"if, .... ," by contemporary kipling .... (a distant cousin) ....

if

if, while all around you others contend,

in rancorous silly debate,

if, you can stay away,

and distant & aloof from such fray.

(and pretend it does not matter.)

 

well, then my son, (my little drop),

you'll collect your pension,

and your "conviction,"

shall cost you nary a sunday chop.

 

a poem, by contemporary kipling.

 

w/ sincere apology to rudyard kipling, who grew when men were iron, and ships were wood.

 

john jay @ 06.27.2012

p.s.  the dred scott decision laid the ground work, in the legal context, for the first american civil war.

this case makes the second inevitable.

now, we have neither the men with courage, nor the institution with a sense of preservation, nor the rule of law to protect against the vicious inroads that shall be advanced by the left toward the erosion of our freedom and liberty.

nothing stands in the way of the collective colossus after this decision.

there is naught to do but prepare for the bloody fight.

(and if you think you second amendment right means much with this court "protecting" you, then you are a prize idiot.  for you see, justice roberts has just said, as openly as possible, that you are not only your own best protection, but, that you are your only protection.   i am afraid that the playing field has now been defined as violence versus violence.

not for him to stand in the way, don't you see?  no referee in this fight, just elevated and distanced observers.

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[Bill D]

Kipling would be pleased with your smithery. Well done, lad -- or old fart as the case may be.

Now to practical matters: I need 2,000 rds of 30-06 FMJ ball cheap, a no older than 15 years. Know where I can get some?

[john jay]

bill:

i would look to shotgun news. i notice that iranian made .30-06 ball, (from the days of the shah), is advertised often. in addition, i see a lot of greek made service ball in .30-06 advertised from time to time.

watch out for corrosive primers.

and, other issues can crop up. my older brother nathan bought a lot of south korean .30-06 ball, which as far as i can tell was non-corrosive. (manufacture in 1970.)

the only trouble, was that the south korean ammo primer pocket was .212" in diameter instead of our standard .210". in short, the primers fall out. laughing.

good luck getting it at only 15 years of age. at that age, it is still "young stuff," and i would suspect that whoever is still amassing .30-06 ball is quite unlikely to be surplussing it out. it should be plenty good at that age.

john

p.s. were i you, i would be inclined to get acquainted w/ the c.m.p., get certified for shooting c.m.p. qualified shoots/matches, and then see if you can source the .30-06 ball, american made, from them.

and, as far as the 15-year old thing. i don't know, so i am asking rhetorically, when was the last time any of the armories in the u.s. made .30-06 ball, service or match. i don't know, but it has been a heck of a long time since we had small arms in .30-06.

i came across a lake city '72 match case the other day, that is the "newest" i've seen in a while, and that is 39 years old, if the old noggin is still up to simple subtraction.

good luck.