The Internet has presented a great opportunity for people with an interest in firearms. For every local community that has overtaxed or generally discouraged firearms related sales, for every gun store that has taken price advantage of it’s customers or wouldn’t stock anything more imaginative than a .30-06 Remington 700 […]

It seems engraving is making a comeback. Might be the current escalated cost of a firearm making causing engraving to appear more reasonable, could be a greater dedication to personal firearms, may even be an extension of the current trend toward tattoos. I’m not sure. I think there are a […]

Last time around Congress decided not to pass any new gun legislation. It’s fortunate the House rarely agrees with the Senate. Like everything else surrounding firearms these days, there are many ways to interpret this lack of Congressional  action, good or bad news depending on who is telling the story. […]

Reading gun magazines these days is a lot like watching one of those finishing shows, more than once – You pretty much know the setting and it’s not too much of a stretch to guess the outcome. I could be wrong, but then why is this month’s issue of Petersen’s […]

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In 1998 I bought a .338-378 Weatherby Magnum from Reed’s Sporting Goods in San Jose, California. It was the first gun of this type to arrive at the store and it was so new in dealer channels I had to wait almost two weeks before I could scrounge up some […]

I’ve been so busy lately, it’s been difficult to commit enough time to digest the contents of a book and give it fair review. Thanks to relentless rainstorms I’ve finally had some down time.  “Out of Nowhere – A History of the Military Sniper” by Martin Pegler, was a pleasure to […]

New Exact Small Arms Ballistics by Arthur Pejsa is an excellent book for anyone who wants to improve their longer range shooting skills, wants a better understanding of exterior ballistics or wants to develop software tools related to the same. I believe Pejsa has struck an excellent balance of common […]

Well, here’ something I couldn’t imagine myself saying, I really didn’t like this Capstick title. Writing a book that provides advice for planning a Safari, or attempts to be descriptive of hunting specific game from a technical rather than story telling perspective, is tough. No matter the degree of expertise […]