Guns & Ammo

Guns & Ammo spotlights the latest models, from combat pistols to magnum rifles...reviews shooting tactics, from stance to sighting...and explores issues from government policies to sportsmen's rights. It's the one magazine that brings you all aspects of the world of guns.

Guns & Ammo

FEBRUARY ’61

READER BLOWBACK • WRITE US! “Letters,” Guns & Ammo, 2 News Plaza, 3rd Floor, Peoria, IL 61614, or email us at gaeditor@outdoorsg.com. Please include your city and state of residence. Letters may be edited for brevity and clarity.

ETHICAL SHOTS • How far is too far?

AUCTION BLOCK

IDENTIFICATION & VALUES • “I have a particular penchant for unusual early pocket autos. Your ‘Bronnie’ was a new one to me ...”

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A CONNOISSEUR’S CARBINE • THOUGH UNQUESTIONABLY FORMIDABLE, THE BRITISH PATTERN 1796 HEAVY DRAGOON CARBINE WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUBTLY ELEGANT AND INNOVATIVE CAVALRY ARMS OF ITS DAY.

THE PAST REVISITED • Life without black rifles.