HALE FELLOWS WELL MET

0
Well, my kid told me that since my significant other’s birthday was coming up, I should take her somewhere special. So, I took her to Paris on her birthday. Paris, Tennessee, that is, where Terry Riley...

THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS LATER

16
A few days ago, I was passing through the Panhandle of Florida and got to spend dinner with a guy I hadn’t seen in 30 or so years, and whom I first met 40...

A PERSONAL ANNIVERSARY

27
Got a personal anniversary this week: January 8, 2005 was when I became the first five-gun master in IDPA.  The acronym stands for International Defensive Pistol Association, and until January ’05, there were four...

SOMETHING YOU DON’T NORMALLY SHOOT

32
I was tied up all weekend with a murder case report, but couldn’t let Independence Day pass without a little fireworks.  My brief time-out of trigger-pulling on the backyard range was with 10mm and...

ALL WOMEN SHOOTING MATCH

0
A few weeks ago, I attended a way cool pistol match. Usually, I go to these things as a competitor. This time, my function was reporter, spectator, and “ammo boy.” The occasion was the first...