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Gun Digest Annual TOC: 1998

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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