er, whereas the ones used in rescuing princesses were merely 

 one-shotters. He can loose five bolts in five seconds with his 

 ingenious pump-action weapon. 



George Stevens began experimenting with the crossbow many 

 years ago. He studied every printed word he could find on the 

 subject of medieval warfare and weapons. First, he built a 

 child's toy model which put him in business, made him a little 

 money, and launched him as America's ace custom builder of 

 crossbows for adults. If you're interested in one of his repeaters, 

 the price is under a hundred dollars. Every Stevens crossbow is 

 a hand-built masterpiece with handsome walnut stock, lemon- 

 wood bow, and beautiful brass trim. It makes a unique den 

 ornament, but more than that, it is a hard-hitting, accurate 

 weapon for target, predators, and small game. 



Stevens' repeater fires exactly like a pump-action repeating 

 shotgun. His single-shot, big-game models are first shaped to a 

 Cupid's re-curve and then specially tempered by an auto-spring 

 maker. No auxiliary cocking aid is needed by the average man, 

 but a "goat's-foot" cocking device (a simple, hand-operated 

 lever) is furnished for ladies. In appearance, weight, and balance, 

 both of these modernized crossbows resemble the sporting rifle, 

 and are aimed similarly. Already cocked when aimed, they 

 provide the unskilled bowman with a weapon far superior in 

 accuracy to the longbow. 



When he closed out his Chicago advertising agency and set- 

 tled in Arkansas' White River country twenty years ago, George 

 had ideas about living the good life far away from business 

 turmoil. He bought a hillside farm with a snug log cabin, had 

 his huge library shipped from Chicago, sent for his wife, and 

 set out to become an Ozarkian. 



At that time, depression sat heavily upon the land. There was 

 game aplenty in the Ozarks, but ammunition for firearms cost 

 money. Many of the hillfolk simply couldn't afford to buy shells. 

 That's when George got his bright idea. In an unchinked log 

 shack near their cabin, George and Dolly Stevens slowly and 

 painstakingly began making crossbows. Today, the shack work- 

 shop, still unchinked, boasts a full line of power machinery. 



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