OldIronFan

I bought Berry's 9mm at Reloader's Bench a few weeks ago. They had a decent qty on the shelf but not pre 2020 quantities. They had Berry's 30 caliber rifle as well the day I bought the 9mm but I don't remember the weight.

Reloader's Bench has had powder off and on. Bought both BLC-2 and H110 there recently. They had 8lb jugs in limited quantity as well as 1lb. I have purchased small and large pistol at Sportsman's Warehouse for regular retail prices. Missed out on the small rifle they had by a hour or less. They also had some magnum (small pistol) but no match/benchrest rifle. Projectiles are getting easier to find but still hit or miss.

Rifle with desiccant packs sealed in VCI bags. placed into PCV pipe with glued caps. I would likely add an extra layer of some type of marine grade sealant around the cap joint as a extra precaution. I would either put multiples of the above configuration in a plastic or stainless steel sealed barrel weighted to sink. If I was doing a single rifle with some ammo I would likely place the above PVC "Vault" in a larger PVC tube and cap that, again second layer of protection. Drive an anchor rod into the pond bottom with a eye or ring that I could chain the above to.

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Did you watch the video clips on this? There is just about zero doubt what services were being offered at these locations. The only men not getting offered said "services" were likely uniformed officers rolling up in black and whites.

I am a civilian middle aged white guy with no LEO experience and I felt the exact same way. I watched the video and kept thinking it was a prime example of how not to conduct a traffic and potential felony stop. I expected him to be far more in control of the situation especially as she got out of the vehicle. He also did not seem to truly block the vehicle in. Letting her keep going in and out of the car and just milling around beside seemed like a big red flag to me. I would have expected him to want her standing or sitting on the curb away from the vehicle doors, likely at the front of the car. The only thing I saw positive was his calm non escalating demeanor up to the point things went sideways. I did not see anything that could have been misconstrued as aggressive behavior or tone from the officer during the initial portion of the stop. It was almost as if he was going out of his way to not agitate her any further. Obviously that failed. I have been stopped for speeding and had troopers/officers approach my car with more caution, address me more firmly, follow (what I assume is) protocol, and maintain more control of the situation. Granted it has been a close to a decade since my last traffic stop but I find it hard to believe good practices for stops have changed that drastically in >10 years.

Go deep my man. There are people filling coolers full of crappie in deep pockets in Jan, Feb, and March. More or less drop fishing/jigging at these temps. I just go to the coast and get offshore.

Yes it would be new old stock or used. They have not been produced by Barrett in well over a year, closer to two years honestly. They are still out there in distributor warehouses and some retailers.

Yeah but try finding one these days that is not jacked up to the moon in price. I have been looking for a plain jane 18" ~ 22" for some time but refuse to pay $600+ for one. Missed out on one @$250 a few months ago and am still kicking myself. I have a bunch of parts to set one up just collecting dust. There were some various 870 clones out there. Quality ranged from questionable to near equal to a factory Remington.

There was one in the rack at Sportsman's Warehouse in the Boro a week or so ago. I did not recall the caliber but I want to say either 6.5 or 308. Do not get one in 7mm-08. function and feeding were fine but accuracy was not on par with the 6.5, 308, and 270. You should pay under $2000 for one like new to lightly used. Over that and I personally feel like you are getting gouged a bit, but it is 2021 I guess.

I have once fired, deprimed, and SS pin wet tumbled brass for sale or trade. Currently I have; Rifle: .308 (Both Lapua and FC headstamp) (Lapua Sold out, still have Mixed FC headstamp) 338 Lapua Mag (Lapua brass) 338 Norma Magnum 300 Norma Magnum 300 Winchester Magnum (Sold Out) 6.5 Creedmoor (Hornady brass) (Sold Out) 0.223 / 5.56 (mixed and FC headstamp) limited qty Pistol: (limited availability) 9mm (mixed headstamp) 40 s&w Prices vary by type and qty but I can just about guarantee I will beat the Armslist/Gunbroker/ect going rate for once fired brass. I over bag to account for anything I might miss in sorting or a bad case. If you get 100 pcs from me I try to pack about 105. I do not do this for a living and most of this was sorted, deprimed, cleaned, and saved for my own use. I have just decided to clear out some surplus. This all came from an indoor range and most of it from bolt guns, with the obvious exception of pistol and .223 options, so it has not been in the dirt or gravel. In the Middle Tennessee area to meet around Franklin, Nolensville, Smyrna, Lavergne, or Murfreesboro most days but will ship at buyers cost. Will trade for 6.5 Grendel brass or ammo, 6mm ARC brass or ammo, powder, primers, 22 LR sub or standard velocity, 22 wmr ammo, old bolt action rifles, old 22 pistols and rifles, ugly project guns and gunsmith specials, single shot center break rifles (TC, H&R, Handi), or a single stack subcompact carry gun in 9mm or 380. Cash is always king though.

To be fair if they are covered in grease they just end up as "Garage Jeans" or "Mowing Jeans". I just stop wearing them out to dinner with my wife. She gets upset if I look like I have been under a car all day.

They have a couple different styles. I do have one pair that has a bit of stretch, softer feel, and is a bit thinner than what I normally buy. The ones I typically buy are as thick if not thicker than the Levi offerings I had been wearing before. I have only had the thinner pair 6 months or so and they are holding up just fine but I could not give a long term assessment at this point. The thicker ones are a 5+ year jean for me if I don't get them covered in grease.

I switched to LL Bean jeans a number of years ago and have yet to find anything better. They have about 3 or 4 styles and each style is available in at least two or three different cuts (slim, natural, relaxed). They tend to run around $60 but I never pay more than $50 as they frequently run 10% and 20% off sales. I was going through Levi jeans so fast it was not economical. They were not made nearly as well as the LL Bean stuff. I have some I wear now that are at least 6 or 7 years old. They hold up much better than pretty much everything I have tried before.

^^^^This^^^^ Hoarders, panic buyers, opportunists resellers make a run on ammo. Ammo manufacturers can't fill orders fast enough. The primers they can make at max capacity are going directly to their highest volume, highest margin products. The small overages or primer order fulfilment they can get out the door are snapped up instantly by more hoarders, panic buyers, and opportunist resellers. Those of us that only bought one box (1000 pcs) at a time for the type we needed are left in the lurch. Primers, Powder, Cases, and Projectiles are still being made by manufacturers. It is just going to ammo production first. Some of that is going to DPAS rated contract sales (military contracted orders take rated priority over commercial orders). Some of that is going to existing big commercial contract holders. What is left is trickling out to the common folk and small retailers.

Primers and powder are out there. I bough 1000 CCI small pistol yesterday and 1000 CCI large pistol locally today for normal retail. They also had small pistol magnum but no rifle in this delivery. A local shop owner said they are getting powder and primers at least monthly they just sell out quickly due to hoarders and reselling profiteers. I bought what I could load and use in the next few months. It came at the right time since I was running low on pistol primers. Now if I can just find a box of bench rest/match small rifle I will be golden for the spring and summer.

That storm kicked my butt. I will be dealing with it for a few more months too. The first Satruday I managed to fall. I hit hard enough to render myself unconsious and scare my wife bad enough she called 911. I did not take them up on their generous offer to take me to the hospital but I spent the next few days inside. Then the following saturday when the thaw began some ice damed gutters caused water to run down the inside of an exterior wall until hit hit something horizontal. That horizontal suface was my subfloor so it ran along my subfloor under my oak hardwood floors. I never saw a drop of water and did not know there was a problem until the hardwood started cupping and lifting. Now I get to deal with having the floor replaced, sanded, stained, and sealed while the dog, wife and I spend a week in a hotel somewhere. So far 2021 is sucking worse than 2020

They are also very popular with 22 rimfire shooters. They more or less owned the 10/22 barrel market for a long time. The company I work for uses Green Mountain Blanks for a number of products. They are not on the same level as our Proof or Krieger barrel blanks but they are solid. I would not put one on a gun I wanted to shoot sub MOA at 1000 yards but If I was building a <150 yard bursh gun or short range hunting gun I would not hesitate to use them.

I have a 450 Bushmaster, .458 SOCOM, and 50 BMG in the collection. I got to shoot a 20mm once, that was a blast (no pun intended), but I would hate to feed it on a regular basis. Really would like to pick up a 45-70 lever gun at some point but not with todays prices. I will probably get a .338 Lapua or .338 Norma Mag platform for longer range shooting one of these days.

A number of years ago I took evening welding classes at McGavock High School through a Nashville Continuing Education program. It was cheap, like $50 for a 5 or 6 week program, plus a book if I recall. I can't find anything similar now. Most of the TCAT campuses offer Welding Technology programs but that may be more involved than you are looking for. I think it is a 12 month program. I am just a home fabricator and tinkerer. I would like to get into doing some GTAW (TIG) welding in the near future but for now I just run SMAW and GMAW/FCAW on Lincoln equipment. Most recent purchase was a cheap plasma cutter and boy do I love that thing.