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Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Pros And Cons Of Red Dot Sights On Pistols » Concealed Carry Inc For those of you considering the transition to red dots. Are You Part of the EDC 1%? – […]On January 23, 1643 the New Model Army led by Thomas Fairfax attacked the royalist garrison and captured Leeds for the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War. — January 23, 1812: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook New Madrid, Missouri. — Today is a the birthday of Larry Dean Olsen. (January 23, 1939 — December 26, 2018.) He was born in Wendell, Idaho, on January 23, 1939, to parents Dean and Lola Olsen and he grew up in Jerome, Idaho. Larry was widely recognized as the father of modern primitive survival education. He was the author of the international bestseller “Outdoor …
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Have you ever thought about going off-grid in the tropics? No? Well, me neither, yet that’s where I find myself. First up, though I have had food stores and access to water as a habit for over a decade I have only been living (mostly) off-grid for a year. So I’m not very experienced and still learning the ropes. But I thought my experiences here might be a curiosity and possibly be interesting reading for others. I originally moved to Thailand to work in the action film industry, 21 years ago. Since then I saw that the country started modernising, …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. Economics & Investing Links of Interest As reported by the leftist Washington Post: How tech billionaires spurred an exodus from California. Spot silver broke out again to $94.77 per Troy ounce on Monday morning. By Tuesday afternoon, it was at $95.57. And just before Thursday’s Comex market close, it touched $99.53. That was another all-time high. A $1,000 face value bag of circulated “junk” silver now sells for about $74,000. I feel …
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“The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not?” – Bill O’Reilly
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At the long range section of Industry Day at the Range near Boulder City, Nevada, a range officer told this correspondent all the rifles were fitted with suppressors but one or maybe, two. Besides the long range section, silencers/suppressors were common throughout the booths.
At the Industry Day at the Range for SHOT Show 2026, the weather was wonderful for the first time in four years. There was no wind in the morning, a clear sky, and the temperature was about 50 degrees to start. Last year was windy, dusty, and cold.
The noise at the show seemed lower than usual. Silencers/suppressors were abundant. Attendance, perhaps even exhibitors seemed a bit lower than previously. This was the year of the suppressor. The Henry booth had several models with suppressors mounted, in .357 magnum, 9mm, .22, and .45-70. A suppressor and a lever gun in .357 magnum is a nice combination. For traditionalists, remember President Theodore Roosevelt liked suppressors and had them on a couple of his lever guns.
There were many suppressor manufacturers at the range. Carbon Research deserves a mention for their very lightweight and effective silencers. Their suppressors/silencers are made with a minimum of metal to protect the carbon fiber from abrasion.
Another manufacturer was Wraith Metalworks. They make a suppressor kit which can be used on calibers from .458 Winchester Magnum on down. Their top of the line kit costs about 1700 dollars, and is on one tax stamp. The kits have many different baffles, all are 3D printed in amazing detail, from inconel or titanium. They can all be taken apart for cleaning.
Ambient Arms had a booth again this year. They are known for suppressors which run at much lower temperatures than most
HUXWRX Safety Co. had a booth on the line to demonstrate their suppressors. They are designed with the safety of the operator in mind.
By estimate almost half the firearms on the line at Industry Day at the Range were equipped with suppressors. There were many other items of interest. With the elimination of the $200 tax on silencers/suppressors, it is difficult to know how the market for silencers/suppressors will develop. The demand will likely increase immediately. Producers will probabaly manufacturer silencers/suppressors as fast as they can for a considerable period of time. When the cost is lowered, the demand will increase. Increased demand will bring in more competition. It seems likely more production of inexpensive silencers will enter the market. The high end has been favored by the $200 tax. The overall number of legal silencers in the United States will increase exponentially. Prediction: silencers will be removed from the National Firearms Act. Exactly when is unknown.
One of the other attention grabbers at Industry Day at the Range was a Boston Dynamics "dog like" robot/drone called "Spot". It was at the Flymotion and EBAD booth.
One of the representatives was willing to answer a couple of questions about "Spot". "Spot" has a top speed of about three miles per hour. The current battery life is about 90 minutes. The devise is not autonomous. It takes an operator to control it. It appears to be a very useful piece of gear in numerous situations.
It is not the Terminator. It allows operators to handle many dangerous situations with a greater degree of safety.
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Gun Watch
Witnesses told police they heard a woman screaming and saw a man pointing a gun at her. A 66-year-old man who was walking in the area heard the disturbance and stepped in to help, police also reported.
The 58-year-old man then pointed his gun at both the woman and the 66-year-old man, who fired his own handgun and struck the 58-year-old, according to the preliminary investigation.
The Bell County District Attorney’s Office will review the case. No arrests have been made.
An initial investigation revealed that a mother and her two adult children were home when they heard someone banging on their door. The woman allegedly answered the door, and an unknown man started to force his way into the home.
During the incident, a man in the home retrieved a gun and went to the door as the subject broke through the security door and stepped inside. Officials said that is when the man shot the intruder.
Police said the family did not know the intruder. The deceased man has been identified as 27-year-old Michael Diaz.
We lost Keith Jones on January 21. Keith Jones experienced heavy combat in Vietnam, and came home to a law enforcement career in a major Midwestern city. In the course of his decades there, Keith prevailed decisively in five shootings – one knife attack, the rest gunmen – always shooting down his homicidal opponents before […]
At a party in the nation’s capital last night, a group of Republican lawmakers dined on a cake shaped like Greenland and frosted with an American flag.These edgelord dorks who got elected to congress to further their social media careers have made being cartoonishly evil into the GOP's party brand.
The dessert — an apparent nod to President Donald Trump’s attempt to acquire the Arctic territory — was served up at the Kennedy Center during an event hosted by Republicans for National Renewal, a right-wing group that has pushed the president to seek an unconstitutional third term.
“Come over here, take a picture and cut the cake,” the host appears to say at one point, video footage shows, describing the elaborate dessert as the “51st state.”
As partygoers gathered around the Stars-and-Stripes-draped cake, one person could be heard saying “It’s gonna be an international incident,” while another questioned: “Is it like prom?”
This is government by /pol/ and Right Wing social media influencers.
The edginess is the point. Life is a shitpost. “Are you triggered, lib?” is the GOP motto.
On January 22, 1506, the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican. — January 22, 1840: New Zealand Company settlers arrived aboard the Aurora at Te Whanganui a Tara, which became Port Nicholson, Wellington. — And on January 22, 1990, Robert Tappan Morris was convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm, or Morris worm, one of the oldest computer worms distributed via the Internet. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This …
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Introduction The recent shooting death of Renee Good has resulted in a lot of discussion about whether or not the shooting was justified. Those discussions are important to our society and are illuminating when everyone engages with respect for each other. I project that most regular readers of this blog will land on the side of “legally justified self-defense”. But whether or not it is legally justified is not what I want to address in this missive. I think, especially if my projection of my audience is accurate, that what I want to address is even more important. What is …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, growing feral pig populations. Feral Pig Crop Damage: $1.6 Billion MarketIntel reports: Feral Hogs vs. Farmers: The Damage Price Tag. Here is an excerpt: “Feral hogs are a …
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“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger . . . they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor. …They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.” – Tacitus, Roman senator and historian
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Of all the new and exciting things we find at SHOT Show 2026, only a few can win the Top Brass Award!The big news is the Ice-mageddon we are going to get this weekend. Lots of folk in panic mode.
For myself, younger son came by this morning and we went to Academy to look at scopes. Picked out a nice Vortex Crossfire for the Winchester. Mounted it, life is good. We didn't go shoot simply because it rained all day, and I'm not ford of being in the rain. When I was in the Army, the mantra was "If it ain't raining, we ain't training", but I'll wait for less precipitation.
The weather-weenies are prepping us for a huge ice storm this weekend. I'm ready, but I am not yet convinced. What concerns me is the insanely low temperatures they are talking about. Louisiana does not need temps in the teens. It ain't right.
Tomorrow, it is supposed to rain some more. The menu in the shop tomorrow will be chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and cream gravy. I may heat some english peas to go with that. We'll see.
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Just to legally own a firearm in Canada, citizens must first pass government-approved firearms training. They can then apply in writing for a federal gun license, which has its own hazards. The application process requires citizens to list every “conjugal relationship” they have had in the past two years. […]
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The Trump administration has justified its ongoing immigration crackdown in Minnesota by citing a need to curb fraud and pointing to a widening scandal involving members of the Somali American community. Yet prosecutors say the mastermind of the state's biggest fraud scheme to date was not Somali but a White woman — 45-year-old Aimee Bock.
In an exclusive interview from her jail cell, Bock defended her conduct, admitted regrets and argued that state officials who she worked with should bear some of the blame. It was the first time Bock spoke publicly since she was arrested for her role in what prosecutors say was a $250 million COVID-era effort to defraud a federal program to feed hungry children....
During a five-week trial last year, prosecutors alleged Bock signed off reimbursement claims for millions of meals that were never served. She was also charged with collecting bribes. Together, she and the meal site operators were accused of stealing tens of millions of federal dollars and spending it on luxury cars, real estate ventures and vacations.
"That money did not go to feed kids," said Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick at the time. "It was used to fund their lavish lifestyle."
A jury convicted her on all counts. She's now awaiting sentencing and faces up to 33 years in prison. Evidence submitted at trial included text messages where Bock compared Feeding Our Future to the mob....
Bock told CBS News she was neither mastermind nor mob boss.
"It was heartbreaking," Bock said, describing the moment she heard the verdict. "I believe in accountability. If I had done this, I would've pled guilty. I wouldn't have gone to trial. I wouldn't have put my children and my family through what we've been through. I've lost everything."
Criminal conviction is a high standard. It is hard to imagine that she ended up with a right-wing jury in Minnesota.
Last month, a judge ordered her to forfeit more than $5 million in proceeds from the scheme.
Unless she had a stupendous salary at Feeding Our Future, from where will that money come?
"Piers Morgan accident leads to hip replacement, fractured femur: 'I blame Donald Trump'"
An X post where anti-ICE activists buy salt at Target and then return it to ask Target to stop letting ICE arrest Target employees.
1. What is Target going to do? Call out its SWAT team? Launch air strikes on DHS HQ?
2. How does this injure Target, other than wasting time of their Customer Service workers?
As leftist agit-prop, it may get the Theater Kids high marks, but what realistically does it do? It does not get anyone killed or protect the child rapists that Minnesota government is trying to protect. Hey, at least they are not threatening the lives of government workers. I guess that is a win.
Besides, don't they know that you buy salt to melt ice? Probably not. Their illegal alien staff do that job.
The sheriff said the situation is so convoluted that they are still trying to determine who are the victims and who are the suspects.
The scene on the 3600 block of Avenue R was marked by police tape and dozens of yellow placards, each indicating a bullet fired during the incident.
"This was a full-blown shootout here in broad daylight," said St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro.
Sheriff Del Toro said two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old used a messaging app to arrange a gun purchase from three other individuals.
"A little concerning considering the fact you have people of this age group dealing with firearms, illegal firearms transactions," he said.
A 31-year-old man was in an alley when a 36-year-old man approached, attempted to rob him, then fired shots at him, according to a desk officer at the LAPD’s Operations Center. The two men got into a fight and the would-be victim wrestled the gun away from the assailant and fired a shot that struck him, the officer said.
Paramedics took the suspect to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
HPD said an investigation, led by the Major Crimes Unit, found Linder and Ziegler were involved in a fight. Evidence shows Ziegler was armed and made a threat with his gun, according to the department. Linder, who also had a gun, fired his weapon and hit Zeigler.
HPD told News 19 that Linder also hit a vehicle in the parking lot, injuring a man inside. That man was driven to the hospital after the shooting. Police said he was taken inside for treatment, and his injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.
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An experimental all‑female nightclub concept made headlines [citation needed] this week after industry insiders revealed it shut its doors shortly after its first official night, with organizers blaming a complete lack of bottle purchases as the main reason for the abrupt closure. The venue [what was the venue's name?], marketed as a space dedicated exclusively to women and designed to create a safer, inclusive nightlife environment, opened with much fanfare in a major city [which city?] — but according to reports circulating on social platforms and nightlife forums [citation needed], the night ended without a single champagne or bottle service sale, a revenue stream most clubs rely on to stay afloat.Two seconds of work with a search engine will show that this whole thing originated out of whole cloth as an Instagram post from a viral content mill back in September, and has been embroidered upon, had more clickbait buzzwords added, and been relaunched at social media grifter Lauren Chen's* FB page and has been repeated uncritically in social media from there.
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On January 21, 1789, the first American novel, “The Power of Sympathy” by William Hill Brown was published by Isaiah Thomas. — January 21, 1974: The price of gold hit a record $161.31, and silver hit $3.97 per Troy ounce, in London. — A USB Archive Stick Update: At last count, we had just 62 of the standard waterproof 2005-2025 SurvivalBlog archive USB sticks still available to order. And all of the sticks in the limited edition keepsake tins sold out in the first two weeks of January. The mailings of both types should begin on Friday. They will be mailed …
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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) C45 INSTALLED UNDER PCB (LEFT) IC1 SOCKET PINS IDENTIFIED (RIGHT) There will be many other such steps in this process, so I’m now going to fast forward to pages 9 through 14 after completing all the installation of parts in those pages and report on the tests that are part of the process up to that point. (NOTE: the top of page 12 indicates that if you don’t have the audio generator and the oscilloscope to skip to part 1B) I chose to do the tests and report my findings for the …
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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — At Instructables: A Simple Trash Can Faraday Cage. o o o A useful article that was originally posted in 2016 and updated in 2024: Proper underground propane tank installation. o o o Why Does So Much of America Look the Same Now? (A hat tip to D.S.V. for the link.) o o …
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“I grew up on a ranch in Walla Walla, Washington. Except for one lawyer, I don’t remember anyone in my family being anything else but ranchers.” – Adam West
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We're at SHOT Show 2026 all week and this is just the first day! Take a look at the best and most interesting we found on the show floor.My younger son came in for a visit today. He'll be here for a week. Belle and I picked him up at the airport and his brothers met us at the shop.
Stories were told, lies were explored. At some point the conversation turned to optics. I happened to have a rifle in the rack with an old Bushnell scope. It will be upgraded tomorrow. the boys took that scope off the rifle and began to disassemble it, exploring the mysteries of the internals of common optics.
That was interesting, and we concluded that young Philippine grills are better qualified to disassemble cheap scopes than middle aged rednecks from Louisiana. They probably have specialty tools. At one point, a pipe wrench was used in the disassembly, probably not something we would find in a technical manual. This was redneck gun-smiffing of the worst kind. No alcohol was involved in this evolution.
For the record, the reticle was found in the second focal plane.
We'll go get a new scope tomorrow and see how the rifle shoot. It's a push-feed Winchester Model 70 in 257 Roberts. More to follow.
By Dave Workman The U.S. Supreme Court could be a few months away from handing a major defeat to gun control proponents by striking down Hawaii’s restrictive law which bans firearms carry on private property open to the public. Reports flashing across the media note such a ruling would also be a crushing blow to […]
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I was battling with some code to make my circle pocket program do sort of a revere pocket--clearing an annulus around the center column. It is embarrassing how much capacity I have lost these last ten years. I asked both ChatGPT and CoPilot to rewrite the annulus clearing section. Neither got it right but CoPilot managed to create an incomprehensible piece of C, although not quite to a level suitable for the International Obfuscated C Contest. (Are you old enough to remember those?)
Grok got it right first time!
By Dave Workman A restrictive Washington gun control bill introduced in 2025 and still very much alive during this year’s 60-day session of the State Legislature in Olympia is reportedly moving, and could create major headaches for gun owners, the president of Washington Gun Law is warning in a new video. Senate Bill 5098 passed […]
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This is a fascinating conversation.
This is SO not like the NASA interviews when I was a kid.
NEW from Weatherby comes a new rifle and a new cartridge! We go hunting for Arizona Elk with the Weatherby CAPRA in 25 RPM!
Twenty-plus years ago in the pages of Backwoods Home magazine I wrote a series of “refresher” articles on the safe and efficient handling of rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Safety is always worth reviewing. Here’s the one on handguns.Homicide at 7400 Hunnicut Road
On January 17, 2026, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting call in the 7400 block of Hunnicut Road. The preliminary investigation determined that a man, later identified as 30-year-old Anthony Turner, pointed a gun at a man, who then shot Turner. Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the scene, where Turner died. The motives and circumstances surrounding this incident are still under investigation. At this time, a Grand Jury Referral will be made in this case. This investigation is ongoing and documented under case numbers 008397-2026 and 008546-2026.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Detective C. Fehrenbach #11089 at (214) 671-3671 or cody.fehrenbach@dallaspolice.gov.
The shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. at a vacant home on Nine Foot Road, outside of Newport.
Deputies say a man was legally conducting business at the property when he was confronted by Blevins, who was apparently squatting at the home.
After a verbal dispute, deputies say the squatter fired multiple shots at the victim.
The victim made his way back to his vehicle, deputies say, and got his own gun and returned fire in self-defense.
