With a handload plan in place, it was time to collect some baseline data from the Mossberg so I would know if my handloads would actually offer improved performance, or if I would have to lie. So we packed up the gear and headed up to Los Altos Rod and […]

I didn’t leave the country, I’ve just been grappling with the mechanics of handloading for shotguns. Shotgunners apparently forgot to check in with the metallic cartridge bunch before venturing into handloading, so they have their own: vocabulary, sort of similar methods and a rather disconcerting way of discouraging people from […]

Approximately 3.3 million firearms of all types and for all purposes were produced in this country in 2003, the last year reported through the Treasury Department. This number does not include fully automatic firearms, or imported firearms. Approximately 22% of the 3.3 million were shotguns. Apparently, that 22% group didn’t […]

Some of the benefits of being a firearm enthusiast are exposure to new technology, the never ending stream of new products and the number of disciplines that track to various types of firearms. A shooter who grows weary of rifles can switch to handguns, or muzzle loaders, or long range […]

Headed home for awhile. It feels like we’ve been gone forever, but for very good reasons; lots of family time and the birth of our fifth grandchild took us to Texas and California. It will be nice for awhile to sit in one spot. I understand the weather in Maine […]

I was a handful of sentences into this story and on my way toward making a wise crack about Lee Precision products, when I realized how hypocritical I’ve been when it comes to that company’s products.  I’d gotten into the habit of pigeon holing them as a supplier of cheap […]

This past Saturday, our eldest grandson Eric received the sacrament of Reconciliation. In our faith, Roman Catholic, it means to confess all sins and to ask God for, and hopefully receive, absolution. For this nine year old, confession lasted about a thirty seconds, beginning and ending with tricking his little […]

No, I didn’t vertically stretch the picture, it’s just a stubby garden tractor with oversized rear tires. The difference between a lawn and garden tractor is about $1,500….well not really. The difference between a real lawn tractor and a garden tractor that will diminish the significance of a neighbor’s lawn […]

I was so happy to see a country that could get it right in such simple terms. I was so ashamed that it was not the United States. My guess is, Australians figured it out before it is too late and Australians have always been a tough, fair bunch with […]

I’m going to take a break for a few weeks and head back to Maine. My wife and I had a visit from a grandson who lives in Texas, we were able to see another receive his First Communion and my granddaughter took her first steps. We have a little […]