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Air Travel with Longer Rifles

November 21, 2022

If you transport guns via your checked baggage when flying, you know the requirements are pretty specific for transporting any firearm – hard case, locked, checked at TSA. The devil’s in the details though. Here I look at my solution for transporting longer-than-average rifles.

Gun Show Display, April 2022

May 25, 2022

Check out these photos of my display table from a recent gun show in 2022. This post will dive into the assembly basics, some tips for equipment, and some lessons learned.

A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.

Theodore Roosevelt

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.

Ida B. Wells

A fine marksman with a second-rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

Jeff Cooper

The human quest to ‘hit the mark’ is an endless challenge for perfection in aiming and controlling a gun while overcoming the fear of missing the mark.

Gary Anderson

Why are you dodging like this? They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.

John Sedgwick

The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy to say that a good shot is automatically a good man, but it would be equally incorrect to ignore the connection.

Jeff Cooper

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power.

Theodore Roosevelt

[the sporting-goods dealer] has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all offered as aids to self-reliance, hardihood, woodcraft, and marksmanship, but too often functioning as substitutes for them.

Aldo Leopold

The one weapon every man should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal safety in an emergency, and for many it is the primary weapon of offence and defense. Expertness in its use cannot be over emphasized.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed in the knowledge and use of firearms may find that information and skill of great importance.

Annie Oakley

Category: Gun Show

Air Travel with Longer Rifles

Gun Show Display, April 2022

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