Paul Erhardt from DownRange.tv interviewed Dave Sevigny, the captain of Team Glock – and the general favorite to win the Production Division this year. Check out the interview at the above link, it’s definitely worth a listen. Watching Dave shoot is one of those rare experiences of watching a master at the top of his game.
The word on the street is that Dave will also be shooting Production Division at Bianchi Cup this year, and with his skills will probably be a favorite to win that as well.
Breda has a report from the Cleveland Tea Party protest.
“A trillion in pork”, indeed.
Seven rounds, seven hits on a badguy.
Although, I could point out that there are plenty of 7 and 8 shot revolvers out there, so technically the world is still technically revolver friendly.
Tonight’s Gun Nuts Radio is both historical and entertaining – we’ll be discussing the historical significance of the Battle of the Alamo as it pertains to gun owners in modern society. As usual, Gun Nuts airs live at 9pm Eastern time at www.blogtalkradio.com/gunnuts and if you want to join the conversation, you can call us live at 347-539-5436.
Joining us will be blackfork, who has been writing about the events of the Battle of the Alamo – tune in tonight at 9pm Eastern time!
Ruger has released their financial statements for 2008, their net sales were $181.4 million, up from $156.5 million in 2007. Read the statement here, and click the link for their full financial statement.
A lot of this reflects the insane gun buying boom in 3rd and 4th quarter, as well as the immense popularity of Ruger’s LCP pistol.
For more information on Ruger, check out www.ruger.com/corporate
I’m not the only one who has noticed a relative lack of ammo – Michael Bane offers his commentary. .45 ACP is scarce, and what is available is a lot more expensive than it used to be.
If you didn’t know, the website AmmoLand.com features interviews with various blogs/bloggers each month. This month’s featured blogger is someone you might have heard of, little ol’ me.
You can check out the interview at this link, it’s pretty fun, actually!
From various sources, I recently acquired a Para Ordnance 7.45 LDA – a “Government” sized 1911, with a standard guide rod, the classic style thumb safety – finally John Moses Browning would smile on me, except that the gun is set up with with ParaUSA’s proprietary Light Double Action trigger. (Note – Para Ordnance is now officially ParaUSA, having relocated their entire operation to the United States)
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My gun is wearing Novak night sights, and while the outside of the gun is a little beat up, the inside is pristine. I took it to the range yesterday and sent about 150 rounds through it, part of which was to simulate the 10 yard course of fire from The Practical stage of Bianchi Cup. The gun is definitely accurate enough for action pistol, as with a little bit of effort I was able to shoot some pretty solid groups.
When it’s in its component pieces, the only difference between the LDA and a regular 1911 is the fire control group, which (of course) is the Light Double Action system.
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For people who have never fired an LDA before, imagine the best Glock trigger in the world, and then make it crisp and clean, and that’s your factory LDA trigger. Mine breaks at about 5 pounds, and because of the crisp break it allows me to control the first shot, as well as rapid follow ups, which is especially important for the weak hand part of the The Practical stage of Bianchi Cup.
Of course, the best part of the gun is that it’s a single stack – after a lot of shooting and experimentation, I found that I shoot single stack gun a lot better than I do a double stack gun, probably because my hands can really “get on” a single stack better. As you can see in the below picture, the Todd Jarrett kung fu grip is extremely easy to execute on a single stack gun, even for a guy with medium sized hands like mine.
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I’ve got a lot more shooting to do with this gun, but initial impressions are pretty favorable. Since I plan on competing with it (Limited-10), I need to get another one just like it, because 2 is 1 and 1 is none.
If you didn’t know, the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) added a new competitive class for Wild Bunch shooting, where the shooters use 1911s, major caliber lever guns, and 12 gauge Winchester ’97 style shotguns. Despite the “costuming” requirement that I keep getting hung up on, if I’m going to take up cowboy shooting, it would definitely be in Wild Bunch Shooting – 1911s and fully loaded shotguns are a lot more my speed than single action Colts. Michael Bane is also apparently a HUGE fan of Wild Bunch Action Shooting, and is going to be taking major steps to promote the game at the upcoming End of Trail matches. From his blog:
Our initial efforts will be at this year’s End of Trail, the cowboy world championships, in June. DRTV and Evil Roy will be proving the super-deluxe trophies for the match, and we will be lining up a heart-breaking selection of prizes for the participants, including 1911s, magazines, custom Wild Bunch leather and other things you really really want. In keeping with the spirit if cowboy action shooting, the prizes will be given away to registered Wild Bunch shooters by drawing at the match.
Wild Bunch shooting as a major national shooting sport? I can dig it. Another great way to get shooters into the game, and get some of those IPSC/IDPA guys into Cowboy Shooting.
In certain cultures, when a person/thing is believed to be “possessed of an ill wind” often to cast out the demon, people will find an object that was owned by the person who is/was possessed, and ceremonial destroy it. In that same vein, I present the following.
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People who know me should recognize what’s left of the logo on the polo, for those that don’t, suffice to say that there is no more satisfying way to close a chapter of your life than to shoot it up with a quality handgun.