Panic purchase list - sh1t about to hit the fan!

[vtsnowedin]

I don't even know how to skin a rabbit.

It is not hard when you need to do it. The hard part is taking an animal you have raised from birth for three years and putting it in the freezer. You try not to get attached to them but I'm a bit of a softy.

[kenneal - lagger]

From what I remember we used to bump off our rabbits at 6 months to a year. Was a long time ago though - nearly 30 years!!! Frightening!

Our cattle go off at 3 to 5 years.

[Catweazle]

Both grades of shotgun gunpowder.

Not quite. Pyrodex rs is a black powder substitute for muzzle loading rifles. and 4350 is smokeless rifle powder. The IMR stands for "improved military rifle". We have hunting seasons here where each is used and I have the tools to reload my own centerfire rifle ammunition. Shot shell powders are formulated differently to create different (lower) pressures and have names such as Red Dot and Unique. In the UK you might use Royal Scot RS401 made by the Scot powder company.
The rifle season for White tailed deer opens tomorrow at 0 dark thirty+30 minutes. I have tracking snow on the ground.

Have you tried Triple 7 ? I use it in a Ruger Old Army, it cleans up easier than Pyrodex.

[vtsnowedin]

From what I remember we used to bump off our rabbits at 6 months to a year. Was a long time ago though - nearly 30 years!!! Frightening!

Our cattle go off at 3 to 5 years.

I have never raised rabbits but have done quite a few head of cattle, a few pigs and one lot of chickens. Also a few deer, a couple of moose and one bear. All the mammals basically the same once they are down.

[vtsnowedin]

Have you tried Triple 7 ? I use it in a Ruger Old Army, it cleans up easier than Pyrodex.

Not yet. Might give it a try when the current supply of RS runs out. A bit chilly this morning. 20Deg F with a wind. I managed to drive one doe into range of one of the daughters but does are not legal in this season.
Tracking snow!!!

[Catweazle]

Have you tried Triple 7 ? I use it in a Ruger Old Army, it cleans up easier than Pyrodex.

Not yet. Might give it a try when the current supply of RS runs out.

It's a little more difficult to light than black powder. It has a bit more energy than BP which makes it worth a look, some people use a couple of grains BP near the cap to start it off. Personally I wouldn't bother with the BP starter charge in a shotgun, but in a deer rifle it would be worth the effort.

Let us know how you get on

[vtsnowedin]

Have you tried Triple 7 ? I use it in a Ruger Old Army, it cleans up easier than Pyrodex.

Not yet. Might give it a try when the current supply of RS runs out.

It's a little more difficult to light than black powder. It has a bit more energy than BP which makes it worth a look, some people use a couple of grains BP near the cap to start it off. Personally I wouldn't bother with the BP starter charge in a shotgun, but in a deer rifle it would be worth the effort.

Let us know how you get on

Nothing to report as of yet. A crisp morning walk so far today and one , not eligible for harvest, doe driven past one of the daughters yesterday,

[vtsnowedin]

Had a couple of days of white Shikt here. Things we stocked up on or found we did not have enough of were:
fuel, both diesel for the tractor and gasoline for the back up generator,
candles (large diameter unscented ones),
flashlights.
We need to get some replacement glass chimneys for our oil lamps as they could have been put to good use. My wife had no luck finding any locally during the power outage.