I wish to thank all of my worldwide readers for what looks to be a banner year. My recent article on “Field of Deer” was scooped up across the USA in particular. So glad you liked it!! It is fictional but based on true happenings all across Texas.
I hope to write about New Hampshire action soon.
M&P Shield® M2.0™ with Integrated Crimson Trace® Laser Now Available in .45 Auto New Models Available with Red or Green Integrated Crimson Trace Laser
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., (July 30, 2018) – Smith & Wesson Corp. today announced that it has expanded its M&P Shield M2.0 pistol series with the addition of the new M&P®45 Shield™ M2.0 pistol with integrated Crimson Trace® red and green laser, chambered in .45 Auto. An ideal choice for those looking for a concealed carry firearm in a larger caliber, the new M&P45 Shield M2.0 pistol builds off of the proven M&P Shield M2.0 pistol series, providing confidence and reliable performance, day or night, in a slim, lightweight, and easy-to-carry profile.
The M&P45 Shield M2.0 pistol with integrated Crimson Trace red and green laser delivers all of the familiar M&P Shield pistol operating features, including a slim profile and 18-degree grip angle for a natural point of aim. The M&P45 Shield M2.0 with integrated laser features two laser modes and ambidextrous laser activation. The pistol is designed with a compact 3.3” barrel and the enhanced M2.0 feature set, including a light, crisp trigger and the M2.0 aggressive grip texture for enhanced control. The M&P45 Shield M2.0 pistol ships with two magazines: one seven round extended grip magazine, and one six round flush magazine.
The M&P45 Shield M2.0 pistol with integrated Crimson Trace red laser has an MSRP of $499, while the configuration with integrated Crimson Trace green laser has an MSRP of $549.
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For those companies who send products for us to test, we say; Thank You!!
We are delighted to share our often stellar test results in hopes of increasing sales and educate our readers on the pros and cons of the products we test. We are very happy with test results on Leupold products, Ruger Rifles, Savage Rifles, TC Rifles, Weatherby Rifles and for Nosler and Hornady bullets. And pleased with testing of the Sig Sauer P320 just recently.
New Hampshire Rifleman Magazine is growing yearly with a worldwide readership nearing 60,000 views. The hottest readership month for us is November with over 8000 views and focuses on hunting and cartridge/caliber selection.
The most popular of my articles is the “The 270 Winchester vs the 6.5 Creedmoor”. Our readers can’t get enough of it!
The largest portion of our readership is right here in the USA, second is Canada, third is South Africa and New Zealand. We have readers in UK, Poland, Czech Republic and South America (Argentina) as well as other nations.
Here is to a second half of 2018 that is even better than last year!
Cheers!
Ed Hale – Editor-in-Chief
I do not know many here in New Hampshire who are members of QDMA but that is about to change. I just joined! Why did I join? As a hunter, I want to see Quality Deer and Deer Management. Education is the key, and QDMA has a lot of educational activities if you like deer and deer hunting. I just took the on-line QDMA Buck Age Class to determine visually the age of a buck before a kill. As I said, I am hunting Texas this October and will see many bucks. Getting a leg up on practicing live ageing is very helpful in selecting a deer to take. So far for all the deer I have killed in New Hampshire, the oldest deer was perhaps 4 1/2 years old. The rest were younger. I remember bowhunting in PA many years ago where there was a place hunters could stay and hang up their deer. There were a dozen deer hanging and all were spike bucks. None of them were over 1 1/2 years old and the deer were tiny. Tiny because there were extremely young. It was disappointing! “I watched that deer come under your stand. Why didn’t you shoot”, a hunting friend asked. “Looked too small to me, a baby. Let it grow”, I said. I am looking for a real deer… QDMA helps.
See the website below:
Ok, my older brother calls me from Arizona to say; “I’m sending my Oyster tongs to you in New Hampshire.” Seeing there is no ocean there in Az., I said sure. The sent tongs had no wood handles. Below is a youtube oystering on the Chesapeake using similar tongs. so I get a sense of what size wood handles to use.
Decades ago I Oystered with my brother and forgot how to create the handles. Some handles can be over 10 feet long. How do I build them? Oak? Pine? What?
I used to have a boat but I have a friend that does, and there are Oysters just 20 miles away in Durham, and Newmarket NH on Great Bay in New Hampshire.
I called NHFG in Region 3 at Durham and spoke with Renee Zobel, a Marine Biologist and part of the Marine Fisheries Division. She was very helpful and eager to share her knowledge on Oystering. I asked if she had any oyster tongs to see. Having some at her building, we went to see them and how they are assembled.
Instead of trying to Oyster we wanted to explore the bay first but having engine trouble cut our visit to zero. Looked like no water was coming out of the 15 hp 4 stroke. Perhaps an impeller? So this article is a part I.
Look for a Part II and maybe some Oysters on the Half Shell. The season closes for July and August so it may be a while if the impeller is delayed…
Aww Shucks…
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The American Revolution, from a New Hampshire perspective, was saved in part by the French made Charleville Musket?
The French invested muskets in the American Revolution with the 1763 Charleville Musket. It eventually became the most abundant battle weapon of New England Soldiers after the 1777 American win at the Battle of Saratoga. Many Brown Bess Muskets were owned by Minute Men (adult males as British law required), but as the war got under way there were not enough Brown Bess Muskets to go around in New Hampshire, especially for new recruits.
Note: The Pennsylvania Rifle saw little action here in New Hampshire but has its place of honor as a sniper/”over mountain man” rifle in many battles such as the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of the Cowpens and my hero General Daniel Morgan.
It was in 1777 that quantities of the Charleville, with Lafayette’s assistance to General Washington, arrived in Portsmouth, NH via Ship from the Charleville Armory north of Paris, France. In total, in 1777, the Continental Army eventually received 25,000 of these muskets.
Like the Brown Bess, the Charleville shown below was a smooth bore. It was a 69 caliber vs the Brown Bess (Long Land Pattern) of 75 caliber and each could support a bayonet.
Its use, like the Brown Bess, was to directly engage the British who also used the Brown Bess, force on force on the battle field at short range. It had a similar firing rate of 3 rounds a minute.
Both the Charleville Musket and Brown Bess Musket are on display at the Independence Museum in Exeter, NH. https://www.independencemuseum.org/
The Brown Bess eventually fell out of favor as the Charleville was stronger and banded with metal rings vs pin’s and many say it had a better bayonet locking ring. It became the model for which the US Government copied at the Springfield Armory as the M1795.
Accordingly, here in New Hampshire we had the Charleville and Brown Bess. If you are interested In New Hampshire during the Revolution you can go to the website below and read more.
https://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/pdf/downloads/exhibition_NewHampshire.pdf
A bit of History for you…
It is NH School vacation week. My two grandsons were bored to death at home on this rainy day, so I said, “lets go scout for turkeys”. The older one 13 said “yay” the younger one was not convinced. But both like to ride in my full size pick-up. Are you going to take the big pick-up Grandpa?” the younger one asked. “Yes I am” I said with a grin! Ok, I’ll go too.
I knew a spot where I see and hunt them not far from home. When I arrived to the spot, it was if the turkeys were planted there just for us. We saw more than a dozen and six of them were full grown bearded Tom’s. I had my camera and they had binoculars. We did get close.
Turkey at a Stop Sign…what is that all about?
Time to cross the road…
Betcha can’t see me!
Ok, time to boogy out of here.
I bet if I go around this parked truck they wont see me.
My grandkids had a blast seeing these Tom’s. We talked about when I was going to hunt them. “When the season opens”, I said. Soon enough it will be May 3rd. We shall see. “But we can only hunt them in the woods and fields away from homes and roads”, I said. Maybe the turkeys know something we don’t? These turkeys were near roads and houses…
Good Hunting!
© 2018
Sneak Peak:
It’s my favorite time of the year again!! I’ll be doing some powder/ bullet load development for the new rifle to get a good starting load for competition starting this Sunday, report to follow….
Projectiles to be tested are:
Sierra 175 TMK, Berger 185 Juggernaut, Nosler 175 RDF, Hornady 178 A-Max (discontinued)
Powders to be tested are:
IMR4064, Hodgdon Varget, IMR4895, VVn550
Looking forward to burning some powder and seeing what she likes!!
Sako TRG-22 in .308 Winchester 1:11” twist, 26” bbl Mounted is a Leupold Gold Ring 7-42x56mm competition scope w/ 34mm tube in vortex precision matched rings.
See you at the range!!
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We have had some t-shirts and high end embroidered hats made for us here at New Hampshire Rifleman Magazine. Now we are offering them to our readers.
The store allows readers to show some pride with a hat or shirt in a New Hampshire Magazine written for Sportsmen and Women and for hunting and shooting families.
Hunting and shooting after all are fun sports and get you out of the house, away from the TV and away from the trappings of electronic gadgets and phones.
Enjoy!