On September 16,  1782, the Great Seal of the United States of America was used for the first time. — September 16, 1919, the U.S. Congress granted a national charter to the American Legion. — And on September 16, 1940, US President FDR signed the Selective Training & Service Act. This was the nation’s first peacetime draft. — Mark your calendar for February 16, 2026, to order your 20th Anniversary Edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick. The 2005-2025 edition will have at least 12 more bonus books.  These will include the 4-volume Audel’s Carpenters and Builders Guide, as…

Armed Citizen® Today A legally armed citizen took action to stop a shooting at a house party in Harvey, Ill., possibly saving the lives of multiple people after two gunmen opened fire on partygoers. At 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 2, the party was underway when the two armed men began shooting. Five guests were injured in the opening volley, including a young boy. One of the partygoers, who possessed an Illinois concealed carry license and was armed, returned fire, killing one of the suspects and injuring the other. When officers and emergency medical personnel arrived on scene later, they…

There are several practical advantages that recommend the usage of a reflex sight that produces a green aiming point rather than the more conventional and prevalent red dot. The human eye is more sensitive to green color wavelengths than it is to red ones, making a green reticle appear brighter and easier to acquire (even during challenging lighting conditions like bright sunlight or fog). Green also causes less eye strain and will appear much more crisply for shooters who suffer from astigmatism and red-green color blindness than will red. Which is why Trijicon’s recent decision to introduce its new Green…

When it comes to the idea of an all-around firearm, disagreements rule the day—yet the notion that there might be one basic platform on which most shooters could rely in most situations for most tasks seems as enduring as the desire to debate it is insatiable. As might be expected at a time when the American shooter is faced with so many choices in firearms and accessories, even defining such a gun is fraught with controversy. Still, for the sake of discussion, the following will exclude handguns and shotguns, along with rimfires, and focus instead on the already-established category of…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Callahan. Here’s cal Georgia. Game wardens patrolling a creek in Wilkes County noticed something last month you don’t see every day in the woods. A man holding an old style crank telephone. For you younger listeners, these phones were made from a wooden box about the size of a milk jug. They had a speaker you held to your ear, a microphone to talk into, and a crank handle on one side. When you wanted to make a call,…

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00:00:02 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support. I’m your host, Lake Pickle. On this episode, we’re focusing in on the Star of September, the object of desire for most hunters in North America, and the mammal with arguably the most recognizable mating call out there. We’re talking about Elk, but not so much where they are right now. That’s too easy. We’re talking about where they’ve been. I remember the whole thing…

The 1791 Gunleather Optic Ready Belt Holster is a sturdy, comfortable, beautiful, handcrafted leather holster that does an excellent job of retaining a handgun during open carry. It is made in America, and costs $61.99 at www.1791gunleather.com at the time of this writing. If you are looking for a nice, leather, outside-the-waistband (OWB) holster that fits a wide range of handguns at a reasonable price, you may want to check this one out. Background My favorite handgun is a Rock Island Armory MAPP FS, which I purchased after reviewing it on SurvivalBlog. I bought it because I can shoot the…