On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge [1]—spanning the East River [2] from Brooklyn [3] to Manhattan Island in New York City [4]— officially opened. It was designed by civil engineer John Augustus Roebling [5].
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The Sporter Sale Continues! All 16 of the remaining sporterized Pre-1899 rifles in my inventory [6] are on sale, at Elk Creek Company [7]. By request from several readers, I’ve extended this sale for a full week, to end on Friday, May 31st. When I last checked, we still had sporters available chambered in: .22-250, .243 Winchester, .257 Roberts, 6.5×55 Mauser, 7×57 Mauser, .308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO, 7.62x39mm, 7.65mm Argentine Mauser, and .45 ACP.
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Today’s feature article is an essay by Brandon Smith, Editor of Alt-Market.us [8]. It is reposted with permission.
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We are in need of entries for Round 112 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [9]. More than $875,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [10]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 112 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [11] 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.