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  1. she backpacked 62 miles on PCT in 24 hours. dont recall her pack weight, 30 lbs?

    that's the pacific coast trail, desert, mountains, forest.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XALLBh9bqcU
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    you'll always lose a bit of the lead's weight to...

    you'll always lose a bit of the lead's weight to oxidation, as it melts and also, even as the bullets/ingots sit around. The latter loss is of course very slow and a coating of bullet lube virtuallly...
  3. Thread: Container Homes

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    you dont have to own land to have a spiderhole or...

    you dont have to own land to have a spiderhole or buried drums there. After ****, there will be ZERO way to prove that a guy is the legit owner, or just that guy's recent killer. So dont waste your...
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    within a year of ****, 99% of the population is...

    within a year of ****, 99% of the population is going to be DEAD, so there will be no shortage of shelter by then. UNTIL then, all above ground or "findable" underground structures will be searched,...
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    45 gr federal subsonic .22lr's are 120 to the lb....

    45 gr federal subsonic .22lr's are 120 to the lb. 12 ga shells are 10 to the lb. carry HOW much each of slugs, buck, birdshot? Not gonna be worth a hoot, I can assure you of that. The shotgun is...
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    doesn't matter what people can do, the dog packs...

    doesn't matter what people can do, the dog packs and cats will lead the people to where the game and lifestock are, chase them until people shoot them, then run down the wounded critters. There's 300...
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    100 x 6 ft of 2" mesh gillnet (minus the lead...

    100 x 6 ft of 2" mesh gillnet (minus the lead weights) and some muletape tree straps= a hammock that can feed you very handily. For a medical kit, give me "go" and "no-go" pills, antibiotics,...
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    I dont trust small, vital, easily lost stuff to...

    I dont trust small, vital, easily lost stuff to be outside of my pack(s) I use a daypack that's big enough to hold the taken down rifle, sitting on a buttpack, so I dont need more of a frame than a...
  9. Forum: Prepper Talk

    wally's sells, $10, a 12x8 ft "double layer" drop cloth, no condensation inside mylar

    it has an absorbent side and a waterproof side, so it's capable of shedding rain. It's a bit fragile, so , after you use masking tape to make a 3x8 ft bag out of it, you have to tent it over a...
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    she walked 62 miles in 24 hours, on the PCTcarrying all of her gear, water, etc.

    that's the Pacific Coast trail, mountains and desert, and you "think" you know all your 'neighbors". What crock.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AJh4LncV8Q
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    NOBODY, anywhere, knows who all is living within...

    NOBODY, anywhere, knows who all is living within 30 miles of them, and that's ONE day's walk. If they have bicycles, 1 day can be 200 miles, on pavement, no problem at all. All 3200 miles of the US...
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    the livestock will all be eaten within a month of...

    the livestock will all be eaten within a month of ****, by people, dog packs, cats. Then the dogs and cats will be eaten by people. You're just kidding yourself if you "think" otherwise. You wont be...
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    why bother? telephone yellowpages, newspapers, a...

    why bother? telephone yellowpages, newspapers, a smooth, round rock, or rag, a bit of soap. TP degrades, sitting in its plastic wrapper. It's not worth bothering-with. Get useful stuff instead, like...
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    over 90% of the population cannot bug in. The...

    over 90% of the population cannot bug in. The towns and cities will burn, have no water and 90+% are urban. They will be forced out into the rural areas, which means that the farmers and ranchers...
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    it will load maybe 5000 rds a year of 223, at...

    it will load maybe 5000 rds a year of 223, at most. That's half of what the other one loads for the 9mm. I used to shoot twice that much .45, decades ago, but have found that I dont need to do so,...
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    35 years ago, I had a dozen guns. I decided that...

    35 years ago, I had a dozen guns. I decided that I could either be a collector or a shooter, but I couldn't be really skilled unless I stopped all the trading/buying and focused on casting/shooting....
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    I can't stand to watch it, actually. I just look...

    I can't stand to watch it, actually. I just look at blurbs on YT. Some of them go with almost a 100 lb disadvantage in bodyweight. The only way possible to make up that difference is to eat 150,000...
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    I am hesitating because I know that loading rifle...

    I am hesitating because I know that loading rifle ammo is different than pistol ammo. Thanks to all.
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    no love here for the Lee Progressives?

    I"ve loaded 9mm on one for several years now and and am contemplating setting up to load 223 on one.
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    anyone here into the Alone TV show?

    here's some info. They've gone thru 5 seasons now, and the fattest guy has always won the 1/2 million $ prize. Nobody's ever made it to 90 days and only twice has it gone beyond 66 days. (75 and 86...
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    there wont be any game left after a couple of...

    there wont be any game left after a couple of months, and if you have to fire 200 rds at people, you'll be doing so much wrong that only luck can save you, much less 2000 rds. If you "think" you want...
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    I dont agree. Somebody is just going to kill you...

    I dont agree. Somebody is just going to kill you and take your stuff if you're not properly set up for defense and know what to do. The main thing is to not be out and about in daylight, and to...
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    Now that dies are so ridiculously expensive, you...

    Now that dies are so ridiculously expensive, you couldn't give me one. I loaded about 80k rds with one in 4 years, back in the 70's. I'll take several Lee presses, set up in different calibers, for a...
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    It's been many years since I used my Star sizer...

    It's been many years since I used my Star sizer luber. I always used Tamarack 50-50 alox and beeswax and never sized anything but .452". and never drove them faster than 900 fps, and usually, 800...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check