The Real Guns Quad Groove Ventilator
The Real Guns’ Lab has spent a good deal of time analyzing new bullets as they come to the market place. While we can appreciate the thought and energy invested by manufacturers in these new designs, we believe traditional companies are too deeply entrenched in “what is”, to consider “what […] [Read More]
The Savage Model 93 - A Good Place to Begin
Many years ago, my wife and I were called into the school our children were attending, regarding a son’s behavior in his first grade classroom. He was described as having a short span of attention, easily bored by inactivity and unable to sit quietly for extended periods of time. I […] [Read More]
Classified Ads on Real Guns
We frequently have tools and material left over from Real Guns project that have seen use only as the subject of photographs, or were used only a couple of times in the course of writing articles. In other cases, there are items that have seen routine use, but have now […] [Read More]
The Future
Think there is a problem with the length of that stock? Amazingly enough, he was still able to keep everything on the paper at 50 yards, mostly in the center, and while maintaining a big smile. At eight years of age, my eldest grandson is finding a lot of enjoyment […] [Read More]
If you spit up into the air....
This is one of those points where I am waiting for UPS to drop off material so I can go on and finish some articles, so we began fiddling with the site to see if we could upgrade some of the resources. Some of it was fun, some of it […] [Read More]
It's Like a Winchester...Only Shorter The 45 Colt Winchester Ranger
Today was a day of mixed emotions. On one hand my wife and I were able to enjoy shooting our new Model 94AE Winchester, on the other we were aware of the closing of the Winchester New Haven Plant and possibly an end to the Winchester name on rifles. As […] [Read More]
Weatherby's Vanguard Series 2 Back Country Part 2
After concluding Part 1, a Burris 4.5-14X42mm C4 scope was installed on the subject rifle. Hmm… that reads likeDragnet dialogue. “The subject was then read his rights and taken to the precinct…” Where was I? Oh, yeah… Weatherby factory loads, 130 grain and 200 grain, are rated at 3,600+ fps […] [Read More]
The .270 WSM - In pursuit of stubby cartridges - Part 3 - Conclusion
That’s my wife loading up a clip full of .17 HMR rounds. These days we always go to the range together, it makes for a nice day out with pleasant people. Specifically, the reason she is smiling is because she was shooting half inch groups all day with a Marlin […] [Read More]
The .270 WSM - In pursuit of stubby cartridges Part 2
At a time when new firearm, cartridge and new component information is flooding firearm publications in an endless stream, all with an interest holding shelf life of about 15 seconds, I can’t help but wonder if the most enjoyable part of handloading is falling by the wayside. I’m sure handloading […] [Read More]
Ruger's Mini Thirty Tactical Rifle Part II
To be honest, my intention was to post handload data and move to the next project, but the Mini Thirty proved to be too much fun to put aside without exploring some of its live fire related features. The Mini is supplied with 1″ scope mounts that are low, but […] [Read More]