Survival Rifle II

Dave

I punched out in the middle of a winter snow storm over Greenland.

I used some of the tropical pages in the AF Survival Manual to start
my fire.

Worked fine. One match, one fire )

Big John
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:41 -0600, Dave S
wrote:

bildan wrote:
On Nov 29, 7:05 pm, Dave S wrote:
wrote:

My main reason for

advocating a black-powder pistol was coming upon one -- a classic
'Rusty' -- I'd acquired last winter,
-R.S.Hoover
Bob..

I appreciate the Homebuilder's spirit here, and being able to do
things on a budget.. But survival gear, including a gun and ammo, is
someplace I'd rather stick with off the shelf, ready to use, keep it
simple technology. A glock pistol (which I've dispatched rabbit with), a
mini 14 or camp carbine sounds much more reassuring than a refurbished
antique with loose powder, caps and balls.

Just one of them things..
Dave

In the interest of discussion and because it's snowing outside, how
about adding the element of non-firearm weapons. It's ancient
history, but weapons like the sling or spear are very effective in
trained hands.

IN ADDITION to a manufactured, cartridge fed survival firearm, I could
entertain the notion of a crash axe, survival knife and a sharpening
stone. With those tools, I can fashion just about anything else, as well
as use them as weapons.

Just for conversations sake, of course. Finally put to use all that good
info from the Boy Scout Handbook and the Air Force Survival Manual.

Dave