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I took everything you see on the table, under the table, on and with the tripod, and raced 1450 miles down south of San Antonio, Texas last week, to participate in Erik Cortina’s 500 yard Blackjack Challenge along with shooting his 500 yard Ethical Hunter Challenge. For those of you who’ve seen those exercises in precision, you get it. For those who got to be this many years old before you heard of such a thing - soon you’ll be able to watch this writer shoot steel under pressu …

After first applying in March for a position in a shooting challenge, I was finally, in October, able to attend. (Cryptic I know, but it has to be like that right now.) With less than a week to liftoff/takeoff, I had to make some decisions. What barrel and cartridge will propel me to my doom? The 6.5 Creedmoor that’s been hitting little bitty bits of steel far far away all summer? The 30" Made in Texas 6mmBR4EVR pin point 105 propeller that creates a magnetic force between bullet and targe …

It’s not a dog. Doesn’t look like one. Doesn’t shoot like one. But it followed me to work today like a dog. A lot of youngsters, mid-sters and old-sters, too, shy away when there’s work to be done. Not this rifle, though. Last shooter at a meatball stage? Let’s go! First in the squad to shoot into the rising sun? Do it! Why combine these parts into one unit? Funny you should ask . . . A couple of years ago Kent - badly - wanted the action I was using, so I swapped h …