Author Archives: Commander Zero

Food, reloading, Stag AR

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Of the MHFD’s that arrived the other day, fifteen cases were for me & the girlfriend. (Because, really, al my acquisitions now are for me and her rather than just me). So, she see’s the five foot high stack of boxes in the kitchen and says “You know, I think we’re doing okay for food.” I agreed and said it was probably time to move onto something else. Her reply? “Ammo.” Well, you can never really have enough, can you?

Just got back from CostCo with 2 50# bags of rice to replace the pre-Y2K stash that I’ve finally finished. The girlfriend helped me funnel both bags into a 15 gallon blue barrel and didnt think there was a single thing wierd about the whole thing. Anyone else, their wife or girlfriend would roll their eyes and sigh someting about ‘wierd interests’.
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Ordered up the .38/.357 conversion for the Dillon Super1050 today. .38 Special ammo ( and to some degree, .357 Mag ammo) are dirt cheap to load and quite versatile. Plus, I;ve got about a dozen guns here chambered for them. Most of the .38 ammo will get LSWC or LRN bullets for general use. The rest will get 125 or 110 JHPs. The .357 ammo will mostly get 125 and 158 JHPs and some will get heavier bullets designed more for penetration than anything else. Quantity desired? 5,000. One evening with the 1050 will be all it takes.
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Got the dealer package for Stag Arms today. Their lowers are cheap, cheap, cheap and more interestigly, you can pay an extra $20 and get a letter from the factory stating the lower you have was never built into a rifle. This leaves you open to build it into an AR pistol if youre so inclined. If we get another assault weapons ban those ‘pistoled’ receivers would probably be worth more, IMHO, since you vould hten build them into rifles or pistols.

MH arrival

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MH stuff has arrived. If youre local, c’mon down Sunday between noon and 5, or during the week during the same time.

Everything arrived EXCEPT they sent Jamaican Style Chicken w/ Rice insted of Mexican Style Chicken w/ Rice. Theyre sending the correct stuff but if you had the Mex rice in your order its gonna take a few more days. The Mex rice in the ProPak, however, did show up.

Kifaru, MH, Guliani

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Yummy.

Got my Kifaru E&E bag today. I like it alot. Very heavy duty, modular in ways that leave all sorts of possibilities open and fairly well designed. What I really want is a Marauder backpack (in olive drab if anyone is in a generous mood). I like what Ive seen so far in terms of materials and, more importantly, design. Just wish the stuff wasnt so bloody expensive.

The girlfriend has opined (which, not coincidentally, rhymes with whined) that I already have a fairly decent collection of backpacks sitting around here. Like handguns, sex toys and kitchen knives there is no one pack that ‘does it all’. Thus, I will collect as many of the bloody things as I want.
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Toady is Monday. MH supposedly shipped last Friday. I’m guessing it could be here Thursday, but more likely Friday. Believe me, you’ll hear about it here as soon as it gets here.
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Looks like Rudy Guliani is throwing his hat in the ring. I’d expect he’d get the GOP nomination. However, although he’s a better choice than Clinton dont think for a minute that he’s a friend to your rights, guns or otherwise. Remember how they used to say Musolini made the trains run on time? Rudy reduced crime in NYC but read about the cost…the guy was more than happy to wink and nod when it came to cops playing it fast and loose. I’m telling you, kids…..buy ’em cheap and stack ’em deep.
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Map gimmick,Kifaru, food saturation?,Fun with Mormons

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This amuses me. Lets see if it works:

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Ordered a goodie from Kifaru last week. Will give a review of it when it arrives. I wish I had the money for one of their Marauder packs but in the meantime there is no shortage of other goodies to play with. I ran itno a guy at Sporsmans Warehouse with one of the Marauder packs and he was nice enough to let me examine it. I was pretty impressed but at almost $300 it oughtta be a good pack for that kinda coin.
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After running calculation on food storage in terms of FD & MRE’s & the various canned stuff & the dry goods in storage, etc, etc, etc. I may actually have hit the ‘Continue stockpiling but at a relaxed pace’ mark. If thats the case then I get to focus on a different aspect of being prepared. I do need to go down to the bunker and inventory things so I know exactly whats there in terms of food. Off the top of my head I know its pretty good but Id like some more precise numbers.
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Remember a few months back I mentioned that the local ham radio group was approached by some Mormons wanting to get in on the bandwagon to set up their own radio network? Apparently its come to fruition complete with a class of about 50, 2-metter HT’s provided to each household by the church and base unit equipment for the local Bishops Storehouse. Tellin’ ya, these guys have their poop in a group. Almost enough to make me wanna convert just for the networking…but, then theyd expect me to tithe..and go to church…and believe…and eat Jell-o. Too bad there isnt some sort of ‘supporting membership’ or something. Or, at least, maybe an armband or something so after the apocalypse they’ll no I mean them no harm.

By the by, author Dean Ing wrote a series of books about the US after a nuclear war where the Mormons, by virture of their being prepared, were able to pick up the pieces and wind up turing the US into a theocratic Mormon state. (“Wild Country”, “Systemic Shock”, and “Single Combat”)

MH order made, SpecOps arrival

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Okay, made the call. The ball is in play. Should be shipped Friday and arrive here within a week. After that its repackage and re-send.

As an aside, this purchase went much much smoother than the last one. Setting up a webpage and PayPal shopping cart made all the difference. In fact, it dropped thestress level so much that the next group buy might be a little different. I may be able to simply alter the webpage to offer cases as well as ‘singles’. Get one #10 can instead of having to order a case of six, etc, etc. We’ll see. That won’t be until late spring which is, to my way of thinking, end of May/June. Anyway, when stuff gets here I’ll let everyone know. Thaks for participating.
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The replacement MOUT magazine carrier and harness arrived from SpecOps. Its neat. I need to take it to the range and wring it out, but cant argue with the customer service!

Civil War II: The Coming Brakeup Of America – avail. online

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Via merccom: Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America is available for download on the internet.
Link: http://www.geocities.com/anakonda_fi/

I read it when it first came out. Its definitely a button-pusher on racial issues but some of the things it foretold have come to pass. An interesting read if nothing else. Grab it before its free hosting goes down.