I just found a box of the Rem 180 gr loads to try, but I'm splitting my time between 2 other new toys, wondering how it'll handle the lighter and shorter bullets. Yesterday I picked up a real fine original percussion, Schuetzen target rifle. ( I do a whole bunch of schuetzen with ASSRA using various...

I spent some more range time with it today. I tried a mix of my handloaded stuff and some factory ammo --- American Eagle 240s, and some "Winchester Platinum tips" The factory stuff shot tighter and considerable higher than my castbullet handloads-----I gotta work on my handloads obviously...

Like many other writers, Capstick drew upon all sorts of sources for his literary efforts, he wasn't writing history. If he stretched or embellished, thats what writers do. Its part of the literary effort-----unless of course you ARE writing history, and sadly it creeps in there way too often. Sadly...

WOW! just finished a book on WW 1, I'd never given more than casual thought to the gas attacks there. the book brought the horror home to me, AND THEN to see this story and link--sometime you feel someone is telling you something. I use brake cleaner all the time---or at least I used to---whenever I...

I'm new to the forum so these may be new guy question. I just acquired my 2nd lever gun (the first, which I've had for years is a BLR in the wildcat that became the Rme 260) I'm looking for handloading tips and gunsmithing hints. I'm assuming that since it doesn't have the gas-port issues of the sem...