I seem to have a difficult time reaching a happy medium in selecting a firearm. One day it’s the .416 Weatherby, the next a little compact .243. There does, however, appear to be a general trend toward lighter guns chambered for high performance cartridges. Even the cannons today don’t break […]

 Clymer Manufacturing The official .358-378RG reamer now exists, as just received in from Clymer Manufacturing. I selected Clymer for a lot of reasons, all holding true through the reamer production part of the project. The company was exceptionally helpful. Regarding reamer design; I knew generally what I wanted the finished […]

The Henry Repeating Arms Varmint Express Lever .17 RF, without scope, is a $450+ gun without scope. It’s a very nice package at under 6 lbs, 10 shot capacity and a 20″ barrel, but still a lot of money for a casual shooter rimfire rifle.   The Marlin .17V bolt […]

I apologize for the political commentary. I know people like to separate politics from firearms sites and publications, but if not here, where ? If you’ve been trying to become educated on the issues and see what both sides have to offer by watching cable and network news, you’d probably […]

If you’re loading for the big Weatherby cartridges, or the new Ultra series, you’re probably running into difficulties locating a powder measure that will consistently throw accurate charges at 100 grain plus levels, assuming you can find one that will reach that level at all.  I contacted RCBS several times […]

One of the benefits of operating a site of this type is the challenge associated with new projects. Each is an exploration, and intellectual exercise, a quest for bigger and better, err….stuff. Underscore the process with this author’s general lack of firearm related knowledge, and even primer seating can become […]

Okay, I ordered the Baby Crocogator from Lock, Stock & Barrel, primarily because I had to have a hand tool with that name. Besides, I was whipping through the LS&B site, and I hadn’t yet ordered enough items to make us an interesting UPS package. I looked at the name, […]

The following list represents some of the more helpful locations on the Internet. This means they not only provide a web presence, but they provide either phone or e-mail tech support. There are tons of other locations that can be easily sourced by using any search engine under “reloading”, “shooting […]

I stepped off the plane in California and was greeted with 109°F temperatures. Then after a teeth gritting, shirt sweating, ride down a congested and under construction Rt 101, someone pulled the plug on regional electrical power for a full 90 minutes – commencing at the exact moment I reached […]

I called to order bullets from Hawk. Their product line looks really good, but I can’t deny I was disappointed when I was told it would take two weeks for Hawk to ship .45-70 flat nose and .416 spitzers. I think that level of service works okay for companies during […]