Monthly Archives: March 2009

More on the Ruger LCR

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March 31, 2009

GunBlast.com has a review of one of the “production” LCR revolvers.  I had a “hey I know that guy” moment when they mentioned Frank James. The review itself is pretty straightforward, as the little Ruger does everything that you’d expect it to.  Although the fact that it produced a 3 inch group at 25...
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Or you could buy a Kel-Tec

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March 31, 2009

But hey, why not convert your Glock into a carbine? The one thing that is kind of depressing about that post is how in Europe, a suppressor can be had at a local hardware store for about 25 bucks, but here in the states they’re heavily regulated. One of these days I’ll be able...
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US Steel Nationals Recap

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March 31, 2009

BJ Norris has a great recap of the US Steel Nationals at his blog. I’m sort of surprised that I haven’t been reading BJ’s blog all along, as it’s kind of a “look inside” the head of one of the top competitive shooters in the world. BJ just won his first centerfire division championship...
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Gun Nuts Tonight: Entertainment Tonight!

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March 31, 2009

On Gun Nuts Radio, live tonight at 9pm Eastern we’re going to be aping one of those horrible “Entertainment news” shows.  I’m kidding, of course.  Gun Nuts Radio will never turn into one of those things, but what we will be doing on tonight’s show is talking about our favorite firearms media: books, movies,...
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IDPA Safety Officer Class

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March 30, 2009

This last weekend at Atlanta Conservation Club, I had the opportunity to take the IDPA Safety Officer Certification Class as well as shoot the IDPA Classifier, so I could get classified in CDP.  Check out the Gun Nuts Radio Blog for a full report on the IDPA Safety Officer course and classifier.
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Horrible Russian Glock Thing

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March 30, 2009

You know, I’ve always had an appreciation for Russian firearms.  Not because they’re good, but because the Russians have an excellent knack for taking other people’s ideas, and making them ugly and clunky looking. Witness the GSh-18, which is sort of like the horrible bastard child or a Glock and an FN Five-seveN.  “The...
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US Steel Nationals Winners

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March 30, 2009

From reading BJ Norris’ blog, I can deduce the winners of the US Steel Nationals are as follows: Open: Max Michel Limited: BJ Norris Rimfire: Dave Sevigny Also, if you go over to www.downrange.tv/blog Paul has a lot of good stuff up, however the DRTV blog site is down right now.  Hopefully it will...
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Actual Shooting Protips

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March 30, 2009

From Todd Jarrett and the Army Marksmanship Unit, available for your viewing ease on the Youtubes. Todd Jarrett – Shooting on the move Todd Jarrett – Shooting Prone Todd Jarrett – Reloading Todd Jarrett – Moving Targets Army Marksmanship – Speed Reloads Army Marksmanship – Shooting on the move Army Marksmanship – Shotgun reloading
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A lung, one kidney, and possibly a piece of liver

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March 29, 2009

Those are the parts of me I’d be willing to sell to make enough money to buy this.  Do you know who designed that gun?
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Liberals We Can’t Stand

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March 29, 2009

Okay, this is funny.  Plus, it’s one hell of an earworm, you’ll be running around singing “this is a song about liberals we can’t stand” for WEEKS.
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