Whats the most you ever spent on one surplup?
Come on be honest i'm sure once or twice we all have been foolish with are hard earned dollars?
I was new at this and maybe a little foolish but about 5 years ago at the BIG E i paid $650 for a refurb SVT-40 Tokarev that appeared to be unfired there was no case ring mark on the bolt face at all. When i got to the range it was single shot only. I found out the scribed lines on the gas valve had to be perfectly lined up so it would function. Once i set it correctly it cycles fine today. The gas ports are very small holes in the tokarev. I figured it was sold because it wouldn't cycle. I never got upset because i knew it would be an easy fix. I got the info from www.gunboards.com on his tokarev site. That sure saved my butt at the time.
I have noticed in the refurbs the gas systems are brand new and in the orginals the gas systems can be corroded from the ammo.
My second buy on a whim is one of my prettiest its an FN49 venezulain 7mm that i just couldn't pass up. It has the prettiest tiger striping/fiddleback i have ever seen on an FN49 and i had to have it at all costs. I gave $700 for it but its one of the last ones to fill my FN49 collection. Plus i really like the 7mm mauser round too(7x57). She is in excellent + condition too it just spoke to me. The 7mm FN49 is the one i always wanted to get too. I have seen these as high as $1,500 to $1,700 too.
I maybe made two mistakes in the past but as time goes on what i paid the valuve will be much higher in the future. In the loss and gain department I did find an orginal SVT-40 for $300 plus i found an egyptian FN49 8mm for $270 and a Luxemborg FN49 30-06 for $399 the better buys do out weigh the ones i paid a lot for i guess. I'm not crazy about the high priced stuff too because i'm very frugal most of the time.
Come on be honest i'm sure once or twice we all have been foolish with are hard earned dollars?
I was new at this and maybe a little foolish but about 5 years ago at the BIG E i paid $650 for a refurb SVT-40 Tokarev that appeared to be unfired there was no case ring mark on the bolt face at all. When i got to the range it was single shot only. I found out the scribed lines on the gas valve had to be perfectly lined up so it would function. Once i set it correctly it cycles fine today. The gas ports are very small holes in the tokarev. I figured it was sold because it wouldn't cycle. I never got upset because i knew it would be an easy fix. I got the info from www.gunboards.com on his tokarev site. That sure saved my butt at the time.
I have noticed in the refurbs the gas systems are brand new and in the orginals the gas systems can be corroded from the ammo.
My second buy on a whim is one of my prettiest its an FN49 venezulain 7mm that i just couldn't pass up. It has the prettiest tiger striping/fiddleback i have ever seen on an FN49 and i had to have it at all costs. I gave $700 for it but its one of the last ones to fill my FN49 collection. Plus i really like the 7mm mauser round too(7x57). She is in excellent + condition too it just spoke to me. The 7mm FN49 is the one i always wanted to get too. I have seen these as high as $1,500 to $1,700 too.
I maybe made two mistakes in the past but as time goes on what i paid the valuve will be much higher in the future. In the loss and gain department I did find an orginal SVT-40 for $300 plus i found an egyptian FN49 8mm for $270 and a Luxemborg FN49 30-06 for $399 the better buys do out weigh the ones i paid a lot for i guess. I'm not crazy about the high priced stuff too because i'm very frugal most of the time.
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