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While serving in the U.S. Navy (Vietnam war era), I visited many parts of this world, but not Africa. Rising human populations, increasing political unrest, religious conflict, marxist mentalities, a break-down in law and order and all the rest cause me to worry more for the African...

I bought a stack of commercial benchrest targets recently. These have a 1" black square with a blank 1/2" square inside it. Below the square are a series of rings. The 1" and 1/2" squares are just usable with a 12x scope, but better with higher magnification. They also work well with an accurate...

Seems to me that the target has a lot to do with accuracy. For example, the "sight-in" targets used at & sold by ranges are fine for sighting in, but seeing a precise aiming point isn't a sight-in target's strong point. Most times good enough, but... Quite some years ago I began experimenting...

A couple of ideas... 1- All cases must be trimmed to the exact same length for a crimper to produce consistency in a batch of loaded rounds (that's why I try to avoid crimping). Crimping should be done in a separate operation. 2- I began cleaning the inside of the case necks (dry brass or nylon...

This has been my philosphy since the fall of 1972. I missed a cow elk that fall by shooting high, and vowed it wouldn't happen again. Now, all rifles are sighted in 3" high at 100 during the hunting season. That makes it easier, in the heat of the moment. I force myself to never compensate for...

I bought her a Ruger LC9 for her 21st B-day last year. It's a nice reliable little pistol that fits her small hands really well, but it's not all that accurate - given her talent, she notices that - but then, I tell her it's meant to be a defensive weapon... ~4-6" groups at 10 yards. She's shot...

Thanks to everyone for your comments. Sarah has been my buddy since she was born. We do a lot together, and I'm thankful for it. When she was little, we'd ride the dirt bike together (she sitting in front) and we'd always end up picking wild flowers and stopping to watch chipmunks. Later it was...

Daughter Sarah & I visited the range this past Friday. Hadn't shot the 308 Ruger Scout since last winter, and I had recently loaded some Nosler 150BTs ahead of 42 grains of H335... Thought it would make a lighter recoiling load suitable for Sarah to use this fall on antelope. This load produced...

Pic was taken off our back deck yesterday afternoon. Not trophies - yet, but the four bucks are still growing... They're about 50 yards away in this photo. I think they're waiting for my wife's Tiger Lillies to bloom.... ;)

In all of the years I've loaded many thousands of rounds of ammo I've never felt a need to anneal brass. Once a few in a well-used batch begins to produce split necks, I retire the batch. I've got 10-12 loadings on an early batch of Win 223 cases that I bought with the rifle 20 years ago - no...

I've been loading for 40+ years. If we're talking Remington, Winchester, PMC, Federal or Hornady.... yes, brand new cases need to be full-length resized, deburred and trimmed to length to make them more uniform. The batch of 100 new Nosler 223 cases I bought recently was the very first for me...

For a hunting rifle, just load them and be happy. For a varmint/target rifle, I believe once-fired brass can produce slightly better accuracy than new-unfired brass. For my Rem 700 223, I loaded the new box of Nosler 223 cases with a moderate load using mil-surplus 55-FMJs without sizing, and...

Nice! Antelope make such nice mounts. BT

Except for bedding the first 1-3 inches of the barrel forward of the action, I lean toward free-floating every rifle. Differing thermal expansion rates between steel barrels/actions and even the best composite stocks mean the fore-end pressure could change. Walnut stocks can warp over time or...

Great photos! Love the alliterations too.

W748 has been the most accurate powder I've used. Still experimenting with Benchmark, but prelim groups show no improvement over W748. In my Remington 223 VS, W748 has produced groups, on average, 0.10" to 0.20" smaller than H335. I've shot dozens of 5-shot groups with both powders. Like H335...

Nice shooting! Nosler BTs are fine bullets, and your 270 seems to agree. Like the old saying goes: "If it won't shoot BTs, you've got problems that bullet choice won't solve." BT

Looks great. Love the look of laminates.... BT

I've got a book of his... There's an old saying "money talks, BS walks". As it applies to Jim, "setting records talks, BS walks". Gives the old guys hope! BT

Sounds like an estate sale. The kids or a broker did it. I consigned a couple rifles in the past 12 months at a local gun shop. They were spotless inside and out, and sold fast. BT