Remington's Model 700 SPS Magnum Part I
I did not immerse myself in all things 300 Winchester Short Magnum when that cartridge was originally introduced. I was busy that week and otherwise caught up in an opposing ballistic revelation involving giant cartridge cases, mountains of smokeless power and bullets individually weighed in pound plus increments. It was […] [Read More]
A Remington Rifle Build - Unplugged Part I
Pictured, Brownells # 767-000-868 Stainless Steel Remington Model 700 Short Action – bottom metal and the rest of the rifle parts to be determined. Beginning a rifle build at this level of assembly allows for more choices when selecting the balance of the required parts. Additionally, without a stock and […] [Read More]
A Model Seven in 260 Remington Part II
“Someone’s got it in for me, they’re planting stories in the press. Whoever it is, I wish they’d cut it out, but when they will, I can only guess. They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy. She inherited a million bucks, and when […] [Read More]
A Model Seven in 260 Remington Part I
We have a giant iceberg, or ice floe, forming on the garage roof of our home that terminates in a huge gutter-clinging array of icicles. Big icicles…. ten to twelve feet long, hundreds of tons… each, and hanging right over the garage’s pedestrian door. No, I am not being an […] [Read More]
The Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Part II
Some time has passed since Part I was written. To tell you the truth, I wanted to spend more time with this Winchester, both handling and shooting, to see if first impressions would last or if some new perspective would be born out of experience. The whole shutdown of the […] [Read More]
Swedish Speaking Gauges, or...
You don’t have to be a precision handloader to benefit from incorporating a couple of inexpensive measurement tools into the handloading process. I am not, but any stretch of the imagination, a precision handloader. I don’t have the time, I don’t have the skill and I don’t own or shoot […] [Read More]
Book Review: The Gunsmith Machinist - Steve Acker Book Two
I picked up a copy of The Gunsmith Machinist – Steve Acker Book Two from Brownells #926-000-003, as a statement of compassion toward my shop lathe and milling machines. Book Two, a late 2010 release, like the first release, is filled with lots of useful project, concisely explained and well […] [Read More]
The CZ 455 American Combo Package or...
I love Maine… even if I spent all morning shoveling, hacking, plowing and clearing snow, remnants from the third storm we’ve had in the past six days, even if this weather makes Maine the soul sucking and life energy draining capital of the United States. I believe the state tourism […] [Read More]
The Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Part I
Drizzle is turning to ice on ground contact, but ambient temperature is too high for a respectable snow storm. I know the weather is waiting for mid week to close the airport and leave me stuck in Maine… like the opening to a Steven King novel. Renegade machines will attack, […] [Read More]
Sights for the Marlin 1894 Lever Gun
There are few choices that are exclusively correct. I believe the expression was “There are more ways than one to skin a cat” before political correctness and text messaging removed it and two thirds of our cultural vocabulary. What follows is not a suggestion regarding the choice of sights for […] [Read More]