Scorpio64

Pre GCA of 68

Tube magazine. It's basically a carve out for Marlin Model 60s and similar semi-auto rifles with fixed tube magazines that exceed 10 rounds . If you put a detachable 10+n mag in a 10/22 or an AR type, the ATF Bogyman will come looking for you.

Those are the eyes of a retriever. Have u had that crazy bitch in the water yet?

That sounds like an interesting mix. Is the lab-brittany combo a thing with hunting dogs or did it just work out that way.

States of emergency are bad for the environment. On my way to HD I spotted about a dozen tandem dump trucks with plows just idling in empty parking lots. I also saw a salt truck on a perfectly clear rt 36 pelting cars. I wonder how much this emergency response is costing us.

The saws will give the genny a good demand spike, but use less than a couple hundred Watts unless they are under a load themselves. Space heaters and high wattage lights are better suited to this kind of thing.

What did you use as a load on the genny. From this point on, every three to four months, run the genny for 15 to 20 minutes with at least a 1kW load every time you crank it up. This will lubricate moving parts, but also get the genny up to full operating temp and cook off any water that may have condensed in the crank case.

Isn't IGY6 located in Mississippi? Brandon MS... Lets go Brandon.

That battery is kaput.

What receiver are you going to use. Barrel length will depend on what purpose in life you will assign the rifle, but by far the most popular general purpose high accuracy length is 18" bull or target profile.

Sometimes value isn't just about the dollars. You will enjoy that scatter gun for a long time, fondly remembering how you were strong armed into giving it a makeover. We are from the forum, and we're here to help

I stared at the wts ad from the moment it was posted, hoping, praying someone would snatch it up quickly because I as about to take it. For someone who already has a Ruger or Glock, it's a perfect pairing. My problem is, I have neither Glock or Ruger and it would have been a slippery slope leading me to a LGS to buy even more mouths to feed. @1LtCAP I owe you a beer for saving me a lot of money bro.

Sweet truck gun.

What carbine? If it's not an AR platform, there's a good chance you may not have to pin the muzzle brake. If there is no pistol grip, and the stock is a traditional one piece style, your good to go. In fact, you can even have the evil A2 bird cage if you wanted. Basically, rifles are allowed one "evil" feature. I'm only mentioning this because you said you are new in these parts.

You may want to go ahead and get that genny operational. Many years ago, my bro-in-law bought a brand spank'n new 10kW JD genset, never used it, only unboxed it and put on the wheels, then Sandy hit. He went to fire it up after sitting in his garage for almost two years and guess what, it didn't work. There was an open circuit in the windings. Bad time to find that out. Also, there are many moving parts that can rust if the unit is not operated periodically. I had a genny sit for four years before I needed it again since its last use. What I didn't know was the sealed bearing that supports the rotor shaft rusted. After running the genny for maybe four hours, the bearing seized and killed the genny because it stopped dead under a load.

Gas station about two miles from me was operational inside two days. They trailerd in a massive Kohler genset. Since then, several gas stations around here have backup power.

Is your real name Hank Hill by any chance? There have not been any issues since I started using stabilizer. With 32.5K more BTUs , gasoline is about 25% more efficient than propane. It's cheaper to run on gasoline. I wish I could afford a diesel generator, diesel is everywhere and packs 15K more BTUs than gasoline. I do have a propane kit for my genny. It will get installed if the need arises.

Ethanol has caused me a lot of grief because I wasn't using a stabilizer. The tank on my first genny rusted out because water was gathering in the fuel tank sump. Ethanol gacked up the carb on another genny. It caused an open float and the genny caught fire because gasoline was gushing out from the carb into the air filter. That was exciting. Now, I keep stabilized fuel in my current genny ( ha, incidental pun), but I run it every two months with a 1000W load for 20 minutes, and drain the tank every six months to change out the fuel.

The extent of my knowledge ends at my awareness of their existence. I saw it mentioned exactly once on a DIY cable show. For more info, you have to get your stove model number and hit the interwebs.

About that. Many stoves can be fitted with a side saddle hot water tank.

The whole point of propane is the ability to store it a very long time. Minimum, two 100# tanks, with a couple 20 pounders for good measure.. EDIT: Crap, you said 50 GALLONS, not pounds. That should keep things humming along for a good while. But still, a few extras wouldn't hurt.

Peel, that'd be a lot of inexperienced hens at that party. Maybe once the posse has assembled, give me a call to come over and help with some, uh, training. Yanno, motivational speaking.

Absolutely, and the better the neighborhood "posse" you can put together, the greater your ABILITY to shelter in place. If your neighbors suck, you better have a robust plan B. Which may be to move to a new location to shelter in place with a friend. Bring guns, water, food and a board game.

There is safety in numbers. In SHTF, you better have already vetted friends, neighbors, and even family. If things ever get "that bad" people become an asset or a liability. It does not hurt to talk about prepping. it will get people thinking about doing it themselves, just don't brag about it. If they do that, they are less likely to become a liability to you. Help them understand that if they come to you as an asset, they also gain the advantage of being able to offer shared resources. Come to you empty handed, well, that's going to be a liability, a burden. That's plan A. What is plan B?