I went back and read the article I wrote on the Weatherby .338-378, where I described it as “a rifle with moderate recoil”. What the heck was I thinking about ? Just got back from the range, 4 hours of fun and sun, resulting in a bruise on my shoulder […]

I’ve been dragging my 7 mm RM around for almost 15 years. It’s aRemington 700BDL with a 24″ barrel and a really funky Tasco “distance estimator” 3X9 scope. With inexpensive Remington Core-Lokt® ammo, it can shoot 3/4″ 100 yard groups all day long and the discount store scope has the […]

I buy a lot of gun related stuff; rarely expensive, frequently for a special purpose and, mostly unable to stand the test of time for usefulness. I’ll buy a product with great, but not quite specific sense of purpose, I’ll force myself to use the item at least once, then […]

Not directly related to this week’s column “SIG or Colt ?”, but I wanted to take a moment to thank Dave Davison over at CH/4D for being able to do what no other reloading equipment supplier has been able to do for the past 8 weeks, provide next day delivery […]

Cartridge brass is pretty remarkable. Factory ammo is routinely exposed to pressures above 70,000 psi, at chamber temperatures high enough to erode the throat of a stainless steel barrel, while the brass receives only partial support from a chamber / breech face sandwich. For those of us who handload, that […]

I’ve always been very fortunate to have a wife who shares in some of my interests, so activities like reloading are all the more enjoyable. My wife likes firearms, and the target shooting aspect of the sport. She was right in the middle of it all when we decided to […]

I know that reloading has been covered many times, by many people, with far greater expertise. What I would like to do, is cover the subject more as a person working through the process for the first time, rather than an expert with all of the answers. If I could […]

Case trimming is essential to producing high quality, safe handloads.  Cases that vary in length can prevent proper die set up and misplace the crimping position. Furthermore, cases that are too long can be dangerous.  Jammed against the chamber throat transition, the case mouth can grip the bullet to an […]

.700 Weatherby Magnum .224-378 Weatherby Magnum Weatherby announced it’s long overdue response to, who they refer to as the “Beltless Wonders”. The new .700 Weatherby, based not so loosely on the 20mm cannon round, tosses a 1000 grain bullet out of the new Weatherby Mark VII at 3600 fps. The […]

My Pact chronograph met an untimely, well maybe timely demise a month or so ago. Ruthlessly shot several timed though it’s little inverted sensors, it struggled to continue giving readings, but eventually passed on when its battery gave out. All attempts to revive it proved  to be futile. R.I.P. My […]