Imperial Resizing Wax works great at keeping your brass from getting stuck in your dies.

Imperial Resizing Wax doesn’t want to come off your brass unless it is onto a clean white dress shirt.

Purple Power degreaser on a paper towel takes off the wax.

Removing Imperial Resizing Wax from 100 cases makes my fingers cramp.

Dawn Dish soap does not remove Imperial Resizing Wax in the wet tumbler.

LimiShine does not remove Imperial Resizing Wax in the wet tumbler.

Dawn Dish soap plus LimiShine does not remove Imperial Resizing Wax in the wet tumbler.

(It leaves the cases covered in wax AND all the gunk cleaned from the inside of the brass. UGLY)

Purple Power at about 10-20% solution will remove Imperial Resizing Wax from cases!

Using Purple Power after Dawn and LemiShine leaves the brass clean but dull.

Using Purple Power first, with no media, strips the Imperial Wax off

Finishing with a run of Dawn Dish soap followed by a run with just LimiShine leaves a beautiful, like new finish.

Purple Power is cheap when you buy it in bulk, it is ok to use it to clean brass.

The size of a flash hole is nominally 1/16 in, or 0.061.

If the hole is smaller than 0.070 inches, your decapping pin might not go into the hole and if you add too much pressure, it will break.

McJ Tools sells bulk decapping pins, which are nicer than anything I’ve seen from the “Names”.

The decapping pin in the Frankford hand decapping tool is the same as the pin used in Lee dies.

The decapping pins of a Redding die will get stuck in flash holes smaller than 1/16 in.

McJ Tools makes a tool for normalizing flash holes to 0.070 inches.

Some brass has a thicker web between the case and the primer pocket than others.

The McJ Tool flash hole normalizer does not cut as deeply as the web of some brass.

McJ Tool makes a primer pocket normalizer tool to cut the primer pocket to size and depth.

The McJ Tool pocket normalizer does not remove military crimps.

A normal-sized primer pocket is just a little too small for some #41 primers.

The Layman EZ trim tool is fast and easy to use. I trimmed 300–500 pieces of brass in an evening with it.

The Layman EZ trim tool uses the case hold down system I had designed for my drill press/milling machine adapter to trim cases.

Wet tumbling your brass can cause the necks to close up slightly.

Redding neck lube works wonderfully when resizing the necks of cases.

The RCBS swagging dies create perfect primer pockets that can be primed easily.

A depth of cut of 0.050 on a 3/8in boring bar in 6061 will deflect. Spring passes are required.

Having the wrong tool height on a boring bar can cause excess loading.

Using a Lee turret press with auto advance is really nice when it can be used. The four positions are: Neck sizing, through die powder charge, bullet seating die, and empty.

It takes almost the same amount of time from pouring powder to being ready for more powder as it takes the auto charge machine to throw the next charge, accurate to 0.1grains.

If you have good ladder sights, 45-70 can travel a long distance, accurately.

This is security cameras footage from an armed robbery turned shootout.

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— Satoshi’s Mom (@Saotoshis_Mom) December 17, 2023

Look at all the blood spraying out of the thief’s neck.

He was struck in a major artery.

It was a fatal hit, and he collapsed and died.

But before he did, he managed to kill the security guard who shot him, shooting the guard repeatedly in the back.

Just because you made a fatal hit on the bad guy, doesn’t mean the fight is over.

The fight is over when the bad guy stops fighting.

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When you choose a firearm, you choose it for a reason. Yes, I have some firearms that are in the safe because they followed me home. But there are many more that were picked for a reason.

We pick our firearms for looks, for the feel in the hand, the cool factor, the weight, and a multitude of different options.

We also pick for practical reasons. As an example, I have critters that get into the chicken house and into the feed and are sometimes on the porch. There are bears that roam the area. These are all targets at different times.

There is a display rack in the living room. It holds four lever action rifles. The blue haired fairie has them named, “bear”, “deer”, “raccoon”, and “squirrel”. In order, 45-70, 30-30 Winchester, .357 Magnum, .22 LR. Each has a different purpose, coming from different requirements.

Anybody who is anybody will tell you that those rifles really don’t have the ability to go the distance. They are all 100 yards, or less, rifles. The real truth is that I can ring steel at 100 yards with any of them. But getting a line of sight of 100 yards around here is difficult.

In the safe is a Remington 700 in 7.62×51. I’ve taken deer with it at around 600 yards. That rifle has great optics on it, and it was designed for taking shoots at that distance, or greater.
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What was he/they/whomever doing this thinking?

Commission to meet Tuesday to finalize new Minnesota state flag

On Tuesday, Minnesota will be one step closer to choosing a new state flag.

Dr. Anita Gaul is the vice chair of the group finalizing the next Minnesota flag.

The Worthington resident was proud when one particular design rose to the top — designed by a young man who is also from her region.

She says the original design intended the blue to reflect our waters and skies, the green for our agriculture and forests, and the white for our snow and clouds.

This is the new flag:

No, I’m sorry, that’s the flag of the Putland State of Somaila.

This is the new flag:

Wait, I’m wrong again. That is the flag of the Jubaland State of Somalia.

This is the new flag:

Shit!  Wrong a third time.  That’s the flag of the Glamudug State of Somaila.

This is the new Minnesota state flag:

You can see how it’s confusing.

Remember, this is the old and current Minnesota state flag:

That was deemed racist, because it featured a white man plowing a field and there was a gun on it.

So they replaced that one with a flag that looks like a Federal Member State flag of Somaila.

Considering that Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali community in the country, I can see why.

It’s deference to their conquerors.

Give it a year and I’m sure the Minnesota state government will rename the largest city Minneabad and the state Minnesotastan.

It’s more Progressive.

My family use to watch Bing Crosby Christmas Specials every Christmas.

Hagar happened to mention that she truly enjoyed the David Bowie and Bing Crosby version of this song.

I will also note that she pointed out that if some kid showed up and started playing a drum around my baby, just as I got him to sleep, it would not be a joyful event.