Firearm information for the enthusiast
05/30/2021 Yes I have been trying to improve my writing skills and to adopt some new perspectives. No, I have not yet succeeded and, no, I do not deem twenty years in pursuit of those illusive goals excessive. In any event, I signed up for the Wesleyan University Creative Writing…...
03/15/2021 Ruger Max-9 Manufactured Ruger – Prescott, AZ Model 3500 Grip Frame Fiber Filled Nylon Internal Chassis Hard Anodized Aluminum Slide/Hardware Black Oxide – Alloy Steel Type Action Single Strike/Striker Caliber 9mm Capacity* 12+1 Trigger Pull 5 Lbs. 2 Oz. Barrel 3.20″ Alloy Steel Rifling 1:10″ RH Front Sight Tritium…...
02/07/2021 OK, so it has been snowing every other day for the past couple of weeks. Not large amounts, mostly 2″ to 3″, but spread out enough throughout each day to warrant multiple clean ups. At midpoint in the season, I’ve concluded that the most important piece of equipment acquired…...
01/24/2021 My mind set when purchasing firearms has changed quite a bit over the past few years. Where once selection of a firearm system was driven by aesthetic appeal, uniqueness and curiosity, selections are now driven by: product reliability, applicability to self defense and home security, flexibility, and availability of…...
12/06/2020 It has been very cold outside for this time of the year. Temperatures bumped into single digits. For as prepared as we are, this time of year always makes me a little anxious. This will be the first year without a tractor mounted snow blower. The replacement snow blower…...
10/18/2020 Ruger LC380CA political backdrop In June of 2008, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia, joined by justices Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito held that the Second Amendment is an individual right to possess a firearm, unrelated to military service or a government organized militia, for such purposes as, but not…...
10/11/2020 Someone called me a Fudder the other day. Interesting, as I have been shooting firearms for sixty seven years. Sixty two years of handloading, hunting and shooting rifles, shotguns and handguns. Then there was military service and many years of designing numerous wildcat cartridges and making rifles that require…...
09/27/2020 At McDonald’s, suggestive selling is, “Would you like fries with that quarter pounder?”. Another form of suggestive selling is pulling up at a customer’s house with a flatbed trailer to drop off a new snow blower, that is sharing space with a bright red, brand new, Massey Ferguson sub…...
08/23/2020 These days, more Americans are purchasing firearms and practicing legal concealed carry than ever before. Who would blame them? Politicians are running for leadership positions on a hate America and Americans first platform, state governors and big city mayors are working to crush a robust economy and put people…...