Blog
Testing post sharing
Hello, We are working on a way to automatically post our stories to a wider audience! This post has no viewing restrictions.
The Langrish Drill with reload
This Course is derived from a Course invented by Capt. Edward Langrish of the Hartford CT Police Department in 1927. Target – Any silhouette, such as IDPA or Trace around a CD to draw six circles on the target: Distance – 5 Yards. Time Limit – None. Shooting Position – You may shoot from any […]
Tales From The Back Creek Diary – “Ed, Help! I sent My Ruger Back and….”
Repairing Revolver Wrinkles: ” Rough Forcing Cone, Tight Cylinder Throats, and New Barrel “Break-In” Q.- The throat on my new Ruger GP100 looks like it was cut with a serrated knife. I sent the gun back to Ruger to have them look at it. The photos are what they sent back. I still get leading […]
Aholster 22% off Black Friday sale
Valid only on Black Friday, take 22% off your order! Go to https://aholster.com/ and use the code ROSCOE22 at checkout.
Clothespins
One day while working the range I found myself without any shooters arriving for quals and the range all to myself. I was bored just burning powder for the usual drills and practice, so I decided to try shooting the clothespins we used to affix the paper targets to the cardboard backboards. At that time […]
Followup on the Double-End Wadcutter
Q- The .38 Special as we know was originally a black powder cartridge and with modern powders suffers from excessive case capacity. Does anyone have any info on reloading “cut down” cases. I know it has been done to aid extraction in snubby revolvers. I have also read some info on using the short .38 […]
Tales from the Back Creek Diary – Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
Properly designed hollow-point cast bullets expand at subsonic revolver velocities without requiring +P charges Ed Harris, Annandale, VA The standard of terminal performance from a concealable .38 Special service revolver was for many years the so-called “FBI load. It featured a 158-grain all-lead, hollow-point, semi-wad cutter at a velocity of 880 f.p.s. as obtained […]
ICE 5-Shot Handgun Qualification Course
Five Shot Handgun Qualification Course (As amended December 1, 2004) Firearms Service-authorized handgun Ammunition Fifty (50) rounds Target ICE Target Course of Fire All stages will be fired as a hot range. Once prepared for duty carry, the shooter will be responsible for maintaining full magazines throughout the course of fire, reloading on command and/or […]
A complete package for casting and reloading .38/357 for Newbie
Q– I read your articles on the .38 Special with great interest. My wife and I live out in the country, far from town. We have decided to buy two revolvers for personal defense and a lever-action utility rifle, which uses the same ammo. I reload rifle ammunition with jacketed bullets for hunting, but am […]
Tales from the Back Creek Diary – Revisiting the Full Charge Wadcutter and the “FBI Load”
Several friends and I have been re-thinking our decision several years ago to pack semi-auto .22 target pistols in our survival rucks. We normally carry .38 snubbies as EDC. Having an extra, longer barreled .38 Special revolver in the ruck with extra ammo useable in either gun seemed like a good idea.We decided to standardize […]
Recent Comments