Monday, September 14, 2009

Tactical Matches

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For those of us that didn't go to Camp Perry for the Nationals, we held a tactical match. It was a fun change of pace. Herman and I team...

CMP Games 2009 Preparation Notes

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Gun Notes Took the M-1 Garand, M1093A3 Springfield and Enfield No.4Mk1* to the range. Got them dialed in with good zeros at 200 yards. The ...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

CMP .22 Sporter Strategies

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The 2009 CMP Western Games are coming. This year they are again holding a .22 Sporter match. This is a really fun event involving six stages...

Remington 788: Another Evolving Story

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Updated: 11/13/2014 Leatherwood A.R.T. scopes turn out to be pretty cool things. They are very fast to move for range adjustment and I do...
Saturday, September 05, 2009

A.R.T. Camputer Scopes

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Am pondering the pluses and minuses of the Leatherwood A.R.T. scope concept. Put one on a Remington 788 with a Timney 2lb trigger. That is...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Time for New Eyes

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2008 was one of those watershed years. I turned 50. You feel it most in your eyes. It gets harder to see that front sight well enough des...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Natural Cants and Ceiners

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I'm now convinced about canting the rifle. For offhand, a straighter position with the gun canted into your head really is better. It ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

California Service Rifle Championship - Apr 4-6, 2007

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Another shooting season begins and I sure am rusty. Offhand Redux My pet technique theories about Slow-Fire Offhand carefully nurtured over ...
Monday, November 27, 2006

SMLE like a rose ...

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In keeping with my plan to keep tuning my sense of the fundamentals by shooting a variety of rifles, I took my trusty Enfield No.4 Mk1 SMLE ...
Monday, November 20, 2006

Perfection is only a breath away ...

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Took the re-stocked M-1 Garand to the range yesterday. The gun does indeed like being in it's new wood. Fired about 30 rounds and got...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Carefully Fitted Parts

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Tuning "As-Issued" M-1 Garands for competition is a process best compared to tuning a violin. The rules are basically that you mu...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Designing Practical Training Courses

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This week I'm finishing up designing a rifle stage for a 3-gun action tournament. The course of fire itself is simple. My new found fr...
Monday, November 13, 2006

Goal Setting

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November 13, 2006 Every once in awhile you need to write down your goals. The ones that make the top out of the myriad of nice to haves. H...

Maintenance Day

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Nov 12, 2006 - Hawthorne There's something to be said for a day of puttering in the garage. Even more so if one is puttering with rifle...

"Teach Peace"

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The evening of Nov 10th was special. I got to have dinner with Cath. There aren't really many people in my life who's history with...

Pendleton - Nov 11, 2006 - Creedmoor Cup Match

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Making It Come Together The Creedmoor Cup match is when all the hot shots come out. To be able to shoot in the company of the very best is ...
Friday, November 10, 2006

Pendleton - Nov 10, 2006 - "Leg" Match

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My very first full fledged EIC match. How cool! And I did not do too badly with a 452-2X. That's middle of the pack. I can also see...

Pendleton - Nov 9, 2006 - Creedmoor Practice Match

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Know Your Zeros! Today was the practice match for the Creedmoor Cup. Tomorrow is another EIC Match but this next one will be a full on AR-...
Thursday, November 09, 2006

Hawthorne - Nov 8, 2006 - Change Over Day

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Back home for the day. Took the car in to have a squeal in the brakes looked at then set to work changing over from M-1/1903's to AR-1...

Pendleton - Nov 7, 2006 - Garand EIC Match

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I finally got to shoot my first "Excellence In Competition" match. I missed last year's Western Games EIC and the one in Pho...
Monday, November 06, 2006

Pendleton - Nov 6, 2006 - M-1 Garand Match

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I surprised myself pleasantly today. I shot a good match. Used all five sighter shots to confirm how my M-1 Garand moves versus the SR...
Sunday, November 05, 2006

Pendleton - Nov 5, 2006 - Springfield Match

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The M1903A3 Springfield rifle is a fascinating gun. Mine is a Greek return obtained from the CMP in 2005. It is an accurate bolt gun. T...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Pendleton - Nov 4, 2006 - Day Two

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We completed the CMP M-1 Garand Master Instructor Course today. We practiced how to teach what we had learned then used our training to us...

Pendleton - Nov 3, 2006 - Day One

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I spent nine hours in class on Mov 3, 2006 and enjoyed every minute of it. The day was spent at the U.S. Marine Corps base at Camp Pendlet...
Friday, November 03, 2006

"You can ask because I love you."

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Today's Thought: I love the romance that life delivers just when you've convinced yourself it probably won't. And it never cea...