MORE NEW SHOT SHOW STUFF (AND A PERSONAL ANNIVERSARY)

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Woo-hoo! Benchmark for me today: five years helicopter-crash-free.  https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/dont-be-afraid-of-flying/. It has been a blessed five years. Lived to see my fourth grandchild come into the world. Made it to retirement from my police department after 27...

2016: A GOOD YEAR FOR FEMALE SHOOTERS

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It has been a good year for female shooters.  America’s first Gold Medal in this year’s Olympics was captured by young Virginia Thrasher, competing in ten meter Women’s Air Rifle.  Kim Rhode went Gold,...

A MOST RESTORATIVE APPLESEED

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I hit Backwoods Home’s turf – Gold Beach, Oregon – feeling like I had one foot on bronchial pneumonia and the other on a banana peel. Thanks to some powerful antibiotics, Lenie Duffy’s...

SIG LEGION: A NEW APPROACH

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Today, October 6, SIG announces its new Legion series of up-featured pistols in their SIG-Sauer Classic line: http://www.legionseries.com/ . I’ve been running a pre-release Legion P229R 9mm for a few weeks now in Florida, Texas,...

AS THE HOLIDAYS CONTINUE…

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I appreciate all the comments about “gun folks’ Christmas”… thanks to all. As we bask in the aftermath of our holiday gift exchanges, Significant Other calls to my attention this cute YouTube rant from a...