1944 Gun Digest Table of Contents | |
The Gun Digest 1944 First Annual Edition | |
Our Small Arms and Their Makers | 4 |
Choosing The Big Game Rifle | 15 |
High Power Rifles | 19 |
Field Repairs For The Big Game Hunter | 23 |
Small Game and Varmint Hunting | 26 |
.22 Caliber Rifles | 30 |
Selecting and Shooting a Target Rifle | 45 |
Military Small Arms of World War II | 55 |
Military Cartridge Development | 59 |
Upland Guns and Loads | 62 |
How To Call and Hunt Quail Without a Dog | 66 |
The Fowling Piece | 68 |
Tips on Decoying | 72 |
Flyways of North America | 77 |
Shotguns For Field and Waterfowl Shooting | 78 |
Trap and Skeet Shooting | 94 |
Shotguns – Trap and Skeet | 98 |
Guns Will Last a Lifetime | 104 |
Dressing and Preparing Game For The Table | 106 |
Choosing A Handgun and Learning To Shoot It | 109 |
Pistols and Revolvers | 115 |
Ballistic Tables For Rifle and Revolver Ammunition | 128 |
Rifle Sighting Tables | 135 |
Sights, Scopes, Mounts, Binoculars, Special Chokes | 138 |
Gun Questions and Answers | 156 |
Gun Digest Annual TOC: 1944
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