Odds ‘n Sods:

The hens at the Rawles Ranch are starting to lay early this new year. One year it was “every elk recipe known to man.” This year, I suspect, it will be: “every recipe containing eggs known to man.”

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I just heard that KT Ordnance is offering 10% off of all orders (all 80% complete frames, not just 1911s), that come from SurvivalBlog readers from now until the end of January. The sale pricing excludes tools and jigs. This is a great way to get yourself guns with no paper trail, since 80% complete receivers that you finish yourself are EXEMPT from Federal regulations! Make sure that you mention SurvivalBlog to get the 10% discount.

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I recently updated my FAQ on Pre-1899 Guns. I hope that you find useful. See: www.rawles.to/Pre-1899_FAQ.html

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The price of photovoltaic panels continues to drop. (Hooray!) For example, the folks at Ready Made Resources (one of our advertisers) has 200 watt panels for as little as $4 a watt! That is about 1/4 of what we paid per watt when we put in our first six panel tracker back in 1991.