The Gun Digest – 1959 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| The Free Pistol by Bill Toney | 3 |
| Bullet Bustup by Warren Page | 9 |
| U.S. Firearms 1958-59 by Bob Wallack | |
| Bigbore Rifles | 15 |
| Smallbore Rifles | 20 |
| Pistols & Revolvers | 23 |
| Shotguns | 27 |
| The 338 in Africa by Col. Charles Askins | 30 |
| Trajectory Nomograph by Robert V. Thompson | 36 |
| Handguns For Hunting by Elmer Keith | 40 |
| The Ones That Shoot Back by Jack O'Connor | 46 |
| Breechloaders in the Revolution by Jac Weller | 53 |
| Practical Pressures by John Maynard | 59 |
| European Break-Open Guns by Dr. Otis P. Gray | 65 |
| Old Betsy by Warren Page | 72 |
| Forerunners of the First Winchester – Pt. 3 by Thomas E. Hall | 77 |
| Ed McGivern – Fastest, Fanciest Sixgunner by Chad Wallin | 80 |
| Snapshooting and Snapshooting Rifles by Francis E. Sell | 88 |
| 10 Commandments for Handloaders by Robert V. Thompson | 93 |
| Shikar in Asia by Jack O'Connor | 96 |
| This Long Range Shotgunning by Col. George W. Busbey | 104 |
| Thar's Guns in Them Sierras by Robert Tyler Shaw | 110 |
| New Barrels From Old by Pierre Pulling | 112 |
| The Rifled Slug on Deer by Erwin A. Bauer | 118 |
| Varmint Rifles by Clyde Ormond | 122 |
| The Indian Fusil by Charles E. Hanson, Jr. | 126 |
| Hunting the Great Gaur by Col. Charles Askins | 129 |
| Deutsche Drillinge by Warren Siipe | 136 |
| Early Loading Tools by Richard H. Chamberlain | 141 |
| Orphan Cartridges by Henry M. Stebbins | 146 |
| Shotgun Handloads by Edmund Waters | 151 |
| Sharps Rifle Company Catalog, 1878 a great rarity's first reproduction | 155 |
| Proof in Austria-Hungary by A. Baron Engelhardt | 163 |
| Most Deadly Handgun Loads by Kent Bellah | 170 |
| Black Powder Miscellany by Charles H. Yust | 175 |
| Nation of Riflemen? by Col. Townsend Whelen | 180 |
| Hollywood Gunmen by Charley MacDonald Heard | 186 |
| American Bulleted Cartridges by Kenneth L. Waters | 195 |
| Artistry In Metal a gun engraving sampler | 201 |
| Exploded Drawings by James M. Triggs | 268 |
| Glossary For Gunners common and obscure terms defined | 314 |
| Dale W. Goens-Stockmaker and engraver, guns by a versatile craftsman | 321 |
| Departments | |
| Custom Guns | 205 |
| U.S. Rifles – models and prices | 209 |
| U.S. Handguns – models and prices | 225 |
| U.S. Shotguns – models and prices | 236 |
| Choke Devices, with prices | 247 |
| Pellet Guns – models and prices | 250 |
| Foreign Arms in America | 254 |
| Ammunition Tables, with prices | 274 |
| Scopes & mounts, with prices | 281 |
| Metallic Sights, with prices | 288 |
| Reloading Tools, with prices | 292 |
| Arms Associations | 301 |
| Contributors | 303 |
| The Arms Library | 304 |
| Shooters Showcase | 311 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | 316 |
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