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Bullet Expansion at Long Range

If you’re in business there is a saying “the customer is always right”. Well, sometimes the customer is uninformed, been told something wrong, watched too much TV or is just wrong. I had two customers order custom rifles from me. They both wanted lightweight hunting rifles in 7mm Remington Mag. …

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by admin by admin

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New High BC Bullets – Should You Use Them?

Long-range shooting has become the new fad in hunting; I admit it is great fun to hear the strike of a bullet on a steel plate at 1400 yards. But can a bullet help you to be able to make these shots, and should we use them to hunt game…

Posted on September 30, 2020 by admin by admin

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Metal Finishing

Back when guns were first invented and up to the late 1800s, when a hunter was done hunting he would put the rifle in the corner, and unfortunately, it would rust. He would have to scrub the rust off with a coarse piece of steel wool or something similar. After…

Posted on June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 by admin by admin

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Why So Many Great 7mm’s?

The other day I was loading some ammunition for a customer and noticed he had ordered four different calibers and they were all in the 7mm family. A 7-08, 7 Remington Magnum, 7 Weatherby Magnum and 28 Nosler. I started counting all of the different 7mm’s that are made by…

Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 by admin by admin

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What Is the Flattest Shooting Caliber?

Long Range shooting is the rage these days. Being able to hit a target at 1000 yards seems easy. It seems like every Hunting TV show has hunters shooting deer and elk at 800 to 1000 yards. The truth is that shooting 1000 yards is not easy. It takes serious…

Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 by admin by admin

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The Most Rewarding Thing about Shooting

Last weekend I spent all day Saturday shooting with some new shooters. Most of the time new shooters are kids but this time I was teaching adults to shoot. Two of the shooters were a father and his 17-year-old son. They were from South Africa and had never shot a…

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by admin by admin

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So What Varmint Caliber Should I Use?

Any caliber can be a Varmint caliber. I have a customer who shoots little Varmints with a .375 H&H. Another customer uses a .375 Ultra Mag for long range shooting. Both of these customers shoot Prairie Dogs as practice for the main type of hunting they do. I have used…

Posted on April 2, 2019February 9, 2023 by admin by admin

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The 30-06 Springfield – America’s Classic Caliber

In the world of “if it breaks throw it away and by a new one” or “I have to have the newest and fastest”, why has the 30-06 stayed so popular for over 110 years? It seems that every few years or so a new caliber is being touted as…

Posted on October 16, 2018 by admin by admin

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What To Do When You Can’t Find Ammo Any More

There is some ammunition that is hard to find and some ammunition that is just not made anymore. What do you do if you have a perfectly good gun in a caliber no longer made or an old classic gun which has not had ammunition available for it in years? …

Posted on October 2, 2018 by admin by admin

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357 Mag to 256 Winchester

A customer asked us to make some custom 256 Winchester ammo for him. This caliber has not been made in over 20 years. The caliber is nothing more than a 357 Mag necked down to 25 caliber. You have to know a few old-fashioned tricks to make it or you will…

Posted on September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 by admin by admin