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    Quote Originally Posted by taint View Post
    no water, food, guns, ammo, accessories for guns, armor, nVD's. For me, the total is 12 lbs The food, for me, is just a lb, cause i"m not going far and there's plenty stashed at the BOL, along with tools, etc. The water's just 4lbs, half a gallon, cause I"m not going far and there's water along the way. guns, ammo, 12 lbs, concealable armor (includes homemade boxer shorts, 18 layers of Kevlar) 5 lbs. NVD and batteries, about a lb. The total is 35 lbs. You have to be able to run with a BOB, guys! If it's not rifle time yet, say, just a Katrina like evacuation, 10 lbs of gun stuff and 5 lbs of armor aint going, but another 4 lbs of water and several lbs of food are likely to be a very good idea.

    Very few people will be able to benefit from having more gun stuff than the normal EDC pistol and a scoped, sound- suppressed, 6" barreled Marlin Papoose takedown .22lr autorifle, with a collapsible stock. The short barrel keeps normal .22lr ammo subsonic, so you dont get sonic crack. Such a rifle is concealable under your arm, under a jacket, on a sling. Figure at most 2lbs for the pistol, holster and ammo, 4 lbs for such a scoped .22 rifle, .22lr ammo is 135 rds to the lb. 6lbs of .22 ammo should feed you for 20 years, if you also know how to forage, garden, trap, use nets, etc. Such .22 rifle can brain a cow, a horse, hog, deer, or if need be, men, to 30 yds or so. the low velocity of the short barrel means that penetration in bone is quite limited. For the critters, you need to hit the temple, base of skull, top of skull, or eye socket. On men, you can add the nasal cavities. Same 12 lb total for guns and ammo, and much more relevant than the fighting rifle, , for anyone who hasn't had many 100's of hours of training and practice.
    I'm just shy of "on the other side" of your load out. The reason for me is, I'm not just bugging myself out - I have an immediate family of 6. I don't have the luxury of 'minimalist' sustenance, I have to manage all of us and all our necessities. Now understand that each of us has a role, and each role has their individual gear.

    My BOL is not nearby but there is a "stop" on the way. We each have our bags that [I suggested] we each keep to under 25% of our body weight - with a little bit of flexibility pro and con. I happen to have 3 bags....one remains permanently in the vehicle, #2 goes with me in case I'm alone and away [in the vehicle I'm in at the time] and the 3rd is at home with them when "it" happens. That one I have to get.....or have it brought to me at out meeting place.

    My personal role is navigator and defense when in the vehicle. Wife drives, I direct and provide mobile defense. She is lightly armed [for personal defense] but I am armed enough to take on [almost] any situation the environment could throw at us [pretty much, to the teeth]. That means I'm the one who is burdened with the majority of the guns and ammo...but that's the #3 bag.

    Bag #1 has 10 lbs of [mostly dry] food, 2 gallons of water, some tools, knife, cordage, etc. and 500 rds of mixed ammo.

    The #2 bag has 3 lbs of dried food and half a gallon of water, metal cup and pre-loaded magazines for my immediately controlled firearms.

    Bag #3 is primarily pre-loaded magazines for all used firearms but loose ammo as well.

    Our drills have proved we can get on the road within 3 minutes....and that's all 6 people, aged 16 and up.

    Now that's just getting our BoBs and running to the "stop".....which features a pre-loaded trailer that goes with us. That's another minute-fifty and back on the road again.
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    For our bugout I actually have multiple layers.

    1) We bug-in. Essentially we avoid the pitfalls of the highway by staying home and eating the neighbors, starting with that little dog.
    2) I have full frame backpacks for the entire family, and enough gear for an African safari. More guns than hands to carry them, then the ammo...Mebbe I'll keep a few prisoners as porters...the hot ones.
    3) We bugout to the ranch. We have a fallback location that the family and friends head to. Once there we eat the neighbors, starting with their dogs. Again, we keep the porters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by taint View Post
    armor (includes homemade boxer shorts, 18 layers of Kevlar) 5 lbs.
    So they just shoot you in the knee. Done.

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    homemade boxer shorts, 18 layers of Kevlar
    Just because its called ball ammo doesn't mean you need bullet proof underpants.
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