Mark Your Calendars

Saturday, August 25th, is Basin Sports Factory Range Day. This isn’t a Gun Show, It’s a Gun Try. Come out and try a bunch of new guns! No rental fees, range fees… You only buy the ammo for what you want to try out. Don’t miss this!

Tactical Semi-Auto Shotguns.

I have a great fondness for the Gauge.  And when it comes to The Gauge, I am a firmly in the House of Remington and consider the 870 to be where it’s at. I’ve considered and examined and have fired all the Semi Autos out there.  The M4 is certainly the Mercedes Benz of the …

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Monday’s Motorcycle: Learning to Fly

I’ve had a lot of emails from people who have never thrown a leg over a motorcycle, wanting to know where to start.  Some of those emails would have me believe they are actually considering purchasing a new 2012 ZX-14 to “Learn On”.  Uh huh.  Yeah, my Dad taught me how to drive in a …

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Gun Control in a Line Item on an Unrelated Bill!

SA 2575. Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. REED, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3414, to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States; which was ordered to lie on …

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Institutionalized Racism.

I hate this sort of stuff.  Institutionalized Racism is pretty much standard issue with our Governments. The ATF Form 4473 is a shining example of this.  Check boxes for RACE.  These always piss me off… because Celtic isn’t a choice.  I guess all us White Guys look alike to them, eh? It’s not just the …

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Marlin. Credit where credit is due.

Marlin rifles have always been a favorite of mine.  It was depressing when their quality took such a drastic nose dive. I’m happy to say that the quality is back.  Not only that, but their service department seems to going the extra mile. We had a customer who’s rifle was damaged in an auto accident.  …

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