Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Mmmmph…buddy of mine just showed up with a used Ruger .308 ‘law enforcement’ model. The ugly part of this is that Ive really been wanting a tactical .308 boltgun. The really, really ugly part is that the shop he picked it up at had *two*. [grumble]
I dunno. I think Im going to hold out for the Savage for a couple of reasons…for one, I really think their AccuTrigger is the way to go. I also like the fact you can rebarrel the gun yourself without any special tools other than a wrench and a go-guage. Also nice, I could remove the barrel, send it off to have threads cut on it, and then have an M1A or Vortex style flash supressor put on.
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Had a visitor last week staying for a few days. It was nice because there arent alot of people you can talk about bunkers, bugout plans and alternative energy without sounding like a freak. Also, he brought some #10 cans of goodies and that sort of thing is always a welcome gift.
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The Sportsmans Guide milsurp catalog has, believe it or not, Carhart-brand military parkas made for a Dutch military contract. A Carhart field jacket..how utterly cool would that be? Fifty bucks and I think Im gonna have to get one.
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I am still confident Something Big will happen when the Republican convention in NY is underway.
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The local alternative-energy store has moved locations to a store only a few blocks from where I work. I may need to swing by there and see what they have. My ideal is to have a small panel on the roof to keep a couple deep-cycle batteries charged at all times. Not a huge battery array, mind you…just something small enough to run communications gear and some emergency LED lighting. (And LED lighting is cheap, cheap, cheap in terms of energy consumption.)
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Assault weapons ban expires in a few weeks. If not renewed my list of things to get, in this order:
Glock mags
Browning mags
AR mags
10/22 mags
AK mags
Although I shoot the Glock 19, I want the Glock 17 mags since they’ll work in the 17,19 and 26 and they’ll work in the Kelt-Tec folding carbine that I very much want.
As far as guns go, Ive pretty much got everything I want although I might swap out some fixed stocks for telescoping/folding ones on my AR and 10/22
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Picked up a 15-gallon ‘blue barrel’ yesterday to augment my stored water supplies. I try to usually use only 5-6 gallon containers since they are much more man-portable (water = 8#/gallon, or 35#/cubic foot [or is it 32#?]) but for a static location the 15-gallon would be a little more conveninet. Also, the barrels themselves can also be used to store dry goods like corn, wheat, rice, etc.
