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Where were his drops?

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MegaMagMania runs for two more days… would you like to know more?
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Saw this, and a couple other similarly themed t-shirts and couldn’t help myself.

Starship Troopers is one of those rare books that gets the ol’ wheels turning. “Atlas Shrugged” was probably the one book that changed my way of thinking about a lot of things, but Troopers specifically gave me some thoughts about the nature of duty and obligation that I’d never really explored. (And for the love of Crom, read the book rather than see the movies.)  It’s a book that clearly is more geared towards military folks, but it’s explorations about the nature of individual duties to the state, the states duties to the individual, and that sort of thing were quite interesting. It’s been labelled as fascist or racist, but that’s usually by people who think everyone without a certain melanin count is automatically a racist.

This being a college town, I look forward to seeing if anyone gets the reference.

Summer rambling

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Four days on the his-prices-are-insane 10/22 mag sale. Four days. After that the page gets taken down. Stocking stuffers, investment, grandkids, secret squirrel cache, whatever….. there’s always a reason to sock a dozen or so mags away. Get some.
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Anything of note going on these days? Doesn’t seem like it. Summer is usually the time to test some gear and take advantage of the usual summer slump in metals prices. Other than that, not much going on.

I’m pretty busy these days with ‘normal’ stuff, but there’s always that little voice in the back of the head that says “Hey…stay frosty, man. Today could be The Day.” It’s really easy to get lax when there’s electricity, hot water, and a fridge full of food at hand. All of that can change like that (:::snaps fingers:::) But, still, it’s hard to stay focused sometimes.

I’ve been cleaning up the ‘extra’ guns and getting them ready for the Deep Sleep. Basically it’s a very detailed cleaning, a generous amount of lubrication, and seal it up in a Pelican case with some dessicant. Handguns are easier…clean and oil, and then stuff them in a nice new ammo can with some ammo, a holster, and some other odds and ends. A package like that can get tucked behind some drywall and be perfectly serviceable in fifty or a hundred years.

Happens from time to time, y’know. I remember reading about a guy in Illinois that found a fully functional Tommy gun and mags, with the receipt from the hardware store, hidden in the wall of his house. And, of course, in Europe you never know what you’ll find when you  pull up a floor or tear up a roof on an old house.

Here in Montana, you sometimes find guns where you least expect them…. someone loss a rifle in the woods, old cabins have a hidden cubby with a rifle in it, that sort of thing. I’ve never found an old gun that way but I know people who have. (I suppose the Watergun might count.)

Guns are a tremendously durable good….as the saying goes, their only natural enemies are rust and politicians. Same goes for magazines, too.

 

 

Mossberg update

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About six days left on the 10//22 mag deal. A hundred bucks gets you either ten (10) Steel Lips, or fourteen (14) Hot Lips. Letting this deal slide by would be doubleplusunwise.

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A few weeks back I came into a marginally bubba’d Mossberg 590A1. Thought it was a good deal except that the magazine tube had a drooling problem. Sent off to Mossberg and the replacement parts arrived today. While I was on their website I picked up a couple extra parts like an ejector and a few other things.

Mossberg makes workhorse shotguns. They aren’t terribly noteworthy for anything other than their affordability and their (usually) reputation for durability. When settling on a pump shotgun I went with the Remington 870 simply for logistics reasons. However, the Mossberg is a more than suitable secondary standard for me. In fact, the really are virtually identical in terms of function and reliability. I’d guess that about 95% of the pumpgun market is covered by these two brands with only the Chinese and Turkish copies filling in the gap. (And, dude, if all you can afford is a Chinese copy of an 870 you relly need to re-evaluate your career path since it only takes less than about $200 to buy a used Mossberg at any gun show or pawn shop.

Punched out the receiver pin, dropped out the trigger group, swapped the parts, popped the trigger group back in, popped the pin back in, and it was all done. Took maybe two minutes, tops. Gotta give Mossberg credit for a grunt-proof design.

So…a quick trip to the range to confirm that everything works and this little guy will replace the 500 sitting in the closet, and the 500 will get relegated to tertiary duty as a beanbag gun or something.

Mag deal ends in a week

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Man, that is just too much like real work…

I’ve packaged and shipped, in the last week, hundreds and hundreds of magazines. And while I appreciate that there is a certain amount of effort that must be expended to achieve a certain amount of reward, it’s a surprisingly large time sink. We all know that a little hard work never killed anyone…but why take chances?

So…

I’m going to go ahead and put a countdown timer up on the page that has the magazines listed. Lets say ..mmm…a week from this morning. After that, this deal is over, finito, ended, history, bring the car around we’re done.

So..if you’ve got some friends who need 10/22 mags, or if you just want to stockpile for the inevitable local/federal ban that seems to always be just one election away, you’ve got until this time next week to hop on the bandwagon.

FYI, the Steel Lips mags are outselling the Hot Lips mags at something like 5:1, which surprises me since the Hot Lips is an excellent value (40% more mags at the same price). If you’re the type to think strategically, the Hot Lips are an excellent choice for tucking away to sell to some poor slob if another ban comes through.

Going, going……..

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Mags are moving muy pronto. The Steel Lips mags will be sold out in the next day or two. Still have plenty of the Hot Lips…. and at 14 for a hundred bucks, delivered!, you’ll be kicking yourself if you let this one go by.

Out of the Steel Lips but may have more in a few days. Still have plenty of the Hot Lips.

ETA: Spoke too soon. Delivery just dropped off another case of the Steel Lips. But…the Hot Lips are still an excellent value and you should get some of them too.

 

Mags, gun show

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Man, that is a lot of Ruger mags that just moved over the last couple days. I have about 17 16 15 13 12 10 bundles of them left so if you’re wanting some magazine security in your life, now is the time. Priced to move and that’s exactly what theyve been doing. Get ’em while you can.
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Missoula gun show this weekend.  I was remarkably restrained and purchased nothing except a few sets of reloading dies. But, best part, I got to meet some and greet some folks that I hardly ever see except for at these sorts of things. And that was a good experience…it’s always a joy tob e around like-minded individuals where you don’t have to hold back about your interests and beliefs. In short, its a nice thing to get to spend time around ‘your own people’.

Didnt see much at the gun show that jumped out at me. Was hoping to see some .338 Lapua Savages but…nope. Was also hoping to run into Trochmann to pick up some odds and ends…nope. But there were still a few interesting things to look at. It’s kinda strange to wander a gun show and realize “I don’t need that, I already have a dozen of them” but that’s pretty much what happened. My wallet needs the breather anyway.

MegaMagMania running wild………

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Well, if you remember the deals in the past on the Butler Creek 10//22 mags you may recall that prices were…quite good. I seem to have pleased the Magazine Gods and they have granted me a boon. In addition to the deal on AK mags (which I recommend you snap up), I have a ridiculously good deal on 10/22 mags.

Snooze = lose.

ETA: The AK mags are almost gone One 10-pack of AK mags left, the Steel Lip mags are starting to run low, still have plenty of the Hot Lips mags.

AK mags for the masses

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Well…thats a buncha mags.
Nice 20-rd AK mags. They’re going in for the Deep Sleep. Or they’ll await the next election. But, either way, a ten-pack of AK goodness can be winging it’s way to you for $100 delivered.

Ten of ’em fit in a Medium Flat Rate box, to all 50 states..including the usually-expensive-to-ship-to Hawaii and Alaska. Email me for an invoice you can pay online and start socking ’em away.

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Article – What Venezuelan savers can teach everyone else

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ASK the chief investment officer of a fund-management firm how to spread your investments and you will be told to put so much in stocks, so much in bonds and something in hedge funds or private equity. Chances are that white-elephant buildings, eggs and long-life milk will not feature. But in Venezuela, where the inflation rate is in the tens of thousands, things that people elsewhere would shun for fear they will lose value have become stores of real wealth.

The old standard for guarding against hyperinflation has always been gold and, to a lesser degree, silver. But, as seen in many wartime economies, certain goods hold their value across board… most notably cigarettes, booze, and …ahem…’personal services’. There’s a handful of occupations that are, basically, recession- and depression-proof: food, medical, weapons, entertainment, and sex. Doesn’t matter if it’s a war or a depression – everyone wants to eat, everyone wants to live, everyone wants to protect themselves, everyone wants to forget, and everyone wants to get some action.

Of course it’s kinda hard to transport some of those goods in a convenient manner which is why we have a medium of exchange – gold.

About this point in the conversation the shortsighted jump in and say that if you can’t eat it or shoot it, it’s worthless. After all, they argue, if you were dropped in the middle of the Andes with a suitcase full of gold you’d starve/freeze/etc.

This is, of course, quite true. But it fails to take into account that economic disasters rarely happen overnight. They are usually a gradual-but-increasingly-steep slope. The gold gets you the things you need to survive that drop into the Andes. Somewhere between “normal” and “Mad Max” is where the gold come into play. When the local backpacking supply shop won’t accept currency, the gas stations won’t take plastic, and the gun stores won’t take a check….that’s where the metals come in handy.

But…thats my opinion. I hedge my bets….metals, ammo, fuel, food, etc.