SHTF normally mainly focuses on short-term survival situations where after you're done feeling shocked, it's usually only days or hours before the before the situation is over.
However, not all collapses are temporary. How can a prepper know for certain that when the collapse takes place that it isn't permanent? You never know, a man-made or natural disaster could wipe out everything except for the people who have survived it thanks to their sturdy bunkers.
The potential of a long-term bug out situation is why preppers believe it's so important to understand the skills on how to make essential items such as weapons and specifically, gunpowder.
If a prepper is wise, they will have already been stocking up food to last them a while, however, when it's all used it they will need weapons to help them catch food. When ammunition is gone it's important to know how to make more of it.
On the next page, check out step-by-step instructions on how to make gunpowder for a long-term SHTF situation and add this essential skill to your survival expertise.
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The Primer cup is made of two pieces, the Cup and a small Anvil, usually a three sided piece pressed into the cup. The ignition charge is placed in the cup then the anvil is pressed back in. The tip from common Strike Anywhere Matches will serve as the Ignition Charge. It’s not 100%, but good enough to put meat in the Smoker.
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I never get passed the 1st page of these kind of websites. Gunpowder is phosphorus and magnesium. The French method uses feces and urine marinated for like a year and a half then extracted; the French always have the most delicious recipes.
So you’re going to shoot a duck and that’s going to feed you and your family for a month. Oh wild bison or a moose you meant, with no refrigeration good luck making the meat last a month.
If I run out, there won’t be as many targets
Bet that will cause a ton of squib loads in an AR
Make all the gun powder you want, good luck making primers unless your going black powder rifles
1. That’s a pic of smokeless powder, not the black powder being proposed here. 2 they said nothing of how to actually load a round with it. Not only do you risk blowing yourself up doing this, but you won’t get more than a few shots off, if you manage to get it working, before the rifle locks up. In either case you have already damaged your rifle
^^^Not counting on it, just hoping.
Dalton Salisbury, it’s not smelting. I know people call it that, but it’s not.
The deer population is already gone.
There are ways of saving meat without refrigerators. All be it we don’t have the salt. Or just jerk the meat
Don’t drop it?
Just have a large reserve of your own gun powder, primers, etc.
Ammo will be a high value currency in a SHTF scenario. Sigh. Now I have to explain for all the idiots that you don’t trade ammo with every stranger who comes by, but rather only certain individuals.
I’m a patriot. Not a zealot. However, I will zealously defend freedom.
Yes research salt preservation or smoking meat. Doesn’t matter my point was your not going to survive long enough to run out of ammo if you have a good stockpile. You will survive an even shorter time if your reading comprehension is 0.
Wild Bison? Are you serious right now?
Awesome thank you sir. Makes sense
This is why I’m a traditional archer as well. Kinda hard to run out of sticks
Your brass will eventually wear out too. Learn the use of a sling and bow. Getting and learning about a muzzle loader will help you last a little longer. Also learn how to use a blade. Stick fighting is another good technique.
Oh Pig, the opinions are wide and varied. You supply a comment and recommendation and everybody is suddenly an expert. Their prerogative. Keep at it BroCepheus
Run out? Lol
Jawn Won U.S. Army manual (improvised munitions) if you dont want to order it online you can find them at most gun shows
Some Samsung devices could double as a blowtorch for those hard to crack safes.
Time consuming, and difficult. CLEAN YOUR WEAPON AFTER EACH USE.
First you take the bow..
Use a Bow?
I know that you can’t use smokeless and black powder weapons but using black powder in a modern would be okay not as effective
Thats why you got to know the science of mixing compounds
Anyone stupid enough to be using a gun and involving themselves with other people ia going to die from toxicity or plague far before they run out of ammo
U.S. ARMY manual IMPROVISED MUNITIONS has tons of useful info
Number one unless we are invaded by China I don’t think I’ll be running out of ammo my entire life and if I do run out of ammo I’m not going to run out of gunpowder and reloading supplies for another two lifetimes this is because I have been buying the stuff for the past 25 years!
I love all the posts that declare I will run out of food or Ammo or medicines. All originally written by some joker that’s never left his mommies house.
that’s why i’m efficient with knives; my ammo won’t last forever.
The brass Will wear out and get lost to. Bows and other tension energy weapons are the best alternative.
The s.a.s. survival guide.
What about making Primers? That’s a summing I’m going to run out. Lol. Been collecting ammo and reloading supplies for a while , a long while . Lol
Why not load up on smokeless powder? One pound of Alliant Unique (7000gr) will load 780 rounds of .357 mag or 460 223. One pound of Alliant Red Dot will load 1,400 rounds of 45 acp.
I carry knives w me all the time for work. When I see a d-bag w/a 4″ knife holding up a person i think “come on pal, just one time!”…
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Blah blah blah man was eating meat long before gunpowder came along.
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I just better not run out of cigarettes!!!