Alternative weapons for survival?

Spears and slings.

Relatively easy to make and use.

Make more than one spear and pre-select river stones for Your sling.

eldar

 

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www.m4040.com

Sells hand crafted spear points and knives fashioned from sawsall blades.

They are pretty good.

eldar

 

I have a cross bow i bought for $80 from rural king. I will probably buy a few spare strings for it. and some cheap arrows.

They would be great for hunting small up to large game. only problem is broad heads for large game are pricey.

for food, guns, slingshots, and bows are probably the best bets. and dont forget to buy some seeds or something. growing food in the summer is a nice thing to have.

as for weapons. in the the apocalypse i imagine everything to be fair game and the only limit is your imagination.
obviously guns, bows, sling shot, anything that throws stuff.

But axe's, hatchets, shovel's sharpen to points make pretty good stabbers. so do, old garden hoe's.

I like to stay as far away from stuff as possible. so while knives will be a good choice, I like things with a reach.

 

I guess that means I'm not the first with that idea.

I Hadn't thought about the loppers before though...

 

Thanks for the link Elder,, haven't looked at anything on the sight,, because I haven't been able to get past the... a$$hole files page :rofl: :rofl:

 

I agree, but i never get a good pellet gun. Because they cost as much as a cheap 22LR. and have less than half the power.

Only advantage to me is cheap ammo (the good stuff really isn't) and they are quiet.

 

Maybe I will grab one of those.

Little tip for those planning on squirrel's for food in SHTF.

Walnut shells are great bate
Squirrells love walnuts, and they will sift through a pile of shells and husks looking for the goods. in the fall when they stary falling on the road scoop them up, steal the nuts. then toss them in the yard for some squirrel war.

 

What model do you have, Kirk? I used to have the Crossman pellet version of the Python - wish I still had that thing - it was sweet!

 

I have to learn to use it, first, but one of those traditional slings like David used to sleigh Goliath would be good to have. After rubber tubing ran out, it would take the place of the slingshots out there, and I have heard some good things about it's range. It also can go right into a pocket much more easily.

 

A Knife, Machete and Sling

you can tie the knife to a stick and make a spear. for fishing hunting and other stuff...