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Some 22s preferring certain brands means less failures, haha! For a second I thought you had trouble with some brands and thought something was wrong. Aguilas's been great stuff for me and very cheap sometimes. Give the 38gr HP a try if you see any. Glad to hear you are enjoying the TX22, I love mine. Sometimes Taurus will run a sale for 6 mags and a mag pouch for $99, something to keep an eye out for.

Wishing you all the best!

I've never been to such an event. Following the thread just in case.

My most recent order was from Wild Horse- I've ordered from them a couple times now without issue. My last order I even got a couple surplus Yugo ammo crates for dirt cheap.

Check out Steve's Rimfire if you are ever in Clarksville on a Saturday. Picked up some Barnaul 223 for about 40cpr last time I was there. I think he had some brass case for decent prices too but don't recall off the top of my head. Online I basically use anyone cheap who can qualify for free shipping. Ammoseek filters F/CF, new ammo only, and ignore any seller with a low star rating. I prefer to buy local when I can get good prices though, especially weird calibers people don't stock like 7.62x38r. That way I can keep online orders to as few calibers as possible. If you frequent gun shows look for Shadowsmith Ammo if you need stuff like that, they usually have a very wide variety at average or better prices.

Oh my. I don't know how I haven't seen these before... Now I really want one. It's certainly an easier to swallow price than a WW1 M1911.

I'm surprised that German stuff shoots that good. Most of the listings I've seen for it seems to imply it's been poorly kept and for collecting only. 8mm Mauser and 308 have extremely similar drop at 400 yards so I'd imagine the BDC reticle works great. I've never even looked through a LER scope so I'm interested how you like it after getting used to it.

Definitely a WW1 Mauser 98 that was reworked in 1920. Provenance after is harder to trace, especially since the barrel and stock aren't original. You'd likely want to check under the barrel (after removing the stock) if there's any other markings to figure out more about who did the sporterization or when, but it's hard to say. Lots of these were converted for civilian use in the interwar period, and eventually made their way to the US where they were further sporterized. Some stayed in military or police service. No way to tell for certain. It's a very pretty rifle and has some neat history behind it. I bet it would be a great shooter, .270 remains an absolutely fantastic cartridge and a decently cared for 98 action should be smooth and reliable.

Any markings underneath the scope mount? It looks like a Mauser 98, not a VZ24. Should be some more markings under the front of the scope mount if they weren't removed when the rifle was sporterized.

My power has been restored! No Internet yet but I'll take my house not freezing. It's been a crazy few days. If anyone needs help, Northeast High School has tons of supplies. The community has been amazing with donations and assistance.

I'm lucky to have no damage, besides my car tire picking up a screw. If any fellow members in Clarksville need anything, let me know.

Unfortunately williamv's safe won't work out for me but I appreciate the heads up. I've been browsing around the used sites but haven't found much. I'm keeping an eye out but might end up having to order one shipped. Home Depot seems to have free shipping on some not too heavily marked up options, but their shipping makes me leery after some prior bad experience.

@10-RingYeah, that's what I've been thinking. Break in risk is already low in my neighborhood and frankly my collection isn't exactly high dollar. Maybe by the time I look at another safe years down the line that risk analysis will change. @pop pop I've been looking at a safe almost exactly like that. Only difference being I'd need it to be delivered- I could maybe borrow a truck, but don't have a trailer nor do I think I could haul it alone. I might check out Parker's Safes before I make a purchase. Thanks for the replies y'all.

I've been looking for a safe since I need more storage space and it seems like a great time to get one with the sales tax being waived and all. I can't afford a proper one like from AmSec, unfortunately; nor can I haul a safe myself. It would be going in the garage, so hopefully it would be well sealed enough for a small dehumidifier solution to keep it rust free. I've been looking around but it feels like everything I could get is the same 14ish gauge steel around fire board construction, with an e-lock of debatable quality and sometimes backup physical keys. So my question is, is a cheap "safe" like that worth the almost $1k cost? Are there any brands or retailers you'd recommend over others based on ease of bulk shipping or customer service? Or is there a used safe shop or something I should look at instead?