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Anyone who bothered to listen knew what Obama was before November '08. And he still got elected. That tells me the problem is not Obama. The problem is the folks who voted for him. I have not seen that the electorate has gotten any wiser. I hope that I'm wrong.

Well-made, quality firearms in common calibers will always be in demand. Savage 99s in .308 always seem to sell quickly. So do pre-lock S&W .357 revolvers. Pretty much any quality brand American-made firearm from before 1980 will gain in price. I would not view machine guns as a valid 'investment' since a single act of Congress could easily make their value drop precipitously. They are much more vulnerable to legislation than any other type of firearm. A change in the $200 NFA tax or transfer requirements is not something that most firearms owners would fight very hard.

"Too powerful" is a meaningless term. Is it dangerous to others? Does it fail to accomplish it's purpose? The .577 t-rex is more of a showpiece than a true hunting tool. I've never actually seen one used for hunting. But if I had a Cape Buffalo charging at me, I might not feel that it was 'too powerful'! Call me 'chicken', but my idea of a weapon for use against Cape Buffalo and similar creaturees is a vehicle-mounted 20mm auto-cannon. I don't hunt much any more, but generally my concern was with dropping the critter quickly without destroying meat. If it's a nuisance critter like a coyote, meat is obviously not a concern any more. Back when I actually thought I might get to go on a safari, I had a .416 Rigby on an Enfield action. Frankly, it was about as much recoil as I felt I could handle and still make accurate multiple shots. I probably ran 400rds through it practicing quick 2nd and 3rd shots so that I could place my shots quickly and accurately. People these days seem to foget that it really was not that long ago that the .32-20 was considered a useful cartridge for deer. A 100gr bullet at a whopping 1200fps and 325 ft/lbs is hardly considered 'high-powered' these days. As always, shot placement seems to trump power most of the time. Even if you're shooting Cape Buffalo with a 20mm auto-cannon from a vehicle, whacking it in the tail is still not a good hit.

I think it likely that the fellow did use poor judgement. But I saw one report that the deceased had a knife. Was that true? What facts are NOT being told us? If they are not charging Zimmerman, then they must have some reason for believing that he DID act in self-defense. Call me a skeptic, but I don't believe that the news reports are either fair, balanced, or complete. I could be wrong, though.

I couldn't care less about who the Koch's give money to. A little digging turned up the fact that the Kochs also gave money to NRA-ILA, Goodwill Industries, United Way, Susan G. Koman Foundation (breast cancer), and a host of other charities and philanthropical organizations. So, since teh Kochs gave money to those groups, will you refuse to support them as well? I have been a Cato supporter for many years. They have always worked to defend individual liberty and a constitutional republic. I'll continue to support them as long as they turn out work as good as this report.

It seems relatively simple to me. If they can forbid you from having a firearm in your locked car, then they can forbid you from having a Bible in it, or political literature, or even from listening to talk radio once you drive onto their property. Where does it end? They are ignoring the fact that your car is YOUR property. As long as it stays in your car, what business is it of theirs?

Can't be true. There are no guns in Chacago, it's illegal!

From the article: "The seven shot single barrel VLe can fire multiple rounds with a single pull of the trigger at a rate equivalent to 60,000 rounds per minute so that a three shot burst appears to be a single shot." Multiple shots from a single function of the trigger makes it a machine gun. And there is no way to legally sell this thing to a citizen as there are no new machine guns for public sale made after 5/19/1986. Unless Congress changes the law, it's not going to be available to the public. Once again, we are prohibited from owning something new. I'm still waiting for my full-auto railgun. No explosion, so it is legally not a 'firearm'.

".32 WCF" is just an old name for .32-20. As it was introduced in 1884, your rifle is certainly no older than that. King's patent was the loading gate on the right side found in most WInchester rifles starting with the Model 1866. I haven't heard of any Model 66 rifle in .32-20, so yours is most likely a model 1873. Condition is everything as far as value is concerned for these old Winchesters. There is a wealth of inofrmation on the 'net. Just search and you'll get some excellent information that will help you figure out what you have and gie you an idea of value. Do not jump to conclusions, small details can make a huge difference in price. Any modifications will most likely detract from value. If it IS a '73, this link will give you an idea of when it was made. http://www.gun-data.com/winchester_73.htm

Brilliant tactic by Democrat campaign strategists. They have been doing everything they could to try and keep the political discussion away from either the economy or foreign affairs. Both areas are widely viewed as gross failures by Obama and the Democrats. In one move, they got Republicans to focus on an issue most Americans aren't worried about, and got Rush Limbaugh to apologize to his audience. Both items will be brought up numerous times over the next seven months! Another point is that the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments about ObamaCare in a few weeks. The Democrats have already forced the focus to be on what specific limits Congress has in regard to Health care, not whether Congress has ANY right to regulate it!! As for Miss Fluke herself, she will end up with a career similar to Miss Lewinski; minor Democratic flunky positions with no hope of being taken seriously by most people. In Stalin's words, a "useful idiot".

I agree that the 10/22 is one of those 'gotta have one' guns. It's a fine design that is inexpensive enough to own and feed so that anyone can afford it. But, as you improve your shooting, you will discover that the 10/22 has some flaws that detract from good shooting. The sights pretty much suck. The trigger is OK, but can be easily improved. And then you can spend some serious coin getting the accuracy of the rifle to decent standards. There is a large industry built up to improve the 10/22. It is all a matter of how much you want to spend. OR, you can just leave your 10/22 in stock configuration for tin-can destruction, and get a Savage MKII for your accuracy needs. Or, if you are worried about the end of the world, buy a used Marlin M39a and you will have a rifle which will eat almost any .22 rimfire ammo ever made (aside from .22mag, .22 Winchester Rimfire, .22 Winchester Auto, and .22 Remington Auto.). It will also shoot better than 95% of all rifle shooters, and will outlast anyone now alive with a little care.

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Ditto. Unlike a 'real' FFL, a C&R licensee doesn't have to either keep or send in his records after the license lapses. So, I let it lapse, then reapply every three years. That way I don't have to worry about anybody bothering me about some transaction from 15-20 years ago. It's also a lot easier to keep your records straight if you don't have all of those old receipts and copies of FFLs and C&Rs from those you've done business with in years past. Just toss it all out and start over.

I also try to be polite to everyone. It costs nothing, sometimes brings a smile to decent people, and ticks off the a$$holes. For those who are intentionally rude and overbearing, payback usually comes without any effort on your part. Like the dude last week in a black SUV who whipped into a parking space in front of me when I was patiently waiting with my turn signal on for the previous car to get clear so I could move in. He was so busy gloating at me that he hit the light pole that took up some of the space. it doesn't often happen. But it's often enough to keep me aware that bad behaviour doesn't pay off.

The Bakelite grip would not be correct for an SP1 or any model of M16. The Bakelite grips also had a really bad tendancy to chip right at the top behind the trigger. That becomes painful to hold and shoot. All of the Army contract and SP1 rifle grips were black fiber-reinforced plastic. You need a black A1 grip without the finger groove of the later A2 grip. Keep an eye on GunBroker and FleaBay for the 3-prong flash-hider. They show up pretty often. The older buttstock is the one with a rubber buttplate and no recess for cleaning tools. Most of the SP1s came that way. Later SP1s and M16A1s had the buttstock with the recess. The older 1/12 twist used with a .22 Atchisson or Ceiner conversion shoots best with standard-velocity ammo. I used to use a lot of Remington Target ammo until a few years ago when their quality control went downhill. The Federal AutoMatch seems to shoot pretty well though. For full-power use, the M193 55gr FMJBT is the correct load and will give excellent accuracy.

A few years ago, I did a LOT of travelling. I use a leatherman tool a lot for work, and several times forgot it was still on my belt as I rushed to the airport to get home. The Dayton, OH TSA folks were very nice about it and always let me run the Leatherman back to the ticket agent to put in my checked luggage. Other airport TSA folks were jsut glorified bullies. The worst I dealt with were Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, and Columbus, OH. Columbus was so bad that I flew into Dayton instead, and drove an hour to the work site. As a side note, before 1968, commercial pilots were encouraged to carry a handgun. Passengers had no screening. There were NO successful hijackings of American airliners before Congress passed a law banning firearms from US commerical flights in 1968. Guess what happened after that law was passed? Yep, hijacking became real popular. TSA has not caught a single terrorist or stopped a single incident. If you really wnat to make airlines safe, allow Concealed Carry on airlines.

I got an original CZ-75 back in the early '80's. When the CZ-75B started to be sold in this country inexpensively, I bought one so I could save the wear and tear on my original CZ-75. My wife liked the CZ-75B and said 'Thank you!" So, I had to buy another one for myself. Then, I bought a CZ-75 Compact to try out as a carry gun. I like it a lot, but still carry my Star PD instead. Then a fellow I used to work with offered me a CZ-75 BD at a killer price, so I bought that one too. My '94-dated one now has over 20,000 rounds wihout any parts failures. I recently replaced all the springs 'just because'. My wife's pistol broke a firing pin at about 2,000rds. It was replaced, and I got a couple of spares, but nof teh CZs has had any other problems. I bought a couple of CZ-82s when they became cheap. I got two because I knew my wife would want one. I don't much care for the polymer ones or feel like paying what they ask now.

And in another 100 years, this will have the same appeal as the Webley-Fosberry and Gabbett-Fairfax handguns do today. I just can't imagine wearing a fat five-pound pistol on my belt. You might as well carry a MAC M10/45 submachinegun in a holster. Then you can spit out 30rds of .45acp in just 1.5 seconds!

Thanks for posting that. It was truly informative and inspiring. A man who built a rifle just because he wanted to. Which he developed into a not only useful, but indispensible piece of military equipment. Too bad that our laws prevent young entusiasts from developing other types of new weapons, forcing us to rely instead on weapons built by committee.

Wow! Huge difference bertween the 5800lb Expedition (made in Kentucky) and the 3800lb Sorento (made in Georgia)!!

$269 for a S&W 10 is a pretty good buy these days. Those prices aren't going anywhere but up. If Bud's has a nice one, I'd be tempted to snag it.

All of the surplus seems to have dried up. Prvi Partisan, S&B, and Wolf Gold seem to be the best values available. Online, I'm seeing Prvi 174gr from AIM at $13.95/box. It's an easy caliber to reload. My cases seem to last about 7-8 loadings with a standard 174gr FMJ bullet and 43gr of IMR 4320. Your mileage may vary as chambers in most .303 rifles tend to be a bit loose, causing case stretch and shorter brass life. The US-made P1913 Enfields and early British #1 MKIII rifles have tighter chambers and brass will last longer.

Used USGI mags go for about $6-7 depending on condition. The Guatemalan 5.56mm in the 30rd boxes will sell quickly for $.25/rd. It's decent, reliable, 55gr ammo, but nothing special. Most complaints had to do with accuracy. Some of it came in badly worm-eaten cases and boxes that fell apart at touch. Most of that was sold as loose ammo.

Obviously somebody in the shipping area slapped the wrong label on the ammo. So, somewhere there is a fellow wondering where his ammo is, and the company thinks that it already shipped. Most of these companies like AIM Surplus, SOG, etc are pretty small operations. Having 20-30 folks working in one place is not the same as GM or Microsoft. A lost shipment costs them two ways; both the loss of merchandise and shipping costs they have to make good to the ammo buyer, and also the online complaints that will almost certainly result. Their profit margins are pretty slim. This simple mistake probably cost them around $300 out of hand, and an unknown amount in lost sales from a single complaint. If you had simply called them, they could have arranged a re-shipment of the ammo at their expense. Things happen, and this is normal procedure. Having opened a can, you still need to call the company in order to let them know where the ammo is. They can then tell you how to handle it. No matter how you look at it, it's not your ammo. You did not win the lottery. If you had sold something and shipped it to the wrong person by mistake, should that person just keep it and not let you know?

Hmm, if you are talking kids, I'd go with a Beretta Neos or Walther P22 as they work better with smaller hands. If you are talking teenagers and adults, I'd go with the Buckmark or a used High Standard. I'm partial to guns that will still be useful 100 years from now. Any High Standard .22 pistol would fit that bill, as would a S&W M41 or Colt Woodsman. The Ruger MKI and MKII are also sturdy and well-built. I don't have any experience with the newer models.