With large sections of our front yard floating out onto the driveway with each rainfall, landscaping became an urgent priority. Agriculturally challenged, we hired a local company that does exceptional work with designs that are very much in keeping with New England tradition. The work activity, unfortunately, has drawn the […]

Firearm enthusiasts are a hands-on bunch; always expanding areas of interest and always in search of   firearms knowledge. Shooting and firearms are more  fun when it’s possible to modify and tailor the function of a firearm to suit personal preferences. Handloading offers more of the same, which is probably why […]

We are all pretty much aware of the dynamics within government that are fueling dramatic increases in the sale of firearms and ammunition. Personally, I believe securing firearms and ammunition as a hedge against future events and circumstances is more than reasonable at this time. I have lived through some […]

My wife, Diane, and I just celebrated our 42nd anniversary. Today, we will celebrate her birthday. The exact chronological designation of the birthday is not important as long as I remember that she is my princess and always much younger than I am. We have lots of company at the house […]

There are lots of companies that will finesse a set of reloading dies to a customer’s specification. There are any number of talented gunsmiths who would convert a $25 single shot Stevens heirloom shotgun into a double barrel express rifle. Unfortunately, this usually involves long lead time and a lot […]

I set aside a project or two so I could play with Hornady FTX handloads. I tried Leverevolution ammo when it was first released, or at least as soon as I figured out how to pronounce the name, and  I liked it. It is hyper ammo for the old .30-30 […]

I’ve been laid up…sports injury. I was watching TV when tennis came on. I grabbed for the remote, fell off the couch and put my lower back into orbit. I’m fine as long as I don’t sit, stand or lay down for a few weeks, but it seemed a good […]

Sometimes, working a firearm project is like being Marlow in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness; it is just one long trip up the river with surprises at every turn. What follows is my Astra NC-6 project diary. Let’s hope it comes to a better ending than Kurtz. In the beginning… […]

One of the most enjoyable and useful firearms, for those of us who like shooting and hunting, is the .22 LR autoloading pistol. Good recreational target models are modest in price, inexpensive to shoot and many have the potential to be highly accurate. They excel for small game hunting, refining […]

It takes awhile for me to make a buy decision on equipment. It isn’t a matter of procrastination, or vacillation, it is more a matter of the length of time it takes to digest and compare quantified specifications and to figure out which might be of consequence for my intended […]