300 Winchester Magnum

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]

Remington’s Model 700 Stainless 5-R Threaded Barrel Part II

I’m not sure when it all began. Might have been in the 70s and a fateful  trip with our children to Disney World. More specifically, the “It’s a Small World” exhibit. My wife and I share much in common, however, in some ways we significantly differ. I stepped out of […] [Read More]

My New Brass Dryer By... Hamilton Beach?

I know, usually I am meticulous… okay, semi meticulous with photography, but the clear plastic lid and gray body of the dehydrator would require putting away the white seamless paper roll and dragging out a darker gray roll, mounting it on the crossbar, then taking some test shots… Can’t do […] [Read More]

300 AAC Blackout

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]

Remington’s Model 700 Chassis Pistol Part 2

With nasty politics permeating virtually public channels of communication, and political discourse falling to a new low, I decided to drop out and find a healthier endeavor, but only until election day. There is much greater satisfaction in cutting up a tomato from the garden for a dinner salad, than […] [Read More]

Smith & Wesson’s Performance Center M&P 45 Shield Part II

So far, this has been what I can only term an agricultural year. My wife and I put in a couple of raised vegetable gardens and some grow bags and we are well on our way to a harvest of potatoes, peppers, corn, onions… three kinds, carrots, beans, strawberries, and […] [Read More]

38 Super +P

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]

10mm Automatic

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]

Winchester's Model 70 Featherweight Dark Maple Stainless

My wife and I were after dinner, mambo dancing to Kid Creole And The Coconuts… as we often do, when I got to thinking about how, when it comes to firearms, “new” is a big draw. Why not? It is fun to wring out a new combination, handload a new […] [Read More]

Remington's Model 572 BDL Fieldmaster

I grew up as part of a very Italian family in New Jersey. My Uncle Joe, on my mother’s side, was the first to leave the very tight knit community when he, his very Irish wife Kay, and their children Bobby and Joanie moved ” down the shore” to Wildwood. […] [Read More]