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Category Archives: Boomershoot
Fire Sale
Due to some late cancelations, Joe is having a half-off sale for Boomershoot spots. We have had quite a few cancellations due to things like Obamacare premium hikes, a funeral (the Oso mudslide), and various health issues. What this means … Continue reading
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No Sunday Funnies
I didn’t see anything I liked. Instead you’ll get the tale of why I wasn’t reloading ammo for Boomershoot yesterday. Dave, David and I set up the Boomeragio at the far end of the line, complete with couch, tables, a … Continue reading
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Das Benchen Schuten
So, I am a couple hours behind in completing the bench I plan on using at Boomershoot, but it will be done before the close of business on Tuesday night. (click to enbiggen) Here it is without the top mounted. … Continue reading
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Sporting Rifle Match 2013 – Raton NM
Greetings from finally sunny Michigan. When last I posted about the annual Great Western Pilgrimage to Idaho and beyond and down to Raton, NM, I was in the Estes Park, Colorado vicinity with 15 inches of freshly fallen snow and … Continue reading
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Boomershoot 2013: Felt A Bit Out of Sync This Year
Greetings from Michigan (actually, greetings from Estes Park, Colorado area as I write this). Well, Boomershoot 2013 is in the bag and it was a bit different this year as the usual suspects were not all in attendance. The planet … Continue reading
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It’s Been A Week
The kind of week that time in the parlor with the wife, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in our ears, a glass of Highland Park 18-year-old in one hand, Roosevelt’s African Game Trails in the other, and clouds from a Prensado Maduro … Continue reading
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No Boomershoot for Me Either
I am sad to announce that as with Phil and Scott, I too will not be attending Boomershoot, for the first time since 2007. That leaves RNS Staff Photographer Dave from Michigan as the lone Random Nuclear Strikes representative. However, … Continue reading
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Rifle Surgery
Some years ago, Jim Rawles casually mentioned that he’d had the muzzles on all of his bolt-action centerfire rifles threaded to accept flash hiders like the Vortex design. I made a mental note that someday, whenever I stopped playing with … Continue reading
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ESS Discount Code
So I tried what I thought was the discount code that ESS set up for those at Boomershoot. Maybe I am misremembering it. If anyone has it, please email me at [email protected]
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Impressionist High Intensity
From Boomershoot 2012. This is what happens when you leave the camera on the macro setting. Oops. For what it’s worth, this is almost exactly the way the world looks to me without glasses or contact lenses. Shelley Rae and … Continue reading
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