Probably not I figure it's worth a shot. I need more small pistol primers and powder anyways too, so I won't be too upset about my visit unless they sell out of those too.

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 10:55 PM. Reason : ,]

1/3/2013 10:55:14 PM

powder and primers were very slim at the C&E show before xmas. a lot of the retailers are just reselling from powder valley. if PV doesn't have it, they probably won't either.

1/3/2013 11:27:09 PM

Damn, .357 SIG went up to $21/50 at Lawmen's.

Also fuck that mag limit bill, emails sent.

1/3/2013 11:51:26 PM

NRR, you can probably get your gas tube from rainier. I just got a rifle length one yesterday.

1/4/2013 7:56:44 AM

is rainier's "intermediate" length the same as midlength?

1/4/2013 8:59:59 AM

Magazine Ban introduced to committee last night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSg4z4tnVxE

1/4/2013 9:14:29 AM

No, intermediate is another length that I believe was created by Noveske

1/4/2013 9:18:39 AM

it's not a big deal. i'm dead in the water until i find a BCG and charging handle anyway

also need a detachable carry handle or some form of rear sight if anyone has one laying around.

1/4/2013 9:20:59 AM

I've got a spare charging handle if you can find a BCG.

1/4/2013 9:23:59 AM

ok, i'll keep that in mind. is it just a plain old charging handle? don't really want to pay for the fancy latches and such.

1/4/2013 9:35:48 AM

It's stock. I swapped it out for fancy latches and such.

1/4/2013 9:54:09 AM

sweet

1/4/2013 10:36:04 AM

anyone in the Charlotte-Metro area have a 12 gauge over/under they wouldn't mind loaning to a TWWer on the 17th?

going on a quail hunt and had to send my Benelli in for repairs right before Christmas. I would take my dad's Ruger Red Label, but he's going on the same hunt . Don't really want to take a pump.

waiting to hear back from one other person right now.

1/4/2013 10:43:52 AM

JesusHChrist, 7.62x54r ammo has gone up. Used to be $75 OTD for a Spam Can (440rnds) when North Raleigh Guns opened. Then it was $85 OTD. I just called and it's $100 before taxes!

So I ordered 880 rounds for $175.12 shipped online. Should get here in a couple weeks. Probably the last batch I'll see going at <$0.20/round. Everywhere else was sold out.

[Edited on January 4, 2013 at 10:44 AM. Reason : .]

1/4/2013 10:44:26 AM

lol i took an xtrema on one... and got laughed at till they figured how useful a 3rd shot could be... then i sold it for +500 lol

1/4/2013 10:44:59 AM

my benelli is a duck gun, 3 shots. i just change the choke. i love it.


but nevermind the above. my buddy came through, so i have what i need.

1/4/2013 11:06:03 AM

gg dude i was about to say ask preston if yall still talk...

1/4/2013 11:56:35 AM

http://www.slickguns.com/product/phase-5-bolt-carrier-stripped-chrome-lined-75
Stripped bolt carriers. $75

Better than nothing. You could build one for a total of like $150 and resell for $300 lol

1/4/2013 1:40:15 PM

preston is who i asked.

1/4/2013 1:47:34 PM

I know it's a long shot but if anyone has a Mossberg 590A1 they're looking to part with, pm me

1/4/2013 2:12:35 PM

PSA has 16" Pencil profiles in stock

http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/featured/psa-16-cmv-5-56-nato-mid-length-pencil-profile-chrome-lined-mp-premium-barrel.html

1/4/2013 2:14:11 PM

http://www.dsarms.com/ZM4_AR15-Semi-Auto-Complete-Bolt-Group-Assembly---ZM485018509-A/productinfo/ZM485018509%2DA/

Semi auto bcg. $150

1/4/2013 8:06:48 PM

I can't believe how easy it was a few months ago to get a full auto BCM BCG

1/4/2013 8:32:57 PM

Ten Gun Bills Introduced in Congress on First Day

http://armsvault.com/blog/2013/01/04/ten-gun-bills-introduced-in-congress-on-first-day/

1/4/2013 8:37:25 PM

1/4/2013 8:51:53 PM

wife got me this bad boy for my birthday

1/4/2013 9:16:33 PM

For quail, 20ga is typically the largest you want to go.

1/4/2013 10:24:11 PM

tired of waiting. sending off my paperwork to CMP monday.

[Edited on January 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM. Reason : gonna take luck of the draw on a service grade Springfield Armory M1 Garand]

1/4/2013 10:36:32 PM

^^^, is that the biometric version?
If so, I heard a tip from another owner:
The box will hold 20 users in memory. Scan your finger 10 different times over the course of a couple days. This will cover variation that may cause a rejection of a single print where your finger may be dirty, slip, etc

1/4/2013 10:43:33 PM

Dustin Ellermann testing out the biometric GunVault. I kind of want one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrfsvyI-luQ

1/4/2013 11:23:07 PM

Meijer.com has some really good prices on safes through the 25th.

1/5/2013 11:33:37 AM

I don't have any long rifles, so is a safe like that good enough to keep a gun fastened? Seems like that cord could easily be cut with wire cutters, although I don't know if your average thief would carry those.

Girlfriend found this biometric safe on Amazon from Berska, reviews seem good and it is on sale (ships free with Prime too). Looks like it can be bolted into a wall stud or two, although not sure about the interior size.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002AQ0PFW/

[Edited on January 5, 2013 at 1:30 PM. Reason : link]

[Edited on January 5, 2013 at 1:33 PM. Reason : fgj]

1/5/2013 1:08:45 PM

It would probably hold 4 handguns if I had to guess.
If you bolt to a wall or floor, then it would stop a smash and grab.
Less than a minute with a hammer and pry bar would have it open, but it is that way with most small safes.

1/5/2013 5:15:32 PM

so i ran across this:
from http://shadowopsweaponry.com/products/230-ar-15-stripped-lower-receiver-shdw-15.aspx

Quote :

"Hi Everyone, We are in a MASSIVE push to make as many black rifle lowers at a very fair price considering what certain lowers are going for now at $600 each on gunbroker, which is FRICKING INSANE. Our goal is to have all of these lowers before any legislation goes into effect in July of 2013. We are guestimating that it will take 3 months past January to come up with a law to ban AR-15 from new manufacture and an 90-day notice to us to stop manufacturing."

whats up with july '13?

1/5/2013 6:14:12 PM

Not sure but I found this:

Quote :

" We are guestimating that it will take 3 months past January to come up with a law to ban AR-15 from new manufacture and an 90-day notice to us to stop manufacturing.""

1/5/2013 6:38:17 PM

come july 2013 we'll probably see the same message for Dec. '13 lol.

its a way to get sales up

1/5/2013 9:28:16 PM

Yeah, I'm still betting (barely) that nothing big is going to happen.

That said, am I good if I have a bunch of stripped lowers? What're the odds of any other parts becoming long-term scarce/very expensive/highly regulated? What's the deal on any requirement for the rifles to be "completed" to be grandfathered in?

1/5/2013 10:22:54 PM

under the '94 AWB, the official stance of the BATFE was that the rifle had to be in evil configuration before the ban.

of course, they had no way of proving what evil features your rifle had pre-ban.

1/5/2013 11:13:09 PM

If a ban goes into effect, I'm thinking it'll be forced registration of any serialized lower with configuration notes / photos, the same way NFA items are described now on a Form 1

RIP John Noveske

http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2013/01/05/john-noveske/

1/5/2013 11:50:31 PM

I decided that it was time to venture into NFA items instead of building the next AR.
Getting the trust competed next week, and will order the can in February.
Then there will be the six month wait for approval.

[Edited on January 6, 2013 at 10:07 AM. Reason : A]

1/6/2013 10:04:43 AM

^^ I don't think that'll happen. The backlash would be massive.

That, and I think that people just wouldn't register them (other than new purchases, of course).

1/6/2013 10:19:42 AM

and those people, when discovered, would pay fines or go to jail

win for the prison lobby that is looking for a new kind of prohibition to keep the jails full after weed is legal

1/6/2013 10:25:52 AM

Again, good luck.

1/6/2013 10:56:13 AM

^^^^ I think something like a .44 Rem Mag in a suppressed carbine would be really cool. I'd like to hunt hogs with it.

My concern with NFA stuff is with inviting the BATF into my life. I just don't want to be registered with them or be subject to audits. As of right now, nobody knows what I have. I bought them all in private transactions, and all the ones I bought from FFLs have been sold in private transactions.

1/6/2013 12:05:54 PM

I normally agree about inviting inspection from the .gov, but NFA prices haven't gone up while everything else has.
It will run me about $600 for a .45 suppressor, and then the $200 stamp.
I will mostly run it with 9mm, but it is user serviceable so I can run it on any .22 as well.
Thompson Machine QMF-2

With $800 I still wouldn't be close to finishing the AR the way i want at today's prices.

1/6/2013 1:04:26 PM

I can't think of any other example where people that engage in a silly hobby try so hard, contrary to all facts, to spin that hobby as something beneficial to society

I'll keep thinking though

1/6/2013 1:44:51 PM

like trolling TWW

1/6/2013 2:24:19 PM

Is there another round like 7.62x54r that's strong as crap and cheap?

1/6/2013 4:00:26 PM

Got this sweet 2nd Amendment hobby

1/6/2013 4:17:03 PM

for the money nothing comes close to 54r ballistics.

plenty of rounds in the same power/strength category however.

1/6/2013 4:48:21 PM