A_S_S_2015_04

EDITOR: Jerry Lee.

PUBLISHED BY: F+W Media

Inc. Krauser Publications,

700 East State St, Iola, WI

54990-0001, USA. Soft cover,

560 pages. RRP: $ 49.99

THE f irst 1946 Gun Digest,

edited by John.T.Amber

offered the complete gun

review by America's foremost

gun writers. Each edition

contained an untold wealth of

information for hunters and

shooters. My collection of Gun

Digests dates from 1951 to the

2015 edition; sadly I'm missing

copies from 1946 to 1950.

Maybe a reader can help?

The new 69th edition, a

landmark for gun nuts, is the

third edited by Jerry Lee and

contains articles on the widest

variety of subjects imaginable

together with five Testfire

reports on new firearms;

Reports From the Field cover

new rifles, shotguns, various

kinds of handguns, ballistics,

components, ammunition

and optics.

Specific calibre features

include: the .44-40,.38 Super,

.32 S&W, the .30 M1 carbine

and .270 Winchester. Aussies

will devour “Br ita in's Black

Powder .303” by Garry James

and “The Guns of CZ,” by Brad

Fitzpatrick. “Understanding

Powder,” by Philip Massaro is

there for handloaders and

Dave Morelli's treatise “5

Biggest Challenges to Long

Range Accuracy” compares

the pros and cons of several

popular cartridges.

Fans of western movies will

be intrigued with “Holsters of

Arvo Ojala,” by Rick Hacker,

relating how Hollywood actors

who Ojala trained became

genuine fast-draw artists.

Tom Turpin annually edits

a pictorial review of the

beauty and artistry of “Custom

& Engraved Guns” and now

backgrounds the new Heym-

Martini 88-B Safari rifle based

on the Heym Express action

which he helped design.

Chambered in .375 H&H, .404

Jeffery, .416 Rigby and .458

Lott the 88-B offers unheard of

sub-MoA accuracy.

Once again, editor Jerry Lee

has succeeded in assembling a

broad mix of interesting and

constructive features to appeal

to the greatest possible

audience, including the long

overdue “Rifles of the Safari

Sisters” by Wayne Van Zwoll. It

dispels any notion that women

nimrods are inferior to men

when it comes to hunting and

cleanly taking game. His

comment that: “the .257

remains an overlooked prize,”

in the non-magnum category

confirmed that the author is

truly objective.

The rear section of the Gun

Digest offers an up-to-date

catalogue of firearms, ballistic

tables and a web directory of

every section of the firearms

industry, plus some extremely

useful reference tables. Well

done, Jerry!

Gun Digest 2015 – 69th Edition

80 | SPORTING SHOOTER _ APRIL 2015

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