Tag Archives: Mark Bunch

Uncategorized

How to prep on a budget

by Mark Bunch/President Royal Gorge Gun Club/Chairman Fremont County NRA

Why you should prep
The world we live in is a very dangerous and unforgiving place. Unless you are lucky enough to own a farm where you can grow all your own food, you are dependent on shopping at a store for all your necessary items. Those stores that you shop at are all dependent on just-in-time resupply since on hand inventory is purposely kept as small as possible. That sounds great and saves a ton of money on inventory storage costs. God forbid anything happens to our transportation system. Store shelves will be empty in short order and as anyone can tell you that ever lived through an earthquake, flood, hurricane or tornado, it is very eerie seeing all the shelves in the grocery store bare. Continue reading How to prep on a budget →

2021

It’s 2 a.m. Whats that noise?

by Mark Bunch/President Royal Gorge Gun Club/Chairman Fremont County NRA

You have had a rough week. Fighting with your spouse and the summer heat has been merciless this year, making it almost impossible to sleep at night. This is probably the first night you have actually been able to fall asleep in a couple of weeks and now something has just woken you up. You lie there listening to the sounds of your house, your wife is sound asleep as is your ankle biting pet dog at the foot of the bed. Continue reading It’s 2 a.m. Whats that noise? →

2021, Uncategorized

Bugging Out for when TSHF

by Mark Bunch
President Royal Gorge Gun Club/
Chairman Fremont County NRA


Should you stay or should you go? Many of you reading this are probably in the same mind-set that I am in, as I plan to stay in place. Staying in place makes the best sense if at all possible, because you know what the score is in your neighborhood. Leaving to head off into someone else’s neighborhood, town, state or mountain range is fraught with potential unknown dangers. It also severely
limits what you can take with you and guarantees that someone you don’t even know might just move into your abandoned house and set up shop with your supplies that you had to leave behind. Think scumbag homeless drug addict loser drinking your wine and eating your burgers. Continue reading Bugging Out for when TSHF →

2020

Republicans Unite at 1776 Armory Candidate Forum

by Mark Bunch
Gun owners, hunters and pro 2nd Amendment members of our citizenry have largely been ignored over the past few years by both sides of the aisle, and have been hungry for their own voices to be heard in our political arena, especially locally. Continue reading Republicans Unite at 1776 Armory Candidate Forum →

2019

Combat Handgun Training Pt 2

by Mark Bunch,
Royal Gorge Gun Club, Lincoln Park Pawn
Part 2
Choosing your Combat
Handgun
I confess to loving all things gun related, but there are great, good, ok, and bad choices that can be made in choosing a tool to defend your life with. While I have quite the collection of revolvers in all sorts of calibers, using a revolver for a combat handgun is going to put you at an almost certain disadvantage. If you choose to use your concealed carry pistol as your combat handgun, choose wisely, grasshopper. Continue reading Combat Handgun Training Pt 2 →

2019

Combat Handgun Training Part 1

Part 1 of 3
by Mark Bunch,
Royal Gorge Gun Club, Lincoln Park Pawn


Hopefully most of you reading this have a basic familiarity with handguns, also known as side arms. In my basic Handgun Training article, a couple of months ago I covered some absolutely critical information for learning to shoot your handgun and for those of you who missed it, I will give a brief recap of the more important things you need to know.
Right or Left Eye
Dominant
If you don’t know this for certain, this is going to be, and likely always has been a huge problem for you when it came to shooting a handgun. With both of your eyes open, extend your right index finger in front of you at arm’s length where the end of your finger covers something up like this light bulb on my ceiling fan. Continue reading Combat Handgun Training Part 1 →

2019

Stalking the Night part 3

 

Part 3 of 3
by Mark Bunch,
Lincoln Park Pawn,
Royal Gorge Gun Club
Dedicated NVD or Clip On NVD Weapon Sight
Now that we have a good working knowledge of how NVDs work and what each generation of NVD offers the end user, there is another choice for you to consider. Dedicated NVD weapon sights can be Gen 1, 2, 2+, 3, 3 auto-gated tubes. Clip on NVDs are positioned in front of your regular day scope and can be purchased in Gen 2, 2+, 3, and 3 auto-gated tubes. Continue reading Stalking the Night part 3 →

2019

Stalking the Night Part 2

Part 2 of 3

by Mark Bunch,
Lincoln Park Pawn,
Royal Gorge Gun Club


Gen 2 Night Vision
Device (NVD)
Major improvements in image-intensifier tubes resulted in Generation-2 NVDs. They offer improved resolution and performance over Generation-1 devices, and are considerably more reliable. The biggest gain in Generation 2 is the ability to see in extremely low light conditions, such as a moonless night. This increased sensitivity is due to the addition of the microchannel plate to the image-intensifier tube. Continue reading Stalking the Night Part 2 →

2019

Stalking the Night Part 1

 

Part 1 of 3 : Gen 1 Night Vision Devices (NVD)
by Mark Bunch
I remember as a young man I spent a considerable amount of time hiking, backpacking and camping in the mountains, usually by myself. Getting away from it all and honing my skills of self-reliance at the same time has always appealed to me. Something on a primal level back to my cave man ancestry no doubt, lol.

photo from Mark Bunch

It has been my experience, that anytime you are completely alone,  your awareness and senses go into overdrive, bombarding you with all sorts of new stimuli. At times, this can become overwhelming and I would be lying if I stated that I have never had the hair on the back of my neck stand up when I was deep in the woods all by myself. Continue reading Stalking the Night Part 1 →