Kifaru vs Recon sleeping bagsI've been researching bags the last couple weeks and decided between these 2, I'm about to pull the trigger on one of them.I'm leaning towards the kifaru, does anybody have experience with either of them or suggestions for something totally different that I have missed. I'm looking for a 4 season synthetic type bag as light weight as possible,willing to pay the price for what I want.
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I am thinking part of the problem is that he didn't know he could adjust the sights and they were pretty far off. I managed to get it dialed in pretty well but I have to admit that I'm not really excited about how it shoots. I used to have a Redhawk that was a lot more fun to shoot, IMHO.
I was interested in how the 9mm cylinder would do and was surprised that, once I got the sights adjusted properly for the .357, the 9mm did not require any further adjustment.
The groups with the 9mm were a bit wider but not much different than the .38spl was. The .357 had a super tight group at 21 feet.
I suppose I will still make the trade but I suspect that, when he shoots it with the adjustments, he will decide to keep it.
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Plot - "After a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home."
It drops on Redbox this coming Tuesday so I'll check it out for a buck fiddy.
McLOVIN
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I'm almost certain that I don't share views with most of the members here. I'm pretty liberal, am not christian, will vote for HRC, am not afraid of the gov't, etc.
But I'm also a scientist. I understand climate science. And bad 'things' are coming due to climate change. What form these 'things' will take, how soon they will occur, what response gov'ts will take, how it will affect us here in North America ... these things I can't predict really ...
life favors the prepared so ...
here I am.
Had 30 bales of pine needles delivered,have a "yard cart" and had to move them about 300 yards.
My mind kinda wanders when I'm out working alone.I started switching each trip pulling the cart,then pushing it.
It felt easier,more comfortable to pull it-both ergonomics and easier to go over ruts and rocks,etc..
I think it takes the same amount of energy,pushing or pulling,so I'm daydreaming if I ever had to bug out on a level paved road using this cart...it would make no difference?
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FEC Dems lay groundwork to ban Fox, WSJ political coverage FEC Dems lay groundwork to ban Fox, WSJ political coverage
Well that is one way to stifle political dissent in the media. Quote:
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If anyone is interested in the actual physics of nuclear EMP generation, it is actually kind of fascinating. There are some interesting papers available that explain it in detail, one of which is available at:
This explains the actual mechanism for how EMP is generated in a high altitude nuclear explosion. It is basically a charge separation cascade driven by prompt gamma rays from fission products from a 'fission' powered explosion. Fission bombs predominantly cause EMP, not fusion bombs. 3-Stage Fission-Fusion-Fission bombs will have enhanced prompt gamma ray production, and will thus produce an enhanced EMP. The 100 Megaton class Tsar Bomb, if tested in space with its full design yield of 100 Megatons and not 58 Megatons as it was tested would be absolutely devastating as far as EMP goes!
Now for mitigating EMP, there is an interesting document, unclassified and freely available for public use that describes in detail exactly what one has to do to EMP harden just about any habitable structure and the electronics it contains, including your house:
TM-5-690 "Grounding and Bonding in Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Facilities."
It is freely available to taxpayers at:
I recommend grabbing copies and learning about them. Some EMP shielding can be as easy as wrapping a walky-talky in a zip lock baggie and then putting it in a carefully aluminum foil lined cardboard box.
Inserting cardboard insulators in a US Government surplus ammo can can protect sensitive electronics from EMP, especially if the lid seams are covered with copper tape. Simple, cheap, and pretty effective!
what im making for dinner tonight is gumbo.. i like gumbo best when it contains one pork product and one white meat.. so smoked sausage and chicken breast works great, but this time im using a package of bear creek gumbo mix, and for meat its 1 12oz can of pre-cooked chicken breast (i get canned chicken in a 4 pack from walmart) as the white meat component, and for the pork product i am using a can of spam, diced
so i fry up the spam and canned chicken together in a 3 quart pan in a little olive oil and season it with some seaon-all (salt, paprika, onion, garlic, pepper, etc), once thats done i just dump in the sealed package of seaoning, rice, and dried veggies, fill the pan up near the top with water, bring to a boil, simmer, and 30 minutes later, its a meal requiring nothing frozen, nothing refridgerated, nothing fresh, and nothing thats going to expire anytime soon
any other meal ideas you guys can come up with that can be stored through long periods of no power?
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You should also throw monolithic dome into the mix if you're looking at just the filter, they have kits including a prefilter sock or just parts. I think they were a missionary group that started making their own filters.
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I will be buying more propane-powered lighting/heating items for blizzard and/or power outage situations, obviously things like heavy coats, thermal underwear, extra wool blankets and such, modified car kits for snowy situations, etc...but what other advice (or checklists, supply lists, etc) can you guys offer someone new to colder climates?
Thanks in advance.
I ran connections from my office to my living room and have my PS4 and my TV hardwired to my router but I'm thinking this will not allow me to keep my computer in the office while I interface with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse in another part of the house.
Does anyone have a suggestion? If you need more info, I can provide specs on what I have in place right now. I just need to know what you'd need to know. I don't mind spending some coin to make it happen.
Thanks you for helping.
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I recently had all my knives stole by some scumbag from my ute and need to start over again and i wouldnt mind some advice.
I orginally had these knives:
Mora companion
Schrade schf9
Full size ka bar
I didnt like carrying so many knives so the advice im after is should i replace the schf9 with a survival/combat knife or put up with carrying the extra wait?.
The knives im thinking about getting are the
Schf10
Schf38
Schf26
My worry is will i lose battoning ability.?
Im from australia so when recommending knives be aware that we pay 2 or 3 times as much as americans do.
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WHY? For fun... Why not?
Base coat--desert tan
Leaf Coat--OD Green over-spray with oak branches
Top--crinkle coat of white/black crinkled paper dab
Finish--Dust of ODG to smooth sharp transitions
My primary areas will be Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Montana. I have two objectives.
1. Primary residence (on 20+acres)
2. Land Trust with several other liked minded folks (a bunch of us have recently retired) to drastically increase acreage/terrain controlled.
Please let me know if there are preferred Realtors in said areas or if ya'll have any pitfalls (that only locals see) for me to avoid.
If I should post this in a different forum, please advise.
No fooling, I pick up the RV Monday from the shop (i'ts been in storage).
Thanks
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When TSHTF or we have an EOTWAWKI scenario that knocks out communications and electricity, Books will be like manna from heaven to the brain. Over my 60 years I've been a guy that preferred the movie over reading as I was tortured in College having to read "The Odyssey" But it wasn't until I grew older that I learned to appreciate the silence and peacefulness of a good book. (Something hard for an ADD Musician to acclimate to)
I have a small but decent library of about 40 books or less. Many of them are self-help books (Stephen Covey) Many of them are about WWII from the German aspect. (I'm German) I have books like "The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Biographies of Gunther Rall. Everything on Oswald Boelcke (German WWI Ace)
I have the Classics of Shakespeare. (I used to belong to a Classic Book Club)
Lots of biographies on Musicians I admire (being a professional musician) such as John Lennon and Elvis.
About a year ago, I started reading Albert Schweitzer and got a first edition of "African Notebook".
I've never read Moby **** so I bought that a couple of nights ago on EBAY and tonight I bought the script and legend of Casablanca.
I'm on the look out for an Encyclopedia Britannica collection but I don't know which edition to buy as the History shifters will be calling George Washington a slave owner and claim he died of syphilis. (I want to avoid such "re-written" history.) I think I'll have to pick one of those up in a garage sale.
ANYWAY: I wanted to ask what books you would start collecting if you anticipated a Carrington event or EMP or a Nuke? I was thinking I would get what I thought were the best movies of my lifetime such as "The Godfather". How else will we be able to remember these wonderful stories? And I'll get to see if (Like they say) Oh the book was much better than the Movie.
Yes I know there are classics like "Gone with the wind". But what are the top 10 Books you would go out and buy if you didn't already own them to start your library? Books like "A Christmas Carol" by ****ens. Of course I have several different versions of the Bible. (For cross reference).
What are your MUST HAVES?
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He reversed engineered it with research from elections 1860-1980. And when applied to all elections since 1860, is correct 100%.
Besides the bookies in Vegas and 538, who else is there and how correct were they?
(Disclaimer:I support Trump this election for a few reasons. First off, I agree with him about 60% overall and 80% of what I consider the five most important issues. My second big reason is that I do not want Hillary in the White House. Third reason is that I can not vote third party in this election because I have seen no results from my previous years'voting for 3rd party. I am going to stop doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.)
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But we all need to be prepared for flash floods and fires. So I've got camping gear in the truck and 2 BOBs and a Medical BOB.
I know I've spent thousands on preps. And I have duplicates of certain essentials dozens of ways to make fire and flashlights with batteries taped to the sides.
I know where the dehydrated food is, and I know where the canned food is. But I'll be damned if I can find an extra set of Glock magazines I had ready to go. They're not in my ammo boxes with my Polymags. Plus, I was looking for my extra back up Compass, but can't find it.
How often do you check and organize your preps?
I think I'm as bad a someone who hasn't prepped. This really scared me because I know I have lots of stuff from surgical kits to a Generator to a small solar charger. But I haven't really gone through and made sure everything was still there so I'll know where it is when I need it.
I believe this is a result of starting out as a "casual" prepper. You know, buying water, dehydrated food as well as extra canned food. Stock piling projectiles and so fourth. But when you've got crap everywhere but not enough to devote an entire room to it, you find that you have preps in 3 - 4 different closets, As you buy new stuff you just say: "I dunno, just put it on that shelf over there".
Am I the only one that's this disorganized?
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Why the **** is government even sticking their nasty fingers in the union between two people in the first place? What the **** business is it of any government to get involved in that? |
. Looks like these have pretty decent reviews for a lightweight, inexpensive bow. http://ift.tt/2ds0y1V. Shoot me a PM if you have a line on one. Much appreciated.
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