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DocAwe said:
In my state face to face sales are legal so long as you don't knowingly sell to a prohibited person.
I can theoretically get a table at the fun show and sell chunks of my collection.
Semi dangerous proposition in the current environment though.
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Unless the ATF decides you're acting as a dealer without a license. Which in their convoluted rule makings I believe last year they made that even harder to not be seen as one. Many gun shows won't allow Non ffls for this reason

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TerminalTryHard said:
On the tariffs the Fenix ammo guy is predicting about a 50-100 dollar rise per 1000rd for 556, but not just for foreign companies as a lot of domestic manufacturers also use foreign materials.
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He should make better ammo instead of shitty reman I wish I could trust buying from him. I genuinely at this point don't trust anyone selling ammo to tell me anything. The firearms community are full of panic buying retards and he's saying his own prices will go up too (So you'd better buy now!). The fucking Lake City Biden rumor bullshit made me so mad. I cannot stand how prone gun owners are to absolute fear mongering FOMO bullshit tactics. I'll continue to wait and see how things work out. The gun community has itself been the cause for cost raises in the past through panic buying.

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ChampFantana said:
Can someone recommend me a good IWB holster for a full-size Block 21?
I have too much of a spare tire for appendix carry, and I need to stop carrying at the 3 o'clock position in my Safariland.
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I used a Galeco Supertuck, and currently use a Veddar Comfort tuck.

I like the leather backer, and am really glad I went with horsehide with the Veddar holster (cheaper in regular leather, of course).

Duke Nukem said:
People who laughed at you when you said to buy whatever firearm thing they wanted before it was too late, are probably not going to laugh now.

I can't honestly say I never saw it coming, imports can be ended with the snap of a finger.

Even though I'm an AK guy I must concede that you should just get an AR-15 and be happy with it.
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I swear I'm like a gun buying savant.
As soon as I could when the getting was good, I bought an uncoverted Saiga 7.62... in 2007.

I did the same for a braced Uzi Pro... around 2015 or so.

I haven't really bought anything "cool" like the Uzi Pro in years, but I'm really feelin' the itch to pic up a Beretta PMX, which is a licenced copy of the B&T P26, which is a Tec-9 with a rail on top, and a lower made to accept B&T magazines, fixing everything wrong with the Tec 9 (Shit build QC and shit magazines).

So.. I would get one of those while you can... and probably one of those Turkish MP5's, too.
 
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ChampFantana said:
Can someone recommend me a good IWB holster for a full-size Block 21?
I have too much of a spare tire for appendix carry, and I need to stop carrying at the 3 o'clock position in my Safariland.
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I also suggest vedder. Personally I have a light tuck at 3 oclock. Doesn't bother me really comfort wise. They make a $25 pad now you stick onto kydex holsters for added comfort too. If you don't trust or like leather backed ones which I don't personally.

Shit i guess they're really popular the right hand draw is sold out.

 
C. Sharps is doing a special edition sharps rifle recreating a historical rifle used at the battle of the little big horn. 1st Sergeant Ryan of company M 7th cav used a bull barreled Sharps rifle to pick off Indians from the bluffs over looking the valley where the Indian villages were. the rifle was fitted with a scope:
“Captain French of my company asked me if I could do anything with those Indians, as they were out of range of the carbines. I told the captain that I would try, and as I was the owner of a 15-pound Sharps telescope rifle, caliber .45, which I had made in Bismark before the expedition started out, and which cost me $100 I fired a couple of shots until I got the range of that group of Indians. Then I put in half a dozen shots in rapid succession, and those Indians scampered away from that point of the bluff, and that ended the firing on the part of the Indians in that memorable engagement, and the boys put up quite a cheer.
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His sharps rifle, having a full length barrel and scope allowed it to far out range the trapdoor carbines that the cavalry were given.

Companies A, G, M, D, H, and K would survive the battle due to digging fighting holes on the bluffs. They repulsed indian attacks for 2 days until relieved by reinforcements.
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Rifle costs 6,117 dollars. all hand built in the USA by Sharps in big timber Montana. actually a decent price for a rifle like this. a rifle of similar build quality (like a new M.98 from Mauser) will cost at least 14k.
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its not necessarily the sharps i would buy but its a nice gun nevertheless.
 
WhoBusTank69 said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TwxRDL8JKpYNot entirely the same but impressive none the less.
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people have this tendency to dismiss things from the "old days" (whatever that is changes from person to person) as useless. People back then were just as smart as they are now.

people have had ballistics and rifling pretty much solved since the 1840s. by the 1860s there was regular rifle matches being held at 1,000 yards in both the US and UK which were the premier matches in the world at the time.

during the civil war Confederate marksmen armed with British Whitworth muzzleloading rifles were killing Union officers 1,000 yards away (or more) fairly often. 1,390 yards was the longest taken by one of these men as far as i can recall. Killed a officer directing troops.

Billy Dixon killed a indian sitting on horseback at 1,538 yards at the second battle of adobe walls with a sharps rifle chambered in .50 2 1/2.

as long as it was visible it could be hit.
 
Romulus augustulus said:
people have this tendency to dismiss things from the "old days" (whatever that is changes from person to person) as useless. People back then were just as smart as they are now.

people have had ballistics and rifling pretty much solved since the 1840s. by the 1860s there was regular rifle matches being held at 1,000 yards in both the US and UK which were the premier matches in the world at the time.

during the civil war Confederate marksmen armed with British Whitworth muzzleloading rifles were killing Union officers 1,000 yards away (or more) fairly often. 1,390 yards was the longest taken by one of these men as far as i can recall. Killed a officer directing troops.

Billy Dixon killed a indian sitting on horseback at 1,538 yards at the second battle of adobe walls with a sharps rifle chambered in .50 2 1/2.

as long as it was visible it could be hit.
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People into guns very often think the civil war was fought with unrifled muskets. Also shout out to a very comfy channel CapAndBall


His newest video :

 
Yours Truly 2095 said:
People into guns very often think the civil war was fought with unrifled muskets. Also shout out to a very comfy channel CapAndBall

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6aYmkhy81mA
His newest video :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=95bQi4jUGd4
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to be fair there were a lot of muskets used. Buck and ball was extremely effective at close ranges. problem is often that during the civil war leaders on both sides would not perform a charge to displace the enemy from a position and would instead just fling volley after volley into each other's lines. trying to win battles by superiority in fire is not tenable when both armies are armed with essentially the same gun. nor is it wise to stand 150 yards apart when the average infantry rifle could easily hit a man out to 500 yards and was accurate enough to hit troop formations out to a 1,000 yards.

the war devolved into trench warfare and massed artillery actions by the end because of this.
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Confederate trenches after the siege of petersburg. barb wire would not be invented until 1867 so sharpened stakes were used as obstacles.
 
Yours Truly 2095 said:
People into guns very often think the civil war was fought with unrifled muskets. Also shout out to a very comfy channel CapAndBall

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6aYmkhy81mA
His newest video :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=95bQi4jUGd4
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You had a lot of innovation that directly led up to modern firearms during the Civil War. Yes, you still had muzzle loading rifles, but you also had repeaters coming onto the battlefield such as the Spencer and Henry rifles, you had breach loading rifles like the Sharps, and you even had "machine guns" like the hand cranked Gatling Gun. And, of course, you had cap and ball revolvers such as the Colt and the Le Matte. The Confederates called the Henry "That damn Yankee rifle you can load on Sunday and shoot all week!" The Civil War marked the transition period of the end old style of warfare where troops lined up in rows to engage in volley fire, and the beginning of modern warfare due to the rapid advancement of weapons technology.
 
The Dude said:
You had a lot of innovation that directly led up to modern firearms during the Civil War. Yes, you still had muzzle loading rifles, but you also had repeaters coming onto the battlefield such as the Spencer and Henry rifles, you had breach loading rifles like the Sharps, and you even had "machine guns" like the hand cranked Gatling Gun. And, of course, you had cap and ball revolvers such as the Colt and the Le Matte. The Confederates called the Henry "That damn Yankee rifle you can load on Sunday and shoot all week!" The Civil War marked the transition period of the end old style of warfare where troops lined up in rows to engage in volley fire, and the beginning of modern warfare due to the rapid advancement of weapons technology.
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Legato said:
"Everybody needs to panic buy!!!"

- Ammo salesman
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Joke's on him, I already got most of what I want for now.

That being said, I'm kinda disappointed that Cold War surplus is drying up and options in general are disappearing.

Everyone is just releasing some version of Glock or AR clone now but I don't really give a shit. Just give me a .308 and I'll be happy with it.
 
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