Blog O'Stuff

Yesterday I loaded up 250 rounds of .38 Special. I used up the final 150 Speer 158 grain LSWCs I got when my brother and I split my dad'...

My brother has a set of pin gauges to today I measured the cylinder throats on my .32-20 S&W M-1905, 4th Change Military & Police. I...

I've previously mentioned the use of "full charge" wadcutters in .38 Special. As with much of the stuff I do, I got the idea f...

Today I took the M-1905 Military & Police .32-20 to the range and ran a couple different loads over my Garmin Xero C1 chronograph . Firs...

A couple months ago I realized I needed a new softshell jacket. However, I didn't want to spend REI-money as this will be mostly used ar...

Over the weekend I cast some bullets in an antique Ideal reloading tool, so I thought I'd put together a post on how to actually use the...

If you shoot a muzzleloader long enough at some point you'll "dry ball," i.e., load the ball without a powder charge. At that ...

I shot my Investarm .54 Hawken again today at the Boyertown fun shoot and it turns out that I wasn't having cap problems at all. Rather,...

I shot the Boulder Valley woods walk course today with my .54 caplock and I'm really glad I did. I opened a new batch of CCI #11s and ha...

Why lithium batteries rock: Tonight I replaced the old halogen bulb in a Surefire G2 flashlight with an LED conversion unit. The output is m...

Today I did some bullet casting. The temp was around 70F so I was able to do so out in my shop without sweating like a pig. I cast up a bunc...

Yesterday I shot my Euroarms Remington 1863 "Zouave" rifle with replicas of the Williams cleaner bullet and some Lyman 575213 Mini...

Lately I've been on a percussion revolver kick again, and chronographing several different loads. With the Garmin Xero C1 chronograph I ...

Yesterday I went up to the Gunmakers Fair at Kempton and drooled over a bunch of guns I cannot currently afford. However, I did pick up a c...

Today I took a couple wheelguns to the range and spent most of my time smacking the 25 yard plate rack. The guns are a 2.75" Ruger Spee...

Today I ran some High Desert Cartridge Company .38 Special 148 grain HBWCs over my Garmin chronograph from 2 .357 Magnum revolvers. First, f...

Last year after my father died, my brother and I split up his gun collection. Among the large number of Smith & Wesson double actions wa...

Based on what's going on in Los Angeles now, it looks like Summer of Love 2: Electric Boogaloo may be kicking off. Ten things you should...

Last week I went looking for snap caps in .32 S&W. I wanted a set I could use in anything from my antique S&W No.1-1/2 Single Action...

Courtesy of American Fighting Revolver on Facebook, I came across this  Snub Skill Assessment  from The Shooting Wire. In connection with a ...