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At the Gulfport Gun Show (Lyman Community Center) this weekend - Apr 8 & 9, 2017
There's a new company out of Hattiesburg called Mississippi Brass, selling "remanufactured ammo". They've got a table at the gun show. What caught my attention, he's selling 8 lb jugs of Hi-Skor 700X powder for $100. Considering Midway price is $143, NOT INCLUDING shipping/HAZMAT fee, it seemed like a good deal.

 

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Century Arms just got a new lot of surplus handguns in yesterday. Some have pretty good prices.
Century Arms

 

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You must be a dealer to log into Century arms

Oops. Sorry bout that. I created an account with them using my C&R several years ago. I guess that's why it lets me in.

 

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Wal-Mart in Gulfport has these books on clearance for $ 0.75 cents. That's down from the original price of $12.97. I haven't read the entire thing yet, but I browsed through it while waiting for the pharmacy to open. It's pretty good - well worth 3 quarters. It's about an inch thick. They're in the sporting goods dept.

Having worked for Walmart in the past, I know most "clearance" markdowns are sent from the Home Office in Bentonville, AR, so it's probably on clearance at the Walmart near you as well.

 

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Brownells has their 80% Pistol frames on sale for $69, down from regular price of $149

Also offering Free Shipping (No Minimum) by using code "M5S" at checkout.

80% Pistol Frame V.1 Black : POLYMER80 80% POLYMER PISTOL FRAME V.1 | Brownells

 

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Glock 37 police trade-ins at Sportsman's Guide for $332.49

Glock 37, Semi-Automatic, .45 GAP, 4.5" Barrel, 10+1 Rounds, Used - 667844, Semi-Automatic at Sportsman's Guide

 

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Anderson Manufacturing AR-15 Stripped Lower Receiver - Closed Ear AR-15-A3-LWFOR-UM-CLOSED

^^^ This is another reason I want my own FFL01^^^
Even if I tacked on an extra $30 for transfer, there's a limit of one, so the FFL holder will want it.

 

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Anderson Manufacturing AR-15 Stripped Lower Receiver - Closed Ear AR-15-A3-LWFOR-UM-CLOSED

Stopped by a local pawn shop near my house today, just to see if they had anything new and exciting. This is a store I have purchased from in the past - never transfers, just items from their stock. While chatting with the employee, he mentions they charge $50 for transfers. $50 DOLLARS.

That $29 Anderson lower just jumped to $79 - not counting tax / shipping. Not such a great deal for the little guy anymore. Heck, I can buy 'em stripped from a local guy I met on Armslist for $85 with no 4473.

 

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Keep buying over the internet and 50 bucks will be the low price soon enough!!!

If the local shop had a $29 lower in stock (or for that matter, even $39 or $49), I would gladly purchase from them. The lowest RETAIL price that I've found LOCALLY for a stripped lower is $79.

 

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Agreed. I would love to get $25 for 5 mins of work.

I know, right?. $50 bucks, for basically sending an email (FFL), signing for a FedEx package, and handing me a 4473. I have a CCW, so no background check is even needed.

 

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Stop and think logically for just a minute. A brick and morter store has overhead such as power bills, employees, and a myrad host of other profit draining bills as well as being limited to the quantity they can buy from wholesalers putting a cap on their discounts. If all they have to make a profit on is 4473's then they will use it rather than go under. Where transfers used to be looked at as a courtesy they are becoming looked at as a business to make money and unless you have an FFL you will do 1 of 3 things, 1. you will either pay the price that a store charges, 2. or pay the price and jump through the hoops to have your own FFL or 3 you will quit buying guns. As more and more stores are closing due to money losses only those who are big enough to stay in business will be all that is left and then they will charge what they need to stay in business and you will pay or do without and that is the economics of it in a nutshell.

I understand what you're saying, Sum. I worked for a brick & mortar music store for years, and it was even harder on us - because no FFL or other license is needed to buy a guitar online. Anybody can do it. Also, you don't need a dedicated supplier, such as Palmetto, Anderson, etc. - guitars are available everywhere from Amazon to Overstock, and everywhere in between. Folks would come in and PLAY ours, then pull out their smartphones, and order the same model from Amazon, etc. for the same wholesale price that WE paid for them.

It just seems like there ought to be some kind of break for a guy who has a HISTORY of purchasing from your store . . . AND . . . is purchasing something that you don't have or don't carry.

 

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They also have BCG & CH for $99. BCG alone for $89
Free shipping, too. All part of Memorial Day sale.
I just ordered the BCG/CH combo.
PSA 5.56 Premium Full Auto Bolt Carrier Group & PSA AR15/M16 7075 T6 Forged Mil-Spec Charging Handle

 

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Federal Personal Defense 9 mm ammo. $9 per box. Price good through June 4th

Federal Personal Defense 9mm Luger Ammunition 20 Rounds JHP 115 Grain 1,180 Feet Per Second - C9BP - 029465092849

 

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Federal Hydra-Shok, .40 caliber, half price

Federal Personal Defense .40 S&W Ammunition 20 Rounds Hydra-Shok Jacketed Hollow Point 155 Grain 1,140 FPS - P40HS2 - 029465089146

 

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Kel-Tec Sub-2000 GLK17 Gen 2 - 16.25" Barrel 9mm - Shoot Straight

That's a fun little gun to shoot. I love mine. If anyone local to the Coast is looking for one, Dad's Super Pawn on 49 in Gulfport has 2 on the rack at this same price, but I don't know whether or not they take the Glock mags or something else.

 

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Yeah I used to have a gen one. Was before I got my Glock and I decided to sell it since didn't have another gun that took the mags nor a 9mm. Now all I shoot is 9 and I have a Glock. But a 9mm AR is in my future though.

I had a Beretta CX4 9mm carbine, but after I got the Sub-2000, I got rid of the Beretta.
(The CX4 used PX4 mags - and I don't have a PX4. Plus, you can't fold the Beretta in half).

 

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Hi-Point C9 9mm for $99 SHIPPED at Cabela's with code "7DADSDAY"

It's ugly. It's heavy. But it's cheap, goes BANG every time you pull the trigger, and has one of the best warranties in the industry.

Hi-Point Semiautomatic Centerfire Pistols : Cabela's

 

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And it includes a knife! Cool. If didn't have to pay transfer fee I'd get one for beater gun or hammer

It appears we can't buy them anyway. I just clicked on "Order Online". Apparently Cabela's doesn't ship to FFL's - guns must be picked up at the store nearest you. After entering my zip code when prompted, I was told that they have no retail locations in my state, and that handguns may only be picked up in your state of residence.

 

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A good price on a new Mossy 500 8-shot 12 gauge shotgun... $249 + free shipping from Bud's...

Mossberg M500 8-Shot 12 GA

@Ellis93 weren't you wanting one of these?

 

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Got no idea where to post his - so I'll do it here.

Some Jack-wipe moved a post I made about some Factory 40 & 9 ammo I would like to get rid of, AND only notification I got was an alert that when I clicked on it gave me an error. If I did something wrong, let me know, and if your way of letting me know is thru an alert that goes nowhere, then the administration of this blog really either isn't too bright or really doesn't give a damn.

Hi Mr. Don,
I never saw your post, and don't know what category you posted it under, but about 10 days ago, Blackbeard (who owns this site) posted a "sticky" reinforcing that all "for sale" ads must be accompanied by a photo, or they would be deleted without warning. Like I said, I never saw your ammo thread, so I don't know if you had a photo or not, but if not, that could be why it was deleted.

Blackbeard's sticky post here: Sold - ALL THREADS REQUIRE PICTURES!