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Gun Digest Annual TOC: 1955
The Gun Digest 9th edition – 1955 |
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| Table of Contents | |
| Special Articles | |
| Gun Engraving, Roy F. Dunlap | 2 |
| Montana Artist and Engraver | 8 |
| Gun Engraving (pictures) | 9 |
| Kynoch Ammunition Catalog of 1884 (facsimile) | 14 |
| Blunder Busts! – Walter F. Roper | 52 |
| New Wine – Old Bottles – Henry M. Stebbins | 102 |
| How To Shoot Guns – With a Camera, That Is – Maj. R. O. Ackerman | 108 |
| Fast Oil Finishing, Keith Stegall | 154 |
| The Story of European Proof Marks – Part II, Proof during the 19th Century: Chapter II, Proof in France; Chapter III, Prof in Belgium – A., Baron Englehardt | 155 |
| Collector's Section | |
| The Volunteer Rifles, Cleves H. Howell, Jr. | 42 |
| Cornel Klett, Hofbüchsenmacher, Stephen V. Grancsay | 47 |
| Winchester Single Shots, Lou Ostendorp | 81 |
| Mountain Men – Mountain Rifles: Part II, John Barsotti | 84 |
| Rifle Section | |
| Big Game Bullets, Elmer Keith | 58 |
| The Search for Accuracy, Warren Page | 62 |
| American Rifles Today, Maj. Gen. J. S. Hatcher | 66 |
| Big Game Rifles: models and prices | 77 |
| Small Bore Rifles: models and prices | 89 |
| Bullet Art, Ernie Lind | 101 |
| Handgun Section | |
| American Handguns Today, Maj. Gen. J. S. Hatcher | 114 |
| Sculptured Smith & Wessons | 118 |
| Pistols and Revolvers: models and prices | 120 |
| Pistols and Presidents, Maj. R. O. Ackerman | 128 |
| Shotgun Section | |
| This Year's Shotgun Progress, Maj. Gen. J. S. Hatcher | 133 |
| A New Autoloader, Warren Page | 136 |
| Shotguns: models and prices | 138 |
| Why Not an Over Under? Warren Page | 149 |
| How To Hunt Quail, Don Harger | 152 |
| Foreign Firearms | |
| Foreign Arms in America: models and prices | 170 |
| The Continental Shotgun, Lt. Col. Charles Askins | 179 |
| Cartridges | |
| Table of Comparative Ballistics, Pistol and Revolver Cartridges – Warren Sperbeck | 194 |
| Ballistics Tables, with prices | 191 |
| Foreign Cartridges, with prices | 196 |
| Sights – Telescope and Metallic | |
| Telescope Sights and Mounts, with prices | 198 |
| Spotting Scopes, with prices | 203 |
| Metallic Sight Chart, with prices | 204 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Highly Furnished Arms – a page from an 1897 Winchester catalog of engraving | 7 |
| Practice Necessary for Good Shooting | 57 |
| 10 Commandments of Safety | 83 |
| Pistol Cartridge Data | 83 |
| Visible Recoil | 113 |
| National Rifle Association | 190 |
| Reloading Tools, with prices | 210 |
| Cleaning and Care of Firearms | 214 |
| Contributors | 215 |
| Arms Association in America | 215 |
| Gun Book Reviews | 216 |
| Directory | 221 |
