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]
Big Bark, Big Bite, Little Dog Handloading and the CZ 2075
Our shop is situated on wooded land in rural Maine. There’s lots of wildlife to enjoy, but some not so enjoyable including the occasional feral dog, rabid fox and two legged skunk that wanders in from out of state. Self reliance is key and carrying makes a lot of sense. I […] [Read More]
Industry Profiles - Brownells
Bad luck was the impetus for the founding of Brownells, the largest supplier of gunsmithing tools, firearms accessories and specialty equipment in the world today. In the mid 1930s, Bob Brownell wanted nothing more than to run a resort in Minnesota – so he took a stab at living his […] [Read More]
Česká Zbrojovka's CZ 550 FS Part II Czech-ing out the 9.3x62mm
Could have been worse. I could have described the gun’s Czech-ering, or when the Czech was in the mail, or needing to Czech the gun’s safety…or write about the company’s Czech-ered past. Sometimes I just crack myself up. Snort. Anyway… I’ve used up my lifetime allocation of adjectives, adverbs and […] [Read More]
Česká Zbrojovka's CZ 550 FS Part I a 9.3x62mm retro beauty
With few exceptions, the American firearms industry has gone the way of the American auto industry; a cost reduction march to unimaginative, cookie cutter products, that will eventually be followed with a dramatic loss of market share. It has become increasingly difficult to uncover a unique aspect of a newly […] [Read More]