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Very true. You can even argue that importing huge quantities of milsurps, such as those brought in during the late 50's through early 2000's, artificially depressed prices below what actual market conditions would have normally dictated. After those shipments dried up, prices returned to what "normal" would have otherwise been. Now, years after the big surges of post-WWII weapons stockpiles have been exhausted, we're seeing large increases in prices as rifles wend their way through the secondary markets. We won't see anything like that again, as virtually all military organizations around the world adopted the use of so-called "assault" rifles in the postwar era, those will never be imported as surplus weapons here. WWII left an unprecedented supply of bolt-action rifles lying around unused after the cessation of hostilities, that situation and the laws of the times represented an historical opportunity for the importation of surplus weapons into the US. The unique set of circumstances that allowed that to happen won't be repeated ...

1300 probably qualifies as a large shipment of imported milsurps these days. Most of the weapons still managing to trickle in now and then are assembled overseas by roving buyers, who buy up individual or groups of rifles from private sellers or other sources and bundle them into one shipment. An example is some of the Swiss rifles that are still occasionally imported, buyers roam through Switzerland buying up older rifles passed down by retired (or deceased) militia members. Once they have enough rifles to make up a shipment, the buyers send them to the states. Often times, we're talking dozens, not hundreds of rifles coming in, so a lot of 1300 is pretty sizable these days. The era of full containers being brought in with thousands of old milsurps is over ...

It's a tough job being right all the time, but somebody has to do it ...

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 ...

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

No, but if you more safes, the average sales tax will be much less ...

FIFY

While you're there, you can pick up plenty of jerky, t-shirts and one of those bug zapper things ...

Sounds like an excellent argument for forced sterilization ...

Getting old ain't for sissies. I can also promise you, it doesn't get any better either ...

It's probably not quite the mower that the older Tank series was, as they were built as commercial mowers and this series is more of a residential unit, but for a homeowner it will most likely give really good service for a long while. They build these a few miles down the road from where I live, so I see a lot of these and other Cub products around here. Own one of the ZT series with the conventional steering wheel myself ...

From that pic, the answer to your question isn't shooting it ...

Kudzu can survive drought, wildfires, poisons, scalping to ground level and nuclear winter. Resistance is futile ...

Nyet, tovarishch. In Soviet Russia, is said that the mules kick like Mosina ...

I've said that for decades, but manufacturers pretty much abandoned development of both the gun and shotshells years ago. I traded my last one (Rem 1100) several years ago and haven't owned one since. Of course It's rare for me to shoot any shotgun now, but I always contended that the 16 ga was the perfect balance between weight, recoil and ballistics, at least when loaded properly ...

I'm not surprised, it's my understanding that the smallbore shotguns have been quite popular for several years now. I don't have much sympathy for those who are lusting after these, as my favorite all-time shotgun caliber was 16 ga, which have pretty much disappeared entirely ...

Except you're not a bonded importer (at least that's my assumption), those are the folks bidding for ammo and components. They also have to contend with shipping, customs (both out of Europe and into the US), various laws and regulations, etc. In addition, as I pointed out, a lot of ammo and components are found in countries which are not very friendly with the US, most of their products aren't for sale to us at any price. Finally, primer manufacturers have long term contracts with ammo manufacturing facilities (and are often owned by ammo companies), those orders get filled before any additional supplies are listed on the open market. Supplying relatively small quantities to resellers for Gunbroker, or reloaders in the US, is a long way down the priority lists for these suppliers ...

I'm not sure which country pioneered this strategy first, but both quickly mastered it. I've always thought it would have been interesting to see French forces take on an Italian army, without interference from allies who actually fought ...

There are several reasons why foreign made ammo and components are also in short supply. One, there's been (and continues to be) a worldwide shipping/logistics logjam, due to the pandemic, border restrictions, tariffs, bans and other geopolitical problems. Second, ammo (and components for loading and manufacturing ammo) is in high demand everywhere, due to ongoing conflicts in many areas of the world. A huge amount of ammo is being consumed in the middle east and elsewhere because of these wars and insurrections, and these combatants are well-financed and flush with cash. For example, remaining supplies of older 7.62x54r have been flowing into the middle east for years, as MG's and various other weapons there utilize this caliber, and both sides are bidding higher prices than US importers are willing to pay for whatever sources are available. The same is true for most popular calibers. We're in a global marketplace for ammunition, and much of the foreign supply is made or stored in countries with poor relations with the US, and we're being outbid for the rest ...

In all fairness, it wasn't really necessary fr the Italians to spend the resources to develop quality firearms during WWII. After all, the majority of their weapons were going to be discarded quickly, thrown into the mud as their soldiers threw up their hands and surrendered to the first enemy combatants they faced ...

It might have come in via Russia, but it's more likely that any Wolf ammo brought in now is coming in from other European countries. A lot of Wolf is now manufactured outside Russia. The Tula arms plant is pretty much defunct now in terms of supplying ammunition to the US, as its owners have been included in several of the "prohibited persons" lists compiled during the last few administrations ...

At one point in the 20's, many Germans employed old Reichmark notes as wallpapers ...

Probably the best way to get rid of clover is with nitrogen. Ensuring that your grasses have adequate nitrogen levels discourages clover from spreading. Pre-merge herbicides will help keep clover from spreading, but don't eradicate it entirely, so post -emergence applications are necessary. Combined with plenty of nitrogen fertilizers, these herbicides will stunt it's growth and allow grasses like bermuda to spread and gradually choke it out. Some prefer ammonium sulfate as their choice for using fertilizer against clover, as sulfur levels effect how grasses spread. Eliminating clover is a gradual process, and as others have stated, if clover is around it will eventually invade your lawn as well. Other things like collecting clippings helps, and setting mower levels higher also is beneficial, as clover is a low-level weed and taller grasses can more effectively take over. That last suggestion is one I never personally used, as we needed to keep the mowing levels low to encourage our hybrid bermudas to spread, typically we mowed in spring and throughout summer at 5/8's to 3/4" tall ...