Category Archives: Boomershoot

Triggerfinger and the Boomer Everyone’s Talking About

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Alaska

I got the (overexposed) video of what I think is this boomer right here! Note how, even at this short range, you can watch the bullet’s path from muzzle to target. That’s just freakin’ cool.

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Trib Update

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Alaska

For those who may not know, the inestimable Trib, eponymous host of Trib’s Place, was hospitalized on Boomershoot Day with an apparent stroke that severely limited his speech. When we bloggers left Monday morning, Kenda had been able to speak … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Boomershoot 2009 Photo So Far

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Alaska

Taken by The Packing Rat, cropped by me: That’s Rache, caught in action the first time I’ve ever fired her, and she’s dead-on at 25 yards. I made the explosive target, too. 🙂 Best. Sighting. In. Ever.

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New Office Decoration

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Alaska

Courtesy of The Packing Rat, who won it at the Boomershoot Dinner Raffle and very kindly and generously gifted it to me. It’s an awesome statuette, and I very much appreciate and enjoy it. It’s in a very prominent position … Continue reading →

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The end of the season

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Phil Kadath

Boomer Hunting Season, that is. My long weekend of not hunting Boomers is over and my brain is tired from the headaches which ceased yesterday evening. David and Derek should be arriving at Firebase Blue sometime this afternoon, with the … Continue reading →

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The Soundboard: And they’re having good weather too!

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Phil Kadath

No, I don’t get to go to Boomershoot this year, and I think that is what caused the headache behind my left eye yesterday. A decent number of my co-workers saw the Evening Magazine re-run of the 2005 Boomershoot piece … Continue reading →

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Boomershoot Dinner Raffle Prize

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Alaska

This year, as part of the Boomershoot Dinner festivities, I’m donating an autographed copy of the below XKCD comic. Buy your raffle tix early and often! As a great THANK YOU to mine merrie host of Firebase Blue for his … Continue reading →

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Less than 12 hours to go…

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Alaska

More on the extent of Boomershoot prep in a bit, but the good things are: 1) The two-position canopy arrived in the nick of time; 2) I got both Weatherby CFPs, the Bower Encore .223, and the non-Bower Encore .308 … Continue reading →

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More Boomershoot Prep

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Alaska

Click to embiggen. My bench, assembled upside down for test-fitting of the legs. Spare leg sections this time, so I don’t end up having to kneel like last year because the slope was so great it was all I could … Continue reading →

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Boomershoot Prep Pics

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Alaska

Gettin’ out the hardware….  

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