Survival Weapons. Contents.

For those of you who are considering buying my latest book, a quick rundown of what you will find within its attractive green cover should you be wise enough to make the modest investment.

Introduction

           This should need no introduction!

What is survivalism?

            A brief account of what survivalism is and what is often mistaken for it.

The Amorality of Gun Control

            An updated and improved version of my blog post with a similar title. This has been described as “the facts without the political posturing” and should be required reading for anyone who thinks they have an opinion on gun control.

Gun 101

         A very practical and comprehensive chapter on exterior ballistics and other related technical issues a shooter should know about.

Deer Hunting Rifles

           A guide to choosing a large game hunting rifle and calibre and load choices. With some information on using a bolt action weapon for self-protection thrown in too.

Shotguns

           A chapter on shotguns, explaining the sometimes complex seeming topics of shot size, choke, barrel length, pellet numbers and conversion from lead to steel shot. Information on shotguns both for hunting and defence. Includes numerous very useful tables of information.

Handguns for Defence

           A chapter on selection and use of handguns for defence against both two legged and four legged aggressors. Includes information on snap, point and other sightless methods of fast shooting.

Defensive Rifles

           Rifles for self-defence purposes, included fast target acquisition methods. Includes a discussion of common types and selecting the accessories that are most useful. This chapter includes a detailed history of the intermediate round.

Rimfires

          A chapter on the essential .22 discussing takedowns, full size rifles and handguns. Includes a discussion of the .22 as an unconventional weapon.

Rifle and Shotgun Slings

           A short but useful chapter on how to make the carrying sling of your weapon lighter and quieter. Also includes a discussion on ways to use a sling to improve the accuracy of your shooting.

Accuracy and Sighting

          How to sight in your weapon and zeroing range for various weapons. How to adjust fixed or adjustable sights. Types of iron sights and why they are sometimes preferable to scopes. Selecting a scope. Occluded sights, laser sights and removing scope flash.

Survival Knives

         The blades you should really be spending your hard earned money on. A handful of knives that will do nearly any job and won’t break the bank. Other useful implements.

Using Knives

           How to use bladed tools more effectively and safely.

Sharpening

          A detailed chapter on how to sharpen you tools and keep them sharp.

Tactics and Strategy

          Because a weapon is of no use if you do not know how to employ it. Some notes and tips on concealment, moving quietly, communicating without words and avoiding the bad guys.

Improvised and Miscellaneous Weapons

           Hunting weapons that can be built from found materials and that can keep you alive when your store-brought items are out of reach.

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Protein Supplements - save your money.

Our society programs us to be consumers. If we take up a new hobby or interest often our first reaction is to search for what things we need to buy to partake in that activity. The problem for business is that certain activities such as exercising with weights or running do not need that many material things, so the solution is to create things that seem they may help. Specialist foods seem to be a very successful niche

I came across this article the other day, which pretty much confirms what I had suspected about protein supplements. Your normal everyday diet contains ample protein for your needs. If your diet did not contain protein -which is highly unlikely, your body can make proteins from amino acids which it can synthesise from the citric acid cycle using glucose and body fats which you probably wanted to reduce anyway.

Save your money and buy my books instead.
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Machetes for Gardeners.

Many years ago someone who was interested in some of my writings invited me to visit him in Austria. This was my second visit to Austria but my first in the area of Kitzbühel. Famous for its winter sports, it is also a very pleasant place to visit in other seasons. Ultimately that association led to me writing my first book. One memory that sticks with me is how often you would see a scythe hanging on the outside of a house. These were more than rustic decorations, however. On several occasions I saw homeowners using these scythes to trim the edges of their lawns. A much more elegant choice of tool than the noisy strimmers so often used in other countries. 

Jumping forward a few years and I was holidaying on a certain Caribbean island. There on several occasions I witnessed gardeners or municipal workers at work and often the only tool they would have was a battered machete, the handle invariably replaced with electrical tape. They only had a machete since this was all they needed. If planting flowers in a flowerbed the end of the machete would serve to dig the necessary a hole a few inches deep. The flat of the blade would then pat the earth flat again. The edges of lawns were trimmed by deft swipes of the machete. Moss and grass was cleared from between paving stones by grubbing it out with the blunt back edge of the point.

If you are a gardener you may have a whole shed full of tools and my observations above make me wonder how many you really need? The machetes I saw in use were the fairly typical “GI-pattern” but being of a certain ilk I began to wonder if about a specific design of gardening machete.

Here is one possible design. The blade is about a foot long and the long handle allows a variety of grips for fine control or long slashing actions. The end is designed to serve as a trowel and a blunt hook like extension serves several uses including grubbing. Perhaps I should make the butt serve as a digging stick?

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Underground Weapon production

In my recently published book I discussed how increasing gun control legislation is likely to create a market for firearms produced by organized crime.
Today I came across this interesting blog on improvised and homemade firearms across the world. Notable is that while some examples are quite crude, some are very sophisticated and seem effective for their purpose. Many of these guns are produced in countries with very restrictive gun laws such as Australia, China and Northern Ireland. This photo shows an SMG factory that was in business for 20 years in Northern Ireland.

This weapon was produced in Denmark right under the noses of the Nazis.

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