European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Birth of a Rifle Complex Jolt to sportsmen who thrill to the sound of Bounds on Juhe scent or the sight of a Deer fleeing through the a Rifle is a thing of Beauty and to lathers it May be just a cold piece of or a dangerous weapon which should never be pointed at sportsman or one can find of Beauty and adventure in the making of a As shown in these pictures taken at a new arms modern sporting1 and military rifles Are Tri of streamlining and it is a far cry from the Days of Eli Whitney who is credited with originating the mass production of military to the semiautomatic and manually operated repeating rifles of but mechanization has detracted nothing from the Romance to be found in their As for those who visit a modern arms factory will certainly admit that there is More Eye Appeal in the finished product than in the cruder weapons of earlier and it must be that the up Odate factory has much to offer the photographer which the gun shop of Long ago could not Here Are a few glimpses of the process in a modern firearms what looks like a steamy milk Bath actually is a hot Oil Bath for the Rifle to help fix the which prevents rust and keeps them from Rifle barrel Blanks above await they will be Cut to heat treated and bored accurately to within a ten thousandth of an machinist Ray Pearson eight Straightens a gun barrel after it has drilled and the entire Worth of the weapon depends on the absolute True line of the re hot Rifle receivers seem to do a ghostly dance As they emerge from a Bath of molten this heat treatment hardens the receivers to stand a surface grinder moves Over the sides of gun this process is so accurate that variations can be counted Only in Hundred thousandths of an what looks like whipped Cream and shredded a profile machine cuts an intricate curve on the rifles the machine shapes the like a Parade of wooden these gun stocks stand in a gleaming receivers add a touch of spit and Stock is being not Annie Oakley drawing a but a modern Rifle who Peers into the telescopic sight of a finished Rifle before firing several shots to test the action in a Snow flurry is seen As a can of evaporated milk gets a direct hit from a High powered Rifle on the test showing what a Bullet will feature Section Vii