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GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959 3

MYFAVORITE

GUN

By JEANNE CARMENStarlet & Model

AWOLFF-engraved cap-and-ball revolver is the most treasured item

in my antique weapon collection. Likeall original Wolff revolvers, the hammer is in the shape of a wolf's head.The revolver is an Army Colt .44,Model 1860. Although it is 14:14" longand weighs 2 lbs. 11 oz., I have foundit to be a very accurate weapon andhave been able to fire six rounds infour seconds. Instead of photographing this revolver, which generallylooks very much like a quarter millionother 1860 Colts produced (thoughfew are as nice as mine), I chose toillustrate my fine European snap·haunce flintlock pistol-probably anItalian pistol of about 1650. It pre·dates the later "true" flintlock and isjust as accurate as any revolver beingmade today. At the Los Angeles Policerange last May, I chalked up six outof seven bullseyes with the snaphauncebefore several rather amazed rookiepatrolmen.

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WITHBy CAPT.

JOHN E. PEGG, USAFE

SI CE being stationed inEurope I have had the

opportunity to add some in·teresting firearms to my collection. I have about twenty longguns, including two of theFrench "Charleville Model1763" muskets that were thepatterns for our first Spring.field muskets and such aswere used by Americans inour Revolution. I have acouple of Flobert breech loading "saloon" rifles, and aninteresting poacher's gun. But'one which I currently rate as"fayorite" is the heavy dragoon pistol I hold in the photo. Proper identification ofthe gun was difficult. I obtained the gun for a small sum near my base at Troyes,France. Finally I discovered it to be one of the detonating-lock Augustin pistols,which were made for the German states and Austria about 1840 but were notsuccessful. Most were converted, as this one has been, to cap lock. The new breechplug is dated "1850." Instead of the special part to hold the Augustin detonatortube in place, a curious safety to hold the hammer off the capped nipple has beenfitted. To fire the gun, you fold the safety limb forward, against tension of a spring.

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IN THIS ISSUE

THE COVERLives there a fast-draw sportwith soul so dead, who neverto himself hath said, "I am thebest, the fastest gun?" No lessthan six, to our knowledge, layclaim to the title. Dee Wool embacks his claim with trophiesas well as with authenticatedon-the-ti mer-records.

STEADY CUIVS READERS will remember a couple of years back when we

published Clyde Howell's narrative of howhe became a skillful "trick" shooter. Howell,a farmer by profession, is an enthusiasticgunner and Firearms Editor of a mid-westernnewspaper. His principal problems in learning "fast and fancy" pistol handling weretwo: high cost of ammunition (for aerialtargets) and a bullet in the leg from a mistake in fast draw_ In view of the lauer,readers will understand Howell's great enthusiasm for new developments in C02 "guns"and for the instructional materials now available to students of fast draw_ Howell tellsyou on page 14 how to achieve "Fast DrawNo Bloodshed_"

Shotgunners get their innings with ashortic, on page 21-a simple rig for easytrap practice at home_ Also for scauergunners is "New Quirks For Quail," the lore ofhunting the brown buzz-bombers in today'schanged cover and conditions_

Two off-beat items in this issue: for pistolmen, new notes on defense sidearms, pluspiet ure sequence of a novel, surprise, coatpocket draw_ Th is one may not be fast asleather slapping, but it guarantees the advanl age of slIrprise.

Second off-beat is Bob Kindley's thoroughlyresearched article on Single Shot Riflestheir care and feeding. Recent publicationby Morrow of the second of Jim Grant's detailed books on single shot riHes makes thesubject of more than minor interest in amagazine. Kindley digs into the backgroundof these once-top model in American firearms, still sought by knowing shooters fortheir precise accuracy today.

Hunters will relish this section of BertPopowski's informative survey of trophiesand where to get them, page 31. His factswill save you money, if you wisely apply hisrecommendations on where to hunt. Popowski, resident of that God's Country of Wyoming, is a staff contributor of the N.R.A.

Last but not least is Know Your Lawmalcers. But this month we have substituteda statement of policy by a major police officers' association. Knowing your Lawmakersis important, but you should also know yourLaw Enforcers. The best laws can be cormpted by inadequate or inept enforcers, andeven the worst laws can be modified byunderstanding administration by intelligentenforcers. You should save this page anduse it when talking with legislators and/orpolice officers. Mail it to your Congressman.

Only you, through influencing your electedlegislative representative, can make laws. Ifyou find existing laws restricting firearmsunrealisl ic or unfairly administered, you haveonly yourself to blame. Often, by so simplea tool as a letter to your Congressman, youcan get action.

Don't wClste your Congressman's time withlong-winded tirades about guns and gunlaws. He hears enough wind in sessions ofthe Congress. But simple statements of YOlirwi;hes and opinions will help him to do thejob of representing you that he "volun- ~teered" to do. ~


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Fast action? This featherweight pump is so beautifully balanced it points and swings as if it were partof you. Fine gun performance from the dependableslide action - proved by years of rigorous testing inthe field. Ventilated rib and decorated receiver arestandard on the Savage 30 (custom features thatordinarily cost $30 extra) . 6 quick shots (with plug toreduce to 3 shots) - 12 gauge only. Popular barrellengths and chokes.Also be sure to see the Savage 30-AC with adjustablechoke (see insert below) at your sporting arms dealer.Write for your tree catalog of 'Savage, Stevens and Fox firearms.Savage Arms, Chicopee Falls 75,Mass. All prices subject to change.Slightly higher in Canada.

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• Gallup, New Mexico. Indian Uprising? ...In Gallup an 88 Winchester, a hunting knife,and a Navajo rug were reported stolen froma residence, police said.

* * *• Cleveland, O. When an armed thug andhis companion walked into a food store at2539 Woodland Ave. owner Sam Melluso, 56,was waiting for them. Melluso pointed hisown gun at the two men and ordered themout. They turned and trotted off. A year agoSam was robbed of $300 in his store. Sincethen he has kept his gun handy.

* * *• Radium, Colo. Henry Hinton runs a ranchin these parts but spends most of his timemaking guns, especially heavy muzzle-loadingrifles like those used by the early settlers.Mr. Hinton spends so much time on the oldf1int-and-ball muskets that no one couldafford to buy one, so he occasionally givesone to a friend.

* * *• Los Angeles, Calif. At a Hollywood party,Adolph, a Boxer dog, came dressed as WyattEarp, replete with frontier hat, tin badge· .• and a holstered pistol at his side.

* * *.Phoenix, Ariz. It turns out you can spendyour time under water and still be no land·lubber with the rifle. The Arizona RifleAssociation Officers Trophy was won by ateam from Submarine Flotilla 1, a Navy out·fit based in San Diego.·

* * *• Wells, Maine. It wasn't always healthy tobe handy with a rifle. A fellow named GeorgeBurroughs was executed for witchcraft herein 1692 because he could support a heavymusket at arm's length by sticking a fingerinto its muzzle.

* * *+Ardmore, Okla. Fifty years ago Buck Gar-rett Carter County sheriff, left a .45 revolverwith Polk Anderson, then a bank president.The weapon is still on display at the bank.It was last fired Nov. 11, 19l8-in celebration of the first World War Armistice.

* * *+Fort Smith, Ark. Pretty Helen Lommas-son is proof that you can be adept aroundthe house and still know how to take careof yourself. The high-school teen-ager, whoseskills include embroidery, cooking, and dressmaking, and who was recently selected asthe nation's "Young Homemaker of 1956,"is also a crack shot. She is president of thetown's Girls Club Rifle Club.

* * *+ New York City. Robert Frielich, Man-hattan gun dealer, paid $5100 for a riflecartridge-and it was an empty one at that.But no ordinary one ... it was hand made84 years ago by the famed rifle maker, OliverWinchester.


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csted enough to bring them out: but withoutsuccess. No.5 was made up and left plainpurposely until I had thoroughly tested it.That winter of 1927, I killed 42 great hornedowls with that gun alone while running acoyote line. It was so much superior to allother single actions I had used that I sentit back to Croft for engraving and ivorystocks. I believe it is stilI the finest S.A.Colt in existence.

The late Chauncey Thomas and AshleyHaines and I corresponded a great deal atthe time on ways to improve the old S.A.Colt. My friend, Gus Peret, went evenfurther. He designed and had made up aswing-out cylinder, simultaneous-ejection single action, which he stilI has. Our combinedefforts, however failed to impress the Coltcompany, even though I offered them theloan of all my flat top guns as models, withall their improvements. At the same time, Iworked out the design of my .44 SpecialbuJIet (Ideal 10 . 429431 in 250 grain), andperfected heavy loads, first with 12 grains ofNo. 80 powder and later with 2400 whenthat powder came on the market in the '30s.

During the Annual N.R.A. Convention inJacksonville, Fla., in August, 1951, BillRuger made a trip to Idaho in his littleJaguar car, stopping at Salmon, Idaho, to seeme and Judge Don Martin. I had joined theN.R.A. technical staff in January of 1950,and was away at the convention at the time,but Judge Martin obtained my keys, showedBill Ruger all my flat-topped S.A. CoILs, andurged him, as I had been doing by letter, tobring out a modern single action revolver.

ot so long thereafter, Bill brought out hisfamous Single Six. I criticized the flat-topframe, the forward position of the rear sight,and the lack of a proper loading gate andextractor button, and urged him to redesignthe gun and bring it out in a larger versionfor the .44 Special with the improvements

(Continued on page 61)

B ACK IN 1926, '27, and '28, Harold Croftand I, and later 1. D. O'Meara, had

several single action Colt .44 and .45 caliberguns made up embodying our ideas of what amodern single action should be. R. F. Sedgley, Neal Houchins, and O'Meara did thework. We flat·topped the frames, similar tothe old Bisley and S.A. Army flat-top targetmodels, but we extended the frame fartherto the rear and made the flat top muchthicker and heavier. The top of the hammerwas cut off so it would go under the extendedrear end of the frame. The front sight wasfitted in a band encircling the barrel, andwe used some of the very first ramp-typefront sights giving maximum sight radius. Idesigned a new base pin catch similar to thelever latch on the old Model 1874 Sharpsrifle.

Croft designed his No.3 grip-a combination of the Bisley back strap cut off andchanged in angle to be more like the S.A.Army back strap but coming up higher onthe frame. This was used with a regular S.A.Army trigger guard. I further changed andimproved the design in our No. 5 grip withmore flare at the extreme lower corner ofthe back strap. Even then, we agreed thatthe best grip ever, especially for handling therecoil of very heavy loads, was the grip andstraps on the old 2nd model Colt Dragoon.However, Dragoons were valuable propertyeven then, and we could not wreck one toget the stocks and straps; so we did the bestwe could with the Bisley and S.A. Armyback strap and trigger guard.

The base pin was improved and a largeheaded one made up that could be easilygrasped with the fingers, ending the needfor pliers to pull out the base pin. Croftdesigned a main spring similar in shape tothe Colt double action main spring, and theculmination of our efforts was my No. 5S.A. Colt.

We tried to get the Colt company inter.

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Here's the first basically new .22 rifle in yearschambered for the revolutionary new .22 MagnumRimfire cartridge, to give you power and speednever before available in a .22 rimfire load!

For less than 6¢ a shot, the Marlin Micro-Groove57·M gives you these Magnum Rimfire advantages:15 lightningjast shots with muzzle energy greaterthan a .38 S& W cartridge, and more energy and velocity at 100 yards than the .22 high velocity longrifle cartridge develops at the muzzle!

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GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1959 9

Researcher Offers AdviceYour articles on riflemen in Civil Defense

which I have thoroughly enjoyed, have bee~an inspiration to me. It was a pleasure tolearn that there are others who realize theimportance and need for "Home Guard"movements.

I have been doing part-time research inGuerrilla Warfare at the Washington, D. c.,Central Library and also the CongressionalLibrary. Like you, I feel that it is importantfor the public to know as much about thistype of warfare as possible. I am interestedin passing on to you and any of your readersinformation regarding Guerrilla Warfare,which I have acquired during my research.

William C. Ekeland300S Erie St. S.£.,

Washington 20, D. C.

Mississippi LawI like your magazine fine. As a student of

fire arms I find GU:"iS one of the most valuable texts I can obtain.

About the statutes of Mississippi: First,the Federal Government is doing and hasbeen doing just what Mississippi is accusedof except they want all fire arms catalogedby the dealer before sale. Second, I live inMississippi and I own any fire arms I wantand can afford. I ask no one and registerthem with no one, as do all other gun owners in this state.

The law referred to in "Crossfire" a fewmonths ago was put in force quite a fewyears ago when the high powered rifle putfear in the hearts of all; but now it hasbeen out voted by popular demand.

James H. LuperCrystal Springs, Miss.

He Likes Us-Like Us NotRecently you have concentrated on articles

on hunting and sport shooting as opposed tothe military and collecting aspect of firearms.I don't like it.

It seems you've drifted away from themilitary. I have a few of your back issuesand they are literally crammed with info.

ow, instead of having a cover bedeckedwith the latest and meanest for the soldieryou have a cowpoke fooling 'with a leveraction. Shades of Argosy!

The Mossberg is a darn good weapon-ifequipped with good sights. I installed aLyman 57 MS on the receiver and a Lyman17 up front. Lyman makes a special rampto adapt the single set-screw of the Mossbergto a standard dovetail. If one takes out thereticule in front and the small peep in theback, it becomes a good sporting sight. Withthe reticule and small peep the sight combination bccomes one of target caliber.

I am in approval of an armed populace.In my opinion one of the best weapons forsurvival would be a Johnson semi-auto.Why? Because of the .30-06 fodder andindependence from clips and packets andchargers tha t are necessary for the Carbineand the M1. I've seen a few Johnson's inthe hands of the Cuban rebels-'scope mounted too. Johnson takes a scope well, and withits free barrel it should be one of the moreaccurate semi-autos.

Arne Eastman Jr.New York 21, New York

P.S. T like your mag anyway-even if youdon't print this.

It's printed. And we'll print articles onmilitary and collector guns too, as space andquality of material permit.-Editors

Circassian Walnut Is HereYour fine article on "Gunstoek Beauties on

Parade" in the January GU:-IS Magazine madevery excellent reading. Your treatment onwood selection and wood talk in generalquite authoritative indeed.

Please accept Flaig's sincere thanks formention of French blanks. May I here tactfully point out, however, the renowned Cireassian wood you regretted as not heingavailable is available here at Flaig's. Itssource, however, is from Turkey and it isidentical to the Russian variety in every reospect, including quality.

Our "ad" shows this regularly in GUNS andother publications.

Flaig's LodgeMillvale, Pa.

Why Don't More Clubs Do It?Classes in Hunter Safety and Rifle :'IIarks

manship are being sponsored by the Overland Park Optimist club and Mission Township Police Departmcnt, Kansas City, Mo.Classcs meet at 4 :30 p. m. cvcry Saturday;are conducted by expert instructors.

Guns are furnished for those who do notown a gun, and free ammunition is furnishedfor boys of high school age, by the OverlandPark Optimist club. The meeting place is at7331 West 80th St.. Overland Park, Kansas,near both Kansas City, Missouri, and KansasCity, Kansas.

The project is promoted and sponsored forthe purpose of insuring a greater degree ofSafety in handling guns, and in an effort tosave lives on hll!lting trips. Too often theaccidental firing of guns has fatal results,and such grief is the result from a lack of"know-how" in handling and firing a gun.

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Four times National Fast Draw Champion, Dee Woolem cocksgun, knocks it back out of holster into firing position, withoutever letting muzzle point at shooter's leg. Best time: .12 of asecond. At right, Woolem demonstrates one of the fancyspins and twirls that make up his popular stage repertoire.


-AND THE GUN-THAT MAKES FAST DRAW THE SAfEST GUN SPORT

A FAST DRAW EXPERT MEETS THE CHAMPION. REPORTS ON THE STYLE

By CLYOE G. HOWEll

. Border shift, spins, rolls, are colorful,help develop manual dexterity and timing.

I 'M A GUNSLl GER. It's a word some of us dislike,maybe because it has a reckless, slap-dash sound

that we feel is beneath the dignity of a legitimate andhard-won manual skill-but if that's the word youwant to use to describe a quick draw addict, I'm one.I've been one for more than 25 years; a product, notof TV "adult westerns" but of Zane Grey, WilliamMcLeod Raine, and the tales of the old time gunmen,fictional and factual. (Even then, there was feelingabout words and their shades of meaning. "Gunmen,""gunfighter," meant different things to different people,and the wrong usage was resented.)

My boyhood heroes were Lassiter, Buckey Duane,Hopalong Cassidy, and Wyatt Earp and his ilk-notthe present pros of triggernometry like Hugh O'Brian,Clint Walker, Kelo Henderson, or even Arvo Ojala andRodd Redwing and Joe Bodrie and Dee Woolem whohave done so much to spark our present fast drawboom. I was more than just a reading worshipper;early on, I wanted to imitate my heroes. I startedpracticing quick draw long, long before it was anational pastime; and I came up the hard way, expending thousands upon thousands of rounds of ammunition, making all the blunders common to theexperimentation of a man who is "going it alone." Ieven made the worst blunder of all, the one that stillhappens and is giving quick draw a bad name unnecessarily. I earned what the cynics are calling "the badgeof the gunslinger," the right leg limp, by shooting myself in the leg with a .45 caliber bullet. Actually, this isthe badge of the bad gunslinger. No man need wear it,or even risk it. I know better now; but things aremuch different for today's gunslingers than they werewhen I earned my badge for bad gun manners. Now,there's no excuse for accidents.

Twenty-five years ago there were no how-to articles,no books, no clubs, no instructors in the art of the fastdraw. The only references were those in the book and

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New and old get together, compare gasoperated Hahn "45" with original Colt's Navy.

magazine "westerns:" "He stood tense, bending forward alittle. both arms bent, his hands hooked like a hawk'sclaws." Many of those stories were written by men whohad never fired a gun, much less qualified as fast drawexperts.

Today's fast draw addicts can learn much faster, mucheasier, much cheaper than I did-and without acquiringthat Hopalong Cassidy limp. Today, you can learn fastdraw under the tutelage (personal or printed) of expertsand real experts they are; men who have devoted bothscientific study and rigorous practice to the development ofthis new-old art. You can begin with holsters perfected forquick draw, with refinements never even dreamed of whenI started. You can watch and consult with gun wizards likeDee Woolem, four times National Fast Draw Pistol Shooting Champion, and other professionals. You can read articles like this and others, published and to come in thismagazine. You can study that handgunner's textbook, "Fastand Fancy Revolver Shooting," by the late Ed McGivern.You can join fast draw clubs where the experience of othershooters will help you. And-with the new Hahn "45" gasoperated.single action BB revolver, or with the even newerCrosman gas-operated .22 Single Action Six, you canpractice for pennies instead of spending hard-earned dollarsas I did. All this, with absolute safety thrown in. You don'teven need to use pellets, because these guns "fire" even whenempty, with force enough in the gas charge alone to stop atimer.

.Shooting is fun, and for my money, fast draw is tops inshooting fun. But let's face it-fast draw, like most otherhuman efforts in which speed is a prime factor, is dangerous if done wrong. And live ball ammunition is wrong!Practicing fast draw with ball ammunition is as stupid asgoing into a wringer head first. It can cost yOll, and it candamage all shooting sports, penalize all shooters, by stirringup bad publicity and adverse legislation. Don't do it! Youcan be just as fast, you can prove speed and accuracy by

Safe for fast draw sincegas blast alone will stoptimer, new Crosman SingleAction' Six in .22 Cal. islow priced but accurate.

National Fast Draw Championship trophy wonby Woolem in '55 has since been defendedagainst over 200 "fast guns" in competition.


Classic among demonstrations of gun speed is drop-draw-and-hit trick enacted (but withouttrickery) by Woolem in high-speed picture sequence by Detroit "News" photographer usinga Fastex camera. Gun fires from lip of holster; blast of blank knocks cup left and downward.

topping timers or marking targets, with blanks or waxbullets or best and safest of all with the Hahn gas operatedrevolver (with or without pellets) -and you can learnfaster because you can work without the fear handicap.

There are three objectives in quick draw shooting: recreation or fun shooting, proficiency as a tool in law enforcement, and a career as a quick draw instructor or exhibitionshooter. Only a few can attain the blinding speed, theprestidigitator's skill needed for instruction and exhibitionwork; most of us have jobs of our own to do. Quick drawcan be a priceless asset to a police officer, but-quick drawalone won't get him a job on any police force. It mighthave in the 1880s, but not now. For every man interestedin quick draw for these reasons, a thousand are fascinatedwith it because it's fun-and fun it is.

I spent years working out a system of my own for areally fast yet safe draw. I experimented with many kindsof belts and holsters, some that tipped the butt of the gunforward, some that held the gun vertical, a few that slantedthe barrel forward and the butt back. I tried dozens ofpositions for gun height, from waist to knee. I cut holstersand belts to weird shapes until I ran out of leather; thenbought new ones and started over. I "tuned up" my singleactions, first one way and then another. I learned a littlehere and a little there, and some of what I learned for surewas wrong, as I found out later; but what I did gain overthe years was a certain degree of manual dexterity thathelps with each experiment with a new method.

One thing I did stick to was a determination to play itsafe, and my version of safety was-eock after the gunleaves the holster and slip-hammer the first shot so that thefinger can be kept away from the trigger. I still believe inthis method, in spite of things learned recently and whichI'll discuss later. It's safe if you stick strictly to the rule aswritten; and it's fast, as I proved.

Cocking with the draw was what got me the bullet woundin my leg. I was using a lower holster than I use now, and

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I was trying for speed beyond that which I could handlesafely. Result: I cocked sooner than I intended, the gunfailed to clear leather, my thumb slipped, and the gun fired.

When hammer-slapping came into vogue among theHollywood gunmen, I branded it as doubly dangerous. Thisinvolves slapping the hammer back to cock while the gun isstill holstered, before even starting to lift it out of theleather. With a low holster, it means that your entire draw-lifting the gun, pointing it, finding the trigger-must bedone with the gun at full cock. I still say, this is asking fortrouble. I still say it, though I know now what I didn'trealize at first-that the danger lies in the low gun positionand the necessity of lifting it out of the holster, not necessarily in the method of cocking. Again, more of this later.

A few weeks ago, I got the enviable assignment of interviewing Dee Woolem, four times National Fast Drawchamp since 1955, now the traveling representative forCrosman Arms Company, makers of the new Hahn "45"gas operated single action BB revolver and the Crosmangas operated .22 Single Action Six. I knew Dee wasblindingly fast; he had to be, to win those four nationaltitles in open competition. I knew too that he was a hammer-slapper. Frankly, that last fact nearly scared me off ofthe assignment. Fanatic as I am about safety, I had a chipon my shoulder about hammer-slapping and I was afraidDee and I would arrive at nothing but disagreement.

I did some research on Dee before I started, and what Ilearned was impressive. At the Erie County Sheriff's Department range, Buffalo, ew York, with Dave Sheldon,designer of a robot-type timer action as witness, Dee recorded a draw·and-fire mark (including reaction time) of.37 of a second. He scored another .37 second shot atFrontier City, Oklahoma, against a Mythen timer. And fordraw time only, not counting reaction time, Dee holds arecord of .12 of a second, set during Helldorado Days, LasVegas, evada, in June, 1951, in national competitionbefore 10,000 witnesses. (Continned on page 40)

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TH·ESINGLE~SHOT

Kindley holds Haenel-built GermanSchuetzen rifle of hammerless Aydtdesign. Sculptured cheekrest stockis typical of these 200-meter rifles.

By ROBERT J. KINDLEY

T HE AMERICAN SINGLE SHOT RIFLE was once the finest firearmmade in this country. Today, the old timers still have their following

among shooters who know. Yearly on the old range at Warsaw, Indiana,the enthusiasts of the American Single Shot Rifle Association gather tofire offhand and from rest for accuracy at the difficult "German Ring" tar·gets, 100 to 200 yards, scope sights. Mention Ballard, Stevens "Ideal",Sharps-Borchardt or Remington-Hepburn to this group of modern gunnuts and watch the ears perk up. Unfortunately, most younger shootersknow little about these fine old rifles. But experienced shooters argue


RIFLE SAGABallard .32-40 iron sightedgroups inside 9/lb"xI5/lb".

With bullet seated to avoid jumping to therifling, case loaded with FFg black powderand card wad on top is then inserted.

America's most outstanding marksmen. Chris Westergaard,Arthur Hubalek, Col. Tewes, C. W. Rowland, and an oldGerman named Katzenellenbogen, were all famous offhandchampions. The ability of these men to hit the 25-ringconsistently at 200 yards is still remembered today. Remember, the standard target had a 12" bull with a 25-ringonly 11/2" across. Each succeeding ring was 11/3" larger.

that, had the development continued after World War I,competition between the single shots and today's benchrest rifles would have been close indeed in the field ofaccuracy.

American single shot rifles reached their peak in designand use during a bygone period when we were indeed a"nation of riflemen." Shooting was the national sport, aspopular as baseball is today. Accuracy was the ideal;velocity or rapidity of fire of little consequence. The manwith a single shot rifle liked to shoot all day, keepingten shots inside a 21j2" circle, from rest, at 200 yards.This demand for accuracy produced some of the mostfamous shooters and rifle-makers our game has known.

The history of the single shot rifle is sprinkled withnames synonomous with accuracy. The old maestro HarryPope, George Schoyen, A. O. Zischang, George Schalk,and A. W. Peterson were barrel-makers topped by none.A single shot rifle barreled by any of these craftsmen isa prized item among gun nuts today. Dr. Hudson andF. J. Rabbeth, both excellent shots, were renowned fortheir excellent Gast bullet designs. E. A. Leopold experimented extensively with bullet lubricants, a very importantitem for cast bullet accuracy. Dr. Franklin W. Mann, oneof our most noted ballistics experts, was a single shotadvocate.

Along with the single shot rifle were developed some of

Single shot loading procedure starts with bullet beingdropped into rifling. Slug is best unsized, just lubricated with soft, tacky mixture. Then kinked seateris used (right) to push bullet into start of rifling.


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For Schuetzen fun, take off-hand Swiss butt single shotrifle (Ballard) plus tools, bullets, powder. Shoot standing.

Thus the 24-ring was 3", the 23-ring 4%". All of theabove named shooters could score 220 or better on thistarget, shooting ten shots offhand.

You can't talk about single shot rifles without men·tioning the "Schuetzen" game. This type of shooting wasone of the greatest single factors contributing to the de·velopment of the single shot. About 1850 a group ofSwiss immigrants near St. Louis at Highland, Illinois,organized a sharp-shooter's society called the HelvetiaSchuetzen Gesellshaft. One of the first shooting clubs inthe country, it became one of the most renowned andas The Highland Sharpshooter's Society is still in exist·ence today. One of its greatest honors is that the firstNational Offhand Tournament was held on its range.

The Schuetzen game flourished. From 1850 until thefirst War this typ~ of shooting became a national pasttime. At the start of World War I, national sentiment

against anything German was responsible for its decline.The entire theme was German; so much so that Germanwas the shooters' language. About the only native thingabout this type of shooting was the rifle itself. Themajority of Schuetzen men chose one of the fine singleshots designed specifically for this type of shooting. ANational Schuetzenfest was held biennially and turned outto be quite some affair.

Any Schuetzenfest, whether a Sunday shoot or a NationalTournament, was a real shindig. Most ranges were locatedso that Mom and the family could enjoy a picnic whilethe old man shot. Prizes were sensible. A good shotcould more than make expenses, often taking home enoughfor the next week's groceries. The 3-shot Honor Match,the 3-shot Center, and the lO-shot King Match were themost popular. The 3-shot Honor Match was limited toexactly 3 shots. The highest possible score in this matchwas 75, which called for three consecutive shots into the1%" 25-ring. This was at 200 yards offhand. Top prizefor this match was usually $100.00-the price of a rifleand competition in any shoot was high.

The 3-shot Center Match was shot on a nine inch diameter black cardboard. The cards were kept until theend of the match, when they were all measured. The manwith a shot nearest dead center was the winner of thegrand prize. Any shooter who placed all three of hisshots on the 9" disc received three dollars.

The lO-shot King Match was the highlight of anySchuetzenfest. The competition was rough and the winnerwas awarded the most coveted honor: he was namedKing of the Shoot-"Schuetzenkoenig."

Rifles for the Schuetzen game had practically no restrictions. Weight, caliber, and barrel length were mattersof personal choice. The only rule was that a man be ableto stand on his "hind laigs" and shoot it. Average weightof a Schuetzen rifle was about 15 pounds, although manytipped the scales at 20 pounds or more. Single or doubleset trio-gers were standard equipment, as was the deep.pronged "Swiss" but plate. Many riflemen used a palmrest, which allowed the shooter to rest his left elbow onhis hip while shooting offhand.

Sights on Schuetzen rifles were the best iron sights thatwere available. For many years the use of telescopic sightswas not allowed. Receiver rear sights were made withvernier screw adjustments for elevation, which allowed avery fine adjustment. Front sights were of the globe typewith a pin-head bead on a paper-thin blade (so that aboutall that was in the sight picture was the bead itself.)Some shooters used an aperture front. Front sights wereoften adjustable for windage; many had spirit levels toprevent a shooter from canting his rifle.

Most popular calibers were the .32-40 and the .38-55.Both were accurate but, due to lesser recoil, the .32-10was favored. Some of the matches called for 100 shotsin a day, and recoil figured heavily in the final score.

Most modern shooters are familiar with a few of theold single shot actions; the Winchester Hi·Wall in particular. This is probably due to the fact that many finevarminters have been built around this particular singleshot. But there were many makes of single shot rifles.Fine match rifles included the Ballard, Stevens 44 and44V2, Sharps and Sharps-Borchardt, Maynard, Wurfflein,the Frank Wesson rifles, Winchester Hi-Wall, the Reming.ton rolling block, Remington. (Continued on page 42)


One-Man PracticeSharpens Shotgun Skill

Walking into line which is attached to trap catch, shooter can gain theeffect of a "surprise" throw without needing to have a helper at the trap.Foot release set-up is variation: rope is tied to peg, tripped by shooter's foot.

By PHILLIP D. RUSH

YOU DON'T NEED A THROWER TO

PRACTICE FOR SKEET, TRAP, OR FIELD

GUNNING. A LENGTH OF ROPE DOES IT

SINGLE-HANDED SHOTGUN PRACTICE is difficult.Holding a trap in one hand and flinging the clay, then

swinging up to bust it, is not a really satisfactory way ofimproving your shotgun shooting. The rifle shooter canoperate his rig all by himself. When the season opens, hisshooting eye is "in" and game falls or scores rise becauseof his ability to practice, if necessary, without helpers. Butthe shotgunner usually has to dig up some help to operate atrap, or must have some affiliation with a gun club, topractice on clay pigeons. It isn't always easy to find afriend whose time matches yours when you want to shoot afew rounds, and a gun club may be miles away, too far toreach in the short daylight afterwork hours.

One solution is to become a do-it-yourself trapshooter, byoperating your own trap with a thirty or forty foot line. Atrap will cost only about twenty-five dollars and will last alifetime. The base should be mounted on a post, and thetrap proper may be removed in seconds when not beingused. We won't even figure the cost of the rope; you canannex part of your wife's clothesline. The plastic type is

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With Marlin Model 90 at the ready, 5hotgunner canrelease birds with a slight motion of forend hand.

excellent. Targets and shells are the only other expense, andquite a savings may be realized if you do your own reloading.

Now you are all set up to shoot without assistance fromanyone, providing your shooting area isn't too far away.The writer has found three basic methods for tripping therelease catch on the trap. These might be termed "walkinto," "walk away from," and (Continued on page 66)

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WHITE HUNTER SAYS AFRICA'S MOST

DANGEROUS BEAST IS-THE ONE

THAT COMES CLOSEST TO KILLING YOU! FACE ANY ONE OF THEM, AND

hen Be Charges,

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Magnificent African black-maned lion is first prize for sportsmen onsafari, who find placid beast can spring to charge in 30' leaps in seconds.

You Hit-Or Else!By WILLIAM M. JENVEY

M ANY YEARS AGO, old professional hunter T. Murray Smith told me, "One learns something new on

every safari; if not about game, then about people." Hewas right. I have found that one can add an "est" to nearlyevery safari, too. Either about the safari itself, or aboutthe clients or the game, a safari will be remembered as thelongest, the shortest, the best, the worst, the closest, thehardest, the easiest-or something. These stories are about"the closest" ... the close calls with death.

Every professional hunter has been asked what animalhe thinks is most dangerous: elephant, rhino, lion, leopard,or buffalo? With most, the title probably goes to the animalwhich came nearest to "getting" the hunter concerned. Theold pre-historic looking rhino comes well down on mostprofessionals' list. It has the weight and speed, but lacks inbrain power. But, and here is a point: given the rightcircumstance he can be as deadly as any! The above mentioned Capt. Murray Smith can testify to this, and did. Twoincidents moved old jaru from low to high on Smith's list.

The first incident happened down in the Yaida Valley inthe days when only the bold ventured over the valley rimand faced the appalling, boulder strewn track. Few safarisgot down without bursting at least a tyre, and none gotback up without trouble. Since then, a decent road has beenmade, and bush clearing for tsetse fly -control has alteredthe valley's appearance; but in those days it was truly wild.It was from a camp in this valley that Murray led his clientup to a rhino as it fed along between clumps of thick bush.He worked his way carefully to one side and, when a clearshot presented itself, told the sportsman to shoot. On theshot, the rhino took off, snorting loudly and bearing to theright around a thick clump of bush which hid it from view.Murray, then an agile 65 or so, dived around the otherside of the bush, expecting to wham it as it went past. Butthings didn't work out as planned. The rhino was divingaround the bush too, real close, hugging the bush likeMurray. was. They met head on. Murray had guessedwrong once, and he guessed wrong again as he frantically


Old faru moved to top of white hunter's "danger" listwhen rhino unpredictably drove through brush, instead ofcircling it, put battered hunter Murray in hospital.

Pre-dawn safari camp is idyllic. peaceful, but day mayhold high adventure or sudden death in tangle with game.

Plain Westley Richards (top) or engraved IndiaRoyal Holland & Holland differ in finish but boththrow massive .470-.465 slugs to put down African heavy game with knockout one-two punches.

dug his heels in. There was a grass covered pig-hole infront of him and over he went! A shot from his .416, firedsomehow as he fell, did not stop the rhino's horn fromripping his thigh open. Before more damage was done,the client, who was up to the occasion, killed the hostileanimal.

Murray never attached much importance to this incident.After all, a pig-hole could be anywhere and rhinos are soclottish they may decide to run in any direction when hit.But the second time, the rhino was not even hit.

In the thick bush country near Voi, on the track of abull elephant, Murray, his client, gunbearers, and trackerpassed up-wind of a cow rhino and her calf. First indication of trouble was the sound of crashing brush, then thesnorting of the cow as she came straight up wind. Thenative boys disappeared. Quickly, he positioned his clientbehind a handy tree, himself moving behind a small butthickly leafed bush. The sound was very close now and toMurray it appeared that the rhinos would storm past alonga game trail a few feet away. The calf did, but not the cow.She bored clean through Murray's bush! ... Next day, inhospital for his second stretch within a couple of months,Murray stated, "I'll shoot the next bloody rhino that justlooks at me!"

In the right (or wrong) circumstances, I think anyoneof these dangerous animals can be just as dangerous asanother. Because of its nature and speed, when wounded,the leopard is the one most likely to reach the hunter who isfollowing up. One may get clawed badly, but is less likelyto be killed, simply because of the average leopard's lack ofweight. A lion is a different proposition. Although a biggertarget, he has to be stopped when he charges, because, ifhis charge gets home, one clout from a paw is enough. Itwas a lion which gave me my biggest fright.

When learning this business of professional hunting, onehas to decide fairly early what type of heavy rifle to use,magazine or double. I decided after witnessing an incidentin which my mentor, Murray, figured. On that safari weretwo young Americans in their (Continued on page 52)

London's John Rigby, "riflemakers to H.M. theQueen," build light .275's for deer stalkingand heavy double .470s (shown) for Africa.


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ssage, reprinted from "i. ers series to bring

aw and Order":

Without appearing to sit on a fence we feel that an

American citizen of voting age and of good character

should have the right to purchase without restriction a

handgun, pistol, revolver. rifle, shotgun, or a like item

without interference by a government body. A record

of the purchased, the s'erial number. its intended use.

and perhaps a test bullet from tl1e weapon might be

required for the police department as an aid in solving

any crimes that might be traced to the firearm in the

future. But to place the purchase of firearms in the

hands of one official would ~ive cause in some cases

to abuse.The history of our nation has been written by volun

teer militia who relied on their own weapons. The pro·

fessional soldiers are so few in number that of necessity

they must depend on trained volunteers who are cap

able of handling firearms. Even today with the threat

of gigantic H·Bombs, the knowledge that millions of

firearms of all sizes are stored in homes throughout the

United States might well discourage an aggressor from

our shores. It would be the means of fighting back by

the civilian population in time of war or invasion.

vVe have thousands upon thousands of gun clubs and

sporting groups throughout the United States. These

men and women in the last few years have strengthened

their programs to teach gun safety. to the youth of

America. For every criminal that uses a' gun to rob and

.kill, we have ten times that number of armed citizens

who are able to assist the police in capturing these

potential killers because they are armed.

Let's not tie red tape around the hammer of the

handgun and restrict good men and women from own

ing firearms: We must keep American strong in every

way and to take away the heritage of tile "Minuteman"

by such laws is foolish and an aid to the enemy we are

fighting daily in our war against crime.

Gerald S. Arenberg

Executive Secretary

National Police Officers Association of America

EVERY YEAR two opposing forces meet in the legis

latures of our nation's states and in our capitol to

ponder the question of firearms control. By control I

mean the power to determine who shall have the right

to purchase handguns and rifles. In turn. we are asked

to state our position in the matter as a representative

of thousands of law enforcement officers throughout

the United States.

We have given the matter considerable thought. We

llave heard and read many views on the subject.

Some of the proposals are to restrict the purchase of

handguns (such as revolvers) to police officers and

such persons as licensed by the police department. The

latter would involve a check into the character of each

person making such a purchase and is intended to place

firearms in the hands of good and honest citizens. In

many cities and states such a system exists to one de

gree or another. The laws vary so much, however, that

the citizen hesitates when he travels to another state

to' carry his firearm.

Another proposal is the registration of firearms (in

some cities this is a voluntary program). This gives tile

police a record of the weapons purchased and to \vhom

they were sold.

Advocates of stronger laws would abolish the right

of citizens to have firearms at all and limit their use

to police officers. On the other hand such organizations

as the ational Rifle Association advocate the right

of the individual to "bear arms" as a guarantee of the

Constitution. Others say that it's plain foolish to limit

tl1e use and purchase of firearms to policemen as a

means to reduce violent deaths and accessibility of

firearms to criminals. If a man wants a gun to use for

a crime, a law against having a gun is not enough to

deter him from its use or availability through under

world sources.

Firearms Control in the United States:

The Position of the National Police Officers Association of America

.by Frank J. Schira. President

GUNS • SEPTEMBER 1959

When do-gooders tell

ment, show them tho you that guns are a

men responsible fo,'s statement by the nat~~nace to law enforce.

rears its ugly head in law enforcement. And i/'as.sociation of the

-and ask any olic your area, present this st ant/'gun legislation

the aVowed betef f eh~p~.ne~t of the bill wit ahtement "in evidence"

o IS gUIld." Y e strays so far from

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Moving into cover after Bob White are hunters who findaltered farming methods have driven quail to the brush.

By GEORGE McKENNA

QUAIL HUNTERS are complaining that thebirds are gone. "It ain't like the old days,"

they tell. "The birds just ain't there. Either a diseasehas killed them off, or imported birds like thecoturnix and those ground-running scaled ones havedriven the native 'bob-whites' off."

They're all wrong. The quail are still here; it'sjust that they have changed their habits and oldhunting methods won't work any more.

It used to be that quail hunting was a com·paratively easy-going sport for open country. WhenI was a boy, we hunted with big boned dogs that

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worked well ahead of the guns, and almost all ofthe shots were made in the open. After a covey rise,the singles would go down close enough so wecould mark where they landed and go right afterthem.

All of this is changed now, and I think the changeis because farming methods have become so different. Quail like weed seeds. Extensive checks bygame biologists have proved that ragweed seedsmake up a major item in the quail's diet during thehunting season. Along with weeds to eat, theyneed good heavy cover in which they can hide fromtheir enemies.

Both the heavy cover and weeds used to be foundon small farms where mules and human musclesprovided the 'power for farm work. Thick hedgerows were common, and crops were often left standing after they ripened, giving birds both food andcover until the farmer could get around to hisharvest.

low, the average farm is much larger, the oldfences and hedgerows have been ripped out, andthe farm field may reach a mile or more betweencovers. Pastures are clipped close; tilled land iscultivated by tractors; weeds are kept out; cropsare harvested as soon as they are ripe by machineswhich leave nothing in the fields except stubble.Often large amounts of shattered grain are left,but no amount of grain can keep quail on the landif there isn't enough cover.

A few landowners who like to hunt, or whorealize the value of birds in controlling insects, tryto remedy the situation by making plantings ofcover crops along the edges of cultivated fields andin clearings. If they are left standing all winter, andif the cover is really adequate, these plantings canbe a big help in keeping quail around. As yet, however, they have been made on much too small ascale to have any great effect on the quail population.

This means that the man who wants to hunt quailwill simply have to forget about the farming countrywhere he used to find birds, and go where they havegone. That's what I did last season.

The first areas I hunted were the tracts of maturewoodland near farming sections. I found a few quailhere, but not enough. I think those quail were onlythere by chance, perhaps fleeing from fields thathad just been stripped bare of cover, but not findingenough of food in the woods to make their newhome.

The only places I did find the birds in lar<Yequantities were the blocks of woodland that h;dbeen timbered anywhere from two to about ei<Yht

'"years before. This land is a wild tan<Yle of weeds'" ,brush, honeysuckles, laurel, and wild azaleas. Rag-weed comes up fast here, and grows thick enou<Yhto keep quail fat and happy all through the wint;r.Ragweed mixed with brush and briars and smalltrees coming back after the logping offer an ideal

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959

Discontinued doubles plus AyA, Beretta, Franchi imports aremost popular quail guns in Virginia and upper South today.

combination of food and cover. These were the only places,with the exception of managed game preserves, where I foundquail plentiful.

Hunting here is completely different from hunting in openfarmland. This land is rough, badly eroded, chopped withdeep gulleys. Stumps are hidden under the honeysuckle vines,and there are piles of brittle top wood from the cut trees and atight growth of brush and scrub trees and briars through whichdogs and hunters must fight. Leather faced brush pants arealmost essential; and the wide-ranging dog that used to be sogood out in the open fields won't help you here. Visibility iscut to well under SO yards in most places, and to a matter ofonly a few feet in many. 0 matter (Continued on page 37)

End of perfect day! Author studied many guns, found slideRemingtons (M31 shown), Ithacas, among best U.S. quail guns.

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Plainclothes firepower is brace of snubbed Smith Chiefs Specials packing total of ten .38Special Hi-Speed hollow points for concealability plus good close-in stopping power.

Pistols for PlainclothesmenFINDING BEST COMPROMISE BETWEEN POWER, DEPENDABILITY, AND

SIZE GOVERNS CHOICE OF PLAINCLOTHES GUN

Photos By H. A. Tuck

By ALLAN SKELTON

THE average police officer, arriving home after a day ofpounding the pavement, is ready and eager to shuck off

his heavy Sam Brown and service revolver. When he donsmufti for a trip to the supermarket, he ponders with some·thing less than relish the regulation which requires himto tote his artillery. His big revolver is a tough item topack when the object is to keep it out of view. The longhandle of the arm, perhaps made larger with hand-fillinggrips, is as conspicuous as rat sign in the sugar bowl,whether the iron is stuffed in the waistband, slung underthe arm, or attached to the pants belt in a cutaway holster.And dropping the big persuader into the side pants pocketleaves the cop in danger of finding his trousers at half·mast, to say nothing of the likelihood of ripping the pocketout with the hammer spur, if a quick draw is attempted.

SEPTEMBER 19S9GUNS

Off-duty officer needs small-butt pocket revolverwhich packs punch. Skelton carries nickel Colt .38.

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Small town officers who are nut bound by departmentalrules to carry weapons at all times, still face the sameproblem, for different reasons. Recognized by one and allas "the law," the law enforcement officer of a small townor community is frequently called to duty from church,the movies, or anywhere he may be found. Not knowingwhat he will face on such a call, it is imperative that thisofficer be armed, and a bulky, eye.catching gunbelt is notdesirable.

And, let's face it, police in plain clothes are not theonly ones to whom ways to carry a gun concealed are ofinterest. The prevalence of hitch·hike murder and kidnapping, of gang muggings and unprovoked and unpredict.

able attacks, are making many good cItIzens, men andwomen alike, consider the desirability of "carrying thedifference." Here again, a large holstered gun draws suspicion, even police interference.

There is nothing wrong, per se, with the concealed weapon; the wrong depends on the intent of the wearer. Insome states and many municipalities, laws make it "wrong"to carry any concealed weapon; but weapons for selfdefense have been carried, concealed or otherwise, sincetime immemorial. Since small firearms came into existence,they have been so used. Stagecoach riders in Englandand the Colonies looked with favor on large caliber, singleshot, flintlock pistols, often carried in pairs. The invention

Hideaway battery includes author's nickel Colt Detective Special .38 which won't rust in pocket. Steel Chief's (left). andAirweight (top). Bodyguard with cut guard and Herrett grips, and M & P 2" with Pachmayr adaptor, are good pocket guns.


Old time belly gun for maximum effect in minimum packages is Frontier Colt .45 with barrel taken off frame.

COAT POCKET DRAW

Pocket pistol isdrawn from inside

1jacket in surprisemove. Coat is firstpulled open byhand.••

of the percussion cap meant more dependable ignition forthe pocket gun (flintlocks were prone to twist in the pocketand spill the priming charge), and the famous Deringerpocket guns came into being. Those wanting more accuracy than afforded by these stubby pocket cannons sometimes carried a pair of percussion duellers, .40 to .50caliber, inserted in the armholes of their waistcoat in muchthe same position as the later-developed shoulder holster.The Civil War found military men on both sides packingsmall caliber rimfire Smith & Wesson revolvers as "insur- .ance." Although lacking in power, this little spitfire wasa sought after article, owing to its use of self-containedammunition.

Every lover of firearms history is familiar with the stillpopular .41 Remington over-under and its dwarf cartridges.Kept alive by tales of western derring-do, it is still packedby belly gunners and little old ladies with lace shirtwaistsand steely eyes. It was, and is, woefully inadequate as aserious defense weapon. During one period on the Arizonaborder I toted one as a second to my holstered .357 Magnum-until a practice shot which stuck about 14 inch intoa telephone pole, leaving the hollow base of the slugexposed for all to see, convinced me that the .41 short rimfire was not a load on which to bet my blue chips. Therange for this eye-opening shot was three feet.

From Reconstruction days until the early 20th century,those wanting a small hideaway gun chose from the rimfire,and later centerfire, .22's, .32's, .38's, and .41's. These wereproduced in large quantities by Colt in their Cop and Thugand Cloverleaf models, by Smith and Wesson with theirold tip-up and later break-top versions, by Hopkins andAllen with their finely made Merwin and Hulbert singleactions, and by many other smaller companies.

Until the coming of the .38 Special with its smokelesspowder loadings, no production model pocket gun usingmetallic cartridges was manufactured that could be reliedon as a manstopper. The only possible exception to thiswould be the little-known Sheriff's Model Single ActionArmy Colt in .45, .44-40, and (Continued on page 45)

2... And muzzle of revolvergrasped, and pulled out into waiting right palm ...

3... Which curls around .38in swift gesture substituting surprise for speed.

4 Left hand falls away asright hand secures holdto trigger the "snub" gun.


.Look at those~Laws! Half tonof British,; Columbia grizzly istough trophy for light" sp~rter.

•• WHERE AND HOW

By BERT POPOWSKI

W HEREAS THE DEER HUNTERS trample each other forshooting room, the sheep.goat.bear breeds of trophy hunters

have the country pretty much to themselves. The raw ruggedness ofthe sport sees to that; it separates the men from the boys so rapidlythat only a handful of the thousands that start out ever get to wherethe top trophies live.

It isn't enough that the hunter of these species have a fine rifle,excellent optical accessories, and a willing.to.learn receptiveness; hemust also have a good heart, good lungs, good legs and a willingnessto use them-s~amina to endure some privation, and a certain mentalstability that will not desert him under pressure. For this type ofhunting may take a man into country so rugged that he must campwith only the barest necessities (sleeping bag, fire, and scant food),and in extreme cases he may have to do without even these. He mayhave to inch his way along treacherous trails where a slip couldtumble him hundreds of feet to his death. Or he may have to face abear that would like nothing better than to swing a left hook, with

PART II: SHEEP, BEAR, AND GOAT TROPHIES DON'T COME EASY.

WHERE THEY ARE, THE GOING IS ROUGH

Few hunters ever see goat this close,and this one won't stay long. He's ayou.ellrn.it.if.you.get.it mountain trophy.


Big sheep trophies, highly prized by hunters, arefound in high back-country "where weather i's born."

Neither size of track norsize of bear necessarilyindicates rank of trophy;size of skull only counts.Best hunter can do is pickbiggest male bear in sightand hope skull measures up.

Record goat has only 12" horns, but the hunter who topsit will have to match a big billy's own climbing skill.

the hunter's head as the target.Under such circumstances, it is plain stupid for one or

two hunters, strangers to the country, to try it on their own.They must have a woods- and mountain-wise guide. A goodone is worth his weight in gold. Without a proper guide,the mountain hunting of sheep, goats, and bear can befraught with frustrations and assorted dangers.

All three of these species require a good, sound rifle ofproven caliber, one that can perform well up to maximumranges. This is no sport for the testing of unproven andunfamiliar armament. Most of the shots will be well insidethe 200-yard range, and some of the most critical ones maybe at 50 to 100 yards. But your only chance for a finetrophy may be too far out for any but the finest, longreaching rifle, so you should go well-heeled.

You sometimes get some odd shots in this kind of hunting. A sheep-hunting friend once killed a pair of fine ramson a ledge only 30 feet below the rock catwalk on which hewas standing. At the opposite extreme, another friend and Itook a portly billy goat at an estimated 425 yards, and at a45-degree angle above us. When he went down, it took usan hour and a half to climb up to where he lay, withineight feet of a 90-foot sheer drop.

All of these species can be mighty tough to find andeven harder to kill. A keen-eyed sheep may be located insuch a spot that it cannot be approached to any but extremerange. Goats, on a pound-for-pound basis, can be terrificallytough to bring down, even after the hunter has worked hisway on feet, hands, and finger-tips to the cliffs and cragson which they live. And a grizzly, or an Alaskan Brownie,has a barrelful of courage and the physical equipment tomake taking him a job of steady nerves and cool marksmanship. Taking all these things together, the hunter ofsheep, goats, and bear needs a substantial supply of whatis delicately referred to as "intestinal fortitude," plus gunskill. If he is short on either commodity, he'd betterstick to other types of hunting.


Snow-filled high mountain canyons sometimessmooth hunter's way but may prove hazardous.

Big American lion may measure 9' tip to tip, are also foundin rugged country, are usually hunted on horseback with dogs.

Even the weather in such country can be a real hazard.Sheep, goat, and bear live in country where weather isborn. I've seen a placid and sun-smiling day turn into aheavy wind-driven snowfall that was as blinding as ablanket. Concealed behind high and spiny ridges of rock,the Weatherman can, with little warning, turn into atreacherous assassin.

I once spent a 20-below-zero night in the shelter of twospruce trees, three of us taking turns in one lone sleepingbag spread on a cedar-bough bed to keep it off the ice-hardsnow. We could have camped in far more comfort in avalley a half-mile away, but if we had we might havespooked (or been spooked by!) a grizzly the guide haddescribed as being "As big as a (Continued on page 48)

Black bear, including his cinnamon and brown color phases, is found in great numberover wide areas. This 325 pound black was taken by Chet Kimble with .30-06.


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THE OLD • THE NEW • THE UNUSUALRussians are not the only ones, nor the first, to try upside-down guns. Cut-out in stock permits removal of bolt.

UNIQUE UPSIDE·DOWN ENFIELD IS ONE

SOLUTION TO lEFT·HANDERS· BOLT ACTION PROBLEM

rear by running the rod through a holethat extends lengthwise through the stock.

The magazine has five shot capacity,the barrel measures 21Jh inches, and therifle weighs SVz pounds.

The identity of the imaginative maker isnot known, but the rifle has account- ~ed for many Idaho deer and elk. ~

Holding left-handed gun right-handed,author vouches for rifle's efficiency.

By JOHN P. NORTON

CERTAINLY one of the most unusualsolutions to the problem of bolt

action rifles for left-handed shooters isthis upside-down Enfield. In spite of itsappearance, the rifle handles rather well.

Loading is done from the top througha hinged floor plate. To prevent the cartridges from falling all the way throughwhen the bolt is open, a piece of steelwas carefully fitted over the loading portfrom the receiver ring to the clip slots.The rear sight ears have been milled offto form a flat base for the trigger assembly. A hook shaped piece of steel fitted tothe top of the cocking piece forms thesear. While smooth, the trigger pull islong and soft; but since the action of thetrigger is clearly visible, it is possible toget a clean, crisp let-off by taking up thetrigger until you can see that it is aboutto disengage, then aim and apply the lastounces of pressure. There is no safety.

The front sight is adjustable for elevation. It is three inches high in the lowestposition, and four and one-half incheshigh when fully extended. The rear sightis adjustable for elevation and windage,and is mounted just to the rear of themagazine with wood screws.

There is barely enough room in thecut out portion of the stock to remove thebolt. The rifle can be cleaned from the

34. GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959

James guns at Huntington are New Model Remington .44and 1853 Lefaucheux 12 mm. with added spring ejector.

By HERMAN P. DEAN

WHEN THE JAMES GANG ROBBED

HUNTINGTON. WEST VIRGINIA. BANK.

THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM

THESE TWO GUNS. NOW DISPLAYED IN HUNTINGTON GALLERIES

W HEN THE JESSE JAMES gang rode through Huntington, West Virginia, at high noon on September

6, 1875, they took with them $14,000 from the Bank ofHuntington safe, and they left behind them three mementosof this daring robbery: three revolvers-one a Colt, another a Remington Civil War army-type percussion, andthe other a French Lefaucheux. The Colt is owned by aCharleston, West Virginia, collector. The Remington andthe Lefaucheux are among the exhibits on display atHuntington Galleries. The guns were dropped on the floorof the bank vault at the time of the robbery, and wereimportant items of the evidence which secured a convictionfor the members of the robbery band who were apprehended.

History records that the Huntington robbery gang wasled by the James brothers, Jesse and Frank. However.- there

GUNS SEPTEMBER 1959

is some doubt whether or not "the James boys" themselvesactually participated in this particular hold-up. Some authorities contend that they sent their men into Huntingtonand joined them later, after the robbery.

One of the leaders of the outlaw gang was a man namedWebb, who carried the Remington percussion pistol now ondisplay at Huntington Galleries. Webb was later capturedby a Tennessee sheriff while having his horse shod in ablacksmith shop. This was shortly after the Huntingtonrobbery, and $5,000.00 in currency was recovered from themoney belt he wore when arrested. Webb was brought backto Huntington, tried for his part in the robbery, and sen·tenced to twenty years in the West Virginia penitentiary. Itis recorded that he served his term as a model prisoner andafterwards took up religious work and became a minister ofthe gospel in his declining years. (Continued on page 36)

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Cole Younger, another westerner of bankrobbing fame, is reputed to have been amember of the gang that robbed the Bankof Huntington, but he was never tried.

John Hooe Russell was President of theBank of Huntington at the time of the rob·bery and Robert T. Oney was Cashier. Therobbers came into Huntington on horsebackand tied their horses at the hitching rack infront of the bank. Mr. Ru sell was at lunchat the time, but Mr. Oney, the Cashier, washeld up at gunpoint and required to producea key that locked the bank's safe. Therobbers were professional and they executedtheir job with dispatch and without fanfare,leaving the bank quickly to mount theirhorse. But in the excitement of makingtheir getaway, they did drop the three gunsmentioned in this report.

They rode toward Fourpole Creek andthrough WayRe County, West Virginia, inthe direction of Louisa, Kentucky, on a routewhich eventually led them into SouthernKentucky and Tennessee. John Hooe Russell,president of the bank, had left a very fineivory-handled revolver on his desk when heleft the bank for lunch. One of the robbersspied this and stole the revolver. It was reocovered when Webb was arrested.

John R. Gibson was one of the severallocal persons who witnessed the robbery indetail. He reported that the four men whoentered the bank wore broad brimmed hatsand linen dusters and were otherwise attiredin western style. This same quartet had beenobserved on the streets of Huntington for aweek, casing the bank. They de cribed them·selves as call Ie buyers and horse traders.Gibson reported that the most frightened manon the cene of the robbery wa Jim Carter,the bank's colored porter who walked intothe bank from the post office in the midstof the robbery. If so, Carter wa not alone.The James brothers and Cole Younger andtheir bank robbing gang threw fear into thehearts of thousands along the we tern frontier before their reign ended, and the Huntington robbery was only one of a great manysimilar episode allributed to them.

The Remington and Lefaucheaux guns inthe Huntington Galleries, and the Colt inCharle ton, are I he only tangible mementosof the robbery, with the exception of a fewsilver dollars which pioneer citizens of ad·joining Wayne County, West Virginia, claimwere given out by the retreating gang.

The arms collection in Huntington Galleries i reputed to be one of the best to befound in any museum in the country, andhas been the leading attraction of the Galleries. People have come from most of thestates and from several foreign countries toview the display, which i designed primarilyto illu trate fine art in arms manufactureand to portray the progre s of unusual fire·arm evolution through different types ofmech:mism. The historic angle of the firearmscollection is only incidental to its total purpose; but in addition to the James gangguns, there are numerous other firearms ofhistoric significance: a rifle ewned by DanielBoone, another owned by Simon Kenton, aWinchester owned by Johnson Hatfield andused in the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, andan elaborately engraved double barrel shotgun given to an American major by HermanGoering just before this German warlordcommitted suicide in Nuremberg ~

prison following World War II. ~

A MINI G OPERAnON helps supportthe Amateur Trapshooting Association,

the governing organization of trapshooting inthe United States.

The ATA rarely makes a profit from conducting the annual Grand American Tournament, but it does receive some income froman unusual mining process. No, ATA offi·cials did not invest shooters' funds in miningstock, nor did some ATA member bequeathshares in a lead mine to his favorite organization. But it can be said truthfully that theATA is in the lead mining business.

Each year, after the Grand American Tournament is held, the soil in front of seven ofthe thirty-six trap field is mined to recoverlead deposited there during the fabulousshooting event. Over a five·year cycle, thirty.five of the thirty·six traps are mined. Theannual yield is from 25 to 30 tons of shot.

If this sounds like a major mining operation, it is because 1,400.000 shotgun shellsare fired during the Grand, and that's a lotof shot! Could be that prices on the leadmarket might even fluctuate as a result ofharvesting lead from the 60th annual GrandAmerican, held this year from August 21through August 29 at the Vandalia, Ohiogrounds, because the 60th Grand is expectedto surpass all the records set in earlier tournaments.

During the Grand American Handicap eventon Friday of 1958's shoot, 2,202 shootersfired 100 shots each between the hours ofeight A.M. and six P.M. It is expected that2,500 gunners will toe the mark in the 1959running of this, the oldest participation sportin the United States excepting tennis. Anational tennis tournament was held in 1881,which predates the Grand; but the tennistournaments were suspended during somewar years, and the Grand wasn't. No othersport equals the record of trap in holding60 consecutive annual tournaments.

Thousands of words have been written andspoken in an attempt to portray the color,the excitement, and the unpredictability ofthe Grand. Trapshooting is for the most partan individual sport. Age, sex, physical handicaps and financial status have no bearingon the final results. Only twice in the sixtyyears has a nationally known shooter won therichest event of the tournament, the GrandAmerican Handicap Championship, whichwill be held this year on Friday, August 28.In all other years, some unknown shooter,"shooting over his head," won the event.

In 1958, Emerson Clark, the first Canadianto win the biggest event, fired a score of 99to win. His average for 1958, including thepot-winning 99, was a modest 86. In 1957,his year's norm was an unexciting .8266.

Championships have been won by shooterscompeting from a wheel chair, or with anarm, leg, or eye missing. An oil millionaire,an interior decorator, and a metal platersquared away for a shootoff in one event,which went to the metal plater. One majortitle went to a truck driver who stopped hisrig long enough to pick up a fat bonus forhis day's work.

The Grand is homecoming for shootersand their families from widely separatedareas of the country, who see each otheronly at the Grand, and look forward to themeeting from year to year.

For these and other reasons, it's clear thatno one can capture all the appeal of theGrand in words. You owe yourself and yourfamily a trip to the Grand. This year, the60th, would be appropriate. And, who cansay that you will not be the winner, after allthe shooters have made their deposit in theATA's lead mine? Lead is supposed to bea base metal, but it can be gold for you.

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Tryouts for a skeet team to represent theNational Skeet Shooting Association and theUnited States in the Pan·American Gameswill be held Sunday and Monday followingthe 1959 NSSA World Championship skeettournament at the Princess Anne Gun Club,Lynnhaven, Virginia, Aug. 2-8. The PanAmerican skeet shooting championships willhe hosted by Chicago's Lincoln Park GunClub on Chicago's lake front, August 27 toSeptember 7. keet shooters will want toarrange summer vacation tours to includeVirginia hospitality and a swing to thebooming Windy City.

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It's a big year for all the clay target gunners, what with the 60th Grand, the NSSAWorld event for the first time in Virginia,and the Pan-American Garnes in the nation'sheartland. The boom is on, literally andfiguratively.

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Production lines in Chicago will soon buzzwith talk of missed (or hit) right-angletarget, slow and/or fast pulls, handicapyardages, or station eight troubles. Hilldale,formerly Fieldale, is opening its fabulousshooting facilities to the industrial leagues.

The Hilldale Club, on Illinois Route 72,just north of Route 58, was purchased fromthe former operator, Marshall Field & Co.,and is open to the public for clay targetand simulated game hunting from Wednesdaythrough Sunday of each week. The NationalIndustrial Recreation Association in Chicagois carrying the word of Hilldale's invitationto production line sportsmen via~newsletter. ~


soon as we came in sight, well out of range,but they were an indication that the restof the covey was somewhere nearby. If halfan hour or more had passed from the timethe covey had been Rushed, the birds onthe ground were likely to hold fairly well forthe dog. If it was only a few minutes fromthe time covey had been flushed, they weremuch more likely to be wild and take offas soon as a dog hunted anywhere near them.The same thing applied if one bird hadbeen shot at within a couple hundred feet.

With the singles, as with the coveys, it wasnecessary to move in ready for instant action.This means with both hands in shootingposition on the gun, and the gun muzzle upto clear the brush. With a double, the thumbshould be on the safety, and the forefingershould be against the trigger guard, readyto slide in to the trigger as the gun isbrought up. With a slide action or autoloading shotgun, the forefinger should be onthe safety button, ready to press it off andslide in to the trigger while the gun muzzleis swinging into line with the bird. Butkeep that safety on until the very last instant!In this tight cover, it is easy to fall. Whenyou fall, the gun can go off by accident.

All of this shooting is so fast that, in myopinion, no gun can equal a well balancedside-by-side double with 26 inch barrels,bored improved cylinder and modified choke,or even cylinder and improved cylinder. Ona couple of the hunts I used a borrowed LeFevre 20 gauge, with 26 inch barrels boredimproved cylinder and modified. It was byfar the fastest handling gun I used all season.

I also used an old Ithaca 12 gauge side-byside double of my own, with 28 inch barrelsbored modified and full choke; a Remington870 16 gauge slide action with a 26 inchplain barrel bored improved cylinder; anda Remington 870 12 gauge with a CuttsCompensator on the ribbed barrel. (The totallength with the spreader tube in place isonly 25% inches.) Both of these Remingtonguns were new. Recoil pads had been installed on both stocks after they were shortenedto give a total length of pull of 13%, inches.Both guns have beavertail forends whichI slimmed down a bit and checkered, and

NEW QUIRKS FOR QUAIL(Continued from page 27)

how good the dog may be at finding birds,he will be just a hindrance if he goes onpoint out of sight and you have to spendmost of the day finding him.

The dog that worked best for us was aBrittany spaniel. This one was a natural-bornbrush dog who actually preferred to squirmthrough briar patches and brush heaps whenit would have been easier to go around them.He worked slowly, checking every scent carefully before he moved in on it. By stayingwithin sight all the time and working thetightest of the covers thoroughly, he foundbirds and gave us shots when the wideranging dogs ,vere useless.

Although the dog should be one thatworks slowly, the hunter has to keep. himselfready to go into action fast once the dog haspointed. The coveys held well for us lastyear, but every covey wa in such tightcover that we had only an instant betweencovey-rise and covey-gone. The only chancefor a shot was on rise, during that one briefsecond before the birds disappeared.

I noticed that if an opening through thebrush was handy, some of the birds alwaystook it. If there wasn't any opening, theyusually rose straight up to go over thebrush. They went over bushy young pinetrees too; but with the young hardwoods,they had a tendency to duck neatly underthe lower branches, just skimming theground as they twisted and swerved. Pickingout these possible routes before moving into Rush helps in making the shots. Doingthis, the hunter can be ready to swing hisgun muzzle for an opening.

The singles offered an even greater varietyof shots than did the coveys. At first, wesimply couldn't find any singles. We triedhunting straight ahead in the direction thebirds had been Rying when they disappeared.We tried hunting on angles and in widecircles, all without success. Finally, wetried quail calls.

The calls did not work well early in theday. But from about three o'clock in theafternoon on, the time when quail normallybegin to covey up for the night, they answered. The sound they answered was not thefamiliar 'bob-bob-white' which sings allthrough the spring and early summer; it'sa much different sound, one which can bestbe learned by following the directions thatcome with the calls.

The method we worked out for using acan was simply to go to the spot where thebirds from a Rushed covey had disappeared,then sit and wait ten or fifteen minutes togive the birds time to quiet down again.Then we hunted in a wide circle, using thecall at intervals of several minutes. When aquail answered the call, we took the dogsto the spot the answer came from andhunted in another wide circle around it.We found that the birds usually Rew half amile or more from the spot where they hadbeen flushed. They generally landed in thickcover, spread through an area of severalacres, with occasionally one or two singlesgoing out into open fields near the cut-overland_

The singles often flushed wild, in contrastto the coveys which held well to the point.They might be found practically anywhere,even in the tops of small trees. The birds thatlanded in trees generally Rew off again as

both have pistol grip stocks which I alsoslimmed down to fit my hand and checkered.Both of them fit me right and point naturally.Both were faster handling than any otherU.S. made guns I tried, but they were stilljust a bit slower than the two old side-by-sidedoubles.

I made no attempt to time the shots witha stop watch, but I did notice the rangeat which the first shot killed a bird. The20 gauge with the 26 inch barrels consistently dropped the first bird a few feet closerthan any of the others. The 12 gauge Ithacadropped that first bird next closest, but withits tighter chokes it also missed more birds,and sometimes shot the ones it hit all topieces. The 16 gauge Remington was third,and the 12 gauge Remington with the Compensator was fourth, with both of theseguns making more kills than the tight-boredIthaca and not shooting up the birds sobadly.

This convinced me that, for this kind ofshooting, guns must be very well balancedand feel exactly 'right' to the shooter. SinceI am small in build and fairly light inweight, I need a short stocked, light gun.A heavier man with long arms would probably find himself handicapped with any gunthat fits me. A light gun, however, is unquestionably faster than a heavy one. TheRemington and Ithaca slide action guns fillthis bill about as well as any shotgunscurrently being made in the U.S., withthe exception of the Winchester Model 21.

The Remington and Ithaca slide actions,and old side-by-side doubles made byParker, L. C. Smith, Ithaca, LeFevre, andsimilar makers now out of business, arethe most popular guns among quail huntersin the upper South today. Such importeddoubles as those made by Beretta of Italyand AyA of Spain, and the Browning lightweight over-under, are also well adapted tothis use. The only auto-loader I tried thathad a good 'feel' for me was the Browning20 gauge. This gun has plenty of killingpower for these short range shots on quail,and a 28 gauge would probably do equallywell in the hands of someone thoroughlyfamiliar with it.

Before the season started, I tried out halfa dozen commercial loads in my three guns,patterning them on brown wrapping paper.The Remington Target Loads with number9 shot made the most even patterns in allthree guns. This is the load with the equivalent of 3 drams of powder and Ilh ouncesof shot in the 12 gauge, and the equivalentof 2% drams of powder and an ounce ofshot in the 16 gauge. Next in pattern performance, and best with number 8 shot, wasthe Winchester Ranger field load with thesame shot and powder charge for the 12gauge. The Remington field load and number 8 shot ranked second with the 16. I didnot have an opportunity to pattern any loadsfor the 20. I simply borrowed the gun andused Remington field loads with number 9shot, getting excellent results_

The differences between various makes ofshotgun shell that I tried was slight, muchless than the differences between the patterns thrown by various sizes of shot. I ampositive that number 9 is perfectly adequatefor quail. They're easy birds to kill at theseshort ranges, usually well under 20 yards.The trick is to hit them. For that, the full,even patterns thrown by number 9's ~worked best for me. ~


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We met, and after a few "feeler" jabs at to drag the "hawglaig" out of the leather.each other, settled ourselves in the saddles, But why, do you think, does Bill Jordan,pulled our hats tight, and got set to "ride 'er Border Patrol flash, carry his gun high?out" on the subject of fast draw. Partly, perhaps, but not entirely because he

I guess I started it by some crack about wants to conceal it, because he works inhammer-slapping. Dee grinned and said, "I'm uniform as well as in plain clothes. Why dida hammer-slapper, and my draw is the safest Ed :\JcGivern teach the high carry?there is, bar none." The answer is simple enough, once it is

I said, "Prove it." I was going to be darned pointed out to you. Dee points it out. Hehard to convince, that much was certain. And says, "You shoot from hip level. You sureDee knew it. can't hit much if you shoot from down

He buckled on his rig and, after a few around your knee! So, from a low holster,preliminary passes which, naturally, were too you must lift the gun and swing it up throughfast for my eye to follow, he cut his move· an arc, to hip level. I carry my gun as nearments to slow motion so that I could watch as possible to where I'll shoot it. The gunevery detail of his draw. Since then, I've seen has less distance to travel. If my hand issuper-high-speed films of Dee's draw, and I anywhere near as fast as his, I'll beat theknow that what he showed me is the way low-gun wearer."he really does it, even at top speed and under Dee's holster and contoured belt, bothpressure.... And I was forced finally to designed by him, are tops for correct gunacknowledge, as gracefully as ten years of carry. The holster is metal-lined, open toppersonal positiveness to the contrary would of course, western style, generally similar topermit, that Dee's draw is terrifically fast but still distinct from the other metal-lined(the fastest I have ever seen), and-that it or "stiffened" holsters now accepted as bestis safe! for top draw speed. Dee "ties down," to pre-

This is going to take a bit of explaining, vent even the slight but still possibly dis-and it starts with holster position. Dee and concerting holster movement that will (orI agreed on that, right from the beginning. can) occur even with the stiffest rigs. In-His gun is worn high, almost exactly as I dicative of the height of his carry, the tie-wear mine: high enough so that the up- down thong goes high up in his crotch. I'mcurving butt of the Single Action touches told that the Dee Woolem-type holster may behis arm midway between wrist and elbow or commercially available soon, economicallya trifle higher. priced, through Crosman Arms; but now

You think this is crazy? Well, the fact is, suffice it to say that it has certain refinementsHollywood and the western story writers to he has worked out for himself, not found inthe contrary notwithstanding, that the low- other holsters. They sure must suit Dee;slung holster is not the fastest. I suppose it his speed proves it.would kick up needless and endless argu· The how-to of drawing a gun from thisment if I said the old time gunfighters didn't position goes something like this: Assume awear their guns down around their knees, natural stance with the feet about a footeither-though it can be proved that a lot apart, elbow slightly out from the side,of 'em didn't; after all, the old timers didn't shoulder slightly forward. The thumb shouldhave the holsters we have today, and maybe be approximately four inches below andthey needed all the leverage they could get two inches forward of the hammer spur.

(Many competitive fast draw rules requirethis as a minimum). Cocking the gun isaccomplished by hitting the hammer withthe first joint of the thumb as the shoulder,arm and hand are pulled sharply backward.Minimizing body or arm movement is oflittle consequence; it's the distance thegun has to travel that counts.

The thumb must strike the hammer withconsiderable force, not because any particular force is required for cocking thegun, but to kno-ck the gun backwards outof the holster into the hand. To be sure, thehammer must be fully cocked before thehand comes into actual contact with thegun's grips. Like the old saying, "Don't gooff half-cocked," a half-cocked gun won't gooff, won't be of any value. And, no one shouldever rely on the half-cock notch to catch ahammer that has slipped from the full-cockposition. If the half-cock notch had not beenburred off of myoId Colt by many slipsfrom full·cock, I might have escaped injury,at least for a while longer. But I can't now,blame my accident on the gun, entirely, oron my pressing for speed, either. The basic,underlying fault was-low carry. You can'tlift the gun from a low holster without, atleast for a split second, slanting the muzzletoward your leg or foot. This, as I myselfargued, is okay so long as you don't cockuntil the gun is clear and swinging forward.But when you press for speed, you cock

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sooner than you think - and that's when ithappens. As for the boys who slap-cock in:I low holster, their whole draw is with acocked gun and that is asking for trouble.

The secret that makes Dee's draw safe is!his: He wears the gun high-and the blow'hat cocks the hammer knocks the gun back,')artly out of the holster and into his hand.(nocking the butt back tilts the muzzle for-Nard. By the time the hammer is even well"tarted on its way back to full cock, themuzzle is pointing forward, away from theshooter and toward the target.

This operation doesn't require as muchforce as you might think, particularly withDee's carefully tuned guns. But the hammermu t be hit hard enough to cock it, and thatis hard enough to tip the butt back and the-nuzzle forward away from the leg, so that,even if the hammer should accidentaly fall,I he resulting shot will be in front of the,;hooter. From the moment the hammer isstruck until the gun is fired, the muzzle is!I.ever at any time pointed at any portion ofthe body.

Since the muzzle is partially leveled towardthe target from the moment the hammer iscocked, it requires but a very slight liftingmotion on the part of the hand, and a short'poke' forward to firing position. The triggerfinger finds the trigger and fire the shotas the gun moves forward. This is the secretof Dee's speed. It is a product of minimumgun movement.

Throughout our interview, Dee was usingI he Hahn "45" Single Action gas operatedBB Revolver. If this comes as a shock toyour mature mental ego, as it did to minewhen I saw him slip it into his holster, it'slime you up-dated your thinking. "Here,"Dee said, as he flipped the Hahn in mydirection. "is the only safe and sane Mlswer10 fast draw shooting." Frankly, I was surorised. There isn't another single actionFrontier model on the market that feels,handles, or points so precisely like thefamous Colt "Peacemaker" as does the Hahn._\nother astounding feature I had noti hought possible with such an economicallypriced handgun was its velvet action. Deehad given a personal touch to all his working~ingle actions, but the Hahn is smoothaas is."

Speaking of tune·ups, a few suggestions:lre now in order if you are to enjoy thisform of shooting to its fullest extent, withthe Hahn or any other gun. To minimizeinj uries to the gun hand, grind and polishall sharp edges around the hammer, including the sigh ts. To obtain consistent drawsfrom the very beginning, the action of yourgun should be smoothed to a kitten's purr.All SA's, including the Hahn, can be tunedup t.o a light smoothness by a competentgunsmith.

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Hepburn, and the Remington-Walker. Alongwith these old timers is the modern Vermontmade Hauck action and an imported one,the Heeren.

Both of these modern actions are builtto take our present high-intensity cartridges.The Hauck is an excellently designed actionusing alloy, heat-treated steels. The modernHeeren action is manufactured by the Swissfirm of W. Glaser and is used there in finesingle shot hunting rifles.

Added to these are the hundreds of fineGerman Schuetzen rifles "liberated" by ourGIs. These are strictly off·hand rifles, builtto individual specifications for target work.The majority will be in the 8.15 x 46 mm.caliber, a short bottle·necked cartridge verysimilar to our .32-40. Cases for these presentno problem. .32-40 brass is cut off to anoverall length of 1.81" and then fire-formed.Any good .32 caliber lead bullet of 165 to185 grains usually works well with the8.15. and 12.5 grains of 2400 powder or13 grains of 4759 are both accurate loads.

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Mark the rim so it is inserted into thechamber in the same position. The moreuniform each operation is from shot to shot,the closer will be the group. A case thathas been fired in a good, smooth chamberforms a perfect seal once it has been fired,making resizing un-necessary.

Reloading at the bench isn't as complicated as it may sound. With a Lyman tongtool, all the necessary reloading operationscan be performed. Fix up your bench or thetrunk of the car so that a powder measurecan be mounted, and your in business.

A very good load for any of these singleshots is about five to seven grains of DuPontbulk shotgun smokeless as a priming chargeand the rest of the case filled with FGblackpowder. This is a very clean-shootinglow pressure load, and one that is aboutas accurate as I have found. To load atthe bench, I carry a supply of primingcharges weighed out and placed in smallplastic pill vials. These can be obtainedfrom any corner drugstore for a few cents.Then all I have to do is dump one of thepriming charges into the case and fill itwith FG from my measure.

If DuPont shotgun bulk smokeless powderis used for the entire charge, it should besifted. This will remove the very fine grainsthat cause trouble with target rifles. Get acouple of ten-cent store tea strainers, onewith about 18-20 mesh and the other witha 26-28 mesh. Sift the entire can of powderthrough the 18-20 strainer first, separatingthe coarse grains. Use these just as is. About13 grains in my .32-40 is an excellent load.Now sift the remainder of the can throughthe finer strainer, removing the very finegrains. The powder that did not pass makesexcellent priming charges when used withFG black.

Another piece of equipment to make yoursingle shot perform the way it should, is awad-cutter. Some rifles group best with asmall amount of pressure on the powdercharge, especially with black powder. Asimple wad-cutter can be made from a pieceof tubing with a hole a few thousandthssmaller than the diameter of your bullet.Sharpen one end so that it will cut a cleanwad when tapped with a mallet. For wadmaterial, I find that plain ink blottingpaper works well. Some shooters prefer feltfrom an old hat. I usually seat the wadvery lightly on top of the powder charge,forcing it into place with a pencil eraser.I also use wads when loading light loads of2400 or Unique, to keep the charge backclose to the primer flash.

This then, is the story of single shot riflesamong the finest that American O"unsmithshave produced. It' a rifle for tl~ose withpatience enough to enjoy shooting at itsbest; a rifle so popular tha t Stevens ArmsCo. once devoted a department under HarryPope's supervision to the production ofsuper-accurate barrels. Single shots werethe only factory made rifles ever to carrya guarantee of accuracy, something that justdoesn't appear on modern factory rifles.

If you like to shoot and want to getaway from the mile-a-minute pace of thismodern world, get a good single shot rifle.Shoot it the way the old timers did. Bepatient and see just how close it willgroup with a good load you've developedyourself. You'll be pleased by some of themost enjoyable shooting available, ~using the American single shot rifles. ~

(Continned from page 42)

Vaseline. This lubricant has given excellentresults in all of my single shots. I mix justenough Vaseline so the mixture can berather easily dented with the thumb aftercooling. Experiment with the proportions foryour individual rifle. Each weapon will betemperamental when it comes to lubricant.

The single shot target rifles were loaded inone of two ways. The fine Schuetzens wereoften muzzle-loaded, through a false muzzle.This short removable piece of barrel waspinned in place; bored, reamed, and rifledat the same time as the barrel. In use, thefalse muzzle was placed on the barrel. Thena lubricated bullet was dropped into itand forced into the bore by a sharp pushon a short rod. The false muzzle was thenremoved, and the bullet forced the rest ofthe way down the barrel by a strong, steadypush on a close fitting ramrod. The bulletseated against a shell in the chamber.

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Taking t.he above qualities one at a time,we find ourselves confronted first with theproblem of compactness and portability. Anypistol with a barrel over 3 inches in length(2 inches is better) has liLLle or no advantage over a longer weapon insofar as "hide·ability" goes. So let's limit our barrel to3 inches. Any excessive size in the grip is tobe avoided, since that will produce hard·tohide lumps in the clothing. The larger automatics are disqualified due to the bulky,blocky outline of their handles. And the big,.45 frame revolvers, while generally desirable because of their power, are difficult toconceal because of their huge cylinders. Allthis narrows the field to the Smith & Wesson.38 frame and Colt .38 and .41 frame revolvers, the .25, .32, and .380 automatics and thenumerous foreign autos in this caliber classification, and the new Smith 9 mm, whichcomes in just under the wire as to bulk.

Rule number two thins the ranks stillfurther. All of the Colt and Smith revolversthat met qualification number one will passthe test of being handled with speed andreliability, but here we begin to lose theautoloaders. The small hammerless auto canbe drawn fast, but have you ever thumbfumbled for the tiny safety on one of thesecritters with bullets whistling past your earsand adrenalin coursing through your veins?

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.38-40 calibers. This gun was normally supplied with a 3 inch or longer barrel, but afew with 2 inch tubes are known to havebeen carried by the old time gunslingers.The double action Colt Lightning in .41 caliber could be rated fair in shocking power,but it, like the Sheriff's Model, was toobulky for complete concealment.

Of course. many of the standard big caliberhoglegs were cu t down by their owners forpocket use. and thi is still done with ourmore modern heavy caliber double actions;but the lumpy look of it in the wearer'sclothing suggests that nothing much wasgained by butchering the gun. Pocket automatics won tremendous popularity in thefirst 40 years of this country. Hundreds ofthousands of them were produced and soldin .25, .32, and .380 calibers. The market forthese flat-carrying little equalizers was flooded with a myriad of foreign jobs, includingthe Brownings. :\Iausers, Walthers, Ortgies,and other middle-European exports, and thecheaper Spanish, Italian, and Belgian prod·IIct. But these little autos, while for themost part well made and reliable, were aslacking in power as their .32 and .38 counterparts of the 1880's.

Jf you like handguns, the odds are that y<Hleither have a pocket gun or want one. If youare a traveler on our thug-infested highways,you ought to have one. If you are a lawenforcement officer, you'd damn well betterget one and live with it if you want to stayhealthy. But-what gun?

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The .41 isn't too bad; and the best fac·tory .38 Special load, for my money, is theblunt 200 grain manstopper load. Properlyhandloaded, with heavy, flat-nosed slugs, boththese cartridges give the gunman a chanceof collecting his old age pension. Hollowpoint bullets, cast butter-soft, will generallystop somewhere in a mansized animal whenfired at 900 feet a second, which is abouttops for the .38 Special. Energy and shockare expended right where they should beexpended. Even solid semi-wadcutter bulletsare much superior to the pointed factorypills, which frequently slip right on through,expending little or no energy and leavin~ thetarget still on its feet. Cartridges must becharged with a healthy dose of hot pistolpowder to get the velocity needed from shortbarrels to expand hollow point bullets, solayoff the light plinking loads.

Any revolver smaller than .38 Special hadbest be used to kill tomato cans. And exceptfor the .45 ACP, I do not consider any presently manufactured commercial load for automatic pistols adequate for defense use. Hollow points can be handloaded for these guns,hut lead bullets dangerously increase jamming if they are cast soft enou gh to expandsatisfactorily.

Get yourself a snubnosed Colt or Smith &Wesson. If it has an exposed hammer spur,grind it off. The trigger guard is best leftintact unless you have extremely large fingers. Revolvers with grip adapters can easilybe twisted from your hand in a scuffle, soleave the adapters to the target shooters.

Learn to handle your gun double action.The Military and Police Smith & Wesson hasthe lightest, smoothest DA pull of them all,with the Colt guns running a close secondand the five shot Chief's Special, Centennial,and Bodyguard Smith & Wessons last. Doubleaction trigger pulls can be lightened on theSmith M & P by grinding a dab of metalfrom the sides of the mainspring and removing a coil or two from the trigger returnspring. Slightly bending the top half of theColt mainspring into an inverted V willsometimes help it, but either of these jobsshould be attempted only if you know whatyou're doing. Better leave it to your gunsmith. No one in these parts has been ableto do much to lighten the pulls of the coilspring five shot Smith & Wesson models. Replacing the springs with lighter ones hasresulted in misfires, so local users have foundit best to leave them as is.

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Many widely experienced sheep huntersconsider the Number One Stone sheep headtaken by 1. S. Chadwick in 1936 the veryfinest of all North American big-game trophies. Chadwick took his prize in the heightsoverlooking the Muskwa river of BritishColumbia, which province has a virtual monopoly of Stone sheep of top trophy classification. Other good bets include the Cassiarregion, the heights above the Prophet andPeace rivers of British Columbia, with thePelly mountains of Yukon Territory also tobe considered.

In the Bighorn class, anything over 40inches in horn length around the curl is oftrophy caliber. Martin Bovey's Number OneBighorn, taken near Oyster creek of Alberta,measures 45 inches for each horn, but itsmassiveness throughout the horn lengthplaced it above a handful of other heads,some of which actually exceed it in aroundthe-curl length. Bovey's great head displacedthe famous James Simpson trophy, taken fouryears earlier, in 1920, despite the latter head'ssubstantial superiority in sheer horn length.

The Desert sheep-which is merely a ham.mered down and drought-dried bighorn-withhorns over 35 inches makes a fine trophy;37 to 40 inches make it magnificent, especially if both horns are matched for length .and not badly "broomed" or splintered at thetips. Considering the scarcity of licenses forthese little bighorns, the true sportsman willnever take anything that hasn't grown totrophy size.

Baja California and Sonora provinces ofOld Mexico, and the heights overlooking theColorado river in Arizona and Nevada, holdmost of the remaining Desert sheep and haveyielded most of the record heads. After alapse of a decade or more, when the specieswas afforded complete protection, a very fewpermits are now available annually. ButDesert sheep are not plentiful, and probablynever will be again.

On White sheep, the hunter can shoot forthe moon, both in length of trophy horns andin wide-spread hunting areas. The top sixrecorded heads are in the 44-inch class,topped by Frank Cook's Number One trophytaken in the Chugach mountains of Alaska.The Knik river, Wrangell mountains, andBrooks range in Alaska, and the Champagneand Kluane Lake areas of Yukon Territoryare also good producers, but not up to theChugach country. The number of high-rank.ing records taken during the last decade indicates a substantial boom in hunting thesesnow-white, golden-eyed mountain sheep.

Both White and Stone sheep have ratherwide-flaring horns that may look longer thanthey actually are. Because of this flare, thesetwo species do not normally broom theirhorns to remove tip growth so they can seebetter. The tips may be nearly perfect, butmay lack matching lengths, due to a naturalunevenness of growth.

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Among bear trophies, the Alaska Brownieis tops in sheer bulk. He is also a critter oflimited range. Thus his hunting is confinedto Kodiak Island and along the sundry baysof the Aleutian peninsula. Actually theKodiak, to give him the second of his common names, is the overgrown and close cousinof the grizzly tribe.

For trophy purposes, the skulls of all bears- Alaskan Browns, grizzlies, blacks, orpolar-must be dried for 60 days after they'reskinned out. The dry skulls must then be submitted for official measuring. The dimensions of the hide have no official trophy value.

Among all trophy hunters, the bear hunteris in the worst possible position to preevaluate the value of his trophy. There arelittle bears with big heads and skulls, andbig bears with little heads. There are alsoportly bears and lean bears, tall and lankybears, and short and stubby ones. No matter;their skull measurements determine their tro·phy ranking. The best the hunter can do isto pick the biggest bear he can find and, ifit is a male, hope for the best, trophy-wise.Females of all bear species just don't haveskulls that rank them anywhere as trophies.

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In the sweat-drenched and wind-chilledsport of hunting mountain goats, the sky isthe literal limit. E. C. Hasse's record, takenin the Sabine mountains of British Columbiain 1949, is by no means secure. This trophywas a male, with a horn length of 12 inches.Any goat that breaks the present record willalso be a billy. The best female ever takenwith horns of exactly the same lengthranked Number 30 among present records.The nannies grow horns of equal length, butthey're always on the slender side, which

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head are annually taken in Montana, andperhaps an average of half that, or less, inWyoming. In 1957, 23 grizzlies were shotin Montana, as compared to 685 black bears;and Wyoming harvested 8, as compared to192 blacks. Although two of the high.rankingheads came from Montana, since 1953 thetop heads have come from uch widely sep·arated points as Rainy Pass of Alaska, SlaveLake of Alberta, and Bella Coola of BritishColumbia. The pre ent record skull wastaken by F. Nygaard in 1954 at Rivers Inletof British Columbia. It ranks its nearestcompetitor by 3/16th of an inch.

The black bear, including its cinnamonand brown phases, is found over an enormousrange in the United tates and Canada. TheNumbcr One champion was shot by EdStrobel in Wi consin's Land 0' Lakes country in 1953. Elwrctos americanlls ranges inevery direction from there.

In southern Alaska and adjacent BritishColumbia, he vies with the Browns and grizzlies for spawning salmon in season, thoughcarefully keeping out of the way of his lustiercousins.

The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimilS, isthe perpetual Arctic wanderer, touching thefringes of the frozen land areas when icepack floes get him within swimming distance.But chiefly he lives adjacent to the arcticwaters where blubber·fat seals provide himwith the food needed in that climate. He ischiefly hunted by plane nowadays, thoughoccasional specimens are taken when theyapproach Eskimo or white camps in the Arctic. He is second only to the Kodiak in bothtrophy skull and body size, easily surpassingthe largest of the grizzlie. Many sportsmenconsider the polar bear tops among all beartrophies.

Hunting the sheep, goats, and bears of theJorth American continent takes something

special in the way of rifles and calibers.In cool and capable hands, such calibers as

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early twenties, both excellent shots. One had twice more, and, just before Simba dis-already shot his lion. We were beating a appeared into the long grass. he acknowl·donga for lion number two. edged a hit in the hindquarters with a

.\Iurray was actually doing the beating, furious rumble. The boy had steadied him-walking through the long grass and brush, self enough to score with the second barrel,his .416 Rigby magazine rifle at the ready. but his performance was ,'ery unlike hisWe young fellows moved with him along the usual slick shooting. That's how it is withdonga edge, all keyed up, expecting Simba to lion; hc can unnerve even an expericncedshow himself any second. I admired .\furray's shooter. We professionals learn not to benerve. How would he fare if he came across surprised by it.a lioness with cubs too young to get out of Now herc was a "situation:" a woundedhis way? lion in thick cover. We approached carefully

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When I arrived at the spot from whichthey had fired, I saw the body of the lioneight or nine paces away. Murray wasemphatic that he could ha,'e stopped thelion with his second round had the youngfellow missed, but there and then I decidedto get myself a double. The boys tried theirdarndest to get Murray to fire his ncxtround, "just to see, Captain, ,,,hether it wouldhave gonc off." Murray's reply will give yousome measure of the man: "Not on yourlife," he said. "This ammunition is practi.cally impossiblc to get, and I',-e only elevenmarc rounds and have two more safaris todo beforc I can get any more!"

The very next safari was a memorable onefor, shortly after it ended. there arrived atNairobi airport for me a really beautiful.465 Holland and Holland double. airfreighted out by the satisfied client with whomMunay and I had just been on safari. I'msure it would embarrass him if I mentionedhis name.

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(Continued from page 52)Many years later, after I had become a

fully qualified professional hunter, I wasconducting a safari for two Latin-Americangentlemen, one of whom could not understand or speak English. I'll call him Pedro.The other, Amando, was a very steady fellow.He was not excitable, listened to what hewas told. and when he shot he knew where hewas shooting. Pedro, well, Pedro was anotherstory. And my not knowing Spanish did nothelp, either. Pedro and I worked out somesort of understanding by pulling faces atone another and gesticulating. But our communication was imperfect to say the least,and the gesticulating sometimes gave a stalkaway. This happened in the case of Pedro'selephant.

The elephant, a 1131 pounder, was crossingour front about twenty paces away. We hada thin bush in front of us. As it cleared thebush, I touched my shoulder and whispered,"Now, hit him there." But Pedro thought Imeant for him to rest his rifle on myshoulder. When I shook my head at him andknocked his rifle off, the elephant saw us. Upwent its head and, as it swung away, Pedroshot for the brain. He missed. It is a hardenough shot for a tyro to accomplish evenwhen the elephant is standing still, hencemy reason for the shoulder shot. As it wentthe bull received some body shots withoutmuch apparent effect, but it had to befollowed, and it was late the next day beforewe caught up with and finished the woundedbull. I mention this incident only to showwhat my problems were with Pedro.

After the elephant hunt, we moved campto Tanganyika and the Yaida Valley. Withus was a photographer and a young American Walter Jones. Amando shot his lionthe second day we were there. We had creptup to a zebra bait early that morning, tofind two male lions and a lioness feeding.With his usual steadiness. Amando hit thebest lion in the shoulder with his .375 Magnum, dropping it instantly. The other lionsbounded away. So now we must get a lionfor Pedro.

Walt had seen another lion slip into awide, shallow donga about six miles on theopposite side of camp. Next morning, hetook us there, pointed to the spot where thelion had disappeared, and cruised about inthe hunting car looking for sign. We foundthe old boy himself. He had already seenus and was circling back to his favouritehideaway in the donga. A good spot it was,too. The whole donga was full of long, drygrass, and three feet in from the edge hewould be invisible.

We drove on up the donga, keeping aneye out for a tree suitable for bait hanging;but then I realized the donga gave anopportunity for a "beat." I remembered asloping bank on the far side of the donga,below the spot where the lion had soughtcover. If Pedro and I circled around to thatsloping bank and found a good ambush point,I could signal Walt to start a beat, he andthe gunbearers working down to us throughthe long grass, and Pedro should get his shot.

The photographer decided he would liketo come with us, so he grabbed his moviecamera and followed Pedro and me as wecircled well out to come back to the slopingbank. A convenient small bush was situatedat the top of the slope and, using it for cover,I surveyed the donga. Directly below, slanting

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other thing: there were few lions in thisvalley, Pedro had to have a lion, and wemight never get a better opportunity. Itadded up to a calculated risk ... O.K. then,Jenvey; can you drop him if you hold on himas Pedro fires and Pedro's bullet does notdo the job? I felt I could.

Motioning Pedro to keep still behind thebush, I moved back past him and the cameraman to a position where I could see Waltlooking our way through binoculars. Hewaved back when he saw my raised arm and,as he turned to the boys to give final instructions, I moved back to position to crouchbeside Pedro.

The lion did not keep us waiting long. Hewas not letting the beaters get close. Theywere still 150 yards away when I saw thegrass tops moving not far from the end ofthe sand strip. I wanted to put Pedro in thepicture, so I nodded gently and pointedslowly at the shaking grass. He tried to standup. I hauled him down. "No more of that,"I thought, "until he can actually see thelion!" So I waited until the lion's maneshowed above the grass. He was about fivepaces from the strip. Again, I pointed.

Again, Pedro tried to rise, but this time I

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towards us at an angle, was a strip of sandsome 25 yards long and averaging about sixfeet wide. The nearest end was 15 yardsaway. On either side was long grass.

The chances were that the old boy wouldknow of this strip and, as the beaters movedin on him, he would give ground, using thestrip when he came to it rather than keeppushing his way through the long grass. Hewould not be able to see us until he steppedout of the grass; and then, if Pedro was "onthe ball," Simba, looking as big as a house,would only be, at the most, 35 yards away.

Could Pedro make sure of him with oneshot? I didn't know. Amando was the boyfor a setup like this, but he already had hislion. What if Pedro wounded the lion? Onebound and it would be gone ... and I wasthe chap who would have to go into thatgrass and get him. Three feet from him andI wouldn't be able to see him, but he couldhear me coming easily enough. He wouldcharge, and I'd need a field gun to stop himat that distance.

On the other hand, the strip of sand pinpointed the lion's course, I felt sure; andwe had an excellent shooting position. An-

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a distance of twelve feet, and missed again.Centre! Centre! :\1y shot had to be centre.At a mid point under those gaping jaws, Ifired, and I knew I had made no mistake.

Then I got a fright, a real fright. This wasthe end, I thought. Someone was going toget hurt. For my shot had no apparenteffect. Instead of folding up under the impact of the heavy bullet, the lion reared and,with forelegs spread. claws distended. silhouetted against the sky, he reached for us.I dived desperately aside. I felt no claws rakeme, and I thought. "Safari land's first client

. kilJed! It must be on Pedro I"

I felt a great urge as T dived to look, tosee what was happening; bllt the predominant thollght was RELOAD! And todo that at lightning speed. I had to lookwhat I was doing. The two rounds were inin a flash and I was turning as the rifleclosed.

Pedro was lying prost rate, his feet literally three feet from the lion's mOllth. Themouth was closing and opening convlllsinglyas the animal lay in its death throes. Pedrohad fallen in his great haste to dodge. Thedying effort of that magnificent Simba hadcarried him 10 his filII height as he reachedfor liS; then he collapsed.

Pedro regained his feet with an effort, reloaded his .470, fired twice to put the poorlion Ollt of its misery. At six feet, he missedboth shots. I didn't blame him! His fOllrthshot did the job.

As :\111lTay said, one learns something newon cvery trip. After that one. I did someextra practice at flipping Ollt that one emptyshell and gctting the new load in-and Ivowcd in the fllture to shoot between gapingjaws, not under them. Even so, the vallie ofpractice till actions became automatic wasshown, because, on having to close the rifleon one round, my hand had unconsciouslyreleased the automatic safety and thet rigger finger had automatically found therear trigger. Otherwise, the story might havehad a less funny ending.

Another thing I learned was what an extraquantity of adrenalin ean do. In falling,Pedro had twisted his ankle so badly hecOllldn't walk; but it was haH an hour later,after the excitement had worn off, before heknew it. Finally, I had plenty of food forthought about clients. Before the trip wasfinished, Pedro, the poor shot, somehowconvinced Amando the good shot, that he,Pedro, had had a much better safari thanAmando becanse he hadcharged by a Lion!

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(Continued from page 62)side-tracked the big gun project. I askedfor a lower Bisley-type hammer with sharplycheckered spur, a wide, checkered or groovedtrigger. I also asked for a Smith & Wcssontype rear sight, or some improvement overthe Micro on the original Black Hawk; alsofor a lower front ramp and highcr blade, aswell as a gold inscrt in the top of thc ramptype blade, shaped similar to the red inserton thc fine S & W .44 Magnum. Also, Irequested a larger button on the extractorrod. The grip on this first pilot model provedthe best any of us had ever used, pcrfectlycushioning recoil and, as it turned up in thehand, positioning the thumb just right tocock for a second shot. The big Dragoongrip absorbed recoil of the .44 Magnum thebest of any gun yet tried.

Now, in June 1959, I have just receivedand have been testing the final pilot modelof the new Super Black Hawk. (J still thinkit should be called the Ruger "Dragoon.")The new gun should be in production byearly fall, and it embodies about all theimprovements I have asked for. Bill hasredesigned the flat-top frame so that theMicro sight is enclosed by solid frame steelon each side and can now be elevated andstill be solidly supported on each side bythe frame, thus eliminating any side movement when the sight is raised. The frontramp is still too thick and the front sightbladc about one sixteenth inch too low,as the gun shOOIS a good foot high at 60yards; but this will be corrected. The extractor button is still too small, but canalso be improved. Ruger has improved theexcellent square-backed-trigger-guard Dragoon grip over the first pilot model by making it very slightly shorter and with lessdrop. This greatly improves its pointingability and gives one the same angle ofgrip-to-frame that has made the Single Action famous over the years for perfect pointing. The grip is slightly narrower from frontto back of grip than the first pilot model,which is all to the good. In fact, this lastpilot model grip is, to my notion, perfect inevery detail. Grips are of fine figured walnutand just the right thickness.

The hammer is the Bisley type, with awide, grooved spur. Its appearance could befurther improved by cutting it down deeperbetween the thumb piece proper and rearend of frame. The trigger is a perfect contour of the trigger finger, wide and wellgrooved. The base pin is now fitted with alarger, grooved head and a flange cut outfor barrel and extractor so it will not rotate.This permits a single cut for the crossplunger lock that has held the base pinagainst recoil perfectly with the .44 Magnum

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loads in both these pilot models. This basepin does not become tight or jammed and iseasily moved forward with fingers alone, asit should be.

The new gun is fitted with a 7Vz" taperedbarrel, and it balances and handles perfectly. It is the perfcct single action for theh,mter, packer, guide, or cow puncher. Thebase pin can be moved forward enough toclear the cylinder for removal but not farcnough to leave the gun unless the extraclorrod assembly is also removed, and this willJJreyent loss of the base pin when the cylinder is removed for cleaning. The rear sightblade proper projects above the top of baseand the flanges on the flat-top frame aboutone sixty·fourth inch, giving a very clearsight picture, and the rear notch is wideenough to permit one to see a strip of lighton each side of the front sight for perfectcentering.

Grip assembly is of steel instead of aluminum alloy, and incorporates Ruger's fine coilmain spring. The gun cocks much faster andeasier than with the old high, narrow hammer, and even a short thumb can easily reachthe Bisley-type hammer without shifting thegrip as was necessary on the old Colt SingleAction and the earlier Black Hawk guns formen with small hands. This gun is not designed for fanning, but would be very fastfor properly trained men for quick draw.Those peace officers who prefer the singleaction will find this model, fitted with 4%"barrel, the finest combat single action inexistence:

I cut the rear sight blade down flush withthe top of its base, thus lowering elevationuntil I was able to center the big gun at 60yards. It shot very good groups with my 250grain hard cast bullet and 22 grains 2400,but did not group quite as well with factoryloads. Then I turned it on rocks from 400to 800 yards away, and verified my sightingfor line. At the longer range, I had to holdall of the front sight, plus the ramp, up overthe rear sight blade to lob the big slugs onthe target; but I would have had no troublehitting anything the size of a cow or horseat that range, shooting with both hands andwith a rest for both arms.

The 7%" barrel gives higher velocity thanany shorter length, and is a distinct aid ingame shooting. I would not, personally, wanta barrel over 7%" long on a sixgun. Triggerpull is around 3% pounds and clean, thebest I have seen on a Ruger Single Action.

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By KENT BELLAHThe .243 Winchester

Winchester's .243 cartridge is really a dilly.It was born without labor pains by simplynecking down their .308 hull. It has mosteverything you want in an all-around,medium-power round, with long rangeaccuracy for clean kills on everything fromprairie pups to deer. Many fine factory rifles,both lever and bolt action, and many customjobs, are chambered for it. nle you readnothing but Braille, you must have read

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(Continued from page 21)"foot release." All firing is done from astanding position. The line pa ses through asmall pulley attached to the trap.

For the first method, simply eCllre the freeend of the rope to any solid object on eitherside of the trap. Tie off about fOllr feet abovethe grollnd after taking in all the slack whenthe trap is cocked. Natural rope sag willplace the rope center below the shooter'swaist. Load the trap and your gun, and "walkinto" some good practice shots.

'sing the "walk away from" method, theline is tied around the waist or loopedthrough the belt and tied. The shooter justwalks away from the trap at any angle,from the front to the ide. An alternate andfaster means is to hold the line under theforend of the gun.

When using the foot release, the shooteris nearer the trap and is stationary. The lineis tied (a clove hitch is be t) to the base ofa mall stake about ten feet from the trap.It is sprung with the shooter's forward foot.

The main disadvantage to any of thesemethods is that the shooter has to movearound a good deal for each shot. However,it's a good way to practice difficult shots byyourself and be spared the "Tough luck,old man" remarks of your friendswhen you mis a few. And don't we all?

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(Continued jrom page 66)even better. The mill revs up plenty ofwhoosh for a flat trajectory. Recoil is abouthalf Ihe 20 pounds or so of a .30·06, whichmakes it as easy to take as whipped creamon strawberry shortcake.

That's a good sales pitch for a goodcartridge, but I've heard better. A prominentgun writer, and a fine fellow, calls it a 600yard varmint number, and labe];; the corn·petitive .244 Remington as a mere 300 yardjob! This lad wouldn't stretch the truth orthe range, but a dirty little gremlin cut hisyardstick to about 18 or 24 inches just beforehe measured the maximum accurate rangeof a .243.

Factory 80 grain pills start at a listed3,500 fps. At 300 yards, they are still twist·ing at a respectable 2,410 fps. about equalto a Swift; and of course the bigger slugpacks more punch. The 1,030 F.P. of energyis considerably better than the 780 F.P. of a.32-20 pill of the same weight at the muzzle,I mention this old cartridge because gunwriters of yesteryear recommended it fordeer. It bagged many, but wounded more,even under 50 yards. Let's call 300 yardsthe max range for deer, if you can place aslug in the right spot. Try a closer rangefor cleaner kills.

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Coyotes are generally cleanly killed ormissed at 400 yards, with average shootersmaking more misses than hits. If you havea hot tube, a fine gla s with a really goodmount on well mated iron and wood, andif you take enough practice, you'll connectoften enough at 400 yards to make it interesting. As for the average guy plugging smallvarmints at 600 yards consistently underfield conditions with a porter, I know abetter joke about a traveling salesman andthe farmer's daughter.

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I've fired many. The fine F. . Mau ersand Sako's are too well known to requiremuch mention. Colt rifles use the internationally famous Sako·Mauser actions thathave a wonderful reputation around theworld. These action are my choice, notonly for their fine quality, but the extramargin of safety if a case has a defectivehead. Most of my tube, both custom andfactory barrels, are on these actions. Theyhave saved me from serious injury, or worse,on several occasions. All three Colt modelshandle beautifully.

Sako's new "Fore ter," like Colt .243's,has 12·groove rifling. Accuracy will be betterif bullets leave the bore with less deforma·tion, as it is claimed they do. I don't disputethe claim. It sounds logical, and both gu nsshoot well enough to back it up, and bothmakes handle well. I put a higher valueon gun handling for hunting than on theultimate in accuracy, which is needed incompetition. Half the riflemen are mis ingthe thrill of their life with awkward hand·ling guns. Some shooters don't even attemptrunning shots. They could take a new leaseon life by taking some jackrabbits makinga fast get·away, with a hunting gun.

Lever fans continue to discover theSavage 99 line. The neat new Savage 110bolt action is popular. The 110 MCL isanother Savage first in a left·hand model.Lads who fire from the left shoulder nowfeel they are loved, and that someone cares.Custom stockers are whittling handles rightand left for the right- and left·hand barreledactions. Winchester's M·70 linc sells well,and generally shoots well after a beddingtune·up.

Some writers overstress hunting accuracy.You'll bag more game with a fast handlingrifle that gives larger groups than with aclumsy gun that screws 'em down. Good,slim, trim tubes do shoot well, especiallythe first two or three shots from a coldbarrel; and these are the shots that count.Try 3·shot groups with your light sporter.Heavy tubes are better for a long string ofshots on targets. Work up accurate load

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Per 100 .........•••••••••••••.348 Winchester

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Per 1,000 ••••••••••••••••••••.45-70 Smokele•• Low Pressure

Per 100 .•••.•••••••••••••••••.351 Winchester Self-Loading Metal Patch

Per IOO-Value 514.00 ••••••••••.35 Winchester Self-Loading

Per IOO-Value $14.00 •••••••••••.30 Remington Soft point

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for your light sporter and you'll sack upmore game than with a more accurate rifleyou can't handle so well. Don't believe me.Try it.

6 mm's were old hat to wildcatters longbefore modern factory ammo replaced the6 mm Lee of the 1890's. Fred T. Huntington,owner of R.C.B.S. Gun & Die' Shop, Oroville,Calif., designed his .243 Rock Chucker ona .257 case for one of the superb wildcats ofall time. Fred knows guns and handloading,as well as how to make quality dies. Hiscreation helped make 6 mm's popular, prob·ably encouraged the Remchester people tobring out their .244 and .243 versions. Huntington had a hand in working with severalwildcats and wildcatters that contributedmuch to modern firearms efficiency. If yousend in three fired cases, Fred will makecutom dies for your particular rifle, at theregular 13.50 price. He will also makedies for your own wildcat.

Cases stretch from Hi·V and a 20 degreeshoulder. Max length is 2.045. Keep trimmedto this figure, or a bit less for safety andaccuracy. Forster is my pet trimmer. Besidesprecision trimming, it has accessories forother precision work on cases and bullets.Inspect case mouths after trimming andbefore deburring. Discard any with non·uniform walls or a split starting. Eitherfault can cause flyers. Carefully inspectheads, webbs, bodies and necks before load·ing. Discard any with visible defects.

The usual 1:10 twist stabilizes 75 to 105(Continued on page 73)

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MershonCustomWalnut GripsDesigned for target shooters. Inthis grip you will not experience"Rocking" with recoil or uglygaps. Of finest imported walnut.checkered with a band-rubbed oil

MERSHON "10 Point" GripsFits all lnodern Colts and S & W Revolversand pistols. Easily installed. Improves shooting accuracy. Preven ts gun from slipping ifhands are lnoist or wet. Can be cut or shapedto fit your hand. Only $5.75

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Conlpact and light, thesebeautiful sturdy caseshave rack for 4 or 5 guns.space for accessories andsporting scope. Availablein two models - with orwithout back door. Finished in simulated alligator (black or brown)leather outside and linedinside. 4 gun capacitywithout back door only$29.50.

l;nique dc-sign offers gradual resistance tol't:'coil, instead of "mushy" cushioning orabntpt ·'bottoming." There is a n10del forevel'Y purpose, whether rifle or shotgun.For quality, long life and unexcelled shooting comfort, insist on "\Vhite Line" RecoilPads. Deluxe (shown) $3.75

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Bayonet &sheath -$4.50.Bayonet attachment for gun$1.75.SPECIAL ALL 3for $5.35 ppd.

SPRINGFIELD1903

BROKENINCOMPLETE GUNS

MW~"FORMULA 44-40" sow USED 1::'-0' EVERYU.S. GU:-': PLA:s'T A?'\O !\'fAS"Y ABROAD.NEW HIGH·SPEED FORMULA gi\'es even

?e.tt~rb~~~~l~~s: pro·te~~~.esu::~o~~~.t~o~gr~~complicatcd. Dcep blue permanent finish.Actually penetrates the steel. U!'icd by gUllfactories and gunsmiths cvcrywherc. Gun"ranteed to be the hest cold blue you everused-or your money back.3 GUN SIZE 52.00 ppd.

INDUSTRIAL GUNSMITH SIZE.1 pint $7.50 ppd.

LYMAN 57A REARSIGHTS-SAVE ALMOST 50%-NEW $4.50

SAVE $8.25 in lots of 75.50 Cal. _..J~

bronze brushes ~for serious cleaning. The extra size makes eteaning hares fast & easy. For all standard rods.Long Lasting. 25 brushes 51.75; 75 brushes 83.00.

WANTED!All kinds for remaining usable parts. We buy lotsof one to one thousand pieces and at Quite highprices. We must have parts and the only way toget many of them is by breaking up used guns.Ship off for our offer. Check airmailed day shillmentreceived-merchandise returned Ilrellaid if offer notsatisfactory.

ANOTHER NUMRICH SUPER SPECIALHEAVY-LONG SUPER TARGET

.22 BARRELS

NEW REMINGTON MATCH MASTER BARRELS. for useas barrel blanks or on Remington guns in the 500 series.26" long. 13/16" diameter, all polished and bItted,chambered for .22 1. r., 6 groove rifting. Each barreltrued. te!'ited and serial numbered by Remin~on. The

~tJ~$ g~v~e:;li:;5~o~·~~ ~:~~~eri~~~r~ouE~:nlifnYr~e C}~t~~;-may we sugRest you pick up 1 or 2 of these at thisexceptional price b(!(ore they are gone? Hie-h sl.renl!thsteel, suitable for center fire calibers. fine for targetpistol barrels. Originally made for the 513 TaI"g"etri8es Special $4.95 plus SOt Post.(Ramp & front sight for abovc $1.25)

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GARAND RIFI~E GRENADE I~AUNCH·ERS as issued. New, irnportant accessoryaddition to your collection. Only $3.95 ea.(Spirit level In.unching sight as issued.. $2.65; special gas cylinder plug withvalve for gun .... 75c)

Complete with catch, pin & spring, steel. not aluml.mum, speci.fy blue or pa.f'kerlzed__$6.20 complete.(Guard alone, 83.95, F. Plate aJone, $2.25, milledfollower. 81.00. spring 50C)

BREECH OIL& THONG SET,

For Springfield, Garand, Enfield & Krag, fits inbutt, nickeled brass, not plastic, as issued, excellent,complete $1.00 ppd.

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.45 TAPEREDBARREL BLANKS (Now full 12")

Usable for Buntline S. A.'s, muzzle loaders. NewService, 1917's, miniature cannon. custom revolvcr bbls. Rifled. new, 85.35 plus SOc PP.

We have some 20,000,000 gun parts in over 27,000sq. ft. of storage space-modern, obsolete, foreignadvise wants for free quotation.

REn!rU;LU JR. SCOPE RINGS:Solid steel. %," dia. only. Fits allRedfield Jr. bases. Very special....................... $1.95 per pro

Herc'!'l a packet of 10 largebend (standard 4/40 thread)sights for usual price of Justone, ONLY $1.00 per PacketTap fOI' above. 4/40 50~

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SWEAT ONRiflE RAMPS

Unive"snl size. complete with gold bead si~hLea~)' to inSlall. Xo glare ramp surface, al1 rna·chined_a 85.00 value, only 51.79 ca., 2 for8:J.2:' - 814.60 per doz.

Slandnrd dovetail_interchangeablc inserts included.For lIi·powcr or small bores. From discontinuedTarget rifle of Inrge!'lt U. S. maker. At a 700/0dls(·otllltl $1.49 ca. __ _ $12.00 per dozen

NOT $5.00 &:\ONLY $7.49 WHOODED TARGET FRONT SIGHTS

Quickly installedsight set. Streamlined front rampwith sight. n earsight with bothwindage & elevationbUilt In. Both til.stalled by simplytightening Allen setscrew. Front .560Ld.• nar .775 Ld.Plenty of wall thickness for reaming to all popular sizes. Blued. ready to install. O:"'LY 82.95for complete set!

.45 AUTO MAGAZINES Imade 1954 of new steel specs.,superior to any made pre·viously. New. in orig. wrap·pln~s;. $1.9S ea._2 for $3.50.NOTE: When 2 :l.re ordered.new weh carryin2 case in~

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Brand new, straight lengths. 3/4 " x 8", for extra lon~and/or fancy barrels. Supplied chambered for .45auto or unchambered. state which S3.95 ea.-or 2 for S6.50.

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SPRINGFIELD A3 SI~H'+·S.a~il~l~~~~dloS~I;~~e. Pfg;1903A3 only new, issued $1.8S ppd.

38 SPECIAL-.357 lIIAGXUlII-9 nun LUGERBARREL BLAKIiS: Beautiful 6 groove, .357groove dia., 1 turn in 16", fUll 26 i1 long, .940o.d. Used for converting old 92 Winchestcrsinto .357 magnum rifles (or .38 special). custom barrels for Colt, S&W, Lug-ers, etc. 87.75ea., plus 50c pp., or 12" lengths $4.75 plus25c pp.

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.44 CALIBER BARREL BLANKS

REJllKGTON 500 SERIES .22 calIber magazines, 5 shot. New. Only$1.00 ea., 2 for $1.75. 3 for $2.25.

FR EE Water (& dirt &tobacco) proof rubber capgiven w/ea. magazine.

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~. In minutes you convert your Springfield 1903 into a~ smooth oct ion, man· sized .22 repedter. • JI. Bock to 30.06? Simpi y slip out barrel liner and ~• .22 bolt.!-. Smooth oc1ion, the some that's won match ofterj match-year after year 0' the U.S. M·2 Springfield.

~ne·xp~~~siv:ll p~:e~~ceM~i~~ S~2i,~~e.::: ~~r 3?t~e~f t:. "Short throw'~ bolt and ordnance steel bCirf,el insert,In a few short weeks. tJtM..;..~!~·JJ?9L0-...~!!~J?.",2.~11~SlQ&~!~L!i~~,;.,.~.£Ji..3;',J~'-"","d'Jii"

EACH UNIT consists of precision ground .22 barrel insert, full size short action .22 bolt, new .22cal. trigger guard and magazine. EXTRA magazines $1.75 each.

STOCK OF STOCKSShotgun stocks all 12 ga., all new, originalfactol'Y n1ade.SAVAGE 111 720 and 745. plain finish, hardrubbe,· butt plate $5.95nEJnJ"G'l'O~ (old model) autoloader, MdL 11w Isafe in front of triggt"r guard $5.95nEllllI~GTON 1I11H, 31 with butt plate $7.25lTHACA 37 stocl{s. plain with swivel cut. S6.50Special. beautifully checkered $8.25REJU:-IGTO:-i 1I1nJ~ 11 With push safe .. $6.50

.22 TARGET RIFLE STOCKSRElIUNGTON 513 '1' ••.•..•.••••••••.... $9.95

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E':iiiiiiIrJ,...-/.-Jl~IIACA 37 pump 11UIllllc assembly, cOinplete\nth checl<crcd fore-end ... $5.50; ,vithgl'ooved fore-end $4.75; fore-end woodalone, ~h....~ckered $3.75; standard grooved... $2.. ".RE~n~GTON 31 fore-end, beavertail. checl( ...('red . . . $6.95; standard size, checl.:ered ..•$4.25.ltEJUl"GTO:-i UnT, 11 fore-end (state if for5 or 3 shot) ... $3.49.

• 5 shot upacity-required by law for hunting. fitsflush with guard-streamlines appearance. Solidmachi ned bottom-not "raw" appearing oversizedfold overs that some are s.elling 5'2.45

• 15 shot, in original wrap. only $1.00 ea. or 2 for 51.75• 30 shot, "banana" clips only 54.95 Dr 2 for $7.951

HEAVY .22 CAL. BARRel BLANKS(.'

Fun 1 1/10" diameter, straight, rifled blank-Guroove for ~uper acctll·acy. 27" IOIlJ.":"-lar....c diametermakes adaplable for most rim or center fire actions1 turn in 14': only $6.95 plus 45c post:

(Chamberlllg for .22 L.R. only, add S1.00)

BlOT ~These shotgun balTcls should cause one at these prices!ABOUT 820/0 DISCOUNT_buy an extm, ideal for slu~ &brush work. 20" cyl. bOl'e, all 12 gao new bluedWinchester )'ldl. 12 -' •__$4..95

NOW - SPECIAL PRICE!SPRING1'IELU 3 BLADE screw- ~~.drivers as issued. ~New $1.00 1>1)(1.

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JIAUSER '981I11LJTARY BOLTSComplete. Used. Good. Fits all '98rifles. vVhile small stock lasts ........................ . $12.50 ppd.

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LUGEltR - j\tAUSERS - Automatic Pistols. Bu)'Rell - Trade Send For List. James K. Belford. 702 So.Anna St.. Stultgart, Ark.

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30-0n ~PRI:\lGJt'IJ~LD llARHI':LED ,porter. )lauser 98bolt action. F'ront and Lyman ,Micrometer peepsighl. Forearm and full pistol grip checkered. Cheek piece, swivels.adjustable sling. New condition $85.00. Ted Hobert,851 Boulcyard East, Weehawken, )[..J.

BUAND NEW Bausch & Lomb 272X8, Bah'ar Scope and)Iount $09.50 prepaid. San Francisco Gun Exchange, 75Fourth Street, San Francisco 3, California.

rl~TOL }""LA KS. brass. modern, with 36&44 chargers,photo. dealers discounts. J. N. Dangelzer. 3056 }i'rontier1-'1. ~E., Albuquerque, ~. :.\1.

:MILITARY AXD Sporting items at Burg-gun Prices. List25c. Garden State Arms, Box 342, Ridgefield l'ark, Kew•lersey.

('OI~T S:AA .45 EXC. condition reloading dies components.~~lwood Dearth. 245 BrooklYn Aye., Da)·toll 17, Ohio.

CUNS & AMMUNITION

RUITISH MIC 5 303 Lee-}~nfleld Jungle carbines. Verygood-$24.95. Excellent-$29.05. British Mk. 3 & 4303 Lee-Enfield rifles. Excellent-$19.95. U.S. 30-06 Enfield rifles. Very good-$20.95. Excellent-$34.95. Perfect-$39.50. German Mod. D8 8mm :\fauser rifles. Verygood-$37.50. ExceJIent-$42.50. Czech 'Mod. 98 8mmMauser rifles. Excellent-$49.50. EgYI>tian 8mm Mauser10 shot semi-automatic rifles. F.1'\'. made. Very good$69.50. Jap 7.7mm Arisaka rifles. Pre-\Var issue. Verygood-$18.00. Jap Type 44 6.5mm Arisaka carbincs withfolding bayonets. Very good-$SD.50. Excellent-$45.00.Swedish 'Mod. 84 6.5mm Mauser earhines. Very good$32.50. Moneyback guarantee, Free list. Freedland ArmsCo., 34 Park Row, New York 38, K. Y.

~'ANTIQUE GUN Depot" OtTers: 45/70 Cartridge Beltswith large "U.S." solid-brass buckle ... $4.50; RareCivil \Var Union Knapsaeks ... $6,50; Ci\'U 'Var tuliphead reproduction ramrods . . . $2.75; Above postpaid.Also ... Springfield 45/70 Rifles; Civil War Muskets &Carbines; Kcntuckies; 'Vinchesters; Loads More. IllustratedGlin Cata!oguc 25c. \Vestchester Trading, G-2478 ArthurAvenue, Bronx 58. New York.

"SHOOTIXG A:\DIO Specials" ... priced per 100 rds.:·lj/iO Smokeless ... $8.00; .303 British ... $8.00;30/06 ... $7.50. Shipped Express. 500 rd. orders prepaid.\Vestchester Trading. G-2478 Arthur A\'cnue, Bronx 58,'Kew York.GEH~lA:\' ~IOD. 71/84 lJmm Mauser riflcs. New condition-$2·1.95. Select stock-$27.50. British Mk. 4 303Rnipe! rift,es with original sniper SCOI>CS. Very good _$·1'1.9:>. F~xcellent - $49.95. Frcc list. AI's Gunroom,1 Beekman Street. New York, N. Y.

COLT Ij~R9NTIERS, Colt and Remington percussion rel"ol\·crs. \V1I1. Lever actions plus many other Modern and

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ClJ.NS. GUNSMITHING, Bausch & Lomb scopes, acces:sones. Trades accepted, Send stamp for bargain gun list.~Vineheste.r, S & 'V, many others, modern and collectors'Items. 'Vlest, 234 Tulane. Oak Ridge, Tenn.

SMITH & WESSON. 22 Cal.. brand new. model 41. targetautomatic. $110.00. Fully engravcd model. $285.00. PublicSport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2. Pa.

S"VISS 7.5mm AMMUNITION. Military $12.00, Sporting$17.00 per hundred. Randau Arms, 011 Pico Avenue. Fresno4, California.

:\'£11 :H8 WINCHESTER NEW $00.50. 6:5 Steyr carbine.Feekcr 1.tAl" excellcnt $115.00. Jetf. Trader. PocomokeCit..... :\Taryland.

10,000 GUXS!! !-A:KTIQUES, Moderns, Swords, Armour-cvery description. Giant Catalog :1'1.00. Agramonte's,Yonkers 2-1{. N. Y-:-

LARGE ASSOUTMENT of new and used handguns. riflesand shotguns. Send ten cents for list. Centre Firearms Co.of ;..i. J .• Box 9:1, Hochelle Park, N. J.

BULLETS, HELOADERS write for list prccision madejacketed bullets. Hi-rrecision Company, Box G121,Orange City, Iowa..

HAKDGUNS-XE\V enlarged 1959 catalog 50e. Robertli'rielich, 396 Broome St., ::'\'ew York 13. N. Y,

20mm NAVY CAN:\'ON Cartridges deactivated $1.00 postpaid. Joe Puffert. 1808 Baltimore, Cincinnati 25, Ohio.

NF;W 1\'£-1 CAHBI.'\l)l;S $100. ~·r·I lUfles $125. Sloper,llimrock, Ariz.

EKFIELDS. MAUSEHS. Snrillgfields, etc. Free list.Freedland Arms Co.. 34 Park How, New York, N. Y.

NEW ),[-1 CAUBINES $100. Perfect Garands, $110.Sloper, Rimrock, Arizona.

CUNSMITHINC

DRILL1XGS (THREE Barrelled Guns). rellned to American cali bel's. a specialty. \Ve can handle any practical rebore, reline, or barreling job. All work 100 % guaranteed.Write for prires. Snapp's Gunshop. 214 !\. \Vashington.Royal Oak. "Michigan.

GUN SCRE'VS, 6/48 or 8/40 assorted lengths 50c perdozen. Professional 2 flute Taps $1.20 Special hard steeldrills 45c. All postpaid. Scnd for Catalog l4GC on allBuchler mounts (including New l\Iicro-Dial), Low Safetysetc. 'Maynard Buchler Inc., Orinda. Calif.

BLOCKSTOCK1NG. REBROWN & Reblue. Repair all:\iake Shotguns & Rifles. Frank LeFcrer & Sons Inc.,Custom Gunsmiths. Frankfort, New York. '

GEXERAL GUNSMITHING-Repairing, rebluing. conversion work, parts made. Inquiries invited. Bald RockGun Shop. Berry Creek. Calif.

INDIAN RELICS

3 INDIAN \VAR arrowheads. Flint Scalping Knife. FlintThunderbird $4.00. Catalog 10c. Satisfaction Guaranteed.Arrowhead. Glenwood. Arkansas.

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LEATHERCRAFT CATALOG Free. Kirkpatrick LeatherCo., Box 637-A10, Gainesville, Texas.

FREE "DO-It-Yourself" I..oeathercraft Catalog. TandyLeather Company. Box 791-E30. Fort Worth. Texas.

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LOST, s'rUA YF.D or Stolen: One Item ington Over andUnder, 32 Trap Shot Gun, Ser. No. 198. One BrowningOver and Under special grade trap gun, Ser. No. 1461. OneL. C. Smith Crown Grade double, serial No. 11596. Willpay liberal reward fOr infornUltion about these guns. John:'\[oran, 1931 :\:fartindale Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

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ACCORDIONS SAVE 50%. Connell Music. 101 SouthBrown St., Gloucester, New Jersey.

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FREE! 72 PAGE photographic bargain catalog. Dept.18-A9 Central Camera Company, 230 So. \Vabash Ave.,Chi.ea~o, Illinois.

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XEW REJ..IOADING tools & dies. will take used tools &dies in trade; James T. RoYds, 137 W. Nedro Ave., Phila.(20). Penna.

3 LB. PETRIFn~D Dinosaur tooth valued at $50. for exe.20 ~a. double shotgun. \"arren \". 'Vegner. P. O. Box 553,('entral City. Nehr.

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COLLECTOR WANTS-fine old Smith & Wesson, factoryengraved, rcvolvers; lerer action type pistols; 22 revolversin hard rubber boxes; & any S&\V'8 equipped withshoulder stocks. \Vayne Kramer, P.O. Box 271, Great Bend.Kansas.

:\IODEL 32 RE:\HNGTON O/U, 30 Inch barrels, plain,no rib. full and full or full and modified, double triggersprcferred. Johnny Johnsen, 1135 R Street, Lincoln, Ne·braska.

OLD HANDCUFFS, legirons. thumbfasts. shackles wanted.Patterson Smith. 2FL. 269 Shepard Ave., East Orange.~ . .T.

"WAi\'TED-AUTOMATIC Pistols. Hare, odd. unusual.Want Jap, Spanish pocket !I'{odels. Give full particulars.Sidney Aberman. 1210 Beechwood, Pittsburgh 6, Penna."

COLT AKD Remington cap and ball revolvers. Describefully and price. Irwin Kotek, 1370 Monterey, Redlands,Calif.

MODEL 32 B.E:\II::\I"GTON shotgun. Give price and condition. C. \". Hornsb)', 14 Elm Ave., Newport News. Va.

COLLECTOR WANTS dewat Thompson Submachine Gun,model 1928 or AnAl, in excellent condition. Describe &,price. John Fahe)', 15 Fairview PI., Buffalo. N. Y.

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FINEST LUBRICATI:\"G Oil Money Can Buy! Once in aLifetime Purchase from Go\-ernment surplus. One quart Oiland One Pound Gre;.\se manufactured by Lehigh ChemiralProducts Company for Aircraft Instruments and MachineGuns. Compares to $40.00 Retail value. Both for Only $3.00Prepaid. San }i'rancisco Gun Exchange, 15 Fourth Street,San Francisco 3, California.

GARAXD ..\II D SNIPER rifle barrcls, finest accuracy.GO\·t. made, tit any Garand without headspace reaming.rea.dy to lise, only $9.75. Springfield .22 :\12 BOlt handles.$3.50, Heads, $1.90. Firing pins. $1.70. Postage extra.Other parts. Garand., Carbine. MHl03 Springfield, 45170..303 Ross. List 15c. Valley Forge Arms Co., 2:!8 CrookedLane. King of Prussia, l'a.

CARRYALL CANVAS Roll with straps and handle, largesize 54 x 22 inches. for travelers, campers, baseball players,etc. Gov't Surplus, brand new, value $12.50-Spel'ial $2.2.-,each. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia2. Pa.

HA:"D SIGHTI,KG Lerels. improved new model, manyuses, for laying drains. ditches, foundations, grading, contouring, laying out of fences. piers, roads and gardens.Fully guaranteed. $2.50 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops,11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia 2, Pa.

30-06 SPRIKGFIELD OR Enfield Rifle Stock. as issued.brand new, $2.95 each. A3-03 Springfield rifle barrels. cal.30-06, brand new. Gov't. Surplus, 24-inch. completelyfinished. Value $25. Special $5.00 Postpaid. Public SporlShops, 11 S. 16th Street. Phila. 2. Pa.

AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTIOi\rS-Huge 11"x33" Famous1874 "Buft'alo Bill" and "\Vild Bill" Hickok 'Vild \\'estShow Theatrc Broadside $2.00 Postpaid. Set of 12 all different old \Vells Fargo Heward Posters S2.00 PostpaidNorm Flayderman Guns. Grcellwich. Conn .

PEERLESS HANDCUFFS, $13.n5; li~ht\....eights. $16.-1::i.Darbies, $9.95. Leg Irons. $12.95. Iron Claw. $!UJ3. Twi~lers, Guide Chains. $1.50. Transport chains. I;"'etters. Leatherrestraints. Collector's specialties. Thomas Ferrick. Box 12,).,l cwburYl>ort. ~Iass.

l<'AS'l' DUA\V .r;nthusiasts Improve your draws. time, andscores now with thc aid of :\rangal's Fas! Draw Tillie <lndScore Charts. Fifty (50) charts to a pad $t.~:) 1'.1'. perDad. Special rates, to dealers and clubs. Charles .\langal,DCDt. 2, 4]33 W. Harrison Sl., Chicago 2-1. Ill.

BRASS. OXE-Piece Cleaning Rod with brush. GO\"t Surplus, for 45 cal. revolvers and automatic pistols. $1.00 eachDostpaid. Public Sport Shops, II S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2. 1:1o a .

SHOOTER'S BIBLE. 1959, over 500 pages. Immediateshipment. I1111strated i\Iodern Guns and Acrcssories, $2.00.1959 Gun Digest $2.95 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops. 11S. 16Lh Street. Phila. 2. l)a.

M.S.A. EAR DEFENDERS for the shooter. Brand new,U.S. Gov·t. urplus. Value $3.00-WhiIe They Last $1.00pair Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11 16th Street,Philadelphia 2, Pa.

"INSPECTION AR:\IS": Bore-Lite with Lucite head ...88e plus 12c postage. 25 lot ... 68c earh ($17.00) postpaid. Westchester '.lTading. G-24i8 Arthur Arenue. Bronx58. !\ew York.

A'fTENTION PREMI :\1 Gun Blanks For Rale. Complete Selection of Pistol Grips. Gold and "Silrer Inlan.Dealer Inquiries Invited. Send for Ii'ree List. Host's Gunsmithing Supply Co., Box 457, \Vestport. Conn.

ATTENTION ENFIELD Owners. I Hare :\lissill/.{ BrassStock Disc And Screw. Complete Your Enfield For Only$1.00 l=»ost Paid. Gordon, 35-08 Garclen \'i~w Terrace,Fairlawn, New Jersey.

PEDOMETER. BRAND new by New Haven \"atch Co.Measures the distance you walk. \Vhi Ie They Last $5.95.Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.

HIF'LE SLINGS. leather, Army Surplus, ItA inch. Brandnew, $2.00 each. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street,Philadelphia 2, Pa.

OVER 5000 RIFLES, Shotguns, Handguns. Modern, Antique listed Monthly. Sample COpy 25c (Coins). ShotgunXews. Columbus. Nebraska.

CUSTOM HOLSTERS and Kits, Sec Our '30 Catalog @.25e. Leathers by Reid, 2230 Comeg)"S ..:he., Scranton n.Penna.

CANNON BARRELS 19 %. .. Long-Other Rizes-Rcnd 25cfor information. ,1. P. Whitaker, 2-115 Bridge A\·e., Dil\'enport, Iowa.

OLD FAITHFUL VAR:\IEXT calls: Fine. coarse, ormcdium, hand made, $2.50 ea. pp.; dealers inquire. Ed.Ford, Mineral "Veils. Tex.

"THE GUN Heport," monthly magazinc for gun eollceLors.enthusiasts. Informati\"C. factual, interesing. $·1.00 )"Car.Box un;, Aledo, Illinois.

IJOLSTEHS, HIFLE Scabbards, qualit;r lelHher items forsportsmen, lowest prices. Stamp for folder. Tejano Leather,Dept. G, I=». O. Box 3332, 1':1 Paso. Texas.

I"HEE CATALOG. Finest Lightweight. Outdoor Equipment. Unconditionall,r Guaranteed. Porta Co., Inc.,Canton 24, Mass.

HWINEMAKING: BI';ER. Ale Brewing," Illu,;trated. $2.00."How to Smoke Meats, Fish," $1.35. Eaton Books, Box1242-N, Santa Rosa, California.

ELECTRIC PENCIL: Engraves all Metals. $2.00. Beyer:\If~. 10t511-Q Roringfield, Chicago 43.

CROSSBO\VS! HUNTIXG Bows! Factory·Direct-Prices IJay Co.• Box 1355, \Vichita, Kansas.

"ACCORDIONS SAVE 50%," Connell Music, 101 SouthBrown St.. Gloucester, :Kew .Jersey.

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(Continued from page 70)grain pills okay. Winchester's 80 grain givesfast blowup at moderate range, good expansion at long range. Hunters report their100 grain gives insufficient expansion on deerat long range. Best bullets are made bySierra, Speer and Hornady. All the handbook loads I've tried gave good huntingaccuracy. Varminters will work up individualloads for their particular gun.

Stan Sprague, editor of "The U.S. Handgunner", worked up loads for Hodgdon'sB-L Type C (ball) powder and Sierra's 75grain H.P. Stan said, "41 grains workedwell. 43 spread a grou p to 4 inche at 200yards. 42 grains was better. When I put 9shots in 2%" inches I left it right there. 45grains locked the action." This shows whatone grain variation can do. I alway recommend working up, and weighing all loads,for safety and accuracy.

There is a wealth of loading information,and over 3,000 loads chronographed formuzzle and 200 yard velocity in the twoIi UNS excellent handbooks at $2. each, by SpeerProducts Co., Lewiston, Idaho. The 54 tested.243 loads are in the "Wildcat Rifle Loads",data being too late to include in "SpeerHandloaders Manual". I recommend bothbooks highly. I haven't fired Speer's 105grain R.N., but a friend says it's the bestof all .243 brush bullets. He like 40 grains4350, a good powder for heavy slugs.

An 87 grain Homady is good for all·around use. 44 grains 4350 for 3,320 fps hasgood blowup at moderate range, good expansion at long range. 75 grain bullets areaccurate in most rifles with 40 to 41 grains4895 for around 3,500 fps. 100 grain slugsstart at around 3,000 fps with about 42grains 4350, generally a good load. Alwayswork up charges, and back up at any indica.tion of high pressure. The Electric Drippermade by Shooters Accessory Supply, $6.50

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they gave high pressure in his gun. Ourtests proved his other brand gave incompleteignition, leaving some powder unburned. CCIprimers merely gave perfect ignition to burnthe charge completely. His pressure was inan excessive powder charge, not the primers.Perfect ignition will consume all the powder.CCI primers give a minimum amount ofprimer gas for a minimum velocity spread,I think Winchester makes the second bestprimer for .243 loads. Modern powders aremore difficult to ignite, which is why Istrongly advise working up loads for yourparticular rifle, for safety, as well as betteraccuracy.

Accuracy fans often get * moa, andsometimes smaller groups with a .243. Yougenerally have to fiddle with the beddingon custom jobs or factory guns. Some lightsporters shoot better with a shim of one

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I've seen many light sporters screw bigpatterns down to tight groups with a beddingtouch-up. If a tight bedded tube doesn'tshoot well, try free floating. If that doesn'twork try glass bedding. If this is out ofyour line, spend a few bucks with a goodstocker. Squeezing the ultimate accuracy outof a rifle is fun, and even a rich guy i~can't buy it across the counter. ~

AMAZING NEW TELESCOPE-SIGHT ATTACHMENTSlips on in seconds! Increases visibility in poor light.Gives deep shadow penetration with greatly increasedtarget detail. Does not change zero setting. Fits allstopes BUT MUST STATE MAKE AND MODEL OF SCOPEWHEN ORDERING. Send ,osh, ,he,k or 101.0. for $3.50and your More.. lite Power lens rushed postpaid; only2.S0 for small size to fit 22 scopes with %" tube.Must be delighted or money bo,k. ORDER TODAY!

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