GUNS Magazine October 1957

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OCTOBER 1957 50
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HUNTING SHOOTING ADVENTURE
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.. WOODCOCK ARE
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EASY TARGETS
IS FEE Smm
SMALL GAME
ON A BUDGET
LONG SHOTS DON', iriAKE GOOD HUN1ER.S
Very Good bores and exteriors specially selected for N.R.A. members. These are late model high
number weapons as used with scope by marine snipers in Korea and Guadal. The most popular
all-time hunting caliber. Softnose ammo is available everywhere. A high-powered long range
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full refund. OUR AMMO SPECIALS: 30106 Target, 20 rds., $2.00; 100 rds.. $7.50; 30/06
SOFTNOSE. 20 rds., $2.95.
SPRINGFIELD SPECIALS : I
RARE WEBLEY MK VI IMPORT
Box of 20 rds.. G.I. tereet-$2.00: 100 rds., G.I. target-$7.50; 20 rds. pro-
fessionally reloaded soft point hunting-$2.95; 20 rds., Rem. or Western Com- IN U.S. f
mercial soft point-$4.75.
SPECIFICATIONS ACCESSORIES .45 CALIBER
Model: '03, BBI.: 24" 4 groove (not 2 Slings: U.S. gov't regulation, cowhide, FIRES STANDARD .45 A.C.P. Cal.
groove). Siehts: Famous Sprinefield New $1.95, Used 95rf. Cleaning rods: amm. sold in all sporting goods stores! TS
sights adjustable to 2700 fds.. Windage 3 PC. and tip, U.S. Army brass $1.95. "The Peacemaker of the British Em-
and elevation. Stocks: Gov't selected Brushes: U.S. Army brass, official, pire." This is the famous Webley Mk
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Bv Dr. CLARENCE E.
"SIERRA
Honolulu Big Game
bullets-
Hunter, Scholar,
t Physician
A WEATHERBY .NO Mag-
num, 24" barrel, with
Herter m u z z l e brake and
Bausch and Lomb 2%-4 vari-
power scope. Bullets? In the
past, 150 grain bronze point
and 180 grains silver tip. In
the future, Nosier 180 grain
~artitionedb ullet. Ammunition
hand loaded and range tested.
Mv favorite. the Weatherbv
,300 Mamgyn um has been used m
during last hunt in Africa 1
and two hunts in India. It has
averaged over 90 per cent one-
shot kills. My most prized
trophy with it is a 525 Ib.
(weighed and measured) In-
dian tiger at eighty yards.
M Y
FAVORITE
GUN
I By JANET HEIDTMANN
National Intercollegiate Ladies'
' Les Bowman Rifle Champion, prone position
used Sierra 30 cal.
180 gr. bullet for
this 1-shot kill TH E FIRST GUN I ever
of 400 Ib. Grizzly.
used-that's my favor-
ite. It's a .22 Winchester
Les Bowman writes: 52, bolt-action, with peep
, , sights. I used that in win-
** "As one of Wyoming's largest out- ning the championship,
scoring 400 x 400 twice.
fitters we help hunters all we can. As a member of the Bos-
;I
Lots of hunters arrive with im- ton University Girls' Rifle
proper bullet loads. We help 'em Team, we competed via
mail against many other
by loading any caliber they desire.
college teams all over the
. SIERRA is our choice in every country. And we were
. caliber." thrilled to beat the girls
from the University of
Denver. I'm superstitious,
so I won't shoot in any
competition unless I use
my favorite weapon. It
may be heavy, but it's
very accurate, and has no
recoil. I learned to shoot
IERRA with this rifle only a little
over a year ago. As a sen-
ior now at Boston Univer-
BULLETS,
sity, I hope that our team
1 - will win many matches.
600 West Whittier Blvd. Whittier, Calif,
THE COVER
Few things are more symbolic of our
GU NS points with pride to the new name Acomveerr icsacne nhe eroift aga e mthana,n at hdiosg O, catnodb ear
appearing on our masthead for the first gun-a scene that will be repeated
time this month-the name- of Elmer Keith, times without number this Fall and,
internationally respected authority on hunt- God willing, for many Falls to come.
ing and shooting subjects generally.
OCTOBER, 1957 VOL. Ill, NO. 10-34
To say, "This man needs no introduction,"
is more than just a trite phrase in this in-
stance. Elmer Keith's books and articles T H I S S S U E
have been definitive texts in gun circles since
1925. He is very ~robablth~e most expe- . . .
rienced hunter of American big game in the shotgunning
business, was for 30 years a big game guide ...................
operating across the continent from Mexico WOODCOCK ARE EASY TARGETS.. .Byron W. Dalrymple 15
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to Alaska. He fired on three National Match IS FEE SHOOTING THE ANSWER?. Johnny Mock 24
bigbore rifle teams, placed among the first ten . . .
in four national individual bigbore matches big game
at Perry, is internationally famous for his
experimentation and shooting in the handgun LONG SHOTS DON'T MAKE GOOD HUNTERS.. ..............C lifton Camp 18
field, is quoted wherever men shoot as an HE LOOKED AS BIG AS A TANK.. .................... Col. Charles Askins 28
authority on handloads for both handguns .........................
HE USES THREE RIFLES FOR DEER.. .Jess T. Reid 34
and game rifles. He was Gun Editor of "Out-
. . .
doorsman" for 12 years, of "Western Sports-
man" for four years, has been on the tech- small game
nical and/or "contributing" staff of the .............................
SMALL GAME ON A BUDGET. .Carlos Vinson 21
"American Rifleman" for eight years, is the
. . .
author of six classic books on guns and
shooting. His contributions to GUNS will workshop
include feature articles and, as frequently .......................
THE PERFECT HUNTING COMPANION. R. E. Maxey 31
as our space and his time allows, a depart-
ment under the heading "Elmer Keith Says." . .
The broadest title we could think of for El- gun of the month
l
mer was "Shooting Editor!' He will talk .............................
THE MOUTIER MASTERPIECE. .Carl Breihan 36
about nearly everything connected with
. . .
shooting, in the months to come-including
his first African safari which starts a few departments
months hence. We're proud to have Elmer MY FAVORITE GUN.. .......... Janet Heidtmann and Dr. Clarence E. Fronk 4
with us, know that his contributions will
$ make GUNSm ore valuable to you, the readers. TRIGGER TALK ...................................................... 5
.,Ip -3 Other stories in this and the two following GUNS IN THE NEWS .................................................. 6
>:is sues follow the pattern of the hunting sea- CROSSFIRE ........................................................... 8
,& son. "Woodcock Are EASY Targets" startled ELMER KEITH SAYS.. .................................................. 10
,$'' & us here, may give you a new slant on "the SHOPPING WITH GUNS ............................................... 60
bird everybody misses." "Is Fee Shooting
#*i,fifd.e Tehte Answer" presents a controversial sub- George E. von Rosen Art Arkush
& which we may be forced to accept on E. B. Mann
Hie basis of hard economic facts rather than PUBLISHER EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
EDITOR
sentiment. Times do change, and fee shoot-
ing may be the biggest change in hunting William B. Edwards Elmer Keith
since the days of the Long Rifle. Barker TECHNICAL EDITOR SHOOTING EDITOR F!ed McLaren
But sentiment does have a place in hunt- ART DIRECTOR ART EDITOR
ing, and not even the cold facts of ballistics Louis Satz Marvin Ginn L. Pector Carlos Thut
can displace a favorite gun in the affections
CIRCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTION
of many hunters. In "He Uses Three Rifles
For Deer," veteran hunter Jess Reid tells how Editorial Advisory Board
he bowed to ballistics without forsaking old COL. GEORGE M. CHINN CAROLA MANDEL STUART MILLER ALFRED G. COERC
loves. There's a lesson here, too, for every ROGER MARSH ROY G. DUNLAP VAL FORGElT KENT BELLAH
man who sights in a new rifle.
"Long Shots Don't Make Good Hunters"
(or vice versa) hits hard at shooting egos,
yet every hunter knows deep in his heart that
sportsmanship does end at an exact and
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FOR IA The Ren Avenll Compan den ~verill,2 32 Lake St., '~asidena, Calif., Ryan 1-9291;
ject of this story. and !odon Cole, 74 Bret Harte #&race, San Francisco 11, Calf., PRospect 6-3902.
There'll be another round-up of hunting
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you "Good sport and safe shooting."
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SEZ "I'm 3 away ten dollar bills this month, abso.lu .te .ly GUNS in
free G.. -.cry purchase of a United Defense gun
We dl this rare collector's submachine gun, 9mm cali-
ber (dewat) for only $39.95 list price, but this month
obnralyn, d ifn eywo ug wenilul insee nUd Su.s te$4n9 .d95o,l lawr ec uwrrilel necny clnoosete w.i t.h .e ahcohw gcuann syhoiup pleods ea?
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New Jersey were taken from the Irish Republican Army rebels, only
More! Jim Grigsby, proprietor of a meat packing
mpany in Woodland, California, tells of a
nter who brought in a deer to be cleaned
just $17.50. Good also for baking cakes, watering the dog.
d dressed. Nothing unusual about that,
- GI. igshy says, except that the deer was alive.
Tti e hunter, whose name Grigsby loyally
wi thholds, shot the deer, thought it was dead,
Pa eked it in his car trunk. When the trunk
wa IS opened, the deer jumped out and ran
avi ray. The hunter got in his car, followed the
dee r, shot it, brought it back, and Grigsby
dl,e ssed it.
0 0 0
E In the Ashfield, Mass., region a shotgun
ca mpaign to eliminate a family of beavers
7 wt 10 persisted in blocking a seven-foot cul-
ve;r t failed. The eager beavers were too fast
and smart for the shooters. A dynamite blast
fin ally had to be used to get rid of the beaver
I
fa1n ily.
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Q In Blackstone, Mass., Korenlia Zariczny, a
72 -year-old great-grandmother, set up a block-
ade by her home and, armed .with a rifle,
resi isted efforts of local and state police to
talc e away her condemned property.
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It looks as if England's social fox hunting
Fast, easy, accurate Pacific Reloading frsi ternity, an institution for centuries, may
Ño have been top choice of expert 1 be going into extinction. The reason is the
bandbaden for a quarter century for $1. 40 that the Ministry of Agriculture is now
perfect low-cost ammunition. Often Pa ying as bounty for every fox killed. Now
imitated, never oqualbd! Pacific Super jut it plain ordinary farmers are taking out
Tool complete with dies, shell holder,
af 't er the foxes. The result is that there aren't
.p?-r-Ai me*r -a rmm" , $54.95. Automatic primer d y eri ough of these quadrupeds to go around
~y more.
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In Manitowoc, Wis., a rabbit hunter was
PACIFIC STANDARD fill ed $100 and agreed to pay $250 damages
TOOL
a f 'ter he chased his target through the woods,
featuring built-in oil foramduldaocaruratu
dampener reservoir, emir- economy price. Include ape- los t it and, in a fit of pique, took aim at a
to-'read indicator, bean atelb heat-treated alzlnx die. fa rmer's horse and dropped it.
east lion muihined body.
all sted-hardened bear- 0 0 0
I.n.g"s and knives. Price *%. Automaticp.r imer Q At Barnstead, N. H., 15 townsfolk went
comclete, still on19 s1i eepless searching for a hunter reported lost.
"- feed t7.w. s<) meone finally checked the home of the
hii nter, Raymond Carson. He was found
sl1u mbering soundly away in bed, unaware
PACIFIC DIES tha t he had been reported missing.
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Ing 100% fW dim- th e .22 revolver he recently purchased didn't
ttoiolenraa nIcse sr,e jeacntde dB. peSoeltf lcot-f Wl ork. As he waved the gun around, it dis-
cti arged, sending a bullet into a metal button
dies c o wfo r one oÈl
ihre, $18.60. 01I Shirby's jacket sleeve. Police permitted
D.o nahue to leave with his gun, a satisfied
SEE YOUR DEALER OR SEND FOR A FREE CATALOG OF istomer, convinced that it would shoot.
PACIFIC RELOADING TOOLS
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Near Wolfsville, Md., a youth testing his
dity to imitate squirrel chatter was too
iod. He was wounded by his father, who
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about your
oar September issue has already testified
In accessories and service, as to our fay awareness of this situation. As
well as handguns, you'll find the to what we are doing: GUNS editors are
finest at Pachmayr carrying on an active campaign by mail,
Warning on Webleys telephone, telegraph, and personal discussion, ;
I read with interest the article on Webleys to enlist law makers and leaders of inter-;
in your May issue. As a GI in the Pacific ested groups in the war against existing and
during World War 11, I blew a Webley open proposed bad gun legislation. Technical
trying to shoot .45 ACP cartridges in it. The Editor Bill Edwards went to Washington, .
stirrup latch cracked through the bottom D.C., early in July to discuss firearms prob;.
of the rear sight "V," where the metal is lems with several interested Congressme
very thin. and his article (above mentioned) appea
- As some gun dealers are selling old Web- in even longer form in Vol. 103, No. 124
leys converted to ACP .45, a word of warn- the Congresswnal Record under date of July
ing might be warranted. My gun may have 15, 1957. As to what you can do: read
been an old Mark IV made for black pow- Edwards' article in September GUNS or in
der. It was a round butt with 4" barrel, the Congressional Record. Know your rights;
either Mark IV or V. Since the Mark V was know the facts about gun legislation and the
the first made for nitro powder, a few words interpretation of gun laws, pro and con.
should be included to enable the non-expert Then tell your representatives in your state
to distinguish between the Mark IV and and federal governments what you, as a
"^ Mark V. The Mark VI is easily identified voter, want them to do in the maintenanc
NEW by its square butt. . of those rights. Do it now! -Editors.
The Webleys are probably strong enough
for their own cartridge, but conversion is Wants Cartridge Collector
Pachmayr
risky. The pressure needed to force a jack- Department
eted bullet through the bore is probably a
PISTOL CASE I want to let you know how much I ap-
lot higher than with their own lead bullet.
preciated the article (July '57 issue) by
Mr. Fred L. Smith Ruth C. Douglas . . . entitled "Guns are
The favorite with handgun shooters. Cleveland, Ohio our Protectors." We need more like this!
Widely used by service teams. Finest I have written the NRA requesting that they
construction. Grained simulated Law Without Legality arrange with you to have this article re-
leather in grey or maroon. Also As a subscriber to your good magazine, I printed in the "Rifleman." It should be
simulated blac.k. .o .r . b. .r o. .w . n. .a . ll igator. am writing to you to find out if you are reprinted also in magazines such as "Ladies
4 Gun Model.. .. . . .$29.50 aware of the recent announcement of the Home Journal" and other publications where
(with back d..o .o . r.. .. . . . . $. 3. 5. . 00) Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the it will meet the attention of the non-shooting
5 Gun Model.. .. . .$35.00 Internal Revenue Service that it intended to gun-shy public.
(with back door.. .$40.00) "change" the regulations of the Federal Fire- I find that you have not included the Car-
tridges for Collectors articles in GUNSm aga-
This model takes all spotting scopesup arms Act. Of course, these "changes" turn
zine since Nov., 1956. I would like to see
to and including B 6 L out to be a drastic and vicious tightening of
this department reinstated.
this act far beyond anything contained in
Guaranteed the act itself, such as entering premises for Herbert R. 'Garrison
New York, N.Y.
search and seizure without a warrant or
4 A t . @ warning, presumably on any pretext or none
Guns Are Our Heritage
at all, and other equally reprehensible fea-
Accuracitizing tares. In effect, this power-greedy bureau is I wish to thank you and your staff for
writing its own law to supersede that of the many hours of enjoyable reading. I am a
Congress. very ardent gun fan; have been one ever
Perhaps I should draw your attention to since I fired my first single-shot rifle. I
the fact that this dangerous action, and now have many types of arms and have
others more and more restrictive that may enjoyed shooting and tinkering with my
logically be expected to follow in due time guns.
Test-fired and sites '-7 constitute not only a serious threat to shoot- I am in complete accord with a letter -in
adjusted by expert ers but to patriotic citizens as well; and that Crossfire titled, "It's a Right, Not a Privi-
craftsmen. Micro-Sites this time, they are not emanating from the lege." It seems to me that every time you
and trigger pull addi- ' crackpots and members of the lunatic fringe turn around, some legislator or Senator or
tional.The ServiceTeams but from the henchmen of the administration some official is trying to put a ban on the
are makina records with 44 nuto- itself. use of guns. I believe that guns are a
matic accuracitized What can be done about this situation? heritage of ours that should be held in high
~~U*.THREEWEEK $3250 Something should be. recognition. They helped make this country
DELIVERY. George W. Courtney what it is today, a free country. They also
Richmond, Indiana help to prevent a foreign government from
trying to take us over by force.
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RELOADING THE .44 die will reform the big magnum case back as
far as it expands nicely. However, the fact
MAGNUM
that .44 Magnum brass is much thicker than
TH E .44 Magnum is not only our most .44 Special brass, necessitates that expand-
powerful handgun cartridge; it is also ing plugs be turned down to about .423" to
.424" so that the case will not be expanded
one of the finest six-gun cartridges ever pro-
again after being resized. The factory bullet
duced for the hand-loader. The case is of
solid head construction and is .1 inch longer is not a gas check but a part jacket and has
than the .44 Special, or the same length as a very thin jacket that covers the base band
the .357 Magnum brass. This .44 Magnum and also the lower grease groove. This en-
case however is of much heavier material ables Remington to use the soft lead bullet
and has the thickest side walls of any re- so necessary to their extrusion and swedging
volver case I have ever reloaded. machines and still hold the rifling at high
The factory load produces plenty of power velocity and give very fine accuracy. In re-
and pressure. For best results I believe that loading, one is far better off with a cast
the hand-loader should stick to pressures and bullet of one part tin to 16 parts lead. Then
velocities slightly under the factory load. no jacket is needed. Bullets should be sized
The factory load must develop around 40,000 exact groove diameter. My Smith & Wesson,
the first one sent out from the factory, has
to 42,000 pounds pressure, but the Smith &
Wesson .44 Magnum revolver will handle it, a groove diameter of .429" and we have
and so will the Ruger Blackhawk for the heard of some going .430" and one .43lV.
same cartridge. Both guns are superbly ac- The factory slug mikes .431".
curate and fine examples of six-gun building. The factory bullet is a modification of one
The Remington factory, which developed of my designs and I have also found my Ideal
the .44 Magnum cartridge, has every facility bullet No. 429421 in 250 grain solid or 235
for checking pressures and velocities and grain hollow-point, or hollow base, to be the
their ballisticians know exactly what they best for reloading this cartridge. Both Smith
precision-made optical are doing and what these guns will stand. & Wesson and Ruger cylinders are a full
instrument. New 7 -lens The hand-loader-with only a bench tool, 1%" long, and both will take the long mag-
system with all lens sur- components, and steel and other penetration num case with the Keith bullet properly
faces hard coated to as- tests, as well as only the case and primer, for seated with one band out of the case and
sure bright, sharp image pressure indications-can very well leave the well crimped in the bevelled crimping groove.
and with Mossberg'spop- top loading of this fine cartridge to the fac- So loaded, this bullet is superbly accurate
ular internal adjustment tory. They alone are equipped to load it to with any load, .from a light target load of 5
of cross hair reticule. such high velocity and pressures safely. This grains Bullseye, or a heavier target load of
does not mean that he cannot safely make up 8.5 grains of Unique, or our heaviest load
New "Tip-on" Mount much more powerful hand loads than he has of 22 grains of 2400 Hercules.
Rugged, yet simple. Mounts quickly and ever used before, but we believe it well to The factory load we pulled down contained
easily on hlossberg and all other 22 cali- leave the top-bracket loads in the hands of 22.2 grains of a powder that looks and seems
ber rifles with grooved receivers - just the factory. very similar in characteristics to Hercules
"tip-on" and tighten screws. The new cartridge can be handloaded with 2400 but is possibly a powder made by
Rifle shown is MODEL1 46B.. .22 d, .44 Special dies, as the .44 Special case-sizing (Continued on Page 12)
bolt action repeater with largest maga-
zine capacity in the world. Holds 30
Shorts or 20 Long Rifle cartridges.
$35.95.* One of many Mossbergs.
F R E E :S end for catalog showing the
new C-LECT-POWEsRc ope with "Tip-
on" mount. Also Mossberg's 4-power
"Slide-on" scope, MODEL4 M4, with in-
ternal adjustment feature ( $10.95) and
all Mossberg rifles and shotguns. There's
a Mossberg dealer near you. He'll be glad
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to show you these fine models.
$1, HIGHER WESTOF ROCKIES
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for accuracy
Both his own bullet (left) and factory .44 Magnum loads were tested by Keith who
found on killing 30 head of beef cattle that handloaded Ideal #429421 "Keith bul-
781 10 st. John st., New Haven 5, Conn. let" penetrated well, held together. Slugs often drove into spinal column.
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