PawPaw's House

So, my buddy Jay formed a company long ago.  He's a retired helicopter mechanic and he started making tools to make his job easier. His ...

 I heat the shop with propane, and use it for the griddle and the smoker, so I have a number of bottles.  Six, to be precise.  When I get fo...

 When I bought the Clackamore Mauser last week, I knew that new glass was in the plan. When I bought it, I immediately saw the most el-chea...

 If you love reading about the old African hunters, one that you surely know is W.D.M. "Karamojo" Bell, who hunted Africa at the t...

 Reader and old friend, Joe, sent me a link to an article he thought I might enjoy.  It's a review of cartridges' since the Civil Wa...

 It seems that Caddo Parish, LA (Shreveport) is having a bit of drama over the recent Sheriffs race.  It came down to one Democrat and one R...

 A commenter on the Mauser post below, sheds some light. Standard chambering for Argentine Mauser was 7.65x53. I don't doubt that a bit....

 I've sold two rifles in my lifetime and regretted selling both of them.  One, an Argentine Mauser in 7x57 that I couldn't make shoo...

 Thanksgiving is done, and we're cleaning up the detritus.  We fed, by my count, 24 souls yesterday, from the ages of toddler to 80.  It...

 The turkey is smoked, sliced and in serving pans with stock to keep it from drying out.  The ham is in the roaster. Belle issued her operat...

 Juvat asked about my chili recipe.  Ain't nothing to it. Ingredients:  2 lbs ground beef, 2 lbs ground venison. One medium onion, chopp...

So, I see that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a prisoner swap and an operational pause.  The last I heard, it was four days, but we'll ...

After the rain last night, the weather turned and Belle took out some ground venison.  With cool weather, she wants deer chili.  I never mak...

 It's thunder-bumping and flat-rocking out there.  Lots of rain, lots of thunder, and several tornado watches.  It's going to be oka...

 Watching the nonsense across the US about the Hamas engagement, I am reminded that Israel has already set the conditions for a ceasefire. I...

 Thanksgiving.  A uniquely American holiday.  It's upon us, coming on Thursday. I could tell you all about the pilgrims and the Indians,...

 I grew up with affirmative action, knowing that people were hired solely based on their skin color, without regard to their experience or c...

 We were talking at the barber shop this morning, and someone said that they hadn't ever seen a potato dish at a Mexican restaurant. Com...

 Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy says that if he is elected president, he will run off half the federal bureaucracy. From the UPI . Nov. 13 (UP...

  Did y'all see this ?  It seems that a bunch of illegal immigrants from Venezuela are going home.  The headline says it all. Chicago mi...