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Gratuitous Gun Pic: Farquharson (.577 Nitro Express)

Once more, that Evil Purveyor Of Death Steve Barnett shows us this (albeit misspelled) offering: I talked a little but about the joys of single-shot hunting back here, and honestly, the rifle above...

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Disposable Guns

From Longtime Friend & Reader Dave L. comes this excellent thought about carry guns: I have a couple of nice carry pieces, including an Officer’s Model Kimber .45 and a Smith 640 which dates back...

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Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

Stop me if you’ve heard this one… Seems like an Olde Phartte went to his local ATM to draw himself a little bingo money, whereupon a yoot approached him with a gun and demanded that the Olde Phartte...

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Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

You’re a granny living all by yourself in Bingham County, Idaho when some choirboy not only breaks into your house but also attacks you, injuring you severely. So you shoot him dead.  The End. (Sent to...

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Gratuitous Gun Pic: Prairie Assault Rifle

Longtime Readers know well that I am a huge, unabashed fan of the venerable lever-action rifle, often called the “prairie assault rifle” because of its history in the settlement of the West, its ease...

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Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

Well, I guess if you’re going to play Big Boy Games, you need to be prepared to die like a man: A 16-year-old male was shot and killed Monday while allegedly trying to steal a car around 2:20 a.m. from...

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Gratuitous Gun Pic: Tactical Solutions OWYHEE Take-Down (.22 WMR)

I haven’t heard of Tactical Solutions (Boise ID) before, but this is kind of an interesting concept (via Collectors): Everyone’s heard me ranting about the cost of .22 Magnum (WMR) before, so I’m not...

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Quote Of The Day

From SOTI: “I am not a fan of Cerakote, it feels like wearing a prophylactic.” I can’t remember when last I fired a gun with a Cerakote finish, and that’s also true of the second half of the sentence....

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RFI: Crimson Trace

With my eyesight deteriorating almost as fast as FJB’s mental facilities,I need to do something that helps my accuracy. I thought of getting one of the red-dot sights: …but that would mean getting a...

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Gratuitous Gun Pic: SKS (7.62x39mm)

I see that Othias and Mae have broken the shackles of the Great War and moved on to more “modern” times, specifically in terms of the SKS semi-auto carbine (and yes, I know that “SKS” means “semi-auto...

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