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Obama revives talk of U.N. gun control

LiveToShoot — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:56:18 GMT

Attempts to further infringe upon our unalienable right to keep and bear arms continues...

Obama revives talk of U.N. gun control

Thank you CTD, now I can sleep secure...

Metronome — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:51:52 GMT

Basic 30 Day Survival Kit for 4 people.

Great sleeping bag!

toolman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:33:48 GMT

I'm not sure if this is the right spot for this, but after freezing my butt off in our deer blind with a crappy sleeping bag for several nights, I ordered a new one off of Amazon.
My criteria were:
1. Warmth
2. Non-nylon outer shell for quietness.
3. size-I'm 6'3" 215 lbs and need a little elbow room

Since it will stay in our deer blind mostly, weight and packability didn't matter much to me. I found a Coleman Ash Canyon kingsize bag rated @ 25*F. with a cotton outer shell\flannel inner that comes with it's own built-in bag\carry handle and it is awesome! It's not a high-dollar bag with an everyday price tag of $40, but it only cost me $14.99 because I used the $25 gift card that I got from filling out a shooting sports survey that a member posted here several weeks ago, plus I opted for the free 2nd-day shipping.
If you need a new bag and don't mind one with the heft and size of a VW Bug, this is a great bag. :bigok:

timeless questions answered!!

stinkybriches — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:01:48 GMT

tonight ladies and gentlemen, i have taken steps to answer a question that has plagued mankind for decadeds.

how many cosmo's will it shoot threw.

im workin on a box to hold them together. it will be made of 1/2" boards (that crap prefab furniture is made of) .

i have "liberated" 8 cosmos from various places in the house.

needless to say i will be useing a .22 LR for this. im thinkin ill use stingers, velociters, cci mini mags, and federal lightning.

pictures of the box before during and after will hopefull follow tomorow when im done with work. id post them now but i need my GF's help with that, and her camera. i guess that means im gonna have to tell her i snaged her magazines for the cause.

so, what do you all think. how many cosmos will it shoot through.

German "Chemical Warming Bag"

Joe Brainard — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:18:25 GMT

A few years ago I bought off some military surplus site an item called "Chemical warming bag" At any rate that's what my mom told me the german translated to. She also translated the instructions for use for me. I kept it in my emergency kit for a few years. I have seen packets before that you put in water, and they heat up and you can heat your MRE, or what have you in it, so I'm familiar with that way that this thing is supposed to work. But after thinking about it, I decided to dump the thing. It's dated Nov. 1966, I only have a translation of what doesn't seem to be the whole instructions, and if I'm ever in a place where I can't get a fire going, warm food probably won't be top priority!

I really wonder if the thing is any good yet anyway? One way to find out. I kneaded the package according to the instructions, to make sure it wasn't hard or lumpy, ran up to the kitchen grabbed a stainless steel bowl, filled it with water. Open up the protective package and throw in the "chemical warming bag." So far so good. Watch for a while, and don't see any sign of heat. Hey, what if I rip the bag open and pour the powder in the water, what would happen? No sooner thought than done, I dump the powder in what I now realize is my wife's mixer bowl-- oh, well, it's stainless steel. I watch for a while, but get bored, figure I'll go down in the basement and tinker for a while, and check on it later, now notice that my fingertips are stained black. Oh well. When I come back upstairs there is no warmth at all in the water. I get sidetracked until my wife asks me when I'm going to clean that mess up. Hey I'll just flush it down the toilet. I pour it in the toilet, but this black mass sticks to the bottom of the bowl-- no big deal I'll break it out in pieces and flush them. It breaks out in two pieces that I throw in the pot, then attempt to flush. They stay in the bottom, flush after flush. Pouring hot water down the john doesn't help at all. Drop this, I gotta get this mixing bowl clean. I use detergent and an SOS pad, but it appears that this crud may be corrosive! I don't know what to think, but there is black crud stuck in what appear to be pits in the bowl surface. The bowl goes downstairs to await steel wool. And my attention turns back to the john. I have been able to get most of the "chemical warming bag chemical" out of the pot by scraping it with a hanger, but the toilet bowl is definately stained brown!

Thought I would warn you guys, keep your ideas in the basement!

If I Only Had One Gun

LiveToShoot — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:32 GMT

"My local supermarket has quite a magazine selection. Every category of interest has numerous titles, and the section on guns must have twenty different monthly periodicals, each thicker than Time, Newsweek, or US News and World Report.

There are obviously a lot of different opinions about guns.

To me, the main gun in one’s battery is a semi-automatic pistol, preferably with a fairly large magazine, in a common caliber and here’s why..."

If I Only Had One Gun by David Calderwood

S.G.B.P. Poll 2

larmus — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:35:27 GMT

This is poll 2, yes you can vote in both polls if you want... But remember it may result in a tie, thus having to do another poll... Good Luck!!!

7.) Jmp8927:

This is my little WASR-10/63. Made a few changes to make it more comfortable for me. She ain't much, but she won't break down.

8.) Seven�:

Sechsay Beretta Cx4 Storm in .40S&W.
~Moerse Lekker barrel shroud
~Beretta sling
~Nikon VSD red dot
~DeSantis Storm Packer butt magazine carrier

9.) Tclu1308:

Russian made VEPR AK
Vermont American toolbox with plenty of ammo
1982 Bottle of Seagrams V.O. (never opened)
My old Hockey skates (yeah the blades are a bit rusty)
some extra mags and a Winchester fixed blade

10.) Pslman:

Here's my Romanian PSL with Millett 4-16X56mm scope and a few other goodies.

These were taken at my forward observation post near my bunker where I spend many lonely nights on zombie watch.

11.) K.H. :

My CZ550 American .308 with a leupold 4-12x40 scope.

12.)Redrider13:

Make: IBM M1 Carbine (manu. dates to 1943)

13.) Huey rider:

Browning BAR II >30-06
Burris Signature 3x9x40 scope
Leupold mount

S.G.B.P. Poll 1

larmus — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:40:27 GMT

GOOD JOB EVERYONE!!!!! We got a total of 13 entries thios year, awesome! So with help, i have choosen to set this up as Two polls. The first poll will have the first 6 entries and the second poll will have the last 7 entries. Whom ever gets the most votes will be the winner for the year, with all the braggin rights associated with it!!!

Good Luck to Everyone!!!!

1.)thrillbilly:

Mossberg 535 Turkey Tactical
31/2" 12G
20" barrel with screw-in chokes
red-dot scope (easily removable, extra battery taped to it)
Realtree camo...a necessity! LOL
5 round shell holder on buttstock
25 round bandoleer (half slug, half 00buck)
realtree sling (real important the gun and sling camo match!)

2.)Privateer:

It's a Colt H-bar wearing a EOTech 512 with a EOTech flip to side 3X magnifier. on the handguard is a knights vertical grip. I have it set up with a single point sling that mounts to the tac vest, also set up with mission specific optics / lasers and flash lights.

3.)Dragunov:

Simple, effective and fugly (Rifle, not girl!).

4.)Larmus:

chinese SKS made in factory /26\
tapco 6 position stock
stock side saddle hold cr123 batteries or whatever
vert. fore grip
10 20rnd tapco mags.
Zombie Hunter patches
spam
ramen
chile-lime sauce
jameson irish whiskey

5.)YugoM59/66:

bushmaster ar15
CAA 6 pos buttstock with cheek rest and spare battery's for surefire
4x scope
16" barrel, 5.5" slip over compensater 1/9 twist
surefire
Mako pistol grip
push button bipods

6.) Seachicken1:

My 91/30 Mosin and guitar to lure them in with the theme from deliverance.

Help Filled Preparedness Newsletters

LiveToShoot — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:10:48 GMT

Preparedness Newsletters from SE Idaho

In an effort to share help filled and helpful preparedness info, to assist others in learning more about how to organizing, gather and do what's needed to become better prepared, so we can confidently meet and successfully deal with what our journey in life will bring before us...

...I share the following Preparedness Newsletter with you, as included in the attachment.

And, I will continue to post additional Preparedness Newsletters to this thread...

...with permission to do so in open internet forums being given by the Preparedness Newsletter authors.

Attached Files

Preparedness Roundup 1.pdf (315.3 KB)

Slingshot marksman

Doc Jones — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:43 GMT

Couldn't believe this guy. Enjoy!

YouTube - Carolina Camera: The Sling Shot Man

Doc

Ultimate Zombie survival package givaway

Metronome — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:26:23 GMT

I am not sure how I ran into the page for this contest, but the prize incldes Tactical Bacon!

Guns that are actually used.

wjh2657 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:12:21 GMT

I have not done a whole lot of elephant hunting here lately and I haven't taken down a major gang of BGs in a gunfight in simply months! So, my real utliliztion of my guns lately has been to dispatch unwanted critters from my yard and garage. Mostly little slithery critters. We have snakes here and it seems they are all Copperheads. Some of the smaller ones have occasionally slipped into the garage, even though we keep it closed. I keep the garage heated so I think they are headed for the warmth.
I have developed a battery of working guns to take care of this yeoman's work. The top one is a NEF pardner youth model in .410 bore. The bottom one is a Crickett that my grandkids outgrew. I mounted a Center Point Laser on it.
The shotgun, loaded with 7 1/2 shot, is for outdoors in the yard and the Crickett , loaded with rat shot is for inside the garage. I have sighted in the .22 at 12 feet and get a pretty effective pattern. They are not awesome by any means, but they get fired more for real (at a living target) than any other gun I own. I wouldn't use the .22 rat shot on any of the bigger snakes, but they haven't been getting into the garage so they are .410 bait anyways.
　

SHTF arsenal OK?

rifleman14 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:55 GMT

Ok guys i just want some reassurance on what i already have and how wise my hopeful future purchases are..here we go
i live in the countryish part of northern indiana(about 20 minutes from the michigan border). my property consists of 6 acres i believe of fields and woods, and behind that...field and woods. i have a 275 yard range and im allowed to shoot on the field just behind mine so when the farmer plants beans instead of corn or when its all just dirt, the range is extended to around 800 yards. so i want some reassurance on my firearms and how well they would work for this type of land and if the next guns i want are wise choices. i have a remington 870 12 gauge with 28" barrel and knoxx comp stock used stricktly for skeet shooting, a mossberg 500 12 gauge synthetic stock with 28" vent ribbed barrel, 24" smoothe bore rifle sights slug barrel, and 24" rifled cantilever scope mount with bushnell 3-9x32 scope slug barrel...i also have a mosin nagant 91/30 using surplus ammo that isnt very accurate, with a custom bent bolt, recoil pad, and scope mount but i stick with the irons because of this next gun...savage 116 SS weather warrior 30-06 springfield synthetic stock with a 4 round internal box magazine, no floor plate, and bushnell sportsman gloss black 4-12x40 scope shooting my reloads using sierra 175 grain HPBT matchking bullets. my next gun is an old stevens springfield 410 pump shotgun which i dont fully trust, with a smoothe bore skeet barrel and wood stock. next is a semi auto 12 round tubeular magazine springfield 87A wood stock open sights 22 long rifle, i dont fully trust this one either. i coated the bolt assembly with a dry lubricant and it runs a whole lot better but sometimes the shell wont fully eject and itll jam up bad(needing the stock to be taken off and put back on). next is a winchester 94 TOP eject 7 round(i believe) tubular magazine lever action rifle, iron sights, wood stock, very light and short, comfortable gun. next is a marlin 925R bolt action synthetic stock 7 round magazine fed(i have two magazines for it) 22 long rifle. very reliable gun, never had a problem that was the guns fault even after aproxamately 15,000 rounds. ive got a BSA sweet 22 scope on it 3-9x40 with zeroings out to 275 yards. last is my S&W model 10 revolver with wood grips, 38 special 6 shot. i dont trust this thing at all. something in the internals is busted and ive had it fixed before but its broken again. i pull the trigger quickly or pull the hammer back quickly and the cylinder over turnes, causeing the firing pin to hit between two cartridges or on the side of one. extremely unreliable gun that i do not like at all, im more of a semi auto handgun guy.

so how do you think these would work for SHTF? if i had to take only one which would you advise?

now for my second part.
in the future(within a few years) i would like to buy a semi automatic centerfire handgun, preferably a 1911, and a rifle in 223.

i want an AR-15 but theyre so danged expensive. if i dont get the ar-15, i would like to get a stevens 200 in 223 as a target rifle. do you think my current arsenal would get me through SHTF without the AR or what? the stevens is much cheaper and you dont have to pay a lot for a high quality rifle like with the AR-15s. i wouldnt burn through ammo as fast either seeing as how its bolt action(i wouldnt be bump firing or going through 150 rounds in minutes)

so what do you think? i just want some reassurance that my current loadout would work