Author: Gunner Quinn
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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Resolution and Improvement Plan Finally, the clouds lifted, more sun arrived, and our power problems dissipated. From that point, we did fine waiting for the utility power to be returned. Eventually it was returned. But I had learned an important lesson: I started hunting for a better charger! Much later, I learned there was a chance that my gasoline “inverter generator” could provide steady enough power to pass for “utility power” and directly power my 48V inverter/charger systems with far more power — but that hasn’t been figured out (yet). What I…
June 11, 1797: Spanish Mission San José was founded by Franciscan Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen at the Ohlone Village of Oroysom in Alta California (now Fremont, California) — And on June 11, 1947, WW II sugar rationing finally ended in the US. (It began May 28, 1942.) — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than…
We spent last weekend on a lake that offers up pretty good largemouth and smallmouth fishing. One of my daughters asked to go catch smallies, so we did. We tossed swimbaits, topwaters, and drop-shots. We caught a pile of bronzers, including a couple that taped out past the magical 20-inch mark. She was very happy.The following morning, her twin sister asked to go largemouth fishing, which meant it was time to go toss faux Kermits in the shallows. She also mentioned that she really wanted to get good at using a bait caster, which is basically a prerequisite to successful…
The family of a man who died in a boating accident is suing Major League Fishing (MLF) for what they say were negligent decisions made during the day of an April fishing tournament.On April 16, 2025, a competitive angler from Georgia named Flint Davis struck a fishing boat helmed by guide Gary Holcombe, the owner of Smith Lake Striper Guide Service. The accident occurred during the Lewis Smith Lake Tournament, which runs for three days and offers a $115,000 cash prize.Three of Holcombe’s clients–58-year-old Joey Broom, 41-year-old John Clark, and 62-year-old Jeffrey Little–were killed. Flint and Holcombe sustained injuries but…
The following is an excerpt from CATCH A CRAYFISH, COUNT THE STARS: Fun Projects, Skills, and Adventures for Outdoor Kids. We just released a paperback edition; you can get a copy right here.There are more than 10,000 species of birds on Earth, with over 2,000 that can be found in North America. What’s amazing is that every species of bird in the world evolved from meat-eating dinosaurs like the velociraptor. It makes sense when you look at pictures of birds like the cassowary, shoebill stork, or California condor. They kind of look like dinosaurs. But even sparrows that are small…
Ruger became the first Blue Diamond level sponsor of the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) in 2024 by supporting the youth shooting sports program with more than $75,000 a year. The company’s relationship with the SSSF is long-standing. Originally a Founding Partner of the SSSF’s Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) in 2012, the firm continues into 2025 as a Blue Diamond sponsor of both SSSF’s SASP and Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) youth development programs. “Ruger is honored to be the first sponsor to reach the Blue Diamond level in supporting such a worthy cause that teaches safe, responsible handling…
The government-run Israel Military Industry (IMI), famed maker of the Uzi submachine gun, was privatized in 2005 and its small-arms manufacturing division spun off as Israel Weapons Industry (IWI). IWI took a free-market approach to its products, updating classic IMI products, like the Uzi, Galil rifle and Jericho pistol, as well as introducing brand-new designs such as the Tavor TS12 shotgun and Masada pistol. Its latest clean-slate offering is the Carmel (following the company’s convention of naming products after geographic locations in Israel), a modular, durable and thoroughly modern sporting rifle. Introduced in 2019 to the international military market, the…
Deer hunting is simple enough, right? Locate, read, and interpret the sign. Then, you formulate a plan to ambush them while they travel, feed, or some combination of the two. In its simplest form, that is how you would hunt and kill a deer. Of course, harvest rates tell us that it’s a little more complicated than that.Hunting pressure, deer populations, and a host of other variables also tip the scales one way or another. As much as hunting media (and even this article) want you to believe, most deer hunting tips fly around like stray meteors—most of them don’t…
This sidebar article originally appeared in “From Bunker Hill To Baghdad: 250 Years Of U.S. Infantry Longarms” in the June 2025 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the monthly magazine, visit NRA’s membership page. Any survey of military firearms isn’t complete without also discussing the development of ammunition across this past quarter-millennium. From a conceptual standpoint, very little has changed. Then, as now, the pull of a trigger unleashes a spring-loaded mechanism that sets off the priming powder or primer, which in turn ignites the main propellant charge, creating the expanding gases that push a projectile out of a…