Top 10. Since we started Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You we have published over 750 articles. That averages out to over one article per day.
We try to post on diverse subjects that are included in our name, all from the perspective of normal, everyday preppers. Beans. Bullets. Bandages. You.
While much of the rest of the web is engaged in April Fools pranking, I’m going to instead take a look back at our Top 10 posts, in order of total number of reads.
Top 10: The posts might surprise you
The Top 10 posts range from post that got a lot of social media shares all the way to one post that actually only had ONE read the day it was published. That’s right, it had ONE read and it’s in our Top 10.
That particular post, a review of the Phoenix Arms HP22 handgun, slots in at our number two overall in our Top 10 list not because it was instantly popular, but rather because it’s a front-page review on Google search. Type in HP22A review and we are near the top of the list.
Now here’s the rest of the story… I published that review on February 17, 2017. It’s the very first article ever on Beans, Bullets, Bandages and you. When we started, we published at least an article a day for two months before I even started spreading the word that we had a blog… I wanted people to come here and have something to read when they got here.
Most of our early articles are gun reviews, because I basically had them done and ready to go.
So… without further delay, here’s the list of our Top 10 articles so far:
Top 10 Article Number 1 – The Most Read 3BY Article So Far
My Take On 5 Guns To Own When Ammo Is Scarce – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
Let’s say that for whatever reason, guns are available but the ammo supply has dried up. We’ve seen it happen several times in recent years for various reasons and it’s likely to happen again one of these days. What are the five guns I would choose to own if I could only own five, assuming ammunition is scarce?
Top 10 Article Number 2 – A Consistent Performer
Review: Phoenix Arms HP22A – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
Today’s review is the Phoenix Arms HP22A .22 LR semi-automatic pistol. Philosophy Of Use: I can go two ways on explaining this gun’s POU. The HP22A is a gun that no survivalist in their right mind would ever consider keeping in their inventory for use in a SHTF scenario. Or… the HP22A is the most reliable.
Top 10 Article Number 3 – Six Things Indeed
Six Things Preppers Often Don’t Do Enough – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
There are things we, as preppers, need to do more of, or do a better job of. You know it, we know it, but that doesn’t mean it gets done. Here are six prepper things on that list.
Top 10 Article Number 4 – Lots Of Guns
Note on Spice’s holding the gun… she finds it very uncomfortable to extend her index finger on this gun, so she wraps her finger on the grip behind the trigger, Not quite as fast as “normal” but entirely safe since here finger blocks the trigger from being pulled.
8 Things Preppers Overdo & Often Focus on Too Much – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
As preppers, one of the hardest things that we can do is find balance in our preps. For various reasons we tend to overdo or neglect. In today’s article & it’s accompanying podcast, we take a look at eight different things we as preppers overdo or tend to emphasize too much or spend “way too much time and money” on.
Top 10 Article Number 5 – And Even More Guns
I”ve made many prepping mistakes over the years, and hopefully I have learned from at least most of them There’s one that I have made over and over, and yet I have to struggle every day not to make it yet again… it’s my very own prepping no-no.
Top 10 Article Number 6 – Did I Mention Even More Guns Already?
Used firearms: Six things to check for when buying – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
Are buying used firearms a good idea? Like most things in life, we end up having “one of those answers”… possibly yes, and possibly no… it all depends
Top 10 Article Number 7 – Click On This For The Pictures. Seriously.
Yellowstone: The Natural Wonder That Will Kill America – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
Yellowstone is one of the most amazing, beautiful, magical and awe-inspiring places on the planet. It’s also a sleeping monster that may kill us all.
Top 10 Article Number 8 – Another Early Gun Review That Gets Many Reads A Day
I always chuckle when I see this picture (widely stolen and used around the internet) of my gun sitting on my retired bath towel draped over the rail of my front porch.
Review: Rock Island Armory M200 .38 Special Revolver – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
This review is of the the Rock Island Armory M200 .38 Special revolver with a 4 inch barrel. I bet I’ve stumped you guys with this one… what on earth would a prepper/survivalist want with an inexpensive, imported .38 Special wheel gun that’s not rated for +P rounds? Read on, there is a method to my madness.
Top 10 Article Number 9 – This Article Needs Updated
Avoid This One Critical Mistake I Made When Buying Ammo As A Prep – Beans, Bullets, Bandages & You
Here’s a lesson from the School of Hard Knocks. Sometimes buying ammo is a mistake… or at least buying the particular ammo that you put in your shopping cart is.
Top 10 Article Number 10 – The Bandages Department Makes A Top 10
For those of you who’ve never heard of apnea … I hope it’s because you don’t have it, rather than just because you haven’t been diagnosed with it. Apnea means ‘no breathing’ so I’m pretty sure you don’t have it All the time. (We don’t get many zombie readers.) Therefore, sleep apnea means not breathing while you sleep.
Wrapping It All Up
Here’s a few things we know by following our readership levels of our articles
- Guns get reads – eight of our top 10 articles are largely about guns
- People love hearing about our mistakes
- We are better writers now than we were 2 years ago
- Four of these articles “went splat” on release for various reasons, but gained readership later
- Without you, there would be no reason to publish 3BY, so thank you for reading!