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  1. I don't know WHAT is going on with the formatting! I decided just to start a new post and repeat what is garbled above. 1) Sarco doesn't have them. 2) Numrich is "Sold Out". 3) The date of manufacture is '56, NOT '61. Thanks, Paul
  2. <div><br></div><div>Thanks Karl. Sorry about the "yellow", unreadable text. I copied that from another site, and I can't find a way to change the color here. Anyone that can is welcome to edit it to a color that is readable.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul <div><br></div><div>Sarco doesn't have it and Numrich is "Sold Out".</div><div><br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div>I was wrong about the date of manufacture. It was <span style="background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; ">I was wrong about the date of manufacture. It was 1956 or '57, (23,XXX) not 1961. </span></div><br style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); ">Paul</span> </div><div><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); ">Very strange things happening with the formatting. I have no idea what's going on.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); "><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 112); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); ">Paul</span></div>
  3. Gentlemen, These aren't military firearms, but I am here to solicit you assistance in finding a replacement stock for the Model 88 Winchester described below. Here are three new rifles I have added to my collection. The top one is a Remington Model 660; the next a Remington Model 600, and the bottom one a Winchester Model 88. As I wrote in the title, they are all chambered in .308 Winchester. Here's a close-up of the Model 88 as it came out of the shipping container shipped via FedEX. Made me sick to my stomach. I purchased this from Cabelas, and it WAS in pristine condition. Metal is essentially like new-in-the-box. The stock WAS almost perfect. I got it for a song, and the sons of bachelors at FedEx broke it in half. It is my heartfelt belief that FedEx breaks/destroys firearms ON PURPOSE. Let me repeat that for emphasis. I BELIEVE THAT FEDEX INTENTIONALLY BREAKS/DESTROYS FIREARMS. The reason I have this belief is: personal experience, first-hand knowledge of friends and acquaintances, and a mountain of reports on "gun" web-sites reporting broken/destroyed firearms shipped by FedEx. I contacted Cabelas first by phone then followed up with this email: Dear Mr. Morse, Per our telephone conversation earlier today, I am enclosing pictures of the rifle broken in shipping. (I am of course assuming you didn’t send me a broken rifle.) I have included: 1) Two pictures of the rifle, 2) The mailing label, 3) The invoice/receipt from Cabelas, and 4) The shipping box. I opened the box personally at the place of business of the FFL I was using for the transfer. The rifle was well-packed and the box at first glance didn’t appear to be damaged. As soon as I attempted to remove the rifle from the shipping container I knew something was wrong as it was clearly in at least two pieces and I was fairly certain that Cabela’s had not removed the butt-stock before shipping. Upon careful removal of the wrapping I saw that the stock was broken in two. Even though this break is essentially in the wrist, this particular break required some SERIOUS ‘effort’ to accomplish. I was heart-broken when I saw this. This is a beautiful rifle in excellent condition. I purchased it to include in my collection. It’s collectable value is now ‘salvage’ at best, but I am more grieved by the destruction of such an excellent example of a Model 88 than I am about my personal loss. This is truly a shame. Based on personal experience, the experience of others I know personally and the reports of reliable sources on the internet, this breakage is “normal” for FedEx. In fact, it is my personal belief based on the frequency of occurrence with FedEx and the rarity (NEVER) of occurrence with other shippers, that FedEx intentionally breaks/destroys firearms. It may be something that occurs whenever they x-ray boxes for “overseas” shipments to Alaska or anywhere else where FedEx is called on to x-ray the contents of a package and they find out it is a firearm. I realize this may sound “paranoid”, but I assure you that I am not “that sort” of person. In addition to the propensity to break/destroy firearms, FedEx is extremely recalcitrant when it comes to “owning up” to the responsibility. This is inconsistent with their normal willingness to acknowledge responsibility for any other form of loss due to their action. In fact, they are very quick to rectify damage caused by them when it comes to anything OTHER THAN firearms. This is another reason I believe they break/destroy them intentionally. As I said on the phone, I would prefer not to return this firearm to you and receive a refund. If that is necessary to get FedEx to fulfill their obligations in this matter, then so be it. However, a solution I would be perfectly happy with is replacement of the stock with one of comparable condition before this one was broken. If Cabelas can find such a stock, and I’m not in any particular hurry, I would much prefer that resolution. Thank you for your consideration in this matter and please don’t hesitate to call at the numbers below – the cell is best – if you have any questions or want to discuss this further. Sincerely, Paul Skvorc On the phone, Mr. Morse agreed to my suggested solution of finding a replacement stock. That said, I doubt that will be very easy. I would like to enlist the help of the folks here at the MFRC in finding a pre-'64 stock, (this rifle was - according to the serial number - made in 1961), for this rifle. Morse said he would check in Cabelas "inventory", but I have little hope for success there. However, if "I" find one, I may be able to get Cabelas to reimburse the cost if I purchase it. Thanks, Paul
  4. I like the carpet bombing idea because it puts an end to the BS. However, we all know 'that ain't gonna happen', and probably shouldn't to a country we are occupying. Truly, we need to consider how we would feel with a foreign army tromping our soil. I want us to leave ALL OF THEM to their own devices. They are incapable of "playing well with others", and if we weren't over there, they'd be "after" some other "infidel". Being over there just makes us the EASY propaganda target. Yes, they killed "ours", but we have killed MANY of "theirs" ON THEIR SOIL. Time for us to keep our noses out of the rest of the world's business. Just as we DEMAND that they keep theirs out of ours. The REAL issue FOR US is oil. For THEM, it's their HOME being occupied not only by "foreigners", but by INFIDEL foreigners. It's time we took our "ball" (MONEY) and went HOME. In fact, it's WAY PAST time we did that. Paul
  5. Is it one of the Remington's from the '70s? Paul
  6. "Iyam what Iyam and that's all that Iyam" (Popeye the Sailor Man - my hero.) Paul
  7. I suppose you intend that as an endorsement. Not to me. In fact, quite the contrary. I'm sick and tired of "professional" politicians. You apparently buy into the Saturday Night Live version of Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin beat an arrogant, old-school, far right, state congressman that had been a congressman for 20 some-odd years when he decided he wanted to be governor. He was the biggest son of a bachelor I have EVER seen in political office, and that includes Tricky Dick Nixon. The good old boys of the Alaskan Republican Party treated Palin like a child - pretty much what SNL and Tina Fey did - and she kicked their lazy, arrogant asses. When she got in office, she started CHANGING things IN A VERY GOOD WAY. The country could have done a lot worse than Sarah Palin as VP, AND THEY DID. You talk about not wanting a RINO, but willing to vote for essentially anybody - including ANOTHER professional politician - if it means beating Obama, yet out of the other side of you mouth bad-mouth McCain. Please reconcile how "any body but Obama" "works" now, but didn't apply when McCain ran. Paul
  8. I think Bachman would be the same kiss of death for Santorum that Palin was for McCain. The "adolescents in charge" will have a heyday with her and the IDIOTS that listen to that propaganda will vote against the GOP just like they did last time. Paul
  9. I breaks my heart that we have so much evil in the political leadership of this country that we are forced to vote for the lessor of two evils instead of voting for the one we believe to be the best leader. I too like Ron Paul's political views, (not sure what kind of "leader" he is though), but I believe all of the "conservatives" will vote for whomever the GOP nominates as their candidate. This is the essence of what politics has become in this country. It is precisely why Thomas Jefferson said that we should have a revolution every 20 years. With respect to Ron Paul's leadership abilities: I am of the opinion that highly successful businessmen make poor national leaders. A nation is not a company. Highly successful businessmen have a "bottom line" perspective INGRAINED over a long professional career. It is what made them successful businessmen. However, when it comes to LEADING a nation, "the bottom line" is often the exactly wrong perspective to have. The "bottom line" is NOT a moral rudder, and what this nation REALLY NEEDS is a leader with a moral rudder. I think the last man in the Whitehouse that actually had a moral rudder was Ike. Gerald Ford may have had one but he was destroyed by the "adolescents in charge" in Hollywood. Jimmy Carter had a moral rudder, but he was a coward and a blithering idiot. GW MAY have had a moral rudder hidden somewhere, but he hired truly EVIL men to work for him. A few years ago, when Sarah Palin beat Frank Murkowski for the govenor's seat in Alaska, the slogan was "ABM" = Anybody But Murkowski. I believe that for the conservatives of this country, ABO will be the chant, even if it is a RINO like Romney. The truth of that is precisely why this country is 'sliding towards Gomorrah". Just ol' unopinionated, Paul
  10. I have some k-98 take-off barrels from which I could remove the sights. However, I need to know what "version" of the k-98 you have. Is it a Turkish 1938 model for example. If you already have the Numrich barrel, a picture accompanied by the outside diameter of the barrel where the sights will go will be necessary. You can also often find milsurp Mauser sights on eBay. Paul
  11. Supporting Ron Paul - or anyone else - won't change this ######. Assuming we know all the facts, and I think we know enough of them, to even "chew out" a soldier for actions described, is a disgrace. The REAL ass-hole here isn't the "rules of engagement", it's Lt.Col Seth Folsom. I STRONGLY suspect that this whole matter is REALLY just a pissing match between Folsom and Waddell. The military "system" - and it is NOT "new" - allows superiors to screw subordinates if they so care to, and do it with relative impunity. I suspect that there is more to the story, but since NO ONE is claiming that Waddell did anything that was cruel, inhumane, or violated the Geneva accord, the REAL issue is the command of Folsom. Ron Paul could do exactly nothing about this sort of crap. It has been going on since there have been 'armies'. The son of a bachelor here isn't the "rules of engagement" it's Folsom. Paul
  12. Sadly, politicians (ptooey), well know these truths, and equally well know exactly how to manipulate the fools that know not history. Paul
  13. RIGHT ON THE MONEY! My heartburn is with the #$@*&@#$@* American press. The reasons should be obvious. Paul
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