O.S.O.K.
08-10-2010, 03:56 PM
With all the talk these days of doom and gloom, its no small wonder that we have people "prepping" to one degree or another for the very real possibility of "bad times", whatever your own personal definition of that is....
One part of being a prepper is to become as self-sufficient as you can - your own water source, food sources, energy, security, etc.
But what about handloading? You can make your own cast bullets (you can swage your own cup and core bullets), you can make your own gas checks for the cast bullets, you can make your own black powder and even primers if you're the daring type.
Brass cases will last indefinately with mild cast boolit loads - especially black powder loads.
But is this really feasible? I mean, you still have to have access to lead, sheet aluminum (you can use beverage cans) or similar for the gas checks, sulfer, potasium nitrate (or other nitrate) and charcoal for making the black powder.... and the primers require the ingredients for fulminate... and of course the dies and material to make the cups and anvils - or at least recondition used primers...
So is it a practical idea?
Or are we really just better off stocking up on components and ammo?
Perhaps get into making your own archery equipment :run-and-hide:
One part of being a prepper is to become as self-sufficient as you can - your own water source, food sources, energy, security, etc.
But what about handloading? You can make your own cast bullets (you can swage your own cup and core bullets), you can make your own gas checks for the cast bullets, you can make your own black powder and even primers if you're the daring type.
Brass cases will last indefinately with mild cast boolit loads - especially black powder loads.
But is this really feasible? I mean, you still have to have access to lead, sheet aluminum (you can use beverage cans) or similar for the gas checks, sulfer, potasium nitrate (or other nitrate) and charcoal for making the black powder.... and the primers require the ingredients for fulminate... and of course the dies and material to make the cups and anvils - or at least recondition used primers...
So is it a practical idea?
Or are we really just better off stocking up on components and ammo?
Perhaps get into making your own archery equipment :run-and-hide: