December 14th is the birthday of the late John Warren Wadleigh (born 1927, died September 24, 2013). Wadleigh was better known to many SurvivalBlog readers by his pen name– Oliver Lange. He was the author of the best-selling resistance warfare novel Vandenberg. This is also the birthday of Air Force General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, who died September 27, 1993.
My first exposure to any Sig Sauer firearm came in 1980, shortly after I was married and I opened a gun shop in my home. Later, I moved to a regular store front location. A customer asked me to order him a Browning BDA .45 ACP handgun. I readily admit, that back then, I had no idea what the BDA was. I knew the Browning name but wasn’t familiar with the BDA (Browning Double Action) model. After some research, I found out that the “Browning” BDA was manufactured by Sig and imported into the USA by Browning. I was impressed …
Ingredients: 5 to 6 green peppers 1/2 lb. lean ground beef 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1 Tbsp. chopped pimiento 1 tsp. salt 1 (12 oz) can whole kernel corn, drained 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp. prepared mustard 1 (10 3/4 oz) can condensed cream of tomato soup Directions: Cut a slice off the top of each pepper and remove the core seeds and white membrane. In a small bowl, combine beef, onion, pimiento, salt, and corn. Spoon beef mixture into hollowed out peppers. Stand peppers up in a slow-cooking pot. Add Worcestershire sauce and mustard to soup. Pour …
Hugh, I enjoyed BF’s “The 9mm Parabellum vs the .40 Smith and Wesson vs the .45 ACP”. It brought back some great memories of my police days and the El Presidente drill we conducted at the end of our range sessions every year. I can attest to his results. When I came on the job in the 1980s, we were issued Ruger .357 Magnum handguns and carried .38 +P rounds. In the early 90s, we went to 9mm because “the criminals are outgunning us with their semi-autos”! In the early 2000s, we went to S&W .40 because “the 9mm doesn’t …
Peter Schiff Exposes The Real Problem Facing The Fed – Link sent in by B.B. o o o Millennials will not save the housing market: 50 percent of Millennials have less than $1,000 in savings. A large number are mired in student debt. o o o Items from Professor Preponomics: U.S. News High Impact Market Possibilities After First Federal Reserve Rate Hike (24/7 Wall Street) Article Quote: “One very good thing about history is it is always there when you need to review how an economic event could play out against the existing landscape for investing.” A Top JP Morgan …
Our SurvivalRealty spin-off site gets some very unusual retreat property listings, but this new one on Hawaii’s Big Island is incredible: Private Cave Bordering Forest Reserve in Tropical Paradise o o o SurvivalBlog reader R.H. wrote in response to Five Intelligence Essentials for Preparedness and Community Security, by Samuel Culper with a link to an article describing how to turn a computer and a TV tuning dongle into a police scanner capable of receiving trunked radio traffic. o o o J.N. writes in: “Gun haters point to recent mass shooting and froth at the mouth demanding new anti-gun legislation to …
“Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.” – Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Abolitionist and Clergyman (Source: Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887)