William C Chapin

I grabbed this Yugo 24/47 on the way home from the last Military Rifle Shoot at the Hillsdale Rifle Club.

A bit of range time with the 1898 Krag on a gusty Spring evening, shooting both cast and jacketed bullets.

Rattling off some rounds from a recently purchased PSA Dagger.

Chronograph testing and evaluating a one grain powder charge increase of a cast lead 357 Max load.

Wet, stormy weather at the Hillsdale Rifle Club! We were able to slip the shooting in between passing lines of thunderstorms.

I'm planning to participate in my first two Handgun Silhouette events later this month if everything comes together.

A quick look at the "sighting-in" shots - 25 Yards at Johnson's Mosquito Ranch.

Blunders from the range time at Johnson's Mosquito Ranch firing the first Fifty Rounds from the U.S. Model 1898 Springfield Krag-Jorgensen Rifle.

Range time at Johnson's Mosquito Ranch firing the first Fifty Rounds from the U.S. Model 1898 Springfield Krag-Jorgensen Rifle.

Introducing the WCC BoreCam Series - A look down the bore of various firearms in my collection.

My first time loading a Krag-Jorgensen rifle, and a quick demonstration of the magazine cutoff.

A quick look at the collage that I put together with items from the April 9, 2022 Military Rifle Shoot at the Hillsdale Rifle Club.

A look at the 1898 Krag stock and handguard before and after cleaning.

A chilly day at the Hillsdale Rifle Club - 200 yards from sand bags with any iron-sight bolt action military rifle in a military chambering.

Trying out an adjusted OBT load suggested by Gordon's Reloading tool in preparation for a 200/300 yard shoot the next morning.

The first two groups from the Hart barreled 03-A3 - taken from 100 yards on a misty day with intermittent sleet.

Taking down the Krag for inspection and cleaning.

A recent gun show purchase - a U.S. Krag–Jørgensen Model 1898

Test operation of the Dillon Square Deal B that I showed in a recent Live Stream.

An unposted video from awhile back - October, 2021...a Ruger M77 gun show find.

The second time out with the Type 99 #352, firing shots number 6 through 10 at steel targets at 150 yards.

A blustery day at Johnson's Mosquito Ranch with plenty of shooting fun. Mark and I plinked around with reduced 30-30 loads in our 94 Winchesters, tried a recently purchased GP100, hit steel with the 32-20 Contender, put a few more rounds through a Type 99, and fit in some time to evaluate two 8x57 Mauser loads.

Testing a different camera and video recording setup at while loading a handful of 8×57 Mauser rounds for my Kar98k Sporter that I didn’t get around to completing during a recent live stream. The powder charges were selected from optimum barrel time simulations in Gordon’s Reloading Tool software. 45.9 Grains IMR 4166 46.4 Grains IMR […]

A comparison of fired brass dimensions from my two Type 99 rifles, and a brief range report covering the first five rounds fired from the recently cleaned-up second rifle, "Another Arisaka".