Today was a day of mixed emotions. On one hand my wife and I were able to enjoy shooting our new Model 94AE Winchester, on the other we were aware of the closing of the Winchester New Haven Plant and possibly an end to the Winchester name on rifles. As […]

After concluding Part 1, a Burris 4.5-14X42mm C4 scope was installed on the subject rifle. Hmm… that reads likeDragnet dialogue. “The subject was then read his rights and taken to the precinct…” Where was I? Oh, yeah… Weatherby factory loads, 130 grain and 200 grain, are rated at 3,600+ fps […]

That’s my wife loading up a clip full of .17 HMR rounds. These days we always go to the range together, it makes for a nice day out with pleasant people. Specifically, the reason she is smiling is because she was shooting half inch groups all day with a Marlin […]

At a time when new firearm, cartridge and new component information is flooding firearm publications  in an endless stream, all with an interest holding shelf life of about 15 seconds, I can’t help but wonder if the most enjoyable part of handloading is falling by the wayside. I’m sure handloading […]

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 […]

I now own a .270 WSM Super Shadow, but I’m not sure why since I’ve ridiculed the stubby cartridge concept ever since Winchester and Remingtonbegan their underachieving magnum arms race. Calculating performance, while varying bore size of the original 300 WSM, suggested the case capacity and aspect ratio of these cartridges […]

I’ll admit it, I am the last person on earth to use a red dot sight, but I finally caved. It isn’t a distrust of technology, especially mature technology, it’s just that I didn’t know how the little dot got in there and I didn’t like the way it keep […]

Generally speaking, I think most of us tend to get familiar with one brand of reloading die when we start out reloading, and stay with that brand unless we encounter some serious problem with the product in use. Each brand has some feature designed to set it apart from competitors, […]

I’ve been waiting for a range day for over three weeks. This rainy season has kept me working indoors as chronographs frequently won’t work in dense fog or under heavily overcast skies. When I woke this morning again to the sound of driving rain, I thought I might dedicate some […]

I’m not generating as much material for  the site as I intended. There is a lot of work going on, like the addition and development of services to the site. If you call or email for service tech support, you’re probably hearing names like Joe (another Joe), Rich and Mike, […]