Comments on: Speaking of loopholes

By: Jon C.

Jon C. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:46:45 +0000

Hey- Sportsman's guide has some Pakistani surplus .303

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:43:16 +0000

tgirsh (I’d say Tom but no one but you would know who I was talking to) I pay for my Web hosting. So what? If I paid for an ad in the local Thrifty Nickel it wouldn’t be any different.

I’m selling from my personal collection to Uncle’s personal collection after holding the gun for several years. Private party to private party. Why should the state be involved?

I’m legally eligible to buy guns, as evidenced by a number of recent purchases from gun dealers that involved background checks and also my TN handgun carry permit. Uncle, likewise. Why shouldn’t we be able to transfer a 50+ year old gun between ourselves without state intervention?

By: guy

guy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:56:26 +0000

Ooops... Here's the actual link to the cheap 303 ammo

By: guy

guy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:53:35 +0000

$0.45 a round before shipping, but even overnighted it shouldn't be over $1 a round.

By: workinwifdakids

workinwifdakids — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:42:46 +0000

My friend bought a handgun at the gun show in the DPRK this weekend. When the guy said, “OK, you can pick it up in 10 days at the…” I said, “Wait just a minute! Isn’t there an Evil Gun Show Loophole so he can have it right now?” the vendor totally got it! I didn’t think he’d ever stop laughing.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:25:00 +0000

$150.

By: nk

nk — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:22:46 +0000

How much was the rifle? I got a little disposable income (so disposable that I have not even deposited the check for a couple of months) and I was musing about a Winchester 94 in .30-30. But maybe I could get both.

By: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:30:32 +0000

Convert it to .45-70.

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:47:35 +0000

I’m hoping, once my Steyr gets here, I can post about it coming to me through the mail in such a way as to make Paul Helmke cry.

By: Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:43:03 +0000

Hey! I’ve got one of those, too! (Actually, I have two, but one is unsafe to fire.) I second the S&B stuff – it’s not bad and it is much less expensive than Remington, but reloading is the way to go with the .303. That rifle is a lot of fun to shoot with the 123 grain bullets designed for the 7.62×39 round. (It’s less pleasant with the 172gr loads.)

If you do reload .303, I strongly recommend neck-sizing only. The Enfield action has rear, not front, locking lugs, and it’s pretty springy. Case life is short, and full-length resizing makes it even shorter.

What is the number on the bolt head? It should be 0, 1, or 2. If it’s 2 that means the headspace is nearing maximum, and most every Enfield I’ve seen has either a 1 or 2 bolt head. I’ve only seen one zero.

Congratulations on the purchase! Bring it to GBRIII, and I’ll bring mine.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:30:36 +0000

I do not reload but if ammo keeps rising, I may start.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:29:02 +0000

Do you reload? I have some .303 Brit brass that I could very easily be persuaded to part with

By: countertop

countertop — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:28:51 +0000

My promises notwithstanding, I suspect you will post a review of your latest Evil Gun Show Loophole Assault Weapon Purchase (even though it wasn’t and isn’t) prior to my review of my last Evil Gun Show Loophole Assault Weapon Purchase (even though it wasn’t and isn’t).

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:17:28 +0000

he let me know via his webpage that it was for sale.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:06:58 +0000

Did either private party rent retail sales space at an advertised event to enable the sale prior to the transaction? I understand that this detail is wholly and completely insignificant, but just asking.

By: drstrangegun

drstrangegun — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:53:40 +0000

S&B makes quite decent .303 for less, if you can find it.

Apparently the prvi partisan produced stuff (aka Wolf Gold) is good as well.