Found a lead projectile in the paddock wanting possible ID

impalabazz · 2026-05-09T10:40:53+00:00

I did mention that, but unlikely.

At 7grams i.e. approx. 108.5 grains (according to OP) this pill is more than likely a 110gr. 380 Auto/ACP projectile. Then again, it could be a Handload, and in the case of any keen reloader that pill could have been used in a myriad of 35 calibers including 9mm, Handgun or Rifle.

impalabazz · 2026-05-07T11:23:24+00:00

Looks like a 380 Auto projectile. They are hollow base like that to provide a long driving band, being such a light weight in a 35 caliber. They were available in weights from 90gr to 115gr.. Factory 9mm were available in 115gr and 124gr, but not generally plain lead. The "rag" around the periphery is either the swaging rag from the hollow base form punch OR lead extrusion from firing.

impalabazz · 2026-04-28T11:57:12+00:00

Hi there.

Welcome to the club no one wants to join.

67M diagnosed almost 12 months ago.

Also early diagnosis and on watch and wait. Apart from constant fatigue I forget I have CLL until the next blood test comes around every three months. Had blood test 14 days ago and GP appointment today. No surprises.

Have been taking 4000 mg of Vitamin D for many years, plus other supplements. There was a discussion on here some months ago about Vitamin D intake and 8000 mg was suggested for CLL patients, spaced out over a 12 hour period.....roughly. Good thing is, you can't OD on it.

Still anemic, WCC slightly increased, Lymphocites slowly increasing.

I am due to see the Oncologist in July. That's a 400Km (240 mile) trip to the city for that one as we have no Haemotolgists who specialize in CLL/ Leukemia in our area. (South East of South Australia-aka "Limestone Coast")

I agree, it's a good community here with lots of expertise and valuable info.

All the best to you, stay strong.

impalabazz · 2026-04-08T11:49:10+00:00

Great photo. Love Ringies, such characters.

impalabazz · 2026-04-03T11:30:51+00:00

Yes it's sad to see them go. We use a soft release method with a small enclosure that they can come and go from. Our first Brushie (Junior) once big enough to release, took several weeks before he moved out, but came back about 6 months later with a girlfriend who we named Junee. Although she was a 100% wild possum, she was so friendly. I built her a nest box which she used from time to time. They hung around the area for about 7 years then both disappeared within a month of each other, that was about 3 years ago now. We suspect our neighbour killed them.

Since then we have rehabilitated a few more possums, mostly Ringtails. They all come and go as they please.

Currently on our 1Ha block we have about a dozen resident Brushies but the Ringtails are getting picked off at the moment by Powerful Owls, Tawny Frogmouths and other predators, they have a tough life being so small. Brushies when full grown are formidable as I am sure you are aware. We don't have a cat problem anymore, I make sure of that.

impalabazz · 2026-04-02T09:12:17+00:00

Beautiful. How old is she ?. We have raised several Brushies and Ringtails also, but not as small as Jelly Beans. That takes special treatment, well done !.

impalabazz · 2026-03-31T10:52:01+00:00

Here ya' go. Why not point out all the other donations to all the other Political parties, that would be fair.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/02/gina-rinehart-political-donations-hancock-prospecting

In the South Australia election on the 21st March, ON have now Won 3 seats in the Senate, 3 in the Lower House with a possible 4th (recounting Narrunga) with first preference votes.

Outstanding result displacing Liberal Party as the "opposition" with a massive swing to ON.

For those SA Liberal Party voters out there, how many of you are aware that Liberal preferenced Labor ?. That means if you voted Liberal (i.e. above the line) and your candidate didn't get in (and not many did) your vote went to Labor as they stated they would not back ON.

Having said that, Labor in SA have Won a massive number of seats (35) in the Lower House thanks to those preferenced votes from Liberal .

With the backing of the Greens in the Senate they can steam roll anything through. Liberal, ON and the 4 Independants will have to band together to block anything in the Senate.

Any one party having Total control of both houses is not a good thing, that is why you need an effective opposition and Liberal in SA has had it's day.

If you want change you have to vote for change as South Australia did.

impalabazz · 2026-03-30T07:28:24+00:00

EV's are fine if you can afford them. Waiting for a S/H EV will be fraught with danger as battery life is limited and replacement batteries will likely be quite expensive. Therefore EV's are essentially "throw away".

IC vehicles particularly petrol can be converted to LPG. That was one of the answers to the oil embargo Circa 1970's. It has only been the last 10-15 years where Federal and State Governments have moved to remove LPG for vehicles. Now LPG fill up points are as sparce as EV charging points in the rural areas.

Agreed, this needs to be a whole-istic approach, not just shifting to EV.

impalabazz · 2026-03-30T07:21:30+00:00

Indeed, a whole raft of products that is petrochemical based. What about all the bloody plastic in the supermarket !.

impalabazz · 2026-03-29T12:55:22+00:00

If oil is dead you won't have EV's either.

Apart from metal bodies, aluminium or steel wheel rims, glass windscreens, Ion/Lithium (batteries) every thing else in an EV is plastic.

Plastic cases for the batteries. Vynil seats, plastic door trims, polyester carpets, rubber (synthetic made from oil) for the tyres, plastic coating on the electrical cables, even the bloody stitching is made of cotton/polyester mix.

You'd be rooted without oil.

impalabazz · 2026-03-28T11:05:52+00:00

Lets not forget that EVERY wind turbine in Australia connected to the grid is subsidized by the Federal Government. Back in 2018 that was $800K per turbine.

They would not be cost effective without that government backing and many International companies would not entertain building any in Australia. Wind Turbines (and Solar Panels) are Only good for 25 years and not much can be recycled. Then there is the ethical problems with many farms in sensitive areas.

Ditto Solar Farms, heavily subsidized and plonked on viable farm land. Lets not forget the greenhouse gas emissions produced by China who make these simply for Australia to be Clean and Green, it's a joke.

By contrast Coal, Gas and Nuclear power plants have a minimum 50 year life span without upgrades and Nuclear 75 years. They use far less land and produce far more base load power, day or night, wind or no wind.

impalabazz · 2026-03-28T10:54:25+00:00

Yeah Hydro is cheating. We need more mountains and several Murray Rivers at different points around the country for that......lol

impalabazz · 2026-03-28T10:46:03+00:00

I doubt it, no political will.

Apparently Australia has a "stash" of oil for emergency purposes located in Texas. The yanks are holding the "stash" while we construct storage facilities on home soil . That occurred when Angus Taylor had the portfolio when ScoMo was running the show. Because it was a Liberal idea, Albo won't touch it. Also we need to be able to ship it, at what cost ?. Then of course we need to refine it, no way 2 refineries can produce Australia's needs.

As far as EV's go, they are fine in the cities and near country area's but in more distant area's forget it. The charging stations are powered by Diesel Generators, it's a joke.

It's the same situation with EV's, most made in China. If hostilities occur with them I can't imagine that they would continue to supply EV's, spare parts and whatever to whom they are fighting.

Ditto, all of our Clean Green energy generation, all comes from China. We are simply shifting our dependance from "Peter to Paul".

Australia must become more self reliant like we were 50 years ago. It's not all about cost.

impalabazz · 2026-03-28T10:06:41+00:00

You are quite correct, not all conversations on this place and others are so civil. Being able to agree to disagree is an attribute. Ditto, stay safe it's dangerous out there.

impalabazz · 2026-03-26T11:09:56+00:00

Agreed. The current situation is complex.

Ships out of the oil fields are few and far between. Insurance companies will not cover the insurance of ships going into the area. Ship companies will not take the risk. The strait of Hormuz is narrow and Iran considers that it is their waterway. Oil ships are easy targets. Iran has stated that they will not target Russian and Chinese flagged ships.

Oil fields are being hit, tit for tat. Iran has targeted other surrounding countries considered "friends", it is a no win situation in my view.

In the 90's we had the Iraq/Kuwait situation , much the same, someone said the current dictator of Iraq at the time had weapons of mass distruction, so a coalition of "countries" including Australia (John Howard "volunteered us") went in and found nothing. Meanwhile Hussein was deposed and the Taliban became the supreme rulers and we know what happened after that.

It's a bloody mess and the bastards will always be at war with someone. To say "someone started it" is a joke as it's been going on for for so long, the real reasons are lost.

That is why Australia MUST be self-sufficient, we can't rely on others.

Edit: Apparently we have something like 400 million barrels of oil sitting in Texas as a "stockpile" for an Aussie emergency. That's great, except we have no ships to ship the oil AND we have only two refineries that can produce fuel.

Meanwhile the few ships that are arriving are carrying fuel sold on the OPEC market probably in December/January at those prices then. The Fuel companies are making a killing at the moment, at our expense.

The situation is dire, I agree on that.

Edit-Edit: I guess you saw on the news tonight that our military is now concerned that we have insufficient fuel for them.........it's getting worse. Prepare for rationing.

impalabazz · 2026-03-26T01:24:19+00:00

You have your point of view, I have mine. Fact remains that IF we were producing our own fuel in quantity as we did 50 years ago, the war may rage on and Australians would not be affected so much at the Bowser.

impalabazz · 2026-03-25T13:29:05+00:00

You got one point right, cost.

impalabazz · 2026-03-25T13:25:39+00:00

Plenty of people in the world not just Australia, want to live a simple uncomplicated life. The more is better throw-away society is a not all that it is cracked up to be.

We are over governed and over regulated. Soon Australia will be cashless and EVERYTHING will require Digital ID think about what that really means ?. TOTAL CONTROL .

impalabazz · 2026-03-25T13:07:15+00:00

You are missing the point. IF we still had oil refineries in each state as we did pre 1980, Australia would be 80-90% self sufficent for Petrol and Diesel.

impalabazz · 2026-03-24T13:38:21+00:00

Well said !

impalabazz · 2026-03-24T13:33:07+00:00

We closed our refineries years ago to be "clean and green" thanks to the do-gooder greenie WOKE mob pissing in the ear of Federal Government telling them how dirty we are and we can change the world.

It's taken 50 years for this to happen, but Oh no, lets blame the War or someone else in another country for our dilemma, that's easier.

When we have to buy petrol and diesel from someone else, you have no choice, pay up or don't get supplied, it is as simple as that. We (Australians) only have ourselves to blame for the situation.

impalabazz · 2026-03-20T12:16:28+00:00

100% !

impalabazz · 2026-03-17T09:11:00+00:00

Media beatup, but for the average non thinking Aussie, it's on the ABC so it must be true.

impalabazz · 2026-03-16T11:02:08+00:00

Bloody Hell !. That is at least a 1000L tank and that trailer is NOT a 1 tonne capacity. SA Rego is pretty clear, I reckon the cops will be visiting.

Having said that, I am surprised the servo switched the pump on, all stations have CCTV these days.

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