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I've seen a couple Russian SKS's on Gun Broker selling for $500 or so lately. I would probably go with a Russian one at $429 for a Yugo. I had a Yugo SKS that was refurbished by TRB in Bosnia. I think it came from AIM Surplus, the rifle had a brand new barrel, stock was beautiful not a single scratch/ding, had a new rubber recoil pad...came with cleaning pouch, service book, target from the factory, sling, oil bottle. Paid $329 for it 2 or 3 years ago. I should have NEVER sold that rifle! I needed the cash but damn it! I should have kept it. Shoved it on Gun Broker and ended up with $480 that was in 2014. Bought myself a few Mosins from Classic that were very nice. The SKS's keep going up in price, in the 90's they were dirt cheap...look at them today, I wouldn't be surprised if 10 years from now they start to command $600+ a piece. Classic is a good company, along with AIM and J&G Sales. Never had a problem, if something comes in poor condition and you pay for the hand-select they WILL make it right. These guys are not fly-by-night. Yes, the importers will pick over the rifles (who wouldn't!) and I know employees at AIM, J&G and Classic get to pick some nice rifles/pistols for themselves..but you will still end up with a very nice rifle at a fair price. In short, these guys do not sell junk or give people the burn...

Anyone else have one? I recently found one in the garage, my father said he received it as a gift circa-60's. It had a ball stuck in it from over 20 years ago, managed to pull it using a drill bit and by turning it by hand (no, I do not have a ball puller..) Looks like it shoots .50 balls. Trying to figure out what type of BP to use in it, planning on shooting very light blank loads (no ball) not looking for a kaboom, Any advice??

I can loan you a Motorola Saber (VHF only) and program it for you, they have new batteries from 2013 and hold a charge for 10-12 hours. They are cheap police surplus so I don't mind loaning one, just cover the S&H from South Jersey. They cover the whole VHF ham band and part of the industrial/business band. Only thing I don't have is individual charges for them only the large "gang chargers". You can grab a charger off ebay for $10 or so. They are System Sabers similar to the ones below: Let me know and sorry to hear of your loss!

Nice I've heard of them but never personally used one,never heard anything bad about them. That would make for a nice mobile installation, I think it's output is 50 watts IIRC

1968 GCA drove a lot of small stores/mom+pop shops out of business when the whole FFL requirment came about. A lot of kitchen-table FFL's started to close up in the 90's with the Clinton anti-gun hype. See, these are small steps to complete disarmament. If you cannot ban all firearms why not start by eliminating as many FFL's as possible, require universal background checks/close the gun show and FTF loopholes....it's coming.

Sure, remember after Sandy Hook it took only a matter of hours for parents to go from grieving to speaking out against gun ownership.

What the anti's fail to understand is that cash is king, if some nut has money and wants a firearm he/she will get it without a background check...plenty of sketchy people willing to sell someone a pistol for a slight markup, might be a straw purchase or stolen gun...if you have cash and want a gun (and cannot legally own one) it's not hard to obtain.

Used a knife, car/truck, beat them with a blunt object, made TATP and blown himself and everyone around him up, the list goes on. Nothing can stop someone like that, the anti's need to wake up!

At least he didn't kill anyone else: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer Took a 357 out of an envelope and shot himself in the head on live TV...this and the one in Virginia are the only two that come to mind?? It's not like this is some every day occurance, why is it that we always need MORE gun control???

Legal and passed background check. That's what has the anti's so fired up! I'm sure the whole background-checks-are-insufficient BS will start soon... The guy could have done them in using a variety of methods (car, knife come to mind) so no licensing BS would prevent this. This is proof guns are not the problem but the anti's will never chalk it up as a one-time bizarre incident.

The father claims he's pro-gun/2A but we need more laws...and he blasted the NRA... He wants to do this to "honor" his daughter's legacy, yeah....punish all gun owners for the actions of one man...shows the mentality..

You have shoot first ask questions later. Much, much better.

Well, you could get a nasty paper cut when you are served...

Too bad she isn't around to tell the anti's that

Christie said: "existing gun laws should be enforced as opposed to making new ones". Get ready, America, FPID cards are coming soon

He claimed he was discriminated for being black and fired, heard that on the news tonight. If that hold any truth it sure looks to be a Black on White crime.

Here is the vid..you can hear the (reporter?) screaming... http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=c043ccc01115 Too bad someone wasn't carrying nearby...

So, Jehovah told him to blow away two White reporters? This sh*t gets crazier by the minute! Edit: Wouldn't this qualify as work place violence? like the guy in OK that cut a coworkers head off?

I'm sick of the Black lives matter BS. How about White lives? This is a Black on White crime but the media will never say that...only when it's White on Black do they talk about it being a hate-crime.

When the sun goes down....

He wanted his 15 seconds of fame?? Crazy shit that's been going on!!

Thanks, I hope to work P5 on HF someday....someday!! 3Z9DX is going to DPRK...might stand a chance: http://www.dx-world.net/activation-of-north-korea/

Here are two sites I follow: swling.com hfunderground.com

Correct, for many hams they are essentially worthless but for someone who does a lot of short wave listening/monitoring collecting the cards can become an interesting side-hobby. I also return SWL reports for ham QSO's and at one time beacon reports on 10M. Something I should add, when sending SWL reports white-out "Two-Way".

Do you mean my address? I distorted it before posting. I'm also waiting on a card from Radio Havana. So far I've gotten cards back from a good 18-20 foreign SWL stations, China Radio International sent me some art printed on rice paper and a few other little trinkets