The Gun Digest – 1985 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| Guns and Gunfire on TV Tube and Movie Screen by Konrad F. Schreier, Jr. | 6 |
| Getting a Grand Slam on Turkeys by Dwain Bland | 12 |
| The Miquelet Lock by Major Noel Corry | 20 |
| Bear Rifles by Ray Ordorica | 28 |
| What One Box of Ammunition Can Tell You by David Leestma | 34 |
| The Funny Guns and Gear of the Western East Draw Game by Bob Arganbright | 39 |
| The Extraordinary P.O. Ackley by Lester Womack | 46 |
| Ye Olde Gunsmithing Tools by M. L. Brown | 52 |
| The Story of a Rifle by Ken Waters | 61 |
| Fred Adolph's Gem by R. P. Stepien | 64 |
| Rifle Review by Layne Simpson | 66 |
| Black Powder Review by Rick Hacker | 72 |
| The Gun That Followed the Famous Webley .455 by Wilfrid Ward | 76 |
| Scopes and Mounts by Bob Bell | 86 |
| How To Love A 22 by Sam Fadala | 94 |
| You Can Shoot 90% On Wild Birds . . . Sometimes by Stuart Williams | 102 |
| Thirty Million Handguns by L. R. Wallack | 107 |
| Big Guns and Small Game by Joseph S. Krieger | 113 |
| Handguns Today: Sixguns and Others by Hal Swiggett | 116 |
| Handguns Today: Autoloaders by J. B. Wood | 123 |
| An Unmatched Pair by Ken Warner | 129 |
| Managing The Muzzle-Loading Shotgun by Toby Bridges | 132 |
| The Modified Airgun by J. I. Galan | 137 |
| Aerial Targets: Safe Again by Dave Reynolds | 142 |
| Handloading Update by Dean A. Grennell | 146 |
| The Mountain Rifle Question by Ken Warner | 156 |
| The New Takedown by Ken Warner | 160 |
| Great Guns and Accessories in full color | 161 |
| Little-Known 22 Pistols of the Post-War Era by Charles E. Petty | 169 |
| Middle Ground Deer Rifles by Francis E. Sell | 176 |
| The Unhappy Hunting Ground by Sidney Du Broff | 181 |
| Shotgun Review by Ralph T. Walker | 188 |
| Some Selected Shotguns by Ken Warner | 193 |
| John M. Browning: The Man And His Patents by D. A. Tomlinson | 195 |
| Another Brownings's Rifle by Robert K. Sherwood | 206 |
| The UnColts: U.S.-Made Pistols of 1911 Pattern by J. B. Wood | 211 |
| Make Mike a Sidehammer Rifle by Jack Lott | 216 |
| Testfire: Kleinguenther K22 Rimfire | 222 |
| Testfire: Dixie's Trade Gun | 223 |
| Testfire: Legal Pistol Stock | 224 |
| Testfire: Powder-Powered Pellet Rifles | 225 |
| Testfire: Kimber's 223: The Model 84 | 226 |
| The Shows of Europe by Raymond Caranta | 228 |
| Art of the Engraver | 230 |
| E. C. Prudhomme's Engraving Project by Sid Latham | 232 |
| Custom Guns | 234 |
| Ammunition, Ballistics and Components by Edward A. Matunas | 237 |
| Ammunition Tables | 248 |
| Shooter's Marketplace | 252 |
| Departments | |
| The Complete Compact Catalog | 263 |
| GUNDEX | 264 |
| Handguns – U.S. and Imported | 273 |
| Rifles – U.S. and Imported | 316 |
| Shotguns – U.S. and Imported | 366 |
| Black Powder Guns | 397 |
| Air Guns | 418 |
| Chokes and Brakes | 436 |
| Metallic Sights | 437 |
| Scopes and Mounts | 440 |
| Periodical Publications | 449 |
| Arms Library | 451 |
| Arms Associations | 465 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | 467 |
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