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How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor

How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor For Cheap

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How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor
How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor

 

 

How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor

Today I have not one but two youtube videos for you. You get a DIY build video on How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor and then the test shooting of that DIY ballistics plate. 

I really want a real body armor plate. I also want to shoot the hell out of one. There in lies my problem. If I had a ballistics plate, like the great guys at AR500 (hint hint) I would want it for a SHTF scenario. But I also want to try to destroy one as well. 

 

DIY 2 Survive!

My solution is to build and show you How To Build A DIY Ballistics Plate Body Armor. Will it be as good as a professionally made one? Nope. Will it stop a bullet? Hell yes, it will! I don’t recommend you building one of these and going out to fight ISIS. In a SHTF I would wear one of my DIY ballistic plates over wearing nothing. 

The cost for this was around $30. I used a steel I-beam piece, a ceramic floor tile, duck tape and a can of plastidip. This thing is heavy as shit.  And tough as a hell. 

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Situational Awareness tips

5 Great Situational Awareness Tips You Need To Practice

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Situational Awareness

I realized I haven’t written about situational awareness in depth since back in 2012. I know from my day to day activities that surprisingly everyone in the world has not read that article and mastered it. In fact, a shit ton of people is still completely oblivious to their surroundings. They have no clue what’s going on around them. 

I have a hard time even imaging how people are so out of touch. I was born with a well-developed situational awareness. Guess it makes up for my complete lack of mathematical skills. 

So before we dig into it I guess I need to define it for those of you that don’t know what situational awareness is.

 

Situational awareness is the perception of environmental elements with respect to time and/or space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status after some variable has changed, such as time.

 

It’s knowing where you are and what’s going on around you. 

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How To Survive A Riot

How To Survive A Riot Best Tips And Tricks | episode 119

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How To Survive A Riot Best Tips And Tricks 

This week we talk about how to survive a riot. With the recent riot in Charlotte, NC I felt it was time to cover this topic. Riots are becoming more and more common and I want all of you to be safe. Mike and I cover our top tips on how to improve your survivability in a riot. 

Most of the tips are pretty common sense.(Even though I hate the term common sense.) You have to train these philosophies not just hope you will remember them. How many times have you seen someone say they knew better, then did something stupid. Us men are notorious for that. 

You can practice being a grey man in your daily life. It is the exact opposite of the pickup artists peacock principle. You want to blend into a crowd. The eyes of strangers should just pass right over you. 

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Indivisible: Come and Take It

Indivisible: Come and Take It A Great Realistic Take On A Collapse

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Indivisible: Come and Take It
Indivisible: Come and Take It

Indivisible: Come and Take It

 

Troy Grice emailed me recently saying that he had just finished writing Indivisible: Come and Take It (Amazon Link). Additionally  he wanted to know if I was interested in reading it and reviewing it. Well of course! The first one Indivisible: And Justice For Some was a great read. If only I wasn’t such a slow reader. 

 

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National Preparedness Month 2016

12 Preps You Can Do For National Preparedness Month 2016

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National Preparedness Month 2016

12 Preps You Can Do For National Preparedness Month 2016

 

Are you ready for National Preparedness Month 2016? I feel like this should be read by a Monster Truck commercial guy. You know  the ones where they repeat the day like three times.  National Preparedness Month 2016 is coming to your arena this SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!

That’s how I feel about it anyway. While we should  prepare all the time. But September is special. Sure it’s great that the government actually gives reasonable recommendations on their Ready.gov Site. And even though I am very libertarian leaning. To the point of anarchy. I will admit when they do something I like. Telling Americans to get a kit and make a plan is worthy of a crisp high five. 

For us preppers, though this is like a month long holiday. It is OUR month! It gives me the fizzies in my stomach. I love it. Since it is so important of a month I like to use it as a time marker. What I mean by that is I schedule certain things periodically. Things like checking your food

Things like checking your food preps for expiration dates. I like to check the dates twice a year. Fall and Spring. So for the fall one, I will plan it during National Preparedness Month.  I won’t even go into the expiration date myth. I mostly check for physical signs of damage or swelling of the cans. 

 

We Cover all that and Much more! 

What do you do for National Preparedness Month? Let me know in the comments!

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