HUNTING
HUNTING

Turkey Hunting is Stupid

Turkey hunting is stupid. I know, some of you have already picked up rocks to throw my way; you may have even loaded your Mossberg 500 with three-inch magnums and jumped in your truck to drive to West Virginia. But wait; let me explain. You get up before the crow has taken his morning leak. Then, you drive for miles out into …

The Late Great 88

Why 88? Probably because the greatest lever action of all time was made by Savage and used 99 for the model number. I owned an 88 myself once; I’d learned it was a cousin to my Dad’s model 100 Winchester. I toyed with the 88 for a while, figured out how far to turn the forward stock screw to make it shoot …

The Evil Expander Ball

Today I was talking to a friend about hand loading rifle ammunition and the topic of accuracy came up. Accurate ammunition is usually very straight or concentric ammunition meaning; the case neck and the bullet, when it is loaded into the case, are parallel with the centerline of the case. Start a bullet down a barrel straight and it will generally come …