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Have not been blogging for a few days but will be posting quite heavily shortly. Sorry if I have not replied to your emails. I will be making my way through the inbox shortly.
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New gun blogger: Ed Friedman of Shooting Illustrated
Ed Friedman, Associate Editor of the NRA publication Shooting Illustrated, has started a blog called “Tell Me Why?”. Go check it out. It is always great to see new gun bloggers!
What this blog is all about
A friend sent me a link to wordle.net. I used it to create a cool word picture from tags I have used on the blog. Pretty cool. Click to expand
Commenting on the blog now fixed
You may have been wondering why your comments on the blog were not being approved. There was a major problem on the server that was affecting the site and the blog’s database. It is now fixed and all comments posted are now “live”. If you ever notice [Read More…]
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Blog back online
The blog has been moved to the new server. The server is a VPS (Virtual Private Server) which requires the entire server be setup by manually. There is a good chance I have forgot to configure something. I would appreciate an email if you find anything not working. I do [Read More…]
Blog moving servers
I will be moving the blog to another server over the next few days. There will probably be some downtime.
One year old
The blog had its first birthday yesterday! The stats: * 593 posts * 982 tags * 1,178 comments * Most comments in a post: 176 (Ruger SR9) * Oddest comment (which came through yesterday): Please send for me the following Russian type ammunitions current price:- 1. 122 mm [Read More…]
New gun blog: The Pretty Pistolera
A new gun blogger: A few months ago the bug finally bit me and I love it! My husband was thrilled and bought me a Glock 17. I decided to blog about my entry into the gun culture and start shooting IDPA competitively (wow, I suck). You can check out my blog at [Read More…]
Sorry about the infrequent posting
Very busy at the moment.
Advanced Armament Corp blog
Suppressor maker Advanced Armament Corp now have a company blog. Go check it out. AAC Rimfire Suppressor. I hope more and more businesses in the firearm industry start blogging and actively join in the gun blogging community.
Server Migration Complete: Comments are now enabled
The server migration went smoothly. Comments are now enabled. If you have any problems with the blog please let me know.
Blog upgrade
I just updated the blog to the latest version of wordpress (2.5). If anything is not working please let me know. Thanks.
I am back
I am is back! I am still loaded with more work that I can handle, so posting is going to be restricted to one post / day, for the next couple of week.
Blogging will be sparse for the next couple of days
I am under a lot of pressure at work. Blogging will be sparse for the next couple of days 🙁
Server Problems
The server hosting this blog has been down for the last 3 hours and 40 minutes. Sorry about any inconvenience.
I am back
Blogging should resume as normal tomorrow (19th January).
Away for a few days
I will be away for a few days and will not be able to update the blog until 17 January. Please check back then.
Back
I am back earlier than expected. I will be answering all comments on the blog. I am going to try and cover all new firearms released this year!
Away next week
I will be away next week and will not be able to update the blog until 7 January. Please check back then. Unfortunately I will not have internet access so will be unable to respond to email. Have a great New Year and a prosperous 2008!
Back to the blog
I am back home and will start blogging soon. I had a very interesting interview James Clark from Magpul about their new Masada rifle and will be posted that soon.
Away on holiday
I am going on holiday for two weeks and will not be able to post until 16 December. Please check back then. Unfortunately I will not have internet access for most of the time I am away and I will not be able to respond to email.
Been very busy
I have been very busy which is why I have been posting so lightly. I will be getting back into the blogging in the next few days!
Gun Bloggers range day
Traction Control has many great photos from the Gun Bloggers range day: Many more photos here.
Yahoo, Microsoft and Google do not allow gun blog advertising
Microsoft Ad Center does not allow advertising that promotes firearms: Advertising that promotes firearms or weapons of any kind is not allowed. Neither does yahoo: We will not show results on pages that contain problematic content, including but not limited to: [Read More…]
Real men do *not* travel light
USCitizen is off to the Gunblogger Rendezvous (I wish I could go!) and has posted a photo of this luggage: Contents: * One Kimber Pro Carry in .45 Auto with three magazines: empty * One leather inside-belt holster for 1911 pistol(not pictured) * One Bushmaster AR-15 [Read More…]
Google advertises on their own Gun site but not on Gun blogs!
SayUncle recently wrote here and here about how Google refuses to allow Google ads on gun blogs because…. the content of your site is largely focused on firearms, the site is not a good fit for the AdSense program. I just realized that Google itself advertises on [Read More…]