Nuggets Found at Lost River
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Nuggets Found at Lost River
That was tongue in cheek, but one might further observe that he never gave us Condition Five, instead going the other way to allow for Condition Zero, to the delight of such as the late Joe Sledge.
White, yellow, orange, red.
Dedicated pair, hammer, reverse hammer, split hammer.
He had a knack for communication. Perhaps he eschewed “black“ and the “non-dedicated” pair out of an aversion...
I had forgotten about that column. I was thinking of his stuff in CH.
As a Gunsite guy he wanted to carry his Commander, but as a lawyer living in the desert he was often reduced to a J-frame....
A plug for Mark Moritz — the Claude Werner of the 1980s.
In the late 70’s the only two writing consistently and well about the use of firearms as weapons were Cooper and Ayoob. Generalizing,...
My memory has betrayed me, as I located the mags referenced in post 7 above and found that the tubes actually have the beveled-uppers of the current OEM mags. The followers are “9mm3.” A careful...
I have not seen any of the beveled-upper OEM G17 mags that Glock has been selling for the past 15 years or so that would take 18 rounds.
However, I took 8 OEM G17 mags to the World Shoot in 2002...
For those interested, during the gel shoot at the recent Revolver Roundup at Gunsite, Haggard used a 2” LCR to shoot the new 29 grain Punch round into a ballistic jell block covered with 4 layers of...
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Correct Rangemaster!
I presume you saw the invaluable information posted on Elden Carl’s blog, where he notes that when he was involved it was shot at 7 yards, with the exception of 1963, when it...
Gun Mutt, you are right that the balloons became a signature feature of the Leatherslap.
That first year, Cooper had a line judge stand behind each shooter observing his target. When the judge...
Question 6: When did Jack Weaver first enter the Leatherslap? How did he do that year?
Rangemaster gets the K5 hit! What was your source?
The targets were black on white silhouettes of a man drawing a gun “donated by the Los Angeles City Police Department” (presumably via Nowka)...
Oops. 1966 was the year. Thanks for catching that.
The steel plate seems to have been introduced when they adopted a five-draw qualification round to determine which 16 contestants would advance to the man-on-man shootoff. I think this went hand in...
Tethered helium balloons that moved around a little in the breeze would be an interesting option to try.
However, no balloons were used the first year.
Question 4: What targets were used at the first Leatherslap?
Question 5: When was the first Leatherslap held? Year? Date?
Totem, your link is to one of the best concise summaries of the history, particularly for the local context and flavor that the author provides. However, while he sets forth much useful information,...
Correct Totem Polar! What is your source?
Question 3: How many times did Jeff Cooper win the Leatherslap?
In the spirit of the Leatherslap, misses can be made up, if you shoot first.
Who was it?
No hits yet on the prize awarded at the first Leatherslap.
Question 2: Whom did Nowka defeat in the final bout to win the first Leatherslap?
“I believe it was Don Nowka.“
Correct Bruce! What is your source?
Anybody want to play? ——
Who won the first Leatherslap at Big Bear?
[Please cite the source(s) for your answer(s).]
"You have probably seen pictures of Jeff Cooper shooting a 1911 in a classic Weaver stance. You may have noticed his head cocked over to the right. This was because Jeff was right handed but left...
Woods-walking with an old companion.
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This LWC prints 170 p.f. 200-grain SWCs to the top center of the front sight post at 50 yards. Stock Colt barrel.
Occasionally, a particularly...