The Gun Digest – 1960 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| Miniature Guns by Fred Thacker and James M. Triggs | 3 |
| Too Many Cripples by Bob Hagel | 8 |
| Charges are the Bunk by Warren Page | 10 |
| Counter Chronograph by Edw. M. Yard | 15 |
| U.S. Firearms 1959-60 Center- and Rimfire Rifles | 20 |
| Shotguns by Bob Wallack | 27 |
| Handgun Review by Kent Bellah | 30 |
| Kodiak Bear by Charles Askins | 36 |
| Proof in Modern France by A., Baron Engelhardt | 40 |
| There's Danger in Damascus by J. W. Houlden | 43 |
| The Dove by Nash Buckingham | 46 |
| Ultimate Deer Rifle by Edmund Waters | 52 |
| Special Shotgun Stock? by John Maynard | 57 |
| Handguns for Hunting by Don L. Johnson | 61 |
| Arms – and the Women by Ruth C. Douglas | 65 |
| Shotgun Fallacies by Francis E. Sell | 69 |
| Cook's Confederate Armory by Charles J. Hrockman, Jr. | 74 |
| Everybody's Target by Frank Stout | 80 |
| . . . Cartridges, a miscellany by Charles H. Yust | 84 |
| Ferlach, USA by Stuart D. Gross | 90 |
| Are Shooters Regimented? by Henry M. Stebbins | 93 |
| One Boy's Gun by William R. Barbour | 99 |
| Ideal Military Rifle by Jac Weller | 100 |
| Shotgun Seminar by George W. Busbey | 107 |
| Astra Automatics – Series 900 by Larry S. Sterett | 116 |
| Sixgun Miscellany by Elmer Keith | 120 |
| World's Handiest Gun by Frank de Haas | 125 |
| Cut-Rate Varminter by Mack Stirman | 131 |
| Precision Cast Bullets by Kent Bellah | 134 |
| British Cartridges by Kenneth L. Waters | 140 |
| Jaguar Jungle by Tom McNally | 145 |
| Days of the Krag by Townsend Whelen | 150 |
| Texas Brag Goose Hunt by Erwin A. Bauer | 157 |
| War Surplus Weapons by Bob Wallack and Bob Brenner | 161 |
| Wilhelm Brenneke by H. Jung and L. P. Davison | 166 |
| Machine Gun Mix-Up by Melvin M. Johnson, Jr. | 173 |
| Hunter Safety, a picture story | 178 |
| Shooting-Hunting Schools by Dick Miller | 181 |
| American Bulleted Cartridges by Kenneth L. Waters | 183 |
| Power for Engravers by John Murphy | 190 |
| Artistry in Metal, a gun engraving sampler | 192 |
| Exploded Drawings by James M. Triggs | 262 |
| Departments | |
| Custom Guns | 196 |
| U.S. Rifles – models and prices | 200 |
| U.S. Handguns – models and prices | 216 |
| U.S. Shotguns – models and prices | 228 |
| Chokes and Brakes, with prices | 239 |
| Pellet Guns – models and prices | 242 |
| Foreign Arms in America | 247 |
| Ammunition Tables, with prices | 270 |
| Scopes & Mounts, with prices | 277 |
| Metallic Sights, with prices | 285 |
| Reloading Tools, with prices | 289 |
| Arms Associations | 298 |
| Contributors | 299 |
| The Arms Library | 300 |
| Shooter's Showcase | 307 |
| Glossary For Gunners | 313 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | 315 |
| Index | 320 |
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