The methods and means of supporting a rifle on the shooting bench are as varied as the rifles themselves and the men and women who shoot them. Take a walk along the firing line of any range and one will find that range benches and shooting setups take on a personality entirely their own. While ...
It has often been stated that it’s better to be lucky than good. Doug Willis it would seem is both. It has also been claimed that nice guys finish last and today’s column should dispel that old myth. Doug Willis has always been a good guy since I have known him, which has been quite a ...
By Dave Bates Contributing writer I was lying in bed one morning contemplating if I should arise or laze about in relative unproductiveness. Retirees have that option. Being one of those particularly cold mornings, I considered giving laziness a second chance when it struck me that ...
By Dave Bates Contributing writer The other morning, over breakfast, our braintrust got into a discussion of the pistols we carry afield (not so much hunting platforms specific to hunting a particular quarry). In that regard, mine would be a Ruger Redhawk in .44 mag offering for whitetails. ...
By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter Walking into a gun show, especially the ones at the Washington County Fairgrounds complex, can be a bit overwhelming. For the unbaptized, the moniker “gun show” might not accurately sum up all that lies within. Sure there are guns … lots and lots ...
By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter Each year I seem to find a few more body parts that hurt or at least, hurt in a different fashion. It seems to take a little longer for all the assembled parts to wake up in the morning. I am disgusted with conversations that involve the latest ...
