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Defense firearms don’t need any “bling”
No responsible gun owner I know wants to ever have to use his or her gun for protection. It’s good to know you have it in the event you need it, but you never want […]
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Keep your guns out of the wrong hands
If you’re a gun owner, you have to take every step within your means to keep your firearms secure. Recent court cases have produced rulings against gun owners whose guns were used in crimes, even […]
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Plinking could be our state’s official pastime
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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The perfect redneck weekend
I finally had the redneck weekend I’ve been needing for a long time. It all started out with some four-wheeling. Granted, that part of the weekend wasn’t by choice. To get anywhere from my house, […]
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Shooting is better when friends can join you
I love shooting. I’ll shoot any gun, any time. But not everyone shares my passion. And last weekend, I had planned for some of my friends to come shoot their .22s with me, but the […]
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It’s time to blow up a hat, but not a Broncos hat
If I was going to miss a day of hunting last weekend, I was hoping I wasn’t going to regret my choice to stay inside and watch a football game instead. And the Broncos didn’t […]
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Sight in your rifle with a single shot
One of my young friends did his 4-H presentation on how to sight in a scoped rifle the other night. He did a good job explaining how the windage and elevation adjustments on his scope […]
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A football game is going to keep me inside this Sunday
About two years ago, on the Friday before the biggest football game of the year, I talked a lot of smack about the upcoming game. As you are probably already aware, I’m a big Broncos […]
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Shooting a .22 is a kick … without the kick
If you’re feeling the effects of cabin fever, throw the .22 in the truck and head out to the rifle range. If you don’t have a rifle range in your area, you can go set […]
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Reloading could become one of many expensive addictions
I do a lot of shooting. I shoot shotguns, rifles and pistols, as well as archery. With all the firearms I shoot, I often get asked how much time – and money – I spend […]