Bullets for Heavily Armored Deer...or Bear An excuse to spend time with a good rifle

With weeks worth of project bins stacked up, my little town of Raymond, Maine preparing to rescind the private property rights of landowners…in Obamian communist party fashion and an MIA Republican Party is still lost in the wilderness and begging for donations, I decided to work on something I personally […] [Read More]

Building a Low Buck Shooter - Part IV Upgrading sights, or...how to enjoy a good stake

When I first picked up the High Standard 1911 GI, the one that has served as the mugging victim for a series of low buck upgrade projects, I couldn’t help but wonder why any company would sell a gun with a minor speed bump for a front sight. Of course, […] [Read More]

Building a Low Buck Shooter - Part III Thumb Safety Upgrade

At the conclusion of Part II, the High Standard GI 1911 had been fitted with a lightweight trigger and upgraded with a new disconnector, hammer and sear. A light mainspring had also been installed. The end result was a clean, light trigger pull and greatly reduced trigger bounce. Five shot […] [Read More]

Building a Low Buck Shooter - Part II A Trigger Job...parts modification

With a spiffy new lightweight trigger in place, it seemed only fair that better trigger function should follow. The work outlined below does not require the services of a gunsmith, but it does require: access to good information (see Part 1 referenced sources), the ability to follow instructions and a good […] [Read More]

Building a Low Buck Shooter - Part I Step 1 - Find a good country western radio station

It’s not that I don’t enjoy looking at $5,000 Ed Brown, Les Baer and Wilson Combat works of art, it’s just that I’m probably never going to own one. I’d be too tempted to shoot it, or maybe put it in a holster and ruin its finish. More to the […] [Read More]

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses Getting out to the range isn't as difficult as you may think

After living in Central Texas with my wife & daughter for the past three years, I had yet to visit one of the many indoor & outdoor shooting ranges that populate the area. A list of excuses have brought me to this point, and I have to admit that most […] [Read More]

Remington's Model 700 CDL 300 Ultra Mag Part II Is the .300 Ultra Mag better than the Rolling Stones?

I was sitting at my desk, morning stubble on my face, a cup of coffee in my hand, trying to think how to best put Remington‘s .300 Ultra Mag into proper context. In 1969, I was having a few beers down on BC Street in Okinawa with friends, when I […] [Read More]

Remington's VS SF II .220 Swift Part II

You may find this difficult to believe, but sometimes I run out of thoughts… and then I run out of words… and then I find myself half way through an article, staring at the flat screen with both hands poised on the keyboard, thinking, “Wow! This is crap”. I had a […] [Read More]

Remington's Model 700 CDL 300 Ultra Mag Part I The Ultra Mag Chronicles

I was sitting at my desk, looking out of the shop window into the woods, and wondering exactly what kind of big, bushy, snarling mammal had just dragged a wild turkey down into a hole under a nearby birch tree. Living in Maine, home to Stephen King, can be interesting. […] [Read More]

My First Trip to Texas: A guide for the non-resident hunter

In the pre-dawn hours I made my way to a Texas-style deer stand – a first for me. The stand, a small, wooden building sat on a hill overlooking a brushy, creek-bottom. This was my first White-tailed deer hunt other than the Coues variety found in my home state of […] [Read More]