The Gun Digest – 1998 | |
| Table of Contents | |
| Features | |
| Winchester's Anonymous Single Shot: The Low Wall by John Campbell | 5 |
| About the 35 Whelen by John Haviland | 12 |
| A Gun Writer and His Mail by Frank de Haas | 16 |
| UMC Thomas: A Recognition by Jim Foral | 20 |
| Spanish Military Pistols of the Twentieth Century by Gene Gangarosa, Jr. | 33 |
| Savage's Model 12 Lookalikes by Don Zutz | 40 |
| The 8-Bore Today by Larry S. Sterett | 44 |
| Set Triggers by J. Terry Riebling | 54 |
| The Mystique of Killing Power by Sam Fadala | 58 |
| Mauser's WWI Antitank Rifle by Konrad F. Schreier, Jr. | 65 |
| No Second Shot by Gary Pallas | 69 |
| The Most Important Shot Ever Fired by Bob Bell | 72 |
| Careful! The Old Man's Got a Pistol by Howard McCord | 74 |
| The Armory Hornets by Mark K. Benenson | 82 |
| Holsters of the 20th Century by Bob Arganbright | 92 |
| American Rifle Games: 1840-1900 by Russell S. Gilmore | 109 |
| The Winchester Model 52 by Konrad F. Schreier, Jr. | 120 |
| 38 Snubbie or the 9 by Ralph Mroz | 126 |
| What to Look for in a New Airgun by J. I. Galan | 133 |
| The Mississippi Rifle by Edward R. Crews | 136 |
| Custom Guns | 140 |
| Art of the Engraver | 142 |
| Ruger's 22 Autos: The First 50 Years by Don Findley | 145 |
| The Other Model 1911 by Gary M. Brown | 158 |
| Coping with an Evil Eye by R.L. Aufdemberge | 174 |
| 22 Hornet: It Made Me a Rifleman by Norm Nelson | 180 |
| Mannlicher's Model 1895 Straight-Pull Action by Paul S. Scarlata | 196 |
| The Sophisticated STEN by Chuck Taylor | 206 |
| Barrel Treatments for the '90s by Holt Bodinson | 210 |
| Departments | |
| Expert Reports '98 | |
| The Guns of Europe: Fifty Years of European Design by Raymond Caranta | 79 |
| Blackpowder Review by Doc Carlson | 129 |
| Scopes & Mounts by Bob Bell | 152 |
| Handguns Today: Autoloaders by John Malloy | 161 |
| Handguns Today: Sixguns by Hal Swiggett | 170 |
| Shotgun Review by Don Zutz | 193 |
| Handloading Update by Larry S. Sterett | 200 |
| Rifle Review by Layne Simpson | 212 |
| Ammunition, Ballistics and Components by Holt Bodinson | 217 |
| One Good Gun | |
| Me and the Family Marlin by Holt Bodinson | 97 |
| A Hundred-Dollar Sixgun by Massad Ayoob | 98 |
| A Mossberg 144 on Silhouettes by Ed Hertfelder | 100 |
| Rifle of the Century by Bobbie Johnson | 102 |
| A Pair of Ithacas by Tom Boyle | 104 |
| One Mossberg and 42 Years by Jerry Goldstein | 106 |
| Grandad's 22 Hornet by Steve Gash | 107 |
| The Family Beretta by Gene Gangarosa, Jr. | 108 |
| Testfire | |
| The BAR: Model 1918A3 by Larry S. Sterett | 182 |
| The 45 ACP Llama Minimax by Gene Gangarosa, Jr. | 184 |
| Ruger's Multi-Purpose Semi-Auto Carbine by Jerry Burke | 186 |
| Bill Hanus's Classic 20-Bore by Larry S. Sterett | 188 |
| American Arms' High-Tech 375 by Larry S. Sterett | 190 |
| Ruger's Model 96 Levergun by Jerry Burke | 192 |
| Shooter's Marketplace | 229 |
| Catalog | |
| GUNDEX | 244 |
| Handguns | |
| Autoloaders | 255 |
| Competition | 285 |
| Double-Action Revolvers | 294 |
| Single-Action Revolvers | 305 |
| Miscellaneous | 312 |
| Rifles – Centerfire | |
| Autoloaders | 316 |
| Lever & Slide Actions | 321 |
| Bolt Actions | 326 |
| Single Shots | 343 |
| Drillings, Combination Guns, Double Rifles | 348 |
| Rifles – Rimfire | |
| Autoloaders | 351 |
| Lever & Slide Actions | 354 |
| Bolt Actions & Single Shots | 356 |
| Competition Centerfires & Rimfires | 361 |
| Shotguns | |
| Autoloaders | 368 |
| Slide Actions | 373 |
| Over/Unders | 378 |
| Side-by-Sides | 390 |
| Bolt Actions & Single Shots | 394 |
| Military & Police | 398 |
| Blackpowder Guns | |
| Single Shot Pistols | 401 |
| Revolvers | 403 |
| Muskets & Rifles | 407 |
| Shotguns | 421 |
| Airguns | |
| Handguns | 423 |
| Long Guns | 429 |
| Warranty Service Center Directory | 441 |
| Metallic Sights | 452 |
| Chokes & Brakes | 455 |
| Scopes & Mounts | 456 |
| Scope Mounts | 466 |
| Spotting Scopes | 470 |
| Periodical Publications | 472 |
| Arms Library | 474 |
| Arms Associations | 495 |
| Directory of the Arms Trade | |
| Product Directory | 498 |
| Manufacturers' Directory | 515 |
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