DesertRanger

Lowest price I can offer on this.

Lower price $525

Bump

Bump with lower price.

Thank you.

It seems odd that this scam warning was replied to my Sig post. Any particular reason?

In light of recent events, I believe I'll just hold on to what I've got for the time being. It doesn't seem so smart to do otherwise.

Sorry-out of town and didn't check TGO. Could you send a picture to me?

Sorry-travelling for work and didn't check TGO for two days. Mossberg says LOP is 14.5" and nothing about it being adjustable.

I told myself I was reducing the number of items in my collection; however, if you have something in mind for trade, I apparently am unable to refuse to at least consider it.

Knoxville

As with the other ad I had up, I believe in light of recent events I'll just hold what I have.

I'm sure some of you are familiar with Selco Bagovic, who survived the war in Bosnia Herzegovina in the 1990's. I went back to re-read some of what he wrote about those 3 years living under siege, and found a particularly sobering post of his. Just how close are we to the dark forces of societal chaos? You can judge for yourself: Daisy Luther from The Organic Prepper also contacted Selco for an interview. We highlight a couple of the Q&As and you can go to her site if you’d like to read the rest (she focuses on politics and the US situation). Q: What parallels do you see with events in the US and Bosnia before the SHTF? US and Yugoslavia (in 1990) on first look do not have anything in common because people are going to say, “The USA cannot have anything similar to any socialistic system.” This is true but only on first look. Yugoslavia had somewhere around 20-22 million citizens, six republics (similar to states in the US), 3-4 main religions, and many national groups (ethnicity). The official state policy was to build Yugoslavian “nationality” (from the end of WW1) and through different ways that effort was successful until the 90s. We were “something big, united through differences with a strong connection to make something big.” And then those differences were used to make chaos. In the late 80s and beginning of the 90s (when democracy came) the problems started and ended up in series of wars and cases of complete collapse. Things that I experienced in my case prior to SHTF, and things that you might recognize: Things that make differences between people are more and more problematic (race, religion, political opinion). Polarization is getting obviously stronger. People want to come to your country, but they do not want to “assimilate” or contribute to the greater good. They want to preserve their way of life which is often absolutely contradictory to the way that your country (society) works. The political way of solving those problems often fails, because, in essence, those problems are hard to solve in a democratic way (in the spirit of democracy). Your freedoms are “shrinking” as a result of that. Calls for “radical solutions“ for the problems are stronger and stronger. The media is absolutely working a dirty job, and it is hard to find out what is the truth anymore. Suddenly people and events from history are “brought back” so people can judge and argue about it, to write history again, to build myths sometimes. Q: Anything else to add? I have seen many people killed, a lot of women and children too, civilians. A huge number of people suffered, were hungry and cold and were terrified through that period. But I can count on one hand the dead or hungry politicians in that time. Things were good for them through that period. Some of them ended up even richer. A lot of them are still powerful in the same or different parties, and are still talking about “their people” or “ causes” or “fear from others”. It is the way it works.

Thanks very much. These are very helpful.

Any experience or advice on reloading 44-40 with black powder? I have an original Winchester 1873 and I’d like to try shooting it with period rounds. I found a forum online, but for powder quantity it advised “as much as you can fit in the case and still seat the bullet”. I’m skeptical of this kind of advice with anything, but especially with substances that burn rapidly. Any advice?

Thank you both for the assistance. Since 30-30 seems to be nearly impossible to buy, I was hoping to reload these. My lever rifles are my favorites at the range, but one is 30-30 and the other 44-40, so I’ve limited myself to a few rounds every few weeks for the last couple of years. In any case, thanks for the help-I appreciate it.

I was gifted a grocery bag full of Winchester-stamped 30-30 brass a few months ago. At the time I only had a Lee Classic handloader for that caliber. I loaded 10 rounds and went to the range, only to find that the cases were expanded just enough that they wouldn't chamber completely. Since then, I've purchased a single stage press to learn on, along with 30-30 dies and . before I expend the primers, should I even try to size and reload these cases? Is the integrity of the case wall compromised once they expand? They are not visibly bulged, but obviously enough that they won't chamber more than 3/4 of the way in. The micrometer reads .422 on the case and the reload spec is .420. Resize or toss them out?

I wanted to like the Hellcat- I rented one at my range and shot 50 rounds. I found the recoil to be noticeably more than my standard P365, and my grouping was larger than normal as a result. I had a buddy with me who went to buy a Hellcat- after trying it out, we both agreed that the recoil was a bit much. In the end, I bought the P365 XL and my buddy bought a G48. Much more manageable for me to shoot the P365. I put Hogue grip bands on, but Ive always done that-even on my p220 when it was my duty weapon. Good luck on your decision.

Thanks for the list of issues and possible corrections. I plan to disassemble and check this weekend.

I'm going to try hotter 22 ammo tomorrow and see how it does.

I will leave it as it came to me and try CCI tomorrow. I'll let you know how that goes.

I have acquired a 1928 Remington Model 24 22lr. I don’t know yet if I want to keep it, but my dilemma is about refinishing and one mechanical issue. The stock finish and blueing are original (see picture). If I refinish does that impact the collectibility? A buddy showed me his Browning version of the same gun and it was perfect- it made me want to refinish. I’m interested in your opinions. The mechanical issue is that it’s not cycling rounds after the first. I was using Blazer 40gr lead nose rounds. The spent case would jam before completely ejecting, and because I turned it downside up to clear it, the next round feeds and jams out of the magazine. There are guys online with feeding problems, but not this one exactly. Any ideas? My two questions are related because if I tear it down completely for the mechanical issue, I will want to refinish it. I have more than enough 22s as it is, so I think my preference would be to send it to another owner. To date, though, I have never sold a gun that wasn’t in good working order. Any advice is appreciated.

It is a quick ride, to be certain.

It may be just an irrational fear on my part. I’m a woodworker, too, and I’ve built furniture out of reclaimed wood. The really old stuff is sometimes very brittle, and I think about that. I don’t know the real risk-it may be zero. I’m not planning to take it out every weekend, but I do plan to shoot it on a regular basis.

There was almost no recoil at all. I was surprised, but the cowboy loads were obviously light. I have no desire to push the envelope and load them hot. A ranger buddy in CO was into cowboy action shooting and loaded his own 45 LC. When I shot that I was surprised how little recoil there was.