PRN Episode #29 Best of - Plus last 6 months of Shows

PRN Episode #29 Best of – Plus last 6 months of Shows

52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper
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We have been podcasting with the Preparedness Radio Network PRN for 6 months now.  I am pleased with the quality of information we have been able to provide.

I was working on a consolidated list of shows to celebrate this 6 month milestone.  However, while doing so, our audio editor had a major heart attack.

We aren’t going to have a live show this week in order to give him some time to rest.

So instead of a live show, we are going to have a “Best Of” episode.  I will put a consolidated list of shows with links below.

That way you can catch up on any shows you may have missed.

The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.

If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.

Our Shows

#1 Introduction

#2 Gun Safety

#3 Mindset

#4 AR-15 Build and Tips

#5 What to Do After a Shooting

#6 Self Reliance

#7 John Wesley Smith

#8 Interview Covert Prepper

#9 Interview Wheaton

#10 Interview Bashioum

#11 Interview Scott Hunt

#12 What You Can Do

#13 Interview Baugh

#14 Interview Braaten

#15 Interview Harrison

#16 Interview Barefoot Builder

#17 Raising Rabbits

#18 Top Bar Beekeeping for Preppers

#19 Interview Lamar Alexander

#20 Interview Lamar Alexander Replay (Producer Miscommunication)

#21 Interview Rob Roy

#22 Interview Tom Givens Rangemaster

#23 Interview James Talmage Stevens

#24 Interview Glen Meador

#25 Interview Dr. Tom Cannon

#26 Critical Incident Stress Management

#27 Interview Survival Punk

#28 Interview FerFal

What is the HK Slap? Failure to Fire on a CETME

 

CETME HK Slap and Failure to Fire
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First let’s describe what the “HK Slap” is.   When the cocking handle locked back and up into a slot in the receiver, it needs to be releases.  The HK slap is when the bolt handle is slapped down.  Thereby, releasing it to ride forward under spring pressure to chamber a round.

This is how many of the HK guns were designed to work. There are some internet forums that discuss the HK slap and say that it contributes to excessive wear. However, in my opinion this just doesn’t make sense. Riding the bolt home to “prevent wear”.

Basically keeping the bolt from impacting on the chamber is a symptom of the thinking that causes people to ride their pistol slides forward causing malfunctions, and/or buying buffer devices that retard the slide action and cause malfunctions.

Use the gun as the manufacturer designed it and you are almost always guaranteed less problems than when you try to engineer new techniques.

In the video I was shooting some ammunition with hard primers. When I used the sling shot method of pulling the handle to the rear and letting it go, or when I rode the handle home I had multiple failure to fire malfunctions.

When I used the HK slap I did not have any problems. I know this is anecdotal, but it works.