10/15/2023 – Ah yes… the gift of Fall. An opportunity to drag 20 pieces of fossil fuel burning equipment out onto the driveway to perform preventative maintenance and season prep. Some equipment will serve over the winter, others will endure the winter in an unheated storage shed. One of the…...
Tag: 7×57
The 7x57mm... or 275 Rigby Part II
11/27/2022 – I don’t particularly care for putting in range time in the winter. No matter what gear I put on, sitting still at a bench results in numb feet, frosty fingers and a face wind burned into leather. Hunting in the cold is a different thing because, with the…...
The 7x57mm... or 275 Rigby Part I
11/20/2022 – I hope you all will forgive me if I ramble on every now and then in these articles. I promise there is a thought or two worth sharing in there somewhere. It’s just that writing doubles as cheap psychotherapy and I also like to take and post pictures…...
7x57mm Mauser - Modern Bolt Action
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may…...
My Favorite Rifles Look Like They Were Made In The 1950s Part II
I have got a lot of powder on hand. Kept with controlled temperature and humidity, and only one container of one type open at any given time, I’ve not had the misfortune of soured powder smells or degraded performance. For my personal use, I’ve arrived at best recipes in various…...
My Favorite Rifles Look Like They Were Made In The 1950s Part I
Stuck indoors, a serious snow storm blowing outside and me under the influence of an annoying flu, I’ve been entertaining myself by going over a new Ruger full stock that replaces a CZ full stock that was recently sold. The CZ 550 was well done; clean metal and wood work,…...