Firearms Discussion: S1E13 Green Berets No Nonsense Bug Out| Gray Bearded Green Beret 

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."

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.

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’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.

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

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.

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!

I like your stress on training. Yeager said it best: "I'd rather have training and no firearm than a firearm and no training." Too many fools buy a gun and think they are a badass by osmosis. Thanks for the content, sir.

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.

Best way to win a fight is not to get in one in the first place! Great video, thank you for your insight!

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.

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.

You always provide well reasoned information that is based on real world experience. Very much appreciated.

Thank you for discussing topics that other are shying away from!

Well thought out info. Clearly you speak from experience and that is extremely valuable

Always keeping it real. Common sense approach to everything he does! Thank you sir! Be well and stay safe!

Very well explained. I like your choices and the reasoning behind them.

Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge, and thank you for your service. 🙏🏽🤘🏽🇺🇸

you are the real deal. I have never had firearms explained is a simple and reasonable way. Thank you

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.

Joshua, thank you for another outstanding video filled with clear, concise information and opinions based on sound reasoning and thought. Bravo!!!

I appreciate your sharing your knowledge and value your experience. Thank you

Thanks for the video. I like that you always point out that everything is METT-TC dependent.

awesome and well thought out advice, and i love the realistic advice to avoid contact

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 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.

Sounded like all good advice to me. I really like how you stressed that avoiding contact is the primary goal.

I could listen to this stuff for hours.

Thank you, your the first one I have heard talk about breaking contact. Wish more taught that.

Spot on. You and I have the same choices and line of thinking.

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!!

Channel needs more views/viewers - because who better to learn from than literally the best trained? Honestly - calm, thought out, well explained, thorough.

Excellent REASONABLE discussion. Very well done. Might consider a 22 rifle at your bug in for small game procurement. Thanks!

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.

Finally! Been watching a while and was waiting on this, thanks so much.

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 Josh that was very informative on the weapons. New to the channel. Awesome presentation.

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 😁.

Ooh not often we get to see GB^2 bring out the arsenal.

Yep great video 📸

Thanks for the video.

You do a great job. Thank you!

Great video. Thank you

Good video Joshua , thanks for sharing , God bless !

I think this was a great discussion.

Great video. Very informative and practical. Thanks. God bless.

Thanks for another great video 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

Good job sir. Thank you.

If Dema and RINOs have their way, such videos will become a relic of the past.

Agree! The other advantages to the AR in 5.56 is .22 adapters. Cheaper to train and more versatile for hunting.

Totally agree with everything you said. Simple is best.

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.

excellent videos thank you

Humble informative and realistic. I love this guy so refreshing to see someone not telling wannabe delusional civilians to gear up for firefights.

Great video!

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.

Thank You Sir

I'm also a GBGB lol! (10thSFGA 18B/D ret.) I totally concur with your choices and reasoning. Well done, to the point video. Thanks. De Oppresso Liber.

I've been waiting for the day to hear you speak on firearms, man! Great stuff as always.

Love the music

I'm jealous of your old surefire rail, wish they still made them.

Excellent

Awesome 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.

Prepare not for the fight you think you will go into. Prepare for the fight the other guy expects to go into.

You make some very good points on caliber and qty of rounds. I'm 30+ years out of uniform and have let my skills lapse. In my day the .45 was standard issue, the 9mm was in transition in. Stealth, for me, is my primary method of travel. avoidance is paramount. I like take down rifles in the pack with a reliable side arm. But you do have me thinking. Which, I think, was the point of your video.

Great info especially on the ar on Iron sights for back up. On the 12ga may want to look at a olight light/laser option. At close range that may help eliminate looking into a sight. Nice thing with 12ga is you have be on target and not exact. So laser at center mass at 5, 10, 15 yards should be deadly.

"You win 100% of the fights you're not in."

Love your videos

Great video, Josh! Thanks for all of the info. I don't know if you've done a video about plate carriers. It would be interesting to know how you feel about them for bugging out. Thanks again!

I Like simplicity. Thanks.

Thank You

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!

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.

There are some really good reasons infantry battaliond have a couple dozen trucks to carry ammo and other resupply.

Nice!

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

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.

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.

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.

I naturally wanted to get proficient with iron sights, and just recently bought a red/green dot and learned to zero it in. I still keep my flip up iron sights on my rail though.

Breath of Fresh air Here. Smokeless Powder 👍

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.

Please share the make/model of the Binos….. Thanks!! Great insight with all of your videos.

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

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.

Avoidance is so key .. mission purpose more important...ie bugging out

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.

one thing I just thought of as you mentioned carry ammo... if you carry a lot it is a barter object if needed =)

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.

Interesting I chose the same calibers/platforms for pretty much the same reasons interesting to me at least

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.

11B 4/2ID - I always carried 10 mags w no problem (300 rounds 2.23)

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

I've taken large deer with both the 9mm and 5.56, they are very capable rounds if you can shoot.

Boys back home, didn’t think 600 yd shots were possible without a scope. 😎

For countries where semi automatic rifles are unavailable, shirt barrel bolt guns in common calibres (223-308) with 1-4 powered scopes.

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.

Great content. Which over the ear protection do you recommend?

Great info. But, you should consider the Sig P320 and drop the Glock. 😂