Category Archives: Rifles/Other

Describes rifles and shooting results for rifles not of thirty caliber.

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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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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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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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

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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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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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