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1986 Articles
1986 American Handgunner Magazine Articles
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| Item | Article | Author | Issue | Title | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJF8621 | Master Tips | Winokur, Jon | Jan/Feb 1986 | Mike Plaxco’s tricks of going prone for IPSC. | 21 |
| HJF8622 | Get Ready for Redi-Set | Lesce, Tony | Jan/Feb 1986 | Self-setting steel plates for much plinking fun. | 22 |
| HJF8628 | Crossfire | Ayoob and Hackathorn | Jan/Feb 1986 | Which is better? Single or double action? | 28 |
| HJF8629 | RCBS 4×4 Reloading Press | Cotterman, Dan | Jan/Feb 1986 | Our reloading columnist examines RCBS 4×4. | 29 |
| HJF8630 | Colt’s Peacekeeper | Arnold, Dave | Jan/Feb 1986 | .357 Magnum bargain from Colt may be it. | 30 |
| HJF8634 | Pachmayr’s Modular Pistol | Arnold, Dave | Jan/Feb 1986 | State-of-the-art pistol for pro handgunners. | 34 |
| HJF8639 | The Ayoob Files: Pistol vs. Shotgun: The Ken Kaas Incident | Ayoob, Massad | Jan/Feb 1986 | Finally! A regular feature analyses the psychology of gunfights. | 39 |
| HJF8642 | Let’s Get Practical | Williams, Mason | Jan/Feb 1986 | Survival stressed when cops compete with handguns. | 42 |
| HJF8646 | Reloading the 9mm Luger | Trzoniec, Stanley W. | Jan/Feb 1986 | Reloading Army’s new 9mm Luger cartridge. | 46 |
| HJF8650 | Custom Pistolsmith Directory | Jan/Feb 1986 | Custom pistolsmiths listed by state. | 50 | |
| HMA8624 | Kids and Guns | Proctor, P.G. | March/April 1986 | How to keep kids and guns together safely. | 24 |
| HMA8626 | 1985 IPSC European Championships | van Driel, Jan | March/April 1986 | Tom Campbell emerges as top dog in Vienna. | 26 |
| HMA8627 | Elmer Keith’s Model 29—For Sale | March/April 1986 | The only M-29 of Elmer’s that’ll ever be sold. | 27 | |
| HMA8628 | Dillon RL-550 Reloading Press | Cotterman, Dan | March/April 1986 | Affordable quality in a progressive press. | 28 |
| HMA8629 | The Ayoob Files: An Old and Steady Hand: The Emmett Gholson Incident | Ayoob, Massad | March/April 1986 | Even in barber shop stay Condition Yellow. | 29 |
| HMA8632 | Glaser Safety Slugs | Hipes, Mark A. | March/April 1986 | “Is the Glaser the ultimate manstopper?” | 32 |
| HMA8634 | Colt’s Detective Special | Trzoniec, Stanley W. | March/April 1986 | This .38 Special snubby is class all the way. | 34 |
| HMA8637 | Guns of the Canadian Mounted Police | Hopkins, Cameron | March/April 1986 | Handguns of the RCMP from past to present. | 37 |
| HMA8642 | Ask Me About My Heinie | Weller, Jim | March/April 1986 | Weller tests Dick Heinie’s superb custom .45s. | 42 |
| HMA8646 | The Dutch Connection | van Driel, Jan | March/April 1986 | Ammo requirements puzzle the Dutch police. | 46 |
| HMA8650 | Pro Tach Chronograph | Weller, Jim | March/April 1986 | Test of latest, most compact chronograph. | 50 |
| HMA8651 | The Guns of Leonard Baity | Petty, Charles E. | March/April 1986 | Pistolsmith profile of young & upcoming talent. | 51 |
| HMA8652 | So You Carry a Snubby | Hamilton, Claud S. | March/April 1986 | Is the snubby’s reputation justified? | 52 |
| HMA8658 | The Amazing Recoiless Pistol | Pole, Bill | March/April 1986 | A humorous look at recoil reducing gadgets. | 58 |
| HMA8661 | How (Not) to Shoot Silhouette | Numbthumb, S.A. | March/April 1986 | Ol’ Numbthumb now tries silhouette. | 61 |
| HMJ8628 | C&H 444-X | Cotterman, Dan | May/June 1986 | A tell-it-like-it-is test of this reloading press. | 28 |
| HMJ8630 | IHMSA National Championship | Stringfellow, Bert | May/June 1986 | IHMSA crowned a new king. | 30 |
| HMJ8632 | Smith & Wesson’s 669 | Hipes, Mark A | May/June 1986 | A test report on Smith’s chopped 9mm auto. | 32 |
| HMJ8634 | IPSC National Championship | Hopkins, Cameron | May/June 1986 | Combat shooting’s premier event. | 34 |
| HMJ8638 | Mag-Na-Port’s Professional Pistol | Arnold, Dave | May/June 1986 | .44 Mag custom snubnose—small & powerful. | 38 |
| HMJ8645 | Lone Star State’s Practical Pistol | Pickle, Al | May/June 1986 | From Texas, a custom .45 auto for defense. | 45 |
| HMJ8646 | PPC National Championship | Romero, Fred | May/June 1986 | Hundreds of cops from across US shoot it out. | 46 |
| HMJ8649 | Crossfire | Ayoob, Massad and Moritz, Mark | May/June 1986 | Does Post-Shooting Trauma exist? 2 views. | 49 |
| HMJ8650 | Pact Mk II Timer | Hopkins, Cameron | May/June 1986 | High-tech aid is timer & chronograph. | 50 |
| HMJ8651 | The Ayoob Files: The Second Combat Cross | Ayoob, Massad | May/June 1986 | Revealing instruction from actual gun fights. | 51 |
| HJA8623 | Master Tips | Winokur, Jon | July/August 1986 | Mickey Fowler explains finger-forward grip. | 23 |
| HJA8626 | Smith & Wesson 645 | Cooper, Jeff | July/August 1986 | Critical look at new .45 auto from Smith. | 26 |
| HJA8632 | Pachmayr’s Dominator | Jones, J.D. | July/August 1986 | Radical revision of a Gov’t Model for hunting. | 32 |
| HJA8634 | Custom Handguns in Africa | Hopkins, Cameron | July/August 1986 | Sit back and enjoy an armchair safari. | 34 |
| HJA8643 | The Ayoob Files: Do Better Guns win? Five Cases in Point | Ayoob, Massad | July/August 1986 | Do better guns win fights? maybe, maybe not. | 43 |
| HJA8646 | Crossfire | Hopkins and Petty | July/August 1986 | Are magnums better? Consider two views. | 46 |
| HJA8648 | AMT’s Autoscale | Cotterman, Dan | July/August 1986 | An electric powder measure and scale in one. | 48 |
| HJA8659 | What’s New form Remington | July/August 1986 | New factory ammo and a new XP-100. | 51 | |
| HJA8659 | Ross Seyfried, African Hunter | Tappenberg, john | July/August 1986 | 1981 IPSC champ now a professional hunter. | 59 |
| HSO8635 | Master Tips | Winokur, Jon | Sept/Oct 1986 | Rob Leatham explains weak-hand shooting. | 35 |
| HSO8637 | The Affordable Compensator | Neisler, Trip | Sept/Oct 1986 | A comp and a barrel bushing in one. | 37 |
| HSO8641 | The Ayoob Files: No Noe Ever Raped a .44 Magnum: The Helen Weathers Incident | Ayoob, Massad | Sept/Oct 1986 | A lady and her .44 Magnum face a rapist. | 41 |
| HSO8642 | A Decade of Design | Wood, J.B. | Sept/Oct 1986 | Major handgun innovations of past decade. | 42 |
| HSO8646 | Happy Birthday IHMSA | Gates, Elgin | Sept/Oct 1986 | Silhouette shooting is ten years young. | 46 |
| HSO8650 | Ruger GP-100 | Trzoniec, Stanley W. | Sept/Oct 1986 | Ruger’s ultimate .357 Magnum revolver. | 50 |
| HSO8654 | Ruger’s Bisley | Arnold, Dave | Sept/Oct 1986 | Ruger resurrects the Bisley Model. | 54 |
| HSO8658 | Les Baer’s forty-Five | Trzoniec, Stanley W. | Sept/Oct 1986 | A test of the custom Colt .45 ACP. | 58 |
| HSO8658 | Beeman P-1 Air Pistol | Romero, Fred | Sept/Oct 1986 | World’s most powerful air pistol. | 60 |
| HSO8662 | The Good Old Days | Winokur, Jon | Sept/Oct 1986 | Men who pioneered “The Modern pistolcraft.” | 62 |
| HSO8667 | American Handgunner Index of Articles | AH Staff | Sept/Oct 1986 | Part I: Article index of past 10 years. | 67 |
| HSO8698 | Colt’s Mustang | Arnold, Dave | Sept/Oct 1986 | A pocket pistol with champion bloodlines. | 98 |
| HSO86104 | Ross Seyfried, Champion | Tappenberg, John | Sept/Oct 1986 | 1981 IPSC World Champion Ross Seyfried. | 104 |
| HSO86108 | Do Comps Affect Accuracy? | Petty, Charles E. | Sept/Oct 1986 | The results may surprise you. | 108 |
| HND8623 | Master Tips | Winokur, Jon | Nov/Dec 1986 | Bill Rogers on competition holsters. | 23 |
| HND8624 | MSC Ammunition | Ayoob, Massad | Nov/Dec 1986 | .25 auto good for defense with MSC ammo? | 24 |
| HND8629 | Lee Hand Press | Cotterman, Dan | Nov/Dec 1986 | A portable reloading press. | 29 |
| HND8633 | Steel Challenge 1986 | Hopkins, Cameron | Nov/Dec 1986 | Chip McCormick wins $250,000 speed shot. | 33 |
| HND8634 | Steel Challenge Prize Pistol | Arnold, Dave | Nov/Dec 1986 | Most prestigious pistol was on the prize table. | 34 |
| HND8635 | Sugar and Spice and Pistols | Knob, Linda | Nov/Dec 1986 | The ladies of the Steel Challenge. | 35 |
| HND8638 | Reloading .38 Super | Petty, Charles E. | Nov/Dec 1986 | Bye-bye Blue Dot, hello W-W 540. | 38 |
| HND8644 | Handguns of Safari Club | AH Staff | Nov/Dec 1986 | Gorgeous custom handguns big $ at auction. | 44 |
| HND8646 | J.D. Jones on Handgun Hunting | Jones, J.D. | Nov/Dec 1986 | Guns, gear, loads, scopes, techniques. | 46 |
| HND8653 | American Handgunner Index of Articles | AH Staff | Nov/Dec 1986 | Articles published in 10 years: Part Two. | 53 |
| HAN8607 | Cop Talk | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | Guns and holsters he’s carried on the job. | 7 |
| HAN8612 | Handloading | Cotterman, Dan | AH Annual 1986 | Bullet wounds and reloading for self defense. | 12 |
| HAN8618 | Custom Chronograph | Petty, Charles E. | AH Annual 1986 | Model 1000. Chronographing can be fun. | 18 |
| HAN8620 | Handgun Hunting Holsters | Rutter, Michael | AH Annual 1986 | Handgun hunters demand best equipment. | 20 |
| HAN8624 | Toy Guns: For Adults Only | AH Annual 1986 | Working replica handguns. | 24 | |
| HAN8626 | Steel Challenge 1985: A Photo Essay | Gelson, Gary | AH Annual 1986 | Steel Challenge 1985: a photo essay. | 26 |
| HAN8628 | Smith & Wesson 645 | Petty, Charles E. | AH Annual 1986 | First .45 DA auto made in US, offspring of Model 39. | 28 |
| HAN8636 | Charter Arms .380 Auto | Sterett, Larry | AH Annual 1986 | Straight blowback stainless pistol features .380 ACP self defense round. | 36 |
| HAN8638 | 30+ Caliber Contenders | Trzoniec, Stanley W | AH Annual 1986 | T/C Contender ideal for silhouette or hunting. | 38 |
| HAN8642 | Colt’s Peacekeeper | Pickles, Al | AH Annual 1986 | Vet cop says Peacekeeper best service gun. | 42 |
| HAN8644 | Bersa Model 223 Auto | Wood, J.B. | AH Annual 1986 | All steel .22LR plinker attractively priced. | 44 |
| HAN8646 | The Detonics Duo | Petty, Charles E. | AH Annual 1986 | 2 new stainless offerings from Detonics, who brought the Scoremaster and Pocket Nine. | 46 |
| HAN8650 | ADC’s Dynamite Derringers | Cotterman, Dan | AH Annual 1986 | Handloading turns ADC .45 Colt derringer into a devastating double barreled sixshooter. | 50 |
| HAN8652 | Revenge of the Pin Men | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | Pin Guns of Second Chance. | 52 |
| HAN8656 | Ed Brown’s Maxi-Comp: Second Chance Tested | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | Brown’s custom Colt .45 auto conversion yields fine recoil-reducing pin buster. | 56 |
| HAN8658 | The French Connection | Williams, Mason | AH Annual 1986 | French 9mm Luger pistol evolved from Browning 1935 and 1911 Models. | 58 |
| HAN8660 | Do-it-Yourself .45 Auto | Weller, Jim | AH Annual 1986 | Springfield Armory kit goes together easily. | 60 |
| HAN8664 | Mid-Priced Magnums | Trzoniec, Stanley W. | AH Annual 1986 | Cost less than S&W Model 27 & Colt Python. | 64 |
| HAN8668 | A Breath of Fresh Air | Galan, J.I. | AH Annual 1986 | Compressed air cartridges for .38 Special. | 68 |
| HAN8675 | Samson Ammunition | Pickles, Al | AH Annual 1986 | Israel Military Industries, makers of the Uzi, offer superb, affordable handgun ammo. | 75 |
| HAN8696 | Master Tips | Winokur, Jon | AH Annual 1986 | The StressFire Revolver reload. | 96 |
| HAN8698 | Modern Handgun Targets | Williams, Mason | AH Annual 1986 | Modern handgun targets. | 98 |
| HAN86102 | Custom Pistolsmith Directory | AH Annual 1986 | Pistolsmiths listed by state. | 102 | |
| HAN8670 | Auto vs. Revolver For Self Defense | Weller, Jim | AH Annual 1986 | Which gun works better for staying alive? | 70 |
| HAN8672 | Basic Self Defense Shooting | Petty, Charles E. | AH Annual 1986 | Controlling accurate fire from standard loads. | 72 |
| HAN8677 | The Ayoob Trilogy of Self Defense | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | How to survive a violent attack, in 3 parts. | 77 |
| HAN8678 | Part One: Before the Fight | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | How to defend your home. | 78 |
| HAN8684 | Part Three: After the Fight | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | How to win the legal aftermath. | 84 |
| HAN8688 | The Combat Mind Set | Cooper, Jeff | AH Annual 1986 | State of mind that insures victory in a gunfight. | 88 |
| HAN8690 | Shoot Back! | Ayoob, Massad | AH Annual 1986 | How to draw from concealed holsters. | 90 |
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