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Beware Scam Firearm Sales Sites
AmmoLand ^ | December 30, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 01/02/2023 4:24:21 AM PST by marktwain

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To: SaveFerris

—”I need to pop over to Harbor Freight and see what an additional safe costs these days.”

A friend found a walk-in safe at a local locksmith.
The safe was free ...But he had to pay for delivery and set up, plus remodel the room around it.


21 posted on 01/02/2023 6:39:27 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: SaveFerris
I wanted to get another AK-47 but frankly there’s no room.

AKs are like jello, there's always room for more.

22 posted on 01/02/2023 6:41:58 AM PST by BipolarBob (The party never stops until someone calls the cops.)
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To: marktwain; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...

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FReepmail me if you want to be added to or deleted from the list.

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23 posted on 01/02/2023 6:45:32 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: bigfootbob

What A Beautiful Piece!
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What Exactly Is It?


24 posted on 01/02/2023 6:47:07 AM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: Big Red Badger

Teddy Roosevelt’s Smith & Wesson #3 chambered in .380 Long Colt. S&W made it for him to carry into the war with Spain. He didn’t take this revolver, instead it became the gun he kept on the nightstand next to his bed. That’s why it’s so pristine today.


25 posted on 01/02/2023 6:51:47 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: BipolarBob

LOL


26 posted on 01/02/2023 7:05:11 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: suthener

Wow, above 90?!

That’s an A!


27 posted on 01/02/2023 7:06:30 AM PST by OKSooner (Don't try to beat the cops at their own game.)
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To: bigfootbob

Nice

Guess my Springfield XDS in .45 Mod 2 is discontinued


28 posted on 01/02/2023 7:07:14 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: bigfootbob

GunBroker is a scam site. I had a bad experience with them a couple of years ago when I tried to bid on a rifle. It seems that if they do not have the inventory they claim to have, any amount you submit in a bid gets out-bid within seconds. I’m betting that I was bidding against a computer program, not real person(s).

Fortunately I had not submitted any credit card info so after I realized what was going on I sent them a nasty-gram asking them to take Obama’s manhood out of their mouth and close my account.


29 posted on 01/02/2023 7:13:06 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: bigfootbob

Thanks,
Reminded me of a .22 H+R model 999
Breakdown.
Accurate Fun Pistol.


30 posted on 01/02/2023 7:17:59 AM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: OKSooner

“Wow, above 90?!

That’s an A!”

Thanks. I don’t really like to brag about it, though. I don’t like making other people feel inadequate.


31 posted on 01/02/2023 7:50:07 AM PST by suthener ( )
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To: bigfootbob
Nothing wrong with Gunbroker, if you don't mind the fees. But you have to do due diligence re the specific vendor. Check their feedback. If they've got 100 positive feedback as a buyer, but no feedback as a seller, that's a red flag. Etc.

I buy hard to find guns off GB, but I sleuth the physical address of the seller, and I only buy from brick and mortar shops.

It's not unusual to see somebody trying to sell a bargain with no feedback ("NR") and the item stays there for months.

32 posted on 01/02/2023 7:51:49 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: bigfootbob

Mmmmmmm.

I’d like to shoot that. (But that would get it dirty.)

The ammo box says for double action.

The trigger looks like it can’t move enough for double action.

Am I missing something?


33 posted on 01/02/2023 8:45:22 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: ByteMercenary

any amount you submit in a bid gets out-bid within seconds. I’m betting that I was bidding against a computer program
= = =

I believe a bidder has an option is to put in their max limit, and the site will use that to increment against incoming bids till their limit is hit, if it is.


34 posted on 01/02/2023 8:48:29 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: marktwain

To make sure it is a legit FFL, ask for the first three numbers of their FFL and last five numbers. You can check on the ATF’S website to make sure it is legit.


35 posted on 01/02/2023 9:00:58 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

By the time S&W built Teddy’s revolver, Colt already had double-action revolvers chambered in .38 Long Colt. Probably just a bit of period ammo packaging (the caliber wasn’t exclusive to double-action designs).


36 posted on 01/02/2023 10:10:06 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

No. I imagine that was the only image they could easily acquire of a box of vintage .380 Long Colt. You have a sharp eye.


37 posted on 01/02/2023 10:55:21 AM PST by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: SaveFerris

“ Might go for another Springfield XDS in .45.”

That’s our EDC. Great little guns.

L


38 posted on 01/02/2023 11:29:37 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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