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Eh, come out to my place in the boonies north squad. Large private springfed lake, farmland, and nobody around. How is that for a compromise Ray? SHTF. Come to my place!

Eeeh, I don't know what to do. Tim are you rural or urbanized, with Ray in charge the south may be more tempting.

I am havin a blast with this at work. I have all the Cajuns thinking this is going to be 10x worse than y2k was supposed to be. If anybody has heard me talk about the "special breed" that I work with, you can only imagine how much fun I am having.

Ray and Matt..... get it right. Your cover has been blown!

Well maybe something is going on right now. Seems some nut job that retired from NORAD came out and says that there is going to be an tentative worldwide UFO display on October 13. Now yesterday the UN appointed a special envoy to greet alien visitors. Then there was just a news conference with a bunch of retired Air Force officers that are saying that our nuclear silos are being monitored and actually shut down by UFO's. This seems to be all coming too much at once. Little weird for me. Forget zombies, who's up for huntin aliens? UN alien envoy NORAD officer Air Force officers

after thinking about collect-ability, I think the Garands have a higher value. Especially getting one from the CMP. I think it would benefit the collection in the long run to sell off some of the doubles that I have of the more common stuff and start picking up some more M1's. SOOOOOO, maybe next time I am home I will start posting some stuff. I think I will hold on to the rarer stuff like the bringbacks and mummy wrap stuff, but some of the more common stuff may be going bye-bye.

I am having a major debate with myself lately and don't know what to do. I am debating on selling off some of the collection to upgrade to better things. I am going to stay milsurp oriented, but am thinking on selling off some of the bolt stuff for some more Garands. I am thinking on getting another M1D and not touching it. Just leaving it in the cosmo and letting it sit in the safe for a rainy day. Also, in the spring the CMP is getting some m1c's. Those are rarer than rare. Now I have a bunch of the creme'de la creme' when it comes to bolt stuff, but I am not sure what I want to do. I have about 4 numbers matching bringback Mausers and a bunch of true unissued Russian m44's in the mummy wrap from the arsenal. Then I got enfields, I have a couple unissued enfields including a Savage No4 still in the arsenal wrap. But my problem is, is it worth selling off some of the cherry stuff to get some more Garand snipers? What would you do?

It is a step in the right direction, now we just need them to realize that the 5.56/.223 just doesn't cut it.

Maybe next time I come home. I just got in a bunch of 8mm and the Mg42 is HUNGRY

Damn I hate the cmp. I am already salivating over the thought of my next trip out there. It hasn't even been three weeks yet, and I am already planning my next trip. Already started a new visa gift card for the next trip too!!!! DAMN THE CMP!!!!!!!!!

I can trade ted.

I post sometimes when I have something constructive to add, when I am at home. When I am at work, it is hard because our internet makes dial up look screaming fast.

Ted I say that after every purchase

Wow CSJ I am glad to see that I am not the only one that keeps a case rolled up in my truck

SWEET!!! I gotta try that next time I am home

Congrats man, she is beautiful!

My Mg-42 loves the stuff. Buy it cheep and stack it deep. Take advantage of the free shipping.

Well I shot my new Garands today. The M1d was an absolute pain in the a$$ to get on paper. I couldn't get it quite zeroed(didn't know what I was doing) I maxed out the adjustments and it was still shooting high and to the right. I ripped cardboard shims for time being to put on the mount and got it kinda where I wanted it. THE THING SHOOTS GOOD! Once I got home, my friend a Garand expert gave me the low down on fitting the mount to the rifle. Now it is set up properly and should be good for the range session. I will post pics of my target later tonight, but I can say the rifle shots 100x better than I do. THIS THING IS AWESOME!

Should have a range report tomorrow afternoon. If anybody wants to meet up with me at my range in PA give me a shout.

Well, I figured I would write this down while things are still fresh in my head. I am wanting to go back in the spring and figured I would not only write this up for myself, but anybody else planning a trip out to Ohio. 1) Check the stores schedule online before you plan the trip. They are closed on some random days for inventory and such. We actually had the trip scheduled for an earlier day, but found out online that the store was closed for inventory. 2) Start a pre-paid Visa Gift card a couple of months prior to making the trip. Start adding money like a savings account and LEAVE YOUR REAL CREDIT CARDS AT HOME! This way if you only bring the Visa gift card, you will only spend what is on it. I brought my entire wallet, and my bank account is hating me for it. 3) Leave later at night. We left my place at 5:30pm, and got to the store around 1:30am. Leave around 11:00ish from my place, and drive right to the store so we can arrive right when they are opening. This way you don't need to get a hotel room before you shop. 4) Get your hotel room after shopping and sleep through the day. It is a long drive to do all at once. 5) When you walk in the store, first thing give the guy at the counter your drivers license. He will give you a muzzle wear gauge so you can accurately pick your rifle. Some rifles have tags with the muzzle wear written on them, but what they wrote on them was way wrong. 6) Do a first general look cruise of the store before getting into the in-depth examination. This way you can absorb the awesomeness and not be so overwhelmed when you start your real shopping. 7) Don't be afraid to ask a question. The guys at the counter are extremely helpful, and really are happy to help. Some other customers are obvious that they know what they are doing, and most are more than willing to help out a new collector. I had a random guy shopping that was an expert look over my M1D, he was thrilled to help and really was an awesome guy. 8) Buy ammo! 9) Buy ammo! 10)Buy ammo!!!!! I am sure that I forgot some things, but hopefully this helps out someone else considering a trip.

Damn, that just made me add another gun to my wish list!! Just plain sexy!

I was thinking about purchases, and figured how fellow gun owners are. I typically don't really plan, if it is a good deal I may get it. Heck I actually keep empty cases in my truck for "just in case." The CMP trip however, I was saving for months so I chose option 2. How do you all shop?

Yup, the stock was only wiped down with a bit of denatured alcohol on a rag, and I rubbed in a little bit of Gunny's Paste. I am starting another savings, they are releasing some M1C's in the spring............

I started a new post in the C&R forum. The M1D is complete! The M1D

Here is pics of my new pride and joy, an original M1D sniper from the CMP. I am going to be honest and say that the scope and rifle are original, but the cheek pad, flash hider, and scope rings are repro's. My bank account would kill me right now if I bought originals. So while the bank account is recovering, I figured repro's would work just fine. Hopefully by Saturday, I will be able to put up a range report. So without further adieu, here she is!