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Show Dugway Proving Ground, Frklay, August 12, 1966 Historical Changes In Lock, Stock and Barrel Ever since an inventive but incoporated two locks attach-geniof the 14th century first ed to a single lockplate with one shoot- set flame to gunpowder trigger. Pretty advanced for Oat a can- - age! small fire hand through ing non fastened to a wooden stock Flintlocks plvUl their way man has busily been engaged in into the small armaments race at about this time, and were there refining die use of firearms. THE FACT that the 'marks- - to stay until the 19th century, man of that era was hurled back In time, this device--a kind of almost as far as his projectile flint and steel set sparked by fired did little to slow down the die striking of flint in the hammer ' march of advanced gunnery. In against a metal plate became bet, by die end of the century, standard equipment the world bronze handguns were being used, over. It also was a favorite among most notably in the famed battle pioneers in Americas heartlands, of Tannenberg in 1399. IN FACT, the development Yet one big problem remained; of gunnery advanced rapidly and How could the vintage sharpshoot- - efficiently on U. S. dunes and er hold and aim his firearm . . . eras a guiding force in the bur-an- d somehow touch a match to a geoning image of American know supply of gunpowder to ignite how." the charge? That was the age of die crafts- The matchlock, invented in the man. One such pioneering artisan late 14(J0s, helped solve die prob- - toiled many weeks over a long-leIt enabled a rifleman to pull barreled flintlock rifle, which he a trigger carrying a slowly burning took to a shooting match in his cord to a touch-hol-e to iprite the1- powder charge. Improvements in native upstate New York. Pitted design also resulted in lighter against the best marksmen from weight guns with stocks similar several counties, he gained second in jiape to those used today. prize. The real winner, advanced BUT SHOOTERS still had to riflery. That was exactly 150 yean struggle with a vertable one-ma- n arsenal: a musket rest, powder ago. Mechanical improvements hom, bullet bag, match cord, were added, almost case, and a source of fire year. Cast steel barrels provided not too far away. And, oh yes, one new safety and accuracy-attrao-othd a sword, in case tive models came thing on the scene (and are still treas- die blasted, thing didnt blast Yet matchlocks were die talk ured by cooled on.) - die great of hand munitions people for cen- - rolling block action provided the turies. All of the Thirty Years Indian tighten and hunten in was fought with die late 19th century with the War (1618-48- ) matchlocks, and some military finest singleshot action made ih writers of die age claimed its that day. MORE RECENTLY, superiority even over die later- wheel lode. tacturen have learned their rights Leonardo da Vinci made some to new processes for lightness, of die earliest known drawings of compactness and easy handling wheel locks. These guns operated firearms. Since 1945, they have somewhat like todays cigarette produced a host of new center lighter: a serrated wheel was set fire cartridges as well from flat to spin against a flint, thereby riiooting varmint calibers, through producing sparks and putting the medium-size- d big game loads, to belted magnum cartridges. pow to priming powder. The design of hot gun shells THE WHEEL lode gave the has been revolutionized with sportsman his first fairly efficient plastic loads, innovated in I960, rifle. As the 17th century ap- - Three yean ago; a new plastic of wad column was introduced, interests designgun preached, en turned to die development of improving patterns and reducing this idea for hunting guns. Be- - recoil. Gas operated autoloading cause of its complexity, it was hot guns are also being produced, too high priced a system for the Heritage and talent, exemplified craft industry, average military firearm. But for in a father-to-so- n those who is the essence of die fascinating die affluent-includi- ng hired the guns diet defended history of guns. As die affluence of their duchies-n-o price was too moderp living provides more to pay for a good weapon sure time for the sportsman, new and greater developments to down pheasant and deer. In tact, an early repeating are on the horizon. Its a far cry wheel lode rifle has been traced from die first burst of organized" to 1594. It had only one band, . gunpowder, many centuries ago. ui - - . TENDER-A- . fijSDA LEAN. (CHOICE BEEFY. 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