Doble Troble

Definitely one for the archives. Thanks, Clemson!

Sounds like meth may be involved.

Definitely worth a dirty truck, and I bet Mrs. fritz was happy too.

Damn (bubba scratches his head wondering if it's real, while inside knowing it is, and for the first time realizing the true height of the moutain he must climb).

Thanks, Z. I just WISH: 1) our government didn't infringe our rights to do worthwhile and interesting things and; 2) that I didn't have to worry about politics (I'm really bad at it).

In the spirit of Oprah and Rosie, you go Jason (just don't be firing it if the headspace is wrong)!

That and the lack of FFL's makes things difficult.

You mean that and the unconstitutional infringements on the second ammendment make things difficult. We should be able to send any law-abiding American anything we want to any time. I HATE limitations on freedom and industry.

Now that I'm done inappropriately ranting, your project sounds like a fun experiment. Your odds will be better by not trying for minimum headspace (but accuracy may take a hit if you FL resize or use commercial ammo). Make sure to post a follow-up.

Thier livers are excellent with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti.

I bought the S&W 642 that I'd been wanting. It'll be an integral part of this summer's ensemble. Its amazing that they make a lighter one in 357. I'm not sure I'd want to touch that one off.

They're supposed to be the best cap and ball pistols made. You stole it too.

I went too far once in my Super-Bubba days. When I pull the trigger on that rifle the bolt moves up and is loose. Safety-wise the bolt handle is a less-effective backup lug, and I suspect that the front lugs go beyond optimal engagement, effectively weakening the action.

I figured-out that I screwed up before I fired it. Its in my "trophy" corner now. Maybe i should weld it up and try again.

Hopefully swamp_thing heard from his representative directly, but I agree that there's a good chance that it was a staffer. But according to what (little) I know of how these offices are run, careful records are kept of constituent's correspondence with summares of for- and against- specific issues. Worst case, swamp_thing has made his opinion part of these opinion summaries, which WILL make a difference.

In addition he did his best to TRY to make a difference which should be applauded by us all.

mmm, sand monkeys....

Only go deep enough so that the original flag safety can be engaged completely (all the way over) without too much effort. That defines the amount to take off. You can easily go too far if not careful.

38 spl, S&W J frame. The semiautos are fine for winter, but half the year down there in Tejas you're going to want something that will fit in your pocket.

My suggestion.

Woman hit by stray bullet at a wedding reception.

I'm surprized this doesn't happen in the Middle East more often. I cringe evertime I see footage of people celebrating by shooting AK-47s in the air.

Did I ever tell you guys that I used to live in Santa Monica, CA? It seems like a long time ago, and was only for about three years and I thought I had the world by the balls for some reason. I don't know what its like now (living in Santa Monica, and I've forgotten why I thought I had the world by the nads), but in the late-80s it was a panhandlers Mecca. It didn't take too many beer runs having the "starving" dude I just gave a buck to getting to the corner store before I did before I figured it out. I think this was an important developmental point for my currently conservative outlook, and I've been entirely resistant to panhandling since. There were some aggressive ones, and I'm probably lucky I didn't get my ass kicked, but I was young and stupid and in good shape and so I'd usually escalate any aggressive encounter. This was only possible in a segment of unarmed society, and as a result of this experience I completely agree that an armed society is a polite society, and an equally important corrolary to this is that an unarmed society tends to be uncivil. Lord please forgive me for my incivility.

Way to go, Swamp_Thing. This is how it works. We all have a responsibility to communicate our thoughts and reasoning on issues, whether it falls on deaf ears or not, whether it is popular or not, whether it causes trouble or not. Without this type of input from rank-and-file Americans, our country will be guided only by paid lobbiests, special interests, or (shudder) the frickin' media.

I think this also reinforces the value of this particular, and sometimes criticized areas of the board - it gives us a chance to freely try out our ideas before we unleash them to wider audiences.

Hurrah! for you efforts, and thank you!

7 x 57s are plentiful and cheap. The days of the cheap 6.5 x 55 barrels are over, but they're still out there around $80 and I think they're worth every penny. Last time I checked SAMCO still had some 6.5 x 55 barrels. There's another smaller outfit that also had some, but I don't remember who right now, hopefully someone else will. There are 7 x 57 barrels - the 19.5" carbines available from SARCO and I think for a little more, Cheaper than Dirt. I've used three of them and they've all been accurate. They typically have some exterior pitting, but the bores are pristine. Last time I checked they were $35, again worth every penny.

EDIT: The 7 x 57 bbls I referred to are large ring. A fun rethreading project if you have a lathe, a PITA if you don't.

I usually hate going to Walmart, but maybe it won't be so crowded tomorrow. I better get started on my list.

Greying is they typical result of a first pass of cold bluing. Try it a few more times and report back.

Plugging is a good idea, but not always completely effective. I've stayed out of trouble with rifle barrels by running clean patches through after boiling.

Is there any fox-red rust showing-up? Or is it immediately grey/black?

Maybe this could pan-out as a method to rust blue without the boiling and carding steps.

Maybe we need more of a corporate mentality in running Gov.

YES!

In the case of the recent marches it seems to be the Socialist party in America and labor unions (in paticular the Service Employees International Union [sEIU http://www.seiu.org/]) that are organizing. Of course the Dems are loving it and the press is massively covering without mentioning the organizations really behind it. These people are legitimate Americans and not illegal immigrants, but are taking advantage of a real problem to promote their own anti-corporate agendas. The press is in my opinion criminally negligent, but this is a historical problem.

This is not an immigrant-related problem, they're only hitching their wagon to the issue.

The more important problem of illegal immigration (I believe) will only be resolved by removing attractive, but illegal employment. And this will only be done by going after the employers, they are the ones bringing the burden that we're paying for, and they're the one's that are profiting from it. You're right that we taxpayers are the losers. This is something that no one in government seems to be willing to address.

Fritz, I hope you don't get too much more desperate 'cause we all know what you've been planning.

Again, I'm not saying its the right thing to do, only that I understand it. You're analogy is right-on morality-wise. The problem is that morality goes out the window when you're hungry. Every human is smart, even Mexicans. They will find a way if there's an opportunity available. I really do believe that we all would if we were in desperate circumstances, and from reading what a lot of you have written I can tell that you'd be hell to reign-in if desperate.

I think that Horsefly is right, we need to reduce the incentives that are causing the problems - of course in addition to increased border security. I think that all of us resourceful folks know that it won't take too much observation, thought or planning to get around any security barrier placed in the desert Southwest. Its one of my favorite places - no annoying other people for miles.

So I suggest that the only solution is to make illegal immigration much less attractive. Hefty fines on illegal employers would be a good start, and might help fund increased border security. If there are no illegal jobs, there will be no illegal immigration to fill them. This will likely raise the cost of products dependent upon illegal labor (what are these things - I think we all consume them), but I believe its the right thing to do, and I'm willing to pay more to shore-up our Southern border.

It would also be nice if a modern McCarthy would show-up to counter the modern Pinkos.

Whatever this all has to do with Mausers.

It might impact our ability to keep our Mausers...if Billary gets elected again...

Karl - I think you're right (as usual). We need to go back to the "all men are created equal" system.

I completely agree with the sentiments of the quotes, especially those of Thomas Sowell - he's a very good thinker and I respect his opinion a great deal.

The problem I see is that we're spending too much time focusing on people who are trying to improve their lives by actually working. These people aren't well-educated and don't understand immigration laws or paperwork or embassies, they only know that if they can make it a few hundred miles North that their families will be better fed and educated. I don't think that too many of us would let a few hundred miles keep us from better providing life's essentials to our family. I'm not saying that this is the right thing to do, only that I understand to some extent the motivation behind it.

The basis of our current problems (as I see it) is two-fold: 1) attractive employment is being illegally offered by Americans with little incentive not to offer it and; 2) there is a very vocal group of ethnic Americans who are legally here but for reasons I don't understand believe that they should not try to assimilate into mainstream American culture - hence the resistance to learning English, proliferation of Chicano Studies programs in Universities, etc.

The Democratic Party is looking for any way to impinge on the prestige of the current administration, and isn't above inciting class and racial strife to get there (they never have been). Who is organizing the million Mex marches? It isn't Republicans.

What I'm trying to get at is that the disturbing quote that started this thread isn't that of a migrant farm worker in California or North Carolina, or a day laborer in Arizona - those people are too busy trying to take care of their families to be worried about "La Raza". It's those who are Americans and feel a sense of entitlement due to their recent genetic background and hope that this can relieve them of their responsibility to work for a living that are causing the political trouble. They need to shut up, get the job that they are legally entitled to, and try to contribute to our American society. To solve the separate problem of illegal immigration, only making it more difficult to offer illegals gainful employment will curtail the difficult situation in our Southwest.

Yes, none of this matters unless you're saving seeds. Then you might produce a squachinni. I don't know if you can make a zuchumber, but it might be worth a try. It would take two years (F2 generation) to develop a squazukumber, but if possible, it might be worth it. It would be great sliced on sandwiches.

Genetics is fun AND potentially delicious.

Did the rust from other areas leave? All the cold blue solution recipes that I've seen contain iron, and I agree with Jimro that its likely an iron oxide that is producing the black color. The question is, where did the iron come from? Does "Iron Out" contain iron? If not it must have come from the receiver, either from the rust that was already there, in which case it may be difficult to blacken a rust-free part, or maybe from the surface of the polished steel itself, in which case it might make a good bluing solution. Can you post a picture?