Overlapping it was the single shot m79 grenade launcher, which by the way is not obsolete. You know, you said well it's obsolete because you got something else that's not obsolete. The m79 would be an excellent solution also. Remember all the munitions from the that worked in any of the 40 millimeter standard shoulder fired weapons. will work in the M79, the 203, and any of the Euro variants would still use the same, you know, grid aid, they use the same ordinance slash prepackaged shell. And that includes illumination, HE, and anti-personnel. So there's a lot of different things that are out there floating around. Plus a lot of guys carry that stuff back from Vietnam or post-Vietnam era. There's a ton of the ordinance laying around in our hands now. and the weapons themselves are readily available in good quantity in our hands already between everybody out there. Don't need to know where it all is. Don't care to know where it all is. But the fact that I've seen enough of it, it's well, it's already out there for our perusing. Don't show it to anybody else. Everybody pretty much knows to do that. When the time comes and it comes out of the woodwork, it'll be where it needs to be. But... One of the things you need to do is immediately as we escalated to a ground conflict, you guys need to immediately cross train as many people as possible with those weapon systems that they may not have had as readily an access to before conflict started. One of the things that I've reminded you about is for instance the mag 58 the m60 machine gun and yes even the Browning which show us World War two in Korea Yeah, and into Vietnam and in fact, they're still browning Jews all over the world Browning 1919s There are excellent videos that you can typically watch on YouTube that are old war war training films For the Browning for the m60 And even some of the video training information clips for the MAG58. So if you take advantage of all of the above, you're going to at least have a good understanding and be able to relate to what it is you may have in physical custody when the time comes. Remember, when you pull it off the warm, dead corpse of that mobile resupply pod that just got harvested, They could be carrying anything. And in fact, in many cases, you will be shopping selectively because there's a certain thing you want to harvest. So that's the poor bastard that's going to have to die. And in whatever gruesome, horrible in particular way is necessary when the time comes. So again, familiarize yourself at this point, if you cannot physically familiarize yourself with it, you can at least administratively review the information. You survey it, review. absorbed and replay, absorbed again. It's very important that we build up this database now. One of the things about the 40 millimeter is where it's a much safer round than the Russian counterpart or a couple of the Asian slash Chinese counterparts. Mostly this has to do with just general handling because we have a different fuse safety system for the 40 millimeter. It is a bit of a disadvantage at very close range because it's really not effective as a grenade. But it is a hell of a big ass slug. But once there are the proper number of revolutions have taken place with the turn of the shell, the safeties are released at the round is then impact detonated, makes contact boom. But you do have to understand the minimal engaging For Kimmy minimal engagement range for the 40 millimeter grenade launcher. If you don't know anything about that Well, I told you what to do now you go find out and you go Oh, that's why some of these movies don't make a whole lot of sense. Well, they don't make sense within the parameters established for the script. Let's put it that way so another thing here And again, we're at the bottom. I'll tell you what, we're right at the bottom where we're supposed to be. And it is Weapons Wednesday. And I'm sure Edward has it queued up. So since we are right at the bottom of the hour, we're going to the bottom of the hour, Weapons Wednesday, instrumental. I think Edward can take care of that. I'll probably, we'll hear it any moment now. I hope. Anyway, you're listening to us on www.libertytreeradio.4mg.com and libertytreeradio.org. This is my right. This is my right. This one is mine. Without useless. That's true. It shoots me. Before God. My right. What come ye, hither, redcoats? What mind you madness fills in our valleys? There is danger, and there's danger in our hands. O, here ye not the sin of the view, though wild and free. Well, soon ye'll know full from the tree, who will the right phone? O, the right phone! In our hands will prove no right phone. You may ride a good lead speed, you may know a stern a master Your forward march with speed, but you'll learn to back much faster When you meet our mountain boys And your leader, John Stark Glad you make what little noise and always hit the mark Hold the rifle, hold the rifle In our hands we'll prove no trifle All right, thanks for everybody. Guns and gadgets has been a whole bunch of stuff that's been posted last couple days. It's pertinent to understanding where we're going in 2023 or whether actually at the very end of this year, which is it is the 28th of December guys, three days. And guess what? 2022 will be behind us in the taillights won't take long. Time doesn't wait, but there are a lot of things that can be accomplished. Certainly the other side is thinking that way too. The proposition of economic crisis slash collapse, which is what they're trying. The fact that the border is wide open and that they're lining their ass off, this isn't happening, this isn't happening, this isn't happening while it's happening. When you have something that's blatant to that and the lion turds opening their face the way that they are, those ignorant, rotten, wicked, vile creatures that we have there in the district of criminals. Then by demonstration just with that act alone, I should tell you something about everything else that they're talking about, how deep they are in their, how steep they are in the lies that they have promoted. That's stinking obvious. Anyway. In addition to that, needless to say, we have the World War III scenario, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, which that's always been an option. We've never not lived under nuclear threat, never. I've mentioned this many times. I've laughed when these idiots ticks from, oh, about 2000 were, you know, like the college window kids of that day, which by the way, he's now 20 years in the tail lights too. You know, how did it feel to be under the nuclear threat like, you know, you're, we don't have this problem anymore. Yeah, that's why both sides have, you know, tens of thousands of nuclear devices pointed at each other because we just don't have that problem anymore. Talk about idiot sticks, purely because, again, the propaganda from the regime in Washington. Well, look, that's all gone. Isn't it amazing how it's the year 2022 and it didn't go? It's not gone. Guess they were just what waiting with it in the wings? Because now we are talking openly. There is, in fact, the purple haired queers and $3 bill petals are openly bragging about. We're going to have a nuclear war. It's not the Christians that are doing this. It's not the conservatives that are doing this. It's always is the case. The fruit loop, crazy as a loom. Queers $3 bill petals. From the demicon slash left his side always queued to promote this Every time and that's exactly what you're seeing right now. So, okay We'll take you on your word on that one, which is another reason we need to be better prepared One of the other things about Procurement of material is pol petroleum oil lubricant products. I cannot stress that enough right now When you go to yard sales, estate sales, usually if you go in the garage, there's a bunch of stuff there, even thinking about throwing away. What are you gonna get rid of? Well, there's all this open stuff. Well, a quart of oil that maybe have a quart container that has three quarters of a quart, that's $5 worth of oil right now. You do realize that, right? Well, it's been opened, okay? It's not soda pop. The bubbles are not gone from the oil, okay? Unless they had a cracking plant in the garage, the most important thing is that hopefully the cap was left on the container, and it probably was, so that there's no additional dust or dirt or crud or flies that are preserved in the oil because they don't mold in the oil. They just sit there and stare at you, right? Beyond that, and even if that were the case, I just break out a coffee filter. put it over a whatever kind of container I want to use to catch the oil, which can even be just a cut, the second cut oil can, oil plastic container. Pour the oil into that, let the coffee filter do its job, gravity sucks, you don't have to stand there and watch it. And you can pre-filter the oil again if you want to just in case. But a half quart of oil, a pint, is worth a chunk of money now. It has been anyway. It's always worth something, and it doesn't go bad. There is no expiration date on oil. So any of that, even though why would you bring up automotive oil? Any oil for lubricant is better than none, provided you understand we're not gonna bathe anything in the lubricants that we have, period. There are sometimes that are very unique when you use more lubricant to try and unstick something that might be gummed up, but it's only gonna be a very short fix, and then it'll be just as gummed up again, okay? More on that in a minute. But otherwise, any lubricant is money, but it's also good enough for operating weapons, which are machines, to begin with. One of the good things about conventional oils is that they can handle heat. And remember, that's one thing that your weapon generates with every pull of the trigger. And calorie buildup is progressive. The higher the rate of fire with the weapon, more calories retained. And more it's likely that whatever you have in the way of a lubricant may sloth off as it's heated. It becomes less viscous and it will move away from its original point of contact, made pool somewhere else. So, you're going to need more, just that simple. Plus, it gets burned off. Remember, it is a, you know, petroleum oil lubricant products do combust quite nicely when, you know, or at least are affected quite nicely by heat when close enough to it. So, what happens is a combination of sloughing and consumption by heat, you know, burn. Greases, oils, And also cleaning solvents are especially critical right now. You have to remember to follow the basic rules of how to apply them. You don't just poop it on. More is not always better. But also you've got to become part of that conservancy I was talking about. Because once the first trigger is pulled and we get into a conflict, what you have initially may be all you have for quite some time. Prior proper planning prevents piss poor performance there. So Start accumulating and at the very least remember there are many different lubricants that may be your favorite You can shop around or experiment based upon your operation with the rifle or weapon, you know The weapon system you've chosen the AR 15 has a number of different with regard to the types of lubricants out there and part of it has to do with the era of training, but also what works depending upon the environment that you're in. Physical conditions of the environment are one of the major considerations when it comes to petroleum oil lubricant product choices for a weapon system. And in some cases, depending upon conditions, little or no lubricant is used at all. The extreme cold has a tendency to thicken or retard the motion because it equates the material. It bonds it more efficiently. It's being affected. And of course, it will not run or move as easily. It may in fact become much denser in terms of power. And of course, in the process, resist motion, which is what you don't want if you're operating a weapon system. Now some of your weapons use combination of greases and oils the m14 slash the m1a and the m1 grand Use both a very small amount of grease if you have it available and a small amount of oil for the rest of the other lubricating points and This is because it is a unique combined mechanism machine. You got remember it's a machine It's a recalling it a rifle, but it's a machine And if it's manually operated, less sophisticated, but still, it's a machine, it requires the same kind of maintenance. When it does some form of operating process on its own at command, that's a more intricate machine and it will require more intricate process for maintenance, which is something that if you don't do, you're not gonna have something operating for a while. Now, real quick, when I mention this whole kind thing about excessive lubricant, now I'm going to qualify something. Competition shooter, we're on the range. Been firing for three days using a Smith & Wesson Model 41, a Smith & Wesson Model 52, and a 1911 National Match pistol. On the second day, we've been using Winchester ammunition issued for the match by the government, which was standard for all of the shooters. Turns out to be a dirty batch and in fact, we also had a lot of malfunctions I have mentioned this before in the past at a given point because of the Nature of the ammo and late in the stage of the competition We started to have issues with alibis because of failure to feed What was going on excess carbon around the throat of the barrel and around the operating surfaces towards the front? of the operating areas closest to the barrel, whereas the round was ejected, the gases collect and the carbon collects there. What was the solution? Now you don't do this normally, you don't do this normally, you don't do this normally, but you're in a competition. This is what was found to be the solution recommended by experienced shooters. We were doing it while we were competing. including a couple of men who are the President's 100. Weapons continue to malfunction amongst an entire whole group of shooters and there's shooters from 100 different units from all over the United States, part of the GoCom match series. So take WD-40, load the magazine, spray WD-40 right onto the magazine and the ammunition and then load it. Now you don't do this, don't do this, don't do this, unless it's an extreme situation. And you know you're absolutely going to shoot it right then, right now. That penetrating oil will work, do exactly what it's supposed to do, get through the canner and the primer if there's a primer channel and it will deactivate by sloughing into and bonding to the chemical agents and neutralizing their ability to combust both the powder and the primer depending on what cartridge it is you're using. However, In a situation, and this is where this is a unique and extreme situation, but it was demonstrated to work, what this does is it lubricates the ammunition and the magazine area. The material is transferred over during the loading process. The WD-40 in turn made the carbon a more liquefied mass. It actually gave it some potential for, you know, less resistance because carbon is more like rolling of material off micro sandpaper. Now what it did, allowed for an entire magazine to be shot. Two or three more magazines in that relay. Unfortunately, at the end of that, the melt weapon continues to malfunction as it did before because, as I said, the stuff is affected by heat. The heat pushes the material away. It solidifies. Now remember you turned it muddy and then it solidifies. Now it's solidifying in places that may cause greater resistance because in the scraping process of the bolt moving forward, slapping into closed station, pull the trigger, fire the round, operate the action. the liquefied material because it had bonded with the WD-40 is now pushed into and like you're pushing wet snow, moved into areas that the material cannot evacuate from. Now it was a short initial solution, but at one point, at a given point, it did get us to the end of the relay. So what we're able to do is drop the magazine, last magazine. immediately break out the cleaning kit that I had in the shooting box, take the small end of the toothbrush on the old M16 type magazine, get in there and start scrubbing everything you can real quick while they're getting ready to order the next relay. Get everything cleared out to the best of your ability. Don't break the gun down because you don't have much time you have, but it gives you the ability to clean things up and get most of the junk and carbon out of the way. So heads up and again, I would not normally do this and you never, never, never use lubricant on ammunition, especially if it's going to be sitting because the oil will follow the path of least resistance. It will permeate the ammunition and it will do its job. And that unfortunately, the problem is it will bond with the dried. Remember all of the elements make up your prima. and make up your powder charge are dried, prilled materials. It's called prilling, but it's drying. They're dried. They are at a minimal moisture content level. Anything that's fluidic. will be pulled to it like when you see charcoal, okay? And you have lighter fluid nearby. It'll pass right through all the membrane of the charcoal from one side to the other. When you squirt it on one end, you can see it where it travels into the charcoal. Works the same with carbon on a weapon. So heads up. And again, this is dropping this idea in place. If you are, for instance, using certain weapons, you're not planning on using every weapon you've got for fighting, but it'll end up being that way. 22s, any other light rifles that may be in different lighter calibers, unique weapons of different types, you may have them operating and then you may have an issue. It's probably because they have built up carbon. Some weapons were designed certainly to be semi-automatic, but were not necessarily designed to be sustained combat weapons. So unfortunately, their designs, and there's a lot of stuff that you're gonna get that are grandpa guns that are made, for instance, the Brownings, which most of yourself cleaning though. or other weapons from other countries like Italy, whatever. Many of these weapons, the biggest problem you will have is carbon buildup. The semi-automatic gun that the 1100 Remington replaced is a beautiful firearm. I think I've owned three. In most cases, somebody wanted them for their collection because they are a collectible item. Well, the weapon was a flawless firearm. And in fact, its rifle counterpart for the same period is some automatic magazine fed Remington rifle used the same gas block type system. Unfortunately, what happened because it was a progressive tapered gas block plug or it should say pipette the kind of like a really big version of what you see with the M16. and the, with the gas port and the top end of your bolt carrier, okay, with the way it's built. Well, it looks like that only it's much bigger. And with the way that the system rests and cups it, typically what happened is people would take the weapon home after they'd gone hunting. They had it out in the cold, they took it into the warm. They had it out in the cold, they took it into the warm. Moisture build up on the weapon on the inside and on the outside. They probably wiped it down. On the inside, they typically never did anything to clean the weapon. Now remember that this is a tapered gas system, so those tapered angles are naturally wearing into each other. This means instead of a blued or a parkized finish, There is raw metal and when the two surfaces of raw metal sit there with moisture in them and no protection, no moisture protection of any kind, and typically not lubricated. The two little parts sitting in the closet or sitting on the rifle rack would kind of rust weld together. And I got two of the rifles, well, two of the shotguns we're talking about because they wouldn't operate. And I had the man actually said, man, I was one of the finest guns I've shot for years. I'm fed up with it because it's just what I can't get it apart. Well, you know I talked to a few more gunsmiths found out more about what I'm telling you about so ended up having to introduce a lot of penetrating oil into the area Eventually was able to work the parts separate the parts But I was told also and it turned out to be true that the oxidation damage was such That you literally have to replace the whole gas block diverter As one piece cost about fifty four dollars a unit and they are still available because there were so many of those made because of the problem with the weapon. So there are lots of spare parts for that part of those particular weapons still. Good gun, long as you understand that, what you do is you lubricate it, it's like any other weapon. Once you know what it is, it might be a problem, the way you fix it is by taking care of it. There's a lot of weapons like this out there that have particular twerks that you're not going to find out until later on. Some of this has to do with carbon retention. In other words, the gun defecates where it eats. You know, that's the old joke with the AR-15, that the AR-15 defecates where it eats. And because of that, that's why we had the malfunction junction issues with the earlier rifles with the wrong powder used in the ammunition, which created excessive carbon buildup. While we still don't have that tube per se, you guys are shooting a lot of ammunition that we don't know where the powder came from, or we don't know what they actually used. And now it's not a problem because we're, again, taking advantage of what we can get. But remember, in the last 30 years, a lot of different companies that are not American have been producing 556 ammo and you've been buying it. Some of that may have certain characteristics you don't even know about we haven't shot sufficient quantities and hopefully you've been cleaning your weapons anyway But if we have a carbon build-up issue with a weapon the solution utilizing the WD-40 lubricant Is an option that's worked but again, you're only doing this immediately after after introducing the WD-40 you immediately fire the rounds So there's no time for the penetrant to work If otherwise you have time to set aside, then no, you don't. You make sure that the weapon is properly disassembled where you can. Do proper cleaning and maintenance step by step for the instruction of your senior NCOs if you have any. Or through your own personal development by research and do it right. Get the weapon cleaned, make sure it's lubricated. Points of contact where there's possibility of oxidation, introduce grease, not just oil. especially if the weapon's going to be sitting for, you know, in inventory for a period of time. And by the way, this is also true of the Grand 14 M1 carbine, even the H-case. Most of the contact points with your, where any of your operating rods and any of your abrasive surfaces are, you need to break your weapon down, open it up. You'll notice that there is a sharp edge to the top of the cylinder on that push rod. that area. First of all, make sure everything's cleaned up. That needs to be greased, but also the side walls of the piston, because those typically have raised or high points which create the seal that allows for capturing the gas in a proper proportion so that it will push back the operator of the action, operate the system, and then go back into its zero point and start all over again. Another thing, most of your channels for all of your operas are pretty forgiving. They're intentionally designed to be that way, but that doesn't mean you neglect them. And they're real easy to clean because once you disassemble everything, they're usually in a piece that you've taken off that's in your hands. So make sure that you run a brush through that area. given whatever is required, usually it's a very, very light coat of lubricant or no lubricant, depending on the weapon system. But what it is, is you take a patch, introduce a drop of oil, run it through, and look to see whether or not you can actually see the lubricant that's been applied because it'll be dry or it'll be of a slight chain, a little line. You can see the difference in the collection of liquid. The idea is to make sure that the whole area inside the channel is lubricated not just part of it Remember the part you don't is the part that will probably oxidize if it's been an issue in the past the other thing I will remind you again most common problem actually there are two and this is going back to the bolt and the Extractor channel Most common breakage on weapons over the last 100 some years of modern arms is extractor breakage, but most people don't ask why. It's not that the part was weak. It's that no maintenance is typically done on the extractor channel. And remember, like I just described with the other metal parts, that little extractor, go take a look at the extractor on your weapon. When a case is in it, It's pushed out, of course, on one side to create traction. When you pull back on the bolt or the automatic system, the gas system works and it automatically pushes the bolt to the rear, that traction, combined with the, what do you got? You've got the extractor and the ejector. Okay, the extractor does its job. The ejector helps to push the case on the other side out. This in turn creates that flipping cyclic motion that pushes the spent case out of the weapon system. Now, here's the problem. How many of you actually made the effort with a case in the bolt face to clean the little channel on either side of your extractor? Now with the M16, that's not a big deal because you can break everything down and everything's right there so you can clean everything up, put it all back together a few moments and you're done. Well, what about your model 70 or your model 700 or your any of your other rifles? I don't care what they are. Carcanos, Mausers, doesn't make any difference. In each case, you will find that, especially say, well, an old military rifle, they have a tractor's break. Well, that's because, again, you sit around for 100 years with no maintenance and have a little spring surface there that it can't bend all the way. So it'll bend the best it can. And what happens is it reaches its tolerance or its It's extreme level being having to bend at a shorter distance than it normally would if it was clear of the bolt because it wasn't rusted in place. You'd break too. Okay, so these are things you need to look at. Now again, what do I do if I haven't done that to a weapon or I can't take it down completely because the way it's pinned in. Some of them are actually quite aggressively fixed and The logic was if anything went bad for the most part, we'll just give you another bolt or the ordinance officer will give you a new rifle. And then we'll fix it later on while you're not looking. The big thing here again is that if you can take an empty case and insert it into the bolt face to expand to move. the extractor. Okay, take a look at how an extractor operates. There's all kinds of beautiful images that are computer tech graphics right now on YouTube that show you how what parts operate. That little extractor, if you can get first of all penetrating oil in there, that's what you want to do. Don't do this and then load the gun up. Get the penetrating oil in there along the sides of the extractor. Let it sit, then introduce a case and expand the extractor or move the extractor to whatever degree it will move. It may not move appropriately or the way it should. And in fact, it may be distorting and you just may finally see this. What you do is start in after you've introduced an empty case and have it sitting in the bolt face with the extractor now active, what you want to do is hit it with some more penetrating oil. This will get down deeper into the material that you may not have been able to work because the part was not moving, it had not moved, so you have a shorter distance to penetrate to free space beyond the extractor inside the bolt. The firing pin channel is the same issue and you want to do the same thing. You want to clean out the firing pin channel, number one, there's things that build up there. Remember when you pull the trigger and you tap that round, a little puff of carbon is going backwards. You can't see it. It's all concealed. But what happens is that little bit of carbon, well times one case, that's not a big deal. But 20, 30, 50, 100 or 1000 later, it is. So what you want to do is especially you guys in the air 15s, you're going to love it because that little bolt comes right out. You can clean inside the bolt channel. You break out one of those little pipe cleaners and clean inside that firing pin channel. Get that cleared out completely of all gunk and junk. And when you're done, follow instruction for proper lubricant, put it all back together, congratulations. But if you have a Mauser, a manually operated weapon, an AK, or whatever, in each case, you have the ability to do exactly the same thing and help to preserve the weapon so it will work more effectively in the hands of whoever is the next person to use it. It may not be the weapon you use, but if you're gonna hand it out, it'd be nice to know that that person will be able to save your life by using the weapon properly. So prior proper planning prevents piss poor prevent performance and those little things are significant The Argentine mouser was famous for broken extractors You didn't know that that's why there's so many extractors laying around for the Argentine mousers Even though there aren't so many Argentines left laying around in the market anymore Most obscure companies even offer the Argentine extractor for a pretty good price and they'll offer them to you in bundles of 10. Why? Because they needed them. Well, one of the reasons was there was a little bit of an issue with the original metal. But it's also the idea that again, as the weapons were still in service and a very popular firearm in the rental revolution market, it was realized that proper maintenance was an issue. And so breaking down the bolt completely and doing maintenance on the extractor channel was part of what reduced wear and reduced breakage with the weapon. Oh, see, there's method to the madness there. It's not an exciting subject, but it is when the weapon fails and you get your ass shot because you couldn't return fire. So instead, let's just make sure we do it right. Again, take care of your weapon and it will take care of you. This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. And that's the thing you need to remember. The one you're carrying is what you're betting your life on. So let's make sure we can put all the money on it. Anyway, we are at the top. It is Weapons Wednesday. 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