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New En gland. Muzzle loaders rate high in fun and train-

ing ski 1 and sometimes in grouping ability or accuracy.

The blast of fire and billowing clouds of smoke, which

Shooting of carefully loaded cap-and-ball revolvers com-

pares favorably with modern .38 accuracy at targets.

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muzzle loader has shot, set these men apart from their

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trim of the rifles and the powder grime

on faces and hands testify that these

men are real shooters, not just Sunday

plinkers.

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M-L shooting are many. Mostly, it is

an outdoor sport. Low power guns at

short ranges are used. Farmers are

not so worried over leasing their land

for a range as they would be if the

shooters were high-power rifle marks-

men. No farmer is happy at having his "south forty" used

by a bunch of riflemen firing .300 Magnums capable of

striking dead in the next county, but a club shooting

"old-time" guns usually finds the farmer a willing audi-

ence. Frequently he shows up with a cap-and-ball pistol

himself and wants to shoot, too.

Another good reason for its popularity is that M-L

shooting is the cheapest sport in terms of cost per shot.

The cheap black powder and home-cast lead bullet is

loaded directly into the gun. Caps or flints figure out at

maybe a quarter or a half a cent per shot. M-L shooting

has greater economy than handloading metallic cartridges.

If the shooter is critical of his results and loads his gun

with equal care, the accuracy can be very good.

There is nothing that equals the thrill and fun of shoot-

ing black powder. The blast and smoke satisfy every urge

to make noise, and there is the appeal of trying to better

the tales of improbable accuracy of old-time heroes. The

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National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association of Portsmouth,

Ohio, establishes uniform rules for competition and also

sells powder, moulds and old or new M-L guns when

available.

A shooter who finds he can shoot well with a rifle built a

century ago has no trouble on the range or in combat when

he switches over to modern equipment. During World War

I1 some State Guard training programs were conducted by

volunteer shooters who taught riflery to high-school kids

with muzzle loading rifles. Where much time is taken in

loading, even the novice shooter is not inclined to waste

his shots.

Hunting with the old smoke-poles is reviving, except in

Swabbing bore between those areas of the south where it never entirely died awav.

shots from Ml842 rifle,

J.P. Kraig of Compton,

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In Tennessee and Kentucky the muzzle loading rifle has

never been entirely replaced by expensive modern rifles,

Calif., cleans powder and plenty of game from turkeys to bear are shot every

fouling, helps accuracy.



Jim Fields of Oakland, Calif., shot 5,O-yard group with old

.41 caliber rifle made by Koppikus at Sacramento in 1850's.

h a Dencn rest rifles with modern micrometer sights are nrea ~y ivir. ana ivirs. L a u c w an

. ui canton, w., in inan-ii.









year. Upland hunters out after shotgun game are also fornia, Maine and Florida to check the reputed tales of the

finding the muzzle loaders offer some surprising advan- old backwoodsmen's super accuracy and skill with the

tages. ~ u z z l loading hunters make a point of pacing off

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identical guns which freed the frontier and built America.

distances and the maximum range at which deer have been Not every shooter canhope to equal shots on record such

shot is about 150 yards. An antique caplock shotgun may as the long-range kill of the British General Frazier by

be stocked with a niece of walnut that would cost $100 in New York rifleman Tin1 Murphy, which helped win the

the blank today, and handle as rapidly and smoothly as a Battle of Saratoga. But good shooting to compare favor-

quality modern double. ably with modern firearms is done at distance which are

The oldest active shooting club in America today is a a surprise to the average target rifleman.

group of muzzle loading rifle enthusiasts of Canal Fulton, Walter Grote of Canton, Ohio, showed up a modern

Ohio, who can trace their club's origin to the Ohio frontier rifleman with shots from his massive bench rest Warner

days before the war of 1812. The club holds shoots at 25, slug gun grouping tightly into the black at 600 yards, in

50, 100 and 200 yard ranges. More recently organized a contest between his muzzle loader and a modern lone "

clubs are active all over America. The annual M-L matches range cartridge rifle. The competition shooters at the

are held at Friendship, camp Perry N a t i o n a l

Indiana, on the Walter Matches, where this exhi-

Cline Memorial R a n g e

owned by the National

Standard Muzzle Loading Charges bition was staged between

formal shooting events.

Type and Caliber Bullet Weight Powder Charge

Muzzle Loading Rifle As- were astonished at the

sociation. Secretary of the Musket .64 ball 389 grains 130 grs. Musket Fg long range capabilities of

Hall's Carbine .64 ball 389 grs. 85 grs. Fg

NMLRA and grand old US Rifle .58 conical 500 grs. 60 grs. Fg the 70-year old rifle. They

man of cap gun shooting US Pistol .58 1855 450 grs. 40 grs. Fg would have been less as-

is E. M. "Red" Farris. English Enfield rifle tonished had they looked

.577 530 grs. 70 grs. Fg

who coordinates formal Hall's & Common in on a typical muzzle

muzzle loading gun com- rifle .52 ball 220 grs. 100 grs. Rifle FFg loader shoot anywhere in

petition through the offi- US Pistol .52 the country.

1836-42.52 ball 220 grs. 50 grs. FFg

cial paper " M u z z 1 e Colt .44 Dragoon 220 gr. conical,. 40 grs. FFg & FFFg The Fort D e a r b o r n

Blasts." 146 gr. ball Frontiersman, a muzzle

Colt .44Army 1860 200 gr. conical 28 grs. FFg & FFFg

At Friendship each La- Navy .36 1851 & 6 1 140 gr. conical, 20-18 grs. FFg & loader club of Chicago,

bor Day weekend hun- 82 gr. ball FFFg operates a range for black

dreds of shooters gather Pocket .31 1849 77 gr. conical, 13-14 grs. FFg & powder front 1 o a d e r s

50 gr. ball FFFg

from as far off as Cali- about 25 miles from Chi-

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For best accuracy separate charging Measured charge is poured into each Round bullets for mid-range accuracy

cup is filled from flask with powder. chamber with hammer on half-cock. are put one at a time on chambers.









Small copper cups filled with mercury fulminate when struck by the hammer

ignite the charges in chambers through individual tubes called "nipples."

Colt frame has capping cut-out so percussion caps may easily-be placed onto

chamber cones or nipples. Cyclinder soins free for loading at half-cock.









Compound loading lever is used to

press each bullet down into chamber.

fr

$age's Loop. It is placed in a little valley that breaks the

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,,slope of a hillside near the Argonne Atomic Laboratory.

---Stout wooden benches for shooting and for loading equip-

;Â ment have been constructed by the club members, with

backstops of scrap railroad ties. One or two Sundays a

'month in good weather the club holds a shoot. Various

forms of shooting are tried, from rest, standing or offhand,

to the "lucky" match. In this shoot the bullseye targets

are tacked up, white side to the shooters. Then, even if you

have had an off day and old Betsy doesn't shoot right, you

have as good a chance as any of the others in putting a shot

close to the center of the black, which you can't see.

Firearms for the M-L gunner fall into four main groups.

At the top is the really perfect specimen of a relatively

valuable old gun, in as good condition as it left the fac-

- tory. Consistent use of these fine relics should be avoided.



I They will rapidly show wear and use. For the collector,

there are just too few of them to go around.

Next is a group which will soon see some newcomers. It ,

is the newly-made replica, built according to the old-time

pattern and made up just for shooting the muzzle loading

way. Single shot pistols and rifles of the "Kentucky" style

have been produced for several years by custom riflesmiths.

Parts for old Colt and Remington revolvers, including

barrels and cylinders, have been made on a limited pro-

duction basis for repair and restoration. Bill Ruger is con-

sidering the production of the Remington capand-ball New

4

Model . 4 of the 1860's. Colt's has briefly toyed with

the notion of reissuing the famous New Model Army 1860,

with the streamlined barrel and creeping lever rammer. An

accurately-made reissue of this weapon, which was the

principal revolver of the Civil War on both sides, would

be a welcome addition to their stock of modern guns. Bench rest rifle is load* by Ralph Dunn of Fort Wayne,

Third is the best gun for the (Codwed on pp. 38) Ind., by hammering cloth-patched bullet into bore.

Heavy rifle used by Ralph Dunn has built-in rest at front of stock. Sunshade over sight prevents distracting reflections.

Bullet shapes of 9mm progress from first Luger load (left) through tommy gun rounds to Army test .35 cal. (right).









M Y ORDER HALTING 9MM PISTOL PROJECT STIRS UP ARGUMENT A N E W ON MERITS

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45 Any interested shotgunner can figure

714-inch pattern at 10 yards. The chart 0 '

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43 his percentages on the basis of avail-

then tells him the pattern density is 69 2 42

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able killing pellets. Here are the num-

per cent which, in turn, has a maximum 40 ber of pellets per ounce in the sundry

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pattern-killing range of 42 yards. Be- ^ shot sizes: Number 2s-88; 4s-136;

yond that range, whatever he nails is " 38

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6s-223 ; 7Y2s--345; 8 s - 4 0 9 ; and 9s

pure luck, such as a single pellet pene- U 34 -585. All else needful to know is the

trating the brain, or some similarly un- 0

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weight of shot carried by any load. A

dependable accident." !f 31

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pencil and paper will do the rest. But,

This leads to an undeniable conclu- Z 29 from these, it is perfectly obvious that

a 28

sion: any shotgun that isn't being used 27 -if the game is within killing range-

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to kill with pattern is a sorry and hap- I

- the smaller sizes of shot give the shot-

hazard ' weapon. Occasionally it will 24

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gunner many more pellets with which

kill at abnormal ranges; the rest of the 5

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to achieve clean kills.

time it is a sorry crippler. Occasionally, In assessing the quality of patterns,

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it is the fault of the gun, but 90 per 18

cent of the time it is the fault of the -3

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man behind it. He just doesn't know 15

14 Figure I: If you get an out-of-round

the potential of his weapon, nor how 10-yard group, with a lot of localized

to get maximum field performance out Pattern percentage for equivalent distance can be de- flyers, it will denote an uneven 40-yard

of it. termined by taking percentage for 40 yards and reading

gun performances at other distances on same line. pattern can be (Continued on page 57)

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THE WEST'S

TOP TRIGGERMAN

THOUGH HIS FRIENDS EXAGGERATED IN ACCOUNTS

OF HIS SHOOTING, WILD BILL HICKOK NO DOUBT

WAS FASTEST AND MOST ACCURATE SHOT OF WEST





Wild Bill Hickok in 1870's was mar-

By J. L. BEARDSLEY shal of Abilene, Kansas, where he

added notches to his blazing guns.









Hickok received Navy Six Colt when

he cleaned up Hays City, Union Pa-

cific terminus, in 1869. Name is

misspelled on back strap inscription.







w HEN H E WAS a kid, they put a gun

in his hand, and when he died

they buried one beside him. In the

Bill's hectic career, his marksmanship

has been a controversial topic for dec-

ades. Just how good a shot Hickok

intervening years no man ever drew was has been a campfire subject in

on Wild Bill Hickok and lived to tell every cow camp west of the Mississippi,

about it. For 20 years his deadly six- and wherever gun-lovers gather in the

shooters were his only life insurance. canyons of the big cities.

They never failed him until that day Admiration f o r Wild Bill inspired

in Deadwood when he sat with his back some of his friends to a little pardon-

to the door. able exaggeration sometimes. One of

More men tried to kill him than any these was his old companion of the

other man in history. During his tur- trails, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, who was

bulent career as Union Army scout and always ready with a story that lost

spy, stage driver, frontier dispatch' nothing in the telling. In the Chicago

rider, and hell-town marshal, more Inter Ocean of Oct. 15, 1911, Colonel

than 100 tried to shoot it out with him Cody authored an article titled, "Rem-

and for all it was a losing fight. iniscences of Wild Bill Hickok, Early

Wild Bill did %is shooting on the Western Gunfighter." After correctly

right side of the law and survived describing the magnificant physical

through his iron-nerved ability to shoot build and panther-like grace of his

first and straight when the other fellow friend Hickok, he wrote further-:

was trying to give him a ticket to Boot "Wild Bill was one of the best re-

Hill. Like evwything else about Wild volver shots ever produced in the west.

He certainly was the best shot in a fight. It is one thing ,

signboard at 100 ~ a r d sit is rather questionable that Hickok

to shoot accurately at a target and another thing to be able could place six bullets in a single hole.

to shoot accurately at a man who is shooting at you. Bill The accuracy of the single action .45 caliber Colt army

was absolutely fearless. He was devoid of nerves; his mind revolver is listed as approximately a four-inch circle at 50

was clear; his hand steady and his markmanship certain in yards; and for the .44 frontier a three inch circle. Provid-

the most desperate situation. He never became excited. A ing there was an eight-inch circle and the shots were care-

cool man is often a ~hlegrnaticman; but Wild Bill was fully aimed, the above weapons would have the required

the reverse. He was not only,perfectly cool but he was accuracy for a six shot group on the target. But Cody's

always alert and nimble of wit, and in action as quick as report is that "each of the bullets leaving its distinct im-

lightning." pression around the edges of the single hole." This would

Others have described Hickok in much the same way, amount to a 1%inch group and be very creditable shooting

but when he relates feats of Hickok's marksmanship either with a rifle. It would be an impossibility with the guns

Cody was mis-quoted or he allowed his enthusiasm to run Hickok used no matter how uncanny a shot he was.

away with him. Wyatt Earp, probably the greatest of the frontier mar-

"I have seen Wild Bill perform feats of marvelous marks- shals and one of the bravest men who ever lived, knew

manship many times," he said. "With a bullet fired at Hickok and saw him perform a similiar feat. He had a

ninety feet I have seen him drive the cork through the somewhat different version.

neck of a bottle and on through without breaking the neck Tom Lewis, writing on Wild Bill in Frontier Stories

or the sides. He won many bets on his ability to hit a silver many years ago, tells of Earp seeing him shoot in Kansas

dime at thirty feet. Many could barely see the tiny coin at City before a group of better than average shots. He

that distance." used the pair of beautiful six-guns presented to him by

He mentions that when a tomato can was tossed into the Senator Wilson in 1869.

air, Hickok drew both guns and hit it with 12 bullets be- The distance was 100 yards here, too, and aiming at a

fore it struck the ground. signboard Wild Bill tossed off five shots rapidly with both

At General Sheridan's request, Colonel Cody goes on to right and left guns. Then he turned and said, "I was shoot-

say, Wild Bill pointed to a grocery sign 100 yards away and ing at the 0 boys. Go over and see if I came close to it."

said he would put six bullets consecutively into the center "I went over and looked at that 0 myself," Earp is

of a letter "O.'y On examination is was found that "six bul- quoted, "and every bullet was inside of it. It was fine shoot-

lets had passed through the center of the letter, each bullet ing-the finest I've ever seen."

leaving its distinct impression around the edges of the This was high praise coming from a man of Earp's

single hole." stature and integrity as an Old West hero, particularly be-

With the guns and ammunition of Hickok's day, hitting a

dime at 30 feet would be barely possible, but anybody who

could drive the cork through the neck of what probably

was a whiskey bottle at three times that distance would

hardly waste time shooting at dimes. The neck of such a

bottle would be barely one-quarter inch larger than a .45

caliber bullet. With the open iron sights of Hickok's day,

to say that a slug of this diameter was fired through a glass

circle but a fraction of an inch larger is beyond belief.

As for his putting six shots inside the letter "0" on the









Abilene, where Hickok earned his repu-

tation for quick, accurate shooting, was

sleepy Kansas cow-town year he died.

Hickokys British Deane-Adams .450 double action

revolver is oreserved at Kansas Historical Society.

Headboard t o Wild Bill's grave was erected by

friend, Colorado Charley Utter (left) at Deadwood.







cause of his great scorn for "wild west literature." But it is

too bad he didn't give the size of the 0. At least Earp did

not claim all the shots went through a small hole.

Tom Lewis once asked four great Western figures, Wyatt

Earp, Bat Masterson, Billy Tilghman, and Charley Siringo,

who was the Old West's greatest shot and they all answered

without hesitation: "Wild Bill Hickok."

One of the best qualified observers of Wild Bill's marks-

manship was the late Robert A. Kane, gun expert, big game

hunter, and editor of Outers Book, a leading early day

sportsman's magazine. Writing in 1912 he recalled watch-

ing an exhibition by Wild Bill when he appeared at a

theater in Milwaukee, Wis. He marveled at Hickok's decep-

tive speed and amazing dexterity in handling his twin Colts.

He has something to say about that 12-bullets-in-a-tomato-

can tossed into the air yarn, too, for that was one of his

demonstrations.

The can was tossed into the air and Hickok drew both

guns and put two bullets from the right and one bullet with

the left into it before it hit the ground. Kane thought he

could have gotten in one more if he had wanted to, but

that's far different than 12.

Editor Kane called backstage at the theater where Hickok

was featured in a western melodrama "The Prairie Waif"

i

with Buffalo Bill ~ o d and Texas Jack. Hickok showed

him his pair of silver plated, pearl handled Colt .44 caliber,

single action six-shooters, which he used on the stage and

a similiar pair of Remingtons with engraved pearl handles,

though these were not silver plated. The pair of Colts were

"tastefully engraved," Kane wrote.

Going to the far outskirts of town, Hickok gave him and

some friends a private exhibition of his skill. He walked

down a country road and fired simultaneous shots from

right and left guns into fence posts on opposite sides of

the road as he passed. (Continued on page 50)









Dispute exists about what guns Wild Bill was wearing at time of his death.

Preserved in Hickok Memorial at Deadwood is a Smith & Wesson .32 rimfire

; "army" revolver (similar to above) which it is believed he owned when shot.

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incidents are on record of the .45 failing

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Shotgun Cleaning Rods made of Dura- , BRUSHES General John R. Hodge told me an ex-

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were jacketed .45 slugs at close range.

Several years ago the Army Field Forces

set up a requirement for a service pistol

FOR THE BEST IN RIFLE STOCKS smaller and lighter than our old reliable

Ultra Precision Inletted .45 Colt Model 1911A1. The United Kingdom

and Canada joined in the formulation of

requirements for a new pistol, which would

have become adopted by member nations

of NATO as the light rifle cartridge de-

veloped in the U.S. has been so adopted.

The 9nim finally approved called for the

Parabellum or Luger cartridge with a load-

ing of about 1360 feet per second. Winchester

white-packaged "Parabellum" ammo made

for the Army during this time is listed as

producing 1400 f.p.s. at 15 feet from the

muzzle with a relatively light 115 grain

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Various designs were prepared to meet

these requirements. The Colt Commander,

7 M M 140-gr. ............. .$4.50 per box of 50 a shortened version of the old .45 but with

7 M M 160-gr. .......... .$5.00 per box of 50 light alloy frame in 9mm and .38 Super, was

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design exactly like the original muzzle bush-

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the solid front instead of the expensive and

unnecessarily complex muzzle bushing of the

old Colts and the Smith & Wesson 9mm.

The Brownings wanted Colt to manufacture

the Hi-Power 9mm in 1935, but they refused.

Had the decision been different, the 9mm

might today be our standard cartridge.

A little known auto pistol designed by

Ozzie Sunderland, one of the engineers who

worked under the aegis of the great Gus

Swebelius at High Standard, was the "T-3."

It, too, had a light alloy frame, and a 14-shot

magazine. A very light pistol of blowback

design and with a double action feature, it

was prepared for the Air Corps. Unfortunate-

ly, the straight blowback produced a very

heavy recoil and the gun was not adopted

in 1948. But still the 9mm continued to be

worked with.

Russia is thought to have adopted a 9mm

pistol, with the big magazine of the M1935

Browning, but the appearance of the SIG

Swiss pistol. The SIG, a well-finished 9mm

arm made at Neuhausen, is supplied to the

German border police and is popular in

Sweden. Experimental pistols exist, light in

weight, designed by men famous in the fire-

arms field, backed by reliability and manu-

facturing experience second to none, and all

in 9mm caliber. Tomorrow's auto pistol

generally is here today.

The proper shape jacketed bullet would

give vastly more effective stopping power

than the present sugarloaf shape. The Army

test cartridge, probably called the "Cartridge,

Ball, cal. .35" is loaded in the Remington

Luger case with a flat nosed sintered iron

bullet. Actual ballistics on this are classified,

and as only one sample was available to 1

study it was not practicable to shoot it.

However, it and the Harvey handload 9mm

bullet are very similar in shape. The sugar-

loaf bullet was designed to function in a

great variety of automatic weapons without

jamming. Yet the proper jacketed bullet

will give better stopping power, and I can't

understand why the U.S. has refused to ac-

cept a more effective "chunky" shape that

would have little effect on velocity at com-

bat range.

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CHARLES DALY I

out restrictions of any kind at all.

I was remembering that brush with death

while I rolled down my sleeve and the doc



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home at nights and on weekends and could

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less feeling.

I found out there were a lot of other guys

in my shoes, too. And bench rest seemed to

appeal to them, also. For instance, there is

Ted Holmes of Mattoon, Illinois. Ted was a

farmer, I believe, until he had a heart attack.

P A D R E He had always liked to shoot and was active

in bench rest shooting competition. After

AUTOMATIC his attack he opened a professional gun shop

and makes wonderful guns. He builds rifles

and makes bullets for precision shooting, and

is ranked among the first 20 in the country

in bench rest shooting.

Barney Auston of Tulsa is another fellow

with trouble in his plumbing. Oddly, Barney

was a plumber before he had to slow down,

but I don't mean this to sound funny. He

Beautifully designed b y suffers from the reverse of my condition-

one o f Europe's leading low blood pressure, and often has trouble

manufacturers. Weighs

1 I ounces. 8 shot. Ex- with spots before his eyes, breathlessnes and

posed firing pin. Hand- an occasional blackout. He now has his own

some case with oil c a n

a n d brush. Govt. proof- gun shop and makes precision stocks and

fired.

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22 short or 22 long $27.50 chanical bedder which is used on the front

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pressure on the barrel. Barney shot a group

25 chrome $27.50

25 chrome engraved $32.50

WRITE FOR LITERATURE in competition last year that was almost a

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include Fed. firearms license number. Then there is Joe Palmer, a cashier at the

f o r l a w enforcement agencies. L e t us First National Bank in Tulsa. Joe has some

Regular Dealer Discounts kind of heart trouble, but it doesn't interfere

with his shooting. He's one of the guys

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firearms and keeps about a third of them on

display in the lobby and halls of the hotel.

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I started picking up guns while killing

time between flights. The first one was a

9 mm Luger. Some of the best antiques

I've had were a 3rd Model Colt Dragoon,

an 1855 Springfield Dragoon pistol, a W. L.

Evans Valley Forge pistol, and a Whitney

FOR THE PROFESSIONAL Walking Beam Model revolver. The Whitney

More and more professional stock makers are using Decal was the only one I've ever seen, and like a

Checkering Patterns, finding this to be the most efficient way damn fool, I sold it.

to apply the design to the gunstock. They have also dis- I've still got a few old guns: a Philadelphia

covered that with Decal Checkering Patterns they can offer Deringer, a couple of Remington Elliott

their clients a much larger choice of designs. (Illustrated is

one of a new series of patterns designed expressly for the derringers, and some .45 caliber Colt single-

Custom Stockmoker.l action revolvers. I think the one I like the

best is a 16th century Austrian air rifle that

FOR THE AMATEUR still shoots. You pump the stock full of air

A number of patterns are also available to meet the needs and it shoots a pretty good-sized pellet.

of the novice, In addition to checkering, some of these designs

may also be used with the easier-to-do stippling techniques. But the best 'antique' I ever had was one

However, genuine checkering is not too difficult, and hun- I made. I was fooling around in my shop

dreds of amateurs have produced professional-lookingcheck- one night and decided to make an old-looking

ering iobs with the aid of Decal Checkering Patterns. cap-lock pistol to hang on the wall. I used

a section of an old 45-70 rifle barrel and

some parts from several broken cap-lock ac-

tions. Then I made a stock out of maple can be completely c o v e r e d by a dime.

HAPCO "HUNTER I! MOVIE CAMERA

STOCK

From Canada to Africa

wood and a trigger guard out of some black The sport is interesting, too, because the Hapco Movie Ca-

iron. When it was finished it did look rea- there's always a world's record to shoot at. mera stock is used by

natural life photogra-

sonably authentic, but I wasn't trying to During September of this past year in Tulsa, phers who know the

kid anyone. we saw two 'dopers' turn in possible world value of the gun camera

for fast action movies.

About that time I ran an a d in the paper record groups. Barney Auston and George Convert your camera si

offering some of my guns for sale, and a guy Herman from Omaha, Nebraska, are waiting bv attaching the Hanco







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mera s t o c k . Cast aluminum,

comes in one night. He looked over my for confirmation of their single-target groups painted grey, weighs only one

real guns and finally spotted the 20th century by the National Bench Rest Shooters' Asso- pound, packs away easily in small

space. For most 8 and 16MM cameras

'antique.' I told him it was a fake, and that ciation. At the national match in Johnstown, ¥stat make and model.

I'd made it myself. He just laughed at me N. Y. a new national course aggregate record

like he thought I was pulling a crafty sales was set by Sam Clark, Jr. of Waterville, FULLY GUARANTEED-Only $5.00 Postpaid from

talk and insisted on buying it-said he knew Maine. Clark shot ten 10-shot groups, five

a genuine antique when he saw it. Well, at 100 yards and five at 200 yards, for an

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what could I do? I almost decided to go average of .4098 inch! That means he fired

into the antique-making business after that. 100 bullets through a hole that could be

But then I caught the bench rest bug.

Half the fun of bench rest comes from ex-

covered by a dime easily. A dime measures

about .71 inch in diameter. The second-place

NORTHERN YUKON-

perimenting with new ideas in guns or am- winner, Warren Page, had an average that Hunt this year i n the unexplored

munition. It's a hobby you can enjoy tinker- measured less than 6/100 of an inch larger

ing with at home in the garage when the than Clark's. wilderness of the Selwyn Moun-

weather's bad or television's lousy. And For those who would like to get into this tains. Sheep, Grizzly, and Cari-

if you like to travel, there's always a match sport I think the record book is the best bou in abundance.

going on some place in the country. starting point for building a rifle. At the

The basic idea of bench rest shooting is 1955 national match, 72 shooters used the Contact: T. 0. Connolly

to 'dope' out a gun-ammunition combination .222 caliber cartridge, 62 used the 219 Chief Guide & Outfitter

that will put 5 or 10 bullets into the same Donaldson Wasp (modified Zipper), 12 used

hole at 100, 200 yards or 300 meters. No one the 22-250 and 2 used 6 mm. I think the Box 205

has ever done it yet, but Paul Dinant came main reason so few use the larger bores is Ross River Yukon Territory, Canadc

closest to it in a match at Permian, Texas, because it costs a little more per bullet, but

on May 7, 1950. Dinant shot five .22-250 there seems to be a trend to the larger guns

bullets into a hole measuring .lo57 of an since some of the experts seem to think Authentic Army "Peacemaker" 1

inch between centers of the widest-spaced they've done about as much for the .22 as

individual holes in a 100-yard target. possible.

When you become a 'doper' like that, Most of the top 10 winners used barrels

you've done something to be proud of. 'Dop- made by Douglas, Hart, Pride or Apex. AC-

ing' is bench-restege for figuring out wind tions were Remington 722, Weber or FN

and mirage after you've built yourself a rifle Mauser. Bullet swages were Biehler & Astles

that throws bullets so accurately your groups and Wilson, Sierra, Speer or Ted Holmes bul-









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TILATED RIB POSITIVELY STOPS lets were used by the top s h o o t e r s . powder. I don't have the faintest idea whai

I'm building my fourth bench rest rifle charge and won't know till I get the whole

DISTORTION from HEAT WAVES..

let's You POINT FASTER . . .

now. Before deciding on my equipment, I works together and out to the range. Going

try to fully understand the importance and by the record book, 24 to 26.2 grains of 3031

SHOOT BETTER! mechanical details of the various parts. Most won for the top ten at the 1955 Nationals

'dopers' consider the standard military ac- and my load ought to be somewhere in that

tions too light for accurate shooting. At the bracket.

e n e w Rib Simmons HOL-

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actions had been given additional stiffening barrel. Slight variations in manufacture,

easier handling . . . complete

GAUGES, LOW! That means lightness for

through filling the magazine hole or some- even in the most perfectly made bullets and

diffusion of heat waves. No shim-

fNS mer in your line of sight. thing similar. Taylor & Robbins developed barrels, must be matched up by shooting. A

a very effective reinforcement modification "tight" barrel in a given caliber may mean

for this popular action. I have stiffened the that the bullets from one maker are a little

action I'm using by machining a steel filler snug and need to be squeezed down. If the

plug for the magazine opening. barrel is "oversize," the bullets should be

The barrel is a Hart job, weighing be- upset to fit. This is an oversimplification

tween 9 and 10 pounds. I like that weight but about describes what has to be done.

as it will bring my gun up to about 23 I use Sierra hollow point bullet cups and

pounds with the scope mounted, which is just make my own bullets. Store-bought lead wire

DEPEND ON SIMMONS FOR: about right for me. A Canjar single set 3- I draw to a size that will just fit the cups

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Straight sighting plane Anchored ounce pull trigger is next. Some shooters tightly. Then I form the bullet in my Biehler

at one point only 0 Strong lightweight prefer a heavy, standard trigger if it is crisp, & Astles swaging die. If I want a slightly

construction Not affected by heat,

rebluing or barrel expansion and con- hut I like one that takes only a couple of larger bullet for an "oversize" barrel, I just

traction * All supports silver-soldered ounces to release. Since the whole idea is to put a little more pressure on the die. If I

keep the rifle steady on the bench, a set find the bullet after firing has a fin on the

trigger seems logical. base from the rifling, it was too big, or

Send for improperly lubricated during the process.

Simmons I'll probably bed this new rifle in one of

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Catalog bedder. Scope is my 24-X Unertl. Caliber every 'doper' has his tools with him and

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Herrett's Target stocks1

Carved to exact personal

the name "Newton Arms Co., Inc." fitting for every

The rejected rifles were then purchased

by the New York dealers who attempted to shooter

sell the defective rifles under the name

"Newton Arms Corporation." This dealers'

company went bankrupt in July of 1920 and

sold the remaining guns to another company,

thus accounting for the final 250 of the

original style rifles. This unfortunate se- You expect perfect cus-

quence of affairs gave the Newton rifles a tom fitting and better

bad name. But it was the war that played a

big part in the failure of the original New- shooting with Herrett's

ton Company. Were it not for that, I believe Stocks-and get i t with

Charlie Newton could have made a go of it. every pair.

Around 1923 Charles Newton moved from

his Buffalo residence and settled in New

Haven, Conn. Before leaving he had pub-

Carved left or right handed for all

lished a small stop-gap catalog which offered popular guns: Hi-Sandard, Ruger,

nothing to sell but whose main purpose was Cofts .22 Auto., .45 Auto. Colts and

to explain and warn about the release of the S&W Revolvers. Our Detective Se-

defective rifles. Shortly before 1923 Newton ries Stocks (make the light frame

had a batch of imported .256 Newton revolvers s h o o t a b l e) and Field

Mausers delivered in Buffalo. They had the Stocks for heavy caliber revolvers

later Newton style of opposed set triggers also available. Delivery 10 to 15

with Newton stock and barrel contours. days.

Bolt handles were of the flat Mannlicher

style and these postwar rifles were marked SEND FOR FREE COLOR BROCHURE

"Chas. Newton Rifle Co., Buffalo, N. Y." on

the top of the barrels.

This second corporation was the only one

to use Charlie's first name. A few of the

Mausers had stainless steel barrels and were Herrett's Stocks

so marked just ahead of the receiver ring.

I have one of these 1922-23 Mausers which t

Box 741-G Twin Falls, Idaho 1

is extremely accurate and have seen several

others, all of which showed good workman- FINE HANDMADE

ship. The light colored stocks were stamped

"Made in Germany" just behind the pistol COWBOY BOOTS

grip cap. Some backers of the second legiti-

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. .

ers and former stockholders around Buffalo

had, them for sale for as low as $25. I believe

I bought mine around 1939 for $35 and that

was about the latest date that I saw these

rifles for sale.

The rifle made by Charles Newton's

New Haven concern was similar to the

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original style but of a simpler design. I

much prefer the original model. Newton

called his second design "The Buffalo New-

ton Rifle" although it was never made in

Buffalo! The bolt handle had a double bend

similar to the 1917 Enfield but smaller in

overall proportions.

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chanically I believe thew thread locking system but the early draw- ter-Lee straight pull suggested the answer

superior to any comparable ings reveal that his original intent had been Charlie set to work and designed a unique

scopes now available.Hunt.

ers want light weight, largeto use a finer thread with 14 locking sur- rifle bolt system whereby a top pivoted bolt

field of view, and adjust- faces. The conventional "Z" magazine spring handle with a forward projecting upper

ments that stay put. SCOPE was replaced by a pivoted pressure arm arm turned the bolt cylinder by means of

CHIEFS fill the bill.

activated by coil springs, somewhat like the twin hemispherical studs which engaged

Autl. Ross rifle magazine. The floor plate take- matching recesses in the side of the bolt.

800 Pae .

~ down system was almost identical with the Did it work? I t certainly did! One of New-

old one but i t had a new rear lock having ton's associates told me of handling one of

a glaring weakness. With any kind of a Charlie's test models, a converted Spring-

close fit or after slight setback of the recoil field or Mauser which Charlie described as

e f o r FREE BOOKLET.Tell$

plate, the recoil was transmitted to the rear "a real corn shucker." The rotation of the ,

w h y W o r l d Fpmous Hunters s a y Bushnelli

action bolt. This caused many split pistol bolt cylinder was reversed, of course, and

grips on both Newton rifles, especially with turned to the left. This idea was shelved

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1 but never produced the "Newton Straight capped since they had to purchase cases in

Pull Rifle." 10,000 lots from the Union Metallic Car-

The straight-pull was an unusual mecha- tridge Co. (Remington) and hand load them

nism. The idea was born while Charlie was in Buffalo. Yet in spite of the availability

still in Buffalo with his original company. of Western cartridges in all the stores, the

Newton had a n extremely prolific mind and second company was about to fail. To arouse

his inventions were really attempts to com- interest Newton at this time enclosed a sheet

bine the best features of all the best rifle insert in some of his New Haven "C" cata-

mechanisms. He seemed to favor the Mauser, logs which stated that he was discontinuing

Ross, Springfield, Enfield and Lee in his the "Buffalo* model to produce the "Newton

designs. Straight Pull Rifle," a drawing of which was

Newton took an active part in the early shown. The remaining bolt actions were to

FOR YOUR HANDGUNS "bolt versus lever" writing controversies in be sold out at $35 each with the new rifle

sporting magazines. As a "wildcat" cartridge to list at $60. He claimed the straight pull

0 BETTER ACCURACY experimentor, he was an ardent reloader. He guns would be made by Marlin on contract.

MORE KILLING POWER furnished low cost straight line loading tools The "Meeker Rifle Co." entered the pic-

N O BARREL LEADING with while he was in Buffalo to sell under $5. I ture a t this time. Amid confusion similar

have one of these in .30 Newton caliber. to the failure of the first concern, the re-

HARVEY PROT-X-BORE BUUETS The fact that case stretching in the lever ac- maining "Buffalo" model New Haven parts

PROT-X-BORE BULLETS combine a lead tion rifles precluded reloading was one of the were assembled and sold by the Meeker

bullet with a zino base, either when swaged reasons he disliked them. He did, however, Rifle Co. around 1926.

of cast. Provides greater accuracy and kill- admit that the lever guns were faster, and In the years that followed, Charles Newton

ing power. The zino base keeps the barrel

clean of corrosion or leading. SWAGED adapted to left hand shooters. Intrigued with continued to work on his straight pull de-

BULLETS, MOULDING EQUIPMENT AND the fact that the straight pull Ross rifle of- sign, and improved it somewhat. The ex-

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produce this "Lever-bolt Rifle," Newton

joined a group of would-be investors around

1930 which sought to again interest the FREE OFFER

Marlin Rifle Company in producing the rifle.

Calibers were to be .256, .30, .35 Newton

and .30-06 ~ l u sthe old semi-experimental

.280 Newton (on the .30 Newton case) which

was abandoned by the Buffalo, N. Y. concern

before it was ever produced. Marlin was not

enthusiastic and wanted proof of public

demand in the form of a prepaid order for at

least 500 "Leverbolt" rifles.

In 1931 a catalog was issued which prac- MAGAZINE.

tically duplicated the "Buffalo Newton"

catalog "C" with the exception of the rifle

drawings which showed the "Leverbolt"

design. A pink sheet titled "Special Notice"

put the future of the "Leverbolt" design in

the hands of the shooting public. The notice

stated that customers could order a rifle in GUNS MAGAZINE SENT YOU FREE!

the caliber of their choice by completing

an enclosed order blank and sending $25 to

the Bank of New Haven who would credit

the customer in their books.

If 500 such orders were received, the rifle

would go into production and would be sent

out to customers C.O.D. for the balance of

$35. If not enough orders were received, the

bank would return the customer's $25 down

payment. The Leverbolt Rifle Company could

never touch the down payment until a ship-

ping slip had been issued to show that the

rifle was delivered. This little fairy tale

never had a happy ending and the Lever-

bolt Rifle Co. of New Haven faded away.

Charles Newton spent his happiest days

around Arcade and Delavan, N. Y., where

he did his earliest experimenting and

dreamed of eliminating the high trajectory

of the then-current low velocity cartridges

with speeds of 3000 feet per second and

more. From those early days to the time of

his death, he never lost his interest in guns.

He even proposed to eliminate shotgun

"leadn as he had eliminated trajectory in

rifles, with 2,000 feet per second shotgun

loads in brass shotshells!

He tried drilling holes in a shotgun muz-

zle to compensate for the jump and kick

years before Colonel Cutts invented his

muzzle brake and the various forms of

choke-compensator attachments for shotguns

became standard. He even started to design

an over/under side-break shotgun with

strength to handle his high velocity shot-

shells... but that, like his cartridge and

bullet experiments, is another story.

For a man who was a failure as a manu-

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Popular P-14 .303 British Caliber. 6-shot re- Standing between telegraph poles 176 feet said it was thrown about 30 feet into the air

peater; bolt-action, 26" barrel. Developed by

the great British Armory and manufactured by apart, Hickok drew and fired, hitting the first, at about the same distance from where Hic-

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- then spun on his heel and hit the one behind kok stood.

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him with a lightning fast motion which Another reliable witness of many exploits

blended both reports almost into one.

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of Wild Bill was Colonel H. C. Lindsay, both

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nexpensive, hard-shooting. 30-06 kept a tin can rolling down the road until And His Era," of a buffalo hunt with Wild

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elk, rode over to bleed the carcass. After he

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.30-06 Caliber kok as "the peerless master of the hand-gun." a few kicks it leaped to its feet but with the

Forty y e a r s later Kane was still writing: "The reins of Wild Bill's horse caught on one leg.

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earnest desire to make good as a farmer. For

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Wild Bill always did his shooting on the

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He shot his way out of so many tight spots

when chased by Confederate patrols that he

and his fast mare, Black Nell, were widely

known along the Union lines in the western

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the hostile Indian forces which were raiding

all over the southwestern plains. Mainly he went: "No law west of Ahilene-no God weqt

was to carry messages from Sheridan's head- of Hays City."

quarters to General Custer's forces in the But Wild Bill, as marshal, brought law to

field, and those of General E. A. Carr and both Abilene and Hays City-so much law

General Penrose, scattered from Colorado to that the Kansas Pacific Railroad presented

the Red River in Texas. I t took both braverythe famous scout with a pair of fine revolvers

and expert plainsmanship to elude the roam- in appreciation of his success, "in upholding

ing war parties-and sometimes he didn't. the law west of the Missouri."

On one trip he killed all six of a band of This was in 1869, and these were the se-

Arapahoes who attacked him. At another cond pair of guns which were presented to

place, seven Cheyennes made the mistake of Wild Bill that year. That spring he had been

jumping Wild Bill seated by his campfire. picked by Senator Henry Wilson to guide him

With his guns blazing, he downed four, but on a buffalo hunt with a party of friends.

the others kept coming. He blasted one more, Afterward, the man who was one day to be

and then one hurled a lance which struck his Vice President of the United States gave a

hip. Despite the pain, Bill killed this one, dinner as a farewell gesture and there pre-

and the lone survivor then took to his heels,sented Hickok with a fine pair of ivory-

but Hickok finished him, too, for good handled, engraved Colt revolvers.

measure. Very possibly these were the two pair of

Buffalo Bill Cody was at Ft. Lyons, Col- presentation guns Hickok showed to Robert

orado, when Hickok came in for medical A. Kane when he met him in Milwaukee.

attention and there Wild Bill gave him the After Wild Bill was assassinated by the

lance point that had wounded him. Cody hired gunman, Jack McCall, with a bullet in

always prized this memento of his old com- the back of the head at Deadwood in Dakota

panion of the war trails and was fond of Territory on Aug. 2, 1876, his guns have been

Accept this invitation to become showing it and telling its story. objects of incessant search by collectors ever

a member of the NATIONAL RIFLE This was Wild Bill at the peak of his ca- since.

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to share with over

reer of whom the immortal General George

A. Custer wrote: "Whether on foot or on

Colorado Charley Utter, Wild Bill's last

pardner who arranged his funeral, and at

a quarter million fellow Americans horseback, he was one of the most perfect whose camp Hickok's body lay in state, cer-

these money-saving benefits: types of physical manhood I ever saw -a tainly had access to his guns. Letters from

A MEMBERSHIP IN THE plainsman in every sense of the word." Hickok's sister, Mrs. Lydia M. Barnes, to Col.

In the 1870's the great cattle trails cameHarry S. Young, author of "Hard Knocks,"

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posed anti-gun lows, year round shooting programs, Dodge City, Abilene, and Hays City mush- officials. He promised to send them but ne-

the chance to buy surplus guns and ammunition from

Uncle Sam, as offered, plus other benefits.

roomed as shipping centers. someone coined ver did.

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was traced by Raymond W. Thorp, westein Kansas City, an ex- U. S. Deputy Marshal

historian and firearms collector, some 25 in old Indian Territory. He had owned it

years ago. It then belonged to Ivan M. Jen- since 1902 when it was given to him by his

kins of Wyoming. A letter from Jcnkins was friend the famous southwestern manhunter,

published in Raymond Thorpe's gun depart- Pat Garrett.

ment in "Sports & Hobbies" and traced the I have seen a copy of the letter written by

history of this gun directly. It had belonged Pat Garrett to Fred Sutton at the time he

to his wife's grandfather, William Burroughs, gave him this gun, and it states Garrett had

who had failed to find gold in the Black Hills received it from Wild Bill's sister, Mrs. Lydia Free New Book tells all aboul

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cherished part of the Jenkins family history.

It was described as "a .44 caliber Colt's cap-

and-ball revolver, No. 204,672. There is some

which proves there was something very spe-

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Another which is claimed to be a Wild .-----------------

roughs, was very low in funds when he passed Bill gun is in the Union Pacific Museum at FILL OUT) M o l l TOOAT*

through Deadwood and could not have bought Omaha. This is a Smith & Wesson of about

a gun outright, and it was always considered 4 4 caliber, serial No. 8441.

an act of Providence which supplied him These and a few other mementos of the

with a good weapon when he needed one so Old West's top triggerman are all that remain

desperately. of the Wild Bill saga. When the peerless

The present whereabouts of this gun is Wild Bill, descendent of long riflemen

not known, but by co-incidence, another well American Revolution, gasped his last

authenticated Wild Bill weapon is also now floor of a frontier saloon on Wednesday, Aug.

owned by a collector, by the name of Jen- 2, 1876, in Deadwood, the cry "Wild Bill is

kins-this rare item belongs to R. C. Jcnkins dead!" spread like a prairie fire up and down

of Indiana. It is a Colt .45, No. 139,345, and the gulch. But they were only partly right-

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These Colt replicas are about actual (Continued from page 23)

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sights, especially the usual military barrel has the adjustable sight on the rear of the

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The rear sight fixed base was omitted and affairs in 1919, gave Roosevelt no time for

the handguard extended to the edge of the play. Finally after the election of Warren

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placed near to the eye where aiming would America's interest in the League of Na-

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The sight slide apparently permitted eleva- Louisiana in October of 1920. Then came

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handle was recessed for the base. attack of polio in 1921. He had no chance

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1862, which was presented to the President

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as he toured the war theaters or attended Grant.

im portant conferences such as the one at There are two more guns at Hyde Park:

Yalta in 1943. Prototype to these later guns an old musket used by the G.A.R. and given

is a primitive Shulhof repeating pistol, a to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 for

finger-operated repeating pistol. This was preservation by the four surviving members

gi\'en to Roosevelt in January, 1945, by of McPherson Post No. 4, G.A.R., Kansas

SHOOTING-MASTER Jotnah Lindley of Sacramento, California.

'In the year 1900, when the transport

City, Mo. Lastly, is an undistinguished

Forehand & Wadsworth single barrel break

'G. rant' took the Sixth Cavalry to Tientsin, open shotgun, 12 gauge, once owned by

Whether you're out for Ducks, Ch~ina," wrote Lindley, "I got a pistol from Warren H. Delano of Roosevelt's mother's

thii arsenal which I am sending to you for family. I t was given to the President by

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YO ur museum. At the time I got it. General

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the ultimate in fine performance. waiy it works. The shells are conveyed up of his boyhood years, are nowhere to be

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I n s t a n t l y variable. Ventilated. No BLAST, shot them away at sea." known now by the experts at Springfield

Killing p a t t e r n s f r o m 15 to 50 yards. Short When Lindley found the Schulhof pistol Armory. There is no record. But the small

c o m p a c t and good looking. M o s t m o d e r r , in the Tientsin arsenal, the idea of a

cartridge magazine in the butt of a pistol

gun collection at the Roosevelt Library in

Hyde Park, established by the President in

of all chokes. $17.50 installed.

WEis new to arms design. The Schulhof was 1939 as a repository of "source materials

24 hour service. R e t u r n p o s t a g e p a i d . W r i t t1 a iForerunner of the automatic pistol. Whether for the study of our era," gives a brief

shipping c a r t o n and pamphlet. Of1

f o r free R< ~oseveltunderstood the importance of the glimpse at the unrecorded sportsman-hunter

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HOW TO KILL SQUIRRELS

(Continued from page 25)

Fast Service J 0 B B E R S

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owe red by powder a lot weaker than the again. I saw one pause on the body of a

powder that sends modern .22 bullets on tree about 40 yards from me and decided

their way. "Big Lee" has been hunting to try another barking shot. I thought I had

squirrels since the cap and ball era, and the cross-hairs centered perfectly under the

itaff, Ariz. here is what he told me on the way home graytail's heart in the edge of the tree's

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never see that squirrel," I thought to myself. also. I must have centered the cross-hairs a very staunchly argued the same thing myself.

"That'll be one for my own stew pot." wee bit low because when the rifle cracked, After my convincing trip with "Big Lee,"

There was another ten or fifteen minute the graytail seemed to jump straight up for however, I changed my mind. For me it

wait before the graytails started stirring about a foot, fall to the ground, and then adds a brand new set of thrills to the sport

again. There was very little breeze blowing, take off running on the ground like a scared of squirrel hunting. It is something entirely

and about the only sounds I heard during jackrabbit. different from the usual squirrel hunt.

the wait were the fussing of a flock of There was no bullet whine after the shot, I set my morning's goal at three for Rat,

feeding hluejays, and the distant "caw'ing" and I knew in my mind that my bullet had and I wanted a couple for myself.

of a flock of crows that were probably smacked solidly into the limb too low to go What a thrill it was to learn definitely

tormenting an owl. Nothing moved in the on through it, and also too low to create that all of my squirrels except one had been

woods except the bluejays and some smaller enough impact shock to kill the graytail. perfectly barked. That's right, barked.

birds, but I knew that there were gray Talk about pin-point accuracy; it certainly There was not even a hair scorched on any

squirrels all around me. takes just that to bark squirrels w i t h a .22 of them, let alone any bullet holes in their

Even the sound of a .22 shot, however, Anyway, I already had one consolation. I hides.

will stop the movements of all squirrels in was confident that one of my dead squirrels In less than an hour after my first barking

ihe immediate vicinity of the shot for ten to on the ground had been barked to perfec- squirrel hunt ended, I ambled into Rat's

20 minutes. Shotgun blasts will put a longer tion, and there was still a good chance that pool parlor in town and handed him a paper

lasting scare into them, usually covering 30 I would get more the same way. bag containing three gray squirrels. "My

minutes or more, and one might as well Twenty minutes or more passed before friend," I said, as I handed him the bag,

move their stand after two or three shotgun the graytails started moving again. Fact is, "no longer shall you thirst for some squirrel

shots from the same spot. However, where I was beginning to get a bit fidgety and was and dumplings, and just as I promised, not

a .22 rifle is used, one can continue to considering moving to another location, when a bullet mark will you find on any of these

shoot from the same stand throughout an I saw some leaves shaking in the top of a graytails." He took the squirrels out of the

entire morning if you remain perfectly still hickory tree about 40 yards out from me. bag and examined them very carefully and

between shots, and retrieve no dead squirrels Then I saw the little dickens on a limb, critically. Then he looked at me.

until you are ready to leave the stand. and when I moved my rifle just a wee bit he "Thanks a lot," he finally stammered,

Gray squirrels are smart little animals, flattened out on the limb perfectly for a "but I'll be danged if I believe you killed

and their seeing capacity is equal to that of barking shot. I took more pains with my them with your .22 rifle."

blue darter hawks. I was wearing khaki aiming this time. Very slowly and cautious- "I barked them," I retorted, as I started

colored clothing that blended fairly well with ly I centered the cross-hairs on just the right walking out of his place of business, and

the ground leaves and log I was sitting on, spot (the very top edge of the limb directly what I said was fact. He was mumbling

and within a few minutes after shots the under the graytail's heart), and very gently something about "me being a cracked nut"

squirrels would stop watching me sitting I squeezed off the shot. A lonesome bullet as I walked out the front door of his

motionless on the log and start moving whine followed the sound of my shot as the place. @

again. If I had been wearing any white or graytail toppled off the limb, and I was

loud colored garments, chances are they

would have headed for their dens in a

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not even a dead leaf rustle after the squirrel

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area to start moving again. by others, and I have done it myself. I'll

I saw one inching its way slowly out the admit that it takes extremely accurate

limb of a maple some 30 yards from me. shooting, and the right kind of cartridges

He was evidently still somewhat suspicious, carrying the right kind of bullets, but the

and a very slight movement of my rifle fact remains that it can be done. 1 have

froze him on the limb where he was. I had heard really expert riflemen argue that it

another dandy chance for a barking shot,

hut daneed if I didn't muff this chance

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several of which are needed for each gauge.

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firing spring. Machined with all the care

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U.S. 30-40 CAL. KRAG rifles. Very good. ENGRAVING. SCROLLÑcattl brand, gold,

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COLLECTORS $59.50; r . S . 45-70 ial. Springfield rifles, Good, vidually carved with gold, ivory, peary inlays.

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MANY MODERN, Antique Guns. List 104. A. Very good. $55.00 : Perfect. $G.'5.oO: Grade worked o u t for discriminating g u n collectors.

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DAVY ('KOl.'IiET'r Cin-lry Maple Stock blanks, PARTS & SPECIALTIES

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Gar-

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antique uniforms. Only $1.00 per year ( r e - national Firearms Co., 1011 Bleury, Montreal,

fundable). You'll like t h e service! Free copy Que."

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PATENTS

TONS RARE Antique Gun Supplies. Illus- used' 1 2 shot, good condition,$39.50 each.

t r a t e d catalog 254. Dixie Gun Works, Dept. 44-46 Cartridges $10.00 per hundred. Public

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REMINGTON M722, 300 SAV, $68. H. S. torney, 1099 Columbian Bldg., Washington 1,

Kentucky rifles and edged weapons: send 50d. Supermatic combination stabilizer $70. Both n f

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son, Dallas, Texas. Office 1922-29. P a t e n t Attorney & Advisor,

automatic pistols. Reblued, very good t o ex-

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Navy ~ e ~ a r t d e n1930-47, Gustave Miller,

ANTIQUE GUNS-Colt Remingtons Ken- A. G. Kcstory, Box 108, Spring Lake, N. C. 16GP Warner Building, Washington 4, D. 0.

tucky rifles, etc. and edged weapons illustrated

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Texas. Revolvers .38 Smith & Wesson calibre, de- RELOADING

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Arizona. Que. Wilson case trimmer-$1.50 postpaid. Full

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son, Louisville 2, Kentucky. weieht. onlv $34.50. -303 British calibre Street, Phila. 31, Penna.

$29.50. ~ l s 6 available a s Barrelled Actions

AMMUNITION SPECIAL R.W.S. Primers and and new military stocks. Dealers quantity dis-

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lots of 1500. 5 cases $33.50 per 1.000. 30-30 ment''-Free leaflets by Binocular Experts :

Winchester $65 00 per cuse 1000 .45 A.C.1' Vs. century experience. Binocular List with

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more $29.50. Shipped Duty Free. Immediate akel Repair Co., Mount Vernon 8, N. Y.

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'

Pocket Revolver. 2nd. Model. W. E. Florence,

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