Doomsday prepping books and resources

I don't know whether Anon Babble is the right place to ask such questions. But I know that many of you are already thinking seriously about such a fateful day. And many of you are already taking preparations. So, how did you guys start? What are the materials or books that can teach me how to survive in doomsday situations like power grid destruction, nuclear fall out, civil war etc?

you have the internet, retard. if/when the world goes to shit, do you really think you'll have time to pull out your trusty survival guide?
study and practice

I made peace with eating people. Anybody in a city should do the same

this, and I'm not even in a city. and lead is the resource that gets other resources

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Stupid ass question

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Anyone that bumps this shit is a retarded faggot nigger r*ddit refugee and should promptly kill themselves.
If you want to prep, prep for a zombie apocalypse.
Anything you can think of for a full blown zombie apocalypse will take care of all your needs in the event of ANY catastrophe that you would initially survive. Giant texas sized asteroid and we are all dead, so dont bother.
There will never be a zombie apocalypse. However, it will make prepping "fun" if you treat it like a zombie apocalypse is going to happen, instead of financial collapse, EMP, pandemic, tectonic shift, magnetic shifts etc.
Just ask yourself.

What would I need to survive if everyone in the world became zombies. You're covered.

Absolutely, human meat is just meat after all.
Just stay away from the CNS, and you're all good.
Vegans will be the tastiest.

retired army infantry

survival fag

have retarded survival family that spent most of their lives prepping for something that never happened and didn't take advantage of investments.

I first started on survival message boards as a teen decades ago. Just be aware a lot of the survival community is a bit spergy and retarded. A lot of them like to LARP and have never even spent a night in the outdoors with their retarded load outs. Focus more on skills than shiny kit. You will always have your skills with you. Don't listen to anyone who is a neck bearded fat ass.

To start I recommend the SAS survival guide, SAS Personal Survival Guide (both by lofty wiseman), British Army Soldiers manual, US Army Ranger Handbook, Bushcraft, Soldiers First Aide. If you can... take an EMT type course. I don't know if you are allowed to have guns where you are in Europe but I can elaborate on that if you want.

study and practice

What should I study? Name the materials that I need to study.

Prepping is really expensive. I'd much rather just practice survival skills.

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And how do you learn the survival skills? What are some resources to learn survival skills?

i know everything about this subject so ama

Literally put together a pack and do some overnights in the woods. Start with only 24 hrs. You will then find out what you need and what you don't need. Practice finding clean water, and making a shelter first. Then practice hunting, trapping, fishing. If you aren't in a gun friendly area of Europe

"Camping and Woodcraft" by Horace Kephart is a good starting point. But mainly you need to just practice.

not sure how to use the interwebs, huh? there's no hope then, you're doomed from the start

if you aren't in a gun friendly area of Europe a crossbow is an amazing tool.

What books or documents did you use to learn what you know?

Where the fuck would you even go hunting in Europe? They cut down all the forests years ago. All of Europe on Google Earth is just an unbroken sea of industrial agriculture from one end to the other with a few small patches of trees here and there.

desu I have only been to Rammstein, London and some stupid French city in Europe. That sounds brutal lol. Guess he would be looking more at urban survival. Not the skills of this country boy lol

I used to be super enamored with the idea of prepping (even though I can't afford it, really). I naturally gravitate towards wanting to have stocks of stuff I use in general, so having all of the things needed to really support myself if things go sideways, on paper it seems great.

But the problem I run into now is, if you're prepping and stockpiling, that means you're committing to your present location. You have to fortify, dig in, and you can't leave your stockpile in a real collapse situation. And at the end of the day, is the probably suburban residence in a not-very-secure locale the place you want to commit to digging in and defending the stuff you've stockpiled, and probably alone since who else is going to defend your stuff? Or would you rather have just the things needed to throw in a truck and get the fuck out so you can find a more suitable place to connect with other stable people and make that situation work?

started on the SAS survival handbook when i was 10 years old. practiced what i could, made up some basic kit as i could afford things, just practiced things all the time like lighting fires in different conditions etc etc. you really can beat just being out and about, camping, long distance multi day hikes and so on. i got into big expeditions in my early 20 and spent 10 years around the world, all climates, all times of year. im no expert, my first joking post aside, but ive done a bit.

Ikr. The prepper thing was just a fun harmless fad. I've lived through some real shit and the reality is you might have to move around and hide etc

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this is why I stopped hoarding stuff. I have a family so I need to collect 4x as much, and this isn't the place I'd want to hunker down anyway

I mean, I researched a lot on the net. But the thing is I don't want to waste my time by reading garbage textslop. The book I was reading the other day literally instructed me on how to create a storage system for my semen to repopulate earth. The book BTW had good reviews on xitter for some reason.

Great points. You kind of have to do both. I have basically a rural compound like that in the countryside with about 5 yrs of food/supplies. But I also have a bug out bag packed to throw in my vehicle and GTFO. If I was in the big shitty I wouldn't plan on sticking around in one location.

If I was in your situation I would buy a .38/.357 revolver and a .22 pistol and make a small backpack bug out kit. If you actually train with your stuff you will be far ahead of most of the LARPers in the survival community.

That's what I'm saying. Also, I was talking to someone in a gun group about this and we were talking about ammo stockpiling (based on some article about trannies arming themselves, one quoted saying they have between 20k and 30k rounds stockpiled) and the consensus is that if you're going to buy up that much ammo, the only reason it makes sense to have it is if you're actively training with it all the time.

Because if you're thinking that 30k rounds of ammo is somehow going to keep you safe in a SHTF/collapse situation, it fucking isn't. Gunfights don't last 30,000 rounds. So none of that ammo means shit if you're just going to get popped in your first (or second, or third, etc.) fight. And more likely, something is going to happen and you're going to have to get the fuck out of where you are and get somewhere safe, and you can't bring that shit with you. So all it does is make you a loot drop for anyone who can shoot better than you.

I've been a prepper since back when it was called survivalism, and we worried about the commies. I've looked at all of the approaches, from lone wolf to homestead to militia groups, and now find myself in a comfortable small rural town with like-minded neighbors, though we don't have a formal agreement.

Biggest thing: start small and practical. 3 day preps, then 2 week, then 3 months, then year plus. But again,be practical. we have ice storms and 2 week long power outages here; I've lived through hurricanes before. Look at whats reasonable, and focus on that.

I've wasted a LOT of money on catchy gear, when I shouldve been investing in skills. Currently, my gear is a fraction of what it was when I was in my twenties, but I'm more confident. I would say, though, that gear has gotten a LOT better-- you can get a few hundred watts of solar and LifePO4 batteries for a fraction of what it would have cost even ten years ago.

I ramble. If I had to suggest one resource, search for "Beyond Collapse," By T. Joseph Miller. Lots of good theory for any level you might need. It's available as a free pdf.

Also, "Ragnar's Urban Survival," "Live off the land in the city and country," and "Urban survival" by ragnar benson

If I was in your situation I would buy a .38/.357 revolver and a .22 pistol and make a small backpack bug out kit. If you actually train with your stuff you will be far ahead of most of the LARPers in the survival community.

I have guns. I have a "tactical" defensive rifle setup and a long-range budget marksman setup. Nothing crazy that's going to be dropping shots from 1000yds out, but enough that I can hunt as needed. Plus a small assortment of pistols.

I do need to actually get a nice .22, though, just because cheap ammo means cheap training.

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t. fully stocked & trained prepper that got black pilled

The first thing you need to know is that there will never be a real doomsday scenario. A collapse of society would be more like Russia in the 90s than mad max. You should talk to Russians who were alive back then about how they made it. There will be hyperinflation, blackouts and constant intermittent shortages. If you have a house, put up solar panels and batteries then replace all your natural gas burning appliances with electric ones and buy a 4WD electric truck. This way inflation and shortages wont affect you as much. Have a gun to defend yourself and maybe a few ounces of precious metals of course. A swimming pool can be a reservoir if water stops flowing. Just being handy will go a long way as well since you can fix peoples stuff for food and supplies. People will still go to work and pay rent, it will just be boring and shitty.

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that's why I said practice. like said, go into the woods for a day with a few things and some food, and see how you do. build your character based on your play style

If you do the Ruger 10/22 is one you just cant beat. You can really customize it out and get a complete set of spare parts for it. Avoid the Henry Survival .22 its cool but the most unreliable POS I ever used lol

A bit of an exaggeration, but yes. It will be just like the eastern bloc in the 90s

can confirm, rugar 10/22 is bretty gud for survival purposes

A bit of an exaggeration

I got an M&P15 Sport2. Is it good? But it gets jammed when I heat it up considerably..

not gonna answer you, because you shills wanna take the entire content off the internet.
FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT!

Another good resource on a guy who actually did live in SHTF was "Ferfals" blog. It might still be on the internet. He lived through hyperinflation in Argentina. His blog really pokes holes in mainstream preppers that basically think they are going to wake up one day and throw a battle rifle on their back and walk around fighting raiders.

enough that I can hunt as needed.

That's one trap that a lot of people get into-- I'll just live off the land.

Picrel is the US deer population over the last many decades--look at the dip during the time EVERYBODY was hunting in an unregulated environment. they almost went extinct.

In a major WROL situation, the same will probably happen. Its a gamble to rely on a collapsing population. Probably better off hunting small game (which may still be inadequate calories) or setting trap lines, rather than running about the woods chasing ghosts, amongst a lot of other hungry people with scoped rifles.

Better to focus on some sort of sustainable calorie production--even if just gardening (and preferably things like chickens and rabbits that can be raised in many locations) rather than thinking you're going to go all jeremiah johnson.

When shit hits the fan, you third world subhumans will be the first ones to die. So, I definitely don't want to take your advice.

it ain't pretty but I literally have large sealed containers full of dried beans, rice, lentils etc. I'm a bit of a richfag so in my mobile setup I got a few months of those freeze dried backpacker meals.

Ferfals was a great resource. he wrote a book, "surviving the economic collapse," which was pretty good, though at times macho (he'd, for example, tell stories about how important it was to shallowly slash the abdomens of gauchos to disembowel them). But generally good stuff.

Another one I really liked was a guy named Selco, who lived through the yugoslav wars. That's probably the closest approximation of how things would be.

they recovered pretty fast and theyre better off now than at any time during the soviet age

it ain't pretty but I literally have large sealed containers full of dried beans, rice, lentils etc

Same here. And if there's anything that'll make you believe things are going off the rails economically, it's the inflation that's hit those basics. You could put together a year's supply for a person sub $300 in the early oughts. Now it's going to be three times that.

recovered

let me put it this way
the kikes in charge won't let "shit hit the fan" until they have enough death robots to protect themselves and kill off 99% of what's left of the human population.

So I'd give it 20 more years or so.
And by this time you'll be disarmed and half starved to death with no will to live.

If you do the Ruger 10/22 is one you just cant beat.

Agreed about how good the rifle is, but get an older one--around 2008 they started making a lot of the triggerguard, trigger assembly, barrel bands, etc from plastic crap.

When shit hits the fan, you third world subhumans will be the first ones to die. So, I definitely don't want to take your advice.

by your comment i surely know that you are fucking stupid. we third worlders are more adjusted to critical way of living than you faggots that cannot even withstand the sun. i will piss in your grave, and rejoice how eurocucks are fucking stupid for being deceived by jews.

countries that are on the brink of starvation in good times are best insulated from food shortages

That's why life's so good in Nigeria and Bangladesh every time the global economy tanks

Or it can be a good base for a custom rifle. I swapped out all of that for like a metal match trigger, the barrel band with a light rail one for poaching at night, a match heavy barrel (I'm not a poacher FYI but if I was starving all bets are off). I kept the older parts as backup if something breaks.

I knew a Bosnia peacekeeping veteran. The interesting stories he told me was how high priced canned food became and how it became basically money. A single can of meat could buy you an hour with a woman lol.