Inventory at Elk Creek Company began to grow and to include more options in the price range in which I was most interested. Suddenly I was starting to accumulate some substantial purchasing power.Ībout that same time, the worst of the Covid gun-buying panic began to recede. Then in April and June, I won additional $100 purchase credits. In February of 2021, I won a $50 purchase credit. After Amazon got involved in dirty political tricks, the prize for honorable mention became a purchase credit from Elk Creek Company. At first, the prize for honorable mention was an Amazon gift card. In the course of the following months, I won honorable mention in the writing contest a number of times. There were all kinds of interesting things I wanted to try out and then write about. I was having so much fun writing that I just could not stop. I continued to write regularly for SurvivalBlog.

The antiques I was most interested in were snapped up quickly, and most of the ones that remained were priced beyond my reach. The Covid gun-buying panic made things discouraging for a while. I was not quite ready to make a purchase, but I checked Elk Creek inventory regularly to keep track of what was available. The credit was good toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. Among other great prizes was a transferable $100 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company. Then, in June of 2020, something wonderful happened: I won third place in the writing contest. Over the course of the following months I submitted a half dozen or so additional articles. I had so much fun writing that first article, that I just kept on writing more. I thought that SurvivalBlog readers might find it interesting or entertaining. I wrote the article because I had a story to tell. A couple of years ago, I submitted an article to SurvivalBlog for the non-fiction writing contest.

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