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I haven’t tried shooting the 22 birdshot yet but am intrigued by it. Almost suprised someone makes it in such a small shell.
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.
 
I haven’t tried shooting the 22 birdshot yet but am intrigued by it. Almost suprised someone makes it in such a small shell.

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
 
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

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
Congrats, I am envious! What is your capacity/output from the array and batteries? What type of batteries?


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I haven’t tried shooting the 22 birdshot yet but am intrigued by it. Almost suprised someone makes it in such a small shell.
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.
 
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.

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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