My main possibles bag is a sort of "apocalypse bag". It is intended to more or less help sustain me should I need to go wandering from my home base under... um.... less than ideal circumstances. Could be zombies, aliens or just starving people (the most dangerous by far in my estimation). Might be a hunting trip, might be a scouting expedition.
Anyways, my bag is a large one. It contains:
The bag would be carried in addition to a Magellan travel vest (with many pockets filled with other items like cash, silver, extra pocket knives, a small first-aid kit and a wallet), a Cold Steel belt knife, 2-quart canteen, a horn or two of powder and possibly a large ALICE pack that might contain more bulky items should it end up being a longer trip.
It is currently set up to accommodate a T/C Hawken caplock in .45 caliber but could easily be reconfigured for any of my other guns.
This is still a work in progress and might have a few items swapped out and others added. I am considering some water purification tablets, a bag of trail mix, a lock-blade knife (you can't have too many knives) and a small flashlight. I got a light tomahawk I forged a few years ago that might get included. It's kind of a balancing act between weight/volume and the likelihood of my needing the item in question. I thought about adding a miner's lamp, but the lamp plus calcium carbide for it took up too much space. Also, in the scenario I envision, AA batteries will be littering the floors in many abandoned stores while carbide will be nearly impossible to come by.
I've also considered a revolver and a small quantity of ammo. Still considering it.
So.... what do the rest of you keep in your bag?
Anyways, my bag is a large one. It contains:
- a ball bag with 100 or so round balls
- a Zip-Lock plastic bag with some pre-lubed linen patches made from an old shirt
- a leather pouch with a magnesium "match" along with some pre-shredded magnesium "wool"
- a single-blade Boker Barlow knife
- a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife
- a small compass
- a shooter's "necklace" with a ball starter, a small zippered pouch with a few balls and patches, a T/C transparent capper and a deer-antler powder measure.
The bag would be carried in addition to a Magellan travel vest (with many pockets filled with other items like cash, silver, extra pocket knives, a small first-aid kit and a wallet), a Cold Steel belt knife, 2-quart canteen, a horn or two of powder and possibly a large ALICE pack that might contain more bulky items should it end up being a longer trip.
It is currently set up to accommodate a T/C Hawken caplock in .45 caliber but could easily be reconfigured for any of my other guns.
This is still a work in progress and might have a few items swapped out and others added. I am considering some water purification tablets, a bag of trail mix, a lock-blade knife (you can't have too many knives) and a small flashlight. I got a light tomahawk I forged a few years ago that might get included. It's kind of a balancing act between weight/volume and the likelihood of my needing the item in question. I thought about adding a miner's lamp, but the lamp plus calcium carbide for it took up too much space. Also, in the scenario I envision, AA batteries will be littering the floors in many abandoned stores while carbide will be nearly impossible to come by.
I've also considered a revolver and a small quantity of ammo. Still considering it.
So.... what do the rest of you keep in your bag?