Picked up 50 parkerized SKS stripper clips for $20 at Knob Creek Machine Gun shoot.
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Picked up 50 parkerized SKS stripper clips for $20 at Knob Creek Machine Gun shoot.
I did a time swap this week. Picked 4 1/2 bushels of pears and split them with a friend in exchange for the canning and jars for half. We managed to get 47 out of the 94 pints total and a lesson in canning. All the potted herbs are in and under the grow light. Split 1/2 cord of the most twisted maple I've ever seen.
Splitting maple = good. Splitting twisted maple = not so good.
Sounds like time for some AleveQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Gathered some mushrooms and dried them... Also bought cheap noodles. It's hard time, being a student...
I've been a student of something my whole life. You're right.
lets see, i made six and a half traps and a paracord handle for a knife.
its still early in the week though.
Oh, but in a university, living off student allowances(do you type it like that?)... 450e/month + loan 300e/month. -rent 400e/month, -bills 200e/month, -school books 50e/month. 100e to live/month... Not much buying new knives and shotguns...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Add 4 kids and a wife to that, and you know where I came from. Glad I finally finished, hence the name, finallyME. Now I just have to pay back all the debt incurred because of school. :sailor:Quote:
Originally Posted by NCO
split some oak and found a few fatwood logs. split em up and put them under my little shelter i made.
I was lucky in that regard. I also went at night while working and raising a family. Fortunately, my company had a liberal education reimbursement policy. As long as you made an A or B in the class they paid for it. Yes, they paid for all my classes. See? I knew what you were thinking even before you thought it....I am the Minister of Science after all.
Today? Among a few other tasks, a friend helped me install 12 smoke-carbon monoxide detectors with escape lights. Main floor, basement. attic, and garage. They're on a dedicated circuit and all have battery back-up. We also hung or placed 7 ABC fire extinguishers throughout the house.
Bump.... Added another 200 rounds of 5.56 "penetrator" ammo and another 100 rounds for my 30.06. Finally recieved my dehyd. buckets from costco.
Just got back from Wal Mart. Picked up the limit of 6 boxes of assorted shells and ammo. Just in case I can ever afford to replace my guns, because they were all stolen. :)
I was in Gander Mountain this week and they have every size and shape of ammo that has ever been made. I walked into Walmart and the ammo shelves looked like a ghost town. Something ain't right with that.
I read (may have been here, may have been someplace else) that one of the contributing factors of Walmart's shelves being slow to restock is due in part to the manufacturers being able to demand higher prices from other retailers, whereas with Walmart, their suppliers contract has set pricing and minimum supply amounts. As long as they stick to their supply levels dictated by their contract, and the nation-wide demand is still high - they can make a bit more profit supplying other retailers. Gee - Walmart keeping prices low (they could have easily raised their ammunition prices) so that those of us on a budget can still afford stuff. Kind of nice I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Rick as I posted before. Due to their contracts prior to elections. Walmart gets there ammo at a heavy discount like 1oo rounds of winchester 9mm ammo for $ 14.95 that sells for $19.95. That same ammo for 50 rounds will sell to other dealers for $ 17.00 (average). So the manufatureer's only send walmart chain wide the minimum to meet the contract. I have a friend that is a salesman for winchester that told me when contract renewal time comes around again it is unlikely they will offer walmart a renewal. Due mostly to prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
winchester does not make enough .358 to go around, thus rendering one rifle practicaly useless. never mind reloading components.
the prices they charge for their crap is outrageous!
anyway, this weeks' prep is a cut-off shotgun barrel, a fixed snowmobile and one cord of wood cut & split.
I guess you did post that. Must be an age thing. If I could just remember what goes before memory. Hmmmm.
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Originally Posted by Rick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MLBfwblps8
LOL if you find out let me know!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Watched awfully many episodes of Extreme Survival - Ray Mears, on you tube.
Picked up a Minor Surgical Kit very reasonably at my local Army Surplus Store. 3 Hemostats, scissors, scalpel and multiple blades, tweezers, probes, picks, suture kit, penlight, swabs and stuff... even a nice little straw section for a trache...hope I never need it... all in a nice OD canvas case where it won't get strewn all over the inside of the first aid kit. Added large and small Ace Bandages and wet supplies to the first-aid kit, again.
Oh, by the way, my surplus store sells the real 550 Paracord for $54.95 for 1000 foot spool. I don't know if that is good or not. My last buy was 300 feet for $14.95, but I don't comparison shop. My two surplus stores do a good job for me, so i stick with them. Just like I stick with my Gun Shop, even though he is not the cheapest... he gives me range time and an occasional price knock-down, and he always has practice ammunition... he has a contract with a local reloader. I can count on him in a pinch and I like to spend money locally.
Re-tasked a cell phone charger to fit a set of my FM walkie-talkies, and picked up some new Li-ion rechargable batteries for said devices. Batteries are not cheap, but better than the old Ni-Cad's that had started leaking. Plus, I have a couple of these cell chargers that can fit this task now. Finally, a use for some of these cell phone parts I have laying in the drawer. Wish I were smart enough to rewire the old cell phones into private walkie talkies all on a given frequency...anybody know how to do this? It sounds illegal, so if it is, don't tell me how to do it.
Finally read "Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank. Written in 1959, it is surprisingly up to date... about the pre and post Nuke strikes and confirmed Mutually Assured Destruction, but they didn't call it that in 1959. Book is slow up to Chapter 5 when the nukes start falling, then after that, it is a pretty good survival novel.
Began studying "Where There is no Doctor" (free download..do a search). There are several of these applicable free downloads available, including a companion text "Where There is no Dentist", but that one gave me the heebie-jeebies so I put it down until later.
Fattened up the larder just a little more. Wife says I need to finish a storage room in the basement for more food preps. She's coming around.
Started a little Preparedness Blog on Blogspot.... more as a reminder to myself to plan the work and work the plan.
Picked up 2 little Mace cans at the surplus store for the girls, but they know how to shoot better than me anyway. Might pick up a couple of the big Mace cans and mount them in various rooms in the house.
The big mace cans come in handy when neighbors and relatives overstay their welcome, which is about 20 minutes.
Guess I won't be bugging out/in at your house.........:innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
I have been making plant cordages to see what works. It's pretty easy and some are surprisingly tough. I've also tried my hand at knapping glass for arrowheads. It's a small arrowhead. Here's a pic:
Got me a small 1200 watt generator for a back up my if my 5000 watt fails. Won't do what the 5000 does but would be better than nothing.
Hauled in 1/2 Ton (1,000 pounds) of food, and a load of straw for my friends, using the Ski-Doo and large sled.
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Originally Posted by rebel
I tried napping glass and didn't have much luck. It kept spliting across the center. Any advice?
It took me about six points without breaking one. Canid and Crash would be more help than me on this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Batch
I have not tried my hand a glass knapping yet.
Nice looking work Rebel.
Got me a "man purse" today, at the gun show. I think they used to be radio bags. (One like NCO was talking about, a while back.)
I also picked up a bag of what Georga arms calls .44 Mag "Deer Slayers". They are 240 gr. JHP's loaded to 1350fps.
The thing that I got excited about, was a knife. I call them little K-Bars.....It's the one like Ken found.(His dad's) It didn't have a sheath, but about a dozen tables later, I found a sheath, for it. I paid $15 for the knife, and $7 for the sheath.
I use a "murse" (Man-purse) for my stuff. I could walk out and survive with the murse. The murse: H&K USP .40, 37 HMF's, cash, cards, phone and survival crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
I found the thread.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...rry#post163110
I guess they were gas mask bags.:blushing:
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Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
Hey Guys? If we ever go out for a beer, please leave your pocketbooks home. Okay? :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by rebel
Mine is for in the woods, silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
Wear it out for a beer? Oh, heavens no! I don't have any shoes to go with it, yet! LOL:blushing:
Here's mine: http://www.luggageworksonline.com/br...135-5-11-51-44
It goes well with the pumps (shotgun that is).
Now that's funny! :smash: LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by rebel
Just tell everybody it a "Possibles bag", you know, mountain man stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
(helps if you have a beard)
Well, today was get everything ready for winter day.
Cleaned out the wood stove in the garage/shop, haven't need it it yet this year.
Fired it up, then on to the snow blowers (2).
New plugs, fresh gas, fired them up.....good to go.
Next was the gen-set, haven't have it running yet this year.
Changed oil, plug, fresh gas and away it goes.
Shut down outside water supplys, got shovles out.
Relaxed in front of the wood stove with a cold one.
I'm ready...............