Got sunshine?
We all got challenges in our marital bliss to deal with. My wife asked me which powder I had out on Sunday for some reloading on the front porch (that never got done, despite it being a beautiful day, BTW). I told her it was Accurate No.2. She squealed, "Oooh! that's the stuff you use for my .380's isn't it? Are you making me ammo for my Walthers?" I told her it was for some .45ACP 200gr. plated and she frowned but didn't quite pout. Told her it would hopefully be great in her Springfield Ultra. Still frowning, bordering on pouting. Now I HAVE to load up some 380's for her. Like I say, we all got things to deal with and the OP's isn't all that different from a lot of folks I know.Cheaper & easier just to get a new wife? KIDDING!!!
This or a variation is now my target solution.
My wife used to shoot competitively & recreationally in high school and a little afterwards. And even reloaded way back then. (Yes many decades ago when schools had rifle teams.) Oddly perhaps, she quit all that once she went to the FBI (where we met), but is still very supportive writ large. It’s storing powder in the house that has become a non-starter over the past couple years.
You’re such a pal…it’s a mere $1799!Got sunshine?
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24 in. off-grid small Solar DC refrigerator with reversible doors
You can set it for min cooling (highest temp - around 55F IIRC) and leave the freezer off - or put a few sew-dee-pops in with the powder.
Colder is better but I don't think it's a good idea to freeze smokeless powder.
I'm thinking your best bet is to get a small camping/portable solar cell and OTG refrigerator to keep in the shed. No wires, no extension cords, very self-contained and you might even get a tax credit for "being green"
Wouldn't that be nice, for Uncle Sam to pay for your powder magazine?
Plus the solar cell and a deep-cell battery. Closer to $2K if you shop around. Tax deductible, though. Check with your tax consultant about both local and Federal tax breaks. It's also good for food and drinks so, once you amortize the cost, minus applicable tax breaks and local "green" initiatives, it's not too bad.
Tax credit for powder storage and having a loading bench on my front porch would just freak out the neighbors. Sign me up!I'm thinking your best bet is to get a small camping/portable solar cell and OTG refrigerator to keep in the shed. No wires, no extension cords, very self-contained and you might even get a tax credit for "being green"
Well, you gotta remember my loading bench is a bar stool and my neighbors are a vacant lot, a city/county storage facility, and a bunch of farmers. The only ones who see me reloading are the chickens and barn cats.
Yup. The house I grew up in was climate controlled. When it was hot, we opened the windows. And when it was cold, we built a fire in the fireplace and put a blanket over the sheets. When it rained, we got wet but that's only until the roof got fixed. All my handloads as a kid went bang and dropped lots of deer, rabbit, pigs, gators, and such. That's why it doesn't bother me one bit reloading outside, even in the summer, as long as it's not raining.
Well, you gotta remember my loading bench is a bar stool and my neighbors are a vacant lot, a city/county storage facility, and a bunch of farmers. The only ones who see me reloading are the chickens and barn cats.
. I’ve got a Mom’s Demand Action couple to my left, a “Resister” to my right, and across the street a very friendly, unaffiliated, but radical lefty.
I'm pretty sure the barn cats are all "Article Four Republicans" - they seem pretty firm on the idea of rugged individualism, law and order - but I'm not so sure about the chickens.
The rooster seems kinda authoritarian and elitist.
It's sorta been brought up.
Cats control the vermin population real well. Lizards, moles, rats, mice, squirrels - they'll even chase and play with roaches, swat them to bits and pieces, then eat the wings. We don't have problems with anything but wasps in our barns and sheds. Mostly paper wasps. Their only natural enemies are bees and spiders; and the spiders don't survive the cats for too long.
Given his circumstance, that may not be a wise idea...
Does she know that?
Well that’s encouraging.
That’s classic.
We used to have a cat that would bring us what she caught and lay it at our feet. Pretty gross most of the time. Nowadays the foxes keep the vermin under control but they crap everywhere.
