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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Notes from the range...

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This past Sunday I shot a varmint pistol course at Stonewall Rifle Pistol Club . This is some sort of pistol, no more than 9-power telescop...
Monday, May 16, 2016

.22 Benchrest

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I started a couple of years ago. Wasn't really interested, didn't have an appropriate firearm but Nana "made" me do it. ...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Youth shoot 2016

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Our club does a "youth shoot" every year to encourage young people who are interested in shooting. All sorts of kids come out for ...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Firearms sales and politics...

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We recently had a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, CA and the POTUS almost immediately called for gun control despite the fact that the a...
Friday, December 04, 2015

The world as it is, not as we wish it to be...

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Things have changed. Compared to what we have today even the Vietnam War period seems idyllic. For the first time since the submarine atta...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Hunting 2015

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Ummm, not so much hunting. Did go up on Leading Ridge Road yesterday. Have to enter the other end from Todd Lake which entrance is closed ...
Thursday, October 08, 2015

.327 Federal in the Single-Seven

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Last year I bought a Lipsey's Special, Single-Seven Ruger in .327 Federal. This 7-shot gun is based on the frame of Ruger's long po...
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Sunday, October 04, 2015

France - 2015

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Took a trip to France with the 116th Infantry Foundation, Inc. The tour was headed by BG (Ret) Ted Shuey. 26 Sep (Saturday) - Travel to F...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Single-Seven and Ruger's customer service

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Wrote Ruger about the problems with the Single-Seven and got a quick response. Called as instructed and got an RMA number and shipping labe...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Range day...

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14 shots at 25-yards, 100 gr. Federal load Several months ago now I bought a new Ruger Single-Seven, 5½", stainless steel, .327 Fed...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Adventures in reloading...

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I had a bit of an oddity while reloading today. I've been working on loads for my M1 rifle and settled on 48 gr. 4064 with the 150 gr. S...
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Thursday, September 03, 2015

Range day...

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Back to the range this afternoon with the M1 rifle. Easy to stay on a 1/2 silhouette at 100 yards with some loads grouping into ragged silv...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Another Contender...

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Picked up the $310 Contender. Got the Weaver 92A base, Z-rings, Weaver 1.5-4X scope and mounted same after removing Aimpoint Mark III and ba...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Range day...

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Color me green, with envy. Today I drove out to the range for the Thursday follies and stopped along the way, about 3 miles from the range...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Range day...

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Had a good afternoon at the range. Met Frank P________ there and we shot on and off (while waiting for barrels to cool) and sat out a short...