OK, I know what you’re thinking, “Why in the world would he end the year with a frightening photo of a refugee from a witness protection program?”.  The truth of the matter is, people sometimes ask who I am, as in, “Who the heck do you think you are?”. My […]

If you were poking around the “Members” top menu button, you might have noticed  a new active drop down menu line ” Handload Data Base”. We put this beta version up so we could get a live test, clean up the active program and add features and information while it […]

If you are unaware, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart, the family friendly store owned and operated by a family of billionaires has elected to bar Christmas from their stores. I guess there is no limit to the money you can make in the absence of character. It is unfortunate because it was their […]

I wrapped up the previous installment with the heading “No pain, no gain”; I wasn’t joking. Fitting a firearm for a strain gage takes care, if the resulting reading as are to be credible. I’m not suggesting this is a difficult process, it just isn’t a casual process and instructions […]

There is great satisfaction in shooting handloaded ammunition, that has been assembled with an optimized selection of components, “optimized” defined as yielding the best possible combination ingredients for a specific application. The application may be low cost target ammo, something for maximum bullet expansion on big game, an emphasis on […]

I was planning to handload a bunch of 7.5x55mm Swiss, but I was having a heck of a time finding brass. Most of the usual suspects catalogued the item, but all were out of stock, so I had to look to a donor source at $14 per box. The Prv […]

Sure, I know those vibratory cleaners can be fun. I know some of the best fun I had with mine was dropping a mouse in the open top, bolting on the screen cover, and watching the little guy disappear, and reappear, and disappear, and reappear, and…  A downside to vibratory […]

In the beginning… OK, so I didn’t know the Swiss produced a rifle. I know the Swiss monitor cow flatulence out of concern for methane byproduct, I know I’ve seen some reference to chocolate at one time or another, and Swiss watches and knives are pretty neat. Hmmm, actually, that […]

I told the folks at NewsGuy.Com I would help get the word out on programs they are offering for members of our military. NewsGuy Freedom Accounts provide totally free 6 months email, Usenet news and web hosting services to members of the armed forces and their family members. If the […]

The good news about the Internet is the democratic access to debate and public forum. The bad news is that the quality of information is sometimes skewed by social politics. As a result, I have found information reflecting great insight in Internet content, and I have found some that is […]