Show files are up on the Podcast Page!
Running a little late this week, I was out of Town for the weekend and did not get a chance to post the files until Monday evening.
They are now up for your listening pleasure and I will post some of the links referenced in the next few days.
I will be LIVE on Saturday the 18th and hope to hear from you then!
Dick
Hi Guys,
Today is a pre-recorded show to give the WAAM producers and hosts a day off to spend with their families. I hope you all had a terrific 4th of July Holiday
Show files are up on the podcast page!
Hi Guys, Fun show and good callers today!
Show files are up on the Podcast Page!
See you next week!
Dick
Hi Guys,
I pre-recorded a show this week while I was doing the local “Women on Target” event.
I had a great time and the Ladies enjoyed the day. I will tell you about it next week live on air!
Show files are up on the podcast page! Can’t wait to talk to you next week!
Dick
Show files are up on the podcast page!
Just got back from Matt Clark’s Wedding… Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Matt and Kristin Clark! Also congratulation to Matt Tellas and Erin Hill on their marriage also on June 6th.
Fun Show this week
We started the show talking about Store Brand rifles from the past such as:
J.C Higgins
Ted Williams
Western Auto
Gambles
And a host of others back from the day when every Hardware store carried guns. Access to guns was much easier back then, but for some reason we didn’t have the gun violence problems
Hmmmmh I wonder what has changed, it certainly wasn’t the guns?
We couldn’t wait for the Sears , Penny’s and Montgomergy Ward’s catalogs to get here so we could look at the guns!Victor from Tecumseh called to ask who made his Ted Williams .22 Rifle
I couldn’t help but scold the latest open carry incident when a guy carried an AR15 with a 50 round drum mag and carried in a ready position was complaining about being stopped and harassed in an airport.
What did you expect moron? you got exactly what you had coming to you. You were trying to provoke an incident and were dissapoint when you didn’t get enough of a negative response. Please stop!!!
We talked about if buying a Colt 1911 was an okay thing with Colt in financial distress, I figure that we will be able to get parts for any 1911 for the next 105 years so I am not worried about it.
We looked at a new brand of Tracer rounds and host of other topics.
Each week I receive e-mails and calls from people responding to my written columns in ”The Courant” or my TriggerTalk radio show on WAAM. Over the past four years I have often talked of the “Shooting or Gun Community” I speak fondly about these people and the way they interact with others of similar interest.
These people can be trusted and when the situation calls for it, they step forward and do the right thing. They uphold the 2nd Amendment by embracing its encompassing activities: hunting, self-defense, and target shooting. If necessary, they recognize the 2nd amendment to be the last word in the defense of the Constitution and their Country.
A long time reader of “The Courant” and listener of my radio show contacted me recently to set up a meeting. I will call him “G”, and over the years he has amassed quite a collection of firearms that are important to him, May you would look at the group of firearms and proclaim “Meh nothing special”. But to him, each of these guns is a wonder of history.
There are a couple of pieces that I will talk about later, but it is more important to note the time we spent talking about guns others may consider ordinary. A Trap Door Springfield that hung in his cottage for years. A Ruger 44 magnum Carbine with a cool Weaver scope (German Style Post Reticle) that harvest many a deer. Or a .22lr bolt action that his father gave him for a High School graduation present in 1948.
This is the “Gun Community” that the Anti-Gunners can’t seem to comprehend…a life of traditions passed down from Grandfather to Father to Son. “G” and I looked at rifles, Shotguns, and pistols: beautiful ones and ugly ones but each had a story. We discussed when and why they were purchased, how many times they were fired, and the reasons they were neat. We viewed rifles that were used to practice the fine art of Checkering and specifically at the customization of the stocks and pistol grips.
My Reason for being with “G” that day was to acquire a “Wham-O” 22 Pistol, also called WAMO back in the mid 1950’s. This handgun was a real anomaly; a toy company that made Frisbee’s and Hula Hoops had ventured into the realm of real firearms. Later this design would turn into a Daisy BB Gun, but in 1956 this young boys could be purchase for $19.95 from the back of any comic book or outdoor magazine and delivered straight to your door.
Before I left we went outside to shoot the Wamo Pistol. “G” wanted me to see that it was fully functional. I knew it would be, but I was more interested in him shooting it one last time. We hammered a stick into the ground and put a tin can on it. We each took two shoots and were rewarded with a satisfying “TInk”
The transaction completed, the Wamo came home with me. To the future delight of my Grandsons this gun will see many rounds this summer when they come to visit. This gun will be a great introduction to handgun shooting just the way Wamo and “G” envisioned it in the 1950’s…when young boys learned responsibility, marksmanship and a love for the American freedoms we enjoyed and today take for granted.
Show files are up on the Podcast Page!
I enjoyed today’s show and I hope you did as well!
Dondi Goerlitz was in studio to update us on “Women On Target” and other opportunities for Michigan women to participate in the shooting sports and other activities.
John from Danville IL called in to talk about the new Ruger Charger Takedown he and his wife bought gave us a range report
We talked a little politics, about “Sticky Holsters”, CPL Reciprocity, Proper CPL Training, and a bunch of other fun stuff!
Hats off to Ruger for introducing the LC380CA which is a prior level model that they can now build and send to CA despite the ruling that “New” guns must have microstamping to be on the “Not Unsafe” list
Show files are up on the podcast page!
Wow, What a fun show!
Bill and Holli Pinon from Ann Arbor Arms were in studio with me to talk about their new range and store being built in Ann Arbor.
Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun ranges with remote controls: this is a State of the Art facility with Top notch air handling and an Action Range that allows drawing from holsters and moving are just a few of the neat features of the new range.
In the third segment Holli from Ann Arbor Arms surprised me with a Birthday Gift certificate from my children for my birthday on Monday and also presented me with a membership for the new ranges at Ann Arbor Arms!
For once I was speechless! What a fun Day!
Please remember to pray for our soldiers and families that have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and the ones we love on this very important Holiday weekend.
See you next week!
Dick
Hi Guys!
Fun show this week. Several callers with great comments and questions and even Thayrone called in to talk about his Taurus Judge!
This is the Winner of the “Don’t try this at Home Contest”!
Next week I will talk about a cool and unusual pistol I picked up this week!
