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Contents: The Model 27 Lives Again! (Smith & Wesson reintroduces the Model 27 – a gun worthy of the title “Classic” – and the author puts the new 27 through a head-to-head shootout with a 30-year-old gun wearing the same model number); Make Mine A Custom (Lane has been a collector of Ruger single-action for more than 40 years, but when he gets a wild hair, he often has a custom rig built to his specifications. He says that gives him the opportunity to have a real “Special” revolver); .454 Casull – Aged To Perfection (Precision accuracy, extreme knock-down power, and surprising shootability are just some of the reasons why the .454 Casull is one of our all-time great big game cartridges); Favorite Loads: Hot Off The Press – .454 Casull (Add to your own reloading manual with our senior field editor’s favorite .454 Casull handloads); Hunting Cartridges For The Thinking Man (Savvy hunters rely on these easy-on-the-shoulder cartridges because they drop game handily without rattling your fillings); Blaser R-93 (Find out why our shooting editor warms up to this kooky-looking but trim, high-tech, and accurate straight pull bolt-action hunting rifle) Departments – Letters (ST readers speak out); Ask The Experts (Our panel of experts answers all your questions about handguns, rifles, shotguns and more) Columns – Going Ballistic! (Allan explains how learning about copper crusher pressure testing and prezo-electric testing helped him develop confidence in load date); Trigger Time (Greg demonstrates how hunting with an unfamiliar rifle/cartridge combo can ruin a hunt, and he says you’re better off to “love the one you’re with”); Practical Reloading (Lane revisits some of his old favorite .357 Magnum handloads and loads up some brand-new ones, and in the process, he rediscovers that loading and shooting equals having fun); The Gunsmith (Reid salvages an old dog of a revolver, and he offers some handy tips on how to get down to bare metal and then prepare the surface for a quality refinishing job); The Shootist (Paul shoots one of the finest big-bore, swing-out-cylinder, double-action revolvers of all time – the classic Colt New Service); Hipshots Reloaded (One of Skeeter’s great strengths was the way he could offer helpful hints for making shooting a more enjoyable experience. Here’s one of his classics from 1968 on how to “lick the kick” of heavy recoiling handguns)
Issue: May, 2009
Condition: Very Good