I’m sort of a news junkie. I try to read a couple of newspapers squeezed into breakfast and lunch, and I have a TV in the office that is always turned to a cable news channel.  Today, all in the course of half an hour, I was embarrassed by the […]

A 10 day California background check seems to last forever. Fortunately, a hectic work and home scheduled served as a distraction and  helped the time to pass quickly. When I got to Reeds Sporting Goods in San Jose and opened the box, I guess I was a little under whelmed […]

Some time ago, I’m not sure exactly when, I would hide my use of RCBS equipment from other handloaders. Whenever I’d mention green equipment in a Usenet newsgroup, or BBS,  the other guys would make fun of me. The worst of the bunch were those Dillon guys; ranting about 1,000 […]

The earliest reloading project covered on Real Guns was based on three cartridges: 7MM RemingtonMagnum, .338-378 Weatherby Magnum and the .243. No, I have no idea how the .243 slipped in  there, but it seemed reasonable at the time. Within that series, I noted how I always missed opportunities to […]

If there anyone in the room below the age of 18, or anyone who thinks lever action carbines can only have metallic sights, this may be a good time to have them leave the room. We are going to deal with the very adult topic of installing a scope on […]

There’s just something about squeezing the trigger on 80 lbs of recoil that makes shooting a larger bore Weatherby such a special experience. I’ve found it advisable to keep a good selection of screw drivers, Torx head drivers and loctite handy to keep all of those fine fasteners securely attached […]

If the number of bullet types and manufacturers active in the market is a sign of firearms industry health, we’ve got to be in pretty good shape. It’s nice to see the effort being made by manufacturers in experimentation and research and development. I was sifting through piles of boxes […]

Even in California it can get a little cool. My wife packed on a lot of clothing to feel comfortable at 38°F and 84% humidity. You can’t see in this picture (taken from the car, with the heater running), but that’s what it indicates on that little white bench thermometer. […]

As manufacturers attempt to expand sales, they tend to look for and promote new uses for established products. Sometimes the effort is the result of good applications engineering and verifiable customer feedback, sometimes it’s just the work of a marketing manager’s fertile imagination. When I was working through the .45 […]

It is with the implements pictured left, I have mutilated, bent, spindled, and inappropriately folded quality scopes many, many…many times. It isn’t as though I’m unaware of other tools to use, and approaches to take when mounting scopes, it’s just that I tend to reject complex approaches to what I […]