Great Outdoors
Victoria’s Secret is missing out on a cash windfall
While I was looking at all the cool stuff in an outdoors mega-store, wishing I had money to buy some of it, I ran across some things I didn’t expect to see there. One of […]
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If you carry, carry concealed
When Walmart announced it was going to restrict the types of ammo and guns it sells in its stores, there was a lot of uproar around Wyoming. But I say more power to ‘em. I […]
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Not all shooting practice aims for the same results
I’ve been working with my youngest son, Logan, as he prepares for air rifle shooting at the Junior Olympics. He’s shooting from 10 meters, and his target is about the size of a silver dollar. […]
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Sporting goods stores are dangerous for me
I spent probably more time than I should have in Wyoming Outdoor Company in Lander over the weekend, especially over by the gun counter. I don’t know what it is about guns that make me […]
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Lock up your guns when you’re not carrying them
Suicide is something we just don’t talk about. We hear about it when someone famous or someone in our community dies from it, but we don’t talk about it. There’s some thought that if we […]
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If you’re not going to practice, at least plink
A recent survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation found that handgun and rifle shooters spend the vast majority of their target-shooting time plinking. They define plinking as “shooting informally and non-competitively.” For a lot […]
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Make sure you have enough safe (for now)
Yesterday I talked about the importance of locking up your guns. If it’s not secured on your person, it should be locked up. And I urged you to get a safe you think is about […]
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Keep your guns secure – get a safe
Lock up your guns. All of them. Lock them up in a good safe that can’t easily be cracked. If you have a home-defense gun you like to keep handy, lock it up, too. You […]
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Pick the right gun for what you want it for
If you’re going to carry a concealed firearm, make sure it’s a safe firearm. I was in a local home improvement store a few years ago when a lady in the checkout lane dropped her […]
Great Outdoors
If you carry, carry concealed
When Walmart announced it was going to restrict the types of ammo and guns it sells in its stores, there was a lot of uproar around Wyoming. But I say more power to ‘em. I […]