Off grid people ill-prepared

[MurphyGuy]

Sig makes a AR rifle. I don't know their "take" on their rifle and whether it accepts all of the parts from a military AR15/m16. You can get those mini or micro "ronies" that a Glock fits into, you'll then have a shoulder stock and I think some have a place for another magazine for easy exchange when you need to change. They also have those for sig pistols.
You know Hi-Point makes a 10mm carbine, right?

The Sig AR is over priced and under featured. About the only Sig weapon I would consider is their P226... which is a very nice and reliable handgun.

If you don't want to spend the money on one of the upper end units (I bought all Colt M4's), then get a PSA. I bought an SBR upper and a lower unit from them and both seem to be of very high quality.. especially for the price. Kind of like a Daniel Defense without the big price tag.

Snap a Vortex on top of it and you have yourself a very nice weapon.

 

[gaveupontv]

I am not vaccinated, but I know a lot of people that are.
The official figures seem to vary a lot, I don't think anyone really knows how may people have taken what.

I am very fortunate in being retired. Many people were told get vaccinated or lose your job, so many people complied.
But the choice was still there to look for another job, work from home, or start up a business.
There was definitely huge pressure applied, but nobody was physically FORCED to take that crap.

Some groups like Jews and Freemasons simply went to a Jewish or Masonic doctor and received a vaccine card.
They were officially listed as vaccinated but never were.

They gave "vaccine" cards to some doctors who refused to get the shot. I wouldn't be surprised to see this discussed in offical government communications (you read about the twitter files, right?)
The "pandemic" had been planned for for YEARS. It was planned to get past vaccine "hesitancy"
The RESULTS speak for themselves. The only category where deaths snd injuries HAVEN'T increased is in the unvaccinated group. But you wouldn't know that if you only watched MSM

 

[gaveupontv]

The Sig AR is over priced and under featured. About the only Sig weapon I would consider is their P226... which is a very nice and reliable handgun.

If you don't want to spend the money on one of the upper end units (I bought all Colt M4's), then get a PSA. I bought an SBR upper and a lower unit from them and both seem to be of very high quality.. especially for the price. Kind of like a Daniel Defense without the big price tag.

Snap a Vortex on top of it and you have yourself a very nice weapon.

I agree. PSA makes very affordable rifles, that are very popular. If you want an upgrade from PSA, get a CHF barrel. They sell copies of Glocks too, they call their version a "dagger". PSA isn't for everybody, but it's a very suitable company for many. They sell many versions of AK's too

 

[gaveupontv]

Thanks for clarifying that.
The whole subject is something I have never really been interested in or investigated.

They sell oxygen absorbers on Amazon. They also sell mylar bags, which are supposed to be"the way to go", along with those oxygen absorbers, for food like dried rice/beans etc.

 

[Nobodybusiness]

10 mm would be a good alround cartridge. You can load it down to .40 cal S&W too. I think in Sweden or another Scandinavian country they issue 10mm handguns for polarbear protection (although that still seems a little light to me!) 10mm has about twice the footpounds of a .45 acp.

Been looking at the Glock G40 MOS, Glock 20 and the Sig 510.

I like all of them but no good Retention holsters except for the Glock 20.

Especially if you put a trijicon RMR on them.

 

[MurphyGuy]

They sell oxygen absorbers on Amazon. They also sell mylar bags, which are supposed to be"the way to go", along with those oxygen absorbers, for food like dried rice/beans etc.

Amazon was pretty expensive last time I checked. Makes sense because they take a 15%(?) commission on all sales.

I buy all my mylar and oxygen absorbers from DiscountMylarBags.com. usually the best prices and the bags arrive in good condition.

I've spent about $1500 with them over the past 5 years...

One big suggestion... get on Amazon and buy the vacuum attachment for the canning jars, then go to HarborFrieght and get one of their $90 vacuum pumps.. Store all your oxygen packs in a canning jar under high vacuum...

https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-FCARWJAH-000-Wide-Mouth-Regular-Accessory/dp/B016OL1AB6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=XGUBUNDBPE0P&keywords=canning%2Bjar%2Bvacuum&qid=1691182738&sprefix=canning%2Bjar%2Bvacuu%2Caps%2C219&sr=8-2&th=1

We have a couple hundred canning jars full of freeze dried foods that don't do well in bags.. No oxygen absorber needed if you pull a deep vacuum on them.

 

[MurphyGuy]

Been looking at the Glock G40 MOS, Glock 20 and the Sig 510.

I like all of them but no good Retention holsters except for the Glock 20.

Especially if you put a trijicon RMR on them.

Why would you want a 10mm weapon? difficult to find ammo.

 

[Bluedog225]

Wonder how much vacuum you can pull on a glass jar before it becomes a hazard?

 

[42OhmsPA]

Wonder how much vacuum you can pull on a glass jar before it becomes a hazard?

Was about to ask the same thing.
Pressure bombs with shards of glass and pickle juice wouldn't be much fun.

 

[Warpspeed]

Glass is actually quite strong under compression.
Its only shock and tension that can easily shatter it.

Not possible to have more than 14.7 pounds per square inch of vacuum.
Pressure has no upper limit.
Glass jar should be o/k, the size probably matters.

Many food products are stored in glass at reduced internal pressure.
You will get that faint hiss, and the lid pops when you open the lid for the very first time.

 

[42OhmsPA]

Skip to 3:40

 

[Warpspeed]

That glass jar probably imploded from sheer fright when it saw that bloody great axe coming down.

 

[MurphyGuy]

Wonder how much vacuum you can pull on a glass jar before it becomes a hazard?

I have hundreds of them sitting down at whatever max vacuum that air conditioning service pump can pull.. I have never had one break.. About 2% will eventually leak air through a bad seal, but never a break.

Even dropped one on the basement carpet once..

 

[klystron]

I have hundreds of them sitting down at whatever max vacuum that air conditioning service pump can pull.. I have never had one break.. About 2% will eventually leak air through a bad seal, but never a break.

Even dropped one on the basement carpet once..

No surprise there. Regardless of how good the vacuum pump is, the jar will never see much more than about 15 psi pressure difference unless you submerge them at significant depth. FWIW, an HVAC service pump should be able to achieve less than 200 microns vacuum once outgassing of any contents ceases.

But, the discussion reminded me of the Price Rupert's Drop for some reason and if you haven't heard of it, it's a pretty neat demonstration of creating stresses in glass and what happens when they are released.

 

[MurphyGuy]

No surprise there. Regardless of how good the vacuum pump is, the jar will never see much more than about 15 psi pressure difference unless you submerge them at significant depth. FWIW, an HVAC service pump should be able to achieve less than 200 microns vacuum once outgassing of any contents ceases.

But, the discussion reminded me of the Price Rupert's Drop for some reason and if you haven't heard of it, it's a pretty neat demonstration of creating stresses in glass and what happens when they are released.

LOL.. Yea, I've seen them shoot bullets at those drops, break them underwater, and the slow-mo guys on youtube have filmed them up in the 150,000 (or was it 1.5 million?) frames/second range to watch them explode.

If I recall, the shock wave going through them is supersonic... which is kind of crazy... Usually takes a controlled burn of a low explosive, or the detonation of a high explosive to achieve those speeds.
If someone had asked me how fast I thought the Rupert's Drop shattered, no way would I have thought it to be faster than sound..

My freeze dryer gets to 190 microns when the food is done.. I don't think a normal air conditioning vacuum pump goes that low.. It probably could (maybe?), but I doubt standard practice is to allow it to run for that long.

When I vacuum a canning jar down, I usually let it run for about 90 seconds on a 1qt jar.. best guess is its probably around 1500 microns, which is still probably removing 5 times more oxygen than an oxygen absorber ever could...

 

[klystron]

My freeze dryer gets to 190 microns when the food is done.. I don't think a normal air conditioning vacuum pump goes that low.. It probably could (maybe?), but I doubt standard practice is to allow it to run for that long.

Here you go from standard practice for HVAC...

After the second standing test, allow the vacuum pump to run until the system is preferably below 200 microns. (With a good pump 50-100 microns is easily achievable.) Isolate the vacuum rig with the core tools and allow the system to stand for 15 to 30 minutes. If the micron level does not rise above 500 microns the evacuation is complete. If the pressure rises above 500, open the core tools again and allow the evacuation to continue.

 

[SYKSolar]

Yep.

I have a good friend with a 7,000 square foot home that sent me a link to some off brand solar generator he saw on Fox News or something. He was all excited he would have backup power for the house. I was like, sure, you could charge your many kids phones??

He thought air conditioning was on the table…

I was in that mentality when I first wanted to do a DIY Solar and I thought 600W or 1000W solar panels would be able to do wonders. So I bought 2 x 100 SP with a 30A Charge Controller. They were simply kept in the storage.
Then I bought 2x320W SP, a 3KW Growatt Inverter and EGC 5.12 KH Battery and I never saw the battery was charging. Later, I bought another 4 x 320W SP and it works but still under power. Whenever, I pluged a dryer and pushed the start button, the battery went into alarm mode! Lesson learned!

 

[MurphyGuy]

Here you go from standard practice for HVAC...

After the second standing test, allow the vacuum pump to run until the system is preferably below 200 microns. (With a good pump 50-100 microns is easily achievable.) Isolate the vacuum rig with the core tools and allow the system to stand for 15 to 30 minutes. If the micron level does not rise above 500 microns the evacuation is complete. If the pressure rises above 500, open the core tools again and allow the evacuation to continue.

Interesting.. I didn't think the evacuation would require them to go that low on a refrigeration system. Thanks for the post..