I was planning on having Q&A’s on specific days but sometimes there are none or sometimes like today I get a good amount. You can email me questions at redalertstips@gmail.com or DM them to me on Instagram. These are quick and pretty good.
Other Preppers promote high magazine capacity but you don’t – why? I do actually for people in specific circumstances or who need it for certain purposes – like honoring the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution. As an American patriot I think you should have as many rounds as you want. As a patriot I also think if you think civil war is coming and you’re going to defend liberty you should get standard capacity magazines which are 30 rounds. I’ve also recently talked about getting into some guns with 50 round mags.
But as a survivalist I’m not concerned with a) what you need to be in a militia and b) what tactical trainers sell you. I’m interested in long term sustainability and that means simple firearms that can be operated with substandard or even homemade black powder rounds. I understand the “fun” part of prepping is preparing for the video game fantasy of running gun fights through ruined cities but I’m planning for global famine too severe for you to even imagine. I believe we will live through a once in a 5000 year civilizational collapse. My main “prepper arsenal” is geared toward multipurpose tools for not only defense but food procurement and pest control. I also factor in the fact I’m getting older, I have 20/50 vision and arthritis in my knees. I’m not joining a militia and I’m not using ARs with red dot rifle scopes tactically.
I started this newsletter because some people I met online who don’t agree with me politically were worried about prepping and some are from Canada, Britain or worse – blue states. I often factor in things like that when deciding what guns I write about, as well as budget. I also am old enough to remember when survivalism, tactical shooting, militia stuff and street carry/EDC were all different facets of gun culture. Thanks to social media and video games they all seem to blend together now. I think that’s a bad thing because many preppers are going to be in for a surprise when their $5000 AR set up isn’t up to the task of quietly dispatching trapped rabbits or shooting chipmunks next to your house who are in your tomatoes.
For me, in terms of “high capacity” (they’re actually standard capacity but whatever) guns I’d look at pistols because I simply am not going warfighting and it’s always possible my knee will give out so I might need a cane. It’s also 100% possible most of you will get older too and begin to have physical issues that come with age especially if you ruck that 150lbs of gear around on a regular basis.
I had my eye on Ruger PC Charger but they keep getting sold out. I’m probably going to a gun show this weekend so I might pick up something there. For my prepping plans (laying low through the die off then surviving like our ancestors) shotguns are the most important firearm. If you’re plans are different than mine (like if you want to do some fun stuff in COINUS) you should check out people with similar plans.
Do you really just own revolvers? No I own shotguns too. But yes all my handguns are revolvers because…I like revolvers. I do have a Ranch Hand too but that’s rarely fired. It’s part of a Weird West themed collection I built. Now I’m into revolvers marketed toward security guards for some reason.
I’m a collector as well as a survivalist. As a survivalist my go to combo for firearms would be a shotgun and a revolver – traditionally bushcrafters (which sprang from survivalism in the 70s) would recommend a .22 revolver for foraging and working around the micro farm I think a good .32 is just as good but .22s were recommended because of weight with the thought that you could carry 10,000 rounds on you easily.
Revolvers are still effective weapons because … you know, they’re guns. They also have some advantages I like which offset the limited capacity disadvantage, like being able to contact fire, being able to operate with one hand, being very simple etc. But in reality I just like them. It’s OK if you don’t like the Big Iron but no one is wrong on this. Gun selection is extremely individual.
Food prices are getting out of hand and I don’t have an Aldi/Lidl! I talk a lot on social media about getting good deals at stores around me. I really like a store called Aldi USA where I can get really good deals. There is a competitor called Lidl which also has great prices. I’m very lucky in this respect in that they opened a bunch near me in South Carolina. You probably don’t live near them.
I don’t know where all the cheap grocery stores are but I can tell you I do check local store circulars, I sign up for all the “member” cards and I am not shy about looking at the clearance items, including food. In some cities Asian groceries will have good prices, around me not so much. My advice is to sign up for online circulars from your local shops to find the deals and start exploring your area more – see what shops you’re overlooking. Also everyplace has a Walmart and while I hate supporting them you gotta do what you gotta do.
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