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Frontier Reality TV

Stacey Kayne — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:59:42 +0000

I’m not much of a TV watcher and until GRIMM started this year (coolest paranormal series), I never watched any particular show on a regular basis. But my hubby makes up for my lack of tube time, recording a ton of shows all day, every day, to watch at his leisure. Tonight he was watching [...]

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Cowboy Action Shooting – Stacey Coverstone

Guest Blogger — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:00:24 +0000

Hi y’all! Today I’m writing about Cowboy Action Shooting, one of the fastest growing segments of the shooting sports. This sport has been around since the 1970s when a group of California shooters began shooting “cowboy style.” The idea grew and spread, leading to the formation of SASS (Single Action Shooting Society). Today, SASS [...]

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LeMat Revolver – Pistol & Shotgun in One

Tracy Garrett — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:00:23 +0000

Colonel Jean Alexandre François Le Mat was a Paris-born aristocrat–and Creole physician–who designed firearms in his spare time. On October 21, 1856, he was granted United States Patent No. 15,925 for a unique design of the first multi-shot percussion revolver with an 18-gauge grapeshot barrel fixed beneath it. The lower barrel was 5 inches [...]

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Tanya Hanson: Rockin’ Round the Tetons

Tanya Hanson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:01:07 +0000

Two weeks ago I and my hubby T.L., brother-in-law Timmy and sis Roberta (l-r in the pic above) had the experience of a lifetime, taking a wagon train around the Tetons with an amazing group, Teton Wagon Train and Horse Adventures headed by wagonmaster Jeff Warburton out of Jackson, Wyoming. He’s a true cowboy and [...]

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RE-ENACTMENT BECOMES A WAY OF LIFE by Janét Vincent Lee

Guest Blogger — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:19:57 +0000

(Note from Winnie: Our guest blogger today is Janét Vincent Lee - an actress, singer, costumer, western re-enactor and most importantly, my friend. She and I go way back (I won’t say how many years :) ) to our high school days and have just recently reconnected via facebook. She very generously agreed to cover for me [...]

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