The Gun Digest 6th edition – 1952
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Table of Contents |
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Rifle Section |
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Tips on Big Game Shooting, Jack O'Connor |
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Rifles and Shotguns of American Make, Maj. Gen. J. S. Hatcher |
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Big Game Rifles, models and prices |
11 |
Notes on the Hunting Rifle, Col. Townsend Whelen |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Reloading Tools, with prices |
163 |
Tools for Making Jacketed Bullets, with prices |
166 |
Casting Lead Alloy Bullets, Col. Townsend Whelen |
169 |
Cartridges |
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Winchester's “Forgotten” Cartridges, 1866-1900 – Paul Foster |
172 |
Are Ballistics Necessary? – Phil Sharpe |
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Ammunition Guide, Maurice H. Decker |
182 |
Foreign Cartridges, with prices |
194 |
Ballistic Tables, with prices |
196 |
Sights – Telescope and Metallic |
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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 |
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Gun Book Reviews |
217 |
Contributors |
220 |
Manufacturer's Directory |
222 |