Aug 29
I was at the range today with my missus, the recipient of a new Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro, a compact 9mm fitted with a Holoson RDS. It fit her hand well, she loved the 15 round capacity and it should be noted that we spent lots of time with her trying other pistols out before …
Aug 27
When I think back over the last 10 years I have to consider all the times it would have been entirely plausible to max out credit cards buying supplies, quit my job whilst hunkering down and waiting for the impending doom to manifest itself. If you go back and scan other doom type websites you’ll …
Aug 27
So you managed to get your family out of the city and followed the plan expertly, getting away from the mass carnage of SHTF and have been sitting in the wilderness quite cozy for a week. Your black and grey tanks are full and while you could simply dump them on the ground that would …
Aug 25
Greetings everyone! It’s been a long time but I wanted to assure everyone that I’m alive and well and still kicking here in the mountains of Colorado. Life in the early 40’s for me has been crazy but things have worked out for the best. I retired from the Army, quit a corporate job, got …
Aug 25
Water storage = life. Have you ever forgotten to pay your water bill or maybe your well pump gave out? Both have happened to me and I’m pretty sure I hit the faucet to turn it on (with no results) at least 50 times a day. We all use a LOT of water. What’s the …
Sep 08
08 SEP 2020 and the snow is falling, it has been all day and will continue through the night. Our last snow was early June and our first snow is early September, just the way I like it. The temps have plummeted from the 80’s to the 20’s and it’s fantastic, bring on the cold …
Jan 22
A few days ago I strolled into the local bank, overdraft slip in hand looking for a manager. I did the same thing last year and will probably do it again next year. I opened an account at this particular institution for one reason: Safe Deposit box. Every year the charge for the box comes …
Jan 11
I have often stated that when it comes to preparedness the localized natural disasters which one might face should be prioritized far above any of the low probability, high impact events usually seen on Doomsday Preppers. Here where I live that equates to wildfire mitigation and planning, it could be flooding or tornadoes in your …
Jan 10
It’s coming up on 4 years ago when I walked into my home in suburbia, a vinyl sided 4 bedroom standard home with a patio that you could see 37 other homes from (with 2 community pools and an HOA), and told my wife that we were moving out west. I had just come back …
Jun 10
There I was, with a 5 gallon plastic gasoline container hoisted up on my shoulder, spout down into a funnel which was in my truck. Glug glug glug….pause, glug glug. PAINFULLY slow transfer of my storage gas to the truck, I made the decision right there that I would no longer use plastic storage containers …
Apr 15
Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs and the Barr Trail to the summit: 13 miles, 7500 ft elevation gain (to over 14k ft) and the last few thousand feet fighting snow and ice. Many folks who do this trek take 2 days choosing to overnight at the Barr camp about 7 miles in from the trailhead. …
Nov 23
I’m sitting here on my deck looking out over thousands of acres of wilderness, a cool breeze blowing and my dog at my feet. Today being Thanksgiving I sat here for a while pondering what I am thankful for, and also wondering why we need a specific day to remind us to be thankful altogether. …
Aug 22
Tactical preps are ultra cool, always good to have some extra kit laying around because…”better to have and not need than need and not have.” Right? Or maybe time and money could be spent elsewhere, after all very few of us have money to throw around at whatever our tactical heart desires. What follows are …
Aug 08
This past weekend my wife and I organized our storage / preparendess area. We did this together so that we would both know where items of note where, instead of me just taking on the task and her having to dig for something in my absence. We have various storage items sorted by category on …
Mar 18
I finally got around to opening the gear box from SHTFClub.com and was pleasantly surprised at the contents contained within. Remember, this is a subscription program and there are three tiers: Basic Plan: $19.99/mo Pro Plan: $49.99 Elite Plan: $89.99 Originally I was a bit skeptical because after all, why would I pay to …
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