Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Well, it’s Christmas Eve 2003. Where does the time go? My wife and I are finishing wrapping presents for the grandchildren. I’m not sure why, they are all still wrapping paper shredder age, but Diane would have it no other way. Actually, the youngest, is still at the taste sensory […] [Read More]
Looking for a great small gun part II
Big Guns – You only need one The .338-378 Weatherby is a great gun, very powerful and very accurate. Both factory and handloaded rounds hold a considerable performance edge over the .338 Winchester and .340 Weatherby. Yes, I did say and mean “considerable”. The Accumark rifle is a perfect example […] [Read More]
Looking for a great small gun
I’ve been looking for a new gun for months; both large and small shops, scoured the Internet, and picked my way through any information I could find on factory, limited production or custom rifles. I needed to select a new hunting rifle for deer size game in the Northeast. As […] [Read More]
If you bought a "Bullshooter", raise your hand
I want to begin by saying I have engineered and fabricated some of the craziest crap known to man. Throughout the Real Guns site you’ll find plenty of examples; homemade recoil spring tester, my upside down bullet pull tension checker, my redwood door hinged pistol rest, and my 10 […] [Read More]
Power Custom Parts
Just a note that both Brownells and Midway USA recently added the Power Custom line to their catalog. Power Custom offers parts for a variety of firearms, however specifically related to this week’s topic, they produce improved components for the Ruger single action; hammer, trigger, springs, custom pawl that […] [Read More]
Changes to book pages and site clean up
I’ve changed the book reviews and listings for gun related firearms and I am starting to include other sources besides Barnes & Noble. I started to run into too many instances where books were listed as “requires special handling”, or “book out of print – special order” when I […] [Read More]
Overthinking the 357 SIG....again - Part II Conclusion
My wife and I spent the day at the range burning up hundreds of rounds of ammo; a guy at the next bench with a bad sense of geography kept telling us war stories, I got what my youngest grandson refers to as an “ow-ee” when the SIG’s slide and […] [Read More]
Overthinking the 357 SIG....again Part I
When I get back to working with a cartridge, I need to rethink my strategy all over again, looking for something new I might have overlooked the first time, some little edge that could lead to some small or major improvement. That’s what separates handloaders from drill press operators; hopefully, […] [Read More]
Politics may be the least of our problems.
I typically try to pick up a rifle or handgun I think will offer several areas of interest to write about; the gun, shooting, reloading and maybe hunting. Lately it’s become more and more difficult to locate a rifle to write about. In fact, the most recent three rifles selected […] [Read More]
Crimping - Is it worth the effort ?
I was writing the article “Tools for .45-70 handload development”, extolling the virtues of crimping, when I began to wonder if, in fact, crimping mattered at all. Handloaders do a lot of things habitually, and often don’t stop to ask the basic question, “Why the heck am I doing this?” […] [Read More]