Time Skip Ended: Back After A Year!

My last entry was August 2018. Hello wonderful readers!

A ton has happened, all of them good. I truly hope this message finds you well.

And now for the updates!

  I was planning to make a YouTube channel but put that on hold for a while. Its terrific fun but writing journals is my thing.

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All of 2018 was training twice a week and competing in matches at least 3x a month. I landed in the middle of Class A and feel quite proud of my journey. That season took me all over the country and we gained a lot of hard-won knowledge. This marks a major improvement in my shooting fundamentals. What a tough but rewarding year!

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Lots of gear were evaluated for some time, and some have earned a spot on our must-have list.

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I now load my own ammo. I've done it for more than a year and have made over 50,000 rounds. We consume around 800 rounds a week just for practice in 2018's qualifier season. Let's say that I can make quality match ammunition that can deliver a low standard deviation for consistency and the lowest recoil possible. This is the good stuff.

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We built better BUG OUT BAGS for the family. They're all ready to go. We can handle any weather condition in the country for more than 2 weeks. We've got trauma kits, water filtration, shelter, and all inside lightweight and durable packs. We'd rather bug in, more on that later.

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My man-cave has a reloading bench and a locked cabinet for storing my war gear. 

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My fight kit has evolved since this blog started.  From a chest rig + STALKER type to a Crye JPC combat loadout. The chest rig will go to my kid, 'coz two is one and one is none. The new stuff is high-speed and low-drag. We tested level 4 plates and soft armor too. 

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My battle belt system was a mixed bag, its now Tier 1 legit.  We are finally past the Magpul Dynamic Pie era. 

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Our home has begun to use HAM radios. My fight kit has them too in case I need to go without mobile phones. What remains is to hook them up to a portable solar charging system.

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Everybody learned new skills, grown up, and gotten stronger too. 

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There was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in a major city here a few weeks ago. A buildings took light damage but it was enough to tell us that a slightly stronger one would bring real problems. We're also over due for a BIG ONE. That would shut us down for more than a month at a minimum. That's SHTF. 

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I've kept a lot of drafts in the past months and hope to publish bite-sized articles because this stuff "brings me joy" or something like that. Speaking of which, we de-cluttered loads of stuff and shared them to those who needed more. That's prepping too!

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I never stopped getting ready, I hope you did the same. Wishing everybody good health. 

Stay vigilant!