No Zero Turning Back

Right now, I am mostly feeling guilty. I keep sitting down to write a firearm related article and I can’t. Some very long term industry contacts have been reassigned in respective organizational reshuffling, or they retired, or they moved out of the industry. Unfortunately, they have been replaced with new […] [Read More]

Bye-Bye Facebook

The Real Guns Facebook page was suspended today. Not a surprise, Facebook has been attacking the page and deleting posts for many months. With 2,000,000+ followers and likes, you would think it would deserve a little respect as Facebook, not us, made lots of money selling impressions to their advertisers. […] [Read More]

The Silent Generation - Bill's Fix It

08/11/2024 – I promise you I am not preaching, lecturing or offering lessons in life. I write for clarity. It is a way of externalizing thoughts that don’t fit in my head, so I can review them at a more leisurely pace. I am not a Boomer. I was born […] [Read More]

Too Much Monkey Business

07/30/2024 – I am really trying to keep up with a weekly publishing schedule. It’s tough. I want to be funny, witty and/or clever, much like Kamala Harris. Unfortunately, I realized neither of us ever were, and we are both about as qualified to be President. Reality is a bummer. […] [Read More]

Deer Season Will Be Here... Eventually

Freedom When you’re an old guy, living on your own in the boonies, your life style seems to wander however it chooses. Today was four hours of tractor work, four hours of garden pruning, weeding and mowing the lawn. It was hot out, so the expression “Sweating like a pig” […] [Read More]

6.8 Western

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]

Small Game And Pest Control

07/02/2024 – I have a squirrel problem. More correctly, my bird feeder has a squirrel problem. It used to have a deer, raccoon, chipmunk, and squirrel problem, but mounting it on a slick, 1″ diameter metal pole, and elevating it to 15′ off the ground, eliminated all but the latter. […] [Read More]

The Winchester Model 70 Featherweight And The 6.8 Western Part II

June 30, 2024 – Firearm companies, like most companies, construct unique product synergism to attract customers. In 1864, the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad extended its service to Coney Island, and to the area’s handful of small beach resort hotels, and began investing heavily in Coney Island’s development. By […] [Read More]

Browning's X-Bolt 2 Speed SPR Part Two

06/23/2021 – A second bike has been added to the garage. Purchased as a new, left over 2023 CFMoto 300NK, with a really big discount, I can now ride down to the lake fishing, run some very local errands and practice skills drills at under 200 MPH. It seems the […] [Read More]

Browning's X-Bolt 2 Speed SPR Part One

06/16/2024 – I know, this week was supposed to be Part II of the Winchester Featherweight 6.8 Western series. Fortunately, I have lots of excuses. Predominately… is there a postdominately? Neither the new set of reloading dies, or factory ammunition, or brass arrived until this past Tuesday. That did not […] [Read More]