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Cool. I'm going to buy a full auto M16 that identifies as a "single shot" ...

Understood. I suspect that you may find that fitment issues with Romanian pistols are on a case by case basis, as during the period when these were being manufactured, Romania was the poorest country in Europe. Much of their arsenal was made up of cast off and obsolete weapons procured from other CommBloc countries, and their manufacturing abilities were often suspect at best. A good bit of the dies, jigs, tooling and machines used in Romania was old equipment, obtained as surplus from the USSR, Bulgaria, etc. and tolerances suffered accordingly. I can't offer any actual experience with the Tokarev series of pistols, having never owned one from any country, but I have owned quite a few Romanian milsurp rifles and have found their overall condition to be generally poorer than similar weapons imported from other nations.

I don't know what you're asking, or paying for these aftermarket mags, bu there are normally quite a few original Russian mags listed on gunbroker. Here's one example: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/926733340

If you find a decent deal on whatever reloading equipment you're considering, don't pass it up. Component availability always improves eventually, and you can pick up equipment and the rest as it comes available. Just don't have a short term memory, and stock up when you can ...

There has always been a lot of people who, for whatever reasons, seem to have an overwhelming urge to shout their personal business to the world. Social media, the internet and other modern communication platforms have just made that a lot easier to do ...

Just saw this in my inbox. I'm not very well versed in all the intricacies of modern platforms, but according to the info in this letter these triggers only require one pull to discharge multiple rounds? If so, it looks as if their days are numbered. I have no idea as to which devices fall under this category.

There are zero turns made with conventional steering wheels which turn and hold traction much better on slopes. While they won't make quite as sharp a turn as conventional lap bars, they are much easier to steer and control on hills and slopes. Many of these are non-commercial types of mowers, but there are a few commercial options as well. As to your original question, if you're only mowing 2 acres once a week, a good quality homeowner mower should last you a very long time with proper maintenance.

On the other hand, both his butt and his britches were probably somewhat lubricated after this incident ...

You might post your question in the long guns section for more, and better responses, as the C&R forum doesn't seem to be very active ...

If all the OP is after is a basic refurbished 91/30, with some careful searching he can still probably find one in the $300-400 range. He won't get any uncommon dates or variants for that (unless he just happens to stumble on someone who hasn't been keeping up lately) but I still see Mosins crop up at those prices occasionally ...

That ship sailed long ago ...

Are these surplus Mosin 91/30 stocks actually selling at $100-120 now? I know they're often listed at those prices, curious how many sell in that range. There should be quite a few of them out there, as at one time it was common to strip the rusted/damaged rifles from their stocks and sell parts individually. About 10-12 years ago AIM had thousands of these stocks available after one of the big shipments from Ukraine arrived. I haven't kept up with accoutrements prices in a few years now, although I do try to stay on top of complete rifle pricing.

Everybody is out of 10.7×58R too. It must be really popular ...

I don't think I've ever paid more than $30. Bought many (second hand) from folks giving up on reloading at about $15/ in volume. I suppose someday I might need to replenish the stocks, but "hoarding" enables one to pick your own time and place for that ...

This is of course exactly what their shareholders and financiers have been demanding for several years now. As long as the stock prices are correlated to the amount of cash returned to their investors, this won't change ...

Do you have one that's NIB, with the original box in mint condition as well? Although I don't play in these circles, often times the box is a really big deal with collectors of mint guns, sometimes worth as much as the gun itself, seemingly. It's not my cup of tea, but each to his own ... I'm sure there are people here who would be shocked at what I, and especially others who are more well-heeled than I, have paid for some beat up old milsurps too ...

Keep an eye on the classifieds, here and on other loading/gun sites. Ebay also has a lot of both new and used loading equipment available, sometimes good deals can be found there (I bought my Hornady AP setup off Ebay a few years back). Although probably not as common right now with all the shortages going on, I've found that once things settle down again (as inevitably happens during these periodic panic episodes) there are usually lots of folks who bought reloading setups who eventually decide that its not for them and post their slightly used equipment for sale ...

You've just started a thread which will devolve into a Ford vs. Chevy, 9mm or 45ACP type of discussion. Every brand of press has its fanboys as well as those who will happily tell you that brand ________ is the worst POS ever made. As far as I can tell, all of them have their strengths and weaknesses, and all of them take some tinkering to set up and run properly. I would recommend finding some people nearby who have examples of each and that will allow you to make a trial run or 2 on each brand and type you're interested in. That's probably worth a lot more than most of the information you can get on the internet ...

Low post count, lots of ads marked sold, at least one ghost event. Wonder if anybody has actually completed a deal with this guy yet ...

I'll take seconds, in case something falls through with the first offer.

This thread:

That's true of course, there's no accounting for the timing of scientific insight or breakthroughs. However, right now, in order for a test of a fusion reactor to be considered highly successful, worthy of celebration, the reaction has to produce a power output of a fraction of one percent greater than the power input for a few milliseconds. To accomplish this takes a huge assembly of very complex machines, and enough input power to supply a small city. Most of these tests fail, only a handful ever producing the required result to be considered "successful". That's a really long way from the "unlimited free power" that most of these stories trumpet ...