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KNOW YOUR LAWMAKERS

Congressman Edward J. Derwinski 4th District, Illinois

Throughout our nation's history, law-abiding citizens have had the right to possess firearms for self-defense and for participation in legitimate hunting activities. Certainly, a firearm was an indispensable tool to the pioneer, and this traditional American concept of indi-vidual firearm ownership should be maintained.

I believe that the States, rather than the Federal Gov-ernment, are best equipped to legislate for their citizens regarding ownership and use of firearms. Since the illegal possession and use of firea rms continues, regard-less of the stringency of the laws, standard crime pre-

vention activity is the best defense against lawless elements and their use of guns.

Senator Gale McGee Wyoming

The history of our nation is the history of a people skilled in the use of arms. We may not be called upon in the space age to defend our homes with our own arms, but the right to possess those arms is still an integral part of our individual rights and way of life. Our nation is one where recreational hunting-traditionally the sport of royalty or the very wealthy -is enioyed by people of all walks of life . The tragedy of the President's assassination has led to demands that the ownership of firearms be somehow restricted. But we must remember that it is people who do the killing and other methods will be found if one means is eliminated. The end result of such restrictions would be severe damage to both our traditional rights and our recreational opportunities.

Congressman Ed Foreman J 6th District, Texas

I feel the State of Texas, my state, needs no more restrictive legislation regarding guns. In my opinion, strict gun laws, of themselves, do not reduce crime. I do believe a law-abiding citizen has the right to keep a firearm in his home for self~defense and for participa-tion in the shooting sports.

With regard to the guarantee of the right of U. S. citizens to keep and bear arms, I believe we must do everything in our power to preserve and protect the rights guaranteed to the individual by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Congressman Melvin R. Laird 7th District, Wisconsin

In my own State of Wisconsin, the laws regarding the ownership and poss~ssion of guns are both sufficient and adequate, in my view. In principle, I am for strict gun laws as they pertain to concealed weapons, the registra-tion of-sidea'rins, and so on.

On the other hand, it is my belief that those State laws are unnecessary which requir,e the registration of hunting weapons that are obviously in-tended for sport and that cannot be concealed on the person.

Readers Note : All Congressmen may be addressed at "House Office Building," and all Senators at "Senate Office Building," both at "Washington 25, D.C." Address all Governors at: State Capitol, name of capital city, name of State.

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THE COVER German Zimmerstutzen, probably con-verted from 8. 15x46R target rifle, uses a t iny indoor plinking blank. Case loads into a swing-out chamber near muzzle , utilizing only 7%" of rifled ba rrel. Lead balls weigh 8112 grains, are size of No. 2 shot. Lever cocks internal hammer, fi ring pin runs through barrel to loading mech-anism. Photograph by Wm. Schumaker, Colville, Washington. Gun is owned by Vern Workman, also of Colville.

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THIS ISSU E

AUGUST. 1964 Vol. x, No. 8-116

test report ... S&W AI MAGNUM-BALLISTiCS . . ..... . .. . .. . . . ... .. ..... . Kent Bellah 16 S&W AI MAGNUM-FIELD TEST . . .... . . . .. . ... . ... . .... R. A. Steindler 19 RUGER'S RIM-FIRE RIFLE .............. .. .. .. .. .. ........ R. A. Steindler 21

legislation ... THE PRO-GUN LAW TAKES SHAPE ..... .... ................. E. B. Mann 15

education. IN PHOENIX KIDS LEARN TO SHOOT ............... Charles C. Niehuis 26

collectors ... EARLY GUN TRADE OF THE WEST (Part Two) ........... James E. Serven 22 THE BSA RALOCK ......................... . .... . .. . ... . La rry S. Sterett 33

technical ... THE CASE FOR THE CONVERSION UNITS . . .............. Neil L. Farrell 28

hunting ... HONKER HOW-TO .... . ........................ ..... Col. Dave Ha rbour 24 WAIT 'EM OUT ........... . ......... . ...... . ............ Clyde Ormond 30

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SCA Newsletter Scores As a Shooters Club mcmber, I was dc-

lighted whcn I read the contents of the second ncwsletter, just received. It addcd an exclamation point to the thinking I have been doing of late on the subject of all the voices for anti-gun legislation, and the few voices for sensible laws.

I wish to state how impressed I was with Mr. Peterson's concise and in telligent recom-mendations. They are without a doubt, the most outstanding suggestions T have yet come across. He is to be congratulated.

Richard Silage New York, N.Y.

The Shooters Club Newsletter is only one of many benefits enjoyed by members. Our voice is growing stronger each day, and I urge readers who are not members to join the one agressive organization in the fight against bad gun laws.- EolToR

W ants More on W ildcats In your March issue you had a very good

article on the .2506 wildcat cartridge by Robert J. Kindley. I enjoyed it very much and would like to see more articles on varmint hunting and wildcat cartridges. Keep up the good work.

Fred Nadelman Brooklyn, N.Y.

Dear Congressman Lindsay Congratulations on making the "Slicks!"

I have just read your article entitled "Too Many People Have Guns," in the February 1 issue of the "Saturday Evening Post."

You recognize the contention of the op position which is to the effect that the pro posed legislation would merely rcstrict the honest citizen, and would not keep firearms out of thc hands of criminals. However, I do not find in your article any attcmpt to refute this claim.

How can we honestly claim the proposed curtailment of shipping of firearms, by mail or othen~ise, is important to the public safety? Presumably there is some thought that requiring a purchaser to meet the seller of a firearm face to face will keep firearms from the possession of undesirables. Honestly, Mr. Lindsay! We can't even keep the juve-niles from buying booze!

Is there any reason at all to suppose that the assassin of our late President would have any real trouble buying or stealing a gun capable of carrying out h is murderous in-tent? Isn't it true that Mr. Oswald could

have truthfully answered any of the proposed qualifying qucstions and purchased a gun legally had thc proposed legislation been in effect? Can any regulation or legislation change the malignant hearts of men?

Firearms Control

J. Claire Shumake Olney, Illinois

Our late Prcsident, J ohn F. Kennedy, died solely because of a madman and not because of a rifle, as our nation is being led to be-lieve. Firearms kill because man utilizes them for such purposes while man does not kill bccause of firearms. Firearms protected our country in time of need and now protect our homes and loved ones. Crime will cxist with or without weapons as man is thc factor be-hind crime.

The bulk of proposed firearms legislation only assists crime, subversion and com-munism. A disarmed society is easy prey for all three. We must protect our heri tage and our rights under the Constitution. "The right to keep and bear arms" must be maintained. Society should check criminals while the police should not check honest citizens.

Pfc R. D. FitzPatrick Fort Bragg, N_ C.

Something For Everyone As a reader of your magazine for nearly

six months, and a recent member of the Shooters Club of America, I wish to con-gratulate you on your fine work and offer my best wishes for the future.

I enjoy the many fine featurcs, especially the coverage on the latest military arms such as the AR-15 and AR18. One thing I noted is that you feature articles on all three of the major sporting arms-rifles, shotguns, and handguns- in nearly every issue. This variety should keep even the most discerning reader happy.

Most important, I think, is your concern for our right to bear anns. I agree with most of the points set forth in your "ProGun Law," though I know it is impossible to out-line a law that will satisfy evcryone. I am sure a strong law can be drawn up and I urge other sportsmen to join in supporting organizations such as yours in getting this legislation passed, and, in the meantime, warding off detrimental legislation.

May Cartoon

Erling Barsness Glenwood, Minn.

Your cartoon "Any Day Now Comrade" on page 62 of the May issue was a master-

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piece of understatement. If you decide to distribute reprints Qf it (and you should), I would want to mail one to. every person I know who considers that threat a laughing matter.

Those who WQuid hide from the fact that there are guns in the world, who would sooner legislate them under the rug, are fools of the highest Qrder. Those who hope and pray that their sons and daughters will never touch a gun, who will not allow a firearm in their home, and who treat each and every hunter as a sadist and a lunatic-let's show them this cartoon.

Angier Article

Douglas Benson Schenectady, New York

I enjoyed reading "The Time of the Grizzly" by Bradford Angier (GUNS, May 1964) very much. More articles by him would be most welcome.

Ralph F. Quarry Spokane, Wash.

I agree with the editor's note Qn "The Time of the Grizzly." Angier is an excep-tional writer. His play with words and phrases is very refreshing.

I also liked "Collectors Discover Spur Trig-gers," by C. Eldon Shomber. COon gratulations for a very worthwhile publication.

Fredrick J . Colbert M.D. J ulian, California

With regard to the article by Bradford Angier, I would continue to. use his material if I were you. He is an excellent writer and has a great deal of experience. I have read most of his books and . find them most in-teresting and informative.

James A. Wyatt Forest Park, m inQis

R eaders liked "The Time of the Grizzly" very much, and responses ra:n 9 to 1 in favor of it. Two readers felt that this was fiction - which it was not - another complained that not enough gun information was pre-sented. Since the pro-Angier voice was so strong, we shall present another of Brad's articles in the not too distant future.-Editor

Q & A Correction The Questions and Answers department in

the April issue had several questions regard-ing the 7.65 mm Mauser. Since I consider the answers incomplete, I thought I would put some light on the subject.

First : 150 grain soft point ammunition can be bought through Norma dealers in the U.S. and from Globe Firearms, Ottawa, Canada.

Second : The 7.65 mm is a good hunting cartridge, but nQt with .30 caliber bullets which give poor accuracy. The bullets to be used are .303 caliber (.311") . Hornady's 174 grain (.312") bullets are very accurate with 38.5 grains Qf Hi-Vel or 42 grains of 4895. Best accuracy obtained is with the DominiQn CIL 190 grain (.311") round nOose bullets and 39.5 gr. of Hi-Vel. These will deliver three shot groups under one inch at 100 yards all day long.

Cases can be formed from .30-06 brass, shortened to 54 mm.

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AUGUST 1964

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Game B uster Loads The Rev. L. C. Smith, Bowie Texas, grew

up with guns. A handloader for 5 years, he preaches the Word of God, and firmly be-lieves in our right to own and use guns for any legal purpose. Rev. Smith cleanly bagged two nice whitetails this past season. Both were neck hits at about 60 yards with mild loads. He used a .30-06 with 180 gr. Sierra bullets backed with 52.0 gr. 4831 and CCI 200 primers. Rev. Smith uses a Lyman Tru-Line Jr. press.

Hunting was good nearly everywhere this past season. If you've had a steady diet of nothing better than prime beef sirloin, you'll want to bring in a supply of good game meat for a thrilling taste treat. A good friend has a .3006 Sako with a Redfield 39X variable. His favorite load is a 165 gr. Speer bullet with 59.0 gr. 4350 and CCI 250 Mag-num primers, chronographing at 2943 fps in his rifle. The remarkably small variation is only 31 fps for 10 rounds. Switching to another type of primer gave 90 fps deviation.

His fi rst mule deer was running uphill at about 100 yards. The shot entered between the shoulder blades ranging forward in the brisket. The recovered bullet was beautifully mushroomed to caliber .55, proof of ample power. The same load dropped a whitetail in his tracks with a high lung shot, shattering ribs on entrance, and making an exit hole large as a teacup_ His companion bagged another buck with this load.

This load is good for nearly any game with a decent hit. Accuracy is superb. My friend bagged 3 elk and 6 deer with it, all clean kills_ His two sons both bagged nice mule deer with it.

A friend took an 8 point whitetail at about 50 yards with a shoulder hit from a cal. .44 Magnum Ruger revolver. He backed a Speer 225 gr. j acketed H.P. with 23.5 gr. 2400 and CCI 350 Magnum primers. Per-formance was fast and clean. He uses the same load in his Ruger .44 Carbine "com-panion gun" for game beyond the range of his ability with a revolver.

Dale Linn made clean, one shot kills on two nice whitetaiLs with his 8 x 57 Mauser. Dale uses a 125 gr. Speer with 52.0 gr. 3031 and CCI 250 Magnum primers. It's a grain more than listed in Speer's excellent #6 Reloading Manual, but pressure isn't ex-cessive. Groups average near l.0" at 100 yards, excellent for a fat, short bullet. Dale uses it on varmints and deer. He says, "You don't have to hit anything twice!" With velocity barely under 3200 fps, the bullet has adequate penetration.

Mrs. Allen (Joy) Watson bagged her first big game, a gorgeous 11 point whitetail. Joy had practiced plinking tin cans at 100 yards with a Sako .222, and found shooting was fun. Her husband advised her to take a neck shot with her K-8 Weaver glass on the varmint rifle with WoW factory ammo. She made a dead center hit for an instant kill at 83 yards. After visiting us, Joy found handloading was easy and good fun. Next season she will have a more potent rifle, and she and Allen will probably bring home venison with their own loads. That will be more thrilling, and the venison will surely taste better.

If all Hull Fillers & Cap Busters intro-duced our fascinating hobby to 3 non-re-loaders, and they introduced it to 3 more we'd be a nation of happier people and better shooters. Then no politician would dare suggest anti-gun legislation. The result would be better people in public office and better government. Handloaders, as a group, are the finest citizens I know.

Exhibition Shooter D. L. Cooper bagged a nice whitetail with 1 :12 twist custom .270. Cooper used a 100 gr. Speer backed with 50.0 gr. 4895 and CCI 250 Magnum primers, at 3300 fps . That isn't flat out, but accuracy is fine. It made a 4" exit hole in the right ham of the running buck, that never knew what hit him. Don't sell light bullets short for deer, if velocity is adequate.

Newton Smith, Cuero, Texas, fired one shot at a deer from 175 yards. He cleanly killed 3 does! Three companions confirmed his story. The unintentional bag was due to inadequate velocity with a heavy, deep pene-trating 180 gr. bullet in a .30-06 factory load.

Earl Hess, Muenster, Texas, got two run-ning bucks in Utah. His load was a 139 gr. Norma bullet in a 6.5 x 55 Norma case with 46.6 gr. Norma 204 powder. Both were clean, one-shot kills.

Elton Teague clobbered a buck at 100 yards broadside with a Browning _243 and K-6 Weaver scope. He used 44.0 gr. 4831 and CCI 250 Magnum primers behind a 105 gr. Speer Round Nose, hitting high and center. The buck's legs simply went out from under him, and Elton had a supply of good venison.

Master Shooter Charles Woodford, Long Grove, Iowa, shoots a S & W 1955 Target .45 revolver. His 50 yard load is a 180 gr_ H & G #130 bullet with 3.8 gr. Bullseye and CCl 300 primers. The slow fire stage put him far enough ahead to win the aggregate and set a .45 range record at Decar, Iowa. He uses

(Continued on page 49) GUNS AUGUST 1964

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receiver; go ld inlay; individually mounted firing pins: C22-2190 16 2 3/4" 28" M&F 63/4 45" $117.78 checkered French Walnut stock; Beavertail forearm. C22-2189 20 23/4'" 28" M&F 61/2 45" $107.78 Klein ' s scoops the market to p urchase balance of Maw- C22-2188 410 3" 28" F&F 51/2 45" $107.78 dor factory P!oduction. Choose From Big Sele ction! C22-2187 410 3" 2 6" M&F 5th 43" $107.78

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Military No. 5 MKI Royal Enfield. 10 shot, bol t action. 1 8" barrel. Wt. ~IY~glb:w~~~. rfjPi~i~ P~fg fl::~eh i~Me

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Made by famed Firearms InLernation ~~~nle2 a~rl~e ~ril~~~ r;fo~~ar~itii cheekpiecc and fluted comb. Has \Villiams "Guidc" sight adjustab le ~i~t:;'i~~O::~ r'!.I~';,a~i:'or;;t ~~~g~ F~Sr; adjust."lbJe Sako trigger with sliding

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BROWNING .32 AUTO

PISTOL Famous "Fabrique Nationale" Bel-gium m ade'. Automatic safety func-tions . when magazine is removed. 7" l ong, 41/2" barrel. Wt. 25 oz. Ca pacity 9 32ACP cartridges. Dlued finish. Checkered grips. Blade front, fixed notch rear sight. $2495 24-2236. NRA Good .. 24-1410. NRA Exccllent $29.95 26-1411 .. 32 ACP 71 gr. M.C. Cartridges, 100 rounds .. $8.00

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THE GREAT WEATHERBY IMPERIAL SCOPE ROBBERY

It was a mystery that made history. And it happened last year.

U'ke phantom smoke arising from a dead campfire, Weatherby Imperial Scopes were appearing magically in the advertisements of national magazines (and in stores) where they had never been before. And they were priced so low it led you to believe they were obtained as prizes in Cracker-Jack boxes. Of course they disap-peared faster than a buck in a tamarack swamp. {Imagine what would happen if the Crown Jewels went on sale in a dime store.} As you know, Roy Weatherby believes in the fine art of hunting. And he also holds that every serious hunter should have a Weatherby Imperial Scope with its exclu-sive binocular-type focusing and precision optics for greater luminosity. But not to the extent that he was altogether delighted to see products as superior as the Weatherby Imperial being sold below cost ... at a profit to people who weren't even Weath-erby Dealers. There was a bear in the barn-yard somewhere. So we started tracking down the mysterious "shipments:' Back in the long shadows of the warehouse there were telltale, empty spaces. The sturdy cases, carrying the precision-made Imperials, were missing. Not just one or two scopes had skipped ... but hundreds of them. Vanished! The hounds lit out on the trail, found the "fence" and tracked down the felons.

Understandably, a great many hunters profited by being able to buy the incompa-rable Weatherby Imperial Scope at a price that was, to say the least, philanthropic. {When you steal something, it's not hard to sell it at a profit.} But we think hunters would be more than willing to pay what a Weatherby Imperial is worth. After all, you can't make an Imperial with all its features, such as dual-dial adjustments for windage and elevation, for less than the starting price of $69.95. Especially when you consider the Lifetime Guarantee against defects, backed by Roy Weatherby himself. {Naturally, he can't guarantee any of the hi-jacked scopes. He didn't deliver them to an authorized Weatherby Dealer.} We grant that a Weatherby Imperial Scope is enough of a prize to tempt thieves. But we disapprove of this method of distribu-tion. We'd rather you bought one the regu-lar way ... from your Weatherby Dealer. This way, the guarantee is good, your dealer makes a profit ... and Roy Weatherby can afford to keep producing this most wanted {even stolen} telescopic sight in the world. See all five models at your Weatherby Dealer. Write for free literature to: Weath-erby, Inc., 2781 East .Firestone Blvd., South Gate, Califo-rnia. In C anada, Canadian Sauer, Ltd., 103 Church St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The Weatherby Imperial ... Still a "Steal" at $69.95

(Continued from page 8) Crosman Powerlet does fire 45 shots, but we found that accuracy begins to fall off after the 35th shot. Since Powerlets are inexpensive, replacing one of them is well worth the few cents it will cost you in the course of an evening's ses~ion of tar,get shooting in your basement. One item worth noting in the Crosman line is their new leather holster for these guns. This holster can be changed from right hand shooting to southpaw gunhandling in a few seconds; available for both models, it retails for only $6.98. The guns, and you can get yours from your local dealer, retail for $24.95. CCI Target Ammo

CCI of Lewiston, Idaho, has some new .22 ammo. They call it "Target," and the stuff has standard .22 velocities. George Fa irchild shipped us a thousand rounds and we had so much fun shooting it, we ran through one box of 500 in one day. It did not make any difference what gun we used, plinker or target gun, handgun or rifle, semi-auto or single shot, the groups were excellent. At one time we burned up a lot of .22 fodder every week in four position shooting, but we got away from the sport. When the ammo arrived, I dug out my Remington Model 37, and proceeded to shoot the highest scores with the CCI ammo I have ever been able to manage. That CCI ammo is good, and we just ordered a couple of more cases- going back into the target game come fall.

Hodgdon's Loading Data The latest, at least as of the moment,

loading data booklet # 18, from B. E. Hodgdon, Inc., Shawnee Mission, Kansas, contains some new data for Bruce's powders. It is worth the fifty cents since some of the data cannot be found anywhere else, and Bruce's data can save you a lot of work in developing loads for your favorite rifle, handgun, or shotgun.

Rifleman's Coat Bob Allen, boss of the Gun Club Outdoor

Sportswear, Box 477G, Des Moines, Iowa, talked to me about this coat way back last

year at Vandalia. He was designing a new rifle coat, and would we like to see how well it stacked up? We got an advance model, and have used it a great deal. The "Top Shot" rifleman's coat resembles in some aspect's the well-known German coats in that it is fully adjustable in front, on the sides, and also on the sling-arm sleeve. We especially liked the leather pad on the

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GUNS

The continuing pressure for anti-gun legislation has resulted in an equal de-mand for positive pro-gun information. Responding to this demand, the pub-lishers of GUNS Magazine and The SHOOTING INDUSTRY will publish a special, separate issue on October 15th -bearing the title THE WORLD OF GUNS. As the first complete source of pro-gun information, THE WORLD OF GUNS will accomplish a much needed educational and public relations task for the shooter and the firearms industry.

In a case bound cover and designed to take a permanent place in any library, THE WORLD OF GUNS will present the true story of firearms in a free nation.

Noted industry leaders and highly placed figures from outside will present facts and figures revealing the full profile of the shooter, his activities, and of the firearms industry.

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SUPER TOUGHNESS AND B&L QUALITY AT $49.95 Not that you would want to scrape away at these fine new scopes with a hunting knife, but we did. We wanted to be sure that even the roughest field treatment wouldn't damage their scratch-resistant finish . The hunting knife didn't leave a mark! We not only scraped them . .. we baked them, froze them, soaked them, slammed them, jarred them and dropped them! They performed beautifully after all this torture.

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GUNS AUGUST 1964

The Pro-Gun La"" Takes Shape!

By E. B. MANN

RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH LAWMAKERS from several states indicate that the question now is, not "Will any Senator or Congressman present our law to the United States Congress?" but "Which one of those willing to present it can do so to its best advantage?"

Meanwhile, we are taking full advantage of the stalemate (current as this is written) over the Civil Rights Bill to perfect the wording of our pro-gun proposal-to foresee (and forestall if possible) the procedural difficulties it may encounter-and to prepare support for it in addition to that of its eventual sponsors. If all this seems slow to you, we can only say, "It seems slow to us, too." But we are learning that a good gun law, like Rome, cannot be built in a day, or in a month. Here, one false step in procedure, one mis-statement of meaning, could defeat the entire program. After all, this is an old war. If it could have been won quickly, others would have won it before we started.

We have learned, too, the truth of the old adage that "you can't please all of the people_" Our mail concerning this proposal has been so heavy that it has been impossible even to acknowledge half of the letters-for which we hope you will accept this as a blanket apology. Easily 95 per cent of those letters have been 100 per cent enthusiastic. A few, far fewer than we expected, have chided or derided us, calling us "hopeless optimists," "fools, blundering into matters better left to those with longer experience," and even one or two less-quotable names. Optimists we are, and fools we may be; but as to experience, we can boast a pretty impressive record of our own when we add up service "hash-marks" of the men who are working with us. But-and let this be printed bold for emphasis:

We want all the help we can get! We have already welcomed many who have

ANNOUNCEMENT Because the voices of legislators who favor anti-gun laws are strong, we would like to give strength to the voices of those who would back a pro-gun law. Let us know of any candidates for a state or federal legislative office in you area who have voiced pro-gun opinions. We will give added support to their stand by publishing their statements in upcoming, pre-election issues of GUNS Magazine.

volunteered to help us. We invite, we urge, all men and all groups with experience in these matters and with dedication to this cause to join us, to advise us, to support us in whatever manner possible. We invite, we urge, every shooting organization in America, every gun and outdoor publication in America, every sportsmen's group in America, to advise and support us. We need the advice and help of their leader-ship; we need the support of their members-and of all .,hooters. This is not a cause that can be won by anyone group alone; that has been proved. But it can be won-and its victory will be a victory for all shooters. Conversely, its defeat will not be ours alone; it will be one more .set-back (to add to a long record of set-backs) to the cause of shooting in America.

But, you need not be a "wheel" in any organization, any group, to strike a blow for gun-law victory. Reform of gun laws at the federal level is the prime objective--but not necessarily the primary objective. We warned you long ago that federal law cannot dictate to the states as to their police powers; the states themselves must do that. Why not find a sponsor in your state legislature who will present our pro-gun law in your state--and then recruit every shooter in your state to support it? One state adoption on the record at the time our bill is presented (Continued on page 58)

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SPECIFICATIONS Length Overall Finish S&W Bright Blue or Nickel

11% in. with 6 in. barrel. 9% in. with 4 in. barrel

Weight 48.oz. with' 6 in. barrel Sights Front: % in. S&W Red Ramp

Rear: S&W Micrometer Click

Caliber 41 Magnum Barrel 4, 6, 8% in; Hammer Target type Trigger Target type Frame "N" Magnum No. of Shots 6

Ammunition .41 Magnum Jacketed High Velocity or lead Standard Velocity

Price . $140.00 Retail Federal Excise Tax Included

Sight adjustable for windage and . elevation. White outline notch

Stocks Goncalo Alves Target type

Delivery On a priority basis 6 in. first 4 in. second 8% in. third Starting April 1st., 1964 See your dealer

COMPARATIVE BALLISTICS .45 ACP

Bullet Diameter ..... .4515 in. Bullet Weight ......... 230 gr. Bullet Type ........... FMC Barrel ' ................... 5 in. Muzzle Velocity ..... 850 f.s. Muzzle Energy ....... 369 f.p.

41 MAGNUM J. Bullet Diameter ...... .410 in. Bullet Weight .......... 210 gr. Bullet Type ...... ...... J.S.P. Barrel ....... .. ........... 8% in. Muzzle Velocity ...... 1500 f.s. Muzzle Energy ........ 1049 f.p.

.44 MAGNUM Bullet Diameter .. ... .430 in. Bullet Weight ... ...... 240 gr. Bullet Type ........... loG.C. Barrel ......... : ......... 6'(, in. Muzzle Velocity 7.... 1470 f.s. Muzzle Energy ..... .. 1150 f.p.

, .41 MAGNUM L Bullet Diameter ...... .410 in. Bullet Weight .......... 210 gr. Bullet Type ........ .... loG.C .. Barrel .................... 8% in. Muzzle Velocity ...... 1050 f .s. Muzzle Energy ........ 515 f.p.

.44 SPECIAL .38 SPECIAL Bullet Diameter ....... .431 in. Bullet Diameter ........ .359 in. Bullet Weight ........... 246 gr. Bullet Weight .... ........ 158 gr. Bullet Type ............. L. Bullet Type .............. L. Barrel ..................... 6'12 in. Barrel ....... ............... 6 in.

Muzzle Velocity ....... 755 f.s. Muzzle Energy ......... 311 f.p.

Muzzle Velocity ........ 855 f.s. Muzzle Energy .......... 256 f .p

.357 MAGNUM Bullet Diameter ...... 359 in. Bullet Weight .. ....... . 158 gr. Bullet Type ............ L. Barrel .................... 8% in. Muzzle Velocity ...... 1400 f.s. Muzzle Energy ........ 690 f.p.

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Magnum BALLISTICS REPORT

SMITH & WESSON'S NEW Model 57 revolver in .41 Magnum cali-ber looks much the same as their .44 Magnum. It's built on the same "N" frame, finished in S&W bright blue, and comes with target type trigger, hammer, stocks, and sights.

Remington introduced the .41 Mag-num cartridge in two loads; a 210 grain lead gas check bullet, which starts at a listed 986 fps from a 6 inch revolver, for 450 fp muzzle energy, and a 210 grain jacketed Soft Point bullet which is listed at 1342 fps for 836 fp energy. This leaves the Reming-ton .44 Magnum, which was introduced in 1956, as the most potent handgun round. The muzzle energy of the .41 is nearly as good as the excellent new Remington .357 S.P. load that gives 845 fp at 1550 fps-the most potent .357 factory load ever made.

The new .41 Magnum is a true .410", while the .44 is actually .429", only .019" larger. A .41 Magnum can be fired in a .44, so be careful !

Actual velocity of the Hi-V .41 load in our 6" revolver is 1399 fps, 57 fps more than listed, but it will probably vary with different lots. It's potent enough for any game that should be hunted with a handgun. Power is con-siderably less than a .44 Magnum, which can be handloaded to equal .41 Magnum ballistics. I don't think the .41 is apt to be popular with hand-loaders, or anyone who wants ultimate power. A .357 has bagged all U.S. game, and most sportsmen or law en-forcement officers don't want or need more power.

The history of the .41 center fire car-tridge started with the .41 Long Colt, made for Colt's 1873 New House and 1877 Thunderer revolvers. These had outside lubed "heel" bullets of .410, later changed to .386 inside lubed, with a hollow base that expands to fill the grooves.

The .38-40 (actually a .401) was popular for Winchester's 1873 rifle and

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By KENT BELLAH

Colt's 1875 revolver. It can be loaded to about .41 Magnum ballistics, and the excellent 200 gr. jacketed Soft Point bullets are quite similar to the .41 Magnum. The old .38-40 guns have bagged every type of U.S. game the past 90 years. The new .41 is, for handloaders, only a modified version of what we have had for generations. But I like it better than the .38-40 be-cause it's new.

Wildcatters were over 40 years ahead of arms makers with a potent .40-41 hot-shot on a straight case! "Pop" Eimer made a dandy in 1922, on a .401 Winchester Self-Loading case cut to 1.250". It was a "Wildcat of Merit," especially after 2400 powder came out in 1932. Some .401 Eimer cartridges I loaded in 1952 shot pretty well in the new .41 S&W. Shells can be

reloaded in either .41 Magnum or .401 Eimer dies. Both use a .30-30 shell holder and Large Pistol primers.

I advised Colt's in 1955, that I could make a more potent .40-41 than the Eimer. They offered to supply a gun to my specifications, but were not in-terested in the gun commercially, since they couldn't see any advantage in this caliber. I refused their kind offer, for I could see no reason to work with a caliber that wouldn't be sold commer cially. I also tried to get Jim Harvey to

Above: Bull ets fo r .41 Magnum are (L to R) 2 10 g r. H&G; Remington SP; 210 a nd 175 gr . C-H ; factory 200 g r. 38-40.

Left: Headstamp on new .41 case and H&G bullet with hollow point nose c ut fo r fa st expa nsion .

Left to right: Author's H&G bullet and load; Lyman bullet and load ; two wildcats, the .40 I Eimer and .403 Clay, and a .41 Long Colt cartridge.

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The S&v.t .41 Magnum

produce .4041 wildcats commercially in 1952. Jim couldn't see any potential profit or advantage over a .44 Special. I agreed, but some people want any product that is called new.

The .4,01 Boser of 1938 also used the old .401 W.S.L. case, cut to 1.218". A popular load for this was 1 7 gr. 2400 and 160 gr. cast bullets, but some ignition problems arose that would have been cured with CCI Magnum primers.

In 1959, Fred Clay, of the Panama Gun Works, designed a .403 Clay, on a 1.270" long .3030 case, in a .433 chamber. The .41 Remington Magnum and .401 Herter Magnum nearly dupli. cate the Clay. While our .403 loads shoot well in a .41 Magnum, a .41

won't quite chamber in a Clay. Herter's claim they finalized their

.401 Herter Magnum in 1961, 'on a 1.285" case, which could be fired in a S&W .41 Magnum. Herter's also stated they had developed a rimless version for auto pistols. They list their . 401 Herter Magnum revolver, and similar ones in .357 and .44 Magnum caliber, at only $41.95, compared to $140 for a S&W. According to the catalog, all parts of the gun are the finest German steel, hand-polished, hand-lapped, hand-blued and hand-fitted by German craftsmen. These are 5 shot revolvers to eliminate bolt cuts in the thin chamber walls.

The fiction that will be published about the S&W .41 Magnum and .401

Author's H&G bullet (top), before and after penetrating a '/s inch steel plate and 2 inches of pine. Same bullet . (lower photo) expands to % inch in -moist sand, IQaded with a hot charge of . 2400 pistol powder.

< Power of the H&G bullet and 2400 load is shown by a quart can which exploded at all the seams and split at point where the bullet entered.

Herter Magnum would make Baron von Munchausen smile. Do they have some mystic powers? Unfortunately, they do not. The .41 Magnum is a good caliber, but its announcement is anti climatic since the powerful .44 Mag-num came out .

Hensley & Gibbs made us a beauti-ful custom 4cavity, .410 mould. The 210 gr. semi-wadcutter is not my de-sign, but a modification of the fine 1908 Heath design, also used for Ly-man's 429336. Heath has been honored since his dea th by having his design copied ; generally modified, as mine is, by changing one of the two grease grooves to a crimp groove. Some claim the famous Heath design as their own!

We worked up charges with bullets cast with 2 parts IBA #4 and one part IBA #7, with a hardness equiva-lent to 1: 15 tinlead on our lead tester. I sized the bullets to .410 in a Lyman sizer with H&G dies, and loaded with RCBS dies and their No.2 Shell Holder head. Our cases ran 1.269 to 1.283 in length. We found it best to use a heavy crimp with 2400 and AL-8 loads, to hold bullets against recoil, a light crimp with Unique, and none with Bullseye.

As we do not yet have a .41 test barrel, and accuracy was determined with a K4 Weaver scope in a Buehler S&W mount, which works well with a 2-hand hold on a rest. Suggested loads gave good groups that compare with the same powders and similar bullets in a .44 Magnum.

We proof fired the H&G bullet with 22.5 gr. 2400, which is not a shooting load. Maximum is 20.5 gr, starting at 1394 fps, and developing 906 fp muz-zle energy, with CCI 350 Magnum primers. Maximum deviation was 67 fps. For a plain base case bullet this velocity is too fast, and the best charge is 19.5 gr.

What these do to jackrabbits shouldn't happen to a dog! They pene-trate six %" pine boards. Quart cans of oil explode like a bomb, coming apart at the seams and where there are no seams. Slugs blast through V8" steel plates and a 2" x 12" backing board like cheese. Remington's .357 S.P. load did the same thing, ripping a hole about the same size. Fired in fine, moist sand, the .41 pill expands to about %,", while the .357 Remington S.P. load (Continued on page 63)

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The S&W .41 Magnum

The .357 Magnum

By R. A. STEINDLER

Now THAT THE S&W Model 57 -the .41" Magnum-is available and we know what the ballistics are, let's see how the gun and the first batch of ammo stacked up. There is little question that the gun and the soft point load by Remington will make a hit with hunters who use a handgun to bring home the venison. But how will the gun fare with law enforcement officers? Those who like to claim that they invented the new caliber - and as of this writing no less than three men insist that they dreamed the caliber up-like to im-press us with their expertness in mat- , ters of police handguns; according to these "experts," the .41 Magnum will immediately, if not sooner, obsolete all other calibers.

With these claims ringing in my ears, I arranged with Fred Miller of

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FIELD TEST

The AI Magnum

S&W to borrow some other guns, all of them with six inch barrels, and in due course a .38 M&P, a .357 Magnum Model 27, and the 6% inch barrel Model 29 chambered for the .44 Mag-num arrived. Ted McCawley of Rem-ington kindly furnished GUNS Maga-zine with enough anuno for all calibers to run the proposed tests. After con-sulting with Lt. Larry Schey of the Morton Grove Police Department, the following test method was set up. Larry; by the way, has collected a closetful-of trophies, all. of them won the hard way 'with his S&W .357 Mag-num over stiff competition on the PPC. It was decided that I would pile the four guns, plenty of ammo, and a tape recorder into my car and visit a num-ber of police departments in the area. In each case, we called the police chief, explained the project and that we

Camera recorded shooter's hold as target sight settled on 6 o'clock.

The 044 Magnum

Lt. Larry Schey compares recoil of Magnum calibers while firing target course. Synchronized Robot camera records recoil and torque.

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The S&v.J .41 Magnum wanted to "borrow" three or four of his men. Two of them should be better than average shots, preferably even gun nuts, while two other officers should be typical of the average police officer all over the country-they fired their service revolvers if and when they had to qualify.

In order to sample as many depart-ments and men as possible in the short time available, a schedule for shooting and interviewing was set up. In a taped pre-shooting interview, the officer was briefed about the .41 Magnum, was then asked to fire in the conventional

Author tape records reactions of Officers Stahl and Kerwin after t hey fired cours e. Th ree Mag num s pe netrated steel plate easily.

Reverse side of steel plate shows that .38 barely dimpled steel, while other ca libe rs had almost identical amount of penetration. 20

target shooting manner-and not for score or a departmental record- three rounds of .38 Special, three rounds of .357 Magnum, three rounds of .41 Magnum, and three rounds of .44 Magnum. Ammunition and guns were furnished, and there was no time limit placed on the shooting of this test. I selected the three round test so that shooters would not tire needlessly and to avoid making the shooters re-coil-conscious or create a tendency to flinch . No scoring was attempted.

A total of 24 law enforcement offi-cers, from patrolmen to chiefs fired the course, and five different depart-ments were involved in the tests. Not counted here was a team of men from the Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's Office who cooperated in extensive penetration tests. Most of the officers were asked to shoot the course single action, but a few selected ones were asked to shoot the course double ac-tion after firing it single action. Be-fore shooting, the officer was asked not to think about the taped prefir-ing interview, but just to shoot the course without worrying about scores. As soon as he completed the firing, his immediate reaction to firing the four guns was tape recorded.

Lt. Schey found that "the .41 Mag-num recoil is somewhat heavier than that of the .357 Magnum, but is not anywhere in the class of the recoil developed by the .44 Magnum. The .41 Magnum recoil is too great for a speedy recovery and return of the gun and the gun hand on the target." Lt. Schey repeated the course with his 4 inch .357 Magnum since his service gun has custom grips and he did en-counter-other officers found the same thing to be true-some trouble hold-ing the .41 Magnum. The general con-sensus of opinion was that the grips on the .41 Magnum were too small, and a number of men felt that the gun might be easier to handle if bigger grips were furnished. Larry believes that the re-coil of the .41 Magnum and the recoil of his service revolver were about on a par, although his score was not im-proved when he used his service re-volver rather than the test gun.

Lt. Schey also tried the combat course with the new Smith and Wesson revolver, then repeated the course with his service gun, using full Remington .357 Magnum loads. " Recoil of the new caliber (Continued on page 40)

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Kuger's Kiln- fie By R. A. STEINDLER

THIS GUN OFFERS A

NEW CONCEPT IN CARTRIDGE

FEEDING FROM A

ROTARY MAGAZINE THAT IS

FOOLPROOF

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I T WAS ONLY A question of time and engineering skill before Bill Ruger would develop a semi-automatic .22 caliber, rim-fire carbine. Designated as the Ruger 10/22, the handy little gun looks like its bigger brother, the .44 Magnum carbine, and it handles just as sweetly. However, here the resemblance ends, and the real news about the 10/22 lies in the magazine.

Let's first look at some of the mechanical features of Bill Ruger's latest creation. Externally, the two carbines are look-alikes. Over-all length of the 10/22 is 37 inches, barrel length is 18Y2 inches, and the test gun-serial number 503-tipped the scale at just a fraction over five pounds. The receiver is tapped and drilled for scope mounting, and the cross-bolt safety is on the forward and upper part of the trigger guard. The American walnut stock is well finished, the open sights are identical to those found on the .44 Magnum gun.

Mechanically, the magazine is the most interesting feature of the new gun. It is a 10 shot affair of the rotary kind that faintly resembles the idea used in the Mannlicher-Schoenauer magazines. But the Ruger maga-zine was a year and a half in the engineering department, time well spent, since magazine performance was completely flawless in function and a'ccu-racy tests. The rotor and housing of the magazine are molded from Celon, an extremely tough plastic that can take an almost incredible beating. Ed Nolan and other Ruger men demonstrated (Continued on page 45)

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J. M. Browning's Model 1878 rifle (far left), and model he patented in 1879. Above: Single shot pistol never gained the popularity of the Colt Navy or Frontier revolvers. Right: Advertising card of George Freund's gun shop in early 1880's.

I N THE DRAMAPACKED days from the 1850's up to the turn of the century, important things were happen-ing on the eastern slope of the Rockies as well as on the coastal side, and in their way these events were as full of excitement and adventure as one could wish. For one thing, those who did not put the Rocky Mountains between them and the great plains had neighbors of the wrong kind-the toughest of the hostile Indian tribes.

During the summer of 1859, there were 150,000 gold seekers within the boundaries of what is now the state of Colorado. The Pike's Peak boom was short lived, but Denver became a supply center for those who moved on to other strikes in the territories of Montana, Idaho, and Nevada. What St. Louis had been to the emigrapts, frontiersmen, and sportsmen of the 1840's and 1850's, Denver was destined to become in the 1860's and 1870's.

Rather striking evidence of this is found in the fact that Samuel Hawken, long the most famous riflemaker in St. Louis, headed for Denver in late 1859; he walked the entire distance in 57 days!

In January of 1860 this advertisement appeared in Denver's Rocky Mountain News: "S. Hawken, for the last thirty-seven years in the manufacture of the Rocky

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Mountain rifle in St. Louis, would respectfully say to the citizens of Denver, Auraria, and his old mountain friends, that he has established himself in the gun business on Ferry Street, between Fourth and Fifth, next door to Jones' & Cartright's, Auraria, and is now prepared to manufacture his style of rifles to order."

Sam Hawken, his health beginning to fail at age 67, did not work long in Denver. There were capable younger men to take his place and among them was Carlos Gove.

~ove was a tall, muscular young man, an ex-Dragoon soldier, Indian fighter, and a gunsmith by trade. He first appeared in Denver in 1860 with a supply train, and it was not long thereafter that he put up his shingle as a gunsmith. Like gunmaker Horace Rowell of California, 90ve was a native of New Hampshire, and he had learned

. his trade through an apprenticeship in Boston. After serving in the U. S. Dragoons, Gove had been engaged as a gunsmith by the Indian Department and was stationed at the Pottawattamie Agency, on the present site of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Gove's gun trade in Denver increased steadily. In 1873 he felt he could not handle it alone and took in as partners John P. Lower and George C. (Continued on page 46)

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ADVICE FOR HUNTERS WHO

WANT BIGGER BAGS OF LATE

SEASON HONKERS

Goose hunting in the open prairie or in corn fields requires a special bag of tricks to assure success.

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By COL. DAVE HARBOUR

I HA VE NEVER SEEN a more spectacular sight than thousands of Canadian geese leaving their winter sanc-tuary to feed. Last December, on the the firing line at John Martin Reservoir in southeastern Colorado, over 20,000 honkers began leaving the lake at eight in the morning in groups of a few dozen to hundreds of birds-and the flights continued until almost noon! With at least 50 hunters along the firing line, the air was filled with almost continual shotgun fire. I saw only one goose fall besides the two my partner killed with only three shots!

I've watched other armies of goose hunters in action around many of our honker sanctuaries, and have ob-served the same relatively low mortality rate they inflict on the great flights of ~intering geese. I have also noted that it's that small percentage of goose-wise hunters who get most of the late season geese. Why? It's because they have learned how to hunt geese three different ways!

The experienced late season goose hunter knows how to hunt from the firing line as the geese leave the sanctuary to feed. He knows how to hunt them in the fields while they are feeding. And he knows how to position himself in favorable areas for pass shooting as the honkers trade back and forth from sanctuaries to feeding areas, and

The author didn't even need a blind on this Colorado prairie flyway, situated between two feeding areas.

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between the feeding areas. He has learned all three of these methods, for he knows that at times, the use of only one of them can mean success.

In spite of the long goose seasons and generous bag limits, the populations of Canadas returning to most U.S. wintering areas are holding their own or are increasing. This happy trend is due partly to the fact that most honkers nest much farther north than do most of our ducks. It is also due to the almost uncanny tricks to dodge the average hunter that the honkers have learned to use---especially during late season-as they leave, feed, and return to the safety of their winter resorts!

The goose-wise hunter must learn a lot of tricks himself to counter those employed by the honker. First, let's ex-amine those he uses when he hunts from the firing lines, that is, designated boundaries around waterfowl sanctuaries that mark the closest points to the sanctuary from which hunters are allowed to shoot. Firing lines are usually posi-tioned a half mile or more from the sanctuaries so that geese and ducks resting inside will not be disturbed by the firing and will return to, and use, the sanctuaries regularly.

My partner, Pete Glover, was successful because he ex-ecuted four neat tricks. He was on the firing line when the geese were flying. He was where they were flying over at reasonable distance from his gun. He had the right gun and shell combination. And he knew how and when to fire.

Here are the ground rules that Pete uses to determine when the geese will be flying. He knows that wise old honkers usually leave the sanctuary to feed during early morning hours if the night has been dark. So Pete heads for the firing line early in the morning, after nights of a quarter moon or less, or after any stonny or cloudy night. When Pete does head for the firing line after a bright moonlight night, he goes only in the late afternoon on the chance that a few flocks might leave the sanctuary early to begin their night feeding.

Predicting where to position oneself on the firing line is . a more difficult problem. This must not only be at a point over which flocks of departing geese will pass, it must also be one which they will pass within reasonable shotgun range. Ideally, this point should be close to the sanctuary so the geese will not have had time to gain much altitude. It should be downwind from the sanctuary, since geese cannot gain much altitude in a short distance when flying with the wind. And it should be on an elevation, such as a hill, to further cut down the (Continued on page 42)

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Well-attended classes hear volunteer instructors, like Ben Avery (belowl, lecturing on firearms fundamentals.

1/~ J/II KIDS LEARN TO

SHOOT! By CHARLES C. NIEHUIS

EVERYONE HAS FUN AT A WELL-ORGANIZED GUN

TRAINING COURSE-INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTOR

Following the classroom instruction, the students are taken into the field for practical hunting experien ce while und er the watchful eyes of the instructors.

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thorough , all basic shooting position s are taugh t . Sa fe g un han d lin g

T HOUSANDS OF BOYS, girls, and adults of Phoenix, Arizona, have learned that shooting can be fun, especially when proper instructions by qualified men are a part of the shooting.

What started out to be a minor public relations project by the Phoenix Sports-man's Association, for the sons and daughters of its membership, has grown into a state-wide program.

The movement actually began with Ben Avery, editor of the Rod and Gun column in the "Arizona Republic." He learned that shooting can be fun not only for the student, but also for the instructor, by teaching his three daughters how to shoot and handle rifles. One of the girls became a state small-bore champion, and qualified on the state college rifle team. Ben, in writing about his own gun teaching experiences and the many rewards garnered by him, inspired the outdoorsmen and shooters of Phoenix to make gun education for youngsters a project for their clubs.

The Arizona Varmint Callers' Association, the Phoenix Sportsman's Association, and the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club, which heretofore had been rival organizations, banded together to carry out a city-wide program to teah proper -gun handling, shooting, and respect and pride in firearms ownership. AllII" the idea caught on !

Every fall, the various clubs announce their winter gun instruction schedule in the area's daily newspapers. Typical is the one attended by the author's son, P aul.

No minor children are permitted to take the course unless accompanied by their parents and with their full support and consent. It has been the experience of the clubs that more often than not, both parents take the course along with their children and they en joy it as much as the kids.

Parents and students are indoctrinated first with an (Continued on page 66) GUNS AUGUST 1964

The course completed, young shooter receives his diploma.

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Wnlls. By NEIL L. FARRELL

D OWN THROUGH the ages, man has always had the burning de-sire to convert an article to something other than that for which it was orig-inally designed. Today, with a flick of the wrist, a sofa becomes a bed, a closed car becomes an open car. This convertibility of function and use also has its followers in the firearms world; we have our modern conversion units or kits, which usually are designed to ' permit a large caliber firearm to fire a smaller caliber cartridge.

Conversion of firearms goes back to the early days of gun development; when the flintlock was superseded by the percussion cap, existing arms were

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Conversion unit for the Luger pistol developed two flaws. On the left is photo of cartridges, showing bulges ahead of rim. At right is the clip, which jammed the action before repairs.

converted to this new form of igni-tion; when the cartridge evolved, the percussion guns were converted to handle the self-contained cartridge. But here lets talk about conversions from one caliber to another, and specifically handgun conversion kits, for conver-sion kits for shotguns and rifles are yet another st.ory.

These conversion kits have been manufactured over a span of years by several different firms. To mention some, there have been converters made for the Luger, Sig Neuhausen, and Colt automatic pistols, and the British Webley and Enfield revolvers. One of the latest kits is for the small .25 Colt

automatic pistol, adapting it to fire the .22 Short cartridge.

One outstanding characteristic of these conversion kits is that they are made predominantly for "GI" weapons, those which have been accepted as a standard service arm by one country or another. An examination of the various adapter kits available causes another characteristic to be immediate ly apparent. They are made predomi. nantly for the .22 Long Rifle car-tridge. There are, of course, exceptions to this. They range in caliber from 4mm, no doubt the smallest, to the 297/ 250 English Rook Rifle caliber converter for the .455 Webley revolver,

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this latter being the largest that I have ever seen. Another exception is the new Smith & Wesson kit which converts the .22 Long Rifle Model 46 target pistol to .22 Short.

It might do well to mention that a conversion kit should not be confused with an auxiliary cartridge, as their purposes are quite different. The con-verter, or adapter kit, generally has a liner tube which can be inserted into a specific large bore weapon thereby reducing it to a smaller caliber. This kit does not require permanent altera-tion of the weapon and can be removed at will to return the firearm to its original caliber. On the other hand, the auxiliary cartridge is merely a mechanical device for holding a small cartridge in a large chamber in order to fire a bullet of the same diameter as the original bore. One example of this is the Marble Auxiliary Cartridge, another are the inserts for the S&W .22 Jet revolver which permit the use

of .22 rim-fire cartridges. Here we will be concerned with three adapter kits which were designed for use with three

~ . . ndard service sidearms; the Webley .455 revolver, and the 9mm Luger, and .45 Government Model automatics.

The Webley unit is distributed by the firm of Parker-Hale Limited, of Birmingham, England. This kit is the least expensive of the three, my own bought in England, in 1957, for the U.S. equivalent of about eleven dollars. My kit is for the Mark VI Webley .455, although Parker-Hale also has a kit for the .38 Enfield revolver.

The Webley is by far the simplest of the three, both in construction and in-stallation. It consists of only two major components, the insert barrel, 6-13/ 16" long, and the .22 caliber cylinder. The barrel has an outside diameter of .373," much too small to provide a snug fit in the original .455 bore, but is provided with a brass bushing on the front, and (Continued on page 53)

The Webley Mark IV with Parker-Hale conversion unit installed.

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Five degree slope of chambers is apparent from this front end view.

Parker-Hale .22 conversion unit for the Webley has only two major components; insert barrel assembly and integral rear sight, and the cylinder.

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WAH 'EM /JUT.I

Trophies like this fi ne bull elk don't come to t he hunter who won't t ake t he extra effort or stay t o t he final hou r. Big racks are a lmost always just a little fa rther than the average hunter cares to go.

O utfitters and guides will go the one extra mile for hun ters who won 't g ive up and don't complain.

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By C LYDE ORMOND

J UST AS PROFESSIONAL baseball is a game of inches, successful big-game hunting is a sport of minutes, of waiting a little longer, trying a bit harder.

I learned this many years ago on a buck hunt in Idaho's Caribou Forest. Three of us had hunted hard for all of the allotted time. My two partners had hung up bucks-a fine two-pointer and a huge four-pointer. I'd continu-ously been just where the bucks weren't.

The morning we were to leave for home, it was raining enough to embarrass a mallard. We'd packed all the gear in the car, except the Baker tent, and one of the fellows was alternating between grazing upon a huge plate of corn-flakes, and trying to get me to stay and hunt an extra day.

"Ray and I can wait over," he argued. "Why not give it another whirl?"

"Too rainy," I said. "Y ou're just too lazy to hunt," Ray goaded me. Had it not been for their persistence, we would have

been on the way home a half-hour before. But as we argued, Burn, at the corn-flakes, suddenly paused, mou