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X-Mas List for the Apocalypse 2021

X-Mas List for the Apocalypse 2021

Well holiday season is here again, and this year I’m back at Prepping 101. By all means I don’t want to bring anyone down or anything, and most of us are not searching for things to expend our resources upon. But if you in the process of preparing for the shit show that is surely [...]

Surviving Radiation When the NUKE PLANTS BLOW - Prepping 101 is Back!

Surviving Radiation When the NUKE PLANTS BLOW – Prepping 101 is Back!

Learn more about high level radiation meters, radiation, etc., at radmeters4u.com NukALERT keyfob dongle, Potassium Iodide, and package deals with meters and tested dosimeters at ki4u.com Ebay CDV-715 meters – $45 plus shipping Shane Connor’s calibration service: $112 plus return shipping For calibrated meters, they have some for $225. Call (830) 672-8734 during business hours [...]

Diesel Survival Stoves - Mop Wicks - Prepping 101 is Back!

Diesel Survival Stoves – Mop Wicks – Prepping 101 is Back!

Diesel/Kerosene Stoves at Star & Bullock Hardware – Available for immediate shipping! This may have been the coolest product I ever found over years of weekly Prepping 101 columns. I first discovered them back in 2016, and over the next few months explored everything from baking to canning with them. So for this reboot of [...]

Buying & Shooting UGLY Black Powder Guns

Buying & Shooting UGLY Black Powder Guns

Guns are one of very few things in the world that almost never get thrown away. And granted, not all guns make it into the future, but an overwhelming number of them do. That’s for a reason. Guns almost always work for their intended purpose. I get asked a lot, “do you think I should [...]

Buying & Shooting UGLY Black Powder Guns

Buying & Shooting UGLY Black Powder Guns

Guns are one of very few things in the world that almost never get thrown away. And granted, not all guns make it into the future, but an overwhelming number of them do. That’s for a reason. Guns almost always work for their intended purpose. I get asked a lot, “do you think I should [...]

Prepping 101: How to Can Butter

Prepping 101: How to Can Butter

I never thought that I would find something of value on TikTok, but lo and behold, there it was. My wife had sent me a video on how to can butter. I had never thought of canning butter. The video was short and to the point, meant for people who already knew how to can, [...]

The 44 Kerr Bullet - It doesn't like the '51 Navy or black powder?

The 44 Kerr Bullet – It doesn’t like the ’51 Navy or black powder?

Eras Gone Bullets copied the Kerr from actual battlefield digups of the originals. They were an English import, made for guns of the same name. Resources:Paper Cartridge Formers: https://www.cartridgekits.com.44 Kerr Bullets – Now Available at Cartridge Kits! There has always been a quest for the ideal bullet, and it did not start in the cartridge [...]

Springfield Armory 10mm Ronin Operator 1911 - Full Review (VIDEO)

Springfield Armory 10mm Ronin Operator 1911 – Full Review (VIDEO)

The 10mm in a well designed full framed steel pistol is not unpleasant at all…with north of .357 Magnum ballistics.

Prepping 101: 150 Mile Walkie Talkie Ham Radios Send Morse from Phone - $50

Prepping 101: 150 Mile Walkie Talkie Ham Radios Send Morse from Phone – $50

Resources: LXWQQFY.com User Manuals Assembled 49er w/Wifi $34.87 All 49er w/Wifi Radios (assembled & kit) S-Rockmite Kits & Assembled w/Wifi QRP Antenna 40 Meters $24.95 (see other listings if sold out) Long Wire Antenna QRP 9:1 Balun Impedance Transformer $7.85 40 Meter Dipole Crystal Packs/Pixie Switch Original Article on Pixie/Rockmite/49er All Prepping 101 Communications There [...]

60 Round AR Magazine $69.95 - Schmeiser - SHOT Show 2020

60 Round AR Magazine $69.95 – Schmeiser – SHOT Show 2020

Sorry about the crappy audio on this video. The product is cool enough to justify the buzz from a too high volume control. This 60 round mag seems to be different than the much higher priced mags out there. There is a rib between the rows of shells, so they will probably much less likely [...]