No. But there would be those that quite like the shelter and provisions that my sleepy little hollow provides… I’ve seen the Walking Dead, you know!
I was telling a friend from the rifle club, on the weekend, about the tendency of our goats to hang themselves in the trees when reaching for tasty young leaves. We came up with the name “Hanging Tree Hollow”… think I might get a sign made up as a deterrent for those nosy trespassers!
You know you’re just jealous like all the other technophilic hipsters who would be gasping like fish outta water without a power source for their devices…
My house keeps a moderate prep - 40kg of grains, numerous cans of tinned veggies, 200L of water (plus whatever we fill the bathtubs with during a disaster, a couple of rifles + heaps of ammo, ~1200w solar + battery to keep the house running. We don’t carry much fuel (20l of petrol and diesel respectively) but I really don’t forsee ever needing to use fuel or the rifles in a prepping-style situation.
Honestly, there’s no real risk of serious natural disasters or riots and looting out where I live. Still, I feel comfortable knowing that if anything ever happens and there are food or water shortages, my household should be just fine for at least a couple of weeks.
Edit: I’m still thinking of getting a little honda jenny down the line, to supplement the solar and for camping use. Not really an urgent requirement
Yep… Hey, @sungazer have you been looking at our “fuel security reserve’s”, they should also be maintained in better status than they are currently, IMO…
Funnily enough, the discussion of prepping comes up with the missus and I whenever we watch some sort of post apocalyptic film or TV show. When we first met she was moderately anti-gun. They were in the shed and I basically didn’t talk about guns with her very much. Watching these shows however , I often look over at her with a raised eyebrow. " Aren’t you glad we are not totally defenceless in a SHTF type situation babe?". The ability to defend ourselves in the unlikely scenario of a cataclysmic event has really brought her around on the subject of firearms. As far as prepping, beyond always having an adequate supply of ammunition, not really.
I do however, understand the motivation that drives preppers to do what they do. The relatively low gun ownership in Australia lets me believe I will have some leverage in acquiring supplies should I need them.
Rainy Afternoon on the Boulevard so I went to the man cave and churned out 300 SS109’s for that apocalyptic rainy day. No measuring each charge weight with these, they got the Lee factory crimp die because I had one and never used it before
Its a 223 projectile 62 gr with a steel core in the front section. An old military projectile. There has been a bit of chatter about them lately as they are available from Cleavers for $129 /1000.
Yeah thats about it there mild steel piercing. Not really good on flesh they tend to go straight through apparently. They were supposed to Yaw and tumble to create a wound channel rather than like a hunting round that will deform.
Perhaps load the magazine up with a Super Roo every alternate round. Then double tap them!