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You should let Mr. Ramsey know that.

I am not shocked. Harwell and Ramsey are not our friends, except when they want votes. Time for some house cleaning!

Awesome looking blades! Congratulations!

SKy, I totally agree with you on this. I was just voicing my support for the Hunter's addition too. I have to agree with others here about half loaves and for more and more people getting their HCP! I'm ok with the bill as is, if it will pass. But I would like to have my cake with a little icing on occasion!

I thought the Hunting license was one of the better amendments to this bill. I can't count the times I've left to go hunting at the end of the work day, with an unloaded rifle or shotgun hidden under all my gear. That's just common sense. I really question how much support Mr. Ramsey actually has for the Second Amendment. I think he really could care less. He is just trying to placate us and hang on to a few more votes come the next election. I liked the third comment! The poster is spot on. I think there is an argument to be made about the HCP statute creating a whole different class of people that are more equal than others. Now is not the time for that argument though. After we kick out the current "Second Amendment Supporters, But Only When It's Convenient" crowd, then we can move to what the Second Amendment is really about. I'd love to see us become like Alaska, Arizona and Vermont.

I've eaten raw octopus tentacles and not fried calamari either... well I've eaten that too and it's good. I've had the whole tentacles. That was a little weird til I chewed it up. Never eaten fish eggs, except on sushi.

Listen to Mark@Sea! He knows the subject. I was at his house a couple of years ago and he has the most fantastic Coleman collection I've ever seen! He gave my son a little lantern which we used last week camping!

A .22 bolt will out shoot an auto every time. If you just want to burn a lot of ammo or hunt, get the 10/22. If you want to hunt and hit 1 MOA at 100 yards, get a bolt. I have a preference for the Winchester Mdl 52. Wish it was still made.

Man, Canada could be a long haul! It could take you months if it was really bad. Hopefully, if you had some warning (which I hope we have in a international or national SHTF situation) you could move up there before hand. I like some of your plans, though. You came up with a good plan of attack with the firearms.

Evaporate and condense, doesn't make a whole lot of water. It does work however. I guess it all depends on what you think you need to do. If I were Bugging in or in at a Safe House, I would definitely set up the sand filter system, if for nothing else than as a back up to a well or a public water line. If I were really out in the woods and living off the grid, then it might be my main purification system.

I actually plan on moving my family in a SHTF situation, but only a short distance and only because I have a butt load of family in that area for support. Otherwise I would stay put like you are planning on doing, CS_1999.

1. A natural disaster - Likely 2. An attack from outside our Borders - Likely 3. Plaque or Epidemic of some type - Likely 3. Economic collapse followed by civil unrest - Possible 4. Government overthrow - Not likely I think there is always a high probability that there will be some weather related natural disaster or maybe an earthquake on a localized level. I also think that at some point we will be attacked again, either by a country or a terrorist group with a nuclear device. I really fear an EMP attack, as I think we are totally unprepared for such an event. I think at some point we will also see some sort of an epidemic, either natural or man made. This could even be in the form of a terrorist attack. Economically, while I don't think it's likely I do think it could possibly happen, but I think we'd have some warning of impending doom and we would have a chance to prepare for it. I really don't buy into the Government over throw thing. I think that's pretty much Tin Foil Hat time. Alcohol would be one of those great items to put back. If I had the money, I would put several cases of cheap stuff back. It can be used for medical situations, as a fuel, to drink and to trade. IMO, it would be worth more than gold or silver. Other items that should be put back are gunpowder, lead, paper, various medicines such as antibiotics and pain killers, bows and arrows, bullets, spices, hand tools, seeds... the list could be endless!

The March/April issue of The Backwoodsman had an excellent article on a Sand Filter System for use at a cabin. You all might want to pick up an issue and check it out. Simple and cheap to make!

There are some things you can do to improve the sheaths on these things. Here is one of the better modification tutorials I've seen. http://woodtrekker.blogspot.com/2011/06/guest-post-mora-511-knife-and-sheath.html

I handled one a year or so ago. I didn't shoot it. It's definitely not up to Colt standards for fit and finish as stated. For example, I have a Colt Agent and when you cock it and hold the hammer back and then pull the trigger, there is absolutely no play in the cylinder. The lock up is outstanding! There was quite a bit of play in the Armscor version that I handled when I tried this. You could shake it and hear it raddle. Of course, the one I was handling was also something like $250. I would be interested in hearing some range reports.

Dolomite, you DO NEED ONE!!! LOL! I love my Saiga! Got to agree with the statement about AKs. Toughest rifles out there for the money. Decently accurate, go bang every time, require little maintance, simple to operate and to learn to shoot (just ask all the Gorilla fighters since the 1960's. Ammo is plentiful and cheap. What's not to love! The two bad things about the lever action .357s are the price for the rifle and finding more than 1 at one store, otherwise, I think it's a perfect combination. When you find them, they are very expensive. I haven't seen one for less than $600 and I've never seen any store that actually had more than one in stock. It's just not a rifle you see a lot of. If you really want .357, other options are the little Ruger bolt action ( http://www.ruger.com...357/models.html but they aren't cheap either and probably had to find too) or as stated earlier, the H&R Handi-rifle (again hard to find). I love the idea, especially when you pair it with a .22LR lever gun, but if you are wanting to pick them all up at one place at the same time, I think you're going to have trouble with that.

Where you batoning the blade or something when you did that?

bentonbjones, do you know what model you have?

Awesome bird! She looks excited!!! I was up at Big South Fork thursday through today and happened to see two toms. The one late yesterday was huge!

Great job! Moras are great knives, especially for the money!!! One thing I see others do with their Moras is square the spine up for ease of use with a fire steel. You might want to consider doing that with yours. Maybe just an inch or two in front of the gimping.

Got to second Nama's in Knoxville. It's a bit expensive though. At work we go to Kampai a lot for Sushi. It's half the cost of Nama's, but still real good! For general Japanese food, nothing beat Wasabi's with Little Tokyo running a very close second!!! I love Japanese!!!

Just got back from camping up at Bandy Creek Campground in the Big South Fork about an hour ago. Took the Clash, the Opinel No. 9, my Helle Odel and a CS Trail Hawk. I also had a axe. Processed the larger pieces of wood with the ax and the smaller ones with the Trail Hawk. It was excellent for that task. Very light and handy and didn't wear me out. I also used it to drive stakes with the pole. Took a little more patience, but again it worked like a charm. I think it's an excellent camp tool. I loaned out the knives to my girls and later on to my son (he brought an old Gerber Gater that I had. He has admired that knife since he saw it, so I gave it to him a month or so ago. I hate it. It has serrations and they are next to useless, as he found out), and we sat down and whittled out wiener sticks and later on marshmellow sticks for the fire. My three knives worked fantastic. I've used the Helle before and it's my general purpose woods knife, sharp as heck, light and handy with a 3.5" fixed blade. Honestly, it's the best knife I own. I want a Helle Viking to go with it. It's a bit bigger. I hadn't used the Opinel and the Clash before and wanted to see how they did. Both were excellent and made short work out of whittling down the cookers. Each limb started out as big as my thumb and we took each down to about a 1/4" in diameter. As I said, the Gater has serrations and you can't whittle with it, so I soon gave my Clash up to my son so he could use it. My oldest took over the Opinel and carried it around in her pocket the whole time. I'll probably eventually give that one to her, after of couse, I find another one. I had to sharpen it when I bought it, but it was razor sharp in no time flat and stayed that way, the whole time . It's an excellent knife to be so simple in design and an excellent $9 spent at SMKW!!! The Clash was used on a variety of chores such as chopping food, opening packages, cutting cardboard and rope. Seems as sharp now as it was when I picked it up last week. Very handy knife when clipped to the right front pocket or to my suspenders. I'm very happy with this little knife!!! It will definitely be in my rotation for EDC knife with my Svord Peasant.

Nice! Doesn't the ammo for those cost and arm and a leg?

I feel your pain!

Just another reason NOT to visit New York City, as if I needed another.