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Mr. Completely, European Steel Challenge Championships Senior Gold Medal Winner

Our hearts billow, yes they do.

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

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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Boomershoot Week 2012 Quote of the Day, Day 1

Here it is once again, the week that the RNS crew prepares for all year. From points West, East and South we all converge on a grassy knoll in Idaho every year to shoot and socialize in style at Boomershoot. … Continue reading

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As it should be

It’s about time somebody got it right If Tampa’s proposed rules for the Republican National Convention are passed, protesters could not bring squirt guns into a designated protest zone. But they could bring real guns if they have concealed weapons … Continue reading

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Have Gun, Will Travel

My PoliSci 202 essay has finally been graded and returned. And as promised, it is posted and now resides below the fold. If you want a link or other connection to any of the info presented within the essay, send … 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

  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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Missing Out on All the Kewlness

Normally this would be the day I was starting my annual SHOT Show experience with Media Day at the Range. Alas, I’m buried in job-related YUM! Brands franchise agreement sale stuff, which is all rather new to me and very … 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

  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

  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

  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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