If you reload long enough the draw to cast your own bullets becomes almost impossible to resist. It is one thing to assemble to bullets. However, to actually make them is something entirely different. After that comes swaging. Unfortunately, I am still trying to convince the wife to let me spend that money. Casting […]
Course Review: Selco “One Year in Hell”
I don’t prep for any particular hazard, but try to build skills and equipment to deal with many/most/all problems. One way of doing this is to look at what has worked in the past. I look at what has happened, why it happened, how it could have been prevented, and how people survived and incorporate […]
Prepper Precepts #20 Preppers Need to Have Backups: 2 is 1, 1 is None
Have a backup. Things break. They normally break when you really need them and the store is closed. The more redundant the system the better insulated you are. This happens all the time. My homestead is over a hour from my house, and my house is an hour away from the city – so […]
What is the Difference Between Gunsmith and Regular Screwdrivers?
A sign of a poor gunsmith is using normal screwdrivers on a gun. However not all individuals that like guns know the difference between a normal and gunsmith screwdriver. This post will fix that. I am a kitchen table gunsmith myself, and before I learned about using hollow ground screwdrivers on my firearms I […]
Prepper Precepts #19 Store What You Use, and Use What You Store
Store what you can use, and use what you store. I don’t buy books I won’t read, clothes I won’t wear, food I won’t eat, or Hip Hop music. I also don’t buy things I don’t know how to use. This is hard sometimes, as deals can be made and you can sometimes get […]