[Chainmail]

I would suspect - that since Chicago is right next door and the buyer was most likely recognizable as from the South Side, that the seller likely knew that there was a strong possibility that the buyer was going to shoot someone in the near future. I am sure that whomever did the buying could pass the background check but sometimes you gotta just say "no sale" when it doesn't smell right.

BTW, a "Nagant" - really? I didn't even think they made ammo for those things anymore! I wasn't sure that those things were used for anything since Lenin's nitwits murdered the Czar and his wife and kids.

[schurmann]

“...a “Nagant” - really? I didn’t even think they made ammo for those things anymore! I wasn’t sure that those things were used for anything since Lenin’s nitwits murdered the Czar and his wife and kids.”

USSR re-started o1895g revolver production during the Second World War. It wasn’t all Tokarevs and PPSh-41s.

Refinished Nagants have been imported for a number of years. Lots of surplus military ammunition has been brought in; Fiocchi and Prvi Partizan sell modern-made 7.62x38R ammunition. Haven’t examined the Fiocchi, but the PPU stuff is of good quality, Boxer primed.

Some aftermarket firms offered separate cylinders chambered in 32 ACP, but extensive fitting was required.