Firearm BS thread

Think it was $20 for two with my order.

 

Once you get your C&R make sure you submit it to brownells and check with other websites. A lot of sites will give discounts for being a "dealer". If you buy a lot it ends up paying for the C&R

 

Thats what one of my local gun guys was telling me, hell if I buy one mil-surp it pays for 90% of the $30 transfer fee.
I don’t have any mil-surps currently but want to get several, at a Halloween party the other week a buddy showed me his 8mm Mauser and now I need to get a Mauser, Lee Enfield, Mosin, and oh so many more.
I figured I might as well jump in and get my C&R.

 

Yeah i got mine more for buying milsurps too. Picked up quite a few so its paid for itself saving on transfers.

I cant remember who all does the discounts but i know brownells for sure does. J&G Sales might have in the past. Worth asking at least.

 

I used my C&R for a while. Midway also gives a decent discount (might be wholesale). I let mine lapse when I was moving from state to state. Now that my living situation has more or less stabilized I may do it again.

 

Be careful about this. Natchez in fact, charges more for shipping to dealers. I've forgotten to log out of my dealer account before and gotten screwed. Shipping is fixed $7.99 for non dealers, but a sliding fee for dealers. Total BS. Discount has never made up for this discrepancy.

I've had my C&R for a while. They are pretty much useless nowadays. Unless you want the convenience of having overpriced shitty Mosin Nagants and tokarevs shipped right to your door.... CMP used to have good stuff, but that time has long passed.

 

Midway does not offer any dealer discounts, to wit:

"We do not offer a dealer discount. Mr. Potterfield started out as a dealer, but he believes the best business strategy is to concentrate on one type of Customer - the end user."

 

That's unfortunate. I could have sworn they had a C&R discount.

 

From another forum....
If you’re putting off buying a can/SBR/sbs go ahead and send in those form 4’s.

 

I didn't know that about Natchez. But also very rarely order from them. But good thing to keep in mind elsewhere.


And there are tons of c&r guns still out there besides mosins and tokarovs. But I also enjoy my old mil surps more than modern stuff generally speaking. And it sure is nice having them delivered to my door step instead of having to schedule pick up times or drive all over to pick them up.

But I do agree with ya in a lot of people seem to get it and use it once or twice to buy a fun that most local gun stores will have in stock so not worth it then

 

Any idea what a M44 1944 numbers matching carbine with bayonet and 120 rounds of ammo is worth?

 

Cool find!

 

Thanks! Local (about 3 hours away) guy is selling it, asking $300 and I think that’s a good deal but I have no knowledge about these.

 

I see about 300 for a numbers matching 91/30 without the bayonet around here so that seems decent to me.

 

If anyone has any good C&R links, do share!

I'm always on the lookout!

It seems like it's now the case that there is either cheap-o junk (tokarevs) or there's big $$$ collector stuff ( $10k Nazi p38s....). Nothing in the middle. 1903 Springfields are seldom less than $1000 anymore.....

 

Last decent c&r find...

 

Ill watch gunbroker...or more browse it and occasionally find some decent deals.

But it really depends what you want. There are a lot of guns that are "cheap" now but are going to go the way of the mosins as supply drys up. Also depends if you only want "standard" ammo or are willing to go with the odd ball stuff. If you dont mind getting like 7.7, 6.5 swiss, ecttheres a lot.

Just some examples
-French MAS stuff
-Egyptain Hakim and Rasheed
- Mausers (both rifles and pistols)
- Enfields

 

Where do yall like to buy ur bulk ammo online?

 

sgammo.com mostly. Like many people I use ammoseek.com to find the best prices and if you factor in shipping costs sgammo comes out on top a lot of the time.