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They used to call it "ratshot." My father shot a rat in the kitchen with it one time. The rat had evaded all means of capture or poison up until that point.
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And I’ve never had any to work worth $#/+ in a semi auto.
I used 22 birdshot but we generally call them ratshots because that's what most of us use them for and chipmunks/squirrels. in the barn and stable around the feeders of grain we always have rats around
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Get you one of those $129 Heritage Rough Rider revolvers.
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/heritage-rough-rider-22-lr-revolver-116028662#repChildCatid=5236108
I’m good. I have a couple 22 revolvers and an old but good Remington bolt action rifle that work fine for rat shot.
For semi-auto 9 mm, the Ruger Lc9s will fire and cycle the Shot shells (ratshot, snakeshoot,etc.) I have tested and loaded the first round in wife's Lc9s and it is a shot shell. She does not want to kill on first / warning shot (we have a difference of opinion there). My 9 mm full size EDC will not cycle the shot shell. 147 HST works for me, I do want to kill with the first shot. I do not shoot to warn or scare. If I have to shoot, it will be a fatal encounter.
Here is a brief video on shot shells and semi-auto pistols. Enjoy
Here is a brief video on shot shells and semi-auto pistols. Enjoy
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The wife and I both carry Ruger .22 single action revolvers on our 4 wheelers. They work just fine. The bird shot works good on chipmunks too.
I use .22 bird shot on snakes, rats and squirls. I once used it on a wild dog. Only as single shot and the range is not good.
Went shopping today.and bought a 32oz bag of light brown sugar. And 2-16oz boxes of baking soda. I have no idea how or where, i'll use them.but i got um.also got 2-16oz jars of lemon juice.on account I've started drinking honey and lemon jucie mix.
Oatmeal or rice brown sugar is good
vacuum seal as quick as possible, I keep some in a 2gal glass jar with good sealing lid and keep about 3 large marshmallows in the jar to keep it soft and vacuum seal the rest with mylar bags, if it gets hard just a few sliced apples will soften it up in a couple of day just an fyi
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I used baking soda in the sugar cookies I made today and brown sugar on the pork steaks for dinner. Those two items are very good to have on hand Jim with multiple uses. I actually buy baking soda by the 5 lb bags when I can find them just because it is used for cooking, cleaning and the goats.
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Today was a busy day. We had 4 cement trucks, a cement pumper truck, a crane and a crew of 15 working here today. We got the stem walls poured for the house and set the solar panel mount. The mount for the solar panels took over 8 yards of concrete alone. Next week I'll start on mounting the solar panels on top of the mount. The top of the pole mount is 16 feet off the ground. It may be safer to bring the crane out again in order set the panels on the frame. But first I'll try using a ladder and the bucket on my tractor. Once the panels are mounted I can tilt the whole array to about a 45° angle and connect the wiring.
If you're interested in going solar, just be aware that the price you pay for the panels, inverter, battery bank, etc is the cheap part. At least it is in my case, but I still highly recommend going solar though. I'm guessing that I'll have around $70,000 in my electric system when it's all done.
If you're interested in going solar, just be aware that the price you pay for the panels, inverter, battery bank, etc is the cheap part. At least it is in my case, but I still highly recommend going solar though. I'm guessing that I'll have around $70,000 in my electric system when it's all done.
Congrats, I am envious! What is your capacity/output from the array and batteries? What type of batteries?
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There's a huge shortage of whole cloves in the community!!!!!! What will we do??
The 22LR birdshot is on the wimpy side. I used to kill starlings and a water snake with it. It just gives you a better chance at hitting the target.
Oh yea and it would tend to jam.
Dollar General NO whole cloves.
22 Birdshot is good in trees or bushes that bear fruit, less chance of damage than if using a 410, ya, I damaged branches and fruit going after birds in my fruit bearing trees using the little 410
Purchased a case of Bush's New Orleans style beans. At 50 cents a can could not pass up, took a test of it first, poured over rice, and made two meals. Good thing I went back today for it, two days ago they had dozens of cases, today only 3.
I stock up on cans Blue Runners creamy New Orleans red beans when there is a sale
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I'm using 8 Crown lead acid 6 volt 430 ah batteries wired for 24 volt. I can't remember the brand of solar panels I'm using but I paid extra for American made ones. I have 10 panels at 295 watts each for a total of 29,500 watts. This all runs through a Magnum inverter. My backup generator is a 12kw Perkins diesel connected to the inverter. Plus it has an automatic start, which is programmable from the inverter. Once the panels are installed and wired correctly, the generator shouldn't ever start during the summer, unless I'm running the welder or table saw in the shop.
My trees are about to break they are so loaded down this year. Guess I need to start eating apples!
That is the way my plum trees were much earlier. Which I had apples. I guess that will have to wait until I can get some “real” land.
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The lumber for the house will be delivered tomorrow. The excavator guy should be out on Friday to install the French drain and backfill the foundation. I'm going to try and get the crane out on Friday so I can start installing the solar panels on the mount. I figured it would be safer using the crane with a man basket than putting a ladder in the bucket of my tractor.
Today I'm going to start putting a temporary fence around the hay stack.
It's still hot, dry, smokey and dusty around here. Over 2 months without a drop of rain and no relief in sight.
Today I'm going to start putting a temporary fence around the hay stack.
It's still hot, dry, smokey and dusty around here. Over 2 months without a drop of rain and no relief in sight.
No wonder there are fires. can't imagine no rain for that long.
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You may want consider investing in a mini excavator for your place. It sure does come in handy with digging and even moving heavy objects such as loading/unloading big logs to bring home for fire wood. We have even used it to drive in t post and pull out. Stand things back up, etc.
I would love to have some big equipment. The lot across the road from where I work has a used John Deere Gator, though not considered heavy equipment it sure would be great to have. Cost is over 7 grand. I paid less for both of my vehicles combined. The only thing I have for digging is a spade.
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On Friday we drove up to visit the kids and gbabies. They live about 400 miles north of here. Several places along the way the temps were up to 107 degs and we drove by several fires. Most fires looked like they were pretty much out but on the way home there was a new fire in a wheat field.
Here at home we've had about 6 days of 90+ degs this summer, with most days around 10-13% humidity. I'll be glad to see some rain again, maybe in October.
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Yeah, I've been thinking about buying a mini excavator. And a small dozer too. But two years of major construction projects any large equipment purchases will have to wait until next year. This fall I need to buy a new snow plow for the tractor, a snow blower, a wood splitter and a welder.
