02/18/2024 – I am so looking forward to a motorcycle run from Maine to Texas, with a few stops in between. I know, shut up already, Joe. Last time, then I will shut up until the trip. Car trips always end up a race. Get there in the fewest days […]
Tag: Gun review
The Ruger LC Carbine Goes 45 Auto Part II
Adventures with the 45 Automatic Ruger LC Carbine o1/28/2024 – The Ruger LC Carbine has a great deal of potential, some sanctioned by Ruger, some not so much. The bolt-over-barrel blow back system is quite adaptable to ammunition, and that 16.25″ barrel is just waiting for something more than fast…...
The Ruger LC Carbine Goes 45 Auto Part I
01/22/2024 – Ruger’s addition of a 45 Automatic LC Carbine extends the platform’s application flexibility and utility. The 45 Auto cartridge is a proven stopper. Additionally, the LC Carbine partners well with 45 Auto handguns, 45 Auto ammunition is widely available and the 45 Auto is a natural for suppressed…...
Winchester XPR Extreme Hunter True Timber Midnight MB Part I
12/24/2023 – I would have to say this week before Christmas has been eventful. A 60 knot windstorm was at the onset of it all. Big trees came down, in very big numbers, wrapping themselves in power and fiber optic Internet lines on their way to the ground. River areas…...
The Ruger American Rifle Generation II
12/18/2023 – So here we are, Christmas is near. If not Christmas, other major religious and cultural holidays. Gift shopping and associated wrapping is done. The tree is up, decorations are in progress, family will soon head up from Texas. Yes, a peaceful time to carve out from angry politics…...
Ruger's Super Redhawk 22 Hornet
12/10/2023 – Early winter, a pretty time for Maine… and, still, a balmy 12°F out there. I like taking pictures, because photographs offer evidence and specifics of change. Photographs are also evidence of constants. This picture perspective has been taken for 20 years. The first year, there was no shop,…...
Ruger's Redhawk
12/03/2023 – I was taking pictures of this Redhawk 4″ Ruger Redhawk, and I got to wondering who specifically has inputs into the final timeless appearance of a firearm. I suppose it could be the lead designer, or generically a design team, but someone has to commit the form as…...
Val Browning's Lever-action Rifle
11/26/2023 – Some day I will take the time to write about the Browning family, particularly those involved in gun making. Yes, they were generations of famous gun designers and gun makers, but they also were philanthropists, deeply involve in serving others out of faith, but also out of a…...
Buck Mark Vision Black/Gold Suppressor Ready - Vortex Red Dot
09/30/2023 – How to make bobcat, coyote, fox, and hawk chow I don’t cry over varmints that I eliminate. Not when guilty of the crimes of damaging structures and/or getting more out of my vegetable garden than me. Until varmints can make financial restitution, they are fair game. I like…...
Ruger American® Rifle Predator 22-250 Rem Part I
09/17/2023 – Joe, why are we being confronted by a half rack of Saint Louis ribs in a plastic container? Well, it has been a couple of tough days, and I knew you would want me to share. Trouble arrived first in the form of a ten minute haircut. TEN…...