Considering looking into the various militias/threeper groups, you’d be surprised at some of the people

As much as the boog community shits on them there are some gems to be found

Medical is important but knowing how to use it is even bigger

Lots of folks buy med gear and have no clue how to use it

Thats good

People focus way too much on tactical gear and overspend

Having a good quality gun, some spare parts and ammunition is important but so is having a few months worth of food and water 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, but canned beef stew is cheap and has a long ass shelf life

Same with spam, don’t really need mountain house meals that cost a fortune that last 20 years

When you can rotate beef stew/spam and other such items

And the money you save can go towards other essentials but I guess that all depends if you plan on bugging out or holding down somewhere

Lots of variables that need to be considered besides plate carrier and an AR, a boogaloo can be the result of both political and environmental reasons

So I like to be prepared for multiple scenarios and not just boogeymen/alphabet bois

Yeah

Tornadoes, Great Depression 2.0

Floods and so on. Gonna look awfully dumb mag dumping into flood water because you live in a potential flood zone but never thought of sand bags or other material to help prevent the water from getting to your house

That’s the big divide between the preppers and boogbois

We had a flood last year in an area that had never flooded

Depends on terrain, soil composition

Trees and so on.

If you have soil erosion and more clay towards the top guess what?

And they change over time

So what was a flood zone 5 years ago may not actually even flood anymore. And what isn’t may very well

I recently purchased a milling machine off amazon

It works surprisingly well for being only around 700 bucks

And made in China

Not as good as the stuff at work

But that’s also 20x the cost 😂

Lmao

I’ve done an 80 on it, but I restore antiques and often times it’s easier to mill a part then find a replacement

Have a lathe for turning bolts and such , if you look around you can find some good deals and TONS of learning material on YouTube

Depends on the state

They ain’t takin my draco

Depends on conditions

Urban? A lot. Dense woodlands? A lot

Open fields? None except for birds

It’s a very multi purpose hunting weapon, anything from deer with slugs to rabbits and squirrels with 8 shot

Overall yeah, if you’re looking at a unitasker

IF I had to choose one long gun only it would for sure be a rifle

I’ve been partial to AKs again recently

Mostly cus my draco is surprisingly effective as fuck

And on the chrono it hadn’t lost much velocity and I’m still tagging targets at 300 yards lol

Compared to my 11.5 AR where it’s a noticeable drop

draco+brace has been awesome, my new favorite gun for sure

And it’s all Romanian compared to a wasr

I did too when it was cheap

I still have a lot of 7N6 for the tantal

I’d deff go 7.62 now

When 5.45 was basically free it was awesome

It’s still a great round IMO but ammo availability and price just isn’t there anymore 🤷‍♂️

Fairly similar

With green tip 5.56 being readily available and 7N6 not

It wouldn’t make sense to buy a 74 for anything other then a range toy

7.62x39 is ridiculously common as is 5.56 and 308

And I’ve never had an issue running steel case in an AK where I have with an AR

Can get 1000 rounds of x39 for around 150

I really like the round for 300 yards and in, it really does wonders.

AK will always be my answer lol

Stupid simple, parts are dirt cheap

For shits n gigs I had a WASR and put 6000 rounds through it without major cleaning

Just swabbing the barrel

All dirty as fuck steel case Tula

My Arsenal AK is accurate as hell, as is my WASR

WASRs had canted sight issues and that didn’t help

And the irons are admittedly not the greatest

They’re not precision guns for sure, they weren’t intended to be though

With a good mount and good optics they do good

Tabuk

Yeah

They’re actually pretty decent

Fiocchi x39 is really good but not dirt cheap

120-130 for 200 rounds

Hahaha I’ve been into AKs way before YouTube

I love ARs also but AK was my first love, well 89 dollar SKSs were

And wasrs were 300 bucks and every gun show had booths of dudes slinging surp by the crate

Chinese SKSs always had a premium

Yugo SKSs on the other hand? Nuts

I bought a Finn Mosin and a spam can of a ammo for 150 lol

Speaking of x54r

The prices of PSLs are NUTS

Not imported but will be

Yeah

This was about 10-12 years ago

Regular mosins could be had for 75-100

I bought my PSL for I think 500

Sold it last month for 2300 lol

Bought new plates and a carrier and still had money left over lmao

So I bought a draco wit da brace 😎

Budget?

JPC and vism 3+ plates

The new poly plates are light

6 pounds a piece I think?

He’s not wrong

Also depending on environment may not even be needed

Would probably be better served taking some clssses over plates imo

Herro

Like basically eod engineer

Or an actual engineer 😂

What kind of engineer