Firearm information for the enthusiast
07/30/2023 – I have learned that music can have a profound, if temporary, effect on mood. As an example, this morning, I had a breakfast of Great Value low carbohydrate, high sodium, frozen waffles, made digestible with make believe maple syrup… containing lots of carcinogenic artificial sweeteners. No, that isn’t…...
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…...
The heavy barrel Remington Model 700 reflects a tradition of powerful, long range reaching and very accurate rifles. Its worth can be found in the Marine Corps 1966 – present M40 and the Army’s 1988 – present M24 sniper systems and in the hands of hunters and competitive shooters around…...
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…...
My writing routine is to type a few sentences, then reference “Common Errors in English Usage” just to see how many mortal and/or venial grammatical sins I had committed.The report on that research is typically, “All of them”. The truth of the matter is, my writing stems from the stream…...