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Garmin Foretrex 901 Ballistic Edition Review
The Garmin Foretrex is a wrist-mounted GPS navigation device designed for outdoors recreation use by Garmin, one of the most prominent brands in outdoors activities from hiking and running to fishing and hunting. The Foretrex can be mounted on... Read More
Vectronix Shooting Solutions Range Enhancers Review
When Vectronix Shooting Solutions released their Vector X range finding binoculars in 2024, VSS also released an accessory dubbed the Range Enhancers. The Vectronix Shooting Solutions Range Enhancers are 1.4x magnifiers for the Vector X line of binoculars. With... Read More
Precision Rifle Project Series: Defiance Machine anTi-X 7mm PRC
My focus as a firearms enthusiast and a recreational and competition shooter has been on well-built firearms and I am always wanting to try new things, whether it is a new cartridge or a new manufacturer’s components. At the... Read More
SWAROVSKI OPTIK NL Pure 14×52 Binocular Review
SWAROVSKI OPTIK released the NL Pure 14×52 last year in 2024 to satisfy the demand for a higher magnification binocular in the NL Pure line. The NL Pure 12×42 was quite popular when it was released and I bought... Read More
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Bad Driver of the Day: 2010-02-16
About 45 minutes ago on the way home from campus, I was driving up Canyon Crest towards Alessandro. Some girl driving a Toyota Corolla or Camry passed up a string of about 6 cars by using the right-turn only lane … Read More
Sight Picture: A primer
There are a lot of new gun owners / shooters as of late whose first foray into the shooting sports is with the AR-15 rifle. Even though many are opting for flat-top (Picatinny rail) upper receivers instead of the traditional … Read More
Some people have the gall
This morning I’m sitting at a red light to make a left hand turn. Light turns green for me and a truck opposite of me (oncoming traffic) tries to pull out to make the right hand turn while I’m already … Read More
SHOT Show 2010 After Action Report (Part 1)
SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show is a huge annual event and everyone in the firearms or firearms-related industry attends. This year was no exception. I used three vacation days (and the MLK holiday) this past week to head to … Read More
Giraud Tool Company power trimmer
Attention: This was originally written/published on 2007-04-25 for another blog which I retired and am in the process of restructuring/redesigning. I wanted to post this review here for archival purposes. Additional notes/edits made to review where required (i.e. price and … Read More