The Gun Digest – 1984 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| Rating Handgun Power by Edward A. Matunas | 6 |
| After We Won The War by Roy Dunlap | 15 |
| The Colt Sharps Story by Les Bowman | 18 |
| There is a 101st Gentleman! By Roger Barlow | 28 |
| The Assault Rifle Syndrome by Ken Warner | 31 |
| Who Needs An Assault Rifle? By Edward A. Matunas | 32 |
| You Don’t Need A Bass Boat Either by Ken Warner | 37 |
| The Scout Rifle Idea by Jeff Cooper | 40 |
| The Assault Rifle and Survival Shopper | 44 |
| The Cultural Heritage of Hunting by Stuart M. Williams | 47 |
| The French MR-73 by Raymond Caranta | 50 |
| Gun Collecting’s Heyday by R. C. House | 56 |
| Handling Mini-Revolvers by Dave Reynolds | 64 |
| Scopes and Mounts by Bob Bell | 68 |
| The Mobile Muzzle Loader by Rick Hacker | 76 |
| American Air Power Today by J. I. Galan | 83 |
| How High Can You Go? By Claud S. Hamilton | 88 |
| Rifle Review by Layne Simpson | 92 |
| Horses Help The Mountain Rifleman by Melvin P. Espy | 98 |
| Murata Type 22 by Charles S. Small | 104 |
| Secrets Of Black Powder Patches by Sama Fadala | 110 |
| A Good Rough Rifle by Ray Ordorica | 114 |
| How To Collect Sporting Books by James Handcock | 118 |
| Benelli’s B76 by Donald M. Simmons | 123 |
| Great Guns and Accessories in full color | 129 |
| Pre-Winchesters by James E. Serven | 137 |
| Shoot Better Offhand With A Curved Rifle Buttplate by Francis E. Sell | 144 |
| Handguns Today: Autoloaders by J. B. Wood | 148 |
| Handguns Today: Sixguns and Others by Hal Swiggett | 154 |
| Shotgun Review by Ralph T. Walker | 161 |
| Hunting In Georgia And England by Sidney Du Broff | 166 |
| Black Powder Review by Rick Hacker | 170 |
| The Peep Sight by Marshall R. Williams | 174 |
| One Good Gun Section: The 45-70 In The Brush by Frank Marshall, Jr. | 178 |
| Remington 513-S by Kenneth Bolin | 181 |
| Winchester 63 by Art Bevan | 184 |
| Ruger’s Little Beauty by Robert K. Sherwood | 187 |
| Are Long Barrels Obsolete? By John Malloy | 190 |
| The Bolt Action Stopper Stock by Jack Lott | 193 |
| The Sporting Martini by John McCadden | 202 |
| Handloading Update by Dean A. Grennell | 208 |
| The Invisible Sport by Edward Baxter | 216 |
| Testfire: M6 22/110 Survival Gun | 226 |
| Testfire: Benelli B-76 | 227 |
| Testfire: Thompson/Center Rifle Model 83 | 228 |
| Testfire: Model 94 Angle-Eject for Scopes | 229 |
| Testfire: Alpha I Is Fun | 229 |
| Testfire: Remington Model Seven | 230 |
| Testfire: Rottweil 72 | 231 |
| Custom Guns | 232 |
| Art of the Engraver | 235 |
| Shooter’s Showcase | 238 |
| The Shows of Europe: IWA ’83 / Hunfishow ’83 by Raymond Caranta | 240 |
| Mini-Lathe Gunsmithing by John E. Traister | 242 |
| Ammunition, Ballistics and Components by Edward A. Matunas | 244 |
| Ammunition Tables | 254 |
| Departments | |
| The Complete Compact Catalog | 258 |
| GUNDEX | 260 |
| Handguns – U.S. and Imported | 268 |
| Rifles – U.S. and Imported | 310 |
| Shotguns – U.S. and Imported | 357 |
| Black Powder Guns | 386 |
| Air Guns | 406 |
| Chokes and Brakes | 423 |
| Metallic Sights | 424 |
| Scopes and Mounts | 427 |
| Periodical Publications | 434 |
| Arms Library | 436 |
| Arms Associations | 449 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | 451 |
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