The Record
article · Jun 30, 2026 · Backwoods Home

LAST SHOTS

In 1975 a guy named Richard Davis invited some friends – including some cops whose lives had been saved by Davis’ Second Chance brand body armor – to a pistol match at his place in Central Lake, Michigan. The targets were bowling pins. His concept caught on and, by golly, he had created a new handgun sport. J. D. Jones wrote about it in a gun magazine and after reading the article, I decided to shoot in the next one. It was for cops only, but I was one, so I went in 1976 – and got hooked. And I shot every damned one of them there after that, including the very last one, in June of 2026. After

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