I have discovered a small digital camera that I forgot I had, so now I have been taking some pictures of stuff !
Here is my bug out kit that I have been working on. This is designed to support me and my Lee Enfield No 4 Mk 1 when SHTF
It consists of a M1936 pistol belt with M1943 combat suspenders (Norwegian built to USGI specs). I attached the butt-pack and a single magazine pouch from the British Pattern 58 webgear, and there is also a M1956 canteen cover and my Ka-Bar knife.
Here it is unpacked:
Here you can see the components: 4 stripper clips for the Enfield (plan to get more), Allen shooting earmuffs and a USGI watch cap.
Again: Compass, Eddie Bauer whistle/compass/thermometer tool, USGI nomex flight gloves, a Sharpie, two AA batteries, Mini Maglite, mini cleaning kit for a G3 rifle (also works for Enfield), AK oiler (for the Enfield), a smaller folding knife, a deck of cards, and a box of 20 rounds of Prvi Partizan .303 ammo. Not pictured is a baggie with a spare Enfield striker, extractor, and bolt tool.
And again: ESS Profile protective goggles, mini binoculars, a $0.75 USGI plastic canteen, and a WWII vintage mess kit.
Finally a picture of my Enfield:
Critics, comments, welcome!
Last edited by DesertRaider109; 05-15-2009 at 11:51 PM.
I love shtf preparation. It's basically like camping but instead of preparing for rain we have to worry about brain eating zombies.
Looks like you have a nice setup. That sure is a nice enfield you have there also. I have one just like it but mine keeps bulging the primers for some reason.
Line One is what you carry in your pockets/clothing.
Line Two is basic essentials in belt/harness gear. Your 'combat load' as such.
Now you need your Line Three gear - a good rucksack/back pack. This will be the 'comfort items' and extras that can be dropped if needs be for greater mobility. NOT the survival essentials! This will be extra clothing, extra food and ammo, sleep system, etc. More water is good too - I like a hydration bladder inside my pack.
An Alice Medium pack is my favored Line Three system, but am testing a hunting pack on aluminum frame.
I have the British 58 Pattern combat pack, but it's straps are shoulder killers!
For first line I have a small belt clip pouch with:
Mini Mag w/led and button.
2.5 " folding Gerber
Small multi-tool, twenty feet of para cord.
Magnesium fire starter
2 dust masks, dog whistle.
Magnifying glass and mirror.
# 1 out of five stages.
Line two is a Super nylon belt with:
Holster, mag pouches for all my guns,
3.5" Gerber Gator and Multi-tool.
Line two supplemental is a Bike Hydrator Back pack: w/ 100oz H2O
Compass, Mirror and magnifying glass. Whistle, compass, temp guage.
3.5" Gerber Gator. Glass break hammer with screw drivers inside.
Poncho, Two man space blanket, will double as tent.
50 ft of para cord, topographical map.
5 Tuna and salmon pouches,
Power bars Vitamin packs,
Med container with 5 days supply. Aleve and other left over pain killers.
Walmart medical kit with good tweezers, butterfly band aids, dental pick and anti-biotic ointments
Latex gloves and dust masks, small eye goggles.
Small tool kit, matches, lighter, magnesium bar, Toilet paper.
Last edited by Deersniper; 05-17-2009 at 11:37 PM.
I'd lose the earmuffs and definitely the cleaning kit (you've only got what, 40 rounds? Not gonna need to clean for at least a couple hundred more). They add weight and take up space which could be used for more urgent items.
Replace the folding knife with a SAK or multi-tool.
-handgun
-extra mags for hand gun or extra speed loaders if a revolver
-couple energy bars or protein bars
-deck of cards or dice
-multi-tool
-magnesium/flint fire starter
-water purification tabs or filter unit
-para-cord in bag and replace the shoelaces of your boots with the same lengths of para-cord
-get ear plugs, the squishy kind that u squeeze then stick in your ear if you are worried about losing them they make a kind that have line between them or plastic and they squeeze to your head
but you have an awesome start to a good gear set up
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How about a medical immediate trauma pack (blow out kit) on your second line gear?
Im not talking about a med kit with band aids, (that can go in your 3rd line kit.)
Obviously you are planning on the need to defend yourself, and if you or someone else gets shot, stabbed or takes some other form of immediate serious, life threatening injury you or whoever is there to help you, needs to get to that kit ASAP. You should put it where you have easy access to it both left and right handed too.
Contents would include such things as a pressure pad, cinch bandages, tourniquet, medical safety shears, primed gauze packs, etc.
Lots of people plan for carrying and dispensing lead, few plan on the possibility of taking some.
DesertRaider, you urgently need to add a potable water filter to your kit. Remember the Rule of Threes: you can last 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food. You aren't well set for water.
If you can afford one, Kataydin makes a really wizard small pocket filter half the size of a 2 D-cell flashlight that will run forever with a little care. Trouble is, they cost about $300. Practical compromise is an MSR Minworks II. They turn up lightly used on eBay for about $50 all the time, and new for about $120. They're about the size of a tall beer can.
At the very least, get yourself one of the Nalgene bottle types. I don't like them much, but they're a sight better than nothing!
Yep, the bottle type is good if speed of movement is a factor. On a hiking trip with a buddy a few years back, I tried to fill my canteens with my hand-pump filter - it was clumsy and I was getting wet.
He tied some line to his bottle filter, dropped it in the stream from a bridge, then took about three minutes to fill a canteen. Quick and DRY!
So, I used his bottle to fill mine too.
Bought my own when we got back to civilization.
My pump filter is better, in that it has smaller micron size - but it sucks if you are on the run.....
I have used the katadyn filter. It is a great way to go. If the expense really gets ya, just pack along the purification tabs. I think you've got a one quart canteen. I would think about going with a two quart at least. Even in colder climates, you will go through 2 qts. easily in one day of hiking. In AZ you could probably burn through a gallon. I should talk. I don't have any bug out gear packed or organized.
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i kinda like the old H harness I'm gonna set my zombie gear anout that incase of a quick grab anything else swill be stored in rubermaids since i live on in Island now I probaly wont get off in a hurry but hunker down and wait a few days for the big rush to pass. I do like the medium alice ruck bags though I used to have one i water proosed and took all over the cascades and north Idaho.
Last edited by sea_chicken1; 06-10-2009 at 01:21 AM.
Here's the BOB I've put together, as i explained in another thread I can't really ever see me using it unless i'm bugging away from my family and cats.
but here goes.
A 45 liter back pack.
lined with a large heavy duty garbage sack.
3x socks, boxers.
2 long sleeve t shirts 2 short sleeve t shirts
1 pr black jeans, 1 pr sweat pants.
1 pouch w/ cobAN, transpore, deet, AA batteries.
2 rolls T.P.
1 small 1st aid kit
8 x 10' tarp + space blanket
3 mesh sacks
gold bond powder
100 ft 65 strand 20 ga. wire with eylets etc
2 bungy cords
100ft 550 para cord
3 small coils of thin wire
Goretex bivi bag and sleeping bag
folding shovel /saw
hand tools (file, hacksaw blade, screwdriver chisle)
husky boxcutter + spare blades
zippo, flints and fluid
gloves, hat, sunscreen, wet wipes, hand sanitizer, glowsticks, superglue. sewing kit.
$500 in small bills
I know i'm missing water purification supplies any other ideas?
US army survival manual
Bible. (I havent read it yet, but I will)
if i'm in my truck i will include at least 24 bottles of water, more tools, blankets. since i live in the middle of LA i'd probably have a 2 day walk just to get out of the city. I also have no survival skills and am not planning on 'disapearing'. just keeping alive after a big quake if my roofs collapses.
Here's the BOB I've put together, as i explained in another thread I can't really ever see me using it unless i'm bugging away from my family and cats.
but here goes.
A 45 liter back pack.
lined with a large heavy duty garbage sack.
3x socks, boxers.
2 long sleeve t shirts 2 short sleeve t shirts
1 pr black jeans, 1 pr sweat pants.
1 pouch w/ cobAN, transpore, deet, AA batteries.
2 rolls T.P.
1 small 1st aid kit
8 x 10' tarp + space blanket
3 mesh sacks
gold bond powder
100 ft 65 strand 20 ga. wire with eylets etc
2 bungy cords
100ft 550 para cord
3 small coils of thin wire
Goretex bivi bag and sleeping bag
folding shovel /saw
hand tools (file, hacksaw blade, screwdriver chisle)
husky boxcutter + spare blades
zippo, flints and fluid
gloves, hat, sunscreen, wet wipes, hand sanitizer, glowsticks, superglue. sewing kit.
$500 in small bills
I know i'm missing water purification supplies any other ideas?
US army survival manual
Bible. (I havent read it yet, but I will)
if i'm in my truck i will include at least 24 bottles of water, more tools, blankets. since i live in the middle of LA i'd probably have a 2 day walk just to get out of the city. I also have no survival skills and am not planning on 'disapearing'. just keeping alive after a big quake if my roofs collapses.
How about food?
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Thrillbilly, Thank you.
yes food. well I have a couple of packs of beef jerky nearby but that's about it. when I was in the Army cadets (UK) we used to use these little fold out burners with solid fuel blocks, and mess tins with military ration boxes. that was a while ago. do you (or anyones else) recomend MRE's or a gas burner and whatever food i have in my earthquake store?
MREs
Freeze-dried "camping" food
Beef Bouillon cubes
Energy bars
GORP (Good Old Raisins & Peanuts)
Jar of Peanut Butter
I would also ditch the Zippo in favor of a couple of Bics, and a waterproof container of strike-anywhere matches. A magnesium firestarter couldn't hurt either.
LOL always back-up your backups.
There are several threads in the Survival Equipment forum with complete lists of BOB items.
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Last edited by thrillbilly; 06-30-2009 at 03:12 AM.
