Author Archives: Dave RNS Photographer

2012 Boomershoot Prep – Part 3

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

One more item I like to bring to Boomershoot each year is one of my BPCRS rifles. In this case I’ll be packing along my Sharps 45-70 and plenty of cartridges to smoke up the Boomeragio a bit.     … Continue reading →

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2012 Boomershoot Prep – Part 2

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

This year I will again try my hand at the Sporting Rifle Match held in Raton, NM the Sunday following Boomershoot.  You can revisit my rather embarrassing first experience at this event here. As unprepared as I was for the … Continue reading →

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2012 Boomershoot Prep – Part 1.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

As suggested in an earlier post, I am going to try my hand at some of the high intensity Boomer blasting with my Model 94 in .38-55. I took it to the range and practiced at 25 yds. shooting off-hand. … Continue reading →

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All I Can Say Is WHEW!

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

By now some of you may have seen the news videos of the angry Ides of March event that hit Southeast Michigan yesterday.  It took place in a small town just 14 miles from my house.  I can’t recall any … Continue reading →

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Icy Finger of Death

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

Glad I’m not a starfish living in Antarctica  .  .  .  .  beware the Brinicle

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Prepping? . . . . not really, just a small slice of peace of mind

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

The location where I happen to reside is not fraught with multiple varieties of cataclysmic revenge events from Mother Gaia. The lower peninsula of Michigan hasn’t seen a hurricane that I know of (in my lifetime anyway). Not being a … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 6

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  The Sporting Rifle Match (or I’ve Met My Match and I Suck)   When I left off at the end of Part 5 after bagging the Great White Buffalo, you’ll remember that I was hanging out in the cabin … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 5

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  Shooting The Great White Buffalo   When I departed Michigan on my annual Boomershoot pilgrimage to Idaho in late April of 2011, the initial plan was to end up in Dallas, Texas on Saturday May 7, the weekend following … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 4

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  A Tube Gun? (Oh My, Another barrel)   Moving forward in time to the April 2010 Boomershoot Dinner, I was again very fortunate in the raffle and came into possession of another barrel blank.  This one was made by … Continue reading →

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A Firearms Odyssey: Hunting for Boomers, Gunning for Prairie Rats, My Introduction to .22 BR, Tube Guns, Shooting ‘The Great White Buffalo’ and the Sporting Rifle Match (Where I Met My Match) – Part 3

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

  My Introduction to .22 Remington BR (.22 Remington Bench Rest)   From the time I returned from Idaho in early May until well into the summer of 2009, I had been thinking about what kind of gun I wanted … Continue reading →

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