Handgun 9 - 116 pages
Professional
6 What are our police carrying?
14 For the police and the pros
20 Firearms a tool of the trade for Western Australian farmers
Target
22 High-speed reloading
28 Barrel leading and lead removal
34 Some thoughts on timed and rapid-fire shooting
38 How much handgun can you handle?
44 High-calibre Handgun Metallic Silhouette shooting
48 Don‘t play dirty with your handgun
In review
54 Walther’s Pistole 38
62 The Range Safe range bag
64 Caldwell’s Pistolero handgun rest
66 The CZ 75 TS
72 The FoxFury AWL-P pistol light
74 Smith & Wesson’s Model 63
78 Air superiority - the Walther LP300XT Protouch 5D
84 L&R Ultrasonics HCS 200 handgun cleaning system
87 D-Lead hygiene products
89 The Art of the Dynamic Handgun
Historical
90 The Model 1911
95 Colt’s 100th anniversary model 1911s
96 Rudolf’s baby - the Frommer Baby pistol
100 A mystery bag - the Adams 1851 percussion revolver
102 A whiff of grapeshot - the LeMat revolver
106 Notes on a Territory police officer’s revolver
Handgunner’s world
108 Industry round-up
110 Handgun merchandise
Welcome to the 2011 edition of Australian & New Zealand Handgun. In this edition, we truly cater for all types of handgunners - from the civilian sporting revolver or pistol shooter, to the professional shooter who works in the police or law enforcement services and requires a handgun as part of their work.
First up, Media Officer Rachael Andrews takes a look at the firearms of Australia’s police forces, discussing the move over the past decade from using Smith & Wesson .38-calibre revolvers to Glock and Smith & Wesson .40-calibre self-loading pistols. Daniel O’Dea then uses the Smith & Wesson M&P self-loading pistol as an example to describe the differences between what we as sporting shooters are permitted to use for our sporting activities as compared to what law enforcement personnel need in their service pistols.
In our Target section, we offer advice to get you shooting on target. For those of you who frequently attend the shooting range for practice or competition and want to reload your own ammunition, Roy Cassidy discusses the equipment needed to effectively and efficiently ‘roll your own’, while Geoff Smith introduces us to casting lead bullets and how to keep barrels clean from lead buildup. Pistol shooting coach Ric Tester then discusses the fundamentals of shooting for timed and rapid-fire events.
We then have reviews on air pistols, self-loading pistols and revolvers, as well as a number of accessories such as a range bag, shooting rest, cleaning gear for you and your firearm, and even a pistol-mounted light specifically for those in the law enforcement industry.
For history buffs, we have stories on the world-famous and much-copied Model 1911 self-loading pistol (now in its 100th year of design) and some rather distinctive firearms including the Rudolf Frommer Baby pistol from Hungary, the Adams 1851 percussion revolver from Britain, and a Colt single-action revolver used by a Northern Territory police officer that I’m sure has many stories to tell.
Finally, we have our usual Industry Round-up of new products from our distributors and advertisers. We also give you the chance to win a pistol light from Wolf-Eyes, a holster from NVT and $455 worth of gun cases from Maxis Tool Systems.
Enjoy all that this edition of Handgun has to offer. Happy reading and good handgunning!