When the Balloon Goes Up!

How to sight in a Trijicon RMR

Ron Larimer — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:07:26 +0000

It has been a few weeks since I started the Ultimate Personal Protection Pistol Project and it is about time that we started shooting the gun, but first it needs to be sighted in and the Trijicon RMR complicates the matter a

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Troy Battle Mags (AR-15) – Available Now

Ron Larimer — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:27:34 +0000

When I was shooting the “Zero to Hero” show for Shooting Gallery, I had a little trouble with one particular magazine (that happened to come with the gun) and our instructor, Kyle Lamb, gave me a few of his magazines

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Your sights effect on sight radius

Ron Larimer — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:53 +0000

When people start looking to purchase a new hand gun one of the considerations they look at is the sight radius, because “longer sight radius’s make the gun more accurate.” This isn’t actually true, a longer sight radius just makes

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White Dog Holsters Pure Breed is now in the Shop!

Ron Larimer — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:53 +0000

They are finally here!!! I have wanted to add White Dog Holsters to the store since it opened last fall, but Devin wasn’t able to promise delivery dates because it was a side jobs. Well now he is making holsters

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What is the best ratio of front and rear sight width for you?

Ron Larimer — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:22:25 +0000

I like to buy my sights like I buy my shoes… in pairs, because like shoes, your sights should be designed for the job you are asking them to do and presumably both the front and rear are asked to

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Announcing a new affiliate partner

Ron Larimer — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:16:57 +0000

Jay from ma-rooned.com has been a friend of mine for a while and has recently added a When the Balloon Goes Up! affiliate link to his site. If you haven’t checked out his site, you should. As his banner image states

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Putting on a Good Showdown

Lee Bautista — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:26:53 +0000

IDPA Spartanburg Showdown Recap Awesome to see everyone there. Robert and Suzanne Holleman and all the volunteers endured the rain and sand and mud to put together another successful Spartanburg IDPA Showdown. This was their second time hosting an IDPA

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Paul Carlson from the Safety Solutions Podcast, final session

Ron Larimer — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00:28 +0000

We continue our discussion about training scars from competitions. This time we focus on moving while shooting, use of cover and the elephant in the room… training with a timer. Paul Carlson is the owner of the Safety Solutions Academy in North

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Hofstra student accidentally killed by police responding to a home invasion

Ron Larimer — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:44:10 +0000

I hate writing posts like this because they are sad and inflammatory, but I think they are too valuable of learning tools to let pass consistently. The Story Andrea Rebello, was a 21 year Junior at Hofstra on Long Island in New

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Tec Shield Elite Review

Lee Bautista — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:21 +0000

I’ve been using Tec Shield Elite for practice and matches lately and wanted to give a couple quick thoughts on the product. I received a sample two-weeks ago and after stripping the previous lube from my Glock 34, I applied

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