GUNS Magazine March 1959

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OR T ARGET SHOOTING my favorite is th e th e BSA Martini .22 match rifle, beca use I ca n hit with it. At Camp P erry last summer I won th e Dewar Course Iron Sight event and th e 50·yard An y Sight mat ch, placed second in th e 50 met er Any Sight and wound up sixth in th e An y Sig ht Aggr egat e. I lik e thi s BSA rifle beca use it is short couple d so I do not hav e to ge t out of positi on betw een shots. I can spot, load, and fire for r ecord without losing my original hold and I find the dropping lever gun a con veni ent typ e to load. For consist ent accuracy over the year s, th e Martini system has some advantages in wear ing better than bolt ac tions . It hold s headspace bett er, since th er e ar e fewer surf aces to wear in th e Martini, than in a bolt r ifle. We hav e found in tuning these rifl es for match work that it is best to hav e the forearm bedd ed snugly for about six inc hes from the receiver and then , if a bedd ing system is fitted, to r elieve the stock from about an in ch forward of the stock -barrel screw, up to th e bedder at the for end. That way we can ad ju st the bedd er and improve the grouping of the barrel. A stock prop erly bedd ed thi s way, we have prov ed, will not change impact from cold to hot barrel, thail in bolt r ifle. We hav e found in tuning these rifl es for match work that it is best to hav e the forearm bedd ed snugly for about six inc hes from the receiver and then , if a bedd ing system is fitted, to r elieve the stock from about an in ch forward of th e stock -barrel screw, up to th e bedder at the for end. That way we can ad ju st the bedd er and improve the grouping of the barrel. A stock prop erly bedd ed thi s way, we have prov ed, will not change impact from cold to hot barrel, duri ng shooting.

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HORTLY after I fou ght George Chuvalo, th e Can adian heavyweight champion, my father and I went hunting in th e Northwest's Blewett Pass ar ea. Out of th e brush popped a deer about Chuvalo's same weight-nearly 200 pounds. My Hu sqvarna .30-06 li ghtwei ght rifle weighs only 6V2 pounds. But it did th e job. I onl y wish I had th e hefty punch of thi s Husqvarna lighty. It's definit ely

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H E Amer ican Revolu tion was a popular revolution. It differ ed from more recent types in that th er e was no mass defection of government troops, no pal ace coup by military junta. The peopl e formed their own mil itia, took th eir own gun s to war. Th e revolution in Cuba (r ecogn ized by the U.S. the instant it succeeded ) was such a strugg le. F ew of the military went over to Castro until the la st minute. Yet he got gun s, and good ones . Fr om where? From the U.S., mostly, ju st as we in our turn had earlier got guns from France, from the Marquis de LaFayett e. The ease with which Castro got guns should serve as a signal to the emb er s of neo-Iascism elsewhere. Th e story " Where Castro Gets His Gun s" is history written today. We herald another revoluti on, a revoluti on in gun makin g, with " Rifles For Th e Spa ce Age !" Remin gton's use of structura l nylon makes many thin gs possibl e: let your imaginati on have free rein , and check your forecasts with th e futur e. Mar ch mean s whistle pigs and crows culling the lat e harvest grain or th e new seedings. And thi s mean s rifles for varmints. Take noti ce of " Get An Owl Decoy." Your big-eyed partner and your high velocity r ifle can team up to mak e you Th e Farmer 's Friend wherever you go. Good "spade work " for lat er fall huntin g, too, by gett ing yourself known as a safe shooter and good sport. Ser geant York once made the head lin es with his skill and coolness as a rifle shot. Ti cker tap e parad es on Broadw ay, medals Serge ant York once made the head lin es with his skill and coolness as a rifle shot. T icker ta pe pa rad es on Broadway , medal s and hon ors from the Alli ed power s, all wer e his. Toda y he sits al one in Tenn essee, but th e capabilities of qu ick decision and accurate shooting, which in him reached momentary perf ection , remain as examples to guide the combat rifleman tod ay. Read " The Rifleman Wh o Stunned Th e World," the story of Sgt. York. Latin matt ers plus shotguns hold att enti on in "Thrown Bird s Make Tough Targets." Th e Mex ican sport, a var iation on l ive bird shooting, in a sense pit s shoote r aga inst another man , expert in his class, th e columbiare or pigeon th rower. Our emphas is on Latin Ameri can affairs thi s issue will be continued in future issues as stories appear on our neighb or nati ons. Th e P an American Games will feature shooting mat ches held in Chicago and north shore Waukegan , Ill . GUNS Magazine has been "on top" of the stories developin g her e and will bring them to you as th ey br eak. Gun club officers will find in " No Hunting Signs Can Come Down" a handbook for local operati ons in makin g hunting more accessible in their area . Read it-and ac t. For th e reloadin g technician, facts on one of the light est a nd one of the heaviest center-fires spans the field. Read Kent Bella h' s column on th e startl ing new KayChuk .22 CF revolver load s ; then turn to page 23 for dope on how to tame the .375 Mag num rifle. Also for the reloader, some notes of caution from our Gun Rack report thi s month . Be cautious and skeptical of what you may hear on pro of load s- ~ th ey are not firecrackers for kid s. ~ GUN S

MARCH 1959

THE COVER Pictured on the cover are rifles from th e past and for the f ut ur e. Rem ington 's nylon sporter is t he start of a new tradition. The Sharps are echoes of an old one. The middle gun is a Sharp s M1877 Creedmoor match rifle, Rigby flat barrel; the bottom, a pilot model 1875. MARCH, 1959

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IN THIS ISSUE guns americana • • • THE RIFLEMAN WHO STUNNED THE WORLD.... Edward Loring Tuttl e 14 THE BIG SHARPS: KING OF THE BUFFALO KILLERS ... . . Elmer Keit h 24 WHERE CASTRO GETS HIS GUNS . . . . . . .William B. Edward s 39

shotguns .•• THROWN BIRDS MAKE TOUGH TARGETS GET AN OWL DECOy

Dan Klepper William Schuma"ker

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rifles • • • RIFLES FOR THE SPACE AGE!. William B. Edwards 20 LOAD YOUR .375 MAGNUM FOR ALL-AROUND USE .. Bill McCandlas s 23

handguns ••• POLICE QUICK DRAW CAN IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES .T. O. Bancroft

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hunting ••• " NO HUNTING" SIGNS CAN COM E DOWN . . . " . . . . .. .. Ken Louton 40

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RIFLE FOR THE SPACE AGE! (Continue d from page 22 ) That, to the shooter of today, is " tra ditio n" in guns . But what, in the light of the use of nylon for guns, now constitutes " tra dition" ? Mark this : Remin gton tags th eir rifle "the gun of tomorrow." But th e gun is her e, today. And unl ess some equally drasti c revolution in pr ocesses of manu facturin g occur, it will be her e the day after tomorrow. With the introdu ction of the Nylon 66 sporter , a new tr aditi on in gun s is born . The new tra dition is not an overn ight cre ation. Twent y years "ago, Du Pont chemists began to synthes ize fr om th e basic ingr ed ients of coal, air, and wa ter, a new substance, nylon resin. In many applica tions it r eplaced tradit iona l mat eria ls. In gears, it wears longer th an steel and brass. In conveyor belt s, it is cheaper and longer-lived than rub ber an d cha in design s. In th e shee res t hosiery, it repl aced silk. Nylon-cord tir es took the boun ce out of high ways, and nylon silk pa rac hu tes save d the li ves of count less airme n. Nylon was wait ing when Rem ington decided to start a new tr adition also, in the world of guns. About four year s ago, the concept ar ose at Ili on to constru ct a rifle havin g stock and receiver all in one piece. Light metals were considered , as well as the "plastics ind ustr y." Elimination of jo ints between stock and reo ceiver nat ur all y could give higher accura cy in the final pr oduct. Small bore rifles, especiall y auto loading types, were not noted for accur acy as they came from the box. Remington liked the chatte r-gun ammo -burni ng prope rt ies of the .22 autoload er, bu t want ed to combine th is with a degree of accuracy not commonly achieved in earl ier guns. But th e notion of mak ing the receiver int egra l with the other parts posed some stiff pr oblem s. J:hfty~.v! .\o.~~ .ar accuracy as th ey came fro m the box. Hemington liked the chatter-gun ammo -burni ng proper ties of the .22 autoloader, but wante d to combine thi s with a degree of accuracy not commonly achieved in earl ier guns. But the notion of mak ing the receiver int egr al with th e oth er part s posed some sti ff problems. The mater ial to be selected had to be as practical as steel in it s use as a receiver ; as li ght as wood and stron ger. T welve qu ali ties were set up , to be achieved before the design er s could agree on a mater ial prop osed for this rad ical rifle. Th e mater ial 1) must tak e any sha pe desired, and 2) must have hi gh tensile, impact, and flex ural streng th. It must have 3) h igh abrasion resistance, 4 ) great resistan ce to heat distorti on, and 5) resistan ce to ternperature cha nges, from extre me cold to extreme heat. Since they wer e treadin g in the path of organic chem icals, some of whic h are

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hig hly flammab le, th e new material 6) must be self-exting uishing, If a flame is touched to it, Nylon 66 will burn; but if th e flame is removed, it will not continue to burn, unlik e a traditional wood-stock gu n. Also, 7) th e materi al had to be pr oof against solvents, mild acids, alk alis, fun gus, rat s, and insects. 8) It must ha ve an eas ily repaired finish, and 9) be light in weight. 10) It must be perm an ent as to colors . It mu st be 11) in ert with metals, unlik e sappy woods whi ch may corr ode steels; and 12) it must be selflubricating a nd dim ensionally stable. AIter careful r esearch amo ng many pr oducts, structural Nylon 66, a "form of " Zytel," was selected as the only k nown mat eri al having th ese pr operti es. In resear ch lead ing up to the finished gun, the abil ity to for m Nylon 66 in to any shape proved outst.and in g. So far, "tradi tional" is the line and styli ng of th e new ri fle. Whether Reming ton in the next few years will develop more advanced for ms of styling r emains to be seen. But there is no question that Remingt on will develop and market a whole series of firearms using Nylon 66 to mor e or less exte nt. Nylon 66 was tested for strength by such gross abuse as dropping stocked rill es fr om th e fourth floor, and by rolling cars over th em. Some wer e broken, bu t th e abuse they stood was far heavier than any wood-stock ed gun would take. I flexed a stock over my kn ee enough to have broken a wood stock. Th e Nylon 66 stock was un chan ged . To test resistan ce to abras ion, one rill e has been fired 75,000 tim es, showing no wear on nylon sur faces, I examined thi s rille, noted a burn ishing on the bolt and slide tr acks. Th e steel had worn a little ; th e n v \.u u

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MEXICAN BIRD SHOOT (Continued fro m pa ge 19 ) Ma nau ta is a mem ber of th e I ntern a tional P igeon Th row er s Association and is the only official bird th r ower in Mexico a t present. H e has been th r owi ng pigeon s for 12 yean'. Th ere ar e two grades of pi geon thr owers : pajareros and colom baires . Manauta is a colornbaire, wh ich is the hig her gra de. Colombaires are pr o ud of their abi lit ies. E ach yea r colombaires of th e in ternation al a ssociat ion ga ther in S pa in for a contest. E ach throw s 100 b ird s. Th e colom ba ire wi th t he least nu m ber of k ill s is t he winn er. Ma na uta, by necessi ty, is a n at hlete. Unl ess a shoote r ha s th ree co nsec utive or four no n-consec utive mi sses, he is e nt itle d to 10 b ird s. Ma na uta , th er e fore, t hr ew ap prox imatel y 800 adult p igeon s bet ween 10 a .rn. a nd 5 p.m. the da y of t he shoot. He rej ected a ll young bird s becau se the y wou ld be easie r t o hit. T his wou ld be eq uivale nt, at lea st in number of throws, to a pitch er going all th e wa y in a half -dozen major leag ue ba seba ll ga mes in one da y. Bef or e he throws th e pichon, Mana uta p l ucks a few tai l feather s from t he bird to g ive it erratic fligh t. H e th en ca lJs lis to and aw aits the shooter's comma nd of pajaro or pull. At th e command, Mana uta spins his e ntire hod y and heaves th e bird, He ma y throw it in an y dir ecti on, eve n straig ht a t t he g unne r. Both th e bi rd thrower and t he shooter s ta nd wit hin a 20-met er sq ua re . T he shoote r ha s a 3 by 20 met er r ecta ngle in wh ich to s tan d, and t he thrower ha s an adjo ining a re a the sa me size. At the corner of t he s q ua re ar e post s four met er s in height . A wire is str ung fr om post to po st, and the bird mu st he th e hei gh t of th e wir e before t he a re a the sa me size. At the corner of th e s q uare ar e post s four met er s in height. A wire is str ung fr om post to po st, and th e bird mu st be th e height of th e wir e before th e contestant may shoot. In experienced shoote rs, anxious to ge t on the bird, oft en blast awa y before t he p igeon a ttains t he height of the wire. Man auta is adept at "hitting th e d irt:' Altho ug h many mi sses hav e been close on es, he h as never b een hit. On e hu ndr ed met er s from each po st is a line encirc ling the sq ua re. T he shooter has two shots on eac h bird, and the pig eon m ust f all with in t ha t circ le if it is to be counte d a hi t. Experie nced shoote rs use bot h shots, e ven if th e first kills the bird. T he second sho t is in surance. If a hird is hit b ut ma nages to lea ve t he circ le, eit her by flying or wa lk ing, it is a m iss. If a bird lea ves the cir cle flying a nd then re turns, it is a mi ss. If a bird la nds in a tree or on a wir e or building i nside the circle, it is a mi ss ... unl ess t he p igeon

fa lls to t he gro und bef or e th e next contests-at fir es hi s first shot. If t he pi geon lands on th e ground wit h in t he circl e, th e bird is r etrieved by red -shirred cadd ies a nd brou ght to th e judges for inspection . If th e bi rd is bleed ing , th e pig eon is cons ide red a hi t. T he caddies, yo ung boys hir ed by t he clu b, sta nd on the circle. Ea ch h as a r ed flag and a white flag. The cad dies wat ch th e bird s to determ ine wheth er th ey fly or lan d in the circl e or out. A wa ve of the red flag sig nals a hit ; th e white flag a mi ss. A cont esta nt is not supposed to shoot at a bird if it flies und er the wire or toward th e ga lle r y, wh ich is sit ua ted behin d him . If he ge ts off hi s first shot, onl y to ha ve t he bird tu rn towa r d th e galle r y so t hat he cannot take hi s sec ond shot, the shoote r ge ts a no ther pigeo n. In thi s ca se, when h is seco nd bird is th r own, th e contes ta nt m ust fire his first shot into th e air a nd th e sec ond at th e pig eon . Manauta, li ke a baseb all pitc he r, is afte r strikeouts . The mor e misses he cha lk s up , th e bett er bird thrower he is conside re d. In order to obtain misses, Mana uta st ud ies eac h shoote r's style for the first two o r three birds. Wh e n he finds a weakn ess, he feed s th e g unner b ird s he ca nnot hi t. To det erm in e j ust how successful this met hod is, one need s only to look a t th e record. Aft er four conse c utive pi geon s, only 11 of th e 78 contes ta nts had a perf ect score. Only 18 had kill ed thr ee out of four. Aft er five consec utive pig eon s, only seven shooters had a str ing of hi ts. T he cou nt dropped to four on the sixth ro und. These four gunners held th eir own throug h the seven th, b ut one dr opp ed out on th e eighth and another on t he n int h. On ly two of t he 78 had perfect scores after the final r ound -. TheX were T iffai ne, .the .d ethroug h the seven th, b ut one dropped out on th e eigh th and another on th e n int h. On ly two of t he 78 had perf ect scores after the fina l r ound . T hey were T iffaine, the d ef end in g champion, and Lt. Col. 1. O. Cosner (R e t.) of San Anto nio, T exas, a bird hu nt er and skee t shooter. Cosner was shoo ting a Model 11 Hem in gto n Automatic eq uipped wit h a ra ised r ib, Cutts Compensator, and mod ified choke. He used 7% shots, high velo city , for his first shots, a nd high velocity 6s for hi s sec ond shots. I n th e sudde n-de a th shoot-off, bot h Cosner a nd Tiffaine killed their eleventh bird , h ut Tiffaine missed on the twe lft h. Cosne r hi t, a nd was crowned the new champion . T he shoot drew contes tants from all sections of Texas a nd Mexico , Some were ske et a nd trap cham pion s. A few wer e in ternatio nal pigeon shooters. Ot hers were ju st bird hu nters. One of the most expe rienced shoote rs wa s 67-year-old Dr . Victo ria no Mateo de Aco sta ,

a throat spec ialis t from Mex ico City. T he doctor' s den is decorated with mor e t han 350 first-pla ce trophi es won in Europe and l\Iexi co. Dr. Aco sta , a native of Seville, Sp ain , is proficient wit h ri fle, pi stol, and shotg un. In 1930, he won the la st pigeon shooting t rophy pr ese nted by K ing Alfonso XIII of Spa in. In 1951, he won the Mexican Na tiona l P isto l Championship. He h as ca pt ur ed two cha mpions hips wit h a rifl e in live la mb shooting . Dr. Aco st a on ly hit 8 out of 10 b ird s d ur ing th e N uevo La redo cont est. But th e two mi sses didn't bot her him . " Anybody ca n win a pigeon shoot," he ex plain ed prior to t he match, "b eca use eac h pigeon is a different con test. An d the pi geon, not the ot her shooter, is th e e nemy." In guns, t he doc tor pref ers side -by -side do ub les. The piec es he brough t with him to the shoot inclu ded a $2,000 P ur dy and an AyA , two fine exam ples of for eign imports. Ano ther cont esta nt wa s 30-year-old Edward T ill , a farm er from Bisho p, T exas. Till suffers fr om mu scular d ystrophy. H e ha s had it since birth, but he still manages to h unt by ta king sho r t, care ful ste ps . He ha s ne ver shot trap or skee t. All of h is shooting is don e " aro und the farm ," at birds an d small gam e. The sho tg un T ill u sed wa s a n old 12ga uge It haca pump wit h a full choked , 30in ch barrel and a crac ked stock. But Till kn ew how to use it. H e mi ssed only one bird out of h is first 10, and managed to get into the shoot-off. Nine co nt estants had killed 9 out of 10 birds and were competing for the la st eight pla ces. T ill pl aced t hird, behin d T ifla ine. He k illed a tot al of 20 out of 21 bird s, th e last 15 consec utively. H e used his second sh ot on ly on ce. " J.N{l.. ~O [.\L vm~

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can ri fle shooting in fluenced th at surrender . The rest of t he battalion distin guished itself , too. In all, it took 300 pri soners; kill ed 200; captured four 77's, a tr enc h mortar battery, signal outfi t, and 123 ma chine guns. No one can defin itely say ju st how great a part Serg eant York's fight played in th e tot al pi cture. But when a hole is pun ched in an enemy lin e and a large numb er of prisoners ar e taken, word spreads. Men lose some of their spirit and the fear of enc irclement becomes wide spr ead . However lar ge, or small, York's part may hav e been in th e overa ll pict ur e of that Octob er day, he wrot e a pa ge in America n hi stor y that will never be forg ott en. What q ualities mad e Sergeant York show what he was? Why did he have those quali ti es ? Is it possible t o train these int o men? Th e an swer to th e first of th ose qu est ions is thr ee-fold . York h ad valor , shooting skill , and jud gmen t. Val or is sustained cour age . Yor k sh owed it by per sisting aga ins t heavy odds and great danger for as lon g as th e situation requ ired. Wh er e did he get such valor? In the early part of th e war , York was a conscientious objecto r. He said that he could di e for hi s co un try, but that he could not brin g him self to kill for it. His reli gion forb ad e kill in g, and his own experie nce showed th e futility of figh tin g. After h is father 's death, York went "hog -wild," as the say ing goes. He drank and swore and gambled and fou ght and shot off his pistol s alm ost at other men several tim es. His moth er's patien ce and love finall y won him to more reason ab le behavior, and he later join ed hi s local ch urc h. One of th e t ene ts of r har nh urch is : " T h ou dra nk and swore and gambled and fou ght and shot off his pistol s almo st at other men several tim es. Hi s moth er 's patien ce and love finall y won him to more reason ab le behavior, and he later join ed hi s local ch urc h. One of th e tenets of that churc h is : " T hou shalt not kill- even in war." But Yor k' s culture gave him , also, another set of values. His family lived in r ura l Tenn essee. And th e hi story of his fam ily was a series of war s. Th e Civil War took both of hi s gra ndfather s. York came from a long lin e of fighting riflemen. In hi s autobiography, he wrot e : "What's history with larn ed people is still a matter of story-telli ng with us, and . .. these peop le ar e not merely cha ra cter s in boo ks to us . . . th ey wer e . .• as m uch a part of our lives as these mountains her e and th e log ca bins and the muzzl e-load ers th ey used, whi ch we still have . "Not more tha n 900 mountai n sharpshooter s whipped and sh ot to pieces F erguson and hi s 2,600 trained men at Ki ng' s Mountain. • •• These same old guns [mu zzle loa ding r ifles] . .. mad e it possible for th e 6,000 men und er Andrew Ja ckson down th er e at New Orleans to stop 10,000 Br iti sh soldiers who once fought under Wellington and mu ssed up Napo leon." York had heard these stories aga in and again in his youth. He had heard about Tenn essee ri flemen- Da niel Boone, Davy Crockett, an d many ot her s-from his father, h is fri ends, oth er adults. These stories were hi s hi story lessons, and his heritage. York's battalion commande r, Major Ed. ward Buxton J r., t ook over th e role of storyteller in York's life a fte r h e en tere d the army. York re spected Major Buxton, saying, "He was a most wonderful ma n at h andling

youth; he once told th em: " Eve ry war al ways pro du ces its out stand in g hero. He [Major Buxton] d idn't kn ow where tha t hero was in the Am eri can Army, but th ere wa s jes as good a cha nce of hi m being in our ba tta lio n as anyw her e else. And aft er we hear d hi m spea k lik e th a t we all kin der made up our mind s to be bett er sold iers a nd ma ybe try and be that out stand ing on e." . . . And so York mad e his pea ce with God a nd went to war; and having becom e a sold ier, aimed to be a good one. T he second q ua lit y-c-shoot ing sk ill-s-was still another par t of York 's heri tage. He cou ld shoot bot h ri lle a nd pi stol exp ert ly. York " «rowed up with r illes." H is fath er was well k nown for his rille marksma nsh ip around Cl inton, T enn essee. York learned to shoot by imitati ng hi s fat her. R illes and r ille shooting-c-both in shooting match es an d in hun tin g- were signs of manh ood in t he Tennessee mou ntai ns, a nd York got boththe ri lle a nd the skill at a n ea rly age. Yor k and his fat her-and everyone else who shot in th e Tenn essee mat ches-paid a dim e to shoot a t a turkey's head at 60 pa ces. Or he paid a hal f dollar or dollar to shoot at t he ce nte r of a cross on a board to t ry to win par t of a stee r. If he did not win , he lost mon e y. Th a t hu rt the " me n-fol ks" of a family of 11 child ren in t hat poor par t of Ten nessee. If he won , he got meat for that famil y. But th er e was mor e besides. T he winn er s of th ose matches were her oes. A tr uly gre a t shooter was a man kn own to all men. A poor shooter was also know n by all-a nd lau ghed at. H uru ina ca rrie d the sa me practical an d social reward s and penalt ies. If a ma n could hunt well , he could sup ply food for his fam ily. Family and fr iend s r espected him for his skill. If a man could not h unt well , he got less mea t- a nd less re spect. ~

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social reward s and pena lt ies. If a man could hunt well , he could sup ply food for his fam ily. Family and fr iend s r espected h im for hi s skill. If a man could not h unt well , he got less mea t- a nd less respect. In the target mat ches an d in hu nting, the rewards we nt to the man who cou ld hi t a small mark with one bull e t. Only hits coun ted. Yor k-c-like h is fat her and many otherslearned to hit, and hit cons istently. Th e t hird fa ct or wa s- j udgment, York also show ed sound judgme nt t hro ug ho ut the fighting on Oct. 8th, 1918. Ju dgment is mo re t ha n in telli gen ce. It is th e a bil ity to mak e a wise cho ice a nd carry out one's deci sion. York d id th a t, not ju st on ce but se veral times. He out-th ought as well as out -shot th e German machine gunners, th e German major, and the second line of machin e gunners. J ud z rnen t req uire s intellig ence , guts, and a drive to ca rry out one' s dec ision s. York h ad the m all; used all of th em. But the York sto ry is more than merely a saga of heroi c ac tio n. Th er e is a le sso n in it. If yo u will permit me to dr aw a moral, tha t lesson is th is: Shootin g skill g ives a ma n co nfide nce in battle. York had t hat confide nce . Sheer br aver y, eve n mixed with good j udgme?t. is ofte n wast ed by me n who lac k th e skill to mak e brav ery effec tive. York had t he skill , th e courag e to use it , and the j ud gment to use it effectively. But th e skill came first. Wit ho ut it, York might ha ve been ju st as heroic, bu t very dead. Th e lesson is ju st as tru e now as it was th en . Sk ill with gun s wo n't make e very sold ier a Yor k-size hero , b ut it will ma ke

CROW SHOOT WITH OWL (Continued fr om pag e 29 )

over num erou s blinds on d iffer ent lIocks of crows several mil es apart gives them time to forg et. We got excelle nt result s aga in a few week s la ter. It a ll bega n mont hs befor e, one evening while we were stal king cr ows in the br ushy Colv ille riv er ar ea. It was ge tt ing dark. We heard an owl hoot. " Le t's slip up on h im," said Wayne. " No," I sa id, " I' ll call hi m in ." He was per ha ps half a mile fro m us. I "av e the call at int erva ls, a nd listen ed. Soo n he was an swer ing from barely half th e di stan ce. I calle d again , a nd wai ted . W it hin seconds he was within 50 yard s of us, an swering eagerly. We finally locat ed him , in a tr ee riah t in front of us. It was too dar k to see t h~ crosshairs in my scope, but I put him in the cen ter of the ent ir e scope field as best 1 could, and fired. " Yuh missed ' irn,' came from my pa r tner. Quickly, I hooted agai n. Much to our surpr ise he came clo ser and l it again, hooti ng and look ing for something that ju st wasn 't ther e. T his ti me when t he r ille crac ked , he ca me lIutt erin g to th e gro und . T hat evening, I was ca rrying a .20 cal iber r ille on a Sako action , Dougl as barr el, my own stock an d blu e, loaded with 23 grai ns of 4895 behind a 45 gra in hollow point bu llet giving a muzzle velocity of about 3500 feet per second. It is an excelle nt rille , su per bly acc ura te, virt ually no recoil, flat, deadly, and possibly safer tha n the heavi er 6 mm bull ets in far m ar eas. " You winged him ," said Way ne, an d pick ed up a c lub to deliver th e mer cy blow. " Stop !" I yelled. " He'll mak e th e finest crow decoy you ever saw." And he did ju st that. We had a touch y job ge tt ing a safe grip on a maddened, snapp ing, cla wing grea t ill rarrn ar eas. " You winged him ," said Wa yne , an d pick ed up a club to deliver th e mer cy blow. " Stop !" I yelled. " He 'll mak e th e finest crow decoy you ever saw." And he did ju st that. We had a touch y job ge tt ing a safe grip on a maddened , snapp ing, claw ing grea t horn ed owl. Hi s big eyes were a blaze. Holdin s him down with a stick, I got t he end of his sood wins in one hand a nd contro lled hi s c1a:s wit h tl~e stick. Event ually , we got h im hom e a nd examined th e bull et damage. His wi ng was sha tt ered a t the ma in joint. We a pp lied antiseptic a nd ban daged th e broken wing dail y, a nd nightl y he pecked th e bandage off. But he see med non e th e worse for th e shooting, sna pping hi s bea k, hissin g, a nd ma kin g pa sses a t us wi th his claw s. Wh en t he wound had dr ied up, a veteri nar ian amputated t he sha tte red wi ng, re-ba ndazed it, and gave hi m a shot of peni cill in. " Hooter," as wc ca lled him, kept hi s h igh

moral e. T he wou nd healed, and we had th e crow decoy of a lifet ime! Can an owl see in th e daytime? You be t he can! Hoot er could bo th hear and see crows before either of us. Hi s alert ness would warn us, I 'd ca ll, a nd in a ma tt er of mi n utes, crows wo uld come swooping in, screa ming at Hoo ter. On one such hu nt , one sassy crow sat in a small fir tr ee, growl ing, cawi ng abov e all the others. "Shoot him," whi sp er ed my partner. " Not him, I said. " He 's our best caller." I put the crow call in my pocket, lett ing a bett er call er ta ke over . Soon eve ry crow wit hin mil es was in th e ar ea . Hoot er wo uld tu rn his head from north to south, from east to west, as if it wer e on a ba ll bearing swivel, keepi ng h is eyes on th e torm entors as the y zoomed with in a few feet of h im. Fi na lly I eased my .243 R .C. into posit ion a nd blew up th e lead heckl er. A puff of fea ther s filled the ai r abo ut 50 feet fro m where th e owl sa t. H is eyes wer e on t he crow a t th e blow-up in stan t. Maybe owls ha ve expressionless faces, bu t th is on e had th e most sur pr ised look on h is map , as if to say, " Now where th e H-OO did you go to ?" On e tu ft of feath ers ca me lIoatin g with in a few yar ds of h im and he kept his eyes glued on t his, comple tely baffled at his enemy's st ra nge cha nge of form . W he n the fea thered tuft ca me to li ght in the ara ss he sta red a t it, horn s rai sed, leaning forw~ru, swiveli ng his head tim e and again to look at th e tree wher e th e crow had bee n, th en ba ck to the feath er s on th e gro und. T hen, as if to say, "I'll get what's left ," he hopped off his perc h an d wo bb led in a n owly str ide for the tuft of f ea ther s, only to be tr ipped by th e too short str ing on his leg. (Cont inue d on following pag e)

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CROW SHOOT WITH OWL (Continued from page 49 ) We kept him on a luxury men u of cr ows th a t summer. He'd ea t at ni ght. Morning showed bla ck feather s all over th e gar age where we kept him and a big bloody smile on his fa ce. On e tim e, after we h ad shotg unned th e cr ows r epeat ed ly, we got a br ok en -winged cr ipple . Nothing completes t he owl decoy set-up better than a cr ippled , sq uaw king cr ow. We tied h im to a tr ee, but he kept mum. He was patri oti c ; r efu sed to give hi s br ethern any bum dop e. Hoot er kept e yeing the sile nt patrioti c crow ; finall y decid ed it was abo ut time for his d inn er , a nd went int o action. Th e help less crow, spott ing th e hu ge horn ed owl bea ring down on hi m, let out a burst of ca wing that stirre d up crows for mil es! It all ende d a br uptly when the owl tripped on his tet her and fell. After a mouthy owl d isc ussion wit h him self , he hopped back onto his pole and star ted pr eening hi s feath er s. Sh ortly a fte r th is, two cro ws actuall y kno ck ed Hoot er off hi s per ch . Th e reo suit ing victory screams were al most deaf en in g. An d wh at shooting th ey br ou ght us! We had Hoo ter on a per ch in th e yard on e day when our pet tom ca t chance d by. Th e ca t eyed him , tai l switching, eyes agleam he in ched closer. Appar ently T om was e nvisioning a fine meal of something like ph ea sant. Hooter ruff ed up his feather s to twi ce hi s normal size, hissin g and sna pping hi s beak like mad. The ca t got th e sur prise of his lif e when Hoot er mad e the first str ike, ' lunging forward, but landing a bit sho rt and gett ing only a claw full of ca t hair. Th e ca t du g up th e yard gett ing out of th er e, and he gav e th e owl a wid e berth th er eafter . A year later our owl, Hooter di ed . W e rni .:;:, ~prl him 1nrl nnt n n lv !:H : 0 rI"",..ny ""i t h,p r torward, but a ndmg a bit sho rt ana gett mg only a claw full of ca t ha ir. Th e ca t du g up th e yard gett ing ou t of th er e, and he ga ve th e owl a wid e berth th er eafter . A year later our owl, Hooter di ed . W e missed him , a nd not only as a decoy, eithe r. A " Wa nted- One Live Horned Owl" ad in the local newspap er brou ght us a two-thirds grown horn ed owl. This owl, still accu stom ed to ea ting what his moth er brou ght him , will ea t boi led eggs, meat scra ps and some dog food. F eather s on one wi ng wer e cl ip ped back several inch es to pr event his flyin g away. He' s not our Hoot er, but we like him too. If you want the best th er e is in cr ow shooting, ge t yourself a Hooter. Th e transformation of grea t horn ed owl s, one of th e wor st nat ural pre da tors, into efficient pr ed ator hunter s, is a sight to see and hear. I t provides fun galore, and th e owl see ms ~ to e njoy th e h unt s as mu ch as we do . ~

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