05/03/2020 Audio Prologue: The Marlin 1895 Dark reminds me of my once favorite heavy hitter, a Mauser bolt action with a hog’s back full stock, a 20.5″ Douglas barrel and chambered for the 375 Ruger. It was a world class ass kicker on both ends that never left me under gunned in any circumstance. Both…
Summertime 45-70 Gov’t Handload Tuneup +P loads for the Marlin Model 1895 Guide Gun
I like machines. They have no attitudes, they have no agendas and how they perform and react is always logical. When it doesn’t appear that way, it is only because there is something we’ve overlooked or don’t understand. Persistence in problem solving will always prove the previous to be true. So my chipper won’t start…
Marlin’s 1895 Trapper 45-70 Gov’t Sometimes a little less means a whole lot more...
The snow is gone, with the exception of drift accumulation, and now it is easy to see what outdoor work needs to be done. I don’t mind. It puts me out in the fresh air and makes it easier to get in those ten thousand steps each day without resorting to running like a…
Heavier Lead 45-70 Loads for the Ruger No.1
Buried in the archives on Real Guns® is a considerable body of work addressing handloading cartridges appropriate for big and dangerous game. It was a kick I was on for a decade or so that ran from the 375 H&H to the 500 Jeffery with many cartridges in between and concluded with loss of hearing…
Winchester’s Model 1886 Short Rifle in 45-90 Winchester Part II If you don't have data, develop your own
Mowing the lawn puts one into a contemplative frame of mind. I don’t know why. Perhaps its the drone of the tractor engine or the sense of order that comes from arranging a slightly neglected lawn into neat rows and squares of thick contrasting texture? It may also be the monotony of cutting the same…
