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Preparedness Notes for Friday — July 24, 2020

The late Jerry Ahern [1] passed away on this day, July 24th, in 2012. His survivalist novels created an entire genre.

SurvivalBlog Writing Contest

Today we present another entry for Round 89 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [2]. The prizes for this round include:

First Prize:

  1. A gift certificate from Quantum Harvest LLC (up to a $2,200 value) good for 12% off the purchase of any of their sun-tracking models, and 10% off the purchase price of any of their other models.
  2. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three day course (a $1,095 value),
  3. A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses [3], excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three-day onPoint courses normally cost $795,
  4. DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 NATO QD Billet upper [4]. These have hammer forged, chrome-lined barrels and a hard case, to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel. This can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools. It also provides a compact carry capability in a hard case or in 3-day pack (an $1,100 value),
  5. Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees [5] in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
  6. A $250 gift certificate good for any product [6] from Sunflower Ammo,
  7. American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses [7].

Second Prize:

  1. A Front Sight Lifetime Diamond Membership, providing lifetime free training at any Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous.
  2. A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 [8] Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, which have a combined retail value of $589,
  3. A Three-Day Deluxe Emergency Kit from Emergency Essentials (a $190 value),
  4. Two 1,000-foot spools of full mil-spec U.S.-made 750 paracord [9] (in-stock colors only) from www.TOUGHGRID.com (a $240 value).
  5. An assortment of products along with a one hour consultation on health and wellness from Pruitt’s Tree Resin (a $265 value).

Third Prize:

  1. Three sets each [10] of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
  2. A Royal Berkey water filter, courtesy of [11] Directive 21 (a $275 value),
  3. Naturally Cozy is donating a “Prepper Pack” Menstrual Kit.  This kit contains 18 pads and it comes vacuum sealed for long term storage or slips easily into a bugout bag.  The value of this kit is $220.
  4. Two Super Survival Pack seed collections [12], a $150 value, courtesy of Seed for Security, LLC,
  5. A transferable $150 purchase credit from Elk Creek Company [13], toward the purchase of any pre-1899 antique gun. There is no paperwork required for delivery of pre-1899 guns into most states, making them the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy!

Round 89 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [14] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.

 

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#1 Comment By Tunnel Rabbit On July 24, 2020 @ 7:10 am

A fascinating and important interview of Kevin Shipp, former CIA. Last half discusses Shipp’s reasons of why war with China is inevitable. Hosted by Mike Adams.

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#2 Comment By Matt in Oklahoma On July 24, 2020 @ 11:41 am

I miss those books

#3 Comment By Tunnel Rabbit On July 24, 2020 @ 3:11 pm

Matt Bracken highly recommends this video. It is indeed outstanding, and will bring AR guys up to speed on the latest and greatest rifle set ups, but also give us gold nuggets of advice. I agree, do not miss this one… There is something for everyone.

Navy SEAL and Army Special Forces Operator discuss Fighting Rifle Setup

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#4 Comment By Tunnel Rabbit On July 24, 2020 @ 5:50 pm

Another high value video from Southern Prepper 1. Concepts can be king. But what is it?

As a hard core commo guy, a double big thumbs up. EMP and the lack of radios in a neighborhood could make this a necessity. Even if you have radios, there might not be enough to go around, or the use of radio might be denied in several ways, including jamming. It is the rough equivalent of an air raid siren. This method can alert neighbors in a sparsely populated area that danger is approaching, or that a particular location is under attack and assistance is needed. There are other effective low tech ways as well, if radio, and field phones are not available. Light cannons, a rope in a pipe, whistles, air horn, dead drops etc… The more we know, the less we need, and the better we can improvise and overcome.

My comments and link to this video is already posted in a comments section on survivalblog.com and my Gab page. This is what is called a post-multiplier, 3 posts from 1. Let’s get the signal out. Here is the link. [17]. My Gab page: [18]

#5 Comment By Tunnel Rabbit On July 24, 2020 @ 6:59 pm

Impressive new expanding copper slug tested in ballistic gellatin, pork and other test mediums:

The BEST 12ga. Shotgun Slug – you never heard of!
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The Gatekeeper 12 ga copper slug from ARM. Made in Idaho, don’t chta’know.:

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