Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2022 i Shooting Times

FINALLY! KUDOS TO LAYNE SIMPSON ON HIS “THE .284 WINCHESTER STILL Shines” article in the October 2021 issue. I have expounded on the virtues of the “first short mag” (as I call it) since I got a Model 100 Winchester in 1965. I still have it. What a great deer cartridge! I now own a Winchester Model 88, a Savage 99, and a custom job built on a Remington Model 700 action. Oh, and tell Layne I have two A-Bolts he’s welcome to “lay eyes on” anytime. Devon Craig Plainfield, VT Considerations on the Rossi R92 I enjoyed the article on the Rossi R92 and found the loading data most informative. However, the closing suggestion that Rossi should drill and tap holes for a receiver sight is really not needed.…

WINCHESTER’S SINGLE-SHOT MODEL 37 SHOTGUN was a byproduct of the Great Depression, when capable but inexpensive fowling pieces were a valuable asset to the family table. Simple and robust, the Model 37 featured a break-action receiver with a “semi-hammerless” design, meaning only the hammerspur was visible and accessible. A simple thumb lever atop the rear receiver tang opened the action, and an ejector tossed fired hulls over the shooter’s shoulder with a healthy “ping.” More than a million Model 37s were made between 1936 and 1963. Winchester moved manufacturing to the Cooey facility in Canada and in the late ’60s brought out the Model 370, which was an adaptation of the 37 and Cooey’s similar Model 84. The 370 was short-lived. Just a few years later, a few more changes…

THIS COULD WELL BE THE YEAR OF THE HI- Power. Last month we debuted Springfield Armory’s new SA-35 Hi-Power, and this month we’re giving you a good look at the new, made-in-Turkey Girsan MC P35 Hi-Power that’s imported by European American Armory (EAA) of Cocoa, Florida. Plus, there’s chatter about another new Hi-Power coming from a well-known and respected gun company sometime this year. We’ll report on it once shooting samples become available. In the meantime, let’s look at EAA’s Hi-Power. Dandy Details As you can see from the photographs, the Girsan MC P35 looks a bit different from the traditional Hi-Power because it’s wearing a matte Dark Earth finish. The MC P35 is also offered with black-and-gray two-tone and all-black finishes, too. The grips for all three versions are…

FOR MY GUN REVIEW OF THE NEW HOWA MODEL 1500 SUPERLITE from Legacy Sports beginning on page 40 of this issue, I used a brand-new Crimson Trace Brushline Pro 3-12X 42mm scope, and it performed admirably. With its 1-inch-diameter main tube, 42mm objective lens, 13.1-inch length, and 18.7-ounce weight, it fit the lightweight rifle perfectly and offered just the right amount of magnification to take full advantage of the rifle’s versatility. The Brushline Pro 3-12X 42mm scope comes with Crimson Trace’s Custom Pro BDC reticle placed in the second focal plane. The reticle has four open diamonds on the vertical crosshair below the horizontal crosshair, and they are calibrated for .308 Winchester ammo loaded with a 150-grain bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2,820 fps, which was quite convenient for…

CROSSBREED’S NEW ROGUE HOLSTER SYSTEM embraces many CrossBreed advanced holster designs, characterizing the extent of the company’s first all-Kydex holster system. It expands customizing options while adhering to CrossBreed’s high comfort and ergonomic standards. The heart of the Rogue system is a two-piece all-Kydex gun pocket that is molded for precise fit. It features a smooth skin side, strategically positioned screw holes and slots, a suppressor-height front-sight channel, and an optic cut to accommodate red-dot sights. Also included is an all-Kydex modular mag pouch. As with most CrossBreed holsters, the new Rogue holster works with multiple clips to expand carry options. Between the available clip options and the integrated cant and height adjustments, the Rogue can be fine-tuned to meet most any carry style. Plus, Cerakoted hardware in Magpul FDE,…

AS I LOOK THROUGH NOTES AND PAPERS FROM both my careers (Dallas County Institute of Forensic Sciences Crime Laboratory and Speer), I see more little quirks of the art and science of ballistics. Here are a few that came up over my 35 years of employment as a “ballistics guy.” Cast Versus Jacketed Bullets and Pressures There is a common and reasonably accurate prediction that, all other things being equal, cast lead bullets will produce less pressure than jacketed bullets of the same weight. Speer tested lead handgun bullets cast from RCBS molds to support its line of casting equipment. An anomaly in testing often becomes the “guest of honor” at breakroom discussions, and my tech found one. RCBS mold No. 40-180-FN for the .38-40 Winchester was a great candidate…

FRESH FROM THE BOUNDARY-PUSHING MINDS AT GUNWERKS, THE new Revic BR4 is unquestionably the most capable and advanced rangefinder available. For around 15 years, Gunwerks—a custom rifle company located in Cody, Wyoming—has focused on long-range hunting rifles, and today, it is generally recognized as a leading expert in that field. Revic Optics was established more recently. Owned and founded by Aaron Davidson, also founder and CEO of Gunwerks, Revic was launched to research and create space-age smart optics, such as its PMR428 4-28X 50mm smart scope. About 10 years ago (pre-Revic), Gunwerks introduced the G7 BR rangefinder that featured an onboard ballistic calculator and basic sensors that read fundamental atmospheric data and plugged real-time conditions into ballistic solutions. It was powerful, complex, and expensive, but it was reliable. Once Revic…

ANYONE WHO HAS PLAYED AROUND WITH OLDER target rifles and pistols is familiar with set triggers. For those who aren’t, a set trigger mechanism has two triggers: one releases the sear, while the other “sets” the first so that its let-off is so light it can be tripped by a hair (hence, “hair” trigger). Not surprisingly, German gunmakers of the old school turned the making of set triggers into a craft by itself. Its practitioners were called Stechermachers (the master craftsmen being Stechermachermeisters ). Set triggers found on German and other middle-European target rifles of the 19th century have the most elaborate and highly developed set triggers of any I’ve found. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a more complex and delicate mechanism made by human hands. About the only…

Q: I READ STEVE GASH’S QUICK SHOT ON THE MOSSBERG MVP PATROL bolt-action carbine chambered in .300 Blackout in the March issue. I like the look of the little rifle and would love to see the results of shooting some handloads in it. Does Steve have any .300 BLK handload data for the MVP? Andy Nottingham Via email A: As my faithful readers know, I almost always test some handloads in every new rifle I review. I did that for the Mossberg MVP Patrol in .300 BLK, but there wasn’t sufficient space in the March issue to list them, so Editor in Chief Joel Hutchcroft decided to show only the results of firing the factory-loaded ammo in my initial report, but the results of testing nine hand-loads are listed in…

SHOOTING TIMES READER HENRY DIEGO RECENTLY wrote in and explained that although he owned several reloading manuals, he couldn’t find any load data for the .22 Remington Jet. No wonder: It’s been at least 10 years since any mainstream reloading guide included .22 Jet recipes. It’s one of the few modern cartridges that I haven’t reloaded, but I delved into it in order to help Mr. Diego. Remington and Smith & Wesson entered into a collaboration, and the .22 Jet debuted in the spring of 1961. Remington initially named it the .22 Remington CFM (Centerfire Magnum). S&W adapted its K-Frame Model 19 double-action revolver and introduced the then-new Model 53 with 3-, 4-, 6-, and 8.38-inch barrels. It was priced at $110 and came with six chamber inserts so you…

DR. F.W. MANN WAS A SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL doctor and inventor, so much so that at the age of 37, he retired and turned his attention to his lifelong passion of discovering why bullets do what they do downrange, especially in terms of accuracy. His efforts culminated in publishing The Bullet’s Flight from Powder to Target: The Internal and External Ballistics of Small Arms; a Study of Rifle Shooting with the Personal Element Excluded, Disclosing the Cause of the Error at Target in 1909. The title of his book is a real mouthful, but the contents laid the foundation for today’s understanding of ballistics. Franklin W. Mann was born July 24, 1856, in Norfolk, Massachusetts. He grew up on a New England farm and began shooting at the age of 12.…