MOST LIKELY YET ANOTHER CROSSBOW ARTICLE
I'm sure this is another crossbow article. With almost 800 articles, how could I have not written about this before? Luckily for me, your attention has been drawn away by your daily need to go to work and help bail out the bankers and spendthrift states that promised the voters three dollars of spending for every dollar of taxes ( and those are the states in less trouble because of laws mandating balanced budgets ) so you are barely paying any notice to my troubled printing empire. However, loyal minion comments on slingshots and archery got me to thinking about crossbows again, so that is what you get today.
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Today, CEO's get all hot and bothered when someone somewhere is making a living wage. They immediately hire a consultant ( a former employee they didn't want to pay health care to ) to tell them to hire out the services to India. The service will suck, not because of a substandard work ethic over there because let's face it if they don't do a superb job they have to go starve in Bombay with lepers and Black Plague and turds floating down the river so they really are motivated, but because of the language barrier. When people get pissed and call customer service they want something that can relate on a cultural level and not just possess perfect text book English. Which is why I never bought a Dell computer, so stick that in your forth quarter earning statement, jerk off. Back when kings were absolute rulers and not just some figurehead that got bossed around by some punk ass shopkeepers offspring that happened to get elected, they must have been getting all hot and bothered in a similar fashion. Geez, those archers sure do a good job and all, couldn't kick Frog butt otherwise, but they sure are expensive. It takes years and years for them to get proficient and then they must constantly practice. Poor royal dude, it must have really cut into the official budget. How many hunts had to be canceled as a result? So it must have been a real relief when someone came along with the crossbow.
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Granted, the crossbow wasn't as easy to teach as today's spray and pray plastic carbines, but in relative terms it must have seemed like it. You could take a bunch of peasants and stick a few crossbows in their hands and that was pretty much that. Much easier, far less training. Of course the range was much shorter, but life was cheap and if you didn't die in battle you died of some pox or another anyway. In our near future, I can't imagine ever devolving past the point of black powder weapons. Even if they have to be without cases or primers. We won't enter a future of medieval weapons exclusively. Yet, I can still see a place for crossbows. They are not perfect, they are no match for chemically propelled projectiles, but you might find yourself in a "better than nothing" situation. For one, we can't 100% rule out a total gun ban, nor can we rule out the population meekly going along as they have in all other instances where the Constitution was ignored ( which is about every day ). The difference between us is I admit being a pussy. I'll run away before I'll fight. Some of you, on the other hand, act all macho and puff out your chest and roar how you'll fight them to the death if they...( fill in the blank ). Once I see it, I'll apologize over your grave. By admitting this, I'll acknowledge the need for alternate weapons for a worse case scenario. If guns are outlawed, outlaws can still make a crossbow.
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What about if you are unemployed and your house gets robbed? You can't get another gun. But you could make a crossbow. What if guns weren't outlawed but ammunition became unavailable? Yes, I know you are all fabulously wealthy and can stock up on thousands of rounds at a dollar apiece, but what about a late comer to preps? What about family members you didn't arm? What if you already live in a state with draconian laws? What if you are in a concentration/reeducation camp and can't build anything else? By no means am I advocated a crossbow instead of a firearm, I'm just brainstorming ideas of why you might be forced to choose that way anyway. A few fun filled weekend projects with the family and you have the skill if it is ever needed. Of course, I would say put aside a few pieces of pipe and some shotgun shells if you really things are going to get that bad. Just proceed with caution as they will use those components as an excuse to Gitmo your ass for having bomb building materials.
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You can always buy a $80 crossbow from Amazon. Go through my links at www.bisonpress.com ( just clink on any of my product links and then during the same visit find a crossbow-I get credit even if the item wasn't listed by me this way. A huge thank you for everyone that donates in this way ). With bolts and a spare cord it's about $100. I would recommend trying to build one however. The skill would be more valuable than the possession. Plus, who knows how good of quality the cheap China built ones are. And stay away from fancy modern crap like fiberglass and compound bows. You want to reproduce under primitive conditions. Below are build-it-yourself links.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1984-09-01/The-Classic-Crossbow-You-Can-Build-Your-Own.aspx
http://dudeworld.com.au/HOWTO.CROSSBOW.HTML
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Get started here for DIY cross bows.
http://www.alcheminc.com/crossbow.html
they are the goto guys for most any cross bow part.
Creekmore covered Silent Weapons
some time ago on The Survivalist blog.
No matter how hard I try I just can't seem to read any of Jimmy boys posts from beginning to end.To much gibberish and filler 3/4 of what he writes is nonsense and not even on the subject of the article. His words do not flow in any logical form and most of the time make no sense at all, one of the worst writers I have ever had the misfortune to try to read.
Hell I can't write but atleast I don't try to bore everyone with my crap.
Creekmore is a looser, Dankin is a total fool with apparent psychological problems. Stop reading these jokers and go on over to survivalblog to find some real info.
That's a good idea. I'll get a crossbow to go with my slingshot. Can you imagine how much of a surprise it would be to see a bolt embedded in your sternum? Whoosh! They wouldn't even know where you had fired from. Rockin!
Thank you for your blog, Jim. And thank you for not blanking out those who disagree with you. It seems where ever I go online, if people have the ability to be anonymous, there is a certain percentage that enjoy lobbing turds from behind trees. It's kind of funny to think that you have that effect on someone. They could be reading a 'better' blog, but they are putting forth the effort to save me! Man, I appreciate them almost as much as I do the Pentecostals that want to save me.
-Humongous
Anonymous 1:38 PM
You may not try to bore everyone with your crap but you do.
Anonymous 1:44 PM
You are a loser and a fool.
Stupid trolls.Get a life.
1:38 PM
Just stating fact here. Have you ever read one of Jimmy boys post from beginning to end? Come on be honest. It is a horable experience. He going around in circles in an effort to make his posts longer. Why don't he just say what ever it is that he is trying to say (buy wheat - hate semi-auto) and shut the fuck up.
It is a horrific experience.
Sorry can't spell and drink at the same time.
Jim tends to be a grump and brings everyone down. Readers options don't matter - he will not in no way ever accept the idea that he could be wrong. No matter the logic in proving his ideas wrong, in his own mind he is still right.
He is not in touch with readers nor does he care what readers think, in his mind he is some sort of survival God and you are only his minion.
Good Lord I see the Mommy basement couch muscle magazine Jerk off is back.
Interesting post James. Thank You.
Please ignore the ignorant Children
Old Fart
Good read Jim. The trolls are off their MED's again ..... can't understand the written word. Now I have one of your recommended hand wheat grinders to replace my electric, before its to late! Your a life saver.
Beware: The American Prepper Network and Canadian Prepper Network and all individual state/providence "networks" are a scam commercial enterprise.
James,
A terrific post! Why do trolls read you constantly, only to spout crap?? Fu**ing losers should ask mom for a ride to town once in a while so they can experience reality. Keep bloggin' and look for my donation in the mail.
Frozen Mark in Minnesota
Wow, who did you piss off that all the trolls feel that they have to attack you? Even if you lived in a penthouse in Beverly Hills your posts give readers something to think about. Hope you are taking all this negative crap with a grain (ton) of salt.
TJ
What have you learned from reading this blog? People have you ever really taken the time to read what is written here or do you just skim over it. If you would think for yourself and really read what jimmy has to say then you would come to the same conclusion I have. He is a poor writer that know little of nothing about preparedness.
Hell he can hardly survive now. By his own words he his a sad bitter man. Married four (4) times all ending in divorce, living in a camper without running water, working for minimum wage.
He has said he has hundreds of pounds of wheat put away but in his pics it's easy to see he has nothing. Where does he have all his wheat survival gear stored?
He said he intends to be a nomadic herder in the next economy, yet by his own statements he, has no experience with animals and again look at the pic's he posted, do you see any herd animals? He is only a dreamer with no real plan or nothing useful to say.
You ask why I read this blog, because I continue to be amazed that grow men would follow to dumb ass and strive to be like him. I try to help you all because I care, Jim offers false hope and if you listen to his advice you will end up under a tarp eating wheat gruel while you slowly die of malnutrition.
I can now see why America is going down.
Intellects like James Dakin. and the lesser species (zombie intellects, called loyal minions).
What exactly do you expect from these new leaders? people like M. D. Creekmore and Mayberry. Both broke . One trying to make a living by selling C.D's that he copy from a free site and the other trying to collect donations by showing you a brake job that is in every vehicle owners manual. Comparing themselves to heroes of our past. Great people they were but these idiots they are not.
Understand. Everything they wrote or they will write, is in a fifty cents book on a parking lot sale at any library. and you have to donate $ 3.00 dlls a month *voluntarly* That $ 72.00 every two years. I just paid $ 15.00 dlls for a two year subscription to a gun magazine. Paid $10.00 for a hardly used encyclopidia Brittanica and $6.00 dlls for bags of book , those being How-to books, Medical books, wild game and cooking books, mechanical books, And a c.d. for auto cad.(old version) Thats: computer assisted drafting...That does not even come close to what some of this idiot is asking you to donate....But, Go ahead. THAT PROVE MY THEORY THA ONLY IDIOTS LISTEN TO THIS SURVIVAL GURU.
THE TROLLS ARE MORE REALISTIC THAN THESE SO CALLED FOLLOWERS.
Bunch of boy scouts.
Buy a survival books. You'll get more info and ideas than to waste your time and money reading these net parasites.
GO TROLLS GO..
you got my vote.
"What have you learned from reading this blog?"
well, i still haven't tried the 'microwave tortias'.
but anway, it beats reading the corpocrap media and their tales of hillary charging off to mexico to finally win the 'drug war'...
let's see, drug prohibition is 75 years and nixon's 'war on drugs' is going on 40 years.
so whats next ? viagra for teenagers....
I think one of the sadder things about this whole bizzo is how seriously some people take themselves. I think TJ from 8:03 hit the nail on the head (with his Beverley Hills comment), i.e. what if...just for arguments sake now... Jim Dakin didn't exist? What if, in reality, he was some wimpy, left wing Brit professor, making fun of the readers and of the idea of preperation generally? I dunno, some sort of, oh-so-clever satire? Hell, I'd be annoyed but I'd probably still read!
This ties in a bit with Anonymous from 8:47. He may well be right...but when was the last time you got a chuckle out of your books and mags? Jeez fellas, lighten up! Dakin gives me something to think about and a laugh!
Good post, Jim. I like that you continue to highlight, on a daily basis, so many aspects of survival possibilites. Cross-bows are very worthy of consideration.
Jim's value to me is that his site is an open forum. Trolls are tolerated (if not exactly welcomed) and trolls can bring up some worthy criticism. Also, any reader of Jim's blog can comment. I consider Jim to be very brave on this point, and very consistent. Also, this is one of the few forums where I feel the commentators (anonymous or otherwise) are as close to honesty as possible.
There is a lot of survival information on the net but not necessarily "honesty". I don't need Jim to teach me about survival, although I do appreciate his unique perspective and "honesty" and openess about himself.
What Jim does give is a free forum and a solid view-point to which I can react and mull over.
Some trolls must think that anyone who would read Jim and his commenters are complete, mindless fools. I think they are wrong. I don't know why trolls would care if I read Jim or not. I don't know what their motives are in trying to "save" me or "enlighten" me as if I don't have a brain or think for myself or don't read survivalist books or visit other survivalist sites or don't look at the world and local news or financial blogs or whatever.
I guess some people would like to believe survivalists in general and readers of Jim's blog in particular are just large dogs that talk (or comment). Perhaps some trolls are very insecure that Jim really is a real person and not some British Professor pulling a joke. When they look at Jim, they see Jim's very real inadequacies. However, it's not Jim's short-comings that they can't handle. It's their own demons and inadequacies they can't handle.
SHTF some time ago. A smart big warm girl can lure him near your hide. Put a round through his nose, or back of head, into midbrain. Feed the carcass to the hogs. Now you have his rifle, ammo etc
BTW be wary indeed if a woman comes to your door begging for food. She is the bait. You won't see the guy with rifle .
Hey Mr. Troll, Too bad one of your book purchases didn't include a dictionary. Spelling not your strong suit? Maybe that's why Rawles links to Jim's site and not yours.
Frozen Mark in Minnesota
Well if it comes down to it, a knife can get you a gun. But I probably wouldn't want to take on guns with a cross bow.
Remember, there is little shocking action with an arrow, which basically stabs what it hits. Should you do score a hit, your adversary may very well continue to function reasonably well for quite some time.
M.D. Creekmore of The Survivalist Blog is offering Free E-books:
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Lee Enfield Rifle Manual
U.S. Army Survival Manual
Improvised Munitions Handbook
Boobytraps
Although I agree with a surprise aspect on a bolt getting shot into someone's stomach, I also agree with the fact that a bolt will stay stationary once through the skin. Whereas a bullet will ricochet off bones and tear through body matter.
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