{"id":8839,"date":"2026-01-14T01:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:50:40","slug":"supper-six-sooterssilver-and-stonks-my-point-of-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/supper-six-sooterssilver-and-stonks-my-point-of-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Supper, Six Sooters,Silver and Stonks, My Point of View"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greetings and Salutations!
Well, the diet is going well. The stomach is most definitely shrinking and tonights grub was two tuna sammiches on Publix Mountain Bread. Pretty simple and filling… 2x sammies and the bread calorie wise is about 320, while the tuna was a total of 220 calories plus or minus. Each sammich gets a full can of the tuna, and each can gets about two tablespoons of olive-oil based mayo…call it 650+\/- for both sammiches.

And for all of y’all who tell me to stop making lists and counting calories? Believe you me I will<\/strong> but I’m retraining both my belly AND my brain to adjust and track, and eventually<\/em> reform into habits that I can stay on. Today was a skip day on the gym, as well as the walk. I need a wee bit of a break. A cool thing I found out last night was that I have<\/strong> some Muscle Milk powder that’s still good, and it seems that some of those chocolate drinks that come in the MREs these days?

Seems some of them ARE essentially Muscle Milk\/Protien drinks. And man, I got a PILE of them laying around as I usually don’t drink them. All the ‘extras’ that I can’t or won’t usually use<\/em> from an MRE gets thrown in a big ole box, and then when the box is full (like last night) I sort everything out, let Sapper take his pick of what he wants, then I’ll sort MY picks and shitcan the rest… crap like the “Italian” breadsticks or the wheat bread ‘loaf’…. Gah… shit like that makes me wonder if the Natick guys are actually Mad Scientists…

I got a deal the other day that I was pleased with as well. one of the other gun shops around here has a counter area for used\/unwanted gear… mags, scopes and occasionally ammunition. I just happened in when some guy was placing some boxes in from his Granddad’s estate, and maaaaaaaaaaan… MY lucky day! 2 new boxes of Magtech .44 Magnum… NOT reloads. New… just a little wear on the outer box… 50 rounds each<\/strong> of 240gn JSP! Even better? $25 a box!!!

That was almosts a BOGO so naturally I grabbed ’em up.

Considering the .44 is a single action six shooting wheel gun, and it feeds one at a time reeeeeally slowly<\/em> I figure 100 rounds ought to last me quite a spell.

I think<\/em> I told y’all about it?
Can’t remember
Anyway… I do love talking about my weapons so…

MY Christmas gift to myself as outside of Sapper and MomUnit, no one got me jack… not that it matters, but Palmetto State had a clearance sale, and that Sezzle payment program??? Oh man it’s just made to get a guy like me in trouble. They had a Pietta Prospector 7.5″ 44 Rem Mag for $399.9<\/span><\/strong>9<\/span>!!! I’ve seen those go for as much as $1200 on some big box gun stores…

So what the Hell right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve always wanted a six-shooter.

And since Florida has gone to full on open carry, well… if’n you’re going to open carry, do it with STYLE.<\/em><\/strong>

I ordered a gunbelt on Etsy custom fit to my big self. It’s got a US Cav style open top holster, and the belt itself is 2 1\/2in thick, with 12 ammunition loops for .44, and 6 loops for .45-70 as I figure why not?

Sometimes you just have<\/strong> to go “full retard”

In the Zombiepocalypse, what I lack in rate-of-fire, I MORE than make up for with absolute ball crushing\/skull vaporizing FPS on both weapons.

The workmanship on the weapon itself is magnificent.
Wonderful finish, crisp trigger, accurate… ZERO complaints from me. Well… maybe ONE… that angle on the grip lays some hate on your wrist when firing it….44 Rem Mag is a mule of a round.

We’ll see…
I mean I could sell it used right now and make a profit either way right? AND speaking of making a profit, TfAt must be jumping for joy as silver hit a new high on the Comex at $90.02 spot. That’s great, HOWEVER

Comex is bullshit as I’ve been watching, learning and observing. Shanghai and Kuwait are selling at spot a little more like $100 to $115… never mind the numismatic valuations of particular coins… as you can see here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I capped that at 15:14… Silver was, per COMEX, sitting at $88.03 spot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The problem?
Look at the ask for ONE AMerican Eagle One oz Silver Dollar
$101.02
That’s the best price<\/strong>.. as in how much you pay in bulk per coin, when in reality, if you ONLY want one coin? ONE COIN is going to run you $108.67:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That means that the premium<\/strong> on ONE COIN is about (at that moment) was $20.64 per coin.

THAT<\/strong> tells me that COMEX is bullshit.
COMEX has been fuckign around forever and a day, and I think they (and we as collateral damage) are going to find out good and hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian Guy does a pretty good vid here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CME Just Nuked Silver Margins pic.twitter.com\/ws3g2KtPnJ<\/a><\/p>— Asian Guy (@AGAsianGuy) January 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>