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Always seen pictures of Sweetheart Art from WWI & II. Thought I'm not that old, I figured Why Not? do decided to give it a shot.

On this day, Jan. 10th, 1936 the US Army Adopted the US Cal 30, Rifle, M1 Garand. Best battle rifle ever made.

Again this year, our club, the Weston County Sportsman's Club will make our range available for any hunter who wishes to confirm their zeros after traveling to your hunting location. The Range is in Newcastle. It will be open from 8AM - 5PM The 29th and 30th of Sept. There is no charge and...

Last couple years I've been playing and hunting with a couple of 6.5 CMs. Excellant round for long range hunting but I do love my Model 70s. So its back to my old standbys, M70 Featherweights, 257 Roberts for deer/antelope and 270 Win for elk. Developed a good load for the 257 110 gr...

My father was in the SP (Burma) during WWII. The jungle was so thick you were lucky if you could see farther the 25 yards. He carried and prased the little M1 Carbine, saying it was the perfect jungle carbine for such conditions. He even talks about bringing down a water buffalo with one shot...

First, I dont know if this should be in the black powder section, the shotgun section or reloading section. I bought a G. Goulcher double barreled, muzzle loading shotgun on Gun brokers. It was suppose to be a 12 ga. so while waiting for the gun to arrive, I ordered and received the...

Found this 1978 S&W belt buckle on e-bay. So per normal, I bought it with no idea what to do with it. Then when I was banging steel at 100 yards thinking I might take my 44 deer hunting I got to thinking about all the post about 44 Magmums and Bears, so WHY NOT. I flattened it out and inleted...

Found this coin from the US Mint, had to have it to go with my M1917 Eddystone and M1917 S&W. Its a nice coin, but the rifle looks more like the WWII M1903A3. Still a good piece to go with my M1917. My Eddystone was made in Nov. 1918, which means if probably didnt get into battle, Nov...

I picked up a Traditions Loading stand for my Pietta revolvers, one in .36 and one in .44. Looked like one half of a book end, hmmm, so I ordered a second one and sure enough besides being used to load the the cylenders they can be desplayed as bookends for some old classic books. Got to store...

In 1981 my house was broken into, after catching the guy, we recovered all but three of my handguns. One that wasn't recovered was my Smith Model 1917 Revolver, in 45 ACP. Ever since then I've been searching for a replacement in as good or better condition. Lost many at the last second on...

I'm not an expert on muzzle loading, but have played them for a bit. I have a couple 36 cal. cap and ball revolvers and found they can be fun little rabbit guns. Shot a bit of Black Powder Cartridge rifles, got bored and bought an Inline muzzle loader a few years back. In reality BPCRs and...

I've always dabbled (not seriously) in Muzzle Loaders but they have be cap and ball or inlines. I just bought a flintlock to play with and dont know a whole lot (anything) about them. I know 4f is recommended for priming but impossible to find here. What else can be used? What substitute...

Like 3 goats w/3 shots. 337, 445 and 657 yards. Two dropped in their tracks the third did a back flip and landing where he stood. All with a cheep rifle, Ruger American Predator, 6.5 CM, Horndady 143 ELD-X pushed with 41.5 gr. Win 760. Now to switch out some gear and head to the mountains...

I didnt want to high jack the tread in the pistol section about dry firing without snap caps. Regardless on your thoughts on the requirement of snap caps there is an option that would benefit both sides of the argument, that being the I-target system. https://www.itargetpro.com/ I thought...

For those people who plan on hunting in NE Wyoming, the Weston County Sportsman's Club will have their range open Sept. 29 & 30th from 9am to 5 pm for Sight In Days to confirm your zeros before the opening day, Oct. 1. The Range is is the Town of Newcastle. We have target stands from 25 yards...

Took one of my Garands to the range. Set this 9 inch gong up. Using the elevation dial marks, set the sights a 100, shot 100 yards, 200, shoot 200 yards, 3 and 4 respectively. Using M2 Greek Ball. Tried 500 but with the morning light I couldnt see the target. With sights set to the ammo, you...

I don't think there is any dispute the the sights put on US Military rifles are the best in the world. First you have to get a load that matches the Army's load for a given rifle. This last week I hit the range with various rifles. Different rifle each morning. I shoot at an abandoned gravel...

I got two antelope and a cow elk. Skunked on my preferred Bull elk. But with general deer I shouldn't go hungry this winter.

Since I got distinguished in 1992 I haven't been too involved in High Power, I'm more into the CMP Vintage Rifle Games. Fact is, I just checked and all my HP classifications went away. But in reading the current rules it seems to me the shooter isn't required to Stand before shooting a Rapid...

USPSA is a good example that old saying "Cant miss fast enough to win a gun fight" is false. Shot a match yesterday, 23 shooters, I came in 18. But when you go by score (points) I was 4th. At near 70 I just cant move like the youngsters. I get winded just getting out of some of the...