Jamie Jackson

Welcome Home.   Thank you for your service Huff. :usa:

Good going JPS. Innovative! :up:     Just a head's up: A bud e-mailed me to let me know [url=http://krogernashville.mywebgrocer.com/Circular/KROGER-MARKETPLACE-686/4D66124734/Weekly/2/1]Kroger's is starting some good "loss leader" sales today, 11-5.[/url]   Land-O-Lakes butter is $2.49/lb when you purchase 10.   What am i gonna do with 10 pounds of butter?! you might ask. :cool:   Well...I first freeze it. Then vac seal it. I stored and used butter in this fashion and found it to keep extremely well for up to 2 years in our chest freezers.     Kroger's also have turkey's at $.79/lb...not bad.   I recently canned one we had left in our freezer from last year...I did bake the drumsticks and wings...then boned out and canned the rest of the meat, and made several pints of good quality stock from the leftovers and canned that.   Of course you can always just cook it and eat it LOL.

Thanks for the explanation on the powders folks. My frame of reference on that is IMR 3031 and W 231...not dogging the guy, but Wow. :cool:   It was a double charge of 231 that blew my Glock long ago. I use a much bulkier powder for 45 acp now days...Unique.

Great points musicman and Mark.   Space is always a consideration. But most folks would be truly surprised at the amount of available space they possibly hadn't even considered.   A lot of people keep clothes, shoes, Christmas decorations and such under their beds in [url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Wheeled-Underbed-Box/38664630]"slide in & out" plastic totes[/url]. Those things hold a bunch of canned goods.   Space in the bottom of closets work well for 5 gallon buckets. Cover them with a sheet and place a 1"x12" section of pine board on top and you have an extra shelf for your normally stored items. My wife hasn't complained and complemented me on the idea.   Regards canned goods in general: What we normally refer to as an "expiration date" is more times than not a "Best By" date. As long as there is not rust on the cans, and they maintain there vac sealed state, i.e. not swollen or bloated, they are GTG for several years after that scary date. The texture will degrade eventually, and some component of nutrition will eventually suffer...but they do just "go bad" as the date passes. I'm certain most folks reading this already understand that, so those points are for folks just considering food storage.   FIFO that musicman mentioned. "First In - First Out" is the general rotation principle. That sharpie marker Caster mentioned comes in handy. :up:   Mark is spot on regarding dehydration reducing storage space needs. We will purchase dehydrated canned or bagged foods on sale, like at [url=http://www.thereadystore.com/food-storage/preparation-method/dehydrated-food-storage] The Ready Store[/url]. or Maybe dehydrate our own with our Excalibur dehydrator and store in jars. (We keep these under a kitchen island and use them frequently...very frequently.)     Copy Canning is a concept we initially practiced. It didn't have that title back then, but the concept is simply purchasing 2-3 "extra" cans of whatever is on your grocery list and putting those into your FIFO rotation. You'd be amazed at how quickly your stock will build over just a few months time...and it's "stuff" you already use...That's how it got on your list...remember? :pleased:       Just some thoughts...please share yours. I'm always looking for and needing ideas.

I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one on the "delivery lookout" guys LOL. :pleased:   I'm looking forward to the Black Friday sales as well. I've had good experiences with the shipping times also...but don't mind waiting if they save me some bucks... :up:

Great suggestions Caster.   I look for sales like you mentioned! You can save a bundle that way.   We use the sharpies as well, and rotate back to front on canned goods.   This time of year is great for sales. Walmart is running brand name canned vegetables (Libby's and Delmonte) at $.50/can currently.

I've never used those powders either...   But Thanks also for the reminder jphillips.

No judgement here either. Wow. He's very fortunate indeed!   I've blown up a Glock (model 21) years ago. Progressive press and a second of focused inattention = double charge. :ugh:   I am fortunate to have not been seriously injured. Very fortunate it was a handgun and not a large bore rifle.

We have some great threads about good buys on guns & ammo for 'em.  (Bullets)   We have some great threads on gardening and food preservation. (Good start on the "beans" portion)   We need more info on the "Beans" (storage foods) and "Bandaids" ( 1st Aid/Self-care/Buddy-care) parts of the equation imho.     We can, freeze, dehydrate, garden and put back LTS (Long Term Storage) buckets of things we use every day.       So how about posting some good buys you folks run across?     We practice the old adage of "Store what you eat and Eat what you store", so our rotation is constant.   We made our grocery rounds today (11/3/14) and stopped in Krogers. Their house brand beans, one pound bags, were/are on a "Close-Out" sale. A couple of weeks ago they were averaging $1.39/lb bag. We picked up about 40 lbs of various beans, ranging from $.42/lb (white Lima beans) through $.69/lb (for Blackeye peas). We got Lima beans, Great Northern beans, black beans, pinto beans etc. Their 16 bean soup mix, 2 lbs were $1.59/bag. (makes great French Market Soup!)   I sure these will sell out pretty fast at these prices.   Just thought I'd share the savings and hope you folks will do the same. :pleased: --

It'll never happen, unless I win the lottery...but first I'd have to purchase the ticket... :squint:   Why? Because, That's why! :cool:   Holland & Holland SLNE Double Rifle 3 Barrel Set http://www.gunsinternational.com/Holland-Holland-SLNE-Double-Rifle-3-Barrel-Set.cfm?gun_id=100474502&CFID=10772799&CFTOKEN=e16a079924782be2-9C763A1B-90B1-1C3E-AE80F808A97F7087   or   H&K MP5 SD with a Navy trigger. (MP5SD-N)   http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=123

  Happy to be of service. :hat:

Very Nice Caster! I like your setup my friend.   Heck..you guys always cost me money! :wall:           Thank you. :hat:

Is this the type of shotgun scabbard you guys are discussing?   http://www.voodootactical.net/p-34-voodoo-tactical-shotgun-scabbard.aspx   I can definitely see some utility in one.   Looking forward to the pics Caster.

    Yes, imho it's a cover story. After-all, that's what everyone seems to say...so it's repeated.   The vast majority of the patients I see and treat will admit that they were either drawing, holstering, or other wise pointing the muzzle at one of their body parts and inadvertently...or intentionally...pulled the trigger...BOOM!   I always discuss the 4 Rules of Gun Safety with them. Generally it's accepted in the spirit it was offered...generally... :cool:

  Well...that's my justification for owning and shooting Glocks! :pleased:

"I was cleaning my gun and it went off!"   I hear this BS, lamesass excuse at least 2-3 times each and every year...Last month it was a through & through wound to the thigh. :shake:   I've seen a beautiful .45 caliber hole through a left hand, fingers shot completely off, .40 caliber wounds through the calf or foot (usually on the dominate side...you know, like if you were drawing or holstering the handgun with your finger on the trigger) ...always with an "empty gun" "While I was cleaning it"... Quite remarkable the amount of damage done by dumbasses with empty guns while cleaning them.   I guess we should all just stop cleaning our guns. Maybe restrict the sale of Hoppes? :ugh:

I'm not a "Facebook" 'er...but when I Googled "Book 9 Joe Nobody" it took me there...looks like Book 9 should be out around Christmas...which probably means Feb 2015... :cool:   Thanks for the tips on the SyFy reads hipower. :pleased:       My Son and his Son have my copy of Unintended Consequences (which I purchased when it was first released). It's an incredible book really, especially the historical development on the assault of the "Gun Culture" as Ross puts it. I was shocked to see the current price of the books. I thought it was re-released a few years back???   I know it's not paper...but here's a link to the pdf of UC. Hope that helps.   http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Uploads/129/Media/Unintended_Consequences.pdf

    I put it on pre-order a few days ago on Amazon. I like me some A.American! :up:

Thank you Gordon. I knew you'd come through and saved me a bunch in the process! :hat:

I store a fair amount of meat...beef, chicken, pork, and venison.   Like folks have said...3+ years in a freezer if you package it right. I cooked up some venison sausage from 2011 just last week.   Prepping meat: I will cut it up, ziplock bag it, then freeze it for about 12-24 hours...then vacuum seal it. If it's in a ziplock bag, I make sure I open the bag before processing the vacuum sealer. That seems to get the air vacuumed out better, even with stew meat.   We also pressure can all of the above. It stores very well that way, even at 5 plus years and has no dependency on electricity.     As regards backup power:   We have a generator and also an inverter for my pickup. That inverter will allow us to "charge up" the freezers much more quietly than the genny.   Obviously a chest type freezer will preserve foods longer and more easily than an upright. We have 2 of them and couldn't imagine being without them.   :2cents:   :pleased:

Outstanding "handgun" Dol. :up:   As regards the rear sight...can you post a pic when you have time?   Did you have to modify the rear sight in any manner to make it fit? Or will they swap out relatively easily?   What are your thoughts on the ones I linked below?     Don't mean to be a PIA, but appreciate the help. :pleased:     http://www.k-var.com/shop/AK-020W.html   https://www.k-var.com/shop/RPK-020.html   http://www.northridgeinc.com/store/index.cfm/c119/i685

    When you find that $6.00 deal please post it and let us know. :pleased:

I'm in the : placement, placement, placement with a proven reliable round category.   The only "exotic" round wound I've seen was many years ago when Glaser Safety rounds came out...old flat point style in .38 or .357...not really sure. But the guy that was shot had a light jacket on, the shot was by an Officer at close range into the chest. The very superficial surface wound was darn nasty, the ribs were visible, but there wasn't any penetration into the chest cavity. Did it stop the aggressive action towards the officer? Yep...but only because the aggressor chose to stop.   I stay with traditional rounds, like Gold Dot. Accurate shot placement into the correct place with deep enough penetration seems the best bet for me.     No dissing your post HV, just an observation and an opinion. :2cents:

  Very good price these days Luke. Jump on 'em. :pleased:   iirc Ball, Mason, Kerr, and Golden Harvest are all manufactured by Jarden Industries...anybody fact-check me on this?     btw...it's been a few years, but I've picked up several cases of Ball jars at UGO (United Grocery Outlet) before. ($5.00/dozen for pints). If you have one locally you might want to check.   Another good source is Ace Hardware...they have sales each spring and will even "rain-check" you on sold out items...         kck...I've not tried Tattler lids, even though they have been around for some time. They always have had good reviews in Back Woods Home magazine (also an excellent canning & self sufficiency resource :up: ) They are on my "need to try" list.

Ingredients like flour, corn starch, rice, and pasta will alter the thickness of the liquid, possibly making it too thick for even penetration/distribution of the heat, leaving pockets of unsterilized foods allowing growth of things that will hurt you...bacteria, spores, etc.   It is suggested that you add those things (flour, corn starch, rice, pasta, etc) when you open the jar to prepare your meals.   Glad you ordered the Blue Book. You'll find some good solid info there. :up:     additional tip: After filling my jars, I wipe the rim of the jar off with a paper towel that is wet with white vinegar. The vinegar cleans the rim, removes any grease, and allows a better seal...so far so good. I'm certain it could be argued as unnecessary...but it works for me thus far.