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How to Make Your Own Ballistics Gel
How to Make Your Own Ballistics Gel Ballistics gel can enhance target practice and make it easier to examine the characteristics of shots fired by different types of guns or ammunition. Using it can help you to improve your shooting or choose the best weapons and ammo. Making your own also provides you with a …
Interesting, Practical and Helpful Uses for Aspirin
Interesting, Practical and Helpful Uses for Aspirin Aspirin has long been used to reduce pain, inflammation and fevers. However, aspirin is known to produce a wide-range of other benefits as well. Let’s take a look at how a little bit of aspirin can go a long way when it comes to solving common problems that …
How to Fashion Rope from the Yucca Plant
How to Fashion Rope from the Yucca Plant The Yucca plant is a shrub that is commonly found in hot, arid climates such as the desert southwest, and it is very abundant. Variants of the plant also exist in cooler areas as well. Yuccas tend to have long, fibrous stem-like leaves that extend out from …
How to Safely Process, Store and Prepare Freshly Caught Shellfish
Safely Process, Store and Prepare Freshly Caught Shellfish Shellfish is an abundant and delicious source of nutrition, and you can find varieties all around the world in almost any climate. However, it’s important to follow some basic guidelines to protect yourself and others from getting sick from tainted shellfish. Here are a few things to …
Things to Consider When Building Trap Doors
Things to Consider When Building Trap Doors Trap doors on the floor or in the ground provide benefits that range from concealing valuable items to masking shelters or hiding places. The biggest benefit of trap doors is that they are relatively easy to make. The biggest drawback is making them as obscure as possible. Let’s …
Back to Basics: Ladder Safety
Back to Basics: Ladder Safety Thousands of people end up in emergency rooms each year from injuries sustained by falling off of ladders. It is very easy to take ladder safety for granted and fall victim to an accident that is completely preventable 99% of the time. Let’s take a short refresher course in things …
How to Clean and Fillet a Shark
How to Clean and Fillet a Shark Sharks are found almost everywhere, from deep water to inlets and bays along the coast. Shark meat is prized in many parts of the world, but many anglers in the United States release them for a number of different reasons that range from ethical concerns to a fear …
How to Quickly Choose a Temporary Shelter
How to Quickly Choose a Temporary Shelter There are a number of scenarios that may require you to quickly seek shelter in order to avoid being detected by someone. However, it’s important that you quickly evaluate which option is the safest one to consider in the heat of the moment. Let’s look at some basic …
How to Preserve Cast Iron Products in a Few Simple Steps
How to Preserve Cast Iron Products in a Few Simple Steps Cast iron is one of the most durable and long-lasting material out there, but it is also one of the most corrosive. Following a few simple steps during each use can reduce or eliminate the need to treat and restore oxidized items. Let’s take …
How to Make a Basic but Effective Knife
How to Make a Basic but Effective Knife A lot of articles and projects out there relating to making knives require at least one or two items that may be hard to obtain during a survival situation. The reality is that you can make a very basic, yet useful knife in a few easy steps. …
