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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Notes from the gun shop...

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Things have really slowed down in the last week.  Still no .22 LR, .22 WRFM, .17 HMR, and so forth.  No powder, no bullets. We are starting ...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Winchester Model 47

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Winchester Model 47 Target The Winchester Model 47 is a single-shot bolt action .22 rimfire for the .22 Short, .22 Long and .22 Long Rif...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Notes from the gun shop...

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It was a pretty busy day. Lots of folks from all over looking for a lot of stuff. Actually received 1000 rounds of .22 LR hollow points (1...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Notes from the gun shop...

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I had two days in the shop this week. One of the employees was out on vacation. We weren't particularly busy but some interesting thin...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Traitors or Patriots?

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One 29-year old Booz Allen Hamilton employee, Edward Snowden, is reportedly the person who "blew the whistle" on the National Secu...
Thursday, June 06, 2013

D-Day

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About to land Omaha Beach... June 6, 1944.  D-Day.  The "invasion" of "fortress" Europe (the French refer to it as t...
Saturday, June 01, 2013

Printing guns...

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Much is being made of the concept of using computers and plastic-3D printers to "print" firearms.  Some see it as a bane on socie...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Back to the range...

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Colt Official Police 5" made in 1929 After my rather interesting day attempting to sort out how useful my S&W 1905 4th change i...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

At the range with the Smith and Wesson Model 1905 4th change...

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1905 4th change with issue stocks I got some time to run out to the Stonewall Rifle and Pistol Club to shoot a bit. So, I took my old Sm...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Notes from the gun shop...

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Much slower than it had been and more normal for this time of year. Ammo is still the big thing and people are still astounded that there i...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Videos from the past...

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I was recently reading a book which mentioned the Jack Robertson and Arthur Young movie from 1926, "Alaskan Adventures". A silent...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Notes from the gun shop...

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Wow! What a slow day, relatively speaking. Finally falling back to normal for this time of year in terms of business. Not that we've ...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Trip to the NRA Annual Meeting 2013

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We have been gone for twelve days, gone to Nashville, Memphis, Houston (for the NRA Annual Meeting), and Pensacola. In that time we got to s...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Letters from an Army Officer's Wife, 1877-1888 - Frances Mack Roe

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Frances M. A. Roe wearing her husband’s West Point coatee, pictured with their dog. I've just finished reading " Army Letters f...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Busy, busy, busy...

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Things are hopping around here. We've been busy. Last week we discovered via our water bill that we had a probable leak in the water l...