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"And there is that "one bad apple" that ruins a good thing for everybody else...not asking for permission, driving across crops, not closing gates, cutting fences, going where they were told not to, shooting up equipment or livestock, leaving garbage behind, and so on. What landowner will...

Once upon a time there was a man named Timur I Leng. We know him by a more common name as Tamerlane. He has been known that after conquering a city, he would execute every living soul and make a pyramid of their skulls. One such pramid was said that held more than 100,000 skulls, men, women and...

I retired in 2003. Worked rotating shifts for 33 years. I still haven't gotten my sleep pattern squared away. Some mornings up around 5 or 6, others as a late as 10. My latest cancer regime has left me quite tired at times. One of the problems is dehydration. Bladder wakes me up almost on a...

Well for the two World Wars, we didn't want to get involved until a German U boat sank the Lusitania which has any American citizens on board. We all know that Pearl Harbor was what dragged is into W2. Korea? Not so much except when the North Koreans came over the 38th Parallel there were a few...

After the end of WW23, America helped the two main antagonists to get back on their feet. Think berlin airlif where some American pilots lost their lives helping to feed germans stranded by Russia. EWe ever went out of out way to help the Japanese get back on their feet. France was relueved of...

My experience with the .270 is long but thin. I got my first one back in 1973 for $75.00, a commercial FN Mauser. The guy that sold it hadn't even fired itonce. He decided he didn't like the stock. To use a quote from Jack O'Connor, "That stock is so ugly it would abort a lady crocodile." But...

About the only real drawback to the .358 is difficulty in finding ammo or brass. The good news is one can make brass from .308s. Just a simple pass through the .358 die and you have brass. I used to have a friend that did the gun show scene that dealt strictly with reloading components. He was...

I have a small collection of Ruger #1s with A,B, S,H and V represented. Still haven't for the RSI I liked at a price I was willing to pay. The #1A has a 22" barrel with muzzle light feel that makes shooting difficult as it's hard to hold the rifle steady in some hunting situations. The #1B...

It's possible but probably not. You fired the primer on sn empty case. The force of the primer going off drove the case forward. There was no explosion of powder to drive the case back fully reseating the primer. In fact, that case most likely now has the shoulder pushed back enough to...

I have three. They're mounted on a 30-06, .35 Whelen and a .300 Win. Mag. All have held up just fine. The .35 has eaten three Leupolds so far. Two at the range and one on a hunt. I will say the Leupold did fix the scopes but I'll not put them on any rifles with noticeable recoil. Paul B.

Yeah , but that dry heat can kill you just as fast as wet heat. I've been a desert rat for most of my life and I have a great deal of respect for that "dry" heat. Paul B.

Most of my elk hunts have been in Arizona or New Mexico I've used thr .300 Win. Mag. with the 200 gr. Speer Hot Core, a 30-06 with 165 gr. Accubond but most of my successful hunts have been with the .35 Whelen and 225 gr. TSX bullet. I've had successful shots from 75 yards to 530 yards. I think...

Your choice of 338-06 will work just fine on elk. Frankly there's nothing new under the sun. The 338-06 and the .318 Westley Richards are about as alike as two peas in a pod with 250 gr. bullets. I also is called the .318 Rimless Nitro Express. Then there is the .350 Rigby Magnum which ran a...

While that would work, it wouldn't be legal thanks to GCA 1968 and GCA 1986. I'd have to pass. If you're in the neighborhood do stop by. I don't get many visitors so you'd be more than welcome. Paul B.

I have the book AFRICAN RIFLES AND CARTRIDGES by John Taylor. One of the cartridges he damns with faint praise is the .318 Westley Richards. He condemns it because local hunters used it to shoot elephants. The interesting thing about the cartridge is the bore is .318" but the bullet is .327 in...

I left California for good in 1968. Only went back for bitrhdays and holidays to see family and even many of those were missed because of work. I ended up in Winnemuca Nevada working for ther NWS and didn't leave until 1979 when a job transfer moved me to Tucson. Arizona is not too bad but...

I have a couple of Winchester M70s in .338 Win. Mag. One is a post 64, pre68 push feed with 24" barrel that was a kind of a weird deal when I got it and the other a New Haven Classic Stainless controlled feed rifle with 26" barre and a muzzle brake making the barrel 28.5". Both rifles came with...

FAFO! Paul B.

You won't get any argument from me. Paul B.

Try 70 years. I started in 1954. When I finally got a chronograph it was interested mainly in velocity. These days, while I still get the velocity figures, I use the chronograph more as a poor man's pressure checking device. As you increase the powder charge, velocity also increases, up to a...