Sometimes, when I’m looking for a little writing inspiration, I dig through the huge pile of junk and rubble I call my office, in search of a mental jump start. I was already wearing the pith helmet when I opened the a cabinet and found a rather mature box of […]

I guess I’m as bad as most every one else in responding to the question, “What is an ideal handgun for home protection?” I sputter on about the Ruger SP101 357 Magnum, or one of the variations on the 1911 theme in 45 ACP, or the P229 in 357 SIG. […]

When I left off at the conclusion of Part I, I was in the middle of a self congratulatory, one man high five, which is not nearly as rewarding as one might think. I was also searching for a bottle of green 609 LocTite…again, not as exciting as one might […]

Most anyone who owns an AR15 develops a strong attachment. They are amazing little rifles. The AR15, and its variants, are the firearm equivalent of auto racing’s Chevy or Ford small block engines. If you like firearms, and you like to tinker with them, the AR15 offers virtually endless opportunities. […]

I’m a pretty practical guy, so I like to find real world solutions to problems. As an example, my wife makes this really great tuna salad and she usually keeps a little plastic container full in the refrigerator. The other day I grabbed the last two slices of thinly sliced […]

That look of skepticism on my wife’s face is in response to my explanation of why the gun was going “boom”, but the target remained perforation free. She has known me for 50 years, been married to me for just about 40. Did she really think I was going to […]

At some point, we all must follow a path we do not fully comprehend. It happened to Odysseus, Lord knows it happened to Abraham and, I suspect, Brad Pitt is familiar with the concept. So it came as no surprise when Maria Grazia Cucinotta, the Sicilian Goddess of…anything she wants […]

I’m going to try Maine turkey hunting this Spring. I like guns, I like hunting and I pretty much like the taste of turkey, so it seems like an appropriate thing to do. I’m just not sure if I have a good handle on turkey hunting procedures and code of […]

Sometimes it is tough for me to write a piece that doesn’t put me to sleep mid sentence. So when you doze while reading some of my stuff, I can empathize, I’ve been there myself. So take a short nap beforehand, and try to get through what follows, because the Taurus […]

Establishing a baseline… Before embarking on a handload development project with an unfamiliar firearm and cartridge combination, I record the gun’s performance with factory ammunition. The gathered data aids in setting reasonable expectations for handload velocity and the range time gives me a sense of the combination’s accuracy, muzzle blast […]