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The Firearm Odyssey Continues . . . After Action Report (sort of)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

Well, the 2012 Sporting Rifle Match is complete for me (the locals shoot it once a month from February to September) and I’m freshly showered and sitting in the same restaurant as last night drinking a white russian (the dude … Continue reading →

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The Firearm Odyssey Continues . . . . . . . .

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

While David likes to relax in a hot tub with a good drink, a cigar and his lovely wife enjoying the view high above Reno after Boomershoot, I somehow ended up in the high desert of New Mexico to continue … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 6

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  The Sporting Rifle Match (or I’ve Met My Match and I Suck)   When I left off at the end of Part 5 after bagging the Great White Buffalo, you’ll remember that I was hanging out in the cabin … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 5

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  Shooting The Great White Buffalo   When I departed Michigan on my annual Boomershoot pilgrimage to Idaho in late April of 2011, the initial plan was to end up in Dallas, Texas on Saturday May 7, the weekend following … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 4

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  A Tube Gun? (Oh My, Another barrel)   Moving forward in time to the April 2010 Boomershoot Dinner, I was again very fortunate in the raffle and came into possession of another barrel blank.  This one was made by … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 3

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  My Introduction to .22 Remington BR (.22 Remington Bench Rest)   From the time I returned from Idaho in early May until well into the summer of 2009, I had been thinking about what kind of gun I wanted … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 2

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  Gunning for Prairie Rats   At the time of Boomershoot in April of 2009, I had never tried my hand at shooting prairie dogs. I’d been subscribing to both Precision Shooting and The Varmint Hunter magazines for several years, … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 1

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  od.ys.sey (noun) a long series of travels and adventures For many of you who have been reading this blog over the years, the topic of Boomershoot will be familiar, having been written about, referenced and photographed on many occasions. … Continue reading →

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Bower Clinic Odyssey, Part Two

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Alaska

Day two of the Bower Clinic was spent, when shooting my guns, in a mostly fruitless quest to put a group on the 800-yard target with the Black Hills 168-grain load I’d been shooting all along. My spotter gave me … Continue reading →

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Bower Clinic Odyssey, Part One

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Alaska

As I’ve mentioned, at the start of the Bower Clinic, I had never fired any specialty pistol, including my own recently-acquired pair in .308 Winchester. But over three days, the instructors helped me improve a lot, as you’ll see from … Continue reading →

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