Monthly Archives: April 2010

Indiana USPSA State Championship adds sponsors

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April 30, 2010

From Jake Martens, the USPSA Section Coordinator for Indiana: Montana Gold has signed up to be a Co-Stage Sponsor this year sending $500 worth of certificates for the prize table.  Wiley-X has signed up to be a Stage Sponsor and I have received a box of 18 pairs of eyewear from them today!!!  Fobus...
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Sig P226 X-Five Allround

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April 30, 2010
Sig P226 X-Five Allround

Sig Sauer has several available models of the venerable P226 available for shooters.  We previously looked at the P226 USPSA a purpose built USPSA Production gun that comes from the factory ready to roll.  Another gun in the Sig Sauer line up that is absolutely competition is the Sig Sauer P226 X-Five Allround. As...
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Bowen Rough Country Smith & Wesson revolver rear sight

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April 30, 2010
Bowen Rough Country Smith & Wesson revolver rear sight

Smith & Wesson 625 in .45 ACP with Miculek grips, HiViz fiber optic front sight, Bowen Rough Country rear sight, California Competition Works moonclip holder, A-Zoom snap caps, copy of US Concealed Carry Magazine. Smith and Wesson revolvers come from the factory with a perfectly adequate rear sight for competition shooting.  Unlike a lot...
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Boomershoot stuff and the Quote of the Day

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April 30, 2010

First off, if you’re not familiar with Joe Huffman’s Boomershoot, then shame shame on you.  It is by far one of the best conceived and hardest worked on shooting events in the country.  For the quote of the day, we have Michael Bane: Boomershoot is the most interesting precision rifle event in the entire...
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IDPA Qualifier

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April 29, 2010

I was asked recently why I shoot the IDPA qualifier in practice so often.  The biggest reason is that it gives me a objective means to measure performance gains.  Here’s a breakdown of classifier scores that I’ve shot and you’ll see what I’m talking about. 09/06/08 – first classifier I ever shot, and I...
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What can roundguns do for you?

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April 29, 2010
What can roundguns do for you?

It has been a long time since I fired a shot from a semi-automatic handgun in serious competition.  After Bianchi Cup last May, I switched almost exclusively to double action revolvers (excluding my brief but fun flirtation with the Springfield XDM) and haven’t really even done any dry fire practice with my 1911. In...
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A tale of two screws

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April 29, 2010

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Yesterday, I finally dragged my 625 which had been recently upgraded with a Bowen Rough Country rear sight and a Wolff Reduced Power mainspring out to the range to function test and sight in, as well as maybe do some practice.  After...
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Oh the things you’ll hear

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April 28, 2010

Being a gunnie, I will occasionally venture to Gander Mountain – while their prices aren’t the best, they will at times have something that’s difficult to find or is worth paying a little extra for to have in hand “right now” as opposed to waiting for shipping.  They also will sometimes have deals on...
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Gun Nuts Radio with George Hill

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April 28, 2010
Gun Nuts Radio with George Hill

Did you miss the live broadcast of last night’s Gun Nuts Radio with George Hill of MadOgre.Com?  Have no fear, as the episode can be easily downloaded by clicking this link.   George was a great guest, and has a near encyclopedic knowledge of firearms and politics.  Just getting a chance to talk to one...
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RangeMaster and Pistol-Training.Com raise over $1700 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital

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April 28, 2010

That’s right, at the recently concluded RangeMaster conference, the Pistol-Training.Com Charity FAST competition raised over $1700.  This money will be donated towards furthering childhood cancer research, proving once again that guns (and good people) do in fact save lives.  It looks like a lot of fun was had at the RangeMaster conference as well;...
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