I shoot at a public range in a national forest. It’s beautiful, fun and perfectly safe 90% of the time I go there. Maybe that’s because I only go on weekdays when all the crazy is at work. On weekday outings, if I’m not by myself, I’m usually accompanied by experienced and safe range neighbors. […]
The Chicken Little Diaries: Close Encounters of the Neighborly Kind
Last time, I relayed the first part of the Chicken Little Diaries: A Shooting Range Zoning Saga. It was about a neighborhood and town council reaction to the proposed opening of an indoor shooting range. This week, the saga continues… Every neighborhood has one of “those guys”, right? Ours is a very left-leaning political […]
6 Shooting Range Etiquette Tips
Admit it, we all want to be cool and look comfortable and confident when learning new shooting tips and gun handling skills. Like all new things, especially in the early stages of gun training, learning how to handle guns can be intimidating. Now that Miss Manners’ Super Duper Guide to Shooting Etiquette is out of print, learning basic […]
A Great Reason To Take Your iPhone Or iPad To The Shooting Range
Back in September I wrote about a new product that’s a must have accessory for rifle shooters – The Bullseye Camera System. I won’t review all the capabilities here as you can read about those in the original article. The short description is this: Here’s what the Bullseye Camera System does, in a nutshell: Watches […]
11 Ways To Be A Better Shooting Range Neighbor
One of the biggest problems with the shooting sports is that there is no be-all, end-all, definitive guide to etiquette. Miss Manners never published a Sooper Dooper Guide to Shooting Etiquette, and I never recall going to the range for any of my charm and finishing school field trips. Seeing this glaring omission from the […]
A Government Shutdown Pop Quiz
Today’s pop quiz is a little complicated. It’s a combination of reading comprehension and true / false answers. Ready? Reading Comprehension Dick and Jane like to go shooting at a public range in the ‘Murrican National Forest. This range is completely unattended. It’s open 7 days a week from sunrise to sunset and there are […]
The Seven Deadly Sins of Handgun Shooting: Bleeding All Over the Range
This article originally appeared at OutdoorHub. This week’s Seven Deadly Sins of Handgun Shooting Tip involves keeping (most) of your body parts attached. Specifically, we’re talking about your thumbs. You see, opposable thumbs are one of the things that give us humans a real advantage over the rest of the animal kingdom when it comes […]
8 Shooting Tips: How Not To Look Like An Amateur Shooter
Even if you’re new to shooting, you may have heard names like Julie Golob, Rob Leatham, Sara Ahrens, Iain Harrison, and Tori Nonaka. Whether you know them from the competitive circuit, see them on shows like Top Shot, or your obsessive shooting sports fan neighbor just can’t stop rattling off stats about them, one thing is clear. They have a […]