Dominant Eye Shooting

The dominant eye  has a lot to do with how people shoot. 

A key factor as to how a rifle is handled is the way you see things-- one of your eyes is dominant. Hold up a finger and look at it with both eyes now close your left eye if your finger stays in the same place you are right eye dominant now switch and close the other eye and your finger will move. For the man with his first gun it will determine how he handles his gun. My Mom was born in a time where being left handed was frowned on so her teacher would crack her knuckles with a ruler every time she picked up a pencil with her left hand. Left handed people are generally left eye dominant. Left alone they will handle a gun with their left hand to pull the trigger with. For them a gun is backwards. Given that the majority of the people are right handed military rifles and most sporting rifles are generally speaking made to function for right handed people. The counsel for shooting is to keep both eyes open when shooting but here again right handed people are usually right eye dominant which creates no real problem. Keeping both eyes open creates a field of vision that allows you to chose varying targets. For the left eye dominant person he must learn to function the gun as a right handed person would, load it as a right handed person wood but shoot it aiming with his recessive eye. In the case of a military rifle for the most part you are stuck with a right handed gun. There is some information on plastic shell deflectors as well as some instructors teaching shooters to shoot the dominant eye. There is also information on instructors teaching people to shoot right handed and insisting on it using their recessive eye. If you try to reverse the way you handle the gun you will be at a tremendous disadvantage as you will not be able to quickly function the gun especially old bolt action rifles so you must from the start learn to handle the gun as it was made to be handled. In the case of being left eye dominant you must verify the target and close your dominant eye aim and fire with your recessive eye and open both eyes and pick another target and close the dominant eye aim and fire. Well you might say I will just buy a left handed gun well in a stress situation you will have to learn to shoot all over again if you louse your gun. Some military rifles are known for throwing hot brass in you face. More than likely if you get your hands on another rifle if you louse yours it will be right handed too. For you learning as a lefty with your first gun it would pay to learn how to shoot right handed. It will be a little more work but worth the investment of time. Then it will never mater if you have to pick up a right handed gun it will always be usable. If you ever ended up in a street fight in the army you could swing the gun from shoulder to shoulder depending on the position of the  wall you were shooting around giving you a tremendous advantage.

SKS after market bolt 

 If you have always invested in left handed guns then you might want a left handed semi-auto rifle. But you might argue that an inexpensive one might not be available. Then you need to look at the inexpensive SKS Chinese import guns. For years there have been gunsmiths who cut off bolt handles and replace them. The SKS works on a open top bolt the handle can be cut off and rewedded on the other side. The rear dust cover would need to be reshaped to match the right side and you would have a very fine left handed gun. They also sell a new safety release that can be used for the left hand. By saving the right handed bolt and using a aftermarket part then you can make the gun right handed again if you should ever decide to sell it and get top dollar. You can also take in an aftermarket bolt and not the whole gun for the repair this should keep you off of any lists. This weld would need to be preformed by an experienced gunsmith   Richard W Norman

If they pass laws against guns then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. Below 1) All American Anti-disarmament Handbook, it is a ammo, gun, supply system in a book  you can make just about anything you might need in an emergency, gun manufacture, repair and ammo production with out loading equipment, three different powders and primers and much more. 2) Bullet Casting a War Time Resistance Factory, turning hobby equipment into a continues bullet supply system 3) Boobytraps nasty homemade tools designed by the military. Taking junk and making improvised boobytraps, over 70 titles to chose from  www.firstpatriotpress.com

Going the Right Way

Political leaders must be like a horse with a good bit and tight reins. The horse chosen as the method of transportation is usually not important in going to a destination. The most important thing to remember in achieving any goal is that the horse you chose is headed in the right direction.

 In Arabia, the Arabian horse is most prized among the Bedouin. The story is told of the training of these horses. After a colt is born it is well treated like the family pet. A bell is rung and the horse is led to the master’s tent at the same time each day. Soon the horse will come whenever the bell is rung. This proceeds  continues in tell the horse is full grown. The horse is then stabled in the hot sun for 3 or 4 days with no food or water. On the last day the gate is opened and the horses head for the food and water just before they get to the food and water the bell is rung. The horses that neglect the bell are separated and sold as pack animals. You see if the rider falls off in the desert he is wearing a bell around his neck and he rings the bell and the horse will return to him. We are at the point that our politicians need to hear the people or be rejected by the people. Political recalls may be the wave of the future! Richard W Norman

If there was ever a war then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. Below-- Bomb Shelter and Fall out Shelter All the designs were tested by the government and proved useful 1), 2) and 3) below each are the actual plans for home construction designed during the cold war. Eleven plans to chose from as well as Civil Defense manuals instructing you on how to survive nuclear war. Eleven  shelter plans to chose from  You can have them as e-books now as well as military and gun books over 70 titles to chose from. www.firstpatriotpress.com

Changing the World

We have no right to ask why the world is not different if we ourselves will not make a difference.Richard W Norman

If they pass laws against guns then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. Most gun malfunctions happen because people do not know how to take them apart and clean them. Below 1) SKS instruction manual 2) M1 Garand Instruction manual 3) M14 and M14A instruction manual with Bipod instructions. To see military e-manuals and gun e-books click here www.firstpatriotpress.com. No waiting, get it now as an E-Book over 70 to chose from!

Lead home made casting pot Magmaw 20 of 20

No I am not selling you the blueprints to make this pot you will see everything you will need to  know on how to make this 90 lb lead melting pot  on this site for free. 

A few days after the post below was prepared  I found in my junk the missing 1/4 20 nut for the tower and the four 10/32 jam nuts for the two smaller bolts. The metal work is now 100% complete. Just for fun scroll down  to post 1 of 20 and refresh your memory on the pile of junk I made most of this out of. 

Finishing touches on the metal work-- Final assembly of metal parts

A small grinding stone in a an electric hand drill was used to remove the drill through burs and welding splatter by the drain hole above. The 1/4 20 1 inch bolt in the tower needs a jam nut I know I have one somewhere and will eventual find one and install it. the 10 / 32 screws also need a jam nut and to be cut off. 

All I need now is the electrical parts and to burn off the zinc coating on the drain rod as it will turn into a poison gas under high heat. I had to buy an additional $6 in screws so the grand total was $49.98. I paid to much for the 1/4 inch by 5&1/2 inch tall - 8 inch wide pipe for the pot but at the cost of gas I felt it was the best alternative. Scrap metal price for the pipe would have been around $2 so this pot to this point should have been  $32. I will lay this project aside for now in tell I can find the lowest price for the heating rods and thermostat.  

To see the construction from the beginning each post has a forward at the bottom so you can click it and carry you to the next post for this project To see the construction starting at the first post on making this pot click here. 

P.S, Other helpful hints and gun products you can make at home can be seen on the side bar thanks for visiting the site.

Bullet alloy-- there are two diffident methods for getting alloy mentioned on this blog one is from wheel weights and the other is from a sail boat keels  . This link will show a keel being cut up with a chain saw and melted in a Magma melting pot. 

  Yours truly  Richard W Norman the Junk-Ologist.

If they pass laws against guns then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. American Handbook on Guns Ammo and Freedom 

Modern Slavery

To become a slave is not hard all we have to do is nothing and let someone else decide our future. Richard W Norman

If they pass laws against guns then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. American Handbook on Guns Ammo and Freedom 

The Foundation of Freedom

The foundation stone of freedom is set firmly on the rock of virtue, temperance, honor, honesty and brotherly kindness. When a nation moves away from these principles no nation or people can long remain free. Richard W Norman    

If they pass laws against guns then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. Below 1) Tactics Techniques and Concepts of Anti-armor Warfare historical training manual 2) KFM Fallout Radiation Meter Kit Instructions This is a home made fallout meter developed during the cold war. They knew the public could not get a meter in an emergence so this was designed so anyone could build one with stuff you had around the house.3) US Ammunition Price list from 1912. Not just a neat document but it includes bullet weights and black powder charges for many old cartridges.  To see military e-manuals and gun e-books click here www.firstpatriotpress.com. No waiting, get it now as an E-Book over 70 to chose from!

  

Lead home made casting pot Magmaw 19 of 20

Making the drain-- This piece of steal was a road side pickup and was used on machinery so it is a very quality piece of metal. It is very tuff, yet not hardened.The chop saw blade paid a price for cutting it yet it was workable to a file using a grinder the spark test showed it to be nickle steal. You can not just look at a piece of metal and know what kind of steel it is. The best way to explain how to know the differences by the spark pattern from touching metal to a grinding wheel. This metal produced a small orange spark stream, telling me that it was nickel steel.  Other spark patterns tell what other metals are. In my book I explain home gun production and emergency gun construction and repair.       

Above the metal can be flattened with a file and the right side was high and so a circle was drawn and a file was used to remove some of the metal. I would work the metal in tell most of the mark was removed. Both sided were flattened with a file and finally the part was taken to a belt sander and held against the moving belt to finish the job on both sides. The large hole is for a center for a lathe for turning and I put it in there some years ago making a part for something else. Below I am countersinking for the 1/4 20 bolts and will do the same on both sides of the part. The large hole  in the middle douse not go all the way through. A smaller hole with a #44 drill bit is preferred. The large hole will first be tried against the 1/4 inch drain. If it douse not prove functional the part will be flipped over and tried. If it douse not work I will make a new one. with a single #44 drill bit. 

Note the 1 inch long 1/4 20  bolt in the tower below this will allow for the adjusting of the push rod drain rod so it will not pull to far out of the drain hole

Not the drain tip on the drain rod was done by hand against my bench grinder. In a shop this would have been a turning operation in a lathe. I have a lathe but did not use it.   

Note the small hole finishing the job on the bullet casting drain plate above. If you are making ingots remove this drain plate. Richard W Norman                                  To view next posts click

A Blog has the ability to up date material and even though time has passed and this is an old post I noticed that a lot of people will only view one page and move on. So it seemed practical to place a photo of the finished product on each post.   

  If they pass laws against guns then you will either make your supplies at home, salvage or do without. Below 1) AK47 operators manual all the army thought a soldier needed to know 2) Arasaka Rifle some of the history as well as information on some models you should not shoot 3) Gun Reloading Equipment a Buyers Guide the very least you would need to buy. To see military e-manuals and gun e-books click here www.firstpatriotpress.com. No waiting over 70 to chose from, get it now as an E-Book!