Category Archives: shooting

Weekend of memories

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

This past weekend I was blessed with an opportunity to spend it in the woods with four friends. Our caravan, armed with enough guns and ammunition to secure our southern border, traveled to a super secret location in southern Missouri … Continue reading →

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Sierra Match Kings – 30-06

Posted on April 7, 2009 by

Lest anyone think I wasn’t shooting well, this set of loads used Hodgdon Varget to push a 180 grain Sierra MatchKing, shot very well and fairly consistently ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​ ​ ​

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Evening at the range

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Spring has finally sprung, it’s Tuesday night and that means that the Dept of Conservation Range is open late. My daughter has been asking to go, and I promised her the first warm day we have, I’d take her. Along … Continue reading →

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Range day

Posted on March 1, 2009 by

I’ve gotten to the point that when I go to the range, I’m there to work on something specific as opposed to just wasting targets and ammo. In May, a local club which hosts a monthly IDPA match is hosting … Continue reading →

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38 Special loads

Posted on March 1, 2009 by

This past Christmas I was given a box of 38 Special 148 grain plated double ended wadcutters. These were re-packaged Midway bullets, so I’m not exactly sure who the original manufacturer of the bullets were. I didn’t have any powder … Continue reading →

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Pull!

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

I got out for a little bit today to try out the newest trap & skeet range in St. Louis, Gateway Gun Club. It’s a really nice range with 9 combination trap & skeet fields. Most, if not all of … Continue reading →

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Field lessons…..

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

I learned a couple things today at the local IDPA match. First: Where have you been all my life???? I was given a bunch of these for Christmas this year, but had never tried them before. The temperature was in … Continue reading →

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Conundrums

Posted on January 11, 2009 by

I hate it when you walk into the local fun store, and for the first time in months you see LOADS of 223 Remington AND 5.56×45 NATO on the shelves. Normally, this situation wouldn’t be an issue, but when you’ve … Continue reading →

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A new year….

Posted on December 31, 2008 by

deserves a new gun. Remember the list from a few days ago? All of a sudden, I’ve been bitten by the bug (quite hard I might say) to put this in the number 1 spot on my list: It occurred … Continue reading →

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One more reason to buy an iPhone.

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

I’ve been holding out for a good while on joining the iPhone crowd. Looks like I have another reason to add to the list of why I want an iPhone. I just can’t bring myself to be that connected all … Continue reading →

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