Remington's Model 700 CDL DM Part II
Psychological transference occurs when some common element bridges a current event with a past event, causing emotions associated with the past event to be carried over to the current event. Usually this applies to people; you see someone and visual cues cause you to instantly like them or dislike them […] [Read More]
Remington's Model 700 CDL DM
Firearm design is artistic expression, particularly when a gun’s form follows function and when simplicity, rather than excess, is at the heart of a design. A designer has to not only meet product reliability, longevity, performance, and cost goals, he also has to package all of the pieces so that […] [Read More]
Remington's Better Bigger Boomer Part II
OK. I would like to revise my assessment of the 338 Remington Ultra Mag’s recoil from “mild” to… “assertively brisk”. Hey, anytime 110 grains of powder and 275 grains of lead get together, there are bound to be some consequences. Coming out of this segment of the Remington Model 700 […] [Read More]
Remington's Better Bigger Boomer Part I
I’m preparing for a major vole hunt this afternoon. I believe we all know that anything can happen when in the pursuit of dangerous game, so I thought it best to complete this assignment before hand. I’ve written about the Remington Model 700 XCR II and other Ultra Mags previously, […] [Read More]
A Remington Rifle Build - Unplugged Part III
This last step in the sequence of action truing with precision hand tools is bolt face truing; squaring and aligning the bolt face to the longitudinal axis of the receiver. Pictured, far left, is a Dave Manson Precision tooling block that mounts in the barrel threads of the Remington Model […] [Read More]
My Next Favorite Rifle. Really...
One evening, while my wife was watching the TV show NCIS, my eyes glazed over and I started daydreaming about building a Pro Street, big block something powered, ’40 Willys. When 500 labor hours, a $60,000 rolling chassis and $40,000 drive train began to seem reasonable, I slapped myself in […] [Read More]
A Remington Rifle Build - Unplugged Part II
My interest in a bolt action buildup project, based upon the Remington Model 700 action, came after reading related DIY articles on the Brownells web site. Authored by Brownell’s technical staff, the information is well written, detailed and illustrated. Where some of DIY material references use of a lathe and […] [Read More]
Marlin's Model 338MX Part I
Marlin’s 22″ barrel Model 338MX arguably strikes a better balance of size versus power than the 24″ barrel Model 338MXLR. Two inches shorter than the 338MXLR and an inch shorter than a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle, the Marlin 338MX is still not a typical lever action fifty yard spitballer. […] [Read More]
Small Shop DIY Reloading Dies Part I
If I had my choice as to how I would spend my time, it would be building one off prototype firearms and cartridges. Which is a little ironic, as I am not actually skilled in any of the associated technical disciplines. Yet, here I am, a couple of decades since […] [Read More]
Remington's Model 597™ VTR™ A-Tacs® CS
If you look very closely to the left of this text you’ll see a Remington Model 597™ VTR™ A-Tacs® CS. I put the gun down while setting up for photography and it took almost an hour to find it. Now that’s camouflage. What lies beneath the nicely done A-Tacs® camo […] [Read More]