Ammo would be quite valuable also.
I’ve also wondered about hard liquor. You can get family sized bottles of GOOD rum and vodka at Costco for about 15 bucks.
But then, the things that will REALLY get you through are a large garden, guns/cartridges, solar/wind power and a good source of water.
Right on.
Calling Old Sarge to the firing line. Old Sarge please report to the firing line.
What people either really need, or what they want so much that it is the same thing as a need.
There is plenty of historical evidence as to what those things are. Mark Slavo has shown the types of goods that are valuable when order collapses.
Silver has value that is incremental enough to be useful as a currency. As useful as barter is, a compact medium of exchange like silver is very desirable. Direct barter has logistical difficulties, which is why silver & gold work so well.
List what you can’t live without and what you would be the least willing to live without.
The ammo situation has loosened up a lot. It will never get back to pre Sandy Hook days. But it is going to get worse, even without a “collapse”. You can bank on that.
After extensive and time consuming research I recommend a Sawyer water filter. Either (or both) the .1 or the .02. Very impressive technology.
For barter, several cases of the cheapest bourbon or whiskey you can get in *glass* bottles. Unless opened, bourbon keeps essentially forever.
Finally, and I say this (only partially) tongue in cheek, a stable of healthy and sturdy prostitutes would get you any goods or services you could want. Best currency around in a collapse. If you have the means to protect them
You generally wouldn’t want to trade ammo. Why arm potential looters?