fety precautions and regulati ons.
R. D. Moser
Colonel, U.S. Mari ne Cor ps
H ead , Marksma nship Branch
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Have ju st finished reading th e Jun e issue
of GU N S, and as alwa ys found it excelle nt. I
enjoyed Elmer's " Simba !" espec ia lly. But I
found one item th at evoked extreme wrath, a
let ter in " Crossfire" unde r th e head ing " P salm
of Keith's Discipl es." Arg uments are long
and len gt hy on th e subjec t of a deq ua te
weap ons. But th e lin e a bout " maximum, with
a pinch for lu ck," is downri ght slander. If
this lad would chec k int o Elmer' s r ecommendations, he would find that th ere have
never been any of them that were not completely safe in th e weapo ns for whi ch th ey
were int end ed.
Elmer K eit h, Ph il Shar pe. an d Col. Wh elen
have been th e guid ing li ghts of my firear ms
and han dload in g prog res s, and th ey shall
cont inue to be. Th ey all have in common a
desire to mak e clean kill s, an d this tak es an
co.
I read your magazine occa sionally prior to
th e October '57 issue. and I th ought them to
be from fa ir to good. H owever , with th at issue wher ein Elmer Keith star ted wr iting, my
ra tin g for your magazine went to alm ost p erfect and I have not missed an issue since .
T he cra ze for ult ra-hi gh intensit y ca rtrid ges, of microscopi c caliber and fea ther
weight ballets, has bee n carried to r id iculous
extremes. For all big game such as elk,
goa t or lar ger, th e calibre should be aro und
.35 with a bullet of at least 250 grains, driven
around 2500 Ips at th e min imum . A combination like this, or even bett er, pro vides
stoppin g power that no small bore, .30 caliber or und er, possesses.
T h is is even more appare nt wit h han dgun
cartri dges, where the maj ority of available
cartridges are all und er loaded. Th e pr ime
example is the miser abl e .38 Special. Since
no handgun ca rt r idge can compa re in power
with any tr ue b ig ga me rifle ca rtridge; t her e
is no use for an y calibre un der .40. I reali ze
th at I am in th e mi nor ity, but I maintain th at
only with large calibres and heavy bull et s at
1000 Ips or bett er can an efficient handgun
cart ridge be obta ined.
Be th at what it ma y, your ma gazine ra tes
tops and will cont inue to do so as long a s
Elmer K eith is writing art icles for it.
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