Firearm information for the enthusiast
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…...
10/08/2013 – There are many techniques for detecting excessive pressure within a population of handloads. Some are ineffective, none are singularly adequate, all require a good deal of subjective interpretation. Still, everyday, handloaders find safe passage, as evidenced by the number of us that still have a full compliment of…...
I decided to write this article in two parts. Yes, almost like a firearm duology. Part 1 addresses the firearm and it’s initial performance. Part II addresses fabrication of 256 Winchester Magnum ammunition, optimization for revolver use and additional firearm performance. I could not get my head around all of…...
Above is what is left of my Hosta plants. Not just this one, all five of them in and about the yard. A few years ago, I reached an agreement with the resident eight point buck, Adam; don’t eat the plants in the garden and I will not turn you […]
05/21/2023 – A friend of mine, a clinical psychologist, expressed the opinion that people who obsess over politics are typically people who cannot get control of issues within their own life. Rather than deal with the near frustration, they persist in addressing problems well beyond their control. I am of…...
I thought we were there. Snow on the ground was melting and receding, icy stalactites were loosening their grip on the gutters, and the house and driveway were previewing the magnitude of clean up that would keep me busy through spring. Mud season. Then the snow began to fall, heavily…....
03/12/2023 – When the original reloading press tray 1.0 was constructed, above, there was no intention to rest on our laurels. More so, we were surprised, after extensive research, that laurels was not a metaphor for “butt”. The process goes something like this. Get an idea, turn it into something…...