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rdm1962

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  1. I just bought a Marlin 336SC off gun broker. It's a 1958 vintage rifle so I could use my C&R license to buy it. The description said it was in very good condition with bluing at 90%. It should arrive in about 10 days or so. I'll post a few pictures when it gets here.

     

    Any how I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the 35 Rem. Any tips or trick would be helpful.

     

    If anyone has any brass, bullets or dies know longer needed I'll be needing them also.

     

    Thanks Ralph

  2. Good for you FC. I pimp stores like that all the time. Being a retail Manager, I can tell that's how the game is played. Studies have shown that a satisfied customer will tell about 10 people of their experience. A pissed off customer will tell everyone they know, with the internet now the world.

     

    I have even told a Manager give it to me for the price I want. Be pissed off now or you can get pissed off all over again when I complain. Your District Manager will call ream you out. You'll call me and kiss my ass to come back and buy it from you at a bigger discount. It works.

     

    Great price on the Taurus. I bought one for my Daughter ( in pink) a few years back. It had some feeding issues out of the box. I sent it back to Taurus and they fixed it under their life time warranty.

  3. I have had a lot of special needs folks work for me over the years. Most were great, positive and loving life. They are hard working people, rain or shine they were there. I had a guy that walk to work everyday. We had a snow storm of 15 inches that shut the store down. He was there. I had to go pick him up and take him home. I knew he wouldn't miss work.

  4. My beer is Miller Genuine Draft. Next to impossible to find in the land of Anheuser Busch land. All the local stores have AB products 20 to 1. Glad to hear you found your PBR, I'll raise a MDG to you both. Ralph

  5. Hey Jim, the tap arrived yesterday. I ran it in and out a few times with a lot of cutting oil. Bam it worked like a charm. I could hand thread my Douglas 30-06 barrel.

     

    I looked at the threads to see if the was an "uneven" area or a section that might have been out of round. Everything looked fine. The problem must have been war time productions standards might have slipped or something.

     

    Thanks again Jim. I'll get your tap in the mail on Monday. Ralph

  6. I did a post today about a 98 action that I couldn't get a new barrel to screw into. After some suggestions I came to the conclusion that I need to chase the receivers threads.

     

    Does anyone have a large ring (1.1x12) tap and handle I could rent. Please let me know. I would hate to but on from Midway for $85 plus shipping if someone has one just sitting on the bench. Thanks Ralph

  7. Update, I tried DR. Hess advice. I could screw the original barrel back on half way with the action wrench. It did require some force. I turned it a thread then backed off. I got it to were I could turn it by hand after several back and fourth several times. I think I'll need to chase the receiver threads with a tap. I'm going to post a thread about wanting to rent a receiver tap. Thanks Ralph

  8. I picked up a 98 barreled receiver (bnz 41 ) at last weeks gun show. It had been D&T and stripper clip hump removed. The work looked very well done. Any how I unscrewed the original barrel. It came off fairly easy. A lot less effort than the Yugos and Turks I've done. It did require the action wrench to unscrew it completely. It wouldn't turn by hand after being broke loose. I got out the Douglass 30-06 barrel that is going to be installed and it wouldn't screw in more than 1 thread. So I got out a 243 barrel and again wouldn't thread in either. I tried to screw the original barrel back on an it would only screw in about a thread and a half. All 3 barrels will screw into a Youg action I have by hand. I have a Weller bolt lapping tool. The 98 adapter will thread in perfectly. Anyone have any insights on this? Ralph


  9. That is really neat. It would make a great option for those of us that can't carry at work.

     

    As an aside. My wife just went through "active shooter training" at her work place. The training was the local PD. The options they were told were told were " flee, hide and resist". They are to resist by throwing things at the shooter, ie. chairs, staplers, phones ect. No weapons are allowed. They are worried about a shoot out with an "untrained" employee. This even applies to the vets working there. Her boss is a USMC Bronze star holder from the Gulf. Even He isn't trained to respond. She said F### them get the PPK out of the safe it's going in my purse. Ralph

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