One of the failures fun little surprises of my road trip down here was that somehow or another I left with a camera but no charging cable. To compound matters the camera only had 1/4 charge. After taking pics throughout the trip and of our new place (to send to Wifey) it finally kicked the bucket; right when I went to take the pics for this post. So I failed and there will be no pics.
The basic goal of this project is to have ammo cans that are loaded up to grab and go in case we need to evacuate or whatever. These are designed to feed the weapons we would rely on in a disaster which if you are too lazy to click on the link are as follows: M4agery, Remington 870, Glock 9mm, .38 Special and a Ruger 10/22. Somewhat arbitrarily I included ammo for the 30.06.
Initially I figured that what I want would take 2 cans. Decided to pack them the same just in case something happened. The cans are M249 SAW boxes.
Can contents is as follows:
.223- 200 rounds
30.06- 60 rounds
12 gauge- 20 buckshot, 20 slugs, 60 game shot (I went light on buck in favor of small game shot, some choices had to be made as shotgun ammo is really bulky. Likely the bag of 50 rounds of buck and 10 slugs that sits on top of the safe would come along which would help things in that department.)
.22- 550 rounds
9mm- 100 rounds JHP
.38 Special- 50 rounds JHP
PMAGs- 2
Glock 17 mags- 2
Ruger 10/22 mag- 1 (just saw this gaping hole this morning. Since it isn't exactly tactical these would be super easy to miss.)
Can A also includes holsters for the G19 and Wifey's .38 as well as an old USGI M16 ammo pouch and a basic cleaning kit. Can B includes a pouch that can hold shotgun shells. Note this stuff is for backup purposes. It is not our primary gear, just something to have just in case life happens and something is forgotten.
Note when looking at numbers remember there are two cans each of which have the same ammo and mags so we actually have 400 rounds of .223 not 200 and 120 rounds of 30.06 not just 60, etc.
I wanted to do these for a broad based scenario. Like the weapons they feed the goal is to be able to protect ourselves and if needed harvest a variety of game. Now that cans are more logically organized it is easy enough to grab all the .223 to go fight the Chinese from the hills or whatever if a situation calls for it.
Anyway I am curious about your thoughts and if you have done something like this. I know Alex Wolfe from TEOTWAWKI Blog did something similar.
So please tell me what you think.
Am I on the right path here?
Should I consider changing anything?
The basic goal of this project is to have ammo cans that are loaded up to grab and go in case we need to evacuate or whatever. These are designed to feed the weapons we would rely on in a disaster which if you are too lazy to click on the link are as follows: M4agery, Remington 870, Glock 9mm, .38 Special and a Ruger 10/22. Somewhat arbitrarily I included ammo for the 30.06.
Initially I figured that what I want would take 2 cans. Decided to pack them the same just in case something happened. The cans are M249 SAW boxes.
Can contents is as follows:
.223- 200 rounds
30.06- 60 rounds
12 gauge- 20 buckshot, 20 slugs, 60 game shot (I went light on buck in favor of small game shot, some choices had to be made as shotgun ammo is really bulky. Likely the bag of 50 rounds of buck and 10 slugs that sits on top of the safe would come along which would help things in that department.)
.22- 550 rounds
9mm- 100 rounds JHP
.38 Special- 50 rounds JHP
PMAGs- 2
Glock 17 mags- 2
Ruger 10/22 mag- 1 (just saw this gaping hole this morning. Since it isn't exactly tactical these would be super easy to miss.)
Can A also includes holsters for the G19 and Wifey's .38 as well as an old USGI M16 ammo pouch and a basic cleaning kit. Can B includes a pouch that can hold shotgun shells. Note this stuff is for backup purposes. It is not our primary gear, just something to have just in case life happens and something is forgotten.
Note when looking at numbers remember there are two cans each of which have the same ammo and mags so we actually have 400 rounds of .223 not 200 and 120 rounds of 30.06 not just 60, etc.
I wanted to do these for a broad based scenario. Like the weapons they feed the goal is to be able to protect ourselves and if needed harvest a variety of game. Now that cans are more logically organized it is easy enough to grab all the .223 to go fight the Chinese from the hills or whatever if a situation calls for it.
Anyway I am curious about your thoughts and if you have done something like this. I know Alex Wolfe from TEOTWAWKI Blog did something similar.
So please tell me what you think.
Am I on the right path here?
Should I consider changing anything?
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3 comments:
Good plan. Drive on.
From Gallipoli to Inchon, for 40 years in the Fulda Gap, and for 60 years in the ROK DMZ, the lesson is that Combat Loading works.
(The flip side of that is:
Failure To Plan= Planing To Fail).
Step Two, IMHO, is figuring out plans for both your potential types (two-legged and four-wheeled) of exfils, prioritizing the loadouts so the important stuff makes the cut if time is critical, and planning *where* you put stuff so that when the zombie hordes crest the next ridge, or someone gets punctured, the bullets and bandaids are right handy, and not at the back, on the bottom, and under a palletload of useful but less-critical stuff (unless one PLANS to throw MREs, cans of Spam, and diapers at the oncoming horde).
Demarcating 1st line (body carry) 2d line (LBE) 3rd line (ruck) 4th line (vehicle) 5th line (BOL/retreat/basement), and alternate/supplemental (caches, family/friend/tribe) options, into a logically expanding pyramid is a very useful way to go about that.
That should keep you busy until the holidays.
Happy unpacking!
Best Regards,
-Aesop
Aesop, That is a good amount to consider though it is the general direction we are already headed in.
The 'go cans' are what you called 4th line. I'm not too worried about getting to that ammo fast but it should be reasonably accessible.
I actually need to re-pack mine, though it's mostly together at the moment.
I've actually switched from a milsurp .50 cal to one of the big plastic ammo cans from Walmart/Cabellas. They are a little bit bigger and offer an organizing tray at the top, at the sacrifice of a bit of durability.
I keep a minimal cleaning kit in the top of mine, along with a holster, eye pro, foam earplugs and a mag pouch, as well as the ammo contained within.
I brought the can on a cross country trip and 3-month stay a while back. Had to pack everything I'd need into a 2005 Chevy Malibu, so there was a ton of room for an ample supply of ammo and gun gear. I was nice to have a compact kit that held basically everything that I needed.
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