The Gun Digest 6th edition – 1952 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Rifle Section | |
| Tips on Big Game Shooting, Jack O'Connor | 2 |
| Rifles and Shotguns of American Make, Maj. Gen. J. S. Hatcher | 6 |
| Big Game Rifles, models and prices | 11 |
| Notes on the Hunting Rifle, Col. Townsend Whelen | 19 |
| Weather or Not | 23 |
| Small Bore Rifles, models and prices | 24 |
| Bench Rest Shooting: What Is It, and Why, Col. Townsend Whelen | 36 |
| Its History, Raymond M. Biehler | 37 |
| Collecting Single Shot Rifles, James J. Grant | 39 |
| The Hauck Falling-Block Action, Col. Townsend Whelen | 42 |
| Whitney Arms Catalog, 1878 | 43 |
| Shotgun Section | |
| The Swing to the Single Barrel, Warren Page | 55 |
| Toepperwein Retires | 59 |
| Ancestors of the Clay Pigeon, Bill Depperman | 60 |
| ABC's for Sportsmen | 62 |
| Shotguns, models and prices | 63 |
| Cleaning, Carrying, and Storing Your Guns, Elmer Keith | 73 |
| Shotgun Choke and Pattern, Jack O'Connor | 75 |
| Choke Devices, models and prices | 79 |
| Shot Shell Chart, with prices | 80 |
| Handgun Section | |
| Handguns Today, Charles Askins | 81 |
| America's First Cartridge Revolver, Herschel C. Logan | 84 |
| “Exploded” Drawings of Walther, Mauser, Luger, Colt Handguns | 87 |
| Turning the Single Action Colts, Laurence J. Hathaway | 91 |
| Pistols and Revolvers, models and prices | 94 |
| Shooting the Muzzle Loaders, John Barsotti | 102 |
| Sixguns, Elmer Keith | 107 |
| Cartridge Colts, a Catalog Page, 1897 | 111 |
| Foreign Firearms | |
| The Weapons of Soviet Russia, Roger Marsh | 112 |
| British Double and Single Rifles, Elmer Keith | 120 |
| Some Notes on Mauser and Mannlicher Rifles, James E. Fitzgerald | 126 |
| Foreign Arms, models and prices | 128 |
| Special Articles | |
| A Wheellock Sporting Rifle in the George F. Harding Museum in Chicago, Stephen V. Crancsay | 134 |
| How to Shoot the M1 | 139 |
| It Ain't So, Mac – Warren Page | 145 |
| Gun Engraving, Bruce Grant | 150 |
| I Hunted Illegal Deer, Phil Sharpe | 154 |
| The Izaak Walton League Is Fighting for You, Robert O. Beatty | 158 |
| The National Rifle Association, Paul B. Cardinal | 160 |
| Chronographs and Their Use, with prices | 161 |
| Handloading Section | |
| Reloading Tools, with prices | 163 |
| Tools for Making Jacketed Bullets, with prices | 166 |
| Casting Lead Alloy Bullets, Col. Townsend Whelen | 169 |
| Cartridges | |
| Winchester's “Forgotten” Cartridges, 1866-1900 – Paul Foster | 172 |
| Are Ballistics Necessary? – Phil Sharpe | 178 |
| Ammunition Guide, Maurice H. Decker | 182 |
| Foreign Cartridges, with prices | 194 |
| Ballistic Tables, with prices | 196 |
| Sights – Telescope and Metallic | |
| The Telescope Sight for Bench Rest Shooting, Gene Hudgins | 200 |
| Telescope Sights – A Review | 202 |
| Scope Chart, with prices | 206 |
| Scope Mounts, with prices | 208 |
| Spotting Scopes, with prices | 210 |
| Metallic Sight Chart, with prices | 211 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Gun Book Reviews | 217 |
| Contributors | 220 |
| Manufacturer's Directory | 222 |
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