Guns Magazine articles from September 2006

Guns Magazine archives from September 2006

Oopsie!(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)
September 1, 2006... I guess some of you noticed (OK, a lot of you noticed) the entry card wasn't included in August's "Gun of the Month" contest. Our bad. Just so there are no hard feelings, we'll keep the contest open for an extra month (Read: Deadline for entry...

What if ...?(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2006... I enjoyed reading Clint Smith's articles Return of the M40 Scout Sniper and his "Ranging Shots," "What If...?" column in June 2006. I served in Korea in the Infantry for 10 months, 1951-52. I was the bodyguard for a Major, the S-3...

2 is 1: some math adds up differently.(RANGING SHOTS[TM])
September 1, 2006... There is an adage that one is none and two is one. Most of us know stuff breaks in everyday life and it often happens when it's not convenient. Everyone has been there sometime. I often tell peopie this adage in regards to firearms, flashlights...

Should you cast bullets? Yes. No. Well, maybe.(MONTANA MUSINGS)
September 1, 2006... Should you cast your own bullets? The answer is a definite "it depends." I hear most cast-bullet shooters buy them. I understand. Life goes on at a frenetic pace nowadays. On the other hand several reloading equipment manufacturers say their...

The basic battery: at the starting line we have ...(RIFLEMAN)
September 1, 2006... A Perennial feature of gun magazines is the "basic battery for North American hunting." I doubt if anyone who's hunted more than a few years actually learns anything from these articles, yet we read them compulsively (at least I do), nodding...

Varget: one of our most versatile powders.(HANDLOADER)
September 1, 2006... Components have so many variables you can easily end up with a double handful of powders (for example) all working pretty well in one cartridge or another. When I start working with a new cartridge or begin to develop loads for a new...

The scholastic clay target program: the future of shotgun sports.(SHOTGUNNER)
September 1, 2006... The shotguns sports are alive and healthy. Trap, skeet and sporting clays participation continues to grow annually. The trend will continue only if we aggressively build up our base. I'm more encouraged than ever today thanks to the groundwork...

The "gentleman's pistol": long of barrel, slim and elegant, the medium-caliber autoloading target pistol is something you can really use.(HANDGUNS)
September 1, 2006... Keith Dyer, handgun editor of the South African gun magazine Magnum, once wrote a review of a new pistol Smith & Wesson put together for the international market called the Super-9. It was the all-steel 5906 9mm with 5" barrel and...

AR-15 maintenance: the barrel.(UP ON ARS)
September 1, 2006... Barrels get dirty. Barrels need to be clean to shoot their best. Barrels cost beaucoup bucks. Cleaned right, they'll last like they should. The last is so right: a lot of "worn out" barrels are damaged through cleaning. Here's how to do it a...

The stop gap 1917s: WWI caught us short of 1911s. S&W and Colt knew what to do.(SURPLUS LOCKER[TM])
September 1, 2006... The last of the great United States combat revolvers in general use were the Colt and the Smith & Wesson Model 1917s. These large, robust, heavy-framed handguns chambered for the .45 ACP are a great find--not a bargain anymore, mind you--but a...

Kahles multizero system: changing loads was never easier.(OUT OF THE BOX[TM])
September 1, 2006... The multizero system is a terrific way to ensure you have the exact impact point for five given distances with the same load. Police and military snipers, competitive target shooters, and varmint shooters come to mind right off the bat. There...

Converted rolling block.(QUESTIONS & ANSWERS)
September 1, 2006... Q: I have recently purchased a Remington Rolling Block SRC in 7mm (I assume it is 7x57). I plan to re-barrel it and am trying to decide what caliber I'd like to have. I'm not really into BPCR at this point, and probably won't get involved in...

Happy Birthday .30-06: a still young centenarian.
September 1, 2006... GUNS Staff The .30-06 Springfield turned 100 this year, and is still one of America's most popular cartridges and remains a world standard. Hundreds of cartridges have come and gone, yet the good ol' '06 remains and is destined to be with...

M1 Garand.
September 1, 2006... I grew up with television airwaves saturated with movies and TV shows about WWII and Korea. Watching movies like Battleground, Fixed Bayonets, A Walk in the Sun and the TV show Combat! gave me an unwavering will to own an M1 Garand but the arm...

Mr. Clean Sweep.
September 1, 2006... When the regular big game season opens in my home state, I often tote a muzzleloader. My wife and I process the meat with frozen packages doled out to families, along with a copy of The Complete Guide to Game Care & Cookery, a book dedicated to...

My almost not favorite .30-06.
September 1, 2006... My first big-game hunting rifle was a surplus 1903A3 Springfield I bought from the Department of Civilian Marksmanship for 35 1958 dollars. I then invested another $15 in a Bishop semi-inletted American Black Walnut stock. After using that...

My favorite .30-06.
September 1, 2006... My favorite .30-06? Was it the first one I ever owned--a Smith-Corona '03A3 sporter costing $18.50? Could be. No, maybe the well-bloodied Sako Finnbear I picked up on my way home from an extended tour of duty. Then again, maybe not. It could be...

My first-est, last-est, and most favorit-est .30-06.
September 1, 2006... Clint, Mike, and I all share several characteristics such as having common birthdays (though I've had many more than they have), we were born in three connecting states, but who would have ever thought when asked to share our favorite .30-06 we...

A young's man first rifle.
September 1, 2006... Fifty years ago, living in a small town in the mountains of Utah, much of my mind was on the deer among the canyons and ridges not far from my home. Searching through my closely guarded Gun Digest, I made the decision to purchase my first...

My two favorites.
September 1, 2006... This being the 100th anniversary of the .30-06 cartridge everybody gets to write something about it. We all know it traces its linage to the .30-03 Springfield and of its morphing into the .30-06 we know and respect. We know the Marines at a...

A special .30-06.
September 1, 2006... My "'special" .30-06 rifle is neither one I shoot very often nor one I have ever shot anything with. It's special to me due to sentimentality. Here's the story. (My favorite shooting '06 is a 1903A3, but this one is a different kind of...

Winchester Model 70 Featherweight.
September 1, 2006... The last of the original Winchester Model 70s was made in 1963. I was a few years short of being old enough to buy guns on my own and more than a few dollars short of the $139.95 price tag. A decade would pass before I could make up the...

Bye bye .45: the 1911 steps up to .50 and gets a rail.(Cover story)
September 1, 2006... Why would anyone carry a 50-caliber handgun? Pick your cliche. "Because I can't get anything bigger." "If you're gonna be a bear, may as well be a grizzly." "Because I can." All good answers. Actually there are practical reasons--big game...

The CZ model 452 American: a rifle for us lefties.
September 1, 2006... While I think all guns can be fun, some seem to just have lots of it built right in. Let me offer the CZ 452 as a great example. It has been around for some time and is one of those sleepers not too many know about, but those who discover it...

Optical innovation: a golden age of riflescopes.
September 1, 2006... To a much greater extent than either rifles or ammunition, riflescopes have been influenced by the revolution in computer technology. We have far more choices and far better performance for the money. To illustrate, there is currently...

Guns of "the late unpleasantness": emerging technology.
September 1, 2006... From the innovations of the late 1840s came the predominant firearm technology of the Civil War era. Heretofore, the militaries of the world had depended upon smoothbore muskets because they were much faster to load and deploy than rifled arms....

The gun within: certain characteristics make a feller keep a gun sometimes.
September 1, 2006... what's in a gun besides wood, steel, aluminum or some of this other unpronounceable stuff they're using now? What I'm talking about is the intangibles that make a gun "special" when others remain just guns. What makes you "connect" tO them?...

Guns magazine rights watch: well regulated.(VIEWS, NEWS, AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2006... A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.--The Second Amendment Paul Helmke, former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and new president of...

Army aviators serve park service: hall of unsung heroes.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2006... A CH-47 Chinook carries a load of equipment and supplies past Mount Foraker to the National Park Service's camp at the 14,500' level. Army aviation has been helping Denali National Park rangers stock their camps for more than three decades....

Major Dundee.
September 1, 2006... Major Dundee USA, 1964, Sam Peckinpah www.SonyPictures.com Rating: **** Sam Peckinpah's third major film turned into near disaster under the tender ministrations of Columbia Pictures. Instead of an epic with an intermission, the...

100,000 mishap-free hours: Hall of Unsung Heroes.
September 1, 2006... 100,000 mishap-free hours Hall of Unsung Heroes Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-167 reached 100,000 mishap-free flight hours last March 10. The "Warriors" attained many of the final hours before returning from a seven-month...

Road to rehab: Hall of Unsung Heroes.
September 1, 2006... Road to Rehab Hall of Unsung Heroes Wounded Warriors hosted our first family in our new condominium located within the Bahama Bay complex, just south of Orlando, Florida. Helicopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer James Lowman, US...

Anti-hunter guilty.
September 1, 2006... Nancy Lee Laura, 50, of Hanover, Penn, chose to harass five lawful deer hunters several times last fall on her state's regular rifle season's opening day. In turn, a Pennsylvania judge chose to find her guilty of violating the state's Game and...

The '03 Springfield Rifles' Era.
September 1, 2006... Clark S' Campbell [C] 2003, Campbell Books This is the 4th Edition of] Campbell's work first published in 1957. It offers much to the ColleCtor and student of the 1903 rifles throughout its 368 pages and is profusely illustrated with...

Turtle skins.(QUARTERMASTER)
September 1, 2006... I remember my first west Texas quail hunt. I had just killed a bird, which fell into a thick, thorny patch of bushes. The dog was off searching for other birds, so I reached in to retrieve the quail, getting nicely scratched up in the process....

New Training Barrel.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Blade-Tech Blade-Tech has developed a new Training Barrel to replace the functioning barrel on Beretta Model 92, Clock Model 17/22 and 19/23, Sigarms Model 229 and 1911-style semiauto handguns. The replacement barrel allows for slide...

New APB muzzleloading bullets.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Traditions Performance Traditions Performance Firearms introduces its new All Purpose Bullets (APB) for muzzleloading rifles. The APB 100 has a polymer tip and the APN 200 a lead tip. Both use patented expansion technology to ensure...

New Winchester Reloading Guide.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Hodgdon Powder Hodgdon Powder's free new Winchester Smokeless Propellant Reloading Guide is a 32-page color reference listing 54 rifle and 28 pistol cartridges and hundreds of shotgun recipes for 12 and 20 gauge and .410 bore....

New Saevus folder.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Mercworx Mercworx has created the Saevus, a new automatic-opening tactical knife designed for personal protection and tactical use. Saevus features a 4" S30V hand-ground stainless steel blade with a stonewashed finish. The handle is...

Ballistic Calculator watch.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From 5.11 Tactical Horus Vision and 5.11 Tactical have partnered to produce a clever new Ballistic Calculator wristwatch, capable of accurately figuring windage and elevation for long-range shots out to 1,000 yards for any riflescope. The...

New gun lock.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Child Guard LLC Child Guard LLC has created the Model CS-100 gunlock specifically to comply with the new stricter firearms laws. The Child Guard gunlock is undefeatable with common household tools, yet still allows quick access to the...

S.P.O.T. lubricants.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Engineered Fluids Engineered Fluids has introduced its new S.P.O.T/ (Sand, Polar or Tropical) brand of maintenance products for firearms. The S.P.O.T. line includes a lubricant oil, anti-fog lens cleaner and an enzymatic cleaner &...

High Climbing Double Sling.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Veto Vellini Pioneer Research has imported the "High Climbing Double Sling" from Vero Vellini of Germany. Inspired by the Biathlon rifle slings used in Olympic Games competition, the High Climbing Double Sling is fully adjustable to...

New Golden Ring.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2006... From Leupold Leupold has expanded its popular line of Golden Ring binoculars to include the compact 8x32 and 10x32 models. Each weighs just 27 ounces and measure 5.2" in length. Key features for both models include roof-prism design,...

Steiner binoculars nighthunter XP 12 x 56: up close and personal.(SPOTLIGHT)
September 1, 2006... What I really want is a solid binocular providing clear, crisp images during those pesky dawn and dusk hours. Pipe dream? Nope. Check out the Steiner Nighthunter XR These are tough--Mil-Spec, 30-year-warranty tough. The Nighthunters are shock,...

You can win this Ruger M77 .30-06 and Leupold scope.
September 1, 2006... In honor of the Centennial of the .30-06, we're giving away a modern classic--the Ruger Model 77 Mk II chambered (obviously) in .30-06 topped with another American classic--the Leupold 3-9x40mm Vari-X II. And that's not all! One lucky reader is...

With all due respect.(ODD ANGRY SHOT)
September 1, 2006... It happened again locally last night, and the same thing probably occurred 10 times before midnight elsewhere in America. It was another "dissin' murder." Slang for disrespecting, a "dissin'" murder usually goes down something like this: One...

The end of civilization as we know it.(CAMPFIRE TALES[TM])
September 1, 2006... Experts, at least those who claim to be, cannot agree on just when and how civilization began. After the Declaration of Independence and the winning of the Revolutionary War, we were ready to spread a new brand of civilization from the Atlantic...