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Whoa!  They are like the Keystone Cops.     "Where is my magazine?"   Notice how Abu Hajaar gets yelled at a lot. It's a wonder he didn't kill them all.

    Don't feel bad - what you paid is what they cost until just recently

Thanks for the info gewehr.   The pics don't show the bayonet attached to the gun very well.  It's probably frozen in place now, though can be removed.  It has two brackets which are tightened with screws.  One of the brackets on this one is broken.   I have several of these Civil War era guns and have struggled with whether to shoot them because of the age and historical significance.  I shoot all my WW1 and WW2 guns.     For those of you that may want a deeper dive into the Spencer Carbine, here is a link to the article in The American Rifleman.   http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2013/7/23/excels-all-others-the-spencer-carbine/

Below are pics of my Spencer Carbine Model 1860, manufactured by Burnside. This weapon was a lever action repeater with 7 rounds of lead slinging awesomeness. As with all fine arms, this one is equipped with a bayonet, though I'm not sure when it would be used when opponents were using single shot muzzle loaders. This was the weapon used by cavalry in the Indian Wars until 1873. Below is part of an article from American Rifleman. "On a more serious note, simply put, the .52-cal. M1860 Spencer carbine was the most advanced carbine in service during the American Civil War. The tubular magazine, located in the buttstock, held seven rimfire cartridges. Lowering the operating lever, which also served as the trigger guard, ejected the fired case and automatically fed the next round into the chamber from the magazine. The firepower of the Spencer carbines was apparent in the action at Parker’s Store in the densely wooded area of the Wilderness on the morning on May 5, 1864. The 500 members of the Fifth New York Cavalry dismounted and formed a loose skirmish line, and there they were attacked by a division of Confederate infantry. For three hours the men of the Fifth held off the Southern attacks until they started to run out of ammunition for their Spencers, which forced the Federals to pull back. The Confederates opposing them believed that they had been fighting an entire brigade. The Fifth New York suffered about 80 casualties in the action. By September 1864, 9,000 Spencer carbines were in field service for the Union, and they were highly regarded. The field reports from 10 officers of the Fourth U.S. Cavalry rated the Spencer carbine the best arm in cavalry service. Brevet Maj. Gen. James Wilson felt that the Spencers were the best firearms ever put into the hands of the soldier. He stated that the Spencer “excels all others in use in durability, rapidity of fire, and general effectiveness.” On June 27, 1864, the Burnside Rifle Co. entered into a contract with the Ordnance Dept. to manufacture 30,500 .52-cal. M1860 Spencer carbines with deliveries completed by Aug. 31, 1865. The M1865 Spencer carbine was the standard in post-war service and remained in service into the middle 1870s. Spencers were replaced by the .45-70 Gov’t Model 1873 Springfield carbines

Nice.  Reminds me of the ones where the deer is stuck on ice and someone helps get to shore.

  Good sir, you are in for a treat.  

  Dustbuster, quick note as to where to guide your irritation.  The IT staff aren't the ones to be mad at.  Unless upper management makes security a priority and spends money in an amount justified by the amount of risk, then IT can't do anything.   On a different but similar note, I have a high level IT security guy that is a friend.  He said that if companies would provide consistent training to team members on how to not click on harmful links as well as use two factor authentication, that many of these breaches wouldn't happen.

  You should be glad that I had underwear on - there are some things you can't un-see

Wow, the prices are coming down on them.  I saw an ad the other day for around $550

  Well, the only problem is they don't sell anything in a men's size 3X 

One of my credit cards just got compromised for the second time in 6 months.    There was a charge on it from Victoria's Secret.   Now, I'm 52, single and not dating.....pretty sure that one wasn't mine.

I appreciate their response - owning up to their mistake and paying for credit monitoring.  That is a lot more than a lot of others do.

I would definitely ignore the BlueBook.  I sold a nice S&W revolver for about half of what it was worth based on the Blue Book.

Nice!  You can pic your ride based on your mood.

Ok, here are pics. First, let me say that I don't refinish historical stocks anymore. Before I knew better, I used hot water, a brush and soap to remove the cosmoline and it removed the finish. I sanded on this stock a long time and came to learn that it was made from wood which can't be made to look good. The hand guard has the original coloring. I've worked very hard to replicate that on the stock and this is what I could achieve. This has been a pain, has taken a long time The finish is too glossy for a military gun. Once I put the last coat on it, I have to let it sit for a month and then can put the final finish that mutes the gloss. Moral of this story: Don't try to remove cosmoline from wood with hot water, soap and a brush. Referring to the original reason for the post, you can see the crack on the hand guard at the top left of the picture of the inside. Let me know if the pics change opinions already shared. Many thanks to all of you.

I have an M39.  The wooden hand guard has a minor crack in it.  What is the best way to keep if from becoming a major crack.   I was thinking about something like a thin layer of glue or epoxy or something along those lines on the inside of the hand guard where it won't show.   I'm betting that someone on the forum will know more about how to handle this than I do.   Any input would be appreciated.

  I've said on this forum that I would vote for Hillary if Trump is the Republican nominee.  I have come to realize that the president of the US doesn't have enough power to really move us toward becoming a Facist country.   I also suspect that Trump doesn't buy in to the hate speech he has used - that he's said it to get elected.   In light of that, along with being pretty close to a single issue voter with the Second Amendment, I have changed my thinking.     Between Trump, Cruz and Hillary, I now like Trump best, Cruz next and then Hillary.   It's too bad that we don't have better folks to choose from.  I believe that Hillary is dishonest to the very core of her essence.

I've never had a problem. Hopefully, the new service will work.  If not, I understand that SendGrid is the king of deliverability

I had always hoped for better for her than this.

Nice when things play out like that.

Neither of these arguments move me. There are few people on TGO that couldn't have everything they want with a mac. Larger companies are going to use pc's, though using a company issued computer for personal things like TGO isn't a good idea. The amount of new software being developed that will run on a pc or mac is small. Most development how is focused on web based applications that run equally well on either platform. Even Microsoft is moving their world famous office suite to the cloud. Like This

You know, something just occurred to me.  Apple has only five letters.  ;)   I recently met a guy who is an IT consultant currently working on a job architecting the infrastructure at one on the large companies in Nashville that owns hospitals.   He had an Apple macbook.  I told him that he has great taste in computers.  He responded that he spends all day worrying about other peoples computers.  He got a macbook so he wouldn't have to worry about his.   I wouldn't suggest to anyone that they replace a working pc with a mac, though next time you need a computer, the macs are hard to beat.  They cost more than a pc up front, but they last much longer and they work.  

Did you figure out which Mosin you have?  I had to resist the urge to buy it from you as my next Mosin will be an M44.   Yours has the hex receiver, which is much more hip, slick and cool than the round ones.   Also, you are a benefactor, so you can post them for sale on TGO.     If you want to do that you can text me the pics and I'll post to your sale add with the pics.    Send me another pm if you want to do that and I'll give you my mobile.

Yes, there are good providers online that have things you can't get locally, especially if you like the old guns.     I'm not speaking against local gun shops at all.  Say for a moment you want a nice M39, or un-issued SKS.  You won't find one locally.  You can always post on TGO to see if anyone has experience with a sight.

  Well played good sir!