Jamie Jackson

Excellent advice on dry firing and seeking out basic instruction now, before you ingrain bad habits like most of us are prone to do. Something you might want to look at are some of the videos posted by Paul Gomez. Paul was a living encyclopedia of guns, training and tactics and a gifted instructor. Paul posted several videos here on TGO as he was planning on making TN his new home. RIP...I miss you Buddy. Link:

Thanks Jeremy. I remain old & slow but reasonably accurate. Gotta work on that.

Excellent AAR Tim. Good pics and nice shooting Sir. Thank you. I never had the pleasure of meeting Tiger, but I always heard and read positive things about him. A small class with that level of individual instruction is outstanding. I've been in classes with 20 or more people running relays and small ones like yours. I'll take the smaller groups every time. Much Obliged.

Thank you and you're welcome. I am guilty of doing that, and have been frustrated by other confusing acronyms. Internet communication can be challenging at times in general. Much obliged.

I like thinking outside the box as T. did, and the cost was negligible. He was a pretty clever Bud. It'd be much easier to do initially when building than afterwards...but still wouldn't be that difficult. Since you're in the initial planning stage, you have a lot of options open to you.

JAB; I'm in your AO and appreciate what you're saying about the heat and drought. It's been a challenge for us as well. Have you looked into something like Steve Solomon's COF? or his book Gardening When it Counts? I'm not a Solomon groupie or anything, but his book and the use of COF (complete organic fertilizer) has yielded a dramatic improvement in our gardening the past few years. His book has helped me better understanding how I am actually "growing the soil" and thereby increasing the nutritional quality of our produce. As i mentioned, the quality and taste improvement is pretty dramatic. We also compost all of our non-meat based kitchen wastes and add these to our raised beds. I also grow legumes in all of our raised beds for the nitrogen fixation at least once during each growing season...seems to be working so far. Thus far this week I added to and turned the compost piles. I picked and processed 2 more gallons of skinned and chopped tomatoes and froze them for a later canning day. I picked another dozen butternut squash and have them in the basement pantry curing. My asparagus beans are blooming and producing, so I'll be picking and prepping those later today. We should be pickling some okra and green tomatoes later in the week. Maybe some of the asparagus beans as well. JAB...I like your suggestion on grilling the tomatoes and plan to give it a try. Thanks!

I could hear me rattling like a cheap radio as well. LOL Excellent YouTube channel and videos Jeremy. Thank you. Check out Jeremy's YouTube channel guys! Good Stuff!

Not completely implausible. It does underscore the need for both a low profile and a MAG (Mutual Assistance Group) and certainly points out the folly of the Lone Wolf mentality. The concept has been explored in PAW fiction by several authors... Rawles, Forstchen, and Crawford. It's necessary to cover the Beans, Bullets, & Bandaids of prepping, but you also need Training to go along with the physical accoutrements.

Had a great time as well! Cloudy...but no rain. Excellent weather to my way of thinking. I enjoyed meeting new folks and getting to shoot again with Jeremy, BrasilNuts, Spiffy, Brad & (New shooter Brad's Brother Brian), and other great folks whose names I can't recall because I am old fart. And I got to meet bubbiesdad. It's good to be able to put faces with names. I'm already looking forward to the next match. Looking forward to the vids Jeremy. Thank you.

Excellent suggestions Dolomite. I like the idea of redundancy...having both an inside & an outside stash. And septic tank, I agree, is one of the least likely places to be checked. I would think either the PVC suggestion or caster's suggestion of a mortar canister would work well. Regards a potential fire...a buddy of mine in Louisiana, when he built on an addition to his house, put a 2'x6' wide x 2' deep lined and sealed hole in his concrete flooring, covered with a metal locking lid, and carpeted over it. Not extremely rapid access, but he was able to store a good bit of gear in it. He had it set up so as to be able to lift up the carpet for access, but with furniture setting on top when not accessing it. I appreciate all of the good ideas, suggestion and thought processes. Dolomite is right in that most peace officers will not be too enthused about weapon searches on honest folks...but unfortunately there are overzealous F-troop types that would be...but I think they are definitely a minority...I hope anyway...

The "weather-guesser" is calling for a 50% chance of rain tomorrow...that's also a 50% chance of no rain...I'm good with that. See you guys in the AM.

I have an old CRKT Crawford/Kasper folder that's seen a lot of hard use and abuse that's in my pocket as I type this. They're inexpensive, durable, and very serviceable. Very positive grip and fast into use. I'm also wearing my Clinchpik...it's been a constant companion for a number of years now. It is strictly a self defense tool. My knife at work (wearing scrubs) is a waved Griptillian. No belt, so no Clinchpik. I like it's ease of opening and edge retention. Great grip and blade shape as well. My working in the garden knife is a carbon steel Mora. They are inexpensive, yet durable knives that take a great edge.

I have one of Mike Sastre's sheath's he made for my CRKT Polkowski/Kasper Companion years ago. Mike is at River City Sheaths. Mike and I discussed the particulars I needed/wanted...the "what", "why", and "how"... prior to his making the sheath. It's an IWB and rides extremely well, good retention, but very fast and positive into use. Mike is a knowledgeable guy and good people. I couldn't be more pleased with his work.

Sights? You mean actually use my sights? Naw...I like to think of 'em as a hood ornament, like on an old Cadillac. But yer probably right...What the heck. LOL

Thanks for the link buck I started digging around in stack of Backwoods Home magazines looking for that article. Isn't cyber-technology great? Excellent suggestions on here thus far as well. I also read a book by Ragnar Benson entitled "Modern Weapons Chaching" back in the 90's. It contains some good info as well. But the Backwoods Home article has most of the info in the book. As was already mentioned, terrain changes with the seasons, and over just a couple of years it can change significantly. Good solid non-changing landmarks are very helpful, like a large stone in the area. As long as we are "Grid Up", GPS co-ordinates would be great. Thanks again for the link. It's an excellent article.

Just my opinion here. No my friend, you couldn't pre-cook food, vac seal it and store it at room temperature. It's a non-sterile environment and anerobic bacteria would start growing. That's why we pressure can foods with very strict procedures and guidelines. Vac sealing is a good method for storing intermediate term very dehydrated fruits and vegetables. Vac sealing meats and then freezing them helps prevent freezer burn and prolongs frozen food storage life. A clarification: I use the term "intermediate" because,from my experience, vac sealed bags will most likely leak at some point. I have vac sealed items...like dried pasta in my rotational food stores that have remained sealed for 3-4 years...other vac sealed items have lost their seal within that time period. Regards "Home made" MRE type meals: if you choose your intended items well...like extremely dehydrated fruits and or veggies...and intend to rehydrate them for a meal like a soup...it'd be doable. There are quite a few commercially prepared items you can put together for homemade MREs that suit your taste. I'm including a few links below to some sites with info on homemade MRE's. btw...the Food Saver is a great Prep Tool. http://selousscouts....e-made-mre.html http://bisonrma.blog...emade-mres.html [media=] [/media]

Just an FYI. I store corn that I picked up from Tractor Supply. It's twice cleaned and makes fine cornmeal. I've had it a few years, but iirc it was only around $7.00/25# when I purchased it.

Grind it into cornmeal. It can be rough on a grinder like a Back to Basic, but an inexpensive Corona type should handle it well. But it'll take several passes. It should store a long time, especially in Mylar with o2 absorbers. And the price will probably rise dramatically after this years drought. I don't know about you guys, but I love cornbread.

Nice kit Shep Stoner...and good additions as well. I really like the IBD's. I've used them several times with good success. heck...I keep one in my right hip pocket.

Excellent! See you there Jeremy.

Just a head's up. The stages for the August 4th Match at ORSA have been posted. here. It looks like it'll be another fun match. I plan on running my G17 with XS Big Dots and see if I can hit anything . Anybody else running XS Big Dots? What do you think about 'em? See you guys there. Prag

I was wondering the same. ?? Shep, let us know how your StoveTec works out. They are reportedly one of the best commercial rocket stoves. I spent about 6 hours working in the garden yesterday. My butternut squash are about finished. I picked 30 of them and have them on racks in the basement pantry. I prepped some beds for the next round of planting as well, then "flipped" the compost pile and watered it...we need a day of slow soaking rain. I reloaded some 9mm for this weekends IDPA match at ORSA after my "chores" were done.

I think you'll be pleased with your choice Chazmr. As I mentioned back in post #47, we use the ceramic filters and have a set of Black Berkey filters in our stores. The standard ceramic serve us well as we filter municipal water currently. Having the ability to insure safe clean water is a great feeling and one of the most crucial steps of preparedness. Well Done.

Well done Paladin. Professionalism and courtesy go a long way. And it impacts the business at a point they can comprehend... the cash register...while denying them the misplaced moral high ground. Congrats on you actions Sir.

I reload, so that addresses practice ammo for me. But I have fired thousands of rounds of Winchester white box, Blazer, and even Wolf in my Glock 19 with no complaints. My preference for carry ammo is Black Hills 124 gr +P in 9mm. They use the Gold Dot 124 gr HP bullet. I've shot over 1000 rounds if it, even chrno'ed some...minimal SD round to round. It's affordable enough to shoot every now and again (which we should with any carry ammo imho), and I personally like the 50 rounds boxes of carry ammo...just a quirk of mine I guess. That being said, most reputable ammo companies make good self defense rounds. As suggested, purchase a few different rounds and see what you, and your new acquisition, think of them. Good luck to you.