- Misfires and Hangfires and Squibs, oh my!
While working on a segment for Assorted Calibers Podcast, I realized that it's likely not all of our listeners there, or our readers here, would be familiar with the three main ammunition failures and how to safely resolve them.There are overlapping…
- 7 days ago 22 Mar 23, 5:39pm -
- Seasonal Allergies
While it's not yet officially spring where I live, the impending season is visible on the horizon. One of the more unfortunate aspects of this time of year is the blossoming of a particularly unpleasant, invasive plant species: the Bradford Pear tree…
- 20 days ago 9 Mar 23, 5:41pm -
- Gear Stowage
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.No, not storage; stowage, as in "stow your gear". The arrangement of containers, as it were. Cole-Tac Popcorn BagI've talked about my EDC hip pouch and shown all the things I can…
- 22 days ago 7 Mar 23, 5:55pm -
- Homemade Soap
Keeping clean is an essential part of maintaining both physical and mental health. I've taken enough bloodborne pathogen and hazmat classes that not being able to wash my hands regularly makes me actively uncomfortable. Any of our readers who have be…
- 26 days ago 3 Mar 23, 7:03pm -
- Minimal Motorcycle Medical Kit, pt. 2
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping. Even though it is "California cold", raining, and I'm not riding very often, now is a good time to go through my various first ai…
- 35 days ago 22 Feb 23, 9:09pm -
- Home Shooting Range
For many years, one of my dreams was to have a shooting range on my property. When my wife and I moved to rural Tennessee in 2017, I was able to start working to realize that dream. The back third of our property slopes up from the basement door on t…
- 41 days ago 16 Feb 23, 11:26pm -
- Two Life Hacks
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.I'm going to flying to Utah on Wednesday, so that means posts by other authors may be late because I'm not around to edit them before publishing. It also means this article is going…
- 44 days ago 14 Feb 23, 1:17am -
- The RANGE-R Card
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping. I needed a way to easily teach an experienced shooter how to estimate how far away objects are, because going over the several dif…
- 47 days ago 11 Feb 23, 3:15am -
- Prepper's Toolbox: Adhesives
Throughout history, humans have needed to attach things to other things, sometimes permanently and sometimes temporarily. While fasteners such as nails, screws, and rivets are all fine choices, there are times when some form of glue is better suited…
- 49 days ago 8 Feb 23, 8:51pm -
- Comparing Compasses
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Over my years as a prepper (and before that, as a Scout) I've accumulated a number of compasses. Some have been good, while others were clearly cheap trash. However, many of them oc…
- 51 days ago 7 Feb 23, 4:08am -
- Look For The Helpers
If any of our readers have ever been witness to an emergency of some sort, they’ve probably noticed different behaviors from people immediately following the event. I'm not talking about professionals, like EMS or fire fighters; I mean the bystande…
- 52 days ago 6 Feb 23, 3:58am -
- Guest Post: MSR Dragonfly Review
by StephenHello intrepid readers! My name is Stephen, and I am a recovering gearhead. My first camping trip was at age six when my family drove 12 hours to the Upper Peninsula and spent a week at various campgrounds there. Between family and Boy Scou…
- 55 days ago 3 Feb 23, 3:42am -
- How Many North Poles?
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.You may be surprised to learn that the planet Earth has more than one North Pole.There is the Geographic North Pole, also called the True North Pole, which is the point on the Earth…
- 57 days ago 1 Feb 23, 2:45am -
- Car Prepping
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.It seems that I occasionally make wise choices that pay off! I don't get to say this very often, but this was one of those times…
- 61 days ago 27 Jan 23, 7:56pm -
- Prepper’s Pantry: Oil
Most dishes require a liquid element during cooking. In some cases this can be water or broth, but for many types of cooking, something to reduce sticking, induce browning, or aid flavor blending is also needed. This is where cooking oil comes into t…
- 63 days ago 25 Jan 23, 9:31pm -
- What is Fatwood?
For as long as I've been in prepper circles on the internet, I've heard of something called fatwood. Folks talking about it make it seem like it absolutely litters the forest floor, and that if you merely let it look at a fire lay and say Shirak*, y…
- 68 days ago 20 Jan 23, 6:37pm -
- Prepper's Pantry: Cheese
Let me preface this post by unequivocally stating that I love cheese. Perhaps not every single type of cheese, but the vast majority of them. (Due to a mold allergy I pay a price for enjoying some varieties, but sometimes it's worth it.)One of the e…
- 70 days ago 18 Jan 23, 8:02pm -
- Leave a Message
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Theseus used a ball of yarn to find his way through the Minotaur's Labyrinth. Hansel and Gretel used white pebbles to find their way out of the forest in which they'd been abandoned…
- 74 days ago 14 Jan 23, 9:39pm -
- After Christmas Report
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.The holidays were very uneventful this year, since my sister moved to the mountains and there wasn't a big local gathering. I d…
- 75 days ago 13 Jan 23, 8:51pm -
- Prepper's Infirmary: Tourniquets
There have been many posts here, as well as discussions on social media pages, about tourniquets and Stop the Bleed classes. This made me wonder how many people were interested in getting a tourniquet and training, but didn't know where to start.Ba…
- 77 days ago 12 Jan 23, 4:41am -
- Prepper's Armory: Scope Zeroing
Now that the scope has been properly mounted to the firearm, it's time to adjust the optic so that Point of Aim (POA) matches Point of Impact (POI) for a specific distance. This is called zeroing the scope, and while this can be approximated on the w…
- 84 days ago 5 Jan 23, 2:53am -
- Why I Have a Motorcycle Lift Table
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Traditionally, this blog goes on vacation between Christmas and New Year's Day. For that reason I let David off the hook this week, but I wanted to write something because I've made…
- 89 days ago 31 Dec 22, 4:12am -
- Prepper's Armory: Scope Mounting
As with iron sights, there's a proper way to mount, adjust, and sight in a scope. Actually, I should say proper ways, because there are a number of variables as well as preferences involved with the process.Early scopes were externally adjusted, mean…
- 96 days ago 24 Dec 22, 3:41am -
- Rucksack Night Walking
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Now that it's become pleasantly cool here in Florida, I've been taking nighttime walks around the neighborhood loop with my camping rucksack. As I mentioned back in April, my Bug O…
- 98 days ago 22 Dec 22, 4:47am -
- Guest Post: Waterproofing a Bivy Cover
by George GrootGeorge is a member of our Facebook Group and has written for us before. In the late 1990s I turned in my old olive drab canvas sleeping bag and received a new issue of the Army Modular Sleep System (MSS), which consists of a lig…
- 19 Dec 22, 4:45am -