GUNSHOW!!!!! WOOT!

Made a trip to a gunshow today in Dayton instead of a range trip. Good stuff to be had for all and the ammo prices there are much easier to swallow than the ones that happen here in Cincy. (to the tune of 25% higher here on common stuff)

Managed to find some honest to God Mosin Nagant Stripper clips and should have cleaned the guy out. I wasn't for certain as they look very similar to the aftermarket clips though the difference in loading is rather extreme. Found some stuff for the SKS too. Don't want my Russian friends getting jealous of each other. LOL

So the Mosin received a scope mount, stripper clips, and 40 rounds of silver tip Hungarian milsurp(want to try it out since I have a source on the cheap). The SKS received 500 rounds of HP by Wolf(not the best but it shoots fine out of this rifle) and a Muzzle brake. Would like to get more stripper clips for the SKS but people are starting to realize that its easier to use the clips than the magazines. Because of this the sellers are starting to jack up the price on them. Law of Supply and Demand in action. Gotta love capitalism. :-D

Not really happy with the way the scope mount sits but at the price the guy was selling, well, hard to pass on. It will work for a red dot just fine if I go that route but I will need to pick up long relief scope if I decide to go that route. The P/U mounts are near impossible to find anymore. I don't like the Tapco mounts at all so those are out. Who knows: I may just manufacture something of my own.(and yes I am checking it out lol)


Back to the real world. Who's completely convinced that the stuffed shirt sporting "President of the United States" is an avowed Socialist bastard? I know that I am and that the disease of communism is starting to really infect a majority of congress and the senate.
Things do not bode well in our country at that rate.

Guess thats why I went and bought more ammo.

cheapy shopping trip.

Had a pleasant surprise today while out shopping at one of my favorite stores. Army/navy stores are a far and few item in this neck of the woods. Probably because the nearest base is about a 100 miles away. The one nearest me has been all but wiped clean of any gear for sale(enough that they jacked the price on Ammo cans up $5 to $15!!! WTF?) I found some surplus Israeli ammo pouches that looked like they may hold the SKS ammo while on stripper clips. These were the canvas style in desert sand and not in bad shape and the price was pretty reasonable at $5 each. I went ahead and picked one up since it didn't look like anyone else was making a move on them and figured if it didn't work for my needs I would make it work elsewhere.(no return policy at this shop.)

Surprise! It worked perfectly and holds 10 clips full of ammo. Will be back to get another this weekend.

I found that the bandoleers for 7.62 NATO work for the 7.62X54r ammo on stripper clips just fine. each pocket holds 10 rounds same as the NATO ammo and each bandoleer holds 60 rounds. I can buy these for a buck apiece at the store I buy ammo at. They unfortunately do not have the stripper clips for the Mosey so I have to go online for those. The Russian ammo pouches for the Mosey only hold 15 rounds per pocket in clips or one box of 20 rounds per pocket. Seems that the bandoleer will be the fall back of choice with the pouches holding boxed for reloading clips.

Update: Spent an eveing practicing loading the 91/59 with the stripper clips. Now have a method that works quite well using nothing more than the original Tool for checking the firing pin depth. FYI: place the stripperclip , place the tool as far back on the rounds as you can and push. Like butter dripping off a hot biscuit those rounds are in the magazine. Kind of a pain having to have something else in the mix to ease it up but we all know its much easier to load using the clips than singly.