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FAMOUS PINEAPPLE GRENADE

A Special Issue:

THE IOOth ANNIVERSARYOF GETTYSBURG

FOUGHT one hundred years ago this month, the battle of Gettysburg wasthe turning point of the Civil War. It marked peaks of human couragethat have seldom been equaled, and depths of tragedy too bleak for

words. It saved the Union, and it wrecked a Cause. It wasn't planned; itjust happened .••

Robert E. Lee, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, had plannedto concentrate his strength at Cashtown, northwest of Gettysburg. Meade,commanding the Federal Army of the Potomac, had hoped to fight at apicked position on Pipe Creek, southeast of Gettysburg. But on June 30th,a Confederate force, sent into Gettysburg to look for shoes, found the placeoccupied by Federal cavalry. The fight was brisk; so brisk that both sidesbegan to move supporting units into action. The Federal forces, drivenback through Gettysburg, took up strong positions along the ridge ofCemetery Hill, and lee called up all his strength to move against them.

Longstreet's division was a major factor in Lee's planning. Properly timed,before Meade was ready, an all-out attack by Longstreet might crumple theUnion wing and decide the battle ... But Longstreet was late.

Why was he late? Different answers have been given, including mis­understanding of plan, misunderstanding of orders. One of the reasonsoffered (not proved), and the reason dearest to the hearts of all who lovethe legend of American rifle marksmanship, is the possibility that Long­street's mighty movement was delayed by a tiny force of specially armedand specially trained riflemen known as Berdan's Sharpshooters.

Colonel Hiram Berdan believed in rifle marksmanship. With stubbornpersistence against the weight of military opinion, Berdan had succeededin arming a small unit, perhaps only a few more than 100 men, withSharps breech-loading rifles. Trained as superior marksmen, this unitbecame known as "Sharpshooters." The story is that Berdan's Sharpshooterswaylaid the Longstreet column, fired upon it, and-because the rapid fireof their breech-loaders convinced longstreet that he was under an attackin force-forced longstreet to deploy and move slowly and cautiouslyagainst the riflemen's position. The Sharpshooters (if they were there at all)fell back before Longstreet's vastly superior forces. But by the time long­street had exposed their ambush, reformed, and continued his encirclement,he was too late to carry the now-strengthened Union position.

The rest is history. The magnificent, tragic, nearly successful charge ofPickett's Virginians is an epic of human heroism. Of Pickett's own divisionof 4,800 men, 3,393 were left in the wake of that single charge. It was abath of blood from which neither Lee's great army nor the South itselfwould ever recover.

On November 19th of that same year, Abraham lincoln said, "... wecannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. Thebrave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it farabove our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor longremember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

This month, one hundred years later, untold thousands visit Gettysburgagain, in token of remembrance. And millions more, in the North and inthe South, remember too.

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George E. von RosenPublisher

Arthur S. ArkushAss't to the Publisher

AUGUST. 1963Vol. IX, No. 8-104

centennial specials .THE GUNS AT GETIYSBU RG '" Graham Burnside 16GUN MAKERS OF THE CONFEDERACY George McKenna 20GUN MAKERS FOR THE MEN IN BLUE Philip R. Smith, Jr. 24

E. B. Mann Editor

R. A. Steindler Managing Editor

Kent Bellah Handloading

Roslyn Wallis ...•. ; Editorial Ass't

IN THIS ISS U E

Sydney Barker Art Director

Lew Merrell Ass't Art Director

Lee Salberg Advertising Director

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Editorial Advisory Board

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collector . ..PAGING G. & J. CHAPMAN Graham Burnside 27

gun of tomorrow . . .IS THIS THE ALL-AROUND GAME GUN? .......•....... Russell Tinsley 28

hunting ...A SHOTGUN SAGA B. R. Hughes 30

departments . . .INTRODUCTION '" . .. . . . . . . . . 4QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ..........•.................. Graham Burnside 6GUN RACK 8CROSSFIRE ...............•.....•............................ 10HANDLOADING BENCH Kent Bellah 12PU LL! ............•.......................... Dick Miller 32SHOPPING WITH GUNS Roslyn Wallis 56THE GUN MARKET................................•................. 64INDEX OF ADVERTISERS ' 66

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By GRAHAM BURNSIDE

QUESTIONSand

ANSWERS

As to the Perrin cartridge being inter­changeable with the 12 mm French ThickRim revolver cartridge-I have checked myfourteen specimens and have come to theconclusion that they are, and they are not.Generally speaking, my specimens of the 12mm Thick Rim will interchange, but someare far enough off that, like you, I wonder.Although they vary greatly, I would notdoubt that they were intended for the samearm. The large caliber and low power ofboth rounds is such that there would not bethe danger factor that there might be.

The cartridge stamped "Perrin" was prob­ably made by such an outfit; but I can findnothing on any man or company by thatname.

I also noticed th e Perrin revolver in thepicture used for the Shooters Club of Amer­ica, but do not know where the photo camefrom.

I would guess th~t, in actuality, the re­volver chambers of the various 12 mm ThickRim revolvers varied from manufacturer tomanufacturer, and it could be that not allammo was useable in all arms. This wouldmean that the so-called 12 mm Thick Rimis more of a series of rounds than a singlespecimen.~B

I certainly enjoyed your Gun of the Month(Perrin Revolver) article in the May issue-­especially in view of the circumstances inwhich I read it.

About a month ago, I traded for an oldrevolver and was about to sell or trade itfor another when I stopped at the store andpicked up a copy of the current issue ofGUNS. There I noticed a picture of myoIdrevolver, and read your article. My gunbears serial number 2292, and is in goodcondition but needs cleaning.

Could you give me any idea of what it isworth? It has the Perrin name and "Paris"and what looks like Chinese symbols on thebarrel.

I traded for this gun at an old miningtown (almost a ghost town) here in NewMexico, and gave a Navajo rug for it. AfterI read your article, I bought the magazineand took it and my gun home again, decid­ing not to part with it until I could find outwhat it is really worth. I am going to try totrace the past history of it if it is possible.Any information you can give me will beappreciated.

Edward MaherAlbuquerque, N. M.

I recently saw a very clean specimen ofthe Perrin revolver for sale at a gun show.The dealer involved wanted $90 for it, andI had the feeling that he would have takenless. The Perrin will be more valued as it ismore appreciated, but no one can tell forsure how rapidly appreciation will grow.~B

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The Tokarev Semi-Auto RifleI would like to get some information on

the Tokarev Semi-Auto rifle - its weight,length, and what kind of a sporter do youthink could be made from one of them?

Dick HarmonSalt Lake City, Utah

There are several models of the RussianTokarev semi·auto rifle, but the one usuallyencountered is the model of 1940. It is asfollows:

Weight (without bayonet) 8.8 lbs.Length (without bayonet) 47.8 inchesBarrel length 24.4 inches

. Bore diameter .301My opinion is that the Tokarev is a poor

choice for a sporting arm. By the time oneinvests what would be necessary to sport.erize it, it would have been better to use amore conventional arm. On top of this, the7.62 mm Russian cartridge is not easilyobtainable these days.~B

Questions submitted must carry a ShootersClub of America number or must be ac­companied by one dollar. Questions lackingeither number or dollar will be returned.

Those Perrin RevolversI would like to express my appreciation

of your article on the Perrin revolvers andammunition, and also to raise a couple ofpoints about them.

It is unfortunate that there is so littleinterest in the field of cartridges in Britain,and that the law is so restrictive. Most ofour information comes from the States, andyour articles are amongst those appreciated.Were the Perrin round and the French 12mm Thick Rim interchangeable, as isclaimed? I have two Perrin rounds, and alsotwo 12 mm TR BCPs. There is an obviousdiscrepancy in general size, the former beingthe smaller. This is borne out by micrometerreadings. If these were interchangeable, itseems that there must 'have been a dangeroustolerance, also considering the various loadsand bullet weights.

Ouly a month or so ago, I acquired thespecimen with the Perrin headstamp, al­though mine has a very slightly flat point.Can you give me details of who producedthis particular round? Presumably Perrinhimself, but perhaps you have an originalbox with address and details of the load?

So far no Perrin weapons have appeared,. over here, but I narrowly missed a 12 mm

Raphael a couple of years ago.For what it is worth, I notice a Perrin

in the handgun display illustrated on theShooters Club of America page.

Again, my thanks for your good work in

this field. Anthony Fraser

Dundee, Scotland

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201Fast burning, but slower th,!n the ?OO.Used with lighter bullets In mej,umsized cases or with some big calibercases where large bore volume must befilled quickly with gases.

It could be. The Norma 203 riflepowder is the most widely us~~ inNorma factory loaded ammUnition.It's a medium burning powder andcan be found in many popularmedium sized cases such as thoseused in the .30-06, 303 British,European 7 and 8MM's. The 203,like all ultra-modern Norma POW­ders, is extr~mely clean burl')i~g.affording maximum bullet velOCitieswith a minimum in breech pressureand barrel wear.There are three other ultra-modernrifle powders bearing the Normaname. All of them, like the 203, arenitro-cellulose with the moderntubular grain.

200Very fast burning for small capacitycartridges such as the .222. Also excel­lent for use with light bullets and/orlight loads in larger calibers.

6 GUNS AUGUST 1963

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Herrett HolstersNo, this is not a printer's error! Steve

Herrett, the handgun stocker, has addedleather goods to his line. We had a chanceto inspect some of Steve's wares in Washing­ton at the NRA meeting, and put one of hisslings through its paces on our RemingtonModel 700 6 mm rifle. The sling openseasily, is not bulky, and pushing it back intoparade position takes but a second. Althoughprimarily designed as a carrying sling,Steve's sling can, of course, be used as ahasty shooting sling. There is also a new andingenious belt design and combat holstersfor many commonly carried guns. You canget a catalog by writing to Steve at Box741G, Twin Falls, Idaho.

Parker-Hale ProductsParker-Hale gun equipment is now being

imported by International Guns Inc., Dept.G, 67 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N.Y. Weordered some of this equipment for our ownuse, and want to tell other shooters about it.Those Parker·Hale rifle cleaning rods withtheir plastic covers and the special tips, arereally fine rods, and the shotgun cleaningrods have all the custom features a shootercan expect. International Guns also importsthe very nice Hussar sporting rifle. This gunis made in the famed Bisley Works ofParker-Hale, and is available in .243, .270,.30-06, .308, and .308 Norma Magnum. Abolt-action gun with custom features, the gunhandles extremely well and should performto the satisfaction of the most discriminatingshooter. As of this writing, our test gun hasnot arrived, but as soon as it gets here, weshall give it a good going over and report indetail.

Sierra BulletsThat new 6 mm, 85 grain, hollow point,

boat-tail bullet from Sierra Bullets, Inc.,loaded into any of the 6 mm's, is a potentpill. We loaded a bunch of them with 65.5grains of Hodgdon's 4831 for our Musketeerin caliber .243 and shot MOA withouttrouble. Then we loaded some brass forRemington's new baby, the 6 mm that wehave for tests. We fired 20 rounds throughthe Model 742 semi-auto, and 20 roundsthrough the Model 700. While the autoloader

'·produced groups a fraction bigger than theModel 700, no woodchuck would ever knowthe difference. Tests in the sandbox forbullet recovery settled matters as far as avarmint load was concerned. To knock offa chuck or two, that Sierra bullet will dothe trick very nicely, thank you; the chuckswould never know what hit them. Try a boxof these new sluggers; you'll like them.

Remington's 6 mm RiflesThe .244 is dead-long live the new 6 mm!

Ted McCawley, the genial trap addict whois our contact man at Remington, shippedus two rifles for this sweet little caliber.One was the above-mentioned Model 742autoloader, the other that dandy little Model700. Gun specs are very similar to those ofthe other guns in the series of models, andonce again, we are ready, willing, and ableto start the never-ending argument: Can anautoloader rifle be accurate? Our personalanswer: Heck, yes. With factory anuno, theautoloader fired from the usual 100 yardsand from a solid rest, grouped 1.25 inchesfive times. Firing was done at 30 secondintervals, approximately as long as it takesto eject and load with a bolt.action rifle.After shooting five virtually identical 5-shotgroups, we put the Model 742 aside andpicked up the Model 700. Shot under thesame conditions, groups measured barely1116th of an inch over the MOA. A friendwho was hanging around and watching,then repeated the performances. His groupswere a bit bigger, but the relationship be­tween those fired by the autoloader and thebolt-action rifle were almost identical.

The Model 742 was eqnipped with Buehlermounts and carried Ed Hilliard's new 2X-7XVariable. The Model 700 also had Buehlermounts and was topped with Stoeger's fineKahles 2.3X·7X Variable scope. To testfunctioning, we loaded three rounds of hotloads and put them through the Model 700­she behaved and performed like a lady. Ouronly trouble was encountered when we triedto strip the Model 742. The man who puton the barrel nut on our test gun must haveused pneumatic equipment. We could notbudge the nut and, short of rather drasticmeasures, we were unable to get that nutoff to strip the gun.

If you have been eyeing a 6 mm rifle­take a look at these. These Remington's willdo the job, and we are particularly partialto the handling qualities of the Model 700.This gun, by the way, came to us with atrigger pull of 8 pounds, but as you probablyknow, adjusting the pull on those triggers isdone easily and speedily. If everything worksout, we plan to take that 700 on one ortwo major hunting forays and let's hope wesee worthwhile game while carrying thislittle beauty.

Lyman Spartan PressWith this press, the Lyman Gun Sight

Corp., Dept. G, Middlefield, Conn., makesit easy for the beginner to take up the fas­cinating hobby of handloading metallicammo. The Spartan press is of the "C"

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America's most reliablepump shotgun now has a

handsome new look...

. Remington Model 870

Look what's happened to "Old Relia­ble"-Remington'spopular Model 870pump shotgun. Now it's made in onede luxe grade and it's a better value. . .a better gun. It has a rich, new stockfinish that looks great, lasts longer, too.Plus new, custom-grade fine-linedcheckering to enhance the Americanwalnut stock and fore-end. Toppedoff by a sporty, decorated grip cap.These extra good looks makeita stand­out over other shotguns.

Frankly, the newness ends there. Wedidn't do a thing to the inside of the

870. (No need to ... it's the most relia­ble pump action made!) Look whatyou get: Double action bars (mostpumps havejust one) that prevent twist­.ing and binding, insure smooth-glidingaction. A receiver machined from solidsteel..A breech block that locks into ahardened barrel extension for longerlife ... constant head space. And extrabarrels you can change in seconds ...in the field ...without tools.

Ifyou areamong the nearly 1,000,000satisfied Model 870 owners, you don'tneed a new pump shotgun ... Ifyou're

not-see the new de luxe Model 870"Wingmaster" today. You can't findbetter performance and better looks ata better price. 5 shots. From $94.95*.

REMINGTON GUNS ARE BETTERBECAUSE THEY'RE MADE BETTER.

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John C. JensenSan DIego, California

Worth RememberingMy feelings are that any person or persons

even considering an anti-gun IIlW should beclosely checked by the F."B.I. for possibilityof having something to do with the Com­munist Party!

Secretary McNamara's quote, "It is im­possible for an unarmed people to revoltagainst Communism," contains a great dealof meaning.

Please, everyone, stop and give that quotea very serious thought.

Keep up the good work.Dave Hall

Warwick, R. I.Oops!

The other night, the sportscaster forWISN-TV in Milwaukee was reporting thePan·Am games. He said the American base­ball team was de"£eated by the Cuban team.Then: "In other competition, the Americanrifle team won a gold medal . • • they shotthe Cuban baseball team."

Raymond A. Olinger"Wauwatosa, Wis.

program since the National Rifle Associationwas begun. I am a life member of the NRAand feel that this new thought will be of atremendous help in the fight to stop thedisarmament of this country.

I was brought up around guns and wasfortunate to have one of the top Rifle andPistol Shots in this country at one time formy personal coach. My grandfather was amember of the World Record-holding NavyRifle Team before the National MatchCourse was changed to its present form. Heis also Distinguished in both rifle and pistol.His last trip to the Nationals was in 1932,so you can see that he has seen many yearsof shooting and many changes in it. He isnot or was not only a top target marksman,but was one of the inventor's of the Berns­Martin Speed Holster, considered by manyas the fastest holster in the world for themodern revolver.

I am a security officer here in San Diego,and carry many different weapons in thecourse of a year, so from a practical point Iappreciate the right to bear arms. If thiscountry doesn't wake up the people to whatguns are for and the pleasure that can behad through their use, we will soon be inthe same boat as the English people, withoutany arms. Please keep up the good work.You now have two more people behind you,as both my wife and I enjoy handguns, rifles,and shotguns too.

Please enroll me as a Charter Member inShooter's Club of America.

ROSSFIRE

Lost TrophiesI am attempting to contact persons who

lost trophies in the Rowland Ward fire inLondon on August 9th, 1961. I am anxiousto hear from those clients who, like myself,were not satisified with the amounts offeredby way of compensation.

I would greatly appreciate your publishingmy request in your "Letter to the Editor"column at your earliest convenience.

Charles E. HebertSuite 133, 17 Queen St. East

Toronto, Canada

A personal friend of mine has been invitedto join your Shooters Club as a CharterMember. Since we are both interested inour American freedom and our right to keeparms I am also interested in becoming aCharter Member. I am also a member ofAmerican Ordance Assn. and a member ofAOPA of Washington D. c., also of Ameri­can Legion Post 93, Trenton, N. J.

Kenneth E. NeisnerNewportville, Penna.

I would like to show my appreciation forthat new organization: The Shooter's Clubof America. I think that this is the greatest

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Shooters Club of AmericaThank you for the article (April 1963).

"New Guns for the New Army." I enjoyed itvery much. In the Sept. 1961 issue, youcarried my letter in Crossfire asking for anarticle on M 79 Grenade Launcher. Thisarticle by Joseph Goodyear covered it quitethoroughly, and I thank you again. I 'havebeen a subscriber to GUNS Magazine forseveral years. My present subscription doesnot expire for several months, but I wish tojoin the Shooters Club of America, so en·closed find check for $7.50.

Keep up the good work.

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The development and use of the famous car·trldges developed by Col. Boxer. All 01 theknown variations are described.

BLACK POWDER PISTOLSby Wtlltam A. Carve,

The author. a record-breaktng target shooter.proves that modern black powder pistols areaccurate. His own home-made high scoringpistols are described In detail.

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A detalled account or the various weaponscarrIed by these explorers so vivid YOU'U livethose adventure-Oiled days with them. Specialdrawings by Ned Smith.

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ITHACA STORY by Wallace LablskyAn Informative and entertaining hIstory orIthaca and Lefever guns, including a checkHst of serial numbers for the collector.

SHOOTING THE SNIDERby Larry Sterett

Did you know that the 577 Snider rlOe can beloaded with components available today?Herc's how you can do It.

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ALL-ROUND SHOTGUN R.I.P.by Charles Howe

The author describes his choice for a multi­purpose shotgun-gauge, action, type andaccessories.

THE 7MM IN AFRICAby Sam Saxlon

Remington's new 7mm Is the star In thisaccount of a recent AfrIcan safari. The authortells you exactiy why!

SHOOTING AND THEPOPULATION EXPLOSION

by Henry SteblrlnsThe growth of metropolitan areas has mademany inroads into hunting and shooting areas.The author tells you why those remainingmust be presf!rved it you want to keep onhunting and shooting.

THE XP-l00 PISTOL CARBINEby Les Bowman

Remington's amazingly accurate new gun andits cartridge. the 221 Fireball, are put throughtheir paces In game-filled Wyoming. The authorgives you a complete shooting report, plusplenty of reloading data.

THE HIGH VELOCITY PISTOLby Jeff Cooper

The hunting handgun Is gaining In popularitydally. The author glves you the essentials ofguns, shooting, ammo, sights and accessories.

POWDER TO BURN by Dean Grenne!!A thorough study ot the history and modernuses of gunpowder, including a comparison ofthe burning rate ot popular powders.

OPEN, PEEP OR SCOPESIGHTS by Wm. SchumakerOhoosing the correct sights tor your rifle ismost important. The advantages and disad­vantages of the three basic sights are thor·oughly discussed.

TESTFIRE! by Ken WatersA critical report on the field testing of manyguns Including the Remington 1100 and 870shotguns, Savage's 340c Carbine, the F.I.Musketeer, Remington's new 6mm and theDakin 130E double.

WANTED! GUN DESIGNERS.. by B. FrUz Samuels

Gun pressure problems will always be withus-or w1l1 they? WlIl modern advances inmetal and metallurgy bring us stronger, saferfirearms? Maybe you have the answer.

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Come along as Major Woolnough takes you ona fascinating tour through the shop of Hamadaand Son, Tokyo gunmakers and engravers.

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Collecting and shooting the old double barrelshotguns can be rewarding.

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The Savage 22/20 over·under Is put throughIts varied and many paces by a father and son.

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IN DEFENSE OF CHINKSby John Madson

The ringneck pheasant, scorned by expert wingshots, finds a staunch supporter in this author,

RATTLE UP YOUR BUCKby Tom Hayes

The author describes a "new" method for lur·tog deer. It can work for you!

-HALF-MINUTE RIFLEby lVarren Pane

Hench·rest shooters are constantly striving forsuper·accuracy. Here are Page's trophy win­ning secrets and a look at his equipment.

GAS LOSS IN REVOLVERSby Edward Yard

A Test/ire Report! How important is thevelocity loss caused by the cylinder gap inrpvolvers? The author explains his test pro­cedure and comments on the surprising results.

SURVIVAL WEAPONS by Bob BellA Testjire Report.' The author appraises andchooses weapons and accessories tor theirsurvival value after the bomb.

ANTIQUE ARMSRESTORATION by Paul MatthewsA complete treatise on the care and cleaningof collector's firearms, Including those thingsyou should not do to a valuable arm.

CARE AND FEEDING OFTHE 7mm ROLLING BLOCK

by Watter E. BtUHow to shoot and preserve this famous oldritle, plus plenty or data on hunting and plink­Ing loads that you can use with any ritle.

SCOPES-REDFIELD 2X-7X &BROWNING 6X by Bob BellA Test/lre Report! Shooting study or both newscopes with full information on how to usethe new range~finder reticle.

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THE 9.3X72R by Warren StpeHere ts proof that, although a cartridge maybe outdated, It can st1l1 hold Its own with somemodern loads.

GAS GUNS-A TESTFIREREPORT by Bob BellQuiet shooting coupled wIth amazing accuracyhas endeared pellet guns to an ever growingnumber o[ shooters. Here's a complete reporton all the popular models.

HANDLOADS FOR HUNTERSby JIm Ryan

How to match your cartridges and loads tovarious hunting reQuIrements. A definitive andtnstructive article that can help you to bagmore game.

HALL RIFLE AND CARBINEACCOUTREMENTS

by R. T. HuntingtonA detatled coverage of thc various acce!sorlesthat were lRsued with the Hall breech-loadingrlOe between 1825 and 1840.

PRACTICE FOR POINTBLANKPRECISION by Ken WarnerPractice tor those close·tn shots Is as Importantas long range sighting in.

MYSTERY MISSES by Bob HagelEver wonder why your long range shots some·times go astray tor no apparent reason? Hereare some reasons tor. those mIsses and goodpointers for their correction.

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All or the new Imported foreIgn guns-rltles.shotguns, pistols and revolvers are reviewed 1ndetail. Complete specIfications and prices.

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NEW C·R PRODUCTS

The C-H Die Co. hit the market with morenew reloading equipment items than any

firm ever brought out at one time before.Their record may stand forever. New ideasare generally put in production one or two ata time. The C-H (Roddy) people had to bedoers, as well as thinkers, to put some 16ideas in formal production simultaneously.Your dealer will show or demonstrate all newC-H equipment, or you can write for detailsto C-H, Box 3284G, Terminal Annex, LosAngeles 54, Calif.

Let's take a look·see at their best andmost versatile new press for metallic ammo.

Called the C·H Universal 3 St~tion "H"Press, it's a modification of the popular oldheavy·duty C·H Magnum. The standard %"x 14 thread center hole is retained for heavy·duty sizing or other work, and priming. Twomore holes have been added in front of theupright guide posts. The three stations holdboth rifle dies and a powder measure, or 3pistol dies. A complete round is loaded withone complete stroke of the handle. Thisspeeds production of short or long runs, andeliminates screwing dies in or out.

Many handgunners will use the new $18.95C·H Micrometer powder measure on thesturdy $3.50 C·H Bench Stand. A new $2.50C-H Thread Insert (adapter) holds themeasure in the tool for rifle shells. Someriflemen will use the bench stand, which isabout as fast as feeding shells to the shellholder for charging. However, the insertdoesn't require any bench space, if you arecrowded. The measure is held firmly to aidaccuracy and you can charge cases withoutfeeding them to the shell holder, if desired.

A new C-H Universal Primer Arm features

punches for large or small, flat or roundprimers, at only $4.00. The change requiresabout two minutes. Adjustments regulate theprimer seating depth, which should be about.003 below the case head face, or more.

Debris from decapped primers may fallin the primer arm cup. It makes tiny markson new primers. Eliminate it by loading thearm before decapping, or by catching firedprimers in your hand. Directions fail tomention this. Old Magnum press arms alsofit.

The new "H" press takes the familiar shellholders for the old Magnum, or the newUniversal type. New ones use a $1.50 ram,slotted for inexpensive $2.50 heads, held bya horseshoe spring clip. Shell holders orheads work equally well. They can be turnedto the most convenient feeding position.Heads are blued steel.

C·H's Universal "H" press is a modest$42.00, stripped. Base and both drilled barsare in red crackle finish aluminum alloy.Other parts are steel, with hardened, chromeplated guide rods. All pins and bearingsurfaces are hardened. All 3 stations arein perfect alignment. Thrust is directly underthe center hole for straight line sizing. TheM.A. (mechanical advantage) is ample forall case work, or bullet swaging with thenew C·H $19.95 Swaging Dies.

Half·jacketed bullets are beautifully swaged(cold formed) with a "clean" side bleed·off for extremely uniform weight, and areejected by pressing the top lever. You canswage 350 perfect bullets per hour, and$10.95 buys an extra die body, punch andejector for another caliber bullet, a bargainfor the 2 or 3 gun man.

You can cut several thousand lead wirecores per hour in the C·H Universal CoreCutter. It takes all sizes of lead wire. Usean extra nut on the adjustment screw tolock it for desired core weight. Use extrascrews with lock nuts for different weights.This eliminates wasting lead to switch coreweights "by guess and by gosh," and youcan always return to a pre·set weight.

If time isn't important, you can cast slugsin Lyman's adjustable core mould, at therate of about 250 per hour after you getfired up. Put an extra nut on the adjustmentscrew to lock it for the lightest desired core.Then make horse shoe shims to slip underthe locked nuts for each heavier core wanted.This insures uniform weight cores in anyweight desired, without casting and weigh.ing samples each time you switch. Lymanand C-H should put these tips in theirdirections.

C·H's name and fame, and the very low(Continued .on page 14)

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FEDERAL HI-POWERGIVES YOU HARD SHOT

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SOFT LEAD SHOT suffersserious deformation infiring - flys erratically-weakens your pattern.

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HARD ROUND SHOT flysstraighter - cuts downthe strays for betterpatterns - providesmore penetrating power.

FEDERAL Hi-Power game loads use specialshot with more antimony (for extra hardness)than any other shells on the market.

This extra hardness does three things to im­prove your hunting "bag":

1. Resists pellet-deformation in shot columnwhen shell is fired - thus producing truerpellet flight and fewer "strays."

2. Provides more uniform patterns and morepellets in the pattern.

3. Gives you better long range penetration onlarge game birds.

This special hard hitting Hard Shot is avail­able in FEDERAL Hi-Power shot shells­Maximum and Magnum loads.

...for high percentage patterns andgreater penetrating power!

FEDERAf.Federal cartridge Corporation, Minneapolis 2, Minnesota

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Re-cycles

MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.

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"thinks" 'or itself

(Continued from page 12)price for a three position press will causemany to add this versatile, semi·productiontool to their equipment, or "trade up" forit. My friend, R. B. Smith, solved the majorfault of no primer catcher very easily. In asquare cake pan he cut an opening the sizeof the press base. It slips over the tool, andholds a couple of thousand fired primers.Neatest idea I've seen.

A top .357 load is a 127 grain C·R semi­wadcutter half-jacketed bullet backed with18.0 grains of 2400 and a CCI No. 550Magnum primer. In an unvented pressurebarrel it averages 1915 fps at 39,900 psi.

A top .44 Magnum load is a 220 grain C-Rsemi-wadcutter half-jacketed bullet backedwith 25.0 grains 2400 and a CCI No. 350Magnum primer. In an unvented pressurebarrel it averages 1744 fps at 38,600 psi.

Both loads were test fired with 0.5 grainmore powder in Smith & Wesson Magnumrevolvers. This was for testing, not shooting.You'll find that 0.5 grain less powder is amore practical shooting load in either caliber.They are very powerful hunting or defenseloads with fine accuracy. Bullet expansionis extremely fast, in a classic mushroom formaximum shock with deep penetration forlarge game. C·R hollow point pills expandeven faster on varmints for maximum tissuedestruction. Actual velocity in a revolverwill be less than pressure barrel figures, dueto the gas escape between cylinder andbarrel.

* * *I strongly recommend using new cases for

all hot loads, and fire them no more than 5times. After that, the good hulls can be usedfor light loads until failures begin showingup. The first case failures will be crackedmouths, due to the rather heavy crimp thatis desirable for revolver loads, and necessaryfor hot loads, to keep bullets from drivingforward from recoil. C-R bullets swaged ofsoft lead wire should be seated in one oper­ation and crimped in another. An extra crimpdie speeds tl;te work, and can be left adjustedfor uniformity in loads.

Seating and crimping in separate opera.tions is a good policy with any bullet that hasno crimp groove, or a shallow one, andespecially with any soft bullet.

Ruger's .44 Carbine doesn't shoot softhalf-jacketed or cast pills very well. For bestaccuracy use 215 to 240 grain bullets withlong jackets. Good ones are the Speer,Norma and Shooters Service "Newline," with23.0 grains 2400 and CCI No. 350 Magnumprimers. Chaps who want a light, fast·handling rifle for deer at moderate rangewill find this one a dandy. The very fastsecond, third or fifth shot will bag manydeer that would be lost with some guns.

John Zemanek, Wilmington, Calif., hasgood results with a 133 grain C-R swagedwadcutter in a K-38. Re uses 3.8 grains5066 and CCI No. 500 primers. We found a139 or 145 grain C-R cup nose backed with3.6 grains 5066 and the same primer workswell in a K-38, loaded with the base forward.Bullets are seated flush in the case andlightly crimped.

Monroe Thomas was one of several areamen who bagged a nice deer with a .222 thispast season. Monroe took the buck at about50 yards, placing the bullet one inch behindhis eye for an instant kill. Ris load was my

(Continued on page 63)

See it at your dealer's or write Mayville Engineering.Mayville, Wisconsin for MEC's complete catalog.

You are looking at the totally new MEC 310 ... the single stage toolthat performs with the speed of a progressive type. It boasts featuresno other reloader can ... regardless of price. First, there's the newProgrammed Charging Mechanism that not only meters powder andshot more accurately ... but does it automatically. Its. built-in"memory" device causes powder and shot to be dropped only at theproper points in the reloading cycle. And because it's mechanical ..•this positively eliminates any chance of human error.Another progressive feature is the new Direct Reading PressureGauge with graduated face and pointer which always indicatesexactly the wad pressure being applied. The new wad height indicatorassures improved crimping by disclosing improper wadding or otherevidence of a defective reload. Then there's the new ReconditioningStation which, with one stroke of the handle, deprimes, completelyresizes case head, restores head space and irons out the case mouth.Add to this the fact that the entire shell is reloaded, from deprime tofinal crimp, in only four strokes of the handle, all ending on positivestop, and you have the most efficient, accurate, mistake-proof shotshellreloader in the industry ... bar none! And it's completely safe. Ohyes! It'll process up to 310 hulls per hour.Price? $69.95 complete. All assembled, tested and ready to go.

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GUNS • AUGUST 1963

By GRAHAM BURNSIDE

BACK IN Civil War days, when a military reportused the word "guns", they meant cannon. Small

arms were called small arms, and pistols and revolverswere sidearms. Today, the term "guns" enjoys a moregeneral use and is used here to mean small arms andsidearms.

The battle of Gettysburg was fought one hundredyears ago, on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1863. It was oneof the greatest decisive battles of all American historyand undoubtedly the most important battle of the CivilWar. Gettysburg was the high point of the Confederateeffort, and from that point on the Southern militarypower declined slowly but steadily.

Gettysburg was a massive battle that employed about88,000 Union men and about 75,000 Confederates. Itwas a hard fought contest that resulted in 51,000 cas­ualties. It was a Union victory, as the Union won thefield and forced the Confederates to retreat. The vic­tory could have been more complete had the Unionquickly followed their advantage. If the ConfederateArmy of Northern Virginia had been destroyed, theCivil War would not have lasted until April of 1865.

Small arms and sidearms used in the Civil War areinnumerable. Everything practical that could be foundon the world market was used, and many thousands of

impractical arms were purchased just to keep themaway from the clutches of the enemy. To know allCivil War arms would take a life-long study.

Many arms employed were of a sporting type­particularly among the Confederate troops. The listwould include flintlock arms converted to percussion,hunting rifles, target rifles, shotguns, and a host ofdifferent pistols and revolvers.

In some cases - usually Confederate - men werearmed with abberations made from sundry parts. Hav­ing few real factories, the South resorted to the ques­tionable products of small workshops. As one canguess, this plethora of small arms was an ordnanceheadache of some magnitude.

Considering the job to be done, one must give creditto both the North and the South for their ability toprovide their troops with proper cartridges and otherordnance necessities.

In studying the texts covering the subject, it isobvious that just cartridges for the various arms ·usedwere more than a nominal problem. As an exampleone order called for the following:

100,000 Enfield cartridges, calibre .577100,000 blank cartridges

3,000 friction primers (for cannon)

Made primarily from Burnside partsin C.S. shop. Starrett Collection.

Remington New Model, above, without the"New Model" marking, with cone insteadof blade front sight. Colt, left, is 1860Army Model that fired last shot of war.

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Griswold and Grier guns arealso known by several othernames indicating C.S. origin.

100,000 percussion caps40,000 Mississippi rifle cartridges

400,000 elongated ball cartridges, calibre .6940,000 Burnside cartridges

100,000 elongated ball cartridges, calibre .75And another order (May, 1862) :921 rifle cartridges, elongated ball, with caps, cal. 69908,000 rifle cartridges, cal. .577221,000 rifle cartridges cal. .54

21,000 buck and ball, with caps, cal. .6963,000 buck (shot) cartridges, no caps, cal. .6952,000 Colts rifle cartridges, with caps, cal. .54

159,000 Mississippi rifle cartridges, no caps, cal. .5457,000 Colts rifle cartridges, no caps, cal. .5430,000 Sharps carbine cartridges

601,000 musket round balls, cal. .69It is interesting to note that the above two orders do not

ask for any .58 caliber musket cartridges, which was even­tually what the Union army used most heavily. It may wellbe that both of the orders were made before the bulk ofthe troops had the .58 Springfield rifled musket in theirpossession.

Most troops were issued .69 caliber percussion musketswhen they were mustered into the service. Most such organ­izations were later re-equipped with other more effectiveanns.

To give the reader some idea of the problems of the CivilWar ordnance people, here is a listing of how many differentsmall arms were purchased by the U.S. Government forCivil War use:

22 different carbines28 kinds of muskets and rifles19 distinctive pistols and revolversThis listing may not be complete. We can safely say that

"at least" these many types were purchased. When one pon­ders the problems of spare parts, repair, ammunition, andaccurate and speedy supply-only then does one realize themagnitude of the problem. To further complicate the pic­ture, many of the arms came from foreign countries and, inthe case of some of the revolvers, the ammunition was notmade anywhere except in that particular foreign land. Inone instance (pinfire revolvers), the manufacture of pinfirecartridges was undertaken in this country.

At the beginning of the war, the U.S. was generally ill­equipped. In time, arms started to pour in from domesticfactories and foreign ports. (Continued on page 48)

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Many Civil War soldiers used foreign made gunssuch as the above shown Belgian pinfire revolver.

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Partly checkered grips, irontrigger guard and frame aresome of the distinguishingfeatures of the Joslyn gun. -

I. Two variations of cal. .54 Burnside cartridge.2. Smith cartridges; brass foil and paper, rubber.3. Cal. .58 paper cartridge for Springfield and theEnfield. Round was made at the Allegheny Arsenal.4. Gallagher carbine brass foil and paper round.

Eye-catching and handsome replica -Qf a Harpers Ferry Model 1800. flintlock is displayedon wall of buffet car of Northern Pacific. The theme is the Lewis and Clark expediti9n.

By ROBERT J. KINDLEY

Historic GunIn Moc1.ern Guise

Dick Hicks. of Albuquerque. makesthese fine replicas completely br.hand, including rifling the barre.

_HANGING ON one wall of each of <the NorthernPacific's new "Traveler's Rest" buffet cars is a rifle

that would make a gun collector take a good, hard, secondlook. It appears to be a Harpers Ferry Model 1800 flint­lock, in mint condition! Closer examin<ation, however,will reveal the name "Dick Hicks" etched in the barrel,identifying the rifle as the excellent work of -the Albuquer­que gunsmith who specializes in building muzzle-loadingrifles and pistols. >

When the Northern Pacific .decided to remodel theircrack Northern Coast Limited, one of the last cal'$ to be

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redesigned was the buffet car. These cars were to be re­modeled during the sesquicentennial of the historic Lewisand Clark expedition. This, plus the fact that the NorthernPacific's tracks parallel the old Lewis and Clark trail formany miles, caused the railroad to adopt a Lewis and Clarktheme for the design and decoration of the cars.

The rifles carried by the Lewis and Clark e:x:pedition were,of course, am~ng its most important items of equipment. Itwas on these that the explorer's depended to furnish the vastamount of meat needed during the three year trek. Hunt­ing was a necessity, and good rifles contributed much tothe success of the expedition. Actually, hunting was sucha common-plaCe chore that it took the grizzlies of theMontana Rockies to add spice to it. The ball from a singlerifle merely angered the big bears, and members of· theexpedition had several narrow escapes until they learnedto gang up on them. On two occasions, Capt. Lewis almostlost his britches to wounded grizzlies, escaping only bysome speedy footwork. To quote him, he decided that itwould be easier "to fight two Indians than' one bear."

hi spite of all that has b~en (Continued on page· 36)

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Made at the Virginia Manufaetury ofArms, this gun is marked "Virginia"and "Richmond 1812." Many recordsare in the city's Valentine Museum.

Lock detail on rifle marked "J.H.Hall H. Ferry U.S.1826." Adopted by U.S. Army in 1817, it was the firstbreech loading rifle adopted by any government. Right,the view of the Virginia Manufactury from the river.

By GEORGE McKENNA

WHEN THE SOUTH NEEDED GUNS

VIRGINIA ARMS FACTORY WAS READY

GUI I

One point these records make very clear is that, at theend of the Eighteenth Century, the manufacturing of fire­arms in America was centered in the Middle Atlantic andlower New England States. According to his reports to theGovernor, before Clarke drew up his plan, he travelledextensively through these areas, visiting all the majorfoundries and arms factories in the then young UnitedStates, to obtain information.

Philadelphia was an important arms manufacturing cen­ter at that time, and one where Clarke spent several weeks.But the two factories he seems to have studied with thegreatest attention were the Eli Whitney arms plant in NewHaven, Conn., where the principle of interchangeable partswas then developed to a high degree in gun making; andthe infant Federal Armory at Springfield, Mass., where thedivision of labor on an "assembly line" basis was already

I N FEBRUARY of 1798, the Governor of Virginiaselected a citizen of that State named John Clarke to

supply "a plan for a complete manufactury of arms to beerected in the vicinity of Richmond, capable of the annualmanufacture of 4,000 stands of arms." The plan wasapproved by the State Legislature in 1800, and from 1802until it was turned over to the Confederacy in 1861, theManufactury was in continuous operation, first as a stateowned factory in which military arms were made, and thenas a state arsenal in· which they were repaired and stored.

The arms made there are now choice collector's items,commanding a premium on the market for antique fire­arms. And the records, most of which are still on file inthe State Archives in Richmond, are an excellent sourceof information about the firearms industry during theearly years of U.S. history.

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well established. Both of these ideas were incorporated intothe plan he drew for the Virginia Manufactury of Arms.

The site Clarke selected for the plant was a six acretract on the north bank of the James River, between theriver and the James River Canal. This site combined lowcost transportation for raw materials by means of bothcanal and river boats with an ample supply of power fromwater drawn out of the canal to operate a huge waterwheelbuilt inside the Manufactury.

The plan called for a large two-story brick buildingfacing on the canal, with two brick wings in the backenclosing a courtyard that was about an acre in extent.Clarke supervised its construction, hired the men whowere to begin work, and was named fust Superintendentafter the plant was put into operation.

The first Master Armorer was a Virginian, George

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View from Gamble's Hill shows theManufactury in 1857, then known asthe Armory, shown on the left side.

Mus~et mar~ed "Richmond 1815" hasa 42~t barrel and is S8Y2" long."Virginia" and a name, probably thatof the artificer, are stamped on theside plate, just undemeath the hammer.

Williamson; but the first labor force consisted of 68"artificers" recruited from northern states, half of themmen who had served their apprenticeship at SpringfieldArmory. The original plans called for the production of16 muskets, 6 pistols, and 7 swords a day. To achieve this,Clarke made out a work sheet which was included in aletter he wrote June 12, 1801, to James Monroe, the Gov­ernor of Virginia at that time. This work sheet calledfor some 132 men, specifying the number needed for eachof more than a dozen different operations.

Actually, during the first few years the Manufacturywas in operation, it never reached this elaborate scaleClarke had planned, and during the years 1803 to 1805it operated on a very reduced scale because of an economymove in the State Government. In 1805, more money wasmade available, and on Oct. 1, (Continued on page 43)

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Though heavy, some riders chose the Colt.44 Dragoon for extra range and power. ADragoon is shown below a similar pistolbelieved made by Mormons, Utah territory.

QUKSO.TBJi:POKYJi:~PRJi:SS

By JAMES E SERVEN

PART TWO OF THE PICTURESQUE HISTORICAL SAGA OF GUNS IN THE HANDS

OF BRAVE MEN ON FAST HORSES, BLAZING A TRAIL WESTWARD22 GUNS • AUGUST 1963

By MARCH OF 1861, Civil War between the northern andthe southern states seemed inevitable. The election of

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, on a platform of protective tariffand the exclusion of slavery from the Territories, left littlehope of settlement by arbitration. South Carolina and half adozen other southern states had already passed their "ordi·nances of secession." Vital history was being made daily eastof the Mississippi, and news of those happenings was vitalto those who lived and planned futures on our western borders.

Lincoln's inaugural address might be a decisive factor in alife·and·death gamble for the far west as well as for the easternstates. At the Pony Express remount station at Smith's Creek,"Pony Bob" Haslam strode up and down impatiently as hewaited for the sound of hoof·beats from the east-the hoof·beatsof a rider in whose mochila would be a copy of that inauguraladdress. The west was waiting for that message, and Pony Bobhad a long way to go-all the way to Fort Churchill near Car­son City, Nevada, 117 miles distant.

Faint at first, but growing rapidly louder, those hoof·beatscame. A lathered pony slid to a stop. The leather mochila withits four pockets of precious mail was tossed across the saddleof Haslam's waiting pony, and Pony Bob "forked leather."The exchange took only a matter of seconds. But the ridewould be terribly, terribly long ...

This was a particularly dangerous stretch of country thatHaslam had to cover. The Pah Utes were in ugly mood; theirtreacherous attacks had already taken the lives of numeroussettlers, soldiers, Pony Express station attendants, and miners.

The trail passed through several mountain passes and a placeoften frequented by Indians known as Quaking Aspen Bottom.No Indians were sighted at these places in the run to ColdSpring station, but Indian-wise Bob Haslam knew this kindof luck would not ·last. At Cold Spring, he selected not hisspeediest mount but a very smart horse named Old Buck. Thisanimal was said to be able to smell an Indian a mile away.

Farther and farther along the westward trail sped horse andrider, passing several likely places for ambush. Then OldBuck suddenly shot his ears forward and snorted. Bob Haslamknew what to expect; he knotted his reins, dropped them overthe horse's neck, drew his two Colt pistols, dug his heels intoOld Buck, and the race was on. Bursting from cover came ahorde of howling Pah Utes. A flight of arrows and scatteredshots whistled in Bo~'s direction.

The poorly.fed Indian ponies were no match for the fastgrain.fed horses of the Pony Express, but in this band therewere a few Indians mounted on fine horses recently stolen fromPony Express relay stations. Old Buck could not outrun all ofthese. Resourceful Bob Haslam, though reluctant to shootgood horses, knew there was but one course left to him. Takingcareful aim, he dropped the horses of several of his mostpersistent pursuers.

A sudden shock and searing pain, and there was an Indianarrow embedded to the bone in Bob's left arm. He holsteredhis right-hand Colt pistol and yanked out the arrow. Then,taking the pistol from his useless left hand, he watched hischance as he rode down a narrow ravine, closely pursued bythree Indians who now must ride in single file. Twisting in thesaddle, Bob fired three shots into the leailing pony. In theensuing pile.up, the second pony also went down.

That left but one pursuer. Bob turned again and fired pointblank at the oncoming Indian. As he did so, an arrow from thePah Ute's bow pierced Bob's cheek, knocking out several teethand fracturing his jaw. Bob's recollection of the ride to theMiddle Gate relay station a few (Continued on page 52)

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Popular throughout the West, the Sharps carbinewas often carried by Pony Express men in areaswhere Indian trouble could be encountered. Hereare four different models of caplock carbines.

Spencer carbines became popular after the PonyExpress shut down, were never carried by riders.

In the plainer version and with walnut stocks,many Pony Express riders and others in the Westcarried and used Colt's Model 1851 Navy pistol.

Abovei the Upper Wat~r Shops at the Springfield :A.rrnol'y 1830.At the right. the ruins of the Han Rifle Works. Above right.the U.S. Rifle Carbine. Model 1855. made at Springfield plant.

ro, theBy PHIUP R. SMITH. JR.

THE FEDERAL ARSENAL

SYSTEM. BEGUN IN 1777 BY

WASHINGTON. WAS READY TO

SUPPLY THE NORTH

WHEN T.HE UNION WAS IN

DIRE DANGER

This was the Harpers Ferry Armory before.outbreak of the "War Between The States'"24 GUNS • AUGUST 1963

Made at Springfield Armory, this U.S. Musket,Model 1795, is preserved in perfect condition.

Made at busy Springfield Armory, U.S. Musket,Model 1842, was also made at the Harpers plant.

"r HE National Armory system in theU. S. dates back to 1777, when the

Journals of the Continental Congressrecorded on F'ebruary 20, 1777:"Agreed to report to Congress thatGeneral Washington's establishment ofan elaboratory and Cannon Foundryat Springfield, in Massachusetts, be ap­proved of by Congress."

Springfield was chosen as the sitefor an armory because of its abundantwater power, its distance from thecoast, and its supply of skilled gun­smiths. The arms and ammunitionfrom the more exposed coastal areaswere sent to Springfield for safe keep­ing from the British.

In 1777, an officer of General Bur­goyne's captured army now on itsmarch to southern prisons and campednear the town, wrote about Springfield,

"This place is a veritable magazinefor storage of weapons for the Ameri­cans and it also has a small but verywell-built armory of arsenal. We sawhere various parks of artillery withtheir trains, and among other thingstwelve entirely new 4-pounders ofFrench make. The store or magazinehouses were filled from top to bot­tom. ..."

Following the Revolution, all manu­facture and repair work at Springfieldwas stopped, but the armory was re­tained as a storage area for the New

England section. Washington visitedthe city shortly after his inaugurationand, convinced of its potentialities,recommended it as a site for a north­ern armory when Congress, in April,1794, enacted that the President wasempowered to establish one or moreplaces for the manufacture of arms.

The Springfield Armory in 1795employed 40 people and turned out245 muskets. Its expenditures were$4,495.75.

The Springfield Armory was madeup of two plants known as the HillShops and the Water Shops, about onemile apart. The former shops occupiedthe site of the Springfield TrainingField, where the militia drilled duringthe French and Indian Wars. TheWater Shops were erected along theMill River.

The Water Shops comprised threeseparate power sites and plants knownas the Upper, Middle, and LowerWater Shops, and up to 1844 all powerwas supplied by the water wheels. At

one time as many as 23 small waterwheels were utilized. In 1857, theLower Plant was sold and the Middleand Upper Plants were consolidatedby lowering the bed of the stream be­tween the two plants so that the upperplant had their combined head.

In 1844, a steam engine was in­stalled in the Hill Plant, and machineoperations were undertaken for thefirst time.

The site selected by Washington fora southern armory was at HarpersFerry, at the junction of the Shenan­doah and Potomac Rivers, in whatwas then Virginia. Washington waswell acquainted with the area, and feltthat the site was a good one with itsunlimited water power available fromthe two rivers, and its easily defensiblelocation.

There was a large settlement atSpringfield in 1794, but Harpers Ferrywas still a wilderness. Major construc­tion at the Ferry was not begun until1799. Prior to this time, the emphasishad been on the construction of housesfor the workmen. There was such ashortage of housing that armorers werelodged in factory buildings, a practicethat was, the Paymaster pointed out,a definite fire hazard. Churches wereset up in incompleted factory build­ings; schools were nonexistent.

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Made at Harpers Ferry Armory, the U.S.Pistol, Model 1805, is brass mounted andhas a smoothbore barrel of .54 caliber.

Harpers Ferry Armory during the Civil War withthe John Brown engine house in left foreground.

The armory shops were constructedalong the banks of the ShenandoahRiver. A canal supplied by the watersof the Shenandoah furnished the waterpower necessary for the shops.

The arsenals were located on thePotomac River. The small arsenal wasconstructed between April, 1806, andApril, 1807. The large arsenal wasamong the first buildings constructedin 1799-1800. Space was at a premium,with the armory buildings squeezedbetween the canal and the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad, constructed in themiddle 1830's.

The inaccessibility of the armory atHarpers Ferry accounted in part forthe higher cost of arms productionthere. Even after the construction ofthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal andthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad acrossthe river from the armory, the cost ofmanufacturing arms at the southernarmory was higher than in Springfield..Another factor in the higher cost ofarms manufactured at the Ferry -ivasthe periodic floods that swept down theriver valleys, causing damage to thebuildings and machinery. Even theconstruction of costly dams and break­waters was unable to stop the destruc­tion wrought by the rampaging rivers.On the other hand, the operation of

the armory was sometimes halted bythe lack of water for power.

The French Charlesville Musket,Model 1763, served as the model forthe first muskets manufactured at botharmories. This weapon became known­as the U.S. Musket, Model 1795.

For the first decade, the two armor­ies operated more or less independ­ently of each other. The Ordnance De­partment was often hard pressed tocoordinate production between them.Lt. Colonel Bomford of the OrdnanceDepartment wrote to SuperintendentLee of the Springfield Armory onSeptember 21, 1821, "With a view tointroducing greater uniformity in thepattern of muskets hereafter to bemanufactured for the United States, in­cluding those made at the NationalArmories, as well as those made byContractors, it is determined to havethirty muskets made at each of theNational Armories. The muskets, whenfinished, are to be forwarded to thisOffice, where they will undergo a rigidexamination and that parcel, fromeither armory which is found most uni­form, will be adopted, and distributedto each of the armories and Contrac­tors as a model to be hereafter fol­lowed. To insure uniformity in thefabrication of our Arms hereafter, isan object of the first importance. ..."

In 1816 or 1817, a gunsmith, JohnH. Hall, came to Harpl;rs Ferry with acontract to manufacture 1,000 of hisnew patent rifles. Hall was to revolu­tionize gun making in the NationalArmories with his principles of massproduction and interchangeability ofparts. Setting up the necessary ma­chinery and. producing the rifles tookseveral years, and the original 1,000rifles were not completed until 1824,when another contract was made for asecond thousand rifles.

The Hall Rifle Works were set upIII old Armory buildings on an islandin the (Continued on page 40)

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Gun OF ONTH

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'THE OLD • THE NIW • tit! UNUSUAL

The old .32 rim-fire rounds willchamber in this rare and unusualrevolver made in Philadelphia bytwo completely unknown gunsmiths. i

ri't

By GRAHAM BURNSIDE

Markings on backstrap indicatethat gun was production piece.

GUNS AUGUST 1963

BACK IN the 1860's, there were probably two fellows by the name of Chapmanwho lived in or about Philadelphia, Pa. Maybe they were brothers; and

they may have been named George and John.I know practically nothing about these two men. I do know that there were

two Chapmans who were very handy gentlemen, and they made· a gun-maybemore than one.

Last year I was questioned by Joseph H. Parris, Sr., of Upland, Pennsylvania.Mr. Parris had found an unusual revolving pistol, and he wished to know moreabout it. He described the piece, and seemed to do a good job of it; but themore I read the letter, the more it seemed that Mr. Parris had something veryunusual. I asked Mr. Parris to send the revolver for examination-which hecourteously did.

This brass framed .32 rim-fire is of better than good quality and consideringthe years that have flown by, it is in excellent condition. Originally, the brass framewas silver plated, as is evidenced by the fact that some silver plating is foundunderneath the side plate on the right side of the revolver.

6n the left side of the frame is stamped "PAT. App'D FOR" and "1861." Thiswould lead us to assume that the Chapmans attempted to have their pistolpatented; but I doubt it. The statement "patent applied for" is in no way abinding statement. If a person is just thinking that they may someday applyfor a patent, then the phrase is legally useable. An exhaustive and careful checkof the U. S. patents does not show a Chapman patent for a revolver or for anyother type of firearm. (Continued on page 61)

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IS THIS THE

AII-Arouod Come Cuo?TEXAN'S ANSWER TO THE ALL·PURPOSE·GUN PROBLEM

IS A SHOTGUN RIFLE OVER·UNDER IN LEVER ACTION

Inventor Johnston demonstrates the carbine. Gun is lightweight, handleswell. The lever breaks the action, ejects the shells, and cocks hammers.

parts to carve by hand and mold snuglyin place. Finally, six years later, thegun was finished and ready to go.

Johnston's experimental gun has thelook of a traditional carbine, sleek andcompact, with the popular lever action.This is the look he wished to achieve.All of the European combination guns,the over-under and the drilling gunswith double barrels with a rifle barrelslung underneath, are made to looklike shotguns rather than rifles. This isfine for scattergunning, but it handi­caps the riRe shooter. Anyway, thereis a certain feel and balance about thecarbine that no other gun has quite

By RUSSELL TINSLEY

ATEXAS inventor, Harold E.Johnston believes that he has de­

veloped the ultimate in an all-purposegun. This mayor may not be true. Thetheory of an all-purpose firearm hasbeen batted around inconclusively foralmost as long as the shooting sportshave existed, and it has promptedmany conflicting views and opinions.

Is Johnston's invention indeed asolution to the time-honored question?We'll give you the lowdown on hisrevolutionary brainchild, and let youdecide for yourself.

Perhaps this story of a gun shouldstart with Johnston himself, a residentof Austin, Texas. He's an inquisitivelittle man with big ideas, a machinistby trade, about five feet, five inchestall and weighing maybe 120 poundswhen he is on his feed. A hunter andgun nut for longer than he can recall,the 31-year-old Johnston bagged hisfirst bear when he was 15 years old,and since then has accounted for some­thing like 30 to 35 bruins. In addition,he is a hunter of wide and varied ex­perience, from big game like deer andelk, to varmints, rabbits, squirrels, andvarious game birds.

To him a gun is not just a tool of thehunter. It is a way of life. He hasspent many hours over a period ofmany years in his home workshop,tinkering with guns and ammunition.His assiduous search has led him tohis "big" invention, the all-purposegun.

The seed of the idea was plantedwhen he was still a youngster. He wasgiven a hand-me-down over-under gun,a rifle and shotgun combination, madein Europe. This gun accompanied himon untold trips afield, and it intriguedhim. But it didn't quite have the "feel"

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he preferred in a weapon.There was no gun like this on the

American market, he noted as he grewolder. True, they were available fromEurope, but the price tag made onenothing more than a dream for mostsportsmen.

What was needed, Johnston believed,.,. was a combination gun, a center-fire

rifle and shotgun, simply designed formass production in America at a pricethe average hunter could afford to pay.Thus the idea was planted. Johnstonstarted to work on it in 1956 in hisspare time, and it began to grow. Butthere were many obstacles to overcome,

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achieved as yet.The prototype is chambered for the

.410 shotgun in the top barrel, the .32Special in the under barrel. Conven­ience dictated these two choices. Johns­ton obtained a pair of 8 mm barrelsfrom which to build his experimentalgun. The 8 mm was easiest re­chambered for the .32 Special. Witha reamer, he bored the other barrelsmooth for the .410 shotshell. Thisshould in no way reflect on the futureproject, he quickly added, since thereare no limits witnin reason on thevarious combinations.

The action has a streamlined lookand hammers are hidden. Take­down is simple, a single lockingscrew holds barrels securely in place.

"Probably the ideal gun would be a20 gauge shotgun and a .30-30," hereasoned. "The .30-30 is a popularcartridge that is legal on deer and elkin all states, and the 20 gauge is agood all-around load, fine for birdshooting and it does well with slugs."

Johnston's gun is a picture of sim­plicity. It has only seven moving parts.In all, it carries only 48 parts, includ­ing screws in the butt plate. This com­pares to 105 parts in the Sauer, a gunmade in Europe of similar design andabout the closest thing to Johnston'smodel.

"There really is no comparison be­tween my gun and the European-madeproducts like the Ferlach and Sauerover-under and drilling guns," he wenton. "These weapons from Europe arebeautiful, all sleek and fancy designs.But the pricetag isn't so beautiful. Thecheapest one available is about $400.My gun, I figure, can be manufactured

for less than $100, the maximum beingabout $99.50. My gun is more com­pact, more foolproof, and cheaper."

Up to now, the gun has passed allits tests wonderfully well. Johnston hasfired more than 500 rounds throughboth barrels without a malfunction. Itest-fired it on the range, and found itboth well balanced and very accurate.

Johnston knew what the gun woulddo on the range, but he was curious asto how it would perform in the field.There was only one sure way to findout: take it hunting. It was the fall of1962, about a month after the gun wascompleted. He recalls that he was cat­footing along an old logging road onthe Olympic Penninsula of WashingtonState when he came up on an un­suspecting 350-pound black bear. Oneshot from the .32 Special put himdown on the spot, the slug nicking theheart and puncturing the lungs.

"I figure that bear lived maybe aminute, at the most," Johnston remem­bered soberly.

The only gun of American manufac­ture that even compares with Johns­ton's model is the Model 24 Savage inits various forms. But Johnston isquick to point out that the Savage isa rimfire rifle·shotgun combination,designed (Continued on page 38)

The prototype is designed for the.32 Special and 0410 shell, holdsone round of each. Guns will haveopen sights and barrels in variouscalibers will be available, can beinstalled by owner without any tools.

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~u~~or"' drean;ed of, finallybought s bigyAyA Magnumr0 experit~ said ,mad

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By B. R. HUGHES

D UCKS FLY HIGHER than usual on some days. They refuse your calling and pay noattention to your carefully arranged decoys. Such days, when the mallards zoom over

at ranges rubbing the 70 yard mark, are made to order for a long range shotgun-a 10 gaugemagnum throwing a double handful of number 4 shot.

Experts place the effective range of the big 10 at about 80 yards-almost double themaximum range at which I had been shooting ducks with my little Ithaca 20 gauge pump. The10 Magnum,'it would seem, is a duck gun to end duck guns.

But my progression toward this ideal had a gunning waystop. I bought a 12 gauge pump gunchambered for the three-inch shell, handling 1% ounces of shot-33 per cent more 4's than my20 gauge 1 ounce loading. Looked like power! Felt like power! Just wait-I'd show those ducks!

Alas, I couldn't see that it killed ducks much further than myoid 20 did. Too, the recoilof the pump magnum was pretty fearsome. I shot through a couple of seasons with the 12,

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SAGA THEY SAID NINETY-YARD DUCKS WERE MEAT FOR THE

TEN GAUGE MAGNUM ... BUT-ARE THEY?

but I had the impression that the ducks were flying fasterthan they formerly did. Or else I was swinging slower.But doubtless the added range packed into that extra­length hull more than made up for this handicap. How­ever, I still wasn't getting those 80 yard kills. Obviously,the 12 Magnum just wasn't enough gun. My heart longedfor a mighty 10; but very few were being imported inthose days.

One glorious morning I walked into the friendly neigh­borhood gun shop, and there, standing in the rack, was averitable giant of a gun. Unbelieving, with a catch in myvoice, I asked the merchant if it were one of the fabled10 Magnums.

He nodded, flexed his muscles, and handed the brute tome. I almost dropped it. Heavy? Plenty! But I could al-

Author's favorite all-around duck gunis this 16 gauge Merkel overlunder,bored modified and full. With #5 shot,author collects daily limit of ducks.

ready see myself picking off those 90 yard mallards.It was a beautifully made AyA double, tastefully en­

graved, and in excellent condition. Fearfully, I asked thedealer his price. It waf not exorbitant, and I suggested atrade involving my magnum pump. We struck a bargain,and I hurried from the store with my prize.

Several days later, I had a heavy box of 10 gauge Mag­num ammunition and a lighter pocket book by more than$7.00. The few shells I fired convinced me that, althoughthe AyA was heavy, I would not care to have it weighless-the recoil was definitely there!

Waiting for the coming duck season was almost unbear­able, but at last it arrived, and I was free to unleash thefull fury of my 10 Magnum on the unsuspecting fowl.

Dawn of opening day found (Continued on page 58)

AyA 10 gauge Magnum double, top, andhis 20 gauge Ithaca pump with 28" fullchoked tube. Ability to handle gun infield made a difference for this man.

I T IS SAID that virture is it's own reward.But I observe that most virtuous people

enjoy having their virtue recognized.It can also be said that shooting at flying

clay targets in the games of trap and skeetis it's own reward. But I further observethat shooters, being humans and owningsuch inner drives as the desire for recogni­tion, like to be recognized as shooters.

It seems to me that all shooters enjoy be­ing recognized as devotees of their variousgames, and that good shooters are not averseto some means of drawing attention to thefact that they are good, short of buttonholingbystanders and conveying this informationverbally. For this reason, "Pull!" salutes theNational Skeet Shooting Association, and the

SSA Shotgun Awards Committee for theannouncement of some new shooting awards,in the April "Skeet Shooting Review."

The new program, to be handled person­ally by long-time skeet great and skeet­shooting booster, 'Henry Alcus, in New Or­leans, gives recognition in the form of bras­sards and medals for three degrees of pro­ficiency in each of the four skeet gaugedivisions. For example, in the twelve gaugedivision, a shooter with a score of 85 orbetter earns a novice brassard or bronzenovice badge. A score of 92 or above gainsan expert brassard or silver badge; andscores of 97 or better will be recognizedwith champion brassard and gold medal.

Similar awards, for proportionately lowerscores, can be earned in 20 gauge, 28 gauge,and 2l1z inch 410 bore. For example, on theother end of the skeet scale from 12 gauge,in the 410 division a score of 70 earns novicerating, 80 scorers move to expert, and 89 ormore broken targets permit you to wear thechampion's insignia.

Members of the National Skeet ShootingAssociation who read their association mag­azine (and who doesn't) already know of thisprogram. My purpose in selecting it for anaccolade in "Pull!" is to bring the news toskeet gunners who are not members of thenational association, and to pass the word towould-be skeet shooters that this game maybe the vehicle that will fill their recreationalneeds along with desire for recognition.

The program is now restricted to clubsaffiliated with the NSSA, and is only one ofmany reasons why all clubs offering skeet <

shooting should be so affiliated. Further in­formation may be had from Henry Alcus,1470 Urania Street, New Orleans 13, La.

* * *Having thus quickly disposed of the basic

human need for recognition, we turn toanother primary concern in the space ageof the sixties.

Most of us are highly "image" consciousthese days. Somewhere along the line, it be­hooves all of us who are clay target fans togive some thought to our public image, orhow we look to our communities. Art Cone,outdoor columnist of the Long Branch DailyRecord, Little Silver, New Jersey, writingunder the heading of "Public Image Of TheSportsman" in "Outdoors Unlimited," officialorgan of the Outdoor Writers Association ofAmerica, says, in part ...

"I don't like to say so in this column, butthe public image of a hunter is basically thatof a mean, avaricious, murderous, unshaven,and uncouth male with a taste for strongdrink, the morals of a Tom-cat, and thedesire to exterminate by gun·fire as many asGod's other creatures as he can without re­gard for seasons, bag limits, or decency ..."

Now, before a GUNS reader throws downthe magazine in disgust, let me explain thatI am fully aware of the danger inherent inquoting from context, and hasten to explainthat Art Cone devotes several hundred morewords to refute the unpleasant image de·scribed.

But he does hit uncomfortably close to theimage that far too many people have of thehunter. Which brings us to another peril ofthe sixties, and of the ages-that of guiltby association. In other words, a shooter isa hunter, and a hunter is a shooter. Whetherthe target is clay or game is lost on too manybleeding hearts and do·gooders.

It is not necessary for me to remind allour clay target shooting readers that each ofus has a responsibility for the image of ourgames, nor is it necessary for me to suggestmany ways in which a good image can begained and maintained.

But it does seem to me that there is atleast one area in which many gun clubs canhelp improve their community image, andthat is in the field of cooperation with locallaw enforcement agencies. I have just fin­ished reading a clipping from a newspaperof a good-sized Midwestern city, describingthe problems of providing adequate trainingin the use of firearms for local police officers.In describing some progress that had beenmade, the story relates that a former hodge­podge arsenal had been standardized, andthat one of the guns in general use is theshotgun.

From previous experience in assisting withfirearms training for law enforcement officers,I know that many of the high-ranking expertson this subject flatly state that a riot gun,which is no more than a short-barreled shot­gun, is an invaluable tool in the hands ofthe officer. These authorities further contendthat it is easier to train the officer, old or

new, in the use of the shotgun than it is forany of the other firearms at his command.

And what is the training device mostfavored by these experts? Skeet, of course.After a few rounds of skeet, the officerknows his gun, and can use it effectively.Lacking skeet ranges, a police departmentcan use regulation trap fields, by posting theshooters at about 10 yards instead of 16.

Bringing this kind of training, or any kindof firearms training, to law enforcement of­ficers, meets the old bugaboo of expense.Few hard-pressed city budgets can stand thecost of a skeet or trap field, and justify it toscreaming taxpayers. But there is a trap orskeet field near every one of those citiesthat need to give it's law enforcement officersbetter firearms training, and most of thoseclay target facilities are not used every dayof each week.

What gun clubs can do to better theirpublic image does not need to be spelled outhere. It needs only implementing on a nation­al scale, and the time is now.

Somewhat removed from the area of gunclub image, and in a sense putting the shoeon the other foot, there is another solutionfor city problems that involves clay targetfacilities.

A few far-sighted city fathers have ap­proached the problem just described in re­verse. Lacking adequate firearms trainingfacilities for their law enforcement depart­ments, and also cognizant of the onrushingneed for more and better community recrea­tion facilities, these cities have reversed theprocess and built shooting facilities that areused to train officers, and are open to thepublic when not in use for official business.In this way, some of these cities have beenable to obtain revenue from their trainingfacilities to offset the cost of providingsuperior training for law enforcement agen­cies. "Pull!" salutes the city or gun clubthat utilizes either method for better image-and more fun!

* * *What is news? The old classic says that

when a man bites a dog, that's news. Some­what along the man-bites-dog theory, a skeetgunner in California is making news, or willmake news, depending on your definition ofnews.

Usually, when a skeet gunner puts to­gether a long string of broken targets, thatmakes news. Peter Candy, of Los Angeles,began a long string of broken targets backin 1961, racking up a total of 1357. Withthat long run, he made news.

During 1962, he shot just 100 registeredtargets, and broke them all. Early this year,he entered a select field of skeet gunners inthe William T. Sesnon, Jr. Invitational shootat Golden Valley Gun Club, and was theonly shooter of 185 entries to break onehundred straight. At this point, he has1557 targets without a miss.

By the usual standards of news reporting,his long run of 1557 targets broken is news.But we now come to the man-bites-dogapproach, which is that when Peter Candyof Los Angeles misses a target, that's goingto be news of the biggest sort!

Fellow shooters, ask yourselves this ques­tion. How would you feel if it was noisedaround that when you miss just one littletarget, it will be news? ~

We should live so long! ~

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This leads one to believe that the rifles madefor Capt. Lewis had cylindrical thimbles anddid not have a brass reinforcing strip on theforearm tip.

Having determined to make the rifles partof the decorating theme of their buffet cars,and since it would certainly be impossibleto find six of the original 15 rifles made forCapt. Lewis, Dick Hicks was given the jobof making six copies. The results of hiswork do justice to his skill.

In building these six copies, Hicks usedas a model a Harpers Ferry Model 1814flintlock, supplied by Bill Edwards, thenTechnical Editor of GUNS. This rifle, plusa photo from the West Point Museum Col­lection, helped Dick produce the desired re­sults. The replica follows the general patternof the 1803-1814 models of Harpers Ferryflintlocks. The stock is American walnut,stained and finished with a linseed oil andshellac mixture. The polished brass patchbox is very plain, and opens by pressing aspring-loaded catch button on the top of thestock heel. The lock copies the HarpersFerry lock right down to the date 1803 onthe left lock plate and the "U.S." stampedunder an eagle between the frizzen springand the hammer. It is equipped with apolished steel ramrod, with a swelled brasstip, cupped to prevent ball distortion, thesame as 'the originals.

The .52 caliber bore on these replicas ex­tends only 5 or 6 inches into the barrel. Thecompleted rifle, therefore, is very heavy.Even so, the balance is excellent, indicatingthat an operating model of this rifle wouldmake a nice handling shooter.

The Northern Pacific railroad, by com­memorating the famous Lewis and Clark ex­pedition, have helped emphasize the factthat, throughout the history of our country,rifles have always played a leading ~role. L.-

HISTORIC GUN IN MODERN GUISE(Continued from page 19)

written about this famous exploration, thehistory of the particular rifle Harpers Ferrymade for Capt. Lewis is rather obscure.Army records show that Lewis requisitioned15 rifles, to be equipped with molds, ballscrews, and repair parts. Israel Whelen, pur­veyor of public supplies for the Army, failedto supply these rifles. Lewis then placed anorder with the Harpers Ferry Arsenal tobuild them for him.

This fact may be the key to the historicalhaze that surrounds the Model 1800 HarpersFerry flintlock. Having a government arsenalbuild weapons for an expedition into afriendly foreign territory could hardly beclassed as a gesture of friendship! Hencerecords concerning Ihese fifteen rifles mayhave been "lost" for political reasons.

The 15 prototype flintlocks built for Capt.Lewis were half-stock weapons of a ratherunique design. The stock followed the deep­curved pattern of the Kentucky. The long,slender forearm, always subject to damagein "Kentuckys," was reduced by half itslength for practical reasons. A steel ribsoldered to the underside of the barrel car­ried two iron or steel ramrod pipes. Theheavy .52 to .54 caliber octagonal barrel wasturned round for all but 11 to 13 inches ofits length to reduce weight. A plain brasspatch box, a brass pistol grip type triggerguard, and brass stock thimbles completedthe rather plain weapon.

These rifles are probably the forerunnersof what is known as the Model 1803 HarpersFerry rifle. In May, 1803, Secretary of WarDearborn ordered 4000 of these flintlocks.However, in April, Lewis told PresidentJefferson that his rifles were almost ready atthe arsenal. Furthermore, Dearborn, in thefall of 1803, suggested that the front ramrodthimble be made funnel-shaped, and that astrip of brass be added at the tip of theforearm to prevent the wood from splitting.

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The Standard model La Salle shotguns have un­'Checkered stocks and grooved forends. Inter­changeable barrels of different lengths andchokes as well as a 12 gauge slug barrel withopen sights are available for all models.

La Salle receivers are highly polished, strong,light weight forged alloy. All interior parts ofboth pump and automatic actions are phos­phatized for resistance to corrosion, and boltand cartridge carrier are chrome plated.Safeties are oversized crossbort type.

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THE ALL-AROUND GAME GUN?(Continued from page 29)

primarily for small game. His is a big-gameweapon.

"It was made as a brush gun, to be usedat ranges less than one·hundred yards, theranges where most of the deer are killed,"he added. "One shot is all the hunter reallyneeds. That first shot is the opportunity one.If it is missed, the second, third, and maybefourth are usually desperation tries at afleeing animal."

Johnston's gun is light and compact,weighing a mere 6% pounds with twenty­inch barrels. Everything on it is functional.The lever, for example, performs three dis­tinct jobs: breaks the action, ejects bothcartridges simultaneously, and cocks thehidden hammers. This makes for fast shoot·ing, Johnston explained, because there isno need to cock the hammer just prior tofiring.

The ejectors on the European·made gunswork on springs. Johnston's, however, is

made on a cam. This is sturdy to the pointof being almost foolproof. The ejector isone of two outstanding safety features inthe gun. The other one is the safety. Unlikemost safeties which work on the trigger,this one wedges the sears, making it impossi­ble to fire the gun. When the safety is se­cure, the mechanism is jammed.

Another feature that Johnston is proud ofis the quick-change firing pin. It can be re­placed in less than a minute. The firing pinis held in place by a single screw. Whenthis is loosened, the firing pin falls out.

"What if you were armed with your regu­lar gun, and you were back in the moun­tains, on a week-long hunting trip, and thefirst day out your firing pin crystalized andbroke?" Johnston asked. "I'll tell you whatyou'd do; you'd have to take it to the near­est town to a gunsmith and wait maybe sev·eral days for him to get it repaired. Mygun, all you got to do is remove this one

screw and put in a new firing pin. Simple."Self-tightening screws are utilized through­

out the rifle, and when the gun is fired, thescrews tighten rather than loosen, makingfor a more sturdy action. Since the cham·bers are in a re-enforced breech rather thanin the barrels, Johnston's gun easily can takethe pressures of even the .30-06 and 12gauge shotshell, it this should be the com­bination preferred.

In fact, a hunter could purchase one actionand any combination of barrels available.This then would give him many guns inone. A single locking screw securely holdsthe barrels in place. One set of barrelscan be removed and another substituted al­most quicker than I can tell about it.

There are unlimited possibilities: differentrifle-shotgun combinations, over-and-undercenter-fire rifles of different calibers, ormaybe an over-under shotgun. The onlylimitation is that calibers of center-fire design,either rifle or shotgun, must be used. Butwith a few minor changes it could be madeinto a rim-fire rifle and shotgun combo. Amajor advantage of this interchangeability

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would be that once the hunter got accus­tomed to the one gun, he would never haveto change. By simply switching barrels, hecould adapt the gun to his current needs.

The barrels are joined with a clamp. Thisis an improvement over solder, the widelyaccepted method, because the solder tendsto melt whenever the gun is heated to bereblued.

The weapon will accept any type sight.Johnston's prototype carries open sights ofconventional design. He also has designeda tang s~ht for it. But he explained thateither a receiver sight or scope can be used.And since the sights are fixed on the barrelsection, whenever a new set of barrels goeson the action, sight alignment already istaken care of.

"At my own cost estimates, I figure a mancould obtain a second set of barrels for nomore than $40, maybe less," said Johnston."This means that, for about $150, a mancould have a gun taking two different riflecalibers and two different shotgun sizes."

Basically, the experimental model is al­most completely handmade. Other than thebarrels, sights, screws, and springs, every­thing has been improvised, including the en­tire action and the stock_ Probably the out­standing feature of the gun, other than itsadaptability to almost any circumstance, isits simplicity. This makes for cheap massproduction, the most important considerationin keeping the finished product within thereach of the average pocketbook.

"This would be an ideal weapon for theman who can afford but one gun," Johnstonemphasized. "It won't be fancy like thoseEuropean-made guns, but it will be depend­able and cheap! which is more importantwhen you're aiming at a mass market."

Johnston visualizes a varied demand forhis weapon. It would be suited, for instance,to the rancher who carries a gun aroundwith him in his pickup or Jeep, or who rideshorseback. One gun would take care of allhis needs_ In states where the deer andwild turkey seasons run concurrently, likeTexas and Pennsylvania, the gun would putthe hunter in business on both species, therifle for deer, the shotgun for turkey. Or instates where the big-game and upland birdseasons overlap, the gun could performtwo separate jobs at once. It also would bea sensible choice for a father buying his sonthat first all-important gun, since it wouldeliminate the need of purchasing two guns,shotgun and rifle, and it would be safer thana repeater.

Johnston is confident that the gun soonwill be in production. He is so confident, infact, that he is accepting advance ordersfor delivery. He is currently exploring sev­eral possibilities. One company already hasoffered him a five-figure sum to purchase thegun outright, but Johnston said no. Heseeks a royalty purchase contract or noneat all. He plans either to manufacture thegun himself, sub-letting different componentsto contractors and assembling it himself, orto have one of the name manufacturers pro-,.duce it for him and distribute it through hisbrand name. A patent is pending, and Johns­ton is anxious to get into production, cock­sure that his brainchild will be a bestseller.

"After all," he said seriously, "where elsecan you get so much gun for so little "~

money?" ~

GUNS AUGUST 1963 39

Name

FOR THE MEN IN BLUE(Continued from page 26)

Shenandoah River, hereafter known asHall's Island. Until the Rifle Works werereconstructed during the 1850's and 1860's,they consisted of a collection of dilapidatedold stone and frame buildings scattered overthe island. These shops were then torn downand incorporated into several large stonewater shops lining the canal.

The United States Rifle, Model 1819, wasthe first breech-loading rifle adopted intothe government service. In 1827, these rifleswere given extensive tests by the OrdnanceDepartment and passed with flying colors.On April 22, 1828, a third contract wasentered into for 6,000 rifles. Although theHall breech·loading rifle was not popularwith the troops in the field because of itscomplexity and the flash·back from itsbreech, the principles of mass productionthat he used were incorporated into thearmory system.

For a decade or more from 1810, the pro·ponents of a western armory attempted topush a bill through Congress to establishanother armory somewhere in the west. Theypointed out the high cost of transportingarms from the armories in the east to thewestern territory. In the preceding years,from 1818 to 1836, 174,000 stands of armshad been transported at a cost of 70 centsfor each rifle. The total cost of transportationwas 121,000, or one-third the cost of theproposed western armory. Other argumentsadvanced for such an establishment were theaccessibility of raw materials and cheaplabor. Although sites were actually surveyed,the armory never materialized, possibly be·cause of the opposition of southern interestswho feared the loss of revenue for theHarpers Ferry Armory, the main supplierof arms to the west.

In the early 1840's, the Ordnance Depart­ment replaced the civilian superintendents ofthe armories with military men in order tolower costs by correcting malpractices pre·vailing at Springfield and Harpers Ferry.This measure met with widespread disap·proval from the workers of the armories.Major James W. Ripley, the new superin·tendent at Springfield, inaugurated reformsthat provoked the people of Springfield tosuch an extent that several fires of undeter­mined origin broke out .in the shops. Thetownspeople refused to help extinguish these.blazes. The Major then erected a high fencearound the works, made from Revolutionaryand early 19th century cannon, to protectthe shops..

It was about this time that Henry Wads­worth Longfellow inspired after a tour ofthe armory wrote "The Springfield Arsenal,"

"This is the Arsenal from Floor to CeilingLike a huge organ rise the burnished arms

But from their silent pipes the anthem pealingStartles the villages with stray alarms."

The appointment of Major Henry Craig tohead the Harpers Ferry Armory in April,1841, also provoked a reaction from the citi­zens of Harpers Ferry that took the form ofless violent opposition. In 1842, a number ofHarpers Ferry Armory employees chartereda canal boat and went to Washington topresent a protest to President Tyler. They

(Continued on p'age 42)

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Ferry and set fire to the rille factory. TheSouthern Armory was left in ruins, never tobe rebuilt.

Although production was expanded atSpringfield-in 1864, 276,000 rilles were pro­duced-great quantities of arms were sup­plied by contractors or imported from Europeto arm the growing Union Army.

After the war, the ruined Armory at Harp­ers Ferry was never restored. Modern ma­chinery had supplanted water-driven machin­ery, and the water power available at HarpersFerry was now no longer needed. The ar­mory lands were sold at public auction in1870.

In the years following the Civil War, muchof the work at the Springfield Armory wasin the conversion of muzzle-loading rilles tobreech-loaders. With the demobilization ofthe huge Union Army, there were tens ofthousands of rilles to be converted. The Chidof Ordnance wrote in his report in 1865,"A plan for altering the muzzle loadingmuskets into efficient breech loaders hasbeen devised by the Master Armorer at theSpringfield Armory which appears to be su­perior to any other that I have seen. I havetaken measures to have five thousand mus­kets altered to it and will have some ofthem issued to the troops for trial as soon asthe alterations can be made."

The National Armory at Springfield con·tinued to set a high standard in arms pro­duction, with the result that the Springfieldrilles were formerly adopted by the U. S.Army in 1903, a testimonial to those earlypioneers that established the National ~Armory system. ~

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Brown's raid on the Harpers Ferry Armorywas more successful than one led by DanielShays during Shays Rebellion in Massachu­setts, when he attempted to capture the armsstored in the arsenal at Springfield in 1787.

On January 25, 1787, Shay and his menmarched on Springfield with the intention ofraiding the armory. Upon approaching thebuildings artillery fire from its defendersunder the command of General Shephardkilled and wounded several and the attack­ing force was broken up.

Brown held the armory engine house atHarpers Ferry until it was rushed by a com­pany of Marines under the command ofColonel Robert E. Lee.

Less than two years later, in April, 1861,Confederate forces marched on the HarpersFerry Armory, only to find the arsenals andshops in lIames. The small Union garrisonhad set the fires before retreating. The arse­nals were a total loss, together with the15,000 stand of rilles stored in them. Theshops were saved by workmen sympatheticto the South. It is ironic that the Confed­erates expected to find many more arms, butthey had already been sent to southernarsenals.

While the Confederates were in control ofthe Harpers Ferry Armory, most of the ma­chinery in the shops was dismantled andshipped to the South where it was set up tomanufacture arms for the Confederates.When the southern forces withdrew, they setfire to the armory buildings. On June 20,1861, after the withdrawal of southern troopsin the face of a Union advance, a raidingparty of Confederates descended on Harpers

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The reign of military superintendentslasted until 1854, when a bill was introducedinto the House of Representatives restoringcivilian control over the armory at HarpersFerry. There is no doubt that arms produc­tion and the physical plants at both armorieswere improved under the military superin­tendents. The buildings of the Harpers FerryArmory were completely modernized.

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In this letter, Strode offered to supply theState with muskets that fired balls weighingeighteen to the pound, the barrels being 3feet 8 inches long and the bayonets 1 foot5 inches long, at a cost of $20 a stand. Eachmusket would have a "double bridle Lockof best construction, neat Brass mountings,Steel Ram rod, neatly stocked of Black Wal­nut."

A recommendation made by a Committeeof the House of Delegates on Feb. 4, 1808,that the "Superintendent should be directedhereafter in proving fire arms to use 3 inchesof the best Brandy Wine FF powder and 2balls of 18 to the pound," shows that themuskets were still of the same caliber or boreas those described in Strode's letter.

The report made by John Staples, secondSuperintendent of the Manufactury, to theGovernor on Feb. 4, 1811, states that themuskets made during the previous year wereproved with "¥Is pound of Brandy Wine FFpowder and a ball weighing 14 to the pound."This indicates that, between 1808 and 1810,the musket bore was increased from 18gauge to 14 gauge, in terms of today's shot·guns. But I found nothing in the records topin down the date for the change any closerthan this.

The same report mentions improvementsin making musket locks, with no detailsgiven. In 1819, a Joint Committee of theHouse of Delegates and the State Senaterecommended that between 2,000 and 3,000of the "new" breech-loaders be manufac-

1807, a list of the total number of armsmanufactured up to that date, with the costsworked out in some instances to the finalmil, included-

9,725 muskets with bayonets $109,397.60274 rifles with bullet

moulds, wipers, andsome bayonets .

100 powder horns .2,884 cavalry swords .1,133 large pistols for

carrying a musket ball ..1,153 polished iron

scabbards for cavalryswords .............•.. 3,343.64.8

575 sets of tips ofleather scabbards ....••

260 grenadier andartillery swords .......•

408 sets of tips forartillery sword scabbards

84 long bayonets forrifles .

380 old muskets repaired ..187 old brass hilled swords

repaired 233.82othing in this list, or in any other record

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tured, but I found no records of any sucharm being made. And on Jan. 2, 1820, theSuperintendent's report mentions an im­proved brass pan, again with no details.

But in spite of the lack of details regard­ing specifications of the arms made at theManufactury, the records do provide a greatdeal of other information. This is particu­larly true where costs are concerned. Al­though pistols remained stable at $8 each,and rifles at $17.50, the cost of the musketsvaried. In 1810, it was $12.28%, apiece; in1812, $11.35; in 1814, $10.11; and in 1820,$10.86.

Cannon were also being made throughpart of this time, with the first piece, a sixpounder, cast on July 4, 1809. Ninety,two6 pounders were made in 1810, at a cost of$45 apiece, and were proved with 4 poundsof powder and 2 six-pound iron balls. Nine­teen 12 pounders were made the same year,at a cost of $120 apiece, and until 1815 theManufactury continued to turn out bothbrass and iron cannon ranging in size from4 pounders to 24 pounders.

Cannon were no longer being made in1816, but 4,104 new muskets hnd 204 newrifles were manufactured that year. In addi­tion, 4,300 old muskets were repaired, aswell as 361 old rifles and 113 old pistols.

The total number of arms stored in thebuilding included 22,432 muskets "in orderfor service," 3,993 cavalry swords, 783 artil­lery swords, 243 cutlasses, 861 rifles, 785 pis­tols, 6 twenty-four pound cannon, 6 twelve­pound cannon, 14 four-pound cannon, one13 inch brass mortar, and one 16 inch brassmortar. By December first of that year,

21,198 muskets and bayonets had been manu­factured, at a total cost of $1,024,146, in­cluding the cost of the ground, buildings,and all equipment.

In the case of all the small arms producedby the Manufactury, the raw material waspurchased by the State and turned over tothe workman, or "artificer," who Was cred­ited in the accounts for each piece of workhe completed successfully. In the lists ofpurchases are many items which can be ex­pected, such as bar iron, brass, bar lead, andgun powder. But there are many other itemsthat seem strange today.

Among these are "whail oil," at $28 abarrel, Char coal at 8 cents a bushel, grind­stones at 10 cents an inch, and isinglasssand at $1 a cart load. And even strangerare such things as "old shoes" at 10 centsa bushel, with nothing to indicate whetherthey were old horseshoes or worn out leathershoes; and Osnaburg, a strong cotton clothused for making the artificers' aprons, at acost of 18% cents a yard.

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Wm. Snyder, for forging-357 Cocks at 7c 24.99439 Hammers 7c 30.73531 Side pins lc 5.31145 Tumblers 4c 2.0038 cock pins lc .38

By going on through the records, it ispossible to ascertain the exact cost for eachoperation performed in manufacturing eithera musket or a pistol. Some of these costs areas follows:

For forging and temperingramrods

filing a set of musket swivelsfiling a musket lockfiling a cockcase hardening and stamping a

musket or pistol lock .Breaching and Sighting a musket

barrel .20grinding a rifle barrel .75grinding a musket barrel .09Forging a Rifle Lock plate .10proving old musket .04finishing a musket .58forging a Heel plate .04forging a Breech pin .04forging a hammer spring .03filing and cutting a Heel screw .02filing and cutting a guard screw %cfiling and cutting a side pin .02filing and cutting a trigger pin .01filing a hammer .10filing a guard .12%filing a Heel-plate .04filing a Trigger plate .02filing a trigger .01%filing a set of band springs .03%drawing Bar iron per pound .01%drawing Scrap iron per pound .03drawing steel per pound .02drawing old files per pound .03drawing a scalp .08Other items that went into the arms in-

cluded "Musket stocks" at .25 apiece, and"maple Rifle stocks" at .40. The rifles evi­dently were still fitted entirely by handlabor, because frequently the credit accountsinclude "Making a rifle-$7.15."

After 1820, the manufacturing of arms wasdiscontinued and the accounts are limitedto such items as "19 days work cleaning andrepairing old Swords, Muskets, etc., at$1.25," or, "1 day's work repairing old riflesat $2."

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flint muskets, bright, U. S.; and 10,621 Vir­ginia flint muskets, bright. In addition, therewere 465 U. S. cavalry pistols, 1,374 per­cussion rifles, 950 Hall's patent rifles, 1,503common rifles, and 777 Hall's patent car­bines.

The inventory dated Dec. 5, 1853, lists 392pistols "N. M., percussion," and 392 "cones,extra." Capt. Sheppard's Company of Cav·aIry, 1st Regiment of Virginia Volunteers,was issued 11 of these "N. M. percussion"pistols on Oct. 7, 1852. And on June 20,1853, Capt. Richardson's infantry companyof the 1st Regiment of Volunteers was issued60 U. S. muskets, "percussion, altered."

The first mention of the Colt revolver thatI found was dated Sept. 30, 1856, when 10revolvers, "Colt's patent," and 300 mus­ketoons were received from the "GeneralGovernment."

On December 7, 1857, Henry Wise, thethen Governor of Virginia, recommended ina message to the House of Delegates and theState Senate concerning the flintlock mus­kets of the State Militia, "Every considera­tion demands that they should be altered topercussion, and threaded in the barrel so asto shoot the conical ball, and be made self­priming."

Tbe work of altering the locks to thepercussion system was begun in 1858, at acost of $1 a lock. It was speeded up thefollowing year, after John Brown made hisfamous raid on the Federal Armory at Hal"pel'S Ferry, Va.; and in January, 1860, theVirginia Legislature voted to install newequipment in the old State Armory at Rich­mond, to enable it to turn out military armsagain after a break of 40 years.

The new plans called for the annual manu­facture of 5,000 stands of arms, and to putthem into effect the State ordered $156,590.40worth of machinery from the TredegarWorks in Richmond on August 23, 1860.

On April 17, 1861, before the new ma­chinery could be built and installed, Virginiaseceded from the Union and seized the ma­chinery and equipment from the FederalArmory at Harpers Ferry. The machineryfor making rifles was shipped to Fayettes­ville, N. c., but that for making muskets wasinstalled in the Virginia State Armory inRichmond.

On August 31, 1861, the building andequipment was turned over to the Confed·erate Government and the history of theVirginia Manufactury of Arms as a stateenterprise was ended.

On April 3, 1865, the building was setafire by the Confederate Government, to pre­vent its use by the Union Army. For severalyears after the close of the Civil War, theruined brick walls remained to mark thesite. In the latter part of the 19th century,the Tredegar Company bought the land, andin 1904 erected a steel rolling mill.

This rolling mill went out of operationabout 25 years ago, and is now an ugly pileof rusted metal. The only things that remainof the Manufactury of Arms are an oldbrick foundation wall near the present endof the James River Canal, and the remnantsof a flume that carried water from the canalto the waterwheel that powered the ma­chinery of the arms plant. The site is nowowned by the Albemarle Paper Manufactur­ing Co., and will be used for future P!'!'Iexpansion of their plant. ~

of Arms," was not used. Instead, the build­ing was called "The Armory." Parts of itwere rented during the next 40 years, forsuch uses as a cotton gin, warehouse, or ironfoundry. But throughout this entire period,other parts of the huge building were usedto store arms belonging to the state. Armsallotted to Virginia by the Federal Govern­ment were also handled through use of thebuilding as a receiving depot, and the majorrepair work on all state owned militaryarms was carried on there.

The number of arms stored in the buildingwas large throughout this period. An inven­tory dated December 1, 1824, lists "22,500muskets in good order, cleaned and packedin boxes," as well as "270 muskets of Frenchmanufacture, worthy to be repaired."

The inventory dated Nov. 30, 1830, shows17,000 Virginia muskets and 10,145 U. S.muskets, all in "good order for service," aswell as 3,623 muskets in "good order" butof a smaller caliber; 126 carbines with bayo-nets; 900 rifles "in good order;" 651 pistolsof Virginia manufacture that were cleanedand packed in boxes; and 624 pistols reoceived in "good order" from the UnitedStates.

In late May, 1831, artificers were hired toclean and repair all the arms in the buildingworth repairing, and also to manufacturesuch items as bayonets and ramrods. Thenumber of arms repaired and repacked dur­ing the years after this ranged from 1,000 to5,000 or more annually, but it is the yearlyinventories that are of most interest todaybecause they show the gradual development

Iof small arms during this time.

The inventory dated ov. 30, 1840, showsthat 680 muskets, "complete bronzed," werereceived from the U. S. during the previousyear, the first mention of bronzed muskets.The same inventory also lists 100 "Hall'spatent carbines" issued to Virginia MilitaryInstitute at Lexington, and 900 more "Hall'spatent carbines" in storage. In the lists ofpistols there were 883 of Virginia manufac·ture, descrihed as "large and unhandy," and3,607 from the United States. The totalvalue of all the arms in the building wasestimated by a Committee of the StateSenate at $1,000,000, twice the yearly reve­nue of the State Government.

On Nov. 30, 1844, the inventory shows"4,600 U. S. muskets, browned," and· "3,460U.S. muskets, bright," as well as 20,553 Vir­ginia "bright" muskets, 922 carbines, 1,695pistols, 750 "Hall's patent" rifles, and 1,400"common" rifles.

In 1849, 100 percussion muskets were re­ceived from the "General Government," inaddition to 1,454 percussion rifles and 1,454extra percussion cones.

The inventory for Oct. 31, 1850, lists these100 percussion muskets, U. S. It also lists5,616 flint muskets, browned, U. S.; 13,578

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Sidearms or handguns always have playeda very minor role in military actions. Therehave been times in American military his­tory when mounted troops with sidearmshave begged for a good sabre, as theyclaimed that they could have inflicted more

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The general choice of both the Southand the North when it came to a revolver,was the standard Colt and Remington issues.There were those who had foreign metalliccartridge revolvers and the lesser madeAmerican products like the Starr, Savage,Whitney, and others.

Stonewall Jackson carried a fancy en­graved pinfire revolver. Robert E. Lee carrieda .36 calibre 1851 Colt. Many IDen had nosidearm, and often the ones that did had acommercial product that they had broughtfrom home. In these last cases, the ammuni­tion problem was up to the individual andpistol fodder was carefully hoarded.

Union purchases of revolvers and pistolsfor Civil War use show that, out of the 19types, there were two and a half times asmany Colts and Remingtons bought as all theother kinds combined. The fact that therewere slightly more Colts purchased thanRemingtons does not necessarily establish apreference for the Colt product. It maymean that there were more Colts available,or that Colt could turn out their productwith greater dispatch.

At the end of the war, many revolverswere sold to the men going home. The Rem­ington sold for slightly more than the Colt,yet more veterans picked the Remington.Possibly those men could see the advantageof a solid frame revolver over the open topdesign of the Colt. Colt had clung to the

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After the battle the hospital trains of theConfederate forces were seventeen miles longas they moved south back to Virginia.

The Union Army used 1,100 ambulancesand, so good was the medical operation, allthe wounded were picked up from the bat­tlefield within twelve hours after the battlewas over. This may sound like a long timeby modern standards, but at some Civil Warbattles the wounded were left in the fieldand untended for as long as three or fourdays.

The ferocity of the battle can be bestunderstood when one realizes that the 26thNorth Carolina Regiment lost 708 men orapproximately 85 per cent of its complement.In one particular company of that regimentcomposed of 84 men, every man and officerwas hit and wounded or dead. The orderlysergeant who made out the battle reportwas wounded through both legs.

The Civil War in general was a gigantictest of arms and equipment That war camealong at about the time in history when theindustrial revolution was really gainingspeed. The war helped tremendously to addeven greater speed. Although the vast bulkof the soldiers carried muzzleloading arms,the many diverse breecWoading arms weregenerally favored by the individual fightingman. The high command of the Union Armywas. not sold on breechloaders for all troops.They thought the expenditure of ammo

would be prohibitive, and they found it hardto sever themselves from the "tried and true"muzzleloading rifle.

In effect, the Battle of Gettysburg changedthe minds of the military men who stillfavored the muzzleloading rifle. It happenedthis way.. _ . After the Gettysburg fight, ap­proximately 25,000 muzzleloading arms werepicked up on the battlefield. These armswere sent to the Washington Arsenal, wherethey were examined and overhauled. Nearlyall of them were found to be in a loadedcondition. In unloading the pieces, it wasfound that many, many of them had morethan one loading. There were rifles withtwo, three, four, six, and even as many astwenty charges.

One can imagine a fear-struck boy in theheat of battle, loading his musket over andover again. We don't know if he tried tofire the piece, but we do know that undersuch circumstances his being there was awaste of time, life, and material.

Even the most ardent lovers of the muzzle­loading arm could not ignore the obviousfact that the breechloading rifle was farbetter suited to military purposes. Thus itwas on the field at Gettysburg that thedeath knell of the military muzzleloader wassounded.

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miles ahead was confused, but Old Buckcarried him there safely.

Despite fatigue and pain, after his woundshad been cared for, Pony Bob insisted onfinishing his run to Fort Churchill: Hereached there safely, having traveled 117hard miles in 8 hours and 10 minutes.

The leathern mochila was tossed to an­other rider and sped on its way towardSacramento. President Lincoln's address wascarried by the Pony Express riders the 1966miles westward from St. Joseph in 7 daysand 17 hours, the fastest trip ever made bythe mounted mailmen. Pony Bob Haslam hadcertainly ridden the most exciting leg ofthat journey.

Pony Bob's brusb witb the Pah Utes wasnot an every-day incident along the Ponyroute, but it is representative of the dangerthat lurked along the western portion of thatlonely trail Pony Express riders must follow.It illustrates the importance of good horsesand dependable weapons.

Reminiscences of old Pony Express ridersprovide some clues as to their armament,and the summation of their comments pointsto a preference for the six-shot Colt .36 Navycaplock pistol and the Sharps carbine.

Pony Express rider J. G. Kelley recalledon occasion when he was forced to follow atrail running through thick woods in PahUte country: "I expected to have troubleand prepared for it by dropping my bridlereins on the neck of the horse, put my Sharpsrifle at full cock, kept both spurs into theflanks, and went through that forest like astreak of greased lightning."

The London Illustrated News sent a re­porter and an artist to capture the dramaticstory of America's Pony Express. Concerningthe riders, their issue of Oct. 12, 1861, hadthis to say: "The Pony courier dashes alongat the rate of 12 miles an hour, his revolverin his belt, his hand on the trigger of hisrifle, his eye intently watching for Redskinsso that he may have the first shot."

It is true that during the Pah Ute Warthe riders were bristling with weapons,usually two Colt pistols, a rifle, and alwaysa bowie knife. Later, and especially in theless dangerous runs, the armament was re­duced to the bowie knife and one pistol,though frequently the rider would carry anextra loaded cylinder. At the stations, theattendants, in addition to Mississippi riflesand Colt pistols, often had their favoritecaplock sporting rifles, and some had doublebarrel shotguns, deadly for close-up work.

Of course, one of the best weapons of thePony Express was the speed of their finehorses. A dramatic description of the swiftflight of a Pony rider will be found in MarkTwain's Roughing It. Twain was a philoso­pher as well as a reporter and humorist. Hewrote: "The only difference between truthand fiction is that fiction has to stick towhat seems to be the truth." This sayinghas some application to the fiction thatSpencer repeating rifles were used by PonyExpress people in 1860-61. I am sure thatthis untruth "seemed to be the truth" tothose who spread the story, but a little in­vestigation will indicate that the Spencer

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pany to alert the attendants. The mochilawould be lifted from the saddle, slung overthe saddle of a waiting horse, and well with­in the two minutes allowed for changes, themail would be continued on its way.

Ordinarily, each rider would ride threehorses on the 40 or more miles of the routeassigned to him. Conditions often called forlonger runs. Some of the rides recorded indi­cate the unusual stamina Pony Expressriders possessed. Bill Cody is reported tohave ridden 320 miles in 21 hours and 40minutes. Pony Bob Haslam once rode 380

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uors, abuse his horses, or quarrel with otheremployees. Not all Pony Express riders wereshining knights in armor, of course, and oneor two later ended up hanging from thetight end of a rope. But for the most partthey were trustworthy, tough, and ready foranything; theirs was the courage of youth.

The image of a lone Pony Express riderdashing through Indian-infested countrystirred the American imagination. Riders be­came a symbol, a mythical picture of daringand excitement. Young men all over Americaaspired to the life of a dashing carrier ofthe "mochila mail." That life in reality wasnot as glamorous as the public image.

In dress, the Pony riders might be seen ina red lIannel or buckskin shirt, cloth orbuckskin trousers tucked into a pair of highleather boots, a big-brimmed slouch hat pro­tecting the head from sun and rain. Theyrode lightweight saddles, saddle and bridleweighing only about 13 pounds. Many ofthese saddles were made by Israel Landis ofSt. Louis. The Pony Express "mailbag" wasdifferent from any other. It was called amochila (from the Spanish) and was a sortof detachable cowhide saddle skirt with slitsfor the horn and cantle of the saddle. To thefour corners of this leathern skirt were at­tached pockets of hard leather called can­tinas. These were lined with oil-skin andfitted with hardware for attachments of pad·locks. Into these locked pockets went theoil-skin wrapped letters entrusted to the fastpony mail.

As the galloping rider approached a sta­tion he would either let out the "coyoteyell" or sound a horn provided by the com-

Repeating Rille Co. was not organized until1862. The Federal government had high pri­ority on Spencer arms, and they did not getdeliveries until 1862 and after.

One of the reasons the Spencer rille hasbeen placed on the western scene before itsactual introduction there was an interviewgiven by the famous Pony Bob Haslam anumber of years after he was a Pony Ex­press rider. Haslam had continued as a riderand driver on other mail routes after hisPony Express days, and doubtlessly owneda Spencer rille or carbine in that period. Itis very probable that Pony Bob confused thislater period of Spencer rille ownership withhis Pony Express days when he told are·porter in connection with one of his dan·gerous 1860 rides, "when I had adjusted mySpencer rille, which was a seven-shooter;and my Colt's revolver, with two cylindersready in case of emergency, I started."

In 1921, a writer for one of our foremostoutdoor magazines carried along this fiction.Other authors unfamiliar with the facts haveerroneously placed a Spencer in the handsof the young mail-men of 1860-61.

What about these young men? Well, forthe most part they were in their teens orearly 20's. W. F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody wasonly 15 when he was signed on. They wereusually small and sinewy; they must be ex­cellent horsemen, and they must have integ­rity, courage, and stamina. Alexander Majorsthought they should have religion, too, andhe furnished all his employees with a calf­bound Bible. Each man was required to takean oath in which he promised he would notuse profane language, drink intoxicating liq-

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transcontinental message went over thesenew singing wires. The following day, theactivities of the Pony Express came to anend. The Sacramento Union published anobituary to the Pony Express, declaring, "Itis with regret we part with the Pony, but itseems considered by those who establishedthe express that it has accomplished itsmission."

Just what was the mission the Pony Ex­press accomplished? They had struggledthrough 18 months of existence with weeklyand semi-weekly deliveries, first at $5 perone-half ounce, later reducing the fee to $1.Financial troubles plagued the managementcontinually. After the Overland Mail bill ofMarch 2, 1861, the western terminus wasmoved to Placerville and, soon afterwards,Wells Fargo & Co. were appointed westernagents. Indian depredations had completelydisrupted service for a time, and always werea threat to the employees, despite some mili­tary protection occasionally provided alongthe route.

The idea of a courier on horseback wassurely nothing new, nor was the Pony Expressthe horse-couriers longest in service. Cali­fornia Volunteer Vedettes carried UncleSam's dispatches across difficult and danger­ous terrain between Tucson and Los Angelesfor twice as long as the life of the PonyExpress. Actually, the Pony Express was anundertaking of relatively limited scope-yetit loomed big on the American scene.

There were over 400,000 people on thePacific slope; all were potential users of afast mail. California had become very impor­tant in resources and geographic location; acloser link with the rest of the country wasessential. As the clouds of war gathered,there was talk about the establishment of a"Republic of the Pacific," and this t~lkworried the Federal government.

Perhaps the Pony Express must go downin history not as an end in itself but as ameans to an end. It did help to bring resi­dents of the Pacific slope and the RockyMountain region closer to the rest of thecountry, lessening their feeling of isolation,giving them closer identity with nationwidematters of vital importance. This link, souniquely devised, did much to hold the westcoast to the cause of the Union.

The dogged adherence to prescribed sched­ules demonstrated the practicability of anall-year central route. Government explora­tions and surveys for a railroad route fromthe Mississippi River to the Pacific Oceanhad been undertaken in 1853-54, but nospikes had been driven west of the MissouriRiver. Less than eight years later-after thePony Express had shown that a route couldbe maintained-East and West were linkedby a transcontinental railroad.

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A SHOTGUN SAGA(Continued from page 31)

me slipping along the edge of a pet sloughwhich had proven productive in prior duckseasons. Suddenly, two mallards explodedfrom the still, murky water 40 yards away.They seemed to be Hying unbelievably fastas I struggled to bring the 10 into shootingposition. Finally, in desperation, I fired thefirst barrel, then the second, but to no avail.I never caught up with the rapidly depart­ing ducks.

This was the story for the remainder ofthat season-I was literally shooting more,but killing less than I would had I beenusing myoId Ithaca 20. I wasn't gettingthose kills at the yardage those experts hadoutlined for the big 10. In fact, I wasn'tgetting kills at any yardage, Gunning trouble-I had it.

My experience convinced me that ducksat 60 yards were practically impossible tokill with anything, and while ducks at 40yards were comparatively easy to drop witheven a 20, it was almost impossible for meto obtain a shot at that range with the 10.I was simply unable to shoulder and swingthe AyA rapidly enough to take advantageof such a close target.

Despite this, I was pleased with the 10.I knew that if I could ever develop my skillsufficiently, I too would be able to kill ducksat 90 yards-just like the experts. I'd justhave 10 keep shooting-and missing-until Ilearned.

Another season passed and I still wasn'tconnecting. But undoubtedly this was myfault, not the gun's.

One day, I noticed an article by FrancisE. Sell, who claimed that the effective rangeof his 20 gauge Magnum was almost asgreat as that of a 10 Magnum. I chuckledto myself. How could anyone be so blind tothe readily apparent advantages of the superMagnum? I wrote a letter, asking if he hadever used a 10, and if not, why not? Didn'tducks fly high in Oregon?

He replied that he had indeed tried a 10Magnum, but he still used a 20 gauge forducks. My feeling of gunning superioritywas tempered by the thought that I had oncehad similar delusions regarding my Ithaca20 gauge.

Still, I re-read his article. Sitting in myduck blind, I did some thinking. It seemed"reasonable that if he could get onto a duck10 yards sooner with a 20, it would cut downon the difference in effective range betweenthe 10 and 20 gauges.

Next morning, I got my patterning boardand paid a visit to the range. With maximum10 gauge Magnum loads of number 4 shot,the AyA averaged a solid 82 per cent at 40yards-but I could not produce a killing pat­tern on a duck-sized silhouette at an inchover 68 yards!

Straightaway, I picked up my little Merkel16 gauge over-under, bored modified andfull, and a box of llh ounces of number 5shot, and headed for a nearby swamp.

Hunkered down in natural cover near BigCreek, only a few miles from Stuttgart,Arkansas-fabled Mecca of the waterfowler-it was but a short wait until a flight of

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I used my Merkel on several other huntsthat year, and at no time did I feel handi­capped by using a smaller gauge and lightershot charge. My take-home pay in ducksconvinced me. Later, I purchased a light­weight 12 gauge autoloader with a modifiedbarrel. With P.4 ounces of number 5 shot,it is a reliable executioner out to approxi­mately 50 yards, and a real pleasure tocarry and shoot.

Next, I took the old Ithaca 20 gauge pumpfrom its case and found that it would stilldump a cruising mallard at 45 yards withthe standard 1 ounce load of 6's. Duck hunt­ing once again became a pleasure instead ofa chore.

My daily ratio of shells per duck killed isdefinitely improved of late. The ducks fly ata more leisurely pace than when I used the10 Magnum. I am not nearly so tired at theend of a hunt, nor is my shoulder as sore.I also find my bank statement much morepleasing to view since I stopped buyingthose 10 Magnum hulls.

You go ahead and kill your ducks at 75-80yards with a big magnum. I'll take mine thisside of 60 yards, and get more ducks. Maybenot more than you get, but more than I'dget with the big gun. I have discovered thatI'm not a magnum gunner.

Today, the AyA stands in my rack, whereit has remained for the past two seasons. Itis a ponderous looking giant, surrounded byslim-barreled Brownings and the trim Mer­kel and Ithaca. Occasionally, a guest willexclaim, "Boy, I'll bet you could kill a duckat a hundred yards with that!"

Knowingly, I smile, return it to the rack,and say nothing.

I have come full cycle. For me, the mag­num years are behind me. I am happy to beback once more on familiar shooting ground,I'll leave 100 yard duck killing ~

to others. ~

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ness of 90 yard 10 gauge Magnum kills wasnot my gunning dish; but that propositionof having 10 yards more of effective rangewith a smaller gun because of its faster han­dling qualities made shooting sense.

If 68 yards were the effective range of mybig 10, which delivered good solid patterns,a long shot could occasionally be broughtoff; but pick your duck and what do youfind? One or two pellets, usually in the head.Yet, shots at 50 yards with l:1h ounces ofnumber 5 shot in a good 16 gauge put plentyof shot on a mallard.

Consider the actual difference in range. IfI could get on target while the duck wastraveling 10 yards less than it would havetraveled under the same conditions if I wereusing a heavier gun, it would add 10 yardsto the 50 already conceded to the 16 gauge.Over eleven pounds of gun, 65 pounds ofrecoil, and an outrageous price for ammuni­tion-all for a range increase of eight yards!

Those extra eight yards of range-I'll takeit closer to my decoys. Pass shooting? TheMerkel shocked me into recognition of thefact that most of the so-called long rangeshooting, or at least killing, is actually doneat under 60 yards. At this distance, one cer­tainly does not need an eleven pound mag­num. It is only at ranges exceeding 60 yardsthat the 10 Magnum commands any gunningadvantage, and its effectiveness is lost at70 yards. Range? About 10 yards, 30 feet, be­tween 60 and 70 yards-not too impressive!

A good 16 gauge double bored modifiedand full is acceptable for shots as close as25 yards by using medium loads in the moreopen barrel, and as far as 55 yards by usingsuitable ammunition in the tight tube. Itseffective range is 30 yards: the distance be­tween 25 and 55 yards; a 20 yard advantageover the 10 Magnum. The same case can bemade for a good light 12 gauge double simi­larly choked.

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(Continued from page 58)mallards came whizzing over the same treeswhere I had shot with my 10 gauge MagnumI flipped up the Merkel and was astonishedat how slowly the ducks were flying! At thecrack of the 16 the lead duck folded andplummeted into the dark, swamp-stainedwater. Another mallard came-a repeat per­formance by the light Merkel. Those werethe days of four duck limits, but I had seenenough. Now I needed time to consider afew things.

Perhaps the extra weight of the AyA wasthe reason behind those jet-propelled ducksof the past two years. Certainly the twomallards in my game bag had flown nofaster than those of a few years back whenI had used the 20 gauge pump. This busi-

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Once in a while 1 see some 12 and 16gauge brass shotshells (Remington), thatuse the large rifle primer, at gun shows.These shells, available from individual deal­ers, are not to be found in the stocks ofwholesalers, to my knowledge.

You might try placing an ad in the classi­fied section of this magazine, as certainlythere are persons who have the shells andwho may wish to part with them.-GB

Victor ShotgunI have a Victor 12 gauge shotgun, made

by Crescent Fire Arms Co., Norwich, Con­necticut. Do you know if they still makethem? If not, how long ago did they stop?Could you tell me anything about the gun?

Richard HastingsNapa, California

that the cylinder would turn when the ham·mer was cocked. The workmanship of thisalteration is crude and incomplete. It is thiswriter's opinion that the Chapman boyswould have done a much neater job, had itbeen their work.

Modern .32 short rim·fire cartridges aretoo long for the cylinder in this revolver.They go in fine-but they go in too far, andwhen the cylinder is turned, the bullet tipswill not pass the rear of the barrel. The .32rim-fire rounds that were made back in the1860's and 1870's were tried, and many ofthem fit fine. I guess the Chapman boysdidn't figure that the overall specifications ofthe .32 short rim-fire cartridge would change!

This Chapman piece is a very, very rareAmerican firearm, and undoubtedly very val­uable. If there are any more of them kick­ing around in collections, this writer wouldlike to know about them. In the meantime,if you should see such a revolver hanging ona peg in an old second-hand store with afive dollar price tag-don't hesitate! ~Buy it! ~

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Shotshells With .210 PrimersIn one of your competitive magazines, a

writer states, and I quote, "It is our under­standing that Remington offers Americanhandloaders their complete line of brasscases which take .210 size large rifle andpistol primers." I wrote the Remington peo­ple in Bridgeport. In reply, the Remingtonpeople stated "Remington has discontinuedmanufacture of all brass shotshells. Theseshells are no longer available, as the supplyhas been completely exhausted. Perhaps youmay be able to secure some from localwholesalers." As far as I can determine,there are none in the Texas area. My ques­tion is: Where can I purchase Brass Shot­shells (any brand) that will take .210 sizelarge rifle primers?

PAGING G. & J. CHAPMAN(Continued from page 27)

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(Continued from page 6)

It might be added that a check was madeof dozens of arms books that encompass thehistory of arms companies, lists of gun­makers, and catalogs or arms collections­and the Chapman name was never noted.

Here is an arm that was probably madein Philadelphia, probably in 1861, that hasgone unnoticed all these years. Maybe its aprototype and the gunmaking activities ofthe Chapman boys never got off the ground.

The markings on the backstrap, "G. & J.Chapman" and "Philad'A," were made withsingle die stamps-not hacked out by assem­bling assorted letters. This last would indi­cate that the revolver was something of aproduction piece and not a basement producthowever well-made.

As can be seen in the profile photograph,the cylinder of the Chapman revolver isknurled. It is this way because the cylinderdoes not turn automatically. It must berotated by hand after each shot.

Internal examination discloses that, some­time after the manufacture of the piece,someone attempted to alter the revolver so

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The Victor shotgun was a brand-name gunsold by Savage Arms Co. and, as you say,manufactured by the Crescent Fire Arms Co.of Norwich, Conn. Crescent Arms was ownedby the H. & D. Folsom Arms Co. of NewYork. The Crescent Company was mergedwith the Davis-Warner Arms Corp. in 1932,and became known as the Crescent·DavisArms Corp. In 1932, the firm became partof the Stevens Arms Co., that is now ownedby Savage.

The gun you have is no longer made, andthe actual manufacture ceased before 1930;but the name "Victor" could appear again,possibly in the Savage Arms line.-GB

Made In DenmarkI would appreciate any information you

can give me concerning the history, value,etc., of a gun I own. It is a rifle, 4 feet3 inches long, with a huge knife on the end.It is in excellent condition. Every piece hasa little crown stamped on it, and there arenumbers all over it. On top, behind thetrigger, is written "KJ06cN HAUNS toihuus1875." Below the trigger on the side of thegun is a crown and an emblem (drawingenclosed), and below that "M-1867." On thebarrel of the gun, "46314." It shoots .45-70s.

This gun was found buried down by Globe.It had black grease all over it, and gunnysacks tied around it.

Vivian BirchWinslow, Arizona

Without knowing for sure, I would sayyour rifle is one of the Remington rollingblock rifles as made in Denmark for the11.7 mm Danish cartridge. Although theywill shoot .45-70 cartridges, they were notchambered for them. The 11.7 mm Danishround is a mite fatter at the base, and .45­70's will swell when fired.

Yours is the Model of 1867 that was actu·ally manufactured in 1875.

Many of these rifles were sold in thiscountry by import dealers for as low as $10.Right now, one such arm in top conditionmay be worth about $18.

The use of .45-70 ammo is not recom­mended, but if you sl1Jccessfully fire formsome cases and reload these same cases, youmay have a going outfit.-GB

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The .222 cartridge, and most guns for it,have inherent accuracy. The .243 may havea shade less accuracy for bench rest groups,but actually performs better in the field.This is due to much less wind drift andflatter trajectory at unknown ranges, some­thing many shooters haven't considered. Ibelieve 4064 is the best powder for 90 grainand lighter bullets, with fairly heavy charges.Speer's charge of 38.0 grains with their 90grain pill is nearly flat out, and it shootsbeautifully. I like 40.0 grains 4350 with their105 grain pill, that is a fine medium-gameload.

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(Continued on page 65)

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sale August 25) is July 7. Print ad carefully and mail to GUNS Magazine, 8150North Central Park Blvd., Skokie, III.

BINOCULARS 6- TELESCOPES

BINOCI;LAR SPECIALISTS. All makes repaired. Auth­orized Bausch & Lomb. Zeiss. HeDsoldt dealer. Tele­OptiC's. 5514 J~awreJ1ce. Chicago 30. Illinois.

FmEAR)IS L"f1£ERNATIONAL Luminar Riflescopes:2*X-$35.00, 4X-$39.95. 6X-$43.50, 2'h-10X Variable$69.50. Stoeger Zephyr Binoculars/case: 8x30-$32.00. 7x50-$40.00. Siellar 7x35-$40.00. Postpaid. 1'0. C.O.D.'s.Thomas Richmond, 47 White, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

BOOKS

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NAZI GENERALS Uniforms, many more items. Send 35e.Sammler, 604 Ste-mmons Tower East, Dallas 1, Texas.

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TROPHY DEER, Bigger Fish, easy with ~luskol I.ures.Free folder. Nelson Co., 525 N. Lagoon, Wilmington, Calir.

FOR SALE

CANNON FUSE 3/32" dla., waterproof, burns underwater; 10 It.. $1; 25 ft., $2. ppd. William Zeller, KellHwy., lIudson, Mich.

DI;V!L'S LAKE-Manitou Beach-Michigan. (4) Adjoin­ing Resort Lots. Terms. $325.00 Per. S. J. Shafer-1341N. Oakley BI.d.-0blcago 22. III.

ORDER THAT Dream Rifle Or Build It Yourself. Send forlowest prices on FN Rifles, barreled-actions, fancy stocks,etc. Custom RiOes, 214 Regent, San Antonio, Texas.

li'OR SALE: \Vinchester ~fd. 86's, 92, others. Eagle Scopes.TerriOc Deals on these. Will take trades on these. Send 10cfor Hsting. Gene's Gun's, Box 325, International Falls,lIIinnesota.

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U.S. 30-06 Springfield, late.t model, like new, $10.00.'V.S. Army 45 Colt Automatic, New, $17.00. 12 gaugeWinchester pump shot gun, new. $13.25. Army Surplus, buydirect from i!overnment.Complete instructions, $1.00. Mall­mart, Sebastopol. Calif.

HAllE LONG Out of Print Gun Dlge.t First Edition of1!l44 now available I Only $2.95 at local stores, or postpaidfrom Gun Digest Association, Dept. G, 4540 W. MadisonChira~24. '

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10,000 GUN BARGAINS !! I Modern-Antique Gun.­Accessories ... Giant 128 Page Bargain Catalog $1.00.Agramonle's, Yonkers, N.Y.

WIKCHESTEHS, COLTS. LUGERS plus many others.Send 10¢ for 18-page list. Chet Fulmer, Rte. 3, DetroitLakes. Minnesota.

DEALEUS, CLUBS, Sboolers: - M-1 Carbines - $57.Garands - $70. Sloper, Westwood, California.

GREE::\I' CATALOG Available now. Thousands of guns,accessories. relics, ammunition. 25c. RetUng, 11029 Wash­Ington. Culver City, California.

KLEIN'S BIG All-Sports Bargain Catalog now only 25¢(w", $1.00) Cash or Credit. KLEIN'S, Dept. G, 227 W.Washington, Chicago 6.

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.22 SHORT J.EE EKFIELD (S~ILE) target rifles, $19.50.:Martini-Enfield riOes .577/450 (.45) calibcr, lever action,with ramrod. Special $14.50, 2 for $25.00. Factory-con­verted to .303 British caliber, $5.00 each additional. Inter­esting War Curio, conYersation piece, decorator, BritishPiat "hazooka". Churchill's secret weapon. Only $5.95, 2for $10.00. Century Arms, 54 I ..ake, St. Albans, Vermont.

308, 30-06, 45 Auto, 30 Carbine, Ammo: $25.00 per 500 rds.Rex Stephens, "Kewburgh. Ind.

A'lOIln\TJTIO_ ~: .303 British ball (hard point) non-corro­sive, recent manufacture. Excellent quality. $6.50 per 100;$44.50 per 1,000. Limited Quantity. Century Arms, 54 Lake,St. Albans. Vermont.

LAW ENFORCEMEKT O~'FICERS: Your .38 Special IsNot Obsolete. Complete instructions for "Shocker" defenseloads, $2.00. Ralph Couldron. 317 Rodman Ave., Jenkin­town, Pa.

RUSSIAN GUNS. Finest quality Olympic-winning targetpistols, target rifles, and shotguns. Dealerships a\'ailable.SAR'lICO, G8, Box 640, Moscow, Idaho.

hfUZZI..E LOADING Pistols lUffed .41 Cal. Bore 10"Barrel $17.95. Muzzle LoadiOJt Derringers .41 Cal. RifledBore 3" Barrel $20.95. Kentucky Long Rifles 31" Barrels.36 Cal. $25.75. Above Guns have Lots of Engraving, BrandNew and All Proof 'l'ested. New Single Action Six Shootersshoots all 22 ammo. $24.95. Postage Please 10c for otherlistings on Guns, Scopes, Knifes, etc. Ed's Gun Shop, 11125Hannan Rd., Belleville, Michigan. Permits were needed.

Jt.fUZZLE LOADERS: Kentucky lightweight, Governmentproof-tested; ready to firf'. Ideal smooth bore for blackpowder shooters. $17.50. Century Arms, 54 Lake, St. Al­bans, Vermont.

U.S. 30-06 high number Sprin~field riOes. Very good­$39.95. Excellent-$44.95. Perfect-M9.50. U.S. 30-06 lownumber Spring-field rifles. Very good-$29.95. Excellent­$34.95. U.S. 30-06 Enfield rifles. Very good-$29.95. Ex­cellent-$34.50. U.S. M1 30-06 Garand rifles Perfect­S8!J.95. British l.fk. 3303 rifles. Very goo<1-$14.95. BritishUk. 4 303 rifles. Very good-$18.95. RrlUsb Mk. 5 303jungle carbines. Very good - $24.95. Excellent - $29.95.Argentine ~fod. 91 7.65mm 'lIauser rifles. Very good­$19.95. Like nelV-U4.50. Peru.ian Mod. 1909 7.65mmMauser ritles. Excellent-$39.95. Peruvian Mod. 1935 30-06Mauser rifles. Very good-$49.95. Mexican 'llod. 98 7mmMauser rifles. Good-$24.95. Persian )fod. 98 8mm Mausercarbines. Good-$34.95. Very good-S39.95. Brand new­$49.95. Russian )Iod. 91 7.62mm }Ioisln rifles. Good­$9.95. Very good-$12.95. Russian Mod. 1938 7.62mm'lIoisin carbines. Good-U9.95. Very good-$22.95. Russian~lod. 1940 7.62mm Tokarev semi-automatic riOes. Good­$34.95. Very good-$39.95. Excellcnt-S44.95. Italian Mod.91 6.5mm 1\lannlicher-Carcano rifles. Good-S9.95. Verygood-$12.95. Italian Mod. 1938 7.35mm Mannlicher-Car­cano carbines. Very good-$14.95. French ~Iod. 1916 8mmMannlichel'-Berthier rifles. Good - $9.95. Very good­$12.95. French Mod. 1886 8mm J...bel rifles. Good-$15.95.German Mod. 1871/84 11 mm Mauser rifles. Gooo-$18.95.30-06. 303 British, 6.5mm Swedish, 7mm ~fauser, 1.65mmMauser, 810m '?tIauser, 7.62mm Russian, 6.5 Italian & 7.35mm Italian military ammunition. at $7.50 per 100 cds. Freegun list. Dealers inquiries invited. Freedland Arms Co.,34 Park Row, New York 38, N.Y.

CUN EQUIPMENT

GUNS SCREWS, 6/48 or 8/40 aR.orted lengths 50t perdozen. Professional 2 Oute Taps $1.20. Special hard steeldrl\ls 45¢. All po.tpald. Send for Catalog 16GC on allBuehler mounts (including New Micro-Dial), Low Safetys.Maynard Buehler. Inc., Orinda, Calif.

SILENCERS, COMPLETE details of construction andoperation with drawings. $1.00 postpaid. Gunseo, Fulton,California.

$1.00 SUBPLUS SPECIAL-500 Gun Cleaning Patchesor 4 New 15 Shot Dbl. Carbine Magazine Pouches, PostagePaid. Ruvel, 707 Junior Terrace, Chicago 13, Illinois.

ADJUSTABLE TRIGGERS $3.50. Handmade of atrcraftalloys for following military rifles: Belgian, Egyptian,German, Mexican, Persian, Polish, Spanish, SwedishMausers, all Japs, all Springflelds, 1914-1917 Enflelds,British Lee Enfields. Dealers inquiries invited. D. E.Hines, 1l035-C Maplefleld, El '?tfonte. California.

SPRlliGFIELD BAYONETS, excellent; plastic grips WWII. $3.95; wood grips WW I. $4.50: Pre-WW I $4.95.Mint scabbards, $1.00 ppd. Fort Sutter Fireanns, Dept.G, Box 8502, Sacramento 22, Calif.

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LTh~-LI1\E Bluing, Scopes and sights mounted, Douglasbarrels installed, chambering for standard and improvedcalibers, including 308 Norma, 284 and 300 WinchesterMagnum. .Military rifle conversion to custom guns. 'lIodel92 Winchester conversion to 256, 357 and 44 :Magnum.'Vrite your wants. Don :Mott, Hereford, Arizona.

Gel GB Lin-Speed from dealer,orsend$1.50 to mfr. GEO. BROTHERS, GRT. BARRINGTON, MASS.

PLANS-.22 Target pistol. Campers Pistol, GUD. cab­inets and racks. Bluing Instructions. 5c stamp bringsillustrated information. Guns. P.O. Box 362-G. TerreHaute. Indiana.

GENERAL GUNSMITBIKG-RepairIng, rebluing, con·version work, parts made. Inquiries invited. Bald Rock GunShop. Berry Creek, Calif.

HELLO-O-O-O: GUNS~IITHS- Guonuts - Sbooters - SelfStockers & Etc. 'Ve are offering you barreled actions at anew low price, In the white or blued. Drilled & tappedfor scope with bolt bent & scope safety or with iron sights.Any wal' you want them. All guaranteed. If YOU don'tbelieve there is a Santa Claus just try us. Extra discountsto the volume buyer. Barrel fitting and chambering sen'leefor the gunsmith. V. I... Forsgren-Riflebuilder-BarrelingExpert-Rt. 1, Helper, Utah.

ALTER & JEWEL bolls $8.50. Springfield.. Enfleldsaltered to 308 Norma ~fagnum $12.00; Enflclds to 300Weatherby $24.00; 7.7 Japs to 30-06 $6.00; 300 Magnumto 300 Weatherby $8.00. Catalog 10 cents. T-P Shop, 11'Vest Branch, Mich.

GUNSTOCKS

GUNSTOCK SPECIAL! Yarnawood Featherweight Thurnb­hole Sporters for FN -98 :l\fausers, Springtields, picturedFebruary GUNS Magazine. Fancy A-grade regularlY $50.now $39! Complete stock and wood selection. Blanks, hand­bedding service. Longarini, Dana Point. California

INDIAN RELICS

BIRDPOINTS: $18 00 per 100. Satisfaction Guaranteed.Send self-addressed envelope for large list Indian Rellcs.TomahawJ:r,: Trading r'ost, Pottsville. Ark.

INVESTICATORS

INVESTIGATORS, FREE Brochure, latest subminiatureelectronic listening devices. Write Ace, DePt-8X, 11500NW 7th Ave., Miami 50, Florida.

RELOADINC EQUIPMENT

FUEJ!I CATALOG. 208 Pages. Save on Reloading Equip­ment, Calls, Decoys, Archery, Fishing Tackle, Molds,'1'ools. Rod Blanks. Finnysports (SS), ToJedo 14, Ohio.

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DEALERS SEND license No. for large price list NewFirearms-Scopes-l'Jounts-ReJoading Tools-Components-Leather Goods-Binoculars-8hop Tools. 3821 ditTerentitems on hand for immediate delivery. Hoagland Hardware,Hoag!and, Indiana.

BELO\V \VHOLESALE Bargains. Nationally advertisedtackle, guns, scopes, sporting, reloading, camping goods.Send 25t for complete illustrated catalog. American-Inter­national Distributing Co.. Dept. G-8, P. O. Box 20,Morris Heights Station, New Yor:k 53.

HUNTING KNIVES-Fishing Knives-Pocket Knives­Electricians Knives-Folder For A Dime. Rockhound Sup­plies. Heartstone Specialties, Box 13, Seneca Falls, NewYork.

WHISKY S'1'ILI" Portable Model, Quart Capacity, SimpleConstruction. Complete Plans with Drawings $2.00. Allied,Box 21, Cotati. Calif.

HANDCUFFS, $7.95; Leg Irons. $7.95; Thumbcufrs,$9.95. Leather restraints. Collector's specIalties. Catalog50c. Thomas Ferrick. Box 12-G, Newburyport, Mass.

CROSSBOWS for Target, Hunting and Carp-Shooting.Factory-Direct·Prices. Jay Co. ·Box 1355, Wichita, Kansas.

FAST DRAW HOLSTER. Gun Relts. Saddle Bag. FreeCatalog. James Coggins, Route # 4. Gainesville. Ga.

NAZI ITEMS bought & .old, orlg. only, 1 piece or col­lection: "lists 25c": LenkeJ. 812 Anderson, Palisades. N. J.

''\VL~EMAKING,'' "BEER. Ale." Strongest methods.Illustrated. $2.20. (Supplies, hydrometer headQuarters.)Eaton, Box 1242-N, Santa Rosa, CaUfornia.

WANTED

LUGERS, ALL ~ODELS, Barrel Length., Top DoU...Jack DeFee, Jr., Box 66, Harvey, La.

TAXIDERMISTSALE; OPEN Mouth Rugs-Tiger, Bear (Black. Grizzly,Polar) Jaguar, Cheetah, Zebra, Leopard. \Ve tan skins.Hormann-Taxidermist-1025 Gates, Brooklyn 21, N.Y.

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(Continued from page 63)If bullets are lacquered in the case, such

as GI ammo, and WoW .44 Magnum, it'sbest to break the seal before using an inertiapuller. Simply seat bullets a shade deeperwith your seating die in your press. Other­wise, you'll break an inertia puller.

Lacking a bench rest, you can sight-in ar-ifle from a car. If you are right handed,sit near the center of the front seat to fireat an angle from the right window. Adjustthe seat so the rifle butt settles against theseat back. Rest the forearm on a coat orpad over the door glass. Raise or lower theglass to adjust elevation. Turn a bit to theright in the seat, and spend a few minutesto find the most comfortable and steadyangle of fire. Lightly press the butt stockinto the seat back, with your left handunder the forearm pressed against the pad­ding on the door glass. Return the rifle tothe same position as nearly as possible aftereach shot.

Black gummed target pasters make dandysighting·in targets for varmint rifles withscopes of about 8 power at 100 yards. Paste'em in the white of targets that have beenshot, or on a page from a pocket notebook.NRA 50 foot Ranger targets are also good.You can fire two groups on the same targetby turning it upside down.

Remember my article on Father O. T.McGinn, "The Shooting Priest of Texas,"in the Feb., 1957, GUNS? We had a pleas­ant visit with this good man and skilledshooter who will be 85 next Christmas day.He had just returned to San Antonio, Texas,from British Columbia. This remarkable manstill does fast and fancy shooting with arifle or revolver, with guns upside down,backwards, or in any position. He takes offtwo days each week to keep his shootingeye sharp, and his mind and body alert.

Thousands of people have seen his shootingdemonstrations. Top shooters have marveledat the way he can place slugs with speedand accuracy. Father McGinn has trulyfound the secret of the art of living, andPonce de Leon's elusive fountain of youth.He looks to the future, not the past, andgets around better than some men half hisage. He still smokes big cigars, and is asfull of wit and humor as ever. This man ofthe cloth doesn't get old. He has set a goodexample for all of us. It's too bad the anti­gun element won't listen to the wisdom~of this man. ~

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AUGUST 1963GUNS

Mannlieher-Sehonauer RifleFor years we have been addicted to the

now-dead .257 Roberts caliber, and recentlywe had a chance to buy a used Mannlicher­Schonauer rifle in this caliber. The gun, inexcellent condition, had only open sights,and since it is the 1950 Model, it lookedlike that scope mounting would be a realheadache. Fitting scope mounts were not tobe found until we contacted Stoeger ArmsCorp., 55 Ruta Court, Dept. G, S. Hacken­sack, N.J. Yes, they did have mounts for'50 M-S and what scope would I be using?

Since this was an open question, we gavethem the green light there, and when we gotthe gun back from their gunsmithing shop,we had a very pleasant surprise. The SteyrSwing Mount holds the Kahles 2.3X to 7Xrigidly, yet is easily detached when iron sightshooting is desired or the scope is used onanother gun. The light·gathering power ofthe Kahles scope is quite outstanding, andthis gun-scope combination has been oursteady companion on several localhunting trips this past season.

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sion: These pills are much better than thecast stuff we had been using.

The 50 rounds loaded the conventionalway were fired in a Colt Python, in a muchused S&W Military & Police, and in a BSAMartini rechambered for .357 Magnum. Inall guns, and we fired five rounds of the newbullets and five rounds of our standa'rd .38loads, the swaged CCC wadcutters did verywell indeed. Bullets will be available throughyour retail store, and in quantities directlyfrom CCc.

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type, and is complete, with toggle, link, andhandle, adjustable for either up or downstroke. It sells for only $12. But make nomistake, this is a hefty tool that can evenswage bullets and will appeal to experiencedloaders as a second tool.

The complete kit includes a shell holderand a set of dies in one of the more popularcalibers, and is a real buy at $29.50. TheLyman name is highly respected in hand­loading circles and thus is a guarantee forthe beginner. With this Spartan kit, a boxof primers, some bullets, and a can or twoof powder, you can make quality ammo toyour heart's content.

GUN RACK

Swaged WadeuttersThe Crown Cartridge Co., P.O. Box 7076G,

Wilmington Dela., recently submitted 100of their swaged wadcutters for tests. Thesebullets were .38 caliber, weighed 146 grainsright on the nose, and had a bevel basedesign. CCC uses a specially designed lubri·cant and 100 per cent virgin metals, and thebullets are sized .357. Bullets are made witha cold swaging process with 26,000 lbs.pressure.

We loaded 50 of them with a standardload of Bullseye, the other 50 with an experi­mental load and bullets seated flush withthe case mouth, for testing in our S&WModel 52. We fired 25 rounds with theS&W and gave the rest of the loads to oneof our friends to check them out in hisModel 52. We arrived at the same conclu-

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ACC~SSORIES

Get the feel of your trigger.

ACE TRIGGER SHOEACE "Stay-Put" Trigger Shoe for

most rifles, shotguns and hand·guns. Specify model. $250

NEW CATALOGWRITE today for our newillustrated Catalog No. 40.Center spread shows Flaig'sAce gunstocks and blanksin natural co/or-Circassianwalnut, Curly maple, Ore­gon myrtle, etc. Enclose 25cto cover postage and han­dling.LIST #39 SENT FREE.

ACE TRIGGER GUARDS$1200 FOR ALL LARGE

RING MAUSERS &SPRINGFIELD '03& '03-A3 RIFLES.

With hinged floorplate. Complete with

Follower and Followerspring. Specify model and caliber.

ACE SCOPE MOUNTS$900 .....-::: FOR USE ON ALL

3 SAKO ACTIONSSpl it ring type.Adjustable forwindage. Machinesteel. No drilling

height only. or tapping necessary.With 2 piece base for FN & 98 Mau­ser, with clip guide removed $10.50.

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MI Carbine 15 shot

Magazine Pouch with

2 15 shot magazines.

BIPODS (for B.A.R.).Often used on heavytarget and varmintguns. Legs adiust forheight. and fold-upagainst barrel. $4.95

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M84 Scope 2J./2 pwr.. . ••• $17.95

M1D Mount " ...••$17.95

M1D Barrel ..••••$17.95

ALL THREE for $42.95

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Parts BRAND NEW Save up to 50%Model 97 WINCHESTER

Firing Pin $1.00Main Spring. .60

~~;~~id~~idS~o·p·&'5~r'ing ·L.H·. 1:~gModel 31 REMINGTON

Ejector. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50Cartridge Stop Riqht H. 1.50Cartridge Stop Left H. 1.00Breech Block (Bolt) . 4.50Main Spring . . . . 3/$1.00Forend .•.•.•. . . . . 2.50Butt Stock. • . . . . . . ...• 6.00

45 AutoColt Barrel ...•...Colt Slide .•.•...Wide Hammer .

tg~: :::~~~gecrri'p' Silfe'ty ..2/1.98 Arched Housing

From the steaming jungles of the South Pacificto the frozen ridges of Korea, these were themost popular of military semi-automatic rifles.Through determination and foresight, we haveagain scooped our greedy competitors anduncovered the last known cache of these finerifles, in excellent to new condition. We have afew sniper models with 2112 power M84 scopeM-ID mount and ~RI. installed and ready forthe firing line at $150.00.

CARBINE REAR SIGHTSAd:ustab'e for windageand elevation. Fits allu.S. Carbines. Siides intoreceivers dovetail - 2 min­utes to install. As issued

$2.49

• Send 25c for Complete Listing

10C~~~t ~~~~i?~ .~~~~~e!.. .1/$1.00 PO~~9~OhO~d~20und ~a.r~~2~9530 Shot Carbine ClipS •••••••$4.95 Carbine Sling & Oiler .. $2.493 Piece Cleaning Rod w/tip •• $1.49 Carbine Muzzle Brake .. $4.95

Carbine Piston Nut Wrench .• 2/$1.99 Carbine Flash Hider ... $4.95Carbine Full Length Carrying Case •••••...•••.. $3.95

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BRITISH FAIRBAIRN COMMANDO KNIFEBRITISH COMMANDOFAIRBAIRN KNIFECOMPLETE withSCABBARD. BRANDNEW $4.95A must for every military collection.

SPRINGFIELD M1903. Bayonet with Scab­

bard.. also fits MI Garand. Excellent

Model 12 WINCHESTERAction slide .••••••..•••• $5.95Ej<?ctor w/spring •.•. 1.50Extractor R.H. •• ••...... .77Extractor L.H. •••••..•... .77Magazine Band. • • • • . . . .. 2.00

~;[uasztii':,~ P~re~v'e' : : : : : : : :. tggModel 11 REMINGTON

~::~ie~P[~nt~h'::::::::::::Carrier .•..•.••••••••.•.Magazine (5/shot) ••......Cartridge Stop .••••••...Checkered Forends ••....

M 1903 Springfield4-Groove 03A3 Bbl•.........Front Siqht Blade, Match TypeExtra Large size 03 & 03A3Springfield match type frontsight COvers .••...••.•.

to New

12 Ga. Shot Gun

SPEC.WT. 9 LBS.BBL Length l3"Overall 43"CAL. 30/06

$8495

I-_SPECIAL--.MI Carbine Bayonets.Latest U.S. Mfg. Origi­nal Gov't issue with scab­bard. BRAND NEW....$5.95

.... $3.993.50

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HOLSTERS

Used Colt or S&W M1917Revolver Holsters, very900d condo These are Gov'

::lfeha~nddedar~.~I.I $1.75

Brand new Ml911 Autl"l­matic Russet Holster Man.

r~a~~u:tiv~ip:rJ'~ $1.99Brand new M1911 Auto-

;rh~~icfer 'H~~:t~~~ $2.25

AMMO SPECIALSRemington U.M.C. Non Corr.139 Gr. spitzer bUII$~.50/100

8 mm LE8EL mfg. by KynochLtd., England $f5.00/100

CLEANING EQUIPMENTM·1 Garand Cleaning Rod withCombination Tool in handle5 section 30" ..••.••••.•••.. $1.49One piece .45 Cal. Rod 13/1 ••. 2/$1.49.45 Cal. Brass Brushes ..•... 6/51.00.30 Cal. Brass Brushes ••... . 6/$1.00.45 Cal. Bristle Brushes •... 10/$1.00GI Bore Cleaner, 2 oz. can .. 5/$1.0012 Gauge Shotgun Swabs •.. 10/$1.00

7.63 Mauser (pistol) ...•. $ 5.00/100.455 Pistol 7.50/100.45 ACP Non-Carr. 6.00/~O(l

.45 Auto Walnut Grips

.32 Auto Wood GripsWoodsman .Ithaca 37 Ocluxe-12 Ga.

Remington 500 Series 22 Cal. .. $ .99H&R Leatherneck

(Fits all 22 Cal. mod.) ..•• 1.49Garand 8 Shot Clip ... 3/1.00Colt 32 Auto Mags. . . . . . .. .. 2.49Thompson SO RD Drum. . . 5.99Luger 9 MM or 30 Cal. 5.957.63 or 9 MM Mauser Milit.

Stripper Clip 2/1.99Thompson 20 RD Mag. 1.50Thompson 30 RD Mag. 2.00M-3 Grease Gun Mag. .99

Eastern Firearms Co. brings you the finest in military and commercial firearms.Never before have firearms of such high quality. at such reasonable prices, beenoffered. The condition of all firarms offered by strict N.R.A. standards.• •

7.00/1006.00/1005.00/1007.00/1006.00/1006.00/1"'006.00/1006.00/1006.00/1005.00/100

.... $5.952.95

... 2.50

... 1.50

MAUSER M98 CAL. 7.65

MAUSER M98 CAL. 30/06

Here is the famous mod. 1909 Mauser manu­factured by Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf ofGermany. This fine rifle was manufactured in theearly 1930's at a time when Mauser quality wasat its height. The condi:ion of this fine rifle willsurprise even the most discriminating shooterand collector and must be seen to be appreci­ated. The crest of the Rep. of Peru is stin onthe receiver. Condition V.G. to Excellent.

Fresh from the government arsenals of Perucome what we believe to be the finest Mau­sers ever offered. And here is one in cal. 30/06U.S. These guns were manufactured in 1935 by(FN) and were originally chambered for thispopular CTG. The crest of the Rep. of Peru isstill on the receiver. Very Good Condition.Excellent Bore $39.95. For Select Condition$3.00 extra.

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For your complete satisfaction Eastern Firearms stands behind its guaranteeto refund or to replace any merchandise returned prepaid within 5 days.INCLUDE POSTAGE with all orders except pistols and ammo which areshipped R.E.A. Express collect. Sorry no C.O.D.

Now.

SPECS.WT. 9th LBS.BBL Length 29"Overall 49J!2"CAL. 7.65 MAUS

New Leather Slings for Garand,Springfield, etc. Mil. Issue .•.. $ 2.49

30/'06 Ruptured Shell Extr•• 4 for 1.9945 ACP Half·Moon Clips ..• 8 for 1.99

4.99

CLIPS - MAGAZINES,

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Browning H.P. StockPouches for 30-Rd. Carb. Mags,

Holds 2 .•.•••••• ,...... 1.99MI Garand Barrels •••••••••••• 15.00

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SPECIAL OF THE MONTHM98 MAUSER BARRELS

~exc. to new $5.95

CAL 8MM

SPRINGFIELD RECEIVERSOl'iginal M 1903 Spl'ing:{icld actions w /0

~l.>a1·I·Qls, Low No-only, complete with stampedtrigger guard, bolt, etc.. . .. $16.95

...---SPECIAL---"""I%" split & 3/4 " scope or 2 sets for

~rings for Redfield $5.50mount-per set ... $3.50

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Original M 1903 Springfiold Stock Straight

~Grip. These stocks will fit all models of theSpringfield 03 or 03A3. These stocks are made ofSELECT American W.alnut and are BRAND NEW $2.99

Winchester M75 ••••.M1917 Enfield ••...

~M1903 Handguard ..M1903·A3 Handguard

tJ8'8'·I-----------------------------1.303 British .. $.30-'06 Late date. NOIl-Corr .

~.30-'06 N.C. AP.30 Cal. Carbine, Non-Corr.7 mm Mauser7.62 Russian7.65 Mauser.30-40 Krag

~ 8 mm Mau,e' Non·Co"..~ 7.35 Ca,cano

3 Shot French Lebel Clip $1.99

~5 Shot French Lebel Clip 2.49Lee Enfield 10 Shot Mags. it 3.. 3.49Lee Enfield 10 Shot Mags. tt 4. 2.49Reising MSO-M60 20-rd. Mags 4.95Lancaster Mags .. 4.95

'r:e28E~f~rdMsagShot Mag's: '.#4: :: ~:~~German G43 ..... 6.00Browning 9MM HP 5.95

~German 9 MM P 38 4.9545 Auto.........•.•.•.•.... 1.99M1922 Springfield 3.95

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