A Cure for Tight Primer Pockets
I’m guessing everyone knows that even routine tasks are not always without their problems. One problem that seems to come up occasionally when handloading is undersize primer pockets, or what often turns out to be primer pockets with a malformed entry radius. I encountered the problem very recently when I […] [Read More]
The Burris Veracity™ Riflescope 2-10x42mm
Burris makes a good number of optical rifle scopes, forty nine to be more specific. They range from the under $200 Droptine and Fullfield II through to $2,000+ Eliminator® III LaserScope®. The Veracity 2-10x42mm is approximately mid range within the Burris product line pricing. On a just completed project, the […] [Read More]
Remington's Model Seven Part II
Part II began slowly; coffee, grumbling, lacking in enthusiasm with a high degree of redundancy anticipated, but then the coffee woke me up, research turned up some points of interest and the process became a lot of fun. By the time I got to the shoulder thumping part and pulling […] [Read More]
Remington's Model Seven Part I
My personal New England deer hunting rifle is a Remington Model Seven CDL in 260 Remington. Unlike the Model Seven pictured, mine has a walnut stock, but it is also blued. The subject Model Seven is available in 243 Winchester, 260 Remington, 7mm-08 Remington, and 308 Winchester. Which cartridge is […] [Read More]
Beretta's Model 92FS Part II
We had a mild winter going and then the nearly daily snow storms arrived. Still, work waits for no one so we wrapped up this final Beretta installment with a few inches of snow accumulating, snow falling hard and temps in the single digits. Fortunately, we use LED illuminated chronograph […] [Read More]
Beretta's Model 92FS
Within the space of an hour, the temperature in Maine plummeted to single digits on a free fall to sub zero. Wind chill kicked into high gear while the ground became covered with a slick film of ice and snow. Traversing the 60 feet from home to shop was a […] [Read More]
Feeding the Jericho 941 40 S&W Part II
It was good to have extended time with the Jericho; solid, soft shooting, accurate and best of all, it isn’t a striker. The only striker I would own at this time is a Ruger American Pistol because of its accuracy, excellent trigger and full size pistol balance which is not […] [Read More]
Israel Weapon Industries' Jericho 941 40 S&W Part 1
Jericho 941 Full Size Steel Company Israel Weapon Industries Point of Manufacturer Israel Item # J941F40 Operation DA / SA Semi Auto Type of Action Locked Breech Short Recoil Caliber 40 S&W Magazine Capacity 12 Barrel Length 4.4″ Barrel Material Chrome Moly Vanadium Steel Rifling Twist Rate 1:16″ Rifling Type […] [Read More]
Smith & Wesson's Centennial Airweight Part II
The S&W 442-2 is barrel marked for 38 Special +P ammunition so both standard pressure and +P loads were fired. Standard pressure, or Pmax pressure for the 38 Special is 17,000 psi, +P pressure is 18,500 psi. For the sake of context, the 357 Magnum Pmax is 35,000 psi. The […] [Read More]
Smith & Wesson's Centennial Airweight Part I
All too often the ear deafening theorizing and debating about what makes an ideal concealed carry weapon, concludes in concurrence with a new wave, semi auto, high capacity, black plastic, goofy gun. Unfortunately, too many rabid high capacity autoloader evangelists carry their firearms in the trunk of their cars… back […] [Read More]