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Thursday, July 06, 2017

CPT Wendell Burke Rivers

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Captain Wendell Burke "Wendy" Rivers, United States Navy retired, was born July 6, 1928, died May 9, 2009, of cancer. Wendy en...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

George Carr Dow

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George Dow was apparently mustered into service on 16 Apr 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company E 40th New York Volunteer Infantry. He als...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Lyman A. Hamblett

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When Lyman A. Hamblet was born on May 2, 1836, his father, Ozni, was 25 and his mother, Thirza, was 20. He married Irene A. Fletcher on ...
Tuesday, May 02, 2017

MAJ Flavel Shurtleff Jr

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MAJ Flavel Shurtleff Junior was born 2 May 1829 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, son of the Reverend Flavel Shurtleff and Captain (at the time ...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

The Honorable Mister Hervey Chittendon Calkins

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Hervey Chittendon Calkins was born 23 March 1828 in Malden, Ulster County, New York.  He was a US Representative 1869-1870. The Honorable Mr...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

Allen Frederick Leland

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Born as Allen Frederick Leland but known throughout his life as Frederick Allen or just "Fred", he was the son of Melvin Amos ...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Spring is sprung...

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Spring apparently has sprung, although we saw signs earlier, with the beggars at the road intersections. In my youth I was a pretty soft to...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Gettysburg

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Today is my son's 39th birthday AND the anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Four score and seven years ago our fathers b...
Saturday, October 08, 2016

Apples - get the right one for the job

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Ruger 10/22 M1 Carbine Look-Alike

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Well, I took the Ruger 10-22 set up to look like the Carbine U.S. M1 .30 cal to the range. Sighted it in with the 30 year old Winchester...
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Offhand shooting and the M1-22 Kingston Armory Rifle

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Several people have asked me how well the Kingston Armory M1-22 rifle shoots. As anyone with any experience knows, choice of ammo and the...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Reports from the range...

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The Stonewall Rifle and Pistol Club had a "Varmint" shoot this Sunday. Actually a centerfire benchrest competition with rifles sh...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

New website for Nuckols Gun Works

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As you know I have a hobby "job" at Nuckols Gun Works in Staunton, VA. They now have a new/updated web site (you can click on th...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Kingston Army M1 Garand .22

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After more than a 1½-year wait we've got our Kingston Armory M1 Garand .22 rifles. Built on an all -steel version of the 10-22 that us...
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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...