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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Fireworks: A Gunsite Anthology by Jeff Cooper

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I just received a copy of Fireworks: A Gunsite Anthology by Jeff Cooper .  It is a rather interesting read.  Whether he is writing about ...
Monday, June 22, 2009

More Bird "Trouble"

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Today at about 8:30 we pulled up to my mother's place and there was a vulture on the peak of the roof. Sadly, we didn't have the ca...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

.30-30 loads

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The .30 Winchester Centefire (WCF) aka .30-30 has long been a popular cartridge. among its many attributes are moderate recoil, effectivene...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Thoughts on Travel

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I have traveled. I've been to Korea, Japan, to every state but Idaho & North Dakota, to the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Queb...
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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Flag Day

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We celebrate Flag Day on June 14. Today. I hope you're flying YOUR flag. I hope you have a flag. We are celebrating the adoption o...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

.32 H&R Magnum Single-Six - UPDATE

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I've been interested in the .32 HR "Magnum" cartridge for as long as it has been available. It seemed to me that this little c...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Friend? or Foe?

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I've been having a bit of an odd experience lately. We have a catbird (a Gray Catbird) living somewhere in our backyard (I suspect the ...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

John M. Browning - American Gunmaker

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I've just read (and re-read!) " John M. Browning - American Gunmaker " by John Browning and Curt Gentry with postscript by COL...
Monday, June 08, 2009

'Splain this to me...

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I just don't understand such foolishness.  A knife is a tool and is often useful far beyond the preconceived uses.  Lacking one, I'v...
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Sunday, June 07, 2009

Favorite Authors - Skeeter Skelton

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I don't remember the first Skeeter Skelton article I ever read but I remember where I got the magazine in which I read it. We were stay...
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Stolen Weapon Alert...

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Just to let everyone know to be on the lookout for a stolen 336 in .35, serial number 23094129. Northman shipped the rifle to my FFL in Ba...
Saturday, June 06, 2009

D-Day - June 6, 1944

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65 years ago today my father's first cousin, PFC Gano H. "Sonny" Jewell stepped off a landing craft and moved ashore somewhere...
Friday, June 05, 2009

They have forgotten that the band is still playing...

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A few days ago one PVT Long was gunned down by a Muslim fanatic (and an American citizen). Also shot by a fanatic (Christian or otherwise i...

Shotgun Effectiveness

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I don't know how long this will remain available but the Shotgun World Forum has a post with photos of the penetration of various loads ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Ignorance is Rampant

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Ok, so people are apparently ignorant about economics, you know that. People are also amazingly ignorant about wildlife. You'd think o...