Category Archives: Have Gun, Will Travel

So last Wednesday at the ungodly hour of 3am I saddled up and headed off to the airport. I’ve flown out of San Francisco and Oakland airports at least ten times since 9/11, and every time except one I’ve carried … Continue reading →

I’m back from the Bower Clinic. Highlights (for me) of what these three guys helped me to achieve include: — I repeatedly hit the 660-yard angle iron with one of my Encore .308 pistols, which I had never shot prior to … Continue reading →

…and the Specialty Pistols Don Bower Long-Range Handgun clinic. Won’t make up for missing Boomershoot, but still should be lots of fun. In the meantime, here’s some gun pr0n. This beauty was crafted by Don Shearer for a member of … Continue reading →

To get it out of the way, we’ll start with the bad news: Part I: I was supposed to have this week (and the next one) off for Boomershoot, but alas, I am unable to attend due to a poorly timed … Continue reading →

(Note: I wrote the below before learning that I will not be attending Boomershoot this year.) Determining the best .300 Weatherby load for Boomershoot will have to wait another week or so. We’re kicking off what looks to be a … Continue reading →

Last year, immediately after my first Boomershoot, I started making plans for the next one. This seems to be a common practice among attendees. At some level, Boomershoot is the highlight of any given year. For my part, I made … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning I made my way to Whidbey Island to do some pin shooting with Mr. Completely, KeeWee and the rest of the CWSA crew only to have my day interrupted by issues of a personal nature. I met Mr. … Continue reading →

Now onto range day two with Mr. Completely. I was off having some light conversations with my rifles yesterday. There were some rough moments because it had been so long, but we got through them and were soon hitting it off, just … Continue reading →

You call a “Scoped Rifle”? I’m off to the rack for some nappy time and then I’ll be going to the rifle range for some quality time with Barak Ben the Reasonable Nut and ‘The Old Man’ checked the zero … Continue reading →

The results are in (have been in, but I’ve been busy) for Mr. Completely’s Pistol e-Postal match for the month of March. Surprisingly, the targets I classified as ‘Pitiful’ earlier this week turned out to not be as bad as … Continue reading →