I’ve been riding for a very long time, but gray in my beard hasn’t caused a loss of interest in this form of transportation and recreation. I’d been looking for a replacement for my Honda sport bike and cruiser; the CBR900RR riding position was uncomfortable around town and the engine […]

One of  the reasons so many people confine their handloading efforts to a limited number of cartridges, is because it is difficult and time consuming to optimize cartridge component and rifle combinations. This time around, I spent hours researching and analyzing existing published handload data for the .25-06Remington and .257 […]

I received a lot of mail regarding my selection of .25-06 Remington and .257 Weatherby cartridges, almost all from semi-courteous supporters of the various .257 Roberts’ cartridges, each writer reminding me of the +P version’s potential, and the long successful service the standard round has provided. My thought is that […]

I’ve been trying to get this project to grow legs for some time, but some other priority always seemed to push it out. I finally concluded the best way to get on with it, was to sit down and start writing, so this is my initial effort at organizing my […]

Well, it is now January, 2005. I’ve been sitting here feeling as old as tree bark and thinking what direction to head off in this year; home and firearm interest. Gun control advocates are as alive and well as ever, moving from arguing tortured logic to blatantly baseless court clogging […]

Yesterday was a big day at Real Guns. UPS delivered the completed project rifle,  with “.358-378 Real Guns” engraved on the barrel. If you haven’t been following this project, the original intent was to have a less than expert firearm enthusiast, that would be me, walk through the process of […]

Here it is, a couple of weeks before Christmas. A national election out of the way, thank God, but unfortunately many of the divisive issues persist and, in some cases,  the losers still proclaim themselves the winners. Not only is the tail still attempting to wag the dog politically, there […]

When I was growing up, a buddy of mine was nicknamed Turret Head. I’m not sure of the name’s origins, but I do know this article has nothing to do with that bit of life time nostalgia. Every piece of reloading equipment has its share of compromises. The Ammo Master, […]

A box of Winchester 55 grain ammo, $5.49. A cup of range coffee, 50 cents. A video of your wife shooting your chronograph dead ? …..priceless. I may be reported missing by the time you read this, so I better be a little more precise in my explanation.  I had […]

I thought I’d jump right in with the heavy technology and flash some of the exotic equipment that made the .223 Remington workup possible. Here we have a picture of my pneumatically actuated, unidirectional coarse incrementing smokeless powder dispenser. It is manufactured by the famous Mustard company, as imprinted on […]