Daily Archives: February 19, 2009

Vocabulary Lesson

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February 19, 2009

Over at the Gun Nuts Radio Blog, there is the first instalment in a new, continue series called “Shooting Sports Vocabulary”.  Today’s entry: Barney Magazine.
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Debating the Reload with Retention

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February 19, 2009

One of the pillars on which IDPA is built are the “3 IDPA Approved” reloads, which are as follows: Slide-lock reload – run the gun dry, dump the empty magazine, grab a fresh one and drop the slide on the new mag. Tactical Reload – draw the fresh magazine, drop the partially loaded magazine...
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California IDPA Championship

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February 19, 2009

Now here is a match that I’d kill to go to.  October 9th-11th, in the Bay Area, the California State IDPA championship match.  12 Courses of Fire, open to a 150 shooters, registration is $100, plus an additional $10 if you want to participate in the “head-to-head” side match on Sunday.  According to their...
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Building a Bianchi Cup revolver

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February 19, 2009

In my never-ending quest to read everything I can about Bianchi Cup, I stumbled across this very old (think 13 years) article in Gun-Tests about how to build a revolver for open division in Bianchi Cup.  Unlike a lot of shooting sports, Bianchi is one game where the revolver is not handicapped – all...
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