Survival & Emergency Preparedness

Over on Bushcraft USA, the topic of picking a .22 LR handgun for a member's wife came up. The member's wife is adamant that she does...

This video is a good list of tips for people new to gun ownership. His first tip in particular is especially valuable: Be skeptical of any...

I made one of these and used it yesterday when I ran out to Lowe's. I added a paper shop towel in it, since it provides much better ...

Six years ago , I did some experimenting with an RTL-2132U USB dongle as a software defined radio on a Mac. Being stuck at home due to the c...

This isn't good. Link .

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/some-observations-from-my-first-week-working-home-due-david-markowitz

Well, the whole COVID-19 coronavirus thing has really come to a head, with POTUS declaring a national emergency. On the one hand, it's...

Over on Blog O'Stuff.

Johns Hopkins put out this heat map dashboard tracking the global outbreak. It's worth a look. LINK .

Today I finished building my first AR-15 that isn't chambered for 5.56x45mm. It was time for something different. While I find the 6.5...

Making some beef jerky this weekend. Weis had a 2-fer special on London Broil, so that's what I bought. It came out to a bit more than t...

This is a really good, comprehensive, and well-reasoned article on bullet selection in .38 Special, with a focus on wadcutters. Highly re...

As a follow up to my last post about Wheelguns and Cast Bullets, see my Range Report and Some Revolversmithing over on Blog O'Stuff .

Most preppers nowadays favor semiautomatic pistols. However, medium frame revolvers in .38 or .357 remain excellent choices for home defense...

If you have many electronics or flashlights around the house and have been using alkaline batteries in them, you no doubt have experienced l...

I tried a tin of Bumblebee smoked boneless, skinless trout today for lunch. More of these cans will be getting added to my larder. It...