Monday 18 March 2024

NZ has Lead Deposits - Sulfur - Saltpeter & Steel for Guns too ..

"PLUMBAGO" is an old word for the lead ores like GALENA.  - Believe it or not, there is lead naturally in the earth of New Zealand and it was successfully mined in past times - particularly at the TUI Mine in Te Aroha .. an interesting NZ geological report linked below: 

TUI Mine Entrance ..

https://www.nzpam.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/doing-business/mineral-potential/zinc.pdf

Galena is a heavy Lead-Sulfide Ore

"Plumbago" is also the name for blue flowered plants that are said to grow in lead containing soils .. and a species of butterly.

White Island (Whakaari) Bay of Plenty

SULFUR .. some 11,000 tonnes of sulphur were mined historically on White Island (Whakaari) - an active volcano that has taken lives several times, most recently in 2019.

Brimstone - SULFUR found at Hot Springs & Volcanic Vents.

Lead, Zinc, and Silver, GOLD & Copper tend to be found together - and like Sulfur, are generally Volcanogenic - and NZ has a fair amount of volcanic activity around our islands eh. - Silver was commercially mined back in 1897 at TARAWERA, Preservation Inlet, Southland.

Silver Bullets - 10% lighter but harder than lead would have been fairly common (or lead-silver alloy) back in the good old days, as silver was sometimes regarded as a nuisence by gold miners - but then they'd have needed ammo for their firearms .. especially if there were vampires sniffing around.

- If you are interested in Saltpeter, Potasium Nitrate .. well you can brew your own by collecting bat shit from caves or by storing urine-rich excrements in heaps kept moist until it magically appears by efflorescence .. this would work better up around Auckland where they have more shit and rain eh.

Mangare Sewage Works, Auckland:

It can be a bit dry Down South.

If you're curious about where you might find some STEEL down here .. No Problem as NZ STEEL in Waikato are busy sucking-up IRONSANDS and smelting it and churning out COLORSTEEL®. and other stuff.

Our Iron Sand (57% iron) is from the West Coast of the North Island - deposited by VOLCANIC activity from the TARANAKI region 2.5 Million years ago.

A lot of ironsand ore is exported by pumping it as a slurry to an off-shore terminal for shipping

Someone is making money .. Sucking It Up - piped 3 km off-shore Taharoa at the 185 tonne Mooring pipe Terminal Buoy.

I guess that what I am saying is that were we to be totally isolated down here in the South Pacific .. we might still be able to make traditional guns and other tools from local resources - including wood for charcoal and for stocks. - Just a thought anyway ..

Marty K.





Thursday 14 March 2024

"Gun Twirling" & The Road Agent's Spin. - Patina:

 Gun Twirling is 100% bullshit or Showmanship.

Gun Twirling Showmanship:

- That reminds me of  an English joke about naming pensioners as "Twirlies" for trying to use their travel perks on London's buses before 10 a.m .. "Am I too early? (twirly)"

Western performers and some 'trick shooters' liked to end a performance with a flourish by twirling the now EMPTY guns around their trigger finger as they re-holster.

Naturally some Hollywood Movie Makers think that this looks fantastic and have their fake gunslingers act it up at least once in every celluloid fantasy .. and it's equally logical that the hard of thinking Gangsta boys will try this with their loaded shootahs when impressing mixed company. Of course the Emergency Depts retain reasonable supplies of blood and plasma ..  It is unfortunate that the run-of-the-mill thickos don't differentiate between SINGLE ACTION revolvers and DOUBLE ACTION guns - nor do they consider that twirling a LOADED firearm is somewhat less safe than playing tricks with an empty banger.

A maneuver that might be more legitimate from the Wild West is the 'Road Agent Spin' where the bad guy agrees to surrender his arm by holding it out butt forward before flicking it back into his grip for immediate discharge ..
Border Roll or Road Agent's Spin ..

John Wesley Hardin is said to have schooled Wild Bill Hickok on this potentially valuable technique ..
172 Year Old Antique Colt 1849 Pocket Model (a 1852 original)

I doubt too many cynical lawmen were caught by the road agent's spin .. certainly they would not have been fooled twice by it eh.

PATINA:
I like a feed of patina every now & then - but I don't like rust nor grot, grunge, or grubbiness .. my shooters may arrive pretending to be sticky Petri dishes growing mushrooms from toilet seats - but I clean them.
Boiling the metal bits works.
I welcome a little characterful corrosion pitting, wear and impact cratering .. but I insist on them overcoming their old age handicaps by accepting repairs & replacements where possible. I failed with this antique Colt - being a useless old fart - but an old IPSC and Antique Arms mate came to my rescue by doing what I couldn't. He got it working great.
 
A friend in need. You know who you are. A brilliant job - Thanks Mate.

Marty K.


Thursday 7 March 2024

BARGAIN of The Century With Royal Connections:

THIS IS A JOKE?

Do not miss this this uniquely versatile property investment from yet another cock-up blamed on Jeremy Corbyn.

This fine example of Royal British Craftsmanship presents a most momentous enrichment opportunity to own Great Britain's very own 'TWIN TOWERS'..

TWO Penthouse Conversions of all metal construction - no austerity flammable plastic cladding here - with your very own SKI SLOPE and Helipad. - Extensive under-cover parking.

This asset rich rental accomodation potential may be located to your choice of high demand localities - as this new structure can be towed to any maritime berth world wide.

Expressions of Interest are sought from Venture Capitalists and Pension Fund managers wanting high returns, to Epstein Maxwell Sunak & Windsor, City of LONDON.

- Imagine magestically rising to the top of your very own STERNWHEELER with an exhilerating "London Eye" attraction  fixed at the back-end, located offshore of Blackpool's Illuminations - recreating the worlds biggest ever STERNWHEELER ..


Not 8 Billion Pounds - not even 2 Billion - bidding for this aristocratic, supreme once-in-a-lifetime investment opens at offers over FIVE MILLION Pounds. - Her uniquely similar sister ship will soon be moving to American waters .. Perhaps you can envisage a lucrative service contract with immigration authorities .. well this fine facility is perfectly suited as a secure 'PRISON HULK' while the hull's useable lifetime may be extended greatly by pouring a baseplate of water resistant marine concrete ..

This opportunity does not include any aircraft, but Popular Personalities Harry & Megan will be available for a Re-Dedication at their usual Fees, plus Naming Rights & expences.

Consider that King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose remains a most financially successful attraction to this day .. and it sunk in 1545 ..

No Ground Rent ..

The remunerative scope of this fund-transfer as a floating hotel - perhaps adjacent to a scenic offshore windfarm with superb boating, fishing, diving and catering by Escoffier Trained Chefs .. is further enhanced by TAX CREDITS and 'Non-Res' EXEMPTIONS ..

- Perhaps you envisage utility as a private Plutonium nuclear materials storage unit in the Irish Sea - handy to the THORP Reprocessing Plant at SELLAFIELD, CUMBRIA - connected by pipeline to their cooling water systems and in close proximity to their specialist nuclear police ..

 OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND.

Making Britain GREAT again.

Each qualifying enquiry receives a personal desk-top Corgi Model of your Heritage Investment ..

Marty K.

Sunday 3 March 2024

Where Are Our NZ SAS Working?

 I have no inside information. There is NO WAY I would have made it into this special Regiment. I have met and known three guys through pistol shooting competition who - for the record - were not in the NZSAS ..

My Irish father served nearly eight years from 1938 through WW2 in the Irish Guards and No.1 and No.2 Commando .. claiming that was the only way that he could get away from the Guard's English public school lgbtqia Officers. - He was in North Africa, Italy, and Norway, plus Northern Europe.

Moi, I was once declared - on a standing room only London-Peterborough train - by a drunken soccer fan-yob freshly released from a Spanish prison, to be SAS, and he 'befriended' me loudly for half the trip until he got thirsty and wandered off. - That's as close as I get to special forces ..

There may be some 500-700 men serving in New Zealands most combat fit Regiment .. guesstimates vary but there are perhaps six squadrons. They are mostly - very well trained & capable professional killers who do not question orders. - Naturally the guys will have their own opinions & theories - but they do the job.

Where are they working?

Both Ukraine & Israel are stated to currently be places where these men are deployed. They work closely with Britains own SAS and them-that-know state many of Ukraine's commando style successes are the work of these units .. as are the alert personal guards watching over Zelenskyy .. keeping him safe until his value dissipates .. for BlackRock to take-up their 410 BILLION Dollar rebuilding Ukraine contract.

The Guardian reports that the 50/97 special forces operating in Ukraine are British SAS - and where they are, you can guess the kiwis may also be having a beer or three. - SAS are said to have co-operated with Israel's Sayaret Matkal in recent times - But the UK Govt. has issued a D-Notice (DSMA Defence & Security Media Advisory Notice) instructing media it may not report any such activity in Gaza.

NZ does have a "six man team" deployed in the Red Sea "upholding maritime security" while Defence Minister Judith Collins has extended our official 97< defence personnel "standing with Ukraine" until June 2025.

UK Ship RUBYMAR Sunk by missile off Yemen

I suppose every little helps ..

I would expect in due course that a splattering of NZ medals will be presented for the most successful killing performance?

Marty K.

- Don't shout at me please .. Armies are trained and paid to kill people the Government wants dead .. well that's what they taught me to do in the CCF cadre course at school in 1958.

Monday 26 February 2024

BLACK POWDER, GOLDEN POWDER, CRIMSON POWDER - Not for the colour conscious:

 There's a phrase "There's more than one way to skin a cat".

Governments of all flavours fully consider that they - and their wealth would be safer and stronger if NOBODY other than themselves had guns .. This is a "UNIPARTY" commonality where they adopt the political 'middle ground' while accepting $$ legal bribe donations from weird minorities in exchange for preference.

'Guns are BAD unless they are OURS. All shooters will have to be government approved or government employed.'

Nitro based SMOKELESS POWDERS are what propels most bullets to the target from modern cartridge guns.

But - for some 500+ years before these modern powders, - society mixed saltpeter with charcoal and sulfur - using this MIXTURE for many years in the "new" self contained cartridges that greatly facilitated rapid firing and multiple shot firearms.

But - there were and are other mixtures that work to produce high pressure gases that will accelerate bullets out of a barrel ..

There's all sorts of dodgy stuff used in explosives - fireworks and rocketry that personally don't interest me much, - as life is too short anyway .. but slings, bows and arrows and guns do appeal as tools for independence.

GOLDEN POWDER is a 60:40 (or 64:36) blend of POTASSIUM NITRATE with ASCORBIC ACID (vitamin C).

CRIMSON POWDER is the same stuff modified by adding some 5% ferric oxide- RUST red oxide.

I have NOT made this but read that the technique is simply to add the ingredients to water in a pan and boil them evaporating the water until the fluids turn gooey and change colour from grey-white to yellow tinged - remove from heat - cool & break-up. Link to them that do cook it:

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?464557-My-homemade-Golden-powder!

This stuff has been produced commercially as a Black Powder Substitute but not currently that I know of. One BIG PLUS is it doesn't foul like BP and is not corrosive in barrels .. BUT it is hygroscopic and clumps into a cake when carelessly moist. - GP/CP is less powerful by volume than the best BPs but is usefully adequate while simple to make and CHEAPER. The guys report that GP/CP is as powerful as Blackpowder measured by weight and while it is clean & non-corrosive to STEEL - it is bad for your brass.

This Golden Powder works better than United Kingdom's NUCLEAR DETERRANT TRIDENT missiles burping from their rusty submarines .. Do the British submarines have to be close off the Florida coast so that the Pentagon can release their nuclear arming system?

I did buy a book from U S some years back 'WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE REAL GOLDEN POWDER by Skip Kurtz - a personal tale of intrigue and criminality from the American capitalist jungle that casts flickering light on shady dealings .. a sort of low level corruption story much like the High Level world of  U S Banking-Sex-Blackmail-CIA-Mossad-Politics-Corruption & Power/ Epstein-Maxwell-Clinton - Assasinations, Ukraine-Israel Slaughter type existance that we tolerate in this Century ..

Imagine the world's "most powerful nation" being offered the choice of criminal dotards Biden or Trump - to rule over all in the land of the free ...

There is a further propellant that I won't mention - known widely as CANDY PROPELLANT - made from a mix of Potassium Nitrate and Dextrose/Sucrose  65:35 ratio. I don't know much about it's features ..

Marty K.

The book is still offered by Amazon whereas Golden Powder author Skip is departed ..

Wednesday 21 February 2024

Police Behaviours Regarding Lawful Firearms Owners - CORONIAL INQUEST:

RNZ National announced midday Tuesday 20th February that the Government of Finland was to build 40 new rifle shooting ranges to train their population defensively and had contracted to buy new "Single Shot Semi-Automatic Rifles" from a Finnish Arms Company ..

Expert Journalism.

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/ourcode.pdf

In his Commissioners Comment to the online version of NZ Police CODE OF CONDUCT Andrew Coster refers to integrity, trust and confidence. - I confidently assure the Commissioner that some 250,000 FIT AND PROPER Lawful Firearms Users have lost any trust and confidence in NZ Police Management as the result of having been treated as outcast scum by them - they have repeatedly accused us of being irresponsible, careless, dishonest associates of criminal gangs - and of being the root cause of violent acts of terrorism. - This despite us having been certified by police as Fit & Proper Persons to own guns.

How many of New Zealand's 10,549 sworn officers are themselves fit and proper ?

Both the CODE OF CONDUCT and Commissioner Coster avoid use of the words FUTILE - DECEPTIVE - INAPPROPRIATE - MISDIRECTED - WASTEFUL - INEFFECTIVE - & FALSE PREMISE.

The multiple murders of Australian BRENTON TARRANT in March 2019 were followed by heavily controlled statements designed to demonise gun owners and to overlook police neglect in granting TARRANT his firearms licence. We citizens were forbidden any access to anything this killer said .. and no public trial was held. - Police ran BUY BACK 2021 demanding that a range of legally owned guns be surrendered for destruction at a cost exceeding 100 Million Dollars with zero benefit on violent crime figures.
Harsh new NZ Firearms Regulation and Licensing requirements have been piled on top of fee increases - with complicated and time consuming application documentation. A new but pointless Puna Kōrero mō te Pū gun register has been established to discourage and limit lawful gun ownership - this is reported to be costing us a further 1 Million Dollars every Week.

There is a strong case here that such expenditure is a further MISAPPROPRIATION OF POLICE FUNDS - diverting essential police resources away from crime prevention into an area of political spin and attempted social control.

A recently received NOTICE OF SHOOTING CLUB / SHOOTING RANGE INSPECTION - instructs members to refer queries to a dedicated "clubs and ranges team' at clubsandranges@police.govt.nz.- this informs of further useless police expenditure by a dedicated team misdirected towards a grouping of exemplary law-abiding, non criminal 'Fit & Proper Persons'.
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The First Phase CORONIAL INQUEST into the Christchurch Masjidain Attack was completed on 15 December 2023. - Deputy Chief Coroner Brigette Windley reserved her findings.
There remain outstanding & unexamined the 3 most important of the 13 Issues regarding Police Responsibility, - perhaps to be examined at an undetermined future date.

- COLFO was to have a representative/observer at the INQUEST. 
- ANY COMMENT OR OBSERVATIONS?

Shooters have voted one representative into Parliament - Nicole McKee - and she is making her voice heard .. BUT WHERE ARE THE SHOOTERS ORGANISATIONS?

For decades these Clubs, Groups and Controlling Bodies have been taking membership fees from sports people to represent our interests - only to DO NOTHING to stop this victimization, other than to send a few easily ignored letters - while the police spokespersons have repeatedly misrepresented the facts, and pointed the finger of blame at FIT & PROPER firearms owners ..

Membership of sporting shooters clubs is falling. 
The number of legally Licensed FIT & PROPER gun owners is falling.
Control of feral pest animals such as pigs & possums is falling.
Firearms Licenses are being withdrawn for Driving offences.
No Licence is required for Police to use restricted firearms as weapons.
Police numbers are falling as they are recruited to Australia ..
Violent Crime is rising.
Criminal Gang Membership is rising.
Distrust of Government is rising

Common Sense is draining away as fast as Wellington's sewage and piped water does, into the grimy streets.

Marty K.









Sunday 18 February 2024

Ukraine and BLACKPOWDER Use By Today's Military:

 "You cannot explain to a fool that he is a fool - because he is a fool." Dunning-Kruger effect according to Andrei Martyanov ..

ONE reason that BLACKPOWDER - or might it be more acceptable to call it 'Antique Propellant'  - is becoming ever more expensive and hard to find - is that the Military-Arms Industry has a prior requirement for it's manufacture and supply ..

Yes they still use tonnes of it for BIG Caliber artillery and in aircraft EJECTION SEATS, and their bulk orders take priority over the needs of civililian shooters. - How many different reasons does anyone need, to learn how to self-supply neccessities?

The ongoing slaughter in Ukraine has, to date, conservatively cost taxpayers in Europe 300 Billion Dollars - but the U S is in for 14 TRILLION DOLLARS ..  (according to Col Douglas MacGregor) .. not to forget the more than 500,000 DEATHS and more than 500,000 terribly maimed Ukrainian casualities. - Plus a still awful but lesser number on the Russian side of this conflict - possibly 50,000 dead ..

How many more lives will depart from that theater AND - how many of us around the world are going to be killed by the insanity of Israel and Palestine - before that GOVERNMENT slaughter ends?

Antique ball propellant has for some 700 years been produced by fairly ordinary folk as a "Cottage Industry' - Naturally accidents have occurred from time to time resulting from careless handling or from unknown cause. Black Powder or Gun Powder is a LOW Explosive .. but it is explosive.

Petrol is explosive, Gas is explosive, kitchen knives are sharp - bulls, stags & stallions are dangerous. Do not walk in front of moving buses or trains - nor eat any possum or rat poison.

Provided a careful educated approach is adopted at all times with particular care to mix only small batches while religeously avoiding all iron and steel tools & containers, problems will be avoided .. WOOD IS GOOD and glass is class .. Don't mix it or store it in your home or close to dwellings as insurance companies will object - not to mention paranoid politicians and their armed servants.

Do not break the laws of the land ..

If you don't know what you are doing, - don't do it.

Marty K.

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