Bullets, Beans and Buckshot

The 3 "B"s.   You are going to need bullets to survive. As the dollar collapses and unemployment soars, the steely eye Zombies will be coming to rob, rape and pillage what you have. You are going to need bullets for hunting as you run your trap and snare line. This is called opportunity hunting. You take advantage of any animal you see and add it to the cooking pot. Your wife or girlfriend should have basic knowledge of shooting and loading all the guns in your house.
 
Why all the doom and gloom ? Everything is fine.  Obama won. Ok, sure, it doesn't matter who won; I would be writing the exact same thing.
 
Do a check on the Baltic dry shipment chart. What will we find?
 
http://www.investmenttools.com/futures/bdi_baltic_dry_index.htm
    1/21/09 The level of idle container ships has risen to 255 -- 5.5% of the global fleet, a historic high.
    1/13/09 Shipping rates hit zero as trade sinks Freight rates for containers shipped from Asia to Europe have fallen to zero for the first time since records began, underscoring the dramatic collapse in trade since the world economy buckled in October.
 
Historic high! What does that mean? Bare shelves. We imported everything we needed for basic life.  Think about TV, Radios, computers, clothes, socks, shoes, water faucets, cooking pans, stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc.
 
Then we have the latest from Trends forecasters, The Trends Research Institute
CODE RED: Economy in Collapse -
Drastic Actions Will Be Taken
Celente advises to closely read the signals that have been clearly telegraphed by Mr. Geithner.  "From proclaiming a bank holiday, confiscating gold to backstop devaluing currencies, mega-bailouts for the too-big-to-fails ... to nationalizing public firms and dollar devaluation ... whichever of these or other actions are taken, the financial burden will fall on the American people," Celente forecasts.
 
Get ready right now. Don't max out your credit cards. But you better be buying survival supplies this very second. If you are living in a cave and don't know what is going on I will give you a few examples.
 
1.    50 round magazine 10-22, Sportsman Guide, out of stock
2.    Cheaper Then Dirt, 50 round magazine, 10-22, out of stock.  Manufacturer  unable to keep up with demand.
3.    Stoner AR-15 manufacturer producing 1500 Ar magazines A DAY.  Unable to keep up with demand.
4.    Last Gun shop figures: AK-47 selling for $1200; pre Obama $379.99.
5.    AR-15 selling for as high as $1200 up to $2000.
6.    SKS selling for as high as $500; pre Obama $279.
7.    Common 22 ammo is running in short supply too. I checked 2 online ammo stores and here is what I found.
 
Midway:

Looking for Remington Hollow point and Yellow jackets (My favorite hunting round) 20 and 12 ga, .223, 7.62x39, .308 and .30-06.

    All 20 ga buckshot out of stock.
    Yellow Jackets out of stock.
  http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/brandlisting?brandid=1601&keyword=ammunition     The first page of Remington ammo: everything out of stock except 22 shorts!
    Remington High Velocity Ammunition 22 Short 29 Grain Plated Lead Round Nose Box of 50 Status: Available Our Price: $3.99
    12 ga Buckshot some is still available but a lot are "out of stock".
    I just checked the first page of .223 ammo: out of stock"  Moved colon position
    Just the first page on .30-06: some is available, but a lot is out of stock.
    Just the first page on .308: only 2 expensive types left; the rest you guessed it. Out of stock.
    on the 7.62x39, I found the expensive ammo in stock. Checked 2 pages worth.  The 2nd page was completely out of stock.
 
Natchez Shooting Supplies:
 
    20 ga ammo:  Even most hunting loads out of stock.  Some Buckshot in stock.
    12 ga ammo :  Even most hunting loads out of stock.  Buckshot ?  I did not see any in stock.
    Good variety of .22 shells in stock; good prices.
http://www.natchezss.com/ammo.cfm?contentID=ammoGroup&ammoGroup=4&searchBy=size&ammoSize=196&startRow=51
    .223: Only the most expensive ones in stock; the rest out of stock.
    .30-06: Only the more expensive ones in stock; all the rest out of stock.
    .308: Only the more expensive ones in stock; all the rest out of stock.
    7.62x39: Only the more expensive ones in stock; all the rest out of stock.
 
Ammunition is being stripped off shelves as fast as it comes in. Billions of rounds of Ammunition across America If you are just getting started, buy a 22 and lots of ammo. Good quality bolt deer rifle with a Leopold scope and lots of ammo. If you can find it.
 
Beans: Ok folks, get your food right now. Pinto beans, navy beans, red beans, rice, wheat and barley. Tuna fish, spam, treet, canned ham, canned stews, chili, baked beans, veggies, vitamins, etc.
 
If you are in the city, God help you, but plant a garden.  Get a rain barrel or 10. The bank holiday is coming this year or 2010 at the latest, unless there is some miracle I am missing.
 
If you plan on hunting for food, forget the Mickey Mouse blowguns, pellet guns, crossbows and slingshots; get real equipment that will save your life.
 
For long term survival nothing in the world will put food on the table like real professional grade snares and traps. Check out real snares and the training  DVD's Like Survival snaring.   I have taken people that have never seen a trap or snare before and gotten them into food quickly. My emergency snare kit has saved people's lives when they were lost in the woods. This is made-in-America snares, high quality material that is not some cheap gimmick, but will put food on your table. The biggest comment I hear from other business owners is, "raise your prices". Now why would they say that? Because they recognize a high quality product and can not believe I am selling them for such a small profit.  
 
Buckshot is a very important defense load for close-in fighting. A man armed with a 12 gauge and 250 rounds of buckshot can hold off hoards of Zombie gangs. Remember gang members are afraid to die.  They want easy sheep to rob.  Buckshot is also the Pseudonym of the real-live person running www.snare-trap-survive.com for survival supplies.

    http://www.snare-trap-survive.com/survival_snaring_dvd.htm
    http://www.snare-trap-survive.com/new_remastered_survival_dvd.htm
 
You are not alone.   Millions of Americans are getting ready to survive the Great Depression 2.
 
Time is running short folks.  Get your emergency supplies put up.  You are going to need them.
 
Buckshot-Bruce

 
*20 August, 2009 is the date that Buckshot's Articles were migrated from the Trapping Section to his own sub domain on RuralSurvivial.info