If you are shooting a lot you will probably run across a question or a problem that you can’t answer for your self.  When that happens you can call a gunshop or you can go to the internet and check out a few of the gun forums. Forums are great because they provide a wealth of information for little or no cost.  You can find info on tools, gear and guns.  Often you can get unbiased opinions from people who are just like you.  Before we get...

I recently wrote a post about a Winchester 190 that had come to the shop for a detailed cleaning.  Having not been familiar with the 190, I have been surprised to see how much traffic that post has attracted.  Evidently there are a lot of you out there who have found this great gun to be fun to shoot through the years.  Because of the interest, I thought I would follow it up with some information I found about the Winchester 290. The 290 is the...

On Monday, in many places, dove season will get started to open the fall hunting season.  If you have never had the opportunity to hunt doves, you owe it to yourself to get with some guys who know their way around the dove field.  It is so much fun to be out with the guys or the family and spend Labor Day hunting these birds.  By the way, they taste pretty good! Before you go out remember these things; Clean your gun and remove any oil from the...

I have a good friend who makes custom grills.  I wonder if he could do something like this?

I recently had one of these great guns in the shop for a maintenance/cleaning job.  The gun was in pretty rough shape because it had been stored in a barn for many years, but with a little work it started look great again.  The photo above is a representative picture I found.  Before there was a Ruger 10/22, this was one of the slickest guns around. One of the things that I noticed was like the Ruger 10/22 it is almost impossible to clean if...

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