I’ve been too busy at work to replace a column on the front porch of the house. My grown children can’t understand why I fix things myself, always suggesting it would be easier to hire someone to do the work. A new column cost $117 and it would take two […]

The hold ups on accuracy testing of the 6mm Creedmoor and Ruger American Rifle Predator were three fold: awaiting for the arrival of a 0.268″ neck bushing for the Hornady Match die set, taking the time to make an overall length gauge modified case for the 6mm Creedmoor and a […]

You can spend hours shooting at the range. You can study ballistics tables. You can buy the latest electronic gear, but the most important skill is difficult to practice until your proficiency is critical. Your blood trailing skills can mean the difference between a trophy on the wall and an […]

The 7mm-08 Remington is the Rodney Dangerfield of cartridges; modest in appearance, potentially exceptional in performance. Without hyper velocity and eyebrow raising knock down power, the 7mm-08 Remington is easy to overlook on a cartridge comparison chart, but twenty-eight years in production suggests that more than a few shooters have […]

It might be a good idea to begin with Part II of my articles before reading Part I. Part I contains my creative theories and conjecture. Part II contains all of the post live fire corrections. If not outright  corrections, certainly revised opinion. Part I cast aspersions on what I […]

Not too long ago, I began to get the feeling some readers thought I was being a snob and writing mostly about non-mainstream firearms and cartridges. I’m pretty intuitive, so it wasn’t difficult for me to arrive at that conclusion after receiving email from some readers that stated, “Joe, you’re […]

I realize the .500 Jeffery is a major departure from my needs as a hunter, and clearly more than I want to shoot recreationally on a routine basis. It is, however, one of those bigger than life cartridges that got me interested in firearms when I was very young, and […]

I don’t know why large dangerous game cartridges and rifles are described with an aura of mysticism. Objective data would seem more useful, but then I can’t even explain why I habitually put cheese on the top of my cheeseburgers and not on the bottom. Life can be quite a […]

Our shop is situated on wooded land in rural Maine. There’s lots of wildlife to enjoy, but some not so enjoyable including the  occasional feral dog, rabid fox and two legged skunk that wanders in from out of state. Self reliance is key and carrying makes a lot of sense. I […]

Bad luck was the impetus for the founding of Brownells, the largest supplier of gunsmithing tools, firearms accessories and specialty equipment in the world today. In the mid 1930s, Bob Brownell wanted nothing more than to run a resort in Minnesota – so he took a stab at living his […]