Pete123

You can't shoot someone for property theft.  The appropriate word for that action is murder.   Pulling a weapon if you don't feel that your life is in danger is a bad, bad idea. 

Here's one more.

Welcome.  Assuming that is you in the pic, you give ol Billy Gibbons a run for his money!

You have a lot of lead slinging awesomeness there!

That is a really nice gun!

They won't notify you if anything is wrong - they'll cancel the order.  You might call them Tuesday.  The gun industry tends to have a different view on customer service than other places.

  The only accessory I can think of would be a sling if you are going to hunt with it.  It may come with one.  You never know what accessories you'll get until it arrives.  

Simply put, it's primarily due to California idiocy. They want super environmental friendly gas, and formulating it costs a lot.   Remember, we are talking about the state that is just about broke, yet insists on expensive gas, giving all manner of benefits to illegal aliens, etc....    It will make my blood boil when the rest of us have to bail them out.   On a similar note, the CEO of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.  Some people that work there wrote 'black lives matter' in the places that allow drawing on the wall.  Some other people marked through 'black' and changed it to "all lives matter"   The CEO threw a fit at the cruelty and unacceptable behavior of the people that changed it to 'all lives matter'   I rest my case.

Southern Ohio Gun shows that they have it:   http://www.southernohiogun.com/ammunition-1/russian-7-62x54r-military-ammo.html

When I think of Texas, here's what I think of. Hope it's just Austin and San Antonio that act all Californiaish.

In California I would expect this, but Texas?

Hey MountainDewed,   One other thing.  The SKS is not known for its safety.  In short, my policy is that an SKS only has a bullet in the chamber when it's pointed down range at the shooting range.   The safety on them is a 'sometimes she works sometimes she don't' kind of deal.  Also, the sear on them may or may not have the correct angle.  If not, they are prone to either fire when you don't want them to or fire full auto.

Yes, it does have value if it works.  I don't know the best way to sell it.  There are plenty of charities that will accept it as a donation.   I had an Apple Macbook Pro with some water damage.  I sold it on Craigslist.  Of course I acknowledged that it had water damage.

NRA,   No one has been more angry with Classic than I have.   I've changed about them and now like them.  Here's why.     After the huge fiasco with their first shipment of M39s, which I was a part of, they sent a survey.  They acknowledged that they had really messed up and asked for feedback, which I provided.   They took that fiasco to heart. I bought a Sako when they had the second round come out and the experience was really good, including them reaching out to make sure I was happy.

I found this pic which has the names of the guys that raised the flag. Note that only three of them left Iwo Jima with their lives and only two were unscathed. What a truly hellish battle. Below are few more Iwo Jima pics. The Marine laying in the sand was no longer alive.

Bump - want to make sure the Mrs. Monkey and Dolomite's Weezy have a chance to see this.

I think you made a great choice getting the M39 and un-issued Yugo SKS. There is certainly nothing wrong with the VKT. Anything the Fins did, they did well. I can't speak for the quality of the Chinese SKS's. I'm not knocking them, I'm not familiar with them. The best deal on ammo for your M39 will be the old stuff. Always consider that ammo corrosive. Corrosive isn't a big deal. I handle that by using a mixture of Ammonia and water, running a damp swab down the barrel will neutralize the corrosive salts. That is all that I do. Damp swab, not soaking. You don't want to get the ammonia on parts outside of the barrel. I then run a damp plain water one. A lot of people deal with the corrosive ammo differently, I learned the way I do it from someone who makes a living with old guns. Next, you'll have to get the cosmoline off of the guns. The best way I have found is to go to the hardware store and get a length of three inch pipe, a cap, the glue to seal it and a gallon of mineral spirits. All the metal part can go in the mineral spirits bath for a few days and then they are easy to clean. **IMPORTANT** The SKS has a free floating firing pin. Most likely, the mineral spirits bath won't get the cosmoline out. You should hear a little clicking when you shake the firing pin assembly, which is the firing pin moving back and forth. If you can't hear this more action is needed or THE GUN WILL NOT BE SAFE TO SHOOT. I dealt with this by taking the firing pin assembly and putting it in a warm oven. (Not hot but warm) I then used mineral spirits and compressed air. It took two or three rounds, but that took care of it. You can also take the firing pin assembly apart for cleaning, though there is a pin that is hard to get out. Next, I hope you will avoid the mistake I made with my first two C&R's. I had people tell me to take the gun into a hot shower and use a scrub brush and lots of soap. I did this with the stocks and it removed the finish. I enjoy refinishing stocks, so I didn't mind, though I ruined part of the history of the gun. Also, my Yugo has a rough trigger. You can send the trigger group off and someone will improve it for about $60. Some people don't like to do anything at all to the trigger. Below are a few pics of my Yugo.

I'm glad you are getting one of the M39s to start with. They are high quality guns and the ones that Classic Firearms has are priced fairly. The SKS's are nice guns, though I would get the M39 if in your shoes. I would recommend a Sako over the VKT. I have both a VKT and a Sako and the Sako is much nicer. Classic Firearms made some big mistakes when they had their first shipment of the M39s and a lot of folks getting a Sako and a lot of folks didn't get what was described. One of our TGO folks paid for a Sako hand select the the stock was cracked. To their credit, Classic admitted their mistake and made changes to improve. In my opinion, the hang tag is over rated at $25. It would appeal to collectors. You can google 'M39 hang tag', and click on the images tab to see what they look like. My recommendation would be to get a Sako and pay the $20 for hand select. If you have money left over, you may look at the un issued SKS over the M48 if you can afford it and if you like semi automatic rifles. The M48s are nice, no doubt, though you'll already have a vintage military bolt action and the SKS rifles are a lot of fun. I'm a WW2 history enthusiast. The M48 definitely has more historical significance than the SKS. Having said that, a lot of NVA and Viet Cong used the SKS in the Vietnam War. Pic below.

Yes, it's crazy.  They estimated either one million troops or one million casualties invading Japan.  You aren't the only TGO'r that may not be here if we had to invade.

MonkeyLizard and btq are correct. Here are the allies for the Pacific War and the number of troops: 14,000,000 [3] 3,621,383+ [nb 3] 400,000 [8] 2,000,000 [8] 140,000[9][nb 4] 1,669,500 [10] I'm really glad that btq brought up China. They weren't ready to fight and lost many people. They were able to keep about 600,000 Japanese troops tied up, which helped both us and Russia. If I remember correctly, one of the turning points in Stalingrad was when top notch Russian soldiers, which had been diverted from Siberia, arrived. I think they were in Siberia to deal with the Japanese and didn't have to stay.

      There is no doubt that the fighting at Iwo Jima was horrific.  They way it played out was that the fighting was worse the closer we got to Japan.  One of the big reasons we dropped the nukes on Japan was that they expected one million American casualties to invade Japan.   Following are some numbers between Iwo Jima and Okinawa.  These numbers reflect only American losses   Iwo Jima   6,821 killed 19,217 wounded   Okinawa   20,195 dead 12,520 killed in action 55,162 wounded 26,000 psychiatric    There were many allies in the fight in Europe.  The Pacific Theatre was almost all the US.     I truly appreciate the sacrifices made.  Someone may need to clarify, though I believe the Pacific was almost all the Navy and the Marines.