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44 Special Loads

The .44 Special: It’s a classic cartridge, one that suggests sixguns, the Old West, and Dirty Harry. Elmer Keith, Remington,…

6 years ago

Marlin’s 336 Texan Deluxe

Over the years, Marlin has offered more than a few variations of their venerable 336 lever action rifle in a…

6 years ago

A tale of four 1911s…

My good buddy Paul, whom you've already read about on the ExNotes blog, is a retired aerospace engineer who has…

6 years ago

A Wind River Marlin rifle…

You remember my post on being a bad influence?  You know, I get a new rifle, get all pumped up…

6 years ago

The .30-30 Model 336 Marlin

I’ve been a huge fan of the .30-30 since the mid-1970s, which is when I first owned a Marlin 336.…

6 years ago

A bad influence?

I may be that kid your mother always warned you about. You know, the bad influence. The one who might…

6 years ago

A Tale of Two No. 1s

...and those two would be Ruger No. 1 single-shot rifles, arguably the classiest rifles on the planet. I smile when…

6 years ago

A quick update…

Wow, we sure are generating a lot of interest, a lot of hits, and a lot of comments here on…

6 years ago

The Rimfire Series: A 200th Year Ruger .22

The story goes something like this: William Batterman Ruger (we all knew him as Bill) was a government engineer in…

6 years ago

A Ducati story, and more…

I get four motorcycle magazines:  Motorcycle Classics, RoadRUNNER, American Iron, and Motorcyclist.  Every  once in a while, a story comes…

6 years ago