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Reader MPS in Nevada sent this: The True Queen of Frugal

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SurvivalBlog’s Editor-at-Large, Michael Z. Williamson’s latest science fiction novel, Contact with Chaos pits two competing groups from the Freehold of Grainne (that you’ll remember from his novel Freehold ) and Earth against each other during a “first contact” with a sentient species in another solar system. It is now available at Amazon.com. Knowing Mike’s previous work, this promises to be good!

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I just heard that Sturm Ruger is now producing 30-round Mini-14 magazines, available to the general public. Ruger’s sales of 20-rounders, since they were reintroduced a few months ago, have been very brisk. I expect the 30-rounders will sell out very quickly, and prices will gallop. So stock up! As most Mini-14 owners know, only the factory magazines have sufficient reliability for self-defense shooting. Avoid the aftermarket junk!

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The latest from Nanny State Britannia: Woman who plays classical music to soothe horses told to get licence