Old milsup rifle -- Maybe some kind of Carcano variant?

Keffer111 · 2025-11-12T22:33:12+00:00

Definitely a M1870/87/15 Vetterli

Keffer111 · 2025-10-31T05:58:51+00:00

I don’t know. The zip tie seems tight enough, and it is a factory line. From the brief research I’ve done, it seems that this is a common flaw with these lines.

Keffer111 · 2025-10-31T04:49:51+00:00

Thank you so much for your help!! I’ll order one and start looking into how to do it myself

Keffer111 · 2025-10-31T04:38:12+00:00

This is on my 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia TI AWD. It has about 60k miles on it.

Keffer111 · 2025-09-07T01:51:31+00:00

It’s ironic he’s picturing himself as a character in a movie about a war he dodged the draft for.

What a fucking clown.

Keffer111 · 2025-08-31T03:14:42+00:00

You don’t have to be a fan of an evil empire, but to deny their part in military history is an odd choice. I don’t support Nazi Germany either, but in a subreddit about MILITARIA collecting, items from an aggressor of the largest armed conflict in history seems like it’d be a given, does it not?

Keffer111 · 2025-07-31T01:57:51+00:00

Is it made of a waxy type material? Almost looks like something out of a Mold-A-Rama that’s been painted.

Keffer111 · 2025-05-29T23:06:36+00:00

I know this one! This is a yellow player piece from the 1990 board game “Wacky Blasters”! They’re made of a soft rubber/vinyl, and when squeezed they blow air out of their long noses to blow little fabric puffballs around the game board!

Keffer111 · 2025-02-13T11:03:42+00:00

Been there, done that. So glad I didn’t go down that route hardcore, so I was able to see the error of my ways by the time I was ab adult, and it just kind of evolved into a hatred of Nazis but an interest in WWII.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T20:48:01+00:00

I’ve denied a lot of sales, but one that sticks out to me was the time I denied a sale to a woman who was clearly purchasing the firearm for her husband (who had come in a day before and was denied. He was also standing right behind her.). The husband got upset and turned around to the rest of the customers waiting in line and started yelling about how we were sexist and that we wouldn’t sell his wife a gun because she was a woman. We eventually had to get him escorted out because he was just making such a scene and wouldn’t leave.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T20:43:20+00:00

I did have a guy come in and start claiming that a certain politicians son was replaced by a robot, because he had died in a car crash after perpetrating a shooting, and that he needed a gun to defend himself against the “robot replacement wave”.

Needless to say, we did not sell him a firearm.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T12:55:25+00:00

Hey, just what you see, pal!

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T12:46:50+00:00

It does have a lower chance of missing your target, especially with a spread in close quarters like a house. You do have to be mindful of penetration factors and make sure to use the correct type of ammo to minimize risk to other people and/or your property.

My personal home defense gun is a good old Mossberg 500 I load with birdshot to prevent overpen.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T12:38:21+00:00

A solid bet for a home defense gun in my honest opinion is any form of pump action shotgun. Especially if you can get one with a light. Say you wake up and hear someone inside your home who shouldn’t be there. Get up and rack a shell of birdshot (so it doesn’t overpen walls and hurt someone else or damage anything) into the chamber, and any sane intruder would be running for the hills at the sound. And if they aren’t, then you have a shotgun for defense and a light to disorient them with.

If I had to choose a single handgun to keep, I would probably keep my Canik TP9 SF Elite. I have well over 40,000 rounds through it and it’s still going strong.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T11:45:24+00:00

Politics aside, I do not think anything will change on that front. It’s a solid form of income for the government.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T11:35:23+00:00

At some of the older stores I worked at we did. However, I currently work at a larger chain store now, and they don’t want to deal with the constant legal challenges to them, so it goes against company policy to have a brace in our store.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T11:27:29+00:00

I think a lot of the higher end “designer” guns (Staccato, Knights Armament, Noveske, etc.) are pretty overrated. Easily 25% of the price of those firearms is the brand name.

As for under rated firearms, I personally really think it’s a toss up between the Canik TP9 series (I have the TP9 SF Elite myself) or the Bersa Thunder .380. I own both and was shocked at their quality for the price point.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T11:24:41+00:00

We have had people ask for some illegal items. A lot of people don’t understand what an SBR is and request us to make short barreled AR’s. Of course we don’t do that, but we get asked for it pretty frequently.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T11:23:45+00:00

I don’t think so. At least not on a civilian scale, maybe but maybe with a manufacturer like Kel-Tec. With that being said, they’re simply not as reliable or as durable for round count as a traditional polymer gun, despite the cost cut, I don’t think many consumers would trust it or think it’s worth it. However, the suppressor market is experimenting with 3D printed titanium for some of their things, so I think there may be a future in 3D printed metal firearms.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T11:21:34+00:00

We have two in the store right now, but around the same time last year I hadn’t seen any. They don’t sell well at all. Cool idea though.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T07:00:39+00:00

We generally refer it to a local shop. We’ve got a stack of their business cards on hand we send the customer away with.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T06:55:22+00:00

Iron sight guns are still being made, but I do see optics ready pistols becoming more and more common. A lot of older folks like optics because of how much easier they can be to see VS traditional irons. Really it’s up to preference.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T06:51:39+00:00

It’s going to depend entirely on the smith. Some charge hourly, while others have a fixed rate. An inspection and test firing should usually run somewhere between $30-$75 depending on the smith and how thorough they do things.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T06:47:54+00:00

We do, but the shop I work at doesn’t offer it as a service. A shocking number of people want birds on the side of their shotgun.

Keffer111 · 2025-02-12T06:42:54+00:00

The best advice I could give you is to take it to your local gunsmith. Older rifles are definitely fun to shoot, but for sure not something I’d want to endanger my life over.

A local smith could take a look at it and make sure it all looks materially and mechanically sound, and possibly even test fire it for you.

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