As in years past, I again journeyed down to South Carolina to spend a week sitting in hunting blinds hoping to score some venison or pork. This year, we were a group of four. I drove down with a close friend that I work with, while one of my oldest friends that I consider a […]
I’m late to the party with this brief post, but I thought it was worth penning nonetheless. Despite the fact that I say a prayer with my children every night before bed and also before flying, scuba diving, or climbing on a motorcycle, I consider myself a relatively secular agnostic. My wife, however, is a […]
Happy Holidays to all of our readers! Each of the last few years (see here, here, and here) I have written an article along these lines. Frankly, I mostly write these articles for myself, as I find it interesting (and somewhat depressing) to see how much I spent on classes and competitive matches over the […]
John and I have spent a lot of time this year studying the shotgun. We have both written articles on patterning different loads out of our shotguns (see John’s articles here, here, here, and here), taken shotgun coursework (see here and here), read books and articles by well-regarded authors about the shotgun and, in general, […]
My blog partner John has mentioned more than once in his articles on shotgun patterning (see here, here, and here) how I too have been working on an article addressing this same need. John and I largely ignored the shotgun—in terms of training classes and articles—during our first couple of years writing for the blog. […]
Earlier this year, a representative from Target Barn reached out to us here at the blog asking if we would be interested in doing an ammunition evaluation. As our communication progressed, I learned that Target Barn had recently started carrying ammunition for sale in addition to their long standing business of supplying targets and shooting […]
Well, folks, my progress continues in IDPA world. Two weeks ago I posted the results of my first match of 2017, which was my best to date. This time, shooting in a challenging match in which a lot of fellow shooters struggled–and in punishing heat and humidity–I reached a new personal best. Equipment My equipment […]
In keeping with my post last week outlining a trip to the range, this week I thought I would post the results of my latest range session. As readers of this blog are probably by now aware, I am a huge fan of the writings of Claude Werner, “The Tactical Professor”. I find all of his […]
I am not one to get caught up in “panic buying”. In the post-Sandy Hook months, I was one of those who was able to profit slightly while panic abounded. I recall selling a couple of Glock 33 round magazines for $60+, and I unloaded a Keltec Sub 2000 (Glock 9mm model) for $700+. I […]
On a recent trip to the range, for the first time in a long time, I didn’t collect any brass to bring home. That’s because there wasn’t any to pick up! In a previous post, I mentioned that I had purchased a couple of 50 round boxes of Freedom Munitions‘ new American Steel ammunition to try […]
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