Author Archives: Jim Barrett

Gear Review: J. Dewey Customizable Field Cleaning Kit

While I was working on my review of J. Dewey’s .338 Lapua Magnum Bore Guide and Cleaning Tools, I had a couple of back and forth exchanges with Ken, who as near as I can figure, is Dewey’s PR, Marketing, … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Gear Review | 5 Comments

Question of the Day: Is A Training Requirement An Undue Burden?

Firearm owners as a group tend to shoot themselves in the foot (mostly metaphorically) now and then. TTAG’s IGOTD winners are a testament to that. We’d offer the gun control crowd considerably less fodder for their reasonable bullshit proposals if some … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Question of the Day, Training & Technique | 249 Comments

The SIG SAUER National Match Service Rifle Project

Last month, I asked a question about how to get into CMP rifle matches using equipment that I have or could purchase. I already own an M1 Garand and an M1A (M14 clone) as well as a SIG SAUER 516 piston … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Competition, Gear, Rifles | 51 Comments

Gear Review: J. Dewey .338 Bore Saver Rod Guide and Tools

Once in a while the powers that be here at TTAG decide to throw me a bone and let me review something that I didn’t buy with my own cash. In this case, the folks over at J. Dewey Manufacturing … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Gear Review | 7 Comments

A Look At the Nature of Evil

As I watched the coverage on the Boston Marathon bombing, two distinct things registered in my mind. The first people to tear open the barricades and make their way to the wounded were by and large, not the police, but … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Personal Defense | 19 Comments

Question of the Day: How to Get Into CMP Rifle Competition

My local gun club hosts Civilian Marksmanship Program-sanctioned rifle matches. I’ve been interested in this sort of competition, but I’m not sure the best approach to get into the game, as it were. I figured the collective wisdom of the … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Competition, Question of the Day | 17 Comments

ACLU Investigates Police Militarization

“American neighborhoods are increasingly being policed by cops armed with the weapons and tactics of war,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) latest campaign proclaims. “Federal funding in the billions of dollars has allowed state and local police departments to gain access … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Law and Order, News | 129 Comments