Firearm information for the enthusiast
11/13/2022 – It has been like summer here with temperatures in the 70s. Today was 30°F, so I guess our days of Indian Summer are coming to a close. The electric grapple on the tractor stop working… then worked again… then stopped again. Fuses good, 12V at the tractor / […]
This is more of a personal message that won’t appear on the Real Guns home page, but will go to the article list. So feel free to skip it if the message is not of interest. In fact, it is more my penance than a message… a mariner’s rime. Most […]
11/06/2022 – I was listening to Tom Waits this morning; “Hold On”, “Downtown Train”, “Looking For The Heart Of Saturday”, “Bounced Checks”… Yeah, I know. I’ve been to music taste rehabs a few times, but it just doesn’t seem to stick. I spent my developmental years listening to Bob Dylan […]
Tough year. A year of major loss and a year of counting blessings. But, you know what I mean, that’s life. We all experience the same. All you can do is work, keep busy and find those momentary distractions. Hard labor provides a great non-pharmaceutical sedative. Good people leave many […]
10/16/2022 – The thing I like about New England fall, and rainy Indian Summer days, it is too wet to go out and rake leaves. Within an hour of taking this picture, the sky darkened, storm clouds rolled in it became a great day to listen to Buddy Guy… “Born […]
October 9, 2022 – Handloading, more specifically handload development, represents a great deal of trial and error, testing and analyzing. Not the same as opening a handload manual and picking from the list presented, which is perfectly fine when instructions and cautions are honored. I tend to use reloading manuals […]
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 […]
October 2, 2022 – I am not sure if I am holding my own on pre-winter projects, deluding myself or accepting all will not get done. The remaining yard or two of compost, for months conspicuous under a big blue tarp, finally became topping on the lawn; a little tractor […]
September 25, 2022 – Fall has come to Maine and leaves on maple trees are already turning. Ambient temperatures are in the 50°F to 60°F range and rainfall is almost constant. Procrastination is leaving me with a muffler and tail pipe to change on the thrasher and a tractor to […]
September 18, 2022 – We routinely receive requests for review of a the Spanish made Bergara rifle. In particular a from a local UPS driver who has a great deal of firearm knowledge and appears to be very fond of the brand. Bergara B-14 Ridge Rifle Bergara B-14 Ridge Rifle […]