For all of the scope models on the market, it  isn’t all that easy to locate the right product. As an example, last I checked, it’s  darker in the woods then in an open field, so why are large light gathering objectives  always tied to high magnification scopes designed […]

  If you’ve been a visitor to the Real Guns site, you are probably aware of changes being implemented. Or, if you possess my general level of awareness, you may be oblivious to the whole deal. Based on the amount of e-mail and phone calls, it appears some folks are […]

Well, it’s Christmas Eve 2003.  Where does the time go? My wife and I are finishing wrapping presents for the grandchildren. I’m not sure why, they are all still wrapping paper shredder age, but Diane would have it no other way. Actually, the youngest, is still at the taste sensory […]

Big Guns – You only need one The .338-378 Weatherby is a great gun, very  powerful and very accurate. Both factory and handloaded rounds hold a considerable  performance edge over the .338 Winchester and .340 Weatherby. Yes, I did say and mean  “considerable”. The Accumark rifle is a perfect example […]

I’ve been looking for a new gun for  months; both large and small shops, scoured the Internet, and picked my way through any  information I could find on factory, limited production or custom rifles. I needed to  select a new hunting rifle for deer size game in the Northeast. As […]

  I want to begin by saying I have engineered and fabricated some of the craziest crap known to man. Throughout the Real Guns site you’ll find plenty of examples; homemade recoil spring tester, my upside down bullet pull tension checker, my redwood door hinged pistol rest, and my 10 […]

  Just a note that both Brownells and Midway USA recently added the Power Custom line to  their catalog. Power Custom offers parts for a variety of firearms, however specifically  related to this week’s topic, they produce improved components for the Ruger single  action; hammer, trigger, springs, custom pawl that […]

  I’ve changed the book reviews and listings for  gun related firearms and I am starting to include other sources besides Barnes &  Noble. I started to run into too many instances where books were listed as “requires  special handling”, or “book out of print – special order” when I […]

My wife and I spent the day at the range burning up hundreds of rounds of ammo; a guy at the next bench with a bad sense of geography kept telling us war stories, I got what my youngest grandson refers to as an “ow-ee” when the SIG’s slide and […]

When I get back to working with a cartridge, I need to rethink my strategy all over again, looking for something new I might have overlooked the first time, some little edge that could lead to some small or major improvement. That’s what separates handloaders from drill press operators; hopefully, […]