Looking to trade some stuff I don’t reload for for stuff I do. These are jacketed .320 & .358 and I’m looking for .458 lead to reload the 45-70 with. hows a 2 to 1 ratio sound?
Joe penned the country some beautiful Valentine’s Day prose. This isn’t going to help ammo prices any time soon
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/14/statement-by-the-president-three-years-after-the-parkland-shooting/
This weekend we prepared a huge batch of pork stew with potatoes, zucchini and squash.
This is going to take some time to pre-freeze. So while waiting on that, we grabbed some Birdseye prefrozen stuff. Chicken florentine and garlic chicken. This along with some left over soup we made went...
When I was seriously looking into it, the bog standard was a harbor freight 20 ton press and then a bending jig similar to this
https://ak-builder.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30083
These have been sitting around for a couple of decades and I’m pretty sure that if I haven’t gotten to it by now, I’m not going to.
The flats have some rust on them, they require heat treat when completed and will need to be refinished. I took a photo of the worst looking one and then after...
Here you go @Robin it’s a very small amount, but for us, it has replaced a candy bar or something similar. The stuff is quite $$ to purchase in large quantities, but after this, I get a better understanding why.
Pineapple
We experienced our first “failure” today and it was the pineapple. I’m not sure if the pieces were too large or if they contained too much natural sugar. We ended up running for an initial 40 hrs and it never dried out completely, still had a chew to it. We defrosted the unit and then ran it...
we don’t bother anymore with seeds for the more “common” stuff, we go after what would cost us dearly if it was actually at a farmers market or in the supermarket. Otherwise, we just go to the local farms for the onions, carrots, etc. and now with the freeze dryer, we will be buying in bulk...
I did some more organizing and found the following surplus to my needs. In other words, looking to get rid of stuff to get more stuff. And to help with some of the eye rolling, I will also include a quick search of ammo seek this AM with available prices. Willing to take payment in silver...
@Robin We do measure the before and after weight to get an idea on how much water was removed and how much(ish) is needed to add back. As for how we reconstitute, it depends on what it is. As an example, the yogurt drops and ice cream sandwiches we don’t reconstitute, it gets eaten dry. same...
The casserole and tater tots are out after 24 hrs. The Mac and cheese isn't done yet so back in for another 12 hours. The tots are really really good as they are with out hydrating, but the one sample hydrated well. The casserole hydrated well as long as I showed some restraint with how much...
I guess politicians and their promises are pretty much the same no matter which side they are on
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/03/biden-house-migrant-children-texas-facility-closed-under-trump/4378699001/
that’s gonna irritate a few of his voting base