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Gunsite Bound

On Saturday Bat and I will head to Gunsite Academy for a week. Bat will be training with IL Ling New. He will be using both his 1911 in 9mm and his New Ultra Light Arms rifle in .243 Winchester. The goal is for Il Ling to give Bat some fine tuning on his weapon handling skills with a defensive handgun and a bolt action rifle. I’ve done …

MagnetoSpeed V1 Ballistic Chronograph

Received an e-mail from MidwayUSA this morning that they had the MagnetoSpeed V1 Ballistic Chronograph in stock for $ 265.00. I do not have much experience with this unit but I did see it in use at the Magpul Dynamics’ Precision Hunter course a few weeks ago. My impression – as far as its ability to record accurate velocity – was good. …

The Most Fun Gun

Yesterday my nine year old daughter, 13 year old son and I ran a box of ammo through what might be the most fun gun to shoot of any I own; Browning’s diminutive 1911-22 Compact. This little pistol weighs less than a pound and has a 3 5/8 inch barrel and, of course it is a .22 which automatically means its fun …