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Contents: 500 Issues Of Handguns (Our Handgun Editor says the period from 1982 to 2003 will be seen as the glory years in handgun trends. It’s a period that saw the mating of traditional design to modern manufacturing techniques with great results); 500 Issues Of Rifles (Rifles have come a long ways since 1982. Some of the innovations include the synthetic stock, integral scope mounts, the aluminum bedding block, ultra lightweight rifles, muzzle brakes, and camo finishes); 500 Issues Of Shotguns (When the selection of shotguns was quite varied where SHOOTING TIMES was just a fledgling magazine, the scene has changed considerably and shotgunners today have even more models from which to choose); 500 Issues Of Handloading (Mike says reloading ammunition is nearly as fun as shooting it and that the changes in reloading over the last four decades have been beneficial to participants of this grand adjunct to the shooting sports); A Pioneer In Magnum Handgunning – S & W’s Model 27 .357 Magnum Revolver (Skeeter latched onto his first large frame Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum in 1951 and wasn’t disappointed. Now known as the Model 27, it was still going strong when he penned this article some 30 years later); My Favorite Rifle (Bill enjoyed an early start with rifles, but he came to think of them as “kid stuff.” That is, until he got his hands on a Winchester Model 70 bolt-actions and used it on everything from tin cans to African game) Columns – Editor’s Gallery; Letters; Dateline: Washington, D.C./Gun Legislation; Eye On Optics; The Shootist; Precision Reloading; The Gunsmith; Lock, Stock & Barrel; Gun Smoke
Issue: December 2003
Condition: Very Good