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Episode-758- Frank Sharpe on Coming Unrest and Home Defense

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Modern Survival| 23 Comments
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Frank Shape Jr. of Fortress Defense Consultants

Frank Sharpe Jr. joins us today to discuss the potential for major civil unrest arising from events like Occupy Wall Street and other events that may soon follow.  Today we discuss the role of shotguns and rifles for home defense, organizing your neighborhood, building community and more.

Frank has trained thousands of citizens, police, and military in the art of defensive firearms, and is the author of the DTI Instructors’ Standards Manual. Frank specializes in the effective instruction of female students and regularly speaks on defensive issues for women’s groups and community watch organizations.

Join Us Today As We Discuss…

  • Some follow up from a recent class with TSP members
  • Checking your equipment before you need it
  • What may result from Occupy Wall Street and prepping for it
  • The importance of organizing your neighborhood
  • How bad civil unrest can become and how quickly it can blow up
  • The role of long guns (shotguns and rifles) for home defense
  • Securing your home
    • The role of firearms
    • Security systems
    • Dogs
    • Recognizing threat levels
    • When to go, when to stay
    • Making the choice, when to pull the trigger
    • Who is at greatest risk in the coming unrest

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Episode-737- Frank Sharpe Jr. on Emerging Threats

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Modern Survival| 28 Comments
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Frank Shaper Jr. of Fortress Defense Consultants

Frank Sharpe Jr. of Fortress Defense Consultants joins us the point man on our interview blitz.  Frank is a sponsor of TSP and has been a firearms instructor for over 10 years. As a senior staff instructor for Defense Training International (DTI).

Frank has trained thousands of citizens, police, and military in the art of defensive firearms, and is the author of the DTI Instructors’ Standards Manual. Frank specializes in the effective instruction of female students and regularly speaks on defensive issues for women’s groups and community watch organizations.

Join us today to learn from Frank’s years of experience including some frightening predictions he has for America’s future.  We discuss the current unrest in much of the world, potential terrorist activity, the link between food and global crisis and building a strong defensive community.

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Episode-620- Frank Sharpe Jr. on Armed and Unarmed Self Defense

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Modern Survival| 19 Comments
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Frank Sharpe Jr. of Fortress Self Defense Consultants

Frank Sharpe Jr. is the founder and owner of Fortress Self defense, a top notch institution for training in both armed and unarmed combat.

The cadre of Fortress Self Defense Consultants has a combined total of over 75 years of teaching experience, their goal is to offer you the best training possible!

Their curriculum consists of state-of-the-art techniques and a practical application philosophy, and we strive to equip our students with the skills they need to achieve victory in a self-defense encounter.

If you are going to be armed and exercise your second amendment rights you have a responsibility to be well trained, safe and effective with your weapons.

Join Frank and I today as we discuss…

  • Why “civilian training is different than LEO/Military training
  • Why your next firearms investment may need to be in training vs. another gun
  • Why Fortress provides female specific courses and what the advantages of it are
  • Why a handgun is for when you don’t have the option of a rifle or shotgun, not a first choice
  • How to remain able to fully defend yourself while on an airplane (awesome stuff)
  • Why training someone you have a pre existing relationship with can be problamatic
  • Using airsoft for realistic movement and force on force training
  • How a “basic handgun course” differs from a state required concealed carry permit course
  • Options for non lethal self defense
  • Why Frank believes if you carry a gun “you must carry pepper spray”
  • The wisdom of “we don’t go to stupid places, with stupid people and do stupid things”
  • Why you never want to have to pull the trigger but must be read to if you have to

Additional Resources for Today’s Show

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Maglula Magazine Loader from Mag Lula / Butler Creek

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Modern Survival| 11 Comments

I never really minded loading up a magazine or two for some basic shooting but when I spend a full range day it can get kind of old.  I have fooled around with a lot of magazine loading tools over the years but nothing until now really seemed to have a cost to performance ratio that I found acceptable.

About a month ago a listener sent me a video about the Mag Lula Magazine Loader for the AR15 from Maglula / Butler Creek wanting to know if it worked as good as it appeared to.  So I ordered one from CheaperThanDirt.com and I have not been disappointed for a second with it.

I figured with Christmas coming this might be a good time to post this review.  If you have a shooter in your family that shoots the AR of any of the weapons they make a loader for I can promise you they will love one of these.  You can find this loader and loaders for other guns like the AK, Uzi, MP5, Universal Pistol, FN FAL and others at this link http://amzn.to/eqnm4y

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Episode-551- All About Shotguns

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Modern Survival| 13 Comments
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I know it is Monday and we are supposed to do a listener questions show for people that email in questions and commentary but once in a while it is good opsec to change things up.  Seriously I was just thinking about shotguns this morning and realized how many questions I get about them.

I also realize that my audience ranges from firearms experts to complete firearms newbies and even some that have never owned a gun in their lives.  Additionally we have a lot of overseas listeners that live under the tyranny that comes when men are not protected by the right to bear arms.  In many of those nation one of the things you can own is a shotgun.

The shotgun is really a do it all weapon, from home defense, to small game and even big game it really can be your only gun if necessary.  There are also many myths and misunderstanding about shotguns and both there capabilities and limitations.

Join me today as we discuss…

  • What exactly is a shotgun and where did it come from
  • What is “shot” and what do those numbers mean
  • What exactly is a “gauge” and what relation does it have to caliber
  • Anatomy of a shotgun shell
    • Case
    • Primer
    • Powder
    • Over powder wad
    • Shot cup wad
    • Shot (payload)
    • Overshot wad (optional)
    • Shot buffer (optional)
    • What is a magnum
  • A look at shotgun actions
    • Break action (double and single)
    • Pump action
    • Semi auto
    • Bolt
    • Lever
  • Shotgun uses
    • Small Game
    • Big Game
    • Sporting (clays, etc)
    • Defensive/Offensive
  • Chokes and uses
    • Cylinder bore
    • Skeet
    • Improved Cylinder
    • Modified
    • Improved Modified
    • Full
  • Gauges and thoughts on them
    • 10 Gauge – .775 “caliber”
    • 12 Gauge – .729 “caliber”
    • 16 Gauge -.662 “caliber”
    • 20 Gauge – .615 “caliber”
    • 28 Gauge – .550 “caliber”
    • 410 Bore – .410 “caliber”
  • Patterning reality
    • Point and pull is a myth
    • Ammunition can have a huge effect on pattern
    • It is more about density than size
    • Patterns on moving targets are different than still targets
    • Precision shooting is the key
  • Choosing a shotgun for your use
    • What do you want it to do for you
    • What budget do you have
    • What weapons do you already own
    • Consider fit as it relates to function
    • Don’t discount the 20 gauge

Resources for Today’s Show

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Episode-508- Call In Friday 9-10-10

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Modern Survival| 14 Comments
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It’s call in Friday on The Survival Podcast and that means I have your calls on subjects today like, permaculture design, generators, HAM radio, hand tools, BOBs for the traveler and more.  If you would like to be on the show call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK and you might hear yourself on the air.

Join me today as I answer your questions such as…

  • What is the very first step in establishing a permaculture system
  • What is up with SB-510 (one more time)
  • Can you salvage anything with fruit past its prime still on a tree
  • A tip on combining an elevated garden and growing mushrooms from a listener
  • Growing Kiwi in Arizona, can it be done
  • What hand tools should everyone own if TSHTF
  • Thoughts on getting HAM Radio Certified
  • Dealing with friends who are grasshoppers and think prepping is all “black helicopter”
  • What are my qualifications to do a show like TSP
  • Is possession of your firearms during a disaster protected fully due to the “Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act”
  • What to consider when buying a portable generator
  • Thoughts on BOBs, BOVs and Documentation for the travler
  • A message and a lesson from Peter Schiff

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Episode-486- Guest Host Chip Monk on Survival Firearms

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Modern Survival| 19 Comments
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Since I am on vacation one of our long time listeners named “Chip Monk” volunteered to do a guest show.  Today he covers Firearms for the End of the World as we Know it.  I thought it was really good so he is pinch hitting for me today while I am on vacation.

Notes are exceedingly brief due to the fact that this is a guest show but you really should check out the thread on our forum that led to his book and this episode.

“Firearms for TEOTWAWKI”-(PDF Book Under Construction)

Note – This is a long podcast and you may want to listen to it about 50% today and 50% tomorrow because there won’t be an episode tomorrow ask I will be on the road some where in Tennessee or Arkansas.

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Episode-396- An Interview with Michael Adam of the Appleseed Project

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Modern Survival| 5 Comments
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Today Michale Adam of the Revolutionary War Veterans Association and the Appleseed project joins us to discuss being a rifleman and concepts like history, honor and duty.

Join us today as we discuss…

  • What are the RWVA and Appleseed
  • What is the difference between a rifleman and a guy with a rifle
  • Why is mastering a rifle important
  • Why is history a part of being a rifleman in America today
  • What can you expect at an Appleseed shoot
  • What are the favorite rifles of shooters at Appleseed events
  • How Appleseed ensures safety at their shoots
  • How can you become an Appleseed Instructor
  • What exactly is rifle mastery
  • How can you learn more about Appleseed

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Episode-364- Follow Up on the 22 vs. the Shotgun

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Modern Survival| 13 Comments
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Today’s show is a follow up on Episode 360 so the show notes and links will be quite brief.  We are going to discuss your comments, objections and thoughts on the 22 vs. the Shotgun for survival needs.

Join me today as we discuss…

  • Why even debate a one gun solution
  • What about the 22 Hornet
  • What about the 44 Magnum
  • What about the 22 Magnum
  • What limitations do certain actions have
  • What can we do to reduce noise beyond even the 22 low report
  • What about break down weapons like the AR7
  • And more!

Resources for today’s show…

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Episode-360- The 22 Rifle vs. The Shotgun for Survival Needs

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Modern Survival| 23 Comments
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Today we examine one of the main questions discussed in forums and news groups, which is a better survival tool, the 22 or the shotgun.  Both have advantages and disadvantages join me today as we discuss some of them.

Join me today as we discuss…

  • Why I hate the term “survival situation”
  • What are you most likely to need a firearm for, food or defense
  • How much weight and bulk are represented by 75 shot gun shells
  • Which has greater “flexibility” the 22 or the shotgun, is that question relative to the situation
  • Why the right tool for the right job is not always possible
  • Which 22 rifle would I choose for a wilderness or defensive situation
  • Why I still say to choose a bolt action for training
  • Which shotguns top my list as the best utility tool for the job
  • The real advantage of the semi auto shotgun and why it may never matter

Resources for today’s show…

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