Gunsite August Newsletter
The Rainy Season!The blessed rains have finally arrived in the high desert. We aren’t shy to say that things were worrisome during the drought. Fire watch was a priority for all hands and we were successful. A campground just isn’t the same without a campfire or charcoal cooked burgers and … Read More »
The Fifty Caliber Shooters Association World Championships
The 4th of July holiday proved to be a great weekend for one of our instructors Walter Wilkinson. The Fifty Caliber Shooters Association (FCSA) World Championships (50 BMG) were held at the NRA Whittington center in Raton, NM 5-7 July. There were shooters from Australia, Great Britain, Spain and the … Read More »
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Calams Charity Combat Match at Gunsite
Winner of the Match - Kelly Neal III with Jim Calams STEPHANIE LYNNE CALAMS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP COMBAT GUN COMPETITION was held at Gunsite Academy on June 30th, 2018. Funds raised at this match will benefit local Yavapai County scholarships. Here is a link to the pictures taken by Gary Gromer at … Read More »
July Newsletter
Independence Day! So many grand things happening in the Republic and at Gunsite. Our new sign on the front gate says it all: Please excuse our noise. It's the sound of LIBERTY.President Theodore Roosevelt spoke on July 4, 1903 of the greatness of America, despite the divisiveness of the Civil … Read More »
June Newsletter
Are you aware?Did you stop for fuel this morning? Can you recall if there were people around you? Do you even remember if there was a car or truck next to you?If you have no awareness, you have little chance to survive an attack.If you are not mentally “in the game,” your chance of … Read More »
School Board Member Thanks Gunsite
Good evening Ken, I wanted to tell you Thank You! I participated in the May 250 pistol course. I can’t express what an incredible gift this was for Gunsite to offer free tuition for school board presidents. I am truly humbled to have received it. I improved my skills so much in those five days. It … Read More »
March Newsletter
March is upon us and is coming in like a lion. No, the weather at Gunsite is grand, but the Republic is in an uproar.We have followed the various media outlets, conservative and liberal, mainstream and otherwise. We have followed the commentary on various social media. So much said with so … Read More »
February Newsletter
February means Ground Hogs Day, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, and Arizona Statehood Day. (Several of the Gunsite family here in the Prescott area head to Augie’s Restaurant on Fat Tuesday for a steaks, cigars and whiskey event on Fat Tuesday!) It also means much of the Republic … Read More »
Disparaging the Guru
The following article was posted by Richard Mann on his Blog 'Empty Cases'.Bashing Jeff Cooper on social media or blogs seems to be the in thing to do now days. Mostly perpetuated by millennial shooters, Granny Hawkins would file these vain attempts to get attention under … Read More »
December Newsletter
"Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” - Walt DisneyWinter is around the corner and Christmas is knocking at the door. We finish the year with a full 250 … Read More »
November Newsletter
And We Repeat Ourselves Again . . . Events of the world have us re-writing the Newsletter once again . . . To quote Gunsite Family Member and noted leather-smith Rob Leahy: “We need to eliminate unarmed free fire zones for the insane... get trained, go armed, it's all on you.” The internet … Read More »
October Newsletter – Post GAS
October is always a grand month at Gunsite. The Fall weather has arrived, temps are cool in the morning and warm in the afternoon. The sky is bright with stars all the way to the Milky Way. Gunsite Family, new and old, are hustling and bustling in their courses. And there is the first real sign … Read More »
September News Letter
LABOR DAY! The official end of summer and the beginning of Fall is upon us. Tomatoes are ripening, sweet corn is ready and the rattlesnakes are out in force.Gunsite has a near full 250 Pistol Class, a Battle Rifle and a Pistol Tutorial underway this Labor Day morning. As the great basketball … Read More »
August Newsletter
The Rainy Season - August is well upon us at the Gunsite Ranch and it is unusually green. The rain has blessed us, and punished us, both this year.A few weeks ago during our Youth 250 Pistol class, we had a monsoon rain that turned us into an island for an hour or so. We also lost two (2) six … Read More »
July Newsletter
"It [Independence Day] ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time … Read More »
Team Gunsite at the King of 2 Miles Match
Team Gunsite finished 3rd out of 49 teams at the King of 2 Miles match at the NRA Whittington Center 27-29 June. With Walter Wilkinson shooting his Steyr HS-50 (50BMG) and Tessa Wyrick spotting it was a recipe for success. Tessa controlled the whole shooting session on Day two. She ran the numbers … Read More »
June Gunsite Newsletter
My agenda for this morning was to write the June Gunsite Newsletter and wax on eloquently about Memorial Day and how we need to remember the sacrifices of all our veterans these last 200+ years. Then discuss the many training opportunities we have across the country and the happenings at the … Read More »
May Gunsite Newsletter
“When the flag flies” (As Col. Cooper would say), will you be ready? The old photo of a young SWAT Captain, after the successful capture of a murderer, is a grand example. A young woman was brutally beaten and left in a pond to drown. A day or so later, a tip was received as to where the … Read More »
April Gunsite Newsletter
Another Double 250 Pistol Class is underway this week at Gunsite. I tell the students, “I can’t sit in my office and listen to gunfire on the ranges without coming to visit.” And what a pleasure it is to have so many good people, recognizing their unalienable right to defend themselves and their … Read More »
March 2017 Newsletter
March Roars In Like A Lion!While the weather at the Gunsite Ranch is beautiful today ushering in the month of March, it also is roaring in like a lion and we hope it continues throughout the year! With the March schedule, it will also go out like a lion.Nothing roars quite like the … Read More »
February Newsletter
February . . . In some of the Republic, the depth of winter, grey skies, snow that no longer is “fun” and pristine white. Col. Cooper chose wisely when he selected this area for “The American Pistol Institute.” (Now Gunsite Academy.) In the high desert of Arizona at the Gunsite Ranch, we are well … Read More »
Christmas Newsletter
“This is the Christmas that a war-weary world has prayed for through long and awful years. . . . We meet in the spirit of the first Christmas, when the midnight choir sang the hymn of joy: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Harry Truman, … Read More »
November Newsletter
Election Day is upon us. If you are a gun owner, it is incumbent upon you to Vote! It is incumbent upon you to find like-minded gun owners and have them vote. We recognize that some of our gun owners favorite candidate did not make the ballot. Regardless of that, lack of a vote is as good as a … Read More »
Gunsite Alumni Shoot News
After months of planning and hours of meetings, Gunsite’s 40th Anniversary Celebration is upon us. A tremendous amount of effort is being expended to make this GAS a huge success.October 1st’s GAS will be the biggest Gunsite Alumni Shoot EVER. We anticipate 250 participants (plus family) … Read More »
September Newsletter
After months of planning and hours of meetings, Gunsite’s 40th Anniversary Celebration is upon us. October 1 (Four weeks from Saturday!) will be the biggest Gunsite Alumni Shoot (GAS Match) in our history. We anticipate 250 participants plus family plus instructors, staff and our great … Read More »
Why I defend the Second Amendment and my right to own an AR-15
Yesterday I listened as a progressive spokesman asked a television anchor-person why any private person would need an “assault rifle”. Let me tell him why.However, before I proceed let me remind everyone that “Assault Rifles” are fully-automatic weapons capable of firing more than one shot with … Read More »
August Newsletter
Dog Days of Summer!It has been warm at Gunsite this month and the wonderful Summer Monsoons are finally arriving. Fortunately, the lesson plans of The Modern Technique allow us flexibility to work around the warm temperatures and the sudden rains. (Remember that you can usually subtract 15-20 … Read More »
July Newsletter
Independence Day –So many think of July 4 as the holiday as opposed to it being Independence Day. But, history is no longer taught as many of us learned it, on our stone tablets, after we rode our dinosaurs to and from school, uphill, both ways.Independence Day is recognized as the day the … Read More »
May Gunsite Newsletter
Last Friday I posted on our Social Media (You do follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram don’t you?) that one of the great pleasures of my job at Gunsite is taking the recent 250 Course Graduates to visit Mrs. Cooper at the Sconce for her legendary tea, lemonade (Arnold Palmers) and brownies. … Read More »
