Gun Blogger Summer Camp shoothouse video
From Gun Blogger 2008 Summer Camp. See also the slide show I made. My pathetic run: Others have put theirs up too: Robb Allen Kevin Baker Caleb (the hostage shooter)
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Another Gun Blogger Summer Camp slide show
JR has created another slide show from pictures and music from Gun Blogger Summer Camp. For reasons explained in his post the music he used was my first choice. But after looking for a minute or two I didn’t find it … Continue reading
Gun Blogger Summer Camp Slide Show
This weekend I spent a bunch of time culling the 1000+ pictures I (and a few others) took at Blackwater into a slide show set to music. It’s 11 minutes long and 31+ MBytes but here is the result. I … Continue reading
I’m going to Gun Blogger Summer Camp
I just got a call from Kerby Smith from Para USA, Inc. They congratulated me on being one of the top ten bloggers in their contest. Other winners include: A Keyboard and a .45 Say Uncle Tamara K. Caleb armed_citizen from … Continue reading
I hate my guns
Two weeks ago I shot in a Steel Challenge match with the Lewiston Pistol Club. Nice match, nice people. I shot both my Gun Blog 45 and my STI Eagle. Twice the fun for the same investment of time. But … Continue reading
Laser on Gun Blog 45
As I reported earlier I had a dead battery in the Crimson Trace Lasergrips. As Rob pointed out the case is tight enough that if the master switch was left on the grip switch would be activated when the gun was … Continue reading
Gun Blog 45
As we were filling out the paperwork so I could be approved to exercise my Constitutionally protected right to own a firearm the clerk behind the counter asked, “What model is that?” I thought about it a moment and said, … Continue reading
Blogger meet report
Six of us made it to the event (click on the pictures to see higher resolution versions): Left to right, Phil, American Mercenary, Misty (wife of American Mercenary), Barb (my wife), and Gay_Cynic. Barb insisted I should post a picture of … Continue reading
Gun Nuts, Para weekend, the bet
Rob and I had a nice chat with Caleb and Bonnie on Gun Nuts at Blog Talk Radio last night. We mostly talked about the Para sponsored weekend at Blackwater. But we touched on Boomershoot just a little bit too. We … Continue reading
Summer camp
While some of the gun bloggers are off sweating at a summer camp in the North Carolina heat you should not feel sorry for yourselves. You should go to your own summer camp on the opposite coast during some of those … Continue reading
Gun nuts pod-cast on Para/Blackwater summer camp
Caleb and Squeaky will be pod-casting tomorrow night on the summer camp some of us are attending: Talking about the recently released results of ParaUSA’s blogshoot contest, where 10 bloggers and one lucky reader will get to go to Blackwater’s state … Continue reading
Very sad
Say Uncle’s wife died. Cardiac arrest. Nothing to do with COVID-19 that I know. I spent quite a bit of time with Say Uncle at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous, NRA annual meetings, and Gun Blogger Summer camp. I occasionally was … Continue reading
One lie update
At a group meeting at work today they asked for “Two truths and one lie”. I used these: I won first place while playing for the University of Idaho chess team in the Association of College Unions Intercollegiate Tournaments in … Continue reading
Video from the Paul Bunyan USPSA match
Son-in-law John and I went to the Paul Bunyan (Pullayup Washington) USPSA match yesterday. It rained all Saturday night and continued to rain throughout the match. This made for some deep water in places, difficult to tape targets (clear plastic … Continue reading
Crimson Trace for the SIG 238
Today the new PR guy, Iain Harrison, at Crimson Trace sent me an email and a draft news release about their new product–the LG-492 Laserguard for SIG’s compact 238: Iain also said, “I shot it for beta testing on Saturday … Continue reading
Crimson Trace laser grips
While at the Gun Blogger Summer Camp last month I won a set of Crimson Trace laser grips–whatever set I wanted. I finally got around to asking for a set to fit a Ruger Mark II. I received them but … Continue reading
We have a winner!
Don Gwinn of The Armed School Teacher has just announced he got the 11th position at the Gun Blogger Summer Camp. Congratulations Don! I’ll see you in a few weeks. H/T to Tam (who will also be attending) for the link to … Continue reading
Quote of the day–Caleb of Call Me Ahab
I have had a tendency in my young life to occasionally run my mouth with abandon (my wife is shaking her head at that); however I have been fortunate in the majority of this situations to be able to back … Continue reading
Last chance to vote for me
I’ve mentioned this before but a reminder that this is your last chance to vote for me can’t hurt. The back story: There were 40 gun bloggers, including myself, that participated in the 2nd Amendment Blogger Bash at the NRA … Continue reading
Unexpected question
Barb got a new water heater installed recently and one of the installers poked his head in the laundry room to ask Barb to turn on the hot water facet in the kitchen to get the water to drain. Some … Continue reading