Episode 17: Making Holsters 1 - Paper Template

The first step in making a holster is designing the template.  Use an old manilla folder for this and don't forget your imagination.

Here are the links to the youtube videos I made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP-3Wh0Gv2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pC-btj28_U

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Episode 16: Guns Don’t Kill People; Nail Clippers Kill People

We’ve all heard about and seen the nonsensical endoscopies the TSA has been performing on We The People who just want to go over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house.


This story takes the cake:
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/18/another-tsa-outrage

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Episode 15: Natalie’s First Shoot

My stepson’s fiancé expressed interest in shooting!  Yee-haw!  You know I was all over that.  I recorded a “before” interview with her, took her and CJ to the range, then did another interview afterwards to see how she liked it.  Oh, yes… she liked it.  Give a listen.

Episode 15: Natalie’s First Shoot

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Episode 14: Don't Shoot the Cow!

Don't Shoot the Cow!  That's what Sarge kept yelling as my classmates and I were supposed to be qualifying for our marksmanship class.  Stories from a military high school.  No cows were injured during the recording of this episode.

Episode 14: Don't Shoot the Cow!

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Episode 13: Torn Between Two Lovers

Here is a side-by-side comparison between the Kel-Tec PF9 and the Taurus PT709 Slim.  It’s a tough call as to which I like better.  Palmetto State Armory sale through the end of October.  Try not to get sick during your honeymoon!

Episode 13: Torn Between Two Lovers

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Episode 12: Bessie Come Home

I hate commenting on politics!  I shouldn’t have to, because these office holders should be representing We The People.  Instead, they are crushing us.  The One Who Must Not Be Named forbade us from buying our own M1 Garands from S. Korea.

Here’s a link to the news article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/

Before you waste time Googling it, “gleepdort” is not a word in common parlance.  It’s an onomatopoeia.  Picture someone going, “Gleep… DOOOOORT”!

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Episode 11: Firearms Related Injuries

You can get incidental injuries through the routine manipulation of firearms. Here are some of mine.

Episode 11: Firearms Related Injuries

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Episode 10: Start Making Holsters

Cheap holsters are too cheap, and nice holsters are too expensive. Get yourself these books: How to make Holsters, by Al Stohlman; CCW: Carrying Concealed Weapons, by Jerry Ahern; and Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, by Massad Ayoob. Find some cheap leather and tools, and get started. This section just gets you going, but I'll keep you updated as I make my first tuckable holster for my Taurus PT709.

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Episode 9: Recycle - Shoot Garbage

Hey!  It turns out being cheap and using garbage for shooting supplies is a form of recycling!  Here's a link to the Bacon Turtle Cheesburgers I mention, and here's the show:

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Episode 8: Taurus PT709 Slim

On my second outing with the Taurus PT709 Slim, I did a lot better. Crossbreed Holsters, Palmetto State Armory. A disconcerting news article about the National Guard scanning cars in Schenectady at http://www.infowars.com/new-york-national-guard-units-scan-vehicles-for-gun-confiscations/

Episode 8: Taurus PT709 Slim

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Episode 7: One Promise Kept, Three Lessons Learned

I kept a promise and learned a few lessons Memorial Day week.


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Episode 6: Kel-Tec Sub 2000

I was a bit hacked off about the NY Daily News' reference to the Kel-Tec Sub 2000 as an "assault weapon" so I took mine to the range for a visit.  I knew I had to sight it in properly after having botched the job several months ago.

Also, a thank-you to a listener who knows more about the Lee Reloader.  Here's a link to his review:
http://cheapshooter.blogspot.com/

Oh, yeah... I love my wife.  A lot!

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Episode 5: One or Many

When you bought your first gun, did you intend for it to be your one and only?  How'd that work out?  NY State CCW process as it applies to selecting a handgun.  A brief rant about the NY Daily News.

Episode 5: One or Many?

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Episode 4: Desperta Ferro!

I'm a week early on this one because I'm so stoked up about the subject.  Here's an interview with Kelly, one of the owners of Palmetto State Armory.  Desperta Ferro!

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Episode 3: Starting Reloading

Reloading your own ammo can save you a lot of money.  Here's the cheapest and fastest way I've found to get started reloading.

Getting Started Reloading

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Halleluja!

It's not even Christmas, and I found some 380!

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Episode 2:The .380 Blues

I've got the .380 blues!  An exploration into why the ammo drought of 2009 is still going strong and how to get around it.

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Episode 1: Don't Feel Bad

Ahead of time, and under budget!

Here’s my first offering of the Frugal Shooter Podcast. The main topic is Don’t Feel Bad. You can want a lot of things, but the financial realities just always seem to get in the way. We seldom ever hear about the “second best” brands of firearms, and when we do, it’s always from a disdainful point of view. Don’t feel bad. Just get shooting!

While I was dictating the podcast, I was working off a bullet point crib sheet in hopes of being more fluid than I would have been if I had simply read from a script. As I listen back to it, I notice that I flow better when I’m talking about the guns and not myself.

Go figure.

So I hope you enjoy this; I’ll be publishing a new episode every 2 weeks. If you have any feedback for me, email me at frugalshooter@gmail.com.

Premier - Don't Feel Bad

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Now I'm testing to see how a link to a jpg works. I set up a file hosting folder on mediafire.

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Introduction to the Frugal Shooter

Hi!
Hi! I'm cheap. Some polite people may say I'm parsimonious, frugal, or thrifty. Nope! I'm a cheap bastard.

... but I like to shoot. There's a conflict of interest, especially these days. This blog is dedicated to saving money, but developing shooting skills and getting in as much trigger time as financially feasible.

Wish me luck, and wish you money saved.