My buddy John says:
"A 9 mm is a .45 set on 'stun'."
Jan 12, 2011
Jan 11, 2011
Reloading Note - Bullseye
Random Acts of Patriotism features a photo of a maimed revolver which appears to have been destroyed by a massive loading bench error, possibly a double charge of powder.
Reloading is as dangerous as negotiating the on-ramp of an urban freeway. So you say to yourself as you unlock the reloading shack, "Let's be careful in here."
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Bullseye powder is almost as old as the 1911. Over its 98 years, it became almost the de facto standard for, among other things, .38 Special target loads. You capped three grains (or a little less) of it with a 148-grain lead wad cutter for cheap and pleasant afternoons at the range.
The problem lies in its almost non-existent bulk. Responsible amounts all but disappear in the case, and six grains amputates a thumb as it destroys your Officers Model Target.
I still use it once in a while for a number of plinking loads. But I treat it like a pet cobra, My most religious practice requires a very bright flashlight. Charged cases are neatly aligned in the loading block and carefully inspected -- not glanced at but inspected -- one by one, in a regular order. Anything that looks even slightly unusual is dumped and recharged.
It isn't fool proof. A double charge is not necessarily obvious, but it should be apparent if your attention isn't diluted by memories of your first girl friend or a bacon sandwich or something.
Most other powders are bulkier. Overloads are more apparent. But in my shack, the flashlight routine is used on them, too. I am pleased with my opposable thumb and desire to keep it attached.
Please pardon the preaching.
Reloading is as dangerous as negotiating the on-ramp of an urban freeway. So you say to yourself as you unlock the reloading shack, "Let's be careful in here."
---
Bullseye powder is almost as old as the 1911. Over its 98 years, it became almost the de facto standard for, among other things, .38 Special target loads. You capped three grains (or a little less) of it with a 148-grain lead wad cutter for cheap and pleasant afternoons at the range.
The problem lies in its almost non-existent bulk. Responsible amounts all but disappear in the case, and six grains amputates a thumb as it destroys your Officers Model Target.
I still use it once in a while for a number of plinking loads. But I treat it like a pet cobra, My most religious practice requires a very bright flashlight. Charged cases are neatly aligned in the loading block and carefully inspected -- not glanced at but inspected -- one by one, in a regular order. Anything that looks even slightly unusual is dumped and recharged.
It isn't fool proof. A double charge is not necessarily obvious, but it should be apparent if your attention isn't diluted by memories of your first girl friend or a bacon sandwich or something.
Most other powders are bulkier. Overloads are more apparent. But in my shack, the flashlight routine is used on them, too. I am pleased with my opposable thumb and desire to keep it attached.
Please pardon the preaching.
Jan 10, 2011
Now, again please, what did you say I couldn't say?
The TMR had planned a little Bing work to illustrate that we anti-gummint types do not hold exclusive rights to vivid speech.
No need. Kurt beat me to it.
Nothing much needs to be added, except maybe His Obamaness's pledge to keep keep his boot ready for neck-stomping.
No need. Kurt beat me to it.
Nothing much needs to be added, except maybe His Obamaness's pledge to keep keep his boot ready for neck-stomping.
Mental health
Analogies prove nothing.
With that out of the way, let the debate about who's mentally ill and who's not tip its hat to an historical observation.
In the fullest flowering of 20th Century tyranny -- Hitler's perhaps excepted -- a favored method of of human control was to dump inconvenient people into psychiatric hospitals, Lubyankas with white-coated attendants.
With that out of the way, let the debate about who's mentally ill and who's not tip its hat to an historical observation.
In the fullest flowering of 20th Century tyranny -- Hitler's perhaps excepted -- a favored method of of human control was to dump inconvenient people into psychiatric hospitals, Lubyankas with white-coated attendants.
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