Detachable Sako type splitring scope mounts, adjust­able for windage, returnreadily to zero. Polishedblue steel.

F.I. LUMINAR rifle scopesare light weight, opticallyperfect scopes with cali­brated click adjustmentsfor elevation and windageand nitrogen filled tubes.

PRESENTS THE MUSKETEER BOLT ACTION RIFLES

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most .d~manding requireme~ts.~f the Americ'b·ft;!;~t~,n~~r. ,--.I- '/ V :,~, \ Ii tortrid.ges. The clean a~d graceful lines ~f ~heC.ombmmg the ~afety ~nd reliability 'of the newest:C..1T~~~\\ ,~/6F~,%J).v?-~ tnmness of proportion that makes this rifleclal Mauser actions with the proven accuracy ottC?P.,.q..u~i.lty ',J la.'s:!Cl.,r/ifo.... pu;t I.". any field.

Vli Y'-:/.' 1 /I"v"" { Pbutton rifled barrels, these rifles are totally ne~'ftl9~clJ.cb. ",/(y'p-#.J:M,dY 9)Vn tNs fine rifle, with features thar few pro-pletely safe, engineered for a lifetime of top p~~to'rhiJ~c \ \v "'>dukti~fh.sVns:lcan! duplicate, at a smaller cost than that of

The fine grained walnut stock incorporates,:,,~oHt¥':,(br ;\~:;c~i~~:~tiri9.9)/~"'U~ilitary rifle.features of design to assure good bedding,1hi,,\im4/ ~~>, Mu~~k,te~rrjfl 1e~f,ully guaranteed for a year by Firearmseasy sighting, and complete comfort. The slopih' ':\ 'JntE!'r~~"'rlt'tio ~cil ' ration.

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PISTOLS-A MODERN ENCY­CLOPEDIA by Henry M. Steb­bins with A. J. E. Shay andO. R. Hammond.

Contains eight chapters on thechoice of pistols ... the cnr­rently American made models,the most useful or challeng­Ing old-timers and the mostworthy imports; plus six chap­ters on the often neglectedtopic of ammunition. 26 chap­ters in all covering everypistol Interest.

THE STORY OF COLT'S RE­VOLVER by Wm. B. Edwards.A definitive study of the manand the revolver. Contains awealth of new data painstak­ingly researched from privatefiles. OVer 200 photographs,drawings and designs. The

~~~t c;~Yl:~~d:OIU:';'r~~CtJ8large pages.

CIVIL WAR GUNS by WilliamB. Edwords.A firearms bonanza for collec­tors, students, historians. Hereis the definitive work on Amer­ica's first great arms race. Theauthor spent 5 years in re­search, digging through everypertinent source from personalreminiscence to official record,producing a work unequaled inits field. In a clear, unacadem­ic style, narrative or documen­tary. as needed, he unfolds in450 pages the true 'mfe- stOl'y.H ..of every significant firearm,North and South, Includingforeign weapons.

THE SHOTGUNNER'S BOOKby Col. Charles Askins.The complete picture on shot­guns ... design, manUfacture,shooting fonn, ammunition...all in one neat package. Not adry chronology of these items,but a highly readable story ofshotgunning spiced with ad­venture and -humor. 365 pages,more than 100 illustrations. A"must" volume for the shotgunenthusiast.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERNFIREARMS, edited by BobBrownellOver 1,600 exploded viewphotos, blueprints. sketches,schematic drawings, cutawayphotos of thousands of modernAmerican-made guns, Themost comprehensive book of itskind ever published-an indis­pensable guide for every avidgun enthusiast. 1,066 pages.Book bound $20.00Loose leaf binder $24.00

$3.95

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1963 GUN DIGEST edited byJohn T. Amber. .World's finest gun authorities,have again created a sparklingcollection of articles, facts, fig­ures, illustrations and tableson every facet of guns andshooting. The only complete.unique and up-to-the-minutegun book. Fully priced andlllustrated Catalog Sectlon ofall domestic and importedguns and accessories. Includes32-page section of handgun,rllie and shotgun explodeddrawings.

THE PISTOL SHOOTER'SBOOK by Col. Chorles Askins.A noted expert shares hiswealth of gun handling "sav­vy" with you. A book thatwlll· definitely aid you In be­coming a better shot, perhapseven a. champion. Authorita-

~~~1nr~~~;~Pt~~d~~n~e~ro~~1types. Knowledgeable shooterswlll need this book. For thebeginner and expert alike.

$8.50

HANDLOADER'S DIGEST ed­ited by John T. Amber.An encyclopedia for rifle, pistoland shotgun reloaders! 260jumbo pages! Fllled with orig­inal articles by foremost worldauthorities. Includes: completecatalog section of tools andcomponents, self-computingbullet energy chart, die andshell holder chart. cartridgedimension tables-plus tips,Dotes and shortcuts from ex­perts on choosing and usinghandloadlng tools.

THE BOOK OF PISTOLS ANDREVOLVERS by W.H.B. Smith.Revised and enlarged by KentBellah. A brand new 1962 edi­tion of this comprehensivehandgun refernce book for theidentification and mechanicsof the world's handguns. 774pages, hundreds of illustra­tions.

SMALL ARMS OF THEWORLD by W. H. B. Smith.Revised and enlarged by JosephE. Smith. The most authori­tative reference ever publishedon military small arms. Spe­cial emphasis on U.8. andU.S.S.R. weapons. 711 pages,more than 1700 illustrationscovering identification, cali­bers, ammunition, stripping,assembly, safety and history.

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GUNS THROUGH THE AGESBy Geoffrey Boothroyd

(Sterling Publishing Co., 1962. $3.95)Tight printing makes this illustrated his­

tory of firearms a bigger book than you wouldguess from its bulk. It combines broadhistorical background with descriptions andillustrations of scores of gun developmentsand devices, with special attention to thelong parade of ignition systems, from match­lock to metallic cartridges. There are alsomany suggestions regarding gun collecting,restoration, and values, plus outlines of fed­eral and state laws regulating firearms own­ership and use. The chapter on collector"fakes" could save the novice collector manytimes the book's price.-E.B.M.

THE AMERICAN SHOTGUNNERBy Francis E. Sell

(The Stackpole Co., 1962. $6.95)One of the more prolific of the gun writ­

ers, Francis Sell is also one of the morecontroversial-perhaps because he does nothesitate to challenge theories on which othershave strong (and possibly wrong) opinions.He is an ardent experimenter as well as anardent hunter, and this book is a compila­tion of his findings, based on more actualshooting than most men ever do. With oneof those findings at least, this reviewer isin complete agreement: most gunners shoottoo far, and not only at targets!-E.B.M.

EUROPEAN & AMERICAN ARMSBy Claude Blair

(Crown Publishers, Inc., 1962. $25.00)The publishers label this "the complete

visual encyclopedia of the weapons used inthe western world from about BOO to 1850,"and it would be difficult to find a betterdescription. The Chapter headings indicatethe scope of the work: I - Swords and Dag­gers; II - Staff Weapons; III - ProjectileWeapons (Sling, Bow, Crossbow); IV­Projectile Weapons (Firearms and otherGuns); V -Combined Weapons; VI-TheDecoration of Arms. More than 600 photo­graphs and a series of comprehensive draw­ings make this a graphic textbook for thecollector or student interested in the identi­fication and historical evaluation of weaponsof many types. Claude Blair is a scholar ofhigh repute in the field of weapons, inEurope and throughout the world. His bookon European Armour, published in 1958, isalready an accepted classic.-,-E.B.M.

GUNS

14 OLD GUN CATALOGSCompiled by L. D. Satterlee

10 OLD GUN CATALOGSCompiled by L. D. Satterlee

(Both by Gun Digest Association Inc.,Chicago 24. Each, $3.95)

Both of these titles were published in smalleditions in 1940. In recent years, rare copiesof these "firsts" have brought high prices.This new, popular-priced edition will enablemany to fill book-shelf spots not fillablebefore.

You say, "But this is absurd! You wouldn't try, you couldn't'execute,' an inanimate object!"

This is fatuous thinkinlJ' but let's accept it for the moment.The rifle is guilty; the rifle should be tried, convicted, and im­prisoned or executed. The boy, one supposes, would be tried too,as an accomplice-though his attorneys would doubtless pleadthat he was an unwilling accomplice, led astray by the wickedrifle.

HEADLINES FLARED in the newspapers of a certain citynot long ago over an ugly crime involving a teen-ageboy, a .22 rifle, and murder. Let's not identify the crimewith details; it is not unique: teen-agers who have killed

one or several members of their own families have been commonin history since Cain killed Abel. Intra-family murder has beencommitted with rocks, axes, knives, fire, poison, not to mentionformal executions by guillotine, starvation, and the hanging noose.A few have used firearms. In this case, some of the headlinesblamed the rifle.

EDITOR'S"oJJZIIIJJ

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Is this absurd? Of course it is. Yet this is what editorial writersare suggesting regarding the rifle. They are saying, "Becausethis one rifle committed a crime, all rifles should be punished!Damn all guns! Because one gun was the tool for murder, allguns should be banished!"

That also Is fuzzy thinking. Concede. If you will, that a par­ticular mind Is committed not only to murder but to murder witha specific tool. He does not own that tool. Will the mind com­mitted to the major crime of murder, with its massive punishment,be halted by the lesser crime of theft? He does not own a knife,but he can steal one

This too is an absurdity. The leading criminologists of our timerecognized it as an absurdity when they tell us that the presenceor absence of a gun does not affect the commission of a crime.The absence of a gun does not deter it, nor does the presence ofthe gun inspire it. The crime is in the mind of the human beingwho commits it. The savage, twisted, perverted mind that plansmurder is not made whole and sane again simply because itschoice of method is reduced by the absence of one tool.

But it is argued, "This boy was gun-crazy! Admitting that notall guns are guilty, if this particular gun had not been accessibleto this particular boy • • ."

Agreed. So let's assume the other possibility-that the boy isguilty. He should be tried, convicted-and all boys, certainly allboys of his age, should be imprisoned or executed.

Perhaps the people who Insist that we should design "a betterlaw" against guns are attacking this problem from the wrongangle.

Perhaps we should design better people.-E.B.M.

"But we have you there!" says the anti-gun disciple. ".f allguns were banished, he couldn't steal one:'

True. If there were no guns, he wouldn't have planned a gunmurder. Would he have planned his murder with a knife? Thenwe should banish all knives. With a club? Then we should banishall clubs ••

What we should really do is think sanely. Could we possiblydesign a law that would punish the possessor of a firearm moreterribly than the laws against murder punish the killer? Yet therehave been laws against murder since man came down out of thetrees. They haven't stopped murder. The mind which is not de­terred by those laws will not be deterred by a law requiring theregistration of, or prohibiting the possession of, a firearm.

HOT OFF THE PRESS-Service ArmamentsNew mammoth catalog & reference book hasfinally been completed after months of re­search and careful study. Every sportsman,hunter, shooter or collector will find some­thing to whet his appetite. This is the world'smost complete modern and antique ARMS &ARMAMENT CATALOG on the market TO­DAY, listing from battling Bazookas to Buck­shot BB's, including the world's most com­plete line for the black powder shooter tothe largest supply of modern and obsoleteshooting ammo. Free with every edition-a genuine U.S. Army .45$100pistol disassembly tool Worththe price of the catalog alone! •

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I

4 GUNS MAY 1963

George E. von RosenPublisher .

Arthur S. ArkushAss't to the Publisher

MAY. 1963Vol. IX, No. 5-101

IN THIS ISS U E

FRAMED? ... Shelley Braverman 16.......... . 26

. E. B. Mann 19. . E. B. Mann 25

. Byron Dalrymple 20. .. Clyde Ormond 38

. . . . . . . . . . ... Bill Tcney 22. . . . . . . . . . . .. . Dick Miller 32

... Bob Hagel 36

new guns . .."NEWS FROM NILO".IT'S A REMINGTON .

hunting ...BOBCAT! ON SNOW AND SAND.YOU HAVE TO OUTSMART HIM .

shooting ...FAST DRAW VS. COMBAT SHOOTING.HIS GUNS ARE TAKING HIM TO COLLEGE.THE WICKED SEVEN.

special ...WERE SACCO AND VANZETTIFOR BETTER GUN SPORT.

Lee Salberg Advertising Director

Sydney Barker Art Director

Lew Merrell Ass't Art Director

E. B. Mann Editor

R. A. Steindler Managing Editor

Kent Bellah Handloading

Roslyn Wallis EditoriaL Ass't

Graham Burnside 31

MEMBER Of ,HE

departments . . .ARMS LIBRARY 3EDITOR'S CORNER . E. B. Mann 4HANDLOADING BENCH Kent Bellah 6CROSSFIRE . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ., . . .. •. . .. . .. 8GUN RACK 12PULL! Dick Miller 14SHOPPING WITH GUNS " Roslyn Wallis 56THE GUN MARKET , .. ....•........ . .. . . . . 64INDEX OF ADVERTiSERS................................. 66

people ...BOY STOCKER. . Jason Connors 24GUNS AND THE GOOD LIFE Ken Warner 28RIFLEMAN MK I.. . ~ James M. Triggs 40

collector. ..REUNITED - 100 YEARS LATER .

Kay Elliott ..... Ass't Ptoduction Mgr.

Editorial Advisory Board

Lt. Col. Lyman P. Davison Military

Carola Mandel, AI Schuley ...•........ Skeet

Dick Miller Trap

Harry Reeves Pistol Competition

Jim Dee Junior Hunters

Dee Woolem, George Virgines Fast Draw

Bill Toney, Frank J. Schira Police

Sally Loges Subscription Mgr.

George Tsoris Promotion Manager

Sanford Herzog .. Production Manager

THE COVER

Old shooting guns, and a new shootingclub combine to make this month's cover.The club story is fully told inside thebook. The guns: a collection of Colt SArevolvers, including some unusual ones­a .44 rimfire, a ,455 Eley, a .44 S&W­and a full range of barrel lengths from3" to 12". Taken with a Yashica at F16­60 on Kodak High Speed Ektachrome, byGeorge Virgines, the Fast Draw expert.

EDITORIAL OFFICES: E. B. Mann, R. A. Steindler, BI50 N. Central Park, Skokie, III., ORchard 5-5602.Kent Bellah, St. Jo, Texas.

REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 210 East 53rd St., New York 22, N. Y., PLaza3-1780. WESTERN, Michael R. Simon, 434 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles 48, Calif., OL 2-2/00;and Don Ferrull, 260 Kearny St., San Francisco 8, Calif., EX 2-4940.

MIDWEST ADV. OFFICES, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6967.

GUNS MAY 1963 5

CCI No. 550 Magnum primers. A betterload for shorter tubes is 5.0 grains Unique.This is good for occasional use in the lightestframe gun, the snub-nose Chief's Special. Ifit skins your knuckles a bit, consider whatit does on the terminal end!

A Chief is accurate to 150 yards or more.Standard stocks are terrible for accuracy.FITZ Gunfighter grips make it hold like atarget gun. They absorb recoil like a blotterdoes ink. To amaze yourself and your friends

OUTDOORSMAN OFTHE YEAR

Nash Buckingham (center), named1962 Winchester Outdoorsman of theYear by a poll of some 4,000 outdoorwriters and conservationists. receivesthe award from John Olin, chairmanof the Executive Committee, OlinMathieson Chemical Corporation, ata banquet in Alton, III., Jan. 18. Buck­ingham received also, from LowellKrieg (left), vice president and gen­eral manager of Olin's Winchester·Western Division, a-custom-made Win­chester Model 21 shotgun. suitablyengraved. Nash Buckingham. of Mem­phis. Tenn.. has spent most of his 82years as a leader in the fight for bet­ter conservation. He has been par·ticularly effective in his work for thepreservation of waterfowl. The awarddinner was the closing event of thefourth annual Winchester·WesternSeminar.

GUNS MAY 1963

Gibbs No. 51, designed by Phil Sharpe forthe .357 S & W Magnum. It takes all theabove loads. Leading is generally not badin the heavier charges with Perfect Lube.The small crimp groove helps hold greasybullets with a moderate crimp against creep­ing from recoil. Phil knew more about reoloading in the 1930's than any man alive, andhe did more testing. His errors were ex­tremely few. Sharpe's pill is probably bestin .358 for .38 Special guns. A good load in6" and longer barrels is 9.5 grains 2400 with

By KENT BELLAH

W E HAVE BEEN testing various car·tridges to bring my loading data up·to­

date. Variations from standarized loads aresmall, generally a switch from standard pri·mel'S to CCI Magnums for better ignitionand uniformity. Some charges were reduceda grain or so. Few loads have been checkedfor velocity or pressure, as the old figuresare close enough for all practical use.

The best cast bullet for heavy .357 Mag­num loads remains the Lyman-Thompson No.358156 in solid or hollow point. Ray Thomp·son recommends a "medium hard" alloy. Ourtests prove DIVCO's IBA No. 7 is excellentfor medium to heavy loads. It's more uniformthan home mixes, and costs no more thanalloying virgin metals. You are handicappedwith scrap metals or a non-uniform alloy.Loads up to 1,000 fps are satisfactory witha virgin mix of 1 :20 tin·lead or harder, orIBA No.4. Lead testers are fairly accurateto indicate alloy hardness if you averageseveral readings, but they are worthless toindicate the contents of an alloy. Scrap oftencontains iron, copper, arsenic, and othercontamination.

It's easy to drill either H.P. or solid bulletloads with a Forster VB" Hollow Point Acces­sory in their excellent case trimmer. Drilledcavities expand faster. Thompson's bulletpractically eliminates leading. At least it'sthe best cast pill I've used. Some .357 gunsare notorious "leaders." If this is yourtrouble, try this bullet with Perfect Lube,which I believe is better than the graphitetypes.

I think Lyman's suggested 12.0 grains 2400is too light. Try 13.2 grains with ·CCI No.550 Magnum primers, crimping cases in theupper crimp groove. It burns well ·even in 4"barrels that spit out too much powder withstandard primers. A _357 diameter is okayin S & W, Colt or Ruger guns. Hard alloysgive better accuracy. Soft· pills are betterfor defense, with more shocking power, ifsoft, swaged half-jacket bullets are not avail­able. This is a powerful, moderate pressureload in good guns.

Use 6.5 grains Unique with the sameprimers for a reduced load. This is too lightfor deer, although a chap used it to bag onewith a neck shot at about 40 yards lastseason. These bullets plink well with 3.0grains Buliseye and CCI No. 500 primers. Irecommend this load for Magnums, using.38 Special cases crimped in the lower groove.This identifies light loads, that work well in.38 revolvers.

Hot .357 loads in .38 hulls are not recom·mended. They could damage a light framegun, and too many brittle cases are found.The best naked cast pill is a Hensley &

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witlI long range accuracy, practice at tar­gets such as rocks on a hillside. Slick upthe action with Anderol gun grease, that isvery fine stuff indeed. Dab a bit on hammerand trigger contacts. Attach a Flaig's No.14 Ace trigger shoe, for a superb "targettrigger" feel. The screws are hardened. Pullthem tight with the long end of the Allenwrench that comes with the shoe. Now yourlittle gun will shoot very nearly as well asa heavy target revolver. You won't believe ituntil you practice a while. Practice is thesecret. These tune-up tips will improve scoreswith all guns.

Speer's top load with their 146 grainhollow point jacketed bullet is a good one in.357 Magnums. It's 16.0 grains 2400 with CCINo. 500 primers. We use this same load withCCI No. 550 Magnum primers. It shootsbeautifully in a 6" S & W .357 Magnum,Model 27. This is the heavy "N" framemodel. You can substitute the same chargeof WoW 295HP Ball powder, if you havesome available. We trust the good peoplewith WoW will soon return this fine powderto the canister trade.

Inferior quality sizers and seaters mayllave faults in material, dimensions, align­ment, and finish. Good rifle dies may sizecase necks more than necessary to compen­sate for variations in cases. This is good.It practically eliminates dangerous case fail­ures at the head, if hulls are trimmed andreamed as necessary ,to hold dimensions, andused with normal loads. It causes the firstcase failure to be a split neck, which isn'tdangerous. Long cases can run pressure up.Some cases need trimming after one firingto insure safety, and always for uniformity.Don't overlook this vital operation.

Die makers have Ii problem. SAAMIspecs do not always apply to all calibers,chambers, cases, and bullets. Quality diesare a bargain at $13.50. RCBS dies, correctlycalled "Precisioneered," are top quality. Idon't think any other make averages better.This doesn't mean RCBS makes the only gooddies, but they are consistently good. If youhave a tight or sloppy chamber, or reloadfor auto, slide or lever action rifles, or haveother problems, tell RCBS your trouble andsend in 5 fired cases. You'll get customgrade dies "precisioneered" for your partic­ular needs. I've found the majority of re­loading troubles can be traced to dies ortools.

Christy Gun Works, Dept. G, 875 57th St.,Sacramento 19, Calif., make parts for ColtSingle Action Army revolvers. They convertthe SAA to various calibers, including .22Hornet, .218 Bee and .30 Carbine. The .30Carbine shoots GI ammo, and turns into ahot-shot with Norma .30 Carbine Soft Pointammo. This factory round is quite potent ineither a carbine or revolver. Norma lists themuzzle velocity at 1970 fps at 34,800 psi ina carbine. They don't list the revolver veloc­ity. In a 7%" Christy barrel it's 1305 fps, inone conversion. Speer's deadly 100 grainPlinkers expand faster than any factorybullets we have tested. Speer's top load is16.0 grains 2400 with CCI No. 400 primers,listed at 2224 fps in a .30 Ml Carbine. Itseems safe enough in a carbine or revolverconversion, but 15.0 grains is adequate ineither piece. The report is quite sharp in ahandgun.

GUNS MAY 1963 7

12 gauge16 gauge20 gauge

WarningI feel it my duty to warn the shooters of

America about H.R. 12471 by Rep. SeymourHalpern, proposing the prohibition of impor­tation and transportation of firearms intostates where such arms are licen'sed. Of

E. M. YardTrenton, N. J.

He Liked Us In MarchI received my copy of GUNS for March

today. Thanks for the very fine handling ofmy powder piece. I'm glad this informationis now in the hands of shooters from sucha top publication.

Congratulations on the whole darned issue,which I'm reading cover to cover (usual forGUNS), but this is one of your hest efforts.I like that story on Mathews, the one onJohnson's "Spitfire," your piece on gunphotographs, and Bearse's Colt's New Servicestory. Heck, I like it all!

Thanks again for the fine treatment yougave my story.

John TichenorOwensboro, Kentucky

Praise For Ye Editors!Both of you editors have exceptionally

fine articles in this March issue. I'm not ashotgun man myself, due to a little bout Ihad with polio some years back; but I'vegotten the bug again after reading thearticle about the Remington M-nOO. Thearticle about the new "Spitfire" is fine, too.Keep up the good work!

Gauge PopularityThe old rule of thumb used to be that

the ratio of shotgun sales by gauges was50 per cent 12 gauge, 30 per cent for the16, and 20 per cent for the 20. Here is alisting showing Ithaca's sales by gauges, in1961 and 1962:

1961 196212 gauge 54.8% 55%16 gauge 22.4% 22%20 gauge 22.8% 23%

The above includes all of our shotgunsales. Breaking this down to show sales of our"Deerslayer," the special slug-shooting shot­gun (also highly efficient with shot loads upto 35 yards or so), the sales were:

1961 196257.1% 58%22.2% 23%20.7% 19%

Sheldon M. SmithIthaca Gun Co. Inc.

Ithaca, New York

P. E. SmithSan Diego, California

Wants LiteratureI am the Secretary of a rifle club in Eng­

land and we take your magazine regularly.Is it possible for you to have your advertiserssend me some of their free literature forperusal and reference by our club members?Would particularly like to hear from Brown·ing, Marlin, C-H Die, and Lyman.

W. Back.London, England

Copies of your letter have been sent to themanufacturers mentioned; rm sure you'llhear from them.-Editor.

Old Reader, New SubscriberPlease accept my first subscription to your

fine magazine. I have been buying it fromthe newsstands since the first issue andhaven't missed one, although I heartily re­gret that I was forced to leave about threeyears' worth of my copies on foreign shoreswhen I returned from overseas. I did manageto retain a few issues that contained articlesof special interest to me.

Y-our articles are well presented and con­tain a wealth of information on all phases ofthe gun field. They kept me from losinginterest in firearms while I was in England.

Although my first interest is in handguns,I also enjoy most of the articles on shotguns,rifles, and hunting, and especially the reportson new material and equipment. Keep up thequality you have maintained over the pastyears and you won't have to worry aboutlosing this subscriber!

Scare HeadlinesEnclosed is my subscription card and

check.Also enclosed is a disturbing little item

from the local paper, picked up from anews service (about investigation by Sen·ator Dodd's sub-committee into mail-ordersale of guns to juveniles). Do the police haveany substantiating testimony that guns soldby mail to minors contribute largely tojuvenile delinquency . . • or are the news­papers, again, reaching for scare head·lines? You can bet I'm writing my Senator!

Richard D. PetersSacramento, Calif.

Gun incidence in juvenile crime is rela­tively low, but one gun in bad hands can

< breed more headlines than the victory of aU.S. Olympic shooting team would ever do!The point is that there are laws now pro­hibiting the ownership of guns by criminals,juvenile or adult---laws punishing the useof guns in crime-laws punishing the crimeitself. Banning guns won't prevent 'crime;crime is a person, not a tool.-Editor.

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course, I'm not the only one who knows ofthis, but I feel that your magazine can con·tact many people who do not now knowabout this bill

This bill may have no effect on residentsof states that do not require the licensing offirearms, but it is their fight, too. If we donot stop the frantic and illogical anti-gunlegislation at its source, it will creep overus like a plague. Write to your representa­tives, and voice your opinion on .any and allbills concernin'g firearms. If you don't doyour part in stopping asinine laws, you haveno one but yourself to blame. The N.R.A.,the various gun magazines, and the manyinterested groups can't do the job for youwithout your help. Back them up, for yoursake and theirs too. -

Bill ClarkLa Porte, Ind.

Letters to EditorsI congratulate your fine magazine on its

firm stand against firearm registration. It isa shame that more Americans don't knowwhat the real truth is about firearms. Itseems that many who write or edit local andnational publications favor gun registration.I read an article in -my local paper a fewmonths ago that was written by a Hearstnewspaper reporter. He was strongly infavor of gun registration, for the same oldreasons. Less crime, etc. So I wrote a longletter to the Editor of that paper and statedmy opinion 'about the article and told himthat it was more fiction than fact. It was pub­lished. What surprised me was that no oneelse wrote in to stand on my side of theissue. It is too bad that more people don'ttake an interest in the fight.

Mathias C. PoulinRandolph AFB, Texas

Don't despair; dozens of others may havewritten. Editors, crowded for space, oftenpublish the best, or the most representative,letter received on a subject. But you areright; all of us should make our beliefsknown.-Editor.

articles or editorials. Others just aren't in­terested. But progress is being made, and allefforts are being increased-Editor.

AR-15 versus M14Gentlemen:

Re Mr. Johnson's letter on the AR-15 versusM14, I was one of those who were opposedto the wasted effort put out on the M14 andthe 7.62 Nato. The worst criticism you couldget out of Washington on the AR-15, wasthat it was hard to do the manual of armswith, and it didn't have a gun-collector'swalnut stock. Now the back office boys saywe need a job like the M14 so that theenemy can't get close, like they could witha Springfield, Garand, or M1 carbine.

Now you and I know that they can gettoo damn close, and with hordes of themreaching for your gullet, anything that canfire 750 R.P.M., with a 500 round magazine,would be welcome regardless of the barrelsand ammo shot up. It's times like these, inhorde fighting, that fire orders are not carriedout, and it's- every man for himself~ It's timeslike these that fast-firing choppers are theonly thing that can stop those souped uphordes, and if you can spray the attack areawith something like an AR·15, you'll havethinner ranks to pick off. If we haven't triedit, we should'nt knock it, and the reportsfrom Vietnam should prove interesting whenwe get full report from there on the .223 cal.AR-15. Throwaway full automatic? Whynot throwaway our ICBM's too?

Charles J. HuckleberryElkhart, Indiana

A Woman SpeaksThis is an opinion from a woman who is

quite disinterested in guns herself, hut whocompetes with many guns and stacks of gunmagazin'es for her husband's attention. (It'sreally not that bad; it just sometimes seemsso.)

My policy in bringing up our children hasbeen to teach them how to use the various

dangerous things that are among the neces­sities of life: fire, electricity, traffic (pedes­trian as well as on wheels), and many others-including guns. We cannot shield ourchildren from all danger; we must teachthem to observe the rules that reduce dangersto a minimum.

Certainly we should not prohibit guns; weshould encourage them as mediums for bothsport and safety. We may need guns, as ourfathers did at the Alamo and elsewhere.Who was it said, "Speak softly, but carry abig stick?"

Mrs. Robert HamlinWhitinsville, Mass.

Bouquet .••The January "Safari" issue has given me

more pleasure than any you have published,and I have enjoyed them all. I'll never makean African safari, nor a shikar in Indo­China; I will probably never be able to hunteven in Canada, or Mexico. But what hunterdoesn't dream of these hunters' heavens, anddream himself behind that big double rifleas its sights bear on, say, a tusker ? YourSafari issue carried me to lands I'll nevervisit, showed me game I'll never see. Thankyou! Do it again!

Steve BorelandMiami, Florida

... and BrickbatI was most disappointed in your January

issue. How about some articles on deer, duck,rabbit, quail, and squirrel hunting, for uscommon people? Jane Dolinger's "Who's,Who On Safari" should have gone to some ­such magazine as "McCalls" or "LadiesHome Journal," so that the right peoplecould read it.

E. MoorAthens, Georgia

United Humane FrontQuite a few sportsmen in California still

don't know about the United Humane Frontand what it intends to. I'm not an alarmist,

GENUINE MAUSER SHORT RIFLE

WALTER H CRAIG 413 LAUDERDALE• SELMA, ALABAMA

These are the '93 original short rifles and not cut down or sporteri%ed guns. Nor arethey the tiny little carbines or brush gun. 7MM caliber with 22" barrel-just the rightlength for a high powered rifle. Ammo for rifle is never hard to find.

To get this ridiculously low price I had to buy a heck of a lot more than I need so I can'tselect for anyone. I'm selling these guns and cartridges at decorator prices. At such pricesI can't check them as to their safety. I simply take them out of their overseas cases andship them to you.

Use them as decorators or have them checked by a competent gunsmith before shooting.

I believe you'll agree that a GENUINE MAUSER action alone is worth more, than I askFor the rifle plus 100 rounds of ammo. It's yours for just $9.50.

For the quantity buyer I'm darn near giving them away at only $135 per case of thirty(30). No ammo included in this low, low case price.

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Craig M. SmithSan Bernardino, Calif.

Weare trying! Editors of and writers forgun magazines are trying, the shooting as·sociations are trying, the industry is trying(through the efforts of the National ShootingSports Foundation and the Sportsmen'sService Bureau) to get favorable publicity,for guns and for the shooting sports, intogeneral-interest magazines. It isn't easy. Someare already committed by previous anti-gun

Wrong MagazineI have read your many articles on anti-gun

laws, and I agree with you all the way­they are not for this country. But not enoughof the people who need to be convincedbuy your magazine, or any other gun maga­zine. To do any real good, these messagesshould go to the people who are not alreadygun enthusiasts. -

Would it not be possible for you to getyour articles printed in some of the othermagazines that are read by the non-shooters?They are the ones that are trying to ruineverything for us.

Keep up the good work!

GUNS MAY 1963 9

Colorado Papers Join Anti-gunOutcry

Being a gun enthusiast and an avid readerof your magazine, I ask you to help us com­bat the anti.gun propaganda being publishedby both our Denver newspapers. Colorado,of which I am a native, has been till ndw astate which has enjoyed true gun freedom.We have always believed that anti-gun legis­lation "can't happen here." But please spreadthe word that it is happening here, or will ifthese editorial propagandists have their way.Coloradoans, defend your rights!

Joseph RiordanDe'Ilver, Colorado

Old, Older, Oldest?In your February "Crossfire" is a letter

regarding oldest clubs. The Citizens' Rifle &Revolver Club of Rochester was founded inJanuary, 1908, and affiliated with the Nation­al Rifle Association in August, 1909. Weshoot two nights a week and belong toaleague. I have been a member for the past30 years.

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One of the best reasons.."we can think of for you ,,': .to start reloading yourown Shotshells!

Next-Best ThingJust finished reading the Dec. issue of

Guns.I'm not writing this to run down some

poor writer, or to gripe on some article. Justwriting to let you know that I appreciatereading something worthwhile for a change.:More true-to-fact stories like "Grizzly KingOf The Valkyr Range" are truly appreciatedby us G.l's. There are quite a few of usguys here from the Pacific North West, andclose to B.C., who really miss that countryup there, and the hunting. The next bestthing is some good reading on what we'retrying to preserve by being in unifmm. Keepcoming out with that type of articles, andI'll keep coming back for more.

SIP 5 Dale R. EdwardsFt. Leonard Wood, Mo.

L. L. SmithRochester, New York

A letter in the February issue of GUNSregarding the age of various Gun Clubsprompts this letter to you.

We believe that Exeter Sportsman's Clubis the oldest cluh in the U.S. It was foundedMarch 23rd, 1878, for "the protection ofgame and improvement in shooting." On May28th and 29th, 1884, a team from this clubwon the first International Clay Pigeonsboot in Chicago, and became the firstWorld's Champion trapshooters.

The club has on display in its clubhousemany mementos of the past. There is a"Pigeon Slool" which was used to lure flocksof the wild passenger pigeons to their doomand from which came the expression "StoolPigeon'." There are two glass ball trapswhich were used before the clay pigeon was

. invented; and, of course, medals and trophiesfrom the 1884 world's championship.

H. L. SmithExeter, N. H.

BIG DEAL?

Newspapers from India carry, underbig headlines, the following announce­ment:

"The Punjab Government will short.ly set up at Pinjore a factory for themanufacture of air rifles in collabora­tion with the American firm. Daisy AirRifle Manufacturing Company.

"The State Goverllment has decidedto introduce rifle training in all itsschools, to teach boy and girl stu­dents in fourth to eighth grades. Chief

Cass Hough and India's ChiefMinister Pratrap Singh Kairon.

Minister Pratrap Singh Kairon said,'We should train children from child­hood to handle guns. Training in shoot.ing will instill disciplines, will alsoprepare them to handle firearmS withease and skill whenever needed forthe defense of the country.'''

The training program will later beexpanded to include shooting with .22rifles, and with handguns.

Daisy executives are studying In­dia's offer. "When you think how manychildren there are in India." a Daisyspokesman said. "it goes without say­ing that we are interested!"

What interests us is that this is themost realistic and far-sighted attitudetaken by any government to date re­garding marksmanship training andgun education! However criticalAmericans may have been of Nehruin other matters. compare this withthe efforts of our own governments,high and low, to restrict or prohibit!

Congratulations, Daisy! And con­gratulations. India! Maybe next timesomebody starts shoving, you'll have"A Nation of Riflemen" to help youdefend those borders!

George R. WhiteBerkeley, Calif.

For GUNS' comments on the UnitedHumane Front, see GUNS, February, page45, and "The Editor's Corner," GUNS, April.-Editor.

but why under·estimate our enemies? Thereis not doubt that the U.H.F., if it succeedsin abolishing hunting in California, will ex­pand their efforts here to include fishing­and expand them geographically to includeall states. This organization is set for not justone crack at us, but to fight us for years tocome, and it is going to take hard work tobeat them.

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Range in doubt?

The flat-shooting hard-hitting .300 Weatherby Magnumtakes the guesswork out of long shots

Estimating long ranges is the most difficult shooting prob­lem facing the big game hunter once the quarry is sighted.However, the man armed with a .300 Weatherby Magnumhas many problems solved for him. Using the 150- or 180­grain .30 caliber bullet zeroed for 300 yards, trajectory riseis negligible, and drop is so slight at 400 yards that a "holdover" of only a few inches will mean a solid hit in a"vitalarea! This kind of flat shooting gives you plenty of "margin"for clean one-shot kills ... the kind of extra long-range killingpower the Weatherby Magnum is famous for.

Along with flat shooting, the Weatherby Mark V actiongives you unsurpassed speed and safety. Low 54° bolt lift

gives speE!d for that second shot. Nine precision lockinglugs (with 50% more bearing surface), 3 gas ports pluscompletely enclosed cartridge head make it the strongestand safest rifle on the market.

See the ultimate in big game rifles-the Mark V Magnumsin .257, .270, 7mm, .300, .340, .378, and .460 Weatherby cali­bers. All are famous for flat shooting. Write to us forfree literature or send $2.00 for the 12th edition of theprofusely illustrated 150-page "Tomorrow's Rifle Today,"the Weatherby Guide. Weatherby, Inc., 2781 East FirestoneBoulevard, South Gate, California. In Canada: CanadianSauer, Ltd., 103 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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10 shot groups measuring around % of aninch at 30 feet, and did it consistently, evenwhen the guns were brought on the warmrange from outside function tests, whichwere done at 10 below zero.

These are fine guns for hunting, plinking,and informal target shooting and you haveyour choice of actions. They all did verywell in our extensive tests.

Pacific's DL-350, New ScaleBob Deitemeyer's DL-350 shotshell loader

arrived for tests some time ago and waspromptly put to work. This is a solidly built,progressive machine that requires no adjust­ments since it is pre-tested at the factory.Our unit was set to deliver 23 grains of RedDot and 1% ounces of shot. We first collectedall our once-fired Monarch hulls, then abatch of the same make hulls that had gonethrough several firings and showed theirwear and tear.

1£ you follow the precise directions given,you cannot go wrong in producing shells thatresemble the factory stuff right down to a T.Start the empty hull at position #1, decapand re-prime by moving handle up and down,move the turning stage to the next stop, in­sert another hull into position # 1, fill thepowder hopper, move the tool handle up anddown, and you have shell #2 primed, andshell #1 is now charged with powder. Out ofsheer curiosity, we timed the full cycle, andit took less time to produce five perfect shellsthan it took to write this paragraph. Emptyhulls and primers are placed on the primerpost with the left hand, and the loaded andcrimped shell is removed from the platenwith the left hand. Inserting the wad is donewith either the right hand alone or, we foundit even more convenient to use both hands.Once the wad column is determined, we usedthe left index finger to depress the wad seat­ing bar, and with the right hand we startedthe wad into the guide and into the hull.

As the operator gains experience, it shouldbe no trick to get 500 shells an hour out ofthe DL-350. Our first run-through produced294 excellent shells, six being lost in deter­mining the height of the wad column and intaking some of the loaded shells apart tocheck for even powder and shot delivery.This is an excellent tool, rugged and yet easyto operate, and there seems to be no way ofgoofing up any of the shells or loading steps.By the way, the DL-350 also loads plasticand metal hulls, and can also be used to loadnew paper hulls. Available in all gauges, theDL-350 from Pacific Gun Sight Co., Box4495, Lincoln 4, Nebraska, retails for $U9.50.

In the same shipment, we received the newPacific Deluxe Powder Scale. Built along the

Winchester RiflesThree new .22 rim·fire rifles recently made

their appearance on the Winchester-Westernscene. The pump gun, Model 270, is availablewith either a plastic fore-arm ($52.95) orwith a wooden one ($55.95) ; the autoloader,Model 290, also sells for $52.95, while thelever-action model, M 250, will set you back$56.95. All of the models have cross-boltsafeties, handle all .22 RF ammo inter­changeahly, have tubular fed magazines,weigh on the average 5 Ibs. without scope,

and they shoot like target guns. Althoughthere are of course some differences in thethree models, let's take a look first at thesimilarities.

Steel is used in these guns where steel isneeded to give proper action; alloys are usedwhere their strength is needed and whereweight is of no consequence; and plastic isused where it is suitable-such as in thenewly designed sights, the magazine cap andlock-up system, and so on.

The sights of these guns are unus.ual, andsome, at first sight, express doubts aboutthem. But, field tests and range tests provedthem to be very good indeed, both as toaccuracy and ease of adjustment. The rearsight is fully adjusted for windage andelevation, has positive click stops, andcoming back to the original setting is aboutas easy as falling off that well-known log.

Over-all lengths of the new 200 series is39 inches, barrel length is 20% inches. Stockfit is excellent for the average shooter, andfunction tests, performed in sub-zero weather,were satisfactory. Receivers are grooved fortip-off mounts, and we used the new Bush­nell 4X Scopechief in our tests. Because ofsub-zero temperatures and wind conditions,accuracy tests were done on our indoorrange.

We used WW Long Rifle, Long, and Shortammo, first separately and then interchange­ably. All the guns fed and ejected withoutmalfunction, had positive safeties, and func­tioned very well under the most adverse con­ditions. Accuracy of the three guns testedwas outstanding. All three of them produced

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EYESFRONTFOR BIG NEWS!Presenting America's all-new Mannlicherstyle 22 rifle .... the great Savage 63!You've never seen a 22 that's anything like theSavage 63! This all-new single-shot rifle has thelook and feel of a costly custom gun. HandsomeMannlicher-style stock extends to muzzle. Strongfront lock-up, like a big-bore rifle, provides precisionheadspacl'!, top accuracy. Brand-new action assuressmooth, crisp trigger pull. Automatic safety goes onwhen bolt handle is raised.

When you add features like sling swivels and hoodedramp front sight, you'd think this all-new Savagewould cost a mint of money. Yet the price of the 63is just $21.95. (Savage 3X-6X zoom scope extra)See it at your sporting arms dealer now!

22 MAGNUM ALSO! New Savage 63-M is chamberedfor the powerful 22 Magnum cartridge-lowest priced22 Magnum rifle you can buy! Only $24.95.

FREE! Illustrated 32-page catalog of Savage, Stevens,Fox firearms. Write Savage Arms, Westfield 16, Mass.Prices subject to change. Slightly higher in Canada.

model 63

Popowski Crow CallCrow hunting is fine sport-if you can

hit the black robbers. There are threerequisites to the sport: crows, plenty ofshotshells, and a call handled by a callerwho knows what he is doing. Novice crowcallers sound like a love·sick cow most ofthe time and only succeed in scaring all

Hornady BulletsJoyce Hornady, chieftain of the Hornady

Mfg. Co., P. O. Box 906G, Grand Island,Nebraska, has converted six more of hisregular spire point bullets to the new SecantOgive design. There are now a 70 gr., a 75gr., and a 100 gr. pill in the 6 mm caliber,an 87 gr. and a 100 gr. in caliber .257, andthe latest in the S/ 0 line is the 130 gr. .277bullet. Also new from Joyce's ballistics labare the loading data for the hot 7 mm Rem­ington Magnum, and a table listing all ofthe Hornady bullet ballistics coefficients.Write to Hornady for these pieces of hand­loading info_ (Continued on page 60)

tne crows, chucks, and other hunters in the >-"'",""county. Though there is a trick to calling,the best crow calling advice anyone can giveyou is--get a good, well-tuned call, andpractice.

One of the best that we have used is madeby Bert Popowski, Custer, S.D., crow callingchamp. Bert sells his call in sets of two,complete with instructions, and fully pre·tuned. The calls are made of plastic and it isvirtually impossible to get them out of tune.If you follow the instructions, crow shooting-if you can hit them-will take up the slackduring the season when edible game is onthe verboten list. The complete set, obtain­able directly from Bert, cost only' 5 and thecalls are a lifetime investment.

Bullet Energy CalculatorThis is a very handy gadget if you want

to know what the energy of a certainbullet is and you know what the fps of thepill is. The latter is available, of course,from the various loading tables_ The bulletweight you know, or should know; and theB E C will give you the energy dope. Thislittle chart device was worked up by StanGrant, Dept. G, New Lothorp, Mich., and112 dollar American will get you one byreturn mail. You get 3 BEC's for one dollar.

conventional lines, this is a .reliable .andsturdy scale.. that appears to have a high de­gree of accuracy. Charges weighed on ourshop scale checked out in 50 instances righton the button with the Pacific Deluxe Scale.'The swing of the beam is even and smooth,and the scale shows a sensitivity of 0.1 grain.

- With powder like Ball-C, Lot #.2, even three"flakes of powder on the weighing pan showeda deflection of the beam.

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He broke 22 of the 25 targets, using quail­hunting methods.

Exhilarated by this experience, he signedfor a second round. By this time, I passedon a few tips on how to break targets froma given post. His score dropped to 18.

There was no more time that night, butwe made a date for next week at the sameclub. Enroute home in the car, I filled him inon all the mechanics of skeet shooting, andreviewed them on the way back to the clubnext week.

Armed with all this information, andthinking about it at each post, his scoredropped to II. Before the next round, I gavehim the exact picture for shooting each shot.His score dropped to 8.

He never returned to the club. I understandhe bought a boat instead of the skeet gunhe was talking about that first night.

Experiences like this are not confined toshooting amateurs. Conducting a shootingcolumn presents occupational hazards. Weare inclined to live in a very heady andexalted atmosphere, which sometimes per­meates our thick .skulls, and provides dra­matic proof of shooting factor X, that of 90per cent mental discipline.

Not long ago, I was scheduled for a fewrounds of skeet shooting with some associ­ates in Georgia. Well in advance of theappointed date, it was brought out that oneof the other fellows had shot a few roundsof skeet, another had seen a round of skeet,but had not actually tasted the game, andthe third feIlow had neither seen nor shotskeet. So it was suggested repeatedly that, inview of my extensive background in shoot·ing, trophy winner in state and nationalshoots, etc., that I should personally conductthe session and counsel my associates in thefine art of target smashing. All of the fel·lows were hunters, proficient with the shot­gun in the field but not on the range (or soI thought).

Knowing the hazards involved, I gavethem no specific hints on skeet shooting,beyond indicating the house from whichthe target would emerge.

They all shot beautifully, and broke finescores. The manager of the club rented forthe occasion observed all that happened,and volunteered the information after wefinished that rarely in his life had he seenanyone who had better shooting form thanI did. But, he wondered, why I hit so fewtargets! Because he was a Southern gentle­man, and was trying to ease the pain for me,he did say that never in his life had he seeneleven targets broken more gracefully.

Why did I break so few targets? Ele­mentary, dear reader. I was giving value Y90 per cent of the effort, and only 10 per

I N THIS AGE of scientific advancement,space exploration, computer systems, and

complex economic formulae, the noble artof shattering clay targets needs upgrading.As the hipsters put it, you are just not withit, if you can't present your story in formulaform, so that it can be recorded, digested, orretained by a computer.

Let the computers clank away on this one,if you will. The formula for all shotgun per·formance is X + y = P. When we refinethe formula and assign values to x, y, and p,they come out this way. Ninety per cent X,plus ten per cent Y equals one hundredper cent P.

X stands for mental discipline, Y standsfor mechanical shooting ability, and P standsfor performance.

Now, as all good citizens of today know,you must be able to prove your formula, onceit is presented. So that the computer won'tblow any transistors, and strip a batch ofsensitive gears on the 90 per cent value givento X, as compared with 10 per cent Y, weexpound.

Shooting has to be 90 per cent mental, and10 per cent physical. Except for a few rarecases of very poor eyesight, damaged co­ordination, or unusual health factors, we areall endowed with the physical equipment nec­essary to break a flying target. Any humanbeing whose physical equipment falls withinnormal range can learn the mechanics ofclay target shooting. There are no real gim­micks, no hocus pocus, no untapped areasof learning in the mechanics of shooting.You just pick up the gun, swing the muzzleafter the target, and pull the trigger at theright time.

Now, if you could leave that phrase, "pullthe trigger at the right time," in the area ofmechanics, all would be lovely. Unfortunate·ly, that bogey man of 90 per cent mentalbegins to intrude on the area of decisionas to when to pull the trigger.

Let's look at it this way. Every "Pull"reader has seen the rank tyro at the gun clubor in the field who could not miss. Some ofour readers have been in that very position.So, what happens when they come backto the club, or continue in the field? Theybegin to think.

At first, their entire concentration was onbreaking or hitting the target. Nothing elsemattered, mainly because they didn't knowanything else.

One classic example comes to mind at thispoint. I once took a friend to a skeet field,just for the ride. After we arrived and Ihad clobbered a few targets, he decidedthis looked like fun, and he would havea round or two. I mercifully spared himany instruction for the first round.

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cent to X. Therefore the correct answer ofP was never reached.

My chubby but erudite little friend, JohnMadson, in a recent news release, tells of ashooter who always bills himself at theclub or in the field as the world's worstshooter. This humble soul gives out withsundry expressions of great amazement, andprofound joy at his luck, as he smacks downall the targets.

Why does this man violate all of Dr.Peale's tenets for the power of positivethinking? He does it so that he will thinkonly of hitting the shot, instead of how heis going to hit the shot.

I have said before in this column, and Isay it again, that at least one thousand of thetwo thousand plus entries in the GrandAmerican Handicap event on Friday of theweek-long national trapshooting tournamentin Vandalia, Ohio, are equal in mechanicalshooting ability. But, when the mile-longline of traps is stilled in the shadows of eve­ning, only ten men have won trophies, andgone into the record books. (There are tentrophy places for that day's shooting).

Those ten men are not better versed inthe mechanics of shooting, but they had bet­ter mental discipline than all the rest, atleast on that important day. They were, ingreater degree than all the others, able toconcentrate only on breaking the target, in­stead of how they were going to break it.

In order to make this point hit where mostof us live, I remind all of you that youknow (or may be) shooters who can burn'em up in practice, but who fall to pieceswhen the tournament starts. We all know thehunter who, alone or with a friend or two,hits all his field shots, but then fails miser­ably when strangers or VIPs join the party.

This can happen even to a shooting editor.A certain shooting editor (whose picturegraces (?) this magazine) went through abird season without a miss, shooting aloneor with friends of long standing, who didnot need to be impressed. The self-sameeditor was called upon after the season, asa part of a public relations venture, to playhost for some pheasant shooting on a pre­serve. Guests were some VIPs, whose· reac­tions to the shooting were very importantto the success of the venture.

The VIPs shot well and often, an'd finallyinsisted that the host be allowed to take ashot, so that they could see how a "pro"did it. The "pro" was thinking of every­thing under the sun except hitting thepheasant that lazily and majestically sailedfrom cover into the biggest open space infour counties. The VIPs did not see how a"pro" hits a pheasant, but they enjoyed adeep belly laugh at how a pro can miss one!This may even have helped the venture,but it did nothing for the editor's ego.

So that this column may be even moretimely, may I remind you that the NewFrontier approach to shooting asks -that youthink more of hitting the target rather thanhow you are going to hit it. ~

Remember, X plus Y equals P. ~

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AND VANZETTI

By SHELLEY BRAYERMAN

ON AUGUST 23, 1927, icola Sacco and Bartol­omeo Vanzetti were executed by the Com­

monwealth of Massachusetts for the brutal murder,in South Braintree, Massachusetts, of FrederickParmenter, a paymaster, and his guard, AlessandroBerardelli. But were Sacco and Vanzetti guilty?

Few causes celebre in the annals of Americancrime have ever so stirred the public or createdsuch bitter feeling-or more passionate disagree­ment-than did this simple hold-up killing. News­paper blazed with headlines; mobs milled in thestreets of many cities. The trial was internationalnews. But-the question still remains: were Saccoand Vanzetti guilty ... or were they framed?

The evidence hinged largely upon ballistic evi­dence. Today, forensic ballistics is a highly special­ized union of sciences. Then, ballistics experts,self-styled or otherwise, testified without the benefitof comparison microscopes, in direct contradictionon many points. Since then, perjury, forgery orsubstitution of evidence, as well as sheer incompe­tence, has been charged on both sides; with theresult that today's expert in forensic ballistics mustnot only weigh evidence 40 years old but must weedout what evidence he can trust and what he believesis false.

The crime itself was not particularly complicated.At about 3 P.M. of April 15, 1920, in South Brain­tree, Massachusetts, Frederick Parmenter and Ales­sandro Berardelli were shot down by two (or three)members of a gang of four (or five), and robbed

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Few criminal cases in history have caused such public hysteria, such bittercontroversy. Ballistic evidence played a major part in the-trial. Here is a -new,documented, expert opinion which brands much of that evidence as raise.

At left: Vanzet+i's 5-shot Harrington &Richardson revolver; right, Sacco's .32Colt auto, presented as evidence as themurder weapon. Photos were made in 1960.

-.Photos ·by Boston Globe

of $15,776.15, the payroll of the Slater and Morrillshoe factory.

icola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti werecharged with the crime on May 5, 1920, and coil­victed July 14, 1921. Six years later, they wereexecuted. .

The judicial system of the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts differs from those of other States.Six years were spent in fruitless efforts fora newtrial-efforts that were hampered mainly by ajudicial system that required the judge of the orig­inal trial to pass on charges of his own prejudice.

Sacco and Vanzetti were "radicals" politically,and the lamentable post World War I hysteria overradicals of their variety made their convictionalmost inevitable. Prejudice on the part of theirtrial judge-who referred to the defendants duringthe critical period as "anarchistic bastards"-wasnot solely responsible for their conviction. Theiroriginal defense attorney was a factor in the devel­opment of provoked emotions. Inflamed partisans'participated in almost everything from protest meet­ings to actual bombings throughout the world, re­sulting in a sort of solidification of the authoritiesof Massachusetts towards the "guilt" of Sacco andVanzetti.

Expert testimony-that is, testimony by witnessesaccepted as experts in their various fields-carriesterrible weight in a courtroom. Juries, ignorant ofthe science expounded, harken to the "expert" asthey might to God~unaware, unfortunately, -- OJ

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left: lethal "No. III" bullet.' Right: a test bulletfired in 1944. Photo proves that the sealed evidencewas unsealed and studied 17 years before 1961 tests.

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Left: highly magnified composite photo showshalf of test shell fired from Sacco's pistol(top) matched with case allegedly found nearbody of murdered guard. Above: the 4 bulletstaken from victim's body. Lethal bullet IIIis third from left. See bullet bases below.

-Composite, left, and panel of bullet bases below,by permission of liThe American Heritage,1I fromarticle "Sacco Guilty, Vanzetti Innocent?" by Francis

Russell, June issue, 1962.

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that qualification of a witness as an expert by a court doesnot necessarily make that man an expert, and (2) expertsare human and therefore as subject to moral frailties asother mortals. There is also the fact that the expert mustoften accept the evidence given him and pass on it withoutknowing whether the story told him concerning that evi·dence is true, unscientific, or deliberately false.

It is now generally conceded that prejudice weighedheavily against Sacco and VanzeUi, that testimony givenas expert was less than expert by today's standards, thattampering with evidence and even outright perjury mayhave occurred. Various objective investigators examiningthe records in the years since the conviction haved vowedthe two men innocent of the murders, however guilty they.may have been (one or both) of political deviation. Oneinvestigator, in an opus recently published, straddles thefence with the claim that Sacco was guilty but Vanzettiinnocent.

In my considered opinion, both men were railroaded (The evidence of fraudulent testimony by Captain WilliamProctor, then in charge of the Massachusetts State Policeseems to me to be conclusive, and sworn testimony dis­closes misconduct on the parts of the State Police and theDistrict Attorney's office, if only in the failure (refusal) toinvestigate properly and thoroughly the confession of oneCelestino Madeiros who identified members of the Morelligang, a band of professional criminals, as the actual killers.H. B. Ehrmann, in his book, "The Untried Case," describesin detail the activities of the Morelli gang and the evidenceof their guilt, and strongly supports the innocence ofSacco and Vanzetti.

After refusing to investigate the Madeiros confession, theCommonwealth of Massachusetts electrocuted Sacco andVanzetti, and has, ever since, attempted to divert attentionfrom this by contending that, even if the trial was unfair,"they were guilty anyway." One by one, piece hy piece, thewitnesses and evidence used by the State have heen dis­credited. Now, only the field of ballistics remains-and itis with the ballistic evidence that we are now concerned.

The evidence hinges on a single .32 ACP bullet and asingle .32 ACP cartridge case. The bullet was knownthroughout the trial as the # III bullet, and was allegedlyremoved from the body of Berardelli by the MedicalExaminer Dr. Magrath. Magrath (Continued on page 52)

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HAVEN ..• AND THERE'S MORE COMING!

By E.U-B. MANN

" A NOTHER BIG YEAR for Winchester-Western," was theft forecast-for-'63 consensus of the writers and editors in­

vited to Nilo Farms in southwestern Illinois for the annualWoW Seminar-a first look at the new products under theWinchester-Western trademarks for 1963 release.

Among the new leaders (some of the "goodies" we saw atNilo are still under tight wraps; we'll· tell you about themlater) is the new "200 Series" of .22 Rim Fire rifles. See thembelow: A lever-action, a pump, and an auto-loader, all brand­new in design, all perfect-functioning with all three .22 RFcartridges (Short, Long, and Long Rifle), and all in theunder-$60 price bracket. (See test report, "Gun Rack," thisissue.)

Winchester-Western spent nearly seven years and approxi­mately a million dollars to produce this new line and theadvanced manufacturing methods with which to make it.They brought in top designers from all over the world, topscientists in the fields of metallurgy. The time figures alone arestartling: 49,000 hours (24 man-years) on design; 40,000hours (20 man-years) in the model shops; and all this inaddition to the retooling and man- (Continued on page 62)

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The new .22's from Winchester,10p tobottom: Autoloader M290, pump M 270,and the lever-action, Model 250. Theyfunction smoothly, have good accuracy.

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A conventional shell delivers badly deformedbuckshot in poor pattern, above. New Mark5 gives a better pattern, less pellet damage.

Comparison of new Winchester cartridges withestablished ones shows how they stack up. Topfigure is bulletweight, then fps and energy.

RUN THEM WITH HOUNDS IN DEEP SNOW. OR CALL THEM AT NIGHT-

EITHER WAY. YOU CAN HAVE SOME FINE CAT HUNTING

Bobcats can easily be called within easy rifle rangeduring daylight in Mexico. Cats have not been huntedhard and respond very readily to good predator calls.

FOR AN HOUR I had stood in the snow, waiting forhound voices to come from the river. Then far-off

hound music wafted through the woods, dimming thewhisper of the lightly falling snow. The sounds grewlouder, the dogs were headed my way. The spot where Istood was an old cat crossing. You'd jump a bobcat andget him going hard up-river, and he'd get right here tothe big log, slick with snow and ice, and he'd cross it inthree, four bounds. The dogs would come bawling. They'doverrun him where he turned, but finally they'd work itout, start across, fall in the river, wallow around, givingthe cat plenty of opportunity to rest, or shake them, orwear them down.

But today I was here watching the log. When he showed,I'd lay him on the snow.

Then something went wrong. The hounds didn't moveany closer. Their voices changed. They were staying inone place. The cussed cat had treed.

I kicked snow off my webs and started toward thedogs. In a matter of a few heart-hammering minutes Ifound them, yammering around a big pile of down timberand brush, but obviously at a loss. This was a mystery;what trickery had this cat used to fool experienced dogs?

Slowly, I worked it out. The cat had run up a log, ducked,moved around in the heap of stuff. Then he had come out,climbed a big balsam, and waited. While the dogs buriedtheir thick heads in the brush pile, he had jumped. Hisnew track was headed in long bounds right toward thecrossing I had left. Sure enough, when I got back there,

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there were -his tracks on the crossing log.When I lived in northern Michigan bobcat hunting was

one_ of_ our most looked-forward·to mid-winter pastimes.After deer season, the -long, deep-snow months were neverdull. You could get up'-a gang and head for the woods atdaylight, scout a -fresh cat track, put the hounds down,and nine times out of ten you had a full and dramatic day.If you got back by dark you were lucky; and wheneveryou got back, with or· without a cat, you were beat buthappy.

The bobcat is one of the most amazing colonizers knownto man. Its range on this continent stretches from coast tocoast, from southern Canada clear down into southernMexico. This is why the bobcat should be far more impor­tant and better known to hunters than it is. There is hardlya wooded, brushy, or rocky area where fun with bobcatscan't be had. The animal is prolific, most difficult to wipeout in any area, uncannily secretive, and there are noclosed seasons. Whenever you want to hunt a bobcat, youjust do so. (Continued on paf!,e 4,2)

Texas bobcat came to call during night hunt and heldstill long enough for author to get picture of scene.

Snow hunting is tough work, but can give you much sport.Short range shooting is the rule and shotgun is adequate,especially when a hunter can predict the cat's movements.

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Author happily carries a big Texas cat thatanswered predator call during day. Hunting_cats in brush offers different challenge.

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Exaggerated fast draw posture makes gunslinger a good targetfor opponent, but also makes rapid holster clearing possible.

By BILL TONEY

ONE OLD WEST authority recognizes only two kindsof gunfighters-the quick and the dead. Another just

as firmly declares that speed doesn't mean a thing in afight, that it's hits that count. One publication was socaustic about fast draw some years ago that a straightshooting Federal law enforcement agency was scared com­pletely out of any fast draw practice in their academy.Yet, fast draw clubs are mushrooming both in number andin size all over the country. How do today's fast drawcompetitors stack up against the combat shooters? Whatare the differences?

The "practical pistol course," is popular with policedepartments throughout the country. It involves shootingon man-sized silhouette targets at 7, 25, 50 and 60 yards.At the close-up stage, the shooter has 25 seconds in whichto draw, fire five shots, reload, and fire five more rounds,

all from hip level. At the other distances he fires in prone,sitting, and standing position from behind a barricade.This is good training for new police officers, but shootingfrom the hip is woefully slow when compared to fast drawtimes. In modified form, this course is used by Colt's andIndiana University in the biggest police combat shoot inthe country.

The Toledo, Ohio, Police Department runs a combatcourse in which the contestant fires under various condi­tions, from sitting astride a fence to riding down a windingroad in a patrol car. A high degree of accuracy is reqJ'iiredfor good scores, but speed is not required.

A few departments well supplied with ingenuity, moneyor both have used training films that project actual combatconditions onto a screen. The officer shoots when he thinkshe should and is judged not only on speed and accuracy

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Combat shooter. crouched stance, offers smallest possibletarget. New Haven police placed all shots into kill zoneduring the firing of the Indiana University police match.

Pop-up target, in window, could beenemy. Action is fast and lethal.

but also on judgment. One organization was reported to usea life-size picture of John Dillinger as one of its "shoot in ahurry" targets. It may have been very realistic, but some ofits value was lost since Dillinger was then long dead.

The Louisiana Peace Officers Association and others in theSouth shoot the Bancroft Quickdraw Course fired at 15 feeton life-sized silhouette targets. At the various stages the shootermay face the target, face away from it and turn to shoot, walktoward it or away from it, walk from left to right or right toleft in fr'ont of it, may fire five shots on one target from onehand, twojrom one hand and three from the other, three shotson one target and two on another, or one shot on each of fiveseparate targets.

Accuracy sufficient to score hits in the kill zone of a silhou­ette target determines 60 per cent of the score. The other 40per cent comes from "time credit." (Continued on page 45)

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In combat shooting. officers are taught to useany cover and any gun support that is handy.

E XPERT STOCKMAKERS are a law unto themselves.Most of them have been in the business for quite a

few years, were apprentices to some of the great names inthe stockmaking field. But when a 16 year old makes high­class stocks, I consider this as news. And when it turns outthat this youngster is self-taught and lacks a good manytools the professional thinks he could not do without, thenI can only admire, envy, and wonder at him. You see, Iam one of those guys who invariably louses up a stock.

Robert Kenneth Bell got his first rifle, a Mossberg .22single-shot when he was 13 years old. He promptly tookthe gun apart, re-did the stock and eventually changed thegun into an eight shot repeater. Did he have help with thisproject? No, neither Ken's father nor any of his friends are

gunsmithing bugs, and the boy learned everything heknows from his constant reading and re-reading of thefirearms literature. Ken and his father have a hobby wood­working shop in the basement of their Maryland home,but the special tools that Ken needed for his first stockingjobs were "home-spun."

Using the available equipment, Ken made his own in­letting rasps and other tools, and began to expand thefamily hobby shop. He bought tools and supplies with hisearnings from his paper route and an usher's job in thelocal movie. He later built his own blueing set-up, taughthimself silver-soldering and brazing, and gradually learnedthe established method of tackling a job the hard way­by trial and error. Once in a (Continued on page 65)

TEEN-AGER BUILT A STOCKING AND REPAIR

BUSINESS STARTING WITH TOOLS HE MADE HIMSELF

BOY· STOCKERBy JASON CONNORS

Ken Bell, youthful stocker, contemplates his favorite gun, a Number 414 Steven with a Weaverscope. Stock was one of Ken's early jobs and this stock design is still one of his favorites.

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It's a ~mingloal

By E. B. MANN

XP-IOO is bolt-action, single-shotpistol with plastic grips, suitablefor left or right-handed shooting.The .221 "Fire Ball" cartridge hasexceptional varminting ballistics.

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W E TOLD YOU in our Marchissue about the Remington

seminar, where we shot the new, re­duced-recoil, Remington M-llOO shot­gun. What we couldn't tell you then,but can now, is that Remington is back(after how long an absence!) in thehandgun business!

And what a handgun! Whether thatcan be taken as an expletive of awe­struck admiration or one of sheer sur­prise at the gun's unorthodox designwill depend on what happens nextweek-end when we start putting theModel XP-I00 through its shootingpaces. There's one on its way to us now-we already have a supply of the(also entirely new) .221 Remington'.'Fire Ball" cartridges-and if the twoperform together the way the Reming­ton boys say they will, and the waythey do on the ballistics chart, theanticipated and quite fitting commentwill be a fervent "Wow!" GUNS will

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publish test reports on gun and loadas early as the first-available printer'sdeadline.

Meanwhile, here's what Remingtonsays about them:

"In recent years, an, increasing num­ber of shooters have become interestedin long-range varmint and small-gamehunting with handguns. New cartridgeswith jacketed bullets, high velocities,and flat trajectories have been intro­duced specifically for this type ofshooting -and telescopic sights havebeen developed especially for hand­guns.

"While· these improvements havebeen enthusiasticaily welcomed, theyalsv created problems. The optics of thescopes and the ballistic capabilities ofthe cartridges were good, but becauseof inherent characteristics in the de­signs of conventional handguns, fewshooters could hold well enough totake maximum advantage of the im-

proved scopes and ammunition at longranges.

"Recognizing this problem, Reming­ton has designed a new, highly accu­rate handgun-and-cartridge combina­tion which, because it has down-rangeballistics comparable to many rifle­cartridge combinations, outshoots andoutperforms any other on the market.

"The new gun, a bolt action, singleshot model known as the XP-I00, ischambered to handle the .221 Rem­ington "Fire Ball" cartridge. The gripand stock of the gun are made withone piece of molded Du Pont "Zyte!"structural nylon. ..Because this materialmaintains its dimensional stabilityunder all conditions-it cannot warpor change shape-barrel bedding isabsolutely uniform, insuring greateraccuracy. The grip is contoured to fitthe shooter's hand, and is equallyadapted to either right- or left-handeduse. (Continued .on page 54)

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At left: lever-action withColt magazine, Winchester­type bolt and feed. Next,conventional revolver: gas­operated .22 has a lockedbreech, below. Right. first ofBehrens' semi-autos, 1912.and target upside-downer.

UPSIDE-DOWN PISTOLS? HE MADE 'EM BEFORE

THE RUSSIANS USED THEM IN THE OLYMPIC$!

Two, still-in-the-white, Behrens-designed .22 guns.Stocks and triggers differ, and button triggeron right was a tricky gunsmithing job.

You name it. and Behrens can make it. In theusual order: two heavy barrel target .22's,double hammer .22, a .22·.45 Colt over andunder, a .22 over and under, a .22 revolverwith single shot .38 barrel, tiny .22 over andunder. All guns have fully adjustable sights.

By KEN WARNER

HENRY BEHRENS of Sarasota, Florida, is agunsmith of the old school-the kind who cantake a length of bar steel and a slab of walnutand build you a gun. He doesn't need powertools; he doesn't need blueprints or "somethingto copy," either. All he needs is an idea, and hehas plenty of those. He built "upside-down" auto­matic pistols years before the Russians beat uswith their version of them in the 1952 Olympics.Henry, any way you slice him, is a gun genius.

You name it and Henry can make it. If it's atype or action that has a name, he probably hasmade it. He made gas-operated rifles before theword "Garand" (as applied to a rifle) was evenwhispered. Any action, any ignition system­Henry will build it, with any odd-ball charac­teristics you care to specify, or with innovationsof his own if you give him permission. Whatyou get will be a fine firearm, precision tooled,fitted, and finished. Henry builds "odd-balls,"for his own amusement or because you wantthem, but he doesn't build clunkers.

Today, Henry can show you 94 Behrens-builtguns to prove his versatility and skill. No one islike any other; some are unlike any other gunever built. They all shoot, all function perfectly,are all as accurate as thp.y need to be for thepurpose for which they were intended. Some aretruly odd-balls (Henry's own word for them),and some are so sensible one wonders why theynever became mass-production items.

In the odd-ball category are such items as a

GUNS MAY 1963 29

Three long guns by Florida gunsmith include acompletely hand-made Kentucky, falling block.22, and a Schuetzen rifle on Stevens action.

Made to order for trappers, outdoorsmen. gun onleft is .22 revolver with .38 barrel, other ischambered for .22 and the .45 Colt cartridge.

harmonica-action .22 handgun, and a peculiar single-shot thatrequires 12 distinct actions to load, fire, and eject the firedcase. On the sensible side, there is an over-under .45/.22 pistolthat is a trapper's dream, a series of palm-sized "hide-outs"in calibers from .22 to .45, and a couple of dozen good, shoot­able, single-shot target pistols. .

Henry has an almost impartial affection for everyone ofthese Behrens-babies, be it long or short, conventional orscrewy, big or little. They are guns, but they are also blued­steel-and-polished-walnut milestones along Behrens' quest forgun facts. Throughout life, Henry Behrens has answered hisown questions about guns and gun ideas by building a gun tosee how it worked.

He discovered a lot of things, often much earlier than othergun people did. And this brings us back to the Russian upside­down pistols. Henry has a set of three peculiar .22 targetpistols that tell an interesting story:

In 1946, Behrens built a single-shot pistol with a very lowbarrel. Otherwise a fairly conventional tip-down barrel action,this one has a dip in the frame that puts the barrel in line withthe top of the shooter's hand. The gun points well, and itsrecoil barely jumps the sights off target. Behrens says, "Youcan really call them with that gun." This is high praise, forHenry is a superb shot and a demanding critic of firearmaccuracy.

Intrigued by this one, Behrens built another single-shot,except that this one was upside-down. The sights are on a ribin the normal position, on a sort of false barrel. This one shotwell, too, and recoil was nearly nonexistent.

The third gun in the series is a semi-automatic, also upside­down. It has the five-shot magazine capacity required forInternational and NRA rapid-fire matches. When he firedthe first'string with this odd-ball, Henry Behrens knew he hadsomething. Again, recoil was hardly noticeable. With the barrelin line with the middle finger, the gun just hangs on the target.

That satisfied Henry Behrens. He had found out what hewanted to know, including the fact that anyone who shot anupside-down pistol had to guard against canting. With the lineof sight and the bore-line a couple of inches apart, the leastoff-vertical inclination would ruin the grouping.

That particular experiment was finished in 1948. In 1952, atMelbourne, Australia, the Russians (Continued on page 43)

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A REAL COLLECTOR'S FIND, PERRIN GUNS

WERE MADE IN FRANCE, USED BY UNION TROOPS

AMONG THE RAREST of the Civil War revolvers are the guns made~ by L. Perrin of Paris, France. These revolvers are so scarce that manyCivil War buffs are not familiar with them.

Records show that the U. S. Government bought 200 Perrin revolversfor use by Union troops during the Civil War, and it seems likely thatthis figure is only a partial one. Other records indicate that over 500 ofthem were purchased privately-again for Union consumption.

It is doubtful that the martial Perrin revolvers were marked in any wayto denote government ownership. Of the several that I have handled andthe many more of which I have record, none bears any marks that wouldindicate U. S. martial status. Actually this is understandable. The Perrinrevolvers were a commercial French product. They were not manufacturedunder a U. S. Government contract. In the middle of a war it is oftenexpedient to buy what is needed without the delay of field trials and tests,and thus materiel could easily get into the hands of the troops withoutadded markings.

The government paid 20 dollars for each Perrin revolver. If you happento find a specimen, you should be very happy to pay that much-even ifthe gun is not in new condition-because collectors who know the rarityof the gun will be happy to give you many times that figure.

It would seem that something worthwhile would be known about L.Perrin. But he is not even listed in the standard texts on European armsmakers. From the markings on the guns it is apparent that there was acompany by that name located in Paris and (Continued on page 50)

This comiecutively numbered pair ofrare Perrin Civil War revolvers innear-mint condition carries numbers421 and 422. Guns are from RobertB. Tennant, Colorado, collection.

Two variations of the 12 mm center­fire Perrin cartridge. The one onthe left is commoner specimen, hascopper base but no headstamp. Roundon right has brass case, has head­stamp "PERRIN-BTE S.G.D.G. PARIS."

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THIS 18-YEAR OLD HOLDS

18 WORLD SKEET TITLES. A COLLEGE

SCHOLARSHIP. AND TEACHES­

GUESS WHAT - IN HIS SPARE TIME

By DICK MILLER

His Guns Are Taking

Howard's President Wright admires shotgun and trophies won by Miner Cliett in the course of becoming skeet champ.

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I F YOUR SON is not seven feet tall, does not weigh 250pounds, can't run 100 yards in less than 10 seconds with

football pads, or is not a budding nuclear physicist, don't despairof his chances for a college scholarship. Put a shotgun in hishands, and let him shoot his way into the halls of higher learning!

Shooting scholarships may shock a few sensitive souls in theIvy League, or it may amuse some Big Ten admissions directors,but down Dixie way, Howard College freshman Miner Cliettliterally shot his way to the beautiful Baptist college campus inthe Shades Valley section of Birmingham. Howard College has along and distinguished record, dating back to 1842. The collegenow can, and does, boast that it has admitted the only 18-year oldfreshman who holds 18 of the world's skeet shooting records! .

Him To CollegeAnd few freshmen can enter the hallowed halls of learning

and be tabbed as instructor.The "Howard Crimson," in a feature story about the school's

most distinguished freshman, happily reported:"Miner Cliett, freshman from Childersburg, bearing five world's

records (see explanation below) will teach a class in shooting forthe college on Saturdays, as part of the college's recreationalprogram. A non-credit course, the class will be open to thestudents, faculty., and the community."

The Crimson editor modestly listed only Cliett's world recordsset during world competitions. The record books list 13 morerecords established during seasonal competitions.. Miner Cliett began shooting at the tender age of four, but notwithout some strain on family and neighborhood relations.

Four-year old Miner potted five of a neighbor's chickens withhis trusty little BB gun. Results of the shooting were fatal forfour of the birds, and the fifth hen had a long bout with leadpoisoning. Some of the remedies applied for this episode mighthave been tempered had it been known then that this was thestart of one of the world's most distinguished shooting careers.

Miner's skeet shooting career started at age eleven, when amember of the near-by Birmingham gun club saw the youngstermake tough shots on dove and quail. He told Miner that heshould try his hand at busting clay targets. Try he did, andcracking clay targets came easy. So easy in fact, that in 1957, atthe tender age of 13, Miner Cliett was Champion of Championsat the National Skeet Shooting Championships, an event limitedto state and regional champions. He broke 100 straight targets,25 of each of the four gauges, .410 Short Shell, 28 gauge or3-inch .410, 20 gauge, and 12 gauge. He was the youngest shooterever to win this coveted award!

It would take a great deal of the space to list all the shootingawards that came after this one. Although the Cliett home inChildersburg is large and charming, it is getting more and morecrowded with trophies-there are over 200 already!

The Cliett shooting story must mention these highlights of the18-year old high scorer: Try-outs for the International Shootingchampionships at Oslo, Norway in 1961, held at Ft. Benning,Georgia; long run of 634 targets without a miss; and a goldmedal for tying the Russian entry at the International event inOslo, plus besting the top skeet shooters (Continued on page 55)

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Miner enjoys quail hunting and heretained a few of his dogs whileat school. Before becoming skeetchamp, he posed with sister Emmy.

Miner Cliett, college freshman and instructor,was caught loading his car for another shoot.

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By BOB HAGEL

T OWARD THE END of the last century, a new cartridgewas born in Europe. Known as the 7 rom on the other

side of the Atlantic, it handled a bullet of caliber .284. Intalking about the 7 mm it would perhaps be best to talkabout it in the plural since the 7 rom was made in severalcase forms, with the 7x57 rimless gaining by far the great.est popularity. The 7x57 rimless was used by many nations,in one or the other form of the Mauser action, as a militaryrifle and for a long time it was the favorite game cartridgein Europe, India, and Africa.

The rimless, and flanged 7 mm cartridge gained famein Africa as a killer of even the heaviest game. Bell, in his

quest for ivory, is credited with killing over 1,000 elephantswith the little 7x57 and the 175 gr. solids. While I haveno desire to take one of the big pachyderms with the little7, there is no doubt that it is sudden death to any elephantwhen used under ideal conditions by a man who has theability and know-how to do it.

Why the 7 mm did not gain greater popularity for NorthAmerican game by American hunters, is hard to say. Atone time there were single-shot rifles chambered for the7x57 by American riflemakers, and later bolt-action rifleslike the Winchester M 54 were available in this caliber, butsomehow the 7 mm cartridge never really caught the imag-

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Favorite 7 mm handloads, usual order: 7x57 with 160 gr. Nosier S.P., .285 O.K.H. with 175 gr. Nosier O.P., .280Rem. with 160gr. Sierra S.P., 7x61 S&H with 160gr. Nosier, 7 mm-264 and 160 gr. Sierra, Big 7 with 160 gr. Nosier.

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Author's record book bullmoose that fell to 7 mmMashburn Magnum and the175 "grain "Nosier. bullet.Bull taped 7 ft. hump toheel, and had 45" chest.

NosIer bullets removed from game. The 160 grain bulletat left came from 400 yard kill of caribou. Right. the175 grain bullet downed king-sized moose at 300 yards.

Some of Hagel's selections for the 7 mm: 154gr. NormaS.P.B.T., 160gr. Speer S.P., 160gr. Sierra S.P.B.T..160gr. Nosier S.P., 175gr. Nosier S.P.,and the 175gr.round nosed, soft point bullet from Remington factory.

Light rifle built on small-ring 98 Mauser action andchambered for 7x57 is wicked on most American game ifshot is placed right and heavier bullets are loaded.

ination of many thousa"nds of U.S. shooters. "Maybe we Americans are a little slow to catch on, or

perhaps we are somewhat reluctant to use, something thatwe did not have a hand in designing. At any rate, it wasonly in the last few years that the 7 mm gained its well­deserved popularity. Even today, most of the rifles cham­bered for cartridges shooting 7 mm bullets are made bycustom gunsmiths, and are chambered for various wildcatcartridges. Both of our big ammunition companies make

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cartridges for the standard 7x57, but the loading of onlythe round-nose 175 gr. bullet to a velocity of 2490 frs.leaves a lot to be desired in an otherwise fine cartridge.

My own first 7 mm was a custom job by C. M. O'Neilwith a 23" Ashurst tube on a light-ring Mauser action withdouble-set triggers. With the barrel cut to pipe-stem sizeand stocked to suit my own notions, the rifle, complete withscope and sling, weighs under eight pounds. This ultra-lightrifle is chambered for the standard (Continued on page 48)

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Fajen-stocked .264 Magnum with 6XWeaver scope, Schultz & Larsen 7x61Magnum with a Leupold 6X glass arefavorites. Ormond and McNeel dragbuck that was outwitted by Clyde.

YOU HAVE TO OUT-SMART HIM!By CLYDE ORMOND

THIRTY-FOUR YEARS ago, I killed my first mule deer-a buck of monstrous proportions and a total of 13

points. Last week, as this is written, I killed my last muleyto date. He, too, was a big one, a nine pointer with a spreadof 30% inches.

Between those two I have hunted deer in many states,collected at least one annual deer, and got a liberal educationin the art of deer-hunting. I learned much from that firstbuck. I learned something brand-new from the last one. Andit has been from the biggest bucks that I learned the most.

Record muley bucks do not attain their desirability bybeing stupid. This is especially true today when bucks ofprime-trophy age have survived elements, hunters, predation,disease, and the meager diet of dwindling winter ranges toreach a trophy stage. It follows that the smartest bucks are,generally speaking, the biggest bucks. And it also followsthat the hunter who hunts, observes, and outwits these oldmoss-backs, is bound to become the successful hunter of alllesser game.

Big buck ammo with ample horse-power: The .264Magnum with 140 gr. bullet, 7 mm with a 139 gr.pill, .270 with 130 gr. bullet, .30-06 with a 1809rain slug, and 7x61 with 160 gr. bullet. Theseloads and calibers have taken many big ones.

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There is no lesson quite like the successful, or unsuccess­ful field experience if the hunter will take the pains tolearn from it.

Take that first buck, many years ago.Burn and I were hunting the Yellow Jacket country of

central Idaho. The first day we saw no game because, liketyros, we hunted the canyon bottoms. There were tracks,but they were made by game coming down during thenight to drink.

The next morning, we headed up and went up till therewas no more up. We started from camp long beforedaylight.

Two hours later, largely because the strenuous efforthad exhausted us both, we were moving slowly. Veryslowly. The 13 pointer was spotted standing in the mottledshadows of pine trees, half-asleep, convinced that nothingcould get that high that early in the morning, and he was

also dlipending on the camouflage of the foliage.The first bullet from my ancient .25-35 made him jump

violently and jerk his legs under his broad chest. Thesecond shot, as he romped away, did not seem to touch him.As he loped over the ridge, there was the sudden sight ofheels in the air. We found that the first 117 grain soft-nosehad pierced his heart. The second shot caught him "fatally"in the sticking-spot, as he'd whirled toward me.

Lesson Number One on big bucks was unforgettable: .Heart-shot bucks didn't necessarily fall in their tracks.Bucks that didn't look hit, may be. Big bucks liked to stayhigh. And one man-as I discovered later-didn't pick upsuch a beast and tote him camp-ward a la horse-collar.

My wife's first buck added to a growing education. We'dtrailed him cautiously for a mile in the fresh snow. Wewere so close that we could see blades of bear-grass slowlyunbending after his passing weight. (Continued on page 40)

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RIFLEMAN. MK I By JAMES M. TRIGGS

BUTTPlATE AND MISC. PARTS

ARE NOT SHOWN....

11. '12 gallon Courage (For after-matchuse only, of coursel.

12. Tompion for No. 11.13. Shooting glasses. rose colored.14. Wife Assembly. MK II. Not essential

for shooting but recommended ac­cessory for part No.1. (Note built­in radar. all models).

15. Cover for Part No.2 (Not allowedin house: must be hung in garage).

16. Arm. left, with permanent slinggroove.

17. Ear plugs, both sides (use in compe­tition and self-defense against No.14),

18. Bags. left and right. (Under eyeassemblies, occasioned by use ofNo. 11 after last match),

PARTS LIST1. Main frame Assembly2. Head Assembly, Factory Installed

(Disassembly not recommended I.(Note: Thin top insulation on pre­war models. I

3. Trigger Finger Assembly, Twitching.4. Elbow Assembly. left. with perman­

ent dislocation. .5. Ballast (Most .pronounced in older

models).6. Carfare (42cl.7. Wallet. unloaded.8. Shooting Jacket for Mainframe As­

sembly. frayed.9. Miscellaneous pCitches, emblems,

status symbols.10. Copy of Rule Book. dog-eared.

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19. Miscellaneous Impedimentia. neces­sary for psychological support only.

20. Portable hand-warmer.21. Heels. left and right. run down "(See

No. 71.22. Elbow Assembly. right. hand (Up­

raised for support of rifle and No.11 I.

23. Notebook (Filled with wishfulthoughts and prepared alibisl.

24. Sleeve (for laughing up or. cryingon. depending on scorel.

25. Rifle (Not shown because of vari­ations dependent on contents of No.2 and No. 231.

26. Box of goodies (Contains more ofNo. 191

27. Targets from last match (Better notshownl.

28. Eyeball Assemblies, right and left.color red (see No. 11 I •

DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE

While it Is doubtful that the Riflemancan be successfully disassembled by theamateur, although Part No.2 can beflipped quite easily. Before attemptingfield stripping. be sure Part 14 is re­moved. and be particularly sure theRifleman is unloaded.

Disassembly is a messy business atbest. and re-assembly is virtually im­possible. especially in reverse order.Disassembly sometimes occurs automat­ically after matches: in which case. re­assembly should not be attempted untilafter lunch the following day.

Not shown in the drawing are numer­ous scars. In some of the older models.these were acquired at Chateau Thierryor Verdun. Later models show the marksof Guadalcanal and Omaha Beach. Anumber of newer models show similarmarkings from Chosin and other Koreanaddresses. It is to be hoped that pres­ent models will be produced withoutsuch scars or markings.

And while we may poke a little funat our Rifleman. with his thinning topinsulation and ballast. he is the manwho won our freedom and started ourNation on its way. And he is the manwho has kept it free. God Bless ~him. ~

(Continued from page 39)Then, on a nearly bare hill-side, we stoppedtwelve feet from a scrubby pine tree, lookingat his spoor plainly headed a quarter-mileahead over the snowy hills. Straight aheadof us.

But as we talked, debating on how manymore hills ahead the big fellow was, therecame from the opposite side of the pinetree a mighty snort. The buck had circled,was within good spittin' distance, but haddecided we might spot him. My wife gotover her surprise and excitement soon enoughto break him down as he loped off.

From him we added certain facts to thehuck-education: Canny old hucks wouldcircle to outwit a hunter. They would watchtheir own hack-track from a place of conceal­ment or from a vantage-point. Wise old bucks

depend on two contrary traits. They eitherput a lot of distance between them and anenemy at the first sign of danger. or they"lie low" and close, relying on camouflage,concealment, and the hunter's inability tospot them.

A Caribou Forest buck used this system,and had he continued with it, his record­book antlers would not be on my shop wall.

Three of us had stopped in 16 inches ofsnow, on a windy, craggy knob. We weredebating our lack of sense. Instead of beingcold, wet, pooped, hungry, and similarlymiserable, we could have been at home,warm, dry, full of energy and grub, andhappy.

Less than sixty yards away was a clumpof aspens. The buck with 10 points and a30-inch spread standing there had it figured

right, except that we gabbed too long, andlooked camp-ward while doing it. In lookingback, we saw his concealing aspens, but nothim, and that was his undoing. He thoughtwe looked at him. And on a high lope, hebounded out of the trees, headed for adja-cent Wyoming. '"

Partner, never one to remain like a cucum­ber during intense excitement, missed himby a margin of feet. I got lucky. Lookingback upon the incident, I'm forced to con­clude' that partner's miss was due mostly tohis poorly fitting rifle stock.

Three factors in the art of deer-hunting'come to light from this affair. First, cannyold bucks do lie low, if their experienceindicates that the enemy will not spot them.Secondly, when such game discovers thatthe enemy does, or is apt to, detect their

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out from behind you. In this case, it was thebig buck whose spoor we'd seen. Subsequentback-tracking showed that he'd stood im­mobile, not only while we'd passed withina matter of 10 or so feet, but until we'd gonefar down the ridge. Then, when he wascertain that no dude hunter could hit him, hestarted his sneak-away up and over tlie ridge.

"Take him!" I said to my wife.In her efforts to get the sights on him, she

fell on the steep hill, stabbing the muzzleof her Model 99 Savage deeply into theground and filling the barrel for an inch.At the moment, there seemed nothing betterto do than sit in the wet snow and bust thegreat buck with my .30-06.

That instance lent support to what anobserving western outfitter, Glidden McNeelof Alpine, Wyoming, once told me. "Youwatch. A big majority of the really big bucksare shot in the hinder."

This is reasonable in the light of thesetwo deer-traits. The big buck either lies low,taking flight in the last second and neces­sitating a fast shot at his departing rump;or the wise old monster is already a longways off, headed fast and continuously fromthe hunter, and also presenting a shot at hisleast-vulnerable hind-end. Thus, the serioustrophy hunter takes a rifle-cartridge combina­tion gre,ater than that needed to account fora spike buck.

There is another buck characteristic. Abig buck, coming into contact with a personand with mutual surprise, will often standan'chored instead of bolting-H the personevidences no obvious intent to harm.

I am confident tbat game, especially wiseold bucks whose survival depends upon anaccurate estimate, can divine the intent ofman. The man, who, upon seeing game, im­mediately prances about, throws his gun tohis shoulder, yells, "There he is!", points,and otherwise advertises the fact that he'sseen game-is enough to make any smartbuck head for the next county.

But if the hunter spots game and thencasually goes about doing exactly as he hasbeen doing, then there is less reason for thegame to suspect danger. The trick is to socontinue with such a pseudo lack of interestuntil you get into full view, have tbe safetyoff and are ready, and then bust the buckbefore the instant-of flight.

My last Wyoming buck taught me a newtrick. At over 350 yards he topped out on asage brush sky-line, near dusk. From thesitting position I cut loose with the .264Magnum-and missed him clean. GliddenMcNeel, the outfitter, said with confidenceas the buck loped away, "He won"t go far.If this was back near our elk camp, wherethere's a lot of hunting, that buck would notput on his brakes before tah. But these aremigration deer_ And deer, migrating, don'trun off far."

True to Glidden's prediction, we'd onlyhunted a few minutes till we located thebuck again. He'd simply romped out of sight,

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even if you have to watk an extra mile­circle him and come upon him from an un­suspected direction.

A great 12 point western buck once com­bined both traits of getting-away-closer, withresults that any experienced deer-hunter canappreciate. My wife and I were after awhopper, and had hunted quietly down ahigh ridge at foggy day-break, watching thatproductive area where the edge of timber andmahogany met the open alp. The tracks of amighty buck lay all around as he'd meanderedabout unmolested.

As we finished the ridge, and went downinto the canyon-bottom, where he wasn't, weheard a faint tinkle of shale, from the veryridge-edge we had just left. In mountaincountry, a tinkle of shale often means atinkle of shale, or a smart old buck, sneaking

presence, then they are away like the pro­verbial bat out of hell. Thirdly, the success­ful hunter in such heart-stopping situations,must have a rifle stocked to fit him, so that,when he ups it it will point right at the mov­in'g target; and he needs a cartridge of suffi­cient horse-power to do the job successfullyunder far-from-ideal conditions.

Big bucks, especially in heavily-huntedareas, will often depend on the continuing­distance factor. That is, they will leave anarea five minutes before any sign of dangerand they seemingly never stop.

We watched a prime example of this insome semi-barren, aspen-patch country once.A couple of hunters were "sneaking" up ona great buck and both were visible to uswith binoculars. They pussy-footed into eachaspen patch, expecting the buck whose tracksthey followed in the snow. But less than amile beyond, the great buck would stop andstudy them from some vantage-point. Thenhe would run to another spot where he couldwatch them again.

It took many years to uncover this hardlesson: It's far better and productive neverto trail an alerted buck, but in some way-

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Michigan cat treed in big birchand was easily seen by hunters,

trip they called 55 bobcats on the samebig ranch in a week. On that trip, too, theyexperimented with calling a cat close andtossing them a dead jackrabbit. Some catswere spooked by the sound of the rabbithitting the ground, others grabbed thedead rabbit and ate it while the light wason them!

Bobcats can be called during the day.For those who have called foxes or coyotes,it must be understood that for daytimecat calling, you must operate in dense cover.And a cat comes sneaking, not running likethe fox or coyote. He also comes slowly,sometimes taking 20 or 30 minutes before ap­pearing. Most callers leave a bobcat stand tooquickly in the daytime. Often one will cometo the call and sit behind a bush, watching.There are a number of instances of cats

nobody shot, although with a scope in thatlight it would have been easy pickin's. Wedecided to see what those cats would do. Abreeze had sprung up, blowing directly fromus to them. Believe it or not, we kept thosecats around us for 20 minutes and neverdid kill one because we were having toomuch fun watching them. During that eve·ning, in three sets, we called seven bobcats.

The Burnham brothers, call makers withwhom I have hunted, have had some amaz­ing experiences with bobcats. On a recent

A sling is a must. Look at the rifle of aman who has killed at least six bucks inthe 28-30 inch antler class, and five will getyou ten his rifle is sling-equipped.

The big bucks rifle must be perfectlysighted in-and before the hunt. Sight anymodern deer rifle in for 200 yards, thenlearn the hold-over at 300 and 400 yards.Another way is to sight the rifle in at 300yards, hold around 4 inches low mid-way,and on the buck's spine at 400 yards. That'sa rough-and-ready rule, but it works.

Lastly, the smart shooter is the man whouses his deer rifle as often as possibleduring the off-seasons. He gets to know hisgun, its heft, trigger pull, the sights-andhe hits what he shoots at, especially on thosefast snap shots.

Briefly, this is what the monster mule deerbucks taught me over the years. But I amwilling to bet that, come next fall and I takeanother whopper, I'll learn a new ~trick or two! ~

My bobcat hunting took a drasticallydifferent turn when, insteali of just goingsouth for the winters, we moved permanentlyto south-central Texas. There weren't manyhound men here and so I discovered a newbobcatting thrill-the predator call.

After a few seasons in Texas, I becameconvinced that the bobcat I always consid·ered so shy, is possibly the dumbest littledevil on earth when it comes to a squallingpredator call. He loses his sense, and hisshyness, thus offering plenty of good sport.

The bobcat is a great one for stayingin the thickest, meanest stuff he can findduring the day. But at night, he comesout and wanders around wherever the hunt·ing is good. In the south-Texas brush thereare many fairly open spots, prickly pear flats,or places where green, low·growing saladillogrows, and where the rabbits cavort of anevening. If such a spot happens to borderdense brush such as is found in any dry­creek or wash bottom in the brush country,it could hardly be more perfect for a setupto call Bob.

Four of us made our first try in such aplace. Nobody paid too much attention tothe breeze. When you call coyotes or foxesyou must watch the wind. But a cat, forsome odd reason, doesn't seem to mindwhich way it blows. One of the boys puton a headlamp, tilted the beam up so itwould not hit an animal in the eyes andfrighten' it. The lamp, when worn this way,throws a dim light in a broad circle, pickingup the glow of animal eyes. The callerkeeps a str~ng-beamed flashlight in hishand, ready to spotlight the target whenhe gets it up close enough.

We stood close behind the caller, listeningto the wailing of the call. He swung hishead from side to side as he wailed, search­ing the area. Then his head stopped moving,and he started squeaking softly. All of uscould see three pairs of eyes. Bobcats. Theywere so close it seemed ridiculous.

Presently the caller put the light on them.One cat was sitting. He turned his head asidebecause the light bothered him. Another onestarted to walk away. The third stood andstared. The caller switched off the light. Wewere so startled at what we'd seen that

BOBCATl ON SNOW AND SAND(Continued from page 21)

then turned sharply, and headed back intothe head of a gulley, just. under and towardsus. As we went down the crest, he came out,on the opposite side of the canyon, this timeat 250 yards. One shot reduced him topossession.

The deer rifle mu~t fit perfectly if you areto take advantage of the long-range shotsand those fast, close snap shots. My experi·ence is that neither type shot can' be donesuccessfully unless the rifle has a light, crisptrigger·pull. On both shots a hard sloppytrigger-pull will throw the shot wild, andI'm convinced that this is a fundamentalreason why fine riflemen often miss.

It's simple hunting wisdom to have a car­tridge with sufficient power to do the job,especially at an "angling" or raking shot,and flat enough so as not to miss throughtrajectory error at longer ranges. Specifically,cartridges of the .270, .280, .264 Magnum,.30-06, and the 7 mm class are the deerhunter's best bets.

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I'd like to renew its acquaintance. The catcalling in the southwest brush has spoiledme. To be sure, it is no shotgun sport there.On occasion a close shot is offered, butmost of the time you need a rifle, and itseems to me that this in itself is a partof the appeal of the sport.

The hot and accurate .222 is an eJl;cellentgun. It is powerful enough, is light to carry,and you just can't beat it for hitting whereyou aim. The .243 is another good one. Ilike it because it is a good all-around rifle,for coyotes that come to the call, for deerin season, and for javelina. The one-gun mancannot go too far wrong with it. On the otherside of the picture, I've hunted bobcats withthe .264 Winchester Magnum, seen themshot with the .270 and a lot of other cali­bers. Any hot·flying, flat-traveling bullet thathits a bobcat will do a lot of damage. If youare planning to keep the hide or have a catmounted, then something like the .222 oreven the .22RF Magnum-when you canpick a close shot-is a better idea. But Ireally don't think caliber is any greatconsideration. Getting the cat to come to thecall is what counts.

Regardless of where you live, you shouldtry bobcatting once. You cannot help findinga new off-season sport with these ubiquitouslittle critters. They will repay in high dramaand new varieties of hunting thrills all theeffort you spend to collect one. And whoknows, maybe we'll meet someday ~at some cat crossing! ~

stopper," ahead of 40 grains of semi-smoke­less powder.

The gun worked fine. Twice in the 30years it was carried, it came out of thatpocket and stopped its man-permanently.After retirement, on a visit to Sarasota, theowner gave it to Henry for his collection.

The other Behrens·built special tells itsstories only by its looks and its performance.It's a special 42-inch barreled "Long Tom"single-barrel 12 bore, built to put a heftycharge of 00 Buck "in your hat" at about50 yards or so. Henry Behrens built two suchguns, for neighbors who hunted deer deepin the Florida woods and hated to wasteammunition. With these Long Toms, theyneeded just one shot.

These buckshot specials were built onStevens actions marked "Dreadnought," withBehrens barrels. They must weigh at least 10pounds. They do indeed, Behrens says, putbuckshot in a mighty small group "way outyonder." In Florida's humid atmosphere, anunpitted gun owned 20 years by a back­woods farmer is pretty unusual, but thisBehrens special is unmarred. Obviously, itwas a prized possession. It came back to itsmaker only after the owner's eyes went bad.

The list of other special jobs is long.Behrens made several insert rifle barrels forshotguns. One he remembers was in .25-35for one barrel of a 20-gauge Merkel over·under. The job included an air-and-water·tight wooden case, as the owner was headedfor Argentina. He later wrote that it workedjust fine.

Once Mrs. Behrens said she'd like to havea Kentucky rifle to hang over the fireplace.So Henry made one, and there it hangs,flintlock and stock and barrel all hand-hewn.

slttmg right in the open, watching a callerwho didn't know he was being watched.Whit Whitenton, game warden at Laredo,Texas, turned around one day as he satsqualling for a bobcat on a wash bank-andthere was the cat, sitting in the middle ofthe trail, watching him.

The Burnham's have discovered that twocallers wailing away simultaneously seemto have an especially mesmerizing effect onbobcats. They have also used the electroniccall which plays a record and had goodluck with it.

The type of gun you use for bobcathunting doesn't matter too much. Seldom areshots of any length offered. They're eithertree shots, or running shots at rather closequarters. Most of the old hands in mybailiwick use shotguns loaded with small·sizebuckshot.

Lately, I've been using the new SavageModel 24 rifle-shotgun combination, upperbarrel .22RF Magnum, lower barrel 20gauge. The deluxe model has auto ejectors,and is a very good looking little gun, indeed.Although each barrel is of course only singleshot, this in my estimation should make anabsolutely perfect bobcat gun for the north­woods hound-dog crowd. A bobcat, whichwill weigh on the average seldom much over25 to 28 pounds, is not difficult to kill, andboth the .22RF Magnum and the 20 gaugehave all the steam one needs when huntingon snowshoes.

Nowadays, I think maybe I like to remem­ber hunting bobcats on webs better than

won the Olympic rapid-fire matches shootingupside-down pistols. Apparently, their shoot·ers didn't cant the gun, and the advantageof the nearly recoilless guns brought themthe Gold Medal. The design was promptlylegislated out of existence.

Henry Behrens hasn't spent all his timemaking guns for his own amusement. Hehas run a regular gun sales and repairbusiness from the time he finished his ap­prenticeship in 1897. But when someonewanted something special, Henry built itfor him.

Often, after such special guns had servedtheir purpose, Henry got them back. That'sthe story behind two of the guns in hisbig collection.

The first is a "dehorned" Colt ArmyDouble Action .45, carried on duty for 30·oddyears by a Cincinnati policeman. It was de·horned and the barrel shortened so that itwould fit in a tail-coat pocket. It's a bigpocket gun, but the officer wouldn't haveany other.

"He picked it off the wall himself," HenryBehrens chuckles. "First, he handed me astill·good .38 revolver and told me to chuckit in the collection. Then he handed me thisand told me to fix it so it would go in hispocket." It seems the man had shot a knifeartist five times with the .38 and still gotcut to the extent of six weeks in the hospital,so he was big-caliber minded.

Behrens snubbed the barrel back to about2", did away with the extractor and mostof the hammer, chopped out the front ofthe trigger guard, and put on a little beadfront sight. He then "loaded some heavy .45Colt loads, using a 260-grain cup-pointedwadcutter that Behrens calls a "British Man·

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there are tip·downs, swinging barrels, swing·ing blocks, rising and, falling ·hl.oclcs, trap·doors a la Allin, Martini·types, bolt actionsoperated by levers, buttons, sliding latchesof all kinds. He has built, them with..sheath .triggers, double·sets, 'singl~' 'stage triggers,buttons, thumb triggers, and even, in onetarget -type, a release trigger.

In repeating handguns and rifles, he hasregular revolvers, one or two with extrabarrels-say, a .22 revolver under a .38single·shot. There is a lever·action whichlooks like a Volcanic at the back end, butlike a Colt Lightning ,22 rifle at thefront. There are right.side-up and upside­down semi-autos with locked and unlockedbreeches, with clips before and behind tbetrigger, loading from the top and the bottom,There is a gas powered locked·breech pistol.Some look like Colts~ some like Mausers,some like 'Berettas-and all look likeBehrens.

The Behrens appr~acli to firearms designand construction makes solid·looking guns,with surprising heft for their bulk. HenryBehrens points out that they are solid metal,save for the space occupied by operatingparts. All have good sights, mostly of thePatridge variety; almost all have visiblehammers; all have about the same triggerpull, which is very light and soft, withouta "break."

.That outside hammer is important in theBehrens scheme of things. He thinks it isthe best safety that can be built. In hisupside·down automatic, which has an out··side hammer, Behrens solved the problem ofsafety by hitching a steel indicator rod tothe hammer, extending back into the triggerguard. Even with the hammer out of sightunder the gun, a wiggle of the trigger fingertells the shooter whether it's cocked or not,

Aside from the guns he has made himself,Henry Behrens owns a lot of other interest­ing guns. Some of them make any gun nutdrool. Some are oddities. Some have storiesconnected to them, like the "Long Tom" 12and the dehorned DA Army.

One of the first things a knowing eyecatches on stepping into Henry Behrens'house is a First Model Dragoon Colt, hungcasually by its trigger guard on the backof a chair. Near it on a pile of magazinesis a Farrow rifle action. That's right; anuntouched, still-in·the·white Farrow action.

Probably the only. loaded gun in thehouse is a Colt SA Army .45, 71h" barrel.It's one of two Colts that Behrens' fatherbought. The other was a 3%" barrel Store·keeper's Model, now long gone. This partie·ular gun was Mrs. Behrens favorite, andHenry Behrens estimates its ammo consump·tion at something like 100,000 rounds. Ithas no finish, but it's tight and sound. Andit's probably the only working gun aroundthat was bought from a man named Colt­Leman Colt, in this instance, way back inthe '80's.

In a pile of long 'arms leaning in a cornerare the tell·tale beefy stocks of some U. S.Martial flintlocks, and at least one BrownBess. A pile of pistols in another place boldsat least one Mauser and a couple of cap·and·ball arms. In a stack of rifle actions,there are a couple of Winchester saddle·ringcarbines and a Savage 1920 in .250-3000caliber.

Behind a· door' is a cache of' ~porting fire·

Once a major piece is finished, usually thereceIver, -·all fhe rest are made to fit it.Trigger linkage, hammer (most Behrensguns have outside hammers) all slip in place

'and- are .usually pinned. Short barrels, as in.the handguns -he's· -making these days, .-are, first fitted into place, and then drilled,reamed, and rifled on that same hand-power

. press.Most of this work is done in the Florida

sunshine on his back porch. Vise and tools, are mounted on the porch railing. With achunk -of steel and a .fist-full of files, HenryBehrens will knock out a simple receiverin a morning or so. He keeps two or moregoing at once, always something in theworks.

In all, now in Henry Behrens' possession,are 94 of his odd-balls. In single-shot pistols

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It is as simple to describe how HenryBehrens makes his guns as it is to tell howto shoot well. One shoots well by aligningthe sights properly and then firing the' gunwithout altering this alignment. HenryBehrens takes an idea, turns it into a roughsketch, and then makes steel pieces to match,fitting them to one another as he goes along.Simple? For him, it is.

A piece of tough steel about an inch or-so thick, and some good bar-stock, are allhe needs. He grease-pencils the rough draw­ing on the steel, and hogs it off with a hack­saw. He then sets it up in the vise and filesit to shape. He uses a hand-powered drillpress to start his inside file cuts, and also toput holes where he needs them. .

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out 'cannon barrel. On the rear end is aknob, designed to fit against the base of thethumb, while the barrel pokes out' throughthe fingers. A sleeve around it, a knurledring, is pulled back by the fingers-and"Click" goes the firing pin.

Henry Behrens made 500 of these justafter the turn of the century. He got $2.50each for them. The man he made them forsold them for $5 each. That somehow didn'tseem right to Henry, but nonetheless, he'shad one in his pocket ever since. His hasan aluminum knob; the commercial oneshad a rubber knob.

Henry Behrens has had a full life with­out big business or lots of money. He hasall the guns and shooting a man could want.He lived in a pioneer community, was itsfire chief for 12 years, and operated a night­stick when Sarasota was a tough town.

He and his wife drove a White fire truck-an open truck- from Milwaukee, Wis., toSarasota, Fla., in 1917. He once killed 16quail and a rabbit with one shot from aborrowed Winchester shotgun. Once, whenthe Florida real estate boom went bust backin the late '20s, Henry tore up $5,000 worthof bills owed him rather than watch hiswife try to collect them. He owns a house­full of memories and guns.

Sixty-five years of gunsmithing haven'tbent his back. At 78, alone, he manages ajaunty gait to match his six feet of height.He repairs hunters' guns for the weeklygroceries. He entertains every day on hisback porch. It's all fun to him.

It's all been fun to Henry Behrens. Whatpart of it wasn't devoted to fire engines,nightsticks, or a loving wife, was hitchedto guns. A good life. Henry Behrens ~thinks so. And so do I. ~

firing time are measured.In reaction fast draw, the contestant stands

ready with holstered gun and awaits thesignal to draw. The signal, usually a light,bell or both, is actuated by the same electricalcurrent that drives the timer. Times recordedin this method are naturally greater thanself-start times because they measure theresponse time as well as draw and fire time.

In the duelling types of fast draw, thecontestants may stand or may walk eitherside-by-side or approaching each other. Inthe side-by-side contest, hits with wax bulletson a target are utilized to stop the timer.In face-to-face shooting, blanks are used,and the sound stops the timer. In eithertype, the timing equipment usually indicatesthe winner and his time.

The walk-and-draw type competition wasadopted a rew years ago by the Colt's-SaharaHotel match in Las Vegas, Nevada. Today,this event is accepted as the national fastdraw.championship. In this match, the con­testants take their places with guns holsteredand loaded with blanks at opposite ends ofa 120-foot walkway that has a 30-foot foulzone in the center. When each has sigualledthat he is ready, the command to commencewalking is given, and they walk toward eachother with gun hands ready but at least sixinches from their guns. The signal to draw,

Each shooter is timed individually at eachstage, and a pre·determined sliding scale isused to convert his time into points of credit.In some o~ these matches groups the sizeof the palm of your hand are fired in 1.6 or1.7 seconds timed from the signal to draw.

This course lacks the accuracy require­ment of the practical pistol course, but itmore nearly approaches the speed require­ments of fast draw clubs than any othercombat course known to me.

I have been told that there are over 30types of fast draw contests held in thiscountry. The better ones utilize accuratetiming equipment to measure the speed, andthey may be self-starting or include reactiontime. In some the competitors stand stilland draw. In others they walk and draw.In some contests they shoot against timeonly. In others they are paired against eachother in an elimination system.

In self-start shooting, the contestant standsready with gun holstered and with onefinger of his shooting hand holds down apush button switch keeping the electricalcircuit to the timer open. He chooses theinstant to draw, and the switch closes thecircuit and starts the timer when his gun­hand releases the button. The shot stops thetimer either by sound or by a hit in atarget area. In this method only drawing and

arms designed to water the mouth of anycollector-user. There's a Newton sportingrifle in .30-06, so nicely-balanced and withsuch a well-proportioned stock that youdon't even notice the full 28" barrel. There'sa made-for-Sears Marlin Model 90 in.22/.410, but this one is finished like Searsnever saw.

This gun and some others are the result. of Henry Behrens' long-time chumship witha number of people in the gun industry.Nick Brewer of Savage Arms was one. Brew­er was a gun designer for Savage, and heand his doctor father were gun nuts. HenryBehrens has a squirrel rifle made by theelder Brewer. It looks like a percussion Ken­tucky, full-stocked and all, but it breaksopen to take the Stevens .25-25 cartridge. Asimilar friendship is behind the Marlin 90and a mate to it in .30-30/20 gao onceowned by Henry Behrens.

Besides building and designing and re­pairing and selling and collecting guns,Henry Behrens has done a lot of shooting.In days when a box .22 Long Rifle costs85¢ or so, it seems strange, but he and hiswife have plinked around a million .22rounds into the bulletstop in his backyard.And that doesn't count the center-fire stuff,including the 100,000 or so rounds of .45Colt run through the old Single-Action Army.

The natural question that comes to mindwhen you sit and talk to this gunsmith­designer-gun nut cum laude is, "Why didyou neve.r try gun manufacturing?" Theman's energy and ability is impressive.

What you get is a gun nut's answer."I never wanted to. I had all the guns I

wanted right. here," Henry Behrens says."And besides, I did manufacture some gunsfor a fellow once." He reaches in his pocketand pulls out a most innocuous-appearinghalf·inch tube maybe 5" long. He unscrews

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WHAT MAKES THE "CRACK" GO "BOOM"

adjust his spotting scope, put on the propershooting glasses, screw in his ear plugs,check his squadding ticket, and layout hisgun, ammunition', oil can, screwdrivers, stop­watch, scorebook, and other sundry equip­ment. Before the shooting starts he assumesa precise stance often with the left handcarefully placed in the left trouser pocket,and he has a time limit averaging 60 secondsper shot in the first stage. This kind of shoot"ing is obviously not for combat, but is in­tended to test accuracy and not speed.

At the other end of the scale is the Colt's­Sahara type fast draw sho'oting which, withits flashing speed, also lacks certain practi­cal elements. The fast draw competitor uses asingle action revolver that has long since

gas, which has leaked past the bulletin the barrel, leaves the muzzle of thegun, very closely followed by the pro­jectile.

At the instant the projectile emerg:es from the muzzle the powder gasbehind it in the ,b"arrel is still at avery high pressure. on the order ofseveral thousand pounds per squareinch. This gas immediately starts tostream out of the barrel and expand,and quickly attains a velocity con­siderably in excess of that of thebullet.

This gives rise to 'a turbulent regionand a sound wave which is in ad­vance of the' bul,let, moving at ahigher velocity than the bullet itself•

However. the impact of the exhaustgases with the stationary atmospheresoon slows the velocity of the expand­ing powder gases below that of thebullet.

In a very short distance the bulletovertakes the sound wave due to ex­pansion of these gases and can beseen' in spark photographs to proceedahead of the explosion wave with theformation of a shock wave of its own,providing,. of course. that the bulletvelocity is greater than the velocity

'of sound.In general. then. it can be said

that. when a gun is fired. the noisearises from two sources. One sourceIs the shock wave created by thepassage of the bullet through the air.and is present whenever the velocityof the bullet is greater than the veloc­ity of sound in air. which, as notedabove. is approximately 1100 feet persecond.-

The other source of noise is the sud­den violent expansion of the gas fromthe gun barrel into the atmospherewhen the bullet leaves the muzzle.

Thus, to an observer sufficiently dis­tant from the gun. the discharge ofa firearm will register itself upon hisear as first a sharp "crack." which isdue to the shock wave originatingahead of the bullet. and followedthereafter by a "boom" which is thepercussion wave sent out from themuzzle of the gun due to the violentexpansion of the powdergases.

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The question of what causes the"bang" or noise from a fired gun

has always intrigued a considerablenumber of shooters. Many have takenit for granted that the noise is madeby the "explosion" of the powder inthe charge. Others have not been sowilling to accept this theory.

The supervisor of Physics and Ball­istics Research at Remington ArmsCompany, Inc.. recently wrote anarticle describing some experimentson the analysis of the sound from a.22 rimfire cartridge.

These studies revealed that. oncethe velocity of this bullet exceeds thevelocity of sound in air (approxi­mately 11 00 feet per second), themajor portion of the noise arises fromthe so-called "bow wave" or "shockwave" originating with the bullet. Itwas also shown that. as the velocityof the bullet increases. the loudness ofthe "crack" increases rapidly up to abullet velocity of about 1300 feet persecond, after which it continues to in­crease. but at a slower rate.

The noise attributable to expandinggases at the muzzle was shown to berelatively small for .22 rimfire car­tridges in contrast with the relativelyloud report these gases cause in highpower center-fire cartridges.

For this reason, therefore, the high­power cartridge lends itself more,readily to explanation of the causesof noises induced by both shock waveand expanding gases.

First, let us consider the chain ofevents accompanying the dischargeof a high-power rifle. and what hap­pens as these disturbances are trans­mitted through the air. As the bulletstarts to move down the gun barrel. itpushes the air in the barrel ahead ofit out the muzzle. compressing it, andcausing a mild shock wave to beformed at the muzzle of the gun be­fore the bullet exits.

Shortly after this. exceedingly swift

a light and a single ping of a bell, may comeat any time after that. There are no hits tobe scored, since blanks are used for safety,but guns must be approximately level withthe ground at the instant of firing. Thetimin'g equipment indicates the winner andhis time in hundredths of a second. In thelatest of these contests, in November, 1962,.vance Anderson reduced the record to .31second and consistently drew and fired inthat time.

A practical shooter thinking of combatwould be either horrified or amused to seea conventional competitor go over the Na­tional Match Course for the first time. Inthe beginning, he would take three minutesto set up his shooting kit on the firing bench,

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When the contestants face each other as inthe Colt's-Sahara match at Las Vegas, onlyblanks are used. When it is desired that hitsbe scored to stop the timer and insure thata reasonable degree of accuracy is attained,wax bullets are used. They are loaded intoshells with primers only, and have enoughmuzzle velocity to strike the target smartlyat a distance of several feet. At very closerange, they would raise painful welts on theexposed portions of a person's body andcould cause serious injury to the eyes; butthey are otherwise not dangerous.

The rookie Federal agent who was notpermitted any kind of fast draw practiceduring his training may not be able to gethis gun out before the fight is over. Mostcombat shooters do have a reasonable speed,and the top notchers are especially fast con­sidering the fact that their shooting is withlive ammunition. Several years ago a seriesof timing tests were performed on WalterWalsh, former FBI agent and now a Marinecolonel. Using a .38 Special double actionrevolver and live ammunition, Walsh scoredmany hits in the kill zone of a man-sizedtarget in from .30 to .40 second using theself-starting, fast draw timing method.

Bill Jordan has performed numerous amaz­ing feats involving a combination of fastdraw and hits with live ammunition. In oneday, he twice recorded times of .27 second,including reaction time to draw and scorea hit on the Ross robot dueling target withwax bullets. Competitors placing near thetop in matches over the Bancroft pistol coursecan usually be expected to score 5 hits withlive ammunition on a single silhouette targetin 1.6 or 1.7 seconds. Firing on five separate

been discarded by the combat shooters infavor of double action guns. Blanks areused for safety at Las Vegas. The combatshooter will use live ammunition, preferablyof heavy caliber. The fast draw shooter'sextreme gun rig would not be accepted byany police force in the United States. Thecombat shooter must wear a rig that doesnot look freakish or indicate that he istrigger happy. The combat shooter-thinkingof the police officer still-must approach hisopponent in a fairly natural manner. Thefast draw competitor approaches with asmooth, gliding walk, one foot placed pre­cisely in front of the other at each step,with the upper body and hands held in aconstant ready position and leaning slightlybackward. When he finally explodes intoaction, the fast draw man goes all out forspeed and tries to have his gun level at theinstant of firing. The combat shooter mustscore a hit in order to stop his opponent andhe must not have any misses that might killan in'nocent bystander.

However, the things that seem out of placeto the combat shooter now are important infast draw and may be helpful in combatshooting later. The western dress and singleaction revolver featured in fast draw shoot·ing keep alive the legends and traditions ofthe Old West. The fast draw walking style,which may strike the average spectator asunnatural, helps the contestant keep con'·stantly ready. It reduces the chances of hisbeing caught in an awkward position at thesignal to draw, and is conducive to moreconsistent fast performance. The fast drawgun rigs that may appear extreme, embodycertain principles that may well be adoptedby the combat sbooters. The low-slung, tied­down holster of yesteryear that wobbled withyour leg as you walked is gone. The modern'speed rig carries the gun higher and, asnearly as possible, always in the same posi­tion to avoid fumbling the draw. It is de­signed to permit moving the gun into firingposition with the least effort and in theshortest possible time. Improvement in thehammer-fanning technique has put the fan­ners ahead of the thumb cockers now. Thecombat shooter will not attempt to fan hisdouble action revolver, but he may improvehis shooting by using the same study methodsand training technique that helped fast draw.

A few years ago, the chief complaintagainst a fast draw was that it was danger­ous. One organ'ization that opposed it receiveda steady flow of newspaper clippings of acci­dents connected with attempts at fast drawwith live ammunition. These accidents wereshocking to those steeped in the safety pre­cautions that accompanied organized targetpractice and competition. However, thesecases, though unfortunate, were not repre­sentative of the fast draw game. They wereoften individuals who entered into the sportwithout proper training in safety or funda­mental technique, and who tried to handleloaded guns with a speed beyond the capa­bilities of their skill.

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targets, they may 'extend ::their time <to about.,2' seconds.' In general police training over thepractical pistol course, elapsed times between.50 and 1 second are considered good fordrawing and placing the first shot in thetarget at 7 yards.

T>his may seem slow compared' to thespeeds with which fast draw shooters get offtheir first shots. In the East, where fast drawcontests are often with wax bullets and ahit on some target is required to stop thetiming machinery, .40 second is consideredfast time. In the West where blanks are morewidely used and the timer is stopped bysound, the time is reduced to the neighbor­hood or .30 second. Remember that the com­bat shooter uses live ammunition and musthi t his target!

To understand the major differences be·tween combat shooting and fast draw shoot­ing, let us look into the purposes of the two.The Yuma Territorial Six Guns, a fast drawclub in Yuma, Arizona, declares in theirconstitution and by-laws the following pur­poses of their organization:

7x57 cartridge and stays in less than 2 min­utes of angle.

On my first hunt with this gun I usedWestern and Remington soft point factoryammo. While the factory loads left much tobe desired, they proved very effective on muledeer. In order to develop the capabilities ofthe gun' and cartridge, handloads wereworked up. Several mule deer and an elk ortwo were taken with the 160 gr. Speer bulletahead of various powders. With both theSpeer and Western Tool & Copper Works160 gr. bullets at around the 2700 fps, bulletaction on game was excellent, with goodexpansion and penetration. Best of all, thetrajectory was quite Ilat.

Later I started using the 160 gr. NosIerbullet backed by 48 gr. of 4360 which, in'my rifle, is very accurate and near maxi­mum. Due to the excellent bullet designand sectional density these bullets givevery deep penetration while still expandingsufficiently to give the tissue destructionso vital for quick kills, Several mule deer,pronghorns and elk have fallen to this loadand no animal fairly hit required tracking.None of these osler bullets have everbeen recovered from deer·sized game, noteven from large bulk elk on broad-side shots,and complete penetration is normal.

In my experience the killing qualities,penetration, and trajectory of the 7x57 cart­ridge with 160 gr. bullet is equal to thatof the .30-06 using 180 gr. bullets of ident­ical design.

In the late 1940's I acquired a secondrille with a .284 bore and chambered for the.285 O.K.H. cartridge by C. M. O'Neil. Thiscartridge is a .30-06 case necked to takethe 7 mm bullet and is almost an identicaltwin for the later .280 Remington. Loading

.,. data for the two rifles are identical. Thiscartridge with the greater powder capacitywiIl-handle 175 and 180 gr. bullets betterthan the standard 7x57 case. The 180 gr.Western Tool & Copper Works two·diameterbullet clocked in at some 2850 f.p.s. at themuzzle with maximum loads, and some 100f.p.s. faster with the 160 gr. bullet.

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Some of these elements are included. inthe purposes of a combat shooting program.However, the principle purpose of combatshooting is self defense. To police, militarypersonnel, householders, and others, it meansshooting with a combination of speed, accu­racy, and fire power that will disable a hostileopponent before he can score a fatal hit.

Obviously there is really no conllict betweentoday's fast draw shooting and combat marks­manship training. One is a sport enteredinto for recreation and entertainment. Theother is a serious business entered ~into for the protection of one's life. ~

Mule deer and elk were killed with this180 gr. W.T.&C.W. open-point bullet whichwas beautifully designed for long rangeshooting, but seemed to expand too quicklyfor the deep penetration that is needed ongame the size of elk on quartering shots'. This.285 O.K.H. is considerably flatter than the7 x 57 and is about an equal to the .300H&H Magnum for long range work.

I was seriously testing this .cartridge inthe game country, when John NosIer broughtout the 175 gr. 7 mm bullet in his first open­point design. This was a true two-diameterbullet with the forward portion. out to ridethe lands.

Several elk were killed with the open·point and later with the soft-point 175 gr.NosIer bullets, at ranges from 50 to near400 yards. In every instance these bulletsgave complete penetration, but all shots wereeither through the lungs or shoulders, andnone were large bulls. All were killed witha single bullet.

In drop tests it was found that with 55gr. of 4350 behind the 175 gr. NosIer soft·point from a 26" barrel, sighted to print3" high at 100 yards, the bullet was still1%" high at 200, 4%" low at 300 and17-18" low at 400 yards. The 160 gr. bulletshoots even flatter and is a better choice forgame in the sheep class.

Some 10 years ago there appeared a widevariety of wildcat 7's,. many built on beltedmagnum cases. Some of these were of ratherpoor design, and similar to the old .280 Du­biel, using the full length .300 H&H brasswith long sloping shoulders. For the mostpart, these were belted cases cut to about.30-06 length, with shoulders of 30-35 de·grees, and blown out to have very littlebody taper. In many cases the powder capac·ity of these magnum 7's e.xceeded that of thestandard .3J}0 H&H.

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only down 6-8" at the 400 yard mark. If youhold this Big 7 dead on a sheep's shoulderanywhere out to 400 yards and are using theabove sighting and the 160 gr. bullet, you'llhave mutton in camp that night.

This rifle was blooded on a cow elk thathad been spooked and made the mistake ofstopping to look back from the far side ofa canyon at what looked to be 400 yards.The crosshair rested on top of her back andthe 175 gr. NosIer bullet took her just overcenter and whistled off into space. Shedropped and rolled to the canyon bottom­dead. The rifle accounted for a huge muledeer buck at a short 150 yards, using thesame load-a 175 gr. NosIer bullet backed by70 gr. of 4831. A fair-sized black bear waswhacked at slightly over 100 yards with the160 gr. NosIer pill and 71 gr. of 4831. Pene­tration was complete in all cases with 2 inchexit holes.

By now I had no doubt of what the guncould do, but the acid test is on the big,tough game, game that can pack away alot of punishment. When in the fall of1961, I had the chance to make that dreamtrip to Alaska, the Big 7 went along.

The first chance at Alaskan game camewhen a perfect silver-blonde Toklat grizzlywandered into camp during a blizzard. Thebear, rooting the last blueberries out of thesnow was about 160 yards away, and nearlybroadside. The blowing snow almost com·pletely hid the grizzly at times. Roughshooting, but now or never. The 175 gr.NosIer took the bear high in the shoulders,and he dropped without a quiver. Perhapsa minute passed, then the great head came

ten grains more powder capacity than the'06 case. According to Norma ballistics data,this cartridge with the 160 gr. bullet devel·ops a muzzle velocity of 3100 fps. Trajectoryis very flat and the cartridge has won agreat deal of respect wherever it has beenused. The 7 x 61 S & H, the Weatherby 7 mmMagnum, and the 7 mm Remington Magnumare to date the only three magnum 7 mmcartridges loaded commercially. None of

these cartridges are found easily enoughin out-of-the-way sections of the country.Moreover, bullet weight choice is somewhatlimited.

After the fine results obtained with thesmall and the medium 7's, one of the Big 7'sseemed the ultimate in a long range rifle forbig game. Reliable chronograph checks in­dicated that some of the large, blown-outcases would give about the same velocitywith the 175 gr. bullet as the somewhatsmaller cases-like the 7 x 61-would withthe 160 gr. bullet. I never liked the light andshort bullets for heavy game, and a casethat could handle 160-175 gr. bullets to thehighest velocity seemed to be the answer.Although the bullets might be over·borecapacity and thus a bit hard on throats, thiswas not to be a varmint rifle and a littlethroat wear was a minor problem.

I had Art Mashburn barrel a 300 F.N.Magnum Mauser action with a 24" Douglastube and chamber it for his 7 mm MashburnMagnum. I stocked the rifle with a piece offine French Walnut, and reduced the weightuntil, with a Leupold 4X scope in the Deta­cho mount, it weighed eight pounds. WarrenPage had written me that he clocked theMashburn 7 mm at 3050 f.p.s. with the 175gr. bullet from a 22" barrel, which shouldgive a strong 3100 f.p.s. from the 24" tube.

Like many custom rifles, this one was alaw unto itself. Powder charges had to becut two grains below that of some otherrifles, and loads had to be developed.

The proof of any cartridge is not in whatit does at the muzzle, but what it will doon the far side of the canyon where thegame is. How much bullet drop is there at400 or 500 yards, what is the remainingbullet energy at that distance?

This Big 7 proved to be one of the mostaccurate rifles I have ever seen in a sporter.Groups with both the 160 and 175 gr. NosIerbullets ran under I" at 100 yards, and at400 yards it was still running less than oneminute of angle. Best of all, it planted boththe 160 gr. NosIer and Sierra bullets in thesame group with the 175 gr. NosIer at 100yds. Actual drop tests up to 400 yardsamazed me.

Sighted to print 3" high at 100 yards withthe 175 gr. NosIer bullet, the gun still print­ed 3" high at 200 yards, dead on at 300yards and 12" low at 400. With the 160 gr.NosIer bullet and the same sighting, it wasup 4%" at 200, still 1%" high at 300 and

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mph wind howled around our ears. The bullwas quarting toward us, and with the cross­hairs six inches under the top of his back,the Big 7 bucked, He shuddered, wheeledinto the herd, stood head down, dropped tothe moss and lay still. This 160 gr, bulletpassed through a rib, the lungs and paunch,and lodged in the hide of the ham on, theother side. Again there was three feet ofpenetration. The distance was paced as404 yards over level ground.

Maybe the various 7's aren't the best all­around cartridges, but don't undersell them­they are efficient, wicked, killers. Withbullets of the 160-175 grs. class and thegreat sectional density and excellent bulletcoefficient, they are ideal for long range,big game shooting. The 7's still pack a wal­lop out there where the game is and that'swhat counts. With the NosIer 175 gr, bulletthere are few if any cartridges that will givedeeper penetration. I still think a lot of thelittle.7x57, but !emember that the Big 7 isstill steaming along with a 160 gr. bullet outat 275 yards almost as fast as the little 7is at the muzzle.

When the Alaskan safari was wrappedup, Johnny Porter, who has killed or seenAlaskan game killed with about everythingthat shoots, summed up my Big 7 with aminimum of words. When I asked what hethought of it, he commented, "That is themeat gettin'est rifleI ever saw."

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were honestly serial numbered. I found onecollection that contained three of these gunsand they bore the numbers 673, 904 and1376. This would enhance the assumptionthat Perrin numbered his products in thenormal way. We can then appreciate thatRobert Tennant of Englewood, Colorado; hasa mighty rare pair. Although they wereacquired 10 years apart by their presentowner, from different sources, the two Perrinspecimens pictured with this article are con­secutively n'umbered 421 and 422.

There is an excellent chance that thesetwo revolvers were finished side by side inthe factory of L. Perrin about 100 years ago.Exactly where the two went is unknown, butit is known that they came to this countryand were separated. Undoubtedly they trav­eled many miles apart while the years tum­bled away. Now, after all this time, they areback together again.

The Perrin ammunition is inside primedcenter-fire. A cursory examination makes itappear to be rim-fire, and one mail·orderhouse sold the cartridges for years, callingthem rim·fire in spite of their having boxlots of ammunition clearly labeled "percus·sion centre."

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that his invention or system was registeredwith the French patent office.

L. Perrin also experimented with ammuni­tion and he was granted the French cartridgepatent No.· 17,741 of 1856. This patent wasparticularly applicable to shotgun shells, butthe longitudinal partition feature is alsofound in the internal construction of his re­volver ammunition.

The design of the Perrin revolver wassomewhat advanced by Civil War era stand­ards. While the great bulk of the revolverswere of the percussion system, Perrin's mech­anism utilized center-fire, fixed, metalliccartridges. This was an advanced type andprobably gave ordnance men somewhat of aheadache since the metallic cartridges werequite special. And without the right cartridgethe revolver was nothing more than a goodpaper weight.

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up and the bear tried to pull to it's frontfeet. John Porter, crack Alaskan guide,was at my side, decided maybe another shot

. would do no harm in case the snow screencut our view of the bear to nil. The secondbullet took the grizzly on the point of theshoulder and the head dropped into thesnow. The second bullet was unnecessary­the first had broken both shoulders and thespine.

A few days later a huge bull moose thatmeasured 7 feet from withers to heel, wasshot at 300 yards. I did not have a chance toget closer because he was about to go intothe alders to bed down. The 175 gr. NosIerbullet hit at the rear of shoulder just underthe spine, broke ribs going in and out, left afist-sized hole in th~ top of lungs, passedthrough the off-shoulder and almost wentthrough the hide. A measured 36" of penetra­tion through heavy bone and muscle! The bullstood swaying for a couple of minutes anda second shot in the shoulder point put anend to it. The second shot would never havebeen fired except that we thought that thefirst one might have been a bit too high,

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testified that he had recovered four bullets,apd that he had scratched, with a needle,a Roman .numeral -on the base of each inturn. As_ the State did n'ot contend that#1, # II, or #IV came from Sacco's gun,only # III assumed importance.

Mr. William G. Thompson, of the Coun­cil of the Boston Bar Association, contended35 years ago that the # III bullet was asubstitution for the bullet actually removedfrom the body of the murdered Berardelli.It is important to note that even the prose­cution now admits that the identifyingmarks on the # III bullet differ from themarks' placed by Magrath on the otherbullets. The defense contends that this isproof of a forgery by one of the State'sexperts, and no proof in denial of thecharge has ever heen recorded. Visual andphotomicrographic tests show that the mark­ings do differ; even the various experts whowere subsequently allowed, by the State, toexamine the evidence were forced to admitthis startling fact.

Current apologists contend that bulletsidentical to bullet III were so rare in 1920.that "the experts could not locate any fortheir tests," thus indicating a supposeddifficulty to procure a substitute, and sincethe "bullet had been deformed by strikingflesh," the deformation would have beenimpossible to duplicate.

The superficiality of the above is indicatedby the photograph of the base of a .32 ACPbullet with a deformation strikingly similarto published photos of the # III bullet.This similar deformation was obtained by thenot very remarkable expedient of firin'g intoa pine board backed by wadded paper inwhich the hullet was received! As for the"rarity" of the type of cartridge, it is cur·rently available in' box lots, even today, 40years later!

The cartridge case (known as the "Fra­her") * is the other piece of controversialevidence. Unmarked, it appeared at the

trial, allegedly having been found near thebody of Berardelli with "three others."Because the "w" over the cannelure on thebullet indicated that # III was of Wi~chesterorigin, no one at the trial or during the en·suing 40 years questioned the conclusionthat the Winchester cartridge case (the"Fraher") found near Berardelli had carriedthe # III bullet. Investigation now disclosesthat the "w" type bullets were produced intwo types of cartridge cases! The cartridgecase in the Sacco-Vanzetti exhibits is smooth,but the bullet was also produced in a casethat had an external cannelure-crimp. There­fore, there is no scientific proof for the con­tention that the # III bullet came from thecartridge case in evidence! Incidentally, thispoint is herewith presented for the first time,not only as a matter for objective study, butas a flat indictment of the testimony ofevery expert involved in this travesty - of"opinion' evidence."

During the trial, the State attempted toprove that Sacco's gun (which he carried asa watchman, with his employer's knowledge)fired the # III bullet. Captain William Proc­tor, after being qualified as an ,expert,"having testified in over 100 capital cases,"and as the officer in charge of'the Massa­chusetts State Police, testified as follows:

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quently, he put to me this question: 'Q. Haveyou an opinion as to whether bullet number3 was fired from the Colt automatic which isin evidence?' To which I answered, 'I have.'He then proceeded: 'Q. And what is youropinion? A. My opinion is that it is consist­ent with being fired by that pistol.'

"That is still my opinion for the reasonthat bullet number 3, in my judgement,passed through some Colt automatic pistol,but I do not intend by that answer to implythat I had found any evidence that the so­called mortal bullet had passed through thisparticular Colt automatic pistol and the Dis­trict Attorney well knew that I did not sointen'd and framed his question accordingly.Had I been asked the direct question: wheth­er I had found any affirmative evidencewhatever that this so-called mortal bullethad passed through this particular Sacco'spistol, I should have answered then, as I donow without hesitation, in the negative."

No directly responsive answer was evermade to this extraordinary document; theState denied the implication of "repeatedly,"but not the framed question-and-answer.

The history of the evidence is soaked insuspicion. Bullets and shell cases were im·properly handled from the inception of theinvestigation, were passed around casually,without proper markings or records. Norecords or inventories appeared of the earlytests and dates and details are also lacking.Between the middle of the trial and shortlyafter it, the dimensions of the # III bulletchanged in a mysterious manner-mysteri­ous, that is, if it was still the same bullet. Itshould be noted that the State originallystipulated that no contention would be madethat Sacco's pistol had fired any specificbullet, but during the trial, the State changedthe stipulation. After the execution of Sacco

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which would justify the opinion that theparticular bullet taken from the body ofBerardelli, which carne from a Colt automaticpistol, came from the particular Colt auto­matic pistol taken from Sacco. I used everymeans available to me for forming an opinionon this subject. I conducted, with CaptainVan Amburgh, certain tests at Lowell, aboutwhich I testified, consisting in firing certaincartridges through Sacco's pistol. At notime was I able to find any evidence whateverwhich tended to convince me that the partic­ular model bullet found in Berardelli's body,which carne from a Colt automatic pistol,which I think was numbered 3, and had someother exhibit number, came from Sacco'spistol, and I so informed the District At­torney and his assistant before the trial ...

"At the trial, the District Attorney did notask me whether I had found any evidencethat the so-called mortal bullet which I havereferred to as number 3 passed throughSacco's pistol, nor was I asked that questionon cross-examination. The District Attorneydesired to ask me that question, but I hadrepeatedly told him that if he did I shouldbe obliged to answer in the n'egative. Conse-

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"... During the preparation for the trial,my attention' was repeatedly called by theDistrict Attorney and his assistants to thequestion whether I could find any evidence

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not know that a _32 Bayard pistol existed,and he had never heard of a Steyr or aSauer! The trial testimony was evaluatedby the Gunther brothers in their classicunderstatement, "The testimony given bythe experts for the Commonwealth was in­competent."

Since the trial, the State has severelyrestricted examination' of the exhibits, 'andonly a few "experts" were permitted studyo~ the evidence. Research discloses that inthose few but well publicized instances, everyexpert involved had expressed opinions, priorto the examinations of the evidence, in agree­ment with the State's claim that Sacco andVanzetti were guilty.

In at least two other cases (Milazzo inOhio, .and Israel in Conn.) two of those ex·perts were proved completely wrong in bulletidentifications with their· comparison micro­scopes. In both cases, innocent defendantsnarrowly escaped conviction for murder!

A recent article by Francis Russell, basedon "new ballistic tests by two experts,"claims that by looking at the # III bullet,the experts concluded it had been fired intoa body! However, before they were allowedto examine the evidence, they had statedthat " ... there can be no doubt that Sacco'spistol fired one cartridge case and one of thefatal bullets."

No one can seriously contend that Saccoand Vanzetti received a fair trial. Few be­lieve that they were guilty. We are n'ow con·cerned with the question, "If Sacco andVanzetti were innocent, were they ~ramed

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and Vanzetti the evidence disappeared. Al­legedly recovered and subj~cted to new tests,

. we are again told that Sacco's pistol fired the# III bullet.

Replete with improper conclusions, thetests included the "firing of two shots to clearthe rust from the barrel." Not disclosed wasthe fact that the evidence was apparentlysubjected to secret manipulation in 1944, andthe results of these tests were not recordedwith the exhibits. This omission allowed arecent "American Heritage" article to state:"... the clips that fastened them [the ex­hibits] in their triple envelopes had rustedinto the paper. Apparently they had not beendisturbed since 1927." But a Boston "Globe"photograph proves that the envelopes wereopened between 1927 and the 1961 tests! Itis difficult to accept the claim that the historyof the evidence permits a reasonable founda­tion for valid scientific appraisal.

The record shows the following facts asso­ciated with some or all of the experts thatwere retain'ed by the State, or that subse­quently examined the evidence with theapproval of the State:

One "expert" did not know what a breech­block was, but claimed that he could tellwhat make and type of gun fired a bullet"by looking at it." While testifying as anexpert, he was unable to field-strip a Colt.32 automatic which he admitted he carriedas a personal gun. The State's witnesses didnot know that the stated measurements ofthe bullet in evidence straddled those ofat least 13 other .32 cal. llutomatics, or thatthe so·called "Savage" measurements strad­dled nine other guns! Another "expert" did

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Miner Cliett wears the championship crownwell. As befits a true champion, this 18 yearold is a modest, unassuming, gentleman, anda Southern gentleman in the bargain. Mostof the material for this story about hisfantastic accomplishments under untold pres­sure, had to be pried, bit by bit, from kindand loving parents, friends, neighbors, towns­people, skeet shooters, and the cold pagesof the record book. His conversation duringbackground interviews concerned the writer,quail shooting, Howard College, and it'sgreat president, Dr. Leslie S_ Wright.

No story about Miner Cliett, and hisunique shooting scholarship to Howard Col­lege would be complete without some wordsof praise and admiration for thi dynamicand rorward-Iookin'g young college president.Significant are Dr_ Wright's words in the"Howard Story," a beautiful brochure aboutthe College:

"The ascending spiral of greatness inAmerica has risen because business andindustry have produced wealth which inturn has supported educational institutionssuch as Howard. In their turn', colleges havesupplied leadership to business and industryin order that more wealth might be produced.Prosperity will continue so long as the na­tion has greater production, better educa­tion, and better leadership.

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from 33 nations. For the third time in shoot­ing history, a skeet gUliner broke 100 straightwith each of the four guns in a skeet tourna­ment. Two of those thrilling performanceswere given by Miner Cliett, Alabama teen­ager.

Shooting is a way of life f~r him. He toldapologetically that his studies at Howardhad cut his time for quail hunting, and thathe had kept only five of his bird dogs. Heloves the outdoors and the open fields. AtHoward he is majoring in forestry, allow­ing him to follow a career that is also hisavocation.

Miner is not the only shooting Cliett. DadCliett is renowned as a bird hunter and claytarget buff. His quail call; though not com­mercially made can be obtained locally. TwoCliett sisters can hold their own in distaffskeet competition. Mother does not shoot,but runs a gracious old-South courtly home,while arranging literally hundreds of skeettrophies tastefully as befits the household.That all of the Cliett shooting prowess is notconfined to the male members of the familyis borne out by the box score of the 1959Alabama state skeet shoot.

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CROSSMAN V-300 Lever Slide Action BBAir Pistol. Ideal for father, son shootingmatches, outdoor target .practice, teachingsafe gun handling sportsmanship, indoortarget practice. Two-stage power permitsselection of lower velocity for safer close upshots. Exclusive slide-action cocking. Pricedat $14.88 prepaid from Godfrey ImportCorp., Dept. G·5, 85 Chambers St., N.Y. 7.

GAVERS 1963 Aeronautical 9 TransistorReceiver portable radio. Three .hands:VHF: 106-135 M.e.·· (Aircraft and ControlTowers); LF: 200·400 K.e. (24-hour avia­tion weather); and AM 517-1600 K.e.

HEATED LUNCHBUCKETS let sports­men enjoy hot food out in the open duringcold weather. Lunchbuckets use inexpensivedisposable propane gas cylinders, each servoing over 30 hot meals. Can be .used as "cold"bucket in summer by taking fuel cylinder011. Retails for $19.95, with $5.00 down andbalance C.O.D. Product of Bird Engineering,Dept. G-5, 206 So. 19th St.,· Omaha, Neb. .

JIFFY PAL, unique tool, first-aid pack of­fered by Mc el Specialty Co., DeJ?~, G-5,11816 High Meadow Dr., Dallas 34, Texas.Made of stainless steel and heat treatedaluminum alloy, unit also features 10 lb.scales, reel wrench, bottle opener, fish scaler,hook disgorger, match striker, razor blades,vacuum lid opener. Retails for $3.95 each.

BUNKIE sets up as modern, thin-linelounge during day, converts at night to two­layer bunk bed. Folds up against wall tothickness of only 6" when extra floor spaceis needed_ Both sturdy and comfortable.Fine for lodges, resorts, and camps. Where­ever floor space is at a minimum, Bunkie'sversatility is in demand. It is made by theoriginators of the sinuous spring usedthroughout the world in quality furniture.Manufactured by No·Sag Spring Co., Dept.G-5, 124 W. State Fair, Detroit 3, Mich.

PROFESSIONAL PAK FRAME. Expedi­tionary portage equipment for internationalsportsman has new, exclusive Himalayanfeatures: adaptable to all individual sizes;digineered -to accommodate Big Game Tro­phies; to accommodate expeditionary sup­plies and equipment; to carry and protectscientific instruments and mechanical de­vices.- Balanced combination construction oflight metal alloys and seasoned hard woods.From: Himalayan Industries, Dept. G-5,807 Cannery Row, Monterey, Calif.

G. I. SNIPER SCOPE. Model 84, 2%Xcoated optics. Cross hairs won't break asthey are part of lens rather than actualcrosshairs. Elevation and windage adjust­ment. 5112" eye relief. Packaged in heavy

.cardboard and tin foil. Complete with can­vas carrying case and rubber eye shield.Retails at $17.50 ppd. Available from TheSanta Ana Gunroom, Dept. G-5, 1638 E.First St., Santa Ana, Calif.

UNIQUE GUN CATALOG in picture-storytells how Flaig's, Dept. G·5, Millvale 3, Pa.,is equipped to serve shooter sportsmen.Features exclusive Ace Products, engineetedby Flaig's for hunters and shooters since1936. Available for 25¢.

BlUTlSH SPORTSMAN KIT· BAG withlarge capacity to provide more than amplespace for sportsman's small gear. Made of.·waterproof field gray canvas, with solidly re­inforced top and bottom with 9ak tan· leather,buckled and hooked with solid brass fittingsthat won't rust or corrode. Kit bag weighsonly 32 ounces, has removlible heavy dutystrap adjustable for carrying over shoulder,over arm or in hand. Available for $15.95ppd., from Norm Thompson, 1805 N.W.Thurman, Portland 9, Ore.DUELING PISTOLS cased with all loadingaccessories made in Central Europe aroundmiddle of 19th Century. This set, along with1500 other interesting, authentic, hard-to-findguns, edged weapons, armor, and relateditems ollered for sale .in current catalog ofThe Museum of Historical Arms, 1038 AltonRoad, Miami Beach 39, Fla. Send $1.00 forcatalog, refunded with first purchase.

MAN-SIZED CIGARETTE LIGHTER haspolished nickel big bore barrel, black stockwith nickel inlays, and measures 5%" overall.Useful gift, decorative conversation piece.Priced $5.95 with stand plus 50¢ postage,handling charges. No C.O.D.'s. A product ofWard's, P. O. Box 454, East Longmeadow,Mass.

STUARTS GAME BIRD RELEASERSpermit training bird dog even when gameis scarce. Releasers hold bird in natural po­sition under control until you are ready toflush. Available in two sizes: for pheasantsand for pigeons or quail. Ideal for startingpuppies, finishing young dogs, working re­trievers and shooting clubs where live birdsare target. From the line of Lucas SpecialtyProducts, Dept. G·5, Harrison, Mich.RADIANT HEATER recently added toBernz-O-Matic line of propane appliancesby the Otto Bernz Co., Inc., Rochester, N. Y.Retails for under $30. Heater has input of1200 BTU's, comes packed with two disposa­ble propane cylinders giving it initial servicelife of 24 hours. Shock resistant steel bodymakes it ideal for both indoors and outdoorsuse. Instant lighting and instant heating, intemperatures as low as 20· are claimed bythe manufacturer.

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PACIFIC HEAT SIZER. Designed to reformand iron crimp section of case to be re­loaded, both inside and out. Assures per­fect crimp even on cases deformed by useor abuse. Fast, safe operation. Built in waxreservoir allows rewaxing of cases. Availableill 12, 16, 20, 28, and .410 gauges. Sells com­plete for anyone gauge for $7.90; extragauge bodies for conversion purchasable at$3.50 each from Pacific Gun Sight Co.,Dept. G-5, Box 4495, Lincoln 4, Neb.

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Forecaster dial printed in black and red. Qualitymade throughout. $14.95

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CONTOUR HOLSTER fits smoothly overhip. Has metal reinforced drop to hold gunbutt away from body. Drop can be adjustedto individual shooting style. Made of pre­mium saddle leather, with leather lacedloop. Priced $12_50 from The George Law­rence Co., Dept. G-5, 306 .S.W. 1st Ave.,Portland 4, Ore.

MIRROR-LUBE BULLET LUBRICA Thas qualities not affected by weather condi­tions. Leaves gun barrel in clean, highlypolished, mirror-like state which it retainsindefinitely; resists rust and pitting. Clean­ing is with dry bronze bristle brush, followedby a cloth, or swab, slightly dampenedwith light gun oil. May be stored indefi­nitely. In solid or hollow sticks, priced 50¢per stick, plus postage. Product of TheBullet Pouch, Dept. G-5, P. O. Box 4285,Long Beach 4, Calif.

C02200 gas operated semi-automatic pistolintroduced by Daisy Mfg_ Co., Dept. G-5,Rogers, Ark. Powered by 12 gram CO2

lett, it shoots at least 160 BBs with onecylinder. Interchangeable adapter permitsuse of 8.5 gram CO2 cylinder which yields inexcess of 100 controlled velocity shots at375 f.p.s. New pistol retails for $17.95.

"HOW TO MAKE HOLSTERS" textbookby Al Stohlman priced at $1.50 includesover 500 photographs and illustrations. Step­by-step methods for making holsters for anygun. Also contains treasure of holster loreand photo-carve designs, all necessary tools,and carving and sewing instructions. Ordercopies from Tandy Leather Co., Dept. G-5,P. O. Box 791-00, Fort Worth, Texas.

PLASTIC GUN CASE Model 017 featuresan improvement, according to manufacturer,The Boyt Co., Iowa Falls, Iowa. James O.Boyt, vice-president, sales, points out newcase features full-length zipper with doublepull, sewn in under new quilting method thateliminates "zig-zag" stitching pattern on out­side. Improvements, adding to both service­ability and appearance of case, are incor­porated in both regular and scope-equippedmodels.

MAY 1963GUNS

OVER-NITER extra dry finish pup tentmade by The Hettrick Mfg. Co., Dept. G-5,Statesville, N. C. Provides weather-proofshelter for one or two men. Rubberizedsewed-in floor; zippered nylon screen doorwith protective storm flaps. Measures 5'6"wide by 7'6" long with a 3'6" center height.Made of 6.73 oz. spruce green drill fabric.Retail price, $23.50.

visible-level powder reservoir, adjustablechrome-plated metering chamber, settingeasily made and locked, capacity of up to100 grains, and positive mounting bracket.Manufactured by Redding-Hunter, Inc.,Dept. G-5, III Starr Rd., Cortland, N. Y.

REDDING MASTER POWDER MEASUREincludes measure settings for Winchester230, 500, and 295 powders, plus those listedon chart accompanying measure. It features

FREE CATALOG FOR BETTER GUN SPORT(Continued from page 27)

ous major shooting sports have done more,with their total memberships of around800,000, to promote shooting and to combatanti-gun legislation, than all the remainingmillions of us have done together. But It isnot enough. The vast potential power of theshootingjndustry, now under the united ban­ner of the National Shooting Sports Founda­tion, is being thrown into the fight for sur­vival--the survival of their right to make andsell, our right to buy and use, the guns andequipment that implement our sports. But itis not enough. You are the man who isneeded-you and your millions of like-mindedgun owners and shooting sportsmen.

THE SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMERICAis not designed to supersede the establishedorganizations, or to compete with them, orto "show them how to do it." It is designedsimply to create one more united force inthe conflict which can (and will) coordinateits new strength of numbers with theirs formore effective action in the defense of ourright to own and use firearms, in the promo­tion of more shooting and fuller enjoymentof the shooting sports, and in the develop­ment of a better "climate," a better publicimage of guns and of shooting, throughfavorable as against unfavorable publicity.

Let it be clear from the beginning thatTHE SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMERICA isnot and will not be a political organization,either. We will not presume to tell you howto vote, or for whom, or even what opinionsyou should have regarding proposed legisla­tin or problems that arise. We will, as accu­rately and as often as possible, report to you,directly and through the pages of GUNSMagazine, about gun legislation and otherproblems. We will, on occasion, give you oureditorial opinions about those problems. Wewill give you a medium through which yourindividual opinions and efforts can be andwill be channeled into unified actions withthe existing shooting and industry organiza­tions for maximum effectiveness.

We are peculiarly fitted to do this throughthe power of the printed word in three maga­zines-GUNS, GUNS ANNUAL, and THESHOOTING INDUSTRY-and through ourclose collaboration with the shooting associa­tions, the leaders in the industry, the writersand editors in this and allied fields, and(last but most important) with you, the menand women who own guns and shoot them.

GUNS Magazine has been promoting shoot­ing, advising shooters, fighting anti-gun leg­islation with money and editorial leadershipand all the influence at our command, since1955. But neither we, nor you, nor anyoneelse-not all of us together-have doneenough. We propose to do more, and to helpyou do more. More of our dollars, more ofour pages, more of our effort, will go thisyear and in succeeding years into concertedaction (coordinated with the programs ofthe National Shooting Sports Foundation,The National Rifle Association, the AmateurTrapshooting Association, the National SkeetShooting Association, the collectors associa­tions, and others) than ever before. We arein this fight to stay-and to win. -We askyou to help us.

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less dangerous enemy of shooting and shootersis the public ignorance of and antagonismagainst guns and the shooting sports. Thisis reflected in newspaper headlines; in maga-

- zine articles, in the willingness of many tosupport anti·gun legislation.

On the other side of the coin are thethings we must promote-education of thepublic to a favorable attitude toward oursports; education of new shooters in goodgun handling; promotion of more facilitiesfor more shooting by more shooters-moregun fun for more people.

Americans have never been logical aboutguns. On the one hand, we boast that weare "a nation of riflemen," when the fact isthat only two of every 100 draftees in WorldWar II had ever learned to fire a rifle. Onthe one hand, we have built a vast legendabout western gunmen, and then are quickto condemn all guns because a few guns areused by criminals. We will fight furiously foreach of the other 'Freedoms guaranteed usby the Bill of Rights, yet we (many of us)are apathetic when the right to own and beararms is in danger. It is not because we are aweak minority.... In fact, startling figuresemerge when we begin to examine the statusof the gun in America. A r'ecent nationalsurvey indicated that there are 35 millionAmerican private citizens who own at leastone firearm. (The average GUNS readerowns several. More than half of our readersown guns to a value of more than $1,500) .

Given unanimity of purpose, the 35 milliongun owners in the United States could electa president. Dwight D. Eisenhower is theonly president who ever received more than35 million (35,581,003, in 1956) popularvotes.

From year to year, the official reports onthe number of hunting'-licenses sold in theUnited States range from 15 to 18 million.Given unanimity of purpose, the huntersalone could hold the balance of power inany election.

But we are not united. We are vociferouslyindignant when adverse laws threaten ourright to own. arms, when adverse articlesattack our shooting sports. We write -angryletters to lawmakers, to editors-but ",e wasteour strength in individual actions. The na­tional organizations, headed by The NationalRifle Association,- which represent the vari-•

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lJlack Powder Fans, Please NoteOne of the essential items on our bench

is that dandy stuff known as Loc-Tite. Onedrop of it on screws that need to be securedtightly, especially on scope mounts of riflesthat take a fair beating, and you won't needto worry about your scope mounting job.There are many, many jobs that we haveundertaken with the help of Loc-Tite, and anew one should be of interest to black powderfans. Gas erosion on breech plugs andnipples of muzzle loaders can be avoided byusing Loc-Tite around them, and the anti­corrosive film formed by this product willkeep things shipshape. If leakage is due toworn threads, it is a good idea to recutthe threads and then apply Loc-Tite. Loc­Tite is a product of the H&H Sealants SupplyCo., Dept. G, Saugerties, N.Y.

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guard, the floor plate replete with the ramp­ant horse. The stock has Cocabola fore-endand pistol grip cap, Monte Carlo cheekpiece,and recoil pad. The checkering in the customgrade is of the skip-line variety.

The gun we received for testing was ofthe Custom grade in caliber .375 H&H Mag­num. Complete with a Browning 4X scope,the gun weighed 8 pounds without ammuni­tion and had an over-all length of 44%inches. Trigger pull was crisp and clean,the trigger breaking at exactly 4 pounds inrepeated tests. These guns are made bySako.

Our test gun performed more than ade­quately in target tests. Range conditions wererather poor, but at 100 yards and usingWinchester 300 grain Super-X loads, werepeatedly grouped 2 inches from a rest.With the 270 grain Super-X loads we fired3 shot groups that measured 1 1%6. Bittercold and shifting wind conditions made test­ing difficult and all firing was done withheavy gloves. How the heavy skip·line check­ering would affect a shooter handling a bigbore gun without gloves is something of aconsideration and is the only criticism we canfind with this' gun. In the standard grade,prices start $134.50; in the custom version, at$199.75.

and the courage to put business dollars be­hind business skills. But where else can youbuy, in addition to full value for your dollar,the dedicated effort of a skilled organizationto improve your sport and increase your en­joyment of it? If it isn't a bargain, don't buyit. If it is a bargain, back it. As we willback you, in the legislative arenas, in thebllilding of a better public image for gunsand shooting, in the development of moresport through better shooting facilities.

We believe in the right of the Americancitizen to own and use guns. We will fightfor it. We believe that the shooting sportsare a priceless part of the American heritage.We will promote them. We believe thatknowledge is. tbe- best weapon against preju­dice bred of ignorance. We will teach aswell as preach. And we will support allothers who have these aims in common.

These are our pledges. We challenge~you to help us perform them. . I~

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Hodgdon Loading DopeB. F. Hogdon, the powder man, has set­

tled in his new plant and celebrated this byproducing a completely new set of handload­ing data. All loads were chronographed andchecked for pressure, and his latest booklet,cost SOc, includes all the latest calibers.Send your check or money order to B. F.Hodgdon, Inc., Dept. G, 7710 West 50Hiway, Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

lfossberg lJarrelThe Mossberg 500, the pump shotgun with

the safety on the top, can now be equippedwith a slug barrel. The barrel is availablein 12 and 16 gauge, and a 20 gauge barrelis due to appear in mid·'63. Barrell lengthis 24 inches, and the barrel has a ramppatridge front sight and a folding leaf rearsight that is adjustable. Ask your gunsmithfor the Slugster barrel. This is a bargain at$26.

Colt RiflesColt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. Inc.,

Dept. G, Hartford 15, Conn., will send youa complete brochure about their rifles.Guns are available in standard and customgrade, come in all popular calibers, from.222 Remington to .375 H&H Magnum. TheColtsman standard grade has a hingedfloor plate, sling swivels, adjustable foldingleaf rear and hooded ramp front sight withivory bead. The custom grade has an en·graved and gold-filled floor plate and trigger

GUN RACK(Continued from page 13)

Join THE SHOOTERS CLUB OF AMER­ICA. (See our advertisement on page 59.)

Join THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIA­TION. (See their advertisement on page 44.)

Join THE NATIONAL SHOOTINGSPORTS FOUNDATION, (See their adver­tisement on page 46.)

Join one; join all. All of the great shoot­ing associations have the same major ob­jective-more shooting, more shooting fun,for more people. Each approaches that objec­tive from a different angle, with differentstrengths, different advantages. Each needsthe others. All need you!

Yes, this is a commercial project. We wantto sell more magazines. We publish maga­zines for profit. There is no secret about it;we see nothing requiring secrecy in the hon·orable American system of enterprise forprofit. Nobody gives us anything except inreturn for what we sell-professional compe­tence in the fields of guns and publishing,

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THE WEBLEY STORYBy William C. Dowell

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The birth of the Webley revolver occurredin 1853, and this big volume (337 pages,8"xll") traces the entire history and evo­lution of the Webley guns and the Webleybrothers. The author has one of the mostextensive collections of Webley's and in 80

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SINGLE-SHOT PISTOLSBy Charles Edward Chapel

(Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, N.Y.$7.50)

The full title of this book is "U.S. Martialand Semi·Martial Single-Shot Pistols," andas such is of tremendous importance to thecollector and student of the evolution ofhandguns. Chapel's name is enough of aguarantee to assure the buyer of the bookof some interesting reading, plus, of course,some factual material that is not generallyknown. Illustrations, though not photographs,are extremely well executed black and whitedrawings that, in many instances, show asmuch and sometimes even more details thanphotographs usually do. Most interesting arethe sections devoted to historical background,and it is in them that much new material canbe found. Fascinating are the chapters con­cerned with the single-shot pistols of theCivil War period and the book gains moreand more stature the more often it is readand studied.-R.A.s.

HANDBOOK FOR SHOOTERS ANDRELOADERS By Parker O. Ackley

(2235 Arbor Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah.$5.95)

Basically, this volume consists of twobooks. The 266 page section of loading dataand cartridge specifications of all of theauthor's and numerous other wildcat car­tridges, plus a large section on shooting,hunting, guns, gunsmithing, and other valu­able and informative material. As a bonus,Ackley has selected, from his vast sources, asection of Question and Answers that recurwith the greatest frequency. This book isvaluable to the shooter, even if he is not areloader and ballistics bug. For the loader,wildcatter, and ballistically oriented gunbuff, this book is as essential as a loadingtool or a vernier caliper.-R.A.s.

"Fourteen" reproduces eight Sharps cata­logs (1859, 1864, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878,1879, and 1880), and six others: Maynard,1885; Marlin Ballard, 1888; Stevens Arms &Tool Co., 1888; Stevens-Pope, 1902; Colt,1896; and the case testimony of Rowan vs.Sharps.

"Ten" reproduces the following: Merrill,1864; Peabody, 1865; Peabody, 1866; Henry,1865; Spencer, 1865; National, 1865; Folson,1869; Great Western, 1871; James Brown,1876; Homer Fisher, 188o-and, as a bonusin this reprint, 26 pages from an E. Reming­ton & Son catalog of 1877.

These facsimile reproductions, profuselyillustrated, will be of great interest andvalue to all interested in firearms' historyand development.-E.B.M.

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those and a few more-about 50, all told,including cream of wheat, waxes, vermicu­lite, ethyl cellulose. The answer was rightunder their noses, so to speak, in thepolyethylene collar of the Mark 5. Whenthey powdered that and poured it in to fillthe spaces around the big buckshot pellets,they had it.

They use the collar on the buckshot loadsalso; it holds the pellets together and re­duces adverse muzzle effects. The powdered.polyethylene protects the pellets from distor­tions and thereby reduce in-flight dispersion.The filler also causes the buckshot to behaveas a fluid, as smaller pellets do, so thatthe choke can act as a choke should. Theresults are apparent in the pictures, in thepatterns, and in the shooting results.

Other "news" from New Haven include anew high-powered magnum cartridge andlight-weight rifle combination-a .284 Win­chester Magnum cartridge in the Model 70Westerner Featherweight rifle. Designed forhunters who want an ultra long-range, flattrajectory load in a light, manageable, buthighly accurate rifle, this cartridge-rifle teamis going to get a lot of attention, in printand in "the hot-stove league."

Still another "new" for '63 is the belted.300 Winchester Magnum cartridge. Thereisn't space here to give you all the dopeon this one, or on the .284 either, but thepictures and captions will give you a tasteof it-we'll give you more later in the wayof lab test reports on both these cartridges.But the ballistics chart below will showyou why Winchester-Western people areexcited about one of their new big-game ba­bies; you can take it from there.

But wait till we tell you about the newWinchester ... Ooops! A voice from NewHaven just shushed us. We'll have to tell youabout this at some later date.

MAGNUM CARTRIDGE BALLISTICS

"NEWS FROM NILO"(Continued from page 19)

traInIng for actual production. A millionrounds of ammunition were fired to checkvarious design approaches, model configura­tions, and initial pilot production.

New materials, new processes of manufac­ture, new design-all add up to a new lineof Winchester·quality rifles. We have putsomewhat more than a few rounds throughthe three 200's ourselves since coming backfrom Nilo, and have nothing but good to sayabout them. Accuracy is little short of amaz­ing from non-target rifles; functioning issmooth, fast, and dependable regardless ofhow you mix up the magazines of ammo.They are Winchester-Western guaranteed tomake shooters happy, and we see no reasonto doubt that they will do just that.

Last year at Nilo, we saw and reported onthe then-new Mark 5 shot shell, the one withthe polyethylene wrapper around the shotcharge. We- don't' need to tell you what theMark 5 shells have done in one year, on thetarget fields, and on feathered targets. Dur­ing that year, Winchester-Western was hardat work on methods to produce buckshotloads. The polyethylene collar helped, butnot enough. The big bullet-size pellets, viewedindividually, take a much greater beatingthan do individual pellets of small shot,with far greater resulting deformation. Thinkof it this way: the bottom layer of shot,which in ()() buck is only three pellets, is hitwith two tons of force during the firingcycle. In a skeet load, the total force isdivided over many pellets. The three 00pellets divide it only three ways, and theycome out looking like shrapnel!

The big pellets present other problemstoo, hut let's keep it relatively simple; it'sthe results that count. Filler material inbuckshot loads is not new; practicallyeverything has been tried, from oatmeal topine tar. Winchester-Western tried all of

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MR. 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7MR2 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.1 2.4 1.9 2.1 2.4 3.0MR. 4.2 4.9 5.0 6.2 5.2 5.8 4.8 5.3 6.0 7.4

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HANDLOADING BENCH(Continued from page 7)

A .264 has longer accurate range on val'- you can be prouder of your accomplishments.mints and game with 140 grain bullets Getting set back in the novice class once inthan with lighter pills. Browning guns are a while adds interest and indicates a needthroated, Winchesters are not, and some re- for more practice.loaders have the job done. One chap found The .44 Magnum has superb target ac-chambered reloads bad bullets marked and curacy with wadcutters. A fine mould youpressed to a greater depth in cases. Accuracy hear little about is Lyman's No. 429352 atimproved when he set his dies for deeper 245 grains. This old bullet was designed byseating. Cbeck your reloads for this trouble. M. L. Holman for the .44 Russian, and set

The .308 Norma Magnum is a great car- many records that can't be equalled by manytridge, similar to the .300 Apex wildcat, now shooters today with smokeless powder. Ac·a dead duck that filled the bill before curacy is excellent to beyond normal hand-Norma's creation. Tbe Apex takes .308 N.M. gun hunting range, say up to 100 yards.shells after they are sized in a .300 Apex die, Bullets tip at long range, which is commonwithout trimming. Case capacity is about 70 with wadcutters. They punch great big holesgrains 4350. A good load is 68.5 grains 4350 in varmints, small game, or paper. Theyand CCI No. 250 primers behind a 180 grain make tin cans jump higher than a .357Speer bullet. This also shoots well in a .308 Magnum or a .45 ACP, and kick up moreN.M., but the charge can be increased 2.0 dust for spotting hits. Light recoil withgrains if desired. Norma recommends a 1 :12 moderate loads make them easy to shoot andtwist, but a 1:10 shoots well with my load, handle well.that isn't maximum. The best target load is 4.5 grains Bullseye

The du Pont people will supply canister with CCI No. 300 primers, or you can go tograde powders slower than 4350 before 5.0 grains. The lighter works well in .44long. Their advantage will be in near full Special cases for Specials or Magnums. Forcharges in' so·called "over bore" cases with a hotter load use 7.5 grains Unique in .44heavy bullets for higher velocity. Remember Special cases, or 8.5 grains in Magnums.they are not increased ballistics. It works DIVCO's IBA No.4 is about right, or use aboth ways! Occasionally a rifle comes apart 1: 15 tin-lead mix. Don't overlook this finewith a reduced load of 4350 or slower powder. bullet. It's a good small game and varmintSalvage 4831 is tbe worst offender, in un· killer with light loads, and excellent forpredictable behavior. We believe a major defense with moderate loads. You may wantcontributing factor in such blow-ups is a to use it exclusively in .44 Specials or Mag-case with a long, tbick neck. Cases should nums. The Magnum still shoots well withalways be kept reamed, and trimmed to 10.0 grains Unique, which is hot enough fordimensions' of a Case Length & Headspace a wadcutter with this powder.Gauge, sucn as made l;Jy Forster-Appelt, and A new Sako .222 Vixen Sporter, with theother makers of top quality gauges. new integral magazine, that I pulled from

Norma has slower powders than 4350. Per- stock for my personal use, was putting thehaps they will be available to the canister first 3 or 4 shots from a cold, fouled boretrade, after they market their faster powders, in about 0.5 minute of angle. The best loadthat should be available soon. I'll comment was a 50 grain Speer pill backed with 20.0on these later. grains 4198 kicked off by the new CCI No.

It's only human to boast of "impossible" 450 Magnum primer. This load gave superbshots. I've made many, and so has my part· accuracy in two other Sako rifles, and onener, Shack. We take pride in our handgun- new Remington M700, in BDL grade, thatning, but sometimes we shoot like novices. I also has an integral magazine with a hingedthink everyone does. We saw a hawk in a floor plate.dead tree at about 125 yards. The reloads I think this is the finest rifle Remingtonin our favorite S & W .357 Magnums were ever made. The 20" barrel, in most calibers,zeroed for dead center at 100 yards. The gives it great appeal to me, and it will cer-hawk made like a statue while we shot both tainly appeal to many people. I prefer theirguns dry, changing the sight picture oc- BDL grade, because of the hinged floorcasionally. After 17 rounds the hawk got plate.tired of screaming lead and flew away. This The 23lh" barrel on the Sako was longerbroke our all-time record for lousy shooting! than I wanted on a "handy gun." I've cut

Handgunning varmints is 10 times more off many rifle barrels. None ever lost anyfun than with rifles. The" bag is smaller, but (Continued on page 65)

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that my designs get better and better."After looking over his rifle and shotgun

stocks, I must a,ree with him. He is improv­ing, and his work shows ideas and courage­courage to try, to experiment, to change­as well as growing craftsmanship. Some ofhis designs show features that other, olderheads have touted as great discoveries - butKen thought them out for himself, unawareof those men or their discoveries. The slopeof the cheek piece on one of his stocksstruck me as an exaggeration of a theory ad­vanced years ago by one of the leading gnnexperts. But when I asked Ken about it­yes, he knew of the man, had admired someof the stocks the man had favored, but hadnever happened to read the man's reasonsfor favoring those particular lines. Yet, whenI asked him why he liked those lines, thereasons he gave me were not much differentfrom the carefully thought-out reasons hispredecessor had given.

I promised to write this story only aftergetting Ken's promise that seeing it pub­lished would not "go to his head," wouldnot alter his plan to complete his education.Now that I know Ken a little better - Ineedn't have worried. This lad has a levelhead on his shoulders, as well as a crafts­man's hands to do the head's bidding.

How often have you heard the complaintthat craftsmanship is dying out of the Amer­ican system? It isn't dying in a certain base­ment workshop at 5010 White Flint Drive inKensington, Maryland. Ken Bell is a throw­back to the old breed. His hands~make beauty. ~

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"I would like to ask the lawmakers howthey think that taking our guns away willmake us safer. If the honest citizen is disarmedby a law that he obeys, those who break thelaw anyway won't worry about breaking thisone too. Why not have a law that wouldpunish only those who use a gun in crime?I am disturbed by shooters who say 'It can'thappen here.' It could happen. We couldwind up fighting a war in our own backyard.Let's not disarm ourselves like England didbefore WW II, when they had to standready to defend their shores with swords andpikes against tanks.

"To those in power, I make a plea. Don'ttake my freedoms away from me. You maynot think them important, but I do and Iam not old enough to protect myself with avote against you. Please preserve these free­doms for me and the future generations asyour forefathers did for you."

In his stockmaking and gunsmithinghobby, ingennity is Ken's forte. How wouldyou install a set of sights without either adrill press or a suitable jig? Ken mulled theproblem over for a while, and then jerry­rigged the entire set-up. By using scrapmaterial first, he learned all of the standardgunsmithing operations by guess and by gosh.It is little wonder that he is looking forwardto the day when he can devote more timeto the actual work, rather than spendinghours figuring out how to tackle the jobwith the tools at hand. But make no mistake:Ken is proud of his ability to do without the"essential" tools, and he is proud that thetools he does have were bought with hisown hard-earned money.

Before touching rasp to wood for a stock,Ken draws the entire stock, piece by piece,to scale. His own personal preference incheek pieces leans toward the heavy, yetelegantly-shaped roll-over, high comb rest ...a sort of German schuetzen, but in reverse.Only the actual cutting and rough shapingis done on power tools; the rest of the workis lovingly finished by hand, right down tothe hand-rubbed finish.

Ken's local reputation as stockmaker isspreading and shooters bring him theirguns for repairs, alterations, or completelynew stocks. Whatever money Ken gets forhis work, he promptly plows back into theshop, for tools, equipment, books.

As he says "I am a long way from knowingenough to call myself a stockmaker or gun­smith. I am learning something new everytime I come down here. But the importantthing is that my work improves all the time,

also gained a bit of accuracy, plus a gun thatis easier to handle. Cooper's load, that haswon a good many awards, is 23.0 grains BallC and the same primers and bullet. Hebagged a nice whitetail buck for a clean,one·shot kill with this load the past season.The bullet entered the rib cage and ex­ploded, blowing off the bottom of the heart,and turning the lungs to liquid. The rangewas about 40 yards. Cooper didn't intend touse this gun, as he correctly considers it toolight for deer. He was looking at the gunbefore the hunt started in the dawn'searly light. His buck si mply walked intoview, and was wearing a tag in a ~few minutes. ~

while, he would even stumble upon a wayof doing a job the unorthodox way or onethat had not been tried before. One of theseprojects was the making of his own blueingsalts, and as he says, "some of them workedfairly well." When his dad bought a drillpress, Ken undertook the job of learninghow to jewel a bolt; and next on the list oftools to buy is a barrel jig so that installingsights becomes less of a chore.

During his early days of trial and error,Ken found that his interest in art helpedhim in his gunsmithing hobby and he nowdesigns his own stocks. He never copies any­one's design, but adapts the ideas that hesees to his own way of working, to his par­ticular likes and dislikes, to the gun he isstocking presently. Like other and moresophisticated artisans, Ken is never quitesatisfied with a stock, and feels that if heever becomes complacent about his work, hehad better give it up. "The day I make astock that satisfies me completely, I thinkI will retire. If I manage to keep improvinga little with every stock, I figure that by thetime I am 80 or so, maybe I will make thatone perfect stock," says Ken - and he isquite serious about this. The remarkablething about this young man is that his col­lection of stocks very definitely shows theevolution of Ken as artist, craftsman, andtechnician.

A better than average student in school,Ken is also active in student affairs andsocial activities. He plans to go to collegeand keep the gunsmithing and stockmakingas a hobby. Ken is an avid reader, and iscapable of expressing ideas and thoughtsthat are not usually associated with a 16year old boy. His ideas on anti-gun legisla­tion are worth repeating!

"The right to have firearms is not reallyyours or mine. That is, it is ours only toenjoy, uphold, and pass on to future genera­tions of Americans. We mustn't do awaywith it, because it is something we shouldhave no power over; it is an American tradi­tion and basic freedom. I consider it and allof our other freedoms something like the air­we can use it, but we cannot take it awayfrom others.

"Another point is that only a small per­centage of the teenage population gets intotrouble with the law. The high juveniledelinquency rate is caused by this smallgroup who get into trouble time and again­and this is due to insufficient punishment.That is the fault of the adult population, notthe teenagers.

accuracy, if the job was done right, andmany have tightened groups. I had this tubecut to 20" by Bill Mowery, of Jacksboro,Texas. Bill is noted for making fine customrifles, and does fine custom gunsmithing.Really good gunsmiths do not come indroves. Mowery is one who is worthy of thetitle. He lavishes the same care on muzzleloading rifles that he does on cartridgepieces, which accounts for many trophies.

The amputated tube on the ultra lightSporter gave even tighter groups, withgenerally 4 and sometimes 5 shots in 0.5moa, at 100 yards. My friend, D. L. Cooper,cut his .222 Heavy Barrel Sako to 18", and

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(Continued from page 61)plates there are 240 photographs of themost prized specimens known. There are'chapters on muzzle loading guns, percussioncap and ball arms, pin-fire, rim-fire, plus de­tailed and comprehensive data on the ammothat was, and still is, used in a numberof the Webley guns. This book presents uswith a vivid picture of ha·ndgun developmentin England, and the interrelationship ofthese guns with guns from the other partsof Europe and the U.S. This is a valuablebook for the handgun enthusiast, for thestudent of military arms, for the cartridgecollector-in short, for anyone interested infirearms.-R.A.S.

BookletsPOTOMAC ARMS, Box 35-G, 200 S. StrandSt., Alexandria 6, Va. Send a large, stamped,self-addressed envelope for Potomac's freelist of shooting equipment.E. C. PRUDHOMME, 302-GWard ·Bldg.,Shreveport, La. An 8-page brochure illus·trating style of gun engraving done in Prud·homme's shop. Price $1.00. Purchase en­titIes buyer to $5.00 credit on subsequentpurchase of engraving.

P & S ARMS, Box 4700·G, Tulsa, Okla. Freecatalog listing a variety of hunting-campingaccessories, gun parts, military surplus, col­lector's items.RCBS, INC., Box 729-G, Oroville, Calif. Freecatalog of reloading tips and equipment.REDFIELD GUN SIGHT CO., Dept. G, 1315So. Clarkson, Denver 10, Colo. Free cataloggives complete specifications of all Redfieldscopes, sights, and scope mounts.

REMINGTON ARMS CO., Advertising Divi·sion, Dept. G, Bridgeport 2, Conn. New 1962catalog includes pictures, specifications, pric­es of all Remington models, plus calibersuggestions and ballistics tables for Petersshotgun, rifle, and pistol ammo. Free.

ANNOUNCEMENTNext month. GUNS will announc:e a

"Cj)uestions and Answers" departmentunder the by-line of an outstandinlJauthority on old and new lJuns. c:ar·tridlJes. and lJeneral lJun subjec:ts.This is a step we have planned for a10nlJ time: now we have the rilJht manfor it.

BUT ••• unless your question isidentified by your number as a mem­ber of our Shooters Club of Americ:a(see palJe 59), it must be ac:c:ompa:nied by $1 (c:hec:k. money order. orc:urrenc:y) to help c:over our c:osts.Cj)uestions and answers will be pub·Iished or answered by letter.

We hate to impose this c:harlJe onour readers. but we simplyc:annotdevote staff time to answerinlJ 60 to80 questions per week iree. as wehave done in the past. If it is worthaskinlJ. a c:areful. ac:c:urate. expertanswer is worth a dollar!

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RICHLAND ARMS CO., Dept. G, Blissfield,Mich. Free catalog of Richland's deluxeshotguns; engraved actions, hand-checkeredstocks, custom features.RAY RILING, 6844-G Gorsten St., Phila­delphia 19, Penna. Sells all gun books avail­able. Will put you on his year·around list ofmailings listing books in and out of print, ifyou send SOc for postage.SANTA ANITA ENGINEERING CO., Dept.G, 3270 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, Cal.Free illustrated catalog of SAECO reloadingtools and bullet casting equipment.SAVAGE ARMS CORP., Dept. G, Westfield,Mass. Fully illustrated, free catalog featur­ing all Savage, Stevens, Fox firearms withcomplete descriptions of all guns.

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SHELL OIL CO.. offers through their dealersspecially prepared road maps containinghunting and fishing information,' regulations,locations and abundance of game, all checkedand approved by state conservation depart.ments.

SHOOTERS SERVICE & DEWEY, INC.,Dept. G, Clinton Corners, N. Y. Completecatalog of swaged bullets such as Supr-Mag,New·Line, gunsmithing services, load devel·ment giving a brief history of the companyand tips for shotgun shooters. Send 25c.

SHOOTERS SUPPLY SERVICE, Box4690-G, Pittsburgh 6, Penna. New free 1963catalog of special offers on shooters' supplies.SOVEREIGN INSTRUMENTS CO., P. O.Box 5355-G, Dallas 1, Texas. Free, illustratedcatalog describing in detail all Texan hand­loading tools and accessories and the ultra­lightweight Texan scopes.

SMITH & WESSON, INC., Dept. G, Spring·field, Mass. Free illustrated brochure ofcompany lists all specifications of their hand­guns, and sights which can·-be used on them.

-STURM, RUGER & CO., INC., Dept. G,Lacey Place, Southport, Conn. Free catalogof all Ruger guns; pictures, specification,s,prices.

UNITED BINOCULAR COMPANY, Dept.G, 9043 S.· Western Ave., Chicago 20, Ill.'Free, 22·page brochure describing Unitedrifle scopes, binoculars, and spotting scopes.

WAFFE -FRA KONIA, Dept. G, Rander­sackerer Strasse 3-5, Wuerzburg, West Ger­many. Their 1962 catalog, "The Hunter'sCounselor," 340 pages, nicely illustrated, fea·tures sporting arms and accessories of Ger­man manufacture; also some items fromother European countries and U. S. Somedata on German rifle and shotgun ammo isgiven. Text is in German, prices in Germanmarks; but a 116-page export price list isprinted in English. $3.00 plus $1.50 for AirMail delivery.

RADIATOR SPECIALTY CO.....•.•....•... 65WESTCHESTER TRADING CO.•...........50

STOCKS and GRIPSE. C. BISHOP & SON 53C. D. CAHOON 57FITZ GRIPS 5BANTHONY GUYMON, INC 53HERRETT'S STOCKS 52ROYAL ARMS, INC , 15SPORTS, INC. . .................•...... 15

MISCELLANEOUSALLEMAND-CHADWICK .47APPLEBY MFG. CO. . 63AUSTIN BOOT COMPANy 65EDDIE BAUER 53L. L. BEAN 45SHELLEY BRAVERMAN 57J. BRISKIN 60BURNHAM BROTHERS 42DARE ENTERPRISES 62EDWARDS-BARNES CAST PRODUCTS 63FEDERAL INSTRUMENT CORP 41FLAIG'S 60GIL HEBARD GUNS 49MARBLE ARMS CORP 8MATCH CORP. OF AMERICA 58MITCHELL SHOOTING GLASSES 64NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION 44PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS 57, 62RAY RILING 55SHOTGUN NEWS .48SIGMA ENGINEERING CO........•...... 47STEEN GUN GLOV 61

GUNS and AMMUNITIONROBERT ABELS, INC.....••............. .41BADGER'S SHOOTERS SUPPLY .....•...... 52CASCADE CARTRIDGE, INC 54CENTURY ARMS, INC 43CHICAGO GUN CENTER 54COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS

MFG. CO. . Cover IVWALTER H. CRAIG 9, 45EARLY & MODERN FIREARMSCO~ INC. . 60

FIREARMS INTERNATIONAL CORP Cover IINORM FLAYDERMAN ANTIQUE ARMS 52GREAT WESTERN ARMS SALES CO _.. 53HUNTER'S LODGE 34, 35KRONE INTERNATIONALE 50KLEIN'S SPORTING GOODS, INC. .. Cover IIITHE MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL ARMS 58NORMA PRECISION 12NOSLER PARTITION BULLET 55NUMRICH ARMS 51PARKER DISTRIBUTORS 52PENDLETON GUN SHOP 58POTOMAC ARMS 61PUBLIC SPORT SHOPS .......•..........50SAVAGE ARMS CORP 13SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. . 4SPEER PRODUCTS CO. . 14VALLEY GUN SHOP .47WEATHERBY, INC. . 11

HANDLOADING EQUIPMENTCARBIDE DIE & MFG. CO 61HERTER'S, INC. , 50

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PACIFIC GUN SIGHT COMPANy 61HOMER POWLEY 53R.C.B.S. GUN & DIE SHOP 6STAR MACHINE WORKS 64WICHITA PRECISION TOOL CO 10

_HOLSTERS, CASES, CABINETSJ. M. BUCHEIMER .47COLADONATO BROTHERS .43GOERG ENTERPRISES 48THE GEORGE LAWRENCE CO 63S. D. MYRES SADDLE COMPANY 58PACHMAYR GUN WORKS 62PROTECTOR BRAND HOLSTER CO. . 53JULIUS REIVER CO 61SPORTSMAN'S HOME-DE'COR 62WHITCO .49

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TOOLS and ACCESSORIESGEORGE BROTHERS ........•......•.... 64THE BULLET POUCH .45CRAFT INDUSTRIES 63JAY'S GUN'N LEATHER SHOP 63JET-AER CORP. .. 55KUHARSKY BROTHERS, INC. . ...•...•..•. 50FRANK MITTERMEIER 60NEW METHOD MFG. CO .45

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~~~;~t~~s';,t,s:~~ ~e~':t,9i~tii: yo:u~r~iYYa:;state requires.

WAR SURPLUS!ALL MILLED PARTS-­

ALL N.R.A.-Very goodor betterl

6.5 ITALIANCARBINE

FP90-T9740KLEIN'S LOW PRICE ..

Perfect for Hunters, Fi.sl~ermen. Fanners, Campers, PolicelVork. Contractors, Surveyors. TV Repainnen!Allyolle Call Use • .. No License Required . .. FCC Approved!Small enough to hold .•• light enough for your pocket •.•yet ranges UP to 4 miles! 9-transistors in each unit fOr clearperformance for the serious minded outdoorsman and outdoorworker! ••• Do not confuse with "gimmicked-up" items hav­ing battery wearing radios and other gadgets. Easily operatedwith push-to-talk switCh. volume control, telescoping Chromedantenna. 7 penlight batteries included •.• cheaply and eas­ily replaced anywhere. Plays to 1500 hours intermittently.Rugged grey metal housing with baked-on crinkle finish. 2112"x 1112" x 61/2". Weighs 21/4 Ibs. Genuine leather case, straps.

~Iau"ddel:: :hii;::~ ;~~~;:i~ed:ril~g ~:f:e:n,~ise in· $4488FP90-T9715TX-Each Walkie-Talkie •

Save More! 2 Walkie-Talkies, both for only $78.88

Thousands Sold at $88.88 Per PairNow Klein's Cuts the Price $10.00'More!

NEW! FINEST 9 TRANSISTOR WALKIE-TALKIE

3 Bands8 Transistors

SAVE over 540. Brand new Winchester Model SOFEATHERWEIGHT Automatic Shotgun. First quality, factory

packed. Latest Model. 12 gauge, 30" barrel. full choke, 3-shot.Easy, fast takedown. Select Walnut stock. Weighs

C20-TI3;;~Y.~7~~ .I~~.: .~~1:~"•.o~~~a.I~.. . . . . . . .• $98.11 vlltsa,fi ;fa'{d7r;i~a(Je

SALE! New Matador 10 Gauge MagnumSAVE $60 NOW! But Hurry_they won't last! Brand new famed

Firearms Internati~nal'MATADOR 10-gauge (31/2" shell) MagnumShotgun. Deep cut prtce due to slight change in forthcoming model

Made for .F-I by Aya of Spain. Perfect for ducks and geese to 100 yds., fo;fox and varmint. Shoots either 27/8" or 31/2" Magnum shells. 32" full chokedbarrels. Engraved ~ecelver, double safety und~rlocks. Checkered French '~alnut

~~~~T;;~ ~:;;i~r:;I~:;;~~~m;'''r;:'~i:;~~~I~.•• ~1:~ .I.b::........... 512950E20-73. 10 Ga. 31/2" Magnum Shells, specify BB, it2 or it4, $7.20 for 25.

SPECIAL PURCHASE! TOP QUALITY!TASCO VARIABLE POWER SCOPE! ••• 3X TO 9X

Br:lnd new! ••• First quality! ••. Madeby Tasco! With a twist of the wrist you _can have any power you want from 3 to9 Field of view 14·ft. to 30-ft. Crosshairreticule! MagnE-sillm fluoride hard coated .lenses. windage and e.levation click stops, parallax corrected. nitrogen filled for fogproofing. Large ~ye piece and objective. I" tube. cowhide lens caps. Overall 12".

~~i~c:,z, .C.o.~~a.r~_ ~~ . ~~: •.9.5..~c.o:~~ • ~Is.e:":h.e~~!...8.2.0.-:~~~~: . ~~e.p.a.i~ $34.88VARIABLE POWER. SCOPE .•. 21/2X to 8X. TASCa quality and features same

~~o::sO~~::~h::es!cr~~~~T~~~v;X.C;~~~~f~rP~~~~C.U.I~.. ~~~.~a~e . t.o. ~~~:~~ $29.8821/2~ or 4X SCOPES-:=(:ROSSHAlRQ;-POST and CROSSHA1R RETICULE. All thequality and features of 820-T693 described plus Fixed Reticule-always accurately

~~n~~;~~'8~~~P;:/~:to~3:x~0s~~::w~~~r~e~t:~:p~~~iC:ri~~.r~~i~~I.e:..•.. $19.88

BRAND NEW! U.S. Ml .30 CALIBER CARBINEThe Rifle

Every G.!.Wants I Buy Nowl

The only U. S. Military small arms made withthe lines and weight of a modern sporter.Weighs only 51/2 Ibs. 18" barrel, 36" overall.

operated. 15 shot semi-automatic. Receiver sight ad-

~~~~c:.:~:, f~~~O/:Od~P~~d~gre.yds. New Cond it ion! Superbly $7888C20-T859·Z ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•..•....•..•..•..C20-TI341. Brand New M-l Carbine, Fully Nickel Plated ••.•••.•.••.. $119.95

F20-T52. 15-shot Magazine, 3 for $1.00; .•• E20-T1192••30 cal. MilitaryAmmo. $8.75 per 100 rds.; .•• E20-T55. HIt1'lting Ammo $5.00 per 30 reb.; ••.Millillmm order $5.00.

Only 36" overall, weighs only 51/2-lbs. Showsonly slight use, lightly oiled, test fired and head spaced, ready for

shooting. Turned down bolt, thumb safety, 6-shot, clip fed. Rear open

~~~-;'lr;~: 1:::~i:lI:n:rr::~.~r~~~•..•••••.•••••.••••••••••••••• $12.88~~c;:~~~·asc~r~~;t~at':~t.h•• ~r.a~~.•~~":'. ~~~~. ~.u~~i~~ • ~~•• ~~0:~~~4.". $19.95E20-T751. 6.5 mm Italian military ammo with free 6-shot clip. 108 rds. $7.50

30/06AUTO.

U. S. M-l GARAND RIFLEFinest lot we've seen! Limited quantity! Famous World War IIautomatic rifle in popular 30/06 caliber. 8·shot, 24" barrel.

4~" over~lI. Adjustable sight. Exactly as issued with original click type

~~;~~~;5~~~~a~~:;ab~:~ro~onld~~io~o•.1.2.0.0..y.a~~~.. ~~i~~~ .~1:~ .I.b~•. $19.95~~~A~~rf~nct"~~K~il~E~~in~ONc~~~~~~ii~I.1.~~e~~a.I~Y..s~l.e~~e.d. ~~~ .~e.r: $89.95

SHORTWAVE-AM-MARINE PORTABLE RADIO!Plays Over 300 Hours on Inexpensive Flashlight Batteries!

INCLUDES ••• Genuine Cowhide Leather Case with Carrying Strap!EARPHONE for Private Listening! Famed VISCOUNT Quality!

• 8 Transistors-3 Diodes. Powerful Telescopic AntennaConceals in Case • Console Sound 31/2" Dynamic Speaker• "Meter-Miser" Battery Saver • Precision Slide-RuleTuning • "On-Off" Pilot Light for Night Tuning • Sep­arate Tone Control • "Long Range" or "Local" Power

Switch • Plays Perfectly Anywhere! AsAdvertised in LI FE. Guaranteed by GoodHousekeeping Magazine!COMPARE AT $59.95 ELSEWHERE!Receives all standard AM broadcasts plusShortwave 6-18 Megacycles and MarineBand 1.6-4.5 Mc. Operates on 4 stand­ard flashlight batteries. Weighs only 2Ibs., 10 oz. Showpiece black and chromecabinet measures only 43/4"x81/2"xI7/s".

$3995

U. S. SPRIHGFIELO M1903-30/06SPRINGFIELD M1903'SI LIMITED QUA.NTITY! Most popular mili­

ry rifle for sporting use of them all! •.. and this lot are all Model1903·Al's with high number Nickel-Steel receivers, milled working parts.

Made in Government Arsenal-not commercially assembled. 30/06 caliber, S-shotmagazine. Adjustable rcar leaf sight, blade front sight. 431/4" overall. 8.69 Ibs.

~:o~~~;~~~ln~~~~C:C.k: .~~~~ .t~ .~e.r~. ?~~~ ~~~~:t~~~ Prepaid $36.38E20·TIOOO. AMMO.•30/06 156 gr. 120 T0U11ds ••• •••••••• • $7.20

SALE! NEW WINCHESTER FEATHERWEIGHT AUTO SHOTGUN12 Gauge

Colt: In either caseWhether you're bound for targets or sudden small game, you've got a good case for a Colt .22 automatic.

Take the Woodsman Match Target to the firing line. It has a handfitted action, an Acero click-adjustable

rear sight, and handfilling thumb rest grips. You'll find it favors the 10 ring. $84.50. Take the Huntsman.,.

afield. It's a natu ral poi nti ng pli nker bui It for roughi ng it: rugged and lightweight. $54.95. Both have 4 liz"

or 6" barrels and a 10-shot .22 LR magazine. All Colt .22 automatics are at your Registered Colt Dealer now.

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