We all know why the big rig trucks have so many wheels. You don’t? It is to spread their great weight on to so many pressure points that none of them would be destructive to either the road surface or the truck itself.Folks walking by my shooting bench might wonder why I have a somewhat …
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Buying a Preowned Rifle
This is mostly intended for folks not on the ML Forum.I doubt many riflemen would happily sell a deadly accurate rifle.Reasons for selling a rifle:Have a more accurate rifleCannot get accuracy out of this rifleReasons for no Accuracy:Ignorance of any idea what is required to produce any good performanceBarrel ruined because of ignoranceBarrel ruined by …
Blowing Down the Barrel
This is the great controversy. I doubt it will ever be settled. The idea I have been insistently told. is to supply enough oxygen down to the breech area to hasten the burning up of glowing residue left in the breech. This precaution is taken to prevent a major explosion when the next powder charge …
This Has Long Puzzled Me
Some of the allegedly very best muzzleloading riflemen do not pour their powder charges down the barrel where some of the powder might not fall all the way to the breech, but due to static electricity, might adhere to the barrel side not all the way down. To avoid this problem, they insert a long tube …