Monthly Archives: February 2010

Fun in the snow

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February 26, 2010

Despite the fact that there’s a 40% chance of snow for tomorrow, they are holding a bowling pins match at Marion County Fish and Game. Our Bowling Pin Shooting match will be next Saturday, February 27th at 1 pm. We will begin setup at 12:30 pm, and we’ll need help from volunteers. We will...
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Home defense shotguns from Savage

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February 26, 2010

I love budget shotguns.  I love budget shotguns with good sights even more.
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Satire

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February 26, 2010

Well played.
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Custom 1911 Grips

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February 26, 2010

Check out the new link in the side bar, to Custom 1911 Grips.  And hey, they’re having a giveaway so you can trick out your 1911 with a set of custom Watchmen 1911 stocks.
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Indiana House Democrats up to their old tricks

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February 26, 2010

Yesterday in the Indiana House, Indiana House Democrats decided to go back to their old tricks and take actions that are an attempt to scuttle HB 1065, the Emergency Powers and Parking Lots bill.  What happened was after the bill passed the Indiana Senate, it went back to the House where the bill author...
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TAPCO AK74 30 round magazines

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February 25, 2010

A couple of days ago, I mentioned that one of the problems with the AK74 (in my opinion) was getting quality aftermarket magazines at a reasonable price, as the 5.45×39 magazines were generally more expensive than the 7.62×39 magazines available for the standard AK pattern rifles.  It seems the internet is determinded to prove...
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Taurus 24/7 G2

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February 25, 2010

My buddy Steve has some info on the new Gen2 Taurus 24/7.  It’s no secret that I have a soft spot for Taurus semi-automatic pistols, but I always avoided the original 24/7s like the plague as they were beset with reliability issues in the early runs.  I hope that the new 24/7 G2 pistols...
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The power factor problem

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February 25, 2010

So you want to shoot competition, but all you have is a Ruger GP-100 with a 4 inch barrel and some speedloaders. You’re not going to go buy a new gun because the GP-100 is your home defense and carry gun, and you’ve decided you want to compete in IDPA with it so that...
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Riddle me this, Batman

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February 24, 2010

I’m looking at ballistics tables for .38 Special ammo, and I’ve discovered something curious.  Most of the “factory” .38 Special 158 grain lead round nose ammo is loaded to about 750-770 FPS according to the manufacturer’s websites.  This is stuff like your cheap American Eagle, Winchester White Box, etc ammo.  The problem with this...
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Gun Nuts last night: Indiana Politics and Luke Messer

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February 24, 2010
Gun Nuts last night: Indiana Politics and Luke Messer

We were pleased to be joined by Luke Messer on last night’s Gun Nuts Radio, where we discussed his run to unseat incumbent Representative Dan Burton in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, as well as a couple of interesting news topics including the recent resignation of Evan Bayh from the US Senate.  Click here for...
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