Design Contest Teaser

Take a peak at the final three designs for the 2012 Montie Gear Design Contest!

By Josh : A tree mounted multi-use organizer.

By Jake : An elevated cooking surface with stove.

By Luca : A collapsible wet/dry tree mounted container.

Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024
The Mukden False Flag Incident was orchestrated on September 18, 1931. To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, a railway explosion was faked by the Japanese. — The 18th of September is Chilean Independence Day. On this day, in 1810, Chile declared independence from Spain. — We are now back at the […]
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A Rifle is Not Enough – Part 2, by Tunnel Rabbit September 18, 2024
(Continued from Part 1.) PM and the AR-15 Rifle: Failure is the Best Teacher As I’ve mentioned in a previous SurvivalBlog article, the first five ARs that I ever fired all failed. All five were in what appeared to be like new condition. Four of them failed due to a lack of lubrication. The fifth […]
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SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets September 18, 2024
This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — First up: Dollar stores getting crushed sends […]
James Wesley Rawles
The Editors’ Quote of the Day: September 18, 2024
“I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit.” – Rose Wilder Lane The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.
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Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — September 17, 2024 September 17, 2024
Today, September 17th, we celebrate Constitution Day in these United States. It was on September 17, 1787 that the US Constitution was signed by the delegates at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention. — September 17, 1156: Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa issued the ‘Privilegium Minus’ decree, which elevated Austria to a duchy. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today […]
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