Jamie Jackson

I've had rain barrels for several years now. Even when we hit zero degrees last winter there wasn't an problems.   I just do my routine semi-annual cleaning with soap and bleach and leave them be. :pleased:   Like dawgdoc said...they just fill back up anyway.

That sounds like a comprehensive kit whitewolf. Good for you.  :up:   Would the "combat gauze" you mentioned be the Quickclot impregnated gauze? Good stuff! We just started carrying it in our ER. Institutions, such as hospitals, are sometimes slow to change. It took me a bit of lobbying to get it on board there LOL.     [url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/Z-Medica-Quickclot-Sport-Pad-25-g-724264/34970287] Quickclot from Walmart[/url]   [url=http://www.chinookmed.com/cgi-bin/item/05168/-QuikClot-Combat-Gauze,-Rolled-%28Non-Military-Use-Only%29-] Quickclot Combat Gauze[/url]

Happy 239th Birthday Marines!    God Bless the Corps. :usa:

OK then, but a disclaimer first. All I am doing is sharing opinions and observation. There are many folks much more qualified than I am out there. I encourage any and all input, experiences, observations, corrections, and opinions.   The equipment and techniques are merely what I have first hand experience with, so what I write here is only that, what I personally have experience with. Buyer beware LOL.   MY primary focus will be on gear. I’ll mention the use. But…Training is the key.       Bleeding!   Hypothetical situation: OK. The shooting has stopped. You break threat focus by doing a scan. Did I hit him? Is he down? Does he have any friends? (Any further threats?) Am I hit?   So the bad guy is down. Good for you. Hopefully you have moved to cover, called for backup/911, and are still able to cover the downed badguy.   Self assess: With the adrenal dump that occurred you may not even realize you are hit. Check yourself…look and feel.   OK. You’ve been hit. It’s a hit to the leg, or an arm. Doom on you! :ugh:  ...not really. :cool:   Most extremity wound can be treated with direct pressure. Worse case, a self applied tourniquet.   The above is only what I have experienced in training/classes…please seek out professional instruction…please…       What I do in real life:   Put on my gloves…gotta protect myself too.   Extremity wound.: Look for entrance and exit.   Elevate the extremity while applying a pressure type absorbent dressing. I like Kerlix rolls. They are absorbent and allow pressure to be transferred to the wound channel.   An Emergency Bandage (link below) works great and I’ve used them on several occasions outside of a hospital setting. The are essentially an absorbent bandage with an Ace Wrap attached to them.   If they bleeding cannot be controlled with direct pressure (or hypothetically if you are still under fire and bleeding profusely) apply a Tourniquet between the wound and your trunk/body…at least 3-4” above the wound and cinch that sucker down! (edit: some sources say 2-3"...just allow yourself enough room to work and make sure to avoid placing the TQ over a joint...)   Fwiw: We, in healthcare, frequently use tourniquets (in surgery) for hours on end without damage, and I’ve used my MAT tourniquet and a SOF-TT tourniquet recently in our ER to control arterial bleeding while we treated the patient…both times very successfully.   I personally carry a small BOK or Blow Out Kit in my right hip pocket when I’m out and about. It is about the size of a wallet and contains a CAT Tourniquet, a pair of nitrile gloves, and an Emergency bandage.   Self application of a TQ is quick and easy…but does require familiarization and practice.       heavy duty nitrile gloves   Israeli Military Bandage or Emergency Bandage   C.A.T. Tourniquet   SOF-TT gen 3 Tourniquet   Kerlix Gauze Roll     Not a great on body carry or field use TQ, but I keep one in my “truck kit”. M.A.T. tourniquet

The 147's have a different point of impact than the 124's...in general, lighter rounds shoot lower than heavier rounds. IIRC 9mm factory zero is based on the 115 gr bullet weight.   The 124+P should give you excellent penetration and the GD is a proven round. Some handguns are finicky about 147's from my experience. My Glock's (17 & 19) do fine with them with factory barrels.   I carry GD 124's as well, but I handload and shoot 147's from time to time. I like the difference in recoil impulse they offer, compared to the 124's. To me, they seem to have more of a "push-back" compared to a sharp snap with the 124's. Heck...maybe it's all in my head anyway. :ugh:   I have some 147's loaded up if you'd like to try them. We need to do some shooting anyway. :pleased:

    I'll echo a "Well Said"  TMF. Thank you.   Richard Marcinko came to mind when I first heard of this.     I appreciate the service of all of our Vets and hold them all in highest regards.   I can't understand why a person would choose to go public on this. As Dolomite mentioned...there will forever be a price on his head.   I was a Squid a long time ago. I've known, and in civilian guise trained with (as classmates) several folks from the community, not just Naval. To a tee, they were humble professionals and never went into any operational details of their past exploits.   This is just a puzzling situation to me. But I confess that I haven't spent very much time or effort to research any of this.

Do you carry a gun?   Do you acknowledge that there exists a potential that you may have to use it to defend your life? The life of those you care about?   Do you have the knowledge, skill, and equipment to initially treat a severe wound?   It really isn't "Rocket-Surgery". LOL.   There is a concept known as the "Killer B's"..."Bleeding & Breathing". These are your priority focus areas when the smoke clears. The is also the concept of the "Golden Hour and Platinum 10 minutes" that shines a light on the reality of the situation.     As a side note, and I know there are Paramedics and LEO's on the board here that can verify this: EMS can't, as in are not allowed, to enter an Active Shooter scene until it is secured. There's no sense rushing in to help and being shot for your efforts. This takes time...very precious time...when you or a loved one are bleeding...   We all need to understand that it is we that are responsible for that initial care and treatment, of ourselves and very possibly someone we care about.   I'm not saying that everyone that carries a gun should bean EMT or Paramedic...but the concepts of Self Care and Buddy Care from Tactical Combat Casualty Care or TC3 can be adapted for us all.       I'll list various gear if there is an interest. As well as discuss various aspects of this if there is an interest. You folks let me know.     I highly recommend a class geared towards the normal mere mortal civilian gun carrier like our own Randy Harris teaches regionally....no, this is not a paid advertisement...but I know, and Trust, Randy and have seen what he teaches.   There are other venues available. So please do your due diligence.

Kroger's sale is still going on...I believe through Tuesday the 11th.   We picked up a few (several actually) flats (12 cans each) of various Green Giant canned vegetables and Delmonte canned tomatoes... $0.38/can! That's about 1/2 their normal pricing.   That frees up funds for "gun stuff" friends... :cool:

but...if you click the "add to cart":...     Please review the error(s) highlighted below in red. The following item is out of stock and not available for purchase at this time: Item #: IK - 212176 | Remington® .22 LR Rimfire Ammunition | CAL/GAUG: .22LR HV 525RND BRCK

    LOL...That sounds just about right.   My .22 guns are in deep storage...maybe indefinitely... :ugh:

  and just simply failing at it! :ugh:

Welcome to you and your husband Amanda.   Glad to have you guys onboard.

Welcome Home.   Thank you for your service Huff. :usa:

Good going JPS. Innovative! :up:     Just a head's up: A bud e-mailed me to let me know [url=http://krogernashville.mywebgrocer.com/Circular/KROGER-MARKETPLACE-686/4D66124734/Weekly/2/1]Kroger's is starting some good "loss leader" sales today, 11-5.[/url]   Land-O-Lakes butter is $2.49/lb when you purchase 10.   What am i gonna do with 10 pounds of butter?! you might ask. :cool:   Well...I first freeze it. Then vac seal it. I stored and used butter in this fashion and found it to keep extremely well for up to 2 years in our chest freezers.     Kroger's also have turkey's at $.79/lb...not bad.   I recently canned one we had left in our freezer from last year...I did bake the drumsticks and wings...then boned out and canned the rest of the meat, and made several pints of good quality stock from the leftovers and canned that.   Of course you can always just cook it and eat it LOL.

Thanks for the explanation on the powders folks. My frame of reference on that is IMR 3031 and W 231...not dogging the guy, but Wow. :cool:   It was a double charge of 231 that blew my Glock long ago. I use a much bulkier powder for 45 acp now days...Unique.

Great points musicman and Mark.   Space is always a consideration. But most folks would be truly surprised at the amount of available space they possibly hadn't even considered.   A lot of people keep clothes, shoes, Christmas decorations and such under their beds in [url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-Wheeled-Underbed-Box/38664630]"slide in & out" plastic totes[/url]. Those things hold a bunch of canned goods.   Space in the bottom of closets work well for 5 gallon buckets. Cover them with a sheet and place a 1"x12" section of pine board on top and you have an extra shelf for your normally stored items. My wife hasn't complained and complemented me on the idea.   Regards canned goods in general: What we normally refer to as an "expiration date" is more times than not a "Best By" date. As long as there is not rust on the cans, and they maintain there vac sealed state, i.e. not swollen or bloated, they are GTG for several years after that scary date. The texture will degrade eventually, and some component of nutrition will eventually suffer...but they do just "go bad" as the date passes. I'm certain most folks reading this already understand that, so those points are for folks just considering food storage.   FIFO that musicman mentioned. "First In - First Out" is the general rotation principle. That sharpie marker Caster mentioned comes in handy. :up:   Mark is spot on regarding dehydration reducing storage space needs. We will purchase dehydrated canned or bagged foods on sale, like at [url=http://www.thereadystore.com/food-storage/preparation-method/dehydrated-food-storage] The Ready Store[/url]. or Maybe dehydrate our own with our Excalibur dehydrator and store in jars. (We keep these under a kitchen island and use them frequently...very frequently.)     Copy Canning is a concept we initially practiced. It didn't have that title back then, but the concept is simply purchasing 2-3 "extra" cans of whatever is on your grocery list and putting those into your FIFO rotation. You'd be amazed at how quickly your stock will build over just a few months time...and it's "stuff" you already use...That's how it got on your list...remember? :pleased:       Just some thoughts...please share yours. I'm always looking for and needing ideas.

I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one on the "delivery lookout" guys LOL. :pleased:   I'm looking forward to the Black Friday sales as well. I've had good experiences with the shipping times also...but don't mind waiting if they save me some bucks... :up:

Great suggestions Caster.   I look for sales like you mentioned! You can save a bundle that way.   We use the sharpies as well, and rotate back to front on canned goods.   This time of year is great for sales. Walmart is running brand name canned vegetables (Libby's and Delmonte) at $.50/can currently.

I've never used those powders either...   But Thanks also for the reminder jphillips.

No judgement here either. Wow. He's very fortunate indeed!   I've blown up a Glock (model 21) years ago. Progressive press and a second of focused inattention = double charge. :ugh:   I am fortunate to have not been seriously injured. Very fortunate it was a handgun and not a large bore rifle.

We have some great threads about good buys on guns & ammo for 'em.  (Bullets)   We have some great threads on gardening and food preservation. (Good start on the "beans" portion)   We need more info on the "Beans" (storage foods) and "Bandaids" ( 1st Aid/Self-care/Buddy-care) parts of the equation imho.     We can, freeze, dehydrate, garden and put back LTS (Long Term Storage) buckets of things we use every day.       So how about posting some good buys you folks run across?     We practice the old adage of "Store what you eat and Eat what you store", so our rotation is constant.   We made our grocery rounds today (11/3/14) and stopped in Krogers. Their house brand beans, one pound bags, were/are on a "Close-Out" sale. A couple of weeks ago they were averaging $1.39/lb bag. We picked up about 40 lbs of various beans, ranging from $.42/lb (white Lima beans) through $.69/lb (for Blackeye peas). We got Lima beans, Great Northern beans, black beans, pinto beans etc. Their 16 bean soup mix, 2 lbs were $1.59/bag. (makes great French Market Soup!)   I sure these will sell out pretty fast at these prices.   Just thought I'd share the savings and hope you folks will do the same. :pleased: --

It'll never happen, unless I win the lottery...but first I'd have to purchase the ticket... :squint:   Why? Because, That's why! :cool:   Holland & Holland SLNE Double Rifle 3 Barrel Set http://www.gunsinternational.com/Holland-Holland-SLNE-Double-Rifle-3-Barrel-Set.cfm?gun_id=100474502&CFID=10772799&CFTOKEN=e16a079924782be2-9C763A1B-90B1-1C3E-AE80F808A97F7087   or   H&K MP5 SD with a Navy trigger. (MP5SD-N)   http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=123

  Happy to be of service. :hat:

Very Nice Caster! I like your setup my friend.   Heck..you guys always cost me money! :wall:           Thank you. :hat:

Is this the type of shotgun scabbard you guys are discussing?   http://www.voodootactical.net/p-34-voodoo-tactical-shotgun-scabbard.aspx   I can definitely see some utility in one.   Looking forward to the pics Caster.