SHTF Survival food

[FrommerStop]

Strike anywhere are prohibited or a hazmat now. ???
You can still find them. Just not as common as they used to be.

Any suggestions of what stores routinely carry them?

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Any suggestions of what stores routinely carry them?

No clue. Last time I found some was at a off the beaten path hardware store. Years ago. Cleaned em out. Got em in a sealed ammo can. Need to check on them.

 

[FrommerStop]

No clue. Last time I found some was at a off the beaten path hardware store. Years ago. Cleaned em out. Got em in a sealed ammo can. Need to check on them.

Seems that walmart lists them on its website.

Robot or human?

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

Seems that walmart lists them on its website.

Robot or human?

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These are the "green" save the earth ones. No idea on shelf life. Probably won't work for primer substitution or 22 reloading.

 

[FrommerStop]

These are the "green" save the earth ones. No idea on shelf life. Probably won't work for primer substitution or 22 reloading.

The disaster people recommend storm proof matches; also at walmart

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

The disaster people recommend storm proof matches; also at walmart
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Yep. Fake lifeboat matches. Have to have striker now...

 

[FrommerStop]

These are the "green" save the earth ones. No idea on shelf life. Probably won't work for primer substitution or 22 reloading.

For the strike on the box kind, i think you have scrap off the material of the striking surface a mix it with the match head material. I will pay exorbitant prices for real primers first prior to making my own. Last order of primers from the https://shop.tacticalshit.com/ with shipping were a little under $70/1000 including the super high hazmat and taxes.
for 3,000 spp and 1,000 srp
Subtotal $207.40 shipping & Handling $53.64
Tax $15.56 Grand Total $276.60 Primers are foreign made.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

For the strike on the box kind, i think you have scrap off the material of the striking surface a mix it with the match head material. I will pay exorbitant prices for real primers first prior to making my own. Last order of primers from the https://shop.tacticalshit.com/ with shipping were a little under $70/1000 including the super high hazmat and taxes.
for 3,000 spp and 1,000 srp
Subtotal $207.40 shipping & Handling $53.64
Tax $15.56 Grand Total $276.60 Primers are foreign made.

Ah. I was talking about percussion cap making. Sorry. Making cartridge primers would probably be impossible.

 

[FrommerStop]

Ah. I was talking about percussion cap making. Sorry. Making cartridge primers would probably be impossible.

People are reloading them and maybe even making them. There is one guy on the castboolits site that is even making substitute smokeless powder.

 

[850guns]

We use/have several water filter systems.
Bean and rice
Canned food
Peterson's Guide To Edible Plants

Walmart matches still strike after 5 years, but the strikers on the box are wore out. Found out the bottom of an iron skillet handle still gets the job done. (the bottom cause it leaves marks)

 

[FrommerStop]

We use/have several water filter systems.
Bean and rice
Canned food
Peterson's Guide To Edible Plants

Walmart matches still strike after 5 years, but the strikers on the box are wore out. Found out the bottom of an iron skillet handle still gets the job done. (the bottom cause it leaves marks)

Just placed an amazon order for the book.

 

[rviray]

Just placed an amazon order for the book.

On Amazon now

 

[FrommerStop]

On Amazon now

This is a more useful book

 

[rviray]

All the suggestions above are great, but have you thought about how much caloric intake you would need per-person, per-day? Yeah, you could have all the food in the world, but if you're eating 200 calories a day and burning off 2000 you're gonna feel like crap and not survive long....just "food" for thought. lol

 

[Southalabama]

I’ve got fire starter kits in waterproof containers that can start a fire a dozen different ways but the legendary Bic lighter has yet to fail me. A crack lighter with a larger flame sometimes goes bad over time.

If we get down to making primers with matches gonna be a pile of brass laying around. I’d have to blow through a metric shit ton and then deplete the primer stash. While I’ve studied using cap gun components and matches the practicality is nil for me. It’s a good mind exercise.

Been concentrating on freeze dried proteins of late. Cans of chicken and beef.

 

[FrommerStop]

All the suggestions above are great, but have you thought about how much caloric intake you would need per-person, per-day? Yeah, you could have all the food in the world, but if you're eating 200 calories a day and burning off 2000 you're gonna feel like crap and not survive long....just "food" for thought. lol

Beans and rice are good.
It was different forms of ground corn that at one time fed much of the south. Most of us will lose some wt while eating it. But I can stand to lose a few pounds. One can get calories from cooking oils .
Do forget to store salt, spices, and sugar. A few large jars of multivitamins is not a bad idea either.

 

[Southalabama]

I’ve calculated calories. I started with rice in the stockpile but quickly realized rice eaters don’t have much fat on their bones.

While in the past I bought prepackaged meals I found that it wasn’t things we’d enjoy eating. So then went to staples and freeze dried #10 cans. I packaged my own sugar and salts in five gallon buckets with Mylar bags. I’ve got a bucket with a screw on lid of spices.

I’ve even bought corn meal in a can. While I’ve sealed my own the shelf life of cans will carry me to the end of my lifetime.

 

[Rebel_Rider1969]

 

[ccc]

All the suggestions above are great, but have you thought about how much caloric intake you would need per-person, per-day? Yeah, you could have all the food in the world, but if you're eating 200 calories a day and burning off 2000 you're gonna feel like crap and not survive long....just "food" for thought. lol

The dehydrated I just bought is 2500 calories per day

 

[Southalabama]

The dehydrated I just bought is 2500 calories per day

Better test some out to make sure the family likes them. Buy an individual package don’t open the bucket.

I can stomach most anything but wifey and kid not so much. Even in shtf food better resemble what they normally eat and taste somewhat palatable.