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The real problem is akin to the wally world guys going in every morning to buy up all the .22LR so that they can sell it on arms list for 2-3X the price.   But that's not the real answer.... IMHO the real reason is the requirement for instant gratification by buyers.   If someone is willing to pay the crazy prices out there then more power to them. They're happy. They have no retirement or anything but that's not instant gratification. They beat out everyone else by paying whatever was asked.    The good news is there are enough guns out there the one you want will come along when you least expect it for a fair price.    Define fair price?    Definition: I just bought my Colt 1911 9MM brand new for $600 but I see them on arms list and other places for $1000. Boyo, I'm gonna go sell it for  that money.  It does't matter that I won't own it anymore and the only place in town that had one does't have another one.   Anyone ever look at asking prices on products on ebay then went and looked at sold prices? They ain't the same!   If people are willing to pay your 2X the cost price then that's a fair price if folks are stupid enough to buy it.   'nuff said....

I have an 1873 Hombre in .45 LC for trade. I was thinking like you Colt 1911 Gold Cup or maybe an AR-15 not one of the cheap ones either. [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/u2_zpsd499d37b.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/u1_zps15d7fdbe.jpg.html][/URL] I might be tempting to throw in a cylinder or two of leaded bullets too. Now this was made way back in 1874 when Umberti was in it's infant stage. Waaaah. You can tell from where the finish is all worn off due to it's age. I think it's more from holster wear more so than shooting as the original owner (me) has only put around 100 rounds through it. Then again it coulda been my sitting on my recliner with a scotch bruie pad scrubbing the matt finish of it. Naw. I sent it back to Ubme...errr..Colt back in '36 to have the springs worked on. When I bought it way back when (2011) I think I paid a hefty $350 for it. In fact i found the box lying around in the root cellar. How bout that!?! What's really amazing can you believe Bass Pro Shop was in business way back then? Well, I thought about trading it but see'n as how i don't have a Facebook account I guess I can't so I'll just go on shooting her. I do like her tho... Did I mention I like calls that start with .4? Edited to remind all this is a story and the pistol is NOT up for sale or trade.... :D

Flew power and gliders. Still have a discus launch and a couple of cross country gliders.

Wadia mean he picked up his toys? How come we couldn't go through em first? Wassap widat?

No offense but the Civil War is over. And since then the American people have fought many other war's as one Nation. WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam...the list goes on.  The pity is that so many American's had to die for their political beliefs at home way back then. However, we are united as a Nation and will continue to do so to protect our shores.    Our biggest challenge is not the Russians but the modern American politician who is representing themselves and not the people of the USA.

Wish you the best Tanker.   Lp USAF

Are you sure the draw string was the problem? or the Glock........

Actually, the gay's feel businesses do not have the right to chose who they serve.    I'd like him to tell them that, too.

Just thinking out loud but why not use small pistol primers?

I've had primers discolor from sitting around for some many years. They still work.   Not all were created equal and not all guns like all primers. For example, my 40X .308 tack driver is extremely accurate using winchester primers. Stick any other primer in the Lapua cases and the group grows.  It's not that one primer is better than another. It's just my  rifle likes a particular brand. When I acquire a new rifle, break it in, then begin to reload I set up the brass and do all the accuracy stuff to the bullets then get the powder charge it likes. Then I load up 5 bullets using each of the available primers and go shoot them. There's probably 5-6 to chose from. You'll find one your gun likes. Then you can adjust the bullet depth to close the group even tighter.   There's actually a primer on primers. Someone took slow-mo pics of primers at the instant of ignition. They all have a little different explosive characteristics. The pics show the blast and how it can effect ignition of your powder. I have that book around here somewhere. I'll see if I can track it down as there's lots of great info in it.

Reminds me of little soylent green both Government run and both good for you....

Yep, what powder are you using and how much behind what bullet size? Primers also play a big roll. There's a book out there somewhere that addresses primers. I know I have it laying around here somewhere. Anyway, they have pics of primers being fired and the pics shows the different flashes from the different primers. It's very enlightening.    All rifles are not created equal. Including those that come off the assembly line. Both are reamed the same. Both have the same barrels and are of the same length but both guns like completely different loads/powder/bullet jump/primers to shoot tight groups. These are two guns that came off the  assembly line one after the other.  That means my 40X .308 using 43.1 grains of Varget with the bullets touching the lands may not shoot a tight group  in your rifle. You have to find what works and Rem 700's are notoriously accurate rifles. 

  heya Dolo.    Alot of guys I shoot with have very tightly reamed chambers to the point we have to trim the brass' neck thickness down  not only for uniformity of neck wall thickness but to keep the brass expansion from sticking the brass. The rounds are not overloaded at all but can still stick in a very tight chamber.    And yes, I get very anal and trim all of my brass necks to a uniform .0012 thickness for my 40X .308. They're also weighed for volume, trimmed to uniform length, pockets reamed and de-burred, annealed every 6-7 reloads and I only use Lapua Brass.   My Berger 175 gr Match Target HPBT bullets are pointed, weighed, ogive gauged and met plat trimmed. Bullets are seated then tested for runout and adjusted.   Talk about a waste of time but she sure shoots, lights out at 600 yds. :D   Lp 

good luck with it. and, again...when you pull the firing pin assembly and stick the bolt back in the rifle when you ram the bolt home the  handle should fall by itself down in its battery position. A loaded or fired round should do just about the same.   Lp

yep, i push it hard agasint that old table top in my garage and hold it down. Then I just stick the dime in the slot on top and unscrew the firing pin assembly. I've been doing it for years. cheap and works every time. 

Hard strike? The question is more like are there any holes in the primer? Are the primers flattened out within the primer pockets? Take a look at a primer of one of your fired cases and one on an unfired case. Disregard the primer dent for a second and give the  fired primer a good look. Does it appear to be bigger in diameter than the unfired but loaded primer? Also, line that delineates the  primer from the primer pocket might look hair thin. That along with flattening are all signs of over pressure. Holes in the primer might be  over pressure or possible shoulder (head space) issues. What can happen is the the case shoulder is shortened to the point that when the firing pin strikes the primer it pushes the whole case forward then it gets blown back instantly onto the firing pin and bolt  face.    BTW, anytime you get a hole in a primer it;s time to stop and fix it. The super hot gases coming back from that powder in the case and  actually deform the bolt face. 

ok, took some pics... [/UR bolt is out of the gun. L] put the top notches against a wood (read hard but not metal) and pull down this exposes a slot at the top of the bolt stick a dime in there unscrew the firing pin assembly and use the bolt to check headspace and case size. [url=http://s587.photobucket.com/user/ren1795/media/b5_zpsf93f2c4a.jpg.html]when you screw the firing pin back in just make sure you align the slot then pull the dime out.

yw..if you give me a few minutes Ill take apart on of my bolts and take pics for you.   Ref your brass.. if you have a fire formed case that will go easy into the case, you can actually do nothing more  than neck size it then prime, charge and load a new bullet. All thing's being equal it should chamber easily and once fired be very easy to open the bolt and remove the case. If it word like that then it may be your reloads. Factory ammo has been know to have bad batches from time.   It doesn't mean that yours does but you might buy a case gauge that will immediately give you feedback as to the loaded bullets.  Dillon sells em. Brownells does too. They're all over the place. Very handy and very accurate. You can look at them here. Just scroll down to .308.   http://www.brownells.com/reloading/measuring-tools/case-gauges-headspace-tools/wilson-case-gauge-prod33287.aspx

It's a purity lil cap-n-ball pistol. Maybe mid 1800's? About a .32 cal?

You might try this.....   Remove the bolt then take it apart, Remove the firing pin/spring assembly.   With the firing pin assay removed stick the bolt back into and cycle in and out of battery a couple of times. Feel just how easy the bolt handle just drops down into battery.   Now stick one of the new fangled Brazilian rounds in and see if the bolt drops the same.   Now try one of your spent cases. It should be already fired formed to the chamber. The same thing should happen  as if it didn't have a case in the chamber. The bolt handle should drop easily into battery.   If you're getting any binding or it requires any real pressure to bring the bolt handle into battery then start looking at your cases for length, or shoulder depth. Something may be incorrect on the brass.   If everything works smoothly with light pressure on the bolt handle then you need to have a closer look at your  chamber.   If you've never taken your firing pin assey out of the bolt before let me know. You can easily do it without any special tools just a dime.   Lp

No smoking gun there and no body. I don't know how this is gonna play out but I'm hoping they're playing it close to the chest to prevent  moving the case somewhere due to too much info being put out by the media. They could be hard pressed to find a jury.....

Brazilian sxs? What Gauge? FIE is the importer. Boito made many shotguns for FIE. I think Kmart once sold them.

Praying now. 

what kind of bullets are you using?