u/AlaskaWilliams

My wife and I are hoping to replace our heavy department store bikes that we use to bike roads and paved trails. I really like the vintage road bikes available in my area as I think they offer a great balance of weight and strength, offering all we need and for a great deal ($80-$120). Some of the bikes I’m looking at currently are a Raleigh Technium 440, Panasonic Villager, 1975 Raleigh 10 speed, and an unknown 1970’s Japanese bike. Others are available but include some work that may be beyond my abilities. The sellers for the bikes I’m looking at all indicate they are in working condition but I don’t know much about bikes. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions before I make a deal?

My wife and I are hoping replace our heavy department store bikes. I really like the vintage road bikes available in my area as I think they offer a great balance of weight and strength, offering all we need and for a great deal ($80-$120). Some of the bikes I’m looking at currently are a Raleigh Technium 440, Panasonic Villager, 1975 Raleigh 10 speed, and an unknown 1970’s Japanese bike. The sellers all indicate they are in working condition but I don’t know much about bikes. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions before I make a deal?

I just finished one second after and felt it did a great job fleshing out details most wouldn’t consider in a total collapse scenario. The dialogue was a little clunky but overall I think it was a great read. What books stood out to you in regard to making you think to prepare in ways you hadn’t previously considered?

I need to refinish some old pistol slides cheaply at home. Which would work better between the two?

I wanted to try growing some longevity spinach and thought it would also be fun to have it on a Hügelkultur mound so it’ll have more surface area to grow on and a moisture/nutrient source. Anyone have any luck with this method?

Twice a month I budget $20 to top up my deep pantry. I try to get things with long shelf lives, are decently nutritious, and are things we would cycle through regularly to ensure nothing goes bad. I also try and keep at least a week’s worth of food that can be eaten as is if we need to flee at a moments notice or won’t have the time/environment to cook (i.e. hurricane evacuation). I’m planning my next run to include other things like spices, jars of garlic, vinegar, and jellies/jams because good food boosts moral in hard times. What do you stock in your deep panty and is there anything you recommend I add?

I really like my SBS’d Mossberg 590 and think it might be good to replace my suppressed AUG as a HD gun. I love how handy and quiet my AUG is but my thinking is that something like #4 buckshot would be more effective than 556 at close range and also greatly reduce the likelihood of over penetrating/passing through a wall and hitting a neighbor (I’m in the suburbs). My issue is that I only consider it a viable HD gun if I could shoot it without deafening/concussing myself if I were to shoot indoors. This is why I like my suppressed AUG and before that a suppressed pistol.

The Victra 12 seems to be one of the more modern shotgun suppressors (better performance than the Seg12 and better features than the Salvo12), but I don’t have the opportunity to hear one in person. I’d like to set up my mossberg with one but would be bummed to spend the money and add up to 12” to my OAL for only minimal sound reduction. I know shotgun suppressors are never as quiet as rifle/pistol suppressors but so long as it would prevent me from flash banging myself if I ever needed to fire a shot indoors I would consider it worthwhile. Can anyone attest to its performance and if they think it would work in this case?

I have an SBR’d lower I’m not sure what to do with so I’m tempted to make a “PDW” style AR akin to the Colt Commando. I’m trying to keep it as short as possible so I’m thinking of using my 10.5” barrel (without a suppressor) and law tactical folder. My concern is how loud this would be. My go to rifle is a suppressed 16” AUG that I appreciate I can shoot it as is without ear protection, so I’ve been spoiled with a nice quiet rifle. Would you consider a 10.5” with a standard birdcage flash hider too loud for practical purposes? Also if you have any suggestions for other fun/practical builds let me know because I’ve got several lowers and uppers I feel I have little use for ever since I got my AUG.

Update: I misspoke/misstyped, I don’t shoot my suppressed rifles without ear pro, I mean to say they’re quiet enough that I could shoot in a home defense situation without blowing an ear drum. I always have ear pro but this is the reason I only shoot suppressed guns, BECAUSE I want to protect my hearing. I just don’t know what to do with my AR stuff because after getting an AUG a suppressed AR seems too long for my liking