Attempts at amateur gunsmithing, citizenship, and other skilled trades
Seeing this car brought back a vivid memory of my grandmother driving a bunch of kids through the Texas Hill Country for an afternoon swim in the creek.
Those ranch roads could be rough, but “the Plymouth” was up to the task.
You had to pump the brakes to make them work, and sometimes they didn’t work then.
Continue readingMore of the equipment that’s earned a place on my reloading bench so far (continued from part 1).
Stumped by which reloading equipment to choose?
Trial and error can be a frustrating–and expensive–approach, so here’s a look at the equipment that’s earned a place on my reloading bench so far.
A few years ago I ordered a bar for our front room: I wanted something massive, with a foot rail, where I could pretend I was in an old-timey western saloon.
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to get back into the regular practice of archery. It’s been awhile, mainly because I had trouble finding someplace to shoot…
First appeared in Air Force Times, summer 2000
The airman who strapped me into the airplane at MAPLE FLAG XXXIII wore a huge grin on his face. And the reason for his high spirits? The day before he’d gotten an incentive flight in an F-16D.
Continue readingEver since I can remember, I always wanted to be able to throw knives and tomahawks. I remember Fess Parker splitting a pine trunk with a tomahawk in the opening credits for “Daniel Boone” back in the 60’s…
My .22 WMR Ruger American Rimfire Target (Model 8349) is glass bedded and has Shively Trigger Shims installed which, along with the cleanup demonstrated on the Triggershims.com Ruger American Rimfire page, smoothed the adjustable factory trigger’s three pound pull. I also mounted a Hawke Vantage 4-12×40 scope on Vortex rings. A nice rifle!
It likes Federal Small Game 50 grain jacketed hollow points, but even in the best cherry-picked 100 yard groups shot on my best days I still saw fliers like these:
I recently put an upgraded barrel into my factory AR15: it was shooting fine, but recent experience putting together a 6mm ARC from an Odin Works upper raised my expectations of gas gun accuracy.
Anyway, after installing the new barrel I noticed some play between the upper and lower receivers. I’m sure it had always been there, but I decided to try some oversized takedown pins from JP Enterprises to help reduce the wiggle.
Continue reading© 2025 The Resting Duck
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑