“Hatty told Matty: “Let’s don’t take no chance. Let’s not be *L-seven*, come and learn to dance.” Wooly bully, wooly bully. Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.”1 Just a little something I do to diminish reader expectations and to remind myself of how I earned those early departures from numerous […]

Between the years 1960 and 1963 an “Alaskan” version of the Model 70 was produced. Chambered for the then relatively new 338 Winchester Magnum, and the established 375 H&H Magnum, the Alaskan was Winchester’s North American heavy hitter1. In 2012, when Winchester announced a new Alaskan, it was 1960 all […]

The thing is, by the time I finished the range day, I realized I was holding a rifle that felt like every good day of hunting I’ve ever had. Conscious thoughts about the rifle faded to the background and a deer, or hog or bear in the distance became the […]

We live in a tragic world of public misinformation these days that could easily be remedied by removing the “Comments” feature from technical articles. I was reading prerelease coverage of the Remington Model 783 a while ago. The coverage was well thought out, experienced technical insight was provided and the […]

Quality rimfire rifles are getting hard to find, which is not to say that rimfire rifles are getting hard to find. For me, a quality rimfire is built like a centerfire. It employs nicely finished walnut and forged and/or cast machined steel in its construction and it must be assembled […]

I don’t often work with shotguns. Clays fly. Men, women and children blast them from the sky and I have to live with my wife’s conciliatory, “I think you nicked that one… Honest”. When it comes to shotguns, I have good eye coordination and I have good hand coordination but, […]

There was a time, long ago…  Sounds like the intro to the TV show “Merlin”, when the world’s general awareness of 308 caliber Magnums included the 300 H&H, the 300 Weatherby Magnum and the 300 Winchester Magnum. The venerable 300 H&H was clung to by mature traditionalists, the 300 Weatherby […]

With the X-Bolt entering its fourth year of production, and an A-Bolt III on the way, I got to thinking about how well Browning introduces major innovation in a very subtle way. The notion dawned on me when I had both an A-Bolt and X-Bolt on the shooting bench. On […]

Since Part 1, when I was taking a preliminary look at the Winchester Model 1894 Trails End Takedown, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the rifle’s performance. We do quite a bit of work with the 45-70 Gov’t round, pushing it just a tad more than standard 28,000 PSI […]

Winchester Model 1894 Trails End Takedown Company Winchester Repeating Arms Point of Origin Miroku – Japan Item # 534191160 Type Lever Action Caliber 450 Marlin Mag Capacity 6 Barrel Length 20″ Ported Rifling 1:20″ Weight 6.75 Lbs Overall Length 38″ Stocks Satin Finished Walnut Hardware Blued Steel Length of Pull […]