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So, why would powder go bad and what sort of mess would it make? Over the last 30 years I've only heard maybe a couple of warnings about a specific power going bad. If the container is sealed tight and kept in a cool dry place isn't it usually OK? I always pay attention to the warnings and...

Looking at the Harrell's site, their Remington 700 Short Action 3/8 Dove Tail Rail at $50.00 looks like a real deal. I think I'll spring for one myself.

As I recall, Harold Vaughn, in "Rifle Accuracy Facts" ran some experiments and found that most of the flex is in the threaded area of the action. So no, a one-piece base will not help that. It will keep things lined up better if you are using a well-machined picatinny rail. Most one-piece bases...

Thanks, I needed that. My wife liked it too. Didn't know that China had alligators.

We lost a great musician, a friend of gun owners and an effective conservative editorialist today. I am sorry to see him go.

At Camp Plymouth, a boy scout camp in Vermont, we had a good shooting program supervised by William Tecumseh "T" Sherman. He was a great old guy who had lost most of his stomach to ulcers. It was a good learning experience and the one thing about camp that I really liked. At around the same...

When I started hunting, "accidents" in the woods were all too common. As a youngster, I witnessed some very unsafe behavior. One group of "hunters" seemed to be playing army, running through the woods, even falling down, all while holding loaded guns and yelling. Thankfully, mandatory hunter...

Wishing you all the best, Wilbur. Get well soon, we need your guiding presence.

I have a Cooper .223 with a 14 twist. It gives great accuracy with Fiocci 40 grain plastic tipped loads, 50 to the box, and inexpensive. Somewhat wind-sensitive however.

That was the case with mine. It would not register a shot except when dangerously close to the muzzle, and then only about 3 shots in 100. I tried everything. I should not have hesitated to send it back because they fixed in for no charge and sent it back in a few days.

I had to send mine in. It was not very sensitive and would rarely trigger. It was turned around in a few days and it works great now.

You have a lot of choices. I've had good luck with Sierra 50 grain Blitz King, 52 grain SMK and 53 grain flat base. Also speer 52 HPBT match, and don't forget Berger 52 and 55 grain flat base. H322, H335 and Benchmark may have an edge on Varget and CFE223 and TAC can't be ignored.

Lots of articles in the gun press lately about the new Federal Trohy Bonded Tip bullets, available in loaded ammo and as components. Plenty of info about construction and penetration tests. I started out huning deer with Remington 180 grain Core-lokt bullets. Deer very cooperatively died...

One of my most favorite cartoons shows a man in front of his PC typing away. His wife is standing behind him, saying "Why would you go on the internet for an argument when you have a perfectly good woman right here at home?

Not completely relevant, but I'll tell it anyhow. Back in the summer of 1970 or '71 I was working construction in Springfield, Vermont. The Jones & Lamson plant was just over the bank from my parent's house. I was on a job there to bust up a machine base with jack hammers. The whole shop was...

When I was just a tad, my Mom's pressure cooker blew a pressure plug. It made a nice round hole in the ceiling, about 6mm. She would cook a pot roast in it. Made it so tender you could cut it with a fork. My Dad hated it. Said it cooked all the nastiness right into it. I loved it myself. I...

Then you have the question of varying thickness around the necks, which is the reason that many recommend turning, to even things up so that there is not an uneven release of the bullet. All I can say about that is “buy good brass”. Lapua, Norma, Peterson etc. are less apt to have uneven neck...

Didn't want to clutter up the humor forum with this. I too needed a haircut when we went into lockdown. I like my hair fairly long - I'm a former hippy of sorts. I have not had a barber I was comfortable with for 10 years. I used to cut my own using just scissors, but that didn't work well...

My wife and I got ours. She's furloughed so is on NH unemployment. That was easy to get. Very well run program. Still waiting on the extra $600/week from the feds, but that will be retroactive. I'm still working, albeit from home. Cars hardly get any use. We have a good general store about a...

I have a 700 mountain rifle with a post-recall XMP trigger. I can't say if they did anything other than less loctite. I can say that the trigger is not very adjustable. However I have it at about 3.25 pounds. It breaks clean with no creep or overtravel. I consider it a very good hunting trigger...