Isopropyl alcohol and bullets may sound like a bad idea, but having these two things may actually be a huge boon to your survival odds… if you know how to make use of them. Check out this awesome alcohol candle hack below.

You may be thinking that wasting your bullets in a survival situation is stupid, and you'd be right. But this hack doesn't call for wasting shells, just making use of the empties you already have.

Not to mention, in a survival situation you'd want people to know where you are and that you need help; firing three shots in the air is a pretty standard way of getting that message across.

Now you have three potential candles which can be used to stretch your matches and will give you just a bit longer to get a real fire going.