Category Archives: Have Gun, Will Travel

RNS Quote of the Day, 04/27/10

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Alaska

BTW, got my appetite whetted for long-range handgunning again…no good can come from that! –Michael Bane, on his Boomershoot experience I haven’t brought a long-range rifle to Boomershoot since I began shooting specialty pistols. Now I spread the specialty-pistols gospel … Continue reading →

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The Return of Kirk

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Alaska

Barney the Pink Rifle appears still capable of Boomershoot levels of accuracy. Yet Kirk won’t be there this year. Ah well, at least he’s blogging. online casino gambling casino top 10 online casinos united states casino bets online us casino … Continue reading →

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Oren’s War — A Comment on Linoge’s Review

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Alaska

Linoge is first out of the gate with his review of Oren’s War, which author Steve Merlo graciously sent gratis to a number of gunbloggers, myself included. Linoge says, in part: I really wanted to like it, but by the … Continue reading →

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Ballistics Bleg

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Alaska

If you have a Black Hills .308 cartridge with a 175-grain bullet leaving your muzzle at, say, 2351 feet per second, and you THINK your gun is still zeroed at 400 yards from last Boomershoot but would like to verify … Continue reading →

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That Was Fast

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Alaska

Natchez came through — my wife’s Boomershoot ammo arrived TODAY. Also arriving today was her new camera. Our little five-year-old Sony kicked the bucket last year, and I was not happy with the $69 last-minute replacement I used at SHOT. … Continue reading →

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John Bagakis & Millisecond Molly

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Alaska

I’ve met both of these fine shooters. Bagakis works at the best gun shop in the SF Bay Area (less than a mile from my house) and Molly showed us all how it’s done at the Gunblogger Rendezvous. Congrats to … Continue reading →

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For all the gunnies…

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Scott

I found a new store. Well, it isn’t new. In fact, Phil and I both had to admit that we had driven past it over 100 times each thinking, “I should stop in there sometime.” I finally did yesterday and … Continue reading →

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Slo-Mo Anxiety Attack

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Alaska

So for Boomershoot, Phil’s graciously allowed my wife to have the use of the Ruger M77 Mark I in .22-250 that Phil used to blast pool cue chalks at 100 and 200 yards. I figure that’s accurate enough that we … Continue reading →

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Obamacare and Firearms

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Alaska

I’m currently watching a webinar for employers on the impact of the new health care law. (It’s by Littler, which I highly recommend for employers who anticipate suits by their employees, frivolous or otherwise. Littler’s trial attorneys are basically pit … Continue reading →

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Boomershoot High-Intensity + Bacon

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Alaska

My Kel-Tec SU-16CA is not a machine gun, but its barrel smoked at the last two high-intensity events, after about seventy or eighty rounds IIRC. I suspect that is sufficient heat to cook bacon. I think an experiment at Boomershoot … Continue reading →

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