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  1. I am right at the 10 year mark for running the gun store. I do quite a few transfers, and Bud's, PSA & Classic can be real butts if you need to return something. They run on minimal mark up and expect the customer and dealer to foot the bill. Bud's sent the wrong gun, and the customer refused it. Bud's wanted it sent back, but would not pay a transfer fee. We received it, logged it in the a&d book, called the customer, coordinated return to Bud's and asked Bud's to pay the transfer fee to cover our costs. They went ballistic, and no longer will ship to us. Classic sent a total wreck for a customer who had paid for hand picking. Same behavior as Bud's when the customer refused the gun. PSA sent a handgun to be transferred to an 18 year old. It has been sitting in the storeroom for months as PSA refuses to pay a transfer fee to cover our costs. I am currently dealing with another internet seller that I will not name at this time because outright refusal has not occured yet. The problem arose on a NICS denial. We did everything required of us, but the customer did not get the gun and so far both parties have refused to pay a transfer fee. We charge $20 on incoming transfers, and $35 on outgoing as we have to box using our packing materials and time. The customers are angry because they did not get what they wanted, the internet sellers have already been paid and do not care. I have about 4 guns sitting in the storeroom waiting for someone to ante up the transfer fee. The gist of this is that if you have a problem with a delivery from one of the major internet sellers, you should not expect them to act decently.
  2. Retail it is about 300-325 gun if the workmanship is okay and the serial number is high enough. It basically has no retail value if the serial number falls in the low range. That would be below 800K for a Springfield and 287K for a Rock Island.
  3. Again, it is not chrome lined. If the barrel is hand tight, either it is not indexed, or it will not be indexed when it is tightened. Unless something has been truly hashed up, the bolt is not lined up so that the extractor will go into the recess in the barrel. Has the bolt been stripped prior to checking headspace? If not, strip the bolt and try again. If the bolt has been stripped, close the bolt with the barrel screwed off a half a turn with the gage in place. Screw the barrel into the receiver until it stops against the headspace gage. The amount you have to turn the barrel to index is the amount you have to remove from the chamber in order to index and headspace. Rent a reamer from 4D Reamer Rentals in Kalispel MT if you do not have one and are not willing to fork out the money for one.
  4. It most likely would cause no problem in the 45. Perhaps a barrel scratch. From experience, one does not want a spent primer in a 223 shell.
  5. I've done quite a few of these. I have not had to ream one. You first will need to torque it until it is indexed and then check headspace. They are not chrome lined. If it will not headspace, due to the chamber being too short, use a standard 30-06 finish reamer. If headspace is too long, you will need to set it back one turn. Most likely you will then need to ream. I have taken some 03's apart to find that they were shimmed to properly torque to index. I have not shimmed one, but should you need to, wheel bearing spacers for the old Harley wheels as found on panheads are stainless and .002" thick. The center hole is the correct size, and the exterior can be trimmed with good scissors. Time is too short to explain how to cut the square thread should you need to set the barrel back to achieve headspace. If you get into that quagmire, post again.
  6. As of today, Remington is offering a $75 mail in rebate on the R1. Standard blue can be had for about 560 after rebate. Para, now owned by Remington, is offering a $100 rebate as of today.
  7. Karl, If you go on Gunbroker, they have a list of FFL's that will do transfers. I believe you can search by zip code. They also list the cost to you for the FFL to handle the transfer. There is quite a bit of difference in the fee charged by different dealers.
  8. Rock Islands are made by Armscor in the Phillipines. They are the same as the Legacy guns which are made by Armscor for Legacy. I have difficulty moving either one. Having shot both, they are a good buy. Legacy offers a better warranty. The difficulty is that modifications are more expensive than buying a better gun up front. Right now, the Rugers are about the best bottom entry level general purpose bargin. I have been selling them for 659. For a target gun, the Springfield Range Officer is hard to beat. It is an entry level gun, with most accuracy tweaks left in place, and the bling left off. The sight works well for my aged eyes, but is rough to carry a gun with that type of sight. It either gouges you or the holster. Remingtons have been doing well. A R1 stainless runs right at 700. Blue is about 50 cheaper. I have sold a ton of them, and have had zero complaints. It is interesting to pick up several new 1911's of the same make and model, and one after the other, try the triggers. There is considerable difference. But the same hold true for rifles. Para was having about a 70% return rate before Remington bought them last year. I quit carrying them. I have a couple of the new paras in stock, but it seems the public is wary. Kimber 1911's are my best sellers. I stock Para, Ruger, Kimber, Springfield, Remington, Les Baer, Ed Brown, Wilson Combat, Sig and probably one or two I have forgotten. We probably have 50 or so on the shelf as I type. I do not stock Taurus as they too had to be returned frequently. Personally, I own an older Springfield Trophy Match and a Wilson. Both are 5". If I was not spending my retirement running the shop, I would have more time to shoot. If I had more time to shoot, I'd buy a Ruger Commander. I'd like a Bill Wilson Carry, but I could buy 5 Rugers for the same money.
  9. http://www.lolosportinggoods.com/ Running this place is what I have been doing since early 2010. It is quite a bit different than the retirement that I imagined, and why I seldom have time to post. It is fun though. The above post is pretty accurate. I was in Texas too. The only thing I can add is that today I received a shipping notice for several thousand primers. They are CCI and pretty much cover the CCI product line. Small pistol primers have been difficult to find for 6 months at the wholesale level. So things are looking up. The dealers that receive supplies will be the ones that have been good customers for the wholesale reps. Reps reward those that keep them in paychecks. I have been receiving small orders from most gun companies. Sig never slowed down, and I have a pretty good supply. Looking ahead, things do not look as bleak as some predict. I see no reason to hoard, and have not done so myself even though I get first choice. The industry position is that the AWB ain't gonna happen. We shall see.
  10. Use a Thompson Center Contender base. The Weaver is the cheapest. D&T the barrel. You only need three threads. The holes will be no deeper than the original locating hole. LL
  11. A couple of weeks ago, I had to choke a shepherd off my bird dog. The shepherd is no longer, and the bird dog is slowly healing. Seeing what the shepherd did to my 70 pound bird dog, it's a good thing she had a gun. I only had my hands and a case of the azz. LLquote name='FC' date='14 September 2011 - 05:03 PM' timestamp='1316037785' post='51988'] I'm at an Army conference this week. My wife sounded frazzled this morning on the phone. She wanted a bb gun because there was a German Shepherd and a young retriever in our chicken coop. I told her to get the Glock G-33, .357 Sig, which she has never shot, ear muffs, and go out there and shoot the dogs. I still don't know how many chickens are dead, but it might be 11, including a special Welsumer rooster. I'm proud of my city girl. She said the German Shepherd was walking toward her. She fired three times, but thought she only shot twice. The last shot hit the dog in the neck, shooting through the choke collar (no tags on either dog). She said the dog went one foot, dropped, and breathed for a little bit. She didn't want to shoot "the cute pup", which was munching on one of my birds. She called the pound, who came and took the carcass and the little dog. The guy, plus my neighbors (we're on a heavily populated country road) said, "What in the world did you shoot him with?" She's saving the choke collar to show me. Wish I could see the bullet wound. I somewhat feel sorry for the dogs having crummy masters, but they committed a big sin being in my coop and killing my chickens. I'm impressed with her and the sub-compact Glock. You don't see many G-33s. I bought it about 5 years ago used for $300.
  12. I did one almost ten years ago in 308. It fed perfectly. After looking at various options for the shank, I chucked it up, mounted a dremel with a carbide cutter on the tool post and rocked the chuck back and forth while feeding the dremel slowly in. Dykem gave me my pattern. Not quite precision work, but good enough and much simpler than the options. I have heard of others removing the nubbin from the bolt face. Facing the receiever was a real treat. That metal was harder than woodpecker lips. The edit. 6.5 barrels make great pillars. That jap barrel is probably on 10 different rifles now. LL
  13. This is classic cheater behavior. You most likely are being kept on the hook until she figures out whether she is the player or the played in the new relationship. I'd either ask her to quit contacting me as it was upsetting to the new girlfriend, or ignore her depending on my mood at the time.
  14. Your post leaves more questions than whether you can do anything to straighten the holes. First, was the rear bridge ground correctly? Can you obtain bases if you do straighten the holes? If the holes are drilled off center, and the bridge is not ground to accept commercially made bases, your best bet would be to make bases to fit the holes and the bridge. If you can get a base that fits, and you open the receiver holes to straighten them, you will also have to recountersink the holes in the bases. In addition to checking to see if the holes are off center, you need to ascertain whether the holes are straight. If they are #6 screw holes, an endmill is the best way to straighten and enlarge them. Off the top of my head, I am thinking 3/16", but you had better check. An 1/4" endmill properly centered over the existing base counter sink hole will open the hole to accept a #8 screw head. If you are using weaver style bases, you will need to change to flat bottomed screw heads.
  15. It is the case that caused the action to color differently than the rest. LL
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