Bugging in?

[Goodburbon]

My cousin has part of an old press that was used to press pop top tabs for aluminum cans riding in the back of his truck. Probably weighs a couple hundred pounds. Maybe I could buy it from him... If I remember correctly, it is probably 15" X 36"

Grade of steel matters. 7.62x39 and .223 will cut right through .375 mild steel. And cast iron may as well be aluminum foil .

[Goodburbon]

If you're thinking of using it for bulletproofing, that is.

[Irving]

Understood. Think it'd be marked on there?
ETA: More like target shooting.

[jerrymrc]

What one puts in front of the steel layer is very important. Defeating AP rounds is not hard but one has to get them to turn. I will leave you with that thought.

[jonny450r]

Saw this article about urban survival might be worth reading if your bug in plan is closer to Denver and the other big cities.
http://www.deathvalleymag.com/2013/0...-the-5-things/

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[HoneyBadger]

Saw this article about urban survival might be worth reading if your bug in plan is closer to Denver and the other big cities.
http://www.deathvalleymag.com/2013/0...-the-5-things/

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So you can't defend your house, but you can't bug out on foot either. Sounds like the only viable option for survival is to predict the future and be settled in to your remote retreat before the SHTF. Wishful thinking...

I guess I'll just dig a grave in the backyard and sleep in it.

[SuperiorDG]

So you can't defend your house, but you can't bug out on foot either. Sounds like the only viable option for survival is to predict the future and be settled in to your remote retreat before the SHTF. Wishful thinking...

I guess I'll just dig a grave in the backyard and sleep in it.

I guess that is why it's called SHTF.

[Sawin]

I guess that is why it's called SHTF.

haha, yep. Every decision you're forced to make will result in your untimely death one way or another. The length of time before that untimely death is what varies, so choose wisely.

But that goes for normal every day life, pre-SHTF too

[jonny450r]

So you can't defend your house, but you can't bug out on foot either. Sounds like the only viable option for survival is to predict the future and be settled in to your remote retreat before the SHTF. Wishful thinking...

I guess I'll just dig a grave in the backyard and sleep in it.

If anything it reenforces the fact that if shtf and everything modern goes down, the "average person" wont have a clue but no one is invisible from it. As some people think they are when you talk to them about prepping and bugging in or bugging out.

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[HoneyBadger]

Back on topic, Costco is selling 55gal water barrels with a built in hand pump for about $65 IIRC. They are taking full advantage of the preppers in Colorado Springs.