To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds ‘n Sods Column or in the Snippets column. Let’s keep busy and be ready!
Jim Reports:
This past week I kept busy packing orders for Elk Creek Company. The latest batch of guns has been selling very quickly. I suppose that the ATF’s upcoming rule grossly expanding the “Engaged in The Business” definition is what has spurred the sudden interest. Pre-1899 guns will soon become the last bastion of firearms purchasing privacy, in all 50 states! To avoid a Federal felony prosecution, virtually any gun with a frame or receiver made after December 31st, 1898 will have to be sold only by or through a FFL — with a Form 4473 and a FBI background check.
Oh, and with the recent run-up in the price of silver, I have increased my FRNs to pre-’65 silver divisor to 22-to-1. (You can take the listed gun prices and divide by 22, if you will be paying in pre-1965 silver U.S Dimes, quarters, or half dollars.)
Calving season has begun. Lily will fill you in with some calving details, in her part of the report…