Gear Considerations for the Modern Minuteman or Responsibly Armed Citizen 

After reading the comments it’s clear the american Minutemen’s greatest enemy is the shipping company. 😂😂

How about shipping my 3 month old order?

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH BDU. I have been waiting for months for a refund for an order I cancelled. They have not responded to multiple Emails, phone calls or snail mail. And I'm listed as one of their VIP members.

This is a good informative video of how to prep for a SHTF event. Reading comments about the 'company BDU, informative as well. Everyone, read, study from multiple resources, read the comments, back search the sources. WATER - will be the biggest factor in survival, not bullets.

I used to buy from yall until I found out you hand over client lists to the ATF. Lmao. No thanks.

Train for all your weather conditions. If its winter 5 months a year where you are, learn to adapt to snow and cold. Get snowshoes, cross country skis etc, read up on Finland in the winter war. If you are in the south, or places like Florida, learn about swamps and jungle, read up on the Vietcong and so on. If you are strictly city, read up on....well, you get the idea. Also, drones, drones and more drones.

Besides NODS. I got EVERYTHING and know it very well too.

If you came across this video/company, DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM….SERIOUSLY!!! They are taking orders and not shipping any products. This has been going on for months. What used to be a credible business has dissolved into something else recently. Their number is automated. You will NOT speak with a person or you’ll get the auto response to email them ONLY, which you will get no response. If you have a membership, I highly encourage you to cancel it! Again….DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH BIG DADDY UNLIMITED. I’m hoping my CC company credits me the amount of my purchase. These recent comments are legit. Trust me…..

Here in America it's called the wilderness protocol. Guys, turn your radio on at 7 AM for 5 minutes every 3 hours. Certain frequencies are required I have a whole tortilla on this on my channel

Website turned out to be a scam, they take your money but don’t ship anything or answer calls or emails!

Don’t rely on cheap Chinese flashlights. Pans to a Baofeng for critical Comms.

I went with the m16a3 style 20 inch barreled rifle. Also, from a military stand point. Backpacks are important. If you have a plate carrier, some backpacks can attach to the back of them, but I would recommend having a separate backpack and use it as a replenishment bag. I have my minute gear set up for at least a 3 days assault but per military tradition, leaving my backpack at home (base) or otherwise wherever I sleep, and when I get back (if i do) the backpack is set up to replenish any used ammunition, food, medical gear, anything.

The only problem I see with keeping radios on hand is you can't encrypt the channels that you're on and if you do use FRS, gmrs, or most other frequencies they can be triangulated to your exact grid Square within 50 feet and IDF or fixed wing can be called in on that position or if IDF is not your problem you just gave away your location and depending on how inexperienced regarding comms and opsec you may have given your whole SALUTE about your element away. This is not to say radios are a bad idea I have a few myself but not a lot of people will have the capability of programming radios, nor the general discipline to stay off the radios. This is especially if they have a family on the other end of that radio during a situation. Also look at how people behave with their phones they're constantly on them even while driving or doing dangerous work, that's a very hard habit to break and it may transfer over to the use of a radio.

Question....do you believe a dictatorship falls in line with your definition of Tyranny?

Isn't BDU bankrupted?? It's too bad ownership was so terrible. BDU could have been a real force against the ATF. So many good employees, just horrible, greedy, unethical management.

Freedom sticks need OILS Optics Irons(backups) Lighting and Sling...

I think Drone Operator and K9 Handler Specialist are good roles I'm into anything that's a force multiplier why I run ATAKs on all loadouts but will be integrating information gathering using rooted occulus quest 3 with dji Mavic mini 3 pro with ATAKs on smartphone with Navboard ...then to top it off Magpuls Maztech Ballistics calculator scope can't go wrong with knowing what is going on way beyond you and don't forget to integrate radio into a of this

still waiting for my return

Don’t buy a cheap flashlight, but a cheap radio is fine. 😂😂😂😂 🤦‍♂️

“Not gonna tell you how old I am, but I love my 20 inch barrel rifle. This 16 inch is a shorty!” 😂 just kidding. Good video tho.

I wouldn't purchase anything from these people. I placed an order with them last year for almost $600 they took my money and never sent my order, never answered email or phone calls and didn't refund my money. I even had the BBB reach out to them with no reply. Pretty terrible company in my opinion.

Talks about signature reduction, proceeds to show signature reduction with flashlight turned on

BDU is about to implode. They're not filling orders anymore and are impossible to get a hold of anymore. If you're waiting for an order, do a bank charge back. The BBB has given them an F score with 1 star rating overall.

Outstanding

The Chinese Music from „scor“ got me😂. ( SCOR “PROPAGANDA“ )

At the end of the day, the NEED where gear is concerned is a rifle and ammunition, the clothes on your back, a pack or sack of some sort, and containers for water. Having the high speed gear is nice, but not necessary.

"CHINA"that Chinese jingle 😂😂😂 overlay!

The 16 inch is my go to. Great middle of the road can do everything barrel length. there's no substitute for proper training

Magnification is great but a 5.56 ar-15 IS accurate as presented by my experience as a soldier shooting at the range usually once a year sometimes twice with open/peep sights out to 500 yards. That was the range used back in my day with my M-16 A1. Don't get me wrong MAGNIFICATION IS WONDERFUL but knowing HOW to shoot accurately with ANY reliable sights is IMPORTANT. Have iron bu sights and KNOW how to use them as well. SUPRESSOR .... sighhhh wonderful after you deal with the atf .... LUCKY enough to be military veteran?!? Luck has nothing to do with it ... we volunteered! Cardio at my age .... sighhhhh ... Not afraid to die at my age. Not afraid to live till then .... oh yeah 2 point sling .... Light use with only the upmost needful discretion ... it makes a fine target for someone without a light.

Everyone decking out their ARs but my Polytech AK is ready to rock & roll as is (I also have a decked our AR so nothing personal)

this was great info

THANKS SR!!!

Outstanding! On point. Semper Fi

It’s crazy that the map you showed of was of my nearest town lmao.

Irons are mandatory!

This is an informatively well-rounded and honest video. Thank you, sir. I am now a new subscriber.

BDUA has multiple sub companies shipping from the same address watch out

Be nice if we could arm up in Australia

LPVO is not required as a minuteman. Not everyone afford one.

I think range finders are great but in modern times of night vision which is so readily available cheaply, a range finder will give you away as it can be seen very easily w/night vision.

Everything in your video looks legit. But all that gear and equipment costs a lot of $$$! For the average person that doesn’t have any military or Leo experience, it’s an uphill battle to figure out what works best for them. It can all be done in small portions but the training is always more expensive than the equipment itself.

yes take care if your hearing. mine ring all the time. but not from shooting. my job as a commercial truck driver did it to me. as well as some varied loss in the spectrum. carry water. look into bicycle supplys here. for a shtf - load out for a No resupply. but not over loaded. couple days no water, your dead. most can do a week no food. shelter? fire? how much ammo do you really need? job needs here. but plan on feeding two guns, rifle/ pistol. and never forget medical kit.

there arent many rifles nor people that can shoot accurately in excess of 500 yards with 5.56. This video is great though!

"Historically one of the first things tyrannical governments do is to take guns away from hands of their citizens." (Shows picture of Biden in congress) Its like you read my mind! Great video!

God Bless America 🇺🇸

You can have all the gear in the world, but that doesn't mean you are ready for the minute you need that gear

Great all around and informative video!

Fun useless fact: IFAK actually stands for Improved First Aid Kit. Now y’all can go correct your friends for no reason

My 2¢. You need a ballistic vest under the plate carrier in the US, where hand guns are the most common firearms.

Did Hunter take over because BDU runs like $h!t now

3:23 I’m Chinese-American, and I approve of this message. 🤣

We got word from another settlement that needs our help. Here I'll mark it on your map.

Love this guy!

An interesting look at the military threat. In my opinion, the modern local war is 90% production and 10% force actions. 1. A shovel is the main weapon of a soldier or a minuteman. 2. Many citizens, minutemen and volunteers in the DPR and LPR talked about the importance of bicycles. A minuteman without transport cannot operate further than two miles from his temporary base. If you do not have transport at a distance of 10 miles, you will expose 3 people out of 30. 3. You need tools, tape, some construction film, some transparent film, nails and screws and fire extinguishers. You have to fend for example hydraulic shock on water system and arrange fire protection at the same time. And then restore housing or base. Get fireproof gas masks and suits (painting suits + raincoats made of fiberglass). You must be ready to produce clothes, dressings, mines locally. 4. Naked рlate carriers is bulletproof bibs. It is better then to wear one chest plate in the chest rig as ANA tactical Alpha or 6б46 БНЗ and hidden body armor vest with a large area of protection. The main threat comes from shrapnel. The helmet, glasses and soft armor of the sides, belt, groin, neck, ass are important. Knee pads are very important, active earplugs, 3-5 TQ, 3-4 bandage. But you need to be able to hide your belonging to the armed troop. And it's easy enough to have a weapon on 5,56 (or 5,45 for me). In 90% probability, the driver will not need a weapon, for example. But cluster munition or an air defense missile may arrive at your market or bus stop. Your city can be remotely mined. Individual mines can be placed from drones on roads and trails. 5. Lighten and simplify your gear. You have to carry a lot of magazines, tools, armor and medicine.

I agree with what you say in most of your comments, but what about fighting at night? An LPVO is not a good solution especially if running NODS. Most shit is going to go down at night, so you need to be able to fight at night and have the right tools for the job. I believe in a second upper dedicated for night fighting . Red Dot or Eotech. My #1 choice is a 3-6X ACOG with a RMR mounted on top, along with your lasers. On the day fighting upper have an LPVO and an offset RMR OR again the 3-6X ACOG with RMR

What's the long silver thing? A death stick, i assume (for the enemies) 😌

In this economy my cards are maxed out so some of this stuff just isn't going to happen. Plate carrier, NV, Thermal, suppressor, range finder and a radio are not in the budget. It's hard enough to stay healthy, keep up your equipment you have.

What if I have a felony but wanted to protect my family and country

This is good advice

Magnification gonna suck in cqb. Truth is you must have the tools to fight the fight at hand.

Didn’t bdu surrender customer info to alphabet boys?

This was very relaxing

When you mention como get your license!

14.5 P&W barrel gang

Congratulations, you figured out what a national guardsmen is

Moar acronyms!

Yeah - how much did you want to spend on that?

Love it

My question is what’s the best form to get a physical map? That’s reliable, not just for urban but what about rural areas that topographical?

You don't need that at all.

is there any other platform besides youtube where you communicate with followers to keep information priviate?

Probably you should learn the basics before going to the mandatory optics..

Modern minute man defined as: an individual engaging in and " training " for silly, irrelevant and unrealistic scenarios under the auspices of preparedness for " that day" . Such an individual will spend thousands of dollars on training and equipment for said fantastical situations. It is predominantly cosplay performed by wananbes/ nerds living in fantasy worlds.

What ammunition should I run? 300BLK or another one?

Jokes on you. I can't have a rifle or suppressor in my state.

I started watching this video to actually learn more info. Not propaganda with video of Biden. However, the rest of your video is very good.

Could somebody leave a marker on my map?

If you are not self sufficient at producing food, you are already combat inneffective.

I'm all I've got. Haven't met one trustworthy person in 30+ years.

Cool. BDU kinda suxthough, sorry/not sorry. 👍🇺🇸

Rangefinders will get you in big trouble. Try a ranging card instead

You have the wrong guy pictured as a tyrant.

Some americans are „special“.

Thanks dad!

Shit talking chinese electronics in front of a holosun and just before schilling a Baefeng radio is peak cringe

Big android energy

20 or 30 rounds magazines for you AR-platform ?

This video serves as a decent ONE STOP summary of what YOU should be doing. Get off your lazy butt! ❤️💪

Quick question. Most of the guys creating these survival videos have AR15 rifles (semi automatic/fully automatic). I only have a hunting rifle with a side arm. Any suggestions?

With a name like Big Daddy and a moustache like that, I thought that this guy looks like a creep, after reading the comments seems like he is both a creep and a thief.

Ur running iwb with a plate carrier?😅

Baofeng radios are from China

Don’t forget you got to grow a really long beard too! Disguise yourself as an old prospector from the 1800s nobody will see you and people will be afraid of you!

Vortex scopes arent china made. And they're good quality. Better than ol fudds tasco scope

Right on! I love it. Keep it up.

Soon tyrannical government will take away BDU’s right to do business 😂

Ugh… minuteman fantasy.. look just call it what it is, well armed private civy. That’s it, don’t fool yourself. You are looking to protect yourself and your own, nothing wrong with that. Just don’t wrap it around some patriotic iconography…

Big good content

Baofeng

This company is the worst for shipping