Daily Archives: November 28, 2008

IDPA Stage Ideas

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November 28, 2008

From the movies – last night Mrs. Ahab and I watched Blood Diamond, with Leonardo DiCaprio, which was actually a pretty good film.  There was one scene that gave me a great idea for an IDPA stage – the bridge shootout. With the exception of the part where he shoots the two guys again...
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Word of the day

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November 28, 2008

“Tauretta”: A Taurus filled full of Beretta replacement parts. I like the Taurus PT92 series of pistols, mainly because they can be carried cocked and locked due to the fact that they don’t have the slide mounted safety that the Beretta M9/92 series of guns have.  The Taurus is sporting a frame mounted safety,...
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French Gun Laws

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November 28, 2008

From the comments on this post: Yes, we can have handguns in France, but only for sport shooting. You need to be registered as a sport shooter and then ask for an autorisation (from a month to a year waiting for it, depending of your local administration), that you must renew every three years....
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Not Even Todd Jarrett can help me now

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November 28, 2008
Not Even Todd Jarrett can help me now

Ah, Thanksgiving.  A time to gather with your family and friends, enjoy fine food, good company, and infrared light based shooting games.  Yes, there was pie as well, however (for whatever reason) my father-in-law had purchased this light-gun game (presumably) for my nephew, and hey, if it involves pulling triggers I’m game for it. ...
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