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From our buddies at Moonbattery Blog: http://moonbattery.com/?p=40122   More here: http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=215920   More here: http://south-africa-pig.blogspot.com/2008/05/execution-by-necklacing.html#chitika_close_button   I remember when this was goin on....   leroy

Always remember this:   Everyone is a mixture of good and bad traits and pasts... I'm no Nelson Mandela fan; because of several things...   First, Mandela was, at the minimum, a socialist... I dont like 'em... period; but that's just me.... Secondly, Mandela has blood on his hands, no matter what people say... His actions incited bloodshead on both sides (...black and white...)... His wife, Winnie, was in fact the head of a shadow hit group that wantonly murdered opposition apparatchiks on both sides of the color spectrum...Mandela had to know about that...   Mandela's positive traits are notable as well; but the in no way (...in my opinion...) rise to the negative ones... Nelson Mandela had the bearing and the self control of a great man...That, alone, made his a giant to many; but those traits in no way can be used to ignore the darker ones and the carnage and destruction that it brought to south africa...   Take the time to read Newt Gingrich's statement concerning Mandela... Nelson Mandela was, in fact, unjustly imprisoned and persecuted and he endured that persecution, heinous as it was, with great dignity... Those actions won him the respect of many in the western world... He was seen by both black south africans and the rest of the western world as the "George Washington" of south africa.... The apartheid government was seen as being worse than satan himself....   As heinous as the aparthied "status quo" was in South Africa; it kept the country relatively prosperous and on a pretty even keel... Mandela's presidency and the "black majority rule" has brought nothing to South Africa except a downward economic spiral and lawlessness... The poor blacks that worked the diamond and gold mines are still poor and oppressed... Those who run the diamond and gold mines are still fabulously rich...   The sad news is that there is rampant lawlessness and political corruption in South Africa that simply wasnt there with white minority rule... The citizens, both old (...white...) and new (...black...) have traded the rule of law for corruption and murder on a vast scale... There is no escaping it...   Take the time to do a google search and you will learn that 30 or so striking black miners where shot dead by black South African policemen in a strike confrontation a few months ago...Their working conditions and lot in life is no better, some thirty years later, than they were under the white apartheid government...The difference is simply the color of their oppressors in government are now black....  Look a bit farther and you will learn that the white Afrikaaners and british landowners (...farmers...) are being systematically murdered in the most heinous ways by roving bands of black thugs "settling scores"; and their property is being confiscated by the present government... The women are being raped and dismembered and the men (...mostly old...) are being killed in the most heinous of ways... Not one of these murders has been solved; and many folks in all parts of the world believe that these "roving bands of murders", in fact, have the tacit approval of the government in this "ethnic cleansing" of south africa...   Nelson Mandela; that grandfatherly old Cheshire Cat smiling "Father of South Africa" is, in fact, responsible for this carnage and murder... That simply cant be denied... Having said all that; he has some other accomplices... They are the overbearing busybodies who ran the governments of the United States, Britain, and some lesser luminaries on the european continent... I well remember when we here in the united states obsessed with the rest of the world in pressuring the south african government into this "black rule" thing... The results were predictable and were foretold... As heinous as the apartied thing was in south africa; what they have now is just as bad; if not worse...   It's bad because those who were 'liberated" had no notion of liberty and responsibility in government... They were simply unequipped to govern themselves... They, in fact, proved the "white man's burden" thing that the british used to talk about... They were cursed with an army of political opportunists and demagogues that have made things worse for everyone in south africa; no matter whether white or black...   Nelson Mandela, along with the busybodies of the western world are directly responsible for this dismantling of a very prosperous country... I simply dont know whether the oppression of apartheid is any different from this new misery of the black working class and murder of the white minority in south africa.... The affluent, nosy, smartest guy in the room, sanctimonious, busybodies of the west have to bow down to the greatness and honor Nelson Mandela; they made him ... They have to to continue the myth that somehow they advanced freedom for the people of south africa; when the plain truth is that they have done just the opposite...   Ill grant that Nelson Mandela may have started his notable, world changing adventure with the best and purest of intentions... They simply didnt turn out well for anyone...   Ill end this little essay with a sobering observation... What happened (...and is happening...) in south africa is seen by some of this administration's operatives as a perfectly acceptable solution to "white rule" in this very country... It is my belief that this fact is the very reason for the notable absence of prosecution of black on white crime in of the bluer areas of this country... Thankfully the population ratios here are considerably different from south africa...   Elections mean things; if ya like the south african model, vote for more Barak Obamas; if ya dont like it; vote for someone else....   rememberin leroy

Greetings... WV is a great place!!!   leroy

Ya aint a racist brother; your are a realist.... 98% of the time ya would be right... Nobody bats 980 in the big leagues...   Keep up the good work, leroy

We should never be suprized when the "political class" does bad (...even heinous...) things... We should be suprized when they are actually punished for it... Havin said all that; we have the "presumption of innocence" thing until proven otherwise....   watchin leroy

I'll add my "amen" to the RCBS rockchucker stuff... Ive used one for a bunch of years... They are a great press... We've got dies of all flavors; they are all good.... My current favorites are Dillons (...i like the pinned pistol bullet nose change for the seaters...) and Redding.... The truth is that they are all good....   Enjoy your reloading... Its a great hobby itself... leroy

Yall check this out:   http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/12/george-zimmermans-girlfriend-wants-to-drop-charges/   From our brothers at the Legal Insurrection Blog.... My favorite line:   ".... i may have misspoke...."    Samantha Scheibe... The "george man"  has  terrible taste in women....   leroy

The good news is that they are both dead!!  I'm glad they are both gone...   leroy

  Thanks Mike!!! As the great Yogi Berra once said: "....it's deja voo all over again..."... I'm glad both these sons of satan are moldin in the ground...   forgetful leroy

I'm glad he has gone to his reward... Two bits of good news today... Lautenberg and Mandella...   leroy

Thanks for posting this sobering commentary...   leroy

This jackass is busy proving that he knows nothing about the founding of this country or the Bill of Rights... Who cares what this clown thinks...   leroy

A buddy of mine turned me on to Titegroup for 45 ACP... I like it... We use Titegroup and WW 231 a lot... I like it a lot for standard velocity pistol loads in all flavors... I dont think ya can go wrong with Titegroup, WW 231 (...or its Hogdon brother, cant think of its name...) or Unique... We've shot it by the tens if not hundreds of pounds over the years in everything from 380 ACP to 45 Colt... They all work great...   leroy

Thank God this child is home and is ok...   We'll keep sending up the prayers for all of you...   leroy

I say that if people like this sort of thing; as my 24 year old says; "...they need to keep on likin it..."...   It escapes me why New York City (...and the state, for that matter...) is considered a part of the United States...   Boss Tweed used to run New York City politics and the state as well... They have a new "Boss Tweed" in tyrants like Cuomo and Bloomberg and whoever the jackass wuz that they elected in their recent mayoral election... As far as im concerned, they can collect all the firearms they want to up there and the hapless serfs who live up there can keep bowin down and kissin the rings (...and other parts...) of these tyrant's anatomy...   The ones who love liberty will soon move out and allow this ratty place to turn from the "Great White Way" to another Detroit... I'm ok with wthat; just dont try to export it to other locations...   The hell with them all, the smart ones will leave; and those who like this stuff will keep electing the Bloombergs and Cuomos...   leroy

The first "plastic"; pistol i ever owned wuz a 357sig (...Glock 33...)... An old gun tradin buddy of mine (...an avowed "N" frame smith guy...) said i needed to try one... This ole boy is a finished pistolero and regularly shoots most everything; so i knew he knew what he wuz talkin about... I knew that if he liked the little gun, it had plenty of potential....At the time, i was lookin for a small carry pistol that didnt cost an arm and a leg ALA the little 1911's...   I'm an old time reloader and i rounded up the stuff and loaded up some brass and some 125 grain sig bullets.... I used the tried and true recipe for them and loaded 13.0 to 13.5 grains of AA#9... These rounds will do an honest 1250 to 1275 fps (...my actual chronograph data...) out of the short barreled glock (....3.42 inches...)..., and it shoots straight as an arrow... It is, in fact, the best 9 mm type pistol i have ever owned... I've got the compact glock in 357 sig as well... Same thing... Utterly reliable, plenty of power, very accurate... Does it kick; yeah a bit, but it is easily controllable by a reasonably experienced shooter... Muzzle blast; yeah... no more than a 357 mag...   I am a confirmed 357 sig affectionado.... The 357 sig is, in fact, what was claimed for the 9 mm when the political class lied about the performance of the 9 mm in order to sell new pistols to the military in the eighties... Don't buy into the idea that a 9mm luger is anywhere as powerful as a 357 sig in the same length barrel... The sig case is bigger and holds more powder than the 9 mm...Ya can argue about the 9 mm plus plus; but i contend that aint a real 9 mm; its an breed of it's own...   If ya reload, i heartily recommend the sig in any size pistol ya like...I carry the glock 33 and a glock 27 (...40 s & w; same size as the 33...) pretty regularly... I liked the little sig so well in the glock type pistol; that from that one little pistol in 357 sig; there have sprung 3 more; includin a full size 10 mm... I like 'em...   Hope this helps a bit... leroy

The way i understand this; the guy that got shot evidently wuz an entertainer who wuz (....i think, i dont know...) workin for the guy who did the shootin... Maybe bad blood, old debts, old anything; all of it pure speculation on my part.... Havin said that; the real fact is that i dont know... I'm gettin like you Dave: this one looks a bit strange to me from the get-go...I dont know of any "additional information" as yet...   leroy

Sounds like settling old scores to me....   leroy

  Super:  Bob is a great guy and an excellent smith "smith"... We have used both Hamilton Bowen (...he does more "fancy" cosmetic hand and machine work -- E.G. blackpowder flutes on smiths and colts, etc...) and Bob (...he is a machinist also; does lots of rifle work and builds parts as needed...) almost interchangeably over the years...   I've got a couple of old 1917 smith and wessons that are goin over to Bob to redo the triggers on just after the first of the year myself; along with a newer smith 442 that needs some trigger work...   The trigger job Bob did on our little model 36 smith is excellent...   I have found Bob to be an excellent gunsmith...He should be able to look at, clean up, or fix anything ya need doin... We are classic smith guys ourselves (...we like "N" frames like your model 27; on of my all time favorite smiths, by the way....) and I wouldnt hesitate to have Bob do anything that wuz needed to any of them...   As ya can see im a great Predator Custom Shop supporter, satisfied customer, and cheerleader... They are all great guys and they are as good a group of gun craftsmen that ya can find anywhere... More than that, they get things done relatively quickly and their word is their bond... A very valuable commodity today...   leroy

Sidewinder:  I think the hornet/contender combo is the best 22 caliber centerfire TC set up ya can have... Would love to have one myself...A one in 12 twist is just right for the lighter 22 bullets like the 45 to 52 grainers...Like Pinus said; let us know how this one works out...   My only experience with a hornet wuz an anschutz sporter a buddy of mine had... As i remember, it wuz a box magazine fed rifle with iron peep sights... It wuz undoubtedly one of the best 22 cf rifle ive ever shot---includin our beloved remington 700 varmiter in 222... They are relatively quiet and deadly accurate... It seems to me that he used 45 grainers and 2400 in his...  It's been a long time ago...   Let us know how this works out...   leroy

Call Bob Howard, the gunsmith a Predator Custom Shop in Knoxville... He is an excellent "Smith & Wesson" gunsmith... He has tuned several smiths for me... He is a good guy and will be glad to help ya out... Website here: http://www.predatorcustomshop.com/   leroy

Mike: RE: this.... Could be "tolerance stacking"... Long chamber ream plus too deep on the belt cut...   What we found was a pretty good difference in chambers between the two rifles that are both individually in spec... I wonder if any of your ole buddies has a case gage to check the factory ammo with?...   leroy

Guys.... I think ya may be on to somethin RE: a "bubba barrel swap"; or it could be a bad resize on the case shoulder...   We used to shoot lots of 300 win mag... One of the things that happens sometimes with these belted mags is that in resizing; the shoulder is pushed back too far... The fact is that the belt is mostly on there for looks...It sounds ta me like the chamber cut for the belt is a bit sloppy; plus the shoulder is bein pushed back on the rounds... That's why the extractor wont pick up the round to "unload" prior ta firing...   We discovered (...the hard way naturally...) that a 300 really headspaces on the shoulder just like everything else without a belt... We tailored each round to each individual chamber (...we had two guns, a #1 V and a remington 40X single shot...)...  Before i did anything else; i would spend $30 or so dollars and buy a case gage from Brownell's and check a fired case... That should tell the story on the barrel / bolt headspace without doin too much; and you all can do it at home...   If this old gun is, indeed, a pre 64 winchester with a mauser (...claw...) extractor; the action is pretty valuable and the old gun probably ought to be salvaged... The action alone is worth a pretty good chunk of money... Remember, this thing is a standard length (...30-06...) sized action... Ya can make most anything ya want out of the action by just changin the barrel... I would recommend takin a good, hard look at all this and see if it is a shoulder set back problem with the loads... Ya get the "bright, shiney ring" thing when it is bad... I know, ive seen a pile of 'em; and probably have a few examples layin around the house...   Take a look and let us know what ya find...   leroy

Dave: RE: This... My guess is that he paid em, and when it wuz over, he wuz broke...If there wuz anything left; his delightful wife whupped him, took it, spent it, and used any remainder to file divorce proceedings...   RE: This... You (...and he...) are exactly right.... We are responsible adults (...for the most part, that is...) here on this august forum; and, as such, are held to a "higher standard"... The way i see things, that's the way it should be...   Methinks that both Dave and TMF like the "devil's advocate" thing and i think that is a good thing... It makes everybody think...   Keep up the good work... leroy the "bleedin heart"

Well said: The second paragraph (...the one i left out...) is the the difference between you and me... Ya seem to see an "evil genius/psychopath".... I see a funny, bumbling little nondescript man...  That's the difference in people's experience... That bein said; I'm finally gonna hush now... It's been a great dialogue.. Well thought out on your part...   leroy