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This article appearing in the Sept/Oct 2010, #207 of the Fouling Shot was written by Craig Thompson.It all started when I read an article that Forrest Asmus had written about rebarreling a Marlin Model 1895 to 40-65 WCF.  Later I read a second article about the same rifle.  I already had a nice Marlin 1895CB in 45-70 that I hunted with, so my original idea was to get another

This article written by John Alexander, appeared in the May/June 2012, #217 issue of the Fouling Shot. Since the tunnel was finished I have fired thousands of rounds through it and measured the muzzle velocity of a good portion of them with practically no extra work. However, some of the original features had to be modified and a certain amount of ongoing maintenance has been requ

This article written by Gordon Meeder, appeared in the Sept/Oct 2012, #219 issue of the Fouling Shot.Looking around one will find a lot of old Colt Police Positive revolvers that, to say the least, are well used; bordering on junk. One that I bought a few years back falls into this category. It is hard for me to imagine some-one shooting and neglecting these little revolvers enoug

This "Speaking Frankly" article appeared in the July/Aug 2013, #224 issue of the Fouling Shot.(Editor’s Note: Frank  Washam has graciously agreed to come out of retirement and edit these newly acquired “Franklys.”  Thanks Frank!)One negative among the native Turkey Shoot regu-lars was; that if you had an other than routine type and caliber of rifle, sooner or later they’d thi

Part 2 of 3, of John Alexander's artilce was published in the Mar/Apr 2012, #216 issue of the Fouling Shot. Once the tunnel had been constructed and backfilled with the shed, target frame and bullet catcher at one end and a shooting bench anchored to the concrete base-ment wall at the other end, the next thing was to learn how to make it work.  I was unable to find any informa

Written by James Stuart, this article appeared in the Sept/Oct 2009. #201 issue of the Fouling Shot. While reading the article by Joe Weist in Fouling Shot #187, on the 41 Swiss I got to thinking about the rifle I purchased back about 30 years ago.  I was able to find some ammo from a company in Texas and to shoot it.Well the 41 Swiss bug that Joe got also got to me and I had

Here is part one of a three part article that appeared first in the Jan/Feb 2012. #215 issue of the Fouling Shot, written by CBA President John Alexander. Shortly after arriving in Maine we moved into a large old farmhouse on fifty acres of woods and bog.  I soon had backstops at fifty and one hundred yards from the back of the barn and a shooting bench in a shed attached to

CBA President, John Alexander, wrote this article appearing in the Sept/Oct 2011, #213 issue of the Fouling Shot.Over the years I have often wondered how picky I should be when inspecting a freshly cast bunch of bul-lets.  For various reasons a few will have gross defects that obviously rule out trying to shoot them.  On a good day with a good alloy, a good mould, and everyth