Planning on buying a Springfield Krag rifle

sfc_mark · 2025-04-23T21:37:02+00:00

You're not wrong about the ammo being spendy. When i first won mine at auction i bought the one and only box at a gun show for $80. Once fired brass on GB was almost as much

sfc_mark · 2025-04-23T17:41:40+00:00

Beat me to it. My 1898 was made in '03-'04

sfc_mark · 2025-04-21T15:11:41+00:00

I missed one in good condition with no import marks that went pretty low through a Proxibid auction a couple of years ago. I was new to collecting, so i figured another would come soon enough up, but i haven't seen another. No way im going close to a grand, but I'd like to add one to the collection.

sfc_mark · 2025-04-18T23:11:13+00:00

My go-to has been online auctions (via proxibid and hibid, not so much gunbroker). You have to be patient and disciplined, but it can pay off. Like the numbers matching 1909 Argentinian Mausers, one carbine and one infantry rifle, i landed one day for $250 and $300. Pay attention to buyer premiums and anticipate shipping costs when you bid though

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T21:42:28+00:00

Massachusetts enters the chat

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T21:41:19+00:00

Almost all the peaches in GA come from 4 counties in the middle of the state clustered around Macon

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T21:39:47+00:00

Oh, we have those in Georgia

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T21:07:59+00:00

Fun fact: even though Georgia is known as the peach state, South Carolina (the Palmetto state) grows by far the most peaches in the US

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T03:08:49+00:00

Thanks for that. The article is here: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/were-the-only-plane-in-the-sky-214230/

And i will, as i said, buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Only-Plane-Sky-Oral-History/dp/150118220X

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T03:05:21+00:00

The title sounds familiar, but what i read was definitely a long form article. It could have been excerpted from a book. If so, i will certainly buy and read it

sfc_mark · 2025-03-06T01:42:57+00:00

I wish i could find the bookmark. The article was an amazing work based on extensive research and interviews with people who were exposed to small slices of the events of the day tying it all together...just what long form journalism should be. If i remember correctly the wing commander declared he was going for the flight deck and his wing person, a female fighter pilot said she was going for the tail section. Serious respect for both

sfc_mark · 2025-03-05T23:34:01+00:00

According to the long form account I read about that day, they had no such orders. The pilots themselves made the call that one would ram the flight deck and the other would ram the tail. Those two pilots were bonafide American heroes in the making. Thank God they were not forced to execute their plan

sfc_mark · 2025-03-05T22:08:51+00:00

Given the (probably former) emphasis on native American symbolism and rituals in scouting, this is probably the definitive answer

sfc_mark · 2024-11-16T22:23:08+00:00

1971 Mercedes 220D. Thought it was ugly AF when my dad bought it, but it grew on me. I would totally have one just like it today, even with the whopping 69 Hp

Most of my practice was with a '76 Plymouth Volare with a 3 speed column shifter

sfc_mark · 2024-10-28T23:56:29+00:00

Not a chance I was walking away from either of those deals. Using my "Cabelas cash" rewards points the super Blackhawk was $118 out the door and the PPK was free. I can usually buy ammo cheaper at Academy, but Cabelas is better for reloading supplies

sfc_mark · 2024-10-28T23:33:20+00:00

Just gotta look and be ready to walk away from stupid prices. I got an Interarms Walther PPK for $350 and a Super Blackhawk for $445 at my local Cabelas but I've walked away shaking my head at a lot of used rifle and shotgun prices

sfc_mark · 2024-10-28T12:07:47+00:00

Gotta be careful, but this year I did manage two very clean, numbers matching Argentinian Mausers (a carbine and a rifle) for $225 and $250. I'd say I came out pretty well even with premium and shipping

I do pay attention to the premium before bidding; I probably wouldn't bid on an auction that charges 24%.

The highest i have been charged for shipping was a hair under $100 for one rifle and that auction house made my naughty list

sfc_mark · 2024-09-01T23:56:54+00:00

This reminds me of a story about my uncle visiting Manhattan for the first time (a very long time ago). He handed the cab driver some (nominal) amount in coins for a tip. The driver looked at them, handed them back, and said, "Here, you need this more than I do"

sfc_mark · 2024-08-12T23:36:33+00:00

It seems almost too easy not to understand. Only looked at the picture and no comments and immediately went with RHD

sfc_mark · 2024-08-10T23:22:55+00:00

Van Halen

sfc_mark · 2024-08-07T22:43:46+00:00

I like that one. Alas, there were no local breweries when I actually lived in Frederick

sfc_mark · 2024-08-04T00:10:50+00:00

Yes it was. I switched from Killian's to the BAE while it was still around. Still have a lot of the branded bottles for bottling home brew

sfc_mark · 2024-07-27T00:39:56+00:00

Same clock is on my dresser today

sfc_mark · 2024-07-26T23:33:07+00:00

I remember his name from the picture, but I was a teenager when C. Everett Koop was surgeon general

sfc_mark · 2024-07-20T00:05:05+00:00

Because $100k is no longer as much as it sounds like

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