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If the FBI found documents regarding Hunter. Chances are good they’ve been shredded. My gut feeling, if they found anything significant it will be released to the media when the next presidential election warms up. The FBI along with a ham sandwich will get Trump indicted on some made-up BS. I’m not sure if a law prevents a candidate with either an indictment or criminal charges for running for an election, if there is the FBI will use it as they did with the Russian hoax.

Mom just freaked out thought it was against the law for some reason. She may have been correct that a 13 year old buying a gun via mail order violated a law. I don’t recall but chances are good I lied if there was any questions about age on the order blank. I do know she raised hell at the Post Office and wrote then Senator Goldwater. Mom was type that was uncomfortable around guns but after my parents split she kept a S&W 38 under her bed.

Several years ago I bought a stack of 50 and 60s gun magazines at a yard sale. I wanted to cry seeing all those pre GCA/68 mail order ads. When I was 15 about 1965-66. I ordered a mil surp rifle with 100 rds of ammo for 19.99. I have no recollection of what kind it was. I tore a sheet out of a magazine in my school library. I think the magazine was Sports Afiield. Long story short. My mother flipped out, brought it back to the Post Office while I was in school and I never got to see it. A few months later I got a partial refund.

We will have trouble scaring the Red Chinese with numbers. China has a much larger population of young men. Even North Korea with its mandatory military conscription of nearly all young men. I was in the first draft after Nixon enacted the lottery system. My number was 193 and my draft board went up to 195. After my draft physical I was classified 1-Y not fit for combat but could still be drafted. There were rumors back in 68-69 of 1-Y being drafted into other federal jobs such as prison guards, Forest Service, defense factories and even the Peace Corps. The idea was to eliminate the draft exemptions for young men holding those positions. Before my lower classification I applied for a job with TRW that had a hand grenade factory south of Phoenix. I never showed up for my interview after reading in the paper about an accident killing one and the loss of limbs for a few more. Nixon eventually did away with the 1-Y and I was reclassified as 4-F due to poor hearing.

I saw it to often as a union rep. Numerous times I had to get into somebody’s personal space and let them know their job was to move or deliver mail. Many had the attitude the Post Office was only there to provide them a job and paycheck. Sick leave abuse, tardiness and young girls believing they could and often did get away with a lot using their good looks. Plenty thought the union would save their ass no matter what kind of trouble. I saw a few leaving in handcuffs usually for theft and occasionally workers comp or time card fraud. A prime example was a young guy with a wealthy family. His family allowance was matching his wages. He cried like a child when he couldn’t get an afternoon off with pay to get a haircut. He couldn’t understand getting paid by the hour. He chewed my ass for getting his 7-suspension reduced to, two days. He wanted a week off believing the union would get him reimbursed. He was in his late 20s but never mentally matured. He lost his cush job with his family’s tool manufacturing business due to a hostile corporate take over eventually merging with another tool co. I could write several paragraphs about young women believing the path to a successful career was on their backs or even parking lot bjs. I had one attractive blonde show up at my front door demanding the union get her the promotion she was promised. She fell on her knees on my front porch and cried when I told her the union couldn’t get her the promotion she was promised. She was being passed around by three supervisors and possibly a fourth, a bull dyke. She was to embarrassed to file sexual harassment having to admit the conduct. She wised up after a suspension for sick leave abuse and her supervisors couldn’t save her. On the other hand I knew of a clerk/typist go to upper level mgmt in her first 18 months. There are just way to many young people believing the world owes them a living, hard work is for the other guy. The Demoncrats play along and get voters with promises of canceling college debt. Let the hard working guy living on low wages in an apprenticeship program foot the tax burden. o

I very seriously doubt the FBI will get more than a gentle wrist slap. It’s like fork with me and I’ll fork you even better. I imagine as it was done when Hoover was running the agency. The FBI likely has career killing dirt on every politician in DC. Once upon a time I had great respect for the FBI. As a kid there was Jimmy Stewart and Efrem Zimbalist Jr on TV setting fine examples. My 7 and 8 th grade Catechism teacher was an FBI agent. Outside of the Catholic books he taught us a lot about morals, honesty, patriotism and encouraged every one of us to speak privately with him if we had a problem, any problem. He gave us his home phone number and encouraged us to call him even if it was in the middle of the night. My self and two others got a long lecture after class about male sexuality and not having guilt feelings after he caught us passing a Playboy fold-out under the table.

I too prefer the pump up stoves and lanterns. They do work well with unleaded gasoline. Coleman or generic brands of fuel has additives that gives long term storage of the fuel fresh. It also has some rust preventive qualities that are not found in unleaded gasoline. Where one runs into trouble with unleaded gasoline is its tendency to go stale, invite rust and not burning as well or clean until the generator gets really hot. When I used unleaded in my Coleman appliances I dumped all the unleaded out of the tanks before storing away until the next camping event. in reverse, Coleman fuel can be used in a car. Back in the 80s my friends picked me up at the LA airport in a renal car. We ran out of gas and there were not any gas stations we could see. A five minute walk to a 24 hour grocery store we bought thee gallons of Coleman fuel, plastic funnel emptied the fuel into the car’s gas tank the car ran fine.

My uncle that lived through several Los Angeles earthquakes swore by his Coleman stove and lanterns. He made the mistake of buying a cheapie low output generator to keep his refrigerator and freezer running. It died after a few hours. He warned the noise from a generator invites thieves and neighbors with extension cords. He later invested into a quiet RV generator. If he didn’t lose city water he vigorously boiled drinking water fearing sewage getting into the city’s water supply. My uncle was a hard core Democrat and wanted nothing to do with guns for protection. He had the give them what they want attitude saying there isn’t anything I have worth killing for.

I gave it a thumbs up.

I’m seeing and hearing enough that I have a renewed interest in hoarding food. I have twin sons, one is taking it seriously the other is not. About 5-6 weeks ago I spent some bucks buying them canned goods and I’m placing another order soon. I’ve mentioned in the past when I was an outside salesman selling auto parts. I saw numerous tempers flare and fights break out in the 1970s gas lines. The bloodiest fight I saw was over a buyer after getting his 10 gallons then with the pump turned off drained the hose into his gas tank. Leaving it to the next guy to pay to fill up the hose up. About two years ago I watched a fight start in a dollar store between a black and Mexican family. There was a sale on Banquet frozen pot pies. The black family took them all. When a Mexican woman objected the black woman screamed at her. Next thing other family members joined in and fists started flying. I’ll admit I was a big chicken and left asap as soon as I saw a Mexican teenager grab what I thought was a gun. I found out a few days later it was just a knife. According to the dollar store cashier police took all of them to jail. If there is ever a serious food shortage TSWHTF. The privileged and wealthy will never go hungry but us peons will have to fight or go hungry. I’ll admit to being paranoid I started hoarding prior to the Y2K fiasco.

I feel it’s an attempt to control the so called unwashed masses. Control food and people become dependent on the government for their daily bread. Food is only part of the control and take over by the government and the ultra wealthy. Food is only part, health care, education, housing and now it’s transportation. Makes me wonder what is coming next, why is Bill Gates attempting to screw with the meat supply. Apparently our leaders are failing to recall history. Food riots have caused have caused governments to be over thrown. The Russian Revolution is a prime example. I’m certain it’s coming soon to Venezuela. Was Michelle Obama taking care of or better said destroying school lunches and even breakfast meals in poor communities an attempt to control? How many kids would tolerate and eat a dessert of celery sticks and cottage cheese, salt free pretzels and chips or honey glazed cornbread to name a few. Don’t know if it’s true or an exaggeration. A member of my gun club claimed his grandkid’s got a school dessert that was a concoction of stewed tomatoes, raisins and cinnamon.

During that time the worse TV villain was Eddy Haskell.

My two cents says no, especially at the cost. I know everything has gone up in cost but $250?? Your prewar FN built before war time pressure or possible war time sabotage utilizing slave labor, I’d pass. In the early 70s I had a early 50s Spanish manufactured receiver go bad. According to a gunsmith it had what he described as receiver set back, the steel is to soft. With my slipping memory not sure if it was a 308 or 06 barrel we stuck in it. I recall my friend asking the smith about heat treating. The gunsmith exhaled loudly almost laughing through his nose, shook his head then telling us no the quality of the Spanish receivers of that era were inconsistent, the next one might be to brittle.

About 20 years ago on New Year’s eve. During the noise and fireworks starting at midnight. I had some WW2 dated 12 gauge flares. I foolishly shot a flare in an old Stevens 12 ga single shot shotgun with a full choke. When I shot I heard a primer pop and a small amount of paper debris shot out the barrel .I very mistakenly assumed it was a just dud and headed back inside to get another flare. Just as I headed back inside about 30 seconds later. The moment I touched the door knob.I heard a load phoomp as the flare ignited but was stopped by the full choke. As the flare burned inside the barrel near the muzzle. The heat from the flare caused the barrel to turn cherry red near the muzzle. Fearing the wood forend might burn up from the heat. I struggled but finally managed to remove the forend stock using a baker’s mitt. I leaned the shotgun outside against a barbecue to let it cool off as the entire barrel was way to hot to handle. The following morning everything was still intact.. The area where the barrel turned red from the heat. The bluing was gone and it was down to bare metal. I was pleasantly surprised as the burned paper crud and unburned powder flakes were easily removed. Several months later on opening day of Dove season. I removed the choke tube from my O/U, coated the threads with high temp wheel bearing grease then shot a flare. The parachute failed to open and it descended near some tumble weeds. My friend and I ran to it before a desert wildfire started and stomped out a burning tumbleweed. To avoid the temptation to shoot anymore flares. I gave away the remainder of the flares to a gun show acquaintance that was into collecting WW2 militaria and re-enactments.

My my my, what a wonderful idea Comrade!! The pre-teen kids working in the mines and battery factories need the job security. Maybe, just maybe dear old Uncle Joe will extend Obozo’s cash for gas guzzlers program. So every food stamp recipient can afford an electric car. I’m sure Commissioner Of Transportation Pete Buttisago will nominate you for a silver red star badge just as soon as he gets time after weaning his baby off his titties.

If it continues and a SHTF crisis occurs. We may wind up paying for goods and services with guns, ammunition and canned or home grown food.

Thx for the tip on canned meat. I just checked out Lehman’s. Tony, is the canned meat cooked or raw?? I couldn’t find a yes or no on their web page. Have you eaten any of it?? About 5 weeks ago I bought a large stash of canned and dry goods from Wally’s. I split it up three ways. For me and my twin sons. For meat I bought a bunch of Hash, Tuna, Ham, Vienna Sausage, Chicken, Sardines and good’ol Spam. I also bought some canned beef and pork and was really disappointed. Both were packed with plenty of water. The pre cooked, flat tasting beef was tough and the pork not much better. Just about enough meat in one can for two large Tacos. Canned bacon was way-way to expensive so I passed. Have to admit, I am pleasantly surprised with the Spam. So far I’ve tried the hot and spicy, jalapeño and bacon flavored. I might give Lehman’s a try if the shipping doesn’t ruin it. I signed up for the 10% off first order. I was a bit hesitant having to give them my phone number. I went ahead giving them the phone number to the City of Phoenix water and sewer department. If they need text message verification I’ll pass. A real pain getting advertisements and numerous political texts begging for money every day. I hit delete and block but the texts and calls keep coming. Anyhow before I start keyboard rambling again. Tony please let me know what you think about Lehman’s canned meat. PS, IF ANYBODY KNOWS A SOURCE FOR POWDERED EGGS PLEASE LET ME INOW.

Bet it kicks like a mule on speed. Other than the muzzle break I didn’t see anything to reduce recoil. I imagine the weight helps but I bet it would play havoc on any dental work.

Another PET Scan tomorrow afternoon. I have a tumor behind my left eyeball. The last PET Scan showed it hasn’t grown after several Chemo treatments but did not shrink as the tumor in my lung did. If it grows beyond a membrane surrounding my brain. I’ll be giving up my car keys and guns. I’ll do it voluntarily as I do recall the Texas Tower shooter. Perfectly normal behavior one day the next day without any provocation. He claimed up the tower with a small arsenal and began shooting and killing college students. An autopsy revealed he had a brain tumor. There is a possibility the tumor can be surgically removed but chances are good I’ll lose my eye in the process. I’ll know more in about a week. About 1967 a high school classmate drove his motorcycle into a block wall. No skid marks and a witness said he made no attempt to avoid it. An autopsy revealed he had a brain tumor but he was also on LSD. No telling which, the tumor, dope or combination caused it. It was a shame, before he started the drugs he was being scouted by Major League Baseball. He had a mean fastball. I only batted against him once. We were both about 12 in Little League. He struck me out. First it was a blistering fast ball and a call strike, 2nd pitch was a change up and I hit a foul swinging way to early and strike three was a curveball. Another guy I didn’t know well in the 60s. He was the younger brother of a girl I knew. At about age 14-15 he turned into a sexual pervert and was in and out of trouble with the law. After the brain tumor was discovered he was placed in the state hospital and died about a year later.

For what it’s worth. I have a Peruvian 1891 Mauser. Other than the Gew 88 type rear sight and slightly different hand guard. It’s the same as an Argie 91. Despite the Peruvian crest it’s stamped Mauser Modelo Argintino. The exterior is severely pitted but the bore is bright and shiny. Obviously the barrel was re-lined and it is an excellent shooter. The Peru arsenal painted the exterior with black paint of some sort. I’ve had the rifle since the mid 70s. From what I read years ago, it might have been on the Springfield Sporters Shotgun News ad. The refurb was done in the late 50s. Wish I knew what kind of paint was used. From the 50s era it is likely lead based paint. The very hard paint did put the brakes on the rust and pits. In the late 70s I had some experience with lead based paint before it was illegal. I had a horrible job as a mechanic for Neumann Clark. Anything from small to very large forklifts, industrial and farm equipment. As the govt regs kicked in we could still use the lead based green and blue factory enamel colors still in stock. Naturally the factory increased production before the regulations started. The regs prohibited adding tint or changing the color. Best we could do was swap our factory green or blue for Caterpillar yellow or Masey Ferguson red. I didn’t use any of the paint personally but other employees used the lead based paint on their pickups, camper shells, trailers and cars. The lead based paint was as hard as rocks, one could bounce tools off it. It was dam near impossible to scratch it, grease and oil was easily cleaned off. I never got involved with any spray painting. They used to put the paint jobs into a booth with infrared lights to dry. Not really baked on but there was some heat involved curing the paint. As far as prep the equipment was steam cleaned with a very potent detergent. There was a technique used for a second coat I’m not sure of. I think the second coat went on when the first coat was tacky, not wet or dry. I didn’t see it but was told somebody tried clear coating a paint job. The clear coat didn’t stick, had numerous runs while wet and it was easily peeled off after it dried. I did see one paint job that he first used rubbing compound then DuPont #7 auto polish and he got some shine to the dull flat paint job. I once had a job for about six weeks in a paint store. 90% of what we sold was Latex house paint. We did sell some oil based enamel paint with an epoxy that dried very hard. I used a small amount on some near rotten sun bleached wood trim and it did dry very hard. According to the old man I worked with, with 20+ years in the paint business. He said it was a substitute for lead based enamel and unlike lead based paint it was available in semi-gloss. The epoxy paint worked well on wood but I have no idea how well it works on metal.

I have two relatives that got Uncle Sam to foot the bill for a good portion of their education. One is a MD and her husband a lawyer. They both had to give six years to the Army after getting their degree. My lawyer nephew was sweating it out as he didn’t pass the New York bar exam until his second attempt. Had he not passed it the second time he would have owed major bucks. He told me Army looked favorably on the NY bar exam as it supposed to be the hardest in the USA. I had a coworker really struggle getting his daughter through medical school. They sold their house and moved into an older mobile home. Him and his wife a legal secretary drove junkers. Every night as soon as he clocked out he went through the trash cans collecting aluminum cans. For $3.00 every two weeks he made sure the contributors in our station had fresh coffee every morning. Him and his wife moonlighted for a catering service. He once used his three week vacation time selling encyclopedias door to door to raise money for his daughter’s school books. About 1989 or 90 he came to work bragging and showing off a $100 check his daughter sent. She finished school and got a job as an ER Dr somewhere in Minnesota. Doc I have no idea what medical school cost in the 80s, probably chump change compared to today. Besides what the couple contributed he told me his daughter still owed thousands for student loans he intended to help her pay off.

I wish it had been that simple. There were cracks on both sides and pieces missing. It was a parts gun, I don’t recall the configuration but it had Springfield and Remington parts. The hodge-podge of 1911 parts were common years ago with surplus GI 45s. Best I recall the slide looked good, the bore was bright and the trigger pull satisfactory. The friend I sold it to dirt cheap bought a new commercial frame and built a functioning pistol. Another friend that was an Army armorer about 1968-71 in Germany. Told me the frame being worn and cracked was a fairly common problem. He didn’t like coming across them because of the paperwork and higher level concurrence associated with discarding a frame. Even to this day if my friend was given a 1911 he’d immediately sell it. He worked on hundreds of 1911s and despises them.

I didn’t see it being used but saw the aftermath of a neglected cheapie muzzle loader that used an electric gizmo with Mr Clean. Despite some pits the bore it came out real clean. I’ve been told Hoppes #9 and most other gun solvents. The main ingredient is ammonia with a strong perfume. Oil in the solution supposedly puts the brakes on fumes. Sweets 762 I was told uses concentrated ammonia. Just like WD-40, a strong perfume covers the kerosene and fish oil stench. I’m sold now on bore paste but wonder if long term use could dull a shiny bore or possibly affect barrel life. A shooting bud from years ago swore by Gumout as the best bore cleaner. He had a 220 Swift claiming the Gumout cleared out the copper fouling better and faster than Hoppes. He also claimed after shooting possibly corrosive mil-surp 8MM. He removed the wood then jumped into the shower with it and cleaned the bore with shampoo and warm water. After shooting corrosive I’ve always used Windex or battery terminal cleaner down the bore and on the bolt face before leaving the range or desert. Afterward at home just a conventional clean and oil. I’ve never been real persistent about cleaning. A brush with Hoppes, a few patches until they come out dry then an oily patch. I’ve had good success using Lead Away patches on my revolvers and a few times using PB Blaster to remove the 38 Special burn ring in a 357 cylinder. Guess I’m some what fortunate living in Phoenix with the over rated dry heat and low humidity, rust has never been a problem. A former in law living near New Orleans. Stores his guns and ammo in non working refrigerators with a dehumidifier to prevent rust. He’s a real character and I could write several paragraphs about him. He has a survivalist mentality and is prepared for a race war with muzzies. Doc, I’ve been burned a few times with trades. The worse was a US GI 1911 with a cracked frame rail. I’ll never deal for another used 1911 unless I remove the slide and take a peek. Another was a military configuration K98 that had likely been reamed to 8MM/06.

About 5-6 years ago I did a swap while Backpage was still alive. I traded two Jap rifles and one Jap bayonet for a 1917 US Enfield and a South American 30/06 Mauser. Unfortunately I stuck the Enfield in the back of my vault and forgot about it. I drug the Enfield out yesterday, looked down the bore then wanted to cry. The bore was a mess. I do recall taking a peek down both bores before we completed the trade and they appeared satisfactory at the time. I have a feeling the trader touched up the bore with the black shoe polish trick or some other substance. I spent a good deal of time last night scrubbing the bore and couldn’t get it clean. I plugged up the chamber, saturated the bore with Sweets 762 solvent and let it sit overnight. It helped but the bore still wasn’t clean. After using Mother’s Metal Polish then as a last resort scrubbed it vigorously with bore paste and a stainless bore brush. I finally got clean patches and a clear bore. The bore is clean but a bit dark. I won’t know how well it shoots until temps are below a hundred. My best guess it was likely shot with corrosive ammo and not properly cleaned. it’s a shame as the Eddystone Enfield’s metal appears to be all parkerized, barrel dated 12/18 and best I can tell no blue steel parts from a WW2 refurb. The SA Mauser’s bore is clean, clear, not shiny but after a quick brushing with Hoppes #9 no green patches. I still believe I did good in the trade. I bought the 7.7 Jap rifle in the mid 70s for $30. A few years later the same price I paid for an original cleaning rod and repro mono pod. It was an early model with chrome bore, aircraft sights intact and was an excellent shooter. The 6.5 Jap rifle I paid $10 without a bolt or mag floor plate. I pieced it together with gun show parts. It shot just ok with a partial box, about 5-6 rds of old and partially corroded Norma ammo.

Seems to me the Drs good deed and freebie was broken off in his ass. I only met the Dr once. After a poker game dad got drunk. He drove dad home and came in to use our phone to answer a call on his pager.. He seemed like a nice guy agreeing to meet his pager caller at a hospital after midnight. If I remember correctly he quit the Hispanic clinic but still did volunteer work at the county hospital.