uncle barky's gun blog

I'd reckon that most of us put more "promo" loads through our shotguns than anything else.  And why not?  For a little ove...

So, I'm a lower middle class dude living in a suburb of Peoria Illinois.  There's not a lot of violence here in our town, or in ...

Well folks, as I predicted, Donald Trump is proving to be the perfect candidate for Hillary and the Clinton machine to go up against.  A com...

My first go round with the lube on my cast bullets did not go well. I was using raw beeswax, some candle wax (10%), motor oil, an...

So, I've owned my Makarov IJ-70 for well over a decade.  I've shot all kinds of ammo through it.  Brown Bear, Silver Bear, Fiocc...

I love carbines!  Historically, a carbine is the short version of a standard length battle rifle.  I had a Mosin carbine and loved it.  It ...