It’s hard to believe, but I bought my Glock 17, Bruce, 33 years ago today.
In 1992, I had changed jobs, and on December 23 I used some cash from some stock options to buy a Gen2 Glock 17 at a pawn shop in Alabama. While it has very few original parts, it’s still my go to USPSA gun.
Happy birthday Bruce!
After many months of haggling with the River Bend Practical Shooters, who run the USPSA matches at River Bend Gun Club in Conyers, the club has decided to end the USPSA matches. Without ranting on the details, most of it was over how much money the club got paid per match. and from the shooters’ side, how many times the range access was trimmed back.
Honestly, this is a sad thing. I have competed there since 2008 and I love it. Plus, we hosted the USPSA State Championships in 2020 and 2021, and got a lot of accolades on it. Then last year they hosted another Level 2 match, the Peach State Championship, which drew a lot of top shooters from around the country.
As I live in Kennesaw, the hour drive to RBGC wasn’t bad. So now I am left with my other 2 matches, Cherokee Gun Club in Gainesville, or Talladega, both 2 hours away.
Or, I can shoot IDPA or Action Shooting at RBGC, but TBH after what the club Board did, I’m not leaning that way.
Oh well.
As y’all know from my posts on Skin That Smoke Wagon, about innovative cocktails like the Jack Ryan and the New Fashioned, I enjoy a nice cocktail in the evening. So I have decided to start a new blog, The Whiskey Trail, where I can share those thoughts and cocktails without uprooting my barbecue fans.
Come join me!
I know I say this a lot, but I haven’t been as vigilant in posting as I should be.
I mean, the point of this blog is to express how I feel about things, and engage with My Dear Readers. Lord knows, I spend a lot of my time around the how bombarding my beloved wife with most of these topics.
So, moving forward, I am going to post more often. And I will just leave it at that.
Having said that, a lot of what I need to do is update the links and posts of my referrals and such. One thing I have done is update the list of My Favorite Movies. The list includes my Level Zero, 1, 2, and 3 movies. Level Zero is a movie that, if I am flipping around and I see it is on, I stop and watch it. And again, my dear wife knows this list.
Thank you all for your understanding.
Fill Yer Hands 