lifted off, and it is necessary to u split-ring mounts for the scopes from K-4 and up. Competition right now is hottest in the 4X field, and the new K-4 is right in there slugging it out with the best. Not only is the K-4 exceedingly handsome but it is also a top-quality scope optically. Power has been stepped up until it is apparently a bit over 4X. The larger objective lens and perfected optical system gives the K-4 superb definition and great brilliance. I have long felt that strictly for use on an all-round big game rifle the best possible compromise would be a straighttube scope of full 3 power. Actually, most of the so-called 242X% scopes have not been 2%’s atvall, bie 13%,-2%’s. The new Weaver K-3 is it! Definition is good enough for big-game shooting even to quite long range. Field is wide enough “perfect neck shot easy at 200 yards”’ says A. M. Smith of Pequot Minn., who bought his 4X. gunscope last September. Lakes, Boone . ‘‘The Boone is the most perfect scope | have ever used. It is no trick to break a deer’s neck at 200 yards. I find it much quicker (37 to get on target than with a long ft. at 100 yd.) even for the fastest of brush _ shooting. It should be a. widely used and highly successful scope, particularly. for the man who uses one big-game rifle on all game. In all. scope. reticules: ofthe new K models, Series 60, crosshairs are standard with posts optional. Dot and rangefinder reticules can be had at extra cost. scope.” The fabulous Weatherby Imperials Woe Inc., the rifle manufacturing firm of South Gate, Calif., is importing from Germany a line of scopes, known as Weatherby Imperials. They have many novel features and are top-quality scopes optically and mechanically. Available in three powers—2%X, 4X, and 6X—the scopes have aluminum-alloy tubes with black anodyzed finish. They are exceedingly handsome and are built like watches. The 2%,X Imperial is a fine all-round big-game scope, the 4X an excellent open-country scope, and the 6X, which resembles the fine Stith scope of that power in its very large objective and superb definition, is a great varmint scope and long-range big-game scope. On an ultra-high-velocity rifle, for instance, it would be exactly the business for antelope shooting on the Wyoming plains and for coyote shooting. Most novel feature of the scopes is that adjustment dials for both elevation and windage are under the same removable cap. Elevation is adjusted by turning the knurled outer ring on the dial with the fingers. Inner ring adjusts BOONE 2,X 4X $38.00 48.00 New Winchester Self-Loading Shotgun Interchangeable Receiver Sight Send for $5.50 free Ly or CHILFORD ARMS 24 CALIFORNIA ST. San Francisco, Calif, BENJAMIN SUPER C02 wT NEWEST TARGET EAL 30 ? = RIFLE— : IDEAL FOR eS SMALL GAME! == ECONOMICAL- - ACCURATE SAFE = NON-TOXIC — CONVENIENT _PRACTICAL. 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Now the new Winchester is with us. Called the Model 50, it comes in either 12 or 20 gauge and is available in field, skeet, and trap models with various chokes, barrel lengths, and plain or ventilated ribs. Gun owners can interchange barrels with no special fitting. Hottest news about the new gun is that the barrel does not recoil and hence does not give the slam-bang recoil effect —common to automatic shotguns— which some people don’t like. The new Winchester has a floating chamber on the order of those in the Remington Model 550, the Colt Ace, etc. It recoils less than 1/10 inch—a movement which actuates the breech bolt and starts the entire cycle of unlocking, extraction, reloading, and locking. The gun is pleasant to shoot. As it stands it seems to be a trifle muzzlelight with the 26-in. skeet-bored barrel. Weight would be just right and balance perfect witn the steel Cutts Comp stuck on for.an overall length of 26 in. Balance is fine with the 30-in. barrel. I usually loathe a 30-in. barrel on a repeating shotgun and find the balance about like that of a vaulting pole, but because of all the machinery in the butt the Winchester is an exception. The stock on my sample is a trifle straight for many men but just what most experienced shotgun handlers would want. Pistol grip is too short, though, : and should be corrected. —J. rey Ce » sens aee sn ATS:tet WORKS 1220 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles 15, Cal GOKEY BOTTE SAUVAGE ‘The best all-around boot in the world’ MANUFACTURED SINCE 2550 Water-Proof, Genuine Pac Moccasin, Hand Sewed Vamp, Made to Measure. A pound or two lighter than the average boot, easy to put on and take off; no hooks to catch. Ankle strap holds boot in place, and also acts as ankle support. ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS! Get the original Gokey Botte Sauvage only by writing for measure blank and Footwear Catalog. GOKEY COMPANY DEPT. 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