The process of writing Part I reinforced my view of the Model 77 Hawkeye and corrected a good number of misperceptions I had in regard to the 204 Ruger. I suppose I should have known better, even based on previous 17 and 22 caliber experience. So a high power varmint […]

Wow! Liar, liar pants on fire on that forecast of a near end of winter thaw. The shop’s roof is sagging under the weight of accumulated glacier-like ice formations and it appears to not be going anywhere, anytime soon. Snow drifts are still topping the nearby fruit trees and I […]

I remember when the Real Guns gun shop sold out their inventory of Ruger Single Six .32 H&R Magnum chambered guns. Seemed as though the last fifty or sixty went during the course of a couple of days, with matching serial numbers in high demand with CAS enthusiasts. For as […]

The Ruger Predator is supplied with matching matte stainless 1″ medium height rings, however, with a Bushnell Elite 6500 4.5-30 x 50mm with a 30mm tube installation planned, a set of 30mm Ruger rings were substituted. Ruger does offer a swap out program where unused rings packaged with a newly […]

Selective hunting appears to play a very specific role in how animals elect to locate themselves on an expanse of wooded acreage. As an example, deer graze on our lawn in the middle of the day and routinely pose while my wife is taking their pictures for the grandkids. Wild […]

One downside to living and working in an area that permits safe  shooting out behind the house and shop, is that self-reliance looms large in the associated life style. With late October temperatures dropping to 20°F this morning, and precipitation in the forecast, it was time to stop procrastinating and […]

My first thought, when I saw the Ruger Alaskan, was that this isn’t so much a gun as it is a dare. A compact, six shot, snub nose revolver with a cylinder holding 1,800 grains of lead and 200 grains of smokeless powder. Go ahead… pull the trigger. The 454 […]

To be honest, my intention was to post handload data and move to the next project, but the Mini Thirty proved to be too much fun to put aside without exploring some of its live fire related features. The Mini is supplied with 1″ scope mounts that are low, but […]

Maine weather reports are broadcast with Midwest-like frequency; all day long, lots of analysis and a prime topic of coffee shop discussion. Unfortunately, unlike Midwestern weather reports, the local weather… persons always get it wrong. So I’ve been sitting in the shop, sweltering in a hooded sweatshirt and mittens, and […]