Today, May 5th, 2025 is the 75th birthday of Michael Bane. Born on May 5, 1950, Bane is an author, firearms trainer, television host, and the host of the longest-running firearms podcast: MBTV – On the Radio [1]. A proto-prepper, Michael Bane lives in an off-grid home in rural Colorado. Mr. Bane was also the basis of the “Michael Blessing” character in James Tarr’s zombie novel trilogy. Michael Bane’s website–michaelbane.tv [2]–is the place to find his podcast, his blog, and his superb video series: Triggered. It is highly recommended.
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We are announcing a change to the First Prize package in the SurvivalBlog nonfiction writing contest [3] prizes: HSM Ammunition [4] in Montana had been providing a $250 gift certificate. They’ve just generously increased that to a $350 gift certificate.
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We are continuing our special 10-day sale on all of the Elk Creek Company percussion gun inventory. Most of these are revolvers for which cartridge conversion cylinders are readily available. This includes a group of five minty Ruger Old Army revolvers that I’ve not yet photographed. Many of those are “Pre-Warning” vintage. We also have special pricing on all of our blackpowder hunting rifles. Most of those are .50 caliber rifles in the quite practical Hawken configuration. Take a look at our [5] Percussion category [6]! [5]
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Today’s feature article is a review that was penned by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.