July/August 2010 Features
The Military Surplus .38 Caliber Revolver ...by Red Meinecke
The impetus for this article came from a request from readers for me to write some
articles on surplus handguns available for their use. I've published some articles
about a few of the more prevalent issue handguns on the market some few years
back, mostly semi-automatic pistols of various ethnicities. But I have nothing against
doing another series of articles on surplus military or even surplus law enforcement
sidearms, starting with the often unknown and much maligned .38 cartridge and
those revolvers of consequence that housed it.
Nessmuk Revisited ...by David Langerman
George Washington Sears, 1821-1890, better known to his modern day backwoods-
men and kindred spirits by his pen name Nessmuk, wrote "Woodcraft" in 1884 and
was a regular contributor to "Forrest and Stream Magazine". In his lifetime he saw
the westward expansion into what fifteen years before his birth had been the un-
charted and unknown frontier. He had seen the subduing of the American Indian,
from whom he took his pen name. All around him the wild land was being tamed.
Fishing From a Kayak ...by Dan Lila
Every sportsman should have a small craft of some sort. Whether it be a canoe,
piroque or like me, a kayak. For fishing, the most important feature of the craft is
stability. The kayak I use has a dihedral hull and is made by "Future Beach." This
is the most economical one for fishing I have found.
Hiking With Dogs ...by Danny Madden
In all my running the ridges and bottoms, I have crossed paths with many a hiker
and his best companion, more commonly known as: Man's BEST FRIEND. I have had
many over my lifetime, as have my father and grandfather. I can close my eyes and
remember Granddad's old mutt he called Browse. I ran miles and miles in the hills
hills of southern Ohio with Granddad's favorite dog.
Home Spun Holsters ...by Jeff Marlow
Leather working is really quite simple to do and the types of holsters, gun belts,
scabbards and sheaths you can make with this natural material is almost limitless.
I made my first holster when I was 15, for the first gun I ever paid for: a Navy Arms
.44 caliber Remington 1858 revolver and I still have them both, 39 years later.