Paul Helinski

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

12 Gauge Paper Cartridge Kits for Diablo/Desperado – From $29.95 at Star & Bullock HardwareBuy a Diablo or Desperado 12 Gauge NO FFL Shotgun Pistol – From $599 at American Guncraft When I first looked a the Diablo black powder shotgun pistol, my question was hey is this thing just a novelty, or a for [...]

The most common reason to load cylinders off of the gun is because Johnson & Dow bullet from Eras Gone Bullets does not fit many popular revolvers. The make the paper cartridges you see in the video, please visit our sponsors at https://www.cartridgekits.com One of the things I really rail about when it comes to [...]

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 [...]

Paper cartriges for the Sharps rifle are the most practical way to enjoy the gun. Making them so that they reliably ignite can be a challenge, but we figured it out. 54 Percussion Sharps Paper Cartridge Kit – $24.95 – $69.95 My experience with the percussion version of the Sharps rifle has been not good. [...]

By far the most usable cap and ball revolver for self defense is the Remington New Model Army. I used this stainless Pietta for my tests. I am shooting premade paper cartridges created with the paper cartridge forming kit at cartridgekits.com, which is the primary sponsor of this Black Powder Project. It is one thing [...]