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  • WeldonHunter

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    Apr 27, 2011
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    Louisiana
    I really like the 1891/59 that I have, it was pretty worked over when it was converted, and the end result is a really nice and smooth receiver and stock. It's not sanitized so to speak, but the outside surfaces were all smoothed before it was reblued.

    Out of curiosity, do these ever come up at the main importers and retailers? Seems like there's not a lot of chatter about them.

    No they don't. Besides finding one locally or on Gunbroker you might find one at Empire Arms or Allan's Armory. I've never seen one at the usual places we get these like AIM etc...
     

    Machodoc

    Old Guy
    Jun 27, 2012
    5,745
    Just South of Chuck County
    I was ordering some trinkets from Lee Precision and saw that they have some reconditioned 4-hole turret presses for sale at an excellent discount. If Lee reconditioned them, they'll be in "as new" condition. If you've been thinking about getting into reloading, or adding to the single-stage press you already have, or just wanting to have more than one press set up on the bench at a time ... this is worth taking a look at. $82 ain't bad for a 4-hole turret press!
     

    UpperMarlboroMan

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    Mar 11, 2013
    283
    Speaking of 7.62x54R...

    Here are some pictures of the "rusty spam cans" I purchased from Aim Surplus during their Black Friday sale. These went pretty quickly. I rolled the dice to see if I got something OK. I got a crate and both cans look pretty much the same. I took pictures of the one with a little more obvious signs of rust. The crate did not come with an opener so I had to dig one out. It may be hard to see in the pictures, but the headstamp reads: "188 77"

    I opened the paper wrapper that was nearest to the most rusted corner. I saw no signs of water damage on the internal cardboard or on the wrappers. I didn't see any signs of obvious corrosion on the rounds themselves.
     

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    Jan 27, 2013
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    Here are some pictures of the "rusty spam cans" I purchased from Aim Surplus during their Black Friday sale. These went pretty quickly. I rolled the dice to see if I got something OK. I got a crate and both cans look pretty much the same. I took pictures of the one with a little more obvious signs of rust. The crate did not come with an opener so I had to dig one out. It may be hard to see in the pictures, but the headstamp reads: "188 77"

    I opened the paper wrapper that was nearest to the most rusted corner. I saw no signs of water damage on the internal cardboard or on the wrappers. I didn't see any signs of obvious corrosion on the rounds themselves.

    You done good
     

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