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Just googled it, thanks!

With me getting started there is a lot of info on the net about previously unknown Mint errors, double stamps etc. It's got me afraid to give up on a coin untill I've exhausted all the possibilities. Like my dad had a bunch of 64 nickles?? in a baggie. I was about to spend them ay Mcdonalds untill I looked them up. Supposedly if the steps on the back are sharp and crisp it's rare! How sharp? Still dont know so I'll hang on to them for awhile.

If it gets to that point I feel the standard US coinage with known silver content will be highly tradeable. Jewelry or other non-standard lesser known items like Silver Maple commemorative whatever pseudo coins, not so easy to trade. Just my opinion. Not saying the other stuff impossible to trade but just US coinage super easy to trade and be surer of authenticity/ value.

Well, sort of clueless. Inherited some coins, Jewelry, and LOL Hummels. Those little cutsie kid statues that were popular in the 80s and 90s. some of mine are from the 50s. Not going to part with anything right away but where do I start when ready? Consignment antique shop? Melt value on the one pendant/chain for instance was 600 at a Jeweler here who buys gold. It was a custom piece and ugly as sin and I know the Jeweler has to make a profit too but..... The coins are easier but a real PITA. Mercury dimes and a variety of pocket change from the early1900s. None rare so far so melt value or minimal collector value anyway. Still slowly going through them. I'll probably sort for collectables then Bag and Bury the ordinary for when silver spikes I guess. Hope I'm not accidently missing a real valuable one though! Anyway I know I'm not alone. What would/did you all do when inheriting such stuff? ALSO, are those cheap scales any good?

I'll give it a shot. "mother said that they came to the United States from El Salvador to escape the gang, but were not able to do so" Looks like he became a member anyway because MS13 gangs rule in communities where large numbers of illegal immigrants end up. Why? Maybe the parents of these kids are working their butts off being exploited with sub wages because of their illegal status. No time to watch the kiddos so the gangs exploit them to deal drugs etc. Kids are probably willing to join at first. Easy money, excitement. A vicious cycle. Illegal immigration is cruel and should be stopped.

Done!

The cat's out of the bag now but....Glad I grew up in a time without www! Poor kids today. Too much tech.

It really clears the mind looking up at the Planets and Stars. Puts all our earthly worries in perspective.

Hard to avoid all the anti-gun corporation sellouts but Levi's and dockers I can avoid. Never been a label minded consumer anyway. Wranglers are cheaper and do the job as well as other no-names. These unicorn and fairydust utopian anti-gun.......Make me want to vomit

Public land.... one of the things I really miss about living in Oregon although I always avoided shooting into Trees and cleaned up after shooting. Here in TN no good places to shoot for free but no one is trying to take away your gun rights... There in the PNW, the gun rights are disappearing fast but still plenty of free shooting spots...... I guess there is no utopia unless you have a time machine.

Bullets penetrating in the water more than possible if I remember right. Can't remember what movie but it was a Sick/horror flick. Some guys were tormenting a girl who jumped in the river to escape and was swimming further and furthur away. Sick evil dude had a handgun and it took many shots before he got her. Average shooter, moving target long range.... Not easy to make contact.

Mine looks like an ancient sewer pipe. I'm suddenly interested in them now for some reason though. I'll be looking for another if this one won't shoot decent.

This brings up a topic I've always wondered about. I've heard others express concern over using oversized brushes. Although nothing I would do regularly, I have on occasion with used them on cruddy neglected bores. Doesn't firing a round cause much more wear than an oversized brush? Anyway here's an update. Took furniture off so I could really get messy with the cleaning. Almost have a bit of shine first 3 inches!, then rough and pitted badly for a few inches with no discernable grooves gradually improving towards muzzle to an acceptable possible safe to shoot rough bore. Took your advice and will overnight it with liberal amounts of CLP before proceeding.

I finally ran a .45 brush through it a half dozen times as well as tons of patches and that revealed the rifling. I'm kinda thinkin shooting it might help. Any secret solvent anyone knows besides the usual?

I hope your bore isn't rusted out like mine. I got this a looooong time ago and never looked down the barrel or shot it. Just put it away and "stored" for many years. Storage was in a dry climate controled place so damage might have beeen present all along. all other metal is nice. Have been trying to clean it and I now think it's a two groove rifling. Hard to tell with all the crud.

Yeah, I should have said "if it was in a theater of war" or stayed in Canada.

Trying to figure out if my 1942 Canadian Enfield possibly saw WWII or Korean combat? If mine was "over there", how might it have made it's way back over here? Don't know details but my Dad first had it in the 1980s at least if not earlier. BTW, it's not mint but it doesn't look like it was in a war either.

Wouldn't this need a transformer at the phone to make it ring?

We had cable, internet and phone bundle and now ooma that works with WiFi. No way to make that work. What I'd like to do is hook up two old rotary phones with each other and have a way to make them ring.

Will it ring? Trying to figure out how to set mine up.

I've started to collect rotary phones many years ago and have a couple sitting around as decoration. Yes I'm a nerd! They will never be worth a fortune because of the huge amount produced but you would be surprised by what price good examples fetch. I got all mine at thrift stores before people started collecting them. I've also toyed with the Idea of collecting old transistor radios, film cameras or similar bygone tech. Ever look at the quality, craftsmanship and style that went into a 8mm 1950s film projector? I'm sure there are museums that focus on this stuff. Gotta have some place where teens can see what it was like back then. P.S. Typewriters as well!

Fin was a bit large on the first ones. Even though I never noticed while shooting either I just thought it was excessive. Never handled a newer one with smaller fin, or the budget version with a viewing slot. Another safety feature was the mag disconnect. I read where dry fire will damage gun because of it, but it was easily removed thanks to a youtube vid. Again I feel it was/is a fine weapon.

Love my SR9 because it feels right in my hand. Because of that I shoot it well but... I dislike the loaded chamber indicator. I have an early model and it's like a big fin sticking up. Also the trigger has the feel of a staple gun. They came out with a simplified version without the "fin" and I plan on acquiring one someday. No rush and until then my older SR9 suits my needs fine. It's been a good gun. Ruger should have kept it unless sales were bad.

Statistics, especially gun statistics....... They might know some of the transfers/sales stats and concealed permits but that doesn't begin to scratch the surface.

I reposted that music vid not as a dig against Cops so much but more of a dig at those who say only Cops should have guns. Police as a group probably have fewer bad apples than the general population but they do have bad apples. I saw a new term (to me) in the article. "unintentional discharge of his firearm." kinda diminishes the situation a bit, makes his stupid handling of the firearm sound less his fault. Call it what it is, Negligent.