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I’ll give you hint. Bull's-eye shooters know better than to store this in oak boxes or this happens. It’s a badly corroded lead .22 bullet. I took the photo at 35X with a Scanning Electron Microscope to show the crinkly surface. It’s lead carbonate. It should be metallic lead. . This one is in great shape. I can even see my reflection in the bullet. So what happened to this happy-go-lucky little .22LR? As Ricky use to say “You got some ‘splainin’ to do Lucy!” But I’ll let the Navy conservators do it for me: “The chemical process is: Acetic and some other acids, in the presence of carbon dioxide, (in the air) catalyze with lead to produce lead acetate and lead hydroxide. Lead acetate and lead hydroxide together react with carbon dioxide and form lead carbonate. Lead carbonate then releases acetic acid and the process becomes self-sustaining.” I used to hate those ads for genuine Civil War battlefield bullets. The ad shows some featureles

Craft Holsters

I’m looking forward to an upcoming revolver match one of the club members has offered to set up and run. I like revolvers for a variety of reasons. They are simple to operate, with no safety, slide releases, or magazine releases to work with. Most revolvers are not ammo sensitive, if you can close the cylinder, it will shoot. Most self-defense revolvers are double-action. I can thumb cock it for emergency rescue shots or simply pull the trigger through the cocking and firing sequence. Yes, I know most hold only six rounds. For the average armed citizen, six rounds and a reload is most likely enough. Most, if not all, of the videos taken from security cameras indicate that everyone is moving away from ground zero as soon as the first shot is fired. I don’t see six rounds as a drawback. My limitation is the range of motion of my right shoulder. It’s a bitch getting older. Most of my revolver holsters are high-ride for better concealment. I needed a low-ride

Origins

We, and I include myself, talk about CQB or CQC, but few of us understand its origins. The origins of modern close quarters combat as well as many modern police tactics start with the policing methods pioneered by Assistant Commissioner William E. Fairbairn in Shanghai in the 1920s. At the time Shanghai was acknowledged to be the most dangerous port city in the world. The heavy opium trade run by the Chinese Triads and the Chinese Civil war in the background made corruption and crime a world class sporting event. Policing was almost impossible. Into this hell hole fell Willian E. Fairbairn who joined the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) in 1907. Over the years he had studied fighting in a variety of forms: boxing, wrestling, savate and Kodokan judo in which he gained a 2nd degree black belt, as well as a loose umbrella of techniques called Chinese martial arts. After the May Thirtieth Movement riots and its police massacre, Fairbairn was charged with developing an

Cowards?

Are snipers Cowards? It is easy to understand that point of view when you or your loved ones are injured or killed by a sniper. It is probably true when it occurs outside of a war zone by a VCA. Let me get this straight from the start, I never served. I never spoke to those that did and served as a sniper. All I ever did was read “American Sniper” as well as “Marine Sniper” about Carlos Hathcock. Frankly, after reading about the training, about the skill, the discipline and the dangers involved, it is hard to believe any military sniper on any side is a coward. While I may not agree with their politics, it is hard to imagine a coward going out day after day to confront his enemy with a price on their head. Read about the sniping duels between the Russians and Germans in WWII and one word that never comes to mind is coward. However, this is America. A place where you can express your view, just as I am expressing my view. I am not surprised by M

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