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A long time ago, when I was involved with auto racing, I found that a pencil and paper and a little basic math could save tremendous amounts of time and money. Why try an endless stream of carburetors,  tire sizes or gear ratios, when simple calculations could get you to […]

I’m beginning to think there is a horse race between the rising price of firearms and the rising price of optics, with optics winning at the moment by more than a nose. A quick check of discount retail pricing suggests Leupold’s move from the Vari-X III to VX-III resulted in […]

When I explained to my wife that I needed to remodel my work area, only as a step in remodeling the rest of our home, she was more than willing to allow me to dump my office stuff in various parts of the house. While I knew the high level […]

I’m sort of a news junkie. I try to read a couple of newspapers squeezed into breakfast and lunch, and I have a TV in the office that is always turned to a cable news channel.  Today, all in the course of half an hour, I was embarrassed by the […]

A 10 day California background check seems to last forever. Fortunately, a hectic work and home scheduled served as a distraction and  helped the time to pass quickly. When I got to Reeds Sporting Goods in San Jose and opened the box, I guess I was a little under whelmed […]

Some time ago, I’m not sure exactly when, I would hide my use of RCBS equipment from other handloaders. Whenever I’d mention green equipment in a Usenet newsgroup, or BBS,  the other guys would make fun of me. The worst of the bunch were those Dillon guys; ranting about 1,000 […]

The earliest reloading project covered on Real Guns was based on three cartridges: 7MM RemingtonMagnum, .338-378 Weatherby Magnum and the .243. No, I have no idea how the .243 slipped in  there, but it seemed reasonable at the time. Within that series, I noted how I always missed opportunities to […]

If there anyone in the room below the age of 18, or anyone who thinks lever action carbines can only have metallic sights, this may be a good time to have them leave the room. We are going to deal with the very adult topic of installing a scope on […]

There’s just something about squeezing the trigger on 80 lbs of recoil that makes shooting a larger bore Weatherby such a special experience. I’ve found it advisable to keep a good selection of screw drivers, Torx head drivers and loctite handy to keep all of those fine fasteners securely attached […]