Note From JWR:
Thanks for all of the recent 10 Cent Challenge contributions. I’m almost starting to make a living at this!
Day: May 6, 2006
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Letter Re: Junk Silver Bags–No Need to Inspect and Count 10,000 Silver Dimes
Hello Jim, I am hoping that you can verify something for me about the [U.S. circulated} 90% silver [coin] bags. I just received my order of a $1,000 face [value] bag from The Tulving Company of California. I believe that I saw their name [mentioned] on SurvivalBlog a number of months ago. They have great customer service and the product came faster than they had promised. What I received from them came shipped in a plastic paint pail and inside was a flour sack, cloth bag, full of dimes and the weight printed on the UPS sticker showed 57 pounds. …
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Letter Re: Recommendations on Compact .223 Rifles
Jim, I came across this .223 rifle made by Kel-Tec that folds down to 25″ and would fit into some backpacks. Let me know what you think. – G.C.P. JWR Replies: The Kel-Tec SU-16s are reportedly fairly reliable and accurate. It is nice that they use standard AR-15/M16 magazines, which have become ubiquitous in the U.S., the Philippines, and several other countries. However, I have heard that SU-16s have three significant detractors, the first two of which concern the stock: 1.) The stock is relatively fragile and hence not suited for vigorous field use. They might suffice for target shooting, …
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Two Letters Re: Folding Fighting/Utility Knife Recommendations?
Mr. R.: I read SurvivalBlog regularly – great site – and have been a contributor. It’s worth every penny. I would strongly encourage folks to check out Smokey Mountain Knife Works. I’ve gotten both CRKT and Cold Steel items there at very deep discounts. They’ve had both Kasper and Steve Ryan folders and fixed blades on sale at less than half their sale pricing elsewhere, both CRKT produced versions of those gentlemens’ customs. The Ryan Plan B fixed and the Model 7 folders are knives to have. They’ve had both full-size and compact Pendleton Hunters from Cold-Steel – not just …
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Odds ‘n Sods:
A web search turned up this old article by Grits Gresham about Idaho’s famous back country solitary “Buckskin Bill” (Sylvan Hart) o o o The high bid is currently $110 in the SurvivalBlog Bandwidth Fund benefit Book Auction. Please e-mail your bids before May 30th. Thanks to Kurt and Angie Wilson of Survival Enterprises for sponsoring this fund raiser! o o o A site that tracks the intrinsic (base metal) value of U.S. circulating coinage and circulated silver coinage.
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy." – George Washington
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