Flintlock muzzleloaders will rule again
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That’s a good series. I’ve read lots of EMP books and it would not be fun.
Living like our great great grandfathers did in the year 1800 will not be fun?
Some years ago, I read that if a large enough EMP bomb was set off over Kansas it could knock out the entire electrical grid over all the US. The essay further proposed that if the electric was out for one year that somewhere between 70% to 90% of the population would be dead within that year.
No gasoline could be pumped. There would be no deliveries of needed supplies such as food, medicine, heating oil, etc. No communications by phone, radio, or computers. Vicious gangs would roam the streets. Looters would ravish and destroy. Choas would reign. (and maybe a great reckoning and restructuring)
Like the old song says; "A country boy will survive."
No gasoline could be pumped. There would be no deliveries of needed supplies such as food, medicine, heating oil, etc. No communications by phone, radio, or computers. Vicious gangs would roam the streets. Looters would ravish and destroy. Choas would reign. (and maybe a great reckoning and restructuring)
Like the old song says; "A country boy will survive."
If he's got a flintlock and a heap of lead.
If the semi trucks in the United States stopped rolling, before the month was over 80% of the population of the US would be dead.
This was put together by a think tank of sociologist, scientist , civil engineers etc stating that within about 3 weeks 80% of the population will be dead
If the semi trucks in the United States stopped rolling, before the month was over 80% of the population of the US would be dead.
This was put together by a think tank of sociologist, scientist , civil engineers etc stating that within about 3 weeks 80% of the population will be dead
https://rockhoundresource.com/wyoming-rockhounding-location-guide-map/
Lots of fancy rocks but it'll be Flint for making spark that people will be interested in.
Possibly looking for lead deposits also.
Lots of fancy rocks but it'll be Flint for making spark that people will be interested in.
Possibly looking for lead deposits also.
Given population densities and specialized food production, reverting to 18th century/early 19th Century technology will look much more like The Stand or Escape from LA, and not at all like Last of the Mohicans or Jeremiah Johnson.
. . . probably not much fun for 'some' people
Certainly will need a lot of arrows.
For a few weeks or months, until I run out of meds.
longcruise
70 Cal.
I'll take my plain old suppository equipment. That oughta keep me going till we're down to the final 10%.
Like a Boy Scout, Be Prepared!
Lord no it wouldn’t be fun.
I think when there is no power, food, meds,police....people will start doing anything to feed their families, or be comfortable. I can hold off some. A group of 20 or so may be difficult. I live in a house..not a fort. Group throws Molotov cocktails at my house, my goods will be lost. No fire dept... it would suck. I have a family to protect.
There you go again, being all practical and crushing people's dreams with reality. Of course, most people won't survive long enough to get to the point they need to defend their property from hungry hordes.
After the power goes out, water stops moving, and sewage backs up, a massive cholera epidemic will start dropping people long before anyone starves to death. When die-offs pollute surface water (and shallow wells), the survival rate will dip below 5%, maybe below 2%. There'll be unlimited free stuff, just no way to move it from where it is to a safe space, and most of it useless without power anyway.
What size flintlock would be the most practical?
Figure one around 30 caliber and one around 50 caliber or a bit bigger,
Figure one around 30 caliber and one around 50 caliber or a bit bigger,
One with a 30 shot clip.
Hell, I'm ready to go anyway. Looks like I'll have plenty of company when the SHTF. How long do you think wild game will feed America when it becomes our food source? "Country Boy Can Survive" sounds nice til you have to make it work.
The advantage of old age is I won't have to put up with it for too long!
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