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.41 MAGNUM
BALLISTICS
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FIELD TEST
·REPORT
How 10 COLLECT YOUR HONKER .
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- RUGER'S RIM-FIRE RIFLE I
Found in the best of circles
What do expert handloaders say a bout
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Ask the bench rester who consistently shoots sub-minute-of-angle groups.
Or the varmint shooter who gets his
chucks at 300 yards. Or the big·game
hunter who invariably makes his
first shot count.
Chances are, these handloaders are
using Remington components . And for
good reasons:
Handloadersopenly prefer Remington
brass. They say it's stronger, more
workable, capable of more reloads.
(And Remington case design is su-
perb. Witness the amazing popularity
of the 222 Remington for bench-rest
and varmint shooting, the 7mm Remington Mag. for big-game hunting.)
Remington primers have long been
the overwhelming favorite at both the
National Varmint. & Sporter Championships and the National Bench Rest
Championships.
And it's no secret that Remington bullet design and construction are unsurpassed for both fine accuracy and
game-stopping power. They're available to handloaders in over one hundred different combinations of type,
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LAWMAKERS
Congressman Edward J. Derwinski
4th District, Illinois
Throughout our nation's history, law-abiding citizens
have had the right to possess firearms for self-defense
and for participation in legitimate hunting activities.
Certainly, a firearm was an indispensable tool to the
pioneer, and this traditional American concept of individual firearm ownership should be maintained.
I believe that the States, rather than the Federal Government, are best equipped to legislate for their citizens
regarding ownership and use of firearms. Since the
illegal possession and use of firea rms continues, regardless of the stringency of the laws, standard crime prevention activity is the best defense against lawless elements and their use
of guns.
Senat o r Gale McGee
Wyoming
The history of our nation is the history of a people skilled in the use of
arms. We may not be called upon in the space age to defend our homes
with our own arms, but the right to possess those arms is still an integral
part of our individual rights and way of life. Our nation is one where
recreational hunting-traditionally the sport of royalty or the very wealthy
-is enioyed by people of all walks of life. The tragedy of the President's
assassination has led to demands that the ownership of firearms be somehow
restricted. But we must remember that it is people who do the killing and
other methods will be found if one means is eliminated. The end result of such
restrictions would be severe damage to both our traditional rights and our
recreational opportunities.
Congressman Ed Foreman
J 6th District, Texas
I feel the State of Texas, my state, needs no more
restrictive legislation regarding guns. In my opinion,
strict gun laws, of themselves, do not reduce crime. I do
believe a law-abiding citizen has the right to keep a
firearm in his home for self~defense and for participation in the shooting sports.
With regard to the guarantee of the right of U. S.
citizens to keep and bear arms, I believe we must do
everything in our power to preserve and protect the
rights guaranteed to the individual by the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights.
Congressman Melvin R. Laird
7th District, Wisconsin
In my own State of Wisconsin, the laws regarding the ownership and
of guns are both sufficient and adequate, in my view. In principle,
I am for strict gun laws as they pertain to concealed weapons, the registration of-sidea'rins, and so on.
On the other hand, it is my belief that those State laws are unnecessary
which requir,e the registration of hunting weapons that are obviously intended for sport and that cannot be concealed on the person.
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AUGUST 1964
AUGUST. 1964
Vol.
x, No.
8-116
G eorg e E. von Rosen
Pu bli she r
Art hu r S. Arkush
Ass't to the Publ isher
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R. A. Steindler ...... Ma naging Editor
J erome Rakusan ... . . Associate Editor
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S&W AI MAGNUM-BALLISTiCS . . ..... . .. . .. . . . ... .. ..... . Kent Bellah 16
S&W AI MAGNUM-FIELD TEST . . .... . . • . .. . ... . ... . .... R. A. Steindler 19
RUGER'S RIM-FIRE RIFLE .............. .. .. .. .. .. ........ R. A. Steindler 21
Kent Bellah ........... Handloading
Dick Mi ller . .... . ............. Trap
Graha m Bu rnside ..... . ... C ollecting
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THE PRO-GUN LAW TAKES SHAPE ..... .... ................. E. B. Mann 15
Sydney Barker ....... . .. Art Director
education. • •
IN PHOENIX KIDS LEARN TO SHOOT ............... Charles C. Niehuis 26
Lew Merrell .. . ..... Ass't Art Director
Lee Salberg .
. . . Advertising Director
Sanfo rd Herzog .. Prod uction Manager
collectors ...
EARLY GUN TRADE OF THE WEST (Part Two) ........... James E. Serven 22
THE BSA RALOCK ......................... . .... . .. . ... . La rry S. Sterett 33
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THE CASE FOR THE CONVERSION UNITS . . .............. Neil L. Farrell 28
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HONKER HOW-TO .... . ........................ ..... Col. Da ve Ha rbour 24
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ........................... G raham Bu rnside
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THE COVER
German Zimmerstutzen, probably converted from 8. 15x46R target rifle, uses
a t iny indoo r plinking blank. Case loads
into a swing-out chamber near muzzle ,
utilizing only 7%" of rifled ba rrel. Lead
balls weigh 8112 grains, are size of No. 2
shot. Lever cocks internal hammer, fi ring
pin runs through barrel to loading mechanism. Photograph by Wm. Schumaker,
Colville, Washington. Gun is owned by
Vern Workman, also of Colville.
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SCA Newsletter S cores
As a Shooters Club mcmber, I was dclighted whcn I read the contents of the
second ncwsletter, just received. It addcd
an exclamation point to the thinking I have
been doing of late on the subject of all the
voices for anti-gun legislation, and the few
voices for sensible laws.
I wish to state how impressed I was with
Mr. Peterson's concise and in telligent recommendations. They are without a doubt, th e
most outstanding suggestions T have yet come
across. He is to be congratulated.
Richard Silage
New York, N.Y.
The Shooters Club Newsletter is only one
of many benefits en joyed by members. Our
voice is growing stronger each day, and I
urge readers who are not members to join
the one agressive organization in the fight
against bad gun laws.- EolToR
W ants More on W ildcats
In your March issue you h ad a very good
article on the .25·06 wildcat cartridge by
Robert J. Kindley. I enjoyed it very much
and would like to see more articles on
varmint hunting and wildcat cartridges. Keep
up the good work.
Fred Nadelman
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dear Congressman Lindsay
Congratulations on making the "Slicks!"
I have just read your article entitled "Too
Many People Have Guns," in the February
1 issue of the "Saturday Evening Post."
You recognize the contention of the op·
position which is to the effect that the pro·
posed legislation would merely rcstrict the
honest citizen, and would not keep firearms
out of thc hands of criminals. However, I do
not find in your article any attcmpt to refute
this claim.
How can we honestly claim the proposed
curtailment of shipping of firearms, by mail
or othen~ise, is important to the public
safety? Presumably there is some th ought
that requiring a purchaser to meet the seller
of a firearm face to face will keep firearms
from the possession of u ndesirables. Honestly,
Mr. Lindsay! We can't even keep the juveniles from buying booze!
Is there any reason at all to suppose that
the assassin of our late President would have
any real trouble buying or stealing a gun
capable of carrying out h is murderou s intent? Isn't it true that Mr. Oswald could
have truthfully answered any of the proposed
qualifying qucstions and purchased a gun
legally had thc proposed legislation been in
effect? Can any regulation or legislation
change the malignant hearts of men?
J. Claire Shumake
Olney, Illinois
Firearms Control
Our late Prcsident, J ohn F. Kennedy, died
solely because of a madman and not because
of a rifle, as our nation is being led to believe. Firearms kill because man utilizes them
for such purposes while man does not kill
bcca use of firearms. Firearms protected our
co untry in time of need and now protect our
homes and loved ones. Crime will cxist with
or without weapons as man is thc factor behind crime.
The b ulk of proposed firearms legislation
only assists crime, subversion and comm unism. A disarmed society is easy prey for
all three. We m ust protect our heritage and
our rights under the Constitution. "T he right
to keep and bear arms" must be maintained.
Society should check criminals while the
police should not check h onest citizens.
Pfc R. D. FitzPatrick
Fort Bragg, N_ C.
S omething For E veryone
As a reader of your magazi ne for nearly
six months, and a recent member of the
Shooters Club of America, I wish to congratulate you on your fine work and offer
my best wishes for the future.
I enjoy the many fine featurcs, especially
the coverage on the latest military arms such
as the AR-15 and AR·18. One thing I noted
is that you feature articles on all three of
the major sporting arms-rifles, shotguns,
and handguns- in nearly every issue. This
variety should keep even the most discerning
reader happy.
Most important, I think, is your concern
for our right to bear anns. I agree with most
of the points set forth in your "Pro·Gun
Law," though I know it is impossible to outline a law that will satisfy evcryone. I am
sure a strong law can be drawn up and I
urge other sportsmen to join in supporting
organizations such as yours in getting this
legislation passed, and, in the meantime,
warding off detrimental legislation.
Erling Barsness
Glenwood, Minn.
May Cartoon
Your cartoon "Any Day Now Comrade"
on page 62 of the May issue was a masterGUNS
AUGUST 1964
piece of underst atement. If you decide to
distribute reprints Qf it (and you should),
I would want to mail one to. every person I
know who considers that threat a laughing
matter.
Those who WQuid hide from the fact that
there are guns in the world, who would
sooner legislate them under the rug, are fools
of the highest Qrder. Those who hope and
pray that their sons and daughters will
never touch a gun, who will not allow a
firearm in their home, and who treat each
and every hunter as a sadist and a lunaticlet's show them this cartoon.
Douglas Benson
Schenectady, New York
Angier Article
I enjoyed reading " The Time of the
Grizzly" by Bradford Angier (GUNS, May
1964) very much. More articles by him
would be most welcome.
Ralph F. Quarry
Spokane, Wash.
I agree with the editor's note Qn "The
Time of the Grizzly." Angier is an exceptional writer. His play with words and
phrases is very refreshing.
I also liked "Collectors Discover Spur Triggers," by C. Eldon Shomber. COon gratulations
for a very worthwhile publication.
Fredrick J . Colbert M.D.
J ulian, California
With regard to the article by Bradford
Angier, I would continue to. use his material
if I were you. He is an excellent writer and
has a great deal of experience. I have read
most of his books and . find them most interesting and informative.
James A. Wyatt
Forest Park, m inQis
R eaders liked "The Time of the Grizzly"
very much, and responses ra:n 9 to 1 in favor
of it. Two readers felt that this was fiction
- which it was not - another complained
that not enough gun information was presented. Since the pro-Angier voice was so
strong, we shall present another of Brad's
articles in the not too distant future. -Editor
Q & A Correction
The Questions and Answers department in
the April issue had several questions regarding the 7.65 mm Mauser. Since I consider
the answers incomplete, I thought I would
put some light on the subject.
First : 150 grain soft point ammunition
can be bought through Norma dealers in the
U.S. and from Globe Firearms, Ottawa,
Canada.
Second : The 7.65 mm is a good hunting
cartridge, but nQt with .30 caliber bullets
which give poor accuracy. The bullets to be
used are .303 caliber (.311") . Hornady's 174
grain (.312") bullets are very accurate with
38.5 grains Qf Hi-Vel or 42 grains of 4895.
Best accuracy obtained is with the DominiQn
CIL 190 grain (.311") round nOose bullets
and 39.5 gr. of Hi-Vel. These will deliver
three shot groups under one inch at 100
yards all day long.
Cases can be formed from .30-06 brass,
shortened to 54 mm.
W. H . Beaudoin
RimQuski, Que., Canada
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AMMUNITION
.45 ACP Ball , Win., N.C . ........ $ 4.50 per 100
.45 ACP Ball , Rem., Corr........ 4.00 per 100
9mm Luger, Boxer, Non-Corr... . 3.00 per 100
9mm Luger, Corrosive.......... 2.75 per 100
.30-'06 Ball , Corrosive.. .. ... . .. 4.00 per 100
7.7 lap Military .. . .. ... ....... 12.50 per 100
6.5 l ap, Soft Point. . .......... 12.50 per 100
.30 M1 Carbine, Non-Corr. ..... 5.00 per 100
7mm Mauser, Rem. Military .. ... 5.00 per 100
. 303 British, Military..... . ..... 5.00 per 100
.3S Spl. Wad cutter, Comm .. . . . . . 5.00 per 100
41 Swiss Rim Fi re............. 5.00 per 20
Smm Mauser, Mil itary . .. ....... 4.00 per 100
.45 Auto Wad cutter, Co mm .. . . . . 7.00 per 100
.455 Webley, Military.......... 8.50 per 100
6.5 Italian, Soft Point. . . . . . . . .. 12.50 per 100
.30 Carbine Soft Point... .... ... 9.95 per 100
7mm Mauser, Soft Point. ...... . 10.00 per 100
7.65 Argentine, Soft Point. .... . 12.50 per 100
Smm Mauser, Soft Point. . . ... . . 10.00 per 100
.303 British, Soft Point. .... ... _ 10.00 per 100
.30-'06 Soft Point. .. ... . .... . .. 10.00 per 100
32 Remington , Comm ..... .... . . 10.00 per 100
.30-06 Ba ll , Non-Corr. . . . . . . . . .. 5.00 per 100
OCM
Carbine
felt a need for it several times, was a means
for gauging how much of a wad column we
would need for a given hull. Despite all the
good resol utions of writing wad column
height down for all the hulls that we usc,
we just never got around to it. Pacific Gunsight Co., Box 4495G, Lincoln, Nebraska
68504, has the answer for that problem .
Their new Wad Column Indicator is simple
to use, determines wad column needed, tells
you if the load you have will allow a good
crimp. Right now, the Indicator is available
in 12 gao only, but other gauges will become
available shortly.
Chris De J onge, the fellow who makes
American Safety Gun Cases, 82 East 8th
Street, Holland, Mich., tells us that he has
further improved his fine gun cases. To
prove his point, he shipped us one a couple
ACCESSORIES
Minimum Order $5.00
Include Postage with Parcel Post items
Stamp for Complete List of A mmo
and Carbine Accessories
2413-D (G)
8
Galveston, Texas
Crosman R evolvers
Last year, while covering the Camp P erry
pistol matches, I was introduced to one of
the first models of Crosman's 38T, the C02
Gun Case
30-Shot Carbine Mag, new ........ .. . $2.50 ea.
lS-Shot Carbine Mag, new .......... . .75 ea.
Two lS-Shot Carbine Mags, in pouch ... 1.75 ea.
2-Pocket new lS-shot mag pouch.. . . . .50 ea.
4-Pocket new 30-shot mag. pouch.... 1.50 ea.
New Carbine Zipper Canvas Case ..... 1.25 ea.
Carbine Sling & Oiler, new .... . ..... 2.00 set
S-Shot Carbine Magazin e . ........ . .. 1.50 ea.
M-1 Carbine Bayonet & Sheath .... 4.50 per set
VIC'S FOR GUNS
Webbing fasteners assure non-moving of
gun in case, and the entire case is PolyFoam lined. The case is made of .080"
aluminum, has a full-length piano hinged
lid, and the suitcase-type catches hold the
lid of the case securely; it should be added
here that these catches bave provisions for
padlocks, and thus you can ship your guns
across the country or into Africa without
having to worry about pilferage. The PolyFoam lining does not collect moisture; the
tie-downs are more than adequate, even for
a heavy .458 that has been bounced around
in this case for over two weeks_ All in all,
the test case as well as several others that
we have seen, make excellent means to ship
or tran sport your guns, and the cases are
the cheapest insurance you can get for your
pet rifles or shotguns. Write Chris for a
folder-there are many styles and sizes to
choose from.
months ago, and we gave it some of the
roughest treatment we could think of. The
model we received, # 64-11-52, is a two gun
case, that holds two scoped rifles easily.
pellgun that handles like the real thin g.
Built ruggedly, the 38T that came to us for
tests did extremely well, and accuracy was
exceptionally good. Also available is the
Model 38C, a combat version of the target
gun, a little shorter and with slightly different sights. Both guns shoot .22 caliber
pellets, can be fired single and double
action. The T model has a 6-inch barrel, the
C gun has a 3%-inch barrel, barrels have
button rifling, 6 land right hand twist, one
turn in 16 inches. The T gun has an adjustable trigger, while the combat gun has,
what Crosman calls, a "combat quality"
trigger pull.
Shooting from 25 feet on the indoor
range, our best single action group meas ured
1111.6, while the worst group went 2 ~ inch,
6 shots from a solid rest_ Shooting double
action, best group measured one inch, while
the worst group spread to 1% inches_ The
(Continued on page 12)
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
Exclusive By Redfield
At .long last, you can own a scope with a Range Ind icator bu ilt in! No more guessing at
nce to target .
The famed Redfield Variables (with the non-magnifying reticles) are now ava ilable with Accu-Range-a device
wh ich tells you the approximate distance to your target while you look through the scope!
THE AVERAGE DEER-SIZE ANIMAL MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 18" FROM SHOULDER TO BRISKET. SIMPLY FIT THAT
18" ZONE BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL REFERENCE LINES AT THE TOP OF YOUR SIGHT PICTURE ... AND THE BOTTOM ·
FIGURE VISIBLE ON THE SCALE IS YOUR YARDAGE!
N OW Just fit the DEER
~--- And
Easy as ABC!
(A) With your scope at normal LOW power,
you spot " deer" . Deer doesn't fit between
the re f erence li nes. Increase power,
ignoring sca le ...
Between the lines
(8) ... until " deer" (18" vital zone) fits between the lines. NOW READ THE SCALE!
(f igure visib le at bottom = 400 yards)
read the Range!
(C) Using your regular non-magn ifying,
centered reticle , change power to su it
your preference, hold ing according to t he
known factors (range and trajectory of
your load) and SQU-E-E-EZE!
NOTE: THE WHOLE ACCU-RANGE OPERATION TAKES ONLY SPLIT SECONDS. ACCU-RANGEDOES NOT AFFECT A HUNTER'S ABILITY TO
SHOOT FAST WHEN NECESSARY . •. FOR THE REGULAR NON -MAGNIFYING, CENTERED RETICLE IS ALWAYS READY FOR INSTANT USE.
OPTIONAL: A detachable turning knob is suppl ied with each Accu-Range.
NOTE: Init ial Accu-Range Variables scale 150 to 450-yards. However, 200
to 600-yards will be in later models due to demand from field use.
FOR AN EXCITING DEMONSTRATION SEE YOUR DEALER OR GUNSMITH
*Accu-Range is a Redfield trade name, and is an exclusive engineering development -requiri~g technieal changes
. which prevent conversion of Standard Redfield Variables to Accu-Range Variabl~s. - Pat. applied for.
REDFIELD
liun SIIiHT [D.
1325 South Clarkson • Denver, Colorado 80210
WRITE FOR FREE 1964 CATALOG.
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
9
By KENT BELLAH
TRIGGER FINGER
OUT OF WORK?
GO BOW HUNTING!
Why limit yourself to gun season?
Take up bow hunting and e njoy
many more hours of you r fa vo rite
sport.
The pleasure of bow hunting is more
than just extra woods time. Bow
hun ting takes you closer to the
target - gives your aim a nd you r
instincts a good test.
Try it. It' ll sure take the itch o ut
of yo ur trigger fi nge r!
-~IEK=PEAHSIIK~
INC 0 R P 0 RAT E 0
Dept. G M , Pine Bluff, Arka nsas
Plea se rush free copy of the 1964
Be n Pearso n cata log to a dd ress below:
NAM E.____________________
ADDRE SS,_ _________________
CITY_ _ _ _ _ ZONE_
10
STATE_
_
Game B uster Lo ads
The Rev. L. C. Smith, Bowie Texas, grew
up with guns. A handloader for 5 years, he
preaches the Word of God, and firmly believes in our right to own and use guns for
any legal purpose. Rev. Smith cleanly bagged
two nice whitetails this past season. Both
were neck hits at about 60 yards with mild
loads. He used a .30-06 with 180 gr. Sierra
bullets backed with 52.0 gr. 4831 and CCI
200 primers. Rev. Smi th uses a Lyman TruLine Jr. press.
Hunting was good nearly everywhere this
past season. If you've had a steady diet of
nothing better than prime beef sirloin, you'll
want to bring in a supply of good game
meat for a thrilling taste treat. A good friend
has a .30·06 Sako with a Redfield 3·9X
variable. His favorite load is a 165 gr. Speer
bullet with 59.0 gr. 4350 and CCI 250 Magnum primers, chronographing at 2943 fps in
his rifle. The remarkably small variation is
only 31 fps for 10 rounds. Switching to
another type of primer gave 90 fps deviation.
His fi rst mule deer was running uphill at
about 100 yards. The shot entered between
the shoulder blades ranging forward in the
brisket. The recovered bullet was beautifully
mushroomed to caliber .55, proof of ample
power. The same load dropped a whitetail in
his tracks with a high lung shot, shattering
ribs on entrance, and making an exit hole
large as a teacup_ His companion bagged
another buck with this load.
This load is good for nearly any game
with a decent hit. Accuracy is superb. My
friend bagged 3 elk and 6 deer with it, all
clean kills_ His two sons both bagged nice
mule deer with it.
A friend took an 8 point whitetail at
about 50 yards with a shoulder hit from a
cal. .44 Magnum Ruger revolver. He backed
a Speer 225 gr. j acketed H.P. with 23.5 gr.
2400 and CCI 350 Magnum primers. Performance was fast and clean. He uses the
same load in his Ruger .44 Carbine "companion gun" for game beyond the range of
his ability with a revolver.
Dale Linn made clean, one shot kills on
two nice whitetaiLs with his 8 x 57 Mauser.
Dale uses a 125 gr. Speer with 52.0 gr. 3031
and CCI 250 Magnum primers. It's a grain
more than listed in Speer's excellent #6
Reloading Manual, but pressure isn't excessive. Groups average near l.0" at 100
yards, excellent for a fat, short bullet. Dale
uses it on varmints and deer. He says, "You
don't have to hit anything twice!" With
velocity barely under 3200 fps, the bullet
has adequate penetration.
Mrs. Allen (Joy) Watson bagged her
first big game, a gorgeous 11 point whitetail.
Joy had practiced plinking tin cans at 100
yards with a Sako .222, and found shooting
was fun . Her husband advised her to take a
neck shot with her K-8 Weaver glass on the
varmint rifle with WoW factory ammo. She
made a dead center hit for an instant kill
at 83 yards. After visiting us, Joy foun d
handloading was easy and good fun. Next
season she will have a more potent rifle, and
she and Allen will probably bring home
venison with their own loads. That will be
mor e thrilling, and the venison will surely
taste better.
If all Hull Fillers & Cap Busters introduced our fascinating hobby to 3 non-reloaders, and they introduced it to 3 more
we'd be a nation of happier people and
better shooters. Then no politician would
dare suggest anti-gun legislation. The result
would be better people in public office and
better government. Handloaders, as a group,
are the finest citizens I know.
Exhibition Shooter D. L. Cooper bagged
a nice whitetail with 1 :12 twist custom .270.
Cooper used a 100 gr. Speer backed with
50.0 gr. 4895 and CCI 250 Magnum primers,
at 3300 fps . That isn't flat out, but accuracy
is fine. It made a 4" exit hole in the right
ham of the running buck, that never knew
what hit him. Don't sell light bullets short
for deer, if velocity is adequate.
Newton Smith, Cuero, Texas, fired one
shot at a deer from 175 yards. He cleanly
killed 3 does! Three companions confirmed
his story. The unintentional bag was du e to
inadequate velocity with a heavy, deep penetrating 180 gr. bullet in a .30-06 factory load.
Earl Hess, Muenster, Texas, got two running bucks in Utah. His load was a 139 gr.
Norma bullet in a 6.5 x 55 Norma case with
46.6 gr. Norma 204 powder. Both were clean,
one-shot kills.
Elton Teague clobbered a buck at 100
yards broadside with a Browning _243 and
K-6 Weaver scope. He used 44.0 gr. 4831
and CCI 250 Magnum primers behind a
105 gr. Speer Round Nose, hitting high and
center. The buck's legs simply went out
from u nder him, and Elton had a supply of
good venison.
Master Shooter Charles Woodford, Long
Grove, Iowa, shoots a S & W 1955 Target .45
revolver. His 50 yard load is a 180 gr_ H & G
#130 bullet with 3.8 gr. Bullseye and CCl
300 primers. The slow fire stage p ut him far
enough ahead to win the aggregate and set
a .45 r ange record at Decar, Iowa. He uses
(Continued on page 49)
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
GUARANTEE
NEW FAMED FIREARMS INTERNATIONAL M~TADOR!
12·16·20 OR 410 GAUGE MATADOR DOUBLE SHOTGUNS!
Check these quality Matador featUres. Sel ective automatic ejectors;
~d~gi;e ~~~1g~iv~u~nglj~~; s~~~?fic &gfu~e~~Yh~~dbl:n~~~~l
receiver; go ld inlay; individually mounted firing pins:
checkered French Walnut stock; Beavertail forearm.
Klein ' s scoops the market to p urchase balance of Mawdor factory P!oduction . Choose From Big Sel e ction!
A prIce $0 low It
puts a tine quality
shotgun within the
reach of EVERYONEI
Ord e r #
C22-2192
C22-2191
C22-2190
C22-2189
C22-2188
C22-2187
Ga. Chamber Barre l
12
23/4 "
30"
]2
2 3/4. "
28"
16
2 3/4"
28"
20
23/4'"
28"
410 3"
28"
410 3"
2 6"
Choke W eig ht
M&F
7 lj4,
M&F
7 1/4
M&F
63/4
M&F
61/2
F&F
51/2
M&F
5th
Lgt h.
47"
45"
45"
45"
45"
43"
Price
$ 11778
Klein's Low Price!
$117:78
$107 78
$117.78
$107.78
$107.78
$107.78
410 &
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Famed Firearms International MATADOR! 10 Gauge Magnum Double
Perfect for ducks, geese, fox, etc. Shoots either 27/8" or 31/2" magnum shells. 32" full choked barrels Engraved receiver
double safety underlocks. checkered French Walnut st9ck, beaverta il foreann, 10 gao only has double trigger. Auto e jectors:
49" overall. 91/2 lbs. C22-2187 . Brand new, first Quahty. KLEIN'S LOW PRICE .••••••• _ •• • •••••• • • • •• ••••••••.•..•
E20-73. Shotgun shells #2 OT #4 shot. State choice . B ox of 25 • • • • •• ••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••• •. $7.25
$
12778
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Ord e r #
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g~~:~~;:
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Shotguns feature Single
Manufacture r 's Writte n
Famous Daly
se lective inertia type trigger a n d
automatic selective ejectors . Exclu-
T~"ge i~i~~ei-r b~~~~'F. Jt~1~i?;:r~f~~
stee l banel s, tapered ventilated rib.
Select wal nut stock with fine checkered semi-pistol grip and forend.
Heat treated box lock action.
Ga. Ch a mbe r Ba rrel Choke
12
3"
30"
F&F
t~
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NEW! KLEIN'S BOLT ACTION
30/06 CAL. HI-POWER RIFLE
NEW REMINGTON 600 CARBINE
~1~~~t~n!~cnt~1g~~go~~~1. 59995
D23-1780 . . . . . . . . . . . .
NEW WEATHERBY .22 AUTO
5-shot. 22 L .R.; semi·nuto or singl e
shot with thumb operated change
lever. 26" barrel, 42:Y4 11 overall. Wt .
6 Ibs . Polish€!d.. fully checkered Wal nut stock. Three-way folding rear
~iig_til~~~P N~on:hi~~~
$9950
~';j:~g~0~\O;J.~~S3j4;'· dia. 4X Fleet..
wood scope and mount . . . . $105 .9 5
C20-1168. With I" dla. 4X F l eetwood Scope and mount •••• $123 . 50
+~
~~
022-2198
20
3"
20u
IC&M
6
D22-2199
12
23/4"
26"
S&S
7 1/8
D22-2200
20
3"
26"
S&S
6
$295 .00
Guns below are Daly wide 1'ib t1'ap models with full pistol
grip Monte Carlo stock and t rap specs .
D22-2201
]2
2:%"
30"
F&F
8
$335.00
D22. 2202
12
2:)/,"
30"
M&F
8
$335.00
No Shipping OT C1'edit Charges On Above Guns
18112" barre l , 14" stock. Blade ramp
front Sight, notched rear sight ad ·
D23-2221 . . 222 caL .. . . . . . $99 . 95
No shipping or cT~dit cha1'DCS on above.
C23-2225. 308 cal. Carbine with
Tasco 21f2-8X }If CH scope . $126.88
C23-2224 . . 222 Ca l. Carbine with
Tasco 3-9X 1" CH scope . . . $134.88
Wt.
8
Made by famed Firearms InLernation·
3 year guarantee! Forged receiver.
12 groove "Sh a l·Kut" barrel de-
~~11:f. J?~edthbearr~t~ acffg~n anc:r~;i~~
ger housing assembly. Se l ect wal nut
stock. Wt. 5lh lbs ., 36" overa ll , 18"
g~~~~kOl~ -~~·fcti.gger pull,
78
C23-859. carbfne on ly ...
C23-2218 . Carbine with Tasco 4X
1" CH scope. mounted •••••• $99.78
C23-2220. Carbine with Tasco 3-9X
I" elI variable scope, mtd. $114 .7 8
024-1341 .
Carbine as above but
$77
~~\ghn;e~~~kJlar;,t~ IS~n w~thh~g~ligbOIA~~
ish select wal nut stock. No ship~
ping or credit cha1'ges . ••• • $119.95
024-2234 . Carbine as above buL all
v.mh
~o~~alfi~r~~
aa t~g1~trfr>J:S~lar~riH~:
grained walnut stock. No shipping
or c1'edit charges . . •••• ..•. $149.95
E26-55. Hunting Ammo $5.00 p e r 50
rds; E26· 2144 . Metal jacketed ba ll
ammo, 100 rds. $7 . 95 ; A27 - 16"4S .
1 5 shot magazine, new $1.50 ea.;
827-1646 . 30 shot Magazine $4 . 95
ea.
~~~nle2 a~rl~e ~ril~~~ r;fo~~ar~itii
cheekpiecc and fluted comb. Has
\Villiams "Guidc" sight adjustab l e
~i~t:;'i~~O::~ r'!.I~';,a~i:'or;;t ~~~g~ F~Sr;
adjust."lbJe Sako trigger with sliding
~~~~~l, '!v~~t.fi;2 ~~~~ F~1i~use~4l{r~
action. Brand new. Guaranteed fo r
one year by Firearms Internationa l.
A l so available in .243 Win., .270
~r~~u~m~ ~eem·kl e~~'s·3(;10 Win.
Low Price! State choice.
C23-2213. Rifle Only . . . .
C23-2214. Rifle with Tasco 4X 1"
CH scope, mounted . . . . . . . $122 . 88
C23·2215 . Rifle with Tasco 2 1/2·8X
I" CH Variable scope, mLli. $126.88
C23-2216 . Rifle with Tasco 3-9X 1"
CH Variable scope, mtd . . . . $134 . 88
GUN & AMMO PURCHASERS:
Please send sig n ed statement
s tating that you are 21 or over,
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addict.
$9988
New! F irst choice of timed and s l ow
fire target shooters. 5'" barre l , 8 1/2"
l ength, wt. 37 oz. Grooved trigger.
Checkered walnut stock. Partridge
~~~&. R~~~~f~~~.45r6if.
g~~:iii3 : '3'S
cutter
$12500
'spci: ·lI.1:ar·k
III Wad-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125 . 00
No shipping OT credit charges.
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TWENTY" SCOPE
1965 19th ANNUAL GUN DIGEST
ALL NEW! 384 GIANT PAGES!
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Foolproof safety. Turned down bolt.
American Walnut stock, with sling
swive ls. All milled parts .
All Enfiel ds NRA very good or better
$29
t:r8~~3~'
78
M1917 Rifle
made by Eddystone . .. . .
C20-34. Made: by Remington or by
Winchester .. .. •• . . . . . . . • $34.95
C20-1297. M1917 by Rem. or Win.
~/4sJa~~O:~~sc~~~e.t~.o~
$44.95
M1917 by Rem. or Win.
side mounted installed with big 1 "
C20-1293 .
~~t~O ihgfc: ~~~~~ ~~~~:
$64.88
U.S. SPRINGFIELD M1903-A3
30/06 CAL. MILITARY RIFLE
A ll w i th high number nickel receiv·
ers, milled working parts. Mad e in
Gov't arsenals-not commercially as·
~~~b l~~ep5·:r:~t~~1:d~nefr~~lu:~;~~~
$39
Great f o r sporting use. 431/4" over·
a ll, 8.69 lbs. NRA Excel·
78
l ent condition. Rifle only.
C24-1789 . . . . • •. ••.••
C24· 2226 . Rifle with Tasco 4X 1"
CH scope on top deinchab le mounts,
mounted, ready to shoot . . . . $69 . 78
C24·2227 . Rifle with Tasco 21/2 8X 1" CH scope on top detachable
mounts , mounted ready to s h oot .
• .•• .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . $73 . 78
E26·1000. 120 MS. 8010 6 ammo.
. . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . $7 .20
NRA Excellent Cond Ilion! Amazing
deep price cut due to specia l purc h ase from Bri tish Air M inistry .
Available with or without scopes.
The finest lot of Enfield # 1 Mark
III Rifles we've ever scen . . • and
~OaS:i~~ ~~~I~~~\e Off;:li~ ~~:;:~~ l~n~
.
t ime. This is the lowest price we have
ever offered for a gun of this Quality. Smooth oiled fine-grained wa lnut stock . Sporterized stock bal ances
we ll , permits fast handling. Rear
sight adjustable . Blade front sight.
Turned·down bolt handle , solid brass
butt plate. 10-shot removable clip.
S ling swivel s. 441y2" overall. .303
g~~'~:2;,J:~~~~~·. ~?~~~~
Famous World War II 30/06 cal·
iber semi·auto rifle . 8 shot, 24" brl.
42" overall. AdJusLable sight. Exactly as issued with ori gina l click
~Y66 ir[~UO~ ;~r;~t \~~~~~~a~l~h f~g~
I~:~~~:v~.~~~?~~c.~~~~:.
$7799
C24- 1716. In ULike New" condi·
tion. Certified perfect . •••. •• $86 . 99
The never-again to be duplicated
creation of the great Georg Luger.
Guaranteed. completely serviceab le .
and in NRA Very GOOd cond ition.
Rebl ued and refinished. 83A" overa ll.
:~op'arrel. Wt. 30 oz. 895
E24-2229. Luger P-08 . . .
E26-2092. 9mm Ammo. 100 rds .
.. •• •.•.•••• ••••••.•.• • $5.00
B27·2285. Issue type holste1'. B1'and
new • •• • •• ••••• • •••. •• . •• $8.50
$49
FAMOUS
MILITARY
M WALTHER
P-38 AUTO
Military No . 5 MKI Royal Enfiel d.
10 shot, bol t action. 1 8" barrel. Wt.
~IY~glb:w~~~. rfjPi~i~ P~fg fl::~eh i~Me
78
~~d~JteE~C~re~t~ sport-
C23-1600
. . ...... ... .
$29
C23-1601. Carbine with 4X 20mm
scope, mounted •• . .••..•
539.78
E20-l339.
.303 British Military
A m'J"no. peT 100 1'oun.ds •••••• $7.50
Replaced Pistole Modle '08 by the
German Anny- in 1938. Official Ger·
man NATO slde·ann. Single and dou·
ble action. Auto. internal safety .
8 112" overall , 40/4" barrel,
wt.- 34 oz., 8 shot .
E24·2228. NRA Good . . .
E24·1698. NRA Exce llent .. . $39.95
E26·2092. 9 J1.1M Ammo. 100 1'ds.
• . . . . . . . • • . • • . . . . • . . . • . $5.00
B24-2235. I ssue holster, new . $8.50
$3495
l5?~cstsl
D99· 40
Scope only
with Elevating
• _ ••••••. $27 . 79
~fie toS~~~~~ 0,Y~
suburban lot. Fa·
cuses as c l ose as 15
yds. 40mm objective l ens. Field of
view 75' at 1 000
yds. 1 5% long. 22
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Crosman Powerlet does fire 45 shots, but
we found that accuracy begins to fall off
after the 35th shot. Since Powerlets are
inexpensive, replacing one of th em is well
worth th e few cen ts it will cost you in the
course of an evening's ses~ion of tar,get
shooting in your basement. One item worth
noting in the Crosman line is their new
leather holster for these guns. This holster
can be changed from right hand shooting
to southpaw gunhandling in a few seconds;
available for both models, it retails for only
$6.98. The guns, and you can get yours from
yo ur local dealer, retail for $24.95.
CCI Target Ammo
THE GREAT
WEATHERBY
IMPERIAL SCOPE ROBBERY
It was a mystery that made history.
And it happened last year.
U
'ke phantom smoke arising from a
dead campfire, Weatherby Imperial
Scopes were appearing magically in
the advertisements of national magazines
(and in stores) where they had never been
before. And they were priced so low it led
you to believe they were obtained as prizes
in Cracker-Jack boxes. Of course they disappeared faster than a buck in a tamarack
swamp. {Imagine what would happen if the
Crown Jewels went on sale in a dime store.}
As you know, Roy Weatherby believes in
the fine art of hunting. And he also holds
that every serious hunter should have a
Weatherby Imperial Scope with its exclusive binocular-type focusing and precision
optics for greater luminosity. But not to the
extent that he was altogether delighted to
see products as superior as the Weatherby
Imperial being sold below cost ... at a
profit to people who weren't even Weatherby Dealers. There was a bear in the barnyard somewhere. So we started tracking
down the mysterious "shipments:'
Back in the long shadows of the warehouse
there were telltale, empty spaces. The
sturdy cases, carrying the precision-made
Imperials, were missing. Not just one or two
scopes had skipped ... but hundreds of
them. Vanished! The hounds lit out on the
trail, found the "fence" and tracked down
the felons.
Understandably, a great many hunters
profited by being able to buy the incomparable Weatherby Imperial Scope at a price
that was, to say the least, philanthropic.
{When you steal something, it's not hard to
sell it at a profit.} But we think hunters
would be more than willing to pay what a
Weatherby Imperial is worth. After all, you
can't make an Imperial with all its features,
such as dual-dial adjustments for windage
and elevation, for less than the starting price
of $69.95. Especially when you consider the
Lifetime Guarantee against defects, backed
by Roy Weatherby himself. {Naturally, he
can't guarantee any of the hi-jacked scopes.
He didn't deliver them to an authorized
Weatherby Dealer.}
We grant that a Weatherby Imperial Scope
is enough of a prize to tempt thieves. But
we disapprove of this method of distribution. We'd rather you bought one the regular way ... from your Weatherby Dealer.
This way, the guarantee is good, your dealer
makes a profit ... and Roy Weatherby can
afford to keep producing this most wanted
{even stolen} telescopic sight in the world.
See all five models at your Weatherby
Dealer. Write for free literature to: Weatherby, Inc., 2781 East .Firestone Blvd., South
Gate, Califo-r nia. In C anada, Canadian
Sauer, Ltd., 103 Church St., Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
CCI of Lewiston, Idaho, has some new
.22 ammo. They call it "Target," and the
stuff has standard .22 velocities. George
Fa irchild shipped us a thousand rounds and
we had so much fun shooting it, we ran
through one box of 500 in one day. It did
not make any difference what gun we used,
plinker or target gun, handgun or rifle,
semi-auto or single shot, th e groups were
excellent. At one time we burned up a lot
of .22 fodder every week in four position
shooting, but we got away from the sport.
When the ammo arrived, I dug out my
Remington Model 37, and proceeded to
shoot the highest scores with the CCI ammo
I have ever been able to manage. That CCI
ammo is good, and we just ordered a couple
of more cases- going back into the target
game come fall.
Hodgdon's Loading Data
The latest, at least as of the moment,
loading data booklet # 18, from B. E.
Hodgdon, Inc., Shawnee Mission, Kansas,
contains some new data for Bruce's powders.
It is worth the fifty cents since some of
the data cannot be found anywhere else, and
Bruce's data can save you a lot of work in
developing loads for your favorite rifle,
handgun, or shotgun.
Rifleman's Coat
Bob Allen, boss of the Gun Club Outdoor
Sportswear, Box 477G, Des Moines, Iowa,
talked to me about this coat way back last
year at Vandalia. He was designing a new
rifle coat, and would we like to see how
well it stacked up? We got an advance
model, and have used it a great deal. The
"Top Shot" rifleman's coat resembles in
some aspect's the well-known German coats
in that it is fully adjustable in front, on
the sides, and also on the sling-arm sleeve.
We especially liked the leather pad on the
(Continued on page 60)
The Weatherby Imperial ... Still a "Steal" at $69.95
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AUGUST 1964
The Pro-Gun La""
Takes Shape!
By E. B. MANN
R
ECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH LAWMAKERS from several states indicate that
the question now is, not "Will any Senator or Congressman present our law
to the United States Congress?" but "Which one of those willing to present it can
do so to its best advantage?"
Meanwhile, we are taking full advantage of the stalemate (current as this is written)
over the Civil Rights Bill to perfect the wording of our pro-gun proposal-to foresee
(and forestall if possible) the procedural difficulties it may encounter-and to prepare
support for it in addition to that of its eventual sponsors. If all this seems slow to
you, we can only say, "It seems slow to us, too." But we are learning that a good
gun law, like Rome, cannot be built in a day, or in a month. Here, one false step
in procedure, one mis-statement of meaning, could defeat the entire program. After
all, this is an old war. If it could have been won quickly, others would have won it
before we started.
We have learned, too, the truth of the old adage that "you can't please all of the
people_" Our mail concerning this proposal has been so heavy that it has been
impossible even to acknowledge half of the letters-for which we hope you will
accept this as a blanket apology. Easily 95 per cent of those letters have been 100
per cent enthusiastic. A few, far fewer than we expected, have chided or derided
us, calling us "hopeless optimists," "fools, blundering into matters better left to those
with longer experience," and even one or two less-quotable names. Optimists we are,
and fools we may be; but as to experience, we can boast a pretty impressive record
of our own when we add up service "hash-marks" of the men who are working
with us. But-and let this be printed bold for emphasis:
We want all the help we can get! We have already welcomed many who have
ANNOUNCEMENT
Because the voices of legislators who favor anti-gun laws are strong, we would
like to give strength to the voices of those who would back a pro-gun law. Let us
know of any candidates for a state or federal legislative office in you area who
have voiced pro-gun opinions. We will give added support to their stand by
publishing their statements in upcoming, pre-election issues of GUNS Magazine.
volunteered to help us. We invite, we urge, all men and all groups with experience
in these matters and with dedication to this cause to join us, to advise us, to support
us in whatever manner possible. We invite, we urge, every shooting organization in
America, every gun and outdoor publication in America, every sportsmen's group
in America, to advise and support us. We need the advice and help of their leadership; we need the support of their members-and of all .,hooters. This is not a cause
that can be won by anyone group alone; that has been proved. But it can be wonand its victory will be a victory for all shooters. Conversely, its defeat will not be
ours alone; it will be one more .set-back (to add to a long record of set-backs) to the
cause of shooting in America.
But, you need not be a "wheel" in any organization, any group, to strike a blow
for gun-law victory. Reform of gun laws at the federal level is the prime objective-but not necessarily the primary objective. We warned you long ago that federal law
cannot dictate to the states as to their police powers; the states themselves must do
that. Why not find a sponsor in your state legislature who will present our pro-gun
law in your state--and then recruit every shooter in your state to support it? One
state adoption on the record at the time our bill is presented (Continued on page 58)
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• 41
SPECIFICATIONS
Length Overall
11% in. with 6 in. barrel.
9% in. with 4 in. barrel
Caliber
·41 Magnum
Finish
Barrel
·4, 6, 8% in;
Weight· 48 .oz. with' 6 in. barrel
Hammer· Target type
Ammunition· .41 Magnum
Jacketed High Velocity or
lead Standard Velocity
Sights· Front: % in. S&W Red Ramp
Rear: S&W Micrometer Click
Sight adjustable for windage and . elevation.
White outline notch
Trigger
• Target type
Frame
• "N" Magnum
S&W Bright Blue or Nickel
Price
. $140.00 Retail
Federal Excise Tax Included
Delivery
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6 in . first· 4 in . second 8% in. third
Starting April 1st., 1964
See your dealer
No. of Shots· 6
Stocks • Goncalo Alves· Target type
COMPARATIVE BALLISTICS
.45 ACP
Bullet Diameter .....
Bullet Weight .........
Bullet Type ...........
Barrel ' ...................
Muzzle Velocity .....
Muzzle Energy .......
.44 MAGNUM
.4515 in.
230 gr.
FMC
5 in.
850 f.s.
369 f.p.
•41 MAGNUM J.
Bullet Diameter ......
Bullet Weight ..........
Bullet Type ............
Barrel ......... ...........
Muzzle Velocity ......
Muzzle Energy ........
.410 in.
210 gr.
J.S.P.
8% in.
1500 f.s.
1049 f.p.
Bullet Diameter .....
Bullet Weight .........
Bullet Type ...........
Barrel .........: .........
Muzzle Velocity 7....
Muzzle Energy .......
.430 in.
240 gr.
loG.C.
6'(, in.
1470 f.s.
1150 f.p.
, .41 MAGNUM L
Bullet Diameter ......
Bullet Weight ..........
Bullet Type ............
Barrel ....................
Muzzle Velocity ......
Muzzle Energy ........
.410 in.
210 gr.
loG.C..
8% in.
1050 f .s.
515 f.p.
.44 SPECIAL
Bullet Diam eter .......
Bullet Weight ...........
Bullet Type .............
Barrel .....................
• Muzzle Velocity .......
Muzzle Energy .........
.431 in.
246 gr.
L.
6'12 in.
755 f.s.
311 f.p.
.38 SPECIAL
Bullet Diameter ........
Bullet Weight ............
Bullet Type ..............
Barrel ......................
Muzzle Velocity ........
Muzzle Energy ..........
.359 in.
158 gr.
L.
6 in.
855 f.s.
256 f .p •
.357 MAGNUM
Bullet Diameter ......• 359 in.
Bullet Weight .......... 158 gr.
Bullet Type ............ L.
Barrel .................... 8% in.
Muzzle Velocity ...... 1400 f.s.
Muzzle Energy ........ 690 f.p.
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
Magnum
BALLISTICS
REPORT
By KENT BELLAH
MITH & WESSON'S NEW Model
57 revolver in .41 Magnum caliber looks much the same as their .44
Magnum. It's built on the same "N"
frame, finished in S&W bright blue,
and comes with target type trigger,
hammer, stocks, and sights.
Remington introduced the .41 Magnum cartridge in two loads; a 210
grain lead gas check bullet, which
starts at a listed 986 fps from a 6 inch
revolver, for 450 fp muzzle energy,
and a 210 grain jacketed Soft Point
bullet which is listed at 1342 fps for
836 fp energy. This leaves the Remington .44 Magnum, which was introduced
in 1956, as the most potent handgun
round. The muzzle energy of the .41 is
nearly as good as the excellent new
Remington .357 S.P. load that gives
845 fp at 1550 fps-the most potent
.357 factory load ever made.
The new .41 Magnum is a true
.410", while the .44 is actually .429",
only .019" larger. A .41 Magnum can
be fired in a .44, so be careful !
Actual velocity of the Hi-V .41 load
in our 6" revolver is 1399 fps, 57 fps
more than listed, but it will probably
vary with different lots. It's potent
enough for any game that should be
hunted with a handgun. Power is considerably less than a .44 Magnum,
which can be handloaded to equal .41
Magnum ballistics. I don't think the
.41 is apt to be popular with handloaders, or anyone who wants ultimate
power. A .357 has bagged all U.S.
game, and most sportsmen or law enforcement officers don't want or need
more power.
The history of the .41 center fire cartridge started with the .41 Long Colt,
made for Colt's 1873 New House and
1877 Thunderer revolvers. These had
outside lubed "heel" bullets of .410,
later changed to .386 inside lubed,
with a hollow base that expands to fill
the grooves.
The .38-40 (actually a .401) was
popular for Winchester's 1873 rifle and
S
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
Colt's 1875 revolver. It can be loaded
to about .41 Magnum ballistics, and
the excellent 200 gr. jacketed Soft
Point bullets are quite similar to the
.41 Magnum. The old .38-40 guns have
bagged every type of U.S. game the
past 90 years. The new .41 is, for
handloaders, only a modified version
of what we have had for generations.
But I like it better than the .38-40 because it's new.
Wildcatters were over 40 years
ahead of arms makers with a potent
.40-41 hot-shot on a straight case!
"Pop" Eimer made a dandy in 1922,
on a .401 Winchester Self-Loading case
cut to 1.250". It was a "Wildcat of
Merit," especially after 2400 powder
came out in 1932. Some .401 Eimer
cartridges I loaded in 1952 shot pretty
well in the new .41 S&W. Shells can be
reloaded in either .41 Magnum or .401
Eimer dies. Both use a .30-30 shell
holder and Large Pistol primers.
I advised Colt's in 1955, that I could
make a more potent .40-41 than the
Eimer. They offered to supply a gun
to my specifications, but were not interested in the gun commercially, since
they couldn't see any advantage in this
caliber. I refused their kind offer, for
I could see no reason to work with a
caliber that wouldn't be sold commer·
cially. I also tried to get Jim Harvey to
Abo ve: Bull ets f o r .41
Magnum are (L to R) 2 10
g r. H&G; Remin gton SP;
210 a nd 175 gr . C-H ;
factory 200 g r. 38-40.
Left: Headsta mp on new
.41 case and H&G bullet
with hollow p oint nose
c ut f o r fa st expa nsion .
Left to right: Author's H&G bullet and load; Lyman bullet and load ; two
wildcats, the .40 I Eimer and .403 Clay, and a .41 Long Colt cartridge.
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The S&v.t .41 Magnum
produce .40·41 wildcats commercially
in 1952. Jim couldn't see any potential
profit or advantage over a .44 Special.
I agreed, but some people want any
product that is called new.
The .4,01 Boser of 1938 also used the
old .401 W.S.L. case, cut to 1.218". A
popular load for this was 1 7 gr. 2400
and 160 gr. cast bullets, but some
ignition problems arose that would
have been cured with CCI Magnum
primers.
In 1959, Fred Clay, of the Panama
Gun Works, designed a .403 Clay, on
a 1.270" long .30·30 case, in a .433
chamber. The .41 Remington Magnum
and .401 Herter Magnum nearly dupli.
cate the Clay. While our .403 loads
shoot well in a .41 Magnum, a .41
won't quite chamber in a Clay.
Herter's claim they finalized their
.401 Herter Magnum in 1961, 'o n a
1.285" case, which could be fired in
a S&W .41 Magnum. Herter's also
stated they had developed a rimless
version for a uto pistols. They list their
.401 Herter Magnum revolver, and
similar ones in .357 and .44 Magnum
caliber, at only $41.95, compared to
$140 for a S&W. According to the
catalog, all parts of the gun are the
finest German steel, hand-polished,
hand-lapped, hand-blued and handfitted by German craftsmen. These are
5 shot revolvers to eliminate bolt cuts
in the thin chamber walls.
The fiction that will be published
about the S&W .41 Magnum and .401
Author's H&G bullet (top), before
and after penetrating a '/s inch steel
plate and 2 inches of pine. Same
bullet . (lower photo) expands to %
inch in -moist sand, IQaded with a
hot charge of . 2400 pistol powder.
<
Power
of the H&G bullet and 2400
load is shown by a quart can which
exploded at all the seams and split
at point where the bullet entered.
Herter Magnum would make Baron
von Munchausen smile. Do they have
some mystic powers? Unfortunately,
they do not. The .41 Magnum is a good
caliber, but its announcement is anti·
climatic since the powerful .44 Magnum came out.
Hensley & Gibbs made us a beautiful custom 4·cavity, .410 mould. The
210 gr. semi-wadcutter is not my design, but a modification of the fine
1908 Heath design, also used for Lyman's 429336. Heath has been honored
since his dea th by having his design
copied ; generally modified, as mine is,
by changing one of the two grease
grooves to a crimp groove. Some claim
the famous Heath design as their own!
We worked up charges with bullets
cast with 2 parts IBA #4 and one
part IBA #7, with a hardness equivalent to 1: 15 tin·lead on our lead tester.
I sized the bullets to .410 in a Lyman
sizer with H&G dies, and loaded with
RCBS dies and their No.2 Shell Holder
head. Our cases ran 1.269 to 1.283 in
length. We found it best to use a heavy
crimp with 2400 and AL-8 loads, to
hold bullets against recoil, a light
crimp with Unique, and none with
Bullseye.
As we do not yet have a .41 test
barrel, and accuracy was determined
with a K·4 Weaver scope in a Buehler
S&W mount, which works well with a
2-hand hold on a rest. Suggested loads
gave good groups that compare with
the same powders and similar bullets
in a .44 Magnum.
We proof fired the H&G bullet with
22.5 gr. 2400, which is not a shooting
load. Maximum is 20.5 gr, starting at
1394 fps, and developing 906 fp muzzle energy, with CCI 350 Magnum
primers. Maximum deviation was 67
fps. For a plain base case bullet this
velocity is too fast, and the best charge
is 19.5 gr.
What these do to jackrabbits
shouldn't happen to a dog! They penetrate six %" pine boards. Quart cans
of oil explode like a bomb, coming
apart at the seams and where there
are no seams. Slugs blast through V8"
steel plates and a 2" x 12" backing
board like cheese. Remington's .357
S.P. load did the same thing, ripping
a hole about the same size. Fired in
fine, moist sand, the .41 pill expands to
about %,", while the .357 Remington
S.P. load
(Continued on page 63)
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AUGUST 1964
The S&W
.41 Magnum
FIELD TEST
Camera recorded shooter's hold as
targ et sight settled on 6 o'clock.
The .357 Magnum
By R. A. STEINDLER
The AI Magnum
N ow
THAT THE S&W Model 57 S&W to borrow some other guns, all
-the .41" Magnum-is available of them with six inch barrels, and in
and we know what the ballistics are, due course a .38 M&P, a .357 Magnum
let's see how the gun and the first Model 27, and the 6% inch barrel
batch of ammo stacked up. There is Model 29 chambered for the .44 Maglittle question that the gun and the num arrived. Ted McCawley of Remsoft point load by Remington will ington kindly furnished GUNS Magamake a hit with hunters who use a zine with enough anuno for all calibers
handgun to bring home the venison. to run the proposed tests. After conBut how will the gun fare with law sulting with Lt. Larry Schey of the
enforcement officers? Those who like Morton Grove Police Department, the
to claim that they invented the new following test method was set up.
caliber - and as of this writing no Larry; by the way, has collected a
less than three men insist that they closetful- of trophies, all. of them won
dreamed the caliber up-like to im- the hard way 'with his S&W .357 Magpress us with their expertness in mat- , num over stiff competition on the PPC.
ters of police handguns; according to It was decided that I would pile the
these "experts," the .41 Magnum will four guns, plenty of ammo, and a tape
immediately, if not sooner, obsolete recorder into my car and visit a numall other calibers.
ber of police departments in the area.
With these claims ringing in my In each case, we called the police chief,
ears, I arranged with Fred Miller of explained the project and that we
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The 044 Magnum
Lt. Larry Schey compares recoil
of Magnum calibers while firing
target course. Synchronized Robot
camera records recoil and torque.
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The S&v.J .41 Magnum
wanted to "borrow" three or four of
his men. Two of them should be better
than average shots, preferably even
gun nuts, while two other officers
should be typical of the average police
officer all over the country-they fired
their service revolvers if and when
they had to qualify.
In order to sample as many departments and men as possible in the short
time available, a schedule for shooting
and interviewing was set up. In a taped
pre-shooting interview, the officer was
briefed about the .41 Magnum, was
then asked to fire in the conventional
Author tape records reactions of Officers Stahl and Kerwin after
t hey fired cours e. Th re e Mag num s pe netrated steel plate easily.
Reverse side of steel plate shows that .38 barely dimpled stee l,
while other ca libe rs had almost identical amount of penetration.
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target shooting manner-and not for
score or a departmental record- three
rounds of .38 Special, three rounds of
.357 Magnum, three rounds of .41
Magnum, and three rounds of .44
Magnum . Ammunition and guns were
furnished, and there was no time
limit placed on the shooting of this
test. I selected the three round test so
that shooters would not tire needlessly
and to avoid making the shooters recoil-conscious or create a tendency to
flinch . No scoring was attempted.
A total of 24 law enforcement officers, from patrolmen to chiefs fired
the course, and five different departments were involved in the tests. Not
counted here was a team of men from
the Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's
Office who cooperated in extensive
penetration tests. Most of the officers
were asked to shoot the course single
action, but a few selected ones were
asked to shoot the course double action after firing it single action. Before shooting, the officer was asked
not to think about the taped prefiring interview, but just to shoot the
course without worrying about scores.
As soon as he completed the firing, his
immediate reaction to firing the four
guns was tape recorded.
Lt. Schey found that "the .41 Magnum recoil is somewhat heavier than
that of the .357 Magnum, but is not
anywhere in the class of the recoil
developed by the .44 Magnum. The .41
Magnum recoil is too great for a
speedy recovery and return of the gun
and the gun hand on the target." Lt.
Schey repeated the course with his 4
inch .357 Magnum since his service
gun has custom grips and he did encounter-other officers found the same
thing to be true-some trouble holding the .41 Magnum. The general consensus of opinion was that the grips on
the .41 Magnum were too small, and
a number of men felt that the gun might
be easier to handle if bigger grips were
furnished. Larry believes that the recoil of the .41 Magnum and the recoil
of his service revolver were about on
a par, although his score was not improved when he used his service revolver rather than the test gun.
Lt. Schey also tried the combat
course with the new Smith and Wesson
revolver, then repeated the course with
his service gun, using full Remington
.357 Magnum loads. " Recoil of the
new caliber (Continued on page 40)
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Kuger's Kiln-
fie
By R. A. STEINDLER
I
THIS GUN OFFERS A
NEW CONCEPT IN CARTRIDGE
FEEDING FROM A
ROTARY MAGAZINE THAT IS
FOOLPROOF
T WAS ONLY A question of time and engineering skill before Bill Ruger
would develop a semi-automatic .22 caliber, rim-fire carbine. Designated
as the Ruger 10/22, the handy little gun looks like its bigger brother,
the .44 Magnum carbine, and it handles just as sweetly. However, here the
resemblance ends, and the real news about the 10/22 lies in the magazine.
Let's first look at some of the mechanical features of Bill Ruger's latest
creation. Externally, the two carbines are look-alikes. Over-all length of the
10/22 is 37 inches, barrel length is 18Y2 inches, and the test gun-serial
number 503-tipped the scale at just a fraction over five pounds. The
receiver is tapped and drilled for scope mounting, and the cross-bolt safety
is on the forward and upper part of the trigger guard. The American
walnut stock is well finished, the open sights are identical to those found
on the .44 Magnum gun.
Mechanically, the magazine is the most interesting feature of the new
gun. It is a 10 shot affair of the rotary kind that faintly resembles the
idea used in the Mannlicher-Schoenauer magazines. But the Ruger magazine was a year and a half in the engineering department, time well spent,
since magazine performance was completely flawless in function and a'ccuracy tests. The rotor and housing of the magazine are molded from Celon,
an extremely tough plastic that can take an almost incredible beatin g.
Ed Nolan and other Ruger men demonstrated
(Continued on page 45)
Cut-away of. magazine
how cartridges are
and fed. Although
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THE ERA OF THE GREAT GUNSMITHS
ENDED WHEN CARTRIDGE
GUNS WERE WI DELY ACCEPTED
The rear of the old Denver
gun shop of Axel Peterson.
PART 2
By JAMES E. SERVEN
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Top to bottom: Sharps-Borchardt .45 express rifle;
a Freund Brothers alteration of the Sharps made in
their "Wyoming Armory; " a Sharps Long range rifle
presented to John P. Lower, a Denver arms dealer.
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J. M. Browning's Model 1878 rifle
(far left), and model he patented
in 1879. Above: Single shot pistol
never gained the popularity of the
Colt Navy or Frontier revolvers.
Right: Advertising card of George
Freund's gun shop in early 1880's.
N THE DRAMA·PACKED days from the 1850's up to
the turn of the century, important things were happening on the eastern slope of the Rockies as well as on the
coastal side, and in their way these events were as full of
excitement and adventure as one could wish. For one
thing, those who did not put the Rocky Mountains between
them and the great plains had neighbors of the wrong
kind-the toughest of the hostile Indian tribes.
During the summer of 1859, there were 150,000 gold
seekers within the boundaries of what is now the state of
Colorado. The Pike's Peak boom was short lived, but
Denver became a supply center for those who moved on
to other strikes in the territories of Montana, Idaho, and
Nevada. What St. Louis had been to the emigrapts,
frontiersmen, and sportsmen of the 1840's and 1850's,
Denver was destined to become in the 1860's and 1870's.
Rather striking evidence of this is found in the fact that
Samuel Hawken, long the most famous riflemaker in St.
Louis, headed for Denver in late 1859; he walked the
entire distance in 57 days!
In January of 1860 this advertisement appeared in
Denver's Rocky Mountain News: "S. Hawken, for the
last thirty-seven years in the manufacture of the Rocky
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Mountain rifle in St. Louis, would respectfully say to the
citizens of Denver, Auraria, and his old mountain friends,
that he has established himself in the gun business on
Ferry Street, between Fourth and Fifth, next door to
Jones' & Cartright's, Auraria, and is now prepared to
manufacture his style of rifles to order."
Sam Hawken, his health beginning to fail at age 67,
did not work long in Denver. There were capable younger
men to take his place and among them was Carlos Gove.
~ove was a tall, muscular young man, an ex-Dragoon
soldier, Indian fighter, and a gunsmith by trade. He first
appeared in Denver in 1860 with a supply train, and it
was not long thereafter that he put up his shingle as a
gunsmith. Like gunmaker Horace Rowell of California,
90ve was a native of New Hampshire, and he had learned
. his trade through an apprenticeship in Boston. After
serving in the U. S. Dragoons, Gove had been engaged as
a gunsmith by the Indian Department and was stationed
at the Pottawattamie Agency, on the present site of
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Gove's gun trade in Denver increased steadily. In 1873
he felt he could not handle it alone and took in as partners
John P. Lower and George C. (Continued on page 46)
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ADVICE FOR HUNTERS WHO
WANT BIGGER BAGS OF LATE
SEASON HONKERS
Goose hunting in the open
prairie or in corn fields
requires a special bag of
tricks to assure success.
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I
HA VE NEVER SEEN a more spectacular sight than
thousands of Canadian geese leaving their winter sanctuary to feed. Last December, on the the firing line at
John Martin Reservoir in southeastern Colorado, over
20,000 honkers began leaving the lake at eight in the
morning in groups of a few dozen to hundreds of birdsand the flights continued until almost noon! With at least
50 hunters along the firing line, the air was filled with
almost continual shotgun fire. I saw only one goose fall
besides the two my partner killed with only three shots!
I've watched other armies of goose hunters in action
around many of our honker sanctuaries, and have observed the same relatively low mortality rate they inflict on
the great flights of ~intering geese. I have also noted that
it's that small percentage of goose-wise hunters who get
most of the late season geese. Why? It's because they have
learned how to hunt geese three different ways!
The experienced late season goose hunter knows how to
hunt from the firing line as the geese leave the sanctuary
to feed. He knows how to hunt them in the fields while they
are feeding. And he knows how to position himself in
favorable areas for pass shooting as the honkers trade
back and forth from sanctuaries to feeding areas, and
The author didn't even need a blind on this Colorado
prairie flyway, situated between two feeding areas.
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between the feeding areas. He has learned all three of these
methods, for he knows that at times, the use of only one of
them can mean success.
In spite of the long goose seasons and generous bag
limits, the populations of Canadas returning to most U.S.
wintering areas are holding their own or are increasing.
This happy trend is due partly to the fact that most honkers
nest much farther north than do most of our ducks. It is
also due to the almost uncanny tricks to dodge the average
hunter that the honkers have learned to use---especially
during late season-as they leave, feed, and return to the
safety of their winter resorts!
The goose-wise hunter must learn a lot of tricks himself
to counter those employed by the honker. First, let's examine those he uses when he hunts from the firing lines,
that is, designated boundaries around waterfowl sanctuaries
that mark the closest points to the sanctuary from which
hunters are allowed to shoot. Firing lines are usually positioned a half mile or more from the sanctuaries so that
geese and ducks resting inside will not be disturbed by the
firing and will return to, and use, the sanctuaries regularly.
My partner, Pete Glover, was successful because he executed four neat tricks. He was on the firing line when the
geese were flying. He was where they were flying over at
reasonable distance from his gun. He had the right gun and
shell combination. And he knew how and when to fire.
Here are the ground rules that Pete uses to determine
when the geese will be flying. He knows that wise old
honkers usually leave the sanctuary to feed during early
morning hours if the night has been dark. So Pete heads
for the firing line early in the morning, after nights of a
quarter moon or less, or after any stonny or cloudy night.
When Pete does head for the firing line after a bright
moonlight night, he goes only in the late afternoon on the
chance that a few flocks might leave the sanctuary early
to begin their night feeding.
Predicting where to position oneself on the firing line is
. a more difficult problem. This must not only be at a point
over which flocks of departing geese will pass, it must also
be one which they will pass within reasonable shotgun
range. Ideally, this point should be close to the sanctuary
so the geese will not have had time to gain much altitude.
It should be downwind from the sanctuary, since geese
cannot gain much altitude in a short distance when flying
with the wind. And it should be on an elevation, such as
a hill, to further cut down the (Continued on page 42)
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J/II KIDS
Well-attended classes hear volunteer
instructors, like Ben Avery (belowl,
lecturing on firearms fundamentals.
LEARN TO
SHOOT!
By CHARLES C. NIEHUIS
EVERYONE HAS FUN AT A WELL-ORGANIZED GUN
TRAINING COURSE-INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTOR
Following the classroom instruction, the students are taken into the field for
practical hunting experien c e while und er the watchful eyes of the instructors.
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thorough , all basic shooting position s ar e taugh t . Sa fe g un han d lin g
T
HOUSANDS OF BOYS, girls, and adults of Phoenix, Arizona, have learned
that shooting can be fun, especially when proper instructions by qualified men
are a part of the shooting.
What started out to be a minor public relations project by the Phoenix Sportsman's Association, for the sons and daughters of its membership, has grown into
a state-wide program.
The movement actually began with Ben Avery, editor of the Rod and Gun
column in the "Arizona Republic." He learned that shooting can be fun not only
for the student, but also for the instructor, by teaching his three daughters how
to shoot and handle rifles. One of the girls became a state small-bore champion,
and qualified on the state college rifle team. Ben, in writing about his own
gun teaching experiences and the many rewards garnered by him, inspired the
outdoorsmen and shooters of Phoenix to make gun education for youngsters a
project for their clubs.
The Arizona Varmint Callers' Association, the Phoenix Sportsman's Association,
and the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club, which heretofore had been rival organizations,
banded together to carry out a city-wide program to tea«h proper -gun handling,
shooting, and respect and pride in firearms ownership. AllII" the idea caught on !
Every fall, the various clubs announce their winter gun instruction schedule in
the area's daily newspapers. Typical is the one attended by the author's son, P aul.
No minor children are permitted to take the course unless accompanied by their
parents and with their full support and consent. It h as been the experience of
the clubs that more often than not, both parents t ake the course along with
their children and they en j oy it as much as the kids.
Parents and students are indoctrinated first with an (Continued on page 66)
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The course completed, young
shooter receives his diploma.
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Wnlls. • •
By NEIL L. FARRELL
Conversion unit for the Luger pistol
developed two flaws. On the left is
photo of cartridges, showing bulges
ahead of rim. At right is the clip,
which jammed the action before repairs.
OWN THROUGH the ages, man converted to this new form of ignihas always had the burning de- tion; when the cartridge evolved, the
sire to convert an article to something percussion guns were converted to
other than that for which it was orig- handle the self-contained cartridge. But
inally designed. Today, with a flick of here lets talk about conversions from
the wrist, a sofa becomes a bed, a one caliber to another, and specifically
closed car becomes an open car. This handgun conversion kits, for converconvertibility of function and use also sion kits for shotguns and rifles are
has its followers in the firearms world; yet another st.ory.
These conversion kits have been
we have our modern conversion units
or kits, which usually are designed to ' manufactured over a span of years by
permit a large caliber firearm to fire several different firms. To mention
a smaller caliber cartridge.
some, there have been converters made
Conversion of firearms goes back to for the Luger, Sig Neuhausen, and
the early days of gun development;
Colt automatic pistols, and the British
when the flintlock was superseded by Webley and Enfield revolvers. One of
the percussion cap, existing arms were the latest kits is for the small .25 Colt
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automatic pistol, adapting it to fire
the .22 Short cartridge.
One outstanding characteristic of
these conversion kits is that they are
made predominantly for "GI" weapons,
those which have been accepted as a
standard service arm by one country
or another. An examination of the
various adapter kits available causes
another characteristic to be immediate·
ly apparent. They are made predomi.
nantly for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge. There are, of course, exceptions
to this. They range in caliber from
4mm, no doubt the smallest, to the
297/ 250 English Rook Rifle caliber
converter for the .455 Webley revolver,
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this latter being the largest that I have
ever seen. Another exception is the new
Smith & Wesson kit which converts
the .22 Long Rifle Model 46 target
pistol to .22 Short.
It might do well to mention that a
conversion kit should not be confused
with an auxiliary cartridge, as their
purposes are quite different. The converter, or adapter kit, generally has a
liner tube which can be inserted into
a specific large bore weapon thereby
reducing it to a smaller caliber. This
kit does not require permanent alteration of the weapon and can be removed
at will to return the firearm to its
original caliber. On the other hand,
the auxiliary cartridge is merely a
mechanical device for holding a small
cartridge in a large chamber in order
to fire a bullet of the same diameter as
the original bore. One example of this
is the Marble Auxiliary Cartridge,
another are the inserts for the S&W
.22 Jet revolver which permit the use
of .22 rim-fire cartridges. Here we will
be concerned with three adapter kits
which were designed for use with three
~ . .ndard service sidearms; the Webley
.455 revolver, and the 9mm Luger,
and .45 Government Model automatics.
The Webley unit is distributed by
the firm of Parker-Hale Limited, of
Birmingham, England. This kit is the
least expensive of the three, my own
bought in England, in 1957, for the
U.S. equivalent of about eleven dollars.
My kit is for the Mark VI Webley
.455, although Parker-Hale also has a
kit for the .38 Enfield revolver.
The Webley is by far the simplest of
the three, both in construction and installation. It consists of only two major
components, the insert barrel, 6-13/ 16"
long, and the .22 caliber cylinder. The
barrel has an outside diameter of
.373," much too small to provide a
snug fit in the original .455 bore, but
is provided with a brass bushing on
the front, and (Continued on page 53)
Five degree slope of chambers is
apparent from this front end view.
The Webley Mark IV with ParkerHale conversion unit installed.
Parker-Hale .22 conversion
unit for the Webley has only
two major components; insert
barrel assembly and integral
rear sight, and the cylinder.
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WAH 'EM /JUT.I
By C LYDE ORMOND
UST AS PROFESSIONAL baseball is a game of inches,
successful big-game hunting is a sport of minutes, of
waiting a little longer, trying a bit harder.
I learned this many years ago on a buck hunt in Idaho's
Caribou Forest. Three of us had hunted hard for all of
the allotted time. My two partners had hung up bucksa fine two-pointer and a huge four-pointer. I'd continuously been just where the bucks weren't.
The morning we were to leave for home, it was raining
enough to embarrass a mallard. We'd packed all the gear
in the car, except the Baker tent, and one of the fellows
was alternating between grazing upon a huge plate of cornflakes, and trying to get me to stay and hunt an extra
day.
"Ray and I can wait over," he argued. "Why not give
it another whirl?"
"Too rainy," I said.
"Y ou're just too lazy to hunt," Ray goaded me.
Had it not been for their persistence, we would have
been on the way home a half-h our before. But as we
argued, Burn, at the corn-flakes, suddenly paused, mouth
open. "My gosh, look !"
Tripping daintily along about 50 yards away, a threepoint buck, likely tired of the rain across the canyon, had
crossed the valley, and was walking right up a thin trail
to the tiny spring. Had Burn not said anything, that buck ,
would have walked right into the tent.
I got the 7 mm, which had been stored in the car for
the home trip, sat on the car's bumper, and rolled that
fat buck by the time he'd romped off 175 yards! Since
then, comparable results- after giving a hunt that extra
effort and time-have happened almost regularly.
On a moose hunt in Alaska, my partner had busted a
noble 58 incher the first day, and we'd both taken grizzly
and caribou. But my bull moose had eluded me. The rut
hadn't started yet, and the great bulls were not crashing
about; the leaves on the Alaska willows hadn't yet dropped
with frost, making it difficult to spot the huge black
animals in the bush.
With our 20 day hunt over, my partner stayed in camp
to pack things. I should have helped him, but hated to see
the final day pass without some kind of effort. I couldn't
actually hunt, since our time was over and all the guides
were busy otherwise. But I saddled up my horse, and went
with one of the Indian guides t o pack in my caribou,
killed the day before. The .300 H&H Magnum went along
in the scabbard.
J
Trophies like this fi ne bull elk don't come to t he
hunter who won't t a ke t he extra effort or stay t o
t he fin al hou r. Big racks are a lmost always just a
little fa rthe r than t he averag e hunter cares to go.
O utfitters and guides will go the one extra mile for
hun ters who won 't g ive up and don't complain.
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HUNTING SUCCESS PRESCRIPTION: TAKE E9UAL
PARTS OF HARD WORK AND MIX WELL WITH SAVVY
The author and his fine
Alaskan Moose. After a
rough three week hunt.
this bull. with its 24
point rack and 58 inch
spread. was shot within
400 yards of the camp.
Below: This fine muley
was taken only because
the guide had urged the
discouraged hunter to
try just one more time.
The guide and I went 10 miles, packed the caribou
quarters in, and were fording the Slana River, just 400
yards from camp. Suddenly my nag snorted, shied, and
pointed his ears towards shore. There, within reasopable
range, stood a mighty bull moose, which had just hap ..
pened to head that way. I piled off, stood knee-deep in
the river, and busted him. He had 24 points and a 58 inch
spread, the same as my partner's.
The last time a bit of final effort paid off in a big way
occurred on a late Colorado buck hunt in 1962. We were
hunting at Weldon Dearing's Spring Creek Ranch, just out
of Grand Valley, and adj acent to the Rockies. Though this
was marvelous deer country, ( Continued on page 51)
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FROM EIGHTEEN
T RAPSHOOTERS
states and three Canadian provinces
found the Florida weather a little less than
balmy this year, but most of them concluded
that the weather back home lacked much
more to being ideal during the same period.
Here are some of the highlights.
John Coulson escaped a battle in one of
the 16 yard races at Tampa's Cigar City Gun
Club, when he broke them all, and avoided a
shoot·off with a trio of 99 gunners, Henry
Austin, Cliff Gadaire and George Wallace.
Coulson hails from Monongahela, Pennsyl·
vania, and Gadaire is a fellow Easterner,
from Brookfield, Massachusetts. Wallace and
Austin are from Marshall and Champaign,
Illinois, respectively.
In another Cigar City event, Ed Dekker
and Wayne Richards squared off in a shoot·
off for handicap honors, with the decision
going to Dekker.
Homer Clark fired a perfect century in -the
opening 16 yard event at Sarasota and won
the trophy (this is news?). Homer just keeps
breaking targets, and winning. Paul Clay
and Jerry Hutchison were a pair of handicap
winners at Sarasota.
Buddy Jones doubled up at Sarasota with
trophies for the State doubles Championship,
and high-all-around. Sonny Hewes took the
state singles race with 196x200, and Dr. T.H.
Wallace was high Floridian in the handicap
competition.
For more highlights on the Sarasota events,
Ted Bachhuber topped the 500 target marathoners, with 490x500. Dave Baldwin went
home with a 51,200 rifle donated by Winslow
Arms Co. of Venice, Florida, for topping
Harold Ramby in the high-over-all race. However, Ramby was not to be denied, as he won
the Miller High Life Trophy, figured on the
entire program (the Winslow excludes opening day targets).
John Summers, Jr., cracked 367 of the 400
handicap targets. Wayne Richards was high
Floridian in High-Over-All program (600
targets) and Harry Willsie was high non·
resident, and also winner of the Palm Beach
trophy. The Daytona Beach Baby Grand
event of the Florida Chain produced a new
set of winners. Some of the 16-yard victors
over the program were Howard Dilts, John
Andcrson, Levi Schick, Adolph Nelson, W. T.
Middleton, William Blackton, Clarence
Becker, and Jack Greenhill.
Handicap victories went to M. S. Haines,
Levi Schick, and William Blackton. Orville
Eberly was a doubles winner, and most of the
Ladies' laurels (plus a class win in open
shooting) went to Mrs. Bertha Ferrington,
who also was Women's High - Over - All
trophy winner, for 571 of 700 targets. Harry
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Mathers and James Null tied for Men's HOA,
and since the trophy was a pair of candelabra, each man now has one candlestick
• • •
The Women's Trap Shooting League of
Philadelphia, whose doings have been reported from time to time in these pages,
made it big in the Sunday Society pages of
the "Philadelphia Inquirer," with a full column spread and battery of pictures, showing
Mrs. Andrew S. Webb, Mrs. Walter Eichelberger, Mrs. William G. Harbison, and Mrs.
J.W. Eiman on the firing line.
This fine shooting publicity plugged the
League's 15th Annual June Day benefit shoot
for Abington Memorial Hospital. The "Inquirer" story also credited A. J. McDowell,
affectionately dubbed "Mr. Mac" with being
the "father" of the Women's Trap League.
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Charles 1. Schenkel won the Charles Schilling Trophy at Huntingdon Valley Country
Club, Abington, Pa., but only after racking
up 25 straight in a shoot-off with Andy Webb
and Richard Kuhn. Mrs. Webb took a little
of the sting away from hubby's loss, by
taking the Ladies trophy. J. R. Steele, only
one target off the pace, won top honors in a
bi-monthly shoot at Roxborough Gun Club.
Richard E. Crossan, of West Grove, Pennsylvania, missed only ten targets of 500 marathon birds at Pine Valley, New Jersey, Gun
Club. W. D. Marvel, Lincoln, Delaware, was
second with 488, and third went to J. R.
Steele of Philadelphia, for his 487.
Mrs. Mary Christopher, the Cornwell
Heights, Pa., shooting ace, topped a field of
75 shooters with her 98x100. L. Moore, of
Trenton, shooting from 20 yards topped the
handicap entries at Upper Perkiomen Sportsmen's Club, Red Hill, Pennsylvania.
One hundred shooters at West Chester
Gun Club could not match R. H. Miller's
99. This Miller hails from Valley View, in
Schuylkill County. Mildred Neece, from Wilmington, Delaware, topped the Ladies with
her 87. Andy Webb saw how Charles Schenkel did it at Huntingdon Valley, so when he
was tied by Dave Schenkel, Bruce Kendall,
and Ed' Taws in the main event, promptly
fired a perfect 25 in the shoot· off, and saved
ammunition. Twenty-four yard shooter C. H. Zeigler,
Vernfield, Pa., dropped only one target to
defeat 60 hopefuls in a Roxborough handicap event. Archie DiPaolo found the formula
of just one miss also good for the 16 yard
trophy, in the club's annual Spring program.
Louis C. Rauscher and Mrs. W. W. Remmey topped the men's and ladies' divisions
in the Torresdale-Frankford Country Club's
annual club championships. Rauscher broke
96x100 to win the men's title, and Mrs. Remmey's 97x100 not only won the ladies' championship, but was high for the annual
tournament.
Another Miller, C. K. Miller of Boyertown
was a Roxborough winner at 98x100, topping
Cliff Leutholt's 97. Leutholt, firing from ihe
22 yard stripe, avenged this loss with a win
in the handicap event. (We Millers are
bound to get our names in the winners
columns. There are so many of us that we
are sure to win some of the time).
Tommy Eiman fired a fine 48x50 to win
the Huntingdon Valley club's junior title.
Tommy's closest competitor was Andy Webb,
J r., who broke 45 of his 50 targets.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hooven made it a
family affair in the Pulido Trophy Shoot at
Aronimink Gun Club. Mrs. Hooven won the
Ladies Handicap trophy, and Fred was high
gun. Other winners from the Pulido shoot
were Mrs. Robert McKenna, Mrs. Thomas
P. Jones, Pierre Houdry, and Rusty Campbell. Bob Pagliughi and Bill Mehrer were
doubles and handicap winners at Pine Valley,
New Jersey Gun Club, in the South Jersey
Zone tourney. R. E. Diefenderfer, with a
99x100, and Mrs. Mary Christopher were
Red Hill winners, in their respective divisions.
J. H. Donahay, from Cranbury, New Jersey, topped 70 trapshooters, with 97x100 in
the Quaker City Gun Club's annual Easter
tournament (late result). Winners in the
Atlantic City Holiday Shoot were R. Sebra,
Indian Mills, and G. Pantalina. Dan Jones
was runner-up to Sebra, and Dr. J. W.
Conover took third.
A. W. Snyder paced the field in a Bucks
County F&G trap event, with 99x100 in the
16 yard program. Snyder was also runner-up
to Charles Weins tetter in the handicap race,
for a good day over the traps. Mrs. Bruce
Ambler and Charles J. Schenkel topped
their divisions in Huntingdon Valley annual
club championships. Mrs. Ambler bested
Mrs. Walter H. Eichelberger, Jr., 25-23 in
a shoot-off, after both had broken 95 targets
over the regulation distance. Schenkel annexed the men's 16 yard championship without a struggle, for his near-perfect 99.
General Nicholas Biddle, and Mrs. Edwin
A. Weihenmayer Jr. won shoot-offs in Lhe
handicap portion of their club's annual
championships. The New York Athletic Club
held a 500 target marathon shoot at the
club's Travers Island location in memory of
Thomas Lawrence, of Danville, Pa., who
served the club as shooting chairman for
many years. Results of the NYAC marathon
were not available as we went to press.
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The 65th Grand American Trapshooting
Tournament will be held at permanent ATA
headquarters, Vandalia, Ohio. August 24-29.
Preliminary days are August 21-23. This one
promises to be the best ever, and your vacation will be well spent at the oldest, most
colorful, and most exciting of individual national sporting events.
The 1964 National Skeet Shooting Association World Championships are set for
Harolds Trapshooting Conntry Club, at Reno,
Nevada, August 2-8. If you are going west,
this is a feature you won't want to miss, and,
why not try to make both
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GUNS
AUGUST 1964
T
HE PERIOD FROM about 1947 to the present has
seen many new firearms designs come and go, and the
.22 autoloading rifle is no exception. The well-remembered
Remington 241, Winchester 61 and 74, Marlin 88, and
H&R 165 have all been discontinued. In their place we have
the Remington Nylon 66, Winchester's 290, Marlin's 99,
Weatherby's XXII, and a number of European models.
One of the most interesting designs to appear, then disappear, during this period was the
BSA Ralock, a .22 autoloader manufactured by the world-famous Birmingham Small Arms
Co., Ltd., Warwickshire, England.
Designed under the leadership of C. A. Perry, BSA's chief designer, the first Ralock was
produced in October, 1947. The first models, chambered for the .22 Short cartridge, were
serial numbered beginning with S 10001. The rifle had a 22" barrel and weighed slightly
less than six pounds. Only 1200 0.£ this model were produced.
One year later, in October, 1948, BSA introduced the .22 Long Rifle version of the
Ralock, numbering these from T 10001. This version had a 26.4 inch barrel and weighed
about six pounds. In September of 1951, after only 5,600 rifles were produced, this model
was also discontinued.
The most outstanding feature of the Ralock concerns the fired cases. Having no ejection
port, the empty shells are not ejected from the gun. They are retained in a small reservoir
in the forward part of the trigger guard, which is emptied by grasping the rear of the
trigger guard and swinging it forward, allowing the cases to fall clear. This also serves
to cock the rifle-similar to the method used with the M1 Garand. There is no protruding
bolt handle for cocking purposes.
The bolt is not the cylindrical, sliding type found in most .22 autoloaders. Nor does it
have a separate firing pin. Instead, it consists of a single machined piece which swings
around a pivot located beneath the rear of the barrel. When viewed from the top, the bolt
is V-shaped. Machined on the inside bottom of this V are two vertical ribs. Squeezing
the trigger releases the bolt, causing it to pivot forward, fo rcing the cartridge carrier up
out of the way. As the bolt reaches its forward position, the two ribs strike the rim of the
cartridge, firing it. The bolt then pivots backward, extracting the fired case downward;
the swinging cartridge carrier drops into the recess in the bolt
(Continued on page 45 )
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Ralock action in cocked position (top), a nd in fired position (bottom). At right is front
view of the Ralock bolt. Note the two machined ri bs which serve as firin g strikers.
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I have seen a picture of an 1816 Remington rifle, and my rifle is just like the Remington with one exception. My rifle is a
percussion lock, whereas the 1816 Remington pictured was a flintlock.
Is my rifle an 1816 that has been converted
to percussion, or is it something else? My
rifle is a half -stock, octagon barrel, percussion lock, with a large bore of more than
.50 caliber. Also, what type of metal finish
did this gun have ?
Jim Warren
Brooklyn, Mich.
The odds are that your half·stock percussion rifle was originally made the way it is.
If it was made by Remington it probably
was marked with the Remington name on
top of the barrel.
Many gunsmiths bought barrels from Remington and used them in making a finished
piece. Often the Remington·made barrels will
bear the Remington name underneath the
barrel.
Originally your rifle was probably
"browned," but it may have been blued.
Generally speaking, names found on lockplates are only the name 0/ the lock maker
and names found on the top of barrels are
the names 0/ the gunsmith.---c.B.
Noble S hotgun
I have an American Eagle, 16 gauge pump
shotgun, Model 60, with a Noble Vary Chek
choke attached. Could you tell me who makes
this shotgun? How much does it list for new,
and what does it sell for used? If the company is still in business, what is their address?
It is not listed in the 1963 Redbook of
Used Gun Values.
Larry Pinkston
Wichita, Kansas
Your Model 60 was made by the Noble
Mfg. Co., HaydeTtUille, Mass. They are still
in business, and offer the Model 60 at $77.85
' list. Y ou'l[ find the gun on page 61 in the
1963 Redbook of Used Gun Values.---C.B.
Ortgies Pistol
I have corne in contact with a German
semi-automatic pistol. It has "Cal. 7.65 mm"
stamped on the barrel, " ORTGIES' PAT-
ENT" on the right side of the slide, and
"Deutsche Werk-ERFURT" on the left side.
All parts are stamped with the serial number
39,330 except the slide which is stamped
137,905. T he pistol is in over·all good condition, but has no grips. It chambers the
British version of the 7.65 mm cartridge.
I would like to know where the gun was
made, its present value, when this type was
produced, and if it was produced for the
German army during the war.
Alvin Hatcher, Jr.
Albany, Georgia
The Ortgies semi-auto pistol you have was
made at the arms plant at Erfurt, Germany.
They are not rare in this country and without the original grips yours is worth about
$10. The pistol was never the official sidearm 0/ the German Army but many of them
were carried by German officers.
The 7.65 mm round is interchangeable
with our domestic .32 auto cartridge.---c.B.
Krag Rifle
We recently had a rifle corne in our shop
which we could not definitely recognize. It
is, as far as I know, a Krag of Norwegian
or Danish manufacture.
The markings are as follows : BarrelCrown over DK; Receiver-Cross over crown
over HR, also, M89 and 1929.
The rifle is about 8 mm. I would appreciate any information.
D. R. Myers
Sheffield, Alabama
Your rifle is the Danish Krag-lorgensen
model of 1889 that was actually manufactured in 1929. It should be almost 53 inches
over-all, and weigh about 9.8 pounds.
This rifle, made prior to 1928, had a barrel
jacket to protect the barrel and the shooter
when the barrel became heated during rapid
firing.
The Danish Krag-lorgensen handled a special 8 mm cartridge which is not manufactured in this country.---C.B.
Gold Medal Wonder
Where might I buy a stock for a "J. N.
Scotts" double barrel, hammer shotgun? The
gun is in excellent shape, and I hate to see
it go to waste. I would also like to know
something about the gunmaker if at all
possible.
I have an old single barrel shotgun, with
a damascus barrel, called a "Gold Medal
Wonder", which I believe to be an old
Sears & Roebuck brand. Do you know anything at all about this gun?
Is there any company that sells actions
for the Winchester or Marlin lever action
.30·30 or .35 calibers?
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Could you tell me the value of a Stevens
Model 32S-B in excellent shape? I have not
been able to find this gun in any of my
catalogs.
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Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
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Although I cannot prove that your "Gold
Medal Wonder" was sold by Sears-Roebuck
& Co., I think it was. Sears, for some reason, really went for the "Wonder" handle.
I know they sold the following : "Long
Range Wonder," "American Barlock Wonder," "White Powder Wonder," and possibly
others.
I have no idea where you can obtain an
original stock for your J. N. Scotts double.
I suggest you get a stock blank and make
one. J. N. Scotts was probably only a retailer,
and probably in New York. His name also
appears on brass framed, safety hammerless
revolvers like the Maltby-Henley products,
and single shot shotguns.
I'm not sure what you mean by "actions"
for Winchester or Marlin, etc. Those companies will supply parts, but obsolete actions
would be best found in gunsmiths or arms
dealers stocks.
An excellent 325 Stevens rifle is worth
about $25·$30.-G.B.
Colt D. A. Parts
I have a Colt Double Action Army Revolver in .38 WCF. Could you tell me where
I can get parts for this revolver? This gun
has a side plate on the left side , so you can
work on the inside mechanism.
J ack Stockwell
Charlevoix, Michigan
I suggest that you contact dealers who advertise that they have parts available. Two
such organizations are : Numrich Arms Co.,
West Hurley, N.Y., and Shelley Braverman,
Four Mile Point R d., Athens, N.Y.-G.B.
Merwin & Hulbert
Do you have, or do you know where I can
get, a breakdown drawing for a 44-40 Merwin & H ulbert revolver ?
Hugh Edwards
Horsham, Pennsylvania
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Kimball Pistol
Could you give me your opinion as to the
value of ·a Kimball semi-automatic pistol
chambered fur the .30 carbipe cartridge?
The gun is in perfect conditi on.
It is my infpression that this pistol was
f6und to be unsafe for the .30 carbine cartridge after a series of tests were run by the
NRA.
James E. Lamkin, Jr.
Tulsa, Okla.
The Kimball sem.i-auto pistol was not
satisfactory in that the .30 Ml carbine round
would, in time, shake the thing loose.
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The pistol is now more of a collectors item
and, with the interest in auto pistols growing by leaps and bounds, the Kimball would
be a good item depending upon the price
involved.
I saw one sold two years ago fo r $100,
and everyone seemed to think that the man
got a good buy. I have not seen one for sale
since that time and do not really know what
a fair price would be.-G.B.
A 6.5 Single Shot
I would appreciate information on a single
shot rifle with octagon barrel and two
triggers. It is a r im-fire as far as I can tell
from the impression where it has been fired.
On the barrel is "Aug Luneburg Kiel."
J ust below this are two proof marks a nd
6.5 mm. The lever cocks the gun and at the
same time breaks open the barrel.
I would like to know if ammunition is
still available for it. I work in the machine
shop on board ship, and can make any new
parts for it.
Edward O. Whitehall
F .P.O. San Francisco
I have no information on August L uneburg
of Kiel, Germany. Obviously your piece is
a gunsmith's product and is not a well-known
product. Maybe Lu.neburg simply was a
dealer that sold the arm and it bears no fac tory name.
If the piece is in good condition, and you
wish to fire it, I would suggest that you have
a chamber cast made. There are many 6.5
mm cartridges, and this is the only way we
could possibly identify the correct one for
your gun.-G.B.
A mmo Iden tification
I have recently become a collector of small
arms ammunition, both United States and
foreign. By use of the cartridge headstamps
and measurements I have been able to
identify the caliber and native country. However, I would like to compile data cards for
each round. Can you tell me where I may
find information such as: origin of round,
principle weapon with which used, drop, and
muzzle velocity.
Charles 1. Mason
Alexandria, Va.
My suggestion is that you build a library
on gun collecting as well as the statistics
and ballist~cs of ammunition.
There is no one book which will give you
even 25 per cent of what you want. You will
have to have a score of books or more. Unfortunately some of the very informative
books are already out of print.
Sooner than list a dozen or more books in
this answer I'll advise that you contact the
dealers in arms books who advertise 'i n G UNS
and ask for books on ammunition.
Basically you should have the few following books :
"Cartridges" by H. C. Logan.
"Cartridges for Collectors" (Vol. 1 & Vol.
2) by Fred Datig.
" The A merican Ca:rtridge" by Chas. R.
Suydam.
" Cartridge H ead S tamp Guide" by H. P.
White and B. D. M unhall.
Y ou might also write the various cartridge
dealers for their lists. Much information is
contained in these lists- both as to
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8 . Ba rrel w edges
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9. Sideplate & screws
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11 . Tang screw
12. Buttp late & screws
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the Pennsylvania rifle had become well known.
Many of the Pennsylvania gunsmiths based the design of their firearms on the
Jaeger rifles which they had brought with them from Europe, and the true Pennsylvania rifle bore the marks of individual design and character. The true Pennsylvania
rifle was made entirely by hand, under the most primitive conditions. Calibers ranged
from about .30 to .80, with the average barrel length around 40 inches; average weight
was about nine pounds. So many variations in caliber, size, and style exist that it
would be literally impossible to detail any number of them here.
The rifle shown in the drawings is typical in most of its features. Lock mecbanisms
were all very nearly the same, although the fact that most such locks were handmade,
precluded the possibility of any interchangeability of their parts.
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is just enough to make a rapid recovery in
a combat shoot much slower than when a
.357 Magnum with f ull loads is used," and
Larry's vote very definitely goes to the .357
Magnum as police gun.
Lt. Thomas Vidrick of the Arlington
Heights P olice Department has been a police officer for 16 years. After firing the
course, he commented:
"The recoil of the .41 Magnum is much
greater than th at of the .357."
" Do you think that the .41 Magnum
would make a good police gun ?"
" I think that the .41 Magnum is much
too powerful for police use." This opinion
was voiced several times, and Ptl. J . P laisted
of the same department, offered the suc·
cinct commen t: "Terrific recoil." Another
officer simply summed up by saying "A little
too much gun for me."
The urb an reaction was summed up by a
high r anking police official who fir ed the
course, is an avid shooter, and who has 35
years of law enfor cement experience. His
primary concern is bullet performance and
penetration. "A bullet that penetrates too
much, whether it be a car body or the
from two offi cers of the Libertyville P olice
Department. Ptl. J ames Stahl has been a
policeman for 6 year s, an d two years with
the Lake County Sheriff's offi ce, and was
a Marine. His duty gun is a .38, and " the
recoil of the .41 S&W is just too much and
it is too much in a straight line." This
comment, by the way, was made by a large
majority of the men who fire d the gun,
although I was unable to determine why
they felt that the straight line recoil was
bad. My own personal experience with this
gun and sh ootin g the same course was
that the recoil of the .41 was a bit heftier
than th at of the .357 Magnum, bu t did not
exert the unpleasan t and time· wasting
torque of the .44 Magnum.
P tl. Tom Kerwin, also of the Libertyville
Police Department, has been an officer for
over 11 years. He fire d the course twice,
and bo th times his reactions were identical.
" The straight line recoil is just too m uch."
Although he would not consider carrying
the gun, he feels that it wou ld make a good
back·up gun and he would consider carry·
ing one in the car, like a riot gun .
In the rural areas, the .41 S&W Magnum
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.38 Special Hi Speed
.357 Magnum
.44 Specia l
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.45 Colt
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230
255
240
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44
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45
45
47
47
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27
27
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198
197
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277
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body of a man, can cause considerable
secondary damage and can even kill an
innocent bystander. I asked him about car
stopping. His response was almost typical
for urban officers. Said he: "Car stopping.
Ha, how many cars did I or any of the
others here stop in 30 years? Not one. But
a hard hitting-that is heavy, fast traveling
bullet~an cause more damage, and don't
forget that the city that hires a policeman
is responsible for his actions. If the bullet
is too heavy, has too much penetration, and
has too much velocity, there is always the
danger of wounding or killing an innocent
citizen. If I could be relatively certain that
the bullet from the .41 Magn um would n ot
do that, I might consider the new caliber.
However, I cannot be assured of that, and
in light of this, I would hesitate to use or
recommend this gun. Don't misunderstand
me. The weapon is an excellent one, but I
don't believe that · the .41 S&W Magnum is
the answer to' our problem."
, The first tests were conducted with officers from urban departments, and since
the vote was so strongly against the heavy
.41 Magnum, I decided to see what reactions would be among suburban departments and county police officers.
How did the .41 Magnum stack up in the
suburban areas? Typical r eactions came
made a real hit. Deputy Sheriff Herbert
I-lor ton has been a police officer for 51,6
years and was an MP in the Marine Corps
for Ph years. In contrast to most other
officers who fired the test course, Herb
stands 6 ft. 5 inches and weighs 210 '
poun ds. His service gun is a S&W .38 Com·
bat Masterpiece. After firing the course on
a car body for penetration tests, Herb felt
that "the .357 Magnum has a li ttle more
kick than the .41 Magnum." This reaction
was due to the fact that the .357 Magnum
has a smaller frame than the .41, and the
S&W Model 57 fits his big hand much bet·
ter. Was he impressed with the performance
of the soft point Remington bullet, and
what was his reaction to the .44 Magnum ?
"The .41 has great penetration power. The
.44 is an awfully heavy gun for holster wear
and is a bit too heavy for police use. It is
better than the .41 penetration. wise and
killing·wise, and in that respect it is like the
old military .45." He summarized by saying :
"The .41 Magnum is the best all· around gun
of the four I have shot here." Dep uty Hor·
ton is ready to trade his .38 Combat Master·
piece for a .41 Magnum. Said he, "the .41
has tremen dous power. I have never seen
anything like it. It is like handling a rifle
and a pistol at once."
J oseph Balzrina is an Investigator for the
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Lake County Sheriff's Office. He has been
a police officer for three years a nd is a
retired Navy Chief who worked for some
time in Naval Security. Joe is a sh oo ter a nd
gun buff, and has been in several gun ba ttles. Working in plain clothes, he carries a
.38 snub, but on stake-outs or night work,
he carries a .357 Magnum. Here are his
reactions after performing sever al penett'ation tests : "I am used to shooting the .357,
and as all-around gun when it comes to car
body destr ucti on, the .41 seems to be best.
The .44 is way too heavy for my size han d,
and I cannot ha ndle the recoil. The .41
seems to ha ve everything a police officer
would want- if his hand is big enough and
he can control the weapon."
The results of the penetration tes ts on
car bodies was, to say the least, impressive.
J oe fired two ro un ds from two different
angles, at an engin e block at a range of
25 fee t. The Rem ington soft poin t b ullets
tore through the engin e block like a hot
k nife goes thro ugh butter. A straigh t-on
sh ot at a tir e rim at the same distance
gave complete penetra tion , and the bullet
even went into th e rim of the opposite
whecl. At a 45 degree angle, the bullet did
not pcnetra te, b ut ricocheted. A Chrysler
with all but one window closed, was the
nex t car to be wrecked. One shot was fired
through the driver's door, the bullet goi ng
through th e opp osite door , leaving an exit
h ole of about .65 caliber. The next shot,
held lower to sec the effect on the upholstery of th e seat, created a ricochet from
one of the seat springs, and the bullet tore
through the off-side door, leavin g a hole of
about .80 caliber.
Holdin g dea d·on on the windshi eld, the
210 grain SP bullet made a neat hole in
the glass, tore a par t of the steering wheel
off, glanced off the top of the front seat,
went through th e back seat, and stopped
somewhere in the wall of the trunk. The
most co nvin cin g proof of th e power of the
.41 S&W Magnum and the R emington ammo,
came when J oe fi red- twice at the trunk lid
of a 1954 Mer cury. The bullets went through
the trunk, through the back seat, through
th e front sea t, through the dashboard, and
one of th em went on to wreck the distribu tor and bury itself in th e engine. The
oth er bullet was not recovered from the
dash.
Inves ti gator Balzrina had this to say :
"This weapon (the .41 S&W Magnum )
would be id eal for state police officers and
county police or highway patrolmen due to
the fact tha t they have vast, open spaces
they have to patrol. Her e the population is
not thickly settled, and the .41 would be a
good gun. Officers might be hampered if
they had to use thi s gun in a city or town
where the population is on the streets. The
.41 has a tremendous destru ctive power.
There is no doubt that, if a police offi cer
were shooting at a fl eeing car, that he
could stop it before it went 200 or 300
yard s. There is absolutely no doub t about
tbis."
Prior to the car body penetration tests, I
checked the performance of the soft point
bullet on a % inch structural steel plate.
At a distance of 30 feet, I fired .38 Special,
.357 Magnum, .41 Magnum, and .44 Magnum
at a plate that was leaning back at a 75
degree angle ; another steel plate was set
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at 90 degrees to the ground. The .38 Special
barely dented the steel, while the magnums
went clear through the plate. Although
moist sand r ecovery provisions were made,
the fragments of the three bullets that
went through the plates wer e so small that
recovery attempts wer e fruitless. In order
to give the test validity, I used soft point
ammo in all instances. Factory lead ammo
is not yet available.
The new S&W gun is built on the same
h eavy fram e as their .44 Magnum, and is now
available in the 4 and the 6 inch barrel
lengths; a 8% " barrel is scheduled. The gun
will also make its appearance in the M&P
model with fix ed sights and chan ces are
that this model will come with 4 and 6 inch
barr els. The Model 57 is available in either
blue or ni ckel finish, and gun s have the S&W
red r amp front sights and the white line S&W
micrometer r ear sights. Stocks are of the
target variety, and it seems certain that a
gr eat many men who'll be getting the Model
57 will want custom grips. Our test gun was
nicely fini shed and boxed in th e Smith and
Wesson tradi tion. Empty the .41 weighed
48 ounces. Accuracy was very good, and
several 5 shot groups fired at 75 feet from
the off-hand position, averaged 2lh inches.
Before we received the R emington soft
point amm o, I got a se t of C·H swaging
dies, one for bullet swaging, the other for
swagin g cups to .41 from .44. R CBS furnished me with a 3 die set for reloading the
few hulls that Remington was able to sup·
ply. These were handmade r ounds, but
closely r esembled the ammumtlOn that
finally r eached me. As of this moment, the
lead bullet with gas check is still not avail·
able, but a Remington spokesman assured
me that they ar e working "full speed
ahea d" on this proj ec t.
After considerable shooting and evaluating
th e gun's performance and the ammo, I
would say that the new .41 Magnum will
appeal to two groups of shooters: th e
hunter who wants or needs a handgun
bigger than the .357 Magnum and who does
not want to be burdened with, or cannot
h andle, the .44 Magnum adequately. Secondly, and judging from the relatively small
sample of professional law enforcement offi·
cers I have talked with and who fired the
gun, ther e will be a few departments who
will sanction the use of the .41 M agnum.
But the .41 Magnum will never have the
versatility of the .357 Magnum, and becau se
recoil of the .41 Magnum, though not punishing, is adequately fclt, a great many
police officers who don't get enough pistol
practice, will shy away from it.
Self·styled experts claim that it is not
lack of practice, but th e fa ct that many of
today's officer s carry guns which are ballistically inadequate that will make the new
caliber an ideal police gun. The man who
taught me to shoot the combat course and
who has survived untold gun - battles, -used
to harp on one ·t\lne: "Learn to handle
what you got- in the hands of a capable
shot, even a .25 or a .38 will do the job.
It's not the caliber that kills, it's where
you put that slug." No matter what side of
the argument you want to take, one thing
is certain : the .41 Magnum with the Remington ammo has the oomph and the power to
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(Continued from page 25)
shooting range. The hunter is rarely able to
select a position on the firing line which
meets all these criteria, but he can often
select a position that will meet at least a
couple of them.
For example, when Pete had observed the
departing geese on the morning preceding
our hunt, he noted that most of the geese
departed over the southeast firing line which
was a great distance from the lake and of
relatively low elevation. However, several
dozen flocks left over the southwest corner,
which was closest to the sanctuary, and it
had a small hill ! The wind was from the
south which would not help shooting from
either area. On the morning of the hunt,
Pete was perched on top of that little hill.
Only a dozen flocks flew over that point, but
they were relatively close. Though many
thousands of geese flew over the hunters on
the southeast, they were all out of range!
By late season, the wary Canadas have
developed a cunning habit of varying their
departure routes from the sanctuaries. Just
because the geese were flying over certain
points on the firing line a week before, does
not guarantee a repeat performance! However, most flocks do tend to use the same
departure routes for several days in a row.
Get to your hunting area a day ahead of
the hunt and observe just how the geese are
leaving; then select your position on the
firing line to meet as many of the above
criteria as possible.
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WIllJAMS lOO-YARD SMALL BORE "DIAL SCORING" TARGET
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TRY 'EM! SEE THE DIFFERENCE FOR YOURSELF!
Long duration, high heat flame. Magnum primers assu re velocity
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Finally, Pete had the right gun and
shell combination and he knew how and
when to fire. Between us, Pete and I have
put in over fifty years of hard goose hunting,
and we agree on one point. Small guns, light
loads, and small shot may be all right when
used by an expert shooting geese at very
close range over decoys, but they have no
place on today's firing line! Almost all shots
on the fir ing line are at maximum range and
at big tough birds. Big guns, heavy loads,
and big shot are required to kill cleanly or
miss cleanly-and this should be the objec·
tive of every hunter! Pete and I use full
choke, 12 gauge 3" Magnum doubles and
maximum load shells. On the firing line,
we often keep our doubles open as we watch
the geese approach, then load with BB's if
we judge that the geese will pass within
about 70 yards; if the range is nearer 100
yards, we load with 00 or 000 buckshot! We
don't fire until the flock is directly overhead,
and when loaded with buckshot, we flock
shoot. We either kill our geese or miss them.
It's important that you make sure that
it is legal to use buckshot in your hunting
area, and never fire at a low angle down the
firing line with buckshot, or any other shot
for that matter. One other common mistake
over·eager hunters fr equently make is firing
at a flock of incoming honkers before they
begin to pass over the firing line. This
usually flares the flock from the firing line.
As the later part of the season rolls around,
many honker flocks on any sanctuary become
"firing line happy," and they are apt to
circle directly above the sanctuary until they
are three or four hundred feet high before
they head across the firing line. Or they may
leave the sanctuary by a route where there
is no legal firing line. In these cases, you
can only head to the fields for decoy shooting
or to favorable areas for pass shooting as
the honkers move from sanctuary to feeding
area, or between several feeding areas.
The biggest thrill in hunting feeding geese
probably lies in the fact that it's a difficult
business, and to be successful, the hunter
must plan the placing of his decoys.
Generally, the later the season, the further
honkers tend to feed from the sanctuary.
This is because they have been shot at in
the closer fields or because they have cleaned
out the choice feed in the near·by fi elds.
But, during stormy or foggy weather, they
will often put up with short rations and
again feed in fields close to the sanctuaries.
When there is no snow on the ground,
most honkers seem to prefer to graze on
tender green forage, such as winter wheat;
when this is covered by snow or not otherwise available, they usually swarm to easyto-get· to stands of corn, or other grains. One
of the hottest spots for a set is where a
green winter wheat field joins a corn field.
Big permanent sets of decoys will not pay
off for long periods after they have been
shot over for a few days. During these
periods the goose-wise hunter will have a
d ozen light half·shell decoys in the trunk of
his car and will follow the geese to their
feeding gr ounds. After he discovers the exact
spot wher e the geese are feed ing, a dozen
( Continued on page 44 )
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decoys are enough ! A pit or fancy blind is
rarely required; a crude weed blind, or just
lying down in a ditch or in corn stalks will
usually suffice. If snow is on the ground, a
white sheet over the hunter is usually as good
as a pit.
When Roger and Mark Delaney of Hasty,
Colorado, two of the best goose hunters I
know, told me that the geese were coming
back to a big permanent set north of J ohn
Martin Reservoir after avoiding it completely
for two weeks, I couldn't wait, and Mark and
I were in the pit in the middle of this set
early thc following morning. By 9 o'clock
the geese were headed for the fields, and
we watched long strings, many with hundreds
of honkers in them, passing a few miles east
of us. A half dozen flocks broke off and came
our way. Mark called to them convincingly
and the big birds would hover just out of
gun range, but they wouldn't decoy. Instead
they turned east, let down to almost ground
level, and passed over a high prairie hill.
Mark remarked, "I'm going to dig a pit on
the top of that old bald hill! Just look at
those birds." I laughed. How could anyone
dig a pi t on a bald prairie?
Mark and Roger Delaney really did dig
a pit on the top of that bald prairie hilland Roger and I took our limits out of it
the first time we tried! This hill lay between
feeding areas. It was wide open except for
clumps of prairie grass, and the honkers
flying over it had never been shot at along
this route_ We found that a few decoys on
the open prairie would help pull even the
curious wide flyers within range.
Often, late season honkers will fly low over
open, uncultivated land. Watch for such low
flyways! It's usually much easier to get
permission to hunt these areas than to hunt
cultivated fields! When you find such a "hotspot," even a pit is not usually necessary.
Just lie down and be still until the low
flying honkers are within range-then sit
up and shoot!
Of course, late season honker hunting is
never a cinch, even for the expert who knows
all the tricks discussed-but I'm convinced
that knowing these tricks will help anyone
to kill more late season honkers around any
sanctuary in the country.
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After all this sage advice, I must admit
that I killed my two honkers on the last day
of the season last year by sheer accident and
with the aid of a cooperative cow ! I was
making my way through a big maize field in
a blinding snowstorm, with my gunny sack
of half-shells over my shoulder. Visibility
was not more than 50 yards. Suddenly, I
thought I saw some pheasants running through
the maize stalks, then realized they were
geese trying to take off! I dropped my
decoys, threw the safety off my gun, and
nailed a big gander just as he left the
ground. I put out my decoys and the snow
grew lighter. Then I saw an old white faced
Hereford chasing a goose on the other side
of the field! The goose would fly about 50
yards and try to feed again, but the persistent cow would keep flushing the honker!
On the fourth try, the Hereford flushed the
big honker right over my decoys and I
downed him with a load of # 2's At that
point, I couldn't have been surprised if that
hunting Hereford had tried to
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RUGER'S RIM-FIRE RIFLE
(Continued from page 21)
this at the NRA show by taking the magazine, dropping it on the floor, and then
jumping up and down on it_ The retaining
lips and ramps which guide the cartridge into
the chamber are made of solid alloy steel,
hence wear and tear would either be minimal
or completely absent. The test gun-a preproduction model-had to be returned to
Ruger, and consequently it was impossible to
give the magazine extensive function tests;
all in all, we fired 225 rounds, and found no
evidence of wear and would not anticipate
any unless the total n umber of rounds fired
were on the order of 10,000 or more_
There was considerable fouling accumulation since the gun was fired with a number of
brands of ammunition, but even fouling did
not appear to effect the functioning of the
gun. Disassembly of the magazine, though not
difficult, is a bit on the touchy side. Proper
re-assembly depends largely on the hexagonal nut and its detent for the magazine
rotating spring which must be aligned to
give the spring the tension required for rotation of the cartridge carrier.
Removal of the magazine from the carbine
is from below, is accomplished easily with
thumb and forefinger. The trigger housing
contains the entire ignition mechanism, and
the 10/22 also has the now-standard bolt
hold-open latch feature. The cross-bolt safety
worked perfectly and it was not possible to
jar it into firing position. The trigger pull of
the test gun was somewhat on the hard side,
let-off was not as smooth as it could be.
Similarly, there were several instances where
the bolt hung-up on the magazine r im, and
this was readily discernible since the magazine lip did show some slight wear. Ed Nolan,
when he shipped the test gun to 10hn Amber
of the "Gun Digest," warned us that this
might occur since the gun had been assembled hurriedly to make it possible for us to
meet editorial deadlines. Production guns
have not only improved triggers, but also
bolts that won't hang up .
Function tests were performed with factory
sights, using Monark, WoW Super X, Winchester Leader, and eel Target ammunition.
The gun is designed for the Long Rifle cartridge and handles standard and hi-vel ammo
without adjustments_ At first we used only
one brand of ammo, then mixed brands,
finally mixed not only brands but also velocity-the Ruger 10/ 22 performed like a
well-trained circus pony! Slow and rapid
firing tests, again at first with one brand of
ammo, then mixing brands, and then mixing
brands and velocity, produced no malfunction,
though there was considerable fouling on the
forward part of the magazine_
Accuracy tests, fired at 100 yards and
with open factory sights, produced groups
that went slightly over four inches, but this
might well have been my fault since 100 yard
shooting with iron sights is not my specialty_ With a scope, and using eel Target
ammo, repeated groups measured 2-2 JA! " ,
with a SE wind blowing across the range at
a measured 3-5 miles per hour. 10hn and I
consider this as very good for a 10 shot
group at 100 yards.
This means that Bill Ruger's latest, the
10/22, gets the green light on all counts:
flawless function, good looks, good accuracy,
and price-which is set at $54.50. Still other
developments arc in the works in the Southport plant and I'll report on them
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THE BSA RALOCK
(Continued from page 33)
and chambers a fresh cartridge.
The magazine, located in the buttstock,
holds twelve Shorts or eight Long Rifle cartridges, depending on the model.
The .22 Long Rifle model is 43.13 inches
over-all, the _22 Short model is four inches
shorter. The pistol grip stock and a semibeaver-tail forearm makes it a real man-size
gun. The sight radius is 18 inches.
The sliding safety is located on the top
rear of the receiver_ When set on safe, the
word "SAFE" appears correctly. When the
gun is ready to fire, the letters "AF" on the
thumbpiece are moved forward, out of line
with the "S-E" on the receiver, and a red
dot appears.
Takedown on the Ralock is very simple,
and takes less than five seconds. The barrel
retainer is lifted, the barrel is p ulled straigh t
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AUGUST 1964
forward out of the receiver. This also releases
the body of the action, which may be removed from the bottom of the receiver_
Either model of the Ralock sold for the
U . S. equivalent of about $35.28. The cost
of manufacture proved to be considerably
higher than anticipated, and the volume of
sales was ' inadequate to warrant continued
production _ •
Another fac~or tbar prompted its demise
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Schoyen. Possibly Lower and Schoyen learned
too quickly under Gove's tutelage for both
soon branched out in competitive gun businesses of their own. Gove took his sons and
son-in· law, Frank Church, into the business
about 1875, a year before Colorado ceased
to be a territory and became a full-fledged
state of the Union.
The advent of the metallic cartridge
brought with it radical changes in the gun
trade. Most of the gunmakers became gun
merchants and their business gradually
changed from manufacturing to merchandis·
ing and altering or repairing the products
of the eastern gun manufacturers. Carlos
Gove and some of the others were not always satisfied with the products of the
eastern manufacturers-they often rebarreled
them or altered them to suit their own ideas.
One of Gove's better known alterations was
a method of replacing the thumb "rolling
block" operation on a Remington single shot
rifle with an under lever.
As great as Gove's prominence was, John
P. Lower's gun store in Denver was destined
to become the best known establishment
beyond the Missouri. Here you might meet
Lower's personal friends Bill Cody, George
A. Custer, Jim Bridger, or even the Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia. Or you might have
found a store full of Indians including
chiefs Ouray, Coloraw, and Persoon of
the Utes.
Lower learned the gun trade in Philadelphia, working for the well-known establishment of Joseph C. Grubb & Co. at the age
of 18. He was with the firm as gunsmith
and salesman for 21 years, but the West
John Lower devoted 65 years to the gun
business. A great credit to the gun trade,
Lower had known the business as gunmakllr,
target shooter, salesman, and merchant. Most
important of all, he had been a man with
many friends.
Men who know fine target rifles will tell
you that George C. Schoyen was one of the
best craftsmen who ever placed a gun in a
customer's hand. Schoyen was a native of
Norway who carne to America soon after the
Civil War. He lived in Chicago for a time,
but migrated west in the early 1870's, finding employment with Gove in Denver. Schoo
yen stayed longer with Gove than Lower,
but in the 1880's, he too struck out for him·
self. Schoyen seemed to prefer partnerships,
devoting himself to producing fine guns and
letting his partners take care of the business
details. His first partner was D. W. Butt,
and in 1887 F. A. Burgen. Some years later
the famous Schoyen & Peterson partnership
was formed.
Axel Peterson, like Schoyen, was a Scandinavian. Arriving in Denver in 1879, Peterson's reputation as a skilled gunmaker soon
became known throughout the western territory. Schoyen and Peterson did not gain
fame only for their accurately barreled target
rifles; they were skilled in all forms of gun·
making. Fancy pistols, an unusual over/under
gun, and deluxe hunting rifles also carne
from their workbenches. Axel Peterson designed a telescope sight which was one of
the first to offer internal adjustments.
There were other skilled men in the gun
trade in Denver and throughout Colorado,
but the "big four"-Gove, Lower, Schoyen,
lured him across the plains in 1866. After
his brief association in business with Gove,
he struck out for himself. In addition to
his name jn big letters across the entire
front of his BlaJ-e Street store, an awning
bore the lettering !'Sharps' Rifles and Colt's
, pistols." Certainly these were two of the
most popular lines of Lower's stock in those
early days. A vast quantity of correspondence
between the Sharps Company and Lower has
been preserved; these letters reveal the purchase and delivery of hundreds of the various
Sharps rifle models. Lower had known Col.
Colt personally and sold great numbers of
Colt pistols.
and Peterson-are the names most frequently
remembered.
In 1868 the arrival of the railroad as far
west as Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 103
miles north of Denver, marked the arrival
also of one of the West's best remembered
gunmakers, Frank W. Freund. In this new
bustling town at the railhead, Frank and
his brother George put up a sign over their
little shack to indicate that this was the
"Wyoming Armory," operated by "Freund
Bros." From this small beginning, and later
in new, enlarged quarters the business grew
until the lettering on the Freund shop
boasted that they carried a stock of from
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For a time they operated a cartridge-making
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The Freunds were natives of Heidelberg,
Germany_ Arriving in America, Frank went
to work at Ilion, New York, for K Remington & Sons for a short time before the War
Between the States. He served eighteen
months in the Union Army, and after the
war, the West beckoned. With his brother
George, Frank set out for Nebraska City
where they operated a gunsmithing business
from 1866 to 1868. When the tracks were
laid · as far west as Cheyenne, the Freunds
closed their Nebraska City shop and moved
to Cheyenne, where a Freund gun store
served the trade for the next 17 years_
On May 10, 1869, the first transcontinental
railway was completed when crews working
eastward from California met those working
westward from Cheyenne at Promontory
Point_ The Freunds were now "on the main
line" and their location became an important
outfitting point for gold seekers, teamsters
and emigrants; later buffalo hunters flocked
in to decimate the great northern herd.
Of the two brothers, Frank was apparently
the more ingenious. Twenty patents bear
his name; George's name appears on but
four. These patents covered many things
from primers, cartridges, and sights to pistol
and rifle designs. The best known of Frank
Freund's innovations were his improvements
on the Sharps breech-loading cartridge
rifles. Many famons people were among the
Freunds' customers, including General Phil
Sheridan, General George Crook, and Theodore Roosevelt. Another important customer
was General George W. Wingate who, on
April 25, 1893, fired the first shots on the
famous Creedmoor target range where, under
the auspices of the National Rifle Association of America, international rifle matches
were born.
Sharps and Remington rifles were the
favorites in those early Creedmoor matches,
so Freund's improvements on the Sharps
rifles gained not only western popularity but
also wide national recognition.
The partnership of Frank and George was
dissolved about 1881. George moved to
Durango, Colorado, where he established the
"Colorado Armory," a shop where guns and
accessories were sold, traded, and repaired.
A few years later, Frank returned East,
settling in Jersey City.
To the south of Colorado lay the Territory of New Mexico. Vast deserts and mountains were encompassed in our acquisition
of this land in 1848 through the Treaty of
Guadalupe-Hidalgo which ended the Mexican
War. At first what are now the states of New
Mexico and Arizona was all New Mexico
territory, Arizona not becoming a separate
territory until 1863. Indians and Mexicans
were the principal occupants of tlus littleknown land. Yet it had been visited by the
white man before the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth Rock. Santa Fe was the center
of trade, but the trade goods did not include
any great amount of firearms_ Early white
settlers depended principally on the military
for their arms. The Mexicans were usually
too poor to buy good guns, and every effort
was made to keep firearms from the Indians.
This was a poor market for the gun trade,
although a few gunsmiths and traders did
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Gunmaker Jonathan Browning settled in
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Browning was not satisfied to produce only
the standard caplock guns of his time, but
experimented with multi·shot systems. One
was a gun with a multi·chambered block
which could be moved sidewise at the
breech, thus making it possible to discharge
five fast shots. Another multi·shot gun at·
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resembling the Colt is also claimed as a
Browning product.
Jonathan Browning's sons John Moses and
Matthew Sandefur wer e born in Ogden. As
they grew into manhood, Matt showed an
aptitude for business while J ohn took to
gunmaking like a duck to water. It may
seem odd that J onathan Browning's search
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J ohn's first gun design was a single shot
breechloader with a dropping breech block,
something like the Sharps but more streamlined. I have in my collection one of J ohn
Brownings earliest models of this rifle. The
gun is dated 1878, a year before the issuance
of Browning's first patent of October 7, 1879.
The barrel is marked ".44-77" and " J. M.
Browning, Ogden, U. T.," the side plates
bear the marking "J. M. Browning, U. T.,
1878." Shown with this gun, for comparison,
is the standard single shot rifle of a later
design patented by the Brownings. Of these,
600 were made by hand. A distinct differ·
ence between the Model 1878 and Model
1879 Browning is the action of the lever.
The lever on the 1878 model is pulled down
and back toward the shooter, wh ile the 1879
model employs the rather standardized system of being worked down and forward.
With this single shot rifle and a small
stock of other merchandise, the Browning
gun shop was launched under the name
J. M. Browning & Bro. Lettering across the
fron t of their little brick shop told the
world they sold "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition,
& Fishing Tackle." J . M. Browning and h is
brother were then in their twenties.
The Browning fame spread far beyond the
small gun shop in Ogden. J ohn Browning's
contributions to the design of lever action
rifles, shotguns, and automatic weapons are
well known. If the Browning local gun trade
was somewhat insignifican t, in the overall
picture of far wes tcrn production or merchandising, more guns of Browning design
probably were shipped into the West for
other dealer s to sell than those of any gun
designer; thi s would be particularly true of ,
the Winch esters which owed their design to
Browning, from the single shot "high· wall"
through the '86, '92, '94, and '95 lever
action models.
Those early years in the gun trade from
1850 to 1900 were fillcd with the fast· moving
tempo of exciting news, new developments,
dramatic changes, tragic wars, b ut from out
of all this came the building of a strong and
unified nation. No longer were our coasts
separated by untrod areas without means of
transport or communication. In all this great
movement, few services were more important
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HANDLOADING BENCH
(Continued from page 10)
the .45 for both center fire and .45 matches.
Mr. Woodford chronographed his loads at
754 to 769 fps, a variation of only 11 fps.
In another test they varied only 10 fps. A
30 fps variation is called "Match Grade" .45
ammo.
• • •
CCI is credited with eliminating hang fires
(that can't be detected) and misfires, notorious in 1955 Target S & W guns. A prominent
match shooter wrote, "All pistol primers are
too hard." He changed his mind after it
was proved that CCI's had proper sensitivity
in our own drop test. Sensitivity is uniform.
Early lots perform today exactly like current
prod uction.
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety recently
called in all .357 Magnum factory ammo,
due to misfires and primers flowing in the
firing pin holes of S & W guns to lock the
cylinder. Cylinders had to be hammered
open, or turned with two hands to shear off
primer extrusion. I described this in the
Jnly 1962 GUNS, and the current edition of
"The Book of Pistols and Revolvers," and
notified the factory. On March 28, 1963 the
factory admitted the complaint was justified.
To quote: "Investigation shows set back of
primers occurs in guns with tight headspace.
Considerable work with modified primers has
been done and the problem is under active
study. A solution is expected."
No doubt they will solve the problem
soon. The mills of the ammo makers grind
slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.
We'll report on the solution promptly in this
magazine. We have nine S & W .357 Magnum revolvers that all gave trouble with some
lots of various brands of factory ammunitions. All functioned perfectly with CCI
primers in reloads. I believe S & W reo
volvers would be more dependable with a
firing pin built in the frame, similar to
Ruger S.A. and Colt D.A. revolvers. We
never had a misfire or primer set back that
locked the cylinder of Colt D.A. or Ruger
Blackhawk revolvers, with any factory ammu·
nition.
A major cause of poor handgun loads
with good bullets is an under charge of slow
powder, or primers that give under-ignition.
A soft primer locks a S & W cylinder, so it
won't function until the extrusion is sheared
off. Hard primers give misfires, especially if
a S & W mainspring is weak, the strain
screw short, or if it has loosened a bit.
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Probably 9 out of 10 handload ers don't get
maximum accuracy from their rifles, due to
lack of testing. A gun you think is mediocre
may have superb accuracy with the right
powder charge or bullet weight.
Charles Quinn, my Houston, Texas friend,
has bagged 36 head of big game with 37
shots from his .300 Apex with 6X Lyman
scope, up to 450 yards. A deer hit high in
the shoulder got a finishing shot. He uses
Speer's 165 gr. backed with 70.0 gr. 4350
and CCI 250 Magnum primers, at 3216 fps.
Charles and I agreed long ago these rifles
were ideal for most game. They are, but the
.300 Winchester practically killed them. This
bullet is fine in a .30-06 to the hottest .30's.
It has advantages over 150 or 180 gr. bullets
for most game, with long sustained velocity,
plenty of punch and fine accuracy.
My favorite .357 load for game up to deer
is a Speer 146 gr. H .P. with 16.5 gr. 2400
and CCI 550 Maguum primers. Speer lists
16.0 gr. maximum. In my 6" Colt Python
velocity is 1376 fps, a bit fa ster than in a
larger bore, slower twist 6" S & W. Variation is only 43 fps. Shack and I bagged 35
assorted varmints one afternoon with my
Python, taking turns shooting. All were clean
kills. This was a day we were both "hot,"
when we hit nearly everything we shot at.
\Ve have our "off" days too, like most handgunners.
C-H Cup Nose dies swage potent looking
bullets that look reversed in loads. Locally,
it's called the "Ascender," a nickname for
an airplane with wings at the rear. Our tests
prove the C·H Semi-Wadcutter H.P. expands
faster and is more potent, with better Hi-V
accuracy. It can be driven faster due to less
bearing surface.
Hollow Points that are too large and deep
look potent. Our tests prove the nose will
collapse to one side, for much less expansion,
unless they hit exactly nose first, which is
seldom. They nearly always tip a bit, or
strike at an angle. Best expan sion is obtained with Vs" drilled cavities about 14"
deep. Accuracy equals a solid nose, and
they are far more apt to give a classic mushroom for greatly increased shock, and terrific
tissue destruction.
Bullets in any caliber have nearly no
"knockdown." An Army General said f01'
adequate "knockdown" the diameter should
be 3" or more! A fast expanding .22 is
more effective than a non-expanding .45 It's
even more effective in a non·vital spot. Bullets kill by shock and tissue destruction
more than by caliber. If heavy, Lo-V bullets
are used for deep penetration on very large
game, they kill only by penetrating a vital
spot. For faster, cleaner kills on thin skinned
game use a fast expan ding bullet, or one
that explodes on varmints.
Shooter's Supply, 202 S. 124th, Seattle 68,
Washington, sell assorted "Stick On Apertures" for shooting or eye glasses at $1 plus
a stamped, self addressed envelope. They increase the depth of field so iron sights and
targets are both sharp. Stopping down a
camera lens (using a smaller aperture) gives
greater depth of field. Apertures can be removed and stored on your glasses rim. You
can check these by holding this page too
close to your eye to read. Through a small
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GUNS
AUGUST 1964
WAIT 'EM OUT!
GENUINE
(Continued from page 31)
there was an unseasonably dry fall in 1962,
and hunting was hard everywhere-in some
places practically petrified. Game was high,
foliage and brush cracked like exploding
popcorn, and it took skilled, hard hunting
to get within shooting range of the wary
animals.
It was the same at the Spring Creek
Ranch. Everyone had spotted deer, most
had a shot or two at fleeting bucks, but
the lack of snow, even in early December,
had driven the big bucks downwar d in to
the relatively sparse cedars and plateau
country.
Despite this, we took some dandies, after
exceptionally hard hunting. Willie Peyton
took a two·footer; I busted a 28 inch
muley buck the second day, and Don
DeHart (Alaska outfitter down there after
trophy muleys) almost got a shot at one
in the 30 inch class.
One of the hunters, however, became in·
creasingly discouraged. He was used to
hunting heavy concentrations of Texas
whitetails from a stand; and despite several
days of hard hunting, he couldn't adapt his
technique to the prevailing tough hunting
conditions.
The evening before his hunt ended, he
gave up. I overheard him phoning another
outfitter, making arrangements to meet him
at noon the next day, 50 miles away, and
make another try in a different area.
Dearing was most unhappy about it. He'd
done everything a man could do to help h is
hunters connect. As a final, extra offer, he
said, "Well, let's try again at daylight.
That'll still give you time to meet yom
man."
At daybreak, as Dearing took the fellow
in the jeep up toward new and more distant
country, a great buck broke out into a tiny
valley below them. The "give· up" hunter
piled out, and in three shots from his .300
Weatherby, had downed the buck-a perfect
typical six point head with an outside
spread of 30 inches!
There are more practical and measmable
reasons for the policy of hunting a little
longer and harder than the Horatio Alger
ratio of reward·to·effort.
First, the hunter who works at it a bit
harder and a bit longer will find his com·
petition less tough. He will usually be
among the same over-all 20 per cent of
hunters who consistently score. The 80 per
cent who won't climb the extra hill; stay
the final hour; or who give up too easily
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
PEARL,
with an "- aw to hell with it," will quit
and take off for home, or camp.
T his fact not only improves the determined hunter's chances immeasurably, but
also allows the game a chance to settle
down more to normal patterns of field be·
havior, and return to natural habitat. Time
after time, a canny old buck or cagey bull
has gradually returned to his normal bailiwick after the first shooting of the season,
thinking to find things safe . • • and has
been met by the hunter who stuck with it.
There is also another benefit for the
hunter who hunts a wilderness area, and
with a professional outfi tter and/ or guide.
T ime after time, I've heard a top outfitter
say to a hunter, who'd worked his head off
under adverse hunting con ditions, "Well, it's
been tough going. Your time's up, but if
you can spare the time, you're welcome
to h unt another day or so."
I heard Glidden McNeel offer two Wyoming elk hunters some extra time, after dry
weather had made elk hunting tough ; and
one of them scored on the "bonus" day.
I've heard Don DeHart make the same
generous offer to several Alaska hunters,
after rain had kept them camp-bound unduly. On a polar bear hunt in the Arctic,
blizzard and "white-out" kept our party
grounded in Kotzebue for nine days. Since
no plane could get through to Point Hope,
we were stuck; and nine days of our three
week trip were wiped out through no one's
fault. But DeHart, knowing we'd stuck
through thick and thin on other tr ips, simply extended our hunt for those extra nine
days.
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ment. T rips into such areas are costly, and
time is the big element in success.
I know, from over 30 years' big· game
hunting experience, that professional out·
fitters' bacon and beans depend upon the
satisfied, "repeat" hunter. I know that many
elements can often sour any hunt; but for
the hun ter who sticks with the job of
getting his trophy to the very end, any
reputable outfitter will make special plans
to get him to game; to extend his time if
necessary; and to make his trip successful.
Oppositely, I don't recall any time when
an outfitter made special effort to help the
hunter who growled about the weather;
the lack of game, the mosquitoes, or the
hardships about camp. The hunter working
wilderness country, who sticks uncomplain·
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come out both money and trophies ahead,
simply because professional hunters will
like him, and will, themselves, make that
extra effort.
The small, trifling "extras" which the
average hunter disregards, applied with
stick.to·itiveness, combine to bring home the
prized trophies. Here are some:
1. Adopt an attitude of success; plan, if
at all possible, for an extra day's hunting.
2. Keep in good physical shape. The
prized ram or grizzly is often just over the
next rise, where most hunters are too
pooped to climb.
3. Make your rifle capable of taking ad·
vantage of the long shot-it's sure to come
in trophy hunting. Tune the rifle so it's a
bit more accurate. Keep stock and scope
mount screws tight. Develop the most ac·
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4. Sight in, at least one shot, before every
trip afield. This single shot, from a cold
bore, will indicate where the first hunting
shot will go.
5. Hunt a bit farther back in, aud
higher, than the average hunter will go. The
biggest heads are usually at the upper
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6. Hunt a half·hour earlier, and a half·
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7. When a proved hunting technique fails
in an area, or with one species, reverse it.
That is, if climbing the ridges at daybreak,
and coming back to camp via the canyon
doesu't work, then work up the canyon
bottom, and take the ridges at dusk. Many
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watching his back·track-the hunter coming
upon him from the unsuspected direction.
The constant application of such "trifles"
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THE CASE FOR THE CONVERSION UNITS
(Continued from page 29)
a steel one on the rear. This provides positive alignment with the original bore. The
muzzle end of the tube is threaded ahead of
the bushing and a knurled brass nut and
leather washer are provided to lock the insert
to the barrel. At the rear of the tube is a
U-shaped steel block, contoured to fit around
the top strap of the Webley revolver, and
slotted laterally across the top to allow the
insertion of the rear sight blade, which is
adjustable for elevation.
The cyli nder is quite interesting from a
design standpoint. Although bored for the
smaller cartridge, it is the same diameter as
the original .455 cylinder, but considerably
,horter, being just long enough to contain
the .22 Long Rifle cartridge. The six·shot
cylinder is un fluted and, in keeping with
British proof laws, has proof marks stamped
over each individual chamber. Like the original, the .22 cylinder is fitted with a camoperated extractor which withdraws the fired
cases when the top-break action is opened.
To solve the ignition problem, that is, to
permit the nose of the hammer to strike the
rim of the .22 cartridge, the designer moved
the rear of the .22 chamber outward toward
the rim of the cylinder. But, if bored straight
forward, the chamber would not line up with
the bore, so the clever (?) designers merely
hored the chamber through the cylinder at
an angle of five degrees! This quite obviously
means that when the weapon is fired, the
bullet must make a five degree change in
direction while passing from cylinder to
barrel. This rather abrupt turn is made somewhat easier by the forcing cone being funneled out to .295" at the extreme rear. It
then tapers rather slowly to bore diameter,
reaching .22" about an inch down the insert
barrel.
The Parker-Hale unit is easily installed in
the Webley. The two screws holding the
cylinder clamp are removed and the clamp
dropped toward the bottom of the weapon.
Now, with the action opened, the .455 cylinder can be easily withdrawn. It is not necessary to remove any more of the original
parts in order to install the kit. The .22
insert barrel can now be easily installed,
keeping the open side of the U·shaped block
toward the top of the weapon. The insert
tuhe is then locked into the barrel, the .22
cylinder is dropped into place, and the cylinder clamp is replaced. All that remains is to
fire the weapon and adj ust the sigh ts.
My first attempt to test fire the .22 Webley
was doomed because of an atrocious trigger
pull that went no less than nine pounds. An
application of a stone to the sear produced
a much more acceptahle pull, and I returned to the range to see how this conversion
would group. The results were little better
than my first attempt, though I used a rest
and a two-handed hold. The shots went consistantly high, and could n ot be brought
down into the bull, even with maximum
sight adjustment. The group, if you could
call it that, was a scattered three inch circle
in the four, five, and six rings. At first I
thought that this was a product of my own
poor shooting, but a competition shooter got
practically the same results.
Examination of the target gave us a clue
to the possihle cause of this rather poor
shooting. Some of the ten shot "patterns"
showed that several of the bullets had keyholed, hitting the target while practically on
their side. We took the Wehley home, where
we fired several rounds into cotton batting,
recovering the bullets. You didn't need to
take a close look at these bullets to see that
they had acquired a shape somewhat akin to
a banana. It seemed that the five degree turn
made by the bullets as they traveled from
cylinder to barrel was the culprit.
To further substantiate this, we loaded the
Webley with RWS .22 BB Caps and 10,
there was an honest group in the target.
Apparently the little round balls negotiated
the curve with no trouble, and were chucking into the paper in measurable groups. As
yet, I have found no way to keep that sloping
chamber from taking its toll when regular
.22 ammunition is used.
The .22 caliber Luger conversion kit,
manufactured by Erma Werke, of Munich,
Germany, is distributed in this country by
Interarmco, Alexandria, Va. The Luger kit
lists for $39.95 and comes packed in a
sturdy, attractive carton which is flock-lined
and compartmented for the various parts of
the converter. Also, included is a cleaning
rod of appropriate length.
The Luger kit is considerably more com(Continued on page 56)
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plicated than the Webley and consists of
three maj or components; the insert barrel,
the breechblock assembly, and a ten·shot, .22
magazine. As the insert barrel for a standard
fo ur inch Luger measures seven and one
quarter inches over ..all, a sleeve or spacer
to cover this a dditional length is included .
The insert barrel of the Luger has a steel
block at the breech en d, as an integral par t
of the tube. The block is slotted at the top
to take the .22 extractor claw and ahead
of the block the tube is turned to dimen·
sions wh ich exactly fill the 9mm chamber.
The next three and one half inches of the
insert tube are a snug, sliding fit in the 9mm
barrel, thus insuring positive alignment. The
remainder of the tube is covered by the
barrel sleeve when the kit is installed, and is
threaded to take two knurled steel lock nuts.
The breech mechanism, quite similar to
the original Luger action, incorporates the
same toggle principle, and contains its own
lighter recoil springs. There are two of these
coil springs; the larger acts solely as a
recoil spring, absorbing the recoil and closing
the action after a shot is fired; the smaller
absorbs a portion of the recoil on the open·
ing part of the cycle, is retained by the sear
when the action is in the full back position,
then is used to drive the striker foreward
when the trigger is pulled for the next shot.
The installation of the Luger kit, though
somewhat more complicated than the Webley,
is still relatively simple. First, the Luger is
"field·stripped" in the normal manner. While
it is not imperative that the ejector be reo
moved it makes insertion of the .22 tu be
easier, and the u nit does seem to work better
with the ejector removed. The insert tube is
installed in the 9mm barrel, keeping the
extractor notch to,w ard the top of the weapon,
and locked in place. The .22 breech block
assembly is slipped into the receiver and the
original connecting pin replaced. As the .22
unit contains its own recoil springs, the
original connecting link is eliminated, and
the receiver can easily be slipped onto the
frame. Replace the sideplate, insert the .22
magazine, and the conversion is complete.
One point of interest is the striker pin,
which protrudes from the rear of the toggle
assembly, when cocked, and serves as ' a
positive indication that the pistol is ready
to fire.
As soon as the Erma conversion kit was
installed in one of my Luger pistols, I was
off to the local range to see how it would
perform. Loaded with high velocity ammo,
the first shot produced an unexpected result
-the magazine fell completely out of the
gun, landing on the ground. The magazine
was wiped clean and put back into the gun,
with a double check made to be sure it was
properly latched. When the next shot was
fired, the magazine stayed in the gun, but
the spent cartridge case hung up between the
breechblock and the receiver. This could
only mean that the breechblock had not been
driven completely back to a full open posi.
tion, or the case would have been k icked out
by the ej ector.
The magazine showed rub marks on the
feed lip, and when it was latched up into
position, this caused the action to bind. The
lips were filed down to where they would no
longer rub, the magazine was again loaded,
and no malfunctions occured. However, this
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
was with hi gh velocity ammo. T he i nstruc·
tio n booklet said that the unit would work
with standard velocity also, so a cl ip load
of this was tried. Only about three or fou r
ro unds fun ctioned sa ti sfactorily. I'm sure
tha t taking a few coils off of the r ecoil spring
woul d correct thi s, but I h aven't worked u p
enough courage as yct to do this.
Th e accuracy of th e Lu ger conversion is
not too bad, but it isn't exactly awe·inspiring,
either . My groups, as well as those of several of my more experi enced sh oo ting friends,
averaged about two in ches. T his ma y be
good cnough to keep yo u in the black on a
standard slowfire target. it certainly does
not compare with th e better .22 target hand·
gun s available. Not only were the groups
rath er large, th ey were high, and to the left
of the bu llseye, usin g th e n ormal six o'clock
hold. Because th e sigh ts are not adju stable,
the only alternati ve is the use of '·Kentu cky
winda ge," which leaves a lot to be desired.
One other small item worth mentioning is
case distor tion. In spection of the fired cases
showed th at each h ad a bulge on one s ide,
correspon ding to th e position of th e fced
ramp c ut in to th e bottom of the chamber. I
mu st say, though, th at I did a lot of firin g
with th is un it and have neyer had a split
case.
The Colt con version unit is available
through any Colt dealer for $49.95. This
unit can also be used wi th the Colt Super
.38 automa tic or any surplus GI .45 Auto
such as those mad e by Ithaca, R emin gton,
etc. It will not h owevcr, fit the Colt Comman der . Like th e Lu ger unit, the Colt kit
consists of threc maj or compon ents; the
slide, .22 barrel, and the .22 magazine. Also
included is a lighter . r ecoil spring and
another slide la tch to fit th e conversion slide.
This k it differs from the oth er two in that,
whi le it does r ed uce th e caliber of th e pistol,
it retains the recoil of a much h eavi er cartridge. This is accomplished throu gh the use
of a fl oating chamber which utilizes the
expanding ga ses to multiply the reco il of the
.22 cartridge approxim ately four times. While
this may not be an inducemen t to use the
conver ted pistol for competition or plinking,
it does allow one to practice much less expens ively while retain ing the r ecoil cha racteristics of a heavier celiber. W heth er this
additional recoil is desirable in a conver sion
kit will depend solely on the op inion of the
user.
The Colt kit, having its own slide, exposes
more sur face than eith er of the other two
so it may do well to comment on the finish,
which is eq ual to a ny of the commercial
grade Colts. Th e sid es of the sli de are done
in a polished blu e while the top is a dull
fin ish to prevent glare. Th e slide also boasts
target type sigh ts, th e front being und ercut
while th e rear is click ad j ustable for both
windage an d elevati on.
As with the Luger, th e Colt must be fieldstripped in order to install the adapter. The
original .45 r ecoil spring guide, plug, and
barrel b ushing are used with the conversion
kit. Complete reassembly of the pistol, using
the three original parts previously set aside,
plus the light recoil spr ing that comes with
the kit is easily accomplished by following
the instructions furnished.
The Colt conversion unit gave no problems,
just as it came from the factory. It r equired
no tinkering, and has yet to produce its first
malfunction. It did require a minor s ight
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AUGUST 1964
adjustment to get it shootin g in th e black ,
bu t once it was zeroed, it gave consistantly
good accuracy, even in my inexperienced
h an ds. We tried several groups using a
tighter barrel bushing from an accurized
target .45, b ut there was n o noticable improvemen t. The unit co uld, I suppose, be
accurized, b ut I doubt that the expense
would be warranted .
All three of the conversion units mentioned had one thing in common : they provided an economical means of shooting a
gu n that was designed for r a ther expensive
ammunition. But, all had one or more drawbacks. The Webley gave r eason able accuracy
only when using pipsqueek loads; the extra
three inches of b arrel length with th e Erma
conversion made the Luger far too bulky
to be u sed as a plinking or h unting gun; and
the Colt, while fitted with excellent sigh ts
and offering perfect f unctioning, is priced
relatively higher than the other s.
I can, perh aps, see the .22 conversions as
military training aids, and even as an interesting thing with wh ich to exper iment,
bu t I personally feel that anyone desiring
a .22 handgun at minim um expense would
do better to select one of the less expensive
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in Washington could weigh heavily in our
favor. These battles will have to be fought
sooner or later_ The sooner the better!
Many of the letters we have received contain suggestions for improvement of the
rough draft of the pro-gun law which we
published in our May issue. It needed improvement; has been improved since that
publication. Every suggestion received has
been given careful consideration. We cannot
possibly discuss all of those suggestions in
print, but here are a few that show how
closely our efforts are being studied_
Unanimous and unqualified approval has
been expressed by our readers for our intention to write into our bill a correct, official
interpretation of the Second Amendment.
Anti-gun forces have found just one word
in that Amendment from which they could
draw confusion as to its meaning- the word
"militia_" The following excerpt from one
letter refutes that confusion and provides
hard-hitting ammunition for every defender
of the right to keep and bear arms:
"As a professor of English, with
some reputation in the specialty of
semantics--and a shooting hobbyistI have just completed a careful and
I think thorough study of the word
'militia' as used in the Second Amendment_ Words change in meaning as is
indicated by the very definition of
'semantics.' But any written word must
be accepted in the meaning it had
when it was written . . . _
"Every source contemporary with
the writing of the Bill of Rights which
I have consulted agrees that 'militia'
meant 'a body (group) of citizens engaging in military activities.' One
source adds the phrase, rather telling
from the pro-gun point of view, '_ ..
not applicable to professional soldiery_'
"My fairly current Webster's International Dictionary (Unabridged) approximates this in one of its several
definitions (. . . 'A body of citizens
enrolled as a regular military force
for periodical instruction, discipline,
and drill _ . _ etc.'), but then goes on:
'In the United States the term militia
as used in the Constitution refers to
the forces (National Guard)
formerly known as the State Militia.'
"The words 'as used in the Constitution' are appalling to any scholar,
who must know that there was no
'National Guard,' nor 'State Militia'
either, at the time the Constitution
was written. Webster's confounds its
own definition, in fact, by further
stating that the militia, as it defines
it, was created by 'Act of Congress
(32 Stat. 755)' in 1903!
- "A word written-in 1789 cannot possil:!ly have meant something not created until 114 years later!
"But even accepting the fact that
jurists (even at Supreme Court level
-and to say nothing of legislators)
are not necessarily scholars in the field
of semantics, it should be obvious to
even the lay reader that the phrases
'A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,"
are merely prelude to what comes
after. They merely tell you why 'the
right of the people to keep and bear
arms, shall not be infringed.' This is
the meat of the Amendment; •and it
does not say 'the right of the militia
to keep and bear arms'; it says 'the
right of the people.'
"'The people' means exactly the
same thing now that it meant then;
and if we are to remain a nation of
free men, that meaning must never
be changed, either in semantics or in
politics."
We suggest that this be memorized and
freely quoted!
Two letters beg us to rephrase our law
regarding ownership of arms by persons convicted of felony. Both writers confess conviction on charges of felony, many years ago_
But they have lived blameless lives since (in
one instance, for more than 20 years), and
they ask: "We paid our debt to society, long
ago. Weare respected citizens in our communities now; we think we have earned the
right of forgiveness. And there are many like
us; more than you would think." (The letters
were from far-separated sources; the plural
pronouns here merely combine the pleas.)
Others, a few, protested our footnoted
statement that we "will not attempt to legalize 'pen guns,' 'belt-buckle' guns, or other
such odd-ball weapons, except for the protection of collectors." On the advice of every
person consulted (excepting the writers of
those letters), we must stand on that statement. Sympathetic though we truly are to any
argument against any firearms restriction, it
seems to us too difficult to make a case for
the practical desirability of such weaponsand the criminal and accident case against
them is too strong- to warrant wasting any
part of our strength on them .
Similarly, we must reject the writers (perhaps a half a dozen) who have berated our
lack of courage in not fighting for the right
to carry without license. We believe that, if
we can obtain the stipulation that police
authorities must issue carrying licenses at
modest fee unless the police can and do
prove that the applicant has a criminal record or is otherwise incompetent, we will have
solved 99 per cent of the problem. True,
there would still be a "restriction," but
surely not an intolerable one-especially
when it is weighed against the practical
realities of what you can't possibly achieve
and what you can reasonably hope to accomplish_
The Pro-Gun Law is taking shape, on
paper, and in the minds of many political
leaders. It is not yet perfect; problems of
procedure remain to be solved; legal mazes
have to be threaded. But it is far advanced
from where it stood last December. It is an
untried colt as yet, but it shows promise.
We must not saddle it with more weight
than it can carry; but we suggest that you
should not under-rate it, eitheL The colt will
run; this is your invitation to back him- an
open invitation to every shooter in America,
regardless of which shooting sport he favors,
regardless of which magazine he reads or of
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left hip for the off-hand position, and found
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yet supple enough for easy movement. The
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Redfield M 94 Scope
Ever since the use of scopes on hunting
rifles has become popular, there has been
one long and loud lament from those of us
who enjoy the Winchester Model 94-how
the heck do you get a scope on that gun?
Several attempts had been made in that direction, but nothing really jelled in production until Ed Hilliard of Redfield Gun Sight
Co. got to work on the project.
Most scope manufacturers, when sub·
mitting scopes for tests, neglect to send
along rings and bases. Last time we tried
a scope for a 94, we had the devil's own
time with it, and finally abandoned the
project. Ed, or some other genius in Ed's
shop, got a brainstorm-they shipped not
only the bases and the scope-they also
shipped us a brand-new Model 94. All we
had to do was to slip the scope on the dove
tails, lock her up, clean the grease out and
off the gun, and run the collimator test. By
gosh, the scope was even zeroed in!
The new scope, known as the M-294 offers
a very low line sight, does not interfere with
brass ejection, has an integral mount that
is securely attached to the barrel, has an
eye relief of 6"-10", and the 2X power is
more than adequate for the type of hunting
you'll do with the M 94. We gave the Redfield scope the freezer, shock, and drop tests,
then remounted the scope, and the WoW
ammo shot into exactly the same group as it
did the week before. If you don't want to
use the scope, ju st slip it off the rifle, and
you can use the leaf rear sight. If you have
the know-how, you can install the base for
this fine little scope yourself, or your gunsmith can do it in a couple of minutes. Now
the M 94 has a new lease on life (as if it
needed it), and we have a scope on one of
our old favorites.
Crow Records
Not too far away from my home, there is
a very active crow roost and birds trade
right over my place. When Wightman Electronics, Inc., Box 989G, Easton, Md., sent
us their new crow calling r ecord, I could
not resist the temptation. I set the electric
game caller up, and when the first black
robbers made their appearance, I turned on
the caller. That record sounds like a first
rate crow fight, and the birds came piling in
fast and furious. The record, WC-3, r etails
for $2.50, and Wightman's have a great
many other records; they also make the
"Call of the Wild" record player.
Canadian Ammo
in trap, in skeet, in the field! Seventy-five years of superb gun making have finally produced the
sensational new Charles Daly line of custom-crafted shotguns. Take the over-and-under. It's
incredibly fast and light, soundly designed yet elegant in appeara nce. The man who knows will
appreciate its remarkable "fit," automatic ejectors, single selective trigger and perfectly tapered
ventilated rib. From $255 in 12 and 20 gauges. The Charles Daly "five-hundred" side-by-side is a classic. Straight to the point it's the perfect field gun with a balance to defy comparison. From $129.95
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at your favorite dealer, or write the Charles Daly Corp., 88 Chambers St., N.Y.C. Dept. SI 8.
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Canadian Industries Limited, Box lOG,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, shipped us some
test ammo after we had a session with one
of their ballistics men not long ago here in
our offices.
We gave the C-I-L trap and skeet loads a
good going over for the past several weeks,
and found that they compare favorably with
our domestic ammo and the stuff that we
handload. Press ure-sealed crimps hold up
very well, and autoloaders and pump guns
were used to check the Canadian shells.
Perhaps the most severe test for paper hulls
is the wear test. A magazine is filled with
live rounds, and the rounds are being
ejected manually after feeding into the
chamber. This test is repeated with each
shell 20 times, and the C-I-L stuff came
through this one as well, if not a bit better,
than domestic paper hull loads. They patterned ok, and we were completely satisfied
with their performance.
When we talked to the C-I-L man here
and he showed us some of the new centerfire rifle ammo, we had to look twice, then
blinked once, and then we looked again. The
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bullets had nylon tips ! The Canadians discovered, just as we did, that the soft lead
tips on bullets can get an awful beating,
and that this beating can either ruin an
otherwise perfectly good round, or that the
bullet will do some pretty crazy things when
the point of it is bashed around. The
"Sabretip," with its thick jacket and a
nylon tip, combines mushrooming properties
and excellent ballistics of the SP bullet for
smooth functioning, yet it can be handled
just like a military load. The Sabre tip does
mushroom very well, and presently it is
available in '06, .300 Savage, .303, and .308
Winchester. We checked the accuracy of
the 180 grain '06 loads, and in our G&H
custom rifle, groups averaged a bit under 2"
at 100 yards from a solid rest.
C-I-L makes ammo for most of the standard calibers, and their .243 loads in the
super-accurate Winslow rifle, did as well as
some of the factory ammo we have tried
the gun with. The Canadian brass is boxer
primed and fully reloadable, and in six reloadings of the brass, I have not been able
to detect any metal changes, split necks, or
case head separation. Some sporting goods
stores are now stocking this imported ammo,
and C-I-L hopes to have complete distribution by the time the hunting season rolls
around once again.
T h e Daisy CO 2 200
This semi-automatic pistol, operated with
a Daisy C02 J ett cylinder, has several noteworthy features. Let's take a look at some
of the gun's statistics. The Model 200 shoots
.177 B.B.'s, the magazine holds 175 B.B.'s in
the main storage magazine, while the shooting magazine holds five .B.B.'s. With the C02
Jett cylinder in place, the gun weighs 26
oz., barrel length is 7lj2", over-all length of
the gun is 11%2 inches. T he Patridge type
target rear sight is fully adjustable for
windage and elevation, while the front sight
is an undercut ramp type sight. Since this
gun does q ualify as a practice target gun, it
should be noted here that the sight radius
is 9% inches, that the trigger is fully grooved
and breaks cleanly at 3112 Ibs.
Daisy makes available a large and a small
Jett C02 cartridge, and in case you want to
use the small one, a special plastic adaptor
comes with gun. The B.B.'s have an average
velocity of about 400 fps, and the small J ett
will fire abont 100 B.B .'s, while the large one
will fire about 150. Grips, and what normally
would be the slide in an automatic, are
made of plastic, while the barrel is a seamless steel barrel. The entire styling of the
Model 200 is that of a target pistol, right
down to the thumb rest stock. And-let me
add right now-the gun does shoot like a
target gun. First shooting was done from
off to the 25 foot line. Shooting from a rest,
the best five shot group measured exactly
%, of an inch, the worst group went 1112
inches, and I rather suspect that I pulled
one shot which then would account for the
vastly enlarged group. And even if this shot
was not yanked, accuracy is still excellent.
The gun retails for $17.95, complete with
B.B.'s and a J ett C02 cylinder.
H errett's S h ooting S tars
Steve Herrett, Box 741G, Twin Falls,
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dubbed it "Shooting Stars." We got one
for our snub-nosed Python, and before
putting them on the gun, we fired a cylinderfull with the factory grips. Then swapped
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grips, and fired another r ound. The difference was quite amazing, and the most
amazing thing is the fact that these are
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This is the first of the new Savage·
Anschutz guns we received at GUNS Maga.
zine for testing, Chambered for the .222
Remington cartridge, the gun is very nicely
finished, has a U. S. style stock, but other.
wise closely resembles · the Anschutz .222
that we reported on over a year ago. The
Model 153 has an adjustable, single stage
trigger that breaks at 3% Ibs. as the gun
comes from the factory. Hooded ramp front
sight with gold bead and fol ding leaf rear
sight are standard, and the receiver is
drilled and tapped for scope and peep sights,
but retains the slip·on dovetail scope rails
of Anschutz design. The box magazine holds
three rounds and one round in the chamber,
and the over·all appearance of the gun is
pleasing, The test gun, serial # 443323, has
the typical Anschutz safety at the left rear
of the bolt, a position that requires some
manipulating to get the safety off in a h urry.
The Model 153 weighs about 6% lbs. and
has an over-all length of 43" and a 24"
barrel.
Shooting with John Amber, editor of the
"Gun Digest," the gun was fir st tested with
factory ammo, and then with handloads.
With Remington 50 grain bullets, I fir ed a
five shot group that measured 11 %6, but the
fifth shot was called, The first four shot
group measured 1%", while J ohn's group
went 1~'t6 inch . With Sierra's 53 gr. BT,
HP Benchrest bullet and 24 gr. of Ball C,
Lot #2, groups averaged 1%" and J ohn's
best 4 shot group measured a scant 1%6
inch, Later tests with Federal's factory
ammo at 50 yards gave repeated 5 shot
groups that measured ~6 inch on an outdoor
range, and we understand that similar
groups have been fired on the Savage
indoor range repeatedly, The Model 153
is a handsome gun with inherent accuracy,
and the price tag of $175 is therefore
not unreasonable.
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THE S&W AI MAGNUM-BALLISTICS REPORT
(Contin ued from page 18)
expa nds to a full inch .
Us ing 17.0 gr. AL·8, we got a severe sharp
crack, a nd seuled on 16.5 gr. with CCI 350
Magnum primers. Thi s starts at 1308 fp s
f or 797 fp mu zzle ener gy. Accuracy wasn't
as goo d as with 2400; p erha ps beca use
velocity vari a ti on was 128 fps .
Thou gh Bull seye sh oots well with 4.0 to
5.5 gr. at 50 yards, too mu ch ge ts erra ti c
pr onto a nd our most accura te load with this
b ullet is 8.5 gr. Unique and CCI 350 M ag·
num prim er s, for 1108 fps. Maximum devia·
tion is only 16 fps. With superb accuracy and
569 fp muzzle energy, it's the most prac ti cal
cast b ulle t load. It holds accuracy to beyon d
100 ya rds, a nd is adeq ua te for everythin g
except gam e la rger than most people hunt
with revolvers.
F or fin e bl ack powder accuracy, use 26.0
gr. FFF g. I detest the messy stuff, and think
smok eless powder is a gr eat invention.
C·H mak es .410 sem i·wad cutter swagin g
dies for their excellent Swag·O·Matic press,
a nd formin g dies to draw .44 half·jackets to
.405. W e used DIVCO .38 lead wire that
worked dan d y, and beca use .2 10 gr. bull ets
gave a bit of leading, we settled on a 175
gr. Th ese perform like a circus pony with
21.5 gr. 2400 a nd CCI 350 Magn um primers.
They start a t 1521 fps for 898 fp muzzle
e ner gy ! Velocity spr ead is only 36 fp s, the
mos t uniform H i·V loa d we fired, and well
within specs for "match" ammo.
The C·H bullets are potent. F iring ag ai nst
a slab of reinfor ced concr ete creates a 5"
crater %" deep, as ' bulle ts des troy them·
selves into fragments. Load s were even
more des tructive after drillin g the nose lj~"
deep with th e Vs " dr ill in the Forster.Appelt
Holl ow Point Accessor y. Lacking a Cr uci·
form P unch, th at I designed for cuttin g an
X on bulle t noses, I used a pocke t kn i fe.
P otatoes tossed in the air simply explode
and disappear wh en hit with th ese bulle ts.
Back Lym an's .410 rou nd ball with 4.0 gr.
Bullseye for ga llery loa ds. Lube lead ball s
(or half·jack eted bullets) with Swagema.gic
Lube, which "d ri es dry." It's made by G&Il,
Box 804, N or th R idge, Calif. Seat the balls
n early flu sh with the case mouth and crimp
heavily. Th ey print low, bu t are good for
close ran ge practice.
Shot loads for snakes or close aerial tar·
gets, work well with 5.0 gr. Bullseye. Make a
.405 wad eutter, and cu t 7l, " felt wads. Seat
these with a dowel over a very thin card wad ,
with a bout 15 pounds pressure. W e fill ed the
cases nearly to th e mouth with Illin ois Cop·
p er pla ted 7 V~ shot to eliminate lea di ng . Cut
over-sho t wad s from milk carton; seat, crimp,
a nd seal with wh ite glue.
F or blank or wax bu llets, drill fla sh h oles
with a # 26 drill. F ile a flat on rim s for
positive identi fication. And n ever use those
altered cases for regul ar loads.
F or. smokeless blanks, use one-h alf of a
.30-06 GI Bla nk cha r ge. Press case m ouths
again st a very li gh t card and seal li gh tly
with white glue. Blank Fire powder is not a
propellant and shoul d be used with caut io n.
I t will wr eck a gun with any type of bulle t.
For black powd er blanks, fill a case full of
FFFg a nd compress the light ca rd wad,
GUNS
AUGUST 1964
sealing as above. Use with care. F or wax
load s, sharpen case mouths with a deburring
tool, and press unprimed cases in %" thick
block s of wax sold for this purpo se. Best
accuracy is with CCI 350 Magnum primers,
though these load s lack th e fin e accura cy of
Speer's plastic Targe t-38's which are not
a vaila ble in .41 caliber. Be sure to clean
g uns well after shooting wax bullets.
N one of m y law enforcem ent or g un-nutty
fri ends are enthused about a .41 M agnum.
My sh ootin g buddy, K enneth Shackelford,
expressed my views. Said Shack, " A .44 Magn um is best for game lar ger tha n deer, and a
.357 is better for smaller game, varmints or
self·defense. A R emin gton .221 Fireball with
a K-4 W eaver glass is fa r superior to any
revolver for precision hits on varmints, game
or tar gets at long range. Th e .41 Magnum is
good, bu t who n eeds one ?"
Exhibition sh ooter, D. L. Cooper, served
with the Border Patrol a nd the H ighway
P a trol, is a dedi cated hand gunn er and handloader. So is ex-Deputy U . S. Marshall, R. B.
Smith , who served with distin ction. These
men have had 23 gunfights in the line of
d uty, and they won 'em all. Both have large
h a nd gun ba tter ies, but they don't want a
.41 Magnum when the chips are down, or for
huntin g.
Smi th treasur es his old S&W .44 Special
" Triple Lo ck" that ser ved him well. He says,
"It was made when S&W fitted and finished
guns be tter than any current gun in the
world." T oday he generally uses a .357 for
hunting and defen se. Cooper , who also used
a .44 Special for years, now uses a .357. " I t
ta kes big mule deer with one sh ot, bags
coyotes for bounties, and does everything a
r evolver should do," accor ding to him. He
uses it for fas t and fa ncy exhibition shooting,
and a great deal of varmint and game h u nting. Anoth er dedica ted h andgunner , Caddy
M cCall, who is assoc iated with us in testing,
says a .357 is just right for any use a r evolver
is mad e for.
An FBI Firearms In structor says a .38
Special is ideal for pol ice ; officers need more
practice for gr ea ter effici ency. And they can
have i t on a limited budget with .38 Special
reloa ds. The man behind the gun is far
more important th a n the caliber. A .38 sh oots
completely through a man. That's excessive
penetration . Fast exp anding hollow points
greatly increase the shock, and r educe penetration and ricoc hets on city streets. They
are easily made with a F orster-Appel t Hollow
Point Accessory I desi gned for t heir excellent
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HUNTING DUCKS AND GEESE
By Edward C. J anes
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HOLSTERS, CASES, CABINETS
COLADON ATO BROTHERS •.• •••• • ••••• •• •••••• 48
DON HUM E LEATHER GOODS •• •• ••• • • • •.•• • ••. 54
S. D. MYRES SADD LE CO .. . •• ••••••• •••.••• ••• • 61
WH ITCO •• •• •••••• • ••••• ••• • • •••••.•••••• • •. 52
SCOPES and SIGHTS
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC .••.••.••••••• • •••••••.• 14
REDFIELD GUN SIGHT CO .. • •••••••••••••••••• 9
WEATHERBY, INC. ..• .• •....• •. •••••••• • •••.• 12
W. R. WEAVER CO •.•. •• • • • • ••• • • • ••••••• •• • • 47
STOCKS and GRIPS
BECKELHYMER'S .••••.•••••• •• •••••• • • • • • • • •• 8
E. C. BISHOP & SONS, INC •.••.••.••••••••••• 63
BOB FRIHICH ........•...••.....•...•••••.•• 59
HERRETTS STOCKS .• . •.. ... • •.. •• .•••••.•• •• .• 44
FRANK MI TTERME l ER .CO . • ••• :: • ••••••• .'•••••• 5 1
PETERSON GUN STOCKS •• ••••• • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 48
ROYAL A RMS, I NC . .•. • •.•••.• • •••• • •• • ••••••• 44
SPORTS, INC ••••••••• •• • •• •••••• • •••• • •••••• • 65
TRADEWINDS, INC ••• •••• • • •• •• ••• • • • •• • •• • • . .44
HANDLOADING EQUIPMENT
TOOLS and ACCESSORIES
CARBIDE DIE & MFG . CO ...... .. .. . ........ ... 65
CASCADE CARTRIDGE ... • • .. .. . . . •• .• • .• • . ••• .42
HERTER'S, INC ••••••.•••••••........•..•• .• • . 58
GEO. BROTHERS .... . .. ..•. •.••••• • • • ••.•.•• • .46
CUSTOM SHOOTER' S CENTER .. .••••• . . . . ..•... 53
DEM-BART CO .• • •••........... . . •. ••. •. .. . . . • 58
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There is a lesson to be learned from Ben
Avery, who is still Rod and Gun editor with
the "Arizona Repu blic," the state's lar gest
newspaper. All that it takes to start a firearms safety program in any community is
one pioneer to lead the way. If properly
handled, such a program will gain followers
rapidly, and will prove to be one of the
most valuable community services.
If your town does not have such a program, why not start one ? You can use ~
the Phoenix approach as your blueprint. ~
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youngsters have applied that many clubs
and civic organizations have taken up the
program or given support. The Arizona Game
and F ish Commission, recognizing the vlllue
of this program and noting its success, has
employed a full-time man (one of the
volunteer instr uctors), to introduce the gun
safety program into outlying communities
throughout the state.
MISCELLANEOUS
AMMO PAK CO ..•• •.••••• . •• .•.••••• •.• •. • • . '65
EDDIE BAUER .. . .. . .••••.••.•••••• •• •.• • ..•• • 6
C. DANA CAHOON .. .••••••• • ••••• • ••.•.••••. 57
R. J. COFFEy • •. • . . . ••••••••••• •• •. • ••• . ••••. 65
COUGAR & HUNTER •• • • • •••• . •••• • .•• • •••• . •. 52
G. R. DOUG LAS CO .••••..•••••• • .• •.• ••••.••• 49
INTERNATIONAL ASSOC. OF AUXILIARY POllCE . 66
KOKEWAN KOMPANY ••..•.•..••. . ••.•.•••... . 65
LEONARD CORP ••.•..• . . ....•...••• • •• •.• • .•. 45
M ITCHELL SHOOTING GLASSES ..••••• ••.. • .•. 65
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOC ..•.•....•••••• • ••. . • . 56
ONTARIO SPORTING CLUBS ALLIANCE ••• .• • . • . 53
THE OUTlET STORE ..••• •••• . •. •• . .••••...••. 66
PACHMAYR GUN WORKS.•.••.•••••• • ••••.• • . 54
BEN PEARSON , INC .••• •••. ••...•••. . •..••.•.. 10
PENDLETON GUN SHOP •••••••• . ...• • ... .• . • . • 55
PO LY·CHOKE CO ••.•.•••.••••• •••.. . ••• •••. • . 42
PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS ••••. . ••• • • . ••• • • . • • •• . . 60
RAY RILING ...................... . .......... . 61
J. HALL SHARON .• • • ••••••• • • •• .. •••••• • •..•• 38
SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMERiCA .•.. .. .•• ... . .. . . 59
SHOTGUN NEWS •..••.•.... • ••.•. . .•• . .••• . • .46
SIGMA ENGINEERING CO .........• • .•..•• . .• . 49
STOEGER ARMS CORP .. ... . . . ......... . .... . . 37
TRAVEL INDUSTRIES ........ . ................. 38
WORLD OF GUNS .. . . •.•• . •.. . .... .. •.•. • ••• . 13
GUNS
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At dusk, in Tanganyika, professional hunter Ommanney takes lead on running eland with new Model 70-300 Winchester Magnum.
How Winchester's new "free--floating"
barrel was tested and proved on safari by
David Ommanney, our man in Africa.
We've always gone out of our way
to field-test and prove all new Winchester products. Last fall, we went
as far as Tanganyika.
Why? For two important reasons.
We wanted to prove the new "freefloating" barrel on our Model 70's*
- by trying it out where game is
Notice how the fore end of the stock at
no point touches the barrel of this Model
70. No chance of uneven pressure on the
metal. Therefore, natural vibration of the
barrel~and greater accuracy in shooting.
plentiful and varied. And we wanted
benchrest shooting.
This Winchester "free-floating"
David Ommanney's opinion.
barrel is the first ever fitted to a proFew men know more about game
duction rifle. We had lots of confiand guns than this famous profesdence in it, before we
sional hunter, who led
took it on safari. Our
us on safari. Ifhe hadn't
month in the bush with
approved this unusual
barrel, we'd probably
it gave us all the proof
we
needed.
have scrapped it.
Here's
how our man
Ommanney, as we
in
Africa
summed up:
expected, knew about
"It
warmed
my heart to
the theory behind the
watch
the
new
Model
"floating" barrel, and
70's at work. The new
was inclihesJ. to think it
barrel rates A for accua pretty good idea . .But,
racy. 'Float' it may-but
up to now, he'd never
you can bet your life
seen a "floating" barrel
except on very costly, "Best Winchester I ever the bullet doesn't.
owned ... and I practically
"The way these new
custom-made rifles, used cut my teeth on them,;' says
for International Free Ommanney.New Winchester Winchesters did their
Rifle Matches an d Model 70-300, price $154.95. stuff was smashing."
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