as far as equipment any centerfire rifle with a scope would work well for this. semi auto preferable to bolt. in real life, my brother in law brings his vietnam era HBAR with scope, my other BIL...
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as far as equipment any centerfire rifle with a scope would work well for this. semi auto preferable to bolt. in real life, my brother in law brings his vietnam era HBAR with scope, my other BIL...
I'm going to be that guy that has to be different and say "it depends on what I see". It would be one thing if all enemies were wearing chinese uniforms with red communist party symbols or...
took a closer look with a good flashlight and here's what I saw. well is probably about 3.5-4ft across, round, with brick walls. total depth, at least that I could see bricks, was somewhere around...
i agree that many books are important. i do have a pretty decent library of survival related topics. however i know that a lot of those books have some fluff in them. chapters or sections that...
It's a general topic really. IF SHTF tomorrow, are there things you'd like to have a reference for? If so, what specific things?
To help kick start the discussion I'll give you some examples of what I mean. Articles about specific skills or projects. Examples of what I have so far:
-How to Make Soap from Ashes
-Crop...
Long and short is this: What topics would YOU want, or think would be important, to have for reference when SHTF? Do you have any great How-To articles you'd like to share?
So a few months back...
all good info. thanks.
@Dwight55 you seem to have experience with this. the pipe itself, is PVC fine or do I need something else? Is the pump threaded, and I need to get a threaded end for the...
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that's a great deal on gift cards. bought 2.
i definitely plan on getting it tested. though even if for "garden use only" it would be a tremendous help in such a dire situation. but I'm in a rural area that has never had any industry, some...
yeah. i figured that was standard procedure for bringing any old well back into service. what i'm not sure about is whether I should shock it and use an electric pump to do the pumping until the...
Suggestions on best commercially available rocket stove for the money?
looking at rocket stoves, they almost look like a small forge in design
that's somewhat like I had in mind. some sort of platform to bolt the pump to. i don't want to put any pressure on the lip around the well in case some of it might cave in. i will measure the...
so when I moved into this house I discovered that it had a dug well *inside the basement*, and I was told by the previous owners that it was used as a well in years past, before municipal water was...
sorry, I guess I should have explained better, I got ahead of myself. I already have a dug well. Is it possible or practical to install a hand pump for a pre-existing dug well
Really for a 2 day hike its probably more than enough food (and I guarantee I'll be sick of it the first day) but it has adequate shelf life and has got the calories. and as ark pointed out, no...
yes, that was my logic too. i live in ohio these days (though a southerner born and bred) but during the summer in a hot car it still gets toasty. my ghb stays in my trunk so it potentially is...
i think what I have is this: https://www.amazon.com/Mainstay-Emergency-Food-Rations-Packs/dp/B000B43JI0
but it got me thinking about this thread, because I already knew that those rations...
So I've been making preparations and have gotten into what some might call the "mundane things", the parts that are not as glorious and romantic, not fun stuff for novels. Just every day stuff. One...
sounds like we had the exact same setup, down to the lifeboat rations even. i had the socks but not the underwear - a good idea, would chafe like a mf'er
I have set myself a beginning-of-October deadline for some critical preps - no I have no secret knowledge about SHTF, just some hunches and a desire to be more prepared - and one of those things is...
For most people, including myself, going "inna woods" when disaster strikes is taking a bad situation and making it worse. There is nothing in the woods that my rural home doesn't provide, or that I...
I got my GHB more or less "good to go" a few years back and now its time to revisit. I know my rations will be out of date and some other stuff might need replaced. If you're like me its easy to...