01/08/2023 – New Year’s Day has passed. Visiting family has gone, however, the house is filled with great tasty food that does not appear on an OK food list my doctor threatened to tattoo on my chest. What ever happened to “First do no harm”? So today was dedicated to…...
Tag: Ruger
The 7x57mm... or 275 Rigby Part I
11/20/2022 – I hope you all will forgive me if I ramble on every now and then in these articles. I promise there is a thought or two worth sharing in there somewhere. It’s just that writing doubles as cheap psychotherapy and I also like to take and post pictures…...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!*
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 /…...
You Don't Have To Go Broke To Go Hunting
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…...
Marlin's Model 1895 Guide Gun Reintroduction
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…...
Oil & Smoke Part 2
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…...
Oil & Smoke Part 1
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…...
Ruger American® Pistol Pro Competition
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…...
Ruger's 7.62 NATO / 308 Winchester Small Frame Autoloading Rifle
September 19, 2022 – Last night I was sitting in Rudy’s Real Texas Bar-B-Q in Round Rock, sharing brisket, ribs and sausage with family. Two sons and two grandchildren present, a visit and conversation that are unfortunately all too rare. I envy these younger generations. Lots of enthusiasm for challenges…....
Ruger's New Lightweight and Ultra Compact LC Carbine in 5.7x28mm
August 29, 2022 – The Ruger LC Carbine is a very lightweight and very compact semi automatic firearm, chambered for the popular FN 5.7x28mm cartridge. A companion firearm to the company’s 5″ barrel Ruger 57 pistol, the LC Carbine’s 16.25″ barrel offers significantly enhanced ballistic performance, a longer sight radius…...