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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Shot the Winchester 1892 Today

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I put 50 rounds through my 1895-vintage Winchester 1892 in .38 WCF today out at a friend's. The target was my first 5 shots, from ...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Interesting Failure Mode on Winchester Toggle-Link Rifles

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Last night I discovered a failure mode that can affect Winchester rifles with toggle link actions. This applies to the Winchester 1866, 1873...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Winchester 1892 Pictures

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The rifle arrived yesterday and I was able to take some pictures today. Overall, it's clean and the surface condition was as described...
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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Ordered an Antique Winchester 1892

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I've been getting the wants for another levergun and ran across a circa-1895 Winchester 1892 in .38 WCF (.38-40) at Simpson's Ltd ....
Sunday, November 19, 2017

Black Powder Shotgun Shells in Brass Cases

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Note/Disclaimer: This post contains loading data believed to be safe in my guns. It may not be safe in yours. Do your own research before ...
Friday, October 06, 2017

Reaction to the NRA and NRA-ILA's Joint Statement of October 5, 2017

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Yesterday, Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox issued a joint statement, which contained, inter alia : In Las Vegas, reports indicate that certa...
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Saturday, September 30, 2017

Reduced .308 Winchester Loads

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Last year I tried out a couple batches of " The Load ," in my Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle in .308 Winchester.  The first patch was 1...
Friday, September 08, 2017

RIP Jerry Pournelle

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Instapundit reports that Jerry Pournelle has passed . Ever since I was able to join the Daynotes Gang I've felt priviledged to be inc...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Range Day with the Kel-Tec RDB and Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle

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Today I was off and was able to get to the range with the Kel-Tec RDB and my Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle. The IOR Valdada 3x25mm scope o...
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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Kel-Tec RDB Field Stripped

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This afternoon I took a few minutes, field stripped the Kel-Tec RDB, and took some pictures. The rifle's design is different enough so t...

Scoped the Kel-Tec RDB

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Yesterday I decided to move a scope I already owned over to the Kel-Tec RDB I bought Friday night. My Colt AR15 6721 has been relegated to b...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Kel-Tec RDB Rifle

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I did some trading last night at Surplus City and came home with a Kel-Tec RDB 5.56mm bullpup rifle . (I actually went there with ...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

Nazis vs. Communists: Who's Worse?

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In the wake of the protest/riot last week in Charlottesville, I am seeing a lot of condemnation of the Nazis and people denying that the Ant...
Sunday, August 06, 2017

Mossberg 500 Super Bantam Shotgun

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My 13 year old daughter wants to come hunting with me this year and needed a suitable shotgun. Today, we went to the local Dick's Sporti...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Did A Little Air Rifle Shooting Yesterday

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Yesterday I went to my friend Nick's place, outside of Pottstown, PA to do some shooting. Nick owns about 8 acres and we're able to...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Restored Knight Kit Ocean Hopper Radio

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I posted a few years ago about this receiver originally built by my father in 1967. A co-worker of mine with better soldering skills t...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

Saturday Night Range Report

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Last night I hit the range with Dad and put some more rounds through the Ruger SR22 along with my CZ P-09. I put around 75 Remington Golde...
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

More Range Time with the Ruger SR22

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My daughter and I hit the range yesterday and brought along "her" Ruger SR22. I put 20 CCI SV rounds through it.  She shot it unsu...
Monday, July 03, 2017

Ruger SR22

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I've recently been considering acquiring a second compact .22 autoloading pistol. A few years ago I picked up an Israeli surplus Beretta...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Pi-Top Raspberry Pi Laptop

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Earlier this year I learned about the Pi-Top , a kit for turning a Raspberry Pi single board computer into a laptop, from a friend's pos...
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