The following article was posted by Richard Mann on his Blog 'Empty Cases'. Bashing Jeff Cooper on social media or blogs seems to be the in thing to do now days. Mostly perpetuated by millennial shooters, Granny Hawkins would file these vain attempts to get attention under www.doodlysquat.com (If you don’t know who Granny Hawkins is, you’re a millennial for sure.) This bashing runs the gamut of proclamations that the Weaver stance is outdated, that the Modern Technique of the Pistol has been superseded, and even includes declarations that anyone who reads or remotely admires Jeff Cooper is … [Read more...]
December Newsletter
"Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” - Walt Disney Winter is around the corner and Christmas is knocking at the door. We finish the year with a full 250 Pistol Course, a Ruger media event and a private course. We have run with all hands, hard at it, all year. Now we begin to slow down, but also the hard work of refit and refurbish. New coats of paint, repairs in shoot houses, inventory and more so we are ready for the nearing 2018 … [Read more...]
November Newsletter
And We Repeat Ourselves Again . . . Events of the world have us re-writing the Newsletter once again . . . To quote Gunsite Family Member and noted leather-smith Rob Leahy: “We need to eliminate unarmed free fire zones for the insane... get trained, go armed, it's all on you.” The internet is ablaze with quotes, memes, theories, and more after the Church murders this weekend. The weeping cries for more gun control were heard before the crime scene was cleared in Texas. (We try to follow the 72- hour rule prior to much commentary. Details in the infancy of a crime are often wrong, … [Read more...]
October Newsletter – Post GAS
October is always a grand month at Gunsite. The Fall weather has arrived, temps are cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. The sky is bright with stars all the way to the Milky Way. Gunsite Family, new and old, are hustling and bustling in their courses. And there is the first real sign of Fall: the Gunsite Alumni Shoot. The Gunsite Alumni Shoot is a great event. To quote our late friend, instructor and staff member Chris Dwiggens: “A social engagement slightly interrupted by gunfire.” GAS 2017 was another grand event. Over 150 shooters competed all day in the ten (10) stages … [Read more...]
September News Letter
LABOR DAY! The official end of summer and the beginning of Fall is upon us. Tomatoes are ripening, sweet corn is ready and the rattlesnakes are out in force. Gunsite has a near full 250 Pistol Class, a Battle Rifle and a Pistol Tutorial underway this Labor Day morning. As the great basketball coach Bobby Knight said: “most people have the will to win. Few have the will to prepare.” (Yes, I’m an Indiana University graduate!). Those with the will to prepare are spending their Labor Day Monday (and the rest of the week) at Gunsite. Our thoughts are with many today. Certainly our … [Read more...]
