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The money from memberships on this forum alone would be a big war chest for the NJ fight, if used in such a way. Think if the firearms enthusiasts of this state got together for a worthwhile cause, that would be an amazing amount of resources

wait till i get home and we will get it done.

there are still some deals out there. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=327647223

getting a trip organized in the forum is absolutely useless. Every time I would advertise one of my trips everyone would be "oooh, oooh, I'll go" until it came time to go then nobody could make it. Now I dont even advertise when I go, if you wait for people on the forum you will never get out there. Also if you ask nicely they will reset your limit for the year, and they like donuts at the front counter.

LOL Last time I went Bob behind the counter laughed at me and said "dude you are here more often than most of the guys that are local, and yes they do know my name..... When I walked in last time they actually said "HI ERIC!" my jaw hit the floor.......

in an ultrasonic cleaner i use lemishine and dish soap. comes out just like ss tumbling,

The trips are well worth the experience. I would not order a M1 because on the shelves you see what a "Service Grade" can actually be. They vary from beat up and I would be pissed off if I ordered one and that was what i got, all the way to almost new. Also the store has many unadvertised rifles on the shelf. Last time I went i picked up a 1917 and 1903. They didn't list them on the web page as available. At the store you can dig through the lower grades and find a diamond in the rough. I got my M1c rack grade that in all respects should have been a service grade. But since it was marked as a racker i paid half the price of a service grade.

strike anywhere matches work well.

In light of the current situation all i can say it is best to have both. I learned years ago that ammo prices are like the stock market. What is cheap one day is expensive the next. Buy it cheap and stack it deep. But the same applies to reloading components. When I see it cheap i stack it deep. Often times the best value is reloading components. They sell far cheaper than the cheapest loaded rounds. Who cares if i have to take the time to load them up into complete rounds. I already have a stash of loaded ammo so i have the time and backup ammo if i ever need it. This philosiphy is why i am at all the panic buyers right now. Really you are that desperate for ammo that you are paying $.75 for a round that was $.25 a month ago...... wow. Talk about poor preparation. Kinda like having a generator in your house before a hurricane but only having a gallon of gas.

Wow that is ugly

I used it in the military and can say that any product that claims to do it all, does it all but not the best.

leather dye is what i use on stocks. It works better than any stain you can buy for milsurps especially since the wood is often oil soaked. The leather dye will penetrate and give you good results.

I reload 8mm. I convert 30-06 for brass and like the Nosler 200gr BTHP's with some 4064 powder. If you keep an eye on shootersproshop they have the nosler factory second bullets fairly cheap occasionally.

1942 US Army Colt

Hey they are working on other scenes but its a secret....... they cant discuss it but its a secret.......

The quality and craftsmanship. This was a time before injection molding for profits. The history is second to none, just think where have they been and what have they done. Also much of it is the thrill of the hunt, finding several thousand dollar rifle mixed in with the normal ones. My Musolinni Carcano sat on a shelf in a gun shop for years, nobody wanted it and didnt know what it was.....

Well I am going to get massively hated for this comment but I am going to say it anyway. You must realize that as a shooter you MUST strive to be responsible and portray firearms in a positive light in these current times. We are under a microscope and right now for the outsiders looking at us we must look and act responsible. Now seriously what is the point when you go to the range and you see the guys dressed in full BDU's, sometimes including plate carriers. These people are portraying themselves in a negative manner and feeding the negative "gun nut" stereotype. Just go to the range like you are a normal person, not mall ninja tacti-tard. Many of the new AR-15 nuts showing up at the ranges are portraying themselves as pure Call of Duty Rejects. This is not the image we want to be portrayed as a gun culture. These new "tactitards" are lacking the complete fundamentals of firearms ownership and safety. You dont need to be running around and sprinting for cover shooting and be happy you hit a 12" gong. If an outsider were to see this they would automatically think of us in a bad way. Oh god, look at those gun freaks preparing for the end of the world ect..... I dont care if you are into it, just not now. We are being scrutinized. Not all gun owners obsess about CCW. I am a firearms owner and major shooter but I could care less about CCW. Just because someone could care less about CCW or being a tacti-tard doesn't mean they are a Fudd. Just many of the AR nuts are feeding into the stereotype and that doesn't exactly paint us in a positive way.

Give me a shout when you go, sarco is only 26 minutes from my place and I pretty much live there anyway. They had some nice TRZ-5's, Radonica 145's, and script 44's and few M24/52'c

I actually only knew it was a sniper when I picked it up. I posted on another milsurp collectors board and the official "guru" of Yugos gave me the info on its rarity. I also picked up a M48 sniper when I was shopping. If anybody is looking for a nice Yugo, Sarco has some real gems on the shelf. All the Yugo Mausers on the shelf that I saw were $200. Here is what the expert said on the other board Back to the 24/47- As you are probably aware, the original model 1924s built before WWII came in 2 "carbine" variants besides the rifle. Both had secondary side mounted swivels. One had a straight bolt (type II) and one a bent bolt (type I). The TI is quite rare. The bolt is different from post war bolts. In fact, the carbine against the red back ground (courtesy of John Wall) has this bolt. The bent bolt on the 24/47 carbine is not a T-1 bolt. Note the bolt arm ball. Appears to be full round meaning it is a modified straight bolt, probably done when the rifle was scoped. After WWII when refurbishing M1924s into 24/47s, the Yugoslavs decided they did not need any carbines so pulled the secondary stock swivels, plugged the stocks and ground the side loop off the barrel bands so that all 1924s became "rifle" configured 24/47s. However, an exception existed. The was a border unit the worked a mountainous region that were horse mounted. This unit was using an amalgam of M98 Mauser rifles, Mosin-Nagant M44 carbines and Soviet PPSH. Naturally, logistics was a pain in the gluteus maximus. So this unit was issued M24/47 carbines- specifically "carbine" configured M1924s but, refurbished as 24/47. The unit has been established as having approx 5,000 personnel so the issue of weapons has been estimated" at between 5,000-6,000 carbines. Of that number, only about 1/2 dozen are known to exist: 2ea I think it is (w/out consulting my notes) in the Royal Armory Museum, Leeds, England, and 3 or 4 I know of in private hands here in the USA. The straight bolt is typical Though I'd have to check my photos to verify that no others were modified as yours is. None of the others were d&t'ed for sniper configuration.

This makes the 7th known rifle in the world, the first sniper

I picked this up the other day and figured I would share. It is an original 24/47 Yugoslavian Mountain Cavalry Carbine Sniper (try saying that 6 times fast). There are 6 known Mountain Cav Carbines known to exist in the world, 2 being in the Royal Army Museum in Leeds, UK. This is the only one to be in sniper configuration. I would say that is kinda rare I picked it up from a pile of regular Yugo's and it had to come home with me. I have a scope and mount on order so hopefully soon we'll see how she does at the range.

That is the only gunshow I personally vowed never to attend again. WAAAAAAY too crowded even before the chaos. It is such a cluster fugg, I am never attending that show. There is one by eagle arms up by stroudsburg though. I forget the name of the venue

LOL I am getting these visions of the Tacti-tards that were at the range last time I was home. It was the most comical thing you could ever see in your life. They looked like call of duty rejects, full plate carriers, glock velcroed on. At the range and could not hit shiat when they were shooting. They thought they were bad asses but I guess some army navy store just sold a couple of noobs anything that looked "tactical"

ROFLMAO, I went to IMA too. Showed up and figured they were on lunch so went to sarco.... Great minds think alike

+1000000 That is why i always keep a big tub of plugs in the range bag.