05/15/2022 – Why is it TALO and not Talo? Because TALO is an acronym. No, not a giant spider. It is a wholesale buying cooperative operating in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and the first letter of each of those states is represented in TALO. As they have since 1965, TALO…...
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Browning's X-Bolt Mountain Pro Tungsten
05/01/2022 – Lately, I have been doing a good deal of “order and pick up” grocery shopping. It is not that I am lazy, as much I would rather keep a young person in a job, than have them unemployed and drifting off into the world of political activism and…...
222 Remington
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…...
Ruger's Wrangler Birdseye
12/26/2021 – A very thoughtful friend of ours gave my wife and I a Roomba for Christmas. We all know that vacuuming sucks so I appreciated the help. I named the Roomba Dudley, in the spirit of a 18th century British servant. After a few days, my wife changed its…...
44 Magnum Carbine Handloads
Christmas Eve, 2021 – Hope to finish writing this evening and to get some sleep before Christmas Day. Christmas, for us, is an observation of the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ and an opportunity to be thankful for all we have received. I hate to arrive late to…...
While Waiting With Positive Anticipation For Ruger's Marlins ....Part I
11/28/2021 – The thrash was on yesterday. Everything snow related was pulled out of the shed. Everything landscaping related was put into the shed. Powered equipment was started and ops checked. This morning we were greeted with a few inches of snow. Timing is everything. The biggest challenge to winter…...
Winchester’s Model 94 Short Rifle Part II
11/14/2021 – Today was nice weather for shooting; the temperature worked its way up to 60°F, the air was still, the sky was clear… It was just a nice autumn day. The plan was to begin some handgun projects, but another range session with the Winchester Model 94 seemed in…...
Winchester's Model 94 Short Rifle Part I
11/07/2021 – I was up late last night, trying to turn specs and collected data into an article about the Winchester Model 94 and the 30-30 Winchester cartridge. Around midnight, after deleting old friend analogies and appearances of the words “John Browning”, “nostalgic”, “venerable” and “historical consequence” I set aside…...
Smith & Wesson’s Governor Part II
10/27/2021 Rarely does a picture with a backdrop make it to the pages of Real Guns. Photographically, the tendency is to focus on the subject, the firearm, and to remove distractions. However, it seemed right to place a little artful photography to aid in telling the story…. the many stories…....
Ruger's Mini Thirty 7.62x39
10/03/2021 Just ten more days until the official start of Fall and there are so many projects to wrap up before winter. Frequent, if not heavy rainfall, kept the porch deck wet. So all of the hours spent cleaning, deoxidizing and other prep work for staining and sealing 1,000 square…...