Im starting to think that the ‘Zero’ in Commander Zero stands for my bank balance. I went to the gun show today and found all sortsa goodies…
Sutures, sutures, sutures.
Lightstick carrycases
A nice all Belgian old HiPower for $395. Good shape but missing bluing. A serious candidate for purchase. (sigh)
Some books on various useful subjects.
Glock knives, Glock e-tools (entrenching tools, not mailware)
33-rd Glock mags (just the thing for when I get my KelTec carbine)
Some niiiiiice AR accessories
Tracer & incendiary ammo in .223 and .30-06
I need some sort of federal grant. Maybe the Dept. Of Fatherland Security has an extra couple million for ‘Montana Civil Defense’.
zeroed!
amazing what income you must have? seriously stick to basics is how I keep extra cash on hand for most important purchases. from tag and yard sales to dumpster diving, discount stores, and even special sales; plus the ability to make do, has allowed me to aquire items, books, tools, and supplies to live easier these days. are you certain zero just refers to your bank account? stay free always. Wildflower
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yes it is me again, wondering why one needs all this firepower for? for defense, it is good to be well armed, but it seems like you are going for the offensive capability. am I wrong? cheers, Wildflower
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Historically, the have-nots, under lawless circumstances, go after the haves.
If I have enough food, water, ammo, medical gear, fuel, and technology to get me through a short-term or even long-term crisis its only reasonable to prepare to protect that stockpile.
Why so many and so much? I have to be able to replace things that get consumed or broken, I have to be able to equip extra people, I need to be able to stock seperate locations, and I need to have something for trading stock.
I suppose some might consider their defensive needs met by having a .38 revolver and baseball bat, but I figure the situation can always be alot worse…like an El Dorado with a half-dozen motivated professional opportunists, or just sone desperate person.
If things get ugly, whatever guns and ammo I have on me at that time may become the only ones I’ll have access to for six months or longer. And if thats the case, then theres no such thing as too much.
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good response! meanwhile my long term survival depends on renewal of vital stocks which will be replaced by local home industry based on materials, tools, and skills; combined with a rather extensive home libary. kurt saxon said it be a 1870’s living level, but am aimed at a 1970’s level of tech. how you fixed for anti air or anti tank? having fun yet? Wildflower
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Montana has some of the best anti-tank measures available: really thick stands of trees.
I have the usual texts by Ragnar Benson, Duncan Long, etc, etc, on dealing with armored vehicles, as well as the military manuals on the same subject. When I do get my own built-from-scratch place in the middle of nowhere one of the things I’ll be doing is ringing it with a nice, deep, ‘moat’ as well as digging a few anti-vehicle ditches. I’ll be needing to learn to operate a backhoe by then.
Ideally, I’ll be having my own electrical-generation capability so I might be able to do a little better than 19th century tech for most things. (An extensive, low-draw, 12-volt, renewable-power, emergency lighting system is a big priority…I figure LED’s and some good stoarge batteries coupled with some panels or a min-hydro should do the trick)
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for homemade power, check out that “otherpower”‘ website , via “goggle”. DORCY brand led flashlight, sold at wal*marts, uses a single aaa battery to power up a very powerfull white led, priced about six dollars. have even run same flashlight off a rechargable aaa cell. or four mini xmas lights in series can safely run off a twelve volt battery. anyhow, moving about in the dark can be hazardous in a real emergency. Wildfower