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RANGING SHOTS • CLINT SMITH • LET THERE BE LIGHT And other everyday things. have been fortunate to always have jobs I liked all
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Les Baer Monolith And the simple fact is, nobody makes 1911 pistols with the precision and the meticulous attention to detail a
RANGING SHOTS 03<16;/231=; '03<16;/239<7431==@35=<17BG=@CA/ The Volkmann 1911 is a high-quality pistol,
UPONARS • GLEN ZEDIKER • MUzzLE ATTACHMENTS Redirecting the gas. ot all AR-15 barrels are threaded at the muzzle. CarbineN leng
without. The idea is to labyrinthical, to diffuse and attain imperceptible redirect excess gases. They sight movement shot are
C: L 6WjaaZiVhHDA>9 Vhi]ZgZejiVi^dcd[^ihbV`Zg# The NEW Hornady GMX™ (Gilding Metal eXpanding) bullet offers th
HANDLOADING • JOHN BARSNESS • BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT There’s only way to find the bottom of this mystery. any handloaders have a
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HANDLOADING The high plains (above) are one place where ballistic coefficient really matters. No free lunch (below). The only w
“Rewrites the small-frame revolver book.” American Handgunner, May/June 2009 (Roy Huntington) “In the world of revolvers, this
RIMFIRES • HOLT BODINSON • WALTHER’S REVOLUTIONARy SP22 Fun, versatile and accurate. mported by Smith & Wesson, the Carl Walthe
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RIMFIRES The M3 proved superbly accurate with groups running 1/2" to 5/8" with premium match ammunition. which hold them in pla
body and the muzzle The polymer pads seen cap is plugged with a midway on both sides of supplied filler strip held the frame ar
MONTANA MUSINGS • MIKE “DUKE” VENTURINO • PHOTOS: YVONNE VENTURINO WWII REPRODUCTIONS ABOUND Numrich’s Zf41 scope & Accumounts’
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is the reticle and eccentrics business. A very slight rotation of the adjustment drums; say in trying to move point of impact a
HANDGUNS • MASSAD AYOOB • Magazine well “chutes” have been getting bigger and bigger. Where is the point of diminishing returns
better — was a permanently yards. A mag well attachment installed chute such as the Smith truly humongous in both length & Alex
RIFLEMAN • DAVE ANDERSON • GIVE IT A REST Seriously. any a hunting rifle gets M sighted in resting on a rolled-up jacket over a
the legs are on an uneven surface. Legs are offered in several height ranges (for example 5"-7", 9"-12", 15-1/2" – 23-3/4"). Qu
™ • HOLT BODINSON • Colt’s exciting, new, M4/M16 are dedicated to the .22 Long Rifle. AR GOES RIMFIRE The umarex/Walther M4 han
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• JOHN TAFFIN • A new mini mag from North American Arms. or many years I found myself in a situation where I both needed F and
The Earl (above) is a 5-shot .22 Magnum with a 4" barrel. An extra .22 Long Rifle cylinder is available as an option. The cylin
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Loading The .44-40 Q: I have an Uberti Colt Single Action Army repro chambered in QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS .44-40 I’d like to relo
urled warmly one night in my ornate brass bed (which was considered junk then, but now would sell to an antique dealer for enou
which could be covered by one hand in 2/5 of a second. In the 1920s shooters began asking Smith & Wesson for a target model cha
John’s old K-38 Masterpiece (aka Model 14) sold for $115.50 in this old catalog cut. Note the Single Action target model at the
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pringfield Armory’s XD line of polymer frame, striker-fired service pistols has proven hugely successful in this country, and t
Some of our shooters, especially those with smaller hands, found the extended mag release button on the left side to be particu
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Mas is pleased with these three targets from Stage 3 of the IDPA Classifier fired from 15 to 20 yards. He was down only seven p
score. Stage 3 found the 20-yard stages averaging a little under 15 seconds each, while the 15-yard stage (draw, kneel, shoot e
cast darn good bullets and I can prove it in competition. I ought I to be able to after more than 40 years of enthusiastic expe
Duke’s primary type of pistol shooting is at steel targets so he doesn’t feel perfect bullets are necessary in this instance. W
for my S&W K-38 revolver. It nearly worked me to death in order to shoot as much as I wanted to. With handgun moulds the more c
This is Duke’s casting area. There is also a large exhaust fan above the lead pot pulling fumes out the window. in BPCR Silhoue
t was a dark and stormy night — no really — it was a dark and stormy night. Ruger flew a group of writers to their New Hampshir
rounds through it. No one cleaned the it and we used a bunch of different ammo, Hornady, Black Hills, Remington, Winchester USA
The SR556 comes with three Magpul 30-round magazines and is chambered for 5.56mm NATO. An EOTech Holosight and 3X magnifier is
ooster pheasants have the reputation of being the upland equivalent of Cape buffalo, not because they might stomp an unfortunat
buffalo’s shoulder, when soft shot hits rooster bone, it often stops right there. A wise pheasant hunter might eat at McDonald’
start with at least 270 shot in the shell. Not so coincidentally, a 1-1/4 ounce load of No. 6 lead shot contains about 280 pell
Eileen Clarke took this wild Montana rooster with a 28-gauge side-by-side and Winchester’s 1-ounce load with copper-plated No.
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continued from page 98 CAMPFIRE TALES The .44 Special goes all way back to the closing days of 1907 with Smith & Wesson bringin
in short supply. Actually I would not see my first one until my wife presented me with a bright blue 6-1/2" 1950 Target for Chr