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21 hours ago, Grayfox54 said:
Guns are like hot rods. You can sink a fortune in upgrades and add ons, but it means nothing when its time to sell.
11 hours ago, gregintenn said:Stock always sells best. Everybody has a different idea of “perfect”.
And again, this is almost always true with cars as well
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12 hours ago, Will said:
I don't reload but had a short list of items I would pick up for a buddy. Asked the Dept Mgr why no supplies as of late and he said all were dropped to make way for things that they could get.
doesn't make sense to tie up retail space on items you can't get, or replace stock in. From a business perspective, it's better to just get out of that particular category of goods and find something you can actually sell ...
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I remember my uncle bringing some of this back and showing us, as well as coins and currency from other Asian nations he had been in while overseas. I was a bit too young to serve in that era, but the pic does bring back memories ...
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On 9/16/2021 at 7:36 AM, Darrell said:
We're up against it in places like New York City, folks.
Full confession: I didn't read either the article nor the comments, but this is not news. I can't imagine this raising anybody's BP, unless they have been hiding under a rock for years ...
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“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”
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4 minutes ago, gregintenn said:
I like it, but what do I know?
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22 hours ago, Quavodus said:
Just wondered if some are still down. Looks like it might be a good idea to start making most everything here.
Yes, and it looks like more will follow before the chip industry catches up ...
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1 minute ago, gregintenn said:
What do you mean by that?
I don't think he thinks much of the 915 ...
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On 8/26/2021 at 8:47 AM, Frog4aday said:
I do understand where you are coming from @bobsguns. Some of these young 'adults' probably couldn't be trusted with a can opener. But my take on it has always been that if you are "old enough" to be drafted & handed an M-16 & told to go kill enemies of the USA, you should also be old enough to buy a beer & a handgun (well, probably not at the same time, but you get the gist.)
Either we raise the age a person can be indentured to Uncle Sam to age 21 or we start treating 18 y/o "adults" as true and actual adults.
Personally, I found it inconsistent with logic that @ age 18, 19, & 20, I would be handed a fully auto-machine gun (M-16 or M-60) w/bunches of ammo & told to go guard the nukes night after night, but I couldn't walk into Bob's Gun Emporium & buy that S&W 686 I'd been wanting for years.
And having a beer with the guys after work? Nope, I couldn't be trusted by my own country or state to "handle" that either. But I was volun-told to secure the most dangerous weapons on the planet. Hmmm...something always seemed off with that inconsistency. Just putting my thoughts out there.
For what it's worth 10 USC Ch. 12: THE MILITIA defines age 17 as the point a young man is ready to take part in defense of his community & nation (excerpt below):
§246. Militia: composition and classes;
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.It's interesting how we have come almost full circle with this argument. I can remember similar arguments being made to lower the drinking age and the age to vote in Federal elections back in the late 60's and early 70's, i.e. if we can send these guys off to Vietnam we ought to give them the right to vote and have a drink. A few years later "safety" concerns led to the drinking age being raised back to 21 for virtually all states, although we have (so far) kept the voting age at 18. I really don't have a strong opinion one way or another, but it is interesting to see how the thought process has evolved over the years ...
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21 hours ago, Ronald_55 said:
My first deer rifle was a sporterized Enfield that my Papaw gave me. Dad had a scope mounted on it.
I bought a rechambered Remington Mosin Nagant a while back. Still gotta get time to cerrosafe the chamber. Does not seem to be 30.06, but we will see. The barrel was cut back so that nothing but Remington shows on the top rear.
19 hours ago, Quavodus said:That older M91 Mosin sounds like a Bannerman. They cut the chambers off and rechambered to .30-06. Soldered in a ring in boltface and changed extractor. did magazine modifications, etc. Look up Bannerman, interesting info. Might not be a .30-06 but, sounds like it.
Although Bannerman is probably the most well-known "modifier" of older American made Mosin Nagants, many others performed similar work when these were being liquidated by the predecessor of the CMP for $3 each. Some are well done and safe to shoot, others are absolute butcher jobs that should be relegated to parts guns now. In addition, the Austrians rechambered Mosins for their 8mm ammo during WWI, and other countries used these old actions to build other variants, including Poland, China and Japan. My bet is on a 30-06 conversion for the OP's gun, but there are other possibilities as well ...
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11 minutes ago, Johnny reb said:
Some people are either unaware or forget.The caliber .30 M1917 was British it was developed a the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Loch. It was to have a .30 bore, 1-10 left handed twist, chambered in 303 British.
Yes, and no. The M1917 was basically a P14 Enfield, redesigned for the 30-06 then used in the Springfield 1903's already in production. As Winchester and Remington already had the tooling set up to build P14's for the British, it was cheaper and faster to adapt the Enfield to use the same ammo as the Springfield rifles, rather than set up new lines to build 1903's. Although the P14 used the 303 British ammunition, it was originally designed as a new rifle (the P13), with a new cartridge, namely the .276 Enfield. This new cartridge was to be a more advanced, rimless, bottlenecked design to replace the older 303 then in use, however the advent of WWI and the corresponding need for rifles and ammunition led the Brits to shelve the new cartridge design and utilize the 303 in the new P13 rifles for expediency and logistical concerns. Thus, the P13 was renamed the P14, with the only real difference in the ammunition each was chambered for, and the M1917's were then similarly rechambered to use the 30-06. There are some very minor differences in each configuration (P13, P14 and M1917), mainly due to either variances in measurement systems or to ease manufacture as the rifles went into mass production, but there are as many (or more) variations between the Remington, Winchester and Eddystone M1917 variants as between the US and British guns ...
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One possible (likely?) explanation is that Colorado State and the Titans are really, really, bad ...
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2 hours ago, Handsome Rob said:
Mostly Texas History Lessons & The Wild West Extravaganza.
Texas history is very dry & educational, WWE (formerly Bloody Beaver) is hilarious. Still educational, but done in a lighthearted fashion. Each episode is about a single figure from western history. Texas history literally starts at the Ice Age....
Almost sounds like a James Michener novel ...
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1 hour ago, The Legion said:
I just left FedEx where I ship all of my handguns that I sell out of state. I let the clerk read the information that is on this post. As far as she knows there have not been any policy changes in shipping of firearms. As long as you ship to a valid FFL it is OK. She said that she normally gets emails or information on any changes on shipping, but has has not received any information on the September 20 change. She also checked in her system to see if she could find any information. She could not find any information in her FedEx system on this change. I’m gonna keep checking on this and if I get any other further information I’ll let you know.
But, it was on the internet. That means it has to be true, doesn't it ...
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On 8/31/2021 at 12:52 PM, gregintenn said:
Are people really this unintelligent or are they simply sorry?
And why should the two be mutually exclusive ...
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On 8/28/2021 at 10:42 AM, smysit said:
I feel like Chernobyl tourism might end up being quite important to the economy of the area in the coming decades. I certainly feel like it would be interesting to visit.
On 8/28/2021 at 2:50 PM, Murgatroy said:Visiting Pripyat is a dream of mine.
On 8/28/2021 at 3:00 PM, Quavodus said:It could be getting better in some areas. People that visit there carry geiger counters. They've tested animals around Chernobyl and some have high concentrations of radiation but, seem fine. The fish have radiation too.
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On 8/27/2021 at 6:52 PM, Garufa said:
If y’all would start driving electric cars and stop farting this wouldn’t happen any more.
Cows too. Don't forget the cows ...
https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/making-cattle-more-sustainable
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On 8/27/2021 at 2:26 PM, Erik88 said:
I took the J&J shot and I'm still sucking air. I had a mild fever that night for a few hours and my arm hurt like any other vaccine. Aside from that nothing noticeable. It's the least effective of the 3 vaccine though.
Just wait until your feet swell, you break out in hives and rashes, you have heart attacks and strokes, your penis falls off and your head explodes Erik ...
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5 minutes ago, MacGyver said:
He wound up doing it himself.
It's not hard. If you can follow basic directions, run a trencher (or operate a sharpshooter shovel) and do basic plumbing no more complex than gluing and screwing fittings together, you can install sprinklers, especially the types used in the typical suburban yard. I've put several together, albeit on large athletic fields, some of which involved running new water mains, installing multiple valves, timers and sensors, as well as large pressure pumps to operate high pressure systems. Doing a yard might be somewhat labor intensive, depending on how well-equipped one is, but most of the stuff you can beg, borrow, rent or steal to get the job done ...
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8 hours ago, Moped said:
Can't believe it's not happening now. There's a ton of money to be made. All they have to do is find a middle man, in a allied country, to either buy it and resell it here, or sell them the components and let them manufacture it, them sell it. Could even run the factory for them.
Depending on how the actual ban is worded, that can be more difficult than it sounds. For example, the original ban on Russian/Soviet made milsurps forbade any country from selling these into the US unless they had been in that country's possession for a minumum of 5 years. Even then certain types of firearms got a permanent ban from importation from anywhere. Storing large quantities of ammunition can be cost prohibitive, especially when these calibers often sell quickly in other parts of the world for cash, no questions asked. The Russian ammo manufacturers won't suffer in the slightest, they will simply market their wares to areas where bans and other pesky intrusions don't effect them, there are many cash and carry markets available for both CommBlock and NATO calibers worldwide. In any case, the actual ban is for renewal of import licenses and won't take effect for a year or more, much can happen in the ensuing interval ...
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Besides searching completed auction results on Gunbroker, this site lists current offerings on many types of milsurps and is a pretty good indicator of current market offerings:
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10 hours ago, Pickaroon said:
It has a 1943 Sako barrel with the SA mark. Repaired at the wrist with a screw and a force matched bolt. Overall decent condition and shoots very well.
M39's are all over the place price-wise. Most seem to sell for $600-1000 on Gunbroker and other online sites now, depending on condition, rarity and whether you can find 2 or more bidders who are interested. A 43 Sako is one of the most common varieties in the wild. Ones with really nice "tiger-striped" stocks can bring good money, but the typical example runs towards the lower end of the price spectrum. The "force matched bolt" is irrelevant, as all Finnish Mosins are basically parts guns made from a combination of older used Russian/Soviet components and newly manufactured barrels and assorted small parts from Finland. The cracked wrist on the stock hurts it, although you can find replacement M39 stocks expect to pay $150 or so for them. As such, I would be surprised if a knowledgeable buyer offered more than $400 for it. All bets are off if you list it on Gunbroker, buyers there seem to go nuts occasionally ...
LaPierre Re-elected NRA EVP/CEO
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They'll probably give him a raise next ...