On December 26th, 1776, after crossing the Delaware River, Washington led his men against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans, significantly boosting their flagging morale. — December 26, 2004: The Indian Ocean region Tsunami took more than 250,000 lives. — And on December 26, 1848, the first gold seekers arrived in Panama en route to San Francisco. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A…

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. announced the return of an iconic American over/under shotguns with the Ruger Red Label III, renewing Ruger’s commitment to being a full-line manufacturer of firearms. The original Ruger Red Label was launched in 1977, and quickly earned a reputation for rugged reliability, classic looks and American-made quality. Ruger maintains that legacy with the Red Label III, while upgrading it with premium materials and world-class fit and finish. Built by highly skilled craftsmen at one of the world’s premier makers of fine firearms, Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company (CSMC), the Red Label III marks a new era…

Hodgdon Powder Company has released the 2026 Hodgdon Annual Manual. It features data for Hodgdon, Accurate Powder, IMR, Ramshot and Winchester Smokeless Propellants. In total, more than 12,000 loads are represented, with updates for more than 116 rifle and pistol cartridges and more than 1,000 shotshell loads. “This year’s Annual Manual reflects our continued commitment to both new and experienced reloaders,” said Aaron Oelger, vice president of marketing at Hodgdon. “For 2026, we expanded our educational focus with a series of Reloading 101 articles for beginners and advanced Reloading 301 features for seasoned handloaders. This edition also includes a memorial honoring…

There were approximately 8 million combat deaths in World War I. After artillery, machine guns were the second leading cause of combat casualties. Some estimates put the total number of deaths related to machine gun fire in World War I at more than 2 million. Most folks remember the rapid-fire, death-dealing British Vickers, German MG08, French Hotchkiss, Russian Maxim and American Browning guns. Often forgotten among the fraternity of Great War “grim reapers” is the Austrian Schwarzlose. German-born Andreas Wilhelm Schwarzlose was a bit latecomer to the early machine gun design community. But what he lacks in notoriety, his design…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to the third and final flop from the Meat Eater Live Christmas Tour. Today finds us in Austin, Texas, at the esteemed restaurant Die do Way, owned and operated by Jesse Griffiths, who I argue, not only is America’s greatest chef. I mean, maybe I don’t know that’s a big claim. He is definitely America’s greatest wild game cook and chef. And we’re in his restaurant. What I used to like about this restaurant. 00:00:26 Speaker 2: But I used to like about it, I. 00:00:28 Speaker 1: Need you know. Last night some people…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: That’s kind of the beauty the program. 00:00:01 Speaker 2: Though, if you’re doing the program, you’re gonna the residual effect of following one of these tracks will be to lose some weight. And the idea that hey, if I get stronger put on a little bit more muscle, that it will burn up more fat and you will have the strength. There’s you know, I think obviously we can get into the weeds and super like analytical on what we’re trying to do with like get you strong. 00:00:25 Speaker 1: But for most of these…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods, 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, Mark Kenyon, Welcome to the. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Wired to Hunt Podcast. This week on the show, we’re doing a little fireside chat of sorts with myself and Giannis pitel Us, reviewing our year in the outdoors, the highs and the lows and the lessons learned. I’m looking forward to twenty twenty six. All right, welcome back to…

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(Continued from Part 1.) THE BASICS OF TRAVELING BY THUMB To be successful, a hitchhiker must consider several things: 1. Appearance 2. Destination sign 3. Traveling light 4. Gender and group size 5. Having a map 6. Weapon 7. Food and water 8. Money 9. Just can’t get a ride 10. Shelter APPEARANCE Appearance is the single-most important qualification if you want to catch a ride in a timely manner. The first time hitchhiking home from college, I caught a ride right away, possibly because it was near the university and I looked like a college kid trying to get…

To those who are celebrating the Advent of our Lord and Savior, the team at SurvivalBlog wishes you a peaceful and meaningful Christmas. For those who choose to celebrate our Lord through the Biblical feasts, stay safe and warm. Our prayer is that each and every one of you enjoy the family time and stay safe on the roads. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one,…