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Gear Review Kahr PM9

Jun 1, 2011 | Guns / Weapons, Personal

When choosing a conceal-carry-weapon (CCW), I had many things to consider. 1) Concealability in typical clothing worn in Houston, Texas 2) Stopping power, including reliability. 3) Availability and price of ammunition, both pre and post-SHTF. 4) Budget - I was willing...

Rice and Beans? Beans and Rice?

May 31, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Guest Post, Personal

Rice and beans – unquestionably the top two items most often cited as “must-haves” in any preppers pantry. Even for non-preppers, when discussion of having a few extra food supplies on hand comes up (and this comes up a lot more these days in a great many venues)...

Thinking About Buying Rural Land for Your Bug Out Location

May 30, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Land in a rural area for a Bug Out Location is romantic thought for me, and recently I have been looking at prices within a couple hour drive of where I live in an area that is the polar opposite of where I live. I make some notes about a year ago around the prices...

Saturday Videos

May 28, 2011 | Personal

Dental Health and It's Role In Survival httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rCo0Q6ISE Dual Survival Season 2 Episode 5 & Special Episode Review, Equip 2 Endure httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK3jC6Wxb_Q 2011- The Year Of Reasons To Start Prepping....

10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Become a Better Prepper or Get Started

May 26, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, bug out bag, Bug Out Location, first aid, Gardening, Gear, Preparedness

Traveling again this week and short on time, but wanted to put something together for you... I was going over ways in my head to help me re-align some goals and thought I would share a few of them with you... These are in no particular oder Plant a garden, any...

Survival at Sea, 51 Days

May 25, 2011 | Personal

Another survival story, attributed mostly to luck. A crewman on a commercial tuna-fishing boat was the first to spot it: something shiny and metallic in the water off the ship's bow. The crewman alerted the navigator, and the 280-foot San Nikunau slightly altered...

Man’s Best Friend? Or Worst Enemy?

May 24, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Guest Post, Preparedness, Urban Survival

An odd occurrence happened to me this winter. The short version: Late one cold evening we heard an odd sound at the front door. Our dog started barking. I didn’t see anyone at the door. No one rang the bell. So finally I carefully cracked open the door and a head...

An SKS Transformation

May 23, 2011 | Guns / Weapons, Personal

Well, I was sitting around a couple weeks ago, cleaning one of my rifles when I took a close look at her and thought that I might want to give her a new look. Basically replace the stock. My issue, however was that being in NJ, I have to keep her NJ legal, which...

Carbines and The New Prepper, Part One, Contributed by Cameron Green of GAPPNJ.COM

May 20, 2011 | Guns / Weapons, Preparedness

This is the first installment in a series of papers to educate the new prepper about what weapons they should have on hand. I'm approaching this from a SHTF scenario and while I'm not advocating using any firearm in an offensive manner, I stress that being able to...