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]
240 Weatherby
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may […] [Read More]
Remington's Take on the .257 Weatherby Part II Handloading the .257 Weatherby Magnum
The weather has been miserable. This morning, when I put out the chronograph, the wind chill factor was -25°F, which meant swapping in warm batteries every fifteen minutes or so…both for me and the chronograph. Snow plowing was required to clear a path to targets and the wind was blowing […] [Read More]
Remington's take on the .257 Weatherby Magnum Hunting at 2,700 MPH
Imagine a fighter plane designed in 1944¹ that could still hold the top speed record in 2009. That is pretty much the story with the .257 Weatherby Magnum. Considering all of the cartridges that have faded over the years, their performance eclipsed by something newer, it is extraordinary that the […] [Read More]
Bushnell's Elite 6500 Lots of great features - without all the gimmicks
It seems like everyone I served with in the military was a Southerner. They taught me most of what I know about hunting and fishing and, in exchange, I’d like to think I taught them something about the game of poker. Broke most of the time and struggling to support […] [Read More]
Bushnell's Elite 4200 1.25-4x24 Big optical performance from the "right" scope
Elegant designs hold a high degree of aesthetic appeal. Two designs that immediately come to mind are the 612 Scaglietti Ferrari and Monica Bellucci. But all things in life are not Italian. When it comes to production rifles, for me, it is the CZ 550 FS square bridge Mauser. Czechoslovakian […] [Read More]
If You See My Wife...
Forty years ago, after returning from an Air Force Arc Light rotation, I picked up my wife and month old number one son at the airport. He was a project we started before I left but, unfortunately, I wasn’t around for the work in process or his completion. It was […] [Read More]