Shooting a traditional 1911 in 45 ACP is fun. Ask anyone who has had substantial experience with this firearm and they will tell you that the quality guns of this type are very accurate and relatively easy to master. So why so some people persist in saying the 1911 has […]

For folks who developed their shooting expertise with Euromatics, presets and double actions… particularly 9mm guns, the strong attachment many have for the 1911 type 45 ACP pistol is puzzling. Sort of the way that recent grads of the public school system, or the current university system, can’t understand why […]

Firearm enthusiasts are often full of… bravado. To hear the stories, they all have the eyes of an eagle, hold membership in the Shadow Wolves and have the hunting instincts of Jedediah Smith. One guy will claim a good hit on a deer at 600 yards with a scoped rifle […]

The combination of the Winchester Model 71 rifle and 348 Winchester cartridge are placed into historical context in Part 1. Part 2 addresses handloading the 348 Winchester and the live fire experience with the Model 71. The 348 Winchester shares a case head and rim diameter with the 50-110 Winchester, […]

In 1962, I owned a 1958 Chevy Impala. A rag top with a continental kits, air suspension, Turbo Glide trans and a 280 horse, tri power 348 cubic inch W block. It joined a 392 Chrysler Hemi powered 32 Ford pickup truck and a small block Chevy powered ’53 Henry […]

The scope is a Bushnell’s Elite 6500 4.5-30 x 50mm. It is a lot of glass and, no, there aren’t many sporter rifles that can utilize its potential, but this one can. It is a Remington Model 700 CDL, chambered for the 300 Remington Ultra Mag. With an MSRP of $1019 […]

“Hatty told Matty: “Let’s don’t take no chance. Let’s not be *L-seven*, come and learn to dance.” Wooly bully, wooly bully. Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully.”1 Just a little something I do to diminish reader expectations and to remind myself of how I earned those early departures from numerous […]

Between the years 1960 and 1963 an “Alaskan” version of the Model 70 was produced. Chambered for the then relatively new 338 Winchester Magnum, and the established 375 H&H Magnum, the Alaskan was Winchester’s North American heavy hitter1. In 2012, when Winchester announced a new Alaskan, it was 1960 all […]

The thing is, by the time I finished the range day, I realized I was holding a rifle that felt like every good day of hunting I’ve ever had. Conscious thoughts about the rifle faded to the background and a deer, or hog or bear in the distance became the […]

We live in a tragic world of public misinformation these days that could easily be remedied by removing the “Comments” feature from technical articles. I was reading prerelease coverage of the Remington Model 783 a while ago. The coverage was well thought out, experienced technical insight was provided and the […]