Firearms

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...

January is “new gun intro” season in the firearms industry, with the major trade show mid-month being the stage:  SHOT, the Shooting and Hunting Outdoor Trade Show.  I won’t be there this year (trial...

I recently had the pleasure of touring the Utah facility where Silencerco and SWR sound suppressors for firearms are manufactured.  I toured my first arms plant in the late 1960s and many since, and...

In Rifle, one of my favorite gun magazines, I always enjoy reading Terry Wieland’s thoughtful column, “Walnut Hill.”  In the May 2014 issue, he cited an important quote from a great authority on firearms,...

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...