Notes on handloading the 357 SIG... Part 2
I would have finished Part 2 sooner, but I spent most of the day hanging a Confederate Battle Flag on the inside gable wall of the shop and listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd perform Simple Man. Too bad I live in the North. I like what I like, believe in what […] [Read More]
Notes on handloading the 357 SIG... Part 1
The 357 SIG is an easy cartridge to handload. Brass is long lasting, dies and other tools are plentiful and components are readily available. Dimensional considerations do not significantly different from any other cartridge, however, like every other cartridge the 357 SIG has its minor idiosyncrasies. When checking in with […] [Read More]
Either a 338 Ultra Mag... or a Nifty Paperweight Part 4
OK… the bolt lugs were lapped for full contact with the receiver’s lug seats. The action was faced square to the bolt-way. Before the barrel is installed and the chamber is cut for proper headspace, the bolt face must be trued perpendicular to the bolt-way and parallel to the face […] [Read More]
The Case of the Elusive Traditional Hunting Rifle
Over the past 10 years, firearm sales, units and dollars, have soared in the face of Second Amendment struggles, ammunition shortages, a liberal press, liberal states and local governments attempts at trampling the Second Amendment and, at times, in the face of a truly crappy economy. Yet firearm manufacturers were […] [Read More]
The Bushmaster XM-15 M4 A3 7.62x39mm
Bushmaster is the leading supplier of AR-15 type firearms. The brand is popular with hundreds of law enforcement organizations around the country and with the military of more than 50 countries world wide. In addition to law enforcement and military sales, Bushmaster is popular with civilian consumers for security, hunting, […] [Read More]
Shooting Chrony
It seems that every time a new chronograph is introduced, we give it a try; high end, low end, light sensors, magnetic sensors, sound sensors. Some had elaborate analytical software, some logged details in a data base, others just spit out fps or meters per second in a path to […] [Read More]
Advanced Armament Corps 300 Blackout Part 2
A long time ago, a good friend told me that the easiest way to stay on point when writing is to condense the objective of the work to a short sentence and keep that sentence in clear view when writing. So I did. No personal computers yet in existence, I […] [Read More]
Advanced Armament Corp's 300 Blackout Part 1
It is tough to write about acronym firearms, uppers and accessories. The hardware can be exceptional, as can be the performance, but a vocal 5% component of the culture and press surrounding these types of firearms carries on like teenage girls at a Katy Perry concert. As a guy with […] [Read More]
A Cure for Springfield XD Nubs
The Springfield XD continues to demonstrate impressive reliability, accuracy and shooting comfort as a component of our ongoing 357 SIG project. The feature that needed to be enhanced was the factory 3 dot sight set to improve sight visibility. There are lots of accessory sights made for the XD including […] [Read More]
The STI International's 1911 Trojan
A brief background…. STI International’s history pretty much makes it the Eric Clapton of firearms. STI International is a company formed by innovative, if sometimes ephemeral collaborations; some product design and refinement, some manufacturing technology and lots of business and market development. Each iteration of ownership, each change in leadership […] [Read More]