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 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:01 pm
Jealous?
To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time.
I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:43 pm
uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:19 pm
Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:48 pm
uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. I'd take a job cleaning up cosmoline soaked firearms. heart It'd be a bonus too since most of my paychecks will go to buying said firearms, unless the guy is over priced.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:01 pm
uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. My local gunshop is family owned and operated. If it wasn't, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat. The next closest one, the only one in reasonable range, isn't hiring. Sucks. I suppose I COULD do fast food, but I really, really don't want to. Guys, I'm sorry if my bitching about my unemployment is getting old. I realize I do it a lot, but it's really getting to me lately, so I apologize.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:09 pm
Fresnel uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. My local gunshop is family owned and operated. If it wasn't, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat. The next closest one, the only one in reasonable range, isn't hiring. Sucks. I suppose I COULD do fast food, but I really, really don't want to. OWNED. My local gunshop is also the same way, in-the-family, but, GET THIS, he's married to my second cousin, so we ARE related mrgreen I'm just not 18. And he doesn't need help, he's doing good with one counterman and one general worker (AKA gunsmith, but more of minor repairs than full gunsmithery), including himself. Damn good deals, depending, and a great environment.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:12 pm
OberFeldwebel uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. I'd take a job cleaning up cosmoline soaked firearms. heart It'd be a bonus too since most of my paychecks will go to buying said firearms, unless the guy is over priced. If you were closer, he might outsource some projects. He DOES de-cosmoline firearms for a fee, I THINK it's $25. He told me after a mutual friend showed off a Nagant he got and ended up spending $50 at another gunshop to have it de-cosmoed, as a warning to both of us. I'll probably get him to de-cosmo the Nagant and teach me how to during so.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:46 pm
uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. My local gunshop is family owned and operated. If it wasn't, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat. The next closest one, the only one in reasonable range, isn't hiring. Sucks. I suppose I COULD do fast food, but I really, really don't want to. OWNED. My local gunshop is also the same way, in-the-family, but, GET THIS, he's married to my second cousin, so we ARE related mrgreen I'm just not 18. And he doesn't need help, he's doing good with one counterman and one general worker (AKA gunsmith, but more of minor repairs than full gunsmithery), including himself. Damn good deals, depending, and a great environment. Yeah, it's him and his wife. Maybe his kid (if he has one), I dunno. I don't think he does repairs of any sort short of "oh no, you just have to hit this thing right here *WHANG* and it's fixed."
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:47 am
uryu ishida OberFeldwebel uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. I'd take a job cleaning up cosmoline soaked firearms. heart It'd be a bonus too since most of my paychecks will go to buying said firearms, unless the guy is over priced. If you were closer, he might outsource some projects. He DOES de-cosmoline firearms for a fee, I THINK it's $25. He told me after a mutual friend showed off a Nagant he got and ended up spending $50 at another gunshop to have it de-cosmoed, as a warning to both of us. I'll probably get him to de-cosmo the Nagant and teach me how to during so. You can find all the tips and ways to decosmo a rifle online. neutral So... why? To get the cosmo out of the stock you just have to make a large 'sun oven' which consists of a cardboard box, or a wood one if you want, lined with tin foil and a clear plastic window up top to let the sun in. The heat makes the cosmoline seep out of the wood and if you suspend the stock by placing it on blocks or if you made the sun oven out of wood you could use string, then the cosmo will just drip out. There's a bit more too it though. http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/cosmoline/index.aspThere, read that. It's a bit different then what I was suggesting but whatever. Oh and if you do do the 'sun oven' thing, watch the temperature, cosmo flashes at 365.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:19 pm
OberFeldwebel uryu ishida OberFeldwebel uryu ishida Fresnel uryu ishida Jealous? To be fair, I live in a town/tiny city with enough small shops for at least a temporary job. So I just need to keep a job. Then I can get what I want, even if it ends up on layaway most of the time. I got my 10 rounds of #3 buckshot today, as well. There's two ways to get a job in my town: either you know someone, or you work fast food or grocery. And our grocery stores treat their employees like a**. Problem is, I don't know anyone. I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. I'd take a job cleaning up cosmoline soaked firearms. heart It'd be a bonus too since most of my paychecks will go to buying said firearms, unless the guy is over priced. If you were closer, he might outsource some projects. He DOES de-cosmoline firearms for a fee, I THINK it's $25. He told me after a mutual friend showed off a Nagant he got and ended up spending $50 at another gunshop to have it de-cosmoed, as a warning to both of us. I'll probably get him to de-cosmo the Nagant and teach me how to during so. You can find all the tips and ways to decosmo a rifle online. neutral So... why? To get the cosmo out of the stock you just have to make a large 'sun oven' which consists of a cardboard box, or a wood one if you want, lined with tin foil and a clear plastic window up top to let the sun in. The heat makes the cosmoline seep out of the wood and if you suspend the stock by placing it on blocks or if you made the sun oven out of wood you could use string, then the cosmo will just drip out. There's a bit more too it though. http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/cosmoline/index.aspThere, read that. It's a bit different then what I was suggesting but whatever. Oh and if you do do the 'sun oven' thing, watch the temperature, cosmo flashes at 365. You'll NEVER get all the cosmo out of the stock. NEVER. People have tried. But there is also metal. I don't have the know-how and supplies to properly de-cosmo a rifle. I don't have mineral spirits, I don't have many assorted brushes (I have a UTILITY brush, which is used for cleaning chambers and is only exposed to fouling and CLP)
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:54 am
uryu ishida OberFeldwebel uryu ishida OberFeldwebel uryu ishida I'm working fast food. Sure, the job isn't the most desirable, but it pays. Not very many in the way of better jobs that will hire a 16-year-old, especially with more qualified adults applying. Maybe, if'n I'm lucky, I MIGHT be able to part-time at the local gunshop when I turn 18. MAYBE. I'd take a job cleaning up cosmoline soaked firearms. heart It'd be a bonus too since most of my paychecks will go to buying said firearms, unless the guy is over priced. If you were closer, he might outsource some projects. He DOES de-cosmoline firearms for a fee, I THINK it's $25. He told me after a mutual friend showed off a Nagant he got and ended up spending $50 at another gunshop to have it de-cosmoed, as a warning to both of us. I'll probably get him to de-cosmo the Nagant and teach me how to during so. You can find all the tips and ways to decosmo a rifle online. neutral So... why? To get the cosmo out of the stock you just have to make a large 'sun oven' which consists of a cardboard box, or a wood one if you want, lined with tin foil and a clear plastic window up top to let the sun in. The heat makes the cosmoline seep out of the wood and if you suspend the stock by placing it on blocks or if you made the sun oven out of wood you could use string, then the cosmo will just drip out. There's a bit more too it though. http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting/cosmoline/index.aspThere, read that. It's a bit different then what I was suggesting but whatever. Oh and if you do do the 'sun oven' thing, watch the temperature, cosmo flashes at 365. You'll NEVER get all the cosmo out of the stock. NEVER. People have tried. But there is also metal. I don't have the know-how and supplies to properly de-cosmo a rifle. I don't have mineral spirits, I don't have many assorted brushes (I have a UTILITY brush, which is used for cleaning chambers and is only exposed to fouling and CLP) Well, I used q-tips and nitro solvent and gun scrubber on the firing pin, in the case for my Yugo Mauser it was completely packed in cosmo. I completely disassembled the rifle and took all the parts... apart and cleaned them all one by one. The only thing I didn't take apart was the rear sight, I saw no need, the cosmoline keeps the rear sight from seizing together, or rusting internally, and it hasn't leaked or oozed from the heat at all so I just left it as it was. Yeah, you wont get it all but you'll get a lot of it out which is enough so that it doesn't start dripping or sizzling after 20-30 rounds.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:05 pm
Arg...This b*****d is so close to me forcing him to adopt me xd
Current List, from the looks of it:
Mosin Nagant M44
15 boxes, 15 rounds each, 7.62x54R
Crates for both
200 or so rounds of 9mm
~10 rounds of #00 (for when I save enough for an Ithaca 37)
Coleman 234 Lantern (another $10, rebuilding it with him)
And now, the kick to the nuts to everyone else.
An H&R M1 Garand. Right around $50 a month.
And a more direct answer as to why: Not only do I not have the tools and supplies needed, I want to support the shop.
EDIT: Research shows that the H&R isn't just ANY M1 Garand, but the H&R-produced Garands were some of the BEST MADE available. Damn I'm a lucky b*****d. BTW, it's rated Service Grade by the CMP.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:56 pm
uryu ishida Arg...This b*****d is so close to me forcing him to adopt me xd Current List, from the looks of it: Mosin Nagant M44 15 boxes, 15 rounds each, 7.62x54R Crates for both 200 or so rounds of 9mm ~10 rounds of #00 (for when I save enough for an Ithaca 37) Coleman 234 Lantern (another $10, rebuilding it with him) And now, the kick to the nuts to everyone else. An H&R M1 Garand. Right around $50 a month. And a more direct answer as to why: Not only do I not have the tools and supplies needed, I want to support the shop. EDIT: Research shows that the H&R isn't just ANY M1 Garand, but the H&R-produced Garands were some of the BEST MADE available. Damn I'm a lucky b*****d. BTW, it's rated Service Grade by the CMP. Rage rising. But oh? What's this? Could this be an e-mail in response to my order from the CMP? "We have received and verified your recent order. Your order will now advance to our sales area and from there to our shipping area. Please note, that unless otherwise listed, our order to ship time is at least 60 days. You will receive other emails as the order progresses." Oh it is! ... two bloody months though. gonk $50 a month for how long? How much interest man?! How much?!
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:53 pm
OberFeldwebel uryu ishida Arg...This b*****d is so close to me forcing him to adopt me xd Current List, from the looks of it: Mosin Nagant M44 15 boxes, 15 rounds each, 7.62x54R Crates for both 200 or so rounds of 9mm ~10 rounds of #00 (for when I save enough for an Ithaca 37) Coleman 234 Lantern (another $10, rebuilding it with him) And now, the kick to the nuts to everyone else. An H&R M1 Garand. Right around $50 a month. And a more direct answer as to why: Not only do I not have the tools and supplies needed, I want to support the shop. EDIT: Research shows that the H&R isn't just ANY M1 Garand, but the H&R-produced Garands were some of the BEST MADE available. Damn I'm a lucky b*****d. BTW, it's rated Service Grade by the CMP. Rage rising. But oh? What's this? Could this be an e-mail in response to my order from the CMP? "We have received and verified your recent order. Your order will now advance to our sales area and from there to our shipping area. Please note, that unless otherwise listed, our order to ship time is at least 60 days. You will receive other emails as the order progresses." Oh it is! ... two bloody months though. gonk $50 a month for how long? How much interest man?! How much?! What did you order? I'm planning on ordering a can or two of Greek surplus. Twelve months. AT MOST. ZERO interest. And it'll be hand-picked AT the CMP location by said Merchant Marine.
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:48 pm
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