From the monthly archives: September 2011
“Dad, can I PLEASE get this one?”
It was the winter before my 12th birthday and I had just gotten a brand new New England Firearms 20 gauge single shot for Christmas. The gun stayed locked in our family gun cabinet for common sense safety purposes, while I spent most days looking longingly into the [...]
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The people at Ruger are out of their minds. And when I say out of their minds I mean it’s as if they’re in MY mind thinking up new ideas of what should come next in their already extensive and innovative product line. The idea behind this most recent development of creating their [...]
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There are a few movies I can’t NOT watch any time they come on TV. Throw cable in the mix and you’ve got the recipe for potentially watching one of your favorite or obligation movies any time they’re on TV. This past weekend, AMC was running a “we salute The Duke” marathon or something like [...]
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I saw the SPANKIN’ new Vltor TS3 on Top Shot 3 last night and knew I needed to comment on it. I’ve long been a fan of Vltor’s innovative thinking into the AR-15 marketplace creating buttstocks, forends, upper and lower [...]
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This is my 3rd Mind Dump for Top Shot Season 3. The first two can be found here and here. The Mind Dump is written as the episode progresses so a lot of the thoughts I have are [...]
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Ever heard of “Plinking?” No, not pimping. Plinking. Plinking is what many would call a lost art. Wikipedia defines plinking as:
“Plinking refers to informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles, and balloons filled with water.[1] The term is anonomatopoeia of the sound a bullet or other [...]
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Ever hunted with a handgun? Handgun hunting can be fun in that your dispatching firearm of choice will be much lighter than its longer and bulkier counterpart. It’s a blast! Literally. Okay sorry for the pun, but I NEED to introduce you to the Smith & Wesson model 647 17 HMR reviewed fresh from their Performance [...]
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Ever shot a Springfield XD? Ever shot an XDm? Having owned each, and having watched them combine the features of both a Glock and a 1911 into one polymer gun it’s smooth. Super smooth. With my XDm in .40 S&W I would regularly plink frozen one gallon milk jugs out to 80 yards. I’m [...]
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Round two of running with the idea for a recurring Top Shot Mind Dump after every week’s episode. I got a late start on this one thanks to Labor Day screwing up my orientation of the week and I completely forgot yesterday was Tuesday. That said, here are my thoughts on the primitive episode.
Michael [...]
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If you’re new to our online shooting community you might be interested in some ways can keep tabs on Haus of Guns without having to make a mental reminder for yourself every time you sit down at your computer screen to do some serious browsing.
Depending on how computer literate (or the other way around) [...]
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