If It Weren't For Bad Luck...
I'd have no luck at all.Reatta was shipped to the FFL the buyer suggested...Who is closed for a whole week!Oh come on!I fervently pray that UPS has some procedure for this and can reschedule delivery...
View ArticleNo Ocho
Between us, I think we could have gotten to "Once de Mosin"... Maybe "Trece de Mosin."The problems are that we'd run out of room to make a decent photograph of the collection and we're just adding...
View ArticleCarbine Class
Saw one advertised on Arfcom.They mention all the classes you should have had before you could sign up for this one as prerequisites.I can take the recommended classes or buy a new car.Wow.The odds...
View ArticleArrrrgh
Ever hit "Publish" instead of "Save" while you're still composing?Mutter mutter damn kids grumble technology mumble mumble lawn...
View ArticleI Must Have Fallen Down The Stairs
Microsoft was right to treat me this way...Crispy was set to run updates automatically.Then she started rebooting at random.Turns out it was Windows Update attempting to install a Critical Cumulative...
View ArticleWomen And Minorities Most Affected
When I started shooting the only time you'd see a woman at a range was if she was there with her boyfriend.And she didn't look happy and she wasn't there to shoot.If she did shoot it was either a joke...
View ArticleDidja Know
The V in VKT doesn't mean Valmet?VKT stands for Valtion Kivääritehdas or State Rifle Factory. Kivääri is Finnish for rifle, by the way.Valmet comes from Valtion Metallitehaat or State Metalworks.VKT...
View ArticleAsk WHO?
Tam says, "Ask Pat; he's on Facebook..."Pat...Pat ROGERS.Like it's just someone she casually knows... not someone famous or anything.That's right up there with, "my good friend Oleg."Making fun of some...
View ArticleIt's How You Say It
One of the reasons I really hate our media, and that includes Fox, is the recent reporting of an explosion of a transformer at a power plant.Every article I've seen so far emphasizes that it was a...
View ArticleNope
If you have a Finnish Kiv/91 made by SAKO you don't have a Kiv/91.That's a Kiv/24, with or without a stepped barrel. Sometimes a Kiv/24 with a 91 profile barrel is called a Kiv/91/24 but it's...
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Nice NEW Mosin
New England Westinghouse M1915 marked Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant.Intact Imperial CrestEnglish Agent mark.The buttplate is really the only place showing damage instead of honest wear.US Acceptance...
View ArticleCash Flow
As I ease into mooring and dock fees I keep having to expand on the givens.Money.Imperial currency is elaborately designed to prevent counterfeiting; but cash has many disadvantages. Not least of...
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Ancient Wisdom
If you lose something, buy a replacement.As soon as the original is replaced, it will be found.I found my Mosin oil bottle.Three Mosin-Nagant cleaning kits.The least complete kit came with Katerina.The...
View ArticleDissonance
Efate: One of my favorite destinations in The Spinward Marches.LBB Supplement 3 gives in year 1105.Regina 0105 A646930 D N Non-industrial. Imperial Way Station.Starport A, 6,000 mi dia, Thin-tainted...
View ArticleOminous
Nothing quite like winning a gunbroker auction, performing all of the required steps on my end and getting silence from the seller.
View ArticleInflation
My first Mosin-Nagant was an Izhevsk M91/30 I bought at a gun show for $70 that was around 2004.Less than a year ago the going price on a 91/30 was $150.Now I am seeing them for $225.Finns are doing...
View ArticleSemi-Precious Green Stone Head Protection*
Just for paranoia's sake...There's very little training our troops undertake that cannot be used against the citizenry should evil orders be issued and obeyed.*Jade Helm.
View ArticleOn That $1,900 Mosin
I am amused at how many people on arfcom feel that it's not worth the money.I'm watching a Remington in better shape creep up on $1,500 on Gunbroker...A couple of people claim to have nicer ones. But...
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