I have decided to start showcasing some of the websites and YouTube Channels that I use as a resource. Today I am going to introduce you to a YouTuber named spinesales.
This guy has a lot of great videos, he does a lot of machining and foundry work, as well as gunsmithing and bluing. I first started following him when I saw some of his swaging videos (for those that don’t know swagging is the process of using pressure to create jacketed bullets).
I asked him some questions and he responded by making the videos I have a the bottom of the post.
What he is talking about is swaging .22lr spent cases to begin the process of turning them into .223 jacketed bullets. Which, while labor intensive, may just become an extremely valuable skill. Just imagine the ability to take a spent .22 case that most consider worthless, and turn it into a .223 hollow-point bullet ready for reloading. This is pretty darn cool.
.22 Long Rifle Brass De-Rim Die
Spinsales has some really great videos, and from my contact with him, he is a really good guy. I really enjoy watching his videos, I have learned a lot – he has great videos on machining as well as other things.
A recent road rage incident David was involved in.
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.
Mindset is pretty important. I actually think mindset is the most important aspect of being prepared for disasters. I have talked about this multiple times. I particularly like the post on Whats Important Now. How you think and what you think about shape every aspect of your life. Proper mindset is what differentiates winners from losers, citizens from soldiers, and Soldiers from Operators.
Mindset has kept people alive when they have suffered injuries that should have been fatal. You just have to keep your head.
Additionally, the concept of what is reasonable tempers the mind. I may be willing to kill to survive, but being a reasonable person I balance this willingness with an understanding of the law, consequences, and morality. This balance can be a complicated algorithm on occasion, but the ideas behind reasonableness is simple.
Here is the link for Monday the 28 of January’s show.
In tonight’s show we are going to discuss gun safety – since this show is going to deal with firearms I think it is important for everyone (not just the rational) to realize that a gun is not going to jump up an shoot something on its own.
Proper precautions prevent a lot of things – and when it comes to guns – following some simple firearm safety rules prevent tragedy.
Gun safety knowledge is essential to preppers – as well as to anyone that owns or is around firearms of all types. It is not hard to be safe around firearms, but it does take the willingness to take responsibility for your own actions and pay attention to what is going on around you.
If you forget the link the show is easy to find – simply visit blogtalkradio.com and use the search bar to look up the Shepherd Show. We are in the family section – because our show is family friendly.
Unlike my site which occasionally allows me to discuss religion and politics – you won’t here any of those topics on the podcast. Today it is strictly gun safety
In our opening show we will discuss our goals for the Preparedness Radio Network show, the mindset behind what we are doing, and the background of the host.
We also discuss how David gets his ideas, and he will discuss the newest idea shared with him, which was an easy way to prevent mold growing in the milk bottles his young son likes to hide…
You can download the show to listen later at this link.
l am quite happy to be a host for preparedness radio network. I hope the show lasts for a while. I enjoy helping others and I think that podcasting is another way to do that.
One thing I worry about is coming up with enough ideas to keep a weekly podcast and a weekly youtube video without messing up the quality of either.
Luckily there is a lot of information to explore and share. My goal is that we actually converse and people call in and talk. I find a two way discussion is much more fun that a lecture. Besides when people talk they learn more than when a single person just rambles on.
I recently heard a term that, as both a prepper as well as an urban homesteader, spoke to me. It is such a simple term that I wish I had devised it. Fortunately by tracking down the term’s creator I met an interesting group of people that share the same common goals. The creator of this term is Mike Bostick, and the group I am talking about it the Prepper Reality Network.
While today’s article is focused on the term prepsteading, its origins, meanings, and why there needs to be a differentiation between it and homesteading, I do want to mention the PRN, and encourage you to listen to their nightly call in internet talk show and participate in their online community. This is a new group, but from what I have learned in talking with Mike, they are most interested in building a vibrant online community where preppers can learn, socialize, and feel welcome.
Now on to prepsteading….
Prepsteading is the combination of prepping and homesteading, and makes use of the best elements of both.
Traditionally homesteading was done as part of the back to the land movement where individuals wanted to have a closer connection to the earth. In more recent times, homesteading is attractive primarily to those with a concern for sustainability and appropriate technology. This means that most homesteading information is geared toward green living. I think homesteaders are default preppers. Do you?
Prepping, as a general rule, is primarily gear driven and many (if not most) prepper activities revolve around acquiring resources and storing supplies.
Both of these terms describe admirable traits, and can complement each other. You do not have to be a hippy to want to live on a sustainable and ecologically friendly homestead, just as you don’t have to be paranoid to store supplies to sustain you during a large scale disaster. That is where prepsteading comes in.
By definition, a disaster involves great loss, and catastrophic disasters can take decades to recover from. It is not a stretch to assume that you may lose your supplies, or run out of supplies if the disaster was large enough. In the prepping community many people plan to “bug out” or leave their residences in order to move to the country so that they may be able to produce their own food. A few rare pioneers such as James Rawles of survivalblog recommend living at your bug out location (BOL), full time.
Prepsteading is the concept of mitigating catastrophic disasters living as self-reliant life as possible. By producing your own food, creating your own infrastructure, and disconnecting as much as possible from the grid, you are insulating yourself from disruptions caused by the failure of normal infrastructure.
I am an urban homesteader, I try to produce as much food as I can, and reduce my need for utilities a much as practical while still living in a suburban area. I would love to own my own homestead, but I have to balance my resources. Time taken to build and maintain a self-reliant farm competes with the time needed to earn the resources to pay for it.
I think Mike has a great idea, and I would love to see the concept take off and grow. In my opinion the more people that learn to grow their own food and make their own way in life the stronger our country will be, and the more disaster resilient the citizens will become.
If you want to learn more, Mike has a weekly internet call in show where he talks about this and much more…
