What have you done to prep this week?

[jamesneuen]

well this past week I took a leap and got a permanent "spinal cord stimulator" installed as an alternative to starting opiates for pain management. Still recovering at the moment and finding out the best way to use this new thing. I'm happy to report that it does help a lot with the pain.

Next couple weeks I will be moving the wife and kids up to Sault Ste. Marie so the wife can go back to school while I deal with my military medical junk. We're excited but nervous about everything. I'm working on getting the car prepped and a good cold weather emergency kit together that she will know how to use and understands the need for.

[Kesephist]

If it can be done without eating up too much volume, for the cold I would recommend 1 good thick wool blanket (not the army itchy stuff)individually folded up and vacuumed down in a SpaceSaver plastic bag, per projected passenger. And an additional one just in case. Mylar emergency blankets only go so far.

[realist]

James "spinal cord stimulator" sounds medieval. If it makes life more do able then that it a good thing. Otherwise it should be kept in the basement.

I went through all my old Surefire lights and upgraded them. If you have some, it is easy. What I did is order the Cree bulbs from amazon and the lights went from 120 lumens to 650 lumens. I am looking at upgrading some to 1000. I highly recommend them.

[Kesephist]

I went through all my old Surefire lights and upgraded them. If you have some, it is easy. What I did is order the Cree bulbs from amazon and the lights went from 120 lumens to 650 lumens. I am looking at upgrading some to 1000. I highly recommend them.

What do Cree LEDs do to battery consumption? and is there a heat situation?

Kesephist

[mitunnelrat]

I got an OtIs 12ga cleaning kit and revision sawfly glasses today.

[Sniper-T]

gimpy as I may be, I am cleaning out my pantry, sorting and organizing!

[jamesneuen]

MTR, do you really like those? We got some a at work and I just hated them. They are impossible to scrub with. I'll take a brass rod any day

[mitunnelrat]

It's the first of their kits I picked up. I figured for $20 it was worth a try. It even had a .223 brush as a bonus item.

[bacpacker]

I have an Otis kit for 5.56 & 7.62. haven't used the large bore yet, but it worked OK for a 5.56. My AR kit works better, but the Otis has a better selection of tools with it.
I do like the Otis lube pretty well.

[realist]

Got to do some work teaching this week with three days of firearms and then today we were on the simulator. Well I had to make sure it was working. The new systems are really nice, I just wish i could put one in my house. It is a prism system and uses actual weapons which have been modified. Sig 226, S&W M&P, glock, Colt AR15 and Remington 870.