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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Indoor Skydiving
No, it’s not a synonym for suicide anymore. I recently read Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons to see if it was any better than The Da Vinci Code. Yeah, it was better, but not enough to make me want to … Continue reading
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Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead
That would be California Assembly Bill 2062. After a long and torturous journey through our Legislature, it’s finally dead for the session thanks to LOTS of phone calls and letters from CA gun owners (and, in part, to our ongoing … Continue reading
Posted in Freaks, Mutants, and Morons
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Boomershoot Picture of the Day
  Green Rifle Click for bigger. The detail, as on all of Dave’s pics, is awesome. I think this might have been a BAT action, not sure. Photo by Dave the RNS Staff Photographer (not me).
Posted in Boomershoot
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The Block delivers
…at more than 1000 yards. I blogged earlier about Ray’s barrel-block handgun creation here. Well, this past June in Wyoming he made a 1045-yard hit on a prairie dog to prove the concept, then followed with two dogs with one … Continue reading
Posted in Have Gun, Will Travel
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I can have a Shuttery?
I saw these shutters while walking the dogs through the far reaches of our neighborhood. I’ve never seen INTERNAL shutters before. Looks like the slats (louvers?) are rotating, so you can take momentary snap shots at looters adjust the amount … Continue reading
Posted in Armageddon, By Ourselves, For Ourselves
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Boomershoot Picture of the Day
Trib’s Place has a new pic up. Say hi to Bob and Kenda for me, Phil!
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Texas Sharpshooter?
From Climateaudit: The Texas Sharpshooter fallacy is a logical fallacy where a man shoots a barn thirty times then circles the bullet holes nearest each other after the fact calling that his target. It’s of particular concern in epidemiology. Hadn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Have Gun, Will Travel
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Bat-Dog
Our “lab mix” Kaya has always had outsized ears. German Shepherd ears, to be sure, but much too big for her. It was worse as a puppy. Here she is at the ripe age of 9 and nicely filled out. … Continue reading
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SLO Silhouette
I have in-laws living near San Luis Obispo. Now I have another reason to visit. This range looks pretty cool. At 5:44 there’s a nice sequence of shots on the 500-meter pigs. Notice how you can see the mark made … Continue reading
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Look! Up In The Sky!
Clouds are rare here in the East Bay Area — usually we have blue sky, boring, boring blue sky. Year round. It was thus extraordinary the other day to see these clouds come over the hills from the West, moving … Continue reading
Posted in Kewel!
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