Scorpio64

Selling ammo you bought to shoot is like selling Mountain House emergency food rations you intended to eat, maybe, some day. Now, if you stocked up when prices were good in anticipation of the next panic (there's always a next panic) to take advantage of some exploitative capitalism, then by all means, sell the shit out of that ammo.

It's a Mossberg 500 pump shotgun, not a Browning or Beretta. It's not going to fetch a high price. The fact that it's 16ga makes it slightly more interesting, the "sweet 16s" have a small cult following, but does not add any substantial value. Additionally, it more than likely has a fixed choke, so that makes it a one trick pony. If you put it up for sale, at a reasonable price, it will sell quickly just because people are desperate for anything they can get. The current inflation of the market will skew the 500B's true intrinsic value. IMO, it would not be a good investment for a buyer who just wants to shoot, as 16ga ammo was overpriced before the covid bump, and probably not a lot of availability. Right now, 16ga target loads go for $15/box, if you can find it. Cheap utilitarian Mossberg and expensive ammo, bad combo. A reasonable price for a 500B in good condition, unaltered would be around $250. You can probably find a sucker to take it for $350. EDIT: I just found one that was sold in 2016 (not that long ago in collectable gun years) at a gun and pawn. It sold for $230.00.

A warm buttered roll would be lovely.

Are ya gonna give the lad some hot cocoa when he's done?

It's been crazy windy the past couple days, today, fairly still. This must be the calm before the storm.

I just bought a full size 4x4 pickup truck, so I'm actually looking forward to it. Bring it!!!

If you are looking to protect your AR from confiscation, think again. There is a myriad of technical crap we have to wade through to maintain compliance in NJ. These are the incremental obstacles the Demoncrats were able to enact piecemeal towards their ultimate goal of disarming American citizens. If it looks like an AR, they will confiscate it, if it's a semi-auto with a detachable mag, they want to confiscate it, if it has a detachable mag locking system that can be reversed, they will still confiscate. No semi-auto rifle is safe from the socialist demonrats desire to subjugate Americans.

I had a receiver laser engraved at a trophy shop down by me. Perhaps you can find a similar 2A friendly shop. They can even scan a graphic and engrave that, so if you wanted to do a badge, or whatever, they can probably do it.

I'll take the 380. PM inbound.

There is no such "rule". It is a practice adopted by some, believed to avoid potential problems associated with inserting a mag on a closed bolt (typically assuming there is one in the chamber), or misfeeds (problem stripping off the first round) from a fully loaded mag that is under max spring tension. There has been much debate on the topic, it all comes down to personal preference, what you feel comfortable with. Some folks load minus two or three. In a free state where one can load 29 or 28, it's not a big deal, but in the DPRNJ, that one round becomes precious, so there is a lot of motivation, if not temptation to go 10+1. Experiment at the range any way you like, and make your own decision on how to load your mags.

I don't know about gun shows at Carlisle, but I know the Carlisle venue very well. I used to work car and motorcycle shows there. It's a huge venue and the management runs good events. The trip isn't that bad. Plus, there are a lot of LGSs and other interesting places to burn cash on the way to and from.

I had a lengthy discussion with a rep at Charlie Cooper about the 10th round (or last round) problem. It was like pulling teeth, but he finally fessed up that they purposely make it so the tenth round barely fits, even if it could cause a malfunction. They are more afraid of being sued by NY or Cali than they are the widow of some guy who's gun would not load the first round off a fully loaded modded mag. It's the morons that try to force an 11th round in 10 round mags that made that a necessary decision for Cooper. No matter what the mag capacity, it's generally a good practice to load any mag "minus 1". I knew this all along, before I called Cooper, and always loaded my mags -1. But, I'm a stubborn fool sometimes, and goddammit, I paid for a mag that functions with ten rounds and that bitch better hold ten, even if I intend to only load nine.

I cannot speak to how some individuals make the mod permanent. Just how Charlie Cooper and GMW do it. I can assure you, the epoxied mags are as permanent as permanent can be according to the law. I've also seen roll pins inserted laterally through the floor plate.

Epoxy and rivets have been used (separately) by major resellers to make plastic mag mods permanent.