Firearm information for the enthusiast
11/28/2021 – The thrash was on yesterday. Everything snow related was pulled out of the shed. Everything landscaping related was put into the shed. Powered equipment was started and ops checked. This morning we were greeted with a few inches of snow. Timing is everything. The biggest challenge to winter […]
11/21/2021 – Computers suck. I opened WordPress to begin a new article and was once again confronted with a blank page. Happens every week. My stupid cell phone can anticipate my words, auto correct and express emotion, but you… you stupid tin box, all you can do is hide under […]
11/16/2021 Smith & Wesson has introduced four M&P® 10mm M2.0 pistols: SKU 13387 with a 4.6″ barrel and no thumb safety, SKU 13388 with 4.6″ barrel and thumb safety, SKU 13389 with 4.0″ barrel and no thumb safety and SKU 13390 with 4.0″ barrel and thumb safety. The subject Smith […]
11/14/2021 – Today was nice weather for shooting; the temperature worked its way up to 60°F, the air was still, the sky was clear… It was just a nice autumn day. The plan was to begin some handgun projects, but another range session with the Winchester Model 94 seemed in […]
11/07/2021 – I was up late last night, trying to turn specs and collected data into an article about the Winchester Model 94 and the 30-30 Winchester cartridge. Around midnight, after deleting old friend analogies and appearances of the words “John Browning”, “nostalgic”, “venerable” and “historical consequence” I set aside […]
12/06/2021 – Try as I might, I cannot seem to stand still in time, as I always end up getting swept along by the things changing around me. One day I am waging a losing battle of spoon feeding strained peas to a baby progeny.The next day I am trying, […]
10/24/2021 I’m easily distracted. My plan was to gather my notes and write this evening, but I played the movie Monster Island in the background, got to the point where they found that the giant starfish had magma for blood and could not, would not, look away. Later, the movie […]
10/17/2021 – Ruger introduced its revolutionary Lightweight Compact Revolver in January 2009; long glass fiber filled polymer fire control housing, forged and anodized series 7000 aluminum cylinder frame, series 400 stainless steel cylinder and 17-4 PH stainless steel barrel. Hammerless, it is chambered for the 38 Special +P cartridge. As […]
My wife and I took a day off to watch the tourist survey New England foliage and to take some pictures… of the foliage. Beautiful day, but too soon into fall for really brilliant colors. We have lived in a number of states that put color into seasons, but mostly […]
10/27/2021 Rarely does a picture with a backdrop make it to the pages of Real Guns. Photographically, the tendency is to focus on the subject, the firearm, and to remove distractions. However, it seemed right to place a little artful photography to aid in telling the story…. the many stories. […]