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I wanted a seafood gumbo for lunch, so decided to make a small one. I started with a small dutch oven and added four cups of vegetable broth, then got out a skillet and sauteed some onions and bell peppers. Added that to the broth then made a roux. Added that to the pot, then dropped in a pound of 90/130 Gulf shrimp and a pound of Louisiana crawfish tails. I let it all simmer while I adjusted the seasoning and made a pot of rice.
Belle said that it was pretty tasty. I normally do a chicken and sausage gumbo and this is the first seafood gumbo I have made in a while. Now, I have to wash the pots.
Many of you know, I really like the .30-30 Winchester. It is an iconic cartridge, the very first factory cartridge to be laded with smokeless powder back in 1895. The .30-30 shines with the factory 170 grain round nose bullet. The factory loads are all about the same. A good 170 coming out of the muzzle at about 2200 fps. Very standard, very boring.
Lever guns and the .30-30 seem to have fallen out of favor at the deer camps around the country. It's not a new cartridge, it's not a precision rifle, but it was never meant to be. It was designed as a hunting cartridge, smiting light and handy with enough power to put down medium game at 100 yards. Winchester has built over 7 million Model 94 rifles, many of them in .30-30d. Marlin added several million more in their 336 rifle. There are millions of these guns in safes, closets and racks all over the United States.
They are not precision rifles. But each of them are capable of 3-minute accuracy which is sufficient to put meat on the table. Recently, I upgraded my old Winchester to include a red dot sight.. That sight has a 3MOA dot and the rifle is a 3-minute rifle, so the question becomes the proper sight in distance?
That's where the internet helps. I found an online ballistics calculator and started feeding in data. What I found was pretty interesting.
If I do a good zero at 25 yards, that big 170 will stay i that 3MOA dot all the way out to 150 yards and fall out of the dot at 175 yards. That is well within the yardage that the vast majority of deer are killed around here. This is just math, and field data will tell the tale, but I believe I'll sight in at 25 yards and see what happens.
Somebody will want to talk about Hornady's LeverEvolution bullet. It's great technology, but to my way of thinning, it tries to answer a question that no one ever asked. If you want to shoot pointy bullets (and I love them) go get a .30-06. I have one of each.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have the season's first gumbo on the stove and need to stir it.
There are days at the range when I bring chronographs, expensive ammunition, precision rifles, targets, calipers and enough equipment to make it look like I am setting up a small laboratory. I measure groups. I compare ammunition. I collect data. Those of you who have followed DayAtTheRange for any amount of time know that is […]
The post Classic .22 Range Day — The Rifles May Be Old, But The Memories Never Are first appeared on Day At The Range.A 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene with gunshot wounds to his chest, back area, and one to his head. His identity is being withheld pending notification of his family.
The two other men were taken to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, and one — a 23-year-old who was not identified — was flown to Las Vegas for emergency treatment. He remains in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his chest, police said.
Quijada had a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was arrested after he was treated at the medical center. He faces charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct with a deadly weapon and unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits. Quijada was booked into the Mohave County Jail.
During an altercation between family members, Quijada reportedly shot several rounds at the two men, according to detectives.
An elderly homeowner in Houston's Montrose neighborhood shot a stranger who broke down his front door and forced his way inside around 1:05 p.m. Wednesday, after the intruder ignored repeated commands to stop and leave. The stranger was taken to a Houston hospital and was in critical but stable condition, according to an HPD officer.
Houston police officers responded to a report of a possible home invasion on Hawthorne Street near Bagby Street in Montrose, according to KHOU 11.
This Week in History: On September 27, AD 70, the walls of upper city of Jerusalem were battered down by the Roman army. — September 28, 1066: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, lands at Pevensey Bay in Sussex. Thus began the Norman Conquest of England. — September 28,1542: Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was the first European to sail into San Diego Bay, naming it San Miguel and claiming it for Spain. — September 28, 1781: 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops began the Siege of Yorktown. — September 29, 1567: the War of Religion broke out in France as …
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Life in the early 21st Century is increasingly characterized by what marketing specialists dubbed The Subscription Model. For many Americans, it is starting to feel like we are “renting” our lives. It is almost like feeding a parking meter, 24/7, and 365 days a year. It is bad enough having taxes, mortgage payments, and insurance costs, but adding umpteen subscriptions is burdensome. It saps us of our livelihood. Consider how our lives have changed in the past two decades: We used to buy a CD or DVD once, and it was ours for a lifetime. Now, we are mostly expected …
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Reminiscent of the stocks of the classic firearms of the past, the exquisitely-grained American walnut grips of the WOOX Leggenda folding knife confer an aura of timeless beauty that modern synthetic scales cannot match. About the only material that I can think of that might be even more attractive than walnut in this application would be elk antler. The hefty 3.5 inch long and 0.13 inch thick blade of D2 steel conveys a sense of gravitas. At 6 ounces, the knife might have just a bit more gravitas than is ideal for field use, but for shorter treks at lower …
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Today’s graphic is a map that shows all cropland in the 48 contiguous United States. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. — If any SurvivalBlog readers have personally taken or otherwise hold the copyright to a particularly nice landscape photo or other photo of particular interest to preppers that is in a wide horizontal format (to match our blog template) then please send it in as an e-mail attachment, and I will consider posting it as a Graphic of the Week, or as a Top Note photo. I can of course credit you …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Here is an interesting map: In 2025 only four countries had a bigger economy than California. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest $1B frozen food giant pulls plug on California manufacturing in shock retreat. California exit tax explained: what to know before you move. Up for a vote in November: Proposition 3 would make income taxes on higher earners permanent to fund education and healthcare. Paramount Sets California …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column: Even more revelations of rogue AI behavior. Some OpenAI Agents Meddled With U.S. Government Sites The New York Times published this troubling report on September 25th: OpenAI’s Systems …
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Our 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. — Reader S.J. sent this important antibiotics dosing update: “Mr. Rawles, I came across an interesting trend in internal medicine recently, regarding the standard course and duration of antibiotic therapy. For years I have recommended to people to stash away in their medical preps an old copy of the Sanford Antimicrobial guide, as …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. This week: Lots of recent videos from the great outdoors of The American Redoubt. (The photo of the Sawtooth Mountains above was taken by Avalanche Lily.) REDOUBT Video LINKS Another video from James & Siana, this time up in the Sawtooth Mountains: British Couple Had No Idea Idaho Looked Like This! Video from Central Washington: Concrete Arrivals 2026 — Fly In. (It looks like they had a gusty …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Edward Snowden Tried to Warn People: Smartphone (ˈsmärt-ˌfōn) (noun): A sophisticated government-controlled surveillance and tracking device that can also be used to make phone calls. News Links: 2015: Edward Snowden interview: ‘Smartphones can be taken over’. 2017: Edward Snowden: How Your Cell Phone Spies on You JWR’s Comments: Lily and I have never owned smartphones. There are cellphones available with removable batteries. That is what we carry, but only when we travel. (Our ranch is outside of cellular coverage.) Note From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the …
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“Government can lie to you. Government has lied to you. Government is lying to you. Government will lie to you. Live your life accordingly.” – Rep. Thomas Massie
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Here are my upcoming open enrollment classes for the next couple months. Take a look at where I’ll be at the links below. This coming Sunday, I’ll be teaching my final knife class of the year in Ohio. My knife classes haven’t been selling well during the last couple years. I don’t know how […]It appears in this last week of September, that the weather is about to moderate from our usual heat and humidity. We are expecting a cooler front on Wednesday/Thursday that will bring a bit of rain and cooler temps, with highs in the 80s, Squirrel season opens this weekend in our area, and the rain should help with the hunting. The woods are dry right now and the leaves underfoot are like walking through corn flakes.
As I type this, I have two A/C units running. They are currently both cycled off. That is good news for my power bill. Belle made a runup to the Dollar Store and came back with a sack of potatoes. She's hungry for Potato Stuff.
It's a recipe that I found on Bruce Mitchell's site. Bruce and I cook similarly, with more emphasis on flavor and using what is at hand rather than strict adherence to a recipe. This reminds me of an old recipe that a college girlfriend cooked occasionally. The recipe didn't have a name, so we started calling it Brenda potatoes. Basically, potatoes and onions with a little bacon for flavor. She layered hers in a heavily buttered Dutch oven and ran it in the oven for an hour or so, until the potatoes were fork tender.
I don't mind posting recipes, but it is so much easier to put up a link, so here is the link to Potato Stuff.
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Take to the skys with Maxim Defense and learn the finer points of shooting from helicopters!
World War II was the war of my parents’ generation. They remembered where they were when they first learned of Pearl Harbor the way I remember where I was when I got the first report of the Twin Towers attack on 9/11. That massive conflict involved so many moving parts, and so many people, that […]Cheers!
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Anechoic Pip Squeak + Volquartsen Black Mamba Accuracy Test Most suppressor reviews focus on sound, weight, length, materials, back pressure, or how a suppressor feels on the end of a firearm. At DayAtTheRange, I wanted to ask a different question: What happens to accuracy when we screw a suppressor onto an already accurate firearm? That […]
The post Does a Rimfire Suppressor Change Pistol Accuracy? first appeared on Day At The Range.Belle was mentioning today that she was ready for the weather to cool off so we could make gumbos and stews and corn maque chou. (mock chew)
Corn maque chou is a regional thing, with lots of different recipes. The only real constants are corn and cream. Everything else is the chef's choice. I like onion and bell pepper, while Belle might add some petit diced tomatoes.
Below is Bruce Mitchell's recipe. You can tell that the weather is cool, because Bruce is wearing a shirt.
9/25/26 Department of Justice:
A federal jury in Fort Worth convicted a Texas licensed professional counselor yesterday for his role in a $26 million health care fraud, kickbacks, and money laundering scheme.
Yeah, I know, it is only $26 million To paraphrase Sen. Dickson, "$26 million here, $26 million there, after a while it adds up to a $40 trillion national debt."
9/27/26 Houston Chronicle reports:
The DOJ said Curry laundered some of the $17 million he received from TRICARE, putting it toward hotel stays, "a lavish casino-themed party" and what it's calling "a gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck."
I am skeptical that it was gold plated.
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist.
Vance said the discovery and canceled subsidy payments for hundreds of thousands of people from the exchanges, part of an administration-wide crackdown on fraud, would result in $2.2 billion in cost savings.
Of course, this being NPR, they have to cast doubt by the usual suspects but even NPR admits:
The Government Accountability Office suggests fraud risks in the advance premium tax credit do exist - however it's unclear at what scale. The GAO conducted covert testing using fictitious ACA applicants enrolled in 2024 and 2025. A report released in December showed that the federal marketplace approved subsidized coverage for almost all of the GAO's 24 fake enrollees.
Johannesburg — A spate of mass shootings in three major South African cities killed nearly 40 people this week, with such incidents increasingly common in a country already known for its high crime rates.
On Saturday night, South African police said at least 10 people were killed at a shisanyama — a common kind of local restaurant selling barbecued meat — near Cape Town, while eleven others were injured.
SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Crude oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz reached 33.7 million barrels so far in the week starting September 20, preliminary ship-tracking data from Kpler showed on Friday, putting exports roughly on track with the previous week's levels.The traffic comprised 19 tankers, of which 17 are very large crude carriers (VLCCs) that can carry 2 million barrels of oil, the data showed. Most of the tankers are laden with crude from Saudi Arabia, followed by Iraq.
And that does not include ships transitting with transponders turned off. Still not at prewar levels but not at 0 either.
Case: 26-2660184
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 3:51 a.m.
Location: 200 block of Virtus Bend
Victim (Deceased): Dmario Antonie Jones, Black male, 05/09/2002
On Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 3:51 a.m., Austin Police (APD) officers responded to a report of a burglary in the 200 block of Virtus Bend. When officers arrived on the scene, they located a male, later identified as Dmario Antonie Jones, with apparent gunshot wounds. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) arrived on scene and attempted life-saving measures, however, Mr. Jones succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at 4:10 a.m.
APD Homicide Detectives and the Austin Forensic Science Crime Specialists responded to process the crime scene. The preliminary investigation determined that Mr. Jones entered a residence, proceeded into the bedroom, and was shot by the homeowner during the commission of the burglary. The homeowner was interviewed by detectives and has been fully cooperative with the investigation. The homeowner has since been released, and no charges have been filed at this time.
The shooting happened around 12:43 am Monday at West Oakland's City Towers housing complex, on the 1000 block of Eighth Street, when as many as four vehicles carrying multiple people were traveling eastbound. As Bay Area News Group reports, occupants of at least two of the vehicles began shooting at three security guards, who returned fire, according to initial police reports.
The gunfire triggered a gunshot detection system alert, and the security guards also called police, but the vehicles had left by the time officers arrived.
According to the News Group, the 15-year-old showed up at a hospital a short time later with a gunshot wound to his foot. Police confirmed he had been involved in the shooting by connecting him to a Hyundai parked near the hospital with at least one bullet hole that had been reported stolen earlier in Oakland. Police reportedly found blood on the driver’s seat as well as a pistol.