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1 week ago | 
thearmorylife.com | Joe Woolley
May 9th, 2025
7 minute read
Hearing protection is critically important for firearms enthusiasts. In today’s article, author Joe Woolley offers his views on the Dead Air Sandman S sound suppressor.
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1 week ago | 
gun-tests.com | Joe Woolley
Most of you should be very familiar with the four rules of firearms safety as promulgated by Col. Jeff Cooper:Every gun is always loadedNever point firearms at anything you are not willing to kill or destroyKeep your finger out of the trigger guard until it is time to shootAlways be aware of your target and what is behind itRule #1 is easy. Treat the gun as if it is loaded. If you don’t know its status for certain, treat as if it is.
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2 weeks ago | 
thearmorylife.com | Joe Woolley
May 2nd, 2025
6 minute read
In today’s article, Joe Woolley reviews the Vortex Razor HD 12×50 binoculars. How well do these optics work in the field to spot and identify game during a hunt? Woolley gives us his take. How many of you like good war movies?
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3 weeks ago | 
gun-tests.com | Joe Woolley
Some members of the Houston test group are involved in teaching the Texas License To Carry class. The instruction includes a great deal of information about requirements for carry in Texas and the law regarding usage of those firearms. We also get asked about the best guns for carry. We tell them 1) the gun has to go bang, 2) it has to hit what they point it at, and 3) it needs to be sufficiently powerful. We normally recommend a minimum of 380 ACP.
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1 month ago | 
thearmorylife.com | Joe Woolley
March 26th, 2025
6 minute read
In today’s article, Joe Woolley reviews the Vortex Razor HD 4000 Rangefinder. This rangefinder appears to be a great balance of price and performance. But, how does it perform? The Vortex Razor HD 4000 reviewed here is owned by the author. I need y’all to fess up (that’s Texan for confess something).
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1 month ago | 
gun-tests.com | Joe Woolley
Some shooters need one handgun to do everything — some self defense, some target plinking, a bit of small-animal hunting. We think that a mid-size, mid-weight, mid-price 357 Magnum revolver does a great job of filling those and other needs.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
thearmorylife.com | Joe Woolley
January 30th, 2025
8 minute read
The deer herd in the great State of Texas is currently estimated at 5.3 to 5.6 million animals, but it wasn’t always that way.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
gun-tests.com | Joe Woolley
It is an accepted fact that the rifle shooter will be able to place his hits more accurately when using some type of supported position. That is, shooting off a bipod from a prone position is going to be infinitely better than standing offhand. As a result, we’ve learned to use bipods, bags, backpacks, shooting sticks, and more in our efforts to achieve stability with our long guns. The latest trend we’re seeing is the use of tripods for support in a variety of field positions and elevations.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
gun-tests.com | Joe Woolley
Several major manufacturers are producing new firearms totally outside their normal niches, examples of which include the new Expedition rifle from Taurus and the new CBX Tac Hunter, a bolt gun from Colt.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
gun-tests.com | Joe Woolley
In the November 2023 issue, we checked out three great hunting rifles chambered in 7 PRC. The Christensen Arms, Mossberg, and Remington rifles we tested were great for hunting, but we wanted something a bit heavier and with a muzzle brake to try targets out to a mile. This time we grabbed two rifles that came with what we thought were the necessary bells and whistles.
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