Category: News Stories/Events/Opinion

At the moment, I feel blessed to have a great range near where I live. The facilities are basic, but that's just fine with me - and the ranges themselves are generously sized, allowing me to shoot while moving if I so desire. The longest rifle range is just 200 yards, but if I feel the need to shoot farther than that, another nearby range offers 1000 yard shooting. While the personnel at these ranges are extremely safety-conscious, and I don't want to give any other impression, they are unlikely… Read More

After a site update rendered the "shopping cart" portion of his webstore, The Citizen's Armory, useless, my good friend "Two-Liver" had to manually create a new site, which took a week to complete. I'm happy to report that everything's back up now, and his site looks a heck of a lot spiffier than it used to. If you haven't seen TCA, you should know that they sell, among other things, small parts for ARs and Glocks - and ship them for very low prices. Also, if you notice that some… Read More

As a followup to yesterday's post, "Odie" pointed me to a new article on US News regarding BLM and public shooting. As it turns out, the whole thing was just a big misunderstanding, according to BLM.

While this might not be of much interest to my international viewers, who might be puzzled to find that Americans can simply find a desolate spot in the wilderness and shoot to their heart's content, it should make a lot of Americans sit up and take notice. The Bureau of Land Management, part of the executive branch of the US federal government under the Department of the Interior, wants to severely restrict, if not ban outright, shooting on public lands. Why? Because "urban" people might "freak out" when they hear… Read More

Just a heads up - If you have a Safeway grocery store in your area, you can make a contribution to the Wounded Warrior Project at checkout. I'm behind the curve, and this ends today. Sorry for the late notice.

Last year, Sig Sauer's P250 lost the ATF handgun tender because of significant reliability issues. Sig's response was to improve the pistol - no, wait, their response was to appeal to the GAO, saying in part that the ATF put too much of an emphasis on reliability. The GAO promptly smacked Sig's claim down in a pretty embarrassing manner. Fast forward to this year, where Sig's big contract with the Dutch police for the P250 was pretty much the only thing the company had to crow about. Frankly, I was… Read More

In case you didn't know, the Marine Corps was founded 236 years ago today, November 10, 1775, when Captain Samuel Nicholas was authorized to raise two battalions of Marines. Naturally, his first move was to go to a place called Tun Tavern (yes, it was an actual tavern) and start a recruitment drive. Happy Birthday, Marines! Enjoy your two beers, regardless of age. Fast forward to today, and the USMC is looking for a company to make the already-designed Corpsman Assault Pack, as GearScout reports. Hey, we've only been at… Read More

Here in Arizona, we have some pretty cool sheriffs - see Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever. We also have some stinkers, like Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik. But in South Carolina, Sheriff Chuck Wright may have just become the coolest sheriff ever. After a brutal attack by a repeat offender, Sheriff Wright urged women to walk in groups and get concealed weapons permits. Here are some of my favorite quotes: "Carry a concealed weapon. That'll fix it." "It's too bad someone with a concealed… Read More

Rob Curtis at GearScout reports on the winner of something called the "USPSA Multigun National Championship". The shooter, Staff Sergeant Daniel Horner, used handloaded (if you can call loads made by the Army Marksmanship Unit "handloads") 155gr 300 AAC Blackout ammo and a 20" upper with a Swarovski scope. Want to know why he used handloads? I'm just guessing, but it might have something to do with the fact that the promised major manufacturer 300 Blackout ammo for a reasonable price is nowhere to be found. Oh, you're a handloader?… Read More

Recently, I visited a local gun store. Not having purchased a firearm in over a year, I was in the store looking for nothing in particular. I handled quite a few different pistols, revolvers and rifles. None of them struck me as being worth buying, which is the main reason why it's been so long since I bought a firearm. Certainly, they were all quite nice (I didn't handle any Taurus products) and if I didn't own any firearms, I would most likely have walked out of the store with… Read More