Firearm information for the enthusiast
Brass cleaning can be serious business. No, not so much as an object of intense focus, but more of a task that doesn’t typically put a smile on a person’s face. The result is that the average handloader keeps an accumulation of twenty metric tons of once fired brass in […]
Have to love this time of year in Maine. Fall lasts about ten days, right up until 9°F night temperatures great the leaves in the midst of turning. Then the chains, hitch weights and snow blower go on the tractor and about a third of the population heads for Florida. […]
I am trying to take it easy more often. Mellow out. Chill. Have you seen the world out there? I’m afraid it is Bob Dylan all over again… I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I […]
Winchester Model 70 Featherweight Manufactured Browning – Portugal Item# 535200227 Type Bolt Action Caliber 280 Remington Capacity 5+1 Barrel Length 22″ Rifling 1:10 RH Weight 7 Lbs 0 Oz Overall Length 42 3/4″ Stock Grade I Black Walnut Barreled Action Matte Blue Steel Length of Pull 13 3/4″ Drop at […]
The Ruger Hawkeye Compact Rifle live fire exercise was a welcome break from days of heavy snow fall, even if slip and slide treks to post and retrieve targets and to set up equipment were required. The first part of the exercise was to assess the influence of the rifle’s […]
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may […]
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may […]
Feel free to skip this storm narrative and go right to the Ruger firearm information that follows. The Sunday night storm took us by surprise. The weather shifted from a cool autumn evening with a forecast of moderate rain to torrential rainfall, flash flood warnings and rumbling thunder that shook […]
I drive a Ford, wear jeans and a T-shirt and live in the woods. “Sophisticated”, “elegant” and/or “refined” are not typical words heard across the dinner table within the context of firearms. I have a handful of firearms I am happy to own on a permanent basis and they serve […]
Higher end firearms can offer greater potential than utility grade firearms; higher levels of performance, higher levels of precision in skilled hands and the presence of unique features tailored to the firearm’s purposes. Ruger’s new Custom Shop firearms clearly fit the description. The 10/22 Competition Rifle is one of two […]