If someone rolls into my driveway with a 1968 Fairlane Torino, in search of a pickle fork to repair a broken ball joint, I’ve got the situation covered. Fortunately, or unfortunately, my collection of esoteric tools has also carried over to my reloading activities, at least to the point I […]

When I first read the May issue of Shooting Times, with its cover .45 GAP headline “GAP Wins!” and related article, I thought “Neat, a new low water mark for how far a publication will go to sell guns and ammo for manufacturers. Within the “apple to apple” comparisons, Shooting […]

Within Part I of this saga, I explained how I was able to replace an excellent  mechanical scale with a much slower, yet no more accurate electronic device, and at only twice the price. Where else, but Real Guns, could you find such unbridled wisdom ? In Part II, I’m […]

Okay, I’m one of those guys who pokes at the firearms industry for a perceived lack of technological development, and the absence of magnetic pulse propulsion. Meanwhile, I can’t even easily make the short leap from mechanical to electronic scale. This story represents my journey from the dark world of […]

It’s been a busy few weeks. Seems like every time I had a break from more pressing activity and sat down to write, something happened. As an example, this past week we hit a warm spell, and I began thinking the bike battery was probably discharged and the tank in […]

I’ve been swamped at work and home, so the range has been on hold for a few weeks. Today, however, it was time to go and collect some data on the new Weatherby. Lake Chabot isn’t exactly the type of place most people would avoid; a recreational lake, camping and […]

If you are a registered member of Real Guns, you may or may not know, you also have a realguns.com email account. This account may be used with the Real Guns web interface, or with any conventional POP mail client in the Windows or Mac world. Real Gun email service […]

A long time ago, when I was involved with auto racing, I found that a pencil and paper and a little basic math could save tremendous amounts of time and money. Why try an endless stream of carburetors,  tire sizes or gear ratios, when simple calculations could get you to […]

I’m beginning to think there is a horse race between the rising price of firearms and the rising price of optics, with optics winning at the moment by more than a nose. A quick check of discount retail pricing suggests Leupold’s move from the Vari-X III to VX-III resulted in […]

When I explained to my wife that I needed to remodel my work area, only as a step in remodeling the rest of our home, she was more than willing to allow me to dump my office stuff in various parts of the house. While I knew the high level […]