Daily Archives: August 17, 2009

Man does not break the law

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August 17, 2009

Media has a fit of the vapors.  This is my favorite line: Arizona law has nothing in the books regulating assault rifles, and only requires permits for carrying concealed weapons. So despite the man’s proximity to the president, there were no charges or arrests to be made. Dude was just chilling out with a...
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Joe vs. me part II: Electric Boogaloo

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August 17, 2009

In comments on another thread, Joe and I have been casually discussing a rematch of the infamous Blackwater Shoot-off, which ended in ignominious defeat for me, and also forever branded me as a shooter of hostages.  Now, I know that after watching the video of the run, I was less than happy with my...
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Lessons from Gun School

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August 17, 2009

Tam continues to relate her experiences from the weekend pistol class. One of the things she talks about is tracking your mags by pocket location – another good way to do this is to number all your magazines. For my carry and competition guns, all of my mags have a number written on the...
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Steel Challenge Final Results

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August 17, 2009

The Fastest Match on Earth has wrapped up, and here are the final results from the 2009 World Steel Challenge: Steel Master: BJ Norris Open Champ: Max Michel Limited Champion: JJ Racaza (also LE Champ) Ladies Steel Master: Jessie Abbate Ladies Open: Jessie Abbate Ladies Limited: Jessie Abbate (I sense a pattern) Production Champion:...
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Winning and perspective

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August 17, 2009

The best laid plans of mice and men, they say – I had no fewer than 4 different events for last weekend fall through doing the course of the preceeding 3 months of planning, which meant that Saturday morning, I had no shooting to do.  So I loaded up my XDM and headed out...
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