Yes, this is a gratuitous photo of my favorite rifle. Thank you for noticing. Yes, I do  keep a picture of this rifle in my wallet, right next to family photos. And, yes, a picture of the same gun serves as the wall paper on my cell phone. The rifle […]

Heavy duty cleaning for lazy guys… me     I dislike cleaning guns almost as much as I dislike changing the oil in the tractor or generator. I like to build them, and I do love to shoot them… guns, not the tractor or generator, but gun cleaning can be […]

After what seemed like months of getting pounded by lightweight, big bore, high performance rifles, I was ready to work on a project where recoil and muzzle blast weren’t a gun’s most memorable features.  The Ruger 10/22 rimfire seemed a likely candidate, even if just for curiosity sake because so […]

Putting together an LR-308 from parts and subassemblies purchased through Brownells is an excellent project for anyone who is handy with tools, who can read simple instructions  and feels comfortable around mechanical things. There is a great feeling of personal satisfaction that comes with the first round fired and a […]

The R-15 from Remington was found to be well mannered, accurate and a rifle particularly suited for hunting deer, antelope and similar size game. The idea of creating a .223 Remington length cartridge in .308 caliber with about twice the powder capacity was a good one, as it allows the […]

I’m a visionary kind of guy, which is why I predicted that natural finish stainless steel and synthetic stocks would never catch on. My logic was that stainless is too reflective for a hunting rifle and no true firearm enthusiast would ever abandon the traditional appeal of a walnut for […]

The first time I assembled an AR-10 from parts and subassemblies, I didn’t have a lot of AR-10 specific documentation and part and assembly descriptions didn’t provide all of the information required to make informed assembly decisions. When closing up, the A2 extension tube went on, as did the buffer […]

This project concluded with a shooting session with friends, a local contractor and his Marine Corp Reservist son-in-law. I think it is safe to say everyone liked this little gun with it’s big bark and big bite. I think any time spectators hold up score cards after each shot to […]

A lot of folks skip over the idea of owning a functionally customized firearm, because they assume all custom rifles come with a price tag similar to the functional custom’s far distant cousin, the superfluously customized firearm. Personally, I’ve not had the desire to own a superfluous custom for several […]

I really like the .243 Winchester cartridge. In fact, when I got to the handloading portion of this project I found that I had: three sets of dies, including small base, three headspace gauges, sixty types and weights of 0.243″ bullets, and four rifles in bolt and lever action, with […]