Holy Altitude Sickness, Batman
I just found out that Gunsite is at 5000 feet in elevation. Now, I grew up in the High Desert of Southern California around 3000 feet of elevation, but I also ...
Month: September 2009
USPSA 2009 Limited, Revolver, and Limited-10 Results
The 2009 USPSA Nationals have come to a close, and now for many shooters they have a couple of days to rest and relax before the IDPA Nationals in Tulsa. Howev...
Revolver Gear: Must have
Competitive shooting at any level has a significant “gear oriented” aspect. Once you get the holsters, moonclip holders, guns, ammo, etc, a lot of ...
USPSA Revolver Nationals – Current standings
With one day of competition under their belts, here are the current standings in the USPSA Revolver Nationals. One comment, really – only 34 shooters in ...
Umarex and HK enter licensing agreement
HK and Umarex have agreed to enter into an agreement to allow Umarex to produce licensed copies of the HK-416, the MP-5, and the MP-7 in .22 LR. These might be...
2009 Indiana State Steel Challenge Championship
Some information from the Match Director of the 2009 Indiana State Steel Challenge Championship, which will be held at Atlanta Conservation Club: Date: October ...
Cone geometry
This is why I love being a shooter – sometimes you’ll get comments like this: Think of that pivot as being the narrow point of an hourglass, laid on...
Stopping Power (again?)
I was going to have a long, drawn out post on stopping power, but this summarizes my point in its entirety: Get a gun/cartridge combination that goes bang every...
USPSA Nationals Results
The results are in for the first round of USPSA Nationals, which were held over the past three days for Production Division and Open Division. Here are your to...
New Glock 17 with safety
I snagged this from my buddy Steve at the Firearm Blog, it’s the new Glock 17 with a thumb safety. This is one of those times where a good business decis...