Dick Remski At the regular monthly meeting of the Robson Ranch Gun Club on Feb. 11, Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree outlined the duties of a county sheriff in the modern age. Sheriff Murphree, just starting his third term, has had a long career in law enforcement: 10 years in Texas Highway Patrol, 20 years…
Dick Remski, RR Gun Club On May 15, 44 members of the Robson Ranch Gun Club had a fun outing at Fossil Point Shooting Grounds north of Decatur. We gathered at Fossil Point at 11 a.m. and had a great lunch of fresh grilled burgers, fries, and coleslaw, along with fresh cookies for dessert, then…
Dick Remski On April 16, 17 members of the Robson Ranch Gun Club met at Quail Creek Range for a fun shoot with .22 caliber pistols, revolvers, and a variety of rifles. This lightly recoiling and inexpensive round marked up many paper targets at 7, 15, and 25 yards. Several members brought interesting pieces to…
Judy Ondina Members of the Robson Ranch Gun Club had heard that the Texas Civil War Museum located in Fort Worth would be closing at the end of the year. Therefore, a trip to see it one more time was planned. Over 40 members and guests gathered in early December to visit the museum one…
Mike Moss The most recent Gun Club monthly meeting featured another in our series of presentations from our members, as this month our own gunslinger extraordinaire David “Doc Holliday” MacDonald shared his passion with his fellow club members, teaching us all about “Cowboy Action Shooting.” Dave is a legit “Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter,” one of the…
Mike Moss Continuing the Gun Club’s highly successful evening presentation series, following our “Handguns of the Old West,” “Long Guns of the Old West,” and “Bayonets,” this month we revisited a nostalgic favorite and globally important rifle in our evening event presentation of “.22 caliber Rifles of the World.” The .22 is often the first…
Larry Hampton With over 400 members comprising five different Interest Groups, it is hard to get to know all your potential friends with our shared passion for firearms, history, and shooting sports. In this Active 55+ community, we’re also competing for time with other club activities, work (for some), clubhouse room schedules, and families. Bottom…
Mike Moss As we live out these “Active 55+” years of our lives and sometimes work through the bittersweet issues of our aging parents and family, we’re made mindful of issues and questions that we ourselves may need to work through. For members of the Robson Ranch Gun Club, most of whom are firearms owners,…
Mike Moss As the finale of our events and presentations on Old West arms over the last several months, the Robson Ranch Gun Club held our biggest show of the series: “Long Guns of the Old West.” From the contributions of numerous owners and collectors here at Robson Ranch, we were able to display almost…
Larry Hampton The April Gun Club meeting hosted guest speaker Officer Dominick Mauppin, Denton County Game Warden of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Attendance was so strong, the socially-distanced club members filled up two rooms in the clubhouse! At 75 members, we recorded this as our best-attended regular monthly meeting ever. In his personable…