Remember I mentioned a while back 'Family stuff,

little bloggage?

A new one fell on me, so there's been even less.  Hopefully things will settle a bit in the near future.  In the meantime,

More tab clearing,

because I've got a lot of stuff saved up

Another judge just told BATFEIEIO to knock it off

Franklin Armory presented a square peg, and ATF shoved it into a round hole. If Congress wanted “shotgun” to be a catch-all category for anything that doesn’t fit “rifle,” it could have done so. . . . . It is not for ATF to redefine the terms because it thinks Congress didn’t intend a certain outcome. Therefore, ATF exceeded its authority in defining “smoothbore” as anything lacking “functional rifling.”
This is going to make some of their other crap even worse to try to defend in the future.

Hamas is vermin,

rabid vermin at that.  And I'm including the 'civilian' Gaza dwellers who just loved this crap.

More on the vermin convention here.

Mother and kids murdered, likely including rape first, and claiming "They were killed in a Israeli strike using US weapons"; "Not OUR fault" again.

To Israel, I know you desperately want to get any living hostages back; but you can't count on them not murdering any left alive to do the same kind of show.  Making this deal just let a bunch of Hamas personnel take off the clothes they'd been hiding behind and put the uniforms back on, to march around cheering their 'victory'.

What they did was, again, evil.  The real thing.  

And the International Red Cross, and UN?  I will withhold what I think of them, as my blood pressure is bad enough already.

Palmetto State Armory adjustable gas block

This bit of reporting came about because a guy tried a suppressor on his .223 AR15, and discovered things did not work right. No can, shot fine, put on the can, feeding problems.

For those not familiar with some of this, you know the AR design leaks some of the high-pressure gas from the barrel, through a gas tube, and into the bolt group to cycle the action. Most AR’s are overgassed: the gas port lets a lot more gas through than necessary, because “We know it’ll work this way.” However, when you put a suppressor into this, it causes back pressure due to it slowing the gas going out the barrel, so now it’s REALLY overgassed, and can drive the bolt group fast enough that things don’t work right, plus working the action harder than it should be.

The fix for this is to either use a stronger buffer spring, and/or maybe a heavier buffer, to slow things a bit, or get an adjustable gas block. It has a valve that lets you adjust how much gas goes through. You can set it to be just right either with or without the can, changing the setting if need be, or find a happy medium. He wanted the medium, so started digging for gas blocks so could adjust it with different ammo.

Have you seen the prices on some of these?

Wanting to try something less expensive for a experiment, he settled on this one from PSA.

Part was duly ordered, and arrived, and was put on. Which brings us to ‘How’d it work?’
As it was supposed to, so far, which hasn’t been very long. We’ll see how it holds up; in the meantime:

Pluses
Well made, good finish.

Fit snugly on the barrel.

Adjustment clicks you could actually feel.

The adjustment screw sticks straight out the front, just above the barrel. When I say ‘just above’, I mean it, so a regular hex key will give the easiest access. In a carbine-length gas system, might need a longer adjusting wrench.

The adjustment did not change while shooting with the locking screw not locked, so no 'lock it every time between shots'.

The locking screw is on the right side and small. It should keep that adjustment nicely.

Cons:

No documentation of any kind. So if you’re not familiar with working an adjustable block, some reading or talking to someone who is would be a good idea.

No hex key comes with it, so you’ll need one.  This was 3/32".

Depending on your handguard, you may have to take it off or move it to reach the locking screw.

General stuff
The locking screw was locked down tight when it arrived, you’ll have to loosen it to adjust the thing.

The two screws to lock the block to the barrel will need to be backed-off a bit for it to fit into place.*

Did not come with a new gas tube pin

There was only one review on the web page, saying it failed after 500 rounds. Dig around online and mixed. He’ll see how it holds up over time.

Before installing the owner cranked the adjustment down quite a bit**, then the ‘Load one in the mag, chamber, fire and see if the bolt locks back’ process began, with it not locking back first shot. Opened a couple of clicks, it worked, followed by several more to make sure it didn’t need more clicks open. After which it was fired with the suppressor, and worked.

Being the suspicious sort he shot it again the next day, with all working as it should. According to those ‘where the cases should eject toward’ charts ejection without the suppressor right in the middle of good territory, with suppressor about one position into ‘more gas than needed’ territory, which is where the locked the adjustment at.

So far, it works. I’m sure if the adjustment screw ejects itself downrange*** or something I’ll hear about it.

*No idea if they're all that way, not a lot of experience on them

**Before you install it, if you look at the back of the block on the inside, where it'll fit over the gas port, you can see just how far you're cranking it down, I'd suggested just leaving it a little open for the start.

***A guy in one online review said his did this.  Which would be Bad.

I know I'm way behind on some things,

this, for instance, having been planned a few days ago.  So,

Just because

Once again, people who need flogging, at least as a start

The Army is repurposing more than half of the money it collects from junior enlisted soldiers for food, according to data reviewed by Military.com. The numbers suggest that a large portion of those funds are not going toward feeding soldiers, a diversion of resources coming at a time when troops increasingly struggle to find nutritious food on base.
"Mr. President and Secretary Hegseth:
May I recommend you review this matter.

For those responsible, I would suggest borrow the cages used in the movie 'Comanche Moon' as the punishment for those responsible.

Sincerely, etc."

No, I didn't know about that gunman,

from what Ngo tells us, you probably won't hear a thing on the regular 'news'.


That Coast Guard Commandant who just got fired had things other than DEI she should've been using her time on.  Holy crap, some other people need to lose rank or be thrown out as well.


"Trump just fired those FBI officials out of revenge!"
The hell he did.  And they should be tried for violating federal laws, one of which is going after a whistleblower.

And Garland should be tried with him, if they haven't already burned all the evidence.


I may have posted on this before, but I'm too tired to look: F Troop just seems to want to give more reasons to throw them the hell out.
And get sued.


And that's all I've got for now, guys

A collection, which includes some people who really ought to be facing a public whipping post

Let's start with a Democrat party official calling for a death penalty for supporting Trump, and saying
...President Trump’s efforts “would be sufficient morally to support his extraconstitutional removal.”
My, I wonder who he wants running the executions squads?  Will be be official and call for the EffingBI, or just be honest and call for antifa murder squads?
And who will be his Che to make sure there are no findings of 'innocent'?

And just how many people he's willing to lose to murder all those people?  Because a lot of people will be rather resistant, I would think, to being executed by the Stalin wannabes.


One more reason to fire most, if not all, of the EffingBI:
There was a very disturbing article in the Los Angeles Times, warning criminal aliens of a pending ICE operation sweep that was coming to the LA area. The source for the advanced tip-off were indicated within the reporting to be FBI officials in Washington DC.

Today, it appears that Dept of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is confirming the leak came from the FBI as she says, “The FBI is so corrupt. We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law.”
No excuses, fire and try them.


Speaking of, you've got a judge who said "The Treasury Secretary doesn't get to know much about his position", and others pulling other bullshit.  Including some leftist judges telling the President "You do what I say and put back all that funding you've stopped!"  And others who've pulled out some first class bullshit.

Guy whose blog I used to read once said "Take an incompetent or bigoted lawyer and put him in a black robe, that does not suddenly make them a superior lawyer."  Boy, was he right.


The Brits seem to have judges like the Germans: easy punishments for muslim immigrants, and screw the victims.  Again.
A Pakistani father who was jailed for child sex offences escaped deportation because it would be “unduly harsh” on his children.

The unnamed father of two toddlers, who was granted anonymity by an immigration court, had been banned from living with his children since he was convicted of trying to get three “barely pubescent” girls to engage in sex and jailed for 18 months.
The Brits need to remember just what Gen. Napier said, and what he would've said about this.


This lady's been putting out a lot of stuff confirming just what a bleeping mess the White House was after the Democrats and their servile  'lie on the news' clowns could no longer pretend Biden was going down hill fast(er) every day, and this part includes
"It was for sure Obama’s third term," Lindy Li said. "I don’t think that’s even a question."

"That’s why you saw Obama fighting for his dear life in the fall," she said. "Because he was fighting for his fourth term. He was fighting for his own legacy."
Which brought to mind if it was Hunter making up the "Pardon Me!" list.  Because if it were confirmed he usurped Biden's authority, and sat illegally in classified meetings, I think that would get him in some serious trouble.

And, before I clean up and ignore all work

(because I'm tired and another stretch of days without time for this), I have some stuff

The weather sucks right now, so while I've got some time* addition at the bottom

I'm going to link to some of the stuff I've seen over the past few days on the Great Audits

The USAID story is ongoing, and you can bet some will try everything they can to keep that money flowing.


When the dust settles we are going to find out that most of the domestic terror we have seen the last few years (think BLM and INTIFA riots) were funded by USAID. That is just the tip of the iceberg. 3/  (I would think that supposition may be very likely)


Gee, just where did all that relief money to Haiti disappear to?


This guy describes the current mess as 'Spending is out of control, so you take the time to go over everything, no matter how much it hurts.'


Connected to both bad spending and stupid 'law enforcement',
HOLY SHIIIT. The FBI just revealed that 5,000 out of their 13,000 agents were focused on January 6th protestors.

39% of the entire bureau, for this:
Makes you wonder how many slavers and smugglers could've been caught, doesn't it?


And the people said "See how it feels, you clowns."

*I could swear I hit 'publish', but it's still sitting here.  So it's late.

And there is great rejoicing among the brethren of the Boomsticks,

and great shrieking and moaning among the anti-rights types.
Something fairly interesting happened yesterday while Jeremy and I were at the range creating ever more content for you, our dear readers. A United States District Court Judge in Mississippi ruled that the ban on machinegun possession is unconstitutional.

I’m sorry…what?

Yes, you read that correctly. The United States had charged Justin Brown with possession of an unregistered machinegun. Mr. Brown objected to the charge based on the fact that he’s a lawful firearm owner and claimed that the ban on machinegun ownership is unconstitutional.

In his ruling, Judge Carlton Reeves, an Obama appointee, made no bones at all about the fact that he hated what he was doing, but under Bruen — of which he is also not a fan — the law is very clear.
...
The government has failed to meet its burden of establishing that machineguns are both dangerous and unusual. Under Bruen, it therefore cannot restrict Mr. Brown’s possession of one in his home.

As they note, this case applies to this guy only.  But oh, it's a great ruling.  We'll see what happens next.

Ah, Britain, you elites and most of their minions suck,

and a good many of both belong in jail.

This piece is from an actual cop who tried to do things, and found the bastards just wanted her to shut up and go away.  And there was enough class snobbery mixed in with the cowardice to make you wonder if there's no tar left in those islands.

I have to say something about the current mess over the various agencies:

I really think Trump broke a bunch of people.

Not just on that, it's just the current Big Thing.  I'm seeing people who I'd thought much better of losing their damned minds, and calling for/threatening/pleading for really bad things.  Some who really ought to know better, and saying they wake up in anger every morning.  

Couple of times I thought about saying something, but "Hey, know you know how some felt about some of the crap Biden and his controllers did", but that would've been just SO much fun...

Now, in all the money, they've found that some USAID money went to media.  Like the NYeffingTimes, like Politico, and numerous others.  
(Yeah, our 'independent journalists')
Enough so, it seems, that without it Politico may go out of business.  Which really points that nothing they've put out for how long? can be trusted.  

This guy has a theory why they went after USAID so early and hard, and it sounds right.  And what happens if more of this stuff is proven true?

Hang on folks, this is gonna be real bumpy.

So the people having fits over USAID being shut down are either ignorant of what they've been doing,

or they like it.  All those politicians screaming their heads off either want more dead Americans, or are just to greedy to get their piece of that pie that they don't care.
Lots firings at the least.  And a bunch of people who need to wind up in cells.

Call this 'Sometimes some people in the military

care more about image and their own ego than anything else.

Master Sergeant John Chapman is a name to honor.  Some others... be disgusted at.  And I include in that group those helping 'protect the image' at the cost of a good man's name.

Note: I'd read about the fight before, and the questions after.  This is adding on top of that.

You may remember a slimy, corrupt,

"You peasants don't need guns" politician named Menendez.  Well, he finally screwed-up on a level where even the Democrats of New Jersey couldn't keep him out of jail.  Of course, when he gets out there's no telling how much ill-gotten gains he's got hidden away.


Yes, there are a lot of people getting money and power out of taking kids with problems and screwing them up worse with gender bullshit.  Some are probably True Believers, the others get what they're wanting.  Which in some cases will include the kids.  


Some of those behind all that are doctors.  One of the ways some of them will pay will be in court; it's not enough, but at least it'll be a price.


Things turning up when they can't say "No!" when the boss tells them to.

All those Arab countries asked top take in Gaza refugees?  The response is "HELL NO!", as expected.  It would tell anybody with a brain what history shows said 'refugees' do whenever they get into other countries, which is why nobody wants them.
Also, they want the UN to hand out money and terrorist support humane relief, not take it out of their own budgets.


I haven't been watching the news lately, is any of the trans factor in this murder group being covered?

Short time or not, this I have to talk about

I have a Crossbreed holster- the Reckoning, to be precise- and it's been good.  Right up till I found a crack in the Kydex portion a couple of weeks ago.  Yes, I seem to be hard on things.

So to the site I go, find the 'FAQ' page, which has a "What if my Kydex cracks?" section.  Email was sent.  Next morning was a response, with a "We're 2-3 weeks out on orders, we'll get it out soon as we can."  Which is good.

Yesterday I came in.  Which package had, instead of a kydex piece to install, a new holster.

Place does service like that, it's a good thing to tell people about it.

A fine piece of news, and nobody deserves this more

New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday stripped former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley of his security detail and ordered the acting inspector general to investigate whether the former Army leader could face criminal charges or a retroactive demotion for misconduct, potentially including undermining the chain of command.

The unusual move is the latest showdown between President Donald Trump and Milley, who served as the top uniformed officer during Trump’s first term in office and has been a vocal critic of the president’s actions and demeanor.

In a statement sent out by Pentagon leaders just before midnight, Defense Department spokesman said that Milley was informed of the actions Tuesday afternoon.

“The secretary has directed the DoD IG to conduct an inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding Gen. Milley’s conduct, so that the secretary may determine whether it is appropriate to reopen his military grade review determination.”
I don't know enough about how this all works to say 'he's in trouble', but I suspect he is.  Some of the crap he openly talked about doing to Trump, his boss, should get him every bit of trouble possible.

And I hope it does.

Once saw a video from a talk where Mark Steyn and another guy were speaking against

the 'liberal side' who thought the rape gang mess was being overly used to upset people; one of the 'liberals' chuckled and laughed at how Steyn seemed so upset that 'he seems a little fixated on sex.'  Steyn took a minute to reply and flayed(metaphorically, unfortunately) the skin off the asshat, including "Apparently I'm just not sophisticated enough to see the humor in child rape."

He's been taking on the equally disgusting asshats who've been trying to shut people up about the Further Adventures of the Sex Slavers and the Unbeliever Stabbers, and here's a little bit from one of his columns:
Sir Keir Stürmer and every outpost of the corrupt British state have lied to the public about every aspect of the Southport mass murder since the very first statements by the Liverpool chief constable passing off the killer as a "Cardiff man". Her officers knew within hours that the Welsh boyo who loved male-voice choirs was, back in the real world, an observant Muslim in possession of the Al-Qaeda handbook and enough ricin to kill twelve thousand of his fellow Welshmen. But they did not disclose this information for months - not until freeborn Britons minded to disagree with Keir Stürmer's Official Lies by suggesting that this seemed pretty obviously merely the umpteenth case of Islamostabbing had been rounded up, fast-tracked through Keir's kangaroo courts, gaoled for longer than Muslim child rapists, and in at least one case driven to his death. Does Sir Keir feel bad about the late Peter Lynch? Or does he take the same relaxed attitude to his victims as Axel Rudakubana?
I think he wishes he could just imprison anybody who causes static for his 'You Commoners Need To Shut Up And Celebrate Diversity' project.

He has helpers, too; lots of cops and politicians are scared to death of being called to account for what they helped happen.  They SHOULD be scared, because what they've done is disgusting, horrifying, racist/classist, and horrifying.