RETRO MONTH IN RETROSPECT

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“The Guns of August” were, for me, retro; see earlier August blog entries here.  It’s August 31, and tonight I’ll regretfully clean my classic old Smith & Wesson Model 19s and put them back...

EXPLAINING TRAJECTORY

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Reader Dennis writes: Mas, I am trying to explain to my wife why the line of sight of a gun and the line of travel of the bullet are not the same thing. I have searched...

SHOT SHOW 2018, PART 3

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Jim Fitzpatrick, Our Man On the Scene at SHOT Show, reports:  New from Ruger, GP100 7rnd 357 Mag. 2.5 inch barrel.   This is Ruger's new PC Carbine, it comes ready to accept Ruger Security 9 mags. It...

ENJOYING FREEDOM IN AMERICA

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Remember a little while back in this blog, when I said I was about to teach my last class of the year, and because it was an advanced class it was gonna be like...

SHOT SHOW 2017, PART 1

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The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show begins officially this coming Tuesday. The SHOT show is the largest thing of its kind in the firearms industry.  It’s the single...