30 SUPER CARRY Cartridge:

 If I was Glock Ges. I'd call it '8MM Auto'.

Square eyed people who have their 'Mustn't Miss TV Series' say they think of their fave characters as friends .. I've got news for them - these actor a-holes haven't & don't want to meet them.

I know we all have our most personal favorite calibers and cartridges .. and brands of gun makers too.

One excellent way to raise blood pressures and RAGE is to mock a Glock - or a S&W or Colt 45 after first verifying your range mates preference and size. - Always good for a laugh when you're an old fart like me and immune from attack (mostly).

.380 ACP - 30 Super Carry - 9 MM

The 30 SC drives a 100 grain projectile at 1,250 feet per second velocity with low recoil levels.  This is 347 foot pound of energy (470 J). The 1mm reduced diameter when compared to 9 MM permits  around 20% more ammunition to fit in a double stack magazine - while this caliber maintains the same fine accuracy potential as the early .32" Centerfire target pistols.

Most educated thinkers with IQs above 40 understand that SHOT PLACEMENT is the critical factor for effective self defence from murderous attack - unless your personal SWAT TEAM is three deep between you and the threat.

You need an adequate power level that YOU can shoot accurately and quickly.

60 foot pounds of energy is accepted militarily as sufficient to disable .. That measure is surpassed by .22 LR.

- All you need to do is hit the target WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE HIT.

Greg Ellefritz An Alternative Look At Stopping Power - Linked:

https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/an-alternate-look-at-handgun-stopping-power

The records clearly show that the most effective handgun caliber for ONE SHOT INCAPACITATION is the .32" (8mm). - No arguments .. Just FACTS.

Get your SAAMI Specs here for 30 Super Carry ..

https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Public-Introduction-30-Super-Carry-2022-06-30.pdf

- So that's the cartridge of choice for a semi-auto pistol .. while revolver fans can rest assured with the 327 Federal Magnum.

WHY? - Ease of shooting accurately a powerful compact cartridge sized for maximum capacity.

I'm talking about a "Carry gun" - not being 'loaded for bear'.

If you are already set-up for 9MM or .40 S&W or .45 ACP don't panic .. just train and practice with what you have eh.

Here's a good article and video about the Federal 30 Super Carry:

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/federal-30-super-carry-tested/455614

So there you go then .. when will Glock Ges. introduce their 30 SC 8MM Auto models?

Marty K.

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.

"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.

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.

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.