Introduction This article is not a full review. It is just a cursory evaluation. Several weeks ago, I ordered a Multifunction Nuclear Radiation Detector from a eBay seller who imports these units from China. FNIRSI also sells several other electronic test equipment units, one of which I bought was the multi-function oscilloscope hoping that I could use it on the bench as well as for portable operations. Alas, I didn’t like the unit because the probe connections for the oscilloscope don’t fit well into the connector (BNC type) on the top of the case and because of that issue I…

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90 years ago today, on August 14, 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, the poorly-conceived and undeniably socialistic Social Security Act was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). The first Social Security numbers were issued in 1936, and the first Social Security taxes were collected in January, 1937. The first benefits were doled out in 1940. The following is from the SSA website: “On January 31, 1940, the first monthly retirement check was issued to Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vermont, in the amount of $22.54. Miss Fuller, a Legal Secretary, had retired in November 1939. She…

Practicing how I play has delivered great success in my life. It’s no different with archery. While flinging arrows at a target is fun just about any way you slice it, we like to make sure it serves our ultimate goal.You’re training for that one moment in the wild when you’re deep in the mountains, your legs are screaming, your heart’s pounding, and you’ve got one shot to make it count. Hunting isn’t just about marksmanship. It’s about being ready, physically and mentally, for whatever the backcountry throws at you.I’ll do my best here to outline how we combine fitness…

It’s official: After signaling their support for a black bear hunt, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted this morning to finalize a set of rules for the three-week December season.The 5-0 vote in favor of the hunt is a striking rebuke to anti-hunting groups that have lobbied for months to block it. Today’s meeting saw testimony from an equal number of supporters and opponents, according to the Tallahassee Democrat, but opponents came armed with cute pictures of bears and signs reading “I am not your trophy” and “Wounded, hunted, forgotten.”“This hunt is unnecessary and cruel unless you…

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If Doug Duren placed historical markers on his family’s farm in southwestern Wisconsin, one would mark the car crash that killed his brother Matt in January 1995, and the other would show the log landing where a chainsaw nearly killed his father, Vince, in April 1991.Matt died near the farm’s driveway on State Highway 58 in the Driftless Area, and Vince dodged death across the road from there, just past the unnamed creek that flows north toward Cazenovia. Doug points out both sites from the farmhouse uphill. Heck, he could easily throw a baseball to Matt’s site, and in his…

This past winter, a Minnesota sheriff allegedly overstepped his bounds by issuing an “elk possession tag” to a farmer who shot and killed an elk after elk herds had damaged his crops and feed. A case report from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) obtained by MeatEater explains the situation.On January 10, Carl Christopherson complained to Kittson County Sheriff Matt Vig about elk eating hay, beet pulp, and seeded crops on his farm. Christopherson said he’s been chasing the elk off his land, but they keep returning; he’s even had to start growing his alfalfa crop several miles away.“I…

Over the past few years, Smith & Wesson has introduced several innovative products outside its normal categories, from shotguns to lever-action rifles. Two of the company’s most popular new products have been the M&P FPC rifle and its .22 WMR/5.7×28 mm M&P handguns. New for 2025, the company is releasing a version of these two firearms in .22 LR. The M&P 22X takes its aesthetic cues from Smith & Wesson’s M&P 5.7 and 22 Magnum. The M&P 22X takes its styling cues from Smith & Wesson’s M&P 5.7 and 22 Magnum pistols, from its slim polymer frame with a Picatinny…

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