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Sept. 25, 2010 6:04 p.m. Drewsifer HalfDork

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Wife had to work, so I snuck away to a gun show. Mainly I was planning on finger berkeleying a bunch of pistol, as I'm looking for a conceal and carry piece. Well after rubbing my mitts on every pistol at the show, I started wandering. Saw an Arisaka for $200, couple of very good looking SKS's for around $300, etc etc. Finally I wandered near some Mosin-Nagants. I was just browsing at first when the seller says "$159". I joke my wife would kill me. "$149". The one I was looking at appeared to be in very good condition (pre-war Hex) so a call was made. She didn't answer. So I got it anyways. It looks like I over paid a bit, but I consider it a fair trade to be able to handle and inspect the rifle before buying it. Came with a bayonet and ammo pouches (Plus a free hat!).

So, all in all, not a bad day.
Sept. 25, 2010 6:25 p.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork

I looked at MN's today at a gun show too. Didn't see "the perfect one" so I am still MN-less. For what they wanted, I could get one any time at a local dealer. In fact, several were local dealers. One bill for the $69 wholesale rifles. I suppose that's still a good deal, but none of them just called "Take Me!!" I really don't need yet another caliber anyway. Kinda like the 40 wonderguns. Sure, they're cool and all, but will they really do anything a 45 or a 9mm won't? So I don't need a 40 either.

BTW, I think this is near "the end" of the cheap MN's. Ammo is creeping up. I think about 20 cents a pop for east Europe mil-surp is the going mail order rate. Watch as it climbs, then the cheap MN's will be gone, like the SMLE's, Mausers, SKS', 1903's, etc. before them.
Sept. 25, 2010 6:53 p.m. petegossett SuperDork

The thread title sounded like the start of a blues song. Is it?
Sept. 25, 2010 7:07 p.m. mith612 Reader

I thought it was a reference to the Alabama 3 song ...
Sept. 25, 2010 7:16 p.m. Osterkraut Dork

Nuggets are fetching $150 now?
Sept. 25, 2010 9:01 p.m. stroker Reader

Depending on the condition, that Arisaka was cheap. Congrats on the Nagant. If that was the only rifle you owned you could do a lot worse.
Sept. 25, 2010 9:24 p.m. fastEddie Dork

Good timing. Sooner (or later) you're going to need it.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/25/robot-archer-icub-learns-to-shoot-arrows-pierce...

Engadget said:
In this case, it obtained a perfect bullseye after just eight attempts. ....how can we possibly stop an uprising of adorable robots that never miss?