Guns Magazine articles from September 2007

Guns Magazine archives from September 2007

No religion zone.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... I get your magazine to read about guns and not religion (Odd Angry Shot). I also do not want to read about Invaders hitting pay dirt in the desert (News). Connor's little history leaves a little history out. He forgets to mention the...

New Web Address.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)
September 1, 2007... Since we went to press with Duke Venturino's story "Death From Afar" in the July issue, the company InterOrdnance changed their Web Address. The full address is I.O. Inc., P.O. Box 847 (US Mail), 3305 Westwood Industrial Dr (UPS), Monroe, NC...

More gun control.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... Having owned guns and been an active hunter for over 60 years, I feel qualified to speak on the subject of guns. Why do I own a gun in the first place? I can think of only three possible reasons: 1. To go hunting. 2. To use for target practice....

Here I stand.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... Congratulations on printing "Here I Stand", by John Connor (June 2007). I spent 3 1/2 years in Kosovo working with Muslims from around the world before and after 9/11. I know first hand Mr. Connor has hit the bull's-eye with every arrow in his...

Oopsie dept.(CROSSFIRE: LETTERS TO GUNS)(Correction notice)
September 1, 2007... We inadvertently ran the wrong phone number for Midway USA in the July issue. The correct phone number is (800) 243-3220. We apologize for the inconvenience.--Editor

The double tap: or is it a trouble tap?(RANGING SHOTS[TM])
September 1, 2007... In the quest to help or guide shooters to a point where they have a chance to survive a gunfight, some interesting techniques have been developed over the years. The issue at hand: Are the drills we practice really helpful or in fact, might...

Shotgun varminting: unleash your turkey gun for more hunting opportunities.(SHOTGUNNER)
September 1, 2007... We read endless stories about varmint rifles and hot, new varmint cartridges, but little ink is devoted to the shotgun as an effective varmint hunting tool. That may change this year because both Winchester and Remington are entering the...

Pipsqueaking: the .22 Long Rifle AR.(UP on ARs)
September 1, 2007... The AR-15 has been made into a lot of things, so why not a .22 rimfire? The idea is to increase the potential on-trigger, on-target time an AR-15 owner spends with his rifle. The .22s can be fired relatively inexpensively with virtually zero...

The cross-dominant eyes: corrections are easy.(HANDGUNS)
September 1, 2007... Sally Bartoo is an enthusiastic bull's-eye shooter and firearms instructor, who happens to be cross-dominant. That is, she is right handed but her master eye is her left one. She learned to shoot left-handed and has won many awards at Camp...

Loading for big bore lever guns: there are a few quirks to consider.(HANDLOADER)
September 1, 2007... I'd just about bet the farm more big-bore lever guns are being reloaded for nowadays than ever before--"big bore" being those say of 38 caliber and above. The reasons why are twofold. One is the popularity of cowboy action competition, albeit...

One gun only: it had better be special.(RIFLEMAN)
September 1, 2007... Some big-game hunters want a whole rack full of rifles, each set up for a particular species and style of hunting. Others would rather invest in one or two versatile rifles, rifles which will become familiar old friends. Personally I tend...

When I retire: some guns just grow on a feller.(MONTANA MUSINGS)
September 1, 2007... Recently, writing on pistol cartridge lever guns, I mentioned when I sell off most of my guns upon retirement, some pistol cartridge lever guns would stay. That was sort of a flippant statement, but it got me to thinking seriously. If someday I...

Minutes-of-Angle (MOA) and inches: the difference is easy to ignore at 100 yards, impossible to ignore at 1,000.(OPTICS)
September 1, 2007... Target, long-range and military shooters, as well as many hunters, use the terms inches or MOA (Minutes of Angle) to describe their group size or the amount of elevation or windage changes made on their scope's dials. For example, "My 5-round...

France's MAS 36: a good rifle, funny bolt handle and all.(SURPLUS LOCKER[TM])
September 1, 2007... It was the last bolt-action rifle adopted by a major power for general issue to the troops. It's not a handsome rifle. By Mauser standards, it is definitely quirky in design, but don't pass up a French MAS Modele 1936. It is an intriguing...

SSK bore sweepers: getting the lead out made easy.(OUT OF THE BOX[TM])
September 1, 2007... What causes leading in rifled barrels? Certainly a simple question, however, the answer is not so simple. Leading can be caused by a cast bullet which is too soft, a cast bullet which is too hard, inadequate lube grooves, the wrong lube,...

The Gatling BB gun: how fun is that? Plenty!(OUT OF THE BOX[TM])
September 1, 2007... Air- or gas-powered BB machine guns are not only fascinating, but tons of fun to shoot besides. Here in America there have been a rather extensive number of BB machine gun manufacturers since the late 1930s. The earliest BB machine guns were...

LaserMax Springfield Armory XD45.(OUT OF THE BOX[TM])
September 1, 2007... I have spent thousands of hours happily occupied testing some of the finest firearms ever made. If this were a perfect world everything associated with firearms would be so pleasurable. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world. God Bless...

Obsolete part.(QUESTIONS & ANSWERS)
September 1, 2007... Q: I am looking for a firing pin for a Marlin Model 20.22 LR pump rifle. I have tried Numrich Gun parts, but they do not have it. Do you know where I might find this firing pin? Ray D'Elena via e-mail A: Boy that's a tough one....

Rare bird.(QUESTIONS & ANSWERS)
September 1, 2007... Q: I received a rifle from my grandfather who in turn received it from his hunting buddy who was a professor from England and brought this rifle to America. I don't believe it is a Winchester, but a Whitney/Kennedy. I'm hoping you can tell me a...

Full auto fun.(QUESTIONS & ANSWERS)
September 1, 2007... Q: In the late '70s and early '80s there was a small company in northern Colorado selling BB pistols with a freon canister fitted to the bottom of the barrel section, and the handle would hold several hundred BBs and would fire full auto as...

Micro size, macro punch: Springfield Armory's 9mm EMP is a handy scaled-down 1911.
September 1, 2007... The buzzer of the PACT timer sounds, and I rip the little pistol out of its snug polymer holster with my right hand only, thumbing the safety lever down into the "fire" position as the sights come up into the brown of the IPSC silhouette...

The boy AR: the DPMS .260 AR.(Cover story)
September 1, 2007... The .260 Remington is gaining in popularity with several competitors and some hunters. It has been overshadowed for years by the 7mm-08 on the heavier side and the .243 on the lighter side of the spectrum. For the most part, however, those...

Confessions of a cast bullet nerd! Don't bother me--I'm pouring lead.
September 1, 2007... I'm a cast bullet nerd and I'm proud of it. I spend a considerable number of hours each year hunched over a lead pot. Back at age 17 when I started casting, I would pore over bullet mold catalogs like others my age read MAD Magazine. Nowadays...

Italian shoulder arms of WWI: running out of Carcano rifles, the Italians turn desperate.
September 1, 2007... October 24, 1917, near the small mountain town of Caparetto, pandemonium followed the first round of gas shells followed by widespread panic. For the past 20 minutes, infantry from the rapidly disintegrating frontline had been streaming past...

Is steel stronger than glass? Iron sights are better than optical sights or fighting rifles, or are they?
September 1, 2007... This question is a no brainer, steel is always tougher than glass and I would agree in most cases including the use of often called iron sights on a fighting rifle over optical sights for most applications. Current media coverage shows most...

The final frontier.(RIGHTS WATCH: VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Virgin's Richard Branson and legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan recently formed The Spaceship Company "to build a fleet of commercial sub-orbital spaceships and launch aircraft." The government's response to establish control over the new...

Britain's oldest attends RAF birthday.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Britain's oldest survivor from the First World War and a founding member of the RAF when it was established towards the end of the conflict, sipped tea with the Chief of the Air Staff and told him he looked forward to celebrating RAF's 90th...

King of battle strikes.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... The heavy guns of Camp Blessing Nangalam, Afghanistan, haven't been this active in months. Over the past few days, Capt. Joe Hansen and his men have blasted away with their M198 Medium Howitzers into the low hills and mountains near this...

Winchester pledges $500,000.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Winchester has pledged $500,000 to permanently endow the National Rifle Association's Marksmanship Qualification Program, thus becoming the exclusive sponsor of the officially renamed Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program. ...

Canada chooses Beretta.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Beretta announced last April the award of a multi-year contract from the Canada Border Services Agency to arm the agency with the Beretta Model PX4 Storm semiauto pistols in 9mm, double action, with tritium sights. The contract's initial...

Online reloading data.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Hodgdon's Daly announced the new web-based Reloading Data Center, known as RDC. "The RDC will allow reloaders from around the world to access the same load recipe database used by the Hodgdon Customer Service staff. The public now has access to...

Successful missile launch.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) was launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), during a joint Missile Defense Agency, US Navy ballistic missile flight test. Approximately three minutes later, the SM-3 intercepted a unitary...

Marine receives Silver Star.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... "The President of the United States of America... has awarded the Silver Star to Captain Brian G. Cillessen, United States Marine Corps. For gallantry in action while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...," read the citation...

British troops hit rogue militia.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... A search and detention operation as conducted in Basra City last April by British troops against an Iraqi rogue militia suspected of involvement in attacks against Coalition and Iraqi Forces. The operation, codenamed Operation DETROIT and...

Ally in gray wolf lawsuit.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Three animal rights groups sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, reported Minnesota Public Radio. The US Sportsmen's Legal Defense...

Pistol packin' Miss America.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Venus Ramey, 82, may have won the Miss America crown in 1944 with singing, dancing and comedic talent to go with her good looks, but she demonstrated other attributes when her dog alerted her to intruders. Thieves had previously made off with...

M 98 rifle & carbine.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... I learned of this book while seeking the author's help in the authentication of an unrelated but extremely rare rifle from my collection, I expected a nice companion to Olsen, a source presenting more detail than has been possible in Bob Bali's...

$1 million to Pheasants Forever.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... A television series decades ago showed a person knocking on a pre-determined person's door and then presenting him or her a check for a million dollars. Last week, Toby and Donna Buck knocked on Pheasants Forever's door, so to speak, with the...

Lapua, Sierra and Hodgdon sponsor USA Rifle Team.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Lapua, a division of the Nordic Nammo Group, has committed to providing its World-class cartridge cases for the USA Young Eagles National Rifle Team's use in the 2007 World Long Range Target Championships and beyond. Combining Lapua cartridge...

Navy assists in Catalina wildfire.(VIEWS, NEWS AND REVIEWS)
September 1, 2007... Sailors of Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 from Camp Pendleton, California, assisted Southern California firefighters in battling a wildfire on Santa Catalina Island last May. The fire claimed more than 4,000 acres on the 76-square-mile island...

AccuScope scope-sighting reference tool.(QUARTERMASTER)
September 1, 2007... "Yo, Connor!" my cell-phone squeaked. "I'm sighting in my new 'scope, OK?" "Yeah, OK Slim, cool. 'Bye now," I said. I like to keep calls brief, ya know? But before I could punch the "Dump Caller" key he blurted, "Wait! I've been crankin'...

Mad Gini.(QUARTERMASTER)
September 1, 2007... In today's world of tactical, there is historically (or hysterically--you pick which) a tendency to have the current in vogue color or camouflage on everything from helmets to guns. Currently the favorite color is a leaning towards tan for the...

Lest we forget: World Trade Center steel shaped into USS New York.(A GUNS MEDLEY)
September 1, 2007... Hot, molten steel splattered in a colorful display of natural fireworks, as the bow stem was formed for PCU New York (LPD 21) at a Louisiana foundry. Twenty tons of steel salvaged from the remains of the World Trade Center in the aftermath...

Merlin Folding Backpack.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Maxpedition Hard-Use Gear The Merlin Folding Backpack is a lightweight "escape-and-evasion" style backpack that folds into itself forming a small MOLLE-compatible packet which can be attached to belts or other modular platforms using...

357 Magnum SIG Cartridge.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Fiocchi Ammunition Fiocchi Ammunition writes another chapter in its 130-year history as a leader in premium ammunition with the addition of the powerful 357 SIC cartridge to its well-established Fiocchi Pistol Shooting Dynamics line....

Port-A-Shot.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Command the Wild Command the Wild's "Port-A-Shot" mobile shooting system is a must have product for hunters or target shooters. It mounts securely to your pickup and/or SUV trailer hitch receiver. For pistol or rifle it provides the...

AirSoft.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Sigarms One of the best new training tools available today is AirSoft. With weights and dimensions nearly identical to those of real pistols. AirSoft pistols are ideal training tools Whether you are training for personal defense or...

The ICE FIELD Bowie Knife.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Tichboarne Knives No blade is more fabled than the Bowie Knife. And, when knives were carried as commonly as boots were worn, Bowie Knife aficionados fancied blades which were works of art while remaining fully functional. With this...

A new rifle sling.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Vero Vellini A top-quality sling will make a rifle "carry" several pounds lighter, allowing the hunter to be better prepared to make a shot. It is not the actual weight of a rifle which makes it feel heavy. Rather, it is the constant...

New extreme response sight seers target.(NEW PRODUCTS)
September 1, 2007... From Thompson Target Technology The B271MZ IMMOBILIZE ZONES target has a first-of-its-kind break-through design. The assailant's key immobilization zones are superimposed against the skeletal structure for effective comprehension in...

Seeing in the dark: E+Lite from Petzl.(SPOTLIGHT)
September 1, 2007... I have a thing about flashlights. I can never find one when I need it and when I do, it's a juggle. Every hunter, outdoorsman or anyone who drives at night, needs a reliable flashlight. You need it to see and to be seen in emergencies. I long...

Who killed our kids? It's not over.(ODD ANGRY SHOT)
September 1, 2007... I don't think any parent who has ever sent a child off to college got through the day on Monday, April 16th, without a lump of ice forming in their Outs. Mine was the size of the 'berg that sent RMS Titanic to its chilly tomb. I'm surprised it...

Cherished memories: no one can take them away.(CAMPFIRE TALES[TM])
September 1, 2007... Let me make myself perfectly clear--I am not a great shot! I am, however, a very careful shot when it comes to hunting and of the hanging on the wall of my home 61) plus game trophies taken with handguns. All were one-shot kills except two of...