The Gun Digest – 1982 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| Remington's 721-722: The Story of a Success by Stuart Otteson | 6 |
| Long Rifles With Smooth Bores by Ashley Halsey, Jr. | 14 |
| Advices To Young Collectors by John T. Amber | 19 |
| Ballistic Coefficients For Selected 22 Long Rifle Cartridges by W. Wayne Blackwell and M. H. Kitano | 22 |
| A Fresh Look At The Old Standards by Layne Simpson | 27 |
| The Bren Ten: Intended To Be Better by Jeff Cooper | 33 |
| Carmichael On Rifles by Jim Carmichael | 36 |
| Colt Shotguns by Don Hardin | 40 |
| H-K: One Good Idea . . . Leads To Many Others by Ken Warner | 44 |
| As Authentic As A Hawken by Rick Hacker | 47 |
| Shooting Silenced Rifles by Raymond Caranta | 54 |
| Try A Single by Ken Warner | 57 |
| My Ideal Plinker by Ed Park | 61 |
| The Case For Paper Cartridges by Bill Bennington | 64 |
| Swivel Guns Of Southeast Asia by John W. Sanders | 68 |
| Modern Cartridge Failure And Success by Bob Hagel | 76 |
| Shotgun Choke – Its History and Mystery by Wallace Labisky | 82 |
| Elk Rifles: No Simple Formula by Pete Nelson | 90 |
| Heavier Artillery by John Brindle | 97 |
| Handguns Today: Autoloaders by J. B. Wood | 100 |
| Handguns Today: Sixguns and Others by Hal Swiggett | 106 |
| One Man's Fancy by Robert Keffer | 114 |
| Whitetails: North America's Real Challenge by Dan L. Flores | 116 |
| Airgun Accessories: A Review by J. I. Galan | 122 |
| Boots In The Uplands by Dave Duffey | 129 |
| Guns For The Twenty Percent by James T. Fender | 134 |
| The $4000 Spike by Bob Bell | 137 |
| GUN DIGEST Discussion No. 1 | 140 |
| Sporting Arms of the World by Larry S. Sterett | 146 |
| I Hunt Timber: I Vote Variable by Norm Nelson | 152 |
| Handloading To Date by Dean A. Grennell | 156 |
| Pyrodex: Five Years Down The Road by John Bivins | 160 |
| Scopes and Mounts by Bob Bell | 166 |
| Hunt the Waterholes by Charles J. Farmer | 174 |
| Single-Action Safety by Donald M. Simmons | 179 |
| Long Guns In Review by Larry S. Sterett | 184 |
| Henry Harrington: A Cutler Who Made Guns by James E. Serven | 193 |
| Shooting the M1911's Spanish Cousins by Wm. Hovey Smith | 198 |
| Target and Short Range Shooting Devices by Paul Klatt | 204 |
| How Accurate Is Your Handgun? By Claud Hamilton | 210 |
| To Smith Or Not To Smith? By Richard Allen | 213 |
| 20th Century Powder Horns by Rick Jamison | 218 |
| Raising Kids With Guns by Bill Davidson | 222 |
| Testfire: S&W Model 586 Distinguished Combat Model by Hal Swiggett | 225 |
| Marlin Model 1894 – 357 Magnum by Larry Sterett | 227 |
| Winchester's 101 Winchoke by Ken Warner | 228 |
| Remington Model Six 30-06 Pump Action Rifle by Larry Sterett | 230 |
| Armsport 12 Gauge Unsingle Trap by Larry Sterett | 232 |
| The Benjamin Model 347 by J. I. Galan | 234 |
| Four New 22 Mini-Matics by J. B. Woods | 236 |
| The Shows of Europe by Raymond Caranta | 240 |
| Custom Guns | 243 |
| Art of the Engraver | 248 |
| Shooter's Showcase | 253 |
| Steel Shot 1981 by Wallace Labisky | 257 |
| American Bulleted Cartridges by Ken Waters | 259 |
| Ammunition Tables | 265 |
| Departments | |
| The Complete Compact Catalog | 269 |
| Handguns – U.S. and Imported | 270 |
| Rifles – U.S. and Imported | 301 |
| Shotguns – U.S. and Imported | 340 |
| Black Powder Guns | 370 |
| Air Guns | 388 |
| Chokes and Brakes | 402 |
| Metallic Sights | 403 |
| Scopes and Mounts | 406 |
| Arms Associations | 413 |
| Periodical Publications | 415 |
| Shooting Publications | 416 |
| Arms Library | 417 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | 432 |
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