Author: Gunner Quinn

During the past 250 years, the United States Marine Corps has admirably defended the liberty of our nation from myriad enemies around the globe—from the “Halls of Montezuma” to the “Shores of Tripoli” and in such well-known campaigns as Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Inchon, Khe Sanh and Kabul, just to name a few. However, in the 1920s, the Marines were deployed in a little-known role a lot closer to home. In 1920 and 1921, there was a rash of violent robberies of the U.S. Mail that resulted in the deaths and wounding of some postal employees and the theft of large…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow cal I. Here’s Cow. Regular listeners know that right now I’m up in Alaska on a bucket list hunt for grizzly bear. Very excited, but also apprehensive, not just because I hope the hunt goes well, but also because, as I’ve mentioned, if you kill a bear that has been feeding on fish, especially scavenging dead fish, the meat of that bear can be tough to take, smelling wise and tasting wise, just like those rotten fish. Of course,…

Armed Citizen® Today An argument between two men in Shreveport, La., turned into a gunfight, with an armed citizen defending himself from the aggressor, according to local police. An investigation revealed that the two men had been shouting at each other in the street at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, when the aggressor walked over to the other man’s house with a firearm and began shooting. The homeowner had armed himself and returned fire in self-defense, striking the shooter in the lower leg. Police arrested the man who started shooting, and he faces charges of attempted second-degree murder and…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle. On this episode, we’re going to approach one of the most controversial subjects in American wildlife today, head on grizzly bears. Are they endangered or not? And more importantly, how should they fit into the modern landscape? Do we need them here? Point in blank? Do grizzly bears deserve to be a part of our ecosystem? Let’s…

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By combining water purification and storage, the LifeStraw 22 Ounce Water Bottle provides a simple, convenient and practical solution for providing potable water in the field. With the LifeStraw Go, safe, pleasant-tasting drinking water is close at hand. The specific model that I tested is no longer available at LifeStraw.com. A slightly different but similar model cost $32.71 at the time of this writing. Or, if you are fast enough, you might be able to still get the discontinued model at rei.com for $25.73. Replacement filters cost $24.95 at LifeStraw.com. Lifestraw products are manufactured in South Korea, the United States,…

On October 13, 1775, the Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier. — Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925. She was the UK’s first female Prime Minister. She died in 2013. — On October 13, 1972, A flight chartered by a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes Mountains of Argentina, and the wreckage was not located for more than two months; the incident garnered international attention, especially after it was revealed that the survivors had resorted to cannibalism.   Read the full article here

As can be sussed out from its name, the Miniature Rifle Optic (MRO) is a sealed reflex sight developed by Trijicon for use aboard carbines and rifles to facilitate lightning-quick target acquisition and smooth transitions between multiple targets. Rugged, reliable and simple, the 1X optic has been highly regarded since its 2015 launch for use in close-quarters applications—largely due to its compact 2.88″ overall length and its spacious 25 mm objective lens—a pairing that essentially eliminates the “tunnel vision” sensation present when using many red-dot designs. An even more feature-rich version, the multi-reticle MRO HD, was added to the catalog…

(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Most of the time the barreled receiver is treated as one part. Normally, a rifle barrel is not removed from the receiver during parkerizing since it is difficult to remove and reinstall without damaging the new finish. In these cases it is not uncommon for issues caused by trapped solution to show up sometime in the future where the barrel shoulder meets the receiver face. One way to mitigate issues caused by trapped solution is to use compressed air after the part comes out of the parkerizing solution but before the final…

On October 12, 1823, Charles Macintosh of Scotland began selling his trademark raincoats. (Still called “Macintoshes” or “Macs”). — Today, in 1492, after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sighted a Bahamian island, believing he had reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The…