PawPaw's House

One of my favorite military weapons, I was issued an M3A1 in 1976 when I took over my tank platoon at Fort Knox.  I qualified with it as a p...

 Growing up in Alexandria, LA in the latter half of the 20th century, I remember the old-time lumber yards before Lowes and Home Depot.  In ...

 On this day in 1944, Allied forces entered the continent of Europe through the beaches at Normandy. As in all military operations, by the t...

 Here in central Louisiana, the mowing season starts in March. I refuse to start a lawnmower in February, even if my neighbors choose to eng...

Did y'all see this?  It looks like Ukraine loaded some drones in commercial shipping containers and had then strategically delivered to ...

 I'm sure by now, you have all heard about the incident in Boulder, CO on Sunday. A group of people meet regularly in Boulder to take a...

 Belle told me last night that she has been hankering for some barbequed chicken, and that sounds like a good idea.  I haven't cranked u...

 I didn't realize that Jim Wilson was still writing. Do The Unexpected  Make the bad guy play by your rules. Good advice.  Don't let...

 We borrowed a members horse trailer to move the ranges to the shooting venue. M portable ranges are built out of 3/4 steel tubing that asse...

 Pineville, LA took a hit yesterday.  A massive line of thunderstorms passed through yesterday about 11:00 m.  Power went out almost immedia...

 Bad thunderstorms this morning, and the power is out  I'm running on generator power in the shop. A good friend reports that we had a t...

Did y'all see this?  Two Army Blackhawk helicopters did the parade lap at Indy this weekend. That's cool, right there.  I don't ...

 We loaded the trailer with two ranges o Wednesday, and short for four days, then yesterday, we loaded the trailer with two rages ad brought...

 Later today I am meeting my crew and beginning the prep work to turn a venue into a shooting range. We will proep the venue today, install ...

 Listening to someone recently, may be Joe Rogan, saying that in five years we won't be able to tell the difference between reality and ...

  Many sources are reporting that Joe Biden just got a devastating cancer diagnosis. As much as I detest the man and his politics, I can fi...

About two weeks ago, there were eight goslings in this hatching.  Now, I only count five.  Nature at work.

James Comey, the inveterate slime-ball who came to prominence and national attention after laying out a case against Hillary Clinton, and th...

 Second son came into the shop with the target Lucas used to test the rimfire ammo, and it brought hack a memory form my early career. That ...

The weather finally moderated and we got to do some ammo testing.  Grandson Lucas shoots on a 4-H rifle team, .22LR, and it is a fine progra...