Winnequah Gun Club was up to its usual tricks today. Seeming light winds from 4 to about 7, but sometimes seeming to switch from 2 to 10. Did I mention the flags and the mirage rarely matched! It got worse as the morning went on. Only two relays, but with hot and humid…
July 8th, Eau Claire National Rifle Club hosted its annual Service Rifle Leg Match. The culmination of Saturday’s NRA 800 aggregate and Sunday’s CMP EIC Leg Match resulted in a weekend that truly pleased any discriminating over the course shooter. Prior to the match, triggers get…
There were 30 shooters with only 2 or 3 shooting match rifle, myself and 1 or 2 others. The rest was shooting AR15’s in preparation for the July 8th EIC match. The service rifles dominated with at least 1 expert and 1 master shooting 781 & 787 scores. The highlight of the day was…
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2018 North Dakota Long Range State Championship and Palma matches on June 9 and 10. We had 21 competitors fire the Registered Palma match (we also had 21 last year) and 21 competitors fire in the State Championship Match (compared to…
Last weekend, the North Star Rifle Club hosted the 2018 Mid Range Prone Minnesota State Championship. After some early morning thunderstorms flooded the creek, the rest of the weekend turned out to be about perfect for prone shooting. Light winds, cool temps, and…
Way back 6 weeks ago on April 13th, the Twin Cities area of Minnesota got 14.9 inches of snow in the largest April blizzard in MN history. Fast-forward 6 weeks to late May, and we are in the middle of record high temperatures for the month. In my experience, people who haven’t spent time in the Upper Midwest just think of MN as…
Mia was born in Seoul, South Korea and then adopted and raised in Minnesota. Formerly a Hairstylist, she now is a blogger, photographer, Second Amendment Advocate, and political news junkie. In addition to her work on Life of a Shooter’s Wife, Mia also contributes to the Western Free Press and is on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Rifle and Revolver Association…
Some might recall that in early April, I attended the coldest match of my shooting career on this same range. At that match, 20º temps and bitter winds made many of us in attendance question our own sanity as we fought our way through that weekend. Well, this match was not like that one. This Palma regional weekend had…