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-Land of the Free
This Week in Guns, March 11th, 2017


By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

Some pro gun people say that gun control laws are about control. Seeing the laws being considered recently, I would have to say that gun control laws are intended to use the law against political opponents, under the guise of public safety. That is not control. That is an assault by one political group against another using the apparatus of the state.

Hawaii is about to become another gun control basket case. The new law will weaponize interpersonal relationships against gun owners.

Brushbeater has compiled a list on assembling a combat rifle, which is helpful in states where those firearms are banned.

I don't have the link, but over the last 10 days I have been reading that the left is warning its members about arming up against their political opponents. That would be the grand majority of regulars in Rantburg. Nothing good can come of this, but it appears to be unstoppable. See the item above for more information.

Loads.

Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:

Prices for pistol ammunition were mostly steady. Prices for rifle ammunition were mostly steady.

Prices for used pistols were mixed. Prices for used rifles were mostly lower.

New Lows:

Arizona: .223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic): Palmetto State Armory: $450

Pistol Ammunition

.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (4Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: FedArm, Own Brand, TMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .23 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (7 Weeks))

.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Own Brand, FMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammunition 2 Go, Tulammo, Steel Casing, FMJ, .21 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)

9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .15 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .15 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))

.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel casing, .24 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks))

.38 Special, 158 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: AmmoValley, Own Brand, FP, Brass Casing, Reloads .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 500 rounds: Hyperion Munitions, Own Brand, RN, Brass casing, Reloads .25 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

Rifle Ammunition

.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Wolf WPA, FMJ, Steel Casing, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: SG Supply, Wolf WPA, FMJ, Steel Casing, .21 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)

.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Alamo Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .31 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .32 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks)

7.62x39mm AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammo King, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .21 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

.30-06 Springfield 145 Grain. From Last Week: -.11 Each After Unchanged (7 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .54 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: United Nations Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .54 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))

.300 Winchester Magnum 150 Grain, From Last Week: +.02 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Prvi Partizan, Brass Case, SP, .95 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammo Liquidator, Hornady Whitetail, Brass Case, SP, 1.04 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks))

.338 Lapua Magnum 250 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Selway Armory, Prvi Partizan, Brass Case, JSP, 2.38 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 200 rounds: Target Sports USA, Prvi Partizan, Brass Case, FMJ, 2.40 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks)

.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammomen, Federal, RNL, .05 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 325 rounds: Ammomen, Federal Champion, RNL, .05 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

Guns for Private Sale
Rifles

.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $496 Last Week Avg: $502(-) ($616 (2Q, 2015), $468 (13 Weeks))
Arizona (139, 136): Palmetto State Armory: $450 ($600 (8 Weeks), $450 (CA:$500 (9 Weeks)))
Texas (348, 359): DPMS: $500 ($700 (1Q, 2015), $350 (2Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (180, 172): Palmetto State Armory: $500 ($700 (2Q, 2015), $300 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (215, 215): Mixed Build: $550 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $415 (13 Weeks))
Florida (453, 441): Mixed Build: $480 ($650 (2Q, 2015), $380 (1Q, 2015))

.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $878 Last Week Avg: $970(-) ($1,359 (2Q, 2015), $820 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (36, 32): Armalite: $1,000 ($1,350 (4 Weeks)), $650 (9 Weeks))
Texas (121, 121): DPMS Oracle LR308: $850 ($1,500 (4Q, 2014), $700 (32 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (43, 39): DPMS: $890 ($1,600 (17 Weeks), $700 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (61, 60): DPMS Oracle LR-308: $800 ($2,750 (1Q, 2016), $750 (4 Weeks))
Florida (77, 73): Mixed Build: $850 ($1,950 (44 Weeks), $500 (3Q, 2015))

7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $606 Last Week Avg: $575(+) ($668 (26 Weeks)), $450 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (29, 27): CAI C39v2: $650 ($650 (10 Weeks)), $500 (9 Weeks))
Texas (95, 88): Century Arms RAS 47: $550 ($800 (1Q, 2016, $350 (3Q, 2014))
Pennsylvania (47, 49): M-70AB-2 Underfolder: $600 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $375 (1Q, 2015))
Virginia (44, 36): ROMAK: $700 ($700 (39 Weeks), $350 (1Q, 2015))
Florida (134, 139): IO: $530 ($700 (1Q, 2016), $300 (4Q, 2014))

30-30 Winchester Lever Action Average Price: $360 Last Week Avg: $375(-) ($495 (22 Weeks), $296 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (6, 7): Winchester Ranger: $450 ($500 (8 Weeks), $450 (2 Weeks))
Texas (14, 17): Winchester 94: $300 ($550 (1Q, 2015), $300 (1Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (12, 14): Marlin: $300 ($450 (1Q, 2015), $250 (4Q, 2014))
Virginia (18, 17): Marlin: $350 ($670 (42 Weeks)), $250 (4Q, 2015))
Florida (22, 19): Winchester 94: $400 ($500 (1Q, 2015), $250 (2Q, 2015))

Pistols

.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $404 Last Week Avg: $460(-) ($515 (31 Weeks)), $350 (4Q, 2015))
Arizona (78, 88): Tanfoglio 1911: $500 ($600 (6 Weeks), $400 (10 Weeks))
Texas (280, 259): Kimber: $300 ($600 (4Q, 2014), $300 (14 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (147, 146): Israel Arms LTD 1911: $500 ($575 (9 Weeks), $300 (2Q, 2015))
Virginia (138, 149): Rock Island Armory: $425 ($600 (6 Weeks)), $250 (4Q, 2014))
Florida (336, 343): Llama 1911: $300 ($500 (1Q, 2016), $250 (1Q, 2015))

9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic) Average Price: $254 Last Week Avg: $246(+) ($358 (1Q, 2016), $231 (10 Weeks))
Arizona (137, 129): Smith & Wesson SD9VE: $300 ($320 (6 Weeks), $275 (10 Weeks))
Texas (358, 359): Taurus Slim 709: $225 ($355 (1Q, 2015), $200 (3Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (299, 294): Smith & Wesson SW9VE: $250 ($350 (4Q 2014), $150 (3 Weeks))
Virginia (236, 242): Diamondback DB9FS: $299 ($425 (4Q, 2016), $189 (49 Weeks))
Florida (514, 526): Keltec P11: $200 ($400 (51 Weeks), $190 (31 Weeks))

.40 caliber S&W (Glock or other semiautomatic) Average Price: $339 Last Week Avg: $325(+) ($399 (1Q, 2016), $262 (39 Weeks))
Arizona (33, 37): Glock 35: $400 ($500 (9 Weeks)), $300 (7 Weeks)
Texas (125, 125): Smith & Wesson SD40: $275 ($425 (4Q, 2014), ($210 (24 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (93, 95): Springfield XD40: $350 ($450 (47 Weeks), $200 (27 Weeks))
Virginia (85, 90): Smith & Wesson SD40VE: $320 ($450 (2Q, 2015), $275 (1Q, 2015))
Florida (146, 159): Smith & Wesson SW40V: $350 ($400 (1Q, 2015), $199 (4Q, 2015))

Used Gun of the Week: (Tennessee)
Tavor Sar Bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56x45 NATO
Posted by: badanov || 03/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/11/2017 4:13 Comments || Top||

#2  I like Brushbeater. He reads well but sometimes I just can't parse the words he strings together.
"The maximum barrel length needed on a fighting 5.56 is 16 inches- there’s nothing a longer barrel will do for 5.56 that stepping up in caliber would do better."

I think he's suggesting long barrel advocates seeking more energy/accuracy should get a bigger bullet.

Or, he means the 5.56 CAN be juiced up with a longer barrel. I've found a fluted 20" stainless gives me just a little more reach. I offset the added carry weight with 5 round mags instead of 15. I'm not fighting, I'm shooting.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/11/2017 4:47 Comments || Top||

#3  The Russian produce the RPK-74, an AK-74 variant, which has a 23 inch barrel instead of a 16 inch barrel. Used as a light machine gun. The extra barrel length doubles its effective range to 1,000 meters.
Posted by: badanov || 03/11/2017 10:32 Comments || Top||

#4  From the Brushbeater link;
This is the major qualm I have with homebuilt guns - if they're sourced from a variety of makers, then there's no established standard.

This may have been true at one time but it's essentially a myth still held by the purists. Many gun makers parts come from the same OEM's just with their unique badges. That said, there's still a fair amount of less than quality parts around. But you can weed out the inferior stuff with even a casual amount of research. Now, to insure proper headspace (out of the box) it's not a bad idea to buy barrels and BCG's from the same quality mfg. Not mandatory, of course, but the ole 'Buy once cry once' certainly can apply.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 03/11/2017 13:08 Comments || Top||

#5  Hawaii is about to become another gun control basket case. Perhaps Trump's EO should be extended to keeping Hawaiians out of mainland U.S.--too lefty; they are a danger to the rest of us.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/11/2017 14:59 Comments || Top||

#6  WRT laws: the Sullivan Act history
Posted by: james || 03/11/2017 17:28 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Media's Trump Apocalypse Narrative Disconnected From Americans' Growing Confidence
[LI] If you only read the mainstream, openly left-wing, and establishment Republican media, you’d think it was Apocalypse Now in America.

Paraphrasing Pauline Kael’s alleged statement about how she didn’t see Nixon’s win coming because she didn’t know anyone who voted for him: The doom and gloom media doesn’t know anyone who doesn’t hate Trump and who isn’t despondent, or if they do know such people, they discount them as imbeciles.

But that’s not what is reflected in the American spirit, as numerous polls have recently shown.

Optimism is rising, as we noted in an earlier post.

Bloomberg just released its findings, on Consumer Comfort, and it is soaring, U.S. Consumer Comfort Just Reached Its Highest Level in a Decade:
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/11/2017 02:02 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/11/2017 4:03 Comments || Top||

#2  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I'm glad they weren't!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/11/2017 9:06 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Could ISIS draw Israel in by threatening Jordan?
[GeopoliticalFutures]
Posted by: ryuge || 03/11/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  No.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/11/2017 4:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Could Iran draw Israel in by occupying the Golan Heights with Hezzies?

This seems to be happening now. How will/should Israel respond?

Thank goodness it's now President Trump not Obastard.
Posted by: AlanC || 03/11/2017 8:30 Comments || Top||

#3  If ISIS goes up against Israel they will quickly be destroyed, I think. Israelis fight like Western professional armies, not like Arabs. A few days ago the IDF released a brief video of a strike on IS in the Golan last year.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/11/2017 10:43 Comments || Top||

#4  #3  If ISIS goes up against Israel they will quickly be destroyed, Our ISIS problem would be quickly solved.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/11/2017 15:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Could Iran draw Israel in by occupying the Golan Heights with Hezzies?

Not happening. They're barely beating the rebels. Estimates are of 2000 KIA, accompanied by a lot of breast-beating and sackcloth and ashes. Another major clash with Israel would be much higher casualty. The Iranians want to keep Hezbollah alive, not cripple it with mass desertions.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 03/11/2017 22:25 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The Coming U.S.-Turkey Collision Course over Syria
[The National Interest] On the plane trip back from a meeting in Pakistan on March 2, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expand Turkey’s role in the Syrian conflict. "After the liberation of al-Bab from Daesh [ISIS] terrorists, Turkey’s new target in Syria is Manbij. Manbij is a city which belongs to Arabs, and the Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] must also not be in Raqqa," he told reporters, referring to ISIS by its Arabic acronym.

The statement represents a challenge to American policy in Syria, and indirectly to American special forces, who are deployed with the SDF in combat operations against ISIS. Since last year, the United States has committed dozens of special operations forces to bolster Kurdish fighters and their Arab allies in eastern Syria. This is the second time Erdogan has threatened to expand Turkey’s role in Syria, which has been aiding mostly Sunni Arab rebel forces that oppose the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Before leaving for Pakistan he also threatened the Kurds, saying Turkey would move towards Manbij.

His comments came after Turkey’s Daily Sabah claimed on February 25 that Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, made a "secret trip to northern Syria." Votel also told U.S. reporters that he was "very concerned about maintaining momentum in Syria" and that "it could be that we take on a larger burden ourselves." Read between the lines, and this means more U.S. ground troops. Americans have already upped the tempo in Iraq’s Mosul offensive, moving troops closer to the front than at any time during the two-year war on ISIS.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/11/2017 08:27 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Incirlik should be about empty now. No nukes. Skeleton crew.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/11/2017 11:57 Comments || Top||

#2  ...if it isn't, some GOs need early retirement.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/11/2017 15:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh yeah, trust the Turks. Always a winner.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 03/11/2017 16:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Let Turk have it.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/11/2017 21:59 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2017-03-11
  Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deployed
Fri 2017-03-10
   Ax attacker at Düsseldorf main train station arrested
Thu 2017-03-09
  Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders
Wed 2017-03-08
  IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital
Tue 2017-03-07
  Mufti Hannan jailbreak attempt fails
Mon 2017-03-06
  New wave of US air raids on Qaeda in Yemen
Sun 2017-03-05
  Jordan hangs 15 death row prisoners at dawn in further break from moratorium on executions
Sat 2017-03-04
  Kurdish YPG fighters repel treacherous Turkish attack near Syria’s Afrin
Fri 2017-03-03
  Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin
Thu 2017-03-02
  Islamic State supreme leader’s speech admits defeat in Mosul
Wed 2017-03-01
  Two women in nerve agent attack on Kim Jong-nam charged with murder
Tue 2017-02-28
  Islamic State claims attempted bombing in Algeria -AMAQ
Mon 2017-02-27
  Taliban shadow governor among 21 killed in counter-terrorism operations
Sun 2017-02-26
  Hamas Diggers Dead in Gaza Tunnel ‘Work Accident'
Sat 2017-02-25
  Iraq Forces Enter First West Mosul Neighborhood


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