Guns Magazine articles from July 2006

Guns Magazine archives from July 2006

Only new guns, please.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... After thumbing through the May issue and setting it aside for something more interesting to read, I ask myself if there is anyone in GUNS' stable of writers who owns or somehow possesses a modern centerfire big-game rifle to hunt, test or...

FN lore.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... As a WWII and Korea veteran I found Dave Anderson's "Tops in Tactical" (April 2006) on the FN/FAL a fascinating piece of writing that left me craving more. His discussion of battle rifles vs. assault rifles was at once illuminating and...

Outraged!(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... March 2006 was my first issue of GUNS Magazine. I had subscribed about November of last year--nice service. I think after reading this issue, it will be my last. As a veteran (six years of service) and a member of the Sheriff's Department...

Mystery carbine.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2006... I would like to thank Frank Klima for responding to my article on the French Berthier, which appeared in the February issue. Shortly after reading the article, Frank chimed in on a thread on my Gunboards.com WWI Forum and properly identified...

The Merkel KR1: an odd, yet interesting rifle.(RANGING SHOTS)
July 1, 2006... Being a little older and not having to walk down an alleyway in Baghdad every night, I tend to enjoy shooting bolt-action rifles. To the polymer kids of today--no disrespect intended--I may seem old fashioned. I have several favorites including...

The Ruger Frontier: a rifle for today's explorers.(RIFLEMAN)
July 1, 2006... A few years ago Ruger introduced a "Compact" version of their popular bolt-action Model 77 Mark II rifle. It has a 16 1/2" barrel with a correspondingly shorter forearm. Length of pull is also shortened an inch. The standard blue steel/walnut...

Black powder cartridge pistols.(MONTANA MUSINGS)
July 1, 2006... Readers have commented they enjoy my articles on black powder cartridge rifles (BPCRs). That's pleasing. Now how about a column on another type of BPCR--the black powder cartridge revolver? But to keep things sorted let's call them BPCPs: black...

IDPA enhanced service revolvers: moon-clip revolvers have a decisive advantage over conventional DA sixguns.(HANDGUNS)
July 1, 2006... In past issues, we've covered the three categories of semiauto pistols allowed in IDPA, the International Defensive Pistol Association. Until second quarter 2005, there was only one revolver category in this sport, Stock Service Revolver (SSR)....

Of titanium and carbon: shotguns enter the 21st Century.(SHOTGUNNER)
July 1, 2006... The 2006 SHOT Show proved once again the firearms industry is a hotbed innovation and adaptation. New designs, new materials, it all came together in the Remington booth this year. The most difficult of all shotguns to design is a...

Dillon RL-550B automatic case feeder: the best gets better.(HANDLOADER)
July 1, 2006... I don't think it's possible to overstate the contribution Mike Dillon has made to shooting. Without his progressive loaders, which brought high-volume loading into the price range of everyman, competitive handgun shooting might well have gone...

Portable loading: transporting success.(UP ON ARS)
July 1, 2006... New bullets, new barrels, new propellants, harebrained schemes and so on mean load experiments can be an ongoing process for the AR-15 shooter. There can be big differences in AR-15 chambers and rifle specifications. There are demonstrably...

Those magnificent Webleys (and Enfields): the ugly ducklings of the handgun world.(SURPLUS LOCKER)
July 1, 2006... I admire the Brits. Once they get their hands on a rugged, battle-proven firearm design, they just hang onto it. Witness the basic Lee-Enfield rifle. Adopted in 1888, it soldiered on, in one form or another, fight into the 1970s. And then...

A scope for the ages.(OUT OF THE BOX)
July 1, 2006... While I was at the 1,000-yard National Matches about three years ago, George Myer approached me and we began discussing riflescopes. It turned out he is a successful Hunter Benchrest competitor. The subject didn't progress too far before it...

American Western Arms: the ultimate sixgun lives up to its name.(OUT OF THE BOX)
July 1, 2006... When you arrive at the three-score-years-plus years as I have, it is much easier to look at the past (The Good Old Days!) and say "They don't make them like they used to!" In many cases this is simply a result of remembering all the good things...

Grip adapter.(QUESTION & ANSWERS)
July 1, 2006... Q: Is Tyler T Grips still in business? If not is there another manufacturer of this type of product? John A. Boesch, Jr. Riverton, Wyo. A: Contact Tyler Mfg., P.O. Box 94845, Oklahoma City, OK 73143, (800) 654-8415,...

Dog gun.(QUESTION & ANSWERS)
July 1, 2006... Q: I have been thinking about a prairie dog hunting trip for sometime. I am a farmer from southern Ohio, which means finances will be a major issue. The first question I have is about choice of caliber. I was thinking either a .223 Remington or...

.300 H&H ammo.(QUESTION & ANSWERS)
July 1, 2006... Q: I shoot a .300 H&H Remington Model 721 and at one point I could get Federal ammo. At this point I can't find ammo for my rifle. Do you know of an outlet for this ammo? The big retailers don't carry them anymore. G.A. Federico via...

Sight crankin': you can do this at home.
July 1, 2006... Not long ago, a chap rung up the Bowen Classic Arms shop and inquired after sighting in his fixed-sight revolver. After advising him the Brown Shirts at COPS would spear him $75 to $100 for round-trip airfare, the caller logically asked if he...

Volquartsen evolution .223: a next generation varmint rifle.
July 1, 2006... One of the most rewarding parts of my job is to watch a small company succeed and grow. So it has been real fun for me to work with guns from Volquartsen Custom. They began in the 1970s by tricking out Ruger .22 pistols and turned them into...

Beretta Goes west: new model from Uberti through their new parent.
July 1, 2006... In the half-century I've been a dedicated shooter I've seen the firearms industry driven by numerous forces. Economics is, of course, always a major factor surpassed only by politics. Active anti-gun politicians from the White House to the...

Hull stuffin': shoot more cowboy loads for less and better.
July 1, 2006... Cowboy action reloading has come a far piece since the sport got started in the early 1980s. I know, for I was there beginning in 1984. To be honest, back then reloading for any of the "cowboy calibers" except .45 Colt was a bit of a chore. Oh...

Power surge: big bore semiautos from DPMS.
July 1, 2006... Several years ago I purchased a .223 AR-15 with a collapsible stock. The price was right and the little rifle looked like it would be a lot of fun. But it turned out to be a beast with more problems than a Supreme Court Justice Nominee sitting...

Doh!(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."--Patrick Heny This...

Dismissal of junk lawsuit.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... In a 58-page decision, Los Angeles-based federal district court Judge Audrey B. Collins became the first judge in the nation to dismiss a junk lawsuit based on the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, signed into law by President Bush...

$1.37 million for range.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... New Mexico has approved $1.37 million for planning, design, construction and equipment improvements at the public Shooting Range Park in Albuquerque. On March 8, Gov. Bill Richardson (D) signed H.B. 622, clearing the way for funding to benefit...

New Ithaca Gun.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... Three months after acquiring 126-year-old Ithaca Guns USA, Craig Marshall is enthusiastic about carrying on the iconic manufacturer's name, reports The Toledo Blade. Marshall, who until December operated mold and tool maker MoldCraft Co., moved...

New Orleans returns firearms.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... The City of New Orleans has admitted to confiscating guns from private citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, creating a stockpile of more than 1,000 firearms. A hearing on a motion filed in federal court by the National Rifle...

Illinois gun makers united.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... A number of firearms manufacturers said last week they would pack up and leave Illinois if legislators approve a bill banning select semiauto firearms and 50-caliber rifles, reports The Pantagraph. On Friday, the deadline passed for a House...

Range for Scouts.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... Boy Scouts across the country will learn about firearm safety and the shooting sports at a traveling air-rifle range recently donated by NSSF NSSF made the donation to Boys' Life, the official youth magazine of the Boy Scouts of America. With...

60 farm deer CWD positive.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... Sixty of 76 deer killed at a Wisconsin game farm earlier this year tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), reports The Capital Times. The US Department of Agriculture had taken the deer at the Portage County farm last January 17,...

Operation Thin Mint.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... Local Girl Scouts in San Diego, California, have teamed up with their cookie customers for the Operation Thin Mint program. "OTM" sends "a taste of home and a note to show we care" to US military troops far from home and was developed by the...

Protecting gun owners.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed into law last March House Bill 1199--legislation to prohibit the release of information concerning applicants and current concealed-carry permit holders to any person, except for a law enforcement agency or...

Ineffective laws.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... A survey by the National Association of Chiefs of Police shows the nation's top law enforcement officers believe criminals ignore gun control laws and that the average citizen can be trusted to responsibly own firearms, reports the Illinois...

Lt. credits his marines for Silver Star: hall of heroes.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... "The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to 1st Lt. Brian M. Stann, United States Marine Corps," were the words starting the Silver Star presentation ceremony last March at Camp Lejeune, North...

Winchester plant's future.(GUNS MAGAZINE: RIGHTS WATCH)
July 1, 2006... New Haven, Conn., Mayor John DeStefano Jr., met with officials from US Repeating Arms Co.'s parent company, the Herstal Group, the New Haven Register reports. Details of the meeting weren't revealed, but a sprokesperson for the mayor said he...

Leupold Golden Ring binoculars.(QUARTERMASTER)
July 1, 2006... If you really want the best binoculars you simply have to pony up the dough for European glass, or so the conventional perception goes. Let me be the first to say I don't know whether it's true or not, but I do look through a lot of glasses in...

Brownells gun specific magna-tip screwdriver sets.(QUARTERMASTER)
July 1, 2006... Having the correct screwdriver is a very good idea for Colt Single Action Army and clone shooters, especially if you shoot black powder. The SAA is a very easy gun to take apart, but if you haunted as many gun shows looking at old Colts as I...

Wolf Gold ammo.(QUARTERMASTER)
July 1, 2006... By now, anyone who does more than just a little shooting has heard of Wolf Ammunition. Their line of steel-cased, non-reloadable ammo from Russia is about the best thing to ever happen to those who shoot in quantity. Wolf has expanded their...

Equatorial Chili.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From MercWorx The Equatorial Chili combat knife from MercWorx is a fearsome performer. The 154 CM RC58 convex 8.5" stainless steel blade is cryogenically treated to ensure maximum reliability. The OD green micarta handle delivers a sure...

The Facilitator holster.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From DeSantis DeSantis has expanded its Facilitator line of synthetic holsters to include models for the Glock 17, 21 and 22. The Facilitator is crafted from rigid Kydex, glass reinforced with Nylon for added strength and durability and...

Lobo auto knife.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Lone Woff The new Lobo folder from Lone Wolf may be opened with one hand or automatically when the firing mechanism s engaged. The automatic firing mechanism. hidden under the handle, is activated by sliding the left side handle scale...

Winchester brand powder.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Hodgdon Hodgdon has reached a licensing agreement to bring Winchester-branded reloading powder to market. Winchester brand will enjoy the same supply of 231, 296, 748, 760. WST and WSF powders manufactured in the Hodgdon plant. New...

New Turkey scopes.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Konus USA Konus USA has created two new scopes for turkey hunters The KonusPro fixed 2.5x32 and the variable 1.5-5x32 scopes for shotgun and black powder are tactically styled with etched glass reticle in precision, multi-coated...

New Military folder.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Katz Knives Keith and Shirley Derkatz at Katz Knives have created the new Kagemusha Black Military folding knife. This lightweight and concealable tactical folder features a 3.5" black, stainless steel blade and black Kraton handle....

New pistol grip butt stock.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Advanced Technology Advanced Technology has a new full-length, pistol-grip butt stock for Remington 7600, 7615, 760 and 740 shotguns and pump-action rifles of all calibers. The pistol-grip buttstock features a pebble-grain grip area...

Synthetic stocks.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Speedfeed Speedfeed, a division of Armor Holdings, offers an impressive line of synthetic stocks for sporting and hunting rifles and shotguns. Speedfeed stocks are filled with 30-percent glass polymer to enhance the performance and...

Hybrid carry cases.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From DoskoSport DoskoSport has designed the new Gun Guard X2 Hybrid Series carry cases. The H2 rifle, handgun and shotgun cases combine hard-shell durability and protection with soft-sided convenience. Scoped models are available. The...

New 100 ATR models.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Mossberg Mossberg has three new additions to its American-made 100 All-Terrain (ATR) bolt-action hunting rifles. New are the 100 ATR Scoped Combo, available in .270 Win and .30-06, with 22" barrel and 3-9X variable scope in choice of...

Model 70 Shadow.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From US Repeating Arms US Repeating Arms has introduced a number of new additions to its popular Winchester Model 70 Shadow line of bolt-action synthetic stock hunting rifles. New for 2006 are the Pro Shadow blued and stainless, the Shadow...

50th Anniversary .44 Mag.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Ruger Ruger celebrates its Golden Anniversary with a special edition of the .44 Magnum Flattop Blackhawk revolver. The 6.5" barrel features a handsome gold-filled rollmark saying: "50 Years of .44 Magnum--1956 to 2006." To comply with...

New Handgun Hunting ammo.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Magtech Magtech's centerfire Handgun Hunting ammo features a 100-percent copper bullet, with a six-petal hollowpoint for superior expansion, increased penetration and maximum stopping power. Available in .44 Magnum, .454 Casull and...

Vertical Holder.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Gungrabber The new Vertical Gun Holder from Gungrabber is a safe and convenient way to store a rifle or shotgun for easy access. The Vertical Gun Holder is crafted from virtually unbreakable polymer and has a rubber grip. It is easily...

A trio of derringers.(NEW PRODUCTS)
July 1, 2006... From Cobra Enterprises Cobra Enterprises offers its affordably priced "pocket pistol" derringers in three models, Standard (4" overall), Big Bore (less than 5" and Long Bore (just over 5"). Each model is available in .22 Mag., .38 Special...

Now this is a knife ...: Katz knives Alamo Bowie.(SPOTLIGHT)
July 1, 2006... OK, so those are the words of Mick "Crocodile" Dundee in that movie... Where the hero pulls out a really big knife and says "That's not a knife, this is a knife." That was my reaction when I unpacked the Katz Alamo Bowies. These babies are...

You can win these: 1873 "Gunfighter Series" revolvers from Navy Arms.
July 1, 2006... Each revolver features a color case-hardened receiver and hammer as well as a high-polish blue barrel and cylinder. Navy Arms has upgraded both guns with US-made Wolff spring kits and German-silver-plated backstrap and triggerguard (rather than...

Ice picks, sledgehammers and CAT-scan slices.(ODD ANGRY SHOT)
July 1, 2006... I'm a happy guy. I'm married to a Force of Nature who continually amuses, amazes and astounds me--and who "has my six," 24/7. My kids give me lots of standard headaches and zero sick heartaches. My dog, Sancho Panza, thinks I'm a great driver....

We are not alone.(CAMPFIRE TALES[TM])
July 1, 2006... From a very early age I knew I was destined be a loner. I never knew my paternal grandfather and my own father died before I was a year old. This bothered me quite a bit with the result being a shell built around me for many years. I did pal...