50 degree temperature swing between summer and winter, handy skifields, good fishing and boating, good hunting and large DOC areas with good 4wd access, private land hunting takes a wee while to get...
Liked On: 01-06-2024, 02:59 PM
The Fairlie Ammunition Depot was shut down in the late 1980's. I won the tender for the remaining stocks of .303 ammo (286,000 rounds, bandolier packed, CAC 1954).
Liked On: 30-05-2024, 12:21 PM
When I was meat hunting (1966/67) the venison rate was 1/4 per pound (13 cents) and it was still good money just by the sheer volume. By the early 1970's I was in business as a gunsmith and doing...
Liked On: 19-05-2024, 07:58 PM
Hell, I could write a book on some of the bubba'd firearms I have seen come into my workshop over the years! One of the most memorable was a Bayard single shot .22 from a West Coast possum trapper...
Liked On: 06-05-2024, 01:36 PM
I worked on a homicide a few years ago where the victim was shot in the shoulder. A bone fragment passed through his chest and sliced into his heart, while a person behind was untouched by the...
Liked On: 03-05-2024, 11:46 PM
For a great many years I have been investigating and experimenting with the unusual performance of bullets after they have contacted something. This has also given me a fair bit of 'expert witness'...
Liked On: 03-05-2024, 11:42 PM
I worked on a homicide a few years ago where the victim was shot in the shoulder. A bone fragment passed through his chest and sliced into his heart, while a person behind was untouched by the...
Liked On: 27-04-2024, 06:46 PM
For a great many years I have been investigating and experimenting with the unusual performance of bullets after they have contacted something. This has also given me a fair bit of 'expert witness'...
Liked On: 27-04-2024, 06:42 PM
The older Winchesters that are suitable for smokeless loads and jacketed projectiles were introduced during the mid 1890's (it varies slightly from model to model) and the barrels are marked 'Nickel...
Liked On: 25-04-2024, 02:09 PM
I worked on a homicide a few years ago where the victim was shot in the shoulder. A bone fragment passed through his chest and sliced into his heart, while a person behind was untouched by the...
Liked On: 25-04-2024, 11:06 AM
I worked on a homicide a few years ago where the victim was shot in the shoulder. A bone fragment passed through his chest and sliced into his heart, while a person behind was untouched by the...
Liked On: 25-04-2024, 10:05 AM
For a great many years I have been investigating and experimenting with the unusual performance of bullets after they have contacted something. This has also given me a fair bit of 'expert witness'...
Liked On: 25-04-2024, 09:48 AM
I worked on a homicide a few years ago where the victim was shot in the shoulder. A bone fragment passed through his chest and sliced into his heart, while a person behind was untouched by the...
Liked On: 25-04-2024, 07:21 AM
For a great many years I have been investigating and experimenting with the unusual performance of bullets after they have contacted something. This has also given me a fair bit of 'expert witness'...
Liked On: 24-04-2024, 10:42 AM
Ah yes, the 'good old days'! 16 hour days and bruised shoulders from testing the bloody things, having plenty of money from making them and no time to spend it from trying to keep up with demand,...
Liked On: 23-04-2024, 11:52 PM