If the number of bullet types and manufacturers active in the market is a sign of firearms industry health, we’ve got to be in pretty good shape. It’s nice to see the effort being made by manufacturers in experimentation and research and development. I was sifting through piles of boxes […]

Even in California it can get a little cool. My wife packed on a lot of clothing to feel comfortable at 38°F and 84% humidity. You can’t see in this picture (taken from the car, with the heater running), but that’s what it indicates on that little white bench thermometer. […]

As manufacturers attempt to expand sales, they tend to look for and promote new uses for established products. Sometimes the effort is the result of good applications engineering and verifiable customer feedback, sometimes it’s just the work of a marketing manager’s fertile imagination. When I was working through the .45 […]

It is with the implements pictured left, I have mutilated, bent, spindled, and inappropriately folded quality scopes many, many…many times. It isn’t as though I’m unaware of other tools to use, and approaches to take when mounting scopes, it’s just that I tend to reject complex approaches to what I […]

Here’s a combination that will make you smile every time you pull the trigger.  3 groups shot at 25 yards, 3 shots in each group:  1.00″ left, Cor-Bon 185 grain JHP +P   0.375″ center, .45 Super® 185 grain JHP   0.750″ right, 230 grain ball Winchester “white box” The […]

Since my last article, I was able to spend some time going over the Kimber, running some comparisons with a short barreled Officer’s model Colt, and developing a better understanding of  the gun. As a result, some of the points made collectively by articles covering the .45 Super® became more […]

Introduction I have a .45 Long Colt Ruger Bisley that sees a great deal of use. Dependant upon the handloads I select, I can pack up the Ruger and spend a day at  the range, introducing people to shooting sports, without the negative aspects of significant recoil and a lot […]

  My wife and I just returned from Maine, we were there wrapping up some construction on her little yellow farm house and thinking through coming winter weather necessities. The temperature was already dropping, leaves were in the process of turning and the difference between California and Maine weather was […]

  The past few weeks have been quite an education for me. I finally completed the work area, at least the two important parts; my computer desk and the space that will be dedicated to my reloading bench. In the process, I learned an easy way to make sure power […]

Over the past few weeks I’ve received e-mail notifications labeled “Urgent!” regarding pending antigun legislation in California. I’ve been requested to write, call, fax and email my state assembly representative and committee chairman, before it is too late, and tell them I do not support these measures. I’ve not noted […]