Tag: Survival

OPSEC: How to prevent your iPhone from being spied on

Raise your hand if you wouldn’t want mind giving a complete stranger unlimited access to your iPhone.  Many of us have more sensitive data stored on our phones than we do our computers at home.  Combine that with the fact that iPhones are much easier to access than devices locked up at home, and there …

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Rifle vs Pistol training, what’s your ratio?

An old saying on the golf course goes like this: “drive for show, putt for dough.” Being able punch a golf ball 300 yards down the fairway while swinging a $500 carbon fiber driver with the head the size of a toaster on it does take skill (or luck), but the beer money is won …

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10 overrated SHTF Preps

A great prepping strategy demands proper prioritization in order to be successful. Some items are more important than others, some are unnecessary altogether. While creating the list below you have to remember the scenario which I am referencing, a full on SHTF scenario where long term lawlessness and hardships are extreme, think EMP strike or massive economic …

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Shred Everything! Your trash, their treasure.

Every year there are approximately 15 million Americans who fall victim  to identity theft with losses totaling over $50 billion.  14 years ago I was one of those victims, someone opened various accounts in my name and racked up thousands of dollars in bills from several addresses based thousands of miles away from where I …

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Safe Indoor Heating: Mr Heater Portable Buddy

Mr Heater Portable Buddy

For those of us who do not have a fireplace or wood burning stove, options are still available for heating the home if the power goes out.  The Mr Heater Portable Buddy is an indoor safe propane heater which is already very popular among RV enthusiasts.  This little heater can be found on Amazon and …

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Living in a High-Risk Environment: My childhood in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1990

By Georges Z. Fahmy – Senshido International Hello guys and gals, my name is Georges Fahmy; I’m a Lebanese national, and a long time lurker of this wonderful blog. I read this blog on a weekly basis and find most of the articles to be very informative and well-written. After reading Tom B’s accounts of his stay in …

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Tunnel Vision Prepping

Tunnel vision can be used to describe many things, usually it implies some sort of error.  Tactically you don’t want to get tunnel vision when clearing a room which is why being able to fire with both eyes open is great.  You don’t want to get tunnel vision when you drive, which is why you …

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Building a PVC storage cache

Upon reading the title of this post you might be wondering if this was inspired by the recent “gun control” frenzy in the media and thus will focus on how to break down and bury guns in one’s backyard.  Of course you could do something like that with the information provided here, but I would …

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Mobile Ammunition Production – The Lee Hand Press

By JM Ammunition storage for SHTF is a must.  It is often recommended you store (at minimum) a thousand rounds of ammunition for rifles and five-hundred rounds for handguns and shotguns.  Having that number of rounds on hand is a great idea but what do you do when that stock is depleted?  Do you simply …

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Valuable bartering items you should stock up on

I recently wrote about how after T-SHTF there will be a need to barter in order to survive. Even those who have stocked up for years will find themselves in a position of want at some point (circumstances do not always play out according to plan), and the need to barter will then become apparent. …

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10 ways to involve your family in Prepping

Prepping doesn’t have to be an individual responsibility, it can (and should be) a shared experience which involves the entire family.  Of course one has to go about it the right way if considering how to involve the kids, no 7 year old wants to be handed a 4 page spreadsheet with the instructions: “go …

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5 essential everyday carry (EDC) items

EDC Everyday Carry Items

Each person must decide for themselves what is best when considering what to EDC.  When you leave the house each morning are you spartan in nature, maybe a pocket knife and a lighter complete your loadout?  Or do you reside on the other end of the spectrum and have what essentially amounts to the contents …

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Camping Gear on the Cheap

By Trailmeister The average Joe, or Jane, when planning for an overnight (or longer) camping trip, puts together a packing list and then assembles their kit by visiting the local outfitters, searching the ‘net, etc. Generally this is the point where sticker shock kicks in. Sticker shock can be painful and injurious to one’s health. …

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Survival with the versatile military poncho

poncho hooch

If you do not have a military poncho in your survival kit or bugout bag, it needs to be your next purchase.  Combined with some para cord or bungee cables the military poncho is one of the most versatile objects in your bag and can greatly increase your comfort and survival chances while in the …

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Gear Review: ALPS OutdoorZ Commander Freighter Frame Plus Pack Bag

ALPS Outdoorz Commander Freighter Frame Plus Pack Bag pic 1

By JM Choosing the proper equipment can be a tedious and monotonous process.  You hear this product is better and that product has a particular thing that makes it better than it’s competitors.  Then of course there is the price.  You always want the best product for the best price that you can find, but …

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