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March 16, 1802: The first US Military Academy at West Point was established through a Congressional act. It opened July 4, 1802. — Today’s feature article is the third and last installment of a guest post by our friend Mrs. Alaska. We highly recommend her blog and books. — We need entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles …
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I’ve completed the upcoming issue of the SurvivaBlog Old School (SOS) newsletter. The March, 2026 will be mailed starting today, over the next several days. This issue’s emphasis is on suppressor construction with detailed specifications, tips, and tricks. This is our third issue, and it is six pages long. SOS is a traditional hardcopy mailed newsletter intended as a backup to Internet delivery, in the event of any sort of disruption — whether natural or man-made. Normally, you’ll receive just one issue each year, with some practical information that is not published in the online edition of SurvivalBlog. But if …
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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Storage A big challenge when living in small homes is storage space. In a climate with dramatic temperature swings like ours, we have, for example, different mittens, boots, parkas and hats for +30, 0, and -30 degrees. All of these are bulky. We also have special clothing for hunting, fishing, and rain, and various accoutrements for outdoor activities. So, we built lots of storage shelves in various outbuildings to hold labeled totes of out-of-season clothes. In our cabin, I store things under, over, behind, and beside furniture. For example, my husband built …
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The following recipe for Basil Buttered Greens is from SurvivalBlog reader Trish. Ingredients 3 spring onions 2 Tablespoons of butter 1 Cup frozen peas 1 Cup frozen, shelled edamame beans 1/4 Cup chicken stock or vegetable stock 1 teaspoon sugar 1 medium cos lettuce A handful of fresh basil leaves Directions 1. Slice the three spring onions, both the white and the green parts. Melt half the butter in a wide saucepan and stir the spring onions over a low heat, letting them soften but not brown. 2. Tumble in the 1 Cup each frozen peas and edamame, along with …
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Today’s graphic: Global GDP Clusters. These three regions, spread across three continents, together generate half of the world’s GDP (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.
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“The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution.” – Alexander Hamilton
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Investigators say the younger teen admitted he opened fire on another vehicle during a confrontation on the entrance ramp from East Tallmadge Avenue to State Route 8 South. Afterward, detectives allege, he ditched the gun and drove off in the car used in the incident. The 17-year-old, who was riding in that same vehicle, was shot and later died at Akron Children’s Hospital, police said.
Officers were called just after midnight to the southbound SR-8 entrance ramp on reports of shots fired. At the scene, they found multiple shell casings, according to WOIO.
Police say a 28-year-old driver whose car was hit by gunfire told investigators he shot back through his windshield, then left the area and called authorities. Detectives are still sorting out how that exchange unfolded and which shots struck the 17-year-old passenger.
Top o' the morning to you, and happy St. Patrick's Day (almost). This is my traditional Paddy's Day post, mostly because I love the music here.
What is the "Classical Music" of Ireland? It's not (Italian) Opera, or (German) symphonies, or even an (English) homage to
Ralph Vaughan Williams (who studied under an Irish music professor)
"countryside music" in the concert hall. Instead, we find something ancient.
This tradition was already ancient by the early 1700s. it was undeniably Celtic, dating back through the Middle Ages, through the Dark Ages, through Roman times to a barbarous Gaul. There bards travelled the lands playing for their supper on the harp.
This was O'Carolan's stock in trade. He rapidly became the most famous singer in the Emerald Isle. It is said that weddings and funerals were delayed until he was in the vicinity. One of his most famous compositions - if you have spent any time at all listening to Irish music, you know this tune - was considered too "new fangled" by the other harpists of his day. Fortunately, he didn't listen to their criticisms.
He
married very late, at 50, and had many children. But his first love
was Brigid, daughter of the Schoolmaster at a school for the blind. He
always seemed to have carried a torch for her.
So
why is this post in the normal slot reserved for Classical Music?
Listen to this composition of his, and you see the bridge from the
archaic Celts to Baroque harpsichord.
And
keep in mind how this brilliance might never have blazed, had Mrs.
MacDermot Roe not seen the talent in a blind Irish boy and set him upon a
path trod by many equally unexpected geniuses, all the way back to St.
Patrick. It is truly said that we never know what our own path will be
until we set our foot down on it.
But
his was an ancient path and he inherited much from those who trod it
before him. His "Farewell to Music" is said to be more in the
traditional mold, and might have been appreciated at a feast held by
Vercingetorix before the battle of Alesia.
This
music is a bridge between modern and the ancient that disappears into
the mists of legend. Perhaps more importantly, it is a music that is
still alive today, after a run of perhaps two and a half millennia.
And
it is a music where you still hear the yearning of a young blind man
for his muse, Brigid. That is a vitality that should not be exiled to a
single day of celebration, even if it is for as illustrious a Saint as
Patrick. On this Feast Day of St. Patrick (almost), remember just how deep the roots of our
civilization run.
(Originally posted March 16, 2014)
Written by: Greg Ellifritz Many of the questions I receive from students involve the use of chemical sprays. It seems that nearly everyone carries or is contemplating the carrying of some type of Mace or chemical irritant. Accurate information about the selection and use of these chemicals exists, but it is often difficult to […]
After a multi-month restocking hiatus, we are again taking orders at Elk Creek Company. Here are our updated inventory counts: Pre-1899 Antique Rifles: 24 (We have deeply restocked 7×57 and 6.5×55 Mauser rifles.) Pre-1899 Antique Shotguns: 9 (Most are 12 gauge and most of them have fluid steel barrels!) Pre-1899 Antique Pistols and Revolvers: 21 (Mostly S&W top break revolvers.) Blackpowder Revolvers: 23 (Most are .44 caliber, with modern cartridge conversion cylinders available. We have deeply restocked the much-in-demand Ruger Old Army revolvers.) Blackpowder Rifles: 7 (Most of them are .50 Caliber deer/elk hunting rifles.) Knives and Bayonets: 24 (Edged …
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(Continued from Part 1.) Power Most remote homes and lodges rely on generators. The problem with generators is that they are noisy and smelly. So many people build a ventilated shed around them to buffer the noise. I appreciate that! In our case, we built the power tower (for the wind turbine, solar panels, antennas, and satellite dish) and power shed on the highest point on our property, so the 120 foot tower rises above the tallest trees, 400 feet east of the cabin. When we use the small generator as supplemental power, on rainy, snowy, still days, I am …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Mohamed Jalloh Learned the Real Meaning of the Acronym ROTC: Rendering Oafish Terrorists to Corpses News Links: ROTC students at Old Dominion University killed shooter who left 1 dead, 2 wounded. Video: Students killed ODU shooter, who shouted ‘allahu akbar’ before opening fire: FBI. Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.
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“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped …
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Today I got to the range and put 200 rounds of .38 Special downrange, all fired double action, from a S&W Model 10-8 3" and a S&W Model 64-3 4".
Each bullseye is 50 shots. The bottom targets were shot at 7 yards, while the top were at 10 yards. The left side were with the Model 10 and the right side the Model 64.
Except for the bottom right target, all ammunition was .38 Special full charge wadcutters, 3.5 grains of Bullseye with a 148 grain wadcutter bullet. The lower right was a 158 grain semiwadcutter over the same powder charge. All my handloads.
I'm pushing most of shots a little to the right, something I'm working on. (Not unusual for left handed shooters.)
Country music is alive and well in the Emerald Isle. Glór Tíre is a long running and highly rated country music talent competition on Ireland's TG4 channel. The last season's winner was Paddy Treacy with this song. It's Irish (for sure) but it is indisputably country. I love this video - it looks like he and his mates had a blast filming it.
This short popped up on my YouTube feed this morning. It shows the 1930s Kempf Patent Revolver Cartridge Clip Corp. speedloader.
I'd like to see a reproduction of this.
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In February of 2026, the National Instant background Check System (NICS) data, as compiled by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, shows gun sales are up 3.5% while background checks are down 13.5%, compared to February data for 2025. From NSSF:
The February 2026 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,265,320 is an increase of 3.5 percent compared to the February 2025 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,222,980. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2026 FBI NICS figure of 1,933,972 reflects a 13.5 percent decrease from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2,236,637 in February 2025.
Looking at the NICS figures from the FBI, by Month, Year, by State and Type,February totals for permits and permit rechecks, 2026 were 378921 and 291731, with the total background check numbers at 1933972. In February of 2025 the permit and permit recheck numbers were 360126 and 655531. The total background check numbers totaled 2236637,
The drop in permit an permit rechecks from February 2025 to February 2026 was 345K. The total drop in background checks from February 2025 to February 2026 was 302K. The drop in permit and permit rechecks accounted for more than the total drop in background checks.
At the Crime Prevention Research Center, a slight drop in concealed carry permits has been occurring. This was attributed to the increase in Constitutional Carry (permitless carry), which is now up to 29 states. Such a drop could explain the drop in the numbers of background checks being done for firearms permits and permit rechecks. Permit and permit rechecks have gone up and down, complicating the correlation between NICS background checks and firearm sales. They are the major reason the NSSF adjusted NICS is a much better measure of firearm sales. The adjusted numbers remove the NICS background checks done for permits and permit rechecks.
Looking at the 27 year history of NSSF Adjusted NICS, which is a reasonable proxy for firearm sales conducted through the NICS system, firearm sales are close to what they have been in the month of February since 2012, with 2013 and 2016 years of spikes up and 2019 being a substantial drop. Those years correspond to the year after the re-election of President Barack Obama and the election year for the first term of President Donald Trump.
The drop in sales in 2019 is correlated to a positive economy in the third year of the first Trump administration. The NICS background check numbers, even the NSSF adjusted numbers, have not been adjusted for population growth. The population of the United States has grown about 22% since 2000. Gun sales have increased considerably more than population grown, roughly 108%. If you look hard, you may see an upward climb in gun sales in 2009, the year after the Heller decision at the Supreme Court officially recognized the Second Amendment as a fundamental enumerated right in the Bill of Rights.
The reasons for the 3.5% increase in gun sales February 2026 compared to February 2025 are not clear or obvious. The economy has improved. President Trump has acted decisively in foreign affairs, even though the war on Iran was relatively quiet at the end of February. Perhaps Americans have a bit more money and a bit more stability than in February of 2025. It is possible people on the far left are seeing the advantages of the Second Amendment and are purchasing firearms.
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On March 14, 1899, German Ferdinand von Zeppelin received a US patent for a “Navigable Balloon”. — Today’s feature article is the first installment of a three-part guest article from our friend Mrs. Alaska. — We need entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In …
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We bought undeveloped land in rural Alaska, in a region with no municipal infrastructure within a 20-minute flight to the nearest community. So, we built everything from scratch, after we hauled all the requisite supplies in by snowmobile trailer or by float plane. We made many mistakes in our design and construction, as well as a few good decisions. I actually think that people who buy a property that has an old-timer’s cabin, layout, and tools, may have an advantage in making future adjustments. The following are my suggestions for considering how to build and design property in a remote …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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“Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among …
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Nightnoise is one of the most famous Irish jazz ensembles, combining jazz with traditional Irish themes. As we come hard into St. Paddy's Day, this seems a fun kickoff that a bunch of you should like.
Website Registered Last Year a Sign the NRA Foundation Planned on a Split? [More] Forget lack of transparency– they’re being deliberately obfuscatory, which means any NRA member supporting their efforts is asking for more of what allowed the whole mess in the first place. Here’s the 2022 990. And I looked them up in DC … Continue reading "House Upon the Sand"
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As HMS Defiant points out, there's no There there:
The knowing world watches and mocks as the mighty Royal Navy and Great Britain struggle to get ONE SINGLE SHIP underway 12 days after the war started and still the damned thing is unable to leave port ...
You can say exactly the same about all of the Britain's pantywaist partners in NATO. Not one single one of them has ponied up a ship or fighter squadron or bomb wing to send off to do something about the sudden and complete dramatic disruption to their oil and gas supplies. NOT ONE OF THE BASTARDS HAS STIRRED.
I have watched as people are concerned that poor Britain is struggling to get a ship underway but that really isn't the real problem. You see, any relevant and serious government would have seen the damage to their economic fortunes by the oil and gas embargo and sortied the entire fleet and sent every other fighter and bomber to the Middle East to squash the Iranians and as we have all noticed, not one of them lifted a finger.
Yup. If they don't care about oil from the Gulf being cut off, let them buy Permian Basin fracked oil. Otherwise, His Majesty's Government would tell Lloyd's to keep insuring tankers. But they don't.
The USA has let them act like children for so long that they no longer know how to act like adults. c.f. German Chancellor Mertz' comments yesterday that shutting down German nuclear power was a huge mistake, but it's too late to change the decision. Maybe you should try adulting sometime, Chancellor.
And the last word goes to HMS Defiant:
I think the first wave of European refugees is looking around now and beginning their research; where do they want to settle when they pick themselves up and their families and maybe even their businesses and move lock, stock, and barrel to the United States or Western hemisphere as they start fleeing the dire fate their elites have arranged for them all.
This wave of destruction is now unstoppable.
Sure looks that way to me.
A Republican won a deep-blue Northern Virginia county-level seat in a major upset Tuesday after revelations that her Democratic opponent made racist social media posts more than 10 years ago. [More] I love his excuse that “back in those days,” you know, the deep dark 2015’s, it somehow wasn’t verboten. I remember 20 years before … Continue reading "Would You Pass Me the Oar?"
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Long range shooting is expensive, and great optics aren't cheap. But sometimes even alpha-tier optics punch above their weight. Zeiss LRP is here to impressTell me about the worst gun you’ve ever bought. I’m bored sitting in this dialysis chair [More] As is no secret around here, I’m not a hardware guy (more of a bad pun guy) and have very few posts on guns per se as there are plenty with more qualified insights. I do wonder how … Continue reading "Pariah Carrys"
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Retired Air Force general vanishes in 1-hour window from home, gun and wallet missing – Retired Major Gen William McCasland disappeared while his wife was out; phone and glasses left behind [More] Those guys all go through enhanced background checks, right?
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Officers arrived to find 27-year-old Sean Six with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Through the investigation, Homicide Detectives learned Six had broken into the home where his ex-girlfriend was staying with a friend. Six first tried to get in through a window, but then kicked in the front door.
The ex-girlfriend's friend shot Six after he entered the home.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is leading a new bill that would shift the American immigration system from a family-based focus, largely ending chain migration and prioritizing immigrants who serve the “national interest” of the U.S. [More] After all, per three Preamble, the while point of consenting to government is because it is directed “to secure … Continue reading "I Can Still Hear You Saying You Would Never Break the Chain"
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Who is Ayman Mohamad Ghazali? Lebanese-born American accused in Jewish synagogue attack [More] So, a “legal immigrant”… * Apologies to David Bowie…
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Soros-backed DA sparks backlash after blaming Old Dominion shooting on pro-gun lawmakers: ‘F— right off’ [More] Let me see if I’ve got this right… an immigrant from Sierra Leone who was a prohibited person violated the No Guns Zone rule, and the son of an Iranian immigrant blames it on the Second Amendment…? Don’t tell … Continue reading "It’s the Guns"
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Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. How to Survive a Mass Shooting While Unarmed Pat Mac has some tips for surviving an increasingly likely situation. Carrying Defensive Revolvers – GUNS Magazine Clint Smith’s thoughts on defensive revolvers. You […]
A heroic ROTC student fatally stabbed the crazed ISIS-linked gunman who opened fire inside an Old Dominion University classroom Thursday, preventing further carnage, law enforcement sources said.
Shooter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, gunned down an instructor before the unidentified cadet jumped into action to put an end to the suspected terror attack on the Virginia college campus, according to sources.
Joliah had a prior conviction for attempting to aid ISIS. His first name is, of course, a coincidence.