01/07/2024 – In the words of Buddy Guy, “It looks like we’re in for stormy weather”. One snow storm is due to arrive this evening, the next is forecast for a Wednesday arrival, both predicted to deliver 12″ – 18″ of snowfall. I can only hope the national weather forecast…...
Tag: shooting
Val Browning's Lever-action Rifle
11/26/2023 – Some day I will take the time to write about the Browning family, particularly those involved in gun making. Yes, they were generations of famous gun designers and gun makers, but they also were philanthropists, deeply involve in serving others out of faith, but also out of a…...
Marlin's Dark Series Model 1895™ Part I
11/05/2023 – Ah yes, my kingdom awaits me. The price to pay for living in the woods. I see a backpack leaf blower, and mounting the snow blower on the tractor, in my very near future. I would live nowhere else. So I am going to sit here in my…...
Ruger American® Rifle Predator 22-250 Rem Part II
I think weird weather has been having an adverse effect on local wildlife. Five raccoons, obviously members of a local, rural gang, mugged the songbird feeder three nights in a row, turning it upside down and emptying its contents onto the lawn. I would have gone out and chased them…...
Ruger American® Rifle Predator 22-250 Rem Part I
09/17/2023 – Joe, why are we being confronted by a half rack of Saint Louis ribs in a plastic container? Well, it has been a couple of tough days, and I knew you would want me to share. Trouble arrived first in the form of a ten minute haircut. TEN…...
Winchester XPR Sporter Part II
Steady rain today. Good day for Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away”. Writing tends to send me off in directions not always consistent with my personal interests. However, I recognize that there is more to the job than doing as I please. Example? Why not? I have, fundamentally, circumvented the globe of…...
Winchester XPR Sporter Part I
I apologize for the low quality picture of Skippy’s backhoe, Chucks trailer and a hole in the ground. All were captured by my Samsung Galaxy, too big to carry, Android phone… which otherwise meets its original purchase criteria; makes/receives calls, send/receive texts, low cost. I began excavating a hole with…...
Ruger's 41 Magnum Blackhawk Part II
08/20/2023 – I took this picture with my phone, a Samsung Galaxy something or other. It’s big, about the size of a brick, with a screen to match, and it takes truly crappy photos. Anyway, my latest home project is digging a hole… excavating as it were. While hole digging…...
Ruger's 41 Magnum Blackhawk Part I
08/20/2023 – In a world that poses the question, “Is a rifle chambered for the 30-06 Springfield sufficient for whitetail deer?”, I was elated to see a box of Winchester 41 Magnum ammunition labeled for deer and black bear hunting. Power in a small package… Ruger New Model Blackhawk Manufactured…...
Browning Stalker Long Range - 300 Winchester Magnum Part II
08/06/2023 – Every year I try find a new challenge. Something that takes me out of my comfort zone. No, besides writing. I used to ride motorcycles. Started in my teens, rode into my late 50s, early 60s, then stopped when my wife and I completed the move to Maine…....