![]() They stay fairly cool even on the hottest days.ħ.Brain Tanning Leather – learning the process of skinning a deer, fleshing, stretching, drying, scraping, soaking, brain tanning, and then smoking the hide to waterproof. In summer going into a properly – built adobe house is like walking into a cave. Because they mostly built of adobe, their house – walls were very thick, so even a small fire indoors would keep the place fairly warm. That’s because Spain & later Mexico taxed chimneys. Along the Rio Grande, especially in the poorer regions, there were no fireplaces in houses. Heat came from a fireplace, & it generally wasn’t very effective. There were no iron stoves in early Texas – they didn’t start coming in until late in the Republic period. There was a woodpile or a woodshed associated with just about every house. About the only thing folks had to burn was wood. As the rawhide dried it shrank, holding the broken stock together as effectively as if it had been replaced.Ħ.Stockpiling Wood and keeping warm was a chore in winter. The wet, pliable hide would be stretched over the broken pieces at the break, then either laced or nailed in place. And after a few reloads, you basically run out of brass life (Read more about: SHTF Guns and Ammo)Ī broken gunstock could be repaired with rawhide. With semi-autos, you have brass elongation you need to trim your brass frequently, full-length size on every load. Semi-auto rifles are harder on brass than bolt, falling block or other type’s rifles. Limited or no ammo availability for my SHTF Guns meant the brass has to last as long as possible. Learn to hit something with a bullet and you’ll be better fed and it may even keep you and your family alive.ĥ.Repairing guns and reusing ammo. Watching those old cowboy movies gave me a good idea: use both hands when shooting guns.Ĥ.Shooting your dinner. A good rule is to honk first when driving up unexpectedly to a ranch so as not to spook anyone. ![]() Every type of gun known to man is here to protect their family and property. ( quote – Sophie) Build or have in mind a hideout in your BOL or better said a hideout in your hideout.ģ.“ We don’t dial 911” – there won’t be any. Beneath our town’s main street are old tunnels that were built to protect settlers in case of Indian raids. That makes me feel a little safer next time I shop for pickles knowing that if a nuclear bomb goes off my family can go underground. One estimate places the number of bank robberies at about a dozen for the entire frontier period.Ģ.Many small towns in the Texas Hill Country have a secret. People were more likely to cooperate than fight – in a harsh and lawless world, it was better to side with your neighbor for mutual benefit than start shooting. Turns out the popular image of the Old West as a place where manly men solved their differences by shooting themselves in the face simply isn’t true. Finding others with the same mindset will help you survive long-term, and make the situation far more bearable than braving the dark times alone. ![]() In this community, you will find different skills, access to different resources, and a psychological morale improvement. ![]() Nothing will help people survive more than a tight knit community that cares for its members. There are many skills we can learn from one another. People really should avert their gaze from the modern survival thinking for just a bit and also look at how the guys who wandered the west 150 or so years ago did it.ġ.Community – We were not meant to survive in isolation forever.
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