My wife and I spent the weekend pushing the home perimeter tree/brush line back ten feet. The project may not sound like much but, in Maine, old growth trees line up twenty-five feet apart and saplings… anything three inches in diameter or less, stand shoulder to shoulder with heavily leaved…...
Tag: 357 mag
Smith & Wesson's Performance Center Model M&P R8
S&W Performance Center M&P R8 Manufactured U.S.A. SKU 170292 Caliber 357 Magnum Action Double / Single Capacity 8 rounds Barrel/Shroud Stainless Barrel Length 5.00″ Rate of Twist 1:18.75″ RH 5R Frame Aluminum/Scandium Alloy Cylinder/Yoke Stainless Finish Matte Black Grips Synthetic – Black Front Sight White Dot Interchangeable Rear Sight Black…...
Ruger's New Custom Shop Super GP 100 357 Magnum
Ruger has done a great job with the Ruger Custom Shop. The SR1911 Competition Pistol and 10/22 Competition Rifle both offer a high degree of aesthetic appeal, significant functional refinement over standard models and measurably enhanced performance. The Super GP100 is aggressively more of the same with a revolver that…...
World's Most Useful Firearm? Part 1
Sometimes, during the course of looking for the next gun, there is a tendency to overlook the one that rides in a belt holster, the one that protects home and one that might best serve as a survival firearm. This is certainly the case with my 357 Magnum revolver. No,…...
S&W’s Model 19 Classic Part II
I am trying to take it easy more often. Mellow out. Chill. Have you seen the world out there? I’m afraid it is Bob Dylan all over again… I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I…...
Companion, Complementary Firearms Part I
I’ve been sitting here listening to the Amazon Mellow Folk Music channel… Jim Croce, Nora Jones, Jack Johnson, etc. and one step away from digging out a tie-dye T shirt from a basement trunk. Maybe I need to ratchet up to Thunder On The Mountain before I turn into cosmic…...
Companion, Complementary Firearms Part II
How can you tell when you have been spending too much time online? This morning, I picked up a flyer from Home Depot from the kitchen counter. Looking for crab grass killer, I found myself poking at individual product pictures with my index finger, expecting each to enlarge, provide a…...
Companion, Complementary Firearms Part III
I have to say, this has become a messy project and one that has not been particularly satisfying in the efforts I put forth and the results I’ve achieved. The Ruger GP100 and Ruger Model 77/357 have tolerated my missteps and experiments without complaint. To the end they remain tight,…...