by tinker1066 | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Years back I got out of .44 Magnums. I didn’t reload, I wasn’t hunting and commercial ammo had gotten too bloody expensive to shoot them for pleasure. Times change though- I’ve taken up reloading and am hunting again. The property I hunt has a lot of...
by tinker1066 | Feb 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Taurus Model 415 .41 magnum Around the turn of the millenium I encountered a most curious creature at my local gun shop; a compact, 5-shot stainless revolver chambered in .41 Magnum. I’m a sucker for a big-bore snubby, and it’s not overstating things...
by tinker1066 | Feb 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
HISTORY In 1889 Colt jumped-started the new age of revolvers with their New Army/New Navy models. These established the template for the modern double-action revolver was we know it today, with the ability to be fired either double or single action and a swing-out...
by tinker1066 | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
The gun hobby- or more properly hobbies- take in a lot of territory. Muzzle-loading, long-range rifle, cowboy action shooting, antiques, three-gun competition, collecting… there is a screw for every nut, and with the advent of the internet we can all find...
by tinker1066 | Jan 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
An expanded Hollow-point bullet next to an unfired bullet of the same type. Effective? maybe, maybe not. It never ends, does it? I suppose if the dead horse insists on popping up all we can do is continue to beat it. A lot of very good information and very bad...
