The Mark 6™ 3-18×44  was the scope of choice for several very recent projects on Real Guns. It performed so well that I didn’t want to move on to other things without a little more specific mention to readers. Leupold Model Mark 6™ 3-18×44 Item Number 115292 Point of Origin […]

My wife is a little annoyed with me. I was dipping chips into an open jar of hot salsa, when something small, flying and green made its way through a window screen and landed inside the open jar. So I thought for a moment, put the top back on, shook […]

I have to admit, I do like gadgets. Nifty little machines that sometimes appear to be the product of an overactive imagination, sometimes a too elaborate solution to a simple problem and sometimes… as is the case here, a useful and adaptable tool for a somewhat specialized task. In fact, […]

The 7mm Remington Magnum is a natural fit for the 26″ barrel Winchester Model 70 Extreme Weather SS. A commercial round since 1962, a wildcat even longer, it is capable of flat shooting, long reach and hard hitting depending on bullet selection and powder charge. While the Remington Magnum is […]

The Model 70 Winchester has been with us since 1937. While Winchester manufactured a limited number of Model 70s with stainless steel barrels in the past, notably in 220 Swift and 264 Winchester Magnum, the first all stainless Winchester was introduced in 1992 as… The Model 70 Stainless Rifle. The […]

The shop is now air conditioned; no more tactical attacks from wasps coming through open windows, no more cast bullets melting on the shelves and no more coworker crabbing. All I heard last summer was “Heat stroke” this and “Heat exhaustion” that and “Pick me up off the floor, I […]

Some years ago, I built a long, low work bench to use for firearm maintenance and build projects. It worked great, but project work was eventually shifted to more specialized work areas and the bench became home to handloading equipment. Because the bench is low, the press eye view was […]

I would have finished Part 2 sooner, but I spent most of the day hanging a Confederate Battle Flag on the inside gable wall of the shop and listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd perform Simple Man. Too bad I live in the North. I like what I like, believe in what […]

The 357 SIG is an easy cartridge to handload. Brass is long lasting, dies and other tools are plentiful and components are readily available. Dimensional considerations do not significantly different from any other cartridge, however, like every other cartridge the 357 SIG has its minor idiosyncrasies. When checking in with […]

OK… the bolt lugs were lapped for full contact with the receiver’s lug seats. The action was faced square to the bolt-way. Before the barrel is installed and the chamber is cut for proper headspace, the bolt face must be trued perpendicular to the bolt-way and parallel to the face […]