01/20/2020 – My area is populated by gentleman farmer/ranchers. The term “Gentleman farmer/rancher”, in my vernacular, means they all have day jobs, but buy only commercial size and grade equipment that never leaves their property. The neighbor across the road put $34,000 into a new Ventrac 4500Z tractor with 4…...
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Browning X-Bolt Pro Tungsten in 7mm Rem Magnum Part I
01/10/2020 For me, Browning products have always been, metaphorically speaking, the Mercedes-Benz AMG of production firearms. While Browning has its custom shop and share of very fancy grade limited production firearms, it is the typical Browning sold through gun shops around the world that impress me the most. They have…...
Browning's 1911-380 Black Label Medallion Pro
12/27/2019 There have been some very dramatic changes in life in America and therefore, through societal osmosis, changes to all of us as individuals. Take lunch, as an example. Thirty years ago, lunch at Leo’s Eat Well Delicatessen could have been thinly sliced pastrami from a steam table, piled high…...
Browning's BAR Mark III - Hell's Canyon Speed
Carpenter ants, contrary to the suggestion of their name, do not provide productive wood working services. Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not eat wood. Instead, they chew it into fine sawdust and push it out behind them like a miniature bucket brigade, as they dig tunnels to hold their progeny…...
Browning's X-Bolt Hunter
10/21/2019 So I was walking the woods behind the shop and, when I ran out of trail, I began to walk along a stone fence to avoid the brush. Camera in hand and stepping over a fallen branch, a moss covered rock under my back foot gave way and gravity…...
25-06 Remington
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…...
Browning's Silver Field 20 Gauge
I do not know much about shotgunning. I tend to think of shotguns, for the most part, as the firearm of choice for golfers and Canadians, the more… evolved sectors of modern society. Reluctantly, I would have to admit that shotguns work well when there is a need to terminate…...
Browning's BPS in 28 Gauge
I look to 2019 with hope and optimism and a strong commitment to improvement in my writing skills, such as they are. Right next to the Chicago Manual of Style on the bookshelf resides Common Errors in English Usage, followed by The Dimwit’s Dictionary, followed by How to Write Funny…....
Browning X Bolt Hunter Part I
Have to love this time of year in Maine. Fall lasts about ten days, right up until 9°F night temperatures great the leaves in the midst of turning. Then the chains, hitch weights and snow blower go on the tractor and about a third of the population heads for Florida…....
Browning X Bolt Hunter II
The Browning X Bolt Hunter in 30-06 Springfield proved to be a terrific combination. It shot well with factory ammunition, but handloads can sometimes tap into additional potential. In other circumstances, handloading is a path to bullet/powder combination not generally available over the counter. Five bullets were selected; a selection…...