Recent content by Guy Miner

Today I got out to the range with the Springfield again. I'm getting better with this green-dot Holosun. The 45's are printing well from 3-25 yards. I swapped to a handload I used as long as 40 years ago 200 grain cast LSWC bullets over 5.0 grains of W231 for about 800 fps. Yes, I missed one at...

Good old dogs... Glad you got out for a nice hike with them. Guy

It's an incredible sport! Love watching it every time the winter Olympics come along. Washington state had a pretty strong and active biathlon program. I could never manage to get the time from work to start competing. I wouldn't have been at anywhere near Olympic level but I was a decent...

Great description!

Wow! Great work.

After several months of seeing this hawk at the local city park - and the evidence of bird kills... I finally got some decent photos. I thought it was a Cooper's Hawk but the good folks at the Ornithological Society (that's a really big word for a Marine BTW) have informed me that it's a Red...

I've never found my 1:10 twist 25-06 to be lacking. Could always get 3100+ fps with 115's, even close to 3200 fps with book loads. Good accuracy. Low recoil. Flat trajectory. Lethal up close or way out there... But yes - the new 1:7.5 twist 25 Creedmoor opens up barrel & bullet possibilities...

Recently loaded 25-06 100 gr TTSX's to 3350 fps via Grand. Flat shooting. Accurate. Funny, with all that velocity I used it to take an Axis deer at about 50 yards. My 30-30 would have been more appropriate. Guy

Interesting. I've got some of those 248 gr Hammers, and rather a lot of Varget. Worth a try I suppose. Guy

I haven't used it enough to get good data on temp stability. We only had a bit at the shop, did some loading and shooting with it and called it good. I was interested in how it would work with my 25-06 and 7mm Rem Mag, and maybe my 257 Weatherby, so recently I bought 8 pounds of it. That ought...

Sadly discontinued (but maybe not forever?) IMR 8133 did a fine job for me with a couple of different 7mm Rem Mags using Hornady's 150 gr ELD-X. That was from my son's 24" Bergara rifle. From my 26" Ruger Number One it produced 3289 fps! I think it was just shy of 3200 fps from my son's 24"...

From Barnes:

A few years ago I latched onto this full size 9mm Kimber. Accurate. Reliable. Very mellow recoil. Slide is also easier to operate than a 45 1911. It's a very pleasant one to shoot and has a pretty decent trigger as well. I added a tritium front sight. Dialed in everything real well with that...

Great bullet for the 375 when a sturdy 300 grainer isn't necessary. I've only shot a few black bears with it, from about 15 feet out to just over 300 yards. The bullet did superbly in all instances. Recovered the bullet fired from such short range. Nosler shows 69 grains of RL-15 as their...

This was published in a 1937 magazine article, and is based on a conversation with someone who'd talked shooting and gunfighting with Wild Bill Hickcok. The target is a 5"x5" square with a 1" square in the center. Distance is 25 feet. Strong hand only. No time limit. All rounds must go...