Review: Front Sight Four Day Defensive Handgun Course

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Sniper Training – Hitting 1200 Yards out in 3 days!

05 Jan 2012
phil801
1 response

Have you ever wanted to get real Military training for Long Range Shooting? I did! So I went to Sniper School with DOA Tactical and within 3 days I was hitting targets 1200 yards away – and that was just Level 1 training! By far, the best $800.00 I’ve spent! When the long range practice started, I had a hard time hitting 500 yards out – so you can see the rapid improvement I had. Here’s how it went.

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Tags: Firearms, Howto, Preppers, Survival

Getting the Blues – Dealing with Corrosion

04 Aug 2011
Jayce
1 response

My Blued Hawken

Gun ownership is a long-term investment which requires proper maintenance and cleaning in order to keep your guns working at their peak performance. A primary concern with long term storage of any gun — especially those stored in humid climates — is corrosion. Preventing corrosion is a multi-step process, starting with proper care of your firearm in the field, and followed with proper storage. However, even if you take all the necessary precautions and care possible with your firearm, and even in the best of situations, if you use it corrosion or wearing will probably happen. How you deal with the results of such wear is the purpose of this article. (more…)

Tags: Firearms, gear, Guns, Maintenance

The 5-gun challenge

23 Feb 2011
Jayce
7 responses

FPS by Zweroboi, on Flickr

A theme that is seeing increased activity on many of our friends blogs is that of the 5-gun challenge. What does that mean? Well it’s a way of answering the common question of “What gun should I buy?” Chances are you’re one of two types of readers at this point; either you are already familiar with firearms, and you will want to read this simply to debate the opinions. Or, you are to some degree unfamiliar with firearms and will hopefully find this post very informative.

If you’ve ever been in a conversation with a firearms enthusiast, you’ll know that each person has their own strong opinions, so it’s always nice to get everybody’s input and reasoning behind their decisions. This being a multi-author blog, this post will allow several of our authors to explain their choices for 5 guns, and give their reasoning behind each. Please check out each page to get the full list of recommendations.

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Tags: Firearms, gear, preps

Discount on Utah Concealed Carry Permits

21 Jan 2011
phil801
3 responses

If you’ve been waiting/wanting to get your Utah Concealed Carry License, here’s a great opportunity for you!

During my hiatus from blogging regularly (which has come to an end by the way, expect to see a lot more from me) I spent a lot of time in training. I learned lots of new skills and got certified in several things. One of those was becoming certified to teach the Utah Concealed Carry License course. (more…)

Tags: Education, Firearms, Guns, preparedness

Front Sight 4-Day Tactical Handgun Course for $69

24 Aug 2010
ekim
0 responses

In February of 2009, Connor attended a 4 day handgun course at the world famous Front Sight training facility near Las Vegas, Nevada. You can find his review of the experience here.

Today I found an unprecedented offer from Front Site. For a limited time they are offering their $2,000 4 day tactical handgun course for $69.
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Tags: Education, Event, Firearms, Guns, Links, preparedness, training

Preppers meet up/Fun shoot North Springs Shooting Range

16 Oct 2009
ekim
8 responses

I’ve been hearing about a new shooting range out near Price for about two years now. The pictures and descriptions I kept hearing made it seem like a great place to check out, but the distance has kept me from visiting it. Until last weekend that is.

Now, I can’t wait to go back, this time with some firearms! Some of the Utah Preppers authors are heading up again on October 24th to watch some Cowboy Action Shooting and to do some shooting of our own. Read on to learn about this shooting sports venue, see some pictures and find out when some of us will be heading out.
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Tags: Firearms, Guns, meetup, training

Product First Look – PolyFarm MonoVault

15 Oct 2009
ekim
4 responses

In a previous post we introduced the concept of burial or sinking to disguise or otherwise hide equipment, weapons or other preps. Today we will take a first look the MonoVault line of products by PolyFarm of Meridian Idaho.

Three MonoVaults, 107, 212 and 152

Recently, some of the Utah Preppers authors met at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Salt Lake City. This is where we first met PolyFarm. After some discussions to learn about their production, they were kind enough to provide us with sample of one of their smaller MonoVaults to review and to beat up with some tests. I really like the idea of the product so I purchased a couple larger sizes so that we will be able to review several different sizes.
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Tags: burial systems, Evacuation Kits, gear, Links, PolyFarm, preps, Storing Systems

Burying a gun or other preps

07 Oct 2009
ekim
6 responses

Mossberg 500 JIC

I have to admit that I have been a little obsessed with finding a decent option for burying, sinking or otherwise hiding a firearm and other preps since I first saw Mossberg’s Just In Case line of products a number of years ago.
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Tags: Evacuation Kits, Firearms, G.O.O.D. Bags, Guns, Links, Nuclear Survival, Nuke Preps, preps, Reviews, Storing Systems, Survival

Evacuation Preparedness List Review part 2

05 Jun 2009
phil801
2 responses

This is the fourth installment of the Evacuation Preparedness Kit Series. The first post, on Evac Prep Basics is here, and the second post, which introduces the Evac Prep Master List is here. The third post, and the first post on the list review is here. This post will pick up where we previously left off in reviewing the categories on the Master List. (more…)

Tags: 72 Hour Kits, BOB, EDC, Evacuation Kits, G.O.O.D. Bags