The Annoyed Man,The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:37 am Get yourself a Patreon account, and subscribe to these four content providers:
- Viking Preparedness
- Bear Independent
- Mountain Guerrilla Blog
- Intehrative Preparedness
Then go back and watch or read ALL of their content from the beginning, before you start spending money. I wish I had done so.
Buy all the ammo you think you’ll realistically need for the guns you have, but keep this at the front of your mind: you can’t EAT ammo......so make food your priority. If you’re thinking of ammo in military quantities, then you’re doin' it wrong. The idea is to have enough to train with, and to hunt with, and for self defense. But if you’re thinking of having tens of thousands of rounds for each of your guns, that’s a poor use of your resources unless you’re a very rich man. The whole idea of survival is to avoid a big fight in the first place.
Stop thinking of storing food that you’d like to eat (because that’s expensive), and start thinking instead of storing calories. FOOD IS FUEL. Nothing more. Then make the bulk of your food purchases in "maximum calories for lowest price" format. That will mean sealed buckets of wheat, rice, corn, beans, etc.
Plant enough garden and raise enough livestock to feed yourself independently of your food stores. Ideally, the stored food is only to get you through until you’re self sustaining, in the event that the bad juju happens before you’re fully prepared. Your goal is to not have to significantly alter your lifestyle when TEOTWAWKI happens. If you’re already self-sustaining food-wise when the bad juju happens, you’ve met that goal. THEN your stored food becomes something else entirely. It enables you to help the widows and orphans. It gives you what amounts to political power.
Read up on COOHMP.
Thanks for all the advice and recommendations.
I've never heard of "Patreon" before, but I'll definitely check it out.
I'm not overstocked on ammo, but I'll very soon have enough to take care of any "contingencies."
We've already started working on the stored food and have some rice, beans, corn and some canned vegetables. We buy extras whenever we go shopping. Our yard is very small and there are restrictions on livestock (like not allowed at all) in our gated community, so that's not a possibility unless TEOTWAWKI looms and then the restrictions will go out the window. However, if we have to wait until that happens, it may be too late to start raising animals. But, there is a small herd Whitetails (about 15) outside our back fence which might become our "livestock." We already have a small garden which we can enlarge and start growing more than just tomatoes.
Thanks again for your help--much appreciated,
Crash
PS
Do you remember our conversations about a good .44 Magnum load for my Browning M92 which wouldn't beat up my shoulder? Well, I tried the HSM Cowboy Action loads with the lead 200 grain bullet which is supposed to make about 975 fps from a revolver. As I said before, I think they'll probably do at least 1200 fps from the 20" barrel of my Browning and they are "minute of felon" accurate and not uncomfortable at all. Problem solved!