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    Thomas Ellington has passed

    Thomas passed away Friday. am Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas shot at Hawk's Ridge, Butner, Harry Jones, Whitehorse. mostly 2000's thru early 2012-13? He was a tough competitor, but he was one of those guy's that would help you anyway he could. He and I traveled many miles to shoot through those years...
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    I want to raise my lathe 3-4 inches

    I'm 6"2' and I find myself constantly stooped over when doing work on my lathe. I'm getting ready to build a new shop. Can I pour an extra 3-4 inch thick area where I'm going to put my lathe. Will that be enough to support it? It's a Matthews 13X40 GT so not a lot of weight. It's around 1350...
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    Cabela's has new store in Greenville S.C.

    Was going to order a fair amount of in stock Barnes bullets from Cabela's on line this afternoon. When I went to checkout mode there was a freight charge as well as sales tax. On line chat with rep. Rep. stated that now that they were in my state they were charging sales tax on web orders. 3.5...
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    6.5-06 imp. with 142 Sierras

    New barrel throated a little long for Bergers and Sierras probably as well. I cannot get anywhere near the lands with the Bergers. I measured some 142 Sierras today and they( at the ogive) are on average .042 longer than the Bergers. I have since had my reamer reground to make sure this long...
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    300 grn Scenars

    I have 338-404 Jefferies heavy gun. Barrel is 9.3 twist Broughton. I have been shooting RL-25 and 300 Sierras, but had to change lots of powder a year or so ago. It took 2.5 grns. more to reach same velocity. This gun has not shot less than 8.5-9 inches since I changed lots. It does shoot 80 to...
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    Harry Jones Club/ W.Va State Match

    My hat is off to Bill Ice, and the rest of the Harry Jones Club. I went to their state match this last weekend(12 hours one way), and had a great time. The match was well run, competitive,and most of all fun. There was a generous mixture of rednecks, hillbillies, and plenty of good people from a...
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