The Winter Care And Feeding Of A Ruger GP100

03/07/2025 – I’ve been trying to read a bit, as I sort of hate TV. However, even that seems to lead to conflict and discord. The Summa Theologica, Proof 1 suggest that Issac Newton may have plagiarized the work of Thomas Aquinas, work that predated Newton by four hundred years. […] [Read More]

Branching Out. Going Out On A Limb. Taking a Bough?

02/26/2025 – A heavy ice/snow storm managed to fracture a large bough on a very old walnut tree rooted into the slope next to the driveway entrance. Normally, I would turn a blind eye to the dangling limb until warmer weather came around, or the UPS truck took it down, […] [Read More]

Die Sale Listing, Public Pricing And Members' Discount

Reloading Dies for Sale* *For anyone who was a Real Guns paid subscriber in June of 2024, when we announced the wrap up of Real Guns, you can have any die set marked with an asterisk for only the cost of shipping, $10. Anyone who was not a member at […] [Read More]

I've been a little busy...

02/11/2025 – Funny how, when you are closing up a shop, all of the folks who never supported the effort, or never offered a kind word on your behalf, show up to profess their heart felt concern, but mostly to see what they can get for a penny on a […] [Read More]

Joe Gets Some New Gear, Handloads And Shoots A Firearm - Part I

01/02/2025 – Just as a catch up, I sat on the sofa and pretended to watch TV for two years, decided to jump start and almost end my life when I decided to renew my interest in motorcycles, Brought my old pickup truck up from Texas during hurricane season, cleaned […] [Read More]

Christmas 2024 And Hopes For A Kick Ass 2025

12/18/2024 – This is my first solo Christmas since my wife passed in March of 2022. Family came to visit this past year but, with family located out of state… sounds like witness protection, they will not be here this Christmas. My wife and I spent a good number of […] [Read More]

It's Exciting! It's New! It's Just Like Everything Else?

12/11/2024 – I was going down the driveway, second pass of the morning with the tractor pushing a snow blower, when I noticed my ears were really cold. My goobalini had rolled itself up over my ears and was, again, perched at the top of my head. Bullet head. Bullet […] [Read More]

The Mr. Coffee Pod Killer

11/28/2024 – I was planning on driving north a couple of hours to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends. Unfortunately, a forecast of 5″ of snowfall local to their area, and the prospects of driving home late at night on bad roads, caused me to cancel. So I am home, turkey bird-less, […] [Read More]

Serious Chili

11/17/2024 – I am caught up with the season, both current and coming. Yesterday was the last task, removing leaves from around the house foundation and most of the lawn. This wasn’t removing leaves under a now bare maple tree in the middle of the lawn. This was doing penance […] [Read More]

Winter Is Coming

11/14/2024 – I am just finishing downloading the balance of my pages on Facebook onto a 64 GB thumb drive. I am not sure why, because I will doubtlessly format the thumb drive when the task is completed. And then I will delete all of my Facebook pages. These actions […] [Read More]