I just have to say that I’m very excited that our friend Dave is working with OMB, the largest civilian retailer of FNH products. I personally love my FNH 5.7 and here you can see him shooting some additional AWESOMENESS with the FNS-9. I think we will see many more LE depts. heading toward FNH products thanks to his great marketing skills! Dave posted this video from Sevigny Performance for our viewing pleasure. Check it out.
Through the years, big names (like our friend Dave Sevigny) have helped make the Bianchi Cup a coveted invitational event for the best competitive shooters in the world. What you might not have known, is that for the last three years MidwayUSA has graciously donanted $15,000 to fund the 1st Time Shooter Awards!
Yes, its true! No invitation is needed to compete in the 1st Time Shooter match. Even more exciting then telling your friends that you are competing in it, is the fact that you could come home with some cold hard CASH prizes!
1st Place – $2,500
2nd Place – $1,500
3rd Place - $700
Women, Junior & Men shooters who have never competed at the MidwayUSA & NRA Bianchi Cup now have some incentive to join us there! Thank you again to the Official Sponsor – MidwayUSA who gave a total sponsorship exceeding $65,000 in CASH!
For more information, email us at bianchicup@nrahq.org if you want to compete!
GUN OWNERS CAME OUT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE COMPANY WHO HAS NOT CAVED IN TO THE GROWING PRESSURE PUT ON RETAIL CHAINS TO JOIN STORES LIKE CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN AND PEAT’S COFFEE (boycott them…hint, hint) WHO BAN OPEN CARRY IN THEIR AT THEIR STORES EVEN WHEN IN THE 43 STATES IT IS LEGAL .
“These guys want Starbucks to act as their surrogate, to push this social bigotry against gun owners, and I think the gun owners have responded rather well,” Workman said. “The gun guys are willing to put their money where their mouth is, while the anti-gun guys are trying to take money away from Starbucks. Now if I was in business, if I was Howard Schultz, I would sit back and think, ‘Guess whose side I’m on? Not the people who are taking my business away.’”
The typical emotionally evoking leftist argument was given by the “Chief of the Ignorant” with unfounded statements such as;
“Starbucks allowing guns to be carried in thousands of their stores significantly increases everyone’s risk of being a victim of gun violence,” Elliot Fineman, head of the Chicago-based council, said in a press release announcing the boycott.
FORTUNATELY, PRO 2ND AMENDMENT PEOPLE AND GUN OWNERS PREVAILED
“Most of the visible action Tuesday seemed to be on the buycott side of things, though, as gun groups across the country urged their members to show up at Starbucks — not necessarily with their weapons — and spend!”
CALL GOV. CHRISTIE'S OFFICE 609-292-6000 and tell them so!
CPAC shall not be ‘occupied’…thank you very much.
While I am a firm supporter of the Constitution and our Amendment rights, these people need to shut up and go home (or find one) already! DC didn’t give out the number of permits that they actually applied for…go figure…they didn’t want to clean up their filthy mess, nor would they put up with their threats to “take over” CPAC. Good to know some logic still prevails in DC. Thanks for that!
R.Lee Ermey – the Gunny telling it like it is!
Now is the time to start noticing every person of legal age to vote. Tell them WHY the 2nd Amendment is the one which SECURES all others~ Make that your next charity project! Save someone from their own ignorance and having to learn the hard way what that truly means. Even better? Ask a Brit to help!
DAVE SEVIGNY AND BROOKE JORDAN WIN GA. STATE STEEL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES THIS WEEKEND!
Dave and Brooke of Sevigny Performance won Iron Sight (a.k.a.,”Limited”) division titles at the season opening 2012 Georgia State Steel Challenge Championship this weekend! It marked the 7th consecutive season Dave won the Limited Division Championship while Brooke won her FIRST ever Ladies State Championship!
Dave competed with an STI 5 inch 2011 in 9mm built by Millenium Custom. Brooke competed with a custom 5 inch 1911 in 9mm built by Harrison Design & Consulting. The state match was held at the Griffin Gun Club, where steel challenge events are hosted on the first Saturday of every month.
Dave and Brooke’s next Steel Challenge match will be the US Nationals, March 30th – April 1st in Titusville, Florida. For registration and more information, visit the US Steel Challenge Nationals website.
http://sevignyperformance.com/2012/02/sevigny-performance-wins-two-in-season-opener/
So, when people ask me if I’ve ever shot with Dave Sevigny, I have to say…YES! In fact, I’m proud to say he pretty much taught me everything I know! (Which doesn’t say much…No offense Dave!) I’m a brand new shooter and this is exactly how he taught me. I know it works because I’m accurate on paper, the guys at the range comment on my perfect grip, and I never seem to lose it, no matter how many rounds I fire off. The recoil is significantly reduced and my bad wrist lasts longer than if I switch it up. I never started with any bad habits, so now all I need to do before entering a competition, is more practice! However, you won’t find me in a USPSA squad anytime soon. I’ll be on the sidelines cheering on my friends and working to bring a bigger prize table and media to the events. When the prize table is up to $50,000 like 3Gun….I’ll be ready to load! :) Looking forward to this series, although no matter how many secrets Dave gives away through this series…it takes a ton of dedication, skill and practice to be the best!
Tips from a world-class competitive shooter to improve your shooting prowess!
Whether shooting two-handed or one-handed, specific considerations in regards to form must be made. Repetitive practice of these shooting forms is essential for the development of strong shooting skills.
“Want to shooter faster and better? There is a reason why the best handgunners in the world use a thumbs-forward grip. This technique gives the operator balanced contact on the pistol grip and improves recoil control with predictable sight tracking. I learned early in my shooting career that gripping higher with the support-hand wrist rolled forward provides more control than any other method.”
Here is an example of a correct grip. The thumbs are forward, the hands are together and they have a 360 degree hold on the pistol.
“Position the web of your firing hand high along the backstrap leaving no space between the top of your hand and the beavertail. The middle finger should be firmly pressed along the bottom of the triggerguard with all fingers touching one another. Keep your thumb straight and on top of the manual safety if your pistol has one. The pistol slide should be oriented in line with your forearm.
With the support hand, keep all four fingers together as you contact the bottom of the triggerguard. The heel of the support hand should mate with the bottom of the firing-hand thumb. Keep the thumbs pointed forward and contact all sides of the pistol. Again, this thumbs-forward wrist locking action will help sight recovery between shots. It is simple to reacquire this grip when the support hand is on and off the pistol during magazine changes or other tasks requiring use of the non-firing hand.”
Establishing a solid, wide base combined with keeping your shoulders slightly forward will help to keep your accuracy consistent.
http://sevignyperformance.com/2012/02/building-up-shooting-skills-by-dave-sevigny/
http://www.tactical-life.com/online/combat-handguns/building-up-shooting-skills/
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TODAY AT SUPERBOWL ALLEY 5:15 PM (Below the zip line in the field) Run – Ranger – Run! |
| Cory Smith will run 565 Miles in 28 Days
Why is Cory running? 1. To get home to his daughter
Ranger Run started on January 3rd (Tues) and will end around January 31st (Tues). Cory has been covered along the route by Fox and CNN. Please come out to support him as he makes his way (with a wounded leg and foot) to meet his friends and family at Superbowl Alley by 5:30pm! SPECIAL GUEST MC: Boone Cutler, America’s only Wounded Warrior, ON-AIR Radio personality from Fox 99.1 FM (Reno,NV) will be there and available for interviews. He will greet Cory, pump up the crowd and broadcast to tell their fans about Cory’s accomplishment and how to help thousands of our transitioning military struggling with homelessness and suicide. Boone is the real deal! How you can help?
For more information on Gallant Few and to donate, please direct to: http://www.gallantfew.org |
Image for distribution: “Gallant Few”
“RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!” RLTW!
Image for distribution: Cory Smith, 3RD Ranger Battalion
CORY SMITH with his baby girl who’s worth running 585 miles!
IMAGE for distribution: BOONE CUTLER, America’s only OIF/OEF Wounded Warrior Radio Personality and Talk Show host. TIPPING POINT WITH BOONE CUTLER ON FOX 99.1 FM
More information can be found at: http://boonecutler.com/
FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVIEWS: JILL TRAMMELL, Patriot Promotions Owner at: 239-273-4783 BOTH WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND SPEECH FOR INTERVIEWS UP TO 6:30 PM
Jill Trammell is new in my life. . .though I already trust her intuition and I really genuinely like her. In the short time I have known her, our conversations consist mainly of our future endeavors and the things going on in ‘the caregiver’ community. She has encouraged me to use this, her little spot in this world to share the things going on in my daily life as the spouse of Boone Cutler (Warfighter, Veteran Rights’ Leader, author, Fox News Radio host of ‘Tipping Point with Boone Cutler), mother to our children in a newly blended family. . .and whose life has been claimed by the caregiver world.
Love brought me here. . .to this current place in my life. I met the most incredible human being I have ever known and in no time I fell in love with him. Being raised by WW2 grandparents (he fought in the Pacific Theater and she made hand grenades) instilled not only feverish Patriotism, but also the need to educate my children about the current war. My desire to ensure that my children were aware that the wars our country is fighting are not wars belonging only to the young men and women in photos or they see on television & news papers, but to understand that these wars belong to us as a country. . .to us as individuals. Our country, I wanted my children to not only love and be proud of her. . . but to have the desire to protect what our forefathers gifted us . . .the most amazing & powerful country in the world. So as a single mother working a full-time job & raising my children, I took on volunteering as a lesson to lead by example to teach these things to my children and to give them the opportunity to serve their country through my position with the USO. This was a turning point in my life, in all our lives.
Volunteering for the USO came after I got involved with my son’s middle school project of sending boxes to our local deployed warriors. When the project ended, our family sent their own boxes. We would all go together to Target with a list I printed off-line specific to ‘troop packages’, filling our cart with baby wipes and lip balm among other things. It worked; it gave a sense of understanding and ‘ownership’ over the war. My son ended up for a time with a pen pal in Iraq. It helped him to understand things no one could just explain to him…or that photos could depict. My position with the USO started out with airport duty. . .and over time I was given the responsibility of Soldier Readiness weekends for my area of the world. During my time volunteering other opportunities popped up as I met people who were involved in the Warfighter community. Patriot Guard Riders etc. . .events and so many wonderful people passionate about ‘their own’. I was inspired and it seems having been born on a base and raised by a military family. . .I really found myself at home. Ultimately, this little path off the normal path of my life brought me to cross paths with my husband. I will always be grateful to the USO, for the USO was the path straight into the arms of the love of my life. Who knew? 
Falling in love & marrying an Army Paratrooper/PsyOp’er is an adventure in itself (All the way !!!) . . .but add blending families, marrying a 100% VA rated vet, moving cross-country and no longer living the career path I lived my whole life really shook up my world. Everything, and I mean everything I considered core in my world changed completely, less the little faces that call me Mom. I am not complaining. My world is quite amazing. An amazing man, amazing children. . .in a part of the country people flock to because it is a paradise. How could I complain? No this is not complaining. I am simply telling my story in hopes of connecting others who have been claimed by ‘the caregiver’ lifestyle and hoping to share something important in my world, and to bring recognition to it. My goal: to put a face on the words, the title ‘the caregiver’. As you meet us along the way in life. . .there is one thing you must know. We are all people who have given up the things that have defined us in life for something we love. We are a work in progress. . .we are struggling to not only redefine ourselves (sometimes mid or late life) but we are also looking for ways to justify to others why we are doing it. This is not a lifestyle just anyone can dedicate themselves to. . .we are all warriors in our own way. Our sons/daughters/husbands/wives/brothers/sisters loved their country so much that they gave their quality of life, a piece of their soul away to be a guardian to their nation. We in turn give up a life long identity because love, loyalty & respect of someone we love outweighs our image, who we have create ourselves to be. We honor our loved one by dedicating our life to them for the love they had of country.
This is just the beginning of my story, a story with a lot of characteristics similar to all caregiver stories. I have a lot more to share but it will have to wait. I am home alone tonight with our children & dogs. My husband is traveling to Indianapolis for Super Bowl 46. He is meeting up with an incredible young man named Cory Smith who under the .org my husband works with (GallantFew) is running nearly 550 miles from Ft.Benning to his home in Indiana to help spread awareness of the difficulties of our Warfighters re-integrating back into the civilian world. I am fulltime keeper of the children, dogs & house for the next few days, so I have to take care of my priorities and get some sleep. Today’s trip came out of the blue this morning when Karl Monger/founder of GallantFew called us and Boone was on a plane 6 hours later. Wish Cory luck if you watch the Super Bowl this weekend. . .and keep your eye out for a really cute blonde with blue eyes and a reddish goatee! That would be my honey. The one worth changing my entire life for.
More soon~
Malisa
by: Amy Carducci
This week two stories caught my attention in the media because they featured women and guns. This is a subject close to my heart for obvious reasons. One story delighted my heart while the second story angered me in the tone and misuse of terms. As we all know firearms in the liberal media often are portrayed as the “bad things.”
