Day: January 23, 2023

Preparedness Notes for Monday — January 23, 2023

January 23, 1855 was the birthday of John Moses Browning. He was the brilliant designer of dozens of guns, including the M1911 pistol, Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) — pictured — and the venerable M2 .50 Caliber Machinegun. This is also the birthday of my #2 Grandson. His coincidental “Browning Birthday” will ensure that he will inherit a disproportionately large portion of my guns that are Browning designs. — Today’s feature article is a review written by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.


Details on the New SurvivalBlog Archive USB Sticks

The new batch of SurvivalBlog archive USB sticks is selling very rapidly! I’ve had some folks write to ask about what is included in the new 2005-2022 SurvivalBlog Archive stick. There certainly is a lot! These sticks of course have everything that has ever been posted in SurvivalBlog, dating back to its launch in August, 2005, and up to December 31, 2022. In my humble opinion, these feature articles, product reviews, columns, and quotations just by themselves are worth the price of the archive stick. But then there is also a veritable mountain of carefully curated bonus material from the …


Thyrm Pyrovault Lighter Armor, by Thomas Christianson

Thyrm Pyrovault Lighter Armor encloses a Zippo lighter insert in a sturdy waterproof polymer case. In addition to making the insert waterproof, the case slows fuel evaporation from classic liquid-fuel inserts, so that the time between fillings can be measured in weeks rather than in days. The case can be opened and the insert operated with one hand. It greatly enhances the usefulness of the Zippo lighter insert. At the time of this writing, the Pyrovault Lighter Armor was available from Thyrm for $29.99. The Backstory On October 10, 2021, SurvivalBlog published my article about using a sleeve cut from …


Recipe of the Week: Food Storage Pantry Chicken Pot Pie

The following very simple recipe for Food Storage Pantry Chicken Pot Pie is from SurvivalBlog readar D.M.: Ingredients 1 cup Bisquick Biscuit Mix 1 can (1 cup) Canned Cooked Chicken (or fresh, or frozen chicken meat, but must be pre-cooked) 1 can (or 1-2/3 cups fresh or frozen) Canned Mixed Vegetables 1 Can (10.75 -ounce) Cream of Chicken Condensed Soup 1+ Cup Water (or equal amounts of water and milk) Directions Pre-Heat your oven to 400°F. Mix vegetables, chicken, and soup in an ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. In a mixing bowl, stir together the biscuit mix and water with …


Economics & Investing For Preppers

Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. Most of these items are from JWR’s “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective. Today, we look at China’s burgeoning gold stockpile. (See the Precious Metals section.) Precious Metals: Jeff Clark: 2023 Gold Price Prediction, Trends, and Five-Year Forecast. o  o  o China’s public gold holdings now over 2,000 tons after another huge purchase in December. o  o  o Mike recommended this Radio Contra podcast: Precious Metals, Goldbacks, Voluntary Currencies, …