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Post by Morgo on Jul 9, 2015 13:15:32 GMT 10
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Post by Morgo on Jul 9, 2015 13:10:56 GMT 10
A shotgun to the back of the head and survived? Sounds like they don't really have too much to worry about if the criminals can't even get that right. Firearms stolen from LAFO's are not the problem as recently shown and the ones that are stolen contriubte only a small % and the vast majority of those are long arms. Semi auto handguns are a tiny fraction. Firearms imported into Australia are a problem, not like its hard to just look at all the drugs coming in all the time and where there are drugs there are? You guessed it guns. What is even more of a problem are the backyard/underground machine shops producing locally made illegal firearms. Many of these are full auto capable. Firearms are not hard to produce and considering the equipment you can buy for a few thousand dollars from the local machine shop its never been easier. Consider the old Sten machine gun produced for WWII, it was chosen because it was simple to make, effective and cheap at only $10 to make. imagine just how easy this thing would be to build to day for a machinist with a little imagination, plus the plans are "out there" anyway en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten#/media/File:Pistolet_maszynowy_STEN,_Muzeum_Or%C5%82a_Bia%C5%82ego.jpg
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Post by Morgo on May 17, 2015 12:30:37 GMT 10
I had power out from Monday till Friday during the storms. Luckily I'm electrically capable and a bit of a torchaholic so had plenty of torch/led light and power via batts and inverter for the modem, laptop phones etc. Certainly pays to have a heap of AA eneloop's and Panasonic 3400mah 18650's around plus the 12V SLA Batt's The bad part was the Monday night when the storm started was also when the tree over my shed decided to come down taking out the shed and supplies/gear in there including the generator so no running fridges
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Post by Morgo on Apr 1, 2015 21:27:31 GMT 10
I can see many reasons why someone may do this.
1. They don't have the space to do their own long term preps - think people living in the city. Escaping to the country is likely their goal if they want to survive and having a place already set to go...
2. They don't have the financial means to do any substantial preps.
3. They don't have the time or are just too lazy, don't think it will happen etc
4. Sourcing additional supplies once theirs have been deleted or if something happens and they need to abandon theirs.
I've always thought a major rule to survival is being the grey man, the person no one notices. This applies to everything from what you wear to how you prep. Most people you know don't need to know that you prep, otherwise expect them to come knocking when SHTF.
Not giving away your locations/inventory is just common sense IMHO.
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Post by Morgo on Mar 31, 2015 17:14:11 GMT 10
I've often thought about moving to NZ. If it was not for the friends and family here I would likely move, though I'd probably go to the US in that case.
Still NZ is viable as its only a short hop....
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Post by Morgo on Mar 30, 2015 17:29:52 GMT 10
If only it were possible to travel back in time with a few thousand $$$ a shovel and lots of PVC pipe
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Post by Morgo on Mar 22, 2015 16:18:26 GMT 10
It would be interesting to see what would happen if Australia were invaded.
There are countries out there that may not be generally considered allies but still have a significant financial interest in a stable and productive Australia.
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Post by Morgo on Mar 10, 2015 18:34:42 GMT 10
If any airliner started the "we now have parachutes" I'm looking for a different company!
Its really a waste of time as its not practical. Why?
- You likely will not have enough time to don parachute when pilots have deemed it a certainty that you are going down. - Or enough time to exit plane - OR the ability to actually get the parachute on and move to an exit (have you ever tried walking in a plane when it suddenly hits turbulence?) Safe to assume the plane is not going to be flying steadily in most emergency situations. - people in general do not handle emergencies well. Doesn't matter if you do, the 5 people around you won't and they will impede you. - exiting the plane too high you will die, you don't have an altimeter and you can be sure if there was a door open your going to be pushed through it by the crowd. - the parachute may fail - people get entangled in other peoples chutes
The list could go on.
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Post by Morgo on Mar 5, 2015 20:55:18 GMT 10
Honestly I don't know if the Zombie apocalypse would happen in the US. Sure there might be a break out but once people work out its "zombies" and to shoot for the head it would not last long.
There are more privately owned firearms in the US then there are people. This does not even include the police, military or national guard firearms etc.
Plus they can actually carry their firearms on their person or in a vehicle in most states and do not have the same storage restrictions or firearm types restrictions that we have.
There are literally guns and ammo available everywhere, you can buy them at the local walmart etc
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Post by Morgo on Mar 3, 2015 15:29:21 GMT 10
Hard to say where is my favourite, the Pilbara has to be close, Kimberley as well, anywhere up north I suppose. But then I love it on the main range in Kosi as well, and the Tarkine coast is amazing... As for the lens weight, all things are relative eh? 3.7k is a lot lighter than 5.4k. I spent 6 weeks in Kenya, all over the south. If I was to return I'd just go to the Mara I think, and the sodium lakes nearby. I've been costing a self-drive trip, might even get out of it for $5-6000 for a month, but I doubt I'll go back. That's roughly around the pricing of my trip for the 4 weeks I did including int air fares.
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Post by Morgo on Mar 3, 2015 15:27:31 GMT 10
Nice one mate. I've got a few and plan on adding more. You can never have too many water filters
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Post by Morgo on Mar 1, 2015 13:30:46 GMT 10
Bugging in a high rise will work, for a short time.
They just don't have the capability to sustain a number of people food wise long term. Even scavenging for supplies, your not likely to be the one doing so, these supplies will dry up in short time or otherwise expire.
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Post by Morgo on Feb 14, 2015 19:35:45 GMT 10
tanzb - wow, that's great info! Thanks! I have photographic fabric for taking pics against Morgo - it that the same kind of fabric as on the booths?? I'd say probably not as that is more likely for the background of the photo more than the purpose of blocking light.
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Post by Morgo on Feb 14, 2015 14:52:26 GMT 10
What I like is the material used in photo booths. Its not overly pricey to replace your curtains with it but its a heavy duty material for blocking out the light from constant flashes.
Another thing to consider is what ever you do you don't want to make your house more of a target. Having block out or roller shutters on the outside, which would work well, may attract the attention of scavengers etc as they could believe there is worth while stuff inside due to the person having installed those shutters.
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Post by Morgo on Feb 13, 2015 19:40:25 GMT 10
I've bought Potassium Iodine from Amazon in the past
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Post by Morgo on Feb 13, 2015 19:18:39 GMT 10
Condis crystals are potassium permanganate if I remember correctly.
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Post by Morgo on Feb 11, 2015 14:33:14 GMT 10
Saw this on the news last night, chemical plant that was hit.
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Post by Morgo on Feb 9, 2015 12:29:17 GMT 10
Very nice stuff there mate. Any favourite locations in Aus? Yeah it was a big step the 200-400. Well worth it I think as its such a versatile lens and a lot of fun to use. The 400 f4 was one I considered though, I liked the weight reduction. The new version looks pretty good too. The 200-400 is still pretty heavy, can't imagine what a sub 2kg 400mm lens feels like I get a lot of "wow, thats a heavy lens" but after coming from my 5.4kg 400 f2.8 to the 200-400 which is around 3.7kg I think of it as a light lens lol I spent pretty much all of my time in Botswana with a trip to Vic falls as well. Did the Kalahari and had a great time up Kasane/Chobe way around the river. When I go back I'd like to do Kruger and revisit khama rhino sanctuary and Chobe again plus another undecided area. Figure around 4 weeks again though this time I want to utilize small planes/hire vehicles to get around instead of driving everywhere and just spend 4-5 days in each location.
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Post by Morgo on Feb 8, 2015 15:27:06 GMT 10
One of the reasons I see a DTA rifle in .408 CheyTac or .416 Barret, maybe even .50, in my future
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Post by Morgo on Feb 8, 2015 14:59:37 GMT 10
Hey Morgo it seems we have a similar interest, I spent time in Africa photographing the wildlife (many years ago I admit) but also did ok as a nature photographer until recently, still got the gear but don't use it much these days. That looks like a 300/2.8 you have there(?), I have the 400/4 DO, similar size physically and one fantastic lens. As for camo, khaki is my normal bush atire not exactly camo I suppose but blends reasonably well, at least when I' m in the dry Oz bush. Yeah I know you can see my face, OPSEC and all, but I'm plastered all over the web, have been almost since it was invented so too late for me Nice one mate, did you do much in Aus? I'm already planning another trip back to Africa I had a Canon 400 2.8 IS before Africa but sold it as I though it was going to be a bit big and heavy and I wanted something a little more versatile so I bought the newish Canon 200-400 1.4x Worked very nicely OP I was flicking through some of my old SSAA shooters magazines today and they have quite a few shops selling various types of clothing along with articles of guys in the bush and you can see how well, or not, they all blend in against our bush. Might be worth checking out a mag or two.
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