Firearms Discussion: S1E13 Green Berets No Nonsense Bug Out| Gray Bearded Green Beret
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I really appreciate the emphasis on avoiding contact to begin with, as well as breaking accidental contract ASAP. As Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid movie would say, "Best defense, no get hit."
The problematic thing about that is, as an example, when walking in the woods everything is muffled. I can be 50 yrds away and see others but no hear them as the amble down the path. There'll be a loto of that in the early stages of a SHTF thang: bumblers and those who watch and wait.
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He who runs away lives another day
Took me over 20 years to come to the same choices you recommend and for almost the same exact reasons. Wish you had been around back then, could have saved me a ton of money. And super glad to hear you send home the real lesson here, nothing replaces shot placement because the firearm you have is the one you will use regardless the caliber. Thank you.
Thanks! Dig that profile picture, too. Smells like….victory.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Charlie don't surf!
Firearms are tools. Nothing more. Choose the right tool for the right application. Ammunition availbility and cost ultimately steered me away from the boutique pistol calibers like 40S&W, 10mm, 45GAP and 357Sig. It just makes sense to stick with tried and true 9mm/12gauge/30cal. It's reliable and readily available. But in the end, nothing replaces sound marksmanship and shot placement.
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I'm so jealous .
I'm in the UK.
Only criminals have guns here .
We're not allowed to carry any item whatsoever for the purpose of self defense.
N O T H I N G .
no knife ,no gun ,no bat ,no hammer, no crowbar ,no brass knuckles .
Zero.
I wish I was an American citizen.
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Thanks for all your great videos .
david jacobs, so you have to walk around with a glove and a ball as a pretext for the bat, or some nails and a plank of wood as a pretext for the hammer? 😃
This guy had me when he started breaking down the overall circumference and diameter of the ammunition. "It's not the size of the round as much as it is where you place it".....great instruction sir!
I really like this guy he's very smart, very practical and I like his sense of humor. Definitely a guy I'd want on my team period.. my reason is I can learn from him.. Thank you Sir
I’m not a Green Beret, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night…. And I just want to say this is some of the best advice I’ve EVER HEARD on Preparation training and equipping.
9MM and 5.56 are probably the two most common calibers in America. The AR and Glock are among the two most popular firearms. Ease of use, ease of training, ease of obtaining replacement parts are all good reasons to choose these platforms.
For what it’s worth, I also only stay at Holiday Inn Express when I’m traveling 😂
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Keep an eye out GBGB, someone commented on my comment pretending to be you.
And yet they are trying to ban the most popular guns in America 🤔
Yep but if I lived in the USA I would still have to have a revolver.
If they taught the New York State Police to use Glock, anyone can be taught.
Right here with you brother! Shot placement is key! My father was an Army veteran! Aim small miss small! Great choice of weapons! Great video!
My dad was army pilot in WW2. Windage and elevation son. Windage and elevation.
There is a very wide variety of weapons and calibers to choose from, ranging from the ordinary to the exotic, and the vast majority of them will work great. But as GBGB wisely alluded to, common usage and availability should be carefully considered. I always recommend a foundational arms list to include Glock 9mm double-stack pistols, AR rifles, Mossberg or Remington shotguns and Ruger 10/22 rifles because there are umpteen-gazillion of them circulating in civilian hands, along with parts and ammo.
If the SHTF for whatever reason and you are carrying something within that list of firearms, odds are quite favorable that you will always be able to find parts and ammo.
Opinions may vary on whether they are the "best" -- but there can be no denying that there are a crap-ton of them in civilian hands.
I could listen to this stuff for hours.
Humble informative and realistic. I love this guy so refreshing to see someone not telling wannabe delusional civilians to gear up for firefights.
Weight is a major consideration, especially when we get a bit out of shape or get older. I learned this lesson the hard way last summer on a hike over rugged terrain with a 20 pound pack. Had a small Glock but no rifle. It was a hot day and I was pretty beat and dehydrated when I got done. Since then I’ve been doing more training with a 20 pound pack. Still, realizing that packing a long gun and ammo was extra weight I haven’t really trained for.
Train hard fight easy.
@@moorshound3243 And the trainee answers : train hard... train hard !
Greeting from Slovakia, much respect to you as a man of the armed forces, and for the excellent information that is available only from sources like you. Again, much respect, keep doing what you doyou opened a lot of angles to being prepared even for military comrads, Seper FI.
Not much to argue with. My 1985 Glock 17 has been flawless except original 2 magazines split over time. Originally they were not lined. Also have Gen 3 19 & 22. Both no problem. Did change to Trijicon HD sights. Word of warning ⚠️. Gen 4 model 29 10 mm Glock has been trouble plagued since purchased new. Glock service in Georgia is worthless. Local Texas gunsmith has running well now but still will never trust totally.
I’ve trained w/couple of varsity team gents. They strongly recommended using slide lock instead of slingshot after mag changes especially if you have large strong hands. Not imperative but fractions of seconds up close can matter according to them.
Thanks for sharing. Especially about avoidance. Best way to win any gunfight is to not get into one. Knives too. Nobody wins a knife fight.
Always keeping it real. Common sense approach to everything he does! Thank you sir! Be well and stay safe!
Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge, and thank you for your service. 🙏🏽🤘🏽🇺🇸
Excellent REASONABLE discussion. Very well done. Might consider a 22 rifle at your bug in for small game procurement. Thanks!
You could also consider a 22lr conversion kit for your AR. Just a different bcg and mag. 1 gun 2 calibers. Saves a lot of weight and space…🤷🏻♂️
22 WMR is a sound choice, or a 5.7x28 rifle/pistol combo. 2 weapons, same ammo.
I agree, I have a Ketchnian Assault Rifle from the day, Marlin 60, sweet.
Channel needs more views/viewers - because who better to learn from than literally the best trained? Honestly - calm, thought out, well explained, thorough.
My rifle is a 10/22, it weighs 4 lbs and I can carry 500 rounds easily and 8 mags. Easy shot placement, low weight and less noise make it a perfect scout rifle just make sure you use premium ammunition like a CCI Stinger.
Also not hard to improvise making it quieter.
Great rifle, does serve a purpose but what are you going to do with it if the threat is bigger than a coyote? I'm in canada, I'm more worried about black bears than other threats mostly. I would try and have a 10 22 backed up with a light 12 g shotgun
@@hondablood3 If I were traveling on foot somewhere that bears were present and worried about weight. I would either forego the 10/22 in favor of a shotgun or other larger caliber weapon.
I like the shotgun choice for versatility of ammunition and uses.
OR keep the 10/22 and back it up with a large caliber revolver.
.357 would be the smallest I would choose.
@@shawnr771 I like the shotgun for the shell versatility too. But ammo is so heavy. A box of shells probably weighs as much as a a loaded 10 22. I feel like a backup piece is essential and unfortunately we're really restricted from owning pistols here
@@shawnr771 someone tried to study instances of bears being killed with handguns in self-defense. It showcased that most commonly this was done in 9mm, .357 magnum, and .44 magnum. The biggest issue with killing the bear was when there was a failure with shot placement. The biggest failure of the study is there were only like 38 confirmed instances of this happening successfully because bears are terrifying. Also carrying bear spray is a good additional deterrent for bear, and learning how to recognize signs of their presence and avoiding them is the best option of all.
Sounded like all good advice to me. I really like how you stressed that avoiding contact is the primary goal.
If Dema and RINOs have their way, such videos will become a relic of the past.
Best way to win a fight is not to get in one in the first place! Great video, thank you for your insight!
Joshua, thank you for another outstanding video filled with clear, concise information and opinions based on sound reasoning and thought. Bravo!!!
Thank you for all your helpful information. I’m a regular guy with a family and low survival abilities so your advice on things were very much appreciated.
I appreciate your sharing your knowledge and value your experience. Thank you
Yep great video 📸
You always provide well reasoned information that is based on real world experience. Very much appreciated.
i went the same route as you on the calibers!!! i had a retired ranger tell me your exact same thoughts on calibers & reasons years ago!!! thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us & be safe out there!!
Ooh not often we get to see GB^2 bring out the arsenal.
Truth. Might actually be the first time publicly 😂
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Hope it ain’t the last! UA-cam can be so nuts…
Thanks for the video. I like that you always point out that everything is METT-TC dependent.
With my experience in Afghanistan, I'll always support the use of an ACOG on a rifle. I love durable, lightweight, fixed magnification optics that are powered by the sun. As a resident of an area that has no desert and lots of wooded hills, I'll stick with irons and a red dot. My early zoomer/late millennial butt also has an unhealthy love for fixed carry handles with red dots mounted on top because of black hawk down/blood diamond. I also love lightweight 20" ARs and practical 14.5" ARs... It's weird to have late cold war nostalgia when I was born after the end of the Cold War...
One suggestion I will always recommend for a bug-in location will be black powder and the means to produce your own ammunition/ primers. Hunting has been done very successfully with black powder for over half a millenia in the Americas, and is a great way to have easily renewable ammo. It's not hard to make your own powder (including priming powder), to hide away backup flint/percussion caps, or to cast your own projectiles. And at the end of the day, if you're not supplementing your bug in food/water with hunting, trapping, and foraging, you're probably complacent enough to not do regular patrols around your bug in location. Situational awareness doesn't stop because you sleep in a big wooden box.
Speaking of situational awareness, a good way to avoid contact is moving at night, and the biggest cheat mode pieces of equipment you can have for moving at night are NODS and a thermal monocular. While white light is the best tool in your bag for PID at night and contact with adversaries that don't have night vision capabilities, its essentially a beacon that points right to your location when you don't want that to happen. With IR and thermal capabilities on your belt, you can see literally everything in low/no light situations. Its a heavy investment, but one that would pay out in spades should it need to be used.
When it comes to light discipline, investment in a silencer would also pay out in spades should the need arise. The use of one has the added benefit of acting as hearing protection on top of masking the light from any shots you want to avoid taking. At the end of the day, being able to operate with complete light discipline will give you an astronomical advantage over those who can't. That being said, you can still operate without IR/thermal in no/low light scenarios and maintain light discipline. It's just a lot more difficult.
Regardless of having any of these tools, you need to train.
I would add a good crossbow.
Makes no noise.
Jorge Sprave over on the Slingshot channel, has some repeating crossbows with 5 shot magazines.
@@shawnr771 Bows and crossbows are great as well. The one thing that makes black powder a bit better though is its easier to make ammo for it. Arrows/bolts seem easy until you actually try making them.
Thank you a lot for this video. Very informative, especially for someone getting back into range shooting. "Get good with your weapon" and "shot placement" are great tips. Again, thank you.
Thank you for discussing topics that other are shying away from!
you are the real deal. I have never had firearms explained is a simple and reasonable way. Thank you
Thanks for the video.
I appreciate this video discussion on simple basics to consider and why as I think about obtaining weapons for home defense and prep. The best advice I heard was to avoid contact when possible. Glad I found your channel. I am learning so much.
Prepare not for the fight you think you will go into.
Prepare for the fight the other guy expects to go into.
Love the music
Thanks for another great video 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
All theses chest ponders that seem like they can’t wait to shoot at someone,more than likely have never been shot at, it’s something that you’ll never forget
"You win 100% of the fights you're not in."
Very well explained.
I like your choices and the reasoning behind them.
Totally agree with everything you said. Simple is best.
I've been waiting for the day to hear you speak on firearms, man! Great stuff as always.
Agree! The other advantages to the AR in 5.56 is .22 adapters. Cheaper to train and more versatile for hunting.
awesome and well thought out advice, and i love the realistic advice to avoid contact
Thx for showing and explaining what really works, it's almost the same I have / train with since 30 years, except I don't have ( need ) a long range rifle. My ar is ok for up to 656 yards and that's the end of my skills 😁.
Thank You
There are some really good reasons infantry battaliond have a couple dozen trucks to carry ammo and other resupply.
Thanks Josh that was very informative on the weapons. New to the channel. Awesome presentation.
My plan utilizes a takedown/foldable pistol caliber carbine using the same cartridge as my sidearm, so my magazines are interchangeable between the two. I have this setup for two different calibers, as my 9mm is more concealable, and so better for daily urban and suburban areas, while my 1cm gives me more firepower, and my 1cm PCC is more accurate at longer ranges.
I love the fact that you aren't a "holier than though", gun nut fanatic. I've been slowly learning how to protect and prepare and it's so annoying to see some of these crazy a$$ people trying to educate others on the subject.
As a woman it can sometimes be intimidating but your videos have given me the knowledge and encouragement to learn more.
Good job sir. Thank you.
I think this was a great discussion.
If you are alone or few in numbers, do not engage, but stay hidden and away from potential danger. When your numbers are sufficient to likely survive a confrontation then engage only if it is necessary in a urban survival situation. When you are living in a rural area and you find yourself in town and you need to get home, then have a buyout bag, if you only have residence in town, then stay in your home.
Good video Joshua , thanks for sharing , God bless !
Great video. Very informative and practical. Thanks. God bless.
I really like you stressing staying out of the CRISIS where you don’t need to to use your gun. The winner is the person that stays out of the gunfight.
Nice!
My objective is to survive, evade, resist and escape from all contact. The best way to win a fight is to avoid or bypass a fight all together. Develop TTP and train, train, train as realistically as possible.
Avoid the horde great advice! :) We're going to have a lot of guys trying to avoid each other in the woods. It should be a riot! LOL Love iron sights, although i need to get a good scope without the battery's. Batteries drain to fast these days. Great video and advice!
Avoidance is so key .. mission purpose more important...ie bugging out
Thus is the best common sense advice on the topic I have found yet. Thank you sir, though I know you work for a living.
Thanks for your video. I respect your experience. This helped me make some decisions concerning my next purchase. If I was starting out new, your options (literally on the table), would also be on mine. :) As it is, my choices revolve around what factory ammo is available, and what reloading components are already on my shelf, as well as available.
Josh gives great advice; lots of easy to understand hard to execute stuff.
But I will summarize the corpus of his content to help pull it all together for the slow kids like me.
If your plan deviates from The Gambler, then you’re doing it wrong.
Combat Gandalf wrecking the tacticool guys AND the caliber guys.
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Love your videos
I Like simplicity. Thanks.
Great video!
Definitely agree on everything you said here. Shot placement over stopping power. 9mm, .223/.556
12 gauge or even .410 & .22.
Also agree that most overdo ammo amounts! 150-175 rds of rifle. 50 rds. of handgun.
Awesome video!👍🏽
While I'm no firearms except by any means (I've had some good firearms training though) I this video is great and helps others like me a lot
11B 4/2ID - I always carried 10 mags w no problem (300 rounds 2.23)
A bug in rifle scenario is trail watcher. If it is known or assumed that threats may locate you or your family or group.
I can't hit the broad side of a barn with a rifle so I have a pistol and a shot gun. Pretty accurate with those.
Thought from a city dweller POV, the question that comes to mind is what's the simplest firearms to maintain? Alot of these weapons have alot of moving parts. Revovler maybe? Due to everything on one is relatively open.
Honestly my carry pistol and 4 extra 20rd mags plus a decent mono/binocular setup is going to be much lighter and much more manageable to keep in a bugout setup.
I appreciate and agree with your emphasis on avoiding contact. Self defense is probably going to be necessary, but something you avoid if possible. Your mission is to keep you and your family alive and safe. The more gun fights you get into there is an escalating chance of you being wounded. And without hospitals and emergency surgery, that can kill you just as dead as a bullet to the head.
What we're talking about is a return to Old West conditions. And in the old west the scariest thing you could face was not a bullet through the heart, but, a bullet through the guts. That is a long, slow, agonizing death.
I agree with almost everything you said. I'm old school military like you and my loadout is 7 mags 5.56 and carry enough to reload those mags if needed. Granted the goal is to not make contact but if I do I need to be able to reload those mags if I'm not close to a cashe site.
While I have no qualms wearing plates and keeping a full combat load on me while carrying an assault pack sized bug out bag, I'm starting to lean more into the minimalist plate carrier and battle belt with 2 spares for my carbine and handgun accordingly. This entire series has had me moving all my heavy stuff/special purpose tools to my bug out location, and cutting back on my carry weight all together. It just helps with mobility, and I've all but fallen in love with how much faster I get to where I plan to go now that I've cut so much weight from my kit.
Boys back home, didn’t think 600 yd shots were possible without a scope. 😎
Excellent
Just info: 100 rounds of 7.62, Or about 175 rounds (or so) of 5.56, are about like a 5# bag of sugar. There are variances, but just to give you an idea of weight adding up.
My shotgun is a Maverick 88 (Mossberg) home defense shotgun 18 inch barrel..7+1 cap .$200 NEW . Only additions to it.. rubber limbsaver recoil absorbing butt pad... Stretch on shell holder on buttstock.. clip on..Hi-Viz glow tube front sight.... Small 100 lumen weapon light..
I'm a scout rifle guy, I'll take my GP rifle, a couple spare magazines, my pistol, a couple spare magazines and my tomahawk. The tomahawk is a must for me. Multi purpose to and I'm trained with it. If I'm forced into contact, speed, surprise and violence of action are tools that I know well. I do need to get myself a shotgun though, Clint Smith has a good explanation of shotguns.
He's confirmed what I thought was most important when selecting a CC weapon. I chose .32 acp as it has alot less recoil and one more round per mag than a .380 of equal size. Accurate followups are the most important aspect of a self-defense round. Also, DAO was important for the reason GBGB mentioned.
Glocks are great pistols, but I chose KEL-TEC P32 and P11 9mm for summer vs winter EDC. The P11 was hard to get back on target at first, but with training I was able to get used to the kick. My holsters are Remora sticky in the cross draw 8 o'clock position for the P32. For winter it's the P11, Galco classic shoulder under the outer layer because of thicker clothing. Vertical holster.
KTs don't have alot of respect among the CC community, but they've been solid with zero ftf or fte over the last ten years. Made a few modifications like a trigger upgrade on the P11, steel guiderods for both, after market springs and feed ramp and barrel polish, Wolf mag springs and removing the sights on both to make them completely snag free. Each has 2 extra mags. I just carry one.
As I'm in the process of compiling a bug out kit this content is incredibly valuable. The more you learn the more you realize how much you don't know. Thank you for this no nonsense, straight no chaser content. Cheers.
Lots of good sense. The only rationale I could give to having a longer range rifle would be if I was being engaged from a distance and avoidance wasn't going to work. But the likelyhood of that scenario seems very low.
I chose basically the same set of guns to get. Branding is a tad different but caliber and reasoning behind them were basically the same. Feels good 😁 haha
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The su-16 carbine from keltec is chambered in 5.56nato/.223 Remington and it folds down to 26.4 inches and only weighs 4.6 pounds. imo, it's probably one of the best backpack guns out, if you're looking for portability with the power to take deer. It can also be fired while the stock is folded and there's a company that will convert them to .300 blackout for quite cheap.
For countries where semi automatic rifles are unavailable, shirt barrel bolt guns in common calibres (223-308) with 1-4 powered scopes.
"You can't miss fast enough..."
The goal of all survival situations. NEVER HAVE TO USE THE TOURNIQUET. Trust me. It sucks.
On the bugout scenario, have you made a video as to how you recommend to carry ammunition on your person when it is not a combat loadout? Chest rig/Rhodesian? In the bugout bag? All for reduced magazines in the "dont be detected scenario." Just wondering load carry and deployment. Excellent video!
Very jealous of your ability to own such things, here in the UK we are limited but not unarmed. 308 ruger scout for me with 3 10 round mags and 50 rounds in my pack. Also a shotgun at home for bi peds and for hunting, max 3 shot due to lack of freedom. I'm pretty handy with the scout though as its my only gun, keep it simple and train is always my preference over shiny bolt ons.
@GB2, How about a video on alternatives to firearms? There are a whole lot of countries listening where it',s not permitted to own a gun.
I would suggest #4 buckshot down to BB. OO carries too much energy in a typical residence because it's not going to spread. I personally keep BB in my tactical shotgun.
What is the name of that song, love it!
I don't have a 'bugout' location, it's hunker down and defend time if anarchy arises or the apocalypse begins. I live in the suburbs and yes, I have a range card for 360 degrees defense of my home.
I do have a 'get home bag' in my vehicle. nothing tactical just the basic overnight or two kit.
Check out the GB2 blog. Both for PACE planning and the “Die in a pile of brass” post
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I've taken large deer with both the 9mm and 5.56, they are very capable rounds if you can shoot.
I'm a simple man.
Glock 17 and a Bushmaster XM-15.
And a bunch of .22LRs
I suppose people could be included in certain scenarios yes, but for myself, the long gun would be more for taking larger game and unless I was lugging it through the woods to do that, it would stay at home