Winchester's Model 71 348 WCF Boomer... Part 2
The combination of the Winchester Model 71 rifle and 348 Winchester cartridge are placed into historical context in Part 1. Part 2 addresses handloading the 348 Winchester and the live fire experience with the Model 71. The 348 Winchester shares a case head and rim diameter with the 50-110 Winchester, […] [Read More]
Winchester's 348 WCF Boomer... Part 1
In 1962, I owned a 1958 Chevy Impala. A rag top with a continental kits, air suspension, Turbo Glide trans and a 280 horse, tri power 348 cubic inch W block. It joined a 392 Chrysler Hemi powered 32 Ford pickup truck and a small block Chevy powered ’53 Henry […] [Read More]
Remington and the Ultra Mags
The scope is a Bushnell’s Elite 6500 4.5-30 x 50mm. It is a lot of glass and, no, there aren’t many sporter rifles that can utilize its potential, but this one can. It is a Remington Model 700 CDL, chambered for the 300 Remington Ultra Mag. With an MSRP of $1019 […] [Read More]
Winchester's Model 70 Alaskan Part 2
“Hatty told Matty: “Let’s don’t take no chance. Let’s not be *L-seven*, come and learn to dance.” Wooly bully, wooly bully. Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.”1 Just a little something I do to diminish reader expectations and to remind myself of how I earned those early departures from numerous […] [Read More]
Winchester's Model 70 Alaskan Part 1
Between the years 1960 and 1963 an “Alaskan” version of the Model 70 was produced. Chambered for the then relatively new 338 Winchester Magnum, and the established 375 H&H Magnum, the Alaskan was Winchester’s North American heavy hitter1. In 2012, when Winchester announced a new Alaskan, it was 1960 all […] [Read More]
Remington Model 783 Part II
The thing is, by the time I finished the range day, I realized I was holding a rifle that felt like every good day of hunting I’ve ever had. Conscious thoughts about the rifle faded to the background and a deer, or hog or bear in the distance became the […] [Read More]
Remington's Model 783
We live in a tragic world of public misinformation these days that could easily be remedied by removing the “Comments” feature from technical articles. I was reading prerelease coverage of the Remington Model 783 a while ago. The coverage was well thought out, experienced technical insight was provided and the […] [Read More]
The CZ 455 FS 22 Magnum
Quality rimfire rifles are getting hard to find, which is not to say that rimfire rifles are getting hard to find. For me, a quality rimfire is built like a centerfire. It employs nicely finished walnut and forged and/or cast machined steel in its construction and it must be assembled […] [Read More]
Browning's Maxus Hunter
I don’t often work with shotguns. Clays fly. Men, women and children blast them from the sky and I have to live with my wife’s conciliatory, “I think you nicked that one… Honest”. When it comes to shotguns, I have good eye coordination and I have good hand coordination but, […] [Read More]
Browning's X-Bolt Hunter in 300 Winchester Magnum Part 2
There was a time, long ago… Sounds like the intro to the TV show “Merlin”, when the world’s general awareness of 308 caliber Magnums included the 300 H&H, the 300 Weatherby Magnum and the 300 Winchester Magnum. The venerable 300 H&H was clung to by mature traditionalists, the 300 Weatherby […] [Read More]