gregintenn

I insert my max bid and don't usually even look again until the auction is over. The only time I've overpaid for something on Ebay is when I've sat and kept bidding right at the end of the auction.

This isn't exactly the case.....I've bought and sold several cars, never having them titled or licensed in my name. You only have to do this if you wish to operate the car on a public roadway. As long as I operate it on my own property, keep it in the garage, or sell it, these aren't required. Operating the car on a public road isn't a right guaranteed by a constutional amendment.

My wife works from home. She says it gets awfully lonely after a while. I think I could handle that. Some people need to be around others. She's one of those. It sure saves on gas, however.

All good points.

I've often wondered where the commercial manufacturers get their materials. Shipping must ba a big consideration. By the way, everybody who doesn't know it, this guy puts out some pretty good bullets.

That's a pretty bold statement if it is misspelled. I know that one can exceed published load data without injury, or other mishaps. That being said, what are you gaining? Punching holes in paper a microsecond faster? I've always preferred to load on the light side. It's easier on the gun, the brass, me, etc. I can tell you that you won't exceed factory ammo ballastics by much before you will have a problem. These loads were designed in laboratories with educated people and intricate equipment. Competition between ammo companies dictate that their products produce all the performance and velocity possible. If you need more, get a bigger gun.

Why not put them in some sort of a basket and run them through the dishwasher?

You could have just seated the bullets deeper instead of pulling them. As for the bullet dia., the bullet being larger than the bore causes it to make a seal as it's going down the bore, thereby letting the pressure from the gasses made by the burning powder push the bullet faster. As the bullets are made frem lead, copper, or other relatively soft substances, they will obturate, or reshape under pressure to fit whatever they are going through. This is why it's hard to seat a muzzleloader bullet; you are forming the bullet as you are pushing it down the bore.

Same thing...they just cost more. I've been told that the priming compound put in the match primers is done by people who have worked there longer than the people who put the priming compound in the standard primers.

I keep em out of sight in a safe. I don't have a very good memory, so every so often I go digging through the safe, and I often find something I forgot I had. It's like Christmas!!!

That makes me feel a bit better about the price. The Mosin certainly doesn't hold a candle to the quality and strength of a Mauser actioned rifle. Few others do.

If I were looking for all the accuracy I can get, I'd segregate cases by brand; even by weight. As I'm not that great of a handgun shot anyway, I throw it all in a box and use it as it comes. If I wanted to pusg the pressure limits, I'd also segregate cases, starting with a reduced load and working my way gradually up each time I changed brands. I have 38 Special cases from 15-20 different manufacturers, and I can't tell one from the next when shooting.

As long as it isn't stored underwater, I don't know why you'd need to seal your ammunition.

This was my first thought. Was it an $800 difference per chance?

Thanks for the information. Now that you've said this, I believe I'd read this before. I'll keep that in mind.

I've been shooting 41s, 44s, and 45s lately, and this 9mm feels like a gnat fart.

Sorry if I offend, but I prefer guns with which I don't need to use the warranty.

My father has a model 52. It looks like the 39, but is hand built at the custom shop, with a top notch trigger, and is chambered for 38 Special Wadcutters. It is a tack driver!!!

I understand that to be the difference. I believe the 39 predates the double stack 59. I don't care for double stack pistols; I'm not real big on pistols at all; preferring revolvers, but in the beginning of the wonder-nine years, capacity was king. What you lost in grip comfort and concealibility you gained in mag capicity.

I probably paid a bit much, at $200, but the m44 carbines aren't as plentiful as they once were, and this one looks like new. It is stamped 1944, and has the triangle with an arrow inside it. I see the bore brush is missing from the tool kit, but it appears everything else is here and like new. I can't wait to shoot it. I asked the guy who I bought it from if the recoil was bad. He said he didn't notice it much, "but it sure is loud!!!":D

After much searching, I found a pretty nice specimen of a Smith and Wesson 39-2. There are many of them around, but not so many for sale right now. This one came with the box, paperwork, cleaning kit and screwdriver, and 3 extra mags. I've shot one box of ammo out of it, and so far I really like it. A soon to be classic of American crafstmanship. It isn't a Glock, but it'll do.

I think the R1 looks pretty cool. Thanks for the report. You're the first person I've heard from who has actually fired one.

I see some minor tool marks on the outside of the barrel, and just a hint of powder fouling on the inside from a factory test firing. What do I win? Am I missing something?

I'd love to see the look on the soccer moms' faces when they get their uniforms with an embroidered AR-15 on the front.

I've got more guns than my kids will ever wear out, and more than enough ammo and reloading supplies to shoot the barrel out of most of them. Why try to make black powder. I think before it gets that bad, I'm going to concentrate my efforts into helping put into place a stable government.