Sunday, March 17, 2024

One More Data Request

 I need something stainless steel that is round and threaded on the inside 1/4"-20.  Again, it will be epoxied into a hole in carbon fiber.  The screw needs to go through this fitting in 3/8" thick carbon fiber.  It will be pressing against another component so a spacer will not do the trick.


I am not finding anything.  Becaus I only need one, I will cut a 3/8" long piece of 1/2" diameter stainless rod, square it on the lathe, then drill and tap it 1/4""-20.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

For a Great Instructor

It is not just that when I was recovering from my 2014 stroke, he was there often to play chess.  He is also a very skilled instructor.  As I have mentioned previously, he taught me a technique for defensive shooting that astounds me.

 

NRA Personal Protection in the Home Course exceeds Idaho 18-3302K

 

ENHANCED Concealed Weapon License requirement, certificate recognized by all states as firearms training (Though NOT for certain states' CCW , see list below)

 

$199 Course Fee includes NRA handbook, fliers & NRA Course Completion & Idaho State Police Training Certificate. ( mail check to name & address Below - or arrange to pay cash )

 

Classes are small (5 at most). 

PAID advance registration is required to reserve your seat. 

 

Class is open to Instructor-approved citizens who have no felonies or other legal gun-possession disabilities. Liability Release form signature required.

 

Course consists of approximately 5 Hours Classroom, 4 Hours on the Shooting Range, 1 hour written test 3+ Hours Legal Instruction to be on following Friday.

Includes Basic Handgun Safety, Familiarization, Hands-on Firearms Handling, Shooting Skills & Instruction. Personal security & avoiding violent confrontations will be covered in depth. Safety & Awareness are critical issues covered at length.

Several hours will be spent on the firing range bringing students skills up to standards. Idaho State Law and Federal Law regarding firearms, concealed weapons, self-defense and after-event issues will be taught by a licensed Idaho attorney (formerly served as a public defender, a prosecutor and as an Idaho State deputy attorney general, and has competed in IDPA and IPSC events.

BRING: warm jacket & hat (it often gets cold & windy at the desert shooting range) and a button up shirt or blouse so no hot brass goes down your shirt to painfully ‘brand’ you and make you momentarily unsafe.
Bring Eye and Hearing protection, your handgun (Don't have a handgun or eye/ear protection? let me know I have a few loaners & can help you select the best one that suits your particular needs) 
and Bring at least 2 boxes of 50 rounds of factory ammunition ( Idaho law requires 98 rounds ), also remember a lunch, snacks, drinks. Pen & pencil and a notepad.

Important Note on contacting me: Anti-gun / anti self-defense powers that beand internet service providers and internet censors have affected firearms instructors, myself among them.

If you are interested in taking any of these courses, please call me first, then send me an email that I will reply to with the current class schedule or other requested information. Please reply that you have received that email, and do so for each that you get. I often reply quickly, never hear from the recipient and later they ask why I never replied. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM or JUNKMAIL folder for emails from me before you empty the folder. Apparently the A.I. Censor looks for key words like gun, firearm, shooting, concealed weapon etc and so toss them into your spam folder.

So if you contact me – stay in touch by replying to every email, check spam folder, and should you take a class elsewhere or the wife simply won't allow you to take a class, just email me and ask to be taken off the email class schedule update emails list, it won't offend me, I understand that there are many reasons folks change their minds. Just let me know.

If I do not hear from you after 4 months, I will delete you from the list after sending one last email asking if you wish to remain on the list.

T. ALLEN HOOVER

NRA Certified Instructor                 NRA Training Counselor

                                   (208) 631 3003                                  PO Box 6232 Boise ID 83707


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THE IDAHO ENHANCED CONCEALED WEAPONS LICENSE IS VALID IN: IDAHO ( & Idaho public colleges) ALASKA ARIZONA COLORADO  DELAWARE NEVADA NEW MEXICO PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA? LOUISIANA MINNESOTA  WASHINGTON WISCONSIN as well as states that accept the Basic License: ALABAMA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY MAINE MICHIGAN MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEW HAMPSHIRE NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH WEST VIRGINIA WYOMING. VERMONT (no lisc reqd) Oregon non-reisdent licenses easy to obtain with Idaho ECCW. Total WAS 39 states allow CCW w/ID ECCW. note: List per Idaho State Police 9/2022 - states laws change constantly, this list may not reflect current status.  Current political events :  I believe we have lost VA & PA due to politics within those states, subject to change.

Yellowstone National Park honors Idaho Enhanced CCWs that are valid in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming see  Federal Park Service website indicates that which CCW holders may carry in Yellowstone park (but not into buildings of any kind) Shooting, even is self defense is prohibited, so don't unless you are being eaten, and then prepare for possible legal repercussions due to scorn from Grizzly lovers.

NRA Basic-Level Courses: Home Firearms Safety Pistol Personal Protection outside the home Basic Rifle Range Safety Officer

 

Become an NRA Certified Instructor:

INSTRUCTOR-Level courses, CALL for information:

NRA BIT Basic Instructor Training course $125 (the first class required) Offered weekday evenings by arrangement.

NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course Instructor course $399 (includes both Basic & Instructor courses)

NRA Personal Protection (in the home) Instructor course $399 (BIT&Pistol are prerequisites)

Preparing to Move

The movers will not move guns or ammunition so I am removing everything that is not (magazines, holsters, extraneous weapons from my master's thesis) and boxing it.  When we moved here four years ago, the safe was on a not entirely level floor so I weighted down the bottom with ammunition.  How did I forget that I had 3000 rounds of 9mm, .45 ACP, .22 in addition to my already more absurd stockpile.  The radiation shielding just got more complete 

Friday, March 15, 2024

Interesting Aspects of the Peasants' Revolt

The History Hits Channel* had a very interesting three part series on the 1381 Peasants ' Revolt which came very close to overthrowing the English government.  

A couple of interesting aspects of it that anyone familiar with the Insurrectionary Theory of the Second Amendment, endorsed by James Madison, among other Framers, will find interesting.

Recent research by the 1381 Project has found that a number of the peasants were veterans, familiar with war and sympathetic to the concerns of those being abused by the new taxes.

Another was how many of weapons used by the peasants were tools repurposed for military purposes (think hunting rifles today).

By sheer numbers, the peasants were able to overrun the existing order.  At Rochester Castle, they took the fortress at least in part because the guards were sympathetic to their cause and opened up the gates.  (Alas, there is no video to be released.)

*One of the interesting parts of their documentaries is Elizabeth Janega, an American historian specialized in medieval England.  She is interesting, fun to listen to, and occasionally her American citizenship shows through.  At one point she is preparing to fire a crossbow, and the armorer explains that there is no recoil; it does require it be on her shoulder.  "You can take the girl out of America...."

This Is Not the Traffic Congestion That is Causing Us to Move

 But it is about half-way between the houses.



Suggestions for Obscuring Above Ground Plumbing

In this case the sprinkler/well/irrigation valves that are above ground as well as the access covers to the septic tank.  The fake rocks are not big enough.  Does anyone make tiny little barns (not model railroad size) that could just go over the top so they could be easily removed for access?

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Treasury Yield Curve Inversion

If you look at the Treasury yields over the next year or so, you will see that yields in the future are lower than they are now.  This is called a Treasury yield curve inversion.  Interest rare are about to fall and do so for a number of years.  This is smart money's generally educated guess about the future of our economy.

If you are a risk-averse person, buy Treasury bonds with long maturity.i did so in 1994.  I bought $50,000 of Treasuries due
In 2016 for about $47,00.  They yielded 7.5% per year ,(exempt from state income tax) and in 2016 they were redeemed for the full face value of $50,000.  I wish that I had bought $200,000 worth.  (I was a timid investor.)

These are as safe an investment as you can make. If the U.S. government defaults, canned food and ammunition make better investments.

Dropping interest rates on bonds drive investors into the stock market to get better ROI so for those prepared to take some risk, buy stocks.