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Along with all of the other items that a seasoned Prepper has, barter items are critical. You undoubtedly will need items that you forgot to stockpile during the good times. This area of prepping needs to be approached with the same meticulous logical order as all of your other prepping gear. Your trading partner, the one with those critical items that you need to survive must be satisfied. You’ve gotta have stuff that he really needs, not just stuff that fit into the category of general prepping items. He may have no need for ammo but desperately needs antibiotics. So…

On April 5, 1242, Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeated the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia. This became known as the Battle on the Ice. — April 5, 1424 Scottish King James I returned to Scotland after 18 years of detention at the English court. During his captivity in England, James married Joan Beaufort, a cousin of Henry IV. On 28 March 1424, a ransom agreement amounting to £40,000 sterling, after deducting a dowry payment of 10,000 marks, was established in Durham, with James affixing his personal seal to the document. The king…

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If you think of Trijicon, Inc. you probably think of military and law enforcement optics, from the company’s Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) to the Ruggedized Miniature Reflex (RMR) sight for handguns. The company is also serious about hunting, as showcased by its new AccuPoint 1-8×24 mm riflescope.     The new AccuPoint 1-8×24 mm brings 1-8X LPVO capability to the dangerous game hunter. While the AccuPoint scope line has been around since 1998, Trijicon keeps updating the models to tailor them to the needs of the modern hunter. In the case of the AccuPoint 1-8×24, that hunter is in pursuit…

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on April 2, 2026, published a proposed rule that would permit the mailing of lawful handguns through the U.S. mail for the first time in nearly a century. The change aligns Postal Service regulations with a January 2026 Department of Justice (DOJ) opinion declaring the longstanding federal ban on mailing “concealable firearms” unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The proposal, detailed in the Federal Register, revises standards in USPS Publication 52 (Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail). It expands “mailable firearms” to include pistols, revolvers, and other handguns—previously classified as nonmailable—under the same conditions already applied to…

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For decades, the John C. Garand Match has been the quintessential marksmanship event for fans of the classic World War II battle rifle that bears his name. Using “as issued” M1 Garand rifles, CMP competitors at Camp Perry engage in a 30-round target-shooting competition designed to play to the rifle’s capabilities while challenging shooters in the most basic field shooting positions. For years, I’ve wanted to partake in this event, and a while back, I decided to get serious about preparing for it. With that, I decided to dust off my near-retired Springfield M1, give it a facelift and build…

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