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  1. Welcome to My Survival Forum

    My Survival Forum is a community of like minded people who are here to learn from each other. Our forum is designed to be a hub of information on a variety of survivalist skills, information, stories, and ideas. Please don't be shy, if you want to contribute to our community knowledge please do.

  2. Forum Rules and Info For New Members

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    Latest: If You Would Like To Change The Forum's Background Color On Your Device GrizzlyetteAdams, Mar 6, 2019
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  3. Private Areas

    Members Only. You must register to view and post in these forums.

  4. General Discussions

    General discussions and new member introductions. Great place to get your feet wet.

    1. New Member Introduction

      New Here? Come on in and say hi.

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      Latest: Hi From A French Caribou, Nov 3, 2019
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    2. General Q&A

      If you have a basic question and you would like it answered come post here. Fast and simple.
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      Latest: Starting A Food Supply And Confused By Kcals poltiregist, Nov 3, 2019
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    3. Suggestions and Requests

      Share with me some suggestions and feature requests. I will be glad to try and implement them. Lets build this together.
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      Latest: Why Is This Forum Processor Intensive? Sonofliberty, Oct 20, 2019
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    4. Survival Stories

      Tell your story here.
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      Latest: My Socialist Hell: 20 Years Of Decay In Venezuela Caribou, Nov 3, 2019
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    5. The Hangout

      Members can come here and just hangout. Can talk about any topic and just get to know each other. Non Survivalist topics allowed.
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      The Hangout

      Sub-Forums

      1. Jokes and Humor

        1. What is the worst thing you have ever ate?

      2. What do you believe? Predictions?

      3. Religion, Religious Views, and Life After Death

      4. Sci-Fi, Space Travel, and Future Technologies

      5. Sports, Athletics, Workouts, and Physical Exercise

      6. Movies

      7. Other Hobbies, Jobs, or Pastime

      Latest: What Happened To The Music Thread? Snyper, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:51 PM
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    6. Newbie Corner

      This is a great hangout for first timers. If your just getting starting or just curious come over here and post.
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      Newbie Corner

      Sub-Forums

      1. First Time Preppers and Survivalists

      2. Weekend Campers

      3. Beginner First Aid and Safety

      Latest: Coming From Medievil Interest, Interested In Armor, Tools Caribou, Nov 8, 2019
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    7. Reference Material

      A place for experts to come and share their best reference material. Especially important to share good offline resources .
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      Reference Material

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      1. Books

      2. Other Reference Material

      Latest: Homeland Prep News Pragmatist, Nov 16, 2019 at 1:03 AM

    8. Financial Planning

      Discuss ways to save money, how much survivalist gear costs, and anything else pertaining to money.
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      Latest: Code.........dull Red......and Fire Could Spread. TexDanm, Nov 18, 2019 at 5:39 PM
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    9. News, Current Events, and Politics

      A place to discuss things currently in the news, world events, and politics.
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      Latest: Sotomayor: “that This Is Not About The Law; This Is About Our Choice To Destroy Lives,” watcherchris, Nov 20, 2019 at 6:58 PM
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    10. Ladies Section

      A place for female specific topics.
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      Latest: Prep For Pregnancy Matters During Emergencies Pragmatist, Nov 10, 2019
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  5. Basic Survival Skills

    Covers some basic and some very serious survival skills. Bring anything to the table here.

    1. First Aid and Medicine

      Will help you survive and function with injuries. Knowing how to do first aid in the wilderness or other away from civilization scenarios can save your life.
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      First Aid and Medicine

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      1. First Aid Kit

      2. Natural Medicine and Home Remedies

      3. First Aid Skills

      4. Emergency Treatment

      Latest: Solar Powered Tooth Brush Pragmatist, Nov 18, 2019 at 1:46 AM
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    2. Natural, Temporary, and Permanent Shelter

      A shelter can be a made made object such as a house or tent or a natural place to find refuge such as a cave or fallen tree.
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      Natural, Temporary, and Permanent Shelter

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      1. Permanent Shelters

      2. Primitive Shelter

      3. Tent, camper, RV, or other man made shelters.

      4. Converting Your House Into A Survival Shelter

      Latest: "building An Eco Home" Series GateCrasher, Nov 18, 2019 at 5:44 AM
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    3. All Resources About Fire

      Making and maintaining fire will greatly increase your chance of survival. Fire not only allows you to stay warm but you can also cook, scare away predators, boil water, etc.
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      Latest: Thermography Tech And The Prepper Pragmatist, Nov 8, 2019
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    4. Finding, Purifying, and Storing Water

      An average human being can survive 3 to 5 days without water. Finding a water source is your key to survival.
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      Latest: What is evryone's best water filter? Caribou, Oct 29, 2019
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    5. Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Food

      Finding edible food that we can digest is a must. Remember ever plant isn't edible. Some will kill you. Learn your basics. All food resources can go here.
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      Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Food

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      1. Finding Edible Animals and Bugs

      2. Trail Food

      3. Edible Plants, Berries, and Roots

      Latest: Acorns; Crackers, Bread, "coffee" Pragmatist, Oct 25, 2019
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    6. Safety

      Safety briefs, experience, and safe survivalist practices.
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      Latest: Virtual Reality Systems And Fire Evacs Pragmatist, Nov 16, 2019 at 1:07 AM
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  6. Homesteading

    Everything to do with manufacturing clothing, animal husbandry, plants and herbs, and the butchering of animals.

    1. Animal Husbandry

      The management of animals for our use in either farming or for meat.
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      Latest: Equine Disaster Medicine And The Prepper Pragmatist, Nov 20, 2019 at 2:29 AM
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    2. Herbalism - Medicinal, Practical, and other Uses

      Using plants and herbs for medicine and other uses.
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      Herbalism - Medicinal, Practical, and other Uses

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      1. Medicinal Plants

      2. Emergency Plants

      Latest: Brushing Teeth lonewolf, Oct 11, 2019
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    3. Gardening, Plant Propegation, & Farming

      Creating new plants for a variety of sources such as seeds, cuttings, bulbs and other. Everything to do with gardening.
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      Gardening, Plant Propegation, & Farming

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      1. Farming

      2. Gardening

      Latest: Mushrooms TMT Tactical, Nov 20, 2019 at 5:16 PM
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    4. Community Sharing CSA Ideas

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      Latest: "rural Specific" Emergency Prep Morgan101, Sep 4, 2019
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    5. Food Storage - Canning/Freezing/Butchering/Prep

      In here we discuss different ways to prep and prepare our food, how to make it last as long as possible, and unique ideas on long term storage.
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      Latest: Root Cellar Old Geezer, Nov 3, 2019
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    6. Other Homesteading

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      Latest: House Boats; Well Prepared Prepper Ones Pragmatist, Nov 20, 2019 at 12:20 AM
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  7. Advanced Survival Skills

    After you learn the basics it's time to learn some more long term survival techniques. Who said after you meet the basics you couldn't improve your quality of life?

    1. Mental Preparedness

      Being mentally prepared for the survivalist lifestyle is one that most often gets overlooked. What are some scenarios that could happen? How do you handle being alone? How do you keep your family together?
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      Latest: Trust? lonewolf, Nov 15, 2019 at 5:05 AM
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    2. Navigation

      Using maps, the stars, marking trails, and other natural forms of navigation.
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      Latest: Do you drive or ride on your trail? NomadWill, Jul 10, 2019
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    3. Hunting / Fishing / Trapping

      Everything from primitive hunting to modern day strategies and uses for weapons.
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      Hunting / Fishing / Trapping

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      1. Hunting

      2. Fishing

      3. Trapping

      Latest: Fishing Gear.....how Many Truck Loads You Got....??? Morgan101, Oct 29, 2019
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    4. Cooking and Cooking Utensils

      Cooking outdoors, equipment preparation, making utensils and equipment. Modern and primitive.
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      Cooking and Cooking Utensils

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      1. Modern Cooking

      2. Primitive Cooking

      Latest: Rethinking My Cooking Methods Post Teotwawki duke in wales, Sep 19, 2019
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    5. Going Off The Grid

      Finding water, living arrangement, heat and cold, natural energy, and self-sufficient living. Share your setups, how far off the grid you are, and techniques to help others get there.
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      Going Off The Grid

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      1. Creating and Using Electricity

      Latest: Survivail Retreat poltiregist, Nov 3, 2019
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    6. Other Advanced Survival Skills

      Advanced survival skills that don't fit into any other categories.
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      Latest: My New 9,400 Watt Generator........free. Yes, Alaska Loves Me. F22 Simpilot, Nov 18, 2019 at 5:15 AM
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  8. Weapons and Other Useful Objects

    Weapons and gear reviews, tell us about your guns and knives, show off survival gear, how to make useful stuff, buy or build?, what do you consider essential items, etc.

    1. Guns, Knives, Tools, Etc.

      Essential weapons, high end guns and knives, home made tools, and anything else related.
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      Guns, Knives, Tools, Etc.

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      1. Guns

        1. Show Off Your Guns

        2. Gun building, Maintenance, and Care.

        3. Ammo - Types, Usage, Reloading, ETC.

        4. Gun Comparisons

      2. Knives

      Latest: New Gun TMT Tactical, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:49 AM
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    2. Essential Items

      What are the absolute most important things you need?
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      Latest: Smoke Evac Hood Old Geezer, Sep 27, 2019
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    3. Survival Gear

      Backpacks, tents, boots, and more, all about survival gear.
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      Latest: Question About Mask Caribou, Nov 11, 2019
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    4. Other Useful Objects

      Anything else useful that doesn't fit in a category.
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      Other Useful Objects

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      Latest: Survival Socks..........for Happy Feet Morgan101, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:24 AM
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  9. All Things Primitive

    Anything pre-1900s

    1. Primitive Tools and Weapons

      Building and using primitive tools and weapons.
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      Primitive Tools and Weapons

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      1. Primitive Tools

      2. Primitive Weapons

      3. Pre-1900s Guns and Ammo

      4. Primitive Fishing

      5. Hunting With Primitive Tools

      Latest: Blow Gun And Darts Bishop, Oct 27, 2019
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    2. Packs, Bags, and Other Craftsmanship

      Discussion about handmade bags, pouches, clothing, and other equipment.
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      Latest: How often do you check your BOB? Dalewick, Oct 22, 2019
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  10. Survival Situations

    This covers different scenarios. Some more likely than others but we take them all very seriously. Bring some options and ideas over on how these might go.

    1. Earthquake

      Earthquake survival preparedness.
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      Latest: Earthquake Mass Exercise Pragmatist, Nov 12, 2019
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    2. Climate Change

      Climate change, global warming, long term and short term preparedness and discussions.
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      Latest: Why Some People Still Think Climate Change Isn’t Real Dalewick, Nov 11, 2019
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    3. Wilderness

      Wilderness survival skills and strategies.
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      Wilderness

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      1. Long Term Wilderness Living Skills

      Latest: Living Alone In The Wilderness. Video. True Story. lonewolf, Nov 4, 2019
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    4. The Apocalypse

      If society happened to end, what would it take to survive?
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      The Apocalypse

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      1. Nuclear War

      2. Zombie Apocalypse

        1. Living In A Zombie Post Apocalypse

      3. Alien Invasion

      Latest: The Realities Of Urban Survival Post Shtf lonewolf, Oct 28, 2019
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    5. Urban Survival

      If disaster strikes in the city, how would you survive?
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      Latest: Good Advice Or Abdication? Pragmatist, Sep 6, 2019
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    6. Other Not Listed Situations

      Any other survival situation not listed, popular topics will move to the front page.
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      Other Not Listed Situations

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      1. Jungle Survival

      2. Desert Survival

      3. Arctic Survival

      4. Hurricane Survival

      Latest: British Flooding Info lonewolf, Nov 19, 2019 at 7:18 AM
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  11. DIY - Do It Yourself

    Build your own survival kits or maybe turn your house in to a survival shelter. Know how to make things from scratch.

    1. Survival Kits

      General information about what kinds of things people are putting in kits and reviews for premade kits.
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      Latest: "preppi Emergency Backpack" TexDanm, Nov 13, 2019
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    2. Farming and Gardening

      Farming and gardening for the self sustaining prepper.
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      Farming and Gardening

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      1. Growing Your Own Food

      Latest: Floating Farm??? Pragmatist, Aug 26, 2019
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    3. Recrafting and Modifying

      Turning something you have now into something else. Modifying an existing item so that it is upgraded or has a new improved use.
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      Latest: Modifying Wooden Pallets LastOutlaw, Jun 23, 2019
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    4. Woodworking

      Building things from wood. Plans, strategies, types of wood, preparation, tools, etc.
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      Latest: Woodworking Kootenay prepper, Dec 4, 2017
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    5. Efficient Living

      Improve modern devices with custom homemade version. Better ways to heat your home, more efficient car fuel, efficient cooling, improve tools, save money, build comfort items from scratch, etc.
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      Latest: Someday Steam Sourdough, Nov 20, 2019 at 8:32 PM
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    6. Other DIY

      The Do It Yourselfer's Corner - Bring some of your self made ideas to the table.
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      Latest: Diy Musical Instruments Old Geezer, Oct 6, 2019
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  12. Local Boards

    Need information specific to where you live? Visit our local forum and find people and resources for your specific area.

    1. US States

      We will be expanding this to a list of all states. For now you can just post your info.
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      US States

      Sub-Forums

      2. Alaska

      3. Arizona

      6. Colorado

      8. Delaware

      9. Florida

      10. Georgia

      17. Kentucky

      18. Louisiana

      28. Nevada

      31. New Mexico

      32. New York

      33. North Carolina

      35. Ohio

      36. Oklahoma

      38. Pennsylvania

      40. South Carolina

      42. Tennessee

      46. Virginia

      47. Washington

      Latest: Pennsylvania Members Snyper, Oct 18, 2019
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    2. International Countries

      We will be expanding to a list of countries. For now you can just post your location.
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      International Countries

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      1. Europe

      2. Asia

      3. Australia

      4. South America

      5. North America

        1. Canada

      6. Africa

      Latest: Serviving In Canada The Innkeeper, Aug 15, 2019
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  13. Our Marketplace - Barter Corner

    Buy, Sell, and Trade.

    1. For Sale

      List any items you have for sale. Either items you make or commercial items are allowed.
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      Latest: 160 Acres In Wyoming Steve S, Sep 6, 2019
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    2. Wanting to Buy

      If you're looking for something post it here.
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      Latest: 5mm Craig Brass Or Ammo Oldman11, Nov 15, 2019 at 5:08 PM
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