Recent content by Elfego Baca

You let them go a mile they will go 50!

If you are a lefty you need a safety on the right side That leaves your magazine release exposed. That requires a extra strong magazine release spring!

About a year ago I finally got a 6.5 Creedmoor. A Savage no less! Prior to that I played with a variety of Swedes, a 6.5 Grendel, 260 Remington, and 6.5 x 284 Norma. So now it appears the Creedmoor may outperform the Swede!

Governments are 'always' looking for a scapegoat!

I call this the dear Abby syndrome! Hire a 'professional'!

SA35 still available

I have had excellent service with the usps.

Sometime in the early 90s i acquired a Swedish Mauser Mdl 96. Since the I had a few passed on to others. Late last year i got a scoped Savage 110 in 6.5 Creedmore! My Atholon Chronograph shows no real difference shooting 140 grain Hornady bullets.

i grew up in Chicago. Left in early 60s. Still have family and friends in that corner of Illinois. I been in Idaho since 82. Most of my friends here are escapees from CA, WA, & OR.

I became a 'lifer' in 78. Gave life membdrship to my daughger and son when they still were juniors!

Last year Bugle magazine published an ad by Vortex that compared a 9 x 19 with a 10mm in hanfguns. Their 'anatomically' correct grizzley skull was penetrated by heavy buulets from both calibers. That kind of hit should alter a grizzly's diet!

To convert 22-250 brass to 250 Savage brass i merely ran the 22-250 case into the 250 Savage sizing die.

In years past I used a Ruger M77 RSI in 250 Savage for whitetail deer hunting. Recently I dug in my ammo can for some ammo. In spite of thr note about the handload being excessive I took a few shots. I didn't notice any problems until I took my last shot. The action was hard to open and the...

Since the mid90s or so I've been making my own bullet lube for my cast bullets. This batch is the old 50/50 NRA formula!

This is a first for me - a slide stop lost a nub which hold the slide open. After numerous searches I ordered one from Brownells.