On May 30, 1626, an explosion at the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory in Beijing destroyed part of the city and killed and estimated 20,000 people. Pictured above are ancient  Chinese cannon, near the Forbidden City. — And on May 30, 1806, future US President Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson’s wife of bigamy. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. This is the final round of the contest. There will not be a “Round 125”! — Take Note: Our editorial calendar is now filled…

In October of 2024, Dustin Kjersem drove into the mountains south of Bozeman, Montana, to prepare for a romantic weekend of camping.He was never seen alive again.When his girlfriend finally discovered his body, she thought he’d been attacked by a bear. But the truth, it turned out, was far more disturbing.To find Dustin’s killer, investigators followed a trail that led through a bloody campsite, a missing axe, two tequila glasses, and a pair of cell phones found by a man who claimed he saw them in a dream.This is a story about finding justice for a man who had never…

Water is essential to all life. The human body can go three weeks without food but only three days without water before completely shutting down. Yet most of us find it much easier to store a year’s worth of food than a month’s worth of water. I live in the suburbs and while I have my beans, bullets and band aids pretty squared away, water has always been an area of concern for me. There is no way to store enough water for a long term outage, and I haven’t found many good options. Recently I have spent more time…

On May 29, 1648, King Charles I of England attempted to escape captivity at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, for the second time, by hacksawing through a barred window but he was caught in the act. — On this day in 1780, the treatment of Patriot prisoners by British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Loyalist troops led to the coining of a phrase that defined British brutality for the rest of the War for Independence: “Tarleton’s Quarter.” Tarleton and his Torries proceeded to shoot any an all Patriots that had surrendered after the fall of Charleston. The Patriots lost 113…

Accuracy with a revolver is usually better than with semi-automatics; however, semi-autos have the edge with higher ammo capacity. Ultimately, it comes down to the best choice for you. The post Single-Action Sixgun vs. Semi-Automatic: Which Is Faster? appeared first on GUNS Magazine. Read the full article here

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00:00:00 Speaker 1: What is going on? 00:00:00 Speaker 2: Welcome back to a fresh episode of Back forty. This is Jake Hoefert and we have a fresh panel of four guests to talk about all the different things when it comes to managing whitetails. There’s no shortage of advice on what you should be doing, but sometimes the fastest way to improve your property is knowing what mistakes to avoid in the first place. In this episode of Back forty, we ask the question what are the biggest white tailand mistakes people make? And the answers cover a variety…

Federal Ammunition announced this week that it has entered into an agreement that allows the U.S. Army to utilize its patented Peak Alloy ammunition case technology for use in multiple cartridges and weapon systems. Terms specify certain conditions necessary prior to granting government purpose rights, such as the delivery of 40 million cases that feature the cutting-edge technology. Peak Alloy first appeared on the commercial market in 2025 when Federal Ammunition introduced it in the company’s all new 7 mm Backcountry cartridge. The material was used in the high-strength, proprietary steel alloy casing, which enables significantly higher chamber pressure than…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show Mother Lakers. This week, we’ve got some research about CWD that I really need to hear about the debate about bear spray versus pistols as bear defense rages on. Are the cyanide bombs you’ve been hearing all about actually bombs. Wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area are getting whittled away in numbers by hunters, no trappers. No, but don’t worry. We’ll tell you what it is later on in the show. The Alaskan Arctic might be getting itself a data center, which I generally kind of hate the idea of generally, and…