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- 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: Personal History
Thoughts on Range Shooting
ATOTT has taken up winter quarters far from home, and we do not care about missing the sleet and snow that is predicted to hit our old home front today and tonight. Nope, sunny and 65 deg. seems quite acceptable, … Continue reading
Winter Sets In
These honkers didn’t seem to mind at all that the lake had turned solid over night here at ATOTT Headquarters. They simply decided to take a little stroll on the ice. Next day they headed for a little open water … Continue reading
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A Chronograph Chronicle
One of the great things about the digital electronic age is that most shooting/reloading bugs can afford to have a chronograph. There are some good reasons for measuring the velocity of a fired round. For one thing, it is just … Continue reading
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Catalog Time
No sooner have we dealt with Christmas and New Year’s Day than we start to get a bit of stimulation in the mail – new seed catalogs! There is no better antidote for the dark winter blahs than pages and … Continue reading
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A Day at the Range with Ole Krag
His name was Ole Herman Johannes Krag, and his dates, b. 1837, d. 1916, are well-documented and reliable. He entered the military at age 17 and was later assigned to work at the Royal Arms Factory in Kongsberg, Norway, at … Continue reading
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Summer Moves Along
Now might be the time to start worrying about whether you are going to get summer’s projects finished before summer is. Lots of hot weather and a fair amount of rain have passed by Tale of Two Thirties headquarters. On … Continue reading
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The .410 Shotgun, An American Tradition
“Roy, go get the little four-ten.” When I was a boy, these words, uttered by my dad, were always music to my ears. They meant that there was some excitement afoot. Perhaps a rabbit hunkered down under a tuft of … 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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Springtime Again!
Another hard winter is receding and the ice is gone from the bay here at Tale of Two Thirties Headquarters. Robins are hopping around the yard and chasing each other in the trees. We have a pair of nesting geese … Continue reading
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Shooting Grandma’s Pistol
There were many so-called “pocket pistols” available in the days when Grandma carried hers in her apron pocket. This arose from the desire of the general population to have some means of self defense that would be smaller and more … Continue reading
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