Tag: handloading
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Uberti 1873 Hunter Revolver
Uberti Merriam’s Turkey “Where the hell did he come from?” I turned back from watching the turkeys that were moving off 100 yards away to see a 2-year-old tom facing me in full strut, just yards from my decoys. He’d come in silently from the other direction. Slowly, I raised the Uberti Hunter Revolver. Following the crisp trigger break at three and a quarter pounds, the 185 gr Sierra JHP went into and through the tom’s spine…
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Lipsey / Ruger – John Taffin “Perfect Packin’ Pistol” by: Corey Burton
I’ve always been a fan of John Taffin’s revolver articles and the lightweight, short barreled revolvers he calls “Perfect Packin’ Pistols”. When the folks at Lipsey’s announced their new exclusive revolver from Ruger, I e-mailed my local shop immediately to get one on order for me! The revolver is…
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Taking it Seriously by: Rachel C.
It’s 2024, deer season in South Carolina has returned for the eagerly waiting and excited hunters to take their fill of this year’s hunt. Among one of those eagerly waiting hunters, was I. For reference, I have hunted my whole life. Ever since I was born, my father taught me…
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Ohio Deer by: Nick Biederman
Ohio’s weeklong deer gun season took place the week after thanksgiving, as it does every year. Each year I make my way to the Appalachian foothills of southwest Ohio, where I’m lucky enough to have access to a few hundred acres of private land to hunt. The land is leased…
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Wisconsin Whitetail by: Jay Walters
My goal for the 2024 Wisconsin deer seasons was to try out the new Cutting-Edge bullets across multiple platforms, Revolver, muzzleloader and specialty pistol. I have been sold on the monolith bullet style for a number of years already and have used Barnes, Hornady and Nosler mono-metal bullets to great…
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Field Test, Ultradot Reflex by: Chris Rhodes
Ultradot sent over their new prototype reflex sight a couple weeks ago and I am just beginning to dive into testing. (If you haven’t seen the initial impressions video it is included bellow) Following the initial impressions video shown above I began recoil testing and repetitive mounting and zeroing testing.…
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Late Season Elk, Wyoming by: Chris Rhodes
Late season cow elk hunting is a staple of my Wyoming hunting each year. In the late season the elk tend to group up into large herds; many times these herds will number from 100-200 head. That makes for a lot of eyeballs to evade on a stalk! Just prior…
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Wheel Guns and Leverguns, A Match Made in Heaven by: Roy Yeager
I was sitting in a hunting blind one cool Tennessee morning but for one reason or another the deer weren’t cooperating. The farmers picked the corn and there were still plenty of ears with colonels on the ground. Normally the deer would come in and glean the missed…
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Everything Happens For a Reason by: Joey Leblanc
Everything happens for a reason My 7-30 waters has been an interesting learning curve. I picked up the barrel from my business partner/mentor, Dave,and immediately became intrigued. First time fireforming brass, first suppressed contender, first time blowing open a contender(a good lesson for another time) and it joined me on my first…
