The Gun Digest – 1997 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| A Half-Breed Colt by Howard McCord | 5 |
| The Anatomy of a Scope by Bob Bell | 9 |
| How the Brits Culled the Rooks by Jack Bartlett | 17 |
| Shotgun History: Streamlining the Autoloader by Don Zutz | 20 |
| The Browning Automatic Rifle: The Gun That Changed the Infantry by Konrad F. Schreier, Jr. | 24 |
| There Are No Non-Lethal Bullets: Very Few Pay Attention to the “P” Factor by Marshall R. Williams | 30 |
| Leather Quick, Leather Deadly by Jerry Burke | 33 |
| Shooting a Newton by John Haviland | 39 |
| A Mauser '98 Will Make a . . . 416 Rigby Two-Shooter by Ray Ordorica | 42 |
| The Gun – an Excerpt From a Book by Charles Fergus | 50 |
| Romance of the Mannlicher-Schoenauer by Sam Fadala | 56 |
| Cartridges for the Mannlicher-Schoenauer by Don L. Henry | 62 |
| Game Field Distances by Col. Charles Askins | 65 |
| Not Always Walnut by David A. Webb | 68 |
| The Long Shooters of Pewee Valley by Jim Foral | 76 |
| The Rebore Still Works by Norman E. Johnson | 91 |
| A Maynard Talks by Michael Petrov | 97 |
| When a Rifle Blows by Bob Bell | 106 |
| Shooting the 28 by Marshall R. Williams | 116 |
| Tenite and the Early Synthetics in the Long Arms Industry by Larry S. Sterett | 124 |
| Beretta's 626: a Classic Collectible-To-Be by Nikitas Kypridemos | 134 |
| Custom Guns | 145 |
| Shooting the Hall Breechloader by Dennis Bruns | 161 |
| Art of the Engraver | 167 |
| Here's What Happened to the 16-Gauge by Marshall R. Williams | 174 |
| Taking the Shot by Francis E. Sell | 176 |
| Seven Selected Turkeys of the 20th Century . . . And Why They Were by Jim Thompson | 179 |
| The Guns of Jamestown by Edward R. Crews | 187 |
| Realism in Air Power by J. I. Galan | 193 |
| The CZ-75 and Its Early Clones by Jim Thompson | 207 |
| Departments | |
| Expert Reports '97 Rifle Review by Lane Simpson | 72 |
| Shotgun Review by Don Zutz | 88 |
| Blackpowder Review by Doc Carlson | 103 |
| Handguns Today: Autoloaders by John Malloy | 108 |
| Sixguns and Others by Hal Swiggett | 118 |
| Scopes and Mounts by Bob Bell | 129 |
| The Guns of Europe: Pre-WWII Pocket Pistols by Raymond Caranta | 140 |
| Handloading Update by Larry S. Sterett | 170 |
| Ammunition, Ballistics and Components by Holt Bodinson | 213 |
| Ballistic Tables | 219 |
| One Good Gun | |
| Sometimes It Takes Three Chipmunks by Pat DePasquale | 150 |
| Many Good Rifles and One Good Scope by Kenneth Bolin | 152 |
| A Second-Choice M29 by Rob Lucas | 154 |
| A Special Colt SAA by Bob Arganbright | 157 |
| The Surprising Bronco by Lee Arten | 158 |
| My Browning Auto 22 Squirrel Gun by Kenneth Bolin | 160 |
| Testfire | |
| The New CZ-75B by Holt Bodison | 198 |
| Mitchell's M9109 Riot Gun by M. T. Lumley | 200 |
| Beretta's Cougar by J. B. Wood | 201 |
| Norinco's Nine by M. T. Lumley | 202 |
| Ruger's Workhorse: The 45 P90DC by C. E. Harris | 204 |
| Sidebar: A Decocker Primer by James P. Cowgill | 206 |
| Shooter's Marketplace | 225 |
| Catalog | |
| GUNDEX | 253 |
| Handguns | |
| Semi-Automatics | 263 |
| Competition | 293 |
| Double-Action Revolvers | 302 |
| Single-Action Revolvers | 311 |
| Miscellaneous | 316 |
| Rifles – Centerfire | |
| Semi-Automatics | 321 |
| Lever & Slide Actions | 326 |
| Bolt Actions | 331 |
| Single Shots | 347 |
| Drillings, Combination Guns, Double Rifles | 352 |
| Rifles – Rimfire | |
| Semi-Automatics | 354 |
| Lever & Slide Actions | 357 |
| Bolt Actions & Single Shots | 358 |
| Competition Centerfires & Rimfires | 363 |
| Shotguns | |
| Semi-Automatics | 370 |
| Slide Actions | 375 |
| Over/Unders | 379 |
| Side-by-Sides | 390 |
| Bolt Actions & Single Shots | 394 |
| Military & Police | 398 |
| Blackpowder Guns | |
| Single Shot Pistols | 401 |
| Revolvers | 403 |
| Muskets & Rifles | 408 |
| Shotguns | 424 |
| Airguns | |
| Handguns | 426 |
| Long Guns | 433 |
| Warranty Service Center Directory | 445 |
| Metallic Sights | 457 |
| Chokes & Brakes | 460 |
| Scopes & Mounts | 461 |
| Scope Mounts | 471 |
| Spotting Scopes | 475 |
| Periodical Publications | 477 |
| Arms Library | 479 |
| Arms Associations | 499 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | |
| Product Directory | 502 |
| Manufacturers' Directory | 517 |
Gun Digest Annual TOC: 1997
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