11/08/2020 Finally, summer gear and equipment is stowed, winter gear and equipment is staged. After two light snow flurries, the official start of winter in Maine is a mere formality. Charcoal gray skies, bone chilling temperatures and air heavy with humidity suggests a season of heavy snow lies ahead. It has been a tough year…
Winchester 1873 and the 44-40 WCF Part II Grooves and bullets... like chutes and ladders
November 10, 2019 Fall was certainly brief and summer is already a distant memory. The shop stove was lit yesterday when the inside temp hit 40°F and the first winter snowfall is forecast to begin this afternoon. This morning there was just enough time to get the driveway and walkway markers down and to clear…
Browning’s BAR Mark III – Hell’s Canyon Speed and B movie carpenter ant carnage
Carpenter ants, contrary to the suggestion of their name, do not provide productive wood working services. Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not eat wood. Instead, they chew it into fine sawdust and push it out behind them like a miniature bucket brigade, as they dig tunnels to hold their progeny and the royal spouse. When…
