What have you done to prep this week?

[Kesephist]

OH, and as to prep... got half a dozen of Coleman's answer to the P-51/FRED can opener.Looks much like the Aussie FRED.

[orangetom1999]

Picked up some reloading supplies this weekend when On my way to a Island cottage on the next peninsula over for the weekend.


I verily like this store as it usually has what I want and the staff is very down to earth and friendly in that manner.


Picked up

One box of .410 caliber Hornady XTP bullets in 210 grain for my .41 Magnum....100 count


One box of 100 count .308... 150 grain spire points Hornady,


And one box of .375 caliber bullets Hornday XTP ...in 158 grain for loading into .38 Specials or .357 Magnum cases...100 count,


Will be returning to pick up another box of .357 diameter bullets in 158 grain Hornday XTP...100 count

Also another box of 150 grain .308 Spire points Hornday...100 count


Looking also to get a box of 230 grain plated round nose bullets in .452 diameter for reloading .45ACP....500 count.



Thanks,
Orangetom

[Kesephist]

Picked up some reloading supplies this weekend when On my way to a Island cottage on the next peninsula over for the weekend.


I verily like this store as it usually has what I want and the staff is very down to earth and friendly in that manner.


Picked up

One box of .410 caliber Hornady XTP bullets in 210 grain for my .41 Magnum....100 count


One box of 100 count .308... 150 grain spire points Hornady,


And one box of .375 caliber bullets Hornday XTP ...in 158 grain for loading into .38 Specials or .357 Magnum cases...100 count,


Will be returning to pick up another box of .357 diameter bullets in 158 grain Hornday XTP...100 count

Also another box of 150 grain .308 Spire points Hornday...100 count


Looking also to get a box of 230 grain plated round nose bullets in .452 diameter for reloading .45ACP....500 count.



Thanks,
Orangetom

Tom,

Winchester, with their M-22 rounds, uses a blackish hard copper for their plating. Are your .452's similarly plated?

K

[Katrina]

Sorry I haven't been on much this summer. We lost all the maters due to blossom rot, learning experience for us. Everybody around here has lost their peas due to the heat. Salad greens have gone nuts, got about 10 cuttings from the plants. Gave some to the lady that does my hair, she wanted more but the plants have bolted. Now waiting till the seed pods form for next year, carrots are going good. Got 6 peppers off the ( 2 free) plants DH got AND they have more buds, so hope we can get more before it gets too cold here. Did get more canning jars, they were on sale plus I had coupons for two dollars off every case, SCORE!! It worked out to less than $3.00 per case. DH and I went to an estate sale (part 2 of this sale) got a lot of new towels, brand new for bath room for VERY little, hot pads and mitts. My mitts and pads are 15 years old, worn out, can't patch them any more,so DH says "Maybe it's time to replace them " LOL. He didn't get a change to snag some of the the totes the sale had. A lady said she was moving and took all the the good sized ones. The owner passed a few months ago and she was a hoarder so there was a TON of stuff there. MANY,many multiples of things. She had Christmas, all holidays, tons of unopened packages of bed linens,curtains and bath towel sets, dishes , costume jewelry, etc. DH said she put my dad, the King of the pack rat hoarders to shame with all the stuff she had stuffed in the pole barn and two story house.

[bacpacker]

Mostly been gardening in my free time from work. We've already put up 2 dozen jars of maters, almost 4 dozen jars of pickles. Wife's been freezing okra, I think 7 gallons so far. Froze 4 big bags of bell peppers and a gallon bag of jalapenos. Also harvesting butternut, acorn, and patty pan squash, cantaloupes, watermelons, cabbage, kidney beans. Hope to dig my onions this weekend. That is if the rain hasn't rotted them in the ground.

[Katrina]

Went to a Family Preparedness Expo today put on by one of the counties near me. Very interesting, met a younger couple and their 10 year old daughter that are prepping and exchanged contact info.They said they are concerned with what's been going on for the last few years so they decided to try and become more self sufficient. Met a lady that calls herself the "Canning Diva" and got some good advice about canning. Met someone that is part of a preparedness group north of me, was invited to the expo they are hosting end of the month. Looked them up and it's looks to be a large one, supposedly there are about 50 different vendors and lecturers so I'll be going to that end of the month. I saw them on Prepper Shows.com. Called a friend who lives there, she said they had done one last year and it was pretty good, no she doesn't prep (normalcy bias) but she said she had fun when (her "nutty" as she called him) cousin dragged her to it. So I'll let you all know how it was. I brought home some literature from today's expo and DH has been perusing it, so maybe there's hope for him yet. He actually pointed out an article Consumer's Report had on Get home bags and a couple of other articles on being prepared, imagine that.

[Brownwater Riverrat 13]

Built, sanded and sealed my control board for the solar power, 4'x8' sheet of plywood, in the new "AMB" Agricultural Maintenance Building. Then once I've installed all the appropriate pieces on the board, I'll be ordering batteries. More to follow

[realist]

I'm in the process of helping to put together a new range. We have a general purpose 100 yard shooting area with a more formal 600 yard range. I have about a dozen pieces of old reactive steel. All of our target stands are pretty beat up. We are also going to be welding up another 24 target stands. I just took delivery of 5 pepper poppers from MGM targets. Hopefully after the winter rains we can finish it up. We are looking to adding two plate racks, 12 knock downs, several stationary and at least 5 to 7 more poppers. The steel is being financed by our spent brass which we recycle. It is a shame we can not find a source to buy for reloading. Right now I have about 1,500 pounds of mixed 9 mm, 40 cal, 45 acp and 223 brass in my garage which I am going through and cleaning all the junk out. The nice thing is when this range is in operation there will be limited use but I will have access whenever I want.

[Sniper-T]

Just got the first 6 quarts of salsa canned. More to come on the weekend.

[realist]

I'm currently at the Remington Armorer school in Salinas (armpit) Ca. The 870 is an easy system to work on but I need the cert renewed. The nice thing is I get 50% off msrp one gun from Remington. Next week I will be shopping!!!