Once you’ve read Kevin’s reloading primer mentioned below, head on over to Anarchangel for some treatises on the subject (with lots of helpful and fascinating pics). He talks about his adventures getting started in reloading (quite successfully too!) and also has a post for beginners about reloading on the cheap.
And Dirtcrashr relates a rainy day’s reloading, including what to do when a primer goes in sideways: 
If you didn’t see any of Blackwater CEO Erik Prince’s testimony before the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee yesterday, you owe it to yourself to check it out (it’s available on C-SPAN here). He did a masterful job of politely yet firmly wiping the floor with the Democrats accusing Blackwater of all sorts of crap. His crisp, decisive poise and solid rebuttals were in stark contrast to the spectacle of slow-mouthed Democrats trying to read stilted staff-written questions.
Here’s some quotes from an interview Prince did last year:
We see ourselves assisting in the transformation of the DoD into a faster more nimble organization…. Blackwater considers itself a partner to the DoD and all government agencies, and we stand ready to provide surge capacity, training, security and operational services in various areas at their request. We are honored to contribute in some small way….
Blackwater and the private sector are able rapidly to tailor a custom solution to solve the customer’s problem. Our ability to quickly react with a right-sized solution whose entire cost is only associated with the duration of the contract is cost-effective because there are no subsequent carrying costs like salary, medical care, retirement, etc.
My family’s business was automotive supply, one of the most efficient and globally competitive in the world. You wake up in the morning having to drive efficiency throughout the organization or you will be driven under. We strive for that level efficiency in what we do today.
–Erik Prince, head of Blackwater, interviewed in The Virginian-Pilot, June 24, 2006
For the folks who need it, such as myself, get your backside moving to this post by Kevin at The Smallest Minority.
Everything the newbie reloader needs and needs to know.
Speaking of reloading and Kevin, at TSM, I need anyone who has dealt with Cafe Press to email me about a couple questions I have about dealing with them (second link from the top on the sidebar) .
I’ve got my “Store” running and I’m ready to submit my design for this
And a couple of other, and probably lamer, ideas I have for stuff via them, but the feets are cold and I need someone to convince me I’m not doing something dumb by answering my questions of probable high stupidity.
Sorry to be so needy as of late.
And thanks to all who dropped their suggestions in the License Plate Suggestion post yesterday. You’ve given me some great ideas. I’ll be submitting my application to the State on Saturday and the winner will be posted for your enjoyment on Monday. For the late-comers, I’m still thinking on it, so feel free to keep on posting the suggestions.
From Ace of the AoSHQ on the subject of the Burma Monk murders
They’ll kill as many monks as they like, because they know their “opponents” here are a bunch of ineffectual, elite faux-intellectuals whose idea of opposing mass-murder is chuckling at a delightful Calvin Trillin poem in The New Yorker.
Ayup. Same thing the jihadis thought they were going to have to face before they brought it here.
Some thinking.
Last week, Hillarity Clinton spoke about about her idea to “give” every child born in the US a $5000 Savings Bond out of taxpayer monies. I wanted to post about it, but was just so dumbfounded (and busy) that I never found the time. Every opportunity that came about for me to put fingers to keyboard, I’d run the idea through my head and just get vaporlocked at the sheer stupidity of it.
Thankfully, a majority of the American citizenry in this Rasmussen poll were able to see through the schlock of Clinton’s pandering and have rejected the proposal.
Sixty percent (60%) of America’s Likely Voters oppose giving every child born in the United States a $5,000 savings bond, or “baby bond.†A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 27% support the concept suggested on Friday by Senator Hillary Clinton.
Those 60% know exactly where these “Baby Bonds” are going to come from: Their wallets.
Are repeatable.
Which is exactly why Global Warming Death Cult Science is not real science.
Kristopher, on the other hand, committed real-deal science in his own reloading room, for all of us to learn from
Primer test. Attempt to deactivate primers over a 5 day period. Test primers were Winchester Large Rifle. Cases were primed 30-06 brass. Treatment was done by partially filling the cases with each fluid, then placing the cases in a 50 round plastic Dillon ammo box . I treated the primers at 12:00 noon Central time, then conducted a firing test each day at 12:00 noon. One set of 5 cases every 24 hours until complete.
He found this experiment at the Predator Masters forum and not only were his results a similar to the author of the forum post, they were damn near exactly the same.
Head on over to his place for the results. You’ll probably be surprised. Then, maybe go take a looksee at what you have in your reloading cabinet.
…because their Russian-made air-defense systems have been shown to be completely worthless. Read the whole thing, it’s funny as hell.
h/t Kim.
One of the points I used in my price negotiations when purchasing Buddy was that the license tabs were up in November.
I am now going to turn this to my advantage, with your help (hopefully).
This is the perfect time frame, between now and Nov. 1st, for me to select and order personalized plates for Buddy.
In WA we get seven letters or numbers and it cannot be offensive (URADICK) or resemble a standard plate (123-ABC)
I have had a couple of ideas, but nothing that really knocks me out:
From Steve Ronin’s comment on Buddy’s intro post: NOTAFED
Since I will still be driving on pavement most of the time: UAV (Urban Assault Vehicle)
Please feel free to leave your ideas in the comments. You can go here and see if the state thinks they’re doable.
Normally I’m happy that Washington has right-leaning areas, but in this instance, the fact that INFIDEL and 762X51 are both taken is killing me.
And there are illegitimate ones like the way Professor Larry Sabato suggests.
For those that don’t know, Sabato is a Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He was, at least according to his Wiki page “The Most Quote College Professor in the Land” by the WSJ in 1994.
Apparently, interest in his highness has gone down in recent years, because he is now posting over at the dKos Animal Farm and Petting Zoo.
If you click the above link, you will find his first post in a series that will tell the idol-worshipers at the dKos why he thinks the US needs another Constitutional Convention, but I’ll sum it up really quickly for you here: There are Republicans in the Legislative Branch.
Here is a quote as to what Sabato wants. I think you’ll see why he doesn’t think any of it will ever get through Congress
I would expand the size of the Senate to ease the dramatic disparity in representation among states—the massive inequality from a population perspective that directly impacts the legislation passed or killed daily in the Senate. I will make the policy case for an admittedly difficult political alteration: Each of the 10 most populous states would receive an extra two senators, and each of the next 15 most populous states would get one additional senator. The District of Columbia would also receive representation in the Senate.
The most far-reaching reform that I propose for the executive branch is a dramatic redistribution of war powers, restoring the Congress’ original co-equal Constitutional role. This shift is not only achievable; it almost certainly has broad support among the American public after the experiences of Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq.
For the judiciary, under my plan, all federal judges would face a 15-year term limit, without renewal, and the Supreme Court would be expanded to 12 members from its present nine.
Ahh, yes! Give all the power for the nation’s Legislative decisions to New York, Massachusetts and California. Give DC an unearned spot at the table and Alaska and Wyoming would just have to deal with it.
I can plainly see that Mr Sabato’s studies never quite got so far as to differentiate WHY the Senate is not the House.
Next up, give Congress the power of foreign policy. We may as well just shut down the Executive Branch and have a Prime Minister. It would sound reasonable to me if Hillary takes the oath in 09, but how quickly do you think this idea will die if that happens? Yep, no one on that side of the aisle will have ever heard of it.
I could go for the 15 year term limits on federal judgeships, but the expansion of the SCOTUS is an old FDR trick, and for the same reasons. If Bush was looking at another 4 years worth of SCOTUS nominations, how much do you want to bet that this idea would have stayed with the first draft?
For a Professor, this guy just cannot seem to grasp the brilliant simplicity of the original founding documents. Earlier in his dKos post he states
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design. The Founders devised a political system that separated the powers of government, placed mutual checks on the powers each branch held, and ensured certain civil and human rights. Any new Constitutional initiatives must steer clear of infringing upon these bedrock principles of American government.
And then he goes and suggests a half a dozen changes that would strip points one and two of his above statement.
Personally, the second that that a Constitutional Convention got together would be time to lock and load for me. However, I would hold my boogerhook off the bangswitch until I heard ideas such as these coming out from the halls.
Friend and co-worker, Paul, happened upon this FAL lower via his brother.
The Good News: It’s all there and even has a decent trigger.
The Bad News: It’s an Inch lower, not a metric.
If you know of anyone who’d be interested, have them contact me via email (see the second from the top link on the sidebar) and I’ll put them in touch with Paul.
$100 obo
