Finessing Accuracy with Hornady Bullets
Pictured left, one of my favorite hunting rifles. A mini Mauser action, set up for interchangeable barrels with a lightweight Bell & Carlson’s Carbelite stock. A compact Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36MM is all the scope needed for the 250 yard range of the rifle’s 30 Remington AR cartridge and it helps […] [Read More]
Winchester's Model 1894 Carbine in 38-55 WCF Part 2
The Winchester Model 1894 and the 38-55 Winchester cartridge make for an interesting combination. A rifle that weighs 6 pounds and change, a deer and hog slaying cartridge with light recoil and good accuracy… very nice. The 38-55 Winchester, like the 45-70 Gov’t or the 45 Colt, is straight walled, […] [Read More]
Oh, Those Wacky Nagants... Part 2
An experiment in powder burn rates and barrel length ran off the road and into a ditch when the M91/30 Nagant with 28 3/4″ barrel and a M38 with 20 1/4″ barrel produced chronograph readings of 2,629 fps and 2,657 fps. The shorter barrel gun, by 8 1/2″, produced 28 […] [Read More]
Winchester's Model 1894 Carbine in 38-55 WCF
Whenever we publish a story about the Winchester Model 1894, we receive lots of comments from folks who have either own/owned one or knew someone who owns/owned one or who wants to own one. Understandable as the world has been densely populated by the Model 1894, something on the order […] [Read More]
Oh, Those Wacky Nagants Part 1
Experimenting with the 7.62x54R is always a treat. They are not unlike snow flakes in that it sometimes seems there are no two exactly alike. Terence W Lapin’s The Mosin-Nagant Rifle does a very good job of addressing the unique characteristics of each version of Mosin-Nagant rifle and carbine, but […] [Read More]
The Burris C4 Wind MOA
Guitars played in bars and guitars played by would-be stars… In my old neighborhood, when someone wanted to make a living with music, they bought a Fender Stratocaster or a Gibson Les Paul, depending on their style of music, then practiced and practiced until they were good enough to play […] [Read More]
Remington's 1911 R1 Enhanced Part 2
Time spent shooting the Remington 1911 R1 Enhanced was time well spent… Sort of like watching The Big Bang Theory, Swamp People or maybe Storage Wars… the one in California, or eating pot stickers. Notable was the fact that the Remington 1911 R1 wasn’t fussy about the type of factory […] [Read More]
Remington's 1911 R1 Enhanced Part 1
The Remington 1911 R1 offers terrific value in a 1911 type pistol. Even the basic model R1 can be taken out of its box and pressed into service for recreational shooting, or for life saving self defense, with no modifications or finesse finishing required. Its fit and finish is equal […] [Read More]
Using a Bullet Comparator. About That...
Just something I was thinking about while working up some handloads. Every once in a while it’s good to step out of conditioned process to understand the logic behind an approach or method. Comparators are generally perceived as being synonymous with precision handloading. I use them from time to time, […] [Read More]
Modern Loads for the 6.5x55 Swedish
Today began like any other weekend day; I woke up, thought through the list of things I needed to do, then took off to hide in the shop. I rarely get to work on projects of choice these days as there is little time left after working the projects on […] [Read More]