Murphy4570

Damn, an all original one? Those are damn rare. I have a '27 Springfield '03, with typical mixmaster rearsenal parts on it. Originals are not easy to come by. How's the barrel look? Must be some rifling left if that arsenal didn't replace the barrel.

F.n HARD! I tried to light some old heating oil (a few drops worth) with a cutting torch once. Stuff smoldered and made smoke, no flames. Might've been watered down, was in a really old empty fuel tank.

Dude, it was a truck. Trucks have CB radios. Who do you think is talking in the video? The driver had advance warning of the impending disaster, the driver of the runaway truck was screaming over the CB. Brake failure. Could not stop. I believe it to be real.

You Slay me dude!

I have never been to the twitter website, ever. Don't think I ever will. Not my cup of tea.

Bah! The SCOTUS upheld damned Obamacare.

Even if a guy carries his gun like a "thug", that in and itself does not warrant the severe beating this man was the victim of. The fact that the victim was carrying his pistol in a secure manner, had a BAC of .0, and was carrying concealed all are the absolute correct things to do to NOT get a beating from police. Yet this man is treated by the cops like he is walking out of a whites-only bar in 1960's Birmingham, Alabama. The brutality is that severe. My question is this: What has happened to our police forces? Why are they becoming increasingly violent towards citizens?

The serial number on that rifle would date it to a late 1986 or early 1987 production date. Ruger didn't improve those rifles to decent accuracy until much later, right?

I disagree. Exercising your constitutional rights is ALWAYS smart. Use 'em or lose 'em. That citizen had no reason to be assaulted by those officers. They need to be brought to justice. Any average schmo that commits assault and battery to that degree would easily see many years in prison. Thugs with badges are still thugs. Weed out the bad cops, and you'll be left with good cops. Hard bumpy road to get there though.

CO's can and do carry. Easy for them to get CCW permits as well.

It is for the funny man, for the funny. In other news, I have yet to find the apartment in Budapest where my Mosin's accessory kit is stashed....

I hate him almost as much as I hate Joe Buck.

You should have dropped a steamy loaf on his seat.

Hit it with the bench wire wheel, just to be on the safe side. On a more serious note, I agree about using very fine steel wool and oil. I have used it on some firearm parts with good success, among many other things. Hope you have plenty of elbow grease.

Theoretically, the Congress can nudge the Judicial branch into action. It'd take serious balls on the part of Congress, however.

I have no idea. I have wanted one, but apparently they're going for $300+ now. To hell with that.

Start casting your own bullets. You'll have thousands of pounds of lead to use as dead weight.

That "someone" would be wise to never speak of such a weapon ever again, for as long as the weapon resides in NJ. Take a short trip across the Delaware river, and presto! Completely legal.

No, I'll be working. It is Wednesday. If it fell on a weekend, I'd be able to. I remember a number of years back in community college, a bonus question on a test that was held on June 6th was: "What is significant about today's date?" Out of a class of about 15, I was the only one who could and did answer the question. Sad.

Shipping companies are full of thieves. I recall a news article local to NJ about some scumbuckets being caught who had been stealing pistols and selling them on the black market for years.

Nah, 1874 is just well broken in! 1774, now that's old!

I agree completely. Things can be replaced. Lives cannot. Besides, you can get a good pistol for around $500-600. That is a high number, yes, but not exorbitant.

I have two of those five. I've little interest in Swiss firearms for some reason.

Keep in mind that you're talking about the Soviet Union here. For more than 70 years they functioned under a communist command economy. What makes logical financial sense to us, as Westerners trained from birth to understand and function within the capitalist market system, they cannot even comprehend. Also, do not underestimate local market demands. If Russian markets demand scrap steel, you bet that such demand will be met by any means necessary. If it means melting down millions of obsolete rifles, so be it. It is probably easier to convert such inventory to liquid assets that way, versus trying to export these rifles to foreign countries, after you factor in the time and money required to facilitate such actions.

I'm not aware of anything recent, but you won't find any significant internet sources for past transgressions of banks (I don't consider Wikipedia to be a valid source). You'll have to look in books for that information. The internet was not around in 1929, remember. That is more of a knock against fractional reserve banking and the Federal Reserve than anything else, though.