Paul in PA

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WTS: USGI Thompson M-1 Submachinegun Bolt and Screws With Dave's Permission. Thanks for Looking, Prices include shipping. Thompson M1 Bolt, .45 ACP, Complete, in *Excellent* condition - Sold Marked S, Savage, some wear. USGI Thompson Wood/Stock Screws - Sold If there are any other pictures you would like, please just ask. Paul

I use a light brush with LSA or CLP oil followed by a little white grease on the bolt wear points on the M-1. When running Merle's 22 kit just oil worked best for me.

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No interest / Not Mine Popped into my email Prototypes - Ben Edwards Designs (benedwardsllc.com) M1A1Perfectly produced to military spec using a process with 35 years of use. LIMITED RUN OF 10 Price $900

Ok, here is a stupid question. I have been out of the Class 3 market since 2000. No purchases or sales since then. What is an E-Form in relationship to Class 3 items? My current pieces are all on a paper Form 4 with a "Tax Stamp". What happens when I go to sell? Delays? What is an e-File or e-Form? Thanks in Advance Paul

28 lower or M-1? Weird. How stable is it for shooting? Length of pull, came as a regular Thompson? Is it a AK folding stock? Does a mag fit into the mag well with the stock closed? Can you shoot it in that configuration.

Over the lost couple of days, I noticed that the traditional sites where one looks for firearms, (Gunbroker, Sturmgehwer, Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association, CMP, etc), have been looking a little bear and thread worn. What's up? Particularly in the NFA world? I was looking for a Keystone Crickett for my granddaughter and there are only a few available. As I go over the NFA listing online or with Ruben or David Spiwak not much but MACs. Anything Remington, prices are going crazy/ Questions for discussion: - Are the auction houses sucking up the NFA sales, as sellers see big $$$s for the sales through them? - More private sales, between folks. The good stuff never makes it to the postings? - Not a lot of Thompsons, MP-40s, S&W 76s, or even STENs. Lot of MACs, and UZIs. - It appears that beltfeds are a slow mover as they appear to make it to the boards a little more but not in the numbers like we use to see. No MG-34s or 42s. - Lots of Dealer Samples on Gunbroker, I don't see those as retail sales - On the flip side, the prices on www.machinegunpriceguide.com appear to be falling? Confusing market - Confusing world Paul

With all the shortages of ammunition and firearms and we are quick to point to a Democratic conspiracy. But I am more to see a more classic simple supply and demand squeeze. Does not matter if it is toilet paper, germ killer cleaners, petroleum based energy, or "Gunnns and Am-mow" as us gun toting bible thumpers are supposed to say. Demand: - Increase firearms ownership leads to an increase desire to shoot and in turn an increase demand for ammunition. - Increase demand caused by scarcity or fear of changes in ownership laws. Normal Inflation: - General economic changes in the cost of raw material. The economy as a whole. - As we reopen economy raw materials in general are being effected by cost inflation Supply Chain dynamics - Covid-19 health mitigation policies. The production of many items are being impacted. The wife and I went to buy some furniture. The furniture is manufactured in South Carolina, production times have gone from 10-12 weeks from order to we don't know when we will have all the parts in. We have run out of certain parts and are waiting on our supplier. - Factories now maintain shallow level of materials for production and spare parts to keep the line running. Why stock inventory we can get it overnight from ther supplier. - Component shortages. Now what I think may be the root cause of much of our woes - the bankruptcy of Remington in 2020. This took the inventory that Remington produced in firearms and ammunition out of the supply chain. If I want a semi-auto shotgun, I can no longer find a 1100 or 11-87, so maybe I will look at a Beretta or Bennelli. Or I shoot Remington Yellow Jacket 22LR, and now I can only find Aquila. What impact did this cause? You are starting to hear about shortages in Computer Chip supplies, the factories that make computer chips can't make enough for X-Box's, new cars, airplanes and all the devices that now have chips in them - so there are shortages in every day items and long wait times for smart refrigerators. At the end of the day supply will eventually return to equilibrium in all things, maybe with inflationary pressures. Maybe with government intervention. The government may influence society; as we are seeing with electric cars over gas powered. But at the end of the day, it is a slow transition. Two to three years out, Remington will be back on line and manufacturers will increase production. The world and social norms with change, and a new norm will evolve. But at the end of the day, be prepared. Does not matter if it is toilet paper or ammunition. Keep a ninety day to six month supply of toilet paper and a two year supply of ammunition. Buy by the case, not the round.

I second the request for info on a M-1 Thompson buffer option

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Thanks Dan for the OK. I have for sale a KAHR 1927 Foregrip and Rear Pistol Grip that I have no use for. The foregrip has a 3/4 inch channel/ These are practically new, I got these in trade. Please see the attached pictures. Asking SOLD Shipped via US Priority Mail. A donation has been made to the Forum. Thanks Paul