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TRIGGER
TALK
T IS DIFFICULT, at least for anyone
having more than a passing interest in
guns, to witness one of Hollywood's standard
THE COVER
Pretty actress Anne Francis
can not be listed among
Hollywood's top gunfighters,
but she was an apt and enthu-
Guns
FINEST I N THE FIREARMS FIELD
siastic pupil when gunswift
slam-bang Western movies without raising a Arvo Ojala coached her in the
skeptical eyebrow now and again during the use of the big sixes for a
smokey flow of film. Admiration often gives recent moving picture role.
way to a snicker when a single bullet, fired
from the hero's hip, neatly disarms a dis- DECEMBER. 1957 V O L W, NO. 12-36
tant badman. The snicker evolves into a
sneer when later the same hero bags his
seventh, eighth, or ninth (depending upon
IN THIS I S S U E
the casting director's budget) outlaw with
his trusty but unreloaded six-gun.
Questions arise. "Who the hell does Hol-
handguns .
THE TRUTH ABOUT HOLLYWOOD GUNFIGHTERS.....................
lywood think it's kidding?" is one of the ...........................................Charles MacDonald Heard 12
most frequent. The true gun-handling ability HANDGUNS FOR THE TYRO.. .............................Elmer Keith 25
of actor-shooters is another subject often
argued but which is, as yet, unresolved. An-
other aims a doubting finger at the skill of
trick shot artists who "stand in" during
hunting . a
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much less five, but we have included in this GUNS AND GUNNERS O F THE FEUDING CLANS.. .Carl W. Breihan 22
issue an excellent article by Charles Mac-
Donald Heard, a professional movie gun
expert who answers the questions and places
the blame.
shooting . a a
Keith?" So here is the first of what we hope Louis Satz Marvin.Ginn L. Pector Carlos Thut
will be many pistol pointers by Shooting CIRCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTION
Editor Elmer Keith. Here is special advice
for the tyro on "how to buy 'em and how to Editorial Advisory Board
shoot 'em." Keith knows. He is "Mr. Handgun COL GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED J. 6 0 E R 6
ROGER MARSH ROY 6. DUNLAP VAL FORGETT KENT BELLAH
himself" to a wide segment of the shooting
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Louis Corbeau tested a brand new nun
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fast as possible and thus either prove or dis-
prove claims of the Appel Process. His
story, "The Barrel I Could Not Wear Out,"
is an interesting, and at times startling,
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When a Washington, D. C., detective
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 All during the deer season Arthur Wagner
of Reedsville, Wis., kept his brown riding
horse in the barn. Three minutes after the
season closed he let the animal into a
pasture for exercise. A moment later he
heard a shot ... and found the horse dead
of a shot gun slug.
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Mechanically, the BSA is a modified Mau-
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with the pleasing appearance and design of
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is its price schedule-from about a hundred
and thirty to slightly less than two hundred
bucks for the -458Imperial.
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touch that sets it apart, distinctively, from novelty is the patented "Besa" muzzle brake.
Aurand's For Sports! other guns. The blueing is a rich blue-black. Muzzle brakes are as much a subject of
Polish is clean and precise without ripples or pros and cons as the high velocity us. the big
HOLESALE JOBBER that "shoeblack" look of a sloppy buffing job,
while the stock is varnished to a good finish.
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Yet, nearly every article I've seen on this subject is either a cott TV shows which mis-educate your children and fail
blasting critique of our movie gunwork, or some publicity to entertain anyone! Then, and only then, will you see gun-
man's pipe dream about our "super-fast draws," "dazzling stories done the way you, and we, would like to see them
spins," and "amazing trick-shots." done on the screen.
The truth is, we are neither supermen nor phonies-just Believe me, we professionals will be very pleased to shoot
hard-working, well-practiced performers and technicians our six-shooters the correct five times and then use our
who have worked years to acquire our reputations for skill .
eiector-rods for true realism . . and I can promise that
and knowledge within the movie industry. There are at none of us will ever again shoot a pistol from anyone's
least six men who have proven themselves "professional hand from the hip! Also, when the public makes itself felt
gunhands:" Arvo Ojala, Rodd Redwing, Carl Pitti, Doyle in the offices of the movie moguls, maybe the publicity
Brooks, Fred Carson, George Ross, and ( I venture to add) blurb writers will soft-pedal their claims for fantastic or
mvself. impossible gun skill that they publish about their actors>
Also, there are a number of actors who have practiced These "claims" of Hollvwood eunhands
" are all based
arduously on gun-skill and studied gunfighter lore in order upon truth, but have been either incorrectly written by
to improve their portrayals of gunfighters. Among these some "technical writer" or colored up by sensational "pub-
are such stars as Audie Murphy, John Derek, Burt Lan- licity men." I doubt if there is one of the "pros" I've men-
caster, and many others, as well as the new TV gunfighters -
tioned who hasn't had some stranger come & to him on a
movie set and insist upon asking "a few questions" (usually
such as Hugh O'Brian, Clint Walker, Jim Davis, James
Arness, Clayton Moore. These men are also "pros" who do when we are all keyed up for a scene, or are trying to talk
not require a double to do their gunplay, no matter how to someone else). After a half-dozen or so a u e s t h s the
fast or riskv a scene mav be. stranger thanks 'us and leaves. Sometimes these strangers
Technicians and actors are hired professional perform- just watch us awhile and don't even ask questions. Later we
ers, who claim to be nothing more. We all work for wages read the "inside story" of how so-and-so got to be the
and take orders from the boss, the film's director or pro- "fastest gunhand in Hollywood," or "how the movie-boys
ducer. Our actions are directed bv them. often over our fake gunfights," or whatever point of view this writer took
arguments and protests. So, the next time you see a show .
about our work. These are the bovs vou a
can credit for the
"claims" some of us are alleged to have made for super-
where the hero's pistol never runs dry, or one of us shoots
a gun out of a guy's hand, or whatever, blame the right speed fast draws and miraculous trick-shots.
man-the Movie Maker. Even better for accuracy, blame Of course, there are tricks to all trades, and ours is no
yourself, for it is you-the movie-goer-who is really excevtion. Let's look at some of ours:
responsible for the perpetuation of these ridiculous errors. Quoting an article, "Arvo Ojala, who coaches the stars,
Start demanding your money back at theaters when they claims he drops a half-dollar from waist level, draws a hip-
show you hogwash which purports to be history, and boy- bolstered revolver, cocks, fires (Continued on page 35)
TEXAS HOLDS
EVEN TEXANS -INCLUDING GAME
FROM AFRICA AND ASIA
By DEV KLAPP
rocky pastures, up steep slopes, through thorny brush, looking for the game
they wanted.
We had just rattled down one particularly steep incline when David eased
on the brakes. "Look!" He pointed toward a group of reddish-brown animals
walking single-file up the far side of the draw. "There are your Aoudads,
Ludwig. Let's see vou eat one."
~ u d fumbled
h ~ for the door handle, slipped quietly (Continued on page 38)
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he says. "I was given the job because I'd run a small the cannon should produce lots of noise and smoke, it
shop before the Revolution, manufacturing plows and was to make the Federals believe that the Revolutionaries
other farming implements. That wasn't much of a qualifica- had as much firepower as themselves.
tion for designing a cannon. It worked, though. It was 37 Once Mendoza began the manufacturing of arms, Don
mm., small and light, easy to handle. Plenty of smoke and Francisco had another job for him, and it placed him at the
racket, too." By lifting the handle the entire barrel slid right hand of the most colorful figure Mexico has ever
forward, opening the breech to insert the loaded round. known, one Doroteo Arango, better known as Pancho
A spring striker at the back fired the gun. Villa. Madero wanted to persuade Villa to join the rebel
It worked so well, in fact, that Madero placed Mendoza in forces, and sent Mendoza and a group of officers to
charge of the manufacture and maintenance of the cannons, interview him in Chihuahua. Mendoza, incidentally, has
machine-guns, hand grenades,' and other weapons with never held any formal military rank or title. The delegation
which the Revolutionary soldiers in northern Mexico were finally won Villa over to the cause of the Revolution, and
outfitted. Mendoza says that much of the equipment was shortly afterwards Mendoza became a member of Los
crude and simple, but its very simplicity was partly a Dorados, Villa's personal escort.-In English "Los
virtue, since many of the soldiers who used it had never Dorados". means "The Golden Ones," or less literally,
had any real military training. As for the specification that "The Golden Guard." His proudest keepsake of those
20
I anen auring 19 1 1 revolu-
tion, photo shows Mendoza
firing his first m a c h i n e
gun (hand cranked, fed by
5-shot Mauser clips). Man
standing, l e f t , loads his
M I 8 9 3 Mauser while others
eventful days, even more cherished than the original designed for Madero's men would do. It used a projectile
cannon he designed for Madero, is a yellowed and faded that exploded on contact, and Villa was favorably im-
group portrait of Los Dorados. pressed by the damage it did to trees, walls, and other
Today Villa has become a legendary figure, and there "dead" targets. But he also wanted to see it tried out on a
is such a wealth of stories about him-some true, some live target. According to some of the myths, he should
embroidered, some pure fiction-that it is difficult to form have sent out one of his fanatically-loyal Dorados to be
a true picture of the man. In some versions he is presented shot at, but what actually happened was that he spied a
as nothing but a bloodthirsty bandit who did more harm to distant group of mules, and told the cannoneer to shoot
the purposes of the Revolution than his victories were at one of them. Because of the distance he thought that
worth. In other versions he appears as a sort of Robin all it would do would be to scare them.
Hood in a ten-gallon hat. The- truth, of course, lies About ten minutes later, however, an Indian came run-
somewhere between these extremes. Mendoza, remembering ning up to announce that his one and only mule, which he
the actual human being, not lurid legend, has a high loved like a brother and which was the mainstay of his
regard for Villa as an astute leader. livelihood, had been killed. Villa hiked over to where it
He also has a fund of anecdotes. His favorite concerns lay, and was astonished to see that the critter had been corn-
the time Villa wanted to see for himself what the cannon pletely disemboweled. At once he (Continued on page 40)
GUM awn Gwwew
Never before published picture shows Anse Hatfield and friends rescuing George Hatfield from McCoys. Anse holds
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single barrelled shotgun, man a t left levels .45-70 Springfield, and man at Anse's right has a lever action rifle.
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a name as any.) The story is that Jonse proudly acknowl-
edged his paternity and took Rose home with him, but old
Devil Anse flatly refused to permit a marriage ceremony.
It probably made the McCoys mad, but so far as we know
they did not start the shooting war because of it. Or maybe
they did. It's a good story.
There's another faction behind the legend that it all
started with a dispute over the ownership of a pig. Others
say it wasn't a pig at all, but a fiddle. (A fiddle does enter
into the story, but not as the cause of the war.) Some say
it was simply a matter of politics, with the two families
supporting different political parties in dispute over local
issues. And some say it was because Devil Anse Hatfield
was a captain in the Confederate Army whereas Randy
McCoy not only fought on the side of the Union but did
so as a private in the ranks. According to this faction,
when you combine the usual North-South differences of
opinion with the ancient bitterness between Rank and
ranker, you have cause enough for a dozen feuds the size
of the Hatfield-McCoy fracus. We are told, too, that Devil
Anse Hatfield killed Harmon McCoy in 1863 in the midst
of a Civil War skirmish, and that this was the caus ' the
feuding. You can take your pick of causes; or you
as many do, that all of these, and more, lay bet
blood-bath that finally came.
Devil Anse Hatfield was 27 years old at tne f
the Civil War, a giant of a man, powerfully bui , I Double-purpose violin said to have figured in Hatfield-Mc-
long black hair and piercing black eyes. The Hatfield Coy feud had a .44 caliber gun imbedded in its throat, the
clan obeyed him to the letter (Continued on page 44) hammer and trigger within easy reach of fiddler's fingers.
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Lever action repeaters like one
above were favorite arms of
Haifield and McCoy clansmen.
fun and good training. Trick shooting is another very interesting phase of the
handgun game. The present great demand for first class, accurate, small caliber
pistols shows the trend. Safe ranges can be set up in most localities, even in
basements in cities where the outdoor scene is too crowded.
Anyone desiring to become a good pistol shot should start with the .22 caliber.
The recoil is negligible and the report so light that pistol shooting with small
calibers can be enjoyed in settled communities, providing a suitable back stop
is found. This can be a regular target bunker, a hill of soft sand or dirt, a big
block of wood, or one of the many bullet stops now on the market.
Start right by buying the best .22 caliber auto pistol or revolver you can
afford, preferably with target sights that are fully adjustable. Then you can
sight the arm to print exactly where the sights bear on the target. While there are Handgun target shooting
many foreign automatic pistols in .22 caliber being offered, I prefer the Colt, is a sport which women,
Ruger, and High Standard guns made in this country. .If repairs are needed children can play on even
terms with men of family.
you know where to get them. If revolvers are preferred, we have the fine Smith
& Wesson, Colt, and Ruger lines, as well as the less expensive Great Western,
Harrington and Richardson, and Iver Johnson arms, to choose from.
Let's look first at the auto pistols. If you contemplate serious match work
as the ultimate goal, then you should get the best in target arms, such as the
High Standard Super-Matic, the Colt Woodsman Match Target, or the fine
Just a few of the many
gun buyer are (left, top d
Whijney Lightning Model,
man, and Iver Johnson M 8
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Problems are discussed as author Louis Corbeau (right and gunsmith
Wyatt Osburn consider plans for bedding Appel barre into its stock. DID YOU EVER buy or build a
fine rifle and then purposely try to
wreck it? Did you ever get a superbly
accurate barrel and deliberately set out
to burn it out as fast as possible?
That's the job I had in testing the
new Appel Process cold-formed rifle
barrel. Never heard of an Appel
barrel? Chances are you'll be hearing
lots about them in the future if my
experience was any guide, for we really
gave an Appel barrel a workout-and
in the process I worked up quite a
sweat, too. We had a rifle made up on
the Appel barrel, to test for original
accuracy, for barrel life, and for re-
tained accuracy in its old age. Many a
rifled tube will send all of its pills into
one hole when it's new, but mighty
few of them will do so when the erosive
gases of a couple of thousand rounds
have gone down their throats. But the
German-designed Appel barrel, now
made in America, upset this generaliza-
tion.
Dr. Gustav Appel developed the cold-
form process in Germany where it
helped the MG-42 compile a fine record
for barrel life in fast firing machine
guns. The Doctor claims that his rifled
barrels are smoother inside, more
accurate, longer-lived under hot loads,
and possessed of more uniform vibra-
tions when fired, than barrels made by
other methods. To gain these results,
the Appel Process uses a mandrel rod
with the rifling machined upside down
on its outside diameter. This rod is
inserted in a pre-drilled piece of gun
steel. With the mandrel in place, the
APPEL-PROCESSED BARREL STILL SHOOTS LESS-THAN-INCH
steel is subjected to a terrific pounding by a special although also a notorious barrel burner, has never achieved
forging machine. This hammering forces the steel into the accuracy of the Varminter among the bench rest
the grooves in the mandrel. Remove the rod and you have fraternity. The .22-250 seemed to be the best possible
the rifling on the inside of the pre-drilled steel tube. Bear combination of land-eroding loads and pinpoint accuracy.
in mind that all of this machining is done while the steel Looking ahead to about 3,000 explosions taking place
is cold. No heating and cooling processes is involved, so within inches of my skull, and with no desire to end up
there are no heat stresses to be relieved. There are no cutting out paper dolls, I decided against making it a
tiny inaccuracies in the rifling resulting from uneven super lightweight cannon. Although I wanted that barrel
expansion of steel during forging. turned down to a weight where a woodchucker could
Because of the terrific pounding it received from the high handle it all day, I had no intention of getting recoil-
impact forging machine, the granular structure of the belted all over the scenery every time I touched her off.y,.
metal is actually compressed. Because of the high impact So we decided on a hunting-weight rifle and stock. ip".^+
forging, the barrel is left in a stress-balanced condition, Second only to the barrel in importance is the trigger,'
which lends itself to uniform vibration on firing. for my money at least, so I chose a Jaeger Model 50
In simpler words, they claim more accuracy, over a trigger especially designed for the Mauser. It has positive
longer barrel life. My question was, was their claim adjustment, a pull that is crisp and neat, lacking in creep-
justified? just right for what I had in mind.
I had the Appel .224 barrel fitted to a Mauser 98 action Choice of scope was a tough one. I wanted a 20X to
and chambered to .22-250. The 'choice of caliber was do the most perfect possible job of pointing it. On the
dictated by a sincere desire to burn out the barrel in other hand, to carry it in the field after prairie dogs,
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that. I first considered the .220 Swift, but that caliber, Scope Chief. It shows me bullet (Continued on,pag< 49)
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for any person is supposed to be l/5th to You am now able to shoot your pistol in
inches." We do not blame the experts for 2/5ths of a second. By the time the person your living room, back yard, garage, etc.
being amazed and doubtful of the physical aiming the cocked pistol sees that the draw
possibility of such a stunt-Ojala was even
Tri-Jen Auxiliaries now permit yeu t; shut
has begun and reacts by squeezing the trig- the large bore pistol yen already own at a
more amazed when he read he could do this ger, he is already too late. The man doing fraction of the cost of regular ammunition.
thing! As usual this incredible performance the drawing has no psycho-physical time loss Tri-Jen shoots a #2 shot shell BB with
was recorded for posterity by a writer who for reaction time, since he pre-determines only a large pistol or rifle primer, and are
saw Ojala do his drop-the-coin stuut, and when he will make his draw, which is purely case-hardened for long wear and black
without bothering to learn how ANO does a reflex movement on. his part with no oxided to prevent rust and cormion.
the trick or being exact in giving details, mental or physical delay. But any way you
this writer has done Ojala an injustice. The measure the drawing time, it must be less
facts 'of this stunt are amazing enough! than l/5th second, unless the draw is made
Actually, ANO lays the fifty-cent piece on
the top of his drawing hand, then moves the
against a handicapped person ...and I've
yet to see any actor or stuntman who
hand (palm down) to a horizontal position "tried" Ojala or Derek who was in any way
approximately four inches above his waist- so handicapped. Again, this might be classed
belt and six inches forward of his gunbutt, as a "trick," but it sure is a fast one.
which by measure is seven inches below his
hipbone. He tilts his hand until the coin
slides off, then he goes for his pistol. There
is a shot, and the coin spins through the air.
0 NE writer stated that Rodd Redwing
"claims" to shoot through the hole in a
candy Lifesaver. Gun experts have gone to
This is a trick, naturally, and the "hit" is great lengths to prove it is ballistically im-
only an illusion, since he has fired a blank possible, because the Lifesaver's hole is only
and struck the coin with his pistol barrel as .03" larger than a .22 cal. bullet. Yet Red-
it arcs up and forward out of his holster. wing does it all the time as part of a
The day I measured this stunt for the sake
of truth, ANO did the gag three times with-
'shooting act' he does for kids ... and
gullible writers! He can even do it with a
out a miss using a factory-fresh Colt Single- .22 pistol. Here's the stunt: Rodd puts a
Action with 5%' barrel and one of his hol- candy Lifesaver into a clamp in front of his California residents plus 4% sales tax
sters ("Hollywood Fast Draw Holster"), "shooting board" (actually a panel of W' CALIBRES AVAILABLE
which he now manufactures for sale to the steel on an easel), then directly behind the .32 S&W Long .38 Long Colt .38 Special
general public. Obviously, the distance the hole in the candy he clamps a lighted match .357 Magnum .9 mm Luger .45 Auto. Colt
coin drops is closer to 8" or 10" than it is to or birthday cake candle. That done, he steps .44 Special .44 Magnum .45 Long Colt
4"; therefore, the distance, too, is in part off twenty feet or so, aims his .22 rifle or
an optical illusion. But the real thing to TRI-JEN MANUFACTURING CO.
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remember is that Arvo still has to make an Far be it from me to give away Rodd's gim-
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with his gun's striking of the coin! involved-but I will again state the truth:
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1 4 0 t h second, and that they have photo- old time gunfighters think we were all a
graphic evidence to prove their time. Not bunch of magicians who produced cocked
one of them ever claimed, at least to my pistols out of thin air. Never were holsters,
knowledge, that he could draw and fire a hit single-action guns, and style so completely
in l/lOth, *at first-I believed this thing co-ordinated as ours are today. True, the
could be done "Hollywood-style." However, Old Timer might put a hole in us, but he'd
when I began to seek the truth and the sure be afire from powder bums long before
proof, I found the answer to be negative- he even found his gun!
tenth-second draws, getting the pistol cocked, Our holsters are indeed far different from
out and fired, have not been done. But the regulation drop-loop western holster. My
several of the boys honestly thought that own design has no bend to it a t all, since
they had done so. I t was an understandable the holster is riveted hard-and-fast to the
miscalculation, as I think you will agree gun-belt, and both belt and holster are partly
when the whole matter is brought before metal lined. John Derek's design is made up
you for judgment. of one solid piece of leather which forms
The most natural and obvious timing de- both belt and holster. Granted, these are not
vice available to us Hollywood gunhands is as comfortable as the Old Timer's soft
the camera with which we work. 'scabbard' which was worn looped over his
The Mitchell studio motion picture camera single-weight cartridge belt, and usually high
is; used throughout the world because of its about his waist with no tie-down thong
mechanical dependability. These Mitchells cutting into his leg. But we always know
delivers m o r e may cost $13,000,00 and upward; they are where our pistol is (a loop of whang under
on t a r g e t , i n equipped with very accurate tachometers. or over the hammer acts as a keeper, so that
The opening of the shutter plus the shutter's the gun won't fall out accidently), whereas
uniform pattern, running speed determines the exposure time the Old Timer had to find his gun, pull it
at higher velocity. of each frame. A sound-and-camera set up free of holsters which could bind his pistol,
will give a very accurate record of time, as cock with his thumb, point and let go. Not
Bet the killing power of a gau e well as pictures of just what was done. The that they weren't fast, but we would have
arger, the recoil of a gauge small-
er with this anti-recoil and shot camera is constant. Thus, using a Mitchell the 'edge' all the way with our modern
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Yes, our guns are also a bit different from
what you see, or think you see, in films.
Complete with short, medium & long set at the normal opening of 175 degrees, While all of us use Colts or Great Western
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them as l/lOth (5x1/50). Some of the boys DA pistol tricked-up to look like a single-
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and safely (My own time averages somewhere around
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What they weren't taking into account is director. This was the case in the film,
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the next un-exposed frame is moving into has to 'fan' his gun. With a production
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country in the only way I could, by devoting mounted Colt and Vickers Maxim guns i~
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weapons ... weapons that would be as the light Mendoza gun in one step place
Mexican as I could make them." the once-ill-equipped revolutionary army 01
Mendoza speaks Spanish, of course, and a par with the best equipped of Europea~
perhaps in English this declaration sounds forces.
a bit flowery. But he abandoned his profit- Weighing ahout 18% pounds, and firinl
able business, took his wife and small from an open bolt to allow barrel coolin
children to Mexico City, and haunted the on full-auto bursts, Mendoza's weapon wag
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says that he worked, studied, and waited. operating rod, is, iu the Mendoza, an in
But his patience must have been next to stantly removable piece having pin tips 01 TO BECOME
heroic, because it was not until 1929, almost each end. If one breaks, field stripping t~
twenty years after he designed the cannon switch ends for repair is a matter of seconds
for Don Francisco, that he finally received Quick barrel removal was another featur
au Army directive to design a gun for the in which Sr. Mendoza was a pioneer. Flasl
soldiers he had vowed to serve. On the 12th hiders were standard on his earlier guns
of November of that year, the Department of more recent models have slotted mum1
Military Manufactures gave him written in- brakes.
structions to devote all of his time to A brand-new design, also by Sr. Mendoa
designing an automatic rifle. He was to is heing studied by the Army, but current1
incorporate the hest features of similar the original machine rifle is still standarc
weapons from other countries, but the Mex- although it is now made in the U.S. 3
ican version was to be simpler and lighter. n o d s iust what w u need fy developing
caliber in accordance with an agreemen better marksmanship with p~stol, revolver
Here was the opportunity for which he between Mexico and the United States t or rifle. With a "Detroit" ullet T m w u can.
practice shooting whenever you feel fike it.
had hoped and prepared himself over so standardize equipment.
Tested and proved b top-rankiw pistol and
many years. He designed a gun that he After this success, Mendoza thought fo revolver shooters. ~ d e l s.to .stop all pistol
believed would fulfill all of the Army's revolver and 2 2 whbre. r~m-ftre rifle bullets:
Also "Super" model to stop 300 magnum cart-
requirements, and prayerfully submitted his r ~ des u to 3000 ft. per second velocity. Few
models. The gun was under consideration for mo%ls 8 . 9 5 to $42.50. Send far liteptmre.
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At last, in a Presidential Decree dated
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his commercial activities to take precedence
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eagerly into the future. The Army is now
testing the new verson (RM-2) of his
automatic rifle. That 2 2 is almost ready for
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"In the first place," he says, "I don't
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constant guard even in his own home. With was found dead on the trail, shot, allegedly
the attacking force was "Cotton-top" Mounts by Elias Hatfield. Jonse Hatfield was re-
and Tom Mitchell. Mounts called to the in-
mates of the McCoy home, but was informed
by a daughter, fifteen-year-old Allifair Mc-
leased from Moundsville after not too many
years, chiefly through the political influence
of his father, old Devil Anse.
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Coy, that her father was not at home.
Mounts yelled, "Yo're a-lyin',,damn yuh!"
And, without further ado, leveled his rifle
Cotton-top Mounts' killing of the young
McCoy girl had caused the regional senti-
ment to pile up against Anse and his fol-
For H u n t e r s
and killed the girl. lowers, and soon law-enforcement 05cers
Quickly, the dead girl was dragged into were able to make legal arrests. But it was
the house. But the Hatfields climbed onto not until 1890 that Mounts paid the price
the roof and set it afire. Desperate hands for that killing. On February 19th of that
made futile efforts to put out the flame as year he was hanged at Pikeville. The McCoy
it ate through the dry shingles, but the water family moved to Pikeville to avoid further
supply was soon exhausted and Calvin and bloodshed.
Randy McCoy used buttermilk in further But the vendetta did not die. There was
attempts to save the dwelling. still plenty of hatred and plenty of gunplay.
It was a hopeless effort. The attackers The apparent last of it was in 1896 when
were closing in. Randy McCoy saw Tom Anse's second son, Cap, shot by one John
Mitchell about to fire the door, and shot Rutherfold. Cap's stepson, a teenage boy
off several of his fingers. With that, the en- named Joe Glen, grabbed a gun and killed
tire Hatfield clan present rushed the door one McCoy partisan and wounded an inno-
and broke it down. But that shot must have cent bystander. Maybe that was the end.
made them wary since, when they entered Devil Anse Hatfield died a natural death
the burning house, Randy and Calvin had in 1921. Randy McCoy, the leader of that
escaped outside to the protection of a huge clan, had passed on some years before at
boulder, from which vantage point they the ripe age of ninety. Tennis Hatfield had
poured bullets into the Hatfield ranks. How- a life-size statue of his father carved in Italy
ever, their aim was mighty wild for no one at a cost of $10,000, and it stands today in
was- hit. But being shot at, even by bad
marksmen, is no fun and Devil Anse and his
crew m o u n t d . their horses and rode back to
Peter Creek. Little Allifair was laid to rest DALE
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beside the bodies of her brothers.
Again Randy McCoy appealed to the gov- CUSTOM MADB
ernor for protection until finally the chief
executive of Kentucky demanded the sur-
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of McCoy men, again under the leadership
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eral hours. Twenty of the McCoy attackers
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were wounded when Phillips finally gath-
cred his men and rode back to Kentucky; The owner of a Gorosabal TEN @A. MAC
and Cap Hatfield had killed Bud McCoy, writes: "I Start Shooting when the rest of the
and Indian Hatfield had been killed by a boys quit, never m a l i z i a shotgun would shoot thd, hard".
McCoy bullet through his brain. This was NEW IMPROVED MODEL-CHECK THESE FEATURES: 10 ga. Magnum
better shooting, though the circumstances 32" Solid Lump CHROME lined Toledo Steel barrels. Improved Anson
were hardlv such as to demand marksman- & Deeley action with double purdey bolt, greener crossbolt with m t t
ship. This was a slug-out, at close quarters. bite and side clip for extra strength. Ugh& scroll engraving. Hinged front trigger. Check-
Shortly after this battle, Jonse left the ered, cheekpiece French Walnut stock with recoil pad. Beavertail forend with pushbutton
release. tine craftsmanship by Gorosabel of Eibar. Wt. App. 12 lbs.
area for Washington, and his brother, Cap
Hatfield, became Devil Anse's chief lieu- $175.00 with positive extracton $225.00 with selective auto-aiocfon
tenant. ~ u Jonse
t did not remain away for
long. He returned to his home town and ,
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He was convicted and sent to prison for We also have the fine Ugarteburu I 0 Go. Magnums with BOHLER ANTI-NIT steel barrels in s k k ,
life. Several days after the trial, Doc Ellis
MA'GR BEFORE the clan burial ground in West Virginia. All
of Devil Anse's children who are dead, died,
the claims are justified, whether they are
provable or not. It is often difficult, even im-
in bed except Elias and Troy, who were possible, to prove even the truth about old
killed in 1911 in a bar-room fight. weapons, as collectors have learned to their
New G. R. Shotgun Stabilizer Reduces Four Hatfield sons (Joe, Tennis, Willis, sorrow. But there were scores, possibly hun-
Recoil, Speeds Recovery Through Max- and Elliot) were too young at the, time of dreds of guns used in the "feudin'," and
imum Gas Deflection! Sold on a the fighting to participate in it. And in the many are still in existence.
Money-back G u a r a n t e e decades since the guns stopped talking, both Certainly the oddest of the guns said to
families have turned their steps along the have figured in the Hatfield-McCoy war was
paths of peace. During the 1920's, both Ten- a short-barrelled rifle action built into the
nis and Joe Hatfield served as Sheriff of neck of a violin. It was an ingenious device:
Logan County, and a first cousin, Henry D. a .44 caliber gun firmly imbedded in the
Hatfield, was elected in 1913 as Governor upper inches of the fiddle's neck, the muzzle
of West Virginia. In 1928, he was elected to opening at the top of the scroll, the rabbit-
Photo shows special vent positions ap- the United States Senate. Most of the old eared hammer sticking up among the tuning
plying scientific principles to increase hatreds are forgotten, or at least ignored, pins, and the trigger hanging within cozy
e a s deflection more than ever before even by the McCoys. In 1926, Jim McCoy, reach of the fiddler's fingers. It is said to
possible.
then an old man, posed for a picture with have belonged to a Hatfield. History does
Shortens Recoil! Improves Shot P a t - Tennis Hatfield and Cap Hatfield's son, Elba. not record whether or not it ever added its
tern! Eliminates Muzzle Jump! Con-
trols Blast! Field Tested by champions! Today, the old Hatfield homestead at the .44 calibered bark to the staccato beat of a
Light, high tensile strength aluminum. head of Island Creek stands beautifully re- hoedown frolic, but one can imagine that its
Easily installed by your local gun- modeled, thanks to Tennis who spent a for- user must have enjoyed a peculiar sense of
smith. Send for I t today! Price: $10.50, tune on it.
cage only, postpaid, check or M. 0. power as he fingered this by-lingual instru-
C. 0. D., few cents additional. Gun collectors all over America display ment. And woe to him who failed to pay
ins for which thev claim Hatfield-McCoy the fiddler!
0.12 A letter from Ewe11 Hatfield of Charles-
NAME .............................. ton, West Virginia, offers some interesting
ADDRESS ..........................
1957 SCOPES- LATESTMODELS sidelights on one Hatfield gun: "Regarding
the gun that belonged to my grandfather,
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Anderson Hatfield, it .was a Winchester
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was given to my father, Dr. Elliot R. Hat-
field, by my grandfather. My father left it
to me. I know that it was used by him dur-
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aunt, Bettie Caldwell. They are- the three
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Virginia, captured him and took him back
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"Among other things he had killed sev-
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RIGHT HAND
Makes Your Snub-Nose ONLY about the time that he shot at this buck .
a Handful of Deadly deer that was running and the bullet going
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Walnut, Flame- through him and out the other side and
Grain Rosewood, killing a doe that was carrying a fawn;
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Ocean Pearl.
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Pistol and Rifle shells. lure-ppof, shock- owned and on display in the tavern owned
absorbing. Red life- by Robert Hatfield in the village of Stirrat,
time plastic. Con-
West Virginia. There are said to be Hatfield
aF - -
& venient pocket size.
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Hotel in Pikeville, Kentucky; and Elmer
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with feudal history. ... Bob Hatfield of
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he was killed."
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moved back to 38 grains, which is still To help soak up some of the beating,
hotter'n the breath of a goat dining on and to get other shooting skills to properly
chili peppers. evaluate the rifle, I enlisted help. I t wasn't
All loads in this test were placed in Norma hard to find several good riflemen who were
.250 cases, full-length resized to hold the .22 anxious to get off a couple of hundred well-
bullet. Norma cases have a reputation for aimed shots.
thicker brass, which weighing two hundred The best group was fired by one of my
"case fulls" of each proved to be correct. I friends, and measured .583" for five shots
found that Norma cases held 3/10 of a grain at one hundred yards. I told him it was
less powder than comparable American brass. ninety percent luck and I think he agrees
This reduced case capacity and undoubtedly with me. When that group was fired, the
caused even higher pressures and velocities barrel age was 1,158 rounds.
than we had figured. Norma cases also have We reloaded evenings and we fired days,
the reputation of being made of good stuff. and the results continued to be good.
In my book, it is well earned. They took a At fifteen hundred rounds, the best group
brutal beating. Some of them were loaded was one that measured .795" for ten shots.
with over-maximum loads ten times, and Close visual examination of the rifling
still came back for more. I discarded more showed no signs of discoloring at the throat
cases from my own clumsiness with the or wear on the lands.
loading tools than from wearing out in the Dr. Appel claims that his process results
chamber. in a barrel which vibrates uniformly, so a
No load fired in this rifle could be called few comments on the rifle's ability to react
anything but hot. No one should approach to heat are worthy of mention. The first shot,
any of the maximum loads we used unless from a completely cold barrel, would land
he approaches them cautiously, a grain at a one and a half inches low and an inch to the MODIFIED
time and then a tenth of a grain at a time. left of the aiming bull. The second shot, from OPEN 40 YARDS
20 YARDS
Reason for this treatment was our attempt a lukewarm barrel, would land in the bull.
to pack a lifetime of shooting through that The third, fourth and fifth shots, from a
barrel in a few weeks. warm, wanner and hot barrel, would also land The only choke in the world
The old beef of the bench rest fraternity in the bull. The fiftieth shot rapid fire, from a to give the three all-important
is that a barrel is worn out and ready for barrel so hot it was boiling the linseed oil killing patterns automatically!
the scrap heap by the time they have worked out of the stock, would also land in the bull. Set on open choke (15 to 25
out a good load for it. To see if that
was going to be true of the Appel barrel, I
That first shot, from the cold barrel, was
consistent, but it would not group with the
yards) for first shot. ..when
put that 4,000 feet per second load into others. fired, automatically changes to
each of 1,000 shots! If one man's shoulder On several occasions we fired forty rounds modified setting (25 to 40
takes all of that beating, the muzzle blast
- as fast as we could work the bolt and trigger.
- yards). ..and again automati-
cally changes to full choke
setting (40 to 60 yards) for
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we would switch over and fire a carefully
For The Man 'Who Has "EVERYTHING". . aimed ten shot group for record. We con-
tinued this sort of testing all through the
GQN' BOOKS BY FADCO second thousand rounds. When the log book
showed 2,000 rounds, all hot loads, we went
back to the bench rest.
In my hurry to get to that significant 2,000
"THE '03 SPRINGFIELD1'* round mark, I had subjected both myself and
the gun to a marathon of firing on Saturday
by Clark S. Campbell afternoon. I fired as rapidly as I could
reload and sent four hundred loads through
her in three and one half hours. The barrel
was charring the wood when I quit. No one
would shoot a target rifle like that. I was
leaning over backwards to give it a true
torture test.
After supper Saturday, I loaded up some
light rounds of 34.5 grains of Hodgdon
powder #4895. I wanted to get some real
accuracy figures on Sunday.
We had a perfect day Sunday, zero wind,
thick overcast and a good light on the
targets. I fired just one target to find the
point of impact of the lighter load. It was
I 272 Pages. Over 100 Illustrations. Size: 81/z"x11" 1 postpaid quickly moved up and I settled down to do
some serious shooting.
The first shot drilled into the black. The
second lit an inch and a half to the right.
I was flabbergasted, and immediately began
checking to see if any screws had worked
loose. My pals gave me the horse laugh and
told me to finish the group. I finished it,
but didn't bother to measure. It looked like
I had shot it with an inaccurate sling shot.
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MAUSER DoNALg BAD" I fired a second ten shot group, and got
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to admit that the Appel test was over. I
Here a1 last is the
%Zkw%%k%.% thought that the 2,000 blistering bullets had
t y p e s c o n c ~ i v ~a ds wealth of information -5ctraction and E me-
book o n e most
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too much for any other barrel I'd ever
the United States
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seen. One of my friends volunteered to try
find it ail hero. g~g;d~~,neE;~Ecaa a ten shotter; and I couldn't care less. He
280 I'tges and index
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THE 1 9 5 7 PRINTINO OF
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group was a beauty, measured .755 of an
9 by
In order to more em-
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inch!
isms and principles of
MAJOR JAMES E. HICKS
t h e t e c h n i m i =om. Bewildered, I stared at my own target
Beginning with the flintlock weapons of the Ponents and workinus
Revolutionary Period, the complete hi~1oi-yie of the many while another shooter took over. His group
carried through weapons In the- liands of the wea o n s h e r Z i Y d 2
troops diiring the Second World War and the
Korean "Police Action."
scribed. O t h e r s are
fine phototrraphic re-
was just on the one inch mark. Obviously, it
The Outstanding Feature of this superii
productions of many
of t h e current a r m
was me, not the barrel, which had worn out.
chronicle is the 88 Full Pages of Hand-Drawn falling into the title's Then someone told me that I was flinching
Line Drawings executed in most nicticuious categories. Both illus.
manner To Exact Scale by America's foremost trat ons and text were
technical military illustrator. Andre Jandot! Prepared expressly like a goosed schoolteacher with each shot.
Mr. Jandot's iiluitrations show not only each "for persons with no
exact detail down to the smallest, but me more technical e w i -
l e e r i n g knowledge
I was gun shy from the pounding of the day
intersuorsed with numerous "Cutawav" draw.
inxs which unfold the hidden secrets of tine
than Is needed to car- before.
internal mechanisms! Each plate is Full Page
181/<>"xll"l and all are fl-atliered in a s m c h l tonance of his car.'' Once a flinch is admitted, it is fairly easy
t o to the rear of t h e text in &h a The handy 5%" x
manner that one may "read" the plates nopa. S W s i z e I s hard- to conquer. I began squeezing more slowly,
rateiy. No finer and more complete j o l ~ oi linund a n d c o m p l e t e
iilusiratintr weapons of Any type has c v c i with dust jacket with
y;;ntIl!zt;o~i;;d'Ip:
squeezing dead slow-so slow that I actually
been attempted, much less accomplished. The did surprise myself when the gun went off.
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is the accuracy figure I'm using for 2190
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Box 3183-C7 O l y m p i c S t a t i o n To continue the test we went back to the
B e v e r l y Hills, Calif.
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accuracy loading of 34 grains of Hodgdon
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Here's the gun, 1
34 grains of 4895, a Cascade primer, and the
55 grain spitzer Sierra bullet. It might shoot
HUNTERS & SHOOTERS
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morning following on lands inhabited by too clear but it appears that both rifles and
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illegal.) which at 100 yards must retain 1000 foot
In New Hampshire, the .22 rim fire is pounds energy.
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large quantities of parts f a export orders-especially 30 carbine, 30 Garand, 30 & In Idaho, any firearm is legal with the
50 caliber machine gun plus their accessories & attachments. 2 very large orders en- probable exception of the .22 rim fire.
In Kentucky, shotguns are legal for deer.
There is no mention of rifles being used.
In Indiana, there is no mention in the
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In Alabama, shotguns and rifles are legal
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returns to your original setting. Special grooved the .22 rim fire is legal or not.
w e disc centers eye automatically-used for years on
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and Quail medium boot socks. Your dealer
will have a complete line of these products,
NOW! NEW T H R I l l S for
mmsm!.
made by (Jtica Duxbak Carp., Dept. G-10,815
Noyes, Utica 4, N. Y.
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rolls into an inconspicuous corner of living
room or den, solves one of the problems of
apartment living. Bar comes in knotty pine or
maple, in kit form for home assembly or com-
pletely finished. Good also for stowing guns,
gun gear. Retails around $40. Write Yield
House, Dept. G-12, North Conway, New
Hampshire.
PISTOL FOR A PRINCESS is the new
Sentinel .22 caliber nine-shooter specially
fitted in satin lined mahogany finish case ISSUED GOOD CONDITION
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with lock and key. Revolver comes with a
PINK frame and barrel, nickel cylinder and
Winchmer Military 303 Brltlsh Cartridgw, IM- '0
white round butt, easily gripped by women
even with small hands. Shocking pink finish
is deliberately designed to make women
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conscious of guns, to make them interested
in a firearm designed especially for them. , - Now..Leorn to Shoot Doubles
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sloughing through rough country, shale and
talus slides. Nailless construction so you
don't get the heel -staples jabbing you at Hand made.TYue or natural tonei.
every step. I r p e r s of water repellant "Oro" adjustedtodeaired~md. Proventobe
one of the m o t effective caUen-e~y m jy
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HIDE-A-WAY for van of Krvice. DEALERS WANTED
HOLSTER & ACCESSORIES .
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POINTER STOCKS
The original
thumb rest
s t o c k s $7.00
and $7.50 pair.
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Ivory S t a g Fully inletted
s e m i - h i s h i d Walnut, r i g h i
Greeting: "Memy Greeting: "and No. 1051-Brown Duotone or left $9.00,
a M~,.,..,, Greeting: "Merry CLEAR SIGHT LENS CAPS
Christmas and a Happy Christmas and Christmas and a Happy for all scopes. $3.25 pr.
G R E A T W E S T E R N Single
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a Action Guns-complete stock late set-.
numbers.
Send f o r F R E E CATALOG. Address
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ORDER TODAY FROM T H I S WIDE SELECTION
& A l l new and different for 1957. Cords ore Cards Without With
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heavy white textured stock, single folded enve~opes imprinted ~mprinted
to 5 x 6 h inches. Complete with bright white 15 $ 2.00 $ 3.00
matching envelopes. Top five scenes ore
i n beautiful full color. Bottom three scenes 25 3.00 4.00
are dark brown duotone-a beautiful line 50 6.00 7.50
and tone combinotion. Simple greetings 75 9.00 11.OO
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LINCOLN PRODUCTS, 49-G East 4lst St., N. Y. I7
Harvey Prot-X-Bore Zinc
Base 6 Jugular Jacketed
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0. DRAWER 3 0 8 BOULDER,COLORADO*
You are safe buying by mail-Satisfadion guaranteed.
ACTIONS
6. N. ACTIONS IMPORTED-LIE WGT. vonodium steel
borrels, blued with mmp (220 Swih, .243 Win., 244
Rem 257-R 250-3000 270, 7 mm or 30-06) $74.00
PRE~AID. NEW Serie; '300 F.N. barrelled' oction
$9a.oa, PREPAID.
F. N. ACTIONS, Boehler 24" proof steel barrels, semi-
octagon ribbed, mowed. Sheared bead in romp. Cali-
ber .270 308 Win. or 7 mm. 3046, 22-250-220 Swift
26", 25i~-250 Sov. $95.00. $10.00 extra for NEW
series 300 oction.
IMPORTED SAKO BARRELLED-ACTIONS, .m H&H
and .375 H&H, blued, with sights, $89.95.
SAKO ACTIONS on 26" 41h# med. heavy DOUGLAS
chrome moly barrel, white, 222 Rem., $84.00.
SAKO ACTION on imported medium heavy bowel,
blued, no sights. Ready for stocking. 222 Rem. $90.00.
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LIMITED SUPPLY - ENGRAVED F.N. ACTIONS Rifle blonks, 011 gmdes, $4.00 to $2O.W. Walnut Extro large French r i h blanks, $20.00 to $40.00.
With Doubla Set Triggers $69.50 shotgun blonks, $1.50 to $15.00. Wolnut inletted Some rare fancies $50.00. Turned and in!&
stock for most rifles; stondord $6.00; xx gmde (butt)most ribs $5.00
.OREGON MYRTLE BLANKS & STOCKS: Ritle blanks,
w.00; others $10.00 to $12.00. Also Penno, burls ond
BARRELS mre burls ovoiloble NOW: xxx gmde $17.5&$20.00. $5.00 to $7.00. lnlened stocks for 011 rilles, $B.W to
BOEHLER BARRELS, proof steel, semi-octagon, ribbed, xxxx $25.00; super Burls up to $35.00. $12.00. Some Seconds, All Grodes, SO?& off.
matted entire length. Mode by FRANZ SODIA of Fer- Large over-size to" h shaped HORN. PISTOL GRIPS
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loch, Austria in .22, 25, 270, 7mm, and 3 0 caliber. %% 2A&Et&!Fk! 23t3p00.
k % ' ~ ~ e ~ & o o ~mgmved'scmb, thickness
~ $1 00 L i n e A om ~ 8 s t o 1~
's1.00.
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Also now ovoiloble in 243 and 244 col. Highly
occurote-in the white, $45.00. (Fiwed to your oction,
FREE TO GUNSMITHS: Bin &color chart showina Floig's varied GUN STOCKS in n d u d &.
with sheared beod, complete price $60.00).
2-GR. SPRINGFIELD BARRELS $7.00, Cow of 10 $55.00. 1 A NOW EXCLUSIVE WITH FLAWS
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NEW SPRINGFIELD &groove BARRELS ......
New! Krog 2-Groove 3040 BARRELS 23" or less in
length. Fully chambered threoded. Only $15.00.
44R. ORDNANCE BARRELS 23" long, fully chom-
bemd, threoded, blued $20.00.
$11.00
-25-20 S.P. 86-Gr. ....................... .$ 6.00 heodspoced by o competent gunsmith before firing.
3 2 Win. S.L., 169gr.S.P. .................$ 6.50 DEALER inquiries invited and GUNSMITHS be sure to O S ~for Our special descriptive litemfum on this
Lots of 500 or more-1OVo less. time ond money soving tremendous value item.
SPECIAL
.270 Win. Factory New Primed cases . .$9.75 per 100
FERLACH ##OVER-UNDER"TURKEY GUN ............. .$360.00
Webster Scoles ................. .$16.50 & $26.50 l
ONCE FIRED CASES
22 Hornet ------$2.50400 308 Winchester .$6.00-I00
.300 Savane ----- $2.50-100 222 Remington .$6.00-I00
.30-3OWinchester$3.0&l~ 243 Winchester -$6.50400
New imported 1" Leather military slings.
Live select leather, brass
keepers, $3.25.
ACETRIGGERSHOE ~2.50
For most rifles, shotgum
w r i t e for Free New List #29. - w e stress Individual service. D E A L E ~Authorized I"
and handguns.
ACE OOUBLE-SET
TRIGGER -----SlO.OO
Fitted to you, Mauser or EFFICIENT FAST SERVICE
F.N. Action Se.00 mom.
CUSTOM WOOD GRIPS -MAN - LUGERS A
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Grade I $59.85
9mm Model S/42 Mauser Lugen.
Each of these weapons has fine
arsenal blue finish checkered wal-
nut ~ r s i and is in Excellent Me-
chanicar and Shooting Condition.
All guns are complete & original.
Grade I1 $49.85
Grade Ill $39.85
NOTE Grade'l and I1 guns have all matching serial num-
bers, includin Clips.
A C C E S S O R ~ E ~ - H O L S T E R S - - E ~ ~ ~ ~World
~~~ War I1
v with Flap & Cartridge Pouch-Near N e w Condition q5.50
,AMMUNITION-Swedish High Powered Automat~c &
Sub-Machine Gun 9mm Ammo. $9.75 I00 rds.
EXTRA C L l P S B r a n d New ................ .$7.50
CONVERSION UNITS-Brand N e w ERMA .22 Cal. Con-
version Units for the above guns, Complete. ... ..$39.95
THE NEW GREAT WESTERN
DEPUTY-SINGLE-ACTION
The V e r i Latest i n Single-Action Revolvers.
Custom lue Finish Walnut Grips Full-Ian t h
Rib, Solid Front Sigh, Rear Sight hiu us table
lor
Wind and Elevation.
22 Caliber 4" BBL. ..................... ..$lW.SO
.38 S ecial 4" BBL. .......................
119.50
357 Lagnum 4*# BBL. ..................... 124.50
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PROMPT DELIVERY -
7 Jap Sporter 30-06. Custom Stock. Excellent a n d . SALE PRICE $40.00
.... iWmchester Model 70 -30-06 with Sling. Like New. SALE PRICE 89.00
USED RIFLE SALE 9: Ross Straiqht Pull, .303 Cal. Sporter. V.G. Cond. SALE PRICE 34.00
I. Marlin Model 56 .22 Lever-Action. Special % c k . SALE PRICE. .$35.00 lo. Springfield--30-06 M e . Military Model. New condition. .
2. Enfield Custom $porter 30-06. Custom Cawed Stock, Sling, Re- Complete with Sling. ................................ SALE PRICE $40.00
coil Pad. Excellent Cond. SALE PRICE.. .................. 65.00 GREAT WESTERN SINGLE ACTION
3. Winchester Model 75 Tar et R~fle, .22 LR Cal. Sling & Sights.
V.G. Condition. SALE ~RICE.. ......................... 45.00
4. Model 98 Mauser. Mfa.
PRICE
- bv. Radom. 8mm Cal. V.G. a n d . SALE
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39.00
5. Winchester Model 70, .22 Hornet. Monte Carlo Stock. Like New.
SALE PRICE ......................................... 89.00
6. Sprin field 30-06 Sporter. Custom Stock, Redfield Si hts, Sling,
R~CO! Pad. Over $200.00 spent on this gun. SALE ....
PRICE.. 80.00 -45 Cal. .....
99 50
ENFIELD
.44 Sped01 .?05:50..
WEBLEY ' & COMMANDO
22 Coi. ....
.$91.50
-38 Speclal ... 99.50
357 Magnum .105.50
44 Mognum .119.50
Bbl. $5.00 e x t m
-45 AUTO CAL. .38 CALIBER 4y4* B~I. $2.50 e x t m
Ch.ome or Nickel Fi:iB"$l5.00 extra
6-Shot Blue Finish Select Grade Six shot Sw Bbl. Doubla actlon
Guns ...............
Nickel Plated Gun Like New
.$19.75
. revolver. Excellent mechanical DOUBLE BARREL DERRINGER
and shootina cmdltioa. Used b m e
.................... $28.75
Ammo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.25 50 Rds.
Br~tishCommandos. ........... .&9.75
Nickel Plated Gun Like New. ... .S28.75
Ammo Bow 50 R d s 'Q20 " Holster ....
.$5.00
llent authentic reproduc-
.45 AUTOMATIC
Brand New Unfired Mili
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pletdy lined with soft suede ish. l m m d i o t e Delivery-
We hove o few of these
for the protection of your un.
Available fot Colt, Great d!- -38 Speciol, 5 I,$ or 7 I,$
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.45 Long Colt, 51h or 7&" Barmla.. .$125.00
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Borrels. 125.00
Thew same ori i ~ l oustom enenveal with buu-
Colts
tiful scmll d&n
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(comp~mta -n) ....................
and menuine Ivory rips
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RARE COLLECTOR FLASKS
Holster ....................... $5.50
COLT PERCUSSION REVOLVERS
ot tha anad 6mm~ A
dal btua nnlsh. FIm
A u s a : r e - o n sale a t about $ 3 5 less than nationan market pi-Ices. These guns are lit aosoiuiew per-
f e c t mechanical condition with sharp clean rifling. We guarantee Very Good bores and exteriors specially selected for N.R.A.
members. These are late model high number weapons. The Springfield used with scope by marine snipers in Korea and Guadal.
The most popular all-time hunting: caliber. Softnose ammo i s available everywhere. A high-powered Ionic ranw huntins weapon.
Get yours now while they last! If not satisfied return for full refund. OUR AMhfO SPECIALS: 3 0 / 0 6 Tarset, 2 0 rds., S2.W;
1 0 0 rds:. $7.60; 3 0 / 0 6 SOFTNOSE, 2 0 rda., $2.95.
r ires u.3. iviaae amui iviauser Amn INDIVIDUAL GUNS, $9.95 EACH.
Popular 24" Sporting Length Barrel. Tremendous
f i b p o w e r ! Fires standard 8MM Mauser ammunition made
All Five for $37.501
SPECIAL: 8MM Mil. Mauser. 1 0 0 rds.. $7.50. A WALL FULL OF
GUNS FOR THE
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g n g ? ~ ~ ~ o ~ ! oi 2 cgu ~. ,f j 8MM hltiuser with .31H dia. bullet for,"Gew MH," $ 7 . 5 0 MANNLICHER 11MM.
believable import find. together with plenty of ammo. Model Modal '86. 5 shot, clip
7 1 / 8 4 Mauser repeating rifle. 7-ahot bolt action. 31" barrel. A per 1 0 0 rds,: 11MM hlannlicher for Mod. '86.'' $8.50
per 1 0 0 rds. loari-r 32" hhl
must tor your collection, but be sure t o t a k e i t out hunting. Gum. the white, !ç9 xlxhtt. cut, cfowoed, c y -
s o d . Choice walnut stocks. AMMO SPECIAL: 11MM Mauler < Â ¥ - tourvd t e s t fired cb&igbamt) wad 6
Model 7 1 / 8 4 ) . 1 0 0 rds., $7.50. ~d. W e uu A b Ã
STAi40AM LCWTH MODS& Ç Ñ
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-edoutslde excellent, bores brand new $49.95. lionsuwttt~ifanl. tends to defray *hipping costs.
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