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He can't afford another gun right now. Maybe a few more cans of chow might be a better choice. I'm not sure what you are suggesting; that he sell a gun? He already has these, so they don't cost him anything. Pistol hands down. An SKS was my go to for awhile and it was complete clownshoes indoors. B...

More is more, with the understanding there is more to it. Being well armed, equipped and trained and is only half the battle. The other half of the battle has to do with having the proper amount of influence in the local government to not get fucked with. There are plenty of compounds in Syria and ...

Preppers are kidding themselves about large, elaborate enclaves. Such communities with their gardens, livestock, solar powered utilities, weapons, comms, storehouses, workshops, tools and supplies would be fatally attractive. Training with light infantry tactics and weapons is understandable, but r...

I like to have two, depending on the task. I like to have one very bright one - 350 lumens or higher so I can see what I am working on or in. A less powerful light - less than 100 lumens - is helpful when trying to read something. why not have both features in one light? my Zebralight goes from 300...

Yep, going to have to take a hard pass on the $500 mini stove. This guy has a wonderful way of heating tents that is not only effective but dirt cheap and easy. I'd definitely give that a try before you recommend it, having spent some time heating tents in the snow that doesn't look terribly appeal...

I have one of the shasta stoves, pretty sure its the same manufacturer just different importer. Haven't really tested it yet but hope to this year, quite a bit of off gassing from the initial burn (assume bad paint?) but the overall design is pretty solid. The camp chef stove from Home Depot.com mig...

don't bother, that fabric is some of the worst I've ever seen in surplus. It is a loose, thick weave which is both hot and not very windproof, as well as soaking up water like a sponge and taking forever to dry. The cut and features on them is about as bad as it gets as well, cannot say enough bad t...

The BCUSA poncho woobie looks like a fantastic deal, should be a good bit warmer then an issue woobie with the added features

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which MOLLE II bag is it and did it come with the frame and suspension?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E904CKA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Wife and myself really like this light. May not have the red light feature and it's 50 lumens less , but it's plenty bright enough for us. Only uses a single AA. Long run time , comfortable head lamp use a...

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Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:18 pm

Plain-jane looking. No exterior webbing. Dark, flat color...but not "mil"-looking. A camelback inside would be nice.

This excludes very few backpacks in the grand scheme of things.

Budget?

capacity range?

Top entry? panel loader?

amount of internal organization desired? External pockets?

a bit of a tricky request to parse, "tactical" is mostly aesthetic beyond PALS webbing, so a bag that doesn't look tactical is more or less just a non-tactical bag. Do you mean a brightly colored bag with PALS? or just a modular bag with lots of organization that isn't tactical? what capacity and fe...

Only time I've ever come close (sorta kinda half-drawn) was meeting a small bear in a dark neighborhood street while on an evening walk in the foothills of my town. The bear was running away from us but our car was parked in the direction the bear was running so I wanted to be cautious. I didn't fee...

I did get to try the_alias's CNOC (for a beFree) on a recent trip and the top opening was much easier to fill from a tiny stream then most soft bottles (certainly a world better then a platypus) but I still have trouble trusting those soft bottles long term. I had a gen 1 hydrapak that felt like a v...

an MSR dromedary and one of their hose kits is a simple way to get a gravity bag that is more robust then most on the market. I pick them up pretty regularly from REI garage sales for cheap so I keep one rolled up in each food bag. They also make great training weights in backpacks.

I graduated highschool in 2008. Not wanting to jump straight into collage I took a gap year trip to Australia and New Zealand, I worked a few agriculture jobs while there, the minimum wage was $18-19/hr while I was there so most folks rounded up to $20(!). Of course with the matching cost of living ...

Companies sell the tents that people want to buy. Some people like different things, and thats OK. buuuuuut..... Lots of earth tone tents at reasonable prices, maybe not so many at disposable gear prices. Seek Outside, Kifaru, Hillegburg, REI, Big Agnes, Mountainsmith, and plenty of others are selli...

The choice between rifle or water os one nobody should have to make. Rather than cutting the center our of your rifle, maybe you can fabricate a folding stock. If you are referring to my cut-down 10/22 you should look again; It does not conflict with the fork mounted bottle cage. As for the cutting...

I will likely need assistance as my knee is now pretty much fubar. And that is exactly the case where they make sense, keep us updated. I'm hopeful that e-bike tech will improve pretty soon, but the current level is a bit underwhelming to me at least. From everyone I've talked to they are just fine...

One issue with folks thinking about e-bikes is that they're counting on the electric motor to make up for deficiencies in their own fitness level. I can see that if one is actually facing a disability, but when you can go out and 'fix' yourself, an un-powered bike can have far more utility than an ...

I do find it ironic that the Antifa would be against more civil rights and support guns for the police and military only. It's about as hypocritical as it gets. A small point perhaps, but worth mentioning as it has security implications: Do not conflate the far left in general with Antifa. While th...

The TA33 ACOG (compact x3) seems to go for around $750 on a consistent basis on eBay. I bought one for that amount back in 2012 and just watched one go for that exact amount last week. The TA33 is a fantastic optic in that the eye box is forgiving, the optical clarity is second to none, and the illu...

I do get a kick out of the folks who naysay at the idea, then immediately show their lack of experience and knowledge about the subject. Not saying I see that much here, but some forums have threads that start out as "I suck at cycling, so it must be stupid!" Bikes come up pretty often on the prepa...

I don't keep as much cash on hand as I'd like (mostly because craigslist deals keep knocking it back down) but I try to set aside some cash every paycheck. I haven't yet with cash, but with most all my preps I'm trying to diversify between my apartment and my detached garage, so that in the event on...