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[tombogan03884]

Ian at Forgotten Weapons is doing a lever gun history series using the Henry and Winchesters .

[tombogan03884]

Alf, aren't you going to bid on the Rogak 18 ?
Steyr GB built in the US as interpreted by the Khyber Pass.
Should go cheap.

[alfsauve]

No to the Rogak 18.

Did mean to mention the Crusader is on the C&R list.   Not 50 years old but considered a special collecteable and is specifically C&R'd by the ATF

[Big Frank]

The Rogak P-18 is supposed to be one of the worst pistols ever made. The parts were so far out of spec that the gas system didn't even work and it was blow-back operated.

[alfsauve]

Lost out in the local auction.  The 10/22 went for $190.   Duh.  FOLKS! Brand new ones are on sale for $199! With The buyer premium it actually cost the buyer $220.  And the S&W M66 went for $690.   Yes it's a first run edition for that model but it's not worth that much.

I'll put some perfunctory bids down at RIA to maintain my buyer status.  I do like the free catalogs they send.

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[Big Frank]

I got my 10/22 so long ago that brand new it was somewhere around $63 and change IIRC. Maybe around $70, and it came with a real walnut stock. Now used stocks sell online for more than what the whole gun cost me. If I was to buy a 10/22 at auction I hope I would have sense enough not to pay the new gun price for a used gun.

I went to an estate auction once and bid on a couple of rifles. I remember one being an HK91. There may have been one with a retractable stock and one with a fixed stock but it's been so long I can't remember. They went for a lot more than I was willing to pay. I got a touch of auction fever and bought some 5.56 NATO ammo for more than I should have. Some was Israeli M193 and some was Chinese FMJ. The Chinese ammo jammed pretty bad in my Beta C-Mag in one of my AR15s and I haven't tried the Israeli ammo in it. It all needs to be shot up. The tips of the bullets dragged in the C-Mag but IIRC it worked in GI 30-round mags.

[alfsauve]

I'm back.

RIA Premiere auction going on this weekend.  All "collectible" so no multi-gun lots.   Mostly expensive stuff.  Colt snakes, high end shotguns, etc.  But I found what I want.

IMI/Billistics UZI Sub-Machine Gun with Coastal Gun Silencer, Class III/NFA -A) IMI/Action Arms UZI Carbine, Billistics Incorporated Full Auto Upgrade, Class III/NFA Machine Gun, Fully Transferrable, with Accessories

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/72/2547/billistics-inc-uzi-smg-wcoastal-gun-silencer-class-iiinfa




I'm just short of the suggested beginning price of $6,900 by about $6,800.

[Big Frank]

That's out of my league too but it reminds me of something. The semi-auto Uzi carbine they used to make with a 16 inch barrel was only 24 inches long overall with the stock folded. The state of Michigan specifically names it as not being a legal firearm here, but how was that non-NFA legal anywhere? Couldn't it fire with the stock folded putting in the same class as a SBR?

[alfsauve]

Reminds me of when my sister called a few years ago and asked whether with her new smart phone it needed to be totally discharged every week or not.   I told her the logic of charging Li-Ion batteries was so far beyond Ni-Cads and so complex it was not capable of mortal comprehension.    Same with some of the
AOW laws. 

To SBR or not SBR that is the question.

[Rastus]

The 1919A4 looked great.  That M16A1 was starting too high in my opinion at $18k unless there is something special about it.   I can't believe how high that Ingram is starting at.  My Class III dealer used to get them by the boxful around $200 each.  If I had only known.