Winchester's Model 70 Extreme Weather SS Part II
The 7mm Remington Magnum is a natural fit for the 26″ barrel Winchester Model 70 Extreme Weather SS. A commercial round since 1962, a wildcat even longer, it is capable of flat shooting, long reach and hard hitting depending on bullet selection and powder charge. While the Remington Magnum is […] [Read More]
Winchester's Model 70 Extreme Weather SS Part I
The Model 70 Winchester has been with us since 1937. While Winchester manufactured a limited number of Model 70s with stainless steel barrels in the past, notably in 220 Swift and 264 Winchester Magnum, the first all stainless Winchester was introduced in 1992 as… The Model 70 Stainless Rifle. The […] [Read More]
The Not Inherently Accurate 6.5 Creedmoor
The shop is now air conditioned; no more tactical attacks from wasps coming through open windows, no more cast bullets melting on the shelves and no more coworker crabbing. All I heard last summer was “Heat stroke” this and “Heat exhaustion” that and “Pick me up off the floor, I […] [Read More]
Ultramount
Some years ago, I built a long, low work bench to use for firearm maintenance and build projects. It worked great, but project work was eventually shifted to more specialized work areas and the bench became home to handloading equipment. Because the bench is low, the press eye view was […] [Read More]
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]