monkeylizard

I think a Mosin 1891/30 makes a good home defense rifle. You can hide in the closet in a back bedroom and skewer the invader when they come in the front door. Or pig-stick the guy in your neighbor's house from your kitchen window. :)   Seriously though, cheap to buy and cheap to shoot can be two different things. .223 and 7.62x39 ammo are about the cheapest centerfire cartridges around without getting into something obscure and/or hard to find. It's possible (when the ATF doesn't use the b-a-n word) to find steel-cased in those calibers for around 20 cents each if you can buy in bulk. .308 is going to be closer to 50 cents and 30-30 is north of 60 cents.   Personally, I think the SKS prices are crazy right now and have been for a while. You can get an AK fir just a few bucks more, but then again, you can get an AR for about the price of an AK these days. AR prices are scraping the bottom. If you can swing one, now's a good time to do it. I've seen the Smith&Wesson M&P Sport AR-15 as low as about $525 lately.

The only one in the original Alexandria group with real contributing skills is the architect husband. Even that's unfocused and prone to design flaws from lack of "out there" experience. With Glenn, Rick, Carol and Darryl advising on security matters, his designs could become solid defenses.   I think Sam cozied up to Carol because she's not just a mother figure, but a strong mother figure. Something he doesn't have if his mom is being beat and won't stand up for herself or for him. If daddy's beating him, he may see Carol as someone who can protect him. Her little speach in the pantry may have had the opposite effect in some ways than she intended. Instead of staying away, he's drawing closer to her. I suspect he won't say anything about the guns, but because of loyalty, not fear. If Carol ever has proof he's beating Sam, Darryl won't have to gut him like a squirrel. Carol will slit his throat passing him on the sidewalk and never break stride....which would make a phenomenal closing scene for an episode.   +1 to seeing that the group is being put in position to take over everything. Bring on the RickCaroltatorship and let's go hunt some wolves!

Try Arnold's for some Southern comfort and soul food. Only open for lunch.

  meh. The Loveless is more famous for being famous than it is for great food these days. Plus they're posted. I live under 10 minutes from there and can count the number of times I've been in the past two years by making a fist. The "new" ownership hasn't been good for them, IMO. If you're going to take a drive/ride on the Natchez Trace, it's worth stopping for, but I don't think it's worth going all the way out there just for the food.   I hear great things about breakfast at The Southern downtown and Marche in East Nashville.

  Yep, I forgot about the one in E. Nashville. It's still there too.

  You got to use baggies? He must have changed the policy since I earned mine.

The NRA sets up a swag booth with stuff for sale. T-shirts, hats, pins, etc. http://www.nraam.org/special-events/nrastore.aspx

The Calypso Cafe in Cool Springs and the one in Belle Meade are closed.   Their Thompson Lane/100 Oaks location is open, and I think the one on Elliston Place is still open as well.

  This. Just "clear the fence".   Probably some better stuff in the "cage" part of the warehouse anyway. That's where the small, rare, and valuable stuff is going to be. Not sure why they rolled out there to the warehouse in a van when they have a big rig. Go out there with a crew and empty that place out. The supplies for the wall could wait a day while the truck was in use (or hey...get a 2nd truck!). They'd have enough gear to set up solar on every house instead of having a centralized array, plus spare parts for decades.

Things to do: Grand Ole Opry Backstage tour of The Ryman Country Music Hall of Fame Johnny Cash Museum The 'tonks on Broadway Frist Center (check their site to see if it the current exhibits would interest you or your GF) Cheekwood gardens Belle Meade Plantation (better house and grounds than The Hermitage, but it's not a President's home) Tours of various breweries (Yazoo, Fat Bottom, Jackelope) or the Corsair distillery. Small boutique shopping in East Nashvile, 12 South, The Gulch or Hillsboro Village A show at the Bluebird (if you can get tickets) Visit the state Capitol, state museum, and state military museum (all free). Bicentennial Mall state park Farmers Market next to the Bicentennial Mall

  Yes, Shane beat the crap out of Ed in the quarry for slapping Carol. Carol cried and begged him to stop, then tended to Ed's wounds. He got eaten in the next episode. Darryl was going to smash his head with a pick axe to prevent zombie-Ed, but Carol stepped up and did it, unleashing her pent up rage by smashing the remnants of Ed repeatedly.

I pre-registered almost 2 months ago. Still nothing. I don't think it's about turn-around time so much as it's that they'll send them all out when the date gets a little closer. I suspect they'll shut off the pre-reg option soon and then batch them all up into one big mailing process.

I'm generally fond of the GoalZero products. I like their small portable panels when I'm camping. Their stuff is easy to use and seems well built. That said, I suspect you could build a larger system for that price (or a comparable system for less money) by doing it yourself. If he's looking for an easy turnkey solution and doesn't mind the cost, it's certainly an option. Keep in mind that the output ratings will vary depending on how much sunlight he can get on the panels. When power goes out from ice, that's not usually hapenning on sunny days. The "generator" is a packaged battery/inverter/solar controller. Like most batteries, he would have to keep it maintained by either leaving it plugged in for trickle charging or by storing it in a cool dry place and plugging it in every so often (manufacturer should have a recommended schedule).   If he's worried about EMP, solar may not be there the way he thinks it will unless he stores the components in a Faraday cage. Nobody really knows what will and won't survive an EMP. Even if the solar panels themselves survive, the controller and inverter may not.

http://goo.gl/maps/vVZEc avoids MD altogether and adds 1.5 hours to the default route up I-81.   Keep in mind that you'll only be in MD for a few miles at Hagerstown up I-81. It's up to you if avoiding that is worth 1.5 hours each way or not.

She took 1/4 bar each time. They've individually wrapped 1/4 bars in foil.

You can always spot real Russian WW2 vets. They're the ones who can put their right hand over their heart by first reaching around their back.

Maybe it was this guy.....

  Spiffy, ignore nightrunner. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Your M885 is 30 better than that M855 stuff. Besides, the ATF backed off their M855 ban but they didn't say anything at all about backing off on an M885 ban. A year from now you'll be wishing you had bought another 10K at that price.

  There's a scroll window of photos. One of them shows the top of the receiver. 1946 is on it.

  This x 1,000.   The heavier the gun, the stiffer/tighter the belt needs to be. I need to use my gun belt with a G26/19, but I can use just about any old belt with a Kahr PM9 or a Ruger LCP.

Yep. Ivan was one tough SOB.

I'm not ashamed to say I have a rubber slip-on nancy pad on my 91/30. It's a cheap-o Winchester one from Wal-Mart. Size small fits the Mosin stocks. I don't have one on my M44. If I were shooting it a lot (more than say 20 rounds at a time) in the summer, I'd wuss out and put one on it too. It does tame the impact into the shoulder well. Winter's no big deal with heavier jackets to take some of the punch, but that bare metal butt plate isolated from my skin by a mere T-shirt can wear me out quick.

It was made in the Izhevsk plant (triangle with arrow) in 1946. Looks to be in pretty good shape.   The tool that looks like a mini saw/key ring is a gauge for checking the firing pin for proper positioning. there are Youtube videos on how to check that. Look for some YouTube videos for taking down the bolt. It's the same bolt as the 91/30 so a video on that one will be the same steps. Most videos of the bolt assembly will show how to check the firing pin.

You heard it here first, folks. In the zombie apolcalypse, Caster is instituting Tuxedo Tuesdays. :D   As for the RV, I can get why they don't have some super cool ride like that Actionmobil. Those are rare and not the kind of thing you'd find just sitting on a lot in a small town, or even in Atlanta's suburbs, but come on. It has been a year and a half (maybe 2?) since the outbreak. surely they could have found a Prevost or something. Heck, get in one of those abandoned big rigs, armor it, and retrofit a 53' trailer. Plenty of those abandoned auto shops have torches and tanks to start the welding. It may not be fancy, but it can roll on through a lot of herds with a nice plow on the front. Mount some .50's from those Hummers at the CDC area on top of the cab and trailer and call it a day.   Why stop at 1? They roll up on a group of bad guys, with 3 armored and armed large vehicles, it's over without a fight.   The possibilities of what you can do to armor and arm something like that are incredible. My post-apocalypse ride's going to look like James Bond and Mad Max had a crazy, albeit regrettable, night in Vegas.