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This article is about my experience using a shipping container as a mouse-proof cellar. A couple of important notes up front – shipping containers are not designed to have a load-bearing roof. I discovered that quickly while attempting to put a dirt cover over the top of the container. With a small load of dirt on top, the roof of the metal container began to bow. I shoveled the dirt back off of there, and revised my plan as explained below. So don’t do that. Also, it is essential that the container be installed above the groundwater table to prevent…

November 19, 1530: The final decree of the Diet of Augsburg, “The Recess,” is signed by Charles V and Catholic princes, reaffirming Catholic rites and principles after the departure of Protestant princes. — On November 19, 1619, the Dutch ship Nieuw Hoorn exploded in the Sunda Strait, near Sumatra, after a fire on board reached the gunpowder, killing more than 100 men. — Today is the anniversary of the Kyle Rittenhouse “Not Guilty” verdicts, in 2021. — On this day in 1863, U.S. President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, at the dedication service for the National Cemetery in Pennsylvania. —…

Old Glory Bank served as the presenting sponsor during the 2025 National Youth Shooting Sports Conference (NYSSC) in October, reaffirming the company’s support for the Second Amendment and the shooting sports. The gathering, the only conference in the nation focused on youth shooting sports, took place in Columbia, Mo. “We are strong supporters of our military, veterans and first responders, many of whom benefited from participation in youth shooting sports,” said Eric Ohlhausen, chief strategy officer at Old Glory Bank. “Partnering with MidwayUSA Foundation allows us to make a direct impact on thousands of young athletes who are learning the…

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Already a fan of Ruger’s long-discontinued double-action Security-Six, Police Service-Six and Speed-Six revolvers, I simply couldn’t pass up the opportunity to acquire one of the latter in 9 mm Luger when an unfired, 42-year-old example turned up at a gun show. Having recently updated the magazine’s Exploded View coverage of the classic Six series (January 2025, p. 58), I knew that a 9 mm Luger Speed-Six was considered a collectible. Still, after studying up on the cartridge’s ballistics from short-barreled revolvers, and becoming convinced that loading rimless rounds via moon clips was likely to outpace loading a rimmed-cartridge revolver with…

Researchers were capturing fish on a recently restored floodplain in Mississippi last month when they tangled with an absolute brute: a 7-foot 10-inch alligator gar with a whopping girth of 55 inches.Solomon R. David, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota and a highly regarded gar expert, was leading the scientific effort on October 20th with students and several staffers for The Nature Conservancy, including Scott Lemmons. His team had received guidance from US Fish & Wildlife Service Fisheries Biologist Kayla Kimmel. The researchers were capturing, measuring, and tagging gar on Loch Leven, a floodplain lake of the Mississippi…

The benefit of a lightweight rifle is lost the moment you top it with a clunky, overweight optic, particularly a lengthy one. To that end, we are starting to see an emphasis on riflescopes that are less cumbersome when mounted, such as Steiner’s Predator 4S. As the name suggests, the 4S is a line extension to the company’s hit Predator series, with the “S” indicating it is a shorter version of the series’s existing 4-16X scope. Unlike its longer brother, it features a smaller 44 mm objective lens and has a paltry overall length of just 10.9″. Moreover, the entire…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. 00:00:24 Speaker 3: I’m your host, Tony Peterson. 00:00:25 Speaker 2: And today’s episode is all about the lockdown phase and why it’s just so dang hard to kill a buck right…

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