Author: Gunner Quinn

Pictured above is the homestead of a SurvivalBlog reader in northern Indiana. This anonymous reader has been developing his homestead since 1984.  The pictured well pump is a reliable Bison Pump that is popular with preppers and homesteaders.. — This Week in History On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission was launched, carrying the first men to land on Earth’s moon. — July 14th is the birthday of Colonel Einar A. Malmstrom. He was born in 1907 and died August 21, 1954 near Great Falls, Montana, in the crash of a T-33 jet. He was a decorated Air Force…

With so many pistol red dots on the market today, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. My advice is to ignore the marketing hype and focus on the features that really matter. First, make sure the optic actually fits your handgun. You’d be surprised how many people buy a red dot only to discover it won’t mount to their pistol without the proper footprint or adapter plate. Next, decide whether you want an open or enclosed emitter. Open emitters are typically lighter and sometimes less expensive, while enclosed emitters offer better protection from rain, dirt and debris. If you’re carrying a…

The all-new WOOX Elegante Hybrid bolt-action rifle stock was designed and engineered for hunters who demand precision without sacrificing the feel and carry of a traditional bolt-action hunting rifle. The post WOOX Elegante Hybrid Bolt-Action Rifle Stock appeared first on GUNS Magazine. Read the full article here

Armed Citizen® Today In Harris County, Texas, on the night of July 3, two men got into an argument outside a business. One of the men then got into his vehicle and attempted to run over the second man. The second man fired one shot at the assailant, striking him through the windshield and causing the vehicle to crash. The armed defender remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators; the driver was transported to the hospital but died of his injuries. (click2houston.com; Houston, Texas; 7/3/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – May 8, 1987 Two men entered John…

Modern manufacturing techniques have resulted in great value for the money when it comes to hunting rifles. Billet-machined aluminum and high-tech synthetic materials render rifles that are not only affordable, but accurate and good-looking, to boot. Yet hunting remains a traditional activity, and some of us just like the feel of a nice wood stock. For those purists among us, Sako has introduced its new-for-2026 Grizzly. The Sako 90 Grizzly offers a more traditional option in Sako’s premier bolt-action line. The Grizzly is based around the company’s 90-series bolt action, introduced in 2023, which is renowned for its safety, accuracy…

I purchased my Wilson Combat EDC X9 after thoroughly testing it almost 10 years ago. Through much of the last decade, it’s been my predominant EDC gun. Even though Wilson Combat has upgraded the platform over the years, I’ve liked my original X9 better than all its descendants—until now. With its new eXperior Elite pistol, the company has taken nearly a decade of refinement to the X9 platform, including what the company developed for the Division 77 P1 pistol, and has introduced a pistol that I just realized I like even more. The eXperior Elite looks very much like a…

Maggie Bassett and Shonna Dehl were camping on Sunday, July 5, in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming when a black bear attacked their tent.”It wanted in the tents,” Dehl told KTVQ News. “That’s all it wanted. It didn’t matter what we did.”Bassett and Dehl yelled, screamed, and even fired gunshots at the overly curious bruin. But apparently that wasn’t enough to scare it off. “It didn’t even blink,” Bassett said. “It just kind of circled around and came back at me from a different angle.”After firing a few more gunshots, the bear eventually ran off, allowing the two women…

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00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan col Klaian. Here’s CAP. A lot of time when we cover grizzly bear deterrence on the show, we get sucked in by the high tech stuff, especially in Japan Ai facial recognition, bear spray squirting drones, solar powered robot, wolves with glowing red eyes, that kind of thing. So it’s refreshing when people come up with their own low tech DIY solutions. At the top of the list is eighty year old Kazuko Takahashi, a woman living in Yawata Prefecture,…

Leonardo, a company that holds multiple surveillance-related defense and government contracts, recently introduced ELSAG SignalTrace, and its hardware is being offered as a bolt-on supplement to the more than 110,000 Flock cameras taking and storing photos of vehicles on public roadways nationwide. The technology contained within that hardware could conceivably track who has recently purchased a firearm and where they’re taking it. The SignalTrace webpage explains the system can detect cellphone manufacturer and make, audio system in the vehicle, smartwatches, wireless ear buds and more. Tire pressure monitors, laptops and iPads are also included as part of the “electronic fingerprint.”…