Firearm information for the enthusiast
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…...
01/03/2021 The Winchester XPR Renegade Long Range SR is a… pleasant and rewarding firearm to shoot. Certainly a couple of adjectives I don’t often use.The combination of a little bit of heft, a good fitting Grayboe stock and a SilencerCo Omega 36M took the edge off of magnum report and…...
01/17/2021 While Winchester has been manufacturing bolt action rifles since the Winchester Hotchkiss in the late 1800’s. The Winchester Model 54, introduced in 1925, was the first mass produced civilian bolt action rifle. While I am an old guy… a birthday or two shy of carbon dating old, the only…...
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…...
12/13/2020 The best way to improve a skill is to work at mastering associated extreme challenges. Practicing with a 44 magnum revolver makes a 357 magnum revolver’s recoil mild by comparison and easy to control. Extending shooting distances while getting in practice, beyond those anticipated within a planned application, sharpens…...
I’m pretty sure, we won’t be seeing the substance of “Practical Dope on the Big Bores” popping up on a blog any time soon. The book was published at a time, 1948, when dedicated enthusiasts routinely created wildcat cartridges, made their own bullets, experimented with powder types, and poked and…...
10/04/2019 I lost Jeff Cooper for a while. He was residing in my tactical rifle information section was moved to the favorite authors section and somehow made his way into the thin books with intact dust covers section. Unfortunately, that book case collapsed under stack weight and he was temporarily…...
07/05/2020 Baking, cooking is a lot like reloading ammunition; start with a basic recipe, combine a bunch of ingredient… components, add some personal refinements, and always work toward something better. Being of Italian ancestry, Etruscan long before those Roman upstarts, homemade bread is always high on the list of things…...