When my best friend Johnny Walker moved to Kodiak, Alaska to run the Baptist Mission on the island, he was not ideally armed for that geographic location. We talked several times about what he could most affordably secure to be properly equipped. In the end we settled on slightly modifying his Colt 1911 and on a Scout Rifle. For the Colt …
The 2016 Scout Rifle Conference has ended. Because of the hard work of the elite staff at Gunsite Academy and the professionalism and focus of all those in attendance, it was a success. It is also important to note that in defiance of a covert effort to sabotage the event by a shadow lurking naysayer, questioning our motives and qualifications, our …
Some who operate in the shadowy world of the scout rifle elite have proposed nothing new or worthwhile would come of the 2016 Scout Rifle Conference, which starts next week at Gunsite Academy. Speculations have included the notion that the event is nothing more than an attempt to legitimize a rewrite of Coopers’ Scout Rifle definition. Neophobia in the gun world is at …
