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Category Archives: Have Gun, Will Travel
More Boomershoot Stuff
First, an odd anecdote: When the wife saw David and I loading up his truck to head off to Orofino, she remarked on the quantity of firearms and ammunition: “If you guys get attacked by some crazy serial killer at … Continue reading
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Boomershoot AAR (The rest of it)
The Bad News: My 20-60×90 spotting scope took a wind-caused tumble and the intergral base that mounted to the tripod is broken beyond repair and I am now in the market for a new spotting scope of comparable magnification. I’ve … Continue reading
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Boomershoot Equipment AAR (At least most of it)
Where to start? OK, how about sleeping arrangements. Trib’s has 3 rooms to choose from, but if’n you’re wanting to double occupy a room without actually wanting to sleep in the same bed, this oversized cot is quite handy. Trib … Continue reading
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It’s Almost Too Much Fun
I mean, exactly what incentive do I have now to go back to work? Oh yeah, they pay me in a usable currency. But other than that, I really don’t think I could give myself the gumption to go back … Continue reading
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Weeee’rrre Back!
As if there was any doubt we wouldn’t be. Another Boomershoot has come and gone and good times were had by all. However, for the whole lurid tale, you will have to wait for a little bit longer; I have … Continue reading
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One week ago today
A madman went on a rampage with a pair of handguns at Virginia Tech. We have learned a lot about the victims and a lot about the murderer since then. We have also been feed a lot of bullshit as … Continue reading
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Weather-by Weekend
…in more ways than one. I’d planned to hit the range today and tomorrow to verify zeros on the Weatherby and Sako rifles I’ll be taking to Boomershoot, but we actually have some weather down here in the Bay Area, … Continue reading
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Gun Porn!
Yay! I finally got my Hensoldt Fero Z24 scope mounted up to the Hun Bastard. Ain’t it purty! Wait, the Hun Bastard will not stand for being called “purty”. Somebody get me a better word, stat! This will be rifle number … Continue reading
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Getting Ready
AKA: Making preparations and/or gathering equipment For Boomershoot. Some of the long time readers of RNS will remember my trip to the 2005 Boomershoot, which is where I met our good man David. I had customized a shooting bench before going … Continue reading
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More on the UW murder
It seems that the autorities at the UW did not follow proceedures designed to have made the murderer’s job more difficult. University Police and the College of Architecture failed to follow well-established procedures by not reporting Rebecca Griego’s pleas for … Continue reading
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