tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post2765358050941846664..comments2024-03-29T03:31:54.220-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: On To Midway!Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-47490514436010224492009-08-02T01:56:50.589-06:002009-08-02T01:56:50.589-06:00Anything that keeps you out of California is a goo...Anything that keeps you out of California is a good thing to me.micko77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-62726735481531899682009-07-30T05:52:51.987-06:002009-07-30T05:52:51.987-06:00Sorry Steel Challenge went south, but I agree with...Sorry Steel Challenge went south, but I agree with the others that jumping to the Rimfire Challenge was a good decision. I've enjoyed watching the stars, and I'm not so sure rimfire won't have its share of whiz bangers, too. But the economy is driving more of us more and more to rimfire for practice, and it's the place for recruiting and encouraging new shooters to our game. <Clark Kentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-7099825999624715832009-07-29T14:45:05.385-06:002009-07-29T14:45:05.385-06:00I'd love to watch "B", "C"...I'd love to watch "B", "C" and "D" shooters instead of the really great shooters. It would be just like watching any other sport on TV, like golf for instance.<br /><br />Oh wait, no other sport does that. Guess shooting isn't really a sport so its not fair to compare it with actual sports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-17667901303527678562009-07-29T14:40:26.557-06:002009-07-29T14:40:26.557-06:00It is always a plus to remember that normal people...It is always a plus to remember that normal people like to shoot too!<br /><br />Especially when it is still affordable to do so.<br /><br />Bravo Mr. B.RVN11Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-63447473965789601742009-07-29T13:31:09.362-06:002009-07-29T13:31:09.362-06:00Dittos to all of the above! I like the idea of see...Dittos to all of the above! I like the idea of seeing matches that the average guy can participate in without being (at best) an afterthought.<br /><br /> Sure, it's fun to watch the "super-duper stars" demonstrate skills that take years of hard work to develop. And thats assuming you have the natural ability to start with.<br /><br />Seems to me watching (another) "B" or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-50235949171927208422009-07-29T13:29:58.895-06:002009-07-29T13:29:58.895-06:00Can't wait to hear this one!Can't wait to hear this one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-19378998449055886922009-07-29T10:35:53.134-06:002009-07-29T10:35:53.134-06:00My relationship with the Steel Challenge has alway...My relationship with the Steel Challenge has always been predicated on everyone standing up, being up front and doing what they say they will do.<br /><br />I can't give you the whole story right now, but it's a sordid little piece of garbage. My experience has been that when you lay down in garbage, you wake up with pigs.<br /><br />mbMichael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-58705170401963479762009-07-29T09:44:19.555-06:002009-07-29T09:44:19.555-06:00Interesting.
The Steel Challenge website says &qu...Interesting.<br /><br />The Steel Challenge website says "“We are proud of our longstanding relationship with the Steel Challenge and honored to once again be their official television show. For the past six years Shooting Gallery viewers have had a front row seat to the fascinating world of Speed Shooting and what is one of the most important shooting matches on the planet,” said Michael Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-89797579505638282702009-07-29T07:10:57.682-06:002009-07-29T07:10:57.682-06:00Everybody and his mother will be at the Steel Chal...Everybody and his mother will be at the Steel Challenge.<br /><br />You wanted a low cost family shooting event so it makes sense to help push it.<br /><br />Ratcatcher55Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-66734836746849562952009-07-29T06:45:43.935-06:002009-07-29T06:45:43.935-06:00MB, Tom B. sparked a thought... I have been thinki...MB, Tom B. sparked a thought... I have been thinking of moving to New Mexico for a while. Been there with the wife on vacation and love it. There seems to be quite a few shooting events and ranges out there (including NRAs Whittington range). Hunting also looks to be varied and plentiful with a few large national parks. <br /><br />Since you travel across the country in your work, I would be nj_larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-19565648596787033012009-07-29T06:39:07.522-06:002009-07-29T06:39:07.522-06:00YES, to Ruger Rimfire and THANK YOU!YES, to Ruger Rimfire and THANK YOU!Hazcathttp://www.shippingfreight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-86769506418965213602009-07-29T05:46:16.346-06:002009-07-29T05:46:16.346-06:00Haz will be ordering one of those shirts I bet.
As...Haz will be ordering one of those shirts I bet.<br />As for Steel challenge versus Ruger Rimfire, As Anon at 5;03 said, the Ruger event is a fairly low investment event that draws younger new shooters to competition shooting, and is more doable in a bad economy. Besides why spend money in a State that hates everything we believe in if you don't have to.<br />Tom B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-57619034124270533302009-07-29T05:03:37.828-06:002009-07-29T05:03:37.828-06:00I think the rimfire challenge is important in that...I think the rimfire challenge is important in that it can bring in new shooters from families. So...filming it is important too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-76478708319832586692009-07-28T22:52:18.851-06:002009-07-28T22:52:18.851-06:00Let us know enough ahead of time to play too.Let us know enough ahead of time to play too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com