Fabricating Brass for Obsolete Cartridges
With high interest, and lack of ammo or cases, it is often necessary to make your own cases for some of the oldies. A good example is the Winchester family of self loading rifles that came out about a hundred years ago. None of the ammo or rifles are produced […] [Read More]
Bushnell's BackTrack Taking along the essentials
Living in rural Maine, I often find myself in unfamiliar surroundings for a variety of reasons; hunting, fishing and recreational hiking are several that come to mind. There’s a lot of brush, dense tree growth and the topography consists mostly of one mountain beginning where another ends. It’s pretty easy […] [Read More]
Handloading the .44 Remington Magnum and .45 Colt Ruger Redhawks - You can't buy just one
I’ve been too busy at work to replace a column on the front porch of the house. My grown children can’t understand why I fix things myself, always suggesting it would be easier to hire someone to do the work. A new column cost $117 and it would take two […] [Read More]
Ruger's American Rifle Predator Part 3
The hold ups on accuracy testing of the 6mm Creedmoor and Ruger American Rifle Predator were three fold: awaiting for the arrival of a 0.268″ neck bushing for the Hornady Match die set, taking the time to make an overall length gauge modified case for the 6mm Creedmoor and a […] [Read More]
Blood’s Story Insuring successful recovery of your big game animal
You can spend hours shooting at the range. You can study ballistics tables. You can buy the latest electronic gear, but the most important skill is difficult to practice until your proficiency is critical. Your blood trailing skills can mean the difference between a trophy on the wall and an […] [Read More]
Handloading the 7mm-08 Remington Hey, it's not that slow!
The 7mm-08 Remington is the Rodney Dangerfield of cartridges; modest in appearance, potentially exceptional in performance. Without hyper velocity and eyebrow raising knock down power, the 7mm-08 Remington is easy to overlook on a cartridge comparison chart, but twenty-eight years in production suggests that more than a few shooters have […] [Read More]
The CZ 550 American Part II Metric Rehab - Handloads for the 30-06 Springfield
It might be a good idea to begin with Part II of my articles before reading Part I. Part I contains my creative theories and conjecture. Part II contains all of the post live fire corrections. If not outright corrections, certainly revised opinion. Part I cast aspersions on what I […] [Read More]
The CZ 550 American A Classic .30-06
Not too long ago, I began to get the feeling some readers thought I was being a snob and writing mostly about non-mainstream firearms and cartridges. I’m pretty intuitive, so it wasn’t difficult for me to arrive at that conclusion after receiving email from some readers that stated, “Joe, you’re […] [Read More]
The 500 Jeffery Project Part II Handloads and Range Results - Good Grief!
I realize the .500 Jeffery is a major departure from my needs as a hunter, and clearly more than I want to shoot recreationally on a routine basis. It is, however, one of those bigger than life cartridges that got me interested in firearms when I was very young, and […] [Read More]
The 500 Jeffery Project - Part I When Way Too Much Is Just Enough
I don’t know why large dangerous game cartridges and rifles are described with an aura of mysticism. Objective data would seem more useful, but then I can’t even explain why I habitually put cheese on the top of my cheeseburgers and not on the bottom. Life can be quite a […] [Read More]