Recent content by EccentricJackal

Herd immunity is literally the only way to beat a virus, whether it is through letting people get infected (at a rate manageable by the health services) or through vaccines the end result is the same - have enough of the population immune that the virus cannot move through to new hosts. I have...

This is almost word for word the BASC advice, I suspect it all comes from the same clarifying guidance by the government in response to shooting org's questions. BASC have issued this statement along with one saying their insurance will cover you out shooting provided you're not being an idiot...

I read a suggestion on here that we should track firms' efforts to help or hinder containing Covid19, so that we can act accordingly with our wallets when all this is done with. Someone has now put together this website, with references, to show how a given company has responded: Didtheyhelp.com...

We also voted Michael Gove in who I was quoting, not sure what your point is. Do you always unquestioningly follow politicians' advice? I have no intention of going out shooting during the lockdown, I was pointing out where some of the confusion was coming from and giving a sane view of the...

Not sure anyone has mentioned this yet, but Michael Gove clarified the "exercise" exemption immediately after the announcement to confirm that visiting allotments is a valid exercise and is in fact encouraged and only social activities - golf was his example - are discouraged. Individual FEO...

Haha I have no idea whether it is similar or not, but I have a Rossi 92 clone and had a similar experience. Have you cycled a few dummy rounds through it yet? I only ask as the first time I pit mine back together I had put the little arm that controls feeding back in the wrong way around, so the...

LD50 is roughly similar to ethanol so shouldn't be too much of an issue. As i said though, none of this is any better than just washing with soap and water for a minute - doesnt even matter what soap; fairy liquid, hand soap, bars or liquids will all do the same thing and wont dry your hands out...

Very valid point on the dermatitis issue, meth spirit shouldnt be any worse than normal (high alcohol) hand gels if you dilute it to 75% or so, but all hand gels cause more damage than washing normally. This is pretty much what I do for a living as a formulation chemist. Unfortunately...

It can. I've not heard anyone say it can't? An interesting point though is that to kill viruses (or at least this one) you need 70 -80% alcohol, whereas most over the counter gels are around 50% or so as most sanitisers are for bacteria, not viruses. It's better than nothing but you're still way...

The company I work for buys industrial alcohol for manufacturing at £250 a tonne, as of last week it is £1000 a tonne due to increased demand. This of course will have a knock on to all manufacturing and for sanitising products. Price gouging at a time like this is disgusting, but don't...

Has everyone heard of Tibbles the Stephens Island cat? The only known example of a single individual wiping out an entire species. I'm fuzzy on the details but I think a researcher on Stephens Island had a pet cat that kept bringing him an unusual looking flightless bird. It was so unusual he...

Sorry Mike, just realised I was mistaken, I haven't got the bench prime, I have the loading press mounted primer seating device which is completely different. I didnt realise there were 3 different Lee primers, thought there were only 2! The bench primer looks like it would solve the short...

I've had mixed experiences with the auto-prime - you have very little leverage on it, so depending on the case being used it can be hard work to seat primers. S&B cases I had no trouble at all and it was quick and easy to use, Hornady Match cases took so much force to seat that i could only do a...

I contacted BASC about it and was told a statement is on it's way shortly but wasnt given any indication of what that statement will be.

Not sure why theres so much being made of her age, the criminal activity is sex trafficking - she was flown around the world to be offered up to shady characters for Epsteins benefit. Whether Andy just thought he got lucky and pulled a younger woman or whether he knew she was there for him is...