They have some company. Probably be the last to go.
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How is the milsurp market these days?
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Food for them is the hardest part of collecting IMO, ive resorted to rolling my own. ESP for the semi autos. I don't trust a lot of the old ammo. Burn characteristics all out of spec from sitting.
Hangfires can be kind of unnerving.
Ammo availability has kept me out of a lot of calibers that are pretty cool, like 6.5 Swede, 7.5 French, and the Swiss stuff... nevermind the 7mm Mauser stuff. After a while, it gets to be too much. It's hard enough juggling x39, x54r, .303, .308, 8x57, and 8x56r - and that's just for the C&R rifles. With the modern stuff and pistols, it's too much for the amount of shooting I get to do.
When I was a kid, I got to spend time on my Grandfather's farm and I would shoot all day long. Hopefully, I'll be able to retire to a similar property one day and do some casual shooting whenever I'd like.
I scored some gp11 a while back at a small gun shop locally for around $.40/round and I bought every 10 round box they had. But haven’t seen any since so I’ve been sitting on the last couple hundred rounds. He also had HXP for fairly cheap. I visit his shop weekly to see if he’s put any other neat stuff out. I’ve bought dies for the 7.5 swiss, 8 Mauser and 30-06 just need 303 now. But loading the ammo for these old beauties is pretty satisfying for me so I don’t mind much
I finally will be at a range next week! Shooting some trap in Vermont.
