{"id":2025,"date":"2008-11-06T08:59:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T12:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hogonice.com\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2008-11-06T08:59:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T12:59:44","slug":"if-you-forget-everything-else-remember-the-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2025","title":{"rendered":"If You Forget Everything Else, Remember the Coconut"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Wonder Gilligan was so Spry<\/em><\/p>\n

I came across an interesting news item the other day. A physician who is married to an Alzheimer’s sufferer started adding coconut oil to his oatmeal, and he improved dramatically over a very short time. Here is a link to the article.<\/a> This guy was a mess, and he sharpened up a great deal over the course of a month. Researchers think coconut oil might benefit people with other types of neurological problems, such as Parkinson’s. <\/p>\n

My aunt has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s (prayers solicited), so I sent her a link to the story.<\/p>\n

Coconut oil is a very weird substance. Unlike most plant fats, it’s solid at room temperature (below about 75 degrees). And it’s supposed to have a lot of beneficial effects. A reader suggested it to me a year or two back. I ended up using it to deep-fry doughnuts. If you don’t mind the taste of coconut, this is the ultimate fat for frying desserts.<\/p>\n

The doctor who treated her husband with it says she mixed two tablespoons into his oatmeal every day. She eats it, too.<\/p>\n

On a given day, I am lucky if I can remember my address, so I tried coconut oil in my oatmeal this morning. Mike brings dark maple syrup when he visits from New Hampshire, and I use it in my oatmeal. When you add coconut oil, it’s like eating a big, hot cookie dissolved in water.<\/p>\n

I have been looking for a way to get more calories into my breakfast without adding carbs, and this may be a good way to do it.<\/p>\n

In other news, I figured out what was wrong with the Red Star Arms fire control group I had in my PSL (Romak III, Dragunov, FPK). Thought I’d mention it in case other frustrated souls have the same problem later and try to solve it by Googling. If you don’t own guns, this will bore you to tears.<\/p>\n

The trigger assembly has a couple of hooky-looking things that project upward in the receiver. One is the trigger sear. This is a hook-shaped thing that holds the hammer in the cocked position and releases it when you fire. The other is the disconnector. I am not totally sure what it does, but I believe it disengages the trigger after firing, so the sear, which drops to release the hammer, can rise again to be in a position to grab it and cock the weapon. I think it also holds the hammer while the sear pops back up. Then I think it releases the hammer so it can swing into the sear and catch. I read the PDF over at Red Star Arms, but it’s very badly written, and the drawings are bad.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here is what kept my rifle from cocking itself. When the bolt comes back after a round is fired, it knocks the hammer into the disconnector. Then the hammer catches under the disconnector. It then pops out and catches under the sear. If the disconnector is too far back, the hammer will miss it, and it won’t catch under it. There is a set screw on the front of the disconnector, and it adjusts the disconnector’s position. If you turn the screw counter-clockwise (the “loosening” direction), it will pull back up into the disconnector, and the disconnector will rotate forward, toward the hammer. My screw was too far in, so the disconnector was too far back, so the hammer kept missing it.<\/p>\n

You are supposed to adjust this thing until it works, and then you have to apply Loc-tite. The shock of shooting the gun will make the screw rotate unless you glue it in place. Red Star Arms<\/a> says to use blue Loctite, but some guy on a forum claims there is a special Loctite for set screws, and it’s green.<\/a><\/p>\n

If your gun works with the screw adjusted flush with the bottom of the disconnector, you can just remove the screw and put it where you won’t lose it.<\/p>\n

You can test the disconnector by removing the receiver cover and the gas piston and working the action by hand.<\/p>\n

The stock fire control group in this thing is a complete piece of crap. The trigger slap will make your finger numb, it will ruin your accuracy, and it will make it harder to shoot other guns well later in the day. So a new assembly is probably a good idea. The one I have is expensive and adjustable, but there are cheaper ones.<\/p>\n

This is kind of a silly gun, but once the trigger starts working, it will seem less silly. The Russian sniper ammunition is supposed to be accurate and highly lethal, and the gun is AK-based, so it should be very tough and reliable. The gun costs a lot for what you get (about $750 with a used Russian 4x scope), but it’s a pretty accurate semi-auto that takes detachable 10-round magazines and kills people reliably at a hundred yards. With ballistics similar to a .30-06, it’s no poodle-shooter. If you get shot with this thing, you stay shot. I’m no gun guru, but it sounds like a good substitute for an M1 Garand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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