Obsessions of a Rifle Loony by John Barsness
John Barsness has written for every major hunting magazine published in North America, and some not so major. Obsessions of a Rifle Loony is a Collection of John’s work. He is known among a few of his close friends as the Bull Goose Rifle Loony and he wears the title proudly.
Obsessions of a Rifle Loony is a collection on John’s musings about hunting, guns, bullets, and such, some new and some published in places you may not have a subscription to. (Have you had trouble keeping up with his travels the last two years? Well, here’s your chance to catch up!)
Table Of Contents
Prologue
Gunwriterese
Part I–The Rifles
1 Only Unusual Rifles Are Interesting
2 The Bolt Action
3 Repeating Centerfire Rifle Actions
4 Single-Shot Hunting Rifles
5 Rifle Weight and Balance
6 Stock Fit
7 So You Want a Custom Rifle
8 Buying Old “Shooters”
Part II–The Cartridges
9 Efficient Cartridges
10 My Cartridge Is Better than Yours
11 Confessions of a Rimfire Addict
12 The Modern Hornet
13 .224 and .243
14 The .257 Roberts
15 The “Magical” 6.5’s
16 Why .27?
17 The All-American 7MM’s
18 Why the .308 Is Great
19 The .30-06 Springfield
20 The Circular History of the .300 Magnums
21 Medium Mediums
22 The .416 Rigby
23 Just Enough Gun
Part III–Technical
24 Lessons from a Borescope
25 Simple Stock Bedding
26 Synthetic Stocks
27 Scopes That Take Recoil
28 Semi-Pro Scope Mounting
29 Open Country Shooting
30 Iron Sights in the 21st Century
31 Accurate Ammunition
Epilogue
Tools in the Badlands