Twenty years ago, a simple video ushered in new era for the firearm industry. Unlike most of today’s highly polished Youtube versions, this one was straightforward. It showed a revolutionary handgun obliterating watermelons and became the first gun video to go viral. It also introduced the world to a groundbreaking new category of handgun—the Taurus Judge. Now, on the 20th anniversary of the gun’s debut, Taurus USA has released the 20th Anniversary Taurus Judge to honor one of the most recognizable and best-selling handguns of all time. At its core it remains true to what made the original legendary. The…

Introduction My wife and I have been into prepping for over twenty years. We lived in Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 and we were without power for ten days. That was our impetus to prepare after struggling with the basics when everything we had taken for granted failed. The suffering was immense, and the lessons keen. We vowed to never be unprepared again when niceties of civilization ceased to provide comfort. We started reading the Survival blog and the excellent articles soon after recovering from our hurricane wakeup call. The Problem Fast forward twenty years, and now living…

Watch full video on YouTube

We’ve announced the winners of Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. Note to the top three prize winners: Please contact me and let me know your UPS and USPS address(es), for your prizes. Thanks. – JWR The top three prize winners will each receive some great prize packages. The winners for Round 122 are… First Prize Winner: First Prize goes to A.F., for Introducing Your Community to Emergency Preparedness. It was posted January 8-10, 2026. See:  Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.) He will receive as prizes: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used…

On February 1st, we recognize the 1942 birthday of the late Dr. Gary North. North was a prolific writer on Christian Reconstruction and economics topics. He passed away on February 24, 2022. His more than 50 published books are a lasting legacy. He also assembled a free online library of books by other godly writers, through his Institute for Christian Economics (ICE). Those free books, totaling 38,000 pages, are all still available online, They are a great resource for homeschoolers and economics students. We also remember February 1st, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana as…

Watch the full video on YouTube

Watch the full video on YouTube

Watch the full video on YouTube

Texas-based Rost Martin launched a bit of a David-and-Goliath battle two years ago when it jumped into the crowded and competitive compact 9 mm semi-auto market with its RM1C. The company followed a year later with the subcompact RM1S and models equipped with a compensator. This year, Rost Martin is growing (literally) its RM1 family with the full-size RM1F and RM1F Tactical, handguns designed “for the range, duty, or personal defense”. The Rost Martin RM1F completes the company’s line-up with a full-size model. The new full-size RM1 pistols share the features introduced with the original RM1C. They are striker-fired, have…

GForce Arms is most widely known for its Turkish manufactured and imported affordable shotguns. These shotguns can be seen everywhere these days and seem to occupy at least half of the shelves at your favorite firearms retailer. The GF9 Rapture, though, is not a shotgun and is made right here in the USA by GForce Arms in Reno, Nev. The Rapture is polymer-frame, striker-fired clone of a Glock G26. For those who don’t know, the Glock G26 is the subcompact 9 mm offering from the Austrian juggernaut and is affectionately referred to as the “baby Glock.” The uniqueness of this…