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 |