I’ve had great luck with the 142 grain Sierra MatchKing (SMK) in my custom rifle chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. A few posts I’ve read on various forums reported exceptional accuracy with short cartridge lengths placing […]
If you shoot a rifle match with a long string of fire, you’ve most likely encountered a mirage caused by a hot barrel. At best, it makes shooting more difficult requiring the scope’s magnification to […]
Removing and replacing the firing pin channel in your Glock pistol can be a bit of a chore (removing it is the hard part, putting it back in is fairly simple). While it isn’t something […]
I worked up some loads for my custom 22″ barrel 6.5 Creedmoor precision rifle using Sierra’s 123 Grain MatchKing (SMK) HPBT with Hodgdon Varget and H4350 powder. According to Sierra, the 123 grain SMK has a […]
First produced by Ruger in 1964, the Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic 22 rifle has proven to be extremely popular with shooters. To date, more than 5 million have been produced. The first rimfire rifle I personally […]
In this post I’ll be modifying a Remington 870 barrel that came on a Police trade-in shotgun. This smooth-bore 20″ barrel is equipped with rifle sights from the factory. It will be cut and crowned […]
In this post we will take a look at a budget shotgun rebuild/conversion. The goal of this project is bringing new life to a beat up old gun. The shotgun featured is a Mossberg 500 I […]
I worked up some loads for my custom 6.5 Creedmoor precision rifle with a 22″ barrel using Sierra’s 142 Grain MatchKing (SMK) HPBT and Hodgdon H4350 powder. According to Sierra, the 142 grain […]
How do you back bore a shotgun barrel? In Understanding shotgun back bore, I discussed what back bore was and how it affected patterning of shotguns. In this post, we will look at how to back […]
My introduction to red dot sights came in the mid-90s. I was working at the range in the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in 29 Palms, California. My Gunny came up to me […]
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