Today a fellow from Oregon called me. Have Purchased about 100,000 rounds of brass from him in the last year or so. He is coming out here in April and wondered if I was interested in a bunch of NOS ammo he has and course I said yep. He made me an offer with a list and pictures via email. I accepted with a paypal payment to him an hour later. I could not believe it myself. BUT he had 9 boxes of 348 Winchester ammo. 2 boxes are Peters the rest are Winchesters. And although one is an old box..one I will keep is a box of 250 gr factory loads. What a moose elk bear load that one is. I have sent 3 rifles off to a kinda friend who is a great gunsmith . I sent a Ruger 77 in 7x57 to be rechambered to 7x57 Ackley improved and another Remington 722 222 rifle to be rechambered to 222 Rem Mag. The third is a Rem 700 in 338 Ultra mag. Bought the darn thing and to be honest..it is the first rifle to not only scare me..but it hurt me when I shot it. It is VIOLENT in my opinion. I am a wimp when it comes to recoil...but that thing REALLY stung me. I shot a friends 338 Ultra and it wasn't bad at all..but it had a muzzle brake on it. Mine will soon have one also. No wonder I got it so cheap. 450 with no scope. The Burris Fullfield II will not last I don't think. Also I shot the Win 71 and the Smith 57 today. The 71 was a bit left and dead on elevation. It now is almost perfectly centered and an inch and a half high at about 80 yds. Shoots real well for a lever gun. About 2 inches or so. That should be angle of elk at 150 yards I should think. LOL The 41 mag I shot with some kinda slow loads I made up with some 210 gr cast bullets a fellow gave me. They were a bit soft so I loaded 'em pretty slow to use for just punchin holes. For a 4 inch gun with me holding it..that thing is accurate. At about 40 yds I actually shot 2 groups over a rest that were under 2 inches(just slightly though). That ain't bad shooting for me with no load work to get 'em shooting. Good grief.. I sure got lucky. I ain't buying any more guns. Darn it......maybe
...But a guy offered me a High Standard Model 10 shotgun today..Kinda rare..and at the show a guy tried to sell me a really nice Winchester Model 40. Made for a very short time..and Winchester recalled 'em and traded them for a Nice new Winchester Model 12. I must really need either one..or both ya think??
By the way..whatcha all think a new Browning 1885 Single shot in 38-55 is worth? New in box Octagon pretty wood with Browning bases and rings and of course the original everything. He also has the same rifle in a 45-70. I think I can buy 'em cheap..considering what we might think cheap is