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If you plan on shooting any wartime P38, you should buy a Wolff spring set. Worn recoil springs can result in serious damage to the pistol.

Let's see some pictures of your byf43! Only 144,300 of these produced by Mauser in 1943. What is the letter in the serial number?

Sweet pics!

SOG (southern Ohio Guns) has some 870 Express shotguns for sale for $219! They have the 18" barrel and have been sitting on racks at a prison for years - not new but hardly used. Best buy I've seen in a while on these great shotguns.

When it's on the rifle (empty or not) it is! lol.

He's got a bayonet affixed to the M91/30 and the SKS also has a bayonet.

Yeah, you need a good stash of ammo... http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/jjjxlr8/misc/IMG_2108.jpg

Nice collection. What year is your M38?

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Tires are designed for specific vehicle applications in the OE market. Auto makers may tweak some suspension settings, but the tire maker carries the burden. If it were the other way around, you wouldn't have slightly different tires with the same name! The reason I suggest going with a replacement market tire is that some important performance characteristics of the tires are sometimes sacrificed in the OE tire just to obtain the MPG number. People don't typically buy a car based on how short the wet stopping distance is or how many miles they will get out of the tires, but they do see a big fat MPG number when they look at the window sticker. 1 MPG is a big deal to automakers.

Not always. I've run across some that only had a difference in the colored stripes on the tread. The tires looked identical on the outisde, with the same markings (except for the date code in the serial tin) and no other indications that they were OE, except the fact that they came on the new vehicle.

Speedway gas IS Marathon gas! Lol.

Settle down people...before you form a lynch mob... It is very common for Original Equipment tires to be slightly different than the 'same' tire in the replacment market. I have seen this with most major tire manufacturers (not Yokohoma, however) and it is done for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the tires come out of the same molds and just have different tread compounds, optimized for low rolling resistance to get the lowest possible MPG number on the window sticker, or they might be tires that have slightly different tread patterns and internal construction. Personally, I'd go for the aftermarket replacement tires, ESPECIALLY if they are less expensive. You'll probably get better wet traction and wear from the replacement tire as compared to the OE tire.

Depends on how much your time is worth! Seriously, it takes a fair amount of time to reload your own so you have to enjoy it as a "sister hobby" to make it worthwhile. If you don't count your time, it's certainly cheaper to reload .40 S&W and 9mm.

What make are the 30 round mags?

That's a nice collection...

If you are on a budget, you should check out the Rock Island pistols. They are incredibly inexpensive and are excellent shooters. I was extremely surprised by the very nice trigger on my friend's gun (full size tactical model). The trigger was as good as the Springfield and better than the stock Taurus. Find someone local who has one or a local range that rents guns and see if you can try one before you purchase...you'll be amazed how nice these pistols are for the money (prices from $370-$560). http://www.centerfiresystems.com/1911.aspx

? what do you mean?

Yugoslavian SKS 59/66 rifles are still being imported, as well as the beat up Romanian examples. Russian and Chinese SKS rifles have not been imported since the early 90's and are permanently banned from import to the US.

I own and shoot AKM rifles (Chinese, Romanian, Bulgarian) as well as SKS45 and SKS56 rifles (Russian, Chinese) and like them both. Once you get used to the crappy triggers in the SKS rifles, they seem to shoot slightly smaller groups than AKMs in the 7.62x39 calibers. I think the SKS rifles are more comfortable to shoot as they are heavier and the felt recoil is lower. Right now, you can pick up original Chinese SKS56 rifles for around $225-$250 on Gunbroker. These rifles are a bargain at that price, IMO. Don't believe anyone who tells you that the Chinese SKS56 is junk - they will shoot and function as well as any SKS and often have better quality finish on the metal and wood. The Chinese SKS56 rifles that I have actually shoot better(tighter groups) than my Russian SKS45 rifles! Stick with original, unmolested rifles, BTW. Aftermarket parts on these rifles, are troublesome and don't add much in the way of functionality.

Del-ton.com complete rifle kit, choose your options, buy a stripped lower and a magazine. That's it.

These people were not cops. Cops don't have to play by the same rules as a civilian with a CCW.

They should have shot the man if they pulled their guns. Period. If you pull your gun, you better pull the trigger. If you don't feel it's necessary to pull the trigger, don't pull the gun.

I've got some American Drag Racing League tickets for Friday and Saturday (September 24th and 25th) that I can't use. These are 2 day passes and include VIP pit access ($50 each value). Send me a PM if you are interested in going to cheer on Billy Glidden. http://www.adrl.us/

mmmmm... lettuce.