Progress towards your goals

Last year and A half focussed on food and medical preps. This year saving for property and continuing adding to stocks. Hubby has also started garden.

Just started with what I felt was easiest to get my head around!

Security and transport seem to always top my "to do" lists. I think these are two very important topics that many do not pay near enough attention too.

Food and water come in next.

Energy for me, is tied in with transport, as is accommodation.

Health is something i have not dabble in a great deal. I have made my own FAK and know a little.

Caches is high on my list for the next few months as is comprising a firm Plan A and plan B.

books on blacksmithing - thats wise.

I actually went to he lifeline bookfest on the weekend and got some books covering some of the forgotten trades. I've made a concerted effort myself to get as much of this old world knowledge (blacksmithing, coopering, knitting, leather working and tanning, hand tools only construction etc) in old world format (books and magazines). Naturally i'm still connected as i'm employed in the technology sector and have all these in digital format but I really believe its eseential to have this information in a format that cant be wiped, erased, deleted or otherwise lost through carelessness or equipment failure (except fire of course but then nothing is safe from that...)

Books are really high on my list of priorities - knowledge should be on that list....

My logic for each element is as follows. Each one (with the exception of accommodation and transport) is really about securing adequate stockpiles as well as setting up secured production capabilities : Health, Food, Water, Security, Energy.

Each I can buy now and store for later but each i can also produce on my own with the right equipment.

Health is for me the most complicated because its nigh on impossible to produce your own sterile bandages and instruments - they really need to be bought from new but then they're also reasonably unlikely to be needed so there is fairly low stock levels required to maintain a healthy medical kit. Everything you could ever need could fit into two milk crates if you lay low and take care of yourself.

Energy also seems simple on face value but isnt when the long term is considered. Its not enough to store a thousand gallons of diesel -eventually it runs out. That and special products need to be added to the fuel to stop engine destroying bacteria from growing in your storage containers. So both locations 1 and 2 have first and second tier power provision. Either solar, wind, hydroelectric or steam powered. My house has mains, solar and a backup generator. my second location has solar, wind and i'm now working on hydroelectrics (although the water flow in the region isnt stable enough to be reliable) and i'm also researching plans for a steam engine - if theres one thing i got a lot of its long burning wood. Of course setting the hydro and steam stuff up isn't cheap so i haven't gotten to it yet.

Transport for me is a carburetor 4 wheel drive - EMP proof! Its also been modified somewhat to be able to drive offroad with ease. I dont actually have a secondary vehicle yet (again money) but am planning on a motor bike of some description - one that fits in the back of the car.

Food and water are actually for me the simplest problems to solve. My location 1 and location 2 both have ample storage supplied by rainwater and each are located in relatively high rainfall areas. Food storage is already sorted for both and production is sorted for location 1 and ramping up for location 2.

Security is expensive and complex. Having enough weapons and knowing how to use them is not the problem - ammunition is. Ammo runs dry in no time, especially if there is conflict on the horizon. You'd be surprised how easily you can burn through 10,000 rounds of high calibre ammo. I've just finished setting up a small scale reloading facility so all i need to do is store the raw materials. No tonly does it make every day shooting cheaper and far more accurate but it also provides me with a near endless supply (if i keep the required stock levels on hand).

Can you elaborate on the EMP proof vehicle? Does it not have an electrical circuit in it at all?


Are you serious about the 10K rounds comment or having a joke?

Last year I sold my first ever owned 338 LapMag Accuracy international. Beautiful rifle. Reason being, it needed rebarrelling as it could not group consistently anymore and the droop was out of tolerance after 6215 rounds. That took me nearly 9 years of Range and hunting, most ammo spent on the range of course, and cost around 47 grand in Ammunition.  HURTS TO VOCALIZE THIS!
Unless you're firing bullets out of a Semi auto or a Belt fed MG, Highly doubt it,  it takes a quite a while to go through 10 thousand bullets.  Especially in a High calibre weapon. 22.s are not a High calibre weapon, you realize this yeh?

10,000 rounds for a 338 with small variations in powder and brass costs would see you having spent approx $95,000.  300 Win Mags are very similar in size and cost.

Its dollar figures like these that have made me ask whether or not you're joking or just telling lies and trying to make yourself sound like you have it all sewn up for some reason. 5000 rounds in 308 takes up that much room it is not funny. You can barely fit 2000 rounds of 308 in to a standard size gun safe let alone 10 thousand and that's only a little cal that does not take up much space at all compared to a 338 or a 50.

So....the big questions...............What High cal weapon was it that you put 10,000 rounds through (because it sounds as though you're speaking from experience)  AND exactly what amount of time is " No time" with regards to the time it takes to let loose Ten Thousand Rounds of High Calibre Ammunition???

I think Qldprepper was using the figure of 10,000 rounds as an example for a full contact... I just made a mistake with my Meat eating figures..LMAO...

I think as an example, 4 people in a firefight, using .223 in 30 round mags on semi auto, having 10 mags each could empty nearly all in say 2hr conflict, depending on the conflict. That's 40 mags = 1,200 rounds.

I think what QP was trying to say was we need to have plenty of Preps for any event!

But as bullets really hurt and can ruin your day....I will not get into a firefight unless cornered!!! or last resort!!! We need to use camouflage to hide our BOL and ourselves!  

Anyone and Everyone who has been in the Military has been in a "Firefight" yeh!??

He corrected you anyway Gaz, He literally meant 10,000 rounds.