Quality rimfire rifles are getting hard to find, which is not to say that rimfire rifles are getting hard to find. For me, a quality rimfire is built like a centerfire. It employs nicely finished walnut and forged and/or cast machined steel in its construction and it must be assembled […]

I don’t often work with shotguns. Clays fly. Men, women and children blast them from the sky and I have to live with my wife’s conciliatory, “I think you nicked that one… Honest”. When it comes to shotguns, I have good eye coordination and I have good hand coordination but, […]

There was a time, long ago…  Sounds like the intro to the TV show “Merlin”, when the world’s general awareness of 308 caliber Magnums included the 300 H&H, the 300 Weatherby Magnum and the 300 Winchester Magnum. The venerable 300 H&H was clung to by mature traditionalists, the 300 Weatherby […]

With the X-Bolt entering its fourth year of production, and an A-Bolt III on the way, I got to thinking about how well Browning introduces major innovation in a very subtle way. The notion dawned on me when I had both an A-Bolt and X-Bolt on the shooting bench. On […]

Since Part 1, when I was taking a preliminary look at the Winchester Model 1894 Trails End Takedown, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the rifle’s performance. We do quite a bit of work with the 45-70 Gov’t round, pushing it just a tad more than standard 28,000 PSI […]

Winchester Model 1894 Trails End Takedown Company Winchester Repeating Arms Point of Origin Miroku – Japan Item # 534191160 Type Lever Action Caliber 450 Marlin Mag Capacity 6 Barrel Length 20″ Ported Rifling 1:20″ Weight 6.75 Lbs Overall Length 38″ Stocks Satin Finished Walnut Hardware Blued Steel Length of Pull […]

A shop scope was installed on the Remington, a 3-9x50mm Leupold. Big glass for our relatively short shooting distances, but it would  probably be too limited in magnification based on the rifle’s shooting range potential. The scope is mounted on steel, medium height Warne rings and bases. High enough to […]

Pictured left, in what looks like black and white photography, is the Remington Model 700 SPS Tactical bolt action rifle… in living color. What makes the SPS Tactical unique, within Remington’s line up, is its truncated 20″ heavy barrel, overmolded synthetic stock and tight rifling twist rate. The SPS Tactical […]

The more time spent with the Winchester Model 70 Super Grade and the 264 Winchester Magnum, the easier it is to find an appreciation for the combination amongst the crop of 6.5mm, 0.264″ cartridges. Large and moderate capacity 0.264″ caliber cartridges were not new, even in 1958 when the 264 […]

“Pre ’64 Winchester” has become a mantra that attempts to define an era of quality Winchester firearms. A very unfortunate and very inaccurate determination, as the Winchester brand has been representative of excellent firearms throughout its history, with current production arguably the best. The less than exciting years for the […]