By Lee Shaver Originally published in the January 2016 issue. Several weeks ago I received a letter from a faithful subscriber and as the response became much too long for the Letters & Queries section, I decided it would be much better presented as an article...
By Mike Nesbitt Winter is a good time for doing things indoors. Reloading is always a first consideration. Then I like to make certain accessories and one of those becomes the subject at hand. The things I’m talking about, as if the title on this page...
There is No Magic Bullet, Part 2 By Lee Shaver If you load your bullets as I often do with grease grooves exposed, you need to remember that if you load that cartridge into a hot barrel and leave it sit for very long that the lube...
By Ralph Greenwood This article is reprinted from Shooting and Fishing, Volume 5, No. 15, published February 7, 1889. A few months ago a very careful and complete test was made with the .22-calibre, short rim-fire cartridges. The results made public are believed to correctly show the work...
by Joshua Hasbeen of Coxsackie. From Shooting and Fishing, January 31, 1889 • Vol. 5, No. 14 1. In the first place get a rifle of your own; you can't do much without one. 2. Get one that don't require any elevation at 200 yards. There are plenty...
Product Review: G2 FNS 120 Super Scope by Brett Boyd G2 FNS 120 Super Scope. John Rigby & Company, Gunmakers, 500 Linne Rd., Suite D, Paso Robles, CA 93446. Tel: (805) 227-4236. Current pricing available at www.johnrigbyandco.com The prestigious John Rigby Company has introduced the pen-ultimate spotting scope...
by Brett Boyd A couple of weeks ago, I received an interesting e-mail from one of our subscribers. Hugh had purchased one of the excellent reproduction Stevens #102 vernier tang sights sold by Jeff's Outfitters. These are wonderful sights and I have used a bunch of...
by Paul A. Matthews Almost every serious black powder cartridge rifle shooter has at one time or another acquired a quantity of lead alloy, contents unknown, that proves unfit for competition because of the excessive amount of lead left in the barrel. This is frustrating. Pre-mixed...
by Lorance Newburn I don't know what it was that prompted me to take up gun collecting 45 years ago, but I suppose it must have had something to do with having fun as well as making an investment in something that would appreciate in value...
Why Not a .32-20? by Paul Shuttleworth A recent development in Schuetzen shooting has been the trend toward using smaller cases with less powder capacity than the original black powder cartridges such as the .32-40 and .38-55. Since smokeless powder has much more power per cubic inch,...