6/26/2023 – Most firearm companies that have been sold, or have expired under the weight of competition or government before being sold, were either moved to offshore manufacture with only final U.S. assembly, or product offerings were reduced to a few cherry picked models. In some cases, famous American brands…...
Tag: carbine
Lethargy, procrastination and ambivalence - Part 1
07/31/2022 – I am going through a lethargic state. I find that old people… that would be me, rekindle their teen years in some respects. We stay up late, then we are sluggish getting up in the morning and nothing on a list of chores that matter is appealing enough…...
44 Magnum Carbine Handloads
Christmas Eve, 2021 – Hope to finish writing this evening and to get some sleep before Christmas Day. Christmas, for us, is an observation of the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ and an opportunity to be thankful for all we have received. I hate to arrive late to…...
Winchester's Model 1892 Carbine Part I
11/27/2020 Not going for melodrama here, but raking leaves in New England is worse than a Sisyphus bout with inclined, repetitive boulder rolling. The beautiful fiery red and golden leaves of autumn, drop dead, turn a very ordinary brown and begin to fall, and continue to fall, for a couple…...
45-70 Government - Marlin 1895 & Win 1886
Warning: SAAMI standard pressure for the 45-70 Government is 28,000 PSI. All of the listed loads are approximately 40,000 psi. They are not intended for use in original trapdoor single shot rifles or early Marlin Model 1895 or Winchester Model 1886 lever action firearms. Bullet selections are specific, and loads…...
Summertime 45-70 Gov't Handload Tuneup
I like machines. They have no attitudes, they have no agendas and how they perform and react is always logical. When it doesn’t appear that way, it is only because there is something we’ve overlooked or don’t understand. Persistence in problem solving will always prove the previous to be true…....
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…...