Octoberfest Or The Gunsite Alumni Shoot Wrap-Up and Election 2020 What a grand Saturday on October 3 for the annual Gunsite Alumni Shoot (GAS Match). Once again, our late friend and staff member Chris Dwiggens said it best: “A social engagement slightly interrupted by gunfire.” Near two hundred (200) shooters and many guests arrived at […]
Instructors Corner – Red Dot Sights Continued
Currently, there are five types of mounts out there for pistol optic mounts (PMO): Dovetail, direct mill, OEM plates, aftermarket slides, or an aftermarket cut & mount system. The first one we had was a dovetail mount, which replaces the rear sight in the dovetail. Of the slide-mounted systems, these have been around the longest. […]
Gunsite Alumni Shoot Silent Auction
This Memorial Springfield Armory Gunsite Service Pistol (Built by long time gunsmith Ted Yost) to original Gunsite specifications, along with the Milt Sparks Yaqui Slide holster and double mag pouch will be a silent auction item from now until the day of the Gunsite Alumni Shoot. To bid on these auction items send an email […]
September Newsletter
“We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” ~Benjamin Franklin September has arrived in the high desert of the Gunsite Ranch. The classes are back to pre-pandemic numbers. Some classes have increased, possibly because of the pandemic and the on-going violence in some of the Republic. “The people walking […]
Instructor’s Corner
RED DOT SIGHTS Pistol mounted optics. Red dot sights on pistols are here to stay – and they’ll not all red dots anymore. We see more and more of the in the hands of our students – whether they are citizens, deputy sheriffs and police officers, or service members. Yes, some improvements need to be […]
