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It’s not a dog. Doesn’t look like one. Doesn’t shoot like one. But it followed me to work today like a dog. A lot of youngsters, mid-sters and old-sters, too, shy away when there’s work to be done. Not this rifle, though. Last shooter at a meatball stage? Let’s go! First in the squad to shoot into the rising sun? Do it! Why combine these parts into one unit? Funny you should ask . . . A couple of years ago Kent - badly - wanted the action I was using, so I swapped h …

Sliding down the hallway, through the door it fell prostrate on my table, just inside the door. Dang near light enough to be a sho ‘nuff hunting rifle, it was built for/as a PRS Open competition gun, back in the day. It reminded me of a conversation I had with Morgun King this spring. We were talking about the guns that we used when we started. Like this light little feller at 15.4 pounds. Josh Halligan once handed me his 17 pound Master Piece Arms chassis-ed 6mmX47 Lapua rifle, while caut …

I was sitting here minding my own business when this rifle walked into my office. Shedding its coat - dropping it on the floor - it revealed itself to be an all season utility rifle . . . Heck! Who in their right mind has one rifle for all seasons, or for everything? Well, Dave Scovill, formerly of Wolfe Publishing Group, might have tested myriads of loads in/with countless rifles per year, but claimed to only pack one personal rifle per year. If he had a coyote stealing his imaginary chicken, d …

A rifle that was instantly likeable came into my office for some work yesterday. It could be broken down into its separate components: Foundation Ezekiel Hybrid Hunting Stock w/Soft Touch FinishZermatt TL3-SA22” Proof Prefit Carbon Fiber BarrelAtlas BipodVortex ScopeBixn Andy 2 Stage TacSport Pro X Trigger22 CreedmoorLight Weight Rifle #11.2 The parts listed above combine to make the whole, but it is the whole itself that is so compelling. You know when you see something that is “Jus …

Last Saturday, Dan Bukros, a sponsored shooter for Kelbly's, called with exciting news. He'd just broken in a PRS rifle with roughly two hundred rounds—the standard for serious competitors before their first match—and discovered something remarkable. Using ThorroClean with a bronze brush, just twenty strokes brought his barrel down to clean steel. He was genuinely thrilled by how quickly and thoroughly it worked. That efficiency matters more than you'd think. Consider another story f …