SHOT SHOW 2017 PART 5
SHOT week finished today, leaving a lot of exhausted people after the miles of aisles. While AR15 sales have softened since we learned in November that Hillary Clinton wasn’t going to be in charge...
2016: A GOOD YEAR FOR FEMALE SHOOTERS
It has been a good year for female shooters. America’s first Gold Medal in this year’s Olympics was captured by young Virginia Thrasher, competing in ten meter Women’s Air Rifle. Kim Rhode went Gold,...
12-TIME NATIONAL CHAMP ON TRIGGER PULL
Gunnery Sgt. Brian Zins, USMC Retired, won the national championship of conventional bulls-eye pistol shooting a dozen times, more than anyone else in history. When he talks about marksmanship, I listen. One-handed pistol shooting...
1911 CENTENNIAL
On March 29, 1911, the United States Government adopted the Colt .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol as its standard issue military sidearm. The instrument has served with distinction ever since. Though replaced as general standard...
THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS LATER
A few days ago, I was passing through the Panhandle of Florida and got to spend dinner with a guy I hadn’t seen in 30 or so years, and whom I first met 40...