Ayoob on Firearms
By Massad Ayoob

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• The ammo shortage and what to do about it  Issue #118

• Same caliber rifles and handguns  Issue #117

• Military surplus and military “clone” rifles  Issue #116

• Gun collecting: Hobby or investment plan?  Issue #115

• An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home  Issue #114

• Reflections on age and guns  Issue #113

• Savage Model 110 - A proven economical backwoods rifle   BHM Website Exclusive

• Heirloom guns  Issue #112

• Preparing gun owners for the short-term future  Issue #111

• Moderate power firearms  Issue #110

• The .22 handgun  Issue #109

• Thoughts on ammunition  Issue #108

• Instructive backyard shooting drills  Issue #107

• Avoiding legal traps  Issue #105

• Traveling iron  Issue #104

• The subtleties of safe firearms handling  Issue #103

• When wild animals invade your homestead  Issue #102

• Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home  Issue #101

• Centennial of the All-American .30-06  Issue #100

• How big a gun do you need?  Issue #99

• The All American Ruger 10/22 Rifle  Issue #98

• Answering some well asked questions about personal defense  Issue #97

• SOCOM-16: The ultimate “ranch rifle.”  Issue #96

• Marlin 336: The other classic backwoods home deer rifle.  Issue #95

• Females and firearms  Issue #94

• Choose your ammo...police style  Issue #93

• Winchester ‘94: the classic backwoods home deer rifle  Issue #92

• Firearms: tools of rural living  Issue #91

• Armed civilians can help fight terrorism  Issue #90

• Small Town America: Live Oak, Florida  Issue #90

• Common sense about burglary prevention  Issue #89

• The pump shotgun: a backwoods home classic  Issue #88

• Body language and threat recognition  Issue #87

• Lower level force options for self-defense  Issue #86

• Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles    Website Exclusive

• Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns    Website Exclusive

• How to shoot a handgun accurately  Issue #85

• Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns    Website Exclusive

• On a quiet holiday, a cop gives thanks  Issue #84

• 1911: the classic homeland security pistol  Issue #83

• Shooting left-handed  Issue #82

• In time of war: The Israeli answer to terrorism  Issue #81

• A 24/7 backwoods handgun   Issue #80

• Firearms and cold weather considerations   Issue #79

• What's this "Glock" thing all about?   Issue #78

• Reflections on the Second Amendment   Issue #77

• Getting along with the cops    Issue #76

• Political activism, backwoods style    Issue #75

• Sensible gun choices after September 11th and Reality confirms arming pilots    Issue #74

• What’s next? What can you do?   Issue #73

• Do rural homeowners need guns for self defense?   Issue #72

• Armed citizens: the deterrent factor   BHM Web Site Exclusive

• Sight and sound enhancement   Issue #71

• The rationale of the automatic rifle   Issue #70

• Picking a holster   Issue #69

• Of kids and guns   Issue #68

• Taurus plinking rifle: a blast from the past    Issue #67

• The armed private business   Issue #66

• Against a rapist  Issue #65

• Shoot what you’re used to  Issue #65

• Bear Medicine, Lessons from the Winter nationals   Issue #64

• Armed and Female  Issue #63

• Remembering Y2K  Issue #63

• Cheap guns are good enough  Issue #62

• Home on the range  Issue #61

• Defending your lifestyle  Issue #60

• “Best buy” Backwoods .45  Issue #59

• Home on the range with a .357    Issue #58

• Rifles, shotguns, and handguns for Y2K and beyond    Issue #57

• What if they break down my door?    Issue #56

• The Myths of Armageddon    Issue #55

• Home handgun defense: simplicity suffices    Issue #54

• National junior handgun championships    Issue #53

• Is this the ultimate backwoods home rifle? — Part 1    Issue #52

• Four X .44 — the logical backwoods handgun    Issue #51

• Coping with gun control in paradise    Issue #50

• A cop's advice to those home alone    Issue #49

• Old guns for the old homestead   Issue #48

• Kids, values, and “Junior Shooting”    Issue #47

• Mossberg Model 500: the backwoods shotgun    Issue #46

• The M1A — a rifle that makes a statement    Issue #45

• Here are some answers to often asked questions of Anti-Gunners    Issue #45

• Accessable to you, but not the kids    Issue #44

• Teaching your lady to shoot    Issue #43

• The best deal in home-defense guns>   Issue #42

• The backwoods hunter    Issue #41

• The price of machismo    Issue #40

• The Marlin Model 60 — It's the classic backwoods home rifle    Issue #39

• My choice for the ideal backwoods gun is the four-inch .44 Magnum handgun    Issue #37

• Selecting the backwoods battery    Issue #36

• Create your own shooting range    Issue #35

• Effective rounds for the backwoods: Ammunition    Issue #34

• The price of self defense    Issue #33

• Defensive Deadly Force — the ground rules    Issue #32

• Backwoods Firearms    Issue #31