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The Model 60, Betty, and Getting Hammered

That's a Model 60 Smith and Wesson snubbie you see in the big photo above, and Betty and Boris you…

3 years ago

A 6.5 Creedmoor Browning X-Bolt

Yeah, I've become a 6.5 Creedmoor believer.  This is a superior cartridge and accuracy seems to just come naturally with…

3 years ago

Sometimes you just get lucky…

This was another blog with a daunting title challenge.  I went with the one you see above.  Other choices were…

3 years ago

Cheap Triple Deuce Thrills

The .222 Remington, known as the triple deuce, is an inherently accurate cartridge.  I have an old Savage 340 chambered…

3 years ago

300 Weatherby Recipes: An Update

I’ve been on a tear the last few weeks, playing with the Mk V 300 Weatherby and developing loads for…

3 years ago

Compact 1911 Spring Fatigue

The last time I had the Compact 1911 on the range, I shot worse than usual.  At 25 yards (with…

3 years ago

A 458 Ruger M77

The year was 1974.  I had just finished grad school and I was at Fort Bliss, Texas, for the Basic…

3 years ago

The Rimfire Series: A Tale of Two .22s

Rimfire rifles are cool.   The ammo is inexpensive (when you can find it), there's no recoil to speak of, they…

3 years ago

More Mosin Loads

I used to not think too much of Mosin Nagant rifles.  They looked cheap, they were crusted with cosmoline, and…

3 years ago

The CMP Custom Gunshop, a 1903 Springfield, and Cast Bullets

This is an interesting story and it's one of the very few times in my life I was hosed on…

3 years ago