October 4th, 1923 was the birthday Charlton Heston, who was born John Charles Carter. He died April 5, 2008. He is often remembered for movies like Ben Hur [1], The Ten Commandments [2], Soylent Green [3], The Planet of the Apes [4], and the survivalist classic The Omega Man [5].
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SurvivalBlog Writing Contest
Today we present another entry for Round 91 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [6]. The prizes for this round include:
First Prize:
- A gift certificate from Quantum Harvest LLC (up to a $2,200 value) good for 12% off the purchase of any of their sun-tracking models, and 10% off the purchase price of any of their other models.
- A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course [7] (a $1,095 value),
- A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses [8], excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795,
- DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper [9]. These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (a $1,100 value),
- Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees [10] in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Resources (a $350 value),
- A $250 gift certificate good for any product [11] from Sunflower Ammo,
- American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses [12].
Second Prize:
- A Front Sight Lifetime Diamond Membership, providing lifetime free training at any Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous.
- A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 [13] Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, that have a combined retail value of $589,
- A Three-Day Deluxe Emergency Kit from Emergency Essentials (a $190 value),
- Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord [14] (in-stock colors only) from www.TOUGHGRID.com (a $240 value).
- An assortment of products along with a one-hour consultation on health and wellness from Pruitt’s Tree Resin (a $265 value).
Third Prize:
- Three sets each [15] of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
- A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of [16] Directive 21 (a $275 value),
- Naturally Cozy is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit. This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum-sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag. The value of this kit is $220.
- Two Super Survival Pack seed collections [17], a $150 value, courtesy of Seed for Security, LLC,
- A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [18], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is no paperwork required for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy!
Round 91 ends on November 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail [19] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.
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#1 Comment By Jeremy On October 4, 2020 @ 9:05 am
Charlton Heston: A True American Patriot.
Great man, great movies.
It’s too bad that Michael Moore, that degenerate, Leftist charlatan ambushed Mr. Heston in that Bowling for Columbine interview.
#2 Comment By Tunnel Rabbit On October 4, 2020 @ 12:57 pm
If you haven’t seen it, the high definition re-mastered version make the Ten Commandments come to life.
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#3 Comment By mike On October 4, 2020 @ 3:16 pm
From my cooled dead hands! true humanitarian.
#4 Comment By wally On October 4, 2020 @ 8:40 pm
he will always be my president!!!!!
#5 Comment By Someone Somewhere On October 6, 2020 @ 12:09 am
October 4, 2017. Tongo Tongo, Niger Ambush Anniversary
Staff Sgt. Bryan C Black, Sgt. First Class Jeremiah W Johnson,
Sgt. La David T. Johnson, and Staff Sgt. Dustin M Wright.
God, may they rest in peace.
God bless their families.
God watch over those comrades they left behind.
Hold all the families and friends close to you and protect them.