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As someone who was at the BP incident I can say that it wasn't nearly what the media reported. Isn't it amazing how all the oil mysteriously disappeared in less than 6 mos...... Most of what was seen on the news wasn't oil, it was unfiltered natural gas. I was the guy there, taking the samples, filming the video every day.Most people dont realize that even though the moratorium was officially lifted in October ,conveniently before the election, many rigs including my own didn't get issued a permit to drill until July. If they want to hold us to that standard why didn't they do a moratorium on Airlines after a crash to evaluate flight safety, or any time there is a fatal car crash? As for environmental regulation, yes it is way overboard and overzealous. The newest refinery in the US was built in the 70's. They have allowed modernization of the refineries but they have not approved any new refineries being built. That is limiting us and forcing us to use antiquated infrastructure. Bend a few corners, heck take back some of the new BS regulations that have come out. Look at small towns in PA for example. The EPA keeps coming out with new regulatoins that there was no chance that the coal mines could keep up with guess what. The mines went out of business because they couldn't meet the new standards and now many towns are just ghost towns. Isn't that what you want to do in the middle of a depression, kill yet another American industry. Now if the economy was 100% happy, sure lets improve our infrastructure and get green. But when they keep coming out with new regulations in all industries not just the oil industry, during a time of economic hardship guess what, business cant keep up and will be forced to shut their doors. Isn't that great, lets lay off some American workers and save the Mongolian Butt Beatle. I say lets review some of the BS laws that are restraining our growth and for just a while put the American worker first until the economy is back on its feet, we modernize, and become the industrial powerhouse that we once were.

Actually the US has enough natural resources to become almost self sufficient. For example the "Destin Dome" aka "the nipple" which is off the coast of Florida. It is the largest natural gas deposit in the world but yet we are not allowed to drill for it. The US is the Middle East of Coal but yet our environmental regulations are so stringent that coal is not used to its full potential. There are other resources that could be used to free up some of the oil in this country but, we arent going for it. I understand that we need to protect the environment but when regulations are killing industry when we are in the midst of a depression, we need to bend the rules. My feeling from an insiders perspective is that US politicians want to be somewhat dependent on Middle Eastern oil because if we were self sufficient their economies would collapse. The economics of the Middle East is based on one commodity which is oil, if a major buyer of that commodity pulls out and stops consumption of your good, there is a surplus of Middle Eastern oil which would drive the price down. Its just supply and demand. The economy over there would fall like a house of cards bringing the region into chaos. We have the ability to produce enough oil domestically to be self sufficient I have seen the geological surveys proving this but the govt wont allow us to drill for it. Politicians are keeping us dependent on foreign oil to keep the Middle Eastern and global economies stable for the moment. But that's just my opinion. Its just a dog and pony show.

I just had a educated debate with one of our engineers on the rig. We were discussing the correlation of where a firearms enthusiast is from and what they shoot the most. His argument seemed that people that live in urbanized or suburban areas are more pistol shooters mostly for defense while rural people tend to shoot long guns more and practice for hunting purposes. I had to disagree, and say there isn't any real relationship between where your residence is and what you shoot. So I figured I would do a little poll and see what the results are, either way it should be interesting.

I am doing what i can to lower gas prices through domestic exploration and production. Buy Shell gas, it pays my paycheck!

I second that. Seabras is the shiat

I for one can care less about the CCW thing, but as usual for me AWB is #1 on the list. Now there is absolutely no chance in hell of it getting changed so as usual I'm just sitting back and relaxing knowing that any resistance to the system is futile.

with single stage pistol isn't impossible but takes a little longer. On nights I dont feel like loading I just sit and process brass. I get a bunch primed and ready to rock for when I do feel like dropping powder and seating bullets. With the brass prepped i can do about 150 .45 in a little less than an hour. I dont go crazy quick, I am just relaxing listening to the radio enjoying myself. I am sure if I really wanted to I could go a bit quicker. But 150 .45 on a single stage per hour isn't bad. I guess it all comes down to what you shoot more of, and if you shoot enough to justify the investment of a reloading setup. I shoot a ton of rifle and only occasionaly pistol so a single stage is perfect for me. I started with the Leek kit for 100 and loved it. Although if I were to start over I would get with an experienced reloader and order everything seperate. I found some of the stuff I dont like and some stuff I love. For pistol the RCBS little dandy powder measure is the cats meow. For rifle I like the Redding BR3 match powder measure. Scales, get a quality scale, not a cheapo. Most scales in kits are not worth the plastic they are made of. For priming I love the RCBS hand primer. I love the Frankford Arsenal case lube. Put some brass in a ziploc bag give it a squirt or two and shake, thats the easiest case lubing ever. I guess the amount of shooting and type of shooting you do should be a large determining factor of the setup you get.

If doing a lot of pistol go progressive. If focusing on quality rifle go single stage.

Although it may be old chances are its made better using higher quality virgin materials than todays modern guns. I say clean and shoot all you want.

I got an extremely special gift from my grandma. My grandpa`s Chiefs anchors. The family has been arguing about who gets them and she wanted me to have them. Another friend gave me an original kukri knife and another friend gave me an unissued WWII USN Kabar. Overall it was a great Christmas.

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Well there is already talk of a spring trip. Nothing set in stone yet but keep your schedules open around Aprilish. Also they are going to release some more service grades in the spring and even some military converted .308 M1's from the Air Force.

Quigley down under and Timmay(TBTROUT).

Yeah the little book is going to be a while. Didnt get much this time home because of the holidays but it should be in draft form in a few months. I also got a heads up that, believe it or not, Century is wanting to do a large purchase and include them as the booklet that comes with new mosins..... That would be friggin sweet! I guess I do have the reputation as Sergei Mosin reincarnated.

Well I think a lot comes to experience and learning your gun. Once you learn your gun then branch out and bring some more. My custom blueprinted .308 for example likes to be a little warm. When I go shoot, I know the first couple of rounds arent going to be my tightest groups. After it warms up then the groups shrink considerably. My Garand that I shoot almost every day likes to be a little dirty. So first few shots are "fouling shots" then the groups shrink. If you bring many guns and just keep rotating them out durng a range session you may not notice an individual guns quirks. I know the quirks for almost all of my guns so I am comfortable bringing quite a few to the range. I understand what they like and dont like. If I just rotated them out I may not have discovered them.

I have actually been replacing some parts on my RIA to make it an exact clone of my original US Army Colt. little things like the safeties mainspring housing hammer ect. So far, every original GI part has gone right into the RIA without an issue. That tells me it isn't an advertising gimmick, they are made on the same tooling.

And had some neat results. I reloaded like a freak all day yesterday and made batches of 10rds to test. All different kinds of powders, bullets, ect. Every combination I could think of. I brought out my Enfield sniper and tried 26 different loads. No matter what combination it only liked the Sierra ProHunters 180gr. A bunch of different bullet combinations and powder weights and this was the only bullet it liked. Weird, even different brands but same weight and profile bullet and it still didn't like them. Only the Sierras. All other brand bullets shot about 4" the Sierras shot about 1". Then came the Garands, as usual the 168gr BTHP's were the best. I really didn't notice a change in group tigtness with varying charges up to 2gr. I will bring these out to the farm next time I am home and see what they do at 600yds. Maybe I'll see a big difference then. Then there was the shocker of the day. I made some .308 150gr Hornady Balistic tip 7.62x54. I have never slugged the bore of my PU sniper(I know i should have) so I just made some trial ammo and the results were amazing. NICE AND TIGHT actually the tightest I have ever seen them in this particular rifle. Who woulda figured .308 would shoot good in a Russian Mosin, I thought only Finns had .308 bores. During the bullet testing I didn't dial in the scope to match the POA, I just fired and checked for grouping since I only made 10 rds of each combination. The loads that grouped good will get mass produced. Next range trip I will dial in the rifles to match POA to POI. So here's the shocker of the day. 10 shots 1944 PU Mosin at 100 and the rifle

I have a RIA and absolutely love it. I have put thousands of rounds through it and not a single hiccup.

So I called work this morning to see if anyone needed anything and was told to turn on the news. There it was my rig on the news saying they had a major oil spill. WTF! I listen to the story couldn't help but start laughing at the sensationalism that the media portrays. First they compare the spill to the Deepwater Horizon, this is not even close, this is only about 300 barrels. Second the spill is synthetic drilling mud. It's main ingredient is vegetable oil and its 100% environmentally friendly. The stuff is pretty much edible, although I wouldn't recommend trying it. But the entire news story is showing footage from the Deepwater Horizon incident. They showed all of maybe 10 seconds of footage from my rig. I know it's bad having anything go overboard but why do they keep on the Horizon thing. Comparing this incident to the Horizon is like comparing your backyard fence to the great wall of china. Its like any time a gun is used in a crime they say "assault rifle" and other evil things. Damn the media is annoying! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/8969125/Shell-shuts-down-drilling-at-Gulf-of-Mexico-rig.html

on average about 4. I just drive up to the firing line and drop everything off then shoot.

I shoot almost daily

I am ANAL big time. I am a milsurp collector so although I enjoy shooting my collection I look that I have the responsibility of preserving history. I would be heartbroken if anything happened because of my doing. These things have lasted up to 100 years before I got to them in excellent condition and I want to do my part knowing that they will still be functioning in another 100 years for future generations. I wont live forever so I say that I am their temporary guardian. I enjoy cleaning and find it neat to wonder "did that ding get there from storage or combat? Did it perform well for the person that carried it? what story do they have to tell." My family finds it grotesque that I have guns that have been in combat and the person that carried it was killed. I have rifles with blood on them and others that have shrapnel. They think it's gory, I say it's part of the history. So anything I can do to keep them functioning and looking good I enjoy doing.

get a mosin anyway, heck they are $100, and they can be darned accurate. Here's some proof..... 5 shots at 100 5 shots at 200

I just finished processing some 30-06 brass and I know all of my friends that have seen me load laugh because I am supposedly too anal. I was wondering if it's just me or how anal you really are. For me with rifle I am flat out obsessive. All my brass gets resized, trimmed, deburred, chamfered, flash holes uniformed, flash holes deburred, primer pockets uniformed, and neck turned. After the brass is processed I sort by headstamp then weight. Then it comes to actually measuring the powder and seating the bullet. I trickle my powder to the exact weight that I want and verify every charge on 2 different scales. If I am happy it goes into the case. My bullets I sort by ogive location using a comparator and sort by actual diameter and weight. I then seat the bullet and verify my ovarall length with a comparator on every round. After that is all said and done I weigh every completed round and verify they are all the same weight and check for runout. Now for pistol I weigh every 10 or so charges, seat my bullets and for every 5 I measure the COAL. I do not sort by weights or anything, just make the ammo. For me, pistols aren't accurate enough to go through all the work of making match ammo. So how anal are you? Do you have any extra steps you make?

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