Practical Survival Advice

Alrighty, I’ve been wanting a S&W M&P 340 (not the lighter PD model) .357 mag and picked one up for my B-Day. I finally got it to the range last week and loaded her up with some 158gr JHP magnum rounds, a few cylinders to get a feel for it (yeah, it hurt after that second reload…ouch!). Next several loads were just various (tamer) .38 special loads.

I would say about 8 out of 10 cylinders I ended up with the trigger stuck after firing; getting hung up and not resetting. A little jiggle of…

Need some help from my Snubby Snobs!

Millions of bees have died this year. It's "the worst bee loss in recorded history," one beekeeper says.

"It's not just a beekeeper issue. This is a national food security issue."

Price is up almost $1000 in just the last year. My stack is looking better all the time…

I will start this thread by saying I am not encouraging or condoning the purchase of these items. I started buying some odds and ends on AliExpress a month or so ago. Shooting gloves, tweezers, zip ties, ect. The prices are insanely cheap. For my sons birthday, he wanted a combat knife "like dads", which is the Becker BK-18. I'm not buying my 8 year old a $150 knife. I noticed a similar style on Ali, and for $20 figured it would be cheap but acceptable. What I recieved, is a 99.9% clone…

Chinese Clone Knives – This is insane!

Well, if you're going to be stupid, you'd better be tough. Last Monday, while attempting to get pics of hail damage for the insurance company, I fell off a 4' retaining wall.

Relying on my cat like reflexes, I was able to land squarely on my head, breaking the C1 vertebrae. That's right, I broke my neck.

No paralysis, a clean break that stayed in place. Sore as all get out, a lot of scrapes and lumps, but still here. Here's what the next month or so is looking like;

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Time to fess up

In a prolonged SHTF most game will be wiped out in two weeks, the dogs and cats in a month and by six months there will be no fuel for your pickup to carry those five guns and 100 pounds of ammo.

You will carry your gear on your back, walking on foot or moving via hand cart or bicycle. Alamoing at home in a year your food storage will be gone. You keep and defend a garden, harvest rats and birds with your slingshot or air rifle and start thinking about long pig.