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I have Henry 30-30 Side Gate for sale. It has only been shot 6 times. It has no blemishes on the wood and one small scratch on the brass (in picture). I am asking $825. I can throw in a box of remaining ammo (14 rounds). I have the box and paperwork.

And in 30 years you may be pining for the cheap prices we're enjoying today. Ha!

I paid $25 for my original 1942 Mauser sniper (no scope). $35 for my factory fresh hex receiver Mosins. $125 each for 10 Winchesters and Rockollas. $85 for my SKS with a case of ammo thrown in. Yes, those were the days. My first Garand cost $135.

If you want one, bite the bullet and plunk down the cash for a nice one. They aren’t getting any cheaper, and you won’t ever regret buying quality.

Hey everyone! Another west coast escapee here, I was able to get out of the Democratic People's Republic of Kalifornia (aka the DPRK) back in September and recently found this board. I'm not a man of many words but I will look to jump in and contribute where I can! As the name suggests, I do have a classic '67 Mustang that once belonged to my grandmother. Interesting backstory; after she passed the family was cleaning out her garage and lo and behold, the Mustang everyone thought she sold was hiding under a pile of boxes. Thousands of dollars later, I have an *almost* restored Mustang that now sits under a car cover in my garage. Haha.

I thought I would share some photos of a pocketknife that I picked up recently. This is the Peña Mula X-Series knife. It is a frame lock knife with titanium scales (mine has brown Micarta inlays) and an M390 blade. This knife packs a sheepsfoot profile blade with a respectable 3.25" length into a very slim, lightweight and classy package. It's the kind that you could whip out for a quick chore in an office setting without scaring the gentle people, but also has enough substance to it that you could use it for a defensive weapon if you had to. Specs are: Overall Length 7.625" Blade Length 3.25" Cutting Edge 3.125” Blade Material M390 Pivot: Ceramic Bearings. Detent: Ceramic Finish: Bead Blasted Body: Titanium. Pocket clip: Titanium Back spacer: Copper Anodized Pivot collar: Titanium You can expect to pay around $290 for one straight from PenaKnives.com if you are lucky to catch one in stock. Other retailers sell them and of course you'll see them traded/sold on the secondary market. Used, for maybe a little less money. New, for a bit more. The secondary market on popular knives tends to be a little "opportunistic" when it comes to pricing. I am pretty tickled with mine. It's got a good action to it, flips open authoritatively via the thumb studs, locks securely thanks to the well-tuned frame lock and detent, and the M390 steel holds an edge very well. I would imagine that my kids will be fighting over who inherits this one.

Very true. While we won't see the kind of price increases that have occurred since supplies of older milsurps dried up in the primary market, those that become available through the secondary market won't ever be significantly cheaper than they are now. Sure, like everything else, bargains will crop up occasionally, some folks will get in financial difficulties and have to do a firesale, and there's always the kindly old neighbor who lets you have their old warhorse on the cheap, but in the future the market won't be down very much for very long and prices will creep up for many years to come ...

I bought both of them. Eventually I want to form 1 both of them obviously for the stock on the SP5 and specifically so I can put the VFG on the K model. I've had a couple of them. the later SP5s had drum peep sights instead of the notched drum sight which i guess is more correct.

Here's my 1943 Inland along with a few friends.

For a more recent data point, I bought one of the M1 Carbines from Midway in June 2021. Price was $1854.55 out the door after tax for a Vg-fine condition National Postage Meter. I have a C&R so that saved the transfer/TICS. That seemed high at the time, but I knew a year later it would look at least reasonable, if not downright cheap. I think I was right. Note: Midway did NOT include a magazine. I picked up a couple of USGI milsurp mags in the wax paper from Brownells (That was another $85) along with a couple of ProMags from Midway for another $34. Pics of mine can be seen here: https://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/119828-m-1-carbines/?do=findComment&comment=1621217

Solid advice Greg. As I told a friend yesterday asking about ammo prices, buy it when you want it because buying it when you need it is too late.

Hey folks. While trying to make some improvements to the forum this morning at around 6:30AM Central, I actually caused some pretty ugly problems. A bunch of user accounts got moved into different statuses which weren't accurate. After a few hours of trying to roll-back the changes, I decided that the best course was to just revert to a backup that I made of everything just after midnight. This proved successful. The bad news is that if you posted any replies or new threads between 12:01AM today and around 6:30AM today, you are going to have to redo them. The good news is that I reconciled the data that we had against PayPal and our credit card processor and there were no new Benefactor or Lifetime Benefactor memberships to true-up. *whew* I apologize for the inconvenience caused by our unexpected downtime today. This was 100% my fault. I am going to go ahead and turn the forum back on now and let you all catch up and get your fix of TGO.

When I was in college I stood next to a barrel of Enfields for $79.99 each. I should have bought the entire barrel. Woulda Shoulda Coulda....

These days a decent M1 Carbine starts at $1000 and just goes up from there. As for where to find, well good luck with that. They just don't exist as plain Mil-Surps anymore. Nobody stocks them. You're gonna have to either watch the auction sites or just get lucky. I have two of them and love those little rifles.

Nothing adds more enjoyment to the act of coming together to celebrate the Second Amendment quite like seeing our numbers expand. Newcomers bring fresh perspectives, new ideas, practical questions and exciting new energy. We love to see new members joining the Tennessee Gun Owners community! In order to improve the way new members are integrated into the community, we are making some changes. First... As a newcomer, you will begin your journey with us as with the New Member designation. Special Badge: Your content will have a special indicator letting folks know that you are new to TGO will be shown on your content whenever you post. Private Messages: You will be able to receive and reply to private messages, but you will not be able to create them. This helps us combat spam accounts. Second... After you have been with us for at least ten (10) days and contributed to public content at least ten (10) times, your account will be moved to Active Member status. Private Messages: Once you have Active Member status, you will be able to send new private messages as well as receive and reply to them. Ten Days, Ten Posts: Again, you can automatically move out of New Member status by being with us for at least 10 days and making at least 10 public posts. But what about Benefactors? All of the above can be bypassed by becoming a Benefactor member. You can do that by clicking here. A Benefactor membership is a cheap way to support the TGO community monetarily. It gives you the ability to make non-commercial ads in our Trading Post forums. It bypasses all of the new member restrictions. Our Benefactor members truly have "skin in the game" and are the lifeblood of TGO. We hope that you will consider becoming one, if not now - down the road.

Breech of a Battleship 16" gun. Let's get the big guns out.

I'll start. Now, let's see yours.

For sale is a Sig P227 SAS 45 Cal that is unfired. Comes with everything from factory $1,050.00. For sale is a Sig M11-A1 9mm SAS that is unfired and comes with everything from factory $1,050.00. Location Knoxville, TN.

Got my monthly magazine from USPSA & they always do the follow-up on who uses what in guns, ammo, gear, etc. Some of it is surprising, some of it isn't. But I thought I'd list the main items such as guns, ammo & holsters. For those times when we struggle to find a holster, these brands may not be well-known to non-competitive shooters. I know there are several I've never heard of. It surprises me that Glock has dropped as low as they have in participation %. When I first began USPSA, Glock dominated the Production & Limited classes. Now, not so much. Nice to see CZ making big jumps as well. When I began using my CZ at matches, I was the only one using them. Nice to know I was ahead of the curve for once in my life. LOL! They didn't list it but I wish they'd done one for the race gun barrel mfgrs. Open Division This is aka the race guns. Foot long mags, compensators, red dots, all the go-fast goodies for shooters. Firearm mfgr frame: STI/Staccato 18%, SVI 17%, Phoenix 12%, Atlas 11%. Optic: Sig Sauer 41%, C-More 31%, Leupold 6%. Factory loaded ammo: Precision Delta 27%, Eley 25%, Atlanta Arms 18%. Limited/L10 Firearm mfgr: STI/Staccato 29%, Atlas 17%, Phoenix Trinity 11%, Infinity Arms 9%, CZ 7%. Holster mfgr: Double Alpha 28%, Red Hill Tactical 14%, Safariland 10%, GX Products 8%, Ghost 5%. Factory loaded ammo: Federal 34%, Atlanta Arms 25%, Zoo City 13%. Grips: Factory 31%, Phoenix Trinity 20%, STI 16%, Infinity Arms 12%, CK Arms 10%. Bullet caliber: 40S&W 76%, 9mm 20%, .45acp 4%. Production Firearm mfgrs: CZ 51%, Glock 12%, Sig Sauer 12%, Tangfolio 10%, Beretta 5%, Walther 3%. (Would've thought Glock would be much higher.) Factory loaded ammo: Federal 60%, Atlanta Arms 14%, Precision Delta 10%. Grips: Factory 43%, LOK grips 33%, Henning Group 12%, Shooting Sports Innovations 8%. Holsters: Red Hill Tactical 25%, Blade-Tech 19%, GX Products 16%, Comp-Tac 8%, Boss Holster 5%. Trigger mfgr: Factory 44%, Cajun Gun Works 20%, CZ Custom 10%, Gray Guns 8%. PCC Division Firearm Custom Shop: JP Rifles 26%, Parts Build 18%, Sig Sauer 15%, Palmetto State 10%, Leadstar 8%. Optic Mfgr: Holosun 32%, C-More 18%, Vortex 15%, Sig Sauer 13%, Trijicon 7%. Bolt brand: JP Rifles 28%, Taccom 7 17%, Palmetto State 12%, Stern Defense 10%. Factory Ammo: Federal 31%, Blazer 14%, Impact Ammo 13%, Winchester 10%. Bullet weight: 124/125gr 41%, 115gr 25%, 147gr 16%, 135gr 8%. Carry Optics Firearm: Sig Sauer 38%, CZ 24%, Glock 15%, Walther 9%, Canik 7%. Holster mfgrs: Red Hill Tactical 27%, GX Products 21%, Comp-Tac 16%, Blade-Tech 11%, Double Alpha 10%. Factory Slide: Optics Ready 66%, Milled 30%, Dovetail mount 4%. Trigger: Factory 44%. Gray Guns 19%, Cajun Gun Works 13%, Apex 5%, Sig Armorer 5%. Bullet weight: 147gr 40%, 124/125gr 30%, 150gr 14%, 135gr 9%, 115gr 4%. Single Stack Firearm mfgr: Springfield Armory 24%, STI/Staccato 17%, Dan Wesson 10%, Sig Sauer 9%, Ruger 8%, Infinity 8%. Bullet caliber: .45acp 36%, .40S&W 35%, 9mm 26%. Grip mfgr: VZ Grips 32 %, Techwell 29%, Factory 19%, Hogue 12%. Factory Ammo: Federal 38%, Atlanta Arms 21%, Precision Delta 7%, Armscor 6%, Winchester 6%. Holster mfgr: Blade-Tech 23%, Red Hill Tactical 18%, GX Products 14%, Comp-Tac 11%, Safariland 9%. Revolver Firearm mfgr: S&W 91%, Ruger 9%. Bullet caliber: 9mm 70%, .38 Short Colt 14%, .38spl 14%, .45acp 2%. Holster mfgr: CR Speed 21%, Double Alpha 20%, Comp-Tac 16%, Blade-Tech 9%, Hogue 9%. Grip mfgr: Hogue 91%, Factory 7%. Factory ammo: 80% Federal, Speer 20%.

Indian Territory US Marshalls

Grats!

Sold, please close this add

They look good to me.

I have a Leupold VX-1 3-9x40 up for sale I no longer need. Scope comes with box and has some light ring marks as noted in pics but over all in great shape. $175 in South Nashville/Franklin area or will ship for an extra $10.

Omg. If I would have known! if that sale falls through PM me.

It is a Gen 4 my bad

All these hard questions! This has always just been a shooter for me. I have no idea if the folder is a repro or original. How can I tell?

Moped I really don't like no visible street signage for businesses. They are all behind greenery and hard to see. Not accustomed to not seeing signage from the driver seat. Makes it hard for me to find my way around. Old school I suppose? Well wife can use her phone to get us around. Put Hunt X app on my phone to get horse trails marked. That thing is great to use in finding unmarked property lines in the woods.

Correct. Of course it makes sense it had to end at some point. WWII ended over 75 years ago, a lot of the cheap milsurps dated from that era. The great rearming with select fire and automatic weapons was well on the way by the late 50's, leading many countries to either divest their older, bolt action and semiautomatic weapons or mothball them for a worst-case scenario. Most of these stored weapons got released during the last great flood of imports in the 90's and early 2000's after the fall of the old Comm-bloc governments. There's been a slow trickle of available milsurps since then, but stockpiles of these have either dried up completely or are no longer available to the US market for a variety of reasons, only a few of which are our own doing. It's nice sometimes to reminisce about the "good old days" of cheap milsurp weapons and ammo, but it was a perfect storm of events that allowed that in the first place, and that sequence that will never be repeated ...

Then you really don't want to know about the days of mail order arms shipped directly to your house, often for $10-20 per rifle ...

Good luck to you Darrell

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Are you specifically wanting one for collecting purposes ? Because most good deals on milsurps are gone

The truth is that they’ve pretty much all been collected at this point. Expect to pay out the ass at this point. Those unrealistic prices aren’t unrealistic anymore. That’s simply the price now.

Pretty simple to test, home kits and cvs. Home tests 20 bucks for 2 tests, cvs minute clinic is fast free and easy. These are ANTIGEN test and indicate if you have a high enough viral load to be contagious. You may get a NEG if new onset or resolving, The PCR is looking for RNA. Mind you this could be a complete virus or an old fragmented virus that the test is seeing, it's just more precise. Also you can get a ANTIBODY level at labcorp for 10 bucks, not need for a doc. Antibody can tell you your "RESISTANCE" to an organism/or natural antibodies and have been exposed. No AB is no vax and never sick. Although C19 has NOT had a safe antibody level established, another reason that it's BS to just randomly say to get a booster when you do t even know what a tinody level anyone is... makes zero scientific sense... Vitamin D, vitamin c, melatonin, scope mouthwash/gargle, quercitin, NAC, Zinc are all great to take. If you want a vax the Novavax is more.like a flushot then scrambling your RNA, they just submitted EUA, Moderna CEO just dumped stock and deleted his twitter..Twitter... you can decide how good that is.

Knoxville expo center February 26-27th 12 dollars to get in

I’ve already put about 200 rounds through it. Shoots (groups) better than I thought it would. Really happy with it for the money.I’ve ordered a leather pancake style holster for it.

Just a side note, I bought 1 can, submitted paperwork, then throughout the year bought a few more. When the first one hit, they were all approved at the same time

Thanks for doing the fine board. Problems happen, glad you got everything resolved. Don't fret the little stuff!!!

That is a beautiful car! Welcome to the forums

I’m always worried with the I see that silly typing cat that the TGO will not make it back. And I can not remember the alternate site name.

Welcome to the site.

My mystery 1911. All G.I. parts. A mixture of 1911 and 1911A1 parts. 1914 Springfield U.S Arsenal frame with a Colt slide. Looks like brand new. All parts are properly military marked. But no arsenal rebuild marks. Best anybody can figure, this gun was put together from parts. By who or why is completely unknown. Just another Army issue 1911 mixmaster.

Les Baer Hardball.

This is an old picture. I've added more since this was taken. 1959 Colt Commander .45acp. My EDC. CMP 1911. 1942 Colt frame with an Ithica slide. 1964 Clark Longslide. Still as accurate today as when it was made.

Okay-I'll play