Survivalist Tools

[csitas]

I'm with the pirate on this one. Chinese know how to make the hand pump. The money you save would buy your mold and then some.

[SADave]

My first choice wouod be a PBBA rifle.  They have 150cc or 300cc versions and the fill pressure is 3000psi. My 300cc version doesnt take long to pump back up after Ive fired 3 shots. In .40 I get just under 400fpe.

Id also consider a DAQ, a Disco or a Korean pcp.

[Nvreloader]

Jen

You get the Gold star,

A couple dozen good traps will provide more food than any weapon, traps work 24/7/365,
and with the correct sized trap, will hold deer/lion/sheep sized critters also. 

Very silent and powerful, but are HLLL on fingers, LOL, don't ask how I know..........

Tia,
Don

[Nomadic Pirate]

Jen

You get the Gold star,

A couple dozen good traps will provide more food than any weapon, traps work 24/7/365,
and with the correct sized trap, will hold deer/lion/sheep sized critters also. 

Very silent and powerful, but are HLLL on fingers, LOL, don't ask how I know..........

Tia,
Don

Yeah, traps are great like a bunch of other stuff,.....but gotta keep protection in mind too in a long term survival situation,

traps ain't gonna protect you LOL

[Madd Hatter]

The ultimate survival tool IMHO would be what Manny is holding in his hand. A long bow or a recurve bow. Silent with reusable ammo and capable of killing anything from small game to deer or elk. It served the native Americans for a thousand years(?) or more and if you get real good at instinctive shooting you can hit a running rabbit or flying bird. Only thing to wear out on a simple bow like that would be the string and you could carry a life times supply. Arrows can be made and if you start out with enough to give yourself time to figure out how to make arrows you'll never run out. https://www.wildernesscollege.com/how-to-shoot-a-bow.html
Here's the book I used to learn to shoot instinctive. Fred Asbell in his book Instinctive Shooting

[Nomadic Pirate]

The ultimate survival tool IMHO would be what Manny is holding in his hand. A long bow or a recurve bow. Silent with reusable ammo and capable of killing anything from small game to deer or elk. It served the native Americans for a thousand years(?) or more and if you get real good at instinctive shooting you can hit a running rabbit or flying bird. Only thing to wear out on a simple bow like that would be the string and you could carry a life times supply. Arrows can be made and if you start out with enough to give yourself time to figure out how to make arrows you'll never run out. https://www.wildernesscollege.com/how-to-shoot-a-bow.html
Here's the book I used to learn to shoot instinctive. Fred Asbell in his book Instinctive Shooting

yep, bow and arrows is great too, I make my own and also make arrows, half dozen strings in the stash will last several lifetimes

[Nomadic Pirate]

Still, Bow and arrow isn't a great defensive weapon,

I post myself hidden with my .30 cal PCP, Clauge LDC on and watch out if you are trying to get in my area

[Bigragu]

You can have all the different weapons made, knives, guns, traps(good call on that one, NVRELOADER),  ammo up the yang, but survival has to come from the gut and the brain. One must be a knieving soul, anyway, always looking for a better way, not staying stagnant with how things are commonly done. Mistakes made in life are never repeated once learned. Not always looking at others at face value. Always aware of your surrounding, even at the grocery store.

They must be at the highest level of common sense, which, btw, is a rarity these days. For sure not an impulsive person, but one that can reason and look at things objectively.

The guys that are good at the game of chess, will be the survivors. The ones that reply “Huh?” all the time, well, not so much a survivor.