Articles
- A Tale of Two Thirties
- The Incomparable Savage Model 99
- A Tale of Two Very Old Thirties
- The Remington 788: What To Do With A Plain Rifle
- John Browning Favorites: The Winchester Models of 1885 and 1894
- Thoughts on the Winchester Model 94
- Factory Loads for the .30-30 Winchester
- Hornady’s LEVERevolution
- How To Be A Wildcatter
- Precision With A Peep: Using an Aperture Sight
- A Kouple of Krags: Springfield 1896 Sporter vs. Ruger No. 3
- Evaluating Ammunition Performance
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Category Archives: Rifles/Other
Golden Age, Golden Gun
This post reviews the Henrry Golden Boy, a high grade, lever action .22 rifle. But first, let’s make a stop at…. The Bullet Stop Gun Shop The Bullet Stop Gun Shop, located on Missouri 136 nine miles east of Unionville, … Continue reading
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Tagged Golden Boy, Henry .22, Henry Golden Boy, Lever action .22, Lever action rimfire
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Rifles With Long Chambers
This post describes shooting experiences with rifles that have (too) long chambers. Can poor performance be expected? Nature News Spring was very late in coming to ATOTT headquarters after a brutal winter, but this little Dutchman’s Breeches proves that it … Continue reading
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Tagged long rifle chamber, Model 788 in .308
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Black Plastic for a Remington Model 788
This post describes the bedding of a Remington Model 788 action in a polymer stock. Nature Quiz: What do geese and people have in common? Answer: They both like to sun themselves next to the water, as these Canada honkers were … Continue reading
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Tagged Ramline stock, Remington .308, Remington Model 788
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More On the Remington Model 788 .44 Magnum
This post describes shooting results with factory loads and handloads for the Remington Model 788 .44 Magnum. My post of September 18, 2012 gave a cursory description of the Remington Model 788 in .44 Remington Magnum. The passage of time … Continue reading
A Remington Model 788 .44 Magnum
An average male ruby-throated hummingbird weighs just a bit more than the bullet of a .22 rimfire magnum. These little hummers have been buzzing around ATOTT headquarters, tanking up on juice at the feeder and getting fattened up for their … Continue reading
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Tagged Model 788 .44 Magnum, Remington Model 788
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Myth of the Rifle More Accurate At Longer Range
Accuracy is the single, most prized attribute of a person’s rifle. You can talk about the power of the cartridge or the beauty of the gun, but if you can’t hit what you are aiming at, nothing else matters. For … Continue reading
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The Daisy Red Ryder Carbine, Then, and Now
Breathes there a kid so disinterested, who never to herself has said, Shooting really looks like fun, I wish I had a BB gun.” (1) The western comic strip, Red Ryder, was drawn by Fred Harman and appeared in 1938. … Continue reading
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Share What You Know
Many years ago I bought a new Mossberg Model 640K “Chuckster”. You would need to be of a certain age to remember this model, so I will explain that the 640K was a clip-fed, bolt action rifle chambered for the … Continue reading
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