Over all these years I never thought I'd have to prep. Now with all this [bleep] going on I made some changes. I am buying extra food, beans, rice, bacon and dried potatoes. Not a lot, a couple weeks worth. I made sure my propane tanks are full and bought an extra one. For my camp stove. Things like that.
But because of this spreading violence I now always carry my Glock 26 with the 17 round back up mag. I have two more 17 round mags in the truck. I bought 10 AR-15 30 round mags from Brownells and then bought 100 stripper clips. I put the 10 mags in a dry box along with 300 rounds of Norma Tac 223 on strippers and with 2 spoons. The balance of the 1000 rounds is going in another dry box. These are kept locked above my safe which has my Ruger AR-556 mounted with the Meprolight M-21. In my quick safe in the bedroom I have my XD mod 2 tactical 45 acp and 3 13 round mags loaded with 230 grain Federal HST's.
I can't tell you how sad it make me to have to do this. Even in my quiet little town. It use to be when I'd go into one of the two larger towns near here I'd just carry the Glock 26 and its 11 round mag or the 40 shield with just one 8 round mag. Before I only had concern that I would run into a single person, possibly a former inmate, now I have to consider a mob.
The older I become the more I am convinced that the voice of honor in a man's heart is the voice of GOD.
It’s about damn time......better late than never! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
Don't overlook water and several means of purification. Store as much as you would as if they said there wasn't any more indefinitely
A 5 gallon bucket (about $150.00) of powdered calcium chloride (make sure that it doesn’t have other chemicals that swimming pool chlorine treatments have), will treat a lot of water! memtb
Last edited by memtb; 07/02/20.
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
Don't overlook water and several means of purification. Store as much as you would as if they said there wasn't any more indefinitely
A 5 gallon bucket (about $150.00) of powdered calcium chloride (make sure that it doesn’t have other chemicals that swimming pool chlorine treatments have), will treat a lot of water! memtb
So will a couple gallons of bleach.
They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
Our house looks like a supermarket/ hardware store/ armory. It’s just part of living out in the sticks.
I don't have a single memory of living where there wasn't a cellar, a garden, case full of ball lids and a pressure canner in the cupboard, guns, ammo, reloading equipment, a wood pile,etc...
At one time way back prepping is what I did. As a carpenter I'd be off most of 3-4 months so I had to save both supplies and money for that. I bought everything I really needed and then hunted and trapped most of the winter. I paid my bills in advance.
Picked up some trim jobs, mostly under the table, didn't really peruse it that hard. Head down to southern Ohio and west Virginia for deer hunting. Rabbits and squirrels, coons off the trap line. I did well.
That ended with my first wife. Should never have gotten married. Hell, looking back at 61 years old I should have sworn off women all together.
The older I become the more I am convinced that the voice of honor in a man's heart is the voice of GOD.
