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A POLICE WEAPON?

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HUNTING SHOOTING ADVENTURE

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-especially the women and young men in the perfect alignment.
family. It also makes an excellent sidearm for
fishermen, hunters and plinkers with its natural In selecting any handgun made by Colt's, you
pointing for faster, easier shots at elusive targets. can trust the advice of your Colt dealer. He was
The Huntsman has many of the features of higher carefully selected by Colt management because
priced automatics and is the only low-priced one of his knowledge of guns, his reputation for
made of forged steel parts. This gun has an es- ethical retail practices, and his policy of handling
pecially wide, grooved trigger for more positive products commensurate in quality with the famous
-fire control. The trigger pulls are clean and crisp Colt line. All these things together mean that
with very little trigger travel and the minimum only when you buy a Colt can you be assured
amount of backlash. A new-style magazine, easily of complete satisfaction.

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Dealer, call Western Union and ask for Operator 25.

@ rAM0US IN THE PAST.. .FIRST IN THE FUTURE


COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS.MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Hartford 15, Conn.
the Historic
WIMBLEDON CUP
awarded to F. B. Conway,Jr., U S A
1 9 5 5 and 1 9 5 6

Colt Museum Curator


With Gail "Annie Oakley" Davis a n d Gene A u t r y
The Wimbledon Cup Match
has been the supreme test
of long range marksmanship
E VERY day I look at over 2,000 of
the rarest Colt guns ever made:
pies. I don't do much shooting these

here are Paterson and Walker revolvers,


days (though when I was in charge of
machine gun manufacture at Colt's there
since 1876 when the cup unique experimental firearms handmade was plenty to do) but the Peacemaker
was placed in competition at by Sam Colt's gunsmiths, and hundreds seems to sum up a lot of the legend and
NRA matches. 20 shots at of variations of factory models produced romance of the Colt, yet remain a pretty
1000 yds. is the present over the past 121 years by the Colt corn- practical gun for the shooter. I was very
course of fire. pany. And of all these many guns, my pleased a short time ago when Colt's
favorites are the "Peacemaker" revolvers, presented to me a Peacemaker, suitably
The Wimbledon Cup was the Colt .45 single action with 7%" bar- inscribed, on the occasion of my com-
presented first on July 21, rel, of which the museum has many sam- pleting 65 years with the company.
1875 by Princess Louise,
daughter of Queen
Victoria, on behalf o f the
Nat'l. Rifle Ass'n. of Great
Britain to the visiting
American Rifle team.

By WM. T. "WILD BILL" ROESER


Cousin of Wvatt Earn

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TWO TIME WINNER
Y favorite gun is the new Ruger
F. B. Conway, Jr., USA Blackhawk .44 Magnum, using the
won the Wimbledon CUD hottest factory ammunition ever made for
using 67 grains of a handgun. I like the way the big Ruger
4350 and SIERRA handles, feels and shoots, and the dam-
MATCHKING age it does. My cousin, Wyatt Earp,
BULLETS in a would have swapped a wagon load of
Tombstone's silver for the equipment in
300 Magnum
I this picture, that includes the Ojala Hol-

FOR TARGET OR GAME


1 v lywood Fast Draw Holster. This is my
favorite rig and is far faster than any
the tough gunfighting lawmen or out-
THE NAME'S THE SAME laws ever had. The gun and holster can't
be beat for a combination of fast draw
and plenty of punch. The old western
gun fighters never saw a rig like Ojala's,
but if they had known about it I'll bet
6 0 0 W. WHITTIER B L V D . . W H I T T I E R , CALIF
they would have liked it.
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TRIGGER
TALK
ROM FRONT COVER to. back, this issue of
GUNS is devoted to recognition of the
100,000 law enforcement officers in America
who keep the peace with guns.
Wayne Weems, gun editor of Southwestern
Law, leading police journal, has contributed
THE C O V E R
Colt SA .45 marked on butt "Rob-
ert A. Pinkerton from Richard
Croker." Son of detective Allan
Pinkerton, investigator Robert Pink-
erton received this gun from one
of New York's leading Tammany
politicians. I t is thought that Cor-
oner Croker gave this Colt to
Pinkerton about 1879.
1I Guns HUNTING
FINEST IN THE FIREARMS FIELD

SHOOTING ADVENTURE

his thoughts on police rifles. Many police- AUGUST, 1957 VOL. Ill, NO. 8-32
men, who enjoy hunting, are good shots with
the rifle, says Weems, and he goes on to
show why a long gun in the police cruiser
can be a valuable aid to crime prevention. IN T H I S ISSUE
Another weapon closely allied to police
work, pro and con, is the fabulous Thompson
Submachine Gun. Machine gun salesman
Valmore Forgett discusses from his. long ex-
police training ...
WHOSE FAULT I S I T I F COPS CAN'T SHOOT?......................................Robert Dyne.. 12
perience the merits and demerits of subma- . GUNS BEHIND THE LAW ABROAD............................................... William B. Edwards 24
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chine guns for police work under today's
crowded conditions. He reveals some surpris-
ing facts about Tommy Guns for police.
Kent Bellah has created a special "Gun
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shooting .. ..-

IS THE TOMMY GUN A POLICE WEAPON?.................................. Volmore Forgett, Jr. 20


Rack" review for this issue, testing metal THE PISTOL IS NOT EI$OUGH. ...............................................................Wayne Weems 36
penetrating bullets for police handguns. The
test results will prove valuable to the officer
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who wants to load his gun with the right collector
ammo for the job. GUNS OF THE THIEF-TAKERS....................................................
William C. 1. Thompson

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Tech editor Bill Edwards made an arm-
chair tour around the world, surveying police
work in other lands for his report on "Guns
western
Behind the Law Abroad." His descriptions THE TEXAS RANGERS STILL RIDE!............................................................

pistol . . .
Frankie Waits 32
of current Soviet police; of the training of
the famous Carabineri of Italy; of Mexican
police shooting programs, contain much of
interest and some points worth imitating in FASHION.................................................. Robert Hertzberg 28

department . . .
FUN ON THE RANGE-FBI
American training programs.
A highly critical study of budgets and bul-
lets in American police training is Robert
Dyment's "Whose Fault Is It If Cops Can't MY FAVORITE GUN............................... Charles Coles and Wm. T. 'Wild Bill" Roeser. 4
Shoot?" This is a followup on "Why Cops TRIGGER TALK.................................................................................................................... 5
Get Killed," published in our last police issue GUNS I N THE NEWS.......................................................................................................... 6
many months ago. Dyment lays the blame CROSSFIRE ..........................................................................................................................
squarely at the feet of the city officials and SHOOTING NEWS.............................................................................................................. 7
the general public who fail to support police
GUN RACK.......................................................................................................................... 54
training with enough funds to give officers
SHOPPING WITH GUNS................................................................................................... 60
good shooting practice. Many improvements
have been made since GUNS'last story. Much PARTING SHOTS................................................................................................................. 66
yet remains to be done in raising all Amer-
ican police instruction to the high levels en- George E. +on Rosen Art Arkush
joyed by some departments. PUBLISHER , E. B. Mann EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
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We promised you an article for this issue, , '..,
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EDITOR

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"Why Not A Pro-Gun Law?" The article was '@it.lam B. E d w a r d s
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prepared, the pictures made (some- pretty Sidney Barker Fred McLaren
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amazing ones, revealing the facts about the ART DIRECTOR ART EDITOR
illegal traffic in confiscated guns, for exam- y.:.:;
ple) but something came up which demanded Louis Satz arvin inn M. M a g n u s s o n C a r l o s Thut
CIRCULATION ADVERTISING SALES ADVERTISING PRODUCTION
we hold the story and await events. By the
time you read this, new revised regulations
to the Federal Firearms Act of 1938, under COL. GEORGE M. ALFRED G. GEORG
which all manufacturers and gun dealers are ROGER MARSH KENT BELLAH
licensed, may impose such a heavy burden
of bookkeeping and record-tending that could
change the whole picture of gun-making and
gun selling. A representative of one major
firearms firm told us, "If this regulation goes .
into effect, we will have to go out of business." REPRESENTATIVES: NEW YORK, Eugene L. Pollock, 40 East 40th St., New York 16, N. Y,.
Protests have been filed with the Director, Murray Hill 54760. MIDWEST, Jack Provol, 360 N. Michigan, Chicago, Ill., FRanklin 2-2488.
CALIFORNIA, The Ran Averill Company, Ren Averilli 232 N. lake St., Pasadena, Calif., Ryan
ATU, Bureau of Internal Revenue, at Wash-
1-9291; and Gordon Cole, 74 Bret Hqrto Terrace, Son Francisco 11, Calif., PRotpect 6-3902.
ington, about these revised regulations; but
as we go to press, the decision is a few days
off and the results are anybody's guess.
GUNSwill carry the full story, in-
cluding what YOU can do about it.
1 GUNS in
the gun you deserve

BROWNING 1 the NEWS


+ A Portland, Oregon, man mailed a .22
cartridge to his estranged wife as a hint that
he was "all shot" because of their breakup.
He was arrested when the shell went off in

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and wrecked a stamp-canceling machine.

+ Frank Witherell of Sebastopol, California,


went deer hunting but, when a huge 300-
pound bear lumbered out of the brush, shot
him instead. He fired twice to make sure the
bear was dead, although the first shot from
125 feet away felled him. One shot went
through the bear's head, the other through

+ Arrested
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his heart. Frank Itherell is 10 years old.

in Aurora, Illinois, for shooting


out street lights with BB guns, seven boys
were sentenced to write The Ten Command-

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Grade I ments 50 times. '>,.-,
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+ Although only 16, Chuck Long of Covina,
California, possesses 13 trophies and 80 med-
Different als for his marksman prowess. Chuck, who
belongs to four rifle and pistol associations,
began shooting at the age of 12 "just for
from any .22 Automatic fun." And shooting is still fun for this high
school senior, although he takes three or four
in America today! days out of a week to practice his marks-
manship.

+ How lucky
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can you get! Robert Dillard
Rugged-Handsome-The Lightest- of Butte City, California, lost his wallet while
Only 4%pounds...and so perfectly balanced
hunting. The next week his uncle, Andrew
Dillar, shot a dove in flight. The bird fell
Junior or Sis can hit the target as well
as Dad. Yet it's a man's gun in every detail ! * * *
right by his nephew's wallet.

+ In Washington, D. C., Policeman James J.


Fast, sure action-Easy, safe loading and Cassidy discovered that he had shot himself
unloading-Positive safety-Instant sight with his nightstick. At first he thought he'd
adjustment for different shooting been the victim of a sniper when a bullet
distances.Grooved receiver for scope grazed him leg as he was making the rounds
of a tough beat of the city. But then he re-
mounting. Hand Engraved-Hand Fitted. alized that what had caused it to happen was
smacking his night stick against his thigh.
He had five .38 caliber bullets in his back
pocket.
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+ Tossing a goose he had just shot into his
car trunk, Clarence Hyde of Oshkosh, Wis.,
drove to display the fruits of his marksman-
ship skill to his friends. He threw the trunk
open-and the supposedly dead goose let out

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a honk and away it went.

+ Story making the rounds: The Washington


Biological Survey, United States Government,
had handed some crows for migration studies
but abbreviated its designation on the bands
to "Wash. Biol. Serv. U. S. G." Some weeks
later a letter from, a farmer who had shot
one of the crows read: "Sirs: I shot a bird
of yours. I followed directions. I washed it.
I biled it. I served it, but it was still tough."
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particular
about your
pistols
That Quick-Draw Contest
In accessories and service, as I have been reading your magazine for
well as handguns, you'll find the Servicing the Colt quite some time and find it very interesting.
finest at Pachmayr. I want to express my enjoyment of the But I have been waiting for you to publish
article you wrote in the May issue about where and when this fast-draw contest is to
Servicing the Colt Revolver. I only wish that take place. I'm sure you have had a number
the gunsmith books that I have invested in of persons anxious to enter. I for one am
during the past 20 years were as clear and willing to try my gun along with the rest.
complete as your article. If they had been, Would it be possible to publish information 1
regarding how it will be held, types of guns
maybe I wouldn't be so bald-headed. Pulled
all my hair out trying to figure what those to be used, the way it will be judged, etc? I
guys were talking about. Last but not least, where, and when?
R. E. Maxey H. E. Swanlund
Sundown, Texas Los Angeles, California
Lessons in Gun Safety I am very anxious to receive all the infor-
It is not often that I take the liberty of mation I can get on the fast-draw contest as
expressing my views of a magazine article. soon as possible. I have been timed with a
As a whole, I think your publication serves camera with a speed of 15 frames per second
a shooting public in a good and useful man- and believe that this is as accurate a way to
ner. But for the last 30 years I have been be timed as there is. The results were satis-
drilled in gun safety, have preached it and fying and if these are needed to complete my
in some cases practically beaten it into young application I will send them to you as soon
people I've taught; and now, in your June as I am notified.
John Dobelbower
issue, page 28, you show two supposedly in- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
telligent and well trained men resting the
muzzle of shotguns on the toes of their boots. So far, the "big names" in the quick-draw
Loaded or empty, those guns are dangerous! crowd have not shown much eagerness to

PISTOL CASE Jack Wilder


Ralston, Nebraska
compete against each other, perhaps because
of a fear that such a shoot-out would reduce
all but one of them to an also-ran status.
The favorite with handgun shooters. I wish you would inspect your illustrations They can hardly be blamed for this, since in
Widely used by service teams. Finest more carefully than you did the one on page many cases their livelihood depends in part
construction. Grained simulated 28, June issue! I know, and you should also, on their reputations as fast gunmen. W e do
leather in grey or maroon. Also that there are individuals who were "sure it have a story being readied for an early issue,

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simulated black or brown alligator. wasn't loaded." Some of these goofs, or their offeringHollywood's answer to the challenge.
4 Gun Model.. .$29.50 friends, or some innocent bystander, are We'll make our "draw" on this as fast as
killed of wounded each year.
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(with back door.. .$35.001 possible.-Editors.
My three sons are interested in firearms.
5 Gun Model.. $35.00
They also read your magazine. If they ham Police Are Reluctant
(with back door.. .$40.00)
died firearms in the manner illustrated, their
This model takes all spotting scopes up posterior anatomy would be considerably re- Having received your fine magazine now
to and including B & 1.
arranged. It is a damned shame that the for 12 months I should like to tell you how

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characters depicted never received any proper much I and my fellow shooters enjoy it. As
Guaranteed training in handling firearms. It is preposter-
ous that editors of a firearms magazine would
members of a small rifle club, we here are
very restricted both in our shooting and read-

A t . not recognize it. Why don't you all take a ing. You know how tied up we are with gun
beginners' course to learn the basic precepts laws and the like, but nevertheless we enjoy
what shooting we can get. We shoot at Bisley
Accuracitking of your subject?
R. W. Emerick, M.D.
Muskegon, Michigan
nearly every year, are members of our N.R.A.
which is the only body that can get us the
guns we need. The police here are very re-
W e noticed the position of the guns in the luctant indeed to allow private citizens to
picture. W e also noticed, as readers will i f own or use rifled weapons.
they look, that the slides of both guns w e re- However, we do use both our service rifle
Test-fired and sites
tracted, actions wide open. This does not en- and any handguns we can get, so you can
adjusted b y e x p e r t
tirely absolve the "characters" of a technical see that keenness and determination can win
breach of one of the "Thou shalt nots" of in the long run. We are, of course, very en-
craftsmen. Micro-Sites gun handling-but it happens to be an of- vious of the freedom you enjoy as'regards
and trigger pull addi- fense committed every day by skeet and trap owning guns and using them for hunting as
tional.The ServiceTeams shooters everywhere, to rest muscles from well as target shooting. We feel that we are
are making records with 45 Auto- gun weight while waiting in position where sharing your privileges through reading your
matic accuracitized
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no rest for guns is provided. The editors of magazines.
by US. THREE WEEK GUNS took their beginner's courses in gun May I extend our congratulations to you
DELIVERY. safety a long time ago, Doctor, and we too on the publication of GUNS and ask you to
suffer some qualms each time we see guns in keep un the good work. It would be a bad
this position; but we have yet to hear of a blow to us if y o u stopped printing it.
1 1220 S. Grand Ave., Los Anaeles, Calif
single gun casualty occurring on anyaccred-
ited trap or skeet range.-Editors.
T. E. Jones
Rhos, Nr. Wrexham, North Wales
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Coral Gables, Florida. Some Yankees claim Florida is monotonous because it ,-


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always has sunshine. Well, the shooting at the Coral Gables Police Pistol Club ,,
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must have a touch of monotony these past two sessions because D. C. Olive topped +Y
the list both months, taking gold trophies in the .22 and .45 aggies This -
guy handles a .45 Colt like it was a pop gun, firing 184 slow, 199 timed, 188

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rapid in the -45 match, better than m ~ Hardie,
e Jr. who topped the -22
Expert class with 184-193-188. Olive took the aggregate both months with

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1691 first, then a terrific pace-setting 1705, while M/Sat. J. Goodfellow
followed right along for second honors in the open shooting 1681 and 1694.
Goodfellow and Lt. Fraser teamed up for doubles, ran second to the Altman-Howard

event with 593. ...


duet, scoring 593 over 560; then came back the next month to sweep the team
Class winners were E. M. Murray, scoring 1657 for expert
aggy based on his gold trophy 553 in the .45 event; J. T. Mills topping the

marksman aggregate and 499 for gold first in the .45 match. ...
sharpshooters with 1557; C. F. Spraaue scoring 1528 for gold trophies in the
Sunshine
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state does okay or is that California? Well, they do pretty good in
California, too.
Oakland, California. A young shooting star has risen from the horizon to the
zenith as America's shotgunning "queen." Named All-American team member,
19-year-old Judy Allen of Oakland has acceeded to the title relinquished by
retiring Carola Mandel of Chicago. Judy, who had been shooting little more
than two years, 1ifted.one of Carola's titles, the national 28-gauge diadem,
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last year at Reno. Judy's biggest triumph came at the Pacific Coast open
at Belmont last March where she won the men's all-gauge. At Dallas she
won four of five women's titles in the big Pan American shoot.
San Francisco, California. The Pacific Rod & Gun Club's last open shoot found

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a few bird dusters off their feed and some pretty rocky competition in the .410
round. Ed Williams emerged champ and Don Westwater runner up with darn

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good totals of 48 and 47, with "queenn Judy Allen, lady champ, busting 47.
Junior champ .410 Jo Ann Wallis missed a few, checking 37 out of 50.
Stockton, California. Young'uns up the river also starred in trap. ...
Danny Faull, 13-year-old Santa Rosa Junior High School student, captured the
California State Trapshooting Handicap championship in a shoot off with veteran
Cal Parks of Bakersfield. The youngster,son of 'building contractor Don Faull,
was tied with Parks at 98 x 100, then scored 23 in the shoot off to top
Parks 22.
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Shoots around the nation. .-


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Reno, Nevada. National Skeet tourney to take pi
Shooting Country Club, Reno, Nevada. $7,500 in tropA**es,over five grand in .&j

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added money. Date, August.5 10, 1957. This is your chance to spend a week? +
in Reno, all expenses paid if you win. Take along your guns and the wife
can go swimming while you win the trophies. Or let her win the trophies, and
you go swimming. .. w w ? - .r .:?r >:
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Grand Island, Nebraska. eduled Aug. 3 , 4..


Registrations to Harold Klein, GI Rifle Club, 203 E. 20th St., Grand Island,
Nebraska.
. Middlefield, Conn. Northeastern RegionalSmallbore tournament is scheduled for
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The N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Association is conducting a .30


t Camp Smith. All you guys who are discouraged listening tothe
"spat, spatn of a smallbore contest and want to hear some noise, write to
Dorothy C. Wardin, 158 Beresford Rd., Rochester, N.Y., for programs. Remember,
it was New York shooters started this game back in 1871 with big bore matches,
so don't let their successors down. Even if you can't hit anything, get out
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Port Clinton, Ohio. Might be a good thing to mention National Matches August 9
through September 10 at Camp Perry, 0. In case you have to be told, this one
is what you guys have been training for all year, so get your entries in early
and make plans to go to Perry this year, even if you didn't go last year.
Write to Director of Civilian marks mans hi^ Department of the Army, Washington
25, D.C., for full details on entries, billeting.
,
Friendship, Indiana. Labor Day Weekend is a big thing for the muzzle loaders,

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and the National Muzzle Loading Rifle matches scheduled on the Walter Cline
memorial range are well worth attending. And in case you don't have a
front-loading musket to use in an event, you can buy one, plus all the fixings,

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at the commercial row set-ups which are a colorful feature of this unusual
shoot. Write Secretary, NMLRA, Portsmouth. Ohio, for reservations, entry
cards, full details.

Durham, New Hampshire. The Oyster River School rifle clubwound up its first

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season as a high school team gaining second place in the Maine State Postal
Then, entering the Intersec&ional meet at Portland, Me., the

two-day shoulder to shoulder meet. ...


foursome captured top honors from the same teams with a top score of 1394 in a
Team members Robert True and Lewis

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Newsky came in second and sixth on individual scoring, shooting 361 and 363
respectively. Box score included Welch, 343, and Merrick, 327.

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The team kept their standard Winchester 52's warmed up, Redfield Olympic front
sights, Lyman 524's to look through. Del Main and Charles Brock of the
Senior Oyster River club and Harry Faucy of the school faculty coached the team.

Washington, D.C. This one we'll call %on shooting news." Every gun fan in
the nation has come darn close to wearing black in mourning, for the gun
business was almost killed by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax Unit of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue. While this unit disclaims authority to "make law," it does
issue what are called "administrative rulingsn and is permitted to "reinterpret
regulations." By so doing, it is, in effect, doing what every reasoning person

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would admit is "making law," since it is for violating these rulings and
regulations that people go to jail Latest amended regulation would require
pistol shooters to sign in person for munition bought at dealers; would
require extensive record keeping. In fact, as Congressman Bob Sikes of Florida
has stated, "If this ruling goes through it means every gun dealer, every

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hardware store in the country, will have to put on extra clerks to handle the
records." First step to beat this sort of anti-gun work is to write
letters in duplicate to the- D Bureau of Internal Revenue, Wash-
ington 25, D.C., protesting the amended regulations. Next step is to write to
your Congressman or Senator and give him your ideas on the kinds of gun laws you
want to see in effect. We can't wait around any longer and try to beat these
anti-gun guys. The only thing left is to fight them by presenting sensible
legislation at federal, state, and local levels which will revoke existing bad
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laws and give shooters and hunters some sense of security in the enjoyment of
their sport. The -van Law, disarming the citizens in crime-ridden New
York, is the only example we need of how bad prohibition laws can be. Now let's

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stop fighting these "anti-gunn laws, and get in a "pro-gun law." Only you, the
shooters, can do it Send your ideas to your congressman right now. Let's

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get a congressional committee organized to study firearms legislation. The
Russians make sure their citizens can shoot It's about time we did the
same. That "nation of riflemenn should be more than just ancient history.
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M AJOR CRIMES in the United States hit a new high in
1956Ñpartl because the average policeman is not
good enough with guns and the average law enforcement
agency is not well enough trained or well enough equipped
to use guns and gun sciences to prevent crime or stop
criminals.
This is not the fault of the policeman. I t is the fault
of officials who refuse to provide money and facilities for
police firearms training, and of the citizen like yourself
who lets these conditions continue to exist. You depend on
the police officer and his gun to protect you, yet you elect
officials who refuse to provide that officer with the training
he needs to do the job. In more cases than not, you don't
even give the cop a gun. He has to buy it out of his own
Pay.
It has become "smart" in recent years for shooters,
people "in the know" about guns and shooting, to chant
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wherever police use of guns is mentioned, "Cops are lousy
shooters! Cops don't know one end of a gun from the

rtunately for all us, they are right in all too many
cases. A few years ago, a lieutenant on a big city police
force appeared at a gun repair shop with his service pistol
wrapped carefully in a hotel dinner napkin. Trouble? The Wearing fatigues, Florida Highway Patrol recruits give

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gun was cocked-the officer had cocked it in anticipation
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Many police lives are saved by gun training such as is given on Hershey, Pa., range
where Pennsylvania State Troopers fire handguns, rifles, and submachine guns.
Crack-shot Louisville, Ky., police show part of their awards How to handle the police service revolver safely is demon-
as proof that cops CAN shoot if given adequate training. strated by Henry L. Sloan in the gun vault of FBI Academy.

of trouble which had not developed-and he did not know range facilities for police pistol practice. Men were hired,
how to uncock it without pulling the trigger. ... Then required to wear guns, given potentially dangerous jobs
there is the one about the officers who were called to made more dangerous hy the very fact that they were
dispose of a large dog that had bitten several children in a
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school yard. The policemen approached within a few yards they knew how to use the weapons, nor was any effort made
and commenced firing. They ran out of ammunition. The to teach them.
dog, no longer amused, went home. The police followed, There are stories on the other side of the coin, too;
and the scene was repeated. Nobody knows (or will tell) stories proving the efficiency of police officers with weapons
how many shots were fired, but all agree that the dog was where they are permitted or required to develop that
not hit. The dog catcher was called, finally. He caught the efficiency.
dog. In Kansas City recently, a "holdup in progress" call was
Disgraceful? Sure it's disgraceful. But the point is that received and two officers, first to arrive at the scene,
neither of the police departments involved in these situ- captured one bandit who was acting as a lookout and
ations had been given enough money to cover police fire- driver. They had to hold this man and at the same time
arms training. In both cases, the officers had to buy their fight it out with two others who were using a woman as a
own guns and their own ammunition. Neither city had hostage. One officer, already dangerously wounded, felled

Facing firing line of Providence, R.I., officers holding service guns a t safe "Raise Pistol" position, photographer gets
dramatically unusual shot of police firearms training in progress. Steep slope back of targets provides natural bullet stop.
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one of the bandits with his riot gun. The other officer, armed with a rifle who was firing at people in the street.
using a .357 Magnum, killed the third robber. In capturing The man was on a roof, behind a chimney. One civilian
one, wounding one, and killing one, the firearm prowess of had been hit in the arm. Others would certainly have
these officers was ably demonstrated. Kansas City, as it fallen had not a policeman, trained and confident of his
happens, teaches its cops to shoot. skill with his weapon, climbed to the roof and shot the
Captain Paul H. Vice of the Kansas City Police Depart- rifleman.
ment Research and Planning Bureau, states that they have Lieutenant P. P. Woodson, Commanding Officer, Per-
approximately 600 men in the department and they are sonnel and Training Division, of the Richmond, Virginia,
taught to fire .38 revolvers and Model 31 Remington 12 Bureau of Police states the case for police firearms train-
gauge riot shotguns. Lieutenants and sergeants are also ing :
trained in the use of tear gas guns, and certain officers "It is a well known fact that a police officer trained in
are trained with Thompson and Reising sub-machine guns. the use of firearms has the skill a n d confidence that is
All officers must qualify on the FBI Practical Pistol Course essential to him in his job of protecting life and property.
during recruit training and once each year thereafter. Two To be unskilled is to be unworthy of the trust placed in
men are assigned full time as firearms instructors, and him by his community. Through adequate instruction and
there is a two-point indoor range and a 50-firing-point out- practice, the police officer develops confidence and skill
door range for required target practice. The Kansas City that often makes the actual use of the weapon unnecessary.
department expends between 100,000 and 170,000 rounds An officer trained in the use of weapons also learns general
of ammunition annually in training and practice. The information about firearms that will help him in the solu-
program costs the city, for salaries and equipment, around tion and prosecution of crimes where types of weapons
$12,500 a year and it has paid off a hundred times over in used must be determined. The amount of money allotted

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increased police efficiency. -
our Bureau of Police for training the men in the use of
Good firearm training has helped many times in saving firearms has steadily increased during recent years. It
lives not only of policemen, but of private citizens. In totals less than one per cent 'of our 1956-57 budget, yet is
Allentown, Pa., an officer had to shoot it out with a man sufficient for our needs." (Continued on Page 58)
GUNS
OF THE
TAKERS
German police of Weimar era and earl in Nazi regime carried
Lugers rebuilt after WW 1 because ~ersaillestreaty forbid new ones.

M O D E R N POLICE SYSTEMS ARE COMPARATIVELY NEW, BUT

GUN DEVELOPMENT H A S BEEN INFLUENCED B Y C H A N G I N G


By WILLIAM C. L. THOMPSON
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London's Metropolitan Police on special ocea-
sions by constables who have been trained.
0 NCE UPON A TIME there were no policemen. Today's
city-paid professional police officer is a modern in-
vention, has existed for only a little over a century. But
of France, and of our modern American police depart-
ments. And the evolution of police needs is reflected in the
design of the guns used by the cops and robbers of the
"thief takers" and soldiers enforcing the King's Law have various eras.
been important to the peace of communities throughout Englishmen of today are considered models of respect
the world for many hundreds of years. for law and law enforcement. But when Henry Fielding
Charlemagne had organized police in France in the went to Bow Street in 1748, there were Englishmen in that
800's, although his rule of law and order broke down after slum jungle who respected neither the law nor its minions.
his death. The "nine o'clock and all's well" watches When Fielding, having failed in business and as a novelist,
guarded American towns in the colonial period. London's took on a job approximately equivalent to that of a present-
"thief takers" working on a per-capita share of fines, were day Commissioner of Metropolitan Police and sent his
integral but inefficient parts of 17th century England. But deputies, his "runners," to take thieves and keep the peace
it was in England that the first regularly organized police in that environment, it was truly a tremendous undertaking.
department, Henry Fielding's "Bow Street Runners," set To make matters worse, newly discharged soldiers return-
the pattern that was later incorporated into the building ing from the wars in France set off a new crime wave.
of the London Metropolitan Police, of the famous "Surete" Drunks, whores, gentlemen, tradesmen, children made al-

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Historic weapon of North West Mounted Police was Winchester .45-75 Model 1876
military carbine, and constables belted on Enfeld top-break .476 revolvers when
they "went to get their man," but sense of justice, not firepower, made "Mounties7'
strong force for law. Canadian police wore dress uniforms in 1887 jubilee parade.
are) robbing in gangs, defying authority, and often res-
cuing their companions (from the police) and carrying
them off in triumph." A month later the General Advertiser
reported: "On Friday evening about twenty fellows armed
French gendarmesof with pistols, cutlasses, hangers, etc., went to the Gatehouse,
wed
.70" military pistols. and one of them knocking on the door, it was no sooner
opened than they all rushed in and struck and desperately
wounded the turnkey and all who opposed them, and in
triumph carried off the fellow who picked General Sin-

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John Ball and John Few, for assaulting them with several
other persons, cutting and wounding them with cutlasses,

When criminals went armed, honest citizens went armed,< ., *'+

slung across the saddle. But with the increase in travel and
the rise of highwaymen, special forms of guns came to be
employed by "thief takers" and coach guards. The short
barrel, flared muzzle blunderbuss was used as much for
 the psychological effect of that huge muzzle as from any
ballistic superiority. Flint blunderbusses with brass barrels
I about 20" long were used, some with switch-blade bayonets
fixed atop the tube. These bayonets were sprung out with
great force when the catch was released. Gentlemen also
went in for firepower, including four-barrel carbines which
snapped off two shots, then two more when the barrels
short -wells ~~~~~w were rotated. Such guns were expensive and the solitary
Colt pocket pistol traveller usually relied on a pair of flintlock (later percus-
was used by hwmen- sion) pistols of large bore, heavy barrel, designed to fire
a big, .70 caliber solid bullet. Sometimes these pistols were
- double barrel jobs, and combined the terrible effective-
ness of a sawed-off shotgun loaded with buck. At other
times they were smaller, "great coat" pistols, carried in the
pockets ready for use when occasion demanded.
And the streets of London were full of such occasions.
Gangs of ~outhfulhoodlums, sometimes slum kids, some-
times "young gentlemen,'' roamed the alleys looking for
mischief. Woe to the girl caught out at night by one of
these gangs, and woe to the gentleman, slightly fogged with
a good dinner and good drinks, who should stumble un-
armed into their clutches. The least he could expect would
be a beating; the worst, being stripped of his fine clothes
and left to lie in the gutter, his throat cut ear to ear. Some
Provost-marshal's of the more imaginative criminals in those lean years dis-
men in Union Army ~ o s e dof the corpus delicti by the logical expedient of eat-
liked Colt 1862pistol.
ing the cadavers. The children's fairy tales of giants and
ogres had practical, terrible reality in
man to man in those lawless times.
Gradually Fielding and his successor
E" Officers of British police on duty in the colonies carried Police model Colt of 1880's had "cop and thug" figures on
Webley & Scott "Army Express" built for tropical service, grip^ posed by engineer F. A. Thuer and secretary A. L. Ulrich.

ert Peel in 1829, managed to clean up London and enforce involved enforcement on the local level, including civil ana
the laws. Bob Peel's "Bobbies" turned criminals into criminal cases not specifically against the state.
honest men, or into jail. Soldiers armed with swords and Next was the creation of the office of lieutenant-general,
the regulation "Brown Bess" muskets often assisted the under Louis XIV. The office existed from 1667 to the day
policy authority in quelling riots. In Birmingham, city of the storming of the Bastile jail, July 14, 1787.
constables read the riot act wherever three or more per- The rioting Paris mob vented its anger against the
sons assembled, then dispelled the "mob" by menacing the prison, a symbol of kingly oppression, but the police de-
people with handsome octagon barreled pocket pistols pre- partment itself continued to remain apart from the public
sented by the city fathers.
France also had troubles. Riots and disturbances
hatred of the national government. The storm of the
French revolution, which swept away the government and
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wracked the nation, unchecked by the most complete and replaced oppressive autocracy by manifold bureaucracy,
successful police system the world had seen, up to the reduced the police organization to sixty petty committees.
middle of the last century. Until the late 1400's France After the restoration of the monarchy in 1836, a prefect of
had no effective police. "Wolves roamed unmolested in the police was appointed. Through all these changes, the
streets of Paris at night," and danger threatened every national police of France was recognized for the mighty
honest man. Then King Charles VII took charge of the power it held for securing the public good.
criminal business of the realm alarming every hard-working Among the agencies entrusted with policing duties was
criminal by his intentions. He was out to destroy the the Gendarmes, which were a branch of the army, not
human vultures who lived on the property and peacefulness police. Composed of men who-had served in the army,
of the community. His successor, Francis I, in 1520, the Gendarmesewere used for home guard duty. Both
appointed a provost-marshal with 30 constables. Although full-scale holster pistols and a small sized "gendarme
these men had national authority, their responsibilities model" were issued to them (Continued on page 63)

Army-surplus ~chofieldsmith & W&son9son frontier found olice Positive .38 special revolver is used by
service as arm popular among marshalls, sheriffs of old west. numerous departments; is official arm of San Salvador police.
Big drum magazine of Thompson is characeristic easily seen
even by infuriated mob, has strong terror effect in pacifying
crowds without need for officer to fire a shot. Tommy gun is
much heavier than necessary, is obsolete by modem standards.

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How to carry Thompson concealed is
demonstrated by Philadelphia Police In-
spector John J. Kelly to Detective Deal
as force prepares for active war on crime.
By VALMORE FORGETT, JR.

"M ACHINE GUNS ROAR In Down-town Store!" The inch-


high screamer headlines shocked newspaper read-
ers with vivid memories of Prohibition days, when gang
guns chopped hoods and law enforcement men alike to
bloody bits. Three men died in this most recent "incident,"
cut down by machine gun fire in the 11th floor cashier's
office of a big, busy store. Once again, the redoubtable
Thompson Submachine gun had handed down its swift
death penalty. But these were police guns, not gangland
weapons. The men behind the guns were officers.
The story? Three bandits intent on lifting some $150,000
in cash from the store vault walked into an ambush. They
did not know that seven city detectives, including one ma-
chine gun specialist armed with one of Colonel Thompson's
"Superior Tools For the Protection of Life and Property,"
were waiting for them. Newspapers said that the officers
fired a warning burst over the crooks' heads. But later
bursts wrecked a wastepaper basket on the floor, smashed
chest high into the mahogany railing of the cashier's cage,
splintered the glass elevator doors-and cut three men to
ribbons. The dead bandits were armed with automatic
pistols.
It is a basic premise of law enforcement that the intent
of the police power is to bring the law-breaker before a
court of justice. This brings us face to face with the ques-
tion: "Is the machine gun a proper police weapon?" My
answer is, "No.'.' It is an answer based on a lifelong study
of automatic weapons and law enforcement, as one of
the few federally licensed dealers in operative machine
weapons.
In nine out of ten of the cases in which Tommy Guns
have been used by police in recent years, equal results
could have been obtained with less bloodshed, less wreckage of
property, less danger to innocent people, by trained officers with other ¥
weapons.
Tommy Guns have suddenly become meaningful to policemen again i
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because they are again available. The original Auto Ordnance company
which contracted with Colt's for the commercial M1921 and M1928
Thompsons is no longer in existence, but the assets of the firm were
taken over by a New York dealer who continued to assemble parts,
supplying guns to police. More recently, the sale of "dewat" war-

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surplus firearms by one or two licensed machine gun importers has
pointed out to police that they can now buy ex-GI Tommy Guns at
considerably less than the new-gun price of Prohibition days. Under- %

standably, the modem police armorer must decide about the much-

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repeated claim that the Tommy Gun as a police weapon is a thing of
the past, along with the speakeasy, prohibition, Pretty Boy Floyd, and
John Dillinger.
Have modem day electronics with emphasis on instant communica-
tion, and other new police sciences, forced the Tommy Gun into the

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background? With modern radio the policeman can call for assistance
and guidance in any emergency that might arise. He no longer has to
cope with the situation as an independent individual, relying on his
own skill and the submachine gun to back up his badge. Yet I have
had many calls for Thompson guns, and many requests for parts to
Exotic sidecar mount for Thompson gave dash- maintain those in the field. The Virginia Highway Patrol school asked
ing air to cycle officers of New York's police. about guns, and a query from the Indianapolis, Indiana, sheriff's

Some departments like Milwaukee, Wise., (below) give thorough Tommy Gun train-
ing but few uniformed officers achieve marksmanship like F.B.I. agent's (right).
department was for parts for the simplified MlA1 Thomp-
son. Marion Williams, head of the FBI laboratory in Wash-
ington, sums up part of the police value of the Tommy Gun
by explaining that the FBI uses them mostly for "siege
work," in cases where a known criminal barricades himself
and refuses to surrender to law officers with conventional
small arms. The FBI has recently purchased some Thomp-
sons to replace those in the field which are worn out. But
this points up the main reason why more and more police
recently have been obtaining Tommy Guns-the TSMG
is the Cadillac of the burp gun world.
The Tommy Gun is "the Cadillac," but it is as tricky to
operate as a Bugatti. Submachine guns are not toys, and
they require an expert to use them efficiently. Some depart-
ments, such as Seattle, Washington, do try to give adequate
training in machine gun fire. Seattle's gradually increasing
budget now allows for Tommy Gun shooting sessions at
night, where tracers reveal to the officers the pattern of the
guns. The FBI gives a thorough course in the Tommy Gun.
But New York familiarizes the officers with the general
nature of submachine guns, reserving use of the weapons
to riot squad specialists. New Hampshire police have prac-
tically eliminated such weapons from their armory. From
Concord State Police headquarters a machine gun specialist
can be transported to a trouble area anywhere within the
state by helicopter in 30 minutes In Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
some Tommy Gun training is given to officers.
The police department of today is made up of specialists
in every field, from scientific crime detection down to auto-
mobile mechanics. When the situation arises, the depart-
ment can call on one or two trained men for siege work.
In Hartford, Conn., three years ago detective Frank DeMaio
used a Thompson under typical "specialist" conditions in
capturing a gunman blockaded in a drug store. Tear gas
shells had been fired into the room, but a ventilating fan
blew the gas out. Detective DeMaio took careful aim and
shot out the fan with a short burst, after which the tear gas
shells did the job of reducing the criminal to submission.
Specialists mainly use Thompsons, as in
Yet the average policeman receives little or no training Northwestern RR station where two de-
in the use of a submachine gun, for many reasons. The tectives (above) combat wanted ex-con.
small urban police departments usually cannot afford the Below, "Cadillac of burp guns" backs up
time or the money necessary to (Continued on page 51) surrender order in search for killer.
GUNS BEHIND THE LAW
By WILLIAM B. EDWARDS

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HE DUTCH STATE POLICE uncrossed his booted legs, leaned forward,
off his cigarette. His frown made it obvious that he .
was using equal care in framing his question. "The people here," he said, "even the
honest people, they hate us. Why don't people like policemen?"
The answer, I thought, was pretty apparent. The lieutenant was a nice enough fellow,
but as I looked at his blue-black military-cut uniform and glittering boots, all so reminis-
cent of the Nazi "SS" plumage, I could see why people might hate him. Police are not
much liked where they have, or where they assume, political strong-arm functions; and
this is particularly true in nations where connections with the violent past are obvious.
Much European police work has political slants. In France, love-nest murders may
take the newspaper spotlight, but it is not for these that French police train with light
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POLICE WEAPONS AND POLICE


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TYPES OF DUTIES THEY MUST
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PERFORM, WHETHER MILITARY OR CIVIL

ABROAD
Japanese police at end of war continued to
use 8 mm Nambus, have since got .38 S & Ws.
French police (right) fire MAS guns in Paris.
Rare historical photo shows Nazi SA troopers, "brownshirts," in Berlin match with
Walther PP pistols. Private army is type of revolt feared by European police today.

pocket .32 automatic pistols strapped to their belts. They Weapons training for French police is comprehensive,
are one of the sights of Paris, with their capes neatly rolled including "individual and collective armaments," auto-
across their shoulders, strolling two by two along the boule- matic weapons, pistols (the new models of Browning-Petter
vards, being grave, courteous, helpful to the American tour- automatics, M1935A and D have replaced older Spanish-
ists. But their fear is of revolt, not common crime. Steel type .32's among many police in France), the new M1949
helmets and bayonets and machine guns are ever ready to gas-operated automatic rifles, plus morters and light and
back the police when the people take to the barricades. Even heavy machine guns are part of their curriculum. Trained
so, French police manage somehow to retain the good will at the instruction center of the Surete Nationale, the CRS
of most citizens. have rescue, first aid, and fire equipment, and by acting in
The duty of French police, like other police, is to "main- major catastrophes with efficiency and humaneness, have
tain order and public safety." This was especially needed earned the genuine esteem of the French people. Near the
in December of 1944 when the Allied liberation of Paris suburbs of Bordeaux in 1949, they "successfully fought
ended the Nazi policing of the city. By decree on Dec. Sth, terrible fires. Thev evacuated whole villages. maintained
1944, the government created the Compagnies RepubUc&s order and directed traffic in a particularly praiseworthy
de Securite, the CRS. Motorized, with modern trucks, auto- ..
manner. . The men of the CRS. who are often donors of
mobiles, and motorcycles, the CRS is a highly trained, blood, render valuable services to the population; the latter
disciplined, mobile force. They have a military nature, are now on familiar terms with them, and also with the
dressed in GI-type uniforms set off by white helmets, white motorcyclists of the traffic police."
gauntlets, white leggings, and Sam Browne belts. Like the In Germany, democratization of local police departments
state police, the Gendarmes, they are under the Ministry has gone on under the guidance of the Allied occupation.
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of the Interior. They might be compared to a uniformed In 1945 Chicago's Capt. Redmond Gibbons helped their po-
branch of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation. lice reorganization. Recent conjectures as to whether a
centralized state police would be. wise, or would enable some future dictator
to seize power, have been ended ly the creation of the West German Federal
Police. Attempts have been made to create an organization essentially demo-
cratic (nonmilitary) in nature, and censure has been levelled at "the highly
militaristic attitudes. .. within the BundesgmndschutzpoUzei and some other
such police units. The clicking heels, the stiff salute, and the stiff verbal report
rendered to a superior officer regarding the condition of the policeman's post,
all dispel the illusion of a police force. ... There appears to be a severity
underlying the recognition of superior rank far beyond that which a demo-
cratic organization need possess."
Meanwhile, the new police is uniformed in a combination of American GI
and German patterns. The German cloth infantry (Continued on page 42)

Checking with his station, London police constable dials "999" to receive orders Shanghai police watch skillful work on
and~followup complaints. British police carry no guns but fire pistol in training. parallel bars by physical education coach.

Italian Carabineri national police engage in field maneuvers, studying squad prob-
lems with Breda Mod. 30 light machine gunner flanked by Beretta burp-gun crew.
At starting signal, shooter draws, fires double action from
near waist level. Course allows 25 seconds for ten shots from
this position, including reloading time. Super-speed draw is
not necessary. Object is to place shots for highest score.
FBI FASHION
FBI COURSE THAT HAS PRODUCED SOME OF WORLD'S

BEST POLICE GUNMEN I S FUN FOR CIVILIANS, EASILY INSTALLED BY CLUBS

By ROBERT HERTZBERG

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Target from 60 yards looks very different, but shooter is given advantage here of rest
position. With gun loaded and bolstered, at starting signal shooter kneels and draws,
falls forward to prone and rests gun on fist for best singl~actionslow-fire accuracy.

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1Thistoo.wasAnd
T'S MORE FUN than target shooting. It's fun to watch
it's much more likely to be useful."
the general reaction expressed by members of
Alley'' course at Camp Perry, where shooters were given a
chance to try their skill on informal, man-size targets. These
have been offered for the specific purpose of building up
the Gunners Club of Long Island after they had fired the interest on the part of shooters and spectators alike, and
FBI "Practical Pistol Course" for the first time. Try the nobody has ever denied that both purposes were accom-
course yourself and you'll agree that it offersreal excite- plished. Yet most clubs have written these matches off as
ment for the shooter. Watch others try it, and you'll agree being beyond the reach of average club facilities. We have
that it has spectator appeal far beyond anything attainable proved that this is not true; and if you want to see a boom
in conventional pistol target matches. It's a kind of shoot- in shooting interest and a corresponding boom in club
ing within the reach of any club that has an outdoor range, activity, this is a way to get both. You can get them with
only a small cash investment and with no sacrifice whatever
a
because the only "woos" needed are some standard Colt
silhouette targets and couple of old doors for barricades. of safety. The rules of safe range conduct are just as ap-
plicable and just as easily enforced here as in conventional
"Combat type" shooting with handguns has generally
been regarded as something reserved for police or military target shooting.
training, impractical for the average civilian club. There The FBI course was designed primarily for the training
have been a few combat type matches, like the "Hogan's of law enforcement officers whose targets, in the line of
Moving forward to 50 yard line, shooter sits, draws, fires 5. from knee rest and 5
from prone with fist rest. He then rolls behind' barricade, reloads and fires 5 each,
right handed and left handed, keeping his body behind barricade as if in combat.

business, are man-size and man-shape, not black bull's-eyes You'll be surprised! On their initial attempts, hot com-
on white paper. Proof of the successful application of this petition shooters have been known to miss the silhouette
type of training lies in the fact that the men who have had target completely, although it is enormously larger than an
.'
it are respected wherever police use of firearms comes under ordinary target, On the other hand, some indifferent target
discussion. FBI agents, and police graduates of the FBI shooters are stimulated by the tricky course, and do very
police training courses, have set new standards of police well on it.
pistol marksmanship, with disastrous effect on crooks and The worst hazard by far is the left-hand shooting. Give
killers who have come against them. yourself plenty of left-handed practice, in the privacy of
The FBI course emphasizes rapid "point" shooting at your basement or back yard, and save yourself some em-
short, in-fighting range, plus deliberate, carefully aimed fire barrassing misses when you get on the firing line. Any-
at longer ranges. There is no emphasis on "quick draw" or body can do it; it's just a question of developing a few new
any of the leather-slapping dramatics of the Wild West. muscles and then letting your left hand learn what your
, not too muchof it,is a factor, but not to the point
~ i h eand right hand knows.
where a split-second draw is essential. The shooting in the This is the only kind of handgun or rifle shooting that
first, rapid-fire, stage is from about waist level, without use attracts a gallery the way golf matches do. It is something
of sights. With a revolver, the gun is fired double action. on the style of an obstacle course, and that makes it interest-
The long range shooting is done the way shooting should ing and provocative. You can fully expect other club mem-
be done when it is something other than a s a m e ~ w i t hcare- bers to make good-humored but uncomplimentary remarks
ful sighting, and with the shooter makinguse of every aid about your shooting ability as you hit the dirt instead of the
to accuracy and to his own safety that is available to him. target, or when you drop your cartridges while reloading.
He shoots from a rest if he can find or provide it, and makes Laughs and occasional applause for a real G-man type per-
every shot count. formance add to the enjoyment of the event.
The combat shooter does not use the classical, feet-apart, While the course is timed for the center-fire revolvers
arm level position of the target shooter. That's fine for generally used by law enforcement officers, there's nothing
scoring on a bull's-eye target, but it's hardly practical when to prevent you from shooting it with any automatic.
the target may be shooting back at you. Target shooters The accompanying pictures showing how the course is
who have spent lifetimes perfecting the conventional target fired were posed by Valentine B. Cleaver, president of the
techniques are inclined to be somewhat patronizing when Gunners Club. And that 95 target at the end is no phony;
they note that the gun arm is allowed to rest on the ground Val really knocked it off. It's mighty good shooting, as you
or against a wall. will see when you fire the course.
"Heck, how can you miss that way?" they say. The total time allowed for the FBI course is six minutes
Advancing to 25 yard line, shooter fires 5- sitting and 5 each
right- and left-handed, making fullest possible use of cover.
Course consists of 50 shots fired in 5 minutes 10 seconds.

and ten seconds for the four stages. You start with a hol-
stered gun containing five rounds. In a pocket, you carry
forty-five more cartridges.
Stage No. 1is the brisk one. Fire ten shots double action
from about waist level at seven yards in 25 seconds, in-
cluding reloading. Cries of "Atta boy, Wyatt!" are sure to
be heard from the gallery at this stage. You start facing
the target, hands straight down, as in the picture at the left
of page 28. Note that the gun is belted high, the way you
would wear it for concealment under a coat. So worn, the
gun does not interfere when the wearer is seated, and it can
be drawn from a sitting position, as is required in the next
stage.
At the command, "Fire!" you draw. Be careful here;
you're no Ed McGivern, no Wyatt (Continued on page 48)

Target experts scoff at first, think that shooting from


rests makes the course easy. But they learn that scores
like the 95 shown here are made only after much practice.
Ranger tanka save lives in such chores as storming barricaded
buildings. Capt. Clint Peoples (above, left) and Ranger Lester
Robertson display weapons not known to horseback lawmen like
Rangers "Doc" White (below, left) and John Hughes in 1890's.

STILL
Unmarked cars are rolmg arsenals, often pull trailers More nearly fitting popular conception of a Ranger is
with mounts for roadless areas. Capt. E. J. Banks (left) Capt. Clint Peoples on 16Chico," wearing matched Colt
and Chief Bob Crowder choose w e a ~ n s prepare
, for actioi - 4 5 autos with -.SO-30 rifle in tooled saddle scabbard.

RAW COURAGE, DEADLY MARKSMANSHIP, AND FIRST-CLASS EQUIPMENT


HAVE BUILT RANGERS INTO ONE OF WORLD'S BEST AUTHENTICATED LEGENDS

By FRANKIE WAITS

H Yesyit's an old story,


E WALKED ALONEto quell a riot-and did it.
one of the oldest in the history of the Texas Rangers.
But this is 1955Ânot 1880. This man is dressed in a smart summer suity not in
wild-west regalia. His -45 Colt automatic is hidden beneath his coaty not swung
low in buscadero holsters. This is news, not history. The Rangers - haven't
changed; "one many one riotyyis still standard operating Ranger procedure.
This was RuskyTexas, on an April dayy1955. The scene: the maximum security
unit at Rusk Hospital for the criminally insane?where a pack of inmates had been
rioting for six hours. The man: Chief R. A. "BobyyCrowder, then a Ranger
Captain.
Crowder sent word in to the Negro who led the rioters: "I'll come and talk with
w

you. But, Ben, I don't want any funny business. My gun holds eight slugs. You
can take meybut I don't intend to lose. I'll take eight of you with me."
E&n was armed when he talked to Crowder. He wore an ice-pick in his belt.
But there were no fireworks. Crowderyscool courageyplus the Ranger reputationy
won again. "I waited," Crowder says, "and pretty soon they tossed out their
weapons."
Similar battles of courageyelectric with danger, have happened many times in
the history of the Rangers, and the consistency with which the Rangers win has
One of the top names in Texas Ranger history is that
of Capt. J. B. Gillett, shown here with full working
equipment on horse, "Dusty," in tin-type dating 1879.

Sixguns in slick leather holsters on broad belts looped for


both rifle and pistol cartridges were a Ranger trademark
in 1900. So were the open vests, the hats, and the ever-
present fast 30-30 lever action rifles, still Ranger favorites.

Gas gun displayed by Ranger R. L. Badgett (top right)


and log cabin Dallas headquarters building are samples of
~
modern Ranger equipment and facilities. But Rangers still
rough it, with chuckwagon on side of car-drawn horse trailer.
made this one of the most famous of the world's law en- sible to avoid a battle with bullets. But he still wins.
forcement agencies. The legend grows with each re-enact- The first Rangers were Indian fighters; but as settlers
ment. Each Ranger's raw bravery becomes the heritage of moved farther and farther westward, Ranger duties changed
every Ranger. Living up to that legend is "the Ranger with the times. They were called upon to patrol the Rio
way." Grande border, to scout, to settle family feuds, to run down
It's a small force, totalling only 51 men. But it is the cattle thieves, outlaws, train robbers, and fence cutters,
world's oldest state police organization, dating back to 1823 In the words of the old horseback Rangers, "sometimes we
when Texas was still a part of Mexico; and it's the hardest crowded 'em plum clean to the bone-yard and sometimes
police force in the world to join. The average is-one man we took 'em alive and put 'em in stripes.'' So widespread
accepted out of 440 who apply. But they keep trying. was their fame that in Mexico City they were known as
Modern Rangers have supreme police powers within the "Los Dkblos Tejanos9'-the Texas Devils.
state and their jurisdiction spans all of Texas' 263,513 Many times after the passing of the frontier and before
square miles and includes all of the 8,657,500 citizens. 1935 the Texas Ranger force was allowed to dwindle and its
Their main duties are to protect life and property, suppress members were frequently changed by political appoint-
riots and insurrectiony apprehend fugitives, and investigate ments. But the force never entirely died out and, with the
major crimes. On the basis of present man-power, each establishment of Ranger hiring on a merit basis only, the
Ranger's responsibility spreads over 169,755 residents and political tampering vanished.
5,167 square miles. Not long ago a newspaper writer estimated that during
But Rangers are used to being outnumbered. It has been their history Rangers had personally accounted for 5,000
that way for 134 years, since Stephen F. Austin, the "Father criminals "bitin' the dust," and had sent untold numbers to
of Texas," first gathered a group of Rangers together to jail. The modern 51 Rangers, with the latest crime fighting
protect the frontier colonies against Indians. Texas had her equipmenty complete more than 6,000 cases annually. A
Rangers before she had an army or a navy, even before she recent report from their administrative offices in Austin
won her independence. In 1835, on the eve of the Texas shows that in the year 1955-56 the Rangers completed 601
War of Independence, the revolutionary council formally felony cases which sent nine persons to jail for life, seven
authorized Rangers to guard the frontiers. A century later, to the death chamber, and all others convicted to prison for
by an act of the state legislature in 1935, the Ranger force a total of 3,755 years. In addition, the Rangers recovered
was made a division of the Texas Department of Public $759,149.46 in property. Of the 1,003 murders in Texas in
safety, its present status. 1956, the Rangers investigated 215 and made criminal case
The 100 years in between saw the building of the famed reports on complete investigations. As one Ranger modestly
Ranger legends-from the days of lightning-fast gunfighters noted, this is a p r e q good year's work for a police force
who were tops in the serious art of "leather slapping3'-to which has less members in the entire state than the FBI has
the modern Ranger "gunfighter" who does everything pos- in Houston alone. (Continued on page 45)

Rangers select guns to suit their own personal preferences. Sidearms of one group included Colt .45
automatics, .38, -44 and -357 Magnum revolversand, inevitably, the legendary G l t Single Action.
About 150 officers were stopped an hour by Illinois cop killer in open field,
but police sniper could have disabled criminal in 30 seconds. Many police
know value of rifles, carry guns in cushion brackets (left) like rig of
Tarrant Cy., Texas, sherips office in new emergency wagons. Rifle is
257 Jap, with Weaver 2.5 scope, Buehler mount, firing 140 grain Sierras.

By WAYNE WEEMS

SUPPLEMENTING THE POLICE

HANDGUN WITH MODERN HIGH-POWER

SNIPER RIFLES COULD SAVE LIVES WHILE

INCREASING POLICE EFFICIENCY IN

RIOT CONTROL AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT JOBS


36
Tragic drama in which
Indianapolis policemen
were wounded by maniac
might have been avoided
by one shot from sniper.

HEN DOES A M A N become a policeman? That deep- the wheels. The "good men" were out of the race-knocked
w d own feeling of being an officer does not come with the helpless before they had ever come within two hundred
donning of the uniform, nor with the pinning on of the yards of the "bad ones."
badge. It comes when the man buckles on his service pistol. What happened? Simple. The stick-up man in the back
It is usually not until much later, sometimes only after cost- seat of the fleeing car was armed with a .30-06 rifle, com-
ly experience, that the law enforcement officer realizes that plete with telescopic sight. When pursuit developed, he
the pistol is not always enough. rammed the rifle through the back window, lined the scope
Here is one example: Two hold-up men had emptied the reticle between the headlights of the police car, eased off his
cash boxes of five gas stations, had wounded two unco- shot-and that was that. Had he been a real "cop hater,"
operative station owners, were on their way out of the city he could probably just as easily have killed either officer.
when they were spotted by two patrolmen in a police car. It could just as easily have worked in the other direction.
According to the reports, only one of the hold-up men had At two hundred yards, a fleeing car is a tough target for a
been seen with a weapon-a pistol. This made the odds look pistol. But with a rifle, a good marksman, even shooting
good. If shooting became necessary, both officers were from a speeding car, could do a lot of damage.
armed, and they would be shooting from the pursuing car, Cops should have pistols. But police are depending too
which is easier than shooting from the car ahead. much on pistols. They are doing it, not because individual
But the odds changed very suddenly. The motor in the policemen are not aware that other weapons would help,
police car seemed to fall apart. The smashed motor locked but because police departments fail to furnish the other
Three Chicago police were wounded in
gun battle in railroad station. Aimed
rifle shot might have stopped criminal
with less wear and tear on the officers.

Pistol-armed police in Lawrence, Mass.


were held at bay an hour as exhaust fan
cut effect of tear gas. Weems says rifle
shot could stop fan, permit capture.

weapons. This is costly economy.


True, most of the larger departments
have shotguns. Some may have rifles. A
few have machine guns and gas gun
equipment; but this is emergency
equipment, usually locked up at head-
quarters. Few police cars are equipped
with any kind of a "long gun."
Any time there is any shooting to be
done, you are playing for keeps and it
is an emergency. You don't have time
to radio for emergency help and equip-
ment, go home for a gun, or polish your
badge so it will show up good in the
news photographer's pictures. Death is
striking at both sides in any gun battle
and your chances of survival depend on
whatever edge you have on your op-
ponent, or opponents.
Very often, that "edge" could be one
good rifleman with good equipment and
the know-how.
For another example, take John Doe.
John drank a lot, did a stretch or two,
was an all-around bad customer. John's
trouble was, the wheels in his head
went haywire. The medicos have a
fifty-cent word for it, but to the police
officer, John just went nuts. One day,
he armed himself with a shotgun, a
couple of pistols, and plenty of ammu-
nition. took over a small hotel and
amused himself by taking pot-shots at anyone he saw on the still crazy like a fox, just turned the two large fans in the
streets. The first two policemen to arrive received a few room towards the windows and switched them on. This
bird shot. One of them got it in the front, approaching, the blew the gas out as fast as it came in. John was comfort-
other got his in the rear, departing The second officer was able on the floor, taking a peep now and then, with his
able, however, to radio (standing up) for the riot squad. gun always ready. You could have machine-gunned; John
But even the riot squad was stymied. John, though crazy, wouldn't have minded. What was the answer? One of the
was not dumb. Only the gun barrel was visible over a officers, they called him a gun-nut, was an expert rifleman.
window sill, with a two-foot thick brick wall protecting him. This officer secured his deer rifle, a Model 70 Win-
No one could come close. Tear gas was put into use. John, chester bolt action equipped (Continued on next page)
THE PISTOL IS NOT ENOUGH
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with a Weaver K-4telescopic sight. So armed, bullets, with soft noses or hollow points and
he had a choice of three things he could do ~ i c koff the armed individuals without injury
with the rifle. From a safe distance, he could to anyone else. This type of bullet, on strik-
shoot John when John took a peek out of the ing, would not penetrate all the way through.
window, or he could shoot through the window It would play havoc with the individual hit,
and demolish the fans. But the simple thing but who cares about the size hole you make
that he did do was to shoot once into the ex- in a guy that is shooting at you?
posed electric meter. The fans stopped, the

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tear gas did its work, and John was captured EW policemen, and even the hunters in
uninjured. this country who use rifles every year,
Another instance where the use of police know what they can do with a good scope-
snipers could accomplish more than machine sighted rifle, particularly at night. At night,
guns and tear gas is in mob control. In a shooting with a pistol, you are shooting blind,
situation where a mob of people get out of even with some light. The trained rifleman
hand and there are one or two of the armed can consistently hit a ten-inch target up to
leaders mingled in the crowd, the one or two two hundred yards with a minimum of light.
men start shooting at the officers trying to Any good standard hunting scope, with its
restrain the mob. What do you do here- high light gathering power, will make a good
spray the mob with machine gun bullets, kill- target out of an animal or man that would
ing and injuring many who are there only be only a shadow in front of an iron sight.
for the excitement or to protest something This is true not only at night, but in late
hey do not like? Many in the mob, perhaps, evening or early morning.
had no idea there would be any violence, Let the cop keep his pistol. It is a stand-
much less shooting. by for emergency purposes when he cannot
or does not have time to secure a better gun.

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tenting, while he is guarding him on the way


to jail, the policeman must serve a portion
issued; no German material is used yet. of the prisoner's sentence. A successfully es-
CUSTOM MADE Border police are equipped with the SIG caped prisoner is almost unheard of in the
Swiss 9mm automatic pistol, while other annals of the Carabineri. They are dead
THE BEST units have Smith & Wesson -38 "Victory shots, and train constantly in intra-squad
SINCE 1897 model" revolvers. If a West German police- competitions. I t is better to serve time than
man has the bad luck to lose one of these try to escape from the leather-hatted elite
guns, the list price to replace i t from the of Italy's national police.
local sporting goods store is just about $100, A national police is the rule in other na-
500 D. Marks, instead of the US. price of tions. In Belgium, the G e h r m e r i e Nation-
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formed police. Recruited from former sol-
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WITH THE NEW PRESS-FIT PILOTS ale have lifetime careers. Browning auto-
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both W d e & outdde in m e oueration4e faateat
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talions are fast-moving trouble-shooting out- 120 men have proved their worth. Each third
fits on call for public emergencies, floods, man carries a Thompson submachine gun.
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been properly instructed in their use. The in nomenclature and functioning details of
Royal Ulster Constabulary, however, does regulation firearms. These are mostly -38
carry revolvers. The Metropolitan Police hold Colt revolvers, issued to the Preventive Po-
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handed. For record, 12 rounds are then and double action trigger squeeze. Position
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public reverence. Police enforcement of the strength te suppress revolt and mutiny with-
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KGB under General Ivan Serov, the way has towns," according to a report from Turkey
been one of force. Maintenance of the "or- in the International Police Journal, "the
der" in Russia is in strong, if ruthless, hands. m a i n t a i ~ n gof order will be assured by the
The KGB has many millions of persons in police in uniform, according to the principles
its ranks, from part-time informers to full- of military discipline. Judicial police and
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stable-full of Indian ponies, quarter horses in his car, a Thompson sub-machine gun plus
and a few pack mules. Old Rangers would gas or riot guns, gas masks, two pairs of Shoulder Sllnn $1.49
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Freeland Car Window Support COLT HUNTSMAN with 41h" barrel ..............
$46.75 and sometimes years, before he iq approved.
with Scope Holders .. .$14.95 COLT OFFICER5 MODELS in .22 and -38 Calibers ...
$83.25 The force hires some lawmen who never ap-
SMITH AND WESSON COMBAT MASTERPIECES WITH ply hut who distinguish themselves as Rang-
TARGET GRIPS & HAMMER ...................
$80.00 er material. "We get 500 application5 a year
WINCHESTER Model 88C Ritle .243 or -358 Cal. ...
.$135.50 from men in all the states. Canada and Eu-
WINCHESTER Model 70 Featherweight, asst. calibers $129.95
rope," Chief Crowder said. "We don't have
WINCHESTER Model 70 Standard, asst. calibers.. .. .$129.95
WINCHESTER Standard 52 .22 Caliber rifle. .......
.$115.95 trouble finding volunteers for the 1 to llh
.
WINCHESTER Heavy Barrelled 52 -22 Caliber rifle. .$129.95 vacancies that occur yearly." Seldom does a
WINCHESTER Sporter Model 52 .22 Caliber.. .......
$176.95 Ranger quit, and rarely is a man fired. Rang-
Marlin 39A or 39A Mountie rifle.. ..............
.$ 72.95 ers are members of that elite corps "just aq
FREELAND TRIPOD in Black, Marlin 336A Regular Rifle or Sporter.. ..........
.$ 89.95 long a5 they keep their nose$ clean" and un-
Gray or Forest Green. .$14.95 Remington Model 721A -30-06 or .270.. .........
.$ 95.25 til they reach the retirement age of 70.
.
Remington 722 -244 and .222 Caliber, Standard.. .$ 95.25
..
Remington Model 4041 Standard -22 target rifle. .$152.75
Rangers must be dedicated peace officers
Thalsan Shotshell Reloading Set, 1 gauge. ........
.$ 22.50 who love their johs. for each man works an
Redding Powder Scale. .$14.00 Powder Measure. .$ 16.00 average of 12 hours a day, seven days a week,
Lyman 310 Tool complete 1 caliber.. ............
.$ 16.50 often working around the clock for days on
Lyman EZY-Loader.. .... .$35.00, Rifle Dies.. ....
.$ 17.00 end. without deep. 5hower, or qhave. They
Lyman Economy Reloading Set, complete unit.. ...
.$ 33.50 are on call 24 hours a day. every day. The'
C&H, PACIFIC, RCBS reloading dies, set.. ........
.$ 13.50 get two weeks vacation a year. hut unlecs
C&H RELOADING PRESS ONLY. .$36.00 "C" Press. .$ 12.00 they "kick tracec across the Texaq line''
FREELAND FREELAND
Smiley Standard Case Trimmer for 1 caliber.. .....
.$ 17.50 they're liable to he called hack. vacation or
SWISS PALM
REST with
REGULAR
WALNUT
BELDING AND MULL Type "A" Cleaning Rods.. ...
.$ 3.00
no vacation. Beginning Rangers make $3.960
HORNADY - NORMA - SIERRA
finger grooves PALM REST a vear. Captains' pay iq less than $5,000.
$1 8.50 $12.50 and there'c no quch thing a* overtime.
(Mention rifle when ordering SPEER BULLETS A potential Ranger m w t he at Ieaqt 27.
palm rests)
FREELAND BENCH REST
All Rifle Scopes and Mounts - with a minimum of four yearq in major crime
investigation with an outstanding law agenrv.
STAND, with 3 sandbags Spotting Scopes
He m w t be in excellent physical condition
..................$20.00 and he "especially adapted for the particular
FREELAND SLING KEEPER Complete Supplier t o the: Reloadern
type work demanded of Ranger-." All pre-
...................$1.25 Hand Gunner, Target Shooter. qent Rangers are native Texans although the
GUN WIPER . . . . . . . . . .SO rule requires only that a man live in the qtate
FREELAND FREELAND FINE OUTDOOR RAIN APPAREL at least a year hefore applying.
ALUMINUM FREE RIFLE
BUTT PLATE, HOOK F O R OFFICIAL POLY CHOKE INSTALLERS Most modern Rangers come from the ranks
adiustable FOR ABOVE of the Texas Highway Patrol. Once ap-
$10.00 $6.00 **WRITE FOR FREELAND PAMPHLET** -
minted. a Ranger must undergo a three-

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months special training period in Austin in

FREELAND'S SCOPE S T A N D S criminal investigation, raids. mob and riot


control. Throughout his Ranger service. each
AL FREELAND man takes a yearly week-long course in t h r
latest crime fighting methods and equipment.
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Modern Rangers describe their sidearmq a<
"tools of our trade. Dangerous. Not to he
played with." And although they practicr
markqmanship when they find the time, they
do not practice "leather slapping" as did
their forerunnew. "A Ranger," explained
Chief Crowder. "doesn't like to pull his pic-
t),
K
..- . -. . -- -

such a complete cotolog


been offered to those
-
to1 for a demonstration. gag. or photograph.
because he'q taught to show it only when he
& interested in gunstocks.
32 full size pages, over
means to shoot to protect his own life or
somehody else's."
100 pictures showing new THE HAT
carving and checkering YOU HAVE
signs in semi finished
and custom shotgun and
-
designs, the lotest de- ALWAYS
WANTED
Rangers generally wear one sidearm. high-
holstered on their belt and, "depending on
rifle stocks.
World-iamous .'white hunter'' hat in premium where we're going," may strap on a gun belt
grade tan beaver fur felt. Smart and dashing. Wide
brim gives protection from sun, dust, wind, rain. with double holsters to become "two-gun''
Whether you buy a stock, A fine hat for hunting, fishing, camping and all Rangers. The state furnishes all necessary
or want to make your own,
2sc for
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outdoors. equipment. hut most Rangers use their own
vou will find this New
your cota!og, ~ a t o l oof~ real value. ..
featurinu Give re~ular 1 Satisfaction
sidearms, long guns, saddles and horses.

I .
REINHART FAJEN, Box 1150,Warsaw,Mo.
wsrnvurvw wn wwmr wemr
QUNSTOCK SALES, INC.
ur - I handnkade
leather shirt5
boots, outdoor
hat size. ~ua~antw~l, Generally speaking. most Rangers wear .4S
Colt automatic pistols or .357 Magnums, and
carry 30-30 rifle<: hut no 5 ~ e r i a 1type of
5060 Read 20, San Pablo, C d f . gun or sidearm is prescribed by the force.
Chief Crowder prefers the .30-06 rifle, and
Capt. Jay Banks likes a 38-44 revolver. SIMPLE TO USE! NO LOUD NOISE! NO RECOIL!
Ranger Lester Robertson uses a .38 Super Accurate up to 40 ff.!
Colt automatic. Ranger S g t J. L. Rogers
carries a Government .45 and finds it "de- This cylinder allows you to fire your big bore pistol practically any-
pendable and comfortable." Many Rangers where with only a No. 2 shot shell pellet and a large pistol primer.
have in their personal gun collections (and
often carry) old "Thumb-buster" Single Ac- 6 of any one caliber,
tions used by their Ranger fathers, brothers,
or uncles. on1 $7.95 per set
California Residents DIUS
Rangers have no uniforms; they dress to 4% Sales Tax
suit their duties. But whether they appear in
business suits in the city or bluejeans in the
brush-covered country of the Chaparral, their
eold or silver badge is ninned over their
hearts and they'll be wearing a big white
hat, a hand-tooled leather belt and holsters,
.44 S&W .38 .45 .32 S&W .38 .357
a pair of cowboy boots, and their choice of Special Special A.C.P. Long Long Magnum
sidearms. Gray gabardine trousers, Western .44 Magnum Celt
jacket and black tie is typical field dress.
The Ranger fame, which labeled the men TRI-JEN MANUFACTURING CO. 8525 Beverly Blvd., 10s Angeles 48. Calif.
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from children, parents, teachers, and admir- Make the OLD like NEW and the NEW look BETTER
ers all over the world. A mother in Kearney, with SUN-RAY complete GUN-REFINISHING KITS
Neb., wrote that her cub scouts use the Each kit contains 2-02. bottle of either Lin-0-Loc or Oil-Type Finish

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Ranger Prayer at their pack meetings. A plus 2 ox. bottle o f X2X Gun Bluer, plus other necessary items to
refinish 2 long guns.. .Complete Kit $1.50
17-year-old boy named Freddy in Rothen-
LIN-0 LAC the new INSTANT itock finish formulated especially for
burg, Germany, wrote to reserve a spot for
himself on the force. A 13-year-old boy in The oils leal while the plastics fill. 4-oz. LIN-0-LAC (no kit). ...
the stockm'çke y d gunsmith, plasticizes aà i t is applied. .4-oz. K i t $1.25
$1.00

Hobbs, N. M., offered his aid in rounding up


, stolen cattle. An 8-year-old lad in Anchor-
age, Alaska, asked "How tall should I be?" be submerged for 30 umnds.
And two little girls in Ireland sent a letter containers from 2 ounces to gallons.
must accompany all orders. Available
addressed to "Santa Claus, c/o The Texas CO., Box 244, Lafayette, Calif., AU-
OCK-STROUD CO Winston-Salem N
Rangers." Christmas cards and valentines Peterborough, N."H.. BERNS WHOLE:
, Colo. or ORDER DIRECT FROM:
from children reach Ranger headquarters by
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The legend of the Texas Rangers is but
the lengthening shadow of every Ranger, past
and present; his courage, persistence, pride
and devotion. Of all the "Things Tremen-
dously Texan," Rangers head the list. An old
definition of a Texas Ranger, still used, is
that "he's a man who would charge hell
with a can of water." No Texan doubts it.
FOR THE SIGHTS Ownership of a BEAR CUB
And it's not just legend. In 1902 Capt. Scope is your guarantee of a
J. A. Brooks talked a mob out of a lynching lifetime of shooting pleasure.
by telling them, "You'll have to kill me and Mar-proof TUFCOATe finish,
every other Ranger in Brownsville." ..
. self -aligning optics, micro-
Capt. M. T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, fa-
mous for minute detail in criminal investi- accurate adjustments,
gation work and described as "dynamite" by brighter, wider field. ..all
his men. once rode his horse into an East
Texas saloon to round up a group of ladies yours with the Bear Cub.
of questionable character when they refused
to come out. . . . In 1930, Capt. Frank
Hamer stood on the Sherman courthouse
steps and defied a mob to try to lynch his

tonight!" Nobody felt that lucky. .. . Rang-


er Lewis Rigler, in 1956, threw his gun down
and walked unarmed to talk with an insane
farmer threatening everyone with a rifle. The
farmer handed over his gun. . ..
No Ranger talks much about these deeds \..s-O
of valor; but the public remembers. Over
and over aeain the stories are told of how
one man calmly shouldered his way through p:
a hostile crowd, a pistol on his hip and a y -
big white hat marking his progress.
An old-timer's statement made back in the
colorful days of old is quoted as the Rang-
er's code: "No man in the wrong can stand
up against a feller in the right that jest keeps
on a'coming." I t seems to work! And
that's the " ~ a n ~ e r 'way."
s u1
FUN ON THE FBI COURSE
(Continued from page 31)

WORLD'S A Earp either. You don't need to be. There's


time enough; and the important thing is to
get the bullets where you want them. Fire
five; eject; reload, and fire five more. You've
got 25 seconds; use it. Make these shots
count. There are some coming which, for
most people, are tougher. On the other hand,
get them all off, because any shots not fired
within the 25-second time limits are scored
AND FINEST as misses. Note the shooter's stance, as pic-
tured. This slightly crouched position, with
the left foot advanced as the shooter draws,
is good standard operating procedure. Each
shooter will work it out to suit himself as
the excitement of the course pulls him into
extensive practice.

w HEN you have completed the ten rounds


quick fire, relead with five rounds and
holster the gun. Timing stops now while the
shooter, timer, and gallery move back to the
60 yard line.
The time remaining for completion of
stages 2, 3, and 4 is five minutes and 45
seconds. This includes moving from one fir-
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break between the quick-fire and 60 yard
shooting is the only one for which time is
not counted. There is time enough, but no
time for dawdling.
Stage 2 consist of five shots at 60 yards,
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HUNTING 1
IS THE TOMMY GUN A POLICE WEAPON?
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train properly all the patrolmen. Due to their two gleaming Tommy Guns hanging in the

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inherently dangerous characteristics, among glass-fronted rack over the desk of the Ser-
which is the ability to let off a clip full of geant. I wondered if someday I could ever
20 or 30 shots in the flicker of an eyelash, the own anything as wonderful as a real Tommy
burp gun in the hands of an untrained police- Gun. I suspect that the principal use of the
man can do more damage than good. Clinton, Tommy Gun today, where it is called out
Tennessee, could have been the scene of a from time to time for police work, is by offi-
bloody "segregation riot" recently, when cers whose imaginations have been captured,
volunteer deputized officers were issued Reis- just as I was years ago, by the menacing
ing submachine guns from the town police power of the Tommy Gun.
arsenal. The volunteer police dispersed the In lands where population is dense and
mob with tear gas, but had someone care- life is cheap, the submachine gun has played
lessly touched off the burp guns, a tragic and does still play an important role. The
massacre would have resulted. Chinese military and Asian police depart-
New Jersey police departments regard the ments have always regarded it as their favor-
submachine gun in the hands of an untrained ite riot-quieter, to such an extent that it was
man more of a liability than an asset. In the widely copied by various Chinese armories.
hands of a shooter not completely familiar In dealing with vast mobs of rioting and
with the weapon, it is more of a hazard to danger-bent thugs, the Tommy Gun does
himself and his fellow officers than to the come into its own. As a weapon when the
individual under fire. Training is a problem chips are down and war is on between police
due to the lack of safe range facilities in and mass disorder, the submachine gun has
many departments. The average police pistol no equal.
range is not suitable for training in the use The psychological effect of a Tommy Gun
of submachine guns, due to the special tar- with the 50- or 100-shot drum is immeasur-
get-carrying equipment which may be dam- able. The association of such a weapon in
aged by inaccurate fire until the trainee the public mind with prodigious firepower
learns to control the gun. Even with the riot has managed to settle many incipient riots in
squad, there is an extremely limited use by past years. Special ammunition was devel-
urban police due to the congested conditions oped for just this type of work, such as the
and the hazards of stray bullets and ricochets. large bird shot load and Remington multi-
The submachine gun today in most city ball that would disintegrate on leaving the
police departments has been relegated to the barrel into several missiles, none having great
position of a show piece. Before World War energy, but each having a high "wounding
11, as a boy, I can remember going to the
police department and staring in awe at the
factor." With all this scrap lead flying into
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to compare
any other r: Plate of %'' steel shows impact of .357
Super-X lead, Rem. .357 M.P. dent,
Super-X .45 M.P. dent, and .44 Super-X
magnum hole. Plate w a s 12' from gun.

The cartridges are listed with my evalua-


tion of increasing performance. Only the last

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four completely penetrated the first steel
plate. The .45 loads made dents less deep
than the 38 Colt Auto, but were rated higher
because of the heavier bullet and larger area
dents. The G.I. round with a steel jacket is
nearly equal to the Super-X M.P. bullet. The
Colt .38 Super Auto gives almost identical
performance as the underloaded Remington
.357 Hi-Speed M.P. round.
Both .357 loads in Super-X made very
1 THIS ENERGY Chart Proves decent dents in the second plate, with the
M.P. bullet showing some slight advantage.
PRICE Weatherby Magnums The lead bullet is better for anti-personnel
work, is effective enough to rake a car in-
terior, and I'd choose it for general use. Dick
$250n00
and up.
ARE AMERICA'S M i T PO1 iRFUL RIFLES Tracy and some movie and TV characters

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Leader in its field the Weatherby Weatherby Magnum because they
Magnum stands alone for its un-
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know its ultra-high velocity kills with
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one shot even though no vital spot
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.357 Magnum's by shattering motor blocks, hole and the bullet sheds more lead. The plates, the highway officer can load a full
but it isn't a 100 per cent cinch when you difference is slight, however, and cannot be round that way and feel able to handle
play for real. Sometimes the block is shielded compared with the Super-X advantage in crooks or cars.
by more than a thin steel hood, and the bul- .357 fodder. Either .44 Magnum load will certainly
lets must get in a vital spot. Not only "what metal penetrating bullets drive through the steel hood of a car and
No metal penetrating bullets are supplied to use," but "when to use them," is a matter shatter the guts in a motor. Either will rake
in .44 Magnum loads and tests indicate they for concern by police. One cycle officer I through doors, body or seats with power to
are not actually needed. The heavy bullets know is in the habit of loading his .357 with spare. Tests were madeswith a four-inch bar-
in both makes smashed through the first several standard lead bullets for close-in rel S & W .44 Magnum gun. A 6%'' barrel
plate, making great gaping holes and huge, work, then carrying a couple of metal pierc- gives slightly better penetration, but hardly
deep dents in the second plate. The whammy ers in the last several chambers. His theory enough to justify packing the uncomfortable
on the second plate looks about like a .44 is good, but our tests showed the effect pro- "Long Tom" for police
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WHOSE FAULT IS IT?
(Continued from Page 15)
Surely no city is so poor that it could not
fford "less than one per cent" of its police
udget for a program guaranteed to add
nmeasureably to its police efficiency. Yet a
irvey of several hundred police depart-
Lents and other law enforcement agencies in
8 states shows that 57 per cent of our
olice forces are not receiving enough money
) carry on adequate firearms training.

The reports range from an absolute low

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f zero dollars, no expenditure at all for
ring training for a force of 28 men em-
loyed by a sheriff's office in Colorado-to a
igh nine per cent of the budget spent for

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un training in Richmond, Virginia.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, has no appropri-
tion for police firearms training. Members
f the Chattanooga police force must pur-
hase their own anlmunition, practice on
heir own time.

Design
Concord, New Hanlpshire, spends $375 a
e a r for firearms training out of a police
Budget of $177,613-about two tenths of one
I 75g 6mm Hollow Point )er cent.
Madison. Wisconsin, allocates $4,500 for
irearms training out a police budge of over
il.OOO.000-less than half of one per cent.

90g 6mm Soft Point


- Built-in Accuracy The great city of Chicago, with well over
[0,000 men in its police and detective forces,
illots just $23.000 for firearms training out
)f an annual budget of nearly $55,500,000Ã
ess than one-half of one-tenth of one per
:ent! Lieutenant Bernard M. Dier, Range-
piaster for the Chicago Police Department,
jays that the budgeted allotment for fire-
irms training has not increased in recent
years, is not sufficient for adequate training
because of increased man-power and in-
"eased costs of ammunition.
Lieutenant Dier's report concerning the
T I i c s c A r e tin; failure to increase firearms training allot-
F i n e s t S l e e p i n g B*js ments to meet increases in police personnel
in the W o r l d and increases of as much as 100 per cent in
equipment costs. is echoed throughout the
nation. Only 14 per cent of the enforcement
4 agencies contacted by our survey report any
increases at all, over the past few years, in
firearms training funds. And of those re-
porting increases, all but a rare few state
that the increases are not proportionate with
growing needs.
Firearms training for police officers has
not kept pace with the increase in crime.

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buy any sleep- used In ill-fated Rommel 11'4 raid.
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A Shipped to you complete with 3 2 rd.
scientific data on insuiat~ons. 7 m i n e : official British sling. Bores
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ways. WE GUARANTEE.
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FROM THE BLAZING although more and more cities are beginning
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GUNS THAT CLEARm armed and well-trained officer can do with
firearms. For many departments, larger police MERSHON
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That lubricant was Rhode Island, the smallest state in the has no equal. Used and preferred b j
made only by Union, has one of the best training pro- shooters the world over.
Lehigh Chemical grams under operation for their State Police.
Company-the 1 The amount for shooting instruction has in-
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LUBRICANTS AND
CLEANING AND
arms training. The Rhode Island state
trooper's weapon ie the .49*6olt New Service
revolver. Upon completion of training and
guns-in the RESERVATION OF appointment to the department, all person-
Anderol Lubri-Kit. FIREARMS. nel must compete in an annual qualification
Anderol Lubricants perform perfectly at pistol match which includes slow-fire tar-
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J GET THE ANDEROL LUBRI-KIT A T giving the description of a holdup man and breakable. Easily and quickly in-
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cruiser across the narrow roadway to erect most round butt models.
a blockade which prevented the wanted car
from continuing. This action forced the oper-
ator, now under police gun fire, to abandon
the car and flee on foot. The chase con-
tinued for approximately 700 feet. Then the
suspect suddenly turned, faced the trooper
Chestertown, and drew a gun from his right hand pocket.
Maryland At this point, the trooper fired a well placed 'SURE-GRIP" Rifle and
$hot into the suspect's right hand, dislodging
BULLETINS-HUM~~ of~Bargains
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and Abroad. Surplus Guns, Hunting, Fishing, etc., portunity to raise or fire it. This suspect was For safely and conveniently carrying
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ELLWOOD EPPS, Dept. 6. CLINTON, ONTARIO, CAN. (Continued on Page 62) danger of loss. Bullets are kept safe

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Easily slipped over your old Hensoldts, or
available on order with new binoculars, the
shock-proof is a rubber padding on the cor-
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Dept. 0-12R. Muleton, Pa.
ners of binocular frame and ocular lenses.
Padding absorbs shock, protects against rain
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NEW "Thumbslide" tang safety glasses intact if deliberately tossed off a
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Gunsmiths & Barrelmakers
East H a m p t o n Connecticut STATION WAGON TENT is new concep-

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tion in outdoor "roughing it;" takes the rough
out of the outdoors. Designed and made by
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Bemis Brothers, Dept. G8, 408 Pine St., St.
 Fastest, Moat accurate cistorn bullet* available for
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Louis 2, Mo., unusual tent-like accessory for
: C a ~ ~ : ~ ~ + ~ $ ~ n d
automobiles which open at the rear converts
~ S~ >2 i ~ ~ s f ~ ~
or w i l l place grease or crimp cannelure a t my dd cai into useable sleeping space in the eve-
sired çpoon bullet body.
F R U LITERATURE CUSTOM LOADS ning, or serves as bug-proof area for dining
LAKEVILLE ARMS INC. &$,,itout. Consisting of a sleeping porch made of
high-count, water and mildew resistant drill
These Days with nylon net "windows," tent attaches to
back of station wagon, has snap-in mosquito
Guns Need netting windows that give full breezeway but
no bug-way. Whole outfit c a n b e set up in

IT Hoppe9sNo. 9
~ u r n m e r h e a tand humidity encourage
less than one minute, does not harm car
nor mar finish. * '
cliff, the rubber edging definitely may mean
the difference between a bounce or a costly
gun rust. That's why your gu accident if your drop your glasses. Avail-
the protection against rust able from Hensoldt distributor Carl Zeiss,
that Hoppe's No. 9 Solvent Inc., Dept. G8, 485 Fifth Ave., New York
gives. Ask your gun dealer 17, N.Y., or see your Hensoldt dealer.
for "Hoppe's" or send us 15c
for sample. "Gun Cleaning
Guide" FREE upon request.
FRANK A. HOPPE, INC.
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GRAND GUN TOUR OF EUROPE visiting
arms factories, famous museums, raie gun FOUR WHEEL CABIN is new "Compac"
collections, arsenals and rifle, shotgun, pis- which weighs only 150 pounds, is held
u ~ FINESTCHECKERING TOOLS"
~ ~ ~ tol,~ machine9 gun factories
~ in England, securely to, body of pick-up truck with four
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Peep Si ht* for Redfield l i d Buehler Mounts.
.25c France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Aus- bolts in semi-permanent attachment. Two
At your Dealer* or- tria, Monte Carlo, Belgium, will leave New men can install or remove Compac in less
3333 North O r o h St. TÇcom 7, W u h i W I t ~ n
York via Sabena Belgian World Airlines than -10 minutes. For campers, hunters,
middle of September 1957, return middle of Compac sleeps two comfortably out of the
October, after four glorious weeks in Europe weather, three if you don't mind a little
in Autumn. Price around $1000. Unbeatable crowding, with storage space underneath
opportunity to gain entree into museum col- the crossways bunks. Plenty of enclosed
lections ordinarily closed to the public, make space for other needs, too: measures 90"
valuable commercial contacts, buy rare guns long, 74" wide, 54" high. Details on models
abroad at low prices. Tour personally con- available, prices, from maker Supreme Metal
ducted by GUNS'tech editor William B. Ed- Products Co., Dept. G8, 11926 Woodruff
coinphtMyÑscribÑda¥ri Ill Ave., Downey, Calif., giving make, year,
wards. For brochure, full details, write E.
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cago, 111.
SAVAGE SAFETY easily worked push-pull
SHOCK-PROOF BINOCS are a new feature by shooter's thumb is accessory offered by
available with famous Hensoldt binoculars Sports Equipment Co., Dept. G-8, Lititz,
of both porro prism style (shown in cut) Pennsylvania, for $20.75 installed, or $14.50,
and nonular roof-nrism "slim iim" classes. for narts kit. Newlv designed "Thumbsafe" i s
ED'S O W N
Super Cold Blue $ 2 3
Acclaimed world's best instant
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SEND FOR DEALER PRICE LIST
built on a rigidly supported extension for the CUTLERY FOR KINGS and campers is
upper tang and attached to the lower tang made by Randall, PO Box 1988-G, Orlando, ED AGRAMONTE, I N C .
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through an internal support, giving great Florida. Hand-crafted knives for combat and
strength. With the Thumbsafe, both trigger more peaceful uses are created by Florida
and lever locking features of the gun are re- bladesmith Randall at his unique forge.
tained. Located in the top center of the grip, Specialty is "Randall No. I," recognized as

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(Continued from Page 59)
known to all modern law enforcement agen-
Some sheriffs departments are doing much cies. The cost of construction of an indoor
not only to train their own men, but. to help range need not be prohibitive. By utilizing
other local law enforcement groups. Sheriff the individual skills of the member of the
Charles C. McCloskey, Jr., sheriff of Chau- department such as carpenters, bricklayers,
tauqua County, New York, and a former mechanics, electricians, etc., overall costs
FBI agent, knows the importance of good can be limited almost to that of the materials
firearms training. Police officers from eight alone. Civic organizations, rifle and pistol
town, village, and city departments in the clubs, manufacturing and construction con-
county have attended three 50-hour courses cerns have in the past contributed money,
in basic police training a . the sheriff's office materials and advice to expedite the con-
in Mayville, the county seat. The program is struction of such a project. Farsighted indi-
sponsored jointly by the Sheriffs and Chiefs viduals in these organizations realize the
of Police Association of the state and the ultimate value of an indoor range to the
FBI. A 16-hour course in firearm instruction overall good of the community. The facilities
is given. of an indoor range, when supervised by the
Police departments with little or no budget police range officer and made available to
c R SHOTSHELL\
Price subject
t o change
without
allotments for firearms training can increase
their knowledge and protection to the com-
munity by setting up a training program in
the public for special competitive matches,
is conducive to better relations between the
LOADER notice.
conjunction with local pistol, rifle or shot
community and the police department. In
addition, both regular and reserve officers
gun clubs. Sportsmen's organizations usually receive constant instruction in the use and
Fits all Pacific and other "C" type have facilities that could be used for train- maintenance of firearms.
Loading frames. ing. It is important that the elected officials,
100 shells per hour. Makes perfect Night firing and gun handling in darkness
who control the police budgets, be made to
shells every time. No guess work. conditions should be taught. Some police understand the importance of this training
See your Dealer or order direct. departments have found that training with to them and the citizens they represent.
(90 with two 60 hole leading blocks. gas-powered pistols and rifles, over short 25-
ft. ranges is highly effective. They can actu- There is no such thing as first-class pro-
ally train in almost any 25-ft. room with tection at no cost. Don't blame the police-

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can practice for a total cost of less than proper allocation of funds for police fire-
a one-half cent a shot. arms training-remember that fact in your

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DEALERS!
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for keeping the peace. Tactically similar to
the English single shot flintlock pistols, the
by the gentry was common practice. Around
1800, a handgun was as much a part of the
OFFERS A COMPLETE A
French pistols, models of 1763, 1777, and garb of the day in New York as was the
JOBBERS f
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several patterns designed in t h e Napoleonic revolver in Dodge City eighty years later.
era, were used with a solid round lead ball
of about 70 caliber. While a good modern
officer skilled in target shooting can group
Then, in 1844, New York provided for a
"day and night" police, and the era of the
uniformed patrolling officer, armed and on
SERVICE
his shots within the profile of a man at 200 a professional basis, began. During the next
Send for c o m p l ~Information &
on your lewerhwd.
yards, using 38-44 Hi-Speed 9r Magnum few years similar police departments were
ammunition, the best accuracy obtained in set up in other cities but it took until 1856
recent tests with one of these late 18th cen- to gain administrative agreement even on
tury smoothbores was a pattern at 200 yards the type of uniforms- to be worn.
some thirty feet high and 200 feet wide, Colt and Remington had improved police
spotted against a cliff. firearms. Colt's "pocket model 1849" five- Complete stock-all calibers
Predecessor in America of the uniformed, shooter was issued in a special short-barrel
organized patrolman was the "watch." New version for police use. Made without a load-
York's first police department was set up in ing lever, these little guns were loaded by
1658 by Dutch colonists, who maintained the officer in the watch house, then carried Primers and Percussion Caps
of all popular makes.
watchmen under the control of the local in his pocket on duty. Belt holsters for re-
burgomaster. When New York passed to volvers were brand new in 1856. The "pocket POWDERS
English control, the watchmen's association model" was carried only in the pocket. Rem- ;ompf*l*Stock-DuPont 6 Hercute8
continued, operating under a high constable ington's small 36 caliber revolvers, bigger
and subsconstables, equivalent to commis- than the Colt .31f', were also popular, while 957 B fir M HAND BOOK
Tells you how to reload in easy
sioner and captains. Watch houses protected farther west the distributors of the Moore to follow instructions. Shows
main roads against highwaymen. Firearms tit-fire cartridge revolvers gained the ap- how to use 50 to 85% of our
L shooting costs. Prepaid $1.50
were stored there for issue in extreme con- proval of the chief of police of Cincinnati
ditions. In the middle 1600'9, matchlock mili- as an endorsement for their under-powered
tary muskets and some few snaphance arms.
pistols, using a snapping flint to strike sparks In 1861, Federal General Benjamin Butler, All leading lines including B&M, Lyman, Pacific,
and flansh the charge, were the "main bat- at the head of Massachusetts volunteers, Ideal, Acme, Redding, Wilson, etc. Scopes,
tery" of police power. marched into Baltimore. Mr. Butler quelled sight*, mounts, slings, scales, moulds, hand-
Loosely organized, untrained, poorly dis- books, etc.
the disturbances in "this most miserably gov-
ciplined, the watch was held in low esteem
by the public. Internal disputes hampered
self-improvement. Carrying great coat pistols
erned city" and his provost marshal raided
the police stations and removed all their
military muskets to an armory for storage.
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Collector's Models (Limited) ................ 17.95
Bayonets (Blade type) ..................... 2.00
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ONE WEEK
hundreds of lesser-known lawmen used a
k r most rihes- standard $5.00; xx grade (butt) $7.00- SERVICE variety of small arms. But in old pictures
others $lO.WOto $12.00. Also Penna. burls and rare W turn & Inlet Your rlflà blank&
burls available NOW: xxx rode $17.50-$20.00, xxxx $5.00 each; S or mom $4.00 u0h. of the western lawmen one thing seems
$25.00; super Burls up to $35.00. to stand out, though debunkers of today
OREGON MYRTLE BLANKS & STOCKS: Rifle blanks
$5.00 to $7.00. Inletted stocks for all rifles $7.00 to would have it otherwise. The short-barreled
$12.00. Some Seconds, All Grades, 50% off. "civilian" model Frontier Colt, usually bright
CURLY MAPLE RIFLE BLANKS 57.00 to 530.00. plated or engraved, with pearl or ivory grips,
aenuln* Horn Plat01 arlp Caps with Engraved Scmw, $1.00.
was a high favorite. Popular also in its day
RARE TURKISH AND FRENCH WALNUT BLANKS was the double action Colt Lightning .38 and
the Thunderer .41.
Dense 0 Lightweight Individual Figure At the turn of the century some changes
RARE TURKISH CIRCASSIAN WALNUT-We believe these shipments the first to reach USA in many years. were made. Colt's had developed a solid
This walnut is dense, li h t weight, each piece has individual figure; some with dark streaks. Finishes with frame side-swing .32 revolver, and 20 of
hard smooth surface. Oversize blanks: $12.00 to $50.00. Turned and inletted, $5.00 more. Limited num-
ber of extremely rare blanks, $75.00. these in single action were ordered by New
BEAUTIFULLY GRAINED FRENCH WALNUT-Extra large Frenchwalnut blanks, 2 !4'' thickness, $12.00 to York police commissioner Theodore Roose-
$35.00. Some rare fancies $45.00. Turned and inletted for most rifles $5.00 more. velt for the officers to try. But they preferred
ALL RIFLE BLANKS SENT SUBJECT-TO OUR CUSTOMERS' APPROVAL the double action "Colt's New Police," since
evolved into the Police Positive series.
PRECISION-CHAMBERED BARRELED ACTIONS Europe's major change in police law en-
forcement occurred in England. The crooks
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had obtained "the ultimate weapon"; a com-
LATEST FN or HVA ACTION munications system. Today it is the split-
INCLUDING FINEST DOUGLAS second police radio: a century ago the tele-
1 CHROME MOLY 6 GR. BARREL graph did the job. A message from London
CAUSERS: 220 Swift; 22-250; 257R; 270; 7MM; 308 WIN.; 3046. to Dover could stop a criminal fleeing by
Also 250 Sav., 300 Sov., 243 Win., 244 Ram. fast horse to France. The ports of England
CHECK THESE FEATURES: 1. Standard F. N. Mauser Action -
(HVA Action, $10.00 additional) 2 . Best
grade Douglas, Chrome Moly Ultra-Rifled Barrels with the smooth, hard, w e d ed rifling in most calibers,
could be closed, to trap criminals who had
including 243 Win. and 244 Rem. 3. Each unit precision chambered to mirror finish with proper headspace.
escaped the local drag net. Sealing off escape
4. Each unit test-fired with sample fired case included for your inspection. 5. Length and rifle twist as from Britain contributed to the pacification
wanted-otherwise we will ship recommended length and twist. 6. Choice of sporter, Medium Heavy, or of the English underworld. Of course, by
Heavy weight barrels. 7. Barrels have fine-ground finish.
PRICES: Fir mrter Wt. (6% lbn.) $72.50. ~ o d h . a w wt. (7 lbs.) $77.80. For Heavy Wt barreled-action. $82.50 making legal a business that elsewhere is un-
Add $3.00 for the Douglas premium Grade Barrel: $12.50 additional for the new 300 Serlw F.N. action. lawful, bookmaking, crime statistics were re-
$25.00 more for Engraved F.N. Action wlth Double SçTrigger.
duced in England and the background of
BARRELS ACTIONS organized crime made less profitable. But it
BOEHLER BARRELS Broof teal, Mml-octagon, ribbed, matted F. N. ACTIONS IMPORTED-LITâ WGT. m a -
sntlre length. Made by FRANZ SODIA of Ferlach, Aurtrla In dlum sted barrels, blued with ramp (220 Swift. was not always that way, and before the
22 21 270 7mm. and 30 callirr Highly aoourate-ln the .243 Win., ,257-R. .250-3000 .270, 7mm .244 Rem. Firearms Act of 1920 the police were often
bhite'd6.b. '(~ittedto your action kith (heard bead. nmolete or 30.06).. . .$74.00 PREPAID.
rlm $60.00)
¥groov Sprlngfllld barnlà ..............................
.................... 17.00 F. N. ACTIONS, Bothler 24- proof s t ~ barrels l
armed. They were in a shooting war at home
between England and Ireland. Dividing the
Cue lot8 10 barrel*
NEW SPRINGFIELD 4-groove BARRELS ................tarn-.
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FRANz SODIA Boehler proof >tni barrel8 24- n d u i l
uml-octagon ribbed, matted. Shored b u d I;
IIDO ramp Caliber 270 30* Win or 7mm 30.06,
22.250-220 swift 28',*257~-2~'sav.WW
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About 2% lbs.: highly aocurat* 1-10 twist, oll'txr .a,.270, IMPORTED SAKO BARRELLED-ACTIONS, -300
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7mm or 3 0 $30.00. BIG CATALOG-UP-TO-DATE!
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last. International Firearms Co., 22 Kingman,.
St. Albana, Vermont. <; U.S. 30-06 cal. Enfield rifles. Perfect..
U.S. 46-70 cal. Springfield rifles. Very good.$32.50
.... .$39.60
Shop., 17460 Ventura Blvd., Encino 6, Calif. 30-06 SPRINGFIELD OR Enfield Rifle Stock, as U.S. 30-06 cal. Springfield rifles. Good. ... .$42.60
GUNS, BAYONETS, Other Military Collectors
Items. Civil War to date. Large list 46B 26c, Re-
issued, brand new, $2.96 each. Rifle barrels, cal.
30-06, brand new, Gov't Surplus, 24 inch. wm-
Very good.. ... .$55.00 Perfect.. ... .$65.00
British Pat. 14 303 cal. Enfield rifles.
funded on $2.60 purchase. Sam Holmers, 13603
Lakewood. Paramount, California.
pletely finished. Value $25. Special $8.96 Postpaid.
Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street, Phila-
Very good ........................... . : $24.96
German Mod. 98.8mm Mauser rifies.
delphia 2. Pa. Very good ........................... .$37.60
ENGRAVING IMPORTED MUZZLE Loading Percussion Cap Excellent ............................. $42.60
Guns, sculptured, engraved walnut stock. Dam- J a p 7.7mm Arisaka rifles. Excellent.. ..... .$18.00
E. C. PRUDHOMME, ENGRAVING. Folder 60c. ascened 32" barrel. Engraved silver mountinfirs, J a n 6.6mm Arisaka rifles. Very good.. ..... $20.00
306 Ward Bldg., Shreveport. Louisiana. inlaid patchbox lightweight.*Single barrel with Money back guarantee.
single hammer '$29.60. Double barrel with Two Free list
ENGRAVING- SCROLL- Cattle Brands-Gold hammers $49.60. Limited quantity. Send remit- FREEDLAND ARMS
Animals. Bright Bluing, Nickel-Silver-Gold Plat- tance. International Firearms, 22 Kingman. St. 34 Park Row New York. N. Y.
ing. Doubles stocked, repaired. Elaborate inlays. Albans, Vermont. \
Giinreblu. Biltmore 16. N. C. S&W 44 MAGNUMS IN stock. New $140.00. Jeff. GUNSMITHING
FINE ENGRAVING on new and Antiaue m a - Trader, Pocomoke City, Maryland.
moderate cost-no Dealers-10 day Service by U. S. 80-06 ENFIELDS. LIKE new.. .....
.$39.60
SHOOTERS: I F you a r e interested in learning
appt. Frank Monaghan, 419 Shipley St. Wilm-
ington, Delaware. U.S. 46-70 Sprineflelds. Very good..
British Pat. 14 303 Enfields. Excellent..
......
.$32.60
..
.$24.96
Gunsmithing and a r e willing to spend a f e w hours
in your home ahop for a handsome accurate .22
LAMINATED PLASTIC name plates, your name German Mod. 98 8mm Mausers. Excellent. .$42.60 target pistol, send 3 cent stamp for complete
on one line $1.00. Additional lines 60c each. Immediate delivery. Free list. Al's Gunroom, 1 information. P. 0. Box 362, Terre Haute. Indiana.
Tournament tronhies to fit vour budnret. Free Beekman Street. New York, N. Y.
catalog. Expert machine engraving on everything WANTED
from Pens to plates. Write your needs. SEND lOc FOR lists either shotguns. rifles, hand-
CUSTOM ENGRAVING guns, ammunition ;o r send 26c for all lists. Fray- CONFEDERATE ARMS. swords, pistols, muskets,
eeth's. .Willmar. Minnesota. cutlass. Military Collector Captain J. V. Cre-
Box 67
Lincoln, Maine "FIREPOWER PRECISION 12 shot highpower monin, 21 State Street, New York City (Not a
.80 calibre Swiss rifle silk smooth action, fine ac- dealer). Paying good price for outstanding items.
GUN ENGRAVING, both modern and antique. curacy, low recoil, excellent shooting condition, OLD HANDCUFFS legirons thumbfasts shack-
Your satisfaction Guaranteed by Floyd E. Warren, $14.96 ; Sporter model $22.60. 48 cartridges $6.00. les wanted. patterion smith: ~ F L ,269 khepard
Rt. No. 3, Box 87, Cortland, Ohio. Free brochure. Martin Retting, 386 W. Green, Ave., East Orange, N. J.
Pasadena, California.
FOR SALE . MISCELLANEOUS
FAMOUS BRITISH Enfield Rifles : .303 Short Lee
Fnfield (s.M.L.E.) No. 1 Mark I11 Service Model, $200. MONTHLY POSSIBLE. Sewing Babywear !
17.000,000 GUN PARTS Stocked-modern, obso- 10-shot r e p e a t e r with detachable magazine only
lete, foreign. Send tracing, .description for quota- $27.60. Also available in .22 L.R. caliber (small No house selling I Send stamped addressed en-
tion. 44/40 Instant Gun re-bluer, takes seconda- quantity originally manufactured for cadet train- velope. Babygay. Warsaw 79. ~ n d i a n a .
largest selling-absolutely guaranteed, $2.00 bot- ing) only $24.60. Send remittance. Immediate ELECTRIC PENCIL: Engraves all Metals. $2.00.
tle. Junked guns wanted for parta-$1-$6 each shipment. International Firearms. 22 Kingman, Beyer Mfg. 10611-Q Springfield, Chicago 43.
plus postage, any kind, condition. Ship off-check St. Albans, Vermont. 3 INDIAN WAR arrowheads. Flint Scalping
airmailed. Numrich Arms, West Hurley 19, N. Y.
TANNING HIDES (Bear, Deer, Cow, Sheep, etc.) - -
CHANCE OF Lifetime Bargains I New guns,
scopes. Every American, foreign. Guaranteed low-
Knife. Flint Thunderbird $4.00. Catalog Free.
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For Sale: mounted heads. Bear rugs, animals. Arkansas.
African horns. Leopard, Zebra. Glass eyes. Hof- est possible prices. Catalog lOc. Gun Shop, Win-
mann-Taxidermist, 1026 Gates, Brooklyn 21, N.Y. sted, Minnesota. HIGH PAYING jobs: Foreign. USA. All trades.
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COLTS REMINGTONS Winchesters Lugers - - SPORTING RIFLE for Sale 1 Converted Schmidt-
Travel paid Information. Application forms.
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P-38's Kentuckies Springfields Antique-Mod- Rubin action. New Barrel. Caliber 308 Win.-
Write Dept. 22E National, 1020 Broad, Newark,
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LEG IRONS. $5.00. Handcuffs, $7.50. Leather
Catalog 60c. Agramonte's, Younkers 2K, N. Y.
Maxwell, 42 E. Freedley St., Norristown, Pa. restraints, holsters. Thomas Ferrick, Box 12,
OLD COLTS, S & W, Rem, Win. Rifles. Many Newburyport, Mass.
Others, 26c list. Wood Pistol Grips & Win. 66 & RELOADERS T A K E Notice - Bullets ! 1 Lowe's
73 model rifle stocks. Belts & Holsters. western precision-made jacketed bullets. Immediate ship- HUNTERS - CAMPERS - Prospectors - Learn
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all prepaid. lowpoint, 160 grain spitzer, 160 grain roundnose, any time you wish-simply, with absolute accur-
LAREDO GUN SHOP 173 grain roundnose. $3.00 per 100. 270 caliber: acy. Write today for free brochure on Outera
3110 San Bernardo 130 grain hollowpoint, 140 grain spitzer, 140 grain Locator. Variety Sales. 420 Madison St., Chit-
Laredo. Texas roundnose, 163 grain roundnose. $3.00 per 100. 44 tenango. N. Y.
BUY SURPLUS Boats ;Motors ;Aircrafts ;Jeeps ; magnum: 260 grain swaged gas check. $3.00 per BUY SUPLIES direct from Government. Boat,
Tractors ; Walkie-Talkies ; Shop Equipment Am- 100. 357 magnum: 168 grain swaged gas check motor truck, jeep, hunting, fishing, camping,
phibious Vehicles ; Radar : Camping equipment ; $260 per 100. Lowe's Powder Horn, 282 Broadway, sporting equipment. Radio, Photographic, Power
Typewriters ; Adding Machines Etc.-Buy direct Idaho Falls. Idaho. tools, machinery and hundreds other listed i n our
from U.S. Government Depots-List & procedure
$1.00. Brody, Box 8-GUB, Sunnyside 4, N. Y. J A P 30-06's. VERY good - $22.60. Excellent - Bulletin "Sumlua Sales." Price $1.00. Box 169UH.
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room, 1 Beekman Street, New York, N. Y. HAND SIGHTING Levels, improved new model,
RELOADING many uses. for laying drains, ditches, foundations.
MACHINE GUNS And Sub-Machine Guns. De- grading, contouring, laying out of fences, piers,
CUSTOM HANDLOADING for Popular Calibers activated for collectors. All makes, models. Law roads and gardens. Fully guaranteed. $2.60 Post-
(Varmint Load a Specialty) and Most Obsolete enforcement agencies supplied. Write Auto Arms paid. Public Sport Shops. 11 S. 16th Street,
American Ammunition. J B Gun Shop, 1232 East Co., P.O. Box 674, Phila. (5). Pa. Philadelphia 2. Pa.
Colfax, Denver. Colorado. .22 CALIBER S.M.L.E. B.S.A. STRIPPED barrel- GOGGLES. GOV'T Surplus, for industrial use,
SHOTSHELL RELOADERS 111 Do a complete led receivers, finest heavy quality six groove ri- skiing, motorcyclists and auto driving. Value
job on those empties. Rotary Ironer straightens fling. Ideal for high power .22 conversion. Excel- $12.60. Sale $1.96 per pair. Public Sport Shops,
the ends ; rewelds ; and cleans outside in one easy lent condition. Only $4.96. Order of 3 o r more 11 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
operation. 800 to 1000 per hour. $6.96 postpaid or $8.76 each. Orders of 6 or more $8.26 each. Send DON'T MISS Kahokian Gun Show, Shiloh, 1111-
ask to send for approval. Whits, Box 608-G, remittance. Immediate shipment. International nois. Aug. 3-4. Secretary: Mrs. Helen Lauchli.
Havre. Montana. Firearms, 22 Kingman, St. Albans, Vermont. 2012 North Keebler Street, Collinsville, Illinois.
CAMPGROUND GUIDE, new i v o i eoinon, 10-
I F THI HIE pro'* ' d piptols with police applica-
cates the thousands of public campgrounds
throughout the U.S., Canada and Alaska. $1.00 tion Walther's "PP," or "Police Pistol,"
postpaid. Campgrounds, Box 7-E, Blue Rapids, (Continued from Page 54) is the best known. Walther listed the gun as
"Zurn sport, zum schiess, zum dienst," for
emerald isle into Eire and Ulster set off the sport, target, and "office" or police use. One
centuries-old ^^ttoubles" and in the 1920s lot of Walther PPs in .32 and 9 mm caliber
everything that could shoot was dusted off, was made for a city police department,
sent to the gunsmith for repair, then used stamped "PDM." They are distinguished by
by loyal sons of Erin to fling lead at the having a bottom magazine latch instead of
British. the side button release.
In 1920 the Home Office passed the Fire- During the 1930s the Nazis issued a curi-
arms Act.. While it supposedly struck a ous police training manual. Titled substanti-
death blow at the freedom movement in Eire, ally "Gun Handbook for the Policeman,"
it mainly changed the IRA'S sources of sup- the monograph described German handguns,
ply. After the Firearms Act (superseded in machine guns including the MG08 and light,
1937 by another Act), which required per- bipod MG08115, and Czech pistols and
guns, scopes and mounts. Reloading components
for pistol, rifle and shotgun. Home appliances, mits to possess rifled-bore guns, including machine guns. The march of the Nazi legions
tires, home shop tools, typewriters. Walter Oliver, revolvers, pistols, and shoulder rifles of what- into the Sudetenland in 1938 explained
Box 66, Auburn, Indiana.
ever nature, and the ammunition therefor, finally to any querelous German police of-
CAMPING, HUNTING I Free equipment catalog :
McCarna Company (GM-8). Tarrytown, N. Y. commercial arms to the outlawed Irish Re- ficers just why they were supposed to bone
SILVER AND Gold Plate. 6 complete guns with publican forces were stopped. Seeking for up on handling Czech police weapons.
this electroplating set, only $14.00 postpaid, uses supplies, the IRA. found it easier and, faster Today the development, the change in
cheap batteries; in'use in gunsmith shops all over
the U.S. Money-back guarantee. Wisconsin Plat- to knock over a police barracks and steal police arms goes on. New revolvers, new
ers Supply Company, East Ellsworth, Wisconsin. the munitions stored there. Webley & Scott calibers, have been introduced and the police
GRIPS-PEARLÑNORY-Stag-Fanc Woods. had developed a neat 9mm automatic pistol officer is faced with new decisions on the
Fancy checkering. gold platinum, ivory coat of adopted by London's Metropolitan Police. "right equipment." In evaluating arms for
arms inlays, collectors grade. Repairs. Gunreblu,
Biltmore 16. N. C. But when the IRA commenced slugging indi- police duty there is an important guide rule
SHOOTER'S BIBLE. 1968, over 500 pages. Ready vidual policemen for their sidearms, the issue to go by. "The function of the police in a
for July shipment. Illustrated Modern Guns and of pistols to police constables was discon- perfect system of civil administration," says
Accessories, $2.00. 1957 Gun Digest $2.60 Post-
paid. Public Sport Shops, 11 S. 16th Street, Phila. tinued. The people of England also remained W. Wyatt Paine, noted criminologist and
2, Pa. . disarmed. Meanwhile the IRA, in disfavor in jurist, "should be to curb the liberty of the
100 TRICK KNOCKOUTS for self-defense $1.- Free Eire now, continues its clandestine subject only when it degenerates into license
1c each. Priest. Box 261, Evanston, Illinois. raids on police and military barracks to get a n d any material variation from the stand-
RARE 1872 COLT Gun Catalog. lOc. Harriman small arms., And today, the police radio ef- ard is to be deprecated as being arbitrary
Rnnks. Harriman. Tennessee.
fects captures short hours after the incident. and tyrannical."
SWAP .32 IVER Johnson hammerless for early In Germany, some unusual guns mark the In a stake out for a noted cop-killer, ad-
cartridge pistol. Ray Adler, 221 Rumsey Rd.,
Yonkers.
- - ~- N. Y. recent historical development of police fire- herence by the law enforcement officer to
"CUSTOMPLAKS" THE "newest Trophies ever" arms. In the days of the Weirner republic, this almost dream-world concept is difficult
designed, mfgrd & sold exclusively by Frank after the peace treaty of Versailles, manu- indeed. But in evaluating weapons and their
Monaghan, 419 Shipley St., Wilm., Del. Auth.
Dealer "Trophies for Champions". Club discounts. facture of pistols in 9mm caliber was for- applicability to police needs, this is a rule
Free catalogue. Member NRA. bidden. For police, Luger pistols were re- that must be followed, as long as there is
EDELWEISS COOKER - imported - 6 piece built to factory-new standards, date stamped to be a free society. Good police administra-
aluminum cooking set with Primus stove.. Fix 1920 on the receiver beside the wartime date. tion has made it possible for men to live in
quick, inexpensive meals indoors or out. Boils pint
water in four minutes. Free folder. Outdoor Liv- These Lugers may bear police issue stamps freedom under law. Bad police power
ing. Detroit Lakes. Minnesota. on the grip frame. Civilian arms makers has destroyed empires.

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