Montana Firearms Freedom Act

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Firearms Freedom Act

http://www.firearmsfreedomact.com/ The Firearms Freedom Act (FFA) is sweeping the Nation. EXCERPT Originally introduced and passed in Montana, the FFA declares that any firearms made and retained in-state are beyond the authority of Congress under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the states. Since its passage in Montana, a clone of the Firearms Freedom Act has been enacted in Tennessee, and has been introduced in the legislatures of Alaska, Texas, South Carolina, Minnesota and Florida. Legislators in many other states have announced that they will introduce FFA clones when their legislatures next convene. The FFA is primarily a Tenth Amendment challenge to the powers of Congress under the "commerce clause," with firearms as the object - it is a state's rights exercise. END EXCERPT

2 comments:

YeOldFurt said...

We should all be behind this to support States Rights.
YeOldFurt

August 5, 2009 9:40 AM

Did it MY way said...

We had BETTER BE BEHIND this. Spread the word.


States Rights might save us.

See Ya

August 5, 2009 11:36 AM

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Take-down survival rifles

The CoPilot 45-70 sells for only $1980.00
http://www.wildwestguns.com/copilot.html

You could have a plain black zipper case
made for your take-down rifle.
One screw holds the shoulder stock on
Marlin 336 30-30 and 1895S 45-70.
With shoulder stock removed:
336 30-30 20" barrel OAL is 28"
1895S 45-70 22" barrel OAL is 30"
cut 45-70 barrel to 16-1/2" .......
OAL is 24-1/2"

I wondered about MV from 16" barrel
see Lyman 47 reloading manual
Thompson-Contender 45-70 16" barrel
cast bullet #457193 405 grains
RX7 33.0gr MV 1386 fps 41.0 gr MV 1578 fps.
IMR-3031 34.0gr 1061 fps 38.5 gr 1304 fps

I suppose it takes about the same
amount of time to assemble the Co-Pilot
as to install the screw that secures
the stock on 1895S and 336.

My favourite take-down rifle is still
the Garand 30-06. Remove trigger housing
group. It separates into two major parts:
barrelled action 32" stock 30"
You may remove one round from the enbloc
clip of eight. Load clip of seven rounds.
Depress rounds and allow bolt to close on
an empty chamber. Disassemble rifle and
store it in black zipper case. Reassemble
rifle, cycle the bolt to chamber a round
and you are ready to shoot.

Millions of acres of free food

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=97986&highlight=millions+acres+free+food

To Preserve Their Health and Heritage, Arizona
Indians Reclaim Ancient Foods
By Jane E. Brody
(short excerpt)
Going back to one's roots could soon take on a
more literal meaning for the Indians of the
American Southwest, as well as for peoples
elsewhere in the world who are poorly adapted
to rich, refined foods.
For the sake of their health, as well as their
cultural heritage, the Pima and Tohono O'odham
tribes of Arizona are being urged to rediscover
the desert foods their people traditionally
consumed until as recently as the 1940's.
Studies strongly indicate that people who
evolved in these arid lands are metabolically
best suited to the feast-and-famine cycles of
their forebears who survived on the desert's
unpredictable bounty, both wild and cultivated.
By contrast, the modern North American diet is
making them sick. With rich food perpetually
available, weights in the high 200's and 300's
are not uncommon among these once-lean people.
As many as half the Pima and Tohono O'odham
(formerly Papago) Indians now develop diabetes
by the age of 35, an incidence 15 times higher
than for Americans as a whole. Yet, before
World War II, diabetes was rare in this
population.
Similar problems have been found among
Australian aborigines, Pacific Islanders and
other peoples whose survival historically
depended on their ability to stash away calories
in times of plenty to sustain them during
droughts and crop failures. The Pima and Tohono
O'odham Indians seem unusually efficient at
turning calories to body fat; nutritionists say
they gain weight readily on the kinds and
amounts of foods people of European descent
can eat with no problem.
One tablespoon of buds from the cholla cactus
has as much calcium as eight ounces of milk.
The buds are rich in soluble fiber that helps
regulate blood sugar.
Preliminary studies have indicated that a
change in the Indian diet back to the beans,
corn, grains, greens and other low-fat high-
fiber plant foods that their ancestors
depended upon can normalize blood sugar,
suppress between-meal hunger and probably
also foster weight loss.

Cayenne - one of God' wonderful creations

Good info does not perish.

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=68234&highlight=Christopher+cayenne

Cayenne information I never knew about.
greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000)
Preparation Forum : One Thread
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From the October 1999 Idaho Observer: Cayenne:
A stimulant Herb by Dr. John Christopher

Cayenne is one of God's wonderful herbal
creations that never ceases to amaze! Lecturing
recently, we heard the following story:

One told how he had cut deeply with a sharp
instrument the inside of his hand, fingers and
palm. The blood spurted out in streams. He
poured a large amount of cayenne pepper into
the wound, and within seconds the blood flow
slowed down to congealed dripping and the
bleeding stopped entirely before many seconds
had passed.

With a goodly amount of cayenne covering the
wound, he then wrapped it. He was so excited
about the rapid results he could hardly wait
for the regular herb meeting. But, as he said,
the "punch line" was lost, because instead of
a nasty ragged scar to show how severely he
had been hurt, the area was healed and there
was no scar.

Many of the old herbalists claim that in cases
of severe cuts, gunshot wounds, etc., cayenne
can be taken internally as a tea and the
bleeding will stop by the time, in most cases,
you can count to ten.

Cayenne goes immediately into the bloodstream
and adjusts the blood pressure from the top
of the head, to the bottom of the feet, equal
izing pressure over the whole body. This takes
the high pressure, which causes rapid
bleeding, away from the wound and clotting
starts immediately.

Cayenne has been accepted by some of the
orthodox medical profession, as mentioned
in Merck Index, Maleria Medica and
Pharmocology and other standard volumes.
(end excerpt)

The SKS and little old ladies

Why the SKs for little old ladies??
I'm glad that you asked. I particularly
like the SKS for ladies because with it
she can make ten close range immediate,
consecutive one-shot kills. Out here in
the real world if you don't stop the bad
guy dead in his tracks, he gets your ass.
That's bad news for ladies. No lady wants
to be raped by a gang of streetscum.

My Garand 3006 is a bit much for most ladies.
My wife (age 74 130 lbs) shoots the SKS
quite well. She make one-shot kills on
water-filled milk jugs at 50 yards.
That'll keep the bad guys off the front
porch.

The SKS 762x39 is suitable because
it has little recoil, is equal in power to
the 30-30 , is semi-auto and holds ten
shots.
SKS loads from a stripper clip.
To load from a stripper clip
-- put the safety ON
--pull the bolt handle back
to lock the bolt open.
--put end of stripper clip in clip
slot in bolt
--place your thumb well back on the top
cartridge in the stripper clip so that
your thumb rides along the stripper
clip as you press the cartridges down
into the magazine.
--if you are ready to shoot, pull the bolt
handle back with right hand knuckles down
and release the bolt handle. That will
load a cartridge into the chamber.
When you push the safety OFF you can
fire the rifle.

NOTE--if you DO NOT wish to shoot ......
--grasp bolt operating
handle with right hand KNUCKLES DOWN,
pull back slightly and hold.
--With your left thumb press and hold
the cartridges down in the magazine,
and let the bolt SLOWLY ride forward
over the top cartridge (move your left
hand) and let the bolt close on an empty
chamber.

If you carry the rifle with empty chamber..
when you are ready to shoot,
pull bolt handle to the rear with right
hand knuckles down and let it slam
forward chambering a round, then push
safety to OFF and you may fire. Why
pull the bolt handle back with right
hand knuckles down??? IF the rifle
fires when the bolt closes on a round
in the chamber ( called a "slam fire)
and your knuckles are UP, the bolt
handle will relocate your right thumb
some four inches to the rear of where
it grew on your hand. If you have a
slam fire with knuckles down the bolt
handle will not catch your thumb. A
slam fire is a rare occurence. Once
is one time too many if it breaks your
thumb.

ALSO affix six inches of bead chain
to one end of a stout nylon cord twice
as long as the barrel of your rifle.
At the other end tie a loop (bowline).
Eight inches in from the loop on the
end tie another loop (bowline). When
you wish to clean the rifle, place a
patch in the inner of the two loops.
Hold rifle muzzle down, drop bead chain
into chamber. It will pull the thong
down through the barrel. If the patch
is too large and gets caught, grasp
the end loop and pull the patch out
backwards. It is not well to have the
thong break leaving a patch in the bore
of your rifle..

I usually clean my rifles with carburetor
cleaner. I hold them muzzle down, squirt
carb cleaner into chamber and bore and
clean with a thong as described.

also .............

I saw a 16" barrel SKS 762x39
in BrandX folding plastic stock (marked only
Pat Pend.)
folded 29" OAL extended 39" OAL
If necessary may be carried under a raincoat or
poncho.

Good samaritans stop to help you.
Predators stop to help themselves.

It wasn't Kurt Vonnegut? Still a great speech.

Kurt Vonnegut's Commencement Address at MIT

"Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the
future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term
benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists, whereas the rest of my advice
has no basis more reliable than my own
meandering experience. I will dispense
this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
Oh, never mind. You will not understand
the power and beauty of your youth until
they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years,
you'll look back at photos of yourself
and recall in a way you can't grasp now
how much possibility lay before you and
how fabulous you really looked. You are
not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry,
but know that worrying is as effective
as trying to solve an algebra equation
by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles
in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind, the
kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some
idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's
hearts. Don't put up with people who
are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're
behind. The race is long and, in the end,
it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget
the insults. If you succeed in doing this,
tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away
your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what
you want to do with your life. The most
interesting people I know didn't know at
22 what they wanted to do with their lives.
Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds
I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your
knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe
you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll
dance the funky chicken on your 75th
wedding anniversary. Whatever you do,
don't congratulate yourself too much,
or berate yourself either. Your choices
are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it or of what other
people think of it. It's the greatest
instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it
but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't
follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will
only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know
when they'll be gone for good. Be nice
to your siblings. They're your best link
to your past and the people most likely
to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but
with a precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography
and lifestyle, because the older you get,
the more you need the people who knew you
when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave
before it makes you hard. Live in Northern
California once, but leave before it makes
you soft. Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices
will rise. Politicians will philander. You,
too, will get old. And when you do, you'll
fantasize that when you were young, prices
were reasonable, politicians were noble,
and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll
have a wealthy spouse. But you never know
when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by
the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be
patient with those who supply it. Advice
is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is
a way of fishing the past from the disposal,
wiping it off, painting over the ugly
parts and recycling it for more than it's
worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen."

Author: Mary Schmich (USA)
First published: July 1, 1997
Copyright: Herald Tribune
The above speech has spread all over the Internet
as "Kurt Vonnegut's commencement address at MIT".
The truth is that Vonnegut had never delivered
this address. How did this happen? If you are
interested, just click and read my article about
this Vonnegut story.
http://www.wesselenyi.com/Vonnegutstory.htm

What's on your Batman belt?

After I put on my pants and before stepping
into my shoes I put Colt Combat Commander 45ACP
in belt slide. That's so I will know where it
is. On belt have extra mag of seven 45 ACP,
Leatherman Wave (with MFS, five fishhooks
and 30 feet Spiderwire 50 lb test braided
in pockets of the sheath), keyring on 18"
lanyard secured to Wave with a QD. If I fumble
the keyring it dangles on lanyard.
With keys on ring a flint key (flints secured
with JB Weld to old key), and small light.
If I manage to get out of range and out of
sight I hope to defend and feed myself until
things improve.

What's on your Batman belt?

Can you throw a castnet?

Who needs a castnet?? I DO!!!
It is worth carrying in SERE.

The man in the first video is a great instructor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOUkj2h2LjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzQgh0sIibI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZWLQLiowI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2eSphNRgfM

Got Leatherman?

I carry a few sine qua non without which life might be short
but grim. In rear pocket Leatherman Wave sheath five
fishhooks and 30' braided 50 lb test Spiderwire (thin as
BrandX 10 lb); and in side pocket a magfirestarter.

Two MFS for price of one. Cut 1/4"x1"x3" MFS in two lengthwise.
File trench in edge. Hold lighter flints in pliers. Wire brush
to remove coating. Secure flints with JB Weld.

Lyman 310 tailgate reloads

Here is how to load with Lyman 310.
http://www.lasc.us/Brennan_Lyman310Tool.htm


I have Lyman 310 tools for 30-06 and 45-70 kitchen table and tailgate handloads.

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Mail Order List: 11-01-2008
New 310 Die Sets: Made New Exclusively by the 310 Shop. These are in the original 5 Die configuration.

1. New 41 Long Colt 310 Dies. .........................................................................................................................$85.00

2. New 45 Colt (Long Colt) 310 Dies.................................................................................................................$85.00

3. New 45 S&W Schofield 310 Dies...................................................................................................................$85.00

4. New 25-20 Winchester Repeater. .................................................................................................................$85.00

5. New 32-40 Winchester/Marlin 310 Dies..........................................................................................................$85.00

6. New 38-55 310 Dies.......................................................................................................................................$85.00


25-20 Single Shot 30 Remington 303 Savage 35 Winchester Self-Loader 351 Winchester Self-Loader

New 310 Steel Handled Sets: Made New Exclusively by the 310 Shop. These are in the original 5 Die configuration.
Steel 310 Tools (Handles) are "Caliber Stamped".
Special Size Tool and Dies. Larger diameter Dies than the standard 310 Tool.
.....
7. New 41 Long Colt Steel Handled Set. Steel Tool is stamped "41 LC". No Box...........................................$185.00

8. New 32-40 Steel Handled Set. Steel Tool stamped "32-40". No Box...........................................................$185.00

9. New 44-77 Steel Handled Set. Steel Tool stamped "44-77". No Box...........................................................$185.00

10. New 45-70 Steel Handled Set. Steel Tool stamped "45-70". No Box.........................................................$185.00

11. New 50-70 Steel Handled Sets. Steel Tool is stamped "50-70". No Box.....................................................$265.00

12. New 50-90 Steel Handled Sets. Steel Tool is stamped "50-90". No Box....................................................$265.00

(Call or e-mail for Quotes on any other OBSOLETE 310 Caliber Handled Sets & Die Sets)

Specials:

13. New 7.62x39 Soviet 310 Dies. Made with 300 Savage Dies and New # 41 Primer........................................$85.00

14. "J" to ”X" Shell Holder Adapter, (Converts Tru-Line Jr. Press to use Standard Shell Holders)…….….….$17.00

15. "J" Style Shell Holders. Many, Email for availability....................................................................................$17.00


310 DIE SETS: Obsolete, Rare, & Out-of-Production, Calibers $70.00
(Sets consist of Dies & include Shell Adapter)
Handgun:
22 WCF 22 Remington Jet 221 Remington Fireball 256 Winchester Magnum
30 Luger (7.65x21mm) 30 Mauser (7.63mm) 32 ACP/32 Auto (7.65mm) *** 32 S&W ***
380 Auto (9mm Kurz) 9 Luger (9x19mm Parabellum) 38 Auto/38 Super 38 S&W 38 Spl/357 Mag 38-40 Winchester
41 Rem Mag 44 Russian/44 Special 44-40 (44 WCF) 45 Auto (45 ACP)
45 Auto Rim 455 Webley ***
*** Out-of-Stock ***
Rifle:
218 Bee 219 Wasp 219 Zipper 22 Hornet
22 K Hornet 22-250 Varmint 22 Savage High Power 220 Swift
222 Remington 222 Remington Magnum 223 Remington 225 Winchester
240 Weatherby Mag 243 Winchester 244 Remington 25-20 (25WCF)
6 mm Remington 250-3000 (250 Savage) 25-06 25-35
257 Roberts (257 Remington) 6.5 Japanese 6.5 Mannlicher 6.5x55 Swedish
6.5 Remington Magnum 264 Winchester Mag 270 Winchester 7 mm Mauser (7x57)
7.61 Sharp & Hart 280 Remington 284 Win Magnum *** 7 mm Remington Mag
30 M1 Carbine 30 Remington 30 Caliber Mag 300 Savage
300 Win Mag 300 H&H Magnum 300 Weatherby Magnum 303 Savage ***
303 British 30-40 Krag (30 U.S.) 308 Winchester 308 Norma Mag
30-06 (30 Gov’t) 7.62 Russian Rimmed 8 mm Mauser (8x57) 32 Special Winchester
32-20 (32WCF)*** 7.7 Japanese 338 Win Mag *** 348 Winchester ***
35 Remington 35 Winchester 350 Remington Mag 358 Win Mag ***
358 Norma Magnum *** 375 H&H Magnum 40-65 44-40 WCF
444 Marlin *** 45-70 (45Govt) 458 Winchester
*** Out-of-Stock ***

310 HANDLED SETS IN BOX: (Set Box holds Handles & complete Die Set.)
310 Boxed Sets, with Steel Handles, were mfg. from 1947 to 1957 under the name "Lyman Ideal"....$160.00 each
In 1958 the new "Alloy" Handles were introduced and sold in "Boxed Sets" until around 1972...........$130.00 each

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16. 218 Bee with Steel Handles marked "218 BEE" (Orange Set Box.)
17. 219 Wasp with Alloy Handles (Black & Gray Boxed Set)
18. 22 Jet with alloy handles. (orange Set Box)
19. 22 Hornet with Steel Handles marked "22 HORNET". (Orange Set Box.)
20. 22 Savage High Power with Steel Handles marked "22 H P". (Orange Set Box)
21. 220 Swift with Steel Handles marked "220". (Orange Set Box.)
22. 222 Remington with Steel Handles marked "222". (Orange Set Box.)
23. 222 Rem Mag with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box.)
24. 223 Remington with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box.)
25. 22-250 Varmint with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box.)
26. 225 Winchester with Alloy Handles. (("Transitional" Orange Set Box. Diagonal writing.)
27. 243 Winchester with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box).
28. 250-3000 (250 Savage) with Alloy Handles. ("Transitional" Orange Set Box. Diagonal writing.)
29. 25-35 with Alloy Handles (Black & Gray Set Box)
30. 6MM/244 with Alloy Handles (Orange Set Box)
31. 6.5 x 257 with Alloy Handles (Orange Set Box)
32. 250 Savage with Steel Handles marked "250 SAV". (Orange Set Box.)
33. 7 M/M Mauser (7x57) with Steel Handles marked "7mm". (Orange Set Box.)
34. 7.7 Japanese with Steel Handles marked "7.7. Jap". (Orange Set Box.)
35. 257 Roberts (257 Remington) with Steel Handles marked "257". (Orange Set Box.)
36. 270 Winchester with Steel Handles marked "270". (Orange Set Box.)
37. 280 Remington with Alloy Handles. ("Transitional" Orange Set Box. Diagonal writing.)
38. 30 Mauser with Steel Handles marked "30 MAUSER" (Orange Set Box)
39. 300 Savage with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Striped Box.)
40. 30-30 Winchester with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Striped Set Box.)
41. 30 M-1 Carbine with Alloy Handles (Orange Set Box)
42. 308 Winchester with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Striped Set Box.)
43. 30-06 Springfield with Steel Handles marked "30-06". (Orange Set Box.)
44. 30-06 Springfield with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box.
45. 303 British with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box)
46. 303 British with Steel Handles marked 303 British. (Orange Set Box)
47. 338 Winchester Mag with Alloy Handles (Orange Set Box)
48. 350 Rem Mag with Alloy "IDEAL" Handles. (Early 1960's) (Orange Set Box.)
49. 22 Remington Jet with Alloy Handles. (Orange Set Box.)
50. 380 Auto with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box.)
51. 9 M/M with Steel Handles marked "9 mm". (Orange Set Box.)
52. 38 Spec/357 Mag with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Striped Set Box.)
53. 44 Spec / 44 Mag with Alloy Handles. (Orange "Transitional" Set Box. Diagonal writing.)
54. 44-40 with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Set Box.)
55. 45 Colt with Steel handles marked "45 COLT" (Orange Set Box)
56. 45 Auto with Steel Handles marked "45 ACP". (Orange Set Box.)
57. 45 Auto with Alloy Handles. (Black & Gray Striped Set Box.)

IDEAL # 3, # 10, & # 6 Sets: Sets Include Dies and Handles (Tool).
(# 3 Sets for "Rimmed" Cartridges. # 10 Sets for "Rimless" Cartridges)
# 3 & # 10 IDEAL Sets were made from approx. 1914 to 1946. Few were made during the War years........$160.00 each
# 6 IDEAL Sets were made for Larger Calibers from Approx. 1900 to 1925………………………................$160.00 each

44. IDEAL # 10 Set in 30 Luger, (7.65x21mm). Nickel Handles marked "30 Luger". Handles are 95%+ shiny Nickel,
and in excellent shape. Newer 310 Dies in 30 Luger were added to these Handles to make functional Set.
NO BOX.

45. IDEAL # 10 Set in 38 Colt Auto. Nickel Handles marked "38 Colt Auto". Handles are 60%+ and in good, usable
shape. Newer 310 Dies in 38 Auto/38 Super have been added to make this a completely functional Set.
NO BOX.

46. IDEAL # 10 Set in 45 ACP. Nickel Handles marked "45 ACP". Handles are 60%+ and in good, functional shape. Newer
310 Dies have been added to this Tool to make it a completely functional Set. NO BOX.

HANDLES:
Steel Handles.......................................$75.00
Alloy Handles (Large or Small).......$ 60.00

Custom Tools: Standard 310 Size - Our Tool.....$100.00 (Any Caliber) Your Tool....$50.00
Special Size - Our Tool..............$125.00 (Any Caliber) Your Tool....$85.00

STANDARD 310 DIE PARTS: $17.00
Muzzle Resizing Dies (Neck Sizers) Combination Muzzle Resizing / Decapping Dies
Bullet Seating Dies. Decapping Dies (Universal)
Priming Dies. Expander Dies with Expander Plug.
Your choice of Lock Ring Style, (Skinny Ribbed without Set Screw, Ribbed and Knurled.)


SPECIAL SIZE 310 DIE PARTS: $45.00
Muzzle Resizing Dies (Neck Sizers) Bullet Seating Dies
Decapping Dies (Universal) Priming Dies.
Expander Dies with Expander Plug.
Your choice of Lock Ring Style, (Skinny Ribbed without Set Screw, Ribbed and Knurled.)
(Call or Email for quotes on Custom Sets and Calibers)

310 Shell Adapters: $10.00 Die Adapters: Standard 310...$10.00
(Screw-In Shell Guide) Special Size...$15.00
(Use 310 Dies in standard press)

Lock Rings: Standard 310: $2.00 each
Special Size: $5.00 each

Bullet Sizing Dies: $17.00 (310 Die for Sizing Lead Bullets)

We are currently making these ourselves. In any diameter you wish. These are "Hand Made" one-at-a-time. Make sure you order the size you want. (You should order the same diameter as the Bullet you intend to shoot.)

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Shell Resizing Dies: $20.00 (Full Length Shell Resizer, Tap-In style) Email for availability.

Kake Kutters: $17.00 These are New, Exact Replicas of Lyman Kake Kutters used to cut Lube off Cast Bullets.
We make these ourselves. In any diameter you wish. These are "Hand Made" one-at-a-time. Make sure you order the size you want. (You should order the same diameter as the Bullet you intend to shoot.)

(These are by Diameter and not Caliber. Order as .454 not 45 Colt, or .457 not 45-70, etc.)

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Miscellaneous Parts: Email or Write for availability.
Seating Screws, Expander Plugs, Decapping Rods & Pins, Extractor Claws, Extractor Springs, Extractor Roll Pins, and Lock Rings.

PAYMENT
I accept Person Checks, Cashier's Checks, Money Orders, or PayPal. (Sorry, PayPal "E-Checks" NOT accepted!) Payment is expected within 10 days of the date you place your order. If not received, your item is then subject to re-sale. Orders for Custom Made Sets and pieces will not begin until full payment is received.

SHIPPING: $6.00
Actual cost if outside the US. Larger orders, or heavier than average 4-5 Die Sets orders, will be actual cost. Insurance is available at buyer's request and payment.

NOTE: Out-of-Country & Overseas Shipping. Everything is now shipped Express Mail, with a full Custom's Tag. Approximately $28.00 per Set.

I buy, sell, and trade (except for USED modern caliber die sets,) especially for calibers listed as ***Out-Of-Stock***.

If you see something you want, please let me know ASAP, so I can hold it for you.
Inventory changes daily, and many of the pieces are rarely seen, or very hard to find.
If you don't see what you want e-mail me so I can add your wants to the “WANTS LIST”.
I especially like rare, unusual, and large calibers.


SHOOT STRAIGHT...RICK MORRILL


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Food insurance aka tree crops

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
[Practical Survival magazine Feb-Mar issue 1992]

Food Insurance by Harmon Seaver

Planting a policy against tough times

They're rioting in Africa
They're starving in Spain
There's hurricanes in Florida
and Texas needs rain.
They're freezing in Siberia
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't do to us
Will be done by our fellow man.

Sound familiar? Even if you don't rememeber the Kingston Trio hit of the 60s, its message rings out endlessly on the front page of any daily newspaper.

Try another headline which caught my eye recently - "El Nino is back!" Depending upon your locale, and the subsequent bane or blessing dropped in your lap by the last advent of that awesome atmospheric aberration, this declaration might be just enough to shiver your timbers. Or at least give pause to your currnet plans for next summers's garden.

Not only are we unable to control natural (or man-made) disasters, but we have little luck even predicting them. World-shaking phenomena like El Nino ( killing more than 1,100 people and causing an estimated $8.7 million in damage during its appearance) ebb and flow unhindered around the globe. Climatologists are just beginning to correlate the manifold vagaries of this global weather abnormality and have yet to really get a handle on it. Predictability seems unlikely.

Occuring on average four or five years, El Nino might recur in two years or not in ten. Its effect is definitely worldwide; while causing torrential rains and flooding in one area, this bizarre
weather pattern concurrently brings devastating drought, famine and forest fires to another. Or opposite effects for the same period in subsequent cycles.

Airborne particulate matter -- volcanic smoke, dust and ash; smoke from industry, forest fires and slash-and-burn agriculture; dust from cleared land; exhaust from cars and aircraft -- can have a decided effect upon our weather, and consequently, our lives. Precisely what, however, is somewhat undecided. Climatologists and others debate whether these minute particles in the upper stratosphere warm our atmosphere by contributing to the "greenhouse effect" -- primarily caused by increasing CO2 levels (up more than 10% since 1850) - or cool the planet by reflecting and blocking incoming sunlight.

This latter scenario seems to hold the most water. Strong archaeological evidence suggests periods of intensified volcanic activity may have nurtured glaciers and triggered ice ages. Around the world, there has been a rise in volcanic activity since 1950, compared to the half century previous..

From 1850 to about 1940, particularly the Northern Hemisphere, went through a period of significant warming according to the National Oceanographoic and Atmospheric Administration.
But since 1940 there has been a distinct drop. England's annual growing season shrank by nine or ten days between 1950 and 1966. Sea ice returned to Iceland's coasts after more than forty years virtual absence.

The only surety about weather is that it changes, and we have to change with it. When it rains we put on raincoats; when it freezes - longjohns. Likewise our gardening techniques are adapted to various weather patterns and seasons. Raised beds and plastic row covers work wonders in areas with cold wet soils, while irrigation becomes a must in sandy soil and periods of drought. Different types and varieties of crops can hold the key to success in climatic extremes.

In this age of uncertainty, prudent American families find it comforting to stock their larders with months, even years, worth of canned or freeze-dried foods. After all, agrarian societies developed from hunting and gathering tribes because agriculture is not only more energy-efficient, but provides additional security. Modern gardeners practice their art for often these very same reasons -- cost-efficiency and protection of both supply and organic quality.

Crop failures due to events beyond our control do occur however, and food supplies can become erratic or nonexistent given our current climate of social and economic uncertainty.

Even the master gardener, with the most well-developed plot of ground, cannot cope with some of the bizarre aberrations of El Nino, abnormally low temperatures from a nearby Mount St Helens, or the exigencies of war and civil unrest. In reality, most of our common food crops are relatively delicate, compared to wild plants. And if crop failure is extensive enough, those dependent upon commercial food supplies become desperate -- tremendous social upheaval results. The prudent gardener would do well to prepare now for such an eventuality by literally planting against misfortune.

Nature has provided a profusion of extremely hardy food plants. Compared to sissified garden and farm crops which needed to be pampered and coddled every step of the way, native food species (especially the perennials, trees and shrubs) are super plants. True many would cringe at the prospect of living all winter on a diet of beans from the Siberian pea shrub, Jerusalem artichoke tubers or duckweeds. But we'd live and we might even come up with some tasty recipes.

Not to suggest that everyone rush out and begin planting their hard won deep humus to shrubs, forgetting the okra, squash and melons. But most of us have some spare dirt, perhaps around the periphery of our yards. Some, like myself, have acres to root around in any way we please.

A hedge, just one form of our rainy-day crop might take, can provide privacy, windbreaks, shade, wildlife cover and feed; or even a secure, stock-proof fence. All the while growing bigger and sturdier, ready to supply your family with emergency rations should the need ever come. Think of it as food insurance.

Can these trees, shrubs and hardy perennials really produce enough feedstock in small-area plantings to provide true alternative resources? Well, here's what Earle Barnhart said in Tree Crops, an article published in the Journal of The New Alchemists: "Tree crops can match row crops in both protein and carbohydrate yield per acre. Modern hybrid-grain crops such as corn, wheat, and soybeans only outproduce tree crops such as Persian Walnut, filberts, Chinese chestnuts, honey locust and black walnut if they are highly subsidized with fossil-fuel inputs such as pest protection, weed removal, nutrient enrichment and constant, adequate water."... "large fields benefit from being sheltered; the approximate 5% used for windbreaks is well-compensated by higher productivity from the remainder. Tree products such as acorns and honey-locust pods can match corn and oats pound-for-pound as winter feed supplements for livestock." Or us.

"Other woody plants do even better, such as mesquite. This small deciduous tree, native to our Southwest, is so hardy some folks claim it is related to the coyote -- indestructible.! Cows relish its seedpods, and so did the Indians. Pods, minus the seeds, contain much sucrose, about 8-12% protein and are rich in calcium, iron and phosphorus. Mesquite beans which must be ground for human consumption, contain a whopping 60% protein." In fact the whole tree was of vital importance to early natives of the Southwest. The mesquite gives shade, building material, firewood, food and its fibruous bark can be woven into fabric. The honey mesquite in particular is a favourite of honey bees, hence its name: and both it and the velvet mesquite exhibit exceedingly attractive foliage, often planted as ornamentals.

Like the eastern locust, mesquite is a nitrogen-fixing legume. And also like the locust it has many sharp spines, making it ideal for trimming into a dense man-or livestock-proof hedge. Growing to 20 feet tall, this plant provides security in more ways than one. Prowlers or potential looters can easily be disheartened by such a barrier surrounding a house. Nor would its wealth be evident to the gaze of the average brigand searching for food stocks and other valuables.
Honey and mesquite locust grow well south of northern Oklahoma, southern Colorado, Utah and central Nevada. They both tolerate a wide range of conditions: 100-150 days of frost per year, up to 30 inches of rain (or as little as 6 inches), and they grow in sand, gravel, rocks, loam or clay; with either alkaline, saline, acid or neutral soils.

Mesquites withstand full desert heat, and during drought conditions they reduce their transpiration rate and water useage. Growth declines or halts, and the trees enter a resting mode, which they may maintain without permanent ill effects for long periods. Mature mesquite is also fire-survivable - the tops may burn but dormant buds will survive underground to send up new shoots.

Of course, while the mesquite might even survive a nuclear blast in its native area, sub-zero Minnesota winter would be too much for it. So for colder climes, a better choice would be the Siberian pea shrub. Hardy to -50F degrees, it approaches the mesquite in drought resistance.

If trimmed as a hedge, the Siberian pea shrub grows into a spiny, impenetrable 24-foot-tall buffer covered with nutritious seedpods. The young green pods are eaten as a vegetable, while the mature seeds contain 36% protein and are used in recipes calling for dried beans or peas. If protected from livestock while small, pea shrubs will form an excellent cattle-and-man-proof fence, providing nourishing livestock and wildlife feed and cover - all the while waiting to serve you with life-sustaining fare in hard times.

Another similar leguminous tree is the honey locust, named for the sweetness of its pods and its attractiveness to honey bees. Here again, once shaped into a dense hedge, honey locust makes a formidable fence, provides a generous bounty of tasty, nutritious pods and seeds for both animals and man, and is an attractive addition to any yard.

These three trees also are excellent candidates for the poultry yard, dropping their seedpods in late fall and eary winter to provide superb fodder you don't have to haul from the feed store. Many find the mulberry to be outstanding in this regard also. A fast-growing tree, the mature white (or Russian) mulberry can yield 400 pounds of collectible fruit, plus additional amounts taken by birds and squirrels. Dried mulberries are a staple in Afghanistan. Netting is spread on the ground under the trees, and over a 30 day period about 75% of the fruit is caught, which amounts to over five and one half tons per acre. US Dept Agriculture analyzed dried pulp from Afghan mulberries and found it contaied 70.01% invert sugar, 1.2% sucrose, 2.59% protein 1.6% fat and no starch.

The Afghans grind their dried berries and almonds, but the Japanese find even more edible produce on the mulberry tree. They eat the tender young shoots and leaves, cooked or raw.
While their white mulberry is not native to the United States, it may grow hardy and drought-resistant all across our country. Also, there are US-native species such as the Texas mulberry for the southwestern states, and the red mulberry. These trees are also trimmed for hedges, either alone or with other species.

Many other fruit and nut trees can add significantly to our larder, and some are very handy -- almost unfailing within their range. Because of size and formidable root systems, trees and shrubs generally have an edge over their punier garden brethren. But there are many perennial herbs, forbs and grasses which do nearly as well, bringing a quicker return on your investment. While most trees take years to become profitable, perennials can provide a substantial harvest their first year.

One of the most remarkable plants is the Jerusalem artichoke. Widely used by early American Indians, this native is extremely hardy throughout the country, and generally disease-and-pest-free. It spreads rapidly -- some consider this a problem -- and is marvelously productive. Yield is about 15 tons to the acre, five times more than potatoes, and once planted it is with you forever. An established plot crowds out out all competitiors (it helps to rototill the plot every year or so) and so needs no weeding.

This tall relative of the sunflower can be cut more than once as fodder, and Jerusalem artichokes have also found success as a fuel crop - fermented and distilled into alcohol. Its tubers - relatively high in protein, potassium and B vitamins, are also very high in a form of sugar called levulose. Tubers can be left in the ground for hog pasture, or just dug as needed, since freezing does them no harm. Even tiny slices of the tuber seem to sprout the following spring, assuring an endles supply.

Chickory, dandelion, and winter cress are a trio which should be on everyone's "must" list for early crops, and for forcing in the basement during winter. Some might wince at the thought of actually planting "weeds" in their garden, but when you want hardiness - they don't come much tougher.

Dandelion's leaves have four to five times as much protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins as does lettuce; chickory is much the same, and both can be eaten raw or cooked. Roots can also be cooked like turnips or parsnips. Winter cress is even hardier, and sold commerically in some areas. Winter cress contains three times as much vitamin C as in equal amounts of orange juice, and as much vitamin A.

But why bother planting things which may be found wild almost everywhere? Simply because cultivation greatly enhances productivity and ease of harvest. Remember, our ancestors switched from gathering to growing for security and efficiency.

One more addition to our survival garden is comfrey. This lush green plant seems unkillable - as many have found when it spreads to where it isn't wanted. The early leaves are good pot herbs, and quite healthful. Up to 32% protein, with many vitamins, minerals, and a healing drug called allantoin is found in comfrey leaves and roots.

Allantoin is a valuable remedy for external and internal ulcers, and the only common source for the chemical is the fetal-ammoniac sac. Comfrey will grow in wet or dry climate, in the poorest soil. Its roots may reach down 20 feet or more to extract nutrients from subsoil, and comfrey can produce 60 tons per acre of green material. It is also very frost-resistant, being one of the first plants to come out in the spring, and one of the last to die in fall.

For those in dry climates, a necessary adjunct to the mesquite would be the tepary bean, long cultivated by southwestern Indian tribes. Although not a perennial, tepary is a true desert plant, often maturing after only one or two rains. The tepary bean is the most drought and heat-adapted food crop known. Far from being fit only for the palate of some grizzled desert rat, the tepary contains more protein than most commercial beans, and is mild flavoured and better tasting to boot.

Waterlogged? Enjoy the luxury of your own pond? Or even the possibility of making a shallow one? Then you can increase your organic food supply's stability and security one hundredfold. Homesteaders confined to a small city yard can still opt for a pond ala Rodale aquaculture experiments - a 12-foot plastic swimming pool. Work done by the New Alchemy Institute in this vein, with small-scale indoor aquaculture systems, is also worth investigating. Those fortunates who possess adequate land and water may well hold the key to a veritable garden of Eden.

Standard procedure for setting up a new household in some part of China involves digging a pit to mine clay needed for adobe blocks used in homebuilding. Afterwards, this pit is filled with water, and fish stocked therein. Pigs and chickens are usually penned beside or over the pond, and their manure used to fertilize the water, creating an algae bloom which feeds the herbivorous fish.

Subsequently, highly fertile water from this pond irrigates a garden which feeds the family --
and the livestock -- so energy flows circularly, thus efficiently. A variant practice involves two ponds, each used alternately as fishpond-garden-fishpond. Or even with a third pond used for a rice paddy.

Whatever your aquatic possibilities or proclivities, pond culture opens a window of opportunity unparalleled in dry-land gardening. Even a shallow pond or paddy growing only cattails represents a backup food supply unequalled by any known farm crop. Here again, American Indians made wide use of this plant -- eating young cattail shoots, rootlets, flour made from its root stock, and even its pollen.

The Cattail Research Center at Syracuse University found yields of 140 tons of rhizomes per acre is possible -- with 30% starch content, this converts to 32 tons of dry flour. Rather incredible. If you do not favor the prospect of cattail flour three times a day, think how many hogs can be fed on 140 tons of starchy rhizomes.

Open your window of options a little more by deepening the pond. Wild rice, while not really a perennial, acts like one by automatically reseeding itself each year. With more protein and slightly higher fat-content than domestic rice, wild rice played a substantial role in filling dietary requirements of those American Indians blessed with it. Hardy up to northern Canada, freezing even to the floor of the pond will not harm it. However, yearly cultivation of the pond bottom or flowing water are necessary to control the spread of other aquatics. A strong erosional and/or depositional force of water current is nature's plow.

Rice will grow in as little as 2 inches of water or as deep as 2-3 feet, but will not tolerate large fluctuations, especially increases. Slowly decreasing water levels, all the way to the wet mud, are fine. Soil can be sand, gravel or mud. However, deep, oozy sediments of great organic content, where there is no current to stir up and oxygenate the substrata, will be too anaerobic to grow rice. Such environs suit cattails fine, however.

Deepen the hole a bit more, or at least one end of it, and fish farming becomes possible. At least 8 feet of depth is needed for overwintering in cold climates, unless there is an adequate flow of water to stop ice from forming solid all the way down. Warm-season-only fish crops require much less depth, of course, with three feet being quite efficient. Aeration is another possibility, but this adds complication, and we're talking about foolproof food here.

Another energy give-and-take can occur by "planting" duckweeds on your pond's surface. These tiny water plants are super durable, even living in the far north. Under good conditions they can double their biomass in three days to one week. Raked from a pond surface and fed to pigs and chickens - or people - duckweeds provide amazing amounts of food. And, of course, ducks forage their own. Duck potatoes, of the arrowhead family, are another aquatic edible, once a staple food, by Indian tribes and waterfowl alike.

The list could go on and on, but my point is made. The orthodox forms of agriculture we are most accustomed to are not the only ones - nor are they the most efficient or reliable. The idea of a traditional American farm as the ultimate in productivity and advanced technique holds little water in reality. Nor are customary food crops able to provide us with true nutritional security, however much we enjoy their taste.

Our agricultural system, our flagging economy - indeed, the whole entity - appears more fragile every day. We think of America as a corncopia of plenty, but how many of us realize that no city in our land has more than a three-day supply of food on hand at any given time?

El Nino is coming - El Chichon is rumbling. Start today to plant a hedge against misfortune.


Harmon Seaver is the author of The Coming Holocaust and has written for Organic Gardening and Fur-FIsh-Game magazines.

Eskimo house

www.duffyslaw.com/current14.htm
My life with the Eskimo Stefansson

excerpt ESKIMO HOUSING
Primitive dwellings using a simple seal oil lamp maintain temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees farenheit on the coldest winter night of fifty below zero.

Eskimo houses were constructed with a hole in the roof to allow in light. The hole which was most often left open was covered with Bear intestine. The base of the house was five to six foot thick made of earth and sod and tapered and thinned out towards the top which was about six foot square. The top had about six inches of earth on it. The center of the house was about nine feet high and the walls at the edge were about five feet high. The opening on the roof was about three foot square. 3 or 4 lamps burned continuously and one of the most important duties of the wife was to make sure they didnt smoke or go out. The entrance to the house was a twenty to forty foot shed-covered tunnel about four feet lower than the floor of the house.

The cold air in the tunnel would not rise into the house which was kept warm by the four lamps at a temperature of sixty to seventy degrees fahrenheit even when the outside temperature was fifty below zero! They would sit with only shorts on in the house. So they would be bare below the knees and above the waist. After five months Stefansson began to enjoy the boiled fish they would eat for supper. The entryway and the hole in the roof were kept open most of the time, but especially during cooking. The only time the entryway would be covered would be to prevent a baby from falling into it or puppies coming in from outside and this was only rarely. Stefansson would usually sleep next to the tunnel entryway to get more fresh air. Each corner of the room had an elevation for sleeping that was covered by skins as was the floor. The houses at first smelled bad but soon you realized that it was the cooking of food that gave the smell to the house. The lamp is a halfmoon soapstone about two or three inches deep kept almost full and the wick is a powdered ivory (walrus), sawdust, dried moss ground in the fingers, manila rope from the whalers with a strand taken and chopped into tiny pieces. The wick is made from the powder laid in a strip which the oil soaks. A piece of fat is suspended over the flame and when the wick dries the flame gets brighter and hence hotter and more fat drips into the halfmoon lampbowl which then fills and wets the wick more which cuts down the height of the flame and this works by itself for about six or eight hours.

Stefansson claimed that the natural ingenuity, friendliness, charitableness of the eskimo was a universal trait of man and that there were really no superior or inferior races which appears to contradict a statement he made about the indians compared to the eskimo when he first encountered the eskimo after having been exposed to the indians. (This puts me in mind of the oft used phrase of Abraham Lincoln the family of man, DHD Sr .) The open center of the house was like a club pip on playing cards it was twelve foot square with an alcove in each corner which sometime would lead to another house. Stefansson lived in one which connected to the uncle of the Eskimo with whom he lived. The entire compound accommodated 23 people.

Self defence is legal in Montana

http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=19964.60
Re: Montana Shooting Sports Association and JRC
« Reply #65 on: May 01, 2009, 01:24:12 AM »
Fwd: What's in HB 228?
From: Gary Marbut-MSSA
To: mssa@mtssa.org

Dear MSSA Friends,
Several of you have emailed me to ask what we actually got when theGovernor signed HB 228.
Here's what we got:
1. A clear policy statement by the Legislature that self defense is
a natural right and that self defense by citizens reduces crime.
2. A clear policy statement by the Legislature that the right to
bear arms in Montana is a fundamental (important legal term) and
individual right.
3. Reversal of guilty-until-proven-innocent for people defending
themselves. This provision requires the state to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt that a person defending herself or himself was NOT
justified in using force, rather than before, that defenders must
have proven that they were justified in using force. Trust me, this
is very important.
4. Legislative declaration of policy that a defender has no duty to
summon help or flee before using force to defend, in any place the
defender is lawfully.
5. Open carry is legal. This has been presumed in Montana, but
never stated in law. People have been arrested for open carry. HB
228 will settle that issue for good.
6. A defender may announce "I have a gun," with no more fear of
prosecution under Montana's overbroad felony "Intimidation" statute.
7. Defensive display. A person may show an attacker that the
defender is armed, and may even draw the gun and still be clearly on
the right side of the legal line if the defender genuinely fears attack.
8. Requirement that when police investigate a scene where self
defense is claimed, investigators must collect evidence that may
support a claim of self defense as well as any other evidence.
9. Improved conditions for a defender to use force in any occupied
structure. This applies to all occupied structures, not just a dwelling.
10. Police may not destroy any firearms seized. Any firearms seized
must either be returned to the rightful owner or sold back into the
marketplace.
11. Landlords may not prevent tenants from possessing
firearms. This not only protects travelers staying in motels, but
also protects those who cannot afford to own their own homes.
12. Restoration of the right to bear arms for people convicted of
non-violent crimes who have done their time and been released from
state supervision. This will not apply to a person who committed a
crime of violence or a crime where a weapon was used.
13. The ability to use reasonable force to effect the citizen's
arrest of a person believed to have committed a crime - to be able to
hold the person until law enforcement can be summoned (as happened
recently in Thompson Falls).
14. An immediate effective date. All of this became effective while
the ink from the Governor's signature was drying.
All in all, that's quite a bit.

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
http://www.mtpublish.com

Why do we need permission ????

We need permission from a federal judge to tell the federal
government to butt out?

http://www.star-telegram.com/legislature/story/1355073.html
HB1863 a bill to make guns, ammo and parts made, sold and kept in Texas free from federal regulation

http://tinyurl.com/pn3o9s
section A2003.006. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(b) On written notification to the attorney general by a
citizen of the citizen’s intent to manufacture a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition to which this chapter applies, the attorney general shall seek a declaratory judgment from a federal district court in this state that this chapter is consistent with the United States Constitution.

EDITED TO ADD
makes me wonder if the water in Austin Texas causes testicular atrophy.

http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm
the new law, Montana Firearms Freedom Act has no such requirement.

My new toy

April 13 I drove to Houston to buy my new toy
the Worksman PAV3-3CB 110 lb 3 speed
industrial tricycle 500 lb GVW. It has thick steel rims
and 11 gage (0.120") spokes. In the past under my 280 lbs
numerous spokes and several Sun Mammoth aluminum
rims broke while riding on paved shoudler of the highway
at heady speeds approaching 8 mph average. These wheels
won't break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5tgLLmZj8w

It took real effort to make it over these little sand hills
in low gear. It still takes effort but now I use second gear.
I ride every day. Soon I will ride the same route in third
gear. Like the little train I know I can I know I can.

Fishkit in 14" Gerber ax handle

Fishkit in the hollow handle of my 14" Gerber ax consists of
-size 8 and size 12 treble hooks threaded onto a safety pin.
-50 lb test braided Spyderwire fish line (as thin as BrandX 10 lb test line) wrapped on a clear plastic sewing bobbin
- magnesium firestarter cut in half lengthwise, and painted to retard corrosion. I attached a cord to MFS, ran it through the center hole of the bobbin, and attached it to hacksaw blade
scraper.
-two single-edge razor blades
To keep everything inside the hollow handle, I stuffed a small mesh bag into the handle, and threaded a leather thong through the two holes near the open end of the handle.
You get two MFS for the price of one. Cut a Magnesium FireStarter in two lengthwise, one piece has a striker inset, and the other does not. Place the piece of MFS (that has no striker inset) in a vise. file a trench lengthwise. Hold Ronson lighter flints in pliers and with wire brush remove red coating from each flint. Apply mixed JB Weld to trench in MFS. press lighter flints into the JB Weld. Next morning after the JBWeld is dried, apply two coats paint to MFS, else it will rapidly corrode in damp climate. After paint has dried, connect MFS with stout nylon cord thru bobbin of fishline to 3" section of hacksaw blade.

meat

I bought ground beef round, dried it in Harvest Maid food dehydrator until it snapped like a dry stick, battered it to small chunks and ground it to powder in Corona corn mill.

one cup dried jerky powder weighs 4 oz = 10 oz fresh meat

1 cup meat powder, 2oz sunflower oil,ground cayenne and cold water in a jar (shake well) makes a quick sustaining meal. Meat powder, oil, ground cayenne, cheese and hot water makes a delicous instant soup.

(Edited to add this info) 100 grams (3.5 oz) ground cayenne contains 16 grams protein, 56 grams carbs, 76 grams Vitamin C and lots of other goodies.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl?cayenne

Add a cup or two of ground jerky powder to pancake and cornbread batter. You'll like it
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http://www.mongoliatoday.com/issue/5/borts.html
Dried Meat, Food to Last

Mongolian food is rather simple and nourishing. Encounters with different cultures in the course of centuries long wandering across Europe and Asia did not affect the basic diet of nomads, comprising mainly of various combinations of meat and flour.

Life in a saddle, frequent moves in search of better pastures tending their herds prevented Mongols from developing a sophisticated cuisine.

But while Mongols failed to come up with a wide variety of dishes, they mastered what was available to perfection, especially when it comes to meat. There are dozens ways of cooking it: boiling, frying, drying, steaming or smoking.

Here we give a description of how borts (bour- tsi), or dried meat is made-- an ancient way of preserving meat through long harsh winters or marches across continents

As soon as the first cold winter days settle in early December, most Mongolian families set out to store meat reserve.

As a rule, one cow and up to seven to eight sheep are sufficient for a family of five to last through long and harsh winter, until diary products become more available during spring livestock breeding season.

Beef is the meat of choice, but each region has its own specifics. Herders in the Gobi Desert store mostly camel meat, while mountain tribes prefer to slaughter a yak or goats.

First, fresh meat is cut into long, 2- 3 cm thick and 5-7 cm wide strips, then hanged on a rope inside a gher, just under the ceiling where air circulates freely.

Within a month, the meat dries up. Once all the moisture evaporates, meat strips turn into hard, wood-like sticks of a slightly brownish color. The stripped and dried meat of one cow shrinks enough to be easily fit into the animal's stomach.

When the borts is ready, it is taken down and either broken into small pieces, 5-7cm long or minced. The borts is put into a bag made of canvas that allows airflow in and out. Borts can be kept in such bags for months and even years without losing the qualities of meat.

Dried meat is an ideal food for travelers. On long marches, Mongols simply take out a stick of dried meat, powder it and add to boiling water to make a cup of fresh and nourishing bouillon. Even nowadays, many Mongols take a small bag of borts when traveling to faraway places for study or to live.

"I survived the wet and cold winter only by making a cup of borts soup once in a while," says a Mongolian journalist, after spending six months on the Atlantic shore of England.

page 90 Wilderness Cookery by Bradford Angier
Meat is the one complete food. Plump fresh meat is the single food known to mankind that contains every nutritional ingredient necessary for good health. It is entirely possible for man to live on meat alone. No particular parts need be eaten. Fat juicy sirloins, if you prefer, will supply you with all the food necessary for top robustness even if you eat nothing else for a week, a month or a decade.
Every animal in the far and near reaches of this continent, every fish that swims in our lakes and rivers and streams is good to eat. Nearly every part of North American animals is edible, even the somewhat bland antlers that are not bad roasted when in velvet, to the bitterish gall that has an occasional use as seasoning. The single exception is the liver of the polar bear, and of the ringed and bearded seal, which at certain times become so rich in Vitamin A that it is well avoided. Juicy fricasseess, succulent stews and sizzling roasts are fine fare.
If anything, most of us would be happy eating more of this ideal grub which contains all the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients necessary for full vigor. One way to acomplish this? By not passing up the birds and small game which are freely available to many of us thoughout the entire year and which if not eaten will only be wasted.

from Wilderness Cookery by Bradford Angier
Drying is the simplest way to preserve meat. Cut with the grain. Cut lean deer, moose,elk, caribou, beef and similar red meat in long strips 1/2 inch thick. Hang strips not touching on bushes, etc. Lay on sunwarmed rocks. Turn every hour os so. Smoke from a small fire of non-resinous wood keeps flies away. Season to taste with salt, pepper, thyme. oregano etc. Dry meat until hard, blackish., leathery. Jerky keeps indefinitely if kept dry and away from insects. Trim visible fat for long storage. Jerky alone lacks sufficient necessary fat for the long-term. Supplement it with fats.

from Arctic Manual by Vilhjalmuir Steffansson
On a diet of straight meat , cut fat and lean into inch cubes. Eat one fat, one lean. When fat no longer tastes good, eat just lean until you are full. If fat makes you nauseous you are eating too much of it. The Eskimos he saw were a strong, healthy race and they subsisted on a diet which consisted largely of meat and animal and marine fat. The fat included large quantities of whale blubber. Yes the Eskimo did not suffer from obesity. If meat needs carbohydrate and other vegetable additions to make it wholesome then the poor Eskimo were not eating healthfully .. they should have been in a wretched sate. On the contrary, they seems to me the healthiest people I had lived with."

Farming for Self-Sufficiency John & Sally Seymour page 117
Biltong is salted and dried strips of buck meat or beef and it is almost worshipped by South Afrikans. Living in the back-veld of South West Afrika, as I used to do, biltong formed an important part of my diet. If I shot a gemsbok or a kudu I would turn a very large part of it into biltong. I have made it in Wales since then, in fact I made some last year, out of beef,
and it has been perfectly successful. The only drawback is you need prime cuts really; biltong made from odd bits of scrag end is not really much good.
But this is the way you do it. Cut lean meat up in strips, say an inch square but the longer the better, along the grain or fibre, of the meat. This is most important: do not cut it across the grain. Lay it in dry salt for six hours. Wash the salt off it and hang it - if in southern Afrika in the dry season - in the shade but in the breeze - if in the British Isles in the chimney. I leave mine in the chimney, in light smoke, for say three days, take it down, hang it up in the kitchen, and it is perfect biltong. It is as hard as hickory. To eat it you just pare or shred little shavings off the end of it across the grain with your Joseph Roger 'Lambsfoot' knife (old back-velders will know what I mean), put it on bread and butter, and it is delicious.

To cast bullets in the field

To cast bullets in the field I would dig a Dakota fire hole;
make a wire bail on a 15 oz bean can; put bail on a metal
rod across the fire hole to hang the can down in the fire
hole to melt the wheel weights. I would flux with wax,
stir and pour the metal with a lead dipper; then drop the
bullet from mould into water to quench and harden.
http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/the-dakota-fire-hole/
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,2480.html

http://www.castbullet.com/reload/acast.htm
excerpt Paco Kelly talks about water-quenching bullets
and I have begun to use this method of quickly cooling
bullets cast from wheelweights. If you drop the bullet
into the water straight from the mold, the water cools
the bullet quickly imparting additional hardness to the
new bullet. Hard bullets are good if you are casting for
smokeless powder.

So, if I am casting for my pistols and want hard bullets,
I fill the mold and let the sprue harden. As soon as the
sprue hardens I whack the sprue plate and drop the
sprue on the towel. I then hold the mold over the
water-filled can and drop the bullets directly into the
can. When the bullets are hot, you can hear them
sizzle as they hit the water. end excerpt

Dakota fire hole

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/the-dakota-fire-hole/

B0V bike in the trunk

A cheap and dirty BOV bike in the trunk
--buy an 0ld steel frame bike cheap
--install heavy duty wheelset and airfree tires
--cut t0p tube and d0wntube
--use external sleeve, 0r steel b0lt inside tubes, t0
c0nnect the cut tubes. drill h0les. tw0 b0lts at each end
maybe use allenhead screws?
--disassemble/assemble quickly

This bike has 400 lb GVW.
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You can equip any frame with
400 lb GVW one speed wheelset.
WHEEL 26x2.125 rear coaster brake, 120g, steel (HD-120)
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WHEEL 26x2.125 front, 120-g spokes, steel (HD-120)
Price: $27.00
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www.airfreetires.com
Tell Hugh Waters that you want
the +30% version 0celot and
Sierra Unidirectional. They have
little rolling resistance under
my 280 lbs.
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Silent but deadly and other Ed Harris essays

silent but deadly and other Ed Harris essays

http://guns.connect.fi/gow/ed.html

Cast Bullet Basics For Military Surplus Rifles
By C.E. Harris Rev. 9-6-93

FOR THE FULL - NON-CONDENSED VERSION, PICK UP THE NEWEST EDITION OF HANDLOADER'S DIGEST.

Cast bullet loads usually give a more useful zero at practical field ranges with military battle sights than do full power loads. Nothing is more frustrating than a military rifle that shoots a foot high at a hundred yards with surplus ammo when the sight is as low as it will go!

Do NOT use inert fillers (Dacron or kapok) to take up the excess empty space in the case. This was once common practice, but it raises chamber pressure and under certain conditions contributes to chamber ringing. If a particular load will not work well without a filler, the powder is not suitable for those conditions of loading.

Four load classifications from Mattern (1932) cover all uses for the cast bullet military rifle. I worked up equivalent charges to obtain the desired velocity ranges with modern powders, which provide a sound basis for loading cast bullets in any post-1898 military rifle from 7 mm to 8 mm:

1. 125-gr., plainbased "small game/gallery"
900-1000 f.p.s., 5 grains of Bullseye or equivalent.

2. 150-gr. plainbased "100-yd. target/small game",
1050-1250 f.p.s., 7 grs. of Bullseye or equivalent.

3. 150-180-gr. gaschecked "200-yard target"
1500-1600 f.p.s., 16 grs. of #2400 or equivalent.

4. 180-200-gr. gaschecked "deer/600-yard target"
1750-1850 f.p.s., 26 grs. of RL-7 or equivalent.

None of these loads are maximum when used in full-sized rifle cases such as the .30-40 Krag, .303 British, 7.65 Argentine, 7.7 Jap, 7.62x54R or .30-'06. They can be used as basic load data in most modern military rifles of 7 mm or larger, with a standard- weight cast bullet for the caliber, such as 140-170 grains in the 7x57, 150-180 grains in the .30 calibers, and 150-190 grains in the 8 mm. For bores smaller than 7 mm, consult published data.

The "Small Game or Gallery" Load

The 110-115-gr. bullets intended for the .30 carbine and .32-20 Winchester, such as the Lyman #311008, #311359 or #311316 are not as accurate as heavier ones like the #311291. There isn't a readily-available .30 cal. cast small game bullet of the proper 125-130-gr. weight. LBT makes a 130-gr. flat-nosed, GC bullet for the .32 H&R Magnum which is ideal for this purpose. I recommend it highly, particularly if you own a .32 revolver!


The "100-Yard Target and Small Game" Load

I use Mattern's plainbased "100-yard target load" to use up my minor visual defect culls for offhand and rapid-fire 100-yard practice. I substitute my usual gaschecked bullets, but without the gascheck. I started doing this in 1963 with the Lyman #311291. Today I use the Lee .312-155-2R, or the similar tumble-lubed design TL.312-160-2R. Most of my rifle shooting is done with these two basic designs.

Bullets I intend for plainbased loads are blunted using a flatnosed top punch in my lubricator, providing a 1/8" flat which makes them more effective on small game and clearly distinguishes them from my heavier gaschecked loads. This makes more sense to me than casting different bullets. Bullet preparation is easy. I visually inspect each run of bullets and throw those with gross defects into the scrap box for remelting. Bullets with minor visual defects are tumble-lubed in Lee Liquid Alox without sizing, and are used for plain-based plinkers. Bullets which are visually perfect are sorted into groups of +/- 0.5 grain used for 200 yard matches. Gaschecks pressed onto their bases by hand prior running into the lubricator-sizer.

For "gaschecked bullets loaded without the gascheck," for cases like the .303 British, 7.62 NATO, 7.62x54R Russian and .30-'06 I use 6-7 grains of almost any fast burning pistol powder, including, but not limited to Bullseye, W-W231, SR-7625, Green Dot, Red Dot, or 700-X. I have also had fine results with 8 to 9 grains of medium burning rate pistol or shotgun powders, such as Unique, PB, Herco, or SR-4756 in any case of .303 British size or larger.

In the 7.62x39 case use no more than 4 grains of the fast-burning powders mentioned, or 5 grains of the shotgun powders. These make accurate 50-yd. small game loads which let you operate the action manually and save your precious cases. These plinkers are more accurate than you can hold.

Repeated reloading of rimless cases with very mild loads results in the primer blast shoving the shoulder back, unless flash holes are enlarged with a No.39 drill to 0.099" diameter. Cases which are so modified must NEVER be used with full-power loads! ALWAYS identify cases which are so modified by filing a deep groove across the rim with a file and label them clearly to prevent their inadvertent use. For this reason I prefer to do my plainbased practice shooting in rimmed cases like the .30-30, .30-40 rag, .303 British and 7.62x54R which maintain positive headspace on the rim and are not subject to this limitation.

The Harris "Subsonic Target" Compromise

Mattern liked a velocity of around 1250 f.p.s. for his "100-yard target" load, because this was common with the lead-bullet .32-40 target rifles of his era. I have found grouping is best with non-gascheck bullets in military rifles at lower velocities approaching match-grade .22 Long Rifle ammunition. I use my "Subsonic Target" load at around 1050-1100 f.p.s. to replace both Mattern's "small game" and "100-yard target" loads, though I have lumped it with the latter since it really serves the same purpose. Its report is only a modest pop, rather than a crack.

If elongated bullet holes and enlarged groups indicate marginal bullet stability, increase the charge a half grain and try again. If necessary increasing the charge no more than a full grain from the minimum recommended, if needed to get consistent accuracy. If this doesn't work, try a bullet which is more blunt and short for its weight, because it will be more easily stabilized. If this doesn't do the trick, you must change to a gaschecked bullet and a heavier load.

The Workhorse Load - Mattern's "200-Yard Target"

My favorite load is the most accurate, Mattern's so-called "200-yard target load". I expect 10-shot groups at 200 yards, firing prone rapid with sling to average 4-5". I shoot high-Sharpshooter/low-Expert scores across the course with an issue 03A3 or M1917, shooting in a cloth coat, using my cast bullet loads. The power of this load approximates the .32-40, inadequate for deer by today's standards.

Mattern's "200-yard target load" is easy to assemble. Because it is a mild load, soft scrap alloys usually give better accuracy than harder ones such as linotype. Local military collector-shooters have standardized on 16 grains of #2400 as the "universal" prescription. It gives around 1500 f.p.s. with a 150-180-gr. cast bullet in almost any military caliber. We use 16 grains of #2400 as our reference standard, just as highpower competitors use 168 Sierra MatchKings and 4895.

The only common military rifle cartridge in which 16 grains of #2400 provides a maximum load which must not be exceeded is in the tiny 7.62x39 case. Most SKS rifles will function reliably with charges of #2400 as light as 14 grains with the Lee .312-155-2R at around 1500 f.p.s. I designed this bullet especially for the 7.62x39, but it works very well as a light bullet in any .30 or .303 cal. rifle.Cast Bullet Basics For Military Surplus Rifles (cont.)

Sixteen Grains of #2400 Is The Universal Load

The same 16 grain charge of #2400 is universal for all calibers as a starting load. It is mild and accurate in any larger military case from a .30-40 Krag or .303 British up through a .30-'06 or 7.9x57, with standard-weight bullets of suitable diameter for the caliber. This is my recommendation for anybody trying cast bullet loads for the first time in a military rifle without prior load development. I say this because #2400 is not position sensitive, requires no fiber fillers to ensure uniform ignition, and actually groups better when you just stripper-clip load the rifle and bang them off, rather than tipping the muzzle up to position the charge.

Similar ballistics can be obtained with other powders in any case from 7.62x39 to .30-'06 size. If you don't have Hercules #2400 you can freely substitute 17 grains of IMR or H4227, 18 grs. Of 4198, 21 grs. of Reloder 7, 24 grs. of IMR3031, or 25.5 grs. Of 4895 for comparable results. However, these other powders may give some vertical stringing in cases larger than the 7.62x39 unless the charge is positioned against the primer by tipping the muzzle up before firing. Hercules #2400 does not require this precaution. Don't ask me why. Hercules #2400 usually gives tight clusters only within a narrow range of charge weights within a grain or so, and the "universal" 16 grain load is almost always best. Believe me, we have spent a lot of time trying to improve on this, and you can take our word for it.

The beauty of the "200-yard target load" at about 1500 f.p.s. is that it can be assembled with bullets cast from the cheapest inexpensive scrap alloy, and fired all day without having to clean the bore. It ALWAYS works. Leading is never a problem. Once a uniform bore condition is established, the rifle behaves like a .22 match rifle, perhaps needing a warming shot or two if it has cooled, but otherwise being remarkably consistent. The only thing I do after a day's shoot is to swab the bore with a couple of wet patches of GI bore cleaner or Hoppe's, and let it soak until the next match. I then follow with three dry patches prior to firing. It only takes about three foulers to get the 03A3 to settle into tight little clusters again.

"Deer and Long Range Target" Load

Mattern's "deer and 600 yard target load" can be assembled in cases of .30-40 Krag capacity or larger up to the .30-'06 using 18-21 grs. of #2400 or 4227, 22-25 grs. of 4198, 25-28 grs. Of RL-7 or 27-30 grs. of 4895, which give from 1700-1800 f.p.s., depending on the case size. These charges must not be used in cases smaller than the .303 British without cross-checking against published data! The minimum charge should always be used initially, and the charge adjusted within the specified range only as necessary to get best grouping. Popular folklore suggests a rifle barrel must be near perfect for good results with cast bullets, but this is mostly bunk, though you may have to be persistent.

I have a rusty-bored Finnish M28/30 which I have shot extensively, in making direct comparisons with the same batches of loads on the same day with a mint M28 and there was no difference. The secret in getting a worn bore to shoot acceptably is remove all prior fouling and corrosion. Then you must continue to clean the bore "thoroughly and often" until it maintains a consistent bore condition over the long term. You must also keep cast bullet loads under 1800 f.p.s. for hunting, and under 1600 for target work.

A cleaned and restored bore will usually give good accuracy with cast bullet loads if the bullet fits the chamber THROAT properly, is well lubricated and the velocities are kept below 1800 f.p.s. The distinction between throat diameter and groove diameter in determining proper bullet size is important. If you are unable to determine throat diameter from a chamber cast, a rule of thumb is to size bullets .002" over groove diameter, such as .310" for a .30-'06, .312" for a 7.62x54R and .314" for a .303 British.

"Oversized .30s" like the .303 British, 7.7 Jap, 7.65 Argentine, 7.62x39 Russian and frequently give poor accuracy with .30 cal. cast bullets designed for U.S. barrels having .300 bore and .308 groove dimensions, because the part of the bullet ahead of the driving bands receives no guidance from the lands in barrels of larger bore diameter. The quick rule of thumb to checking proper fit of the forepart is to insert the bullet nose first into the muzzle. If it enters to clear up to the front driving band without being noticeably engraved, accuracy will seldom be satisfactory.

The forepart is not too large if loaded rounds can be chambered with only slight resistance, the bullet does not telescope back into the case, or to stick in the throat when extracted without firing. A properly fitting cast bullet should engrave the forepart positively with the lands, and be no more than .001" under chamber throat diameter on the driving bands. Cast bullets with a tapered forepart at least .002" over bore diameter give the best results.

Many pre-WWII Russian rifles of US make, and later Finnish reworks, particularly those with Swiss barrels by the firm SIG, have very snug chamber necks and cannot be used with bullets over .311" diameter unless case necks are reamed or outside turned to .011" wall thickness to provide safe clearance. Bullets with a large forepart like the Lee .312-155-2R or Lyman #314299 work best in the 7.62x54R, because the forcing cones are large and gradual. Standard .30 cal. gaschecks are correct. Finnish 7.62x54R, Russian 7.62x39 and 7.65 Argentine barrels are smaller than Russian 7.62x54R, Chinese 7.62x39, Jap 7.7 or .303 British barrels, and usually have standard .300" bore diameter, (Finnish barrels occasionally are as small as .298") and groove diameters of .310-.3115".

In getting the best grouping with iron sighted military rifles, eyesight is the limiting factor. Anybody over age 40 who shoots iron sights should to equip himself with a "Farr-Sight" from Gil Hebbard or Brownell's. This adjustable aperture for your eyeglass frame was intended for indoor pistol shooters, but it helps my iron sight rifle shooting, and adds about 5 points to my score!

can you hide your thermal image?

when you are hunted how will you hide your thermal image?
I don't know. maybe those heavy aluminized space blankets.

thermal rifle scope
http://tinyurl.com/dnc8vu

thermal scope hog hunting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLp6DQjDjxw

Holbrook device for Garand

The Holbrook Garand rifle thumb saver is $45.00
postpaid. Please send postal money order
John Holbrook
2015 24th St #57
Bellingham WA 98225
john.holbrook@comcast.net

see Boston's Gun Bible page 11/30
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The Device is a replacement for the GI op rod catch and it stops automatic bolt release when loading a clip. It also prevents auto clip ejection when the last round is fired.

http://www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/garand/expl-vue.htm
Pls see exploded view Garand
The Holbrook device replaces item 31 oprod catch.
He cut the hook off, and installed a spring on one side.

With it installed, the Garand operates much like the M-14/M1A. When a full clip is inserted into the receiver it will latch, however you must pull and release the bolt handle to charge the top round. It will operate in the normal manner until the last round is fired and the
bolt will lock open but the clip will not eject. To eject the clip you must push the eject button on the receiver...

With an empty clip latched in the receiver, single rounds can be loaded into the clip, 1 through 8. when you have as many as you wish, just pull and release and away you go.......

The rifle is not modified and can be converted back to GI by replacing the Device with the original catch.

I installed it in my Garand. It works exactly as described. I am delighted.

So long as the army is supplying you with unlimited ammo it does not matter if the enbloc clips fly away never to be found. The unreconstructed diehard resister/survivor skulking in the mesquite thickets will appreciate the Holbrook device. It allows him to remove the empty clip and keep it for reloading. That's good because he may not be able to find more .

I was a rifleman in First Platoon Co B 27th Wolfhounds Sep 50 to Sep 51 in Korean War One. The idea that the enemy waits to hear the PING of the ejected enbloc clip to charge your position is utter horseshit.

The Load, cost of components, trajectory

http://www.icehouse.net/fgrig/gun/REDDOT.TXT

excerpts
"The velocities obtained with 13 grs. of Red Dot appear mild, but "The Load" is no pipsqueak! In a case like the .308 or .30-'06, you get (from a 24" sporter barrel) about 1450 f.p.s. with a 200 gr. cast bullet, 1500 with a 170-gr., or 1600 with a 150-gr. cast load. "The Load" is fully comparable to "yesterday's deer rifle", the .32-40, and provides good expansion of cheap, soft alloys (10-13 BHN) at woods ranges. Jacketed bullet velocities
with "The Load" are about 120-150 f.p.s. less than a lubricated lead bullet of the same weight. "
and " Wheelweights also work well, as do soft "Scheutzen" alloys such as 1:25 tin/lead. in bores of 8 mm or larger. "The Load" drives soft-cast .30-cal. to 8 mm bullets fast enough to get expansion, but
without fragmenting. These out-penetrate factory .30-30
softpoints, and kill medium game up to 150 lbs. well at short ranges up to 100 yards, when placed accurately. In medium and large bores like the .375 H&H or .45-70, "The Load" gives typical black powder ballistics for the bore. A 255-265 gr. cast bullet in the .375 H&H approximates the .38-55 at 1330 f.p.s. Soft 300-
405-gr. cast bullets are pushed at 1300-1350 f.p.s. from a 22" barrel .45-70, sporter are very effective on deer at woods ranges. Cast bullets over .35 cal. do not have to expand appreciably to work well on game if blunt and heavy for their caliber. "

WAG at cost of 45-70 cast reloads
components per Midwayusa mar 18 09
IMR4064..1 lb...21.49...129 54 gr...17 c
Red Dot..1 lb .15.79....538 13 gr....3 c
CCI 200 LR primers 1k....27.99.....2.8 c

Buffalo Arms cast bullets
.458 405 FN.....26.99 for 50....54 c
wheelweights
25 cents per lb....17 400 gr/ lb .. 2 c

Buffalo reload
54c bullet
17c powder
3c primer
-----------------------------------
74 cents

...wheelweight reloads........
2c bullet ..,.400 gr.....
3c powder..13 gr red dot...
3c primer....CCI 200.....
--------------------------------
8 cents

Learn fields of fire in your AO
24 inches from nose to navel on average man
Truck odometer graduated in 1/10 mi
1/10 = 176 yards
2/10 = 352 yards
per nr 10 Speer loading manual
Marlin 1895 45-70 22" barrel
Speer 400 gr jacketed FN BC .214
MV......100.......200.......300.....400.....500
1700... +8.........poa......-34......-100.....-208
MV........50...100...150....200....250
1300....+5...+6......poa....-14....-38
1000....+9...+10....poa....-21....-54
Ruger Nr 1 22" barrel 45-70
MV......100...150.......200....250
2100....+3.....poa......-6......-16
Rem 700 22" barrel 30-06
Speer 165 gr spitzer BT BC .477
MV......100......200.....300.....400...500
2700....+5.......+6.......poa....-13....-35
SMLE 25" barrel 303 Brit
150 gr spitzer bc 411
mv........100.....200.....300....400....500
2500......+6.......+7........poa...-17....-45
180 gr RN bc .304
mv........50.....100....150....200....250
1500...+3.....+5.......poa....-10......-27
1000....+8.....+9.....poa...-20.......-50

priming tool mod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXWi0ZtBoYs

(Re video - I do not place my hand over the mouth of the case in which I am seating a primer.)

If you turn the RCBS Hand Priming Tool upside down the primer seating rod falls out.

Disassemble the priming tool.

About an eighth of an inch from the rounded end, file/saw a thin notch about 1/3 through the primer seating rod.

Grasp the end of the tool operating spring with ViseGrip WR5 and bend the end of the spring half closed.

Press the primer seating rod through the spring. The half-closed spring will grasp the notch near the rounded end of the primer seating rod.

Reassemble the tool.

Turn the tool upside down if you wish. The primer seating rod won't fall out.