Winchester's Model 70 Safari Express - 416 Rem Mag Part 2
Yes, I am neglecting a number of other projects so I can play with… I mean work with, the Winchester Model 70 Safari Express rifle and the 416 Remington Mag cartridge combination. There are bullets to fly, recoil to absorb and paper targets to stop in mid charge. It has […] [Read More]
Winchester's Model 70 Safari Express - 416 Rem Mag Part 1
The term “express”, according to British gun maker W.W. Greener in his 1881 book “The Gun and its Development”, originated with muzzle loaders, muzzle loaders that held a large powder charge and pushed a light weight projectile to long ranges. Originally referred to in 1855 as a Cape rifles, named […] [Read More]
The Essential Centerfire Hunting Rifle Part 2
It is tough to watch the news these days and not feel the country slipping away. I am fortunate to have grown up in America 50 years ago, when there were role models that set good examples and high school students didn’t major in cynicism. People were a little more […] [Read More]
The Essential Centerfire Hunting Rifle Part 1
One day I shall retire and move to Todamcold, Alaska and star in a wilderness TV show called Frozen Old Men of the North. Joining the tiny home nation, my cabin will be 100 square feet, so as to minimize my carbon footprint and to reduce the amount of firewood […] [Read More]
Lyman's Borecam
I don’t usually write about equipment. Mostly because I get two or three sentences and I’ve said all I have to say, or because I fall asleep typing, fall forward and hit my nose on my desk. Nothing shouts excitement like a new shell holder or pair of pliers, but […] [Read More]
Smith & Wesson's Model 686-6 357 Mag Part II
The S&W manual for the Model 686 does not preclude the use of handloading ammunition, but it does so with the caveat that any reloaded or handloaded ammunition be subjected to an internal pressure test to assure it is in compliance with industry standards. The passage goes on to further […] [Read More]
The Return of 1895 Chucky Part II
This morning, a collection of bullets was pulled for this project. And hour or two later they were returned to stock and another pull, a different pull, was made. The first selection included machine turned copper and hybrid lead/copper bullets that cost approximately $2.25 to $2.75 per and do not […] [Read More]
The Return of 1895 Chucky Part I
Living in a rural environment brings firearms into part of a routine; hunting, ridding property of varmints, self defense, and work assignments in my case. Still, my current preoccupations are fixing a well, pulling water and soil samples, harvesting and generating a new plan for Maine’s Tree Growth program, and […] [Read More]
The 10.75x68 Mauser
In the early 1920’s, Germany’s Waffenfabrik Mauser AG, introduced the 10.75×68 Mauser cartridge. The round was chambered initially in Oberndorf Mauser Sporters and French Brevex and Rival rifles. Post WW II the round was also offered by Belgium’s Browning Arms Company and France’s Dumoulin for European customers. The 10,75×68, including […] [Read More]
Getting an Angle on Grips
Whenever I hear someone refer to revolver and autoloader handgun grips as “handles” I want to beat them with the stick end of a broom. I am fairly convinced that the “handle” reference is the work of an arrogant little boy, who has intruded into a world he doesn’t understand, […] [Read More]