Sixteen Later that evening There still weren’t very many restaurants in Mountain View, but the Palace was one of the better ones, featuring beef from a Black Angus herd imported from Earth ten years earlier. Seated between his father and an equally wide-eyed Maria...
Fourteen Tarbos, the Main Conference Center “Son, I’m going to take a walk around the building during the break,” Mike announced. “I imagine I’ll have one or two of those guards for company, but I need some air.” “OK, Dad. Maria and I are going to duck...
Resolved: The .30-06 Springfield, originally known as the Caliber .30 U.S. Govt Model of 1906, is the standard by which all North American centerfire big-game cartridges must be judged.
I reflected that Jon’s perceptions in this matter were probably less than completely reliable…
Lately I’ve been experiencing a little of the old man’s nostalgic desire to visit places I enjoyed in my younger years.
Resolved: The Winchester Model 1894, being a near-perfect combination of rifle and cartridge, is the gold standard by which all succeeding lever-action rifles must be judged.
We chose the night of the new moon for our assault.
We took a red-eye flight Thursday night, arriving rather the worse for wear early Friday morning.
A rat scout emerged cautiously from under the siding.
The thirty-something range of rifle cartridges, like any other range, has a fair share of oddballs.
As we approach the top-end of the Thirty-Something rifle cartridges, we get a real mixed bag.
It’s somewhat baffling that this perfect mid-range never really seemed to catch on with American shooters, beside a couple of noteworthy exceptions.