Upgrading to Windows 10 and chasing drivers for lots and lots of specialized programs and, from a project standpoint, firearm parts and a replacement drive belt for the lathe won’t be in until Friday. So rather than twiddle my thumbs… Rinse under cold water and remove the backside membrane from […]

Revolvers chambered for the 357 Magnum and 38 Special represent half of all current revolver production; 20% and 30% respectively. They exceed all other centerfire revolvers combined production and they outsell rimfire revolvers. Revolvers tend to be more accurate, more powerful, more reliable, faster to reload, and they can put […]

I think this part was needed to round out the Marlin Model 1894 44 Mag project. Cast lead bullets have always been a large part of handloaders’ and hunters’ arsenals and Cast Performance product has been one of the consistently cast products from good mold designs. These particular cast bullets have […]

Part 1 concluded with a cartridge too long / bolt stroke too short conundrum. So I took a break, scratched my head, hickory smoked some ribs, grilled some Gouda and bacon stuffed center cut pork chops and then went on to exercise the only reasonable option that came to mind… […]

The Marlin Model 1894 seems to languish in the shadows of the Model 336 and Model 1895. Languish may be a bit strong, but I thought of the word, kind of liked it, and decided to use it somewhat inappropriately. In 1893, L.L. Hepburn revised his Model 1889 design with […]

My wife’s birthday is this Friday and she said she would like to go out to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Unfortunately, the restaurant does not take reservations, the place is mobbed with turistas who are in search of… authentic Maine Mexican food, and the summer help service is […]

Over the years, I’ve spent a reasonable amount of time with military surplus firearms. Initially, Trapdoor Springfield, 1917 Enfield and 1903 Springfield rifles were being sold for a few dollars each at discount retail stores and the Gun Control Act of 1968 was still more than a decade away. In […]

Seems many firearms I write about these are sold through “Bro’ Marketing”. A very long time ago, boys played “war”. Essentially, they carried toy guns… or sticks if they had a vivid imagination, threw dirt filled soda can grenades and learned how to imitate the sound of an automatic weapon. […]

For as much as I appreciate the metallic sights that are included with the rifle, and for as much as they might be used during hunting seasons, nothing beats a scope for assessing and developing and refining handload and rifle performance. To that end, a Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36MM scope was […]

With a look influenced by Mannlicher styled rifles from Griffin & Howe, the Ruger International model made its first appearance during the 1968 – 1993 M77 MK I production run. The current generation was introduced in 1993  as part of the M77 MK II product line. The change to the […]