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    Granddaughter's First Range Trip

    She's a freshman in college, staying with us for a few days. She said she wanted to go shooting, so off we went for a pleasant hour of making 9mm holes. This girl is a dynamite shot, straight out of the gate.
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    Fed Judge Strikes Law Prohibiting Sale to 18-20 YO

    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.524643/gov.uscourts.vaed.524643.47.0_1.pdf Not much else to say about it. Don't know if this has been stayed pending appeal, and not sure how broadly it applies.
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    Thoughts About the Satterlee Method of Load Development

    The short version: I have no confidence in it. The long version: The basic idea of the Satterlee Method is that you load 10 cartridges with equal increments of powder charge. You then fire them, looking for a flat spot in the MV vs. powder charge curve. (Not position on a target, like the...
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    10/22 Trigger Module

    I used a trigger module out of a 10/22 as a subject to teach my budding grandkid photographers how to light small mechanical objects that are down in a hole. Thought it might be useful to some here if you decide to tear into your trigger, like I did. BTW, the Volquartzen hammer is cheap on...
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    Ruger PC9 Range Report

    Got invited to shoot bowling pins with a local group. They rotate through various firearms, pistol, revolver, PCC, lever action. Next Thursday is PCC night, and to my dismay, I actually didn't have one. :( Fortunately, an unfired 9mm Ruger PC9 popped up in the local gun ads, at a better than...
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    Cool Cartridge at the Range Today

    One of our shooters was ringing steel at 50 yards with a Civil War Maynard carbine. The cartridges were especially interesting: no primer, just a small hole at the rear of the case. It uses a conventional percussion cap, and the flame from the cap reaches through the small hole to ignite the...
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    Muzzle Velocity and Magnum Primers

    Once again, the curiosity gene stirred, leading me on another investigation. I have a couple of old jars of Accurate 2520. In past tests, 55 grain bullet 223/5.56 loads reached a plateau beyond which more powder did not yield more muzzle velocity. Since components are in short supply, I...
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    Glimmer of Good News re: ATF Frame and Receiver Rule

    In the case of Tactical Machining LLC, a Texas federal judge has ruled that ATF was not granted authority to regulate things that may become receivers or frames, nor gun parts, nor aggregations of gun parts. It's one case, but I like it.
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    US District Court Strikes Drug/Gun Possession Law

    Federal law makes someone who is an illegal user of a controlled substance, or a person that is addicted to one, a prohibited person. US District Court in Utah just held that provision to be unconstitutional for vagueness. A single use 10 years ago might be disqualifying, or it might not. I...
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    Four 2A Appellate Court Cases Vacated by SCOTUS

    Four cases decided by appellate courts were "GVRed" by SCOTUS today. These decisions upheld an open carry ban, an assault weapon ban, and two magazine capacity restrictions. GVR means granted, vacated, and remanded. SCOTUS just scuttled these unfavorable appellate court decisions and...
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    Grandson of Browning Museum (Miniature Gatling Gun)

    Matthew Browning, grandson of the Matthew that worked with John Moses, collected miniatures. This is a 22 rimfire Gatling gun. When he passed, this and many other miniatures were in his basement, and his widow donated them to the museum. I wonder how much one of these would set you back?
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    Return to Browning Museum (Shotguns)

    I had so much fun last week, that I decided to do it again this week. Here are some shotgun pictures: This Browning's first automatic shotgun. And this is the well known #5, an early version and a later version.
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    Browning's First Gas Operated Machine Gun

    This one took me a few minutes to sort out. Thanks to other posters, we've seen a strange looking device also described as Browning's first gas operated machine gun (45-70). If I've got this right, that device did precede the one shown here. Both that and the lever action 44-40 that I posted...
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    Historical Photo: First Browning Automatic Rifle

    This is the engineering prototype of the Browning Automatic Rifle. You may notice that this one has a top eject system. That was quickly changed to side eject. By all accounts I've heard, this was a highly feared weapon on the battlefield, delivering a magazine of 20 rounds in 2 1/2 seconds...
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    Just Before Browning Made the 1911....

    This is a commercial pistol, made in 1905, using concepts that eventually became part of the 1911. Note that the hammer is not exposed, and the angle of the grip is different from what we see today. This version is nearly the 1911 that we know and love. Note the improved angle of the grip...
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    John Moses Browning's Workshop

    The building where Browning did his work still stands in Ogden, and the name is still visible on the outer wall. This is a re-creation of his workshop at the museum a few blocks away. This is stuff that felt the touch of Browning's hands, back in the day. I haven't figured out what kind of...
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    44-40 Lever Action Machine Gun

    I think this was John Browning's first machine gun. Apparently, he built it as proof of principle, to show that propellant gas had enough energy at the muzzle to operate the mechanism. Once the trigger was pulled, the rifle emptied the magazine.
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    Before There Was John Moses Browning:

    John Browning's father was Jonathan Browning, who operating a firearms shop in Nauvoo, Illinois, and again in Ogden, Utah. That's where John learned to make firearms. Here are three of Jonathan's creations. The center one is a revolver. Top one has a sliding cartridge block. John was...
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    NRA Legal Victory

    The portion of the NY lawsuit asking for dissolution of the NRA has been dismissed.
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    Swedish M96 Hard to Cock. Cure?

    I'm looking at a bubba'd M96, and for some reason, the cock on close requires a lot of force. Is there a known cure for this? It's much harder than my stock milsurp.
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