To all my blog readers, I hope you all have a Happy New Year. Let's make it our goal for 2011 to be more prepared than we were in 2010. Keep buying storage foods, canned foods, survival products and learn to garden this spring. Learn new survival skills in 2011 and practice the new skills you learn on a regular basis.
For me, I plan doing all of the above. In addition to being prepared I am working on a few projects. One will be a new website that I think will be helpful for new gun owners to more easily learn about firearms. I have almost completed the first phase of the website and once I finish I will let you know the web address so I can get some feedback from you guys.
For those of you who have several firearms and consider home defense a priority (you do right?), having easy access to a gun is vital in order to be prepared for a home invasion or attack. Instead of leaving the guns on a counter, desk or in a drawer, you can create a homemade magnetic holster that will let you have easy access to the gun but at the same time partially conceal it. I got the idea of creating a magnetic holster from Erich of Tactical Intelligence. He has some good information. I recommend that you visit his site. Unlike Erich's magnetic holster I used electrical tape instead of heat shrink tubing. The electrical tape is a whole lot cheaper and works just as good to prevent your gun from being scratched by the magnets.
As you will see in the below photos and short video, I created a magnetic holster to place next to my front door. As you can see, it is partially concealed and since the door opens towards where the holster is placed, it is the perfect spot to have my pistol or revolver when answering the door.
In addition to a magnetic holster for a handgun, I decided that I needed one for my Mossberg 500 shotgun. So instead of 3 magnets, I used 9 magnets and 2 paint stirrers which was surprisingly strong enough to hold my 7 lb. shotgun. I placed the holster behind my office door to give me easy access to my shotgun and to give me the ability to partially conceal it behind my door.
To create your own magnetic holsters you will need at least 3 ceramic block magnets, electrical tape and wooden paint stirrers. To make both my handgun and shotgun magnetic holsters it cost me approximately $14 at Lowes.
I'm developing a new website which will be called Firearms University, which I hope will help new gun owners learn about firearms, their proper handling, shooting and use. Of course it will also include information about survival and preparedness. The site is under construction but some portions of the site are working. Please visit Firearms University and any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.
It's been almost 18 years since I became an Eagle Scout and the one thing that the Boy Scouts ingrained into my thought process was to always Be Prepared. The world is changing rapidly and at any time the world as we know it can change forever. We could have a complete collapse of the economy, martial law could be declared, and civil unrest and violence can spread across the country. We all must be prepared as best we can to survive what's coming. To that end I want to encourage others to Live The Motto - Be Prepared.
