Some very-light load testing

Yes, again.  The candidates today were the .30-30 on the left, and

7.62x54r on the right.  Both loaded with 98-grain cast-lead semi-wadcutters, courtesy of a RCBS mold.*  .30-30 loaded with 2.7 grains of Bullseye powder, and the 7.62x54r had five of Bullseye, and five of Green Dot.  I also loaded five .30-30 with 150-grain flat-point cast bullets over five grains of Green Dot, and five 115-grain cast spitzers, both of which I forgot to take pictures of.

Results at 30 yards.  .30-30 fired with a Winchester 94.  with semi-wadcutters

.30-30 with 115-grain spitzers

.30-30 with 150-grain flat-points

The semi-wadcutters and spitzers are on par with previous tries.  I think the 150-grain loads, with better light and/or a better rest, I could get better groups with.


7.62x54r fired from a Mosin Nagant 91/30.  With semi-wadcutters over Bullseye

and a surprise with the same bullet over Green Dot

Either I did a better job of aiming and squeezing, or this rifle prefers Green Dot.  More testing required.

Now I want to try some of the heavier bullets I tried in the past, but using Green Dot and see if any difference with those.


Remember those .357 loads with the paper-patched bullets?

I'm pretty sure the vertical stringing is my fault.  Also more testing needed.

Two things come to mind.  I'm wondering how both the .30-30 with full-power loads and that 150-grain bullet cast of pure lead and paper-patched, and the 162-grain semi-wadcutter in .357 cast of pure and patched, might do?  With the patch there shouldn't be any worries about leading, and that bullet should upset beautifully on game.  This is going to have to be tried.


*That mold is the single most pain-in-the-ass piece of casting gear I've ever used.  No idea why, but getting good bullets out of it is enough to enrage the Good Humor man.

Tab clearing

Leftists are whiny pussies everywhere


Sometimes speakers point this out to them.


This was originally published 2005, but it's worth reading again.  Especially this:
Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.     


When people like King and Frederick Douglas express such sentiments about the Declaration, it puts slimy little whiners like Democrat Barbara Norton in their place.  And their ignorance on display.


If the information is correct, I'd have a hard time convicting him.


What?  HBO did some deceptive editing?
Anyone surprised(especially since it was a hit on the commoners owning politically-incorrect firearms)?


Katie Couric is a lying bitch.  "I take responsibility, but I had nothing to do with it" my ass.


Internet Giants Announce Major Joint ‘Hate Speech’ Initiative With European Union: ‘No Place for Hate Speech’
So we can expect Fecesbook writ large on whatever these clowns consider 'hate speech'.  Which will be anything they don't like or approve of.

It's always nice when the left starts eating itself

The National Union of Students Black Conference in Bradford erupted into a civil war after the conference proposed to amend the term “Black” – for the sake of inclusivity – and include “Politically Black” people into the movement.
What?
“Politically Black” is a term adopted by non-black people of colour who identify with the struggle against racism and oppression. It has been repeatedly criticised for being used for political gain while silencing actual black voices within the movement.
You've got to read the whole thing to get the full flavor, which includes people as pale as I am before I've been in the sun claiming political blackness.  


Arizona passed a law 
HB 2548 gives students the right to file lawsuits against colleges and universities, and to receive an award judgment if the court finds that the university or community college has restricted the student’s speech.
to deal with the 'tiny free-speech zone' crap.   And an amendment was added:
Arizona’s HB 2548 became something more than was intended when an amendment, also related to free speech, was approved in the Senate.

Protesters who blocked Phoenix roads before a Trump campaign rally in March can take credit for inspiring the amendment to HB 2548.

It increases penalties against people who block access to government meetings or hearings, or political campaign rallies like the Trump campaign event.
And guess who's losing their shit?

Well done, idiots who blocked highways and rioted and assaulted people: you got a reaction.

Railgun projectile at 6600fps

if I'm doing the math correctly.  That should have a pretty flat trajectory, and make a pretty good hole in things.

However:
“I can’t conceive of a future where we would replicate Cold War forces in Europe,” said Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, one of the weapon’s chief boosters. “But I could conceive of a set of railguns that would be inexpensive but would have enormous deterrent value. They would have value against airplanes, missiles, tanks, almost anything.”
Anybody else get the feeling these idiots are looking at it as a magic wand?  "Gee, put a few of these around and we can get rid of all those troops and vehicles and equipment!"

Dear whatever... Clinton doesn't give a damn about ANYTHING except

her own wants and convenience, does she?
He was asked why he had proposed this solution, and he said it was “For ease of access” and, “as far as I knew, there was no requirement for her to be connected to our system” (even though he had earlier said that her having an email address assigned to her in the State Department’s system, the OpenNet system, was “required”). He said that the “ease of access” would be because of there being “fewer passwords.”

He was asked whether doing things this way was necessary in order for her to be able to access the Internet from the State Department, and he said, ”the Internet is available” to employees at the office, just as anywhere.

He was asked about the inconvenience of the State Department’s passwords system, and he said that he eliminated her need for any passwords:
A: She wouldn’t have had a password.Q: So the computer would have just been open and be able to use without going through any security features?A: Correct.

There's more.  Oh my yes, there's more.  Like
Citing a conversation Lukens had with Clinton Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, he wrote, “She says problem (sic) is HRC does not know how to use a computer to do emails — only Blackberry.”  HRC refers to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Judicial Watch attorney Michael Bekesha asked Lukens if State Department policy barred the use of personal cell phones in the Secretary’s official office suite, which is one of the most tightly secured facilities in government. Lukens explained the prohibition: “So the crux of the issue was that BlackBerrys and iPhones are not allowed in the Secretary’s office suite, so the question was, how is the Secretary going to be able to check her emails if she’s not able to have the Blackberry at her desk with her.”

I don't think 'off-the-shelf' materials equals

'commercially available kit', otherwise an interesting piece on homemade equipment.


Wonder how many people sick, crippled, and dead it would take for the enviroweenies to concede that some chemical help is needed?

Assuming there's any number, seeing as how many of them would like most of the human race to go away.


And now I shall resume the endless task of trying to get the place cleaned and neatened-up.  Again.

A fine evening out there;

you can start on the analysis, I'm going out to scratch dog ears for a bit

An experiment,

just because.  To be tried in the mini-Sharps:

                                            162-grain cast semi-wadcutters

                                                          Paper patched

                                    Wiped lightly with lube and sized to .358"

     A snug-fitting paper wad(cut from a tea bag box) inserted, then the bullets seated

over the minimum charge of 2400.

This is because, after all that research on paper-patching, I wondered how it'd work in this application.  The wad is probably unnecessary, but worth trying.  If these shoot accurately, I'll try some without it and see if it changes things.

'Global Warmering/Climate Change/Etc.',

bullcrap.
“One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with the environmental policy anymore, with problems such as deforestation or the ozone hole,” said Edenhofer, who co-chaired the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group on Mitigation of Climate Change from 2008 to 2015.
So what is the goal of environmental policy?
“We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy,” said Edenhofer.
Yeah, this has come out before; I think it needs to be brought back up regularly.

Speaking of,

So, no boots on the ground...

Fatisah (Syria) (AFP) - US forces on the ground in northern Syria are helping a major offensive against the Islamic State group in its stronghold of Raqa province, Kurdish-Arab fighters battling the jihadists say.

Near the frontline north of the IS bastion of Raqa city, American commandos climbed onto a low rooftop carrying US-made anti-tank missiles.

"These are US special operations forces and this is why you cannot follow them or take many pictures," said a fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces, which announced on Tuesday an assault on the jihadists north of Raqa.

The Pentagon is not happy with the pictures.  And the questions.
The Pentagon Thursday denied the presence of U.S. troops on the front lines in Syria despite photographic evidence showing special operations troops fighting alongside Kurdish forces in an offensive to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State.

Peter Cook, the Pentagon press secretary, maintained the Obama’s administration’s claim that ground troops in Syria are solely serving in advisory and assistance roles in the war-torn region.

“They are not on the forward line. They are providing advice and assistance,” Cook said during a testy exchange with reporters. “That mission has not changed, their role has not changed. They are not leading this fight. They are supporting those forces that are at the leading edge of this fight, and they are doing it in a very effective fashion.”
'Not on the forward line', does that mean they're barely behind, or in front of it?  And 'supporting those forces' could have several meanings, now couldn't it?

Could be wrong, but I suspect this is Dear Leader's minions playing as much as possible his "No American boots on the ground(unless I flatly can't deny them, and I really want to because I said we're out of there)!" games.


Oh, and the Turks are pissed because of the patches some of those troops are wearing:
Turkey on Friday lashed out at the United States after images surfaced apparently showing U.S. soldiers in Syria wearing the insignia of a Kurdish group opposed by Ankara. 

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during an international conference in southern Turkey that it was "unacceptable" for soldiers of a Turkish ally to use the patches of the YPG — the Kurdish People's Protection Units which are fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria.
I doubt the Turks would be happy with the response I'd give them.
Pics of the patches in question here.

And don't piss off your camel,

might be bad for your health

Threatening storms again;

stay in, stay dry, and check the information for clues to what makes the world go 'round