Went to the Hamilton gun show today. Nothing really jumped out at me. AR mag prices seem to have come down. In bulk, military contract 30-rd mags were about $10. Ammo was still high. Lucked into a guy selling big boxes ‘o bullets. The Kiwi and I snagged 2000 .30 147 gr. FMJBT w/ cann. for $75/1000….a very nice savings. I also saw the only sporterized G43 I have ever seen. It was hideous. Also saw some guy selling a “sniper” Springfield 1903A4….except it had a front sight (hmmm….werent they all made without front sights?), had the serial number and maker data in the wrong place (hey , werent they made so the scope base wouldnt obscure them?) and had a very non-military base (Wow, I didnt know Redfield made a nice blued one piece base like that way back when!). In short it was everything I could do to not ask the guy if he really knew what he was talking about. Sad thing is some idiot will come along and give him a couple grand for that abortion.

But, more importantly, I got a good deal on bullets and can start putting some .308 ammo away for that rainy decade.

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Misc. links:

A survival blog that seems to have gone nowhere: http://survivaleky.blogspot.com/

More of the same: http://www.backpackfever.com/

Interesting files from an odd website: http://thedisease.net/?ejaculate=library

Practical Preparedness: http://practicalpreps.com/forums3/

More than I ever wanted to know about making lanyards: http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/

Preparedness discussion forum: http://www.whenshtf.com/

Good grief, Kurt Saxon hasnt blown himself up yet? http://www.survivalplus.com/

An to round out the list: ,Rawles’ Survivalblog