SHOT SHOW 2016, PART 5
The firearms industry’s premier trade show closed Friday at 4 PM, and stats show it was the second largest in the organization’s history. Sponsor NSSF, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, reported over 64,000 attendees....
THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS LATER
A few days ago, I was passing through the Panhandle of Florida and got to spend dinner with a guy I hadn’t seen in 30 or so years, and whom I first met 40...
WHAT’S FOR CHRISTMAS?
Feeling a desperate need for something upbeat in this column in light of recent news, and bearing in mind that this is a firearms column at a website that celebrates traditional American values, it...
INTERNAL GUN LOCKS
Earlier blog posts on new Smith & Wesson products here in the last few weeks triggered a visceral storm of criticism in the Comments sections for S&W’s continued installation of an internal lock on...
SHOT SHOW CONTINUES, WITH TAG-TEAM COVERAGE
Gang, as of this entry, the Backwoods Home firearms blog coverage of the shooting industry’s biggest show worldwide continues. I’m tag-teaming out, and what you get henceforth comes via the eyes and ears of...



