Excellent day, today. I’ve been working on the thrasher, our 2005 Ford Escape with 150,000 miles on the odometer. A replacement Optima battery had been ordered from Amazon, after receiving guidance from that site’s replacement parts compatibility feature. The price was $34 less than the same product at Wally’s. The old battery was pulled, the…
Remington’s Model 700 Classic Deluxe The case for the elegant rifle
2/24/2020 This weekend, there were three things on the must do agenda. The first was filing taxes, the second was a photo shoot for a firearm project on Real Guns and the third was to update our Ford Escape’s software. Yes it is suppose to update automatically, if the car is operated continuously long enough…
Remington’s 300 Ultra Mag and the Remington American Wilderness Rifle Part II Heavy bullet handloads
01/01/2020 The higher velocity generated by a magnum version of any given caliber yields a number of benefits. Higher velocity, means reduced time in flight, which means a farther distance can be reached before significant effects of gravity are felt. With relative increases in velocity come kinetic energy increases at the square of the increase…
Remington’s Model 700 Stainless 5-R Threaded Barrel Part II Handloading the 300 Winchester Magnum
I’m not sure when it all began. Might have been in the 70s and a fateful trip with our children to Disney World. More specifically, the “It’s a Small World” exhibit. My wife and I share much in common, however, in some ways we significantly differ. I stepped out of the car at the end…
300 Remington Ultra Magnum Handload Data
Handload data Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may be excessive in…
