I’m a competitive rifle shooter, Distinguished Rifleman #2451, and long‑time chronicler of the joys, frustrations, and occasional absurdities of the firing line. I started this blog back in 2012 after discovering the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s John C. Garand and Vintage Military Rifle matches—and realizing the internet was tragically short on real, first‑hand match info. For the record (since people keep asking): I am not the “Garand Thumb” from YouTube. He started his thing after I started mine. Different people, different content, different haircuts.

Since then, I’ve hauled rifles, gear, and sometimes highly questionable handloads to matches all over the USA—from small‑town club shoots to big‑name venues like Camp Perry in Ohio, Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama, Reade Range in Pennsylvania, and Ben Avery in Arizona. If it has a firing line and a scorecard, I’ve probably been there—or plan to be.

I shoot everything from M1 Garands and 1917 Enfields to modern AR‑15 service rifles, and I’m not above tinkering, modifying, or peening something into compliance if it means more Xs on the scorecard. Over the years, I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping old wood‑and‑steel rifles running, wrestling ARs into shape, and staying sane in 100‑degree pits full of sand, heat haze, and questionable life choices.

Here you’ll find match reports, how‑tos, gear experiments, and the occasional rant about target systems, rule changes, or whatever fresh nonsense pops up in the shooting world. Ten‑plus years in and still no clickbait—just the sport, the stories, and the sarcasm.

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