Choate NEF and H&R Survivor Stock

I'm considering getting one of these for my NEF 12 gauge and add on a slip on recoil pad like he says.  I'd also add a retainer to make the forend screw captive.  The main selling issue for me is it replaces my good wood stock and forend so I can keep them from getting scratched up and it adds sling studs.

Some of the things I would add into the stock to keep handy would be a small fire starting kit, some plastic sheeting, enough to make a small lean to or sleeping bag, and some 550 cord with a small folding knife and maybe some duct tape.  In the forend I would have some water purification tablets and a couple of coffee filters in a ziplock bag.

I wish Choste made a stock like this for the Savage Model 24.  I would definitely get one of those.

Iver Johnson Pocket Safety Hammerless Revolver

Back at my ex father in laws gun shop we had over a dozen Iver Johnson and Harrington and Richardson topbreak revolvers in various states of fireability.  Some were nothing but the barrel and frame, with the lockwork gone etc.  Some were fully able of being fired except for some issues with the timing.

If you can get one of those old revolvers in decent condition you can actually use them as a decent plinker loading them up with black powder and lead balls/shot.  On one old revolver we had I actually cut down some modern .32 H&R shells and then reloaded with a bit of Pyrodex and 00 buck shot for the bullet.  Out to 15 feet I was regularly hitting cans as small as deviled ham cans.  And it was only costing me about .02 cents a round.