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Range Day……


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Rampy, 10-04-2024, 06:55 PM

I’m exhausted, so bear with me, went 99 min away to the grassland where you can shoot anything set up tables, lots of targets and 2 canopies 

The 300 blackout AR-15 had massive problems with the magazines, it really did not like Magpul 5.56 mags & had problems feeding but when changed to a aluminum mag it worked fine

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Emergency Communication


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Rampy, 10-04-2024, 06:47 PM

Here is a screen shot of my iPhone 15 something or other 
If you have a iPhone 14 & above running IOS 18 you can text without any cell service 

It’s a true game changer 

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fema stops aid?


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tommag, 10-03-2024, 07:33 PM

I don't know if this is true, but if so, it'll make your blood boil! He's saying that fema only allows preferred vendors in for the sake of kickbacks.
https://x.com/ryantyre/status/1841583311782568064


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hurricane helene


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tommag, 10-02-2024, 01:11 AM

Normally I associate hurricanes with coastal area damage. Helene made landfall with 150 mph winds and certainly devastated that area,  but has been very destructive much further inland. Ashville, NC is 400 miles from the landfall and the storm has dumped 30 inches of rain there as well as some distance north of there, washing out roads and making travel impossible. I know the storms don't end at the coastal areas but 400+ miles inland and people are stranded, no communications, etc. boggles my mind. Maybe I've never paid attention in the past but I can't recall anything like this, at least not in the USA. 
I'm pretty well insulated from events where I live, hurricanes aren't a thing in the Northwest.  Wildfires are an issue, but an 80,000 acre fire doesn't cover the whole area. Windstorms with sustained 40, gusting to 75 happen here but they don't leave us devastated. I'm aways from subduction zones so earthquakes might happen but not very likely. Every decade or so we get major snowfall but roads are usually cleared in a day or so. I only keep 2 buckets of freeze dried chow on hand but I think a 40 day supply is more than adequate.


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ham radio emergency nets


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tommag, 10-01-2024, 07:24 PM

Actual ham radio emergency nets in north Carolina flooding area. Cellphone service is kaput there.
https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43107
The guys are providing a valuable service on the w4htp repeater.


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