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These days we often see the bad in customer support for any given company. I thought Id share a quick GOOD experience I had. I made a trade for an older AR15 build and it has a TROY Industries free float handguard. It uses a spring loaded pin and I lost the spring. I made contact with TROY and here is some of the email replies: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So they are sending me a new part at no cost for a 2nd hand handguard thats years old.

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Both at 1/8 " thick 1084 carbon steel with OAL of 9" and a blade of 4". They have jimping on the spine and come with sheath shown. The kydex is wrapped in leather for a different feel and look. They are $125 each shipped. 1. Sold to KahrMan African blackwood handle with Bocote and G10 accents and liners. G10 pins and brass lanyard tube. 2. Brazilian Ebony with Elk antler hand and brass pins.

Meh, Dad had a wooden paddle. Didn’t necessarily make me stop, I learned not to get caught. And thinking about it, my high school assistant principal had an aluminum paddle with air holes. Kids who got paddled had to "take a walk". He'd make them walk the halls with him following, paddle in hand. All the classroom doors stayed open then so everyone knew who was gonna get paddled. After strolling around to his satisfaction, he'd say "assume the position", which was hands on your knees and head a couple inches from the lockers, so every whack banged your forehead into the locker. You had to count licks. If you started blubbering, he'd keep going until you got to the number. So 3 licks could easily become 5. The more you blubbered, the faster he'd go. Good times. I got sent to his office once, but didn't get paddled.

I see him on Facebook some. I think he retired. He mentioned missing the business. I'll look back in his posts. OK... he has been posting quite a bit. Nothing about Magnum. I think he sold it to family.

I don’t consider myself a collector at all, but I am surprised at what I’ve accumulated over-time. The reasons are varied and many, but I have several un-fired guns. Like @Links2k, I bought some in pairs. Or multiple guns at the same time with specific intentions, but life and priorities seem to have their own idea about my plans. maybe have at 20 right now I have yet to fire. A couple I bought more than 10 years ago. I never intended them to sit, but I never intended to get old and start losing my hair either.

I'll take #1

Then buy somewhere else. That is your right. Complaining about it is not. It's other people's property until YOU buy it.

$600 this week only to help fund a different purchase and keep me out of the dog house.

If you look up Magnum Materials on facebook, you'll find David, but he hasn't posted on there since last June. It lists a phone number. Call it and see what happens, I guess? If he answers, tell him we were asking about him here on TGO. I wonder if these folks bought him out or something. Perhaps someone there could answer your question? https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/b/magnum-materials

I, unfortunately, must live vicariously through the pics you guys post for now. I had surgery on my ankle last week (Tendons and ligaments reattached, bone removed, and some brand spanking new titanium!). I still hope to get some tomatoes and bell peppers in the ground eventually. Thankfully there's a Farmer's market just down the road (Dixie Lee). So I'm counting on you guys to post pics! Getting old sucks!

While I don't buy and sell a lot on here I have always, seriously ALWAYS, had good experiences here at TGO. Generally the guns I purchase are in better shape than described in their listings. Folks tend to be modest in their descriptors and earnest in not wanting to mislead other members of our community. I don't "Collect" and I shoot my guns. I had to replace the slide and barrel on my G19 a few months back...50K plus rounds over the years and it will probably outlast me at this point. I have a good bud, with deep pockets, and he owns several new guns he's never shot...purchased strictly for collectible purposes. Others he shoots a few cylinders or mags through and puts back in his safes. So I have no difficulty believing some of the guns listed here are LNIB or even new. Heck, I bought a couple of LCR's last year that you couldn't even see the turn lines on. Again, modest in description and I was more than pleased. I too, do shake my head at the sometimes outlandish assortments of attachments and "upgrades" that could only possibly appeal to the person that stuck the assorted "accoutrements" together. Hint: put the gun back towards it's original state and sell the other "stuff" separately...or not... But I like my guns as near to factory original as possible. That gives me the option of screwing them up if I choose...

Your post kinda reads like you were going to post a pic of the label. Maybe I'm misreading it. There used to be a great guy on here (back in the "Dolomite" days), Mr.David (DLM or DLM37015) iirc that ran the gunshow circuit with his daughter (Sam?). He was a wealth of information on surplus powders...so was Dolo. I haven't seen any postings from or about them in years (and wish them the best) but you may find something doing a deep dive search on here, or the interwebs in general. Having the numerical data, lot number etc, could prove helpful if you have that available. Good luck in your search.

My mother grew a mimosa tree. Always. No matter where we lived. Said she like their looks. I think it was specifically for the incredible durability and flexibility of the switches she would make me go and break off. She had a remarkable grip for a small woman and no matter how hard and fast I ran in a circle as she gripped my wrist, she never lost her rhythm. I cut down every mimosa tree I run across still to this day I loved her...but she had that Southern woman "don't mess with me" thing going on...

Harvey's in Knoxville is listing Gen 4 Glock 22 LE Turn-ins for $269.99. Not sure that deal can be beat. These apparently have the Citrus County Sherriff's Dept. Scroll on the right side of the slide. Comes with 1-15rd mag. SALE!!! $40 Lays It Away - LEO Turn In Glock 22 Gen 4 .40S&W - harveysauctions.com

Brand new, unfired with box and docs. $1100 Lucymcmail@gmail.com is probably the easiest contact. Chattanooga area.

Finally spent some time in the shop with my pops back when it was cold. Built an Alamo style bowie just because it was cool. Used 1084 hot rolled bar stock, 2.t" wide by 1/4" thick. Blade is almost 3" wide and a foot long. Through tang construction with brass ring and butt cap, mild steel guard that was hot punched and scrolled, then fit hot and quenched for a friction fit. Im pretty proud of this one, and still building memories with Dad at 70.

His buying in pairs is OCD. I have it as well. I bought 2 new Ruger Mini 14;s, 2 new Ruger Mini 30;s, 2 new CZ Redhead Premier O/U shotguns, 2 new Stoeger Coach Guns, 2 new Rock River AR's, 2 new PSA AR;s and 2 new PSA AK-47;s. Who would have ever guessed I would have something in common with Links.

I've traded guns for Gold & Silver. Still do.

This is what communists do, they weaponize the courts.

I'm not even gonna respond now, you win LOL

Everytown is part of this action.

Enablers!! If someone makes it over there, please report on the condition. The one pictured looks unissued. If that’s representative of the batch, that’s crazy good.

Again bad people doing bad things with firearms and the dumb a$$es go after anyone and anything but the bad people. WHAT A CROCK OF , well you know what.

Very nice GT

Custom just means the AR was built with the cheapest parts someone could find.

Yes. Thing was I didnt even ask. Twas his suggestion. I just wanted to buy a spring or know the size,

Thank you @mikegideon and @gregintenn. I couldn't remember the Magnum Metals... @DeepSouth, you may have already read this, but the link below will take you to a 2012 thread regarding this powder and 5.56/.223

I feel for you broke my ankle in 3 places ripped tendons and ligaments. a few years back Get well soon if I can do anything for you let me know. I know it gets rough being trapped inside I will keep you in mind when crops come in also

Obviously a troll and deserves no further conversation in my opinion- He may have been looking for adverse reactions to further an agenda- All in my opinion for what it is worth-you get what you pay for when it's free-

Great to hear some companies still have customer service.

As a old former LEO, (in another state), my first thought was that the dispatcher/police officer blew you off because they didn't feel that it arose to a crime without bothering with an investigation. That's wrong, and probably violates their department's rules. Go higher up in the food chain. Brandishing a weapon: I think that he was brandishing without brandishing. In other words, he is playing with the line. If he fiddled with the gun - not something like holding the rifle strap in place on his shoulder while talking to you - then it could be considered as brandishing. Assault, not so much. NO ONE has a right to tell you that you cannot use public space in a lawful manner when it doesn't interfere with another's rights. That includes sidewalks as they are grouped. Me? I'd do what I normally do, and have my phone ready to record if he confronts you again.

Weeping willows.........they earned that name......I can still hear those switches whistling !

I searched the supply thread. David's first post was 2/9/2010, his last post was 4/8/2013. That gives me a time frame to search the reloading thread. I saw a couple that my dad made too.

I’ll take it.

I've bought many guns on this forum that were unshot, or barely shot. Most of those came in their original box as well. Fact is, a lot of people buy guns on a whim and/or wind up never using a gun that they bought like they thought they would. Safes get crowded and what isn't being used has to get moved. There are a variety of reasons people move like new guns, but I've been buying guns on this forum for over a decade and have yet to have a bad interaction with an established member here and all purchases have been accurately described in the ad.

Yes and let's give him one, GET YOUR PUNK A$$ OUT OF HERE Yes I know he has not been on since the first post.

the hair part, right?

That's a heck of a deal @Moped! I have to force myself to stay away from the gun stores you frequent! I'd be paying on layaways the rest of my life LOL

For template-style cuts like a handgun RDS, a major CNC house with a program and setup is a far better option than a local gunsmith. They mount them in their fixture, press the button, and a few automatic operations later, you have the optic cut of your choice, perfect every time. Meanwhile, a master with a mill and precision measurements will take 25x more labor, and will not be as perfect as the CNC cut unless they also have a manual jig and fixture set up - which they don't, because it's a service best done in CNC. I recommend https://gallowayprecision.com/tier-one-carry-service

Everything I own has been fired. I have two new-to-me that I have yet to get to the range, but they've been shot. Some guys are collectors of history or art when it comes to guns, no desire to shoot them. I believe it. Just like the reference to collector cars, some are bought for investment. If you bought a rare gold coin would you carry it in your pocket? As far as believing what is posted, I trust but verify. None of my dealings with TGO members gives me reason to distrust. If you don't trust the seller or believe the worth of the item, just move on. @Tom B damn, shoot that thang! I'd love to get hold of a 97B! Had an EAA witness .45 years back, loved it and think the CZ might be better. My one exception might be a vintage royal blue python, those are just SO pretty. But I don't have vintage Python money so the glass front velvet lined case will just be for someone else.

Just Good, Cheap entertainment. Prices for guns are all over the place. Some seem too expensive, some seem too cheap and some seem exactly as they should. In my 40 plus years of horse trading experience I’ve figured no matter what you know, sometimes you slip up and pay too much for a firearm or fall into a really good deal. A old friend of mine told me that you could never pay too much for a firearm, you could just buy it too soon. Many times I’ve paid too much only to find it’s worth twice what I had paid for it in just a few years. Best investment you can make. Better than money in a bank.

I can relate to that.

I hear you on "you never know what the next day will bring". I had bypass surgery three years ago,(5 total) Just follow your Dr's advice and keep a good attitude.

For a small(relatively) fee...I might consider that. I need a child around to do my chores!