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A month ago the price for a decent USGI M1 Carbine was about $1000. Yesterday it was $1200-1400. Tomorrow the Midway rifles go on sale and who knows what the "going" rate will be after that. The age of cheap Mil-Surps is gone. Never to return. If you want one, now is the time regardless of price.

Same here. I haven’t talked to Brent in a while. Two things he really loved, .458 and Weatherbys.

They'll go fast. Where else can you find primary market M1's these days? As you're well aware, every time a new (old) supply of milsurps shows up, prices go up accordingly. Look at what happened with M39's a couple of years ago when Classic landed the last of the Burns hoard, prices jumped by 50% or better practically overnight. As always, things will settle back some once the initial impact of a fresh supply wears off, but for now, it's feeding frenzy time ...

Fair warning, the market prices for milsurps has only gone upwards in the last decade or so. Unless you get one handed down to you or manage to score one of those deals that folks talk about for years, these prices are likely as cheap as you’re going to see them. They’ll only go up from here. Sadly, 5 -10 years from now we will look back on these as being affordable.

Remembering D-Day

Made this modification to my Hustler yesterday. Best use I've ever made of an Uncle Mike's holster.

Other than the fact that we had no good load data when we all started out, the 458 was a breeze for me. And I had a midlength upper, thanks to my buddy Brent. I didn't shoot many subs. But I shot a lot of everything else. I'm due for an outing with mine.

I carry a 7 shot revolver. Trust it is enough. If going to a gun fight, I would take a shotgun or rifle. Seven shooter is for forced emergencies only.

Some water does roll off the edge when it pours, but its not enough to cause problems. It's much less than when my regular gutters overflow because the downspout is clogged.

You can always go with the do-it-yourself route: In which case you can have a little fun with it:

Sure. They didn't lie on purpose.

Think they'll give 25% of that .gov money back?

Dr. Falsey is a real hero, ya'll know that right?

I’ll be keeping up with this as I definitely need new gutters and guards of some type to keep out the catkins, helicopters, and leaves. Tired of climbing up on the roof twice a year. @Erik88, have you considered going to a gun show to see what they have to offer? There used to always be a couple of gutter guard peddlers there.

Hustler ... Pick one ya like... leroy.

The Remington brand used to mean quality. That hasn't been the case in several years. I won a 870 express magnum and was shocked to see in the warranty info it only had a 2 years warranty. There are lots of people that bash Hi-point, if you find one in a ditch it is fully under warranty for life. Plus you can call them and within about 4 rings a real American will answer and get you fixed up. Old Remmies good, newer Remmies not so good.

Nothing wrong with iron sights. They are simple, tough, and the battery is never dead. Sometimes there's something to be said for tried and true.

A guy could pull a Derringer on me and I wouldn't want him shooting at me 2 times.

I'm certainly no expert and have never been involved in a shooting. However, JMHO I think a lot of this high capacity stuff is fantasy from wannabes and tacticool operators who think all out war is gonna break out in the streets at any minute. Think about it. When was the last time you actually heard of a gunfight going more than maybe 3 or 4 rounds? Now gangbangers routinely empty 16 rd magazines at each other. How many hits do they get? I remember here in Memphis maybe 15-20 years ago, a guy was attacked at a local mall. Victim pulled his own gun and shot the BG 16 times emptying his mag! Pumping about half into the BG after he was already down. Yep, the victim paniced and just kept shooting. It was ruled a good shoot eventually, but for a while there it was touch and go just due the number of rounds fired. The defender was almost toast by his own doing. I've been carrying a gun for about 30 years now. The vast majority of the time my carry gun held between 5 and 8 rounds. I do carry a reload, but I've never felt under gunned. Again JMHO, but I think if you actually were confronted by 20 BGs, once that first shot was fired, they'd scatter like a covey of quail.

Did anyone remind him of it? He might very well not have remembered it

Don't knock DIY plans. I recently painted my stairs like this. I made my wife climb the ladder.

@Garufa 2 of the companies that were supposed to show up last week to give me a quote never showed up, and never called me. I did get a 2nd quote of $3,900, more than double the first guy. I have one more guy I'm waiting to get a quote from.

Install an electric fence and put a few head of cattle out there. You can sit on your porch and sip mint juleps and watch the ribeyes get larger!!