Greetings and Salutations for South Carolina’s Low Country!
NGL… It’s niiiice to GTF out of dodge and visit w/MomUnit for the first time I -think- since 2019? Not sure… like there might have been a visit in there since then but TBH in 2020 when the ‘Vid hit MomUnit like many of the other elders went into full on lockdown mode rather than risk the as the Critical Drinkler calls it the “Virus of Unknown Origin”
Noooooow
It hasn’t been without it’s ‘issues’
I’m not going to focus on them, but so far is the score is One Dislocated Ring Finger, a set of Road Rash, MAD soreness and lumps bumps and bruises, and this’s just day fucking one.
I’m not going to go too deeply into some of it ‘cos it involves a lot of family drama, and the fact that yet again I’m unfortunately being proven absolutely Goddamned right about Dumbcunt again. I’ll just leave it at that.
And the various physical issues are from Chili
She’s still got mental issues, and is scared of her own shadow. Like seriously mentally ill.
Even with a Xanax… a full tab she goes into full flight mode constantly and tonight was ANOTHER instance where she managed to take me out during a walk in a blind panic. I’ve raised twitchy dogs… Hell, Spawn #2 had a full blooded Collie that was wrapped a weeee bit too tight, but she mellowed with age…
Chili is almost a full loss…. She’s due to be fixed, but right now? I dunno man. I spent $45 on a “Thundershirt” and all it did what put her in ‘frozen piss on the floor scared mode’ when I gently wrapped her up in it. Then she refused to move. I’ve never seen a dog so scared of everything and she absolutely is NOT improving. I just can’t figure it out… any and all suggestions are welcome. She’s NEVER been abused/hurt/or anything. Only the cats fucked with her when she first showed up at the house, but she’s sooooo terrified of everything my only conclusion is she’s got a screw loose.
So part of the ‘summons’ here is it seems MomUnit had a few medical issues, as she wanted to see me. She’s not dying, but methinks the heart surgery gave her a shake on the Mortality Clock. Either way, we’re have a good reunion.
SO I’ll be sporadic AF as I’m here thru Sunday.
Also, ONE question:
I cannot find a .312/.314/.316 slug to ‘slug’ the barrel juuuust to see what the width of the inner part of the barrel. The ONE slugging kit out there is discontinued. I need to slug it to figure out the reloasd factor, so any help would be appreciated.
So Ima gettin’ ‘nother beer.
More Later
Big Country
How about a sinker? Roll it with a hammer until it is almost small enuf. Push it thru with a solid rod. Quarter inch would do it. Maybe put some heat shrink around the rod to minimize scuffing of the bore. I did that with an old Colt revolver dad had. Found the size muy pronto. Brownells used to have a chamber casting metal that melted low temp, would shrink a bit, then recover to size after completely cooled to measure accurate chamber size. I bet they still have it.
it’s called Cerrosafe, brownell’s should have it.
that is it. couldn’t think of the name of it. melts about 275 -300 . I know I have some somewhere downstairs. used it years ago on a Jap rifle. bore was worn like the one you have.
7.7 Jap and .303 are like 311-312 there about. learned of it from a couple of machinist guys I used to know. what they did was to “slug ” the bore at the end. they kept trimming the barrel until it got closer to spec. 29 inch to 22 inch barrel and then they crowned it. groups went from 10-15 inches down to 3-4
inches at 100 yards. was a handy deer rifle for a few years until I sold it to a friend.
and cast lead bullets is the way to go too. Lee sells a good mold for 7.7-303
and what they called a 200 yard deer load work very well too. old reloading book data.
one of the old guys died while I was away from home. his kids took most of his stuff. but his wife did give me his old reloading books. his kids took everything else. I still have those old books.
Good Info Dave! I’ll keep you Frens and Tards in the loop!
sure. I bought the Jap rifle for 5 bucks from a scrapyard back in 1971-2 there about.
a new barrel was out of my price range back then. so, had to work with what I had.
those two guys helped out a LOT. they trimmed the barrel at “work” and made a scope mount
for it as the sights where crap. saved up for a 1.5 Weaver scope and they mounted it for me.
( I shoved a lot of snow off their sidewalks and steps for a couple of years) HS years.
but it did make for a damn good deer rifle afterwards. stopped hunting back in 93 and sold it to a friend who wanted it a few years later. as far as I know, it still bring home the meat.
I gave him my dies and whatever else I had for it when I sold it to him.
sometimes I wished I kept it. kind of miss that old scope. had a German #4 reticle and I like it a lot. they don’t seem to make those anymore ? that was when they where still made in EL PASO
too.
double that with the sinker.. ifn you can’t get one close to right, shave nuff lead off a bigger one with a pockety knife. works just fine. have done several bp guns that way.
Check these guys out.
https://www.westernbullet.com/noe316155.html
Thanks Fren! I found a lead sinker, (bullet shaped) that the ass end is .320 wide. a bag of 12 was $1.22 however the shipping was $11, but still… So they’re on their way to the crib.
I’m in no rush, as I got a LOT of projects on the burner as I’m waiting on the shipping and delivery of that 1898 Spanish Mauser, next week some time. As well as a Grade “B” Lee Enfield Mod 1 MK 4 that one of you degenerates asked me to do… THAT is running faaar behind ‘cos I think RFI fucked up, and sold too many at the price point ($299 for a B-Grade, in “shooting condition” w/ a sling Bolt AND Mag, which is NOW selling at $499…) and I’m going to blow up the fon tomorrow for an update as I ordered it over a month ago?
I also FINALLY got in the MultiCam (Crye Genuine) Hydrodip film, so the M1911 is ALSO on the menu.
Good Times, Good Times.
“Punching the gun tube” as we called it when I was an Abrams Kid is NOW on the list as well
Stay Tuned!
BCE, Sadly we all called it on DC. A leopard doesn’t change their spots and she is how she is and she is never going to change.
Regarding your anxious pup, my dog is 15 and last year he started getting what they call Sundowners in humans. Basically during the day he’s his old self but at night he has “crazy spells’.
The vet put him on 2 prescriptions for his nightly “crazy spells” and they help (main one selegiline).
She also recommended putting him on CBD chews to chill him out and they work.
They sell them on Amazon. Give that a try and see if it helps chill the pup out.
Have a great vacation !
I was raised in the South Carolina low country. Try some shrimp and grits. The plainer the better, not some modern frou-frou recipe. Pan-fried shrimp, grits, butter, a little salt. You have to cook the grits in slightly salty water, or they have a metallic taste like the pan you cooked them in.
And steamed oysters. I’ve never heard of steamed oysters anywhere else.
As for RHCP, I once had a dog who was scared to walk on hard floors. He’d tense up, which only made things worse.
I tried everything to make him see that it was okay, but he wasn’t having any of it.
Some dogs are just weird. Loveable, but weird. Gotta love dogs.