On February 6, 1891:  The first great train robbery by the Dalton Gang: Southern Pacific #17, near Alila (now Earlimart), California. Pictured are deceased Dalton gang members, following the failed 1892 Coffeyville, Kansas raid. Left to right: Bill Powers; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, and Dick Broadwell. — On this day in 1935, the board game Monopoly went on sale for the first time. — For folks who missed out on ordering SurvivalBlog archive USB sticks, in January:  We had set aside 32 of the standard sticks and 5 sticks in keepsake tins in reserve, just in case any of this…

NRA’s Great American Outdoor Show (GAOS) opens Feb. 7 and runs until Feb. 15 in Harrisburg, Pa. It’s the place to be if you’re aching to see many of the new guns and gear unveiled last month at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT) in Las Vegas, Nev. The family-friendly event is much more, though. It’s the world’s largest annual gathering of outdoor enthusiasts, with manufacturers, retailers and companies that cater to virtually every pursuit, passion and activity—even those capable of being enjoyed indoors. More than 1,000 exhibitors will be at this year’s GAOS, which will occupy 650,000…

(Continued from  Part 1.) A typical Trucker’s dual-mount CB antenna has 2 coaxes down to one connection to the radio.  We want the signal from both antennas, unified exactly for a nice strong signal / in phase voltage pulse, into the radio. Because the antennas are on the sides, like mirror mounts, the strongest, best signal (in phase), will come from the front and rear of the truck, while signals from either side, will Cancel each other out (a little bit). The same thing happens with our Vertical antennas, 2-3-4-5-6-7-8 of them.  We want to get rid of the noise…

On February 5, 1736 British Methodist ministers John Wesley (pictured) and Charles Wesley arrived in Savannah, Georgia. — Today is the birthday of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916). He was an American-British inventor best known as the creator of the first truly automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim also held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim claimed to invented the lightbulb. He was the father of Hiram Percy Maxim, who founded the ARRL. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round…

A concerning bill is moving through the Florida legislature that would make it legally and financially jeopardizing to publicly criticize agricultural products and practices. While it may seem, on the surface, like an attempt to protect farmers from defamation, this provision could serve more as a tool to silence the public from speaking out about environmental concerns.Hunters, anglers, and conservationists have relied on raising their unified voices for years to protect public lands, wildlife, and waterways. This legislation threatens our ability to do so.Libel LegalityBuried deep inside a farm bill omnibus package in SB 290/HB 433 is a provision that…

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00:00:14 Speaker 1: My name is Clay Nukleman. 00:00:16 Speaker 2: This is a production of the Bear Grease podcast called The Bear Grease Render, where we render down, dive deeper, and look behind the scenes of the actual Bear Grease podcast presented by f h F Gear American Maid, purpose built hunting and fishing gear that’s designed to be as rugged as the place as we explore. So I’m holding in my hand my right hand, the femur bone of an American black bear, a big one. This is the black bear bone of the of the bear that…

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