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,...
TOWARD REALISTIC SHOOTING PRACTICE
As a teenager, I discovered “turkey shoots” in New Hampshire. Turkey shoots are run different ways in different places, but in the Granite State they revolved around shooting full-size deer targets at 100 yards,...
WHY GOOD PEOPLE NEED SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND “HIGH CAPACITY” MAGAZINES … Part I
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably had a conversation with someone in the last few days who asked, “Why do ordinary law-abiding people need those semiautomatic firearms with magazines that can hold more than...
NOSTALGIA TIME
June, 2017 was definitely “nostalgia month” for the old guy here. You saw how many blog entries I devoted to The Pin Shoot, the reincarnation of the iconic handgun/rifle/shotgun match Richard Davis founded more...
THINGS ARE QUIRKY IN ALBUQUERQUE
Just spent a few pleasant days in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gun laws there are strange. “Open carry” of handguns has long been legal there, but concealed carry didn’t become lawful in NM until the...