Devil Dog wrote:
Ah, the real men, the ones on the forum. Like you, perhaps?
Have you ever butchered a hog or a steer? Of course not, in fact, you don't exactly know what a steer is without looking it up.
How many firearms are you proficient with?
Do you own any reloading equipment?
Do you know the difference between #6 shot and 0 shot?
What is the difference between a magazine and a clip?
Do you carry a weapon on a regular basis?
When was the last time you fired a weapon?
Have you ever planted or harvested a garden? On that subject, what is the problem with hybrid plants?
You do not have the knowledge, real world skills or social skills to survive.
The posters here vary widely in both age and experience. I don't recall how much you have lived in the back country or similar 3rd world countries, but the experience is pretty helpful to all of the above if you are paying attention.
Now a young fellow like David lacks life experience, but I think he learns easily. If one has lived on the land in someplace like Navaho County AZ, you are a lot more likely to be proficient. Probably more than 50% of my friends there have done all of the above and then some. When I am back in the USA, that is where I call home, and it is one hell of a long ways from New Jersey or whatever.
In the kind of environment, we all pretty much are packing, and we tend to like the good stuff. It's a good place to keep an arsenal..(Kinda hard to keep it in the Philippines) it's "Friendly territory" for that kind of thing. I do not think I am exceptional among my peers- most of us are proficient up to 50 cal. Within the Philippines one has to be careful with what they do with weapons, but my AFP friends here keep me tuned up and someone seems to have left an Armalite at my house here...LOL just in case any rodents show up.
Within the USA, a good carry gun is the Taurus Tracker. Its slim for the 44 mag- a 5 shot revolver, but it is damned convincing in a pinch. For the back country I have a 454 C but I think it is overkill for most things. A 270 Remington is my best open country hunting rife- at least 25 years old and a bolt action, but shoots flat and long like a champ.
Last year when I was back in AZ, picked up a Serbu, the BFG-50A, which my wife thinks is very cool- but I would never tell her what it cost! LOL I took it out in some real open country and I have to say it is incredible, but I sure would not want to pack it far at around 25 pounds as I have it equipped, but really it is a blast to shoot.
I wonder if someone might put together a boot camp for survival skills...might help some good men.
Outwest
Misamis Oriental, Mindanao.
PS: At least drop them a hint...like don't bother planting the seeds from your hybrid tomato plants....
