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Watertown shootout 25 Apr 2013 | 06:04 am
Whatever network news program is on right now is running a special on the recent shootout between the Boston Marathon bombers and police in Watertown, MA. Part of this includes video taken by someone...
Hollywood Guns 6 Sep 2012 | 11:10 am
Dear Hollywood, While I appreciate the appearance of the Browning Hi-Power in the bank robbery scene of whatever crime investigation show I happened across earlier this evening, there are a couple of...
.458 SOCOM project - the beginning 4 Jul 2012 | 04:26 pm
Since building the 5.56 AR, I'd been debating in my mind a project to build an AR-pattern rifle in one of the many alternative calibers. There are many competing purposes I had in mind, but the most ...
Phlegmfest 2012 AAR 4 Jul 2012 | 03:21 pm
I know I'm a little late on the report, but I wanted to express my most sincere thanks to Phlemmy and Lawdog for opening up their home to the likes of a bunch of gun nuts for some quality socializing....
Just An Observation... 11 Sep 2011 | 09:37 am
When The Bee Gees' "Staying Alive" is playing over the PA system at Home Depot, EVERYONE walks to the beat.
Incremental Update 24 Aug 2011 | 05:30 pm
It's fairly common knowledge at my workplace that I'm a shooter. From time to time I will get questions from coworkers about guns or shooting, and sometimes even about buying firearms. Last week a cow...
New Custom Leather 28 Jul 2011 | 05:02 pm
Shortly after I started carrying, I switched to the Hi-Power mentioned previously in this blog. I wanted something that made the gun easy to conceal over the bowling/work type shirts I tended to wear....
Running Through The Paces, Pt. 2 2 May 2011 | 10:24 am
I got back out to the range on Friday to test out my 3031 rework, as well as to run the new hunting loads through the gun to see if they're performing as expected. Again, it was terribly windy. Not q...
Running Through The Paces 24 Apr 2011 | 06:19 pm
I finally got to get back to the range today, as my weekends have been booked solidly for the past month. As I mentioned, I was very happy with the results I got from the VV135 powder/55 grain combo, ...
Buy A Gun Day 16 Apr 2011 | 11:41 am
As you may already know, today is Buy A Gun Day. As I am out of town for my anniversary, I didn't get to buy a gun today. Instead, I picked one up earlier in the week. I've been wanting to attend an ...
