Ronald_55

I would love to get a chance at some of these before they get into a bidding war online. Even a beat up HiPoint 9mm usually goes for $75 on there. Then you have shipping and transfer fees. I know you can find gems, but me and 40,000 other people are looking. So time and smart searching is what finds you something once in a while. The gun I ordered was pretty scuffed up, but solid mechanically (at least the description detailed that). That and it is not the most sought after model is what let me get a decent deal on it. I would not call it a steal or anything though. I was looking today at single shot 12ga shotguns. You would think you could find one that was not held together with duct tape for $75 if you are not picky on brand, barrel length, and cosmetics. Seems to not be the case. Maybe the really cheap ones do not get listed because it is too much trouble for the small return. Or I am too much of a cheapskate. I have a friend that does the local auction circuit looking for guns. He scores sometimes, but the last time he bought 3 guns at one auction they all turned out to be stolen. The auction house had to take them back, refund his money, and forfeit them to the police. Sad day for him because he got good deals on them and they all were really nice older revolvers.

I have to say, that store owner had shot placement. That guy went down like a sack of bricks.

I remembered an incident from when I was a kid. A police officer left his cruiser running to step into a restaurant and grab some coffee. A teen kid took it on a joy ride that I think was about 2 hours. lol Man the sheriff was not happy.

I think my problem was I did a general search, so I got a lot of hits on people asking for one. Anyway. Thanks. Hoping I have it soon so I can see if I can get it going.

I agree, I save the info digitally and then print a copy to put with my stuff.

I always keep my eye out for stuff like that but I never see it going on. My Papaw was a LEO for the county. I know he said multiple times they would take a truckload of guns to the dump. They dug a hole, dumped them in, and set them on fire with diesel. Then they ran the dozer over them before covering them up. Always made me sad. Not sure if those were the illegal guns or all of them. I know a few places sell guns on govdeals.com, but you have to be an FFL to buy those. Like someone said in my post about auction sites, the internet has ruined lucking into great deals for the most part. Everyone knows they can advertise them and they can look up what they have been selling for. I don't want to cheat anyone, but I would love to run into someone who just wanted rid of the guns they just inherited at a good deal. They get cash and I get some good guns. Then maybe I could sell a few to recoup part of my investment. I know I am dreaming. This is why I should have started buying guns in my 20s.

I will just end my comments on this saying, if you lived my life, had seen what I had seen, and endured what I have endured, then you would be a much better person than me to not feel the way I do. Or maybe I am just an a$$hole at heart.

Definitely, because I do not care to buy a gun that has numbers engraved in it for 1/10th the new price or something like that. Not the gun's fault that some guy got arrested for meth (or something) and it just happened to be in his house. I am sure any that are related to really bad or high profile cases get kept there or destroyed.

I knew a guy that used to leave his keys in his car hoping it got stolen. The insurance pay out based on mileage and age would have been much higher than the worth of the pos car. On the outside it looked good, but he had had engine and transmission trouble forever on it. No matter where he parked it or how long he left it, no one touched it. lol

Thanks Usually I am good at finding stuff and I swear I read part of that page, but I must have skimmed and missed it or not went that far.

Call it the chip on my shoulder, but guys that have trust funds that exceed every penny my Dad has ever made just turn me off. He may love guns and be a great lobbyist, but often they live in a whole different world up there in the clouds. Maybe it is closer to where the Senators live. I dunno call it my problem. No one else has to agree.

OK, the bug bit hard enough that I made my first on-line gun buy from Gunbroker... I am already calling it GunBroke because I see it to be really addicting. I noticed the seller had a lot of worn used guns but a good mix of really good stuff and junk. I talked to them and off-hand asked where they come up with all their guns. I assumed they were a huge Pawn chain or something. I was floored by his answer..not the where, but the volume... He said they have deals with a lot of Police departments all around the US and they buy confiscated guns and decommissioned department guns. So anything legal can be sold after the court stuff is done. Ok, I have heard of it, that is not a big deal. He said they just got in 1500 guns from Mobile AL....wait 1500?? Yep...I heard right. That floored me. He went on to tell me that one PD was engraving Case numbers into the guns and he had just gotten in a shiny Colt Commander in minty condition except for the freshly engraved case numbers on the frame, slide, barrel, and magazine...OUCH.. Just thought I would share...

If it passes, as discussed before, I think prices will go up first since demand will overwhelm supply. If for no other reason that the buyers that buy all they can get to resell. At some point production supply will catch up and prices should fall to hopefully well below the current cost. Not sure how long that will take though.

Ok, I did not watch it, but not sure a silver spoon kid is the one I want running the push to allow these back as open sales

I have a '56 Chevy Stepside that was my Papaw's that I am trying to get to restoring that still has the "3 on the tree" and a manual starter pedal in the floor. Plus an inline 6 under the hood. I bet most people under 30 couldn't even start the thing. If they did the lack of power brakes and steering would put them in the first ditch. Ah the days, my Granddad had an LTD. Thanks for making me remember that warm and fuzzy. In fact I think his last 3 cars were all LTDs. Brand and model loyal. lol

LOL, yeah she works with chemicals every day that can level a 4 story building and has a temper that makes me think she has to have some Spanish blood in her. Early on in our marriage I had more things thrown at my head that I can recount. Reason and discussion goes out the window when that point comes and I like all my parts attached. So sometimes it is easier to just be the wagged one and go on. She puts up with me and I put up with her. Only one besides my Mom that could ever put up with me. Any man that says that he never cringes when his wife turns on that "you done it now" voice is a d@mn liar or about to be divorced. lol

If I spent that on a gun...my wife would use it to kill me.... I sleep too deep to chance pissing the lady of the house off. lol

Maybe foolishly, I agreed to take a Iver Johnson Breaktop .32 S&W off someones hands. I have not seen it yet, but I am told it needs a firing pin. They have the parts to already repair it. What I am looking for is info on the steps to do it and/or a schematic. I looked at Numrich and did not see one. Maybe I am getting too brazen as to thinking I can gunsmith but I have taken about everything else apart at one point or another. This will either be a learning event in how to fix a revolver...or how to not buy broken guns. lol The next think I will have to establish is if it is a black powder or smokeless powder model. I will have to wait to have it in-hand before I can get that info. The things I get myself into.... Thanks ahead of time guys.

You might still look into a cheap used VPN appliance to set up at the office. basically it is just like a router and just needs a static external ip from the Internet provider, then you use a conenction software to connect to it. Then remote desktop will get you to your PC. Not sure how your work is setup. A used Sonicwall VPN can be $20 on eBay. Basically then you never need to worry if Teamviewer is going to block you or drop the free plan. I know it seems a little tech heavy, but those can be a breeze to setup.

I thought i posted this, but maybe if disappeared, I saw a guy use match heads and scrapings from the match strike strip to reload primers. Looked easy and would be cheap. Not sure if this is the first one I saw, but he covers the basics. Break up the match head, crush it fine, mix in strike strip scrapings, pull anvil from spent primer, flatten out divit from firing pin, refill, and put anvil back in. New primer ready. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7nphPRG6JA I am sure you could stock some of the inert compounds to be mixed as need be without crushing match heads. From Wikipedia: "The striking surface on modern matchboxes is typically composed of 25% powdered glass or other abrasive material, 50% red phosphorus, 5% neutralizer, 4% carbon black, and 16% binder; and the match head is typically composed of 45–55% potassium chlorate, with a little sulfur and starch, a neutralizer (ZnO or CaCO 3), 20–40% of siliceous filler, diatomite, and glue.[36] Some heads contain antimony(III) sulfide to make them burn more vigorously. Safety matches ignite due to the extreme reactivity of phosphorus with the potassium chlorate in the match head. When the match is struck the phosphorus and chlorate mix in a small amount forming something akin to the explosive Armstrong's mixture which ignites due to the friction." Looks like you can buy red phosphorous and potassium chlorate fairly easily. Or is STHF is already here raid you chemical supply house. Makes me wonder what happens if you mix these in large quantities......better leave that one alone...I like my fingers and not being in prison.

As cool as that gun is, the small case modular version just gives non-gun people really bad ideas.

If we all had all the guns we wanted, we would need a warehouse to store them. lol

She is a beauty. I want to watch the face of someone who does not know when you shoot the 7th round. lol Everyone assumes revolvers are 6. My Papaw had a 9 shot 22 revolver.

With the slug and buckshot mold and a friendly attitude at the local junk yard, you could make plenty of slugs ahead of time just from wheel weights. Never done it, but my Dad used to melt lead for sinker molds on a Coleman stove. Of course he also melted battery lead which can be a big no no due to the fumes. That stuff is not pure lead due to the chemical reactions. He used to re-load 12ga until his buddy stole his equipment. I assume you will always have some waste as the lead sticks to the melting pot or ladle, but that could be minimized by scraping it off each time. I know a local shooting range that recovers the lead shot from their skeet range every so often. They sell 5 gallon buckets of shot for almost nothing. That way they keep the EPA happy. Makes the reloaders happy too. I am betting if you hung around during a skeet match day, you could pick up a ton of re-loadable hulls for free. Saw someone melting aluminum cans in a small hand made smelter. It would not have the energy of lead, but cans would be a easy to come by source if things happened. It might be possible to do the same with copper. Be easy enough to gather wire and copper pipe if all the electricity is off. Yeah, I agree, at some point having live rounds, albeit homemade, are much better than having none. High end ammo is great, but I would take 100 rounds of Walmart ammo over 20 rounds of boutique stuff any day.

Any chance your work has a VPN? if so, you can log onto it and then just use Remote Desktop. If they do not have... Gotomypc is another option, but it is still $12 per month. https://get.gotomypc.com/plansandpricing Showmypc is one that I use for one time connections, but they can have a remote setup too. Looks like $55 per year http://showmypc.com/service/index.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAhs3DBRDmu-rVkuif0N8BEiQAWuUJr20QIfFyrACV8BFTG8E8sTfdWiQ3QRikggpMTtVwk1MaAkgz8P8HAQ You can also check out TeamViewer. I know their business plans are expensive, but I think personal ones are free. At least they used to be. I just can't see that on their site. Depending on your tech level, you can use something like DYNDNS and Tightvnc. Those are free, but puts all the security stuff back on you to set up mostly. Anymore questions, just ask.