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GUNS JULY 1959 3

 By JOE BODRIE
Star of Pontiac Road Show

M y FAVORITE gun is the

Colt Lightning Model

NEW SIERRA
Rifle, .44-40 caliber, which I used
in my exhibitions for the famous
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg.
Co. Balance, smoothness of ac-

30·30 BULLET tion, rate of fire, and the ability

to interchange shells with my
Colt Single Action revolvers, are
my main reasons for selecting this
gun as my favorite.
Althongh no company today
makes a rifle which has the inter·
ehangability of cartridges with
their revolvers, it is my firm con-
viction Ihat with all the reloading
JACKET which is being done in this
DESIGNED country, such a rifle would be a
FOR CANNELURED top-notch seller. The intcrest
EFFECTIVE drummed up bctwecn Colt and
Winchestcr, traditional pistol-and-
EXPANSION
rifle "partners," for the .22 RF
Winehester Magnum, may spark
a whole ncw era of combination
gun and calibers.

Sierra's new l70-grain, 3D-3D,

flat-nose bullet packs areal
wallop ... gives 3D-3D owners
more killing power for big game.
MY
FAVORITE
GUN

By JIM JANEK
Owner, Cafe Rohemia, Chicago
150 gr. NEW 170 gr.
NOW, THERE ARE TWO
precision-made, Sierra 30-30 E VER Y DAY I handle more
p:ame than the average hunt-
er see;: in a ljfet ime, checking it
bullets for handloaders ... jnto the bip: meal. lockers here at
the popular 150 gr. and the our re;:tauranl. Friends aecu;:e me
new BIG 170 gr.... Sierra of p:etling more meat "with my
check hook." than with a gun. We
manufactures 45 performance· buy regularly from game wardens
tested bullets-22 cal. to 8mm; who thin IlPnls or catch game
45 gr. to 200 gr.; spitzer, law violators. The money goes into
semi-pointed, full-patch, the state conservation funds. and
sometimes r hav'e houp:ht as many
flat-nose, hollow point; as 25 deer at a time from one out-
flat-base and boat-tail. of -sea;:on poacher';: arrest. But
every fall [ p:et the itch to p:o hunt-
Ask for them at your dealer's. ing and then. of several rifles and
shotguns which T have time to use
for target or game ...
only occasionally, my favorite comes
remember the name into use. It is the Remington Model 8 autoloader I'm holding. It belonged to my
step-father, Joe Basek. who years ago on a hunting trip to Canada brought back
~<;IERRA some venison and put it on the menu. lie starled the wild game specialty that has

~BVLLETS
been a feature of Cafe Bohemia ever since. The old Remington gives me a jolt-
th~t long recoil action thumps back-but it has bagged for real its share of game
during tbe years and I'll most likely take it along the next season.
600 W. Whittier Blvd. • Whittier, Calif

4 GUNS JULY 1959

 THE COVER
Not all the shooting in Holly-
wood is of the "go fer yer

B fGGEST STORY in this issue is, without ~un" varie~,Y •• Jim Arness of
a doubt, our lead article, starting on Gunsmoke IS also a good,
workmanlike big game hunter
page 14. For surely a story is "big" if its and a gun-enthusiast of (par-
subject is big; and Jim Arness, "Marshal don the pun) no mean stature.
Matt Dillon," of "Gunsmoke," has been Gun-fun enthusiasts also are
called "the biggest thing in Levis." But the other members of the
beyond the jokes, is Walt Wiggins warmly "Gunsmoke" cast.
human story of hardworking actors "taking
JULY, 1959 VOL. V, NO.7-55
five" together- and what makes it a story
for GUNS, is that they chose a hunting trip.
The account gives a new aspect to much-
publicized, little known Jim Arness whose
IN THIS ISSUE
"Gunsmoke" program is tops on TV.
Score a double for Kvale again this issue, hunting •••
with "Bullets By The Billions" and "Picture- "MR. DILLON" GETS HIS BUCK _ Walt Wiggins 14
Punching Practice For G.J. Hunters." Kvale,
who is chief test engineer at the Norma
guns abroad • • •
ammunition factory in Sweden, must be
BULLETS BY THE BILLIONS Nils Kvale 18
excused for writing at such length on Norma, handguns •••
tooting his own horn, so to speak. But we HOW TO BE A PISTOL CHAMPION. .... John Connover 21
think his account of this relatively new BILL JORDAN: FAST MAN WITH A SLOW DRAWL. . Bill Toney, Jr. 30
ammo firm will be of interest.
The "G.I. Hunters" story should inspire guns americana •.
some homeland Rod & Gun Clubs to rig MUSKETS THAT BEAT THE BRITISH BEST . . Parker Crutchfield 24
up some more complex but more fun-provok- KNOW YOUR LAWMAKERS. . .. Your Lawmakers 33
ing target ranges. Use of custom-printed
animal targets, including running boar and shooting •••
stags, all in natural colors, adds interest PICTURE-PUNCHING PRACTICE FOR GI HUNTERS. Nils Kvale 27
and difficulty plus off-season competition
which may stimulate more members to take home workshop • .'.
an active part in their club's programs.
INLAY YOUR STOCKS THIS EASY WAy . .. Wayne Judy 36
Though we pioneered the contests and new guns •••
challenges in the quick draw field, we do not SHAPES OF THINGS TO COME William B. Edwards 39
present Bill Toney's story about fellow
border patrolman Bill Jordan with any fan- departments • • •
fare or challenge. Jordan has survived many MY FAVORITE GUN. . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. . 4
gun fights, but the emphasis of this story TRIGGER TALK . . .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . 5
is on a visit with one of the country's most GUNS IN THE NEWS. .. .... .. .. .. .. . . . . .. .. . 6
unusual citizens. Jordan has received much ELMER KEITH SAYS. ... ... .. .. .. . .. Elmer Keith 8
ballyhoo recently as advisor to CBS' new CROSSFIRE . 10
series "The Border Patrolman," but this HANDLOADING BENCH . .. Kent Bellah 12
story by Toney is by one of his friends and PU LL! .. .. .. .... .... . Dick Miller 38
SHOPPING WITH GUNS. . .R. N. Wallis 56
long-time associates. And Jordan himself will THE GUN MARKET 65
make his debut in print in GUNS soon, with PARTING SHOTS. . _. . . . . . . 66
(naturally) a searching article on quick
draw, by a man who has studied it "for real." George E. von Rosen E. B. Mann Art Arkush
Pistol fans having dusted off their center- PUBliSHER EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
EDITOR
fires and .45s will now be at the stage of
wondering just what they can do to edge up Sydney Barker William B. Edwards Elmer Keith Lew Merrell
TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR
from mediocre to excellent. No matter what ART DIRECTOR ASS'T ART DIRECTOR
your rating, you can improve. This is the Louis Satz Marvin Ginn Lou Weber K. Elliott L. R. Pector
message of top-flight pistolman Connover in CIRCULATION ADV. SALES MGR. ADVERTISING ADV. PROD. PRODUCTION
"How To Be A Pistol Champion." Editorial Advisory Board
ew notes on the Dardick Gun, the radical COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. GOERG
ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT KENT BELLAH
open-chamber firearm which has been spoken
of in the trade for some few years, appear
on page 39. Though the evaluation of the
Dardick gun is not lengthy, it is current,
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this month. So far GUNS editors have only 6-9280. MIDWEST, Lee Salberg, 8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, III., ORchard 5-6967. CAli-
watched firing tests in the Dardick factory: FORNIA, The Ren Averill Co., Ren Averill, 232 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif. RYan 1-9291.
SOUTHERN, Hal Moore, 279 NE 79th St., Miami 38, Fla. FRanklin 1-3624.
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Tech Editor Bill Edwards takes on the role

of roving reporter for a few weeks in Europe
and possibly behind the Iron Curtain, and
we'll be bringing you up-to-the-minute ~
articles on what's happening abroad. ~

GUNS JULY 1959 5

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NEW
Economy Model
FAST DRAW
holster and belt
at
special introductory
price • Dallas, Tex. John Nelson, age 100,
routed four would-be bandits from his

$19.95 home and shot one of them with an 86-

year-old Winchester. Nelson told poliec
Designed to fit you. he was wakened by the invaders, grabbed
his ]873 Winchester and blazed away.

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The ball(lits fled and Nelson wcnt next
YOUR door and called the police. Later, four
nlen wc.·c ancsled when one was taken
Made of top quality heavy, single to a hospital with a bullet wound in his
weight leather. Special metal insert. shouldcr.
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* * *
• Birmin~ham. Ala. A veterinarian. Dr.
Donald G. Lawson, bought a sccondhand
LIMITED OFFER! sholgun. A stock screw was missing and
Law"lI1 wrotc the manufacturer. Ithaca. for
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loops. Add-$2.00 for left hand rigs. collcctor's item. it is said to be worth some·
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Designed &
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tured by
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. Arvo Ojala,
the Top Bartlctt Rummel won GUNS "Quote Of
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Hollywood The Month" award with the statenlent,
and the
technical to a meeting of the National Rifle As-
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Army rifle, the gun pointed in the
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arms and said, "I surrender." It turned
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 For Tops in Fun ...
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 New Weatherby Mark V Rifle is of the Remington plunger type, inserted
and Scope in the bolt face but made larger and stronger
than any I have heretofore seen. Both ex-
We spent several days inspecting and
tractor and ejector worked perfectly. The
$39.95 testing an entirely new bolt action rifle by
Roy Weatherby, in caliber .300 Weatherby
cartridge case is completely enclosed in
solid barrel bolt·face steel, and is supported
Blue Finish Magnum. The rifle tested is one of the pilot
with pocket grip its full length.
models and, while it shows some slight
by Iver Johnson. Both bridge and receiver are of generous
Made exclusively fO[.bu~S superb shOoting bu"'s still to be worked out, is on the whole
diameter and wid th, and the left side of
t
In 22, 32, and 8 ~~;a~ced solidly made.
qualities! .fme \h target griiJ •••• $48.00
a damn good rifle.
Roy has achieved one of the most stream-
receiver is not cut out for any weakening
thumb slots. The rifle has the smoothest bolt
Hickel ~1~lsh ~~h target grip •••• $42.0~ lined and neatest appearing of all bolt
Blue FInish WI. ket grip •••• $45.9 throw of any bolt action yet tested, and we
Hickel Finish With poc ::.:..::.;,;..• • • • • actions. In some respects it resembles some believe this to be the strongest bolt action
other actions, and in others it is a radical we have yet seen, with more safety features
departure from anything on the market. to protect the shooter.
Externally, it is the most streamlined of all Bolt stop is a heavy steel pin in bottom
bolt actions. A smooth shroud completely of bolt race under the bridge, actuated by
covers the cocking piece and gives the rear the sear spring. The bottom of bolt has a
end of the action smooth lines, as it comes grooved race cut for this bolt top pin. It
up flush with the top of bridge and bolt is about a quarter inch in diameter, and
handle and completely seals the rear end seems to work perfectly, even when bolt is
of the striker. There is no possibility of any withdrawn as hard as one can throw it. I
$24.95 escaping gas ever coming to the rear to
endanger a shooter's eyes.
have always been skeptical of any sear bolt
stops, having een some which sometimes left
25 cal. blue The bolt handle is very well shaped and an excited hunter with a bolt in one hand
made for low scope mounting, with checker- and the rifle in the other. I can see little
Beau.lifully designed by one of Europe'S ed knob. The bolt shell or body is of large
.Ieadlng mfrs. Govt. proof·fired. Available or no possibility of this bolt stop ever shear-
'n 25 cal. and 22 cal. shorl long and diameter, the same as the outside diameter ing off, as it is quite sturdy in size. Toler-
long rifle, in blue, chrome ~nd chrome of the locking lugs. This makes for the ances must be close as to protrusion to allow
engraved. smoothest possible bolt race, as there are no the bolt to work freely.
protruding lugs to cramp the bolt in its

11'-0-.
Trigger puJl is perfect, one of the best
travel. There are three sets of lugs and three I have ever felt on a bolt action rifle; no
to each set, placed on the extreme front creep, no back lash or take-up, crisp as
end of the bolt where they belong for breaking glass and just about right for
£ OF SPAtN SHOTGUNS finest accuracy. These nine locking lugs
PRtD .... " weight on a hunting rifle. At a guess I
take up about the first one inch of the bolt. should say this one pulls about 3 to 3%
The extractor is very similar to that of pounds.
the Sch ultz & Larsen extractor, and is wide The floor plate is hinged, with a trip or
enough to get a good bite on the rimless ca e release just in front of trigger guard actuated
head. Three gas ports extend down the side in the guard itself. (I would prefer that
of the bolt when in clo ed position, to bleed this floor plate release be inside the guard
off any escaping gas from a pierced primer rather than on the front outside of the
or enlarged primer pocket, so that escaping trigger guard:) The hinged floor plate and
gas cannot possibly blow down into the the magazine spring and follower work
magazine and wreck the rifle or come to perfectly when one wishes to change ammuni-
SHOTGUNS the rear to ruin the shooter's eyes. tion in a hurry. Simply trip the magazine
The whole cartridge case head is enclosed release and dump its contents into your
in the recessed bolt face, and the ejector (Continlied on page 40)

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 "In answer to your letter of April 6th re-
garding the Sullivan Act, there is no such
legislation pending before the City Council
and none is being considered."
What's your reply?
New York versus New Mexico William E. Lawson
I have just read that letter in "Crossfire" Los Angeles, Calif.
of the February, 1959, GUNS submitted by 0111' reply is that we are delighted that no
Alger 1. Thompson, Grants, New Mexico. Sullivan Law legislation threatens Los An-
To Mr. Alger 1. Thompson J have this to geles. The item was submitted to us by a
say: I along with millions of other shooters reader who, though apparently misinformed,
Rated the finest by Order Without Risk any agree with you 100% on your opinion of Ihe was commendably concerned and commend-
expedition leaders, Eddie BAUER sleeping Sullivan Law in New York. Such a law is ably alert.- Editors.
guides, mountaineers, bags-singles, twin sets,
foresters, authorities mummies, station wagon a disgrace, along with the mcn who wrote
everywhere. READ bags. Compare with oth- it and Ihe mcn who are upholding it today. We Please Some . •.
WHAT OTHERS SAY. ers of similar quality. If But we in New York State can use our pistols I have meant lor sometime to write you
Made exclusively in you do not agree you
save about 1/3 and that
for big game hunting as well as you can in my appreciation of your interesting and
our own factory under
ours are finer in every New Mexico, and we can carry our pistols comprehensive coverage of the fire arms
U. S. Patents. Sold
direct to you only- way, return for prompt concealed in any town or metropolitan areas field. I anticipate thc arrival of our copy of
never through dealers full refund . . . including except in New York City itself. You said in Gu:\'s l\Iagazine morc cach month.
shipping costs
. . . never under other
both ways.
your letter "We rcalize that laws are needed 'rhe vast knowledge of men like Elmer
brands. prohibiting the carrying of firearms in towns Kcith is of course inl'aluable to anyone asso-
in the interest of maintaining the peace." ciated with guns and hunting. Articles from
:\1r. Thompson, that statement is just as the newer contributors are also always wel-
stupid as our stupid Sullivan Law, and it is come. Thc articlc in the March 1959 issue
an attitude like yours that will put New by William Schumaker showcd a l'efreshing
Mexico next in line for a law like our Sul-
and interesting approach to an old field such
livan Law. Since you believe Jaw abiding as crow shooling. :\Iany thanks for your
citizens should not carry a gun in towns or
fine magazine.
cities, then we in New York State are glad, Alfred A. Akin
as you are, that yOIl live in New :\1exico.
Technical Director
Richard J. La Mark
D. P. Bushnell & Co., Inc.
Rochester, New York
Startled, GUl\'S editors wrote 10 a dozen
New York police chiefs for clarification. An- .. Offend Others
swers received were unanimous, are most Your once fine magazine sure hit a new
succinctly stated by William A. Winfield, low when in the larch issue you published
Chief of Police of Mr. La Mark's home an article written by sadists; the crow hunt-
town, Rochester. Chief Winfield writes: ing story. Things have come to a prelly pass
"Please be advised that all persons must ob- when such perverse cruelty has to be re-
tain a license to carry concealed weapons in sorted to that a wounded bird has to be
Modern revival
any city, village, or town in this state. Kindly Iurther tormented as to be used as a decoy.
01 on authentic
"Old West" refer to Section 1897 of the Penal Law of Sportsman! ! !
holster and the State of New York." And on the subject of safety, since when
cartridge belt Chief Edwin J. Curtin, of Watertown, N.Y., has it been good practice to shoot at a bird
lor quick-draw offers more detailed information: "Permit to in the air with a rifle?
shooting. possess-required for handguns even in one's I'm sorry to say that great cruelty is prac-
li"inest saddle leathe-r home (Penal Law 1897). Permit to carry- ticed on animals in my own State of Maine
cartridge belt with
drop loop for Quick required for carrying handguns on one's per- as we too have a fish and game department
draw holster and raw· that thinks of one thing and one thing only,
hide leg thong. En- son or in a car (Penal Law 1896). . . . You
tireb' bench made to
sour indh'idual meas.. cannot legally have possession of a handgun the almighty dollar.
measurement. uTemellt. in New York without a permit." Please give us the usual gun articles and
See lawrence shooting accessories at your dealer. to heck with Ihe stories such as these.
Re handguns for hunting, the Conservation
WRITE FOR FREE CATALOG Department, Division of Fish and Game, Everett P. Winslow
Over 100 holster style$ and leather shooting Albany, N. Y., reports that handguns may be Bowdoinham, Maine
accessories for the hunter. used for hunting in specified counties in the Way we read it, the owl enjoyed being a
THE GEORGE LAWRENCE CO. Portland 4, Ore. state. No information furnished as to restric- decoy.- Editors.
J 00 years 0' fine leather craftsmanship tions (if any) on types or calibers.
Nevertheless, we do like a man who boosts Likes Other CD Weapons

$695 for his home town or state-in spite of Penal

Laws 1896, 1897, et cetera.-Editors.
I have just finished reading the fine article,
"The Rifleman in Civil Defense." The author
says that the men in such an organization
MAKES YOUR HAND No Sullivan Law for Los Angeles should have a .30-06 or the current 7.62 mm
PART OF YOUR GUN! In your May 1959 issue, "Guns in the (.308) NATO rifle. But I think that if he
Usee by the Chompions! For Colt-S News," there was an article warning Los tried to organize a unit like that around here
£. W-Ruger-Dbl. 9 REVOL VER$ &
Colt. 45. Precision checkered, Wolnut,
Angeles residents about Anti-Gun Legisla- he would have a hard time getting people to
Rosewood, Ebony, Peorl. Stomp for
brochure. AT YOUR DEALER.
tion in Iheir city. Immediately after reading give up their little deer rifles in favor of a
this I wrote a letter to Councilman Roy,bal rifle of military caliber.
BOX 49702, LOS ANGELES 49, CALIF. as suggested. Councilman Roybal replied: The author also stated that a shotgun is

10 GUNS JULY 19S9

 THE GUNS THAT
not much good as a military weapon. I think the market square of Kansas City, ". . . he
that a shotgun would prove just as valuable held his gun as almost every man skilled in
a weapon as a rifle. I also believe that any such matters preferred to hold one when in
kind of a rifle, pistol, or shotgun would raise
tIle devil with the morale of any enemy that
tried to invade this country.
action, with a half bent elbow that brought
the gun slightly in front of his body at
abou t, or slightly above the level of the
WON THE WEST
Keep up the good work. I think such waist."
stories as these should be directed to the With due respect to Mr. Rogers, I'll take
President and Congress. Earp's say-so.
Thomas Mattson Henry C. Morris
Stone Lake, Wisconsin Washington, D. C.
Walter shoots from waist level too, when
Any Gun Is Better Than No Gun he's in a hurry; uses erect, two-handed stance
for long range.-Editors
Having read the previous article, ".22's
For Survival," and the editorial-essay "Where
Are Tomorrow's Minutemen?" and now in
A Civic Duty
the latest issue, "The Rifleman in Civil De- I have been reading GUNS for three years,
fense" I just had to write in about the sub- have been a N.R.A. member for one year, Colt Wells Fargo
.31 Cal. 1848
ject. and enjoy firearms more and more every day.
Over a period of time, have been storing I think more and more of your magazine
up revolver ammo for my one center-fire every issue also. Keep up the good work. Colt Army .44 Cal. 1860
hand-gun (can't afford any more), a .45 Colt I have especially enjoyed the articles on
Single Action Army, and have been prac- ".22's For Survival," "Where Are Tomorrow's

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ticing shooting a revolver with a .22 S. & W. Riflemen?" and "The Rifleman in Civil De-
K-22 with the local NRA affiliated club, of fense." I hope you have more in the future
which I'm a member. Have also acquired a on this subject. I think that this is the duty
These arc replicas of original rarc COLT guns
.30-30 Winchester M94 for my shoulder gun. of every citizen not presently in uniform. mncJ,~ of strollg metal-look and feel like the
Couldn't quite swing the deal for a .30-06, John Ravell Gibson nEAL GUNS-with gUll blue finish.

which I'd rather have had, as it would take Athena, Oregon 1847 Colt Walker-44 cal $6.95
any fodder used by the army, Ml or M2 1873 Colt Peacemaker-45 cal. . $5.95
1836 Colt Texas Paterson-40 cal •...... $6.95
ammo. Know Your Lawmakers 1848 Colt Wells Fargo-31 cal. . $5.95
My question is this: what about those who I have been reading GUNS for some time 1860 Colt Army-44 cal. . $5.95
can't afford a Springfield, Garand, Enfield, now, and think it is truly "finest in the fire- 1851 Colt Navy-36 cal. . $5.95
or what have you, which uses .30-06 ammo? arms field." Truly novel gilts that arc inh~.rt·sling conversation
Also, what about people who live where there A new bill has been proposed in our state piecos. Each gun comes comlltete with a short
and enlightening history on its period.
is no IMSU unit and the CD authorities senate very similar to New York's Sullivan
don't seem to be even interested in such? Law, only more severe. If passed (Heaven Send cas1&., check or Muney Order now!
R. M. Needham forbid) this law would provide for all but
Lancastel', Ohio the complete extinction of the right to own
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and possess firearms in our state.
Amen Firearms-ignorant politicians should be
In the four years I have been reading your made to realize the severe consequences
magazine, the article "The Rifleman in Civil which results from such laws.
Robert K. Kay
Defense" is the best story you have ever
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
printed. I have served three years active
duty in the Army, and in Germany, and have
read several books on Guerilla Warfare. I Bound Volumes of GUNS
know of its value in time of war. It some- I enjoy your magazine very much and have
times can prove more effective than all the found it to be a very valuable source of in-
bombs and infantry in a full scale attack. formation.
I would hate to be the enemy in wartime, Have you ever considered making binders
marching through a forest or town and hav-
ing someone shoot at me from behind every
to hold a year's output 02 issues) of GUNS?
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wound a few of your company, but it's hell Weare making arrangements now to offer NEW U. S. ARMY
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on your morale. GUNS readers the opportunity of having their
I have two hi-powered rifles myself: one magazines bound, at very low cost, into hand-
of them a 1903 A3 Springfield .30-06. I some books complete with GUNS insignia and
have 80 rounds for one and 40 rounds for the th.e reader's own name. Announcement of this Shows condition of rifle, shotgun or
.30-06, and reloading kits and bullet casting offer will appear in an early issue.-Editors. pistol barrels at a glance. Has 5fs"
kits for both. I'm not the best shot in the aperture with optical mirror. 2 x 1%
world by far, but I can hold my gun when Learns About Guns From GUNS x 1% inches overall.
the time comes. Pray the Lord it won't!! A FINE BUY 2FOR $100post
Being seventeen years of age, I read with
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Churchville, N. Y. interest the article in the April issue of
GUNS, entitled "Don't Be a Jerk," by H. E.

Rogers versus Hickok

Helwig and Bill Clede. Therefore, I thought J. JACOB SHANNON
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You may own one of the Model 1917 Colt bores, having been fired littleo The com·
';'CERMAN MACHINE PISTOL 44 (MP44) ponent parts most apt to be worn are in-
~i9a.,~Vn;IS-:. D~~h~til~y s~Nie~~~'~~~~~d~~~~HReafgp. or Smith & Wesson revolvers being sold at
(5tOl'1ll Rifle. 1944). A classic example of the use of very low prices in calibers ,45 ACP or expensive bolts or handso Colt cylinders
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Revolvers, Automatics & Rifles notches are worn out. Common faults are a
Llama, Ballester.Molina, Colt, Smith & Wesson. new gun saleso This column isn't to tell
~~~~~ ~~~ltt'GU~~~~ld~au~~~:n~~~~~ii,R~~g, R::'l~~"n~ "What This Country Needs," but to discuss battered outside finish, a crummy trigger
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 ·Old model stocks allow the gun to twist, than necessary, so you can file it down to
and amplify recoil, but are the most compact. center your groups. A finished lh" blade is
You can make your own with attractive wood, about right, but many people have discovered
or you can buy plastic stocks. For hunting or they can aim faster and hit just as well with
plinking, you'll want the better-holding and a wider blade. File the rear "u" notch
recoil-absorbing target handles_ Many firms square and wide enough to match your front
supply good ones. 5 & W make a variety of sight.
plain and fancy wood target types for the .45 ACP pills are generally sized .452, and
"N" frames, as well as their Magna service .45 Colt .454. The smaller size gets erratic in
type. Python stocks fit the Colt, by drilling the oversize .455 5 & W that has grooves .457
new holes for the stock pin. to .458. But Smith's shoot well with .454.
You'll want an easily installed target bullets in the .45 Colt case, if they are soft
sight for any use except close range defense enough to upset in the bore. Colt's have
work, on either full length or amputated standard grooves about .452 in the .455 or
tubes. The adjustable Metro·Ramp with a .45 Colt. Factory .45 Colt fodder has a max
white, red, or black post fits over the front bullet diameter of .455. The British G.J.
sight. The F.D.L. rear sight, adjustable for .455 pill is about .457, with a hollow base
windage and elevation, attaches on a Smith that expands to fill the grooves perfectly.
without drilling. They attach on a Colt by Good as it sounds, it's ballistically inferior
drilling and tapping one hole. Colt guns to good flat base pills. You lads with a .45
weigh about 40 ounces, a Smith 4 ounces ACP mould and only .452 sizer dies may
less. Colt barrels can be cut to any length. find these bullets work okay in Colt guns in
The lug on a Smith must be, minimum, 3". the .45 Colt case. If they cast about .454,
A 3%" tube on a big bore looks good and they are okay in a Smith without sizing.
shoots good. As they are not a minimum- Place bullets in a shallow pan and melt
weight hide-out, I like this length for utility enough lube to cover the grooves. Make a
use. When amputated, the muzzle is faced cake cutter by drilling out the head of a
off square. If you lack a m uzzle crowning fired 45-70 case, and you are in business; or
ball on a shank, like gunsmiths use, a round apply lube by hand.
head rivet works. Chucked in a drill, and Most bullets shoot well, even if slightly
coated with valve grinding compound, it does imperfect. Soft bullets with a flat nose in-
a neat, speedy job. Finish with a 600 grit crease shocking power. This slow speed
round doesn't depend so much on velocity
for killing as on the bullet material, design
and weight. The G.r. slug had the worst
possible shape and material, with velocity
hardly better than throwing rocks, yet it had
good stopping power, due solely to the
weight and caliber. The slow, slow speed
has some slugging effect, entirely different
to the explosive effect of modern Hi-V bullets.
That's why mild, light.kicking loads are
nearly as effective as stuff loaded to nearly
the bursting point of the gun, which isn't a
Hi·V number with any load. I'm a velocity
.45 C reo, factory, and .455 loads may fan, but no matter what paper ballistics
all fit same chamber in redone gun. indicate, there isn't a whale of a lot of
Rt., good dies will avoid case damage. difference iiI the stopping power of a big
compound such as Clover 4·A. I've seen slug at 600 fps and the same pill at 870 fps,
many medicore tubes get hot when cut off the velocity of .45 Colt factory fodder.
and crowned, which is a good tip to re- Velocity isn't much of a factor unless the
member. slug is soft enough to expand.
Front sights can be installed in a number lllinois Bullet Alloy No. 4 is excellent,
of ways, but a slip-on ramp makes the nicest and solt enough to fill the grooves of 5 & W
looking job. Lyman's .640" rifle ramp can guns with moderate loads. A good home mix
be used without the bead, or make one for is 1 :20 tin and lead, that has more shock

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stalling. Make the blade higher and wider (Continued on page 42)

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Big grin endears big Jim Arness
to "Gunsmoke's" 40 million fans.

Arness's 6'7" 235 pound frame dwarfs fair sized Utah

buck, makes Remington M275 .280 look like child's toy.

"GUNSMOKE'S" GUN-SWIFT HERO

SCORES CLEAN ONE-SHOT KILL. NOT

ON TRIGGER-HAPPY VILLAIN THIS

TIME. BUT ON UTAH MOUNTAIN BUCK

14 GUNS • JULY 1959

 Sound in brush wins alert attention as party watches mountain game
trail. Below, Arness holds Remington .280 with B&L Balvar 8 scope.

Photos and text

By WALT WIGGINS

T HE BIG BOOM DAYS of TV Westerns began about

four years ago, and each succeeding season finds more
of the "hay eaters" galloping across the screens of our
living room monsters. Just a few short weeks ago, eight of
the ten top shows on TV, measured in viewer popularity,
were Westerns. And well out in front of even that fast-
running pack was "Gunsmoke"-that least spectacular of
the non-spectaculars, in which four relatively unremarkable
people in a relatively unremarkable setting drawl homespun
speech into story patterns that are homespun too.
Highbrows pretend disdain for the horse operas, and gun
addicts have long loved to pick flaws with gun history and
gun use as portrayed on movie and TV screens. But "Gun-
smoke" manages to survive these critics by entertaining
40,000,000 viewers each week; and few of these find much
to criticize in "E;unsmoke's" gun techniques. "Gunsmoke"
folks do reload between gun-fulls, don't drop six redskins
with one shot, are gun addicts themselves for more than
business reasons.
"Gunsmoke's" Marshal Matt Dillon, Jim Arness, is just
about the biggest thing ever stuffed into Levi pants and
high-heeled boots. He is 6 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 235.
Add cowboy heels and eight or more inches of high-
crowned Stetson and you've got a lot of U. S. Marshal,
even without guns. But Arness prefers not to be without
them, on set or off. He makes no claim to being "The
Fastest Gun Alive"-"Gunsmoke" is one of the few West-
erns in which the hero can miss, can even be out-drawn;
but he has worked hard under the best fast-draw teachers
to attain the considerable speed he has, and he is the proud
owner-user of several much prized sporting guns (of which
more later) .
The other full-time stars of "Gunsmoke" are Chester
Goode (played by Dennis Weaver), Doc Adams (played
by Milburn Stone), and Kitty Russell (played by Amanda
Blake). Of these, at least two are also gun enthusiasts, and
the third ("Miss Kitty") is an eager novice.
Rehearsing and filming the 39 "Gunsmoke" episodes you
see each year is a grueling job that, during two-thirds of
GUNS JULY 1959 15
the year, leaves little time for sport shooting or any other was disproportionate to the number of persons in the party;
form of recreation. But last fall, when their friend, Charles I began to wonder if there would be room for my cameras!
Bewley, relayed an invitation from Lee Kay (Director of But the ones Jim handled with especially loving care were
Public Relation for the Utah Fish and Game Department) the two he himself had selected for this journey: a Finnish
to come for a deer hunt in the beautiful Pine Valley coun- Sako .270, Mannlicher stocked, given to him by Lew Dillon
try of Southern Utah, the "Gunsmoke" cast wired an of Firearms International in Washington, D. c., and a new
enthusiastic and unanimous acceptance. Their unanimity Remington 725 in .280 caliber, complete with Bausch &
was important. Nobody in Hollywood had ever heard of Lomb Balvar variable power scope (2lh to 8X magnifica.
four principals of any company even wanting to vacation tion) .
together, and when these four demanded time off from the From Las Vegas we drove to St. George, Utah, to meet
rigors of life in frontier Dodge City, CBS brass had little Utah Game Wardens Leavitt and Kay, who led us from
choice but to grant it. In early November, Marshal Matt there through the extravagantly beautiful hill country to
Dillon and his pals took off for the Utah mountains. Pine Valley, one of the oldest of Utah's Mormon settle-
For Big Jim Arness, this was a long-awaited opportunity. ments. Aspens were beginning to turn brilliant yellow under
Ever since the "Gunsmoke" grind started, Jim had been the nip of late fall freezes, and the lush valleys were covered
begging for a big game hunting trip, and this was the first with heavy stands of timothy hay, often chest high to a
time anybody had listened. Even under a full day's growth man.
of blond beard, the famous Arness grin lit the plane as we Driving up through Pine Valley into the mountains east
flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas; and ~vhen we landed, of the village, we stopped frequently to check the pastures
Jim assumed personal responsibility for loading the guns for sign. Each stop confirmed the promises Leavitt and
into our station wagon. The number of guns to be loaded Kay had made that they would take us into a big game
paradise. Deer tracks were as thick here as ..cow tracks
were around Dodge in the Trail days. Hardly a square
foot of the earth in the open and along the streams failed
to show vivid evidence of game travel, and we were quite
ready to believe the local people who told us, each time we
stopped to talk with them, of deer by the hundreds coming
down out of the hills each night and early morning to graze
the timothy. There was no question here of resentment
against "funin" hunters; these people were glad to see us
and wish us luck. That timothy was worth money, and the
deer were costly trespassers.
We made camp finally beside a shallow stream at an
altitude of about 6,500 feet. The whole "Gunsmoke" gang
was jubilant, like four hookey-playing kids. Arness could

"To me, he looked like a big. proud kid

standing over his first sling-shooted rabbit."
Right, "Chester" and "Mr. Dillon" track two-
legged game in scene familiar to TV millions.
16 GUNS JULY 1959
"Gunsmoke" cast on gunsport vacation. L. to R: Jim Arness ("Marshal Dillon") holding his
Remington M725 .280; Milburn Stone ("Doc") holding Arness's Mannlicher-stocked Sako .270;
Dennis Weaver ("Chester") holding Doc's Standard Remington .22; and Amanda Blake ("Miss
Kitty") whose little .22 "Derringer" was one gun with which she could "beat the experts."

hardly conceal his excitement. The wealth of game sign

we had seen had lent an edge to a hunting hunger of long
standing, and his eyes had a far·awa y sparkle. But the
slow drawl that is so familiar to so many millions might
have deceived us. "By golly," he said, "this is livin'. Nice
camp; pretty country; a whole week·end of just doin'
llothin'."
Game Wardens Leavitt and Kay had their own ideas
about the meaning of "doing nothing." So did Arness.
"We'll be up about three in the morning," Leavitt told us,
"and we'll figure to be at the edge of those fields yonder-"
pointing up and far yonder-"by sun-up. That's the time
and the place for the best hunting, in this country."
"Call that doin' nothin'?" Dennis Weaver grumbled.
"Mister Dillon-" His voice reverted to the voice of
Chester on the TV programs. "Mister Dillon, my leg is
hurtin' me somethin' awful. I jes' don't think I could make Big Jim's naps are subject to much ribbing on program,
it up that mountain, in the dark an' all. I figger I jes' and rocky ground proved no deterrent on Utah vacation.
better sort 0' sleep in, in the mornin'-till time fer break.
fus'. Wouldn't want l' git in (Continued on page 41)
GUNS JULY 1959 17
Norma bullets are tested in bench rest outfits such as this heavy Hopkins &
Allen U.S.-made Mauser being fired by comely Swedish ballistic lab technician.

By NILS KVALE
SINCE 1902. NORMA HAS SUPPLIED WORLD

MARKETS WITH FINE. HARD TO GET AMMUNITION AND COMPONENTS

BULLETS O E WI TER DAY IN 1902 a tall, blue-eyed,

earnest-looking man in his late thirties stepped
off the train at the small Swedish border town of
Charlottenberg. He was Ivar Enger, a Norwegian. With
his two brothers, he operated a small factory making

BY THE target bullets in Oslo, Norway. In a few years, his

bullets had become famous at every orwegian rifle
range. ow, the shooting fraternity of Sweden, which

BILLIONS
had been importing German bullets at high prices,
asked the Enger brothers to open a factory in Sweden.
Being a practical man, Ivar Enger did not want to
spread his factories any farther apart than necessary.
Charlottenberg was the first town across the Swedish
border, and attractive for that reason. But Enger was
to be disappointed. The only available site had already
18 GUNS JULY 19S9
been taken by a tobacco factory. Back to the train Enger
went, and travelled one stop farther into Sweden to
Amotfors. This is how it happened that the now world-
famous Swedish Norma Ammunition Factory came to be
built in the little village of Amotfors.
Today, orma ammunition is known the world over.
Firsts in recent years for the orma line included the first
commercially loaded sporting ammunition in a variety of
military calibers, such as the 6.5 and 7.7 Japanese loads.
First also was Norma with reloadable cases, designed by
the factory for its regular ammunition but identified on the
base with stamp "Re" indicating it was strong for
reloading.
Reloading is a good word at Torma. The company has
built a big business upon a basis of reloading centerfire
ammunition for the Swedish rifle clubs. Norma was first
also with offering unprimed empty cartridge cases to U.S.
gun cranks so they could be shipped by mail: with primers
in them, empty cases for handloading must be shipped
expensively by express. And another' first was the orma
straight-drawn case, suitable for any load according to how
the handloader necked down the straight-walled semi-
finished shell. Studying diverse shooting interests gave
Norma through the years a commanding position. Their
rise from a rented wooden frame farmhouse to a modern
ammunition factory is a story of mass-producing shooting
quality.
Before the First World War, business prospered with
club orders. ew land and brick buildings were added to
the farmhouse; new machinery came over from Norway.
Today the Swedish Rifle Association members burn up

Fully-automatic bullet making and case sizing machines at Norma (above) chomp
out loaded ammo and components which must be mass-tested to save time. Below,
air-cooled Browning rips out string of reloaded .30 brass in case endurance test.

GUNS JULY 1959 19

Under microscope, case brass crystals show regular form Bad brass shows weakness through crack-like lines ex-
indicating ·strong metal structure in Norma neck anneal. tending across the individual grains, reducing strength.

about 45 million rounds of match rifle ammunition a year,

but even fifty years ago they consumed a vast amount of it.
Many shooters handloaded Norma bullets, and the cart·
ridge was the same then as now, the 6.5 x 55 Mauser
cartridge, adopted by the Swedish Army in the Model 1894
Mauser Carbine and 1896 rifle, and the Norwegian forces
in a Krag-system rifle. Then came the Great War.
The Scandinavian countries remained neutral but
stepped up military training. The Rifle Associations accept-
ed new members who wanted to improve their rifle shooting
ability, in case of an emergency. An ammunition shortage
loomed ahead, and Norma found itself having to change
from just a bullet factory to a complete ammunition load-
Roy Weatherby consults with Amund ing plant. The machines look similar, and some of the
Enger at Norma works about new .460. production methods are related, but there is a big step
from making just bullets, to producing complete loaded
cartridges. New buildings, equipment, technicians and,
most costly of all, new experience had to be added. By 1918
the Norma factory capacity could take care of the Rifle
Association needs, with production to spare. The extra
capacity was turned to producing hunting ammunition,
and so growth continued. Domestic demands remained
fairly constant and, outside of Scandinavia, the name
Norma was little known.
When the dark clouds of war again gathered over
Europe in 1939, there was a renewed demand for the old
6.5 military cartridge, far greater than it had been a
quarter of a century before. The case was the same, but
the cartridge was much improved. The bullet was no
longer the round·nosed Model B. A new semi-pointed
match.type bullet had been introduced, and then the
modern pointed boat tail shape known as "D pointed." The
original was a French projectile machined of solid bronze
(the "Balle D"); but Norma had perfected drawing and
forming their bullet with a lead core and tough steel jacket
in the "triple plate" design, a rolled lamination of steel
sandwiched between gilding metal. The steel gave penetra·
tion in jacketed form, with controlled expansion in the
hunting loads. The gilding metal protected the bore from
steel-on·steel wear. Norma sporting ammo since the 1920s.
Norma is major custom ammo maker. Top photo shows five and Norma military ammo since 1941, has used non·cor-
of Weatherby Magnum lineup, then 7&61 Sharpe & Hart, rosive primers.
and Jap 7.7 and 6.5 dimensioned from sample rifle chambers. When the Swedish Army changed to the pointed boattail
Cases are punched in stages from cupped blanks of brass. bullet in 1941, Norma ammunition (Continued on page 48)
20 GUNS JULY 1959
PISTOL

Roomful of honors came to master pistol

shooter who applied three essentials of
top shooting: practice, good equipment,
and plenty of ammunition. Connover sights
over big S & W .44 for which he handloads.

WINNER OF 300 MEDALS AND TROPHIES, CONNOVER LIKES HANDGUN

HUNTING·PLlNKING EVEN BETTER, CALLS THIS BEST OF ALL SPORTS

By JOHN CONNOVER
as told to FRANK de HAAS

O N MY 11TH BIRTHDAY, my father gave me my first

handgun. It was a Colt .45 Single Action Army. That
surely was some gun for a kid! I'd hang a newspaper on
and, since the day that I missed the unfolded newspaper,
I've had an overwhelming desire to master them.
Although it took quite a few years, this desire to master
a fence, back off a few paces and try to hit it-with little the handgun led me into competitive target shooting. Begin-
success. That is when I began practicing; and today, 24 ning with that first .45 Single Action, I've used a revolver
years later, I'm still practicing. Between that time and this, for much of my small game hunting, pest shooting, and
almost every kind and type of handgun has resided in my plinking. Always looking for a method by which to im-
gun cabinet, and in many of those years, upwards of prove my marksmanship, paper targets offered me a way
20,000 shots have gone through their barrels. All firearms to check my performance and to get practice at the same
interest me, but the handgun always has been and always time. This naturally led me straight into handloading, be-
will be my favorite. Handguns are a supreme challenge cause store bought ammunition in the quantities I wanted
GUNS • JULY 195? 21
Some of Connover's handguns include stag-handled GM Colts in .38 Super, .45, and .22
Coversion Unit pistol, targetized; weighted HD Hi-Standard facing Ruger Mark II with
muzzle brake, and three S & WIS. He now shoots Colt Python, S & W's 1955 .45 and .22 M41.

to shoot was beginning to be out of the question. Hand- good health and a near-perfect physique help, I've been
loading was immediately followed by increased shooting beaten by men who couldn't see the sights without glasses
activity-testing and working up loads for all my revolvers. and who couldn't punch their way out of a paper bag:
Almost all of my early shooting was done alone. Later, I because, although time for practice and for matches helps,
practiced with a friend or two, and then finally, just a there are top shooters who can't devote much time to
few years ago, I went into organized competitive target shooting; and because, although some money is essential.
shooting. some of the top gunners have darned little.
Cnlike the military and law enforcement people who The three big essentials are practice, good equipment.
enter the competitive game to improve their efficiency and good ammunition. Fortunately, there are ways to get
I\ith one of the tools of their trade, I shoot because it is them without too great an investment of either time or
fun in itself and because it increases my enjoyment of money.
handgun hunting and plinking. I like to shoot, and I like All top flight pistolmen haye their own methods of
the company of other shooters. Competitive shooting gives practice. Some, like Harry Reel-es and Joe Benner, have
me both. jobs in which they shoot almost every day as instructors
People often ask me. "What are the essentials for success for the police or army. (They practice on their own, also.)
in target competition?" I have a sort of double-barrelled Most shooters must take their shooting when they can,
answer: "There are six: three little ones, and three big perhaps in one or two or more evenings a week at the local
ones. The little, less important ones are-good health, range. Some do most of their serious practicing in the
time, and enough money for equipment, ammunition, and week or two before a match. Some practice dry firing
travel. The big ones are practice, equipment, and ammuni- (triggering and sighting an empty gun) in their office or
tion-the right kind of each.", home for a ,given time every day; with only an occasional·
I say that the first three are minor because. although session of actual shooting. A lot depends upon the in-
22 GUNS JULY 1959
Instructing his sons helps keep Connover sharp in aim
himself. Pistol expert believes safety can be taught young,
lets John Jr. shoot at 12 ft. to gain confidence in aim.

Favorite for rapid fire .22 shooting is new

Smith & Wesson Model 41 which Connover
fitted with custom Herrett thumb rest grip.
Marksman fires 90 to 160 shots daily.
has own range on friendly farmer's land.

dividual's ability to budget his time for essential practice.

My own practice is more or less a continual affair, the
year around, and has been ever since I started shooting. I
find a place to shoot indoors in the winter and, with a
friend or two, manage to practice one or more nights each
week. I burn a lot of ammunition this way, and not all of
it .22 caliber either. The .38 Specials and .45s are noisy
indoors but not too bad, thanks to comparatively light
target loads; and I need to keep myself accustomed to the
feel of these guns as well as the .22.
In the indoor practice, I concentrate on and iron out
the many little details involved with each particular gun:
sight settings, trigger control, hold, and finding the load
which each gun shoots best. After that, I begin serious
practice by expending from 90 to 160 rounds ()of ammo
per evening.
For summer shooting, I have my own little private range
on a farm a few miles from my home. This 50 yard range
is situated where there is some wind protection from the
surrounding hills or trees., Nothing is spared to make it
an ideal practice range. One end contains my semi-portable Johns Senior and Junior bag limit of fox squirrels with
shed or wind-break-three sides (Continued on page 45) head shots, using .32-20 Colt Frontier and .22 Kit Gun.
GUNS JULY 1959 23
 Ike B'timk B~t
LIKE A PAGE OUT OF HISTORY. ARSENAL

AT WILLIAMSBURG DISPLAYS ARMS AND

ACCOUTERMENTS OF FIRST U.S. SOLDIERS

By PARKER CRUTCHFIELD

T ODAY'S ARMY RIFLEMAN wears green. This new uniform

links the modern citizen soldier with the first defenders of our
country's liberties to wear "rifleman green," the militia and reg-
ular troops of Colonial America. And today at Colonial Williams-
burg, Virginia, are soldiers such as once served in the French and
Indian Wars, or fought with Major Robert Rogers' Range.rs-
that elite, semi-guerilla force almost certainly supplied from the
same historic Powder Magazine which stores the Williamsburg
troop muskets today.

24 GUNS • JULY 1959

Display of Heavy Cavalry pistols of George III period is not just for "effect." Small arms of period in arsenal were actual-
ly in such racks. Light Cavalry pistols were same bore but shorter, had only one ramrod ferrule. Locks bear makers' names.

The Powder Magazine, a unique octagon-shaped building which,

although much reconstructed, still has parts of the original in it,
once held the arms of King George's "Royal First Virginia Regi-
ment." This unit, the first regular regiment of native Americans,
is the ancestor of the U. S. Army of today.
The arms they carried have disappeared, lost at Bunker Hill,
Ticonderoga, Kings Mountain, Valley Forge. No museum pre·
serves any musket marked "Royal Americans," though they must
have had some such property mark. But the reconstructed
Williamsburg Magazine contains muskets of the period; full kits
of accouterments, and armorer's tools, either original or reo
constructed after the original designs. This slice of the past reveals
the armament of America's first fighters-the militia and regulars
of the Revolution.
Here, also, exciting events took place which touched off the
Revolution in Virginia just after the battle of Concord and Lex·
ington. In May of 1775, Governor Dunmore unwisely removed the
powder from the magazine one night when most of the city slept,
using Royal Marines from a nearby warship to do the job. The
citizens objected because the powder was theirs, for their pro-
tection.
An excited mob threatened the Governor in his palace. Patrick Modern militia steps out to drum tattoo
Henry led militia from Hanover County to force the return of the at Williamsburg Governor's palace as Col-
arms and powder, but the Governor fled the city, never to return. lege Company may have done in 1776.
GUNS JULY 19S9 25
 From then on, Virginia was free from
British rule. But sly old Dunmore, when
he left, had his marines rig up a gun trap
in the Magazine, and one of the Liberty
Boys lost an arm when he entered.
Afterward, several units were equipped
from the Magazine: the College Company
(students and professors from William &
Mary College), the James City County
Militia, and a boys' brigade-ages 14 to
17--calling themselves the "Liberty Boys."
Led by Henry Nicholson, the Liberty Boys
armed themselves with the blue stocked
trade muskets, wore buckskin hunting
shirts with "Liberty or Death" scrawled
across their chests, and deerskin hats.
The Magazine, popularly known as The
Power Horn, is one of the most historic
structures in America. It symbolizes the
right, guaranteed in the Virginia Bill of
Rights and later in the Constitution, of
the citizen to keep and bear arms. The re-
stored Magazine appears as it did in the
days of Colonel George Washington. The
building is a three story brick octagon,
surrounded by a high wall. Within the
courtyard are piles of cannon balls, many
"Col." Dudley Williams wearing gold-trimmed officer's tricorn points of them excavated on the spot, including
to priming pan with paper cartridge. On table is cartridge tying rig. chain and bar shot as well as "grape."
There is a great artillery piece on one
side of the yard with all its wedges for
elevating the barrel. Behind the Magazine
stands a hoist for lifting the cannon
barrel and, nearby, a device for sorting
cannon balls according to size. In the old
Visiting Gis learn days, the spent balls were recovered,
manual of arms as sorted and fired back at the enemy. On
done two centuries the ground floor to the rear of the build-
ago. Below, cannon ing is the powder room where reproduc-
and shot are slushed tions of the casks and kegs of powder are
for yard storage. 3- on display. In those days the powder
leg rig is winch for was stored in a small keg holding about
lifting big gun tubes.
one hundred pounds, encased in a larger
keg which helped keep out the moisture.
Also in this room are several small signal
guns with brass barrels.
On entering the front door of the
Magazine-a massive nail studded one
with a huge lock-you can see lead melt-
ing pots, shot moulds, musket parts and
armorers' tools; for an armorer was kept
around to keep the guns in repair.
Each gun part had to be fitted by hand.
A number of armorers have worked here,
carefully filing the metal and chiseling the
stocks for a neat fitting. Perhaps James
Anderson, Williamsburg blacksmith, was
one of them. Anderson, during the Revolu-
tion, was an official gunsmith for the Vir-
ginia Committee of Safety. From the arm·
orer's room a central stairway spirals up-
ward to the second floor where most of
the firearms are kept in racks along the
walls. Today the visitor will not find these
racks always full; (Continued on page 58)
26 GUNS JULY 1959
 Picture-Punchin~
Practice for GI Hunters
Army Clubs Hold Hunting Shoots With

Moving Game Targets To Make Hits Tough

W HEN A QUARTER.MILLION AMERICAN soldiers stand guard in

Europe, nerves grow tense. Relaxation and recreation are as important
as guns and bullets in keeping U.S. Forces personnel in fighting trim. The U.S.
Wily "fuchs" in natural size is
game target in popular contest.

Forces Rod & Gun Clubs are key units in the overseas recreational programs.
Among the many activities of these clubs is one learned from their fellow·
shooters in the German hunting clubs, the hunting.type shoot at stationary and
moving game targets. This kind of competition provides excellent training for
the hunter and is at the same time a most interesting sport. Typical of the many By NILS KVALE

Fast work with 03A3 Springfield is needed to snap shots into full-size boar target which dashes across in
front of Maj. Christian at Rhein-Main R & G Club. Baffles prevent tossing shots high in populated locale.
GUNS JULY 1959 27
Art Jackson squeezes off shot with .222 Remington 722 on running boar range
while two other shooters waiting their turn dry fire on swiftly moving target.

contests held at clubs all over Germany is the one shot on letter had only just reached the factory in the States, but
a pleasant Sunday last fall at the Rhein-Main Rod & Gun gunbugs are always impatient to feel a new gun, aim it,
Club range, one of the biggest and most active American and smell powder.
shooting organizations in G~rmany. Sure enough, it's a Rod & Gun club-and the merry
Only a few minutes' drive from the buzzing city of Frank- spinning of fishing reels usually mix with the sound of rifle
fort. Western Germany, is the home of the Rhein-Main Rod bolts opening and closing-but today is Sunday-the
& Gun Club, peacefully settled in a wooded area. Sparkling fishermen are off along the streams-and the gunbugs have
European cars of Mercedes, Alfa Romeo and other leading brought rifles, shotguns, wives and babies to the range.
brands are parked outside the large, two-story brick build- It's the finishing day of the Jagdliches Schiessen, the hunt-
ing. Rifle and pistol shots crack on the roomy range on ing type shoot which has been going on for the whole
the other side of the clubhouse. Saturday, and even Friday when members from all over
Inside is the meeting-room. big enough to take a hundred the Frankfort area gathered to fire training shots on the
members at club meetings_ and the sporting goods store- tough targets. J o, there is no such thing here as a shiny
big enough and w~ll-equipped enough to be situated on a white target with a sharply defined black sighting bull,
l\ew York City main street. There's also a bar, where you unless somebody put one up at a hundred meters to do
can haye a bottle of good beer at a very reasonable price- final sighting-in on his new scope. J o such thing as a
or cool off with a Coke after a hot contest on the range hundred yards either-don't talk yards, feet and inches to
just outside. these guys. They're metric, unless they speak of bullet
\Vhene,"er you arrive at the club, which is open until velocities, where the discussion still goes in grains and feet
late in the evening, you will always find a bunch of gun- per second. Otherwise-they shoot in meters, drive in
bugs at the sporting goods counter. One may be looking kilometers per hour, even weigh their guns in kilos. These
over a new rifle which just came in, another picks up a American gunbugs have no difficulty in feeling at home in
few boxes of cartridge cases or bullets for his reloading a foreign country, as long as they have their "right to own
bench, a third man is there on his daily impatient trip to and bear firearms." Neither has he trouble in getting
ask what became of the revolver he ordered. Maybe his acquainted with the targets, even (Continued on page 43)
23 GUNS JULY 19S9
 Hunting targets are scored accord-
ing to best shot, not just kill.
Poacher target is seldom shot at
by G.l.s though Germans use it.

At Rhein-Main club winners line up. Mrs. Jackson

got plaque; Art plaque plus ammo; Capts. Vann and
Porasky shell-case trophy and embossed plaque;
Sgt. Wilson medal, binocs; Art Niebuhr more ammo.

Typical view of Rhein-Main Rod & Gun Club parking

area shows officers', E. M.'s Mercedes, Alfas, Olds.

Art Jackson, Olympic rifle champ, congratulates his wife

who outshot him on sitting fox target with perfect soxso.
GUNS JULY 1959 29
On duty, Jordan wears Sam Browne rig identi-
cal to that of most u.S. officers. M70 Win-
chester is used by Jordan when rifle is needed.

BILL
JORDAN:

rast Mah
With aSlow Drawl By BILL TONEY, JR.

Y OU KNOW GUNS, and the revolver in your hand is

completely familiar. It is loaded with blank cartridges
(doubly verified). It is cocked, and your finger is on the
one little digit. This will be easy! But from Jordon comes
a flick of movement so smooth it looks slow. It tells you to
pull, and you manage to trip the trigger-in time with his
trigger. Bill Jordan facing you, six and a half feet tall and second or third shot.
over 200 pounds, looks rugged but not fast. His arms are Many other people have been surprised the same way you
long to match the rest of his frame, and his hands are big. were by Bill Jordan's silky-smooth gun handling. I am
He wears a neatly tailored forestry-green uniform and accustomed to his lightning-fast draw, but he has been
carries a modern, double action, .357 Magnum revolver. surprising me for over ten years, in this and various other
His rig is a Sam Browne belt and holster that looks like ways.
those worn by thousands of other police officers all over This man is neither an actor nor a grownup kid playing
America. six-guns and cowboys. He has been a career law enforce-
A deep, rumbling voice right out of the Old South says, ment officer since 1940. His primary interest in the fast
"When you see me start to draw, pull the trigger. Every- draw is self-protection. To him, the acid test of skill is to
thing clear now?" He stands easy and relaxed. Sure it's draw and hit something-such as a man about to shoot you
clear! You are ready, and all you have to do is press that -in the shortest possible time. The revolver he carries was
30 GU~S JULY 1959
 BORDER PATROLMAN BILL JORDAN PRACTICES

FAST DRAW NOT FOR FUN BUT FOR LIFE INSURANCE.

IS ONE OF THE "FASTEST GUNS ALIVE" TODAY

(;hosen because he is convinced that with it, he can score

paralyzing hits faster than with any other gun available.
Jordan is not enthusiastic about the quick draw with
blank cartridges as a test of ability, but it is safer that way.
The demonstration, of drawing and firing before even a
skilled gun handler can pull the trigger, points out a well
known natural phenomenon. The average person's reaction
time, that interval between the brain's order to move and
the muscle's response, is greater than the time Jordan needs
to draw and fire after his hand starts to move.
He still looks good, though, when he draws against a

Posing like Hollywood "fastest gun" photo, Jordan holds

.45 Colt which he has used to prove he is fastest gun
still alive. Border patrolman is tops with shotgun, too.

GUNS • JULY 19S9 31

 the same machines and under the same conditions.
Is he the fastest man on the draw? He has never claimed
to be and doesn't really care, but he doesn't want ever to
be second best in a real gunfight. "Well, Bill," I kept
probing, "who is the fastest gun in the West?" "Aw," he
stretched and yawned, "I've seen at least five of them. All
you need to do is yell 'go fer yore hardware' and they come
running. There's a quick draw club in nearly every town,
and nearly every club has at least one 'fastest gun.' More
power to them. But don't ask me to name the fastest; I'm
a peace-loving man!"
Pet revolver is S & W Mag- Bill Jordan did not become a fast man with a gun over-
num, "dehorned" and with night, and no one else should expect to do so. It is some-
trigger guard slimmed for thing to be learned slowly, surely, and safely, and it can
fast double action use. Big be done that way. Unfortunately, an epidemic of firearms
grip helps to control hand- accidents seems to mark the path of over anxious and
gun's kick, yet is not bulky. undertrained quick draw fans who overlook the basic
principles of safe gun handling. This man would tell you to
take it easy and play it safe.
Cheneyville, Louisiana, where Jordan was born on
February 12, 1911, is hardly the place one would pick as a
breeding ground for quick draw artists. He grew up and
machine and reflex time works against him. Drawing for attended high school there; then went to Louisiana State
one reporter against a Crocker timer, he registered the University for a year. In high school and college he played
fastest time ever recorded on that machine. On Art Baker's basketball, baseball, and the usual other games. He also
TV show, "You Asked for It," in January 1956, he drew fought for seven years in AAU boxing competition. After
and scored a hit on a "Drawmeter" timer in .3 (three- leaving the university, he worked nine years for the U. S.
tenths) of a second. His latest accomplishment is a record Engineer Corps, as a surveyor on hydrographic surveys
time of .27 (twenty-seven hundredths) of a second to draw along the Mississippi River between Vicksburg and ew
and score a hit at 15 feet on the Ross Robot Dueller, in- Orleans.
cluding reflex time. Somewhere along the line, Bill Jordan learned to shoot.
The "record" for a fast draw is a fluid thing because of As a member of the Mississippi Civilian Rifle Team he
variations in the conditions of the draw: whether reaction shot in the Camp Perry National Matches in 1940. We have
or reflex time is counted, whether a hit must be scored or no reports on the mortality rates among the doves, ducks,
not, and how the timing mechanism works. None of quail and wild turkey of that time, but Jordan is an
Jordan's draw times described above have been beaten on enthusiastic hunter, and he learned (Continued on page 51)

Jordan's Quick Draw Sequence

Coke-bottle quick draw displays genuine speed with no fancy work to get gun out and shooting in minimum time. Alert but
relaxed stance is feature of Jordan's draw, adapted for tall man who moves arms more than short man for speed.
32 GUNS JULY 19S9
ONE OF THE WORST of the
many anti-gun laws that have
threatened us in recent years-
Pennsylvania's Senate Bill No. 412
-was killed. we are delighted to
report, by action of the Sei1ate
Committee on Law and Order; ac-
tion brought about by the prompt,
vociferous, effective opposition of Representative Cleveland M. Bailey,
Pennsylvania shooters, target and West Virginia
GPA organizations, the NRA, and, DESPITE THE MANY changes that have taken place since the adoption of this amend-
we like to think, GUNS Magazine. ment, I still feel that our founding fathers acted wisely. Just prior to the adoption of
this amendment to the Constitution, Federal troops had been used to quell the so-called
For those not familiar with the "Whiskey Rebellion" in the State of Pennsylvania. Many people resented this encroach-
history of the bill, we quote the ment. This, I think, was the basic reason for the setting up of state militias. The use
following from The American Rifle- of Federal troops in the recent Little Rock, Arkansas, incident comes close indeed to
man: "This bill was ... an outgrowth a violation of this amendment. In view of the increase of crimes involving the in-
of a widespread anti-firearms cam- dividual, I still think the right to carry arms should not be infringed.
paign ... (which) ... drew tremen-
dous impetus from the spoken 'edi- Senator E. L. Bartlett,
torials' of a Philadelphia radio Alaska
commentator. . . . It is common THE FOUNDING FATHERS of our country, with typical wisdom and
knowledge that one of the tenets of foresight, linked "the right of the people to keep and bear arms"
the Communist Party is the disarm- to the cause of "the security of a free State." The Second
ing of loyal citizens through registra- Amendment prohibits Congress from infringing the right to bear
tion of firearms. It is also now arms for a lawful purpose. The Amendment is designed to pro-
mote the defense of our Republic. We Alaskans, having suffered
common knowledge that the radio invasion of our soil in World War Two, know the value of "a
commentator who pushed so hard well regulated militia." We are proud of the fact that in many
for the enactment of Bill No. 412 has Alaska villages, virtually every able-bodied male adult participates
been identified with Communist- in the National Guard, thereby contributing to the safety and
front organizations for at least the security of every American citizen.
past 15 years!"
Pennsylvania's Senate Bill No. 412 Senator Howard W. Cannon,
is dead. But there are lessons here Nevada
which we should not forget, nor let THE RIGHT OF AMERICAN~ to bear arms was, I believe, intended to protect our
others forget. homes and our country just as it did at the time of America's birth as a nation. While
Laws prohibiting American citi- circumstances are different today, those of us who believe in and treasure the Constitu-
zens . their Constitutional right "to tion and our nation's history can easily find applications for the Second Amendment in
our Twentieth Century. We keep arms to protect our homes, to protect our loved ones
own and bear firearms" not only rob and our heritage. We even could one day be confronted with an invader, and Americans
us of a guaranteed civil Iiberty- would have to fight in their own streets in a situation similar to that which Britain
they weaken us as a nation, and by prepared for in the dark days of World War II. This is my brief analysis of the
so doing, aid the Fifth Columnists situation but, I might add, I am a gun collector of sorts.
among us who are being paid to do
exactly that. Senator Estes Kefauver,
This does not mean that all who Tennessee
promote anti-gun laws are Commu- THERE WAS AMPLE historical precedent for the provIsIon expressed in the 2nd
nist agents; many are well-meaning Amendment. Tacitus expressed it this way many centuries ago: "Is there any escape
people, misled by the worn, shoddy from a large standing army but in a well disciplined militia?"
lies that no guns would mean no The Constitutions of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, and
crime, no juvenile delinquency. But Vermont contained provisions guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms even
before the U.S. Constitution was written. The importance of this provision is just
they would do well to consider the
as great today as it was in colonial times. The militia is the natural defense of a free
fact (and it is a fact) that the cause country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections and domestic usurpa-
they serve is the cause also of their tions of power by rulers. The right of citizens to keep and bear
country's enemies. arms has justly been protected in our Constitution. It should be
Anti-gun laws have been tried and pointed out, however, that the second amendment does not refer
proved useless. Anti-gun laws do not to the secret carrying of arms to be used for criminal purposes.
stop crime, do not curb juvenile de- The carrying of concealed weapons may, and should be, prohibited
linquency. They do crumble one im- by law under the police power.
portant stone in what should be an The word "militia" has been defined to inclnde all able-bodied
everlasting and impregnable wall of male citizens of the United States and all other able-bodied males
who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United
American civil liberties; and they do
States between the ages of 18 and 45. The ages, of course, are
strip of us what could be our last subject to variation. It would appear from the foregoing that the
line of defense against aggression. term "militia" includes all those persons who could reasonably be expected to be
In every European country which called upon to defend their country, not necessarily limited to organized forces.
succumbed to aggression, anti-gun The expression "shall not be infringed" means that the Congress cannot pass any
laws had paved the way, to disarm law that would deny the people the right to keep and bear arms. It must be remembered
the people and leave them helpless. that the Congress does have the power to regulate interstate commerce and can legislate
We say, "It can't happen here." for the public good and thus some legislation has been enacted regulating firearms, but
Let's not LET it happen!-EBM, in no instance can the Congress take away the right given to the people to keep and
bear arms. Congress derives the power to provide for the common defense and general
Editor.
welfare of the nation from Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution. Thus, the Second
Amendment has no relation to the purposes of national defense and internal security.

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THROUGH THE MEANS OF INLAYING VARIOUS WOODS IN NOVEL

AND SOMETIMES STARTLING DESIGNS

By WAYNE JUDY

T HE TIME BETWEEN SHOOTING seasons passes

rapidly if we can find some excuse to work, or rather
play, with our collection of firearms. Many sportsmen are
guns are shown, the procedure is quite similar in most
cases. For this reason a detailed explanation will only be
given of the work on the 16 gauge shotgun.
perfectly satisfied with the fine action that the arms people First of all, in order to remove the old finish, the varnish
build into their guns. They would not change these actions, remover is painted thickly on the stock with a brush or
even if they found t4emselves capable, yet they welcome rag. Allow this to remain for about two minutes and then
an excuse to spend a few long evenings doing something wash the finish off with fine steel wool, saturated with de-
with their guns other than cleaning and looking at them. natured alcohol. This method is very efficient for removing
You can find this excuse by inlaying the wood parts with varnish or paint from gun stocks, and other articles as well,
different colored woods and mother of pearl. You will find in case you have furniture that needs refinishing.
that this can be a great deal of fun, kill a good many long After the varnish has been removed, the largest of the
hours and enhance your guns without in the least impairing inlaid pieces is clamped securely to the gun stock. Trace
their fine shooting qualities. around it with a sharp, fine pointed knife. This step should
If you have even a modest background in home.workshop be done with a great deal of care, for the line thus formed
wood-crafting, the photos here will provide most of the is the finished edge of the inlaid pattern. Press the knife
information you will need. A few steps, however, need blade hard against the sides of the pattern so that the
some additional explanation. recessed place in the stock will not be larger than the inlay.
Although several different inlaid patterns on various "Exact-O" knives are good for this kind of cutting.
36 GUNS JULY 1959
 After a clear, deep, knife mark has been made around for at least twelve hours, the same process in scribing
the entire piece to be inlaid, the piece can be removed. The around and cutting out is repeated except the next smaller
chiseling out of the recessed portion is the next step. Little section of the pattern is used. Each section should be about
difficulty is encountered here if the knife cut is, from time one-fourth inch thick to start with, and should be cut into
to time, made deeper than the center chiseling. Do not the preceding section about one-eighth of an inch. This
try to remove too much wood at one time. Chatter·mark method builds up the stock so it can be worked down to
the work several times, before trying to chisel it down its original shape.
to a Hat, relatively smooth surface. The shallowest part of When all members are glued into place, the stock is then
this recess should be at least lis-inch deep. worked down with a plane or scraper and then sandpapered
The method of gluing the first part is shown quite to a perfect surface.
clearly. Use a good grade of hot or cold hide glue. If hot In applying the finish to inlaid work, you should first
glue is used it is perhaps best to heat the woods slightly use a coat of natural wood filler and then build up the
before the glue is applied. This keeps the glue thin while finish with the desired number of coats of shellac or
the clamps are being adjusted and set. Undoubtedly there varnish. Rub down each coat with steel wool or rotten stone
are adhesives on the market which will serve the purpose and oil in order to build up a smooth, lasting finish. Re-
equally as well as hot glue. The author, however, prefers liable instructions for a rubbed shellac or varnish can be
the hot glue because the wood naturally swells a bit when found in most any book or magazine article on the subject
the glue is applied and thus insures a tighter fit and in- of wood finishing. An oil finish should not be used, for it
visible hairline joints.
After the first insert of inlay has been allowed to dry
darkens the light colored woods used in the pattern •
to contrast with the usual walnut gun stocks. ,r:;

Jazzy inlays in many pat-

terns can improve value
and looks of standard guns.

Cleaned stock with varnish off is out-

lined for inlay cut. Pattern is clamped
to butt and blade cuts shape into wood.

Stock is gouged out to receive the

first contrasting inlay, and succes-
sive inlays are dropped into first.
Cabinet maker's clamps will give
firm pressure during gluing, but
vise or weights can be used.
GUNS JULY 1959 37
 WINDY MISSES
"MISSED by a hair!" is a common ex-
pression among rifle shooters who
hunt small game with a .22 caliber rifle or
who engage in the sport of "plinking" with
the same firearms. These misses, some of
which are really "by a hair," are, according
to Henry P. Davis, public relations manager
of Remington Arms Company, generally
blamed on faulty aim, bad holding, improper
trigger squeeze and numerous relative factors,
and sometimes on the rifle or ammunition.
"There is another very important factor,
however, which causes many of those 'hair
misses: " says AI Riehl, Remington's manager

J
of shooting promotion, "and which the aver- UNE AND JULY are two months for July 10-11·12. The Berrien County lay-out
age fellow who hunts with a .22 seldom trapshooters to "get hot" in state is at Arden, near the twin cities of St.
considers. That is the effect the wind has on championship shoots. Twenty-nine state Joseph and Benton Harbor.
the bullet over various distances. Accurate championship events will be decided in June Hoosiers will hurry to Indiana Gun Club,
or inaccurate judging of the force of the wind and July. Two zone shoots will be held in on the east edge of Indianapolis, July 16
has caused many a championship to be won July: the Eastern zone at Fayette Gun Club, through 19. A District of Columbia congress
or lost, many a deer to be wounded or Uniontown, Pennsylvania, July 30·31, August of trapgunners convenes at National Capitol
miss;d entirely and many squirrels to escape. 1-2; and the Southern zone event on the Trap and Skeet club, Rockville, Maryland
"A good many hunters are in too big a same dates at Jefferson Gun Club, Louisville, for bot.h days of July 18 and 19. New York's
hurry to make allowances for the wind, but Kentucky_ best. will be decided at Buffalo during a four-
the most successful ones are those who care- The Kansas, New Jersey, Ontario, and day stint., July 23·26.
fully judge and make allowances for the Saskatchewan titles will be determined dur- West. Virginia and Wisconsin winners will
wind's force before the target looms up. ing the first week of June. The Kansas event be returned on the dates of July 24-25-26,
"There is nothing new about the fact that runs from June 4-7, at Wichita Gun Club. West. Virginia's from t.he Greenbrier Gun
the wind will blow a bullet from its straight lew Jersey and Ontario share the dates of Club at Whit.e Sulphur Springs, and Wiscon-
course from muzzle to target:' continued June 5·6-7, the scenes for the two events sin's from t.he Waukesha Gun Club. Iowa's
Riehl. "Perhaps the first time close studies being Asbury Park for New Jersey, and the tallest from the tall corn count.ry will be
of wind conditions and allowances were ever St. Thomas Gun Club for Ontario. measured at Cedar Falls on July 30-31, and
made in rifle shooting competition was back Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas kick August 1·2. Ot.her t.op-flight t.rapshooting
in the seventies when the American rifle off their state trap tournaments on June 11. events, in addition to st.at.e and zone shoot.s
team, composed of such stalwarts as Bodine, The Nebraska event, at Central ebraska will help warm the at.mosphere in June and
Dakin, Fulton, and Hepburn, won the world's Gun Club, Doniphan, runs from June 11 July. Billings Trap Club, Billings Mont.ana,
championship from the Irish." through June 14, as do the Ohio and Texas host.s it.'s fourth annual 500 target. marat.hon
Wind force is measured in miles per hour tournaments. Ohioans gather at the Middle- June 6 and 7.
of its travel. The higher the wind force or town Sportsmen's Club; and Texans will The Northwest. Iowa Zone shoot. at Ft..
velocity, the greater the effect on the course converge·- on the Amarillo Gun Club. Dodge Gun Club is an attraction for June
of the bullet. It is extremely difficult for the Tennessee will run off it's state program 13 and 14.
shooter to determine the exact velocity of in three days, the 11th, 12th, and 13th, at The Sioux Indian (shoot.iug Indians, not
wind, but a few simple facts will help. the Knoxville Gun Club. Illinois will require real war-paint. Indians) shoot. brings braves
A three miles-per-hour wind can hardly be the five days from June 17 through June 21 and squaws t.o Graceville Minnesot.a Gun
felt. Only smoke drift will show it. A five to return all the winners, from Pines Gun Club for a t.hree-day pow-wow June 19-20-21.
miles-per-hour wind can be felt an the face, Club, at Streator. Pennsylvania has scheduled Rout.e 40 Gun Club, Pat.askala, Ohio has
and leaves begin to rustle. It can be called a four-day session, June 18-21, and the site, scheduled special event.s for both June and
a gentle breeze. A ten miles-per-hour wind South End Gun Club, Reading. Colorado's July, honoring AJ Chalfont on June 27-28,
can be called "fresh." Leaves and small twigs championships, at Denver's Municipal Trap and n. E. White on July 25 and 26. The
are in constant motion, and small flags are Club, occupy the dates of June 19-20-21. Hawkeye Handicap will test. t.rapshooting
extended. At 15 miles-per-hour, the wind North Carolina likes the same dates, at eyes at. the Fort Dodge, Iowa Gun Club,
begins to raise dust and loose paper. Small Durham Wildlife Gun Club. July 11 and 12.
branches are moved, and wind at this speed Alaska, Maryland, South Dakota, and Canuck guuners have a special treat in
would be called strong. Small trees in leaf Wyoming will wait until June 26-27-28 to July, at the Edmonton Gun Club, for the
begin to sway when the wind is blowing at learn who are the state trap toga winners. Canadian Nat.ional Championships, July 2,
20 miles-per-hour, and you have to settle The 49th state's winner will be returned from 3, 4, and 5. Trapshooting is growing by
your hat tighter on your head. This wind is firing at Anchorage. 1aryland's best wiII leaps and bounds in Canada, and the
called "very strong." Accurate distance shoot- come from the test at Oriole Gun Club, Canadian gunners are a real threat in the
ing with a .22 in such a wind is difficult. Baltimore. The brightest shooters from Sun· Grand American, t.o be held at Vandalia,
Assuming you are standing in the position shine Chapter Izaak Walton Gun Club's Ohio, for the 60th year, in 1959, August 24
of the number six on your watch, a 20 miles- grounds at Pierre will shine for South through August 29.
per-hour wind at 1, 5, 7, or 11 o'clock will Dakota. Wyoming's best will be decided at
deflect a .22 caliber Long Rifle bullet as the Cheyenne Trap Club. SHOTS DOWN THE LINE
much as .92 inches at 50 yards. At 100 yards Kentucky and Virginia will blend their Waukesha Gun Club, Waukesha, Wiscon-
in the same sort of wind, the bullet would be state trap championship shots with fire· sin, is one of the nation's most outstanding
deflected as much as 3.42 inches; and at crackers. The bluegrass state event holds and most active gun clubs. Why the
200 yards as much as 12.92 inches. forth at Latonia Gun Club, Covington, July Waukesha club holds this distinction is not
Winds at 2, 4, 8, and 10 o'clock have a 2-5. Virginia gunners straddle the Fourth, difficult to understand, after reading a club
greater effect on the bullet, and 3 and 9 shooting at Winchester Gun Club on July 3, bulletin.
o'clock winds affect it still more. In a 3 or 4, and 5. The Waukesha club designated April 5 as
9 o'clock 20 miles-per-hour wind, the .22 Minnesota, Montana, and Oklahoma all new member's day. New member's day
bullet would be deflected as follows: 50 liked the dates of July 9 through 12. Scene featured a shoot on class basis and incl uded
yards, 1.85 inches; 100 yards, 6.83 inches; of the Minnesota test in Twin City-Hopkins either trap or skeet, so every new shooter
200 yards, 25.85 inches. Guns Club, Minneapolis. Montana will re- fitted somewhere in the picture. A team
These figures show the importance of turn it's sharpest shooters from a shooting shoot on new member's day was arranged
careful consideration of wind conditions and match at the Billings Trap Club. Michigan's so t.hat a good performance by a Class E
the necessity for making proper sight ~ mightiest will be tested at Berrien County shooter counted just as much as a 50
or aiming adjustments. ~ Sportsmen's Club, for the three days of (Continued on page 64)

38 GUNS JULY 1959

 Shapes
Of Things To Come
DARDICK GUNS COMBINE NEW-OLD
SHAPES WITH OLD-NEW FIREPOWER CONCEPTS
IN UNIQUE PISTOL-RIFLE-CANNON DESIGN

T HE DARDICK GU is stirring up a controversy in many quarters of the

gun world today. Announced at the 1 RA show two years ago, the radical
pistol-rifle using triangular cartridges has been a source of more commotion
among gun fans than a cat at a dog show.. Heralded as the gun to obsolete all
other firearms, the rotary auto-assisted double-action pistol of ew York
ordnance engineer David Dardick-himself no stranger to controversy in the
arms field-has created a big fat question mark in the minds of waiting shooters.
Rotor mechanism bulks inside When the gun was first unveiled in 1957, information on its development had
alloy "clamshells" of Dardick been gathering in Gu 's' files for several years. But Dardick and his associate,
double action gas-assist pistol. well-known arms engineer Melvin Johnson (Col. SAR, Inact.), asked us to
hold off until there was "really something to report." ow, at last, there is
"something to report:" the first production models of the Dardick Gun came off
the line at the Dixwell Avenue factory in Hamden, Conn., in May, '59. And there
is definitely a "story" here in many ways. It is partly a story of a man and a
dream.
The man is slender, engaging, enthusiastic David Dardick. Dardick before
WWII was associated with the development of the American Armament 37 mm
automatic aircraft cannon. When I visited the plant in Hamden, Conn., I saw a
By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS basement full of models of these interesting relics from (Continued on page 52)

Handful of Fortiflex cartridges

,. .......""""- called "trounds" because of
unique shape stack into magazine
David Dardick (at right) shows pistol a~sembly being put into rifle- in rows as shown by diagram of
butt group to machine gun specialist, consultant Mel Johnson. Dardick open-chamber firearm.
GUNS JULY 1959 39
 ELMER KEITH SAYS
(Continued from page 8)
hand. The action has two conventional heavy The rille is chambered for the Weatherby
guard screws, one at front and one at rear .300 magnum cartridge and is free· bored a
of receiver, with a generous recoil lug on the short distance. I never did bel ieve in free-
front one. boring or in over·bore·capacity cases. This
Safety is positioned same as on the huge capacit.y case will work well with
Remington and Enfield. It is perfect as 4831 powder and long heavy bullets, but I
to position, but is a flat plate that locks for one would prefer a case of less capacit.y
both sear and striker and is very hard to and a proper bullet seat, t.o the big case
pull on. It will release at a touch. In fact, and free boring, necessary to allow t.he
it releases far too easily to suit me, and I bullet free jump to cut down initial p~es­
believe Roy will have to redesign this safety sures. In spite of the free boring and
and come up with something like the Rem· huge powder charge, t.he rifle shoot.s very
ington 725 or Enfield 1917 safety. This well, and is extremely flat in its trajectory.
safety is the only real criticism I have of Jn fact, it is one of the flat.te t. shooting rifles
this very fine rifle action, and am sure it 1 have u ed with 180 grain bullet.s. It act.ually
can and will be improved over this pilot sccms to shoot closer out at 300 yards and
model I have been testing. bcyond t.hat it does at. 100 yards. My last two
Bolt and magazine follower are beautifully 100 yard group can be practically covered
Damascened. Trigger guard and floor plate wilh a ilver dollar at. 100 yards, but the
of this rifle is gold plated and carries some very high velocity bullet is no doubt still
engraving to break up the plainness. The gyrating some at this range and I suspect it
receiver, bolt handle, and barrel have the would shoot. smaller group at. 200 to 300
finest polishing and blueing job I have yards I han at. 100 yards, as i t.rue of our
seen on any rifle for a long time. The barrel .285 O.K.H. Duplex load with 180 grain
i 26" long but very light and of most
C-H Reloading Equipment was perfect shape and contour for burning the
designed by hand loaders for hand- huge powder charge effectively. It has six
loaders. It is easy to own, easy to narrow lands and wide grooves, is very highly
operate. I nsures perfect ammo every- polished inside and out and is made of
time. C-H makes a complete line of Timken barrel steel.
equipment for reloading rifles, pistol Rear end of receiver comes back over the
and shotgun shells. lop of the grip like the later Model 70s and

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C·H Super "C" Remington 725s, so it will not set back and
Press performs chip a stock at top of grip. The rifle is bullets. I never did make any very small
all the operations heautifully stocked in fine figured wood. Butt groups with the 285 O.K.H. 180 grain Duplex
of tools costing
much more. stock is myoId design of 30 years ago to the load at 100 yards, but out at 300 yards have
Only $12.00. Dies, lett.er, and proven over the years to be the shot. a good many five shot groups' that
shell holder,
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extra. sharp recoil. The Monte Carlo comb is suspect this Weatherby 300 magnum may
C·H Magnum higher at rear than at nose of comb and, wcll do the same.
"H" Press. with the big comfortable cheek piece, simply After shooting groups at 100 yards from
This unique
and lips out from under the cheek bone in a bench rest., I turned the rille on rocks the
versatile recoil. Cheek rest and comb are also just the size of coyotes and jack rabbits at 300 yards,
press enables you busting them all, wit.h t.he spotting scope
to reload rifle, pistol right. height. for the scope sight.. The bottom
and shotgun shells. of grip cap is flared for sure grip. Forestock showing the hits very close to center. Text,
C·H Case Trimmer is a radical depart.ure from my own design, we t.ried it out at 600 yard. The rifle was
insures perfect is rather flat. on bott.om and wider at bottom sight.ed to shoot. about 4" high at 100 yards
uniformity from .22 and was dead on at 300 to 325 yards. At
and then t.apers up to narrower form at the
==:'-===l::l!i/1l~.~\ ~~e\~~Ur ·r1~ecal. top. The sides are rather flat. The tip is of a 600 yards, it seemed to have only about. 12
or pistol cases. to 15" drop, and I was able to make hits on
contrasting colored hard wood, square on
FREE! Selld for "Ottl C·H Hlmdbook show. t.he front end but sloping back at the top small objects no larger than a jack rahbit
ing '10/1. how to, 1uake ')'our own C1tItom· by holding about that much over from a
am.mo·, AI/ach coupon to pOl/card tInd mail t.oward the barrel. All t.old, it. is·a comfort-
today. . able and hand filling fore end, affording ex· sitting position.
• •• cellent grip wit.hout bulk or weight. Grip
cap is also of a dark contrast.ing hardwood
Incidentally, the front sling swivel is
placed about. right for perfect prone shoot·
C-H DIE COMPANY, DEPT, G·] wit.h ivory diamond inlay. A good recoil ing with sling. All told, I would say this
. P.O. Box 3284 Terminal Annex I pad and excellent detachable sling swivels rifle gives very good hunt.ing accuracy and
los Angeles 54, California I complete the stock, Grip and fore end are would be dynamite on sheep, goat.s, caribou,
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Name _ art.istically checkered. It is a very light, or ant.elope at long range. I do not, how·
Address _ I handy rifle that balances and handles per· ever, share Roy Weat.herby's ent.husiasm t.o
City Zone._State _ I fect.ly and will fit 90 per cent of t.he shooters t.he extent. of recommending it for every-
Name of my sporting goods dealer or gun·
smith is: _
I just as it comes from t.he factory. Finish and thing from elk t.o elephant. It will be and
il.---- -IllI inlet.ting are very good for a product.ion·line has proven very destructive to meat on all
Ie ontinued on page 64)
"
quality sport.ing rifle.

4.0 GUNS JULY 19S9

 "MISTER DILLON" GETS HIS BUCK game trail coming down between two hun-
(Continued from page 17) dred-foot-high knobs where a canyon opened
down into the hay pasture. Leavitt knew his
yore way, ner nuthin'..." picture hero where he couldn't miss even business; knew the country too; there was
He winked at Milburn Stone and Amanda with a pistol." no doubt about it. This was a spot hunters
Blake as he said it. and I thought he was Arness chuckled. "You do that," he said, dream of.
kidding. But-he did it! The gag about his "and it'll be a question whether I shoot him At this point, at Leavitt's suggestion, we
leg was just a gag. of course; although he or he horns me." He winked at me over his split forces. Arness would take stand further
plays the part of a cripple on "Gunsmoke," shoulder. "He's just try in' to make me sorry up-slope, where he would have first crack at
Dennis Weaver is 6 feet 1 inch tall and an I spent good money for a flat-shootin' rifle any game moving down from the timber.
athlete of real ability. He loves shooting, and a scope. You see that old relic he Leavitt, Bewley, and I would set up our
and would do his full share of it during this carries ?" stand on the other side and somewhat lower,
week-end; but he is not a hunter. When we Leavitt snorted with pretended indignation to shoot or take pictures or both, and also
rolled out of camp next morning, "Chester" as I glanced down at the battered, 30-year- to shove any game coming up out of the
wakened only to toss out a few disparaging old Winchester .30-30 the Warden had pasture over toward Jim's position. All of
remarks about "idiots who would leave a nice brought with him. "Relic, eh? I've carried us, by now, had fallen for the big guy's
warm sack to !!:o skv-hootin' over a mountain that riAe since I can remember and killed "homey" charm and we didn't want his first
to scare a lot ~f in~ffensive animals." In the more deer with it than you could count!" hunt in years to be a disappointment.
pre-dawn chill, before the coffee was ready, "And how many Indians?" Arness asked We waited, and waited. Game was mov-
1 wasn't sure he wasn't right! mildly. "That gun looks like it might've been ing; we heard and, as the light cleared, even
Three A.M. is an unholy hour, no matter with Custer on the Little Big Horn." caught a couple of distant glimpses of that
where you face it; and it was just 3 A.M. "J ust you don't miss," Leavitt said, grin- movement. But my watch had ticked off an
when Warden Leavitt's pick-up came roaring ning, "or I'll drop him after you've emptied
hour and forty minutes before we heard the
into camp next morning, as inexorable as your riAe!" sharp crack of a shot from Jim's stand
death or taxes. The early morning air was The rutted track ended abruptly and above us. One shot ... then the swift clatter
cold and heavy with moisture. In spite of his Leavitt let the truck roll to a stop alongside of frightened hoofs and the rustle of brush
last night's excitement, even Jim Arness- the timber. "No more gravy train," he told
as something plunged toward us down the
drugged with sleep like a small boy on a us. "From here on. you dudes will have to
canyon. Five does and fawns came rocketing
school morning-grumbled sleepily for "just walk."
out of the brush up-slope from us, hit the
a few minutes" before crawling out of his The pick-up creaked and tipped as Arness
trail we were watching, then caught our
blankets. But once he was up and fully stepped out of it. Dude this big man might
scent and wheeled east up the opposite hill-
awake, he was eager. Armed with a cup of be in the Western parlance, but he was far
side.
steaming coffee and with a heavy Army from fancy. In the old blanket still draped
over his shoulder, he looked like a vastly "One shot," Leavitt murmured. "That's
blanket draped over his shoulders, Jim made good as far as it goes, but-you reckon he
a hurried check of his hunting equipment. over-size squaw as he uncased his rifle,
checked it, and started sliding cartridges let the does spook him? I doubt it; he's too
He would, hc had decided, carry the cool and easy goin'. And there should've been
Remington .280 this morning. The choice into it. I asked him what he was loading
and his answer was quick and thorough. a buck with 'em. Question is, did he hit it-
hinged largely on the scope. The Finnish or miss it?"
Sako .270 had not yet been fitted with its "Remington Kleanbore, 150 grain, pointed,
soft point Kore-Lokt. I've used 'em before, We got our answer. A blood-curdling yell
scope, and Jim figured that the dull early
but not in this caliber. Fact is, this whole echoed down through the timber, and Leav-
morning light would put a premium on the
outfit is new to me, far as real game shootin' itt's face split into a wide grin. "Only two
brilliance and light-gathering qualities of the
goes. Makes me sort of, you know, nervous." animals big enough to make that much
Balvar 8. In this country where the shot
I've felt nervous too, of an early morning, noise," he said. "One's a bull moose, and
offered might be at any range from point
with the prospect of game ahead of me, and the other's Matt Dillon. And there's no moose
blank to long, the variable-power feature of
companions before whom I'd not like to look in these mountains. Let's get movin'."
the Balvar might come in handy too. This
was something Jim had never tried under foolish. It was nice to know that "the big We started up-canyon, Leavitt whistling
actual hunting conditions, and he was eager guy" had the same feelings. He wasn't cocky occasionally and then changing course slight-
for the opportunity. in another way, either: I noticed that he ly as Jim's "ho" came back to guide us. It
Veteran Los Angeles sportsman Charles put a half-dozen extra loads into his coat didn't take long to find him, standing big
Bewley, Warden Leavitt, Jim Arness, and I pocket. and all grin beside a dead buck that had
made up the party that drove in Leavitt's Meanwhile, Leavitt had loaded his .30-30, made just two jumps after Jim's bullet hit
pick-up to a hay field not far from the out- I had draped myself with a couple of him. I know it's hard to picture Jim Arness
skirts of the village. We turned there and cameras, and George Bewley had hung a 16 small, but this was no seven-foot gun-slinging
followed a rutted ranch road for several mm movie camera over his shoulder. Leavitt Dodge City marshal; to me, he looked like a
thousand yards, up hill, along a narrow strip led off with Arness, since they carried the big, proud-as-a-peacock kid standing over his
of pasture land bordered by brush and only guns in the party, and Bewley and I first sling-shotted rabbit.
timber. The road was crisscrossed with deer followed. But the evidence as we studied it pointed
tracks, many made within minutes of our Slowly, silently, we moved higher and to a pretty savvy hunter. The buck and does
passing, according to Leavitt. "They heard higher, stopping frequently to listen, check- had come into sight a considerable distance
the truck," he said, "and spooked into the ing the tracks that were thick wherever the from Jim's stand, but he had waited, made
timber. We could stop right here and put ground showed bare to record them, keeping his shot at about 40 yards. The dead buck
meat on the table. But there's better places carefully clear of the open areas. Forty lay a measured 140 feet from Jim's shooting
up ahead. I'm going to put this moving minutes of this brought us onto a well worn position. The bullet had struck high in the

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 lung area, and the 150 grain Core·Lokt had HANDLOADING BENCH

NO SOLVENT
done the business. I doubt that the buck (Continued from page 13)
even heard the report of the rifle.
We headed back for camp; proud hunters, nlike messy black lube, it's clean to handle.
with "meat for the table." But the shooting Out tests show it won't melt out at over
was far from over. Before we ever reached 200 degree F., which is hotter than a Texas
NEEDED camp, we heard the sound of firing, and
when we arrived, Amanda Blake and Mil·
summer. Seeping lubc is a major cause of
"slow" handloads or misfires. A popular alloy
bullet is the Lyman-Keith No. 454424. Keith's

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hurn Stone and "Chester" were wrangling
fiercely over their respective skills on tin can load of 18.5 grains 2400 shoots okay, but the
targets. They took time out to admire Jim's paper thin cylinder walls make me nervous
buck, but "Doc" and "Chester" agreed that with more than 17.5 grains. 2400 doesn't
"AII-In-One" they'd had more shooting "right here, with-
out climbin' no mountains."
burn completely in short barrels.
Lyman's handbook lists 7.8 grains Bullseye
.

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There was a lot of shooting during the
remainder of our stay there. Milburn Stone
with this bu))et. I found it erratic, and con-
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a
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I I scope on a Pachmayr Lo-Swing mount. But Unique givc 975 fps. Both charges are
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_50' to 300' F. I competition was "Miss Kitty's" little der-
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Harvey 190 gr. Prot-X-bore pills with 7.2
grs Bu))seye or 11.3 grs Unique, at 1,100 to
1,200 fps are as rough on the terminal end
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AMMUNITION good in Colt's or S & W's, they pack the

most shock per grain of weight for the
velocity. Recoil is mild. I've fired 19 grs 2400,
but have not chronographed it. To shoot
them the first time, fire a few mild loads in
a clean bore to break it in. After that it
doesn't require cleaning. To cut clean holes
in targets, 4.5 grains Bullseye is as mild as
milk spiked with :\1iltown. To de-lead any
SELECTED FOR OLYMPIC MATCHES barrel, fire a few squib loads with Prot-X-
bore bullets reverscd in the case. This tip
The acceptance of NORMA ammunition for Olympic matches con· is worth remembering.
Any round nose bullct can be reversed in
clusively illustrates the high standards of production set by NORMA. the case and used with moderate charges for
The components of every NORMA cartridge- the bullet- the case close range defense. They cut a full .45
- the powder - and the primer - must not only be the result of caliber hole, and often tumble.
Packed with 40 grains of FFg, the .45
unsurpassed' design and engineering, the best obtainable material, Colt was the Most when it came out in 1873.
but also must reflect the precisioned consistency of each piece. Colt's insured it would live for more genera-
tions when they revived the best known of
NORMA products -loaded ammunition, unprimed cases and pre· all six-guns, the S.A. Army. In the daze of
cision bullets - are all designed with the HANDLOADER in mind. my early teens, shooting from horseback, I
rode down and blastcd many a jackrabbit
and coyote with a pair of the e cannons. The
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42 GUNS JULY 1959

 PICTURE.PUNCHING PRACTICE FOR GI HUNTERS
l ContinLwd from page 28)
though they are entirely different from those Ihe hunter, why a neck shot on, for instance,
hack home. Oul at a hundred meters-that's Ihe deer target gives only five or six points,
just about a hundred and ten yards off your while it would kill the deer on the spot if
muzzle-stands the "Rch." This is the Ger- cne were hunting. The reason is that if you
man roe deer, smaller than its American Iry to hit the animal behind the shoulder,
cousin, and far from easy to aim at. It is and you hit up in the neck, you have fired
a paper target. size 46 by 36_8 inches, with a bad shot. That it kills, is just plain luck.
the brownish red deer seen from the left The same distance off the ten-ring up or
side, the green trees on the target blending down would have missed entirely; the same
_in with the oaks along the range backstop_ distance backwards from Ihe ten would have
The deer target also has ten "rings" of wounded the animal badly without stopping
which the ten ring is about four inches in it at all. A head shot is nearly always bad,
diameter; the nine-to-one rings stretching and does not kill the game unless it happens
hackward and forward of the ten, which to go through the very small brain area. If
covers the area just behind the shoulder. you aim at the shoulder, and hit in the head,
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point, not even with a good target scope.
You have to know where the ten is, and even
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Firing position is standing, but you are per-
mitted to rest your rifle against one of the
FaslerI Easier Spoiling
pillars supporting the firing point roof, just
like you might rest it against a tree while
hunting. Hitting the head of the animal.
the hind part of it. or along the "edges"
gives you a clean miss in points. The shoot·
ing program calls for five shots, and fifty
points is often scored.
At the same distance is an ugly little black
fellow, little only because he is so far away.
Facing him at point blank you would find'
him big enough. I-Ie's the "Keiler," the
wild boar, 28 by 39.4 inches in size, nearly
black. With his front legs hidden in the
grass, this game target certainly does not
tell very much about where the ten ring is
located, and they expect you to fire five shots
offhand...
Easier to see is the jolly "Fuchs," the sit-
ting fox, displaying himself atop a tree
slump. I-Ie's got ten rings, too, and is in full
fox color. Like the other targets, the animal -e:_7
with a [B!:.\[!.0®(!)[p® ~
is life-size, and looks very realistic in the
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shots. Positions permitted are prone, kneel·
ing or sitting. The ten ring is four inches in
diameter.
Again, there is a wild boar, but this is the
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to 60 meters, which is about -66 yards, but
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The "Wilddieb," or game thief, is regarded to your pleasure and accomplish-
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should not be surprised to be shot off like Rochester 2, N. Y.
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"IV-
GUNS JULY 1959 43
 the score card. It is the same with the on the trap range, which brought him the
poacher's hat, even though what little he may Hi-Trap trophy, and wound up with a total
have in the way of brains is very close to score of 332 x 350, which also gave him the
where your bullet went. First Prize of the shoot. Art Jackson's 186 x
The targets used for the hunting type 200 on the rifle targets secured the Hi-Rifle
shoots are the standard targets of the Ger- trophy, along with first place awards for
man Hunting Association, now in use with 50 x 50 scores on the standing deer and the
the Rod & Gun Clubs of the US Forces all standing boar. First on the running boar
over the country. They are so well liked by was Captain James Vann, dropping only two
the GI's that their hunting pals back home points in the five shots. Captain Vann also

SAVINGS should not be surprised to see them brought

over by returning servicemen.
took second in the High-Aggregate scoring,
and second in the trap shoot.

FINANCIALLY
A real hunting type shoot, like this one Some of the prizes were set up by the
at Rhein-Main, is not complete with only the club, and some donated by various firms
sounds of rifle shots. The program is finished
INSURED by 15 shots of trap at 11 meters and the
same number at 15 meters. A hit on a clay
bird gives five points, and a clean 150 x 150
won the shoot.
The guns in use with the Rod & Gun club
members are interesting, in that many are
of European make, but in American calibers.
Needless to say, the little .222 Remington is
a dandy for the hunting type shoot, and is
very popular in various handloads. But many
of the members bring their hunting gun, and
both the .250 Savage and the .257 Roberts
are rather common on the range. Some shoot-
ers even bring their .30-06 rifle, and load up
with 130 to 150 grain bullets for less noise
and recoil. Not that the babies mind the
bang of the '06. They are much too used to
hearing Ma and Pa compete on the range;
Designed iust for you ••• but a nice light caliber is what every shooter
a Western "FASTDRAW" wants when shooting for fun and training
BUSCADERO like this. Yes, babies and wives are there
and, mind you, the gals can shoot. Mrs. Jackson in relaxed, solid sitting
Shooting in the Rod & Gun Club is not pose levels .222 Remington at the fox.
only the men's game, and this is one of the
many friendly sides of the club life. With from which the Rod & Gun Clubs purchase
the club house and the parking lot right at their sporting goods. First prizes were beau-
the range, the whole family can go a-shoot- tiful silvered plaques with hunting scenes.
Handmade from ing, junior collecting empty shot-shell boxes The first Hi-Aggregate prize showed members
superb saddle (all cases go to the handloading bench, at
leather. Plain or of a hunting club training on their target
hand-carved noral Plain $25 least on the rifle range) and tiny few-weeks- range in a richly detailed relief complete
design. Contour Hand-carved
cut for proper fit. old sister or brother sleeps in the car. Having with black wooden frame and silver name-
Has renlovable $35
buckle. Belt 3" Basketweave finished the deer target, mother walks over plate. Other winners walked away with sev-
wide through $30 to the car to find out whether her pride will eral boxes of handloading components, and
body, 5 at holster
N

Two holster
loop. Leather-lin- sleep long enough to permit five shots on of special interest was the so-called "wurst"
ed, fast-draw rig $10. extra
shooting tie down
the wild boar. That Sunday afternoon on the prize, a pair of excellent binoculars, for the
HU'aps. Choice of 3 colors-natural, brown, Rhein-Main range, Olympic champ Art Jack- shooter who fired the day's lowest score.
blael.;;, at no extra cost. "'V hen ordering
specify size, color, right or left handed. son, who is a very active member of the The prize-awarding ceremony is held in
Illa){c and model of gun, caliber and barrel club, scored 49 on the sitting fox. But Mrs.
length. Allow extra length if belt is to be the club-house. By the time it is finished, a
worn lower on hip. Jackson shot tens, a possible! couple of snap-shots taken for the club files,
D.J. (DonI RUNGE Captain John Porasky, an old hand in the and the always interesting discussion of
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hunting type competition, fired the possible scopes, rifles and suitable loads for the next
shoot is over, it's time to drive home for
dinner, another nice day on the range 1:3S
come to an end.
Speaking of dinner, being a guest during
one of these shoots, you will most probably
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one is my wife's trophy-best of them all.
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 and it was my fault if I did not make perfect For the .45 caliber matches, I use a Smith volver better than the auto in the .45 caliber
scores with it; but sometimes a new gun & Wesson Model 1955 target revolver, un- matches. I believe that every new target
will help correct tiny faults a shooter wasn't changed except for custom-fitted Herrett shooter, or any shooter desirous of im-
able to identify with the old one, and this grips. There are two basic reasons for my proving his .45 scores, should try both the
may have happened with me and the Smith choosing the .45 revolver instead of the more .45 auto and .45 revolver and then decide
& Wesson. I have not tried Hi-Standard's commonly used automatic. First, of course, is which gun to adopt, as I have done. I may
newest pistols, but they must be all right my personal love for a cylinder gun. Second- have to use the .45 auto again in order to
because many top shooters are using them ly, though probably more important, is the reach the highest possible scores; but for
with complete satisfaction. reloading angle. I have been using revolvers the present at least, I'll stick to my cylinder
For the center fire matches, I use the Colt all my life, so managing the cylinder guns guns; and the Smith & Wesson Model 1955
.357 Python. There are several reasons why through the timed and rapid fire stages is no Target is factory·customized for the serious
I prefer and use this revolver; but there trouble at all for me, and this is perhaps target shooter, featuring a wide trigger and
are a couple things I dislike about it too. the main reason most target shooters use the hammer spur, target grips that will fit most
It is without question Colt's finest revolver, auto. Reloading for a .45 caliber target re- hands, a smooth action, and a wonderful
with the brilliant smooth finish and silky volver, while not particularly any easier trigger pull. othing need be done to it.
smooth mechanism. Although the Python is than loading for a .45 auto, is more practical Nowadays, many top flight target shooters
chambered for the .357 Magnum, I use only -because the fired cases are ejected into are making an effort to standardize the type
.38 Special cartridges in it for target shoot- my hand, while the .45 auto throws its of handguns used in the three matches. More
ing. It is the easiest revolver to cock that I empties all up and down the firing line. and more shooters are using a custom-altered
have ever used, and it makes the timed and Being able to save my fired cases means a .38 Special automatic in the center fire
rapid fire matches a cinch to fire. But I big savings in ammunition cost. matches where once only the revolver reign-
guess no serious shooter is ever quite satis- It is a fact, however, that a properly tuned ed. If you find that you are able to shoot
fied with a gun "as is," any more than a and accurized .45 automatic is easier to shoot the .45 auto better than the revolver, then
sharp dresser is ever quite happy with a and more accurate than the best .45 caliber it is most likely you can also shoot better
ready-made suit, and I would like to change revolvers. Several years ago, in quest of with a .38 Special auto, and by so doing
t he Python's sights. The front sight does higher .45 scores, I spent considerable money will be shooting three autos with similar
not stand out above the rib enough to suit and time on a .45 Colt auto, accurizing it and grips, sights, and balance. Of course, these
me; either the rib should be lowered at the fitting target sights and grips. I used it a .38 Special autos have to be custom built
muzzle, or both front and rear sights should great deal for a couple years, but was never from a .38 Super Colt or even from a Colt .45
be raised about lfsth inch and the front quite happy with it, probably for the reasons auto. (Any of the expert pistolsmiths doing
sight undercut. I dislike changing anything stated above. So I changed back to the re- .45 auto accuracy work can also fix up one
on such a fine gun, but eventually I probably volver, since I am sure that my scores have to shoot the .38 Special wad cutter cartridge.)
will change the sights and possibly the grip. not yet reached the peak of my ability with It has been rumored that Colt probably
Before getting the Colt Python, I used the a revolver. would have a commercial target model .38
Smith & Wesson .38-44 Outdoorsman target Please do not get the impression that I am Special automatic ready as a mate to the .45
revolver for years, unchanged except for recommending that anyone throwaway his Gold Cup. There was also a whisper about
Herretts target grips. Like the High Stand- .45 auto and get a revolver, or that if you that Smith & Wesson might try to make a .38
ard, it was perfectly capable of better scores are starting in the target shooting game you on the frame of their .22 Match auto; but
than I made with it; I was just looking for should start with a revolver. I'm simply so far nothing has appeared.
a change and the Python caught my fancy. saying that I, personally, can shoot the re- While on the subject of mated guns, I've

2gA/
been asked, "Why. since you prefer a re-
volver in the .38 and .45 matches, don't
you use a revolver in the .22 matches?" That
is a hard question to answer. I believe that
the .22 automatic has been much farther
developed towards precision target accuracy
than has the .22 revolver, if only because

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Most shooters are of the same opinion, and

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reloaded, so it does not bother me to see
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does my .38 and .45 hulls. I am a revolver
man, but I'll put up with the .22 automatic
as a necessary tool.
Every test-on target and in the field-has Accessories for the target shooter's hand-
guns are big business and so is the gun-
proved the amazing pinpoint accuracy
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of these two new Hornady Hollow very few shooters are completely satisfied
Point Bullets. The new smaller tip with a store-bought target handgun. I have
reduces wind drift; the new thinner probably fewer gimmicks and changes on my
jacket assures instant and deadly guns than the average match shooter. Actual-
ly, on the three guns I now use, two have
AMAZING ACCURACYl expansion. Their Hornady spire shape
assures this deadly accuracy at the most
special grips and no other "extra," while the
third is pure factory issue. But this has not
ONE HOLE GROUP-5 SHOTS AT 100 extreme distances. They spell always been so; I have spent considerable
YARDS. Fired with Hornady 6MM 70 grain sums of money on special sights, grips,
destruction to varmints! Load these new
spire hollow point bullets and 39 grains gadgets, and gunsmithing on many of the
4676 powder from a Model 70 Winchester high velocity hollow points and discover
guns I've used.
by John Running of Libby. Montana. what they'll do in your rifle. No matter how much a shooter practices,
or what guns he uses, neither will do him
much good without accurate ammunition. To
Bullets In all popular
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practice and malch shooting can run into of the handgun for hunting. If I had to give handgun. My game is mostly cottontail
money, especially in .38 Special and .45 up one or the other, match shooting would rabbits and squirrels, which I hunt locally
ammo. Therefore. the majority of match have to go. Match shooting is not secondary throughout the open season. Properly pre·
shooters take up hand loading, or have hand· to hunting in my esteem; it is a continuation pared, both are delicious eating, so only head
loaders supply them. Some shooters hand- of a wonderful sport and pastime. If more shots are allempted. My handguns also
load only their practice ammo, and for sportsmen were exposed to handgun target provide me with sport shooting at pests
match shooting use commercial target loads shooting, it would become the fastest grow· throughout the entire year. Jackrabbits lead
or buy match loads from a custom hand- ing sport in the nation. the list, and on these I use the biggest of
loader; but for most shooters who have to Match shooting has gotten "under my the big bores, loaded to the hilt. My smallest
furnish their own ammo, handloading be· skin," and I look forward to the next meet live target is the ground squirrel, which are
comes almost a necessity_ No other shooting with eager anticipation. During the summer very numerous in my section of the country.
sport requires as much practice. months, matches offer an exciting oppor- I also take the big snapping turtles, which
For me, there is a whale of a lot of self tunity to pit your skill against other shooters. are mighty fine eating; and I have bagged
satisfaction in handloading clean, perfect, But it is a year·around sport. During the many grouse while hunting deer in the
accurate handgun ammunition. I spend many fall and winter, I hunt small game with the Minnesota woods. Eventually, I plan on
hours in my basement loading room, putting extending my handgun hUMing to big game.
together enough ammo to keep me supplied :\1y favorite hunting handgun is the old
for practice, hunting, and match shooting. Single Action CoIl. I have two; one a 7%
My equipment is fairly modern, although not inch .32.20, and the other a .38-40 with a
speedy, but I am able to turn out several short barrel. These two revolvers have
hundred rounds in a long evening. Loading accounted for the majority of the game 1
techniqucs are easily mastered; my young have killed in the last few years. MyoId
sons know how and often help me with this Smith & Wesson K·22 has also accounted
chore. Depriming cases, resizing, powder for a lot of table mcal.
charging, and seating the bullets is no trick My two young sons are growing up fast,
even with simple loading tools, and is quickly and I've taught them the groundwork in
and easily done with the modern turret basic pistol marksmanship and the all-im-
tools. Good accurate ammo can be loaded portant safe gun handling. By shooting kitty-
by 'most anyone. I insist on perfect hand- corner, we can manage a 25 foot range in
loads, which must look as well, and shoot the basement of my home, and under my
better than commercial ammunition. This watchful eye, my eldest boy has been doing
calls for more than just ordinary loading real well on targets. He has learned what
practices: thorough inspection and treatment sights are for, and has developed good con·
of the fired cases, and, above all, perfect trol over the trigger.
bullet casting. This past fall, he accompanied me on
There are more than 300 medals and many squirrel hunts, and he has taken his
trophies adorning my home, won since I share of the game. If his interest and skill
started match shooting in 1952. I love match "Ever since white man start shoot improves with age, in ten years I'll have
shooting; yet as I said earlier, my participa. guns, we get' this crazy weather." someone in my own family beating JIIlI!I
tion in malches is complementary to. my use me with a handgun. ~

GUNS JULY 1959 47

 BULLETS BY THE BILLIONS
(Continued from page 20)

was also improved by adding non-corrosive the military rifles of the Rifle Association.
WESTERN
FAST DRAW non·mercuric priming and modern nitro· The demand for military ammo continued
OriJtinally desig-ned by Ray Howser.
cellulose powders. The Gl ammunition thus strong, because the Rifle Association and
fast dl'aw expert, for cowboy movie
stars and stunt men who wanted prepared was nothing less than a match shooting programs had burned up so much
;~d~~~i~~~~ni'l~j.llr:~t~~r: i:ct~~ quality cartridge, good enough for lnterna· during the war training programs. A new
same holster featured in Chapel's
"Gun Collector's Handbook of Val-
ues", Qften copied. but never equaled.
tional target shooting, and still uniform demand was felt from other parts of the
Of fine ~ctdle leather, reinforced with
metal and expertly stitched. and strong enough for working in all types
Give world for sporting cartridges.
waist. hlp measurement. caliber. rnakt'
and barrel len~th. SJnR'le holster and of automatic guns. The velocity was stepped In almost every country, hunting ammuni·
lIcit $27.50. Southpaws l1dd $1. Hol~'E'r
only $11.50. COD's require $10.00 up and the army snipers especially felt a lot tion was short, due to the war effort. Shooters
deposit. California l'esident8 add 40/0
sales tax. more efficient with the new ammunition. of all nations expected neutral Sweden, and
Neighboring Norway was invaded. As Norma, to solve their ammunition supply
events proved out, Sweden was to remain problems. Big game hunters needed the old,
out of it, but her woods and valleys still reo reliable, standard cartridges; handloaders
The HIDE-A-WAY sounded with thousands of shots fired from needed brass and bullets. Orders began
HOLSTER
rifles and machine guns in intensified civil coming in to Amotfors from all over the
defense programs. The army, navy, and' air
OFTEN IMITATED world. and these orders presented new prob·
force, the military and civilian shooting as·
BUT NEVER lems that taxed the skill of expertly trained
SURPASSED
sociations, all were using the same arms and people, engineers, and efficient machinery.
The best handgun holster
the same ammunition. The Norwegian
idea in years! Soft glore There are about 100 different hunting
leather with stlll'dy nickel
Norma plant had been stripped by the
plate clip; fastens inside cartridges more or less commonly used in
Germans, but at the Amotfors, Sweden,
tl'ollser waistband fol' perfect Europe alone. The national service caliber
comfol't and concealment.
factory 800 men and women worked full
Handmade to fit YOUR glln of other nat ions is usually that country's
speed turning out the old reliable 6.5 x 55.
. . . give raliber, make :mfl most popular hunting load, where it is not
barrel lengt.h wilen ()I'del'in~.
Additional tons of 9 mm Luger cartridges for
$2.D5 Pl'. 01" COli. plm prohibiteJ by law. But if prohibited, then
submachine guns and pistols were sputtering
shipping. FREE CATALOG some variation of it, not quite interchange-
ON REQUEST. from Norma machines, and the 7.65 mm or able, is often allowed-and this creates a
$2.95 pp.
.32 ACP was turned out for the police forces. further distinct cartridge to be supplied.
P.O. Drawer 1712
Brownsville 18, Texas B&J LEATHER Co. Fortunately for Sweden, the German war There are a few well·designed standard cart·
machine did not cross her border from ridges that are preferred the' world over, hy

SHOOTI Norway, but many Swedes and Norwegians

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Base Ii Jugular Jacketed
Swaged Hand Cun Bullets
Fastest. most accLll'ale bullets. All popular <'alihen;.across as they skiied over the border swiftly
a wide margin. Others still sell but are not
universally popular. European ammunition
factories now divide their production into
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ccnlcl'111'e. Low recoil. velocities to O\'CI' 2100 fps.at night, with compact submachine guns two classes, A and B. The type A will be
S.F.M. (Shoot From the Mould) moulds fol' P"ot-X-Rol'c
zinc base bullets. JUGUI~AR
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smuggled into Norway under their coats.
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continued in production; type B is regarded
Send 25c in coin 01' st.amps for complete information.
CUSTOM LOADS When the war was over, match and hunt· as obsolete. Here, as in the U.S., when notice
LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. Connecticut ing rifles came into use again, along with
Lakevi lie. of discontinuance is sent out, not all hunters
agree on the calibers selected to he dropped.

FUN
The B types are mostly relics from black

t~ ',&oetlUi powder days, with case shapes and powder

capacities unsuited for modern propellants.
Some of them are hard to kill off. Few

tQtt/e YOUR GUNS!

American hunters have heard of the 8 mm
Remington cartridge. But in Sweden it is
very popular, the counterpart here of the
OVER A QUARTER-MILLION .30-30. Back in the 1880s the Swedish Army

.';:','
converted many of its .50 caliber rim fire
SPORTSMEN INVITE YOU TO rolling block rifles to take the then·new
8 x 58 rimmed centerfire bottleneck cart·
-lOIN -THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION for only $5.00 ridge. These rifles, designated Model 89, for

\I
the year of adoption, were later sold for
A Year's Subscription to
about $1 apiece to Swedish hunters. That
;"JJ~ The AMERICAN RIFLEMAN Magazine Remington rifle with its seventy·year old
~'.' :'V),. "'~Read about rifles, pistols, shotguns, hunting, target cartridge still accounts for a great many of
, shooting, gun collecting, home gunsmithing, reloading the 30,000 Scandinavian moose taken each
~..' and related subjects-in the world's finest gun magazine
". -every month! year. And it is a comfort, north of the Arctic
circle, to have a simple single shot that will

~-,~~~···-lI~ou'lI ~!~~!~~~aln~ve~s~ro!~~Fi~a~s~nformation
_.~.......:::;:"'.:::.
get
Service--gun law bulletins-low cost gun insurance-marksmanship
not freeze up, with a hammer heavy enough
to bust a cap no matter what the temperature.
--...::;::.......:.:- instruction-gun club information-right to buy government surplus This cartridge, like a few other types, just
a
\(!!if
. . . . 1"'--~
•.-
gun equipment-eligibility for participation in a year·'round shooting
program-plus many other benefits.
has to be kept available.
Old German rifles and combination guns

1f~Th~ d~~~~-!!~Ll~P~ ~t~~~~~~u~~ef~~l5~.OY~rs

included FREE as an extra bonus for joining now. Wear it proudly;
in Swedish sportsmen's hands, and on the
Continent, called for 9.3 x 72R cartridge.
it identifies you as a member of this great sportsman's organization. This is an "obsolete" design, hut Germany's
---------------------------~--,factories were out of business, and empty
Please enter my subscription for THE AMERICAN JOIN rifles and fat game in countries which had
suffered from meat shortage for years made
RIFLEMAN, enroll me as an NRA member and send my
gold-filled lapel buttonO NOW! a brisk demand for the old stuff. American
o Enclosed is my $5.00 0 Bill me please 603·07
rifles in a variety of calibers were in every
Name _.._ .__.._ _..__..__ _._..__.Age country, and the ammunition was gone, shot
Address ._ _.._.__.__.__. ......_. _ up or outdated. New supplies could not be
had, either because of slow post·war U.S.
City & State .._ _ .._ _ _ .. production, or currency exchange problems.
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Thus, American calibers had to be added to
1600 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash. 6, D. C. the Norma line and, when U.S. calibers be-
• Confirming o.pplicatiO'n and detail. 'llrill 4180 be mailed came increasingly popular in European.
to !IOU.
manufactured sporting arms, the Norma out·

48 GUNS JULY 1959

put stepped up again. Today, the .30-06 is would stand reloading time after time by
one of the most popular calibers in Sweden, hands that were not always those of an
because of the excellent .30-06 sporting rifles expert. Even handloaders have to learn by
turned out by Husqvarna, and interest in experience, and start from the beginning.
the .270 is growing. While factory-loaded Years of research, metallurgical and tech-
Norma ammunition continued to be made in nical, cleared up the problems. orma ex-
those calibers most popular or most neces- perts found the reason why cases cracked
sary, the factory did not neglect the hand- at certain points after 10 or 12 reloads, and
loading enthusiast. changed the metal treatment to lengthen the
In the orthern countries, handloading has case life to 20 shots. They also found the
been a popular sideline to the firearms sport reason for blown guns. Among those still
since the days of the muzzle loader. With the remembered is the shooter who put small
adoption of the 6.5 mm cartridge in 1894, pieces of dynamite into his powder load,
handloading reached new heights. The de- because he wanted a flatter trajectory for
mand for something better than the rounded the coming Sunday's combat shoot. Others
military bullet caused Norma to develop a tried match heads. But research went on,
pointed boallail match bullet, having a soft and cases were tailored for the handloader's
steel jacket clad in copper-nickel inside and needs. One important thing was the flash
out. Clad·steel jackets have been standard hole, or rather holes, since there are two
in European bullets because of superior pene- of them in the Scandinavian cases. One is on
trating qualities, and partly because in, war,
copper, critical metal for electrical and other
uses, becomes too limited in supply for UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC
wasting on bullets. The answer to using steel
jackets is Norma's "Triple-metal" sheet, steel
coated on each side with a layer of gilding
'~::-~\;A UCTION
GUNS
metal or copper-nickel alloy; each of the
outside layers being about 5 per cent of the
thickness.
1
This material is rolled when white hot War Relics. Cameras. Coins
through machines which bond the three by Order of
layers of metal into one. The thin layer of
gilding metal or copper-nickel cannot flake
HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF PROMINENT COLLECTOR
(Name Wit""e(d by RequestJ
off, not even in the tightest barrel, and the
material is rust·proof. It is then punched ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTIONS OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD
into cups and drawn in the same way as for THE CHANCE OF A L1FETIME-OVER 1.000 TRULY RARE AND UNUSUAL
ordinary jackets of pure gilding metal ITEMS NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN MARKET
material. Steel must be carefully controlled BUY THESE FINE COLLECTOR'S ITEMS
all during manufacture, with intermediate AT UNRESTRICTED AUCTION PRICES BELOW MARKET VALUE
annealings and other operations to maintain at Our Gallery
the correct hardness and elasticity of the 3318 WEST DEVON CHICAGO 45. ILLINOIS
finished bullet. AUTOMATIC PISTOLS Incl. Chinese .45 cal. Mauser; Mauser Military, Model
A natural question of the American shoot- 1929, NEW; Mauser Military marked "Von Lengerke & Detmold," Pre World War I
er, when told about steel jacketed bullets, is, Commercial import; Mauser Military, Model 1929, English Proof, Marked "Not English
Made"; Unique Type Mauser Military, 1912 Style, Safety & Frame Marked "Made in
"Will they wear out the barrel?" The answer
Germany," Barrel & Extension appear to be from much later, All Matching Numbers,
is definitely no. In a modern rifle barrel it Excellent to New.
is never the bullet that wears out the bore: OVER 100 LUGERS: "merican Eagle Lugers; Swiss Lugers; Navy Type Luger with Swiss
it is erosion. And erosion comes from the Cross; Abercrombie & Fitch Luger; Krieghoff & others.
wash of hot powder gases against the bore. ASIATIC MODEL Star cal. 7.63 mm with slot; Baby Nambu, cal. 7 mm; Walther
The more powder you burn in relation to Model PP, .22 cal.; Rare Mannlicher Model 1901 & 1903 Pistols, .30 cal.; Excellent
the inside surface of the bore, the greater Condition; Smith & Wesson cal. 9 mm D. A. Pistols.
is the erosion. HUNDREDS MORE AUTOMATIC PISTOLS FOR COLLECTORS,
Modern powders and primers have little DEALERS & SHOOTERS
erosion; very little in comparison to earlier CIVIL WAR Carbines; Kentucky Rifles; U. S. Martial Rifles; Modern Shotguns & Rifles.
types. But when a barrel won't shoot ANTl9UE FLINTLOCK Pistols & Rifles; Percussion Pistols & Revolvers; Cased Duelling
accurately any more, almost invariably the & Pocket Pistols; Cased Colt Revolvers.
reason will be that the sharp, clean edges COLLECTION OF EARLY AMERICAN COINS; Accouterments.
of the lands are burned away at the rear
SELECTION OF CAMERA E9UIPMENT Incl. Movie & Still Cameras; Projectors; Lenses;
end, where temperature is highest. Tests Viewers; Etc. by Bell & Howell, Revere, Kodak, De Jur & Others.
with different types of bullets proved the
comparatively stiff steel jacket is upset less
in the bore by the gas pressure, creating less
pressure and friction against the walls of
SALE DAYS
the bore, meaning lower temperature and SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 20th. 1959 AT 1:00 P.M.
less barrel erosion. With the 6.5 x 55, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 21st. 1959 AT 11 :00 A,M.
Scandinavian shooters fire four or five MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 22nd. 1959 AT 7:00 P.M.
thousand shots before changing barrels-
this is precision target shooting, remember, Items Open for Inspection One Week Before the Sale at Our Galleries
and all barrels are of normal steel quality. Write for Free Descriptive Folder
The handloaders created other problems Photo Illustrated Catalogue for $1 for Postage & Handling
for Norma over the years. Those concerning Mail Order Bids Accepted & Properly Executed-SO% Deposit Required
loading tools, powder scales, powder weights

SHORE
were solved and handloading went on,
through both wars, and still goes on.
Toughest problem was to make a cartridge
case that would stand a lot of reloadings;
firing in guns that were not always up to
standard in their chamber dimensions; re-
GALLERIES, INC.
sizing in dies that were worn from thousands
3318 WEST DEVON CHICAGO 45. ILLINOIS
of cases passing through them; cases that ORchard 6·2900

GUNS JULY 1959 49

Inspection Arms!!
each side of the built-in Berdan primer anvil. is a steel fence, with the sign: "X-ray,
MANUFACTURER'S Clean drilling of these holes proved very danger- zone, keep out". And behind the
CLOSEOUT important. No burrs or jagged edges should machine, againsl the wall, there is a heavy
be left, since these allow the heat from stack of solid lead blocks. The chief operator
TO YOU the combustion to attack, and result in explains they are there to prevent mysterious
burned-out and enlarged flash holes, which death, if some fellow were to lean against
First Quality render the case unserviceable. the brick wall outside the house while

BORE LITES (not seconds)

The drilling operation, although slower
and more expensive than punching, was
smoking his cigarette, as the X-ray machine
aUlomatically inspects fired cases, sifting out

SSc
continued when Norma started the produc- those that are no longer suitable for factory
Made in United States
tion of the Boxer type primer pocket, with reloading.
one central flash hole of larger diameter. Yes, Norma does a lot of factory reloading,
These cases, headstamped Norma Re, for of the 6.5 x 55 case, colored silver for easy
reloadable, are now used in sporting ammuni- identification. The shooters buy the cart-
tion shipped to every part of the West. ridges, fire them, and return the cases for
As important as the manufacturing opera- reloading, getting paid for them as if they
plus 12c handling tions in an ammunition factory are the were empty beer bottles. Many millions of
Shipped via First Class Mail numerous inspections and gauging pro- cases pass the factory each year for reload-
COMPLETE with BATTERIES cedures which every component, as well as ing. The price of the reloaded, like new,
Thousands in use and are now the finished cartridge, must pass through cartridge? Some 4 U.S. cents apiece.
being sold at almost double the before being released for sale. Upon arrival, they are cleaned, inspected,
price. First, every batch of material is tested on decapped, resized, passed through special
Smartly finished in chrome w/- its arrival. Lots for case brass pass through gauging machines, primed and reloaded, all
black & red pattern. Has LUCITE a series of tests to insure that they contain by special automatic machines, capable of
head which bends the light in the correct compound of copper and zinc, 60,000 reloads per set in an 8-hour day.
the bore. that the material has the correct purity, Perhaps 20-250/0 of the cases will be dis-
Lots of 25 ...•.. 68c ea. Postpaid strength and hardness to form into perfect carded, and have to be replaced by new ones
Sorry No COD's cartridge cases. during the process. The end result is a like
The special steel material which goes into new cartridge, which can be sold at a reason-
WESTCHESTER TRADING CO.
C-2478 ARTHUR AVE. the bullet jackets undergoes special tests; able price since the most expensive part
BRONX 58, NEW YORK so does the lead wire from which the bullet of it, the case, is re-used. Factory reloading
cores are swaged. A special branch of the is a special service carried out for the
Norma factory turns out the lead wire in Swedish shooting clubs only, and applies
various dimensions and to various specifica- only to the 6.5 mm Berdan-primed cartridge

ROYAL
tions, to suit special purposes. with full jacketed match bullet used by the
Every batch of primers is extensively tested domestic shooters for target work. Hunting

WEBLEY
.38 S&W CAl. $14.95
before it goes into the loading machinery.
The primer is the heart of the cartridge,
ammunition is nol reloaded at the factory,
only by handloaders as in the U.S.A. and
and large numbers of Norma cartridges are other countries, and none of the factory
These superb revolvers made by Royal crown arsenals
purchased directly from British Air Force Ordnance. fired against the world's most dangerous reloaded ammunilion is sent out of Sweden.
As no expense was spared in outfitting R.A,F. pilots, these are
the cream of British service handguns. G·shat revolvers, double
game animals. Carefully determined weights The export marKet calls for the American
and single action with broad hammer spur lor easy single action
shooting. 5" barrels, lanyard rings. ordnance tested and stamped
are dropped from various heights onto the type Boxer primer, which enables the hand-
with British Crown and Broad Arrow acceptance marks. These
guns were almost never fired. Condition very good: mechanically
firing pin of a special test rig. This shows the loader to decap the cases with the familiar
perfect. Civilian equivalent value about $70. FIres standard sensitivity of the primer, the gas volume punch built into the resizing die.
U.S. ,38 S&W ammo, AMMO: 50 rds., $3.50. ORDER ON FREE
TRIAL! 10 day money back guar, Send check, cash o.r M.O, produced by its detonation, and the power With the large quantities of Swedish 6.5
$5 deposit for C.O.D. Shipped F.O.B. los Angeles. In Calif. only
order through your gun dealer. Oealers inquire. of the gas impulse created. Needless to say, mm rifles currently being sold abroad, the
WEAPONS, INC. the primers are also passed through gauges demand for the 6.5 x 55 cartridge is in-
11029 Washington Blvd. Culver City 54, Calif. for correct dimensions. creasing. The Scandinavian design is enjoy-
In the basement of one Norma building, ing a renaissance, in ils present export

LEARN GUNSMITHING
Creat opportunities-Operate YOUR OWN
there is a heavy steel door, which only a few
may pass. A large sign on it says "Danger
X-Ray." Inside the room, between heavy
quality, with the most modern bullet styles
and powder developments, non-corrosive, non-
mercuric American type primer, and the
SHOP! Learn easily with Country's most com- blocks of lead, cases rattle through a special reloadable case. This excellent cart-
plete Master Cunsmithin~ Course. Approved
for Korean Vets; low tuitIon. Write machine at a rate of several thousand an ridge which started off the first Norma ammu-
PENNA. GUNSMITH SCHOOL hour. Control lamps light up and go out, nition enterprise 65 years ago will ~
2236-C East Street • Pittsburgh 12, Penna. on panels at the sides. Guarding the machine probably live for another generation. ~

Ma Hunfer Pre~enf~
HAND GRENADES: the famous
AMMO CLEARANCE SALE!
STOCK UP NOW FOR SPRINC SHOOTINC
PINEAPPLE of World Wars 1 and
2-new but unloaded. Price-$3.00
iJ.a~fP· GARAND GRENADE
~~.06M~~~~~.::.excelieni: : : : : :: :: '. : " : " ,$~:~~ ~~ i%& LAUNCHER-a rarc accessory for
*30 rade 2-1oose ••• ' , .•••••.. ' " 3.50 per 100 your Garand . . . Ideal for line

a.
~r~~ a~bA~I8R~bg~Vjf~~~~~:t5O~llpe~:~~8~~a~ throwing ... Firing signal rockets,
*30
*30
g-rade 2-dirty. but plinking
g-rade1-100se. good
shoots •• 3.50 per 100 etc. Complete with dummy rifle
ammo " " ' ..•• ' , ' , . , , . . . . 4.50 per 100 grenade and 20 blank cartridges •..
*4g10~r:nJ~~d;id:f~\06~~.;~~~easo1fs, I:O.II.i?~ 3.50 per 100 : • • • •L
j ~;$7.50ea.
Price-
*4%~~'b~ ~~i3gsi-':loo~e:'not'ali 'sui,'; 'fire:: ::~g ~~~ {8g FRENCH CHAUClIAT-Complete and in ex- Pachmayr
:15M~dj'1~l!~~~d~o~~n~rt;~~\.~~~~~n~gk~o 2.50 per 100 Cases have racks
anYLhing- .. , . , . " , •••••••••••••• , 1.50 per 100 cellent condition-$19.95 .... A few choice ones
for holding 4 or 5
:~5~1iaTI~~~~JOK~a~Ye~~~h:~t~~~1Jhion: ~:gg ~:~:
*303 British. ~rade 2. , , .....•.•• ' , "
}8g
5.50 per 100
at-$29.95
JU-3 GR}~ASE GUN-new condItion. The first
guns with extra
space for shooting
:~ RlM Ig~~~: y~~~~, ~: :: : : : : : : : : : : : :.
7,35 Italian-beautiful Ammo." " " , .
~:gg ~:~ 188
5.50 per 100
time these weapons have been offered for sale,
and it may be the last-$49.95 ... Extra mag-
accessories and
spotting scope.
30 Cat. Carbine-new boxed. ' ' ... , 5.00 per 100 azines-$2.50 Keeps guns ready
8 .••. ' , '." .. 7.50 per 100 for that spur-of-
•• New. & Beautiful GER~lAN ~lEDAL8-Iron Cross-$2.50 ea.
7,
l from behind
the Iron Curtain) 7.50 per 100 ~lost Others--$1.25-complete selection listed the-mon1ent trip to your favorite range. Cases
g. -in clips, .. , , , , . .. .. .. .. ~:~ ~~ t8& in new CATALOGUE. can be JocJ{ed as a precautionary safety meas-
4 4.50 per 100
' •• , , ••• ' " ure. Rugged light-weight construction, beauti-
] , , , , ' . , ' •• 7.50 per 100 Send 50c for BRAND NEW 3rd ~ fully finished in simulated alligator leather out-
CIVIL WAR PISTOL AMMO-In orlglllal edition catalogue of hitherto un- side, lined inside. Available with or without
boxes. 12 Mlt'l PIN FIR~packed 25 to offered rare arms and ammo for
the box. Shorts $2.00 per box Longs $2.50 per box. back door. Prices start as low as $29.50.
5k~~4Jc?Hjd~:t:~t:~~~?.(~?~..b~ 350 per box of 10
the shooter and collector. . Guaranteed by the West's oldest custom gun
house. '''rite for cOluplete infortnation.
SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. 8 EAST fORT LEE RO BOGOTA NEW JERSEY
PACHMAYR CUN WORKS, INC., Dept. C-7
1220 S. Crand Ave. Los Angeles 15, Calif.
50 GUNS JULY 1959
 FAST MAN WITH A him and the Marine Reserve company which
SLOW DRAWL
(Continued from page 32)
he commanded, and he was soon assigned
to EI Toro Marine Air Base as provost
marshal. Upon release in the fall of 1951 he
r".
rMERSHON
to wield a shotgun very well somewhere along returned again to the Border Patrol. Then
the paths he has traveled.
In September, 1940, Jordan received an
the rifle shooting began in earnest.
He has fired on Marine Reserve rifle and (WHITE
appointment to the Border Patrol branch of
the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization
pistol teams at the National 1atches every
year since 1952, inclusive, except 1955. UNE
Service. Early in his career he was assigned Jordan was captain of a Border Patrol rifle DELUXE GUN
to Presidio, Texas, isolated deep in the wild, team organized that summer and competing ACCESSORIES
rugged, mountainous, Big Bend country. The in the National Matches that year only. He
small town nestled close along the unruly was team captain in 1954 of the Marine
river on a narrow strip of farm land. From Reserve rifle team which won the Roumanian
the hard, bare mountains surrounded by Trophy Match, a 600 and 1000 yard slow
stretches of desert, valuable minerals were fire event with match rifles. The same team
taken. A few ranches prospered in the valleys also tied for second place in the National
and on the less rugged slopes. It was a hard Trophy Team Match, the service rifle event
country, and it must have seemed definitely at various ranges, and including both slow
fire and rapid fire. "10 Point" Grips
foreign to a boy from the Deep South. Fi ts all 1l10c1el'J1
Since then, Jordan has served the Border As the years passed and Jordan continued Colts and S & ,,,
Revolvel·s. Easily
Patrol from Mobile, Alabama, to Chula to shoot, he acquired the Distinguished installed without changing or
marring gUll. Improves shooting
Vista, California, and from the Pecos River Marksman Medal and the rank of major. accuracy. Better shape prevents
to the French Quarter of ew Orleans. No As for the fast draw accomplishments, this gun frorn slipping if hands are
111oist. Can be cut 01' shaped to fit your own
matter what the geography, one factor reo man is almost entirely self·made. He swaps hand. Only $5.75. :i\1ershon eUStOnl Walnut
Grips designed for target shootel's. Made of
mained constant: people do not like to be ideas with other quick draw enthusiasts of finetit import.ed walnut, expertly checkered
arrested. Some will kill to avoid it. Jordan all walks of life at every opportunity, but & oil finished, Only $8.50.

is still going strong, but some others are not. he has never had systematic, organized in· MERSHON "SURE GRIP"
Commissicned a 2nd lieutenant in the struction in the art. He takes it very serious· ADAPTERS
Marine Corps Reserve during World War II, ly. but it had to be an individual spare T'rodc1es unifonn form-fitting sur-
face for any CoIL or S & \V revolver.
he saw aclion at Enewietok and Okinawa. time project. With his inimitable mixture of :\lakes gun fit hand with uniform
{Ipon release in 1946 with the rank of wit and logic he explains it wonderfully feel, gives greatel' shooting accuracy.
Ea.sily installe(l without marring
captain, the Air Medal, and eight other well in person. gun. Only $2.00.
ribbons, he returned to the Border Patrol. Briefly, over the past several years, he For comlliete inforJnation about
these or all~' of the Jnan)' 1\lershon GUll
By 1947, he wa good enough to fire on a has sludied the quick draw as it would Ac(:essories, write toda3'.
Border Patrol piSIOI team at the National apply to a police officer defending himself.
~VIid·Winter Pi.tol Matches in Tampa, He has practiced quick draw when he felt MERSHON CO•• Dept. G-7
Florida. He made it again in 1948 and 1949. like it. He used to burn up energy at a (div. of Firearms Accessories, Inc.)
1230 S. Crand Ave., Los Angeles 15, Calif.
July, 1950, brought active duty again for tremendous rate lifting barbells and playing

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GUNS JULY 1959 51

 handball, but he goes to great lengths to We wj]] never know, because Bill Jordan
determine the easiest and most efficient way took a different path. He has never really
to lift a 2 14,·pound revolver out of a holster worked, either, the way some have done, on
and fire it. With him, drawing and firing the quick draw, which has gained most
have become as automatic as walking or attention for him. I heard of one actor who
opening his mouth when his elbow bends. practiced the motions of drawing and firing
He is helped by fast reflexes, big, strong blanks-at nothing-three hours a day for
hands, and good coordination between hand five years. He developed amazing speed in
and eye. creating a loud noise. Jordan has never
Although Jordan is probably better known attempted any such schedule.
for his fast draw than anything else, he has Through the years, he has preferred being
not specialized in it. Besides regular target "pretty good" with various types of firearms
shooting with pistol and rifle, he uses rifles in various forms of shooting to possibly being
Accurate-Hugged-Dependable and shotguns in hunting. His art of shot- outstanding with one. In the quick draw field
gunning will stand the test of skeet and trap he is practical all the way. He emphasizes
NO. 80 SERIES fields too. He has fired in competition in drawing and hitting without fancy twirling,
METALLIC SIGHTS the top classification of each, and has broken shifting, or juggling tricks. His weapons
With quick detach-
able slide that in- as high as 100 targets straight at both skeet and rigs are chosen for possible serious lise,
sures against Joss and 16 yard trap singles. and are completely free of ostentation. In
of accuracy when
removed or replaced. Jordan is not an amateur exhibitionist or short, he is a law enforcement officer and
For scope mounted publicity seeker. He has appeared on many not an entertainer.
rifles. $8.50 Jordan is now an assistant chief patrol
local radio and TV programs and on "To
Tell The Truth" and "Wide, Wide World" inspector in the U. S. Immigration and
besides "You Asked For 11." Such appear- Naturalization Service at Brownsville, Texas.
ances have always been in representation of In this position, he is a staff officer to the
the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization chief patrol inspector, the commanding
Service. Never has he sought personal gain. officer, of a Border Patrol "sector." Large
NO. 70 SERIES
METALLIC SIGHTS
In the Police School at the National
Matches in 1958, Jordan was invited to
sectors may have 140 or 150 officers under
the chief and his staff, guarding hundreds
Finest sporting type
receiver sight in the lecture on the quick draw and double action of miles of land and coastal boundaries
world. Recommended shooling. The crowd seemed to find his against the illegal entry of aliens. Hundreds
especially for rifles lectures both instructive and entertaining, of arrests may be made each month. Some

8
on which iron sights
only are used. and he was happy talking self·defense with of them may not be easy, which is what
5010 other law enforcement officers. He has been started this off in the first place.
. invited to lecture again on Ihe same subjects I asked, "What first started you on quick
in 1959. draw work?" Jordan dryly replied, "As a
SOURDOUGH PATIUDGE most per-
Do you, like me, wonder, "What if Jordan young man it was explained to me that, with
feet all-at"ound front sight fOI" game shoot-
ing. Gold face sets at 45° angle- had gone on to rifle honors?" He considers 20 years of service, at 50 years of age, I
shows plainly even $2.85 rifle shooting a science. Had he studied and could retire and be paid for doing nothing.
in poor light
practiced this s, ience exclusively, what then? About there I decided to become 50 years
Would he have become the man we have of age."
been seeking "to beat the Russians?" Or, If he still feels that way a couple of years
had he concentrated on the art of shotgun from now, he can sit on the porch with his
shooting after he reached the top classifica- wife, Anne, while his man Jason brings an
tion, would he have become one of those occasional mint julep, and starts his ~
infallible machines that never miss? rocking chair to rocking. ~

SHAPES OF THINGS TO COME

(Continued from page 39)
the history of munitions engineering. ly, the Dardick fires a standard .38 Special
The dream is an involved one. Dardick conical bullet, 158 grains weight. Special
hopes his "tround" (triangular round) design Dardick ammunition as it goes on sale in
will make possible fantastically high rates of stores soon will list, the factory forecasts,
fire in machine cannons. The electric Gatling at about 20% less than standard metal
SCHISSEL "Vulcan" machine cannon now installed in cased ammo.
for precision reloading of the F ·105 rips off six thousand shots per The open chamber principle is not new,
RIFLE PISTOL minute. Dardick's design, if developed as he either. Machine gun designers have evolved
SHOTSHELL
expects to do, will achieve a fantastically weird chamber constructions, split longitud-
Model 600 press ,.r;;
higher cyclic rate. Further development of inally, to allow use of this principle. With
only $26.95 ,y Ihis application of the tround principle is the open chamber, the entire reciprocating
• one press loads all 3 • highly classified; may spell success to one of cycle of automatic firing is omitted, and
rifle. shots hell. pistol America's most important armament races. feeding and ejection of fired cases can be
• equipped with insert for But the Dardick pistol, its inventor pro- virtually instantaneous. Cylindrical metal
shots hell dies or 7/a "·14 poses, will also revolutionize conventional cases almost invariably cracked and leaked
thread rifle dies small arms design. How effective Dardick gas along the chamber splits, or developed
• extra leverage with no will be, only time will tell. some other trouble. But the new triangular
spring or distortion Triangular cartridges are not new. U.S. case, with an internal cylinder bore, would
• highly ground and polished Patent 13442 was issued to Otto Schneeloch give needed strength at the "corners." And
steel construction of Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1872, for a triangular if the corners were just where the chamber
Rifle and Pistol cartridge sometimes erroneously kilOwn as split in the machinery, an open chamber gun
Reloading Dies the "Kleigelhofer." Taking advantage of the might be practical. This motivates Dardick's
• standard 7/8 " X 14 thread shape, the patent describes a cartridge of work today. And the first step up the ladder
• guaranteed to be equal or approximately .32 caliber, fired from a gun of of achievement is the Dardick handgun, a
better than any $13.50 die
available substantially .22 caliber dimensions in the combination revolver·automatic magazine pis-
• precision sizing cylinder. Cartridges are arranged pie-shaped. tol, carrying up to 26 "trounds" in the grip,
$8.95 a set This actually fires a triangular bullet and capable of being a .22 and .38 pistol, or a
Write today for may have aided the misconception that the rifle, all in one package.
our free catalogue! Dardick gun does likewise. Jokingly, when I first heard of the Dardick gun in 1954
asked how the Dardick gun is rifled, factory from John McNally, who was then Colt's
personnel delight in saying, "The barrel chief designer. I still have the note paper on
is bored triangular and then twisted." Actual- (Continued on page 54)

52 GUNS JULY 1959

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AUTOMATICS

Exact reproduction of Colt Auto.

Brand New. 380 Cal. Used by German Para-
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Extra clips $2.00 each. caliber, original blue
finish, fine grips, ex-
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SMITH & shooting condition $59.95
WESSON Astra "Royal" Military pistol, 7.63 cal-
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.38 CALIBER Ammo $9.50 100 rds., Holster
38 cal. M & P revolvers. Excel- extra stripper clips $1.25 each.
lent select grade condition-
Military finish . Genuine Colt 45
Commercial fin ish .
Ammo $4.20 50 rds. automatics. origi-'
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Nickel finish, like new $48.00
Ammo $4.25-S0 rounds

~
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Extra c1ips-$3.S0

Fine High quality German

Walther. World War II German
automatic. Fires 9mm Luger car-
tridge. Original condition. Extra clips
COLT SINGLE ACTION PARTS $7.50. Ammo 9mm, $9.50 for 100
rounds.
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Trigger 2.33 Nickel Plated Gun Like New .
Main Spring 1.67 Base Pin Screw. $ .33 .................... $28.75
Bolt 2.67 Base Pin Nut. .. .33 STANDARD SET ONLY $29.00 Ammo $3.25-50 Rds.
Trigger Cuard .. 7.00 Base Pin Spring .33
Barrels- Cate .....•••. 6.33 Send waist & hip measurements, make, caliber &
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7 V2" 13.33 Ejector Rod .67 CALIBER
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Spring . . . . . • .67
Base Pin 1.00
Ejector Spring.. .33
Cylinders 45, 38 Spl. Comme~cial bl~e finish.
Fine onglnal grrps.. . . . . . •
$39 90
Base Pin Bushing 1.67 and 44 Spl .. 13.33
All Screws 33c each Ammo 50 Rds $4.20
Holster . 4.50
SPRINGFIELD 30-06 RIFLES
COLT
SINGLE
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U.S. Model Genuine Springfields. All have very H. COLT PERCUSSION REVOLVERS ~$ Brand new genuine Colt sin~le
~
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"fih' zL .45 Long Colt, 4%", SV2" or 7V2" Barrels. $125.00
.38 Special, 4%", 5h" or 7V2" Barrels .. 125.00
.22 Caliber Colt S.A. Scout 4%" Barrel.. 49.50
Mauser 1932 Spanish Crowr. Model 98 short 7mm. New
44 Special, 4%", 5h" or 7Y2" Barrels 125.00
walnut stocks. arsenill re-bluc, new sling, very good .22 Scout Buntline 9" Barrel. .. . . . .. .. 69.95
shooting condition $39.00. Ammunition $2.50 a box.

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$650 Postpaid Custom made Original Authentic type holsters. Avail· Ammo 100 rds. 9.50
Genuine Tooled Leather
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Available for Colt, (ammo for British Jungle carbine 303, excellent select. 29.9S
Great Western, or Ruger Swedish Mauser rifle, 6.5 mm, excellent select. 27.50
single actions. Any these guns' German Mauser rifle, 11 mm, brand new. 24.50
barrel length. Colors $2.S0 a box) Swiss Veterli rifle, 41 col.. near new. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S.9S
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GUNS JULY 1959 53

 (Continued from page 52)
Pistol Shooters which he sketched the curious triangular
92 page fully Illustrated
New!
catalo~ devoted exclusively to cartridge of the Dardick "open chamber"
pistol shooters. Clark. Shockey
custom g'uns. Ruger, Hi·Standard. gun. Later, in Washington, I had a drink
Hammerli. Colt, S&W target R'uns.
All the latest products and latest with General C. T. "Buck" Lanham, then
pI'ices. Hundreds of score improv-
ing Items for competl tlve pistol chairman of the board of Colt's, and the sub-
shooters. Articles by McMillan,
Joyner. Toney. Clark, Shockey ject of triangular cartridges came up again.
THE and Hebard on shooting and re-
landing. National records. 2600 The trade was excited over the development,
"DO Club. etc. A MUST for competi·
although even the name of the man re-
ti\'e pistol men or anyone inter-
ested in handgunnln!'t'. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Postpaid . . . SOc sponsible was not known. "Revolutionary
No cutting or welding of open chamber principle" and "make all
receiver. Installation of GUNS KNOXVILLE 6.
ILLINOIS
current firearms obsolete" were ideas ex-
single stage type requires
only a few 111inutes.
pressed by Lanham. If the claims he had
Sharp crisp action without
creep or backlash.
SPEEDLOCKS $15.00
RETRACTION
In reference to my advertisement on Mauser Rifles
heard made for the Dardick gun proved true,
the small arms industry would be in for a
SINCLE STACE $12.50 which appeared in the March Hl57 issue of Guns real face lifting.
Request Descriptive Folder l\fagazine. I wish to state that I have no information
that any unmarlred rifles were manufactured by 'Vatfen With all this in mind, it was a real treat,
Fabrik Mauser Oberndorf in violation of the Versailles
'J.'reaty.
in New Haven last autumn, to discuss with
David Dardick and his astute crew of gun-
MARTIN B. RETTING. INC.
11029 W. Washington Blvd .• Culver City. Calif. savvy engineers and salesmen the potential
of the open chamber principle as it now

BRAND NEW!
stands. Watching firing tests of the open
chamber device was an added benefit, and
I came away impressed with the thought
that I'd give a lot-and Dardick would, too
-to "see this gun ten years from now."
Just Out! Prototype Dardick guns were mainly to
prove the mechanism, which is actually a
Revised and Enlarged Edition compact steel subunit inside aluminum
"clam shells." More emphasis has been

RED BOOK
placed on attractive styling in recent pre-
production Dardick models.
The rumors about the tround construction
were more elaborate than the fact. The

OF USED
triangular shape in its present application
is to simplify feeding and cartridge stacking.
The basic cartridge- originally of alumi-
num, finalized in Celanese Corp.'s "Fortiflex"

GUN VALUES
plastic-handles a conventional bullet, pri-
mer, and powder charge. The primer is set
into an aluminum cap adaptor, which in
turn seats in the base of the plastic case.
This is needed because the elastic case had
• More Pages! too much "give" when the primer was in-
serted directly into the plastic, would cause
• More £;omplete Listings! misfires or hang fires.
Externally a triangular prism, the case is
cylindrical inside. The aluminum prototypes,
• Revised~ Up-To-Date some of which actually were so limited in
Price Values! production as to bear serial numbers, had
moveable gas·sealing necks which pressed
against the barrel breech face on firing,
Only $2 giving maximum velocity from the charge,
with no loss or sideflash. With cases made
from Fortiflex, side flash is non-significant.
Hurry, send for your copy today! You won't want to he without this valu- I watched experimental firing in the Dardick
ahle reference work. It's the price handhook for gun enthusiasts every- plant of a rotary breech gun mechanism, in
which plain 3 x 5 file cards were rubber-
where. And it's all new for 1959! The hrand new edition gives you the
banded on each side of the barrel breech.
latest evaluation of the used gun market ... tells you what your guns are A charge of 5.5 grains Unique produced
worth today . . . lists the up-to-date value of over 1,500 famous make instrumental velocity of 882 £.p.s., with no
firearms in three price categories: fair, good and excellent condition. stain or powder marks visible on the cards.
You'll find valuahle information on what to look for in used firearms ... Under lOX magnification, four or five in-
how to he an expert hargain hunter and how to get the most for your dividual powder specks were visible on the
money when you trade-in your guns. Act now! right side card in a th in line, indicating
minimum leakage. Significant is the fact the
Order Your Copy Today! cards were undamaged and appeared to the
unaided eye to be white. With an even higher
Fill in the coupon, enclose your remittance and
.... __ you'll receive this
_-_ ..........••••..•••• ...........•
brand new edition without__delay!
pressure load, 7.5 grains Unique registering
1205 £.p.s. (158 grain .38 Special lead
bullet), the cards stayed white and un-
GUNS Magazine
damaged. By contrast, a" standard target
8150 N. Central Park Ave., Skokie, Illinois G-7a revolver with cards placed adjoining the
Rush my copy of the new, revised RED BOOK OF USED GUN cylinder face, blew the cards to tatters and
VALUES. Enclosed is my $2 payment in full. stained the remaining fragments with heavy
powder residue. The load was a standard .38
NAME Special, 158 grain bullet.
The Fortiflex cases revealed a slight
ADDRESS . elongation and minor deformation at their
CITY & STATE . mouths, indicating they had been thrown
(Continued on page 62)
54 GUNS JULY 1959
 OFFER
SPEC':;OERS OF
FOR R II S
_~G~U~--'s:porting
Webley DOUBLE
MARK VI .22 CAL.
Revolver Cal. .45 •• $14.95 :.. If you want to be an ex· DERRINGER $19.95
This Is the latest model adopted by Brttlsh Armed pert gun slinger and 1Irst
'Forces. It Is extremely accurate. has exceptional I to draw, then this Is the Imported from Europe. It is an ~xact copy of famous
smooth action. Fire either as a single or double action.• holster for you. This au- Remington Derringer popular in the late 1800's. VaIu-
Specs.: Overall length 1l~~". barrel 6", wt. 12 lbs. thenttc fast draw holster able collectors' item. Fine "old world" gun craftsman-
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• F.O.B. Los Angeles express collect. Calif.
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(Res. of Mo•• MIch.• N. Y., N. J .• N. C. must enclose police permit with order)

GUNS JULY 1959 55

 SHOPPING
FINE GUNS AT AUCTION. Johann Jacob
Kuchenreuter made fine 18th century flint
horseman's pistols, which were cased with
their original accessories probably some time
in early 19th century. Such cased pairs of
pistols, plus wide selection of finest Colt
arms offered for sale in mid-west, plus Civil
QUICK-SWITCH SCOPE MOUNT, develop- War period muskets, carbines, and many
ed by the Redfield Gunsight Company of other common and fine guns, old and modern,
Denver, Colo., is of new, advanced design. are regularly sold at public auction approxi-
SHOOTING RANCH FOR KTDS. Copper The Quick-Switch mount locks at absolute
Canon Ranch, Greystone, Colo., 5,000 acres zero position every time, permits scope to
in lush Green River country near Brown's be mounted low over bore, and gives the
Hole, will be scene of rendezvous this June, shooter instant choice between scope and
July, and August for boys (age 14 and up) open sight. The scope is also quickly de·
on vacation who want to learn Big Game tachable. Hardened steel pin rotates within
Hunting and Rifle Safety and Marksmanship. hardened bushing, assures lifetime Quick.
Two owners of Ranch arc Bud Johnson and Switch hinge. Exclusive Redfield design and
King Karnopp (shown right above), both construction prevents hinge loosening from
NRA-approved Colorado State Hunter Safety repeated use. The Quick-Switch is com· mately every six weeks by Shore Galleries,
Program instructors, experienced riflemen petitively priced. Inc., leading general auctioneers of Chicago-
and gunsmiths. For full details of what to land. Next sale scheduled this month. For
bring, how to get there, facilities on arrival, SNAKE-AWA Y is unique chemical spray free mimeo list plus bulletins advising of
write directly to Copper Canon Ranch, Grey- acclaimed by hunters for its ability to keep future sales, send stamped long envelope
,Ione, Colorado. Nominal cost for exciting snakes away. Packaged in a push-button bearing your address to: Shore Galleries,
and safe gun-fun vacation for your boys. aerosol can. Spraying a circle around a camp- Inc., 3318 W. Devon Ave., Chicago 45, Ill.
site will keep snakes away from 12 to 24 NOTE: The above pair of pistols were
hours. One can is sufficient for 10 to 12 stolen from their case while on display in
Shore Galleries last year. Reward for in-
formation which leads to recovery of pistols
and apprehension of robber. Write to Sig
Shore directly at above address.

NORMA-PRECISION of South Lan"ing,

New York, internationally known ammuni-
tion manufacturer with factories in Norway,
Sweden and Denmark, is world's exclusive
producer of the 6.5 and 7.7 Jap cartridges.
J ap cartridges come packed in water·re·
pellent, plastic coated boxes of 20 at $4.30
per box and are available at sporting goods
dealers everywhere. WOODEN DUCK DECOYS. New line of low
cost, wooden duck decoys offered by Roberts
applications. Snake-Away is available at
Industries, Post Road, Branford, Conn.
sporting goods, hardware and department
Roberts Atlantic Coast Modern model, a
stores. The 12-oz. aerosol can sells for $2.50.
skillful reproduction of the familiar Broad
It is distributed by Flamemaster Chemicals,
Bill, is made of fine New England pine.
Inc., Division of Dyna-Therm Chemical
Modern decoys. Both drake (black and
Corp., Culver City, Calif.
white) and hen (brown and white) models
available. One dozen (6 of each model) for
only $36.00. Immediate delivery. Additional
information available upon request from
manufacturer.
400 "PALOMINO" is a new 22 caliber lever·
action rifle announced by o. F. Mossberg &
WESTERN HORSESHOE GUN RACK adds Sons, Inc., 131 SI. John St., New Haven,
touch of Old West to home. Polished alumi- Conn. The Palomino is described as "ultra·
num horseshoes make authentic setting for modern version of glamorous lever-action
favorite rifle. Realistic horseshoe markings, Western rifle." It's a hammerless, 20-shot
and trimmed with latigo pads tied to the repeater with tubular magazine, is chambered
shoes with leather strings. No scratching or for Short, Long and Long Rifle cartridges,
marring of gun stocks or barrel. Mounts SECTION LAND LOCATER of transparent and will retail for $68.88. Delivery will be in
to gun case or direct to wall with small plastic template instantly locates any section June, 1959. Stock and fore arm are of
horseshoe nails included with each pair. of land on township drawn maps. Fits 8 most genuine walnut, and fore arm has beavertail
Ideal as hangers for hats and hunting gear. commonly used map scales, 4 on each tem- shape to fit the hand. The tubular magazine
Practical and decorative. Neatly boxed. $1.95 plate. Convenient size, 3%, in. x 6%, in., to holds 20 Shorts, 18 Longs and 15 Long Rifle
per set of two hangers, prepaid. From fit pocket or ring binder. $3.75 per set (plus cartridges. The new 400 has a grooved reo
Weldon M. McKinney, P. O. Box 872, Ingle- sales tax in Calif.) from Jero Templet Co., ceiver for quick, easy scope mounting.
wood, Calif. 3549 Emerald St., Fontana, Calif. Weight about 5% Ibs., over-all length 41".

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 bucktail streamers. Thick enamel finish can-

WITH
not waterlog. Three inches from tip to tail.
In white, yellow or red-white-blue. Each SSe
or 3 for $1.50. From The Gokey Company,
St. Paull, Minn.

"BUSCADERO" BELT AND REVOLVER

HOLSTER displayed at the recent N.S.G.A.
Show in Chicago. Belt and holster in full
hand-carved design sells for about 25.00,

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PORTABLE INDOOR TARGET RANGE THREE .45 CALIBER BULLETS for hand-
made of heavy 06 gauge) steel for maximum loading are now offered by Hornady Mfg.
safety. Attractive, brilliant red and white Co., Box 906-G, Grand Island, Nebr. These
"Home Range" has cleverly recessed and include a 350·grain and 500-grain soft nose
protected light socket for optional interior (SN) with jacket of thick gilding metal
lighting. Blued steel spinning targets can and a 500-grain solid nose with a full metal
be easily removed and replaced with various jacket (FMJ) of copper-clad steel. Bullets
paper targets available free at most sporting are available through dealers, the 350-grain
goods departments. Designed for use with BB at $12 per 100, the 500-grain SN at $14 per
or pellet guns. "Home Range" can be hung 100, and the 500-grain FMJ at $20 per 100.
on a wall or set on a table. Rubber cleats
protect furniture. It is 16" high, 18" wide, show the re ponse has been terrific and
7" deep and weighs 19Y2 lbs. Available at production facilities have been rapidly in-
department, hardware, and sporting goods creased to meet the demand. Belt and holster
stores or direct from the manufacturer, sets manufactured by The Boyt Company,
~10rris Sheet Metal Works, 1680 W. :\lound 303 New York Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.
St.. Columbus 23 Ohio. Price, 19.95, post-
paid. CUSTOM JOB on your Ruger Mark 1 or
standard model will place it at top of list of
22 cal. target pistols. Perfect balance, trigger
pull (2Yl), and accuracy of gun leaves little
to be desired, by even most critical shooter.
Barrel lengths 6 in. and 6% in., weight 48 oz.
and 54 oz. respectively. Complete job with
customer furni hed Mark 1, S50.00, with
standard model 60.00. Complete gun fur-
nished 98.00. Completely guaranteed. From
The Custom Gunshop, 33 Heming Ave_,
PLASTIC REPLICA of the official Strategic Cranford, N. 1.
Air Command's survival rifle, the Fairchild
AR-5, is demonstrated by First Lieutenant
.22 CAL. DERRINGER is shooting replica in Roy F. Rohde, a navigator bombardier with
modern steel of the "stingy gun" or pocket the 57th Air Division at Westover Air Force
pistol that changed history. Used by Missis- Base, Mass. The bolt-action model ejects
sippi River card sharks. Imported from Ger- plastic shells, fires caps and has the same
many, new Winfield Cal. .22 derringer fires size and coloring a the actual SAC weapon.
short, long and long rifle ammo. Blue Steel, Parts are easily disassembled for storage
$22.95. Chrome, $23.95. Plus shipping charges in the oversized waterproof stock. The rifle
collect. Contact Winfield Arm , 1006 South is molded of high impact styrene and is
Olive St., Dept. G-7, Los Angeles 15, Cali£. available at toy counters and hobby shops.
Suggested retail price is 2.98. Manufactured
by Lindberg Products, Inc., Skokie, Ill.
GU I EQ ALIZER. H. C. Sorensen, P. O.
Box 202, Beaverton, Ore., reports they have
tested their equalizer on a 30-06 firing 140
rounds without malfunction. Instructions for
using the Equalizer follow: Wipe all oil and
grease off the gun muzzle, also the contact
hole of the equalizer. Dust both with pumice
powder. Slide equalizer one-quarter of an SPORTS lOTIF BELTS from 1" to 2W'
inch on the barrel with V cut up. Place widths, all of richly-grained top saddle and
ruler or pencil in the V cut, keeping V cut strap leathers with new and different double-
at right angle of the gun stock. U-e furnished clinched ends of polished gold. Extra long
wrenches to keep equalizer from turning adjustment tabs of matching leather or
while tightening. Then tap equalizer on with equally handsome large gold chain adjust-
a piece of wood, one-half inch on the barrel ST. CROIX POPPER BASS BUGS. De- ment. Available in many new sports motifs
(slots in the equalizer must be covered by signed and used by famous St. Croix River as shown. Available in four colors: saddle
the barrel), and you are now ready for Bass guides. Light cork body lets this St. tan, gleaming black, white and deep rich
faster and more effective shooting. The Croix popper bug ride high on the surface. mahogany. Belts are from the line of Work-
equalizer, and complete instrnctions, sold Makes realistic commotion and Pop with a shop Designs, 1009 Narragansett Blvd., Edge-
with 30 days trial and ITlOney-back guarantee. twitch of the line. Hand made with genuine wood 5, R. 1.

GUNS JULY 1959 57

..••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
• MUSKETS pistols are in serviceable condition. Some are

AMMUNITION
used in the Christmas firing display by crafts-
(Continued from page 26)
men and guardsmen in Colonial costume, to
since they would not have been so during usher in the festive season. This firing is a
the 18th Century. Then as now, they would rare event and always attracts great crowds
41 REMINGTON
RIMFIRE SHORTS
$550 Per Box, 50 Rds. be emptied for militia drill or for use of the of visitors, most of them armed with cameras.
30-06 Military Cartridges late i ••u.
Non Corrosive Der 100 ....••••••• $7.50 citizen guardsmen who were on duty. Or With the number of artillery pieces at
.25-20 Repeating Rifle Cartridges
Per 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • • • 8.00 some of them might be out for cleaning, oil- Williamsburg are exhibited the gunner's im-
.303 ~~'";.a¥60R.i~~.~a.r~~i~~~s. .••••••••• 10.00 ing, or repair. And so it is today, for these plements for firing them. Artillery equipment
.45 Auto. Rim Cartridges
Per 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • . . 8.00 arms are used for special firings by the of the period is used each morning at nine
.348 Winchester
Per 100 .••....••.•••••••••••• 18.00 militia. o'clock when the cannon is fired to herald
.22 Automatic Rifle Cartridge.
Per 1,000 ••••••.••••••••••••• 20.00 Lining the wall are "Brown Bess" flint· the new exhibition day. A wooden rammer
.45·70 Smokelc.. Low Pre.su...
Per 100 .••••••••••••••••••••• 10.00 lock muskets. There are different barrel shoves the flannel bag cartridge down the
• •351 p':~nl~os:..eya~~~f.~~~.~:.~ ~~...p.a~~ 8.00 lengths: 46", 40" and 39" models, the latter muzzle and seats it firmly. The lin stock, a
.35 Winchester Self-Loading
8.00 used late in the century. These are muskets pole-like device, holds the rope·like, slow
Per 100-Value $1 ...00 .••••••••••
.30 Rem I ngton Soft poi nt
10.00 inspected at the Tower of London, with burning fuse, placed on the touchhole at the
Per 10o-Value .17.00 ••••••••••
.32 Long R F Cartridge.
4.00 "Tower" marked on the locks. Most bear order to fire. The implements for preparing
Per 1.00 .•••••••••••••••••••••
.32 Short R If
4.00 the name of the regiment to which they be- the cannon for the second firings are also
Per 100 .•••••••••••••••••••••
.25 Ri m-Fire Short.
4.00 longed, the "Westmoreland Regiment." Also here; the worm for removing a missfire or
Per 100 ....•••••.••••••••••••
Ear Defenders MSA for the Shooter. Brand on the barrels are inspection and proof taking out the cake of residue at the breech
New, Gov. Surplus Val. $3.00 postpaid. 1.00
75c marks. which may clog the vent; the sponge of
Bore Scopes, New Govt. Surplus; Postpaid.
Such muskets were standard for British cloth or sheepskin which swabs inside the
RUBBER infantry all during the 18th Century and length of the bore as a further precaution.
RECOIL BOOTS well into the nineteenth but the United Most interesting is the "searcher," a lengthy
$ 3 69c each
DOZEN
States Army after the Revolution adopted the
French pattern arm and sold or junked the
tool which "searches" the inside of the gun
to discern whether dangerous cracks ha~
British muskets. appeared which would make the shooting
The racks also contain trade muskets, with unsafe. These and other interesting imple-
long stocks and barrels, resembling the Penn- ments of the artilleryman stand ready for
sylvania rifles. They are smooth bores, lack- use just as they did in a bygone era. Firing
ing the range and accuracy of the frontiers- ordnance took many motions; inserting the
man's arm. powder cartridge, then the cannonball to be
In one rack there are a number of carbines rammed tightly home. At times well trained
for use of the dragoons. These short flintlock artillery spelled the difference between suc-
muskets could be handled with great effect cess and failure. And at close range when
by the cavalry. grape or small shot could be literally hurled
The infantry officers carried a lighter ver- into the teeth of advancing infantry the effect
sion of the Brown Bess. These fusils, as they could be frightening. Some of the best
are called, were even on occasion used by the trained units fired at a rate much quicker
"big brass"; Washington himself used one. than the five or six shots an hour sometimes
And fusils may still be seen in the Williams- attributed to them. The French, who had no
burg arsenal, though generally they are be- superiors as artillerists, used a particularly
coming rare in this country. effective method of fire against Lord Corn-
FAST DRAW FANS!
For blazing fast draw action and spinning thrills, lise
Among the miscellany of Williamsburg
weapons are brass barrelled blunderbusses,
wallis' fortifications at the siege of Yorktown
in 1781. They ricocheted their shot into the
Pointer's Fast Draw Ammo Adapter. It's one of the most used for riots and close defense. Sometimes works of the enemy and generally outshot
important advancements in the art. since the F. D. Hol- their American comrades, much to the
ster. Converts your .45 single action so that you can use .22 they were made with a swivel so that they
Rim Fire Blanks without danger of accident. Not only will could be mounted behind a parapet and chagrin of the latter!
it be a safe sport. but you'll save on ammo costs, too. Set
of 6 in box only $5.95. In addition, for a sharp pistol grip swung about to defend a fixed position. At The Williamsburg Powder Magazine con-
get this new silver finish Regal Pup (shown). Avail. for poP.
handguns. Uncond. Guaranteed not to warp or lose it's close range they were devastating to the tains not only the actual arms and ammuni-
orig. luster. Only $5.95. Reg. imitation Stag Grips only
$4.00. Choice selection of genuine fancy pearl, l\Iory or attacker. tion, but also the accoutrements needed in
Stag Grips. ORDER NOW! Send for FREE literature. the field. Vast numbers of leather cartouche
REMEMBER, IF IT'S A PISTOL GRIP • . . WE'VE The 18th Century navies also used these
GOT IT. swivel-mounted guns to repel invaders. In or cartridge boxes may be seen, as well as
Southwest Cutlery & Mfg. Co.• Inc. contrast to them the Magazine contains one powder horns, shot pouches and some powder
1309 Olympic Blvd., Montebello 5, Calif. long range garrison gun, over seven feet in testers. These were important to soldiers who
length. Ordinarily these would be used de- used the variable powders of the period.
fensively in a fort where they could be rested Knapsacks, canteens of tin (for the British)
over the parapet, though sometimes in the and of cedar wood (for the Continentals),
field a long pronged spike affair might be tents, tent pegs, rope, drums, leather horse
thrust into the ground and the gun rested for pistol holsters; wooden storage barrels and
Never br-
fore has an steady shooting. hogsheads, line the room and add atmosphere
achromatic tel e -
scope sold for any- On another side wall of the Magazine are and meaning to the display, for this is a
where near this aroaz!
low price! You get clearer the racks containing flintlock horse pistols living exhibition and not merely a musty
sharper pictures at all powers
because of the super compound
Achro Lens. No color, no fuzz. Varl·
for mounted soldiers, both light and heavy. museum.
able eyepiece adjustable in 22, 45, or 60 These weapons had tremendous shocking The drums, of course, were most important
power. Lower powers excellent for target
shooting and wide angle viewing. Higher powers power and were usually fired once at close because the orders of the officers to their
lor long range and Astronomy. Guaranteed to spot
.22 holes In the black at 200 yds. Guaranteed to bring range by the charging horsemen after which men were usually given by the drums. Each
distant objects, people, planets. etc. 60 times closer. 5
bakelite sections. trimmed tn gleaming brass-5 precislon
lenses. A precision American made instrument, uncon-
the heavy, brass studded butt was held club· soldier knew each roll or tattoo just as later
ditionally guaranteed. Carrying case Included. Send only
$6.98. Cash. check or money order. We pay postage.
like by the barrel. soldiers responded to the bugle call.
Criterion Co., 313 Church St.,· Hartford, Conn., Dept. TSA·42 "George III horse pistols" are of two types The halbards and spontoons-long, spear-
for light cavalry and heavy cavalry. Like the like devices reminiscent of the medieval
STANDARD DISCOUNTS
TO DEALERS WITH LETTERHEAD
other guns in the Williamsburg arsenal, these (Continued on page 60)

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the Fajen "SCOUT" Rifle Stock
tough grenadiers, t.he shock troops of the
army. Though there is none in the Williams-
burg arsenal, many of t.he British carried a
"hanger" or short sword for close fighting.
This equipment. was designed for the
COMPLETELY st.andard field t.act.ics of t.he period. The
SHAPED-Ready for Sanding infant.ry advanced in lines and columns close-
COMPLETELY INLETTED-(To our Shop Rifle) ly backed, marching st.eadily toward the

$1495 $1145
enemy who remained in a fixed posit.ion or
Send 25c Available for following .tandard Rifles Only Supreme advanced t.o meet. the attackers. The idea
Utility
for Big '03 and A3 Springfield Jap 6.5 Grade Grade was to get within point. blank range, say 50
32 page
Gun
Itar.~~s~aa~c~·~:6.5 and TerniJ~3~·7'_-D-i,-,r-ib-u-,e-d-o-n-W-e-"-C-o-n-,-r b-y--'" or 60 yards, and there to stand and fire a
Stock See your dealer or order direct GUNSTOCK SALES, INC. deadly volley which had tremendous shock-
Catalog add postage for 4 Ibs. from your zone 5060 Road 20, San Pablo, Calif. ing power. The firing was done wit.h great
precision, wit.h the front rank kneeling and
REINHART FAJEN, INC., Dept. 22, Box 338, Warsaw, Missouri t.he second rank or file st.anding; then each
peeling off right. and left. to go to the rear
(Continued fro In page 58) of t.he unit. t.o reload and advance to their

JET CONTROL BRAKE knights-were marks of rank, carried by' the

sergeants and officers. They were not de-
signed as weapons, but who can doubt that
former positions where they would fire again
in rot.ation, filling in the ranks all the while
to keep a tight. line. Finally, bayonets were
a hard pressed sergeant for want of a better fixed and if eit.her side had sufficient st.rength,
weapon would not use these symbols of the drums would beat. out. the charge. Then
authority to strike his adversary? bayonet.s, "hangers," and musket butts were
paten t l>end i ng For the admirers of good steel blades, the wielded for the kill. In all probabilit.y, the
A SHOOTER COMMENTS: "For all-aroullfl Williamsljurg arsenal shows the swords and bayonet. and short. sword did most. of t.he
performance I belieYe the best gun Jlluz7.le killing. Developed on the Aat. plains of
device on the ma.rket is the SORENSEN. It sabers of the time, both those of the infantry
tal{es 1110St of the misery out of shooting; --the short thrust.ing swords-and the slash- Europe, these tactics were used in the major
takes only nlinutes to attach." Priced at bat.t.les of the American Revolution, even
only $9.95 ppd., including wrenches. Equal- ing sabers of the horsemen.
b:el's for l'if1es fl'Olll .243 to .300 ::UagnUlns. And there is hanging on one wall a re- though the terrain was different here.
Fo" special barrels, 111ike Inuzzle OD to three minder that all fighting men of the period of Usually the light infantry would be thrown
decimals of f'irst 1,4" of barrel. .MONEY
BACK GUARANTEE. the French and Indian War and the Revolu- in first; then the grenadiers, who were the
H. C. SORENSEN, P.O. Box 202, Beaverton, Ore. tion did not wear the popularly-imagined physical pick of the army; and next., the
knee breeches and blue and buff coats. Many mount.ed dragoons. Of course, as in modern
wore riAemen and frontiersmen suits of buck- warfare, artillery often opened before t.he
BUY GOVT. SURPLUS NOW skins. From these uniforms the Americans infant.ry assault t.o soften the defender's
gained t.he name "blackshirts," for with con- lines. In fight.ing of t.his sort., discipline was
DIRECT FROM U.S. GOVT. DEPOTS tinued usage the long skirt-like buckskins most. important. Rarely did well-t.rained reg-
Tremendous Savings-

~
. '" • Buy at Fractions of became filthy black with dirt and grease ulars break and run. Inst.ead, they marched
" . --_ Army Ii Navy costs. grimly in close ranks int.o the hot enemy fire,
- ""'- ~ Individuals can now buy di~
and burned powder.
" reet from U.S. Govt. Surplus
government property-Depots
The typical "Royal American" regular of as t.he British did at. t.he misnamed Battle
are located in every State in
the country 1755, outfitted from the Williamsburg Maga· of Bunker Hill. There t.hey were slaught.ered,
FOR SALE - Boats; lST's; lCVP's; Aircrafts; zine, carried a knapsack, blanket, leather piliug lip their dead, unt.il t.he grenadiers
Helicopters; Marine Engines; Radar; Sonar; RadIO
Telephones; Walkie-Talkies; Nautical Instru- cart.ridge box, canteen, perhaps shot moulds, finally took the crest. Muskets from t.he
ments; ETC. lead and the like, ext.ra Aints, and the Brown Magazine had been sent. t.o many part.s of
ALSO: - Jeeps; Trucks; Tractors; Amphibious Bess smoot.h bore Aint.lock musket, wit.h the Colonies; possibly original Williamsburg
Vehicles; Farm Machinery; Farm Implements; Gen-
erators; ETC. socket bayonet in a leather scabbard. The muskets faced each other in t.he hauds of
Thousands of other items too numerous to mention. musket, itself heavy and inaccurat.e, was, at Tory and Rebel.
SEND FOR: "Depot list Ii Procedure" $1.00 close quart.ers with bayonet attached, a Unfortunat.ely, American units aped t.heir
P.O. Box 8 (Dept. CU) Sunnyside 4, N. Y.
vicious weapon when wielded by the big, adversaries in such t.actics, seldom wit.h any
great. success. The French and Indians al-
most annihilat.ed Braddock's army by not
using t.his t.ype of warfare in the forests.
And our most. not.able Revolutionary vic-
t.ories were won at. Saratoga and Cowpens
by the proper use of riAe companies and
dragoons in support of musket.eers.
To acquire the array of guns and weapons
~ HOLLYWOOO 'SUPER TURRET' in rest.oring t.he "Powder Horn," Colonel
RElOADING TOOL Williamsburg had t.o be sure what. was
Ideal for a custom reloader or gun club. Bearing needed for an authentic display. Old records
surfaces are hard· coated to an 80 Rockwell C were st.udied. An inventory of 1764 Iist.ed
hardness. Reloads all rifle, pistol, revolver, t.wo brass cannon, two mort.ars, thirteen t.hou-
shotshells and swages all metal and lead bullets. sand pounds of gunpowder, one hundred
Beautiful custom finish. Greatest leverage. and sixteen tent.s, two hogsheads of can-
The strongest, most precision reloading tool teens and kettles, one t.ierce of leather
manufactured today. As shown $237.50
shot bags, one tierce of canvas knapsacks,
c1ot.hing, hat.s, shoes. leat.her belts and slings,
HOLLYWOOD "MICROMETER" POWDER & SHOT MEASURES cartouch boxes and five hundred Aint.locks
shown attached 8" tubes. Each $29.95 and barrels for same, evidently to be fitted
HOLLYWOOD PISTOL & REVOLVER ~ with t.he brass furniture and st.ocked by t.he
SWAGE DIES for 38, 44 & 45, Other Colony armorer. Much of this equipment
calibres available. Per set $39.50. was made in England.

*
HOLLYWOOD "TURRET" RELOADING TOOL
complete as shown, "special" $229.25, stripped $79.95.
Harold Peterson, an aut.hority on old fire-
arms of t.he National Park Service, helped
determine the t.ypes of weapons needed. Wit.h
Rifle, Pist.ol and Shot.shell Components Carried in Stock· Free litera- his aid, leading gun dealers in Europe and
ture • Discounts to Dealers • Prices F.O.B. Hollywood • Terms: Buy Now-Pay Later. America were cont.acted. It. was a slow
business, especially finding enough of each
6116 Hollywood Boulevard
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item. American dealers supplied some in·
G·7 dividual pieces but. t.he best of them and
60 GUNS JULY 19S9
the greatest quantilles came from England.
One English dealer alone furnished forty- ~-------------------------------~
RARE ... RARE ... RARE GUN BARGAINS·
nine perfectly matched Brown Bess muskets
with bayonets, in almost perfect condition.
These had been the property of an English .22 L.R. SHORT IMPORTED MUZZLE
colonel who "owned" a colonial regiment. LEE ENFIELD (S.M.L.E.J LOADING PERCUSSION CAP GUNS
~cu!ptured. highly engraved walnut stock, 30" bbl.
The Sisley Marksman Favorite. Only a small quan-
In those times the colonel of a regiment out- tity originally manufactured in the popular .22 cali-
ber for military training and competition. Complete
Inlaid patch box, ramrod, lightweight.
weapon allowed natives under certain Colonial Gov..
The only
ernments. A fascinating conversation piece, a Col ..
fitted the entire unit from his own pocket your ENFIELD collection with this rarest of all
Enfields. (V.G. to excel.) Only $24.50. 2 for $45.00.
lector's item and an excellent shooter. Only $29.50.
2 for $55.00.
and made what profit he could out of it. .303 Latest Issue Short Lee Enfield No.4 service rifle,

Often, when his regiment went overseas, the ~e~~~.)~' $di~~~~bke f~rag$i~~ob.ni$g:g6oo~~d·s.(VE~iiet~ FAMOUS HANDGUNS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
(Mfg. by Winchester, Remington, Eddystone), Goshot. .38 S&W Weble-y, 5" bbl. G-shot, single and double
colonel stayed behind, putting his regiment :~~~~;,ehs:re:3C:;~~ $~t4~~0.ev;rfO~uii~7ocroA:v~~r:~: ~~ti9i~e~~a~e~:r~'se~U?g:dt'ra~~r~g~no~er:~~~~1'at~h:~:
under the command of a subaltern; some :;': ·,
sporter $4.00 each additional. (V.G. to Excel.) ~~ubnJ1ce~c~~d:tat~~i~i~t;~I$I!i.f~~.tlhrO~a$~s~gg.polish

:" I !EY'"".
.38. S&W Enfield Commando,S" bbl. 6-shot, double
even said that they were much too grand " ... . action (V.G. to Excel.) $17.50. 2 for $30.00. FREE
New Holster-Send Purchase Permit if Necessary.
to cross an ocean to the wilds of America to
fight among savage and uncivilized people. ';~"
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22 KINCMAN, ST. ALBANS, VERMONT
CANADIAN BUYERS: Write or come in and see the
. largest display at 1011 Bleury, Montreal, Que.
The inventory of the Magazine today lists
two hundred and forty-three muskets, sixty-
five horse pistols, and seventy-one swords ~-------------------------------~
ways, one man is "unintentionally" out of
and sabers, as well as the many miscellane-
ous accoutrements of the soldier. Some of
step; for these, you see are militia and
march as militia.
YOUR INNOCENT
the muskets are now in the front hall of the
Palace where the Royal Governor usually
But actually, being twentieth century
Americans, they will proudly tell you that
PROTECTOR
they do not fight as militiamen, but as THE HIDE-A-WAY DAGGER
kept a guard. The rare suit of buckskins
veterans. Though they work each day in A miniature version of the sword
which hangs on the second floor was fur- cane. This can be left casually
nished by the Metropolitan Museum of New their restored shops as if they lived two lying about the house with only
hundred years ago, almost all of them are few knowing that within its
York. rich golden leather wrappings
Many articles completing our 18th Century Army, Navy or Marine veterans of World lies a deadly 18" steel dagger;
War Two or the Korean War. They will extending 5" into the handle
arsenal were not available anywhere. Leather and 26" over all length. $3.95
cartridge boxes from the time of the French also tell you that they are teaching history. P.P. or C.O.D. plus shipping.
They know that in Williamsburg George
and Indian War, so far as is now known,
Mason proposed the Virginia Declaration of
B & J LEATHER COMPANY
do not exist, though there are some from P.O. Drawer 1712
the Revolutionary period. Reproductions of Rights. This proclaimed, among other things, BROWNSVILLE 18 TEXAS
these boxes have been made by hand by Ray that the right to keep and bear arms cannot

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Townsend, the Williamsburg bootmaker. Mr. be infringed if a people are to remain free.
Townsend works in colonial costume at "The This right is reiterated in the Bill of Rights
Sign of the Boot" just above the Magazine of the United States Constitution.
That is why the Powder Magazine of
THE
on Duke of Gloucester Street. Paintings in
Windsor Castle, England, provided the au-
thentic appearance of these items as neces-
Colonel Washington's Virginia Regiment,
the James City County Militia, the College In-built U.s. Pat.-Canadian pending
Complete job as shown for
Most guns $25

sary to the soldier two hundred years ago.

Tent pegs, too, were unavailable. Many
originals of these were dredged from the
Company, the youthful Liberty Boys and
probably the first truly United States regi-
ment to march out of Williamsburg under the
Streamline MUZZLE BRAKE
The one and only STREAMLINE Anti-recoil Gun
bottom of the York River where the British Grand Union banner-the First Virginia Barrel. The muzzle brake that is precision machined
ship Charon was sunk in 1781. Reproduc- Continental Line-is both a symbol and a into your rifle barrel. avoiding unsightly hang~ons.
Controlled escape for highest kinetic brakina. minimum
tions of these are now shown in Williamsburg. great reality to these militiamen who march blast effect and jump elimination. All but prevents
Four of the cannon are on permanent loan today through the streets of Williamsburg. jet thrust (secondary recoil). Guaranteed Workman ..
from the Tower of London and carriages for And their spirit is caught by the hundreds ship. FOLDER. Dealer discounts.
these were fashioned from designs in old of American visitors who watch them as they PENDLETON GUNSHOP ~~~di:,~o~.ouo~e:~~·
engravings found in ancient military manuals step swiftly with banners flying down Licensed fitter for Canadian customers
IAN 5. DINGWALL, Custom Gunsmith
2379 Burrard St. Vancouver 9, B. c.
and guides. All these symbols of a bygone famed Duke of Gloucester Street.
time may be seen today by all who care to ~------------------.- J
look here in the littlc restored City of
Williamsburg.
Yet the Powder Horn is much more than
a symbol, more than a museum; for its
treasures are not only displayed each day of
the year, except Christmas, for the sight-
seers to view, but they are actually used each
day in exhibition firing by the guardsmen Non-Breakable, Guaranteed
who care for them. And if this mid-18th
For All American, Many Foreign Cuns
Century storehouse for arms is a symbol of
our past, it is also a reminder to the men Non-slip and precision-fitted, FRANZITE GRIPS are
who use weapons now, of the eternal vigi- the most durable made I Beautiful colors; smooth,
lance of men who wish lo remain free. checkered, stag horn and fancy carved; truly distinc-
Some evenings after five o'clock, when tive. Long-wearing, unaffected by moisture, per-
spiration, most mineral and vegetable oils. Will not
things should be gelting quiet in this now-
chip or peel. Luster, color are permanent.
peaceful town of Williamsburg, the visitor
may suddenly hear the rattle of a drum. Conventional or conversion styles. Also target grips,
Down the street comes a small group of men with or without thumb rest. Available for all popu-
lar guns in: Ivory, Pearl, Onyx, Agate, Walnut,
garbed in the working clothes of the citizen Black and Staghorn finishes. Low cost, $2.50 to
craftsmen, muskets at "left shoulder" after $8.00-5ee our complete catalog!
the old British manner, stepping rather
smartly up the broad street. Leading is a Franzite Grips Are Sold Under Our Guarantee
For
young, tough sounding officer in British W~ite t~day for 2a-page book. Colt Remington Browning Luger
Regimentals marching ahead with a spontoon FREE Proces, Illustrates grips for all Great West'n Ruger Czech Mauser
H & R Savage Dreyse Ortgies
carried on shoulder while, behind, a youthful CATALOG J\merican makes, plus many for-
eIgn. Hi-Standard S & W Schmeisser Sauer
drummer-about the age of Henry Nichol- Iver-Johnson Walther Llama Webley
And Many Others
son's Liberty Boys-rattles away on his
drum. Following are two files, each led by SPORTS• INC• 5501 Broadway,Dept.CH-7,Chicago 40,11I.
a sergeant bearing hal bard and sword. AI-

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61
 finished product is not as simple.
Dardick has added to the double action
feature a gas-assist, bleeding from the barrel,
which will ease the labor of the trigger
finger. The fired cases are pushed pretty
heavily against the barrel, and there is in-
evitably some friction, without the gas-assist. 38 SPECIAL-.357 l'IAGNUlIl-9 mm LU-
GER BARREL BLANKS: Beautiful 6
The prototype Dardick pistol which I have groove, .357 groove dia., 1 turn in 16", full
clicked, but not fired, on several occasions 26" long, .940 o.d. Used for converting old
92 \Vinchesters into .357 nlagnum rifles (or
over a period of years, is easily worked. Now .38 special), ellstonl barrels for Colt, S&W.
Lugers, etc. $7.75 ea., plus 50c pp., or 12"
refined in newer prototypes is the formerly lengths $4.75 plus 25c PP.
rather awkward pistol handle, which was
partly required because of the large magazine COLT GRIPS: Official police
(.41 fralne size), checlcered
capacity-a non-jamming double row of 20 walnut with u1edallion. New,
original . . . $2.50 per pair.
shots.
COLT SL"GLE ACTIO~ hard rubber grips.
Trounds can be carried in disposable special close-out price . . . $2.00 per pair.
skeleton clips or charges and easily loaded
into either side of the magazine (in the FOR EXPORT-24 HOUR DELIVERY
20-shot model) until full. Loading can also Up to 6 lnillion .50 caliber Browning
linlcs. Packed 1,000 per case. Unused.
be accomplished while the gun is in use. The Special price on application. (\Ve are the
world's largest suppliers of U. S. military
weapon need not be placed out of action items-27,OOO sq. ft. packed with parts.)
momentarily in reloading, as is an auto
pistol with the clip removed or revolver with REDFua~D JR. SCOPE RINGS:

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cylinder swung aside. In a lull in a fire fight, Solid steel, %," dia. only. Fits all
Redfield .Jr. bases. Very spe-
the arm may be filled up, with all the while cial. . ..... $1.95 per pl'.
a live round lying ready to spin into place RI~MI~GTO~ 500 SI~RIES .22
and fire. caliber llIagazines, 5 shot. New.
Only $1.00 ea., 2 for $1.75, 3 for
Novelty, or new look to an old story, $2.25.
depending on your gun collecting back-
ground, is Dardick's pistol-rifle combination.
The gun is being made as a basic mechanism,
and loaded trounds in .38 Special caliber, or
You'll like the Uniflow rim-fire shell adaptors in .22, can be used ~IAUSER '98
l'11I~ITAB.Y BOI.TS
ReBS POWDER MEASURE in the same gun machine. Interchangeable Complete. USefl. Good. Fits all
• No special skill needed to barrels including a .22 rifle barrel with stock '98 rifles. ''''hile sma.II stocl,
throw consistently occurate lasts. . $12.50 1)1)(1.
charges.
attached give the Dardick gun remarkable
• Fast adjustment from one versatility, for defense and centerfire target
charge to another-stays ad. use and, with .22 rifle attached, as a country
justed when locked.
• Powder is poured-not plinker.
dumped-no clogging. Although Dardick is stressing the family
• Easy to split a single grain. fun angle with this unique combination
• Price includes BOTH small and
large capacity drop tubes. deal (which incidentally and somewhat sur-
Available Now $19.95 prisingly, has the seal of Treasury Depart-
Direct or at your Dealers - Free Folders. ment approval so far as the rifle-stock com-

RCBS GUN &. DIE SHOP bination is concerned), the greatest value of .22 TARGET RH'I.E STOCKS
Rl';l':lL"GTON 513 T. .$9.9;;
P O. Box 729·G the Dardick designs may lie in its military WINCHESTER 75. 9.95
Oroville, California applications. Counselor to Dardick in this STEVENS 416. 6.75
important field is Mel Johnson, inventor and F Y-_/-'
FR-EE CATALOG manuf<:·cturer of the Johnson series of light
automatic weapons, and one of the world's ITHACA 37 pump handle assembly, com-
plete with checl,el'erl fore-end.. $;").50;
foremost students of fire discipline in combat. with grooved fore-end $4.75; fore-end
wood alone, checkered $3.75; standard
HQui(k-Draw" Holsters Johnson has been a strong advocate of a
gun which can be loaded in lulls-his old
grooved . . . $2.75.
RE~IINGTON 31 fore-end, beavertail, check-
ered . . . $6.95; standard size, checliered . . .
rifles and LMG's could be, and so can the $4.25.
REMINGTON UDI. 11 fore-end (state if fOt·
Dardick-and he has recently discussed 5 or 3 shot) . . . $;~.49.
• CUSTOM MADE rapid semi·automatic fire as one answer to

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the seemingly uncontrollable climb of a full- : IJ8~::~~~~T<lSIGHTS for 1917
• THE BEST auto burst. Two or three quick hits are more .Enfields only. Gold bead with slid-
ing hood for all sighting conditions.
SINCE 1897 effective than one shot on and fifty high, is Mounts on issue base. Special price for few
left $2.95 ppd.
Johnson's irrefutable logic. The double
action gas-assisted Dardick gun, in military
S. D. MYRES SADDLE CO. application, unquestionably would permit this
P. O. 80X 1505 sort of tactic. With large magazine capacity, For Springfield, Enfield,
EL I'ASO. TEXAS it would equal, he urges, the effective fire- Mauser, Winchester 52,
power of full auto weapons. As a rifle 54 & 70. Remington 37.

ACC-U-REAM .210 combination gun, it would be adaptable to 40X. 721 & 722. and
NEW paratroop and assault uses and, since the SAKO Short Mauser.
~15 10 $37
basic mechanism easily detaches as a pistol

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PRECISION "CHAMBER TYPE"

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THUMB SAFETIES

PRIMER POCKET REAMER again, it serves that purpose also.

The edge has gone off the Dardick gun
For our Springfield, Mauser triggers. $S
:d~~t~~~'~:~r~~:~·direet.
exira

Write Dept. 8-4

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SAVES somewhat for many. There has been a long
i: ;..
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ELIMINATES ,- IMPROVES
"Egg Shaped" VALUABLE
Priiner Pockets AceD.RACY _,_ .30-06 G.T.
time between announcement and final pro-

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CARTRIDGE
• CASES
duction. Refinement of style unquestionably
Hemoves ON LV
the Excess
> .718":21/4".
Pat. Pen".
::.'. .. Actual size ".': .•. \
•
Does NOT
Damage P"imer will continue on the tround-shooter. What· U. S. SNIPER SCOPES
iiiiil •
Crimp
ever its application to the current gun
• •
Pocket Walls

.30-06 Case
in ACe-V-REAM Section
Cross picture, the Dardick design is not only
ACe-V-REAM fs KNURLED for ease of handling- and unique but one of the most interesting gun- SHOOTERS-COLLECTORS. Here·s a top Quality, inex-
CHROME PLATED fOl' a lifetime of trouble free per~
fOl'mance. . . devices to appear in this century. Can it be, pcnsh-e orig. G.I. SNIPER SCOI'E for your military riffe.
ONLY $3.95 Ship. wt. 6 oz. F.O.B. VAN NUYS 2lh po\~er coated optics. Standard %" tube. Glare shield-
DEALERS INQUIRIES INVITED
FREE LITERATURE ON REQUEST
as David Dardick hopes and plans, ~ rubber e;reshield $18.50 ppd.
"the shape of things to come?" ~ SANTA ANA CUNROOM
ACC-U-REAM, P.O. Box 2371, Van Nuys. Cailf. P. O. Box 1777 Santa Ana, Calif.

62 GUNS JULY 1959

 These shotgun barrels should cause one at
R these prices! ABOUT 82% DISCOUNT-buy = ASTOUNDING! ONLY $2.95
"FOR"IULA 44-40" KOW USED IN EVERY Qu 1 ckl y installed
an extra, ideal for slug & brush work, 20" U.S. GUN Pl.AKT AND l.fA!\TY ABROAD. sight set. Stream-

I cyl. bore, all 12 go., new, blued, Win- NEW HIGH-SPEED FORMULA gives even
better results • . . takes seconds to apply
• . . beautifies. protects. Used cold. nothing
lined front ramp
with sight. Rea I'
sight with both
chester Mdl. 12 $4.9S complicated. Deep blue permanent finish.
Actually penetratel the steel. U~ed by gun
windage & eleva.tion

O (Thes£' enn he converted to tnkc- factories and gunsmiths e\'erywhere. Gu:ir· built In. Both in-
anteed to be the hest cold blue you ever stalled by simply
dO\\'n :--fdl. 97 by light lathe ClIt) used-or your money back. tighteninrr Allen set
Winchester Mdl. '97 solid frame $4.95 3 GUN SIZE 52.00 ppd. screw. Front .560

T Remington Mdl. 10
Stevens Mdl. 520
$4.95
$4.95
1 pint INDUSTRIAL GUNSMITH SIZE.
$7.50 ppd.
I.d., .rear .775 Ld.
Plenty of wall thickness for reaming to all popu.
Jar sizes. Blued. ready to install. QXLY $2.95

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for complete set!

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.44 CALIBER BARREL BLANKS

nf
HEAVY .22 CAL. BARREL BLANKS
GARAND BARRElS-Very good to exc. $9.95 ea. 27" lon~ X 'V8" dia. Used for 44/40 & .44 Spec.
Higoh alloy steel, adaptable to Will. '92, 1873.
LYMAN 57A REAR l\lnrlins, pistol barrels etc. $6.95 plus 55¢ post. Full 1 1/16" diameter, straight. riflcd blank_G
SIGHTS- groove for supel' accuracy. 27" 10ng_larO'e diameter

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makes adaptable for most rim or center fire actions.
SAVE ALMOST 50%-NEW $4.S0 1 turn in 14" only $6.95 plus 45c post.
(Chambering for .22 L.n. only, add S 1.00)
SPRINGFIELO
SAVE $8.25 in lots of 75 1903
$~---&-- GARAND
.50 Cal. ~~ TOOL
bronze brushes
,,~
WORTH ANYTHING WHEN NEEDED
for serious cl(':min~. The extra size makes clean- In field or on range, this ordnance tool may be
ing bores fast & easy. For all standard rods.
Long Lasting. 25 hru~Il(>S $1.75; 75 brushes $3.00. needed at any time-for bolt disassembly, be·
Complete with calch, pin & spring, steel, not alumi. cause of poor extraction with fouled chamber, or for
mum, specify blue or ParkeriZed __ $6.20 complete . rifle takedown. Fits conveniently in butt trap-
•45 TAPERED (Guard :\Ione, $3.95, Jo'. Plate alone, $2.25, milled
Keep shooting. a good investment. As issued, Only
$1.00 ea.! (Good to carry with gun-new firing
BARREL BLANKS (Now fUll 12") follower. S 1.00, sprin~ SOC) pin-$1.25, new extractor-SI.25)
Usable for Buntline S. A.'s. muzzle loaders. New
NEW U. S. CARBINE BAYONETS
Service, 1917'!". millinturc cannon, custom re-
volver bbls. Rifled. new, $5.3[1 plUS 50c pp.

U. S. GARAND ._----- F~_ _ Bayonet &

sheath -$4.50.
BAYONETS ----"""="">.===~.~' Bayonet attach·
10" hlade, (also fits Spl'inJ:r- ment for gun-
.. $4.95 ppd. 51. 75,
SPECIAL ALL 3
for $5.35 ppd.

UNIVERSAL
STOCK BLANKS BREECH OIL
of finest American 'Valnut. prcturned, shaped and througoh
1st sanding, notc measurements which 'permit inletLing & THONG SET,
Firing PIJd. for both high power anti small bore rifles; bolt action For Springfield, Garand, Enfield & Krag, fits in

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~hotguns; or cut off anti use on pump shotguns anti
doubles. 281;'2" long, 1~~1" through, 21/8" dept.h. Specinl butt, nickeled brass, not plastic, as issued, excellent,
pl'ice 52.35 plus 35c del. Special Steel Che('ken:'d complete $1.00 ppd.
SHOTGUN BEADS Tar:;::-e( BULl-plale w/scre"':;;, for use with above, $1.00.
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DO GET LOST
U.S. CARBINE STOCKS
tlm'c's
h('1I(1
~ p~~k~t.K(~NI0 lnr::rc
(standnnl ·1/-\0 thread)
-
si~hts for uJ':l1al rwiec of jt1~t adjustnblc for windagoe &
01lL'. ONLY $1.00 per Packet elevation. fits all U. S. Car-
(BLlY 100 (10 paekl'tJ':l & next hl'llnd ncw. complete with new bincs. slides into receiver
till'lL' 11 .fricnd J':huw<: you h.is Patten;on collection, recoil Plate, butt plate. screws, front
J':h~IW hlln y,m,' Sll'ltg'lln J':1~ht collection. Spc('ial band spring. $4.V5. Same. less metal parts. dovctnil - 2 minutes to io-
p1'lce for thiS pUl'pu!'e. $7.50 per 100 sights). Tap 83.95. (Very light color stocks. fiuish sanded but not stnll. as iSSlied. 51.85 ppd.
for abov(!, 4./4.0 -------------- 50C swined. same prices.) Carbine Handl!llards. new.
S2.30 pod. Write wants for other carbine parts.

.45 AUTO MAGAZINES ,

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mrule 1954 of new ~teel SP<!CS ..
!"lIperlor to ally made pre·
'-jouJO:IY. N(!\\,. in uri!?. wrap·
Illn~!'=. $1.95 e:l.-2 for $3.50.
NOTE: When 2 are ordered.
new weh c:trryinz c.1se in-
cluded FREE.

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U. S. CARBINE
MAGAZINES

FREE Water (& dirt &

tobacco) proof rubber cap
** DOUBLES UTILITY
INCREASES RE-SAlE VALUE
•. ' -given w/ea. magazine. - 1

[
~~ ORDER NOW~ •
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, I
,\ ONLY $34.50 PPD. " '.. '' I
• 5 shot ~apacity-reQuired ~y law for hunting. fits
_ DEALERS WRITE .-
flush With guard-streamlines appearance. Solid
machined bottom-not "raw" appearing oversized ~- -- .
fold overs that some are selJingn nunn $2.45 EACH UNIT consists of preCISion ground .22 barrel insert, full size short cction .22 bolt. new .22
• 15 shot, in original wrap.only$1.00ea.or2for$1.75 ~QI. trigger guard and magazine. EXTRA magazines $1.75 each.
• 30 shot, "banana" clips only $4.95 or 2 for $o7.95!

NOT $5.00 (;:\ . . . (;;\

~;;:::;-
ONLY $7.49 W,..W
HOODED TARGET FRONT SIGHTS
Standal'd dovetnil-intel'changeable inserts included.
For Hi·power or !'mall bores. From discontinued
Target rifle of lar~r(.'st U. S. makel·. At a 70C;o
discount! $1.49 ca. $12.00 per dozen FITS ANY M 1903 SPRINGFielD.
Your Springfield' and our .22 Con-
version unit "lake a terrific double-duty team_
GARAND TRIGGER GUARDS
"I'm extremely proud of our new .22 Springfield Shipped prepaid in
For replacing NMilled Conversion Unit, which took over 2 years to de- counter dIsplay box.
wartime tin "fin- - Steel
velop. It offers ] 903 Springfield owners clo.uble • Fits all 1903 Model Springfields in 30-06.
ger skinning" $1.75 utility by providing them with a man·sized. smooth. • Adjustable headspace plug for perpetual service~

guards--new- ,working .22 repeater, comparable to the popular • ht time available in over 55 years!
but almost extinct U. S. M·2 Springfield .22. 11 • Inexpensive practice with 22's-pays for itself
Geo. R. Numrich, Jr., President. in a few short weeks.
SATISFACTION ALWAYS GUARANTEED!
SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUNS & ACCESSORIES
WANTED: BROKEN INCOMPLETE GUNS
All kinds for remaining usable parts. We buy lots
of one to one thousand pieces and at Quite high
prices. We must have parts and the only way to
get many of them is by breaking up used guns.
Ship off for our offer. Check airmailed day shipment
received-merchandise returned prepaid if offer not
latisfactory.

GUNS JULY 19S9 63

 BRAND NEW· DRIGINAl BDXES • LIMITED SUPPLY PULL! Internat ional trap will not be an event in
UNCDNDITIDNAl IS·DAY GUARANTEE (Continued from page 38) Ihe 1959 Pan-American Games. Skeet, rille,
and pistol will be shot as scheduled. Inter-
Cov't Surplus· Rigid U.S. Navy Specifications straight by a hotshot in Class A. Top two national or Olympic style trapshooting is a
Precision Made ror Extreme Accuracy
scores of each class counted for the team. casualty of a ruling by the chancellor of
Thus, if two best efforts at trap in Class E the Pan-American Congress that the event

22 Cal. Target Rifle

were 38 and 37, for a total of 75, and the could not be scheduled in 1959 because it
two best scores in skeel were a pair of 36's, was not included in lhe previous Pan-Ameri-
the trap team in that class won one of a can Games. An attempt to secure approval
possible five team points. The club also for inclusion of the international trap game
scheduled two Saturday's, one in April, and in 1963 Pan-Am Games is sure to be made
one in August, for shooting schools. at the Pan-American Congress fall meeting,
This gun club knows how to attract, and in Chicago, site of the 1959 Pan-Am Games.
hold, shooters. That this statement is true 000
Bolt Action-7 Clip-wt. 8V2 lbs.
Ammo: long Rifle, Reg, Hi Speed
$29 50 plus
is borne out by the Waukesha Gun Club's
annual Club Championship shoot. In 1958,
Arnold Riegger. a strong candidate for
the title of Mr. Trapshooting, when hc was
$1.50 postage
this shoot, a club shoot, atLracted 191 entries burning up the traps a few years ago, is
SPECIFICATIONS: 13/16H hea'":r 26" barrel w!Lh in 16-yard trap singles, 89 entries in skeet, back at the old stand. after a two-year lay-
('rown muzzle. Genuine walnut. stoc'k, swh'cl atla(,h-
rnenls. steel butt plate. Molded streamline triJ.rJ.t'l'l' 148 shooters in lrap handicap, and 83 con- off. And, idleness didn't hurt his shooting
Ktlard & finger groO\'cs. Cam action sllccdIOt"k.
Hooded rami) (ront sight. ~Iossbcrl{ or Lyman rc- testants in a trap doubles event. 'Nuff said. eye, it seems. Riegger blew the cobwebs from
('ch'er J)eep sight with lh" micrometer "l'ii('k"
adjustments for windage ...~ elc\'ation. l..;ight swings
000 his shootin' iron with a victory in the doubles
out of way for telescope sighting. ('1'eles('OI)C not Al Zajicek, air machine driver, gin player, event at the Sahara Gun Club's Midwinter
included.) Independent safety with red .\:: g'fC£'/l indi-
cators. I)arts Jist & instruction sheet included. bon vivant. and scattergunner, who haunts Trapshooting Tournament. The news of
••• A pride for expert Lincoln Park Gun Club on Chicago's Outer Riegger's return to the circuit almost over-
tournament shooters & hunters Drive, is handing out circular calling cards. shadowed V. C. Myers' winning a new ~
NOTE: These guns ore mummy wrappecl Man, he can't stand nothing square! 1959 Thunderbird in the same shoot. UiII
to insure absolute protection against rust.

No COD's. Send check or M.O. ELMER KEITH SAYS The Colts man Rifle
(Continued frolll page 40) We have tested a ;;ample of the Colt ]'ille
JOB LOT TRADING CO. game at close range, and if it is ever used in .308 Winchester caliber. It is a well de-
49 Vesey St. New York 7, N. Y. on game larger than deer, sheep, or goats, signed, well shaped. light, handy rille with
then I believe it should be used only with light 22" barrel. Action is the Finnish Sako,
'"' NosIer 200 grain bullets or the Barnes 250 stocked and barrelled in lhis country. The
£o... b ...t Grip§ grain soft point. With steel jacketed solids, stock is my own old 10nte Carlo design of
A natural for holster it would of course drill the brain of any 30 years ago, that nearly every custom rille
or target work. maker in this country, as well as many of
pachyderm on earth if properly directed;
'Pcecision Gacoed rcom
Impoc{ed Rosewood but I would prefer this rille with NosIer the big gun builders, have now adopted. It
Availabl. for all popular 200 grain slugs for use on the lighter game incorporates a good full pistol grip, Monte
Smith l; Wesson and Colt Revolvers at long range. Carlo cheek rest. and a stock comb that
The rille came equipped with Weatherby's slopes forward, so the comb simply slips out
S:0~::~i~~~ $13.50 Ppd. new Imperial 4X scope. This is a wonderful from under the cheek bone in recoil, rather
tban raising with the uplift of the arm to
DIOAllORS: Now is the Time to Stock glass in every respect. Two capped dials
the Custom Craft line. appear on top of the tube, the rear one for pound the cheek bone. Front sight ramp is a
focussing to individual eyesighl and the front well shaped casting with plain black blade
CUSTOM CRAFT CO. one for adjusting for both windage and front sight held by a cross pin. This is
Bo< ~57-Main Pasadena Calif.
elevation. This scope was in Redfield mounts. sweated to the slim, tapered, micro-groove
The S POT S I-l 0 T. A Revolutionary aid to Position of the adj ustment dials permits barrel. Detachable sling swivels and com-
Score Boosting!! Ask us, or your dealer. perfect positioning of the scope to fit desired position grip and butt plate, with well
eye relief of any shooter. checkered grip and forestock, complete the
This big 4x87 Weatherby scope is a peach comfortable stock picture. It.is a well shaped
in every respect, clear as spring water, with stock for either scope or iron sight usc.
Ilat field and with cross hairs that are l:::.vy The rille tested has the usual Sako flat-top
enough to be seen instantly against game bridge and receiver wilh tapering dovetails
in almost any shooting light. The complete for scope mount installalion or for the Finnish
rille is very light and handy and just right Sako rear sight. No rear sight was sent with
for the sheep hunter who has to make long this rille, but two scopes were sent, one in
hard climbs. (Continll.ed on page 66)

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BINOCULARS AND SCOPES volvers. \Vin. Lever actions plus many other Modern and MISCELLANEOUS
Antique Guns. 'ViIl Trade, Stamp for list, Chet Fulmer
E:\'fIRE STOCK IftJD seO))es wholsale. Lyman All Ameri- (Guns), Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. GUN CASES, full length for rifles or shotgun. "'eather
can 2%X $31.85, 3X $33.2.3, .jX $38:15. 6X $41:.63, SX ~r SMITH & 'WESSON, 22 Cal.. brand new, model 41, target proof suedeine, soft fleecy lined. reinforced nozzle, Wilh
lOX $35.65. WCf1\'Cr Kl, K:Lj & 1\..3 $24.40. h..4 .. :W.O<), leather & brass rivet. a truly wonderful value at $1.4n.
KG $31.50, J(V $3i.~O, K8 u1'1"\.10 $:~8.70. Add 50c postage automatic. $110.00. Fully engraved model, $285.00. Public
Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia 2. Pa. send prepaid anywhere in the USA. State model & type of
each StOI>e. The Scolle :,hop, Dept. 2, Box 360. Oklahoma gun when ordering. Sold with "Money Hack guaralltee; Good-
Cit:::.1'_. .,.----,_ BRITISH ~fK. 5 303 Lee-Enfield jungle carbines. Very wcar Co.. "Brooklyn's Rod & Gun Center," 17'7 l,'latbush
good-$2/1.95. Excellent-$29.95. Immediate delivery. AJ's Ave., Brooklyn 17, N. Y. NitA Life Members.
60mm TELESCOPE HIGHT angle erecting roof prism,
l5X-SGX eyepieces, 3 rayfiltcr, ll&L olJj. & roof prism Gunroom, 1 Beekman Street, New York, N. Y.
FINEST LUBIUCATI.KG Oil Money Can Buy! Once in a
erecLOr, assembled, $j,); :-:-;imilar makes, 1 eyepiece. 2-lX, MINIATURE KOLIBIU db!. action revolver. 2mm rim Lifetime Purchase from Government surplus. One Quart Oil
$H6; 2" Drawtube black C'llllllwied 2jX telescope, case. $15; tire, $10; Ammo., $2 per 100. Robert 'V. I(night, Seneca and One Pound Grease manufactured lJy Lehigh Chemical
2" One tube, I draw. 23X, leather case. $15; Varinower, li'alls. X. Y. Products COlllpany for Aircraft Instruments and )Iachine
1;:iX to 4~X Jap, case. $18.. cost :i'~;); Xcarly 2". brass tube, GUllS. Compares to $40.00 Hetail ralue. Both for Only $:LO()
2 draws. 2 slight ('hips on edge of obL. 25X. case. $15; SWISS 7.5mm A::\f)IUNITION. Military $12,00, Sporting Prepaid. San 11'rancisco Gun Exchange, 75 li'ourth Street,
\Vould say. VG; Dr. F. X. Solscm, Spicer. 1\1inn. $17.00 per hundred. Randau Arms, 911 I)ieo Avenue, Fresno San li'rancisco 3, California.
4, California. .
COLLECTORS GUNMAN'S 'VALI(! "Stanislatsky )'fethod" rapid draw
10 BOXES FACTORY 38 spl. 'VC $30.00 prepaid. Mauser against live OPI)oncnt." 'Vax, cork, bullets, pellets acthate.
Ii'ABULOUS 36 PAGE Fully Illustrated Catalog Every 257 heary bbl. Fecker ll,.a" exc. $121.50. Jeff. Trader, Newest Conccpt. Electronic targets instantlY register hit,
Month. Hundreds antique guns. swords. military items. Pocomoke City )faryland. time. Invaluable for actors. competitions. Inexpensive com-
All different in each issue. Order with confidence from ponents. Plans, simplied schematics, $3.00 postpaid. LAli~
NE'V F.N. 400 SERIES 25-06 Douglas Premo Barreled Gun Shop. 330 Gartleld. Parkland. Washington.
America's li'inest Anti<lue Sen-ice. Subscription just $1 Action in "white" $80.00. C. H. Kindt, Box 45, 203
for 12 catalogs. ~orm Flayderman (G:\I), 44 West Putnam Lincoln. "'inner, So. Dak. CARltYALL CANVAS RoB with straps and handle. large
A\·enue. Greenwich. Connecticut. size 54 x 22 inches, for travelers, campers. baseball players,
HAi\'DGUNS-NE'V enlarged 195£1 catalog 50c. Robert etc. Gov't Surplus. hrand new, value $12.50-Special $2.2:)
ANTIQUE .FIRKAIC\r:--; lal';,t'l' illustrated catalog with Frielich. 390 Broome St.. New York 13. N. Y.
l>eriodic supolemellt 3uc. .latkson Arms. 6209 Hillcrest each. PublIc Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia
A\·c .. Dallas .j, Tcxa .... 2. Pa.
NEW DIXIE Kentucky Rifles: $99.50. Prompt delivery.
CI \. U... WAR Ballleticltl HeHes. Cannon Balls. Bullets, Thick cat.alog 25c. Dixie Gun "'orks. Union City. Tenn. HAND SIGHTING Le\'els. improved new model, many
Buc-kles anu Plates for sHI<,. List for stamp. Sam McClaren, uses, for laying drains. ditches. foundations, grading. con-
M-1 RIFT,JES $125. NEW M-1 Carbines $100. Sloper, Rim· touring, laying out ot fences, piers, roads and gardens.
Houle #3, Hichlllond. Yil'ginia. rock. Arizona. Fully guaranteed. $2.50 Postpaid. Public Sport Shoos.
"A:\l'lQUE & 1\lODEB.X Arms. Accessories at 'Recession' 20mm .:-;.-.A-'-V'--Y-C'--A:C:N"'~""O:-~'--, "'Ca-rt-n-'-·
d-ge-s-d-ea-ct-iv-at-ed-$I-.O-O-oo-s-t- 11 S. 16th Street. Philadelphia 2, Pa.
priccs. Sample list. 2:.c. Ladd Arms, Catskill. K. Y." paid. Joe Puffert, 1808 Baltimore. Cincinnati 25, Ohio. 30-06 SPIUNGF]EI~D on Enfield Rifle Stock. as issued.
MINIATURES, GU~ list. Knight. Dox 294. Seneca Falls, brand new, $2.95 each. A3·03 Springfield rifle barrels. cal.
1'. Y. CUNSMITHINC 30·06. brand new. GO\"t. Surplus, 24·inch, completely
finished. Value $25. Special $5.00 Postpaid. Public Soort
GUNS-SWOHDS-Knh'es-Daggers-Flasks. Big list LEAR.::\l GUNS::\HTHIi'\G. America's oldest, most com- Shops. 11 S. 16th titreet. }lhila. 2. Pa.
25c cein. Ed Howe, Cooper ::\Iills 10. Maine. plete, 2-yr. course. Earn AAS Degree. llecommended by
leading li'irearms Companies. Modern Equipment. Com- GARAND M1 SNJPEB. Rifle barrels, brand new ready to
12 Cl<::\TUHY )IlLITAH Y Flails: Complete details upon petent Instructors. VA allprO\'al. Trinidad State Jr. use, fit any Garand. jjncst accuracy. only $9.75. Springfield
reQlleH. John·s. 311 So. 4 St.. Harrison, N. J. College. Dept. G::\L Trinidad. Colorado. .22 1\12 Bolt heads $1.!l0. Handles. $3.50. Firing pins,
$1.79. Bolt slee\·e. $2.25. I'arts List Garand. 1903. Carbine.
DL\IE I?OB.. list Handgulls. Rifles and ShotgullS. ::\Iodern SPRIXG SPECIAr~ Barrcling Price. Regular $40.00 bar- noss. 15c. Valley Forge Arms Co., King of Prussia, Pa.
Anti Antique. Lyle Quist, Crookston. )finnesota. reling reduced to $30.00. First line barrels only. All stand-
ard calibers and wildcats~ All work 100% guaranteed. AU'l'llEN".rtC ltEPHODUCTIO:\S-Huge 11"x33" Famous
ENCRAVINC SnaPl>'s CUllS hop, 214 N. \Vashington, Royal Oak. l\fichi~ 1874 "Buffalo Bill" and "Wild Bill" llickok \Vild \Vest
gan. Show Theatre Broadside $2.00 l'ostpaid. Set of 12 all dif-
GUKS EXOllAVED. Trophies. -:\Iedals. rractical Awards. ferent old \Velts It' argo lteward Posters $2.00 Postpaid.
Lowest J'rices, Largest sciettioll. I,'ree UJ5V Color Cata- BLOCKSTOCK1:-iG. UERROIVN & Reblue. Repair all Norm !i'layderman Guns. Greellwich, Conn.
logs. Custom Engraring. 321 Broad. L'Anse, )[ichigan. Make Shotguns & Uiflcs. ll~rank LeFe\'er & Sons. Inc.•
Cust.om Gunsmiths. Frankfort. New York. I'F;E1tI~ESS HAXDCUFFS. $13.D5; li,htweights, $16.45.
,,"OULD'S Ii'INE~T Engraring. Folder $1.00. E. C. Prud- Darbies. $9.95. Leg Irons. $12.95.. Iron Claw. $9.£15. Twisl..-
homme. Ward Bldg., Shre\·cport, La. GEXEUAL GUNS::\IITHIXG-Uepairing. rebluing. con- ers, Guide Chains, $1.30. Transport chains. li'etters. r~eather
ycrsion work. parts made. Inquiries i1l\'ited. Bald Rock rest.raints. Collector's specialties. Thomas Ji'errick, Box 12.
Gun Shop. Berry Creck. Calif. Newburyport. Mass.
FOR SALE
BLUBLAK HEBI...UING-spccial for 2 months-Bolt ac- LEAD BULI,JE'l' Metals. Lead Bullet \\'ire, and Lead Shot.
SPl":CJAL "OUTER:::;" Aluminull1 Gun Cascs. 3 models tion Guns $8.00-20th Century Guns, Norwich, N. Y. Send for list of materials mude from virgin lead assuring
for all rifles and shOL:.rUIlS. Hc~ular $~I!. !J3-1!'actor.y scconds uniformity and accuracy for casting. swaging l.lnd reloading.
$12.8!.l l'ostpaid. Write for freo circular. Dale Shooter's INDIAN RELICS Anchor Metal Co., Inc., 9660 Meeker Avenue, Brooklyn
Scn·icc, Box 3'}7. Galcsrillo. Wis. 22. N. Y.
T\VO BIRDPOINTS, three warpoints or two bone awls
BltAXD 1\E\V Bausch & Lomb 21).<: x8, Balvar Scope and $1.00 hatchethead~ knife, scraper and drill $2.00 large BRASS. ONE-Piece Cleaning Rod with brush, Gov't Sur-
Mount $00.50 prrpaid. San Francisco Gun Exchange, 75 spear $1.25 celt $1.50. Palmer. 435 \Vashington Road, Mc- plus, for 45 cal. revolvers and automatic pistols. $1.00 each
Ii'ourth Street, San Francisco 3, California. Keesport, Pa. postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street. Phila-
delphia 2. Pa.
FOR S.ALE. Barrel ':\[achinin,l{ Tools Rifling )[achine, 3 Ii'\DIAN 'VAR arrowheads. Flint Scalping Knife. Flint
Deep Hole Drill & accessories. Etlw. Heese Koller. George- Thunderbird $4.00. Catalog 10c. Satisfaction Guaranteed. SHOOTER'S BIBLE. 1959, o\'er 500 pages. Immediate
town, Indiana. Arrowhead. Glenwood. Arkansas. shipment. Ilhl:HralCd Modern Guns and Accessories, $2.00.
1959 Gun Digest $2.95 Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11
'VIXCJlESTJi';U. )rODEI~ l:!. Trail Grade. As Xcw, $150.00. LEATHER CRAFT S. 16th Street. Phila. 2. Pa.
Philip Russo, 2100 East :!lld :::;t., Brooklyn, X. Y.
LEATHERCRAFT CATALOG Free. Kirkpatrick Leather M.S.A. EAR DEFENDERS for the shooter. Brand new.
CUNS Cr AMMUNITION Co.. Box 637-A10. Gainesville, Texas. U.S. Gov·t. Surplus. Value $3.00-While They Last $1.00
pair Postpaid. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street,
}PREE HDO-It- Yourself" IJcathercraft Catalog. Tandy Philadelphia 2, Pa.
RUTTISH :M1<. 5 303 Lee-Enficld jungle carbines. Very Leather Company, Box 7£11-E30, Fort \Vorth, Texas.
good-$~4.95. }~xcellent-$~!).U5. British Mk, 3 & 4 303 l-'EDOMETEB.. BRAND new by New Haven \\latch Co.
Lee-Enfield rifles. Exc·cllcnt.-$UJ.!J5. U.S. 30-06 Enfield SELL OR TRADE Measures the distance YOll walk. 'While They Last $5.95.
rifles. Very good-$2lJ.!I,J. l;:x~ellcnt-$3·U)G. rcrfect- Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2. Pa.
$39.50. German ::\(ou. ~8 Smm :'IJ.auser rifles. \~crr goou- S&W LIS'£ 25c, COL'f list 25c, woodsman match target.
$~7.50. l';xcellent-$·l2..:;0. Czech 1\.[od. £18 Smm Mauser mint, tn original box $69.50, will buy or trade for civil RU'LE SLINGS, leather, Army Surplus. 1';4 inch. Brand
rilles. Exccllent-$ . W.50. Egyptian 8mm ::\fauser 10 shot war carbines on any items in my lists. N.R.A. life member. new, $2.00 each. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street.
semi· automatic ritles. F.:'L llIade. Vcry good-S60.50. Jap Stanley :B. Cohen, 83 Laurel Drive. Little Silrer, N. J. Philadelphia 2. Pa.
7.71l1lU Arislm rit1es. 1-'re-\\'ar issue. Vcry good-SI8.00.
.Tap 'l'ype 4':1 6.5mm Arisaka carbines with folding bayonets. THADE FOR nines. Shotguns . . . 1\ew Movie Cameras, OVEn. 5000 RIli'LES, Shotguns. Handguns, Modern. An-
Very good-~39.50. Excellelll-$·!5.00. Swedish ::\1od. 9-1 Projectors. 35mID. I>olaroids: Brand Names. Fortway Cam~ tique listed Monthly. Sample Copy 25c (Coins). Shotgun
6.5111IU :Hauser carbines. Y",ry good-$32.50. ::\Ioney back era. 6718 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, K. Y. News. Columbus. Nebraska.
guarantee. Free list. Freedland Arms Co.• 34 Park Itow. RIFLE SCABBARD. 'Vestern Boots, Clothing. ~addles.
.xew York 38, N. Y. l'EATHERIVEIGHT WIN. 12. Want Late 3 H.P. Out-
board. Jack lIarman, 1026 Chestnut. Columbus, Ind. Free Catalog. SHrer Spur. Box 1785-B45. Fort 'Vorth.
BELOW \VUOLESALE c1oseollts. all new and factory Texas.
boxed. Kollmorgen Bear Cubs 23/ 11X $33.50. ·IX 8;~n. GX WANTED "WINE":\fAKING." $1.00. "STOUT, Becr. Ale Brewing,"
$33. Leupold scopes 2% X $25. 4X Pioneer $37.50. ·!X SALES)fEN! $10.000 A YEAR Selling Steel SheIring $1.00. Illustrated. Eaton Books, Box 1242·N, Santa Rosa,
)[ountaineer $50. GX )Iountaincer $57.50. 8X l--ioneer $50. parts bins-cabinets-shop eQuillll1ent. Sold erer)'where! California.
8X ,Vesterner $03.30. \\"eaYers 1\..2.5 and K3 $UAO. 1\:-1 Terrific commissions. Free 32 page catalog. Jobber dis-
$29.0.3. KG $:UAO. K8 or KI0 $38.70. Xew Hem. 722 counts. BFC Corporation, 2901 E. Hedley, Phila. 37. Pa. FREEl 72 PAGE photographic bargain catalog. Dept.
barreled actions Cal. ::lOO Sa\'. $.iO. Xcw Item . .58, l~Ga. $D3. 18-47 Central Camera Company, 230 S. 'Vabash Ave .•
Stamp with inquiries alld pOstage Please. Breckheimcr GUll )[OD}~L 32 RE~nNG'rON O/U, 30 Inch barrels, plain. Chicago, Illinois.
SUDply. Parish, Xe\\' York. no rib. full and full or full and modified, double triggers
preferred. Johnny John'Sen, 1135 R Street, Lincoln, Ne- BEAR RUG . (Polar. Grizzly, Black.) Tiger, Bob-cat.
"AX'1'LQUE GUN Depot" Otfers: 115/70 Cartridge Belts braska. Wolf. ~1.J. Hofmann-Taxidermist, 1025 Gates, Brooklyn 21,
with large "U.S." solid-lJrass buckie . . . H.30; Hare
Ci\'il \Var Union Knaps,lf'ks . $6.50; Civil War tulip~ S -T ,-'T=I'CC:'S-'-'-'w-or-'-d'-',-u-nC-O'-llI-11o-n-:CX'--·a-'-zi-d:-ag-g-.r-s.-,-vo-rlcl
UXI1'E:C'D:-:C N. Y ..:::-====c:-,------,-,----::---=---,-,..---,----,--:c-
head reproductiou ramrods . . . $2.75; Abo\'e postpaid. wide can'ed ana inlaid ornamented daggers with scabbards, "COL'l' FHtEAIU'fS" dramatically describes, beautifulIy
Also . . . Sl)ringtield -:15/70 IUnes; Civil War )fuskets & reasonably priced; excellent condition. Al Oesterling, Jr.• illustrates (540 Illates) the sixgun saga. Any bookstore.
Carbines; Kentuckies; Winchesters; Loads 1\'[ore. Illustrated 1286 .East Main Hd .. Newport, n. I. Free brochure: Scrren Books, Santa Ana, Calif.
Gun Catalogue 25c. \Vestc!Jester Trading, G-2478 Arthur CORDO~ SETTER pups AKC & FDSB Whelping )[ay
A\·cnue. Bronx 58. New York. OLD HAXDCUFFS. legirons. lhumbfasts, shackles wanted. 6th. Parents excellent huntcrs. Jack Hawkins, 100 1\1id-
Patter!ion Smith. 2FL. 269 Shepard Ave., East Orange. crcst Way, San li'rancisco. ,Calif.
"SHOO'1'[:\G A,:\OIO BI)ecials" . . . priced per 100 rds.: N. J.
4:-,/70 Smokeless . . . $8.00; .303 British . . . 88.00; CUSTOM 1J0LSTEltS and Kits. See Our '50 Catalog @
;JO/06 . . . $7.50. Shipped Exprcss. 500 rd. orders prepaid. GUKS A~Y Type, Especially M-1. Uiftes and Trophy .25c. Leathers by lleid. 2230 Comegys Axe., Scranton 9.
"'estchester 'I'rading, G-~-!78 Arthur Arenue, Bronx 58. Machine GUllS. Disco Stores. 2503 X. 3rd, Milwaukee, Penna.
New York. Wisconsin.
\\'AXT US Stamped Detectire Special, dwat Johnson 44, "THE GUN Report." monthly magazine for gun collectors.
-\\'IXCHE!::lTEH. ::\JOD 70 3;JS-!\ew mod 70 rebarreled enthusiasts. Informative, factual, interesting. $·:1.00 .}'car.
to 338 less sights for $170.00. Rebar reI your mOtl 70 to 1\[3 carbine or receh'er milled for Sniperscope. Britt Brown Box lliE. Aledo. Illinois.
:{38 For $40.00. Also complete custom rifles. Cases and Eagle, "'ichita, Kansas. '
bullets in stock. Schwartz Custom Guns. 2720 Soutll m·47 C.S.A. (CONFEDERATE) BUTTOXS. Copies. Ciril war
Owosso, :Mlrhigan. ~~~~'I~~J:.~~S~~i;I~~{O~~:f )foiJ~Y~~' G~\~:efuRd~'ar~t~~1~:i: relics. Button and list 25c. 'Vaddell. 1625 Georgia. Marys-
\'ille, Mich.
ltIl+'LES. 303 nHI'l'ISH Entlelds, as issued. good condi- Sidney Abcrman. 1210 Beechwood. Pittsburgh 6. Penna."
tion. $23.00. . 303 British Military Cartridges. $10.00 'VAXTED Ii' OR cash: 'Yinchester 6G rifle or' carbine in ELECTRIC PENCiL: Engrares all Metals, $2.00. Beyer
10511~Q Springfield. Chicago 43.
~ffg.
~:rPI~f~·2. Ii?a~lic Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street. l"'hila· original \'ery good or better rOIH.tit.ion. early 'Yinchester
catalogs.-R. .1edlun!I. Ashb.y. Minn. (Couti,nued On 1JOfje (;(;)

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CROSSBO\VS! HUNTIKG Bows I Factory-DIrect-Prices I
.TarCo. Box 1355, \"lchita. I\:ansas.
THREE LI.\TE Rubber Stamp 1.00. 1,000 Business Cards
l"repaid 3.00. Regal Printing Co.• Crooksville, Ohio.
"ACCORDIO"S SAVE 50%." Connell Music. 101 South
Brown St.. Gloucester, New .Terser.
REXD FOR Free list of military rifles. Freedland Arms

I
Co., 34 Park ltow, New York 38. "X. Y.
SELF-DEFEXSE-IOO TRICK knockouts for self-defense.
$1-1c each. 1=-[108t. Box 251. Evanston. Illinois.
NAZI lItO:" Cross $1.85. Arm bands $1.~5. list 15 cents.
Albert It. Benn, 80S Albert St., Creve Coeur, Illinois.
03A3 30-06 SPORTER, 1'3. DIES. $120.00. Carr. 13
Pcnarth Driyc. \Vilmington 3, Delaware
"Means nothing. He quits smoking every now and then, too."
PRIMER POCKET CLEANER (Continued jrom page 64) Slickest trick for camp-
only $1·8~ '" -.', g~[~::t~ ~~kit~~ ~~i~~~. ~~~g~ o~ ers, boaters, vacation-
Pa Res' Add hand-driven chuck. Or can be
4X which we used and tested, and another
3".'0/0 Sa'les Tax manually operated. Fine steel longer scope in 6X persuasion. Reticle was a ers! Think of conveni-
DEALERS & wire brush, with metal sleeve.
JOBBERS Only $1.00 Ppd. Speci~y whether good heavy plain cross hair, large enough to ence of having BOTH
for larg-e or small prtmers.
INQUIRIES
Portable light and heat.
INVITED KUHARSKY BROS.
2425 W. 12th st.. Erie, Penna. be seen in most any hunting lights and to Tilley's world-famous
our notion just right in this 4X scope for

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Kerosene Heater will
THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC STOCK INLAYS the big game hunter. convert instantly to a
are my business a."1.d I make
the finest. Brilliant color_. While the 6X scope would suit many powerful 2000 CP Lan-
beautiful designs, hand ~ut
by precision machinery. Send vermin shooters who shoot with rest or tern (thousands buy
for latest Uat.
C. D. CAHOON • DEPT. 2, BOXFORD. MASS. from prone position with sling, we consider for stand - by light
the 4X Colt scope best for all big game alone!) then when eve-
EVERY GUN BOOK IN PRINT
"The Baker's Dozen Plan" requirements. You can handle it nicely off nings get cool, convert
back to a Heater! Burns
Send SOc for year 'round mailings hand, and it offers an excellent flat field and hours for 5c; safe, si-
including out-of-print listings.
good definition. Adjustments are under screw lent, odorless, guaran-
caps for windage and elevation. The unit teed. SPECIAL: Tilley
seemed to be strong and held the scope well. Heater R 1 ($23.95)
Accuracy was very good for so light and CONVERSION HEAD
handy a rifle, and it should make an ex- ($6.95) both ONLY
cellent little rifle for shooting deer and $29.95 P.P. Send check,
:\10 today. Circular free
similar game. We had to position the scope (slightly higher in some. areas)
ARMY - MARINE as far forward as possible on the action for
Dealer Franchises Open
CIVILIAN eye relief. Safety is the usual Sako safety Exclusive U.S. Importer
on right rear of the cocking head, and it
SPECIAL
worked perfectly. Trigger pull. while a bit A. W. THACKER CO.
Dept. IC) Clermont, Florida

$17o~PA'D
too hard, was clean and sharp. Forestock
tip is contrasting colored wood, and the little
rifle is pleasing in appearance. We under-
MARKSMAN BADCE
for shooters, sterling
SILVER FINISH stand the rifle is to be furnished in .243, .308,
silver $1.00 each, RAISED LETTERS .30-06, and .300 H & H magnum cali- ~
postpaid.

•: EXPANDING DENT PLUGS:•

Limited Quantity
bers, in different length actions. ~

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: in 12.16 and 20 Gauge '.

Improved Minute Man Gun : SIMPLIFIES WORK OF REMOVINC :

Blue instantly preserves and • DENTS IN SHOTCUN BARRELS
renews steels and iron sur- • In using on exponding dent plug you elim- :
faces-Not a paint or lacquer • inate the making or buying of expensive
- No heating necessary-
Comes complete with all nec- • solid plugs. severol of which ore needed :
essary equipment. • for eoch gouge.
GUARANTEED -
proven over 40 years by
repeat sales to satisfied
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Tested and •
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These plugs have center diameter of about .020'"
less than standard diameter of same bore and can
be expanded to fit any oversized bore.
Made of Bronze to Prevent jamming or
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users. SEN 0
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE •• marring of bore. :
• Proce per Dent Plug $ 4.75 •
r NEwM'iT'H"iiD-MFG-:-CO·'1 • Set of 3 (one of each gauge) $13.50 •
J G·7 Bradford. Pa. • MAIL 25c FOR BIG 48-PAGE •
I Kame I • CATALOG NO. 58 •
• FRANK MITTERMEIER (Est. 1936) •

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"Gunsmith Supply Headquarters"
3577 E. Tremont Ave., New York 65, N.Y. :
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66 GUNS JULY 1959

 Big Game or Varmint ... open • USE ON ANY RIFLE-One scope is all you need for all
country, brush, mountainous terrain . . . hunt what you your hunting rifles . . . changes from one to another in
want, where you want, when you want with the fabulous seconds, locks in perfect zero every time, ready to shoot.
BALvar 8. Here's the only multi-purpose scope sight of its
kind ... the one scope you can use for all hunting. • STURDY CONSTRUCTION-No delicate internal parts
to jar loose; adjustments are made in the mount. Will not
• INSTANTANEOUS CHOICE OF POWER-Turn of knock out of zero. Guaranteed permanently fog proof.
ring provides exact power you need from 2 Y2 X to 8 X. No
limiting click stops, BALvar 8 is continuously variable • ECONOMICAL-One investment at less cost than any
with no change in focus, eye distance or point of impact. combination of two hunting sights-fills the need for several
scopes. $99.50, or just 10% down on Time Payment Plan.
• NO CHANGE IN RETICLE SIZE WITH CHANGE
OF POWER-Patented B&L Tapered Cross-Hair Reticle,
113 minute at center, appears sharp, fine at any power.
FREE! "FACTS ABOUT TELESCOPIC SIGHTS,"
·a 96-page manual filled with valuable information about
• YOUR EYE IMMEDIATELY ON TARGET-"Wedge- s~opes and scope shooting.
shape" cross-hairs help you instantly center sight on target. Write Bausch & Lomb Opti·
cal Co., 635 St. Paul Street, BAUSCH & LOMB
• WIDE FIELD-40' at 100 yds. at 2Y2X setting. An ex- Rochester 2, New York.
cellent field of view for scanning or tracking moving target
• .. "close in" with desired power and shoot with accuracy. """V''''
The RUGER name identifies a
handgun of the highest possible
quality. It symbolizes new con·
cepts of gun design and ad-
vanced engineering techniques
which have developed products
widely noted for superior per-
formance and reliability. Thou-
sands of RUGER owners are
verification of the incomparable
growth and reputation enjoyed
by this famous brand of revolv-
ers and automatic pistols.

Write to our factory at No. 15 Lacey Place, Southport, Conn.

for descriptive literature on the entire line of RUGER firearms.

Manufactured entirely in the United States of America by

STURM, RUGER & CO., INC.

SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, u. S. A.