Ladder Testing

An article on the ladder test technique for developing a load.

The article is geared towards long distance rifle shooting (e.g. out to 1000 yards), but the technique is sound for any distance where top accurary is the main goal for the load you’re developing.

Yeah, what he said

I’ve been pretty quiet on the whole “health care” debacle. My blood just boils over it and I’d rather write on happier topics.

So, I’ll let Linoge do my writing for me. He pretty much summed up how I feel about it.

Oust the bums.

Primer investigation – Part 1

Sometimes the day doesn’t give you what you want, but does give you what you need.

I wanted to spend the day in the garage reloading.

Instead, I spent a good portion of the day 1. cleaning the house, 2. playing Horse-opoly with Daughter, 3. napping. I got what I needed.

However, I did get some things done today, so here’s part 1.

(Updated: here’s links to part 2 and part 3 and part 4).

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Off to the garage

Now that the house has been cleaned up, it’s time to go to the garage to work on my next phase of the .223 reloading. Specifically working on trying to figure out the primer backing out issue.

More later.

Streamlight NightFighter Review

This is a quickie review of the Streamlight NightFighter.

I received this flashlight as a Christmas gift from my brother-in-law.

It’s my first Streamlight. My other “serious” flashlights are a SureFire E2L (which I always carry) and a SureFire 6P LED Defender.

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Thank God for my Leatherman Wave

Ah…. Christmas morning.

The sounds of children tearing into wrapping paper as they open their gifts.

That’s the easy part.

The hard part is Dad having to tear through all the packaging to actually extract the toy. 🙂

I am so thankful for my Leatherman Wave. Knives for cutting out packaging. Pliers and wire cutters for removing those !*%@ing twist tie-downs. Screwdrivers to open and close battery compartments.

For my Leatherman Wave, I am thankful. 🙂

Merry Christmas, y’all.

DIY Stuck Case Remover

I’ve been told that for reloaders it’s not if you get a stuck case, it’s when. Thus it’s good to have a stuck-case remover handy for when that happens.

Thing is, as I read the reviews of most commercial stuck case pullers, they’re all decent enough but eventually seem to all break. That’s why when I found this article on a DIY stuck case remover, I thought how awesome!