Tunnel vision can be used to describe many things, usually it implies some sort of error. Tactically you don’t want to get tunnel vision when clearing a room which is why being able to fire with both eyes open is great. You don’t want to get tunnel vision when you drive, which is why you …
Dec 19
Mobile Ammunition Production – The Lee Hand Press
By JM Ammunition storage for SHTF is a must. It is often recommended you store (at minimum) a thousand rounds of ammunition for rifles and five-hundred rounds for handguns and shotguns. Having that number of rounds on hand is a great idea but what do you do when that stock is depleted? Do you simply …
Dec 14
10 ways to involve your family in Prepping
Prepping doesn’t have to be an individual responsibility, it can (and should be) a shared experience which involves the entire family. Of course one has to go about it the right way if considering how to involve the kids, no 7 year old wants to be handed a 4 page spreadsheet with the instructions: “go …
Dec 12
5 essential everyday carry (EDC) items
Each person must decide for themselves what is best when considering what to EDC. When you leave the house each morning are you spartan in nature, maybe a pocket knife and a lighter complete your loadout? Or do you reside on the other end of the spectrum and have what essentially amounts to the contents …
Dec 11
Camping Gear on the Cheap
By Trailmeister The average Joe, or Jane, when planning for an overnight (or longer) camping trip, puts together a packing list and then assembles their kit by visiting the local outfitters, searching the ‘net, etc. Generally this is the point where sticker shock kicks in. Sticker shock can be painful and injurious to one’s health. …
Dec 10
Survival with the versatile military poncho
If you do not have a military poncho in your survival kit or bugout bag, it needs to be your next purchase. Combined with some para cord or bungee cables the military poncho is one of the most versatile objects in your bag and can greatly increase your comfort and survival chances while in the …
Dec 08
Gear Review: ALPS OutdoorZ Commander Freighter Frame Plus Pack Bag
By JM Choosing the proper equipment can be a tedious and monotonous process. You hear this product is better and that product has a particular thing that makes it better than it’s competitors. Then of course there is the price. You always want the best product for the best price that you can find, but …
Dec 06
Most Relevant Jobs After T-SHTF
To be sure if T-SHTF there will be an initial period of extreme turmoil. Those who will have prepared in advance for the collapse will spend most of their time focusing on day to day survival activities. Securing and maintaining shelter, rationing food and water in addition to defending themselves from those who did not …
Dec 05
Altoids Survival Kit: Mine is bigger than yours.
I recently got caught up in the YouTube black hole (i.e. how did I go from gun reviews to fainting goats?) and found a pretty cool Altoids survival kit video. Drawing inspiration from that video I decided to try my hand at making my own survival kit, but with one catch: I would be starting …
Dec 04
How to make fire without matches
From Trailmeister.com Carry a small amount of steel wool and a good smoke alarm (nine volt) battery and also some toilet tissue, in case you need a fire. Stick the battery ends into the steel wool. The steel wool will short circuit the battery and turn red hot, thus causing the toilet tissue (or other …
Dec 02
Trash disposal after the collapse: Burn it? Bury it?
Once a week you set your garbage cans out by the street so that some anonymous hard working individual can come by and make them go away. Usually this happens during the wee hours of the morning and those loud mechanical/hydraulic noises cause you to wake up 30 minutes before you normally do, but hey …
Dec 01
Shipping container for an underground bunker, every Prepper’s fantasy.
If you haven’t thought about buying a shipping container and burying it in your backyard you probably haven’t been prepping for very long. Think about how convenient it would be to have your own personal bunker, outfitted with enough supplies to sustain your family for weeks or more in the event of some major catastrophe. …
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