SEE BELOW for MORE MAGAZINES' Exclusive, detailed, guaranteed content description!* With all the great features of the day, this makes a great birthday gift, or anniversary present! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED. TITLE: American Rifleman Magazine [The Official Journal of the National Rifle Association! Many features on See FULL contents below!] ISSUE DATE: AUGUST 1966 Vol. 114--No. 8 CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) IN THIS ISSUE: [Use 'Control F' to search this page. MORE MAGAZINES' exclusive detailed content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date.] This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 THE COVER The 2 presentation pistols on the cover were made by the English firm of Tatham Egg between 1800-1820. The pistols were signed in gold on the locks and in a gold ooincon in the breeches, and are presently in the gun collection of W. Keith Neal, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, who made the transparency. The barrel of each pistol is inlaid in gold: (left side) "1. A LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AYRES AT GENERAL BELGRANO"; top) "2. A VEN-CEDOR EN TUCUMAN Y SALTA"; (right side) "3. A LA LIBERTAD DE LA PATRIA ESTABLECIDA". (Translation: "1. To the city of Buenos Aires and to the attention of General Belgrano; 2. To the conqueror in Tucuman and in Salta; 3. To the liberty of the established motherland".) After a successful insurrection against the ruling Spaniards by the Argentine Creoles led by General Manuel Belgrano, formal independence of the province of Buenos Aires was declared at Tucuman in 1816. Later, unification of Argentina was achieved under Juan Manuel de Rosas, who owned the pistols on the cover. He ruthlessly dominated the Argentine confederation for 23 years, when, in 1852, he was overthrown and fled the country in a British ship. The pistols were among possessions which he carried with him to England. The pistols are 18" long, weigh 3 lbs. each, and are cal. .65 with 101/2" smoothbore barrels. The mounts are silver, and goldplated silver, made by Moses Brent. The original rosewood case for these pistols bears the inscription "A su amigo Jn. MI. de Rozas". MAJOR ARTICLES. A Gun Safety Milestone . . . AnEditorial. Colorado Hunter Safety Program. What The Lawmakers Are Doing. Police Pistol Championships . . . Russ B. Warye. Bears And Bear Rifles . . . Bert Popowski. Mossberg Center-Fire Rifle . . . Ludwig Olson. U.S. Intl Shooting Championships . . . Otto A. Finley. Insert Barrels For Shotguns . . . EW.Heter, Jr. A Soviet Free-Pistol . . . DW. Martin. Winchester Model 63 Rifle . . . James M. Triggs. Colt's New Lightning Rifle . . . James E. Serven. Special Shotshell Loads . . . EHHarrison. REGULAR FEATURES. Dope Bag. NRA News And Events. A Place To Shoot. America's Leading Gunsmiths. Game Management News. Shooting Champions. Score Sheet. A Court Case Of Consequence. The Armed Citizen. New Lifetime Memberships. Index Of Display Advertisers. SHORT ARTICLES. Obituary. Why I Joined NRA. Special Events. . ______ Use 'Control F' to search this page. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED.